King Mondo

*"Come back here. What kind of present was that? You haven't heard the last of King Mondo and the Machine Empire!"*
―King Mondo's final words before his defeat.[src]
**King Mondo**, also known as the **Machine King**, was the ruler of the Machine Empire and the main antagonist of *Power Rangers Zeo* and a minor antagonist of *In Space*.

## History

### Zeo

Driving Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd off the Moon, Mondo believed the Earth would be an easy conquest, but was shocked when his army of Cogs was repelled by the Zeo Rangers. Intrigued by the idea of being challenged in a conquest, Mondo decided to take his time trying to conquer Earth, as he had gotten bored of the easy takeovers of other galaxies.  **TV STORY-**A Zeo Beginning

However, Mondo soon grew tired of the Rangers, who repeatedly thwarted his plans. The conquest of Earth was made even more difficult when the Gold Ranger arrived and bolstered the Zeo Rangers' ranks, despite repeated efforts by the Machine King to take the Gold Ranger's powers for himself. Mondo tired of his failures and unearthed the ancient Damocles Sword, intending to personally destroy the Rangers. He grew giant and confronted Earth's defenders but was vanquished by their new Super Zeo Megazord.

Despite this victory for the Rangers, Queen Machina expressed confidence that Mondo would be rebuilt. During this time, the Royal House of Gadgetry had to deal with potential usurper Louie Kaboom, who tried to woo Machina but eventually placed her and Prince Sprocket under arrest and ruled by decree. Mondo's first son Prince Gasket soon arrived with his wife Archerina, took care of Kaboom, and then took over themselves.

King Mondo returned to the throne shortly after chasing away the two. He tells Machina and Sprocket that he got word that Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa's return to the Moon in their attempt to overthrow them. He clashed with the Rangers in battle with his new monster Cog Changer. When Rita and Zedd threw down their gauntlet and sent down their own monster, Mondo asked them for a temporary alliance. Both Zedd and Rita both refused, pointing out that they are back to regain control. Mondo merged the two monsters, but this plan failed. After a failed attempt to steal the Gold Ranger Powers again, the Royal House of Gadgetry met with Rita and Zedd on the Moon to make an alliance. However, they were double crossed as Rita and Zedd's "surrender" gift was actually a bomb. Mondo and his family were blown to bits but Mondo’s head was still functioning. His head vowed vengeance.

### Turbo

When the Blue Senturion came to the present to deliver a message to Dimitria, sparking interest in Divatox. She alters her voice to sound like Dimitria and asks the Blue Senturion to show her the message. The message revealed that by the year 2000, all the evil factions (Divatox, Rita and Lord Zedd, and the Machine Empire) would conquer Earth and equally divide its land.

Later, although the Blue Senturion manages to hold off the Rangers, they manage to hold him off long enough for Justin to turn him off. As Justin deactivates the detonator, he activates the message, sees the villains in the hologram (Divatox, Rita and Lord Zedd, and the Machine Empire), and the Rangers see the first part of it. Wanting to know more about the message, Justin reactivates the Blue Senturion, who has been reset back to knowing who is truly evil: Divatox.  **TV STORY-**The Millennium Message

### In Space

At some point King Mondo, his wife, son Sprocket, and Klank and Orbus were rebuilt by unknown forces. King Mondo attended Dark Specter's conference on the Cimmerian Planet with his wife and was present when a mysterious Red Ranger attacked the Alliance.  **TV STORY-**From Out of Nowhere

Months later, he led the Machine Empire in invading KO-35 and the Phantom Ranger's home planet. When Zordon's energy wave struck, King Mondo and his wife were reduced to sand, destroying them forever.  **TV STORY-**Countdown to Destruction

### Wild Force

Years later, General Venjix, the leader of the Machine Empire remnants, still looks up to his former king as a living god over creation. Before his destruction, he is sad that he has failed his king years after the Machine Empire fell. King Mondo is mentioned by Venjix, as he shows to his minions a statue of him.  **TV STORY-**Forever Red

### Beast Morphers

Many years later, King Mondo had been mentioned by Robo-Roxy when Lord Zedd betrayed him (with Rita) and destroyed him along with his family.  **TV STORY-**Making Bad

## Personality

King Mondo is a ruthless entity that will do anything in his power to destroy the Rangers and rule the Earth. He loves his wife and second son dearly but is on shaky terms with his first son because he married the daughter of his sworn rival King Aradon.

