Children's television series (or children's television shows ) are television programs designed specifically for children . They are typically characterised by easy-going content devoid of sensitive or adult themes and are normally broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake, immediately before and after school schedules generally start in the country where they air. Educational themes are also prevalent, as well as the transmission of cautionary tales and narratives that teach problem-solving methods in some fashion or another, such as social disputes.
155-653: Power Rangers Samurai is the eighteenth season of the children's television series Power Rangers , which is based on the Japanese Super Sentai Series . The season was the first to be produced by SCG Power Rangers , after Saban Brands (replacing BVS Entertainment as the main producer) acquired the franchise. The season marks the franchise's debut on Nickelodeon , premiering on the main network and Nicktoons on February 7, 2011. Samurai uses props, footage, script, and characteristics from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and, according to press material, had
310-443: A "brighter tone and an infusion of fun and comedy that wasn't present in seasons 16 and 17 ." Samurai is also the first season to be shot and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen and in HD . Though 2006's Boukenger (which was adapted into Operation Overdrive ) was the first Super Sentai series to be shot in widescreen, preceding Power Rangers seasons were not. However, Shinkenger was also
465-650: A Mega Monster, the Rangers use the Shark Sword to finish him off. Back at the Shiba House, Antonio and Mentor Ji thank the rest of the team for their help and Mike attempts to try the same prank again on Antonio, only to be caught a second time by Mentor Ji. Kevin loses his Samurizer in an attack by Skarf while near a swimming center where a meet is being held – there, he reunites with one of his old swim team members and begins to think that he should return to swimming as his friend
620-469: A UFO approaching Earth. They end up going to work for Professor Phenomenus, who is constantly on the search for aliens on Earth. The Professor immediately proved to be very odd, but also quite brilliant. The trio's antics frequently saw them crossing paths with the Space Rangers (whenever they were on Earth, of course). Due to the majority of the Rangers' adventures often taking them off Earth, and because of
775-400: A badly injured Jayden manages to deliver what seems to be a mortal blow to Deker. Lauren finally convinces Kevin to find Jayden for her. As Mike, Mia, and Emily find Jayden in a ring of fire, Deker stands up again, still alive, wanting to continue the fight. The others beg them to stop fighting and are surprised to see Deker talking to himself. In actuality, the spirit of Dayu, in her human form,
930-556: A big crush on the Pink Ranger. Skull made a brief appearance in the Power Rangers Super Samurai finale, "Samurai Forever", where Skull picks up his son; he arrives in a limo with a suit. Bulk and Skull size each other up and Bulk remarks he's changed, but after a brief tease of conflict they're shown to still be friends. Skull remains accident-prone as he and Spike hit their heads on a sign when waving good-bye to Bulk. In
1085-480: A block on Animax , known as "Nick Time") and Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network's age demographic is moving towards older viewers with shows such as Hello Kitty , Regular Show and Adventure Time ) One of the most well-known children's TV programmes comes from Iceland, LazyTown , was created by Magnus Scheving , European Gymnastics Champion and CEO of Lazytown Entertainment . The show has aired in over 180 countries, been dubbed into more than 32 languages and
1240-553: A cable, satellite, streaming, or internet subscription to view them on first airing." In the United States, there are three major commercial cable networks dedicated to children's television. All three also operate secondary services with specialized scopes drawing upon their respective libraries, such as a focus on specific demographics, or a focus upon classic programming that fall within their scope and demographics; all three have also extensively franchised their brands outside
1395-653: A cliff and land near a stream. Gigertox begins the attack, and Antonio fights him alone until the others arrive. Gold Ranger struggles against the powerful Nighlok, and he is defeated. Lauren and the other Rangers arrive at the scene to join the fight. At the stream, Mentor Ji reminds Jayden of his childhood and his dedication to the Samurai life and tries to convince him not to fight Deker but to no avail. Unable to change his mind, Mentor Ji leaves Jayden alone after telling him he can do it. The Rangers finally manage to destroy Gigertox, who grows into his Mega mode form. After defeating him
1550-488: A comic book based on Power Rangers Super Samurai . The Samurai Rangers also played a role in the 2018 comic Book Event "Shattered Grid", celebrating 25 years of the Power Rangers franchise. The complete season of Super Samurai was released on Blu-ray on December 4, 2012 and DVD on January 7, 2014 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment . Children%27s television series The purpose of these shows, aside from profit,
1705-425: A feature film . The run-up to the new series was promoted by 145 Days of Power Rangers, a daily airing of every Mighty Morphin episode in order. An official Power Rangers Facebook page was also created. On November 24, 2010, the Power Rangers website placed a trailer for the show online, hosted on Yahoo! Kids . The new Samurai Rangers also appeared at the 2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade . Paul Schrier has
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#17328845380131860-717: A few exceptions, perhaps the best-known being the Power Rangers franchise). Typically, programs are either 'for boys' or 'for girls'. The teen demographic targets viewers 12 to 18 years of age. Live-action series that target this demographic are more dramatic and developed, including teen dramas and teen sitcoms . In some cases, they may contain more mature content that is usually not permissible on shows targeting younger viewers, and can include some profanity or suggestive dialogue. Educational programming targeted at this demographic has historically been rare, other than on NASA TV 's education block. However, some programming aimed at
2015-464: A few minutes, pretends to wake up so they can all get ice cream. As Antonio heads to the Shiba House, the others listen to Jayden and Ji talk of young Antonio. Jayden gave him the Octozord and threatened to quit his training if Ji tried to take back the Octozord. Antonio makes an entrance, all fancy, but when his fish hook rips his pants, he feels embarrassed. Antonio explains that after moving away when he
2170-509: A flight; "A Pig Surprise" would have them happily looking after a pig; and in the three-part "The Ninja Encounter" in season two, when Bulk spotted a runaway baby stroller, he and Skull immediately sprang into action to help out, and the duo would spend the rest of the episode looking after the baby boy until his father escaped Goldar's clutches. This was also the first time the duo were seen on skateboards which, despite their generally unathletic nature, they appeared moderately skilled at. During
2325-461: A horse while Scott takes the bike again. Both Rangers race to the scene. Scott is bitter that Jayden beat him to the scene, and the two Rangers battle each other as Cog watches. After a brief fight, the Rangers both appear unscathed, much to Professor Cog’s confusion. Mentor Ji had noticed the effect of the hypno-bolts and reversed the poison with symbol power. The Rangers were staging the fight to fool Professor Cog. The Red Rangers work together to fight
2480-556: A majority of their plans were harebrained, a few of them were actually clever, like making a cement cast of the Power Rangers' footprints so they can see if any civilians' feet match. They discovered the Rangers' identities twice . At one time, they saved the Rangers when the Ranger team lost their memories and de-morphed in front of them - Bulk and Skull tricked the Scatterbrain monster to fire his amnesia beam through two prisms , distorting
2635-408: A moment and returns to find Jayden gone. Jayden walks alone in the forest and questions his true destiny. He runs into Deker, who challenges him to a fight while stating that they have something in common: they are both warriors are tormented by fates that they didn't choose. Jayden decides that the world would be a better place without Deker and decides to battle him. At the Shiba House, Mentor Ji tells
2790-589: A nearby park, revealing her reasons for becoming a Samurai Ranger. Meanwhile, Bulk is reunited with Spike, the son of his best friend Skull , and he becomes committed to training his nephew into becoming a samurai. When the Nighlok Scorpionic appears, four of the Samurai Rangers deal with the Moogers while Red Ranger fights the new Nighlok. During the battle, Red Ranger keeps a young girl out of harm's way before
