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- "We're the Psycho Rangers." "We're faster than you." "Smarter than you." "Stronger than you." "But we're evil!""
- ―The Psycho Rangers' introduction[src]
The Psycho Rangers were created as evil and homicidal counterparts to the Space Rangers.
Overview
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History
In Space
Shortly after being captured and brainwashed, the evil princess Astronema created them to draw on the power of her master Dark Specter, and they were designed to hunt down the Power Rangers by tracking their energy, voices, and communicator noises. Each Psycho Ranger had a specific fighting style unbeatable by the Ranger that they were evil versions of (though they were a serious threat to the ranger team even without all of their members). The Psycho Rangers consisted of the Blue, Yellow, Pink, Black, and Red Psycho Rangers, with Psycho Red as their leader. In this way, the Psycho Rangers were used by Astronema not only to defeat the Power Rangers, but also to severely weaken Dark Specter, whom Astronema wished to overthrow. As the storyline unfolded, it was revealed that they also had 'monster forms' as well as their Ranger forms, reverting to their more explicit monster state when their Ranger forms were destroyed.
- Psycho Red's monster form is a flame monster.
- Psycho Black's monster form is a stone monster.
- Psycho Blue's monster form is a crystalline ice monster.
- Psycho Yellow's monster form is a spider/hornet monster.
- Psycho Pink's monster form is a plant monster.
Psycho Pink was the first to become monstrous (by way of becoming a giant), while working with Psycho Yellow to try and attack Cassie, only to be outmaneuvered and overpowered by the Rangers. When TJ realized that the Psychos were perfectly 'programmed' to fight their Ranger counterpart meant that each Ranger could never defeat their Psycho counterpart, the Rangers attempted to take the Psychos by surprise by disguising the entire team as the Blue Ranger, allowing them to eventually catch Psycho Blue on his own and destroy him. Astronema attempted to compensate for this by providing the remaining three Psycho Rangers with vocal recognition programs that would allow them to identify which Ranger was 'their' opponent, but although this attack resulted in the Psychos stealing the Mega Voyager, the Rangers were able to regain the advantage and destroy all three monster-formed Psychos in a final confrontation with all three of their megazords.
However, the Psycho Rangers still existed as spectral forms, but much to their dismay, they were unable to attack the Rangers in those forms, so the Psycho Rangers later restored themselves to life again within the Secret City by using Astronema's data laser in reverse, and after restoring themselves back to normal, attacked the Rangers. They turned into their monster forms again but remained human-sized. The Rangers managed to digitize them, preserving them in several key cards in the hopes that their foes would be trapped and powerless from then on.
Somehow, in "Countdown to Destruction", the monster forms of Psychos Red, Blue, and Yellow were seen taking part in the invasions held by the different villains.
Lost Galaxy
A year later, these cards found their way into the hands of Deviot, who revived the Psycho Rangers and enhanced their strength, while also putting electroshocking armbands on them to ensure their obedience when they initially tried to rebel. He sent them after the Galaxy Rangers, but Andros learned of their return and teamed up with Leo and Mike Corbett, the Red Galaxy Ranger and the Magna Defender respectively to rescue the Galaxy Rangers. Responding to a distress call from Alpha 6, the other Space Rangers arrived to help and each teamed with their counterparts against the Psycho Rangers. Finally, the Space Rangers hit the Psycho Rangers with blasts from the Spiral Saber and Quadroblaster, weakening them for the Galaxy Rangers' Lights of Orion Power-Up Mode attack. The Psycho Rangers were all destroyed by the attack except Psycho Pink, who was severely damaged and weakened, and was later picked up by Deviot who still intended to use her against the Rangers. TV STORY-To the Tenth Power
