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| “ | Rita: You got until the count of ten to tell me what's in those eggs! One! Two! Goldar: Ten! Rito: Ten! Ten! That's it! Tengas! That's what's in those eggs! Rita: Tenga Warriors?! You brought me Tenga Warriors?! I could kiss you. If you weren't so ugly. The Tenga Warriors are absolutely the most ferocious creatures this side of the universe! Lord Zedd: My very own army of Tenga Warriors. Without the Power Rangers to stand in my way, imagine the possibilities! |
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| ~ The Evil Space Aliens regarding the Tenga Warriors. |
The Tenga Warriors are the Tengu based strongest footsoldiers of the Evil Space Aliens-like evil creatures and recurring antagonists in the Power Rangers franchise. They served as recurring antagonists in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3, suportorting antagonists in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie and Power Rangers Zeo as well as minor supporting antagonists in the two-part finale of Power Rangers In Space "Countdown to Destruction."
The Tenga Warriors were played by Tatsuro Koike, Namihei Koshige, Tadahiro Nakamura, Ed Neil, and Makoto Yokoyama.
Biographies[]
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie[]
After recruiting an army of adults to dig up his Ecto-Morphicons, Ivan Ooze uses snot to create the Tengu Warriors and sends them to kill the powerless Power Rangers. The Tengu Warriors arrive on the planet Phaedos and immediately begin attacking the teens. The Tengu Warriors are having an easy time of it, until Dulcea arrives and uses twirling sticks against the Tengu Warriors. The Tengu Warriors cannot stand the sound and fly away; returning to the construction site where Ivan is. Although initially greeted warmly, Ivan is angered when the Tengu Warriors report what happened and kills them for failing even though the Tengu Warriors ask him if he wants them to "take another whack at it."
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers[]
Rito Revolto brings the Tenga Warriors eggs as a wedding present for his sister and Lord Zedd and all of the eggs, except one, hatch. The Tengas' first mission is to stop the Power Rangers from finding Ninjor in the Desert of Despair so they confront the six but the Rangers manage to escape by slipping between two rocks where the Tengas cannot fit. Later, the Rangers confront the Tengas (still standing guard at the Temple of Power's entrance) and fight them off as the Ninja Rangers but not before the Tengas place the final egg containing a Vampirus at the entrance.
The Tenga Warriors keep watching the entrance of the temple, and looking for a way to get it. Eventually the teens emerge and manage to fight off the Tenga Warriors who are swiftly forced to flee.
Finster creates a device that can make dreams into reality so Lord Zedd sends several Tenga Warriors, Finster, and Rito, down to Angel Grove. Lord Zedd wants Kimberly's nightmare to come true and the teens all happen to be together. The Rangers morph into their ninja gear and battle the Tenga Warriors but several grab Kimberly and hold her as Finster aimd his device at her. Doing so brings her nightmare monster, the Artistmole, to life. The Tenga Warriors, Finster, and Rito, teleport out.
Lord Zedd sends down Rito, Squatt and Baboo to take Adam's lantern but Billy, Rocky, Tommy, Aisha, and Adam are close by. Rito summons several Tenga Warriors come down and they battle the five Ranger as Baboo and Squatt go to Ko's place and grab all the lanterns as they are unsure which one is Adam's. Rito keeps an eye on the Tenga Warriors. The Tenga Warriors keep the teens busy until Baboo and Squatt are done, and then they retreat.
After watching Rocky switch places with his teacher, Mr. Wilton, Rito gets the same idea to switch places with Lord Zedd and Rita. Lord Zedd and Rita agree. Goldar reports that Rocky is alone in the park but Rito has no idea what to do until Goldar suggests they send down the Tengas. Several Tenga Warriors are sent down to the park but, instead of capturing Rocky, they capture Mr. Wilton, who they assumed was Rocky. Rocky arrives on hearing Mr. Wilton scream for help but Rito arrives as well and accidentally changes Mr. Wilton into Marvo the Meanie. Rocky morph into the Red Ninja Ranger and the other Rangers arrive. The Tenga Warriors battle the Rangers and are soon defeated by them so they flee.
