The Power Rangers shows have a season long story arc with at least one big bad at the center of it.
The Rangers might take on a monster of the week, but there’s always someone behind that creature pulling the strings. It might be an alien sorceress from another planet, a computer virus, a space pirate, or it could be a demon intent on ruling the world. Power Rangers has gone through a lot of bad guys in its 24 seasons.
We’ve rounded up all the biggest of big bads in the Power Rangers franchise to give you Every Major Villain, Ranked Worst To Best. For the record, you won’t find the likes of Ivan Ooze on this list because, despite being a serious foe with a penchant for purple, he isn’t a part of the canon of the main series and never appeared on the television show. What you will find are the 30+ villains who struck fear into the hearts of every Power Rangers team on the small screen (so far).
30. Bulk and Skull (Mighty Morphin)
They might not be the traditional villains that Power Rangers fans have come to know and love, but these two bullies from the Mighty Morphin era certainly deserve to lead off the list with all the antics they’ve pulled over the years.
Bulk and Skull were high school bullies when audiences were introduced to the Power Rangers. They went out of their way to make life difficult for those they deemed nerds, making fun of the five main characters at every turn and setting these two goons as the primary antagonists of the Rangers when they weren’t in their helmets.
Over time, the duo also became obsessed with discovering the identities of the superheroes, setting up more and more elaborate schemes to unmask them, making them a thorn in the Rangers’ sides even when they were in costume.
29. Galvanax (Ninja Steel)
The Power Rangers have had some strange villains in their time, but none of them have ever been an intergalactic game show host.
Obsessed with the Power Stars and wanting to rule the world, Galvanax has used his game show as an excuse to try to get others to open the prism containing the stars for him, though it hasn’t worked out. In fact, he enters the lives of the Power Rangers thanks to some of them stealing the prism and the Power Stars.
Galvanax has the potential to be one of the greats, but with Ninja Steel having only aired half of its episodes, it wouldn’t be fair to compare him to those villains with complete story arcs, so he’s at the bottom of our rankings until we learn more.
28. Hydro Hog (Alien Rangers)
In what’s been called season 3.5 by fans, The Alien Rangers of Aquitar came to Earth to help out the de-aged Power Rangers. When they did, they had their very own recurring villain, thanks to Lord Zedd calling Hydro Hog for help.
The Aquitian Rangers had already battled the “Emperor of Dark Waters” on their own planet, so they knew he was formidable. The Hydro Hog had one specialty: evaporating water. That meant he was tailor made to take on a group of Rangers who relied on fresh water to survive.
Of course, that also meant it didn’t take long for the Alien Rangers to find a way to defeat him, and by the end of their short group of episodes, he was no more.
27. Master Vile (Mighty Morphin)
The father of Rita Repulsa and Rito Revolto, Master Vile was supposed to be quite the fearsome addition to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers era, so why is he so low on the list?
Audiences had already been introduced to Rita’s witchy ways (not to mention numerous failed plans) and her eventual husband Lord Zedd. For all the posturing about Master Vile being worse than his daughter, he didn’t add much to the storyline other than providing more angry yelling at the minions.
It’s hard to understand just why Rita and Zedd were intimidated by him, since his plans failed just as often as theirs did. If only the audience got to see some true evil out of Master Vile, he would have ranked a bit higher.
26. Flurious and Moltor (Overdrive)
A pair of brothers, Flurious and Moltor obsessed over finding a magical crown full of precious gems, which cursed and separated them, making Operation Overdrive chock full of villains trying to outsmart the Power Rangers.
These two get a t entry simply because they tended to trade off on whom was providing the monster of the episode, but also because, on occasion, their minions ed forces to take on the Power Rangers. They embodied the cliche of one being fire and one being ice, not only with their hot and cold attitudes, but with one of them living in a winter cave, and one a volcano.
Unfortunately, these two spent more time trying to outdo one another than they did actually concentrating on their fight, making them less intimidating, and more annoying.
25. Divatox (Turbo)
Introduced in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, Divatox was about as campy as the villains on the series could be. She was a space pirate with a failed marriage and a submarine full of monsters at her disposal.
Divatox was a lot of fun, but she wasn’t particularly effective. She was the straw that broke the evil-doers back, so to speak. She was the last solo villain of the Zordon era of the series, and as her season came to an end, the reveal was made that all of the previous villains had decided to team up, since they couldn’t take out Zordon or the Rangers on their own.
Though the audience never got her planned backstory, which included her being the sister of a Ranger ally named Dimitria, Divatox was eventually redeemed during Power Rangers In Space.
24. The Fearcats (Overdrive)
Flurious and Moltor weren’t the only big bads to take on the Rangers in Operation Overdrive. Another group of villains known as the Fearcats wanted the power of the Corona Aurora for themselves, and they were even stronger than most of the monsters the brothers produced.
The Fearcats were a race of alien beings who resembled, as their name suggests, cats. The last of their race, four were introduced over the course of the show, and were some of the toughest opponents the Rangers faced.
With so many foes vying for a magical crown though, there was more fighting amongst the villains than there was against the Rangers in Operation Overdrive, so like the evil brothers of the season, they don’t crack the top half of the list either.
23. Dark Specter (Space)
Another villain might have stolen most of the spotlight during the Power Rangers In Space season, but it was really Dark Specter who loomed in the background and pulled the strings.
Dark Specter was the big bad who got Astronema to take on the Power Rangers, and he was also the one who brought the main villains from the previous seasons of the show together to take down Zordon and the new group of Rangers. All that makes him sound like a formidable foe, and though he does make some strategic moves, he doesn’t often get his hands dirty.
Instead, it was Astronema who was left to do most of the dirty work while Dark Specter spent his time looking menacing and growling at her once in awhile, so his protege ranks much higher than he does.
22. Lothor (Ninja Storm)
While many of the villains throughout the Power Rangers series are simply invaders looking to conquer a new world, some of the villains have personal connections to of the team. Such was the case with Lothor.
At one time, Lothor was a promising ninja, but his love of power got the better of him and he became evil, sealed away for a generation until he gathered forces to go up against the same ninjas who had fought against him. As a result, his own nephew was one of the Power Rangers his minions took on.
Lothor actually had some pretty solid plans, and he even had some pretty fearsome monsters. Lothor, however, put his trust in the wrong people. Not only did one of his generals attempt a coup, but his daughters wound up turning on him as well.
21. Master Xandred (Samurai)
Master Xandred is one of the few baddies in Power Rangers history to take on his enemies himself. It’s rare, since many times the big bads hang back and allow their generals to get destroyed to keep themselves safe.
Leader of the Nighlok monsters, Xandred holds a special grudge against the Samurai Rangers. A previous generation sealed him away to prevent him from taking over the planet, and when he finds a way out of the Netherworld, he sets out to take over again. He can’t leave for long, though, as he needs the protection of the Netherworld to survive.
Like many villainous leaders in this series, Xandred made a fatal mistake: he aligned himself with those who were out for power just like he was, leading to repeated betrayals.
