History Recap / MightyMorphinPowerRangersS1EP24TheSpitFlower

* KickTheDog: [[TearJerker Given Kim's reaction]], Rita ordering the Putties to wreck the float model is nothing less than this. Squatt even mocks her with "Poor Kimberly!"

* {{Squick}}: Bulk sneezes on Skull, then blows his nose on his shirt.
-->'''Kimberly:''' "Eww, gross!"

* FunnyRobot / AmusingAlien: Alpha apparently doesn't know what glue is and as a result gets a bottle of the stuff stuck to his hand.

The drill lance revs up superfast and the two giants do battle. Amazingly, Spit Flower is able to catch the lance in its claw and lands a kick on the Dragonzord. Eventually it spews an assortment of flowers on the mecha and explosions rip around it. Zordon tells Alpha to recall the Rangers so as to regroup, retreat the Zords and also to track the Spit Flower. The monster, normal-sized again, continues to suck up flowers and build its strength, weaponizing them all over town. Alpha conducts an analysis of the battle. We see Bulk and Skull threatened by the gnawing flowers and chased by Spit Flower. They pratfall and react with terror at the blossom's fangs, soon passing out. Zordon declares that the battle analysis has flagged up Spit Flower's weakness: destroy the mist sac and the flowers can't be spat out any more, draining its strength. Kim is confident she can hit it with her Power Bow. Tommy is told to stay behind as a last resort measure in case the others fail. Kim easily shoots down the sac and they bring the weapons together for the Power Blaster. They blast Spit Flower with it and it is vanquished at last. Alpha celebrates, but Tommy asks him for assistance back at the garage. They operate on the off-screen project, despite Alpha getting his hand stuck to the superglue. Rita is upset, taking her monster's failure out on her underlings as usual. At the Youth Center, Jason and Zack spar, talking about the day's close fought battle. Ernie then calls them over for the parade's televised broadcast for which Billy is wearing binoculars in a silly manner. Tommy and Kim show up, and she's not keen to be watching the parade, but he tells her to go ahead anyway. The camera zooms in on Kim's reconstructed float and she's delightfully surprised to learn about Tommy's efforts to fix it, hugging him. The two class clowns come around the corner, nursing their flower inflicted wounds. Skull asks Kim for a hug too, but Tommy tells them to just buzz off. Zack pulls his "the hand is faster than the eye routine", conjuring up a bouquet like a magician. This time, both have a big allergic sneezing fit and Ernie and the team laugh them off.

At the Youth Center, Ernie tells Kimberly and Tommy that he's out to get some supplies, but they should feel free to keep working on her prized model float for the upcoming peace parade. Kim is so proud to be working on the float, and Tommy says her design definitely deserves to be entered as it's awesome. Who should show up but Bulk and Skull! They walk forward to mock it, and Bulk makes as if he's about to sneeze on it, but Tommy redirects him so that he sneezes on Skull. Remembering his allergies to these flowers, he repeatedly sneezes on and around his buddy and they walk off in humiliation. Rita, disgusted by the float and what it symbolises, boasts that there will be no world peace as long as she's around. Kim explains to Tommy that this year the flowers will be recycled as popperri. All of a sudden, the Putties appear and attack the pair, with some of them starting to wreck the model. The two fight back as hard as they can, but they're outnumbered and the float is ripped apart, eventually knocking off it's table. The other four Rangers walk into the scene, and just as they attack the Putties they teleport off. Kim sits on the floor and weeps amongst the strewn flowers; without the model they won't be able to build the full sized float. Trini tries to comfort her but she says that Rita will probably attack any future projects she works on, too. The others offer to help her rebuild this one, but she says there's no time to gather more flowers as the design was due today. Gloating at their petty sabotage, the villains ponder which monster to send forth this time. Rita demands a flower-themed monster from Finnster, one which will turn pretty blossoms into ferocious spiders and further rub defeat into Kim. He tells her he has a rare "''Flora Expecterosi''" or Spitflower which will be just the trick. This beast sucks up hundreds of blossoms and spits them back out as evil and ravenous fanged flora which latch on to victims and suck out their life energy. The monster is created and sent down to Earth.

