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* HotScoop: Mai
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Ryuusei was apparently programmed with knowledge of the world circa 1945... which doesn't do him much good in 1987. Being a robot though, he just visits a ''library''. (Mai initially thinks he's an alien, name-checking [[ETTheExtraterrestrial ET]] in the process.)
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Ryuusei was apparently programmed with knowledge of the world circa 1945... which doesn't do him much good in 1987. Being a robot though, he just visits a ''library''. (Mai initially thinks he's an alien, name-checking [[ETTheExtraterrestrial [[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial ET]] in the process.)
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* {{Badass}}: Metalder just gets more and more badass as the series progress.
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'''''Chōjinki Metalder''''' ("Supermandroid Metalder") is the sixth entry in Toei's ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise, which aired in 1987 (lasting 39 episodes and a movie). Essentially a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
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* TheCastShowoff: Ryuusei plays the sax because his actor can.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu disappear from the rest of the series after #8. Part of the reason why they were quietly removed from the show was that they were a pair of goofy wrestlers in an army of cyborgs, mutants and armored warriors, and so stuck out like a sore thumb.
* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle. Fortunately, the damage was limited to a shoulder pad - it's visible in this page's image.
* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle. Fortunately, the damage was limited to a shoulder pad - it's visible in this page's image.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu disappear from the rest of the series after #8.episode 8. Part of the reason why they were quietly removed from the show was that they were a pair of goofy wrestlers in an army of cyborgs, mutants and armored warriors, and so stuck out like a sore thumb.
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* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle. Fortunately, the damage was limited to a shoulder
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* {{Homage}}: [[http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt87/Ookalf/metalder1.jpg Metalder]] has [[CaptainErsatz more than a passing resemblance]] to [[http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/kikaider01.jpg Kikaider.]]
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* {{Homage}}: [[http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt87/Ookalf/metalder1.jpg Metalder]] Metalder has [[CaptainErsatz more than a passing resemblance]] to [[http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/kikaider01.jpg Kikaider.]]
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'''''Chōjinki Metalder''''' ("Superhuman-Machine Metalder") is the sixth entry in Toei's ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise, which aired in 1987 (lasting 39 episodes and a movie). Essentially a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
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'''''Chōjinki Metalder''''' ("Superhuman-Machine ("Supermandroid Metalder") is the sixth entry in Toei's ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise, which aired in 1987 (lasting 39 episodes and a movie). Essentially a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
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** The producer also worked on {{Kikaider}}, and apparently thought of it this way; the main writer apparently did not.
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** The producer also worked on {{Kikaider}}, ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'', and apparently thought of it this way; the main writer apparently did not.
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* MoralityChip: Prof. Koga had the good sense to give his overpowered war machine a "(Self-) Reflection Circuit" (''Jisei-kairo'') - and unlike {{Kikaider}}, Metalder's is fully functional.
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* MoralityChip: Prof. Koga had the good sense to give his overpowered war machine a "(Self-) Reflection Circuit" (''Jisei-kairo'') - and unlike {{Kikaider}}, Series/{{Kikaider}}, Metalder's is fully functional.
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* GlassCannon: Metalder is unusually fragile for a MetalHero, and he's ended up with serious internal damage after fighting in that form.
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* GlassCannon: Metalder is unusually fragile for a MetalHero, Metal Hero, and he's ended up with serious internal damage after fighting in that form.
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* ShoutOut: Springer can be seen watching various anime in the Silver Carcass, one of which is clearly CombattlerV.
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* ShoutOut: Springer can be seen watching various anime in the Silver Carcass, one of which is clearly CombattlerV.Anime/CombattlerV.
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* CoolBike: Metalder's Side-Phantom. (Unfortunately, the design of the costume means that, in order to operate it safely, the suit actor has to adopt a dorky pose to operate it safely.)
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* CoolBike: Metalder's Side-Phantom. (Unfortunately, the design of the costume means that, in order to operate it safely, the suit actor has to adopt a dorky pose to operate it safely.pose.)
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* ArtificialHuman: Ryuusei, though he self-identifies as a Choujinki - something more than just human or robot.
