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Icon-mmprmovieThis article is about a/an villain in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, existing in a different continuity than the TV series.

"*long drawn out pained yawn* Ladies and gentlemen, the ooze is back!"
―Ivan Ooze's first words upon being released by Lord Zedd.[src]

"I will not only destroy him, I will obliterate his entire legacy. It will be as if Zordon of Eltar never existed!"
―Ivan Ooze after being told that Zordon was still alive.[src]

"You're too kind. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the galactically feared, globally reviled, and universally despised... they call me Ivan Ooooooze."
―Ivan Ooze introducing himself to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers after Kimberly called him gross.[src]

"Hah! Oh, the things that I have missed! The Black Plague. The Spanish Inquisition. The Brady Bunch reunion. BEH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA! EH HEE HA HA HA HA! EH HEH HA HA HA HA HA HA! AH HA HA HA HA HA!"
―Ivan Ooze's most famous quote as he demolished the Command Center.[src]

"Your feebleness is staggering. You obviously need a vacation. I think circumstances force us to choose a new leader and I pick…me. HA HA HA HA HA! (...) The boogeyman is taking over."
―Ivan betraying Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa.[src]

"How about taking another QUACK at it?!"
―Ivan, just before destroying the Tengu Warriors for failing him.[src]

"I feel big again!"
―Ivan after fusing with Hornitor.[src]

"Shall we tango?"
―Ivan when confronted with the Ninja Megazord.

"Oh no."
―Ivan Ooze reacting to Ryan's Comet coming at him and his final words before his demise.

Ivan Ooze is the main antagonist of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. He was an intergalactic tyrant who wished to conquer the universe with his special Ectomorphicon Titans.

History

Past

According to Zordon, Ooze "ruled the world with a reign of unparalleled terror" until he was imprisoned in a Hyperlock Chamber by Zordon, Dulcea and the "Order of Meridian". In addition to his own power, he also had his own batch of enemy foot soldiers and Zord-like constructs. Despite being trapped, Ivan was aware of what was going on outside of his prison; he would later complain about having missed the Black Plague, the Spanish Inquisition and the Brady Bunch reunion. By the time of the Renaissance, he was suffering from a charley horse.

Modern day

Ivan Ooze

Ivan's hyperlock chamber is unearthed six thousand years later by a construction crew in Angel Grove construction crew so Zordon sends the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to hide the chamber once more but they are beaten to the scene by Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd who release Ooze and ask for Zordon's destruction in return. The Rangers arrive on the scene not long afterward, and start to confront him, but Ooze releases Oozemen on them. While the Rangers battle, and eventually defeat the Oozemen, the fight distracts them long enough to allow Ivan to escape. He breaches the Command Center's security with ease and demolishes it, severely weakening Alpha and destroying Zordon's time warp and thus causing him to age rapidly. With the destruction of the Command Center, the Rangers lose their powers and go in search of a new power source.

Ooze travels to the moon and deposes both Zedd and Rita, trapping them within a snow-globe to prevent them from stopping his plans. Their henchmen Goldar and Mordant swears allegiance to Ivan rather than join Rita and Zedd in captivity so Ivan begins brainwashing the parents of Angel Grove into digging up the parts of his Ecto-Morphicons: large insect-like machines similar to the Rangers' Zords. Once the Ecto-Morphicons are completed, he sends them to destroy the city whilst ordering the parents to leap to their doom at the construction site. Ivan then spends his time in the observatory with Goldar watching the destruction his machines wrought on the city.

End of Ivan Ooze

End of Ivan Ooze

After the Rangers restore their powers on Phaedos, they return to Angel Grove and battle Ivan's machines with their new Ninja Zords. Using these Zords, they are able to destroy Scorpitron, Scorpitron. Ivan combines with Hornitor and takes on the Rangers himself. The battle progresses into outer space and, though Ivan consistently has the upper hand, he is destroyed when the Ninja FalconMegazord kicks him into the path of Ryan's Comet which obliterates Ivan on impact.

Appearance

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Ivan disguised as a carnival wizard.

