RPM Power Rangers

The RPM Power Rangers are the eponymous protagonists and main characters of the 2009 Power Rangers television series Power Rangers: RPM. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where a computer virus called Venjix has taken over the world, the RPM Power Rangers protect the city of Corinth, The Last Human outpost, from attack.

Scott Truman

Scott Truman is Ranger Operator Series Red, alternately referred to as Ranger Red. He is the stubborn-headed and slightly cocky leader of the RPM team with a love of fast cars. He takes his job as leader of the Rangers seriously, and tends not to trust new recruits until they've made an effort to earn said trust. He does, however, make an effort to help keep the team together if there ever seems to be an issue.

Prior to the present day, Scott served as a pilot in the Air Force defenses during the battle for Corinth city, using the codename Eagle 2. He was often overshadowed by his more talented and more experienced older brother, Marcus Truman, codenamed Eagle 1. His father, Colonel Mason Truman, often wanted him to act as a support to his brother as he believed that Scott was not ready to handle the front lines. During the battle of Corinth, both brothers were shot down. Scott managed to eject in time and was rescued by Summer, but his brother was killed. At some point during the following year, he was chosen to be a Ranger, using technology designed by Dr. K to keep Corinth safe and stop any assaults by Venjix.

Dillon and Ziggy began associating with the team around this time, to Scott's initial disapproval, as he was at first convinced that Dillon was neither trustworthy nor capable of handling the Series Black tech. After several initial spats, Dillon proved to Scott that he could be trusted, but Scott was equally offput by Ziggy taking the Series Green tech not long after, especially since Ziggy didn't come close to meeting any of the the basic physical or skill requirements needed to become a ranger. But with the two additional Rangers now being necessary to stop more extravagant plans by Venjix, Scott is at the very least, accepting their contributions. Despite this, or perhaps in compensation for this, Scott has since developed something of a rivalry with Dillon, due to their similarly stubborn, dominating personalities and Dillon's defiant tendencies. The pair are often seen trying to outdo the other, especially when it comes to their cars.

He is portrayed by Eka Darville.

Flynn McAllistair

Flynn McAllistair is Ranger Operator Series Blue, alternately referred to as Ranger Blue. A Scotsman, Flynn is GeneRally laid-back in personality. As a mechanic, he often spends time working on his personal vehicle, a Hummer H1, and is ProFicient at making smoothies. He uses his Basic skills and knowledge of devices and appliances to help out with technological tasks if ever need be, even once rivaling Dr. K's understanding of the ranger technology.

While Flynn was a mechanic by trade, a skill taught to him by his father, Flynn expressed a strong desire to help others like the superheroes in the comic books he read so much as a child. After graduating high school, he finally got that chance, much to the displeasure of his father who insisted superheroes didn't exist. Not realizing the full responsibilities of such a line of work, his passion for helping others tended to get in the way as he usually overdid his jobs, (ex. spraying water into a burning building until it received unnecessary water damage, and then wanting to run back into said building to save the plants) and, as a result, was fired from all of them. As soon as Venjix attacked, both he and his father fled to Corinth, but Flynn shortly after went to save a bus-full of people still outside the city, and skillfully managed to make it unharmed back to Corinth. His act of heroism earned him acceptance from his father, who finally realized this was what his son was meant to do. His dream of becoming a superhero finally came true when he was selected to become Ranger Series Operator Blue.

Dillon and Ziggy's arrival resulted in feelings of distrust from Flynn, due to the nature of Dillon's mechanical upgrades, but Flynn was still less antagonistic than Scott over the matter, willing to allow Dillon onboard if the group consensus felt it was best. Ziggy joining the team produced quite a bit more incredulity in him, however. Despite any early feelings of doubt, he seems to have since fully embraced the two as members of the team.

He is portrayed by Ari Boyland.

Summer Landsdown

Summer Landsdown is the Ranger Operator Series Yellow, alternately referred to as Ranger Yellow. She is a skilled combatant and proficient at martial arts. She has a kind personality, willing to trust others and give them the benefit of the doubt, even when no one else is willing to. She isn't above getting down to business when necessary, however. She is also skilled at, and enjoys, riding motorcycles.

Summer did not start off kind or caring, as she once was a rich and spoiled heiress, with constantly absent parents; when Venjix forces attacked on her birthday, she was abandoned by her equally-spoiled friends and long-suffering staff during the evacuation. While wandering aimlessly in search for help, she was found by her butler Andrews, who then helped to escort her to Corinth. Along the way, Summer gained a better understanding and view on what he'd done for her, and she begins to return the favor. Some miles away from Corinth, they were ambushed by Grinders, and Andrews was killed protecting her, forcing her to grow past her formerly spoiled personality. She eventually finds her way to Corinth on her own and reunites with her parents. After hearing a report of a pilot shot down, she decides to go out again to find him. She found a downed Scott and helped him return to Corinth before the city's shielding went up, making her rescue of Scott her first significant act of goodwill. By the present day, she was serving as the Yellow Ranger alongside Scott and Flynn.

