[quote=Lost Cause]
I believe you're referring to what happened in Forever Red, the tenth anniversary special. In the broadcast episode Bulk and Skull own a poolside bar that Tommy happens to be at when the call comes down. The "Rocky as Tommy's butler" thing never actually happened, as while Steve Cardenas had agreed to appear in the episode, scheduling conflicts (he was moving house at the time) got in the way, although there was also a contingency for him to use the Red Power Coin if Austin St. John couldn't make filming.
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This makes much more sense. The links I'd stumbled upon seemed a little opinionated in some of the story breakdowns and I don't remember a lot of the things going down the way I remembered watching them with my son a few months back. We watched the entire original show all the way up to the White Ranger showing up. Rocky's character being around as a buddy of Tommy's in case Jason couldn't show up was a genius back up plan, but I'm glad Jason showed up LOL

~KL~