Line #84 Characters/KamenRiderAmazon


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3	!Protagonists
4	[[folder:Amazon/Kamen Rider Amazon]]
5	!! Amazon (real name: Daisuke Yamamoto)/Kamen Rider Amazon
6	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Toru Okazaki
7	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daisuke_yamamoto.png]]
8	A feral Japanese man growing up in the Amazon Rainforest who was modified into a mutant by Bago during Golgos' attack. With the Gigi Armlet crafted into his arm, he can transform into Kamen Rider Amazon as he goes on a one-man war against the Geddon, and later, the Garanda Empire.
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10	!!!Tropes that apply to him in general
11	* BadassBiker: Subverted at first. Amazon was very reluctant to ride a motorcycle (his first exposure to them was a motorcross race, and they're rather loud besides), so it took a lot of convincing by Tachibana (and the [[CoolBike Jungler]]).
12	* BatmanGambit: He may be a {{Hulk Speak}}ing WildChild, but don't confuse that for stupidity. He once used a complicated plan that depended on precisely guessing everyone's actions, ''including'' getting the villains to think that ''they'' were the ones who knew ''his'' plans and were gambiting ''him.'' Yes, Amazon pulled off an IKnowYouKnowIKnow, ''level three or four!''
13	* TheBerserker: Amazon's preferred fighting style, at least in human form. His Rider form is ''somewhat'' more refined...
14	** Daisuke is pretty much a straight-up Berserker, although Amazon seems to combine it with bits of ConfusionFu.
15	** Although as mentioned above, if he isn't able to directly confront his opponent, Daisuke can become quite the conniving hunter.
16	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Amazon is a very violent Rider, but his rage is restrained to actual bad guys. He's a FriendToAllLivingThings besides, and when misunderstanding humans begin attacking him, he will always flee rather than harm them. There's really no reason to fear him if you're not a monster trying to harm innocents. If you ''are,'' though, there ''will'' be HighPressureBlood, eye-gouging, limbs severed via teeth, and so forth.
17	* ByThePowerOfGreyskull[=/=]PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''AAAAAAA-MAAAAAA-ZOOOONNNN!'''
18	* CoolBike: The Jungler.
19	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls him "Amazon", barring one exception in Series/KamenRiderZX.
20	* FishOutOfWater: Initially when Amazon arrives in Japan he finds himself out of place and overwhelmed by being in such a big city, though he soon adjusts.
21	* FriendToAllChildren: Amazon himself being a WildChild, this is no surprise.
22	* HealingFactor: It wasn't used too overtly in the TV show (likely related to the level of 70's special effects they were budgeted for), but Amazon heals ''much'' faster than a normal human, such that he can get into fist fights with clawed Beastmen without transforming.
23	* HenshinHero: Unlike other Kamen Riders, Amazon transforms with his Gigi Armlet, instead of a transformation belt.
24	* TheHero: As one would expect. Brutal fighting style aside, he's definitely a noble man.
25	* HeroWithBadPublicity: Whenever bad things happen, the actual villains pull a VillainExitStageLeft, and a wild, scantily-clad {{Hulk Speak}}er is the only person remaining at the scene, it sometimes doesn't go well for our hero. His good name is usually restored by the end of the episode... ''for the time being.''
26	* HulkSpeak: For the first dozen episodes or so before he gradually learns Japanese. This led to many communication problems during certain episodes.
27	* {{Keet}}: Amazon appears to be this outside of battle, at least by the time of Manga/KamenRiderSpirits.
28	* {{Kiai}}: '''''"GII GII GII GII GII!!!"'''''
29	* LargeHam: ''"AHH-MAHH-ZONNN!!!"''
30	* LightningBruiser: Like most other Showa Riders, Amazon is already this in human form, easily lifting motorbikes above his head. To note, he has even dug his way out of TEN THOUSAND METERS underground.
31	* MartialMedic: Daisuke is shown to be very good at making herbal medicines potent enough to counter the abilities of the MonstersOfTheWeek, on top of being capable of mauling monsters to death.
32	* NatureHero: Being raised in the jungle certainly helps.
33	* RaisedByNatives: Was raised by an isolated tribe in the Amazon.
34	* StoryBreakerPower: His Gigi Armlet has untold mystical powers that can even defy the laws of physics. If combined with the Gaga Armlet, the user is said to become "unstoppable".
35	* TransformationTrauma: The first KR series to invoke this.
36	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Amazon running around modern Tokyo in a loincloth doesn't attract nearly as much attention as you'd think.
37	* WalkingShirtlessScene: For the first few episodes, given he only came wearing a lioncloth.
38	* WildChild: Take a [[IncrediblyLamePun wild]] guess.
39	!!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Amazon
40	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kamen_rider_amazon.png]]
41	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Amazon's blades, on the forearms of his gloves. They're very sharp, and more to the point, he's strong enough to do the cutting. Before he learned how to do a proper Rider Kick, Amazon's finisher was the Daisetsudan ("Great Cleave") which was responsible for the HighPressureBlood below.
42	* CartoonCreature: While he doesn't look all that cartoony, Amazon's [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing Animal Theme]] is very much ambiguous. Popular guesses are a piranha, a chameleon or a monitor lizard.
43	* CurbStompBattle: The final battle with [[spoiler:Zero the Great]] mainly consists of Amazon walking up to him and taking him apart like a roast chicken. Justified as Amazon had [[spoiler:both the Gigi Armlet and the Gaga Armlet at the time]].
