 This article is about a ranger in Power Rangers Time Force.
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Template:RangerInfo1 Eric Myers is the Quantum Ranger, the sixth Ranger of the Time Force Rangers.
History
As a Silver Guardian
Wes and Eric while they were in school.
Eric was first seen as a soldier working for the Silver Guardians, an organization established by Wesley Collins' father in order to protect the Silver Hills. Wes later revealed that they attended the same private school. Whereas Wes came from a rich family, Eric worked hard and was dirt poor, and eventually decided to leave the school, saying he had "bigger plans". Eric was resentful for having to work so hard and was looked down on by the snobbier students while Wes did not have to work at all. From this, Eric grew bitter and had few friends. Wes was one of the few people who didn't look down on Eric because of his background and tried to befriend Eric on several occasions, to no avail. Despite this, Eric had some sense of pride and nobility because he didn't take advantage of Wes' kindness, but more of wanting absolutely nothing to do with Wes.
As a Ranger
Eric receives the Quantum Morpher.
After discovering that Wes was the Red Time Force Ranger, Eric attempted to find his own powers. He became aware that the Time Force Rangers are looking for the Quantum powers, and he got to it first and forcibly became the Quantum Ranger, much to the displeasure of Wes' teammates. Eric then entered a 3-way struggle with the other Rangers and Ransik to gain control of the Q-Rex, and he prevailed, assuming control of the most powerful Zord in the Time Force arsenal.
Eric salutes the Time Force Rangers.
Eric became a reluctant ally to the regular Rangers, remaining separate and occasionally aiding them at certain times. During the end of the series, Eric was wounded by a blast from a Cyclobot, and he handed his morpher over to Wes to use the Q-Rex. Wes was able to use the Quantum Defender and Q-Rex to great effect thanks to this. He recovered though and Wes gave him back his morpher, turning over a new leaf, establishing friendships and turning from anti-hero to hero. When the Rangers departed for the future, Mr. Collins offered Wes command of the Silver Guardians, who would now protect the city from evil for free and Wes accepted on the condition that a surprised Eric be his partner.
Wild Force
Reinforcements From the Future Part 1
Eric in Wild Force
Wes and Eric have become best friends during their duty as Silver Guardians.Eric and wes accidentally collided with Taylor, eric
Quantum Ranger and Red Time Force Ranger in Wild Force
infraccionandola term by the high speed ecxceso to which she went, a day after a strange mutants attacked the city eric , wes and the
Eric Eric fighting against Takach
silver guardians gave what was necessary to defeat him, even if they were not transformed, they came to harm him until in the middle of the battalion the wild force rangers helped him, just after that the Mut-Orgs disappeared, after that both teams were they collided but in the case of eric he was confronted again by taylor for that infraction after that Wes, Eric and the silver guards withdrew, after a while the two managed to locate taylor haci having a talk to
Eric with Taylor.
destroy the Mut-Orgs finally they reach an agreement, later they thank taylor they arrived at Animarum they were reunited with the other rangers and they met the princess Shayla, after that they received a Trip sign of the year 3000 and then giving the surprise that those monsters were not only Mutants but Orgs, Trip told them they were classified as Mut-Orgs, after that Wes, Eric and the wildforce rangers tracked down the Mut-Orgs in an isolated area to the city, both teams faced each other but it was in vain, he and he were shot with his quantum defender and lion blaster to Ronfang but they
Cole and Eric being defeated by Rofang
ended up receiving them both, the one that resulted more wounded was Wes but the unexpected return of jen did that everyone will gain a little more time to give a forced retreat to avoid receiving the final attack of the Mut-Org
Eric,Wes,Jen and the Wild Force Rangers escaping the Mut-Orgs
Reinforcements From the Future Part 2
Eric and Taylor having a friendly conversation
After the unexpected return of jen. During this time, they received a cicuit transmission from the year 3000 saying that Lucas, Katie and Trip along with circuit were going to come from the timeship until this time. After an unexpected reunion with Ransik, Nadira and the other Time Force Rangers, and after that in Animariun
Eric,Taylor and Katie in the Reactor Room
Both teams of rangers listened to Ransik when he did not have his mask, formed a great criminal gang and how he originated the Mut-Orgs that it was years before the Time Force events in a destroyed utopia, so both teams of rangers listened as the Mut-Orgs copied their DNA and realized the hatred that now he had before the humnity, after that most he is asleep Eric has a friendly talk
Eric about to throw his quantum to defend taylor
with taylor, after that the Time Force Rangers and Wild Force Rangers go to a power plant to prevent the Mut-Org and their putrids to prevent the latter from counting the world and rewriting the future, Eric teamed with Taylor and Katie they were in the reactor room so
Eric and Merrick about to shoot some putrids
fighting with some putrids and then find out that trip discarded the reactor and then it launches its quan efender to Taylor for I destroy it, then Both full rangers teams face the already
Eric, Cole and Wes using their battle modes
weakened Mut-Orgs outside the power plant, he teamed up with Merric by firing at some putrids then along with Wes and Cole using their battle modes and the chrono blasts and crystal savers of
Eric about to take your book from Taylor as a joke
their companions managed to defeat the Mut-Orgs. Definitely later after the miraculous recovery of Ransik both teams organize a field day organized by Princess Phayla in Animarium, Eric takes away his to Taylor for joking while she wanted it back..
