History Series / KamenRiderStronger

* MonsterOfTheWeek

* {{Mooks}}

!!This series provides examples of:

* PluckyComicRelief: Tachibana Tobei, much to the chagrin of fans.

->''"Kamen Rider Stronger, Shigeru Jo, underwent an cyborg surgery and become an electric human. He decided to fight the evil organization, Black Satan, in order to defend peace and justice in Japan."''

-->-- '''OpeningNarration'''.

-->-- OpeningNarration.

->''"The heavens cry out! The earth cries out! The people cry out! They cry out for me to destroy evil! Listen up, evildoers...I am the warrior of justice, Kamen Rider Stronger!"''

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* SuperMode: ''Charge-Up'' form. Notable as the first example in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise; previous riders had gotten upgraded powers as their shows went on, but they were permanent prior to this: TrainingFromHell or a new technological tweak resulted in beating the crisis of the day and presumably being stronger thereafter, and when you realize they increase their powers as much as the new guys do but without any changes to the suit, it's no surprise to see the old Riders keeping up with the new ones in the team-up movies. However, an actual form change happens for the first time here, as does the "it's crazy strong but has requirements/drawbacks" idea.

Former football player Jou Shigeru allows himself to be captured and altered, becoming the Electric Human Stronger. When he is forced to pledge loyalty to Black Satan's Great Leader, he shows his true colors by calling himself Kamen Rider Stronger and escaping to seek out revenge against Black Satan for killing a friend of his. While escaping from their base, he rescues a woman who had been altered by Black Satan (but not brainwashed), Misaki Yuriko, who became the Electro-wave Human Tackle. She helps Stronger in his battle against the Black Satan organization.

* AchillesHeel: Jou Shigeru, as Stronger, has electric and magnetic powers, easily beating most of Black Satan's monsters. However, later in the series, the "Kaizou Majins" (Remodeled demons) from the Delza Army appear, and they're completely immune to Stronger's electric and magnetic attacks in standard conditions, putting Stronger in a great disadvantage.

* TheAce: Jou Shigeru is pretty much the prototype for [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Tendou Souji]].

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* AchillesHeel: Jou Shigeru, as Stronger, has electric and magnetic powers, easily beating most "kaijin" (hard to translate; of the many renderings you'll see, "inhumanoids" is probably the best, if an unwieldy word. Comes of the same base as {{Kaiju}} but suggests a more humanoid form, the catch-all term for the monsters in series like ''Kamen Rider, Franchise/SuperSentai,'' and the rest of [[{{Toku}} that genre.]]) of Black Satan easily. However, later in the series, the "Kaizou Majins" (Remodeled demons) from the Delza Army appear, and they're completely immune to Stronger's electric and magnetic attacks in standard conditions, putting Stronger in a great disadvantage.

Former football player Joh Shigeru's friend is captured and killed by the Black Satan group, which looks for athletes in prime physical condition to be changed into "kaijins"--monster humanoids.

Joh himself goes undercover and allows himself to be captured and altered, becoming the Electric Human Stronger. When he is forced to pledge loyalty to Black Satan's Great Leader, he shows his true colors, calling himself Kamen Rider Stronger and escaping to seek out revenge against Black Satan for killing a friend of his. While escaping from their base, he rescues a woman who had been altered by Black Satan, but not brainwashed, Misaki Yuriko, who became Electric Human Tackle, helping Stronger in his battle against the organization Black Satan.

Eventually, Black Satan falls before Stronger, but he ends up faced with the Delza army, composed by inhabitants of an underground kingdom. However, as it turns out, he wasn't the only one facing Delza's forces around the world...

** The Kaizou Majin in general seemed to be actually hurt by Stronger's standard electric attacks if they were immersed in water.

* ActionBomb: [[spoiler:Tackle, poisoned and dying, losing alongside Stronger against the Delza Army troops, chooses to sacrifice herself to kill one of the commanders, Doctor Kate]].

* BlessedWithSuck: The Charge Up form must have all it's energy expended, or else [[PowerIncontinence Stronger will explode]].

