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Mighty Minotaur was a Minotaur monster who served as the main antagonist of the episode "Teamwork." The Mighty Minotaur is known for being the very first monster in the Power Rangers franchise to be fought by the Rangers' personal weapons.
Many years later, during the events of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, he is revived as Robo-Minotaur, by Robo Rita.
History
Mighty Morphin
The Mighty Minotaur is created by Finster and Rita sends the Minotaur to Earth to not let Trini and Kimberly neutralize a garbage dump she is using to pollute Angel Grove. Whilst Goldar and the Putty Patrol fight with Jason, Zack, and Billy.
Immediately upon their arrival, Billy and Zack jump kick the Mighty Minotaur but he deflects them with his shield so Jason uses his Blade Blaster only to be taken down with his friends when the monster deflects back the blasts with his shield. As Trini throat kicks down Goldar, the Mighty Minotaur knocks down all three Rangers who are then bombarded with boulders by Squatt and Baboo.
With the upper-hand, Rita enlarges the monster after which the Power Rangers regroup and call on their Dinozords. The Mighty Minotaur charges as the Pterodactyl Dinozord defeats Goldar and the Putties so the Triceratops and Sabertooth Tiger unleash their tail blasts but have no effect. In retaliation, the Mighty Minotaur lightning blasts the Sabertooth Tiger but it jumps off its cliff and slashes him with its claws as the Mastodon freezes him and the Triceratops wraps its horn chains around his chains and pulls him over but even that is not enough to stop him. When the Mighty Minotaur rams down the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord, they form the Megazord Tank Mode and blast the Mighty Minotaur but they are no effect, and he returns fire so Jason decides to assume Battle Mode.
Before they can do so however, Zordon determines the monster is too much for the Rangers' Zords so withdraws them and gives the Rangers their Power Weapons to battle the monster.
When confronted by the Mighty Minotaur again, they destroy his weapons with the Power Bow and a Power Dagger, knocked him back with the Power Lance and Power Axe, and took him down with the Power Sword. Zordon then tells them to bring the Power Weapons together to finish him off so they do so, forming the Power Blaster which is able to finally destroy the monster who face-plants and explodes.
Once & Always
In 2023, when Rita Repulsa returned as Robo Rita in a new robotic form, she resurrected Snizzard and Mighty Minotaur in similar robotic bodies. The Minotaur returned as Robo-Minotaur as a result. He and Robo-Snizzard captured Jason, Tommy, and Kimberly, forcing Billy to escape with Zack and Minh Kwan in Billy's new RADBUG.
Robo-Minotaur and Robo-Snizzard have been tracking Rangers all over the universe by using the Putties as bait to lure the Rangers in Angel Grove, Robo Minotaur had a brief fight against Katherine Hillard. When the Rangers are teleported, Robo-Minotaur is tracking them through their morphed status via his Horn Shield in his Tracking System.
They meet up with the Rangers saving people from Putty Patrollers, however the Rangers demorphed and teleported to the Command Center, Robo-Minotaur being angry that they lost their tracking system through their morphed status via his shield.
Robo-Minotaur along with Robo-Snizzard assisted Robo-Rita in her scheme to capture several Rangers all over the universe.
At the junkyard, Billy, Rocky and Kat morph to lure out Robo-Snizzard and Robo-Minotaur, then trap them in a giant electromagnet.
Back at the junkyard, Robo-Minotaur and Robo-Snizzard meets Minh again who grabs a spare device and Trini's Morpher. She tries to use it to attack the monsters, but is abducted by Robo-Rita.
Upon reaching the palace, the Rangers find Rita's machine there, seeing that she has already captured members of multiple Ranger teams. Billy discovers that Rita has been creating a time portal. Rita and her monsters arrive with Minh in tow and reveals her plan - to travel to the past and give knowledge of the future to her past self.
Robo-Minotaur retain Minh, Minh breaks free and takes the shot from Rita instead. She miraculously survives. The team of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are complete again, going to confront Robo-Rita and her monsters. After that, Robo-Snizzard turned into a giant and Billy impales Rita with his Power Lance, Robo-Minotaur is destroyed by Rocky using the Power Sword. TV STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
Angel Grove News report
When Bulk reports the daily report on Angel Grove, mentioning the first incident that Rita Repulsa cause in Angel Grove and her quest to conquer the world, with her monsters, Minotaur is seen briefly in a flashback during Bulk's report. COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 1
Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
When Rita Repulsa apparently defeated Tommy Oliver, she reveals her malefic plan, after destroying this world, she to betray the Xiliens in her vision, using the multiversal focus to return her dimension with the Toho Kaijus under her control combined with her monsters including Minotaur to destroying Zordon, the Power Rangers and Angel Grove. COMIC STORY- Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 3Personality
The Mighty Minotaur was a brutal, sinister, wild, savage, arrogant, stubborn, destructive and menacing monster. However, he was very unintelligent, speaking only in roars and grunts.
