History WMG / PowerRangers

He was a Ranger using the Phantom ranger powers that Zordon gave him centuries ago, until one day he was so badly injured he had to be rebuild as 90% robot, and could no longer demorph. But, enthusiastic to help people as he was, he took advantage of his new power to assist people across the universe for centuries, until he encountered Cassie on Earth. For the first time, he felt joy from something other than doing good. He fell in love with her, but could not bring himself to admit this or to actually be with her, because he didn't want to have to cope with having lost her when she dies of old age after having lived with her for presumably decades. He simply leaves her a message rather than actually saying goodbye so as to not break down in front of the others.

* Proof against this theory: Aquitarans. No way are those closer to human than Rita.

* Explains why he was such a douchebag to Jason, on two accounts. Firstly he neglects to tell the team about the green candle, even though he knew about it, right until it was too late. Consequently Jason blames himself for not getting the candle in time, causing Tommy to lose his green ranger powers, and this serves as a huge emotional scar that Jason probably never really got over. Sure Tommy returned as the green ranger, but only for a short time before losing his powers again. Jason risks making the same mistake with the rest of his team, but manages to learn from his mistakes. Zordon openly congratulates Jason for his good leadership, to get Jason's hopes up, only to knock them down a few episodes later by bringing Tommy back as the white ranger, and makes him LEADER. It was a totally unnecessary move that affects Jason tremendously. He becames a quiet, withdrawn hermit for the remainder of his Red Ranger run, with only Zack and Trini by his side, resulting in a split between the team, and Jason (with Trini and Zack) eventually departing off to Switzerland. But it's cool, I mean Jason gets over it, moves on, comes back a changed man in Zeo. He's cool with Tommy being the leader now, the guy is competent, the team is in capable hands, and as long as he still contributes then he still sees it as a team effort. ''It's fine''. Oh except that he now has a ranger power (Gold Ranger) that ends up almost '' painfully killing him'' because his powers weren't built for a human physiology, and thus conflicting entirely with his biochemistry. But Zordon doesn't show him any compassion. But he treats Tommy like a golden boy though, and when Tommy's Green Ranger powers were failing, Zordon insisted Tommy stay behind, because his life would be at risk. It might just be elitism than plain universal douchebaggery, but Zordon is still a dick.

The reason why Rita, Zedd, and Mondo did not attack the base, despite knowing where it was, is because Zordon had the power to protect it. If they had attacked it with an army, the army could have been wiped away by Zordon. So when Zordon left, Demetria, who was far less powerful, was put in charge and Divatox did not know where the base was until the end of Turbo. Without Zordon, the Power Chamber was vulnerable, and Divatox (who was a screw up until the finale) was able to attack it full force with no worries.

This explains why she teaches different subjects in Highschool. She could have been promoted to another subject and grade within a year, and there are 3 Halloween themed episodes of MMPR, meaning years have passed.

Before pinning me as a racist, hear me out. Scorpina did take on the form of an Asian woman in her human form. I imagine her purified self would be an Asian woman as well. Mia, an Asian woman who does bear some mild similarities to Scorpina, as well as sharing a similar sweet appearance, acts like an alien towards her human surroundings. Like she's trying to ''fit in'', but isn't quite sure of the culture or social context at the time. As such, she seems to act like a stereotypical 1950s housewife. I imagine Scorpina became purified, but remained immortal and thus impossible to age, tried to become established towards life as a human. She may have researched how a woman is ''supposed'' to act to fit in, but probably got her learning from traditional, reactionary and conservative leaning stances that talk of how a woman should know her place, and stay in the kitchen etc. Scorpina, now adopting the human name of Mia, likely absorbed his information into her new personality, and became indoctrinated by it. It helps to tie in the continuities for me, as well as helps me to live in blissful ignorance away from the realization that Power Rangers Samurai has really, ''really'' bad writers.

But is it not strange that Ernie's last listed appearance is in the Turbo movie, while Zordon left to return to his home planet not long after? Ernie's absence was explained by the line "Well, his foreign service unit recalled him and he had to suddenly leave. I don't know, something about building a bridge in the Amazon," and the juice bar was left in the hands of Lt. Stone. Ernie never returns, not even for a cameo. Let that last part sink in. Not even at the end of In Space, the guy who always believed in the team was not there to say a few words. Granted, neither were any of the past Rangers.

