This article is about a monster in Power Rangers Jungle Fury. |
- "Lepus!"
- ―Lepus's roll call when she was introduced alongside the other Phantom Beasts and her first lines.[src]
Lepus was a Phantom Beast Warrior who held the spirit of the rabbit mixed with a pixie, and was the only female member of the Phantom Beasts.
She serves as a supporting antagonist of the episodes "Fear and the Phantoms", "One Last Second Chance", and later on serves as the main antagonist of the episode "To Earn Your Stripes", the fourth-part of the six-part endgame saga, and a minor antagonist of the final episode "Now the Final Fury", excluding the two minor monsters, Lepus serves as the final monster of Power Rangers Jungle Fury.
History[]
Lepus was one of the armies of the Phantom Beast Warriors and the only female among them. She used the battle style of the Rabbit and held the spirit of the Pixie. During the first Beast War, Lepus fought, alongside her allies against the Pai Zhuq Academy and Dai Shi Clan and was destroyed along with other Phantom Beasts. However, the Crystal Eyes, that possessed the power to resurrect them, were left behind.
In "Fear and the Phantoms", Jellica used the Crystal Eyes and revived the Phantom Beasts and ordered them to serve her and help her destroy Dai Shi. But Scorch, Snapper, and Whiger betrayed and destroyed her and joined Dai Shi. Lepus was summoned by Scorch along with the other Phantom Beast Warriors. They promised to serve Dai Shi. TV STORY-Fear and the Phantoms
In "One Last Second Chance", Camille approached Lepus, Sonimax, and Osiris and asked them if they could give her some of their Rinzin Power. They thought she was kidding and declined her offer. TV STORY-One Last Second Chance
In "To Earn Your Stripes", Scorch and Snapper sent Lepus, Sonimax, and Osiris to eliminate Camille, as they decided she is the last tie in Jarrod's humanity and must be eliminated for Dai Shi's sake.
Lepus, Sonimax and Osiris ambushed Camille and overwhelmed her, but Jarrod arrived, who temporarily regained control over his body. He destroyed Sonimax and Osiris, but Lepus escaped.
Then Lepus attacked Casey, because she thought if she will defeat the Red Ranger, she would prove her loyalty and earn Dai Shi's mercy. Lepus battled Casey and he used the Strike Rider against her. Then, the other Power Rangers arrived and helped Casey. Scorch and Snapper also arrived and fought the Spirit Rangers, while the Jungle Fury Rangers battled Lepus. Lepus was badly hurt by the Claw Cannon, Wolf Beam and Rhino Blade.
She then grew and battled the Rangers' Zords. She managed to fly up into the air after being stabbed and flung into the air by the Rhino Steel Zord but was taken down by the combined finisher of the Jungle Master Zords and the Wolf Zord performed its Wolf Zord Spin Fury attack to cripplingly weaken her. At this point, the Rangers summoned their other Zords and Lepus was destroyed by the Animal Spirit Stampede's Final Strike. TV STORY-To Earn Your Stripes
In the final battle, Lepus was revived by Dai Shi, but was destroyed for good by Master Guin. TV STORY-Now the Final Fury
Personality[]
Lepus was a cunning, sneaky, and unpredictable Phantom Beast Warrior. She was highly loyal to Dai Shi, and the Phantom Generals: Scorch, Snapper, and Whiger and loyally did all their orders. When Jarrod attacked her and her comrades, she decided to defeat Casey, because she thought by defeating the Red Ranger, she would prove her loyalty and gain the mercy of her master. She was also shown to be good friends with Sonimax and Osiris.
Powers and Abilities[]
As the final monster of Power Rangers Jungle Fury, Lepus is one of the strongest and most powerful monsters in the show, being able to overpower the Jungle Fury Power Rangers with ease and is one of the only monsters to survive the Jungle Fury Power Rangers' Claw Cannon, Wolf Beam and Rhino Blade.
Powers[]
- Enlarging: Lepus is able to make herself grow at will.
- Flight: Lapus can fly by twirling her horn/rabbit ear-like appendages.
- Spin Energy Attack: Lepus can preform a spin attack while unleashing yellow colored energy from around herself.
- Energy Pules Blast Balls: Lapus can fire strong light blue colored energy pules-like blast balls from her hands.
- Energy Lasers: Lepus can also fire powerful light blue colored energy lasers from her hands.
Abilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: Despite being theme after a rabbit, Lepus possesses a great deal of raw strength, and was easily able to overpower and take down Camille with no help from either Osiris or Sonimax.
- Durability: Lepus possesses thick armor-like skin to withstand her enemies blows, as she was able to be taken down by the Rangers' ultimate finishing move (the same attack that took down Grizzaka before her) without a scratch and later the Jungle Master Megazord finisher (the same attack which previously destroyed the Black Shadow Guard) with minimal damage.
- Skilled Fighter: Lepus is skilled fighter in her own right and was able to overpower Camille and take down all five Rangers with amazing ease.
- Speech: Lepus can talk although she lacks a visible mouth.
Weaknesses[]
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Arsenal[]
- Claws: Lepus has razor sharp claws (similar to those of a rabbit) which aids her in combats, they allow her to claw and slash at her enemies.
- Energy Empowerment: Lepus can charge her claws up with light blue energy to attack at full force.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Lepus was voiced by Sarah Thomson, who at the time was also portraying Fran, the ally of the Jungle Fury Rangers.
- As a result, her voice is very similar to (if not the same as) Hydrax's voice from three years previously.
Design[]
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Etymology[]
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Notes[]
- Lepus can be seen as an ironic final Monster-Of-The-Week in the Power Rangers series, as all final monster from previous entries and even later shows have imitating appearance and design, Lepus is more simple, as she is theme after a pixie and a rabbit, the formal of which represents kindness and peace, and latter in that rabbits are very peaceful and friendly animals.
- As the final Phantom Beast standing after the destruction of Osiris and Sonimax, Lepus is the final regular monster in Power Rangers Jungle Fury.
- The remaining two episodes had the remaining Phantom Beast Generals as enemies and the only monsters in the finale were past monsters the Rangers had already fought.
- Lepus is the only Beast to be theme on both an Animal Spirit and a mythological creature spirit.
Appearances[]
- Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- Episode 23: Fear and the Phantoms
- Episode 25: One Last Second Chance
- Episode 30: To Earn Your Stripes
- Episode 32/Finale: Now the Final Fury
See Also[]
- Hiso - Super Sentai counterpart in Gekiranger. See comparison page.
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