| abstract | - Rita Repulsa was a female humanoid sorceress bent on intergalactic domination. Having conquered many worlds with her husband, Lord Zedd, Rita was defeated by Zordon of Eltar during her failed invasion of Earth, along with his 6 warriors, the original Power Rangers. Imprisoned in a space dumpster by the sage, Rita was cast into space where she would float for ten thousand years before arcing back to the moon. Once freed, she and her minions reclaimed their headquarters and started a second campaign on Earth to defeat Zordon and take the planet for her and Lord Zedd. As before, Rita was met with Zordon's Power Ranger, a group of five teenagers determined to stop her advances on the planet. Focusing her attacks on the city of Angel Grove, Rita was determined to destroy the only forces that could stand in her way. She succeeded in using her own sixth power coin to create an evil Green Ranger, who dealt Zordon and the Power Rangers serious damage before they, along with the help of the Spirit Rangers, were able to break her spell and bring Tommy back to the side of good. After countless defeats by Zordon's warriors, she summons her final force, her true leader who she gets her powers from, Lokar, and he descended on Earth with his own mecha, Cyclopsis, and when Lokar is destroyed by the Power Rangers, they seal her and her minions in a space tin, it sucking in everything around it, and Tommy using his Power Coin as a lid to close it after Rita's Gang is sealed away, stopping the Rangers from being sucked in. Of course, this only lasts for a couple of months, as Lord Zedd, arriving in Serpentara. He free's her, and they continue their conquest on Earth, Lord Zedd infusing Finster's monsters with the power to block Dino Power. While Zedd attempted to destroy the Rangers, Rita returned to the moon and conspired with Scorpina to stop Lord Zedd, as he is starting to take them for granted, and they decided to hijack Serpentara. The scheme worked; Serpentara was the final boss, and after Goldar sealing away Zedd's Three Head Generals, Serpentara runs out of energy, and crash lands on the moon, Lord Zedd telling her and Scorpina that he will always love them and hopes that the best happens for them, as he hugs them near impact, the two of them secretly forgiving Lord Zedd. Her brother, Rito Revolto, arrived at the wreckage of Serpentara, and saved all of the crew, enlisting them in Rita's father's empire, the Vile Empire, with her father, Master Vile, kicking out Squat and Baboo, and them continously trying to beat the Rangers, the only actual defeat thanks to Rito Revolto destroying the Thunder Zords. They end up having Master Vile abandon them, with him kicking them out after deciding to take matters in to his own hands, completely destroying the Ranger's Ninja Power Coins. He is only then defeated by the Aquitar Rangers, and Rita and Zedd taking control, with Rito Revolto also being destroyed by the Aquitar Rangers. However ,with Master Vile gone, and the Aquitar Rangers seeing no threat left and leaving, they blow up the Command Center. The couple was immediately ousted by their rivals in the United Alliance of Evil; the Machine Empire. Fleeing destruction by King Mondo's forces, the pair went into hiding until they managed to topple the Machine Empire with a bomb disguised as a gift. Reoccupying the moon, Rita and Zedd ended their quest against the Power Rangers, allowing other agents of the Alliance to try their luck. Divatox managed to destroy the Turbo Rangers' Megazords and Power Chamber, while the upstart Empress Astronema succeeded in capturing Zordon. As part of an all-out interplanetary assault, Rita and Zedd hoped to finally destroy the Rangers in battle. However, a ranger sabotaged the Alliance's plans by sacrificing Zordon, whose good energies swept across the universe and destroyed the armies of the Alliance. While their minions were reduced to sand, Rita and Zedd's humanity was preserved and they returned to their human forms.
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