Characters / Power Rangers Samurai

Samurai Rangers

In General

The Samurai Rangers

• Adaptational Skimpiness: Downplayed. The Shinkengers' alternate attire are kimonos. The Samurai rangers', on the other hand, are sleeveless gis.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: A factor noted during "Clash of the Red Rangers" just how different they are from the RPM team. The RPM Rangers lived in a dome city and were assigned to defend against a sentient computer virus and his robot army with advanced tech. The Samurai Rangers were given their role due to being descended from samurai, save for Antonio, and use symbol-based magic to combat a race of demons. Even their place of living is different, the RPM team lived in a lab/garage while the Samurai team are in a mansion.
• It Sucks to Be the Chosen One: While having powers and saving the world as a superhero is cool and all, the rangers were more or less forced to involve themselves against the Nighloks because it was their duty, putting off their own lives and aspirations because their family pressured them into it. In the case of Jayden and Lauren, not only were they separated at a young age where Lauren was trained night and day since early childhood to become the Red Ranger while Jayden had to take on the mantle in her place.
• Legacy Team: There has always been a Samurai Ranger team fighting against the Nighloks, each member a descendant of a long line of samurai. The only exception to this is Antonio, who trained himself and made his own morpher.
• Samurai: This team's motif. They are descended from Samurai clans with deep-seated traditions and a strict code and much of their designs are taken from traditional depictions of samurai.
• Samurai Shinobi: While the Rangers are most definitely meant to be samurai, they will occasionally borrow certain tropes more associated with ninjas such as smoke-bombs and shuriken.
• Supernatural Team: While not the same level as the Mystic Force Rangers, a lot of the Samurai Rangers' powers and techniques utilize mystic practices in the form of Symbol Power.
• Transformation Trinket:
  • The core five Rangers use the Samurizers to morph. They are cell phone morphers that can create kanjis through the Rangers' Symbol Power.
  • The Gold Ranger morphs with the Samurai Morpher, which he initiates through his electronic Symbol Power.
  • Lauren uses her father's Samurizer to morph. Unlike the others, her Morpher can change into a brush to utilize her Symbol Power.
• Western Samurai: Despite allegedly being descended from ancient samurai clans, none of the rangers are Japanese (the only Asian among them played by Erika Fong, who is Korean and Chinese). A little leeway can be given to Antonio, the only ranger not descended from a clan, but he still falls under the trope.

Jayden Shiba / Red Samurai Ranger

Jayden Shiba / Red Samurai Ranger

Portrayed by: Alex Hartman

Voiced by: Javier Olguín (Latin American Spanish dub), Koji Yusa (Japanese dub)

Let me warn you right now - if you follow me, there is no turning back.

Jayden is the 18th and current head of the Shiba family, dedicated to defeating the Nighlok whenever they try to escape from the Sanzu River. As the Red Samurai Ranger, he controls the element of fire.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Jayden is not as mean-spirited as Takeru was at the beginning of his series, Jayden is friendly when he first met his vassals.
• Adaptation Distillation: Jayden's Blood Knight implications are a cemented character flaw from his Shinkenger counterpart, but due to the Lighter and Softer tone Samurai aims for, it's all but never addressed outside of the line establishing it.
• BFS: Jayden's main weapon is the Fire Smasher, a giant zambato. When an auxilary Zord Disc is placed, it changes into its Cannon Mode.
• Animal Mecha: Lion Folding Zord, Tiger Zord, Shark Zord, and Bull Zord.
• Big Little Brother: Younger than Lauren, but nearly a head taller.
• Blood Knight: Not completely, but it is something that he fears he will become if he pursued his rivalry with Deker just for the sake of fighting him. Some part of him wanted to fight Deker on his own.
• Conveniently Orphaned: Nothing much is known about his mother and it's strongly implied that Master Xandred killed his father.
• Determinator: He never, ever gives up. His sheer willpower is enough to unnerve Deker.
• Expy: Of Jason, except for the loudness.
• Heroic BSoD: Gets one after Master Xandred targets him and the other Rangers are hurt protecting him. He runs off for a few days and tries to avoid putting them in harm's way.
• The Leader: Type IV; charismatic. The others are Taking the Bullet loyal to him and have great difficulty accepting his older sister Lauren as their new leader as she's not him.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Regarding Deker. He outright admits in "The Ultimate Duel" that some part of him wanted to fight Deker, rather than just doing so to prevent him from harming innocent people. Unfortunately, it doesn't really come into play enough to cement it as a part of his character.
• Playing with Fire: He can control fire. The fact that his sister can do the same is one of the biggest signs that he's not the real Red Ranger.
• Pretty Boy: Oh so very, very pretty. Compare with Takeru.
• The Quiet One: Still more open to his teammates than Takeru, though.
• Red Is Heroic: He is the Red Samurai Ranger of the Samurai Rangers, and the leader of the team, who took his sister Lauren Shiba’s position. He then became the 19th head of the Shiba Clan.
• Related in the Adaptation: Jayden is Lauren's younger brother. While Kaoru eventually adopted Takeru, the two weren't biologically related.
• Standardized Leader: His personality is pretty flat aside from the fact that he's the leader.
• Take a Third Option: He firmly believes there is always another way when the first two options look bad and even calls Deker out on this. However, sometimes there isn't a third option.
• The Unchosen One: It is revealed that he was not meant to be the Red Ranger initially. He was just a placeholder for his older sister until she learned the true sealing power to its fullest. Even then, he still acts competently as a ranger and a leader.
• Worthy Opponent: To Deker, who seeks him out for most of the season to have the "ultimate duel" so he may break his curse.
• You Killed My Father: Master Xandred presumably murdered his father during the previous Samurai team's last battle, but Jayden never brings it up much.

Kevin / Blue Samurai Ranger

Kevin / Blue Samurai Ranger

Portrayed by: Najee De-Tiege

Voiced by: Arturo Castañeda (Latin American Spanish dub), Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese dub)

Kevin trained as both a samurai and professional swimmer by his father, but when the Nighlok rose, he had to abandon his swimming career to join the Rangers. As the Blue Samurai Ranger, he controls the element of water.

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• Adaptational Job Change: Kevin was a swimmer prior to becoming a ranger, whereas his sentai counterpart was a kabuki actor.
• Animal Mecha: Dragon Folding Zord and Swordfish Zord.
• Blue Is Heroic: Kevin is a descendant of the original Blue Samurai Ranger, a member of the Shiba Clan that defeated the Nighlok in Japan centuries ago.
• Butt-Monkey: Seems to be going down this road.
• Honor Before Reason: Despite Antonio being incredibly fast and strong, Kevin is very reluctant to him joining because he wasn't born a samurai.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While initially standoffish and disapproving of Antonio joining the team (see Honor Before Reason above), he does eventually come to accept and respect him after seeing his determination and righteous spirit.
• The Lancer: Second in command and able to fight Jayden equally.
• Making a Splash: He controls water. On top of combat, it's also useful for fishing.
• Number Two: Kevin is also the second-in-command of the team.
• The Stoic: It takes a lot to make Kevin lose his cool, and he's normally the least emotional of the Samurai.
• The Straight and Arrow Path: Kevin's main weapon is the Hydro Bow.
• Super Swimming Skills: He professional swimmer but he had to quit his team because of his Samurai duties, When Master Xandred is defeated, Kevin goes back to training as a swimmer for the 2016 Olympics.
• Teacher's Pet: To Mentor Ji. Negatron lampshades it in "Sticks and Stones".
• Uncle Tomfoolery: Adding traits from Ryuunosuke seems to be turning Kevin into this.

Mia Watanabe / Pink Samurai Ranger

Mia Watanabe / Pink Samurai Ranger

Portrayed by: Erika Fong

Voiced by: Karen Vallejo (eps. 1-11, Latin American Spanish dub), Georgina Sánchez (eps. 12-45, Latin American Spanish dub), Sachiko Kojima (Japanese dub)

Mia is the Team Mom of the Samurai Rangers, often expressing a desire to get married and cook for her team, despite their reluctance. As the Pink Samurai Ranger, she controls the element of wind.

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• Action Girl: Just as good a fighter as any of the guys.
• A Day in the Limelight: "He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Brother" explores her past and history with her guitarist brother.
• Animal Mecha: Turtle Folding Zord.
• Beautiful Singing Voice: In "He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Brother. It revealed that Mia can sing.
  • In Super Megaforce, Mia appears alongside Antonio, playing the Everyday Fun song at a concert that the Mega Rangers attended.
• Blow You Away: Her Ranger powers revolve around manipulating wind, particularly with her Sky Fan.
• Combat Hand Fan: Mia's main weapon is the Sky Fan.
• Butt-Monkey: Whenever her cooking comes into question.
• The Dreaded: When it comes to her cooking. Kevin is even willing to go against his usually strict regimen to avoid eating any of it.
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: Her last name is officially confirmed by her driver's license as seen in "A Strange Case of the Munchies".
• The Heart: She's the one that holds the team together. She's also the one to feel Sympathy for the Devil for Dayu after learning about the latter's Dark and Troubled Past.
• Hidden Depths: She's a competent singer, and used to be in a band with her younger brother before becoming a Samurai.
• Lady of War: Contrasting Emily's Cute Bruiser.
• Lethal Chef: She doesn't think so, but the rest of the Rangers attest otherwise - though like with Mako, they're too polite to do so to her face (Kevin, for example, has the decency to throw away her burnt chicken while she's not looking). Fear is another possibility. We've seen her use her Samurai katana to slice a squash to bits, they might just feel it's not smart to offend somebody with samurai training and easy access to knives.
  • Negatron proves she is at least afraid she is. The insult he used to send her flying was "lousy cook", and she later asks everyone if she really is that bad. As stated before, they deny it not to bring her down more.
  • Even Emily is wary of her cooking (remember that, in the original, Kotoha thought Mako was flawless even in this department); in "Team Spirit", she goes so far as to cautiously ask if it was Mia who baked her birthday cake.
  • It may have something to do with the fact she's using a KATANA to cut fruit. The ingredients she uses on the other hand...
• Noodle Implements: We never learned what she was planning to cook, but we do know it involved combining oysters, chocolate sauce, and Brussels sprouts in a very specific way.
• Pink Heroine: Mia Watanabe is a descendant of the original Pink Samurai Ranger, a member of the Shiba Clan that defeated the Nighlok in Japan centuries ago.
• Sympathy for the Devil: Feels sorry for Dayu after seeing what happened to her in "Broken Dreams".
• Team Mom: She's the most emotionally mature member of the team, and frequently takes this role when it's only the five of them. She's also the Team Chef, but the less said about that, the better.
• This Is Unforgivable!: In "Deal with a Nighlok", she and Kevin both hear Doubletone out when he explains that his plan was to get Ryan to give up on his dream of baseball by convincing him that doing so was the only way for him to see his daddy again, just so he could get him to cry and enjoy it. Not one to take that well, she says this trope to Doubletone himself.

