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- "S.P.D. Kat Ranger!"
- ―S.P.D. Kat Ranger's roll call[src]
Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx is the head of R&D at S.P.D.'s Earth Delta Base. She later temporarily becomes the S.P.D. Kat Ranger as an extra Ranger of the S.P.D. Rangers.
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History
S.P.D.
Kat is the Rangers' technical support. She has designed most of the Rangers' weapons and is Anubis Cruger's trusted assistant and friend. Her home planet was also attacked by the Troobian Empire so she joined S.P.D.'s fight against evil. Kat has also been shown to have great fighting skills. During a battle with Krybots, she was able to morph once and become the Kat Ranger. However, this was only temporary and those Ranger powers were never seen again.
When Kat was young she attended the Science Academy alongside Professor Mooney where she frequently found herself above him in terms of social and educational status much to his chagrin; this left Mooney with a strong dislike for her and a bitter desire to prove himself which eventually drove him mad.
In 2001 Kat worked with the parents of the B-Squad Rangers in developing the morphing technology used in the S.P.D. Morphers. However, these experiments had side-effects that while not affecting Kat did affect the B-Squad's parents and thus their children–who would become the B-Squad–got their civilian powers.
Later on in the season she is recruited to S.P.D. Central Command as requested by Fowler Birdy. She returns to Earth with a temporary Morpher and becomes the S.P.D. Kat Ranger to stop an adult Mooney. Although her time as a Ranger is limited (her Morpher has only enough for one hour according to Birdy; whether she used it all up or simply used some of it is unknown) she realizes the Rangers need her on Earth. 
TV STORY-Katastrophe
Before the final battle she and Boom are captured by Broodwing who turns the Delta Base into its Megazord configuration. Thanks to R.I.C. the two escape and shut the Megazord down allowing B-Squad to defeat and capture Broodwing. During the final battle against the invading Troobians she, Boom and Sam led the S.P.D. cadets in the battle to protect the Delta Base. Together they held off the forces long enough for reinforcements led by Birdy and Sergeant Silverback to arrive as well as Nova Ranger allowing them to defeat the enemy. During the fight against Omni The Magnificence, she analyzes the enemy and finds its weak spot and gives the information to Cruger and the Rangers who use it to destroy Omni even though she knows it may cost Cruger his life. Kat is relieved to see that Cruger and his wife survived and watches the final fight between Emperor Gruumm and Cruger that results in Gruumm's capture. Afterwards Kat remained at S.P.D. Earth Station. TV STORY-Endings
Super Megaforce
Kat was not shown to have fought in the battle between the Legendary Rangers and the Armada. Given her Sentai counterpart fought in the Legend War, it is entirely possible that she did indeed fight elsewhere.
Personality
Kat Manx is intellectual, headstrong and resourceful lady with a calm and intuitive persona. She is naturally authoritative and willing to take the lead when necessary, and has a professional mentor-like relationship with the Rangers and Boom. Despite her analytical attitude she displays strong empathy; for example she listens to and advises B-Squad and is mostly understanding of their difficulties (for example when she acknowledges she's surprised B-Squad talks at all due to tight quarters) only losing her temper a handful of times. She also often counsels Cruger. In terms of the Rangers this could be argued to be a somewhat parental role from time to time and she is certainly greatly cared for by B-Squad. That said, she is clearly able to establish firm professional boundaries - often opting to take a professional attitude with Cruger when in front of other staff members. She also does not divulge much about her own feelings and personal life. For the most part she is able to put her own feelings aside to benefit SPD. She is intuitive and discerning, and uses this judgement to know when it may be appropriate or necessary to cross the line (e.g when she confides in B-Squad that Cruger told them they were "the best he's ever had", pushing Cruger to be the Shadow Ranger and knowing Bridge is lying when he says Gruumm did not say anything further. She is occasionally playful and lets out strong emotions: her anger at Cruger and breakdown in the final battle being two big examples - as well as being known to crack a big smile out of relief or pride. She seems to consider this as a weakness though which may explain her hatred of goodbyes. Kat is shy in the face of praise and not exempt from making mistakes - on one occasion she trusted Piggy to provide safe hardware out of desperation.
