Zeo Power Rangers

The Zeo Rangers are a group of Rangers who derived their powers from the **Zeo Crystal** in order to battle the Machine Empire. Four of the five original Zeo Rangers were former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, while Tanya Sloan joined the team as the new Yellow Ranger. The group was eventually joined by the Gold Ranger, Trey of Triforia, who briefly passed his powers to original Red Ranger Jason Scott.

## Power History

Having managed to recover the fragments of the **Zeo Crystal** to undo Master Vile's time alteration spell, the Power Rangers found themselves bereft of their Power Coins and their Command Center. However, Zordon and Alpha 5 would then reveal the Power Chamber, a new base built under the old. Using the Zeo Crystals, they created new Morphers known as Zeonizers, which allowed the Rangers to take on new, more powerful forms. With Aisha Campbell having elected to leave the team and Billy Cranston taking on a supporting role, the role of Yellow Ranger was filled by Tanya Sloan and the four remaining Mighty Morphin Rangers, Tommy Oliver, Rocky DeSantos, Adam Park and Katherine Hillard are now joined by Tanya as each of their Zeo Crystals transforms them into the Zeo Rangers. The group would find its antagonists in the form of the Machine Empire, whose power threatened previous villains Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa to the point that they fled the solar system.

The Rangers would battle the Empire on numerous occasions, usually with great success. They eventually defeated King Mondo, only for him to be replaced by Louie Kaboom and later Prince Gasket and Princess Archerina. While they dealt with new enemies, however, they also found new allies. Trey of Triforia, the Gold Ranger, appeared to help the rangers stand against the Empire on numerous occasions, before being injured and forced to temporarily relinquish his powers. The Gold Ranger mantel would briefly be passed to Jason Scott, the former Red Ranger and Tommy's old friend, though he would eventually return it to Trey. Auric the Conqueror also became an ally of the team for a time.

In addition to fighting the Empire, the Rangers would be forced to deal with the continued scheming of Zedd and Rita. Fortunately, they also had help from their old allies, the Alien Rangers of Aquitar. Eventually, the Rangers managed to defeat the Machine Empire, and Trey departed for home with his restored powers. However, the Zeo Rangers would then be forced to deal with the threat of the evil space pirate Divatox, forcing them to adopt new powers in order to become the Turbo Rangers.

Years afterward, Tommy Oliver would take up his Red Zeo Ranger powers again in order to stop one last plot by the Machine Empire remnants under generals Venjix, Tezzla, Automon, Gerrok, and Steelon. He did so as part of a team of Veteran Red Rangers, which assembled at his request. How he was able to assume his Zeo powers again is unknown.

The Zeo Rangers returned as part of the army of Legendary Rangers that helped the Mega Rangers defeat the Warstar Armada once and for all, fighting in a huge battle against hundreds of X Borgs and dozens of Bruisers.

Through use of his new Master Morpher, which granted access to four of his forms, Tommy Oliver morphed into Zeo Ranger 5 as part of a succession of forms he employed while fighting his Robo Ranger doppelganger.

**Known Zeo Rangers**

* Zeo Ranger 1 Pink: Katherine Hillard
* Zeo Ranger 2 Yellow: Tanya Sloan
* Zeo Ranger 3 Blue: Rocky DeSantos
* Zeo Ranger 4 Green: Adam Park
* Zeo Ranger 5 Red: Tommy Oliver
* Zeo Ranger 6 Gold: Trey --> Jason Scott --> Trey

## Zeo Crystal

The Zeo Crystal is an extremely powerful object which produces enormous amounts of energy, becoming stronger with the passage of time. It was a central element in the lead-up to Power Rangers Zeo as well as the power source for the Zeo Rangers.

It is comprised of five sub-crystals which served as the successors to the Power Coins since the combined Zeo Crystal's power enabled it to access the Morphin Grid directly.