Mike / Green Samurai Ranger

Mike / Green Samurai Ranger

Portrayed by: Hector David, Jr.

Voiced by: Jesús Guzmán (Latin American Spanish dub), Wataru Hatano (Japanese dub)

Unlike his teammates, Mike did not take his training seriously before the Nighlok attacked, and started as the weakest of the five before quickly rising to their level. As the Green Samurai Ranger, he controls the element of the forest.

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• Ambiguously Brown: Aside from "hot", what is he?
• Animal Mecha: Bear Folding Zord and Beetle Zord.
• Can't Catch Up: Mike sees himself in this position early on, afraid that he'll never be able to hold a candle to Jayden in combat.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Especially in Super Samurai. Just look at his plan to defeat Switchbeast.
• Dancing Royalty: He is a very talented dancer.
• Emerald Power: Mike is a descendant of the original Green Samurai Ranger, a member of the Shiba Clan that defeated the Nighlok in Japan centuries ago.
• Green Thumb: Uses the power of "Forest".
• Informed Flaw: Mentor Ji makes several implications in "Forest For The Trees" that Mike has a stubborn and rebellious streak.^note Qualitiess that his Shinkenger counterpart Chiaki had, which ended up Adapted Out. Mike never displays any of these qualities. Training scenes centered around Mike serve to in fact Joss this.
• It's Not You, It's My Enemies: A platonic case. Because of his Ranger duties, Mike has to tell his friends he won't be able to hang out with them for a while. Additionally, it's implied that all the Rangers are forbidden to see their families until the enemy is defeated for this very reason. It's mentioned he even had to skip his graduation.
• Official Couple: With Emily.
• Most Gamers Are Male: Mike loves video games he is often playing videos game and hanging out at the arcade.

Emily / Yellow Samurai Ranger

Emily / Yellow Samurai Ranger

Portrayed by: Brittany Anne-Pirtle

Voiced by: Angélica Villa (Latin American Spanish dub), Ayaka Shimoyamada (Japanese dub)

Just like chopping down weeds back home.

Emily was not the original Yellow Ranger as that role was originally supposed to go to her sister, but had to step into the role when she grew ill. As the Yellow Samurai Ranger, she controls the element of the earth.

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• Action Girl: Don't let Emily's sweet exterior fool you. She'll cut you down without remorse if you're a Nightlok.
• A Day in the Limelight: "Sticks and Stones" flesh out her character and shows the real reason she's a Samurai Ranger.
• Always Someone Better: Her sister Serene is unwittingly this to her. Emily struggles with the possibility that she'll never be as good a Samurai as Serena.
• Animal Mecha: Ape Folding Zord.
• Big Sister Worship: She admires her older sister, the original Yellow Samurai Ranger. There's also the non-family example with Mia.
• Cute Bruiser: Contrasting Mia's Lady of War.
• Country Mouse/Farm Girl: She's from the countryside.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Uses Earth-based powers.
• Fuuma Shuriken: Emily's main weapon is the Earth Slicer, a giant shuriken.
• Got Volunteered: Her sister Serena was originally supposed to be the Yellow Samurai Ranger. When she came down with an incurable disease, Emily was the only one able to step into the role.
• Hidden Depths: It's highly implied that she suffers from depression, given her lack of reactions to the insult monster.
• The Klutz: Before becoming a Ranger. She still has moments of it afterwards.
• Nice Girl: Very much so. Kind, sweet, and supportive, she is easily the most polite and gentle member of the group.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Adapting Kotoha's best-known traits has turned Emily into Kellie Pickler.
• No-Sell: Just like Kotoha, nothing Negatron says affects her. This is because he's basically saying to her what she already thinks of herself. It's not until he compares her to her sister that he finally gets her.
• Only Sane Woman: Is consistently the one to dismiss Kevin's cries of Honor Before Reason, and points out that they need Antonio.
• Official Couple: With Mike.
• Primary-Color Champion: Emily is a descendant of the original Yellow Samurai Ranger, a member of the Shiba Clan that defeated the Nighlok in Japan centuries ago. Emily is second born to her family and only took up the mantle as Yellow Samurai Ranger when her sister, Serena fell ill.
• Resigned to the Call: She's fine with being a Samurai Ranger nowadays, but still occasionally struggles with the idea that she'll never be as good as her sister.
• Self-Deprecation: Just like her Shinkenger counterpart.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Mia's Girly Girl.

Antonio Garcia / Gold Samurai Ranger

Antonio Garcia / Gold Samurai Ranger

Portrayed by: Steven Skyler

Voiced by: Ricardo Méndez (Latin American Spanish dub), Atsushi Imaruoka (Japanese dub)

That's it? No "Thanks for helping", or a little "What? What?" Alright, I get it. You need a minute.

Antonio was Jayden's childhood friend, but when he had to move away, he was given the Octo Zord as a going away gift. Years later, Antonio would return with his own Gold Samurai powers that he made himself, determined to help his friend fight against the Nighlok.

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• Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: His Spanish is painfully bad.
• Animal Mecha: Octozord and Clawzord.
• Blade Spam: Thanks to his speed, he can slash his enemy enough times before they even know it happened.
• Catchphrase:
  • "Fantastico!"
  • Alternatively, "Golden!"
• Childhood Friends: Antonio Garcia is a childhood friend of Jayden Shiba, the Red Samurai Ranger that promised to fight by his side when the two of them grew up.
• Chrome Champion: Very shiny, especially in his Mega Mode.
• Companion Cube: All the Rangers are like this to an extent with their miniature Zords, but Antonio actually celebrates Clawzord's birthday.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: A bit bumbling and hammy, but when he wants to kick Nighlok ass, he WILL kick Nighlok ass.
• Dynamic Entry: The whole reason he ran from the Rangers when they found out he shot an arrow at their base: he wanted to make one of these and eventually does.
  Antonio: "When I make an entrance, it's go big or go home."
• Gadgeteer Genius: Built his own morpher, and synchronized it to the Octozord. After this, he's often put to work on completing other unfinished gear.
• Gold-Colored Superiority: Antonio is a traveling fisherman and a self-made Samurai, He was given the Octozord by Jayden when they were children in promise that he would become a Samurai as well. In 2011, Antonio returns to Panorama City to become the Gold Samurai Ranger.
• Gratuitous Spanish: ¡Fantastico!
• Iaijutsu Practitioner: Antonio mastered this way of fighting - self-taught with a Reverse Grip no less. His quickdraw ability is such that by resheathing his sword after each strike, he is able to spam it, making a dozen strikes before he even appears to have done anything.
• Incoming Ham: "CATCH OF THE DAY!"
• Large Ham: Even for Power Rangers. Sure, the Sentai footage of Genta would have looked like Stock Footage Failure otherwise, but it still takes a lot to be considered a Large Ham in a franchise that's already a World of Ham.
• Light 'em Up: His symbol power is light.
• Loophole Abuse: He's technically not a samurai, so he doesn't have to obey Jayden's orders if he doesn't want to.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: He's a tech genius hacker expert fisherman self-taught Samurai Power Ranger.
• Rōnin: Contextually Antonio is this in a modern sense; a self-made practitioner of the samurai-way that doesn't belong to a clan, Wandering the Earth before joining the other rangers.
• Self-Proclaimed Knight: He doesn't have the samurai lineage like the others but trained himself to be one.
• The Smart Guy: He's the most technically savvy of the team, especially since he built his own morpher. It helps since he can fix damaged Zords.
• Ship Tease: With Lauren.
• Sixth Ranger: Along the way Antonio Garcia returns to town with his own Ranger powers becoming the Gold Ranger making him the sixth ranger to join the team.
• Super-Speed: As in moving at the speed of light, which he must do if he takes out enemies while appearing to move at normal speed.
• The Unchosen One: The only Ranger not from a samurai bloodline, he trained himself since childhood and built his own morpher.

Lauren (MAJOR SPOILERS)

Lauren Shiba / True Red Samurai Ranger

Portrayed by: Kimberley Crossman

Voiced by: Roxana Pastrana (Latin American Spanish dub), Houko Kuwashima (Japanese dub)

The true 18th head of the Shiba family, Lauren is the older sister of Jayden but was sent away to secrecy in order to perfect the sealing symbol power in order to permanently seal the Nighlok. Years later, she returned to help her brother's team out as the Red Samurai Ranger.

