Rita Repulsa
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| First Appearance: | Day of the Dumpster (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) | ||
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| Last Appearance: | Mystic Fate (Power Rangers Mystic Force) | ||
| Status: | Mystic Mother | ||
| Affiliation: | United Alliance of Evil, Lord Zedd, Mystic Force Power Rangers, and Thrax. | ||
| Homeworld: | Unknown (Possibly Gamma Vile in the M51 Galaxy) | ||
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Rita Repulsa is a fictional character from the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
An evil witch bent on galactic domination, Rita Repulsa was the first villainess the Power Rangers had to face. Most discernible by her two pointed hair cones, one may also recognize her by her screeching voice. She possessed a wand which she would use to transform her monsters to gigantic sizes. In 2006, Jetix asked fans to determine the Power Rangers' greatest villain of all time - fans chose Rita, followed by her husband Lord Zedd.
[edit] Character History
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Rita Repulsa, was released from the space dumpster in which Zordon had imprisoned her over ten thousand years ago by a pair of clueless Earth astronauts. After the astronauts accidentally unleashed Rita, she exited the dumpster along with Goldar, Squatt, Baboo and Finster. Rita claimed she would conquer the first planet she saw after being freed, and it happened to be Earth. Over the course of the show, Rita Repulsa battled the Power Rangers using everything from phobia spells, super Putty patrollers, binding magic spells, and on occasions, she would even allow the likes of Goldar and Squatt and Baboo to be "in charge" of destroying the Power Rangers. Eventually Rita's reign of terror came to an end when Lord Zedd the "true emperor of evil" as Goldar put it, returned from conquering galaxies to assume control. Zedd was furious that Rita failed to defeat "children" and conquer the Earth. Despite Rita's begging and pleading, Lord Zedd vaporized Rita's magic wand and shrank her down to the size of a toy before again exiling her into space in the same dumpster that Zordon had locked her in.
Locked within a space dumpster, Rita came within inches of freedom when her dumpster came to Earth, and Bulk and Skull almost succeeded in opening the dumpster. But the Power Rangers were successful in sending Rita back into space. Eventually her dumpster crashed into the moon, and she escaped. Down but not out, after regaining her freedom, Rita sought assistance from Finster, her still loyal henchmonster, to concoct a potion that would generate libidic feelings for use on Lord Zedd. The potion worked and the two were then married. Once married to Lord Zedd, Rita abandoned her magic practices (crystal ball, spell books, etc.) and worked alongside Lord Zedd as a partner in crime. While Zedd and Rita became far less serious after their marriage, they were still formidable opponents and the Rangers struggled to defeat both of their foes. Zedd and Rita attempted to defeat the Rangers, using clones of the Rangers and time-travel, and though they each failed, the Rangers did not claim victory so easily. Also, following this, monsters were now made to grow by Rita and Zedd crossing their staves and combining energies.
Shortly after the wedding, Rita's brother, Rito Revolto, arrived to join his sister and brother-in-law on their quest to destroy the Power Rangers. Later still, her father, Master Vile made his entrance, aiding the villains greatly by leaving the Rangers as children. Nevertheless, they continued to fail, even with help from Rita's spy, Katherine Hillard, who, after breaking free from Rita's control, joined the forces of the Power Rangers as the second Pink Ranger when Kimberly Hart departed for Florida. Later Goldar found out about the potion Rita used on Lord Zedd and had a concoction created to reverse the effects. The concoction had no effect, however; Zedd had apparently developed a real attachment for Rita of his own accord, possibly as a result of believing himself to be hers.
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Since the movie takes place out of continuity of the universe we are used to seeing, many changes have taken place. Rita and Zedd seemed to have always been married. Rita still has her funny lines, but is beaten back easily (along with Zedd) and captured by Ivan Ooze.
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers
After her father turned back time using the Orb Of Doom, The Alien Rangers were summoned from Aquitar. During this season, Rita, Zedd, and Goldar finally accomplished their personal mission of neutralizing the Power Rangers as we knew them by destroying their Ninja Power Coins.
[edit] In Power Rangers: Zeo
Rita and Zedd fled to live in refuge with Master Vile during the invasion of the Machine Empire. After being defeated by the Rangers, the couple destroyed the machines. Throughout the latter part of Zeo, Rita and Zedd had harassed the House of Gadgetry's plots and even aided the Rangers once to prevent the Machine Empire from claiming Earth.