## Morphers

### Zeonizers

The Zeonizers harnessed the power of the legendary Zeo Crystal to transform five heroes into the Zeo Power Rangers. The Zeonizers materialized on the wrists of the user and activated by drawing power from the Zeo Crystal. The Zeonizers are also the very first wrist-mounted Morphers. Other such Morphers would be utilized from here on in following seasons.

Zeonizers were interlocking, wrist-modunted devices that harnessed the energy of the Zeo Crystal and empowered the Zeo Zords. The Zeonizers were created for the former Mighty Morphin Rangers by Zordon to replace their Power Morphers. These devices were the first wrist-worn Morphers and utilized the Zeo sub-crystals in a similar manner to the Power Coins.

During Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, the Zeonizers appeared one last time when Kat was morphing to soften the impact of following off a cliff and into a river. They were abandoned in favor of the Turbo powers to allow them a better chance of following after Divatox to rescue Lerigot, and to fight off Maligore.

Tommy Oliver would later use his Zeonizer again in Forever Red to fight the remnants of the Machine Empire. The other four core Zeo Rangers would later use their Zeonizers as part of the Legendary Rangers, led by Tommy as the Green Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, helping the Mega Rangers.

Alternative to the Zeonizers, the Super Mega Rangers used Legendary Ranger Keys provided by Gosei to assume the corresponding Ranger forms as a Legendary Ranger Mode.

### Golden Power Staff

The Golden Power Staff is firstly and mainly used by Trey of Triforia and, later, for a brief period of time following Trey of Triforia's seperation into three separate personalities, Jason as both a Morpher and primary weapon. Aside from being the source of the Gold Ranger Powers, it had the ability to fire energy attacks, and could be used as a blunt weapon or a bladed weapon when extended. The Staff could even transfer the Gold Ranger power itself to other individuals. Its one end has the Kanji for king : 王 (Oh).

The attack that the Gold Ranger uses with the Staff has no official name, but the Gold Ranger often prefaces it with "It's time for a gold rush!". Jason eventually relinquished the Staff to Trey, who continued to operate elsewhere in the galaxy as the Gold Ranger. The Golden Power Staff allows Trey to enlarge himself and the other Zeo Rangers to fight an enlarged King Mondo.

## Super Zeo Gems

The Super Zeo Gems gave the Zeo Rangers access to the Super Zeo Zords. It is unknown who created the gems or how they got into Trey's possession but they could only be activated by the power of the Gold Ranger's Golden Power Staff and immediately began to form the Rangers' new zords.

## Power Weapons

* Zeo Power Disc/Shield - A circular shield wielded by Zeo Ranger I, Pink. The Disc acts as a shield, and is very durable, but cannot withstand higher level energy blasts for long. It can also be used as a hand to hand weapon. It latches onto the top of the Advanced Zeo Laser pistol for the Zeo Blaster formation.
* Zeo 2 Power Clubs - A pair of threaded clubs wielded by Zeo Ranger II, Yellow. The Clubs act as blunt weapons, but can also be used in a way similar to nunchakus. One club attaches to the sides of the Advanced Zeo Laser pistol for the Zeo Blaster formation.
* Zeo 3 Power Axes - A pair of bladed tonfa wielded by Zeo Ranger III, Blue. The Tonfas are used for close combat, but can also be thrown as projectiles. The tonfas are almost always used simultaneously, but only one can be attached to the top of the Advanced Zeo Laser pistol for the Zeo Blaster formation.
* Zeo 4 Power Hatchets - A pair of Axes wielded by Zeo Ranger IV, Green. The Axes can extend to a degree, and like the clubs and tonfas, are always used simultaneously. Only one Axe can be attached to the bottom grip of the Advanced Zeo Laser Pistol for the Zeo Blaster formation.
* Zeo 5 Power Sword/Battle Sword - A short sword wielded by Zeo Ranger V, Red. The Sword itself is mostly black at the handle with a short blade, and a Red Star emblazoned upon the hilt. It attaches to the gauge at the bottom of the Advanced Zeo Laser pistol for the Zeo Blaster formation. Aside from melee damage, it has been shown to fire an energy beam from the star on its hilt.