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| “ | "Hah! Oh, the things that I have missed! The Black Plague. The Spanish Inquisition. The Brady Bunch reunion. BEH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA! EH HEE HA HA HA HA! EH HEH HA HA HA HA HA HA! AH HA HA HA HA HA!". | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze's most famous quote as he demolished the Command Center. |
Ivan Ooze is the main antagonist of the 1995 film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
He was a cruel sorcerer as well as a notorious alien tyrant who came into conflict with the titular heroes, "The Power Rangers", upon plotting to take over the world at the expense of anyone who opposes him.
The character was portrayed by Paul Freeman, who also played René Belloq in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark; James Moriarty in Without a Clue; and Reverend Philip Shooter in Hot Fuzz. As a random security guard he posed, Ivan was played by Paul Goddard.
Biography
Past
How Ivan Ooze came to be was never explained, but he was known to be a conniving alien tyrant and a treacherous sorcerer who according to Zordon "ruled the world with a reign of unparalleled terror." However, this was not enough for Ivan since he desired to conquer the entire universe so built his ultimate weapons; the Ecto-Morphicon Titans; gigantic Zord like beings to conquer the universe. However, Ivan Ooze was imprisoned in thr Hyperlock Chamber by Zordon, Dulcea and the "Order of Meridian" who presumably were the precursors to the modern-day Power Rangers and the Titans were sealed underground close to him 6000 years ago. The Hyperlock Chamber with Ivan in ooze form was sealed "deep underground" somewhere beneath the modern day city of Angel Grove, California.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie
Ivan's Hyperlock Chamber is accidentally unearthed by a construction crew in 1995 during the Angel Grove Jump-A-Thon event shortly after Bulk and Skull are kicked off-site. That night, Zordon sends the Rangers to hide the chamber once more but they are beaten to the scene by Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd. Having found Ivan after searching for 2000 years, Zedd releases Ooze and asks for Zordon's destruction in return which he agrees to despite being disgusted when learning of his nemesis' survival. Ivan Ooze takes the form of a passed out security guard and meets the six Power Rangers before revealing himself and jokes with them before unleashing his Oozemen to keep them busy and teleporting to the Command Center. Although only those with Power Coins can enter, Ivan averts this by seeping through the cracks in the door, frying Alpha 5 into uselessness and destroying the Command Center in glee. Doing so destroys the Rangers' powers and renders them helpless despite wiping out "his children." Afterwards, Ooze travels to the Moon Palace on the planet Earth's moon and betrays both Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa by trapping them within a snow-globe. Their henchmen Goldar and Mordant swear allegiance to Ivan rather than join Rita and Zedd in captivity. Ivan then begins brainwashing the parents of Angel Grove into digging up the parts of his Ecto-Morphicons by giving their children mind controlling ooze in jars under the guise of a friendly wizard. Once the Ecto-Morphicons are restored fully, he reanimates them with his ooze and sends them out to destroy the city while ordering the parents to jump to their deaths back at the construction site. Ivan then spends his time in the observatory with Goldar, watching the destruction his machines wreck the city.
After the Rangers manage to restore their powers on Phados, they return to Angel Grove and battle Ivan's machines with their new Ninja Zords. Using these Zords, they are able to destroy one of the Morphicons, Scorpitron and corner the other named Hornitron. Intent on not losing the other Ecto-Morphicon Titans, Ivan combines to become a gigantic mutant hybrid of the two though he then crushes the monorail even as Fred Kelman and the children of Angel Grove rush to save their parents. Tommy leaves in the White Ninja Falconzord to become the missing rail whilst the other Rangers form the Ninja Megazord but Ivan-Hornitor destroys their Fire Saber and decimates them. Returning, they form the Ninja FalconMegazord by combining with the Falconzord and fly into the sky but Ivan-Hornitor sprouts wings and gives chase. The battle progresses into outer space where Ivan retains the upper-hand but the Rangers have the idea to destroy him with the rapidly approaching Ryan's Comet. As it comes closer, Aisha uses the Megazord's panic button to knee Ivan-Hornitor in the groin and fly away even as the Comet slams into Ivan and obliterates him on contact.
Legacy
With Ivan Ooze's death, the brainwashed parents return to normal just in time and Zedd and Rita are freed from their snow-globe prison. Although Ivan's efforts succeed in killing Zordon due to being outside of his time warp, the Rangers revive him with their Ninjetti powers and the last of Ivan Ooze's evil is undone.
In other media
Ivan Ooze appeared as the final boss in all video game adaptations of the movie. He also appears as a boss in the story mode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition and is a playable character in the fighting mode with a code used.
