“ | These are Klank and Orbus, the footmen of the throne. They will stop at nothing until they conquer the entire universe! | „ |
~ Zordon describing Klank and Orbus. |
“ | Around, and around, and away ya go! | „ |
~ Klank's catchphrase when enlarging monsters. |
Klank and Orbus are the right hand-men to the Royal House of Gadgetry of the Machine Empire, the ones responsible for enlarging their monsters and major antagonists in Power Rangers Zeo.
Klank is voiced by Oliver Page while Orbus is voiced by Barbara Goodson who previously voiced Rita Repulsa and Mantis in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Prince Sprocket and later voiced Somnibot both also in Zeo, Icy Angel in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Notacon in Power Rangers Time Force and was the female voice of Mandilok in Power Rangers Wild Force. Outside of Power Rangers, she is best known as Mother Talzin in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Petra Fina in Flint the Time Detective, Enya Geil in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Madame X in Lupin III: Part II, Alcyone in Magic Knight Rayearth, Chirin in Ringing Bell, Cruella De Vil in Mickey's House of Villains, Enya Geil in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, , Zirconia and Falion in Sailor Moon and The Generalissimo in Cyborg 009.
Biographies[]
Past[]
Where the members of the Machine Empire came from and who built them is unknown but they swelled in numbers and forces. Led by King Mondo and Queen Machina, and with their monsters and never-ending army of Cogs, the Machine Empire was able to devastate and conquer entire galaxies. An unknown amount of time later, the Machine Empire was forcibly annexed into the United Alliance of Evil because the feared Dark Specter but were allowed to continue thier conquests to gain both experience and greater resources to benefit Dark Specter.
Zeo[]
Immediately after the death of the Hydro Hog, King Mondo leads the Machine Empire to the Moon where they drive out Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd using thier Quadrafighters. Mondo and Machina believe that Earth will be an easy conquest and order Klank to send some Cogs to quickly take the planet. Although the Cogs are defeated by the Zeo Rangers, King Mondo and Queen Machina are intrigued by this more than they are angered since all of thier previous conquests have been boring and too easy and the Zeo Rangers actually prove formidable. Soon after this initial attack though, Zordon begins building the Zeozords but Mondo easily discovers that they're in the Angel Grove Mountains and has Klank send a platoon of Cogs to sabotage them. When the attack is repelled by the Zeo Rangers, Klank announces that Staroid has been completed and Mondo sends the monster to defeat the Rangers only for him to be destroyed. Despite the defeat, King Mondo has the Cogs forcibly install a growth program in Klank and Orbus to enlarge his monsters starting with Silo.
When Kat and Tommy are assigned to look after a baby Joey as part of a school assignment, King Mondo sees an opportunity to use him as a tool to destroy Angel Grove. As such, Klank suggests that he send Boohoo the Clown due to his incredible sound enhancing abilities so Mondo does. Later, Klank and Orbus accompany a platoon of Cogs to the Angel Grove Power Plant to help Boohoo and later make him grow only for the monster to explode anyway. Despite thier ongoing rivalry with Prince Sprocket, the three often end up working together which is most notable when they aid Sprocket in creating his movie "End of the Power Rangers" on which they serve as "executive producers."
After Tommy receives a Dear John letter from Kimberly which makes him depressed, Machina scoffs at his emotional weakness and Mondo wishes they could exploit the emotion of love so Klank mentions the Robocupid. As such, he is sent down to Angel Grove with the Robocupid to make humans fall in love with random machinery whilst the Zeo Rangers are busy snowboarding on the Widowmaker mountain. Although they begin at the Angel Grove Docks, the Robocupid manages to blast herself with a love ray and fall in love with Klank who she manages to restrain until Orbus blasts her away and breaks her from her own spell. Afterwards, she manages to brainwash everyone in the Youth Center as well as Bulk and Skull. Klank and Orbus later watch her attack only to be defeated by the Defender Wheel so Klank and Orbus enlarge her but she is destroyed all the same.
After the Super Zeo Megazord defeats Mondo, the Machine Empire goes inert for a time until Louie Kaboom arrives and assumes command. After he fails to woo Queen Machine, he has her and Sprocket thrown in prison but Klank and Orbus stay out of prison by switching sides to him and because he needs them for his plans. When Prince Gasket and Archerina later kill Louie, Klank and Orbus are spared despite thier treachery due to thier usefulness. However, they are used less often with monsters like Altor not growing giant and the Mechaterpillar being giant by default though they re-enter use once Mondo returns. Later, Klank and Orbus accompany the rest of the Royal House of Gadgetry when they meet with Lord Zedd and Rita who pretend to surrender but use a bomb to blow up them and the others.
