Season 11, Episode 30: The Wild Wipeout

"The Wild Wipeout"
Episode 30
Air Date: September 20, 2003

What's so great about this episode is just how fun it is and how much fun the writers, cast and crew seem to be having by changing the status quo of the season just for a little awesome adventure like this one.  While Vexacus' plan to send only Tori to some random alternate dimension makes absolutely no sense (like serious what was the point? Why not send ALL of the rangers there to be powerless and destroyed? O_o) , it's just so irresistibly hilarious and fantastic seeing Tori in a world where Lothor, his generals, Kelzacks, monsters the rangers have previously defeated, etc. are good and help mankind while the Power Rangers are evil and are destroying the city everyday with no one with enough courage to stop them themselves.  here is where our Tori comes in and it's just great seeing her exploring this strange world where everything she as well as the audience have known has been flipped on it's head.  Sally Martin really does a great job here as Tori reacts to opposites of her friends and enemies; especially when she realizes the Power Rangers are the villains in this world.  The other rangers are downright creepy at times as the evil versions of themselves, in particular Pua Magasiva and Jorgito Vargas Jr. as evil Shane and Blake.

There is also some truly exceptional fight sequences here like when Tori has to face off against her friends' evil doppelgangers both in civilian form and ranger form.  Both scenes are excellently choreographed and make Tori look so fearless as well as inspiring as even at one point, she realizes she can't morph in this alternate world but she's still a forceful ninja with enough skills to handle the other rangers even morphed...at least for a little while until they overpower here.  It's just a great showcase of Tori as a character who we've known have been so responsible all season but here we see she is very smart, admirable and able to handle things on her own for most part given her experience as a ninja and Power Ranger at this point, so kudos on the writers part for making our only ranger heroine of the team stand out so strong in a wonderful way.  Also, for once, I enjoyed the bits with Lothor and company as them being these incompetent good versions of themselves made more sense.  Sorry, but seeing Chooboo and Zurgane work for Kelly was plain comedy gold as well as seeing a pathetic Mayor Lothor being so afraid of facing off against the Power Rangers and saving the city.  But their pathetic demeanor here really allows Tori to shine be inspiring them to finally fight back.  Of course, the final showdown between the Good Lothor and the evil Power Rangers is full of hijinks and gags but it definitely works here; especially when Lothor and the generals combine all their weapons like the rangers would to finish them off, just lol.

So it turns out, all Tori has to do to get back to her dimension was to...wipe out again in the ocean and bam! Back to her reality!  The episode concludes with her reuniting with her friends and the 6 rangers facing off against that monster that sent her to that dimension in the first place named Goldwinger (Come on! We've heard faaarrr worse!;) as Shane uses his new battlizer to finish it off.  I like how we get more development between Tori and Blake in the romance department too.  I almost forgot about their building attraction to each other.  The last shot of Tori teaching him how to surf was soooo natural and sweet.  You really believe these two are falling for each other given how convincing both actors' chemistry are. Nice! Honestly, this was definitely one of the best and possibly one of my favorite episodes of the whole show.  Funny, full of awesome moments of action and heroism with a dash of the usual Power Rangers absurdity in the best possible way. lol :)

Final Morph: A+