History Mooks / LiveActionTV

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce The Armada]] used X-Borgs and Crushers; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Sledge, Heckyl & Snide, and later Arcanon]] used Vivix and Spikeballs; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel Galvanax and later Madame Odious]] used Kudabots; [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox]] used Tronics; and [[Series/PowerRangersDinoFury Void Knight]] uses Hengemen. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

** ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' put a unique spin on this trope by having its Mooks be pseudo-Kamen Riders; in this case, the Riotroopers used a mass-produced and scaled-back version of Faiz's own gear. "Mook Riders" would go on to appear in a few later series including ''Gaim'', ''Ex-Aid'', and ''Wizard'', though the latter only happens in TheMovie.

** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' had the Rat Fangire, a MonsterOfTheWeek who first appeared in 1986; he escaped destruction and survived all the way to 2008, gaining the ability to perform a DoppelgangerAttack. Naturally, the fact that there were multiple costumes made for this means the Rat Fangire became ''Kiva'''s representative Mook in later crossovers.

** In the [[MilestoneCelebration 999th and 1000th]] episodes of the Kamen Rider franchise, we get Mookdom taken to its logical conclusion: In ''Series/KamenRiderOOO,'' the main villains create the MonsterOfTheWeek from people's desires. [[spoiler: This one's created from the ''rage'' of a former Shocker Combatant whose name actually ''is'' "Mook" ("In Sendo" -- see above) who is pissed at the years and years and years of Mooks having their butts handed to them by Kamen Riders. He goes on to spawn a small army of footsoldiers from across franchise history... or rather, Yummies (''OOO's'' monsters) in the form of them.]] Apparently, foot soldier job satisfaction is about as low as you'd expect... but they take pride in it.

** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'': The Gamma have a form of hierarchy, with the Mooks being those who are too weak to evolve into stronger forms and are subservient to those who can.

** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': Magias, hacked [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots Humagears]] that serve as the MonsterOfTheWeek, have the ability to extend wires that can convert other nearby Humagears into weaker Trilobite Magias.

** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': The two main field commandos of the Deadmans, Julio and Olteca, usually carry around a Giff Junior Vistamp to summon mooks by stamping it on the ground.
* In TheSixties spy series ''Series/TheManFromUncle'', THRUSH employs metric tons of {{Mooks}}. They even wear uniforms and have distinct ranks of officers (whether commissioned or non-commissioned is left up in the air) and other ranks, usually distinguished by their uniforms when both types appear.
* ''Series/MetalHeroes'' has had the villains use {{Mooks}} on occasion.

