History Franchise / KamenRider

* HenshinHero - You really need explanation?

* ThereCanBeOnlyOne - The central concept of ''Ryuki''. Also featured in ''Kuuga'' and ''Blade'', interestingly between the bad guys. ''Kabuto'' forced this point somewhat with its BFS, and ''Faiz'' came up with a new definition for it. ''Agito''... erm, suggested it would happen. ''Decade'' does this with [[AllTheMyriadWays entire worlds]].

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: ''Decade'' was a series devoted to this, but the ''All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'' and ''Let's Go Kamen Riders'' films reunite all of the Riders. The latter featured other Ishinomori creations, including Inazuman, Kikaider (both of them) and Zubat.

* NumericalThemeNaming: The Kamen Riders after Kiva all took on number-related names. Decade ('''1'''0), Double (2), OOO (3) and Fourze ('''40'''; "'''four'''-'''ze'''ro). Wizard continues the theme, just not in his name (unless you spell it V-zard).

* NumericalThemeNaming: The Kamen Riders after Kiva all took on number-related names. Decade ('''1'''0), Double (2), OOO (3) and Fourze ('''4'''0). Wizard continues the theme, just not in his name (unless you spell it V-zard).

Every series created [[OutlivedItsCreator after Ishinomori's death]] is referred to as the '''Heisei Era'''[[hottip:*:Named for the current era of Japan]]:

''Kamen Rider'' (formerly romanized as ''Masked Rider'' prior to ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'', wherein Double and all successive riders are now officially romanized by their actual Japanese monikers) is a franchise of {{toku}}satsu series created by ShotaroIshinomori and produced by the Toei Company. A brother show to ''SuperSentai''. Typically has a smaller main cast than ''Sentai'' (the title of each series refers to a single main Rider instead of ''Super Sentai''[='=]s FiveManBand), but not always. Some series feature huge numbers of Riders, with the most extreme example being ''KamenRiderRyuki'' and its 13 Riders (although ''KamenRiderHibiki'' has a lot more if you count all the Riders seen briefly, or even just briefly mentioned).

** 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.

* TheMovie - double-featured with the current year's ''SuperSentai'' movie in a "summer roadshow".

''Kamen Rider'' (formerly romanized as ''Masked Rider'' prior to ''KamenRiderDouble'', wherein Double and all successive riders are now officially romanized by their actual Japanese monikers) is a franchise of {{toku}}satsu series created by ShotaroIshinomori and produced by the Toei Company. A brother show to ''SuperSentai''. Typically has a smaller main cast than ''Sentai'' (the title of each series refers to a single main Rider instead of ''Super Sentai''[='=]s FiveManBand), but not always. Some series feature huge numbers of Riders, with the most extreme example being ''KamenRiderRyuki'' and its 13 Riders (although ''KamenRiderHibiki'' has a lot more if you count all the Riders seen briefly, or even just briefly mentioned).

* ''KamenRiderDouble (W)'' (2009-2010)

* CanNotSpitItOut[=/=]PoorCommunicationKills - Writer ToshikiInoue includes ''extremely'' heavy doses of this, with [[{{Tragedy}} tragic results]], in every single series or movie he writes. Inoue was the head writer of ''KamenRiderAgito'', ''KamenRiderFaiz'', the second half of ''KamenRiderHibiki'', and ''KamenRiderKiva'', plus {{The Movie}}s based on those four shows, ''KamenRiderTheFirst'', ''KamenRiderTheNext'', ''and'' the {{Non Serial Movie}}s for ''KamenRiderRyuki'' and ''KamenRiderBlade'', in addition to fill-in episodes on every Heisei Rider series he wasn't head writer of, [[Series/KamenRiderDenO with]] [[KamenRiderDouble three]] [[KamenRiderOOO exceptions]]. You can guarantee that if a Rider series or movie involves tragedy resulting from the main characters not wanting to simply sit down and explain the situation to each other, it was written by Toshiki Inoue. Or Shouji Yonemura, who has made a career of copying and [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderizing]] Inoue's style. Of course, if characters ''do'' confront each other over something, either a Rider vs. Rider battle will ensue, or one character will punch the other in the face and leave the room. Neither will resolve anything.

** In the current "Neo-Heisei" era, Foundation X, which first appeared in ''KamenRiderDouble'', has gone on to hijack ''[[KamenRiderOOO OOO]]'' and ''[[Series/KamenRiderFourze Fourze]]''. It has yet to establish a presence in ''KamenRiderWizard'' however.

** Averted with KamenRiderDouble, however. The whole city knows about Dopants (but not who's responsible for them) and Shotaro's willing to transform in front of people, though never in a large group.

** ''KamenRiderDouble'' has gadgets based on a spider, a bat, and a stag beetle. The spider and bat are both {{Shout Out}}s to the MOTW, whereas quite a few Riders have been beetle-themed.

