| Russell Merville | |
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| Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 (Ranger 1) | |
| Ranger 1: Shadow Mode | |
Ranger 1: Rainbow Mode
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| Gender: | Male |
| Season: | TQG Hyper TQG |
| Color: | Red |
| Homeworld: | Earth |
| First Appearance: | |
| Last Full Appearance: | |
| Number of Episode Appearances: | |
| Actor: | Eli Baldwin |
- "Train Quantum Guardian - Ranger 1!"
- āRanger 1's roll call
- "End of the line. Train Quantum Guardians win!"
- āTrain Quantum Guardian Ranger 1's finisher announcement during a giant battle
Russell Merville is Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1, or simply just Ranger 1, the Red Ranger & leader of the Train Quantum Guardians. When he succumbs to the darkness by Emperor Zedd, he becomes Ranger 1: Shadow Mode.
Biography[]
Russell is the twin brother of Melanie, having been born after her. He is like any other boy, except that he has high levels of imagination. As a boy, he would play with his brothers & sisters (except for his youngest brother Alban, who was an infant back then) at their secret base, which is a giant tree located in their background. However one day during a beach festival, the Castle Terminal rose upon their city. It unleashed what looked like a dark storm, & the five oldest Merville children were separated from their parents & youngest brother & eventually found themselves on the Rainbow Line. During the years that followed, the five amnesiac children would travel across the Rainbow Line, being under the protection & guidance of their uncle, the mysterious Conductor Herbert.
At the beginning of the series, Russell, for some reason or another, got himself stuck in a Shadow Liner, which surprised the Shadow Creeper, Bagger, for not being one of the children he kidnapped. He then got excited about what was going on as a group of trains appeared. As the trains stopped, Russell got out of the train along with Bagger, as he had no idea what was going on. The Train Quantum Guardians got out of their train & started fighting the Shadowblades & Bagger. Russell then joins the fight but got himself knocked unconscious by the Shadow Creep. He woke up in the Train Quantum Guardians' Trainzord & was surprised to see that his brothers & sisters are the Train Quantum Guardians. Herbert & his puppet, Mr. Ticket, appear & explain to Russell about their battle. After his explanation, the Train Quantum Guardians are curious why they were chosen to be the Train Quantum Guardians as Herbert replied to them that it was because of their imagination. As the Trainzord Liner reaches the Shadow Liner, Russell gets out of the train & enters the Shadow Liner without any equipment. As he got himself injured from Bagger, his siblings appeared & Russell managed to punch the Shadow Creep out of the Shadow Liner. After Bagger got punched out, they evacuated the children & morphed into the Train Quantum Guardians to fight the Shadow Creep, along with the Shadowblades. While fighting, Ranger 1 does a few TransMorphs to his teammates before finishing off Bagger. After Bagger iwa defeated, the Shadow Creep enlarged itself but was defeated by the Train Quantum Guardian Megazord.
As the series progresses, Russell met Zedd in the amusement park, unaware that he is the Emperor of Darkness & befriended Fagund, who is a former member of the House of Zedd which the latter renamed himself as Aaron once he became Ranger 6. While battling the House of Zedd, the team started to remember their hometown as they would start searching the town. However, the team was horrified to learn that their home was under Terminal Castle. Even worse, Russell started to have darkness coming out from his body, as he remembers that he was the first one to touch darkness & the reason that Russell can teleport into the Shadow Liners.
After rescuing their home, the President of the Rainbow Line warns Russell that due to his current state, his parents & siblings will have a chance of forgetting him, which saddens Russell. Russell decides to face the House of Zedd alone without having his team involved, as he would take their Rainbow Passes & having them destroyed, which causes the team to not have any memories of their brother & being the Train Quantum Guardians. However, his siblings managed to remember him thanks to the photos that Aaron placed back in their secret hideout as they would fight the House of Zedd for their final battle. Along with the Train Quantum Guardians, they defeated the remaining House of Zedd armies, & seemingly defeated Zedd before Wella spirited him with a Shadow Liner. Aaron & the other Rainbow Line depart, while the five siblings continue their regular lives, having been reunited with their family, including Alban, who was able to remember them due to their Imaginations.
Personality[]
He is always facing forward & is trying to seize joy out of life. He is a young man whose spirit is like energy. He is the one usually giving it his all, the type to easily be fired up & go against the odds. Out of the five Train Quantum Guardians, Russell's Imagination is the highest, & therefore, so is his fighting power. He often acts before he thinks & hates cramped places.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Imagination
- Russell & the other Train Quantum Guardians possess a strong Imagination that allows them to see the Trainzords.
