Zords in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

The Zords used in the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are themed after prehistoric, mythical, and modern animals. They are created by Ninjor, a wise warrior who also created the Power Coins and the Alien Rangers' Battleborgs. The mecha footage came from the Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, Gosei Sentai Dairanger and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger respectively.

Season 1

Dinozords

The Dinozords are the very first Zords to be used in Power Rangers history. In the original "Day of the Dumpster" pilot, the Dinozords are referred to as "Dinodroids". It is interesting to note that, although they are referred to collectively as Dinozords, only the Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops are actual dinosaurs. The Saber-Toothed Tiger and the Mastodon are mammals that are post-Cretaceous. Pterodactyls are pterosaurs, a separate group of archosaurs from dinosaurs. To summon the Zords, the Rangers call out, "We Need Dinozord Power, Now!" The Dinozords are used to battle the forces of Rita Repulsa throughout season one. After they are upgraded into the Thunderzords in season two, the Rangers no longer use the Dinozords for battle, but every time they summon the Thunderzords, the Dinozords appear first, and they then each change into their Thunderzord counterparts. When the Thunderzords are destroyed in season three, the Dinozords are destroyed along with them, due to them being the base components for the Thunderzords.

The Dinozords are as followed:

• Tyrannosaurus Dinozord: Piloted by the Red Power Ranger Jason Lee Scott, it is hidden underground and rises up through a fissure. The only bipedal Dinozord, it occasionally fights on its own and is capable of defeating an opponent on its own. Independently, its capabilities include a prehensile tail that can swipe at enemies or allow it to gain a height advantage and sweep in. It also has a cannon in its throat that can be fired into the ground and cause a huge tornado and its eyes can fire powerful laser beams.
• Mastodon Dinozord: Piloted by the Black Power Ranger Zack Taylor, it is hidden beneath a glacier of ice. The Mastodon can shoot a cold blast from its trunk which was capable of freezing some enemies.
• Triceratops Dinozord: Piloted by the Blue Power Ranger Billy Cranston, it rests in a desert, and rolls into battle on a set of treads rather than feet or legs. It features a double laser cannon on its tail, and a set of horns that can launch and serve as grappling devices.
• Saber-Toothed Tiger Dinozord: Piloted by the Yellow Power Ranger Trini Kwan, its hiding place is deep within a jungle, and it shows off its speed and dexterity by leaping over tall jungle trees each time it charges into battle. Its tail can rotate up and fire an energy beam, and it occasionally attacks enemies directly as a biological tiger would.
• Pterodactyl Dinozord: Piloted by the Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart, it sleeps inside a presumably active volcano, and causes a minor eruption each time it departs. It is the only Dinozord capable of flight, and can fire strafing energy beams from its shoulders.

The Zords of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder are called Biozords, but are also referred to as Dinozords at times, though their Megazord formation is called the Thundersaurus Megazord.

Megazord

In forming the original Megazord, the Dinozords almost always join into tank mode first, even if only temporarily before switching to battle mode. The Tyrannosaurus represents the tank's core, with the Saber-Toothed Tiger and Triceratops attaching to form the left and right treads, respectively. The Mastodon attaches to the Tyrannosaurus's back and created a set of forward-facing cannons, while the Pterodactyl clips onto the Tyrannosaurus's back. Once joined, the Megazord can emit a set of energy blasts from the eyes of the individual Zords, as well as the Mastodon's cannons.

The Megazord in battle mode almost always follows the tank mode, but on rare occasions the Rangers skip the tank mode entirely. The Tyrannosaurus forms the upper torso and head, the Mastodon forms the shoulders, arms and back, the Triceratops forms the left leg and the Saber-Toothed Tiger forms the right leg and the Pterodactyl forms the chest plate. The Megazord's head is then enfolded in a spiked helmet of sorts to complete the formation. Notably during the formation into battle mode, a computerized voice says "Megazord sequence has been initiated" at the beginning and "Megazord activated" at the end. This formation is bipedal and moves very much like a human, with a broad range of motion and use of its arms and legs. This is because Super Sentai mecha are portrayed by costumes. When piloting the Megazord, the Rangers sit inside the cockpit located inside its head. The Megazord is able to switch between battle mode and tank mode instantly to suit the situation.

