History Heartwarming / PowerRangersRPM

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* In late April 2011, Peach Theatre Company in New Zealand released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Fs-Gk_Pyo a promotional video featuring Olivia Tennet as Emilia]] in their production of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', in which she gives a guided tour of her house, and also introducing her co-star Milo Cawthorne as her boyfriend. A little bit over two years later, [[http://morphinlegacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/954677_522428481137751_744944986_n.jpg a picture emerged from Rose McIver's old Instagram account of the pair in wedding garb]]. The pair had been dating since after RPM and eventually tied the knot while living in Los Angeles in 2013. Unfortunately, the couple went their separate ways according to this June 2016 [[http://digitalfox.media/blood-punch-review/ interview with Milo Cawthorne]].

** Summer handles a requisite, though embarrassing, question very respectfully and with just a hint of snark thrown in:

** And actually, you'll see that, rather than being embarrassed or feeling awkward by the question, Summer laughs kindly and chooses to feel flattered.
* YMMV on this, but this troper always viewed Ziggy interrupting the question asked to Summer about which Ranger Male was the most attractive was to spare her from having to embarrass herself with the answer.
** During the fight, one of the children on the tour comes over to Dr. K, worried about the now-enlarged attack bot. Dr. K actually takes the time to assure the girl that everything will be okay, in her own way.

** By the end of the episode, Dillon has had enough of Summer's snooty parents trying to control her life.

''RPM'' has had plenty of memorable moments. Here are the heartwarming ones. Many of them cross over with SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

* YMMV on this, but this troper always viewed Ziggy interrupting the question asked to Summer about which Ranger Male was the most attractive to spare her from having to embarrass herself with the answer.

''RPM'' has had plenty of memorable moments. Here are the heartwarming ones. Many of them cross over with CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** Before that, we see that Dillon's bond with the other Rangers has become so strong, he manages to fight against the virus attempting to take hold of him long enough to make it all the way to the lab. Also an AwesomeMoment.

* By the end of the episode, Dillon has had enough of Summer's snooty parents trying to control her life.

* Shortly after Ziggy and Dr. K end up in an underground cave, she responds rather coldly to Ziggy possibly breaking his ankle. Ziggy tells her that she could try being a little nicer. She then extends her hand to help Ziggy get up off the ground. She's later seen carrying him for a good while.

* At the end of the episode, Ziggy tells the other Rangers that Dr. K carried him for an entire mile. Back in the lab, she can be seen with another smile on her face.

* After Gem and Gemma finish working on the Rail Saber, Dr. K orders Gemma to help Ranger Green, but not before almost saying Ziggy's name. Yes, Dr. K. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Even Gemma can see it.]]

* With no chance of getting out of the underground cave, Ziggy asks why Dr. K went outside with him. She answers, "It's my birthday, and I wanted to go outside." He then puts on an elaborate shadow puppet show in the cave, which brings the gift of a smile to Dr. K on her birthday--and just in time as they are about to collapse from asphyxiation.

* Dr. K's first flashback reveals that she wasn't always the cold, distant person she would later become. As a young girl, while riding on a tricycle, she stops when she sees another girl drawing on a paved surface with some chalk. She then offers K a piece of her chalk that she accepts with a smile on her face. In spite of her genius intellect, K was more or less a normal child.

* Flynn and Summer notice that Scott is visibly upset by once again being overlooked by his father, but Gem's oblivious to this as he's still celebrating his medal. As they tell him about Scott never being noticed by his dad, Gem visibly becomes aware that he was rubbing salt on Scott's wounds.

** After Summer and her parents reunite in Corinth, she overhears a radio transmission of a downed pilot. A paramedic tells her that he's too far out to rescue and that nothing can be done, especially since the city will soon close its walls. She then puts on a paramedic's coveralls and takes a motorcycle. When her parents remind her that she's a Landsdown and that Landsdowns don't help people, she simply replies, "I do now!" And she takes the Landsdown Diamond necklace off. This shows how far Summer has come from a spoiled brat to someone who, without hesitation, helps complete strangers in need. Without her actions, Scott wouldn't have made it back to Corinth and later become Ranger Red.

* Dr. K's first flashback reveals that she wasn't always the cold, distant person she would later become. As a young girl, while riding on a tricycle, she stops when she sees another girl drawing on a paved surface with some chalk. She then offers K a piece of her chalk that she accepts with a smile on her face. In spite of her genius intellect, K was more or less an ordinary child.

* Kilobyte attacks Tenaya 7, forcing her to fly off and hang on to the side of a bridge. Dillon sticks out his hand to grab her, which she takes, and pulls her up from the ledge.

'''Ziggy''': Is there a reason won't call us by our real names? \\
'''Dr. K''' ''(visibly taken aback, having to pause to come up with an answer)'': There'a s reason for everything.

