Shogunzords
From Power Rangers Universe
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With the Falconzord and Kimberly captured by Kat, the Ninja Megazord became unusable. Lord Zedd had ordered the Rangers to pilot the Shogunzords and use them for evil. Billy was able to lift Lord Zedd's control over the Shogunzords and gave control of the Zords to the Rangers. The Shogunzords proved to be more useful than the Ninjazords due to their humanoid structure.
Mid-way through season three, Zedd kidnaps Ninjor and uses him and Kimberly as hostages, demanding that the Power Rangers pilot his new Shogunzords to destroy the Earth. Ninjor is eventually freed, and the Rangers are able to use the Shogunzords for their own purposes (i.e. for good instead of evil). Originally called the "Lost Zords" or the "Ancient Zords" they are discovered by Finster, Squatt and Baboo. The Shogunzords were based on the technology from the Falconzord. Zedd powers the Zords off the captured Ninjor. Billy is able to gain control of the Zords and power them off the Rangers' Ninja Coins. The Shogunzords are humanoid robots of different colors (much like the Alien Rangers' Battleborgs) and with different armor around the head, the heads resembling the animals the Ninjazords were based on. The Shogunzords are considerably more useful than the Ninjazords due to their human form.
The arc in which the Shogunzords featured prominently is therefore the same arc in which Kimberly is written out of the series, and set during the transition period before Katherine comes to replace her. After this, when the Shogunzords are used, both Tommy and Katherine pilot the White Shogunzord together. Some American and British viewers saw the introduction of a second set of Zords partway through a season as an instance of jumping the shark, though Power Rangers remained popular after this (and the inclusion of a second set of Zords partway through the series would become standard practice throughout the following series). The Shogunzords are usable during Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers when Vile reverses time, as the Ninjazords were gone, the Shogunzords are used to destroy all the enemies of MMAR (except for the Slotksy monster, who was destroyed by the Battleborgs). It is assumed the Shogunzords remain dormant.
The Alien Rangers enter the Shogunzords by being absorbed into them via the gold shape on each Shogunzord's chest (actually using Kakuranger footage for this process). It is unknown how the six Power Rangers enter the Zords but most likely the same way. However, the Zyuranger footage of the Rangers (sans White Ranger being from Dairanger) jumping into their Zords was reused. However, only the footage depicting the Red, Blue and Black Rangers is shown, even after the Pink Ranger is restored to the team. In the Zords' first appearance, the Yellow Ranger footage is also used, editing the Pink Ranger in the same clip out.
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[edit] Red Shogunzord
- Height: 35 m
- Weight: 1500 tons
The Red Shogunzord is the third and last zord of the Red Ranger and the second and last zord of the Red Aquitar Ranger. It resembles an ape. It forms the head, and torso of the Shogun Megazord and the Shogun Mega Falconzord.
[edit] Yellow Shogunzord
- Height: 32 m
- Weight: 1800 tons
The Yellow Shogunzord is the third and last zord of the Yellow Ranger and the second and last zord of the Yellow Aquitar Ranger. It resembles a bear. It forms the right leg of the Shogun Megazord and the Shogun Mega Falconzord.
[edit] Black Shogunzord
- Height: 32 m
- Weight: 1800 tons
The Black Shogunzord is the third and last zord of the Black Ranger and the second and last zord of the Black Aquitar Ranger. It resembles a frog. It forms the left leg of the Shogun Megazord and the Shogun Mega Falconzord.
[edit] Blue Shogunzord
- Height: 31 m
- Weight: 1200 tons
The Blue Shogunzord is the third and last zord of the Blue Ranger and the second and last zord of the Blue Aquitar Ranger. It resembles a wolf. It forms the right arm of the Shogun Megazord and the Shogun Mega Falconzord.
[edit] White Shogunzord
- Height: 30 m
- Weight: 1000 tons
The White Shogunzord is the last zord of the White Ranger shared with Kimberly Hart and later Katherine Hillard and is the second and last zord of the White Aquitar Ranger. It resembles either a crane or falcon. It forms the left arm of the Shogun Megazord and the Shogun Mega Falconzord.
[edit] Shogun Megazord
- Height: 56 m
- Weight: 7300 tons
The Shogunzords could combine and form the Shogun Megazord, and they could make a pyramid formation which destroyed monsters in a whirlwind. The Shogun Megazord used a Fire Saber into battle which could easily finish off monsters.
[edit] Shogun Mega Falconzord
- Height: 56 m
- Weight: 7300 (+ Falconzord's weight) tons
The Shogun Megazord could combine with the Falconzord to form the Shogun Mega Falconzord. It could fire off rockets from its wing sockets.
[edit] Shogun Ultrazord
- Height: 78.8 m
- Weight: Shogun Mega Falconzord + 510 tons
The Shogun Mega Falconzord could ride atop Titanus, to form the Shogun Ultrazord. It could easily destroy monsters. The only monster it was ever used against was Dischordia.
[edit] Aftermath
The Shogunzords were legendary lost Zords, found by Baboo, Squatt and Finster so that Lord Zedd may use them to conquer Earth. He powered them up and forced the Rangers to pilot them and destroy Earth with them, in exchange for the safety of a kidnapped Kimberly. Tommy got Kimberly back, and Billy gained control of the Shogunzords, and so Zedd lost the upper hand as well as the Shogunzords. The Shogunzords could combine and form the Shogun Megazord, and they could make a pyramid formation which destroyed monsters in a whirlwind. The Shogunzords were later used by the Alien Rangers when the depowered Rangers went to different parts of the world to retrieve fragments of the Zeo Crystal. The Shogunzords' current whereabouts after that are unknown.
[edit] Pink Shogunzord
In the show, there is no pink Shogunzord, only red, white, blue, yellow, and black. The toy Shogun Megazord, however, came with a pink Shogunzord instead of a white one. There was probably some sort of confusion by the manufacturer. In the source series, Kakuranger, Tsubasamaru (the Falconzord) did not belong to any specific ranger, it was just a mecha that could combine with either the Muteki Shogun (Shogun Megazord) or the Kakure Dai Shogun (Ninja Megazord), similar to the "carrier" zords in the previous seasons. It became the White Ranger's zord in MMPR, and Ninjawhite's Crane became the Pink Ranger's zord. Ninjawhite's White Kark became the White Ranger's White Shogun zord on the show, since it was white in color, leaving Pink with no Shogun zord. This is probably what caused the confusion at the factory.
[edit] Trivia
- The Shogunzords are the first entire set of zords (rather than a single one, such as the Ape Ninjazord) to be humanoid in appearance, even before becoming a Megazord.
- The Shogunzords are the first set of zords to be neither destroyed nor rendered powerless (the Dragonzord is believed to still lie dormant at the bottom of the sea, but has no power, since the Green Ranger powers were exhausted).
- The Shogunzords are the first set of zords that can combine with a zord from a different set (the Falconzord can combine with the Shogun Megazord to form the Shogun Mega Falconzord)
- The Shogunzords are the first set of zords (as opposed to a single zord, such as the Dragon and Tigerzords) to be introduced mid-season.
- The Shogunzords are the only set of zords so far to be referred to individually exclusively by color (e.g. the White Shogunzord, the Red Shogunzord, etc) as opposed to number (a la the Zeozords) or creature (such as the Dino, Thunder, and Ninjazords).
- They are the only set of zords to be used by more than one team of rangers (the Ninja Rangers and the Alien Rangers).
- The White Shogunzord is the only individual zord to be piloted by more than one person at the same time (since there was no Pink Shogunzord, Katherine Hillard shared a cockpit with Tommy).
