Power Rangers Mystic Force
| Power Rangers Mystic Force | |
|---|---|
| File:Prmf.gif | |
| Starring | Firass Dirani Angie Diaz Richard Brancatisano Melanie Vallejo Nic Sampson John Tui Peta Rutter Antonia Prebble Barnie Duncan Kelson Henderson Oliver Driver Stuart Devenie Donogh Rees Geoff Dolan Andrew Robertt Holly Shanahan |
| Country of origin | United States/New Zealand |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 2006-02-20 |
Power Rangers: Mystic Force (often abbreviated as PRMF and simply called Mystic Force) is an American television series, the fourteenth program produced as part of the Power Rangers franchise. As with all Power Rangers series, the show is adapted from a series in the long-running Japanese tokusatsu franchise, Super Sentai. Mystic Force is adapted from the 29th series in this franchise: Mahou Sentai Magiranger.
The series officially premiered on February 20, 2006 on Toon Disney, February 25, 2006 on ABC Family, March 11, 2006 on ABC as part of the ABC Kids programming block, on June 4, 2006 on Family Channel in Canada and on October 21, 2006 on Jetix in the United Kingdom
Synopsis
Template:Spoiler Twenty years ago, in a dimension filled with magic parallel to our own, the forces of darkness came into power and a war called the Great Battle began. An army of the undead led by a powerful warrior swarmed into the land with their sights set on the taking over the magical realm, the human realm, and beyond, but they would have to combat a legion of brave and powerful wizards. The Mystics battled valiantly against insurmountable odds, until they drove the evil back from the edge of the human world. The strongest wizard of all, Leanbow, cast a spell and sent the evil warriors into the Underworld, having the Gatekeeper seal the gates for all eternity. The forces of truth successfully thwarted the forces of darkness' attempt to take the surface world, but they lost Leanbow, as he made sure the evil forces did not escape by sealing himself on their side of the Gate. The human world would never know of the Great Battle, nor of the sacrifices made to spare their lives from destruction. Even to this day they live in peace and tranquility, totally unaware of what is about to awaken.
The city of Briarwood was struck by an earthquake, and this earthquake was enough to break the seal just enough for evil to begin its attempt to invade the human world, again. The sorceress Udonna, realizing that the forces of evil had returned, sought out the warriors of legend, five teens living in Briarwood, to become the Power Rangers alongside her. While one of the teens was reluctant at first, he realized his destiny and joined the others in the fight against the Master of the Underworld Octomus and his numerous minions. When Udonna loses her Ranger powers to the mysterious Koragg, it is up to Nick, Chip, Madison, Vida, and Xander to save the Earth on their own. They are assisted by Udonna's bumbling apprentice Clare, and eventually Jenji the Genie and his master Daggeron, the Solaris Knight.
Using their powerful magic and incredible martial arts skills, the Mystic Force Power Rangers must rely on teamwork to save the day.
Characters
Rangers
| Actor/Actress | Character | Title | Mystic Power | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firass Dirani | Nick Russell (Bowen) | Red Mystic Ranger | Fire | Team leader |
| Nic Sampson | Charlie "Chip" Thorn | Yellow Mystic Ranger | Lightning | |
| Melanie Vallejo | Madison Rocca | Blue Mystic Ranger | Water | |
| Angie Diaz | Vida Rocca | Pink Mystic Ranger | Wind | |
| Richard Brancatisano | Xander Bly | Green Mystic Ranger | Earth | |
| Peta Rutter | Udonna | White Mystic Ranger | Snow | Mentor |
| John Tui | Daggeron | Solaris Knight | Sun | Mentor |
Allies
- Clare: Udonna and Leanbow's niece, Nick's cousin, Niella's daughter, and the Gatekeeper to the Underworld. (Portrayed by Antonia Prebble)
- Niella: Former Gatekeeper to the Underworld, Niella is Udonna's sister, Clare's mother, and Nick's aunt who died sealing the gate to the Underworld. (Portrayed by Antonia Prebble)
- Jenji: A mystical cat genie and assistant to Daggeron. (Voiced by Oliver Driver)
- Fire Heart: This dragon, said to have great power, merges with Nick to turn him into the Red Dragon Fire Ranger.
