Billy Cranston

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This article is about a Ranger/ally in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Dino Fury.

Billy Cranston

Main appearances

1993
1994
1995
1996
2023
Child
Elder

Comic

1996 Comic
2014 Comic

Blue Ranger

Pink Ranger

Gender:

Male

Seasons:

Mighty Morphin
Zeo
Cosmic Fury

Colors:

Blue
Pink (temporary)

Homeworld:

Earth (Currently)
Aquitar (Formerly)

First Appearance:

Day of the Dumpster

Last Appearance:

The End

Number of Episode Appearances:

145 (Mighty Morphin)
10 (Alien Rangers)
41 (Zeo)
1 (Super Megaforce)
1 (Short Film)
1 (Beast Morphers)
1 (Netflix special)
10 (Cosmic Fury)
1 (Mighty Morphin (Boom))
Full list of appearances

Actor:

David Yost
Amy Jo Johnson (swapped with Kimberly)
Billy Nilles (child, Season 1)
Justin Timsit (child, Seasons 2 and 3)
William Frederick Knight (old, Power Rangers Zeo)
Dan Amrich (Rita's Rewind)

Blue Ranger

Pink Ranger

Blue Ranger
Pink Ranger
Blue Ninja Ranger

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2
3

"It's time for mollecular transmutation! Triceratops!"

―One of Billy's roll calls.^[src]

"Jason! That blow didn't even faze him!"

―Billy's most infamous line after the Megazord punched Goldar down in spite of the line not syncing up with the action.^[src]

"We can't back off! Just because we're in a little trouble, we've gotta keep trying!"

―Billy after Zack suggested backing down whilst the Megazord was taking a beating from the Grumble Bee's sonic attacks.^[src]

William "Billy" Cranston is the first Blue Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the 'modern era', during "Switching Places", Billy accidentally switched bodies with Kimberly Ann Hart becoming (temporary) the Pink Ranger, he later became the first Blue Ninja Ranger of the Ninja Rangers.

Retroactively, he is also referred to as the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger or Blue Mighty Morphin Ranger, though these are terms of address referencing the show as opposed to proper labels.

During Power Rangers Zeo, Billy served as the technical expert helping from the Power Chamber the Zeo Rangers against the Machine Empire, he leaves Earth to spend time with his girlfriend, living now on Aquitar with Cestria.

Until his departure, he was considered the brains of the Power Rangers team, creating many gadgets with which to solve problems that not even Zordon foresaw, and even invented the first team's wrist-worn communication devices (it is believed, though not proven, that he created every other communicator up until his departure from the show).

Many years later, during the events of Power Rangers Beast Morphers Season 2, Billy responded to his old teammate Jason's signal and forms part of the Legendary Dino Rangers army against Goldar Maximus and his Army of Foot Soldiers.

Two years later, Billy tried to bring back Zordon but unintentionally brought back Rita Repulsa who gained a robotic body after taking over Alpha 8’s body. Billy followed Rita and ended up fighting her and a gang of Putty Patrollers, eventually he sent a distress call which was answered by his former Team but the fight ended in tragedy when Trini Kwan was killed by Rita.

One year later, on the anniversary of Trini’s death, Rita returned and captured Jason Lee Scott, Kimberly Hart, and Tommy Oliver. Billy was able to escape capture along with Zack Taylor and Trini’s daughter, Minh. Back at the new Command Center, Alpha 9 activated Bandora Protocol, and with the help of Zack, Minh (who had become the new Yellow Ranger), Rocky DeSantos and Kat Hillard, Billy was able to fix his past mistake and avenge his fallen friend.

Months later, Billy joined the Dino Fury Rangers to fight the new threat of his old enemy, Lord Zedd, and his alliance with Squid Ink Inc., who sought to eradicate good from the universe. Billy assists Solon in mentorship responsibilities for the Rangers, who became the Cosmic Fury Rangers, and along with several Rangers, Billy helped the team eliminate the enemy fleet. After their victory, Billy learned from Aiyon that he had encountered Zordon, which affirms his resolve.

What event led to Billy Cranston temporarily becoming the Pink Ranger? toggle section

In the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode 'Switching Places', Billy Cranston, recognized as the Blue Ranger, accidentally switched bodies with Kimberly Ann Hart, leading to his temporary role as the Pink Ranger.

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How did Billy Cranston become the first Blue Ninja Ranger? toggle section

Billy Cranston was selected by Zordon to become the Blue Ranger in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers team in 1993. He battled Rita Repulsa's monsters. The team faced a challenge when Rita introduced a new Green Ranger, but they managed to free him from her control by destroying the Sword.

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What is the significance of the term 'Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger' in reference to Billy Cranston? toggle section

Billy Cranston is synonymous with the 'Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger', his superhero identity in the 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. The term extends to different iterations of Billy, including his evil clone, his ancestor - the inaugural human user of the Blue Power Coin, and his movie counterpart in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.

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Who was the first Blue Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? toggle section

Billy Cranston, part of the original team with Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan, and Kimberly Ann Hart, was the inaugural Blue Ranger in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He is recognized as the first human to use the Blue Power Coin as the Blue Wild West Ranger. His successor as the Blue Ranger was T.J. Johnson.

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What is the role of Billy Cranston in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series? toggle section

Billy Cranston is a key character in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series, known as the Blue Ranger. He debuted in 1993 and has been featured in multiple versions of the series, including the 2017 Power Rangers Movie as William Cranston. He also starred in the TV series Power Rangers: Zeo and the special episode The Lost Episode. Notably, Cranston was the sole actor from the original series to contribute to the 2017 movie.

