Shout Out / Truncated Power Rangers

Episode 1 - Pilot

• Billy: "I wanna go read Watchmen."
• Kim: "You know, this sucks! I wanna go play Animal Crossing."
• Zack: "Evil ... like Dr. Evil?"

Episode 2 - Cancellation

• "Tonight, on a very special Maude..."
• Finster: "[The monsters are] on strike."
• Scarab
• Jason: "So I call the act 'The Aristocrats'!"
• Zordon: "I don't even know why they were eating the salmon mousse, but Rita tampered with it."
• Kim: "Exit, stage right." (bastardization of Snagglepuss)
• Goldar: "What is this feeling, so sudden and new?"
• Jason: "The light! Either something is there, or Nick still doesn't get the hint."
• Bulk: "Shouldn't you be vacuuming?"

Episode 3 - Gaining Manhood

• The entire opening sequence is from the PlayStation version of the opening to The Powerpuff Girls.
• One of the ingredients used to create Tommy is Double Dragon.
• "Last week, on Desperate Housewives..."
• Alpha: "Plop plop, fizz fizz!"
• Squatt sneaks around Billy's lab to the theme of Mission: Impossible.
• Two song references to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• Billy-As-Kim: "Let's poorly imitate Macaulay Culkin!"
• Zack: "Holy crap, it's Heath Ledger!"
• Aladdin Cruger: "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your city down just like Hurricane Katrina!"
• The Megazord transforms with an appropriate sound effect.
• The zord fight is set to, and references, Mortal Kombat music.
• Aladdin Cruger: "Now I am Spider-Man!"
• "Battle cry!"
• Aladdin Cruger (again): "I missed at point blank range! Well screw you guys; I'm going home then."
• "Tonight, on Sab-Rita the Geriatric Witch..."
• Tommy's entire dialogue pattern, complete with "SUCKERS!", is based off Precious Roy.
• The ending narration - and Tommy's finisher - is based off Dragon Ball Z.

Episode 4 - The Abridged Mini-Series

• Rita fears Paris Hilton may be coming to visit. She doesn't.
• Finster reveals via flashback that he was involved with Saban during an attempt to acquire Jetman footage.
• Tommy: "I thought David beat Goliath; time to check!"
• Zack: "...Israel gained independence from the Gravy Empire in 1947."
• Jason: "Let's Samuraize, guys!"
  Directly referenced in the roll call.
• Morph Gag
• The Megazord calls on the power of the wrong mecha.
• Scorpina: "Now to go Cloverfield on your ass!"
• "This season, on Heroes..."
• Goldar and Tommy invoke attacks from Kamen Rider.
• Similarly, Jason borrows a phrase from another franchise when summoning the Megazord's Power Sword.
• Jason: "Hey, what's this red ring [of death] mean?"
• The Megazord falls into the core of the Earth with an appropriate sound effect.
• Rita: "C3! Hit! You sunk my Dragon Zord!"
• When Zordon revives the zords, he does so to "Circle of Life".
• Jason wishing his zord, once a famous gymnast, was sixteen at the time.
  When the episode was originally written in 2008, this was a big controversy.
• As Tommy joins the good Rangers, "Dreams" by Van Halen plays. This song was featured in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie during the Rangers' victory celebration.
• "SMUCKERS!"

Episode 5 - Wax Pathetic

• Direct reference to The Indian in the Cupboard.
• Lots of references to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• Squatt: I'm giving him some weapons, because nothing complements the agility of a turtle quite like the great Triforian pastime of Stick-a-Stitch.
• The various pitches of names for Peitouche, ranging from Yertle to Tor.
• Zack: I am totally the Wesley Snipes to your Woody Harrelson, Tommy.
• A running joke about the internet rumor that Jason's actor, Austin St. John, later went on to have a career in gay porn (he didn't, of course; the guy just happened to look a lot like Austin back in his MMPR days).
• This week, on Everybody Loves Rita...
• The "running theme" is from Mystery Science Theater 3000, specifically the "Angels Revenge" episode.
• Stop, hammer time.
• Trini: Arriba, arriba! Trini Kwan, the fastest Latina in all of California!
• Trini, again: EIGHTYNINECENTCHEESYDOUBLEBEEFBURRITO!

Episode 6 - A Myster?ous Occurrence

• Due to the monster's inspiration, there are several references to Ocarina of Time.
• "Magic and Power Rangers don't mix!"
• Reference to "Badger Badger Badger".
• "Rangers, your game of Elefun will have to be put on hold."
• Gohma name-drops Metallica.
• "You could be called Phormo for all I care!"

