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This article is about a/an series entry (the 14th) in the Power Rangers franchise.

Power Rangers Mystic Force is an American superhero drama serving as an adaptation of the 29th Super Sentai series, Mahou Sentai Magiranger, and is the 14th installment of Power Rangers. The show follows a group of young men and women chosen to defend Briarwood and Root Core from the Morlocks as Power Rangers.

It aired exclusively on Toon Disney's Jetix block throughout the year of 2006.

Production

According to executive producer Bruce Kalish, he started work on Mystic Force immediately after wrapping on SPD but he was more familiar with the production after SPD. The choice to make Mystic Force more fantasy inspired with magic and mythical monsters was reportedly his own decision as, although Magiranger used a lot of the same elements, they introduced the idea of Briarwood and the monster world which is a PR exclusive idea. To help with writing, he made Jackie Marchand story-editor which was a position that she had wanted for years but never obtained and she remained in the position until partway through Power Rangers RPM two years later. Producer Sally Campbell has stated that this is her favourite season because of how creative they were able to be with the more fantastical elements allowed by a magic-based season.

Casting for Mystic Force is notable since it was the first season of Power Rangers to have an entirely Australian or New Zealander cast whereas prior seasons had at least one American. The cast were asked to do American accents although Richard Brancatisano/Xander Bly was allowed to retain his thick Australian accent since "my American accent was very bad." Peta Rutter had mostly worked in theatre up to this point under her own company before being hired as Udonna. Antonia Prebble had previously voiced the Nova Ranger in S.P.D. and played Krista in Dino Thunder and was brought back to play Claire and her mother Niella for Mystic Force since she is reportedly a gifted actress. Firass Dirani was reportedly a very hard and determined worker who took his role as Nick Russell "very seriously and intensely." John Tui, who returned to play Daggeron, reportedly preferred this role over his previous role as Doggie Cruger since "I couldn't properly express my acting [as] I was covered by that dog head and costume."

Mystic Force's sets were designed by two people; Shayne Redford (lead set designer in Ninja Storm) and Dino Thunder's head of set design Miro Harre. The Rangers' base of Root Core was mostly filmed in the car park outside the studio with blue screens for the background and a miniature for Rootcore itself. However, the surrounding scenes of the Rangers entering and exiting Rootcore through its dragon-head entrance as well as the forest scenes were filmed on the island of Puketutu about forty miles from Auckland. The interiors of Rootcore were all sound-stages although plaster was used in lieu of fibreglass because they "always try to go with the old-school manner of making organic shapes." Udonna's crystal ball which she used throughout the season was only a real crystal ball in close-ups as distant shots with it just being set-dressing instead used a hard-shell dome.

Due to the budgetary issues of SPD caused by the CGI final battle, Disney told the crew to use as much Sentai footage as possible and "make bottle episodes." SPD had a final battle so expensive that it cost almost the entire season's budget and Disney didn't want to repeat the same mistakes so butchered the budget and told the crew to use the Sentai footage whenever possible. To compensate for the recycled footage, they decided to make the season much grander in scale which is where the idea of Nick being "the light" came from.

The final two episodes of Mystic Force ("Mystic Fate") introduced the character of the Mystic Mother as played by Machiko Soga and dubbed by Susan Brady. Soga is most well known for playing Witch Bandora in Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger and by extension Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers but the Mystic Mother's counterpart Heavenly Arch Saint Magiel had no relation to Bandora besides having the same actress. In the Power Rangers adaptation, this was changed to have the Mystic Mother be Rita herself as a tribute to Soga who died of pancreatic cancer during the Mystic Force's production with Magiel being her final acting role.

Synopsis

Legend says when the Darkness arises, five brave teen Sorcerers will be called to fight for the planet's survival. With guidance from their wise mentor and the ancient Xenotome, Book of the Unknown, they will embark on magical adventures, befriend mystical dragons, battle dangerous beasts, encounter pure evil, and transform into the Power Rangers Mystic Force.