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History[]

This article contains content in reference to the main TV series, as well as supplemental material, such as the comics. A sliding/floating timeline applies. Story instances for TV and other media will be clearly marked.

Early Life[]

In his youth, he was good friends with Eugene 'Skull' Skullovich, though the friendship eventually soured and became more antagonistic. He is a frequent target of Bulk and Skull's bullying. COMIC STORY- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 3

Mighty Morphin[]

Becoming a Ranger[]

Billy was one of the five "teenagers with attitude" selected by Zordon to become the original Power Rangers, along with close friends Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan, and Kimberly Hart. Billy became the Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger due to his intelligence and patience. He was given both the Triceratops Power Coin and the Triceratops Dinozord.

Billy began the series as the stereotypical "nerd," speaking almost exclusively in technobabble throughout Season 1. His closest friend throughout the series was Trini, to whom he could communicate most comfortably and effectively. He was initially very insecure about himself, making him an easy target for people like Bulk and Skull, who tormented him often in the beginning. The other Rangers, especially Trini, defended him loyally, and Billy later evolved to become a stronger individual. He was one of the top members of Angel Grove High's science club and often helped its younger members with their experiments. One such person was Willy, a young boy who he helped to create a virtual reality simulator for a Science Fair. In the episode "High Five", Billy not only created the communicators, but also the interface that allowed the devices remote access to the Command Center's teleportation unit.

When they are not saving the world, teenagers with attitudes chosen by Zordon gather at the Angel Grove Youth Center. Trini updates Alpha 5 with the language of the year 1993. Far away, Dr. Carver and Dr. Kenyon discover a new civilization and the largest statue ever built in ancient America. Unintentionally, Dr. Carver activates the terrible cross between monster and robot that attacks the excavation site. Back at the Youth Center, Billy creates a device with internet access when everyone sees the attack on TV. In the territory of the attack, summoning the Dinozords, the Power Rangers fight against a terrible monster. Struck by the lightning of the stone giant, the Rangers lose communication with Zordon and have their pieces exchanged makes it difficult in battle. With the help of Alpha 5, the exchange effect was reversed and the Rangers, winning the battle and returning the giant to its location. COMIC STORY- Rita Repulsa's Attitude Adjustment

Zordon chose Billy to become the Blue Ranger.

It was revealed that Billy was bitten by a fish in his youth during an experiment involving whirlpools, causing him to develop icthyophobia: fear of fish. This fear would persist well into his teens and Rita would use a spell to exacerbate this fear. When he was the last remaining Ranger able to contend with the Goo Fish monster, Billy overcame the spell, freeing his friends and helping to defeat the monster. He later completely overcame the fear while on a fishing trip with Ernie, the owner of the Youth Center.

Each of Billy's teammates had a unique skill to offer the team and, in Billy's case, it was his vast intelligence. He sought out to improve himself physically, and the audience would see him transform over time from the suspenders-wearing "brain" to a confident, hyper-intelligent athlete with appreciable fighting skills, thanks in great part to Trini's Uncle Howard, Jason, and later Tommy. Billy and his friends in the form of Power Rangers defeat Korruptor using Dino Megazord. COMIC STORY- Going Green

Billy's intelligence would help the Rangers save the world on many occasions. When the Command Center was damaged, Zordon lost and Alpha incapacitated, it was his invention, the RADBUG that allowed the Rangers to travel to the Command Center. As a Ranger, he had a wide array of accomplishments, including creating the method by which the Ranger's would initially infiltrate Rita's Dark Dimension to disarming the lock-out mechanism for Alpha's activated self-destruct. Though Billy did manage to attract girls earlier in his "nerd-like" persona, it was after he began his journey toward self-improvement that he would garner more attention from romantic interests, to the point of getting more than the other members of the team.

Billy was accepted into the Young Scientists of America program. He befriended Zack's cousin Curtis when he became the newest student at Angel Grove High. Curtis' musical interests, particularly his interest in and skill at playing the trumpet, sparked Billy's intrigue in the rhythmic patterns of jazz music.

As tensions rise between Tommy and the rest of the team, a new enemy calling himself the Black Dragon attacked the Command Center directly. Destroying the building and Alpha 5, the group fought a losing battle against the enemy before Jason and Trini set up teleportation to a pocket dimension for safety. Just as the teleportation sequence was initiated, Billy was pulled from the ray of blue light and knocked unconscious as his friends escaped. The Black Dragon used his Power Coin to connect to the Morphing Grid and caused the other four to lose their powers. COMIC STORY- [[|]]

Trapped in the Dark Dimension, Billy finds himself in the company of Goldar whom is being punished for his failure in the aftermath of Tommy's joining of the Power Rangers. Eventually, the two are able come to an understanding and Billy is able to escape in time to help Tommy defeat the Black Dragon, which he reveals to be mechanical much like the Zords. The two unmorphed rangers destroy the power source, but find themselves trapped in its rapidly shrinking body. COMIC STORY- [[|]]

At the last moment, the two escape but find themselves in an alternate future where Tommy never joined the Power Rangers and became an evil white ranger named Lord Drakkon. Escaping from an army of Mastodon Sentries, they find the ruined remains of various Zords and the White Ranger's blade: Saba, who guides the two and explains the history of the worlds formation. Shortly after, the two come into contact with the rebellion; consisting of alternate versions of Zack, Trini, Aisha, Kat and Bulk. Reclaiming his deceased counterparts morpher and coin, Billy feigns surrender to allow Alternate Trini the chance to get close and destroy Lord Drakkon's morpher and coin with it. The rest of the rangers show up in the alternate future to rescue Billy and Tommy, where they use the remainder of the Black Dragon's power to send them all home. COMIC STORY- [[|]]

