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United Alliance of Evil
Rita Repulsa
Rita Repulsa
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: The original show said Rita's upbringing, aside from the evil, was loving. Here... not so much.
- Adaptational Badass: Rita is a lot more cunning here than she was in the show, being an expert at emotional manipulation and long-term planning that keeps taking the Rangers by surprise. We also get to actually see her conquering multiple planets via flashbacks and in modern day we get to see her hold her own against a group of warriors and the various traps she had set up to hide the Green Power Coin. Writer Ryan Parrott said that what differentiates her from her TV show counterpart is that she learns a great deal from her defeats, making her a much more formidable opponent for the Rangers each time they meet.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Would you believe Rita Used to Be a Sweet Kid? Her father was corrupted by Dark Spectre, became Master Vile, hunter her down and tried to use her as a living sacrifice. When that didn't work thanks to the Phantom Ranger, he opted to just corrupt her into the Rita we know.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Was disgusted at the parents of Squatt who, when he was a baby, offered him up as tribute to her when she conquered their planet.
- Matricide: Gives it a darn good try.
- Parental Substitute: It's revealed that she's this to Squatt. 10,000 years ago during her planetary conquering days, an infant Squatt's parents offered him up to her in exchange for their lives. Even she was disgusted by this to the point that she executes the parents and raises the baby as one of her soldiers.
- She's Back: She returns in a big way in Issue 101 when she attacks Zedd to the point that he actually calls the rangers for help!
Goldar
Goldar /Dark Ranger Yellow
- The Dragon: In the main universe. Also in the World of the Coinless until Drakkon usurps that role from him.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Aids the Rangers escaping Alpha One trap due to his belief that the only one to defeat them should be Rita's forces, Rita did not take the news well as she doesn't care who defeated the Rangers.
- Undying Loyalty: In stark contrast to his TV counterpart who would betray his boss the instant a stronger villain came along, this Goldar is fiercely loyal to Rita.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: When Goldar tries to justify saving the Rangers, Rita cut his wings off.
- Villainous Friendship: With Scorpina. The two even enjoy an unsanctioned day off from work together on Earth.
Finster
Finster /Dark Ranger Pink
- Adaptational Badass: This Finster is a lot more terrifyingly dangerous than in the show.
- The Lost Lenore: His dead wife, hence why he tries to recreate her... to a HORRIFYING extent.
- Self-Serving Memory: When he tried to recreate his wife, at least the copy shown rejected him, but Finster immediately starts reflecting on how the original was subtly different from the copy, creating the possibility that he's done this more than once and just keeps lying to himself about how 'accurate' the copy is.
Baboo
Baboo /Dark Ranger Black
- Secret Test of Character: Under Rita's instructions, he gave one to each of his his fellow followers to see how loyal they were to Rita.
Squatt
Squatt/Dark Ranger Blue
- Dark and Troubled Past: When Squatt was an infant, his parents tried to make a deal with Rita where she would kill the child and spare their own lives; Rita was so disgusted by this that she killed the parents and raised Squatt as one of her soldiers.
- Parental Abandonment: His parents tried to hand him over to Rita in exchange for their lives.
Scorpina
Scorpina
Before and after her time in the Coinless world
Lord Zedd
- Adaptational Badass: Same as Rita. Freed from the restrictions of BS&P and costume restrictions, he's far more dangerous, and actually fights the Rangers personally on occasion.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: As an Eltarian, his skin was blue.
- Big Bad: As of the Necessary Evil arc, when the story skips to after his takeover from Rita.
- Body Horror: Mighty Morphin' confirms the implication of the original show that Zedd's current appearance is the result of trying to touch the Zeo Crystal.
- The Dreaded: Rita and her minions are all afraid of him; during the time of his rule at the moon palace, Baboo suggests they try to flee while Squatt thinks he would give them a Fate Worse than Death for all their failures.
- Enemy Mine: He joins the Rangers in facing the Eltarian invasion led by Zartus, to the extent that he fights alongside Zordon (now in a robot suit) against Zartus in the final battle, and the Rangers rescue him when Mistress Vile (the former Rita) attacks the Moon Palace.