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• 11th-Hour Ranger: An odd variation, as she actually replaces Jayden as the team's leader, rather than straight-up joining the team. Subverted when she's hurt and gives the job back to Jayden before the true final battle.
• The Ace: She has the true sealing power, saves the rangers in her introduction, schools them in sparring, and even likes Mia's cooking.
• Action Girl: Being Jayden's older sister, she's been given a considerable amount of training. Both in symbol power and physical combat.
• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Lauren is visibly affected on how her fellow rangers are struggling to follow her. Lauren's sentai counterpart Kaoru, while also perceptive of this, isn't really that bothered.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: While Kaoru wasn't a Jerkass, she was aloof and unapproachable and combined with her retainer Tanba (who is a jerkass), it became easy to see why the Shinkengers weren't happy with her taking over. Lauren, on the other hand, is nice and approachable.
• Age Lift: Lauren is Jayden's older sister. In Shinkenger, her counterpart Kaoru being younger than Jayden's counterpart Takeru is an integral plot point.
• Ancestral Weapon: Her Samurizer was her father's.
• Big Damn Heroes: Makes a grand entrance by saving the other Rangers' collective bacon in the Lion Foldingzord.
• Big Sister Instinct: In her introductory episode when she's reunited with her then-injured little brother, she caresses his cheek as a gesture of comfort.
• Bizarre Taste in Food: She can stomach Mia's cooking.
• Conveniently Orphaned: Nothing is known about her mother and it is strongly implied that her father had been fatally injured by Master Xander’s before he sealed him away.
• Cool Big Sis: For Jayden. They are very close.
• Cute Bruiser: A more personal leader than Jayden, but still just as capable.
• Distaff Counterpart: To Jayden as the Red Ranger.
• Embedded Precursor: She uses her father's Samuraizer, which is basically a Shikenger morpher.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: Considers herself to be a worse leader than Jayden and eventually hands the position back to him after the Sealing Symbol fails.
• Magic Knight: Given her skill in both swordplay and symbol power, it makes sense.
• Playing with Fire: Runs in the family.
• Rank Scales with Asskicking: As Jayden's older sister she is the true head of the Shiba clan and so possesses greater fire symbol power.
• Red Is Heroic: She is the First female Red Ranger, she also the true 18th head of the Shiba Clan. As such, she took over the role of the Red Samurai Ranger and led the team against the Nighlok, being the only one who could seal Master Xandred away. After her failure to perform the Sealing Symbol, she gave leadership back to Jayden, as well as supplying the Shiba Fire Disc to strike Xandred's weak spot.
• Related in the Adaptation: Lauren is Jayden's older sister. While Kaoru eventually adopted Takeru, the two weren't biologically related.
• Ship Tease: With Antonio.
• The Spartan Way: Emily remarks that she must have 'trained night and day' to become so skilled a samurai. She replies this was more or less the case: train, exercise and practicing the sealing power was her life from early childhood.
• Walking Spoiler: Seen how much of this entry is hidden in spoiler cover?

Zords

Folding Zords

Folding Zords/Samurai Megazord

The core five Rangers Megazord. It is comprised of their Folding Zords.

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• Animal Mecha: The Folding Zords are based on animals once they transform. These include:
  • King of Beasts: Lion Folding Zord
  • Our Dragons Are Different: Dragon Folding Zord
  • Bears Are Bad News: Bear Folding Zord
  • Mischief-Making Monkey: Ape Folding Zord
• Arm Cannon: The Megazord can fold its arms back into their symbol modes and perform energy blasts.
• Combining Mecha: Five Folding Zords that combine into one Megazord.
• Death by Adaptation: While Shinkenoh appears in later media after being blown up by Dokoku Chimatsuri, the Samurai Megazord remains destroyed after being blown up by Xandred.
• Elemental Powers: The Folding Zords can use elemental powers like their pilots.
• Finishing Move:
  • Lion Folding Zord: Pentagonal Fury: The Lion Folding Zord covers its body in fire and launches at the monster to destroy them.
  • Samurai Megazord: Samurai Strike: The Megazord charges its katana with energy before striking the monster with a powerful slash as the kanji for "Slash" is behind it.
  • Beetle Blaster Megazord: Beetle Cannon Strike: The Megazord closes the beetle horns to start rotating and charging up with orange energy (creating the kanji for "fire" in the process) before firing a giant fireball to slam into the enemy and destroy them.
  • Swordfish Fencer Megazord: Swordfish Slash: The Megazord tosses its sword up into its helmet before swinging it around to charge it with blue energy before cleaving straight down, slicing through the monster with lethal force.
  • Tiger Drill Megazord: Tiger Drill Charge: The Megazord bends forth, aiming and activating the drills on its back at the enemy, and then advancing as the drills whirl to rip straight through the monster.
  • Battlewing Megazord: Flying Slash: The Megazords flies into the air and winds its gears, charging its blade with yellow energy and making it appear longer before plummeting at a 90-degree angle before cutting straight through the monster.
  • Octo Spear Megazord: Electric Spear, Samurai Strike: The Megazord freezes a Nighlock with the Ice Breath and then energizes the Octo Spear with golden lightning before unleashing a devastating slash through them.
  • Samurai Shark Megazord: Sharkzord Slash: The Megazord lifts the Shark Zord above its head and performs a downward slash.
• Katanas Are Just Better: The Samurai Megazord's main weapon is a giant katana that is stored on the left hip.
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: The Samurai Megazord can summon a shield for protection. It resembles a giant Power Disc.
• Sizeshifter: The Folding Zords start at the size of toys to the size of giant robots thanks to the Rangers using their Symbol Power.
• Transforming Mecha: True to their name, the Folding Zords can change from emblem trinkets to animal Zords.

Samurai Battlewing

Samurai Artillery/Samurai Battlewing

A bird themed Zord. It is the combination of the Beetle Zord, Swordfish Zord and the Tiger Zord.

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• Animal Mecha:
  • Noble Bird of Prey: The Samurai Battlewing is a giant bird Zord.
  • Big Creepy-Crawlies: The Beetle Zord resembles a Hercules Beetle.
  • Swordfish Sabre: The Swordfish Zord
  • Panthera Awesome: The Tiger Zord.
• Combining Mecha: The three Zords listed above form the Samurai Battlewing. Unlike most examples, it is not a Megazord, but rather something to help assist the Samurai Megazord.
• Double Weapon: In Swordfish Fencer Megazord mode, the katana is turned into a double ended sword.
• Finishing Move: Charging Slash: The Samurai Battlewing fires three rings from the bodies of its components and fires forth into the Nighlok monster with enough force to obliterate them.
• Head Blast: The Beetle Blaster Megazord is equipped with many long-range cannons in its helmet.
• Mecha Expansion Pack: All of the Zords listed here can combine with the Samurai Megazord to form new configurations. For example:
  • The Beetle Zord can combine with the Samurai Megazord to form the Beetle Blaster Megazord.
  • The Swordfish Zord can combine with the Samurai Megazord to form the Swordfish Fencer Megazord.
  • The Tiger Zord can combine with the Samurai Megazord to form the Tiger Drill Megazord.
  • The Samurai Battlewing can combine with the Samurai Megazord to form the Battlewing Megazord.
• This Is a Drill: The Tiger Zord's limbs are drills and they fit the naming for the Tiger Drill Megazord.

Other Auxiliary Zords

Octo Zord

An octopus themed Zord that serves as the Gold Ranger's auxiliary Zord. Antonio received this Zord from Jayden before he moved cities as a child.

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• An Ice Person: In the Octo Spear Megazord formation, the Megazord can fire streams of ice at a Nighlok from its shield.
• Adaptational Species Change: The Octo Zord (an octopus) was known as the Ika Origami (a squid) in Shinkenger.
• BFG: The Samurai Battle Cannon is a big ass cannon the Claw Armor Megazord can use to finish a Nighlok off.
• Blade Below the Shoulder: In the Octo Spear Megazord formation, the Megazord wields an arm mounted spear.
• Combat Tentacles: True to its animal motif, the Octo Zord has tentacles it can use for combat.
• It Only Works Once: The Samurai Battle Cannon uses a lot of Symbol Power to fire it, so the Rangers can only use it once per battle.
• Mecha Expansion Pack: The Octo Zord can combine with several Zords for different combinations. For example:
  • When combined with the Samurai Megazord, it forms the Octo Spear Megazord.
  • When combined with the Samurai Clawzord, it forms the Claw Battlezord North.
  • When combined with the Samurai Battlewing, it forms the Samurai Battle Cannon.
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: In the Octo Spear Megazord formation, the Megazord wields a shield that is formed from the lower half of the Octo Zord.
• Stealthy Cephalopod: An octopus themed zord.

Shark Zord

An shark themed Zord. Antonio managed to unlock this Zord with the help of the Light Zord.

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• Adaptational Species Change: The Shark Zord was originally the Kyoryu Origami in Shinkenger, which was specifically based on a tyrannosaurus rex.
• BFS: The Shark Zord is essentially a big ass sword the Samurai Megazord can wield.
• Super Mode: Using the Shark Attack Disc allows one to access the Shark Attack Mode. It is a red colored version of the Super Samurai Mode that turns a Spin Sword into a smaller version of the Shark Zord.
• Threatening Shark: A Shark themed Zord.

Samurai Clawzord

Samurai Clawzord

The Gold Ranger's Zord. It was originally damaged in the previous Nighlok battle, but Antonio was able to repair it with his electronic Symbol Power.

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• Adaptational Backstory Change: In Shinkenger, the Ebi Origami was a creation of Genta's using electronic mojikara (the Japanese equivalent to Antonio's electronic Symbol Power). Here, it was created long before Antonio became a Ranger.
• Combat Hand Fan: While in Claw Battlezord West mode, the Zord wields a giant fan.
• Dual Wielding: While in Claw Battlezord South mode, the Zord wields twin swords. These swords are used in the Claw Armor Megazord formation.
• Finishing Move:
  • Claw Battlezord
    • East mode: Claw Pincher Slash: The Zord's lobster claws fold into position onto its arms and unleash a massive red double energy slash.
    • South mode: Double Katana Strike: The Zord charges up its blades with blue energy and slashes into the monster with lethal force.
    • North mode: Octo Spear Charge: The Zord charges the Octo Spear with electricity and thrusts towards the monster.
  • Claw Armor Megazord:
    • Double Katana Strike: The Megazord swings around its swords in an circle as its wrists charge with blue lightning to energize the blades. Then, the left sword slashes diagonally right and the right sword strikes diagonally left before unleashing a devastating double energy slash into the enemy.
    • Battle Cannon Blast: With the Samurai Battle Cannon, the Megazord fires energy copies of all nine Zords which make up the Claw Armor Megazord and the Cannon to slam into the enemy and tear them apart. A stronger variant is referred to as Shogun Battle Cannon Blast when a Ranger is in Shogun Mode.
• Giant Enemy Crab: A giant lobster themed Zord on the Rangers' side.
• Mecha Expansion Pack: The Clawzord can combine with the Samurai Megazord to form the Claw Armor Megazord.
• Power Pincers: As the Clawzord is a giant lobster zord, it has pincers for combat. In Claw Battlezord East mode, the Zord can use these pincers for combat.

Light Zord

Light Zord

A lantern themed Zord and Antonio's third one. It was originally an ancient Zord that was never unlocked, but Mentor Ji gave it to Antonio to help overcome his temporary fear of fish.

