History Series / KamenRiderGotchard

* PokemonSpeak: [=Hopper1=], appearing in the ''Geats'' movie EarlyBirdCameo, can only speak with the syllables of the word "hopper," but Hotaro appears to be able to understand them regardless.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Gotchard first appeared in ''Series/KamenRiderGeats''[='=] [[Film/KamenRiderGeats4AcesAndTheBlackFox summer movie]].

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is practised, the secret Alchemists' Academy, the top place to teach upcoming alchemists, has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

* CoolBike: A motorcycle appears in the promotional poster and in preview trailers, and the cards reveal that it's actually a Chemy named [=GoldDash=].

* TransformationTrinket:
** Toy ads demonstrate the ''[=GotcharDriver=]'' belt, which takes the powers of two Ride Chemy Cards and fuses them. The cards themselves are ranked from 1 to 10 in ten different categories, with six confirmed so far (Insects, Vehicles, Jobs, Animals, Artifacts (modern objects), and Plants).
** Valvarad uses the ''Valvarusher''.

* ArcSymbol: Arrows; as Gotchard himself and all of the Chemy cards that we've seen in ads incorporate noticeable arrow designs.

* {{Mon}}: The website synopsis describes the Chemies' original purpose to be "humanity's companions", which is why they are able to synchronise with a human's emotions to lend them their power.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Following up from Kekera and Kyuun in [[Series/KamenRiderGeats the series prior]], Gotchard's [=MadPilets=] form as shown in ''Geats''[='s=] summer movie is rendered entirely in CGI as a combination pirate ship/car with a face on the front and arms. A making-of blog clarifies that this is a "Wild state", and says that each of Gotchard's forms has such a non-humanoid form.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}}, the secret Alchemists' Academy, the top place to teach upcoming alchemists, has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} The secret Alchemists' Academy, the top place to teach upcoming alchemists, has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, an secret organization known as the Alchemists' Academy, the top place to teach upcoming alchemists, has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

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''Kamen Rider Gotchard'' is the 2023-2024 entry in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series, the fifth in the Reiwa Era and thirty-fourth overall. It is set to debut on September 3, 2023, airing alongside ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' in the Series/SuperHeroTime block.

* TransformationTrinket: Toy ads demonstrate the [=GotcharDriver=] belt, which takes the powers of two Ride Chemy Cards and fuses them. The cards themselves are ranked from 1 to 10 in ten different categories, with six confirmed so far (Insects, Vehicles, Jobs, Animals, Artifacts (modern objects), and Plants).

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, an secret organization known as the Alchemists' Academy, the top place to teach upcoming alchmists, has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, an secret organization known as the Alchemists' Academy has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, an secret organization known as the Alchemy Academy has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, a secret experiment has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in [[CardsOfPower Ride Chemy Cards]], an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

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* CardsOfPower: The plot synopsis and [=GotcharDriver=] ad both show that Gotchard gets his powers from Ride Chemy Cards.

* SwissArmyHero: Promotional material states that Gotchard can access many different forms based on combinations of two of the 101 Ride Chemy Cards. The [=GotcharDriver=] toy ad showed off two forms in full ([=SteamHopper=] and [=AppareSkebo=]), and the card combos and helmet designs for seven more.
* TransformationTrinket: Toy ads demonstrate the [=GotcharDriver=] belt, which takes the powers of two Ride Chemy Cards and fuses them. The cards themselves are ranked from 1 to 10 in different categories, with six categories confirmed so far (Insects, Vehicles, Jobs, Animals, Artifacts (modern objects), and Plants).

* AnthropomorphicTransformation: The Chemies' designs look like something a child would dream up. The Legend Rider cards are the most notable cases, ranging from vehicles and animals to even inanimate objects and weapons.
%%No citation* ArcSymbol: Arrows; as Gotchard himself and all of the revealed Chemy cards incorporate noticeable arrow designs.
* CardsOfPower: The plot synopsis and [=GotcharDriver=] ad shows that Gotchard gets his powers from Ride Chemy Cards.
* ComboPlatterPowers: Like ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'', toy ads show that Gotchard combines items with random themes together. The two forms shown are combinations of steam train, grasshopper, samurai, and skateboard.

* ExponentialPotential: With 101 Chemy cards named in the plot description, Gotchard has a lot of potential combinations to use. We don't know exactly how expansive this is, but it could be anywhere from 45 combos[[note]]cards arranged in specific pairs, assuming the Rank 10s aren't usable alone[[/note]] to 415.[[note]]'' all'' mixed-category combinations totaling 10 are valid, including the one-card Rank 10s[[/note]]
%%No citation* GottaCatchThemAll: Gotchard's goal is to recapture all 101 released Chemies.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Following up from Kekera and Kyuun in [[Series/KamenRiderGeats the series prior]], Gotchard's [=MadPilets=] form as shown in ''Geats'''s summer movie is rendered entirely in CGI as a {{Cephalothorax}} consisting of his helmet, Madwheel's chassis, and Pilets's limbs.
%%No citation* PokemonSpeak: [=Hopper1=] can only speak with the syllables of the word "hopper," but Hotaro appears to be able to understand them regardless.
%%No citation* ScarfOfAsskicking: Gotchard wears a white scarf in both forms known so far.
%%No citation* XMakesAnythingCool: The revealed Rank 10 cards all have noticeable [=Xes=] in their names and character designs ([=BeetlX=], Exceedfighter, and X Wizard). The card backs also have a giant X in place of the normal design.