After the Black Dragon arc, Billy becomes committed to being more athletic and becomes a bit more muscular in physique. While things seem to be normal in his life, his parents are in an overprotective state given he and Tommy had to stage a ruse to explain their long absence by teleporting under some debris for rescue workers to find them. So from the perspective of Billy's mother, her son was buried alive for several days and this created the very real adult fear she could have lost her child. Billy is a little annoyed by his mom's paranoia, but Trini tries to tell him to consider her feelings. He does try to be understanding but hopes for things to be a little more normal in the future. COMIC STORY- [[|]]

Zedd's Invasion[]

When Lord Zedd invaded Earth after doing away with Rita, Zordon upgraded the Dinozords into the Thunderzords; Billy was given control of the Unicorn Thunderzord. When Zordon and Alpha disappeared, Billy was the one to find the secret door where they were making the White Ranger. While most of the other Rangers were disappointed in a new member suddenly joining them, Billy knew that they needed a new Ranger to help them against Zedd, regardless of who it was. However, he was happy to find that the White Ranger turned out to be former teammate Tommy Oliver. The Rangers are driving out to the desert in Billy's RADBUG so they can send Rita back into space without any civilians seeing. During the drive, Zack reveals that he has gotten a gift for his girlfriend Angela: a pair of walkie-talkies designed after characters from an old children's show she likes. Trini explains to Kimberly that people often like to collect things that remind them of what made them happy, though Kimberly can't quite understand it. As the Rangers get out of the Radbug for a breather, Zack puts the walkie-talkies in the car's trunk next to Rita's Dumpster. Up in the Moon Palace, Lord Zedd is still in disbelief that his Scarlet Sentinel has fallen. Seeing the Rangers in the desert, he gets an idea and uses his power on the Radbug. Suddenly, the car comes to life and begins attempting to ram into the Rangers while claiming that it will no longer stand for being treated like a slave. The Rangers morph and use their Power Weapons to create a ramp that flips the Radbug on its roof and immobilizes it. Zedd throws a grenade down and the Radbug grows in size, plus gains a face made from Zack's walkie-talkies (which also gives Rita a means to complain about all the hassle she's getting put through). Tommy summons the White Tigerzord to deal with the Radbug while the other Rangers form the Thunder Megazord, and he tries to stop it by climbing into the runaway vehicle and driving it with his Tigerzord at the wheel. This only serves to anger the Radbug as it turns into a bipedal monster and ejects its Zord-driving driver. The Thunder Megazord rides the White Tigerzord to catch up to the Radbug as it nears Angel Grove's city limits. Once it gets close, the Megazord jumps onto the Radbug's hood and tears its fuel line out to end the joyride.With the Radbug back to normal, Billy tends to repairs while the other Rangers prepare to send Rita on her trip. Zack also recovers his walkie-talkies, which are perfectly intact, and Kimberly admits that she'll never doubt the value of collectibles again. COMIC STORY- By Bug... Betrayed

New Friends and Teammates[]

One day, just after having a picnic in the park with his friends, Billy, along with Tommy and Kimberly unexpectedly met Rocky DeSantos, Aisha Campbell, and Adam Park, and helped them stop a runaway stroller carrying a teacher's baby boy. When Zedd kidnapped the new teens, intending to change them into his own Dark Warriors, Billy, Tommy, and Kimberly set out to rescue them. Billy entered the cave where the teens were being held and grabbed the evil snake that would turn them evil. However, the snake wrapped itself around Billy's neck, and he was forced to remove his helmet to ensure he could breathe, thus revealing his identity to Rocky, Aisha, and Adam. The trio swore to keep the Rangers' secret and became friends with everyone. When Jason, Trini, and Zack were chosen to attend a Peace Conference in Switzerland, Billy and the Rangers had to retrieve the Sword of Light to allow the Rangers to transfer their powers. Though Billy was sad to see Jason, Trini, and Zack leave, he was happily surprised that Rocky, Aisha, and Adam would take their respective places as new Rangers.

When Kimberly fell through a time warp to the days of the Wild West, she would recruit Billy's ancestor William in the 1880s to become the first Blue Ranger when she assembles and takes command of the Wild West Rangers team in a battle against Goldar and several other time-traveling foes.

Ninja Quest[]

"It's Morphin Time! Blue Ranger Power!"

―roll call as the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger^[src]

After the Thunderzords were destroyed by Rito Revolto, Billy and the other Rangers sought out Ninjor, the creator of the Power Coins, to give them new powers. Billy became the Blue Ninja Ranger and controlled the Blue Wolf Ninjazord. Billy used his intelligence to enable the other Rangers to control the Shogunzords and would personally control the Blue Shogunzord.

Alien Rangers[]

The Rangers were turned into young kids by a time-reversal spell performed by Rita Repulsa's father, Master Vile. Billy devised a plan to restore the Rangers' proper ages using a machine that ran off of the Power Coins. Billy restored himself, but Goldar stole the machine, and Zedd and Rita destroyed all six Coins.

With his Wolf Ninja Coin destroyed and his Triceratops Power Coin damaged beyond use, Billy's role changed. He no longer fought as a Power Ranger, and did not join the remaining active Rangers in their search for the Zeo Crystals and acted solely in an advisory and supporting role, serving as a liaison between the Aquitar Rangers during this period.

Zeo[]

Billy officially retired from active Ranger service, allowing Tanya Sloan (who was sent back in Aisha Campbell's place) to take his place as an active Ranger in the field. He continued in the support role he had adopted during the Aquitian Rangers' time on Earth, assisting Zordon and Alpha 5 with tasks in the Power Chamber and creating and maintaining most of the weaponry, gadgets, and Zords the Zeo Rangers would use. He traveled briefly to Aquitar to assist the Aquitian Rangers in battling with a race of aliens called the Hydro Contaminators. To do so, he completed a prototype device that Cestro started to defeat them. Upon his return, his ship was diverted by King Mondo to fly straight into the sun. From the Power Chamber, Zordon, Alpha 5, and the Rangers were able to rescue him.

