Continuity mistake: After Rita is freed and blows up her dumpster prison, she taunts the astronauts and says she's going to destroy the nearest planet. She's making a hand gesture as she does and then suddenly between cuts she's in a different position. The goons beside her also are in different stances. (00:01:58)
Continuity mistake: When Bulk and Skull are thrown onto the crash mats, Skull's position changes instantly. Note the edge of the pattern on the mat in relation to his left knee. (00:04:00)
Continuity mistake: At the start we see Billy taking a karate class taught by Jason. In this shot you can the Rangers are wearing their communicators despite Billy having not created them yet. (00:04:30)
Continuity mistake: When Bulk and Skull interrupt the Karate lesson and push Billy aside. A shot of Jason standing next to the wall has a painting of an umbrella right behind Jason's shoulder. Then when Bulk and Skull walk up to him, suddenly there is a good couple feet distance between him and the umbrella. (00:05:17)
Continuity mistake: At the juice bar, Ernie walks up with a tray of drinks and asks who ordered the spinach juice. The shot changes as the ground begins to shake, and suddenly the drinks in his tray are in different positions. Most notably the blue and red cups Switching Places. (00:06:47)
Continuity mistake: When the kids leave the command center after being teleported there, in one scene they are all wearing different clothes and Trini's actress has changed as well - she has short hair. (00:11:22)
Continuity mistake: When we see the long shot of Rita blowing up the ground by the rangers, the clothes of the people in the long shot don't match what the rangers are wearing. Their positions are also different. (00:12:20)
Continuity mistake: In this episode there are a few shots of Goldar with wings. However it is explained in season 2 by Lord Zed that Rita denies Goldar his wings, as Zed gives Goldar his wings back.
Answer: Probably to save on costs of filming the same scene. In the reused shots they have always morphed so you can't see the actors. They just have to pay them to do voice-overs rather than the entire scene.
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