When desired, the Red Ranger can summon the Power Sword, which lances through the skies and lands either in the ground or in the Megazord's right hand. It can also provide the Megazord a boost in energy when it was low on power. The Power Sword is capable of finishing off most enemies with an energized slash. The Megazord also has armaments it uses somewhat less often; it could fire a powerful laser beam from the tip of its head. The Mastodon's detached head can be attached to the Megazord's left hand to form the Mammoth Shield which can deflect (or reflect) enemy attacks. Also to note, whenever the Megazord transforms from tank mode to battle mode, the Mastodon's head would mysteriously vanish until summoned for use as a shield.

While it owes its existence to the Morphing Grid and Power Coins, the Megazord derives its day-to-day energy from the sun. In the episode "Green With Evil, Part 4" Rita takes advantage of this and causes a solar eclipse to strip the Megazord of its energy. After Goldar, Scorpina and the Evil Green Ranger deliver massive damage to the Megazord, the Rangers are forced to evacuate and the Megazord falls into a massive pit of molten lava created by Rita. However the lava actually heals the damaged Dinozords and they are later revived by Zordon. Later, in the episode "Doomsday, Part 2" Zordon creates an automatic self-preservation system for the Megazord, which causes it to instantly separate and return the Dinozords to their hiding places to recharge when they are in critical danger during the battle against Goldar's Zord Cyclopsis and the monster Lokar.

Most fans of the series often dub it as the "Dino Megazord" as a way to differentiate it from later named Megazords.

Dragonzord

Residing in the depths of a harbor just off Angel Grove's shipping district, the Dragonzord was inextricably linked to the Dragon Coin. When Rita uses that coin to infuse Tommy Oliver with the powers of the Green Power Ranger, it gives him access to the Dragonzord. It is summoned via the Dragon Dagger, an enchanted flute which also controls the Zord's attacks. More often than not, the Green Ranger (or, for a time, the Red Ranger) stayed outside the cockpit and controlled it remotely using the dagger. On the rare occasions when Tommy does enter the cockpit however, he is shown to have a greater control on the Dragonzord.

The Dragonzord is quite versatile in battle. Its primary attacks includes a set of missiles that launched from its fingertips, along with a massive prehensile tail complete with a high-speed drill on its end. The red lights on its chestplate light up when one of these attacks are imminent. Despite its power however, the Dragonzord rarely defeats an opponent on its own and it is often used to simply rescue the Megazord when it is in danger or to form one of the other Zord combination. Its fighting ability is very inconsistent. When Tommy was evil it was, barely, overpowered by the Tyrannosaurus, and later thrashed by the Megazord. However, in "Return of an Old Friend" it easily handled Goldar (who on his own is a match for the Megazord) and Scorpina.

When Tommy first loses his powers via the Green Candle, he bestows them onto Jason before Rita got them back, including the Dragon Dagger and, thus, use of the Dragonzord. Jason produces the Dragon Dagger even while piloting Megazord and uses it to remotely control the Dragonzord. Jason relinquishes the dagger and powers when Tommy subsequently regained his abilities.

After the Rangers' Dinozords are used to create the Thunderzords, Tommy is able to continue using the Dragonzord in battle, though due to the Thunder Megazord being from Dairanger, it never appears in the same scene as the Dragonzord. Soon after, however, Tommy loses the Green Ranger powers for good, and the Dragonzord returns to an indefinite sleep in the sea. Dragonzord returns a final time when the clone Green Ranger appears and uses it against Tommy the White Ranger and the Tigerzord, the Dragonzord is able to defeat the Tigerzord. After the other Rangers arrive, they summon the Thunder Megazord and nearly destroy the Dragonzord, but Tommy manages to break the evil spell on his clone, who then has the Dragonzord stop its attack. Following this battle, the Dragonzord returns to the harbor, and is presumably still there as its destruction is never shown onscreen.

Notably, the Dragonzord is quite similar to Godzilla both in appearance, the fact that just like Godzilla, the Dragonzord also rises from the sea and on its initial appearance (and two subsequent ones) it went on a Godzilla-style rampage.

Dragonzord in Battle Mode

The Dragonzord can combine with the Mastodon, Triceratops, and Saber-Toothed Tiger to form the Dragonzord in Battle Mode. In this formation is effectively an alternate Megazord, with the Dragonzord replacing the Tyrannosaurus as the torso and head and the Pterodactyl as the chest. Its detached tail straightens and combines with its lighted chestplate to form the Power Staff, which is used primarily as a hand weapon, but the drill can be charged and used as a finishing attack where it drills a hole its enemies (part of the attack Zyuranger when it's shown impaling the enemy is cut out). It is apparently stronger than the Megazord, though also slower. For a secondary weapon it can the throw crescent on its head, but both times it used it the enemy caught it and throw back. The cockpit of this Zord formation looks almost exactly like the Megazord's. Zack seems to be the main pilot, unless Tommy controls it with his Dragon Dagger as with the standard Dragonzord or if Jason and Kimberly join the crew. It is also called the "Dragonzord in Fighting Mode" at times.

