| “ | Maybe you are a ninja. But your dad was a Ninja Master and look where that got him. | „ |
| ~ Ripcon addressing Brody. |
| “ | No! You finally got me rat bait! | „ |
| ~ Ripcon's final words before his death. |
Ripcon is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Madame Odius) of Power Rangers Ninja Steel. He was one of Galvanax's top generals and served as Galvanax's original second-in-command and personal bodyguard. Ripcon also was one of Ninja Steel Rangers' s archenemies and the secondary antagonist for the first half of the first season. He was also the archenemy of Brody Romero, the Ninja Steel Red Ranger for the first half of the first season.
History
Past
Ripcon was the son of a pig-like Galaxy Warrior whom Galvanax considered a "real bruiser" but "too ugly".
Ripcon also learned to fight since kindergarten.
10 years ago, he accompanied Galvanax to the way towards the planet Earth inGalavnax's quest obtain the Ninja Nexus Prism and the Ninja Power Star, but Dane Romero, Brody's father in order to stop Galvanax, destroyed the Power Star, yet apparently killing himself and divide the star in 6 pieces. Galvanax, angry that he cannot take the stars out of the Prism, orders his minions to take the prism and a young Brody Romero back to the ship. Ripcon was the one who carries Brody to Galvanax's spaceship saying him that he is Galvanax's prisoner now.
Ninja Steel
in the present, Ripcon confronted Brody and his fellow prisoners (Redbot and Mick) which causes Mick to shapeshift into a mop. After the latest contestant failed to remove a Ninja Power Star from the Prism, Ripcon talked to his master and together they discussed their plans of collecting the Ninja Power Stars. When Madame Odius tells Galvanax that with a mineral on Earth is identified as "Ninja Steel", and he could use it to create new Power Stars for himself. Ripcon objects saying that he cannot trust Madame Odius, but Galvanax refuses to hear him out and orders him to go Earth, later he tries to stop Brody Romero, Mick and Redbot from escape with the Ninja Nexus Prism, but failed.
Ripcon arrives on Earth right after Calvin and Sarah are able to save Mick from an army of Kudabots and then reports to Galvanax about two human teenagers.
Ripcon was seen on the Warrior Dome after one of the Skullgators was destroyed by the Rangers.
Ripcon encourages Galvanax to go to Earth personally and fight the Rangers on his own. Ripcon accompanies his master along with Madame Odius but retreats when Galvanax is told to leave by Odius to protect his reputation after Hayley and Sarah badmouth him. Before they leave, Galvanax summons Slogre to fight the Rangers but he was destroyed anyway.
Later, in the next episode Ripcon suggested that Tangleweb should be the next contestant in the next attempt to claim the Power Stars, but Galvanax didn't believe that he was going to succeed. Despite the monster's close victory, he fails eventually and Ripcon is blamed by Galvanax for another defeat and ordered to clean every toilet on the ship.
Ripcon was again trusted by Galvanax and was tasked by his master to assist their new warrior to defeat the Ninja Rangers. Ripcon was sent to Earth by Galvanax and accompanied Badpipes (one of the contestants) in his plan of use his hypnotic music during the search for the Power Stars, when they were so close of get them, Hayley Foster, the White Ranger herself, stop them, meanwhile the Rangers fight Badpipes, Ripcon has a duel with Brody, in which is defeated by the red ranger and was threatened by Galvanax that if he failed again, he was going to be destroyed.
When the Gold Ranger was set free, Ripcon entered Odius's secret room and tried to catch him before he could escape but failed miserably.
