Evil Zords

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This article is about a/an series of Zords and/or Megazords in the Power Rangers franchise.

Several times during the Power Rangers series certain villains have piloted Zords or similar vehicles of their own or somehow hijacked, overridden and/or taken control of the Zords belonging to the Rangers themselves. In truth, there is little to differentiate these machines from any other giant robot, however, the word Zord itself summons a feeling that the Rangers are now facing beings in some ways like themselves. This motif has been used in many mediums to introduce increased tension and drama.

The first instance of this occurring was during the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the "Green With Evil" arc in which the Rangers first fought against Tommy Oliver and his Dragonzord. In this first instance the Zord and Ranger were turned to the side of good - although the Dragonzord would later be used for evil again by Goldar, Pirantishead (who controlled the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord) and the clone of the Green Ranger. The same idea was reused at the 'culmination' of the first season of Mighty Morphin when Goldar piloted the Warzord Cyclopsis against the Rangers. Lord Zedd also piloted another Warzord called Serpentera which was hugely powerful but never truly able to defeat the Rangers due to it continuously running out of fuel. Serpentera reappeared in the Power Rangers Wild Force team-up "Forever Red" but was destroyed.

The idea of evil Zords was reused several times in later seasons; in Power Rangers Turbo, Divatox and her minions piloted machines called Divazords and an episode of Power Rangers In Space had the Yellow Psycho Ranger take control of the Mega Voyager while the Rangers were in it. Power Rangers Lost Galaxy also introduced the Stratoforce and Centaurus Megazords and Zenith Carrierzord under the control of Deviot but whose inner natures as Galactabeasts allowed them to break free and join the Rangers. The Magna Defender's Torozord was used to fight against the Galaxy Rangers on at least one occasion.

In Power Rangers: Time Force there were several giant robots used by Frax and not addressed as Zords, although in Mirai Sentai Timeranger (the Super Sentai show Time Force came from) one of the robots was named G-Zord. This was the first time the term "Zord" was ever used on a Sentai program prior to the release of Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters which premiered nearly 12 years later. The G-Zord was adapted into the Dragontron robot when the footage was used in Time Force. In Power Rangers SPD and Power Rangers Operation Overdrive a large assortment of giant robots are similarly used by the villains of the series. While mostly not referred to as Zords these are all Zord-like in operation.

There was one villainous Zord in the US version which wasn't really a robot in the original Sentai version. That Zord was the Lothorzord, the Zord Lothor piloted at the end of Power Rangers Ninja Storm. This was done in order to use the final battle footage from Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger (the Sentai series that Ninja Storm was based on and adapted from) especially since Lothor was a Power Rangers-exclusive villain. This was repeated again in the case of the Zelzord, the Zord Zeltrax piloted from the end of Power Rangers Dino Thunder.

List of Known Evil Zords/Megazords

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Cyclopsis - Goldar's personal Warzord. Destroyed by the Ultrazord twice.
Serpentera - Lord Zedd's personal Warzord that was hidden on the moon for years and eventually found by the remnants of the Machine Empire. Ultimately destroyed by Cole Evans and his Wild Force Rider.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

Ectomorphicon Titans - Ivan Ooze's personal war machines hidden on Earth uncovered by the brainwashed citizens of Angel Grove. One was destroyed by Tommy and the other by the Ninja FalconMegazord after being merged with Ooze himself.

Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)

Typhonis - A Warzord created out of pieces from Cyclopsis and the Rangers' older Zords; taken control of by the Rangers.
Black Dragon - A Megazord made out of other Zord and Megazord parts controlled by Lord Drakkon but defeated by the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
Gravezord - A Megazord from Drakkon's dimension created from the remains of the Thunderzords piloted by the Ranger Slayer.

Power Rangers Turbo

Metallosaurus - A Zord developed by General Havoc. Destroyed by the Rescue Megazord.
Terrorzord - A Zord used by Elgar. Turned into a camel by one of Divatox's monsters by accident.
Divazords - Three Zords piloted by Divatox, Rygog and Porto. Destroyed by the Rescue & Turbo Megazords.

Power Rangers Time Force

Dragontron - A Zord-like robot created and remote-controlled by Frax. Destroyed by the Time Force Megazord.
Doomtron - A Zord-like robot created and piloted by Frax after he was brainwashed by Ransik. Destroyed along with its pilot by Wesley Collins & the Quantasaurus Rex.

