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The S.P.D. Power Rangers are fictional characters and heroes in the Power Rangers universe, and the primary protagonists in the television series Power Rangers: S.P.D.. This season is set in the year 2025.

B-Squad Rangers

Although the B-Squad were initially a backup team as their name suggests, they were promoted to the Earth's primary line of defense and granted Ranger status after the A-Squad vanished, as well acting as tutors for the D-Squad Cadets. They are an integral part of the Space Patrol Delta organization.

The B-Squad is later joined as active Rangers by Commander Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, the Shadow Ranger and their superior officer in S.P.D., and Sam, the Omega Ranger.

In Endings pt. 2, the A-Squad position was retired and B-Squad was made the highest rank in Space Patrol Delta Cadets.

Jack Landors

Jack Landors (played by Brandon Jay McLaren) is the S.P.D. Red Ranger. A former street thief alongside his best friend Z, Jack volunteered to become the Red B-Squad Ranger in order to save Z's life as well as those of the other Rangers and took over as team leader, to the ire of Sky Tate. At first, he took his position as team leader very lightly, but has since proven he is a capable leader, albeit one who often clashes with the chain of command. He formed an uneasy but respect-based relationship with Sky, taking tactical suggestions from him in the field and helping him deal with his issues regarding Mirloc & his father.

After his encounter with the volunteer Ally, he realized that, while he liked being a Ranger, what he really wanted to do was go back to helping people on the streets - the conflict of these two interests led to him nearly botching the mission against Delex. Following the destruction of the Magnificence and the containment of Gruumm, Jack left S.P.D. to work with Ally full-time and Sky took his place. Despite his casual attitude, he loathes having to say goodbye and left S.P.D. without telling the rest of B-Squad; despite this, they remain close.

While unmorphed, his genetic power enables him to become intangible and pass through any object. As Red Ranger, he has exclusive access to a Battlizer and also control over two separate Zords & S.W.A.T. Mode. He wields twin laser blasts and is a sharpshooter. His uniform sports the number 1, his assigned S.P.D. number.

Jack has no knowledge of when he was born. Syd, however, offered to share her birthday with him.

Sky Tate

Schuyler "Sky" Tate (portrayed by Chris Violette) is the S.P.D. Blue Ranger and second-in-command who was originally a stickler for rules. Sky is top on B-Squad on weapons and fighting, and believes he should be the Red Ranger just like his father was. Unfortunately, his pride gets in the way and Commander Cruger picks him to be the Blue Ranger.

When Sky faces off against Mirloc, the one responsible for the death of his father, Jack thinks Sky should be the one to bring him in as the Red Ranger. Although it was an honor to be the Red Ranger, Sky realizeed that heroes come in all colors. After going through extensive S.W.A.T. training on Zantor to acquire S.W.A.T. Mode, he discovers the importance of his team. With teamwork, they are able to even defeat the renegade A-Squad.

With Jack leaving S.P.D., Sky has grown into a great leader and has learned to accept his teammates as equals. Cruger chooses him to step up as the new Red Ranger.

While unmorphed, his genetic power allows him to create force fields.

Given that a picture of a young Sky with his father showed his father wearing the Time Force uniform, it is sometimes speculated that he is the son of Wesley Collins, but there is currently no evidence to confirm or deny this theory, or that the two are relatives, or Sky's Father, other than Wes himself may be a former Silver Guardian and later became an S.P.D. member, and his powers may have been based on Wes' own powers seeing as SPD was still a smaller organization back then. It is possible however, that S.P.D. may have evolved into Time Force, as they are two very similar organizations, as well as the two series themselves being similar, as they both center around futuristic law enforcement organizations, and that monsters are captured rather than killed and that Time Force would be founded at around the year 3000. However, it could also be vice versa as Eric Meyers and Wes remained in 2001 as the only Time Force Rangers, and maybe the first S.P.D. uniforms were based on the Time Force suits.

His assigned S.P.D. number is 2; he is later promoted to 1 after Jack resigns. When Cruger becomes Supreme Commander, Sky replaces Cruger and is promoted to Commander. This may also mean Sky is the new Shadow Ranger, which would make his number 100.

