This article is about a/an ranger in Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Super Samurai.

Samurai Ranger Light, Gold Samurai Ranger
Name:	Antonio Garcia
Gender:	Male
Seasons:	Samurai, Super Samurai
Colors:	Gold
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	Unexpected Arrival
Last Appearance:	Samurai Forever
Number of Episode Appearances:	31 Full list of appearances
Actor:	Steven Skyler Jeremy Birchall (Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie; voice only) Connor Kerrigan (child)
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"Gold Ranger, ready!"

Antonio Garcia is Samurai Ranger Light, the Gold Samurai Power Ranger in Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Super Samurai. He can control the element of Light.

Character History

As the Gold Ranger, Antonio is the sixth Ranger of the Samurai Power Rangers. Though his regular job is a fish seller, he is the tech wizard of the group. He also happens to be a childhood friend of Jayden, receiving the OctoZord from him and making a promise to see him again soon.

Antonio takes his role as the Gold Ranger with much enthusiasm and energy. He can be seen as Jayden's opposite, as he is as hyperactive and expressive, while Jayden is reserved and stoic.

Golden Return

Antonio made his debut in Unexpected Arrival, he sent a letter to Jayden and the other Samurai Rangers, saying "See You Soon." The following day, Mia, Emily, Kevin, and Mike found out about the note, and later headed into battle. When the Rangers had trouble, Antonio appeared and Morphed into the Gold Samurai Power Ranger. Unexpected Arrival In the following episode, he arrived at the Shiba House, but Ji didn't allow him to join the others initially. A short time later, though, he did become the 6th Samurai Power Ranger. Room for One More

Antonio became the tech expert of the group and managed to unlock the ClawZord, Black Box, LightZord, and SharkZord.

Off Duty Ranger

Sometime later, Antonio decides to take a day off from his ranger duty and enjoy some fishing action. While he is at the docks, his loses his Samurai Morpher and he does not notice it is gone. An armored shell-type Nighlok is sent to destroy the city, and though the Rangers spring into action to counter the threat, they are beaten. They try to contact Antonio but he does not answer, which by now his Morpher is in the hands of Bulk and Spike. The Rangers must defeat an armored Nighlok without Antonio's help. Kevin comes up with a brilliant plan to beat the Nighlok and the Rangers win. Bulk and Spike ditch the Morpher in the spot they had found it, and Emily and Mike find it and Antonio at the docks. They return it to him, as he doesn't even know it's missing. He checks and finds out he has 37 missed calls, however, Mike and Emily don't tell him about what happened. Shell Game

Fishy Fear

At one point, he switched bodies with a fish, and gained a fear of fish. Trading Places The other Rangers try to help him, but fail to do so. Ji gives Antonio the LightZord, and Antonio manages to bring it back to life, giving the team a new Zord. Ji also snaps him back into his senses. Something Fishy. After all of the contributions Antonio has brought to the team, Ji reveals that he has fully accepted Antonio as a Samurai Ranger. The Rescue

Gigazord

Jayden asks Antonio to unlock the Gigazord, but Antonio declines saying that "Kevin is the best one to unlock Megazord combos", most likely due to the fact Kevin was the one who created the Battlewing Megazord. Kevin's Choice

Gold Samurai Ranger

As the Gold Ranger, Antonio has access to multiple modes. While morphed, Antonio has shown bieng able to move as fast as his element (light) by striking multiple enemies using the draw-and-sheath sword style, while to the naked eye, it appears as if he never moved.

Antonio morphs into his Ranger costume for close combat and ground battles. To morph he uses his Samurai Morpher.

Arsenal

• Samurai Morpher
• Samurai Disks
• Barracuda Blade

Zords

• OctoZord
• Samurai ClawZord
• LightZord

Gold Ranger morphs into his Mega Mode for Megazord battles. To change modes he exchanges his Barracuda Blade for the Mega Blade.

Arsenal

• Samurai Morpher
• Samurai Disks
• Mega Blade

Zords

• OctoZord
• Samurai ClawZord
• LightZord
• BullZord

Gallery

Antonio in Season 1

Antonio in Season 2

Lightzord Emblem on the Power Rangers website

Antonio's Super Mega Mode

Antonio's Shogun Mode

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Notes

• The symbol on his helmet (光) is the kanji for "light".
• Early scripts listed his name as "Wesley", which was the same as the second (and primary) Red Time Force Ranger.
• Before he readies his Morpher, he spins it for a few seconds before he activates his Morpher. This quirk was first done by Mack Hartford, the Red Ranger of Operation Overdrive.
• Antonio uses nicknames in his Zords: Octo (OctoZord), Buddy (ClawZord), and LZ (LightZord).
• When Super Samurai was revealed on the Power Rangers site, two interesting Zord related instances appeared on the site, both connected to Antonio. One was a Zord emblem (like the other Rangers) in the shape of a star in his bio. The other was a word puzzle containing the term 'LightZord'.
  • He, and his Sentai counterpart, has the star motif placed on his personal control podium.
• Antonio has the most modes that were designed for him, but went unused in the show. His Super and Shark Attack modes are absent from both the show and the toyline (his Sentai counterpart if used), and his Super Mega and Shogun Modes are absent from just the show. Of all of these, Shogun Mode does not have a suit made. Its package image is a digital repaint of the 4" Shogun Red's package image.
• Antonio unlocked the Black Box and the Shark Zord, but he never got to use them.
• It should be noted that when he is in his normal mode, he has a silver belt buckle, but when he is in Mega Mode, its gold, most likely to match up with the rest of the suit.
  • This is probably the same reason the Mega Mode design doesnt have navy in it.

See Also

• Genta Umemori - Super Sentai counterpart in Shinkenger. See comparison page.