Adam Park
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 Adam Park |
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| First Appearance: | The Ninja Encounter, Part 1 (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) |
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| Last Appearance: | Always a Chance (Power Rangers: in Space) |
| Number of episode appearances: | 143 |
| Status: | Retired as a Ranger |
| Affiliation: | None |
| Homeworld: | Earth |
| Relatives: | unknown |
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| Portrayed by: | Johnny Yong Bosch |
Adam Park is a fictional character from the universe of the American children's television franchise Power Rangers, played by Johnny Yong Bosch. He was the first Asian American male to become a Power Ranger. he is a main character in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series, as well as three of its successive incarnations Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo, and Power Rangers: Turbo. He also appeared in the Power Rangers in Space episode Always a Chance.
Adam is the second longest-serving Power Ranger (after Tommy Oliver), as well as a Ranger with the one of the largest amount of arsenal available to him.
Adam is shy, sensitive, and spiritual. His training of martial arts has made him a disciplined and efficient fighter specializing in Shaolin Kung Fu. He is of Korean descent.
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[edit] Character history
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Adam first met the Ranger teens when saving a baby along with his friends Rocky DeSantos and Aisha Campbell. The three of them lived in the fictional city of Stone Canyon, California and were visiting Angel Grove for a ninjitsu competition. Adam (along with Aisha and Rocky) eventually moved to Angel Grove permanently. He was kidnapped and discovered the Rangers' identities (as did Rocky and Aisha) when Billy came to save them.
When Zack Taylor, the current Black Ranger, left to go to the World Peace Conference in Switzerland, Adam was selected to take his place. During this time, he was targeted by Scorpina, disguised as a girl named Sabrina, who tricked him into falling in love with her (this was Scorpina's final appearance on the show). She attempted to break his confidence, but failed.
At the beginning of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Adam gained new ninja powers of the Frog, becoming the Black Ninja Ranger. He also gained the ability to pilot the Frog Ninjazord and later the Black Shogunzord. He was also later granted the power of the Metallic Armor.
The Rangers managed to get the Zeo Crystal, but wanted to make sure that Master Vile couldn't get it again, so the Rangers split it into five sub-crystals and sent them to different points in history.
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers
Vile then turned back time using the Orb of Doom, turning the Rangers back into children. The Rangers soon recruited the Aquitian Rangers to fight in their stead. Billy had then created a device which would restore their them to their old selves. He used the Ninja Coins as a power source, testing it on himself. This worked, but it allowed Goldar to capture the coins and Zedd destroyed them.
Adam had to recover the Green Zeo Sub-Crystal. He was transported to the past Korea, near where his grandmother was born. He met Kai-Ogi, a local sage, and found the sub crystal behind a waterfall.
[edit] In Power Rangers: Zeo
When Adam's fragment of the Zeo Crystal was reunited with the four other fragments, he became Zeo Ranger IV for Power Rangers: Zeo. He gained the Zeo Zord IV (which resembled Taurus the bull) and the Super Zeo Zord IV.
[edit] In Power Rangers: Turbo
In Power Rangers: Turbo, he became the Green Turbo Ranger. He gained the Desert Thunder Turbozord. He chose Carlos Vallertes to take his place as the Green Turbo Ranger, and he left the show.
[edit] In Power Rangers in Space
However, Adam made a reappearance during the following series Power Rangers: In Space (specifically the episode "Always a Chance"). Adam helped Carlos, the Black Space Ranger, reclaim his confidence as he helped him train harder. He was shown to still have his original Power Morpher from his appearances in the second season, which is damaged and contains a charred Mastodon Power Coin [1], since his Frog Ninja Coin was destroyed during the Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers mini-series.
He used the cracked morpher to become the Black Power Ranger once again and help Carlos in his battle against LizWizard. However, due to the lack of a connection to the Morphin Grid, the Black Ranger powers quickly faded away and left Adam incredibly weak (very nearly destroying him). But he survived and decided not to risk morphing again, though this episode was his last appearance to date.
| Preceded by: Zack Taylor |
Black Ranger (first run) 1994 - 1996 |
Succeeded by: Corcus |
| Preceded by: Tommy Oliver |
Green Ranger 1996 - 1997 |
Succeeded by: Carlos Vallertes |
| Power Rangers Characters by Era and Generation | ||
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| General: | List of characters | Minor characters | |
| Ranger colors: | Red Ranger | Yellow Ranger | Blue Ranger | Black/Green Ranger | Pink/White Ranger | Other Rangers and Ranger-like Allies | |
| Zordon | I | Jason Lee Scott | Trini Kwan | Zack Taylor | Kimberly Hart | Billy | Tommy Oliver |
| II | Rocky | Adam Park | Aisha Campbell | |
| III-IV | Katherine Hillard | Ninjor | Aquitian Rangers | Tanya Sloan | Trey of Triforia | |
| V-VI | Justin Stewart | Blue Senturion | Carlos Vallertes | Ashley Hammond | Cassie Chan | T.J. Johnson | Phantom Ranger | Andros | Zhane | |
| Post-Zordon/ Independent |
VII-X | Lost Galaxy Power Rangers | Magna Defender | Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers | Time Force Power Rangers | Quantum Ranger | Wild Force Power Rangers |
| Disney/ New Zealand |
XI- present |
Ninja Storm Power Rangers | Dino Thunder Power Rangers | S.P.D. Power Rangers | Mystic Force Power Rangers | Clare |
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