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* MeaningfulName: Koichi Inochi's last name means "life", which he has sworn to protect.
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* CoolCar: Koichi drives in the space-faring Thunder One.
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* EvilDoppelganger: Tetsujin 13 is able to assume the form of the Thunder Mask, leading the Science Team to inadvertently attack the real deal.
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* HumongousMecha: Devil Beast Tetsujin 13 is composed of an alien alloy which can resist Thunder Mask's attacks.
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* BittersweetEnding: Thunder Mask wipes out Bem King, Dekanda and their forces, but it is implied that the Increase Machine did indeed kill him, since he disappears with Bem King and remains only as the star in the sky he had told Mayumi and Katsuya to watch out for. That said, though there was never a follow-up, just ask contemporary toku heroes how long death sticks for them.
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* DeadlyUpgrade: The Increase Machine is said to grant Koichi only three more minutes as Thunder Mask before it kills him.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: The Increase Machine of Planet Thunder infuses '''one million''' volts of electricity into the crippled Koichi's body, restoring his sight and enabling him to transform again.
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* BackForTheFinale: Rin, Koichi's younger sister, returns in the finale to provide him with the Increase Machine.
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* MidSeasonUpgrade: #13 has Koichi being provided with the Thunder Psymer device by his younger sister Rin, which allows Thunder Mask to block enemy attempts to disrupt his brainwaves.
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* {{Mooks}}: Introduced in #16, these Combatmen[[note]]Sento-nin[[/note]] are dressed in black and sport combs similar ot Dekanda.
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* {{Mooks}}: Introduced in #16, these Combatmen[[note]]Sento-nin[[/note]] are dressed in black and sport combs similar ot to Dekanda.
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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Thunder Mask is naturally man-sized but can grow to fight the giant Devil Beasts.
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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Thunder Mask is naturally man-sized but can grow to fight the giant Devil Beasts. Later Devil Beasts start out as man-sized. Thinnerman (#19) notably needs to feed on the brains of humans addicted to paint thinner before it can grow. Tokagerus, the final MOTW, is taken out by Thunder Mask before his BehemothBattle with the BigBad.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Devil Beasts are animal-themed and naturally giant.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Devil Beasts are animal-themed and naturally giant.giant to start with.
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* BackFromTheDead: #16 sees the resurrection of Dekanda.
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* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: After repeatedly failing to eliminate Thunder Mask, Dekanda is replaced and executed by Shooting Star Iron Mask, Bem King's new Dragon.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: For his repeated failures, Bem King has Dekanda replaced and executed by Shooting Star Iron Mask.
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* AnAesop: #19 has one told in quite a peculiar way even by tokusatsu standards: "Kids, don't do drugs... because if you do your brain will be fed to a monster so it can grow big and wreck the city."
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* Cliffhanger: #12 sees Thunder Mask getting gravely wounded then crucified by Iron Mask who, with his opposition eliminated, prepares to TakeOverTheWorld.
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* Cliffhanger: {{Cliffhanger}}: #12 sees Thunder Mask getting gravely wounded then crucified by Iron Mask who, with his opposition eliminated, prepares to TakeOverTheWorld.
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* DarkestHour: #12 ends with Thunder Mask defeated by Iron Mask, who presents his crucified body to the Science Team. With his opposition eliminated, Iron Mask prepares to TakeOverTheWorld and enslave humanity.
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* DarkestHour: DarkestHour
** #12 ends with Thunder Mask defeated by Iron Mask, who presents his crucified body to the Science Team. With his opposition eliminated, Iron Mask prepares to TakeOverTheWorld and enslavehumanity.humanity.
** This is upped in the endgame, with the penultimate episode ending on Thunder Mask being struck inadvertently by one of the Science Team's monster-killing missiles. This is followed up by the finale, which opens with the revelation that Koichi has been blinded and is unable to transform again lest he die, with the Science Team believing Thunder Mask to be dead whilst the villains, stronger than ever, prepare to finally kill our hero and conquer the Earth.
** #12 ends with Thunder Mask defeated by Iron Mask, who presents his crucified body to the Science Team. With his opposition eliminated, Iron Mask prepares to TakeOverTheWorld and enslave
** This is upped in the endgame, with the penultimate episode ending on Thunder Mask being struck inadvertently by one of the Science Team's monster-killing missiles. This is followed up by the finale, which opens with the revelation that Koichi has been blinded and is unable to transform again lest he die, with the Science Team believing Thunder Mask to be dead whilst the villains, stronger than ever, prepare to finally kill our hero and conquer the Earth.
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* Cliffhanger: #12 sees Thunder Mask getting gravely wounded then crucified by Iron Mask who, with his opposition eliminated, prepares to TakeOverTheWorld.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Iron Mask has the half-dead Thunder Mask bound to a cross.
* DarkestHour: #12 ends with Thunder Mask defeated by Iron Mask, who presents his crucified body to the Science Team. With his opposition eliminated, Iron Mask prepares to TakeOverTheWorld and enslave humanity.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Iron Mask has the half-dead Thunder Mask bound to a cross.
