When I talked about Carter Grayson, I promised that I would also talk about Diabolico. I thank you for waiting for this special post. He is one of my most favorite villains of all time. Before you get consumed with first impressions, think like him for a bit. Diabolico was once a respected leader. He had a court, subjects, and a grand palace. Then he lost it all. Diabolico was locked away with the other members of his court in a magic tomb. They were released at the beginning of Lightspeed Rescue. Diabolico and his evil court were determined to destroy the city that was now in place of their lost kingdom. Queen Bansheera a super powerful demon sorceress, gained respect in the demon community and had been given power over the demon court. Queen Bansheera was strongly weakened years ago. She appears as a spirit during the first half of the season. Queen Bansheera gave birth to the Demon Prince Impus. She declared one day he would be the demon ruler. With the Rangers fighting strongly to protect Mariner Bay and all its' citizens, Queen Bansheera feared for her kingdom and threatened to power up Impus sooner and have him take over. Diabolico hated Impus so much he even once considered killing him while he was still a baby. Diabolico did not appreciate the queen's constant threats and was made angry by her judgement of his failures.
It was revealed through flashback that Captain Mitchell and Diabolico made a deal years ago. Diabolico saved young Ryan's life and was then allowed to raise him as his own. Ryan was trained by the demons to be a powerful fighter. Ryan and his dad sorted out their differences and he betrayed the demons. Diabolico put his most wicked plan into action. Using the Cobra Curse on Ryan and summoning his three Strongest monsters. Demonite, Falcar, and Thunderon! When this plan failed he went after the Rangers himself and still got beaten. Then his allies; Vypra and Lokai were tricked by Olymipus (Formerly Impus) and wanted revenge. They went to the tomb and brought Diabolico back. Queen Bansheera was not happy. She gave the former demon master strict orders to not interfere with their plans. Olymipus proved to be a poor general who made many mistakes and cared for no one but his mother and himself. Diabolico occasionally assissted in attacks on the Earth and came into contact with The Red Ranger. He came to respect him as a fellow leader. I believe this is why he told Carter the secret to weakening Queen Bansheera. Diabolico witnessed the Queen consume Vypra and then was forced by her to destroy Lokai. This too helped
push him over the edge. Diabolico made it out of that crazy scene by the skin of his teeth thanks to Carter. Olymipus weakened him in battle and brought him back to their queen. She forced him to fight the Rangers again. However Carter's words helped him break free of the spell. Then he was turned into a puppet again and helped to destroy the Rangers' Megazords. In his last appearance, however he helped save them all and destroyed Queen Bansheera for good. He is a demon but he's a demon with heart and pride! Also as cruel as he was he only threatened one city. He really was only fighting to get back what he lost. I think he really had honor all along; it was trapped deep inside. Diabolico remains one of the most complex villains of Power Rangers History. Diabolico is voiced by Neil Kaplan. He helped make Lightspeed Rescue a season full of many epic story twists!
