Power Rangers characters who appear in multiple seasons

Dr. Thomas James Oliver

Played By: Jason David Frank

Appearances: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers| Power Rangers Zeo | Power Rangers Turbo | Power Rangers Wild Force | Power Rangers: Dino Thunder | Power Rangers S.P.D. | Power Rangers Mega Force | Power Rangers Ninja Steel

Ranger Forms: Mighty Morphin’ Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin’ White Ranger, White Ninja Ranger, Red Zeo Ranger, Red Turbo Ranger Black Dino Thunder Ranger

The original Sixth Ranger of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Originally brought in under Rita Repulsa's corruptive influence under the "Green With Evil" five-part storyline, Tommy would eventually be reformed by its end and would become one of the greatest rangers of all time.

• Adaptational Badass:
  • His Green Ranger counterpart in the Zyuranger series was no slouch but the way Tommy's been portrayed in MMPR has been taken to near Memetic Badass levels. In the Japanese series, while Burai was a dangerous and powerful fighter, he was still defeated and beaten down decisively by the Red Ranger in the end. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, however, edited out the final scenes of the Red Ranger cutting down the Green Ranger, thus making Tommy look invincible and nigh unbeatable. His White Ranger incarnation is an even bigger example of this. Whereas Tommy as the White Ranger was able to defeat Goldar and multiple other monsters all at once, his Kiba Ranger counterpart from Dairanger was nowhere near the most powerful member of the team and was, in fact, taken down by that show's Red Ranger with a single punch. Back to Burai, Tommy's not as plagued with his counterpart's inability to join the fray, especially after he regains the Green Ranger powers.
  • Adaptational Badass: His Abaranger counterpart is badass, but he's not a Living Legend like Tommy.
• Adaptational Heroism: Even as a villain, Tommy was a good person who was Brainwashed and Crazy when he fought the Rangers until the spell was broken. Burai's villainous actions, on the other hand, were him acting on his jealousy towards Geki and of his own free will and had to be talked down.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: He is not introduced as a vengeance-obsessed villain like Burai or a pervert like Kou.
• Adaptational Personality Change: He's more passionate and extroverted compared to Goro Hoshino.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Unlike Tommy and Kat, Goro and Momo Maruo never became romantically involved. Same goes for his and Kimberly’s Zyuranger counterparts

Adventurer Archaeologist: He's a doctor in paleontology and an experienced Power Ranger.

• Age Lift: His Dairanger counterpart Kou was a nine-year-old boy.
• And Starring: Jason David Frank is the last to be credited in Dino Thunder, but is featured with this. He deserves it, it's fucking TOMMY OLIVER we're talking about.
• Animal Mecha:
  • Season 1: Dragonzord (as the Green Ranger)
  • Season 2: Tigerzord (as the White Ranger)
  • Season 3: Falcon Ninja Zord (as the White Ranger)
  • Zeo: Phoenix Zord

(As Zeo Ranger Five)

• Dino Thunder: [[Everything'sBetterwithDinosaurs Brachio Zord]] (as Black Brachio Ranger)

• Artifact of Power: by the time of Ninja Steel Tommy wields the Master Morpher, which looks similar to his original Power Morpher, but it allows him to morph into any of his five Ranger forms.
• Badass Bookworm: Managed to earn a Ph.D. since graduating, and still kicks as much bad-guy butt as before.
• Badass in Distress: In some episodes.
• Badass Teacher: Science teacher at Reefside High.
• Badass Native: His Native American roots become the focus of some storylines.
• Badass Teacher: Science teacher at Reefside High.
• Big Good: Mentor to the team in Dino Thunder and later this for the Power Rangers as a whole.
• The Big Guy: The most experienced fighter.
• Blessed with Suck: The Green Ranger powers become this in Season 2. As his powers fade, they become unstable, fluctuating unpredictably, causing Tommy great pain whenever that happened. Their weakening state also leads Lord Zedd to focus much of his monsters on Tommy in order to drain them faster.
• Bling of War: As the Green Ranger, he had a solid gold chest plate. As the White Ranger, he had one that was gold mixed with black and brown.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Why he was the 'Evil' Green Ranger for a while.
• Breakout Character: For the series, but established during the Mighty Morphin' run especially. The producers intended him as a temporary visitor who departed after the "Green Candle" saga. Following his withdrawal, however, the fans wrote torrents of heartfelt letters and pleaded for his return. These fans certainly got their wish, as Tommy eventually became the leader of the Power Rangers and would go on to become the face of the franchise.
• Broken Ace: If the events of "Fighting Spirit" are any indication.
• By the Power of Grayskull!:
  • It’s Morphin Time: Dragon Zord / Tiger Zord / White Ranger Power / Ninja Ranger Power Now
  • It’s Morphin Time: Zeo Ranger Five, Red
  • Shift in to Turbo: Red Lightning Turbo Power
  • 'Dino Thunder Power Up: Brachio Power
• Cerebus Retcon: You know all that dark stuff that happened to Tommy in the first five seasons? It all comes crashing down. "Fighting Spirit" in particular lends itself to this; eleven years as a Ranger left Tommy wondering if the morpher defined him as a human being. It didn't; his will to survive superceded any powers he had.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Subverted after "The Green Candle." After he loses his powers he disappears completely without explanation until "Doomsday Part II," four episodes later before vanishing again until "Return of an Old Friend Part I" then again in the second season, before remaining for good.
• Co-Dragons: As the evil Green Ranger with Goldar.
• Composite Character:
  • For the first three seasons, he combines Burai and Kou. And by complete coincidence, he's very similar to Soukichi Banba as the Sixth Ranger turned leader.
  • Then in subsequent seasons he’s also this for Gorō Hoshino / Oh Red, Kyousuke Jinnai/ Red Racer and Asuka /Abare Black.
  • Finally, virtue of being the leader of the Rangers as a whole, he incoporates Tsuyoshi Kaijō/ Akarenger.
• Cool Sword: Saba, his Zeo Seord and the Turbo Lightning Sword.
• Cool Old Guy: Though not old by any stretch (his actor turned 31 near the end of filming Dino Thunder), he is this compared to the other Rangers given the age gap between them. More so later when he’s still making appearances in his mid forties.
• Cool Teacher: He's a school teacher and a Power Ranger.
• Criminal Amnesiac: Had his mind messed about by Prince Gasket in "King for a Day."
• Curb-Stomp Battle:
  • As the evil Green Ranger, he could take on several rangers by himself and defeat them easily. His first defeat was handed to him by the Megazord. After that, they had him doing his own thing for a while but coming whenever the other Rangers summoned him (this had to be done to keep him in time with Burai). Then came "The Green Candle", where he was curb-stomped himself.
  • He then does this to Goldar in Season Two unmorphed after Lord Zedd drained the last of his powers. After this, Goldar was never the same again.
  • In the Season Two episode "Something Fishy", he (as the White Ranger) single-handedly defeats four past fish-based monsters, without suffering so much as a scratch.
  • He's on the receiving end of one in his battle against Lord Zedd, where the emperor completely kicks his ass into next week in a one-sided curb-stomp.
• Darker and Edgier: His intro is easily the darkest story of the original Rangers.
• Dark Is Not Evil: The Black Ranger.
• Deadpan Snarker: "We can talk about your Dino Easter Egg theory..."
• Decomposite Character: He takes on part of Tsuruhime of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. Tommy retains her role as the White-costumed Supporting Leader of the team with a Rookie Red Ranger. Tsuruhime's costume and "Beast General Fighter" Mecha were used for the White Alien Ranger, her Crane Mecha was given to the Pink Ninja Ranger as the Pink Crane Zord, and her "Giant Beast General Fighter" Mecha was shared by the White and Pink Ninja Rangers as the White Shogunzord. "Holy Stealth Beast Tsubasamaru", an independent Mecha not assigned to any one individual, became the White Falconzord.
• Determinator: In "Green No More" Part II, unmorphed, exhausted and powerless, he knocked Goldar on his butt.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: In an early episode of Dino Thunder, he gets attacked by a T-Rex before he got his powers. He proceeds to kick it in the face, being a complete badass.
• Discard and Draw: It happened to the full team, but it's associated with him more than anyone because he traded powers before them during this season.
• Distressed Dude: He was victim to this several times, if he wasn't off lollygagging or who knows. This is of course because the Sentai Stock Footage didn't involve the Sixth Ranger unless they had no alternative.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: For the first stretch of episodes (forty give or take) he was the most hostile towards Bulk and Skull due to them trying to force themselves on Kimberly in his debut. Upon returning in "Return of an Old Friend", he mainly writes their antics off with laughter like his teammates. Probably justified as he's gotten used to them enough to know they're ultimately harmless compared to the aliens he fights.
• Empathic Weapon: Saba the talking sword gives him advice.
• Evil Is Hammy:
  • As the evil Green Ranger he was hammier than Rita.
  • Again in ''King for a Day," when Prince Gasket brainwashed Tommy into thinking he was their king and that the other Power Rangers were his enemies. He then proceeds to act just as hammy as he did when he was the evil Green Ranger.
• Evil Laugh: Has one when he's the evil Green Ranger. Got it back when he was brainwashed in "King for a Day."
• Fake Shemp: In a sense. When Tommy awakens after Rita puts a spell on him, the silhouetted person getting up is his Zyuranger counterpart, Burai. You can tell it is Shiro Izumi and not Jason David Frank by the hair, and because "Tommy" is wearing what Burai normally wears when he's not suited up, with the broad shoulder pads.
  • This gaffe appears again, much more clearly, in the episode "Shellshock". In it, when the Green Ranger appears, his helmet is off, and one can clearly see Burai instead of Tommy.

