John Harper

Jonathan "John" Harper is Time Force Red and leader of the Time Force Rangers.

Character History
In the distant future of the year 3000, John was an officer for the Time Force Police, which has nearly eradicated crime. The only remaining villain was a mutant named -. John was present - as were many other Time Force operatives - when the Pink Time Force Ranger, Amber, managed to arrest - and take him for trial.

John similarly attended the trial with Amber, whom she had been dating for some time and who, it is later revealed, was also the one that had helped her pass the Time Force entrance exam. When he was a rookie, he hadn't been able to handle the pressure and nearly quit until he met Amber who helped him through it. He described her as the one person he knew he could always trust. With - captured, John proposed to Amber and she accepted his offer. Whether anything could have come from this relationship is unknown, because John and her team were waylaid while transporting - to the cryo-prison. Though they attempted to chase him down, they arrived just in time to see - strike down Amber before escaping into the past. With her final breath, Amber charged her and her team (Aaron, - and Sydney) with traveling into the past and apprehending - again. She gave him her Pink Chronomorpher, and informed her of four similar Chronomorphers that they could use to become Time Force Rangers. Distraught by the apparent death of his lover, he did as she had asked and traveled to the year 2002, where he and the others were stranded in the fictional town of Pacific Vista.

Unfortunately, as the four Time Force operatives discovered, the four Chronomorphers would not work without the Pink Chronomorpher. They were forced to recruit Emma Stanford, a local teenager with a genetic resemblance to Amber (except Emma is a blonde), despite John's objections. John became the Red Time Force Ranger and leader of the team.

Seeing only the differences between Emma and Amber, she refused to let Emma join the team until she saved them at -'s urging. It took some time, but he was finally able to accept her for who she was. In return, Emma helped them adjust to 21st century life - by providing an abandoned clock tower as a place to stay, and present-day clothes, and enrolling them at Pacific Vista High, Emma's school. Discovering that the clock tower had once been home to a business ("Nick of Time Odd Jobs"), John decided to open the store for their keep. Emma eventually left her rich lifestyle behind for good to live with John and the Rangers who welcomed her with open arms. When Emma's father, Mr. Stanford, discovered the identities of the Rangers, he attempted to hire them behind Emma's back, but John (and the others) refused him.