Respect Diabolico (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)

[u/rangernumberx]

Five thousand years ago, the demons that terrorized the world were sealed away. In the early 2000s, several of them were set free, led by Diabolico. His abilities boosted by the Power Star in his chest, he sought to set the world ready for the return of Queen Bansheera, including the raising of her castle at what is now Mariner Bay. However, a newly formed team of Power Rangers would stand in his way, and as demons were destroyed, schemes were foiled, and backs were stabbed, Diabolico would eventually come to question exactly where his loyalties should lie.

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With Power Star

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Physicals

• Throws a card, embedding it in a monster's back¹⁵
• No-sells shots from the Rescue Blasters¹⁶

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Other Abilities

Combat

• Phases or teleports away for a brief time before reappearing later¹⁶
• When appearing on Earth, creates a storm with red lightning that can destroy buildings¹⁶
• Grows himself to a size comparable with the Supertrain Megazord¹⁶
  • The Supertrain Megazord is notably larger than the Lightspeed Megazord and the monsters of its size⁸

Other

• Creates a card to be turned into a monster⁴
• Manifests a large portal in the sky to communicate with the Lightspeed Rangers⁴
• Despite still being sealed away, somehow appears before a man clinging onto a branch on a cliff as a phantasmal figure before catching his falling son and taking him away¹²

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Giant Form

• No-sells a slash from the Lightspeed Megazord¹⁶
• No-sells a mass of energy and missiles from the Supertrain Megazord¹⁶
• Hit by the Solar Megazord's blasts and blows up a building with a beam¹⁶
• Releases a beam from his chest which pierces through the Lightspeed Megazord¹⁶
• Hits the Lightspeed Megazord with a beam, forcing it back to obliterate one building before falling into another¹⁶
• His attack was absorbed then redirected back at him, destroying him¹⁶

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Other

• Throws a card that causes a monster to grow to a giant size¹⁵
• A demon who touches water will be depowered, and eventually killed¹⁷
  • After falling into water, Olympius teleports himself and Carter to a beach, but is greatly weakened¹⁷

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No Power Star

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Physicals

• Sends the Red Ranger flying through the air³⁸
• Kicks a tyre-less car, causing it to scrape a large distance along the ground before hitting a wall³⁸
• Counters blows from Olympius with his own²⁵
• Kicked away by Olympius³⁸
• Takes a slash from Olympius²⁵
• Clashes with Olympius, resulting in a large explosion, and survives (though he lost the fight)³⁸

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Abilities

• Fires an energy bolt which causes an explosion³⁸
• Clashes with Olympius, resulting in a large explosion³⁸
• Quickly 'teleports' as light²⁴
• Launches his hand forward to grapple with Olympius before rushing forwards and reconnecting it²⁵
• Remotely counters a person casting a spell to seal him and the other demons away, turning the caster into sand³²

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Super Demon Form

A stronger giant form forced upon him by Queen Bansheera.

• Hits away the Lightspeed Megazord with its sword³⁸
• Punched by the Solar Megazord³⁸
• No-sells bolts from a Ranger's blasters before sweeping him away with his sword³⁸
• No-sells the Solar Megazord's blasters³⁸
• Hit by the Supertrain Megazord's turbine attack³⁸
• Breathes fire³⁸
• Releases a breath attack with Olympius' Super Demon form, badly harming three Megazords³⁸

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Other

• Has a cannon which hits a monster, giving it a fatal injury while blasting the Power Rangers away³⁷

[u/kalebsantos]

I wonder if this guy is good or evil his name is so subtle I can’t tell

[u/MattanzaMafiaFedora]

In order to contextualise some of Diabolico's feats, maybe try adding a reference as to how strong or durable some of his opponents he's faced are?

For instance, what can Carter/The Red Ranger do to other opponents and tank in the same state he was in when sent flying?

Also, you need to be a bit clearer on separating displays of strength from durability in his "Without Star Power" category.

[u/rangernumberx → u/MattanzaMafiaFedora]

Power Ranger physicals tend to be very all over the place. However, all of Carter's feats are listed here, and I have made threads for most characters of note from Lightspeed Rescue.

For his 'without star power' physicals, I felt like there weren't enough of them to properly justify giving them seperate sections, as it's still very easy to digest six bullet points.

[u/MattanzaMafiaFedora → u/rangernumberx]

Maybe, but at the same time, doesn't the Morphin Grid more or less guarantee an even dosage of power to each Ranger? Theoretically, guaranteeing they'd be capable of equal feats?

[u/rangernumberx → u/MattanzaMafiaFedora]

That is up for the individual to decide, I just show what individual characters are capable of in the show itself, without personal interpretation or theorizing. That said, I don't recall the Morphin Grid ever being brought up in the show, and it fully seems that this show's morphers were created fully by Lightspeed Rescue, which may impact how equal their powers are even if they still hypothetically tap into the Morphin Grid accidentally or otherwise.