 This article is about a villain in Power Rangers Dino Fury.
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- "Rargh! I’m comin' to get ya!"
- ―Mucus first words after hatching.[src]
- "*clapping* Well done everyone. I love the colors. Now...here comes the pain!"
- ―Mucus when meeting the modern Dino Fury Rangers for the first time.[src]
- "It's Morphin Slime!"
- ―Mucus's pun of It's Morphin Time.[src]
Mucus is a green slime-like mushroom-based general Sporix Beast in Power Rangers Dino Fury. She is Void Knight's first general and one of the secondary antagonists of the show.
Character History
Over 65 million years ago, Mucus and the rest of the Sporix Beasts invaded Rafkon, the home planet of Zayto. Though he and his fellow Knights of Rafkon fought hard, the Sporix ravaged Rafkon and removed all traces of life from the planet. The Sporix then turned their attention to Earth but Zayto and the remaining Knights had managed to escape Rafkon and tracked the Sporix Beasts to Earth and engaged them in battle with the help of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.
After the Rangers' fight against the Void Knight, she was one of the many Sporix Beasts that escaped.
TV STORY-Destination Dinohenge
During the BuzzBlast presentation of J-Borg, Mucus hatched near the Pine Ridge Dam and attacked a random hiker who wanted to poke her egg with a stick. Having seen her hatching on a TV, the Dino Fury Rangers confronted her and were not exactly impressed with the monster having the same name as snot. When she claimed that she intended to destroy the city, they morphed and confronted Mucus who charged but was reduced to a big puddle of green goo by a single energy slash from Zayto's Chromafury Saber. However, she very quickly reformed after Shockhorn summoned the Hengemen for help and was initially attacked since he hated being called horsey but she swore fealty to the Void Knight and they joined forces before teleporting away. Mucus later accompanied both Shockhorn and the Void Knight to force Dr. Akana to use the Knight's scanner alongside her drone to locate more Sporix. However, thanks to the Rangers distracting the villains, Akana sent the drone right down on Shockhorn which destroyed it alongside the scanner and forcing her to escape with the Void Knight. After the defeat of Shockhorn, the Void Knight took Mucus to his base in Area 62 and put the Sporix in his machine before telling her that they would have to find more Sporix. TV STORY-Sporix Unleashed
Mucus spotted Vypeera, and the Rangers also showed up which made Mucus want to hide from them. However, Vypeera used the eyes on her chest to immobilize Zayto, and attacked the frozen Ranger on the spot. Ollie and Amelie tried to fight her, but due to her powers, they struggled to fight her without looking at her. Even though she was winning against the two, Vypeera retreated with Mucus after the latter found a discarded camcorder, wanting to use it for a greater plan. Vypeera and Mucus set up a recording station on the roof of BuzzBlast, where they hijacked the website by sending out her own video. Everyone who looks at the video immediately freezes in place but Zayto, having been freed thanks to Solon, teleports in blindfolded. Using the Sonic Dino Key, Zayto enhances his hearing and attacked Vypeera, managing to hold his own before destroying her laptop and ending the broadcast which forced Mucus to retreat. TV STORY-Lost Signal
Mucus returned to Area 62 with a new Sporix Beast for the Army called Draknarok and saw her boss building a new soldier named Boomtower. She went with Boomtower and Draknarok to the museum to take the Nephrite Orb. Mucus took it and they faced the Rangers, but they lost the Orb during the fight. Mucus turned into slime and latched on to Javi's car to follow him and informs Boomtower and Draknarok that Javi has the Orb. TV STORY-New Recruits
Mucus joins Boomtower when Brineblast hatches. The three fights the Rangers and Mucus flees quickly. Later on she is sent with Boomtower with a drill bomb to destroy the Tiger Claw Zord to which Mucus was activating the drill and asked Boomtower when the drill bomb reached the Zord. They were interrupted by Izzy arriving and after a brief fight with Boomtower, he teleports himself and Mucus away from the area back to the base believing their plan succeeded. TV STORY-Winning Attitude
