Electromagnetic Task Force
MEGARANGER
1997-98
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POWER RANGERS
IN SPACE
1998
- first (and biggest) Power Rangers finale, concludes 6 seasons
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Story
- Nejirejia invade from warped alternate dimension
- Nejirejia attack on INET headquarters forces INET to give five
Digitizers to Kenta, champion of the Megaranger video game, and his four
high school friends
- Guirail sent by Javious, injures Yugande in battle with
Megarangers
- Dr. Hinelar poisons Guirail, turning him into Mad Guirail
- Megarangers abandon damaged Galaxy Mega, fly Delta Mega to INET
Moonbase where Yuusaku has created Space Mega Project; Rangers destroy
Guirail with Mega Voyager
- Yuusaku becomes Megasilver, eventually conquers time limit
- Dr. Hinelar creates Nejirangers, secretly draining energy from
Javious the First
- following Nejirangers' and Javious's destruction, Dr. Hinelar
creates Nejirejia City; Nejirangers resurrected but turned into data
cards
- Dr. Hinelar learns Rangers' identities, Shibolena accesses INET
database and locates moonbase
- Yugande gains red form with special circuit, attacks moonbase
- Dr. Hinelar turns into monster form, Death Nejiro transforms into
Gran Nejireosu
- Hinelar self-destructs Gran Nejireosu, destroying Mega Voyager
high above the city
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Story
- continuation from Power Rangers Turbo
- Dark Specter assembles villains to boast of Zordon's capture
- Red Space Ranger Andros spies on meeting, discovered by Astronema;
Dark Specter sends Astronema after him
- Earth Rangers, flying into space in Megashuttle, encounter
Megaship and soon Andros
- Alpha Six convinces Andros to team up with Earth Rangers, he gives
them Astro Morphers
- Alpha links Megashuttle with Megaship to form Astro Megazord
- after numerous battles, Phantom Ranger gives Rangers Delta
Megaship
- Darkonda arrives, upsetting Ecliptor; later injures Ecliptor in
battle with Rangers
- Andros infiltrates Onyx, learns of long-lost sister's survival and
steals keycards from Darkonda
- Ecliptor poisons Darkonda, turning him into mad form
- Rangers abandon damaged Astro Megazord, fly Delta Megaship to
Europa moonbase where keycards unlock hidden Mega Vehicles; Rangers
destroy Darkonda with Mega Voyager
- Silver Ranger Zhane revived after two years of stasis, eventually
conquers time limit
- Darkonda returns
- Astronema learns Andros is her brother, defects to Rangers' side
but kidnapped and turned into cyborg by Dark Specter
- Astronema creates Psycho Rangers, secretly draining energy from
Dark Specter
- following Psycho Rangers' destruction, Astronema creates Secret
City to digitize people into drones; Psycho Rangers resurrected but
turned into data cards
- Ecliptor infiltrates Megaship systems and locates Europa moonbase
- Ecliptor gains red form from Mega Accelerator, attacks moonbase
- mecha-organism Tankenstein attacks, destroys Mega Voyager high
above the city
- Dark Specter launches coordinated attacks across universe, forces
of good defeated almost everywhere
- Darkonda destroys Dark Specter with doomsday weapon, leaving
Astronema ruler of universe
- Rangers' identities revealed defending Angel Grove, citizens rally
to help them
- Andros infiltrates Dark Fortress, shatters Zordon's energy tube as
instructed; energy wave destroys evil armies
- Astronema, slain in combat with Andros, revived as Karone
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INET
- international scientific organization: International Network of Excel-Science and Technology
- designed Megaranger video game to test Megaranger candidates
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INET
- mysterious logo found at NASADA and Ganymede moonbase
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NASADA
- Japanese space agency, original base of INET
- destroyed in early attack, prompting move to moonbase
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NASADA
- California-based space agency, source of Astro Megashuttle (see Power Rangers Turbo)
- crippled in early attack, impairing space travel ability
- conducts research on extrasolar planets
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Professor Kubota Eikichi
- in charge of Megaranger program using Megaranger video game
- surprise attack forced him to give Digitizers to five students in
the INET building at the time
- based aboard orbital Megaship
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General Norquist
- commander of NASADA
- gave Earth Rangers Megashuttle, occasionally asks Rangers for help
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[N/A]
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Alpha Six