Forever Red
Sometime after Wes and Eric were called by Tommy Oliver to team up with the previous Red Rangers to fight against the remnants of the Machine Empire, during which he jokingly bemoaned the fact that his Q-Rex Zord could easily defeat his Dragonzord.
Dino Thunder
Legacy of Power
Quantum Ranger in Legacy of Power
The Quantum Ranger 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
Super Megaforce
The Quantum Ranger marches alongside Wes.
Eric returned with his fellow Time Force Rangers as part of the army of Legendary Rangers 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. TV STORY-Legendary Battle
Personality
When he was first introduced, Eric was very bitter, wanting to top Wes because of their different backgrounds. Which is quite odd as Wes showed he wanted nothing more than to be genuine friends with him, despite their backgrounds; Wes turned down a party with a rich kid, wanting to hang out with Eric instead. As Eric put it from his point of view "[Wes] has all the money and connections; he just didn't know how to use them." As the series progressed, Eric warmed up to being with the Time Force Rangers. By the end of the series, he was not bitter toward Wes for taking over his position as leader of the Silver Guardians and they became real, genuine friends from their time as partners.
Quantum Ranger
Ranger costume
- "Quantum Power!"
- ―Transformation call[src]
Zords
Arsenal
Appearances: Time Force Episodes 13-16, 19-20, 25-31, 33-39
Legendary Ranger Devices
The Quantum Ranger Key.
The Quantum Ranger Key is Eric's personal ranger key. This key along with the other 14 Official Sixth Ranger Keys are seen lining the Command Center's interior walls. This key is mainly used by Orion (Super Megaforce Silver) who uses it to fight as the Quantum Ranger.
- Although not used to transform, he used it to summon the Q-Rex Drill
TV STORY-Silver Lining, until TV STORY-Emperor Mavro (episode)
Quantum Ranger Ninja Power Star
The Quantum Ranger Ninja Power Star is a special Ninja Power Star that bears the likeness of the Phantom Ranger and is marked with the kanji for "red". This will be a part of the upcoming Super Ninja Steel toyline and it's currently unknown if it will have a in-show appearance.
Notes
- Although he fights alongside them on several occasions, Eric is unique among Sixth Rangers in that he never officially joins the Rangers during their time as an active team thus making Eric a lone-wolf ranger.
- Eric Myers is also notable for being the only ranger in the entire Power Rangers franchise to use/lead a task force squad in fights and battles against villains.
- Eric was originally supposed to die, like his Super Sentai counterpart, but this was later changed because higher management did not like the original ending. As a result, Eric healed from his injuries and returned to the Silver Guardians full time.
- He is the only sixth ranger to be a Red Ranger.
- In the first episode where Eric gets his powers, the face of his Sentai counterpart, Naoto Takizawa, is seen at times if one were to look closely. This is because the two actors look very similar.
- Also, when he first morphs, the Quantum Morpher says "Fire" on it, which is Sentai footage. The phrase "Fire" refers to the fact the Quantum Ranger's Sentai counterpart is TimeFire.
