Line #41 YMMV/KamenRiderKabuto


1	* AbandonShipping: Tendou regards Hiyori so flirtatiously until [[spoiler:it's [[{{Squick}} revealed]] [[IncestSubtext that she's the girl that]] [[BrotherSisterIncest would have been his sister]]]].
2	* AlasPoorScrappy: The Hopper Brothers were both kind of annoying for awhile, either in their original iterations or, once they were teamed up as a goofy emo duo, they were a pair of [[ButtMonkey butt monkeys who were a bigger butt together than apart]]. The resolution of their storyline [[TearJerker is enough to make you sob]].
3	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Tendou a God-Mode Sue played straight, with his boundless confidence and superhuman abilities (even without using the Masked Rider System)? A ParodySue and partial deconstruction of the type (with his various failures, his strange obsessions, his inability to truly connect with others)? A DecoyProtagonist for Kagami (because Kagami is the one who actually espouses heroic values much better than him)?
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqt-37ghpc Full Force.]]
5	* BadassDecay: In Kamen Rider Taisen, you'd think Tendou would have a far easier time dealing with Series/KamenRiderStronger. [[spoiler: Though considering it's [[BatmanGambit Tendou]], this might've been on purpose]].
6	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
7	** Tendo is either an interesting and badass character with plenty of awesome moments (and some good HeroicBSOD moments later on), or an [[JerkAss arrogant]] character who is hard to root for (and think Kagami should have been the lead).
8	** Sou Yaguruma, particularly as [=KickHopper=]. He is seen either as a cool character who is much better as an anti-heroic wild card with some legitimate funny moments or very annoying with his emo behavior and a lot of his later problems are his own fault.
9	* BrokenBase:
10	** Pretty much the only things that people can agree on is that the fight scenes are awesome (when they have money to throw into the clock-up scenes) and that the later episodes are weaker than the earlier ones. Beyond that, you'll see arguments about every other aspect of the show, for example:
11	** The show's tone: Appropriately tense and dramatic, or inconsistent and suffers from too much MoodWhiplash.
12	* TheChrisCarterEffect: Kicks into gear around episode 30; not so coincidentally around the time EndingFatigue sets in.
13	* CommonKnowledge: It was generally assumed that because Hiro Mizushima left his agency and never reprised his role as of 2021, that he was blacklisted. However, he later explained that the reasons for this was that he had gotten married, started up an agency (to support his wife) and became a novelist. Him being far busier nowadays is the real reason why he had never reprised his role.
14	* CompleteMonster: In the war between the ZECT paramilitary armed forces and the intergalactic invaders known as the Worms, these show themselves to be the pinnacle of evil in the work:
15	** [[MilitaryMaverick Masato Mishima]], the second-in-command of ZECT, is, due to his selfish behavior, their TokenEvilTeammate. In the past, Mishima captured the young boy that would become Dark Kabuto and [[PlayingWithSyringes performed horrendous experiments on him]] to unlock the power of the Hyper Zecter, keeping him as a prisoner for years inside a ZECT facility in Area X. Assigned to oversee the development of the Gatack Zecter, Mishima wastes no time in sacrificing the lives of his own soldiers to see who is worthy of its power. Mishima allies himself with the Worms to stop the independent non-ZECT Riders, framing Daisuke for the murder of a rival makeup artist and later sending an agent whom he forced to eat nothing but dry boiled rice for the last seven years of her life to pose as a cadet to get closer to Tendou in a plot to assassinate him. Taking part in the AM Bomb operation, Mishima is disappointed in his superior for attempting to save the civilians that were made hostage by the Worms in Area C3, informing Arata that if he fails the negotiation, he'll just nuke the entire district. After the existence of Worms is announced to the world, Mishima turns himself into a Native and conspires to do the same with the rest of the world by usurping the position of general and, just so he doesn't get to lose his status after all the Worms have been exterminated, manipulating the population into wearing a pendant that detects Worms, but, unbeknownst to them, also converts those wearing it into Natives.
