Kat Manx
From Power Rangers Universe
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| Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Season(s): | S.P.D. |
| Color: | Orange |
| Homeworld: | unknown |
| First Appearance: | Beginnings (1) |
| Last Appearance: | Endings (2) |
| Number of Episode Appearances: | 38 |
| Actor: | Michelle Langstone |
| S.P.D. Kat Ranger | |
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[edit] History
Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx is an alien with cat-like features who is in charge of all research and design for Ranger technology. However, Kat has also shown to have a good deal of fighting potential and quite able at holding her own in a fight. Despite her young and beautiful looks, she is about 147 human years old.
Back in 2001, the same time during the events in Time Force, Kat worked with some of the parents of the B-Squad Power Rangers (Which may also include either Black Wild Force Ranger Danny Delgado himself or Z's mother that Danny later married and Sky's father who is apparently a former or then member of the Silver Guardians probably aspiring to later join SPD) in developing the Morphing Technology used today in the S.P.D. Morphers. However, these experiments had side effects that, while they did not affect Kat, they did affect the B-Squad parents, thus the B-Squad Power Rangers got their Civilian Powers.
Kat has also shown to have great fighting skills. During her battle with Mooney and Krybots, Kat was able to morph once and become Kat Ranger. However, this was only temporary and the Cat Ranger powers were never seen again.
In the final battle against the invading Troobian forces, Kat, Boom and Omega Ranger led the S.P.D. Cadets in battle to protect the Delta Base. After the Rangers defeated Omni and Gruumm, Kat remained at S.P.D. Earth Station.
Kat is who the Power Rangers look to for technical support. She has designed most of the Rangers weapons - and is Commander Cruger's trusted assistant and friend. Her home planet was also attacked by the Troobian Empire, so she has joined in S.P.D.'s fight against evil. She may be just a lab technician, but she can hold her own.
[edit] S.P.D. Kat Ranger
Kat is recruited to S.P.D. central command under request by Supreme Commander Birdie. She returns to Earth with a temporary Morpher and becomes the S.P.D. Kat Ranger to stop an old friend with a grudge. Although her time as a Ranger is limited (her morpher has only enough power for one hour according to Birdie; whether she used it all up or simply used some of it is unknown), she realizes the Rangers need her skills on Earth. When Commander Cruger and B-Squad are captured, she is one of the ones who leads the remaining S.P.D. Cadets into battle against the invading Troobian Empire.
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[edit] Trivia
- Kat is the first Ranger to wear orange in reality (Boom imagined himself as an Orange Ranger).
- Kat is the first Ranger to share a name with a previous Ranger: Kat from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo and Power Rangers: Turbo
- Her Japanese counterpart in Dekaranger (the show that S.P.D. was based on) is patterned after a swan instead.
- The last name of Manx is an allusion to the Manx cat, a tailless breed of domestic cat.
- In the "The Power Rangers Want You" features on the SPD DVDs, it was stated her homeworld has been conquered by the Troobian Empire.
- Kat is the first female ranger to be an Other Ranger.