Characters

Rangers

Mystic Rangers

Mystic Force Rangers

Main article: Mystic Rangers

Designation	Name	Actor
Red Mystic Ranger	Nick Russell	Firass Dirani
Yellow Mystic Ranger	Chip Thorn	Nic Sampson
Blue Mystic Ranger	Madison Rocca	Melanie Vallejo
Pink Mystic Ranger	Vida Rocca	Angie Diaz
Green Mystic Ranger	Xander Bly	Richard Brancatisano
Solaris Knight	Daggeron	John Tui
White Mystic Ranger	Udonna	Peta Rutter
Wolf Warrior	Leanbow	Chris Graham

Ranger-like Heroes

Designation	Name	Actor
Gatekeeper	Niella ▶ Clare	Antonia Prebble

Evil Rangers

Koragg

Designation	Name	Actor
Koragg	Koragg ▶◀ Nick Russell (31)	Chris Graham ▶◀ Firass Dirani

Evil Mystic Rangers

Main article: Evil Mystic Rangers (28)

Allies

Root Core

Main article: Root Core

Phineas (3, 5-7, 10, 13-14, 17-19, 24-25, 27-32)
Jenji (13-18, 20, 22-26, 28-32)
Fire Heart (13-17, 19, 24-26, 28-29, 31-32)

Ancient Mystics

Tribunal of Magic (19-20)
Snow Prince (27, 31-32)
Mystic Mother (31-32)

Others

Leelee Pimvare (2, 4-5, 8-11, 13, 17, 19-20, 22-26, 28-32)
Piggy (17)

Civilians

Main article: Rock Porium

Toby Slambrook (1-2, 4-7, 10-11, 13-15, 17-21, 24-26, 28-32)
Nikki Pimvare (32)

Villains

Morlocks
- Leader
  * Octomus the Master (3-4, 11-12, 21-23)
  * Second Form (29)
  * Final Form (30-32)
- Generals
  * Throne Room
  * Morticon (1-12)
  * Imperious (13-23)
  * Calindor (14)
  * Ancient Mystic Mode (17 & 23)
  * Others
  * Necrolai (1-32)
  * Koragg (1-12, 15-23, 26-29, 31)
  * Ten Terrors
  * Magma (24)
  * Oculous (24-25)
  * Serpentina (24-26) / Snake Form (26)
  * Megahorn (24-27) / Powered-Up Form (27)
  * Hekatoid (24-29)
  * Gekkor (24-30)
  * Matoombo (24-30, 32)
  * Itassis (24-32)
  * Black Lance (24-32)
  * Sculpin (24-32)
- Monsters
  * Minor Morlocks
  * Under Morticon
  * Dark Troll (1 & 6) / Rock Troll (6)
  * Mucor (3)
  * Hydra Worm (3)
  * Clawbster (4)
  * Taxi Cab Monster (7) / Taxi Cab Form (7)
  * Giant Spider (7)
  * Flytrap (8)
  * Boney (10)
  * Skullington (10)
  * Gargoyle of the Gates (12)
  * Under Imperious
  * Normal
  * Jester the Pester (14)
  * Behemoth (15)
  * Gnatu (16)
  * Spydex (16)
  * Screamer (17)
  * Ursus (20)
  * Chimera (22-23)
  * Barbarian Beasts
  * Warmax (18)
  * Shrieker (18)
  * 50 Below (18-20)
  * Fightoe (18-20)
  * Evil Mystic Rangers (28)
  * Evil Red Mystic Ranger
  * Evil Yellow Mystic Ranger
  * Evil Blue Mystic Ranger
  * Evil Pink Mystic Ranger
  * Evil Green Mystic Ranger
- Grunts
  * Hidiacs (1-23, 25, 28)
  * Styxoids (1-23, 25, 28-29)

Arsenal

Main article: Arsenal (Mystic Force)

Morphers

Sidearms

Snow Staff ◆
Magi Staff ◆◆◆◆◆
- Sword Mode ◆
- Crossbow Mode ◆
- Axe Mode ◆
Gatekeeper Staff ◆
Laser Lamp ◆
Mystic Lion Staff ◆◆◆◆◆
Mystic Sword ◆◆
Knight Saber and Wolf Shield ◆/◆

Other Items

Xenotome ◆◆
Mystic Force Fighters ◆◆◆

Power-Ups

Vehicles

Mystic Racers ◆◆◆◆◆
- Mystic Speeder ◆
Magic Carpet ◆

Zords

Main article: Zords (Mystic Force)

Mystic Titan System

Legend:◆ zord form; see Style Guide for rules on icon colors

Titan Megazord ◆◆◆◆◆
- Mystic Phoenix ◆
- Mystic Dragon ◆◆◆◆
  * Mystic Garuda ◆
  * Mystic Mermaid ◆
  * Mystic Sprite ◆
  * Mystic Minotaur ◆

Solar Streak System

Legend:◆ piloted zord; see Style Guide for rules on icon colors

Solar Streak / Solar Streak Megazord ◆

Legend/Manticore System