Others have stuck around a bit longer and posed more of a challenge on many occasions.

With so many villains in thePower Rangerschronology, some proved to have more bark than they had bite.

In other words, villains like Rita, Zedd, and Divatox were all ultimately answering to Dark Specter.

Jason and Tommy from the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers show

This felt like a big disappointmentin light of how much hype he got as a villain throughoutIn Space.

which seemed like a great start for a villain coming off of theMighty Morphinera.

He developed a bit of a personal vendetta against the Zeo Rangers.

The original Green Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Ranger front and center with Lightspeed Rescue imagery in the background

With his plans often thwarted by the Earth’s defenders, he often shifted his strategies.

By using Damocles’s Sword, the Machine King was hopeful he would finally win the battle.

However, as proved time and time again, the Power Rangers were able to take him down.

Red Ranger Rocky in front of the Forever Red Power Rangers

That said,PowerRangerswouldn’t be the same without him.

Additionally, Dr. Mercer had ahistory with Tommy Oliver.

He also had some powerful generals.

Maligore from Power Rangers Turbo, the MMPR Red Ranger, and King Mondo from Zeo

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However,he was taken down in the space of one season.

They were the ultimate disposable drones that were mostly there to distract the heroes before the big fight.

Lord Zedd should have made this design flaw in his putty patrollers a little less noticeable.

power ranges Dark Specter

The rematch happened in Rita’s castle on the moon.

Divatox mostly faced the Turbo Rangers, and at one point, she even got the Command Center destroyed.

That said,she never really had a major victory and was eventually redeemed.

King Mondo leads the Machine Empire in Power Rangers Zeo

But, in truePower Rangersstyle, she never achieved any real success.

She was never technically killed by the Rangers but rather retreated into oblivion when all her schemes failed.

General Venjix planned to reactivate Serpentera, Lord Zedd’s Zord, which was hidden in the moon.

Goldar in Power Rangers

2Ecliptor

Did He Deserve Redemption Too?

He had a lot of intergalactic issues with the Red Space Ranger, Andros.

But, it was exactly he who ultimately defeated him.An interesting villain, Ecliptor had a lot of layers.

Mesogog on his base in Dino Thunder

Another source of friction and one of his main foes was Darkonda.

He presented as an armored gargoyle with a very mean streak.

Power Rangersis a long-running multimedia franchise that debuted in 1993 with the TV seriesMighty Morphin Power Rangers.

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