Centiback is sent down to destroy the Rangers and turns Centiback Bulk & Skull into footballs, along with Rocky's friend Alan and his Uncle Joe. Rocky morphs and Centiback is about to turn him into a football when the rest of the Rangers arrive. Several Tenga Warriors are sent down to help Centiback destroy the Rangers. The Tenga Warriors line up with Centiback and are soon playing a football game against the Rangers. Five of the Rangers are turned into footballs but Rocky teleports away so Centiback and the Tengas retreat.
After the Hate Master had been sent down to turn the Rangers against each other, he needs something the Rangers had touched in order to make his hate dust. Lord Zedd sends down several Tenga Warriors and they battle the Rangers. The Rangers kick up a lot of soil so Squatt is then sent down and he gathers the soil that the Rangers kicked up and gives it to the Hate Master so the Tengas retreat. Hate Master then created his hate dust. After Aisha reemerges from the Command Center, Rita and Zed know that she has to be stopped and send down several Tenga Warriors. The Tenga Warriors land by Aisha so she changes into her ninja gear but two Tenga Warriors gathered up the soil that she stepped on whilst the others distract Tanya before all of them vanish.
Rita sends down Rito, Baboo, and Squatt to steal an urn that contains the Face Stealer but are spotted by Adam, Billy, Rocky, Tommy, and Aisha. To keep the teens occupied, Rito has several Tenga Warriors arrive and the Tengas fight the five teens, enabling Rito, Baboo, and Squatt to continue on their way. The teens defeat the Tenga Warriors but Rito manages to retrieve the urn.
Rita and Lord Zedd have left for their second honeymoon but Goldar is not happy about being stuck with Rito. Goldar wants to prove himself to Lord Zedd. Goldar and several Tenga Warriors land in the park where the Rangers are walking and fight the heroes only to be fought off.
Rita plants a stray cat (really a human girl, Kat) in the path of Kimberly and Aisha who are quite taken with the cat. They had taken it to the animal shelter. If no one claims it, the cat will become theirs so Rito is sent down to prevent anyone from claiming the cat. Rito has fun scaring people away, but Aisha (who was volunteering in the animal shelter) hears the commotion so she fights Rito and the Tengas arrive along with the rest of the Rangers. The Tenga Warriors and Rita battle the Ninjas. but the Tenga Warriors eventually retreat and Rito soon follows but the plan works.
After Finster, Baboo, and Squatt find the long dormant Shogunzords, they need a Power Coin to operate it so Rita sends Kat on the mission to steal a Power Coin. When Kat meets the Rangers at Angel Grove Lake, Rita sends the Tengas to cause chaos as she cannot steal a Power Coin with so many witnesses. The Tenga Warriors cause chaos until the lake is empty and they are ambushed by the Ninja Rangers. The Tenga Warriors battle the Rangers whilst Kat manages to steal Kimberly's power coin. The Tenga Warriors then retreat.
Later, the Tenga Warriors, along with Goldar, arrive in the park to fight Tommy and Ninjor but, during the battle, Kat manages to steal the Falconzord, with the Power Coin. Several Tenga Warriors are sent down to "attack" Kat whilst five of the Rangers are busy battling the Inciserator. Kimberly had awoken in the Command Center and insists on helping her friend only for the Tenga Warriors to ambush Kimberly until she collapses and demorphs which allows Goldar to kidnap her. Lord Zedd uses Kimberly's welfare to force the rest of the Rangers to pilot his Shogunzords. Aisha, Adam, Billy, Rocky, and Tommy are putting up a device that would allow Tommy to teleport to Lord Zedd's dimension, so they can rescue Kimberly but Lord Zedd spots them and sends down Tenga Warriors. The Tenga Warriors battle the four Ninja Rangers but, during the battle, two of the Tenga Warriors spot the device and wreck it before all retreat.
