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Icon-megarangerThis article is about a/an event in Power Rangers in Space, the last installment in the Zordon Era.

Zordon's Energy Wave, or most commonly referred to as the Z-Wave,[1] was the very essence of the wizard Zordon, created upon the destruction of his energy tube at the hands of Andros' Spiral Saber. It is also his most powerful ability. The death of the character released a wave of good golden energy that purged the universe of the United Alliance of Evil, which had, at that point in the story, finally conquered the universe with the help of Dark Specter and Astronema. Tvicon TV STORY-Countdown to Destruction

The following villains were affected:

  • Rita Repulsa was purged of her evil and purified into a human. She later regained her magical powers and became the Mystic Mother.
  • Lord Zedd was purified into a human, shedding him of his evil.
    • A new version of Zedd from before he was purified was brought into existence in the present day by Reaghoul's necromancy, where he came into conflict with the Dino Fury/Cosmic Fury Rangers.
  • Divatox was purified into a human, shedding her of her evil.
  • Astronema was purified back into her humanoid form Karone, and also got brought back to life.
  • Finster was also purified although this was only seen in a graphic novel. Comicicon COMIC STORY- Power Rangers: Soul of the Dragon
  • Ecliptor was disintegrated and reduced to sand.
  • Elgar was disintegrated and reduced to sand.
  • King Mondo was disintegrated and reduced to sand.
  • Queen Machina was disintegrated and reduced to sand.
  • General Havoc was disintegrated and reduced to sand.
  • Goldar was disintegrated and reduced to sand offscreen
    • An enhanced clone of Goldar later appeared in Beast Morphers as "Goldar Maximus".
  • All of the Foot soldiers and monsters were disintegrated and reduced to sand.

Note that not all of the Machine Empire and Cogs perished in this event, and that Dark Specter and Darkonda had both already destroyed each other in a conflict shortly before the wave was released. Lokar also survived the wave having resided in the Talos Dimension along with Scorpina, who had been banished there by Rita Repulsa earlier. Comicicon COMIC STORY- Power Rangers: Soul of the Dragon

It is never seen or explained what happened to the serving characters, but as they are not seen again they were either purified or reduced to sand:

Post Z-Wave[]

In the aftermath of Zordon's death, several groups of villains appear in future seasons of Power Rangers. However, the series has been able to avoid contradicting the effect of the energy wave on past villains by either never using them again or giving those who survived entirely different roles (as seen with Rita Repulsa, who would go on to become the Mystic Mother in Power Rangers Mystic Force). Every villain who has debuted since the Z-Wave was either explicitly created after the Wave or was trapped in some way that may have protected them from the Wave's effect.

The wave is referenced in Power Rangers Dino Fury when a version of Zedd prior to his purification is created, though it was also mentioned that since Zordon is gone, the wave could not be used again to stop him like before.

24 years after the Z-Wave, Billy attempted to find Zordon's scattered particles in the universe at Cranston Tech's hidden Command Center; however, he instead collected Rita Repulsa's evil side, which escaped and took over the body of Alpha 8. Tvicon TV STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always Later Bajillia Naire attempted a plan to create inverse of the Z-Wave by enchanting Lord Zedd's power and then sacrificing him in a similar manner to Zordon. The Cosmic Fury Rangers managed to prevent the plan from being completed by convincing Zedd to renounce his new powers. Tvicon TV STORY-Power Rangers Cosmic Fury

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