Power Rangers’ controversial Pink Ranger story changed the show’s trajectory and was retold 21 years later

Kimberly’s departure from Power Rangers at the end of season 3 led to a controversial storyline in Power Rangers Zeowhich would be reconfigured decades after the original Pink Ranger left. Amy Jo Johnson left Mighty Morphin Power Rangers halfway through the third season, with David Yost’s Billy and Jason David Frank’s Tommy becoming the only two OG Rangers still on the team. Both Billy and Tommy remained on the show after the Zeo transitionalthough the first one was no longer a Power Ranger and eventually left as well.

While Zeo was adapting a different Super Sentai show – Ohranger instead of Zyuranger – it was still a sequence of Powerful Morphine. Most of the characters were the same as the original series’ final season, and the Rangers still went to school and attended the Youth Center. As such, some stories and character moments from MMPR were taken to Zeo. This includes Tommy and Kimberly’s relationship, which would have to be resolved eventually given that the original Pink Ranger was no longer on the team.

Kimberly broke up with Tommy via a “Dear John” letter in Power Rangers Zeo

Kimberly told Tommy she had found someone else

Kimberly Hart left Zordon’s team in MMPR Season 3 to participate in a gymnastics competition and pursue other things in life besides being a Power Ranger. Kimberly wanted to focus on her career and find different purposes other than being a superhero, which was a very interesting and mature way to take the character out of the series. The original Pink Ranger transferred her powers to Kat and moved to Florida. Kat would remain the Pink Ranger in Zeoduring which Kimberly never appeared, but was recognized in the infamous episode “There’s No Business Like Snow Business.”

At the beginning of the two-part episode, Tommy receives a letter from Kimberly while training. Adam began to read the letter so that Tommy wouldn’t have to interrupt the exercise, but they soon realized that the content of the letter was very sensitive. Tommy would continue reading the letter himself, in which Kimberly tells him that she has found someone else and is breaking up with him. This was the end of Tommy and Kimberly’s relationship, which dated back to the events of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 1.

Tommy and Kat’s relationship on Zeo would become endgame decades later

Tommy and Kat got married and had a son in Power Rangers

In the same episode where Kimberly broke up with Tommy through a letter, Power Rangers Zeo introduced the idea that Tommy and Kat could become a couple. While it was awkward to establish a new romantic interest for Tommy once Kimberly was written out of the story for good, Kat and Tommy’s pairing worked. Kat was by Tommy’s side during that difficult time, and they were important pillars of Zeo team. Tommy and Kat eventually became a thing, with their relationship continuing throughout Zeo and Turbo.

Tommy, Kat, Adam and Tanya left the team and welcomed a new generation of Rangers along the way Power Rangers Turboafter which it would take five years for Tommy to appear again. The original Green Ranger appeared in Wild Force for the “Forever Red” crossover using his Zeo Red powers, but little has been revealed about his personal life. In the same way, Tommy was alone Dino Thunder and there didn’t seem to be any family waiting for him. However, in 2017’s “Dimensions,” we discovered that Tommy and Kat eventually got married and had a child.

Power Rangers Eventually Reconnected Kimberly’s Infamous Letter to Tommy

A Power Rangers Comic Recontextualized Kimberly’s Letter

Power Rangers breaking up Tommy and Kimberly was controversial, especially because of how it happened. While Kimberly’s absence must be acknowledged in one way or another, having her break up with Tommy via a letter in which she says she found someone else wasn’t the best of decisions. It was a somewhat tragic ending for some viewers who had been following since the first season of the original. Power Rangers show. Tommy “replacing” Kimberly so quickly didn’t work out too well either, though Tommy and Kat made a great couple and became endgame.

Happily, Power Rangers retcons Kimberly’s letter in 2017 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink #6. THE BOOM! Studios’ comic about Kimberly’s life after she left Angel Grove revealed that, even though the original Pink Ranger wrote that letter, she was lying about finding someone else. Kimberly decided not to be a Ranger anymore and felt it would be unfair to keep Tommy in a relationship where they would rarely see each other. Kimberly was too heartbroken to break up with Tommy, so she made up a lie that would make everything easier.