Kilobyte is the most feared general of the Venjix Computer Network and the secondary antagonist of Power Rangers RPM. He was Venjix's second-in-command and one of the most powerful enemies the RPM rangers ever faced.
He was voiced by Leighton Cardno.
History[]
Past[]
Long before the events of the series, Kilobyte was created by Venjix to serve as his loyal general and second-in-command and top general. Eventually, in one of the battles between Venjix's army and the forces of Corinth, Kilobyte was thought to be destroyed, but in fact, he was trapped in the wasteland and sought to return to his master and continue to serve him.
Return and Conflicts with Tenaya[]
Kilobyte was thought to be lost during the Venjix takeover, but managed to find his way back to his master’s palace, much to the other general’s fear. After taking off his head to get the dust out, Kilobyte told Tenaya 7 to clean it up, much to her anger and she was held back by the other generals.
When Tenaya returned after her Chemical Bot was defeated by the RPM Rangers, Kilobyte taunted her. She tried to attack him in anger, only to be overpowered, but Venjix interrupted, telling the general to stop. Later Tenaya asked Kilobyte if he thought that she was weak because she looked like a girl. He responded by saying it was because she was programmed to be a girl that he thought she was weak. After Tenaya’s Chemical Bot was destroyed and her plan brought to an end, Kilobyte asked Venjix if she knew the truth about herself.
His master told him he should never find out, however they didn’t know Tenaya was eavesdropping. When she, General Shifter, and General Crunch discovered there may be useful technology beneath a mountain in Corinth, Shifter told Kilobyte about it. He presented the information to Venjix before Tenaya could, much to her anger, and was commanded to find it, sending a burrowing Attack Bot to obtain it, but this failed. Later, Tenaya managed to get Shifter thrown out of the palace, Kilobyte was determined to keep a close eye on her. After Tenaya remembered who she was, the general reported what had happened to Venjix, much to his master’s displeasure. Tenaya later came back, pretending she was still loyal, bringing a supposedly captured Dillon.
However, Kilobyte wondered why Dillon didn’t have a morpher and remained suspicious after he found her downloading computer data, despite Tenaya’s arguments. As they were talking, Tenaya’s detachable hand freed Dillon and when Kilobyte heard the black ranger had been freed. He immediately knew she was guilty and upon seeing her hand come back, he knew he was right. However, Dillon managed to take Kilobyte out with use of a set of electrical wires and he and Tenaya escaped. But the general recaptured her and reprogrammed her into Tenaya 15, now emotionless and completely loyal to Venjix.
Initiating the Final Takeover of Corinth[]
After General Shifter’s destruction, Venjix had Kilobyte use the general’s remains to make him a new body. Later on, when there was a plan to hand Ziggy, the Green Ranger, over to a mobster, for a powerful device, Kilobyte attacked Corinth City. After fighting the rangers and defeating Dillon, he tried to catch Ziggy, but the other rangers fought him. The general brought them all down, allowing Tenaya to capture the Green Ranger. As Grinders placed explosives across Corinth, Kilobtyte reported to Venjix that they were in place. He wondered how Tenaya was doing, but his master told him to focus on his own mission. Kilobyte later faced off against Scott, Flynn, Summer, and Dillon, easily beating them all until Gem arrived with the Rail Saber.
With this new weapon, Scott managed to defeat Kilobyte, who grew to giant size and took on their various Megazords. However, they formed the RPM Ultrazord and succeeded in defeating the general again, who returned to Venjix’s palace, weakened. After Dr. K and Ziggy went out for the day, Kilobyte, along with a troop of Grinders attacked them to get Dr. K. However Ziggy succeeded in teleporting himself and Dr. K away.
Later, back at Venjix’s cave, Kilobyte was working on a new device to activate all the human and machine hybrids in Corinth. However, he was frustrated that Tenaya had his master’s attention and Crunch mocked him for it, only to be scared off. Kilobyte then took control of one of the hybrids, Hicks, and sent him to attack Colonel Truman, but Scott was able to stop him. Venjix became angry that his general had activated Hicks without his permission, throwing him around and telling him to get out of his sight. After Kilobyte left the room, Venjix told Tenaya to destroy him when they got control of the city, but the general overheard them. Following this, a magnetic wave was set off that deactivated Corinth’s shields and activated all the hybrids, allowing Venjix to take control of the city.
