Vengix-Evox

## Vengix

An aggressive self-aware, self-generating sentient computer virus AGI with an immortality-complex, Venjix was created by Dr. K on behalf of a secret government think tank known as Alphabet Soup. Dr. K eventually chose to release the virus into the Alphabet Soup facility servers as a diversion in the hopes that she would be able to escape her captors, but she was discovered and dragged away before she could install a firewall. Without a firewall to keep him contained in the facility, Venjix quickly spread through the world's computers and within three years had taken over the Earth's defense forces and data networks with the only safe haven being the domed Corinth City.

Lacking a corporeal form in of itself, as computer viruses are purely software based in nature, Venjix is initially seen manifesting his presence in the Venjix Palace through a large rotating technological pillar with a single red optic sensor. Eventually growing tired of the constant defeats, Venjix created a Generation-13 Attack Bot body to upload himself into so that he could personally battle the Rangers. The body itself possessed a calculus theme with protractors on the chest and units of measurement on his sword. Venjix also has a fail-safe in his programming, transferring his data into either the pillar or another standby body when destroyed, allowing his consciousness to survive the Rangers' destructive attacks.

After one defeat too many, Venjix orders General Shifter to upgrade his body and give him enough firepower to destroy the entire city. Before the process can be completed however, a city gate opens and Venjix orders the download be suspended even though the download is only at eighty percent. Venjix goes out to face the Rangers. Unfortunately, the body doesn't hold up as well as Venjix had hoped it would, and the robotic shell is damaged beyond repair by Scott as Shifter manages to get his master to safety. Following this, Venjix once again resides in his pillar as Shifter constructs the Generation-16 Hyperbot to serve as a new body. However, due to Tenaya's sabotage, the body was rejected and Shifter banished. Later, Venjix commissioned the creation of a new ultimate body, recycling the destroyed remains of Shifter (due to their unique metallic alloys) to complete it. The new body bears a slight resemblance to Shifter as it was recycled from his remains, but it is older looking and has black plating with gold accents.

Venjix successfully takes over Corinth when Tenaya 15 activates the Hybrids. He meets Colonel Truman and imprisons him with the rest of Corinth. Venjix makes his way to the Ranger's base and finally meets Dr. K, his creator. After discussing how the machines are perfect in every way, Venjix imprisons Dr. K and Ziggy, and downloads the Ranger data from Dr. K's computer. Downloading this allowed him to personally manipulate the biosphere (aka the Morphin Grid), deleting two Megazords and even deleting Gem and Gemma. Venjix is confronted one last time by the original three rangers. Soon Venjix discovers that Dr. K, with the help of Tenaya, hacked into his system and uploaded a counter virus that deletes his grinders. Shortly after the biofield allows Gem and Gemma to be revived by Dr. K. They then shot down the control tower. The tower falls on Venjix, destroying his ultimate body. All of his factories are then immediately shut down as a result; clearing the air from the polluted wasteland and making the rest of the world habitable once more.

Despite the destruction of his ultimate body, the exact fate of Venjix himself was left ambiguous to the viewers' interpretation due to the interaction of his base code interfacing with the Morphin Grid. The final episode of RPM ends with Dr. K securing the morphers inside a metal briefcase while Scott's morpher is shown on screen with one red light lit similar to the optic sensor of Venjix's pillar.

## Evox

thumb
Following his defeat at the hands of his creator, Doctor K, and the RPM Rangers, Venjix secretly downloaded his data into the Red RPM Ranger's Cell Shift morpher and was brought to a new dimension, where he fell into Nate's possession. After Nate mixed Morph-X and snake DNA with the morpher, Venjix used its codes to escape, take the name Evox, and assume a king cobra-like form. When Grid Battleforce constructed Morph-X Towers, he attempts to take over the Morphin Grid via their computer systems to prevent other Rangers from stopping him again. In doing so, Evox creates evil avatar clones of Blaze and Roxy, puts the real ones into comas, and corrupts the Beast Morpher Rangers' animal DNA. However, he and his Avatars are sent to the Cyber Dimension, where they form an alliance with Scrozzle to obtain enough Morph-X to send Evox back to Coral Harbor. After stealing a Morph-X Tower, Scrozzle constructs a robot body for Evox, who uses it to overpower the Rangers before they destroy the tower during his teleportation attempt. Unbeknownst to them however, Evox possesses Mayor Daniels after the latter braved the Cyber Dimension to save his son.

Ever since, Evox secretly works to collect Morph-X once more to continue his plans and undermine the Rangers as Mayor Daniels while maintaining control over his host. Despite his best efforts, the Rangers eventually discover his secret and separate them, forcing Evox to alter his plans. Following a failed attempt to build a Chimera Zord, Evox allows himself to be captured by Grid Battleforce so he can obtain the morpher he hid within and download his original codes from it, restoring himself to his full power without Morph-X and granting himself the ability to rebuild destroyed Robotrons. After revealing his history to the Rangers, Evox enacts his master plan by taking over the Morph-X tower system and fusing himself with a stolen tower to create a new giant robot form for himself. However, the Rangers corrupt his base code with Morph-X infused human DNA, destroying him permanently.

In season two, Scrozzle used the Dino Charge Rangers' Energems and a geode to create the dinosaur-themed Chimera Zord for Evox. However, it is destroyed by the original, Dino Thunder, and Dino Charge Rangers' Megazords.

## Return To

Power Rangers RPM -- Power Rangers Beast Morphers