The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

sway Wrote:
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> I'd personally give each of the ranger's low level
> "Iron Will", Tommy and Jason having the highest.

Hmmm...that's actually a sound idea, but I don't think I would go that far. Read below.

> While as a team they could take on putties in
> human form... they were rarely actually ever hit
> and when they were they did tend to go down hard.
> However in most instances where a ranger was
> deprived of morphing and forced to take on putties
> in mass alone... they'd get the snot beat out them
> but keep fighting... sometimes falling over at the
> end (after barely winning) or falling to one knee
> behind the others when they arrived "just in
> time".

You are correct, but I feel that is already covered in their current writeups. Despite the putties lack of martial skill as compared to the rangers, the rangers are only human as well. For example, if you use my current writeup of Jason he has 80 Health. Now they may not hit much, but when they do, 10 pts of damage to a normal human with no damage resistances (thanks to their GD strength) is gonna hurt. Remembering that a putties strength lies in numbers, so lets say hypothetically that on an average 2 to 3 out of 5 putties may hit against one ranger in a turn, that's 20 to 30 points of damage, roughly a 4th of Jason's Health total. after 2 rounds of this, I'd say that constitutes getting "the snot beat out of them."

Now as far as them not getting hit, thats why each ranger has either Martial Arts C or Acrobatics (or both). Those that were agile dodged, while those that were more skilled primarily block or deflected.


> Also there are clear indications of drastic combat
> skill increases over the coarse of the show
> sometimes at a ridiculous pace. The three "Turbo"
> replacements for example were exceptionally better
> by the end of the "In Space" setting and were
> portrayed as living legends in their cameo on
> "Lost Galaxy".

You refer to TJ, Cassie and Ashley (all coming soon in my Turbo writeup), but I don't think that they increased in skill that drastically. TJ was actually the more skilled of the 3, and one could argue that he was on par at least nearly with Jason with RM, but not as good as Tommy (by the time of Turbo, Tommy had clearly gone into the realm of IN rank fighting).

And as for them being portrayed as "living legends", that is probably due to the fact that they were the only Rangers to date to reveal their secret identities to the world, risking their lives and rallying the city to fight Astronema's forces in the final episodes of the "In Space" era. And being that "Lost Galaxy" takes place right after "In Space", one can see why they are remembered for their bravery. The Megaship has even been converted into a Power Ranger museum on Terra Venture, the space station in "Lost Galaxy".

> Not to mention adult Tommy after
> years of being out practice could take on small
> groups of the (crude can't remember their names)
> before even gaining ranger powers again.

Just because we hadn't seen him, doesn't necessarily mean he was out of practice(:!P)

And the enemies you speak of are known as Tyrannodrones. And come to think of it, Tommy should know how to defeat these guys, seeing as he created them.


Skarlett da Encyclopedic Spyder




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"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/2005 05:37PM by Skarlett Spyder.

In an episode of Power Rangers Wild Force, I believe it was called Forever Red, all the red rangers from all the series to that date got back together to do one last mission. In that Tommy had his Zeo Ranger powers so perhaps he wasn't all that out of practice. Let us not forget that Tommy used to teach martial arts classes so likely he was still well practiced with many martial arts exercises daily. Forever Red brought up some interesting possibilities. Now most people just throw it out as a one shot episode in which everyone magically had their powers given back because the writers wanted it. But I kinda like the ideas of each of the rangers keeping some sort of power as back up. I never did like the fact that they all lost their powers at the end. Why should they? They certainly are responsible enough to keep their powers and maintain a normal life occassionally donning them again if they need to. Ah that's right, there was a Sword of Light. But there was also a Sword of Power which is what I was thinking of. Just wish I could remember more about the episode other than Tommy turning evil again, stealing it from the rangers and giving it to a giant goat.

My son was telling me of that episode, he actually had it on video (imagine the look on his mother's face when I stopped by and asked to borrow it).

Really well done, I liked it.

I do remember there being a sword of power, wasn't saying that there wasn't, just pointing out that you were referring to the wrong sword. I believe it only appeared for 1 or 2 episodes, though for the life of me I cannot recall any of them.