She first is seen sitting on Void Knight's throne making fun of him despite Boomtower defending him. She later points out a secret door opening and seeing Void Knight emerge from there and greets him wanting to know what's in there. He allows her to see only for her to be electrocuted and then is threatened alongside Boomtower by Void Knight for being failures, telling them to either succeed or he'll destroy them. Finding the speech on not to be destroyed motivating, Mucus teleports out, volunteering to succeed against the Rangers. Mucus teleports in to see Smashstone fighting off the Rangers and is able to steal Amelia's Morpher due to the confusion as Izzy, Javi and Amelia were knocked down and with Zayto and Ollie engaging with Smashstone. She later invites the Sporix Beast to meet Void Knight and the two teleport after some playful hitting on the back of the head. Back at the base, Void Knight congratulates Mucus in stealing the Morpher, saying she finally did something right. When Boomtower asks why they can't just teleport into the Rangers' base normally, she sarcastically says the base has a force field preventing them from going in. Due to Mucus' action, Void Knight repairs the Morpher and has Boomtower uses it to infiltrate the Rangers' base to steal the Sporix. TV STORY-Superstition Strikes
Boomtower gets restless because he was created to be muscle and destroy and not to sit and wait. He steals Brineblast's Sporix, ignoring Mucus' objections and fights the Rangers with her and the Hengemen. When Void Knight discovers it, he becomes mad. Mucus says that she tries to stop him and the villains retreat. She later teleports in to go to Boomtower who had shrunk due to losing against the new Megazord formation saying that he's still alive and shouldn't feel bad. The two later teleport back to their base as the Rangers try to finish off Boomtower. TV STORY-Stego Search
Mucus watches the Rangers destroy Doomsnake with Void Knight and Wolfgang and is later sent to grab Doomsnake's Sporix as the Rangers were distracted with their broken Megazord. Off-screen, she is able to grab Doomsnake's Sporix and overhears Mick talking to the Rangers about the Nexus Prism which interests her to tell Void Knight about this before teleporting. Later on, she watches the Rangers demolish Boomtower with their new Dino Fury Warrior Megazord Formation and yells at Wolfgang to help Boomtower out, showing concern for her partner. However, this action led to Wolfgang being impaled by the Tiger Claw Zord's lance and she realizes this was a bad call. But this did help to her advantage as Wolfgang was destroyed, she was able to grab his Sporix Cell rather easily with a baseball mitt though she was saddened he couldn't sing at her birthday party. Later she was on the bridge trying to to nab another Sporix as Boomtower was destroyed, trying to go for 2 for 2, but is pushed by Izzy who grabbed the Sporix. When she demands Izzy to hand it over saying that it is Void Knight's, Izzy charges at her playfully to which Mucus teleports away in fear. Later at the base, she explains to an annoyed Void Knight that Boomtower got destroyed, but provides him with good news that she at least got Wolfgang's Sporix to which Void Knight takes from her believing it's at least something. Void Knight leaves her to go into his secret room annoyed with how his plans are not succeeding enough, with Mucus understanding her boss needs some alone time. TV STORY-Unexpected Guest
Mucus later ignores Void Knight's instructions about a giant balloon that's meant to disrupt the Rangers' teleportation, mistaking it for a birthday balloon, and releases it before Void Knight's signal, causing it to get caught in a tree. This act of ignorance is witnessed by the Rangers. TV STORY-Cut Off
Mucus helped Void Knight create a new robot which they call Slyther and installed the robot's data before Void Knight inserts a Sporix into his body and activates him. Upon coming online, Slyther makes Mucus upset and she felt bad before seeing Void Knight give the new general a mission. Mucus and Void Knight realized that Slyther managed to enter the Rangers' base. After Slyther was defeated and electrocuted, causing him to lose his memory, Mucus went looking for him and lied to him saying they were best friends and together they returned to Area 62. TV STORY-Phoning Home
Mucus goes to Evergreen Park with Slyther and Bogshell, where the evil trio are spotted by Javi and Izzy.