Kat Ranger
Kat Ranger
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Feline Physiology: As a member of an unknown feline race, Kat exhibits exterior features resembling that of an Earth cat.
Attacks
- Cat Stunners: Leaping into the air, Kat gives herself some room to scatter her Kat Stunners.
- Feline Grace: Kat performs a graceful rainbow spin that launches opponents in the air.
- Kat Scratch: In the Video game PR Battle for the Grid, Kat's able to attack her opponent with her cat claws and performs a Shades of Wolf Fang Fist to her opponent.
- Kat Frenzy: In the Video game PR Battle for the Grid, Kat performs a no-handed cartwheel kick, for later proceeds to attack frantically with her claws to her opponent.
Abilities
- Genius-Level Intellect:
- Skilled Combatant: Kat is shown to have fighting potential and to be able to hold her own for a while.
Weaknesses
- Time Limit: The effect of the Kat Morpher is warned to be temporary, reportedly only lasting up to an hour.
Arsenal
- Kat Morpher (formerly)
- Cat Stunners (formerly)
This form is exclusive to S.P.D. Episode 29.
S.P.D. Kat Ranger!
Relationships
Allies
Rangers
- S.P.D. Rangers - Teammates
- Jack Landors/S.P.D. Red Ranger (I) - Leader
- Sky Tate/S.P.D. Blue Ranger (I)/S.P.D. Red Ranger (II)/S.P.D. Deka Ranger
- Bridge Carson/S.P.D. Green Ranger (I)/S.P.D. Blue Ranger (II)/S.P.D. Red Ranger (III)
- Z Delgado/S.P.D. Yellow Ranger
- Syd Drew/S.P.D. Pink Ranger
- Sam/S.P.D. Omega Ranger
- Anubis Cruger/S.P.D. Shadow Ranger - Close Friend
- S.P.D. Nova Ranger
- Dino Thunder Rangers
Family
to be added
Others
Enemies
Troobian Empire
- Emperor Gruumm
- Broodwing
- Mora/Morgana
- A-Squad Rangers - Former Allies & Traitors
- Professor Mooney - Former Friend & Enemy
- Krybots
- Blue-Head Krybots
- Orange-Head Krybots
Family
to be added
Others
to be added
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
- Kat is played by Michelle Langstone. In the Japanese dub, her voice is played by Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵 Tanaka Rie). In Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, her voice is played by Melissa Flores.
- As the S.P.D. Kat Ranger, her suit actress was Motoko Nagino (梛野 素子 Nagino Motoko), along with Yuuki Ono (小野 友紀 Ono Yuuki) in Super Sentai footage from Dekaranger.
Design
to be added
Etymology
- Kat is a diminutive of Katharine and its many variant spellings, all of which come from Greek meaning "pure". As Kat hails from an extraterrestrial feline race, her name is a pun as well.
- Her surname, Manx, also plays on her feline nature, being a breed of tail-less/bobtailed cat originating from the British Isle of Man. Natives of the island Crown dependency are also named the Manx.
Notes
- Jack comments that Kat looks to be about 25 to 30 years old. Despite her youthful appearance, Cruger conforms that Kat is actually 147 Earth-years old.
TV STORY-Sam (episode) The main idea is that the first two years of a cat's life is roughly 24 human years, with four more human years being added to the total as a cat advances in age per year. As such, Jack would be correct in his assumption of Kat's age as 147 cat years is roughly about 32 human years. - Kat's designation as either the White or Orange Ranger has been long debated. Although her color was never specified in-series, the Boom Studios comics placed her among the White Rangers. Power Rangers Legacy Wars, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, and the Power Rangers Roleplaying Game, however, have listed her as an Orange Ranger.