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* ArtificialHuman: Ryuusei, though he self-identifies as a Choujinki - something more than just human or robot.beyond man and machine.
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* ActingForTwo: A lot of the voice actors do several roles, as necessitated by the sheer number of Neros combatants. Akira Senoo also plays both Ryuusei and Tatsuo, for obvious reasons.
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In 1945, at the end of WorldWarII, Professor Ryūichirō Kōga was forced into creating a super weapon for the Japanese Imperial Army. Patterning his creation to resemble his dead son Tatsuo, Professor Kōga placed his cyborg into suspended animation because of his pacifist leanings against war.
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In 1945, at the end of WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Professor Ryūichirō Kōga was forced into creating a super weapon for the Japanese Imperial Army. Patterning his creation to resemble his dead son Tatsuo, Professor Kōga placed his cyborg into suspended animation because of his pacifist leanings against war.
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* WorldWarII: Metalder was originally a weapon of Imperial Japan, but his pacifist creator refused for it to be used for war.
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* WorldWarII: UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: Metalder was originally a weapon of Imperial Japan, but his pacifist creator refused for it to be used for war.
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* BerserkButton: When Ryūsei gets angry, he can transform himself as Metalder.
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* BerserkButton: When Ryūsei gets angry, he can transform himself as into Metalder.
* HonorBeforeReason: There's a wide variety of personalities in the Neros Empire legions, and a few are like this. A number of Metalder's battles thus resemble ''duels'' more than they do battles.
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* TransformationSequence: Metalder's is instantaneous. He cannot transform back into Ryuusei on his own, however, requiring the maintenance equipment at Silver Carcass to do so.
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* TransformationSequence: Metalder's is instantaneous. He cannot transform back into Ryuusei on his own, however, requiring the maintenance equipment at Silver Carcass to do so.instantaneous and does not require a particular pose.
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** The story behind Topgunder was that they he was drawn up as a Armor Legion member first (a dude in a suit, not a robot), but the director saw the design and thought "Hey, he looks like a Rival"... He was consequently re-characterized as a Hakaider-esque member of the Combat Robot Legion.
* AFatherToHisMen: It's pretty clear that Balsky and Coolgin have earned their subordinates' respect this way.
* AFatherToHisMen: It's pretty clear that Balsky and Coolgin have earned their subordinates' respect this way.
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* GlassCannon: Metalder's armor is unusually fragile for a MetalHero, and he's ended up with internal damage after fighting in that form.
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* LaserBlade: Averted, which is impressive for a Metal Hero show. Metalder's Laser Arm is his most powerful attack - and not only is it not a sword, it's not a ''laser'' either, as it's a high-frequency vibration of his arm that happens to look like one.
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* LaserBlade: Averted, which is impressive for a Metal Hero show. Metalder's Laser Arm is his most powerful attack - and not only is it not a sword, it's not a ''laser'' either, as it's a high-frequency vibration of his arm that happens to look like one. (This also means that, by design, he can DualWield them.)
* ShoutOut: Springer can be seen watching various anime in the Silver Carcass, one of which is clearly CombattlerV.
** Balsky notes that Topgunder was built and programmed to be a ColdSniper, "like Golgo13". (His name is itself a shout-out to [[TopGun the movie]], apparently because the main writer's daughter was a fan of it.)
** Balsky notes that Topgunder was built and programmed to be a ColdSniper, "like Golgo13". (His name is itself a shout-out to [[TopGun the movie]], apparently because the main writer's daughter was a fan of it.)
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* SuperSenses: Ryuusei's sight and hearing are far above what a normal human could even be capable of, and seem to be boosted as Metalder. His olfactory sense is relatively normal, though he can still pick up a wider range (like explosives).
* SupervillainLair: The Ghost Bank, which is located in the basement of the Kirihara Konzern's main headquarters.
* SupervillainLair: The Ghost Bank, which is located in the basement of the Kirihara Konzern's main headquarters.
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* SuperSenses: Ryuusei's sight and hearing are far above what a normal human could even be capable of, and seem to be boosted as Metalder. His olfactory sense is relatively normal, though he can still pick up a wider range (like explosives).
explosives). The Neros Empire members tend to have senses in line with their objectives.