Skarlett da Forgetful Spyder

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"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie

Skarlett Spyder Wrote:
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> You refer to TJ, Cassie and Ashley (all coming
> soon in my Turbo writeup),

And Carlos, almost forgot Carlos. Can't forget the Mexican star soccer player (do the PR cliche's never stop?)


Skarlett da "PC" Spyder



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"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie

You're talking about a show where originally the African-American was the Black Ranger and the Asian woman was the Yellow Ranger. In other words no, they don't. They even had the sterotypical cute kid on turbo. Speaking of which I've been working on a fanfic for some time. Perhaps it's time to finish that.

Alrighty, for your viewing pleasure, I present ALL of the heroes to call bear the power up until the end of "In Space", from Tommy to Andros. These stats represent the teens at the peak of their skill. I've also thrown in stats for the Rangers' Ninja powers, Zeo powers, and stats on the powers of the Gold Ranger. These are just a rough draft however, so as always, any comments/thoughts/suggestions are greatly appreciated.


Jason (Red Morphin' Ranger, Gold Zeo Ranger)
F RM
A EX
S GD
E RM
R GD
I GD
P GD
Health: 90
Karma: 30

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, E, Acrobatics, Leadership, Student


Zak (Black Morphin' Ranger)
F EX
A GD
S TY
E RM
R TY
I GD
P GD
Health: 66
Karma: 26

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, E, Tumbling, Acrobatics, Student, Performer (Dance)


Trini (Yellow Morphin' Ranger)
F EX
A EX
S TY
E RM
R GD
I EX
P EX
Health: 76
Karma: 50

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, D, E, Oriental Weapons, Acrobatics, Tumbling, Student, Meditation, Resist Domination


Billy (Blue Morphin' Ranger)
F GD
A GD
S TY
E EX
R AM
I RM
P GD
Health: 46
Karma: 90

Talents: Martial Arts A, C, Acrobatics, Computers, Electronics, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Repair/Tinkering, Biology, Student


Kimberly (Pink Morphin' Ranger)
F GD
A RM
S TY
E EX
R TY
I TY
P TY
Health: 66
Karma: 18

Talents: Martial Arts A, Acrobatics, Tumbling, Student, Trivia (Fashion)


Tommy (Green Morphin' Ranger, White Morphin' Ranger, Red Zeo Ranger, Red Turbo Ranger)
F IN
A EX
S GD
E RM
R GD
I GD
P EX
Health: 100
Karma: 40

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, C, E, Acrobatics, Tumbling, Student, Leadership


Rocky (Red Morphin' Ranger 2, Blue Zeo Ranger, Blue Turbo Ranger)
F EX
A GD
S GD
E RM
R TY
I TY
P GD
Health: 70
Karma: 22

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, C, Tumbling, Student


Adam (Black Morphin' Ranger 2, Green Zeo Ranger, Green Turbo Ranger)
F EX
A EX
S GD
E RM
R GD
I EX
P GD
Health: 80
Karma: 40

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, D, E, Acrobatics, Tumbling, Meditation, Resist Domination, Student


Aisha (Yellow Morphin' Ranger 2)
F GD
A EX
S TY
E EX
R GD
I GD
P TY
Health: 56
Karma: 26

Talents: Martial Arts A, E, Acrobatics, Tumbling, Student


Katherine/Kat (Pink Morphin' Ranger 2, Pink Zeo Ranger, Pink Turbo Ranger)
F GD
A GD
S PR
E EX
R GD
I EX
P EX
Health: 44
Karma: 50

Powers: Katherine was once under the control of Rita Repulsa, used to spy on the Rangers and gain their trust to sabotage them and split them up, even succeeding in stealing Kimberly's Power Coin and gaining control of the Falconzord. Though the spell was broken, Kat still retained a slight telepathic bond with Rita. This acted as a sort of limited telepathy of RM rank, allowing Kat to glean Rita's random thoughts with an unmodified power FEAT roll. Any attempt to piece the learned info together requires a Yellow Reason FEAT roll. (This should be mainly used as a plot device to allow the Ranger's a chance to figure out Rita's next plan against them or the earth, and is subject to the Judges discretion.)