Trini suggests to the others that they should take Kim out to lunch to cheer her up. They gather up all the flowers they can, but there aren't that many which sucks for them. Tommy has an idea to gather more, but they'll take care of it later as he has to leave. He goes up to a morose Kim sitting at the bar and tells her about lunch, checking she's alright. He tells her he has a plan but will tell her about it later, and offers to drop the remaining flowers off at her house. She refuses though, asking him to junk it as she doesn't want the bad memory around. He heads off and Jason asserts that they'll show Rita it's not that easy to defeat the Power Rangers. Zordon hails him, summoning them to the Command Centre. Kim joins them after a moment's hesitation. At headquarters, Zordon tells them that Rita wants to destroy the entire peace parade and all of it's floats using the Spitflower. Kim sees that nobody will be safe with the fanged flowers around, and Zordon states that world peace will be dealt another blow by this threat. The Spitflower's body is like armour with few weak spots, and his own claws and fangs are also dangerous. The Rangers mobilise against it but it immediately deploys the flowers, covering their suits and gnawing at them. The Spitflower blasts them to the ground and they feel themselves growing weaker by the second. They force themselves to their feet however and trade blows with the monster. Rita grows the Spitflower and the Rangers furiously try to pull the hazards off their suits, but the giant follows up with another blast of energy. At Tommy's place, we see him work on something just off-camera. But Zordon summons him for backup and he unleashes a mighty burst, knocking Spitflower back just before it crushes his comrades. Spitflower inhales tons of air, sucking thousands of flowers into his snout. Jason tells Tommy to engage the Dragonzord, and Zack, Trini and Billy summon their Zords to. Jason orders the mecha to form Dragonzord in Battle Mode, and all Rangers except Tommy leap into the cockpit to bring the fight to Spitflower.

The drill lance revs up superfast and the two giants do battle. Amazingly, Spitflower is able to catch the lance in it's claw and land kicks on DBM. Eventually it spews an assortment of flowers on the mecha and explosions rip around it. Zordon tells Alpha to recall the Rangers so as to regroup, retreat the Zords and also to track the Spitflower. The monster, normal-sized again, continues to suck up flowers and build it's strength, weaponising them all over town. Alpha conducts an analysis of the battle. We see Bulk and Skull threatened by the gnawing flowers and chased by Spitflower. They pratfall and react with terror at the blossom's fangs, soon passing out. Zordon declares that the battle analysis has flagged up Spitflower's weakness: destroy the mist sac and the flowers can't be spat out any more, draining it's strength. Kim is confident she can hit it with her Power Bow. Tommy is told to stay behind as a last resort measure in case the others fail. Kim easily shoots down the sac and they bring the weapons together for the Power Blaster. They blast Spitflower with it and it is vanquished at last. Alpha celebrates, but Tommy asks him for assistance back at the garage. They operate on the off-screen project, despite Alpha getting his hand stuck to the superglue. Rita is upset, taking her monster's failure out on her underlings as usual. At the Youth Center, Jason and Zack spar, talking about the day's close fought battle. Ernie then calls them over for the parade's televised broadcast for which Billy is wearing binoculars in a silly manner. Tommy and Kim show up, and she's not keen to be watching the parade, but he tells her to go ahead anyway. The camera zooms in on Kim's reconstructed float and she's delightfully surprised to learn about Tommy's efforts to fix it, hugging him. The two class clowns come around the corner, nursing their flower inflicted wounds. Skull asks Kim for a hug too, but Tommy tells them to just buzz off. Zack pulls his "the hand is faster than the eye routine", conjuring up a bouquet like a magician. This time, both have a big allergic sneezing fit and Ernie and the team laugh them off.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Spitflower's weak point is its mist sack right blow the neck, which appropriately, [[KarmicDeath is the right place for Kimberly to hit it.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Tommy once again shows us how badass he is by zapping a fully grown Spit Flower on his butt...with just a blast from the Dragon Dagger.
* EvilIsPetty: Rita attacks the float out of pure spite.
* GardenOfEvil: The Spitflower can turn any harmless little plant into a toothy gnawing monster, or as Alpha puts it, "Dangerous daisies!"

* KickTheDog: [[TearJerker Given Kim's reaction]], Rita ordering the Putties to wreck the float model is nothing less than this. Squatt even mocks her, "Poor Kimberly!".
** TheDogBitesBack: Kimberly got back, by defeating the Spitflower with her Power Bow. Well, sort of. He's weakened enough that he can't make more biting bloomers and can be taken down by the Power Blaster (although it took three shots to do so when normally it takes one).
* PlantAliens: The Spitflower is one ferocious flower.

* {{Squick}}: Bulk sneezes on Skull, and blows his nose on his shirt.
-->'''Kimberly:''' Eww, gross!
* WhyWontYouDie: Spit Flower needs three blasts from the Power Blaster to finally go down, even after being weakened by Kim's arrows.