** ''Movie Wars CORE'' averts this trope and plays it straight ''simultaneously'', being a crossover between KamenRiderDouble and KamenRiderOOO. While it fits neatly into Double's continuity, trying too hard to work it into OOO's chronology will just give you a migraine.

** Subverted in [[KamenRiderDouble Double]]. In the beginning the titular Rider/Riders just called "Double", but the public eventually started referring to the [[MaskPower mask-wearing]], [[BadassBiker motorcycle riding]] hero as a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Kamen Rider"]] and since then all the Riders in the show introduced themselves as Kamen Rider so-and-so.

** Subverted in KamenRiderDouble, where while main rider Shotaro/W rides a Honda, second rider Ryu Terui AKA Accel rides a red Ducati named Diablossa.

** There's actually a number of battle themes in the recent series, as well. KamenRiderDouble has three of them, for example.

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 CombiningMecha (although ''KamenRiderFaiz'' and ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' feature some nice MiniMecha, and ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' had artillery-loaded, flying train cars).

* ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' (2007-2008)

* CanNotSpitItOut[=/=]PoorCommunicationKills - Writer ToshikiInoue includes ''extremely'' heavy doses of this, with [[{{Tragedy}} tragic results]], in every single series or movie he writes. Inoue was the head writer of ''KamenRiderAgito'', ''KamenRiderFaiz'', the second half of ''KamenRiderHibiki'', and ''KamenRiderKiva'', plus {{The Movie}}s based on those four shows, ''KamenRiderTheFirst'', ''KamenRiderTheNext'', ''and'' the {{Non Serial Movie}}s for ''KamenRiderRyuki'' and ''KamenRiderBlade'', in addition to fill-in episodes on every Heisei Rider series he wasn't head writer of, [[{{KamenRiderDen-O}} with]] [[KamenRiderDouble three]] [[KamenRiderOOO exceptions]]. You can guarantee that if a Rider series or movie involves tragedy resulting from the main characters not wanting to simply sit down and explain the situation to each other, it was written by Toshiki Inoue. Or Shouji Yonemura, who has made a career of copying and [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderizing]] Inoue's style. Of course, if characters ''do'' confront each other over something, either a Rider vs. Rider battle will ensue, or one character will punch the other in the face and leave the room. Neither will resolve anything.
* CatchPhrase - several characters; by far much more prevalent in the newer series. A fine example is [[{{KamenRiderDen-O}} Momotaros]]' ''Ore, Sanjo!'' (I, have Arrived!)

*** The [=DenLiner=] in ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' can assume this role too.

** ''{{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 ''[[KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'' (bat for Knight, chameleon for Verde, crustacean for Scissors, crow for Odin, and rhino for Gai).

** ''CrayonShinChan'' has a character called "Action Kamen" (called "Action Bastard" in the dub) who is basically a Kamen Rider clone. Humorously enough, it comes full circle with a 60-minute special that featured a crossover between {{Kamen Rider Den-O}} and ShinChan.

* SuperDrowningSkills - Falling into a large body of water is almost always a KO, whether you're a monster or a Rider. The exceptions to the rule are [[KamenRiderKabuto Drake]], [[{{KamenRiderDen-O}} Den-O Rod Form]], and [[KamenRiderOOO OOO ShaUTa Combo]] - and Kamen Rider X, who's built for underwater combat.

*** ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' had about 6 by the series end, and a few more for the movies

* DivingKick: the Rider Kick, easily the TropeCodifier (If not the outright TropeMaker) in all of Japansesw Media, and any other that shouts out to it (Like in the ShoutOut section below) usually is a reference to the Rider Kick.

** Though the series itself has other examples and can vary sometimes. Ryuki while not as brutal as Shin really tears into the concept of Mons and what is a Kamen Rider, and Kuuga itself is a DeconstructorFleet by being a more realistic take on the genre.

* DivingKick: the Rider Kick, easily the TropeCodifier (If not the outright TropeMaker) in all of Japansesw Media, and any other that shouts out to it (Like in the ShoutOut section below) usually is a reference to the Rider Kick.

** 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 EvilTwin from ''KamenRiderBlade'' is only distinguishable by the fact that he's wearing a scarf.

* BareFistedMonk - Most of the Showa Era Kamen Riders with the exception of X, RX, and Riderman didn't use any weapons. Instead, they relied on good old martial arts and some devices embedded in their body.

** For a more literal version, some of the Riders don't use their bikes that much and others (like Amazon and Shin) don't even wear masks at all, they physically transform into their Rider alter-egos.

* BareFistedMonk - Most of the Showa Era Kamen Riders didn't use any weapons. Instead, they relied on good old martial arts.

