 Jason David Frank (qv) (Tommy) was never meant to stay on the  series for as long as he did, He was only supposed to be a regular  until "The Green Candle Part 2" minus a cameo in "Doomsday Part 2".  but during his temporary time on the show his popularity was higher  than any other Ranger. Saban received large amounts of letters daily  after "The Green Candle" requesting Tommy to be brought back into  the series, Eventually the company gave in and brought Frank back in  the episode "Return of an Old Friend." and ended up staying on the  show lasting till _"Power Rangers Turbo" (1997)_ (qv) and recently  in returning for _"Power Rangers DinoThunder" (2004)_ (qv). He has  appeared in a total of 217 episodes in the entire Power Rangers  series.