He loves his second son Sprocket so much that on his birthday, he and his wife gave him Wrecking Ball as one of his birthday presents.  **TV STORY-**Song Sung Yellow

## Forms

* Default
* Super

### Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Strength:** King Mondo possesses a great deal of strength.
* **Finger Lightning Beam:** King Mondo can fire light blue colored lightning beams from his fingers.
* **Force Field:** King Mondo has the ability to create a force field.
	+ **Teleportation Negation:** Mondo's force field can prevent the Rangers from teleporting.
* **Teleportation:** King Mondo can teleport to any location at will.
* **Longevity:** Mondo has been alive for 1,000 years.

### Arsenal

* **Machine Staff:** King Mondo possesses a staff to aid him in combat that resembles a cogwheel combined with a turbine engine.
	+ **Lightning Wave:** King Mondo can fire a light blue colored lightning wave from his staff.
	+ **Lightning Rain:** King Mondo can also fire light blue colored lightning in the air that will rain down on the enemy.
	+ **Lightning Beam:** King Mondo can fire light blue colored lighting beams from his staff.
	+ **Lightning Bolts:** King Mondo can fire lightning bolts from his staff.

**Appearances:** Zeo Episodes 1-35, 44, 46-50; PRIS Episodes 1, 42, 43

## Relationships

### Allies

#### Generals

* Klank & Orbus: King Mondo used Klank and Orbus as his primary henchmen.
* Venjix

#### Family

* Queen Machina - Wife: King Mondo loved his wife, who supported him in his quest for world conquest.
* Prince Sprocket - Youngest Son: King Mondo adored his son Sprocket and trained him with his villainous plots.

#### Others

* Cogs
* Rita Repulsa & Lord Zedd: While the Machine Empire were initially adversaries of Rita and Zedd, they were allies while part of the United Alliance of Evil.
* Goldar
* Rito Revolto
* Finster
* Master Vile
* Tenga Warriors
* Z Putty Patrollers
* Divatox: King Mondo and Divatox were both members of the United Alliance of Evil.
* Elgar
* Rygog
* Porto
* General Havoc
* Piranhatrons
* Putra Pods
* Astronema: As a member of the United Alliance of Evil, King Mondo pledged loyalty to Dark Specter and later Astronema.
* Quantrons
* Dark Specter

### Enemies

#### Rangers

* Zeo Rangers
	+ Tommy Oliver
	+ Adam Park
	+ Rocky DeSantos
	+ Tanya Sloan
	+ Katherine Hillard
	+ Trey of Triforia & Jason Lee Scott: King Mondo wanted to steal the powers from both Gold Rangers to bolster the Machine Empire.
* Aquitar Rangers
	+ Delphine
	+ Aurico
	+ Cestro
	+ Tideus
	+ Corcus
* Space Rangers
	+ Andros
* Turbo Rangers
	+ Phantom Ranger

#### Family

* Prince Gasket - Older Son: Though he was King Mondo's eldest son, Prince Gasket lost favor with his father after he married Princess Archerina of the Automaton Dominion.
* Princess Archerina - Daughter-in-Law: King Mondo despised the Automaton Dominion as well as Princess Archerina, daughter of his hated rival King Aradon.

#### Others

* King Aradon: King Mondo's arch-rival is King Aradon of the Automaton Dominion.
* Billy Cranston
* Zordon
* Alpha 5
* Auric the Conqueror
* Blue Senturion

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

* King Mondo is voiced by David Stenstrom. His suit actor was Yasuhiro Takeuchi who is also the suit actor for Zeo Ranger III Blue in Sentai Footage for OhRanger.
* In the Latin American dub, King Mondo is voiced by Humberto Velez starting from episode 3.

## Notes

* Mondo is notable for being the first main villain in the *Power Rangers* franchise to be destroyed in direct combat against the Power Rangers.
* King Mondo is the first "Final Power Ranger Villain" in the *Power Rangers* series to have a second more powerful final form, a trend that Final Power Ranger Villains later on in the series will have.