Psycho Rangers

The Psycho Rangers are a team that feature in Power Rangers.

History

Power Rangers in Space

The Psycho Rangers were created by Astronema as dark evil counterparts of the Space Power Rangers and designed to kill them. Their creator had intentionally connected their powers to that of Dark Specter with the purpose of weakening him every time they were sent into battle. Astronema planned to use this to her advantage so that she could destroy him and usurp his position as leader of the alliance. They were first sent to attack Angel Grove while disguised as the Space Rangers, and revealed their true identities when the real Rangers confronted them. A battle ensued from which the Psycho Rangers emerged victorious after scanning the minds of their respective counterparts. Later, they returned to the city and started searching for the Rangers, using the unique sound of their communicators. They eventually captured Zhane and locked him up in an old library. The Space Rangers used a decoy to distract their evil doubles, but the Psycho Rangers realized what was happening and prevented the Space Rangers from rescuing Zhane. The Psycho Rangers beat the Space Rangers once again, by combining their energies into one massive attack. The Space Rangers were spared once Astronema forced the Psycho Rangers to retreat because, unbeknownst to them, she had devised a plan to strip Dark Specter of his powers with the Psycho Rangers as her pawns.

Psycho Red eventually went after the Rangers himself, but Psycho Black stopped him. From that moment on, Astronema decided that only one Psycho Ranger would attack at a time, starting with Pink. Psycho Yellow offered to help Psycho Pink capture Cassie so they could drain her power, but used the distraction created by Psycho Pink to claim the Yellow Ranger for herself. Psycho Pink was enraged and the two engaged in battle, allowing Ashley to escape. Pink followed her, but the other Space Rangers intervened. Ashley and Cassie then defeated Psycho Pink together, and it was then that she revealed her Psycho Monster form. In this form, she fought the Mega Winger and the Mega Voyager and met her end at the V3 Missile attack. The next day the four remaining Psycho Rangers battled the Space Rangers again. The Rangers planned not to fight their respective Psycho counterparts because that would give them the advantage; for example, Psycho Blue was specifically 'designed' to combat the Blue Ranger, but would thus be at a disadvantage when fighting the Black Ranger. This strategy did not work as the Psychos simply started to fight their counterpart. T.J. then figured out that they should all wear the same color and the next time the Psychos attacked, five Blue Rangers would be waiting for them. Zhane showed up, disguised as Psycho Silver, to confuse things even more. Unable to tell who was who, Red, Black, and Yellow retreated. Blue refused and was eventually defeated by Zhane and T.J. after the other Space Rangers revealed their true colors. Astronema called for the Satellasers to be fired, which then turned Blue into his monster form and made him into a giant. In his monster form, Psycho Blue tried to freeze the Mega Voyager by breathing snow and ice at it, but when the Rangers used the thermal energy to increase the power of the Mega Voyager, things didn't look good for Blue. He was soon destroyed by the Mega V3 Missile Mode attack from the Winged Mega Voyager.

With only three left, things were looking bad for the Psycho Rangers. However, Astronema had them recognize the voice of each Space Ranger so they could hunt them down while disguised as humans. The Space Rangers learned of this threat and tricked the Psycho Rangers by using a recording of them. Using everything they had, the Rangers defeated the Psycho Rangers, forcing them to grow into their giant monster forms. The trio of Psycho Monsters trashed the Space Rangers yet again, stole the Mega Voyager and used it to lay an ambush for the Rangers. Although the Space Rangers thought they avoided the trap set for them by letting Zhane distract the Psycho Rangers while they retrieved the Zord, they had actually sprung the trap: Psycho Yellow had taken control of the Mega Voyager and used it against the Space Rangers' other Megazords. Meanwhile, Psycho Red had enough of stalling and engaged in a one-on-one fight with the Red Ranger. He was pulled out by Ecliptor, who told Red to remember his place and that nobody would destroy the Rangers but Astronema. Psycho Red escaped from him and returned to the battlefield, vowing to destroy the Red Ranger at any cost. When Psycho Black told him to get a hold of himself, Red violently lashed out against both Psycho Black and Psycho Yellow, forcing Yellow out of the Mega Voyager. With the Rangers in control of their Megazords again, they regrouped and told the Psycho Rangers they could never win due to the lack of their teamwork. The three Psycho Monsters decided to show their teamwork skills and combined their energy for a huge blast, seriously damaging all Megazords. The Rangers tried to absorb the attack and steadily put the Megazords' systems in critical condition. Despite this, they managed to absorb enough energy to fire an ultra-charged V3 Missile which finally destroyed the last three Psycho Rangers.