Talents: Martial Arts A, Tumbling, Student, Resist Domination, Performer (Dance)


T.J. (Red Turbo Ranger 2, Blue Space Ranger)
F RM
A EX
S GD
E EX
R TY
I EX
P GD
Health: 80
Karma: 36

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, E, Tumbling, Leadership, Student, Baseball

Carlos (Green Turbo Ranger 2, Black Space Ranger)
F EX
A GD
S GD
E EX
R TY
I GD
P GD
Health: 60
Karma: 26
Talents: Martial Arts B, C, Acrobatics, Student, Soccer


Cassie (Pink Turbo Ranger 2, Pink Space Ranger)
F GD
A GD
S TY
E EX
R GD
I TY
P TY
Health: 46
Karma: 22

Talents: Martial Arts A, C, Tumbling, Student, Performer (Singing, Guitar),


Ashley (Yellow Turbo Ranger 2, Yellow Space Ranger)
F GD
A EX
S TY
E EX
R TY
I TY
P TY
Health: 56
Karma: 18

Talents: Martial Arts A, Acrobatics, Tumbling, Student, Cheerleading

Justin (Blue Turbo Ranger)
F GD
A GD
S PR
E GD
R RM
I RM
P GD
Health: 34
Karma: 70

Talents: Martial Arts B, Tumbling, Student, Computers, Video Games, Electronics

Andros (Red Space Ranger)
F RM
A EX
S GD
E EX
R GD
I GD
P EX
Health: 80
Karma: 40

Talents: Martial Arts A, B, C, E, Tumbling, Acrobatics, Astronavigation, Electronics, Pilot, Leadership


NINJA POWERS
When Rita's evil brother Rito joined the battle against the rangers, he was successful in destroying the ranger's Thunderzords as well as damaging the Power Coins' link with the Morphin' Grid, nullifying the teens Morphin' powers. The heroes then went on a quest to find the Temple of Power, watched over by the guardian of the power, Ninjor. Proving themselves worthy, Ninjor granted them use of the temples power, bestowing upon them new Power Coins that would enable them to access the ancient Ninja Powers. These powers enabled them to once again access their Morphin' abilities, but also gave them the powers of the ninja, which enhanced their reflexes and perception, as well as granted them the use of "ninja magic". These abilities are described below:

-Each of the rangers ninja garb provided GD protection vs. physical attacks.

-The Rangers' Strength, Agility and Endurance were each enhanced +1CS.

-Enhanced Perception: The Ninja Rangers' awareness is enhanced greatly in their ninja modes, giving each ranger IN rank Combat Sense.

-Hyper Leaping: TY

-Hyper Digging: the rangers could seemingly travel through the ground itself for limited distances with EX ability.

-Illusory Duplication: The Ninja Rangers can create exact "mirror images" of themselves (with no need for a reason FEAT) to confuse their opponent with GD ability, but only within 1 area. The images last until interacted with or the original is found, otherwise they can last up to 10 turns.

-Teleportation: Self only, within line of sight with IN ability.

-Phasing: RM, they cannot disrupt machinery.

-Hypnotic Control: EX


ZEO POWERS
After the rangers were reverted to children by Master Vile's reversing of time, their Ninja powers were lost. There only hope was to recover the pieces of the Zeo crystal that they themselves had scattered throughout time. With the power of the re-formed crystal, they were able to put time restore time to its normal state, and then utilize the crystal as a new source of power, becoming Power Rangers Zeo. They accessed their new power with Zeonizers, which harnessed the energies of the Zeo crystal to bestow upon them the power. These amazing powers provided each ranger with the following:

-Each Ranger's costume provides them with enhanced protection, giving them TY True Invulnerability vs. physical and energy attacks.

-As Zeo Ranger's, they each receive a +2CS to all physical stats (max IN)

-Hyper Leaping: RM

-Each Ranger can power up their melee attacks by focusing their energy. With a successful Endurance FEAT, the Rangers may add +1CS to their Slugfest damage or convert their normal damage into energy damage. This affect lasts 1d10 turns.

-Each Ranger has access to their standard sidearms, The Zeo Laser and Zeo blade. The laser fires a beam of pure energy for RM damage, while the blade can cut through up to RM material for RM edge damage. The blade and laser can be combined with one another to deliver a more powerful blast, for IN energy damage.

