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''Kamen Rider'' (formerly romanized as ''Masked Rider'' prior to ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'', wherein Double and all successive riders are now officially romanized by their actual Japanese monikers) is a franchise of [[Toku|tokusatsu]] series created by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] and produced by the Toei Company. A brother show to ''[[Super Sentai]]''. Typically has a smaller main cast than ''Sentai'' (the title of each series refers to a single main Rider instead of ''Super Sentai'''s [[Five-Man Band]]), but not always. Some series feature huge numbers of Riders, with the most extreme example being ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' and its 13 Riders (although ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'' has a lot more if you count all the Riders seen briefly, or even just briefly mentioned).
Often involves insect-themed armour (concept partially ditched for the Heisei Riders, in which only a minority is directly insect themed and mainly maintain just the general helmet design reminiscent of insect eyes). And motorcycles. Rather short on [[Combining Mecha]] (although ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' feature some nice [[Mini
More recently, the first 10 or so riders have been revived in a manga series: ''[[Kamen Rider Spirits]]''. As [[Badass]] as they originally were, they bec
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** Averted with the Riders (actually [[Insistent Terminology|Oni]]) in ''Hibiki'', who don't have henshin calls.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]] - '''RIDER KICK!'''
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]/[[Poor Communication Kills]] - Writer [[Toshiki Inoue]] includes ''extremely'' heavy doses of this, with [[Tragedy|tragic results]], in every single series or movie he writes. Inoue was the head writer of ''[[Kamen Rider Agito]]'', ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'', the second half of ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'', and ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', plus [[The Movie|The Movies]] based on those four shows, ''[[Kamen Rider the First]]'', ''[[Kamen Rider the Next]]'', ''and'' the [[Non
* [[Catch Phrase]] - several characters; by far much more prevalent in the newer series. A fine example is [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Momotaros]]' ''Ore, Sanjo!'' (I, have Arrived!)
** Den-O as a series, while not the first to have catchphrases, was the most well known for them, and started a trend of just about every rider after it having a catchphrase (though not always stated by the rider himself, as is the case with "Kivatte Ikuze"(Let's go Kiva!) wherein Kivat says the phrase instead)
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* [[Gratuitous English]] - most of it from the talking henshin devices.
* [[Henshin Hero]] - You really need explanation?
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] - The first Kamen Rider = [[Sega Saturn|Segata Sanshiro]]
** [[Hiroshi Miyauchi]] (''[[Kamen Rider V 3]]'') is a bona fide toku veteran, with leading roles in ''[[Himitsu Sentai Goranger]]'', ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]'', ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]'', ''[[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger]]'', and a cameo in ''[[Kamen Rider the First]]''.
* [[Hey,
** This might as well as be called "Hey! It's that Gravel Pit!", as it applies to Tokusatsu, Because both Kamen Rider AND it's sibling Super Sentai have, for the past few years, made use of the same gravel pit for every big mass battle they have, to the point where Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger, a parody of Super Sentai intended for the adult Periphery who grew up watching Sentai as kids, made use of it in their first episode.
** There is also a particular rooftop that has seen use in basically every Heisei-era Rider series.
* [[Homage]]
* [[Hot
** Also the theme songs of most Kamen Rider series. The original series, Kuuga, Agito, and Ryuki are just examples.
* [[Humongous Mecha]] - King Dark from ''[[Kamen Rider X]]''.
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* [[Japanese Beetle Brothers]] - Either as heroes or villains, depending on the series. This is most prevalent in [[Kamen Rider Kabuto]] with the main protagonists, Kabuto and Gatack.
* [[Last Villain Stand]]: Many of the Generals/Commandants/Warlords, whatever they were called in their specific organization, would face down their Rider after he'd slaughtered their armies and ruined their plans enough, transform into a monstrous form with incredible power behind it, and fight the Riders one on one.
* [[Long Runner]]: As the trailers for the ''Let's Go Kamen Riders" film point out, 2011 is the franchise's 40th anniversary. Like [[Doctor Who
* [[Love Hurts]] - Boy howdy, ''does it''.
** Literally in ''[[Kamen Rider X]]'', where the titular character originates after being gunned down by his fiance, a spy for GOD...and later lost ''another'' love interest.
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** ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' had both the spider and bat. The spider was technically the first monster to appear, but wasn't the first MOTW and in fact managed to survive for almost half the series. Being vampire-themed, the bat motif was used for Kiva, [[Transformation Trinket|Kivat]], and the [[Big Bad|King Fangire]].
*** ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]'' actually has Kamen Rider Leangle, a spider-themed Rider. We are through the looking glass.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' has gadgets based on a spider, a bat, and a stag beetle. The spider and bat are both [[Shout
*** Movie War Core shows that when Sokichi Narumi first became Kamen Rider Skull, his first opponents were indeed the Bat and Spider Dopants.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'', on the other hand, had a bat monster first, and didn't have a spider monster until much later on. Instead, the first few monsters parallel the Contract Monsters of several Riders from ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ryuki]]'' (bat for Knight, chameleon for Verde, crustacean for Scissors, crow for Odin, and rhino for Gai).
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** ''[[Kamen Rider Agito]]'' has another gag. Being direct sequel to Kuuga, the first two monsters are jaguar and turtle. Just like [[Kamen Rider V 3|the first sequel of Showa series]].
