...Or Die Trying

"...Or Die Trying" is the first episode of the second season and the sixteenth episode overall of The Rangers. It originally aired on October 7, 2024.
== Synopsis ==
Jason, Zack Trini, and Kim sneak into a movie theater to see Soul Plane 2.
== Plot ==
Jason, and Zack and Trini watch the trailer for the movie Soul Plane 2: The Blackjacking!, which Trini and Zack want to see although Jason becomes disgusted, and the opening sequence begins. Jason determinedly complains about what happened the last time he, Zack and Trini went to the movie theater. Kimberly, who walked in the Old Ranger household comes to go to the movies along with the Rangers, but can't see Soul Plane 2. Trini forces Jason to go to the movies and Kimberly to see Soul Plane 2: The Blackjacking!. Later, the four sneak into the theater as Jason warns Kimberly that by going to the movies with trini, she will have the "worst day of [her] life. "Tommy, working as an usher in this episode, has an apparent aptitude with nunchucks. Kimberly, who had gone with them knowing she did not have permission from her parents to see the movie in question, is distraught when they sneak in and sit down without having paid. Jason talks to one of the staff and gives him the idea to unionize. Kimberly becomes distressed over PSAs decrying the theft of movies, and even attempts to turn herself in, but is stopped by Trini, who tells her to stop crying and enjoy the movie.
Jason notices Kimberly crying and asks Trini what’s wrong with her, but he is too distracted by the hilarity of the movie to answer. Jason decides to destroy the movie reel, sneaking his way up to the projector room. Meanwhile, Tommy, working as an usher, realizes that Trini snuck into the movie and chases him with security. Zack, who had been videotaping the movie suggest that to Trini that they leave Kimberly behind and get out, which they do, leaving Kimberly with the camera, she is quickly caught by Tommy. Jason gets to the projector room but trips an alarm, he flees from security and ends up fighting Tommy with an improvised staff. Tommy fights Jason with evenly matched skills, displaying his mastery of nunchaku with a pair of nunchucks that Jason accidentally left in the bathroom. Jason is outmatched of Tommy' mastery which results him losing the fight and ends up in the security office with Kimberly.
Trini and Zack return to the movie theater where Trini ends up taking responsibility for the Teens. Everyone escapes punishment, due to all the employees being fired after they attempted to unionize, which Huey had suggested they do earlier.
As they leave for the car, Huey stops when he sees Tommy behind him, still holding his nunchaku. Jason tells the others to wait, saying, "There's something I need to take care of." He and Uncle Ruckus charge at each other, leaping into the air. The episode concludes in a freeze frame of Jason and Tommy as they clash.
== Appearances ==
* Jason Lee Scott
* Kimberly Hart
* Zack Taylor
* Trini Kwan
* Tommy 
* Corcus 
* Funtime Panda (Mentioned)
* Rockho
* Delphine
* Phantom Ranger
* Sam
* Ziggy
* Dillon
* Mesogog
* Cestro
== Ranger Modes ==
* Aurico
* Shane
* Corcus
== Cultural references and Trivia ==
The beat that plays after the intro contains a sample from "Bunsen Burner" by Jon Phonics
The title of the episode is a reference to the film Get Rich or Die Tryin, which is referenced numerous times throughout the episode.
* Cast members James (Tommy) and Ja'kye (Kevin) reprise their roles as the blind man and Flame from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Release Soul Plane.
* Beginning in this episode, the tuba piece "Jabba's Theme" (from Return of the Jedi) is used as a musical theme for Uncle Ruckus.
* The movie advertisements are a parody of the film industry's Who Makes Movies? anti-piracy campaign.
* The beat that plays during the two fights between Huey and Ruckus contains a sample from "Loving You - Losing You" by Phyllis Hyman.
* When Tommy display's his mastery of the nunchaku, his exact movements and the sound the nunchucks make are in reference to Bruce Lee's Enter The Dragon.
* Mami, Trini's car that was pimped in the previous season, was seen in the beginning of the episode.
* The architecture (interior and exterior) and uniforms of the movie theater in the episode are modeled from the Pacific's The Grove Stadium 14 Movie Theater at The Grove in Los Angeles' Fairfax District.
* Von, who plays corcus, also reprise his role as Captain Corc from Soul Plane.
* In the beginning when the terrorists ask what "CTP" means, there is a sign that says "NWA". A rap group from the late 80s and early 90s.
== Transcript ==
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