* TheWorfEffect: Spitflower proves to be a match even for DBM, which was able to easily annihilate the previous episode's spider monster. Subverted when Spitflower itself plays Worf to Kim's bow, like several monsters before it.

At the Youth Center, Ernie tells Kimberly and Tommy that he's out to get some supplies, but they should feel free to keep working on her prized model float for the upcoming peace parade. Kim is so proud to be working on the float, and Tommy says her design definitely deserves to be entered as it's awesome. Who should show up but Bulk and Skull! They walk forward to mock it, and Bulk makes as if he's about to sneeze on it, but Tommy redirects him so that he sneezes on Skull. Remembering his allergies to these flowers, he repeatedly sneezes on and around his buddy and they walk off in humiliation. Rita, disgusted by the float and what it symbolises, boasts that there will be no world peace as long as she's around. Kim explains to Tommy that this year the flowers will be recycled as popperri. All of a sudden, the Putties appear and attack the pair, with some of them starting to wreck the model. The two fight back as hard as they can, but they're outnumbered and the float is ripped apart, eventually knocking off it's table. The other four Rangers walk into the scene, and just as they attack the Putties they teleport off. Kim sits on the floor and weeps amongst the strewn flowers; without the model they won't be able to build the full sized float. Trini tries to comfort her but she says that Rita will probably attack any future projects she works on, too. The others offer to help her rebuild this one, but she says there's no time to gather more flowers as the design was due today. Gloating at their petty sabotage, the villains ponder which monster to send forth this time. Rita demands a flower-themed monster from Finnster, one which will turn pretty blossoms into ferocious spiders and further rub defeat into Kim. He tells her he has a rare '"'Flora Expecterosi''" or Spitflower which will be just the trick. This beast sucks up hundreds of blossoms and spits them back out as evil and ravenous fanged flora which latch on to victims and suck out their life energy. The monster is created and sent down to Earth.

The drill lance revs up superfast and the two giants do battle. Amazingly, Spitflower is able to catch the lance in it's claw and land kicks on DBM. Eventually it spews an assortment of flowers on the mecha and explosions rip around it. Zordon tells Alpha to recall the Rangers so as to regroup, retreat the Zords and also to track the Spitflower. The monster, normal-sized again, continues to suck up flowers and build it's strength, weaponising them all over town. Alpha conducts an analysis of the battle. We see Bulk and Skull threatened by the gnawing flowers and chased by Spitflower. They pratfall and react with terror at the blossom's fangs, soon passing out. Zordon declares that the battle analysis has flagged up Spitflower's weakness: destroy the mist sac and the flowers can't be spat out any more, draining it's strength. Kim is confident she can hit it with her Power Bow. Tommy is told to stay behind as a last resort measure in case the others fail. Kim easily shoots down the sac and they bring the weapons together for the Power Blaster. They blast Spitflower with it and it is vanquished at last. Alpha celebrates, but Tommy asks him for assistance back at the garage. They operate on the off-screen project, despite Alpha getting his hand stuck to the superglue. Rita is upset, taking her monster's failure out on her underlings as usual. At the Youth Center, Jasn and Zack spar, talking about the day's close fought battle. Ernie then calls them over for the parade's televised broadcast for which Billy is wearing binoculars in a silly manner. Tommy and Kim show up, and she's not keen to be watching the parade, but he tells her to go ahead anyway. The camera zooms in on Kim's reconstructed float and she's delightfully surprised to learn about Tommy's efforts to fix it, hugging him. The two class clowns come around the corner, nursing their flower inflicted wounds. Skull asks Kim for a hug too, but Tommy tells them to just buzz off. Zack pulls his "the hand is faster than the eye routine", conjuring up a bouquet like a magician. This time, both have a big allergic sneezing fit and Ernie and the team laugh them off.

** TheDogBitesBack: Kimberly got back, by defeating the Spitflower with her Power Bow.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Why Billy is using binoculars to look at the parade...on a TV.
-->'''Billy''': They help me feel like I'm there.

* TearJerker: Probably the first genuine one in the entire show, Kim is left sobbing after the putties destroy her model. This also counts in-universe.

* PlantAlien: The Spitflower is one ferocious flower.

-->'''Squatt:''' Aww, poor Kimberly!

* {{Squick}}: Bulk sneezes on Skull, and blows his noes on his shirt.

