Timeline

1997

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1997? - days/weeks later
-   Gold Ranger arrives in Pyramidas, saves Rangers from Machine Empire's divide-and-conquer attack (428-PwOG)
-   Machine Empire first encounters Gold Ranger and Pyramidas (428-PwOG)

days/weeks later
-   Leaky Faucet temporarily turns Angel Grove's water into Cog oil (430-OBOR)

weeks later
-   Cogs have been starting fights for two weeks straight to exhaust the Rangers (431-RBye)
-   Billy mentions secret project (431-RBye)

days/weeks later
-   Pyramidas returns to Earth after brief absence and becomes invisible (432-DIKY)
-   thousands of Cogs search for Pyramidas (432-DIKY)
-   a Varox attacks Gold Ranger (432-DIKY)

weeks later
-   Varox fighter ships chase Pyramidas over Earth, shooting it down over Aquitar (433-RvOG)
    [At this point, Bulk and Skull hadn't had a case in weeks (433-RvOG), despite their case in 432-DIKY; this was the longest known interval between episodes.]
-   Mondo has begun mining neo-plutonium (433-RvOG)
-   Treys teleport back to Earth (433-RvOG)
-   Rita and Zedd contact Rito and Goldar (433-RvOG)
-   Jason has returned from Peace Conference (433-RvOG)
-   Tommy brings Jason to Power Chamber to become Gold Ranger (434-GHom)
-   Rito and Goldar regain memories (434-GHom)
-   Treys give Rangers the Super Zeo Gems for them to use Super Zeozords against neo-plutonium monsters (434-GHom)

another day - almost summer of 1997
-   Rito and Goldar are brought to moon, where Rita and Zedd have an RV to infiltrate the Machine Skybase (435-MLSt)
-   Mondo retrieves Damocles Sword from Earth (435-MLSt)
-   Mondo causes severe damage to city (435-MLSt)
-   Super Zeo Megazord destroys Mondo (435-MLSt)

another day
-   Rito and Goldar launch Louie Kaboom (436-BITS)
-   Jason meets Emily (436-BITS)

another day
-   Treys send Warrior Wheel to Earth (437-SOAW)

another day - next week after 434-GHom
-   Louie beats Tanya's parents to the tiki of Auric (438-Aurc)
    [A week had passed in the four episodes since 434-GHom, as stated by Det. Stone (438-Aurc). This is the shortest known interval between episodes in the series.]
-   Auric released (438-Aurc)
-   Tanya rescues parents from Mysterio Island (438-Aurc)

days/weeks later
-   Billy modifies Golden Power Staff to regenerate its own energy (440-TJOB)
-   Gasket and Archerina arrive (440-TJOB)
-   Louie Kaboom destroyed in battle (440-TJOB)

days/weeks later
-   Tommy abducted to Machine Arena (441-ZR5?)
-   Billy has gone to Triforia to help the Treys reunify (441-ZR5?)
-   Bulk and Skull sucked into Machine Arena (442-Kng1)
-   Billy returns to Earth (443-Kng2)
-   Zeo Ranger Five fights other Rangers in arena while event is televised to the universe (443-Kng2)
-   Trider, Bulk, and Skull disable arena's power, freeing Rangers (443-Kng2)

days/weeks later
-   Tommy alerts Rangers to time loop (444-BMOT)

days/weeks later
-   Machine Empire launches full-scale invasion on city (446-AS&D)
-   Zeo technology data downloaded to Machine Empire computers (446-AS&D)
-   King Mondo returns (446-AS&D)

days/weeks later
-   Billy begins aging rapidly (447-RTW1)
-   Delphine and Cestro come to help (447-RTW1)
-   Cog Changer takes control of Zeo technology (447-RTW1)
-   Rita and Zedd send monster (447-RTW1)
-   Auric scared away (448-RTW2)
-   Bulk and Skull become licensed detectives (448-RTW2)
-   Billy goes to Aquitar for treatment and stays to be with Cestria (448-RTW2)

days/weeks later
-   Gold Ranger's powers wane (449-HZeo)
-   Tommy and Kat have their first date (449-HZeo)
-   Gasket and Archerina retreat from Mondo's wrath (449-HZeo)

days/weeks later
-   Rita and Zedd confront Machine Empire (450-Good)
-   Bulk and Skull recruited for mission in France (450-Good)
-   Rocky attends martial arts camp (450-Good)
-   Treys reunified and given back Gold Ranger powers (450-Good)
-   Mondo defeated by giant Rangers (450-Good)
-   Royal House of Gadgetry blown up by Rita and Zedd (450-Good)

unknown time in late 1990's
-   teenaged Kat from some time in late 1990's time-travels forward to guide herself from pseudo-1988 on her Zeo Quest (341-SSOE)
    [See young Kat's quest in pseudo-1988.]

days/weeks/months after 450-Good
-   Tommy takes up racing (501-SIT1)
    [Tommy had been racing for a month prior to 501-SIT1, but unless the teens waited a month after 500-TPRM to tell Rocky of their adventure, an unlikely scenario, Tommy had to have begun racing weeks before 500-TPRM and the shift to the Turbo powers.]

