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Old 10/21/18, 02:56 PM   #7
Miki1988
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Default Re: Why let the rangers remain secret?

Tommy even asked Cassidy does she realize how their lives would turn out if the tape she and Devin filmed of the DT Rangers' finale battle gets on television. She willingly surrendered it to the Rangers despite the fact that the tape could be the business break she and Devin desperately needed. That just goes to show that the Power Rangers having secret identities does have its advantages:
- Protection by the government:
How many times did the MM Rangers yell "It's Morphin' Time!" in various parts of the school or the city WITHOUT anyone hearing them? That's just impossible. That proves that becoming a superhero and having a secret identity goes beyond then just receiving a morphing device. Not to mention that the MM Rangers go to a LIVE TV SHOW during their 2nd season. I'm sure their parents would recognize the voices of their children - Bulk and Skull DID IT when the Z Putties showed up in battle for the first time at the race track. So any Ranger team with secret identities is covered with a little sign on a piece of paper by the members of that Ranger team and the people close to them. Just look at the episode where Bulk and Skull take the Rangers' footprints - everyone just rushes at the two when the Rangers give the cue.
- Assistance by the government:
In exchange, everyone keeps quiet about their identities, even if someone ends up recognizing their voices trough the helmets. Other examples: All Justin had to do is to mention who he works for and everyone believed him when it came to him sending his 4 friends to open space. Cleaning up parts of destroyed Megazords after the Rangers lost the battle and just casually walked off to get new powers? Even technicians of the Ranger teams who had their identities revealed from the get-go needed government backup - I just don't buy that a Capitan with an underwater base got it started just by renting his apartment or something. Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Katherine, David and random people in various seasons promising NOT to tell anyone about who the Rangers were after seeing them morph based on a friendship/family ties? I think not. The 4 Time Force Rangers in 2001 without some kind of political support - no go.
- Close contact between all Ranger teams (like in case of "Legendary Battle").
- The non-public-identity Rangers know who the public-identity Rangers are and vice-versa.
- Political protection for the Ranger families, friends, co-workers and neighbors. That especially goes with non-public-identity Rangers.
- The villains can't provoke them publicly in the media.
- etc. etc.

On the other side, the Ranger teams like Lightspeed Rescue have pretty much the same advantages, except they still have to play by the rules and respect a Ranger having a secret identity situation because of various, either personal and/or business driven reasons (Levi).
That means if, for example, Carter (LR Red) and Alyssa (WF White) met in a mixed company of people where just some know the true identities of both, the two would have to be very careful what to talk about. That means carefully choosing conversation topics and leading the conversations in a neat way.
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