1. Dino Rangers
    Conner McKnight  Ethan James  Kira Ford  Dr. Thomas "Tommy" Oliver  Trent Fernandez-Mercer 

2. Zords

3. Arsenal
    Weapons  Vehicles 

4. Allies
    Hayley Ziktor  Cassidy Cornell  Devin Del Valle  Anton Mercer  Edward Cormier 

5. Antagonists
    Mesogog  Elsa  Zeltrax  White Dino Ranger (clone)  Lothor's Generals  Tyrannodrones  Triptoids  Mutations 

6. References

Dino Rangers

The Dino Rangers transform by drawing power from their respective Dino Gems, which enable them to transform into Power Rangers. They use their abilities to battle the villain Mesogog. When they say, "Super Dino Mode", the Power Rangers tap into the power of the dinosaurs, gaining spikes on their suits and, in the case of Kira, wings. Each Dino Gem has a special power; red is speed; blue is armor; yellow is hyper screeching; black and white are similar, being invisibility and camouflage.

Conner McKnight

Conner McKnight is the main character in the television series Power Rangers Dino Thunder. He was played by James Napier who also portrayed as Eric from Power Rangers Ninja Storm.

Conner finds the Red Dino Gem when he, Kira Ford, and Ethan James are in detention after he had been caught for truancy on the school's soccer field by Principal Randall. Dr. Oliver tells them that if they find anything prehistoric, he will cancel detention for the rest of the week. He picks up the Red Dino Gem, while Kira and Ethan pick up the Yellow and Blue ones. The Red Dino Gem bonds with his DNA, giving him the ability of super-speed. After that, Kira is kidnapped by Mesogog, which forces Conner and Ethan to tell Tommy that they had taken the Dino Gems. Kira escapes from Mesogog's lab and meets up with Conner, Ethan, and Tommy. Later, the Dinozords are wreaking havoc on the city. Tommy then gives the Red Dino Morpher to Conner, while he gives the yellow and blue morphers to Kira and Ethan. He becomes the Red Dino Ranger and tames the Tyrannozord. As the Red Ranger, he controls the Tyrannozord, as well as wielding the Tyranno Staff and Thundermax Saber during combat.^[2]

Conner's main interest is playing soccer, playing at Reefside High School and on a local club team, and he aspires to be a famous soccer star. He is revealed to be a womanizer, and is constantly labelled a "dumb jock" by his fellow Ranger, Ethan James, with whom he shared a mild rivalry earlier on in the season. At first, he appears to fit the stereotype as he comes off as hot-headed and arrogant, but he is actually a very well-meaning and honest person who always does the right thing in the end, despite his faults. Around the time his relationship with Ethan become friendlier, Trent Fernandez gains the White Ranger powers.^[3] Conner quickly develops an intense rivalry with Trent. At first, the two are on opposing sides and engage in raging fights with each other. Even after Trent joins the team, Conner is still very distrusting and uncomfortable around him, until Trent saves his life during a battle with a monster.^[4]

Conner occasionally doubts himself as a Ranger and thinks about quitting on two occasions.^[5] Tommy Oliver, the Black Dino Ranger, is the only one who appears to see Conner's potential and tries to groom him into a leadership role throughout the series. Conner and Tommy share the leadership role, and Tommy, despite being the mentor and most skilled, sometimes holds back to allow Conner to take the spotlight. Conner also assumes the leadership role whenever Tommy is not in battle.

Conner would join forces with other Rangers on at least three occasions, two of them with the S.P.D. B-Squad, encounters in which he fought alongside Jack Landors. While still a Ranger dealing with the threat of Zeltrax, he and his teammates were joined by the Rangers of the future in order to battle their time-traveling nemesis Emperor Gruumm.^[6] Later Conner, Ethan, and Kira would be pulled into the future by S.P.D. foe Broodwing, who sought to employ their powers in defeating his Ranger enemies, but Conner and his teammates joined forces with them.^[7] His memories of both these encounters were later erased; subsequently he would regain his powers again by Sentinel Knight and take part in the finale of Power Rangers Super Megaforce, though without removing his helmet.

In the Power Rangers continuity, Conner has an identical twin brother called Eric (also played by James Napier) who was once a student at the Wind Ninja Academy (as seen in the finale of Power Rangers Ninja Storm), but later "flunked out".^[8]

Ethan James

Ethan James is a main character in the American television program Power Rangers Dino Thunder, portrayed by Kevin Duhaney. He is the Blue Dino Ranger.

Ethan is a skilled hacker and computer expert at Reefside High School, whose pranks get him in trouble with Principal Randall. While serving detention with Conner McKnight and Kira Ford under the new science teacher, Dr. Thomas Oliver, Ethan finds a Dino Gem and gains superhuman powers, including superhuman strength and the ability to make his skin impenetrable. Eventually, he also learns how to morph into the Blue Dino Ranger.^[2] He has a brother/sister relationship with Kira whom he hangs with more than Conner. He controls the Tricerazord (and for a short time the Stegazord), and uses the Tricera Shield. He also pilots the Mezodon Megazord in its final battle. He is the third Dino Ranger to unlock his Super Dino Mode. He unlocks it during a battle with the White Drago Ranger. Trent has defeated Kira and is on the verge of killing her, when Ethan and Conner go into Super Dino Mode and defeat him.^[3]

When the Dino Rangers joined forces with the time-traveling B-Squad, Ethan joined forces with fellow Blue Ranger Sky Tate and Green Ranger Bridge Carson. He would later team up with them again after being pulled into the future by Broodwing alongside Kira and Conner; on both occasions his memory was later erased to avoid contaminating the timeline.^[6][7] He would later regain his powers again by Sentinel Knight and join the veteran Ranger army in their final battle with the Warstar Armada.

