Power Rangers Turbo

This article is about the TV series. For the film, see Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. For the characters, see List of Power Rangers characters. For the 1989 Super Sentai Series, see Kousoku Sentai Turboranger.

Power Rangers Turbo
Genre	Action-adventure Comedy Science fantasy Superhero
Created by	Haim Saban Toei Company
Based on	Gekisou Sentai Carranger by Toei Company
Developed by	Saban Entertainment Toei Company
Showrunners	Ann Austen Doug Sloan Judd Lynn
Starring	See below
Theme music composer	Ron Wasserman
Composers	Kenneth Burgomaster Jim Cushinery Paul Gordon Jeremy Sweet Ron Wasserman Inon Zur Glenn Scott Lacey
Country of origin	United States Japan
No. of episodes	45
Production
Executive producers	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Producer	Jonathan Tzachor
Production locations	California, United States of America, Southern United States, North America, Americas ( Santa Clarita & Los Angeles) Japan, East Asia, Northeast Asia North Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asian cultural sphere, Asia-Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Asia ( Saitama, Kyoto, Yokohama and Tokyo )
Cinematography	Ilan Rosenberg
Running time	20–21 minutes
Production companies	Saban Entertainment Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment Toei Company, Ltd. MMPR Productions, Inc.
Original release
Network	Fox (Fox Kids)
Release	April 19 (1997-04-19) – November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)
Related
Power Rangers Zeo Power Rangers in Space

Power Rangers Turbo is a television series and the fifth season of the Power Rangers franchise that aired in 1997. The show was prefaced with the franchise's second film, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie .

As with its predecessors, Power Rangers Turbo is based on one of the entries of the Super Sentai series; in Turbo's case, the source is the 20th series, Gekisou Sentai Carranger . The series introduced a child actor as the new Blue Ranger, ^{[1] [2]} and featured the departure of the long-running characters Zordon and Alpha 5, as well the veteran team of Rangers and introduced four new characters to take the place of the veteran Rangers. The fifth season also marked the final regular appearances of Johnny Yong Bosch, Catherine Sutherland, and Steve Cardenas, and also the last appearance of Nakia Burrise. ^[3]

Plot

After Maligore's defeat, the Turbo Power Rangers, Tommy Oliver, Adam Park, Tanya Sloan and Katherine Hillard graduate from high school, while the new 12-year-old Blue Ranger, Justin Stewart, skips ahead a couple of grades and gets to go to Angel Grove High. Seeking revenge, Divatox begins to attack the Rangers. ^[4] At the beginning of the season, the Rangers’ longtime mentors, Zordon and Alpha 5 depart to return to Zordon's home planet of Eltar, making way for the spectral Dimitria of Inquiris and Alpha 6. Other changes are also seen as Ernie leaves Angel Grove to do volunteer work in South America and Lt. Stone takes over the Juice Bar. Also an ally, the Blue Senturion arrives from the year 2000, with a message for Dimitria and the Rangers that Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, The Machine Empire and Divatox will team up to destroy the universe, but fails to show the complete message due to Divatox corrupting the end of it.

Later, Tommy, Adam, Tanya and Katherine Hillard, who are leaving for new chapters of their lives, are asked to pass on their powers to a new group of people. They choose T.J. Johnson, Carlos Vallerte, Ashley Hammond and Cassie Chan as the new Red, Green, Yellow and Pink Rangers respectively with Justin still being the Blue Ranger. ^[5] The new team of Rangers are also joined by another ally, the Phantom Ranger, a mysterious being from another world. The team eventually learns that Dark Specter has captured Zordon, though Zordon is able to warn the Rangers not to rescue him as it would leave Earth defenseless. A short while later, the Rangers lose both the Turbo and Rescue Megazords in a battle with Divatox's most powerful monster yet, Goldgoyle. As Dimitria and the Blue Senturion leave for Eltar to help Zordon, Divatox finds the Power Chamber's location. Her army of grunts and monsters infiltrate the Chamber, defeating the team and destroying the Power Chamber. However, before Divatox tries to finish off the Rangers, she receives a message that Zordon has been captured and under the order of Dark Specter leaves for the Cimmerian planet. The powerless Rangers then leave Earth and head for space to save Zordon, with Justin choosing to stay behind with his father. These events lead to the next incarnation of the franchise, Power Rangers in Space . ^[6]