Power Rangers In Space[]
Within two years, Klank and Orbus are rebuilt by the United Alliance of Evil but do not attend the meeting on the Cimmerian Planet. Later that year, King Mondo leads the Machine Empire in an attack on KO-35 and the Phantom Ranger's planet. Klank and Orbus do not participate and are left at the Skybase to look after Sprocket. What happens to them after this is unclear but they are presumed to have been vaporised by Zordon's Energy Wave since several Machine Empire Remnants are shown to have survived four years later but they are not among them.
Beast Morphers[]
Klank and Orbus do not appear physically but are recalled after Scrozzle proposes resurrecting Lord Zedd for Evox's plans. The villains appear to agree to these plans until Roxy reminds everyone of what Zedd and Rita did to the Royal House of Gadgetry as well as Klank and Orbus so they decide not to resurrect him for fear of betrayal.
Personality[]
Klank is an extremely loyal servant to his masters but is extremely prideful and demonstrates that he has a backbone. Despite being good friends with Orbus, he takes any chance he could get to belittle his companion; most notably in "Target Rangers" when he ridicules Orbus for complaining about the invasive growth program installation. Due to having a very thick Scottish accent, Klank often uses Scottish slang in his sentences such as wee or haggis (a type of Scottish pudding). Klank is very loyal to his King and plays a major role in helping him battle the Zeo Rangers. However, Klank is also a coward since he serves anyone who claims the throne since he abandoned Queen Machina to imprisonment and loyally serves Louie Kaboom to save himself. He and Orbus have an ongoing feud with Prince Sprocket; Sprocket because he thinks that they are useless punching bags and Klank and Orbus because they consider him a thin-skinned whiny brat who refuses to take any responsibility for his own failures and toakes credit for their ideas. However, Sprocket occasionally compliments them such as after Orbus enlarged Punch-A-Bunch in “Challenges” and, by the end of Zeo, they are more amicable and work together to undermine Prince Gasket; having apparently put aside their differences.
In contrast, Orbus is more amiable and far less aggressive than his humanoid counterpart though he always sided with his friend in arguments. Unlike Klank, Orbus is more willing to agree with Sprocket in arguments though he never challenges Klank. Like Klank, he is very friendly to his partner but also relentlessly mocks him; most notably when Klank was captured by the lovesick Robocupid. Although both Klank and Orbus are usually depicted as comedically useless, they have a sadistic streak; shown several times such as after kidnapping Joey or when the Somnibot put the Zeo Rangers to sleep.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers and Abilities[]
- Strength: Klank was able to repeatedly throw off the love crazed Robocupid.
- Durability: Klank was unhurt by repeated energy blasts from the Red Battlezord in the episode “Brother, Can You Spare An Arrowhead?”
- Non-Ageing: Due to being a robot, Klank did not age.
- Incredible Flexibility: Klank can swing his arms and body with incredible flexibility despite being a robot.
- Incredible Aim: Despite often throwing Orbus from often obtuse angle, Klank never misses a throw.
- Acting: In the episode "Trust in Me," Klank was a convincing enough liar and actor to convince the Rangers that the Defector was a true turncoat.
- Monster Upgrading: Klank and the Cogs were skilled at upgrading Staroid as mentioned by Mondo in the episode “The Shooting Star.”
- Quadrafighter Summoning: Klank can summon Quadrafighters to aid him by calling for them and gesturing skywards.
- Cart Driving: In the episode “Rangers in the Outfield”, Klank is shown to be skilled at driving around go-karts.
- Volcanic Determination: It was mentioned in the episode “Every Dog Has It’s Day” when he discovered a massive amount of lava in a cave outside Angel Grove.
- Incredible Hearing: In the episode “Every Dog Has it’s Day”, Klank is shown to be able to hear Mondo yelling at him from the Moon whilst he was on Earth.
- Story-boarding: In the episode “Invasion of the Ranger Snatchers,” Klank draws some very professional storyboards to appease a frustrated Sprocket.
- Quick Reflexes: Klank can spin fast enough to avoid a swing from Mondo’s staff and later had to dodge many swings after the destruction of Mean Screen.
- Super Speed: As seen when the Robocupid fell in love with him, Klank can run away at incredible and inhuman speeds.
- Object Analysis: Klank is able to effectively analyse mysterious technology and devices as he mentioned analysing the arrowhead in the episode “Brother, Can You Spare An Arrowhead?”
- Great Eyesight: Klank sees Rocky up atop a cliff in the episode “Trust In Me” despite the Blue Ranger being far away and high up.
- Eye Blasts: Klank can fire a single, very powerful blue energy blast from his left eye which is strong enough to knock down Rocky and the Defector with one hit.
