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Prince Megiddo is the five-tailed prince of the Jashinka Empire and the secondary antagonist of Kagaku Sentai Dynaman.
He is the son of Emperor Aton, the cousin of Princess Chimera, the commander of the Jashinka Empire's forces and the archenemy of Hokuto Dan/Dynared.
He is played by Takeki Hayashi. As the Dark Knight, he is voiced by Michiro Iida, who also played Hunter Killer in Space Sheriff Gavan and Chang Kung-Fu Jr. in Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya.
Biography[]
Past[]
The Tailed-People Clan Jashinka Empire originated from a meteor that crashed into Earth and burrowed into its core, where the lifeforms within it evolved into a civilisation known as the Tailed-People. The Tailed-People became advanced in science and eventually came to be ruled by Emperor Aton and his son Prince Megiddo who believed the Earth to belong to them. Two Tail Soldiers also showed exceptional skill and loyalty so they were enhanced and made Megiddo's personal bodyguards; Gira and Geel.
Dynaman[]
Megiddo on his white horse.
In 1983, Emperor Aton begins plans to invade the surface of Earth but, after discovering through Crab Evo that humans cannot become Nine-Tailed People, he sends Megiddo to lead the invasion. After the Dynamen emerge to oppose the Jashinka Empire, Megiddo fights against Hokuto Dan, using his horse to gain a height advantage him and gaining the upper-hand until Crab Evo mistakenly shoots even his allies with his Crab Bombs. This allows Dan to knock Megiddo from his horse and cut off one of the Prince's tails; enraging Megiddo and forcing Gira and Geel to hold him back until he is convinced to leave to treat his wound although not before swearing revenge.
Aton initially appoints Megiddo as commander of the Jashinka forces with General Kar being the one to create the Evolution Beasts. After Megiddo's repeated failures however, Aton's niece Princess Chimera arrives at the Grand Gizmo and Aton permits her to assist in the invasion. Chimera and Megiddo are initially at odds, with Chimera mocking Megiddo for losing a tail, but eventually the two begin to collaborate on schemes.
Later on, the Emperor revives General Zenobia from her imprisonment in the Millennium Cave after the continued failures of Megiddo and his other subjects to defeat the Dynamen. After Megiddo bungles a scheme by Zenobia to obtain Ketazone gas for the empire, Aton, dissatisfied with his son's streak of failures, has Zenobia cut off Megiddo's tails and banishes him to the Millennium Cave. While in there, Megiddo discovers a scroll that says that, if a Tailed-Person obtains 10 tails, the rapid evolution would kill them, leading Megiddo to conclude his people's entire caste system based on tails is worthless. He later manages to escape his imprisonment and seeks revenge against his father for casting him out; taking up the identity of the Dark Knight to conceal his identity as he challenges both the Dynaman and the Jashinka.
Megiddo's first scheme involves stealing Aton's Emperor Sword and giving it to Kousaku Nangou so Aton would curse him. Both the Dynamen and the Jashinka are alarmed by the emergence of the Dark Knight as they both now have a new foe to contend with. The Dark Knight goes on to play the Jashinka and the Dynaman against each other several more times, ensuring neither gain a definitive advantage in their fight. When General Kar discovers the Retro Genes, which can be used to obtain a tenth tail, the Dark Knight approaches General Zenobia and tells her what Kar discovered, offering her a way to obtain ten tails first. While the Dynamen manage to destroy the Retro Genes, the Dark Knight is able to hack the Computer Dragon and use him to abduct Dr. Yumeno. Following General Kar's demise, Zenobia hypnotises Dr. Yumeno to use his knowledge create more Retro Genes while the Dark Knight constructs a machine that will give Zenobia ten tails. The Dark Knight soon completes the machine and Zenobia enters it to have the Retro Genes used on her, but Aton is able to track them both down and attempts to seize the Retro Genes for himself. While Zenobia undergoes the process to obtain a tenth tail, the Dark Knight confronts the Emperor and fights him in a one-on-one duel. After the Dark Knight fatally wounds Aton, the machine rises up as Zenobia obtains her tenth tail, only for her to wither away due to the Dark Knight's machinations.
The Dark Knight then reveals himself to be Megiddo and exclaims that he sought to prove to his father that tails are not needed in order to be powerful. Hearing this, as Megiddo faces the Dynamen, a dying Aton declares Megiddo the new Emperor of the Jashinka and instructs Chimera to pass on his Emperor Sword to him. Megiddo then seals the Dynamen inside the Millennium Cave to get them out of the way before he mounts his invasion. Now in control of the Jashinka Empire, Emperor Megiddo announces to his subjects that they will be stealing the Dynamen's mecha and using it to conquer Earth. After the Dynamen are rescued by Yumeno, Megiddo and Chimera go out to face them one final time. While Chimera and DynaPink fight one-on-one, Megiddo takes on all four male Dynamen by himself and is wounded by a blow from DynaRed. Megiddo then reluctantly retreats with Chimera onto the Grand Gizmo and uses it to fight the Dynamen in their mecha. However, the Dynamen use their Lightning Gravity Fall to send the Grand Gizmo careening into the ground and exploding, killing both Megiddo and Chimera.