Cast and characters

Turbo Rangers

Original team

• Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver
  The First Red Turbo Ranger and leader; previously the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, the Mighty Morphin White Ranger, and the Red Zeo Ranger. He is Katherine Hillard's love interest. He piloted the Red Lightning Turbozord and his primary weapon was the Turbo Lightning Sword.
• Blake Foster as Justin Stewart
  The Original Blue Turbo Ranger; when Rocky DeSantos injured himself due to training practice, Justin was chosen by Zordon to be his replacement. Justin, however, was 12 years old and the shorter than the other members. So, to compensate for his youth, he was able to morph into an adult-sized form as the Blue Ranger. Justin is the only common member between the first and second team of Turbo Rangers. He piloted the Mountain Blaster Turbozord and the Siren Blaster Rescuezord. His primary weapon was the Turbo Hand Blasters.
• Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park
  The First Green Turbo Ranger; previously the second Mighty Morphin Black Ranger and the Green Zeo Ranger. He piloted the Desert Thunder Turbozord and his primary weapon was the Turbo Thunder Cannon.
• Nakia Burrise as Tanya Sloan
  The First Yellow Turbo Ranger; formerly the Yellow Zeo Ranger. She piloted the Dune Star Turbozord and her primary weapon was the Turbo Star Chargers. ^[7]
• Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard
  The First Pink Turbo Ranger; previously the second Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger and the Pink Zeo Ranger. She is Tommy Oliver's love interest. She piloted the Wind Chaser Turbozord and her primary weapon was the Turbo Wind Fire.

New team

• Selwyn Ward as Theodore Jay "T.J." Jarvis Johnson
  T.J. is the Second Red Turbo Ranger and new leader. A friendly and warm-hearted baseball player, he was chosen by Tommy to be his replacement based on his bravery in protecting others. He piloted the Red Lightning Turbozord and the Lightning Fire Tamer Rescuezord. His primary weapon is the Turbo Lightning Sword. ^{[7] [8]}
• Roger Velasco as Carlos Vallerte
  Carlos is the Second Green Turbo Ranger. A proud and determined soccer player, he was chosen by Adam to be his replacement because he proved himself to be decisive and intelligent. He piloted the Desert Thunder Turbozord and the Thunder Loader Rescuezord. His primary weapon is the Turbo Thunder Cannon.
• Tracy Lynn Cruz as Ashley Hammond
  Ashley is the Second Yellow Turbo Ranger. An upbeat and hardworking cheerleader, she was chosen by Tanya to be her replacement due to her compassion and integrity. She piloted the Dune Star Turbozord and the Star Racer Rescuezord. Her primary weapon is the Turbo Star Chargers.
• Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan
  Cassie is the Second Pink Turbo Ranger. A gutsy and sarcastic singer, she was chosen by Katherine to be her replacement because she is loyal and trustworthy. She piloted the Wind Chaser Turbozord and Wind Rescue Rescuezord. Her primary weapon is the Turbo Wind Fire.

Supporting characters

• Carol Hoyt as Dimitria
  Dimitria is a being from the planet Inquirus who succeeds Zordon as the Turbo Rangers' new mentor as he left for Eltar.
• Katerina Luciani as the voice of Alpha 6
  Alpha 6 is the successor Alpha 5.
• David Walsh as the voice of Blue Senturion
  An intergalactic police officer from the future.
• Paul Schrier and Jason Narvy as Bulk and Skull
  Initially turned into chimpanzees by Elgar, they are later restored and take on a series of odd jobs.
• Gregg Bullock as Jerome B. Stone
  When Ernie's peace corps recalled him to help "build a bridge in the Amazon," Jerome became the new proprietor of the Angel Grove Youth Center.
• Alex Dodd as the Phantom Ranger
  A mysterious Ranger whose powers come from Eltar.