- Clairvoyance
- It also gives him small clairvoyance, able to imagine/predict the outcome of his battles.
- Darkness Manipulation
- After being affected by Emperor Zedd's darkness for too long, Russell was symbiotically connected to Zedd, gaining several portions of his powers. This trait was always active at a low level, as he emitted a dark aura on certain occasions. But once it is completed, the darkness can affect his form as well, though still retained his morality & mind.
- Darkness Eruption
- Russell can emit a shockwave of darkness that can destroy nearby enemy troops.
- Darkness Resistance
- Russell himself can resist even stronger darkness, even the ones induced by Zedd, which can potentially harm normal humans.
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1[]
- "Train Quantum Guardian - Ranger 1!"
- āRole call[src]
- "Ranger 1gou (previous color), TransMorph to Red!"
- āSecondary transformation announcement[src]
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Red is Ranger 1's default form, accessed by inserting the Red Trainzord into the Train Quantum Morpher. In this form, Ranger 1 uses the track-themed Rail Slasher sword as his weapon.
Arsenal
Zords
Whenever they form a Megazord (except the Diesel Megazord), the Train Quantum Guardians must access their Train Link Mode. This is done by inserting the Link Trainzord in their Train Quantum Morpher.
Arsenal
- Trainzord Modules
- Link Trainzord
- Train Quantum Morpher
- Train Sablaster
- Rainbow Pass
- Rail Slasher
- Nitro Train Blaster
Zords
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1: Hyper Mode
- "Ranger 1 - Hyper Mode!"
- āTransformation announcement[src]
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Hyper Mode is Russell`s power-up which he can access by putting the Hyper Trainzord, that comes with the Railway Blaster, into the Train Quantum Morpher.
Arsenal
Zords
This is an enhanced version of the Train Link Mode whenever Ranger 1 is in Hyper Mode. It's in this form that he can have control over the Hyper Trainzord.
Arsenal
- Trainzord Modules
- Link Trainzord
- Train Quantum Morpher
- Rainbow Pass
- Railway Blaster
Zords
0 costume
- "Train Quantum Guardian - Ranger 0!"
- āTransformation announcement
Ranger 1 was temporarily graded down to Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 0 by Inkplot.
Arsenal
Zords
-100 costume
- "Train Quantum Guardian - Ranger -100!"
- āTransformation announcement
Ranger 0 was further graded down to Train Quantum Guardian Ranger -100 (Below Hundred) by Inkplot.
Arsenal
Zords
White costume
- "Ranger 1 - Red, now depressing into White!"
- āTransformation announcement[src]
Ranger 1 once became a desaturated white color when he sat out of the fight because he couldn't make the monster laugh & handed his Trainzord to Rosa. White is representative here of the absence of color.
Arsenal
Zords
- N/A
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1: Shadow Mode
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1: Shadow Mode is the ranger form Russell assumes when Emperor Zedd's darkness corrupts his powers. In this form, Russell can even fight on par with Zedd. He can also unleash the darkness as an all-direction attack.
Arsenal
Zords
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1: Rainbow Mode
- "Ranger 1 - Red, now connected as Rainbow!"
- āTransformation announcement
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1: Rainbow Mode is assumed when the rest of the Train Quantum Guardians give their powers to Ranger 1, allowing him to use the powers of the entire team. He attains this form by first going over all the TranMorphs from Blue to Orange, before using the Hyper Trainzord to combine his teammates' powers & morphing into this form.
Arsenal
Zords
TransMorphs are alternate forms assumed when Ranger 1 swaps his Red Trainzord for other Trainzord Modules & inserts them into the Train Quantum Morpher.
Blue costume
- "Ranger 1 (previous color), TransMorph to Blue!"
- āTransformation announcement[src]
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Blue is an alternate TransMorph form assumed when Ranger 1 swaps his Trainzord module with Ranger 2's Blue Trainzord & inserts it into the Train Quantum Morpher. In this form, Ranger 1 uses the railway platform-themed Platform Blaster laser gun as his weapon.
Arsenal
Zords
Yellow costume
- "Ranger 1 (previous color), TransMorph to Yellow!"
- āTransformation announcement[src]
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Yellow is an alternate TransMorph form assumed when Ranger 1 swaps his Trainzord module with Ranger 3's Yellow Trainzord & inserts it into the Train Quantum Morpher. In this form, Ranger 1 uses the railway signal-themed Signal Hammer as his weapon.
Arsenal
Zords
Green costume
- "Ranger 1 (previous color), TransMorph to Green!"
