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Prince Megiddo

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Icon-dynamanThis article is about a villain in Kagaku Sentai Dynaman.

Prince Megiddo (メギド王子 Megido Ōji, 1-51), also known as the Dark Knight (ダークナイト Dāku Naito) and Young Emperor Megiddo (若き帝王メギド Wakaki Teiō Megido) is the heir of the Jashinka Empire.

History[]

Megiddo is the younger, 5-tailed son of Emperor Aton and the Jashinka's main commander when the empire begins its invasion to conquer the surface. Megiddo has great pride in his abilities and in the glory he wishes to give his father in conquering Earth. However during the initial encounter with the Dynaman, he became immediate enemies with DynaRed, who used his swordsmanship to chop off one of his prided tails. From this point, Megiddo sees him as his rival and fights to take him down alongside fighting to conquer Earth.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Tailed-People Clan's Challenge

Though powerful in his own right, Megiddo was typically more bombastic and incompetent in using his skills and abilities. His consistent failure in facing the Dynaman eventually leads to his cousin Princess Chimera to emerge & assist in the invasion, looking down upon her cousin due to the loss of one of his tails.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 8: Evil Flower Princess Chimera Initially Megiddo works separately from Chimera's plans, but eventually the two start working together as the Jashinka's losses continue to mount.

When General Zenobia became free from the Millennium Cave, Megiddo had a harder time working with her compared to with the Jashinka forces prior, while Zenobia's own scheming led to her seeing to make him into a sacrifice. When an incident emerges where Megiddo's incompetence ruins a plot Zenobia herself had fully created, she coaxes Aton to finally do away with his own son: this leads to Megiddo losing the remainder of his tails and to be thrown into the Millennium Cave in her place.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 37: Female General ZenobiaTvicon TV STORY-Ep. 38: Rejuvenate! Genius Brain Angered by the loss of his tails and seeing everyone, from the Dynaman to the Jashinka leaders as his enemy, Megiddo vows to use everything in his power to free himself and to take his revenge; ultimately leading to his personal release from the cave to the surprise of the Jashinka court.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 39: Hold it! The Egg of the Tailed-People-Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 41: The Biker Gang Who Disappeared in the Darkness

Acting as a loose lone-wolf, Megiddo hides himself under a new identity: the mysterious masked Dark Knight and immediately makes a name for himself by stealing Aton's Teiouken sword and giving it to a member of Dynaman. Due to only beings with tails being believed to be the only ones who can enter the Grand Gizmo mothership, Aton and the Jashinka become shocked by his intrusion in their plans, even with no regard or allegiance to anyone & his ability to manipulate & mess with them as well as the Dynaman.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 42: Challenge: The Dark Knight The Dark Knight continues to show no allegiance to anyone & doing his own thing to ruin the Jashinka, including protecting a girl near one of their locations of a plotTvicon TV STORY-Ep. 44: Explosion! Magma Bomb & even helping Yousuke Shima (DynaBlue) perfect a technique to fight a Mechavolution Beast!Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 43: Shima! You're Blue Lightning

When the Retro Genes of Dr. Tooyama reappear, the Dark Knight sees them as a major obstacle that had to be dealt with, but also saw the rivalry between Aton and Zenobia as the means to eliminate all of the Jashinka threat.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 47: An Evil Wish, Ten Tails Allying with the female general due to her own ambition and hatred of Aton, the duo work together to gain the means to give her the 10 tails before the Emperor. When Dr. Yumeno (the Dynaman's mentor and the guise Tooyama was using all along) goes out in the open in hopes of eliminating the Jashinka in hopes of preventing them from ever getting his invention, he manipulates a scenario to both abduct the scientist by brainwashing General Kar's Mechavolution Beast while setting him up to take a fall that would lead to his own demise.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 49: The End of General Kar He then develops a machine that supposedly would give Zenobia the means to evolve to a 10-tail state with the Retro Genes recreated; however the truth was that the device was made not only to evolve the general but to rip her body apart. Ultimately when Zenobia finally uses the Dark Knight's device, she evolves to gain 10 tails, but then her body withers away into nothing, bringing her likewise to her demise.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 50: The Revived Formidable Enemy

