A mentor, though not in every season is usually a wise person or creature who is there to give his or her Power Ranger team the knowledge and supplies to defend the Earth from evil forces.
In this article I will be going through every mentor in the Power Rangers Universe from Mighty Morphin’ to Cosmic Fury.
Mentors
Zordon
Played By: David Fielding
Voiced By: Bob Manahan
Seasons: Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin’ Alien Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo & Power Rangers In Space
Zordon is a wise sage from Eltar that was trapped in a Time Warp by Rita Repulsa when he trapped her and her cohorts in a Space Dumpster. He requires the use of a plasma tube located in the Command Center to communicate outside the Time Warp and recruits five teens from Angel Grove to become the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers and the Zeo Rangers.
Dimitria
Played By: Carol Hoyt
Season: Power Rangers Turbo
Dimitria is a friend of Zordon’s from the planet, Inquiris that replaces him as the mentor to the Turbo Ranger after he returns to Eltar, taking residences in his plasma tube. Due to her being from Inquiris, she mentors the Turbo Rangers by asking questions that the Turbo Rangers have to decipher to solve their problems. She learns she has a twin sister, but never learns the identity of this twin sister. After it is revealed that Eltar is under attack by the United Alliance Of Evil, Dimitria decides to leave Earth with the Blue Senturion to assist the people of Eltar.
Captain William Mitchell
Played By: Ron Rogge
Season: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
Captain Mitchell was previously a firefighter that joined Lightspeed Rescue to run the Aquabase and the Lightspeed Ranger that fight the Demons that threaten Mariner Bay. He personally kept tabs on Carter Grayson, a firefighter that he saved as a child and chooses him to lead his team as the Red Lightspeed Ranger and secretly trains his daughter, Dana Mitchell to become the Pink Lightspeed Ranger. It is later revealed that Captain Mitchell also had a son named Ryan, who was presumably killed in a car crash but is later revealed to have been raised by Diabolico and groomed to be evil and steals the Titanium Morpher to become the Titanium Ranger.
Princess Shayla
Played By: Ann Marie Crouch
Season: Power Rangers Wild Force
Princess Shayla was the princess of an ancient civilization known as Animaria three thousand years ago. During the war against the Orgs, Princess Shayla was put into a deep sleep and cast into the sky along with a piece of the Animaria and five Wildzords. After being woken up when the Org Army is resurrected, Princess Shayla mentors five chosen humans to become Wild Force Rangers. It is later revealed that she once had a secret relationship with Merrick Baliton, her sworn protector and often played music for the Deer Wildzord. Though the two decided not to rekindle their romance, they do promise to perform for the Deer Wildzord every morning on the Animarium. After Master Org is defeated, Princess Shayla returns to her deep sleep on the Animarium until the Wildzords are needed once again.
Sensei Kanoi Watanabe
Played By: Grant McFarland
Seasons: Power Rangers Ninja Storm & Power Rangers Dino Thunder
Kanoi Watanabe was once an Air Student of the Wind Ninja Academy that eventually raises through the ranks to Sensei of the Wind Ninja Academy. He meets a former samurai student named Miko and the two fall in love, marry and have a son named Cameron Watanabe, who becomes the Green Samurai Ranger. When his twin brother, Kiya Watanabe, also known as Lothor returns to Earth to capture its students, Kanoi is transformed and stuck in a guinea pig form. He then recruits the three surviving students of the Wind Academy to become the Wind Rangers. He temporarily becomes the Red Wind Ranger & Yellow Wind Ranger after switching bodies with Shane Clarke & Dustin Brooks respectively. During Lothor’s siege of Ninja-Ops, he returns to his human form and return to his role as Sensei of the Wind Ninja Academy after his students are rescued by the Thunder Rangers and Lothor is banished into the depths of the Abyss Of Evil.
Doctor Tommy Oliver
Played By: Jason David Frank
Seasons: Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin’ Alien Rangers, Power Ranger Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Wild Force, Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Power Rangers SPD, Power Rangers Super Megaforce & Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel
Tommy Oliver attends college after retiring as a Power Rangers, where he gains a degree in Paleontology. After graduating college, he worked with Anton Mercer to create the Tyrannodrones, Invisiportal, Bio Zords, and Raptor Riders. Eventually, he found the Dino Gems for which he kept in a secret lab under his house. Years later, Tommy enrolled as a teacher at Reefside High School as a science teacher and eventually became a mentor to the current Power Ranger team, the Dino Rangers. Not too long after that, Tommy is kidnapped by Mesogog’s force to release the Black Dino Gem and succeeds but uses it for his own uses to transform into the Black Dino Ranger. When harnessing the powers of the Black Dino Gem, Tommy is able to turn invisible. After an altercation with the evil White Dino Ranger, Tommy is frozen in amber until he is freed from it by a personality altering meteor. However, he is stuck in his suit until Hayley finds a way to demorph him.
