The Power Transfer

The Power Transfer is the episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers where Jason, Zack, and Trini leave for a peace conference in Switzerland and transfer their powers to Rocky, Adam, and Aisha. The episode also marks the first appearance of Lord Zedd's Zord Serpentera.

Summary
With three of their own preparing to move on with their lives, the Power Rangers must embark on a journey to retrieve an ancient relic so that new Rangers can be given the powers of the departing heroes. But Lord Zedd does not intend to let the Rangers achieve this without a fight and has unleashed his ultimate weapon to destroy them -- the terrifying Serpentera!

Plot
Jason, Zack, and Trini are chosen for the World Peace Conference in Switzerland. This means the Power Rangers are going to need a trio of replacements. But first, in order to transfer the powers to anyone else, our six heroes must travel across the galaxy, to a place called the Deserted Planet.

There, they attempt to locate the fabled Sword of Light. The Rangers aren't alone on the Deserted Planet, as Lord Zedd & Goldar have followed in their very own, massive evil Zord, called Serpentera. So big, it not only can crush the Red Dragon Thunderzord & Tor the Shuttlezord in one of its clawed feet, but it does just that!

Back on Earth, to prevent Zordon from choosing any replacements, Baboo & Squatt activate the Sleep Machine, which knocks out most of Angel Grove. Rocky, Adam, and Aisha (having recently transferred to Angel Grove High School from Stone Canyon for reasons never disclosed) are spared, and try to destroy the machine, only to end up captured by Putties.

Elsewhere, just when the Power Rangers locate the Sword of Light, Zedd fires Serpentera's laser-breath, thus obliterating most of the Deserted Planet.

Rocky, Adam, and Aisha face the same slumbering fate as the rest of the city, until Adam's soccer skills helps to take out the Sleep Machine. Meanwhile, across the galaxy, the Power Rangers barely manage to snag the Sword of Light and teleport away before the entire Deserted Planet is melted into slag by Lord Zedd's Zord, Serpentera.

Now able to complete the Power Transfer, the replacement Rangers, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha, are infused with the Red, Black, and Yellow Rangers' energies, respectively. Their first mission comes instantly, as Zedd sends his latest monster, Silver Horns, down to attack the city.

As if the Thunderzords didn't have enough trouble, Serpentera returns, but thanks to its blowing up of the Deserted Planet and round trips across the universe, it quickly runs out of energy and retreats, while the Thunder Ultrazord destroys Silver Horns. Jason, Zack, and Trini depart to the airport, with their former teammates and former best friends watching from VERY afar on the Viewing Globe.

Cast

 * Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (White Ranger)
 * Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (Red Ranger) (1) (archive footage)
 * Paul F. Rosenthal as Jason (voice)
 * Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Black Ranger) (1) (archive footage)
 * Joel Rogers as Zack (voice)
 * David Yost as Billy Cranston (Blue Ranger)
 * Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Yellow Ranger) (1) (archive footage)
 * Judy as Trini (voice)
 * Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart (Pink Ranger)
 * Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (Red Ranger) (2) (uncredited)
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (Black Ranger) (2) (uncredited)
 * Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (Yellow Ranger) (2) (uncredited)
 * Paul Schrier as Bulk
 * Jason Narvy as Skull
 * ??? as Journalist
 * ??? as Newsreader
 * David Fielding as Zordon
 * Robert L. Manahan as Zordon (voice)
 * Richard Steven Horwitz as Alpha 5 (voice)
 * Ed Neil as Lord Zedd
 * Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd (voice)
 * Danny Wayne Stallcup as Goldar
 * Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar (voice)

Errors

 * The news announcer gives Jason's name as "Jason Lee", rather than his full surname Lee Scott.
 * The news article in the Angel Grove Gazette repeats the same paragraph over and over and is almost identical to how it was reported on TV.
 * Zordon introduced Tor to the Rangers, despite the fact that the Rangers already used him against giant Four Head, in 'A Monster of Global Proportions'.
 * Zordon states that the Deserted Planet is "light years away", and Goldar reports that the Rangers are teleporting there "at lightspeed". Since a light year is the distance which can be covered in one year at lightspeed, it would take the Rangers several years to arrive.
 * The Thunderzord Assault Team arrives without being summoned.
 * Despite having just started at Angel Grove High, Aisha's new locker was already full of random items.
 * Part I ends with a "false cliffhanger", as Serpertera was destroying the deserted planet at the end of that episode, while Part II picks up with Serpentera back to destroying buildings.
 * When Serpentera shoots beams from its mouth, a Zord can be seen behind the explosions.

Song

 * Combat (Part 2)