Morphin Grid

This article is about a/an source of power in the Power Rangers franchise.

OO damaged morphing grid — The Morphing Grid damaged. **TV STORY-**Once A Ranger

The universal Morphing Grid is an energy field which gives power to any Power Ranger, even if they are an alien, a child or an adult. It was first mentioned by Zordon, then assumed and proven that it gives power to every generation of Rangers and each team of Rangers has a specific link to the Grid. When Rangers morph they use their morphers to create an entryway through the Grid to gain their powers. Once a Ranger morphs the powers that came with the morpher are instantaneously entered into their cellular makeup. TV STORY-Welcome to the Jungle

Nature

In Season 2 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers it was mentioned by Lord Zedd that the Grid is maintained by a balance between the major forces of good and evil (i.e. Zordon and Lord Zedd in that time period). The Morphing Grid is mentioned and plays a major role again in Power Rangers Dino Thunder and Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.

In Power Rangers RPM Doctor K explains that she discovered a Bio-Field of energy from which she was able to draw power for the RPM Ranger Series Operators and their subsequent weapons, morphers and Zords. Though it is never identified as such in the series it is implied and assumed by many fans that what she calls the Bio-Field is meant to be the Morphing Grid.

In the Boom! Studios comics, whose canonicity is disputed Doctor K mentions that Lord Drakkon's Dragon Cannons which were designed to disrupt a Ranger's connections to the Grid could disrupt the Ranger Operators' connections to the Bio-Field, indicating they are one and the same. TV STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 27

In Beyond the Grid it is revealed that the Grid exists in all universes. The Void is a universe disconnected from the Grid due to a planet made of Zeo Crystals existing there and will atrophy into nonexistence unless reconnected. The comic also introduces the Solarix, a Grid fragment that once existed in the Void. This supercharges a Ranger's powers allowing them to utilize the Grid's ability to create constructs such as Ranger suits and expands it to create energy duplicates of their respective Zords to use in battle and allow them to morph in places Rangers normally cannot such as areas with no access to the Grid whatsoever. TV STORY-Beyond the Grid

The Grid's physical form was only shown once in the Dino Thunder wrap-up special leading into Power Rangers S.P.D. and was a large boulder with a gem on top. This form functions like an absorbing device allowing Rangers to add memories to the Grid; it also functions like a psychic's crystal ball allowing Rangers a small glimpse of future Rangers and battles. Once a Ranger's memories have been added it will go into a standby mode so only future Rangers themselves can insert memories. However, certain objects can suppress these memories such as the Rock of Time. TV STORY-Rangers Back in Time

In Power Rangers Beast Morphers the organization Grid Battleforce gives the Grid a physical state in the form of Morph X which can be used as a clean energy source as well as to create another team of Rangers. However, this energy can be infected by viruses such as Evox who generates evil avatars of the Rangers. The original hosts' bodies will be rendered comatose until their avatar is destroyed completely.

The Grid can only contain a single bearer each of a certain power, meaning that over one of the same Rangers cannot coexist very long and when two or more of the same color and power-type exist one will have to go. This is shown when the Grid suffers an imbalance from the existence of Trent Fernandez-Mercer and his evil clone. TV STORY-Strange Relations This is also mentioned when Zordon forbids the use of the second Pink Pterodactyl Power Coin stating "Too much pink energy is dangerous". TV STORY-Wild West Rangers Oddly enough the Grid does not seem to fluctuate power erratically between users when Lauren Shiba is introduced as the true Red Samurai Ranger; this may have been due to Lauren's use of an older model of Samuraizer in comparison to the newer ones the rest of the Samurai Rangers, including her brother Jayden Shiba wield. In Power Rangers Super Megaforce Gosei warns the Rangers that using the Legendary Ranger Keys for an extended period and in general challenges their strengths and weaknesses each time they unlock new powers and can be dangerous. Indeed, a well-placed shot during their first battle forces the team to return from the forms of the Mystic Rangers prompting them to do constant switches from then on. TV STORY-Super Megaforce (episode)

Much of the Grid is unknown or not explained in the series. Zordon mentions twice that the destruction of the Rangers' Zords would also mean the destruction of their powers as it happened with the Thunderzords. TV STORY-Ninja Quest This is most likely true only for teams such as the original Power Rangers as many subsequent generations lose their Zords and their powers remain intact, though in some cases this was only temporary.

When Lord Zedd first attempts to destroy the Dino Megazord the Rangers do not lose their powers because Alpha 5 rescues whatever he can to recreate them as the Thunderzords (it is assumed what remains are used to create new Zords again and again since they are components of the Thunderzords). TV STORY-The Mutiny

With some Rangers the source of their powers may be tied to their well-being through the Grid and if their energies are spread too far and thin the resulting consequences can be dangerous. Accordingly, when Kimberly Ann Hart has her Pink Ninja Crane Power Coin stolen and presumably replaced with a fake by Katherine Hillard she begins to weaken and her lifeforce slowly fades away, especially when exerting herself in battle and during gymnastics training, the latter of which lands her in the hospital; this is possibly amplified by her energy being drained when she is captured by Katherine and a group of Tenga Warriors after being lured into a trap and both her Power Coin and the Ninja Falconzord's technology are already in use to simultaneously tap into Ninjor's own powers to energize the Blue Globbor monster. TV STORY-Changing of the Zords TV STORY-A Different Shade of Pink