- Toby Slambrook: The teens' boss at the Rock-Porium. (Portrayed by Barnie Duncan)
- Phineas: A troblin (half-troll, half-goblin) who roams the woods. (Portrayed by Kelson Henderson)
- Ancient Titans: Supernatural beings from whom the Rangers draw their power.
- Leanbow: The Red Mystic, Udonna's husband, Nick/Bowen's father, and Clare's uncle that was transformed into Koragg by dark magic. After realizing this fact, Koragg reverted to Leanbow, and seemingly sacrificed himself, trapping Octomus in the Underworld and preventing his rise to power (Leanbow portrayed by Chris Graham, Koragg voiced by Geoff Dolan).
- Mystics: Leanbow's allies from the Great Battle.
- Tribunal of Magic: The governing organization of all magic who reversed Imperious's wish and granted the Rangers Legend Mode in Dark Wish.
- Leelee Pimvare: A snobby Briarwood teen and Necrolai's daughter who eventually abandoned the side of evil for a normal life by getting a job at Rock Porium. It says in the Book of Prophecy that she will become the Queen of the Vampires, most likely on the side of good. (Portrayed by Holly Shanahan).
- Snow Prince: An Ancient Mystic that exists in an alternate demension decorated with constant snow. He is said to have been a teacher to the Mystics and is the one who told Daggeron that he had strayed from the path of knowledge, forcing him to learn from Nick. (Voiced by Paolo Rotondo)
Villains
- Octomus: The Supreme Master of the Underworld who appears as a human skull supported by tentacles (Voiced by John Leigh)
- Morticon: An undead general who led Octomus' army before being destroyed by the Titan Megazord (Voiced by Andrew Robertt).
- Necrolai: Dark mistress of the Underworld, Queen of the Vampires and mother of Leelee. Necrolai is ambitious, desiring above all else to stimulate chaos and run wild in it forever (Voiced by Donogh Rees).
- Koragg the Knight Wolf: Originally Udonna's husband and Nick's father, Leanbow was turned into the evil Koragg by Octomus's dark magic. He fought the Rangers, frequently besting them, until Heir Apparent, when he realized the truth and turned back into Leanbow (Leanbow portrayed by Chris Graham, Koragg voiced by Geoff Dolan).
- Calindor / Imperious: Once an ally and friend of the Mystics, who took Morticon's place as leader of the Underworld before being destroyed by Daggeron (Calindor portrayed by Will Hall, Imperious voiced by Stuart Devenie).
- The Ten Terrors: The most powerful servants of Octomus.
- Magma: A fiery creature, the first of the Ten Terrors to attack. Destroyed by Sculpin after he failed to destroy the Rangers (Voiced by Greg Smith).
- Oculous: A red eyed cyclops with a sniper rifle, the second of the Ten Terrors to attack. Destroyed by Nick as the Red Dragon Fire Ranger (Voiced by Andrew Laing).
- Serpentina: A turquoise snakelike monster with a mirror-shield for a weapon who, like Megahorn, has no respect for the Rules of Darkness. The third of the Ten Terrors to attack; destroyed by the Manticore Megazord (Voiced by Sally Stockwell).
- Megahorn: A dragon type creature with bone-like armor who has no respect for the Rules of Darkness. He was the fourth terror to fall; destroyed by the Manticore and Solar Streak Megazords (Voiced by Dallas Barnett).
- Hekatoid: A gluttonous, green hammer-wielding monster. He has the ability to blast slime from his warts and disable the Rangers morphing ability. He captured Udonna, but was the fifth terror to fall; destroyed quite easily by a combination of the Mystic Lion Staffs and the Snow Staff (Voiced by Charlie McDermott).
- Gekkor: A spear wielding wyvern creature (Voiced by Mark Ferguson).
- Matoombo: A powerful gray knight with no visible eyes (Voiced by Cameron Rhodes).
- Itassis: A sphinx goddess with an arm-mounted bazooka who seems to have the most respect for the Rules of Darkness (Voiced by Josephine Davison).
- Black Lance: A black knight monster with a shield and lance (Voiced by Derek Judge).
- Sculpin: The red fish-like leader of the Ten Terrors with a trident for a weapon (Voiced by Peter Daube).