When Dillon and Ziggy arrived in Corinth and were subsequently jailed, it was Summer who first considered Dillon a suitable operator for the Series Black tech, and decided to trust him even while Scott and Flynn could not. While the three rangers together were able to convince him to join up, Summer's words in particular later on were instrumental to keeping him from leaving.

She is portrayed by Rose McIver.

Ziggy Grover

Ziggy Grover is Ranger Operator Series Green, alternately referred to as Ranger Green. He is generally clumsy, wacky, silly, and a bit of a coward, but for what he lacks in skill and physical prowess, he makes up for with heart. He is energetic, enthusiastic, and at times stupidly optimistic, which often leaves him on the receiving end of Dr. K's blunt verbal insults. He usually wants to stay out of trouble, but won't hesitate to help the other rangers.

Before becoming a Ranger, he was an associate of Fresno Bob, the boss of the Scorpion Cartel, a well known crime family. Clumsy even back then, he would often fail missions for him, but continued to work under Fresno Bob to get the money to help support an orphanage full of children with child gamma sickness. One day, he was trusted by Fresno Bob to drive a truck to him in order to further his career in the Cartels. However Ziggy, along with the truck, disappeared from Corinth, thus giving a reason for many criminals to target him. In reality, Ziggy discovered the truck was full of $5 million worth of medical supplies that he could use to support the children in the orphanage. Had he told the Cartels anything AbOUT what happened to the supplies, the orphanage would have been targeted. Thus with the help of one of his friends, he fled Corinth. It is outside that he met Dillon and, after failing to hijack his car, decided to escort him back to the city.

Ziggy, unlike the other rangers, was never tested and is the least capable to use the Ranger tech. He only ended up becoming a Ranger after trying to keep the Series Green Morpher from falling into Tenaya 7's hands. Struggling to keep it away from her, at the last minute, Ziggy bonded with the morpher to become Ranger Green. His unauthorized bonding with the morpher initially caused a bad reaction from Dr. K and the other rangers, save for Dillon, due to his obvious incompetence. Since then however, he has been steadily showing signs of improvement, proving to be, while still clumsy, a helpful ally, able to handle his own when fighting against Grinders. He has even started to have his once problematic teleportation powers under control.

He is portrayed by Milo Cawthorne.

Dillon

Dillon is Ranger Operator Series Black, alternately referred to as Ranger Black by his peers, and more recently, Subject D-44 by associates of Venjix. He is aloof and somewhat withdrawn, a bit of a lone wolf among his fellow rangers. Despite this, he has a kinder side. He does not hesitate to help whenever anyone is in danger, and has even on occasion personally defended Ziggy, Summer, and even to some extent, Scott. While distrustful of others, he agrees to help Dr. K and the other Rangers protect Corinth City. He can be gruff and has a bit of a rebellious side, and often criticizes and talks sarcastically to Dr. K and the Rangers, similar to Tenaya 7's defiance of Venjix.

In the start of the series, he was seen outside of Corinth, wandering the wasteland-like world in search of the city without any memory of his past, not even knowing his own name. It was there that he was confronted by Ziggy attempting to rob him, and together they drive to Corinth City. He and Ziggy were arrested on sight as Dillon was found with Venjix technology in his biology, enhancing his physical capabilites to superhuman levels, making him a perfect candidate as Ranger Operator Series Black. Though hesitating at first, he eventually came to terms about what he would be protecting and decided to join the other Rangers.

Dillon's past is an absolute mystery. The only clues he has to his former life are his technological enhancements, a MusicAL pocketwatch he carries on him at all times, and several strange recurring dreams of a blind, unknown girl who, along with him, is under the custody of Venjix. He even once attempted to leave Corinth in attempt to search out the missing pieces of his past. Upon hearing a distress call from the other rangers, he decided he needed to stay and dropped his previous plans of leaving in order to help his teammates out. His dreams were proven to be of merit when a Venjix attackbot, who had appeared in one of his dreams, showed up and claimed to have wiped, and still possess, Dillon's memories. This attackbot also called him by an ID number, marking him as subject D-44. Before being destroyed by Dillon's hands after his initial hesitation to do so, this attackbot activated a virus in Dillon's mechanical implants designed to make them grow until they take him over completely, of which Dr. K says there is No Cure. Venjix intends to use this virus to eventually bring Dillon under its control. After undergoing hypnotherapy, he finds memories of an area called Kenmore located in Omega City, evacuated after the first Venjix attack.

He is portrayed by Daniel Ewing.

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