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Zordon is a powerful wizard and mentor to the Power Rangers franchise, appearing in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series and many of its subsequent incarnations. Although the Power Rangers had, in the continuity, predated Zordon, Zordon is generally credited with creating the first group of modern Power Rangers, as well as coining many of the phrases that are still used today. Among the most notable of these terms is the "Zord", a term for the various building-sized mechanical or biomechanical robot machines used in the series, and the "Megazord", a term for any arbitrary merger of Zords into a bigger, usually humanoid Zord. The Power Rangers saga begins with the story of a battle of gigantic proportions between him and his nemesis, Rita Repulsa, over 10,000 years ago. Zordon and his assistant robot Alpha 5 eventually found the box containing the original five Power Coins, as well as a map to the Temple of Power, home of the coins' creator, Ninjor. Zordon also prepared for the eventual arrival of evil by placing key weapons across the solar system (such as the Mega Voyager which he left on a moon of Jupiter). His experience over the ages gave him knowledge of various peoples and objects all across the known universe, many of which became key to aiding his Rangers.
[edit] Character history[edit] Before Mighty Morphin Power RangersIn the course of the intergalactic struggle between Zordon's good and Rita Repulsa's evil, the witch managed to trap Zordon in an interdimensional time warp before she and her minions were sealed away in a Space Dumpster by five warriors assembled by the good sorcerer. With Zordon gone, the day-to-day upkeep fell to the duties of his loyal robot, Alpha 5. After the battles ceased, Zordon decided to use Earth as his new base of operations, setting up in the deserts of California. This worked out ironically well as Rita's dumpster eventually crash-landed on the Moon of Earth, proceeding to launch her attacks in the vicinity of Zordon and Alpha's Command Center. At some point in the year 1880, the Pink Ranger from the mid-1990s was transported to the past. She teleported to the Command Center, and Zordon presented her with the other four power coins to defeat Goldar and a Cactus Monster, who had gone back in time before her. Zordon's true form was seen in the episode Power Ranger Punks. As Kimberly Hart and Billy Cranston were both under the influence of an evil spell, Zordon recalled how he had to fight off the putty patrol for the singing squash. The viewing globe showed a flashback of Zordon attempting to get the squash and using it to fight off the putty patrol. The squash was the only hope of curing the two, and Alpha eventually retrieved it after also fighting the putty patrol. Zordon was dressed in all white with sky blue hair. This flashback was actually footage of Barza, his counterpart in Zyuranger. [edit] Mighty Morphin Power RangersWhen Rita was released in 1993, Zordon, with the help of his trusted assistant, Alpha 5, sought out "five teenagers with attitude" thus creating the first generation of Power Rangers. Each Power Ranger received a Power Coin - one of the five coins discovered by Zordon and Alpha long ago. Zordon acted as a mentor and advisor for the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, providing them with the Thunderzords when the Dinozords weren't strong enough. When Tommy lost his Green Ranger powers forever, Zordon set about constructing the new White Tiger Powers and the White Tiger Thunderzord for him. When the Dino powers and the Thunderzords were destroyed, the Command Center suffered heavy damage and Zordon could not save them. He sent the Rangers on a quest to find Ninjor, the original creator of the power coins. [edit] Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The MovieZordon was present in this movie. He belonged to the Order of Meledan and Dulcea of the planet Phaedos knew of him (Power Rangers Turbo). Zordon died after Ivan Ooze destroyed the command center who was free by Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa in order to defeat Zordon and his Power Rangers and his tube, but was brought back to life by the Rangers and their animal spirits of the Ninjetti. He is also portrayed as older than he was in the series. This was only true because after his capsule was destroyed he started to age rapidly. The capsule kept him in a young state. [edit] Mighty Morphin Alien RangersZordon realized that as children, the rangers were powerless, so he contacted the Alien Rangers of Aquitar and brought them to Earth. After Billy returned to his normal age and the Rangers Ninja Power Coins were destroyed, Zordon sent the other Ranger kids through time to receive a portion of the ZEO crystal, while the Alien Rangers took over the protection of Earth. When the Command Center was destroyed by a bomb that had been planted by Goldar and Rito, Zordon and Alpha teleported to safety to begin the construction of the new Power Chamber. [edit] Power Rangers ZeoNow facing the threat of the Machine Empire, Zordon remained the advisor to the rangers- along with the returning Jason as the new Gold Ranger for a short time-, and managed to guide them on how to defeat King Mondo and the Machine Empire. [edit] Turbo: Power Rangers MovieWhen the space pirate Divatox landed on Earth chasing the wizard Lerigo, Zordon realized that the ZEO powers were not enough, so he and the Rangers created the Turbo powers. He also helped the rangers create their own turbozords. He replaced Rocky (who injured himself) with an orphan named Justin after Rocky had to pass on his powers due to Justin's discovery that Rocky was a ranger. [edit] Power Rangers TurboEarly on in this series, Zordon returned to his home planet to provide aid to the war-torn world of Eltar, to be replaced by Dimitria. He returned once in this series to watch as Adam, Tommy, Tanya, and Katherine passed their powers to a new generation. Months after his departure, Eltar was attacked and Zordon was captured by the forces of evil. The evil monarch, Dark Specter, imprisoned Zordon and began draining his powers for his own gain, forcing the new Rangers to leave Earth in a desperate attempt to rescue him despite the recent loss of their powers. [edit] Power Rangers In SpaceIn the next series, the Rangers would spend time throughout the season trying to locate and rescue Zordon. Their attempts would typically end with the Rangers' coming close to locating either mentor Zordon himself or key pieces of information that might help them to find him, but fail regularly. In the final episode, (Countdown To Destruction) Andros, the Red Space Ranger, boarded the Dark Fortress and discovered Zordon. He accidentally knocks his sister Astronema, the Commander of the United Alliance of Evil, unconscious, and was then attacked by Astronema's caregiver, Ecliptor. After Andros found Zordon, Zordon told him that, to save the universe, Andros must shatter his tube. The destruction of his tube killed Zordon, but released energies that then destroyed and purified most of the evil in the universe, thus ending the United Alliance of Evil's reign. [edit] See also
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