Are ranger colors supposed to be ranks?

PRdude · 12/01/00, 03:29 PM

At another message board, someone commented about
how Rocky was "demoted" to blue in Zeo. Then, someone
spoke out and said that ranger colors don't always have
to indicate ranks. However, I could understand why
anybody would think that ranger colors are ranks, since
Red Rangers are usually the leaders, unless if
there's a White Ranger somewhere. In MMPR, Jason
was the leader as the Red Ranger. Then when Tommy
changed from green to white, he became the leader. That
might not have been so bad since Jason was going to
leave anyway, and then be replaced by Rocky. Some would
agree that Rocky's character wouldn't make him a good
leader anyway. Then, in MMAR, Delphine was the White
Alien Ranger, as well as the Alien Rangers leader.
Aurico could have been the leader as the Red Alien
Ranger, but Saban must have been staying true to how
Kakuranger works. In Kakuranger (MMAR's Sentai counterpart),
the White Ranger is also the leader instead of the
Red Ranger. In Zeo, the rangers were
identified mostly by number than color. Kat was Zeo Ranger
1, Tanya was Zeo Ranger 2, and Tommy, the leader,
was Zeo Ranger 5. Five is the highest number out of
the others. Rocky seemed second to Tommy in MMPR when
he was the Red Ranger, but now that so-called
"second-in-command" position seemed to have gone to Adam. When Tommy
would leave the Zeo Megazord to pilot the Red
Battlezord, Adam would always take Tommy's front seat, and
he's Zeo Ranger 4. The numbers that the rangers were
given were probably from the symbols on their helmets.
Kat (Zeo Ranger 1), had an oval on her helmet, Tanya
(Zeo Ranger 2) had two lines, Rocky (Zeo Ranger 3) had
a triangle, Adam (Zeo Ranger 4) had a quadrangle,
and Tommy (Zeo Ranger 5) had a five-pointed star. The
Gold Ranger could have been called Zeo Ranger 6
because of the shape on his helmet, but then that would
probably look like he outranks Tommy. In Turbo, the
rangers had numbers on their suits. Tommy and T.J. had
the number 1 on their suit, Kat and Cassie had the
number 5, and Justin had the number 2. I couldn't
picture Justin as a second-in-command to Tommy and T.J.
If anything, Adam and Carlos would be better. Toei
might have used a ranking system in Carranger (Turbo's
Sentai counterpart), but it probably wasn't of any
significance in Turbo. In Megaranger (Space's Sentai
counterpart), it was the Black Ranger that was the leader, even
though Saban kept his tradition of Red Rangers being
leaders. T.J. who was the leader in Turbo, became the Blue
Ranger, which might have looked like a major demotion to
some of you, although it probably wasn't meant to be.
Two rangers change colors in this series once again.
In Zeo, Tommy went from white to red, Adam from
black to green, and Rocky from red to blue. In Space,
T.J. went from red to blue, and Carlos from green to
black. In incarnations like MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, and
Galaxy, you probably noticed that if one of the basic
five rangers isn't black, it's green, and vice-versa.
The sixth ranger would get the other
color. Gogo Five (Rescue's Sentai counterpart) might have
used a ranking system since the Red Ranger was number
1. However, in Saban's version, the Titanium
Lightspeed Ranger was number 6. I don't think that could
have meant that he's the ranger with the least power.
I always thought sixth rangers had the power of the
basic five rangers combined. In Timeranger, the
Pink Ranger is the leader. This will also be the case
in Time Force. If anything, ranking might have been
a part of Sentai series', and maybe Saban decided
to disregard that aspect in his versions. Even so,
it's difficult to ignore. Red seems to be the colors
that the leaders wear, unless there's a White Ranger.
The other four rangers could be just followrs, and
neither of them is better than the other. What do you
guys think?

12/01/00, 03:29 PM	#1
PRdude Ranger In Training Join Date: 06/15/05 Posts: 79	Are ranger colors supposed to be ranks? At another message board, someone commented about how Rocky was "demoted" to blue in Zeo. Then, someone spoke out and said that ranger colors don't always have to indicate ranks. However, I could understand why anybody would think that ranger colors are ranks, since Red Rangers are usually the leaders, unless if there's a White Ranger somewhere.<br><br>In MMPR, Jason was the leader as the Red Ranger. Then when Tommy changed from green to white, he became the leader. That might not have been so bad since Jason was going to leave anyway, and then be replaced by Rocky. Some would agree that Rocky's character wouldn't make him a good leader anyway. Then, in MMAR, Delphine was the White Alien Ranger, as well as the Alien Rangers leader. Aurico could have been the leader as the Red Alien Ranger, but Saban must have been staying true to how Kakuranger works. In Kakuranger (MMAR's Sentai counterpart), the White Ranger is also the leader instead of the Red Ranger.<br><br>In Zeo, the rangers were identified mostly by number than color. Kat was Zeo Ranger 1, Tanya was Zeo Ranger 2, and Tommy, the leader, was Zeo Ranger 5. Five is the highest number out of the others. Rocky seemed second to Tommy in MMPR when he was the Red Ranger, but now that so-called "second-in-command" position seemed to have gone to Adam. When Tommy would leave the Zeo Megazord to pilot the Red Battlezord, Adam would always take Tommy's front seat, and he's Zeo Ranger 4. The numbers that the rangers were given were probably from the symbols on their helmets. Kat (Zeo Ranger 1), had an oval on her helmet, Tanya (Zeo Ranger 2) had two lines, Rocky (Zeo Ranger 3) had a triangle, Adam (Zeo Ranger 4) had a quadrangle, and Tommy (Zeo Ranger 5) had a five-pointed star. The Gold Ranger could have been called Zeo Ranger 6 because of the shape on his helmet, but then that would probably look like he outranks Tommy.<br><br>In Turbo, the rangers had numbers on their suits. Tommy and T.J. had the number 1 on their suit, Kat and Cassie had the number 5, and Justin had the number 2. I couldn't picture Justin as a second-in-command to Tommy and T.J. If anything, Adam and Carlos would be better. Toei might have used a ranking system in Carranger (Turbo's Sentai counterpart), but it probably wasn't of any significance in Turbo.<br><br>In Megaranger (Space's Sentai counterpart), it was the Black Ranger that was the leader, even though Saban kept his tradition of Red Rangers being leaders. T.J. who was the leader in Turbo, became the Blue Ranger, which might have looked like a major demotion to some of you, although it probably wasn't meant to be. Two rangers change colors in this series once again. In Zeo, Tommy went from white to red, Adam from black to green, and Rocky from red to blue. In Space, T.J. went from red to blue, and Carlos from green to black. In incarnations like MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, and Galaxy, you probably noticed that if one of the basic five rangers isn't black, it's green, and vice-versa. The sixth ranger would get the other color.<br><br>Gogo Five (Rescue's Sentai counterpart) might have used a ranking system since the Red Ranger was number 1. However, in Saban's version, the Titanium Lightspeed Ranger was number 6. I don't think that could have meant that he's the ranger with the least power. I always thought sixth rangers had the power of the basic five rangers combined.<br><br>In Timeranger, the Pink Ranger is the leader. This will also be the case in Time Force. If anything, ranking might have been a part of Sentai series', and maybe Saban decided to disregard that aspect in his versions. Even so, it's difficult to ignore. Red seems to be the colors that the leaders wear, unless there's a White Ranger. The other four rangers could be just followrs, and neither of them is better than the other. What do you guys think?