Personality
Mucus is eager to fight anyone she sees as being in the way, including Dr. Akana. However, she also has a childlike mentality, repeatedly asking Void Knight, "Are we there yet?" much to his annoyance. She seems to like dark, damp places like Area 62. Eventually she is also very cowardly when confronted by a direct threat as she seems scared of the Rangers after their last fight. Despite her cowardice, she seems to be rather sneaky, as seen when she overheard the Rangers talking about the missing Zords and grabbed Amelia's Morpher sneakily. This makes her seem better fit for stealth missions rather than combat which she mostly stays out of and cheers on her fellow teammates like Boomtower or other Sporix Beasts. Being a child at heart, she likes birthday parties, and is especially fond of chocolate cake. Additionally, she has an interest in making friends, as seen when she tried to befriend Slyther.
Powers and Abilities
- Regeneration: Mucus can regenerate her body instantly after she is destroyed by melting into a puddle of green goo and then reforming her body from it.
- Indestructibility: With her regeneration ability, Mucus is basically indestructible, as stated by herself.
- Teleportation: Mucus can teleport herself to any location at will in a massive purple energy streak.
- Fire Immunity: Mucus was hit by Draknarok's fire breath but looked unharmed.
- Slime Transformation: Being a slime-like creature, Mucus can freely transform her entire body into slime.
- Adhesion: In her full slime form, Mucus can stick to anything, such as the surface of a car.
- Expert Spy: Mucus is an expert in spying, as seen when she overheard the Rangers talking about the lost Zords from her hiding place.
- Robotics Expert: Mucus is also an expert in making robots, as she was the one who created Slyther.
Weakness
- Vulnerability to Electricity: Mucus can be easily electrocuted, as seen when she became shocked from touching an electrified entrance to Void Knight's secret room.
Arsenal
- Fists: Mucus possesses no weapons of her own but has shown proficiency with her fists when forced to battle outright.
- Baseball Glove: Mucus used a baseball glove to catch Wolfgang's Sporix.
Sporix Beasts
- Vypeera (first Sporix Beast)
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
- Mucus is voiced by Torum Heng in her first acting role, (usually being a writer for various shows). Her suit actress in Super Sentai footage from Ryusoulger is Naoko Kamio (神尾 直子 Kamio Naoko).
Notes
- In terms of characterization, Mucus bears a resemblance to Curio, from the previous dinosaur-themed series, Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge.
- As a coincidence, they both have their genders changed from their Sentai counterparts and Mucus' Sentai counterpart's name, Kleon, also sounded similar to Curio's.
- Mucus' gender was changed because Kleon had a feminine appearance.
The difference in Mucus' eyes in original footage.
- In the original footage, Mucus's eyes are colored magenta rather than red, and have larger irises and smaller pupils. This may have been to fit her comic relief role.
- Unlike Kleon, Mucus is a Sporix Beast. In Ryusoulger, Kleon was the one who created the Minosaurs (the counterparts of the Sporix Beasts).
- Mucus is possibly the inspiration for the Ranger Hotline as a bystander had recorded her Sporix Cell before she hatched which led the Rangers to consider people reporting the Sporix hatching or showing up as a way to track them.
- One of Mucus's quotes, "It's Morphin Slime", is a pun for the classic "It's Morphin Time."
- She is apparently ticklish, as mentioned while drilling to search for the Tiger Claw Zord.
- Although she is composed of an amorphous slime-like material, she does possess a skeletal system, as evidenced when she shocked herself while opening an electrified door in Area 62.
- She is so far, the only major Sporix Beast to be a general rather than a monster-of-the-week.
Appearances
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- Season 1
- Episode 2: Sporix Unleashed
- Episode 3: Lost Signal
- Episode 4: New Recruits
- Episode 5: Winning Attitude
- Episode 6: Superstition Strikes
- Episode 7: Stego Search
- Episode 8: Unexpected Guest
- Episode 9: Cut Off
- Episode 10: Phoning Home
- Episode 11: McScary Manor
- Episode 12: Super Hotshot
- Season 1
See Also
- Kleon - Super Sentai counterpart in Ryusoulger. See comparison page.
