Green Ranger

## Overview

**Dr. Thomas "Tommy" Oliver** is the longest-serving Power Ranger of all time. He started as a transfer student at Angel Grove High School where he inherited the Green Lantern Coin from Rita Repulsa after she was launched into the moon, becoming the **Green Ranger.**

## History

### Early life

Little is known about Tommy's early life other than he was adopted by the Oliver family at a young age with nothing known about his biological family. For an unknown reason, Tommy Marshall lost his family and lived alone. On his third night living in the streets by himself, he trusted another homeless person to keep watch as he slept, and consequently lost his wallet and belongings. Soon 'til about the age of 7, Tommy met his friend Tyler and eventually was taken in by an orphanage, until he was adopted by his mother.

Tommy is a new student to Angel Grove who was chosen by Rita Repulsa to become her own evil Green Ranger. He was eventually stopped by the Power Rangers who broke Rita's spell over him. When he came to, Tommy realized all the damage he'd done and felt terrible, but Jason assured him it was only because of Rita's spell. Tommy decided to join the Power Rangers as their sixth ranger, much to the confusion of the Angel Grove citizens . Despite their welcome, Tommy continues to feel like an outsider and has been haunted by Rita's presence.

His brother, David, was adopted by Sam Trueheart although the two would not meet until Tommy was 18. At some point in his life, Tommy took an interest in martial arts, mainly karate, and he later became a master at it.

### Mighty Morphin Era

#### A Chance Inheritance

Initially, Tommy was more of a loner; though he joins the other Rangers in some activities, he often leaves to go to karate practice and other martial arts up to and including a karate commercial. As the battles increased, Tommy became closer to the team and formed friendships with them. He admired Zack's sense of fun, Trini's dedication, and Billy's intelligence. He also had a crush on Kimberly and they eventually started dating.

Tommy's friendship with Jason takes a little longer to develop. In the beginning, there's a rivalry between him and Jason as both are equally skilled at martial arts. After joining the Ranger though, Tommy constantly tries to show up Jason. Zordon is aware of the problem and sends the two on a mission to recover special blasters protected by the Zord called Titanus (who becomes a powerhouse of the team) to defeat Rita's Super Putties. It is there that Tommy and Jason learn to work together. The two form a deep bond and begin teaching martial arts together as well as competing together. Tommy takes in a lot of Jason's leadership skills which would help him in the long road ahead.

#### White Light

While swimming at the lake one afternoon before announcing his return, a beam of light surrounds Tommy and he is teleported to the Command Center. Zordon and Alpha reveal their plans of creating a new Ranger off-screen and, because this Ranger is going to be created from the White Light of Good, it will be impossible for the darkness to control him or steal his powers. Tommy is the perfect candidate to take on the powers for his bravery and determination from his Green Ranger days. When the other Rangers are teleported to the Command Center, Tommy reveals himself to be the new White Ranger with a sentient sword named Saba. Upon his introduction to the team, Zordon announces that Tommy has now become the new leader of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. However, Nimrod the Scarlet Sentinel (who leads the Scarlet Sentinels, are three monsters easily able to defeat the Thunder Megazord with one attack) returns and the damage to the Thunderzords and the potential return of Rita Repulsa from her imprisonment forces Tommy to fight it alone). He would control the White Tigerzord with the help of Saba. Immediately after arriving, Tommy immediately summons the new White Tigerzord although it initially lacks proper control due to Saba’s inexperience. They quickly get their acts together and mount the Zord before Tommy enters the cockpit and changes it into Warrior Mode. Though they thrash Nimrod, the Sentinels are too strong and they force the Tigerzord back into Tiger Mode and eject Tommy. As the Scarlet Sentinels advance on his Zord, Tommy calls for help from Jason and gets the White Tigerzord back on its feet as the Red Dragon Thunderzord arrives and it rides the Tigerzord into battle, turning the tide by jabbing AC and DC aside with its staff and slashing Nimrod across her waist. AC and DC charged and Nimrod barraged the two with her energy balls but they were unfazed and Tommy has the Red Dragon Thunderzord eject from the White Tigerzord. Tommy then re-enters his Zord and turns it back into Warrior Mode before the Unicorn, Griffin, Lion and Firebird Thunderzords arrive with Zordon having apparently sent them through remote control. Tommy has the Zords combine which forms the new Mega Tigerzord which slays the Scarlet Sentinels.

#### New Friends

During a day of roller blading in the park, Tommy, Kim, and Billy meet and assist three teens from Stone Canyon High - Rocky DeSantos, Adam Park, and Aisha Campbell - in helping save their teacher's infant son as he and his stroller went down a hill. They quickly make friends with the new teens and are later surprised when they win a ninja tournament.

When the Teen World Summit came to Angel Grove, Jason, Zack, and Trini are chosen as representatives for the peace conferences in Switzerland. Their replacements turned out to be none other than Rocky, Adam, and Aisha. For the power transfer, Tommy led the Rangers to a distant planet to retrieve the Sword of Light before Zedd tried to destroy the planet with Serpentera. They succeeded and Tommy used the sword while Jason, Zack, and Trini transferred their powers to Rocky, Adam, and Aisha. Tommy was sad to see his old friends go but glad that the new Rangers were here to help.