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• Adaptational Nonsapience: In Shinkenger, DaiGoyou could talk and interact with the Rangers. Here, the Light Zord is a non sapient Zord that only serves as a remote controlled Megazord or a weapon Antonio could use.
• Demoted to Extra: Due to the above trope, the Light Zord is relegated to being Antonio's weapon and tertiary Zord.
• Finishing Move: Scattershot: The Megazord launches its Power Discs at the enemy in rapid succession, guiding the shots by moving them around and directing them with its arms.
• Improbable Weapon User: The Light Zord's main weapons are Power Discs that it can use against its opponents.
• Sizeshifter: The Light Zord starts off the size of a regular lantern, but it can grow into the size of a Megazord when Antonio uses his Electronic Symbol Power on it.
• Mecha Expansion Pack: It can form the Samurai Light Zord by taking the place of the Lion Foldingzord.
• Spin Attack: The Light Megazord can spin rapidly for close combat attacks.
• Token Minority: The Light Zord is the only one that is not based on an animal.
• Transforming Mecha: The Light Zord can transform from lantern mode to the Light Megazord.

Bullzord

Bullzord/Bull Megazord

A bull themed Zord. It was initially an uncontrollable Zord that was sealed for 300 years, but after Cody successfully created a Power Disc to control it, the Rangers acquired it as their new Zord.

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• Awesome Personnel Carrier: The Rangers can have the Samurai Megazord ride on the Bullzord's cart to perform stronger attacks.
• Brutish Bulls: A Bull themed Zord on the side of the Rangers. However, it was originally an uncontrollable Zord that was sealed away.
• Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Initially, the Rangers were scared of using the Samurai Gigazord formation because, if done incorrectly, it could destroy all their Zords. It's only thanks to Kevin's design work and being put in an unwinnable fight against Skarf that convinced the Rangers to use it.
• Finishing Move:
  • Bull Megazord: Revolving Laser Blaster Final Strike: The Megazord uses the symbol power for ferocious to fire its Gatling cannon whilst unleashing a burst of symbol power from the Disc loaded on its head to mow down the enemy. A stronger variant when a Ranger is in Shogun Mode is called the Mega Revolving Laser Blaster.
  • Samurai Gigazord: Symbol Power Mega Strike: After the Rangers summon the symbols of all Zords in the combination, the Gigazord twirls around its sword to energize the cannon on its head. Then, the cannon fires a massive golden energy beam at the monster, slamming into and obliterating them.
  • Samurai Shark Gigazord: Ultimate Samurai Slash: The Rangers summon the Symbol Power of all the Zords, energizing the Shark Zord to deliver a devastating golden energy slash to slice the enemy in half.
• Gatling Good: The Bull Megazord's main weapon is the Revolving Laser Blaster, a gatling gun.
• Mecha Expansion Pack: The Bullzord can combine with all the Zords (minus the Light Zord and the Shark Zord) to form the Samurai Gigazord. That being said, the Shark Zord can be used with the Samurai Gigazord to form the Samurai Shark Gigazord.
• Power Pincers: The Samurai Gigazord uses the Samurai Clawzord's pincers to perform the Claw Pincer Slash.
• Shoulder Cannon: Both versions of the Bullzord features shoulder mounted cannons.
• This Is a Drill: The Samurai Gigazord uses the Tiger Zord's drills on its forearms.
• Transforming Mecha: The Bullzord can transform into the humanoid Bull Megazord.

Friends & Allies

Mentor Ji

Mentor Ji

Portrayed by: Rene Naufahu

Voiced by: José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin American Spanish), Yoji Ueda (Japanese dub)

The mentor to the Samurai Rangers and parental guardian to Jayden.

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• Adaptational Jerkass: As noted below, due to being partially based on Tanba, he's a lot more abrasive than his direct Shinkenger counterpart, Hikoma Kusakabe.
• Composite Character: While he was based off and even named after Jii from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, he also carries some aspects of Tanba, particularly due to rejecting Antonio for not being born from a Samurai Clan.
• Cool Bike: Owns one.
• Mythology Gag: In ''Clash Of the Red Rangers," Ji is revealed to have his own Samuraizer (Though it's unlikely he can Morph with it) that uses Brown Kanji. This may be a reference to Shinken Brown. ^note Shinkenger contained an episode in which a fan of the Shinkengers attempts to join their team, taking the brown color for his own. He doesn't last.
• Old Master: He's a seasoned Samurai.
• Team Dad: He cooks, cleans, and generally looks after the Rangers as if they were children (especially when they're sick). He also cries at weddings.

Spike

Spike

Felix Ryan (Spike)

'''Voiced l Gabriel Ortiz (Spike) (Latin American Spanish dub) Kousuke Okano (Japanese dub)

Bulk was a recurring person from the Zordon era of Power Rangers. He is visited by his best friend's son Spike, teaching him the way of the Samurai.

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• Advertised Extra: His and Bulks screentime all season is quite minimal despite being billed as main characters. They're lucky to appear more than once an episode.
• Butt-Monkey: Even after all these years, Bulk just doesn't catch a break. And generally, Bulk tends to abuse Spike and the universe tends to abuse Bulk. Skull gets in on it, too, both giving and receiving abuse in his cameo scene.
• Demoted to Extra: At least, in comparison to Bulk with Skull in the good old days. They've only occasionally gotten caught up in monster attacks and have almost never interacted with the Rangers in their civilian identities. That said, it's still better than Bulk's handful of cameos in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
• Generation Xerox: Straight from Spike's actor, Skull is a daddy. And his son is like him in almost every detail, even the voice is pretty spot on.
• Hopeless Suitor: Spike likes the Pink Ranger - like father, like son. Only in Skull's case, he had a crush on the girl not knowing she was the Pink Ranger. Spike initially focuses on the Pink Ranger herself without knowing who is wearing the helmet and suit. He later meets and gets a crush on Mia out-of-morph, forming a Two-Person Love Triangle of sorts... with Mia herself being none the wiser.
• Mythology Gag: Spike crushes on this Pink Ranger just as Skull did on Kimberley.
• Those Two Guys:With Bulk.
• Upper-Class Twit: Going by the finale, the Skulloviches, of all people, seem to have come into money sometime since "Forever Red". Either that or Skull's piano skills have finally paid off.

Serena

Serena

Portrayed by: Jacinda Stevens

Voiced by: Karina Altamirano (Latin American Spanish dub), Yumi Kawashima (Japanese dub)

The older sister to Emily. She was the original Yellow Ranger candidate but fell ill.

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• Cool Big Sis: To Emily.
• Not Even Bothering with the Accent: She retains her New Zealand accent, while the actress who plays Emily's younger self clearly has an American accent.
• Soap Opera Disease: In "Sticks and Stones," it's revealed that she contracted an undisclosed disease that resulted in Emily taking her role as Yellow Ranger.

Terry Watanabe

Terry Watanabe

Portrayed by: Jaever Santos

The younger brother to Mia.

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• Cool Big Sis: Sees Mia as cool enough to sing in his band.
• Secret-Keeper: Knows why Mia had to leave home, and who the other Rangers are. While it's been unusual in the past for siblings to know that their brother or sister is a Power Ranger, it's explicitly a lineage-based thing this season, so it's not so out-of-place.

Scott Truman / Ranger Operator Series Red

Scott Truman / Ranger Operator Series Red

Voiced by: Eka Darville (credited as Tobias Reiss), Óscar Flores (Latin American Spanish dub)

The Ranger Operator Series Red that battled Venjix in another dimension. He followed Professor Cog into the main universe when the latter left to join Master Xandred.

• Cool Sword: Street Saber.
• Foil: Clash of the Red Rangers showed how he and by extension the RPM Rangers differed from the Samurai team, how they were, for lack of a better term, from two different worlds. Scott comes a from a world based around technology; he lives in Corinth, a domed city run by the military, he drives a car, his suit has a clear vehicle theme to it and he opposes an army of evil robots. He is put off by how "old school" the Samurai Rangers are; they live in a mansion with a dojo, no TV or video games, and use swords and magic to combat a demonic force.
• Law of Chromatic Superiority: He's the only RPM Ranger who is involved in the story of "Clash of the Red Rangers".
• Morph Weapon: Nitro Blaster/Sword.
• Shipper on Deck: For Mike and Emily.
• Stage Names: Tobias Reiss was Eka Darville under a pseudonym, as revealed by Alex Hartman at 26:36 of Power Rangers: Celebrating 20 Years Q&A Panel - RangerStop 2013. Darville became a SAG member not long after RPM ended, which prevented him from appearing in-person as Power Rangers has always been a non-union show. Darville instead took up the Tobias Reiss pseudonym as a loophole.

The Nighloks

Master Xandred

Master Xandred

Voiced by: Jeff Szusterman, Daniel del Roble (Latin American Spanish dub), Yoji Ueda (Japanese dub)

"Day shall become night as I escape the Netherworld to face my enemies!"

The leader of the Nighlok who wants the Sanzu River to leak into the human world. He also desires to escape the Netherworld.