Bridge Carson

Bridge Carson (portrayed by Matt Austin) is the S.P.D. Green Ranger. Bridge might appear slow at times, but he is a computer genius, a master mechanic, and much more. He might be gullible, but he also has a heart of gold. People underestimate Bridge, but he always manages to come through with his quick thinking. He is well known for his love of "buttery" toast, and one of his more amusing eccentricities is an apparent inability to say the word "buttery" without wiggling his fingers in front of his mouth. The phrase "buttery" was first mentioned by him when offering toast to the Yellow S.P.D. Ranger, Z, who formed a firm friendship with him; as evidenced when she defended him, when Sky blamed Syd's confusion on Bridge's rambling.

Bridge takes it upon himself to overanalyze any situation and sometimes lacks confidence. Bridge endures S.W.A.T. training on Zantor with the others to achieve S.W.A.T. Mode. Bridge relies more on intuition than any other Ranger and is the first one to sense that something is wrong with A-Squad. As time goes on, the other Rangers come to respect how he always comes through for them and he becomes more confident.

While unmorphed, his genetic power gives him a form of psychometry, and the ability to scan and discern others auras. He has no control over this ability, and consequently wears gloves most of the time.

After Jack left S.P.D., and once Sky was promoted to Red Ranger, Bridge was promoted to Blue Ranger. After Commander Cruger is promoted, Sky is promoted as well, leaving Bridge as the Red Ranger.

His assigned S.P.D. number is 3; he is later promoted to 2 and eventually to 1. See Once a Ranger for details.

Elizabeth Delgado

Elizabeth "Z" Delgado (played by Monica May) is the S.P.D. Yellow Ranger. When Z was younger, she was considered an outcast at school due to her genetic power. She ran away and, upon being attacked by a vicious monster, she was saved by a disguised Anubis Cruger (similar to what happened to Jasmine, Z's counterpart, in Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger). Eventually, she began living on the streets. It was there that she met her best friend Jack and began stealing for the poor. She eventually grew tired of that profession and wished to be part of something bigger, which led to her being drafted into the S.P.D. B-Squad.

Despite their differing personalities, she formed a firm friendship with both Bridge and Syd, often teaming up with the Pink Ranger in battle. She defended him when Sky blamed Syd's confusion on Bridge's rambling. Easy-going and somewhat sloppy, she is a viciously determined fighter and, due to her past alienation, took it upon herself to reach out to young Sam.

It is shown that she shares a romance with Bridge Carson.

Her genetic power of duplication allows her to become a virtual one-Ranger army in the blink of an eye. Z has the power to make several copies of herself when needed.

She has a long history with Piggy and appears to trust him as a friend, often going to him for underworld information or help even when his duplicitous nature was obvious. When he was revealed to be openly working for Gruumm, Z was shocked that he could have betrayed them.

Through S.W.A.T. training on Zantor, Z learns to get over her differences with Syd and together as a team, the Rangers take down a renegade A-Squad. When Jack leaves S.P.D., Z stays with the Rangers and continues to live out her dream of protecting the innocent.

Her assigned S.P.D. number is 4. She is also the first female yellow ranger with a legitimate female sentai counterpart not to have a skirt on her suit (note that her fellow yellow rangers Trini Kwan, Aisha Campbell, Maya, Kelsey Winslow, Katie Walker and Taylor have male sentai counterparts). Although she shares the same surname as Black Wild Force Ranger Danny, it has yet to be known as to whether they are related to each other though it may just be a coincidence.

Sydney Drew

Sydney "Syd" Drew (portrayed by Alycia Purrott) is the S.P.D. Pink Ranger. Her parents worked at S.P.D. and were involved with the creation of the Delta Morphers, which altered Syd's DNA, giving her the ability to change her hand into any material she touches. Her family is very wealthy. She was on the B-Squad along with Bridge Carson and Sky Tate.

Her life before S.P.D. is not clear. Multiple references during the show imply that she has many talents, including being an excellent fencer, pop star, and model. Despite her flagrant vanity and occasional selfishness, she is very caring and compassionate, and is often the first to stand up for someone when they are being treated wrong.

Though she and Z are always fighting deep down they care for each other.

Her assigned S.P.D. number is 5.