Arsenal[]
- Fists: Klank has no weapons of his own but was a skilled inventor and tactician with his bare hands.
- Pole: When the Robocupid attacked him due to being in love, Klank tried to fend her off with a traffic pole to no avail.
- Headset: In the episode “Found and Lost,” Klank used a headset to learn that Tommy’s brother David was alone and easy to kidnap.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Durability: Orbus was unhurt by repeated energy blasts from the Red Battlezord in the episode “Brother, Can You Spare An Arrowhead?”
- Non-Ageing: Due to being a robot, Orbus did not age.
- Levitation: Orbus can float around in the air unaided at will.
- Enlargement Lasers: Orbus can fire blue lasers from his mouth onto monsters to make them grow giant.
- Enlargement Blast: Alternatively, Orbus can fire a long blue laser from the circle on his torso to enlarge the monsters instead.
- Energy Blasts: Orbus could fire blue energy blasts from the circle on his chest that are strong enough to knock the Robocupid away from Klank as well as knock her out of the love spell.
Monsters[]
Quotes[]
“ | Yer highness, you know that is simply untrue. | „ |
~ Klank's first words when Prince Sprocket blamed him for Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd escaping the Quadrafighters. |
“ | Oh, oh, oh dear! Hey, be careful with that clamp. I just had it galvanised! | „ |
~ Orbus' first words as the Cogs fitted him with a growth laser. |
“ | Klank: You wee Power Rangers are no match for his majesty's genius! Orbus laddy, I hope there are no kinks in our new software. Orbus: Let me at 'em. Klank: Great! Here we go! Around, and around, and away! Orbus: Let me give you a little life, Silo. |
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~ Klank and Orbus when meeting the Zeo Rangers for the first time. |
“ | Klank: Might I suggest that we send Boohoo the Clown? He’s wonderful with children ya know. Mondo: Excellent idea, Klank. There may yet be hope for you. |
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~ Klank suggesting the use of Boohoo the Clown. |
“ | Klank: I think it’s time Boohoo grew, don’t you? Orbus: I agree. Klank: Hold on, Boohoo. Help is on the waaaaay. Orbus: Here ya go, Boo. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Boohoo the Clown. |
“ | Klank: I do believe it’s up to the two of us, Orbus, to save Prince Sprocket’s plan. Orbus: Ready when you are, Klank. Klank: Around and around and off ya goooo. Orbus: You need some help. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging the People Pitcher. |
“ | Orbus: Oh, haggis! Those Power Rangers are getting the better of him. Orbus: He could use a boost. Klank: You are so right. Around, and around, and away ya go! Orbus: Ready for a little growing power? Here you goooooo! Klank: Well done and those Power Rangers; they’re all yours, Digster! |
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~ Klank and Orbus when enlarging the Digster. |
“ | Klank: Oooooooh no! The Power Rangers stopped our evil transmission! Orbus: Hurry, we’ll make Puppetman grow. Klank: Around, and around, and away ya go! Orbus: The show must go on, Puppetman. Here we goooooooo! |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging the Puppetman. |
“ | Klank: Power Rangers, your attention please. Ya dreams are about to come true thanks to me of course. You have been given starring roles in Prince Sprocket’s latest movie extravaganza. Tanya: Not interested. Klank: I’m afraid ya don’t hava choice. Now you’ve done it. You’ve created a disturbance in the production audio track. Kat: What is this movie anyway? Klank: Invasion of the Ranger Snatchers. Catchy title, dontcha think? That was a good try, Rangers, but not even yer mighty Zords will be able to help ya this time. Prince Sprocket is writing the script and he demands complete creative control. Now, sit back and relax. We’ll call ya to the set when we’re ready. |
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~ Klank after the Video Vulture captured the Power Rangers. |
“ | Klank: Aye and he’ll be ugly and big in justa minute. Around, and around, and away! Orbus: Open wiiiiide! |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Bucket of Bolts. |
“ | Klank: Orbus, look. Fortissimodo is failing at his task. It’s up to us now, Orbus. Orbus: Ready when you are. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go. Orbus: This is going up. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Fortissimodo. |
“ | Klank: Well, that wasn’t nearly as difficult as I thought it’d be. Oo, would ya look at that! There’s the Zeozord’s blueprints. They’re making it quite easy for us, aren’t they? Orbus: You just have to inject the virus into their computer and then they’ll be defenceless. Klank: Do it. Mean Screen: It is done. Klank: Then it’s goodbye to Angel Grove and the Power Rangers. |
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~ Klank and Orbus when Mean Screen found the Zeozord schematics. |
“ | Klank: Yes sire. I’m on my way, sire. Orbus: Hey, wait for me. Klank: Unless my eyes are deceiving me, it looks like he’s actually winning. Well, this shouldn’t be too hard. Let’s give him a little boost. A slight increase in Mean Screen’s dimensions should do the trick. Are you ready? Orbus: As I’ll ever be. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go. Orbus: Ready for an upgrade? |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Mean Screen. |
