Billy Cranston
Billy Cranston is a male television character who features in Power Rangers.
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Biography
Billy Cranston
Billy was one of the five 'teenagers with attitude' selected by Zordon to become the original Power Rangers, along with close friends Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan, and Kimberly Hart. Billy became the Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger due to his intelligence and patience. He was given both the Triceratops Power Coin and the Triceratops Dinozord.
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was revealed that, due to an experience in his youth when he was bitten by a fish during an experiment involving whirlpools, Billy developed icthyophobia: fear of fish. This fear affects him well into his teens
He was initially very insecure about himself, making him an easy target for people like Bulk and Skull, who tormented him often.
His closest friend throughout the series was Trini, to whom he could communicate most comfortably and effectively.
The other Rangers, especially Trini, defended him loyally, and Billy later evolved to become a stronger individual.
He was one of the top members of Angel Grove High's science club and often helped its younger members with their experiments. One such person was Willy, a young boy who he helped to create a virtual reality simulator for a Science Fair.
Powers and abilities
Each of Billy's teammates have a unique skill to offer the team and, in Billy's case, it is his vast intelligence. He seeks out to improve himself physically, and the audience sees him transition over time from the suspenders-wearing "brain" to a confident, hyper-intelligent athlete with fighting skills, thanks in great part to Trini's Uncle Howard. Jason and later Tommy help graduate Billy to the red belt level in karate.
Billy's intelligence helps the Rangers save the world on many occasions. When the Command Center is damaged, Zordon lost and Alpha incapacitated, it is his invention, a car called the RADBUG, that allows the Rangers to travel to the Command Center. He performs an array of tasks, ranging from creating the method for which the Rangers use initially to infiltrate Rita's Dark Dimension, to disarming the lock-out mechanism for Alpha's activated self-destruct, and many other achievements. Though Billy does manage to attract girls earlier in his "nerd-like" persona, it is after he begins his journey toward self-improvement that he garners more attention from romantic interests, even more so than the other members of the team.
Billy not only created the communicators, but also the interface that allowed the devices remote access to the Command Center's teleportation unit. (Episode: High Five)
Notes
- Billy Cranston was portrayed by actor David Yost where he featured in the setting of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
In other media
Films
Video games
Appearances
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers:
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