* SupervillainLair: The Ghost Bank, which is located in the basement of the KiriharaKonzern's Concern's main headquarters.
* SupervillainLair: The Ghost Bank, which is located in the basement of the Kirihara
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sub-legions. (What's shocking is that they're present ''from the first episode''.)
* ArtificialHuman: Ryuusei.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Part of the problem with the Neros Empire legion members all having different personalities is, their loyalty to God Neros varies considerably - and he's forced to realize this when Topgunder takes off on his own.
* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sub-legions. (What's shocking is thatthey're the vast majority of them are present ''from the first episode''.)
* ArtificialHuman:Ryuusei.Ryuusei, though he self-identifies as a Choujinki - something more than just human or robot.
* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sub-legions. (What's shocking is that
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Metalder's battle computer apparently needs a few quiet seconds to do so, but this has led to more of his victories than anything else.
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* BareFistedMonk: Unusually for a Metal Hero, Metalder has no weapons (aside from a sword Tatsuo owned) and must rely solely on physical attacks. In a subversion, he ''is'' quick to pick up his opponent's weapons, or use something nearby.
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* BareFistedMonk: Unusually for a Metal Hero, Metalder has no weapons (aside from a sword an Imperial Navy dirk Tatsuo owned) and must rely solely on physical attacks. In a subversion, he ''is'' quick to pick up his opponent's weapons, or use something nearby.
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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: What training in martial arts does for Metalder, who is unusual amongst MetalHeroes as having zero combat skill at the start of the show. (Whether he ever did or if Prof. Koga just erased them isn't clear.)
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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: What training in martial arts does for Metalder, who is unusual amongst MetalHeroes as having zero combat skill at the start of the show. (Whether he ever did or if Prof. Koga just erased them his pre-existing skill or never programmed him with any in the first place isn't clear.)
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* CoolBike: Metalder's Side-Phantom. (Unfortunately, the design of the costume means that, in order to operate it safely, the suit actor has to adopt a dorky pose to ride it.)
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu disappear from the rest of the series after #8. Given that they were a pair of goofy wrestlers in an army of cyborgs, mutants and armored warriors made them stick out like a sore thumb, which is part of the reason why they were quietly removed from the show.
* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu disappear from the rest of the series after #8. Given Part of the reason why they were quietly removed from the show was that they were a pair of goofy wrestlers in an army of cyborgs, mutants and armored warriors made them stick warriors, and so stuck out like a sore thumb, which is part of the reason why they were quietly removed from the show.
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* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle. Fortunately, the damage was limited to a shoulder pad - it's visible in this page's image.
* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle. Fortunately, the damage was limited to a shoulder pad - it's visible in this page's image.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the reasons the show was cut short was because younger fans were not fond of the rather dark and depressing tone of the series, even for the franchise. The show is easily the darkest ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' entry.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Topgunder
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* CutShort: Was planned to be a 52 episode series, but ended at 39. It was ''supposed'' to end at 37, but the successor show wasn't ready yet. The show thus has a rather spectacular amount of WhatCouldHaveBeen, including [[spoiler: [[TheManBehindTheMan someone or something pulling Neros' strings]], a grievously wounded Topgunder getting a MercyKill from Metalder, and Metalder and Springer actually ''dying'' with the exploding Ghost Bank.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the reasons the show was cut short was because younger fans were not fond of the rather dark and depressing tone of theseries, series (or able to follow the drama-over-action writing), even for the franchise. The franchise; the show is easily the darkest ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' entry.
entry. (It picked up [[PeripheryDemographic older viewers]] well enough.)
* DefeatMeansFriendship:TopgunderTopgunder, after Metalder goes as far as to repair him in Silver Carcass.
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* BarehandedBladeBlock: Metalder does this sometimes.
* BashBrothers: Armor Legion ''Gōshō'' Tagusky (elder) and Taguslon (younger), respectively masters of sword and naginata.
* BashBrothers: Armor Legion ''Gōshō'' Tagusky (elder) and Taguslon (younger), respectively masters of sword and naginata.
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* BigBad: God Neros
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* BigBad: God NerosNeros.
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* BodyguardBabes: Secretary K and S to Gozo Kirihara.