Appearance
| “ | *squeal of horror* Ew, gross. | „ |
| ~ Kimberly's reaction to Ivan Ooze |
Whether in his humanoid form or slime form, Ivan Ooze was repulsive to look at and even Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd were disgusted with his slime form. In his true form, had violet skin with two horns winding together to make a goatee as well as a collar jutting out from his back. Instead of hair, he had a shape on his forehead and a growth on his head that other horns protruded from. His attires consisted of what appeared to be sorcerer robes which were purple and had a large collar as well as long enough to cover his feet, purple bracelets that had red and green gems in them, and a belt with a design similar to Rita's head. In his disguise as a carnival wizard, Ivan appeared to wear white face paint and a wig of purple curly hair. He wore a stereotypical wizard hat, a navy blue robe, and a purple sash tied around his waist.
Personality
| “ | *with a Souttern lilt* Woo hoo! Where's my autograph book? Hah! Power Rangers, huh? So Zordon's still using a bunch of kids to do his dirty work. Well, meet my kids! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! UH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! | „ |
| ~ One of Ivan Ooze's most famous lines after Tommy Oliver revealed they were the new Power Rangers. |
Ivan Ooze was a very comedic, goofy and over the top joke villain with a demented sense of humour. However, this was a facade designed to disguise his true insane, cruel, violent, murderous, sadistic, vile, and megalomaniacal nature. Ooze's true nature often manifested as snide comments and drily delivered threats said in a low tone. He loved to show off flamboyantly hence his introduction to Rita and Zedd and saw no one as his equal; imprisoning Rita and Zedd in a snow-globe to ensure that they didn't get in his way of conquering Earth but was willing to hire their minions although he constantly threatened to butcher and abuse them in some way. Ivan Ooze, in line with many other cliche villains, took being called both ugly and handsome as compliments which he accepted graciously. Ivan was also extremely ruthless as he violently murdered the entire army of Tengu Warriors for a single failure and threatened to cut off Goldar's wings for just smacking him on the back. Ooze held a great grudge against Zordon, whom he vowed to destroy since he was extremely bitter towards him for locking him away for 6000 years in a massive egg. However, Ivan did have some some thing that hared cared about since he loved his machines dearly, becoming enraged enough to merge with Hornitor when Scorpitron was destroyed. He also became bored easily; when the adults were taking too long to dig up his Ecto-Morphicons, Ivan ordered an adult to dance - "do the swim!" - showing he knew modern dances and music.
Powers and Abilities
- Durability: Ivan took a blast from Lord Zedd but was completely unfazed, actually laughing at it and saying it tickled.
- Shape Shifting: Self-proclaimed master of disguise, Ivan could disguise himself as anything he wanted. His primary disguise was a wizard/clown for handing out jars of his ooze to brainwash adults. He retained the purple color scheme in this form meaning he simply loved the color too much to not wear it.
- Liquification: Ivan could become ooze itself at will to squeeze through tightly sealed doors that he couldn't open any other way even penetrating the Command Center with ease in this way.
- Ooze Projection: Ivan Ooze could also fling ooze off himself to silence others annoying him such as Rita.
- Shrinking: Ivan shrank Rita and Zedd to the size of snowglobe figurines.
- Materialization: Ivan could create simple objects out of nothing such as a flute or a snow globe.
- Hypnosis: Using his ooze as a medium, Ivan can put anyone he wants under his spell; he needed adults and any that touched the bottled ooze he handled out were put to work on digging up his Ecto-Morphicons.
- Lightning: At multiple times, Ooze sent out purple lightning from his fingers for various outcomes.
- Telekinesis: Ivan could lift enemies up into the air with his lightning.
- Tractor Beam: Ivan could blast objects to catch them in a forcefield strong enough to hold the Crane Zord in mid-flight.
- Empowerment: Ivan could use his lightning to reactivate his Ectomorphicons.
- Henchmen Generation: Ivan created the Oozemen from lighting that created ooze that his minions were birthed from.
- Minion Spit: Ivan created the Tengu Warriors from an amethyst loogie he spat out in the Lunar Palace.
Arsenal
- Fists: Ivan Ooze had no weapons by default but could use his hands and fingers to channel his signature lightning.
- Flute: Ivan Ooze used a flute to decimate the Command Center by channelling his lightning through it.
- Observatory Tower: Ivan-Hornitor used the observatory which he had previously been standing on like a sword to combat the Ninja Megazord.
