Trini Kwan
From Power Rangers Universe
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| Trini Kwan | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Season: | Mighty Morphin |
| Color: | Yellow |
| Homeworld: | Earth |
| First Appearance: | Day of the Dumpster |
| Last Appearance: | The Power Transfer (2) |
| Number of Episode Appearances: | 88 |
| Actor: | Audri DuBois (Pilot) Thuy Trang |
| Yellow Mighty Morphin Power Ranger | |
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Trini Kwan was the First Yellow Mighty Morphin Power Ranger.
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[edit] Character History
Trini Kwan was working out at Ernie's Juice Bar & Gym along with her friends. Suddenly the ground began to shake and Trini and her friends were transported to the Command Center. There awaited quite the sight, a head floating inside a tube. And even more incredibly, this being called Zordon, had selected them to become Power Rangers. Kimberly and Zack blew Zordon off. But Trini, Billy and Jason lingered. The idea of protecting people from the evil witch Rita Repulsa appealed to the gentle and kind nature of Trini. With the others calling them, Trini, Billy and Jason left the Command Center. Outside the building they were confronted by another strange sight - putties. Trini fought with all her might, but the putties were too strong. Without a second thought, Trini activated her power coin and became the first Yellow Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. Needless to say, after morphing into the Yellow Power Ranger, Trini made quick work of the putties. She also took up the challenge that Zordon placed before her.
A young woman with a calm and composed attitude, no one would ever guess that Trini was fearful of anything. But Trini does have one fear and that is a fear of heights. But when she sees a friend in trouble, with a tremendous effort, she puts aside her fear to help them.
Being a Ranger during this era meant you were thrown into some pretty strange places. One of these was the Island of Illusion where, once again, Trini had to face her fear of heights.With the other Ranger's help, she was able to accomplish this. Trini was also placed under a spell where for a time she lost her confidence. Thankfully, she was able to remember previous battles and overcame this spell. Trini fought many battles against Rita and defeated her time and time again. Eventually Rita was replace with a even greater threat, Lord Zedd. As always, Trini was up to the challenge.
One of Trini's pet causes is the environment. She is always heading up drives to clean up the environment. Not only does Trini clean-up parks but plants seeds for future trees as well. Trini is also involved in the Big Sister program. Trini loves animals as well. She tries to help stray animals find a home.
Trini has no qualms about collecting bugs for a science class or putting together a exhibit for the science fair.
Trini enjoys life and makes time to have fun. She has a wonderful doll collection. Trini likes to host food festivals. She enjoys the picnics, carnival, concerts, masquerade balls, talent contests, dances and the beach. Trini is a big help behind the scenes of any school theatrical production
Trini is very close to her family. Her favorites are her cousin Sylvia and Uncle Howard. Of course Trini is very close to her parents. When Rita Repulsa whisked away her parents, she was forced to chose between her power coin or her parents. With tears in her eyes, Trini gave up her power coin to Goldar. Of course, Rita had no intention of returning her parents. Quickly Trini and the others put together a plan to get their parents and power coins back. Which, much to Trini's relief, worked.
Trini is also very close to her fellow rangers. Kimberly is her best friend. She also helps translate for Billy when his speech gets too technical for the others in his group or to help him study for a upcoming test. Trini was always by Billy's side when he was working on various devices to defeat either Rita Repulsa or Lord Zedd. Trini enjoys Zack's high spirits and is always found supporting Jason in his various matches. When Tommy came on the scene, Trini was quick to make him a friend as well. She was very supportive of him during the two different times he lost his green powers. When Trini found out that there was to be a new Ranger, she didn't want Tommy to be replace. As luck would have it, the new Ranger was Tommy as the White Ranger. Trini makes friends easily and has no problem spending a day with her neighbor's little girl Haley.
Trini found herself falling for a new guy by the name of Richie. Although she was always casting loving looks towards him and inviting him to various functions with her, Richie seemed not to notice. One day a cloud finally lifted over Richie's eyes, and it was his turn to be smitten with the very beautiful Trini.
You can find Trini in various athletic venues. Not only does she work on her martial arts, but enjoys volleyball, scuba diving, mountain motor biking and basketball as well. During a sporting event at school, Trini helped her team win the Noble Lion Trophy. Trini is always up for the challenge of learning new skills. She took on the task of learning the style of the Mantis Kung Fu with her complete concentration.
Trini had proven to be a very valuable opponent against Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd. But there were changes on the horizon for Trini. A world teen summit was coming to Angel Grove. The summit was going to select three teens from Angel Grove to attend the world peace summit. Trini, along with Jason and Zack, was select to attend. Trini had serve the Rangers well, with Zordon's blessing, Trini transferred her power to Aisha Campbell and left for the world peace summit.
Trini is a wonderful presence at the conferences. Beautiful, charming, caring, and honorable, Trini makes perfect peace diplomat. Male diplomats find themselves quite smitten with her and unable to refuse her requests. Trini still keeps up with her environment projects. Which leaves Trini with a smile that never leaves her face.
Trini is still featured heavily in Ranger fan fiction.
Thuy Trang, the actress who played Trini, died on September 3, 2001 in a car accident.