Commander Anubis Cruger
Played By: John Tui
Season: Power Rangers SPD
Anubis Cruger is a Sirian that was a founding member of the first team of SPD Officers on his home planet of Sirius. His planet would be attacked by Emperor Gruumm and his wife, Isinia is presumably killed by General Benaag. Anubis is eventually be assigned to become Commander of SPD’s Earth Branch, where he commands many teams of Power Rangers. During an altercation where his old rival, General Benaag arrives on Earth and kidnaps Kat Manx, Anubis uses the Patrol Morpher he was hesitant to use at first to become the Shadow Ranger. Anubis is a stern commander, refusing to aid in a fight when the SPD Rangers were getting lazy but also cares deeply for his team, giving them days off once in a while. After Omni is defeated, Anubis is reunited with his wife, Isinia and continues to run SPD’s Earth Branch until he is promoted to Supreme Command after Supreme Commander Fowler Birdie retires.
Udonna
Played By: Peta Rutter
Season: Power Rangers Mystic Force
Udonna is a sorceress and one of the few survivors of The Great Battle that spent her life being ready for the return of The Morlocks. She chooses five teenagers from the city of Briarwood to become Mystic Rangers and teach them the ways of magic and attempted to assist with her powers as the White Mystic Ranger, but her Snow Staff is stolen by the Morlock General, Koragg, deeming her unable to morph. It is revealed that Udonna has a husband, Leanbow that was lost behind the Gates Of The Underworld during The Great Battle and a son named Bowen, who she thought also perished during The Great Battle. Udonna eventually learns that Leanbow was turned into Koragg during The Great Battle and Bowen was brought to the human world during The Great Battle and was later revealed to be Nick Russell, the Red Mystic Ranger. After reuniting with her family and re-obtaining her Snow Staff, she aids the Mystic Rangers in defeating Octomus and travels with her family to meet her sons adoptive family.
Andrew Hartford
Played By: Rod Lousich
Season: Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
Andrew Hartford is an explorer and the wealthy owner of Hartford Industries. After finding the Corona Aurora, he inevitablys release Flurious & Moltor from their imprisonment and is instructed by Sentinel Knight to find the jewels before various evildoers are able to obtain them. He then uses his vast wealth and technology to recruit four experts in their field and his son, Mack Hartford to become the Overdrive Rangers. It is later revealed that Mack was actually a robot he created that was implanted with memories to think he was a human. However, Mack gains humanity thanks to a fully formed Corona Aurora and the two start going on expeditions.
Robert “RJ” James
Played By: David De Lautour
Season: Power Rangers Jungle Fury
RJ is a Pai Zhuq Master of the Wolf Spirit who trained Casey Rhodes, Theo Martin & Lily Chilman to become Jungle Fury Power Rangers. RJ grew up under the thumb of his father Master Finn who wanted RJ to take up his technique. However, he decided to follow his own path and donned the Wolf Animal Spirit. When RJ isn’t his students how to harness their Animal Spirits, he’s running his own pizzeria known as Jungle Karma Pizza. After an altercation with Jarrod that caused his Wolf Spirit to transform him into a werewolf for a short time, RJ decides to join the fight against the Dai Shi Clan as the Wolf Ranger.
Doctor K
Played By: Olivia Tennet
Seasons: Power Rangers RPM & Power Rangers Beast Morphers
Doctor K is a child prodigy raised in the think tank codenamed Alphabet Soup, developing technology for them, including hacking into the Morphin’ Grid, which she called the Bio-Field in order to create the Ranger Series Operator powers and the Venjix Virus. Doctor K remained distant and friendless until she met Gem & Gemma, who she considered her best friends until they are presumed dead when she escapes the think tank after releasing the Venjix Virus onto the Earth. To make up for this mistake, Doctor K works with Corinth’s Defense Force to form a team to use her Ranger Series Operator suits. She keeps her identity a secret, preferring to use a computer with a voice filter in order to communicate with her team until she reveals her identity after being called out for her privacy. She is cold and distant to her team at first until she is reunited with her best friends, Gem & Gemma, where she becomes closer to her team. After Venjix is presumably destroyed, she opens up a school with Ziggy, Ranger Operator Series Green, teaching the students there bio-field physics, shadow puppets and cooking.
