Line #17 Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiXSpaceSheriffSuperHeroTaisenZ


1	! Spoilers for all preceding Series/{{Toei\|Universe}} tokusatsu entries up to ''Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderWizardAndFourzeMovieWarUltimatum'', ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'', and ''Film/SpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie'', will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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4	[[caption-width-right:350:Lightning strikes twice.]]
5	''Franchise/KamenRider × Franchise/SuperSentai × [[Series/MetalHeroes Space Sheriff]]: Super Hero Taisen Z'' is the sequel to ''[[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen Super Hero Taisen]]'', which premiered in Japanese theaters on April 27 2013, features the first on-screen {{crossover}} between characters of [[Creator/ToeiCompany Toei]]'s three main {{Toku}} franchises, ''Kamen Rider'', ''Super Sentai'', and the ''Space Sheriff'' Series. The casts of ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'', ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', and ''Film/SpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie'' appear in the film. The Series/SpaceIronmenKyodain from ''Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie: Space, Here We Come!'' also make an appearance. The teaser for the film was shown after ''Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderWizardAndFourzeMovieWarUltimatum''.
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7	A third movie was later released, ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai''.
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9	!!''Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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11	* AntiMagicalFaction: The Galactic Union Police act as this for the first part of the movie, targeting the magic-wielding Kamen Riders due to the belief that because they use magic they are linked with Space Shocker's magic attacks.
12	* AscendedExtra: Yoko, who only had a few lines in the first [[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen Super Hero Taisen]] movie and had her spot in Go-Buster Oh taken by Fourze in the FinalBattle has a central role in this movie.
13	* BackFromTheDead: Space Shocker and the Madou consist entirely of resurrected villains, with a few appearing in new forms.
14	* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Reider and Shadow Moon's whole plan was to bring the Genmu Fortress to Earth in order to provoke the Galactic Union Police into firing the Space Dimensional Cannon at the planet, so they could harness its energy to revive Demon King Psycho.]]
15	* BehemothBattle: Kyoryuzin vs. Demon King Psycho.
16	* BigBadDuumvirate: Space Shocker's [[spoiler:Shadow Moon and Madou's Strategist Raider, both working to bring the Genmu Fortress to Earth and to revive Demon King Psycho, who is the mastermind behind his own resurrection and Space Shocker's/Space Crime Madou Syndicate's plans.]]
17	* BigDamnHeroes: Happens multiple times, with multiple groups of heroes.
18	** Kamen Riders Fourze and Meteor make their introduction in this movie by showing up with a bunch of space-themed Riders (''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' and ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1'') and Sentai (''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' and ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'') to face Space Ikadevil.
19	** Animal and nature-themed Riders (''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' and ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'') and Sentai teams (''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' and ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'') show up to back Beast up against Space Spider Man's forces.
20	** The new Inazuman at one point shows up to save Fourze from Space Spider-Man and together they finish him off.
21	** The FinalBattle of the movie sees [[spoiler:an army of Riders and Sentai led by Kamen Rider 1 and Akaranger arriving to assist the other Sentai and Riders against Psycho's LegionOfDoom. Honorable mention goes to Kyoryu Gold assisting Beast against Space Raider.]]
22	* BroughtDownToNormal: Geki is unable to transform into Gavan Type-G for a good portion of the movie after being revoked of his position as a Space Sheriff.
23	* ContinuityNod: The Go-Busters remember both Geki and the Gokaigers from their past meet ups and vice-versa.
24	* ContinuitySnarl:
25	** A minor case but when Ikari Gai showed up to interrupt the brief fight between Daigo and Haruto, Daigo doesn't seem to know who Gai is although he knows about the [[Film/TokumeiSentaiGoBustersVsKaizokuSentaiGokaigerTheMovie Go-Busters and Gokaiger]], especially his predecessors Hiromu and Captain Marvelous.
26	** When Gai changes into Go-On Gold, his changer shouts "GO-ON GOLD!" instead of the correct "GO-ON WINGS!".
27	* TheCameo: Both [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Kotoha]] and [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Beet J. Stag]] make quick appearances.
28	** [[Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderWizardAndFourzeMovieWarUltimatum The new Inazuman shows up to help Gentaro]].
29	* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:Kamen Rider #1 and Akaranger arrive with this and a large group of Riders and Sentai teams.]]
30	* CoDragons: Space Ikadevil and Space Spider Man are Space Shocker's main two enforcers.
31	* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Exaggerated, with this fate befalling all the villains in this movie. Special mention goes to the FinalBattle, where Psycho's entire monster army explodes simultaneously after the assembled Riders and Sentai throw their finishers and weapons at them.
32	* DemotedToExtra: All protagonists from the first Super Hero Taisen movie return here. Most of them have their roles reduced, but [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]] is the one sidelined the most by that. Decade only appears as an extra for a battle scene with a single line, saying his own name, not even appearing among the heroes in the movie's final battle, unlike Kamen Rider OOO, Fourze, the Gokaiger and the Go-Busters.
