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It started three years ago. The world internet federation reported the appearance of an aggressive new computer worm -- the Venjix Virus. A year later, it was estimated that Venjix had already infected 37% of the world's computer systems. By then, it was too late. Venjix took control of the world's communication, power, and defense systems. It built armies of advanced robotic soldiers that laid waste to everything in their path. There was no stopping them, and Venjix declared victory.
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~ Dr. K explains the rise of Venjix.
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I am Venjix. Your world is now my world, and your time is now over.
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~ Venjix declaring victory, his most famous quote.
He was a megalomaniac computer virus/AI that took over the Earth's technology and systems, being the creation and archenemy of both Dr. K and Nate SIlva, as well as the main foe of the RPM and Beast Morphers Rangers.
Originally an experimental computer virus created by Dr. K on an alternate Earth to help her escape from the demented government think-tank known as Alphabet Soup, Venjix managed to gain sentience at some point and interpreted that his programming was to make the world a better place by eradicating humanity. As such, he began demanding to be let out to fulfill his mission, but Dr. K soon realized the threat he posed and refused him every time. Even so, Venjix bidded his time by pretending to obey and began using her lessons on government protocol to plan ahead.
During her escape attempt, Dr. K had to hook him up to an Ethernet port but was prevented from pulling the plug-in time by her Alphabet Soup handlers which allowed Venjix to escape into the internet. He immediately infiltrated the world's Internet system which resulted in him evolving into an all-powerful A.I. and created an army of advanced known as Grinders to take over the world.
Power Rangers RPM[]
Within two years of operation, Venjix and his army exterminated 99% of humanity, but the small city of Corinth (a renamed Boston, Massachusetts) holds out due to a very protective dome and the protection of the RPM Rangers. Dozens of Attack Bots fail, and the addition of two more Rangers only made things worse for Venjix. Infuriated, Venjix eventually downloads himself into a Generation 14 Attack Bot that Shifter designed. He pilots a special green drone and can make new robots of the same model to download himself into. Venjix made a newer and more powerful model, but he wasn't fully downloaded into it because he was in a rush and was defeated. He decided not to use the model again.
Venjix uses a new model later on, using old parts of Shifter who has been destroyed by Scott and activates many Hybrids within Corinth and takes over the control tower before leaving to confront Doctor K whilst the Power Rangers fight his Final Attack Bot. He then destroys the lab and takes the bio-field information, being able to delete Gem and Gemma as well as the PaleoMax and Mach Megazords. Dr. K and a newly restored Tenaya are able to tap a virus into Venjix's main computer and override his ability to delete the Rangers whilst restoring Gem and Gemma. Venjix is physically destroyed with the control tower falling onto and obliterating him.
However, Venjix manages to save himself by transferring his data and consciousness into Scotts Cell Shift Morpher via. his connection to the Morphin Grid which made possible by information pertaining bio-field at the last moments. He subsequently bides his time waiting for the opportunity to return from there on with Dr. K stored away said Morpher along with the rest for the next few years.
Power Rangers Samurai: Clash of the Red Rangers[]
Although Venjix doesn't appear in the crossover film, he still plays a role in the plot. He sends Professor Cog to the main universe to find Master Xandred and make a deal with him to poison the water in Corinth with Sanzu River water. However, the plan fails thanks to the combined efforts of the Samurai Rangers and Scott Truman, the red RPM Ranger.
Power Rangers Beast Morphers[]
Years after his defeat, Venjix remains dormant within Scott's Cell Shift Morpher as it and the rest of RPM Morphers being transported to the main universe by Grid Battle force to be studied and experimented on in a bid to create its very own Ranger team. Said Morpher is later experimented on by Nate Silva with Morph-X and cobra DNA, awakening the rogue A.I who then sneaks into the systems of Grid Battleforce's lab when the boy isn't looking. The process evolves Venjix into his snake-like virus Evox, giving him his distinct cobra theme, though he has to wait several more years to make his move. The abrupt evolution also sees him leaving a portion of his data behind in said Morpher.