Villains

• Carol Hoyt (episodes 1–25) and Hilary Shepard Turner (episodes 26–45) as Divatox
  The series' main villain and is known throughout the universe as the Queen of Evil, Dark Queen of Space and the Beautiful Queen of Darkness. ^[9] Divatox is an intergalactic space pirate who leads a large number of cutthroats in her evil conquests throughout the universe. From her base, the gigantic fish-shaped submarine known as the Subcraft, Divatox and her minions travel about the universe plundering riches to satisfy Divatox's greed. Divatox would later pilot the eagle-like Eaglezord. ^[10]
• Derek Stephen Prince as the voice of Elgar
  Divatox's dimwitted nephew who was armed with the Card Sword, named as such due to the blade looking like a row of playing cards. Elgar could fire blasts of energy from the sword, as well as teleport. He was also the one responsible for turning Bulk and Skull into chimpanzees during the earlier part of the series. Elgar would later pilot the Terrorzord.
• Lex Lang as the voice of Rygog
  The mutant servant of Divatox. He serves as her loyal warrior and able to fire lasers from his eyes. Rygog later pilots the golden lion-themed Catzord.
• Scott Page-Pagter as the voice of Porto
  An alien resembling a life raft with portholes in it that has limbs, with one showing his goggle-wearing face. Porto is Divatox's top adviser. He would later pilot the blue shark-themed Sharkzord.
• Richard Cansino and Tom Wyner (episode 26 only) as the voice of General Havoc
  Divatox's brother, as well as the uncle of Elgar. Three times in his fight with the Rangers, General Havoc piloted the dinosaur-like Metallosaurus.

Guest stars

• Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos ; the former Mighty Morphin Red Ranger and Blue Zeo Ranger.
• Robert L. Manahan as the voice of Zordon
• Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 5
• Lex Lang (uncredited) as the voice of Lerigot
• Carol White as Mama D, Divatox's mother

Film

Ep#	Title	Theatrical Release	Code
00	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	March 28, 1997 (1997-03-28)	TBA
Divatox attacks the wizard Lerigot in an attempt to marry a demon named Maligore, in hopes to use his powers to plunder the universe. Lerigot escapes to Earth where he seeks help from Zordon and Alpha 5. When the Zeo powers are not enough to stop Divatox, the rangers create the Turbo powers. When Rocky injures himself preparing for a martial arts tournament, Zordon must choose a new Blue Ranger.

