The actress Amy Jo Johnson from the original series pitched the idea for the new Green Ranger in the Power Rangers.

In the alternate timeline depicted in Power Rangers: The Return, the original team never broke up; instead, they vanquished Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa, albeit it cost them so much that they split up. Now that Jason, the Red Ranger, has vanished after years of being a vigilante, the grownup Rangers band together to find him. Following Tommy’s passing, Pink Ranger Kimberly is raising her daughter Olivia. Along with promising “some twists and turns,” Johnson also said the plot would take “some unexpected avenues.”