[edit] In Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
Rita and Zedd made a small cameo appearance. Divatox calls them in the middle of the night to ask them how to destroy the Rangers. Rita manically laughs and comments "If I knew that, do you think I would be lying here, listening to this!?" She then puts the phone to Zedd's face who is sleeping and snoring loudly. Rita then advises her to "RUN!!" before hanging up the phone. Obviously, this advice wasn't followed and Divatox would learn the hard way.
[edit] In Power Rangers Turbo
Rita and Zedd also appear briefly in the Millennium Message.
[edit] In Power Rangers in Space
In their final feat, Rita and her spouse joined the United Alliance of Evil headed by Dark Specter, and assisted the monarch with his masterful scheme to vanquish all good in the universe. However, during the final confrontation, when Zordon sacrificed himself (at the hands of the Red Space Ranger Andros), Rita was transformed into a good woman, to live blissfully with her husband (who was formerly Lord Zedd).
[edit] In Power Rangers: Mystic Force
In the Mystic Force series, Rita Repulsa has become the Mystic Mother, the gigantic ruler of the Magical dimension, after being turned good by Zordon's energy wave (when he was killed by Andros). She is said to be the source of all good magic, and made her first appearance in the series finale when the Master entered her throne room. Though she managed to seal him in an orb of fire, the Master broke it and destroyed the entire chamber, apparently killing her in the process. She is later revealed to have survived the assault by teleporting away in midst of the collapse, granting Udonna's apprentice Clare the powers of a full Sorceress, and helps the Rangers to defeat The Master once and for all. [1]
[edit] In Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
As a celebration of the fifteenth season of Power Rangers, there was an episode that featured the son of Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd. In Once a Ranger, the Sentinel Knight trapped her son, Thrax in a dumpster like his mother, but he destroyed it while on the Moon, referring to Rita's speech when she was first freed in the episode Day of the Dumpster. Rita herself did not appear, but her change to the side of good was mentioned by Thrax, who called her (along with his father) weak. He vowed to restore their evil legacy. [2]
[edit] Quotes
"Ahh! After 10,000 years I'm finally free! It's time to conquer Earth!" (traditional blurb spoken by Rita at the beginning of each episode's intro as she escapes her captivity, leading into the credits)
"I've got such a headache!" (usually said after the Rangers thwarted her scheme in that episode)
"Finster, make me a monster!"
"Magic wand, make my monster grow!"
"By the power and force of lightning, make our monster grow" (Rita and Zedd make their monster grow)
"I don't see you doing any better, Radiator-Face!" (to Lord Zedd after the Rangers defeat the Face Stealer)
"The Master of nothing, I know first hand that good magic is more powerful than evil." (from Mystic Force's season finale).
"99 bottles of slime on the wall, 99 bottles of slime. You take one down, you pass it around. 98 bottles of slime on the wall!" (From The Mutiny when Rita was trapped in the space dumpster, also sung during her honeymoon with Lord Zedd)
"Curses! It looks like the Kat is out of the bag!" (after Kat breaks her spell)
"What do I care about some stupid egg?" (to Lord Zedd about Ivan Ooze's egg prison in Power Rangers: The Movie).
"What? You spent two thousand years looking for a tub of snot?" (to Lord Zedd in reference to Ivan Ooze's egg prison in Power Rangers: The Movie).
"Finally, a REAL man!" (Power Rangers: The Movie)
"I can't believe it! How could he let them slip through his hands? He's no better than the rest of the hired help around here!" (to Lord Zedd in reference to Ivan Ooze letting the Power Rangers get away in Power Rangers: the Movie)
"What?! The Power Rangers?! Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha! If I knew that, do you think I would be sitting here listening to this?!" - she puts the phone on Lord Zedd, who is snoring - "My advice to you Divatox: RUN!!!". (from Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie)
"That's why I'm Mystic Mother. Do you really think you had me? Ha ha ha. Sorry to disappoint you!" (showing The Master he had failed to destroy her).
"Without magic, Mystic Ones? You are never without magic. You just have to know where to find it" (to the Mystic Rangers prior to the final showdown with The Master)
"Zeddy. I think we're in trouble!"
"And so darkness was destroyed by light. And should it ever return, your magic must stop it" (as the Mystic Mother)
[edit] References
- ^ Ranger Central - Database - Power Rangers Mystic Force - Allies. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ Japanese magazine scan on Rita Repulsa's Son in team up episode. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