One night, Andros, T.J. and Cassie detected a supposed disturbance on Earth and headed down to check it out. They didn't see anything, but it turned out to be the spectral forms of the five Psycho Rangers. They attacked the three Space Rangers, but were unable to touch them. They also couldn't be seen or heard, though Cassie felt a chill when one of them passed through her. While the Space Rangers dealt with Astronema's Secret City plot, the frustrated Psycho Rangers vowed to return and destroy their foes. The Space Rangers (sans Zhane) infiltrated the new location of Secret City and were unknowingly being followed by the spectral forms of the Psycho Rangers. After Astronema digitized the Space Rangers into data cards, the Psycho Rangers used the same machine to restore themselves to life. Taking the data cards from Ecliptor, they restored the Space Rangers, so that they could destroy them in battle. During the battle, the Psycho Rangers turned into their monster forms again. With Zhane's help, the Space Rangers managed to digitize them, preserving them in several data cards at the last minute. However, this overloaded the system and the lab exploded. Zhane was unable to get the data cards, so it was believed the Psycho Rangers were again destroyed. However, unbeknownst to them, the data cards were saved by Astronema.

Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy

Though destroyed, their data cards survived which were later acquired by Deviot who referred to them as his 'old friends'. With [Trakeena]]'s permission, the Psycho Rangers are revived. In addition to other modifications, he installed collars that ensured their full obedience. They were ordered after their corresponding Galaxy Ranger (with Psycho Black going after Damon, the Green Galaxy Ranger). Only Leo managed to put up a real fight, but he was only saved by the arrival of Andros. With Mike's help, they freed the other Galaxy Rangers just in time for T.J., Carlos, Cassie and Ashley's arrival. A combination of the Spiral Saber Booster Mode, Quadrablaster and Lights of Orion fireball attacks destroyed the Psycho Rangers, though unknown to the Rangers, Psycho Pink survived and was taken away by Deviot. Trakeena and Deviot intended for Psycho Pink to continue where the others left off. However, she tells Trakeena that she will no longer do things her way and escaped to seek her revenge on both the Pink Space and Galaxy Rangers. Lurking in Terra Venture's computer systems, she learned of the lost artifact known as the Savage Sword while Kendrix was researching it. The Savage Sword was on a nearby planet and as she went after it, Kendrix and Cassie went after her. During the battle, Psycho Pink plunged the Savage Sword into the Pink Astro Morpher – increasing her power even further and creating a storm threatening Terra Venture. Transforming into her Psycho Monster form, she battled and was destroyed by the Astro Megazord and Galaxy Megazord. Kendrix, however, sacrificed herself to restore the Pink Astro Morpher and destroy the Savage Sword.

Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue

The Monster forms of Psychos Blue and Pink were seen in the Shadow World when Queen Bansheera opened it.

Overview

In appearance, the Psycho Rangers were a team of superpowered warriors. They were created to be evil counterparts to the Power Rangers.

The Psycho Ranger team consisted of Psycho Black, Psycho Blue, Psycho Yellow, Psycho Pink and their leader Psycho Red. In their first battle with the Space Rangers, the Psycho Rangers read their minds, learning each of their fighting styles and creating their own unique fighting styles designed to counteract the Space Rangers'. However, due to this technique they had to fight each of their Ranger counterparts (Psycho Red had to fight the Red Ranger, Psycho Blue had to fight the Blue Ranger, etc.). T.J. discovered a way to confuse them by mixing up the colors, using a chessboard complete with figures for each of the Power Rangers and Psycho Rangers. The idea was a success and the Psycho Rangers proved easier to handle, but unfortunately for the Power Rangers, the Psycho Rangers were still deadly enemies when this strategy was used, more so than they expected. So for the next battle, thinking the Psychos want to be picky about who they fight, T.J. decided to spray all the Power Ranger figures blue with a can of blue spray paint. That way, they could confuse the Psychos about which color Ranger to take out first.

In battle, the Black, Blue and Yellow Psycho Rangers wielded their own warped variants of the weapons belonging to their Space Ranger counterparts. The two exceptions were Red (who wielded a black sword called the Psycho Sword which was similar in design to the Astro Megazord Saber, as opposed to his own version of Andros' Spiral Saber) and Pink (who carried the Psycho Arrow, a long black bow that fired energized arrows, as opposed to her own version of Cassie's Satellite Stunner).