Four Is Death: He's the fourth Ranger on the Dino Thunder team and is wearing his fourth color overall. Over the course of the series, he gets frozen in amber, hit with two different instances of Power Incontinence, and is briefly put in a coma.

• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.
• The Generic Guy: To an extent, his only unique characteristics are just being Kimberly's boyfriend, his rivalry with Jason, and forgetfulness. It goes to a full extent once both Jason and Kimberly respectively leave. When you take away the coolness factor, you'll realize he doesn't have much in the way of a distinct personality. In fact, even on this very page, despite his character having the longest list of tropes, only two of them have to do with his actual personality (Determinator and Large Ham).
• Good Is Not Soft: Tommy threatens to kill a Brainwashed and Crazy Trent if the latter pushes him too far. He has also killed Zeltrax twice who was once Tommy's friend before turning evil.
• Great White Feline: Tommy's original White Ranger suit and Zord are based on a white tiger. Following the tendency of this trope to symbolize importance, Tommy became team leader after acquiring these powers.
• Happily Married: A blink and miss it moment, but it looks like he and Kat are married. The tie in comic Soul of Dragon confirm that.
• The Hero: After a year and a half of being a team leader as the White Ranger, Tommy finalizes his transition by becoming Zeo Ranger V - Red. And he’s this until the second half of Turbo.
• Hero of Another Story: Three different stories to be exact. But also most of his time between Turbo and Dino Thunder as well as his time afterward as he was apparently still active well into his 50s.
• Heroes Prefer Swords: Inverted at first with the Sword of Darkness which was controlling him but then gets destroyed after which the Dragon Dagger becomes his signifier weapon as the heroic green ranger. Afterwords though, he has Saba as the White Ranger, his Zeo sword as Zeo Ranger five and the Turbo Lightning Sword as the Red Turbo Ranger.
• Heel–Face Turn: After The Sword of Evil was destroyed the spell was broken.
• He's Back!: Happens twice in Dino Thunder, when he morphs for the first time, and later when he recovers from being in a coma with access to Super Dino Mode.
• Hot Scientist: He’s a Chick Magnet Paleontologist.
• Hot Teacher: If you like older guys.
• I Was Quite a Fashion Victim: Kira is very amused by a photo of his MMPR-era mullet. Tommy retorts that it was the style at the time. In "Fighting Spirit", his own subconscious gets in on it:
  White Ranger: Finally cut that hair, huh, Tommy?
• Knife Nut: His Dragon Dagger, which doubles as a flute.
• Knight of Cerebus: When he was under Rita's spell in the "Green of Evil" five-parter. Up until that point, all the Rangers' problems were wrapped up in less than 30 minutes.
• Large Ham: Unlike Jason, he's a passionate guy even when he's not morphed.
• Law of Chromatic Superiority: As the Red Ranger, Tommy is in charge, gets his own individual Zord, and is usually the one to use the Battle Wheel.
• The Leader: He was promoted to this trope when he became the White Ranger. He’s this to the Rangers as a whole.
• Leitmotif: "Go Green Ranger Go"/"White Ranger Tiger Power", used often as Theme Music Power-Up.
• The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: In the infamous three-part "There's No Business Like Snow Business", Tommy rescues a famous snowboarder from going over a cliff. She develops feelings for him but receiving Kim's earlier letter makes him hesitant about starting anything with her. Nothing comes of it due to his ranger duties getting in the way of him getting to know the snowboarder and eventually she dismisses him as a flake when he bails on her the second time.
• Mentor Archetype: Takes it from his Abaranger counterpart.
• Mirror Match: In a deleted scene from Dimensions in Danger, he fought against his clone as the Black Dine Thunder Ranger.
• More than Just a Teacher: Appears to be a simple high school science teacher, while keeping secret his identity as the Black Ranger.
• Mr. Fanservice: He's more likely to cover up his muscles than Jason but still, he offers quite a bit of eye-candy.