2945-675: A new Black Box-powered Megazord combination of Samurai Megazord and Claw Battlezord: Claw Armor Megazord to do battle with the summoned giant Moogers, and then a new cannon: the Samurai Battle Cannon, formed by the Beetle, Swordfish, Tiger and Octozords to destroy Arachnitor. After switching bodies with a fish and almost getting eaten by a cat, Antonio is now afraid of fish. Meanwhile, at the Sanzu River, this episode's Nighlok, Serrator, offers help to Master Xandred in his plans and reveals that he
3100-451: A number of children's channels under the Pop and Tiny Pop brands. British versions of Cartoon Network and its sister channels Boomerang and Cartoonito also operate in the country, some 25 years after the initial launch. Ireland has one dedicated children's TV service RTÉjr . Since 1998 RTÉ2 has provided children's programming from 07:00 to 17:30 each weekday, originally titled The Den ,
3255-409: A permanent character himself, frequently giving Bulk and Skull orders that they usually failed to perform, leading eventually to his anger (rather than just their humiliation). Despite this, Bulk and Skull were close to Lt. Stone and took their new job seriously as they would be shown trying to perform police duties (albeit incompetently) and occasionally try to help people in trouble: in "The Changing of
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#17328845380133410-623: A plan to trap the Rangers. Upon completing the Shark Disk, Antonio and Mentor Ji are kidnapped by a swarm of Moogers. With the Gap Sensor sounding, the Rangers head to investigate their disappearance. While following the trail left by Antonio's dropped reel, the Rangers are ambushed by many Moogers. Mike figures out something within the Light Zord and unleashes it, which turns out to be the Shark Disk. This allows Jayden to access Shark Attack Mode to destroy
3565-654: A recurring role in the season, reprising his role as Bulk originating from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers . Jason Narvy subsequently reprised his role as Skull in the final episode. For the second batch of episodes airing in 2012, Saban began promoting the season with the title of "Super Samurai" to reflect the upgrades to the Rangers powers (glimpsed already in "Clash of the Red Rangers The Movie"). Actor Hector David, Jr., released an official teaser poster for "Super Samurai" on his Facebook profile. Rangers Supporting characters Villains Guest stars When
3720-455: A rival gang of detectives, Humphrey and Bogart, who were trying to frame a new student named Robert for a series of practical jokes all over town, until Kat and Tanya helped expose the rival detectives as the practical jokers with the help of the owner of the novelty shop in identifying both Humphrey and Bogart as his best customers. Also, during this time, Bulk and Skull secretly hosted Rito and Goldar , who lost their memories after setting up
3875-418: A second time, he returns with a third life thanks to Octoroo’s sacrifice. They manage to destroy him with a Symbol Powered Mega Strike. Back at the Shiba House, the Rangers look after Antonio and Mentor Ji, who tells them about Jayden’s duel against Deker. Jayden and Deker’s duel reaches its climax. Mike, Mia, and Emily leave to find Jayden, while Kevin and Lauren stay behind if there’s a Nighlok attack. Antonio
4030-625: A squad of Cogs, while Tritor manages to destroy both the brain drain machine that had been used on Tommy and the other prisoners, and the generator to the forcefield that trapped Gasket's hostages in the Machine Arena and prevented the Rangers from morphing. Before dropping them back on Earth, Tritor says that they will be legends and honored on his homeworld of Horath which they have just helped save. Nobody believes their later tale, except for Tommy, Katherine and Jason who overhear them boasting about it. However, thinking they are just being further mocked,
4185-487: A tear in his eye. Giant Moogers begin to attack the city. Lauren asks Antonio for help while Mentor Ji calls the Rangers. Kevin invites Jayden to the fight, who says he will join shortly. The Rangers morph into action and head to the city. Dayu remembers Master Xandred and how he helped to repair the harmonium. She accepts her fate and plays her harmonium to speed up Master Xandred’s reawakening. Mia turns her attention to Dayu and engages in combat with her. Pink Ranger leaps into
4340-408: A tropical-themed bar called "Bulkmeier's". Tommy Oliver , the veteran Power Ranger, is also present. In this episode, Bulk and Skull were shown having a conversation about the early days of Power Rangers - in particular, Bulk is bragging to Skull about how he once met Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa . Skull feigns interest before pointedly reminding him that he did, too. Bulk takes a call from Andros that
4495-458: Is destroyed, the Rangers help Jayden see another Red Ranger who powers down to reveal her true form. Jayden introduces the Rangers to his big sister Lauren, and she is pleased to see her younger brother. Returning to the Shiba House, Mentor Ji tells the story of the Great Battle, how the previous Rangers fought against Master Xandred, and how Jayden's father put his faith in his two children. Lauren
4650-466: Is fixing the Claw Zord damaged in battle long ago, and Ji hid it. Kevin doesn't fully accept Antonio as a "true Samurai" and thinks he's just goofing around. The monster of the day steals kids' toys to create sorrow with Octoroo, trying to find another way to open the Sanzu River through a well. Bulk and Spike are sleeping, and their toy panda is stolen, and all that is left is slime. Dayu visits Deker outside
4805-472: Is generally credited with being the first TV programme specifically for children. Some authors posit television for children tended to originate from similar programs on radio. For example, the BBC's Children's Hour was launched as a radio broadcast in 1922, with BBC School Radio commencing live broadcasts in 1924. In the early 1930s, radio adventure serials such as Little Orphan Annie began to emerge in
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4960-414: Is generally more overtly educational. In a number of cases, such shows are produced in consultation with educators and child psychologists in an effort to teach age-appropriate lessons (the series Sesame Street pioneered this approach when it debuted in 1969). A format that has increased in popularity since the 1990s is the " pseudo-interactive " program, in which the action of the show stops and breaks
5115-617: Is mainly to entertain or educate children, with each series targeting a certain age of child: some are aimed at infants and toddlers, some are aimed at those aged 6 to 11 years old, and others are aimed at all children. Children's television is nearly as old as television itself. In the United Kingdom, the BBC 's For the Children was first broadcast in 1946, and in English-speaking circles,
5270-520: Is more accustomed to the atmosphere of a protective biosphere from his dimension. Later the Grinders make their attack on Antonio, who morphs and fights the Grinders. The Gap Sensor alerts the Rangers to battle. Scott gets there early by taking Mentor Ji’s bike and helps out Antonio while the Rangers and Professor Cog enter the fray. Cog uses his hypno-bolts on Jayden and Scott (which will slowly cause them to distrust each other), and he uses his Portal attack to
5425-522: Is not as good as he was, and his Samurizer is still missing. Mike calls Kevin's Samurizer to track down Skarf, discovering the Samurizer is in the Nighlok's arm. Elsewhere, Dayu finds a part of Deker's Uramasa as Serrator approaches her – he tells her where she can find Deker to serve under him in exchange for Dayu's harmonium and Deker's Uramasa getting fixed. Dayu and Deker enter the fray with Skarf, so Deker (who
5580-407: Is portrayed by Jeremy Birchall (voice only) during this episode as Steven Skyler is absent during filming. 2. In some countries outside the United States, this television movie is sometimes aired split into two parts due to the extended airing time. The Rangers become concerned by the extent of the Sanzu River when its water begins to seep into our world – meanwhile, Arachnitor resurfaces and uses
5735-522: Is preventing him from lifting his sword. Deker asks the spirit to leave him alone while Jayden takes the opportunity to walk away. Deker charges towards a defenseless Jayden but is saved when Kevin shows up and strikes Deker down. The Rangers help Jayden out of the fire while Deker slowly disintegrates, happy that his curse is finally broken. At the Sanzu River, Octoroo reminds Dayu that she can bring back Master Xandred with her harmonium, and Dayu realizes that her dreams are now over with Deker's demise. Later in
5890-574: Is protected by the others against his wishes. The pain from Fiera’s attacks begins to take its toll on Jayden. With the other Rangers down, Jayden uses the Black Box to finish the fight, barely surviving as he destroys Fiera with the Super Bullzooka. Dayu wonders why the fire didn't consume the Shiba Clan head, while Octoroo has an idea on why it didn't work. Fiera grows to Mega Mode, and Jayden gives Kevin