Ethan is the group techy, often found online or playing video games, but he is also very smart and sarcastic, and isn't afraid to stand up for himself when pushed.

Kira Ford

Kira Ford, played by Emma Lahana, is the main female protagonist and the Yellow Dino Ranger. She is a student and musician at Reefside High School where her musical activity in the first episode got her in trouble with Principal Randall.

Kira is determined to prove herself as an individual, and hides her femininity and insecurity behind a facade of toughness. She dresses in her own, carefully cultivated neo punk style. She is a talented singer and guitarist, playing the guitar as the front person to her own band. Kira uses her biting wit to hide her real emotions, except in her music, which reveals her passion and sensitivity. She is caring and intelligent, but does not always apply herself to her schoolwork, except in creative writing, at which she excels. A romance between Kira Ford and fellow Dino Ranger Trent Mercer was hinted at during the series, but never fully realized.

Of all the Dino Rangers, Kira had the most encounters with other teams of Rangers. Like her teammates she twice fought alongside Space Patrol Delta, teaming up with fellow Yellow Ranger Z and Pink Ranger Syd. Her memories of these encounters was subsequently erased^[6][7], but she would later team up with S.P.D. Ranger Bridge Carson again when they were selected-along with Black Ranger Adam Park, Blue Ninja Ranger Tori Hanson, and Green Mystic Ranger Xander Bly by the Sentinel Knight to help the Operation Overdrive Rangers.^[9] She later rejoined her entire team though with Dr. Oliver foregoing his Black Ranger powers in battling the Armada alongside the Megaforce Rangers.

As the Yellow Dino Ranger, she controls the Pterazord, as well as wielding the Ptera Grips and Thundermax Saber in combat. She gained the power of Ptera Scream from her Dino Gem. It enables her to scream louder and higher than a normal human.

Dr. Thomas "Tommy" Oliver

Tommy Oliver (played by Jason David Frank) is the mentor of the Ranger team and also the Black Dino Ranger where he controls the Brachiozord. He works as a science teacher at Reefside High School in Reefside, California.^[10]

He was a former Power Ranger from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers through Power Rangers Turbo, serving as Green Ranger, White Ranger, Zeo Ranger V Red, and the first Red Turbo Ranger. His Dino Gem grants him the power of invisibility.

Trent Fernandez-Mercer

Trent Fernandez (commonly referred to as Trent Mercer) is the White Dino Ranger. He was played by Jeffrey Parazzo.

Trent was adopted by Dr. Anton Mercer when his biological parents were killed in an archaeological cave-in. Although he considers Dr. Mercer his father, he kept his original surname. He works at Hayley's Cyberspace as a waiter and draws in his spare time, though he keeps this secret because his father does not approve of his artistic endeavours. A romance was hinted at between Trent and fellow Dino Ranger, Kira Ford, but was never fully explored.

Trent becomes suspicious of his father's bizarre comings and goings, and while attempting to investigate, he is taken through an invisi-portal into Mesogog's lab. He finds a Dino Gem that was intended to be bonded with Mesogog. However, Trent becomes bonded to it instead. He finds himself uncontrollably morphing into the White Dino Ranger in which form he controls the Dragozord and the Stegazord, rides the White Thunder ATV, uses the Drago Sword, and possesses camouflage as his Gem Power.^[3]

He is soon corrupted by the evil power of the Dino Gem, and works solo for a while, trying to destroy both the Dino Rangers and Mesogog's forces. He even makes a deal with Zeltrax to help Zeltrax destroy Tommy Oliver, in return for which Zeltrax will help him destroy Mesogog. This plan fails, and Zeltrax tells Mesogog of the deal. Mesogog, his father's alter-ego, gives him an ultimatum: he will be destroyed if he does not join him. He serves Mesogog for a time afterwards, frequently clashing with Zeltrax over who is second-in-command, until Zeltrax ruins Mesogog's lab and frames Trent for it. Believing that Trent has betrayed him, Mesogog drains the White Ranger's powers, turning back into Trent and destroying the evil in the Dino Gem in the process, though the White Ranger power remains active. As per his father's request, he joins the other Dino Rangers, and earns their trust after he saves Tommy from Zeltrax^[11], though he does lose some of their confidence when they learn that he has concealed his father's connection to Mesogog.^[12][4]

Trent would join his teammates in battling alongside Space Patrol Delta, teaming up with the Omega Ranger to battle the united forces of Zeltrax and Emperor Gruumm.^[6] He also joined the Ranger army in Super Megaforce to battle the Armada. Four years later when the evil Lord Draven of the Annivere dimension teams up with Madame Odius, to conquer all the dimensions, he has an evil clone robot of Tommy to capture past Rangers to make an evil clone army. Trent is one of the rangers captured. Real Tommy, Time Force Red Ranger Wes Collins, Ranger Operator Series Silver Gemma, and Dino Charge Blue Ranger Koda, are able to break free the captured rangers. Trent and the nine other past rangers team up with the Ninja Steel rangers to defeat Lord Draven and save the dimensions.