* ClipShow: The 7 Riders special that aired after the tv show's ending, reuniting the actors of the seven first Riders one last time.
* CoatOverTheShoulder: Jo's trademark.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Tackle's final attack Ultra Cyclone.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Both Titan and General Shadow are various degrees of affable. With Titan it mainly comes from his suave attitude, and with General Shadow it's his honour and knightly code of conduit (such as refusing to use underhanded tricks to defeat his adversaries). Both are as evil as evil comes however, but Titan especially loses his cool after suffering many defeats by Stronger.

* HourOfPower: Stronger's Charge Up must expend all the extra energy within one minute, or suffer fatal PhlebotinumOverload. Which is more than enough time, anyway.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: See the top of the page. Almost always spoken by Stronger from higher ground, before leaping down to kick Black Satan ass. Done at least once ''while'' kicking Black Satan ass, in the style of a [[JidaiGeki Jidaigeki]].

* PowerLevels: Only brought up once or twice, such as Stronger's [[spoiler: first]] final fight with Mr. Titan, to explain why Stronger's usual attacks weren't hurting him. Fortunately Titan turns out to have a WeaksauceWeakness to water.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The enemies that Stronger faces keep getting more powerful throughout the series. Even an early villain was upgrade to justify his return.

* SuperMode: ''Charge Up'' form. Notable as the first example in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise; previous riders had gotten upgraded powers as their shows went on, but they were permanent prior to this: TrainingFromHell or a new technological tweak resulted in beating the crisis of the day and presumably being stronger thereafter, and when you realize they increase their powers as much as the new guys do but without any changes to the suit, it's no surprise to see the old Riders keeping up with the new ones in the teamup movies. However, an actual form change happens for the first time here, as does the "it's crazy strong but has requirements/drawbacks" idea.

* VillainPedigree: The Delza Army's Kaizou Majin, altered demons, who replace Black Satan's Kikaijins, altered humans, as the standard enemies in the second half of the show.

* WorthyOpponent: Mr Titan

* WomenInRefrigerators:[[spoiler: Tackle is killed late in the series, and her actress dies of a sudden asthma attack in the 80s, turning Tackle's death into HarsherInHindsight. Her being officially considered ''not'' a true Rider but a mere sidekick only adds insult to injury. This is referenced in the ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' manga.]]
** More like rectified: [[spoiler:''Spirits'' gives a better explanation for Tackle not being considered a Kamen Rider, saying that Jou and Tachibana felt she had done enough and wanted her to rest in peace as a normal woman, not a warrior.]]
*** [[spoiler: In Spirits, after Tackle's death, when she sacrificed herself in battle to kill a foe that not even Stronger could match, while hiding the fact that she had been fatally poisoned, Shigeru, while leaving her grave, said "Yuriko... no, Tackle.", respecting her as a warrior even if not calling her a Kamen Rider. Meanwhile, in Spírits, Shigeru claims that she's just Yuriko and died as a normal woman.]]
*** [[spoiler: More recently, the KR Decade short films raised the question of Tackle's rider status directly, and Tackle featured prominently in one of the Decade movies. The jury's still out, but there seems to be a swell of support for Tackle being given full Kamen Rider status posthumously. With the creation of Kamen Rider Kivala, and Decade showing female riders in the Hibiki-verse, there may yet be hope for female Kamen Riders. ''Decade'' also treated Yuriko a lot better than ''Stronger'' did; where ''Stronger's'' Yuriko seemed to end up tied up if faced with anything worse than two {{Mooks}} and had to die to beat Doctor Kate in her ''only'' instance of surpassing that, ''Decade's'' Yuriko, while having a quite different personality (''Decade's'' Yuriko is a GenkiGirl ThirdPersonPerson, but it's covering a good deal of pain.) was a force to be reckoned with. Yuriko's fans surely had no problem with her telling Decade "No, let me handle this" and sending six Riotroopers (EvilKnockoff Riders from ''Series/KamenRider555,'' a homage to the Shocker Riders of old) flying like ragdolls with ''one'' Electro-Wave Throw (yes, that attack that was only capable of ''pushing'' one or two footsoldiers - basic grunts, the kind that are routinely beaten by humans with decent chop-socky skills - back but without actually stopping them in ''Stronger''.) She didn't just return, she returned with powers as strong as her will always was, and it was ''beautiful.'']]
*** [[spoiler: The change regarding Tackle makes sense in context. Yuriko is shown in all of the flashbacks to have been someone who loved Jou, but could never live a normal life with him because of Black Satan's reconstruction of them. Thus, by acknowledging Yuriko as a woman, Jou is giving her in death the one thing she couldn't have: her old life back. If anything, Jou was just respecting her wish.]]
*** [[spoiler: The big irony of Tackle not being titled a Kamen Rider (and the reference in the Decade special) is that, after Shigeru gave himself the title of "Kamen Rider", Yuriko ''chose'' to go by "Denpa Ningen" instead.]]