* Just about every evil organization in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has an army of mooks whose purpose most of the time is to [[CannonFodder keep the heroes busy]] or assist the MonsterOfTheWeek in causing havoc, as they are in many {{Tokusatsu}} shows.
** The Zolders in ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'' were the first, black-suited ninja-like grunts which came in large hordes. They were actually shown to be pretty effective against most opponents, as long as they weren't the Gorangers or the occasional BadassNormal.
** An episode of ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' had the [[TheEmpire Galactic Imperial Army Zone]] celebrate a holiday called "Topsy Turvy Day", in which the hierarchy of Zone from TheDragon all the way down to the {{Mooks}} is reversed. This meant that the Batzlers, the Zone mook force, were in charge of the Zone while [[TheDragon Garoa]] and his fellow executives effectively became ''their'' mooks for a day.
** Just about every [[MonsterOfTheWeek Alienizer]] in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' uses Anaroids, MechaMooks for sale dealt out by [[ArmsDealer Agent Abrella]]. ''Dekaranger'' also introduced a multi-tiered Mook ranking system with stronger variants of Anaroids called [[MookLieutenant Batsuroids]], and even stronger variants called [[EliteMooks Igaroids]].
** Although ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' had [[BigBadEnsemble four different]] villain factions, only two of them used Mooks. The Gordom Civilization made use of the golem-like Karths, which were easy to produce but were CannonFodder most of the time, while the Jaryuu Clan had Dragonoid Soldiers, which were smarter and stronger than the Karths but were also easy to mow down. Dark Shadow also occasionally [[MookCarryover borrowed]] Karths, while the Questers never needed them, being made up of two [[OneManArmy One-Man Armies]].
** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' even has Mooks on the side of good with the Kuroko (stagehands. ItMakesSenseInContext.)
** In ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'''s movie ''Film/KaizokuSentaiGokaigerTheMovieTheFlyingGhostShip'', the Gokaigers face a multi-seasonal army of grunts who have Mook Pride. When looked down upon as cannon fodder, they insisted that they weren't just goons, they were ''valiant warriors of evil!'' They're told that they ''are'' just cannon fodder, and go on to experience typical mook results when the Gokaigers lay into them. They merge into a giant gestalt Mook, but quickly fall to infighting and get destroyed because, as Captain Marvelous puts it, "Once a mook, always a mook!"
*** Funnily enough, the main spokesmook was a [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Nanashi]]. They didn't talk in ''Shinkenger.''
*** Ironically, the only mooks ''not'' present for the aforementioned giant gestalt Mook (the Combined Combatant) were the Gormin, the foot soldiers of the current season[[note]]aside from EliteMooks, the only other footsoldiers not represented in the Combined Combatant are the [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Dragonoid Soldier Jaryuu]], mainly due to the fact that ''Boukenger'' was already represented in the aforementioned Combatant by the Karths[[/note]].
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce The Armada]] used X-Borgs and Crushers; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Sledge, Heckyl & Snide, and later Arcanon]] used Vivix and Spikeballs; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel Galvanax and later Madame Odious]] used Kudabots; [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox]] used Tronics; and [[Series/PowerRangersDinoFury Void Knight]] uses Hengemen. Whew.[[/labelnote]]
** Some Power Rangers seasons reuse Sentai mooks, while others use originals. Simple rule: if Rangers most often fight them unmorphed, they are originals (Z Putties, Piranhatrons…) Otherwise, Sentai footage will be reused, and most fight happen while morphed.
** Starting with ''Series/PowerRangersSPD,'' there is sometimes a multi-layer cannon fodder system where you've got your generic mooks, your rarer but tougher mooks, and even an {{Elite Mook|s}} that's as good as or even ''tougher'' than the MonsterOfTheWeek. However, expect the higher levels to stop being so tough ''very'' soon after they appear.
** The Putties had lots of personality too. Seriously, Jason even encountered a particularly smart one that could ''drive''.
** The Hengemen from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' are an interesting case, as they originally fought for the heroes until Void Knight got a hold of the key that controls them in the first episode.
** The password for a computer program made by ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' Blue Ranger Rocky was "mook." This password would be visibly typed in by a Machine Empire MechaMook called a Cog in order to steal the software and create the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monster]] Silo.
** The whole concept of Mooks being easy for the heroes to defeat was even {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in one episode by [[BigBad King Mondo]], where he complained, "What's the point of building more Cogs when the Rangers are just going to reduce them to scrap metal?!" (This led to a henchman getting an idea which was sort of a new approach, but it still didn't work in the end.)
** The Mooks do get glory at times, though; the finale episodes of ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo]]'', ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'', ''[[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'', and ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' all featured armies of Mooks storming the rangers' home bases, and ultimately destroying them. In the ''Lost Galaxy'' finale, the Stingwingers were used by Trakeena as '''[[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]]'''(!), and they even destroyed the Centaurus and Stratoforce Megazords by swarming them and then detonating!
** And their usefulness is lampshaded in one episode of ''[[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Operation Overdrive]]''; one of the Big Bads, Kamdor, notes that while he can create monsters, Flurious and Moltor both have armies of foot soldiers. And it's proven earlier in the episode that numbers make a big difference; if the Rangers hadn't shown up, he and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Miratrix would have likely been defeated. Kamdor subsequently brainwashes a group of stuntmen playing ninjas to fight for himself, but while they help, the spell only lasts for that one episode.

* The Jaffa of ''Series/StargateSG1''. Extensive work in both [[WordOfGod canon]] and {{fanon}} has been done to [[JustifiedTrope justify]] this, mostly with weaknesses that could be removed once they changed sides;
** Biology: As long as a Jaffa isn't decapitated or [[LudicrousGibs ripped apart]] and his symbiote isn't killed, he'll usually [[GoodThingYouCanHeal heal completely within a week.]] They thus willingly charge in blindly due to..
** Training: Jaffa are conditioned from birth to see their leaders as gods who will reward them for their service in the afterlife - and thus [[ZergRush rush their enemies on command]]. [[WeHaveReserves They have reserves]], and young, ignorant soldiers are less likely to rebel.
** Armament: Staff weapons fire energy bolts which are [[BangBangBANG loud]], flashy, and inflict distinctive wounds, but are really hard to aim, rarely do damage beyond twenty meters and fire only once a second. People with ''decades'' of training such as Teal'c and Master Bra'tac can hit a human-sized target at range two times out of three. Fanon is that they are purposefully AwesomeButImpractical - modified to produce louder, brighter bolts at the cost of range, accuracy ''and'' power.
----> '''O'Neil''': '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlCVW_ouL8 This]]...''''' (lifts a [[SlowLaser staff weapon]]) ''is a weapon of '''terror'''. It's made to... '''[[WeaponForIntimidation intimidate]]''' the enemy.'' (throws staff weapon away) '''''This''' (lifts the P90) is a weapon of '''war.''' It is made to '''[[BoringButPractical kill]]''' your enemy.''
*** Once the marines wind up at a rebel training camp, they give them [[GunsOfFiction/SubmachineGuns FN-P90s]] and [[SpaceMarine decent training]]. It's the birth of the Free Jaffa Nation!
*** O'Neil outright stated that their armor and weapons were designed for intimidation, not killing. The Ori solders, who use simpler weapons that were designed for killing and ease of use, are so much deadlier despite being mostly untrained peasants, though still blindly fanatical mooks that die by the hundreds.
* The sheriff's men from ''Series/RobinOfSherwood''. The Merry MenOfSherwood killed ten or so per episode. It really got to the point where you had to wonder what kind of recruitment package was being offered.
* Most of the villains in ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' have gangs of hired goons, mercenaries, or thugs to back them up. In particular, Rance Burgess and Adelei Niska seem to have their own personal armies.