Personality[]
Venjix was one of the most ruthless and sadistic villains in the entire Power Rangers franchise and with good reason as such. Upon being shown to be calm, calculating, sophisticated, knowledgeable, cold-hearted, power-mad, treacherous, and manipulative, Venjix does anything in its power to destroy the RPM Power Rangers and rule the entire world. Likewise, it was also egotistical, narcissistic, and arrogant; believing that it would always win and "never" lose due to robots always being repairable whereas humans would naturally die. Unsurprisingly, the Venjix Virus was also tyrannical, pitiless, uncaring, and abusive as a running joke in the series was blasting apart General Crunch for questioning or mocking him.
In spite of this, as it was a computer intelligence, it was dangerously intelligent and deceitful as it was capable of manipulating and deceiving others into doing its' bidding or even turning friends against each other. Its' sadism was especially multiplied by its' complete and utter misanthropy as it hated humans with a passion, so much so that it was gleefully willing to kill all humans on Earth and was even more willing to commit genocide against the entire organic race if that was what it so desired. It had no sense of humor and no comedy added, darkening its' character further. In spite of everything, he retained something of respect for his creator Doctor K as seen when he sometimes presented his actions as a fulfillment of what she ultimately intended for him, which isn't and such respect is in the dust when he took her prisoner and boasts to her that he'll always prevail, even blaming her for how she programmed him when it was entirely by his choice.
Even after evolving into Evox, Venjix didn't get any better as the taste of Morph-X, one of two substances which altered his very being, inspired him to gain access to the Morphin Grid not just to continue what he started, but also to gain an edge over the Power Rangers in general. He is as manipulative as ever, capable of cutting deals and forging alliances with others before disposing them once they either failed or outlived their usefulness (like his recruitment of Vargoyle and Ryjack), pitting his subordinates Blaze and Roxy into a competition to win his favour at the expense of their well-being, and blackmailing Scrozzle to join him. As impatient as he was in achieving his goals, Evox understood the importance of playing the long game by staying in the Cyber Dimension up until he attained a new physical form, strengthening his forces, and begrudgingly posing as Mayor Daniels when seamlessly posing as the latter while possessing him.
Quotes[]
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Dr. K, are you going to let me out?
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~ The Venjix Virus' first known words on a file seen by Colonel Mason Truman.
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Of course. I always like a little target practice.
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~ The Venjix Virus' first on-screen words after General Shifter suggested destroying Dillon and Ziggy's car.
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It's perfect!
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~ Venjix after entering his final body.
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Rangers! You have thwarted me for too long!
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~ Venjix revealing his new body to the Rangers.
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No! No! Nooooooooooo!!!!
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~ Venjix reacting to the command tower coming down to crush him and his final words before his body's destruction.
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I am Evox. (evil laughter) The Morphin Grid will be mine!
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~ Evox's first words when introducing himself to Nate and just prior to creating the Cyber-villain versions of Blaze and Roxy.
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Hello Rangers. Have you come here to stop me? Now that I'm free from my digital prison, your time in this dimension will be brief... and painful!
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~ Evox introducing his new humanoid form to the Rangers before destroying the Beast-X Ultrazord.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Time to finally leave this dimension!
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~ Evox upon growing to fit the size of the Gigadrone transporter.
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Nooooooooo!!!
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~ Evox's final words before his physical form's original destruction prior to possessing Mayor Daniels.
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The Mayor is gone. Best you forget about him. You may have learned my secret, but soon, the Morphin' Grid will be mine!
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~ Evox gloating to the Rangers and Commander Shaw after they discover he's been posing as Mayor Daniels.
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You're powerless against me now. I'm more than Evox. Haven't you figured it out? You. You should know who I truly am. Years ago, you experimented with old Ranger technology, hoping to find a new way to morph. Because I was there. You were just a foolish little boy trying to power old Ranger Morphers with Morph-X and snake DNA. All of your efforts failed... until you tried the Cell Shift Morpher. That DNA became part of my data and I was released into your system. A dead end for you. A new beginning for me. You're starting to put it together. A Cell Shift Morpher. That could mean only one thing. I... WAS... VENJIX!!! I have had many forms, and now, my victory is certain!
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~ Evox revealing his true identity.
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It's been a long time since I've taken out a civilisation! Where to begin? Ha ha ha ha ha!