Mentor Ji
Played By: Rene Naufahu
Seasons: Power Rangers Samurai, Power Rangers Super Samurai & Power Rangers Super Megaforce
Mentor Ji is a member of the Shiba Clan and caretaker of the Shiba House. He is also responsible for raising Jayden Shiba, the Red Samurai Ranger after his father lost his life attempting to trap Master Xandred with the Sealing Symbol. Mentor Ji has a vast knowledge about the history of the Shiba Clan and trains the Samurai Rangers to hone and improve their Symbol Power. Mentor Ji also has interests outside of the Shiba Clan, owning and riding a motorcycle. After the Samurai Rangers defeat Master Xandred, Mentor Ji continues overseeing the Shiba House with Jayden, teaching him how to play the guitar.
Gosei
Voiced By: Geoff Dolan
Seasons: Power Rangers Megaforce & Power Rangers Super Megaforce
Gosei is a celestial being that was tasked by his mentor, Zordon to protect the Earth if his assistance was ever needed, taking on a familiar tiki-like form to communicate in his Command Center. He awakens from his deep sleep when the Warstar arrive on Earth, recruiting five teenagers with talent and attitude from the neighboring town of Harwood County, bestowing them the powers of the Megaforce Rangers. Gosei is also revealed to have been the creator of Robo Knight, a robotic knight he created to protect the Earth centuries ago but his programming was corrupted, losing all memories of Gosei. Gosei also bestows his team new zords and weapons whenever they learn a life lesson. After The Armada arrives on Earth, he gives the Megaforce Rangers the Legendary Morphers, giving them the ability to transform into Super Mega Mode and the ability to use the Ranger Keys that have been on display in the Command Center to become former Power Rangers,
Keeper
Voiced By: Richard Simpson
Played By: Eve Gordon
Seasons: Power Rangers Dino Charge, Power Rangers Dino Super Charge & Power Rangers Beast Morphers
Keeper is an alien with a deep connection to the Morphin’ Grid that was entrusted to guard the Energems by the Morphin’ Masters. He is chased around the universe by the Intergalactic Bounty Hunter, Sledge and finds his way to Earth, where he bonds the Energems to ten dinosaurs before they go extinct from Sledge’s Asteroids. Keeper aligns himself with Kendall Morgan, the director of the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum in order find the ten beings that bond with the Energems, recruiting them to become the Dino Charge Rangers. Keeper is a wise mentor to the Dino Charge Rangers, often giving them advice when they need to solve a moral dilemma. Keeper later reveals the true powers of the Energems, time travel and uses their power to have the Dino Charge Rangers travel to the past in order to destroy Sledge’s Crew in the past. After the Dino Charge Rangers defeat Sledge and his crew, he continues to guard the Energems.
Mick Kanic
Played By: Kelson Henderson
Seasons: Power Rangers Ninja Steel, Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, Power Rangers Dino Fury & Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
Mick Kanic is a shape-shifting mechanic from the Lion Galaxy that was sold to Galvanax by the royal family to work on Galaxy Warriors twenty years ago. After escaping the Warrior Dome with Brody & Redbot, Mick becomes the new teacher of Shop Class at Summer Cove High School and mentor to the Ninja Steel Rangers. Mick is also in charge of melting down Ninja Steel into stars for the Ninja Nexus Prism to turn into Ninja Power Stars. After Brody splits the Red Ninja Power Star into three pieces, Mick retrieves one of the three new Red Ninja Power Stars and becomes a Red Ninja Ranger to defeat Galvanax. After Galvanax is defeated, Mick returns to his home planet but returns to Earth after seeing that Galaxy Warriors has returned to intergalactic television. Mick is later brainwashed by Tynamon in order to get him to make Madame Odius a device that will put the entire Earth under mind control and later makes a Nexus Super Star for her after breaking into the base and stealing the Ninja Nexus Prism but is released from his mind control after Hayley destroys the device. After Madame Odius is defeated, Mick decides to stay on Earth and continues his role as Shop Teacher at Summer Cove High School. He eventually returns to the Lion Galaxy but return to Earth in search of the Nexus Prism. Mick leaves Earth in a Space Taxi after the Nexus Prism leave Earth to follow it and later reveals to have opened a steakhouse in the Lion Galaxy. He later meets up with the Dino Fury Rangers again while on a research trip with Billy Cranston on Zordnia. He is given his ability to morph into the Red Ninja Steel Ranger by Master Red before he is captured by the Master Captivator. He is later tasked with finding Zayto, finding him on Levvina and teaming up with the Cosmic Fury Rangers by piloting the Cosmic Eagle Zord to fight a Squid Drill. He then returns to his home in the Lion Galaxy in the Cosmic Eagle Zord but returns to Earth to celebrate the defeat of Lord Zedd.