** After running the gamut of belt designs in the Showa era, the Heisei era begins with Kuuga and Agito, whose belts may have been all about the bells and whistles, but in fact maintained design elements from the iconic No. 1 belt - a horizontal oval structure with a spinning circular hub, and two boxy units at the side with some important function built in. In addition to this, the silver straps on Kuuga's belt were a parallel to Hongo Takeshi's original white belt while Agito's red straps similarly mirrored Hayato Ichimonji's belt.
** See [[Asskicking Pose]] above. Rider-1's right-arm-thrust-to-the-upper-left pose is so iconic that it's been reused several times - every other Showa rider, and Kuuga, Ryuki, Blade, Den-O in concept art, even Double to a small degree (just Shotaro). That's not counting the examples under [[Shout
* [[Names to Know In Anime]] - Shotaro Ishinomori - actually, a pretty good name to know ''in general''.
* [[Non
** Subverted in ''Kabuto''. 99% of the movie is set in an [[After the End]] alternate universe, but at the end {{spoiler|Tendou goes back in time and alters history, creating the T.V series timeline. Rather than creating a [[Timey-Wimey Ball]], this time travel actual ''explains'' some of the plot points of the series (i.e. how Tendou got the Rider Belt and Hiyori's obsession with drawing bug-winged people).}}
** ''Movie Wars CORE'' averts this trope and plays it straight ''simultaneously'', being a crossover between [[Kamen Rider Double]] and [[Kamen Rider OOO]]. While it fits neatly into Double's continuity, trying too hard to work it into OOO's chronology will just give you a migraine.
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** Subverted in [[Kamen Rider Double]], where while main rider Shotaro/W rides a Honda, second rider Ryu Terui AKA Accel rides a red Ducati named Diablossa.
* [[Real Time]] - While the episodes aren't filmed in a real time format, dates in the Kamen Rider universe sync up with the broadcast dates. (For example, when Japan is celebrating New Year's, the ''Kamen Rider'' characters are celebrating New Year's too. The same with Christmas, often with ...amusing... results.)
* [[Ripple
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]] - Another part of the Rider package, almost as iconic as the kick, the belt and the bike.
** Unfortunately, the recent series (actually, since BLACK) seems to have dropped the whole scarf thing in favor of just armor. Lampshaded or subverted, depending on your point of view, when the [[Evil Twin]] from ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]'' is only distinguishable by the fact that he's wearing a scarf.
** Completely inverted in ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'', where the Mooks are the ones wearing the scarves.
** Ryotaro Nogami, the protagonist of ''Den-O'', occasionally wears a red scarf(though really a muffler) as part of his street clothes in what is assuredly a [[Shout
** Returned with Kamen Rider W/Double, who has a silver scarf while the Cyclone GaiaMemory is active, but the subsequent series haven't used it as of yet.
*** Along with [[The Rival|the Nazca Dopant]], who sports V3-style double scarves.
*** In fact, the scarf ''is'' a part of W's suit - we just don't always see it because it isn't tied around his (their?) neck(s); instead, it sticks out through an opening at the back of the suit.
* [[SH Figuarts]]
* [[Shout
** The manga ''[[Change 123]]'' features the [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] ''Kamen Raider'' as a recurring background element. The series represented by ''Raider'' seem to draw more from the Old-Gen than the New-Gen, possibly due to [[Small Reference Pools]].
** ''[[Detective Conan]]'' has ''Kamen Yaiba''/''Masked Yaiba'', which is the favorite show of the Detective Boys.
** ''[[Amagami]]''s Sae Nakata is a fan of ''Inago Mask'' ("The Masked Locust"). We also see Ai Nanasaki putting on a belt, [[Kamen Rider Kabuto|then placing a blue grasshopper on it.]] The TV series version of this belt, from the same brand, speaks like a Zecter and has a logo that resembles [[Kamen Rider Faiz|Smart Brain]]'s.
** In King of Fighters, one of Leona's supers makes her impale her opponent on her claws, everyone freezes as sparks fly out of the enemy, and then Leona pulls out her claws and poses while the opponent blows up, all done in a fashion that suspiciously resembles Kamen Rider Black RX's finishing attack (although RX does it with a sword instead of claws). Also notable is that her jumping CD attack is identical to the iconic Rider Kick, right down to the inexplicably glowing foot.
** Several fighting games contain characters who are massive ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' [[Shout
** The RaiOh and ''especially'' DaiRaiOh from [[Super Robot Wars]] are basically [[Kamen Rider]] as [[Super Robot]].
** Mashiro from ''Bleach''. The mask, the scarf, the kicking techniques...
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** In ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'', Tsubomi's grandomother's maiden name was [[Kamen Rider Kuuga|Kaoruko Godai]]. Within a day of this being revealed, [http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/WingKnightZero/1281919185983.png this piece of fanart] hit the internet.
** The Great Saiyaman from [[Dragonball Z]] downright parodies Kamen Riders yet still manages to be awesome
** Miyo Hatoyama of ''[[Cahe Detective Club]]'' is a huge fan of [[Toku]] in general and Kamen Rider in particular, so any scene with her usually contains at least one [[Shout
** The [[Shinryaku Ika Musume]] [[Show Within a Show]], "Nohmen Rider", goes the extra mile with its own [[Expository Theme Tune]].
** [[Eureka Seven]] : New Wave, the video game of the franchise has a move called Rider Kick, usable by the protagonist and the last melee move you can learn in the game.
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