Katherine Hillard
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| First Appearance: | A Ranger Catastrophe, Part 1 (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) |
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| Last Appearance: | Passing the Torch, Part 2 (Power Rangers: Turbo) |
| Number of episode appearances: | 198 |
| Status: | Retired |
| Affiliation: | None |
| Homeworld: | Earth |
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Katherine "Kat" Hillard played by Catherine Sutherland (adult) and Julia Jordan (young) is the Pink Power Ranger of the third generation in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Kat was quite a different person from Kimberly, whom Kat towered over by about five inches even when standing flat on her feet. Kat is mature and sophisticated beyond her years. Kat was introspective, soft spoken and reserved, almost aloof, and more classically feminine, graceful and lady like, and sometimes out of touch with what would be considered hip. But when push came to shove, she was no less brave or dependable than Kimberly.
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[edit] Character History
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
A former aspiring champion swimmer (an ambition she abandoned after a diving accident), Kat came to Angel Grove from Surrey Hill, Australia as a junior in high school. Rita Repulsa had made her an evil spy and gave her dark powers as well as the ability to turn into a cat. She had to be found by Kimberly Hart and Aisha Campbell, the Pink and Yellow Ninja Rangers, as a cat and was adopted by them. She spies on the Rangers to gain information on their lives.
Kat stole Kim's power coin which weakened Kim. Using the coin, she was able to break into the Falconzord and capture it, rendering the other Ninjazords useless. Because the coin was in the hands of evil, Kimberly's powers (and even her own life force) were drained.
When Kimberly fell at the Youth Center due to her weakened state, Kat was there, presumably trailing her, and called the hospital to come and pick her up. She felt responsible and guilty, perhaps because she was trying to resist Rita's spell. This ultimately helped break the spell that Rita had over her. Seeking to redeem herself for her past misdeeds under the spell, she turns herself over to Rita and Zedd shortly after this, thinking the villains would free Ninjor. Kat manages to trick Rito into falling asleep, and after retrieving the Pink Power Coin, is teleported to safety by Alpha.
Kat had returned Kim's Power Coin and became her replacement as Kim left for the Pan Global Games. She controls the Crane Ninjazord and becomes the second Pink Ninja Ranger. She copilots the White Shogunzord with Tommy, the White Ninja Ranger. There was a point where she wanted to date Tommy, but as Kim and Tommy were still a couple at the time, Kat hid her feelings from Tommy (and was very jealous of Kimberly while under Rita's spell).
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers
After the time was reversed, Kat was turned into a child, and the Ninja powers were destroyed, Kat's Zeo Quest took her to Australia, presumably the future, where she was tested for goodness of heart by Agatha, whom young Kat initially mistakes for her older self. Katherine obtained her crystal by helping out an old lady in distress (Agatha in disguise) and being rewarded with the Pink Zeo sub-crystal.
[edit] In Power Rangers: Zeo
Kat became Zeo Ranger I, piloting the Zeo Zord I and Super Zeo Zord I. After Tommy received a break-up letter from Kimberly, Kat tried her best to set Tommy up with another girl, but it failed due to Tommy needing to leave a lot when the world was in danger. Kat and Tommy were eventually dating by the episode Hawaii Zeo.
Tommy was later captured by Prince Gasket of the evil Machine Empire and brainwashed into attempting to destroy his friends, believing them to be the threat to the world. Kat and the other Rangers were able to save him though, by demorphing and showing they weren't against him.
[edit] In Power Rangers: Turbo
Kat later became the Pink Turbo Ranger and controls the Wind Chaser Turbozord. After graduating at the top of her class, Kat became student teacher at Angel Grove High in Justin's class, and discovered that he is a child genius.
After being insulted over her weight at a dance recital, Kat develops something of an eating disorder, and Numbor uses her poor self-esteem (and his own number-altering powers) to make her light as a feather. When Kat realizes that inner beauty is more important, the spell is broken, and she defeats Numbor on her own (she even initiated the Turbo Megazord Spinout that destroyed him).
She gave her powers up to Cassie Chan to pursue other things in life. Kat had selected Cassie to become the new Pink Ranger, due to her sense of loyalty and trustworthiness which had led her to come to her defense. Currently, Kat is studying ballet in England.
[edit] Trivia
- She had an affinity for ballet.
- Catherine Sutherland insists that she did not wish to leave the series and was quite shocked when the storyline with her departure was introduced. She also says she was very close with the rest of the cast and enjoyed her time on the series.
- Kat is 5'8", a good five to six inches taller than the previous Pink Ranger, Kimberly Hart.
- Kat was the first Power Ranger not born in North America; she was actually born in Australia. This would be repeated again in Power Rangers: Mystic Force with the addition of Xander Bly, the Green Mystic Ranger.
- Unlike Kimberly who generally wore lighter shades of pink in her civilian form, Kat tended to wear darker shades.
| Preceded by: Kimberly Hart |
Pink Ranger 1995-1997 |
Succeeded by: Cassie Chan |
[edit] See also
| Power Rangers Characters by Era and Generation | ||
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| General: | List of characters | Minor characters | |
| Ranger colors: | 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 | 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 |