Mega Dragonzord

The Dragonzord has the ability to combine with the Megazord to form the Mega Dragonzord. In this formation, the Dragonzord turns into armour that attaches to the top of the Megazord, turning its finger cannons into shoulder cannons. This formation is also a type of Megazord. The Mega Dragonzord is very powerful, physically stronger than even the Dragonzord in Battle Mode, but also significantly slower because its composition made it top-heavy due to a higher centre of gravity. Its primary attack consists of a energy sphere formed by the Dragonzord symbols on the arms and the Megazord's chestplate, which is generally powerful enough to finish most enemies.

Titanus the Carrierzord

When Tommy and Jason go on a quest for special weapons to destroy Rita's new Super Putties, they meet Titanus the Carrierzord, a white-and-black brachiosaurus Zord. Titanus guards the special weapons, but Zordon takes the opportunity to teach Tommy and Jason a lesson about teamwork, and he informs the Rangers that Titanus is a friend once they resolve their differences and obtain the weapons together. Titanus's primary function is to serve as the final piece of the Ultrazord. Individually, it carries a set of cannons as its tail and can fire powerful blasts from its mouth. The Rangers do not utilize Titanus throughout the period in which they have the Thunderzords, but call upon it again to combine with the Ninjazords and Shogunzords to form new Ultrazord formations.

Ultrazord

In times of peril, all six Zords (as the Mega Dragonzord), along with Titanus, can come together to form Ultrazord, the most powerful combination of season one. The Ultrazord attacks with a devastating array of projectile weapons, almost always destroying whatever enemy it faces. There are two notable exceptions, however. The first is against Lokar, who is attacked by Ultrazord but retreats without being destroyed. Later, against Cyclopsis, the Rangers believe they destroyed it with Ultrazord the first time they meet, but fail as Cyclopsis's head was intact. They later discovered that they need to change Zord formations frequently in order to confuse Cyclopsis and catch it off guard. At the end of their third battle, the Rangers form Ultrazord again, and this time obliterate Cyclopsis, and seemingly Lokar as well because the monster is never seen again following that battle.

Season 2

Thunderzords

After the monster Pirantishead succeeds in freezing four of the Dinozords and taking control of the Tyrannosaurus, Alpha 5 regains control of the Zords by making a refraction of energy that transforms the Dinozords into the Thunderzords, much more powerful than their predecessors. The sequences of the Dinozords changing into the Thunderzords was computer generated American footage, due to both types of mecha being from different Super Sentai series. The Thunderzords are used to battle the forces of Lord Zedd with their massive power throughout season two. In season three, when the Rangers use the Thunderzords to battle Rito Revolto they fall into a trap when a band of monsters join in the battle and easily overpower them. Eventually the Morphing Grid overloads and the Thunderzords are destroyed in a series of massive explosions. It should be noted that the Thunderzords never show individual cockpits, except for the Tigerzord (because the Kiba Ranger footage was used from Dairanger) and the Red Dragon Thunderzord in the episode "Rangers Back In Time", which is basically a reuse of the Thunder Megazord cockpit shot with the majority of the cockpit cropped out.

The Thunderzords are as followed:

• Red Dragon Thunderzord: Piloted by Jason and later Rocky DeSantos, this Zord is shaped like a Chinese dragon and is one of 2 Thunderzords capable of flight. The Red Dragon possesses a Warrior Mode in which it can transform into a humanoid form that wields a staff as a weapon. Similar to the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord, the Red Dragon is capable of fighting and defeating a monster on its own. Its wrists are capable of spinning at high speeds, allowing it to use its staff like helicopter blades. It is also able to ride the Tigerzord while it is in Tiger Mode.

• Lion Thunderzord: Piloted by Zack and later Adam Park, The Lion is seemingly useless on its own, having no attack functions. However, in Dairanger, the Lion can create illusions. This is the only Zord of MMPR not to have any personal weaponry of its own at all; its only function is to provide armor for the Red Dragon's upper body during the Megazord formation. Also in Dairanger, the Lion's pilot wore a green costume instead of black. It is modelled after an Imperial guardian lion, the type that is found in most Chinese temples, museums, government offices, etc.