Turboranger[]
During the Turborangers' first battle against the Hundred Boma Tribes, they are joined by all ten previous Super Sentai teams which includes the Dynamen. As the Sentai fight, the narrator recalls their many battles which includes Prince Meggido’s first battle against Hokuto where he lost his tail.
Personality[]
At first, Prince Megiddo is little more than a loyal son; being completely loyal to his father Emperor Aton and always getting frustrated when he failed. After his initial fight with Dan Hokuto where he lost a tail, Megiddo developed a rivalry and intense hatred for DynaRed; fighting him at any opportunity.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Durability: Prince Megiddo was unhurt by being repeatedly shot by Crab Evo’s Crab Bombs.
- Skilled Fighter: Megiddo is a very skilled fighter, being able to match Dan in battle as well as all five Dynamen after gaining the Teiouken.
- Horse Riding: Megiddo is a very skilled horse rider, usually riding in and out of battle on his white speed and proving a skilled fighter atop it.
- Manipulation: As the Dark Knight, Megiddo is a master manipulator who masterfully turned each member of the Jashinka Empire against each other to prove his point about ten tails and gain the throne.
- Dimension Teleportation: Megiddo sendt himself and Dan into a dimension of blackness to perform his Bat Return attack.
- Eye Blasts: Megiddo can fire a powerful blue energy blast from his right eye powerful enough to take down three Dynamen with one hit.
Arsenal[]
- Evil God Sword: Prince Megiddo's main weapon is a long grey sword which he kept in a scabbard on his side.
- Bat Return: Megiddo's initial signature attack where he casts his enemies into a black dimension and swings his Evil God Sword around. Doing so causes disorientation and causes multiple duplicates in a mirror like effect which each slash the enemy with devastating force. However, he only uses this in the 2nd episode as Dan renders it useless with his Golden Spark attack.
- Katana: When he first attacked Earth, Prince Megiddo wielded a katana but it was destroyed when Hokuto cut it in half.
- Teiouken: After ascending to the Jashinka throne, Young Emperor Megiddo uses Aton's signature sword in battle.
- Energy Empowerment: Megiddo can charge the Teiouken with golden energy and swing with enough force that it took three of the Dynamen to resist it.
- Banishment Blast: Megiddo can make the Teiouken glow with golden orange and blast his enemies, disorientating them and banishing them to the Millennium Cave.
Evolution Beasts[]
- Rhino Evo
- Scorpion Evo
- Diving Beetle Evo
- Archaeopteryx Evo
- Stingray Evo
- Squid Evo
- Crocodile Evo
- Slug Evo
- Bee Evo
- Starfish Evo
- Striped Mosquito Evo
- Spider Evo
Mechavolution Beasts[]
- Machinegun Jaguar
- Fire Sphinx
Quotes[]
| “ | Father! Please allow me, Five Tailed Prince Megiddo, to carry out this mission! | „ |
| ~ Prince Megiddo's first words after General Kar recommended an invasion of the surface. |
| “ | Who is that? Who are you?! What? Dynaman?! Attack! | „ |
| ~ Meggido when meeting the Dynamen for the first time. |
| “ | My tail! Curse you! How dare you! Let me go! Then we will settle this later! I will remember this, Dyna Red! Do it! | „ |
| ~ Megiddo after Dan cut his tail off. |
| “ | You are too late, Dynaman! I already got the art painting. | „ |
| ~ The Dark Knight after stealing the secret painting |
| “ | Zenobia: It hurts! What is happening?! Dark Knight! It hurts! Dark Knight: Suffer! General Zenobia: What?! Dark Knight: Suffer. Feel more pain! Then, go to hell! That's the perfect way for you to die... Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! |
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| ~ The Dark Knight betraying Zenobia |
| “ | Indeed. I am the four tailed Prince, or should I say, the tailless Megiddo. I took the name Dark Knight to take my revenge for locking me in the Millennium Cave. Look at the pitiful state of the woman who cut off my tails. I found a scroll in the Millennium Cave that said anyone who gained a tenth tail would quickly die. Don't you see?! A salamander person has the number of tails they are born with. The number of tails you have does not mean you are stronger than anyone else! The important thing is training, making yourself stronger on your own! Look at me and listen, Aton! Dynaman, listen! From now on, I will rule Jashinka and take over the world! | „ |
| ~ Megiddo after being revealed as the Dark Knight. |
| “ | Dynaman is gone! The surface world essentially belongs to us now! Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha. Soldiers! A regular, all-out attack would be no fun! We will steal DyJupiter, send the Dyna Robo into battle and send the stupid humans fleeing! Ho ha ha ha ha ha ha! | „ |
| ~ Young Emperor Megiddo's victory speech. |
| “ | As you wish! Get them! Curse you, Dynaman! | „ |
| ~ Megiddo before the final battle. |
| “ | Chimera! | „ |
| ~ Emperor Megiddo's last word. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the USA Night Flight Parody dub, Megiddo was renamed as Nigel Cochran, a British rock star.
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