Sydney is the first Pink Ranger not to wear a skirt on her uniform, despite being female in both Sentai and Power Rangers footage. She is also the first Pink Ranger not to have a direct Predecessor (not counting the Original Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart) as her predecessor came 4 seasons earlier in Pink Time Force ranger Jen Scotts.

Doggie Cruger

Commander Anubis "Doggie" Cruger is the commander of Earth's S.P.D. branch. He also serves as the S.P.D. Shadow Ranger. He cut one of Grumm's antlers in battle on Sirius.

His assigned number was 100. After Birdy decides to retire, Doggie is promoted to Supreme Commander.

Dr. Kat Manx

Dr. Kat Manx is the technical expert for Earth's S.P.D. and a master of many sciences. She is a humanoid alien of an Unknown world with feline features and, despite her youthful appearance, is 147 Earth years old. making her the second oldest Power Ranger after Lunar Ranger Merrick Balliton, and the only non-human ranger with a known age, or the oldest non-human power ranger(the ages of other non-human rangers such as the Aquatian Rangers, Trey Of Triforia, Andros, Zhane, Maya, Karone, Trip, and Tyzonne has yet to be known, alhough their ages may not be that old in human years, or they may share the earth age of the human rangers that they have been with, around 16-20 plus earth years). Kat serves as the chief technologist in S.P.D. and was responsible for the invention of all of Earth's S.P.D. technology, from the Judgment Scanner to the Delta Command Megazord. During all S.P.D. missions, she can be found in the Command Center running ops and providing scientific assistance to the Rangers.

Kat was part of the early days of Earth's SPD branch, when it was a top secret organisation in 2001, the same year that the Time Force Series was taking place. She was one of several scientists, along with the B-Squad's parents(Probably Including either Danny Delgado before becoming the Black Wild Force Ranger or Z's Mother that Danny later Married which may Confirm his Father-Daughter Relationship with Z, and Sky's Father who may then be a member of the Silver Guardians, which would later be led By Red Time Force Ranger Wes Collins and Quantum Ranger Eric Myers, and the former who is later aspiring to Join SPD), who worked with highly energized chemicals that led to the B-Squad's mutations. Kat is also a good friend to Commander Cruger, though she considers him a "stubborn old dog", and provides a reasoned argument against his more emotional decision. When General Benaag captured her, Cruger accepted the Patrol Morpher that she had given him and became the Shadow Ranger. (Producer Greg Aronowitz has stated in a podcast interview that Kat was in love with Cruger and vice versa, but that he never acted on it (16 minutes in) )

Kat serves as a mentor to Boom, a reject from the academy. Despite his apparent ineptitude, her teaching turned him into a technical expert.

Although Kat is a scientist by trade, she is not helpless in the field . Her cat-like physiology makes her exceptionally agile, and she is a skilled fighter. She led the defense of the Space Patrol Delta Base against the final Troobian invasion.

In "Katastrophe," Kat was granted the use of her own (temporary) Delta Morpher (given to her by Commander Birdy) to become the S.P.D. Kat Ranger, making her the first female Other Ranger. The Kat Ranger costume is half-orange and half-white with cat-like ears, making her the first 8th Ranger and marking the first time that a Power Rangers team has had three female rangers on one team. Her powers expired after an hour. Her costume was similar to those of the B-Squad, but she did not have a number on her Ranger form like the other members of S.P.D. Instead, she had a heptagon as her chest symbol. As Kat Ranger, she created blinding auroras and threw feather-like "Cat Stunners". She wanted desperatly to help out against an enemy called Mooney who was a former classmate of hers and was given the Morpher to fight. She captures Mooney herself after stopping his giant robot. In Endings Part 1 she was amongst those captured by Broodwing's forces and was put into a cell alongside Boom. After Boom gets them out by summoning RIC she disables the Delta Command Megazord stopping Broodwing and allowing the B-Sqaud to capture him. In Endings Part 2 she fights in the final battle with Grumm's forces and retreats inside when the Nova Ranger shows up. She also witnesses the final showdown between Grumm and Cruger.