When the Gold Ranger Levi Weston (real name: Aiden Romero) escaped from the warrior dome, Galvanax ordered him to get him and discover who is the traitor that kept the Ranger in the ship, he comes to the earth during Levi's autograph sign with an army of Kudabots in order of discover the gold ranger's identity, but the rangers were near and fight him meanwhile Brody save Levi, during the fight he saw that Tom, Levi's manager, has the Gold Power Star make him believe that he is the Gold Ranger, but then Brody appears and success in cut one of ripcon's horns, much to Ripcon's surprise, but then Madame Odius appears and save Ripcon of being destroyed and tell him that Galvanax wants find the gold ranger immediately. Later he capture tom and ask him if was Odius who keep him in the ship, but the manager don't know what Ripcon is talking about, in this moment the Rangers appeared to save Tom (also thinking that he is the Gold Ranger) but Ripcon capture them, Brody shoot him, make him lose the gold star and convince Tom of morphing quickly, but he can't and escape, Ripcon decided then to destroy the Rangers once and for all, but they were saved by Levi, who reveal be the gold ranger, after an fierce duel, Ripcon decides to retreat once more.
Ripcon sent and tasked Stonedozer to destroy the Rangers but this new warrior contestant was again destroyed by the Rangers.
Ripcon later assigned and accompanied Trapsaw (another contestant and Ripperat's brother) to kill the Rangers with his traps, steal the Power Stars and have other duel with Brody. Trapsaw would always set traps for the Rangers but they kept backfiring on him, making Trapsaw look useless. Meanwhile, Ripcon duels the Red Ranger one-on-one again. This time, Ripcon withstands the Red Ranger's sword and bow attacks and uses his Double Sword Doom Strike to hurt him. The Red Ranger escapes, joining the other rangers much to Ripcon's anger though he withdraws because of this. After Trapsaw is destroyed, he's chewed out by Galvanax for failing once again. But this time he was close of destroy the Red Ranger, made Brody escape and help his friends against Trapsaw, much to Ripcon's anger.
Ripcon was later contacted by the fake Aiden Romero (now revealed as a cyborg), who revealed to him his motive to destroy the Power Rangers. Cyborg Aiden requested Ripcon for making a secret alliance with him in order to help him destroy the Power Rangers and obtain the Power Stars for Galvanax. Ripcon agreed, but he was surprised because he didn't know Aiden was Odius's robot. However, really all of this was a plot of Madame Odius for blaming Ripcon, who beggins suspect much of Odius's mysterious behavior. Odius plotted to frame Ripcon in order to make Galvanax not know that she plotted against him. Ripcon later attacked the city and have other duel with Brody. Brody remembered how strong Ripcon was last time they fought, but this time the red ranger used the ninja fusion star to defeat and overpower the villain. Hurt and tired Ripcon escapes and retreated again. After the destruction of false Aiden, Ripcon returned to Galvanax's ship and Galvanax blamed Ripcon, because Odius had already framed him as the traitor, although he declare being innocent and signal Odius how the true traitor, which she denied, Galvanax decided give Ripcon the second and last chance to redeemed himself and regain his trust before him and sent him gigantified with two Skullgators to destroy the Rangers. Ripcon attacked the town and fought the Rangers's Megazords, with two Skullgators accompanied and aided him in battle. At first the Megazords overwhelmed the monsters and Levi destroyed the Skullgators with the Rodeo Rapid Blast. However, they merged into a giant sword which Ripcon used to overpower the Megazords and take them down with a single slash. However, Brody had the idea to combine their Megazords like they did their fighting power before and used the Ninja Fusion Star to fuse them into the Ninja Fusion Zord. With the new powerful Megazord combination, Ripcon was no match and was destroyed by the Ninja Fusion Zord Master Slash Final Attack. In his final moments, he admitted that Brody had finally done him in before collapsing down and exploding, destroying him forever.
Legacy
Ripcon was posthumously mentioned by Odius when she announced that it was her who betrayed Galvanax.
Ripcon was seen briefly during Sarah's time travels to save her friends from Cleocatra.
Personality
An arrogant swordsman and hothead, Ripcon showed respect and loyalty only to Galvanax, who he called "champ". He didn't seem to trust his fellow general Madame Odius and given her enigmatic and traitorous personality, his mistrust toward her was justified. He was very antagonistic to Brody, who he called "rat bait", and he struck fear into Mick's heart. Despite his egocentric and rude personality, Ripcon was shown to have a soft side for his mother and defended her from anyone who commented about her looks, as shown in the episode "Presto-Change-O", even his master. He was fearful of Galvanax when his plans fail. Despite being his strongest warrior and devoted bodyguard, he absolutely got no respect from his boss at all. His attitude made him the most active of all enemies as he was the one who usually went to Earth and fought the Rangers.