- existing helper from Power Rangers Turbo, accompanies Rangers into
space
- robot assistant to Rangers, helps operate Megaship
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[N/A]
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DECA
- onboard computer, operates Megaship
- seems to sound like Andros's long-lost mother
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[N/A]
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Zordon
- existing character from Power Rangers Turbo
- legendary energy being, captured by Dark Specter
- had Master Plan which apparently involved assembly of Space Ranger team
- energy slowly drained throughout series
- in finale, orders Andros to shatter his energy tube, releasing
powerful wave which destroys armies of evil
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[N/A]
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Professor Phenomenus
- eccentric alien researcher, hires Bulk and Skull (existing
characters from Power Rangers Turbo) as assistants
- occasionally helps Rangers with inventions, others stolen and used
against Rangers
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Megarangers
- all armed with Mega Snipers, which can be split into Mega Magnum
and Mega Shot, or joined with individual weapons to form Sniper weapons
- group attacks include Final Shoot attack (five Snipers at once)
- four Rangers (minus Red) combine individual weapons into Multi
Attack Rifle
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Space Rangers
- receive power from Megaship's Mega Accelerator
- all use communicators in morphed and unmorphed forms: microwave
transceivers, also allow Rangers to teleport; replaced with Astro
Morphers to morph
- all armed with Astro Blasters, which can be split into two
mini-guns, or joined with individual weapons to form Booster weapons
- four Rangers (minus Red) combine individual weapons into
Quadroblaster
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Megared (Date Kenta)
- only member of team who doesn't like computers
- lacks some leadership skills
- symbol: personal computer; theoretically allows him to program any
skill into himself
- armed with Drill Saber (Saber Slash, Screw Drill Saber, Drill
Sniper, Drill Sniper Custom)
- equipped by Dr. Kubota with Battle Riser, which has three buttons:
01 (Riser Chop attack), 02 (Riser Punch attack), 03 (Mega Sniper)
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Red Ranger (Andros)
- loner, born on KO-35
- has telekinesis
- lost sister Karone as a child, continues to search for her
- lost parents and partner Zhane in fall of KO-35, resists help from
others
- eventually bonds with Earth Rangers, opens up to Ashley, dates her
by end of series
- old friends with Zordon
- frequently infiltrates evil gatherings dressed in cloak
- in finale, ordered to destroy Zordon to save universe
- symbol: personal computer; allows him to download upgrades from DECA
- armed with Spiral Saber (charged slash, Spiral Saber Booster Mode)
- equipped by Phantom Ranger with Battlizer, which has three
buttons: 01 (chop attack), 02 (punch attack), 03 (Red Battlized Ranger)
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Megablack (Endou Kouichiro)
- functioning leader of Megarangers
- keen football player, concerned about schoolwork
- symbol: communications satellite; Satellite Search and Satellite
Scan tracks and analyzes transmissions
- armed with Mega Rod (Rod Break, Rod Sniper)
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Black Ranger (Carlos Vallerte)
- previously Green Ranger in Power Rangers Turbo
- serious, introverted
- symbol: communications satellite
- armed with Lunar Lance (slash attack, Lunar Lance Booster Mode)
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Megablue (Namiki Shun)
- loner, but good friends with Kenta
- dreams of becoming a manga artist
- symbol: digital television; allows him to project
three-dimensional holograms, or Virtual Vision sends foe into movie
world
- armed with Mega Tomahawk (Tomahawk Hurricane, Tomahawk Sniper)
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Blue Ranger (T.J. Johnson)
- previously Red Ranger in Power Rangers Turbo
- warm, keen strategist
- symbol: digital television
- armed with Astro Axe (spinning attack, Astro Axe Booster Mode)
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Megayellow (Jougasaki Chisato)
- dreams of becoming a photographer
- symbol: digital camera; Digicam Search can telescopically scan for
things
- armed with Mega Sling (Sling Sniper), Blade Arm attack
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Yellow Ranger (Ashley Hammond)
- previously Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers Turbo
- concerned, analytical
