Tiger Shield?

[Green_With_Evil]

Ok, so the Green Ranger of MMPR had the Dragon Shield, which had special abilities that we've seen on-screen. The White Ranger also had a chest piece, but here's my question: did it ever have any special abilities, or was it just a cosmetic piece? What special abilities did it have, if any?

[PhoenixRenja]

nothing. it was just a shield. never was mentioned something about it in the show.

[Jiemusu]

White Ranger's suit was a Dairanger suit while Green Ranger's was a Zyuranger suit. WHILE it's true that the Kibaranger was a wildcard ranger in Dairanger, and that the other five rangers were the main team, the five main Dairanger costumes do not exist in the PR universe... technically.

So my answer is, it's a different design, the Tiger Shield is part of the costume and is unique only to that costume and design (seeing as it was the ONLY Dairanger costume in the PR universe); the Dragon shield, although still technically part of the Green Ranger's costume specifically, was generalized to all Zyuranger costume designs, it was transferable.

Basically, all shields have the power to protect. But because the Dragon shield was transferable, it has skills brought with it such as extra protection, reflective aura, energizing of ranger power and zord power. White Ranger's shield stays only on the White Ranger, who is a stronger ranger anyway, and most of the skills come from Saba. So no, as far as we can tell, it's just a regular shield that protects from attacks.

[DTGR]

Nope, it's a plain old shield. Like the Gold Ranger's shield but not as cool

[DarkProject]

I seem to recall seeing a PR guidebook that showed White Ranger w/o the shield. It showed the underneath having the same white diamonds as the Zyuranger costumes, implying that in the PR universe, it was just a variation on the originals. It should be transferable by that logic.

BTW, Gold ranger's shield was the best.

[<GR>]

true, the whiteranger shield had no powers. But could green ranger talk to his weapon :p

[GnomeBandit622]

No, but he could blow into it and play music... every one knows thatis cooler XD

[Jiemusu]

I seem to recall seeing a PR guidebook that showed White Ranger w/o the shield. It showed the underneath having the same white diamonds as the Zyuranger costumes, implying that in the PR universe, it was just a variation on the originals. It should be transferable by that logic.

BTW, Gold ranger's shield was the best.

Is it a canon guidebook? If not, it can't be transferable.

I mean guidebooks have the rangers coin symbols on their chests, and Tommy's coin symbol (instead of a dragon foot) is a dragons head (that sort of looks like a Stegosaurus).

[Hear All]

I think the chest piece is important though, because in "White Light" when Alpha is creating the White Ranger he is considered incomplete without the shield

[Ecliptor_knight]

Sure it may not have had the semi-mystical nature of the Green Ranger shield but IMO it looked pretty cool...

[Nyteshade Ranger]

It was non transferable and appeared to me to be more like a vest then a shield like the green rangers was.

If memory serves. Green rangers "shield was more like a upper torso cover with shoulderpads, where as the White Rangers "shield" covered his entire upper torso.

If the above is correct then it leads me to believe that it would be more difficult to make transferability of the white ranger chest piece feasible then it was to make the Green Rangers.

[Green_With_Evil]

I just found it a bit odd that it didn't really have any powers in-story like the Dragon Shield.

[Nyteshade Ranger]

I think it didn't have any powers like the dragon shield because it wasn't actually a shield. Rite prolly created the green ranger power with the shield because it was a 5 on 1 situation when he faught the power rangers and as suhc would need the extra protection.

[Platinum Ranger]

Rite prolly created the green ranger power with the shield because it was a 5 on 1 situation when he faught the power rangers and as suhc would need the extra protection.

If I recall correctly, Rita did not create Tommy's powers. She simply had a sixth power coin.

[Jiemusu]

As far as we know, Ninjor was the creator of the Power Coins, Zordon was in pocession them, and Rita stole the Dragon coin from Zordon.

[«*Ж¦-Pħåzε‽-¦Ж*»]

I just found it a bit odd that it didn't really have any powers in-story like the Dragon Shield.