Kilobyte watched from Corinth’s control tower as the Rangers and their Zords started to get deleted by Venjix. He then planned to get rid of Tenaya and confront her, getting rid of her weapon and destroying the Grinders defending her. Kilobyte then fought Tenaya until Dillon arrived and joined the battle with the female hybrid using her brother as a shield a one point. The general noted they were a dysfunctional family, but Dr. K distracted Kilobyte, allowing Dillon to inject Tenaya with the hybrid antidote. The robot fired a blast at them, but the black Ranger managed to use a shield to defend them and Scott, Flynn, and Summer destroyed Kilobyte with their Road Blaster.
Personality[]
Kilobyte is a very insidious character who speaks in a British accent. He also has the ability to think through a strategy and create Attack Bots. Proof of this is the last form of Venjix. During his first appearance, he was shown to be extremely misogynistic, claiming Tenaya 7 was weak for being "programmed" to think like a female as well as the women in Corinth.
He has great contempt towards others, such as both his allies and enemies, treating Shifter and Crunch in contempt, but at the same time holding complete and undisputed loyalty towards the great virus himself. He is also a misanthropic and ruthless mastermind, just like his master, and despises humans and holds them in contempt, while believing in the superiority of robots and artificial intelligence. He is always cold, condescending and never loses his temper with anyone.
Originally, Kilobyte was highly loyal Venjix, but after constant insults he received from his master, he started to dislike taking orders from Venjix and started to disobey his orders. Kilobyte is also highly intelligent, being able to create cunning plans and tactics of outsmarting his enemies, thinking one step before his opponents, but his arrogance was his primary weakness which led to his defeat. Despite his arguing and quarreling with Venjix, Kilobyte still remained loyal to his master and was willing to sacrifice himself to aid Venjix in his ultimate plan of taking over Corinth city.
Powers and Abilities[]
Kilobyte is easily the most powerful general in Venjix's army, only being outdone by the virus himself. Even Venjix acknowledges him as his "most feared general." Kilobyte is extremely powerful and a skilled fighter, proving able to outfight all of the rangers at once. In combat, he wields a sword and a blaster rifle.
- Monster Growth: Kilobyte can grow monsters by saying "Begin the download".
- Self-Growth: Alternatively, Kilobyte can also make himself grow into a giant by saying "Begin the download."
- Energy Force: As shown in the flashback of the episode "Key to the Past", Kilobyte can fire a red energy force from his hands that was strong enough to knock down Dillon.
- Head Removal: As seen when he was first introduced, Kilobyte can take off his head to air out his neck or remove any obstructions (for example: sand) from under it without accidentally killing himself.
- Strength: Kilobyte is so strong that single punches could send the Rangers flying and he had no trouble defeating Tenaya and Dillon.
- Durability: Being Venjix's strongest general, Kilobyte has metal skin that can take a lot of punishment. The Rail Blaster's almighty slash and finishing move merely knocked him down but his most impressive display of durability was how he survived the RPM Ultrazord's finisher and explosion without suffering serious damage.
- Master Hand to Hand Combatant: Kilobyte is an extremely powerful hand to hand combatant, easily overwhelming all five Rangers when both unmorphed and morphed as well as defeating Tenaya and Dillon on a two on one duel with hardly any effort.
- Weapon Combatant: Kilobyte easily overwhelmed six Rangers (minus Ziggy who he had just thrown away) with his sword despite them wielding their Nitro Blaster Sword Mode and Cloud Hatchets against him.
- Robotics Expert: Kilobyte is an expert in making robots, being able to create several Attack Bots and Venjix's final body.
- Agility: During his second battle against the Rangers in the episode "Run Ziggy Run", Kilobyte backflipped away from a slash from Scott's Nitro Blaster and landed on his feet with ease.
- Super Jump: Kilobyte was able to jump an amazing distance into the air which caused the PaleoMax Megazord, ValveMax Megazord with the Falcon Chopper instead of the Tail Spinner and High Octane Megazord to all hit each other with their finishing attacks.
Arsenal[]
- Feather Sword: Kilobyte has a big curved sword resembling a feather duster which he can use for combat.
- Energy Empowerment: Kilobyte can charge up his sword with red energy and slash at his enemies with maximum force which was strong enough to knock down all four Rangers present at that time with one horizontal slash.