Billy gives his Zeo Subcrystal to Tanya.

Before Trey of Triforia was revealed to be the identity of the Gold Ranger, several red herrings mislead the viewers into believing that the Gold Ranger was Billy. When Rocky confronted him with this theory, he assured the team that he would never have kept such a secret from them, and had simply been busy working on a never-specified project (most likely the development of the Turbo powers). When Trey had to return to Triforia on sabbatical to try to unify his three selves, Billy was selected to assume the Gold Ranger's powers. However, the "negative proton energy" that his body had absorbed in the Command Center's explosion prevented him from taking the powers. Instead, Jason, the former Mighty Morphin Red Ranger (who, being nowhere near the Command Center at the time of its explosion, was a safe choice), received the powers.

Billy was last seen to be suffering from accelerated aging because the regenerator he used to restore his proper age had a side effect. To counter this, he traveled to Aquitar for a cure from their Eternal Falls (analogous to the Fountain of Youth), and opted to remain there with Cestria, a female Aquitian with whom he had fallen in love.

Saban's Masked Rider[]

When Dex Stewart says about to truthful friendships to Hal Stewart and Barbara Stewart, he specifically not ones based on what the other person wants to hear. This reminds him of his Edenoite friends, whom he misses, seeing in a flashback is Billy and the other Mighty Morphin Power Rangers at the moment when they meet Dex and the other Inhabitants of Edenoi. TV STORY-Super Gold

The Lost Episode[]

Billy Cranston was seen in archive footage, along with various Rangers and villains, when Austin St. John and Walter Jones related about the Power Rangers' team from Mighty Morphin until the recently Lost Galaxy. TV STORY-The Lost Episode

Dino Thunder[]

Billy and the original Ranger Team in a photo.

Billy was featured in a chronicle of Power Ranger history compiled by Tommy Oliver shortly after he formed the Dino Rangers, which was found by the nascent Ranger team in the Dino Lab. TV STORY-Legacy of Power

Billy appeared in the picture of the old MMPR team that Dr. Tommy Oliver had with him as a memento of the past during the time when he returned as the Green Ranger again. Kira Ford found the image while helping Tommy. TV STORY-Bully for Ethan

Wedding Vows[]

Billy as best men,in Katherine and Tommy's Wedding.

Year later, Billy arrived at the wedding with David Truheart as Tommy's best men, and Jason, Zack, Kimberly, Trini and Rocky watching. Tommy cites his vows to Katherine and they finally get married. COMIC STORY- Wedding Vows

Megaforce[]

Billy along with the other Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and other Ranger teams are seen in Troy's premonition about the Legendary Battle. TV STORY-Mega Mission

He and the other Rangers are seen again in another of Troy's dream/vision about the Legendary Battle. TV STORY-Stranger Ranger

Super Megaforce[]

Billy returning alongside his fellow Rangers.

Emperor Mavro was defeated, but the remaining thousands of X Borgs still stand. Tommy gathered all the existing Power Rangers, Billy returned with his original Mighty Morphin team and his powers somehow fully restored, as part of the army of Legendary Rangers led by Tommy that helped the Mega Rangers defeat the Armada once and for all, fighting in a huge battle against hundreds of X Borgs and dozens of Bruisers. After the demise of the X Borgs, Tommy shook hands with Troy and teleported off along with Billy and the Legendary Rangers. He possibly returns to Aquitar. TV STORY-Legendary Battle

Street Fighter Showdown[]

Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger conforming part of the evil Ranger Army.

When Rita Repulsa join forces with Mr. Bison, as a result they infected the Morphing Grid, Billy is one of the many Rangers who are infected, later as Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger is summoned among various evil Rangers, He appears with the Ranger Operator Series Silver by M. Bison's side. He along with the other Evil Rangers, going to fight lead by Mr. Bison against Mighty Morphin Green Ranger V2, Super Megaforce Yellow Ranger, Ryu Ranger and Chun-Li. TV STORY-Legacy Wars - Street Fighter Showdown

Beast Morphers[]

Billy was shown in archive footage along with the other Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in Scrozzle's database when the villains were looking for a past villain to revive with the Reanimizer and came across Goldar. Evox believes that Goldar is the perfect one. After seeing footage of Goldar overpowering the Mighty Morphin Rangers in the Megazord, the other villains are quick to agree with Evox. TV STORY-Making Bad

Billy with the other Mighty Morphin Power Rangers come to help.

Billy responded to Jason's signal and returned alongside his fellow Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as part of the Legendary Dino Rangers army. Billy along with the other Dino Ranger teams fight against Goldar, Snide, Robo Blaze, Robo Roxy, and his several foot soldiers. When the battle seemed won, the Legendary Dino Rangers combine all their weapons into the Dino Power Ultra Blaster and manage to destroy Goldar Maximus.

Evox arrives and says that the real fight begins now. Billy witness seeing how Evox is using the geode to summon his newest Zord, the Chimera Zord, he and the other Dino Rangers are attacked by the evil Zord. The Legendary Dino Rangers summon their respective Zords. All three Megazords try to fight against the Chimera Zord, but it proves to be too powerful for them, Devon manages to summon the Beast-X King Zord and join in the fight. Devon and the Dino Charge Rangers combine their Zords into the Dino Charge Megazord Beast-X King Formation. With the combined might of all three Megazords, the Ranger teams combine their blasts into one powerful energy beam, destroying the Chimera Zord as Evox retreats.