Power Rangers Ninja Storm

Zurganezords 1, 2 and 3 - A trio of identical Zords created and piloted by Zurgane. All Zurganezords could fire blasts of electricity, Zurganezord 2 had a Lightning Mode similar to the Storm Megazord while Zurganezord 3 could scan data of the Rangers' Megazords. All destroyed.
Hyper Zurganezord - A Zord created by Zurgane from data collected by Zurganezord 3 on the Storm Megazord, Thunder Megazord and Samurai Star Megazord. Also has a Power Sphere of its own, the Hyper Sword. Destroyed along with its weapon by the Hurricane Megazord, Mighty Mammothzord and all of the Power Spheres.
Kaprizord - A Zord piloted by Kapri. Destroyed by the Hurricane Megazord, Mighty Mammothzord and lots of Power Spheres.
Marahzord - A Beevil lookalike Zord piloted by Marah. Destroyed by the Samurai Storm Megazord.
Shimazuzord - A Zord piloted by Shimazu. Destroyed by the Samurai Thunder Megazord.
Lothorzord - A Zord piloted by Lothor himself. Destroyed along with its pilot and the Storm Megazord.

Power Rangers Dino Thunder

Aerial Assault Craft - An airborne vehicle piloted by Zeltrax in Mesogog's first attack on Reefside and later rebuilt to draw out the Rangers. Destroyed the first time by the Thundersaurus Megazord and the second time by a fight between its pilot and Tommy.
- Terra Assault Craft - A vehicle deployed from Zeltrax's attack craft when used the second time. It was able to overpower and defeat the Brachiozord before succumbing to the efforts of the Mezodon Rover.
Replicantzord/Blizzard Force Megazord - An evil clone of the Thundersaurus Megazord created by Mesogog. Destroyed by the Thundersaurus & Mezodon Megazords.
Zelzord - A Zord built and piloted by Zeltrax and the Triptoids. Destroyed by the Thundersaurus & Mezodon Megazords using self-destruct sequences.
Arctic Pterazord - A green version of the Pterazord, Kira Ford's personal Biozord only seen in the toyline with a recolored Blizzard Force Megazord.

Power Rangers SPD

Marato - Stolen Shrines made by Broodwing used against the Rangers twice. Destroyed both times by the Delta Command Megazord.
Mega Drill - A series of machines, two of which were used, one by Praxis and another by Broodwing. Both destroyed, the first time by the Delta Squad Megazord and the second time by the S.W.A.T. Megazord.
Broodwing's Robots - Used to battle the Rangers. All destroyed.
Gigabot - A robot with an unstable reactor core power source created by Professor Mooney which even took out the Deltamax Megazord. Destroyed by the S.W.A.T. Megazord.
A-Squad's Megazord - This Zord was used by the rogue SPD A-Squad Power Rangers when they kidnapped Anubis Cruger and battled the B-Squad Power Rangers, disabling the Omegamax Megazord and destroying the Delta Squad Megazord. Destroyed by the S.W.A.T. Megazord.

Power Rangers Mystic Force

Centaur Megazord/Centaurus Wolf Megazord - This Megazord was used by Koragg against the Rangers. The Centaur Megazord was first seen in Broken Spell, while the Centaurus Wolf Megazord was first seen in Whispering Voices as a fusion of Koragg and Catastros. Neither was seen again after Leanbow became the Wolf Warrior.
Black Lance's chariot horses.

Power Rangers Operation Overdrive

Bombardo - Destroyed.
Moltor's Zord - A Zord built and piloted by Moltor. Destroyed by the Super Drivemax Megazord.
Dragonizer - A dragon-like Zord built by Moltor first piloted by the Lava Lizards and later on by Flurious. Destroyed by the Super DriveMax Megazord.
Lavadactyls - Pterosaur-like Zords piloted by the Lava Lizards. Destroyed by the DriveMax Ultrazord and BattleFleet Zord.
Flurious' Robot - An unnamed Zord built by Flurious and stolen by the Fearcats. Destroyed by the Flash Point Megazord.
Jet Robot - Used to attack San Angeles. Destroyed.
Mig & Benglo's jet
Commando Robot - Originally one of the Fearcats' normal robots, it was powered up by the Super Armor but still destroyed.
Centurion Robot - Used to release the powers of the Centurion Torch but was still destroyed.
Cybernetic Rex - A Tyrannosaurus rex-like Zord piloted by the Lava Lizards. Destroyed by the BattleFleet Megazord.
Agrios - Created from combining multiple relics into the Octavian Chalice, Agrios was controlled by the Fearcats after fusing it with a jet. Destroyed.

Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai

ScorpionCreature - A toy-exclusive design made for Deker. It is based on Antonio Garcia's Samurai ClawZord and the only true evil Zord in the ZordBuilder system.

Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce

Yuffo - Was able to assume a Zord-like state by splitting himself into multiple flying saucer-like segments. Destroyed by the Gosei Great Megazord.
Hisser - Assumed a temporary Zord-like form after being enlarged by the Zombats. Destroyed by the Lion Mechazord.
Bruisers - Footsoldiers of the Armada able to assume Zord-like fighter jet and motorcycle configurations for battle.
Armada Megazord - Prince Vekar's personal Megazord built by his father Emperor Mavro. Destroyed along with its pilot by the Ultimate Legendary Megazord.
Levira Megazord - Levira's personal Megazord. Destroyed in battle with the Legendary Megazord.

