Kamen Rider Den-O: Difference between revisions

* ''Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy'': '''Three separate''' feature length films released in the span of a month, each one attempting to resolve plot points for a different set of characters, none of them are Den-O himself;

** '''''{{color|red|Episode Red}}''': '''Zero No S'''tar Twinkle'' focuses on Yuto being forced to choose between two jobs equally important to protecting the timeline - preserving his future self's relationship with Airi, and stopping an Imagin from stealing the DenLiner.

** '''''{{color|yellow|Episode Yellow}}''': Treasure '''DE End''' Pirates'' focuses on...[[Kamen Rider Decade|Diend]], who {{spoiler|1=thanks to Imagin possession, has stolen the DenLiner}}, but is pursued by Kamen Rider G Den-O, a new Rider who resembles a [[Metal Heroes|Metal Hero]]. This film gives Diend his own [[Super Mode|Complete Form]] [[Rule of Cool|to make a spectacle of the situation]].

* ''OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Rider'': A [[Reunion Show]], although, differently from ''Climax Deka'' and ''Cho Den-O and Decade'', the other titular stars are main characters too. This time around sees the DenLiner crew, led by New Den-O, teams up with ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'', ''[[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider]] 1'' and ''[[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider 2]]''. All main Riders and also many secondary Riders also appeared for the series' 40th year [[Milestone Celebration]].

* [[The Cameo]]: Kiva's Arms Monsters return the favour in the very next Den-O movie. Mimicing Kiva's lesser importance in the previous crossover movie, they don't make sure that you notice.

* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: ''Den-O'' has been living on well beyond the year-long expectancy of its fellow ''Rider'' series, and doesn't look to be dying anytime soon.

{{quote|''"Well, for all the talk of 'Last' and 'Farewell', it's always common practice to make a sequel, isn't it?"''}}

* [[Combining Mecha]]: While not as [[Humongous Mecha|large]] as a [[Super Sentai|Sentai mecha]], the time trains fulfil the same function.

** Corrolary to the aforementioned Masaki Terasoma connection regarding Kintaros, we should not forget that this guy also voiced [[Kamen Rider Black|SHADOW MOON!]]

** Kohana is [[Code Geass|Empress Tianzi]]. Say it with me now: '''''[[Say My Name|"XIN-KEEEEEE!"]]'''''

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: in ''Episode Red'', the Piggies Imagin and Den-O (as Climax Form) throw insults at each other for [[Sharing a Body]] <ref>the Piggies Imagin with his siblings</ref>. In the end, however, they both agree that the whole concept was gross.

** Also, earlier in that same movie, Urataros corrects Deneb for callimg him "Kametaros", then proceeds to call Deneb "Odebu", only to ignore Deneb's own correction.

* [[Irony]]: the premise of the ''Cho Den-O'' trilogy: the films shine the spotlight on Zeronos, New Den-O and Diend, shoving Den-O ''himself'' in a [[Out of Focus|supporting role]] instead. <ref>Fans did complain about ''Den-O'' becoming a [[Cash Cow Franchise]], after all...</ref>

* [[Jackass Genie]]: Sure, the Imagins will grant your wish... But they'll always choose the interpretation of it that will cause the most harm to you and others. Example : "I want to play soccer again!" "Okay, I'll just put the other players into hospital!" Though this could be justified due to the fact that they're not actual wish-granting genies, and thus try to find any loophole they can to render the contract "complete" and thus allow them to travel to the past.

* [[Leitmotif]]: All the belts make some kind of music during transformation, but the big-band themes in the soundtrack fit this trope closer.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: This trope is the reason Den-O is so popular.

** A couple in ''Chou Den-O Episode Yellow'':

*** G Den-O is partnered with the first artificially-created Imagin - instead of naming it Adam, it's named Eve, who was responsible for the great fall from Eden.

* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]]: in a technical sense, {{spoiler|1=the KingLiner for the DenLiner.}}

* [[Mechanical Monster]]: what the GaohLiner comes across as.

** Teddy displays the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Newtype Flash]] when protecting Kotaro from bad luck.

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: ''Den-O'' skews '''very''' idealistic; out of all the Imagin contractors, all but one or two are good people whose wishes were well-intentioned (or only slightly misguided, but they see the light at the end of the arc). Yuto initially thinks Ryotaro is soft for putting so much effort into helping the victims rather than just fighting the Imagin, but eventually comes around to the DenLiner crew's way of thinking. Even when {{spoiler|Sakurai disappears into the timestream at the climax}}, it's treated as a temporary separation rather than [[Killed Off for Real]].

* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The DenGasher and ZeroGasher both have the ability to change into different weapons with a little bit of parts-shuffling. Naturally, their toy counterparts can do the same.

* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]

* [[Time Travel]]

* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: "Memories ''are'' Time", which is a plot point on several occasions.

* [[V-Formation Team Shot]]: ''SIX'' Den-Os plus Zeronos in ''Final Countdown''.

* [[Victim of the Week]]: Common for [[Kamen Rider]], to the extent that future series like ''[[Kamen Rider Double|Double]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider OOO|OOO]]'' have adopted it. Even the multitude of Den-O movies uphold this tradition, so much that some unexpected examples turn up ({{spoiler|young Ryotaro in ''Ore Tanjou'', young Yuuto in ''Onigashima Battleship'', and even ''G Den-O'' in ''Chou Den-O Episode Yellow''.}})

* [[Villain Team-Up]]: ''Climax Deka'', where Negataros recruits several [[Kamen Rider Kiva|Fangire]] into his evil organization.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: #39: after some usual hijinks for most of the episode, we then get treated to {{spoiler|a past version of Yuto actually being killed by the Snail Imagin, causing the present Yuto to disappear.}}

 

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