- Fallen Hero: Zedd used to be Zophram of Eltar, their Supreme Guardian and Zordon's boss and friend. One skin-flaying encounter with the Zeo Crystal later, and he went quite mad, and has dedicated his life to destroying Eltar.
- Frontline General: As Zophram, he lead from the front, something not typical for the Supreme Guardian of Eltar.
- I Was Quite the Looker: He's an Eltarian, originally looked like a handsome blue-skinned humanoid. After he tried to grab the Zeo Crystal, it almost destroyed him, and left him permanently disfigured, including disintegrating his skin.
- Never Recycle Your Schemes: In the Mighty Morphin' era (specifically, when Aisha, Rocky and Adam join the team) after another monster is defeated, he decides not to send another monster and expect different results, but instead hires a bounty hunter to take them down.
- Pet the Dog: When he learns that his lackeys did not abandon Earth and even tried to perform evil deeds, he commends them on their works. Even awarding them the power to become his evil Rangers.
- After Zordon is injured in the battle against Zartus, Zedd takes Zordon back to the Rangers when he could have just left Zordon to die.
- While he calls them out for trying to blatantly lie to him about their motive for teaming up with the Power Rangers, he still gives them a "Well Done" for their efforts in the war.
- Pyrrhic Victory:
- Why he turns his enemies' objects and pets into monsters, instead of using Finster's creations.Lord Zedd: If you take something your enemy loves, corrupt it, defile it, and turn it against them... You win. Even when you lose.
- He also sees his Dark Ranger plan blowing up as part of this, because he was able to permanently strip Tommy of his Green Ranger powers, leaving the Rangers without their strongest fighter.
- Why he turns his enemies' objects and pets into monsters, instead of using Finster's creations.
- Sanity Slippage: Unsurprisingly, losing his skin also did a number on his mind. He became convinced Zordon set him up for a fall, and vowed to destroy him for it.
- Superior Successor: Is out to prove that he's this to Rita.
- That Man Is Dead: Zophram died the minute he touched the crystal. Afterward, he's emphatic that he's Zedd now and forever.
- Theme Naming: As with all Eltarians, his name begins with a z.
- We Used to Be Friends: Zordon and Zophram were colleagues, not unlike the modern day Rangers. Zordon thought the world of his friend, and still thinks warmly of the man. Less so the maniac he's become.
Dark Ranger Red
Putty Rita
No, I am not Rita. I'm not some cackling old fool, crippled by sentiment and plagued by unrelenting ego.
A putty duplicate of Rita Repulsa made by Finister to be the leader of the new Dark Rangers, making her not as strong as the original, but far more loyal.
- Evil Knockoff: Is chosen by Lord Zedd to become the new Red Dark Ranger, and later wields the Red Terrorzord, a demonic parody of the Red Ranger's Thunderzord.
- Healing Factor: Has one as a result of being made of magic putty, as seen when she's fine seconds after being stabbed by Lord Zedd's spear, and when Tommy stabs her through the hand with Saba.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Once the Dark Rangers lose their powers, she's last seen slinking down an alleyway. injured.
- Superior Successor: Zig-Zagged. While Zedd notes that she's not as strong as the original, both Zedd and Putty Rita state what makes her superior is that she was made with all of her experience sans her flaws.
- Undying Loyalty: The other thing that makes her different to the original Rita is that she's completely loyal to Lord Zedd.
"Necessary Evil" Villains
Dayne
A criminal from planet Sirius, the same planet as Anubis "Doggie" Kruger.
- Combat Pragmatist: He makes sure to study all the Rangers' past battles before engaging them, and opens their first fight by using a micro-yield EMP to disable the Blade Blasters.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: He's a ruthless assassin with a giant "X" scarred across his face.
- Malicious Misnaming: He makes a point of calling Squatt and Babboo by insulting nicknames.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When he realize that Kiya plan is being derailed rapidly, he ultimately decides to flee (But not before freeing Lord Zedd).
- "X" Marks the Hero: Inverted.
Garrison Vox
- Ax-Crazy: He's so deranged that even as he's being defeated by Jason and Tommy, he's still delighted by the sheer violence happening around him.
