Fan Theory: Zordon was the original White Ranger
 

(Mods please move to the appropriate forum if this is incorrect)

I posed this to /r/fantheories last night, but thought you guys might get a kick out of this/be able to tell me what's wrong with it:

The origins of the White Ranger coin/powers have been a source of fan speculation for years.

In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3, it's stated that only Ninjor has the ability to create a new power coin, yet we are lead to believe Zordon did just that a season prior when he gave Tommy the White Ranger powers.

If Zordon can't create the coin, where did it, and the powers, come from?

I'd like to propose Zordon was the very first Power Ranger, and yielded the power of the White Tiger Coin.

In my mind, Zordon is the first being to learn to tap into the powers of the morphing grid to defend the innocent. Maybe at first it's not a full on morph, but him tapping the energy within to increase his strength (ala Troy in the latest episode of Super Megaforce) and lob the occasional fireball in the fight against Rita and Lord Zedd's forces during the early days of their war.

After a while, Ninjor comes into the picture and learns how to harness energy from the morphing grid and use it to create the first power coin, which he gives to Eltar's greatest hero. Obviously, this is a HUGE game changer, and the forces of evil find their own ways of harnessing the power, while jealously eyeing the original, and early, teams of Power Rangers (the Pre-Zyu Sentai). Even though they can use the Morphing Grid, they're unable to create their own proper rangers. Every time they try, they get monsters instead. The original ranger teams are eventually killed or stationed on planets ravaged by the larger war with Zedd, Dark Specter, and Alliance of Evil, while Ninjor is forced to flea to Earth to try and protect his secret. This spreads Power Ranger forces thin and leaves Zordon alone. Rita finds out Ninjor, and the Zeo crystal, are on Earth and heads there herself, followed by Zordon.

Once there, it's a race to find the new Power Coins hidden throughout the planet. Zordon is successful in capturing five, but the sixth falls into Rita's hands.

Eventually, Rita and her crew are imprisoned on the moon, and Zordon is trapped in a time warp that keeps him phasing through dimensions, which is why he needs his tube to maintain a presence on Earth. But because he's stuck in the time warp, he's unable to morph, rendering his power coin useless. He can't transfer his powers to another since, as seen when Jason, Trini, and Zack left for the peace conference, you need the Sword of Light to pass a power coin to another (maybe this was a safeguard put in place by Zordon and Ninjor, so if any Power Ranger was captured, their ranger powers couldn't stolen and used for evil).

He could have sent the rangers to grab the sword earlier in the conflict, but since doing so would be dangerous, and he didn't really need to until the three rangers left, he let it be.

Zordon had been bonded with the coin for a long time, and though he had the Sword of Light he still couldn't easily transfer his coin to a new ranger. Again, maybe he didn't look too hard into it as he didn't necessarily need to until Tommy lost his Green Ranger powers. But the loss of the Green Ranger, and the increased threat presented by the alliance of Lord Zedd and Rita, made him realize the team needs a sixth hero, and that he must finally hand down his own powers to make it happen.

That's when he and Alpha started experimenting on his old power coin/suit and looked for ways to transfer them to Tommy. Luckily, Tommy had already been given some of Zordon's energy to temporarily recharge the Green Ranger powers. This made him better suited for the powers and ultimately is the reason why he's able to wield them. Cue the episode White Light and the rest is history.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the unnecessarily complicated backstory I created so can sleep at night with both a Green and White Ranger toy displayed on my shelf at the same time.

I like it! i'll allow it :thumb:

Isn't that the plot of Zordon of Eltar? That fanfilm coming out soon?

I can't totally tell by the trailer but it looks like it could have a similar plot for sure.

Or you could have it that the clone Tommy Green Ranger came back to the present day to back up the Rangers. I honestly was confused to if he kept his Green Ranger powers while staying in the past or not as they give no indication he gave them away or that they were lost. Just that he gave up being a Ranger and live in the past to not interfere with the real Tommy's life...or something.

I don't buy into the JDF vs. ASJ thing too hard, but I just didn't want two Tommys on the shelf at the same time haha.

This needs to be canon (or is it spelled cannon?)!
 

If only Saban would agree to turn your fan fiction into Power Rangers fact, even in the form of a prequel comicbook miniseries, then I would finally forgive him for not explaining the White Ranger power's and Power Coin back in 1994 & 1995.

More or less. By the way, did you make that drawing of The female Ninja Turtles, or did you get it off the internet? If the internet, what website is it from?

He (the Clone) probably kept them in storage somewhere and in his last will and testament had them pass down to Tommy as a gift for his High School graduation in 1997or his College graduation in 2001.

This story makes Me wish even more than the creator (Cisco Davis Jr) of the Zordon of Eltar film would convince Bandai America to create a set of Ranger Keys based on the characters in the movie ( Prince Reto, Goldar, Zordon (shirtless, as a reminder that he is Zordon, nothing weird), Zordon (in full Ranger Form) Alpha Five (Suit Up version), Dragonzord, Scorpina, Rita Repalsa, Devadox and Dusty the pirate.)

I want the Dragon Dagger from this movie. I think it looks badass.

Is Adam Park the greatest Black Ranger of all time? Don't say Tommy, he's beyond awesome, but just don't say Tommy.

How about Zordon had the white power coin, but that it wasn't specifically a white tiger coin?

As the white ranger, Zordon's zord was actually Titanus, who was hidden away, essentially hibernating, while not needed. Without full and proper use of the white power coin, it took some time to call Titanus forth to aid the rangers.

With the stability of the green power coin in question, Zordon and Alpha set out to reinstate Tommy as a ranger with reliable powers using the white power coin. They never attempted to attain the sword of light for this because it wouldn't be able to transfer the powers from Zordon in the state he was in.

The transfer of power--through unknown means--severed the connection to Titanus. Knowing this would happen and knowing the necessarily of the Ultrazord, Zordon and Alpha held off on doing this until the era of the Thunderzords. They were confident the rangers could stave off Lord Zedd's attacks for a time, but they also knew the situation could eventually escalate. It was the best possible window of opportunity to make the switch.

When the powers were transferred from Zordon to Tommy, they also bonded the white power coin to the White Tiger and modified the suit design accordingly. Titanus is sufficiently autonomous to function without the aid of a ranger, but their ability to summon Titanus was hampered in the transfer process. Eventually, possibly with the help of Ninjor, they were able to call Titanus forth at will once again.

I like your idea. Very nice!!

Thanks! Plenty to try to explain away.

I always believed that there should've been a ranger for Titanus.

I wish! You've helped push me to make a thread I wasn't about creating, here.

The connection between Titanis and The White Tiger!
 

This and the previous fan fiction are perfect, and deserve to be canon.