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In the Power Rangers franchise, a Zord is a type of mecha that is often piloted by a Power Ranger. Most Zords can combine to form a humanoid robot known as a Megazords. But there are some Zords that can form a Megazord independently. Some Zords such as the Red Battlezord are human form by default or the Tigerzord can transform independently, in those two instances the Red Battlezord and Tigerzords are not considered "Megazords" and just "Zords". The Zords used by the team at any time will have a theme, such as dinosaurs, mythical creatures, or animals associated with fighting-styles.
Power Rangers is an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS Entertainment, later by Saban Brands, and today by SCG Power Rangers and Hasbro, the Power Rangers television series takes much of its footage from the Super Sentai television series, produced by Toei Company. The first Power Rangers entry, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, debuted on August 28, 1993, and helped launch the Fox Kids programming block of the 1990s, during which it catapulted into popular culture along with a line of action figures and other toys by Bandai. By 2001, the media franchise had generated over $6 billion in toy sales.
The term mecha may refer to both scientific ideas and science fiction genres that center on giant robots or machines (mechs) controlled by people. Mechas are typically depicted as humanoid mobile robots. The term was first used in Japanese (meka) after shortening the English loanword mekanikaru ('mechanical'), but the meaning in Japanese is more inclusive, and "robot" (robotto) or "giant robot" is the narrower term.
A Zord is defined as a giant fighting machine (a.k.a. colossal assault vehicle) featuring the use of humanoid combination, whether through gestalt technology featuring an aggregate humanoid robot, or the internal manning of a non-combining humanoid robot by a humanoid pilot.
When Rita Repulsa invaded Earth, Zordon of Eltar recruited five teenagers to serve as Power Rangers. Upon granting them their powers, Zordon also gave them the Dinozords which are modeled after dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.

Rita Repulsa is a fictional character from the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and the principal nemesis and archenemy of the main superheroes in the show's first season. She is portrayed in the first season by Machiko Soga and by Carla Perez in the remaining seasons, while voiced by Barbara Goodson in the series. Soga reprised her role as Rita, now the Mystic Mother, while Susan Brady provided her voice in the TV series Power Rangers Mystic Force. In the films, she is portrayed by Julia Cortez in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, and by Elizabeth Banks in the 2017 reboot film. Rita Repulsa is based on the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger villain Witch Bandora.
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. According to radiometric dating and other sources of evidence, Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Earth's gravity interacts with other objects in space, especially the Sun and the Moon, Earth's only natural satellite. Earth orbits around the Sun in 365.26 days, a period known as an Earth year. During this time, Earth rotates about its axis about 366.26 times.
Zordon is a fictional character from the Power Rangers franchise who serves as the Rangers' mentor. Zordon first appeared on the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and appeared in subsequent seasons until the conclusion of Power Rangers in Space.
Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the most well-represented of the large theropods. Tyrannosaurus lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia. Tyrannosaurus had a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the Maastrichtian age of the upper Cretaceous Period, 68 to 66 million years ago. It was the last known member of the tyrannosaurids, and among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Jason Lee Scott is a fictional major character in the Power Rangers franchise, played by actor Austin St. John. Jason is known as the original Red Ranger from the first entry of the franchise, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as the leader of the first team of Power Rangers. He later becomes the second Gold Ranger in Power Rangers Zeo.
Mastodons are any species of extinct proboscideans in the genus Mammut, distantly related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. Mastodons lived in herds and were predominantly forest-dwelling animals that fed on a mixed diet obtained by browsing and grazing with a seasonal preference for browsing, similar to living elephants.
When Lord Zedd arrived to conquer Earth, he unleashed Pirantishead to battle the Power Rangers. Pirantishead froze the Mastodon, Triceratops, Sabertooth Tiger, and Pterodactyl Dinozords, while taking control of the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and Dragonzord. After reganing control of their zords, it was decided that Zedd was too powerful a threat for the Dinozords to combat. Thus, Zordon and Alpha 5 transformed the Dinozords, with the power of thunder, into the Thunderzords. Later, Zordon and Alpha would create the Tigerzord for the newly created White Ranger. Both the Red Dragon and White Tiger both had warrior modes and were capable of independent hand to hand combat.
