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- "Free, at last!"
- ―Dai Shi’s first lines[src]
- "The lion has returned. Have you finally come to your senses?"
- ―Dai Shi addressing Jarrod when he arrived, and his final lines before his ultimate destruction.[src]
Dai Shi was the main antagonist of Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He was an ancient and evil eight-headed Chinese dragon that wanted to destroy humans and rule the planet with animals and an army of beasts. For most of the series, he used the body of Jarrod as a vessel for his spirit.
History[]
Jungle Fury[]
Dai Shi's spirit form.
Dai Shi's box before he escaped by Jarrod.
Dai Shi is an ancient and evil eight-headed Chinese dragon that initiated the "Beast War", believing that humans should be destroyed and that beasts and animals should rule the planet. However, the Order of the Claw have him locked away in their temple after beating him in battle ten thousand years ago.
For generations, the Order of the Claw has selected guardians to protect the chest that contains Dai Shi's spirit. During the events of the series, in a ceremony in which the three new guardians are chosen, a jealous student, Jarrod, who possesses the spirit of the Lion and was supposed to be part of the three, attacked Master Mao and inadvertently released the Dai Shi. It then attacked Master Mao and soon after possessed Jarrod as the disgraced student fled, utilizing not only his body but his Lion Animal Spirit as well, and heads his army in preparation for the reign of animals over humans. Dai Shi does not consider himself ultimate and recognizes the power of his predecessors. Thus, he revives Carnisoar, the Sky Overlord to be his master and teach him his dark ways.
After Carnisoar put Dai Shi through brutal training and destroyed Jarrod's past good deeds, Camille revived Jellica, the deceitful Water Overlord, who taught Dai Shi to use his deceit and cunning to deceive people. They attacked the Rangers and kidnapped RJ, before attempting to steal the Wolf Animal Spirit; however, he only disturbs the spirit, causing RJ to mutate into a werewolf in later episodes. The Rangers learned from Master Rilla, Master Guin, and Master Lope, and used their Animal Spirits to gain Jungle Master Mode, which they used to defeat Dai Shi and the newly revived Phantom Guards. He had Grizzaka, the Earth Overlord, revived, but, after demanding for him to teach Dai Shi the secrets of the Zocato Power, was usurped by Grizzakα.
He attempted to steal the power in the Rhino Nexus to gain new powers, but was discovered by the Overlords. He, Camille, the Overlords, and the Rangers raced to the Nexus, only for Dominic to gain it and summon the Rhino Steel Zord. After Carnisoar died, Dai Shi waited out for the right moment to usurp his throne back. The Rangers teamed up and killed Grizzaka, while Jellica stole three of the Crystal Eyes, while the Rangers stole five of them back from Dai Shi and Camille. Jellica revived the Phantom Beasts from the Crystal Eyes, but they quickly dispatched her, and made Dai Shi their Phantom Beast King, as well as making Camille a Phantom Beast General.
They kidnapped the three Masters on Earth and took control of their Spirits, making them into the Spirit Rangers. However, the Rangers broke the spell on Master Finn and later rescued the other two Spirit Rangers, thereby adding three Rangers to the Jungle Fury Power Rangers, and foiling another one of Dai Shi's plans. He then forced the Crystal Beasts into teaching Camille how to use Rinzin Power. Dai Shi's true animal spirit is the Infernal Dragon Animal Spirit.
Dai Shi's destruction by the hands of the three Jungle Fury Rangers and Jarrod by weakening him.
Later on he finds that Jarrod has gained a foothold on his humanity, something that the Phantom Beast Generals have begun to suspect. He experiences switching personalities with Jarrod in the host body. Casey realizes what is occurring and confronts him directly. He succeeds in awakening Jarrod completely and Dai Shi steals both his and Camille's Rinzin powers. He then opens a portal to the Spirit World, freeing the Overlords, the Phantom Beasts, the Shadow Guards, the Five Fingers of Poison and the Rinshi Beasts. After the seven Pai Zhuq masters used their highest level of animal spirits to wipe the world clean of the beasts, Dai Shi stole all seven animal spirits and regained his true form, a gigantic eight-headed dragon/hydra-like creature. He manages to overpower the Jungle Fury Power Rangers and even managed to defeat the Megazords with no issues. To defeat Dai Shi, Jarrod used his entire power to weaken Dai Shi from the inside while the remaining guardians, Casey, Theo and Lily tapped their highest level and released a powerful energy blast that combined with Jarrod’s power once it struck Dai Shi and finally destroyed Dai Shi once and for all.