Episodes

Main articles: Lists of Power Rangers episodes, List of Power Rangers episodes (seasons 1–15), and List of Power Rangers episodes (season 16–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
206	1	"Shift Into Turbo"	Douglas Sloan	Douglas Sloan	April 19, 1997 (1997-04-19)	431
207	2				April 26, 1997 (1997-04-26)	432
208	3				April 30, 1997 (1997-04-30)	433
After the events of Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie , the Rangers are graduating Angel Grove High. Justin offers a healed Rocky the Blue Turbo Ranger powers so that he can resume his life as a Power Ranger; however, Rocky declines (due to still recuperating from his back injury). In the meantime, Divatox has amassed an army to get revenge on the Rangers, having her sub craft take up residence in Angel Grove lake. She has her nephew Elgar places a detonator in the Angel Grove Power Plant in order to take revenge on the Rangers and ruin their graduation. With the older Rangers attending their graduation ceremony, Justin must face the problem alone. With Justin busy fighting Elgar (the latter of whom also managed to transform Bulk and Skull into chimpanzees), Divatox attacks Tanya, Adam, and Katherine. Meanwhile, Zordon and Alpha are keeping a secret from the Rangers. The results of a test Justin took before the graduation then come back, and it turns out he's going to be starting high school due to being a prodigy. Zordon reveals that he and Alpha are returning to Eltar with Lerigot. Divatox begins trying to close the wormhole that is taking Zordon and Alpha home.
209	4	"Shadow Rangers"	Judd Lynn	Mark Hoffmeier	May 1, 1997 (1997-05-01)	433
Divatox sends the evil Chromite monster to Angel Grove with a detonator. When the Rangers try to stop him, he steals their morphing powers to create the Shadow Rangers. Tommy is forced to find a way to stop Chromite and track down his missing friends by himself.
210	5	"Transmission Impossible"	Al Winchell	Barbara A. Oliver & Tony Oliver	May 2, 1997 (1997-05-02)	435
Visceron travels from the planet Inquiris to deliver some startling news to Dimitria. Divatox learns this and captures him. She then turns him against the Rangers when he refuses to tell her his message.
211	6	"Rally Ranger"	Al Winchell	Jackie Marchand	May 5, 1997 (1997-05-05)	436
Trying to impress his aunt Divatox, Elgar decides to sabotage a soapbox car race with a detonator he made himself. Meanwhile, Porto goes AWOL and attacks the city.
212	7	"Built for Speed"	Judd Lynn	Ralph Soll	May 6, 1997 (1997-05-06)	437
Some of Adam's friends decide to settle an argument by drag racing. Divatox's Demon Racer plants a detonator in one of their cars. The Rangers have to defeat the Demon Racer and stop the detonator before it blows.
213	8	"Bicycle Built for the Blues"	Judd Lynn	Shell Danielson	May 7, 1997 (1997-05-07)	442
It's Justin's birthday and Divatox has sent him a gift. The Rangers have to get Justin off his new bike before it explodes in 25 miles. If that was not bad enough, Divatox sends Big Burpa to distract them.
214	9	"The Whole Lie"	Al Winchell	Mark Litton	May 8, 1997 (1997-05-08)	434
During a volunteer car wash, Porto appears and plants a detonator. Justin spots him, and the Mouthpiece monster attacks him and makes it so he can only tell lies. Meanwhile, Porto has made it, so anytime one of the Rangers lies, a Pirahantron attacks.
215	10	"Glyph Hanger"	Paul Schrier	Steven J. Weller	May 10, 1997 (1997-05-10)	438
Divatox calls her ex-fiancé Pharaoh to help defeat the Rangers. She has him place a detonator shaped like a pyramid at the Egyptian Exhibit. Adam mistakenly takes home Pharaoh's staff, which turns any writing into hieroglyphics. The Rangers have to defeat the Pharaoh and stop the detonator before it goes off, but Divatox puts a forcefield around it so they cannot touch it.
216	11	"Weight and See"	Paul Schrier	Peter Elwell	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)	439
Due to an insult from a rival ballet dancer, Kat is worried over her weight. Divatox sends Numbor to attack the Rangers, rendering Kat weightless.
217	12	"Alarmed and Dangerous"	Paul Schrier	Brett Born	May 13, 1997 (1997-05-13)	440
Divatox plants a detonator on a firetruck and has her Pirahantrons set off fire alarms all over the city. Meanwhile, Justin has his problems with some bullies from school.
218	13	"The Millennium Message"	Larry Litton	Mark Litton	May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)	443
The Blue Senturion, an intergalactic law enforcement robot, arrives from the year 2000 with a message for Dimitria; Lord Zedd, Rita, The Machine Empire, and Divatox will team up to destroy the universe. When Divatox learns of this message, she reprograms the Blue Senturion to think the Rangers are evil.
219	14	"A Drive to Win"	Larry Litton	Jackie Marchand	May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)	444
Divatox plants a detonator in the scoreboard at one of Adam's soccer games. If Angel Grove scores 4 goals, it will go off. She sends Electrovolt to distract the Rangers.
220	15	"Cars Attacks"	Judd Lynn	Douglas Sloan	May 20, 1997 (1997-05-20)	445
Lt. Stone's niece Jenny competes with Kat to get into London's Royal Dance Academy. Divatox decides to plant a detonator at the competition, disguised as a cassette player, and sends Wolfgang Amadeus Griller to distract the Rangers.