Billy and the other Dino Rangers triumphant fight over Evox's Chimera Zord.

With the fight over, the Ranger teams regroup in the quarry, with the Dino Charge Rangers regaining their Energems and Keeper regaining his staff. Zoey is confident they can handle him before thanking everybody for their help. Afterwards, the Mighty Morphin and Dino Thunder Rangers return to their dimension, he probably once again returned to Aquitar. TV STORY-Grid Connection

Dino Fury[]

Season 1[]

Billy is seen in the Legendary Ranger Database.

Solon retaliate to Ollie Akana about Lord Zedd, while she investigates the Legendary Ranger Database Mick gave them. Looking through the files, they see Lord Zedd's history as the Emperor of Evil and his countless fights against the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Billy is seen briefly when Lord Zedd used the Rock of Time to turn him and the other Mighty Morphin Rangers into children. TV STORY-Old Foes

Season 2[]

Billy while riding his Shark Cycle is seen in the Legendary Database.

Zayto brings up how different Ranger teams had motorcycles for transportation, showing Aiyon and Solon the Mighty Morphin Rangers' Shark Cycles and the Wild Force Rangers' Savage Cycles. Solon does not see the need for a motorcycle as the Dino Fury Rangers can already teleport. TV STORY-The Festival

Zayto activates the Legendary Ranger Database, showing Master Blue that Master Green came to them after the Dinohenge Statues were destroyed and restored them to normal. Also, Zayto says that he found Ranger teams who were saved in their darkest moments through unexplained reasons and shows them three specific moments, including the Legendary Battle, where all the Legendary Rangers including Billy and the other Mighty Morphin Rangers coming to the aid of the Super Megaforce Rangers in the Legendary Battle and helping them defeat an entire army of the Armada's X Borgs. TV STORY-Morphin Master

Once & Always[]

In the years since, Billy founded Cranston Technologies and secretly built a new Command Center in the basement of the company headquarters for the sole purpose of reviving Zordon. While he and Alpha 8 were successful in finding particles scattered by the Z-Wave, they were in reality Rita Repulsa's, who gathered inside Alpha 8's body and created Robo-Rita. Billy lured Robo-Rita outside and fought her with the other Rangers, but at the cost of Trini's life.

Billy and Zack break the news to Minh Kwan, Trini's teenage daughter while the others search for Robo-Rita, Zack doesn't want to tell her that they're Power Rangers, remembering Zordon's rule about never revealing their identities. Billy argues that there are exceptions to every rule and Minh deserves to know exactly how her mother died. However, Minh walked in on their conversation and immediately ran off in distress. He is also still in a relationship with Cestria, perhaps already married to her, as he calls her and says that he will return home to Aquitar soon when she calls him.

One year later, Robo-Rita returned on the anniversary of Trini's death as the Rangers are confronted by Robo-Rita, who has resurrected Snizzard and Minotaur in new robotic forms. Snizzard then captured Jason, Tommy, and Kimberly, forcing Billy to escape with Zack and Minh in Billy's new RADBUG.

Regrouping at Zack and Minh's house, as they plan on how to rescue their friends, Minh insists on joining, but they refuse to let her as it's too dangerous, causing Minh to blame Billy for Trini's death, which he took speechlessly.

Zack and Billy head to a hidden Command Center located beneath Cranston Technologies. Billy still feels guilty for Trini's death, remembering how Rita Repulsa returned as Robo Rita one year ago. After telling Zack it truly was his fault, Billy and Alpha 9 initiate the Bandora Protocol when Putties were spotted in random cities, bringing in Kat and Rocky to take over as Pink and Red Rangers respectively.

Billy warning Rocky not to get grabbed by Robo-Snizzard.

The four Rangers can again morph into Power Rangers saving the people in Angel Grove from Robo Snizzard and Robo Minotaur and take down the Putties before learning from Alpha 9 that Minotaur is tracking them through their morphed status and had to demorph to go into hiding.

After Rocky and Zack rescued Minh from the Juice Bar, Billy devizes a plan at the junkyard to trap Snizzard and Minotaur before they proceed to Rita's Moon Palace, using a cloaking device Billy invented for Space Patrol Alpha.

The team of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers complete again, going to confront Robo-Rita.

Upon reaching the palace, Billy and the others finds out that Rita is using a device, along with their captured friends and fellow Rangers to create a time machine so that Robo-Rita gives her younger self knowledge and kill the original Rangers before Zordon could recruit them. They were soon confronted by Robo-Rita, who also had Minh hostage before preparing to kill Billy, only for Minh to take the blast. To their surprise, due her heroic actions, the Yellow Morpher bonded with Minh and saved her, and bestowed her with her mother's Ranger powers and memories before they morph to battle Robo-Rita. After she makes Snizzard grow, Billy uses the distraction to stab her with his Power Lance before Minh accompanies him to pilot the Dino Megazord and fight Snizzard, later joined by the others before discovering Robo-Rita, who survived the wounding, activates the machine. But, they successfully defeated her, avenging Trini in the process.

Billy celebrates their victory along with Zack and Mihn.

After Adam and Aisha assured the Rangers that their friends will be taken to Aquitar to recover, Adam tells Billy that Cestria misses him.

At the Juice Bar, Minh apologizes to Billy for blaming him for Trini's death before he teasingly grounds her for taking his RADBUG without permission, and he and Zack start to tell Minh about their memories of fighting alongside Trini. Billy and Zack start telling Minh about some of their past adventures. TV STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always

Cosmic Fury[]

After resolving the Robo-Rita conflict, Billy sets out into space and meets Mick Kanic before they head to Zordnia to find the legendary Cosmic Fury Zords, only to be attacked by Bajillia Naire of Squid Ink Inc., who had broken his old enemy, Lord Zedd out of his crystal prison before the Morphin Masters resurrect and send Zayto to bring his Dino Fury Rangers to assist them.

