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Cyclops was a shapeshifting monster who served as the main antagonist of the two part episode "The Green Candle".
History
Cyclops is created by Finster and Rita sends him to Earth with the goal of wasting the Power Rangers' time and allow the Green Candle to strip Tommy of his powers so that Rita can reclaim them.
He disguises himself as the Dragonzord using his unique shapeshifting abilities and attacks Angel Grove Docks with its tail and a missile barrage. The Rangers summon the Dinozords and fight him with the Megazord. The Rangers can't defeat him until Tommy returns from the Dark Dimension and summons the real Dragonzord. After Dragonzord hits him with it's tail, Cyclops temporarily loses his ability to shapeshift which leaves him completely open to attacks and outnumbered so he is forced to retreat before he would have received a nasty cut from the Power Sword. TV STORY-The Green Candle, Part I
Cyclops later returns and attacks Angel Grove again to draw attention away from the Green Candle. The aim is to cause so much chaos and destruction that the Rangers, who are trying to extinguish said candle, will be forced to return to Earth to destroy him and thus the scheme will succeed.
To this end, he disguises himself as the Dragonzord in Battle Mode. Since the Rangers are occupied with the Green Candle, Tommy fights the monster alone and goes into the Dragonzord's cockpit for the first time to more effectively fight the monster. It easily takes the monster out of its Battle Mode form but he easily recovers and changes into the Megazord. They are evenly matched until the "Megazord" jump kicks the Dragonzord down. However, it quickly recovers and hits the monster hard enough with its hand to make him revert. He then changes into the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord but is still no match and is forcibly reverted by a smash to the front by the Dragonzord's tail. However, it is not enough to finish him off so the Rangers abandon their mission to help Tommy and form the Ultrazord. Cyclops charges but the Ultrazord is finally able to destroy him with a massive laser barrage. Cyclops turns into yellow energy as he goes limp and explodes in the midst of falling onto his back. TV STORY-The Green Candle-part II
Legacy
In spite of Cyclops' destruction, Rita accomplishes her goal with the Green Candle. Tommy almost loses his powers to Rita but transfers the remaining powers to Jason by giving up Tommy's Power Coin to protect it for the time being. This allows him to summon the Dragon Shield, Dragon Dagger, and Dragonzord at any given time.
Around a year later, after TurbanShell drains Tommy's powers forever, Jason feels intense self loathing at failing to put out the Green Candle before stopping Cyclops. An attack by Goldar and Pipebrain helps him come to terms with what happened. TV STORY-Missing Green
Personality
Cyclops was a sinister, brutish, destructive and horrifying monster who only spoke once aside from growls and roars but still proved to be a formidable opponent for the Rangers.
Disguises
Forms
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Teleportation: Cyclops could teleport to any location at will by vanishing into thin air after throwing his arms out in the air. This was done to flee his first fight.
- Shapeshifting: Cyclops' main ability where he could change his look by throwing his arms up at his sides and changing into a purple-orange swirl of energy that would then morph him into any of the Zords although he only did this to be free of them.
- Eye Lasers: Cyclops could fire a massive blue energy-swirl-like laser from his single eye capable of causing massive explosions.
Abilities
- Strength: Cyclops could easily overpower the Dragonzord with its bare hands and pick up and throw it by its tail with relative ease.
- Durability: Cyclops was mostly unharmed by the Dragonzord's missile barrage although it forced him out of his Dragonzord Battle Mode imitation and a smack to the chest of equal strength barely even made him stumble.
- Sight: Cyclops was able to see despite having no eyes.
- Speech: Cyclops was able to speak despite completely lacking a mouth.
- Hand to Hand Combat: Cyclops was easily able to fight and defeat the Dragonzord with his bare hands.
Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Fists: Cyclops used just his bare hands in almost all of his forms but proved more than capable with them.
Statistics
- Height: 27 m
- Weight: 96 tons
- Width: 34.5 m
- Length: 45 m
Ability Parameters
- Speed: 120 km/h
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Cyclops in his Tyrannosaurus Dinozord form had no Powers.
Abilities
- Cyclops in his Tyrannosaurus Dinozord form had no special abilities.
Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Tail: Cyclops' Tyrannosaurus Dinozord form had a massive red tail to smack his enemies with.
Statistics
- Height: 41 m
- Weight: 570 T
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Strength: Cyclops as the Megazord was able to knock the Dragonzord back with a punch.
Abilities
- Cyclops in his Megazord form had no special abilities.
Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Fists: Cyclops retained his bare hands in his Megazord form but were even more effective due to his enhanced strength.
Statistics
- Height: 38 m
- Weight: 170 tons
- Length: 62 m
Ability Parameters
- Speed: 140 km/h
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Finger Rockets: Whilst in his Dragonzord body, Cyclops could fire rockets from his fingers like the original.
Abilities
- Strength: Cyclops as the Dragonzord was able to knock the Megazord back with a single slap and knock it away with a shoulder slam.
Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Fists: Cyclops retained his bare hands in his Dragonzord form but were even more effective due to his enhanced strength.
- Drill Tail: As the fake Dragonzord, Cyclops can use his tail as both a whip like weapon and a drill.
- Drill Bore: Cyclops could operate the drill tail as an actual drill when posing as the Dragonzord.
Statistics
- Height: 43 m
- Weight: 560 tons
Powers
- Cyclops in his Dragonzord Battle Mode form had no special powers.
Abilities
- Strength: Cyclops as the Dragonzord Battle Mode was able to knock the Megazord and the original Dragonzord
Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Fists: Cyclops retained his bare hands in his Dragonzord Battle Mode form but were even more effective due to his enhanced strength.
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
- Cyclops was voiced by Richard Epcar who provides only grunts, growls and a single word.
Design
- Cyclops was based upon the mythical creature in Greek mythology.
Etymology
- Cyclops was named after the mythological creature of the same name.
Notes
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Appearances
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 1)
- Episode 34: The Green Candle, Part I
- Episode 35: The Green Candle, Part II
See Also
- Dora Gansaku - Super Sentai counterpart in Zyuranger. See comparison page.
- Hades Warrior God Cyclops - A villain with a very similar name from Magiranger who was adapted into Power Rangers Mystic Force as Oculous.
References
Footnotes