Well, with the Dragon Shield, it was a way to extend the presence of the Green Ranger after his powers were lost (in both MMPR and Zyu). But with the White Ranger, since he was a very center focused character (which you can not say about the Green Ranger) he did not need to have these superfluous additions to his powers, because he was as present as the Red Ranger, if not more.

[DTGR]

Yeah, but does the dragon coin still exist? Seeing as the evil Tommy clone stayed in the past WITH the coin.

[«*Ж¦-Pħåzε‽-¦Ж*»]

Yeah, but does the dragon coin still exist? Seeing as the evil Tommy clone stayed in the past WITH the coin.

I think it is assumed either to not exist, or to be drained of its powers, rendering it useless. Though considering the thin string that we consider cannon in the PR Universe, you can never know what could be revived in the story.

[Green_With_Evil]

Yeah, but does the dragon coin still exist? Seeing as the evil Tommy clone stayed in the past WITH the coin.

As far as we know, it's still floating around out there. The powers were fully restored, but like you said, Tom took it with him into the past. So I'd say it's a safe bet that it's still somewhere on Earth, fully functional. I'm surprised the current writers have yet to exploit that, what with them bringing back old Rangers so much.

[Jiemusu]

Yeah, but does the dragon coin still exist? Seeing as the evil Tommy clone stayed in the past WITH the coin.

We don't know where the Wizard of Deception got the working coin from. He could have gone back in time and stolen a fully powered and active Dragon coin to give to the Tommy clone. We don't know.

[Green_With_Evil]

We don't know where the Wizard of Deception got the working coin from. He could have gone back in time and stolen a fully powered and active Dragon coin to give to the Tommy clone. We don't know.

How he got the coin, I don't know. I assume that he just thiefed it, as going into the past to retrieve it would deny Tommy his Green Ranger powers in the first place.
If I remember correctly, Zedd somehow harnessed the energies previously believed to have been destroyed to re-energize the coin, pumping it back to its full power. It's been a while since I've seen the episode, but I think Tom stayed morphed as the Green Ranger even after the Wizard of Deception was destroyed, so I'm pretty sure the coin was connected to the morphing grid instead of being powered by dark magic.

Which I have a theory about: the Dragon Coin was linked to the morphing grid while Tommy was good, so it may have retained that link even after it was de-powered. It just didn't have the fuel to connect. Kind of like a laptop that can connect to wifi, but doesn't have battery power. When it was returned to full power again by Zedd (assuming he used the energies of the shattered crystal), it re-connected to the morphing grid in the same way a computer with a dead battery would connect to wireless internet once you plugged in the AC cord.
Of course, my knowledge of the morphing grid and how it works is limited, so I could be wrong. But that's my running theory.

[Red Master]

Green_With_Evil
I'm surprised the current writers have yet to exploit that, what with them bringing back old Rangers so much.

Umm your acting like former rangers come back like every four episodes or so.
Tommy and Jason came back in diffirent seasons,DT & Zeo respectivly,without their old powers.Forever Red & Once a Ranger were special events.How does that qualifiy as "so much"?

That would be hella random.Imagine writes in this coversation.....
Writer A-Hey i have a perfect idea,lets have Cole come back in some episodes of JF!
Writer B-WTF! are you on meth?
Writer C-Is A Retaded?
Writer D-I like milk.That could totally work A.
B to C-Let get out of here before we get infected too.

[Jiemusu]

How he got the coin, I don't know. I assume that he just thiefed it, as going into the past to retrieve it would deny Tommy his Green Ranger powers in the first place.
If I remember correctly, Zedd somehow harnessed the energies previously believed to have been destroyed to re-energize the coin, pumping it back to its full power. It's been a while since I've seen the episode, but I think Tom stayed morphed as the Green Ranger even after the Wizard of Deception was destroyed, so I'm pretty sure the coin was connected to the morphing grid instead of being powered by dark magic.

That's what I thought. If it was Zedd recharging the coin, he would have demorphed when the Wizard was destroyed.

The only logical explanation that strikes me out is time travel and co-existing timelines that both exist but do not affect each other, a dimensional warp. 'Mirai Trunks' style. When the actions take place in a parallel timeline where the present will not be affected.