6045-471: Is surprised to learn that Rangers exist in this dimension but dismisses them as mere pests. Sharkjaw retreats after drying up, and Octoroo tells him he is no longer needed as General Gut and his army of Moogers are waiting to attack in the human world. Professor Cog enters the Netherworld to meet Master Xandred. Professor Cog wants to use some of the Sanzu River to poison the humans in his dimension in return for
6200-621: Is the most expensive children's show of all time. In 1995, Cartoon Network became the first children's channel to be launched in India. Subsequently, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon arrived. Hungama TV (2004) was the first children's channel that had local content. Pogo and BabyTV came later in 2006. By 2018, 23 channels have aired in India. Nickelodeon was the first children's channel in Romania, launched in December 1998. Afterwards, Minimax became
6355-411: Is told to stay behind as he needs to rest. The epic duel between Jayden and Deker reaches its climax. Sensing his concerns for his friend, Lauren tries to convince Kevin to help the others find Jayden while mentioning how she never had a friend. Kevin reminds her that she does now. At the Sanzu River, Octoroo believes that Master Xandred is returning while Dayu senses that Deker is in trouble. By nightfall,
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6510-517: Is wielding a different sword) may fight Jayden in his Super Samurai mode. However, Dayu and Deker end the fight prematurely by destroying Skarf (since Serrator mentioned that the destruction of Skarf could unlock his secondary power), giving the Rangers the chance to retrieve Kevin's Samurizer. When the Nighlok enlarges, he gains a shield, forcing the Rangers to form the Samurai Gigazord for the first time, with Jayden using Shogun mode to break through
6665-506: The Cartoon Network , Disney Channel , Disney Junior , Disney XD , and Nickelodeon brands. WildBrain operates Family Channel , as well as the spin-off services WildBrainTV and Family Jr. it has been majority owned and operated by British Columbia's public broadcaster Knowledge Network . In French, Corus operates Télétoon and La chaîne Disney , WildBrain operates Télémagino (a French version of Family Jr.), TVA Group operates
6820-604: The FCC mandates. (The rule for digital subchannels was repealed in July 2019; in practice, most still carry educational programs anyway.) In 2017, there was a programming block that aired on syndication called KidsClick ; it was notable as a concerted effort to program children's shows on television without regard to their educational content, one of the first such efforts since the E/I rule took effect. The transition to digital television has allowed for
6975-603: The Power Rangers universe . They appeared as permanent cast members from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers until Power Rangers in Space . Bulk was a recurring character in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy , along with Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Super Samurai , but the duo never returned together as permanent cast members. Bulk and Skull are portrayed by Paul Schrier and Jason Narvy respectively. Bulk
7130-405: The fourth wall to give a young viewer the opportunity to answer a question or dilemma put forth on the show, with the action continuing as if the viewer answered correctly. Shows that target the demographic of persons 6 to 11 years old focus primarily on entertainment and can range from comedic cartoons to action series. Most children's television series targeting this age range are animated (with
7285-676: The 1990s, more children's television series such as Barney & Friends , Blue's Clues , SpongeBob SquarePants , Bear in the Big Blue House , and The Big Comfy Couch were created. A voluminous range of children's television programming now exists in the 2020s. Notable successes outside the US include shows like Play School , Noggin the Nog , Clangers , Bagpuss , Teletubbies , Thunderbirds , Danger Mouse , Count Duckula , Mr. Men and Thomas & Friends originating from
7440-531: The Aquitian Rangers, but soon rebels against his masters as his human self surfaces from within, prompting Rita and Zedd to return him to normal in retaliation. When the Zeo Crystal was reformed and undid the time Reversal, Bulk and Skull, who were on playground swings and trying to see who could go the highest, where the first to return to their normal ages. When the swings break and they land next to each other,
7595-404: The BBC runs CBBC as well as the preschool-oriented CBeebies , while ITV runs CITV as well as the preschool-oriented LittleBe , as a programming block on ITVBe . Both channels were spun off from children's television strands on their respective flagship channels ( BBC One , BBC Two , and ITV ). The BBC and ITV have largely phased out children's programming from their main channels to focus on
7750-510: The Black Box. Super Samurai Blue Ranger summons the Claw Armor Megazord. Fiera is too quick for the Claw Armor Megazord. Jayden remains injured on the ground as he sees a blurry vision of a girl walking towards him who reveals a Shiba Morpher. Fiera continues to fire against the Zords. The Lion Folding Zord attacks Fiera on its own as the others realize that Jayden is not piloting it. After Fiera
7905-509: The LightZord, an ancient Zord that no Ranger has been able to master – he asks Antonio to see if he can unlock it. The Rangers deal with two Spitfangs before Serrator destroys them himself and personally tests the Rangers' fighting skills. He effortlessly defeats the Rangers in battle. At the last second, Antonio arrives with the Lightzord to drive Serrator off before he enlarges Lightzord to take out
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#17328845380138060-592: The Nighlok Tooya to attack the humans with an army of Moogers. Ji summons four other warriors: Olympic swimmer Kevin, kindergarten teacher Mia, carefree gamer Mike, and pure-hearted country-girl Emily. Upon meeting the four, Jayden gives each one a chance to back out of his crusade, and when all four decline, he gives each one a Samuraizer phone. Jayden, Emily, Kevin, Mia, and Mike then take on Tooya and his numerous Moogers. Red Ranger defeats Tooya, but despite that, he tells his teammates to remain on their guard. Sure enough,
8215-498: The Nighlok is reborn as his secondary form, a titanic mega-monster, so the Samurai Rangers enlarge their Foldingzords to confront and destroy him. After the battle, Ji welcomes Emily, Kevin, Mia, and Mike into the Shiba House. All five warriors become full-fledged Power Rangers. After joining Jayden as his teammates, Emily, Kevin, Mia, and Mike begin their transition into Samurai Rangers. However, while Mike spars with Kevin, Emily disappears. Kevin, Mia, and Mike discover her practicing at
8370-563: The Nighloks are revived and begin to attack the mortal realm, Jayden of the Shiba Clan takes arms to fight them as the Red Ranger. After defeating the company of Moogers, Jayden is informed by his mentor, Ji, that he must assemble his team of Samurai Rangers instead of fighting on his own. Meanwhile, on the Sanzu River, the incredibly powerful Master Xandred finally awakens. Upon learning that the Samurai Rangers still exist, he becomes enraged and sends
8525-715: The Papyrax Serrator summoned. The Rangers form the Samurai Gigazord to finish off Serrator, only for the Symbol Powered Shogun Strike not to affect him. On Gold Ranger’s suggestion, Shogun Red summons the Shark Zord and combines it with Gigazord into a true final combination called Samurai Shark Gigazord to finally destroy Serrator the Shark Sword Slash. In the forest, Dayu confronts Deker about his decision. Deker responds that he will end his curse on his terms. As
8680-497: The Papyrox. Later on, the Rangers ask Antonio how he got over his fear – he tells them in response and they start to laugh as it is shown that Mentor Ji had snuck up behind Antonio and stuffed sushi in his mouth, having him eat it. At the Shiba House, with Antonio having conquered his fear of fish, Emily and Mike decide to keep the stray kitten as a pet. The Rangers are surprised to see Antonio and Mentor Ji working collaboratively to store
8835-434: The Power Rangers for saving the world is lit up, Bulk and Skull are offended, even though they had just played a major part in saving people's lives. Around the time of Zeo , Saban planned to make a Bulk and Skull comedy spinoff show, where they would run a hotel (Jason Narvy has said that he thinks it was "their grandmothers' hotel"). A Mexican Elvis impersonator was going to be a supporting character. Narvy claims that
8990-506: The Professor realized too late that Skull was not with them. Skull had overslept and did not wake up in time to join them. Sometime into Terra Venture's journey, the two were working at the station's restaurant, the Comet Cafe. Mike Corbett thought they were supposed to be working in the science division. Despite Professor Phenomenus' attempted spin, Bulk clarified that they had been fired. At
