Serpentera

Serpentera (pronounced “sir-pun-tera” and not “serpent-error”) was a colossal Zord who served as the personal Zord of Lord Zedd and was one of the biggest Zords in Power Rangers history.

There was also some debate as to Serpentera's origins due to there being no known canonical sources. Some believed that it was a spoil of the previous war against Zordon 10,000 years ago (in which the Sword of Darkness was also claimed.) Another popular theory was that Zedd had it built himself in order to deal with the Rangers: that theory was supported by a short scene when Serpentera first landed in Angel Grove, and ran out of power. Zedd then yelled: "Serpentera out of power again?! Impossible! The thing is brand new!" However, that could have been him referring to the fact that it was the first time that he had used Serpentera.

Sometime after the defeat of the Beamcaster, Lord Zedd watches over the Earth and suddenly realizes that half of the Power Rangers have to attend a Swedish Peace Conference and delights in how crippled this will make the team.  As such, he decides to go straight for the proverbial jugular and powers up Serpentera to destroy the Earth for good although he first sends down Squatt and Baboo to Earth with a special designed sleep machine to send everyone in the world to sleep and prevent Zordon from recruiting new Rangers. Even Zordon is forced to admit the Zord’s raw power and that it is unlike any monster or Zord the Rangers had ever fought. However, he soon realizes that they are headed to a Deserted Planet to obtain the Sword of Light that would allow them to transfer Jason, Zack and Trini’s powers to successors. As such, Zedd decides to annihilate them with Serpentera’s raw power. Zedd and Goldar set out in Serpentera shortly thereafter although Zedd, being the lazy and arrogant sort, forces Goldar to pilot it alone whilst he lounges around and monologues. Despite not having the capability to teleport, Serpentera arrives very shortly after the Power Rangers as Billy announces that the Sword of Light belongs to a statue. As five of the Power Rangers head for the statue, Jason summons the Red Dragon Thunderzord as well as the Thunderzord Assault Team to try and confront the colossal Evil Zord. They manage to briefly outrun it but have to dodge Serpentera’s jaws and Zedd is unimpressed by getting buzzed by a mosquito sized Zord.

Just as the Putty Patrol manage to tie Rocky, Adam and Aisha to a tree, Serpentera starts to charge itself up with lightning and begins smashing the city apart with it’s bare claws. Using it’s claws and lightning breath, it blasts apart the building and the neighbourhood as Jason tries to confront it in the Red Dragon Thunderzord (now sans the Assault Team). However, when Jason realizes that his Zord is barely bigger than the Evil Zord’s ankle and Serpentera starts advancing on it, he summons Tor the Shuttlezord to counteract it. Barely dodging the Zord’s foot, it rolls and enters Tor in Warrior Mode’s armor but Serpentera kicks it over and back into Shuttle Mode. Although it spends about half a minute grinding Tor into the ground, Zedd allows the Zords to escape after showing off how much power he truly has over them.  Whilst the Power Rangers find the statue and try to rip the Sword of Light off of it, Serpentera disintegrates a random nearby upside-down pyramid but doing that means that Goldar loses track of the Power Rangers due to his Zord’s size. Zedd, realizing that they won’t be able to find the statue before the Rangers, decides that there is no kill like overkill and decides to destroy the entire planet with the Rangers on it. Goldar refuses due to the power drain so Zedd does it himself by hitting a cliché big red button. As such, Serpentera unleashes a devastating lightning blast that consumes the planet’s surface.