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* BodyguardBabes: Secretary K and S to Gozo Kirihara. They also do plainclothes spying on Ryuusei when the need arises.
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* ActingForTwo
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** The producer also worked on {{Kikaider}}, and apparently thought of it this way; the main writer apparently did not.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sub-legions.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sub-legions. (What's shocking is that they're present ''from the first episode''.)
* LaserBlade: Averted, which is impressive for a Metal Hero show. Metalder's Laser Arm is his most powerful attack - and not only is it not a sword, it's not a ''laser'' either, as it's a high-frequency vibration of his arm that happens to look like one.
* MoralityChip: Prof. Koga had the good sense to give his overpowered war machine a "(Self-) Reflection Circuit" (''Jisei-kairo'') - and unlike {{Kikaider}}, Metalder's is fully functional.
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* RankInflation: The Neros Army has a ranking system with ten classifications. Each division is led by a commanding officer with the title of ''Gaisei'' (Victorious Saint), while the next nine ranks below it goes from ''Gōshō'' ("Mighty General", the second highest rank) to ''Gekitōshi'' ("Light Fighter", the lowest rank).
* ReplacementGoldfish: Ryuusei was built to resemble and act like Tatsuo Koga. It becomes clear that Ryuusei is his own person.
* RoboticReveal: Metalder sometimes; when he gets badly injured you can see his internal systems in every episode,
* ReplacementGoldfish: Ryuusei was built to resemble and act like Tatsuo Koga. It becomes clear that Ryuusei is his own person.
* RoboticReveal: Metalder sometimes; when he gets badly injured you can see his internal systems in every episode,
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* RankInflation: The Neros Army has a ranking system with ten classifications. Each division is led by a commanding officer with the title of ''Gaisei'' (Victorious Saint), while the next nine ranks below it goes from ''Gōshō'' ("Mighty General", the second highest rank) to ''Gekitōshi'' ("Light Fighter", the lowest rank).
rank). There are occasional promotions.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Ryuusei was built to resemble and act like TatsuoKoga. It Koga, though it becomes clear that Ryuusei is his own person.
* RoboticReveal:Metalder Ryuusei sometimes; when he gets badly injured you can see his internal systems in every episode,systems.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Ryuusei was built to resemble and act like Tatsuo
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* BareFistedMonk: Unusually for a Metal Hero, Metalder has no weapons (aside from a sword Tatsuo owned) and must rely solely on physical attacks.
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* DropTheHammer: Ben-K in episode 3. He's able to break down trees with it, and pound the ground to get Metalder out of one.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Ryuusei was apparently programmed with knowledge of the world circa 1945... which doesn't do him much good in 1987. Being a robot though, he just visits a library.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Ryuusei was apparently programmed with knowledge of the world circa 1945... which doesn't do him much good in 1987. Being a robot though, he just visits a library.''library''. (Mai initially thinks he's an alien, name-checking [[ETTheExtraterrestrial ET]] in the process.)
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Ryuusei was apparently programmed with knowledge of the world circa 1945... which doesn't do him much good in 1987. Being a robot though, he just visits a library.
* InstantExpert: Averted. Metalder starts out not knowing how to fight, and is injured in almost every episode early on.
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** He does, however, have the sort of memory you'd expect from an android, so visiting a library is enough to fill in the blanks on how society has evolved since 1945.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Ryūsei Tsurugi, the name of Metalder's human guise, literally means "Shooting Star Sword".
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Ryūsei Tsurugi, the name of Metalder's human guise, literally means "Shooting Star Sword". (Mai even comments on this, when they first meet.)
* BareFistedMonk: Unusually for a Metal Hero, Metalder has no weapons (aside from a sword Tatsuo owned) and must rely solely on physical attacks.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Metalder wins the final battle against God Neros, but loses the ability to transform into his human form Tsurugi, keeping him in his cyborg form forever...]] To make it even worse, [[spoiler:Metalder not only loses his ability to transform into his human form - whose personality disappears in the process - but he also loses his ability to fight.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Metalder wins the final battle against God Neros, but loses the ability to transform into his human form Tsurugi, keeping him in his cyborg form forever...]] To make it even worse, [[spoiler:Metalder [[spoiler: not only loses does he lose his ability to transform into his human form - whose personality disappears in the process - Ryuusei personality, but he also loses his ability to fight.fight. He really just only barely walks away from everything.]]