- cares for Andros, dates him by end of series
- symbol: digital camera; search mode can telescopically scan for
things
- armed with Star Slinger (Star Slinger Booster Mode), Battle Blade
attack
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Megapink (Imamura Miku)
- eats a lot, but self-conscious about weight
- symbol: cellular phone; Telephone Search tracks and analyzes
soundwaves
- armed with Mega Capture (Capture Sniper)
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Pink Ranger (Cassie Chan)
- previously Pink Ranger in Power Rangers Turbo
- warm, open-minded
- symbol: cellular phone; tracks and analyzes soundwaves
- armed with Satellite Stunner (Satellite Stunner Booster Mode)
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Megasilver (Hayakawa Yuusaku)
- designer of some INET technology
- uses prototype suit for Megarangers' digital suits
- initially had time limit of 2.5 minutes but eventually had this
problem removed
- symbol: microchip
- armed with Silver Blazer, arm weapon with sword or gun modes;
Blazer Impact is a barrage of blasts in gun mode, followed by a close
blade slash
- henshins with Keitaizer cellular phone device
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Silver Ranger (Zhane)
- friend of Andros, fatally wounded in Dark Specter's invasion of
KO-35 two years prior
- placed in cryogenic healing chamber aboard Megaship, awakens in
present day
- charming, easygoing
- has telekinesis
- initially has time limit of 2.5 minutes but recharges drained
powers with bolt of lightning
- falls in love with Astronema/Karone (see Red Racer in Carranger)
- symbol: microchip
- armed with Super Silverizer, arm weapon with sword or gun modes;
can fire barrage of blasts in gun mode, followed by a close blade slash
- morphs with Digitizer cellular phone device, independent from
Megaship's generators
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KO-35 Rebels
- former inhabitants of space colony on planet KO-35, forced to flee
by Dark Specter's invasion two years prior
- infiltrated by Darkonda, forced to flee camps
- equip Zhane with Mega Winger
- eventually resettle on KO-35 by finale
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[N/A]
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Phantom Ranger
- existing hero from Power Rangers Turbo
- searches for Zordon, equips Andros with Delta Megaship
- fights on homeworld against Machine Empire in finale
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Carrangers
- team up with Megarangers in crossover movie
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Blue Turbo Ranger (Justin Stewart)
- existing Blue Ranger from Power Rangers Turbo
- given powers by escaped Storm Blaster, helps Space Rangers rescue
Lightning Cruiser (see Power Rangers Turbo)
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[N/A]
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Blue Senturion
- existing hero from Power Rangers Turbo
- helps Phantom Ranger fight against Machine Empire in finale
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[N/A]
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Aquitian Rangers
- existing heroes from Power Rangers Zeo
- fight against Divatox's armada in finale
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[N/A]
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Gold Ranger
- existing hero from Power Rangers Zeo
- fights against Rita and Zedd's armada in finale
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Vehicles
- Cyber Sliders: flying jet-boards for five Megarangers, capable of
space travel
- Auto Slider: Cyber Slider for Megasilver, transforms into Bike
Mode armed with Slider Beam
- Digitank: six-wheeled rescue tank, armed with Mega Particle
Cannon, Digihand claw arm
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Vehicles
- Galaxy Gliders: flying jet-boards for five Space Rangers, capable
of space travel
- Silver Cycle: Galaxy Glider for Silver Ranger, transforms into
bike mode armed with laser beam
- Megatank: six-wheeled rescue tank, armed with claw arm
- Galactic Rover: silver buggy for Zhane, built by KO-35 Rebels
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Megaship
- orbital space station for Megarangers and Dr. Kubota
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- Megaship + Megashuttle = Galaxy Mega
- armed with Mega Saber (various Mega Cutter attacks, Saber
Electromagnetic Whip, Galaxy Lance, Flash Arrow), Mega Shield, Booster
Rifle (booster rockets from Megashuttle)
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Astro Megaship
- spacecraft initially owned by Red Ranger Andros, designed as
traveling headquarters for five Space Rangers
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- Megaship + Megashuttle = Astro Megazord
