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

Kimberly’s exit from Power Rangers Towards the end of season 3 led to a controversial storyline in Power Rangers ZeoOne that would be recounted decades after the original Pink Ranger’s departure. Amy Jo Johnson left Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Midway through the third season, David Yost’s Billy and Jason David Frank’s Tommy then became the only two OG Rangers still on the team. Both Billy and Tommy continued on the show after that Zeo TransitionAlthough the former was no longer a Power Ranger and eventually left as well.

While Zeo Was adopted a different Super Sentai show – Watcher Rather than Ziuranger – It is still very much a sequel to Great morphine. Most of the characters are the same from the final season of the original series, and the Rangers would still go to school and hang around the youth center. As such, several storylines and character moments of MMPR They were introduced Zeo. This includes Tommy and Kimberly’s relationship, which would eventually be resolved The original Pink Ranger is no longer on the team.

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

Kimberly told Tommy she 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 beyond being a Power Ranger. Kimberly wanted to focus on her career and find different purposes as a superhero, which was a very interesting and mature way of writing the character of the show. The original Pink Ranger transferred her powers to Cat and moved to Florida. Kat would stay as the Pink Ranger in Zeoduring which Kimberly never appeared but was acknowledged in the infamous “There’s No Business Like Snow Business” episode.

At the beginning of the two-part episode, Tommy receives a letter from Kimberly while he is at work. Adam started reading the letter so that Tommy would not have to stop his exercise, but they soon realized that the contents of the letter were too sensitive. Tommy would continue reading the letter himself, in which Kimberly tells him that she found someone else and is breaking up with him. This was the end of Tommy and Kimberly’s relationship, which dates back to the events Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1.

Tommy and Kat’s relationship in 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 Cat could become a couple. Although it was strange to put a new romantic interest for Tommy as soon as Kimberly was definitely out of the story, the pairing of Kat and Tommy worked. Kat was there for Tommy during this difficult time, and they were important pillars of the Zeo Team. Tommy and Kat eventually became an item, with their relationship continuing throughout Zeo And Turbo.

Tommy, Kat, Adam and Tanya leave the team and welcome a new generation of mid-rangers 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 See Red powers, but not much has been revealed about his personal life. so too, Tommy was alone in Dino Thunder And no longer had a family waiting for him. However, in 2017’s “Dimensions in Danger,” we learn that Tommy and Kat eventually married and had a son.

Power Rangers eventually rediscovered Kimberly’s infamous letter to Tommy

A Power Rangers comic book recontextualized Kimberly’s letter

Power Rangers Breaking up Tommy and Kimberly was controversial, especially because of how it happened. Although Kimberly’s absence would have to be acknowledged one way or the other, because she breaks up with Tommy through a letter in which she says that she found that someone else was not the best of decisions. It was a somewhat tragic end for a couple viewers have been following since the first season of the original Power Rangers Show. Tommy “replacing” Kimberly so quickly didn’t work very well either, though Tommy and Kat made a great couple and became endgame.

luckily, Power Rangers Would retrieve Kimberly’s letter in 2017 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink #6. The boom! Studios comic book about Kimberly’s life after she left Angel Grove revealed that, While the original Pink Ranger wrote the letter, she was lying about finding someone else. Kimberly decided not to be a Ranger anymore, and she 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 came up with a lie that would make it easier.