Ivan Ooze wore purple robes with a large collar, long enough to cover his feet, purple bracelets with red and green gems, and a belt with a design similar to Rita's headdress. His skin was violet with two horns winding together to make a goatee. His nails were long, unmanicured, and his head was crenellated by ridges of skin. Disguised as a carnival wizard to pass out his ooze to children, Ivan appeared in white face paint and a wig of purple curly hair and wore a comical hat and a navy-blue robe tied with a purple sash.

Personality

"Really? (...) *with a Southern lilt* Woo hoo! Where's my autograph book? Hah! Power Rangers, huh? So Zordon's still using a bunch of kids to do his dirty work. Well, meet my kids! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! UH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
―One of Ivan Ooze's most famous lines after Tommy revealed they were the new Power Rangers.

Overall, Ivan could be described as insane and megalomaniacal. He loved to show off flamboyantly hence his introduction to Rita and Zedd. He saw no one as his equal, and imprisoned Rita and Zedd in a snowglobe to ensure that they didn't get in his way of conquering Earth but was willing to hire their minions. Ivan Ooze held a great grudge against Zordon, whom he vowed to destroy; but also had a sense of humor, making jokes when he felt it appropriate, and saw anyone as potential pawns in his conquest of the universe. He loved his machines dearly, becoming enraged enough to merge with the Hornitor when Scorpitron was destroyed. He could also become bored easily; when the adults were taking too long to dig up his Ecto-Morphicons, Ivan ordered an adult to dance - "Do the swim!" - showing he knew modern dances and music.

Forms

Ivanooze

Powers and Abilities

Powers

  • Durability: Ivan took a blast from Lord Zedd and not only made no attempt to counter it, actually laughing at it and saying it tickled him, and even that could have just been an act.
  • Shapeshifting: Self-proclaimed master of disguise, Ivan could disguise himself as anything he wanted. His primary disguise was a wizard/clown for handing out jars of his ooze to brainwash adults. He retained the purple color scheme in this form meaning he simply loved the color too much to not wear it. Ivan flawlessly took the form of a guard Zedd knocked out prior to releasing him from his seal.
  • Liquification: Ivan could become ooze itself at will to squeeze through tightly sealed doors that he couldn't open any other way even penetrating the Command Center with ease in this way.
    • Ooze Projection: Ivan Ooze could fling ooze off himself to silence others annoying him such as Rita.
  • Fusion: Ivan Ooze could turn into deep purple liquid to fuse with his allies and take complete control over their bodies as seen with Hornitor.
    • Enlargement: By fusing with Hornitor, Ivan Ooze could make it even bigger than before.
  • Shrinking: Ivan shrank Rita and Zedd to the size of snow-globe figurines.
  • Materialization: Ivan could create simple objects out of nothing such as a flute or a snow globe.
  • Hypnosis: Using his ooze as a medium, Ivan could put anyone he wanted under his spell as he needed adults and any that touched the bottled ooze, he handled out were put to work on digging up his Ecto-Morphicons.
  • Lightning: At multiple times, Ooze sent out purple lightning from his fingers for various outcomes.
    • Telekinesis: Ivan could lift enemies up into the air with his lightning.
    • Tractor Beam: Ivan could blast objects to catch them in a forcefield strong enough to hold the Crane Zord in mid-flight.
    • Empowerment: Ivan could use his lightning to reactivate his Ectomorphicons.
  • Henchmen Generation: Ivan created the Oozemen from lighting which created ooze that his minions were birthed from. He also created the Tengu Warriors from an amethyst loogie he spat out in the Lunar Palace.
  • Teleportation: Similarly to the Power Rangers, Ivan could turn into a beam of pure energy in order to travel long distances.

Abilities

  • No special abilities

Arsenal

  • Fists: Ivan Ooze had no weapons of his own by default but could use his hands to channel his lightning.
  • Piper Flute: Ivan Ooze pulled out a flute that could shoot purple lightning to destroy the Command Center.