--->'''Summer''': I don't care where you came from. ''(She then shows Dillon's pocket watch and opens it, playing its tune.)'' I wanna know where you're going.

--->'''Dillon''': I don't care ''who'' they are! No one comes in here and tells Summer what to do!

-->'''Andrews''': I'm waiting.
-->'''Summer''': Waiting for what?
-->'''Andrews''': For you, Miss Summer. I'm waiting for you to show me who you are. Underneath that makeup, that hair, those fancy clothes, that diamond.
-->'''Summer''': I don't know who I am.
-->'''Andrews''': That's quite all right, Miss Summer. I do. That's why I'm happy to keep waiting.

--->'''Summer''' ''(rushes to Andrews's side and takes his hand)'': Come on, we have to go!
--->'''Andrews''': Twenty miles straight ahead, Miss Summer. You can make it.
--->'''Summer''' ''(fighting back tears)'': Not without you! Please! I still have to show you the real me, who I am on the inside, all of that!
--->'''Andrews''': You will, Miss Summer. I'll be watching, and I'll be waiting. ''(Andrews then dies.)''

--->'''Dr. K''': Gem, Gemma, you two should know I don't even like you.
--->'''Gem''': That's okay, we know.
--->'''Gemma''': But we can still like you, can't we?

--->'''Dr. K''': I'm glad we're friends!
--->'''Gem''': Oh, yeah, so--
--->'''Gemma''': Are we!

--->'''Gem''': Head for the exit, Doctor.
--->'''Gemma''': We're going back for the classified Gold and Silver Series!
--->'''Dr. K''' ''(as Gem and Gemma take off)'': Gem, Gemma, wait! No, we don't have time!
--->''(A wall of dust and smoke appears behind Gem and Gemma, making Dr. K believe that they have perished.)''
--->'''Dr. K''': GEM! GEMMA! NO!

--->'''Sat-Bot''': You won't do it! You said it yourself: These old memories are all you have.
--->'''Dillon''': I have something else: new ones!
--->''(The other Rangers cheer at hearing Dillon's decision.)''

--->'''Flynn''': Odin's Beard, woman, would you just call him "Dillon"?
--->'''Ziggy''': Is there a reason won't call us by our real names?
--->'''Dr. K''' ''(visibly taken aback, having to pause to come up with an answer)'': There'a s reason for everything.

--->'''Scott''': I don't know. I guess I'm a saint.
--->'''Dillon''': Nobody's a saint. Nobody.
--->'''Scott''': Yeah. And Dillon?
--->'''Dillon''': Yeah?
--->'''Scott''': You're welcome.

--->'''Ziggy''': Omega City, eh?
--->'''Flynn''': Well, I've always wanted to see it in its, ah, post-apocalyptic glory.
--->'''Summer''': What they're trying to say is if you go, we're coming, too.
--->'''Scott''': And ''if'' we go, I say we at least go in style, yeah?

--->'''Dillon''': You guys are the answer. I'm just ... looking for the question.

--->'''Dillon''': Why are you always trying to save me?!
--->'''Summer''': Because you're worth saving!

--->'''Dr. K''' (Seeing Colonel Truman look at a picture of himself with his dead son Marcus): We all do things in life we regret. But if we don't learn from them, and move towards a brighter future, we pay twice.
--->'''Col. Truman''': I've already paid more than most.
--->'''Dr. K''': I know. And if I could access the space-time continuum long enough to undo what ''I'' did, I would. That's not possible.
--->'''Col. Truman''' ''(knowing that her Rangers are in trouble)'': Can you help them?
--->'''Dr. K''': That's ''all'' I can do.
--->'''Col. Truman''' ''(points his blaster down)'': Then help them.

--->'''Col. Truman''': I have decided to grant the good Doctor a full pardon.
--->''(The Rangers rejoice. Dr. K breathes a sigh of relief.)''
--->'''Col. Truman''': Sometimes you have to leave the past in the past and, well, I, for one, will be focusing more on the future.

* When Dillon has to leave his morpher behind so as not to be detected, which team member does he choose to give it to? Scott, the team leader? Summer, who always believed in him? No, it's Ziggy he chooses to look after his morpher - which is a subtle nod to the bond the two share.

* Dr. K actually joining the Rangers in watching a mini-episode they had been working on, though it did have a pretty bad start as she expected a pajama party and was the only one in PJs. At the end, she's clapping and has a smile on her face, clearly proud of the work her Rangers have put in.
** Ziggy tries to soothe an angry Dr. K by saying she looks great in her pajamas--though he did nearly fumble it by saying that he and his fellow Rangers agreed that they'd all look ridiculous in PJs.