• Unicorn Thunderzord: Piloted by Billy, it has a basic block shape side from its head, and is capable of launching boulders at monsters. It is similar in design to the Griffin. In Dairanger, this Zord is a Chinese version of Pegasus. As a result, it lacks the horn that unicorns are shown having.

• Griffin Thunderzord: Piloted by Trini and later Aisha Campbell, it has a basic block shape side from its head, and is capable of firing flaming rings or electric bolts at monsters. It is similar in design to the Unicorn. In Dairanger, this Zord is a Qilin, a creature that may have been based on a giraffe. The name change is because most Westerners would not be familiar with the Qilin creature.

• Firebird Thunderzord: Piloted by Kimberly, it appears as a large firebird, and is capable of creating an energy tornado and sending it towards monsters. It is the second of 2 Thunderzords capable of flight, the first one being the Red Dragon.

The Zords used by the Crimson and Navy Thunder Rangers of Power Rangers: Ninja Storm are also called the Thunderzords and their Megazord formation is called the Thunder Megazord.

Thunder Megazord

In forming the Thunder Megazord, the Red Dragon in Warrior Mode forms the internal structure and wears the other Thunderzords like body armor, (similar to the formation of the original Megazord) making it look like a samurai in battle armor. The Lion forms the arms, chestplate, and helmet, the Unicorn forms the right leg, the Griffin forms the left leg and the Firebird forms the waist. Unlike the original Megazord, the power-crystals are not needed to transform the Thunderzords. While piloting the Thunder Megazord, the Rangers stand inside the cockpit located within the green window on the Megazord's chest. It is also called the "Mega Thunderzord" at times.

The Thunder Megazord's main weapon is the Thunder Saber, which hangs in a sheath on its hip while not in use. Like the original Megazord's Power Sword, it also delivers an energy slash as a finisher. Another one of its weapons is the green window on its chest, which can unleash a smokescreen that can cause damage. In Dairanger, it also has a speared polearm combined from the Firebird's tail with the Red Dragon's staff, which was cut out from the Power Ranger episodes, but was included in the American toy versions.

The Thunder Megazord is one of only 2 Megazords to have its main weapon used against it. In the episode "Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park", the Trumpet Top monster uses the Thunder Saber to inflict damage on the Megazord (The other is the Mega Winger from Power Rangers: In Space; Psycho Pink uses the Wing Blaster against it). The Thunder Megazord is also the first Megazord and one of four in the entire series to have an American-made cockpit, the only other three being its successors, the Ninja Megazord and Shogun Megazord and the cockpit of the Titanium Ranger's Max Solarzord in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue.

Thunderzord Assault Team

The Lion, Firebird, Unicorn, and Griffin Thunderzords can also combine to form the Thunderzord Assault Team, with the Red Dragon in Warrior Mode riding the other four combined as an airborne chariot. This formation is capable of defeating an enemy by having the Red Dragon strike at one with its staff. Unlike the Dinozords, the Thunderzords can't easily switch between this and the Megazord formation. However This Was Not Used Very Often

Tigerzord

When Tommy's Dragon Coin loses its powers for good, Zordon and Alpha create the Tiger Coin for him, which gives him the powers of the White Power Ranger. His Zord, the Tigerzord (sometimes known as White Tigerzord), is controlled by his talking sword, Saba. Like the Red Dragon, the Tigerzord can also change into a Warrior Mode, in which it wields a curved saber, formed from the Tiger Mode's tail and can also fire flame orbs (oddly called the "White Tiger Thunder Ball") from its chest. In its Warrior Mode, it often fights alongside the Thunder Megazord and usually allows its partner to finish off the enemy.

Mega Tigerzord

The Tigerzord in Warrior Mode can combine with the Firebird, Griffin, Lion and Unicorn to form the Mega Tigerzord, similar to its predecessor the Dragonzord being able to combine to form the Dragonzord in Battle Mode (unlike the Dragonzord, which uses only three of the Dinozords, the Tigerzord can use four of the Thunderzords). The Tigerzord serves as its head, arms, torso, and upper legs, the Lion forms the shoulder pads and back, the Unicorn forms the right leg, the Griffin forms the left leg and the Firebird forms a claw on the right arm. The Firebird can shoot out, energized by a fireball from the Mega Tigerzord's chest, as a finisher. It often fights alongside the Red Dragon in Warrior Mode. Despite being more powerful than the Thunder Megazord, the Mega Tigerzord is used only four times in the series and only defeats three of the four monsters it fought.

