Being a Power Ranger means dedication. Nobody embodies that more than Tommy Oliver.
Continue readingCoZ Entry #000 – Tommy Oliver
Sixth/Extra Ranger
CoZ Entry #030 – Cam Watanabe
You think your parents are strict? This guy’s dad wouldn’t even let him become a ninja. Talk about overprotectiveness. There’s wanting the best for your children, and then there’s just being no fun. Since I can’t provide Cam with therapy, I’m just gonna present you with the thirtieth Zordon Child as I normally would.
CoZ Entry #024 – Levi Weston
I generally don’t like country music, but I do like this guy. Oops, I guess that’s a spoiler. Please keep reading, I promise it’s entertaining.
CoZ Entry #022 – Ryan Mitchell
After a handful of seasons, Power Rangers had become accustomed to mixing things up with the introduction of the Sixth Ranger, someone outside the core team who gains Ranger powers one way or another. Sometimes they formally joined the team, sometimes they didn’t. When it came time to adapt GoGoV, the crew hit a bump in the road: aside from an ally who wore some face-revealing armor in a chunk of episodes, the show didn’t really have a sixth member.
So like any good American, they said, “Screw it, we’ll do it ourselves.” And that’s how we got Ryan, the first American-made Power Ranger. [citation needed]
CoZ Entry #012 – Dominic Hargan
The late Disney era of Power Rangers is a strange beast (ba dum tish). They started out as 38-episode orders with Ninja Storm and by the end, they were down to 32 episodes with RPM. Most Sentai seasons tend to be in the ballpark of 50 episodes and one has to imagine it’s tough to pick and choose what to include in the American adaptation when you have a limited amount of screen time. As a result, some characters that get introduced “later” in the season only get a handful of episodes to leave an impression.
That being said, Dominic Hargan still managed to make his mark.
CoZ Entry #009 – Sky Tate
Team hierarchy rarely means jack squat in Power Rangers. The Red Ranger is always the leader (okay there’s a few mild exceptions but whatever) and everyone else is generally on the same level. There’s a few instances where one Ranger tends to become the de-facto leader when the actual head honcho isn’t around, such as Billy and Kim in the later seasons of Mighty Morphin. In most cases that just means that they’re the ones who get to yell the morphing call so it’s really not all that serious.
When you’re dealing with Rangers that also happen to be a police squad, though, the chain of command becomes a major focal point of the series. Never has this concept been more significant – and personal – than in the mind of Sky Tate. Continue reading
CoZ Entry #006 – Eric Myers
Disenfranchisement will leave a man with a chip on his shoulder. It can also leave one confused when they see somebody with so many resources not using them to their fullest extent. Also, it can turn you into a bad boy, and everybody loves bad boys.
By the transitive property of bad boyness, everybody loves Eric Myers.
Children of Zordon 