221	16	"Honey, I Shrunk the Rangers"	Judd Lynn	Shell Danielson	May 21, 1997 (1997-05-21)	446
222	17		Koichi Sakamoto		September 9, 1997 (1997-09-09)	501
Divatox sends Shrinkasect to mess with the Blue Senturion's hardware. The Shrinkasect monster shrinks the Rangers while Justin is trying to stop the chimp-ified Bulk and Skull from stealing Lt. Stone's car. The Rangers then attempt to break out of Divatox's submarine as Justin tries to unshrink the Blue Senturion and find the detonator that Bulk and Skull have mistakenly taken.
223	18	"Passing the Torch"	Shuki Levy	Shuki Levy & Shell Danielson	September 10, 1997 (1997-09-10)	502
224	19				September 11, 1997 (1997-09-11)	503
Divatox's mother, Mama D, visits and tells her to capture Tommy, and the rest of the Rangers will fall. When Pirahantrons attack Kat and Tommy, two new teens come to help them. Meanwhile, the Flamite monster attacks Tanya, Justin, and Adam while they set up their campsite. When Cassie and TJ successfully rescue Tommy from the Vortex of Eternal Doom and Sorrow, he goes to help the other Rangers defeat the Flamite monster. The Rangers are then required to defeat the Flamite monster and choose their successors before the hourglass is empty.
225	20	"Stitch Witchery"	Blair Treu	Judd Lynn	September 12, 1997 (1997-09-12)	504
As the new team of Rangers gets settled in, Divatox tricks Ashley into selling her design, which she casts a spell upon. Anyone who wears it becomes nasty and disrespectful. Things get worse when the Rangers and the Blue Senturion put the jackets on. Ashley has to get the jackets off her friends, and free the Blue Senturion by herself.
226	21	"The Wheel of Fate"	Blair Treu	Jackie Marchand	September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)	505
Divatox sets her eyes on the two legendary cars: Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster. Justin gets kidnapped with Storm Blaster.
227	22	"Trouble by the Slice"	Yuri Alexander	Judd Lynn	September 16, 1997 (1997-09-16)	506
Divatox loses her memory and ends up working in a pizza parlor. Porto creates Mad Mike from the parlor's picture to distract the Rangers so they can get Divatox back.
228	23	"The Phantom Phenomenon"	Blair Treu	Judd Lynn	September 17, 1997 (1997-09-17)	507
Despite having over $10,000,000 worth of treasure, Divatox considers herself broke; she has Elgar attack the Angel Grove bank and the gold mines. However, a Phantom Ranger arrives on Earth to assist the Rangers in their fight against Divatox.
229	24	"Vanishing Act"	Yuri Alexander	John Fletcher	September 18, 1997 (1997-09-18)	508
Deciding that the Rangers "can't protect what they can't see," Divatox sends the Translucitor to Angel Grove, where he begins turning everything invisible. Making matters worse, the Power Chamber has also fallen victim to Translucitor.
230	25	"When Time Freezes Over"	Yuri Alexander	Judd Lynn	September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19)	509
When the Rangers stop Divatox from freezing the sun, she summons Clockster to rewind time so she can stop the Rangers from destroying the freeze key. Only this time, Clockster accidentally touches the freeze key and stops time.
231	26	"The Darkest Day"	Steve Markowitz	John Fletcher	September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22)	510
General Havoc, Divatox's brother, arrives on Earth to help his sister defeat the Rangers. He uses his zord Metallasaurus to capture the Turbo Megazord.
232	27	"One Last Hope"	Steve Markowitz	Judd Lynn	September 23, 1997 (1997-09-23)	511
Without the Turbo Megazord, the Rangers try to defend the city with everything they have left. The Phantom Ranger appears to deliver a new weapon to the Rangers.
233	28	"The Fall of the Phantom"	Steve Markowitz	Judd Lynn	September 25, 1997 (1997-09-25)	512
Divatox captures Cassie. For the Rangers to get her back, they must trade the Phantom Ranger. The Phantom Ranger's power ruby, the source of his energy, is stolen by Divatox.
234	29	"Clash of the Megazords"	Steve Markowitz	Brett Born	September 26, 1997 (1997-09-26)	513
Divatox sends the Turbo Megazord to Earth to destroy the Rangers. Meanwhile, the Rangers are trying to bring down her space station.
235	30	"The Robot Ranger"	Larry Litton	John Fletcher	October 3, 1997 (1997-10-03)	514
Justin suspects his friends have been switched with robots. He sees wires in Ashley and TJ's wrists, and Carlos's face falls off. Divatox sends Flash Head and Voltmeister to Earth in different attacks on the Rangers. In the end, Justin is revealed to be a robot as well; the robots had been built on Eltar by Zordon and Alpha 5, then sent to earth for testing. The Justin robot had its memory of being a robot deleted during testing so it could be used as a control subject.
236	31	"Beware the Third Wish"	Larry Litton	Judd Lynn	October 17, 1997 (1997-10-17)	515
Divatox sends the Wicked Wisher to Earth, where he steals three coins from a wishing fountain. He uses these coins to grant Divatox 3 wishes. One for Elgar to have a full head of hair, one to turn the Blue Senturion evil, and the last coin (which belonged to Justin) goes missing on Earth. Divatox is left angry that Wicked Wisher can't enchant any more coins.