16	** [[DarkIsEvil Reiji Nogi]]/[[ResurrectiveImmortality Cassis Worm]] is a field leader of the Worms' army who, despite being introduced in the last episodes, proved himself to be the worst of his race. An open cannibal, Nogi follows the philosophy that he must [[TheSocialDarwinist devour the weak]] by absorbing his own subordinates. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Making his appearance known]] by destroying the peaceful Natives that were being escorted by ZECT, Nogi leads the counterattack against ZECT during the AM Bomb operation and makes the entire Area C3 fall under control of the Worms, promising to execute civilians if ZECT doesn't give the anti-mimicry device to him. With the Worms attacking four different sections of the city at the same time, Nogi directly participates in weakening ZECT's defenses by killing a platoon that was stationed at one of the sites to stop the Worms from continuing their rampage. Going to Shibuya, Nogi brings the Worms to slaughter the soldiers at Area Z, massacring all of those that were guarding the place from him except for the last line of defense, who almost committed mass suicide by nuking the place with them inside to prevent Nogi from stealing the Masked Rider System. After failing to recruit Dark Kabuto to his side, Nogi was ultimately responsible for Tsurugi's SuicideByCop by making him remember that he is a Worm.
17	** [[FillerVillain The unnamed principal]] of Jyuka Tendou's high school from the ''School's Ghost Story'' FillerArc is a human who willingly collaborates with the Worms all for the sake of pride and fame. Discovering the existence of the Worms after they replaced his choir group, the principal decided to take advantage of their superior abilities by forming a pact with them to replace his own students and make the Worms win at competitions instead of risking to lose with his human students. Sealing the Worms inside an abandoned part of the school that is covered by a mirror, the principal allowed a rumor to spread about the "cursed mirror" that grants the wish of desperate students but also makes them disappear, resulting in an entire basketball team going missing. After Tendou and ZECT uncovered the truth behind the mirror, the principal refused to accept responsibility and [[NeverMyFault blamed the students]] for wanting their wishes granted, telling Tendou that his own sister was the last person to have approached the mirror with a wish, which led to the Worms going after a bus filled with innocent students.
18	** ''Film/KamenRiderKabutoGodSpeedLove'': [[TheHeavy Issei Kurosaki]]/[[TheBrute Kamen Rider Caucasus]] is ZECT's legendary SociopathicSoldier and an eccentric thug who views strength as beauty. [[PsychoForHire Hired]] to destroy Neo-ZECT troops and help with the Jacob's Ladder project, Kurosaki becomes notorious for his enormous bodycount and habit of leaving roses on his victims' corpses. After executing Neo-ZECT leader Hidenari Oda, Kurosaki joins ZECT's inner circle in a conspiracy to [[ColonyDrop annihilate humanity with a second meteor]] filled with dormant Worm eggs. When confronted by Tendou as to why he would let the Worms rule Earth, Kurosaki confesses to not caring for the lives of both humans and Worms, merely wishing to satisfy his [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinistic]] philosophy. Severely injuring renegade ZECT agent Arata Kagami in a space station, Kurosaki breaks the window of his escape pod out of spite, leaving him to freeze and suffocate to death.
19	* EndingFatigue: It's generally agreed that the plot haemorrhages coherence around episode 30.
20	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tsurugi Kamishiro is one of the more popular comic relief character in the series. His LargeHam tendencies and overall goofiness trying to "learn how the common man works" help. His storyline ending helps even more.
21	* FriendlyFandoms: Surprisingly, fans of ''Kabuto'' mingled well with those of ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'' since Tendou and Yui have a catchphrase in regarding "My grandmother said this". Even better is that Tendou is a SupremeChef and ''Delicious Party Pretty Cure'' has a cooking theme.
22	* GatewaySeries: This series has introduced many Western viewers to the Heisei Franchise/KamenRider series with its balance of humor, drama, and action. The Clock Up feature really seems to help as well.
23	* HilariousInHindsight: Hidenori Tokuyama/Yaguruma will be the lead star in a movie based on the boxing manga Thanatos: Mushikera no Kobushi, which will also star Yūki Satō/Kagami possibly as the antagonist.
24	** Yusuke Yamamoto/Kamishiro Tsurugi will play another eccentric "prince" AKA Tamaki Suoh in the Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub live-action adaptation.
25	** The Hyper Battle DVD features the Kabuto and Gatack Zecters as sentient TransformationTrinkets... [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight and both Tendou and Kagami act as if they were used to it]]. Apparently someone at Toei thought this was a good idea, as ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' would feature this idea again years later.
26	* HoYay: Subtle with Tendou and Kagami, but more blatant in Yaguruma and Kageyama, ''especially'' after [[spoiler:they become the Hopper Riders]].
27	* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/KamenRider See this page for examples.]]