- armed with Astro Megazord Saber (various attacks), Astro Megazord
Shield, Astro Megazord Blaster (booster rockets from Megashuttle)
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Delta Mega
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- transforms from spaceship to robot mode
- controlled remotely by Megared using Battle Riser
- armed with Gatling Blaster finger guns, Delta Lasers
- Delta Mega and Megaship dock in docking bay structure
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Delta Megazord
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- Delta Megaship -> Delta Megazord
- controlled remotely by Red Ranger using Battlizer
- armed with Gyro Blaster finger guns
- Delta Megaship and Astro Megaship dock in docking bay structure
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Super Galaxy Mega
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- Galaxy Mega + Delta Mega = Super Galaxy Mega
- armed with Gatling Blasters, Super Galaxy Knuckle (rocket
punches), Big Band Attack (flaming spiral attack)
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Astro Delta Megazord
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- Astro Megazord + Delta Megazord = Astro Delta Megazord
- armed with Gyro Blasters, Flying Power Punch, energy cyclone
attack
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Mega Voyager
- project designed by Yuusaku on INET Moonbase
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- Rovoyager-1 (Red) + Shuttle Voyager-2 (Black) + Rocket Voyager-3
(Blue) + Saucer Voyager-4 (Yellow) + Tank Voyager-5 (Pink) = Mega
Voyager
- armed with Voyager Shield (Shuttle), Voyager Spartan (Rocket)
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Mega Voyager
- hidden in Europa moonbase by Zordon, activated by Eltarian
keycards
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- Mega V-1 (Red) + Mega V-2 (Black) + Mega V-3 (Blue) + Mega V-4
(Yellow) + Mega V-5 (Pink) = Mega Voyager
- armed with shield (Mega V-2), Mega V-3 Missile Mode
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Mega Winger
- created and piloted by Yuusaku
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- Mega Winger jet mode -> robot mode
- in robot mode, armed with Winger Cannon
- back wings can reattach onto Mega Voyager to create Wing Mega
Voyager (armed with Winger Spartan)
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Mega Winger
- created by KO-35 Rebels, piloted by Zhane
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- Mega Winger jet mode -> robot mode
- in robot mode, armed with Wing Blaster
- Mega Wing can reattach onto Mega Voyager to create Winged Mega
Voyager (armed with flying Mega V-3 Missile Mode)
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INET moonbase
- facility built into moon crater, new home of INET following NASADA destruction
- launching grounds for Voyager machines
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Ganymede moonbase
- facility built into crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, likely left by Zordon as part of Master Plan
- launching grounds for Mega Vehicles
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Nejirejia
- invaders from the Twisted Dimension
- Nejire Beasts: cyborg animal-based monsters created by
Shibolena's spells
- Psycho-Nejilars: more powerful robotic monsters, used by Dr.
Hinelar following acquisition of Mega Voyager
- Kunekune: purple grunts with yellow wavy lines across their
bodies and twisted faces
- Nejire Crusher: flying sphinx-like warship, destroyed by Galaxy
Mega in episode 2
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Astronema's forces
- cyborg/alien creatures commanded by Astronema
- Quantrons: silver/black robot grunts, armed with jagged blades;
obey whoever is in charge of Dark Fortress
- Velocifighters: gray fighter jets flown by Quantrons
- Craterites: purple beings with yellow wavy lines across their
bodies and twisted faces; accidentally created from Simudeck training
exercise
- Warship: unnamed flying sphinx-like warship, destroyed by Astro
Megazord in episode 2
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Death Nejiro
- orbital saucer fortress of Nejirejia, normally
located in other dimension
- transformed into giant robot Gran Nejireosu in finale
- self-destructed by Dr. Hinelar, destroys Mega Voyager above city
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Dark Fortress
- orbital saucer fortress of Astronema, able to hide
in pocket dimension; fires Satellasers to enlarge monsters
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Tankenstein
- mechanical being, initially a sinister black Humvee
- abducts Ranger teens near finale