Unlimited Power Villains
Master Vile
Master Vile / Eldin of Isus
- Abusive Parents: Wanting to use you own daughter as a sacrifice to your dark god, for a start. When that didn't work, he just settled for being evil.
- Adaptational Badass: In the original show, Master Vile didn't do much, thanks to the limits of stock-footage, mostly just sitting on his throne. Edge of Darkness has him fighting.
- Adaptational Villainy: Show Vile was a Card-Carrying Villain, but it was pretty clear he did genuinely love and dote on his daughter. This is not remotely the case here.
- The Corrupter: Rita turned out the way she did because of him. And that was getting off lightly...
- The Corruptible: Glimpsing into the mind of Dark Spectre turned him from an ordinary, human-looking guy to his current appearance.
- The Dreaded: Mentioned during the "Necessary Evil" arc of Mighty Morphin, with Squat and Baboo extremely reluctant to call on him for aid after Zedd and Rita are imprisoned because he’d do something unspeakable horrible to them for daring to call for help in the first place.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Still retains his poor eyesight from before he fell.
Astronema
Princess Astronema / Karone of KO-35
- At Least I Admit It: She believes everyone is self-serving and evil, but she's one of the few who openly says it.
- Card-Carrying Villain: "The Princess of Evil". She hasn't yet bumped herself up to "Queen of Evil".
- Cute But Psycho: Being raised from childhood to be the Princess of Evil will do that to a gal. She enjoys killing.
- Hero Killer: She's killed Rangers before.
- Tyke-Bomb: Abducted by Darkonda, raised by Ecliptor to be Dark Spectre's most loyal servant and soldier.
Ecliptor
Ecliptor
- Enemy Mine: He agrees to fight alongside Trini to rescue Jason, Zack and Astronema from SPD.
- Noble Demon: He's evil, and raised Astronema to be Dark Spectre's fist, but he's not actually malicious, and even has a code of honor. Plus, though he'll not admit it directly, he cares for Astronema.
- Parental Substitute: For Astronema.
- Tron Lines: Covered in glowing green ones.
- Unreliable Expositor: His description of Astronema's origins to Trini is riddled with lies, some just more blatant than others. It's not made clear how much is actually lying or him just repeating what he's been told. Trini doesn't believe much of it anyway, what with the part about Power Rangers being evil and all.
Dark Spectre
Dark Spectre
- Bad Boss: Ecliptor's team-up with Trini is motivated by the fact if DS finds out Astronema's been captured by the S.P.D., he'll kill the both of them.
- The Corrupter: A mere glimpse into his mind turned Eldin into Master Vile. It is also all but explicitly stated that he manipulated Trek, the Super Sonic Green Ranger, into becoming Psycho Green by convincing Trek that his teammates were constantly belittling him behind his back.
- Demonic Possession: What he needs to get a foothold in the regular universe without being destroyed. The subject has to be completely hollowed out to do so, and neither he or his followers are particularly picky if that subject is a child.
- God of Evil: He's a living embodiment of entropy, worshiped by the Tengas.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Astronema, Ecliptor and Darkonda's boss, and a major threat both now and in the past, but he hasn't yet put in a physical appearance. He was also responsible for the creation of Psycho Green.
- Kryptonite Factor: As a being of entropy, the power of the Morphin Grid, life itself, is pure poison to him. Rita being saturated with a small amount made her unpalatable to him, and he can't set foot on Earth directly thanks to the Legendary Team covering the planet in it.
- Orcus on His Throne: Same as in In Space. This time, complete with a shot of him sitting on an actual throne for good measure. The Unlimited: Edge of Darkness one shot at least gives a good reason for this - in the last ten thousand years, he's not been able to manifest in the universe, and has had to work through proxies. Then the Empyreals accidentally opened the door for him. Universe gives an explanation for why he's never been able to just take Earth directly and goes with the usual "send one goon at a time" plots rather than just do it himself; he can't, thanks to the Legendary Team.
- Time Abyss: He's been around for at least ten thousand years now.
