| abstract | - When Lord Zedd took over Rita Repulsa's palace, he used his staff to transform a piranha on Earth into Pirantis. Pirantis was one of the most formidable monsters the Rangers faced at that point. His weapon was a pair of chain-linked fish shaped flutes that doubled as nunchuks. During the course of his existence, Lord Zedd appeared to be continually feeding Pirantis Dark Power from his staff, appearing as dark lightning. Using the flute, Pirantis was able to freeze the Saber-Toothed Tiger, Triceratops, Mastodon, and Pterodactyl Dinozords. He was then able to take control of the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and Dragonzord and turn them against the Rangers. Billy Cranston and Trini Kwan were able to create a device to free the Dinozords from Pirantis. To buy some time, the Rangers form the Thunder Power Blaster and fire at Pirantis, first aiming at the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord, then Pirantis who initially panics. Strangely enough, the Thunder Power Blaster blast mostly missed him, aimed a little low, but the explosion did burn his feet and cause him to hop around, howling in pain and glowing with dark electricity, implying that he was almost defeated. After the Zords are restored, Lord Zedd attempts to encase in a field of Dark Power, but Alpha is able to save them and, using his powers, transform them into the new Thunderzords. The Thunderzords battle Pirantis (who appears to be drunk during the battle, based on his erratic, staggering motions; Kimberly even brings it up) after testing out the controls, and fare much better, not even being knocked down once. The Thunder Megazord was able to destroy Pirantis with its Thunder Saber. His essence was then banished to the Shadow World. The Mutiny
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