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TokuNation Users Vote Jason David Frank the Best Power Ranger of All Time

Posted on December 31, 2013 at 2:00 pm by Toku Chris under Power Rangers, TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights

In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Power Rangers, we asked the users at TokuNation to rank who they thought the 10 Best Power Rangers were (with #1 being, of course, their top choice). We then took the nominations, what rank they were, and assigned each rank a certain numerical value that would allow them to be added and averaged in a fair way. In overwhelming fashion (literally more than twice the number that the #2 entrant received), the fans at TokuNation.com selected Jason David Frank – who played Tommy Oliver the Green Ranger and White Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the Red Ranger for both Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo, and finally the Black Ranger from Power Rangers Dino Thunder – as the Greatest Power Ranger of All Time.

The character Tommy Oliver first appeared in the episode “Green With Evil Part 1” on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Tommy was the new kid in school and showcased an incredible, aggressive style of martial arts. He befriends Kimberly immediately, but as he’s supposed to meet her, Rita Repulsa appears and sends the Putty Patrol after him. Tommy is victorious, and Rita Repulsa decides that Tommy will be the one to wield the Dragon Coin and become her evil Green Ranger.

Given the Sword of Darkness, Tommy overpowers the other Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He separates the Red Ranger, Jason, away from the others and systematically picks them apart piece by piece, removing Zordon and Alpha 5 from the equation. Good always triumphs over evil however, and the Power Rangers restore Zordon, who shares Tommy’s secret identity with the team. Together, they destroy the Sword of Darkness, thus freeing Tommy from evil, and he, along with his mighty Dragonzord, join the team. At this point, Tommy is nothing more than reinforcements – while he will fight with the others in civilian form, his only scenes in the Green Ranger costume are to call forth the mighty Dragonzord to aid the others. However, Rita Repulsa uses the Green Candle to absorb Tommy’s powers. The others are unable to destroy the candle, and Tommy has to give his power coin to Jason, thus leaving the team.

But when you’re the Best Power Ranger of All Time, you never get to leave for good. When the other Power Rangers had their parents kidnapped and they were duped in to giving up their Power Coins, as well as losing the Dragon Dagger to Goldar, they brought Tommy back as their only hope for salvation. Zordon infused his own energy with the Green Power Coin, and Tommy’s Green Ranger powers were restored, at least for small bursts of time. As soon as he grabbed the box containing the Power Coins, his body absorbed the energy from the force field and restored his powers. Tommy, and the Green Ranger, were back!

Sadly, the Green Ranger powers were limited and destined to run out, this time for good. When Lord Zedd ousted Rita Repulsa and took over, he made it his primary goal to eliminate the Green Ranger once and for all. He would succeed, draining all of the Green Ranger energies, but not before Tommy saved the day one last time. With Lord Zedd stronger than ever, the Power Rangers knew they needed another 6th Ranger. Unbeknownst to the team, Zordon and Alpha 5 create the White Ranger, and in one of the most watched children’s television shows of all time, White Light Part 2, the White Ranger is revealed to be Tommy, his powers created completely from good powers and bestowed as the new team leader. With Tommy as the White Ranger and leader of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, they would defeat Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa time and time again.

When Goldar and Rito Revolto manage to destroy the Command Center, along with the arrival of the evil Machine Empire, Zordon uses the powerful Zeo Crystal to create the Power Rangers Zeo, with Tommy becoming the Red Ranger. When the evil space pirate Divatox arrives on Earth, Zordon creates the Turbo Powers to combat this new threat, giving creation to the Power Rangers Turbo. Tommy would continue to lead as the Red Ranger until he, and the others, decide that it’s time to pass on the power so they can continue on with the next phase of their lives. Tommy, as a race car driver, would leave the Power Rangers for many years (and miss out on some of the biggest battles!).

When General Venjix, a leftover from the evil Machine Empire, surfaces and attempts to restore Lord Zedd‘s personal zord, Serpentera, Tommy gathers a team of veteran Red Rangers to come together and destroy the Machine Empire once and for all in the episode “Forever Red”, which acted as the franchise’s 10th Anniversary special.

During all this down time, Tommy went to college and become a doctor of paleontology. He discovered the Dino Gems, mysterious jewels taken from the asteroid that crashed on Earth and killed the dinosaurs. When an evil creature known as Mesogag appears, Tommy knows he has to harness the energies of the gems to create a new team of Power Rangers. Three of his high school students stumble in to his secret lab and bond with the gems. With Tommy’s help, they morph in to the Power Rangers Dino Thunder, and Tommy is thrown in to the role of a mentor to his new team. But when he detects the presence of a fourth gem, Tommy goes to inform his students when he is kidnapped by Mesogag, who wants Tommy to show him how to free the Dino Gem from it’s prison. Through a twist of fate, Tommy ends up bonding with the gem and morphing in to the Dino Thunder Black Ranger, stating that he “might be old, but can still pull it off”. In one of the most beloved episodes of the entire franchise, Tommy winds up in a coma, fighting for his life, and ends up fighting his former incarnations – the Mighty Morphin Green & White Rangers, as well as the Zeo Red Ranger. Victory means life, defeat means death. When all is said and done, Tommy implies that he will stay in Reefside and continue teaching.

