MANTIS - MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS

Mantis, créé par Finster, excelle dans les combats de Kung Fu Mante Religieuse et s'est principalement battu contre Trini, le Power Ranger jaune. The simplistically named Mantis from the MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS episode "Plague of the Mantis".

Another monster created and given life by Finster, Mantis is an extremely skilled practitioner in Praying Mantis Kung Fu and a deceptive warrior who challenged Trini, The Yellow Ranger, to a one-on-one duel.

Mantis comes from the second half of season one, apart of 'Zyu2' group of monsters who were created exclusively by Japan's Toei and Rainbow Productions for Saban Entertainment's use until the latter party realized how expensive Japanese kaiju-vs-mecha battles actually was, opting for recycling regular Super Sentai footage instead.

Mantis is among my favorite Zyu2 monsters as she (he?) lacked the overt comical silliness of the usual Power Ranger villain, highlighted with an extremely sinister gravelly voice while her appearances, though simple, is suitably insectoid and stunt work functional.

Images and text by Enshohma aka Raf C. Gonzalez, visit his deviantart page !