- in robot form, self-destructs when circuits damaged, destroys Mega Voyager above city
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Javious the First
- supreme leader of Nejirejia, appears on screen as giant eyeball
- life energy drained by creation of Nejirangers, destroyed along
with Nejirangers
- metallic box which remained is used to create Hinelar City
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Dark Specter
- existing villain from Power Rangers Turbo
- supreme leader of evil forces, often checks up on Astronema
- slowly drains Zordon's energy throughout series
- looks like Maligore from Power Rangers Turbo
- plans for Astronema to be his heir
- life energy drained by creation of Psycho Rangers, but survives
- destroyed by Darkonda in finale using doomsday device
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Dr. Hinelar
- friend of Professor Kubota named Samejima, refused to abandon
alternate dimension research and was sucked in five years ago
- seeks world conquest
- poisons Guirail after he causes great injury to Yugande in battle
with Megarangers
- creates Nejirangers from prototype designs he had created as
Samejima, secretly drains life energy from Javious
- uses Javious Heart box to create Hinelar City
- turns into monster form in finale (see Furio in Power Rangers Lost
Galaxy)
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Astronema
- secretly Andros's long-lost sister Karone, kidnapped from KO-35 by
Darkonda as a child
- raised into evil princess by Ecliptor
- sent after Andros by Dark Specter
- changes hair color/style frequently
- wears battle armor when confronting Rangers personally; wields staff, boomerang
- later gets crush on Silver Ranger Zhane (see Zonnette in
Carranger)
- learns Andros is her long-lost brother, defects to Rangers' side
but recaptured and turned into cyborg by Dark Specter
- creates Psycho Rangers, secretly drains life energy from Dark
Specter
- creates Secret City to digitize citizens into drones
- succeeds Dark Specter as evil overlord in finale
- accidentally slain in combat with Andros, resurrected as Karone
following Zordon's energy wave
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Shibolena
- young woman with light blue armor
- second in command to Dr. Hinelar
- casts incantations over Nejire Evil Magic Circle, a hole from
which Nejire Beasts are born
- can disguise herself as normal human
- armed with sword, often devises plans to conquer Earth
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Yugande
- master warror of Nejirejia
- black body with a green gridlines
- armed with powerful longsword
- can create duplicate of himself, detach head, and grow to giant
size
- revived in bulkier second form after destruction by Galaxy Mega
- later injured when used by a shield by Guirail, revived into
cyborg-like third form
- in third form, armed with Dark Crisis sword with three buttons:
Dark Blade (boomerang-shaped energy blade), Dark Fire (blast of flame),
Dark Lightning (electrical attack)
- uses special circuit to turn into red fourth form, attacks INET
moonbase
- dies against Rangers shortly after destroying Delta Mega
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Ecliptor
- trainer and father figure to Astronema
- black body with a green gridlines
- armed with powerful longsword
- can create duplicate of himself, detach head, and grow to giant
size
- returns in bulkier second form after destruction by Astro Megazord
- despises Darkonda, fears Astronema will leave if he reveals her
past
- when Astronema defects, cares for her too much to stop her
- captured, turned into evil cyborg by Darkonda
- taps Megaship's generators to turn into red fourth form, attacks
Mega Voyager moonbase
- turned into sand by Zordon's energy wave in finale
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Bididebi
- small grinning white creature, floats around making wisecracks
- modified by Dr. Hinelar to bite Nejire Beasts and enlarge them
with Enlarging Virus
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Elgar
- existing villain from Power Rangers Turbo
- sent by Dark Specter to keep tabs on Astronema
- peabrained, irreverent
- operates Satellasers to enlarge monsters
- turned into sand by Zordon's energy wave in finale
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Guirail
- new commander sent by Javious to take over from Dr. Hinelar
- completely merciless, used children as human shields
- could move at superspeed or warp from one place to another
- armed with dagger which elongated into sword
- performed strange experiments on Nejire Beasts
- combined with Yugande to become Giga Guirail, armed with swords of
both; could freeze foes in blocks by crossing two swords
- forced Yugande to take finishing blow when Galaxy Mega fought Giga
