| “ | Moon of ivory, stars of old, candlelight that's spun of gold, Sky of fire, wind of fright, bring to me a Knasty Knight! | „ |
| ~ Rita Repulsa's chant to summon the Knasty Knight. |
The Knasty Knight was the knight-themed monster of the Evil Space Aliens under Rita Repulsa and a minor antagonist in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. He served as the main antagonist of the episode "Happy Birthday, Zack" and the overarching antagonist of the five-part episode "Green With Evil" as well as "Crystal of Nightmares."
He was voiced by the late Tom Wyner who also previously voiced Bones, the Giant and the Mighty Minotaur earlier in MMPR and later voiced Electrovolt, General Havoc and Goldgoyle in Power Rangers Turbo, Furio and Cannonbrawl in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Fatcatfish in Power Rangers Time Force and Plug Org, Samurai Org and Lion Tamer Org in Power Rangers Wild Force.
Biography[]
Past[]
Where the Knasty Knight came from and whether he was one of Finster's creations is not fully explained (though he is detailed on page 12 of Finster's spellbook) but he was known to have existed for at least 10,000 years. At some point, Rita sent the Knasty Knight to steal the Sword of Darkness from Zordon's Command Center with the monster being successful by killing one of Zordon's soldiers. The Knasty Knight managed to survive through the end of the war between Rita and Zordon where she and her generals were sealed inside a dumpster
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers[]
In 1993, Rita and her forces are released from the dumper by curious astronauts but the Knasty Knight initially remains inside that tree.
When Zack assumes that his friends forgot his birthday when they act ignorant, Rita decides to take the opportunity to destroy him and further ruin his birthday. As such, she has Finster as well as Squatt and Baboo forge a special virtually indestructible sword before releasing the Knasty Knight from his tree to wield the sword. When Zack goes to mope over his forgotten birthday, Rita confronts him with her minions and the Knasty Knight so Zack morphs only to be defeated as the Knasty Knight's sword can reflect back energy and cripple the Power Weapons. Even when the other Power Rangers arrive, they are completely overwhelmed with even the Blade Blaster Tower Formation being useless until Rita enlarges him to more effectively destroy the Rangers. The Rangers summon the Dino Megazord but even that is no match for the Knasty Knight with the Power Sword being crippled and the Megazord wiped out. When the Knasty Knight tries to destroy it though, Zack has the idea to drain the energy to heal the Megazord and make the Knight less powerful. This is successful and the Megazord is able to use its energy to repair the Power Sword which they use to destroy the Knight's sword before destroying the monster right after.
After Tommy Oliver becomes the evil Green Ranger and claims the Sword of Darkness, Zordon explains how Rita obtained it. The Knasty Knight is seen but not named when he fights Zordon's warrior.
On Halloween 1995, Lord Zedd decides to throw a Halloween party to replicate the one he sees on Earth that year. Whilst he plans what monsters to use in his party, he recalls the complete failure of the Knasty Knight and ends up conferring with Squatt about the monster's failure.
Personality[]
The Knasty Knight initially seemed to be a mindless and brutal fighter loyal to Rita could speak and was shown to be rather unintelligent and cowardly.
Powers And Abilities[]
- Strength: The Knasty Knight was able to take down the Rangers with single slashes from his sword and easily threw back the combined attack of the Blade Blaster; Tower Formation after just a moment of struggle.
- Durability: Due to being made up of armour, the Knasty Knight took several slashes from Zack's Power Axe and the Dino Megazord's Power Sword without being fazed.
- Agility: The Knasty Knight could duck and dodge all over the place, easily defeating Zack with his superior agility.
- Super Jumps:The Knasty Knight could jump about 30 foot into the air judging by how high he and Zack leapt into the air in relation to the hills behind them.
Arsenal[]
- Sword: The Knasty Knight wielded a massive long sword that Rita forged for him to use in battle.
- Weapon Damaging: The Knasty Knight could cripple his enemies' weapons just by running his sword#s blade along it, rendering them useless.
- Energy Blasts: The Knasty Knight could fire red energy beans from his sword which was powerful enough to take down all five Rangers.
- Shield-The Knasty Knight wielded a nigh indestructible shield that he could use to block attacks.
- Attack Reflection-The Knasty Knight could throw back energy attacks using his shield as shown when he did this with the Blade Blaster Tower Formation attack.
See Also[]
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Evil Space Aliens Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie 2016 Comics Lord Drakkon's Forces Empyreals Crossover Villains: Shredder | General Krang | Brainiac | Lord Zedd | Rita Repulsa Other | ||