- Producer Greg Aronowitz acknowledges the apparent love triangle between Kat, Commander Cruger, and Isinia Cruger, and the poor reception Isinia's return got as a result. He also admitted that Dr. Felix was introduced as as a potential love interest for Kat.[1]
- The toy-exclusive zord Blast Runner is often associated with the Kat Ranger due to it possessing a similar color scheme and a symbol on the back-wall of the cockpit that is synonymous with Kat. Although neither her or Swan Shiratori had piloted the Blast Buggy, it was piloted by a White Ranger instead.
- Kat is the only main cast member of show to not have been voiced by her counterpart's actress Mako Ishino in the show's Japanese dub. Ishino, however, did narrate the show's dub.
- Kat, along with Officer Tate, Nova Ranger, Mick Kanic and Dane Romero are the only Power Rangers without a Zord or the ability to grow giant.
- At Power Morphicon 8, Kelson Henderson revealed that after Sky became the Red Ranger and Bridge became the Blue Ranger, Kat would have potentially become the Green Ranger. However, the 2nd Green Ranger was later made to be Lina Song.
Appearances
Power Rangers S.P.D.
- Episode 1: Beginnings (1)
- Episode 2: Beginnings (2) (mentioned only)
- Episode 3: Confronted
- Episode 4: Walls
- Episode 5: Dogged
- Episode 6: A-Bridged
- Episode 7: Sam (1)
- Episode 8: Sam (2)
- Episode 9: Idol
- Episode 10: Stakeout
- Episode 11: Shadow (1)
- Episode 12: Shadow (2)
- Episode 13: Abandoned
- Episode 14: Wired (1)
- Episode 15: Wired (2)
- Episode 16: Boom
- Episode 17: Recognition
- Episode 18: Samurai
- Episode 19: Dismissed
- Episode 20: Perspective
- Episode 21: Messenger (1)
- Episode 22: Messenger (2)
- Episode 23: Zapped
- Episode 24: Reflection (1)
- Episode 25: Reflection (2)
- Episode 26: S.W.A.T. (1)
- Episode 27: S.W.A.T. (2)
- Episode 28: Robotpalooza
- Episode 29: Katastrophe
- Episode 30: Missing
- Episode 31: History
- Episode 32: Impact
- Episode 33: Badge
- Episode 34: Insomnia
- Episode 35: Wormhole
- Episode 36: Resurrection
- Episode 37: Endings (1)
- Episode 38/Finale: Endings (2)
- The Power Rangers Want You
- Episode 1: The Power Rangers Want You With Bridge Carson
- Episode 2: The Power Rangers Want You With Sydney Drew
- Episode 3: The Power Rangers Want You With Sky Tate
- Episode 4: The Power Rangers Want You With Z Delgado
- Episode 5: The Power Rangers Want You With Jack Landors
Power Rangers Legacy Wars
Kat Ranger is among the Rangers who feature in Power Rangers Legacy Wars. She is an Epic (Leader), Epic (Assist) character, and represents the S.P.D. Rangers along with Sam, Anubis Cruger, Sky Tate, Jack Landors and Bridge Carson.
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
Kat Ranger in Battle for the Grid.
Kat Ranger is a playable character in Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, she uses her Cat Stunners primarily as her weapon.
See Also
- Swan Shiratori - Super Sentai counterpart in Dekaranger. See comparison page.
References
Footnotes
| Other Rangers |
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| Identities Kat Manx • Prince Phillip III • Zayto |
| Power Sets S.P.D. Shadow Ranger • S.P.D. Kat Ranger • Dino Charge Graphite Ranger • Cosmic Fury Zenith Ranger |
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| Orange Rangers |
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| Identities Fern • Eugene Skullovitch • Remi • Tyler Rinker • Michelangelo |
| Secondary Rangers Boom • Kat Manx • Hocux Pocux • Orange Solar Ranger I |
| Power Sets Mighty Morphin Orange Ranger • S.P.D. Orange Ranger • S.P.D. Kat Ranger • Orange Solar Ranger • Cosmic Fury Orange Ranger |
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