Believe it or not for a show created mostly from spliced-together Japanese footage, Power Rangers actually has a pretty deep lore! There is a lot about the show's characters that gets glanced over upon first watch, and Goldar is no exception.

We're diving deep into the Power Rangers franchise to bring you 15 Things You Didn't Know About Goldar!

15. He shares a voice actor with Deadpool

Say what you will about inconsistencies within the Power Rangers TV show, but the series has always been great about retaining its acting talent. Rita, Zedd, and Goldar all kept their same actors throughout the show; even when Rita returned as the Mystic Mother in Power Rangers Mystic Force eight years later, the character was played by the same actress. Kerrigan Mahan has played Goldar in every major adaptation of the show since its creation in the early '90s with one lone exception...

In 2007, Saban released the video game Power Rangers: Super Legends for the Playstation 2 and PC. The game featured Lord Zedd returning to his evil self and using the powers of an alternate dimension to travel through history and destroy the Power Rangers. The Omega Ranger, a time-traveling hero from the future, sets off on a quest to assemble a team of the greatest Rangers in history to stop the evil Emperor and his minions.

Super Legends saw voice actor Deadpool, Nathan Drake, and Desmond Miles) standing in for the voice of Goldar. It was... not very good. But then again, neither was the game!

14. His wings are symbolic

The topic of Goldar's wings has been one that Ranger fans have debated for decades. Are they a staple of the character? Or a symbol of when he finally lost his cool factor? Why were they so large yet almost never used?

In the early episodes of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, the brutish villain had a small pair of wings that folded down behind him when he fought. Then, for whatever reason, they vanished. They returned at the beginning of season two with a new design (these wings extended out and were almost the same length as the character's body) and vanished once more at the beginning of Power Rangers Zeo.

The real answer to this enigma is simply that Goldar's Super Sentai counterpart had retractable wings that his Power Rangers footage never addressed. However, the writers tried to spin it by making the wings symbolic.

At the beginning of season two, one of the first things Lord Zedd does after kicking Rita to the curb is restore Goldar's wings. It is implied that Rita had taken them away as punishment for the character's repeated failures against the Rangers. This theory was all but confirmed when he lost his wings again at the beginning of Zeo.

One eagle-eyed fan noticed that as Zedd and Rita flee from the Machine Empire, one of their Tenga Warriors (those creepy bird things from MMPR: The Movie) is carrying Goldar's detached wings after his failure to destroy the Rangers (despite blowing up the Command Center).

13. His birthplace is Titan, one of Saturn's moons

Let's embrace our inner Billy here and get science-y. Titan is the largest of Saturn's many moons and the only one that has been proven to have any sort of liquid on its surface. Though the moon was discovered all the way back in 1665, its dense surface couldn't be explored fully until NASA sent a surface rover to Titan in 2004. For the entire time in between, the moon remained a mystery to the common man. Perhaps this is why (along with many of our solar system's other celestial bodies) the writers of Power Rangers liked to make its villains come from these uncharted territories.

Originally Goldar was said to have come from a distant planet called Dredwing, but the showrunners dropped it in favor of using Titan. It kind of makes sense; the original battle between Rita and Zordon took place ten thousand years ago, while humans were still developing their civilizations. When Rita and her minions were locked away, humans wouldn't have even noticed a giant intergalactic space battle going down in their solar system.

Goldar's armor is even called "Titanian Armor" in honor of his native birthplace.

12. His actor had to change the character's voice because it strained his vocal chords

If you are binge-watching Power Rangers in preparation for the new movie, you'll notice that something changes with Goldar about halfway through the first season. He starts off with a gruff, growling voice that was actually quite terrifying when you hear it as a small child. But then, about halfway through the show's initial season, Goldar's voice inexplicably changes to something more low-pitched and grumbly. They must have changed voice actors, right?

Wrong. Kerrigan Mahan played Goldar throughout the character's entire existence (minus that one game). So why did he change what was such a cool and intimidating voice? Apparently, doing Goldar's more high-pitched voice took its toll on the actor's vocal chords; while experimenting with different voices, he came up with the one that fans are the most familiar with.

However, the original sound bits can still be heard in later episodes, as the showrunners didn't bother to re-dub any recycled footage they used of the character.

11. There were three Goldar costumes used across the original show and movie

To a Power Rangers fan, there isn't much more iconic than Goldar's costume and creature design. He's got the long mane, the wolf-like snout, the menacing red eyes, and fangs that look like they could tear you apart if he wanted to. Then there's his gold-plated Titanian Armor, with a cool sword and a helmet that looks like a mix of Greek and Egyptian headwear. It looks like Goldar's design is finally getting a complete overhaul with the new movie this year, but the character's look stayed the same throughout his entire tenure on the show.

However, Goldar was given new duds on two separate occasions. During the initial season of Power Rangers, the audience could tell that something was off about the costume they used for Goldar. Whenever he talked in scenes that were filmed in America, his mouth could barely move. It's actually quite hilarious to go back and watch him talk while only moving his upper lip, and sometimes not moving his mouth at all.

He received a much-needed upgrade in the show's second season. Goldar now had more realistic skin, as well as longer fangs and wings. But most importantly his entire mouth could move!

Another suit was created for MMPR: The Movie. As you'd expect, this one was of much higher quality than the ones seen in the show, as it allowed the character's face to be more expressive and the actor inside to move more graciously.

