Walter Jones: Zack Taylor, The Black Ranger
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Quotes
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Zack Taylor : [fighting Putty Patrollers] Time for Hip Hop Kido.
Minh Kwan : Are you break-dance fighting?
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Zack Taylor : Messing with this place was a big mistake.
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Alpha 9 : My monster scan has found something. Looks like a live video feed. It's not Rita. It's Putties. And it's not just Angel Grove. It's all over the world!
Billy Cranston : We knew she would return. We're prepared for this. Alpha 9, it's time.
Alpha 9 : Yes, sir. Attention all Power Ranger teams. Bandora Protocol initiated. Get to your assigned stations now.
Zack Taylor : If I remember the plan correctly, visitors in three, two, one.
Katherine 'Kat' Hillard : [teleports in] One minute, I'm helping JJ's junior karate camp, and the next, I'm sneaking off to the bathroom to teleport. Seriously? Bandora Protocol's happening. Robo Rita's back?
Rocky DeSantos : [teleports in] Come on, guys. Is this really another training exercise? Because, hello, I just heated my lunch.
Zack Taylor : It's not training. Rita is back.
Katherine 'Kat' Hillard : So Tommy, Jason, Kim are fighting her?
Billy Cranston : No. Unfortunately, they've been captured. So we need your help.
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The Black Ranger : Got your distress call and zipped here as fast as we could.
The Blue Ranger : Thanks, Zack.
The Black Ranger : Man, that's Rita Repulsa? The robot look is not for her.
The Blue Ranger : She'll look better on a junk heap.
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Billy Cranston : It's likely we'll find ourselves in a Megazord situation soon.
Alpha 9 : Billy and I took months getting the Sabertooth Tiger Zord working without a Yellow Ranger.
Rocky DeSantos : So Dino Megazord is off the table then without Jace and Kim?
Billy Cranston : Not quite. Alpha and I have been experimenting with the secondary connections of the grid.
Alpha 9 : We made these Proxy Power Coins as a contingency. Now all of you can use Dino powers.
Zack Taylor : Whoa. Zordon was very clear. Duplicating active powers is very dangerous.
Katherine 'Kat' Hillard : I don't care how dangerous too much pink energy is. Once a Ranger...
Rocky DeSantos : Always a Ranger. You can definitely count us in.
Billy Cranston : All right. First up, there's been injuries already in Angel Grove. We cannot let the Putties run rampant any longer.
Zack Taylor : If that's the case, it's morphin time!
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The Black Ranger : Zack is back... in black.
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Alpha 9 : Oh, greetings, Zack.
Zack Taylor : If the people upstairs only knew they had the world's smartest robot right beneath their feet.
Alpha 9 : Still such a charmer. It's good to see you again. Been a while. I guess life is busy when you're raising a teenager with attitude.
Zack Taylor : Oh, Minh definitely has attitude.
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Zack Taylor : If I thought this was gonna get you in trouble, I never would have told you the truth. But Billy...
Minh Kwan : What?
Zack Taylor : He insisted. He thought it'd be good for you. Closure and all that. But here we are, in a full-on crisis, and you're trying to play Ranger.
Minh Kwan : What's wrong with that? All of you and Mom did exactly the same thing. I'm just following her example. Isn't that a good thing?
Zack Taylor : What do you think it means to be a Ranger? Kicking butt! Cute quips? Having fun? It's hard.
Minh Kwan : I know. But someone needs to dole out justice on the bad guys. Rita killed Mom. She needs to go down. And I'm ready. I'm happy to do it. Whatever it takes. So why won't that thing let me morph?
Zack Taylor : Minh... What you're feeling, what you want, it's not justice. It's revenge. When I was your age, my mentor told me that only monsters seek revenge. That's what Robo Rita is doing now. She was defeated by the Rangers. Now she wants to even the score and hurt us as much as she can. That's why she... did what she did to Trini. A mission of revenge can never end well. That's not what I want for you.
Minh Kwan : What about what I want? Maybe it's not your call.
Zack Taylor : You wanna be a hero? It's a selfless path. It's not always easy. But I do my best. Setting aside your ambitions can be a good thing. Like me, making sure that have a good life and a home.