Zords

Arsenal

Weapons

• Dino Gems: The Gems are the source of power for the Dino Rangers. They were salvaged from the meteorite that crashed into earth, millions of years ago, destroying the dinosaur population. Five Dino Gems of different colors (red, blue, yellow, black, and white) were found. The Gems' powers do not belong to whoever holds the gems; instead, the Gems wait for an ideal beneficiary to grab them, before they will permanently transfer their powers into that beneficiary's DNA. This bonding is permanent, and only the death of the beneficiary can return the powers to the Gem. However, energy can apparently be drained from them without the need for the bond. Along with super powers, the Gems also serve as communication mediums between other Gems, like a set of five wrist-worn walkie-talkies. After finding the Red, Blue, Yellow Gems, Dr. Thomas Oliver knew the risks of them falling into the wrong hands and hid them. He also solicited Hayley Ziktor to create four Dino Morphers, which can harness the powers of the Dino Gems, allowing the beneficiaries to become Power Rangers. After Conner, Ethan, and Kira bonded with the red, blue, and yellow gems, they were given three of the morphers. Mesogog discovered the Black Dino Gem encased in amber, and captured Dr. Oliver. The good doctor managed to escape, with the Black Gem's powers bonding to him and allowing him use of the black morpher. Mesogog also had the White Gem, and secretly created his own Ranger morpher to utilize its powers; this later came into the possession of Trent Mercer. The Dino Gems were later drained of their power when the Rangers used it to destroy Mesogog for good, likely negating the Rangers' special abilities as well. The powers of Kira's gem were later temporarily restored by the Sentinel Knight so that she could join the Retro Rangers in fighting alongside the Overdrive Rangers. Subsequently, her gem and those of the red, blue, and white Dino Gems were restored enough for at least one morph when they joined the Legendary Rangers. Some time into the future, the red, blue, and yellow Dino Gems' powers were restored by Broodwing and their users brought into the future as part of a plot to destroy the B-Squad Rangers, but the two groups of rangers instead joined forces and the Dino Rangers were later returned to their own time. While not confirmed, the power within Dino Gems are linked with Morphin Grid, which enable the users to transform into Dino Rangers. While not confirmed or denied, it is possible that if the Triassic Ranger were a separate Ranger, a Dino Gem would be produced if the Shield of Triumph itself was not the morpher.
  • Red Dino Gem: Dino Gem of the Red Dino Ranger. Grants the user superhuman speed.
  • Blue Dino Gem: Dino Gem of the Blue Dino Ranger. Grants the user super armored skin that can protect against physical attacks.
  • Yellow Dino Gem: Dino Gem of the Yellow Dino Ranger. Grants the user the ability to emit the "Ptera-Scream", a blast like sonic screech from their mouth.
  • Black Dino Gem: Dino Gem of the Black Dino Ranger. Grants the user invisibility.
  • White Dino Gem: Dino Gem of the White Dino Ranger. Grants the user the ability to use a camouflage similar to a chameleon.
• Dino Morphers: The transformation device are the Morphers for the Red, Blue, and Yellow Dino Thunder Rangers. They can also be used to summon the Dino Zords or communicate with each other and/or Hayley. They were developed by Tommy Oliver and Hayley Ziktor. The Dino Morphers' faceplates change to match the Dino Zord the Ranger is summoning. For example, if the Dimetro Zord is summoned by the Tyranno Ranger, the Tyranno faceplate vanishes and the Dimetro faceplate appears. When the Rangers are in civilian form, the Zord faceplates vanish completely, leaving only the wristbands and Dino Gems. In this form, they are known as Dino Bracelets. They can still be used as communicators. The energy of the Dino Gems was exhausted in a final confrontation with Mesogog, rendering them useless and the Dino Morphers inaccessible. However, Conner, Kira and Ethan were given functional Dino morphers and fought with the Power Rangers of SPD, when they were briefly transported forwards in time, to the year 2025. Some time later, Kira was one of four former Rangers to have their powers re-energized by the Sentinel Knight. Conner, Ethan, Kira and Trent were able to morph again years later, joining the other Legendary Rangers in helping the Mega Rangers defeat the Armada once and for all. Alternative to the Dino Morphers, the Super Mega Rangers used Legendary Ranger Keys provided by Gosei to assume the corresponding Ranger forms as a Legendary Ranger Mode. To morph, the Rangers would flip the Dino Plate open and press the morph button, calling "Dino Thunder, Power Up!” When summoning their secondary Zords, the Rangers’ Dino Plates would be replaced by alternate plates modeled on the particular Zord being called.
• Thundermax Saber: This common Ranger weapon of the Red, Blue, and Yellow Dino Thunder Rangers and resides at the side inside its holster in laser mode. The Thundermax Saber is highly versatile and can be used for both short and long range attacks.
• Laser Mode: The Thundermax Sabers can converted it into a laser mode inside the holsters. It can be used to fire upon an opponent.
• Power Weapons: There are three Power Weapons below.
  • Tyranno Staff: Red Dino Thunder Ranger's personal weapon. Its has the power to release an energy orb, similar to the Brachio Staff.
  • Tricera Shield: Blue Dino Thunder Ranger's personal weapon.
  • Ptera Grips: Yellow Dino Thunder Ranger's personal weapon.
• Z-Rex Blaster: The combinations of Tyranno Staff, Tricera Staff and Ptera Grips.
• Brachio Morpher: The Brachio Morpher is the personal morpher created and used by Tommy Oliver to transform into the Black Dino Thunder Ranger. It is powered by the Black Dino Gem. To activate is Dr. Oliver calls out "Dino Thunder, Power Up!" then inserts and turns a special key. This is the morpher of the Black Ranger. Tommy’s morphing device was created by Tommy and Hayley when Tommy discovered the fourth Dino Gem, "just in case". The energy of the Dino Gems, including the Black gem, was exhausted in a final confrontation with Mesogog, rendering them useless, and the Brachio Morpher inaccessible. However, with the re-energizing of Kira's Dino Morpher by the Sentinel Knight and the original three Dino Rangers and Trent Fernandez joining the other Legendary Rangers against the Armada, it is most likely that Tommy's Brachio Morpher has been restored as well. This was not demonstrated however, as he used his old Power Morpher to become the Green Mighty Morphin Power Ranger instead.