Quotes
| “ | *long drawn out pained yawn* Laaaaaadies and gentlemen, the Ooooooze is back! | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze's first words when being released from his Hyperlock Chamber |
| “ | OOOOOOOOOORARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH! I will not only destroy him, I will obliterate his entire legacy. It will be as if Zordon of Eltar never been existed!!! | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze after Lord Zedd revealed that Zordon was still alive |
| “ | Eh heh heh heh HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! You're too kind. Allow me to introduce myself; I am the galactically feared, globally reviled, universally dispised. They call me...Ivan Ooooooze. | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze after revealing himself and once Kimberly called him gross. |
| “ | Gee, a teenager with a big mouth. Not much has changed for 6,000 years. | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze to Rocky DeSantos after he threatened to return Ivan to the Hyperlock Chamber. |
| “ | From this moment forth, the world as you know it shall CEASE TO EXIST! WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE! AH HA HA HA! BYE BYE kiddies! AH HA HA! | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze after creating the Oozemen. |
| “ | Gee, pretty fancy schmancy. I guess if you invest your money well over 60 centuries, You can buy something pretty nice. | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze when he entered the Command Center. |
| “ | Put a sock in it, Z. 10 minutes out of the egg and I'm already listening to one of your lectures. You locked me into your stuffy hyperlock chamber and tossed me away in the depths like yesterday's trash! Do you have any idea what it's like to be locked in a rotten egg for 6,000 years?! It's boring! Not to mention I've had a charley horse since the Renaissance. | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze's bitterness towards Zordon after crippling Alpha 5. |
| “ | You robbed me of my prime. I was the supreme ruler of the most foul empire in the universe. And now, it's time to pay the piper. | „ |
| ~ Ivan before using a pipe to destroy the Command Center. |
| “ | Your feebleness is staggering. You obviously need a vacation. I think circumstances force us to choose a new leader and I pick…me. HA HA HA HA HA! The boogeyman is taking over. | „ |
| ~ Ivan betraying Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa. |
| “ | Oh, I love snow globes. Now, you have a choice. You can either join me or you can join these insufferable dingledorks. | „ |
| ~ Ivan after trapping Rita and Zedd in a snow globe. |
| “ | Take it home in boxes. Take it home in cases. If your parents try to stop you, just throw it in their faces! | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze in his magician disguise tricking kids to take his ooze home so that he could brainwash their parents through it. |
| “ | Ivan Ooze: So they've all been destroyed? Tengu Warrior #1: Well, we were about to destroy them. Ivan Ooze: What?! You didn't kill them? You call yourselves Tengu Warriors? You are Tengu curses! I should have you all stuffed and roasted! Tengu Warrior #2: But, master, there was this monster with huge sticks. It kept twirling them around. Ivan Ooze: Sticks? Did these sticks have a whistling sound? Tengu Warrior #1: Well, it was more like nails on a chalkboard. Ivan Ooze: Dulcea. That miserable, manipulating, loathsome she-devil of a witch! If she leads them to the Great Power, everything will be ruined. Tengu Warrior #2: You want us to take another whack at it? Ivan Ooze: How about taking another quack at it? (promptly murders the entire army of Tengas with lightning). No time to waste. My Ectomorphicon machines must be unearthed by sundown! |
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| ~ Ivan Ooze before and after killing his Tengu Warriors. |
| “ | PARENTS OF ANGEL GROVE! You have completed my Ectomorphicons. But frankly, I’M SICK of your ugly faces and dull personalities! You will return to the construction site and leap to your dooms. Ah ha ha ha. Bye bye. | „ |
| ~ Ivan sending the parents of Angel Grove to commit mass suicide. |
| “ | Ooooooooooze. GIVE MY CREATURES LIFE! LIFE I TELL YOU! LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE! Exxxxxxxxxxcellent. Now my machines WILL DESTROY THE CITY! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! | „ |
| ~ Ivan when his Ectomorphicon Titans were finally activated. |
| “ | Touch me again and you'll be chicken wings in the morning. | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze to Goldar after the latter tried to pat him on the back for unleashing the Ectomorphicon Titans. |
| “ | They've destroyed my beautiful creation. Now I'm beginning to get really ANGRY! | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze's villainous breakdown after the destruction of Scorpitron before possessing Hornitor. |
| “ | I feel big again! Time for a little sword-play. | „ |
| ~ Ivan after fusing with Hornitor. |
| “ | Shall we tango? | „ |
| ~ Ivan when confronted by the Ninja Megazord. |
| “ | Oh no. | „ |
| ~ Ivan Ooze's final words before his death. |
Enemies
- Tommy Oliver
- Adam Park
- Billy Cranston
- Aisha Campbell
- Rocky DeSantos
- Kimberly Ann Hart
- Lord Zedd
- Dulcea
- Rita Repulsa
- Alpha 5
- Zordon
Trivia
- Despite being one of the most well known Power Rangers villains, due to appearing in the first Power Rangers movie, Ivan Ooze is non-cannon to the franchise due to the movie occuring in another continuity than the main series.
- Despite mostly speaking in an vaguely American accent as Ivan, Paul Freeman is an English actor and his very strong accent occasionally slips through during the movie. The biggest example of this is when he said “Your feebleness is staggering, you obviously need a vacation" where he assumes an upper-class English accent.
- However, this could be explained away as Ivan putting on a mocking accent (like he did earlier with a Southern American accent).
- Ivan Ooze's most famous line about events that he missed was apparently partially ad-libbed by Paul Freeman on the spot since it originally ended after "the Spanish Inquisition." and it was kept in for being funny.
- Ivan was the first villain to fight the Rangers personally since Lord Zedd did not fight Tommy until the thirtieth episode of Season 3 three months after the film's release.
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