Mesogog

## Mesagog

Mesogog was a humanoid dinosaur-like being and the main antagonist of Power Rangers Dino Thunder. He was the monster-form of **Anton Mercer**. Mesogog was both the sworn enemy of the Dino Rangers and a psychopathic and sinister terrorist that wanted to conquer the world and return it to the era of dinosaurs.

Mesogog (whilst mostly calm) was a villainous, cruel, cynical, sadistic, sinister, cold-blooded, psychopathic, monstrous, and ruthless terrorist that did anything in his power to ensure his dream of bringing the Earth back into the age of the dinosaurs. Mesogog was also highly authoritative and aggressive, as Elsa and Zeltrax feared him, enough to obey any order from him and try not to incur his wrath. He was also very abusive, oppressive, and merciless towards his minions, and punished them by telepathically attacking them if they failed him. Mesogog hated the Power Rangers and stopped at nothing to destroy them. Despite his villainous tendencies, he also had a mature, polite, and sophisticated side although his politeness seemed more like hatred and abuse on his victims with it being kept as a facade for the sake of mocking them. Along with his sophisticated side, he had a very deadpan, cynical, and charmingly sarcastic sense of humor, making jokes or snide comments about other people whenever he felt like it. Mesogog was a very intelligent, manipulative, deceptive, and knowledgeable mastermind and could create very advanced technology and use them for his own benefits. He was also shown to be quite devious and an excellent master manipulator that could influence people all too well if he knew their weaknesses. He was also very confident, later heightened to arrogance, egomania, and narcissism, all of which were ironically his main weaknesses which led to his defeat by the Dino Rangers.

Mesogog had a considerable amount of hatred for his human counter-part, Anton Mercer, as much if not even more so than the Rangers. Mesogog had expressed sheer disgust for Mercer's kind and generous nature, with the latter always willing to help humanity. Like Elsa, Mesogog knew that Mercer was a weakness, but not solely because of his vulnerability as a human vessel; Mesogog also saw Mercer as an inconvenience and unnecessary influence over his actions that often kept Mesogog from completing his plans.

As a result of removing Mercer from his being, Mesogog's behavior took a more terrifying turn. No longer influenced by Mercer's humanity, elements of Mesogog's calm and stable psyche was all but shattered. What was left was a much more twisted, sadistic, and perhaps most notably, animalistic version of his former self. He took endless joy in tormenting Mercer, and was quick to make his minions expendable as seen when he sacrificed Elsa and her powers in order to supply energy to his transfiguration cannon with absolutely no hesitation or remorse. He still maintained his insane desire to return the world back to the era of the dinosaurs.

As the Mesomonster, Mesogog was far more destructive, monstrous, and violent. Having lost nearly every bit of sense in this form, he didn't talk, only speaking in growling noises, laughs, and roars.

## Anton Mercer

Anton Mercer is a billionaire, world-renowned scientist, the adoptive father of Trent and the human form of the big bad of Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Mesogog, a mutant terrorist mastermind who wants to revert the world back to the age of the dinosaurs and turn everyone into a human/Dino hybrid like him.

At first, Anton is shown to be cold, aloof and manipulative, especially towards Trent and Tommy. However, it's just a façade to keep the fact that he is Mesogog from them. Once it's revealed what happened to him, he warms up toward Trent at exactly the same time that Trent discovers his secret, because he allows himself to let down his guard because he no longer has a secret to keep from him.

During the series, he has lots of conflicts with his adopted son, as Mercer wants to groom Trent for the business world and thinks his drawing hobby and afterschool job at Hayley's are beneath him. In Mercer's defense, it's hinted that he's preparing Trent to handle being on his own in case he loses his internal battle with Mesogog. In the finale, after he is freed from Mesogog's influence, he is much more supporting towards Trent's hobbies.