9145-626: The RPM Red Ranger Scott uses the Skyrev Megazord to fight Venjix's general Professor Cog in the deserts outside of Corinth. Cog tricks Scott into lowering his guard and then escapes the battle. In a subway within the Samurai Rangers dimension, Professor Cog and his Grinders enter the scene. In the city, the Rangers battle Sharkjaw and the Gold Ranger joins the fight, but he was late. Professor Cog
9300-542: The Rangers be turned over to her or else Earth would be destroyed. Everyone in Angel Grove had lost hope, but Bulk and Skull still had faith that the Power Rangers would save them. The next morning, the Rangers (sans Andros, who left to board the Dark Fortress) intend to turn themselves in to save Earth. However, Bulk suddenly announces he is a Ranger, prompting Skull, Professor Phenomenus and every other present civilian to do
9455-532: The Rangers defeat Scorpionic with their combined Spin Sword attacks. But when Scorpionic revives into a Mega Monster, the Rangers combine their Foldingzords to form the Samurai Megazord to destroy him and his giant Mooger army. After the battle, Ji congratulates the Rangers while Mike uses his symbol ability to create confetti before dancing all over the house. During battle training, Emily accidentally injures Mike in
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#17328845380139610-514: The Rangers fight the Nighlok Steeleto (who vows to avenge his best friend Vulpes), they're powerless to destroy him. Steeleto retreats when he starts to dry up, and the team starts to consider bringing Antonio along. Antonio, down at the fishing pier, angrily talks with Octozord about regretting meeting the Rangers. Emily and Mike go to ask him to join and go to the mansion. There, Jayden is convinced to give Antonio back his morpher just in time for
9765-561: The Rangers or others; Bulk even had a bench press record in "A Pressing Engagement". Over time, while still being antagonistic, their more aggressive nature was toned down and they would get some more sympathetic portrayals. In the first-season episode "Foul Play in the Sky", which had footage shot later in production and then edited in later, Bulk and Skull were even shown with a normal hobby, plane-spotting and politely ask to join Kimberly and her Uncle on
9920-523: The Rangers that they should train with Lauren while searching for Jayden. At the Sanzu River, Octoroo prepares his latest Nighlok: Gigertox, stating this may be their last chance. Dayu is surprised that Octoroo gave half of his life source to Gigertox. Back at the Shiba House, Mia serves lunch, and the Rangers try to get to know Lauren. Mia is pleased to see someone loving her cooking. Back in the forest, Mentor Ji watches as Red Ranger faces off against Deker, and in an attempt to protect Jayden, they both fall down
10075-472: The Rangers to split up to find Antonio and deal with the Gap issue. Serrator enjoys his recent victory and awaits Deker to take his place. Deker walks down the road until he runs into Antonio, who tries to reason with him, but Deker attacks him. Mike and Kevin arrive in time to protect Antonio. Chasing after Deker as he regains Uramasa from Serrator, the regrouped Rangers cannot stop him with Serrator in their way. But at
10230-471: The Rangers: Part II". They are voiced by their respective actors, however only the audience can understand them. Lt. Stone takes the chimpanzees into his care (claiming that they seem 'familiar'). They make several attempts to inform him and others of their true identities, but are unsuccessful. They were transformed into Chimps so Narvy and Schrier would have time to work on a proposed spin-off series for
10385-496: The River's water to prevent himself from drying out. At the Shiba House, Antonio works on the Black Box – after he completes it, he rushes to where the other Rangers are fighting Arachnitor and finally arrives, informing Jayden that he has succeeded in unlocking the Black Box. Jayden uses the Box to access Super Samurai Mode and defeat Arachnitor. Once Arachnitor assumes Mega Monster form, they use
10540-493: The Samurai Megazord to face off against Pestilox. Serrator details how Deker's role as a half-human, half Nighlok is important to the mission. Pestilox is defeated when the Rangers form the Claw Armor Megazord and Jayden powers up to Shogun Mode. Dayu overhears the conversation with Deker and Serrator. Deker, who wants Uramasa back, is uninterested in Serrator’s plan, but Serrator tells Deker that his curse will be lifted by fulfilling
10695-449: The Sanzu River, Octoroo confronts Serrator after discovering his 200-year plan. Octoroo learns that Serrator was wedging sadness in a pattern. Serrator is impressed reveals that Deker is an important tool in his plan. In the forest, Dayu informs Deker that she doubts Serrator will keep his word, but Deker merely tells Dayu to stay away from Serrator. Pestilox begins his assault, and Mentor Ji calls Antonio to battle. Pestilox fires insects into
10850-409: The Sanzu River, but around it, he's still injured. Dayu wonders if Deker does remember anything from his past. Antonio follows Kevin's morning routine to learn what makes him a true samurai. The boys end up in the forest finding Octoroo, but their morpher signals are blocked. Kevin and Antonio eventually overcome their differences and fight together to defeat the Nighloks. In another dimension of Earth,
11005-480: The Shark Disk (capable of defeating General Gut) with the Light Zord. Mike plays a prank on a distracted Antonio by putting dry cat food in his plate of trail mix but is caught by Mentor Ji who gives Mike a taste of his own medicine before deciding to continue working on the Disk outdoors, free of distractions. Meanwhile, at the Sanzu River, Octoroo announces the return of the powerful Nighlok Eyescar to Master Xandred who has
11160-423: The Shiba House. Later that night, the Rangers miss Jayden and question his departure. Antonio decides to go after Jayden, considering himself not a "true samurai." Lauren remains quiet, as she knows she knows that she can never take Jayden's place. At the docks, Jayden ponders about his departure. Antonio arrives to comfort Jayden, who responds that Antonio must protect Lauren, the new Red Ranger. Antonio leaves for
11315-473: The Subcraft. Due to the brain scramble, they come to be under the impression that they are Antonio Bandaras (Skull) and an unnamed German (Bulk), much to the annoyance of their inmates, Jason and Kimberly. In spite of their disoriented state of mind, they are able to successfully escape the Subcraft with Jason and Kimberly and are later rescued by the Power Rangers, who presumably help them restore their minds back to
11470-452: The UK, Paw Patrol from Canada, Le Manege Enchantè from France, The Singing Ringing Tree from Germany, and Marine Boy and Pokémon from Japan. Canadian studio Nelvana is a particularly prolific producer of children's programming. Much of Nelvana's product is broadcast worldwide, especially in the US, where the similarities in dialect do not require any dubbing or localization. In
11625-466: The United States and became a staple of children's afternoon radio listening. Early children's shows included Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1947), Howdy Doody , and Captain Kangaroo . Another show, Ding Dong School , aired from 1952 to 1965. Its creator and host, Frances Horwich , would sit in front of the camera and simulate small talk with the viewing audience at home, demonstrating basic skills for
11780-445: The United States, early children's television was often co-opted as a platform to market products and it rarely contained any educational elements (for instance, The Magic Clown , a popular early children's program, was primarily an advertisement for Bonomo's Turkish taffy .) In the early years of television, advertising to children posed a dilemma as most children have no disposable income of their own. As such, children's television
11935-458: The United States. Under current mandates, all broadcast television stations in the United States must show a minimum of three hours per week of educational children's programming , regardless of format. Until 2019, this rule also applied to digital subchannels ; as a result, digital multicast networks whose formats should not fit children's programming, such as Live Well Network and TheCoolTV , were required to carry educational programs to fit
12090-462: The Universe , the 1980s saw a dramatic rise in television programs featuring characters of whom toy characters were being sold to retail consumers in bricks and mortar stores, underscoring the value potential of manufacturing merchandise for fans of children's programs. This practice remains firmly embedded in the broadcast sector's business case broadly in the 2020s. Commercial-free children television
