List of Power Rangers Dino Charge characters
Power Rangers Dino Charge and its second season Power Rangers Dino Super Charge, is an American children's television series that airs on Nickelodeon. It is the 2015 and 2016 entry in the Power Rangers franchise. The show follows the Power Rangers Tyler Navarro, Shelby Watkins, Koda the caveman, Riley Griffin, and Chase Randall who protect the Earth from the evil alien bounty hunter, Sledge, who seeks the Energems to become invincible. The Power Rangers are later joined by the medieval knight Sir Ivan of Zandar, his modern liege Prince Phillip III, their own tech expert Kendall Morgan, Tyler's long lost father James, and Keeper's apprentice Zenowing who also become Power Rangers to stop Sledge, only to find his former prisoner Heckyl has transformed into the more powerful evil alien Snide and he now wants to finish what Sledge has started and take over the Earth.
Main characters
Dino Charge Power Rangers
Based at the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum in the city of Amber Beach, the Dino Charge Rangers' arsenal revolves around being powered by the Energems, ten items of great power. As the spirits of dinosaurs that Keeper initially entrusted the Energems to have bonded into them, they manifest as Zords that the Dino Charge Rangers use to fight enlarged monsters. Initially having five Energems, the Power Rangers' mission is to find the remaining five before their enemies do.In battle, the Rangers wield the Dino Charge Morpher, which doubles as a gun, and the Dino Saber, which can combine with the Dino Charge Morpher to form the Dino Blade Blaster. They also wield a series of battery-like Dino Chargers to gain additional powers.
Tyler Navarro
Tyler Navarro is the enthusiastic, outgoing, gregarious, and adventurous leader of the Dino Charge Power Rangers who works as a chef at the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum's restaurant, the Dino Bite Cafe. He also works to find his missing father, who mysteriously disappeared ten years prior to the series while at an archaeological dig site and left behind a journal containing a sketch of a monster. His search leads him to a cave where he finds the Red Energem in a Tyrannosaurus fossil and becomes the Red Dino Charge Ranger.As the Red Dino Charge Ranger, Tyler wields the T-Rex Smasher gauntlet. Using the power of the T-Rex Super Charger and the T-Rex Super Charge Morpher, Tyler can assume T-Rex Super Charge Mode and channel the Dino Charge Megazord's powers.
Tyler Navarro is portrayed by Brennan Mejia. Mejia was a fan of Power Rangers going in to the show, particularly Power Rangers Time Force. He, and other members of the cast, were all surprised by the producers when they did a cold read of the script and were instructed to open up treasure chests as part of the reading, inside of which contained their official new role. He previously auditioned for Power Rangers Samurai and also tried out for the Blue and Green Ranger roles in Dino Charge as part of the audition process. Before working on Power Rangers, he worked as an acrobat at the San Diego Zoo. Mejia spoke in interviews of how he and the other cast members trained with Japanese stunt actors from the Super Sentai series to prepare for action scenes. He also joked of how he and the other cast members became accustomed to wearing their signature colors offset. He returns in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
Shelby Watkins
Shelby Watkins works as a waitress at the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum's restaurant, the Dino Bite Cafe inside. Though she comes off as clumsy and ditzy due to disliking her position, she is a stubborn and noble tomboy with a vast knowledge of dinosaurs, with her favorite being the Triceratops. After stowing away in one of the museum's trucks bound for a dig site, she finds and bonds with the Pink Energem and becomes the Pink Dino Charge Ranger. She also develops a crush on Tyler, who reciprocates her feelings by the end of the series. She initially butts heads with her boss and mentor, Dr. Kendal Morgan, early in the series. However, as the team bonds, the two learn to work together, and Shelby is able to impress Dr. Morgan by applying her dinosaur knowledge to the fight against Sledge, such as building a device to locate the Energems and creating the Spino Zord.As the Pink Dino Charge Ranger, Shelby wields the Tricera Drill.