• Brachio Staff: Black Dino Ranger's personal weapon. It has four modes; including: Wind Strike, Earth Strike, Wave Strike, and Fire Strike. All four modes have intense power and it can also release a powerful energy orb. The most utilized one is the Wave Strike, which Tommy uses to create a giant wave when the Thundersaurus Megazord combines with the Stegozord.
• Z-Rex Blaster: The combinations of Tyranno Staff, Tricera Staff, Ptera Grips and Brachio Staff.
• Drago Morpher: The Drago Morpher is the White Dino Ranger's morphing device, initially granted to him when the evil White Dino Gem bonded with and corrupted him. It was primarily activated with the call of "White Ranger, Dino Power!", although Trent used the same morphing call as the other Dino Rangers at least twice. Trent pressed the activation button to transform, putting his arm to his chest and saying "White Ranger, Dino Power!" but would sometimes say "Dino Thunder, Power Up!". The energy of the Dino Gems, including the White gem, was exhausted in a final confrontation with Mesogog, rendering them useless, and the Drago Morpher inaccessible. Years later, however, Trent became the White Dino Ranger once more, joining Conner, Ethan, and Kira, with all the other Legendary Rangers, to help the Mega Rangers defeat the Armada once and for all. Alternative to the Drago Morpher, the Super Mega Rangers used a Legendary Ranger Key provided by Gosei to assume the corresponding Ranger form as a Legendary Ranger Mode. The morpher is primarily activated with the call of "White Ranger, Dino Power!" (late replaced by "Dino Thunder, Power Up!"), although the morphing call has varied at least twice.
• Drago Sword: The Drago Sword is the weapon of the White Ranger, Trent Fernandez. It has the ability to fire laser arrows, all of which explode on impact. Also, it can combine with the Z-Rex Blaster.
• Z-Rex Blaster (Super Mode): All five Rangers weapons are the Tyranno Staff, Tricera Shield, Ptera Grips, Brachio Staff and Drago Sword can combine to form the Z-Rex Blaster (Super Mode). It fires a super blast of energy at its opponents.
• Super Dino Mode: Super Dino Mode is an ability all five Dino Rangers eventually utilize. By drawing energy from their Dino Gems, they go through an almost feral transformation. Their helmets roar, the patterns on their suits transform into spiked armor, and their strength increases greatly. Kira is also granted a pair of wings in this state. The White Ranger Clone could also access this ability. The Super Mega Rangers also have access to this power-up while in Legendary Dino Thunder Mode. However they called it Dino Rampage Mode. In Abaranger, Abare is Japanese for rampage. Why this was used is unknown.
• Shield of Triumph: Hidden beneath a waterfall for untold ages, the Shield of Triumph, when infused with the power of the Blue, Yellow, Black, and White Dino Gems, would transform from a white, powerless relic to a colorful and powerful device which could then only be used by someone "in tone with the mystical dino energies" as the Black Dino Ranger Doctor Tommy Oliver put it. Thus, the Shield was obtained by a person Oliver believed to fit the requirements, Conner McKnight, who used the shield's power, along with his own Red Dino Ranger powers, to become a completely new Other Ranger known as the Triassic Ranger. After this, Conner would sometimes require repeated power transfers from the Blue Dino Ranger Ethan James and the Yellow Dino Ranger Kira Ford. However, Conner would also, in times of extreme stress or necessity, activate his Triassic powers on his own with the shield. After Conner morphed into the Triassic Ranger, he also often activate the shield's other abilities, seemingly as second nature. These other abilities included: the shield's second mode, called the Sword of Triumph (which was basically just the shield with a blade bit extended, like on a Swiss Army knife), and the power to transport the Triassic Ranger and his opponent into another reality. The Triassic Ranger referred to it as his world and others commonly dubbed it the "Triassic Dimension". In the Triassic Dimension, the Triassic Ranger appeared to have complete control over reality, meaning his enemy was doomed. After their defeat, he would return with them to other world, where his enemy would often explode, somewhat spontaneously. Finally, the shield also acted as the Triassic Ranger's control key for the Mezodon Zord, Mezodon Rover and Mezodon Megazord. The shield itself, as a whole, looked like the Mezodon Zord's head, but it was also decorated with face places of the Cephala, Parasaur, Dimetro and Ankylo Zords, allowing it to control them as well. This effectively made those Zords the Triassic Ranger's and allowed him to form the Triceramax Megazord.
• Triassic Ranger Morpher: When the Red Dino Ranger becomes the Triassic Ranger, his dino morpher changes from its usual red to a gold color.
• Triassic Ranger: The power-up mode used by Conner McKnight, the Red Dino Ranger, formed by the Blue and Yellow Rangers (Kira and Ethan) giving their power to him temporarily. He was eventually able to use this without borrowing other Ranger's powers. Though not confirmed or denied, it is likely possible that the Triassic Ranger could be a Sixth Ranger and that a separate being could have possessed the power.
• Triassic Battlizer Morpher: The Triassic Ranger's Morpher transforms into the Triassic Battlizer Morpher, when it receives enough Dino Energy. The Triassic Battlizer Morpher activates the Triassic Battlizer armor.
• Triassic Battlizer Armor: The Battlizer Armor is used by Conner McKnight (Red Tyranno/Triassic Ranger). In the episode The Passion of Connor, Conner begins to doubt his dedication when a girl he admires - Krista is willing to do whatever it takes to fight for her cause. Conner realizes when Krista's life is in danger from Zeltrax, that he will do anything to save her. The Dino Energy increases and the Battlizer is unlocked. The Battlizer armor gives Triassic Ranger super stretch arms and legs, a Mezodon faced shield, lightning fast agility, super fire power, a dragon yo-yo attack, and shoulder cannons, which fire massive amounts of energy.

