My New Year's Honors for 2023

 OK, it's not 2023 here in the states, but in most of the rest of the world, it is. So, I'm going ahead and posting my annual list.

First things first. There will be no new Ranger Crushes this upcoming year. That's because, for the first time since 1995, the same cast is coming back for a third season.

Now, onto the new inducteees. 31 new full Crushes, one Crush-in-Waiting. No new Illustrated Crushes.

From Blood & Treasure, one episode of NCIS, and one episode of the current Quantum Leap, Sofia Pernas.

From The Book of Boba Fett, Sophie Thatcher.

From The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, one episode of NCIS, one episode of Elementary and The Last of Us Part II, Emily Swallow.

From She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, four episodes of Family Guy, two episodes of Robot Chicken and the upcoming True Lies TV series, Ginger Gonzaga.

Also from She-Hulk, DC's league of Super-Pets, one episode of Robot Chicken, one episode of Harley Quinn and one episode of the revival of Animanicas, Jameela Jamil.

And also from She-Hulk, one episode of Mr.  Mayor and one episode of 2 Broke Girls, Patty Guggenheim.

From Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and The Defenders, Jessica Henwick.

Also from Glass Onion, Madelyn Cline.

From Morbius (Yes, I saw it. I see almost all Marvel movies), Pacific Rim: Uprising and Andor, Adria Arjona.

From Avatar: The Way of Water and The Divergent Series, Kate Winslet.

From Black Adam,  Rush Hour 3, one episode of ER and one episode of Young Justice, Sarah Shahi.

From Uncharted (the movie, not any of the games the movie was based on), Sophia Ali.

From the Doctor Strange movies and the Robert Downey Jr Sherlock Holmes movies, Rachel McAdams.

From Marvel's Werewolf by Night, Laura Donnelly.

From Ghosts and one episode of the last version of The Odd Couple, Sheila Carrasco.

From Mystery Science Theater 3000, one episode of Monk, The Guild, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, three episodes of Generator Rex, one episode of The Librarians, Marvel's Spider=Man, and The Legend of Vox Machina, Felicia Day. (She can send me all the cheesy movies she wants. Just bring me down to Moon 13 and send Max on a space walk afterwards.)

Also from MST3K and one episode of Doom Patrol, Emily Marsh. (She could use companionship other than the Bots on the Simulator of Love.)

From Law and Order: SVU and CSI: Cyber, Molly Burnett.

From the revived original Law and Order, two episodes of Law and Order: SVU and one episode of NCIS: New Orleans, Connie Shi.

From Titans, Lisa Ambalavanar.

From the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Sophia Lillis.

From Enchanted, Disenchanted, the Frozen movies,Wicked and one episode of Hercules: The Animated Series, Adelle Dazeem Idina Menzel.

From the first two Brendan Fraser Mummy movies, Fred Claus, Oz The Great and Powerful, Black Widow and one episode of The Simpsons, Rachel Weisz.

From National Treasure: Edge of History, Lisette Olivera.

Also from National Treasure: Edge of History, one episode of Hawaii Five-0, one episode of CSIL Cyber and one episode of NCIS, Lyndon Smith.

From Magnum PI, Betsy Phillips.

From Encanto and Encato at the Hollywood Bowl, Angie Cepeda.

From Disney+'s Willow, SyFy's Krypton and Les Miserables, Hannah Waddingham.

Also from Willow, Ellie Bamber.

From Ms. Marvel and the upcoming The Marvels, Iman Vellani. (And no, she doesnt have to be on the In Waiting list. She turned 20 back in August.)

From Young Sheldon, the Spy Kids movies and Family Guy, Emily Osment.

And finally, the new Crush-in Waiting, from Eternals, Lia McHugh. (She'll only be waiting until November, though.)

So, that's this year's class of Crushes.

In non-Crush news, in May I'll be taking my third Disney Cruise, this time, on the newest ship in the fleet, the Disney Wish. It's to celebrate a landmark birthday. I wont say which landmark, or when exactly, but, it is actually after the cruise. We'll also be spending two days in Tennessee (in Dolly Parton's neck of the woods) and two days in Orlando before hand. (No theme park visits. The closest we'll get is Disney Springs.)

A Bittersweet Post

 I dont usually post at this time of year, but, today, something has happened that I must address,

Anyone who knows me from the CPB knows of my fondness for Power Rangers, and especially female Rangers. And I had a list of enemies, who were characters in romantic, or presumed romantic relationships with my Ranger Crushes. And at the top of that list was Tommy. The original Green Ranger, later White Ranger, later Red Ranger and finally Black Ranger. Part of the first romantic kiss on Power Rangers. With Ranger Crush #1, Amy Jo. After she left the show, he eventually started a relationship with Ranger Crush #2. It's canon as of 2018 that they got married and had a son.