237	32	"The Gardener of Evil"	Larry Litton	Judd Lynn	October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20)	516
Divatox sends the Wild Weeder to Earth to find the third coin, where Weeder turns humans into Diva Drones. Meanwhile, the Rangers are still trying to locate the coin to revert Blue Senturion to good. As luck would have it, Bulk and Skull have the coin, but it fries every machine they try putting it in.
238	33	"Fire in Your Tank"	Steve Markowitz	John Fletcher	October 30, 1997 (1997-10-30)	517
Divatox sets her sights on the Lightning Cruiser. Elgar steals the Rangers booster fuel by accident, and Divatox makes a flying car instead.
239	34	"The Turn of the Wretched Wrench"	Steve Markowitz	John Fletcher	October 31, 1997 (1997-10-31)	518
Ashley is having trouble in auto-shop class. Divatox sends Maniac Mechanic to steal parts from Ashley's car when it breaks down. Divatox decides to build a monster car.
240	35	"Spirit of the Woods"	Steve Markowitz	Judd Lynn	November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03)	519
TJ gets attacked by Lord Litter while jogging in the woods. When TJ cannot defeat the monster alone, a young boy, Erutan, comes to his rescue. Divatox then sets her sights on the young boy, wanting his powers over the elements for herself. TJ soon discovers Erutan's name is backwards for what he is...
241	36	"The Song of Confusion"	Blair Treu	John Fletcher	November 7, 1997 (1997-11-07)	520
Cassie and her friend Vicky hold auditions for their band at the juice bar. Divatox decides to send some monsters to join the group and begins brainwashing people with her music.
242	37	"The Accident"	Blair Treu	John Fletcher	November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)	521
Divatox tries to make Carlos feel guilty when a player on his soccer team gets injured. Meanwhile, Elgar takes his not-yet-finished Megazord to Earth.
243	38	"Cassie's Best Friend"	Blair Treu	Judd Lynn	November 11, 1997 (1997-11-11)	522
Mr. Goorific turns Cassie's dog Jetson into a person. Cassie thinks her dog has gone missing. Jetson, calling himself Jethro, helps Cassie look for himself while enjoying things he couldn't as a dog. Meanwhile, Elgar repairs his Megazord.
244	39	"The Curve Ball"	Lawrence L. Simeone	Judd Lynn	November 12, 1997 (1997-11-12)	523
TJ is having trouble hitting a new kid's curveballs. Divatox sends Strikeout to defeat the Rangers. TJ needs to find the secret to hitting curveballs to defeat the new monster.
245	40	"Carlos and the Count"	Lawrence L. Simeone	John Fletcher	November 13, 1997 (1997-11-13)	524
Carlos and Justin watch a vampire horror movie. Per a suggestion from Elgar (who is swatting annoying lunar bats), Divatox turns a lunar bat into Count Nocturne; she sends him to Earth, where he bits Carlos. The next day, Carlos is wearing black and sunglasses. Justin (as well as Bulk and Skull, who watched Carlos get bitten) suspects Carlos is a vampire. The other Rangers don't believe it until they see Carlos lacks a reflection; they track him to the blood drive at the Youth Center and take him back to the Power Chamber, where Alpha 6 uses an antidote to restore Carlos' sanity. However, Carlos cannot be fully cured until Count Nocturne is destroyed.
246	41	"Little Strong Man"	Liberty Goldman	Jackie Marchand	November 14, 1997 (1997-11-14)	525
Justin decides to try out for the high school track team. When an ant bites him, he becomes 100 times stronger. When Divatox finds out, she sends the Pirahantrons to capture him. The Rangers later discover that Justin's new strength is a result of the bite affecting his potential for growth and his Turbo powers; as a trade-off for the enhanced strength, Justin cannot morph, so he has to choose to stay a Ranger or keep his strength.
247	42	"The Rival Rangers"	Judd Lynn	Judd Lynn	November 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)	526
Ashley tries to go to a school dance with a boy Cassie likes. The boy ends up turning Ashley and Cassie against each other.
248	43	"Parts and Parcel"	Liberty Goldman	John Fletcher	November 18, 1997 (1997-11-18)	527
Bulk and Skull are in danger of being thrown in jail because their new employer at a delivery company is blaming them for the recent theft of electronics. TJ offers his assistance to prove the goofballs' innocence, ultimately finding out that the thief is none-other than Divatox, who needed the parts to remote-control her three zords.
249	44	"Chase Into Space"	Judd Lynn	Judd Lynn	November 21, 1997 (1997-11-21)	528
250	45				November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)	529
Divatox has summoned a powerful monster to Earth, Goldgoyle, which destroys both of the Megazords. Dimitria and the Blue Senturion have left for Eltar to help Zordon, and Divatox has launched an attack on the Power Chamber. Divatox succeeds in destroying the Power Chamber, causing the Rangers to be stripped of their powers. Dark Specter sends his messenger to tell Divatox he has captured Zordon. Divatox then leaves Earth for the Cimmerian Planet. With the Rangers powerless, they take one of NASADA's shuttles in order to go after Divatox and save Zordon, leaving Justin behind, as he chooses to stay with his father, as the season ends on a cliffhanger, and setting up the events of Power Rangers in Space .