Darkonda
Darkonda
- Adaptational Villainy: Which is kind of impressive, given the original Darkonda was a despicable piece of work as was. Here, he's even more bloodthirsty and cruel than he ever was during In Space.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Makes an appearance in a flashback of Ecliptor's, before appearing in an Unlimited one-shot about Andros, both some years before In Space proper.
- Forgotten First Meeting: Side-effect of the Barillian Bug Venom is it wipes Andros's memory of him, a fact Darkonda taunts him about.
- Hero Killer: He either directly or indirectly helped wipe out Andros' original team, except for Zhane.
- I Shall Taunt You: While subjecting Andros to painful, nearly fatal poisoning and Mind Rape, he claims Astronema killed Karone, just for some extra-level knife-twisting jerkassery.
The Psycho Rangers
Psycho Green
Trek (formerly Super Sonic Green)
- Ax-Crazy: Slaughters two of the Rangers in cold blood, when Jamie begs for her life he shows that he doesn't understand what she could be begging for before crushing her with a rock. He also murdered his entire Ranger team before willingly joining Dark Specter.
- Canon Foreigner: There was never a green Psycho Ranger/Nejiranger in either Denji Sentai Megaranger or Power Rangers in Space... nor was there a green ranger in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
- Deal with the Devil: Was originally a member of the Supersonic Rangers, but stabbed them in the back and killed them in order to gain Dark Specter's favor and become Psycho Green.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He wants to have a family with Karone and the other Psychos, but he's too selfish and set in his ways to truly comprehend what that actually means. Thus, Karone managing to form a genuine familial love with the Psychos and them turning on him blindsides him.
- Evil Counterpart: Trek is similar to Ryan Mitchell, being an American-exclusive Sixth Ranger on a team whose Sentai counterpart didn't have a sixth; however, whereas Ryan Mitchell became good of his own will, Trek joined Dark Specter of his own will. Coincidentally, both corresponding Sentai teams were families with each having a different career in the same field (education in the case of Fiveman, search and rescue in the case of Go Go V).
- Fallen Hero: The Year Two Deluxe Edition reveals his origins: he was a regular Power Ranger by the name of Trek and hailed from the planet Xybria. He turned on his team after being benched too many times by his leader, luring them into a trap and killing them. After reporting his deeds to Dark Specter, he was rewarded by being transformed into Psycho Green.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Resurrecting the Psychos and reprogramming them to have familial loyalty backfires, as Karone's kindness towards them causes them to choose her over him and turn on him when he attacks her.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: It’s implied in the Psycho Path OGN that he genuinely wants a family in Karone and the other Psychos. However he’s much too selfish and set in his ways to embrace what family truly means.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Trek reprogamming the Psycho Rangers' personalities ends up backfiring on him, since their added loyalty to Karone and to each other is what allows Karone to slowly change them to the side of good within the month she was with them.
- Not Quite Dead: Turns out he wasn't killed by the 1969 team but ended up buried deep beneath the surface of the moon and has been slowly digging his way out, though he somehow survived the Z-Wave despite being likely very close to the Dark Fortress.
- One-Man Army: In Power Rangers in Space, the Psychos were strong and quite a challenge for the Rangers but they would have more trouble when facing more than one ranger. Psycho Green, however, killed two of the Rangers he fought and ultimately only defeated through a Heroic Sacrifice from a third. However, they were a new (formed literally an hour before their battle) and inexperienced team.
- One-Winged Angel: Much like the Psychos from In Space, he has a secondary Monster form. It turns out he was originally a Rubber-Forehead Alien and his Psycho form is this trope granted by Dark Specter.
- Painful Transformation: He screams when Dark Spectre begins to transform him into Psycho Green.
- Psycho Rangers: More in the literal sense in that he's a member of the Trope Namers who was created for the book.
The Psycho Rangers
In General
- Ape Shall Never Kill Ape: They choose to imprison Trek rather than kill him because of this trope.
- Back from the Dead: The rest of the Rangers were recreated by Trek after he obtained their Data Cards. By the end of The Psycho Path, Karone destroys their Data Cards, ensuring that they can't be brought back again if the Rangers destroy them if they go evil again.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: They all see Karone (or more appropriately Astronema) as their mother and not only is she the only person they don't greet with violence, but they also find themselves loyal to her even as they become aware that she's trying to change them.
