Rita Repulsa
Rita Repulsa, known in the
Japanese
Super Sentai show,
ZyuRanger, as
Queen 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 discernable by her two pointed hair cones, one may also recognize this witch by her screeching voice or
Madonna-style bra cones.
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, only to be thwarted by a set of five super powerful
teenagers – the Power Rangers.
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. Thus, her master
Lord Zedd, disgusted with her performance, 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 love potion 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.
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Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa crossing their staffs |
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
Zedd and had a concotion created to reverse the effects. The concotion had no effect, however, as Zedd had grown to Rita, oddly enough, on his own.
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.
In their final feat, Rita and her spouse joined the United Alliance of Evil headed by Dark Spector, and assisted the monarch with his masterful scheme to vanquish all good in the universe. However, during the final confrontation, when
Zordon himself sacrificed himself (at the hands of the Red Space Ranger Andros), Rita was transformed into a normal human woman, to live blissfully with her husband (who was formerly Lord Zedd).