* DarkestHour: #12 ends with Thunder Mask defeated by Iron Mask, who presents his crucified body to the Science Team. With his opposition eliminated, Iron Mask prepares to TakeOverTheWorld and enslave humanity.
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* BadassNormal: The Science Team are ordinary humans who work to oppose the Devil Beasts, to the point of developing missiles capable of destroying them.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Great Devil Bem King is revealed to be the master of Dekanda.
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* BigBad: Devil Dekanda, the master of the Devil Beasts.
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* BigBad: Devil Dekanda, the master of the Devil Beasts.Beasts, but turns out to be just TheDragon for Great Devil Bem King.
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* TheDragon: Apparent BigBad Dekanda turns out to be this. He is replaced briefly by Shooting Star Iron Mask before being resurrected.
* EvilWearsBlack: Played straight for Dekanda's mooks.
* EvilWearsBlack: Played straight for Dekanda's mooks.
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* {{Mooks}}: Introduced in #16, these Combatmen[[note]]Sento-nin[[/note]] are dressed in black and sport combs similar ot Dekanda.
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* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Thunder!, when Koichi Inochi transforms into man-sized Thunder Mask. "Thunder Two-Stage Transformation[[note]]Ni-dan Henshin[[/note]]!" when Thunder Mask ascends to giant size.
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* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Thunder!, "Thunder!", when Koichi Inochi transforms into man-sized Thunder Mask. "Thunder Two-Stage Transformation[[note]]Ni-dan Henshin[[/note]]!" when Thunder Mask ascends to giant size.
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''Thunder Mask'' is a now partially lost tokusatsu series produced by Toyo Agency (now Sotsu Co. Ltd) for Nippon Television. An {{manga}} adaptation by Creator/OsamuTezuka was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1972 to 1973.
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''Thunder Mask'' is a now partially lost tokusatsu series produced by Toyo Agency (now Sotsu Co. Ltd) for Nippon Television. An A {{manga}} adaptation by Creator/OsamuTezuka was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1972 to 1973.
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* GratuitousEnglish: The name of the show itself.
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* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Thunder!, when Koichi Inochi transforms into man-sized Thunder Mask. "Thunder Two-Stage Transformation[[note]]Ni-dan Henshin[[/note]]!" when Thunder Mask ascends to giant size.
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''Thunder Mask'' is a now partially lost tokusatsu series produced by Toyo Agency (now Sotsu Co. Ltd) for Nippon Television. An {{manga}} adaptation by Creator/OsamuTezuka was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1972 to 1973.
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!Tropes
* BehemothBattle: Happens OnceAnEpisode as Thunder Mask grows to fight one of Dekanda's giant monsters.
* BigBad: Devil Dekanda, the master of the Devil Beasts.
* CallingYourAttacks: This being a Showa era tokusatsu, Thunder Mask partakes in this.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: As ever for {{tokusatsu}}, this befalls the slain villains.
* HumanAlien: Thunder Mask's natural form is a man (Koichi Inochi) who hails from outer space.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Thunder Mask is naturally man-sized but can grow to fight the giant Devil Beasts.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Devil Beasts are animal-themed and naturally giant.
* ProtagonistTitle
* SecretIdentity: Thunder Mask's true form is a man who goes by the name Koichi Inochi on Earth.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Devil Dekanda's EvilPlan.
* UltramanCopy: The titular hero is a HumanAlien from outer space who transforms into a humanoid figure, mostly green but with silver and red as well, who can then grow in size to fight naturally giant monsters which threaten the Earth, specializing in beam attacks. Whilst in human form, our hero also interacts with a Science Team dedicated to opposing the monsters, much like the Defense Teams of ''Ultraman''.
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!Tropes
* BehemothBattle: Happens OnceAnEpisode as Thunder Mask grows to fight one of Dekanda's giant monsters.
* BigBad: Devil Dekanda, the master of the Devil Beasts.
* CallingYourAttacks: This being a Showa era tokusatsu, Thunder Mask partakes in this.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: As ever for {{tokusatsu}}, this befalls the slain villains.
* HumanAlien: Thunder Mask's natural form is a man (Koichi Inochi) who hails from outer space.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Thunder Mask is naturally man-sized but can grow to fight the giant Devil Beasts.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Devil Beasts are animal-themed and naturally giant.
* ProtagonistTitle
* SecretIdentity: Thunder Mask's true form is a man who goes by the name Koichi Inochi on Earth.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Devil Dekanda's EvilPlan.
* UltramanCopy: The titular hero is a HumanAlien from outer space who transforms into a humanoid figure, mostly green but with silver and red as well, who can then grow in size to fight naturally giant monsters which threaten the Earth, specializing in beam attacks. Whilst in human form, our hero also interacts with a Science Team dedicated to opposing the monsters, much like the Defense Teams of ''Ultraman''.
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