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~ Venjix after using the Morphin' Grid to achieve his final form.
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No! It can't be! Human DNA! Aaaah! It's corrupting my systems! Curse you, Rangers!
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~ Venjix's last words.
Trivia[]
Venjix was inspired by both Skynet from the Terminator franchise and HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
It is heavily likely that while being in the RPM Universe, Venjix murder children as he killed billions of people. This would make Venjix one of the few Power Ranger villains to have murder children.
As Evox, Venjix was notably weaker. He couldn't take over multiple computers and factories like in his home universe which allowed him to wipe out 90% of civilization within the week. This was attributed to how his data got altered from Cell Shift Morpher he laid dormant in got exposed by Morph-X and cobra DNA, a freak accident which improved him at the cost of leaving a portion of himself in the same Morpher and susceptible to human DNA.
True to this, Evox truly regained his full power after reclaiming said portion and with it, ability to seize control over computer systems like he did with one of Morph-X Tower to build his final form.
That said, his experience with RPM Rangers including his downfall improved his judgement and capacity as master manipulator thus as dangerous as ever to make up his more limited resources. He chose not to enlist villains who either treacherous, redeemed, or unstable into his ranks hence he chose Goldar knowing the latter's loyalty to anyone with power will made him a fine ally. It's also implied that while creating cybervillain versions of Roxy and Blaze, he hardwired them to remain loyal despite their shortcomings and expendable status.
There is some foreshadowing that Evox is the reincarnation of Venjix, or at the very least was an old enemy from a different universe:
He first appeared out of nowhere with his origins kept secret for most of Beast Morphers, but he does travel through computers and corrupt two of the rangers that were supposed to be created just like how Venjix would.
In Evox’s Revenge, he orders Avatar Blaze to return to “your (Blaze’s) Earth dimension”. If he were from the prime Earth, he would’ve said either “my (Earth) dimension” or “the Earth dimension.”
He addressed the robot who would soon become Steel as his new body despite not having possessed one previously while Venjix had at least three throughout RPM.
His voice actor Randall Ewing has the same letters as Venjix’s voice actor Andrew Laing. Furthermore, unlike Andrew, Randall did not show any previous credits Power Rangers or otherwise.
The robot monsters he has created all have an object’s name followed by tron in their names which isn’t as creative as other monsters. The only other type of monsters, robot or otherwise that lacked such creative names are Venjix’s Attack Bots, which had attack bot or simply bot in the name.
Both Evox and Venjix were seemingly crushed by the heroes at the end of their respective seasons, only to reveal in the final scene that they have evaded death and is now infecting something else.
He didn’t bring up Venjix or any of his generals as examples when he was searching for what villain to revive from Ryjack’s reanimator despite having succeeded in taking over an Earth. While this could’ve been because Venjix was too vile and dangerous to bring back, it was actually Venjix not wanting anyone to know that he survived and is assuming the new Evox identity. As for not suggesting one of his former generals, they have either betrayed him (like Shifter and Kilobyte) or incompetent (like General Crunch)
In relation to the above, he had to order Scrozzle and the Cybervillains to think of what other villains to revive and explain the pros and cons of why reviving said villains wouldn’t work in their favor. If Evox was a random virus from the prime universe, he would’ve already found out about it by studying the Morphin Grid.
Evox’s actions have major similarities to Venjix, from having an army mostly consisting of robots to hacking and disrupting computer systems to infecting innocents to serve as his warriors. The fact that he, like Venjix, is obsessed with taking over things and people to use as a host and new body also hints at their similarities.
After Evox revealed himself to be Venjix in the penultimate and final episodes of Power Rangers Beast Morphers, he lost the robotic effect in his voice that he had in Power Rangers RPM.
Despite revealing his true identity, Venjix was still mainly referred to as Evox, most likely because the Beast Morpher Rangers have known him for a long time as such since the reveal happened in the penultimate episode. Also, as he reveals it, he stated that he "was" Venjix, implying he has fully embraced his new name.
Originally, this Venjix was supposed to be the same Venjix from the Forever Red crossover, if Amit Bhaumik's adaptation for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters been picked up.