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The manga, anime, and Tokusatsu are mixed together, which likely confuse readers.


* ContinuityNod: In one episode Mitsuko's little brother befriends some people who turn out to be the MonsterOfTheWeek, after Jiro destroys them the boy is horrified and cries for them. An episode or two later it shows him hiding and secretly still mourning them.

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* ContinuityNod: In the anime, one episode had Mitsuko's little brother befriends befriend some people who turn out to be the MonsterOfTheWeek, after Jiro destroys them the boy is horrified and cries for them. MonsterOfTheWeek. An episode or two later it shows him hiding and secretly still mourning them.their deaths.



** Gold Wolf was built with a partial conscience circuit and thus objects to harming innocents.
** Saburo avoids killing innocent people and he revolted against Gill when he [[DisneyDeath momentaneously destroyed]] Kikaider with dirty methods.
* EverybodyDiesEnding: In the OVA, [[spoiler: Every single android, good or evil, is annihilated by Jiro's hands, as the city lies in complete destruction with only a handful of survivors.]]

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** Gold Wolf was built with a partial conscience circuit and thus objects to harming innocents.
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Disregarding Jiro/Kikaider, Saburo avoids killing innocent people dislikes cruelty in general, and he revolted against Gill when he [[DisneyDeath momentaneously destroyed]] Kikaider with dirty methods.
will not harm a human so long as they do not impede him.
* EverybodyDiesEnding: In the manga and OVA, [[spoiler: Every single android, good or evil, is annihilated by Jiro's hands, as the city lies in complete destruction with only a handful of survivors.]]



** The gold bat robot seems to slowly be affected by his interactions with Mitsuko.



* MilkingTheGiantCow: As they're all robots with expressionless faces (or PeopleInRubberSuits in real life), Kikaider, Kikaider 01 and the various monsters of the week use body movements to convey their expressions.

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* MilkingTheGiantCow: As they're all robots with expressionless faces (or PeopleInRubberSuits in real life), Kikaider, Kikaider 01 and the various monsters of the week use body movements to convey their expressions. Subverted in one case, where Jiro sheds tears after forced to defeat Gold Wolf.



** Followed in ''01'' by "World Crime Organization" SHADOW, whose goal is to exterminate Japan's population for vague reasons.

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** Followed in ''01'' by "World Crime Organization" SHADOW, whose goal is to exterminate Japan's the human population for vague reasons.



** The Gold Wolf robot is a friendly guy when he's not transformed, even setting free hostages DARK had taken, thanks to him having a prototype version of the GEMINI circuit.

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** The Gold Wolf robot is a friendly guy when he's not transformed, even setting free hostages DARK had taken, thanks to him having a prototype version of the GEMINI circuit.Conscience Circuit implanted inside. Thus, he remains benevolent unless struck by moonlight.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: Every evil robot has red eyes, and whenever Jiro is under control his eyes turn red.
** Gil seems to have red eyes normally.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Every A lot of evil robot has red eyes, and whenever Jiro is under control his eyes. In the anime, Jiro's eyes turn red.
** Gil seems to have
red eyes normally.whenever Gill uses his flute.



* RivalFinalBoss: Averted at the end of ''Android Kikaider''. [[spoiler:Before Kikaider and Hakaider can have a proper final duel, Gill sends his final and most powerful Destructoid, White Bone Flying Squirrel, to take out both of them. After Hakaider is fatally damaged, he asks Kikaider to avenge him and laments that he couldn't die to Kikaider instead.]]

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* RivalFinalBoss: Averted at the end of ''Android Kikaider''. [[spoiler:Before Kikaider and Hakaider can have a proper final duel, Gill sends his final and most powerful Destructoid, White Bone Flying Squirrel, to take out both of them. After Hakaider is fatally damaged, he asks Kikaider to avenge him and laments that he couldn't die to Kikaider instead.]]



* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Saburo/Hakaider's one given objective was to destroy Kikaider, and he's determined to let anyone get in the way of him doing so.

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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Saburo/Hakaider's one given objective was to destroy Kikaider, and he's determined to not let anyone get in the way of him doing so.



* TragicMonster: Gold Wolf, Gold Bat, Black Spiny Anteater and his ''daughter'' tiny spiny anteater.

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* TragicMonster: Gold Wolf, Gold Bat, Violet Turbin, Black Spiny Anteater and his ''daughter'' tiny spiny anteater.anteater, and eventually Saburo/Hakaider.
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Renamed to Sexy Sweater Girl. Removing any entries that don't is just "Girl wears a sweater" with no indication that they are attractive, hot, or any further context.


* SweaterGirl: Mitsuko spends all of two scenes in the series not wearing a tight form fitting sweater.
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* FiveManBand:
** The Hakaider Force:
** BigBad: Gill-Hakaider
** TheDragon: Silver Hakaider.
** EvilGenius: All of them, as they're all former DARK scientists.
** TheBrute: Blue Hakaider.
** DarkChick: Red Hakaider.
** The SHADOW organization in the live action series:
** BigBad: Big Shadow.
** TheDragon: Shadow Knight and Gill-Hakaider.
** EvilGenius: Zadam.
** TheBrute: Waruder.
** DarkChick: Bijinder prior to her HeelFaceTurn.
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* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie]]

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* RobotSuperhero: While not the first Japanese media to feature android superheroes, ''Kikaider'' is the first in the tokusatsu genre, spawning many influences to other franchises as well.
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* PinocchioSyndrome: Jiro is determined to become a real human. It's why he doesn't want his conscience circuit to be repaired, because he needs to be able to ''choose'' to resist evil if he wants to be human.

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