Knasty Knight

This article is about a monster in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Knasty Knight
Season	Mighty Morphin 1
Episodes	Happy Birthday, Zack Green With Evil, Part II (cameo via flashback)
Voice Actor	Tom Wyner

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"Moon of ivory, stars of old, candlelight that's spun of gold, sky of fire, wind of fright, bring to me a Knasty Knight!"

―Rita's spell to conjure the Knasty Knight.^[src]

"Yeah!"

―The Knasty Knight's first word upon being told how to destroy the Megazord by Rita.^[src]

"Hey, wait a second!"

―Knasty Knight reacting to the Megazord energizing the Power Sword and his final words before his destruction.^[src]

The Knasty Knight was a knight monster who served as the main antagonist of the episode "Happy Birthday, Zack".

History

Past

10,000 years ago on the planet Tarmac III, the Knasty Knight took the Sword of Darkness away from one of Zordon's soldiers during a battle. The Sword was presented to Rita Repulsa as a prize. Sometime after this, he went into hibernation within a tree. TV STORY-Green With Evil

Mighty Morphin

Knasty Knight in Finster's book

Knasty Knight is released from inside his tree in 1993 by Rita to destroy Zack due to him having a terrible birthday. Prior to bringing back the Knasty Knight, Squatt and Baboo forge a sword for the Knight to use against the Power Rangers which has special corrosive abilities to ruin the Power Weapons.

When Zack is alone, Rita and her minions attack him with Squatt filming Zack being confronted by the Knasty Knight. Zack fights the Knasty Knight but is overwhelmed until his friends arrive. During the fight with all the Rangers, the Knasty Knight damages all of the Power Weapons and even manages to reflect back the Blade Blasters Tower Formation.

Excited, Rita enlarges him and, during the fight with the Megazord, he breaks its Power Sword by reflecting their power and wipes it out. However, Zack realizes that the evil Knight reflects energy so the Rangers use his own strategy against him by restraining his sword in eye beams and draining the power. With it, they recover and repair the Power Sword before smashing his sword and finishing him off with an energy slash. TV STORY-Happy Birthday, Zack

Legacy

When Zack nearly disappears by losing his self-confidence on the Island of Illusion he remembers defeating the Knasty Knight, which restores his confidence and he returns to existence. TV STORY-Island of Illusion

The Knasty Knight is used in a dream by Goldar using the Crystal of Nightmares to destroy Zack's self-confidence. TV STORY-Crystal of Nightmares

Personality

The Knasty Knight didn't possess a big personality besides being just a mostly mindless brute. He was shown as violent, sinister and silent warrior, determined in his mission to destroy the Power Rangers, but he was loyal to Rita.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Strength: The Knasty Knight easily threw back the combined attack of the Blade Blaster Tower Formation after just a moment of struggle.
• Durability: The Knasty Knight took several slashes from Zack's Power Axe and the Dino Megazord's Power Sword without being fazed.

Abilities

• Agility: The Knasty Knight could duck and dodge all over the place, easily defeating Zack with his superior agility.
• Super Jumps: The Knasty Knight could jump about 30 foot into the air judging by how high he and Zack leapt into the air in relation to the hills behind them.

Weaknesses

• Attack Reflection: Knasty Knight's energy can be absorbed by the Megazord and used against him.

Arsenal

• Sword: Knasty Knight wielded a massive long sword that Rita forged for him to use in battle.
  • Weapon Corrosion: The Knasty Knight damaged his enemies' weapons just by running his sword's blade along them, rendering them useless.
  • Energy Blast: The Knasty Knight could fire red energy beans from his sword powerful enough to take down all five Rangers with one hit.
• Shield: The Knasty Knight wielded a nigh indestructible shield that he could use to block regular and even energy attacks.
  • Attack Reflection: The Knasty Knight's shield could throw back the Blade Blaster Tower Formation attack.

Behind the Scenes

Portrayal

• The Knasty Knight was voiced by the late Tom Wyner.

Design

• He is based on European knights of the medieval era.

Etymology

• His alliterative name alluded to his "nasty" nature and that he was a knight. The term "Knasty" was intentionally misspelled and a play on words as there are relatively few words in the English language beginning with "kn".

Notes

• The Knasty Knight was the first monster to only speak when he was giant instead of when human-sized, where he just grunted and roared.
• The Knasty Knight's shield was a black variant of the symbol of the Royal Arms of England, represented by three lions used as a symbol of the House of Plantagenet who ruled the nation from 1154 to 1485.

Appearances

• TV Show/Comics
• Tabletop Games

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 1)
  • Episode 10: Happy Birthday, Zack
  • Episode 18: Green With Evil, Part II: Jason's Battle (cameo via flashback)
  • Episode 29: Island of Illusions, Part II (flashback; archive footage only)
  • Episode 45: Crystal of Nightmares (as a dream; archive footage only)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Official Fan Club Video (flashback; archive footage only)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 2)
  • Special: Lord Zedd's Monster Heads (archive footage only)
• Power Rangers Funniest Moments (archive footage only)
• Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
  • Go Go Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 17 (flashback)

Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid

Knasty Knight appears in the board game Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid as an opponent. He is classified as a Monster.

See Also

• Dora Knight - Super Sentai counterpart in Zyuranger. See comparison page.