Zordon
Played By: Bryan Cranston
Movie: Power Rangers (2017)
Zordon was the former Red Ranger that was betrayed and killed by Rita Repulsa, the former Green Ranger. Fortunately, Alpha 5 was able to upload his consciousness into his ship and is awoken when the five teen that found the Power Coins stumble upon the Command Center. Originally, Zordon wanted to use the five teen so that he could use their power to free himself from the Morphin’ Grid. However, when Billy dies and the rest of the team proves themselves to be a team, Zordon sacrifices his chance of becoming corporeal again and revives Billy Cranston.
Commander Shaw
Played By: Teuila Blakely
Seasons: Power Rangers Beast Morphers, Power Rangers Dino Fury & Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
Commander Shaw is the commander of Grid Battleforce in Coral Harbor that originally recruits Blaze, her son, Ravi and Roxy to become the Beast Morphers Rangers in order to use them as protectors of the Morph-X Towers. She is a stern mentor, making rules for the Beast Morphers to stay focused, including a rule that forbids them to date each other. She also forbids her son, Ravi Shaw, the Blue Beast Morphers Ranger, from taking part in frivolous activities, which forces Ravi to hide his artistic talents. She later softens up and strips these rules, letting Zoey Reeves, the Yellow Beast Morphers Rangers and Nate Silva, the Gold Beast Morphers Ranger date and becomes supportive of Ravi’s artistic endeavors. After Evox is destroyed for good, Commander Shaw is promoted to General Shaw and is seen painting in the park with her son.
Solon
Voiced By: Josephine Davidson
Season: Power Rangers Dino Fury & Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
Solon is a Solonasaurus that is given Rafkonian cybernetic implants after being injured in the Great Sporix War. After the Great Sporix War ends, Solon guards the stasis pod containing Zayto, the Red Dino Fury Ranger and the captured Sporix in the lair underneath Dinohenge for millions of years. Solon is technically skilled, being able to develop and fix weapons for the Dino Fury Rangers. She is also wise and compassionate, giving the Dino Fury Rangers advice relating to problems in their personal life. Solon continues to aid her team with her technological intelligence after they becomes the Cosmic Fury Rangers, creating a robotic arm for Javi Garcia when he loses it when he inserts Master Red’s Staff into the pillar to summon the Cosmic Fury Zord. She is also responsible for contributing her essence into a Cosmic Orb for Fern so that she may become the Orange Cosmic Fury Ranger. She also converts the Cosmic Cruiser into a spaceship, piloting it with the female Cosmic Fury Rangers.
Billy Cranston
Played By: David Yost
Seasons: Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin’ Alien Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo & Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
Billy Cranston, the Mighty Morphin’ Blue Ranger meets the Dino Fury Rangers while he’s on a research trip with Mick Kanic on Zordnia and teams up with them to fight Bajillia Naire’s Army. After the Dino Fury Rangers lose their powers, he creates the Cosmic Morphers for them to morph into the Cosmic Fury Rangers. Billy stays with the Cosmic Fury Rangers while they’re stuck on Erridus up until they liberate Pine Ridge, where he returns to Angel Grove to liberate other cities on Earth. He also stays on Earth to assist in the fight again Lord Zedd’s force while the Cosmic Fury Rangers raid Eltar to save Ollie but returns with help in the Dino Megazord to destroy a fleet of Squid Drills orbiting Zordnia. He is later seen at the Victory Concert in Pine Ridge where Aiyon informs him on a possible interaction with Zordon, with the possible hope that he might be able to bring him back to our dimension.