12245-669: The Zords: Part I" they rushed to save children from drowning (who were not), in "Follow That Cab" they tried to stop a thief who'd stolen Kimberly's car and managed to apprehend him, ironically after they inadvertently helped him, and in "Rita's Pita" they used their own money as donations to an elderly home to cover for their mistake, and they assisted in a housing project in "Another Brick in the Wall". A number of season three jokes would also be based around Bulk and Skull constantly running into monsters and being comically terrified; in "The Changing of
12400-458: The Zords: Part II", Lt. Stone finally questioned why they always seem to run into monsters. The best way to describe them is "monster magnets". Bulk and Skull are regressed to children due to Master Vile's Orb of Doom. They would act like the bullies they were in the first season. Bulk is briefly turned into the "Brat Boy" monster by Rita and Zedd during the course of the mini-series and battles
12555-529: The air and slices Dayu’s Harmonium, causing all of Dayu’s sadness to build up over 300 years to be released at once. Dark clouds emit from the Harmonium, and the fog clears to reveal Master Xandred. With Master Xandred back on Earth, the Rangers finally attempt to use the Sealing Symbol to stop him, only to discover that he has a special new defense against it! Xandred had combined Dayu's half-human part to him so
12710-546: The arm, with Emily's attempts to care for his arm making a mess of everything. The Nighlok Negatron appears and subjects his victims to insults that hurt their feelings so deeply that the verbal abuse becomes a physical assault. Confronting him, all the Rangers are struck down by Negatron's attacks save for Emily, who is unaffected as the Nighlok is forced to retreat. When her teammates wonder about her immunity to Negatron's attacks, Emily tells them how her sister Serena taught her to ignore insults and how you need to keep thinking that
12865-640: The army size. Red Ranger faces off against General Gut, who knocks him to the ground. As General Gut is about to finish him off, Jayden uses the Shark Disc to defeat the swarm of Moogers, and together the Rangers defeat General Gut, who grows into his Mega mode form. After a brief battle, General Gut reveals his True form, which includes a Serpent monster attached to his body. The Rangers form the Samurai Shark Megazord to defeat him finally. Antonio and Scott watch from afar until Scott asks Antonio to help him fix
13020-424: The beam and restoring the Rangers' memories. Unfortunately, Bulk and Skull lost their short-term memories in the process due to being flung back by the amnesia beam and landing on their heads. The second time, a psychic pointed the Ranger teens out to Bulk, but he did not believe her as they were holding a picture of the morphed Ranger team at the time when it was just given to them by Ernie. A change of direction for
13175-451: The beginning of the movie, Bulk, Skull, and Lieutenant Stone are again seen working as police officers (the reason for this remains unexplained until the first episode of Power Rangers Turbo ). Later, while on a secluded road, they are abducted by Elgar to be used as sacrifices for Maligore, scrambling their brains in the process to make them easier to deal with. When Divatox deems the pair inadequate as sacrifices, they are thrown below deck on
13330-597: The big sister; Green Ranger Mike Fernandez, the creative rebel; Yellow Ranger Emily Stewart, the youngest and most innocent; and, eventually, Gold Ranger Antonio Garcia, the expressive fisherman/tech wiz– fight the evil Master Xandred and his army of Nighloks, who want to flood the planet with the waters of the Sanzu River to bring about the end of civilization. Saban announced they would be enacting an "aggressive" multimedia focus, with planned apps, games, streaming content, and social media content in addition to live shows and
13485-556: The bomb that destroyed the Command Center at the end of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers , adopting them as their "pets" (though the two monsters really were more like Bulk and Skull's servants). However, when Rito and Goldar regained their memories, they turned on their masters and went back to Lord Zedd and Rita . In the episode "Instrument of Destruction", Skull shows he is an adept classical pianist by playing Chopin's Revolutionary Etude . While Skull enjoyed classical music , it
13640-427: The bowling pins when kicked in the back by Jason. Another gang member is unwittingly hit by Billy. Jason Narvy is not present in the pilot. Schrier got the role, according to him, by turning up ten minutes earlier than the other auditioning actors, so the director standing in for "Punk #5" at the audition got him to do it. In a second pilot, shown at Power Morphicon 2007, Schrier was playing a named character (Bulk) and
13795-412: The camera. This practice lives on in contemporary children's broadcasting as a genre in of itself, with Australia's ongoing program Play School one example. At one time, a program called Winky Dink and You took a more interactive approach, prompting its viewers to affix a clear vinyl sheet to their television and draw pictures to match what was going on on-screen. This format did not persist, nor
13950-432: The characters are wary of Tommy because he's their boss and the real owner of Bulkmeier's. (As this was never aired, it is not taken as canon and was contradicted by the later Power Rangers Dino Thunder .) In an earlier outline of Forever Red, Bulk & Skull were not going to be present but Tommy would pass up a T-shirt of "the famous two-man rock band Bulk & Skull". Between Lost Galaxy and Wild Force , Schrier
14105-510: The characters which would have seen them operate a hotel, featuring El Vez , the "Mexican Elvis " (a local personality in Southern California). The attempts never made it to a final production, and the actors returned full-time to the series. Later, four of the Rangers are shrunk by one of Divatox's monsters. They use two of her submarine's torpedoes (her way of making monsters grow) to return to normal. Bulk and Skull happened to be near
14260-404: The charity skydive with the Ranger teens, but landed in a construction site where Ivan Ooze 's prison egg would be unearthed. They are later seen during a party at Ernie's and assist the Rangers' young friend Fred Kelman and the other Kids in stopping the brainwashed parents of Angel Grove from leaping to their deaths. When the movie ends with a celebration at Angel Grove Harbor, and a sign thanking
14415-563: The cultural similarities between Canada and the US, along with film credits and subsidies available from the Canadian government, a large number of animated children's series have been made in Canada with the intention of exporting them to the United States. Such programs carry a prominent Government of Canada wordmark in their closing credits. The BBC and ITV plc both operate children's oriented television networks on digital terrestrial television:
14570-402: The damaged car unless they want to walk it back. Back at the Sanzu River, Master Xandred is furious with the failure as Octoroo tries to calm him down. Back at the subway, Scott says goodbye to his new friends before wishing Mike good luck with Emily. Notes: 1. This television movie has an extended airing time of an hour (with commercials) and was aired out of chronological order. Antonio Garcia
14725-498: The debut of whole subchannels that air children's programming 24/7; examples include BabyFirst , PBS Kids , Smile , and Universal Kids . The country's only directly nationally operated TV service for public consumption, NASA TV , also includes educational programs in its schedule for use in schools. English-language children's specialty channels in Canada are primarily owned by Corus Entertainment and WildBrain . Corus operates YTV and Treehouse , as well as localized versions of
14880-629: The dedicated services; in 2012, as part of the "Delivering Quality First" initiative, the BBC announced that it would end the broadcast of CBBC programmes on BBC One following the completion of the transition to digital terrestrial television, citing low viewership in comparison to broadcasts of the programmes on the CBBC channel. Channel 5 also broadcasts a preschool-oriented block known as Milkshake! , while its owner, Paramount Networks International , also runs versions of Nickelodeon and its sister networks Nicktoons and Nick Jr. Narrative Capital operate
15035-534: The demographic has had some tangential educational value in regard to social issues, such as the now-defunct TNBC block of sitcoms, which often tackled issues such as underage drinking or drug use. According to at least one journalist, for years, Broadcast Standards and Practices departments of networks, Parental Guidelines , and campaigns by social conservatives limited "efforts to make kids animation more inclusive." One former executive of Disney, David Levine, said that "a lot of conservative opinion" drove what