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• Adaptational Dumbass: Despite being very similar to his Shinkenger counterpart, Xandred comes across as an incompetent brute compared to Dokoku, who is at least involved in the planning phase every now and then.
• Adaptational Jerkass: While he was still evil in Super Sentai, this version has all of his worst elements and dickishness cranked up with his Pet the Dog moments from the original version adapted out.
• Bad Boss: He yells at and assaults his minions regularly for the slightest of reasons.
• Big Bad: For Samurai.
• Big Bad Ensemble: Shares the role of main antagonist with Serrator for Super Samurai, at least for the first half and most of the second until Serrator is killed.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Zig-Zagged. While he is the most prominent enemy the Rangers have to face and by far the most powerful Nighlok, Xandred himself barely acts while Serrator would be considered the Big Bad due to orchestrating the ongoing conflict while having a far worse plans than Xandred. However the rangers eliminate Serrator first, leading to Xandred becoming the Final Boss.
• Big Entrance: In "The Master Returns", his arrival on the human world is accompanied by a storm blacking out the sun, and rocks assembling themselves into a door with red light shooting out of the gaps that explodes when he emerges from it.
  Master Xandred: Day shall become night as I escape the Netherworld to face my enemies!
• Devour the Dragon: Kills Dayu and absorbs her humanity. This lets him No-Sell Lauren's Sealing Symbol, but gives him a vulnerable point that allows a good, old-fashioned ass-kicking and lets the Rangers take him out far more easily than they could've before.
• Evil Plan: To flood the earth with the Sanzu river, kill off all life on it and let the Nighloks thrive in the new world with himself at the top.
• Final Boss: The final villain that has to be dealt with, following Serrator's, Dayu's and Deker's ends.
• Final Boss Preview: "The Master Returns" has him dish one out, demolishing everyone in his path until he dries out rapidly and has to return to the Netherworld.
• Flat Character: Like most other main villains in the Neo-Saban Era, there's not much to Xandred's character other than he's Orcus on His Throne, has a Hair-Trigger Temper, is a Bad Boss, and is a physically powerful opponent.
• Frothy Mugs of Water: His "medicine" is actually sake in Shinkenger.
• Giant Enemy Crab: Is themed after a Japanese spiny lobster.
• Grievous Harm with a Body: Occasionally uses a Mooger to shut someone up... by throwing it at them.
• Hate Sink: Xandred doesn't have much to go on in likability being an ill-tempered jerkass who treats his minions horribly. The only thing going for him is that he's not as horrible as Serrator, which isn't enough due to Serrator's coolness.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: He gets angry very easily, partly because his last battle with the original Samurai Rangers left him with severe headache pains.
• Handicapped Badass: If Xandred was to step on land, he would dry out until he died. That doesn't stop him from being the most powerful villain in the show. In "The Master Returns" Xandred was crippled with drying out yet still manages to wipe the floor with Jayden.
• Invincible Villain: He was so powerful that the only way to stop him was to seal him away. However after he absorbs Dayu, Master Xandred becomes immune to the Sealing Seal's Power. This invinicibility goes away in the finale where he dies after a long and arduous struggle.
• Jerkass: Rude and ill-tempered are the best ways to describe him.
• Near-Villain Victory: In the Nighlok's first invasion of the human world. He had the original Samurai Rangers on the ropes, only being stopped when the badly wounded Red Ranger used the incomplete seal on him.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Throughout the series all Xandred does is drink his medicine and yell at his subordinates and having plans that always failed. That said there is a reason why he's the biggest threat around that everyone fears and nearly kills off the Samurai Rangers the two times that he returns to the surface, in his final assault the Rangers have to give their all to finally kill him.
• Orcus on His Throne: Normally he doesn't do anything except yell at people. The Rangers don't even seem all that concerned with him in particular even though he's supposed to be the Big Bad. This is completely in-character with his Sentai equivalent. He has gotten off his duff and attacked Deker for "meddling in his affairs" that concerned the Red Samurai Ranger, if that counts for anything and he also attacked a Nighlok who had been scheming to overthrow him. In "The Master Returns" we find out why he's not taken action himself: the moment he steps foot on the human world, he begins to dry out so badly it takes him out of commission for some time.
• Pragmatic Villainy: He fixes Dayu's harmonium when he goes to Earth and reinstates her back into his services when Serrator reveals that he himself never intended to fix it. But that is only because Xandred needs Dayu's music to soothe his rage more than anything else. And let's not forget he CAUSED the harmonium to be damaged in the first place, making one doubt the sincerity of changing his mind.
• Psychopathic Manchild: Despite being the leader of the Nighloks, he acts more like a dimwitted and temperamental Spoiled Brat, throwing tantrums whenever things don't go his way and too lazy to bother coming up with evil plans letting his minions to it for him.
• Punny Name: His name sounds a lot like Xanax, which might be a reference to how his "medicine" was originally sake (a Japanese alcoholic drink) in Shinkenger.
• Put on a Bus: After attempting to punish Serrator (and battling the Rangers), he nearly dries out completely, requiring him to be dropped into the Sanzu River so he can slowly recover his strength.
• Rank Scales with Asskicking: He's dealt with Nighlok trying to usurp his throne with relative ease, has proven more powerful than Serrator, and when he finally comes out himself in "The Master Returns", he beats the hell out of the Rangers with absolutely no effort. While drying out! It's clear the Rangers were in deep trouble the second he could stay out in the open for longer and in the final battle they have to use everything they got to finally take him down.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After learning Serrator had been deceiving him, he comes to earth himself and proceeds to go on one of these. The only reason he didn't wipe out everyone then and there was he dries out much more rapidly than a normal Nighlok, forcing him to retreat.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Was sealed in the river by Jayden's father. Due to the seal being done wrong (which stems from the previous Red Ranger having insufficient power at the time), it causes him headaches. "The Master Returns" seems to imply that he's still trapped to some degree, as flashbacks show he could previously leave the Sanzu River without drying out (or at least not that quicker than the others), a problem he has now.
• Taking You with Me: After being mortally wounded by the Samurai Megazord, he latches on to it and tries to take the Rangers with him when he explodes. It fails as while this destroys the Samurai Megazord, the Rangers survive.
• Villainous Breakdown: Nearly tears the ship apart in a blind rage when he discovers the Red Ranger is the one who sealed him away and Jayden could do it again. He gets so furious, it causes enormous numbers of Mooks to spawn and it takes a much larger dose of his "medicine" to settle him down.

Generals

Octoroo

Octoroo

Voiced by: Jeff Szusterman, Ricardo Méndez (Latin American Spanish dub), Atsushi Imaruoka (Japanese dub)

An elderly cephalopod-headed figure with a staff. He sends most of the Nighlok monsters out to the human world to raise the Sanzu River waters.

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• Badass Bookworm: He's not just Xandred's plan guy. He held his own in a straight-up fight with both the Red and Gold Rangers.
• Butt-Monkey: Gets absolutely no respect from his peers, not even the Nighlok of the week.
  Tooya: Hey, if anybody here got hit with the ugly stick, it would be you.
• Co-Dragons: With Dayu to Master Xandred.
• Cthulhumanoid: He looks like a cross between Cthulhu and an old man.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He not only distrust Serrator but after his betrayal and plan is revealed, he is completely against it, knowing what casualties on both sides it would create. While he can't stop Serrator, he never aids in his plan.
• Evil Genius: While Xandred is the leader, Octoroo is clearly the one who has his head straight and forms the plans. Making the Sanzu River rise was his idea to begin with.
• Pet the Dog: Despite being anti-human, he does seem sympathetic to Dayu knowing about Deker's death. He also pays his respect to Dayu's "funeral".
• Rhymes on a Dime: Sometimes hand in hand with his Verbal Tic.
• Sole Survivor: The only villain to survive this season.
• Spared by the Adaptation: He never returns in Megaforce/Super Megaforce, therefore preventing him from meeting his end at the hands of the (Super) Megaforce Rangers, unlike his Sentai counterpart.
• Verbal Tic: Ooh-ah-ooh!

Dayu

Dayu

Voiced by: Kate Elliott, Mildred Barrera (Latin American Spanish dub), Yuu Asakawa (Japanese dub)

A human/Nighlok who helps keep Master Xandred's headaches down with her music. She was once a human that was married to Deker, but when he died in a fire, she made a deal with Serrator to revive him at the cost of her humanity.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Her backstory is a lot more sympathetic than her Sentai counterpart. In Shinkenger Dayu was a Yandere obsessed with a man who didn't return the feelings and ended up committing arson and mass murder at his wedding, which corrupted her soul into becoming a Gedoushu. In this version, Dayu was Happily Married to Deker and gave up her soul as part of a Deal with the Devil in a desperate bid to safe his life, only for Deker to forever lose the memories of their love as part of said deal, and leaving them both cursed as Nighlocks.
• Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": She refers to her shamisen as a "Harmonium". (A harmonium is actually a free-standing keyboard instrument, similar to a reed organ.)
• Co-Dragons: With Octoroo to Master Xandred.
• Deadpan Snarker: She tends to make a quick remark when Octoroo comes up with a plan or expresses concern for Xandred.
• Deal with the Devil: Sold her soul to save Deker's life. She wasn't told until after the deal was complete that she doomed Deker to become a half Nighlok and forget her forever.
• Despair Event Horizon: After Deker is killed for good, she loses what little hope she had left of being with him again. In response, she uses the sadness in her music to revive Master Xandred so he can destroy humanity, as she has lost everything but her status as a Nighlock.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: She doesn't want Mia to pity her when she finds out that Mia saw her past.
• Happily Married: She and Deker were a married couple until a fire came down and killed Deker...and now Deker doesn't remember her.
• Hidden Depths: In "There Go the Brides", she seems to have bad wedding memories that motivate her to carry out the episode's plot; and "The Blue and the Gold" and "The Tengen Gate" hint that she and Deker have some history. "Broken Dreams" expands on this. See Deal with the Devil.
• It Was a Gift: Her shamisen was originally a guitar Deker gave her as a wedding gift.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Had this reaction when she realized her Deal with the Devil turned her beloved Deker into a half-human monster who will never remember her.
• No, You: Dayu gives one to Rofer early on.
  Rofer: Better watch what you say. If it wasn't for Master Xandred where would you be?
  (Throws a knife into a wall inches from his face)
  Dayu: It's actually you. You should watch what you say to me. You have no right to even talk to me, you big fisted, little brain, nitwit.
• Put Them All Out of My Misery: After Deker dies she gives up her life so Xandred can resurrect and destroy humanity as she has nothing left to live or exist for.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She ditched Xandred after he abused her a little too harshly and damaged her harmonium. He later lures her back.
• Tragic Villain: When a fire broke out in their home, Dayu was understandably terrified, especially since her husband Deker was nowhere to be seen. She eventually found him, but by the time she got him out of their house he was dying. Days called out for help, hoping for someone to come and help save him just as he died. Her cries eventually summoned Serrator, who tricked her into making a deal to bring him back to life, which resulted in her and Deker being turned into Nighloks, with Deker forgetting about his wife. It’s no wonder she turned evil after that.
• Who Wants to Live Forever?: Living forever with a broken heart sucks.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: She sold her humanity to resurrect Deker, only for him to come back as a monster with no memory of her. She crosses the Despair Event Horizon when Deker is killed, causing her to resurrect Xandred so he can wipe out humanity. In her own words, it's because she's got nothing left but being a Nighlok without Deker.

Deker

Deker

Portrayed by: Rick Medina

Voiced by: Leonardo García (Latin American Spanish dub), Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese dub)

A mysterious Nighlok that has a human form. He searches for a worthy opponent for the "Ultimate Duel", ultimately picking Jayden.