- Enemy Foot Soldiers:
- Hidiacs
- Styxoids (Voiced by Nick Kemplen and Jim McLarty)
Arsenal
- Xenotome: The Xenotome is an ancient, mystical book and the Rangers' main source of magical information. Whenever the Rangers unlock a Spell Code, the Xenotome will explain the spell's function. The Xenotome is a fountain of untapped magical knowledge, hence it is called "The Book of The Unknown".
- Snow Staff: Udonna's own variant MagiStaff and her personal weapon while morphed. It's somewhat like the Red Ranger's Sword in length, but its "blade" is not used as such. It is capable of releasing blasts of wind cold enough to freeze an opponent in place. When Koragg defeated Udonna in battle, he stole the Snow Staff and took it to the Pit where he kept it as his trophy. Koragg once used the Staff to somehow contact Nick by way of magical telepathy, creating a two-way telepathic connection which they can both use without the Snow Staff. When Udonna was captured and held captive in the Underworld, she was able to channel herself in Ranger form through the Snow Staff and assist the other Rangers in defeating Morticon. It was stolen from Necrolai by Leelee, who returned it to Clare in order to save Udonna after being captured, allowing Udonna to once again become the White Mystic Ranger.
- Mystic Morphers: These cell phones, which morph the Rangers with the call of "Magical Source, Mystic Force!", can perform spells via various digit-based codes that are entered into the keypad. They were originally magic wands, but Udonna changed them to suit the Rangers' liking. (See Spells Section).
- MagiStaffs: A compact staff carried by each of the five Rangers, with multiple functions.
- Axe Mode: An axe that the Green Ranger uses. It is capable of producing shockwaves and fissures when it strikes the ground.
- Crossbow Mode: A crossbow with which the Yellow Ranger can fire bolts of electricity. It was once used to fire the Dawn Crystal, a yellow arrow-shaped crystal that (temporarliy) destroyed Necrolai.
- Sword/Striker Mode: A sword brandished by the Red Ranger. The blade can be engulfed in flame at his will. Nick has recently been referring to his sword as a Striker, which is a possible error on behalf of the writers.
- Wand Mode: The Magi Staff in its original form. In this mode, the Blue Ranger can use it to channel her elemental water powers, the Pink Ranger can use her elemental wind powers, shapeshifting abilities, or a combination of the two, the Red Ranger can conjure fire, the Green Ranger can use it to summon powerful vines to restrain his enemies, and the Yellow Ranger can summon lightning power. The Magi Staff is also capable of doing a Speed Spell Attack where all the Rangers gain more speed than any of their vehicles.
- Mystic Racers: Five large futuristic flight vehicles used for transportation that are actually old wooden brooms and revert to this form when not in use. They are kept on special revolving walls in Rootcore.
- Mystic Speeder: An extremely powerful motorcycle used by the Red Ranger, capable of travelling at high speeds. Its offensive abilities include launching a large front-mounted projectile and laser blasts.
- Mystic Force Fighters: Large red boxing gloves capable of increasing the wearer's strength, speed and stamina. They can be used by the five core Rangers, but they were originally activated by Xander when he fought Skullington. Xander finished off Skullington by leaping incredibly high into the air and landing on his fist, causing a fissure. Nick later used them against Koragg, channeling his elemental powers and setting himself ablaze before launching himself at Koragg from within a flaming tornado in a move he called the "Spin Attack". Chip also used them in Soul Specter against Spydex.
- Solar Cell Morpher: Daggeron's morphing device is a cellphone-ticket puncher hybrid. Daggeron can also use the Solar Cell Morpher in conjunction with a variety of magical cards in order to cast various spells. Just like the other Rangers, Daggeron also calls out "Magical Source, Mystic Force!" to morph.
- Solaris Laser Lamp: Jenji's home can be converted into Daggeron's personal blaster weapon. It can fire powerful lasers and can perform the Jenji Shining Attack to finish off opponents. In the episode Ranger Down, Madison used the Solaris Laser Lamp to destroy Screamer to restore the people that had been turned into feathers, including the other four Rangers.
- Magic Carpet: This enchanted carpet serves as the Solaris Knight's personal transport.
- Mystic Muscles: After learning his lesson in Inner Strength, Xander received a new spell code that granted him exaggerated muscles, with which he was able to defeat the Behemoth easily.