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending on the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a sharp, loud crack to a long, low rumble (brontide). The sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightning produces rapid expansion of the air within and surrounding the path of a lightning strike. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave, sonic boom, often referred to as a "thunderclap" or "peal of thunder".
Chinese dragon, also known as East Asian dragon or Long, are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and East Asian culture at large. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. They traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, typhoons, and floods. The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck for people who are worthy of it in East Asian culture. During the days of Imperial China, the Emperor of China usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial strength and power.
Chinese or Imperial guardian lions are a traditional Chinese architectural ornament. Typically made of stone, they are also known as stone lions or shishi. They are informally known in colloquial English as lion dogs or foo dogs. The concept, which originated and became popular in Chinese Buddhism, features a pair of highly stylized lions—often one male with a ball and one female with a cub—which were thought to protect the building from harmful spiritual influences and harmful people that might be a threat. Used in imperial Chinese palaces and tombs, the lions subsequently spread to other parts of Asia including Japan, Korea, Tibet, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Taiwan, and Singapore.
The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, Aelian and Cosmas Indicopleustes. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some versions translate as unicorn.
Following the destruction of the Thunder Megazord and Tigerzord, by the hands of Rito Revolto, Fighting Flea, Lizzinator, Octophantom, and Stag Beetle, the Rangers sought Ninjor and the Temple of Power. The original Power Coins were created by Ninjor and it was believed that if the Rangers could find him, Ninjor could supply them with new powers and zords. Ninjor bestowed upon them six new Ninja Zords. Later, they were soon lost again when time on Earth was reversed and the Ranger powers were lost.
Seeking to destroy the Power Rangers, Lord Zedd sends Finster, Squatt, and Baboo to the planet Zordina to search for the Lost Zords. Once found, Zedd captured Ninjor and the Falconzord. Using Ninjor's power and the technology from the Falconzord, Zedd unleashed the Shogunzords. During his parley with the Rangers at the Command Center, Zedd attempted to blackmail the Rangers into piloting them after capturing a weakened Kimberly. The Rangers double-crossed him upon Kimberly's rescue and stole the zords for themselves. Later, the Shogunzords were used by the Alien Rangers when time was reversed. They were later lost when time was reverted to normal.
After Master Vile altered the space-time continuum on Earth, Zordon and the Rangers summoned the aid of the Alien Rangers of Aquitar. The Alien Rangers brought their own zords, the Battle Borgs, to Earth. The Battle Borgs resemble the Shogunzords, but with less armor. They are controlled by telepathy, and can copy any movement performed by the Aquitian Rangers.
To combat the threat from the Machine Empire, Zordon and Billy Cranston developed new Zeo Zords.
The Zeo Megazord enters different modes depending on which helmet it wears. The helmets had the following weaponry:
Trey of Triforia, the Gold Ranger, presented the Zeo Rangers with the Super Zeo Gems at the time when King Mondo unleashed some of his revived monsters that were upgraded with Neo-Plutonium Armor. Using the power of the Golden Power Staff, the gems were transformed into the Super Zeo Zords:
After the space pirate Divatox captured Lerigot, Yara, Bethel, Jason Lee Scott, Kimberly Hart, Bulk and Skull, and Lerigot's magical key, they set sail for the island of Muiranthias in Nemesis Triangle in an attempt to awaken the demon Maligore. Responding to this threat, Zordon and the Zeo Rangers created new Turbo powers and Turbozords in order to better fight Divatox and Maligore. The Turbozords have the ability to float and drive on water, are undetectable by sonar and other scanning devices, and have the ability to change from a standard car-size to giant-size. Later, they were destroyed by Goldgoyle.
When General Havoc stole the Turbo Megazord, the Phantom Ranger provided the Turbo Rangers with new stronger Rescuezords. Each Rescuezord has a vehicle form and a humanoid robot combat form. Later, the Rescue Megazord self-destructed in an attempt to defeat Goldgoyle.
After Divatox succeeds in destroying the Command Center, she is called off planet to participate in Dark Specter's United Alliance of Evil in their plot to conquer the universe. T.J., Carlos, Ashley, and Cassie travel into outer space to try to stop him and meet up with Andros, who they join to become the Space Rangers to stop Dark Specter and his protege Astronema. They mostly traveled through space in the different Megaships:
The Mega Voyager is created when all 5 of the Rangers' Mega V spacecraft combine:
Scorpius had found and captured five gigantic and powerful beasts which were being held captive on some far off planet. Maya sensed that these Galactabeasts needed help and along with the rest of the team, travelled to the planet and set them free. When called upon to fight the large monsters, the Galactabeasts assume their Galactazords form.