28	* MemeticBadass: Souji Tendou. He's basically the Creator/ChuckNorris of the Heisei Riders. Fittingly enough, his Rider Kick is a RoundhouseKick. His grandmother also qualifies.
29	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: '''"CAST OFF. CHANGE BEETLE!"'''
30	* {{Narm}}: Depending on who you ask, the [[CookingDuel Dark Kitchen]] arc. To explain, the writers seemed to be trying to find a way to work Tendou's cooking skills into an actual episode plot instead of just being a source of witty aphorisms, and have him face off in a cooking duel against a Worm who plans to take over the world with his own cooking skills...somehow.
31	* NightmareFuel: No one expected the Masked Rider System to be developed from [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NightmareKabuto3_2586.jpg brutal experimentation on poor]] [[spoiler: [[EvilCounterpart Dark Tendou]]]] as shown in Episode 48.
32	** Being experimented and caged up when you're just a young boy is bad enough, but [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NightmareKabuto1_277.jpg to have Natives performing the experiments?!?]] That just makes this already disturbing scene EVEN WORSE.
33	** Speaking of which, [[spoiler: Dark Kabuto's]] blood-curdlingly [[CheshireCatGrin child-like smile]] upon entering Earth in Episode 42 is enough to keep anyone up all night. The creepy music doesn't help either.
34	** In a case of serious ParanoiaFuel, a Worm can become an almost perfect copy of anyone, including you. They are also stronger than you, can spit goo on you to kill you, and can slow down time to prevent you from escaping their clutches. The only way you can sense a worm is by their smell, which would be too late by then (unless you're a Kamen Rider, of course.)
35	** The Red Shoes ZECT installed into the Kabuto system to make Tendou their puppet. Note that unlike later “Berserker Forms”, who tend to growl or remain silent, Tendou instead chooses to defy AndIMustScream to creepy effect throughout.
36	* ParanoiaFuel: The Worm. The fact that a race of over-6"-tall, hyper-advanced aliens with retractable tentacles for hands have successfully managed to infiltrate Japanese, and, by a larger extent, world society, perfectly imitate the humans they encounter right down to their memories, and kill those they replicate, can be severely unnerving. They're like the Kamen Rider equivalent to [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} the Yeerks]], only ''even more horrifying''.
37	** Take that up to eleven with [[spoiler:Tsurugi being the Scorpioworm without even realizing it]]. The only thing more unnerving than someone you know being a Worm is the possibility that [[spoiler:you are a worm yourself and you don't even realize it]].
38	* PlatonicWritingRomanticReading: Halfway into the series, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Hiyori is a mimic of Tendou's would-be [[LongLostRelative sister]] from when the Worms who killed their parents had mimicked them so perfectly down to their mother's pregnancy]]. But prior to that, they had a lot of ShipTease, and in one of the earlier episodes Yumiko asks [[spoiler:Hiyori]] if Tendou is her boyfriend, which Tendou himself doesn't deny. Furthermore, Tendou's [[TheDulcineaEffect utter devotion to a girl he barely knows]] (who also happens to be his sole motivation with getting involved with [=ZECT=] and the Worms) seems a bit ''too'' intense for someone who's supposed to be [[spoiler:his sister]]. Sean Wiig, the actor of Tendou's child self who obviously hasn't watched the series to know better, even thought that they were boyfriend-girlfriend in a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090626001636/http://seancave.blogspot.com/2009/04/sean-as-seen-on-tv.html post made on his blog]].
39	* SpecialEffectFailure: Gattack's battle damage in 44 is very obviously just extra bits stuck to the suit, with obvious edges.
40	** There's various instances of transformations not melding very well (actor and suit actor standing in obviously different poses), sometimes bluescreen effects are sort of obvious, and some Worm are designed and fabricated better than others. Let's just say, some episodes obviously had higher budgets than others.
41	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/JuukouBFighter'', an earlier tokusatsu show themed around arthropods.
42	* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: The English language dub that aired in the Philippines isn't without its problems, but some of the dub casting does the characters ''remarkably'' well - particular highlights include Yaguruma, Kageyama, and [[OneSceneWonder the laughing tofu merchant]].
43	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The special effects are extremely impressive for a {{Tokusatsu}} series. From the cast-off and clock-up sequences to the choreography of the fight scenes, ''Kabuto'', even after 11 years since it originally aired, is still considered to be one of the best-looking series in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise.

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