Once they arrive to assist in the battle, Lord Zedd recognizes Billy during the battle and fights him, only for the Blue Ranger to lose. Squillia Naire calls for Doodrip, who uses Zedd's mind control poison to try and brainwash the Rangers, only to succeed with corrupting fellow Blue Ranger, Ollie Akana. As they continue, Scrozzle absorbs the Morphin Masters into a machine with Master Red giving Javi Garcia his staff, which leads them to Billy and Mick's objective. When the possessed Ollie attacked, Javi inserted the staff into the altar, releasing the Cosmic Fury Zords, at the cost of his right arm before Billy had Mick take Javi away from the battlefield. Billy joins Amelia Jones, Izzy Garcia, and Aiyon in the new Zords and take down Lord Zedd's forces with their new Cosmic Fury Megazord, before he, Mick, and the Dino Fury Rangers return to Earth. At Dinohenge, he appears with Dr. Lani Akana to inform the Rangers about Ollie and Javi's conditions, with Javi going to have to accept that his arm is gone forever and offers to help them get through this in the fight against Lord Zedd. TV STORY-Lightning Strikes

At Dinohenge, Billy attempts to console Javi by building him a cybernetic arm along with Solon and assures him that he made the right decision on Zordnia, as it saved him and the other Rangers. After building Javi's cybernetic arm, he informs him it will take some time for the technology to sync with his brain, so it will glitch for a while. After helping Amelia, Izzy, and Aiyon defeat Doodrip's troops, he helps the Dino Fury Rangers and Dr. Akana attempt to use the Morphin Grid's pure energy to purify Ollie. However, the plan failed and Ollie joined Zedd's forces and watched Zedd destroy the Dinohenge Statues, sans the Tricera Statue, destroying the Dino Fury Rangers' powers forever. They are forced to retreat, before Solon and Aiyon teleport the Rangers and their whole base off of Earth to a planet 30 million light years away called Erridus. Although they escaped from Zedd and are safe, they are stranded on Erridus with no way back home, inadvertently bringing a stowed away Fern along with them. TV STORY-Beyond Repair

While stuck on Erridus, Billy tells Solon, Amelia, and Aiyon about when he and the Mighty Morphin Rangers received their Ninja Power Coins from Ninjor and that he became a Wolf Ninja. Amelia asks Billy as a veteran Ranger whose been in the trenches before if he had any ideas on creating new powers for them, where Billy says he has one. Recalling how the team told him how the Morphin Masters helped the Rangers before, Billy says he might be able to do something despite lacking the powers they have. While everyone was busy gathering supplies, making repairs and cleaning up, Billy locks himself away in order to make new powers for them, using Master Red's staff and the residual energy in the Dino Fury Keys to help him do it. He presents the team with six Cosmic Morphers for them to get new powers with, and uses Master Red's staff to open a portal to the Morphin Grid that creates six new artifacts called the Cosmic Orbs for them to morph with, where they become the Cosmic Fury Rangers, even reassuring Amelia that the Morphin Grid assigned her the role of Red Ranger because of her devotion to not giving up and keeping the team together. After receiving word from Mick that he found where Zayto is, Billy stays behind with Fern and Solon to work on a special project while the newly powered Rangers go to save Zayto. TV STORY-Off Grid

After the Rangers find and rescue Zayto from Ollie, Billy presents Zayto with a Cosmic Morpher and his new T-Rex Cosmic Orb, where the latter using them to morph into the Cosmic Fury Zenith Ranger, who claims Master Red's staff as his weapon. Billy and the others take Zayto to show him their work on converting the base into a spaceship for them to use to return home. TV STORY-Team Work

After finding out that Bajillia and Scrozzle found the Cosmic Dragon Zord on the mining planet Akraal, the Cosmic Fury Rangers and Fern come up with a plan to distract Zedd's forces there while Zayto uses Master Red's staff to activate it, while Billy and Solon continue working on the spaceship. After the Rangers' plan to retrieve the Zord was successful, Billy and Solon inform the Rangers that they finished the preparations and are ready to test the engines on the new "Cosmic Cruiser". TV STORY-Rock Out

Billy, along with Amelia, Izzy, Solon, and Fern are testing the ship's engines while Zayto, Javi, and Aiyon deal with a giant Scuttleworm with the Cosmic Dragon Megazord. After activating the ship's cloaking field, Billy and the girls continue their test, where Izzy notices a very high engine vibration reading, so they decide to power the ship down to repair it. Solon believes that waking up the Scuttleworm means that the ship's sonic shields are loose and need to adjust the thrusters outside to fix it. Fern offers to help Solon but Izzy is against it, so Billy offers to go help Solon, and instructs the girls to stand by for retesting, while Fern is upset that Izzy's being so overprotective. After fixing the thrusters, the girls power up the ship to full power and see the engine vibration is good. With the engine test successful, Zayto calls Amelia, pleased that their last morning on Erridus will be pretty chill, thanks to Billy and Solon making the repairs. However, the mood changes when Amelia is unable to get in contact with Solon. Billy teleports back to the ship and informs the Rangers that he found Solon's communicator covered in Scuttleworm slime, implying that one must have taken her, and Amelia tells the team that they are not leaving Erridus without her.

