"Ah, ma chère. You will find that Frenchmen are so much more, how do you say, complex? Ho ho! I will show you! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You're going to love Paris, Kimberly! Not so fast my little croissant."
―The Artistmole's first words in Kimberly's dream.[src]
"Ah, Power Rangers. You’ve brought me such beautiful colors. No, no. My brilliant career has just begun."
When Mrs. Hart announces that she intends to move to Paris to be with her new artist boyfriend, Kimberly begins to worry about being forced to leave the Power Rangers. Her fears manifest as a French caricature dubbed the Artistmole, who torments her with images of her Pink Ranger identity leaving.
However, Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd have been watching through a device of Finster's and are impressed enough that they order him pull the Artistmole into the real world. With help from Rito and the Tenga Warriors, Finster is able to scan her mind and recreate the Artistmole. Now real, the monster aligns with the Evil Space Aliens and is told to use his special powers to steal the Power Rangers' life-force helpless and easy to destroy.
Zordon alerts the Power Rangers but Kimberly is looking for her Communicator after Rito slapped it off earlier so they have to morph without her. The Rangers confront the Artistmole but the monster is completely immune to all of their attacks as they pass right through him. After striking all of them down, the Artistmole blasts all five down and drains their colors which leave them weak and open to destruction. Outmatched, the Rangers summon Ninjor but he is unable to do any damage to the Artistmole. Before he can however, Kimberly arrives and steals his paintbrush which she then smashes and blasts the Artistmole with her Blade Blaster. Weakened and helpless, the monster retreats which restores the Rangers' colors and life-force.
Rita and Zedd then enlarge the Artistmole, but Kimberly has overcome her fear of leaving so he is now tangible. The Rangers form the Ninja Megazord whilst Ninjor grows giant and Ninjor soon turns into Ninjor Battle Mode. After Ninjor blasts the shocked monster with a fireball, the Rangers form the Ninja MegaFalconzord which finishes Artistmole with the Power Punch. Kimberly's fears are later abated when her mother moves to France but Kimberly is allowed to stay with Aisha and her family. TV STORY-A Brush with Destiny
Finster later recreates the Artistmole alongside the Vampirus as the muscle in a divide and conquer attack devised by Rita and Zedd. They are not destroyed and retreat after the attack fails. TV STORY-A Different Shade of Pink
The Artistmole acted as a stereotypical Frenchman with a very thick French accent and French vocabulary such as "sacre bleu" and replacing "t" and "h" with "z." Despite being evil and loyal to Rita and Zedd, the Artistmole was never shown getting angry or raising his voice and always spoke in a calm tone.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Strength: The Artistmole was strong enough to pin Kimberly down under his paintbrush.
Durability: The Artistmole was blasted by Kimberly’s Blade Blaster and later Ninjor Battle Mode’s fireball but survived both without a scratch.
Intangibility: The Artistmole was immune to physical attacks and so could not be harmed by anyone except for Kimberly. Any attacks launched against him passed straight through him in a splatter of paint.
Human Form: The Artistmole could assume a human form as seen when he posed as a man in Kimberly's dream. He does not have this power in the real world.
Illusions: The Artistmole was able to generate illusions of Mrs. Hart and the Pink Ranger in Kimberly's dream. He did not possess this power in the real world.
Energy Absorption: The Artistmole was able to absorb the energy from Rita and Zedd’s lightning to make himself grow.
Teleportation: The Artistmole can teleport at will.
Abilities
Agility: The Artistmole was agile enough to launch into the air.
Weaknesses
Paintbrush Destruction: Destroying the Artistmole’s paintbrush left him powerless.
Fear Reliance: After Kimberly overcame her fears of leaving Angel Grove, the Artistmole lost his intangibility and was able to be destroyed.
Arsenal
Paintbrush: The Artistmole wielded a paintbrush as a club.
Energy Lasers: The Artistmole was able to take some black from his paint palette and launch multi-colored energy lasers from his paintbrush. This was strong enough to take down five Rangers with one hit.
Color Draining: The Artistmole can fire a multi-colored laser from his paintbrush that steals people's colors and life-force.
Palette: The Artistmole utilized a paint palette as the source for his powers.
This article is about a monster in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
TV STORY-A Brush with Destiny
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