• Official Couple: Used to be with Kimberly in the Mighty Morphin' days but she breaks it off. After a failed attempt at getting with a snowboard champion, he starts a casual relationship with Katherine and it's implied by the end that they're going steady. The Christmas Episode is stated to be canon with Tommy and Kat being married with children (at least in broad strokes); the generally accepted timeline is that the two became serious after leaving the team, married some point prior to "Forever Red" (with Kat staying off-screen), and by "Dimensions in Danger" had a son named JJ.
• Older and Wiser: By Turbo Tommy has been a Ranger for more than five years, he has matured more and is less reckless. When he returns it’s even more pronounced as he’s become the mentor to three kids who are just as reckless as he once was.
• Out of Focus: Interestingly, Tommy does not have any relevant plot points when he held the Turbo powers, only coming into to help out whenever the time for battles came.
• Rated M for Manly: Tommy's masculinity rivals Jason's.
• Parental Substitute: To Justin before his departure.
• Passing the Torch: Like Jason before him, Tommy passes the role of leader onto a successor in the form of T.J. He does it again in Soul of the Dragon when he gives his Master Morpher’s final morph to his son, signifying his complete retirement.
• Power Incontinence:
  • During his twilight days as the green ranger.
  • Twice in Dino Thunder; the first time, he got stuck in his morphed form by the White Drago Ranger, and the other time, he got stuck in his invisible form.
  • when he’s older and he’s using his damaged Master Morpher.
• Put on a Bus: Not once, not twice but three times X and The Bus Came Back all three times.
  • When he first lost his Green Ranger Powers, he left and got them back temporarily. Then he permanently lost them and left again, only to return again as the White Ranger.
  • Halfway through, so he could go to whatever really accelerated program takes you from high school to Ph.D. in less than seven years. Didn't appear again until Power Rangers Wild Force (for the "Forever Red" special) and Power Rangers: Dino Thunder.
• Retired Badass: Always temporarily. He either looses his powers or settles down a bit though it's not long before he takes up a morpher once more. He would stay retired (well, semi-retired) until "Dimensions in Danger". He finally becomes this for good as an old man in “Soul of the Dragon”
• The Rival: He's introduced as Jason's opponent in the finals of a karate tournament and they end up tying, which establishes their relationship immediately. Played with to a degree, as he and Jason get along perfectly fine in the beginning, but Tommy's time as the Green Ranger sparks some tension between them that takes a few episodes to resolve.
• Same Character, But Different: Justified since every time we see him after Turbo, it’s been years.
• The Scapegoat: Finds himself as this to Lord Zedd in early Season 2. Zedd would go after any Ranger if he could and the one with weakening powers would naturally be a tempting target, but he also made it clear that he loathed Tommy simply for essentially being Rita's greatest failure and the symbol of everything that went wrong with her tenure. By the time of "The Green Dream" (wherein his powers have declined to the point of not even being able to summon his Zord), Tommy laments how the Big Bad has been gunning for him and won't let up until his powers are gone for good.
• Seen It All: Tends to give off this vibe at times. Then again, he is considered by many to be the greatest Ranger in history for a reason.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The manly man to Billy's sensitive guy.
• Seen It All: Tends to give off this vibe at times. Then again, he is considered by many to be the greatest Ranger in history for a reason.

• Sixth Ranger: Trope Namer alongside his initial counterpart Burai.
• Spared by the Adaptation: His Zyuranger counterpart, Burai, bit the dust.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: He has more screen time than the other original rangers put together and would later end up with the longest tenure.

• Stable Time Loop: Fan theory is that Tommy's clone is also his ancestor. This adds one more bit of Memetic Badass: Tommy willed himself into existence.

• Stern Teacher: Especially when compared to Randall, who is literally an enemy.
• Still Got It: Though it's not like he ever lost it.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Strongly resembles his long-lost brother, David Trueheart. It was actually Jason Frank's brother Erik Ray Frank playing David.
• Supporting Protagonist: He's a veteran Ranger and gets more focus in Dino Thunder, but Conner's still the actual leader of the team.
• Swapped Roles: In Mighty Morphin, Tommy was the Sixth Ranger and Jason was the Red Ranger. In Zeo, Tommy is the Red Ranger and Jason the Sixth Ranger. Jason even ends up losing his powers just like Tommy did. Notable as Jason himself makes it clear to Tommy that he's fine with his bro continuing as the team leader and doesn't intend to reclaim his old position. Even years later during Forever Red, Tommy is the one leading the ten reds whilst Jason is a somewhat distant and cocky Big Brother Mentor to the lesser veterans.
• Super Soldiers: What the other Rangers suspect the White Ranger is at first.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Extremely tall and immediately catches the eye of Kimberly in his introductory episode. Trini even calls him gorgeous.
• Tangled Family Tree: Tom, David, Sam, the White Stranger...
• Team Member in the Adaptation: Played With as the White Ranger, whose counterpart Kou never fought alongside the Zyurangers. However, the Rangers here are already using the Dairanger mechas by the time Tommy becomes the White Ranger.
• Time-Passage Beard: He's grown a pretty cool-looking patch of stubble on his chin in Wild Force since we last saw him. He’s shaved it off when we see him in Ninja Steel. But then has grown considerable scruff in Soul of the Dragon.
• Token Competent Minion: During his time as Rita's brainwashed slave, the Green Ranger proved to be the evil witch's most dangerous asset by far. He defeated the Rangers in battle twice, thrashed their Zords, snuck into the Command Center and cut off their connection to Zordon, and nearly killed Jason. By contrast, Goldar repeatedly failed to defeat the Rangers in battle, even getting his ass kicked by Jason when the latter didn't have access to his morpher, Finnster's monsters were all destroyed, and Baboo and Squatt were nothing but comic relief.
• Took a Level in Dumbass:
  • When he makes the transition from Evil Green Ranger to Good Green Ranger, he does some stupid things like constantly forgetting his communicator and getting captured by Putties. They even have an entire episode focused on his forgetfulness. This is simply because the footage of his Sentai counterpart was limited.
  • On an unrelated note there's one episode where he's training for football and when he tackles a football dummy, he gives it a roundhouse kick. The look on Ernie's face is priceless.
• Trademark Favorite Food: According to the profile card with the Dragonzord toy, Tommy's favorite subject was history. His favorite food was Corn Flakes and raisins. Tommy's hobby was playing the blues on a flute.