Vehicles

• Raptor Riders: When Tommy Oliver and Anton Mercer had their lab invaded and destroyed by Mesogog, some of their experiments were scattered across the outskirts of Reefside. In the episode Wave Goodbye, Tommy found three eggs (color coded to match the three rangers at the time) that he recognized as having unborn Raptor Riders in them. He took the eggs back to his laboratory in his house's basement and began to tame them. Later on, when the Rangers needed a way to chase the monster, Tommy sent the Raptor Riders, which allowed them to catch up with the monster before having to resort to their zords. Despite being introduced early in the season, they were only rarely used, due to them being made obsolete by the Raptor Cycles just two episodes after their first appearance. They weren't seen again until Burning at Both Ends. The Raptor Riders are color-coded to match their ranger. They are mechanical in appearance, but resemble velociraptors (hence their name) and appear somewhat sentient. Raptor Riders are able to easily scale walls, jump buildings, and run at speeds that even the rangers in their morphed state could not reach; however, the speed at which they could run still paled in comparison to those of the Raptor Cycles.
• Raptor Cycles: When Tommy Oliver was being held captive in Mesogog's lab, the Rangers tracked down an invisiportal, but Hayley warned them that they would have to reach a speed of 595 miles per hour, otherwise they would be ripped to pieces by the portal's turbulence (which creates a plot hole, as rangers and monsters were able to step through an invisiportal on foot both before and after Hayley said that). To solve this dilemma, Hayley gave the rangers the Raptor Cycles, which were their vehicle of choice for the rest of the series. Unlike the Raptor Riders that preceded them, the Raptor Cycles looked nothing like velociraptors, or any dinosaurs for that matter; instead, they looked a lot like any other colored motorcycle. Aside from their mundane appearance, they also have lasers that can be shot out of their headlights. The rangers find that they can pull off Evel Knievel-style stunts on their Raptor Cycles with the greatest of ease. Due to their improved speed and weaponry, they quickly replaced the Raptor Riders as the rangers' preferred method of transportation.
• Dino ATVs: The motorized vehicles that the White and Black Dino Rangers use. Trent obtained them by cheating Mesogog in a deal to destroy the Rangers, and he also tried to cheat Tommy by giving him the black ATV, hiding the fact that it was out of control, but thanks to Hayley, Tommy was able to control the vehicle. Both have armored designs of Brachio and Drago Zords respectively, and are equipped with powerful artillery.
• Hovercraft Cycle: When Ethan must battle Tutenhawken in the sky, Hayley builds the Hovercraft Cycle for him to battle with. The Hovercraft Cycle is the fastest thing Hayley has ever built and is also equipped with a flight mode.
• Triceramax Command Center: The Triceramax Command Center Truck is a mobile command center the Dino Thunder Rangers use. Hayley designed it to use against Mesogog's Island Fortress. It was first seen in Thunder Struck Part 1 and was equipped with lasers.

Allies

Hayley Ziktor

Hayley Ziktor (Ismay Johnston) is the manager of Cyberspace Cafe and a technical advisor to the Rangers.^[5][8] She is very intelligent, is an MIT graduate and is always well informed about her customers. According to various casting sheets, Hayley's last name is "Ziktor". She went to college with Tommy.^[8]

Cassidy Cornell

Cassidy Agnes Cornell (Katrina Devine) is the news reporter of Reefside. She is also assisted by Devin.

She seeks to reveal the identities of the Power Rangers. She started her quest to reveal their identities after they first appeared in Reefside.

Cassidy and Devin finally discovered the Rangers identities in the finale by taping a video tape of the Rangers morphing and fighting in their last battle with Mesogog. When she and Devin were done with the tape, she decided not to show the tape to the people because "she couldn't ruin their lives just to make hers better" and gave the tape to the Rangers instead.^[13]

Devin Del Valle

Devin Del Valle (Tom Hern) is Cassidy's sidekick and personal assistant, first doing simple tasks for her and then becoming her camera man when her journalism career began.

When a large tree near their high school called the Tree of Life was threatened with removal, Devin chained himself to it in protest. While he was there, Zeltrax returned (after a previous defeat) to use its sap to power himself up. Zeltrax told Devin to tell the Power Rangers that he had returned. He ran to tell Cassidy, and while doing so unintentionally informed the Rangers, who were sitting unmorphed nearby.^[14]

For much of the season, Devin has a crush on Cassidy, making him willing to take much of her mistreatment. It also inspired him to attempt to sacrifice himself on her behalf. He was a part of Cassidy's attempt to reveal the Rangers identities. He accidentally filmed Trent unwillingly transforming into the (then evil) White Ranger, but then loaned the camera to his sister who taped her childbirth over the footage.^[3] At the end of the season, he is able to film the Rangers morphing, and takes the tape to Cassidy. But first, he uses the opportunity of having her undivided attention to finally confess his feelings. She apparently returns them, as they attend the Senior Prom together.^[13]

Anton Mercer

Dr. Anton Mercer (Latham Gaines) is Trent's adoptive father, billionaire, and famous scientist. He was also the alter ego of Mesogog due to an experiment that involved dinosaur DNA and resulted in a Jekyll and Hyde relationship.