* BlessedWithSuck - more prominent in Old Generation Riders; Gills is a prominent New Gen example. Some New Gen Riders get retconned to invoke this for Decade. Then there's [[BodyHorror Shin...]]
* BodyHorror - Implied in any season where the Rider is created on the BigBad's operating table. [[NightmareFuel Played completely]] [[UpToEleven straight]] with Shin Kamen Rider, in ways that Amazon and Gills can only hope to accomplish. His face broke open!

** FragileSpeedster - Speed oriented form.

** MightyGlacier - Strength oriented form.
** StoneWall - Defense oriented form.

NamcoBandai has a video game series called ''VideoGame/KamenRiderClimaxHeroes'', which is basically a fighting game featuring all of the Heisei-era protagonists. It started with a PS2 game to tie into the ''Decade'' movie and has followed with {{Updated Rerelease}}s on the {{Wii}} each following year; these updates mainly consist of adding that year's new Rider and some others to the roster. In the West, the ''Climax Heroes'' engine was RemadeForTheExport as a ''Dragon Knight'' game.

** 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)

* {{Mons}} - Noticeably embraced by the Heisei Riders from ''Ryuki'' onwards (though Gouram in ''Kuuga'' can also count). Ranging from Deconstructions (Ryuki, Kiva), played straight (Blade, Hibiki, mechanical ones in Faiz) and parodied (Den-O)

* MultiformBalance - First started with Black RX. Since then, it has become a tradition for Heisei-era Kamen Riders.

* SHFiguarts

* NumericalThemeNaming: The Kamen Riders after Kiva all took on number-related names. Decade ('''1'''0), Double (2), OOO (3) and Fourze (4).

*** If all goes well, an adaptation of Faiz made by the Wang Bros. (who made [[KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]), complete with a Japanese re-dub, will be the number 5 in this series of numeral themes, possibly [[BookEnds book-ending]] it.

* TimeTravel - ''Den-O''(one of the series' main themes), ''Kabuto'' and ''Kiva'' to an extent. Riders 1 and 2, V3, Black, and Agito also meet up in the game Seigi no Keifu, sorta.

* AnyoneCanDie - Not every season features this, but on occasion, you will get people dropping like flies within the last ten episodes.

* JapaneseBeetleBrothers - Either as heroes or villains, depending on the series. This is most prevalent in KamenRiderBlade KamenRiderKabuto with the main protagonists, Blade and Garren, and Kabuto and Gatack respectively.

* JapaneseBeetleBrothers - Either as heroes or villains, depending on the series. This is most prevalent in KamenRiderKabuto with the main protagonists, Kabuto and Gatack.

* ''[[KamenRiderSkyrider New Kamen Rider]]''[[/index]] (1979-1980; AKA ''Sky Rider''; originally called simply ''Kamen Rider'', it was intended as a ContinuityReboot, but the idea was abandoned)

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* AssKickingPose - Earlier series usually depend on a series of this in order to Henshin.
** There are some exceptions, though: [[KamenRiderHibiki Hibiki]] and [[KamenRiderRyuki Ryuga]] do not pose when they Henshin, for example.
** [[KamenRiderBlack BLACK]] (later [[KamenRiderBlackRX BLACK RX]]) is pretty extreme with this. Not just henshin, they use them [[PunctuatedForEmphasis AS! EMPHASIS!]]

** Only modified with Amazon, whose henshin cry is his own name: "A-MA-ZOOON!"
** Averted with the Riders (actually [[InsistentTerminology Oni]]) in ''Hibiki'', who don't have henshin calls.

* GratuitousEnglish - most of it from the talking henshin devices.

** In their defense, they make the henshin devices too awesome to resist.

** Two of the ''LuckyStar'' live-action [=EDs=] involve Minoru Shiraishi playing with a Den-O belt ("Shi-kaaaaaaideeeeerr!!") and mimicking Rider-1's henshin pose on a hillock (the sped-up ''Motteke! Serafuku'').

** LightNovel [[NyarkoSan Haiyore! Nyarko-san]]. Turn out that [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]] is Kamen Rider's big fan. To the point that she made henshin pose on the cover for most volumes.

** MiraiNikki has one in Episode 4 about one of the Diary users hilariously attempting to do a henshin in front of the Ninth user. He even has a [[TransformationTrinket henshin belt]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeoXYn4G1hY Watch this]]

** It's gotten so bad that someone spawned [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdcUGlfUHyA this]] ''[[EarWorm insanely catchy]]'' mv, with ''almost'' every single New Gen henshin voice or phrase.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnZfWEltH6Q This]] not only takes the Henshin sounds, but '''other''' voices from the various Kamen Rider shows.

* TransformationTrinket - While its gimmicks may vary from year to year, the [=Henshin=] (transformation) Belt is an important part of any Rider's arsenal. Heisei series varies pretty widely in what they actually do.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome - Especially more in the newer series.