* MerchandiseDriven: In addition to the usual merch for a ''Kamen Rider'' series, the Ride Chemy Cards are marketed like normal trading cards; sold in randomized blind packs and with different rarities and variants like foil treatments and alternate art.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: The plot synopsis describes the monsters as Malgams, created when a Chemy synchronises and fuses with a human of malicious intent.

* CardsOfPower: The plot synopsis and [=GotcharDriver=] ad show that Gotchard gets his powers from Ride Chemy Cards.
* ComboPlatterPowers: Like ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'', toy ads show that Gotchard combines items with random themes together. The two forms shown are combinations of steam train and grasshopper, and samurai and skateboard.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Gotchard first appeared in ''Series/KamenRiderGeats''[='=] summer movie.
* ExponentialPotential: With 101 Chemy cards named in the plot description, Gotchard has a lot of potential combinations to use. We don't know exactly how expansive this is, but it could be anywhere from 45 combos[[note]]cards arranged in specific pairs, assuming the Rank 10s aren't usable alone[[/note]] to 415.[[note]]''all'' mixed-category combinations totaling 10 are valid, including the one-card Rank 10s[[/note]]

* ArcSymbol: Arrows; as Gotchard himself and all of the revealed Chemy cards incorporate noticeable arrow designs.

* GottaCatchThemAll: Gotchard's goal is to recapture all 101 released Chemies.

* PokemonSpeak: [=Hopper1=] can only speak with the syllables of the word "hopper," but Hotaro appears to be able to understand them regardless.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Gotchard wears a white scarf in both forms known so far.
* XMakesAnythingCool: The revealed Rank 10 cards all have noticeable [=Xes=] in their names and character designs ([=BeetlX=], Exceedfighter, and X Wizard). The card backs also have a giant X in place of the normal design.

* CoolBike: The poster for the series not only shows that the Rank 7 Vehicle card is for a motorcycle Chemy named [=GoldDash=], but the [=GoldDash=] itself appears next to it.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: The plot sysnopsis describes the monsters as Malgams, created when a Chemy synchronises and fuses with a human of malicious intent.

* TransformationTrinket: Toy ads demonstrate the [=GotcharDriver=] belt, which takes the powers of two Ride Chemy Cards and fuses them.

* XMakesAnythingCool: The revealed Rank 10 cards all have noticable [=Xes=] in their names and character designs ([=BeetlX=], Exceedfighter, and X Wizard). The card backs also have a giant X in place of helmet design halves.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, a secret experiment has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in Ride Chemy Cards, an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and wreak havoc.

%%No citation* CoolBike: The motorbike [=GoldDash=], which is another Chemy itself.
%%No citation* HenshinHero: Hotaro transforms into Kamen Rider Gotchard by fusing with any two sealed Chemies.
%%No citation* MonsterOfTheWeek: Malgams, created when a Chemy synchronises and fuses with a human of malicious intent.
* SwissArmyHero: Promotional material states that Gotchard can access many different forms based on the combination of any two of the 101 Ride Chemy Cards.
%%No citation, Zero Context Example* TransformationTrinket: The [=GotcharDriver=] and Ride Chemy Cards.

* CoolBike: The motorbike [=GoldDash=], which is another Chemy itself.
* HenshinHero: Hotaro transforms into Kamen Rider Gotchard by fusing with any two sealed Chemies.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Malgams, created when a Chemy synchronises and fuses with a human of malicious intent.

* TransformationTrinket: The [=GotcharDriver=] and Ride Chemy Cards.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, a secret experiment has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in Ride Chemy Cards, an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and cause mass destruction.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, a secret experiment has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed Ride Chemy Cards, an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and cause mass destruction.

In a world where the art of {{UsefulNotes/Alchemy}} is possible, a secret experiment has been successful in creating 101 artificial living creatures, known as Chemies. While normally sealed in cards known as Ride Chemy Cards, an accident involving OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Hotaro Ichinose ends up unleashing all of these Chemies to the world. Entrusted with the [=GotcharDriver=] belt and the cards of two Chemies that synchronise with him, [=Hopper1=] and Steamliner, Hotaro [[FusionDance fuses with them]] to transform into Kamen Rider Gotchard, embarking on a quest to recapture all 101 Chemies before they can fuse with malicious humans to become Malgam monsters and cause mass destruction.

* TransformationTrinket: The [=GotcharDriver=] and Rider Chemy Cards.