Each Psycho Ranger had a specific fighting style unbeatable by the Ranger they were created from to fight.

Each of the Psycho Rangers' bodies hid their true, hideous "Psycho Monster" forms; Psycho-Red is a flame monster, Psycho-Black, a rock monster, Psycho-Blue, an ice monster, Psycho-Yellow, a hornet monster & Psycho-Pink, a plant monster. The first of these was revealed when Psycho Pink was severely beaten in battle. While the Psycho Rangers usually revealed these forms when they were on the verge of defeat, it has also been shown that they can willingly change between their Ranger and Monster forms at any time. In addition, they can choose to enlarge themselves or remain human-sized when in Monster form. The Psycho Rangers can also disguise themselves as humans to blend in with the civilian population in order to hunt down their enemies more effectively.

Members

• Psycho Red : As a Psycho Ranger his brain wave patterns were modeled after Andros and as a result, he was programmed with the strategies of the Red Space Ranger and the specs of Andros' weapons. Psycho Red used the Psycho Sword and had a fire monster form. After his supposed destruction, his ghost joined the other Psycho Rangers into attacking the Space Rangers at Secret City. He was digitized onto a data card after he was restored to life and sent to an unknown planet along with the other Psycho Rangers.
• Psycho Black : 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 destroyed along with Psycho Red and Psycho Yellow. His spirit later joined the Psycho Rangers into attacking the Space Rangers at Secret City. He was digitized in a data card after being restored to life and sent to an unknown planet.
• Psycho Blue : In Angel Grove, the Rangers go back to their meal only to see a news report of the destruction downtown. Psycho Blue along with the other Psycho Rangers disguised as the "Space Rangers" agree to an interview with the reporter that ends when the "Space Rangers" attack with a shower of shots from their Astro Blasters to the reporters. When the real Space Rangers show up and without thinking, each Psycho Ranger fight against a Ranger with his/her respective color. Psycho Blue takes down T.J. Johnson the Blue Space Ranger with sheer ease during the fight and use his Psycho Axe to brutalized T.J. with multiple strikes.
• Psycho Yellow : Psycho Yellow is first seen in her true, spider-like monster form on Onyx during Andros' visit there in disguise, among many other monsters. Andros does not interact with her at that time.
• Psycho Pink : In Angel Grove, the Rangers go back to their meal only to see a news report of the destruction downtown, Psycho Pink along with the other Psycho Rangers disguised as the "Space Rangers" agree to an interview with the reporter that ends when the "Space Rangers" attack with a shower of shots from their Astro Blasters to the reporters. When the real Space Rangers show up and without thinking, each Psycho Ranger fight against a Ranger with his/her respective color, Psycho Pink takes down Cassie the Pink Space Ranger with sheer ease during the fight and use her Psycho Bow to blast Cassie with multiple arrows.
• Psycho Silver : Zhane took on the identity of Psycho Silver of the Psycho Rangers for a brief time when he joined as the sixth member of the team. He was born a human on the planet KO-35, along with Andros and his sister Karone where the three of them were adept in telekinesis. Zhane became Andros' best friend was, at times, the only one who could make Andros smile or laugh. When the two became Power Rangers, it was a dream come true for both of them. As the Silver Space Ranger, Zhane and Andros were in another battle against evil forces. Dark Specter launched attack after attack on KO-35. In the midst of the battle, Zhane saw that Andros was in trouble when he was engaging with a red statue monster. Without a second thought for himself, Zhane leapt in front of Andros and took an attack meant for him, saving his friend's life but leaving him mortally wounded. Unable to treat Zhane's wounds properly, Andros placed him in a cryogenic tube in a hidden compartment in the Astro Megaship, in the hopes of someday restoring him.

Notes

• The Psycho Rangers were created by Judd Lynn and featured in the setting of the Power Rangers universe.
• They were based on the Jaden Sentai Neziranger from the Japanese series Denji Sentai Megaranger.

In other media

Comic Books

• In Power Rangers, the Psycho Rangers appeared in the setting of the 2016 comic book series published by Boom! Studios. A new member was introduced named Trek from the planet Xybria where he assumed the mantle of Psycho Green.

Appearances

• Power Rangers in Space:
• Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy:

External Links

• Power Rangers Wiki Entry

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