 This article is about a/an Ranger in Power Rangers in Space, the last installment in the Zordon Era.
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- "We’re faster than you!!!"
- ―Psycho Black's first words.[src]
Psycho Black was the Black Ranger and second-in-command of the Psycho Rangers. He later became known as Photon.
He is also referred to as Black Psycho Ranger - a variation on his in-show label.
History
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Astronema created the Psycho Rangers, including Black, from individuals she destroyed and used as raw materials. Dark Specter gave her the ability to do so. After "making" them. They became staunchly loyal to their "mother". 
TV STORY-Power Rangers: The Psycho Path During his creation, he was based on the brain wave patterns of Carlos Vallerte and had knowledge of all of Carlos' weapons and strategies.
He was the most level-headed of the team and one of the most willing to follow orders. Along with the other four Psycho Rangers, he almost successfully eliminated Carlos but was pulled out of the battle by Astronema. Psycho Black used the Psycho Rod and had a rock monster form. He was later was destroyed.
His spirit later joined the Psycho Rangers into attacking the Space Rangers at Secret City. His spirit was put on a digital card and sent to an unknown planet.
Lost Galaxy
A year later, Deviot found the cards and unleashed the Psychos on the Lost Galaxy Rangers. Psycho Black went after Damon Henderson- as there was no Black Lost Galaxy Ranger - and was destroyed for good by the Space and Lost Galaxy Rangers.
The Psycho Path
Upon his rebirth at the hands of Psycho Green, he became far more rational. As the apparent intelligence specialist and navigator of the team, Photon is the one who appeared to be in charge of gathering cultural data on other civilizations in the form of movies, music, food, and books. Photon appeared to be accepting of his lessons by Karone, but was also still a firm believer in acting immediately in defense of his family and team. It is revealed his human form is based on a victim of Astronema's. Karone gave him the name Photon. 
COMIC STORY- Power Rangers: The Psycho Path
Beast Morphers
Psycho Black in Scrozzle's database.
Photom was shown in archive footage along with the other Psycho Rangers in Scrozzle's database, when the villains were looking for a past villain to revive with the Reanimizer, and came across Psycho Red, Robo-Blaze deems that Psycho Red is the perfect candidate, Robo-Roxy is not sure. She recalls that Psycho Red’s obsession over Andros led to the Psycho Rangers' destruction as footage of the Psycho Rangers being destroyed by both the Space Rangers and Galaxy Rangers is shown. Blaze is disgusted and wants to use the Reanimizer to revive all the Psycho Rangers. However, Scrozzle has the resources for resurrecting only one, as a result the villains follow search in Ryjack's collection. TV STORY-Making Bad
Video game appearances
Power Rangers Legacy Wars
Psycho Black as seen in Power Rangers Legacy Wars.
Psycho Black appears as alternate skin for Virgil/Psycho Red, who feature in Power Rangers Legacy Wars.
Personality
Psycho Black's personality traits are as follows:
- Sinister: He is the evil counterpart of the Black Ranger.
- Level-Headed: He has shown to be rational and businesslike.
- Stony-Hearted: He has a firm disregard toward others including his own team.
- Serious: He has shown to be quite stern and severe in the acts he commits.
- Proud: He has a high opinion of his own status as a obedient soldier to a subservient level.
- Guileful: He has shown to be methodical as he meticulously plan out his attacks.
- Indifferent: He has shown he clearly does not care what happens so long as he gets what he wants.
- Obsessive: He has shown a rigid single minded power-hungry addiction toward the Black Ranger.
- In conclusion, Psycho Black has a Psychopathic disposition!
Forms
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
- Photon/Psycho Black is voiced and played by Michael Maize.
- His suit actor in Super Sentai footage from Megaranger was portrayed by Teruo Yamaguchi (山口輝夫 Yamaguchi Teruo) & his suit actor in US footage was Terence J. Rotolo and Takahiro Honma (本間 崇寛 Honma Takahiro).
Design
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Etymology
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Notes
- Although the Psycho Rangers must fight with their counterparts of the same color to take their energy, when they were revived in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Psycho Black was shown to be satisfied with the idea of fighting a Green Ranger instead (as the Galaxy Rangers did not have a Black). This could suggest a link with Black and Green Power Ranger energies being the same or similar. This is further suggested in Power Rangers Super Megaforce where the Super Mega mode for Megaforce Black is green for some reason.
- Unlike the other Psycho Rangers, Psycho Black's "collar" is gold instead of white.
- Psycho Black's monster form is the only one to have never appeared in original American footage.
Appearances
Power Rangers in Space
- Episode 31: Rangers Gone Psycho
- Episode 32: Carlos on Call
- Episode 33: A Rift in the Rangers
- Episode 34: Five of a Kind
- Episode 35: Silence is Golden
- Episode 36: The Enemy Within
- Episode 38: Mission to Secret City
- Episode 39: Ghosts in the Machine
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Episode 30: To The Tenth Power
- Episode 38: Until Sunset (archive footage only)
- Power Rangers Wild Force
- Episode 34: Forever Red (Chess Pawns only)
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- Season 2
- Villains Special: Making Bad (archive footage and mentioned only)
- Season 2
- Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 42 (Story Variant Cover)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 45 (Story Variant Cover)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Power Rangers: The Psycho Path
See Also
- NeziBlack - Super Sentai counterpart in Megaranger. See comparison page.
References
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