At the Youth Center, Ernie tells Kimberly and Tommy that he's out to get some supplies, but they should feel free to keep working on her prized model float for the upcoming peace parade. Kim is so proud to be working on the float, and Tommy says her design definitely deserves to be entered as it's awesome. Who should show up but Bulk and Skull! They walk forward to mock it, and Bulk makes as if he's about to sneeze on it, but Tommy redirects him so that he sneezes on Skull. Remembering his allergies to these flowers, he repeatedly sneezes on and around his buddy and they walk off in humiliation. Rita, disgusted by the float and what it symbolises, boasting that there will be no world peace as long as she's around. Kim explains to Tommy that this year the flowers will be recycled as popperri. All of a sudden, the Putties appear and attack the pair, with some of them starting to wreck the model. The two fight back as hard as they can, but they're outnumbered and the float is ripped apart, eventually knocking off it's table. The other four Rangers walk into the scene, and just as they attack the Putties they teleport off. Kim sits on the floor and weeps amongst the strewn flowers; without the model they won't be able to build the full sized float. Trini tries to comfort her but she says that Rita will probably attack any future projects she works on, too. The others offer to help her rebuild this one, but she says there's no time to gather more flowers as the design was due today. Gloating at their petty sabotage, the villains ponder which monster to send forth this time. Rita demands a flower-themed monster from Finnster, one which will turn pretty blossoms into ferocious spiders and further rub defeat into Kim. He tells her he has a rare '"'Flora Expecterosi''" or Spitflower which will be just the trick. This beast sucks up hundreds of blossoms and spits them back out as evil and ravenous fanged flora which latch on to victims and suck out their life energy. The monster is created and sent down to Earth.

* KickTheDog: [[TearJerker Given Kim's reaction]], Rita ordering the Putties to wreck the float model is nothing less than this. Squatt even mocks her.

* {{Squick}}: Bulk sneezes on Skull, and blows his knows on his shirt.

* WitchWithACapitalB: Jason's sad reaction to Kim's plight: "This Rita is a real witch."

%% DontWaitForMe: Skull declares this to Bulk as they're attacked by the fanged flowers, but he soon catches up with him anyway.

* KickTheDog: [[TearJerker Given Kim's reaction]], Rita ordering the Putties to wreck the float model is nothing less than this.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Just how ''did'' Tommy and Alpha manage to construct a new model for the float and than get the float design made in time for the parade on the same day?
* BigDamnHeroes: Tommy once again shows us how {{Badass}} he is by zapping a fully grown Spit Flower on his butt...with just a blast from the Dragon Dagger.

* MomentOfFunny: Why Billy is using binoculars to look at the parade...on a TV.
-->'''Billy''': They help me feel like I'm there.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Just how ''did'' Tommy and Alpha manage to construct a new model for the float and than get the float design made in time for the parade on the same day?

* GardenOfFear: The Spitflower can turn any harmless little plant into a toothy gnawing monster, or as Alpha puts it, "Dangerous daisies!"

The drill lance revs up superfast and the two giants do battle. Amazingly, Spitflower is able to catch the lance in it's claw and land kicks on DBM. Eventually it spews an assortment of flowers on the mecha and explosions rip around it. Zordon tells Alpha to recall the Rangers so as to regroup, retreat the Zords and also to track the Spitflower. The monster, normal-sized again, continues to suck up flowers and build it's strength, weaponising them all over town. Alpha conducts an analysis of the battle. We see Bulk and Skull threatened by the gnawing flowers and chased by Spitflower. They pratfall and react with terror at the blossom's fangs, soon passing out. Zordon declares that the battle analysis has flagged up Spitflower's weakness: destroy the mist sac and the flowers can't be spat out any more, draining it's strength. Kim is confident she can hit it with her Power Bow. Tommy is told to stay behind as a last resort measure in case the others fail. Kim easily shoots down the sac and they bring the weapons together for the Power Thingy. They blast Spitflower with it and it is vanquished at last. Alpha celebrates, but Tommy asks him for assistance back at the garage. They operate on the off-screen project, despite Alpha getting his hand stuck to the superglue. Rita is upset, taking her monster's failure out on her underlings as usual. At the Youth Center, Jasn and Zack spar, talking about the day's close fought battle. Ernie then calls them over for the parade's televised broadcast for which Billy is wearing binoculars in a silly manner. Tommy and Kim show up, and she's not keen to be watching the parade, but he tells her to go ahead anyway. The camera zooms in on Kim's reconstructed float and she's delightfully surprised to learn about Tommy's efforts to fix it, hugging him. The two class clowns come around the corner, nursing their fower inflicted wounds. Skull asks Kim for a hug too, but Tommy tells them to just buzz off. Zack pulls his "the hand is faster than the eye routine", conjuring up a bouquet like a magician. This time, both have a big allergic sneezing fit and Ernie and the team laugh them off.