On Christmas Eve, several Tenga Warriors are sent with Rito to Santa's workshop where they tie up Santa and force the elves to make Lord Zedd's Hypno Spin which will hypnotize children into thinking that Lord Zedd is their master. However, Aisha and Kimberly lure Rito out of the workshop whilst the elves around and set a trap which leads to Rito, Goldar and the Tengas being tied up and returned to the Moon.
Rita wants to prevent Kimberly from competing in the Pan Global games so she decides to exhaust Kimberly and waits for the right moment. Kimberly had been practicing her routine very hard so she Rita sends multiple attacks from Rito, Goldar and Tengas in endless attacks until Kimberly collapses during practice. Kat gets help for Kimberly and Kimberly is now at Angel Grove Community Hospital but Rito reports to Rita and Lord Zedd that Kimberly had recovered and they were furious. Rita and Lord Zedd send down several Tenga Warriors to battle Rocky, Aisha, and Adam to keep them from visiting Kimberly but the Tenga Warriors are soon defeated by the three Rangers. Later, more Tenga Warriors are sent with Garbage Mouth and fight the Rangers to help the monster kidnap Kat but all are forced to retreat.
Several Tenga Warriors go down to Angel Grove Park with Rita, Goldar, and Rito where they are suppose to make the trade - Ninjor for Kat. They toss out the blue jar and Kat step forward but Billy has made a device that protects Kat. Rocky discovers they had been tricked, there was no Ninjor in the jar. Rita is furious so the five Rangers morph into Ninja Ranger Mode and fight the Tengas. During the battle, one of the Tenga Warriors find Billy's device and smash it so Kat is no longer protected so Rito grabs her and the Rangers retreat.
Katherine, now the Pink Ranger, overhears Rita and Zedd's plan to plant a monster inside Tommy. Lord Zedd, who had been keeping an eye on things, knows that Katherine plan to stop them so Lord Zedd and Rita send down several Tenga Warriors to stop her. Katherine morphs into the Pink Ninja Ranger and fights them off.
When Katherine is been working on a homeless project, Rita is disgusted and sends several Tenga Warriors to wreck the place, after everyone, except Katherine had left. The Tenga Warriors scare off Bulk & Skull and are enjoying destroying the place when Katherine morphs into the Pink Ninja Ranger and is soon joined by her teammates who force the Tengas to flee.
After learning that Kat is watching her aunt's chimp, Kelly, Lord Zedd has the idea to turn the chimp into a monster. Lord Zedd sends down Finster with a device to change the chimp as well as several Tenga Warriors to keep the teens distracted. The Rangers quickly went into Ninja Ranger Mode and defeat the Tengas and Fister is unable to turn Kelly into a monster so Zedd turns her into the Sinister Simian himself.
When Rita and Rito's father Master Vile comes to Earth for the Zeo Crystal, Vile has Rito feed a sack of bird seed to the Tenga Warriors to eat to make them stronger. The empowered Tenga Warriors are sent down to Angel Grove and battle the Rangers who the Tenga Warriors manage to overpower the Rangers with ease. However, the Rangers are able to make the Tenga Warriors retreat when they use their new Metallic Armor.
Later, Master Vile has successfully take the Zeo Crystal and before conquering Earth, decides to throw an End of the World party at the Youth Center with all of the Tengas attending and eventually forming a conga line with Rito. A couple of the Tenga Warriors found Bulk & Skull hiding beneath huge Sombreros and make them dance once more. Master Vile announces it is the end of the world, but nothing happens due to the Rangers having retrieved the Zeo Crystal and Zords so he calls off the party.
After Rito is been sent to plant Master Vile's Orb of Doom, the Rangers confront him so Rito summons several Tenga Warriors and Goldar to keep the Rangers busy. The Tenga Warriors split into two groups; some heading towards the carnival, while the rest stay with Rito and Goldar. The Rangers split up as well with the Tenga Warriors heading for the carnival battling Billy, Adam and Aisha and the rest fighting Tommy, Kat and Rocky but the Tenga Warriors are successful in keeping the Rangers busy, and unable to stop Rito. Rito plants the Orb of Doom, which shakes the Earth once it oesg into affect, Earth's rotation stops and time is reversed so everyone is regressed by ten years.
Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers[]
Master Vile wants the Power Coins from the Ranger children so he sends Rito with the Tenga Warriors to chase after them, Bulk and Skull. The Tenga Warriors and Rito do not do well against the children as they set up several clever traps for them and are easily defeated. Several Tenga Warriors land by the lake with Rito and Goldar as Master Vile wants them to try and get the Power Coins from the regressed Rangers whilst they are Aquitarian Rangers' arrival. When the Tenga Warriors, Rito, and Goldar land, Bulk and Skull take off whilst the villains chase the Rangers until the Aquitarian Rangers arrive and scare off the Evil Space Aliens.
Several Tenga Warriors appear at the water fountain, where the Alien Rangers are rehydrating themselves with Slotsky but the Alien Rangers quickly morph and defeat the Tengas.
Lord Zedd has Arachnofiend ready to capture Billy and, not wanting any interference from Cestro and Tideus, Zedd sends down several Tenga Warriors. Cestro and Tideus are going through a car wash, enjoying the water when the Tenga Warriors follow them through the car wash. Tideus and Cestro are blissfully unaware that the Tenga Warriors are behind them though and, instead of battling Tideus and Cestro, the Tenga Warriors end up getting beaten and their feathers torn out by the car wash. Bareskin, the Tenga Warriors vanishe.
Rita becomes angry with Billy when he invents a successful weather modulator and Cestro successfully tests it so she sends the Tenga Warriors to destroy it. Cestro morphs and he fights the Tengas with Billy by the weather modulator is successfully smashed and the Tengas leave victorious.
Zeo[]
Whilst the Evil Space Aliens are celebrating however, the Moon Palace is attacked by the Machine Empire's Quadrafighters. With no form of air defence, they are forced to abandon the gutted Moon Palace and flee in Serpentera to the M-51 Galaxy much to Zedd's misery. Despite this incredible set-back and being forced to flee in Serpentera humiliatingly, Zedd swears that he will return someday and finally conquer the Earth. Rita and Zedd later return to Earth to fight the Machine Empire but the Tengas initially remain in the M-51 Galaxy due to the Mobile RV lacking enough room for them.
At the end of 1996, Rita and Lord Zedd confront Mondo arrives and the Cogs to try and claim the Gold Ranger powers. Outnumbered, they summon the Tengas and send them to fight the Cogs but the fight ends in a draw with casualties on both sides before the Machine Empire and Evil Space Aliens retreat. Soon after, the Royal House of Gadgetry are destroyed so the Tenga Warriors leave Earth on vacation but retire from villainy after Rita becomes pregnant.
In Space[]
In 1998 however, the Evil Space Aliens are forcibly recruited into the United Alliance of Evil due to thier fear of Dark Specter. Despite this, the Tengas do not attend Dark Specter's conference and the Putty Patrollers attend instead.
Later that year, Punch-a-Bunch is seen amongst Rita and Zedd's army during thier invasion of the M-51 Galaxy. Although they defeat the Gold Ranger, Punch-a-Bunch is turned to dust with the rest of the army when Zordon's Energy Wave washes over the universe. Despite all of their Tengas being vaporised, the species still exists as Tenga Warriors are seen in later seasons.
Dino Thunder[]
The Tengas that fought the Ninja Rangers at the Temple of Power are featured in a chronicle of Power Ranger history compiled by Tommy Oliver shortly after he formed the Dino Rangers which is found by the nascent Ranger team in the Dino Lab.
Notes[]
- The Tenga Warriors were the first foot soldiers to get their own theme song; Tenga Bye Bye and also the first foot soldiers to be capable of speech.
- The Costumes were reused from the Movie to the TV series.
See Also[]
- Dorodoros (equivalents)
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