Ethan James

This article is about a ranger in Power Rangers Dino Thunder.

Ethan James
2005
Blue Dino Ranger
Seasons:	Dino Thunder
Colors:	Blue
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	Day of the Dino
Last Appearance:	Legendary Battle
Number of Episode Appearances:	38 (Dino Thunder) 2 (S.P.D.) 1 (Super Megaforce) Full list of appearances
Actor:	Kevin Duhaney
Blue Dino Ranger

"Tricera Power, Blue Ranger!"

―roll call as Blue Dino Ranger^[src]

Ethan James is the Blue Dino Ranger of the Dino Rangers

Retroactively, he is also referred to as the Dino Thunder Blue Ranger or Blue Dino Thunder Ranger, though these are in reference to the show, as opposed to proper labels.

Ethan is the group nerd, often found on the computer or playing video games. But he is also very smart and sarcastic and isn't afraid to stand up for himself when pushed. During the season finale, he asks out Angela, a pretty girl he meets in line for the latest sci-fi film and takes her to the school dance. Playing into the fact that the entire Dino Thunder season was an homage to the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ethan shares some similarities with former Power Ranger Billy Cranston, they are both Blue Rangers, considered computer geeks, and they both have Zords modeled after Triceratops.

By the year 2025, Ethan has developed the technology that S.P.D. currently uses.

History

Adventures with Dino Thunder

Ethan was a skilled hacker and computer expert at Reefside High School, whose pranks got him in trouble with Principal Randall. While serving detention with two other students (Conner McKnight and Kira Ford) under the new science teacher, Dr. Thomas Oliver, Ethan found a Dino Gem and gained superhuman powers. He found that he could make his skin impenetrable.

Eventually, he also learned how to morph into the Blue Dino Ranger. He controlled the Tricerazord (and for a short time the Stegazord), and used the Tricera Shield. He also piloted the Mezodon Megazord in its final battle.

Ethan using his Triceratops power.

Ethan is an avid gamer. One time, he was cheating at a game, trying to get the secret code, and a monster zapped him into it. There he met Beldorf, a wizard in the game. Ethan escaped from the game and learned that you have to be cautious at all times when you're a Power Ranger.

Super Dino Mode

Ethan was the third Dino Ranger to unlock his Super Dino Mode. He unlocked it during a battle with the White Drago Ranger, Trent Fernandez. Trent had defeated Kira and was on the verge of killing her, when Ethan and Conner went into Super Dino Mode and defeated him.

Another time, a strange meteor crashed on Earth. The meteor had the power to release a side of yourself that was usually hidden. For Ethan, it was a competitive side that came out, as he was seen being a workfiend and acting like an airhead (much like Conner McKnight.)

Ethan also had trouble with a bully at school, Derrick, who was frustrated about his abilities in soccer, so he took out his frustrations on Ethan. Ethan wasn't afraid to stand up for himself, but he also knew that there were better ways to deal with a bully. Ethan used his computer to show the bully what was wrong with his kicking on a virtual 3D video. It worked, and the issue was resolved.

When Trent returned to the side of good, Ethan had a little trouble trusting him, but eventually learned to trust him.

Ethan also developed a relationship with Cassidy Cornell, using an internet on-line dating service. Ethan learned that while Cassidy was a good person, she was just insecure. He helped her to be nicer to people, though. In the end, because of Cassidy's constant reporter duties and Ethan's Power Ranger duties (unknown to Cassidy at the time), Ethan and Cassidy decided to be friends.

Ethan was visiting a museum one day, when he saw Egyptian hieroglyphics. He decided to translate them and ended up being cursed. Though he didn't believe it at first, after a series of unfortunate events, he learned it was real. Kira went to the museum to get the rest of the hieroglyphics to learn to break the curse. This brought Tutenhawken to life as he attacked the city. Kira brought the writings back and they learned that only in the air Tutenhawken could be defeated and the curse broken. Ethan used his brand new Hovercraft Cycle that Hayley built to defeat him.

Ethan also learned to be humble and deferential. There was a video game competition going on at Hayley's Cyberspace, and Ethan wasn't practicing. He won the tournament from last year and believed that he didn't need to practice. Ethan's impolite cockiness cost him the tournament title though, as he took second place to Cassidy's cameraman and friend, Devin Del Valle.

In A Test of Trust, Ethan, Conner, and Kira reflected on their first year as Power Rangers. They were talking about Ethan, and they decided that Ethan's reputation was definitely a lot better than it was before.

In the final battle against Mesogog, the five Dino Rangers pool all of their power into one final attack to destroy Mesomonster. While the attack is successful, it sapped all of the power from the Dino Gems, leaving only Ethan's Tricera Skin power intact. He goes to the prom with a girl named Angela. 20 years later, Ethan will have created new technological equipment that is used by the Power Rangers S.P.D.

Encounter with S.P.D.