33	** Ironically, the Shinkengers and Kuuga appeared to join in the final battle, the team and Rider who teamed up with Decade before.
34	* DimensionLord: [[spoiler:The Madou, who plan to drag everyone into their home dimension of Genmu Space.]]
35	* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:The villains are after Psycholone, Yoko's new RobotBuddy, because it is actually the SoulJar of Dark Lord Psycho.]]
36	* DoubleVision: [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Kotoha]] has a scene alongside Geki's assistant Sherry, both played by Suzuka Morita.
37	* DressingAsTheEnemy: It is revealed that Gai disguised himself as a Space Shocker Combatmen to infiltrate the Genmu Fortress.
38	* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler:Kamen Rider #1 arrives for the FinalBattle by giving a monster a Rider Kick.]]
39	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kyoryu Gold's cameo has him acting as an AloofAlly, which he did for approximately two episodes of ''Kyoryuger'' before opening up to the group.
40	* EvilPlan: All Space Shocker/Madou do is for the revival of Demon King Psycho.
41	* FakeShemp: Inevitable, even before one takes into account the actors who died, retired from acting, or are just too busy.
42	* FinalBattle: Kamen Riders Wizard, Beast, Fourze, Meteor and OOO, the three Space Sheriffs, six Gokaigers, three Go-Busters and five Kyoryugers face the Madou's army of monsters at Genmu Castle. They are later backed-up by Sentai and Rider reinforcements including Kyoryu Gold.
43	* FutileHandReach: Having been mortally wounded by Space Ikadevil, the Kyodain reach for each other's hands just before they explode.
44	* GondorCallsForAid: When they discover that they only have an hour to to stop Space Shocker before [[spoiler:Gavan's higher ups ShootTheDog to save the universe]], Gai decides to perform this trope and call the Kamen Riders and Super Sentai teams for back up. As a result, throughout the film multiple groups of Sentai and Kamen Riders show up to join the battle. Inazuman (the one from Movie War Ultimatum) also arrives, apparently from the future.
45	* GratuitousEnglish: Reider occasionally spouts off English words.
46	* GrievousHarmWithABody: At one point, Raider uses his powers to lift Beast and smash him into Wizard.
47	* HeroAntagonist: The Galactic Union Police oppose the Wizard Riders, but only because they believe them to be responsible for the magical attacks that have been happening throughout the universe. [[spoiler:Though they do skew dangerously close into WellIntendedExtremist territory when they fire the Super Dimensional Cannon at Earth to destroy Space Shocker.]]
48	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Subverted. The Space Sheriffs seemingly sacrifice themselves to save the Earth from the Super Dimensional Cannon, but survive and blast Psycho back to Earth when he tries to finish his plan.]]
49	** [[spoiler:Played straight with Psycholon who breaks free from Demon King Psycho from some help from Yoko and takes a blast for her, dying in the process. Though at least he's stated to be capable of being repaired.]]
50	* HijackedByGanon: Inverted. In the end, Space Shocker is but a front for the revived [[Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan Space Crime Syndicate Madou]].
51	* IWillFightNoMoreForever: [[spoiler:In the end, Beet J. Stag shows up, sweeping the landscape but not helping his fellow Go-Busters as he's lost the will to fight after the series' end.]]
52	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Yoko to Psycholone; it actually works, and Psycholone breaks free of Psycho's main consciousness to [[TakingTheBullet take the bullet]] for Yoko.]]
53	* LegionOfDoom: Space Shocker, an organization comprised of revived ''Kamen Rider'' villains.
54	** Later on, [[spoiler:after Demon King Psycho is revived he brings BackFromTheDead a bunch of Super Sentai villains and Gavan villains.]]
55	* LetsYouAndHimFight: Gavan Type-G is charged with attempting to stop Space Shocker and is told their leaders use magic. This leads him to think Kamen Rider Wizard and Beast are the bad guys and goes out to fight them. Later on, after Gavan realizes the truth he winds uo fighting Sharivan, who is sent to defeat Wizard in his place.
56	* [[LukeYouAreMyFather Gentarou, You Are My Teacher]]: The Inazuman from ''Movie War Ultimatum'' appears here and confuses Gentarou by calling him a teacher, since he's still a student here.
57	* ManBitesMan: Amazon uses his ''Jaguar Shock'' biting attack on the [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Kamakiri Yummy]].
58	* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: We've got the Kamen Riders and Super Sentai crossing over again with the addition of the Space Sheriffs this time. We also get a cameo from the new Inazuman at one point, plus other Metal Heroes as Ranger Keys.