*** [[spoiler: Spirits' take on the issue has its own UnfortunateImplications. In the series, after Tackle's death, when she sacrificed herself in battle to kill a foe that not even Stronger could match, while hiding the fact that she had been fatally poisoned, Shigeru, while leaving her grave, said "Yuriko... no, Tackle.", respecting her as a warrior even if not calling her a Kamen Rider. Meanwhile, in Spírits, Shigeru claims that she's just Yuriko and died as a normal woman.]]

* {{Badass}}: Jou Shigeru, full stop.

''Series/KamenRiderStronger'' is the fifth Franchise/KamenRider series.

* FauxActionGirl: Misaki Yuriko/Electro-Wave Human Tackle. If you only know her by how sad fans were to see her die or how cool the ''KamenRiderDecade'' alternate version is, you'll be surprised to find her unable to deal with any {{Monster of the Week}}. Her one victory [[spoiler: is the one that cost her her life]].

* AchillesHeel: Jou Shigeru, as Stronger, has electric and magnetic powers, easily beating most "kaijin" (hard to translate; of the many renderings you'll see, "inhumanoids" is probably the best, if an unwieldy word. Comes of the same base as {{Kaiju}} but suggests a more humanoid form, the catch-all term for the monsters in series like ''KamenRider, SuperSentai,'' and the rest of [[{{Toku}} that genre.]]) of Black Satan easily. However, later in the series, the "Kaizou Majins" (Remodeled demons) from the Delza Army appear, and they're completely immune to Stronger's electric and magnetic attacks in standard conditions, putting Stronger in a great disadvantage.

*** [[spoiler: More recently, the KR Decade short films raised the question of Tackle's rider status directly, and Tackle featured prominently in one of the Decade movies. The jury's still out, but there seems to be a swell of support for Tackle being given full Kamen Rider status posthumously. With the creation of Kamen Rider Kivala, and Decade showing female riders in the Hibiki-verse, there may yet be hope for female Kamen Riders. ''Decade'' also treated Yuriko a lot better than ''Stronger'' did; where ''Stronger's'' Yuriko seemed to end up tied up if faced with anything worse than two {{Mooks}} and had to die to beat Doctor Kate in her ''only'' instance of surpassing that, ''Decade's'' Yuriko, while having a quite different personality (''Decade's'' Yuriko is a GenkiGirl ThirdPersonPerson, but it's covering a good deal of pain.) was a force to be reckoned with. Yuriko's fans surely had no problem with her telling Decade "No, let me handle this" and sending six Riotroopers (EvilKnockoff Riders from ''KamenRider555,'' a homage to the Shocker Riders of old) flying like ragdolls with ''one'' Electro-Wave Throw (yes, that attack that was only capable of ''pushing'' one or two footsoldiers - basic grunts, the kind that are routinely beaten by humans with decent chop-socky skills - back but without actually stopping them in ''Stronger''.) She didn't just return, she returned with powers as strong as her will always was, and it was ''beautiful.'']]

* WomenInRefrigerators:[[spoiler: Tackle is killed late in the series, and her actress dies of cancer in the 80s, turning Tackle's death into HarsherInHindsight. Her being officially considered ''not'' a true Rider but a mere sidekick only adds insult to injury. This is referenced in the ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' manga.]]

-->''"The heavens cry out! The earth cries out! The people cry out! They cry out for me to destroy evil! Listen up, evildoers...I am the warrior of justice, Kamen Rider Stronger!"''

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