[MagiRed]

Ya know, this is the first episode of Megaforce/Super Megaforce that actually made me smile since Dream Snatcher, but that one was basically because of the ending bit with Robo Knight.

They actually showed some effort with this one. There was quite a bit of new footage, the moments with Jake and Gia on the ship were rather adorable, and they actually earned this zord for once. All the throwbacks to Wild Force really made this Wild Force fan happy, and I actually look forward to Jayden's cameo in next week's episode so that we can see what I like to call "Shinken Gaokai-Oh" in Super Megaforce.

Though, what really made me smile with nerdish glee was the (sadly brief) transformation by Jake into the black ranger from Dino Thunder. They even used one of the sounds (which I pretty sure is just a stock roar sound) from that show.

Something that is funny to me is that Saban seems to be putting a lot more care into "Tribute Episodes" involving their ranger seasons. First all this effort put into this one, and next week's episode will be the first one to actually show a veteran ranger. I get the feeling that if Saban was involved, that season is going to get a lot of love...with the exception of SPD, they seem to use that one a lot.