-The Rangers also have separate weapons personal to them, each with different properties. Red Zeo Rangers sword can cut through up to IN material strength for IN damage. Yellow Zeo Rangers double-clubs allow her to attack for IN blunt damage. Both the Blue Zeo Ranger's axes and the Green Zeo Ranger's hatchets each do IN edge damage and cut through IN material. Finally, Pink Zeo Ranger's IN material strength disc can be used to block up to 70 points of damage at one time, or can be thrown up to 3 areas inflicting IN edge damage. Each weapon can be powered up to deliver an IN rank energy attack with a -1CS to the opponents resistances. These weapons can also be combined with a Zeo blade and laser to form the Zeo Blaster, combining their energies to deliver 1 AM rank energy blast while reducing the opponent's armor -1CS.

-The Rangers could also call upon the Zeo Cannon, which draws its power from the Rangers themselves. Each Ranger must be in contact with it in order for it to function. Once each Ranger has rolled a successful Endurance FEAT, the cannon fires a powerful ball of energy at the enemy with IN ability, inflicting MN energy damage.

-Each ranger has the ability to call upon their respective Zeo Zords, powerful robots created by the former Ranger, Billy. The Rangers use their Zeonizer crystals to access the controls to the Zords. Tommy can also call upon the Red Battlezord to assist them in a fight, and later the Rangers gain the use of new Super Zeo Zords.

-Each Ranger receives the Marksman talent, a +1CS with their blades, and the Weapon Specialist talent with their individual Zeo weapons.


The Gold Ranger powers were superior to those of the Zeo Rangers. Jason gained the following as the Gold Ranger:

-Jason's physical stats were enhanced +2CS (max of AM).

-His costume provides him with GD True Invulnerability.

-Hyper Leaping: RM

-Gold Ranger can power up his melee attacks by focusing his energy. With a successful Endurance FEAT, Gold Ranger may add +1CS to his Slugfest damage or convert his normal damage into energy damage. This affect lasts 1d10 turns.

-Gold Ranger's weapon was his Golden Power Staff, a powerful item that also served as the means by which Jason morphed into the Gold Ranger. The staff is MN material strength and inflicts AM edge or energy damage. The staff can also be used to fire multiple bolts of energy with a successful Power FEAT roll, each doing AM damage to a single opponent or to all within 1 area. Gold Ranger gains the Weapon Specialist talent with his Power Staff.

-Gold Ranger can call upon the interstellar carrier Zord, Pyramidas, using the Gold Power Staff to control the pyramid-shaped robot. He also can call upon the small yet powerful Zord known as the Warrior Wheel.


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"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie

Great writeups! If I remember correctly the gold ranger had some sort of speed attack that he often used when first arriving in a battle. It looked like a gold beam of energy traveling like a pinball between enemies and doing damage to each of them or one opponent multiple times. It seems like energy path too me maybe linked to a charge?

Didn't remember that, thanks Alabar. Any other suggestions would be appreciated as well, as my memory is admittedly a bit fuzzy as to what everyone could do.

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"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie

Forgot the alien rangers and their various water related powers. No silver ranger... he was pretty tough... following the trend of the sixth ranger having stronger powers (green, white, gold, silver, magna defender, etc...)?

Andros had mental powers (also he had impressive willpower... dude had to fight his kid sister and off Zordon in the end to save the universe... that's up there, given the close relationship the two supposedly had)... and a battlizer linked to the Delta megazord that supposedly made him tougher in battle (almost on par with the boosted powers of the Silver Ranger). In the opening episode he even manage to hide himself among all the bad guys too... he's got espionage skills as pre-show that was how he handled things on his own sometimes.

The Turbo Rangers have Robo-Ranger duplicates. The weirdo insectiod guy with his energy saber (who had his own show for awhile) appeared first on their show.

The kid Ranger had super-strength in human form for a short spell (one or two episodes)... and still has his morpher... to this day. I sometimes wonder if they'll bring him back for a new series like they did Tommy. *shrug*

sway Wrote:
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> The weirdo insectiod guy with his energy saber (who
> had his own show for awhile) appeared first on
> their show.

you're thinking Masked Defender. yes it was kinda weird.

Lord_Sidious Wrote:
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> sway Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The weirdo insectiod guy with his energy
> saber (who
> > had his own show for awhile) appeared first
> on
> > their show.
>
> you're thinking Masked Defender. yes it was kinda
> weird.

Actually, the name is Masked Rider, and he first appeared on Morphin'.