Jason Lee Scott

Played By: Austin St. John

Appearances: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers| Power Rangers Zeo | Power Rangers Turbo | Power Rangers Wild Force | Power Rangers Mega Force | Power Rangers Beast Morphers

Ranger Forms: Mighty Morphin’ Red Ranger, Gold Zeo Ranger

• Adaptational Badass: Zig-zagged with regards to his feud against Tommy. He lacks the more decisive win his Zyuranger counterpart had against the Green Ranger but was able to fight to a draw against Tommy in their first Karate contest, with Jason solidly winning the final two rounds. So whereas Tommy might be more powerful than Jason in-costume, Jason may very well have the edge over Tommy in an unmorphed hand-to-hand bout. Played completely straight when it comes to his less-than-friendly feud against Goldar, with Jason progressing to the point where he could at least stalemate or defeat Goldar a few times. Geki from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger wasn't able to defeat Grifforzar once.

• Age Lift: Riki was a kid, whereas Jason is a teenager.

• All-American Face: He's basically a ranger equivalent to characters like Superman and Captain America. He plays this trope straight forward in the episode "Food Fight", wearing American flag-themed clothing.
• All-Loving Hero: He's the team's leader, and one of the friendliest people you would ever meet.
• Animal Mecha:
  • Season 1: Tyrannosaurus Dino Zord
  • Season 2: Red Dragon Thunder Zord
• Badass Arm-Fold: Yes, somehow he finds a way to fold those muscular arms.
• Badass Baritone: Has a deep and commanding voice, which is fitting given that he's the team's leader and one of their greatest fighters.
• Big Brother Mentor: To Billy, whole he starts teaching more martial arts so he can defend himself better without morphing. This is ironic considering Austin St. John and David Yost were the youngest and oldest of the original main cast respectively.
• Bling of War:
  • Used Tommy's gold shield on occasion.
  • As the Gold Ranger, he has gold shield that takes up almost the entire torso.
• Boisterous Bruiser: Especially when morphed, he gets particularly loud and "in your face" when taunting and gloating at monsters, especially Goldar.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: In the Turbo movie, he’s captured and brainwashed by Divatox and Maligore along with Kimberly.
• Breakout Character: Upon his return, Jason gets screentime equal to (if not surpassing) Tommy, a Love Interest, and a subplot about his temporary powers.
• The Bus Came Back: And it somehow left Zack, and Trini back in that peace summit in Switzerland.
• Captain Obvious: He tended to narrate things that were happening in front of him. At full volume.
  "LOOK AT 'IM, THAT DUDE'S HUGE!"
  "IT'S GREEN RANGER!"
  "OH MAN, HE FROZE THE ZORDS. WE'RE HISTORY!"
  "AHHH! TOXIC FOAM!"
• Cast from Lifespan: The Gold Ranger powers are tied into Jason's life force, and so the Machine Empire does their best to wear him down, which causes his powers to start fritzing by the end of the series. It gets bad enough that Jason nearly dies. This is a result of Trey being a Human Alien with Bizarre Alien Biology, which makes powers made specifically for him not mesh perfectly with human biology.
• Catchphrase: Lots of them:
  • "It's Morphin' Time!" initially belonged to him. It became a Borrowed Catch Phrase as the other Rangers would say it when he wasn't there.
  • "Back to action!" when the team left the Command Center and returned to the field.
  • "Log on!" when the Rangers jumped into their Zords.
  • "Let's bring them together!" when the team formed the Power Blaster or the Megazord.
• Chekhov's Gun: The green Power Coin in "Return of an Old Friend".
• Color-Coded Characters: The first real subversion in the franchise, more than Trey. At no point does Jason ever wear any clothes that have even a hint of gold on them. The only gold on him at all times is his custom communicator. His outfits are primarily black or dark gray, the usual getup of a Black Ranger...which his Sentai counterpart is designated as.
• Composite Character:
  • Of Geki from Zyuranger, Ryu from Dai Ranger, and Riki from Ohranger as he is the Red Ranger then the Gold Ranger respectively.
  • Since he is the Red Ranger who steps down as leader when the White Ranger joins, he’s also partially Ryu Higashi / Dia Jack from J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai.
• Defeating the Undefeatable: In the first season, Goldar defeated and dominated Jason almost every time they fought. There were a few moments where Jason was able to fight Goldar more evenly and get in some decent hits, but those battles were always interrupted somehow and ended inconclusively. In the second season, however, Jason showed Goldar exactly what he was made of when Goldar kidnapped his friends and began draining their powers in "Missing Green." Not only did Jason defeat his longtime rival in combat to save his friends, but he also humiliated Goldar and kicked the winged warrior to the curb after Goldar made one final attempt to stop him from escaping. Though Austin St John would leave the show not too long after this episode, his victory over his archenemy served as a nice bookend to his feud with Goldar.
• Deadly Upgrade: From a glance, the Gold Ranger powers are a lot stronger than the Red Ranger powers he once had, but as they were not made for an Earth human, they slowly drained his life force.
• Determinator: "Isn't the smallest chance of victory enough of a reason for us to keep on fighting? The world needs us, Rangers!"
• Dual Wielding: With the Green Ranger's Dragon Dagger.
• Fake Shemp: After "Opposites Attract", when his actor, along with Zack and Trini's, left the series, anyone with a basic knowledge of television handlings of written off characters could easily see that they were being filled in by body doubles from behind and stock footage from earlier episodes until they could be fully written out.
  • In Megaforce when all the Legendary Rangers join the final battle.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric. He's Hot-Blooded, an excellent leader, and extremely practical on the battlefield.
• Heroes Prefer Swords: His Power Sword. Like any leader, his signature weapon is a simple sword.
• Heroic Build: He has a truly impressive physique.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Zack and later Tommy.
• Hot-Blooded: An interesting variation, due to stock footage constraints; in civilian scenes, Jason's a laid-back guy, but when Rita starts one of her schemes, he quickly grows more excitable and louder to match the footage of Geki.
• Jumped at the Call: The only one of the original five to agree with Zordon before the Putties showed up. "He chose us to save the world. I say we do it."
• Large Ham: Something about morphing makes his presence bigger.
• Law of Chromatic Superiority: Not only does he get to use the Dragon Shield (the so-called "first Battlizer") until Tommy gets back, but he also gets the first self-transformable Zord.
• The Leader: He started the tradition for the Power Rangers. Even before the five of them got their powers, Jason is clearly the alpha of the group. His greatest fear is failing them as a leader.
• Lovable Jock: Jason is a jock, but he's got a big heart to match his big muscles.
• Magic Staff: His signature weapon is the Golden Power Staff.
• Meaningful Name: It's no coincidence that being the leader of a team of mighty heroes, he shares his name with the leader of the Argonauts from Greek myth.
• Mid-Season Upgrade: After Tommy leaves following the events of The Green Candle, Jason has access to the Dragon Shield and the Dragon Dagger, the latter of which was retroactively considered the first Battlizer. He didn't use them very often, however, most likely due to them reminding him of his failure to save Tommy's powers.
