Maria José Nieves de Moreno

"As focused as a mountain lion! Pink Animal Ranger!" Maria José Nieves de Moreno is the Pink Animal Force Ranger.

Character History
Maria grew up in Chile, moving with her family to Rhode Island in the United States for her father's job. She didn't want to leave her friends. Delaying in the bathroom, she was startled by a figure in a black cloak (though not as much as most people would have been, under the circumstances). Saying he needed to talk to her, he knocked her unconscious.

When she woke up, she was in a room with three other teenagers just waking up--Jack, Jenelle and Ryan. Their kidnapped introduced himself as Kirzan of Edenoi, and asked them to become Power Rangers. Maria was the last to agree to temporarily take the position, but she did just in time for an "earthquake." Along with her teammates, she took a morpher and went to the source, which turned out to be Astral causing some unplanned mischief. They did poorly against her, but Scorchius removed her from the fight before she could kill them.

Afterwards, when the others decided to take the Ranger position permanently, Maria was again the most reluctant. She explained her parents' protectiveness, but Ryan suggested an excuse using his policeman father's influence, and she finally agreed. The ruse worked, getting Maria out of trouble for "disappearing."

One morning Ryan showed up to show her around. After getting herself presentable, they went to the park and discussed the weirdness of English. There they were attacked by Leevy, morphing to fight back. During the battle, the monster got Maria with a blob of acid that turned her against her teammates. Kirzan eventually just shot her, taking her out long enough to destroy the monster, and thus his control over her. She had no memory of what had happened.

Later, she and Ryan watched The Hunger Games together, which she found horrifying. The power went out, and after a little asking around, the pair deduced that another monster was to blame. In the ensuing fight, Maria was the first to have her voice stolen by Florta. Because of this, Jack talked her through handling the hand-to-hand part of the fight, and with his and Kirzan's help she took the monster down.

Personality
Maria seems timid than her teammates, though with her family she is more prone to argument and expressing herself--and her struggles with English are probably a factor.

Arsenal

 * Pink Ani-Morpher
 * Blaster
 * Mountain Lion Zord

Appearance
Maria is Hispanic, with dark brown hair and eyes.

Trivia

 * Maria is "played by" Josie Loren.