Because of this kiss, he became GARamid Enemy #1. I established a hefty bounty on him, in Capper Currency.

And now, that bounty will never be redeemed. 

GARamid Enemy #1 is dead. At his own hand.

'Power Rangers' Star Jason David Frank Dead By Suicide at 49 (tmz.com)

At one time, this would have been cause to celebrate.  But under these circumstances, I cannot. His return to the show in 2003 eased my ill will, since he had no interest in my Crush that year. (He was a teacher, and she was one of his students. And she wasnt even a Ranger. She was my first civilian Ranger Crush.) He's returned to the show twice since then, in guest roles. The last time is when it became canon that Tommy had gotten married and had a son. The son was heard, but not seen, and he had a slight Australian accent, just like Ranger Crush #2.

So, I will not celebrate his passing, but I will not mourn him either. And his spot on the Enemies Lst has already been filled, by one of the current Rangers. While there has been no one the lips kisses on Power Rangers since 1995, he and one of my current Ranger Crushes did come close.

New Year;s Homne

 After not having any last year, Ive got a large class of new Crushes this year.

I'll start with the Doube dose, from DC"s Stargirl, Brec Bassinger...

... and Yvette Monreal.

Next double dose, from Raya and the Last Dragon.

From Jumanji: The Next Level, Raya and the Last Dragon and Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Awkwafina.

From Transformers: The Last Knight, Captain Marvel, Raya and the Last Dragon and Eternals, Gemma Chan.

One last double dose, from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

From The Secret Life of Pets series, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, DC's Harley Quinn and Marvel's What If, Lake Bell.

From Tomorrowland, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, WandaVision and her own upcoming Agatha Harkness spinoff, Kathryn Hahn.

(Quick side note: if said spin-off doesnt use this as a theme, it's already lost three points.

Next, the triple doses, starting another DC show, Legends of Tomorrow. Jes McCallan...

Lisseth Chavez...

...and Amy Louise Pemberton.

Sticking with DC, but moving to the big screen, a triple dose from The Suicide Squad. Mayling Ng...

...Daniela Melchior...

...and Jennifer Holland, who will also be in the upcoming spin-off series, Peacemaker.

Another triple dose, this time from F9L The Fast Saga.

From most of the Fast and Furious movies, SWAT and Avatar, Michelle Rodriguez.

From most of the Fast movies, a few episodes of Chuck, anf at least 1 episode of the current Magnum PI, Jordana Brewster.

And just from F9, Anna Sawai.

One last triple dose, from Snake-Eyes: GI Joe Origins.

From Bill and Ted Face The Music and Snake-Eyes, Samara Weaving.

From Cruella and Snake-Eyes, Haruka Abe.

And just from Snake-Eyes, Ursula Corbero.

Now, onto the standalones.

From Doom Patrol and Encanto, Diane Guerrero.

From Hamilton,  Phillipa Soo.

From The New Mutants and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Anya Taylor-Joy.

From Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Free Guy, Jodie Comer.

From Mottal Kombat (2021), Jessica McNamee.

From the Hotel Transylvania sries, Doolittle and Only Murders in the Building, Selena Gomez.

From Loki, Sophie Di Martino.

From Scott Pilgrim vs The World and Star Trek: Picard, Allison Pill.

From Superman and Lois, Sofia Hasmik.

From the History Channe's Assembly Required, and her own YouTube Channel, April Wilkerson.

From NCIS: Los Angeles, Medalion Rahimi.

From a Geico ad last year, Olympic Gold and Silver Medal winning gymnast McKayla Maroney.

(The Geico commercial I mentioned: 

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From Hawaii Five-0, Teilor Grubbs/

And lastly, from Disney XD's Might Med and Lab Rats: Elite Force, Paris Berelc.

Next, the illustrated Crushes. (But, considering they're both CG animated, does that count as illustrated?)

From Disney's Encamto, Isabella Madrigal. (Voiced by the above mentioned Diane Guerrero.)

And from Netflix's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, (Not to be confused with Masters of the Universe: Revelations, also on Netflix), Krastine, aka Krass, aka Ram Ma'am.

And finally, this year's Crush in Waiting, (though she'll only be waiting until February 20, since she turns 18 on the 19th), from Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Enola Holmes and Godzilla vs Kong, Millie Bobbie Brown.

That concludes this year's New Year's Honors.  Will next year's class be this big? Probably not, since this one technically covers two years.

So far, there's no major plans for this year. Next year, however, Im hoping to take my first plane ride, for my first trip to Disneyland. But that's over a year away.