“ | Not to worry, majesty. May I take Mechanizer? He’s good at this type of thing. | „ |
~ Klank after being told to destroy the Angel Grove University Warehouse. |
“ | Klank: This is my favourite part of our battles, Orbus. Orbus: Sure, I do all the work. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go. Orbus: All ya need is love. Ha ha! |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging the Robocupid. |
“ | Klank: Ah, it looks like Main Drain’s all charged up and ready to grow. Ready, my friend? Orbus: You betcha! Klank: Around, and around, and away ya go! Orbus: How about a boost? |
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~ Klank and Orbus when enlarging Main Drain. |
“ | Klank: Ohhhh, you heard the Prince's order Orbus. Orbus: Stay still, Punch-A-Bunch. Klank: Around, and around, and away with ya! Orbus: Soon, you'll be champ Punch-A-Bunch. You just need proper promoting. Klank: Good job, Orbus. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Punch-A-Bunch. |
“ | Klank: What do you say, Orbus? Let's see if we can make this monster grow. Orbus: It's worth a thought. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go! Orbus: You'll thank me later. Klank: He didn't do it on his own, ya know. Now, go get 'em. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Autocthon. |
“ | Mondo: What good is it to keep making Cogs if the Rangers just turn them into scrap metal? They're absolutely worthless! I am sick and tired of wasting valuable materials on robots that always end up as junk! Klank: But dear majesty, do Orbus and I have a plan that won't use up any new materials at all. Mondo: Well, go on. Elaborate. Klank: It's a lovely idea and it all begins in our component dump. Orbus: You see my king, we're using old parts to make a whole new robot. I give you Defector. Mondo: Very clever but tell me, Klank. What makes your robot any better than the junk it's created from? Klank: It is all in the way we plan to use him, yer majesty. Orbus: We'll have Defector go undercover. He'll gain the Rangers' trust and lure them to a place where we'll be able to destroy them. Mondo: And their trust will be their downfall. Bring this new robot to me. |
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~ Klank and Orbus’ plan for the Defector. |
“ | Klank: I just knew he'd need our help eventually. Didn't I tell ya? Orbus: You did indeed. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go! Orbus: Time ta wake up, sleepyhead. Rise and shine. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Googleheimer the Toy Robot. |
“ | Klank: This is horrible, Orbus. My plan could be ruined. Orbus: Well, it wouldn't be the first time. Hu hu hu hu hu. Klank: Now Orbus, if I did na have to do everything myself- Mondo: Will you two be quiet? I can't hear myself tick! Sprocket: We're gonna launch our battleships soon, huh Dad? And don't forget to tell the Admiral I get to steer. Machina: It positively warms my gears. Sprocket is our first first built son and he's taking to the family business like oil to a crank shaft. Mondo: Of course he is! And, as soon as our new fleet of ships is ready, our little bucket of bolts will be sailing around destroying things with the best of them. Won't you, Sprocket my boy? Sprocket: Just call me Captain Sprocket. |
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~ Klank and Orbus’ plan for Admiral Abominator. |
“ | Klank: Orbus, oh no! You must help him. Well, then let's get to it. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go! Orbus: Ooooo, open wide Admiral. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Admiral Abominator. |
“ | Mondo: Do something, Klank! Right, now! Klank: Yes, sire. Orbus, get down there. Orbus: On your feet, Wolfbane. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging Wolfbane. |
“ | Klank: Oh dear. It looks as though he needs our help, doesn't it? Orbus: Sure does. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go! Orbus: Hold on, this won't hurt a bit. Up and at 'em. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging the Tarantabot. |
“ | Klank: Did you see that, Orbus?! They turned him into a giant popsicle! Orbus: I'd say he needs our help. Klank: Around, and around, and away ya go! Orbus: Time to come out of the deep freeze and time to grow. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging the Leaky Faucet. |
“ | Orbus: Let me in, coach. Klank: Around, and around, and away we go! Orbus: No sleeping on the job. Rise and shine, Somnibot. |
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~ Klank and Orbus before enlarging the Somnibot. |
“ | The order has come in, yer majesty. Already done. | „ |
~ Klank reporting the order from Dark Specter to attack and his last on-screen words. |
Trivia[]
- Although Klank and Orbus' positions in the Machine Empire hierarchy was never stated, only being described as "the foot-men of the throne" by Zordon, thier counterparts were butlers.
See Also[]
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