Comics

In 1997, Acclaim Comics published three one-shots based on Power Rangers Turbo. The first book was Power Rangers Turbo vs. Beetleborgs Metallix, featuring a crossover with the Saban-produced Beetleborgs . The other two were part of the Saban Powerhouse books called Power Rangers Turbo: Into The Fire & Other Stories and Power Rangers Turbo: Simple Simon Says & Other Stories.

In 2018, Boom! Studios published a back-up serial by Ryan Ferrier and Bachan in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25–36. It featured a team-up between the Blue Senturion and Ninjor.

Home media

In 2012, Shout Factory announced that it had reached an exclusive distribution deal with Saban for shows such as Power Rangers and Big Bad Beetleborgs . Power Rangers Turbo was released on DVD in August 2012, as part of a Time-Life exclusive boxed set containing seasons 1–7. The show later became available independently of the boxed set in two volumes, the first volume consisting of first 23 episodes was released on April 1, 2014 ^[11] and the second volume containing the remaining 22 episodes was released on June 3, 2014. ^[12]

International broadcasts

Japan aired a Japanese dub of the series from September 1999 to February 14, 2000, on the Super Channel. All 45 episodes were covered. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie movie aired with a Japanese dub on TV on August 2, 1999 prior.

In Thailand, the series aired on Channel 7 with a Thai dub in 1999. Various distributors released the series on home video (specifically VCD and DVD), while the same dub was carried over.

In the Philippines, this series aired on ABS-CBN in 1999 until 2000, but the pilot episode aired as Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie and the original English audio was aired on its sister channel Studio 23 a year later.

In Indonesia, the series aired with an Indonesian dub on RCTI in 2005.

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• "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie at Fox Kids (Archive)
• Power Rangers Turbo at IMDb