Are all Power Sources / Ancient Artifacts & Weapons connected to the Morphing Grid?

[LORD_ZEDD]

Since the Morphing Grid is the endless energy existing within the Universe, are all the power sources and artifacts connceted to and draw energy from the grid (like the original MMPR Power Coins), or another source, and if so what source?
Various things im referring to include:

Zeo Crystals
Corona Aruora
Quasar Sabers
Lights Of Orion
Dino Gems
Galaxy Book
The Great Power (From MMPR: The Movie - I know its not part of the offical TV Continuity but just go with it and pretend it was in the show).
Sword Of Power
Sword Of Darkness
Sword Of Light
Savage Sword
Power Ruby

[RangerFan52]

The Great Power should really be left out of this, in my opinion. like you said it's not in "TV Continuity", & they truly got the powers for Continuity in "Ninja Quest". Plus, i don't think they're connected, b/c they would of had them before "Ninja Quest", haha.

[mnikolic]

In my opinion, every Ranger Power in PR, including every power source, ancient artifact and weapon is connected to the Morphing Grid. I mean, no PR season states oterwise.

Maybe the Morphing Grid thing could be explored in a movie a little more, i.e. who created it, how was is created and what it consists of. I think that would make a great movie, as it would explain a lot of things connected to the powers, that happened in the series. It would be like a nice mythology movie, it would give us an idea on how any Ranger Powers came to be.

[LORD_ZEDD]

The Great Power should really be left out of this, in my opinion. like you said it's not in "TV Continuity", & they truly got the powers for Continuity in "Ninja Quest". Plus, i don't think they're connected, b/c they would of had them before "Ninja Quest", haha.

Yeah i no like i said just pretend, it was just hypothetical.


Maybe the Morphing Grid thing could be explored in a movie a little more, i.e. who created it, how was is created and what it consists of. I think that would make a great movie, as it would explain a lot of things connected to the powers, that happened in the series. It would be like a nice mythology movie, it would give us an idea on how any Ranger Powers came to be.

I agree that the morphing grid would be an awesome thing to finally explore in a movie and give us all the info we want on it, however if they ever made another movie i would prefer it if they gave it an independant storyline completely irrelevant of the show, instead of a spin-off / continuation / expansion of the show we know. Like what they did with the live action Transformers film series, it was based on the cartoon with the same characters and artifcats and what not but had its own spin on it. I think that would be the only way for a modern day movie to work, as too many people today have either forgotton or are not aware of the origins of the tv show.

[SirGreen]

Why yes, yes it is.

[Captain Platypus]

The Space rangers used a recent bit of tech in the mega accelerator. So did Lightspeed Rescue. Time Force used future tech and so did SPD and RPM. The Corona Aurora isn't the Overdrive rangers' power source but their power is supplied by Hartford. The artifacts are actually limited

[LORD_ZEDD]

O yeah i no the Corona Aurora isnt there power source but its still a powerful artifact from ancient times, as Sentinel Knight spread the crystals millions of years ago so it goes back a fair bit. It was still a powerful thing one of the villains desired to gain more power, much like the way Master Vile desired the Zeo Crystals.

[Alpha 5]

Wasn't Rpm using the Bio Field. which was the morphing grid?

[Captain Platypus]

Yes, they were grid tapping

[Anza Power]

Every Power Ranger draws power from the morphing grid...

[momotroniuity]

I would say not at first. Link rangers into it, then they become connected to the grid.

[LORD_ZEDD]

Yeah but im not talking about the rangers, yes all rangers use the morphing grid, but im asking do all the ancient artifacts and power sources draw that same energy or are they independant of it? For example Master Vile wanted to capture the Zeo Crystal - and Zordon said if he did he would be nigh unstoppable to control the universe - but would of capturing them given him complete control of the morphing grid and/or given him ultimate power from it, or would he have drawn power from somewhere/something else?

[Mr. CD]

As far as I know, the only Ranger teams who power source are connected to it are the Mighty Morphin', Aquitian, Space (Some time after Space ended), Ninja, Dino, SPD, Mystic, Overdrive, Jungle Fury, and RPM Rangers.

[Alpha 5]

maybe the Zeo crystal was it's own independent battery. but I use to think it was just drawing power from the grid

[LORD_ZEDD]

Yeah they could be either way i guess, thats really what this thread is about, if they werent connected to the grid then where/how did they gain their power - were they created by morphing masters or venerated ancestors or someother powerful people. Main things that fall into this category are the Zeo Crystals, Lights of Orion and the Corona Aurora.

[Sweet Rocket]

I would say not at first. Link rangers into it, then they become connected to the grid.

This was my thinking as well, at least in regards to things like the Zeo Crystal, Lights of Orion and the Corona Aurora. None of these powers, IMHO, were officially connected to the Morphing Grid until they came into the possession of the Power Rangers. I think because they might all share a similar energy to that of the Morphing Grid (being an energy source that's existed for thousands of years), their able to interface with it without problems. Now, artifacts like the Galaxy Book and even the Savage Sword on the other hand, are not artifacts that are connected to the Morphing Grid.

The Galaxy Book is more or less presented like a archival account of power artifacts, beasts and magic spells within the known universe in PRLG. The Savage Sword Psycho Pink finds on the planet Rashon is a weapon of immense power that, like the Zeo Crystal, grows stronger with every battle (or blow) it participates in and in turn makes its wielder stronger as well (I suppose). It was destroyed by Kendrix, but no Ranger who's power originated from the Morphing Grid ever wielded it. I don't even think Leo's Battlizer armor was connected to the Morphing Grid until it was passed onto him by "The Warrior". I also think it probably looked radically less goofy and was more mobile when wielded by said Warrior and not Leo, but that's just my theory.

[yonkomother]

I've been playing a lot of Golden Sun lately and while watching PR, I thought about things in GS that could apply to PR.

In GS there is a thing called Psynergy. For those who haven't played Golden Sun, it's basically psychic powers. Different groups of people call it different things though. Some people refer to it as 'Force.' Some call it 'Chi.' Your character goes with 'Psynergy.'

I started thinking, maybe the same logic goes for the morphing grid. Zordon straight up calls it the Morphing Grid, Dr. K called it an 'Electromagnetic something-or-other' and...i don't know...the Wind rangers just morph with no name. I'm beginning to think that in the PR universe, there is a force simply called 'The Power' as Zordon frequently told the rangers "May the Power protect you." I assume it's kind of like the force in Star Wars. This power's "Physical" form is the Universal Morphing Grid. If one can access it, they can draw from this "power" and become a Ranger. Your form depends on how you access it. A Power coin gives you Dinozord Power, a wind morpher gives you Wind Ninja Power, etc. Those who've created their own powers simply found a way to connect to the Morphing Grid. RJ mentions how he did so in creating the Jungle Fury Morphers, and Dr K. also said she stumbled across it, paving the way to ranger technology.

Idk if that fully answers anyone's question, but i've been thinking about that for a while and just wanted to join the discussion.

[LORD_ZEDD]

But a lot of those other artifacts seem to be independant from the morphing grid, as far as we know the morphing grid only gives power to the rangers and select few others who can access it. But the corona aurora and more specifically its individual crystals along with the lights of orion may well have been created without the use of the grid, as for the zeo crystals it would seem that they are somehow connected to it as its said they are always getting stronger so could well be constantly absorbing grid energy?

[Mr. CD]

No bumping up threads more than three months old, Ed.