Villains in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Queen Bansheera

Queen Bansheera (whose name is based on the Banshee of Irish Mythology) is the evil monarch of the demons. She was in parts unknown when Diabolico and his band were freed, but eventually joined her subjects in the Skull Cavern by adopting a form made of pure energy. Her son, Prince Olympius, enacted a ceremony to restore her physical form; due to the Rangers' interference, the ceremony was only able to bring Bansheera back in a rudimentary, cocoon-like form. Later on, she absorbed Vypra's life energy to complete her resurrection and regain her true body.

Once restored, Bansheera set out to conquer the world, proving far more ruthless than Diabolico or Olympius. She forced Diabolico to destroy Loki, left her own son in the Shadow World, and nearly destroyed the Rangers. A vengeful Diabolico revealed her weak spot - her heart - to the Red Lightspeed Ranger, but she continued to menace the Rangers. She eventually turned Diabolico and Olympius into Super Demons, but they were defeated (after destroying several Megazords).

For her final plan, Bansheera intended to open a portal to the Shadow World (disguised as a sarcophagus) in order to free all the demons from the Shadow World. Taking over the Aquabase and the Omega Megazord, she was close to succeeding. However, the Red Lightspeed Ranger kicked her into the portal, forcing Bansheera to grab him in an attempt to take him with her. During the final struggle, Diabolico's spirit intervened as Queen Bansheera told Diabolico that he was just in time to help. Diabolico says that he's here to help....help the Rangers defeat her as severing his queen's tentacles with a energy blast. Howling in defeat, Bansheera was left to fall into the Shadow World where she was beaten up by the hordes of monsters within.

Queen Bansheera is voiced by Diane Salinger.