59	* MilestoneCelebration: With Space Crime Syndicate Madou as the villains, the revival of Reider and the return of Shōzō Iizuka as Demon King Psycho, and [[Film/SpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie the new Sharivan]], Kai Hyuga, having a supporting role, this can be considered somewhat of a homage to the 30th anniversary of ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan Space Sheriff Sharivan]]'', following on from the celebration of the 30th anniversary of ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffGavan Gavan]]'' the previous year.
60	* {{Mooks}}: In addition to their own Shocker Combatmen, [[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX Chaps]] are also seen fighting for Space Shocker.
61	* MythologyGag: First there's the obvious ones: we're seeing a lot of characters come back, and a lot of past technology does everything it used to do with updated effects, recreating a lot of beloved StockFootage sequences beautifully and making those who grew up with them drool. However, there's one less obvious one: When [[spoiler: Kikaider]] appears at the end, he says that these are not the ''only'' heroes of Earth. This is reminiscent of Movie Wars 2010, where Ryu Terui/Kamen Rider Accel, foreshadowing his upcoming introduction in ''Series/KamenRiderDouble,'' says that Double is not the ''only'' Kamen Rider in Fuuto.
62	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If the Space Sheriffs' bosses hadn't fired the Super Dimensional Cannon trying to destroy the Earth in a ShootTheDog, the movie probably would have ended with Strategist Raider's demise.]]
63	* NoPlotNoProblem: TheStinger, which has classic Kikaider appearing in an undisclosed location to comment on the heroes the audience have seen, setting up a [[Film/KikaiderREBOOT ''Kikaider'' movie]] which ends up being a ContinuityReboot with a whole new incarnation.
64	* OhCrap: The army of enemy kaijin react this way to seeing [[spoiler:an army of Sentai teams and Kamen Riders preparing their finishing moves all at once.]]
65	* OneWingedAngel: After being gravely wounded by Wizard and the Kyoryugers, Strategist Raider transforms into his true form, the monstrous Space Raider.
66	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: After Geki saves Skydain from being ThrownOutTheAirlock, the Kyodain develop this attitude towards Gavan; [[spoiler:they even save him from other Space Shocker members at one point just so they can fight him, which gets them killed by Space Ikadevil.]]
67	* SaveTheVillain: During Gai and Geki's first fight with the Kyodain, Geki saves Skydain from being [[ThrownOutTheAirlock sucked into Genmu Space]], leading to a rivalry between the Kyodain and the Space Sheriff.
68	* SharedUniverse: Taken by itself, ''Super Hero Taisen Z'' depicts a world in which ''Kamen Rider'', ''Super Sentai'', ''Metal Heroes'' plus the rebooted Inazuman, Kyodain and perhaps classic Kikaider too, all co-exist, which is enforced by Gai being just as familiar with the Kamen Riders as he has always been with Sentai. While later crossovers stick to the concept of the prime ''Super Sentai'' and ''Metal Hero'' worlds being one and the same, there is a [[SchizoContinuity flipflop between]] whether the prime ''Kamen Rider'' and ''Super Sentai''/''Metal Hero'' worlds are the same, or seperate universes in the Franchise/ToeiTokusatsu [[TheMultiverse multiverse]].
69	* ShoutOut: Similar to ''Film/KamenRiderDecadeAllRidersVsDaiShocker'', [[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX Black RX]] and [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]] are seen standing side by side combined FinishingMove; both were adapted for American television as ''Series/MaskedRider'' and ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' respectively. Incidentally, they are also standing next to ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'', which was adapted into the notoriously maligned ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''.
70	* SpaceX: Space Shocker, lead by Space Ikadevil and Space Spider Man.
71	* TheStinger: An after credits scene reveals [[spoiler:Kikaider, teasing at the [[Film/KikaiderREBOOT upcoming movie]].]]
72	* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Averted like in most other Super Hero Taisen films where most currently active heroes partake as well as several other veteran team and Riders, but also with the Space Sheriff's which imply they're making a special case in getting involved with Earth with all the other heroes around as there's other inhabited worlds in the galaxy that requires their protection. At the end Geki tells Gai he'll leave protecting the Earth to him implying he won't be sticking around to help, and this would indeed be the last Super Hero Taisen that involved the Space Sheriff's though Geki would return to Earth and team up with their heroes at least a few more times in Dekaranger vs Gavan, Kyuranger, and Kyuranger vs Space Squad.
73	* SupervillainLair: The Genmu Fortress functions as this for Space Shocker/Madou.
74	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Psycho goes up into space, only to meet the WaveMotionGun of the three Space Sheriffs' HumongousMecha, crashes back to Earth and right on the Kick Strike Brave Finish executed by the Kyoryugers and Wizard.]]
75	* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:After seeing Ikadevil kill the Space Ironmen and mock their sibling bond]], Gai loses his usual HotBlooded behavior when undergoing the TransformationSequence.

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