Ultimate Ranger Team Tournament - Pink Division Round 2
 

Let’s play a game: The Gokaiger adaptation isn’t season two of Megaforce, it’s a brand new series with a brand old cast. The six Rangers are all returning characters from previous Ranger teams, gathered together to face off against the most powerful evil ever. But which six Rangers? That’s where this tournament comes in.

We’re going to cast this team with the very best Red Ranger, very best Pink Ranger, very best Blue Ranger, very best Yellow Ranger, very best Grack/Bleen Ranger, and very best Sixth Ranger.

The current team consists of:

Red Ranger: Carter Grayson
Yellow Ranger: Lily Chilman
Blue Ranger: TJ Johnson

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The rules are simple: the Rangers of each color fight it out to see which one stands at the top of their personal section of the rainbow. The winners will be determined by popular vote, feel encouraged to explain your choices to help sway the undecided. Fights are all-out brawls – any power-up or weapon is permitted, short of the Zords.

Battles are decided by random selection and each character is represented for each of their colors (Rocky and TJ are in both Red and Blue, Tommy is in Red and Sixth, etc.). Rangers with multiple powers in the same color will be using the ones which are most unique to them (Adam is Zeo Green, Cassie is Space Pink, etc. – yes, this kinda shafts the Turbo Rangers, I know – all three Turbo fans are free to register their complaints). All major teams are represented, MMPR through Megaforce. Evil Rangers like the Psychos and A-Squad - as well as one-shot Rangers like Cat or SPD Red Bridge - are excluded.

Now that we’ve got that covered, Let’s Morphing!

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Okay, so round one broke my heart but gave us a clear victor. Let's see what round two does as we pit two of nature's fiercest rivals against each other: mallrats and future cops.

Kimberly Ann "She's, like, so whatever" Hart

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http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Kimberly_Ann_Hart

vs.

Sydney "Syd" "Like the Absorbing Man but with less ball and chain and more shirt" Drew

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http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Sydney_Drew

Voting will last 24 hours.

Will the original Pink Ranger handle a foe from the future as well as she could the past? Will Syd knock Kim out of the tournament in-person and not through a cheap letter? Which Ranger will reign supreme?

Allez Ranger!

Syd.

Oooh, the "1993 ten year old's fantasy girl" Kimberly or the "Syd-y" Syd...
Tough, as I think Jen is currently best Pink for our Pirates.

But logically, Syd has the better training. A guy in a monkey suit on a New Zealand sand dune is a better combat trainer than a floating blue head.
Better character, however...

Dang Switchblade. Why is your number generator pitting all of the decent to semi-decent pinks together in the first rounds?

Kimberly does have some natural skill as a gymnast plus nostalgia factor going for her, but in terms of power and trained skill Syd has her beat. In terms of personality though, I don't feel that either would contribute much to the ultimate team. Both were the sterotypical 'girly girl' characters for their season but don't offer much beyond that.

I dunno. I really don't.
Of all the SPD characters, Syd was the worst. Spoiled brat who's a vapid airhead. Sure, she had training, but outside of her being humbled by Jack's past compared to her own, I really don't remember anything about her in terms of character.

But, then again, Kimberly was the prototypical Californian valley girl. She had fight in her, yeah, but...Eh. Wasn't she injured by taking a 2 foot fall off a balance beam onto a padded mat?
At least Rocky's injury gave him a neck brace to show that it was serious...

Two characters I could care less about...

Syd has had actual training though and has superpowers so I guess she is the better Ranger, plus she had some semblance of character growth which is more than Kimberly could say. PLUS, I'm guessing, being in MMPR is gonna give Kimberly a free ride to a certain number of votes as well, so Syd will need the help.

I went for Kimberly, no hesitation. And no, it wasn't because "ZOMG hawt." Kim was one of the toughest and most competent members of her team, especially after the peace conference swap-out. I can think of at least three occasions where Kimberly took down one of Rita or Zedd's monsters solo. She was also much smarter than she led on and pulled off some clever plans, like creating the Old West Rangers.

Syd, on the other hand, was easily her team's load. She was the least competent member of the team and their worst fighter, hands down. I'd also argue she was much more vapid and shallow than Kim ever was. Future tech and training are all well and good, but I still think Kim is the better Ranger of the two.

Kim. Anything is better then SPD in my opinion.

Well I like Syd and the SPD training.

I just never understood why anyone like Kimberly when I was a kid. As a SoCal native I thought she was the more offensive of the original rangers lol.