But you are indeed correct, Zane seemed to have slipped my mind, but I was too late to post him after I was done with update 2. I'll do so when I finish the writeups for the Turbo and Space powers.

I'm also working on the main villains, Such as Rita, Goldar, and Scorpina. I'll keep you guys posted.


Skarlett da Morphinomenal Spyder


________________________________________________________________________________
"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie

Very nice write ups Skarlett even though i was not a big watcher of the MMPR's it did tickle my fancey as it reminded me of a show i watched back in the day SPECTRAMAN now that is stats waiting to happen :) (powers from space,he here to save the human race *snaps fingers singing SPECTRAMAN!!*

dude when he fought the giant monkey henchman that was awesome. or how about the time he was blinded. they melted the metal of his eyes. or that guys dog that got turned into a giant monster.

Spectraman rocked.

*looks at the planet, raises hand* Ready.



or any one remember the name of the show with the family of rockets? The dad was the giant fighter he was gold. the mom was human size, and the kid was a cloned copy of a human boy. he got summoned by the whistle the most.

Was it called fighting robots?? i believe the father robot was called Goldar but this was a long time ago and yep thems days where cool(:!D

It was called Space Giants, the robots were called Goldar, Silvar, and Gam. The boy had a whistle given to him if he blew it once it would summon Gam, twice for Silvar, and three times for Goldar.

I used to love that show.

Hey. Anyone remember Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills? Caught a couple of episodes of that. Bottom of the barrel wasn't low enough! When you get to Time Force Skarlett I highly suggest giving Wes Iron Will. At the end of Time Force Wes took on about a zillion cyclotrons (I think that's what they were called) alone. Granted he was high on both his powers and the Quantum Ranger's powers, but he still took on that many at once. I am currently getting my hands on all the Power Rangers episodes I can so I'll give more suggestions when I find them. If you saw Forever Red you undoubtidly noticed that the main bad guys were all wearing Beetleborg costumes from Big Bad Beetleborgs. I love watching Power Rangers and pointing out which parts were recycled from what monster and such. If I drank it might make a good drinking game. Heck you could get a good buzz just from taking a sip for every time Alpha says "Ai yi yi yi yi"! Good luck making stats on the Beetleborgs and Flabber. That'd be a headache for me. Justin did indeed keep his morpher and actually used it once in an ep of PR in Space I believe. It apparently still works no problem. That also brings up something interesting. Apparently the Turbo morpher will give a child the body of a full grown adult when morphed. Don't know if it's just the blue ranger's but I think it is just the Turbo's. After all if I remember correctly the ninja powers were taken away by the rangers turning into kids. Is it me or is Rocky the worst ranger ever? First he becomes the world's lamest Red Ranger, then he gets demoted to blue, so he shows his blue ranger intelligence by breaking his leg and getting replaced by a child and when he gets better they keep the kid! Now tell me that doesn't make him the laughing stock of ranger history!

Alabar Wrote:
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> Hey. Anyone remember Tattooed Teenage Alien
> Fighters From Beverly Hills? Caught a couple of
> episodes of that. Bottom of the barrel wasn't low
> enough!

O....M....G!!! I thought I was the only true goober on this thread. I do indeed remember that retarded attempt to capitalize on the breakout success of the style of kids show that was Power Rangers. I don't even remember a single episode, but I've been unable to get that God-awful theme song out of my head for the past 12 years.

Here, I'll do you one better. Can you say Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad?

> When you get to Time Force Skarlett I
> highly suggest giving Wes Iron Will. At the end
> of Time Force Wes took on about a zillion
> cyclotrons (I think that's what they were called)
> alone. Granted he was high on both his powers and
> the Quantum Ranger's powers, but he still took on
> that many at once.

That episode just came on not too long ago, and I did indeed take interest in it. I must admit I'm reluctant to give any of the teens powers outside of their Ranger identities, but I will keep that in mind. But if you remember, Wes was killed in that episode despite having both the Red and Quantum powers, and it took the Timeforce Rangers coming back to 2000 to help him in order to change the past.

> I am currently getting my
> hands on all the Power Rangers episodes I can so
> I'll give more suggestions when I find them.

Thanks, that would be great!