Power Rangers Dino Charge/Dino Super Charge

Vivizords - Enlarged groups of Vivix footsoldiers that assisted Sledge's crew and his outlaws in battle.
Fortress - Heckyl and Snide's personal Megazord created and trained by Wrench. Destroyed by the Dino Charge Ultrazord.

Power Rangers Ninja Steel/Super Ninja Steel

Foxatron - A Megazord created and piloted by Madame Odius using the Galactic Ninjas’ Medallions. Destroyed by the Ninja Blaze Megazord.

Power Rangers Beast Morphers

Cycledrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Cycletron with a Gigadrone Alpha Model sent to Earth to steal Morph X from a Morph X Tower but was destroyed by the Beast Racer Zord's Battle Mode.
Needledrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Needletron with a Gigadrone Beta Model sent to Earth to steal Morph X from a Morph X Tower in but was destroyed by the Beast Wheeler Zord's Gorilla Mode & Beast Racer Zord's Battle Mode.
Shoveldrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Shoveltron with a Gigadrone Beta Model sent to Earth to steal Morph-X from a Morph-X Tower but was destroyed by the Beast Racer Zord's Battle Mode.
Slicerdrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Slicertron with a Gigadrone Type Gamma. It is sent to Earth to steal Morph-X from a Morph-X Tower but is shut down by the Beast Racer Zord's Battle Mode and commandeered by the Grid Battleforce. Rebooted by Roxy's avatar to destroy the Beast Morphers Power Rangers but destroyed by the Beast-X Megazord.
Meltadrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Meltatron with a Gigadrone Beta Model. It was sent to Earth to destroy Devon Daniels to prevent him from saving his friends but was destroyed by the Beast X Megazord.
Raildrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Railtron with a Gigadrone Alpha Model. He attempted to destroy the Beast Morphers Rangers with the aid of the Gigatronics but is destroyed by the Beast X Megazord.
Vacuudrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Vacuutron with a Gigadrone Gamma Model. It is sent to Earth to steal Morph-X from a Morph-X Tower but is destroyed by the Beast X Megazord.
Antennadrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Antennatron with a Gigadrone Alpha Model. He attempted to destroy the Beast Morphers Rangers with the aid of the Gigatronics but is destroyed by the Racer Zord Battle Mode.
Drilldrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Drilltron with a Gigadrone Alpha Model. He attempted to destroy the Beast Morphers Rangers but is destroyed by the Beast X Megazord.
Tooldrone - Created when Scrozzle combined data from Tooltron with a Gigadrone Gamma Model. He attempted to destroy the Beast Morphers Rangers with the aid of a new Gigadrone Delta Model but was destroyed by the Beast-X Megazord and Striker Megazord.
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List of Zords/Megazords turned evil

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Dragonzord - Used by Tommy Oliver, the evil Mighty Morphin' Green Ranger and later Pirantishead and his clone.
Tyrannosaurus Dinozord - Brainwashed by Pirantishead.
White Tigerzord - Was forced to fight the Thunder Megazord after Rita Repulsa gained control of Saba.

Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)

Alpha 1

Power Rangers Zeo

Zeo Megazord - Sabotaged and taken control of by Cog Changer.
Super Zeo Megazord - Taken control of by Impursonator.

Power Rangers Turbo

Robo Racer - Piloted by the brainwashed Blue Senturion.
Turbo Megazord - Captured and taken control of by General Havoc, reclaimed by the Turbo Power Rangers and later destroyed by Goldgoyle.

Power Rangers in Space

Delta Megaship - Turned evil by Astronema's Evilizer.
Mega Voyager - Taken over by Psycho Yellow.

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy

Stratoforce Megazord, Centaurus Megazord and Zenith Carrierzord - Also known as the Galactabeasts, they were brainwashed by Deviot before being freed, although the former two were destroyed by Trakeena through an orchestrated suicide attack.
Torozord - Fought the Rangers at the behest of the Magna Defender before his redemption and death, later sacrificed along with his powers by his successor Mike Corbett to help Terra Venture escape from the Lost Galaxy.

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue

Omega Megazord and Lifeforce Megazord - Both hijacked and later destroyed along with their respective pilots.

Power Rangers Wild Force

Dark Wildzords - Zords piloted by the Duke Org Zen-Aku. Defeated by the Wild Force Megazord and cleansed of evil to later be used by Merrick Baliton, the Lunar Wolf Ranger. They were destroyed by Master Org but later revived.
Elephant Wildzord, Giraffe Wildzord and Bear Brothers Wildzords - Also brainwashed by Zen-Aku, they were freed but later destroyed by Master Org and revived.
Wildzords - All brainwashed by the Lion Tamer Org, they were freed by Animus and eventually destroyed by Master Org but revived later on.