As the Dark Knight hides himself, Aton uses the last remains of Kar's research to track down and find the mysterious knight to bring him to justice, reclaim Yumeno and gain 10 tails for himself. The Dark Knight encounters Aton at the site of his lab where he was manipulating Zenobia and fights against the Emperor for a final time in order to stop him from interfering. Ultimately, the Dark Knight is victorious in striking a death blow to kill the Emperor, even while Zenobia is likewise being killed in his genetic device. At this moment, DynaRed reveals him as Megiddo all along, with the prince finally explaining he needed to do this to reveal his father's racism and to prove that he could be powerful even without tails. Impressed by his son, Aton declares him and Chimera as the new emperors of the Jashinka in his dying breath, with the prince finally victorious.Tvicon TV STORY-Ep. 50: The Revived Formidable Enemy

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Megiddo as the new emperor of the Jashinka

With all of his enemies gone and the empire now in his hands, Megiddo decides to continue to go forward in conquering the Earth in the name of the Jashinka while trapping the Dynaman in the Millennium Cave so they would never interfere again. However when Yumeno saves his team from the cave with their help, the heroes face against him & Chimera in a final showdown. When the Dynamen finally overwhelmed his forces, both retreated to the Grand Gizmo in hopes of escape; but the heroes immediately followed in DynaRobo. With one final Lightning Gravity Fall, the Grand Gizmo is sliced in two, with Megiddo and Chimera screaming as they fall to their final demise and the ship explodes, bringing the Jashinka Empire to its end.Tvicon TV STORY-Final Ep.: The Fight That Flew Through Tomorrow

Maskman[]

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Maskman, confronted by legendary adversaries.

The Dark Knight, alongside Princess Chimera, is one of five revived villains who overwhelmed the Maskmen before being defeated by a gathering of the previous Red Warriors including his old enemy DynaRed. Tvicon TV STORY-Hikari Sentai Maskman (manga)

Turboranger clipshow[]

Prince Megiddo appears in the clips from Kagaku Sentai Dynaman seen in the first episode of Kousoku Sentai Turboranger.

Personality[]

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Appearances: Dynaman Episodes TBA

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Dark Knight

Powers and Abilities[]

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Abilities[]

As a five-tail commander of the Jashinka empire, Megiddo holds multiple skills that lead him to be a powerful yet somewhat incompetent commander. His main ability is his swordsmanship, which is comparable to Hokuto Dan and perfected with his "Bat Returns" technique. He also shows some mechanical skills and an ability to blend in with disguises when needed. He shows skill in horsemanship, riding into battle typically on his white horse "Nagareboshi" (Shooting Star).

However after Megiddo reforms himself into the Dark Knight, his abilities and skills increase as a result. His sword skills become greater with the acquisition of his "Dance of Death" technique; while he also gains a technological expertise to invent devices to assist in taking down his enemies, such as a machine to control Mechavolution Beast Computer Dragon and the device that leads to Zenobia's final evolution and downfall.

During the final battle when he becomes Jashinka emperor, he gains possession of the Teiouken, the most powerful sword of the empire that only the leader of the Tailed-People can hold.

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Appearances: Dynaman Episodes

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  • Nagareboshi - Steed

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Portrayal[]

Prince Megiddo was portrayed by Takeki Hayashi (林健樹 Hayashi Takeki), who had previously guest starred as Yohei Ooyama, the human form of Galaxy Monster in Battle Fever J. Dark Knight was voiced by Michirou Iida (飯田 道朗 Iida Michiro), who would go on to voice regular villainess Adjutant Shiima in Dengeki Sentai Changeman. Dark Knight's suit actors were Takanori Shibahara (柴原 孝典 Shibahara Takanori) and Keiji Tsujii (辻井 啓嗣 Tsujii Keiji).

