Were Tommy and Kimberly ever in love?

I don't think so - I've always looked at it as a high school romance. It never lasts - they grew up and moved on from each other.

And it wasn't love at first sight, it Kim saying 'wow, you look hot'. That's not love.

Let's roll some tits up the flagpole and see if anyone gets wood.

For a kids show, I believe they were. There are a good amount of episodes that touch on their relationship a little. The Song of Guitardo, Green No More, White Light, Two for One, Best Man for the Job, Changing of the Zords are just off the top of my head. I didn't watch Zeo either. But I saw some of A Turbo movie (man that's a boring movie to sit through) and even though Tommy was with Kat in it. I'm completely convinced that Tommy was still in love with her. The look on his face when he saw that Kim and Jason had been captured. The freakout he had in the water. He even took off his helmet for Kim when she was under an evil spell.

Despite the heartbroken aftermath Tommy deals with in Zeo, he shows great worry and effection for her in the Turbo film. Kimberly makes no reference to the boyfriend she left him for during that film, nor does anyone in general, having reunited with Jason on the way back to Angel Grove (whom did return in the second half of Zeo) eager to see the team again. She shows brief excitement toward Tommy before and after her evil turn, riding the Turbo zord with everyone back home and attending the film's culminating martial arts competition. Kat showed no jealousy toward Kim during the Turbo film and in fact was one of the Rangers trying to strongly remind her they were friends.

There's no further reference to how Kim is doing in the first Turbo team's duration within the Turbo season's first 18 eps, though in the 10th anniversary "Forever Red" ep of Wild Force where all of the first ten Red Rangers appear (...not counting Rocky...), Jason does make a joking mention of their high school years when referencing how Tommy would "kiss on" her. Further in Dino Thunder where Tommy returns as a regular (not appearing to be seeing anyone), Kim is seen in the flashback 500th "Legacy of Power" ep, in addition to a picture frame Tommy keeps of the original team in a later ep. Beyond Dino Thunder, we are simply implied in S.P.D.'s "History" and Operation Overdrive's two-part "Once a Ranger" that Dr. Oliver is still teaching.

In the Super Megaforce climatic "Legendary Battle" finale Tommy returns one more time alongside the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, despite Kimberly and the others only appearing with their helmets on, it's the first time every member of each team is reunited/united on such a grand scale. It's pretty easy to determine which Ranger is which in the first five teams, though the Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger's identity is a mystery, these are who all returned:

Mighty Morphin: The original Dino Power Coins (never actually destroyed)
Mighty Morphin Red: Jason (Returned to him by Rocky at some offscreen point during Zeo or the Turbo film's climax)
Mighty Morphin Pink: Kimberly (Never passed on to Kat, whom was the second Pink for only the destroyed Ninja Power Coin)
Mighty Morphin Black: Zack (Returned to him at some offscreen point following Operation Overdrive's two-part "Once a Ranger")
Mighty Morphin Blue: Billy
Mighty Morphin Yellow: Trini or Aisha (Aisha kept the original Dino Power Coin)
Mighty Morphin White/Green: Tommy (Only resuming the form of Green, though still keeps Saba)

The "Mighty Morphin" Aquition-Alien Rangers
Red Alien Ranger: Aurico
White Aquition Ranger: Delphine
Blue Aquitar Ranger: Cestro
Yellow Ranger: Tideus
Black Ranger: Corcus

The Zeo Rangers (Tommy is the only one we don't see resume his form of this team, though he already resorted to Zeo Ranger V - Red one more time in "Forever Red")
Zeo Ranger I - Pink: Kat
Zeo Ranger II - Yellow: Tanya
Zeo Ranger III - Blue: Rocky
Zeo Ranger IV - Green: Adam
Gold Zeo Ranger: Trey

The Turbo Rangers (Aside from Justin, this team is made of non-aged robot duplicates of the second team that were once explored in Turbo, though T.J. did show in "Forever Red" he was capable of again becoming Red Turbo thanks to Lightning Cruiser as Justin could Blue thanks to Storm Blaster)
Blue Turbo Ranger: Justin (Storm Blaster empowered)
Red Turbo Ranger: T.J.'s robot duplicate
Green Turbo Ranger: Carlos' robot duplicate
Pink Turbo Ranger: Cassie's robot dupicate
Yellow Turbo Ranger: Ashley's robot duplicate

The Space Rangers
Blue Space Ranger: T.J.
Pink Space Ranger: Cassie
Yellow Space Ranger: Ashley
Black Space Ranger: Carlos
Red Space Ranger: Andros
Silver Space Ranger: Zhane

That's on top of all of the following teams that returned, though the mantle of Pink Galaxy Ranger was resumed by the once-Astronema Karone, as opposed to Kendrix whom took on the power again in Lightspeed Rescue's two-part "Trakeena's Revenge". Anyway back on subject, "The Legendary Battle" is the last we see of Tommy and Kimberly, though they don't directly interact. If you choose to look at the Zeo Christmas episode as canon, which was a full-fledged episode and not just a special like the Alpha one, Tommy gets back together with Kat and they have a family together. Really Tommy could hook up with anyone, choose who you want, the writers chose Kat.

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They were indeed in love. This is what pisses me off about writers who like to sabotage characters or relationships without thinking about the ramifications it'll cause among the fandom &/or storytelling. There was no reason they couldn't have still been together. They could have keep it where they continue to send letters and then in turbo after the power transfer, have Tommy go be with her in Florida. That was not hard to write.

Kim saw Jason as a brother. She did not see Tommy that way nor would she had written that. Just remember when she first saw Tommy, she wanted to eat him up. (Can't say I blame her)

JDF & Amy had great romantic chemistry together where as JDF & Catherine did not and it showed. Tommy & Kat were better off as friends.

I remember reading that they were trying to have kim end up with Bulk. Then I read that they wanted Kim to come pick up Tommy after the end of Forever Red episode to show they had got back together (not sure how true this is). Then there was they wanted Kat to come back for Dino Thunder as Tommy's wife. It's said in A Season to Remember where Tommy ends up with Kat is an alternative universe and that he's actually single.






A hundred years, just hanging out, feelin' guilty... I really honed my brooding skills. ~Angel

True love!💖

I don't think so. They just seemed to both be attracted to one another so they just hung out a lot along with the rest of the group. Plus they really didn't have much time to date in between having to constantly spring into action during the day to take on the latest monster, putty patrol, etc.

So yeah. Well that and because it wasn't that type of show anyways. Now had this been a legit teenage drama with action mixed in such as Smallville or Buffy the Vampire Slayer we might have gotten to see relationships between rangers get more time put into it, but it didn't because the core audience for this show has always been little children.