Time Force (disambiguation)

Power Rangers: Time Force (often abbreviated as "PRTF") was the ninth incarnation of the Power Rangers series, based on the Super Sentai series Mirai Sentai Time Ranger (Future Task Force Timeranger), running for 40 half-hour episodes from February to November of 2001.

It is unique in the fact that the overall story is considerably darker than many of the other incarnations. Like Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue before it and Power Rangers: Wild Force after it, the Power Rangers are adults and not teenagers. Because of this, many fans felt that this incarnation of Power Rangers, in particular, would have made a successful primetime series for adults had it not been for the traditional elements that made up a Power Rangers series. The producers behind Power Rangers claim that the reason for that not happening is that they do not want to alienate their target audience, namely, kids.

Synopsis
In the year 3000, mankind has developed a utopia, with a police organization called Time Force capturing all but one criminal. However, this criminal, Ransik, manages to hijack a prison full of cryogenically frozen convicts and escape back to the past in an attempt to change the future, but not before badly injuring Alex, the Red Time Force Ranger. Four Time Force officers attempt to pursue Ransik to the year 2001, but end up being stranded in the fictional town of Silver Hills. There, they meet Wesley Collins, who is the son of a rich industrialist and looks identical to Alex. With Wes' help, the four Time Force officers become the Time Force Rangers, helping the city of Silver Hills by capturing the various mutants that Ransik releases from prison.

Being somewhat isolated from his father, the Power Rangers are unable to rely on Wes' wealth to get by - instead they operate a business out of the clock tower that the Rangers used as a base, aptly named "A Nick of Time Odd Jobs", named after an old company that had operated there. It is there that Wes also helps the other four Rangers adapt to life in the 21st century.

The Time Force officers knew that their presence would inevitably change the future, and indeed, it had: in an attempt to contain the mutant threat, Wes' father creates the Silver Guardians, a security force helping to secure the businesses of anyone who had the money, and a force that had not originally existed. Among one such member was Wes' childhood friend, Eric Myers. Unlike Wes, Eric was not rich, getting by on a scholarship as the two of them attended prep school. When the Silver Guardians make their first attempt at taking care of a mutant, they are overpowered, and Wes is forced to save them, revealing his identity as a Power Ranger in the process. Rejecting his father's offer to join the Silver Guardians, Wes decides to make it on his own. The Silver Guardians, led by Eric, the Quantum Time Force Ranger, continued to hold a tenuous relationship with the Power Rangers.

As for the villains, Ransik would eventually surrender peacefully when he nearly kills his own daughter, Nadira, who was trying to protect a baby. The Time Force officers return to the year 3000, and Wes and Eric become co-leaders of a Silver Guardians group that catered to the entire population.

This series also featured the cameo return of characters from Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue, when the demoness Vypra rises from the grave. When she teams up with Ransik and unleashes a Super Demon named Quargenon, the Time Force Rangers are forced to team up with their Lightspeed Rescue predecessors.

A recurring theme in this series is the fact that an individual controls his own destiny, and must fight for a desirable future. Because of the September 11th attacks, many episodes were re-edited after their first airing to remove potentially offensive material, such as buildings being blown up. In one case, an episode titled Full Exposure was not shown again after its first airing.

Rangers

 * Time Force Power Rangers
 * Jen Scotts - the Pink Time Force Ranger and leader of the team (played by Erin Cahill) (Note: "Scotts", whilst generally accepted by the fanbase as Jen's last name, was not officially stated in the show's continuity.)
 * Wesley Collins - the Red Time Force Ranger and second-in-command (played by Jason Faunt)
 * Lucas Kendall - the Blue Time Force Ranger (played by Michael Copon)
 * Trip - the Green Time Force Ranger (played by Kevin Kleinberg)
 * Katie Walker - the Yellow Time Force Ranger (played by Deborah Estelle Phillips)
 * Eric Myers - the Quantum Ranger and leader of the Silver Guardians (played by Daniel Southworth)

Allies

 * Circuit - a mechanical owl which acts as an information source (like Alpha 5) and calls Captain Logan to send the Zords when needed.
 * Captain Logan - Time Force commanding officer.
 * Alex - the orginal Red Ranger from the year 3000 who after "dying" becomes the pilot of the Time Shadow Megazord from a command system in the year 3000 and can be believed to be the new commander of the Time Force because Captain Logan calls him "sir." (portrayed by Jason Faunt)
 * Mr. A. Collins - Wes' father and millionaire businessman. (portrayed by Edward Lawrence Albert) (Note: While Mr. Collins' first initial was established as 'A', his first name was never officially stated in the show's continuity.)
 * Philips - the Collins family butler, always ready to give Wes helpful advice.
 * Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers - the previous Ranger team, they join forces with the Time Force Rangers to stop a Super Demon.