15190-552: The destruction of the Samurai Rangers. Master Xandred agrees to the plan. Back in the subway, the RPM Red Ranger makes his appearance. The Rangers are celebrating their victory with ice cream when they run into a swarm of Grinders. Their swords prove ineffective against the Grinders until Red RPM Ranger joins the battle and destroys all the grinders. The Rangers bring him to the Shiba House so that he can explain his story. Scott doesn't de-morph because he fears he might not breathe as he
15345-530: The document. Jayden is worried that his friends will finally learn his secret. Meanwhile, on Master Xandred’s Ship, Octoroo is glad to see Dayu returning as he tells her Xandred is still recovering in the Sanzu River. Octoroo summons the Nighlok Fiera to ambush the Red Ranger. He gives her an artifact filled with evil flames from the Sanzu River and was designed to take down the Shiba clan leader. When she attacks, Jayden
15500-406: The duo got themselves mixed up with some of the villains' schemes. They are also frequently put in detention by Angel Grove High's somewhat-antagonistic but well meaning principal , Mr. Caplan. In early episodes, as with the second pilot, Bulk and Skull had accomplices: a female punk is with them in "Teamwork" and "Food Fight", and a black male punk in "Food Fight". Early scripts for Season 1 show
15655-523: The duo occurred in the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , when they joined the Angel Grove Junior Police Patrol (having heard girls like men in uniform) and first met Lieutenant Jerome Stone, explicitly changing from bumbling bullies into good natured knuckleheads, the duo gradually becoming friends with the ranger teens themselves; Ernie and the Rangers expressed pride at the duo for graduating police training. Lt. Stone became
15810-503: The duo storm off. Near the end of Zeo , Bulk and Skull take a test for their detectives licenses. A monster attack occurs during the test, but the duo believe it to be part of the exam to see if they can "concentrate under fire". They manage to take the test during the entire attack, even as the office falls apart around them. When Detective Stone presents them with their results, they are initially pleased that they passed. Detective Stone then reveals that normally they would have failed, but
15965-578: The end of the series, Bulk and Phenomenus survived Terra Venture's crash and evacuation to Mirinoi. After the Galaxy Rangers saved the people from Trakeena 's last attack, Bulk and the Professor were among those cheering them. During the Power Rangers Wild Force episode " Forever Red ", Bulk and Skull made a special cameo appearance, though how Bulk returned from Mirinoi is never explained. Bulk and Skull were shown as servers and managers of
16120-506: The end, Lauren leaves, saying she will see Jayden again, Mia goes to cooking school, Kevin goes back to swimming, Antonio goes on a fishing expedition, and Mike and Emily go back to her farm together. By 2012, Power Rangers had an average of 2 million viewers. The highest rated episode was the May 15, 2011 broadcast of "The Blue and the Gold", with 3.7 million viewers. Papercutz produced two issues of
16275-527: The examiners gave them extra points for completing the test during the monster attack. This ends up shocking the two as they realize the attack was real and they could have died. Zeo concluded with Bulk and Skull accepting an offer to work for an agency in France on a top secret mission, They departed much to the dismay and frustration of Stone. This major plot point was dropped without explanation in between Zeo and filming of Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie . At
16430-574: The female punk was meant to be a recurring character named Sharkie. She was written into scripts up into "The Trouble With Shellshock" (The name, was differently spelled, and was already in use on Fox Kids). Skull had a crush on Kimberly , and Bulk appeared to want to win Trini 's heart, as well, in a few episodes. Whenever the girls were alone, they tried their best to win them over, although it resulted in Bulk and Skull's humiliation. When Kimberly and Trini are with
16585-471: The first Romanian children's channel to air locally produced content, launched on Children's Day in 2001. Since then, channels like BabyTV and Disney Channel have arrived. Children's channels that exist in Turkey are Cartoon Network , TRT Çocuk , MinikaÇOCUK , Minika GO and Zarok TV . Bulk and Skull Farkas " Bulk " Bulkmeier and Eugene " Skull " Skullovitch are fictional characters in
16740-487: The first Sentai series to be filmed with an HD camera at 720p resolution. Samurai also returns the series to a multi-seasonal format; the second season, titled Power Rangers Super Samurai , began on February 18, 2012 and is officially considered the nineteenth season overall. The Samurai Power Rangers–Red Ranger Jayden Shiba, the stoic leader; Blue Ranger Kevin Douglas, the devoted second-in-command; Pink Ranger Mia Watanabe,
16895-689: The first half of the season (while his character of Bulk was a chimp). During Power Rangers Zeo , Bulk and Skull remained members of the Junior Police Force (even getting a new motorcycle with a sidecar ). They remained members until Bulk's attempts to woo the police chief's daughter accidentally caused Lt. Stone to be fired. They quit the force out of loyalty to Stone and joined him when he opened his own detective agency. While they initially continued to be scared of monsters, their sub-plots would shift towards their detective work after they switched jobs. In "The Joke's On Blue", they also had to clash with
17050-532: The food. Several photos are taking during their journey and lunch. Pestilox enjoys his victory until the Gold Ranger makes his appearance. The Gold Ranger attacks Pestilox while the other Rangers and Moogers join the fight. Pestilox fires the insects towards them. Green Ranger blocks the attack with the Forest Spear. Red Ranger fires the 5-Disc Cannon, but Serrator blocks the attack. Super Samurai Red Ranger and Rangers Pink and Yellow work together against Pestilox while
17205-506: The forest, Jayden and the Rangers ponder about the recent battle. Jayden thanks his friends for coming to his aid and apologizes for not telling them about Lauren and his secret. As Jayden is about to leave, his friends try to stop him. The Rangers try to convince Jayden that he has and always will be their true leader even if he doesn’t have the sealing symbol. Jayden reminds them it was all a lie. Mike gets upset and tells Jayden to repeat it to his face, but Jayden merely looks at his friends with
17360-534: The four male Rangers, they are called six " nerds " and " geeks ", and occasionally "dorks" and "losers", as well, among other insults. This group of demeaning insults and name-calling would eventually turn against them by the time of the episode "A Friend in Need", when two teenage girls call them as such throughout the episode. During the early part of the first season, Bulk and Skull would occasionally be presented as threats, physically intimidating or attempting to assault
17515-981: The highest number of LGBTQ characters they ever recorded up to that point. In 2017, some said that LGBTQ+ characters in animated television were somewhat rare, despite the fact that GLAAD praised the number of characters in broadcast and primetime television. From 2017 to 2019, Insider noted that there was a "more than 200% spike in queer and gender-minority characters in children's animated TV shows." In 2018 and 2019, GLAAD stated that Amazon , Hulu , and Netflix, had increased LGBTQ representation in "daytime kids and family television." In their January 2021 report, GLAAD praised LGBTQ representation in episodes of DuckTales , The Owl House and Adventure Time: Distant Lands . Despite this, some industry practitioners state that more than 90% of LGBTQ characters in kid's animated shows within Insider 's database of characters in children's animated television shows "require either
17670-591: The impact site and are returned to normal as a result, though they are also temporarily made invisible. This state only lasts until "Stitch Witchery", until they become visible again. When they return, Stone asks where they've been, to which they reply, "Just monkeying around." Out of high school and no longer police officers, Bulk and Skull needed something to do. Stone arranged for them to get jobs – ranging from pizza delivery to construction. They were always fired from them, so they usually had new jobs in every episode they appeared in. Also during this time, they got to know
17825-405: The invading forces, Bulk, Skull and Professor Phenomenous are among those celebrating. In the initial plans for in Space , Bulk and Skull were going to form a volunteer Citizen Force Group to protect Angel Grove while the Power Rangers were away. Bulk and Professor Phenomenus board the space station Terra Venture for its interstellar journey. Certain that they were forgetting something, Bulk and
17980-481: The last second, Deker strikes down Serrator instead of the final marker. Deker reveals that he only cares for the sword, not the hatred for humans, and tells the Rangers to finish off Serrator. The Rangers morph into action and destroy Serrator with the 5 Disc Octo Cannon and Super Bullzooka. Serrator grows to his Mega Mode and battles the Bull Megazord and LightZord while the Samurai Megazord and Claw Battlezord destroy
