In the Red Ranger reunion episode, "Forever Red," there were several things planned that didn't make it.
- 1. Katherine (Catherine Sutherland) was going to make an appearance, as Tommy's wife.
- 2. Eric and Wes were going to contact Trip (Kevin Kleinberg) in the year 3000 to see if their fight against the Machine Empire changes anything in the timeline.
- 3. A scene between Tommy and Alpha 7 on the Megaship was cut.
- 4. Leo, the Red Galaxy Ranger, was originally going to be killed off.
- 5. Instead of simply having Cole use the Wild Rider to destroy Serpentera, each Red Ranger was going to summon one of their Zords for the battle.
Rocky DeSantos (Steve Cardenas) was originally supposed to appear as the Red Ninja Ranger. He was written out because Cardenas had moved to a new home and the "Power Rangers" crew were unable to contact him. Word from Forever Red writer Amit Bhaumik has it that had Rocky been in the episode, it would have only been in a civilian cameo as Tommy's butler, though he would have been implied to have still been the Blue Zeo Ranger. Rocky would have only participated in the battle as MMPR Red Ranger if Austin St. John proved unable to make filming.
In the original ending for "Forever Red", when the other Red Rangers are trying to convince Cole (Ricardo Medina Jr.) why they are the best Ranger ever instead of Tommy (Jason David Frank), Andros originally says to the Rangers, "Hey, I destroyed Zordon!" Afterwards, a shocked Jason (Austin St. John) asks Andros, "You destroyed Zordon?" This line was cut out because BVS Entertainment thought the line was too dark and that the delivery made it sound like Andros was proudly bragging about killing the Power Rangers' original mentor. Instead, Andros says, "Hey, I saved two worlds!"
Danny Slavin, who plays Leo Corbett, originally did not want to appear in "Forever Red", but by the time he agreed to do the episode, filming for "Forever Red" had wrapped. Mr. Slavin's scenes were actually filmed during re-shoots at a later date and he is inserted with the other Red Rangers for some select scenes by use of computer graphics. This explains why Leo is briefly seen in the circle of nine Red Rangers and has his fist out with the other Rangers, but in one scene Leo is missing and the other eight Red Rangers are shown instead of nine.
In Amit's Bhaumik's original script, Jason (Austin St. John) would have said to Cole (Ricardo Medina Jr.), "Hang back rookie and watch why the first Red Ranger is the best." In the final cut, Jason's line is changed to, "Not bad. Hang back, rookie! Let me show you how it's done!"