• Mr. Fanservice: Frequently wears shirts that show off his arms or pectorals, such as tank tops, sleeveless shirts or low-cut V-necks, even the occasional Shirtless Scene.
• My Greatest Failure: Jason blamed himself for not getting the Green Candle in the first place when he had the chance, even though Tommy in that episode explicitly did all he could to talk Jason out of going back to get it. He had no choice, as Zack had to remind him that Tommy's life was more important than his powers. In the second season, after Tommy's Green Ranger powers finally run out completely, he writes a letter to Jason telling him not to blame himself for what happened. And it does t fully go away, even years later in Zeo , he confesses to the team that the entire debacle of Tommy's kidnapping and brainwashing by Gasket brought back very bad memories that still haunt Jason to this day, from trying to save him from his original brainwashing to, in particular, the failure to save the Green Ranger powers. It drives him all the more to save his friend.
• No Indoor Voice: After morphing, Jason shouts all his lines.
• Odd Name Out: The only original ranger whose name doesn't end with an "ee" sound, probably just a coincidence or it could be to symbolize his status as the leader. Zack rarely being called by his full name (Zachary), Kimberly sometimes being called Kim, Trini having a rather unique name and Tommy not coming in until later made this trope almost unnoticeable. ^note  Jason's surname "Lee" does literally contain the "ee" sound.
• One-Man Army: In "Missing Green", he takes down a squad of Putties, destroys a monster in the Red Dragon Thunderzord, and beats Goldar in a one-on-one fight to save his friends.
• Out of Focus: In Season 2. Even prior to Austin St John's departure, Jason's screen time and dialogue are reduced due to a combination of the focus on Tommy and his fading Green Ranger powers, and St John refusing to show up for ADR recording.
• Put on a Bus: Left Angel Grove with Zack and Trini to attend the International Peace Conference in Switzerland in "The Power Transfer". Eventually The Bus Came Back in Zeo, but only Jason was on it. He'd return three more times later in the Turbo film, in Wild Force for "Forever Red", and in Beast Morphers for "Grid Connection".
• Rated M for Manly: Jason is a highly-skilled martial artist and athlete who fights with a Cool Sword, speaks in a loud, deep commanding voice, and rides a T-Rex mecha (which later gets upgraded to a dragon).
• The Resenter: Implied with his actions and words in the Turbo movie. While he was Brainwashed and Crazy, he makes some offhand comments in Forever Red that that suggest maybe the brainwashing was just bringing some buried resentment towards Tommy to the surface.
• The Rival: To Goldar, and Tommy during his time as the evil Green Ranger.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The manly man to Billy's sensitive guy.
• Ship Tease: He begins courting a former biker girl called Emily in the later stages of Zeo. It's unclear if it goes anywhere beyond here, but if the ending of the season is any indication...
• Signature Move: Gold Rush.
• Sixth Ranger: Joins the Zeo Rangers two-thirds into the series and remains with them up until the finale when the Gold Ranger powers are returned to Trey.
• Sleeves Are for Wimps: Some of his outfits look like he ripped the sleeves of them.
• Spirited Competitor: Jason loves martial arts, and he spends a lot of his free time sparring with his friends and training for competitions.
• Standardized Leader: He's righteous, courageous, and responsible, a straight-up boy scout. Tommy's "darker and edgier" presence also makes him seem cleaner cut by comparison.
• The Stoic: Before morphing, he is a calm guy.
• Super Mode: As mentioned above, he gained the power to use the Green Ranger's powers in the form of the gold Dragon Shield and the Dragon Dagger.
• Swapped Roles: Jason was the original MMPR Red Ranger and Tommy was the Sixth Ranger of the team. In Zeo, Tommy is the Red Ranger and Jason the Sixth Ranger. Jason makes it clear to the latter though that he has no intention of trying to reclaim his old role since he knows that the rangers will be in good hands with Tommy continuing the reigns. Indeed, even years later this holds true as it is still Tommy leading the team of ten reds on a mission whilst Jason maintains his role as a somewhat distant Big Brother Mentor.
• Time to Step Up, Commander:
  • An interesting variation, as, despite now being The Sixth Ranger, he WAS the leader of the original team until Tommy became the White Ranger and is essentially Tommy's equal, so despite Rocky being The Lancer, when Tommy is kidnapped, Jason takes temporary command, as evidenced by him being the one to shout "Back to action!" with the full team.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Jason acts a lot more arrogant and generally 'angry' in Forever Red than he ever was previously and original dialogue indicates he was supposed to be even more cocky: "Back aside kid, I'll show you how the original Red Ranger gets it done." The reason is that apparently Austin St. John wanted to add some "bite" to the character as compensation for returning to the franchise, and this can be seen as early as Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie where (while Brainwashed and Crazy) he seemed to have anger issues towards Tommy. When he returns in Beast Morphers he’s dialed it back down.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He loves sushi, as it contained valuable protein and carbohydrates, but admitted he also had his junk food problems, as he liked big bowls of ice cream (though not as big as Zack would eat), cheeseburgers, fries, and milkshakes.
• Tranquil Fury: A consistent character trait is his barely contained rage any time his friends are in trouble.
• Two First Names: Jason, Lee, and Scott can all be given names.
• Unrelated in the Adaptation: Unlike Geki and Burai, Jason and Tommy aren't brothers.
• Verbal Tic: Finishes his sentences with "bro" and "man" when talking to the other men on the team.
• World's Best Warrior: Considering that the Power Rangers are the strongest in the world, then the strongest ranger is the strongest in the world. Whenever he had to fight Goldar unmorphed he proved this. He was also treated as an equal to the resident badass Tommy. The season one episode "Mighty Morphin Mutants" somewhat confirmed he was a stronger warrior than Tommy since there was no Putty worthy of becoming the Red Mutant Ranger while the other rangers, including Tommy, got mutant counterparts. It also doesn't hurt that in the original Zyuranger red ranger vs green ranger fight (which was edited out in MMPR), the red ranger DID defeat the green ranger and cut him down at the end of the battle.

Adam Park

Played By: Johnny Yong Bosch

Appearances: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers| Power Rangers Zeo | Power Rangers Turbo | Power Rangers in Space | Power Rangers Operation Overdrive | Power Rangers Mega Force |

Ranger Forms: Mighty Morphin’ Black Ranger, Black Ninja Ranger, Green Zeo Ranger, Green Turbo Ranger

• Actually, I Am Him: During Adam's Zeo Crystal quest, Adam is told to seek out a sage named Kai-Ogi, who initially appears to be an irritating older man who is just in Adam's way. Adam tries to brush him off. When Adam realizes his mistake, Kai-Ogi lampshades this trope.
• Adaptation Personality Change:
  • Unlike Goushi or Daigo, he's a quiet, shy, reserved fellow. At first, anyway.
  • Adam is level-headed and introverted compared to Shouhei Yokkaichi.