The Rangers try to track down Solon by using the Map Table, but are stumped on how to find her, when they notice Zayto using the Morphin Master Staff with his eyes closed to concentrate. He manages to see Solon in the Scuttleworm cave and find her exact location. The group wonders how he did that, with Billy saying that the magic he used is on the level of the Morphin Masters. Zayto replies that a feeling of certainty came over him, when suddenly, he becomes weak and almost falls down before Javi and Aiyon catch him, where Javi notices that he's freezing. Aiyon concludes that the magic must have taken a lot of him as he's still getting his strength back, but Zayto assures him he's fine and they need to rescue Solon. Suddenly, the Rangers see laser blasts in the distance, meaning they are being attacked. Javi checks the scanner, and finds the blasts are coming from Erridus' moon and there's a giant Copyguard there as well. Fern wonders how they found them as the whole base is cloaked, but Billy believes that the blasts are just random, just to try and lure the Rangers out of hiding. Amelia tells the team that they need to take down the Copyguard, and asks Zayto if he can get Solon back while the others take the Zords out. Zayto agrees, but seeing that he's still weak, Izzy offers to go with him. Fern wants to help, but Izzy isn't sure its safe for her, with Amelia saying its better for her to stay on the ship for when they return to power the ship's engines and get off the planet before Zedd's fleet arrives, so Fern is an indoor cat again. Zayto and Izzy go to find Solon, while Billy and the others summon their Zords. After forming the Cosmic Fury Megazord, Izzy informs them that she and Zayto ran into Ollie and Jozotic and can't reach Solon. After destroying the Copyguard, Billy and the others teleport down to help Zayto and Izzy. When Amelia tries to get Solon, a Scuttleworm flies out of the cave, as does the Cosmic Fury Orange Ranger, who managed to save Solon. After teleporting back to the ship, the Orange Ranger demorphs and reveals herself as Fern, exciting and shocking the other Rangers. Before she can explain how this happened, Solon tells Billy to shut down their cloaking field so they can leave Erridus for good, which they do. After escaping Erridus, the Cosmic Cruiser will arrive back on Earth in a few hours, so now the Rangers can focus on a plan to liberate the planet. TV STORY-Take Off

After the Rangers return to Earth in their new Cosmic Cruiser, they come up with a plan dubbed "Operation Seasoning", where the resistance's spy will take down the anti-Zord forcefield while onboard Squillia's Mega Squidrill and the Rangers use their Megazords to destroy the remaining Squidrills around the planet, freeing the captured citizens and the other Ranger teams from Zedd's prisons. However, Heckyl was defeated by Squillia and Omwhyzo before he could take down the forcefield, and the Rangers' Megazords are affected and crash-land in Pine Ridge, where Billy and the others, except Zayto and Aiyon, are captured and sent to Zedd's Prison. However, Zayto and Aiyon, with help from Solon and Tarrick's resistance, are able to use some Mega Transporters from Grid Battleforce to teleport Squillia's Mega Squidrill and have it crash onto Zedd's prison in Pine Ridge, which causes the anti-Zord forcefield and power to the prison to fail, allowing everyone to escape, where Billy tells Jane and J-Borg to move along when they were filming him and Heckyl. After rejoining Aiyon, Billy, Heckyl, and the Cosmic Fury Rangers morph to battle Squillia, Omwhyzo, and the Zentinels sent to stop them before they destroy the other Squidrills in Pine Ridge and defeat all of their forces, except Squillia, who Billy defeats with his Power Lance and Tarrick puts Sleepy Cuffs on her to take her prisoner to get information on Zedd's plan. With Pine Ridge freed from Zedd's forces, Billy and the other Rangers could work on liberating the rest of the planet. TV STORY-Operation Seasoning

Billy and Alpha 9 contact the Cosmic Fury Rangers that he was able to free his team from one of Zedd's prisons in Angel Grove, as Zack's hip hop kido managed to confuse the Zentinels. He informed them that there were still some Squidrills in Reefside and leaves to go deal with. TV STORY-Switching Sides

Billy appears at the Cosmic Cruiser, where he was informed by Aiyon and Solon about Zayto's condition, where the more magic he uses from when the Morphin Masters resurrected him, that it will eventually cost him his life, where he will then return to the Grid again. They have tried to come up with solutions of how to either slow it down or stop it, but have run into dead ends. Suddenly, the Rangers receive an unencrypted message from Eltar, thinking it's Mucus and Slyther. However, it's Lord Zedd, who informs them that their plan to cure Ollie by destroying the Tricera Statue to break his corrupted link to the Morphin Grid failed, and that he has now captured Mucus and Slyther and plans to torture them. After also revealing that Bajillia was not destroyed by the Rangers, Ollie suddenly blasts Zedd and Bajillia and informs his friends of Zedd's plan to use the Master Captivator to turn himself into a Morphin Master, meaning that destroying the Tricera Statue made Ollie good again. However, before he could tell them more, Zedd blasts Ollie and orders him to be chained up and cuts the feed.

