Wesley Collins
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Wesley Collins is a fictional character from the Power Rangers universe, appearing in the television series . Wes served as Red Ranger and second in command of the team. His character is played by Jason Faunt.
Background
Wes was the child of Mr Collins, a local industry overlord of the fictional town of Silver Hills. Mr Collins is presumably a widower, as Wes' mother was never seen or referenced during the series. Mr Collins wanted Wes to grow up to inherit the family business from him, but his grooming served only to alienate Wes. Despite being sent to highly prestigious schools and universities (where he first met Eric Myers), Wes was never very disciplined and maintained an easygoing attitude to life in general.During Time Force
When Ransik and the Time Force Rangers arrived from the future, Wes saved Jen (the Pink Time Force Ranger and team leader) from an attack by Cyclobots, revealing to her that he was genetically identical to the Red Ranger in the future, Alex. Jen gave Wes the Red Chronomorpher so that he could activate it and, at the same time, allow her and the other three Time Force officers to morph into Rangers. He refused to do so without an explanation, at which point Jen angrily left. He followed and activated the morpher, becoming the Red Time Force Ranger. Jen did not want Wes to keep the morpher, but when he revealed his commitment (and along with urging from the other Rangers) she reluctantly accepted.Wes also allowed the Rangers to acclimatize to the 21st century, by providing them with a place to stay (an abandoned clock tower), and present-day clothes. He eventually moved in with them after a disagreement with his father in which his father refused to pay a ransom demand to free a busload of children (despite being wealthy enough to easily do so).
With the Rangers, Wes developed a certain discipline that his father could never give him. He also developed romantic feelings for Jen - he more than likely had them initially, but it took a long while for her to reciprocate. She finally confirmed how she felt for him when Alex, the Red Ranger from the future and Jen's fiance, arrived in the present and attempted to take the Red Ranger powers back. At the same time, Wes' father was critically injured and Wes, without Ranger responsibilities, went to take over the business. He changed his mind when one of Mr Collins' associates revealed that Mr Collins had been proud of Wes for making his own destiny. Wes (with the backing of Jen and the other Rangers) retrieved his Chronomorpher and became the Red Ranger again.
When Ransik was finally apprehended, Jen returned to her own time, leaving Wes in the year 2001. Wes still possessed the Red Chronomorpher, and along with Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger, became the leader of his father's police organization, the Silver Guardians. Wes and Eric later became best friends in the interim between then and the teamup with Wild Force.
After Time Force
In , Wes was shortly reunited with Jen to destroy the Mut-Orgs. He also appeared in the episode Forever Red, which featured a team-up of all previous Red Rangers against the remanants of the Machine Empire, during which he jokingly bemoaned the fact that he, unlike Tommy Oliver, lacked his own 'fan club' even though he had changed the course of History.|- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;"
| Power Rangers Characters by Era and Generation | ||
|---|---|---|
| General:
| List of characters | Minor characters | |
| Ranger Designations:
| Red Ranger > Yellow Ranger | Blue Ranger | Black/Green Ranger | Pink/White Ranger | Other Rangers and Ranger-like Allies | |
| Zordon | I
| Jason Lee Scott > Trini Kwan | Zack Taylor | Kimberly Hart | Billy Cranston | Tommy Oliver |
| II
| Rocky DeSantos > Adam Park | Aisha Campbell | |
| III-IV
| Katherine Hillard > Ninjor | Aquitian Rangers | Tanya Sloan | Trey of Triforia | |
| V-VI
| Justin Stewart > Blue Senturion | Carlos Vallertes | Ashley Hammond | Cassie Chan | T.J. Johnson | Phantom Ranger | Andros | Zhane | |
| Post-Zordon/ Independent | VII-X
| Lost Galaxy Power Rangers | Magna Defender | Mike Corbett | Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers | Time Force Power Rangers | Quantum Ranger | Wild Force Power Rangers |
| Disney/ New Zealand | XI- present
| Ninja Storm Power Rangers > Dino Thunder Power Rangers | S.P.D. Power Rangers | Mystic Force Power Rangers | Clare | Koragg |
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