- Legend Mode: A power-up for the five core Rangers given to them by the Tribunal of Magic that transforms the Rangers into the Legend Warriors with a call of "Legendary Source, Mystic Force!". Included are extra armor and the Mystic Lion Staffs. The Rangers lose their capes in this form and also gain small helmet attachments modelled after their visors. Nick and Chip have wings protruding from the sides of their helmets. Madison has a fin on the top of her helmet, Vida has wing-like ridges and Xander has horns that appear to sweep backwards.
- Mystic Lion Staffs: These staffs are carried by the Rangers in Legend Mode. The end of each staff features a stylized lion head, with a rotary phone built into the mane. These staffs grant the Rangers the ability to cast even more powerful spells and transform into the Legendary Mystic Titans. During Light Source, Chip's Mystic Lion Staff became the Crossbow Staff.
- Ancient Mystic Mode: A form used by Clare, Niella (when she was alive), Calindor (before he became Imperious), Daggeron and Leanbow.
- Battlizer: The Red Mystic Ranger's Battlizer allows for a great power boost and allows him to morph into the Red Dragon Fire Ranger. Nick gets covered in blue knight-like armor, gains wings, wields two Battle Wands, and carries an activation device that looks like a red Solar Cell Morpher with a dragon head extension, the Fierce Dragon Morpher.
Spells
Throughout the season the Mystic Rangers, Underworld Villains, and Mystical Allies use these magical spells for various purposes. Spells are divided into three groups in this series:
- Ranger Spells: Spells that the Mystic Force Rangers use.
- Dark Spells: Dark Spells that the Underworld Villains use.
- Neutral Spells: Spells that are neutral and can do various purposes.
Several of the Zords in Power Rangers: Mystic Force are actually the Mystic Rangers themselves, transformed into mythological creatures. The only exception to this is the Solar Streak Megazord, which is actually a mechanical train-based Megazord piloted by the Solaris Knight. When the Rangers form their own Megazords, they appear in a cockpit, no longer part of their transformed state.
- Titan Megazord (combination of the Five Mystic Titans)
- Mystic Phoenix (Nick/Red)
- Mystic Dragon (combination of Mystic Garuda, Mermaid, Sprite, and Minotaur)
- Mystic Garuda (Chip/Yellow)
- Mystic Mermaid (Madison/Blue)
- Mystic Sprite (Vida/Pink)
- Mystic Minotaur (Xander/Green)
- Catastros (Koragg the Knight Wolf)
- Knight Wolf Centaur (combination of Koragg and Catastros)
- Centaurus Wolf Megazord (final combination of Koragg and Catastros)
- Centaurus Phoenix Megazord (combination of Mystic Phoenix and Catastros)
- Solar Train (Daggeron/Solaris Knight)
- Solar Streak Megazord (Solar Train, Fighting Mode)
- Manticore Megazord (combination of Mystic Firebird and Lion)
- Mystic Firebird (Nick/Red)
- Mystic Lion (Chip/Yellow, Madison/Blue, Vida/Pink, Xander/Green)
- Brightstar (Nick/Red)
- Phoenix Unizord (combination of Mystic Phoenix and Brightstar)
Episodes
| # | Air date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006-02-20 | "Broken Spell, Part I" |
| 2 | 2006-02-20 | "Broken Spell, Part II" |
| 3 | 2006-02-27 | "Code Busters" |
| 4 | 2006-03-06 | "Rock Solid" |
| 5 | 2006-03-13 | "Whispering Voices" |
| 6 | 2006-03-20 | "Legendary Catastros" |
| 7 | 2006-03-27 | "Fire Heart" |
| 8 | 2006-04-03 | "Stranger Within, Part I" |
| 9 | 2006-04-17 | "Stranger Within, Part II" |
| 10 | 2006-04-24 | "Petrified Xander" |
| 11 | 2006-05-08 | "The Gatekeeper, Part I" |
| 12 | 2006-05-15 | "The Gatekeeper, Part II" |
| 13 | 2006-06-05 | "Scaredy Cat" |
| 14 | 2006-06-12 | "Long Ago" |
| 15 | 2006-06-12 | "Inner Strength" |
| 16 | 2006-06-19 | "Soul Specter" |
| 17 | 2006-06-26 | "Ranger Down" |
| 18 | 2006-07-10 | "Dark Wish, Part I" |
| 19 | 2006-07-10 | "Dark Wish, Part II" |
| 20 | 2006-07-10 | "Dark Wish, Part III" |
| 21 | 2006-07-22 | "Koragg's Trial" |
| 22 | 2006-07-29 | "Heir Apparent, Part I" |
| 23 | 2006-08-11 | "Heir Apparent, Part II" |
| 24 | 2006-08-14 | "The Light" |
| 25 | 2006-08-20 | "The Hunter" |
| 26 | 2006-09-18 | "Hard Heads" |
| 27 | 2006-09-25 | "The Snow Prince" |
| 28 | 2006-10-09 | "Light Source, Part I" |
| 29 | 2006-10-09 | "Light Source, Part II" |
Uniqueness of the series
Power Rangers Mystic Force features many former actors appearing for a second or third time:
- Kelson Henderson (Boom in S.P.D.) as Phineas, making Mystic Force the third consecutive Power Ranger series he has appeared in (he had minor appearances in Dino Thunder).