After he reverted to himself temporary, he helped Trent break free from the evil White Ranger persona and Trent promises him that he'll keep Anton's alter ego a secret.^[11]

In time, Mercer was freed from Mesogog via a potion made by Elsa and was imprisoned until the Rangers freed him.^[4] With Mesogog destroyed, Mercer was grateful to the Rangers and at the end, he and Elsa (who was reverted to a normal human being after her powers were used for Mesogog's trans-mutation cannon) went to the Reefside High School prom.^[13]

Edward Cormier

Edward Cormier (Stephen Hall) is the chief of the Reefside News. He is impatient and is the short-tempered boss of Cassidy when she got the job as news reporter. After "Fighting Spirit", he is never seen or mentioned again.

Antagonists

The Dino Rangers' antagonists are servants of the dinosaur-like Mesogog, who intended to restore the Earth to the primal glory of the age of dinosaurs. Information about them can be found below.

Mesogog

Mesogog (voiced by Latham Gaines) is the main antagonist of the series. He is also Dr. Anton Mercer, Trent Fernandez's adoptive father.^[15]

Dr. Anton Mercer was on the verge of a scientific breakthrough during an experiment involving dinosaur DNA, when he was accidentally transformed into a dinosaur-like creature called Mesogog, an evil mastermind with plans to revert Earth back to the age of dinosaurs and turn the human race into reptilian creatures like himself.^[11]

Mesogog and Dr. Mercer have distinct personalities, but share the same body in a Jekyll and Hyde relationship. Each is aware of the other's existence, but also dislikes the situation. In his Mesogog form, he is equipped with cybernetic technology and psionic powers that he uses to torture his enemies or his allies when he is angry at their failures.

Dr. Anton Mercer has an adopted son, Trent Fernandez, who became the White Dino Ranger when he accidentally discovered Mesogog's lab while investigating his father's mysterious comings and goings.^[3]

In his world domination attempts, Mesogog was assisted by two servants Elsa (a normal human that was empowered by Mesogog) and Zeltrax (a cyborg whom Mesogog created from the ruined body of Tommy Oliver's former associate Terrence "Smitty" Smith). Mesogog also controls an army of cybernetic dinosaurs called Tyrannodrones which were originally created by Tommy and Anton.^[2]

He teamed up with a previous villain, Lothor when he had the Wind Ninja Rangers on his side and they gave the Dino team a serious thrashing. Mesogog was soon disgusted by his failure and they fought to determine who will remain to oppose the Dino Thunder Rangers. Mesogog won and sealed Lothor away in a jar with his psionic powers.^[16]

Eventually, Mesogog freed himself of his humanity by using a potion created by Elsa to separate out Dr. Anton Mercer.^[4] As a result, his insanity and determination increased. He also rid himself of Elsa when needing an energy supply to power his cannon. It took a bit of deception from the Rangers (using the Dino Gems as bait) to destroy the cannon and Mesogog's base. He would later reappear after the Zords were destroyed, absorbing enough energy from the Dino Gems to survive the explosion and 'evolve' into a self-replicating dinosaur-like monster known as the Mesomonster, which made him nearly invincible. He is finally killed by the Dino Rangers with a giant Tyrannosaurus of energy created from the Dino Gems. In doing so, the Rangers lose their powers for good.^[13]

Dr. Mercer survived the whole ordeal and was thankful to the Rangers at the series' end.^[13]

Mesogog appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Kramer Vs. Showgirls" voiced by Seth Green. In a "Where Are They Now" segment revolving around characters from the 90's, Mesogog works as a manager of a Wendy's.

Elsa

Elsa is a servant of Mesogog and originally believed in her dream to see the world reverted to a primordial state under the control of the dinosaurs. She was originally an ordinary woman until Mesogog empowered her into a villainous appearance.

She loves to insult and torment friend and foe alike, including her ally Zeltrax, and seemed to be romantically interested in Tommy Oliver.

For most of the series, she pretended to be Principal Randall, the head of Reefside High School where the rangers go to school.

After Elsa confiscated a card of the powerful Ruby Dragon monster from the card-game "Dragon Wars" from Ethan James (the Blue Ranger), Tommy entered her office on Ethan's behalf in an attempt to speak to her about getting it back, and in the process inadvertently exposed her as the evil Elsa, and to the entire class while she was fighting him outside of the high school. Before retreating, Elsa has the Rangers tell the school board that Principal Randall has resigned.^[12]

Over time, she grew to distrust Mesogog and plotted to expose him when he was the most vulnerable. She feared that he would eventually tire of her and her failures and destroy her.^[12] She even created a potion that separated Mesogog from Dr. Anton Mercer.^[4]

Mesogog decided to sacrifice the evil powers, which he had granted to Elsa in order, to help power his trans-mutation cannon. With that, she was reverted to a normal human form with no memory of who she was as Elsa by the life-force extractor. The loss of her powers also meant she was good again. At the end of the series, she attended the high school prom and danced with Dr. Mercer.^[13]

Elsa was played by Miriama Smith.

