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|NameOnMUSH=Ziggy Grover
|Color=#0099FF
|Char_id=535
|Img=http://i.imgur.com/k2feKw2.jpg
|FullName=Ziggy Grover
|Gender=Male
|Species=Human
|Theme=Power Rangers RPM-1
|Chartype=FC
|Function=Ranger Series Operator Green
|Faction=Union
|Rank=20
|Ranktype=Ally
|Groups=
|Quote="Sometimes when I morph, I can't help but notice this gigantic explosion right behind me for no apparent reason."
|PAge=19
|AAge=19
|Aging=Yes
|Height=5' 10"
|Weight=140 lbs
|Hair=Brown
|Eyes=Brown
|Voice=Milo Cawthorne
|Song=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJFv1mSCn2E
|Profile=Ziggy Grover hadn't intended to be a Power Ranger. When the world had seemingly ended, with only the city of Corinth left against the Venjix mechanical army, Ziggy had found a way to survive, sucking up to Fresno Bob, the leader of the Scorpion Cartel. Clumsy, awkward, gawky, Ziggy's wisecracking and storytelling abilities kept people from coming down on him too harshly for his screwups. And then his soft heart got him in trouble, as he sacrificed what good-will he had among the Cartels to donate medical supplies to an orphanage and disappear lest they find out the truth. A series of misfortunes and troubles brought him back to the city (totally not unexpected from those who knew him), and towards one more mission: to find a new Ranger Green. Unable to protect the morpher, Ziggy did something desperate: he activated the morpher on himself, to avoid -another- failure. Now the unwanted, unexpected Ranger fights on for the city of Corinth.
|Powers=TELEPORTATION: Activated only when Ziggy is a Power Ranger, he can teleport an undetermined distance, for a limited amount of times depending on how much energy his suit has. Unfortunately for Ziggy, his control of the teleportation is, shall we say, erratic, as he's ended up in bank safes, upside down dangling on rails, and other places he most definitely did not intend to be. (In other words, don't expect to see it actually used successfully ICly in combat at all, and likely to fail in 90 percent of other occasions.)
|Skills=SHADOW PUPPETS: Ziggy is an expert at forming shadow puppets, the better to help his storytelling abilities. 

SCHMOOZING: Ziggy is a talker. He's not much of a fighter, at least not before he joined the Power Rangers, but he was able to talk his way into positions where he could keep surviving.

MARTIAL ARTS: Ziggy's had to learn how to do martial arts on the fly, as he was never intended to be a power ranger. As a result, his martial arts skills lag behind his fellow rangers, and he's had to resort to very unorthodox means to get through a battle, being much more reliant on environmental improvision than straight-up martial arts skills.

MAGIC TRICKS: Ziggy entertains people with magic tricks. Handcuffs, cards, escape tricks. Amateur level, but sufficient enough to entertain children.
|Assets=REV MORPHER: The morpher is essentially a gear shift panel attached to a wrist device, resembling a car's automatic shift, which can be activated by a lever-grip, in which an morphing cell can be inserted. It is DNA-bonded to the user's left wrist. When used, Ziggy inserts a chip, slides the grip in place, and activates it with the words "RPM, GET IN GEAR!" Once activated, Ziggy is transformed into the Green Power Ranger, and summon his Zord.

RANGER PROTOTYPE SERIES COVERT INFANTRY BIO-SUIT SERIES GREEN: Created by Dr. K, the Green Ranger suit is powered by an 'universal electric field'. Based on a nano-fiber / intercellular sheet memory alloy mix (Dr. K: "IT IS NOT SPANDEX!") that self-assembles around the user, the suit amplifies the speed and strength of the user, and links the user with his Zord. Each suit has a specialized ability: in the case of Series Green, teleportation. His helmet appearance is based on the shark/orca. <PL: unmorphed 28 -> 33 morphed with zord>

TURBO AXE: The Green Ranger's specialized equipment, it's basically a giant battle axe that can combine with another Ranger's weapon to form the Turbo Plasma Launcher. When combined with four other rangers' weapons, it can form the Nitro Blaster.

TAIL SPINNER ZORD: The Tail Spinner zord was devised by Dr. K as a motorcycle with the appearance of a green orca overlaying the main body. The motorcycle was fused with the DNA of a Shark (why it looks like an orca... don't even argue with Dr. K or she'll have you scrubbing the entire floor of the Garage with a toothbrush), and linked to the operator through an universal bio-link field, summoned via the Rev Morpher. When activated through an Energy Cell Chip, the Zord can expand in size and mass for combat. The Zord can spin its body to attack enemies, using its tail like a blade. It can combine with other zords, resulting in combinations like the ValveMAX Megazord, the Zenith Megazord, and the SkyRev Megazord.

THE GARAGE: Home base of the Power Rangers RPM, it contains both personal cars (particularly Ziggy's motorized scooter), and an experimental lab through which Dr. K, the mentor of the Power Rangers, creates Zords, weapons, defensive measures, and equipment.
|NPCs=DR. K: The mentor of the Power Rangers, with a mysterious past, Dr. K created the Zords, specialized equipment, the morphers, and the series experimental ranger suits that allows the Power Rangers to exist. At her terminal, she can access the energy grid that powers up the suits and the Zords, monitoring the energy field and re-directing the energy to activate the suits and the grids. She's normally noncombative, but is adept at protecting herself, having devised many weapons and technology while working for a secret organization called Alphabet Soup. Due to her sonic weapons and other devices, PL 25.
|Disadvantages=DR. K: Without Dr. K, the morpher and the Zords cannot be powered up. If she's ill, unavailable, or not at her terminal to power up the morpher or the zord, then Ziggy is, essentially, left to his own devices.

The CARTELS: Ziggy was a former Scorpion Cartel associate, working under Fresno Bob. Entrusted to do a mission for the five major Cartels of Corinth, he failed to accomplish his mission. As a result, all five Cartels are seeking his head, none more so than Fresno Bob.

UNEXPECTED RANGER: Because Ziggy was not chosen to be a ranger, but rather forced into it by circumstances, he lacks the gifts that the others had - he's not a leader type, he's not a soldier type, he's not even a fighter type. As a result, his combat skills are lacking; he's more prone to think 'flee' first rather than 'fight'.

FLAKE: In general, people who don't know him well have difficulties trusting him to complete tasks - he's, essentially, a clown, unable to take things seriously, and is that guy in the classroom who always has to quip -something- even during deadly serious moments. He seems extremely unreliable at first glance. And second glance. And third glance.

SIMPLE-MINDED: He tends to look at things with a very simple outlook at first, an impromptu analysis based on what he sees immediately, and sometimes doesn't think ahead far enough, including being a little bit careless. A bit of an 'Okay, let me have the spare key' followed by 'Um, that was the spare' and then one suddenly understand just how Ziggy ended up failing a lot of missions for the Cartels when left to his own devices.

CLUMSY: Ziggy is not the most physically gifted individual to begin with; he's a lanky, gawky person whose coordination is more reliant on sleight of hand to keep himself out of trouble. When morphed, his suit amplifies this lack of coordination -more- so; as a result, he fights with the grace like a flopping fish early on before the suit catches up with him.
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