• An Axe To Grind: His Power Axe as the Black Ranger and his Zeo Hatchets.

• Animal Mecha:
  • Season 2: Lion Thunder Zord
  • Season 3: Frog Ninja Zord
• Badass Armfold: Often, starting pretty much as soon as he arrived.
• Badass Normal: He is the only Retro Ranger not to have civilian powers to fight evil with in Operation Overdrive. He keeps up with the rest of them with little effort.
• The Big Guy: He's still quiet and gentle but is seen practicing martial arts more often than any other character, and that's saying a lot on this show.
• BFG: His Turbo Cannon.
• The Bus Came Back: First in “In Space” then in “Operation Overdrive”
• By the Power of Grayskull!:
  • It’s Morphin Time: Mastadon, Black Ranger Power
  • Zeo Ranger Four, Green
  • Shift Into Turbo: Desert Thunder Turbo Power
• Characterisation Click Moment: In Mighty Morphin', he was a quiet, shy nice guy as a way distinguishing himself from Zack. Johnny Yong Bosch claimed it was in Zeo where he realized that Adam could be funny, so he became more sardonic.
• Deadpan Snarker: Johnny Yong Bosch claims that about halfway through Zeo (Power Rangers being his very first acting job)
• Chekhov's Gunman: Was first introduced as a powerless ally who occasionally assisted the Power Rangers behind the battlefield. Later became a Ranger himself to replace Zack.
• Composite Character: Goushi from Zyuranger, Daigo from Dairanger, Jiraya from Kakuranger, Sohai from Ohranger and Minoru from Carranger.
• Contrasting Replacement Character: Whereas Zack was an energetic, outgoing extrovert. Adam was more shy and introverted until Character Development kicked in. Also, while Zack was African-American Adam was Asian-American.
• Foreshadowing: The fact that Adam could morph with a damaged Power Coin means that the old powers, despite being damaged or destroyed, could indeed be repaired for future crossovers.
• Frog Ninja: After the team gets their new ninja powers in season 3, his spirit animal is revealed to be a frog. He also pilots the Frog Ninjazord from then on.
• Genius Bruiser: He does martial arts and he is rather smart.
• Iconic Sequel Character: Adam only debuts at the second season but is one of the most tenured, recognizable, and respected rangers in the franchise.
• Implied Love Interest: There's some subtext after Tanya breaks things off with Shawn that Adam may have started a casual relationship with her.
• The Lancer: With Rocky gone, Adam falls into the role by default in Turbo.
• The Mentor: Serves this to Carlos in Always A Chance.
• Mr. Fanservice: Often wore workout clothes baring his chest and pecs, and occasionally wore shorts.
• Platonic Life-Partners: With Aisha.
• Put on a Bus: Halfway through, though he came back for a single adventure only a year later (and again in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive).
• The Quiet One: Uh huh.
• Secret-Keeper: With Rocky and Aisha from "The Ninja Encounter" to "The Power Transfer".
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Sensitive Guy to Rocky's Manly Man.
• Three Amigos: Himself, Aisha and Rocky.
• Those Two Guys: He and Rocky share a majority of their scenes, noticeable since Aisha left at the end of Mighty Morphin', no longer making it a Three Amigos dynamic.
• Took a Level in Badass: When he first became the Black Ranger he could beat the monster of the week mostly with the help of his teammates. When he returns in Once A Ranger he solos Thrax who is wielding Zedds staff and is able to beat him (not destroy him though) while the rest of the team are doubling or tripling up to fight off other bad guys.
• Wrecked Weapon: He still carried his damaged Power Morpher with the original Mastadon Power Coin, and Alpha warned him that using it would severely hurt him. This is proven true as Adam was in pain by the powers fluctuating on and off. It gets repaired by Sentinel Knight in “Operation Overdrive” and now he’s able to use it arguably better than before.

William Cranston

Played By: David Yost

Appearances: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers| Power Rangers Zeo | Power Rangers Mega Force | Power Rangers Beast Morphers

Ranger Forms: Mighty Morphin’ Blue Ranger, Blue Ninja Ranger,

• Adaptational Intelligence: Neither of his Sentai counterparts was The Smart Guy on their respective teams.
• Adaptation Personality Change: Dan and Shoji were hotheads who acted without thinking. Billy is sensible and rational, but also sensitive.
• All There in the Manual: Billy's last name was actually never said during the series but was provided via related merchandise and confirmed by Word of God.
• Animal Mecha:
  • Season 1: Triceratops Dino Zord
  • Season 2: Unicorn Thunder Zord
  • Season 3: Wolf Ninja Zord
  • In Zeo he freaking builds three of them.
• Artistic License – Physics: "Negatively charged proton molecules"? Admittedly, most people think it's just an excuse to hide that something else is causing the power rejection.
• Badass Bookworm: In season two, he becomes a full-on badass just as physically capable as the other rangers, even knocking down Goldar unmorphed. And of course, he's still a genius, singlehandedly saving the team on several occasions with his inventions.
• Blade On A Stick: The Power Lance is essentially a two-sided trident. It can also split into a pair of maces.
• Blind Without 'Em: Well, at least until he switched to contacts. When he switched bodies with Kimberly, he still needed to use them while posing as her.
• Butt-Monkey: In the very early episodes, Billy tended to be on the receiving end of some rather embarrassing mishaps. Besides being a favorite victim of Bulk and Skull's, Jason clutched him with his legs while swinging on a climbing rope and later in the same episode he clumsily dropped his Power Morpher over a cliff where he was fleeing from a putty. Three episodes later have him accidentally jump onto a runaway cart which sends him riding out of control. There was also the time he and Kimberly swapped bodies via one of his machines, though that last one was due to Squatt crossing the cables.
• Brought Down to Normal: Due to the events of the Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers miniseries, he's depowered, but still here.
• Catchphrase: "Affirmative". David Yost even used it to name his clothing company.
• Character Development: He starts out as the stereotypical Nerd, being easy pickings for bullies like Bulk and Skull. During the early episodes, a single putty would cause him to run away. But as the series progresses, his fighting skills and confidence rise, causing him to grow out of his helpless nerd role and become a real hero. During the third season, he becomes the second in command for the team, with the others relying on his intelligence and wisdom and ability to invent things to win several of their fights. In Zeo, Billy has grown into an even more confident leader and serves as Zordon's Number One alongside Alpha. After graduating from high school, he basically serves this role full-time.
• Characterization Marches On: He's The Smart Guy at first, only good for spouting Techno Babble, his first actual fight (unmorphed) had him flee from a single Putty up onto a cliff, forcing Trini to overcome her fear of heights in order to save him from the footsoldier. Fast forward a good thirty episodes and you have in "A Fishy Situation" Kimberly calling for help, and not being able to reach the other three, and Billy figuring out a plan in order to beat a gang of Putty Patrollers with just the two of them.
• Chick Magnet: Despite being portrayed as a stereotypical nerd, Billy has the most episodes involving a romantic subplot.
• Composite Character: Took from Dan of Zyuranger, Shōji of Dairanger, and Saizō; of Kakuranger and Zeo he also gains elements from Naoyuki Miura of Ohranger, though he shares the latter's position with Zordon by proxy.
• Demoted to Extra: Sort of. While he still got billing in the credits, he is no longer a Ranger here, just Mission Control.
• Determinator: Nevermore apparent than in the season 3 episode "Another Brick in the Wall". Monster of the day Brick Bully turns Tommy, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha into bricks, leaving Kat and Alpha to turn them back while Billy goes to face the monster alone. At first, Billy gets thrown around like a doll by Brick Bully before and after Brick Bully is made giant, but eventually, Billy gains the upper hand and manages to beat Brick Bully by himself.
• Disabled in the Adaptation: Neither of his Sentai counterparts have visual problems.
• Dual Wielding: Billy could use the Power Lance as a Double Weapon, or he could separate it into two shorter tridents and wield one in each hand.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic.
• Give Geeks a Chance: He got an incredible amount of romantic subplots.
• The Glasses Come Off: Starts slowly during the helmetless scenes beginning in "The Mutiny". He officially lost them after the movie (during season 2) and when he returned to the show, they explained he replaced them for contact lenses.
  David Yost: the glasses came off actually when we went to shoot the movie in Australia and that's because I told [laughs], I told the (movie) producer, this is without the creators or producers of the TV show knowing, I told the producers of the movie that I would rather not wear my glasses and they were like, okay [laughs] like they didn't really think anything about it.