After the Stone Canyon trio smash the Sleep Machine, it is thusly revealed that the previous attack was a false cliffhanger since Serpentera returns to blasting the not-destroyed city. After the Stone Canyon trio destroy the Sleep Machine, Serpentera continues attacking the city before Zedd decides again to destroy the city. Once more, Goldar refuses due to the power drain so Zedd does it himself by hitting a cliché big red button. As such, Serpentera unleashes a devastating lightning blast that consumes the planet’s surface. This seemingly kills the Power Rangers and destroys the planet so Zedd makes his way back but soon realizes that the Power Rangers escaped in good time. Zedd then returns to life in Serpentera but realizes that the Power Rangers have survived and isn’t able to arrive quickly enough to stop Rocky, Adam and Aisha from getting the Red, Black and Yellow Ranger powers. Bored and realizing that Serpentera won’t reach the Earth anytime soon, Zedd spots a tick in the park and creates the Silver Horns monster to at the very least delay the Power Rangers. Serpentera later arrives as Zedd makes Silver Horns grows and lands as Silver Horns meets the White Tigerzord. However, it runs out of power due to the excess used to destroy the Deserted Planet and Goldar and Zedd sit out the fight as the Thunder Ultrazord takes out Silver Horns. Once he is destroyed, Zedd asks if they have enough power to which Goldar responds that they only have enough to return to the Moon Palace. Enraged, Zed kicks the cockpit in frustration before withdrawing although not before swearing revenge for this in the future.

     When Rocky enjoys playing Ernie's new play automate on the game Pachinko, Zedd casts a spell on it which causes Rocky to have an unhealthy addiction to having fun. Rocky thinks only about games which Zedd hopes will distract the other Rangers long enough for him to attack with Serpentera to Earth. This idea fails so he has to create the Pachinko Head monster to keep them busy though he is swiftly slain. Serpentera arrives immediately after the Thunder Megazord slays the monster and rips apart the formation with its lightning. With the Red Dragon Thunderzord completely down and exposed, Rocky summons Tor to counteract it. Barely dodging the Zord’s foot, it rolls and enters Tor in Warrior Mode’s armor but Serpentera kicks it over and back into Shuttle Mode. Although it spends about half a minute grinding Tor into the ground, the attempt somehow drains over half of Serpentera's power and Zedd and Goldar are forced to retreat back to the Moon once again.

Serpentera was later used by Zedd to try and capture Bookala and its diamond power source so that he wouldn't have to keep recharging it, but the attempt to capture Bookala failed due to interference by the Rangers who later tricked Zedd and gave him a fake version of Bookala's diamond power source. With his scheme a failure, Zedd creates Bad Bookala but this fails to trick the Rangers so Zedd enlarges him before withdrawing.

Serpentera was again used to take Zedd and Rita Repulsa on their first honeymoon as seen with a "Just Married" banner that trailed from its tail. Though Zedd and Rita attempt to go for a second honeymoon, during the attack by Miss Chief, Serpentera runs out of power almost immediately due to Rito Revolto's forgetfulness.

Serpentera is used by Zedd and Rita to escape the Moon when the Machine Empire attack. It is unknown why Zedd and Rita chose to flee the Moon instead of using Serpentera to defend the Moon Palace, given how powerful it was in spite of its weakness. However, it's possible that the Machine Empire's Quadrafighters could have penetrated the armor and destroyed the Zord and them with it.  TV STORY-A Zeo Beginning

Serpentera is not seen again afterwards for another six years so it is unknown if it was used when Zedd and Rita return to the Moon but Zedd apparently had it buried sometime after his return, possibly to prevent it from being stolen or destroyed by his enemies.

Serpentera is then later unearthed four years after the defeat of the United Alliance of Evil on the Moon by General Venjix and his cohorts after they discovered the location of where it was buried. After it is given a neo-plutonium core in order to compensate for its weakness and was greatly miniaturized for reasons unknown, Serpentera is piloted by Venjix when his generals are destroyed and after he successfully gets past the Red Rangers and into the cockpit. Fighting a losing battle, Venjix pilots Serpentera toward Earth in order to destroy it and avenge his emperor. However, before Venjix can succeed, Serpentera us then destroyed by the Cole Evans using the Wild Force Rider and takes Venjix, the last known commander of the Machine Empire, with it.

When Evox summons his massive Chimera Zord, Jason compares it to Serpentera by saying that Evox's Zord was way worse than Serpentera due to having multiple heads.

## Main Appearances

Season 2 -- Season 3 -- Zeo -- Wild Force