Design[]

Both Megiddo and Dark Knight were designed by Yutaka Izubuchi (出渕裕 Izubuchi Yutaka). When designing Megiddo, Izubuchi based his design on General Hedrer from Denshi Sentai Denziman and Apollogeist from Kamen Rider X. In addition, Izubuchi also drew influences from Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the lead designer of the original Mobile Suit Gundam. Izubuchi based the armor's motif on the uniforms worn by the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation, utilizing Yasuhiko's theory of tightening the design on the collar with the inverted triangular design. Izubuchi also designed Megiddo's hat to resemble the ones worn by Nazi officers.[1]

Izubuchi based Dark Knight's design and namesake on the black knight that appeared in Western media. Since Megiddo was already wearing armor, Izubuchi designed Dark Knight's armor differently to hide Megiddo's identity as it would have been awkward if their armor resemble each other. Although Izubuchi wanted to keep Dark Knight's identity a secret, he intentionally gave a subtle hint on Dark Knight's mask design; giving the mask's left eye red colored and the right eye black colored, giving an impression he is one-eyed, much like Megiddo. Izubuchi based Dark Knight's motif on Hakaider from the Android Kikaider tokusatsu series, giving him a black-clad armor much like Hakaider.[2]

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  • In the USA Night Flight Parody dub, Megiddo became Nigel Cochran, a British rock star and the scene where DynaRed cuts off his tail becomes a running gag in the parody.
  • Both Prince Megiddo and Princess Chimera made cameo appearances in the Daicon IV animated short made by Daicon Films, a group of amateur animators who would later go on to form the animation studio Gainax.

Appearances[]

Super Sentai Battle Base[]

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Dark Knight as seen in Battle Base.

Dark Knight is among the vast pantheon of villains which appear in the mobile game Super Sentai Battle Base.

References[]

  1. ↑ Power Rangers Illustrations - Hyakka Ryoran Monster Book Vol. 1 page 97
  2. ↑ Power Rangers Illustrations - Hyakka Ryoran Monster Book Vol. 1 page 99

Footnotes[]


Icon-dynaman Kagaku Sentai Dynaman
Rangers
Hokuto Dan - Ryu Hoshikawa - Yousuke Shima - Kousaku Nangou - Rei Tachibana
Gear:
Dyna Brace - Dyna Rod - Dyna Swords - Cross Cutter - Battle Tector - Blue Frisbees - Rose Saber - Flower Shield - Chain Crushers - Surf Jet - Attack Board - Dyna Falcon - Dyna Machine
Allies:
Dr. Kyuutarou Yumeno - Kendo Robo - Turboranger - Gokaiger
Mecha and Robo
DyJupiter - Dyna Mach - Dyna Mobile - Dyna Garry
Dyna Robo
Jashinka Empire
Emperor Aton - General Kar - General Zenobia - Prince Megiddo/Dark Knight - Princess Chimera - Tail Soldiers (Gira and Keel - Bilgis)
Evolution Beasts
Crab Evo - Rhino Evo - Bat Evo - Trilobite Evo - Tapir Evo - Spider Evo - Snake Evo - Sponge Evo - Butterfly Evo - Scorpion Evo - Octopus Evo - Dolphin Evo - Flea Evo - Frog Evo - Diving Beetle Evo - Gecko Evo - Archaeopteryx Evo - Dinosaur Evo - Stingray Evo - Porcupine Evo - Squid Evo - Crocodile Evo - Cat Evo - Slug Evo - Fox Evo - Bee Evo - Starfish Evo - Cicada Evo - Striped Mosquito Evo - Cactus Evo - Thorn Ant Evo - Mantis Evo - Mammoth Evo
Mechavolution Beasts
Missile Crayfish - Guillotine Lizard - Machinegun Jaguar - Electric Eel - Armor Rose - Laser Hawk - Word Processor Armadillo - Drill Horse - Axe Bear - Rocket Tiger - Shovel Kong - Rainbow Chameleon - Jet Flying Squirrel - Poison Gas Weasel - Boomerang Jackal - Computer Dragon - Fire Sphinx
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