18135-475: The mouths of the citizens, causing them great stomach pain. Bulk and Spike decide to take a break from their training to eat, and they notice the injured citizens and the Nighlok. Pestilox turns his attention to Bulk and Spike. The Nighlok fires the insects towards them, but they hide in the Photo Booth. Suddenly Spike feels the same pain, but it is merely an empty stomach. Bulk and Spike move the photo booth towards
18290-513: The networks turned to affiliated cable cartoon channels or outside programmers for their blocks. On September 27, 2014, the last traditional Saturday network morning cartoon block, Vortexx , ended and was replaced the following week by the syndicated One Magnificent Morning on The CW . Children's television series can target a wide variety of key demographics based on age and gender. Few television networks target infants and toddlers under two years of age. Preschool-oriented programming
18445-422: The next attack by Steeleto. When the Rangers arrive, Antonio struggling to get into a heroic position, they begin fighting, and Steeleto is overpowered when Jayden and Antonio tag-team it. Once Steeleto mega-sizes, Antonio combines the Octozord with the Samurai Megazord and defeats Steeleto. To celebrate, Antonio cooks fish barbecue, and everyone appreciates Antonio's membership. Ji and Antonio announce that Antonio
18600-530: The original casting sides, Bulk and Spike were not present and the comic relief were two singing roadsweepers "Big Mack" and "Skinny Jack". In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always , though the two do not appear in person, they are briefly shown on a billboard where they apparently own a food company. In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie , Bulk and Skull participated in
18755-542: The other Rangers into his dimension. At the docks, Cog blasts the Red Rangers into the water and leaves. Jayden tries to help Scott, who gives him the cold shoulder. Jayden is worried about his friends, but Scott tells him that the Rangers will help them. Back at the Sanzu River, the Grinders start collecting the Sanzu River. At the Shiba House, Jayden and RPM Red Ranger meet up with Mentor Ji, who pinpoints Cog, Sergeant Tread, and General Gut. Jayden morphs into action and summons
18910-437: The others fight Serrator. Deker arrives at the scene with his Temporary Sword aimed at Serrator's back. Serrator tells Deker how the recent Nighlok fights have created the opening for his ultimate plan: To flood the entire Sanzu River into the human world and thereby allow him to become the ruler of both worlds. Super Samurai Red Ranger fires the Super Bullzooka and defeats Pestilox, who grows to his Mega Mode form. The Rangers form
19065-535: The person never even said it. When Negatron resumes his attack, Emily weakens him with Mike's help as Jayden destroys him with the five-disc Beetle Cannon. Negatron revives as a Mega Monster, and the Rangers destroy him with the Beetle Blaster Megazord. Later, the Rangers are then seen walking along the sidewalk while Mike carries Emily, who loses consciousness at the end of the fight. Mia hears an ice cream truck and Emily, who has been faking unconsciousness for
19220-474: The pilot for the TV show, a gang of punk bullies included an unnamed character played by Paul Schrier. The leader of the gang, Bulk, was a stereotypical bully. He hits on Kimberly but she rejects his advances. This leads to the entire gang engaging in line dancing at a bowling alley with the five Rangers-to-be. Each one is disposed of by a typical gang manner, such as a generic "Punk #5" played by Paul Schrier sliding into
19375-651: The pilot's Bulk and Skull would end up as the ending scene in the episode "Big Sisters". Bulk and Skull started out as bullies at Angel Grove High School, usually targeting the Power Rangers in the 'B plots' of the episode. They were regulars at Angel Grove's Youth Center. Their actions were motivated by greed and ego in the first season. Wacky schemes abound (such as creating an obviously-fake kung fu style called "Cockroach Kung Fu" to attempting to catch fish or claiming reward money for themselves and dressing up like superheroes calling themselves Bulkster and Super Skull) always ends in failure and/or being humiliated. Often,
19530-695: The preschool-oriented Yoopa , and Bell Media runs the teen-oriented Vrak . Via its majority-owned subsidiary Telelatino , Corus also operates two children and family-oriented networks in Spanish and Italian, TeleNiños and Telebimbi respectively. On broadcast television and satellite to cable undertakings, children's television content is relegated to the country's public and designated provincial educational broadcasters, including CBC Television and Ici Radio-Canada Télé , as well as City Saskatchewan , CTV Two Alberta (formerly Access), Knowledge Network , Télé-Québec , TFO , and TVOntario ( TVOKids ). Aided by
19685-440: The role; Narvy and Schrier quickly bonded during rehearsals. This version of Bulk was defeated in a similar slapstick style to the show - he's eventually tied up by a skipping rope - but is more menacing than he'd be in the series, physically intimidating Kimberly (who sounds worried about angering him), using some of the lines from "Punk #1", and throwing aside both the female punk & Skull when they get in his way. The debut of
19840-512: The same. A frustrated Astronema orders their destruction, but then the real Space Rangers reveal themselves (Bulk is stunned to learn the Rangers were "them"). As the Rangers battle Elgar, the Quantrons and the Piranhatrons, Bulk, inspired by the Rangers, rallies the civilians together to "get in there" and he and Skull lead the charge to help the Rangers in battle. After Zordon's energy wave destroys
19995-405: The sealing symbol won't work on him. Now, they must rise to the challenge and find a new way to defeat him and save the world! In a climactic battle, the Rangers face off against Master Xandred for the last time. Lauren gives more symbol power to make a second Shiba fire disk. Jayden and the others destroy Master Xandred with the last of their symbol power. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull are reunited. In
20150-419: The season's more serious nature, Bulk and Skull appeared in only thirteen of its forty-three episodes, making it the season in which they had the fewest appearances as part of the main cast. In "Countdown to Destruction: Part 2", Bulk and Skull undergo their most noteworthy change. The Space Rangers had battled the invading forces of Astronema , but were overwhelmed and forced to retreat. Astronema demanded that
20305-490: The second generation of Turbo Rangers. During most of the season, the Rangers were used to their wacky antics and tolerated them, but they seemed to like the two, with T.J. specifically treating them as his friends. Notably, in "Parts and Parcel", Bulk and Skull are suspected of stealing from their current job and T.J. outright states to the Rangers that he knows they would not do that, and as the Red Ranger, he goes on to prove them innocent. In "Save Our Ship", Bulk and Skull spot
20460-486: The second season, they attempted to discover the secret identities of the Power Rangers and repeatedly failed either due to their bumbling nature, or the Rangers' interference. The duo eventually give up by the time of the episode "A Friend in Need: Part III". During this time, Bulk and Skull started showing greater intelligence and initiative than before, coming up with complicated plans and utilizing bizarre gadgets. While
20615-472: The series occurred during this season. In the "King for a Day" two-parter, they're accidentally trapped in Prince Gasket's prison while looking for a lost Tommy. They encountered another prisoner, a reptilian alien named Tritor, who believed them to be great heroic warriors that Gasket had abducted. The duo play up this façade and end up being part of Tritor's plan to free the other prisoners. They get to defeat
20770-753: The service was renamed TRTÉ and RTÉjr in 2010. Irish-language service TG4 provide two strands of children's programming Cúla 4 Na nÓg and Cúla 4 during the day. Commercial broadcaster TV3 broadcast a children's strand called Gimme 3 from 1998 to 1999. And then broadcast a new strand called 3Kids . Children's channels that exist in Australia are ABC Family , ABC Kids , and its spin-off CBeebies , Nickelodeon and its spin-off Nick Jr. , and Cartoon Network and its spin-off Boomerang . Children's channels that exist in Japan are NHK Educational TV , Kids Station , Disney Channel , Disney XD , Nickelodeon (also under
20925-471: The set of Moogers effortlessly. Eyescar eagerly awaits the Rangers' arrival with his massive Mooger army, outnumbering the Rangers a hundred to one. Still, Jayden, having to anticipate the situation, enters the fray with the Samurai Battlewing destroying most Moogers with an aerial assault. The Rangers then move in and rescue Ji and Antonio before defeating Eyescar together. When Eyescar returns to life as
