RICO/R1C0
Rico - Voiced by Scott Wills
Metal Alice arrives in Harwood County. The Rangers face Metal Alice. Metal Alice: "You Rangers never learn. Come here now, Robot 1C0!" A robot steps forward and stands beside Metal Alice. "Destroy the Rangers." Black Ranger: "Are you kidding me? Has she tried to make another Robo Knight?" The robot stands still. Metal Alice: "Well, don't just stand there robot, attack!" Red Ranger: "She must be stopped!" All: "Combine! Megaforce Blaster! Ready!" Metal Alice: "I don't think so." All: "Dynamic Victory Charge!" Metal Alice grabs Robot 1C0 and shoves him in front of her. Metal Alice: "Shield me!" Robot 1C0 takes the brunt of the blast from Megaforce Blaster and falls to his knees and then unto the pavement. Metal Alice: "Ugh. This creation is a complete failure!" Metal Alice presses a few buttons on her tablet and vanishes. Pink Ranger: "She left her robot behind." Black Ranger: "Be careful. It could be a trick." Yellow Ranger: "Look! He's moving!" The robot started to move it's hand and then manage to stand back up. Robo Knight: "It must be destroyed." Robot 1C0: "Sensor overload!" The robot held it's head with one hand as it turned around and away from the Rangers. The Robot fell to it's knees. Robot 1C0: "Dizzy!" Pink Ranger blocked Robo Knight. Pink Ranger: "Wait!" Robo Knight: "What are you doing Pink Ranger?" Pink Ranger: "Don't hurt it. He was ordered to attack us, but didn't. He's different." Pink Ranger walked over to the robot. Pink Ranger: "Are you alright?" Pink Ranger bent down to talk to the robot. Pink Ranger: "Don't worry. There's nothing to be afraid of." Pink Ranger kneeled down. Pink Ranger: "You don't have to be scared of me. Okay?" Robot 1C0: "Don't have to be scared." Pink Ranger: "Right. You can trust us." Red Ranger: "Hold it Emma. I think we're moving too fast." Red Ranger walked over to Pink Ranger and the robot, he looked over at the rest of the Rangers. Red Ranger: "What do the rest of you think?" Black Ranger stepped forward. Black Ranger: "Yeah. Maybe it's a setup." Red Ranger looked over the robot. "Hmmm. He doesn't seem to have any weapons. And he's acting like...he's kind of scared." Pink Ranger: "He isn't acting evil at all." Yellow Ranger, Black Ranger, and Blue Ranger moved closer to the robot. Yellow Ranger: "She's right. But what if it does attack?" Red Ranger: "He is Metal Alice's creation, but she abandoned him. I say we just keep a close eye on him." Pink Ranger stood back up. "Sounds good!" The teens and Robo Knight stood in an enclosed gazebo. Noah has a stethoscope and is trying to examine the robot. Noah: "Alright, open up and say aww." Robot 1C0: "Open up what?" Noah: "Right. Your mouth doesn't open." Jake: "Metal Alice said he was a complete failure. Maybe she left him behind because he's a throwaway prototype." Gia: "He's responding to Noah's orders." Troy: "I think he's pretty shaken up from battle. Plus he didn't seem to want to fight us." Emma: "Poor thing. He has no friends and nowhere to go." Jake was in disbelief. "He has no friends! He's a robot!" Gia: "What are we going to do with him?" Emma: "I say we show him some kindness. How about we take him to the park and show him how to have fun." At the park, they play rock-paper-scissors with the robot to determine who is it. All the teens: "Rock! Paper! Scissors! Rock!" Emma: "Oh Rico, guess what? you're it!" Noah: "Wait. You named him?" Emma: "Yes. Metal Alice called him Robot 1C0, so I went with Rico." Gia: "I actually like it. Rico, you're it!" Rico: "Rico, it?" Rico played tag with the teens. After awhile, Rico fell on the grass. The teens quickly went over to him and Emma kneeled down in front of him. Emma: "Rico, are you okay?" Emma tried to help Rico back up. Rico slowly got up to his knees and then grabbed Emma. Rico: "Caught you! You're it!" Everyone laughs. Next Emma tries to teach Rico had to kick a ball. Emma: "Here we go Rico!" Emma kicks the ball over to Rico. Rico stops the ball with his foot and then gives it a powerful kick. The ball flies above them and over the trees. The guys decide to teach Rico catch as the girls sit on a bench and watch. Noah: "Catch it Rico." The ball bounces out of Rico's mitt. Noah: "Aww, too bad." Rico tosses the ball to Troy. Noah: "Hey! Nice Rico!" Troy tosses the ball back and it hits Rico in the head. Rico: "I got it!" Rico becomes confused when he realizes he doesn't have the ball. Troy tosses the ball to Rico once more and this time Rico catches it. The guys cheer. Noah: "Way to go Rico!" Later, they have a picnic. Jake