Which I have a theory about: the Dragon Coin was linked to the morphing grid while Tommy was good, so it may have retained that link even after it was de-powered. It just didn't have the fuel to connect. Kind of like a laptop that can connect to wifi, but doesn't have battery power. When it was returned to full power again by Zedd (assuming he used the energies of the shattered crystal), it re-connected to the morphing grid in the same way a computer with a dead battery would connect to wireless internet once you plugged in the AC cord.
Of course, my knowledge of the morphing grid and how it works is limited, so I could be wrong. But that's my running theory.

Nah, I agree with it, it seems well thought out. I can't see any flaws.

[«*Ж¦-Pħåzε‽-¦Ж*»]

Umm your acting like former rangers come back like every four episodes or so.
Tommy and Jason came back in diffirent seasons,DT & Zeo respectivly,without their old powers.Forever Red & Once a Ranger were special events.How does that qualifiy as "so much"?

That would be hella random.Imagine writes in this coversation.....
Writer A-Hey i have a perfect idea,lets have Cole come back in some episodes of JF!
Writer B-WTF! are you on meth?
Writer C-Is A Retaded?
Writer D-I like milk.That could totally work A.
B to C-Let get out of here before we get infected too.

No I believe the writers are like:
A- What can we do to boost up ratings in PRJF?
B- Bring back Cole from Wild Force?
A- Who's Cole?
C- What's Wild Force?
D- What's Power Rangers?

I think you're assuming that the writers have actually watched more than one old episode of PR, and aren't just scab writers.

[Green_With_Evil]

The only logical explanation that strikes me out is time travel and co-existing timelines that both exist but do not affect each other, a dimensional warp. 'Mirai Trunks' style. When the actions take place in a parallel timeline where the present will not be affected.

I have another theory (oh those theories :p): Zedd knew that retrieving the Dragon Coin from the past would negate much of what occurred back then, assuming there is not a parallel timeline. Zedd is an intelligent being, and while destruction and chaos are part of his primary goal, a time paradox is far too unpredictable. So I'm guessing he had the Wizard of Deception visit his Otherworld dimension to right after Tommy shatters the crystal, retrieving the remains. I'm assuming they'd still have the power of the Dragon Coin; residual effects, and all. Once the pieces were returned to Zedd, he'd be able to harness the residual power and transfer it into the Dragon Coin (which I maintain that Zedd either thiefed or that it was left in the Otherworld by Tommy, by accident or because he knew it was useless). He could then give the fully-functional coin to the clone Tom, who could use it to its full power.

[Zeo_Dragonzord]

Wild and woolly discussion here. But I say this: the Tiger Shield looked cooler than the Dragon Shield in spite of its apparent non-functional status. However the Gold Ranger Shield looked cooler than either of them. Imagine if the Gold Ranger Shield was transferable and then imagine Tommy in it.

[Hear All]

Wild and woolly discussion here. But I say this: the Tiger Shield looked cooler than the Dragon Shield in spite of its apparent non-functional status. However the Gold Ranger Shield looked cooler than either of them. Imagine if the Gold Ranger Shield was transferable and then imagine Tommy in it.

No way dude, the Super Sentai version of the Green Ranger Sheild was the best looking for sure

[Nyteshade Ranger]

I have another theory (oh those theories :p): Zedd knew that retrieving the Dragon Coin from the past would negate much of what occurred back then, assuming there is not a parallel timeline. Zedd is an intelligent being, and while destruction and chaos are part of his primary goal, a time paradox is far too unpredictable. So I'm guessing he had the Wizard of Deception visit his Otherworld dimension to right after Tommy shatters the crystal, retrieving the remains. I'm assuming they'd still have the power of the Dragon Coin; residual effects, and all. Once the pieces were returned to Zedd, he'd be able to harness the residual power and transfer it into the Dragon Coin (which I maintain that Zedd either thiefed or that it was left in the Otherworld by Tommy, by accident or because he knew it was useless). He could then give the fully-functional coin to the clone Tom, who could use it to its full power.

I think by far this is the best possible theory as to what had happened. Zedd was evil but he was no fool.