- āTransformation announcement[src]
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Green is an alternate TransMorph form assumed when Ranger 1 swaps his Trainzord module with Ranger 4's Green Trainzord & inserts it into the Train Quantum Morpher. In this form, Ranger 1 uses the Tunnel Ax as his weapon.
Arsenal
Zords
Pink costume
- "Ranger 1 (previous color), TransMorph to Pink!"
- āTransformation announcement[src]
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Pink is an alternate TransMorph form assumed when Ranger 1 swaps his Trainzord module with Ranger 5's Pink Trainzord & inserts it into the Train Quantum Morpher. In this form, Ranger 1 uses the railway bridge-themed Bridge Claw as his weapon.
Arsenal
Zords
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Orange
- "Ranger 1 (previous color), TransMorph to Orange!"
- āTransformation announcement
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Orange is an alternate TransMorph form assumed when Ranger 1 swaps his Trainzord module with Ranger 6's Build Trainzord & inserts it into the Train Quantum Morpher. In this form, Ranger 1 uses the light guide stick-themed Guide Breaker club as his weapon.
Russell first attempted to assume this form when Aaron joined the team. Intending to introduce him to the concept of TransMorphs, he took his Trainzord & initiated the morphing sequence while making his announcement, only for no morphing sequence to occur. The explanation given by Mr. Ticket was that Aaron didn't need to switch lines.
Later, he can assume this form during the final battle with Zedd, before morphing into Ranger 1: Rainbow Mode.
Arsenal
Zords
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Lion Mode
- "Ranger 1 (previous color), TransMorph to Lion Mode!"
- āTransformation announcement[src]
Train Quantum Guardian Ranger 1 - Lion Mode is a Safari TransMorph form assumed when Ranger 1 swaps his Trainzord module with the Lion Trainzord & inserts it into the Train Quantum Morpher. Armed with larger fists in the shape of lion claws, Ranger 1 - Lion Mode has the power to perform devastating slashes at the enemy. In this form, Right possesses the verbal tic of frequently roaring.
Arsenal
Zords
Family Tree[]
 Humphrey Merville ā |
ā | ā | Dawson Turner ā | ā | Eloise Turner ā | ||||||||||||||||
| Herbert Merville ā | Jerome Merville ā | ā | Elaine Turner ā | ||||||||||||||||||
 Niles Merville ā |
Melanie Merville ā |  Russell Merville ā |
Irving Merville ā | Rosa Merville ā |  Alban Merville ā
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Category:Merville Family
Category:PR Family Members
Category:Family
Legendary Ranger Devices[]
The Power Rangers TQG Gear is one of many Legendary Ranger Gears used by the Mecha Force Rangers to battle the Mechanicor Army. In particular, when used by a Mecha Force Rangerās Morpher, the Power Rangers TQG Gear activates a train-like link attack.
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Notes[]
- He is the sixth/fourth Red Ranger to have the number 1 embedded on his costume, the first & second being Tommy Oliver & TJ Johnson (Red Turbo Ranger); the third, fourth, fifth being Jack Landors, Schuyler "Sky" Tate, & Bridge Carson (SPD Red Ranger), & the sixth Scott Truman (Ranger Operator Series Red).
- However, he is the first Red Ranger to be specifically identified by his number & not his color.
- Ranger 1 is the fourth main Red Ranger not to have his color in his name, the first being the Quantum Ranger from Time Force, the second the Crimson Thunder Ranger from Ninja Storm, & the third the Wolf Warrior from Mystic Force.
- He's also the first Red Ranger of the main five rangers to not have this since.
- Russell is the only male Train Quasar Guardian with an odd number.
- He is the only Train Quasar Guardian to use all of his core teammates' powers.
- He is also the only member of the core team whose zord is not based on either a bullet train or a subway train. In Russell's case, his zord is based on a steam locomotive.
- He's the only Train Quantum Guardian to become either black or white.
- If comical forms are counted, Russell would have sixteen forms, which surpasses his the Dino Charge Red Ranger who had a total of twelve forms.
- Russell is the only core Train Quantum Guardian to use Ranger 6's powers in a TransMorph.
- Russell is the first, & currently only ranger to bear both the elements of light & dark.
- Russell means "little red one" in French.
- Like Kai Ozu (MagiRed), although Russell isn't the oldest of the Merville siblings, he "outranks" both of his two older siblings as Ranger 1 & the leader.
See Also[]
- Right Suzuki - Super Sentai counterpart in ToQger
- Yuto Suzuki - Super Sentai counterpart in ToQger (as a younger brother)