Kamen Rider Den-O: Difference between revisions

The plot thickens when Ryotaro discovers that Yuuto Sakurai, his sister's missing fiance, is hiding in the past for reasons unknown, and somehow linked to the Imagin attacks. Just as Ryotaro goes to confront him, he is stopped by none other than [[Which Me|a younger version]] of Yuuto Sakurai. This version of Yuuto is brash and cocky, bringing with him his ''own'' Time Train called ZeroLiner and the ability to transform into [[The Rival|Kamen Rider Zeronos]].

 

 

* ''Ore, Tanjo! (I'm Born!)'': A rare aversion to the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' tradition of one [[Non Serial Movie]] per series, this film caps off the show's second act and revolves around the time-traveling bandit Gaoh and his theft of the DenLiner, which he wants in order to find the forbidden "God's Line" and the powerful Time Train resting at the end. The series spends a couple of episodes teasing at the movie just before its release, then dedicated the next episode after the film's opening to dealing with the aftermath.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: A more benevolent version, and the only way the Taros can interact with the physical world. Played for humor in ''Climax Deka'', where Momotaros is accidentally shunted into [[Kamen Rider Kiva|Wataru Kurenai]]'s body; In the fourth movie, the Taros possess the [[Kamen Rider Kiva|Arms Monsters]] as well as [[Kamen Rider Decade|DiEnd]]-summoned copies of [[Kamen Rider Agito|G3]], [[Kamen Rider Kabuto|Caucasus]], and [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ohja]]. [[Kamen Rider Decade|Tsukasa/Decade]] himself gets possessed by all four Taros Imagin and Sieg, while Yusuke/Kuuga is possessed by Momo and Natsumi gets possessed by the other three main Imagins at different points.

* {{spoiler|[[Everyone Is Related]]: By the end of the series we learn that most of the primary human cast is related - Yuto is Airi's future husband, and Hana is their daughter, making her Ryotaro's niece. And of course, we have Kotaro in the later movies.}}

* [[Four Is Death]]

* [[Gratuitous English]]: Among others: "Full Charge!", "Charge And Up!"

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|The Taros, Sieg and Deneb have no problem protecting the timeline from their kin, even if it means that if the Imagin race are successfully defeated, it would mean the end of their ''own'' existence as well. Prior to the final battle, Kai himself calls them out on this, asking them if it's okay for them to disappear for the sake of the humans. The one who had the problem for this setup was instead Ryotaro, leading him to go [[Achilles in His Tent]], and even have a brief falling out with his partners.}}

** Most obviously, Yuto is played by Yuichi Nakamura, who was [[The Scrappy]] Kyosuke Kiriya in ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]''.

*** Todoroki appears as a ninja squad leader in the first movie.

** Yumi Saito, one of the Imagin contractors in episode 7-8, is played by Hitomi Kurihara who is also the [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] in ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'', also the Smart Lady from ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]''.

** Saizo from the first movie is Shuichi Tadokoro from ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]''.

** For bonus coincidence points, note that Momo's voice, [[Toshihiko Seki]], also did the Japanese dubbing for ([[David Tennant|the tenth incarnation]] of) [[Doctor Who (TV)|a certain Time Lord...]]

** Sieg is voiced by [[Shinichiro Miki]].

** 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.

* [[Time Police]]: what the DenLiner crew see themselves as. Later, in ''Episode Yellow'', an officer from an ''actual'' time police appears, G Den-O.

* [[Time Travel]]

* [[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 Protagonist]]: All of the Taros's (minus Kin) start out as this.

* [[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.}}

* [[Wham Line]]: what sets off the [[Darker and Edgier]] tone of the final leg of the series:

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Kintaros'''}}: ''Your wish has been granted.''}}

* [[Widget Series]]: The crowning example within the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise.