List of Power Rangers Time Force episodes facts for kids
Quick facts for kids List of Power Rangers Time Force episodes |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Original network | FOX (Fox Kids) |
| Original release | February 3 – November 17, 2001 |
Power Rangers Time Force is an American television series created by Haim Saban and the ninth season of the Power Rangers franchise, began airing on February 3, 2001 on Fox Kids and ended its run on November 17, 2001. Time Force uses footage and elements from the Super Sentai series Mirai Sentai Timeranger. Regular cast members during Time Force include Jason Faunt, Erin Cahill, Kevin Kleinberg, Deborah Estelle Phillips, Michael Copon, Daniel Southworth, Vernon Wells, Kate Sheldon and Edward Laurence Albert.
It was the last full season to air on Fox Kids completely following the sale of Fox Family Worldwide, which included Fox Family, Fox Kids and Saban Entertainment being purchased by The Walt Disney Company.
Episode ordering is confused on some DVD releases, placing "The Legend Of The Clock Tower" between "Jen's Revenge" and "The Time Shadow." This list follows the production order.
Episodes
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"Force from the Future" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | February 3, 2001
February 10, 2001 |
| 1000 years in the future, an infamous mutant criminal, Ransik, is captured and sentenced to be cryogenically frozen. But he escapes as he and his followers make their way to a time ship. Alex, the Red Time Force Ranger, tries to stop them, but Ransik kills him and escapes to the past. Alex dies in his fiance, Jen's arms, and she takes his Red Chrono Morpher. Jen, Katie, Lucas, and Trip grab the Chrono Morphers and follow Ransik into the past. The four land in the city of Silver Hills in the year 2001. When they find Ransik, the Rangers discover that they cannot morph. Alex's DNA is the key to unlocking the other four morphers. Sadly, the four can't find someone who shares Alex's DNA and start giving up until they find someone who looks identical to Alex. Jen talks to him, but he refuses to believe that Jen is from the future. Jen, disappointed, walks back to the others. Ransik launches his first attack, but it doesn't go well since the Rangers can't morph. The man, Wesley Collins, comes to help and takes the Red Chrono Morpher, allowing Jen, Trip, Katie, and Lucas to morph into the Red, Pink, Green, Yellow, and Blue Time Force Rangers. In the end, Jen takes the morpher back from Wes, stating that they don't need his help. | |||||
| 381 | 3 | "Something to Fight For" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | February 17, 2001 |
| Wes witnesses a bank robbery by some mutants and tries to help. The Rangers arrive, and Jen tells him that he is not fighting and doubts that Wes has ever done anything to help anyone other than himself. Trip tells Wes him about Alex and the future. Wes and Jen talk, and a mutant attacks the city. Jen offers Wes another chance to prove himself by giving him Alex's morpher. After the battle, Wes offers the morpher back to Jen, but Jen says he's earned it. | |||||
| 382 | 4 | "Ransik Lives" | Kaizo Hayashi | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | February 24, 2001 |
| Wes offers the Rangers a place to stay, a clock tower that his father owns. They set up the tower as their home, and Wes helps them blend into the present. While Wes and Jen get some food, a businessman walks in and notices an old sign on the clock tower entrance, advertising odd jobs. He hires Wes and Jen for some painting at a news station. Ransik attacks the news station and captures Wes. He tells Wes about how he was treated in the future, causing Wes to have some doubts. | |||||
| 383 | 5 | "A Blue Streak" | Kaizo Hayashi | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | March 3, 2001 |
| Wes allows Lucas to drive his sports car, unaware that Lucas is a race car driver. He is cited by the police and must get a 2001 driver's license. A mutant with a knack for speed leads Lucas on a chase during his driving exam. Meanwhile, Trip breaks out the Vector Cycles. | |||||
| 384 | 6 | "A Parting of Ways" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | March 10, 2001 |
| Ransik sends a mutant to capture a busload of children and holds them for ransom. While the Rangers try to locate the children and free them, Wes goes to his father to ask for money to pay the $10 million ransom, but his father refuses. Wes tricks a business client of his father into giving him a check. Wes offers the money to Nadira and the mutants, but they refuse to release the hostages. Thus Wes ended up taking the money back from Nadira and helping the other Rangers save the kids. The Rangers defeat the mutant. When Wes comes home with the money, his father is angry. The press finds out about the money and thinks that Mr. Collins has donated it willingly to free the hostages. Wes tells them that Mr. Collins' idea to donate the money to charity before telling his father that he does not want any part of his father's business anymore. Wes goes to the Clock Tower and asks the Rangers if he can move in with them; they welcome him home. | |||||
| 385 | 7 | "Short-Circuited" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | March 17, 2001 |
| Nadira watches as Circuit helps the Rangers in battle. Realizing that Circuit summons the Time Force Megazord, Nadira hatches a plan to keep Circuit from assisting them by summoning Medicon. Meanwhile, Trip uses his Gem to read Lucas' mind during a card game with Wes and is forbidden from using his Gem for a day. While taking a walk with Circuit, Trip rescues a woman being chased by Cyclobots, and the woman turns out to be Nadira. Nadira takes advantage of Trip's good nature and kidnaps Circuit. She then has Medicon rewire Circuit. When the mutant attacked the city and grew, Wes attempts to communicate with Circuit to summon their Time Flyers but cannot. Trip then told the other Rangers that Circuit had been kidnapped by Nadira, unable to call the Time Force Megazord. Lucas tells Trip that it's okay to use his powers and orders him to search for Circuit. Will he find Circuit in time? | |||||
| 386 | 8 | "The Legend of the Clock Tower" | Yoshi Hosoya | Judd Lynn | May 19, 2001 |
| The Rangers try to fix the clock in the tower but have no luck. Wes tells them about a ghost that is supposed to inhabit the tower. That night Katie hears a noise, and she investigates. She finds herself in the past and meets the people from Wes' story. With her help, there's a different ending. Then she wakes up because of a mutant attack. After the battle, she tells her friends about her dream and how the end changed, but Wes corrects her and says that's how he had told it, leaving her wondering if it was a dream. | |||||
| 387 | 9 | "Jen's Revenge" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn | March 24, 2001 |
| Jen tracks down Fatcatfish, the mutant that she's encountered before, and she wants to kill him for personal reasons. | |||||
| 388 | 10 | "The Time Shadow" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn | March 31, 2001 |
| Mr. Collins' company develops the Raimei Destroyer, an armored tank to defend itself against Ransik's attacks. But it's no match for the mutant attacks. Even the Rangers Megazord can't stand up to the latest mutant. In the future, a mysterious figure helps out and sends them the Time Shadow Megazord. | |||||
| 389 | 11 | "Future Unknown" | Judd Lynn | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | April 7, 2001 |
| The Rangers try to find some 21st-century weapons to help them. They discover that some technology was developed as a result of Ransik's attacks. Consequently, the future has been altered. This creates doubts for Katie, who starts to question their reasons for being at this time. Meanwhile, Frax unleashes a mutant in the city. Now each Ranger must find their motivation for stopping this latest mutant. | |||||
| 390 | 12 | "Uniquely Trip" | Judd Lynn | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | April 14, 2001 |
| Trip begins to feel like he's not contributing to the Rangers. He tries to emulate the others but ends up causing more problems. As Ransik releases a mutant who feeds off energy, Trip realizes how he helps the team in their battles and finishes building a new weapon. | |||||
| 391 | 13 | "Worlds Apart" | Isaac Florentine | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | April 21, 2001 |
| While driving to work, Mr. Collins spots Wes and his friends picking up trash. Mr. Collins tells his son how bitterly disappointed he is in him. The Silver Guardians arrive as Nadira and some cyclobots attack a business. The Rangers, in their civilian guise, watch as the Guardians easily handle the cyclobots. One of the Guardians, Eric Meyers, spots Wes. Eric talks to Wes, and it turns out that they went to the same Prep School. Frax unleashes a mutant from the X-Vault, the Silver Guardians arrive, but they can't handle him. The Rangers show up, and Wes takes a shot intended for the Guardian's commander, but the shot badly damages Wes' helmet. Mr. Collins and Eric realize that Wes is the Red Ranger. Mr. Collins tries to talk to Wes to join the Silver Guardians, but Wes refuses and charges off into battle. | |||||
| 392 | 14 | "The Quantum Quest" | Isaac Florentine | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | April 28, 2001 |
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On a dig, some researchers discover a metallic artifact. As word of the discovery spreads, Ransik recognizes the object as the Quantum Controller and unleashes a mutant to get it for him. Circuit also recognizes the artifact. The Rangers try to recover it before it falls into the wrong hands. As the Rangers fight the mutant, Eric manages to take the controller and hides it away. He then tries to become the Guardian's new leader but is turned down. When he eventually goes back to where the controller is, the mutant attacks again. As the Rangers fight the mutant, Wes tries to convince Eric to give up the controller, but he ignores him and activates the Quantum Controller, becoming the Quantum Ranger in the process. Notes: The show Nadira is watching at the beginning is the second episode of Masked Rider, "Escape from Edenoi, Part 2". |
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"Clash for Control" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | May 5, 2001
May 12, 2001 |
| Even without the Quantum morpher, Ransik wants to possess the Quantasaurus Rex, the Quantum Ranger's Megazord. He sends Commandocon to retrieve it. The Rangers try to talk Eric into giving up the morpher, but he refuses. They witness a time portal opening, realizing they're after the Q-Rex, Eric summons the Eagle flyer (with Wes jumping on) boarded and entered the portal to the past, where Wes & Eric try to locate the Q-Rex. Unfortunately, Commandocon gets to it first, takes control, and journeys back with it to the 21st century. Eric and Wes follow him through the time portal. The Q-Rex is rampaging in the city. The Rangers need the Quantum Morpher to get control of the Q-Rex. While Wes tries to talk to Eric, Mr. Collins makes the other Rangers an offer to join the Silver Guardians; with his company, they could defeat Ransik faster. | |||||
| 395 | 17 | "Bodyguard in Blue" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | May 19, 2001 |
| As Dr. Zaskins tries to unlock the secrets of the Quantum morpher, he is kidnapped. His daughter, Holly, escapes and tries to hire Lucas as her bodyguard. Lucas is hesitant but then finds out who her father is. While the other Rangers rescue Zaskin, Lucas protects Holly. | |||||
| 396 | 18 | "Trust and Triumph" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | June 2, 2001 |
| Jen tells Wes to guard the back of a bank so the Rangers can cut off Nadira's escape route. However, the Silver Guardians show up, and Wes tries to deal with them, giving Nadira a chance to escape. Jen is upset with Wes and says she can't trust him. Meanwhile, Turtlecon attacks and sends the Rangers to a different dimension, and after a short battle with their duplicate Rangers, Wes and Jen escape. They have to learn to trust each other if they want to rescue their friends. | |||||
| 397 | 19 | "Trip Takes a Stand" | Isaac Florentine | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | June 9, 2001 |
| Frax releases Notacon, only to find out that he's a gentle mutant. Frax attaches a device to Notacon to control him, but Notacon escapes. In the city, people are afraid of the mutant due to his appearance. Trip finds him and learns that he was in the vault for stealing vegetables, but only did so because he was hungry, and he now desires to go back into the vault. Eric shows up wanting to destroy the mutant and is willing to do almost anything to accomplish his goal. Finally, Notacon is grown to giant size, and Q-Rex attacks him, but the Rangers realize that Eric is merely trying to hold him down, allowing them to destroy the control device and refreeze Notacon. | |||||
| 398 | 20 | "Quantum Secrets" | Makoto Yokoyama | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | June 16, 2001 |
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As researchers work on unlocking the secrets of the Quantum Morpher, Ransik releases Conwing to take control of the Q-Rex. Conwing captures Eric, takes his morpher, and replicates Eric's voice, which lets him take control of the Q-Rex. Eric finds out where the morpher comes from. The Rangers show up and try to help, but Eric wants to handle it alone. He suddenly gets some help from the future and uses Mega Battle Armor. Will Eric reveal the Ranger's secrets? Note: This episode is dedicated to the memory of Minoru Uchiyama, who was the costume designer and made up artist for various Super Sentai series. |
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| 399 | 21 | "The Last Race" | Isaac Florentine | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | July 7, 2001 |
| Lucas has to attend traffic school after being ticketed for reckless driving (even though his teammates caused it). Nadira releases Dash, a former racing champion, to be her driver. The Rangers arrive, Dash and Lucas recognize each other. Dash caused a massive accident while street racing and Lucas had to testify against him. Dash challenges him to one last race. If Lucas wins, he promises to accept responsibility for his actions and turn himself in. However, Nadira has other plans for him. Ultimately, Dash stops the race when he nearly causes another accident, but Nadira forces him to fight. He is defeated and willingly surrenders but asks Lucas to be the one who refreezes him, which he does. | |||||
| 400 | 22 | "Lovestruck Rangers" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | June 23, 2001 |
| The male Rangers all seem to be attracted to the same girl for different reasons. When it starts to cause friction in the team, Jen orders them to stop seeing her. Hearing that Wes missed a job, Jen tracks him down and finds that he's still seeing the same girl, who it turns out is a mutant. Now, it's up to Jen and Katie to free their teammates from her influence. Jen breaks the mutant's control bracelet, and the Rangers capture her. | |||||
| 401 | 23 | "Full Exposure" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | July 14, 2001 |
| A photographer is working for a tabloid is given a new assignment to take pictures of the Rangers in their civilian guise. He needs help carrying his equipment and hires Katie to help him. His first attempt fails, and Katie manages to warn the others. Katie sticks with him so she can keep tabs on him. Meanwhile, Artillicon attacks again, and the Rangers attack backfires, resulting in them reverting to their civilian identities. As the photographer prepares to sell his pictures, Katie tries to talk him out of it. | |||||
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"Movie Madness" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | July 21, 2001
July 28, 2001 |
| The Rangers find out that a movie is being filmed nearby. Jen initially refuses to go, but then she learns that it's starring her favorite movie star, Frankie Chan. The Rangers watch the filming, and when a stuntman is injured, Wes volunteers to replace him. As Wes films his fight scene, he soon realizes that the action is way too real. Cinecon then reveals his trap and sends the Rangers to different dimensions where they're trapped inside their favorite movie genres. During the battle with Cinecon, Circuit tries to get Eric to help, but Eric's sent into a Jungle movie. Wes and Trip figure a way to free everyone. They appear on set, and the Cyclobots give chase. Cinecon puts the Rangers in their Megazord and summons the Q-Rex. He wants to destroy all the Rangers, even summoning the Time Warp Megazord. Everything has been written for Cinecon's movie "End of the Rangers," but the Rangers' chances of finding another ending seemed slim. It is revealed that Trip stole the last page of the script, and without it, the Rangers can write their end, using their Megazords to defeat Cinecon and refreeze him. | |||||
| 404 | 26 | "Time Force Traitor" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | August 4, 2001 |
| A former Time Force officer, Steelix, seeks revenge on his former partner Jen for getting him locked up. He steals her morpher, fights her on her own, then turns her insane. Wes breaks Jen out of the spell, and all of the Rangers defeat Steelix. | |||||
| 405 | 27 | "Frax's Fury" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | August 11, 2001 |
| Frax unleashes Venomark in the city. Venomark attacks the Rangers, and everyone but Wes falls victim to his bite. Ransik finds out that Venomark has been freed and goes after him since Venomark attacked him in the future, so Ransik wants revenge. Wes notices Ransik taking serum to fight off the effects of Venomark's poison and gets a sample to his father so that they can mass-produce a cure for everyone affected. The Rangers defeat Venomark, and the cure is distributed to everyone. Frax's real identity is revealed as he and Ransik are shown in the end. | |||||
| 406 | 28 | "Dawn of Destiny" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | August 18, 2001 |
| Frax has destroyed all of Ransik's medicine, so Ransik tries to hunt him down but fails, and some of his Cyclobots betray him in favor of Frax. Since all of his medicine was destroyed, he goes to the only place with more, Wes' father's company Bio-Lab, almost killing Wes' father in the process. Meanwhile, the Rangers battle Ransik's new mutant. In the end, Jen mentions that if they don't stop Ransik soon, the entire future will change. Then Alex suddenly appears, saying that it has already changed. | |||||
| 407 | 29 | "Fight Against Fate" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | August 25, 2001 |
| As Albert Collins lies gravely injured in the hospital, Wes runs his company. Alex leads the Rangers in a battle against a new powerful robot. However, his attitude and leadership style creates friction within the group. | |||||
| 408 | 30 | "Destiny Defeated" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | September 8, 2001 |
| Alex's leadership has created friction as the other Rangers disapprove his methods. They try to fight Frax's machine, to no avail. Eric contemplates leaving the city. Wes has taken over his father's company but hates it. He learns from Dr. Zaskin (who was there when his father got attacked and overheard him) that his father was proud of him making his way and wanted him to remain with the Rangers. He goes back to the clock tower and thinks of his life as a Ranger. Meanwhile, the Time Force Megazord is immobilized, and Alex orders the team to fight on, claiming that they don't care about the future. The Rangers start arguing with Alex, telling him that they preferred Wes as the Red Ranger; Alex has lost Jen's support. Wes arrives and helps his friends. Jen convinces Alex to give the morpher back to Wes. With Wes in command, the Rangers battle the robot with the Time Force Megazord Mode Red. With help from the Q-Rex, the Rangers enact a crazy plan Wes comes up with, and the robot is destroyed. Mr. Collins nearly dies, but Alex saves him with future technology. Alex returns to the future, finally accepting the Ranger's point of view and Wes as the real Red Ranger. | |||||
| 409 | 31 | "Undercover Rangers" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | September 15, 2001 |
| After Alex leaves, Jen realizes that she has feelings for someone else. The owner of a new fitness club, Katie and Trip witness, gives an individual some juice and is amazed when he displays superhuman strength. Wes and Jen go undercover at the club to see if anything is going on. Later, Alex contacts Wes and gives him the Strata Cycle. | |||||
| 410 | 32 | "Beware the Knight" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | September 22, 2001 |
| While returning to the Clock Tower with pizza, Trip encounters a mysterious knight on a horse, who then vanishes into the forest. The knight is after something that is guarded by a dragon—the Fire Battle Armor. | |||||
| 411 | 33 | "Time for Lightspeed" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | September 29, 2001 |
| Vypra aligns with Ransik to release a super demon to destroy the world. The Time Force Rangers team up with the Lightspeed Rangers to combat this threat.
Guest Stars: Michael Chaturantabut, Rhett Fisher, Sean Cw Johnson, Alison MacInnis, Keith Robinson, Sasha Williams and Jennifer L. Yen. |
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| 412 | 34 | "Reflections of Evil" | Jonathan Tzachor | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | October 6, 2001 |
| A mutant named Miracon transports the Rangers into a mirror world, where the Rangers must escape by destroying new and old mutant enemies. | |||||
| 413 | 35 | "Nadira's Dream Date" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | October 13, 2001 |
| Lucas writes a romantic poem about his first love, his first racecar, and during a battle against Ransik's forces, he unknowingly drops it. Nadira picked it up and believed that Lucas has romantic feelings for her, leading Ransik to warn him to treat his daughter right or face his wrath. | |||||
| 414 | 36 | "Circuit Unsure" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | October 20, 2001 |
| The Rangers ask Circuit about historical events. Realizing that Circuit has access to events up to their own time, they ask Circuit about upcoming events. But someone in the future does not want them to find out and \prevents Circuit from revealing the information. Thinking that he malfunctioned, Circuit loses confidence, just as another mutant attacks the city. Ultimately, it comes down to Circuit to summon the Time Force Megazord, but he lacks the self-confidence to do so until Alex contacts him and reveals that the Rangers must not know the future, and he acted to prevent them from finding out. Afterward, Circuit is repaired, but lies and says that the future will be fine. The Rangers need to stop the self-destruct sequence before the Silver Hills Space Center explodes.
This episode was dedicated to Thuy Trang, who died in a car accident on September 3, 2001. She played Trini Kwan in the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from 1993 to 1994. |
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| 415 | 37 | "A Calm Before the Storm" | Worth Keeter | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | October 27, 2001 |
| With Ransik's mutants depleted, the Rangers ponder their past and future as Rangers. Meanwhile, Frax's new robot terrorizes the city but is destroyed by Eric and the Q-Rex. | |||||
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"The End of Time" | Koichi Sakamoto | Judd Lynn & Jackie Marchand | November 3, 2001
November 10, 2001 November 17, 2001 |
| Ransik prepares to attack the city. Alex orders the Time Force Rangers to return to the future, as the Trixyrium Crystals are causing temporal disruptions, telling them that if they don't leave now, they might not be able to return to their own time. The Rangers refuse and try to prevent the attack. Wes knows that his friends can't stay in the present and has a plan to send them back. Wes forces the other Rangers back to their own time with the plan to fight to the death to save the city, making him and Eric responsible for defending it.
In the future, the Rangers discover what happened; the city was ultimately saved, but Wes lost his life fighting for it. They're ordered to have their minds erased of their adventures to adjust back to their lives in their own time. However, they're unwilling to give up their memories and decide to go back to help Wes. Jen gives Alex back her engagement ring. Eric gets injured, so Wes is left alone to fight the Cyclobot army, armed with Eric's Quantum Morpher and Quantum Defender. As the battle rages with Ransik's army, the other Rangers arrive in the Time Force Megazord and temporarily defeat Doomtrom with the Cyclone Defense. After the Rangers defeat the Cyclobot army, Wes, now in control of Q-Rex, upgrades its Trixyrium Crystal with the Quantum Defender, stopping the time disruptions and allowing him to use it on Doomtron and Frax, destroying them both. The Rangers then battle Ransik but are overpowered. During the fight, Ransik accidentally shoots his daughter, Nadira. She was protecting a baby after changing her opinion on humans and used the baby to convince Ransik that humans aren't so bad. Ransik willingly surrenders to the Rangers, and the Rangers have to return to the future without Wes to their great sadness. Then, Wes and Jen confess their love for each other. With the other Rangers gone, Mr. Collins offers his son command of the Silver Guardians who will protect the city for free. Wes agrees as long as Eric is his co-commander, which he agrees to. |
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See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Episodios de Power Rangers Time Force para niños
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