Erin Tucker

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**Erin Tucker** is **Discovery White**, the White Ranger of the Discovery Rangers. The second-youngest member of the group at 19 years old, she was a college student and an assistant to her father, Dr. Richard Tucker, a physicist working at Discovery Corps who was killed in a quantum experiment gone wrong. She would later join the Isis III mission, serving as its science officer.

She is also referred to as **White Discovery Ranger** - a variation of her label in the show.

## Character History

### Background

Erin is the daughter of Dr. Richard Tucker, a physicist and scientific liason to Discovery. In "Peak Pressure", it was revealed that, as a young girl, Erin was said to be a crybaby, suffering from social anxiety disorder and struggling to fit in with other people, resulting in her often being picked on by her peers. She was then educated at a prestigious college, and despite receiving high grades and being perfectly educated, she still found herself being unable to fit in with others. In addition to her education, she worked with her father and convinced him to support the Isis II expedition.

## Personality

Erin is very quiet, reserved and somewhat withdrawn - she is often seen as a loner amongst her peers. A very timid and shy girl, Erin usually comes across as stoic and gruff, not to mention blunt and direct, showing very little emotion or excitement. Despite this, she doesn't hesitate to help her teammates, and has, specifically for Jimmy, Daniel, and to a lesser extent, Michael, verbally defended them. Much of her distant nature is shown to have come from her troubled upbringing - having grown up teased due to her inability to fit in with others due to her social anxiety, only made worse by her father's death, and her initial lack of self-confidence in regards to fulfilling the mission her father had trained for. Of the five Rangers, Erin's wellbeing has them concerned the most, and her teammates are trying their hardest to help her fit in and make her feel part of the team as much as they can.

As Erin and Jimmy are the youngest of the Discovery Rangers, they share, despite their vastly different personalities, a very strong bond; several episodes focus on their friendship. Their friendship dates back in "United We Stand", where the two quickly bonded while taking the first lessons of their training. Since "When Rookies Attack", the two have since grown very close and protective of each other, and Erin considers Jimmy to be her best friend, acting like a sisterly figure to him. When one is feeling stressed, one will try to cheer the other up. Erin is Jimmy's staunchest supporter and readily goes along with his plans, despite how reckless they often are. By extension, Erin credits Jimmy for helping her overcome her social anxiety and feels that he is the only person she can actually talk to about her problems. The older crew members were however, suspicious that Jimmy may have feelings for Erin, which is eventually made true when she and Jimmy are revealed to have begun dating since the supposed defeats of Xenu and Scermazu.

Erin had a strong love towards her father; she had a very hard time accepting her father's death, and subsequently found it difficult to get close to anyone prior to the Isis III mission. She is also shown to be very sensitive and easy to anger, and especially dislikes seeing the other rangers arguing, and therefore has even broken down crying - where usually Jimmy comforts her. The extent of her shyness can be seen when she was seen hiding behind a sofa in the Discovery Ops area when the Rangers were introduced to the Super Mega Rangers. She was also shown to be the same way when the Dino Fury Rangers came to visit.

## Power and Abilities

* **Instinctian Power:** As a result of being imbued with a portion of the spirit of Master Beria during Xenu's reawakening, Erin gained the following abilities:
	+ **Taste:** Erin possesses a strong sense of taste, being able to tell the multiple fruits within a slushie apart (In actuality, tigers are understood to possess a limited number of taste buds compared to the amount possessed by the more omnivorous humans due to their strictly carnivorous diet). Jimmy even noted at one point that he shares his mother's cupcakes with Erin as a means to demonstrate that ability.
	+ **Telepathy**

## Discovery White

* Default
* Primal Exertion

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**Arsenal**

* Omnimorpher
* Primal Defender

**Zord**

* Tiger Omnizord
* Gorilla Omnizord (remote zord; joint w/ Green)

**Attacks**

* **Mega Instinct Blast:** After pressing the trigger on the Primal Defender to charge up its energy, Erin shoots a spinning cube shaped energy blast, similar to the Primal Defender's normal projectile but larger and more solid.
* **Instinct Slash:** After pressing the trigger on the Primal Defender to charge up its energy, Erin and the other Rangers transform into a giant claw which slashes the opponent.

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In her **Primal Exertion** form, the White Ranger gains enhanced agility along with large feline claw gauntlets that can scratch and slash her opponents. She also can fling energy blades from her claws that can hit a target from a distance.

Erin, along with the other rangers in their Primal Exertion forms, is able to channel her power along with Discovery Red - Gorilla Form's power into a gigantic fist that the Red Ranger can use to smash down onto the enemy in his **Dynamic Gorilla Fist** attack.

**Arsenal**

* Omnimorpher
* Primal Defender

**Zords**

* Tiger Omnizord
* Gorilla Omnizord (remote zord; joint w/ Green)

## Trivia

* She is the first female White Ranger since Alyssa Enrilé from Wild Force to do two things:
	+ Have a white (Siberian) tiger motif.
	+ Be in an anniversary season.
* She is the youngest White Ranger in Power Rangers history.
* Although Erin did have a solo morph at one point, she is the second regular Ranger next to Katie Walker from Time Force not to have her morphing sequence shown alone.
* Erin is the first White Ranger in the Hasbro Era.
* Her personality is very similar to Dillon from RPM.
* She shares similarities to Emily (Samurai) from Samurai/Super Samurai.
* In many episodes, Erin will wear black clothes instead of white.
* Erin is the third female White Ranger without multiple pink accents on her suit (minus the eyes on the helmet), preceded by Delphine from Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers and Udonna from Mystic Force.
* Erin is the first female ranger since Jen Scotts from Time Force never to have worn long pants in her civilian attire besides her Discovery uniform.
	+ As such, her civilian attire is somewhat similar to Kasumi Momochi (MomoNinger) from the 2015 Sentai series Ninninger.
* Erin shares a lot in common with her teammate Daniel. They are are both feline-based Rangers, the most mature members of the group, and have lost a family member (Erin lost her father, while Daniel lost his younger brother).
* Erin likes reading books. She can be seen reading in the Discovery Ops command area during the Rangers’ downtime in several episodes, especially in early episodes.
* Erin's quiet, timid and stoic personality contrasts to Amu who is sweet, kind-hearted and cheerful.
* Because Jimmy and Erin were side-lined in the series' early episodes, and not fully accepted into the team until "The Sweet Sound of Fear", it is debatable weather they are both considered Additional Rangers.
* In the episode "A Discovery Exclusive", it is revealed that Erin is of Irish descent.

## See also

* Amu - *Super Sentai* counterpart in *Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger*. see comparison page. (As White Ranger and primary counterpart)
* Tusk - *Super Sentai* counterpart in *Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger*. see comparison page. (some personality traits)

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