Bridge Carson

Infobox Power Rangers
Color = green
Color text = white
Series =
Series2 =
Name = Bridge Carson


First appearance = Beginnings, Part 1 (Power Rangers: S.P.D. Green)
Last appearance = Once a Ranger, Part 2 (Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive. Red)
Number of episode appearances = 40
Status = Active as S.P.D. Red Ranger, B-Squad leader
Affiliation = Space Patrol Delta
Homeworld = Earth
Weapons = Deltamax Striker Delta Enforcer SWAT Mode Patrol Cycle
Vehicles =
Zords = Delta Runner 3 SWAT Flyer 3 SWAT Flyer 2 DriveMax Ultrazord
Title = S.P.D. Green Ranger S.P.D. Blue Ranger (in "Endings") S.P.D. Red Ranger (in Operation Overdrive)
Portrayed by = Matt Austin

Bridge Carson is a fictional character from the Power Rangers universe, appearing in the television series "" He is a member of the Space Patrol Delta organization. He was portrayed by Matt Austin.

History and powers

In

Outgoing yet eccentric, Bridge is one of the original three B-Squad Rangers, along with Sydney Drew and Sky Tate. He is the S.P.D. Green Ranger, with assigned number 3. He is also the first known Jewish Power Ranger as stated in the episode "Walls" when Kat gives Jack and Bridge new motorcycles, and Jack said that "Christmas came early" and Bridge said he was Jewish therefore he celebrated Hanukkah. Because of his eccentric personality, many people dismiss Bridge as not being very bright, thanks in part to his habit of using adjectives as sentences. The best example of this is his use of the word "buttery" when trying to offer buttered toast, his favorite snack, to his teammate Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, with whom he developed a firm friendship and mutual admiration. Bridge has, however, been shown in numerous situations to be extremely intelligent, which he credits to his habit of standing on his head; he once tells Boom that, like blood, the ideas go to his head more quickly and are thus absorbed more quickly when he does this. He is a master mechanic and computer genius, and showed a high level of detective insight when he took down the bank robber Hydrax. He also acted as mentor for D-Squad Cadet and cyborg Sophie.

Like the rest of the B-Squad Rangers, Bridge possesses super-powers. His power is the psychic ability to detect and trace the location of evil through his hands. (The aura created by this ability seems to change color with his current Ranger Color, as throughout the series it was green, but in Operation Overdrive, it was red.) However, he is apparently not in full control of his ability, which explains why he wears leather gloves full-time (just like Jasmine The "Yellow ranger" in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger) , removing them only when he needs to use his power. Bridge has also shown signs of limited precognitive powers, in the form of visions in his head when he sleeps; in one episode, he was shown picking up on people's thoughts.

At the end of "Endings, Part 2," Sky was promoted to Red Ranger after Jack Landors left S.P.D. to do full-time charity work, and Bridge was promoted to S.P.D. Blue Ranger and assigned number 2.

In

In the episodes "Once a Ranger I and II", Bridge was brought to 2007 by the Sentinel Knight to be part of a new team of Rangers, alongside Adam Park, Tori Hanson, Kira Ford and Xander Bly, after the villain Thrax rendered the Operation Overdrive Rangers powerless. He made his entrance as the S.P.D. Red Ranger. Bridge explains his promotion when Rose is confused by his red uniform after he mentions that he "will be" first the Green Ranger, then the Blue Ranger; when S.P.D. Supreme Commander Fowler Birdy retired and moved to Florida, Anubis "Doggie" Cruger was promoted to Birdy's previous position. This brought about the subsequent promotions of Sky Tate to Commander of S.P.D. Earth, and Bridge to the B-Squad's leadership as the Red Ranger.

In the climactic battle against Thrax's alliance of villains, Bridge teams up with Mack against Flurious. At one point, he tosses his twin pistols to Mack, who fires them at the icy villain. After the combined Ranger team victory, Bridge enjoys a pile of buttery toast that Spencer has prepared for him.

Trivia

* Bridge embodies the traits of two members from Dekaranger, Sen/DekaGreen (his counterpart) and Jasmine/DekaYellow (having ESP-like powers).

* In one episode, Bridge reveals that he was born on an airplane and over the international date line. According to Bridge "I was actually born the day before I was born."

* So far Bridge is the second ranger in all 13 series of Power Rangers (after Tommy Oliver) to wear 3 different colors. Green for all episodes up to "Endings Parts 1 and 2" Blue in "Endings Part 2" and Red in Operation Overdrive's "Once a Ranger Parts 1 and 2". Though he was never seen morphed as the Blue Ranger. His colors were all from the same Power Rangers series (S.P.D.) whereas Tommy's colors were from 4 different series (Mighty Morphin, Zeo, Turbo, and Dino Thunder).

* As of Once a Ranger, Bridge is the third person in S.P.D. to hold the status of B-Squad Red Ranger and the second to be B-Squad Blue Ranger. He is also the second Green Ranger to later wear red, the first being Tommy Oliver (although neither Bridge nor Tommy directly wore red after green, as both of them had a color between their respective green and red colors), and the second Blue Ranger to wear red, the first being Schuyler "Sky" Tate.
* note: T.J. Johnson and Rocky DeSantos did wear red and blue but it was in the reverse order
* In the episode "Wormhole" Jack, Bridge, and Z, go back to Reefside in 2004, and Bridge stated that he was born the week before, thus meaning he was 21 in 2025, contradicting his actual age, 17.
* Also in "Wormhole", when they meet the Dino Thunder Power Rangers, Bridge wrongly claims that the reason why Conner McKnight, Ethan James and Kira Ford don't remember their previous meeting in "History" is the fact their memories of the event were erased for the sake of space-time continuity but the actual reason is that, from the Dino Thunder Rangers' perspective, their meeting in "Wormhole" happened first as they were from 2004 and the Dino Thunder Rangers from "History" are from 2005.