- Antonia Prebble (Krista in Dino Thunder, and the voice of S.P.D. Nova Ranger in S.P.D.) as Clare, which makes this her third consecutive appearance.
- John Tui as Daggeron, the Solaris Knight. He portrayed Commander Anubis "Doggie" Cruger and Sergeant Silverback in the previous series, S.P.D., which made him the first actor to portray two different characters who are Rangers.
- Barnie Duncan as Toby, the Rangers' boss at the Rock Porium. He recently reprised his role as Piggy, from S.P.D. for a cameo appearance in the episode Ranger Down.
- Josephine Davison as the voice of Itassis, one of the Ten Terrors of the Underworld. (she played the role of Morgana in S.P.D.)
Like all other series, Mystic Force introduces a few Power Rangers firsts. It is the first Power Rangers team to feature capes as part of all of their suits. It is also the first full "down under" cast since the move to New Zealand (composed of four Australians and two New Zealanders). The team also does not feature an African-American Ranger, a trend started in Time Force. For the first time, the team features a Ranger of Middle-Eastern descent (Firass Dirani is a Lebanese-Australian).
Mystic Force also features scheduling and airtime changes. With 32 episodes, Mystic Force is the shortest full season to date, which has affected the annual tradition of cross-over episodes with the previous team (in the original Super Sentai, these cross-overs are the "Vs." specials, and usually occur out of the normal timeline of the series). ABC Family has dropped the Jetix block in the fall of 2006, but Future incarnations of Power Rangers will continue to air on ABC Kids and Toon Disney in the United States, as well as various Jetix channels overseas.
Due to the fact Japanese children's programming guidelines are much more lenient than those of the United States, Vancuria (Necrolai's counterpart in Magiranger) had a rather revealing costume with realistic breasts. For Mystic Force however, this was cut out by never showing close-up, full body images of Necrolai. Instead, the camera zooms in on her face and avoids showing her chest area as much as possible. In scenes with Necrolai filmed for the American audience, the revealing costume is replaced with a full bodysuit.
Notes
- On 2005-11-07, Toon Disney aired the first teaser promo for "Power Rangers Mystic Force". [1]
- On 2005-11-14, Toon Disney aired a 30-second and a 1-minute promo for "Power Rangers: Mystic Force". [2]
- On 2006-02-13, Jetix uploaded the official "Power Rangers: Mystic Force" theme song onto their website.
- On 2006-02-14, the theme song was taken down and replaced. The second theme was essentially the same, though the lyrics were modified slightly and arranged differently.[3]
- On 2006-05-27, Disney started their on-demand service by posting Scaredy Cat on the official Power Rangers website. [4] The episodes remain on the lists for a week before they are replaced by a different episode. As of this writing, the website has older Mystic Force episodes for viewing, instead. These episodes can only be viewed by users in the United States. There have been five episodes that premiered online before they premiered on television.
- On 2006-06-05, Disney posted Inner Strength
- On 2006-06-12, Disney posted Soul Specter
- On 2006-06-26, Disney posted Ranger Down
- On 2006-08-07, Disney posted The Light
- On 2006-08-14, Disney posted The Hunter
External links
- Official Site of Power Rangers: Mystic Force Official website
- Power Rangers: Mystic Force DVDs Official DVD site, with information, trailers, and downloads
- Power Rangers: Mystic Force at TV.com
- Power Rangers Central
- Magical Library
- Linear Ranger's Power Rangers: Mystic Force Fansite