MMPRTM Ivan-Hornitor

Powers and Abilities

Powers

  • Strength: Ivan could rip the Angel Grove Observatory out of the ground easily and smash the Ninja Megazord's Fire Saber with one swing.
    • Fireman's Lift: Ivan was able to lift the Ninja Megazord onto his shoulders, spin around and then toss it through a building.
  • Foot Crush: Ivan was able to crush the tramway underfoot with a single stomp.
  • Wing Generation: Ivan could manifest massive purple wings out of his back from the ooze comprising his body.
    • Flight: Ivan-Hornitor was able to fly using his wings.
      • Sonic Slam: Ivan could fly at maximum speed to slam into the Ninja Megazord with enough force to create a sonic shockwave.
  • Space Survivability: Ivan could survive in outer space and battle very effectively.
  • Super Grip: Ivan had a strong enough grip that it was nearly impossible to escape from his grip.

Abilities

  • Skilled Fighter: Ivan was easily able to overwhelm the Ninja Megazord and break its sword in battle.

Weaknesses

  • Groin: A single knee strike to the groin from the Ninja Megazord made Ivan-Hornitor lose his grip and sent him to his doom.

Arsenal

  • Observatory: Ivan was able to rip the Angel Grove Observatory out of the ground and use it as a staff-like weapon.
  • Claws: Ivan discarded the observatory tower after destroying the Power Sword in favor of smashing the Megazord with his bare pincers.

Behind the Scenes

  • Ivan Ooze was played by Paul Freeman, best known as René Belloq from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
    • Despite mostly speaking in a vaguely American accent as Ivan, Paul Freeman is an English actor, and his very strong accent occasionally slips through during the movie. For a good example, when he betrayed Rita and Zedd and said, “your feebleness is staggering, you obviously need a vacation", he assumes an upper-class English accent.
  • Rowan Atkinson, Phil Collins, Tim Curry, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Bob Hoskins, Jon Voight, and Dennis Hopper were considered for the role of Ivan Ooze.

Notes

  • Ivan Ooze had many Power Rangers firsts, despite not appearing in the main metaseries continuity.
    • The first villain to be introduced in a feature film.
    • The only primary antagonist to be defeated after only one appearance.
    • The first villain to fight the Rangers personally since Lord Zedd did not fight Tommy until half-way through season 3 and the first villain to fight a Megazord in direct combat.
    • The first villain to be able to physically possess one of his creations.
  • Ivan Ooze's most famous line about events that he missed was apparently partially ad-libbed by Paul Freeman on the spot since it originally ended after "the Spanish Inquisition" and it was kept in for being funny.
  • Ivan is hinted to be a fan of the The Brady Bunch. During his destruction of the Command Center, he laments missing the show's reunion while imprisoned in hyperlock.
  • In the original script, Hornitor was destroyed by the White Falconzord's missiles with Ivan fusing with Scorpitron instead. It is unknown why this was changed.

Appearances

  • Ivan Ooze appeared as the final boss in all video game adaptations of the movie.
    • The Ivan-Ecto Morphicon form looked significantly different in the Genesis and Game Gear versions of the game, being more insect-like and having four arms though still bearing Ivan's face.
    • In both the Game Gear and Genesis version of the game, Ivan-Ecto Morphicon was created by Scorpitron and Hornitor fusing together with Ivan as opposed to the film where only Hornitron fused with Ivan. Ivan-Ecto was playable in the GameGear version's VS and multiplayer modes.

References

Footnotes


Icon-mmprmovie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Rangers
Tommy Oliver - Rocky DeSantos - Adam Park - Billy Cranston - Aisha Campbell - Kimberly Ann Hart
Gear
Power Morphers - Power Coins - Power Blasters - Power Scope - Power Beams - Stega Stinger - Pterodactyl Thunder Whip - Saba - Ninjetti - Wrist Communicators
Allies
Zordon - Alpha 5 - Dulcea - Fred Kelman
Zords and Megazords
Ninja FalconZord - Ninja ApeZord - Ninja FrogZord - Ninja WolfZord - Ninja BearZord - Ninja CraneZord
Ninja Megazord - Ninja FalconMegazord
Villains
Lord Zedd - Rita Repulsa - Ivan Ooze
Goldar - Mordant
Oozemen - Tengu Warriors - Gatekeepers - Hornitor - Scorpitron
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