  ''No Pink Spandex: Interview with David Yost Part 1''
  • He also stated in the same interview that because the glasses weren't real, they began to affect his vision (they had no prescription, but the chemical they used to prevent glare affected them enough to bother him.)
• Improv Fu: Kind of sucked at fighting, but he managed by using this, though by the time he left the team he was better at hand-to-hand combat.
• Lethal Chef: In "Switching Places", he reveals his terrible cooking skills when he tries to make a cheese soufflé. It explodes.
• Minored In Ass Kicking: His forte is smarts, but his ass-kicking is still good.
• Missing Mom: We meet Billy's father in "Return of an Old Friend" but there is no mention of a mother. David Yost would later write a script titled "Billy's Transformation" which would have explained that his mother died from cancer, but the suits found it too dark. Billy mentions his parents in plural terms when leaving with Cestro in Zeo, inferring his mom's survival, so maybe they're divorced.
• Mission Control: Steps down as a Ranger and takes this role in Zeo
• Mr Fix It: He may not be the most macho ranger, but he knows his way around machines.
• Nerds Are Sexy: He holds the series record for romantic subplots and had the first one. Zack was shot down at the same time.
• Non-Action Guy: At first, but he becomes more proactive. Justifie in Zeo due to him stepping down from active ranger duty. One time in "Bulk Fiction", when the Cogs attacked him in the open, he attempted to flee despite his advancements in martial arts. Upon being restrained, Billy instead uses his remote toy car to misdirect the footsoldiers until they get tired and flee. Not exactly the best moment of his battle record.
  • To be fair, it is often all-but-explicitly stated that fighting Cogs unmorphed is a bad idea; Billy may simply recognize that his old skills aren't much use against the threat posed by the Cogs without his old powers and simply choose to flee.
• Number Two: By season 3, he's the team's second-in-command through a combination of his experience and technical know-how.
• Progressively Prettier: Initially portrayed as a stereotypical geek, in baggy clothes, and with Nerd Glasses. The Movie sees him going without his glasses, and wearing clothes that show off his biceps.
• Put on a Bus: In "Rangers of Two Worlds."
  • Real Life Writes the Plot: David Yost has gone on record as stating he did not like the homophobia on the set directed towards him, and literally walked out and did not come back while they were filming the two-parter "King For A Day."
• Rapid Aging: Apparently the explosion of the original Command Centre messed with his molecules more than he thought (when combined with the fact he managed to re-age himself with a device back when the entire team became children last season) they aged him into an old man. Forcing him to have to go with the Aquitians homeworld to restore his youth. He winds up staying there when he falls in love with one of the female scientists and that is the last we see of him until Power Rangers Megaforce. Albeit as a Fake Shemp.^note Both aspects were intended to hide the above fact that the production staff had forced out David Yost.
• Red Herring: Was suspected by Rocky (and fans) to be the Gold Ranger. Tried to be said Ranger - but particles his body received from the Command Center's explosion rejected the power.
  • Blatant Lies: Most people think it is his Rapid Aging which is why he is unable to accept the powers.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The sensitive guy to Jason and Zack's and later Tommy's manly men.
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Instead of saying 'I like this music' he'll say something like 'the lyrics of this song surpass its contemporaries in this genre'. This was toned down somewhat as the series went on.
• The Smart Guy: He built the communicators, the flying car, fixed Alpha, fixed ''the Command Center and in Zeo he builds the Zords.
• Strong Girl, Smart Guy: With Trini. Billy is The Smart Guy who comes up with inventions to save the day on occasions, while his Platonic Life-Partners Trini is a strong and competent Lady of War who values honor.
• Teen Genius: With a high school education, he can do some amazing techy things, from inventing teleporters to robot repair.
• Took a Level in Badass: In the first fight, he's awkward and has to be bailed out by his teammates. After training with Jason's class at the Youth Center, he's as formidable as the other Rangers. He takes even more levels in Badass as the show progresses, as the third season even shows him defeating a monster solo.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Guacamole cheeseburgers, though he likes a lot of fast food, such as pizza, French fries, and hamburgers.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He was afraid of fish after one bit him as a kid. Using this to her advantage, Rita sends a fish monster and casts a spell on Billy to make his phobia grow. He got over it and even lampshaded it in a later episode with another fish-themed monster.

Katherine Hillard

Played By: Catherine Sutherland

Appearances: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers| Power Rangers Zeo | Power Rangers Mega Force | Power Rangers Beast Morphers

Ranger Forms: Mighty Morphin’ Pink Ranger, Pink Ninja Ranger, Pink Zeo Ranger Pink Turbo Ranger

• The Ace: Has several hobbies and skills and does them perfectly. Adam and Tanya lampshade this.