Now, you can say it's a coincidence. Two characters who were on the show from the beginning leaving at the same time. What I think is that while they never outright said it, Ernie indeed was Zordon. Maybe an avatar, maybe a fragment. Who knows? But what would that accomplish? What I think is that Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Billy, and Trini were not chosen at random. While Ernie was written out due to a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot (Ernie's actor had some health issues due to a mix of both his weight and the fact that he smoked), evidence suggests that it is entirely probable that they are the same person because he's never mentioned again, even in shows where there are characters that would have known him and prior to Richard Genelle's death in 2008 and Zordon's death in 1998 (''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''). The two being the same person are never brought up because it's not relevant to the plot. NOW, with the 30th anniversary coming up next year, this would be a great place to canonize this WMG. With Zordon, too, keep in mind that there was limited footage for his face, so that may be another RealLifeWritesThePlot issue, as his original actor had left acting about halfway through ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', but they kept using his face through the end of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. It had to be wearing out, even by ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', hence why he goes back to Eltar.


Remember what kind of events were hosted at the juice bar. Martial Arts tournaments, charity events, parties, you name it. That and it was a popular place for the teenagers of Angel Grove. As "Ernie," Zordon was in a position to monitor the available youth and figure out who was worthy to be a power ranger. Who had the ability to fight and who showed kindness and compassion. Maybe it was even "Ernie's" idea that Billy sign up for Jason's karate class. After all, Billy was insanely smart, which could be a benefit to the team, but without the ability to fight he could end up as a liability.


And let's face it, he asked for 5 teenagers. Could have been anyone (I kinda like to think there is a universe where Skull was picked to be the black Ranger) and somehow Zordon picked 5 teens, conveniently in the same place instead of randomly picking teens from around the city. Thus, when Rita was released and began her attack, Zordon had already scouted out five teenagers with goodness in their hearts and in good physical shape.

* More evidence: Word Of God is Ernie knows who the Power Rangers are and that's why they never (mostly-there's a scene in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo where Ernie's at the Rangers' table, counting money) pay for the drinks he gives them, he's doing it out of gratitude for saving Earth over and over. Makes more sense if it can be Zordon, right?

Adam - The girl at the end of "Return of the Green Ranger, Part 2" who's likely the colonial girl Marissa's descendant.

After watching Linkara's History of Power Rangers on Wild Force, I think there's a flimsy connection to create this unifying theory between Lost Galaxy and Wild Force. When Master Org emerged on Earth, his Org army swarmed the land, and the Ancient Warriors defeated him thanks to Merrick's use of the wolf mask. After the Animarium was saved and Merrick sealed away, the five warriors heard of danger on another lush forest planet thanks to a mishap in Scorpius's first attempted conquest of Mirinoi (similar to the worm hole that sent Maya to the moon). The five warriors wished to protect nature on that world as well, but they realized that the battle far from earth would require greater powers for such a fight. So they crafted the Quasar sabers, and took eight of the wildzords through the portal in order to save Mirinoi. The battle was long and hard, and due to Scorpious's trickery, the wildzords they took with them were mutated into the Galactabeasts, with Strataforce, Centarus and Aenith being lost to space, possibly sent flying during one fight with Scorpious. Scorpius retreated, and the five warriors returned to earth. However, in order to protect this world, they planted their quasar sabers within a great rock, which they enchanted so the sabers would only be drawn by those worthy at the right time. The galactabeasts were later captured by Scorpius in revenge for the humiliation he suffered at their hand, and thus all was prepared for the day when five warriors would redraw the swords and be the force of great justice to stop Scorpius and his army once more.

[[WMG: The "important mission back on earth" that Andros mentions in "The Power of Pink" is the foundation of Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue]]

* As of this writing, there have been 4 Sentai seasons that haven't been adapted into Power Rangers and even if they were all adapted for the next 4 PR seasons, Hasbro would still be at least 4 seasons behind. Therefore it's highly likely that once Sentai is cancelled, Hasbro will adapt all the usable footage into the last few seasons of Power Rangers in order to keep their latest cash cow going for a few more years. Once all the usable Sentai footage is completely exhausted, Hasbro will begin production on a Power Rangers cartoon that can run for as long as they like with no need for Japanese StockFootage.

** Not just the zords, but the entire command center. If their command center isn't powered by solar power like one of the below WMGs states, that's going to be one hell of a power bill for Tommy to pay. Even with a doctorate, being a high school teacher doesn't pay much. That would also explain why he's able to afford everything down there as well...well, what didn't get bought/made by Hayley or Tommy's off-planet allies.

He was the evil clone, who quickly got bored of coloneal times, found a time portal and returned before he left. Because there is no way Tommy could have become a professor in 6 years.