21080-487: The shield and destroy the Nighlok. Later, Kevin goes to the swim meet to see his old friend win after using Kevin's advice. Kevin notices that the places that Serrator’s Nighloks attacked prior all form a straight line. On Master Xandred’s Ship, Serrator summons the Nighlok Pestilox to attack at the appropriate locator point. Antonio catches a large fish at the docks and takes photos of it at a nearby photo booth. Back at
21235-549: The sun sets, the Rangers celebrate their victory. Bulk and Spike attempt to block one of the energy beams in the ground with a giant ball of chewing gum in a subplot. This episode was originally scheduled to air on October 20, 2012, but was pushed back for the TMNT Premiere. Mia watches as Jayden trains alone. She notices a monk delivering a message with the Shiba Crest. Mentor Ji gives the message to Jayden, who carefully reads
21390-586: The sword's true purpose. Serrator's plan starts as energy blasts emit from the ground at the wedge points. Serrator floats in the air and admires his near victory. Deker falls to the ground. Jayden tries to stand up but is too weak to do so. In the city, the Rangers slowly awaken from the recent attack. Antonio stands up to find the Barracuda Blade and the injured Deker. Antonio prepares to finish off Deker to prevent him from taking part in Serrator's plan. He controls
21545-589: The team. Jayden walks out of the Shiba House after giving the Power Discs to Lauren and tells the Rangers that she is the Power Rangers' new leader. The Rangers are deeply upset by his decision. Antonio asks Lauren to tell Jayden that they need him, but she remains quiet. Mike questions why Jayden has to leave, but Mentor Ji responds that he can’t be stopped, so Jayden says goodbye to his friends. Kevin wants to join Jayden, who immediately declines. The Rangers watch as he leaves
21700-459: The two are puzzled as to why they are there and agree not to tell anyone. Paul Schrier directed a few "Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers" episodes, including "Attack of the 60' Bulk" , which he also appeared in briefly, despite his character at the time being reduced to the age of a child . Schrier (under the name of Paul Schrier II) had also directed a few episodes of Power Rangers: Turbo during
21855-444: The urge and leaves the scene. At the Shiba House, as the Rangers discuss the recent events to formulate a plan, Antonio apologizes for not taking the opportunity to defeat Deker, despite his friends telling him that he was noble for not attacking Deker when he was unable to defend himself. In the forest, Dayu follows Deker, who remembers Serrator's words as he stumbles upon their old home's remains. The Gap Sensor sounds, and Jayden orders
22010-518: The villains, powering up to Shark Attack (Scott) and Super Modes (Jayden). During the fight, the Rangers return to join the fight (courtesy of Dr. K and the RPM rangers) and defeat Professor Cog and Sergeant Tread. They then turn their attention to the Mooger army. The Rangers summon the warhorses and head towards the Mooger army while the Gold Ranger and RPM Red Ranger use a car. The Rangers work together to trim down
22165-455: The way they were. At the start of Power Rangers Turbo , Bulk and Skull are given one last chance to rejoin the Police Force with Lt. Stone. Unfortunately, their assignment inadvertently brings them into contact with Elgar , who turns them into chimpanzees . This marked a permanent end to Bulk and Skull's time with the police. Bulk and Skull would remain chimpanzees until "Honey, I Shrunk
22320-451: Was a kid, he trained himself to be a samurai and built his Samurai-Morpher from a trashed cellphone to communicate with Octozord through text Zords understand the Rangers. They were born into the Samurai heritage. Ji, feeling that Antonio lacks discipline and true samurai training, confiscates Antonio's morpher, which he later doesn't react too well. Jayden agrees with Mentor, although Antonio begs Jayden with memories of childhood friendship. As
22475-420: Was depicted on Cartoon Network , Disney Channel , and other alike channels. Some argued that cable television, which began to pick up in the 1990s, "opened the door for more representation" even though various levels of approvals remained. Through the 2000s', advocacy group GLAAD repeatedly highlighted the lack of LGBT representation in children's programming in particular. Two years later, they recorded
22630-533: Was first introduced with Sesame Street on PBS in November 1969. It was produced by what is now known as Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop, known as CTW). In the United States, Saturday mornings were generally scheduled with cartoons from the 1960s to 1980s. In 1992, teen comedies and a "Today" show weekend edition were first to displace the cartoon blocks on NBC. Starting in September 2002,
22785-529: Was it replicated, due to a number of factors unrelated to its popularity: children whose parents did not buy them the vinyl sheet would draw with crayons directly on the television screen itself, potentially causing expensive damage; there were also concerns that having children within arm's length of a television screen of the era could expose them to harmful radiation. Later and more recognisably modern shows for young children include Sesame Street , The Electric Company and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood . In
22940-421: Was meant for Tommy, and the two seemed somewhat intimidated by the idea of talking to Tommy despite having known him for years; this hint that they may be aware that he's a Ranger. In the original cut of "Forever Red", their scene went on longer. The two would try to refer to more foot soldiers to one-up each other (including later monsters they had not seen on screen); Skull stated he was avoiding Phenomenous; and
23095-582: Was not a particularly high priority for the networks. This practice continued in a toned-down manner through the 1980s in the United States after the Federal Communications Commission prohibited tie-in advertising on broadcast television. These regulations did not apply to cable, which remains out of the reach of the FCC's content regulations. Due in part to the success of He-Man and the Masters of
23250-405: Was now the leader of the gang, which included Jason Narvy as Skull. Narvy had originally auditioned for Billy and was called back to audition for Skull, as, according to Narvy, the actor who played "Punk #1" in the pilot was thought to look too intimidating to play a comedic character. He turned up to his audition intending to be obnoxious, as he was tired of the industry at the time, which helped get
23405-469: Was sent into hiding to master the Sealing Symbol while Jayden was chosen to take her place temporarily. Lauren has now mastered the sealing symbol. Lauren takes care of Jayden’s injuries, but he plans to leave the team, as he believes the Sealing Power is their only hope to defeat Master Xandred and that there can only be one Red Ranger. Antonio cooks a victory meal for the Rangers, and they welcome Lauren to
23560-652: Was something of a hidden shame behind his tough guy image. Fearing mockery, he kept his talent hidden even from Bulk. This moment shows that the Rangers thought of Bulk and Skull as their friends and vice versa, when Skull confides in Adam about his talents and he offers him his support, saying Bulk would do the same if he were truly his friend. After seeing Skull perform at a recital, Bulk was honestly moved and praised his friend, apologizing for making him feel insecure about his talent and joining him on stage to applaud him. Perhaps Bulk and Skull's greatest achievement during their time in
23715-727: Was still involved with the PR Crew, voicing Infinitor in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue and Severax in Power Rangers Time Force . Power Rangers Samurai follows Bulk trying to train Skull's son Spike in the ways of the Samurai, but failing each time. The two of them operated out of a converted garage. Due to Bulk's sister's marriage with Skull, Spike addresses him as "Uncle Bulk" - he had to be reminded to call him "Sensei" during training. Much like his father, Spike has
23870-424: Was the dominant member of the duo. His appearance resembled a heavyset teenage punk. Skull was lean and wore more formal attire. Skull often emulated Bulk's behavior or agreed with his statements. The duo provided slapstick comic relief to the franchise. The duo came with their own theme; a musical combo of Skull's whiny laugh and Bulk's "fat guy tuba." Their actions were punctuated by cartoon sound effects. In
24025-444: Was the one who sent Switchbeast to Master Xandred. The Master is skeptical at first but when Serrator proves his loyalty to him, he is accepted. Back at the Shiba House, the team tries to help Antonio out with aversion therapy: Jayden is afraid of spiders , Mike is claustrophobic and Mia is afraid of frogs – after that attempt fails, the Gap Sensor goes off and the Rangers rush into action. Antonio stays behind and Mentor Ji shows him
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