Desponda

This article is about a villain in VR Troopers.

Desponda is Despera's sister. She is a powerful warrioress Grimlord once hired, at Despera's request, to destroy the Troopers. He gave her access to his Air Castle, both as transport into reality, as well as a base, in which to destroy the VR Troopers. She succeeded in capturing Kaitlin and JB, aboard the Air Castle, and was able to transform into various forms. JB managed to defeat her with his Laser Lance as well as destroy Grimlord's Air Castle (which was later seen rebuilt, in the following episodes). His finisher caused her to burst into fire balls, instead of falling and exploding, as normally would happen when used. She survived her defeat, though her reality body was destroyed, by JB. After the two Kaitlins and JB escaped the ship, & ruined Despera's evil plan, Grimlord vowed never to use another of his allies' relatives to help him again. After being fired from Grimlord's services, her fate remains unknown.

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Personality[]

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Family[]

Despera - Sister & Ally

Allies[]

Virtual Army - Former Affiliation
- Grimlord - Former Superior

Enemies[]

VR Troopers
- Ryan Steele/VR Ryan
- JB Reese/VR JB - Attempted Killer
- Kaitlin Star/VR Kaitlin

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Etymology[]

Her name is likely derived from the word "despondent", which is a feeling of hopelessness.

Trivia[]

Most of Desponda's scenes, particularly fight scenes, are dubbed Japanese footage.
- This is similar to the dubbed footage of Witch Bandora/Rita Repulsa in Power Rangers, who like Desponda's original basis (Pandora) was portrayed by Machiko Soga
In Jikuu Senshi Spielban, Desponda's Japanese equivalent is the main villain, a queen, and the real ruler of the equivalent Air Castle.
Desponda was shown to have four additional forms, not counting her original, in VR Troopers. One form was a mutant, one form was a robot, one was a mutant/robot hybrid, and one looked like monstrous, shadowy water vapor. The last form was only seen briefly and was seemingly used just to show off and/or intimidate the Troopers.
Initially she seemed to feel she could one-up Grimlord, much like another one of his warriors, Amphibidor, did. However, after surviving her defeat, she becomes much more humble and subservient, likely realizing that beating the VR Troopers is much tougher than she initially imagined.
Her origin is unknown. She could have been created by Despera, or perhaps by General Ivar and/or Colonel Icebot, given her similar abilities to their robots and creatures.
While she survived her defeat, her reality body was destroyed, it's unknown if it was rebuilt like when General Ivar & Colonel Icebot didn't fare too well in battle with the Troopers. Or she could have survived & be able to regenerate after an explosion, like Despera when she was destroyed by Ryan but survived.