Kamen Rider Decade: Difference between revisions

The story is as follows: each ''Kamen Rider'' series thus far has existed in its own [[Alternate Universe|parallel world]]. Unfortunately, these ten worlds have begun to be forcefully merged into one, which will lead to [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum|their destruction]].

 

 

Accompanying him on this journey is Natsumi Hikari, a girl whose family runs the photography studio that Tsukasa stays at, and who has been having [[Dreaming of Things to Come|a recurring nightmare]] where she witnesses the Rider War: a vast conflict that sees every Kamen Rider fall to Decade. There's also Yusuke Onodera, the [[Alternate Universe]] [[Kamen Rider Kuuga]] who befriends Tsukasa and decides to join him on his journey across the worlds.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Happens to poor Yuusuke a grand total of three times, in Diend's World, ''All Riders vs Dai-Shocker'', and in the final episode, which carries over into ''The Last Story''. Though in the Diend World it's more like "Brainwashed And ''Mellow''".}}

* [[Brick Joke]]: when Daiki first appears in ''All Riders,'' he reveals to have stolen [[Kamen Rider Amazon|Amazon's]] Gigi bracelet ''again''. The end of the movie shows him giving it back.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: While the new Amazon is played by an actual South American (Enrique Sakamoto, who is Peruvian), he's still half-Japanese.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Yusuke gets hit with this hard in Den-O's World. [[Ass Shove|Literally.]]

** At the end of the third episode in the series, when Yuuske is riding off, you get a view of a small, white bat-like thing similar to Kivat from [[Kamen Rider Kiva]]. Kivala soon becomes a recurring character traveling with Tsukasa and the others. Finally, in the last Decade movie...{{spoiler|she becomes Natsumi's transformation trinket.}}

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Every universe grants Tsukasa a new identity (see [[Undead Tax Exemption]] below), and the identity comes with the relevant skills for the job. These skills are ''always'' important in resolving the plot of that world in some way.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Tsukasa, who often uses the excuse that he is "not of this world".

** Hikari Eijirou doesn't have that excuse, though. He can appreciate Tsukasa's messed-up photos - [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|and after a while, other people agree.]] Also note his interactions with Kivaara.

* [[Expy]]: In a rather odd example, Yuki, the Fangire Queen from the A.R. Kiva world, is an Expy of Mio Suzuki from the original Kiva - and is played by the same actress, Yuria Haga. She doesn't act like Mio, however, {{spoiler|and was swiftly dispatched by Decade and Diend.}}

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Sou/TheBee in the new ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto|Kabuto]]'' world.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Decade makes a HARD turn in the final episode. He quickly fulfills his role as the destroyer of the worlds, as seen in the opening scenes of the second movie.

* [[Fake Shemp]]: Faiz in ''The Last Story''; it's intended to be Takumi Ogami (the AR version), but we never see him out of costume or hear him speak.

** Though in Episode 19, Ax Form gets an actual attack; it just proves ineffective because of the strength of the enemy it was used against.

** The costume design book ''Detail of Heroes 04: Kamen Ride'' shows that they did in fact make Form Ride cards for Den-O (including Wing Form), as well as another attack for Ax Form, but they [[Demoted to Extra|were never used]].

* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: If one sees Tsukasa as the villain of the piece (being the "destroyer of worlds" and whatnot), this could be how to describe his destroying the Perfecter as he throws it to Apollo Geist.

* [[Kid Hero]]: The AR World versions of Kiva, Den-O, {{spoiler|and eventually Hibiki.}} Considering ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' is and always has been a kids' show, this should come as no surprise.

* [[Mondegreen]]: Lampshaded in Blade's episodes: Tsukasa goes by "Chief" in Blade's world, but Kazuma keeps calling him "Cheese", much to Tsukasa's chagrin.

** This is actually a [[Mythology Gag]] due to the immense [[Mondegreen]] involved with the line delivering in ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]''. The Japanese fandom even invented a language to cover it called [http://tinyurl.com/ondul Ondulish].

* [[Moral Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|The original Kamen Riders apparently thought that the best way to protect the multiverse is by sending Tsukasa to kill the Riders from the A.R. Worlds, and chew Tsukasa out because he helped the A.R. Riders instead, which just made things worse. What makes it pass from [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremism]] into this trope is the fact that a Kamen Rider would '''never''' consider this an acceptable course of action and would [[Take a Third Option]].}}

** ''The Last Story'' reveals that {{spoiler|destroying all the Showa and Heisei riders was actually the correct course of action. After doing so (and being destroyed himself) everything went back to normal...if you don't count the fact that Super Shocker still needed to be stopped. Based on that, it's possible that the Riders deliberately attacked Decade in order to provoke him into destroying all the Riders in order to save them. However, this doesn't change the fact that they were willing to let Decade be destroyed in a "needs of the many" fashion.}}

* [[Not Brainwashed]]: {{spoiler|Diend's brother Junichi Kaito appears to have been brainwashed by Fourteen's men (Diend finds out about this while still working for Fourteen; he had believed that prisoners were simply rehabilitated); however, after Fourteen is destroyed and everyone is un-brainwashed, Junichi reveals that he had not only been working for Fourteen voluntarily, but he was doing so even before his supposed brainwashing.}}

* [[Oh Crap]]: In the final episode, everything seems to have turned out relatively well, all things considered. Super Apollo Geist is dead, the crisis is averted...then Natsumi has a flashback to that [[Chekhov's Gun|dream]] she's been having.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Haruka Miwa in Diend's World is based on a character whose name was Natsumi Miwa, but was changed to Haruka most likely to avoid confusion with another Natsumi. It's worth noting here that [[Theme Naming|Haruka and Natsumi contain the Japanese words for 'spring' and 'summer' respectively.]]

* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Daiki feels this way about Tsukasa.

* [[Punny Name]]: Decade is pronounced like the word "decayed" which echoes his reputation as a destroyer, and Diend is a pun on "The End", {{spoiler|which plays into the series's cliffhanger ending, where he supposedly kills Decade, and is "The End" to Decade's journey}}

** As sort of a punny pet name, there's "Natsumi-kan" (summer mandarins). Kaitou calls her "Natsumelon", which both Tsukasa and Natsumi herself "correct" (though Natsumi has a "wait a minute" moment afterwards).

* [[Putting on the Reich]]: [[Kamen Rider Amazon]]'s world, under the control of Great Shocker by the time Tsukasa arrives, is complete with Great Shocker Youth, with all the agitprop and brainwashing required. Their grunts even wear Nazi uniforms and the civilians salute Hitler-style. Now, where is Starfish Hitler from ''[[Kamen Rider X]]'' anyway?

** Well it is a reference to the original Shocker organization where its members' origins is related to the Nazis.

** [[Visual Pun|A pink gi in]] [[Street Fighter|Hibiki]] [[Visual Pun|world?]]

*** Not pink, Magenta.

* [[The Resolution Will Not Be Televised]]: A rare ''intentional'' case of this.

* [[Reunion Show]]: Though most of the characters are [[The Other Darrin|recast]] or [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|replaced]], a good number of actors returned to reprise their roles, even if they're also AU counterparts. This includes most of the central casts of ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki|Hibiki]]'', as well as [[Kamen Rider Kiva|Wataru Kurenai/Kiva and Otoya Kurenai/Dark Kiva]], the Riders from ''[[Kamen Rider Blade|Missing Ace]]'', Kotaro Minami (as both [[Kamen Rider Black|Black]] '''and''' [[Kamen Rider Black RX|Black RX]]), [[Kamen Rider Blade|Kazuma Kenzaki/Blade]], and (in the movie only) [[Kamen Rider Agito|Shoichi Tsugami/Agito]]. The Riders summoned by Narutaki or Kivara (including [[Kamen Rider Kabuto|the Hoppers]], [[Kamen Rider Faiz|Kaixa]], and [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ohja]]) are also voiced by their original actors and are implied to be the real thing. Diend's summons are an odd case, as some have their original actors providing the voice, but seem to just be copies (as evidenced by the fact that a summoned Den-O/Momotaros has no qualms about fighting Tsukasa after the events of both the Den-O arc and the ''Chou Den-O and Decade'' movie, where they were allies).

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Diend.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: in ''All Riders'', when Double appears to save Kuuga and Decade, which side of Double is Shadow Moon facing? '''BLACK'''.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Junichi Kaito/Kamen Rider Glaive uses this facade until Fourteen is eliminated.}}

* [[Story-Breaker Team-Up]]: The ''Shinkenger'' crossover, of sorts. Since nearly all Riders don't battle giant monsters on a weekly basis: bye bye, ''[[Super Sentai]]'' [[Humongous Mecha|humongous mechas]] and [[Make My Monster Grow]].

*** {{spoiler|Shadow Moon, easily the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Kamen Rider Black]]''}}, gets this both straight and inverted in ''All Riders Vs. Dai-Shocker''. {{spoiler|No one's questioning his power, but he was beating Decade and Rising Ultimate Kuuga, two Riders each with the potential to ''destroy the planet'', at the same time without breaking a sweat. And then he was inexplicably whomped by ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' (who seems to be "suffering" from a major case of Advertising Power-Up) before receiving an epic Rider Kick from all other 26 Riders.}}

*** {{spoiler|Which was immediately followed by the rise of the giant King Dark, who effortlessly defeats the puny Riders by making a shitload of explosions and beats down ''[[Kamen Rider J]]'' in two punches. Then Diend decided to [[Make My Monster Grow|Make His Decade Grow]] and behold, King Dark becomes a nuke by eating two punches and a Rider Kick.}}

*** Kuuga, in his basic Mighty form, easily beat up Hiruchamaleon, Gel-Shocker's chief commander, who originally was only defeated in a close battle with Rider 1 and 2.

** And we are not even getting on the issue of other Riders. Really, ''any'' past [[Monster of the Week]] should require more than a few punches, each having kept its Rider(s) busy for a good portion of one episode.

 

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