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: What training in martial arts does for Metalder, who is unusual amongst MetalHeroes as having zero combat skill at the start of the show. (Whether he ever did or if Prof. Koga just erased them isn't clear.)
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* MartialPacifist: Initially an ActualPacifist (as in, he doesn't know how to fight at all), but gradually works his way up to this.
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* MartialPacifist: Initially an ActualPacifist (as in, he doesn't know how to fight at all), but gradually works his way up to this. He was designed under a ''very'' literal reading of this trope, and has two computers within him - his main and combat computers - which are designed to balance each other. If he (his main computer) grows as a person, so too will his combat computer.
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* CoolBike: Metalder's Side-Phantom.
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* CoolBike: Metalder's Side-Phantom. (Unfortunately, the design of the costume means that, in order to operate it safely, the suit actor has to adopt a dorky pose to ride it.)
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* CastShowoff: Ryuusei plays the sax because his actor can.
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* CastShowoff: Ryuusei plays the sax because his actor can.
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* AGodAmI: '''God''' Neros obviously.
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* AGodAmI: '''God''' Neros obviously. The sentiment is even his first line in the show!
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sublegions.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Metalder wins the final battle against God Neros, but loses the ability to transform into his human form Tsurugi, keeping him in his cyborg form forever...]] To make it even worse, [[spoiler:Metalder not only loses his ability to transform into his human form, form - whose personality disappears in the process - but he also loses his ability to fight.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the reasons the show was cut short was because younger fans were not fond of the rather dark and depressing tone of the series. The show is after all the darkest entry in the ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the reasons the show was cut short was because younger fans were not fond of the rather dark and depressing tone of the series. series, even for the franchise. The show is after all easily the darkest entry in the ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise.entry.
** He does, however, have the sort of memory you'd expect from an android, so visiting a library is enough to fill in the blanks on how society has evolved since 1945.
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* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Unlike most toku heroes, Metalder was voiced by a different actor than the one who played his alter-ego Tsurugi.
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* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Unlike most toku heroes, Metalder was voiced by a different actor (Michirou Iida) than the one who played his alter-ego Tsurugi.Tsurugi (Akira Senoo, who wasn't told ''why'' this was the case).
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->''"In 1987, more than forty years after World War II, the "Choujinki", an ill-fated ultimate weapon built in the final stages of the war, but never deployed, is put into action as the only hope in the battle against the merchants of darkness working in the shadows of peace and their frontline troops the Neros Empire. This is a record of Choujinki, a weapon that gave its power and limited life, not to the cause of mass death and destruction, but to peace."''
-->-- Plot summary from the DVD release.
'''''Chōjinki Metalder''''' ("Superhuman-Machine Metalder") is the sixth entry in Toei's ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise, which aired in 1987 (lasting 39 episodes and a movie). Essentially a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
In 1945, at the end of WorldWarII, Professor Ryūichirō Kōga was forced into creating a super weapon for the Japanese Imperial Army. Patterning his creation to resemble his dead son Tatsuo, Professor Kōga placed his cyborg into suspended animation because of his pacifist leanings against war.
42 years later, Professor Kōga's former assistant Kunio Muraki, now posing as a wealthy philanthropist named Kirihara Gōzō, has used a combination of science and alchemy to prolong his existence and to eventually attempt to raise Japan as a military nation again under his control as God Neros. Kōga decides to activate Metalder again to combat the menace.
Instilled with pacifist directives, Metalder is unable to combat the threat until Kōga allows himself to be killed by the Neros Empire, which drives Metalder to seek a path of vengeance. Conflicted by both his desire for justice and his peaceful ways, Metalder, under the new "human" guise of Ryūsei Tsurugi, attempts to find a balance in his artificial life while battling the forces of evil.
''Metalder'' was one of the series that were used to create ''Series/VRTroopers''.
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!!''Chōjinki Metalder'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActingForTwo
* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sublegions.
* ArtificialHuman
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Ryūsei Tsurugi, the name of Metalder's human guise, literally means "Shooting Star Sword".