- Energy Absorption and Reflection: When giant, Kilobyte was able to absorb all of the energy blasts from the Falcon Chopper, Wolf Cruiser, and Lion Hauler into his sword and send them back.
- Coin Slash: Kilobyte can charge up his sword with red energy to generate a big coin behind him and then release a triple slash across the screen. This was definitely his strongest attack as a single performance of this took down all five Rangers and demorph them and when he was enlarged, it took down all three Megazords present in one hit.
- Bucket Bazooka: When he was enlarged, Kilobyte fought with a bucket-like bazooka which unleashed massive yellow energy balls powerful enough to cause very large explosions but was always either dodged or ineffective and was obliterated when the Road Attack Zord's Burnout attack struck him.
- Broom Blaster: Kilobyte wields a powerful laser blaster that resembles a broom and can unleash orange or purple energy lasers strong enough to take down all five unmorphed Rangers, cripple Tenaya, and overwhelm Dillon's force field ability while critically injuring him.
Quotes[]
“ | Indeed, it is. (...) I thought I'd lost myself a few times, Commander. 4319.2 miles of water. Well, no wonder I had such a headache. | „ |
~ General Kilobyte's first words when showing up in the Venjix Palace and then being told he was thought lost. Partway through his conversation, he takes off his head and removes sand from within it. |
“ | Ah yes, Power Rangers. I was wondering when you would show up. | „ |
~ Kilobyte when he met the RPM Rangers before blasting them down. |
“ | How do ya like me now? | „ |
~ Kilobyte upon enlarging himself. |
“ | NO! NOOOOOOOOO! This isn't over yet! Do you hear me?! | „ |
~ Kilobyte after being defeated by the RPM Ultrazord. |
“ | As I've always said, you put a human against a machine, the machine will win every time. | „ |
~ Kilobyte before trying to kill Tenaya and Dillon and his final words before his destruction. |
Enemies[]
- Gem
- Gemma
- Flynn McAllistair
- Ziggy Glover
- Scott Truman
- Dillon
- Summer Landsdown
Trivia[]
- Kilobyte's counterpart from the Super Sentai series RPM was adapted from, Engine Sentai Go-Onger, was Cleaning Minister Kireizky.
- According to Kilobyte's first words, Kilobyte traveled 4319.2 miles to get from where he was thought dead to the Venjix Palace. Assuming that Corinth is the RPM Dimension's equivalent of Boston, Massachusetts (which is supported by the map during the opening showing America and zooming in to where Boston would be), that would mean that he was lost somewhere in between Greece and Malta since those are the closest areas on the real world map to those distances.
- This implies that he was lost at sea which could be interpreted to mean that he was flying a Venjix Drone which crashed for some reason (possibly shot down by some human forces) and he was thought to be lost.
- Kilobyte's voice changes drastically between "The Dome Dolls" and "Ancient History" in that it becomes significantly less deep and robotic and more human sounding.
- Whether this was intentional and tries to imply that the damage made his voice deeper and he was repaired in between the events of one episode to the next or an oversight on the part of the production team is unclear.
- Strangely enough, Kilobyte was defeated by the Rangers with one attack, with the fact that he survived after the explosion of his giant form and many other attacks.
- Kilobyte is the second general of Venjix to be destroyed.
- Kilobyte is quite similar to Darkonda from Power Rangers in Space:
- Both have a rivalry with a female villain in the organization (Darkonda with Astronema and Kilobyte with Tenaya 7/15).
- Both fight the Rangers numerous times, resulting in them getting destroyed and later revived, although Kilobyte was revived once while Darkonda gets revived nine times.
- Both have a hand in re-brainwashing the female villain after they retrieve their old memories and are eventually overshadowed by them.
- And in the finale, both plot to destroy the female villain and then the main villain but get destroyed before they succeed. (Darkonda was destroyed by Dark Specter while Kilobyte was destroyed by the Rangers with the Road Blaster). Ironically they get destroyed in the first part of the finale.
- Both are destroyed in different ways than their counterparts (Darkonda's counterpart was originally destroyed by the Mega Voyager only to be permanently destroyed when shooting a planet-destroying missile into Dark Specter's back and Kilobyte's counterpart was destroyed by the RPM Ultrazord).
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