Villains

 * Ransik (portrayed by Vernon Wells)
 * Nadira (portrayed by Kate Sheldon)
 * Frax
 * Gluto

Weaponry & Arsenal

 * Time Force Badge: Identification of Time Force members and is utilized to seal defeated criminals away in cryo-containment units.
 * Chrono Blaster: Standard sidearm of Time Force.
 * V Weapons/Vortex Blaster: Five cannons used by the Rangers; can combine into the Vortex Blaster which delivers powerful energy blasts capable of "freezing" or knocking out a criminal.
 * Chrono Morpher: Morpher of the Time Force Rangers; equipped with holographic communication array and can only be activated when the Red Chrono Morpher is activated; imprints with the user's DNA.
 * Chrono Sabers: Standard weapons (two to each Ranger) that can combine into double-bladed lances; capable of shooting energy blasts and delivering "Time Strike" attacks
 * Electro Booster: Special gun created by adding several attachments to a Chrono Saber.
 * Quantum Morpher: Morpher of the Quantum Time Force Ranger, used to control the Quantasaurus Rex; vocal command accepted only from the Quantum Time Force Ranger (or someone who can sound like him).
 * Quantum Defender: A sidearm used by the Quantum Time Force Ranger; also has a sword mode.
 * Battle Warrior Armor: Battlizer Armor for the Red Time Force Ranger, granted to him by the mystic Battle Fire; gives him torso armor, armored helmet & boots, and a two-handed battle sword.
 * Mega Battle Armor: Battlizer Armor for the Quantum Time Force Ranger, granted to him by Alex from the year 3000; gives him torso shielding, visor, rollerblades, and detachable wings that serve as blasters and blades; also grants him the ability to fly and a large energy blade that is capable of "freezing" giant criminals.
 * Vector Cycles: Motorcycles used by the Rangers for ground pursuit.
 * Strata Cycle: air/ground vehicle sent by Alex to aid Wes
 * TF Eagle: Transport of the Quantum Time Force Ranger, capable of time-traveling.
 * Time Jet: Aircraft used by Power Rangers; can transform into a blaster for the Time Force Megazord Mode Blue.

Zords
See Zords in Power Rangers: Time Force for more information
 * Time Flyers
 * Time Flyer 1 (Wes/Red)
 * Time Flyer 2 (Lucas/Blue)
 * Time Flyer 3 (Trip/Green)
 * Time Flyer 4 (Katie/Yellow)
 * Time Flyer 5 (Jen/Pink)
 * Time Force Megazord (combination of Time Flyers, jet/blue/red mode)
 * Shadow Winger/Time Shadow Megazord
 * Shadow Force Megazord (combination of Time Force Megazord & Time Shadow Megazord blue/red mode)
 * Quantasaurus Rex a.k.a. the Q-Rex (Eric/Quantum)
 * Transwarp Megazord

Trivia

 * An oddity with Time Force is that it is the first series since the trend started in Power Rangers: Turbo that did not have most of or all of the Rangers' arsenal end up being destroyed in the final battle.
 * Power Rangers Time Force is the second Power Rangers season to feature a female Ranger as the leader of the team, and is also the first (and so far the only) Power Rangers season to feature a Pink Ranger as the leader.
 * Power Rangers Time Force were the first team of rangers to not feature white boots or white gloves as part of their uniforms, they were the same color of their respective ranger color designation.
 * Power Rangers Time Force is the only series thus far to feature a sixth ranger that wore the same color as another team member (Wes and Eric both wore red as their color scheme, it should be noted that in Power Rangers Ninja Storm technically Tori and Blake were "Blue Rangers" albeit different shades of blue (Aqua and Navy) and Shane and Hunter being both "Red Rangers" being a different shade of red (Red and Crimson).
 * Power Rangers Time Force is also notable for being the first series not to "destroy" it's monsters, but rather "capture" them in containers. This method would be repeated in Power Rangers S.P.D., where monsters are "contained" rather than destroyed.
 * It was the first series to employ Power Rangers from the future, this would be done again in Power Rangers S.P.D. with the addition of the Omega Ranger and Nova Ranger.
 * It was the first series to feature a family member accidently finding out their relative was a Power Ranger (Mr.Collins found out Wes was the Red Ranger when his visor was damaged in a battle). This would be repeated in Power Rangers Wild Force when Alyssa's father mistakenly found she was the White Ranger and in Power Rangers Ninja Storm when Shane's older brother accidently found out he was the Red Ranger.
 * It was the first series to feature villains who truly reformed (Ransik and Nadira) and turned to the side of good.
 * One episode of Power Rangers: Time Force was dedicated in memory of Thuy Trang, a member of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers cast. On September 3, 2001, Thuy Trang died on impact in an automobile accident on Interstate Highway 5 when the automobile she was driving lost control.  Her passenger was Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, a former actress/model and the wife of fellow Vietnamese-American actor Dustin Nguyen.  Thuy Trang died on impact, but Rockwood-Nguyen survived because she had on her seatbelt, though she did become quadriplegic.
 * In one episode of Time Force, you can -almost- completely see the face of Eric's Super Sentai counterpart, Naoto. This occurs in the episode which first introduced the Quantum Ranger. Due to the two actors looking highly similar, alot of Timeranger footage was kept showing Naoto from a distance, and in one seen his face is covered brefily, but he begins to pull his hands away, giving a brief glimpse of Naoto's face.