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 |
| Homeworld: | Unknown (within the M51 Galaxy) |
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Rita Repulsa, known in the Japanese Super Sentai show, Zyuranger, as Witch Bandora, is a fictional character from the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
An alien sorceress 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 this witch by her screeching voice or Madonna-style bra cones. She possessed a wand which she would use to transform her monsters to gigantic sizes.
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[edit] Character History
[edit] In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Locked within a space dumpster for over 10,000 years, Rita Repulsa walked free when a pair of curious astronauts undid the canister's top. The evil space empress, re-establishing command over her ancient collection of evil magic, proceeded to wreak havoc on Earth, the area of conquest which had been assigned to her millennia before, only to be thwarted by a set of five super powerful teenagers – the Power Rangers. She created her own evil ranger, the Green Ranger, Tommy, with the use of a Power Coin that she had stolen from her archenemy Zordon before being sealed away.
Even with the aid of her own evil Power Ranger, her own warzord controlled by Goldar, and an endless militia of monsters, Rita proved incapable of defeating these freedom fighters. Whenever the Rangers destroyed one of her monsters, Rita would complain that she had a headache; on the other hand, she would take her anger out on her minions, sometimes bashing them over the head with her sceptre.
Eventually, her master Lord Zedd, disgusted with her performance, shrunk Rita, and banished her to yet another dumpster, sending her to the cosmos yet again. She was once at the point 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 for her a potion that would generate libidic feelings, to 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 and more lighter figures after their marriage, they were still formidable opponents and the Rangers were now struggling to defeat both their foes combined. Zedd and Rita used multiple attempts involving 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 staffs 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 Pink Ranger. 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 Power Rangers: Zeo
Rita and Zedd fled to live in refuge with Master Vile during the invasion of the Machine Empire, though after being defeated by the Rangers themselves, the machines were destroyed by the couple themselves. 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 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 seemed to be transformed into a normal human woman, to live blissfully with her husband (who was formerly Lord Zedd).
[edit] In Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
In the final episode, there was a Shadow World inhabitant that resembled a woman in Rita Repulsa's costume and was presumed to be the evil part that was destroyed in Countdown to Destruction.
[edit] In Power Rangers: Mystic Force
A different Rita is the Mystic Mother, the ruler of the Magical dimension, after being turned good by Zordon's energy wave. She is said to be the source of all good magic, and grants Udonna's apprentice Clare the powers of a full Sorceress, and helps the Mystic Rangers defeat The Master once and for all. She is portrayed by Machiko Soga.
[edit] Quotes
"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!"
"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 cat 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)
"That's why I'm Mystic Mother. Do you really think you had me? Ha ha ha. Sorry to disappoint" (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)
"And so darkness was destroyed by light. And should it ever return, your magic must stop it" (as the Mystic Mother)
