 This article is about a villain in Power Rangers RPM.
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- "No. We're doomed!"
- ―General Crunch's final words before his demise.[src]
General Crunch is a factory-themed robot who was one of the four generals of the Venjix Computer Network.
History
Not much is known behind the creation of General Crunch, or what his duties are in the service of Venjix (as his comrade General Shifter generally handled the creation of Attack Bots, while Tenaya 7 generally led ground battles against the Rangers and infiltration); regardless, he seemed to be a high-ranking officer, and once entirely handled the creation of the Balloon Bot and beginning the growth download sequence while Venjix was apparently occupied. He rarely entered the battlefield himself, though this was not out of cowardice but simply not being required very often; he could however handle himself in a fight, utilizing a staff topped with a cloud-like end.
At one point, he drove Venjix to blow him to pieces when he first asked if Venjix would rather wait until the rangers defeat an attack bot before downloading into it a growth program, and later wonders out loud why Venjix hasn't launched a full-scale attack while the city defenses were down (in other words, he was pointing out flaws in Venjix's plans). After Venjix decided that both General Crunch and General Shifter had become obsolete, they were blasted and destroyed. After sometime though, both generals were rebuilt and given their positions back in Venjix's evil machine order. He fought the rangers personally for the first time 
TV STORY-Ranger Blue, where he defeated Ziggy and Summer in combat, showing the true fighting potential behind his confused personality.
When Tenaya hacks into Venjix's database TV STORY-Danger and Destiny, Crunch breaks into the control tower and begins to fight with Tenaya, easily overpowering her. However, when Doctor K reverses the deletion of Gem and Gemma, they shoot down the control tower with Crunch still inside. Crunch is destroyed when it crashes into the ground.
Personality
General Crunch is not so serious and gives the appearance of being less intelligent unlike his co-general, General Shifter. And while he appears to be confused, dumb, and a bit of a blabbermouth, often angering Venjix, he also displays a highly-tuned sense of strategy. He is also quite a skilled fighter.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
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Abilities
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Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Cloud Staff: Crunch is armed with a staff with the top resembling a cloud to aid him in combat.
Creations
- Balloon Bot (first and only creation)
Relationships
Allies
Generals
- Shifter
- Tenaya 7/15 - Formerly
- Kilobyte
Others
Enemies
Rangers
Family
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Others
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
- General Crunch is voiced by Charlie McDermott.
Design
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Etymology
- Crunch has multiple definitions, thus making it unclear why this name was chosen:
- To crunch is to break down or crush an object using the force of another object (as on hard food with one's teeth); to compress.
- As an agent of a computer virus, this general's name may be a play on crunching numbers, i.e. performing mathematical calculations as one would in accounting and finance.
Notes
- He occasionally breaks the Fourth Wall, by questioning Venjix on why he doesn't take certain actions; such as waiting for the Rangers to badly damage an Attack Bot before downloading the growth program to it, and not launching a full scale attack when Corinth City's defenses are down. In this way, Crunch can be seen as voicing the audience watching the show.
- Depending on the opinion of the viewer, Crunch's statements may be insulting Venjix's intelligence/common sense. Alternatively, Crunch's statements can be seen as a form of lampshade hanging utilized to address perceived plot holes.
- General Crunch never made the action figure line that went along with the show. However, an unarticulated collectible figure was made for the Adventure Sets. It comes with the Trax Adventure Set and the Engine Adventure Set.
- During his first three appearances, Crunch voice was pitched lower resulting in a deeper voice, it was likely changed to a high pitched one to fit his personality.
- Crunch is the only one of three original generals of Venjix who never betrayed him.
- Crunch is the third general of Venjix to die.
Appearances
Power Rangers RPM
- Episode 1: The Road to Corinth
- Episode 2: Fade to Black
- Episode 3: Rain
- Episode 4: Go for the Green
- Episode 5: Handshake
- Episode 9: Ranger Yellow Part II
- Episode 10: Ranger Blue
- Episode 11: Doctor K
- Episode 12: Blitz
- Episode 13: Brother's Keeper
- Episode 14: Embodied
- Episode 15: Ghosts
- Episode 16: In or Out
- Episode 17: Prisoners
- Episode 18: Belly of the Beast
- Episode 19: Three's a Crowd
- Episode 20: Heroes Among Us
- Episode 21: Not So Simple
- Episode 22: The Dome Dolls
- Episode 23: And… Action!
- Episode 24: Ancient History
- Episode 25: Key to the Past
- Episode 26: Beyond a Doubt
- Episode 27: Control-Alt-Delete
- Episode 28: Run Ziggy Run
- Episode 29: If Venjix Won (archive footage only)
- Episode 30: End Game
- Episode 32/Finale: Danger and Destiny Part II
Power Rangers Deck-Building Game
General Crunch appears in the Power Rangers Deck-Building Game. He is available in the "RPM: Get in Gear" expansion.See Also
- Air Pollution Minister Kitaneidas - Super Sentai counterpart in Go-Onger. See comparison page.
References
Footnotes