* {{Badass}}: Metalder just gets more and more badass as the series progress.
* BerserkButton: When Ryūsei gets angry, he can transform himself as Metalder.
* BigBad: God Neros
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Metalder wins the final battle against God Neros, but loses the ability to transform into his human form Tsurugi, keeping him in his cyborg form forever...]] To make it even worse, [[spoiler:Metalder not only loses his ability to transform into his human form, but he also loses his ability to fight.]]
* BodyDouble: [[spoiler:Coolgin turns out to be dead-ringer for Kirihara under his mask. They eventually trade places when Coolgin disguises himself as God Neros while the real God Neros escapes wearing Coolgin's armor.]]
* BodyguardBabes: Secretary K and S to Gozo Kirihara.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Metalder has a giant "M" below his waist.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: '''IKARU!''' ("Rage!" or "Anger!")
* CoDragons: Coolgin, Doranga, Balsky, and Geldring; each of them is in charge of a different division of Neros Army.
* CoolBike: Metalder's Side-Phantom.
* CoolCar: Metalder's Metal-Charger is a Mazda Familia with the ability to transform into a FlyingCar.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu disappear from the rest of the series after #8. Given that they were a pair of goofy wrestlers in an army of cyborgs, mutants and armored warriors made them stick out like a sore thumb, which is part of the reason why they were quietly removed from the show.
* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Wisdom
* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the reasons the show was cut short was because younger fans were not fond of the rather dark and depressing tone of the series. The show is after all the darkest entry in the ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Topgunder
* DoggedNiceGuy: Hakkō to Mai.
* DumbMuscle: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu.
* {{Expy}}: Besides Metalder himself, Top Gunder is meant to be a friendlier version of Kikaider's rival Hakaider.
* FourIsDeath: The number of divisions the Neros Army has.
* AGodAmI: '''God''' Neros obviously.
* GrievousHarmWithABody / DeliberateInjuryGambit: In Episode 18, Zargen (a member of Neros' Combat Robot unit) stabs Metalder in the shoulder with a magnetized knife, intending to blow himself up with Metalder in a suicide bomb attack. Metalder drives the blade down to sever his arm, then he ''picks up his own arm and throws it at Zargen as his FinishingMove''.
* HeelFaceTurn: Topgunder fights with Metalder but later becomes an ally of his. Also [[CuteMonsterGirl Wisdom]] and her son Hedogross Jr., Ben K., and Rhapsody, all join Metalder's side after fighting the first time.
* {{Homage}}: [[http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt87/Ookalf/metalder1.jpg Metalder]] has [[CaptainErsatz more than a passing resemblance]] to [[http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/kikaider01.jpg Kikaider.]]
* HomeBase: The Silver Carcass, an underground military base constructed by the Imperial Army hidden within the mountains. Its where Metalder gets repaired after battle and where he keeps his vehicles.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Top Gunder becomes one after joining Metalder's side.
* HotScoop: Mai
* IHaveManyNames: God Neros, also known as Kirihara Gozo, formerly Muraki Kunio.
* LegacyCharacter: After the original Wogger is killed, another of Neros' minions inherits his name and armor.
* InstantExpert: Averted. Metalder starts out not knowing how to fight, and is injured in almost every episode early on.
* LoveTriangle: Hakkō likes Mai, but Mai likes Ryūsei.
* MartialPacifist
* MasterSwordsman: Coolgin, who manage to defeat Metalder with one slash in their first battle.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Almost all of the villains are already shown in the Ghost Bank during the very first episode, though they're gradually eliminated throughout the course of the series as Metalder fights them or they fight each other.
* TheMovie: Ryūsei goes to a temple and learns a martial art technique in order to defeat the Tag brothers. While the movie doesn't exactly fit in into the TV series' continuity (Ryūsei speaks with his alter-ego's voice for once), it does provide FanService by having Mai Ōgi in a pink swimsuit.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Professor Kōga
* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: ''Koitsu wa Sugoize!'' ("He's amazing!")
* PowerCopying: Balsky, the Commander of Robotic Soldiers division, gains the ability to transform into any of his fallen subordinates during his final battle with Metalder in episode 38.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Unlike most toku heroes, Metalder was voiced by a different actor than the one who played his alter-ego Tsurugi.
