History Series / ChoujinkiMetalder

* 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.

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Professor Kōga

* CuteMonsterGirl: Wisdom

* BigBad: God Neros.

* 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.
* CoolCar: Metalder's Metal-Charger is a Mazda Familia with the ability to transform into a FlyingCar.

* HomeBase: The Silver Carcass, an underground military base constructed by the Imperial Army hidden within the mountains. It's where Metalder gets repaired after battle and where he keeps his vehicles.

* 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.

* 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.

* SupervillainLair: The Ghost Bank, which is located in the basement of the Kirihara Concern's main headquarters.

* BareFistedMonk: Unusually for a Metal Hero, Metalder has no weapons (aside from 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.

''Chōjinki Metalder'' ("Super-Android Metalder") is the sixth entry in Toei's ''Series/MetalHeroes'' franchise, which aired in 1987 (lasting 39 episodes and a movie). Essentially a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.

** Balsky notes that Topgunder was built and programmed to be a ColdSniper, "like Golgo13". His name is itself a shout-out to [[Film/TopGun the movie]], apparently because the main writer's daughter was a fan of it.

* MagicPasticSurgery: The excuse given as to how they get away with 30-something year-old Shinji Todo playing a character who was around in the end stages of the war.

* WorthyOpponent: Top Gunder before his HeelFaceTurn. Coolgin also considers Metalder this.

* 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 (or able to follow the drama-over-action writing), even for the franchise; the show is easily the darkest ''Series/MetalHeroes'' entry. It picked up [[PeripheryDemographic older viewers]] well enough.

* 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.]]

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[[caption-width-right:280:The robot that you don't want to come across]]

* SuperSoldier

[[caption-width-right:300:The robot that you don't want to come across]]

* ArmiesAreEvil: Neros Empire's many sub-legions. (What's shocking is that the vast majority of them are present ''from the first episode''.)

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Ryūsei Tsurugi, the name of Metalder's human guise, literally means "Shooting Star Sword". (Mai even comments on this, when they first meet.)

* 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: not only does he lose his Ryuusei personality, but also loses his ability to fight. He really just only barely walks away from everything.]]

* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: What training in martial arts does for Metalder, who is unusual amongst Series/MetalHeroes as having zero combat skill at the start of the show. (Whether Prof. Koga just erased his pre-existing skill or never programmed him with any in the first place isn't clear.)

* 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.)

* 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 (or able to follow the drama-over-action writing), even for the franchise; the show is easily the darkest ''Series/MetalHeroes'' entry. (It picked up [[PeripheryDemographic older viewers]] well enough.)

* 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.)

** Balsky notes that Topgunder was built and programmed to be a ColdSniper, "like Golgo13". (His name is itself a shout-out to [[Film/TopGun the movie]], apparently because the main writer's daughter was a fan of it.)

''Chōjinki Metalder'' ("Supermandroid Metalder") is the sixth entry in Toei's ''Series/MetalHeroes'' franchise, which aired in 1987 (lasting 39 episodes and a movie). Essentially a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.

* {{Expy}}: Besides Metalder himself, Top Gunder is meant to be a friendlier version of Kikaider's rival Hakaider.

* 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.

''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}}''.

* 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 Prof. Koga just erased his pre-existing skill or never programmed him with any in the first place isn't clear.)

* 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 (or able to follow the drama-over-action writing), even for the franchise; the show is easily the darkest ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' entry. (It picked up [[PeripheryDemographic older viewers]] well enough.)

** 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.)