10. He was assigned to serve Rita by Lord Zedd

It's hard to forget just how annoying Rita Repulsa was. As she walked around her moon base, plotting new ways to destroy the Power Rangers, her annoying screech would drown out anything her henchmen tried to say. She was a complete narcissist, as well; Rita would often hit her minions with her staff whenever they annoyed her and verbally abuse them when they failed to destroy the Rangers. It's not too hard to believe that Goldar (who considers himself to be the greatest warrior in the universe) didn't exactly see eye-to-eye with his Empress at all times.

But Goldar never really wanted to be with Rita at all. A big part of Goldar's character is his sniveling "mighty mouse" persona; he acts big and tough to impress his current boss but will throw them under the bus the second their rule is challenged. Throughout the first sixty episodes of the TV show, the henchman served Rita loyally. But when Lord Zedd finally returns to punish her for her failure, it is revealed that Goldar had never really wanted to be with the witch anyway. He had served Zedd long ago, before the master of evil had assigned him to Rita's team.

Goldar makes his hatred for Rita known as soon as he feels safe to do so. He tells her to "get over it" when she complains about her usual headache and agrees with Zedd when he exclaims that Rita "...isn't fit to destroy a cockroach!"

9. He's been on Broadway

Maybe we should have mentioned this as one of Goldar's costume changes... Eh, probably not. When a franchise becomes as big of a cash cow as Power Rangers, producers are going to milk it for all it's worth. Like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Power Rangers got their own traveling stage show for all the kiddies to come out and see. And just like the TMNT show, it was awful.

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Live was your typical cash grab shlock. It was a non-canon story that involved aliens crash-landing in whatever city the show was playing in and then trying to learn Lord Zedd's evil ways. Naturally the Power Rangers appeared to save the day, complete with live music, horribly-choreographed fights, and costumes that looked like they came from Dollar Tree.

Surprisingly, this stage show was able to get all of the show's actors involved in its production. Kind of. The entire cast of the TV series recorded their lines and scenes for the stage show, but then different actors played all the characters on stage. This ploy was masked by the fact that every character who wasn't original to MMPR Live was in a full-body costume.

What can we even say about this version of Goldar? He looks like his head is two times too large for his body! At least he didn't have to sing...

8. He got funnier as the show went on

What would Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers be without its humor? As much as it pains our nostalgic minds to say, this is not a show that you can take seriously. They use the phrase "Morphenominal" and drive a flying Volkswagen Beetle for crying out loud!

Even so, most of the enemies that the Rangers went up against weren't played for laughs at all. Goldar was portrayed as a completely terrifying enemy in the pilot episode of the show and stayed that way for a long while. But as the show grew in popularity there was more pressure on the showrunners to make it more kid-friendly. This meant that characters that were normally meant to be feared, like Lord Zedd and Goldar, were reduced to comic relief roles within the show.

Luckily for fans, Goldar was actually became pretty hilarious as the show went on. The moment that sticks out the most is in a later season, when the villain and a bunch of Putties try to ambush Tommy and Kimberly. The Rangers morph, but the couple is still in the middle of a big fight. They stand there, in costume, bickering at each other while beating up Putties and while Goldar eggs them on. The fight between the two escalates as Goldar continues to try to get their attention; frustrated, he finally says "This is ridiculous!" and punches the Pink Ranger in the face.

Is this the same guy that used to scare us when he fought the Megazord?

7. His original character in Super Sentai was very different

Anyone who knows anything about Power Rangers can tell you that much of the footage is recycled from a similar TV show in Japan. In order to cut costs, Saban uses footage from Super Sentai as the basis for its costumes, Zords, and villains. Then they shoot scenes with American actors and splice the footage together to make a brand new show.

Don't be fooled: Power Rangers is not an adaptation of Sentai. The two shows always have radically different plots and storylines (often to the point of being unrecognizable to fans of the other show). For the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Saban used footage from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.

The footage and costume used for Goldar was originally used for a character called Grifforzer, a mighty general in the witch Bandora's (Rita's) army. Grifforzer started off as a mute but was granted the ability to speak when his wife Lamy (Scorpina in Power Rangers) reconnects with Bandora and her henchmen after a centuries-long separation.

Despite making a powerful duo on the battlefield, Grifforzer and Lamy are constantly bickering, as he feels like the battlefield is no place for a woman. At the end of Zyuranger, Grifforzer and his wife are locked back in the magical urn that had held Bandora for thousands of years.

6. He holds a personal vendetta against Jason and Tommy

Goldar was a rare villain in the first few seasons of Power Rangers. Unlike the rest of the villains of the show, he was able to hold his own against the entire team of Rangers without breaking a sweat. Rita, Finster, Squat, and Baboo never once came to blows with the Power Rangers, and Lord Zedd only fought a single Ranger head-on in the entire series. Goldar, on the other hand, got his hands dirty in almost every episode.

Even though he was powerful enough to take on the Trini, Zach, Jason, and Tommy, all to no avail.

Since they were the leaders, Goldar tried to take out Jason and Tommy quite often. Like every couple of episodes. Alas, Tommy and Jason would consistently defeat or outsmart Goldar, leading the so-called greatest warrior in the universe to feel dishonored and foolish for being defeated by a mere human.

Because of this, the baddie holds a personal vendetta against these two. He always has a certain sadistic glee whenever one of the two is being put through the wringer.