Tor the Shuttlezord

Zordon presents the Rangers with the turtle-shaped Tor the Shuttlezord to help them on their journey to get the Sword of Light. Tor can withstand big blasts, and even Serpentera can't destroy it with its sheer weight. Like Titanus and Dragonzord, Tor is likely still dormant somewhere on Earth in the Power Rangers' universe as its destruction was never shown on screen. Similar to the Red Dragon and the Tigerzord, Tor has a Warrior Mode. The Red Dragon can ride inside Tor's central cavity while both are in Warrior Mode in order to use the powerful leg cannons. Unfortunately, both of Tor's modes contain very little functionality.

Thunder Ultrazord

Tor can combine with the Thunderzord Assault Team (on top of which is the Red Dragon in Warrior Mode) and the Tigerzord in Tiger Mode to form the Thunder Ultrazord. Instead of firing weapons to finish off monsters, it flies above the monster and literally lands right on top of it, squashing the monster flat (however, in the episode "Goldar's Vice Versa", it uses its cannons against Goldar and Scorpina).

Season 3

Ninjazords

After the Thunderzords are destroyed by Rito and his band of monsters, the Rangers are given the Ninjazords by Ninjor. They were all based on living animals. Unlike most of the Thunderzords, the Ninjazords are very useful outside of Megazord form, similar to the Dinozords. The Ninjazords are used to battle the forces of Zedd and Rita throughout the first half of season three, though after the Ranger acquire the Shougunzords, they use them more often due to their greater power. The Ninjazords are never destroyed; however when Zedd and Rita destroy the Rangers' Ninja Coins, they are ultimately rendered useless (since the Ninajzords draw their powers from the coins). The Ninjazords are the first Zords featuring American-made cockpits for each individual Zord (the said footage of the Red Dragon Thunderzord's "cockpit" doesn't count since it is merely edited footage of the Thunder Megazord cockpit). These cockpits are reused for the Shogunzords, except for the Pink Ranger's, as there is no Pink Shogunzord and she has to co-control the White Shogunzord with the White Ranger.

The Ninjazords are as followed:

• Ape Ninjazord: Piloted by Rocky, it is similar to the Red Dragon Thunderzord in Warrior Mode. The Ape is human shaped and the fighter of the group, armed with twin ninja-to.

• Frog Ninjazord: Piloted by Adam, it could breath fire and release several smaller frogs, which can latch on to their target and produce an electric shock. In the movie, it can use its tongue to latch onto an enemy and electrocute it.

• Wolf Ninjazord: Piloted by Billy, it can use its tail like a sword and also shoot powerful eye blasts.

• Bear Ninjazord: Piloted by Aisha, it can use an earthquake stomp attack and also shoot powerful eye blasts.

• Crane Ninjazord: Piloted by Kimberly and later Katherine Hillard, it can fire lasers from its wings and is the smallest Zord ever in MMPR.

The Zords used by the Red, Blue and Yellow Wind Rangers of Power Rangers: Ninja Storm are also called Ninjazords, though their Megazord formation is called the Storm Megazord.

Ninja Megazord

In forming the Ninja Megazord, the Frog forms the thigh and legs, the Bear forms the torso, the Ape forms the right arm, the Wolf forms the left arm and the Crane forms the head. Equipped with its Power Gloves, it can throw super energy punches. The Ninja Megazord possesses amazing speed and physical skill. Unfortunately, it is unable to hold anything due to the lack of hands.

The Ninjazords and Ninja Megazord are featured in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. However, all footage of the Zords was made from scratch via CG-imaging; the artists used the Kakuranger toys for reference. Despite this however, the Ninjazords featured in the movie barely resemble their actual television counterparts, both in Zord and Megazord form. Noticeable differences would be the change in transformation mechanisms, the functional hand from the Ape arm, the Wolf's head for a left hand, the use of the Shogun Megazord's Fire Saber as a Power Sword, and the transformed crane for a cockpit, instead of two eyes. Also in the movie, the Pink Ranger is in the front of the cockpit, while in the show, the Red Ranger was in front.

The Ninja Megazord is the first Megazord not to have a weapon finisher. In the TV series, the Megazord also is the first not to sport a weapon. The movie version of the Megazord sports a weapon but also lacks the finisher move.