Shelby Watkins is portrayed by Camille Hyde. Hyde is the first African-American woman to portray a Pink Power Ranger, but did not discover this until well into the season. Hyde felt that her part in Dino Charge would become a part of the long legacy of Power Rangers by continuing with the dinosaur theme. She also remarked that being able to stay on her feet was one of the hardest parts of the physical training as part of the role and was just as surprised as her castmates when she was given the role at what they thought was their final audition. Prior to the show, Hyde was a student at Chapman University, majoring in policy and environmental science. She left her studies early in order to go to an audition. In an interview, she mentioned the camaraderie she felt from the actresses who portrayed the Yellow and Pink Rangers in Power Rangers Megaforce, who wrote to her to ask if she was feeling alright when she began filming in New Zealand for the first time. She also spoke of how the young fans have treated her when they realize who she is, bringing up a time she was recognized by two little boys in a pizzeria in her hometown of Washington, D.C. While filming in New Zealand, Hyde received martial arts training and continued to pursue her academics through online courses. Hyde attributed her success to her determination to stay focused and to acting courses she took at Chapman University. Hyde considered herself a tomboy growing up and never wore pink, but now that she had been filming as Shelby for a year, she began to wear more pink outside of the role.
Koda
Koda is a virtuous caveman who found the Blue Energem a hundred thousand years prior to the series in a Stegosaurus fossil. After saving his little brother, Taku, from a smilodon, he fell off a cliff and ended up frozen in a glacier, though the Energem's powers kept him alive. By the present, Koda is found and unfrozen by Chase and Dr. Morgan, and slowly adapts to modern customs and technology, speaking in broken, minimalist sentences. Along the way, he became a digger for the Amber Beach Museum's archaeological digs, a dishwasher for the Dino Bite Cafe, and the Blue Dino Charge Ranger.In battle, Koda can make use of his extraordinary strength and sharp reflexes and senses. As the Blue Dino Charge Ranger, he wields the Stego Shield.
Koda is portrayed by Yoshi Sudarso. Sudarso has been a fan of Power Rangers since a child and also enjoyed Time Force. On auditioning for the role, he said that he had known it was a caveman and had used a particular speech pattern when auditioning, but he was thrown off by the cold read on the day that he was given the role. Sudarso is also a fan of the Japanese television series Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, on which Dino Charge was based. He hooked Brennan Mejia on the show as well, leading the two of them and fellow cast member James Davies to leave their own ad-libbed references to the show that made it into the final cut. He returns in Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
Chase Randall
Chase Randall is a laid-back and flirtatious young man from New Zealand who works at the Amber Beach Museum as a janitor and expert digger. Prior to meeting the other Rangers, he received the Black Energem as a reward from the Māori fortune-teller Moana after he saved her cat, which allows him to transform into the Black Dino Charge Ranger. He also serves as second-in-command of the team, usually taking charge in Tyler's absence.As the Dino Charge Black Ranger, Chase is skilled at firearm-based combat and wields the Para Chopper beam gun.
Chase Randall is portrayed by James Davies. When interviewed about the audition process, Davies said that the last fake-out audition was the worst for him because he was so nervous about the cold reading. During filming, he enjoyed learning how to do tricks with the blaster prop. He returns in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
Riley Griffin
Riley Griffin is the cool-headed, sensible, intellectual, and youngest member of the Dino Charge Rangers. He originally lived on a farm, where he found the Green Energem and became the Green Dino Charge Ranger. Following this, he moves to Amber Beach and becomes a summer intern at the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum and a waiter at the Dino Bite Cafe.In battle, Riley is an expert swordsman who specializes in a backhanded grip-based fighting style. As the Green Dino Charge Ranger, he also wields the Raptor Claw.
Riley Griffin is portrayed by Michael Taber. In an interview, Taber brought up how the production team tricked them all at the final cold read audition, and how they had not heard from the producers in over a month when they were all finally called in again. When asked about his favorite episode, he said it was one that had not yet aired when the interview was held at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con, but aside from that one it was when his character became a Power Ranger in the second episode. Taber reprised his role in Power Rangers Beast Morphers, albeit uncredited and as a voice only. In 2020, Taber stated that he intentionally portrayed Riley as gay and with a crush on fellow ranger Chase.
Kendall Morgan
Kendall Morgan is a confident, direct, and blunt scientist who manages the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum and serves as the head of its paleontology digging group and technical advisor to the Rangers. Prior to the series, she met Keeper while digging for fossils and promised to help him find the Energems. Using her position, she established an underground research lab that would go on to serve as the Rangers' headquarters and builds several gadgets and weapons for the future Rangers. After Sledge's forces steal the Purple Energem and kidnap Keeper, Kendall infiltrates the bounty hunter's ship to rescue Keeper, bonding with the Purple Energem and becoming the Purple Dino Charge Ranger in the process.Kendall Morgan is portrayed by Claire Blackwelder.