- Eric was the first Ranger to wear the same color as another Ranger on the same team, but the only one to do it with the exact same shade. The other Rangers who wore the same color as other rangers from their teams were Hunter Bradley, Blake Bradley, Leanbow, and Shark Spirit Ranger. However, the shades of those colors in their costumes were markedly different.
- The toy version of the Quantum Ranger is a deep crimson to distinguish him from the Red Ranger figure.
- In terms of operations, Eric is the only 'lone ranger' actively operating on a rival 'team' than the core rangers, effectively making him a one-ranger team. When we next see a rival team in the Thunder Rangers, they also have their own red (and blue) ranger. This could explain his Red Ranger status. He differs from Merrick who does not operate as a rival, but rather believed early on that he was unworthy of being part of the core group.
- Thus, Eric was the only "sixth Ranger" to appear in Forever Red. The other Red Rangers were part of their respective core teams. Although Tommy Oliver and Jason Lee Scott had both served as "sixth Rangers" on past teams (Tommy as the Green Ranger and later the White Ranger during Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Jason as the Gold Ranger during Power Rangers Zeo), they used their respective Red Ranger powers in Forever Red (Tommy as Zeo Ranger V, Jason as the Red Mighty Morphin' Ranger). This decision, however, made up for Rocky DeSantos not being present in the episode.
- He is also the only one whose Sentai counterpart didn't appear in Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai (the unofficial, "in concept only" counterpart to Forever Red) during the appearance of all the red Sentai Rangers. This is most likely because his sentai counterpart is dead and they already had 25 reds, unlike Power Rangers where there would have been 9
- While the Quantum Ranger does have his own unique Time Force badge, it is not shown onscreen.
- Eric shares his name with Erik the Barbaric, a monster in season 3 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- He is the first sixth ranger to obtain a Battlizer, and currently the only one to have one in-show.
- In Reinforcements from the Future, Eric displays a somewhat nicer personality, showing he's changed since the end of Time Force. While he's still competitive, he gets along well with Wes and develops an attraction to Taylor. When Taylor says that her friends drive her crazy sometimes, Eric merely comments that he used to think the same way about his friends too, showing that he's come to consider the Time Force Rangers his true friends.
- Additionally, despite being Wes' co-commander, Eric no longer wears his commander beret but rather a regular Silver Guardian hat while Wes wears a red command beret.
Appearances
- File:Icon-prtf.png Power Rangers Time Force
- Episode 12: Worlds Apart
- Episode 13: The Quantum Quest
- Episode 14: Clash for Control, Part 1
- Episode 15: Clash for Control, Part 2
- Episode 16: Bodyguard in Blue
- Episode 18: Trust and Triumph
- Episode 19: Trip Takes a Stand
- Episode 20: Quantum Secrets
- Episode 24: Movie Madness, Pt. 1
- Episode 25: Movie Madness, Pt. 2
- Episode 26: Time Force Traitor
- Episode 27: Frax's Fury
- Episode 28: Dawn of Destiny
- Episode 29: Fight Against Fate
- Episode 30: Destiny Defeated
- Episode 31: Undercover Rangers
- Episode 33: Time for Lightspeed
- Episode 34: Reflections Of Evil
- Episode 35: Nadira's Dream Date
- Episode 36: Circuit Unsure
- Episode 37: A Calm Before the Storm
- Episode 38: The End of Time, Pt. 1
- Episode 39: The End of Time, Pt. 2
- Episode 40/Finale: The End of Time, Pt. 3
- File:Icon-prwf.png Power Rangers Wild Force
- Episode 24: Reinforcements from the Future, Pt. 1
- Episode 25: Reinforcements from the Future, Pt. 2
- Episode 34: Forever Red
- File:Icon-dt.png Power Rangers Dino Thunder
- Episode 4: Legacy of Power (archive footage only)
- Power Rangers Super Megaforce (morphed only)
- Episode 20/Finale: Legendary Battle
See Also
- Naoto Takizawa - Super Sentai counterpart in Timeranger. See comparison page.
- Captain Ryuya as the other Quantum Ranger