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• Affably Evil: Compared to the other Nighlok, Deker is not only quite reserved and stoic, but also fairly polite to the Power Rangers. Plus, even if his memory of her is gone, he still is nice to Dayu and has no problem working with her.
• Anti-Villain: Unlike the other Nighloks, he doesn’t fight to raise the Sanzu River to invade Earth. He doesn’t even attack humans, unless they are Power Rangers. His only goal is find a strong opponent that can challenge him, and break his half-Nighlok curse.
• Arch-Enemy: he's Jayden's, as their rivalry dominates a good portion of the plot.
• Adaptational Heroism: He's actually a good bit more sympathetic than Juzo was. This is demonstrated best with his betrayal of Serrator. In Sentai, Juzo betrayed Akumaro and reveled that he never cared for his family (which Akumaro believed he did) and he doesn't have a problem with the plan to unleash hell on earth itself only stopping it because he wanted to keep on killing and Akumaro could've deprived him of that. Here however, Deker does so because he has standards and thus is not as heartless as Serrator mistakenly thought he was.
• Alas, Poor Villain: While Jayden and the other rangers believe that Deker needed to go, some of them reluctantly lament that it had to be that way. Even Jayden states that his curse has been lifted in a tone that strikes of pity
• Amnesiac Lover: Thanks to Dayu's deal with the Nighlock to save his life, he's cursed to forget that they were lovers. Only at the end, does he finally remember who she is.
• Apocalypse Maiden: Serrator turned him into a half-Nighlok because such a being was the requirement for his plan to split open the world. When he learns of this, though, he turns against Serrator.
• Battle Couple: With Dayu, although he isn’t aware of their past. However, they team up and help each other quite often. Even if Deker doesn’t remember, they aren’t truly separated.
• Blood Knight: Exists solely to find the "ultimate duel" and a Worthy Opponent.
• Casting Gag: Deker viewing the Red Ranger as a Worthy Opponent is especially amusing considering Deker is played by a former Red Ranger.
• The Comically Serious: During his encounters with Antonio.
• Composite Character: His monster suit, rivalry with the team's Red, and obsession with his sword come from Juzo, but his relationship with Dayu comes from Shinza, a relatively minor character in Shinkenger.
• Cool Sword: Uramasa.
• Death by Irony: Deker initially considers the blue Ranger, Kevin, an inferior opponent, with their encounter in Super Samurai not helping his view. Guess who ultimately kills him to save Jayden.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: Juzo Fuwa dies after Takeru lands a fatal blow that cuts the former in half. In Samurai, its Blue Ranger Kevin that deals the fatal blow by shooting at Deker with his Water Bow.
• Disney Villain Death: At the end of his battle with Jayden, he's defeated and falls off a cliff.
• Dragon with an Agenda: He does come to serve Serrator, but only because the latter promised to fix his sword and has no interests in carrying out Serrator's plan of splitting the world. Once Deker got what he wanted from Serrator he betrays him and foils his plan before letting the rangers finish him off
• Even Evil Has Standards: His reasoning for stopping Serrator is that, while he does want to end his curse and face his Worthy Opponent, he's not going to condemn the world to a Fate Worse than Death to do so.
• Evil Counterpart: To Jayden, both are samurai who were tormented by fates they didn’t choose, but while Jayden fights to protect the world, Deker seeks to end his curse to find a worthy opponent.
• Go Out with a Smile: Dies smiling, finally at peace now that his curse is broken.
• Half-Human Hybrid: Explaining why he's able to come and go at will between Earth and the Sanzu River without drying out. He got this way by Dayu making a Deal with the Devil to save his life.
• Happily Married: He was married to Dayu until a fire broke out, killed him and Dayu sacrificed her soul for him to live...only to forget her.
• I Call Her "Vera": His sword is named Uramasa. Don't worry about remembering that, though. He tells you roughly every other line of dialogue.
• It Was a Gift: Uramasa was Dayu's wedding gift to him.
• Killed Off for Real: Eventually Jayden and Deker duel for one final time, and is defeated at the end, forever freed of his curse.
• Memento MacGuffin: Urumasa was Dayu's wedding gift to him when they were married. And he doesn't even remember.
• Noble Demon: Has a sense of honor and refuses to fight Jayden until they can have a true fight at full strength. Serrator's failure to notice this sense of honor (He honestly believed Deker would go along with his plan)leads to his downfall.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Towards Jayden although he isn't exactly looking to win the fight, merely to have the ultimate duel opponent. Win or lose, Deker gets what he wants. If any other Nighlok stands in his way, he’ll fight through them.
• Pet the Dog: He has quite a few.
  • During his introduction, he rescues Dayu from what would’ve been a fatal blow from The Rangers, despite not remembering who exactly she was. While this is partially to introduce himself to the rangers, he could've easily let her be killed and then do so.
  • Shortly before their battle in The Ultimate Duel, Deker gives Jayden 24 hours to rest from his last battle.
• The Rival: Declares Jayden to be his rival in Episode 6.
• The Social Darwinist: Played With. While Deker is an honourable fighter, who firmly believes in fighting fairly, he is somewhat dismissive of teamwork, believing the lone warrior fights best, at their best without any distractions.
• Shout-Out: He wields a reverse blade sword just like another wandering swordsman.
• Spell My Name With An S: It's Deker, not Dekker or Decker, no matter how cool the two latter spellings may seem.
• The Stoic: Deker never seems to lose his cool, even when he’s at a struggle.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: After he defeats Jayden rather easily in Trust Me, he becomes more irritable and condescending towards the Rangers compared to how formal he was before.
• Tragic Villain: Dayu's attempt to save him resulted in him becoming an incurable Blood Knight constantly tormented by his blood lust. He has spent centuries searching for a Worthy Opponent to have the ultimate duel with so his suffering can end. At the same time, he's also forced to forget his wife Dayu, denying him any reprieve no matter how brief. Being so sympathetic, it is only more tragic when he can't be saved except in death.

Serrator

Serrator

Voiced by: Derek Judge, Héctor Miranda (Latin American Spanish dub), Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese dub)

The legendary Nighlok king. While serving allegiance to Master Xandred, he had his own agenda on what to for the Sanzu River. He was also the Nighlok who turned Dayu and Deker into Nighloks themselves.

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• Adaptational Jerkass: Though his Sentai counterpart is a piece of crap, Akumaro's Faux Affably Evil attitude is a bit toned down, making Serrator more willing to openly mock his foes and pawns. He also showed a more sadistic streak when it comes to his cursing of humans.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Not by much and not that Serrator is a good guy or anything but compared to Akumaro his Super Sentai counterpart who wanted to open a portal to hell to kill everyone, and while Serrator's plan to flood the Earth would have killed billions, his intention was to rule Earth rather than destroy it like Akumaro.
• Ax-Crazy: Serrator is a deranged madman who loves inflicting suffering on people and was willing to endanger both worlds and billions of live just to rule over them. Exaggerated when he suffers a Villainous Breakdown where he drops his Faux Affably Evil demeanor and goes on a full rampage trying to kill the rangers.
• Bad Boss: He doesn't give a damn about the deaths of his monsters as the misery they have collected has already been utilized and their defeats won't reverse his plan.
• The Berserker: Post Villainous Breakdown, he wants everyone to feel his wrath for instantly ruining his two century long plan.
• Big Bad Ensemble: Shares the role of main antagonist with Xandred for Super Samurai.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Serrator has all the makings to be a Big Bad due to being The Chessmaster who orchestrated the series events. The only problem is that Xandred is a far more powerful enemy than Serrator where the Nighlok king is forced to flee when Xandred arrives on Earth and dies before Xandred who officially takes the role as Sole Big Bad.
• Blood Knight: He mentions not having a good fight for a while, taking joy in fighting the rangers.
• Catch and Return: Has a habit of catching the Ranger's Finishing Move and throwing it right back at them. In his final battle, he manages to do this to the Gigazord's Finishing Move!
• The Chessmaster: He has orchestrated most of the series events so that they will all lead to the Earth being cracked and the Sanzu River rushing in.
• Deal with the Devil: The devil making the deal, in this case; he's the Nighlok who cursed both Dayu and Deker. Makes another one with them later to fix their respective items in exchange for working for him.
• Diagonal Cut: Is bisected down the middle once in his Mega Monster form, but only starts sliding apart a few seconds after the slash and gets in some last words.
• Death by Irony: As he lampshades with his dying words, he intended to split the earth in two, only for the Rangers to do it to him.
• The Dragon: Swears his loyalty to Xandred, though he's shown the occasional sign of being The Starscream. Finally, he makes his move and breaks away himself.
• Dragon Ascendant: While Xandred is temporarily taken out of commission.
• Dragon-in-Chief: Takes control of the Nighlok forces for most of his tenure and is much more competent a general than Xandred bothers to be. The only catch is that Xandred remains a very, very large physical threat.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Twice, oddly enough. First was in Dayu's memory/dream in "Broken Dreams", and later in the flesh in the early-aired "Clash of the Red Rangers".
• Evil Laugh: One of his favorite tropes.
• Eviler than Thou: He manages to pull this on Master Xandred. as much of a Bad Boss and a terrible Jerkass Xandred was, at least he didn't come up with a plan that involves cracking the Earth that would inevitably kill billions of humans and Nighlok alike as Serrator did.
• Faux Affably Evil: Though not to the extent of his Sentai counterpart, Serrator has a teach-like demeanor and an eloquent way of speaking to his foes, though that doesn't militate the fact that he's a monster who relishes the agony that he inflicts on them
• Genius Bruiser: He's a very cerebral threat to the rangers, as well as a physical one.
• Greater-Scope Villain: Serrator seems to be this to Xandred, due to being the Nighlok king, despite the master's superiority.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: The Rangers bisect him down the middle to finish him off.
• The Heavy: Serrator is much more active in driving the plot than Xandred. Having cursed both Deker and Dayu, Serrator is responsible for setting up the conflict between Deker and Jayden as well as indirectly giving Master Xandred the means to go to the human realm and combat the sealing spell.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Due to being a half-Nighlok, Serrator actually believed that Deker didn't care if his plan to split open the Earth would kill billions as long as he was freed from his curse. He is proven horribly wrong.
• Hypocrite: When Deker foils his plan, Serrator calls him as heartless as any Nighlok. Ignoring that Deker made it clear he didn't want to destroy the world, he has no room to talk due to being 100 times in the heartless department than Deker ever would.
• Informed Attribute: He's referred to as the legendary Nighlok king who was responsible for cursing Dayu and Deker. However, his title of being the king of the Nighloks only gets brought up twice and no explanation is ever given as to how he received that title, despite being overall weaker in strength than Master Xandred.
• Karmic Death: Lampshaded by Serrator himself where he attempted to split Earth in half only get split in half by the rangers themselves.
• Kick the Dog: In his official debut episode, "Something Fishy", in order to show his power to Master Xandred, Serrator destroys an entire army of his own moogers. Later admits to Dayu that he thoroughly enjoyed the Deal with the Devil he made with her to save Deker's life, ruining both their lives in the process.
• Knight of Cerebus: The series wasn't entirely lighthearted, but aside from Xandred, Serrator and his Nighlok are even more vicious and vile than those that came before. Not only that, but he's also one of the most powerful enemies the Rangers have faced.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Even he knows better than to fight Master Xandred head-on. When Xandred comes to Earth and attacks him, he is quick to retreat.
• Manipulative Bastard: He exploits the feelings of the vulnerable to further his plans.
• Meaningful Name: A crocodile-themed Nighlok who's name is a pun on "serrated".
• Mook Maker: Seems to be able to spawn Moogers, like Xandred. Can also use his claws to cut a sheet of paper into the giant Papyrax.
• Near-Villain Victory: He not only succeeds in betraying Master Xandred, but escapes before Xandred could punish him. His plan was also a close call, only failing due to Deker not sharing the same goals as he.
• Sadist: He takes appalling delight in the suffering that he has brought upon his victims, with Dayu and Dekker being prominent examples.
• Sanity Slippage: After Deker betrays him, his normal composure dissolves and he goes from a meticulous Chessmaster to The Berserker, firing randomly in all directions and single-mindedly attempting to destroy the Rangers. Even after going Mega Monster and recovering some of his composure, his voice is noticeably deeper and more unhinged.
• Satanic Archetype: He's essentially the Nighlok version of the Devil. Originally a high-ranking figure who was cast down, he now lurks in the shadows making deals that would inevitably screw his victims. He pretends to work for a more powerful authoritarian, harboring plans to usurp him and become the ruling figure once more.
• Slasher Smile: His only expression.
• Smug Snake: While he is a genuinely intelligent foe to the Rangers his assumption that Deker would immediately join his to kill billions of beings ultimately proves to be Serrator's downfall.
• The Sociopath: Loyal only to himself, uncaring of human and Nighlok alike, a master manipulator, and sick joy in cursing or killing? Yep. He's definitely one.
• The Starscream: He was plotting to get rid of Xandred and reclaim his place as the Nighlok king.
• This Cannot Be!: His reaction to Xandred coming to deal with him personally. Has a far more serious one when Deker betrays him.
• Villainous Breakdown: After Deker betrays him, he goes completely insane, firing randomly in all directions and his normal Evil Laugh becoming even more unhinged. While he recovers somewhat during his Mega Monster form, his voice becomes slightly deeper and more unhinged.
• Vocal Evolution: In "Broken Dreams", he spoke with a gravelly voice that sounded not too different from that of Grizzaka's (whom Derek Judge voiced two seasons ago). In his later appearances, as well as in "Clash of the Red Rangers", however, he spoke with a deep and dark menacing voice, more befitting his personality and appearance.
• Wolverine Claws: While his fingers are pretty damn sharp already, he can also enlarge his entire hands for more power, as seen in his first scuffle with the Rangers.