Episode 7 - Jason David Frankenstein

• Jason's unsure whether or not his costume is of Robin Hood or Peter Pan.
• Bela Lugosi is name-dropped.
• One of Alpha's pet names from his harem is Threepio.
• Rita references Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Batman & Robin, The Dark Knight, and Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.
• There's a subtle reference to Killer Instinct in the morph call.

Episode 8 - Let's Hear It for the Toy

• The Putties channel Steve Irwin.
• Since the re-edit of the real episode resulted in a random checkered flag, F-Zero was lampshaded.
• Broadway shows are referenced, from Footloose to West Side Story.
• Titanus - who evokes another (arguably) beloved children's character - tells a story that sounds familiar to some fans...
• Being the first part of a two-parter, an Intermission is included.

Episode 9 - Big Things & Little Packages

• Tommy Rick Rolls both Rita and the Rangers.
• "This week on Land of the Lost (1974)..."
• Music from Donkey Kong Country parts ''2 and 3 play in the background.
• The morph gag: "BURAI!" "GOSHI!" "MEI!" "DAN!" "BOI!" "JUNGLE FURY!"
  • Some Fridge Brilliance there. Jungle Fury's Japanese counterpart was called Gekiranger.
• Bulk and Skull dance to "Do the Mario".
• "Hey guys I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!"
• "Some one stole my bike!" "I blame the black guy!"
• "Hey look guys it's Danny DeVito!"
• Zack gets referred to as Malcom X and Rodney King. No one actually knew who Malcom X was however...

Episode 10 - Chase Figure

• "Last time, on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight..."
• Kim goes on about how she just saw Watchmen.
• The Samurai Fan Man is both the creator of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and BoukenBlack's dentist.
• Reference to the use of yellow lines in Adobe Premiere.
• The Rangers spar to the opening theme song to Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
• "Get out the Beetle Bonders!" "Green Hunter!" "Blue Stinger!" "Red Striker!" "VENJIX!"
• Tommy's morph call: "TENAYA 7!"
• The Rangers apparently watch The O'Reilly Factor. The episode cuts short just as O'Reilly's infamous breakdown starts to happen.
• Mona Pizza's theme can be heard while the rangers are looking at the villains in the viewing globe.

Episode 11 - America's Natinal Pastime

• The title refers to the 2009 Major League Baseball season, where the Washington Nationals had their jerseys misprinted with "NATINALS" on the front.
• Goldar and Rita engage in a debate regarding Power Rangers RPM's place in the continuity. Said debate was engaged by rita mentioning the debate taking place on RangerBoard
• Tommy auditions for 2 Girls 1 Cup: The Musical.
• The morph call.
• The monster of the week is a generic worm Pokemon.
• Steroid Sosa's clamoring for what he sees as a needle parodies the MLB's constant revelations of players testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
• "YOUR NAME IS TOBY!"
  Zack tries to make a different reference.
• Jason calls Kimberberly Mia Hamm

Episode 12 - The Rangers Lose a Member

• Tommy: RED BATTLEZORD FORESHADOWING!
• The Green Candle is made from the remains of Peitouche, the monster from Episode 5.
• RESIDUAL ENERGY RUNOFF
• Jason has the power.
• Tonight, on Grey's Anatomy...
• Tommy: ALAS POOR UTERUS, I KNEW YE WELL.

Episode 13 - Why Aorta

• The monster of the week is Canary Gary.
• Billy's morph call of Baby Bop.
• Last week, on Cougar Town...

Episode 14 - The Day before the Day After Tomorrow

• Jason: "Uh, Let's Split Up, Gang!!" Zack: "Okay, Fred—I mean, Jason."

Episode 15 1/2 - Now With Recipes For Some Reason

• The title stems from Encyclopedia Brown, whose 16th book was labeled "15 1/2" and actually contained recipes in the second half of the book.

Episode 19 - Testing One's Gourd

• Ernie's best friend is named Bert.

Episode 26 - No Need to Fret

• Bulk and Skull try to cosplay as Princess Peach and Bowser.

Episode 27

• The Monster is called Wonko the Sane. He points out that most of the audience haven't heard of Douglas Adams. Jason points out that he doesn't look like Waspinator

Episode 29 - The New Guy Sucks

• Zordon's answering message when the Rangers try to contact his is Believe it or not. Zordon isn't at home. Please leave a message at the beep. I must be out or I'd pick up the phone. Where could I be?