Sledge

Sledge is an intergalactic bounty hunter who prides himself on capturing monsters and collecting their bounties offered by Lord Arcanon.

Though an easily-angered individual, Sledge has proven to be intelligent enough to come up with complex plans and lead his own crew. He is even able to keep his cool under stressful situations and enact long term plans. One such long term plan is gathering the Energems. Though Sledge was hired by Arcanon, Sledge intended to betray Arcanon when the time is right, so he can secure rule over the universe. If anything, the fact that he's easily-angered is one of his greatest flaws to the point it could impede his ability to cooperate with allies and enemies alike. Typically, it wouldn't seem this way, but he values the opinions of his generals. As a means to cope with his anger, he threatens punishment to his generals for the sake of amusement, although he won't hesitate to use true discipline if deemed necessary. As his appearances progressed, Sledge has exhibited humor, though most of the time, it was unintentional.

While Fury and Wrench are the most trusted generals, there is only one being he is truly in love with, and that is Poisandra. Though not shown often, he is shown to rely on Curio as well. There are times in which Sledge suffers from a crisis, something that could lead to tension between the couple: choosing between love and power. Love represents Poisandra while power represents the Energems. In the end, he'd compromise with himself so that having both is possible. Though Poisandra harbors a similar level of fascination over fancy artifacts, it is clear that Poisandra loves Sledge more than the artifacts; this is shown when Poisandra grew bored of the Energem hunt and wanted to spend a life with Sledge. As reported by Poisandra and through Sledge's actions, Sledge would in multiple occasions come up with baseless excuses whenever confronted by Poisandra. Sometimes, these excuses have truth and other times, it's flat out lies. Although in love with Poisandra, Sledge was very reluctant to marry Poisandra. In fact, he only stopped delaying their marriage out of desperation to keep Poisandra by his side. It was proven that Sledge truly cared for Poisandra when she was destroyed during the Beast Morphers and Dino Charge team up during her brief resurrection.

Though Sledge is usually depicted as fearless, Sledge has been shown to fear powerful beings. These powerful beings include Arcanon, Evox, and a revived Goldar. In the case with Arcanon, Sledge feared him mainly because he was a very skilled sorcerer with the Dark Energem in his possession, which forced Sledge to use subtlety and deception to topple Arcanon. As for Evox, the fear appears to be more implied. This is shown when Sledge collaborated with Snide in a plan to destroy the Power Rangers. In this instant, Sledge and Snide were technically enemies at this point and were only united due to fearing Evox. His fear of Goldar was more obvious given that Goldar had more than enough power to obliterate Sledge for good. In his dying moments, Sledge pretty much begged for mercy.

Sledge has come off as a hypocrite when it came to integrity. This is shown when Sledge attempted deception on Arcanon, Madam Odius, and Snide on three different occasions. In all three instances, Sledge intended to backstab them so he can further assert his power in the universe. However, when reviewing data about Lord Zedd, Sledge displayed disgust over how Lord Zedd was quick to trick the Machine Empire into receiving a bomb in the disguise of a present. That being said, Sledge has shown a dislike of being tricked by a bomb, which was a running gag for him. Additionally, the fact he criticized Lord Zedd could stem from being fine with backstabbing others, just that he didn't want it done to him. He is also shown to be willing to trust Heckyl to lead his crew and be in friendly terms with Snide, who became his partner, and initially a stable relationship with his employer, but eventually growing to be completely inimical to Lord Arcanon. As such, Sledge is one of the most goofy, yet also complex villains in the series.

## See Also

Dino Charge -- Super Ninja Steel -- Beast Morphers