Season 15, Operation Overdrive, was a bit of a rough season for me, and I would like to get in to more detail about that later. But for today I would like to talk about Moltor because I think he was a really fantastic villain! Moltor and Flurious were both after the Gems of the Corona Aurora. The Sentinel Knight, guardian of the gems cursed them because of their greed and trapped them on different elemental worlds. Flurious became a warrior of Ice while his brother became a warrior of heat and fire. Flurious was part of several Story Arcs and he was the big bad in the finale, so Moltor sometimes gets over-looked, but personally I'm a big Moltor fan! Moltor didn't create a lot of monsters, he actually liked to do a lot of things himself. He was very meticulous and his plans were often quite surprising. He created an evil Weather Machine, he manipulated Tyzon into working for him, and he orchestrated Mack falling victim to the Piedra Aztec Del Compass. Moltor's warriors are known as Lava Lizards because of their reptile like nature. He also controlled flying cybernetic creatures called Lavadactos. He also used a big robot in one episode.
Moltor and Flurious argued and fought each other quite often and did not like working together. They even argued about their childhood and made several references to a Little Red Sled. Norg mistranslated their fighting as affection for each other. Flurious was silently manipulating his brother for most of the season. He watched over him like a mother hen and taunted him often. However I admire how Moltor remained persistent and stayed determined despite his brother's pressure. Moltor is a very skilled fighter and battles strongly. He clashed with Mack several times. He also claimed in the opening story to have an informant within the Mansion. I wish this plotine had been explored more. He probably just had a Lava Lizard lurking inside the mansion but this seriously this feels like a big missed opportunity to me. It would have been really wild to find out one of the Rangers was actually working with Moltor. Moltor's deadly plans as well thought-out as they seemed ultimately failed, forcing him to go to his brother for help. His brother accepts the offering of the stolen crown but kills him before they can make a plan together because he is unwilling to share the power. Moltor was voiced by Mark Ferugson. His brother may be more generally popular but I will always be a Moltor fan. He's one of my favorite villains from the Disney Era!
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