- Grew Beyond Their Programming: Somewhat helped along by Karone, they eventually choose to be more than the Living Weapons they had been originally created to be.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: After being revived, Karone tries to show them that there's more to life than just their programming. While she initially plans on destroying them again to revive them as complete good guys, she can't go through with it and instead destroys their data cards, convincing Andros to lie to the others and say she did destroy them and remade them more moral, when in truth she allowed them to go on their own and decide whether they want to reclaim their humanity, or want to be evil. As such, they decide to go wherever they want, and figure out the details later. But based on their more peaceful demeanor and willingness to avoid lethal force, maybe Karone managed to get through to them.
- Human Aliens: The human forms that Psychos Red, Yellow and Black assumed in one episode of In Space are retconned to be their natural forms. In contrast, Blue and Pink, the two who had already been destroyed before that episode and thus weren't seen in human diguise, have less human-like natural appearances.
- The Nameless: Due to the fact the five of them can simply be brought back from their Data Cards whenever they are destroyed or don't live up to Trek's standards, they simply call each other by their colors until the end of The Psycho Path, where all but Yellow have adopted a new name.
- Psycho Rangers: They're the Trope Namer, of course. This even extends to their new base of operations, the Psycho Megaship.
- Reforged into a Minion: The Psycho Path reveals that Astromena created them by taking five hapless aliens and forcibly converting them into the Psycho Rangers, destroying who they once were in the process.
- Same Character, But Different: While still crazy, they had one single goal during their time on In Space and Lost Galaxy, which was killing their respective Ranger. They didn’t care about anything else at all. Justified due to Psycho Green modifying the Data cards before bringing them back.
- What the Hell, Hero?: They are not happy when they learn that Karone planned to destroy them and bring them back with the Data Cards with a new understanding of morality, especially since she spent the last couple of months stopping Trek from doing that exact thing, minus the morality thing.
Psycho Red aka Virgil
- Murder Is the Best Solution: Is a believer in this, as he doesn't understand why Astromena is teaching him non-lethal moves when killing is so mush easier. She proceeds to take him down with a headlock as a demonstration. Notably, he still has this mindset at the end of the story, commenting that killing's easier when he's practicing his moves.
- The Leader: He's this to the Psycho Rangers. He takes a backseat to Karone and Psycho Green throughout The Psycho Path, but when left to their own devices, like during the battle with the Space Rangers, its clear he's the one calling the shots.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He tells Karone that if she intends to change them, it's a good idea not to bring up the Power Rangers, the people whom they were made to kill and, also, killed them twice, as examples in the future.
- Shout-Out: An in-universe example, as he seemed to named himself after one of the protagonists of the Western movie Karone had everyone watch as a bonding activity.
Psycho Black aka Photon
- 24-Hour Armor: He's the only one who already wearing armor when they demorph, and is always seen wearing it.
- The Lancer: Fills this role in the Psycho Rangers. Most of the time when he speaks, he's seen with Psycho Red. When discussing with Red about the coming Rangers, he believes that they should kill them, only to relent when Red brings up what the consequences would be. Notably, during the fight, when Red winds up to deliver a killing blow to the Black Space Ranger, he's the one who calls Red, causing him to hesitate and let the Ranger get in an opening.
Psycho Blue aka Axe
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: He thinks Karone is pulling his leg when she starts talking about "Soda".
Psycho Yellow
- The Cynic: While she has the same pre-programmed love for Andromeda like the others, she admits to Green that she's "withholding judgment" on Astromeda, and later, to Pink that she doesn't trust Andromeda. Unfortuntely for her, she's vindicated when Karone reveals her plan.
- The Nameless: At the end of the graphic novel, she’s the only one who hasn’t taken a new name.
- The Smart Girl: Psycho Green even refers to her as such.
Psycho Pink aka Nokrea
- Mommy's Girl: As a result of Karone going completely out of her way to save her when killing her was easier, she essentially becomes the closest to Karone, to the point where she sticks up for her when Karone reveals that she planned to kill them and restore them with the Ranger cards.