Psycho Pink awakens on the Scorpion Stinger and removes Deviot's control device, only wanting to kill the Pink Rangers, not all of the Rangers as Trakeena wants. Escaping from the Scorpion Stinger and entering Terra Ventura's computer system, Psycho Pink reads Kendrix Morgan's mind and learns of the location of the Savage Sword on a nearby planet. After a brief skirmish with Kendrix and Cassie, Psycho Pink travels to Rashon and removes the Savage Sword from a rock. Psycho Pink battles the two Pink Rangers, focusing more on Cassie than on Kendrix. Absorbing energy from Cassie, Psycho Pink is able to heal herself of the damage from the attack that destroyed the other Psycho Rangers and stabs the Savage Sword into Cassie's morpher. Drawing on the energy from the morpher, Psycho Pink turns into her plant monster form and grows to giant size. The Astro Megazord and Galaxy Megazord engage Psycho Pink and the Astro Megazord weakens her with a charged strike from its saber. With Psycho Pink weakened, the Galaxy Megazord destroys her with its own charged up saber strike. However, Psycho Pink's actions result in the death of Kendrix after she sacrifices herself to destroy the Savage Sword to save both Cassie and Terra Venture. TV STORY-The Power of Pink
They were later mentioned by Leo and Damon in the episode "Until Sunset" when the former asks who the worst enemy they fought was. They agree that while Scorpius and Trakeena were dangerous in their own way, the Psycho Rangers were the worst. Especially Psycho Pink due to the part she played in Kendrix Morgan's death as it serves as a bitter reminder of the danger they both face in battle.
Godzilla vs. the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
The Psycho Rangers were brought back by an alternate Rita Repulsa and Astronema, with Rita's help the Psycho Rangers were able to siphon off the energy of some of Godzilla's enemy kaiju to become the Kaiju Psycho Rangers.
Members
Psycho Red | Virgil |
Psycho Black | Photon |
Psycho Blue | Axe |
Psycho Yellow | Yellow |
Psycho Pink | Nokrea |
Psycho Silver | Psycho Silver (fake) |
Psycho Green | Trek |
Psycho Rangers
Ranger Forms
Monster Forms
Arsenal
- Psycho Sword (Red)
- Psycho Rod (Black)
- Psycho Axe (Blue)
- Psycho Sling (Yellow)
- Psycho Bow (Pink)
- Savage Sword (Pink)
- Psycho Silverizer (Silver; fake)
- Psycho Dagger/ Unnamed Knife (Green)
Vehicles
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
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Design
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Etymology
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Notes
- The reason the Psychos all have a twisted 'N' on their belts is because in Denji Sentai Megaranger, which In Space gets footage from, they're known as the Jaden Sentai Nejiranger
- The human forms of Psychos Red, Black, and Yellow (Patrick David, Michael Maize and Kamera Walton), were the voice actors and actress for their respective Psycho.
- The Psycho Rangers currently hold the record for the most appearances by a group of evil Rangers, as most evil Ranger teams created by the main villain rarely last longer than the episode in which they are first introduced.
- As the Psycho Rangers were conceived on TV as evil counterparts to the Space Rangers, who lacked a Green Ranger, a Psycho Green did not exist on-screen. However, Psycho Green can be considered an alternative to Psycho Black. Indeed, in the team-up between the Space Rangers and the Galaxy Rangers, Psycho Black was pitted against the Green Galaxy Ranger in addition to Black Space Ranger, reflecting that Black and Green are typically placed on teams interchangeably.
- When they reappeared in Lost Galaxy, the Psycho Rangers lacked the sound effect echo they had from In Space, while, ironically, Deviot spoke with this effect.
- The Psycho Rangers use the same original Red, Black, Blue, Yellow and Pink color palette seen in Mighty Morphin, In Space, Operation Overdrive and Megaforce.
- Ironically, Red, Pink and Green happens to be an evil counterpart of one of the said three Mighty Morphin Rangers as well, such as wielding twisted version of Power Sword, Power Bow and Dragon Dagger.
- If counting Boom! Studios’ comic book adaption, excluding Psycho Silver due to being a fake, Psycho Rangers can also be an evil counterpart to the Mighty Morphin and Supersonic Rangers, with Psycho Green being the center behind the creation of Astronema’s Psycho Rangers.