The Rhino, Phoenix, and Shark Galactabeasts were thought to have been killed in a great battle long ago and were listed as Lost Galactabeasts. They were secretly collected and upgraded by Deviot into Megazords. The Lost Galactabeasts were later destroyed by the horde of suicide bombing Sting Wingers while defending the Terra Venture. The Zenith Carrierzord's fate is unknown.
Lightspeed Rescue, under the command of Captain William Mitchell, began developing counter measures to combat Queen Bansheera and her demon army from retaking the city of Mariner Bay, should they ever be revived. As part of these measures, Rescue zords were developed by Dr. Angela Fairwather not only to combat the demons, but also served as actual rescue vehicles in times of emergency.
The Rescue Zords are a type of Zords that are based on 5 rescue vehicles:
The Rail Rescues are five super-powered train cars which combine into the Supertrain and can deploy the five Rescue Zords or the five Omegazords. The Rail Rescues are deployed from the Lightspeed Aquabase's train bay, which rises from the ocean and connects with Mariner Bay's own rail system. The Supertrain can also be launched from the track into the sky where it transforms into the Supertrain Megazord and descends back to the ground:
The Omegazords are 5 spacecrafts which can combine to the Omega Megazord, which were created by Ms. Fairweather and her team:
The Time Flyers are 5 jets created in the future by Time Force. They are summoned by Circuit who contacts Captain Logan to dispatch them. To reach the Rangers, they fly through a time portal.
The Wildzords are sentient zords that live in Animarium. While the five main Wildzords were on Animarium during the fight against the Orgs when Animarium was lifted into the clouds, the rest of the Wildzords went into hiding or fell in battle against Master Org. Even though the Wild Force Rangers' Zords were destroyed by Master Org, they managed to return from their demise alongside the other Zords that fell before them in order to help finish off Master Org.
When General Nayzor resurrected the Duke Org Zen-Aku, Zen-Aku possessed the animal crystals to three Wildzords thought to have been destroyed. These zords had been corrupted to serve Zen-Aku as the Dark Wildzords. Once Merrick Baliton, the Lunar Wolf Ranger, broke the curse of the Wolf Mask, these Wildzords joined the Wild Force Rangers. They are all piloted by Merrick and had been piloted by Zen-Aku when Merrick was a part of him.
Animus was a sentient Megazord that was destroyed by a giant-sized Master Org 3000 years ago in the final battle. Many years later, the five pieces of Animus were reborn into a child named Kite. He can transform into the 5 Animus Wildzords and combine into Animus.
In addition, there were over 70 Wildzords that appeared in the final episode in sphere form, where their animal shapes were shown. Only Four Wildzords were identified by name:
The Ninjazords are a type of Zords that are based on animals. When not in use, they are hidden in plain sight:
The Thunderzords are a type of Zords that are loosely based on insects:
The Power Spheres can form weapons upon being summoned from their respective spheres:
The Biozords, also known as Dino Zords, were part of a project that was headed by Dr. Tommy Oliver and Anton Mercer. In the final episode, the Rangers must consider sacrificing their Biozords (Dragozord is not present) in order bring down Zelzord by putting the Thundersaurus Megazord and the Mezodon Megazord on self-destruct.
The Delta Runners are a group of highly advanced police vehicles initially piloted by the A-Squad S.P.D. Rangers (short for Space Patrol Delta) before being inherited by B-Squad.
The S.W.A.T. Flyers are a group of five aircraft/spacecraft are these all aerospace vehicles, capable of flying in atmospheres and in space, or a combination of air vehicles and space vehicles. Zords obtained after the B-Squad Rangers unlocked S.W.A.T. Mode.
The Mystic Force Rangers cast a spell that transform themselves into the Mystic Titans by using Mystic Morpher with the dialing up a spell numbers is 1+2+5.