* RankInflation: The Neros Army has a ranking system with ten classifications. Each division is led by a commanding officer with the title of ''Gaisei'' (Victorious Saint), while the next nine ranks below it goes from ''Gōshō'' ("Mighty General", the second highest rank) to ''Gekitōshi'' ("Light Fighter", the lowest rank).
* RoboticReveal: Metalder sometimes; when he gets badly injured you can see his internal systems in every episode,
* SexySecretary: K and S.
* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Hedogross Jr. goes from conception, to birth, to adulthood, in a span of no more than 15 episodes.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
* SupervillainLair: The Ghost Bank, which is located in the basement of the Kirihara Konzern's main headquarters.
* TransformationSequence
* VillainSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkm_a97k0UA The Four Armies of Neros]].
* WorldWarII: Metalder was originally a weapon of Imperial Japan, but his pacifist creator refused for it to be used for war.
* WorthyOpponent: Top Gunder before his HeelFaceTurn. Coolgin also considers Metalder this.
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->''"In 1987, more than forty years after World War II, the "Choujinki", an ill-fated ultimate weapon built in the final stages of the war, but never deployed, is put into action as the only hope in the battle against the merchants of darkness working in the shadows of peace and their frontline troops the Neros Empire. This is a record of Choujinki, a weapon that gave its power and limited life, not to the cause of mass death and destruction, but to peace."''
-->-- Plot summary from the DVD release.
'''''Chōjinki Metalder''''' ("Superhuman-Machine Metalder") is the sixth entry in Toei's ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise, which aired in 1987 (lasting 39 episodes and a movie). Essentially a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
In 1945, at the end of WorldWarII, Professor Ryūichirō Kōga was forced into creating a super weapon for the Japanese Imperial Army. Patterning his creation to resemble his dead son Tatsuo, Professor Kōga placed his cyborg into suspended animation because of his pacifist leanings against war.
42 years later, Professor Kōga's former assistant Kunio Muraki, now posing as a wealthy philanthropist named Kirihara Gōzō, has used a combination of science and alchemy to prolong his existence and to eventually attempt to raise Japan as a military nation again under his control as God Neros. Kōga decides to activate Metalder again to combat the menace.
Instilled with pacifist directives, Metalder is unable to combat the threat until Kōga allows himself to be killed by the Neros Empire, which drives Metalder to seek a path of vengeance. Conflicted by both his desire for justice and his peaceful ways, Metalder, under the new "human" guise of Ryūsei Tsurugi, attempts to find a balance in his artificial life while battling the forces of evil.
''Metalder'' was one of the series that were used to create ''Series/VRTroopers''.
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!!''Chōjinki Metalder'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActingForTwo
* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sublegions.
* ArtificialHuman
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Ryūsei Tsurugi, the name of Metalder's human guise, literally means "Shooting Star Sword".
* {{Badass}}: Metalder just gets more and more badass as the series progress.
* BerserkButton: When Ryūsei gets angry, he can transform himself as Metalder.
* BigBad: God Neros
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Metalder wins the final battle against God Neros, but loses the ability to transform into his human form Tsurugi, keeping him in his cyborg form forever...]] To make it even worse, [[spoiler:Metalder not only loses his ability to transform into his human form, but he also loses his ability to fight.]]
* BodyDouble: [[spoiler:Coolgin turns out to be dead-ringer for Kirihara under his mask. They eventually trade places when Coolgin disguises himself as God Neros while the real God Neros escapes wearing Coolgin's armor.]]
* BodyguardBabes: Secretary K and S to Gozo Kirihara.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Metalder has a giant "M" below his waist.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: '''IKARU!''' ("Rage!" or "Anger!")
* CoDragons: Coolgin, Doranga, Balsky, and Geldring; each of them is in charge of a different division of Neros Army.
* CoolBike: Metalder's Side-Phantom.
* CoolCar: Metalder's Metal-Charger is a Mazda Familia with the ability to transform into a FlyingCar.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu disappear from the rest of the series after #8. Given that they were a pair of goofy wrestlers in an army of cyborgs, mutants and armored warriors made them stick out like a sore thumb, which is part of the reason why they were quietly removed from the show.
