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- "Father, I await to your command. Tell me how I may serve you?"
- ―Goldenrod to Zeltrax.[src]
- "I'm larger than life! (...) I'm gonna rock this city!"
- ―Goldenrod after growing giant.[src]
Goldenrod was a golden cyborg and was also the son of Zeltrax. He served as the titular main antagonist in the episode "Golden Boy".
History[]
Goldenrod was Zeltrax's son, created from his DNA accidentally when Zeltrax used the Geno-Randomizer on himself after the failure of Dysotron.
Goldenrod was sent to take out Tommy Oliver but proved to be unsuccessful. He later attacked Tommy and Trent in the car. The other Rangers showed up and stopped him. Goldenrod then returned to his father.
Zeltrax used the Geno-Randomizer to make Goldenrod stronger and the two attacked the City Hall. He fought against the Power Rangers again, battling Conner and easily outmatching him.
He then grew to an enormous size, successfully taking down the Thundersaurus Megazord. Eventually, he was destroyed by Tommy's Brachio Staff Fire Strike after being trapped by his Earthquake attack, giving Zeltrax another reason to hate Tommy. TV STORY-Golden Boy
After Zeltrax's destruction by the Power Rangers, it's implied that he and Goldenrod are reunited in the afterlife. TV STORY-Thunder Struck
Personality[]
Goldenrod is a determined and headstrong individual. He was highly loyal to his father Zeltrax and was shown to genuinely care about him. Goldenrod wanted to help his father Zeltrax and destroy the Power Rangers at all cost.
Family[]
- Zeltrax - Father/Creator
Powers and Abilities[]
Despite being a monster that appears early-on in the show, Goldenrod was one of the strongest and most powerful monsters in Power Rangers Dino Thunder, due to having a huge arsenal of abilities and being able to nearly defeat the Dino Thunder Rangers in battle.
Powers[]
- Invisiportal: Goldenrod can teleport through an Invisiportal.
- Lightning Beams: Like Zeltrax, Goldenrod can fire devastating lightning beams from his hands, though his are colored yellow.
- Lightning Blasts: Goldenrod can also fire yellow colored lightning blasts from his hands as well.
- Energy Lasers: Goldenrod can also fire yellow colored energy lasers from his hands.
- Lightning Effect: Sometimes, Goldenrod's energy lasers have yellow colored lightning for an increase in power.
- Spear Summoning: Goldenrod can freely conjure up his double-bladed spear into his hand.
- Self-Growth: Goldenrod can grow without the Hydro-Regenerator. He can accomplish this by jumping up and turning into a golden sparkle before arriving in the city giant-sized.
Abilities[]
- Speech: Goldenrod can talk although he appears to lack a visible mouth.
- Superhuman Strength: Being the "son" of one of the central villains, Goldenrod is a very strong monster as he knocked Conner back with a single swing kick and was able to knock back the Thundersaurus Megazord with a single jump kick to the Tyrannozord's mouth.
- Superhuman Resistance: Goldenrod is very resistant to enemy attacks to the point of basically shrugging off a direct hit from Conner's Raptor Cycle. He was unfazed from running at high speed into the back of Tommy's Jeep, not even grunting when Tommy kicked at his middle.
- Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Like Zeltrax, Goldenrod is skilled in combat, being able to easily match Tommy and overpower Trent after a surprise tackle attack.
- Extraordinary Leaper: Goldenrod can leap at incredible distances.
- Leap Kick: Goldenrod can perform a strong kick while leaping.
- Super Speed: Goldenrod can run in super fast speeds, and is shown to be even faster than Tommy's Jeep. According to Trent, he was going at "like, 50 miles an hour".
- Super Agility: Goldenrod was able to defy the laws of physics by bending back onto his feet after being floored by running into Tommy's Jeep.
Weaknesses[]
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Arsenal[]
- Double-Bladed Spear: Goldenrod's main weapon was an enormous spear with a blade on either end that he can use in battle.
- Bladed Cuffs: Goldenrod has small knife-like blades on his wrist cuffs that he can cut and slash his enemies with.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Goldenrod is voiced by James Gaylyn, who is also the voice of Zeltrax.
Design[]
- Being created and having the NA of Zeltrax, Goldenrod has a very similar design to Zeltrax.
Etymology[]
- Goldenrod's name is a play on the words "Golden" and "Rod".
Notes[]
- Goldenrod is the first Monster-Of-The-Week in the Power Rangers series that has a relation to one of the villains.
- Goldenrod is the first Monster-Of-The-Week In Power Rangers Dino Thunder to be defeated by a Dino Thunder Power Ranger and not by the Thundersaurus Megazord.
- Goldenrod is the first monster to be part-cyborg, since Zeltrax is his father.
- Goldenrod is the second monster shown to have a "parent", with the first being Termitus with Mamamite of Power Rangers in Space.
- However, he does not have the same distinction as his parent was the main villain as opposed to the Monster-Of-The-Week.
- Goldenrod is the first Monster-Of-The-Week in the Power Rangers series to have Powers and Abilities be similar to that of a Major Villain of that show.
- Given that Goldenrod has the DNA of Zeltrax, alongside the White Terrorsaurus and Ugly Monster, he could be one of the strongest and most powerful monster in Power Rangers Dino Thunder.
- All scenes of Goldenrod human-sized are exclusively filmed for America, as his counterpart was always displayed as a giant.
- The shot of Goldenrod turning giant via that golden energy ball was just him teleporting into battle in the original Sentai episode.
- Another difference from Abaranger is that his counterpart fought against Dysotron's counterpart to impress the city and give them a false savior other than the Abarangers.
- The reason this was changed was both because Goldenrod had yet to be created and also because this would make no sense for a villain to attack another.
Appearances[]
- Power Rangers Dino Thunder
- Episode 8: Golden Boy
See Also[]
- Giganoid 2: Eroica - Super Sentai counterpart in Abaranger. See comparison page.
References[]
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