But you can’t keep the Best Power Ranger of All Time down. When The Armada overpowers the Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Tommy will once again take up the power to help save the world. Tommy will return as the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger in the series finale of Power Rangers Super Megaforce, airing in late 2014.

Jason David Frank is the actor who played Tommy Oliver for more episodes in the franchise than any other actor or character. Jason David Frank is a 7th degree black belt, an inductee in to the World Karate Union Hall of Fame, a Guinness Book of World Records record holder, an undefeated MMA Fighter, owner of the Rising Sun Karatae schools, creator of the clothing brand Jesus Didn’t Tap, an accomplished sky diver, an actor, a husband, a father, a reoccurring guest of the Wizard World convention circuit, and according to our users, The Best Power Ranger of All Time. Congratulations Jason David Frank.

Thank you to all the TokuNation.com users who participated in this event. We had over 75 different Power Rangers nominated, and we calculated all the nominations to create our Top 20 list. Please take a moment to review our Top 20, listed below:

20 – Danny Slavin (Leo, Lost Galaxy Red Ranger)
19 – Amy Jo Johnson (Kim, Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger)
18 – Chris Violette (Sky, SPD Blue Ranger)
17 – Valerie Vernon (Kendrix, Lost Galaxy Pink Ranger)
16 – Doggie Cruger (SPD Shadow Ranger)
15 – Brandon Jay McLaren (Jack, SPD Red Ranger)
14 – Erin Cahill (Jen, Time Force Pink Ranger)
13 – Matt Austin (Bridge, SPD Green Ranger)
12 – Ciara Hanna (Gia, Megaforce & Super Megaforce Yellow Ranger)
11 – Dan Ewing (RPM Black Ranger)
10 – Sean CW Johnson (Carter, Lightspeed Rescue Red Ranger)
9 – David de Lautour (RJ, Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger)
8 – Christopher Khayman Lee (Andros, In Space Red Ranger)
7 – Milo Cawthorne (Ziggy, RPM Green Ranger)
6 – David Yost (Billy, Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
5 – Dan Southworth (Eric, Quantum Ranger)
4 – Austin St. John/Jason Geiger (Jason, Mighty Morphin Red Ranger, Zeo Gold Ranger)
3 – Jason Faunt (Wes, Time Force Red Ranger)
2 – Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam, Mighty Morphin Black Ranger, Zeo Green Ranger, Turbo Green Ranger)
1 – Jason David Frank (Tommy, Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger 1, Dino Thunder Black Ranger)

That was the list that YOU, our users, voted for! Thank you again so much for your participation in our celebration of the Top 20 Best Power Rangers of All Time in honor of the Power Rangers 20th Anniversary. Maybe we’ll revisit this for the 25th. Maybe. Thanks again, and congratulations to our Top 20!

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› Companies: Saban, Disney › Characters: Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger... › Show: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Dino Thunder...

2014 Denver Comic Con to be Mighty Morphin!

Posted on December 20, 2013 at 3:01 am by Toku Chris under Conventions, Other Conventions, Power Rangers

As many of you know, we’re really big in to conventions. Each year we travel to the big shows to bring you images, news, and galleries of all the exclusive toys that are for sale or on display. But every once in awhile, something hits close to home that gets us excited. At the 2014 Denver Comic Con, the show is going to be morphin … Mighty Morphin!

Denver Comic Con has confirmed our earlier report that Jason David Frank would be in attendance at the 2014 show. What we DIDN’T know is that Robert Axelrod, the voice of the villainous Lord Zedd, is also going to be in attendance. The show is truly going to be Mighty Morphin with these special guests lined up!

– Jason David Frank (Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger)
– Walter Jones (Mighty Morphin Black Ranger)
– David Yost (Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger)
– Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, and Power Rangers In Space)

If you live anywhere close to the Denver, Colorado are and you’ve always wanted to attend a Comic Con, then do yourself a favor – register right now and join us at the show! Denver Comic Con runs June 13th thru the 15th in 2014 at the Denver Convention Center. Tickets for each day and full 3 day passes are on sale now. Join TokuNation.com owner and administrator Kickback at the show!

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› Characters: Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin Black Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger, Lord Zedd... › Show: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Jason David Frank to Attend Denver Comic Con

Posted on December 19, 2013 at 11:52 am by Toku Chris under Conventions, Other Conventions, Power Morphicon, Power Rangers

Thanks to a posting on his Official Facebook Page, the legendary hero of your childhood, Jason David Frank, will be attending a number of shows for 2014! Among one of his stops is one of the fastest growing and popular shows – Denver Comic Con! Jason David Frank will join Walter Jones (the Mighty Morphin Black Ranger) and David Yost (the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger) as the first tokusatsu related guests at the third annual Denver Comic Con June 13th-15th 2014.

