Official Power Rangers Rankings
When I first saw the trailer for the new Power Rangers movie, I was surprised by how excited I got watching it. I forgot how obsessed I was with the show from the ages of 8-10. When the show began, it aired in the afternoons on Fox, but it soon moved to the Fox Kids block on Saturday mornings. I vividly remember the following Saturday morning schedule: wake up around 4am, head downstairs to watch Looney Tunes for about 3-4 hours, eat a bowl of cereal, head outside and shoot hoops in the driveway for an hour-ish, and then culminate the morning with a new episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I don’t think I could script a better start to any weekend.
Being that we’re almost 5 months away from the release of the new movie, I thought I’d rank the Power Rangers from my favorite to least favorite. Keep in mind that these rankings only focus on the original Power Rangers and Zords.
1. Green Ranger/White Ranger (Tommy Oliver)
Power Coin & Zord: Dragon/Tiger
Women wanted him and men wanted to be him. The perfect combination of bad boy and hero. He may have been evil at first, but that was out of his control and he more than made up for it. He sacrificed more for the good of the Power Rangers and mankind than any other ranger, all while he was hooking up with Kimberly, a coworker who happened to be the hottest chick in Angel Grove. If that’s not enough to make him #1 in your eyes, can you say “ponytail”?
2. Black Ranger (Zack Taylor)
Power Coin & Zord: Mastodon
The Black Ranger was probably the least appreciated and most reliable ranger. He gets major points for developing his own fighting style: Hip-Hop Kido (yup that actually happened, video below). Outside of martial arts, Zack was a normal dude and the only ranger to play regular team sports (basketball and football). He was actually better with the ladies than Tommy ever was, but not dumb enough to bang a fellow ranger. It’s like Zordon always says: “You don’t shit where you eat.”
3. Blue Ranger (Billy Cranston)
Power Coin & Zord: Triceratops
Billy was by far the smartest of the rangers, making up for his lesser fighting skills with a superior intellect. I originally had the yellow ranger in this spot, but Billy gets a bump for inventing multiple devices and enhancements for the rangers and the Command Center. Not to mention, Billy took pride in his nerd status and regularly rocked overalls.
4. Yellow Ranger (Trini Kwan)
Power Coin & Zord: Saber-Toothed Tiger
She was definitely the most good-hearted ranger, constantly putting others before herself. Trini was a popular girl at Angel Grove High School, but still treated everyone with respect. She was also almost as smart as Billy, often translating Billy’s science-talk for the other rangers when needed. And, hands down, she had the coolest zord and the most memorable morphing sequence.
5. Red Ranger (Jason Lee Scott)
Power Coin & Zord: Tyrannosaurus
OVERRATED DOUCHE BAG. Not the leader in my eye and an embarrassment to the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The amount of hate that I have for Jason is probably irrational and immature, but the heart hates what the heart hates.
6. Pink Ranger (Kimberly Ann Hart)
Power Coin & Zord: Pterodactyl
Yes, the Pink Ranger was hot and had an edge to her that the other rangers lacked, but Kimberly selfishly left the Power Rangers to pursue her gymnastics career at the Pan Global Games at the end of season 3. That type of egocentric behavior was not representative of the Power Ranger way, on top of being flat out disrespectful to Zordon and Alpha 5. For that, she is ranked last.
I originally set out to rank ALL the characters from the show, including the obvious Zordon, Alpha 5, Rita, Goldar, Lord Zedd, Bulk and Skull, but it didn’t make sense to include the rangers and supporting characters in the same list. Zordon is badass, though. If he was real and I didn’t have a brother, Zordon would totally be the best man at my wedding. In addition, I’d want to get married at the Power Rangers Command Center and have Alpha 5 officiate the wedding. Instead of “I do”, my bride and I would both yell “IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME!” and then Alpha 5 would say “aye yai yai yai yai yai yai” while he waved his hands and I kissed the bride.
If this doesn’t get you pumped up at all, then you're empty inside and don’t have a soul...