** That was about living up to the original, and he couldn't break free unless he could fight the originals' legacy

** The canonicity of "A Season To Remember" is debatable despite WordOfGod comments due to it requiring Zordon still being alive.

His guilt over what happened to his friend Smitty (along with the other issues he deals with in "Fighting Spirit") might have led Tommy to a breakdown in his personal and professional life. It would really help explain how a doctor of paleontology as young as Tommy (which would be quite impressive in the real world) is teaching a high school class. "Fighting Spirit" and the resolution of Dino Thunder helps Tommy get his act together and reconcile with Kat before they divorce.

There's no way that a rock singer, a computer geek and a soccer player could possibly have fought off the [[{{Mooks}} Tyrannodrones]] when they first appeared. The Dino Gems had to have given them the power to fight them off and protect their host.
* Most likely. During their first meeting with the Tyrannodrones they were losing badly until their powers activated, otherwise they may have died. Maybe from then on their fighting skill raised by their powers, but they were good fighters on their own halfway through the series.

Honestly...think about it. We have confirmation from MMPR season 1 that their original Zords and the Megazord are solar powered as (is likely) their command center. Tommy would have gotten a hold of that tech at some point and when he moved to Reefside, he gave that to Hayley and she came up with a design that would look incospicuous because Tommy lives out in the middle of nowhere, with plenty of trees. You can't have normal solar panals in the woods without taking out a ton of trees. The amount of power needed to power the Dino Thunder base...people would start asking questions as to how a science teacher with a doctorate would be able to pay that seemingly huge bill every month. Being a high school teacher, even with a doctorate, pays well, but not that well. Even if you seemingly count what he might have made working for Anton Mercer, that's still not enough to hold him over if he's got a huge electric bill every month.

It was never confirmed by the WordOfGod, but it's obvious. Sky's father was a red Ranger, and his ranger costume was a Time Force one; we all know that this type works only for one person, or somebody with that same DNA. Sky mentioned that he was the best of the rangers, and Alex was described this way many times in Time Force. Also, we never see any other Rangers with Sky's dad; as we all know, Alex was working alone. Both Sky and Alex were {{JerkAss}}es. Sure, Sky's father looks different, but also older - he could change his look. It means that the Time Force Rangers' memories were wiped after all, and maybe even that Jen is Sky's mother. And Time Force was, for some reason, shut down and replaced by SPD, or was incorporated into SPD, because of alien danger. Yes, there are dates that set up Time Force in 3000 and SPD in 2025, which lead us to the theory below....

SPD, set in year 2025, has more advanced technology than Time Force, set up in year 3000 - they can travel in space and don't need a Megazord to send something back in time. Also, there are no aliens in Time Force; in SPD, plenty of them live on Earth, and there's no way in hell that they could just forget about Earth or abandon it. Also, mutants in Time Force are hated because of their monstrous looks; the community in SPD is very tolerant. For some reason, the Earth calendar has been changed, maybe to fit with those used by aliens; or one new cosmic calendar was created; or an alien planet's calendar has been in use for some reasons.

* If I remember, one of the themes in Time Force is the possibility that, with they and Ransik in the psat, they are changing the past. Also, the time travel could not need a zord or ship assistance if the travel is less than 100 years in the past/future. Maybe, the trouble comes in ''large'' travels(1000 years in the past, for example), because they need more energy and are more unstable.

The team-up with S.P.D made a convenient {{Masquerade}} for whenever a high-ranking soldier or lowly thug (like Grumm) gets out of hand: just have S.P.D. eliminate them for the Empire. The rest of the free universe will see it as "bringing justice to the guilty".

We don't know if S.P.D. high command was in cahoots with Omni. But there's still an S.P.D. in Sam's timeline.

* So in a way he'd be the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] of the Power Rangers 'verse?

If they do an MMPR reunion in the Gokaiger adaptation, they will reveal that Trini passed away (in reference to Thuy Thrang's fatal car accident), Zack suffered from an unknown addiction (Walter Jones' DUI), and Billy had a falling out with Jason for his decision to leave Earth (David Yost dealing with homophobia and consequentially leaving).

