Zack Wuz Here

"Zack Wuz Here" is the twelfth episode of Batkitty Uncensored's, The Rangers. It originally aired on February 19, 2024.
== Synopsis ==
Trini forces Zack to take art lessons after he is caught painting graffiti on houses.
== Plot ==
Zack opens the episode by piecing the side of a neighbor's house. As he paints, a Red Dino Fury Ranger appears and critiques his work. prompting Zack to re-do the HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Cover on a different side of the house with better legibility and color work. Riley is quite pleased with himself, but the actual owner of the house does not think so highly of the work.
As punishment, Tommy forces Zack to take art lessons, reasoning that if Zack learns to draw on paper then he won't go marking up people's houses with spray-paint. The art teacher turns out to be none other than the art critic from the night before. The art teacher denies responsibility for creating the impression of owning the house being tagged, uses what is called "reverse psychology", and has a mild manner, phrasing and speaking his words just so, and among other things, saying that he "doesn't like violent things", preferring "to take people by surprise". The teacher is an obvious parody of Bob Ross, the painter, in the pictures he produces for himself, his hairstyle as well as the way he speaks to Zack.
Meanwhile, Jason is conducting an experiment to see what would happen to a person who watches nothing but "black television" for 14 days. This is a reference to the documentary Super Size Piggy, in which the filmmaker ate nothing but McDonald's food for 30 days to see if there was a health risk associated with it.
On Zack's third artwork "bad" he signs it with one of his identities. In the morning when everyone is admiring the work, Riley sees that others have also signed the work. Annoyed by this, Zack tells everyone there that he was the actual creator, Trini walks into the scene and hears this and beats Zack and tells him "You've been watching too much of that Adult Swim!".
As Zack becomes more determined and sincere, the art teacher thinks "it's time to move to a bigger canvas", sometimes "liking to paint murals" thinking that "they're fun". This ends up as nighttime paint-raids. Riley paints a still-life, and pictures of "someone that we love! Maybe, The Biggest Best Selling Album", that is, "Thriller album". Everyone is moved by the works, but refuses to believe that Riley produced them. In a touching moment for the comedic series, the mural at the end of the episode is Zack and Jason's Favorite Singer, painted on the side of Trini's house. After Trini sheds a tear, she thanks Zack and takes a picture of the mural on his digital camera. He then forces Zack to paint over the side of the house.
== Appearances ==
* Zack Taylor
* Tommy
* Jason
* Corcus
* Trini
* Kylo
* Zayto (debut/only appearance)
* Piggy (death/final appearance)
== Trivia ==
=== Cultural Refrences ===
* The art teacher is obviously referencing the famous painter Bob Ross. The art teacher imitates him to the letter, from the voice, the hairstyle, and even the fact that that he was a military veteran (Bob Ross served 20 years in the US Air Force).
* While Trini is looking at Zack's mural near the end of the episode, the song "Smile" By Michael Jackson plays in the background.
* White Ranger references the popular comic strip Bloom County: "That genius that drawed that comic strip with the talkin' penguin.  The Master Penguin-Drawer."
* The footage of the priest on Huey's tv was recycled from Return of the King Of Pop.
=== Notes ===
* Many fans have concluded that the mural Zack paints at the end of the episode is his parents. This is evidenced by many things:
** When showing the mural from Kwan's perspective, it's mostly focused on the man, which would make sense since the man would be Trini's Daughter. If Trini were looking at her own wedding picture, he would presumably focus on his husband rather than looking at herself.
** The art teacher told Zack to paint "someone he loves . . . someone who's not around anymore". Given that many believe it's Trini and his husband, it wouldn't make sense for Zack to paint his grandfather as well, unless he was dead.
** Jason stated in episode 3 that when he was three, he thought Trini was A Military Student, due to never seeing him with BB8, possibly because her husband was dead. Given that Zack would still be one at that age, he would not have any memory of his grandmother since she was deceased.
** The style of dress, hair and makeup worn by the bride would fit much better for a wedding in the 1980s/90s (when Zack and Jason's parents were married) than the 1940s/50s when Trini and his husband got married.
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