Although Mucus and Slyther saved Ollie, Billy points out that the three of them are in real danger, especially with Zedd's plan to become a Morphin Master and the danger it would pose to the Morphin Grid. Amelia orders that her team go now to Eltar and rescue their friends, but Billy pulls her aside to talk before they leave. As she preps the engine for take-off, Billy advises against going to Eltar, as the planet will be heavily guarded due to it being Zordon's homeworld, and tells her that all the other Ranger teams are too busy fighting Zedd and are taking refugee aliens to Newtech City on Earth, meaning that the Cosmic Fury team would be going in alone. Amelia acknowledges the risk but thinks it's their only choice as it's the best decision for her team. Reluctantly, Billy agrees and wishes her luck with Zordon's famous saying: "May the power protect you" before teleporting off the ship. TV STORY-Master Plan (Cosmic Fury)

Billy, along with his fellow Mighty Morphin Rangers, the Space Rangers, Galaxy Rangers, Ninja Steel Rangers, and Grid Battleforce Rangers respond to Solon's distress signal and use their Megazords to take down the blockade of Squidrills surrounding Zordnia for the Cosmic Fury Rangers to escape from. After contacting them to make sure that they're safe, they inform Billy that Zedd's plan to become a Morphin Master was successful, but that he was betrayed by Bajillia and trapped in the Master Captivator, which was cracked and going to explode, unleashing an evil Z-Wave that would destroy all good in the universe. Seeing the dangerous severity of the situation, Billy tells the Cosmic Fury team that the universe is in their hands and that he and the other Ranger teams will hold the Squidrills back while they come up with a solution. After Zedd was banished to Nibyro and the universe was saved, Billy, along with Mick and the Rangers attend Javi's concert, where he learns from Aiyon that the latter inspired Javi to write the song after Zordon's phrase, but Aiyon insists it was what the being in the void said to him, leading Billy to conclude that the being he spoke to was Zordon himself, which prompts him to continue his search for Zordon before Amelia, overhearing that Zordon might be a ghost, wishes to join in. TV STORY-The End

Soul of the Dragon[]

"Is it one of Cranston's or maybe Fairweather?"

―Anara speculated who created the Master Morpher^[src]

Tommy watched a photo of his old Mighty Morphin Power Ranger teammates.

Tommy waxes nostalgic at his house whilst looking at a picture of himself and the original five Mighty Morphin Power Rangers including Billy.

When Anara sees the Master Morpher, she speculated by mentioning that either Billy Cranston or Angela Fairweather might be responsible for building the Master Morpher.

When Tommy lament about Finster's death, he takes the picture of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers including Billy. COMIC STORY- Power Rangers: Soul of the Dragon

Personality[]

Initially shy and insecure, Billy was still a highly intelligent individual that was always eager to learn, this resulted in Billy often speaking in what could only be described as technical jargon during his teenage years, talking with a more scientific terminology even in the most casual conversations, with only his friend Trini being able to understand him most of the time. Despite this, he wasn't a total know-it-all, and never tried to rub his intelligence in other people's faces. During his time as a Blue Ranger, Billy slowly grew more confident and sought out to improve himself physically. One major example of his improvement was that he was able to overcome his ichthyophobia, going from being afraid of eating a fish to fighting a giant toxic fish monster, which allowed him to later go on a fishing trip with Ernie.

Billy assumed the role of leader of the team after the rest of his friends were de-aged by a time-reversal spell, this lead to him interacting with the Alien Rangers and discovering that he could still be very useful even if he wasn't a Ranger. This revelation led Billy to step out of his role as a Ranger officially after his team was given the Zeo Powers, letting Tanya take his spot and becoming a full-time technical advisor. After he needed to heal from accelerated aging at Aquitar, Billy fell in love with Cestria and decided to stay at the alien planet with her, officially leaving the team.

Years later, Billy blamed himself for the death of his friend Trini after he accidentally resurrected Rita Repulsa, which lead to him being protective of Minh, Trini's daughter, forbidding her from joining them in the fight against Rita, but he eventually agreed to let her become the next Yellow Ranger. He also pushed Zack to tell Minh the truth about Trini's death and their identities as Rangers. As a Ranger, he now displayed a no-nonsense attitude full of confidence, resourcefulness and efficiency in his role as de-facto leader of the reformed team, formulating plans on the fly and successfully coordinating the team in executing them.

Body Swapped[]

Billy and Kimberly body swapped, when they test the mind reading machine (after Squatt tamper with it), Billy temporarily becomes Kimberly/Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger. Later, with the mind reading machine fixed, Kimberly and Billy return to their normal selves. TV STORY-Switching Places

Imitations[]

A Putty Patroller disguised as Billy and take the form of the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger. Later, Billy definitely destroyed the evil Blue Ranger. TV STORY-A Bad Reflection on You
Blue Mutant Ranger is a Putty Patroller using an evil version of the original Blue Ranger's powers. The Blue Mutant Rangers is defeated by the Power Blaster and destroyed by the Ultrazord fire attack. TV STORY-Mighty Morphin' Mutants
Primator briefly shape-shifted into Billy and the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger. TV STORY-The Wanna-Be Ranger

Forms[]

As the Blue Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Also retroactively known as Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger or Blue Mighty Morphin Ranger (unofficial titles). During Season 3, his suit changed slightly, showing the Wolf Ninja Coin in his Morpher, rather than the Triceratops Power Coin.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

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Attacks[]

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Abilities[]

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Weaknesses[]

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Arsenal[]

Wrist Communicator
Power Morpher
- Triceratops Power Coin
- Wolf Ninja Coin
Blade Blaster
Power Lance
Blue Battle Bike
Blue Shark Cycle

Zords[]

Appearances: MMPR S1 Episodes 1-15, 17-60; MMPR S2 Episodes 1-21, 23-38, 40-43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52; MMPR S3 Episodes 1-4, 6-15, 18, 20-24, 26-33; Super Megaforce Episodes 20 & LBEV; BM S2 Episode 13; Once & Always; Cosmic Fury Episodes 1-2, 6-8, 10

"Ninja Ranger power now!"

―Transformation call^[src]

Blue Ninja Ranger: This mode was a special power accessed by the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger. After having received the Power of Ninja from Ninjor, Billy is able to transform into the Blue Ninja Ranger. This form enables the user to use a multitude of ninja techniques. It seems however, weaker than the standard Ranger form, as it is only used against Tenga Warriors, with the team always morphing to their standard Ranger forms whenever a Monster appears.