Super Megaforce[]
Dai Shi in the Legendary Database.
When Gia says to Noah about the Order of the Claw's logo, Noah investigates and discovers that the logo belongs to the Jungle Fury Rangers, the Ranger team that utilized martial arts. Dai Shi is shown on the screen of the Legendary Database. 
TV STORY-Spirit of the Tiger
Personality[]
Dai Shi is the embodiment of animalistic rage and murderous chaos. He is extremely sadistic, arrogant, cold, manipulative and completely ruthless combined with having no sense of humor. When he was first released from the chest that sealed him, he was forced to use the human Jarrod as a vessel. Despite this, Dai Shi had told Jarrod that he will destroy him and all humans once he recovered his true body. This is because Jarrod never wanted to help Dai Shi succeed his plan.
Due to his powerful will, Dai Shi managed to fully control Jarrod's body. However, it was later shown that Jarrod's human nature was beginning to influence Dai Shi, as seen when Dai Shi had shown compassion for Camille and had exiled Whiger for his failure to destroy the Jungle Fury Red Ranger. With the help of the Phantom Beast Generals, Dai Shi was able to purge all of Jarrod's good deeds, making him the Phantom Beast King.
Forms[]
Dai Shi as the Phantom Beast King.
Dai Shi would later obtain another level of power when the Phantom Beast Generals were freed. This was the power of Rinzin. The Phantom Beast Generals were superior to the Overlords, due to the Rinzin being more powerful than Zocato. With this power, Dai Shi was able to obtain the power of the Griffin Animal Spirit. Using the Griffin Spirit, Dai Shi was transformed into the Phantom Beast King. In this form, Dai Shi was able to defeat the Rangers several times. When Casey Rhodes defeated Dai Shi in combat, Jarrod was freed from Dai Shi's possession, leaving Dai Shi as a disembodied spirit.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Rinzin Power
- Zocato Power
Abilities[]
- Strength: As the main antagonist of Jungle Fury, Dai Shi has strength far exceeding any Rinshi or monster.
Weaknesses[]
to be added
Arsenal[]
to be added
Appearances: JF Episodes 27, 30, 31
True Form
Dai Shi, once again a disembodied spirit, stole Jarrod and Camille's Rinzin powers so that he could open a portal to the Spirit World. With the portal open, his entire army was resurrected and Dai Shi declared war against the Power Rangers and the human race. When the Pai Zhuq destroyed his army, Dai Shi stole their Animal Spirits and obtained his true form, almost resembling Scorch. In this form, Dai Shi was practically invincible, until Jarrod weakened Dai Shi from the inside, allowing Casey, Theo, and Lily to finally destroy him.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Lightning Breath: Dai Shi's primary ability were he can spew yellow colored lightning beams from the dragon head in the middle, this attack was devastating and can hit all enemies in one hit.
- Mega Mouth Beam: Dai Shi's strongest attack where he can spew massive blue colored energy beams from all eight of the dragon heads. A single blast took out the Wolf Pride and Rhino Pride Megazords in one hit.
Abilities[]
- Mega Durability: Dai Shi is highly durable due to his extremely thick golden scales and can withstand many punishment. Even the Rhino Pride Megazord's finishing strike had no effect.
- Stretchable Necks: Dai Shi can stretch all eight of his necks to great length.
Weaknesses[]
- Ultimate Power Blast: Jarrod's ultimate power blast left him weak enough for Casey, Theo, and Lily to combine their energy ball with the ultimate power blast to finally destroy him.
Arsenal[]
- Dragon Teeth: Dai Shi posses dragon teeth to which he can chomp his victims.
Relationships[]
Allies[]
Generals[]
- Phantom Beasts
- Overlords - Formerly
- Camille - Formerly
Family[]
to be added
Others[]
Enemies[]
Rangers[]
Family[]
to be added
Others[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Dai Shi is voiced by Geoff Dolan.