Now, you can say it's a coincidence. Two characters who were on the show from the beginning leaving at the same time. What I think is that while they never outright said it, Ernie indeed was Zordon. Maybe an avatar, maybe a fragment. Who knows? But what would that accomplish? What I think is that Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Billy, and Trini were not chosen at random. While Ernie was written out due to a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot (Ernie's actor had some health issues due to a mix of both his weight and the fact that he smoked), evidence suggests that it is entirely probable that they are the same person because he's never mentioned again, even in shows where there are characters that would have known him and prior to Richard Genelle's death in 2008 and Zordon's death in 1998 (''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. The two being the same person are never brought up because it's not relevant to the plot. NOW, with the 30th anniversary coming up next year, this would be a great place to canonize this WMG. With Zordon, too, keep in mind that there was limited footage for his face, so that may be another RealLifeWritesThePlot issue, as his original actor had left acting about halfway through ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', but they kept using his face through the end of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. It had to be wearing out, even by ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', hence why he goes back to Eltar.

After being turned human by Zordon, Zedd could have continued his evil doings as a cop. The Gimp could be a left over monster of his.

But is it not strange that Ernie's last listed appearance is the Turbo movie, while Zordon left to return to his home planet not long after? Ernie's absence was explained by the line "Well, his foreign service unit recalled him and he had to suddenly leave. I don't know, something about building a bridge in the Amazon," and the juice bar was left in the hands of Lt. Stone. Ernie never returns, not even for a cameo. Let that last part sink in. Not even at the end of In Space, the guy who always believed in the team was not there to say a few words. Granted, neither were any of the past Rangers.

Now, you can say it's a coincidence. Two characters who were on the show from the beginning leaving at the same time. What I think is that while they never outright said it, Ernie indeed was Zordon. Maybe an avatar, maybe a fragment. Who knows? But what would that accomplish? What I think is that Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Billy and Trini were not chosen at random.

Remember what kind of evens were hosted at the juice bar. Martial Arts tournaments, charity events, parties, you name it. That and it was a popular place for the teenagers of Angel Grove. As "Ernie," Zordon was in a position to monitor the available youth and figure out who was worthy to be a power ranger. Who had the ability to fight and who showed kindness and compassion. Maybe it was even "Ernie's" idea that Billy sign up for Jason's karate class. After all, Billy was insanely smart, which could be a benefit to the team, but without the ability to fight he could end up as a liability.

And let's face it, he asked for 5 teenagers. Could have been anyone (I kinda like to think there is a universe where Skull was picked to be the black Ranger) and somehow Zordon picked 5 teens, conveniently in the same place instead of randomly picking teens from around the city.Thus, when Rita was released and began her attack, Zordon had already scouted out five teenagers with goodness in their hearts and in good physical shape.

* More evidence: Word Of God is Ernie know who the Power Rangers are and that's why they never pay for the drinks he gives them, he's doing it out of gratitude for saving Earth over and over. Makes more sense if it can be Zordon, right?

It took her more then a week to return either because she played the game multiple times, or because she became a reaper and had to earn points.

[[WMG:The "important mission back on earth" that Andros mentions in "The Power of Pink" is the foundation of Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue]]

[[WMG:Andrew Hartford and Spencer are really [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne and Alfred]] in hiding.]]

Face it... IT'S EVERY RANGER EVER TAKING ON THE ULTIMATE EVIL IN A BATTLE TO END ALL BATTLES... again, actually, since I'm pretty sure the Z-Wave was supposed too... oops.

None the less, most fans wouldn't care if the ninja turtles open up some super mega awesome portal to make it happen, or if the ponies from My Little Pony pop up and magically make it happen, the majority of fans won't care and go flat out insane over it. That said...

* The Resha arent the ideal collectible gimmic, being zords means there would have to be a higher price point then cards leys or batteries

We already know Jason David-Frank will be back. At this point an entire generation of PR fans have basically been outraged by the knowledge that David Yost was bullied into leaving for being gay, and you can bet it's an OldShame for Sabban. Having him return, kick ass, and coming out of the closet would probably be the best way to put everything right.

[[WMG: Zordon is the Doctor's long lost grandfather]]

Despite the seemingly tech based aesthetic of his powers Zordon is continually refered to as a Wizard. What other western wizard is famous for giving HenshinHero powers? The very father of the transforming hero concept Shazam, the wizard who gave the Marvel Family their powers. Dealing with his previous champions' CharacterDerailment he traveled to another world and reforged his image to create a new band of heroes to defend humanity. This also explains the lightning bolt logo that seemingly has nothing to do with the show.

* Alternately, humans are particularly, ahem, [[BiggusDickus endowed]] for primates, so humanlike species in the rest of the PR universe didn't evolve the same way. Keeping the underwear on helps constrict these, ahem, parts, so a male ranger who morphs doesn't become female.