Mooks and Monsters

Mooks

Moogers

Fish faced soldiers under Master Xandred's leadership.

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• Conservation of Ninjutsu: The Moogers' difficulty seems linked to the number of them. In "There Go the Brides", a small group of them are able to give the Samurai Megazord a good deal of trouble without a Nighlok backing them up, where the larger groups normally supporting the Nighloks are taken out much more easily.
• Cool Sword: Most wield swords for combat.
• Mooks: For Samurai. They even have different variants depending on the battle.
  • On some occasions, there are Giant Moogers that join the monsters in the Megazord fight.
  • In "Jayden's Challenge", we're introduced by Robtish to Flying Giant Moogers.
  • In "Trust Me", we're introduced by Maldan to ''Master Blaster" Moogers.
• The Straight and Arrow Path: Some wield bow and arrows for combat.
• Toilet Humor: "Moogers" looks and sounds an awful lot like "boogers", doesn't it?

Spitfangs

Crocodile like Nighloks foot soldiers.

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• Dem Bones: Resemble crocodile skulls.
• Mooks: The second set of mooks, although they're not used as much like the Moogers.
• Playing with Fire: Their main method of attacking is shooting fire.

Papyrox

Giant Nighlok soldiers Serrator creates from special paper.

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• Degraded Boss: The first one was quite a challenge for the rangers. In later appearances, the rangers are able to defeat them using special tactics.
• Giant Mook: They were seen only as giants.
• Power Pincers: Some of them have these.

Nighlok Monsters

In General:

• Adapted Out: Chinomanako, Hachouchin, Kugutsukai, Nakinakite, Sasamatage, and Urawadachi are the only monsters not to be adapted.
• Hurricane of Puns: A lot of the Nighloks talk this way.
• Make My Monster Grow: The Nighlok's have two lives. Destroy them on the ground (first life), and they'll grow giant-sized (second life).
• Villain Episode: "Party Monsters", a Clip Show that focuses on the spirits of the deceased Nighloks and Moogers throwing a Halloween party and trading war stories about their battles with the rangers and how they were defeated by them.
• Villain Has a Point: "Party Monsters" is a Halloween Episode featuring the spirits of the deceased Nighloks up to that point attending their first annual afterlife Halloween party and telling their stories to one another about their battles with the Samurai Rangers. Robtish, Negatron, and Madimot all make a very good point when they point out the fact that they are all ghosts because they were all destroyed by the Rangers. Even Desperaino tells Steeleto that Madimot was right about all of them having been sent to Nighlok Heaven by them.
  Steeleto: Party poopers! How did we miss a monster celebration? We should remember the good times.
  Desperaino: But (Madimot) has a point. This party's full of losers. All of us! Even these Moogers were sent to the afterlife by the Rangers.
  Steeleto: I hate to admit it, but you're right.
• Youkai: The Nighloks are modelled after actual creatures from Japanese folklore.

Tooya

Voiced by: Wesley Dowdell

A faced-themed Nighlok and the first of his kind to face the Samurai Rangers.

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• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Dual Wielding: Wields two swords.
• Playing with Fire: Can fire orange fireballs from his mouth.
• Starter Villain: The first Nighlok monster the Rangers had to face against.

Scorpionic

Voiced by: Phil Brown

A scorpion-themed Nighlok.

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• BFS: Wields a large sword with a sickle tip.
• Blow You Away: Can create a whirlwind by using his tail.
• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Scary Scorpions: He is based on a scorpion.

Rofer

Voiced by: Mark Wright

A rubber-themed Nighlok.

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• Bare-Fisted Monk: Uses his fists instead of weapons.
• Body Motifs: Hands. His body looks like it’s being molded by a pair of giant hands, and he has two large fists that he uses in combat.
• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Rubber Man: Rofer can stretch his arms over vast distances to punch his opponents with his Power Fists.

Doubletone

Voiced by: Gerald Urquhart

A two-toned tiger-themed Nighlok sent by Octoroo to increase the River by doing what he loves best, making others cry.

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• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Deal with the Devil: His whole schtick is making (and later breaking) promises in exchange for his victim giving up his/her dream.
• Faux Affably Evil: Pretends to be a nice guy so that Ryan can make a deal with him. Once the garbage truck comes and collects Ryan’s baseball gear after he makes it clear he won’t be holding up his end, Doubletone laughs at his misery. Even before then, his very first line was about what crybabies humans were.
• Making a Splash: Can use water from both of his sides, although his right side contains Sanzu River water.
• Panthera Awesome: He is based on a tiger.

Dreadhead

Voiced by: Ross Girven

A Western Cowboy/dreadlock themed Nighlok.

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• Bowdlerise: Because Dreadhead's shotgun looks realistic, some scenes were edited to cover the barrels.
• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Catchphrase: Likes to describe things as “useless.”
• The Gunslinger: Dreadhead carries a Sawed-Off Shotgun.
• Intangible Man: Physical attacks are useless against him as he'll just faze right through them. The only way to defeat him is with energy-based projectiles (which is difficult for a team that uses melee weapons a lot).
• Shotguns Are Just Better: His main weapon is a shotgun, with a blade attached.

Negatron

Voiced by: David Van Horn

A three-eyed Mouth/insult-themed Nighlok.

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• Body Motifs: Negatron is themed after Mouths.
• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Eye Laser: Can fire a laser beam from his three eyes on his back.
• Words Can Break My Bones: Negatron is able to send people flying by reading their minds for their worst self-doubts and verbally insulting them.

Yamiror

Voiced by: Peter Gentil

A monkey/poison tree-themed Nighlok created when lightning struck toxic waste.

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• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Cool Sword: Wields a fan sword.
• Poisonous Person: He has this ability, via toxic breath.

Madimot

Voiced by: Robert Mignault

A mind control-themed Nighlok.

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• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Mind Control: Uses this on Kevin and the Tiger Zord.
• Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Has one.
• Smug Snake: He likes to call himself the "baddest of the bad." Needless to say, he's not as much of a threat as he believes he is.
• Whip of Dominance: Uses a whip to order around his People Puppets, like a lion tamer.

Desperaino

Voiced by: Robert Mignault

A despair/rain/umbrella-themed Nighlok.

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• All There in the Manual: Was never named in the show. SamuraiCast.com lists him as Desperaino, which was used in "Party Monsters".
• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Catchphrase: Always describes the misery he causes as “delightful despair.”
• Flight: By opening up his umbrella, he can fly very high to the point the Rangers cannot strike him. It took an unorthodox method by Mike and the newly formed Samurai Battlewing to take him down.
• Weather Manipulation: His main gimmick is the ability to create rainstorms that rob people of hope.

Robtish

Voiced by: Peter Daube

A Warrior-themed Scottish accented Nighlok.

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• BFS: Has one as his main weapon.
• Brave Scot: Has a Scottish accent for some reason.
• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Informed Ability: According to Octoroo, Robtish is feared even by other Nighlok. Didn't seem like it in Party Monsters since the other deceased Nighloks seem to get along well with him, and vise versa.
• Spikes of Villainy: Covered in them.

