Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Robbie Chronicles - Volume 3

Season 3 - Episode 10: Family Matters

(It's family day in Angel Grove High. It's the time each year where students are expected to talk about their family and how theirs shapes who they've become. This year however, the school has encouraged the parents to come along too. Many show up, including a few of the ranger teens' parents.)
Mrs. Campbell: My name is Erica Wright-Campbell.

Mr. Campbell: And I'm Robert Campbell. Pastor Robert Campbell. And this is our little blessing, Aisha.

(Mr. Campbell puts his arm around his daughter who looks mildly embarrassed through her tepid grinning.)

Mr. Campbell: When we look at our family. And we see our daughter and how she's growing up. And we see how many other young teens in our situation wind up. You know what I say?

Robbie: Why God?

Mr. Campbell: I say "thank the lord."

(Some presentations explains perfectly how the children wound up they are...)

Mr. DeSantos: You know, it'd be a lot easier for me to sweep you off your feet if you stood up...

Hannah: Excuse me?

Ms. Appleby: (Nervously) Thank you very much Mr. DeSantos!!

(Others are a bit of a surprise...)

Mrs. Bulkmeier: My name is Angela and I'm Bulky's mom.

Bulk: (Sighs) ...

Mrs. Bulkmeier: I work a social worker for Child Protective Services.

Adam: (leans over) If they take other people's kids from their homes, who takes her kid?

Robbie: Who would want him?

(Other families... we have already been acquainted with.)

Mrs. Hart: Hello everyone my name is Karen. As some of you know already, I'm Kimberly's mother.

(The ranger teens smile back at her.)

Mrs. Hart: I currently work at a Sleep Inn Hotels as a front desk manager. Kim and I live alone in a project by the Industrial District currently. I am recently divorced.

Mr. DeSantos: (To Rocky) So she's single?

(An annoyed Rocky swats his father away.)

Rocky: I saw her first.

(The image conscious Kim hears some scattered snickers in the classroom and begins to worry. She leans in and whispers in her mother's ear.)

Kimberly: Mom, you really don't need to talk about that stuff. Really.

Mrs. Hart: It's okay honey. The assignment is to explain how your parents shape who you are and that's what I'm doing.

Kimberly: ...

Mrs. Hart: So... recently Kim and I went through some difficulties, because of the separation. We lost the home uptown that we used to own because we couldn't keep up with the mortgage payments. However I'm happy to say that we're getting through it.
Ms. Appleby: That's good to hear!

Mrs. Hart: (Nods) I'm really proud of how my daughters handled the whole situation. And I think she gets her spirit from me. Initially she tried to help contribute as much as she could, but I told her the only job I wanted her to focus on is school. After some resistance, she finally caved. She... gets her stubbornness from her father.

(There's more chuckling, only these are more positive.)

Mrs. Hart: This girl is wise and mature well beyond her years. I don't know what her father and I did, but we did an amazing job raising her. Kimberly and I continue to inspire one another to do better and to continue to have a positive attitude through really trying times.