Falconzord

The Falconzord was Tommy's Ninjazord given to him by Ninjor at the Temple of Power. The Falconzord can shoot powerful beams from its mouth. It could also shoot missiles from its eight wingtip cannons. When Katherine steals Kimberly's Ninja Coin while on an evil spell, she uses it to steal the Falconzord. This made the remaining Ninjazords inoperable. Luckily, the Rangers adopted the Shogunzords. Later in the show, when Master Vile schemes to steal the Zeo Crystal, Tommy and Katherine stop him. Tommy retrieves the Zeo Crystal, while Katherine pretends that she wants to be evil. Tommy uses the Zeo Crystal to save Katherine and the Falconzord. Later, Vile sends the Zords to his home region of the M51 Galaxy, where the corrosive atmosphere covered the Falconzord, Ninja Megazord and Shogun Megazord with rust. The Rangers went to the deserted planet where the Zords were. By this point, Vile had moved the Zeo Crystal from the Falconzord to the Shogun Megazord's engine room. They use their Blade Blasters to break though the corrosion. The Falconzord is somewhat like Titanus and is sentient. It is the only Ninjazord not rendered useless at the time Rita and Zedd destroy the Ninja Coins because it had been modified to work as a separate entity from its power source (a.k.a. the Falcon Coin) at the time when the Rangers had the Shogunzords.

Ninja Mega Falconzord

The Falconzord could attach to the back of the Ninja Megazord, forming the Ninja Mega Falconzord giving it the ability of flight. Its finisher move is the Double-Punch Divebomb.

In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, it was called the "Ninja Falcon Megazord".

Ninja Ultrazord

When the Ninja Mega Falconzord ride atop of Titanus, which returned this season, they joined to form the Ninja Ultrazord. Despite Dragonzord being gone, its stomach part is still used for the Ultrazord. Like the original Ultrazord, this one fires multiple missiles to finish off monsters. The footage of the Ninja Ultrazord was made with the American toys.

Shogunzords

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. There was no Pink Shogunzord in the show.

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.

Shogun Megazord

The combination of the five Shogunzords; the Red forms the main body and head, the Blue and White form the arms and the Yellow and Black form the legs. Whereas the Ninja Megazord is fast and agile, the Shogun Megazord is strong and powerful, yet lacking in speed. It is heavily armored yet is able to retain its functionality. Its main weapon is the Fire Saber, which destroys opponents with a fire slash. According to Super Sentai continuity the Fire Saber is capable of shrinking down to human size and the Kakurangers would use it to destroy monsters with it although the footage and prop for the human size version of the Fire Saber are never used in Power Rangers.

After being banished to the M51 Galaxy by Vile, he transfers the Zeo Crystal to the Shogun Megazord's engine room, where Vile establishes an energy link. The Rangers find the "big toe emergency exit", and use their Blade Blasters to break through the rust and corrosion that ravaged the Zords on the planetoid to get in. Once inside, they focus the energies from their Ninja Coins in conjunction with the Morphing Grid and broke Vile's link to the Zeo Crystal. This in turn also returns control of the Ninja Megazord and Shogun Megazord as well as the Falconzord to them.

It is notable that the Alien Rangers are never seen in the cockpits of either the individual Zords or the Megazord itself. For obvious reasons, the original Kakuranger footage of the cockpits were never used due the fact that they transformed into the Shogunzords and also the Shogun Megazord was also sentient, but for unknown reasons, the original cockpits were never used either. In fact, the Zord fights during the Alien Rangers' stint on Earth are some of the most brief battles in the entire series, usually consisting only of the Alien Rangers going to their Zords, immediately forming the Megazord then doing the finisher.

Shogun Mega Falconzord

Despite being a Ninjazord, the Falconzord can combine with the Shogun Megazord to form the Shogun Mega Falconzord. In this formation the Falconzord fits onto the back of the Shogun Megazord with the wing-tip cannons facing forward, and the wings themselves fitting in the shoulders. This formation's finisher was simply having the Falconzord's wing-tip cannons relentlessly fire missiles at the monster.

Shogun Ultrazord

Titanus is also able to join with the Shogun Mega Falconzord when the Rangers need extra help. Much like the original and Ninja Ultrazords, it simply fires massive amount of blasts to destroy the enemy. Like the Ninja Ultrazord, the Shogun Ultrazord was created using the American toys. Note the presence of a pink Shogunzord.