It should also be noted that Alpha 6 tells Adam Park on Power Rangers in Space that his use of a damaged morpher (also mentioning the destruction of the Power Coins but its assumed only the powers, not the actual Coins were gone since Adam still has his) might kill him and Adam starts to lose his powers after he morphs which takes a toll on his body. TV STORY-Always a Chance In Dino Thunder veteran Ranger Tommy Oliver mentions that the only way to sever the Dino Gems' bonds with their hosts is to destroy said hosts. TV STORY-Day of the Dino

In Power Rangers Ninja Storm when the first five Ninja Storm Rangers face Madtropolis, who drains their Wind Morphers and Thunder Morphers dry they are left feeling weak and tired without their ninja energies until Cameron Watanabe helps restore them TV STORY-The Samurai's Journey; when Motodrone seemingly siphons off Hunter Bradley's energy he is unable to move whatsoever although Cam reveals that only an imprint of Hunter's powers was drained. TV STORY-Brothers In Arms When Lothor uses Cam's Samurai Amulet to steal their powers permanently only the Wind Rangers' inner ninja civilian powers remain which they subsequently use to seal Lothor in the Abyss of Evil TV STORY-Storm Before the Calm although their Power Disks only have enough energy left for one last battle by the time Lothor escapes. TV STORY-Thunder Storm

In Super Megaforce it is unknown how Gosei manages to link the Legendary Ranger Keys to the Grid to allow the Mega Rangers to transform into past Rangers. It is also unknown how Rangers who lose their powers or have them destroyed are able to regain them for the final battle against the Armada. TV STORY-Legendary Battle

In Shattered Grid it is theorized by Jen Scotts that the Grid can manipulate the space-time continuum should something catastrophic happen as she reveals that the former linear timeline is now separated into different universes as the death of Tommy at the hands of his alternate self Drakkon causes such damage since he is important to the Rangers as a whole that the Grid literally separates each era to isolate Ranger teams so deaths of previous teams' members would not affect later ones.

In the 2018 Free Comic Book Day special Zordon travels into the Grid to speak with mysterious beings called the Morphing Masters. Little else is known about them aside from the fact that they are powerful. However, Zordon's attempt to gain an audience with them meant he sacrificed his future in the Grid, saying that at minimum he would've joined the Grid upon death (similar to Star Wars when Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker become "one with the Force" upon their mortal deaths). It is unknown if all beings become one with the Grid when they die or if Zordon would've been a special case.

The Grid also has the power to manipulate both organic and non-organic matter; Alpha tapped into the Grid to produce flowers outside the Command Center and clothes for Bulk and Skull when the reprogrammed Alpha teleports them into the Australian outback to torture them. TV STORY-The Wedding Alpha again taps into the Grid, this time to create some Christmas decorations, toys and gifts. TV STORY-Alpha's Magical Christmas Scrozzle has shown that combining Morph X with Evox's power turns objects into monsters. It can also be inferred that with the same applications the Grid can turn the Galactabeasts, Animal Spirits and Wildzords into their Zord forms.

History

In Dino Thunder it was revealed that Tommy found the Grid's physical form and used it to create the Ranger Archives with information on every generation of Rangers leading up to that point in time.

In Operation Overdrive the Grid was damaged by the combined powers of Thrax, Flurious, Moltor, Miratrix, Kamdor, Mig and Benglo. The Grid itself was shown to have massive electrical surges firing off inside. When Sentinel Knight restored the Retro Rangers' powers it was shown that the only part of the Grid that had been damaged was the section connected to the Overdrive Rangers. Andrew Hartford reinforced the Grid to prevent further damage but it had to be repaired from the inside which a reactivated Alpha 6 did.

Groups and individuals such as Lightspeed, Time Force, the Animarian Warriors, the Wind and Thunder Ninja Academies, Hartford, Robert James, Gosei and the Ancient Samurai Rangers are shown to have established access to the Grid to form their own Ranger teams over the course of the series but how they found the Grid itself was given little to no explanation at all.

The Grid is also presumably where Noah Carver acquired the Legendary Ranger Database from, which would prove invaluable in the fight against the Armada.

During Power Rangers Beast Morphers the Grid Battleforce discovers a substance originating from the Grid known as Morph X; through it they learn the histories of other Rangers and their battles against evil forces including Rita Repulsa, Sledge and Galvanax. The idea of using the Grid as a clean power source disturbed Mayor Adam Daniels who worries another evil will rise in light of this like all Ranger enemies which is later confirmed through the emergence of Evox who wishes to take over the Grid itself. Luckily the Grid Battleforce, who have foreseen this form the Beast Morphers Rangers to combat the virus and his followers.

Artifacts and Other Items Linked to the Morphing Grid

The following are artifacts and other items confirmed or implied to be linked with the Morphing Grid itself.

Morphin Grid

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Artifacts and Other Items Linked to the Morphing Grid

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