under one month later
-   Justin's mom has died probably within the past year (500-TPRM)
    [Justin was depressed over current events, suggesting that his mom's death had been somewhat recent (500-TPRM).]
-   Lerigot teleports to Earth from Liaria while chased by Divatox's forces (500-TPRM)
-   Elgar has hired temp warriors to replace missing Piranhatrons (500-TPRM)
    [Piranhatrons were used both before (620-SvSv) and after (501-SIT1) this point, indicating that Elgar's Piranhatron-like warriors were merely temporary replacements (500-TPRM).]
-   Rocky injures himself in practice for charity tournament (500-TPRM)
-   Power Chamber has been redesigned (500-TPRM)
-   Justin discovers Rangers' identities (500-TPRM)
-   Divatox arrives on Earth (500-TPRM)
-   Bulk and Skull abducted from Angel Grove (500-TPRM)

next day
-   Jason, Kim, and the Liarians are captured (500-TPRM)
-   teens create Turbozords, complete with new powers (500-TPRM)
-   Rocky sends Justin in his place (500-TPRM)

next two days
-   Rangers pursue Divatox to Muiranthias (500-TPRM)
-   Divatox releases Maligore, who is soon destroyed (500-TPRM)

summer 1997 - days later
-   Divatox returns (501-SIT1)
    [The teens probably didn't wait very long after 500-TPRM before telling Rocky of their adventure, a story which they told in this episode (501-SIT1).]
-   Bulk and Skull turned into chimps (501-SIT1)
-   teens graduate as class of 1997 (501-SIT1)
-   Lerigot frees Zordon for him and Alpha Five to go to Eltar (503-SIT3)
-   Dimitria and Alpha Six arrive (503-SIT3)

weeks later
-   Chromite creates Shadow Rangers (504-Shad)

days/weeks later
-   Visceron tells Dimitria of her long-lost twin sister (505-TrIm)

days/weeks/months later
-   Justin's birthday (508-BBFB)
-   Justin's dad visits (508-BBFB)

days/weeks later
-   Justin, Reggie, and Junior attend summer classes at Angel Grove High (508-BBFB, 512-Al&D)
    [Justin had homework papers dated 6/9/97 (508-BBFB), indicating summer classes. Furthermore, it couldn't have been beyond early summer, since Kat would later be accepted for the upcoming fall semester in the Royal Academy in London (515-Cars).]

days/weeks later
-   Divatox recruits ex-fiancee Pharaoh (510-GlHa)

<< Begin BLUE SENTURION revision: All events beyond this point with epcodes lower than 513-MiMe may not be relevant to history as it exists in the wake of 513-MiMe. >>

days/weeks/months later
-   Blue Senturion arrives from alternate, disastrous year 2000 (513-MiMe)
-   Divatox learns of the future Blue Senturion was sent to prevent (513-MiMe)

days/weeks later
-   Piranhatrons attack Carlos and Ashley (514-ADTW)

days/weeks later
-   Kat accepted for fall semester at Royal Academy in London (515-Cars)

days/weeks/months later
-   Bulk and Skull turned human but invisible (518-Shr2)

days/weeks later
-   teens camp out (518-PTT1)
-   T.J. and Cassie help the teens while moving to Angel Grove (518-PTT1)
-   four teens select replacements for their own retirement (519-PTT2)

weeks after 519-PPT2 - fall 1997
-   new teens attend junior year at Angel Grove High (520-StWi)
    [See Ashley's birthday in spring 1998.]
-   Delisha Ennivel markets Ashley's jacket (520-StWi)
-   Bulk and Skull return to normal (520-StWi)

days/weeks later
-   space cars released after eons of hiding, seek out Rangers on Earth (521-TWOF)

days/weeks later
-   temporarily amnesic Divatox works at pizza parlor (522-TBTS)

days/weeks later
-   Phantom Ranger helps Rangers (523-PhPh)

days/weeks later
-   Blue Senturion begins period of absence (524-VAct)

days/weeks later
-   Earth cooled by freeze key (525-WTFO)
-   Kat shown diving at Angel Grove Community Pool (525-WTFO)
    [While this was merely stock footage of Kat's dive from 324-DSP3, it does imply that Kat had remained in Angel Grove rather than taking fall classes in London (525-WTFO).]
-   time frozen by Clockster, fixed by Phantom Ranger (525-WTFO)

days/weeks later
-   General Havoc arrives with Space Base and Metallasaurus (526-DrkD)
-   Turbo Megazord captured (526-DrkD)

next day
-   Phantom Ranger gives Rangers Artillatron and Rescuezords (527-OLHo)

days/weeks later
-   Havoc captures Phantom's Power Ruby (528-FOPh)
-   Rangers recover ruby and Turbozords (529-ClMz)

days/weeks later
-   teens have robotic duplicates take their places for several days (530-Robo)
-   robot teens go to Eltar (530-Robo)

days/weeks later
-   Blue Senturion returns, turned temporarily evil by wishing coin (531-BTTW)
-   Justin's dad moves back to Angel Grove (532-GOEv)

days/weeks later - early December, 1997
-   Rangers battle Maniac Mechanic (534-TOWW)
    [Inside Ashley's locker was a day planner from Monday the 8th through Friday the 12th of some month (534-TOWW); this would make the month either September or December of 1997, with December being more likely, given the numerous events which had happened since the start of the school year prior to 520-StWi. (Source: Suggested by Gray Ranger)]

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