Minh Kwan : It was worth giving up your career in Congress... for me?
Zack Taylor : You are absolutely worth it.
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Robo Rita : Have you figured it out, Billy? Or has my genius surpassed even you?
Billy Cranston : Let me guess. A Rita reunion and then some scheme to conquer the galaxy?
Robo Rita : Not bad. I'll pass through this portal and give years of knowledge to my younger self, making us absolutely unstoppable. We'll kill your do-gooding teenage selves in their sleep before Zordon even thinks to make you Rangers.
Zack Taylor : You think you can rewrite 30 years of history with some tin-pot gadget?
Robo Rita : Careful. Your friends are charging my machine faster than I could have dreamed, so I don't need you anymore.
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Billy Cranston : So what do you think of your communicator?
Minh Kwan : Love the vintage aesthetic. And if I'm late to class, teleporting will be clutch.
Zack Taylor : Uh, only if no one's looking, okay?
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Zack Taylor : Zordon sacrificed himself for us long ago. You never met him. He was our mentor but almost a father figure. Billy was trying to bring him back. He didn't know this would happen.
Minh Kwan : I... I didn't know that's how he felt.
Zack Taylor : Just stay here while we execute our plan. Okay?
Minh Kwan : Yeah.
Zack Taylor : And don't worry. We've saved the world before.
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[Rocky slays Robo Minotaur]
The Pink Ranger : I'm not gonna lie, Rocky. That was... pretty hardcore.
The Black Ranger : Well, beef is off the menu.
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Zack Taylor : You know, Billy always gives me a hard time whenever we're late.
Minh Kwan : Guess you can't use, but "I'm a busy congressman" as an excuse anymore. Sorry to mess you around. Today's not a day I've been counting down to, you know?
Zack Taylor : Yeah.
Minh Kwan : Can't believe it's been a whole year.
Zack Taylor : I know. Seems like yesterday.
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Zack Taylor : It happened so fast. That machine that Robo Rita's building, what does it do?
Billy Cranston : Honestly? Something that uses our power made by Rita Repulsa? That's a bad mix. And if we don't put a stop to it, I... I don't think they're gonna make it.
Minh Kwan : Then we gotta destroy her.
Billy Cranston : We?
Minh Kwan : Yeah.
Zack Taylor : This is Ranger business, not teenage girl that has homework due" business, okay?
Minh Kwan : Wh... She killed Mom. This is personal. You know how hard...
Zack Taylor : What you don't understand is...
Minh Kwan : Let me finish! If Mom could do it, so can I. This is her legacy. I can help.
Billy Cranston : Minh, I'm sorry, but you can't. You're not a Ranger.
Zack Taylor : Those monsters would overpower you in a second.
Billy Cranston : And we can't risk losing you too. Look, the best thing that you can do for everyone is to stay out of trouble and let us sort this out.
Minh Kwan : Says the guy who caused all this. We all know that if it wasn't for you, my mom would still be here. Oh. That stung, huh?
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Zack Taylor : So what are we gonna tell her? Maybe their mom drowned?
Billy Cranston : No. No, Minh's too smark for that.
Zack Taylor : Well, we gotta decide something quick because school is out. The others might need help searching the Dark Dimension.
Billy Cranston : You can't decide quick on how to tell someone the worst news of their life. And we can't lie to her. It's gotta be the truth.
Zack Taylor : Look, Zordon's rules...
Billy Cranston : Zack! Rules can be broken for a good reason. Look, if Zordon was back like I had hoped, I'm sure he'd say that Minh needs to know. It's always been just her and Trini. She doesn't have anyone else. Who's gonna take care of her now? Our team, we've never had to deal with something like this before. No, we have to tell her the truth. Otherwise, how's she gonna get closure?
Zack Taylor : Billy! She's a kid! She's a kid, Billy. She doesn't need to know that we're Power Rangers.
Billy Cranston : She needs to know that Rita Repulsa killed her mom.
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Robo Rita : [is pinned by the Yellow Ranger's daggers] I'll kill you all!
The Blue Ranger : Shut her down. Do it, Zack.
The Black Ranger : This is for Trini.
[blasts Robo Rita with his Power Axe in Cannon mode destroying her]