For those who don’t remember off the top of your head who Jason David Frank is – he played the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger, and is set to reprise his Mighty Morphin Power Rangers roles in the 2014 series Power Rangers Super Megaforce in a special episode.

But now for some sad news – based on the scheduled date for Wizard World Chicago, it would appear that Jason David Frank will NOT be attending 2014’s Power Morphicon convention (the official Power Rangers convention). Power Morphicon takes place August 22nd-24th 2014, and Wizard World Chicago takes place August 21st-24th 2014. Jason is currently scheduled as a guest at Wizard World Chicago for their 2014 show and the dates conflict.

If you live in the middle United States and would like to experience a great show, be sure to register for Denver Comic Con as tickets are going fast. TokuNation will be in attendance at the show to bring you pictures and any news that comes up at the show.

There has been no official announcement from Denver Comic Con regarding Jason David Frank’s attendance, nor is there any update from Power Morphicon on whether or not the iconic Power Ranger is or is not attending the official convention. As soon as there is we will bring the news to you.

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› Characters: Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Zeo Red Ranger... › Show: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Dino Thunder...

Contest Results for Red Ranger and Autographed Green Ranger Figuarts!

Posted on November 19, 2013 at 1:26 pm by Toku Chris under Power Rangers

We are finally ready to announce the winners of our S.H. Figuarts Red Ranger contest and Autographed S.H. Figuarts Green Ranger signed by Jason David Frank contest!

The winner of the S.H. Figuarts Red Ranger figure, along with SDCC Power Rangers ACG exclusive Armored Red Ranger and Figuarts Red and Green Ranger cards is @Howling_Snail on Twitter! Congratulations!

The winner of the autographed by Jason David Frank S.H. Figuarts Green Ranger figure, along with a SDCC Power Rangers ACG Figuarts Red and Green Ranger card is XW1n5t0nX from our TokuNation.com forums!

We have contacted each winner requesting a mailing address so that we can get your items to you ASAP! Thanks for participating! And get ready for our ultimate, yearly contest coming during our 2 year celebration in January, 2014!

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› Companies: Bandai of America, Bluefin Tamashii Nations › Characters: Mighty Morphin Red Ranger, Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Tommy Oliver, Jason David Frank › Toyline: S.H. Figuarts, Collectible Card Game

Jason David Frank’s "My Morphin Life" Preview – Super Megaforce Content

Posted on August 21, 2013 at 12:53 am by Toku Chris under Power Rangers

Jason David Frank, better known as Tommy Oliver in the Power Rangers Universe, has updated via YouTube a preview of his upcoming documentary entitled “My Morphin Life”. Not only is his documentary going to showcase the life of the Green Ranger, it’s also giving us our first look at some stuff from the final episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce titled “Legendary Battle”.

Check it below!

What do you think? Are you excited? You planning to watch it? Discuss away!!

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› Characters: Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Tommy Oliver, Jason David Frank › Show: Power Rangers Super Megaforce

Tommy Returns as the original Green Ranger in Super Megaforce – On Set Photos

Posted on May 25, 2013 at 10:59 am by Toku Chris under Power Rangers

I think the picture says enough.

Jason David Frank has confirmed via images from his official Facebook page that is has indeed returned for a cameo role in Power Ranger Super Megaforce with two totally awesome (they are awesome) pictures.

The first photo is an on-set scene that looks to take place during the Legandary War (a scene where ALL the Power Rangers are fighting). He is standing with Hector David Jr, Brittany Pirtle, Patricia Ja Lee, Selwyn Ward, and Danny Slavin. It’s interesting to note that he is holding the Green Ranger helmet used in Power Rangers Dino Thunder (20 years and they STILL can’t get the suit right, haha!).

In the second image, which looks to be just for fun, he’s given his Dragon Shield to the Green Samurai Ranger.

Check out these awesome pictures! Let the hype begin!!

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› Companies: Saban, Nickelodeon › Characters: Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Red Zeo Ranger... › Show: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Dino Thunder...

Jason David Frank Talks Super Megaforce

Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:08 pm by Kiryu under Power Rangers

Jason David Frank made an appearance at the Dallas Comic Con this past weekend. During a Q&A session, JDF talks about his involvement with with the upcoming Super Megaforce season and the mass e-mail that was sent out to various Power Ranger alumni.

You can view the Q&A Session in the video link below: 




To hear JDF talk Super Megaforce, skip to 3:00, and 12:00

Source: Rangercrew@Nightmere10

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› Companies: Saban, Nickelodeon › Characters: Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, Mighty Morphin White Ranger, Dino Thunder Black Ranger, Turbo Red Ranger, Red Zeo Ranger... › Show: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Dino Thunder...

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