* CurbstompBattle: Coolgin managed to defeat Metalder with a single slash in their first battle.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Wisdom
* DarkerAndEdgier: One of the reasons the show was cut short was because younger fans were not fond of the rather dark and depressing tone of the series. The show is after all the darkest entry in the ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Topgunder
* DoggedNiceGuy: Hakkō to Mai.
* DumbMuscle: Mukimukiman and Fufuchu.
* {{Expy}}: Besides Metalder himself, Top Gunder is meant to be a friendlier version of Kikaider's rival Hakaider.
* FourIsDeath: The number of divisions the Neros Army has.
* AGodAmI: '''God''' Neros obviously.
* GrievousHarmWithABody / DeliberateInjuryGambit: In Episode 18, Zargen (a member of Neros' Combat Robot unit) stabs Metalder in the shoulder with a magnetized knife, intending to blow himself up with Metalder in a suicide bomb attack. Metalder drives the blade down to sever his arm, then he ''picks up his own arm and throws it at Zargen as his FinishingMove''.
* HeelFaceTurn: Topgunder fights with Metalder but later becomes an ally of his. Also [[CuteMonsterGirl Wisdom]] and her son Hedogross Jr., Ben K., and Rhapsody, all join Metalder's side after fighting the first time.
* {{Homage}}: [[http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt87/Ookalf/metalder1.jpg Metalder]] has [[CaptainErsatz more than a passing resemblance]] to [[http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/kikaider01.jpg Kikaider.]]
* HomeBase: The Silver Carcass, an underground military base constructed by the Imperial Army hidden within the mountains. Its where Metalder gets repaired after battle and where he keeps his vehicles.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Top Gunder becomes one after joining Metalder's side.
* HotScoop: Mai
* IHaveManyNames: God Neros, also known as Kirihara Gozo, formerly Muraki Kunio.
* LegacyCharacter: After the original Wogger is killed, another of Neros' minions inherits his name and armor.
* InstantExpert: Averted. Metalder starts out not knowing how to fight, and is injured in almost every episode early on.
* LoveTriangle: Hakkō likes Mai, but Mai likes Ryūsei.
* MartialPacifist
* MasterSwordsman: Coolgin, who manage to defeat Metalder with one slash in their first battle.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Almost all of the villains are already shown in the Ghost Bank during the very first episode, though they're gradually eliminated throughout the course of the series as Metalder fights them or they fight each other.
* TheMovie: Ryūsei goes to a temple and learns a martial art technique in order to defeat the Tag brothers. While the movie doesn't exactly fit in into the TV series' continuity (Ryūsei speaks with his alter-ego's voice for once), it does provide FanService by having Mai Ōgi in a pink swimsuit.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Professor Kōga
* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: ''Koitsu wa Sugoize!'' ("He's amazing!")
* PowerCopying: Balsky, the Commander of Robotic Soldiers division, gains the ability to transform into any of his fallen subordinates during his final battle with Metalder in episode 38.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Unlike most toku heroes, Metalder was voiced by a different actor than the one who played his alter-ego Tsurugi.
* RankInflation: The Neros Army has a ranking system with ten classifications. Each division is led by a commanding officer with the title of ''Gaisei'' (Victorious Saint), while the next nine ranks below it goes from ''Gōshō'' ("Mighty General", the second highest rank) to ''Gekitōshi'' ("Light Fighter", the lowest rank).
* RoboticReveal: Metalder sometimes; when he gets badly injured you can see his internal systems in every episode,
* SexySecretary: K and S.
* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Hedogross Jr. goes from conception, to birth, to adulthood, in a span of no more than 15 episodes.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
* SupervillainLair: The Ghost Bank, which is located in the basement of the Kirihara Konzern's main headquarters.
* TransformationSequence
* VillainSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkm_a97k0UA The Four Armies of Neros]].
* WorldWarII: Metalder was originally a weapon of Imperial Japan, but his pacifist creator refused for it to be used for war.
* WorthyOpponent: Top Gunder before his HeelFaceTurn. Coolgin also considers Metalder this.
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