Well my TV and Cartoon character series is almost over with only two more to go and I am going out with a bang. In this article I am going to talk about the greatest Power Ranger of all time Tommy Oliver aka the Green, White, Red, Red, and Black ranger. He has been a Power Ranger in five different seasons starting in Mighty Morphing Power Rangers Season 1 and then ending in Power Rangers Dino Thunder. So lets look at Tommy Oliver and may the Power Protect you.
Well the obvious place to start the story of Tommy Oliver is at the beginning. This is when he first shows up as the evil Green Power Ranger. That is right the first time we see the GREATEST POWER RANGER EVER! He is evil. Yes I know it is sad that such a great man can be evil but he was. Thanks to the Evil Retia Repulsa. She had Tommy under an evil spell and gave him the Dragon Coin. This allowed him to morph into the powerful Green Ranger as well as the power over the Dragonzord. Tommy managed to defeat the Power Rangers multiple times as well as break into the Command Center messing with the technology and cutting Zordon off from this Dimension. The Green Ranger was the one evil person who managed to come the closest to defeating the Power Rangers by himself.
Eventually the Rangers found away to break Retia's spell and Tommy was released and convinced to join the Power Rangers. He remained the Green Ranger but all was not well in the world. The Evil Lord Zedd (aka The Emperor of Evil) entered the evil scene to do what Retia could not do. Other problems start to arise when the Green Ranger powers fade and then get distinguished forever however Tommy is not going to lose touch with the Rangers. While as a Ranger a romantic relationship between Tommy and Kimberly began to form.
Zordon and Alpha vanish for awhile to work on creating a new Ranger to help out the team. This ends with the White Ranger descending from the sky bathed in white light (This was freaking awesome to watch just saying.) The White Ranger is reviled to be Tommy and he rejoins the team in the leadership role (Since Jason the origional Red Ranger left for some Peace Conference replacing him with a less experienced Rocky.) So Tommy is now the leader of the Power Ranger. As well as more powerful then before now powering the White Tiger Zord which is massively awesome. The Tiger Zord could combine with the Mega Thunder Zord to make the awesome Mega Tigerzord. However Tommy was unable to control his Zord at first but soon figured it out like a smart little boy so you know yay him. However the Zords the Rangers had were destroyed and they had to get new powers.
So enter the White Ninja Ranger which really doesn't change anything but the Zords get cooler. Tommy gets the Falcon Zord which I have to say is rather awesome. Unlike the Tiger Zord this doesn't have its own Warrior Mode but it does have Rockets or Lasers or something out of the Wing Tips. When the Falcon Zord joins together with with the Shogun Zords it becomes the Mega Shogun Zord and it gains the ability to fly. The Falcon Zord was made to go with the Rangers Ninja Animal Zords before the Shogun Zords. The Rangers were finally able to beat Lord Zedd but a new threat shows up.
Lord Mondo of the Machine Empire shows up kicking Zedd and Retia off of the Moon. They Machine Empire is now going to try and do what Retia and Zedd failed and actually conquer Earth. There forces are to powerful and the Rangers need the power of the Zeo Crystal to become stronger. This is the Dawn of Power Rangers Zeo and Tommy goes from the White Ranger to the Red Ranger. He is captured along with Bulk and Skull and he is brain washed and is forced to combat the other rangers but is soon freed. After the Rangers themselves are enlarged to fight and destroy King Mondo we enter a dark day in Power Rangers history. This is when we "Shift Into Turbo."
Yes its Power Rangers Turbo and thankfully Tommy isn't in this season very long. So Tommy is once again the Red Power Ranger. Thankfully I don't have to talk about this one to much. Also not much happens except for the current Power Rangers graduating and then eventually going off with the rest of there lives. This is the last we see of Tommy until the Epicness that is "Forever Red" during Wild Force. This episode has every Red Ranger together fighting evil. If you haven't seen this episode then watch it now.
So Tommy has now been away from the Power Rangers long enough for him to finish collage and get a teaching job as a paleontologist. When three students discover Dino Crystals in Dr. Oliver's lab they become the new Power Rangers and Dino Thunder will roar into life. However I never saw much of this show. I do know that Tommy served as the teams mentor as well as later becoming the Black Power Ranger.
So over all Tommy was always a cool character and was always my favorite of the Power Rangers. His actor Jason David Frank went on after the show to become a mixed martial arts fighter. He still looks awesome and I would hate to be anyone who would give him crap about being on Power Rangers. So that is the story of Tommy Oliver in all of his awesomeness. Stay tuned for the conclusion of the cartoon television character series of "My Thoughts On" as we talk about Bender from Futurama. To all of you "May the Powere Protect You."
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