The DriveMax Zords were summoned and piloted by Overdrive Rangers with the Overdrive Tracker and Control Drivers:
The Rescue Runners were summoned and piloted by Tyzonn Mercury Ranger with the Mercury Morpher and Control Drivers:
The BattleFleet Zords were summoned and piloted by Overdrive Rangers with the Overdrive Tracker and Control Drivers:
The Animal Spirits are zords that are summoned by Jungle Fury Rangers:
The Zord Attack Vehicles are summoned by the Rangers and appear out of their chest symbols. Then the Rangers plug in the Engine Cells to enlarge them in order to pilot them:
The FoldingZords are a type of Zords that are based on animals origami. The Samurai Rangers' individual Zords are called Folding Zords, as they fold out from an Emblem Form into an animal form. To pilot them, the Rangers write the kanji for "super" to enlarge them while the process transforms the Ranger into Mega Mode:
These Auxiliary Zords were summoned and piloted by Samurai Rangers:
When the Warstar invaded Earth the supernatural guardian Gosei, assigned to protect the Earth by Zordon along with his faithful robot assistant Tensou, recruited five teenagers to serve as Power Rangers Megaforce. Upon granting them their powers, Gosei also gave them the Mechazords:
These Auxiliary Mechazords were summoned and piloted by Megaforce Rangers. It has many various configurations:
Gosei felt that the rangers needed new zords to combat the Armada's invasion of Earth and provided these Legendary Zords:
These additional Legendary zords were summoned by the Super Megaforce Rangers with the Legendary Keys:
65 million years ago, a dinosauroid alien named Keeper was chased to Earth by the bounty hunter Sledge. Keeper was in possession of ten Energems, each containing great power. In order to keep them away from Sledge, Keeper bonded the Energems to ten dinosaurs for safekeeping. This eventually tied the spirits of the dinosaurs to the Energems. Zenowing created the Dino Charge Zords which are bonded with the Energems of their respective colors.
The Ninja Steel Zords are Zords that can be summon from special Ninja Stars:
These Auxiliary Ninja Steel Zords were summoned and piloted by Ninja Steel Rangers. It has many various configurations:
The Ninja Blaze Zords are a group of Zords. After getting a vision of them in the Ninja Prism, Mick throws the Ninja Stars to them only for them to not come out. Three people in hooded robes (later revealed to be three of the veteran Rangers) state that they must earn them in order to use them. They earn the zords when Calvin and Hayley get Mrs. Finch's wedding ring out of the gutter, Preston helping a student named Sandy to pass her science assignment, and the other Rangers using a solvent to get Victor and Monty unstuck from a science experiment gone wrong.
The Beast Zords are Zords that have a vehicle form and a beast form.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American live-action superhero children's television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids Network on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings. It is the first entry of the Power Rangers franchise, and became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon alongside a large line of action figures and other merchandise. The show adapted stock footage from the Japanese TV series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, which was the 16th installment of Toei's Super Sentai franchise. The second and third seasons of the show drew elements and stock footage from Gosei Sentai Dairanger and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, respectively, though the Zyuranger costumes were still used for the lead cast in these last two seasons. Only the mecha and the Kiba Ranger costume from Dairanger were featured in the second season, while only the mecha from Kakuranger was featured in the third season; though the Kakuranger costumes were later used for the miniseries Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers. The series was produced by MMPR Productions and distributed by Saban Entertainment. The show's merchandise was produced and distributed by Bandai Entertainment. The series was well-known for its campy tone.
Tommy Oliver is a fictional character and the overarching main protagonist of the American live-action television franchise Power Rangers. He is best known as being the original Green Ranger and the first evil Ranger who fought and nearly defeated the original Power Rangers while under the control of Rita Repulsa. He was eventually freed from Rita’s spell and aligned himself with the other Power Rangers. He is a main character in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series, as well as four of its successive incarnations Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, and Power Rangers Dino Thunder. He also appeared in the Power Rangers Wild Force episode "Forever Red", the Power Rangers S.P.D. episode "Wormhole", the Power Rangers Super Megaforce episode "Legendary Battle", and in the Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel episode "Dimensions in Danger". He has been portrayed by actor Jason David Frank in all of his appearances with the exception of the episode "Wormhole", where he appeared only in Ranger form and was voiced by actor Jeffrey Parazzo. He was also infrequently portrayed by actor Michael R. Gotto in instances where the story required the character during childhood, such as in the series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.

