r/powerrangers • u/Funny-Respect125 • 1d ago
SHOW NEWS/DISCUSSION Villain Highlight: Moltor
I seriously have never seen a villain like him.
Admittedly I have not watched every single series, but even so.
No villain has done what he did.
Point blank: he's the most hands-on villain that I have ever seen.
When everybody else is hiding in their base and creating monsters to do their dirty work, he's out on the battlefield every single time.
If he's intercepting a delivery truck with a relic inside, he has his minions grab the thing, but he's still right there in case something goes wrong.
When his minions attack the Rangers first, he's watching from the sidelines in the inevitability that they fail.
When he's fighting multiple Rangers at once, he still manages to attack the Ranger that split away to take care of the other thing.
Instead of making Monsters, he's powering up the minions he does have or tracking somebody down.
When he sends a warrior to retrieve something, he immediately sends somebody else as back up to go with him.
And when they both fail to retrieve it, he's right there to reprimand them.
And when one of them defects, he's right there to try to destroy him. Even makes the guy bleed.
I could go on and on but for me, he's officially knocked Mesagog down to runner up for Best Villain in my book.
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u/Starship1990 My favorite Kamen Rider: Freaking Mig! 1d ago
The Operation Overdrive villains are all quite active(Except Flurious, would you believe me if I told you he only has 2 Monsters of the Week?), and Moltor is no different. It's also impressive how the guy can fight multiple Rangers at once and win over and over, while this is nothing to write home for a Main Villain for the most part(Master Xandred for example was undefeated prior to the Last Episode), Moltor unlike most other Villains goes to the battlefield himself and does his own dirty work.
Also, his fights with Mack are awesome, especially their last battle where Mack scarred Moltor so bad he crippled him.