Powers and Abilities
- Teleportation: Ripcon could teleport himself to any location at will.
- Strength: Ripcon was one of the most powerful enemies the Ninja Steel Rangers ever faced as well as the strongest soldier in Galvanax's crew. He very easily and single-handedly overpowered Dano Romero and a single kick from him was able to knock back Brody and slam him into a wall far behind. It took the power of the new Ninja Fusion Star and the Ninja Fusion Zord to destroy him once and for all.
- Durability: Ripcon survived being blown back by his Double Sword Doom Strike meeting Brody's Steel Slash with explosive results. He also survived the Ninja Fusion Fury Final Attack, an attack that involved cleaving right through him, without a scratch.
- Skilled Fighter: In addition to his strength, Ripcon was a skilled fighter as he could easily overpower Brody and the other Rangers but was outmatched by Levi as the Gold Ranger.
- Incredible Swordsman: Ripcon was a master of his swords and almost always win a sword on sword duel. In the episode "The Ranger Ribbon," he was able to fight Brody off despite him wielding both his Ninja Star Blade and Ninja Battle Morpher Claw Mode.
- Reflexes: When he first fought Brody, Ripcon was able to stop an aerial attack from Brody whilst the Ranger was in midair and deflecting multiple arrows from Brody's Ninja Battle Morpher Bow Mode in the episode "The Ranger Ribbon."
Arsenal
- Twin Katanas: To aid him in combat, Ripcon carried two katanas, one longer than the other, and was shown to be proficient with them. He typically only wielded one at a time but occasionally wielded two when performing his primary attack or when facing more than one opponent or an enemy with more than one Ninja Star Blade.
- Energy Empowerment: Ripcon could charge up his sword with blue or purple energy and slash at full force which he did after throwing Brody's scarecrow at him and it was powerful enough to knock him down.
- *Double Sword Doom Strike: Ripcon's signature attack and the equivalent of the Steel Slash. He could concentrate indigo or blue lightning into both katanas and utilize a double slash attack first vertical than horizontal in very quick succession, as well as unleash devastating energy waves of either color, which caused major damage to his opponent. In the episode "My Friend, Redbot", it was strong enough to take down and de-morph all five Rangers with one hit. The only things capable of stopping it were Levi's Rockstorm Guitar and the energy shield from the Ninja Fusion Fury Final Attack.
- Reflection: Ripcon was able to reflect projectile-type attacks with his katanas.
- Energy Waves: Ripcon could unleash light blue or indigo colored energy waves from his katanas that were very powerful to the point of creating massive explosions all over a street.
- Net and Controller: Ripcon used a green net which glowed with energy of the same color when he activates it using a controller to trap his opponents in.
- Skullgator Sword: During his final battle against the Rangers, when the Skullgators were aiding him in battle, they merged into a giant sword that Ripcon could fight with.
Trivia
- He was voiced by Campbell Cooley, who also voiced Cosmo Royale, as well as Admiral Malkor in Power Rangers Megaforce and Snide in Power Rangers Dino Super Charge.
- The image of Ripcon's mother in the 4th episode is a reuse of Hamhock, a monster from Power Rangers Jungle Fury, which revealed that Ripcon may have been part pig monster.
- Bandai's toy line of Super Ninja Steel revealed a recolored figure of Ripcon, represent only Ripcon's Super Sentai counterpart in Ninninger, Raizo Gabi because Ripcon will not return in Power Ranger Super Ninja Steel.
- Ripcon had one less form than his Ninninger counterpart Raizo Gabi which, had it been incorporated, would've been his revived form.
- However, it was in the Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel toyline.
- The most likely reason why Ripcon didn't return to Super Ninja Steel was due to there being no reasonable way for him to be revived.
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