@KotCR

9 months ago

@1:04:46 I can tell you what happened to re-power Tommy in Return of an Old Friend. The show itself states, that when he touched the forcefield, it electrically charged him, essentially restoring his powers in a limited capacity. That's the simple short explanation. For the full explanation, now the show doesn't really explain this yet, but it certainly suggests it and becomes a clear and consistent point later in this season and later ones. Your Morphin' Energy is connected to your lifeforce. When you become a Power Ranger, they intertwine and join as one. This is taken to extremes in later seasons, like Lightspeed's Lifeforce Megazord almost killing the Rangers with use, or Venjix exploiting this connection in RPM to essentially "delete" Gem and Gemma from existence by tapping into the Morphin' Grid and removing their Ranger energy. The 2017 movie played on this too with the Ranger's Morphing Energy being used to revive Billy, and Zordon's original plan being to use it to restore his own lifeforce and revive himself. But coming back to MMPR, this connection means Tommy's life force getting charged, would also help charge his Ranger powers - and also explains why he get's so physically weak when his Ranger powers start to falter. Weak powers, weak life force, genuine danger of death. Another final detail people miss. The Green Candle didn't destroy the Green Ranger powers, it was explicitly stated it stole them. Not gone, just relocated. Away from the Green Power Coin and into Rita. This is also why it was important that Jason link the Dragon Coin to his own Tyrannosaurus Coin, to prevent Rita reclaiming and then utilising the powers fully (suit and zord included). Zordon stated it was necessary to stop her using them again . So, the forcefield that re-energized Tommy, was probably created from the very same energy from the Green Power Coin Rita had previously stole via the Green Candle. Essentially letting some of it return to where it belonged when Tommy made physical contact with the forcefield. It's not really relevant yet, but the fact the Green Ranger power was stolen, and not destroyed, is exactly why in Season 2's Return of the Green Ranger, Zedd and Rita can just reactivate the powers just like that. Because all she would need to do is funnel that stolen power back into the coin where it actually belongs. Finally, this is also probably how the Green Rangers powers are working just fine again when Tommy makes guest appearances in later seasons. Rita's defeat at the end of In Space, would probably mean the stolen Green Ranger powers returned to exactly where they belong, because in Power Rangers that's always what happens when a villain or monster is defeated. Whatever curse they placed is lifted, whatever physiological changes they made to an object is reversed, and most importantly here - whatever power they stole is returned to where it belongs. So this is a consistent in-universe explanation following the rules of the universe the show has always taken place in that clearly and consistently explains how the Green Ranger powers eventually return to full strength.

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