* Subverted by ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', volume 4: when a Mook is sacrificed by Danko to keep his plans moving, Nathan tells him about the Mook's wife and children.
* Most of the {{Big Bad}}s in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had Mooks of one sort or another. Generally vampires, but the First had its Bringers and Glory had her demons.
** In "Once More With Feeling", they were also trained dancers.
** Buffy calls the mercenary demon from the episode "Flooded" a mook when he breaks her designer lamp.
* The named warriors of Season 3 of ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'' are always accompanied by four Mooks, who never survive the sim. UsefulNotes/JesseJames vs. UsefulNotes/AlCapone of Season 2 also had three mooks each, [[spoiler: though it's subverted by there being another survivor alongside Jesse James, who's often speculated to be Jesse's big brother Frank.]].
* ''Series/WMACMasters'' had generic ninjas who would be sent into the middle of a match to attack one of the fighters who'd performed some kind of violation, but they were usually little more than a nuisance.
* An early 1990s SNL sketch shows footage from an action movie of a hero beating up a group of ninjas. Afterwards they try to evaluate what went wrong:
-->'''Ninja Leader:''' Okay, guys, pointing fingers won't solve anything. Now, if we want to get out of this rut.. we have to learn from these little disasters. Now, before the fight, how did we all agree we should attack the guy? \\
'''Group:''' All together! \\
'''Ninja Leader:''' And how did we attack? \\
'''Group:''' One at a time.. \\
* ''Series/TheOutpost'': The Prime Order's soldiers. Most of them are dumb and poor fighters whom the heroes take down by the truckload.
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSlimGoodbody'': Slim never directly fights them, but Phineas Finicky has an army of interchangeable green goblins at his disposal who've attacked vegetable trucks and even helped him move a cloud of toxic chemicals through the air!
* ''Series/{{Hanna}}'': Pioneer employs many black-clad commandos whom the protagonists take down with relative ease, even when they greatly outnumber them.

* Not all that common in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', but a few of the more influential and powerful {{Big Bad}}s have made use of soldiers.
** The spin-off ''Series/AndroMelos'' had Guar Soldiers, the footsoldiers of the Guar Army.
** ''Series/UltramanMebius'': Alien Empera makes use of [[MechaMooks mechanical grunts]] in his army called Inpelaizers. He clearly didn't spare any cost on them either, as the first one Mebius encountered was far tougher than any monster he had fought previously.
** ''Film/UltramanZeroTheRevengeOfBelial'': Belial's [[TheEmpire Galactic Empire]] made use of two types of mooks, Darklopses ([[ThePsychoRangers modeled after his nemesis, Ultraman Zero]]) and Legionoids. Like Empera, he also didn't spare any expense, as a single Darklops was tough enough to serve as the BigBad of a ''Gaiden'' movie.

** The Mooks do get glory at times, though; the finale episodes of ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo,]] [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy,]] [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue,]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' all featured armies of Mooks storming the rangers' home bases, and ultimately destroying them. In ''Lost Galaxy'''s case, the Stingwingers were used by Trakeena as '''[[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]]'''(!), and they even destroyed the Centaurus and Stratoforce Megazords by swarming them and then detonating!

** The Mooks do get glory at times, though; the finale episodes of ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo,]] [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy,]] [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue,]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' all featured armies of Mooks storming the rangers' home bases, and ultimately destroying them.

*** Once the marines wind up at a rebel training camp, they give them [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns FN-P90s]] and [[SpaceMarine decent training]]. It's the birth of the Free Jaffa Nation!

** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' had the BigBad produce a hit squad of three almost identical Imagin[[note]]the only difference being their signature BladeBelowTheShoulder: one had [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]], one [[ThisIsADrill a drill]], and the third WolverineClaws[[/note]] to kill Den-O; during the FinalBattle he mass-produced them, which resulted in their becoming the series' Mooks.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce The Armada]] used X-Borgs and Crushers; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Sledge, Heckyl & Snide, and later Arcanon]] used Vivix and Spikeballs; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel Galvanax and later Madame Odious]] used Kudabots; [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox]] used Tronics; and [[Series/PowerRangersDinoFury Void Knight]] uses Hengemen. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

** Many {{Tokusatsu}} shows such feature henchmen for the heroes to fight.
** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' even has Mooks on the side of good with the Kuroko (stagehands. ItMakesSenseInContext.)

** In ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'''s movie ''Film/KaizokuSentaiGokaigerTheMovieTheFlyingGhostShip'', the Gokaigers face a multi-seasonal army of grunts who have Mook Pride. When looked down upon as cannon fodder, they insisted that they weren't just goons, they were ''valiant warriors of evil!'' They're told that they ''are'' just cannon fodder, and go on to experience typical mook results when the Gokaigers lay into them. They merge into a giant gestalt Mook, but quickly fall to infighting and get destroyed because, as Captain Marvelous puts it, "Once a mook, always a mook!"
*** Funnily enough, the main spokesmook was a [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Nanashi]]. They didn't talk in ''Shinkenger.''
*** Ironically, the only mooks ''not'' present for the aforementioned giant gestalt Mook (the Combined Combatant) were the Gormin, the foot soldiers of the current season[[note]]aside from EliteMooks, the only other footsoldiers not represented in the Combined Combatant are the [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Dragonoid Soldier Jaryuu]], mainly due to the fact that ''Boukenger'' was already represented in the aforementioned Combatant by the Karths[[/note]].

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Suited guys with metal masks will usually come along with the MonsterOfTheWeek to [[MookChivalry dance around in the background]] while the Power Rangers pick them off. The first time a different kind of these guys are fought, the rangers will have to morph up in order to take them down, but after the first battle which has the rangers figuring out how to defeat them, they can thereafter be fought and taken down without morphing at all. Each villain had a different variety; let's just list the ''Power Rangers'' ones: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd]] used Putty Patrollers, which became Tenga Warriors in Season 3; [[Series/PowerRangersZeo The Machine Empire]] used Cogs...[[labelnote:If you care...]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] used Piranhatrons while her brother, General Havoc, used Chromites; [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]] used Quantrons while the Piranhatrons make a return appearance (and the Rangers used Craterites for training purposes); [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Scorpius, Trakeena, and their generals]] used Stingwingers while Captain Mutiny used Swabbies; [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Queen Bansheera and her minions]] used Batlings; Triskull from the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up episodes used Ghouls; [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Ransik]] used Cyclobots; [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Master Org]] used Putrids; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Lothor]] used Kelzaks; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog]] used Tyrannodrones while Zeltrax used Triptoids; [[Series/PowerRangersSPD The Troobian Empire]] used Krybots; [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Morticon]] used Hidiacs while Koragg and some of the other, more powerful generals used enhanced Hidiacs called Styxoids; [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Flurious, Moltor, and Kamdor]] used Chillers, Lava Lizards, and Ninja Stuntmen, respectively; [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Dai Shi]] used Rinshi; [[Series/PowerRangersRPM The Venjix Computer Network]] used Grinders; [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Master Xandred]] used Moogers and Spitfangs; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Vrak]] used Loogies; [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce The Armada]] used X-Borgs and Crushers; [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Sledge, Heckyl & Snide, and later Arcanon]] used Vivix and Spikeballs; [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel Galvanax and later Madame Odious]] used Kudabots; and [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox]] uses Tronics. Whew.[[/labelnote]]

** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' worked similarly to ''Kabuto'' and ''Gaim'', where Roidmudes would start in generic low-class forms before evolving into ones with greater powers. However, because only OneHundredAndEight Roidmudes were originally made[[note]]With two unique humanoid types, one made to become the first Kamen Rider and the other meant to be a new body for its creator before getting hijacked[[/note]], they couldn't just be thrown around willy-nilly. As such, if an Advanced Roidmude ever has support, it'll be two or three Low-Class Roidmudes at best. Naturally the movies throw this out the window with any number of excuses, including an OutsideContextVillain who can assimilate and copy any technology or a BadFuture where the Roidmudes subjugated humanity and mass-produced themselves.

----> '''O'Neil''': '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlCVW_ouL8 This]]...''''' (lifts a [[FrickinLaserBeams staff weapon]]) ''is a weapon of '''terror'''. It's made to... '''[[WeaponForIntimidation intimidate]]''' the enemy.'' (throws staff weapon away) '''''This''' (lifts the P90) is a weapon of '''war.''' It is made to '''[[BoringButPractical kill]]''' your enemy.''