• Adaptational Badass: Kat would fall victim to the Distress Ball a few times, but that's nothing to how bad Momo would hold it, being Ohranger's Damsel in Distress.
• Adaptation Species Change: Her monster form, Katastrophe, was a Nine-Tailed Fox in Kakuranger. In an extremely ironic twist, there was an ACTUAL cat monster, Bakeneko, in Kakuranger but her exposed mammaries, inappropriate for American children, combined with the suit being in pretty poor shape before being shipped left her unusable.^note Not helping matters is that Bakeneko only fought the Shogunzords, not the Ninja Zords, in the stock footage, so they would have had to introduce the Shogunzords earlier to make it work.
• Adaptational Nice Girl: Momo and Juri could get a bit catty with their bickering, especially in the early episodes of Ohranger. Kat meanwhile gets along great with Tanya and even invites the latter to stay at her house.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Momo Maruo and Gorō Hoshino never enter a relationship like their counterparts here.
• Ambiguous Situation: Her early appearances as a villain had shades of this. For all we knew her Australian origin might have just been a backstory that Rita made up for her to fool the rangers and her transformation into a cat, plus her monster form Katastrophe, strongly implied that she might be a monster with a humanoid shape like Scorpina before her. It isn't until "Follow that Cab!" that spelled out that she was an actual human that was brainwashed by Rita into doing her bidding.
• Composite Character: Aside from the ranger-related stuff, her transforming into a cat brings to mind the Flowery Kunoichi Gang a.k.a. Hanarangers that were otherwise Adapted Out of Season Three and her monster form Katastrophe was lifted from the separate Nine-Tailed Fox from Kakuranger.
• Compressed Vice: Kat's eating disorder in "Weight and See".
• Contrasting Replacement Character: Whereas Kimberly was your typical All-American Valley Girl, Kat was a shy Australian girl. Whereas Kim used gymnastics in her fighting style, Kat used her ballet skills.
• Dance Battler: Kat is a ballerina before becoming a ranger. You can see some ballet influence in her fighting, now that Catherine Sutherland's doing her own stunts.
• Depending on the Writer: Some episodes see Kat be as competent as the side rangers (AKA play second fiddle to Red as he gets all the glory), others especially the episode of Digster sees Kat being reduced to Damsel in Distress style of fighting. This can be partially attributed to her Ohranger counterpart being kidnap-prone.
• Designated Girl Fight: When the rangers are battling Gasket and Archerina Kat as Zeo Ranger 1 usually has extended sequences against her. They even had a real 1 v 1 girl fight with Kat getting her Pink Zeo butt pummeled until she was saved.
• Early-Bird Cameo: She first appeared in the uncut version of the Christmas Episode "I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger" released on VHS shortly before her first proper appearance in the "A Ranger Catastrophe" 2-parter, wishing the other Rangers a merry Christmas before they took off to save the North Pole. The scene, of course, caused some major continuity issues since she was portrayed as a friend to the Rangers and not Rita and Zedd's mind-controlled slave, but Kimberly was still the Pink Ranger. This scene was removed from the broadcast version and all future home video releases, likely because of the major Continuity Snarl it caused. The special clearly was meant to take place internal to "A Different Shade of Pink Part III". Right after Kat returns the power coin to Kimberly but before Kim left for Florida. It was cut for broadcast airings to avoid confusion.
• Femme Fatale: She infiltrates the team, gains their trust, disguises herself as a cat so she can spy on Aisha and Kim in their own home, steals Kimberly's power coin and on top of all that, tries to move in on Kimberly's boyfriend. A surprisingly good example despite being a kid's show.
• Fish out of Water: In more ways than one, being from Australia and being the lone new ranger.
• Good Feels Good: She actually squees a little in excitement the first time she morphs, possibly an indication that it's far more a thrill than Rita's magic was.
• The Heart: Eventually becomes the caring member of the team.
• Heel–Face Turn: In "A Different Shade of Pink"; clearly Rita didn't learn the first time.
• Iconic Sequel Character: Kat only debuts in the third season but is one of the most tenured and recognizable rangers in the franchise.
• Meaningful Name: During her Brainwashed and Crazy phase, she could magically turn into a white cat.
• Last Girl Wins: She marries Tommy.
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Her signature weapon, the Zeo Power Disc (can also double as Deadly Disc).
• The Mole: Her initial appearances by way of Mind Manipulation was spying on the rangers.
• Ms. Fanservice: She likes to wear shorts and sleeveless midriff-baring tops like Kimberly, but oddly enough seems to have a thing for turtleneck tops. And a couple of times she appears in a swimsuit while diving, showing off her figure.
• Mythology Gag: Unintentional it might have been, her transforming into a cat is an inversion of the Hanarangers' situation from Kakuranger, where said team was transformed from cats.
• Official Couple: With Tommy. They get married and have a son.
• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Young Katherine's actress, American-born Julia Jordan, well, can't pull off a decent Aussie accent to save her life. There were plenty of line reads where she didn't even try to hide it.
• Parental Substitute: To Justin before her departure.
• Put on a Bus: Halfway through, and briefly seen in monster form in "Countdown to Destruction", though it clearly wasn’t meant to be her. She'd return canonically years later in Ninja Steel's "Dimensions in Danger" having been captured by the special's villain and later helping out the then-current team alongside Tommy and Rocky.
• The Reveal: After several episodes of leaving it ambiguous, a flashback in "Follow that Cab!" all but confirms that Kat is not a humanoid monster/alien as was previously speculated, but an Australian teen that was caught by Rita's magic.
• Sixth Ranger: Due to joining the team solo (like Tommy) instead of part of a set (like Rocky, Adam, and Aisha), she's something of an outsider until the Zeo era.
• Soapbox Sadie: The whole team is willing to help, but she really prides herself on giving back to the community.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's almost as tall as Tommy and quite attractive.
• The Straight and Arrow Path: While she never uses the Power Bow as Mighty Morphin Pink her Turbo Wind Fire is a bow.
• Team Mom: Not in MMPR but in Zeo and Turbo she’s very mature and motherly.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Tanya's Tomboy.
• Token Competent Minion: Kat is this for Rita's forces in season 3. She infiltrates the Ranger team, posing as their friend and nearly kills Kimberly by stealing her Power Coin which was tied to her life force. If not for Kat snapping out of it, Rita would have dealt a powerful blow to the heroes.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: While working for Rita, she could, much like Scorpina, assume monstrous form, in this case, a Cat Girl.
• Willfully Weak: Possibly as it’s implied that the Zeo Powers are not only accessible but also stronger with age. Kat however chooses to use her Turbo powers when she returns in Dimensions in Danger