Power Rangers Zeo is an American television series and the fourth season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the Super Sentai series Chōriki Sentai Ohranger. It is the continuation of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which aired in 1996.

Power Rangers Ninja Storm is an American television series and the eleventh season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the Super Sentai series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger. This is the first season to be filmed in New Zealand, also the second season to be under the BVS copyright and the first not produced by MMPR Productions. This series is unique in the fact that it was the first to feature only one female Ranger serving on the team, the first season to not have an African American Ranger, the first season where the Blue Ranger was female, the second, season where the Yellow Ranger was male and was the first season to begin the series with three Rangers instead of five like the previous seasons, and also the first and only season to have a crimson and navy ranger. This was the first series to air on ABC in its entirety. It was also the last series to premiere episodes first on ABC Kids until Power Rangers RPM. ABC Family had encore reruns following their premiere. This season did not have a Power Rangers team up episode like the five before it due to a shift back to non-SAG talent when production was moved to New Zealand from Los Angeles. This is the third series to air under Saban Brands on Nicktoons, which began on June 2012.

Power Rangers Turbo is an American television series and the fifth season of the Power Rangers franchise. The show was prefaced with the franchise's second film, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. As with its predecessors, Power Rangers Turbo is a based on one of the entries of the Super Sentai series; in Turbo's case, the source of the series is Gekisou Sentai Carranger. The series introduced a child actor as the new Blue Ranger, and featured the departure of the long-running characters Zordon and Alpha 5, as well the veteran team of Rangers and introduced four new characters to take the place of the veteran Rangers. This was Jason David Frank's last appearance in the Power Rangers franchise until he appeared in the 10th anniversary special "Forever Red" on Power Rangers Wild Force. He later starred in Power Rangers Dino Thunder, which premiered seven years later. It also marked the final appearances of Catherine Sutherland and Steve Cardenas until the 25th anniversary special "Dimensions in Danger" during Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.

Power Rangers in Space is an American television series and the sixth season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the Super Sentai series Denji Sentai Megaranger.

Power Rangers Dino Thunder is an American children's television series, the twelfth season of the Power Rangers franchise. As with all Power Rangers series, it was adapted from a series from the long running Japanese Super Sentai franchise, in this case the 27th entry, Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. Dino Thunder was also the subtitle of the Korean dub of Abaranger in South Korea and had a similar/identical logo to the American version as well. The series is notable as it features the return of Jason David Frank to a starring role. It was the first Power Rangers series to be aired on the new block, Jetix, and Toon Disney.
Billy Cranston is a fictional character in the Power Rangers universe. He is the Blue Ranger in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and was portrayed by actor David Yost. Billy is the only original Power Ranger to remain for the entire MMPR series, and is the second longest-serving Ranger overall behind Tommy Oliver. Until his departure, he was considered the brains of the Power Rangers team, creating many gadgets with which to solve problems that not even Zordon foresaw, and he even invented the first team's wrist-worn communication devices.

Power Rangers Ninja Storm is a side scrolling fighting game, based on the Power Rangers Ninja Storm TV show. The game uses passwords to track progress.
Power Rangers Dino Thunder is a 2004 action-adventure video game based on the television series of the same name. The game was developed by Natsume, Pacific Coast Power & Light and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, and PlayStation 2.

Power Rangers Megaforce is the twentieth season of the long-running American children's television program Power Rangers. The show is produced by SCG Power Rangers and began airing on Nickelodeon on February 2, 2013. The show was part of the Power Rangers 20th anniversary. Kidscreen reported that Megaforce will feature "the return of many historic Rangers." Megaforce uses footage, costumes and props from the Japanese Super Sentai Series Tensou Sentai Goseiger.
The villains of the Power Rangers universe that appeared in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie were aliens serving or allied to Rita Repulsa and/or, later, Lord Zedd, including the warrior Goldar. Information about the other villains can be found below.
Power Rangers Ninja Steel is the twenty-fourth season of the American children's television program Power Rangers. The season was produced primarily using footage, costumes, and props from Japanese Super Sentai series Shuriken Sentai Ninninger with minimal costume and prop elements being recycled from Ressha Sentai ToQger. The show is produced by Saban Brands and premiered on Nickelodeon on January 21, 2017.