Appearances
- Power Rangers in Space
- Episode 31: Rangers Gone Psycho
- Episode 32: Carlos on Call
- Episode 33: A Rift in the Rangers
- Episode 34: Five of a Kind
- Episode 35: Silence is Golden
- Episode 36: The Enemy Within
- Episode 38: Mission to Secret City (as ghosts)
- Episode 39: Ghosts in the Machine
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Episode 30: To the Tenth Power
- Episode 31: The Power of Pink
- Episode 38: Until Sunset (flashback; archive footage and mentioned only)
- Power Rangers Wild Force
- Episode 34: Forever Red (Chess Pawns only)
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- Season 2
- Villains Special: Making Bad (archive footage and mentioned only)
- Season 2
- Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 27
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 28
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 30
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 42 (Story Variant Cover)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 45 (Story Variant Cover)
- Power Rangers: The Psycho Path
- Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers II
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
See Also
- Jaden Sentai Neziranger - Super Sentai counterpart in Megaranger. See comparison page.
References
Footnotes
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy |
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Rangers |
Leo Corbett - Damon Henderson - Kai Chen - Maya - Kendrix Morgan - Karone - Magna Defender - Mike Corbett |
Gear |
Transmorpher - Magna Defender Morpher - Quasar Sabers - Transdaggers - Quasar Launchers - Magna Blaster - Lights of Orion - Jet Jammers - Astro Cycles - Capsular Cycle - Red Armored Ranger |
Allies |
Commander Stanton - Alpha 6 - DECA - GSA - Andros - T.J. Johnson - Carlos Vallerte - Ashley Hammond - Cassie Chan - Professor Phenomenus - Farkas Bulkmeier - Carter Grayson - Chad Lee - Joel Rawlings - Kelsey Winslow - Dana Mitchell |
Zords and Megazord |
Lion Galactabeast - Condor Galactabeast - Gorilla Galactabeast - Wolf Galactabeast - Wildcat Galactabeast - Torozord - C-Zords - S-Zords - Zenith Carrierzord - Astro Megaship |
Galaxy Megazord - Defender Torozord - Centaurus Megazord - Stratoforce Megazord |
Villains |
Scorpius - Trakeena - Furio - Treacheron - Deviot - Villamax - Kegler - Stingwingers |
The Psycho Rangers |
Psycho Red - Psycho Black - Psycho Blue - Psycho Yellow - Psycho Pink |
Captain Mutiny's Crew: |
Captain Mutiny - Barbarax - Hexuba - Titanisaur - Swabbies |
Monsters |
Scorpius and Trakeena's Monsters: Brunt - Radster - Horn - Gasser - Sledge - Mutantrum - Wise Wizard - Quakemaker - Starcog - Ruptor - Samuron - Fishface - Chillyfish - Destruxo - Impostra - Shark Brothers - Freaky Tiki - Skelekron - Crumummy - Hardtochoke - Kubak - Teksa - Rykon - Cannonbrawl - Icy Angel - Motor Mantis - Loyax - Maronda - Trencher - Chameliac - Spikaka - Ironite - Magnetox - Decibat - Buzz (scrapped) |
Captain Mutiny's Monsters: Rocketron - Grunchor - Rojomon - Nightmare |
Others Monsters: Alien - Trencher - Hunghorn |
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All items (20)
- Psycho Black
- Psycho Black/2016 comic
- Psycho Blue
- Psycho Blue/2016 comic
- Psycho Pink
- Psycho Pink/2016 comic
- Psycho Ranger Destroyah
- Psycho Ranger Ghidorah
- Psycho Ranger Gigan
- Psycho Ranger Hedorah
- Psycho Ranger Megalon
- Psycho Ranger SpaceGodzilla
- Psycho Red
- Psycho Red/2016 comic
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- Psycho Yellow
- Psycho Yellow/2016 comic