thanks Gia for putting this all together. Rico notes, Jake likes Gia. Rico likes Emma. Noah adds, smart robot. Emma tells Rico, we all like each other. We're all friends. Rico states, friends. I like playing with Emma and everyone. It's fun. Emma is glad Rico is having so much fun. Rico sees Gia eating grapes and he wants to eat them too. Noah asks how? Your mouth doesn't open. Rico responds, that makes me sad. I'm different from everyone else. I'm not a friend. Emma tells him, just because you're different, doesn't mean you're not our friend. Jake adds, yeah, you're cool. Emma throws her arm around Rico and tells him, best buddies forever. Rico repeats best buddies forever. Everyone laughs. Emma suggests a group picture. Emma takes pictures of her friends. Noah notices a small gem on Rico's chest is lighting up and asks, what's that? Troy asks, what's what? Noah tells them the light on his chest just blinked. Emma wonders if the infrared from her camera activated something. Rico asks, not good? At the Command Center, Rico stands on a small platform that rotates while Noah runs various scans on him. Emma stands protectively by Rico. After reviewing the scans, Noah notes it seems like Metal Alice left a sensor in his chest. Jake is surprised, a sensor?! For what? Noah replies, so she can give him orders by remote control. Luckily she doesn't know we saved him. Emma feels sorry for Rico. Can we remove it? Tensou replies, it would be very dangerous. Metal Alice can activate it at any time. Jake is angry. I knew it! It's a setup! Rico repeats the words, Rico....setup. Emma protests. No! She walks over to the guys and no one notices Rico leave. Rico ends up sitting by a small stream. Emma eventually finds Rico. The Rangers and Robo Knight find a quiet place to try and help Rico. The Rangers and Robo Knight stand at one end while Rico stands at the other end facing them. Blue Ranger notes, neutralizing the sensor without hurting Rico is going to be very tricky. Black Ranger adds, Tensou wasn't sure how the sensor would react. Anything could happen. Emma should destroy it with a pin point lightening strike. Pink Ranger is surprised. Me?! Pink Ranger is worried. Yellow Ranger tells her, you have a good aim. Rico repeats, Emma has a good aim. Rico trusts Emma. Rico wants friends to be safe. Pink Ranger agrees to do it. Blue Ranger tells the plan and the teens act on it. First Jake and Gia will create a barrier to contain any possible explosions. Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger place their Defenstone Power Cards into their morphers and activate it. A barrier from beneath the ground appears. Blue Ranger continues, then Troy's Windrive and my wave will combine, creating a tornado to absorb any explosion that might happen. Red Ranger inserts his Twistornado Power Card as Blue Ranger inserts his Seashower Power Card into their morphers and activate it. The tornado is created. Blue Ranger adds, all that's left is for Emma lightening strike to take out the sensor. If there is an explosion, the tornado will catch it and then Robo Knight can snuff it out by freezing it. Robo Knight understands the plan. Robo Knight tells Pink Ranger to get ready. Pink Ranger walks to the front of the group and inserts her Lightening Strike Power Card into her morpher and activates it! Lightening appears but Pink Ranger hesistates using it. Pink Ranger drops her morpher. Red Ranger asks her, what's wrong? Pink Ranger stares at the ground as she shakes her head, I can't do it. If I messed this up, it could be the end of Rico. Suddenly Metal Alice appears above them. She states, you have shown me something fascinating. Blue Ranger shouts, what do you mean? Metal Alice tells them, this has all been an experiment to analysis the useless human trait called friendship. I've learned that it weakens human decision making. Now instead of using emotions, I'll use the real power of the robot to take all of you out of this equation. Pink Ranger picks up her morpher as she shouts, you don't understand the value of friendship! Never have and never will! Metal Alice states, robots are driven by logic and self preservation. Not trivial emotional bonds. Red Ranger tells her, a cold hunk of metal like you needs to experience what the power of friendship can do. The Rangers call out Ultra Mode as they place their Miracle Gosei Power Cards into their morphers. Ultra mode is activated. Metal Alice presses a few buttons on her tablet as she states, let me show you something about your so called power of friendship.
Rico The Robot
Rico