Zeltrax

As Zeltrax, he is bent only on getting revenge on Tommy. During his attempts to accomplish this, he inadvertently created a clone "son" named Goldenrod. Goldenrod proved a powerful adversary to the Rangers, but was destroyed by Tommy, increasing Zeltrax's hatred of the Black Ranger.^[18]

After a second near fatal experience because of his master's plans, Zeltrax turned against Mesogog, fleeing his side and gaining a super powered form through the special underground spring that flowed beneath the Tree of Life.^[14] Using the Triptoids, Zeltrax built his giant Zelzord, which was destroyed by the self-destruction of the Rangers' zords. In the finale Zeltrax met his end fighting Tommy and Kira, who destroyed him despite his attempt to destroy the Rangers.^[13]

In Power Rangers S.P.D., Zeltrax reluctantly joined forces with Emperor Gruumm, who had travelled back in time through a temporal wormhole, to a point in 2004 before the events of Dino Thunder's season finale. Together they fought the Dino Thunder Power Rangers and the S.P.D. B-Squad Rangers. Despite Gruumm's aid, Zeltrax was defeated by a double-team from Tommy and Anubis Cruger, the SPD Shadow Ranger.^[6]

Zeltrax was voiced by James Gaylyn while the actor for Smitty was uncredited.

White Dino Ranger (clone)

After the evil encoding of the White Dino Gem was removed by Mesogog's life-force extractor and the destruction of the mutation Copyotter, Zeltrax salvaged Copyotter's ability to create duplicates of others and used the energy in conjunction and the Geno-Randomizer to create the clone.^[11] The clone since then was included into Mesogog's ranks and has received the ability to go into Super Dino Mode like Trent.

Later on, there was a glitch in the Morphing grid, the morphing grid could not handle a duplicate of the same powers, so either Trent or the clone has to be destroyed. The clone took matters to his hands and challenges Trent for their last duel, when he met up with Trent, he instantly goes into his Super Dino Mode and they fought. Trent finally destroyed the clone forever.^[19]

The White Ranger Clone is voiced by Adam Gardiner.

Lothor's Generals

These two monsters first appeared on a Japanese TV show based on the Dino Rangers as seen in "Lost and Found in Translation" In real life, Power Rangers Dino Thunder is based on the Japanese show Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger where the episode watched in the Power Rangers episode was a dubbed episode of Abaranger.

• One of these monsters was a blue-faced creature whose face was composed of three small faces where he also had a large crystal-like eye on his forehead, wore a pink robe, and used a paint brush to create monsters. He was voiced by Patrick Wilson.
• The other was a giant amoeba with a crystalline head with six golden horns and a large red eye who carried around a harp. He was voiced by Matthew Sutherland.

In the show, they seemed to provide comic relief as they were shown being tortured by the main villainess. The paint brush-wielding general then created Ka-Ching by painting him to life.

These two monsters made a real-life appearance in "Thunder Storm" when Lothor returned from the Abyss of Evil and brought along these two monsters that he befriended while in the Abyss of Evil. In their real-life appearance they did not speak, but were shown to wield great, destructive powers:

• The paintbrush-wielding general (referred to by writer Douglas Sloan as Izzy) could fire electricity from his paintbrush.
• The harp-carrying general (referred to by writer Douglas Sloan as Pupperazi) could shoot lasers from his eye.

They joined Lothor in destroying the Ninja School (the harp carrier even shot a large hole in the side of the temple with a laser) and captured the ninja student and they joined the Storm Rangers and Kelzaks in fighting the Dino Rangers. They were last seen in Elsa and Zurgane's small army of monsters and personally fought against Shane and Connor, putting up a tough fight before being destroyed by their Battilizers.^[16]

Tyrannodrones

The Tyrannodrones are Mesogog's dinosaur-like reptilian humanoid foot soldiers. They were originally created by Tommy and Anton through a mixture of Dinosaur DNA and technology to be used for good. The Tyrannodrones became evil thanks to Mesogog reprogramming them to serve him.^[2] They are grey-black with spiked armor. They can talk, but the viewer would hear incoherent grunts and snarls.

Triptoids

The Triptoids are black and white foot soldiers that originally came from a video game. They were recruited by Zeltrax to serve as Mesogog's alternative foot soldiers that also worked for Zeltrax.^[20]

Mutations

The monsters in this series are referred to by this name. They are adapted from the monsters that are featured in Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. Each Mutation is created in the Geno-Randomizer by combining the DNA of an animal, the DNA of a plant, and the molecular structure of an inanimate object. When defeated, Mesogog uses the Hydro-Regenerator to make the Mutation grow.

