 This article is about an army of grunts in Power Rangers Jungle Fury.
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- "HUH! HUH! HUH!"
- ―The Rinshi's only sounds when moving.[src]
Rinshi were members of the Dai Shi Clan in Power Rangers Jungle Fury and acted as Dai Shi's foot soldiers.
History
Jarrod/Dai Shi summoning Rinshi.
Rinshi were Jiangshi-like warriors who traveled by hopping forward or backward. They appeared to lack the ability to speak beyond going "HUH! HUH! HUH!" when hopping. On occasion they wield staffs for battle that harnessed and released energy. They were also infiltrators, as in several episodes they appear as regular people (such as thieves or technicians) to trap the Power Rangers.
Personality
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Forms
The default forms of the Rinshi that were very weak individually but formidable in large numbers.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Human Disguise: Rinshi could disguise themselves as humans.
- Speech: As humans, Rinshi had the ability to talk beyond grunts.
Abilities
- Strength: The Rinshi were incredibly strong, one easily flipping down Casey in the series' first battle and a bunch held him down. Earlier in the same battle. two were easily able to grab Theo and throw him down while another was able to knock him down by twirling his hand.
- Master Fighter: Rinshi were trained in advanced combat and martial arts. They were roughly on the same skill level as the unmorphed Rangers and were easily able to overpower them during the first battle.
- Jumping: Rinshi could jump very high.
Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Staff: The Rinshi used staffs that have a sharp point to fight against the Rangers.
- Energy Projection: The Rinshi could shoot purple energy from their staffs.
Certain Rinshi were selected and upgraded to harness powers of specific beast arts. Camille attached animal totems to Rinshis to upgrade them. These Rinshis gained the power and fighting styles of the specific animal totems as well as the ability to speak and behave in a more humanoid fashion. Upon gaining a type of power-up usually from the fear and despair of the people around them, they shed their identical upgraded Rinshi forms and take on a monster-like appearance. Dai Shi could randomly select one or more Rinshi and place the head of a special statuette totem on them. This converted simple Rinshi to Rinshi Beasts, warriors with the fighting style and abilities of an animal.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Fear Absorption: Even without turning into their monster forms, Rinshi Beasts could absorb fear to increase their power as mentioned by Mantor when he deployed alongside some Rinshi.
- Monster Transformation: The Rinshi Beasts could transform into their monster forms at will, causing their Rinshi forms to shatter.
- Rinshi Transformation: Despite their Rinshi forms shattering upon assuming their monster forms, Rinshi Beasts could change back to their Rinshi form at will.
- Enlargement: Rinshi Beasts were able to grow at will after collecting enough fear.
Abilities
- Strength: While their strength was not shown often outside of their monster forms, they were presumably stronger than the typical Rinshi.
- Speech: Unlike regular Rinshi, the Rinshi Beasts could speak.
- Martial Arts Experts: Mantor, the Five Fingers of Poison, and Slickagon were all able to defeat the Power Rangers with their bare hands.
Weaknesses
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Arsenal
- Fists: Whilst lacking weapons in their upgraded Rinshi forms, the Rinshi Beasts can fight with their bare hands to the point of overwhelming the Jungle Fury Rangers.
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
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Design
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Etymology
- Rinshi is the romanization of a Japanese/Chinese ideogram meaning "close to death" or "dying".
Notes
- The Rinshi, as the Rinshi Beasts, were the only foot soldiers to act as Monsters of the Week.
- While previous Monsters such as Volkan were foot soldiers to begin with, the Rinshi were the only foot soldiers to serve as monsters on a regular basis.
- The Rinshi are so far the only foot soldiers to share a name with their Sentai counterparts.
Appearances
Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- Episode 1: Welcome to the Jungle (1)
- Episode 2: Welcome to the Jungle (2)
- Episode 3: Sigh of the Tiger
- Episode 4: A Taste of Poison
- Episode 5: Can't Win Them All
- Episode 6: Dance the Night Away
- Episode 8: Way of the Master
- Episode 9: Good Karma, Bad Karma
- Episode 11: Pushed to the Edge
- Episode 12: One Master Too Many
- Episode 14: Ghost of a Chance (2)
- Episode 15: Bad to the Bone
- Episode 16: Friends Don't Fade Away
- Episode 17: No 'I' in Leader
- Episode 18: True Friends, True Spirits
- Episode 19: Path of the Rhino
- Episode 20: Dash for the Dagger
- Episode 21: Race to the Nexus
- Episode 22: Arise the Crystal Eyes
- Episode 23: Fear and the Phantoms
- Episode 24: Blue Ranger, Twin Danger
- Episode 25: One Last Second Chance
- Episode 26: Don't Blow That Dough (archive footage only)
- Episode 28: The Spirit of Kindness (cameo)
- Episode 29: Maryl and the Monkeys
- Episode 30: To Earn Your Stripes
- Episode 31: Path of the Righteous
- Episode 32/Finale: Now the Final Fury
Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid
Rinshi and Rinshi Beasts appear in the board game Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid as opponents in the "Light and Darkness" expansion. They are classified as Foot Soldiers and Elite Foot Soldiers respectively.
Power Rangers Roleplaying Game
Rinshi Warriors appear in the Power Rangers Roleplaying Game as a Threat in the "Finster's Monster-Matic Cookbook" expansion.See Also
- Rinshi (Gekiranger) - Super Sentai counterpart in Gekiranger. See comparison page.
References
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