### The Power Transfer

Sometime after Tommy starts leading the team, Jason, Zack and Trini were selected to go to a peace conference and they accepted. The Rangers then went on to retrieve the Sword of Light, an ancient artifact covered in dazzling jewels located on the Deserted Planet in the Furthest Galaxy, before Zedd tried to destroy the planet with Serpentera. The sword had the ability to transfer and copy the Powers and Power Coins from existing Power Rangers to new ones. It was used to transfer the powers from Jason, Zack and Trini, to Rocky, Adam and Aisha.

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Tommy and the new team would later face Dayne, a Sirian bounty hunter that was hired by Lord Zedd, during their fight Tommy would be brutally beaten leaving him out of commission. While the other five Rangers faced Dayne again they would be rescued by a mysterious team of Rangers called the Omega Rangers. Tommy and the rest would later see that the Omegas defeated Lord Zedd on the Moon Palace, Tommy was then attacked by Kiya, the Omega Blue Ranger, as she confused him with Lord Drakkon.

### In College

After his tenure as a Ranger was over, Tommy went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he decided to get a Doctorate in Paleontology, a fascination brought on by his days with the dinosaur inspired Mighty Morphin' team. While researching fossils, Tommy found the Red, Blue, and Yellow Dino Gems, remnants of the asteroid which killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. After learning the power the gems contained, Tommy knew they would be misused if in the wrong hands, so he hid them.

While he was in college, Tommy met Hayley Ziktor, who helped him create the Dino Morphers, which could harness the gems' power to create the Dino Thunder Power Rangers. He was also partners with Terrence "Smitty" Smith and Dr. Anton Mercer on a dinosaur-related project that would lead to the creation of the Tyrannodrones, Raptor Riders and the Biozords.

A horrible lab accident turned Mercer into Mesogog, who seized the project's creations, including the Tyrannodrones, attempted to capture and/or kill Tommy and destroyed the island they'd been working on. Tommy, who was unaware that Mesogog was Mercer, started to work on the Dino Thunder powers with Hayley, in case Mesogog resurfaced. Tommy also lost contact with Smitty after Anton chose Tommy over him, but was unaware that he, too, had a lab accident, becoming Zeltrax.

## Personality

Brave, strong-willed, and dedicated, Tommy is an individual that very few people would be foolish enough to provoke. Possessed of an all-or-nothing mentality, Tommy is willing to sacrifice everything he has for the sake of his goals. It was likely for this reason that Rita chose him as her Green Ranger while she had control of the Green Power Coin. A serious and focused martial artist, Tommy is quick to criticize himself, and works hard to improve in any way he can, making him a danger not only to his enemies, but himself as well. He often goes beyond his limits, such as coping with his dwindling connection to Rita who continued to wage psychological warfare on the young man and sow the seeds of dissent and doubt in his mind.

Tommy also suffers from a fear that he will not fit in with the other Rangers due to his history as a brainwashed slave to Rita and as their former enemy, and that the bad blood between him and the other Rangers still persists. Tommy also deeply fears that he may become like his alternate timeline counterpart, the Green/White Ranger, Lord Drakkon, who killed his own reality's Jason and Billy. Due to being different iterations of the same person, Tommy is terrified at the image of the person he might or might not become, the idea of committing such terrible acts visibly disturbing, if not traumatizing him.

Tommy is hotheaded like many men his age, and is prone to fighting with his teammates when his loyalties are thrown into question. These fights are most commonly with Zack and Jason due to their respective histories as the first Ranger Rita offered the Green Coin to and the Team Leader. Like Tommy, their combative personalities clash with Tommy's, unlike the more passive Kimberly, Trini, and Billy who Tommy is far more agreeable and friendly with.

Though not the tech wiz that Billy is, Tommy is still quick to react and strategize on the fly, such as protecting his mother from Scorpina by teleporting the crazed warrior far from his home with barely a moment to spare or giving up his powers to use his own Power Coin to restore his teammate's powers after the Black Dragon severed their connection to the Morphin Grid.

Following his death, Tommy's consciousness was preserved inside the Morphin Grid. As he watched Drakkon ravage the multiverse, he understood the truth: that in each world that had a Tommy Oliver, they were all good people, except for one: Drakkon. Armed with this undeniable truth about himself, Tommy's will became unstoppable, and proceeded to wear down Drakkon's mind in the new reality. Due to this newfound conviction, Tommy managed to break his alternate self in a duel within the Heart of the Master. Now a man come full circle, Tommy was calm enough to remain in control, and mature enough to offer mercy and friendship to the man who had taken his life. Confident in his decision to reboot the world before the Shattered Grid campaign, and he and Kim finally came to terms with their feelings, kissing before the world was made anew.

Despite being merely a man, Tommy Oliver has walked through darkness, braved the nature of evil, and even offered a hand of friendship to a sworn enemy. He was an outsider who found his place among the Rangers, becoming the remarkable man he could have only become with those who stood beside him through all his troubles.

### Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Enhanced speed:**
* **Enhanced strength:**
* **Resistance to injury:**
* **Resistance to magical spells:**

##### Attacks

* **Volatile Blast**: He can also reflect light and use the reflection as a volatile blast.

#### Abilities

* **Speed Martial Arts:** He can execute high-speed martial arts moves with added metal-like impact.