• Birdbrain - A crow/mentha/sniper monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[5]
• Pollenator (voiced by Alistair Browning) - A squid/osmanthus/vanish monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Cephalo Mode.^[21]
• Donkeyvac (voiced by Jason Hoyte) - A donkey/pomegranate/vacuum monster. He can steal the youth of anyone. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[22]
• Demagnetron (voiced by Dallas Barnett) - A diving beetle/rhododendron/magnet monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[20]
• Dysotron (voiced by Andrew Robertt) - A dice-themed monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[18]
• Golden Rod (voiced by James Gaylyn) - A clone of Zeltrax who is considered Zeltrax's son that he by accident created. This monster was destroyed by the Black Dino Ranger.^[18]
• Scorpex (voiced by Stephen Brunton) - A clock-themed scorpion monster in hard armor. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Dimetro Mode.^[23]
• Megalador (voiced by Paul Barrett) - A shark/oleander/car parts monster. His flower blasts can cause allergic reactions upon anyone and can create tidal waves. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Stego Mode.^[24]
• Dandelion Monster (voiced by Carl Bland) - An unnamed lion/dandelion/bomb monster that Elsa and Zeltrax created to lure out the White Ranger. This monster was destroyed by the White Dino Ranger.^[3]
• Angor (voiced by Peter Feeney) - An anchor-themed monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Parasaur Mode.^[3]
  • Angor 1.5 (voiced by Peter Feeney) - A revived and upgraded version of Angor. This monster was destroyed by the Dino Stegazord.^[3]
• Rojobot (voiced by Mark Wright) - A robotic monster. It was first a cowardly monster until it was exposed to a strange meteorite that changed its personality. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Ankylo Mode.^[25]
• Insectolite (voiced by John Leigh) - A centipede/pansy/TV satellite monster. This monster was destroyed by the Dino Stegazord Cephalo and Dimetro Mode.^[26]
• Fossilador (voiced by Glen Drake) - A monster made from the fossil remains of a project that was previously worked on by Dr. Oliver and Dr. Anton Mercer. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[27]
• Termitetron (voiced by Scott Wills) - A fly/wishing shrine/pine monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[17]
• Ka-Ching (voiced by Greg Johnson) - A bear/mushroom/ATM monster that was featured in the Japanese show based on the Power Rangers (actually part of an episode of Abaranger). This monster was destroyed by the Z-Rex Blaster.^[28]
• Mad Mackerel (voiced by Cameron Rhodes) - Elsa used the Geno Randomizer to turn Marty the Mackerel from "The Funky Fisherman Show" into this bonito/olive/fishing rod monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Ankylo and Parasaur Mode.^[29]
• Copyotter (voiced by Andrew Laing) - A sea otter/green pepper/photocopier monster. His special power was the ability to copy the Rangers' weapons, attacks and even their voices. He even made three copies of Cassidy after getting into an argument with her. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Ankylo Mode.^[11]
• White Terrorsaurus (voiced by Mark Wright) - A monster created by Zeltrax from the White Dino Ranger clone's energy. This monster was destroyed by the Triassic Ranger.^[30]
  • White Terrorsaurus II (voiced by Mark Wright) - A much deadlier version of the White Terrorsaurus was recreated by the White Ranger Clone on Elsa's orders. Elsa fed the creature a crystal she mined that contained the same energy signature as the Rangers' Dino Gems, making it stronger and allowing it to drain the Dino Rangers' powers. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[31]
• Other World Monster - A rhinoceros/sugar beet/psychic monster. he was created to test the White Ranger Clone's power. He was easily destroyed.
• Jupitor (voiced by Joel Tobeck) - A Jupiter-based robot monster. This monster was destroyed by the Mezodon Megazord.^[32]
• Tutenhawken (voiced by Derek Judge) - A vulture/lychee/treasure box monster. When the Rangers are on a fieldtrip, Ethan translates some Egyptian hieroglyphics which unleashes Tutenhawken's curse on him. This monster was destroyed by the Mezodon Rover.^[33]
• Thornox (voiced by Anthony Ray Parker) - A leech/gentiana/lapis lazuli monster created by Elsa from a plant that she injected with some special steroids. This monster was destroyed by the Mezodon Megazord.^[34]
• Deadwood (voiced by Andy Faulkner) - A tree monster created by Zeltrax. This monster was destroyed by the Triceramax Megazord.^[14]
• Horn-Rimmed Monster (voiced by Peter Daube) - A rat/iris/glasses monster that can cause volcanic eruptions. Elsa used the Geno Randomizer to turn a volcanologist named Dr. Norton Morton into this monster. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Stego Mode.^[35]
• Jade Gladiator (voiced by Geoff Dolan) - When Anton Mercer becomes Mesogog in Mercer's lab, he grabbed an experimental plant and transformed it into the Jade Gladiator. Jade Gladiator uses his botanic power to revive Deadwood and create a new monster called Skortch. This monster was destroyed by the Valkosaurus Megazord.^[19]
• Skortch (voiced by Jim McLarty) - A phoenix-like beast created by Jade Gladiator. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord.^[19]
• Squidrose (voiced by Tony Blackett) - A chameleon/balsam/pharmacy prescription monster. Elsa's Dream Machine hooked up to the Geno-Randomizer had this monster manifested into Tommy's dream after he had calamari for dinner. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord Ankylo Mode.^[36]
• Croco D'Vile (voiced by Ray Trout) - A crocodile/fatsia/telephone monster. Elsa's dream machine hooked up to the Geno-Randomizer had this monster manifested into Kira's dream after having to do a report on reptiles.^[36]
• Rumba Monkey (voiced by Jonathan Burgh) - A monkey/7 spring herbs/drums monster. Elsa's dream machine hooked up to the Geno-Randomizer had this monster manifested into Ethan's dream after looking at a picture of a monkey. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus Megazord. Before exploding, Rumba Monkey quoted "Rumba Monkey has left the building."^[36]
• Rude Elf (voiced by Tim Faville) - A reindeer/mistletoe monster dressed as Santa Claus. Elsa's dream machine hooked up to the Geno-Randomizer had this monster manifested into Conner's dream upon having to do early Christmas shopping with his mother. This monster was destroyed by the Triceramax Megazord.^[36]
• Fridgia (voiced by Penny Ashton) - A female ice-elemental monster made inside a comic book world that was drawn by Carson Brady upon receiving a special pen from Elsa in her guise of Principal Randall. This monster was destroyed by the Triassic Ranger's Battlizer Mode.^[37]
• Ruby Dragon (voiced by Bruce Hopkins) - A red dragon/orchard/gondola monster created by Elsa from the "Dragon Wars" Ruby Dragon card. This monster was destroyed by the Thundersaurus and Mezodon Megazords, along with the Dino Stegazord.^[12]
• Ugly Monster (voiced by James Coleman) - With Mesogog's new found power after being separated from Anton Mercer, he creates this unnamed monster to take down the Power Rangers. This monster was destroyed by the Dino Stegazord.^[4]

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