> If you saw Forever Red you undoubtidly noticed that
> the main bad guys were all wearing Beetleborg
> costumes from Big Bad Beetleborgs. I love
> watching Power Rangers and pointing out which
> parts were recycled from what monster and such.

I did indeed catch that. They were the Blue Blaster, Red Striker, Shadowborg, and one that I cannot identify. On the same note, in the two episodes of Wild Force where they team up with the Time Force Rangers, one of the mutorgs has the same costume as Deviot from Lost Galaxy, albeit altered to make it look mutated. Also note that Dark Spectre is just a darker body suit of Malagore from the Turbo movie.

> If I drank it might make a good drinking game.
> Heck you could get a good buzz just from taking a
> sip for every time Alpha says "Ai yi yi yi yi"!
> Good luck making stats on the Beetleborgs and
> Flabber. That'd be a headache for me.

I'd actually been pondering over trying to do a writeup of them, but don't have the resources and don't remember enough to warrant an attempt.

> Justin did indeed keep his morpher and actually used it once
> in an ep of PR in Space I believe. It apparently
> still works no problem.

Justin had his morpher returned to him by Storm Blaster, the intelligent jeep vehicle that had befriended Justin. It had been recharged (which would lead one to believe that the Turbo powers thought destroyed were not completely gone, but just drained) and allowed Justin to save the Space Rangers. The theory of them being only drained was also validated with T.J.'s appearance as Red Turbo in Forever Red.

> That also brings up something interesting.
> Apparently the Turbomorpher will give a child
> the body of a full grown adult when morphed.
> Don't know if it's just the
> blue ranger's but I think it is just the Turbo's.

I have yet to explain this, and don't think I will attempt to. Again, I'd chock it up to creative freedom on the part of the writers. I'll keep thinking on it though...

> After all if I remember correctly the ninja powers
> were taken away by the rangers turning into kids.

The ninja power were indeed taken away as a result of the ranger's being reverted to kids, but that was a rearrangement of time itself, "reality alteration" if you will. It was still the current year, but most of the teens in Angel Grove were reverted to pre-teens. If you remember, none of the adults were affected. Since the power was given to the Rangers while they were adults, reverting them to kids broke the link, and thus destroyed the power. At least thats how I see it.

> Is it me or is Rocky the worst ranger ever? First
> he becomes the world's lamest Red Ranger, then he
> gets demoted to blue, so he shows his blue ranger
> intelligence by breaking his leg and getting
> replaced by a child and when he gets better they
> keep the kid! Now tell me that doesn't make him
> the laughing stock of ranger history!

Rocky did indeed get the short end of the Ranger stick. But you must also remember that Rocky was initiated into the Ranger's a little while after it had become "The White Ranger Show" and never really established himself (or the writers never established the character is what I mean to say). By the end of Zeo, Rocky's character was ready to move on, but had already been signed to do the Turbo movie, so they had to think of a way to write him off the show.


Skarlett da Informative Spyder




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"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie

I just watched an episode of Dino Thunder last night, the one with the Ninja Storm guys in it. I noticed that the main bad guy from Ninja Storm (Lothar I believe) is actually just a modified version of Ivan Ooze's costume from the first movie. Same voice actor too from the sound of it. I thought that the adults of Angel Grove did get younger? I have vague recollections of the principle having actual hair instead of that stupid hair piece. But I could be on chocolate covered crack. True that Wes was going to die without the help of the other rangers, but by that time he had still taken out probably well over a thousand robots (adding the ones at the tower and in the streets). Perhaps Iron Will in just Morphed Form. I'm interested in why Trini and Adam have resist domination. Maybe it came up in one of the episodes I didn't see. I understand Kat, but why not Tommy? He was also turned evil and then good. Apparently I can join you in true gooberhood as I too watched an ep or two of Cyber Squad. I have to admit that I thought it was pretty cool of Dino Thunder to poke fun at the ranger legacy by showing an episode of the true Japan series and having Tommy make the comment that he needed to go shopping because his wardrobe was seriously lacking black. I have to admit that I often kept my eyes glued to the toy section of Walmart so i could get a sneak peek at any new rangers and such. The toys always came out before the episode. I was a bit bitter about the switching of rangers, mainly because of the loss of Tommy, so I missed most of Turbo, In Space and Lost Galaxy. It was Time Force that renewed my interest because about five years before it began I had the idea of a ranger series that would revolve around time travel (mainly to bring back the old groups) which I called Power Rangers Chronos. Time Force was one of the best done ranger series to date. Ninja Storm didn't carry my interest at all mainly because ninja powers had already been done. Wildforce renewed it and Dino Thunder finally had Tommy back so I had to see it. I was quite amused by the villain's comments that Tommy was too old to be a ranger. I agree that I think the ranger powers are recharging. In an episode of Zeo I believe they showed a future Tommy and Kat as an old couple and when a communicator went off they checked their own, it actually turned out to be their kids' but that say to me that perhaps even then they had powers.

