The Adam and Rocky Show
The first part of this sequence has Adam avoiding being sliced by the Sword Guardian…
…Rocky climbs a vine…
…Adam dodges some more…
…and Rocky completely whiffs on a shoulder grab that probably wouldn’t have worked and he now finds himself dangling over the pool of “water”. Someone who wasn’t concussed wouldn’t have done that. They would have thought up a better plan.
Fortunately for Rocky Adam kicks (while calling him a lava-head which is most definitely a slur for rock people) the Sword Guardian into the bubbling pool of what I’m gonna assume is naturally-occurring acid.
Near-Death Count: 18
Death Count: 26
Aisha, an Axe, and a Cave
The Axe Guardian is chasing down Aisha for the second time which has to be racist and she runs into a small cave that is already furnished with a skeleton. As the Axe man attempts to hack at her we get another moment of realness from Rocky. This is the third time he’s tried to save somebody but the first time he doesn’t almost die right after.
Near-Death Count: 19
Death Count: 26
Small Mace Guardian and the Big Rock
Kimberly and Tommy use science (fulcrum and a lever?) to topple a big rock onto the Small Mace Guardian and they manage to avoid any life-threatening attacks. There was a terrible pun beforehand that probably dealt psychic damage.
Near-Death Count: 19
Death Count: 27
Billy, Adam, and Friendly Fire
Billy avoids an attack by the Axe Man and Adam finds himself in the middle of the last two Guardians and they have him going through it. He is swung at a total of ten times.
Billy smugly asks if he needs help and they do a pulley system which results in Axe man almost hitting Adam but actually slicing Big Mace.
Near-Death Count: 20
Death Count: 28
Rocky does a Split
Rocky runs from the last Guardian who picks up the big mace and flings it at him. To avoid it, Rocky doesn’t jump to the right, nor to the left, he jumps straight up and does a split. And the mace almost hits him in the dick. I know I’ve already acknowledged that he has a concussion but this is just more proof.
Near-Death Count: 21
Death Count: 28
Corkscrew Kick
They all jump the mess out of this last guy with Tommy finishing him off with a Corkscrew Kick that bashes the last Guardian against the wall where he crumbles like Nature Valley granola bars.
Near-Death Count: 21
Death Count: 29
Ecto-Morphicon and the Missiles
There are two of these big cyborg-like robots and after a lengthy battle with one of them Tommy just comes in and blows it up. He could’ve done this at beginning if we’re being honest, but he just couldn’t aim.
Near-Death Count: 61
Death Count: 30
Kids on the Way
After digging his Ecto-Morphicons up Ivan Ooze sent the adults off to die and this kid Fred gets a bunch of the other kids and Bulk and Skull to go to the construction site but they have to take an above ground subway or something and the rail is broken so Tommy has to save them using his Zord. I estimate about 30 kids, but I’ll round up to 40.
Near-Death Count: 61
Death Count: 30
Parents on the Edge
As the group of parents walk towards their death a bunch of kids attempt to push them back but they are weak and have skipped leg day so this is futile. Fred, Bulk, and Skull get a hold of a high-powered hose and spray these adults until they start thinking straight. It’s at least 50 parents, plus the kids, so I’ll say 100 folk were about to die.
Near-Death Count: 161
Death Count: 30
The Death of Ivan Ooze
Ivan Ooze blows out the back of his last remaining robot and takes over and the Power Rangers fly out to space where they eventually knee him in the dick (courtesy of Aisha) and send him into the path of the passing comet and he explodes. This is the last death/near-death in the movie.
Near-Death Count: 161
Death Count: 31
Now it is time for the stats, which you know I love if you’ve read any of my comic reviews. These will be separated into three categories: Near-Deaths, Deaths, and Kills.
-Bonus Facts-
Ivan Ooze(via his egg) got the first kill in the movie and Tommy was the first of the Power Rangers to get a kill.
Lord Zedd was the first character to get multiple kills at the same time.
Every Power Ranger killed an Oozeman except Kimberly.
The most creatures killed at once is ten by Ivan Ooze when he exploded the Tengu.
Both Adam and Tommy were involved in the killing of multiple Stone Guardians, two each.
Aisha was the one who actually killed Ivan Ooze, as she pressed the button to knee him.
Ivan Ooze put the most people in danger overall but the Stone Guardians put the Power Rangers in danger the most.
Rest in Peace to the Power Rangers I watched growing up, Thuy Trang and Jason David Frank.