In stark contrast of his original self, Robo-Minotaur was more intelligent and less boorish, able to speak and work in tandem with his allies. His loyalty toward Robo-Rita was more evident as shown in his rage upon seeing Billy stabbed his master from behind. Not only that, Robo-Minotaur had a sadistic streak he shared with Robo-Snizzard, as the two amused themselves with the idea of turning an entire planet into graveyard and he later gleefully watched the unmorphed Mighty Morphin Rangers have a hard time against Robo-Rita while holding Minh hostage.
Forms
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Fire Breath: The Mighty Minotaur could spew out strong flames from his mouth.
Abilities
- Power: Although the Mighty Minotaur was one of the very early monsters to appear in the series (being the third monster ever), he was far powerful than the Rangers and even the individual Dinozords.
- Strength: The Mighty Minotaur was able to overpower Jason, Billy and Zack in battle and a single blow from his club were able to take down all three Rangers at once.
- Durability: The Mighty Minotaur shrugged off multiple blasts to his chest from the Triceratops Dinozord and Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord and even being blasted by the Megazord in Tank Mode had absolutely no effect.
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: The Mighty Minotaur was also skilled in hand-to-hand combat, being able to take on three Rangers with ease.
- Extraordinary Leaper: The Mighty Minotaur could leap incredible distances.
- Weapon Mastery: Mighty Minotaur displays great proficiency with his club for attacking and shield to block incoming attacks.
Weaknesses
to be added
Arsenal
- Spiked Club: The Mighty Minotaur used a spiked club for combat.
- Horn Shield: The Mighty Minotaur also used a shield covered in horns to block his enemies' attacks such as a powerful double kick from Billy and Zack.
- Energy Reflection: The Mighty Minotaur could reflect his enemies' energy-based attacks with his shield.
- Horns: The Mighty Minotaur had razor sharp horns on his head to jump up and stab into his enemies with.
- Horn Lightning Beam: The Mighty Minotaur could fire red and blue colored lightning beams from his horns. These were able to cause large explosions behind the Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord and badly shake up the Megazord in its Tank Mode.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Teleportation: Unlike his original self, Robo-Minotaur can teleport at will.
Abilities
- Power: Like his original self, he has tremendous power to overwhelm multiple Rangers while fighting.
- Strength: The Robo-Minotaur is more stronger than before as a robot, enough to take on multiple Rangers. His cybernetics likely added to his strength as well.
- Weapon Mastery: Much like his original self, Robo-Minotaur displays great proficiency with his mace for attacking and shield to block incoming attacks.
- Speech: Unlike his original self, the Robo-Minotaur is capable of speech.
Weaknesses
- Vulnerability to Magnetism: Due to being a robot, Robo-Minotaur can be caught in a giant magnet trap.
Arsenal
- Mace: Robo-Minotaur wields a spiked mace-like club for combat.
- Silver Shield: Robo-Minotaur also used a new silver shield to block his enemies' attacks. Unlike his original self's old shield, the new shield has a built-in computer with following features:
- Tracking System: The Robo-Minotaur's new shield has a tracking system which activates upon detecting morphed Rangers via Morphin Grid fluctuations from great distance at least between the Moon Palace and Earth.
- Global Positioning System: Robo-Minotaur's new shield has a built-in GPS underneath which pinpoints morphed Rangers' locations in conjunction of the aforementioned tracking system.
Relationships
Allies
Generals
Others
Enemies
Rangers
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Zeo Rangers
- Turbo Rangers
- Space Rangers
- Galaxy Rangers
- Wild Force Rangers
- Dino Thunder Rangers
- Grid Battleforce Rangers
Others
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Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
- Mighty Minotaur was voiced by the late Tom Wyner who was also the voices of the Giant and Bones. However, he spoke exclusively in roars and growls.
- However, when he returns as Robo-Minotaur in "Once & Always", he speaks in full sentences and his voice is provided by Ryan Cooper.
Design
- He is based on the Minotaur of Greek mythology.
Etymology
- His name alludes to his great strength and that he is a Minotaur.
Notes
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Appearances
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 1)
- Episode 3: Teamwork
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (as Robo-Mighty Minotaur)
- Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
See Also
- Dora Minotaur - Super Sentai counterpart in Zyuranger. See comparison page.
References
Footnotes