“That guy’s a teacher, not Batman:” The original Green Ranger’s secret hideout confirmed how much Tommy Oliver was changing

Tommy Oliver assumed a “hit first, ask questions later” ranger Mighty morphine to a wise, resourceful mentor who even had his own secret Batcave Power Rangers Dino Thunder. It takes place seven years after Tommy and the others MMPR/Zeo The Rangers abandoned the team in the middle turbo, Dino Thunder wasn’t as self-contained as the other Disney seasons. While the 2004 show was a standalone story, it also functioned as a legacy sequel Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Thanks to the return of Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver.

Although Frank had already performed in 2002 Wild power One of the veteran Red Rangers from the Forever Red crossover, Tommy has not been a recurring character in the series since 1997 Power Rangers When we moved production to New Zealand and Disney switched to standalone seasons, it seemed like there was no room for a character like Tommy to return in a big way. However, not only Dino Thunder Bring back the original Green Ranger, but it also delivered a more mature version of Tommy that was significantly different from what we saw in the 1990s.

Tommy’s secret base in Dino Thunder showed how much he had changed

After years as a ranger, Tommy now operated behind the scenes

When Conner, Kira and Ethan begin to suspect that their high school teacher, Dr. Oliver is hiding a secret, the future Blue Ranger suggests that Tommy may have a secret base hidden beneath his office. Conner thinks this is absurd and says “That guy’s a teacher, not Batman.” Funnily enough, Tommy had a secret base, the Dino Lab. There, the former Power Ranger, who was now a paleontologist, hid not only his research results and other valuable items, but also the dino gems. When Conner, Kira and Ethan became Power Rangers, the Dino Lab became their headquarters.

The idea of ​​Tommy going on solo adventures and building a secret base where he could operate alone, keep an eye on potential threats, and ultimately mentor a new team of heroes was incredibly exciting. It was also very different from what we saw from the original Green Ranger in the Zordon era. While Tommy has been the leader of the team since his appointment as the White Ranger MMPR In Season 2, he never felt like he was the “brains” type – a role usually assigned to Billy.

Tommy’s role as “Zordon” in “Dino Thunder” was great character development

Tommy was a great mentor, although he wasn’t a great leader in the 1990s

Dino ThunderTommy was a more experienced, sophisticated version of the character, which was expected since the icon Power Rangers was older now. Still, it’s strange how much Tommy has developed and matured in just seven years. Tommy initially graduated from high school Power Rangers Turbo in 1997. By 2004, he already had a PhD in paleontology and was a high school teacher. Tommy sounded and acted a lot smarter too Dino Thunderwhich better reflected Jason David Frank’s age than when he and the other actors were in their late 20s and playing high school students.

A common criticism of Tommy’s character in the Zordon era is that he is not suited to the role of a leaderalthough he was naturally a cool and powerful character. Tommy was also criticized for hogging all the attention, especially after becoming the Red Ranger Zeo. Dino Thunder solved both problems by making Tommy the season’s “Zordon” – someone who would use his experience to guide the “teens with attitude.” Although Tommy became the Black Ranger in Episode 4, he never overshadowed the main trio of young Rangers.

We still don’t know much about what Tommy did between Turbo and Dino Thunder

Tommy must have been very busy between 1997 and 2004

Perhaps the strangest thing about how much Tommy changed between 1997 and 2004 is that we don’t know much about what happened in those seven years. Aside from Jason David Frank’s cameo Wild power, Power Rangers never showed what Tommy planned to do afterwards turbo. Of course, we know that he went to college, got his doctorate, and eventually became a teacher. Dino Thunder I noticed that too Tommy and Anton Mercer worked together on dinosaur DNA research years before the events of the series.

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Tommy must also have found time to act, as in “Forever Red” he had his Zeo powers at his disposal, suggesting he had either obtained his Zeo Crystal or was already using the Master Morpher – a concept only introduced in 2017 was introduced in “Dimensions in Danger,” but that could explain a lot of things in retrospect. Regardless of the timing confusion, we can assume that Tommy was pretty busy after finishing high school and that everything he went through in those seven years forged the man we saw him as Power Rangers Dino Thunder.

Power Rangers Dino Thunder is a television series that premiered in 2004 and served as the twelfth season of the Power Rangers series. The series is about three high school students who become superheroes called Dino Thunder Power Rangers and are tasked with saving the world from the evil Dr. Save Tommy Oliver and his henchmen.

Pour

James Napier, Kevin Duhaney, Emma Lahana, Jason David Frank, Jeffrey Parazzo

Release date

February 14, 2004

Seasons

1

Streaming service(s)

Pluto TV

writer

Douglas Sloan, Ann Austen

Directors

Charlie Haskell, Andrew Merrifield

Creator

Haim Saban, Shuki Levy

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