Power Rangers: Wild Force
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Power Rangers: Wild Force is considered to be the tenth incarnation of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series, despite the fact that it is only the ninth unique incarnation (The original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ran for three seasons, while Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers is widely considered to be part of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers). Fans of the series often refer to this incarnation as PRWF. It is based on the Super Sentai series Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger (100 Beasts Task Force Growl Ranger)
Power Rangers: Wild Force takes place in 2002, continuing the tradition of having the incarnation taking place the year it was released. The first part of the series was originally broadcast on the Fox Kids children's television block, but was later moved to the ABC Kids children's television block in mid-season following the buyout of the Power Rangers franchise by Disney.
The series was unique in the fact that the villians are called 'Orgs', much like in Gaoranger. Even the monsters the Power Rangers had to defeat mostly had no name changes in the transition.
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Synopsis
The series follows the adventure of Cole Evans, who had been staying with a tribe for many years, as he tries to find his destiny in the fictitious town of Turtle Cove. He encounters the Animarium, a place that many believed to be a fairy tale. He joins four others who had a common path to become the new leader of the Wild Force Power Rangers.
The Power Rangers use their powers to defeat the forces of the Orgs, led by one Master Org. As Cole was fond of animals, he was shocked to discover that the Orgs were heartless creatures. As the series continues, he finds the truth about his real parents: his parents, Richard and Elizabeth Evans, were professors at Turtle Cove University, along with a family friend, Viktor Adler. When they were sent to the jungle for research, they discover the remains of Master Org, in which a jealous Adler consumes in order to exact revenge on Richard, who had proposed to Elizabeth before he could. However, Adler goes insane, and kills both Richard and Elizabeth. For a while, their newborn son, Cole, was also presumed dead.
Special Episodes
The annual team-up episodes saw the Wild Force Rangers team up with the Time Force Rangers in order to stop three mutant Orgs (the Mut-Orgs) from polluting the Earth. These episodes are special as it contained numerous references to various longtime fans of Power Rangers. Fans generally consider this teamup one of the best, due to the fact that the episode was written by a member of the fandom who was later hired to write for Wild Force, and the fact that the teamup brought closure to several plotholes in Time Force.
In addition to the annual team-up episodes, Power Rangers: Wild Force also had a special episode commemorating it as the tenth incarnation, by having Cole team up with the nine Red Rangers before him, (in order of incarnations, Jason Lee Scott, Aurico, Thomas Oliver, Theodore J. Jarvis Johnson, Andros, Leo Corbett, Carter Grayson, Wesley Collins and Eric Myers), in order to defeat the Machine Empire one final time.
Rangers
- Cole Evans, the Blazing Lion (Red Ranger) and leader of the team (played by Ricardo Medina, Jr.)
- Taylor Earhardt, the Soaring Eagle (Yellow Ranger) and second in command (played by Alyson Kiperman)
- Max Cooper, the Surging Shark (Blue Ranger) (played by Phillip Jeanmarie)
- Danny Delgado, the Iron Bison (Black Ranger) (played by Juan Guzman)
- Alyssa Enrilé, the Noble Tiger (White Ranger) (played by Jessica Rey)
- Merrick Baliton, the Howling Wolf (Lunar Wolf Ranger) (played by Phillip Andrew)
Allies
- Princess Shayla, guardian of the Animarium (played by Ann Marie Crouch)
- Power Rangers: Time Force
- Red Rangers
- Kite, the human incarnation of Animus.
Megazords
Information about the zords used in Power Rangers: Wild Force can be found in the article Wild zord. For completeness, the list of Megazords formed in the series is as follows:
- Wild Force Megazord
- Predazord
- Kongazord
- Isis Megazord
- Animus Megazord
- Pegasus Megazord
Villains
- Jindrax, Duke Org (played/voiced by Danny Wayne Stallcup)
- Toxica, Duke Org (played by Sin Wong)
- Master Org (played by Ilia Volok)
- Retinax, General Org & bodyguard (voiced by Michael Sorich)
- Nayzor, General Org (Voiced by Ken Merckx)
- Zen-Aku, Duke Org sealed in a mask (voiced by Lex Lang)
- Mandiblok, General Org