Alabar Wrote:
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> I just watched an episode of Dino Thunder last
> night, the one with the Ninja Storm guys in it. I
> noticed that the main bad guy from Ninja Storm
> (Lothar I believe) is actually just a modified
> version of Ivan Ooze's costume from the first
> movie. Same voice actor too from the sound of it.

I'll have to go back and see if I can find the movie to compare, but I do know that Lothar and Sensai are played by the same actor.

> I thought that the adults of Angel Grove did get
> younger? I have vague recollections of the
> principle having actual hair instead of that
> stupid hair piece. But I could be on chocolate
> covered crack.

I don't remember them as being younger, but I don't remember them not being younger either. I'll look into it more when I have time...

> True that Wes was going to die
> without the help of the other rangers, but by that
> time he had still taken out probably well over a
> thousand robots (adding the ones at the tower and
> in the streets). Perhaps Iron Will in just
> Morphed Form.

I'd been debating that, but still haven't decided if that would make them too overbalanced.

> I'm interested in why Trini and
> Adam have resist domination. Maybe it came up in
> one of the episodes I didn't see. I understand
> Kat, but why not Tommy? He was also turned evil
> and then good.

Actually, that's a typo. Tommy's Psyche should actually be RM as well as having resist domination. Trini and Adam are both well versed in Kung Fu, but Trini's mind is better conditioned than his. Since both have had similar training, and both have shown a propensity for staving the effects of mesmerism, I felt that both having it was warranted. Note that this is only my interpretation and stems from what I've witnessed in the show.

> Apparently I can join you in true
> gooberhood as I too watched an ep or two of Cyber
> Squad.

Ah yes, the Syber Sqaud (they actually spelled their cyber with an 'S'). Anything with the guy from Rocky Horror Picture Show doing the voice of the villain has got to be a classic. :P

> I was a bit bitter about the
> switching of rangers, mainly because of the loss
> of Tommy, so I missed most of Turbo, In Space and
> Lost Galaxy. It was Time Force that renewed my
> interest because about five years before it began
> I had the idea of a ranger series that would
> revolve around time travel (mainly to bring back
> the old groups) which I called Power Rangers
> Chronos.

I pretty much grew out of it, but the premise always interested me from a creative standpoint (I think I said earlier that the show is just one cheesy live action comic, and I'm a big kid anyway). That and plus my oldest son is a Ranger fanatic forces me to at least attempt to keep up. I think Dino Thunder is one of the better written of the incarnations from a creative story standpoint. I thought Ninja Storm was a stupid premise, but my obligation to buy my son anything Power Rangers forced me to check out a few episodes. I must admit that the return of Tommy in Dino Thunder ignited my sense of nostalgia, so I too tuned in to watch. I've actually gotten closer to my son b/c of this, so I guess it was a win-win.

> In an episode of Zeo I believe they showed a future
> Tommy and Kat as an old couple and when a
> communicator went off they checked their own, it
> actually turned out to be their kids' but that say
> to me that perhaps even then they had powers.

That was a Christmas episode I think, in which Tommy was telling a story of one of the rangers old adventures to his grandchildren.


Skarlett da Nostalgic Spyder



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"All who wander are not lost." J.R.R. Tolkein

"History and experience have taught us that the oldest among our kind invariably prove the most formidable." Sage, X-Treme X-Men #43

"You leap like a hyena in heat!!" Conan to Wolverine, What If...? #16

"Useless, all useless...I was once a MAN!!" Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe the Movie

Small rant. Why does Tommy have higher fighting than Jason? They were basically equals, with Jason perhaps having a slight edge from the eps. I saw.