- Irony: She becomes closest to Karone, a Pink Ranger, when she was designed to kill a Pink Ranger in the first place. Even more ironic when you realized she played a role in making Karone a Pink Ranger in the first place by indirectly killing a Pink Ranger.
- Significant Anagram: "Nokrea" is a rearrangement of "Karone."
The Crimson Raiders
The Real Villains of the Beyond the Grid arc, working for a being known only as The Praetor. The Praetor
(left) corrupted (right) original
- Bad Boss: Senslessly kills several of his own men just to try and kill Tanya.
- Big Bad: Of the Beyond the Grid arc.
- Break Them by Talking: In Issue #34, he attempts to disrupt the Ranger's efforts at fighting back by somehow knowing about their flaws and insecurities and exploiting them to ruin their concentration. He's more successful in Issue #37, where after preying on Mike's fear of being the Sole Survivor again, he convinces the Ranger to steal the Solarix and to hand it over to him when he arrives in exchange for sparing the lives of him and his friends.
- Canon Foreigner: He was created to act as the main antagonist for the Beyond the Grid arc and so has no direct counterpart from either Power Rangers or Super Sentai.
- Fallen Hero: Issue #38 reveals that he's a Morphin' Master.
- Go Mad from the Revelation: It's implied that he peered into the secrets of the universe and decided to destroy it when he realized that it doesn't fall in line with his Black-and-White Morality.
- Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: When his kind cut the Void off from the Morphin Grid, he and his Rangers waited until one day it would be safe to rejoin. As time went on, he realized this would never happen and that the universe was slowly dying from the separation so he decided to speed up the process and started killing everyone, believing it would be a mercy.
Other Villains
Alpha 1
- Crippling Overspecialization: When Alpha-1 returns, he proudly proclaims that he has been training in preparation for his new confrontation with Zordon’s Rangers. However, he ends up facing Rocky, Aisha and Adam rather than Jason, Trini and Zack, losing this battle as the three have very different fighting styles from their predecessors.
- Insane Troll Logic: Alpha-1 turned against Zordon because he felt that Zordon’s methods weren’t extreme enough to deal with the forces of evil. When he returns, he’s now allied with Mistress Vile; when Kimberly points out the contradiction, Alpha just proclaims that he now recognises that Mistress Vile’s plans are the best chance for peace.
- Psycho Prototype: Not at first. But he goes mad after years of being adrift in space and seeing the universe in peril because of the restraints of Zordon's rules.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Believes that killing villains is the only answer.
Queen Adriyel
- Not Quite Dead: Her introductory story arc was in the pages of Go Go, the end of which she was hit at short range by the Power blaster. She’s shown over a year later in the pages of the main book to be alive and to have joined the Alliance of Evil. Trini even lampshades this.
The Death Ranger
Death Ranger / Omega Gold Ranger / Spa'ark
The fifth Ranger of the original Ranger team, who fell into madness and wound up sealed inside their own morpher.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: Part of what contributed to their Start of Darkness. Spa'ark's people were an interconnected mind, which meant they didn't have any experience with grief and mourning, since if the physical body died their mind was just uploaded to somewhere else. When one of their teammates was killed by a sudden attack, Spa'ark had no idea how to handle the idea she was dead and gone forever.
- Body Surf: Develops this technique. Including being able to surf into Zords.
- Dark Is Evil: Once they fall.
- Fallen Hero: Originally, as dedicated a Ranger as the rest of their team. Grief shattered their mind, and they became obsessed with death and how to prevent it.
- Loners Are Freaks: Was generally isolated from the other rangers to begin with, which just got worse when they had to experience grief for the first time. And then it got much worse.
- People Puppets: Their experiments with death gave Spa'ark the ability to revive people as undead, mostly under their control. This backfired a little, as reviving one of their teammates with her personality still there meant she was horrified by what they'd become, and turned on them.
- The Power of the Sun: Their element as the Omega Gold Ranger.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: On death, Spa'ark transferred their mind into the nearest receptacle, which was their morpher. Unable to get them out, and unable to redeem them, Spa'ark's former teammates simply locked the morpher away in a vault and never took on another gold ranger. Spa'ark spent the next several however many years it was alive and conscious.
