Wizard 101 Pop Culture – Lemuria – The Power Grazers, Power Draconian and White Tiger

Power Grazers Power Draconian and White Tiger – The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Green & White Rangers and the Dragonzord & Tigerzord
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Go,_Go_Power_Grazers
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Power_Draconian
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:White_Tiger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Rangers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHalaFUqnTI

The Power Draconian

Exploring the Heap in Lemuria, your wizard stumbles across Peter Z. Putaski, Putty to his friends. His friend Goldaur has been kidnapped by a new gang in town, the Power Grazers. The Power Grazers have taken Goldaur to their Command Center. It is up to your wizard to defeat this new gang and free Goldaur. After defeating the Power Grazers and then defeating their Mecha-Dino Golems, the Power Grazers try to form a Mega-Borg. Alas there is no Mega-Borg, so they decide to let the “new guy” handle your wizard.

The new guy happens to be the Power Draconian and his White Tiger.

The White Tiger

“Shhh. There’s someone here. A chance to prove myself. Go, go, Power Grazers!” – Power Draconian

Monstrology Tome Description

A newcomer to the gang, he earned his place with his mad fluting skills. He can even play through a helmet.

Power Rangers is an entertainment and merchandising franchise created by Haim Saban, Shuki Levy and Shotaro Ishinomori and built around a live-action superhero television series, based on Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai and currently owned by American toy and entertainment company Hasbro through a dedicated subsidiary, SCG Power Rangers LLC. It was first produced in 1993 by Saban Entertainment (later BVS Entertainment), which Saban sold to the Walt Disney Company and then brought back under his now-defunct successor company Saban Brands within his current company, Saban Capital Group, the Power Rangers television series takes much of its footage from the Super Sentai television series produced by Toei Company. The first Power Rangers entry, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, debuted on August 28, 1993, and helped launch the Fox Kids programming block of the 1990s, during which it catapulted into popular culture along with a line of action figures and other toys by Bandai. By 2001, the media franchise had generated over $6 billion in toy sales.

The Green Ranger summoning his Dragonzord by playing a flute through his helmet

Dr. Thomas “Tommy” Oliver is the original Green Ranger and the first evil Ranger who fought and nearly defeated the original Power Rangers while under the control of Rita Repulsa. He was eventually freed from Rita’s spell and aligned himself with the other Power Rangers.

Tommy Oliver is first introduced in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers five-part episode “Green With Evil” as a new student at Angel Grove High School. After he spars with Jason Lee Scott (Red Power Ranger) in a martial arts tournament, they begin to develop a friendship, and he catches the eye of both Kimberly Hart (Pink Power Ranger) and the evil witch Rita Repulsa. Rita decides to enchant Tommy to be her loyal servant, granting him the Dragon Power Coin to give him the power to morph into the evil Green Power Ranger. Unlike the other Power Rangers, his outfit includes a golden chest shield, two golden armbands, triangles instead of diamonds on the gloves and boots, and his power morpher was golden instead of silver. Tommy was the only ranger to also lack a blade blaster and instead carry his main weapon, The Dragon Dagger or Dragon Flute in his holster, which was black instead of white, at all times which had the ability to call on his zord. While under Rita’s spell, Tommy was completely under her control and followed every command given. He was also significantly stronger than the other Rangers and could fire powerful energy blasts from his hands. To ensure Tommy’s loyalty, Rita granted him the Sword of Darkness which not only made him more powerful but also made her spell indefinite unless the sword was destroyed.

The Dragonzord

The Red Ranger is then able to battle the Green Ranger one-on-one, and destroys the Sword of Darkness, freeing Tommy from Rita’s spell. Zordon then offers Tommy a spot on the team to atone for his misdeeds, and he agrees.

In season 2’s two-part “White Light” saga, Lord Zedd sends his monsters Nimrod, A.C., and D.C. to attack, who easily overpower the Power Rangers, leading Zordon and Alpha to come up with a plan to recruit a new Ranger. Initially the teens are put off at the idea of a newcomer out of their loyalty to Tommy, but are thrilled once they discover that it is actually Tommy himself, who has now become the White Power Ranger with his powers created by the Light of Goodness, which are unable to be stolen by the forces of evil. Unlike other Power Rangers, his costume includes a black and golden shield as well as a golden belt, golden bands instead of diamonds on the gloves and boots, a completely white suit without the diamond on the chest and the mouthpiece on his helmet lacks sculpted lips. After being installed as the team’s new leader (also becoming the main protagonist), Tommy goes into battle using his new powers to defeat the monsters, including summoning the Tigerzord with his talking saber Saba.

The White Ranger
The Tigerzord

Thank you to Darren W. for his help with this article. Text has been borrowed from the listed urls

The current list of all the Lemuria references can be found here.

Power Draconian and White Tiger images are from Wizard101, and are (c) KingsIsle Entertainment, they are being used in a way that qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

All Mighty Morphin Power Rangers images are copyright Hasbro, SCG Power Ranger LLC

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