Sam

Sam was once a very lonely and misunderstood street orphan whose mother died in a tragic incident and whose genetic powers (of being able to teleport objects) made him a constant target for bullies. His desperate search for friends led him to be manipulated by Mora and her newest creation Bugglesworth, who turned people into dolls for Mora to collect. While the other Rangers were quick to judge Sam poorly, Z realized that Sam was not evil and just wanted to fit in. Although it took a lot of convincing, Sam eventually agreed to stay with his new friend and the other Rangers at the S.P.D. Academy.

In the year 2040, Sam was chosen by S.P.D. to become the Omega Ranger and charged with a special mission: travelling back through time to 2025 to stop the rogue Morgana from destroying the Rangers and eventually Earth, thus preventing the disaster that has befallen his world. He destroyed Shorty upon the start of the deciding battle and drove off Morgana and Devastation however he refused help believing the Rangers of this time too outdated to help him. He later learned he was wrong when the other Rangers rushed to his aid when he was in trouble and together they saved the future by riding the Delta Squad Megazord on the back of the Omegamax Cycle and blasting Devastation's robot until it was destroyed and then capturing him. This battle taught him the value of teamwork. However, passing through the time warp heavily altered his human form, reducing him to a floating orb of pure energy. Due to this setback, his only remotely-human form is his Ranger form. As Kat searched for a way to send him back to the future, he assisted the B-Squad Rangers in their battle to save Earth.

Omega joined the B-Squad to prevent Emperor Gruumm's invasion and brought with him a powerful array of futuristic equipment including the Uniforce Cycle, a Zord known as the Omegamax Cycle, and an Omega Morpher that - in addition to increasing his strength (Muslce Mode) - allowed him to perform various feats including temporal manipulation (Hyper Mode) and fire bursts of electricity from his palm (Electro Mode). Like the S.P.D. and Patrol morphers, the Omega Morpher can also grant access to the Judgement Mode function. His suit brandishes the Roman Numeral for six, "VI".

When some friends of Piggy stole the S.W.A.T. technology, Sam's technological advancements were outmatched, but, as he is "the force from the future", he was always at the Rangers disposal when they needed him.

During the final battle against Gruumm, Sam's old friend Nova Ranger came looking for him. After the battle ended, the two of them returned to the future. Presumably she was able to return him to human form as he unmorphed for a moment before traveling back to the future.

As Young Sam, he was portrayed by Aaron James Murphy. As the Omega Ranger, he was voiced by Brett Stewart. His human form was portrayed by an uncredited actor.

Nova Ranger

Nova Ranger is a fictional character in the TV series Power Rangers: S.P.D. She is voiced by Antonia Prebble while her human form was portrayed by an uncredited actress. Her numeric S.P.D. insignia is M, the Roman numeral for 1000.

During the final battle with Gruumm, the B-Squad Rangers had left the S.P.D. base relatively unguarded, save for Dr. Kat Manx, Boom, the Omega Ranger, and the S.P.D. cadets. Grumm's forces were overpowering the S.P.D. forces, when a time-portal suddenly appeared, and a silver-colored Ranger stepped out. She identified herself as the S.P.D. Nova Ranger. Nova Ranger had been Omega Ranger's ally in the future, and had been searching various timelines in her effort to locate him. With her help, the S.P.D. base was protected from harm. A second time portal was opened after the battle ended and the unmorphed Nova Ranger, along with the unmorphed and now-fully-human Omega Ranger, returned to the future.

Nova Ranger had a blue-and-gold device very similar in appearance to the Omega Ranger's Morpher, which was called the Nova Morpher. Like the Omega Morpher, Nova Ranger's morpher acted as her only weapon in combat and had an Electro-Mode. However, unlike the Omega Morpher, the Nova Morpher appeared to have better time traveling capabilities and the power to restore Omega Ranger to human form.

A-Squad Rangers

The A-Squad S.P.D. Rangers were the B-Squad Rangers' predecessors. They decided to join with the Troobian Empire and betray S.P.D. They underestimated the B-Squad Rangers and were eventually confined in the 37th episode.

References

1. Aaron Wallace, "Review of Power Rangers S.P.D.: Volume 1 - Joining Forces," UltimateDisney.com (June 13, 2005).

See also

• Power Rangers: S.P.D.

• Power Ranger teams
• Fictional police officers