Guirail, seriously injuring Yugande
- tricked by Hinelar into taking a "Nejire-Gen Capsule" to give him
great power, but it mutated him into the mindless Mad Guirail, also
spawned Gigire creature
- first victim of new Mega Voyager
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Darkonda
- kidnapped Karone from KO-35 years ago
- now returns with plans to take Astronema's power for himself
- warped, treacherous
- can move at superspeed or warp from one place to another
- armed with dagger which elongates into sword
- combined with Ecliptor to become Darkliptor, armed with swords of
both; could freeze foes in blocks by crossing two swords
- tricked by Ecliptor into taking strength potion, but it mutated
him into mindless form, also spawned Mutantrus creature
- destroyed repeatedly, had nine lives granted by Dark Specter; kept
track of expired lives on scroll
- performed strange experiments on monsters from secret lab
- briefly took over Dark Fortress when Astronema defected; captured
and operated on Ecliptor, later ousted by cyborg Astronema
- with last life remaining, killed in suicide attack on Dark Specter
using doomsday weapon
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Evil Electric Task Force Nejiranger
- anti-Megarangers secretly created by Dr. Hinelar from cells of
Javious, draining life energy from and causing pain to Javious
- each desires to kill his or her Megaranger counterpart
- can move at superspeed and fire energy bolts from hands
- group attacks include Jaden Energy Attack
- true forms are giant monsters revealed when Ranger forms are
defeated
- Nejired, learning they were mere pawns, eventually turned on Dr.
Hinelar but had his free will removed
- by this point, three remaining Nejirangers are destroyed by
Megarangers' mecha at peak energy level, killing Javious along with them
- Nejired: leader, armed with Nejisaber; true form was flame-like
NejiPhantom; one of three final survivors
- Nejiblack: armed with Nejirod; true form was rock-like
NejiVulgar; one of three final survivors
- Nejiblue: maniac obsessed with killing Megablue, armed with
Nejitomahawk; true form was icy NejiBizarre; destroyed by Winger Spartan
- Nejiyellow: most devious, used disguises; armed with Nejisling;
true form was hornet-like NejiSofia; one of three final survivors;
briefly possessed Mega Voyager
- Nejipink: impulsive rival of Nejiyellow, armed with NejiArrow;
true form was plant-like NejiJealous; destroyed by supercharged Voyager
Spartan
- spirits later resurrected using digitizing device, but defeated
and turned into data cards
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Psycho Rangers
- anti-Space Rangers created by Astronema to secretly drain life
energy from Dark Specter
- each desires to kill his or her Space Ranger counterpart
- can move at superspeed and fire energy bolts from hands
- group attacks include green energy bolts
- true forms are giant monsters revealed when Ranger forms are
defeated
- Psycho Red, sick of being mere pawns, eventually turned on
Ecliptor but returned to battle, furious
- by this point, three remaining Psycho Rangers are destroyed by
Zords using absorbed Psycho energy, freeing Dark Specter from near-fatal
energy drain
- Psycho Red: leader, armed with Psycho Sword; true form was
flame-like monster; one of three final survivors
- Psycho Black: armed with Psycho Rod; true form was rock-like
monster; one of three final survivors
- Psycho Blue: maniac obsessed with killing Blue Ranger, armed with
Psycho Axe; true form was icy monster; destroyed by Winged Mega Voyager
- Psycho Yellow: most devious, used disguises; armed with Psycho
Sling; true form was hornet-like monster; one of three final survivors;
briefly possessed Mega Voyager
- Psycho Pink: impulsive rival of Psycho Pink, armed with Psycho
Arrow; true form was plant-like monster; destroyed by supercharged V-3
Missile Mode
- spirits later resurrected using Datalaser, but defeated and turned
into data cards
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Rita and Zedd
- existing villains from Power Rangers Zeo
- serve Dark Specter
- purified into human forms by Zordon's energy wave in finale
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[N/A]
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Machine Empire
- previous villains from Power Rangers Zeo, inexplicably rebuilt
- serve Dark Specter
- turned to sand by Zordon's energy wave in finale
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Divatox
- existing villainess from Power Rangers Turbo
- serves Dark Specter, responsible for moving Zordon frequently to
avoid detection
- purified to look like sister Dimitria by Zordon's energy wave in
finale
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