In the year 2025, a criminal named Broodwing purchased the Red, Blue, and Yellow Dino Gems on the planet Onyx. At his one year High School reunion, in the year 2005, Conner, Ethan, and Kira were brought to the future by Broodwing, in the hopes that Broodwing and the Dino Rangers would form an alliance against Space Patrol Delta and Emperor Gruumm. Conner, Kira, and himself met up with the S.P.D. Rangers. Though their battles are legendary, they had to prove to Anubis Cruger and the other S.P.D. Rangers their true courage. Conner and the other Dino Rangers helped the B-Squad Rangers defeat Emperor Gruumm's largest Krybot army. Ethan and the other Dino Rangers used the Z-Rex Blaster on Gruumm, which forced him to retreat. The Dino Rangers offered to stay but can't due to them having to continue their lives in the past. They are told that Conner established a large chain of soccer camps across the country, Kira became a huge singing sensation, and Ethan ended up developing some software that they still use at S.P.D. After this, they were returned to the year 2005, having forgotten the whole incident, because Dr. Kat Manx erased their memories of it. Later, Ethan appears again when Gruumm comes to the past and teams up with Zeltrax. After helping his teammates and the SPD Rangers defeat Grumm and Zeltrax, his memory is once again erased.

Super Megaforce

Ethan returning alongside his fellow Rangers

Ethan returned with his fellow Dino Rangers, while Dr. O fought with his old team as the Green Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, 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

Powers

• Tricera Skin: Due to the Blue Dino Gem, Ethan has the power to make his skin impenetrable and as hard as rock, similar to the scales of a Triceratops. His skin turns scale-like and goes blue when he uses this power.

Blue Dino Ranger

• Blue Ranger
• Super Dino Mode

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Ranger costume

Zords

• Tricerazord

Arsenal

• Dino Morpher
  • Blue Dino Gem
• Thundermax Saber
• Tricera Shield
• Raptor Rider
• Raptor Cycle
• Hovercraft Cycle

Appearances: DT Episode 2-3, 5-18, 20-38

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Super Dino Mode

• Super Dino Mode

Appearances: DT Episode

Ranger Key

The Blue Dino Ranger Key.

The Blue Dino Ranger Key is Ethan's personal ranger key. This key along with the majority of the Core Ranger Keys are seen lining the Command Center's interior walls. This key is mainly used by Noah Carver (Super Megaforce Blue) who uses it to fight as the Blue Dino Ranger.

• Alongside Orion as Mighty Morphin Green as part of an all-Dinosaur Legendary Ranger Mode while fighting Sirjinkor. TV STORY-The Perfect Storm
• When the Super Mega Rangers became the Dino Rangers while fighting Desolar. TV STORY-United as One

Similarities to Billy

• Both are Blue Rangers.
• Both have a Triceratops motif.
• Both are computer whizzes.

Notes

• Ethan shared several similarities to the first Blue Ranger from the MMPR Era, Billy Cranston. Not only did they both use Triceratops-based Zords and powers, but they were both considered the brains of their respective groups. However, while Billy filled the role of technical adviser where even Alpha 5 did not, Ethan never took this role, as Hayley was responsible for developing most of the technology for the Rangers' use.
• He also has small similarities to Zack Taylor, the original Black Ranger. Both are given love interests by the name of Angela and provide some amount of comic relief.
• Ethan's class clown and wise-cracking personality shares contrast to his Sentai counterpart, Yukito Sanjyou who is the serious voice of reason.
• Ethan's personality is very similar to Dr. Oliver's Sentai counterpart.

Appearances

• File:Icon-dt.png Power Rangers Dino Thunder
  • Episode 1: Day of the Dino Part 1
  • Episode 2: Day of the Dino Part 2
  • Episode 3: Wave Goodbye
  • Episode 4: Legacy of Power
  • Episode 5: Back in Black
  • Episode 6: Diva in Distress
  • Episode 7: Game On
  • Episode 8: Golden Boy
  • Episode 9: Beneath the Surface
  • Episode 10: Ocean Alert
  • Episode 11: White Thunder Part 1
  • Episode 12: White Thunder Part 2
  • Episode 13: White Thunder Part 3
  • Episode 14: Truth and Consequences
  • Episode 15: Leader of the Whack
  • Episode 16: Burning at Both Ends
  • Episode 17: The Missing Bone
  • Episode 18: Bully for Ethan
  • Episode 19: Lost & Found in Translation
  • Episode 20: It's a Mad Mad Mackerel
  • Episode 21: Copy That
  • Episode 22: Triassic Triumph
  • Episode 23: A Star is Torn
  • Episode 24: A Ranger Exclusive
  • Episode 25: Tutenhawken's Curse
  • Episode 26: Disappearing Act
  • Episode 27: Fighting Spirit
  • Episode 28: The Passion of Conner
  • Episode 29: Isn't it Lava-ly
  • Episode 30: Strange Relations
  • Episode 31: Thunder Storm Part 1
  • Episode 32: Thunder Storm Part 2
  • Episode 33: In Your Dreams
  • Episode 34: Drawn into Danger
  • Episode 35: House of Cards
  • Episode 36: A Test of Trust
  • Episode 37: Thunder Struck Part 1
  • Episode 38/Finale: Thunder Struck Part 2
• File:Icon-spd.png Power Rangers SPD
  • Episode 31: History
  • Episode 35: Wormhole
• Power Rangers Super Megaforce (morphed only)
  • Episode 20/Finale: Legendary Battle
    • The Legendary Battle: Extended Edition

See Also

• Yukito Sanjyou - Super Sentai counterpart in Abaranger. See comparison page.
• Asuka (Abaranger) - Super Sentai counterpart in Abaranger. See comparison page. (similar personality)