Ivan Ooze

"You're too kind. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the galactically feared, globally reviled, and universally despised...they call me Ivan Ooze."

- Ivan Ooze

Ivan Ooze was a tyrant who was sealed away 6,000 years prior to the events in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. He appears as the main villain, summoned by, and ultimately betraying, Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa. He does not appear in any media outside that which relate to the movie.

Biography
According to Zordon, Ooze "ruled the world with a reign of unparalleled terror" until he was imprisoned in a Hyperlock Chamber by Zordon, Dulcea, and the "Order of Meridian", who presumably were the precursors to the modern Power Rangers. In addition to being a powerful villain of his own accord, he also had his own batch of enemy foot soldiers and zord-like constructs.

Ivan's hyperlock chamber was unearthed sixty centuries later by an Angel Grove construction crew. Zordon sent the Rangers to hide the chamber once more, but they were beaten to the scene by Rita and Zedd. Zedd released Ooze, and asked for Zordon's destruction in return. Ooze enthusiastically agreed, and breached the Command Center's security with ease. He demolished the Command Center, severely weakened Alpha 5, and destroyed Zordon's time warp, causing him to age rapidly. With the destruction of the Command Center, the Rangers lost their powers, forcing them to go on a quest for a new power source.

Ooze traveled to the moon, and once there easily deposed both Zedd and Rita, trapping them within a snowglobe. Their henchmen Goldar and Mordant swore allegiance to Ivan rather than join Rita and Zedd in captivity. Ivan then began brainwashing the citizens of Angel Grove into digging up his Ecto-Morphicons, large insect-like machines similar to the Rangers' Zords.

After the Rangers managed to restore their powers on Phados, they returned to Angel Grove and battled Ivan's machines with their new Ninja Zords. Using these Zords, they were able to destroy one of the Morphicons, Scorpitron. Ivan combined with the other Morphicon, Hornitor, and took on the Rangers himself. The battle progressed into outer space, and though Ivan consistently had the upper hand, he was destroyed when the Ninja Mega Falconzord kicked him in the groin and knocked him into the path of Ryan's Comet, which happened to be passing. The comet destroyed Ivan on impact. (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie)

Appearance
Ivan Ooze wore what appeared to be sorcerer robes, which were purple; a large collar came off the back of it. He wore "bracelets" of the same color, but had red and green gems in them. He appeared to wear a belt with a design similar to Rita's head. The robes were long enough to cover his feet.

Physically, Ivan was replusive! His skin was violet, with two horns winding together to make a goattee. His nails were long, unmanicured. Instead of hair, he had a shape on his forehead.

Personality
In overview, Ivan could be described as insane and megalomaniacal. He loved to show off flamboyantly, hence his introduction to Rita and Zedd. He saw no one as his equal, imprisoning Rita and Zedd in a snowglobe to ensure that they didn't get in his way of conquering Earth. He was willing to hire their minions if they wouldn't prefer to be trapped in the snowglobe with them.

Ivan Ooze held a great grudge against Zordon, declaring that he'd destroy him and his entire legacy to make it as if he didn't even exist. He had a sense of humor, making jokes when he felt it appropriate (at least from his point of view) and saw anyone as potential pawns in his conquest of the universe. He loved his machines dearly, becoming enraged enough to merge with the Hornitor when the Scorpitron was destroyed.

Powers
Shapeshifting: Self-proclaimed master of disguise, Ivan could disguise himself as anything he wanted. His primary disguise was a wizard/clown for handing out jars of his ooze to brainwash adults. He retained the purple color scheme in this form, meaning he simply loved the color too much to not wear it. Ivan flawlessly took the form of a guard Zedd knocked out prior to releasing him from his seal.

Liquification: Ivan could become ooze itself at will to squeeze through tightly sealed doors that he couldn't open any other way. He also was trapped in this form inside his Hyperlock Chamber. He can also fling ooze off himself to silence others annoying him, such as Rita.

Shrinking: Ivan shrank Rita and Zedd to the size of snowglobe figurines.

Materialization: Ivan created a snowglobe out of nothing.

Hypnosis: Using his ooze as a medium, Ivan can put anyone he wants under his spell; he needed adults and any that touched the bottled ooze he handled out were put to work on digging up his ectomorphicons.

Lightning: At multiple times, Ooze has sent out lightning for several purposes. He can use it to manipulate things he needs in his scheme, capture something such as the Crane Zord in an energy field, and bring his ectomorphicons to life.

Henchmen generation: Ivan created the Oozemen from lighting that created ooze that his minions were birthed from. He also created the Tengu Warriors from an amethyst loogie he spat out in the Lunar Palace.

Quotes

 * "Ladies and gentlemen, the ooze is back!"
 * "I will not only destroy him, I will obliterate his entire legacy. It will be as if Zordon of Eltar never existed!"
 * "What is that odious stench? It smells like... teenagers."
 * "You're too kind. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the galactically feared, globally reviled, and universally despised...they call me Ivan Ooze."
 * "Ooh! Where's my autograph book?! Hah! Power Rangers, huh? So Zordon's still using a bunch of kids to do his dirty work, Well... meet my kids!"
 * 'From this moment forth the world as you know it shall cease to exist! Welcome to my Nightmare!"
 * [To Zordon, regarding the Command Center] "Gee, pretty fancy-schmancy. I guess if you invest your money well over 60 centuries, you can buy something pretty nice."
 * "Put a sock in it, Z. 10 minutes out of the egg and I'm already listening to one of your lectures. You locked me into your stuffy hyperlock chamber and tossed me away in the depths like yesterday's trash! Do you have any idea what it's like to be locked in a rotten egg for 6,000 years?! It's boring! Not to mention I've had a Charley Horse since the Renaissance."
 * "You robbed me of my prime! I was the supreme ruler of the most foul empire in the universe! And now… it's time to pay the piper."
 * [To Goldar] "Touch me again, and you'll be chicken wings in the morning."
 * "All the things that I have missed. The Black Plague! The Spanish Inquisition! The Brady Bunch Reunion!"
 * "You will find the Power Rangers, and you will tear them apart!"
 * "How about taking another quack at it?"
 * "Shall we tango?"

Other appearances
Ivan Ooze appears as the final boss in all video game adaptations of the movie. He also appears as a boss in the story mode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition and is a playable character in the fighting mode with a code used.