Vulpes

Voiced by: Ari Boyland

A Tengu/Fox/spy-themed Nighlok sent by Master Xandred to spy on Jayden to find out of his Symbol power.

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• Attack Reflector: With his mirror, he can copy the Ranger's attacks and reflect them right back at them.
• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Invisibility: He has this ability, but it only lasts until he gets hit (or say the Octo Zord sprays ink all over him).
• Magic Mirror: Used one to screw with Jayden from the safety of the Sanzu River.

Steeleto

Voiced by: John Leigh

An Amikiri/Blade-themed Nighlok who attacked the Rangers to avenge Vulpes' death.

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• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Dual Wielding: Wields two swords.
• Spikes of Villainy: Is covered in them, and he can use them as bladed Combat Tentacles or shoot them.
• Villainous Friendship: He twice refers to Vulpes as his "Nighlok buddy".

Antberry

Voiced by: Barnie Duncan/Dean Young (credited in Party Monsters)

A Slime-themed Nighlok Octoroo summoned to steal the children's toys and place them into a magic well.

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• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Covered In Slime: His entire body is covered in slime, to the point where it spills over to nearly everything he touches.

Splitface

Voiced by: Simon McKinney

A Mouth/Spirit Stealing-themed Nighlok who steals peoples' spirits.

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• Big "NO!": His final words.
• Detachment Combat: Taken to an extreme with him as he can explode into dozens of ricocheting spheres. Mike described it as being "like dodgeball with teeth".
• Near-Villain Victory: He's the closest out of all the Nighlok monsters to actually win as after he collected enough souls, he went back to the Netherworld where he was safe. If it weren't for Antonio finding a way without turning the Rangers into Nighloks themselves, Splitface would have dealt a major win for the villains.
• Your Soul Is Mine!: Can steal peoples' souls, and if he's not defeated by sunset, they will never wake up.

Arachnitor

Voiced by: Simon McKinney

A spider-themed Nighlok.

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• All Webbed Up: Can fire red energy from his mouth that can turn into webbing. He can even electrify the webs.
• The Bus Came Back: After disappearing in Boxed In, Arachnitor returned in the second half of Super Samurai in the first episode.
• Combat Tentacles: In his upgraded form, Arachnitor can bring forth red tentacles from his torso.
• Power Pincers: Has razor-sharp pincers for hands to use in combat.
• The Speechless: After he is mutated for his treason, he lost his ability to speak, which led us to a battle almost free of wisecracking.
• The Starscream: He is an interesting example of a Monster of the Week as he actually tried his hand at becoming Starscreamy to Master Xandred. Sadly, his attempt to overthrow him and become the new leader of the Nighloks didn't end so well for him, and he ended up being mutated through Cold-Blooded Torture as punishment for his betrayal.
• The Worf Effect: After his upgrade, he was a tough opponent until Antonio unlocked the Black Box's powers for the Rangers.

Rhinosnorus

Voiced by: Campbell Cooley

A rhino/sleep-themed Nighlok.

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• The Bus Came Back: One of the monsters that returned for Party Monsters.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In Shinkenger, he was destroyed by the Daikai ShinkenOh with the Ika Tenkuu Buster. Because the Claw Armor Megazord and the Samurai Battle Cannon were not supposed to appear until the Super season, he was instead destroyed by the Samurai Megazord.
• Dream Walker: Can hop into the dreams he traps others in.
• Forced Sleep: His mist blower can trap people in dreams, which he can hop into to eat their dream counterparts and trap them in permanent sleep. The only way to wake them up is to destroy the mist blower.

General Gut

Voiced by: John Dybvig

A stomach-themed Nighlok and one of Master Xandred's best warriors.

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• One-Winged Angel: In his second life, General Gut starts out as he looked in his first life, but when the Battlewing Megazord lands what appears to be the fatal blow on him, he goes from his overweight golden form to a much more in-shape blue form with a neck-extending serpent attached to his crotch.
• Smug Super: He loves calling himself a great leader, and it's not surprising that he's one of Master Xandred's best warriors. He even believes that the serpent attached to his groin in his One-Winged Angel form is indestructible... and the rangers prove him wrong when the Sharkzord bites it off.
• This Cannot Be!: Screams this when the Sharkzord severs the serpent attached to his crotch from it.
  IMPOSSIBLE! That serpent was INDESTRUCTIBLE!

Sharkjaw

Voiced by: Dean Young

A shark/cat-themed Nighlok.

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• Cats Are Mean: Half of his Animal Motif.
• Threatening Shark: Half of his Animal Motif.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Disappears after returning to the Netherworld.
• Wolverine Claws: He uses claws in place of weapons.

Sergeant Tread

Voiced by: Geoff Dolan

A Nighlok with wheels for hands and one of Master Xandred's best warriors.

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• Deadly Disc: His Tread Wheels.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In Shinkenger he was used as a Human Shield by Pollution President Batcheed (Professor Cog's counterpart) in giant form as the two tried to escape the Shinkenger/Go-Onger team into the moon base. In Power Rangers, he was destroyed by Jayden and Scott.

Armadeevil

Voiced by: Mark Mitchinson

A rat/shell-themed Nighlok.

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• Adaptational Badass: He was able to withstand the Ranger's hot-cold combo in his second life, unlike his Shinkenger counterpart.
• Adaptational Late Appearance: His Sentai counterpart appears in the 16th episode of Shinkenger, but Armadeevil doesn't appear until Super Samurai.
• Adaptational Personality Change: He has a very arrogant and prideful personality, compared to his timid and gloomy Sentai counterpart.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In Shinkenger he was destroyed by the Tora ShinkenOh after the Ranger's hot-cold combo on his shell, but in Power Rangers, he was destroyed by the Claw Armor Megazord and the Samurai Battlewing Cannon.
• Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball: Much like Power Rangers' original super-armored armadillo monster, Soccadillo, he can do this.
• Made of Iron: His strong armor.
• Smug Super: He loves his nearly-impenetrable shell so much that he simply won't hesitate to tell you his beliefs that he's completely invincible and tell you that you lose to him, no matter what. The Rangers prove him wrong when they destroy him both times.

Switchbeast

Voiced by: Dean Young

A cat/knight-themed Nighlok sent as a herald for Serrator.

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• Body Swap: His main power, though an odd variant: he prods a person and an inanimate object with his stinger-tentacles, trapping the mind within.
• Double Weapon: Armed with a double-sided baton for battle.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Mike was able to abuse his body-swapping powers by having him swap his mind into a soccer ball for Emily to kick him around.

Eyescar

Voiced by: Mark Williams

An eye/tentacle/Dorotabou-themed Nighlok sent to the human world by Octoroo to kidnap Antonio and Mentor Ji in order to lure the Rangers into a trap.

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Crustor

Voiced by: Stephen Brunton

A fire/crust-themed Nighlok sent by Serrator to find the Bull Zord.

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• Death by Irony: Was destroyed by the Zord he was sent to collect.
• Playing with Fire: Can shoot fire from his body.

Skarf

Voiced by: Adam Gardiner

A Nighlok sent by Serrator to cause misery with his long arms by eating people’s possessions.

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• Big Eater: It's what allowed him to access his Stone Wall powers by eating a lot.
• Extendable Arms: He can elongate his arms to eat objects or to attack people.
• Stone Wall: His second life granted him halves of an impenetrable Tiki face shield.

Duplicator

Voiced by: Joel Tobeck

A narcissistic Nighlok sent by Serrator.

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• BFS: Wields a long blue sword.
• Me's a Crowd: Exactly What It Says on the Tin
• Weaksauce Weakness: Bright light is the only way to destroy his clones

Granitor

Voiced by: Charlie McDermott

A Nighlok sent by Serrator to cause misery by using his evil black sand to make people so hungry that they will eat and eat and drink and drink until they explode.

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• Big Eater: Plays with this a bit, in that he throws magic dirt on people, and they can't stop eating.
• Death by Gluttony: His master plan is to have people eat until their stomachs burst, something he takes glee in.

Epoxar

Voiced by: Mark Wright

A Nighlok who is able to shoot a special glue from his shoulder.

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• Improbable Weapon User: Wields a giant fork.
• Shoulder Cannon: How he shoots his glue.
• Sticky Situation: Can inflict this on others with his glue gun. He traps Mike and Kevin together with it, then Bulk and Spike, and later the remaining Samurai Rangers.

Maldan

Voiced by: Michael Morris

A Nighlok who assisted Master Xandred and Octoroo in developing the Laser Blasters for the Master Blasters.

• Frontline General: Likes to watch his Master Blasters at work from up close, and isn’t afraid to get his own hands dirty.
• The Gunslinger: Wields a laser rifle in battle, just like his men.

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Trickster

Voiced by: Mark Mitchinson

A Nighlok who can make people think about horror movies.

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• The Unfought: In actuality, he never truly fought against the Rangers. Only his movie version did.

Gred

Voiced by: James Coleman

A Christmas present-themed humbug of a Nighlok.

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• Dual Wielding: Wields two swords.

Pestilox

Voiced by: John Tui

A Nighlok that serves Serrator in his plan to flood the Sanzu River into the human world.

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• Pest Controller: He is able to use his swarm of insects to fly into screaming human's bellies and cause them to have stomach pains.

Fiera

Voiced by: Chelsea McEwan Millar

A bird-like Nighlok who was given the task of destroying Jayden.

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• Death by Irony: Was sent to kill the Red Ranger, only to be destroyed by the Red Ranger. Both Red Rangers.
• Kill It with Fire: What her mission was. Octoroo provides her with the Fire Flashers, fireballs that she can shoot at her opponents though they only actually affect the Red Ranger.

Gigertox

Voiced by: Paul Harrop

A tentacle/mouth-theme Nighlok sent by Octoroo to cause enough fear to awaken Master Xandred.

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• Combat Tentacles: Can launch a supply of tentacles to wrap his enemies with.
• My Death Is Only The Beginning: While the Rangers destroyed him, he did collect enough fear for Octoroo so Xandred could be awakened quicker.
• Playing with Fire: Can shoot fireballs in his Dark Serpent form.
• One-Winged Angel: Thanks to Octoroo giving up his second life to him, he was able to access a third life in the form of a Dark Serpent.
• Wolverine Claws: Has one on his left arm.

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