Design[]
In Dai Shi's original form, he is a golden eight-headed Chinese Dragon of tremendous size. Seven of his heads are situated in his chest area while one of them is situated on a very tall neck protruding from the rest of his seven heads. Each head has red eyes.
Etymology[]
- Dai Shi's name in Japanese (大死) translates to "Great Death"
- While in Cantonese, the language associated with Dai Shi's dragon form, Dai Shi (or Dǎi shǐ) means "big trouble" (大事)
Notes[]
- Dai Shi is among unique in terms of "Final Main Power Ranger Villain" in the Power Rangers series, in that he's the second villain in the Power Rangers series since King Mondo from Power Rangers Zeo to not be either a human (in the case with Rita, Lord Zedd, Divatox, Astronema, Trakeena, Ransik and Lothor), alien (in the case with Hydro Hog, Emperor Gruumm, Flurious), or supernatural entity (in the case with Queen Bansheera, Master Org, Mesogog, Omni The Magnificence and Octomus the Master), but rather be a Mythological Creature, and in his case, a Dragon.
- Dai Shi is the second dragon-themed Monster-Of-The-Week/Villain in the Power Rangers series to not have the ability to breath out flames and/or fireballs, or have any fire-based abilities and/or attacks as a whole, with the first of which being Ruby Dragon of Power Rangers Dino Thunder.
- Despite being an ancient evil, Dai Shi seems to have some sort of influence over the Morphin Grid. When he was in Jarrod's body, somehow he was able to control the Lion Spirit to make the Black Lion Warrior armor for himself. Even though Jarrod's Black Lion Warrior form is not explicitly stated as a Ranger form, its powers and features are similar to a Jungle Fury Ranger form.
Appearances[]
Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- Episode 1: Welcome to the Jungle (1)
- Episode 2: Welcome to the Jungle (2)
- Episode 3: Sigh of the Tiger
- Episode 4: A Taste of Poison
- Episode 5: Can't Win Them All
- Episode 6: Dance the Night Away
- Episode 7: Pizza Slice of Life
- Episode 8: Way of the Master
- Episode 9: Good Karma, Bad Karma
- Episode 10: The Blind Leading the Blind
- Episode 11: Pushed to the Edge
- Episode 12: One Master Too Many
- Episode 13: Ghost of a Chance (1)
- Episode 14: Ghost of a Chance (2)
- Episode 15: Bad to the Bone
- Episode 16: Friends Don't Fade Away
- Episode 17: No 'I' in Leader
- Episode 18: True Friends, True Spirits
- Episode 19: Path of the Rhino
- Episode 20: Dash for the Dagger
- Episode 21: Race to the Nexus
- Episode 22: Arise the Crystal Eyes
- Episode 23: Fear and the Phantoms
- Episode 24: Blue Ranger, Twin Danger
- Episode 25: One Last Second Chance
- Episode 26: Don't Blow That Dough (archive footage and mentioned only)
- Episode 27: Tigers Fall, Lions Rise
- Episode 28: The Spirit of Kindness
- Episode 29: Maryl and the Monkeys
- Episode 30: To Earn Your Stripes
- Episode 31: Path of the Righteous
- Episode 32/Finale: Now the Final Fury
- Power Rangers Super Megaforce
- Episode 6: Spirit of the Tiger (image only)
Power Rangers Legacy Wars[]
Dai Shi in Jarrod's body is among the many Rangers who feature in Power Rangers Legacy Wars. He is a Legendary (Leader), Legendary (Assist) character.
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid[]
Black Lion Warrior in Battle for the Grid
Power Rangers Collectible Card Game[]
Black Lion Warrior in Power Rangers Collectible Card Game.
Dai Shi in Jarrod's body as Black Lion Warrior appears in the American trading card game Power Rangers Collectible Card Game, among various other Rangers.
Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid[]
Dai Shi appears in the board game Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid as an opponent in the expansion "Light and Darkness". He is classified as a Boss.
See Also[]
- Long - Super Sentai counterpart in Gekiranger. See comparison page. (main villain and dragon form)
- Rio (Gekiranger) - Super Sentai counterpart in Gekiranger. See comparison page. (while possessing Jarrod)
References[]
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