44	* FinishingMove: At first he didn't have one; it was just hack and slash until the MonsterOfTheWeek stopped moving. Eventually came his trademark Great Slice, a dramatic leap-and-slash move that results in HighPressureBlood and a dramatic fall (but still no 'boom,' the monster was just left in its own juices.) Last and least-used was the Amazon Kick, your standard Rider Kick ending in your standard {{Toku}} monster kaboom. The Super Great Slice is the Great Slice when he's got [[spoiler:both armlets, as seen once in Amazon and once in Decade]]. It's no different visually, but presumably its victims were tough enough to require it as opposed to lesser attacks.
45	* {{Flanderisation}}: In his own show, Amazon initially struggled with Japanese, but managed to pick it up fairly quickly and could pass for a native speaker by "Series/Kamen Rider Stronger". Come the Heisei era, and Amazon is incapable of speaking anything more complex than YouNoTakeCandle levels of Japanese. This culminates in the comedic net movies giving him PokemonSpeak, in which he can only say "Amazon" or Masahiko's name.
46	* ManBitesMan: One of the most preferred methods of Amazon. Parents actually complained about this, since it was easier for kids to imitate than the franchise's traditional [[FinishingMove Rider Kick]].
47	* TransformationTrinket: Amazon is one of the few Riders whose belt has nothing to do with transformation - it's actually a survival multi-tool he can use in human form. He transforms with the Gigi Armlet instead.
48	[[/folder]]
49	[[folder:Tobei Tachibana]]
50	!!Tobei Tachibana
51	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Akiji Kobayashi
52	[[quoteright:293:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tobei_tachibana_amazon_list_image.jpg]]
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54	* CoolOldGuy: While he's more of a NonActionGuy in this series compared to the last 3, Tachibana does have his moments. He saves Amazon in #11 by shoulder checking the Snail Beastman, who had proven to be a near immovable foe.
55	* EccentricMentor: As always, Tachibana is quirky but always their to help and guide Amazon.
56	* TheEngineer: He fits the older mentor archetype of one. In this series, Tachibana displays an affinity with machines, having become a professional motorcycle racer. He designs and constructs Amazon's bike all by himself. It's a pretty logical character progression, having been around the five previous riders, Tachibana eventually picked up a thing or to in order to better serve in the fight against evil.
57	[[/folder]]
58	[[folder:Masahiko Okamura]]
59	!!Masahiko Okamura
60	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Yoji Matsuda
61	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/masahiko_okamura.png]]
62	* KidSidekick: Amazon's child companion.
63	[[/folder]]
64	[[folder:Ritsuko Okamura]]
65	!!Ritsuko Okamura
66	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Mariko Matsuoka
67	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ritsuko_okamura.png]]
68	* DamselInDistress
69	[[/folder]]
70	[[folder:Mole Beastman]]
71	!!Mole Beastman
72	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ryuji Saikachi
73	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mogura_beastman.png]]
74	* DefectorFromDecadence: The Mole Beastman turns to Amazon's side after Amazon saved him from execution. Considering the BigBad's opinion was "die in battle or I'll kill you myself", getting shown mercy by his former enemy convinced him to perform a HeelFaceTurn.
75	* ImAHumanitarian: #12, when he sees that Amazon has captured one of the Mountain Women and is gathering firewood, Mole offers to help, thinking she'll be cooked and they can share a meal. Though the Mountain Women are AmbiguouslyHuman at best.
76	* NonActionGuy: Post HeelFaceTurn Mole normally stays out of fights. He has assisted in other ways, mostly using his digging abilities to get Amazon out of tricky situations. In #13 he does directly step in to restrain the Beastman, and head-butts him away before he flees the scene.
77	* PluckyComicRelief: Mole get's up to all sorts of silly antics after his HeelFaceTurn. Mostly acting childish indignant or suffering AmusingInjuries.
78	* SoleSurvivor: Toad Beastman calls him one, as Mole had outlived all of Geddon and their Beastmen.
79	* TokenHeroicOrc: The one Beastman who joins up with the heroes. Other Beastmen have allied with Amazon for selfish reasons, and certain humans willingly became monsters, but it's Mole who's the only one with any morals.
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83	!Geddon
84	[[folder:In General]]
85	[[quoteright:272:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geddon_logo.jpg]]
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87	An organization based from the Amazon, seeking to obtain the Gigi Armlet so they can use its powers for world domination.
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89	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Geddon is very different from the previous evil group, GOD, in ''Series/KamenRiderX''. Whereas GOD was a vast global conspiracy, Geddon is a lot more rag-tag, mostly being based around Golgos. GOD also used science to synthesize their cyborgs, while Geddon uses Incan mysticism.
90	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Geddon Beastmen, who are sent out each week in schemes to gather blood.
91	* NebulousEvilOrganization: They're out to obtain the Gigi Armlet and rule the world, and they're the ones sending Beastmen after Amazon. And that's about all there is to know about them.
92	* PunnyName: Geddon as in Arma'''geddon'''. And the artifacts they're after are called '''Arm'''lets.
93	[[/folder]]
94	[[folder:Ten-Faced Demon Golgos]]
95	!!Ten-Faced Demon Golgos
96	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ritsuo Sawa
97	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jyumenki_golgos.png]]
98	The leader of Geddon, Amazon's first enemy group.
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100	* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Amazon's finishing blow on him is cutting his arm clean off.]]
101	* BadBoss: Any and all minions will fight Kamen Rider to the death. If they retreat they are to be executed.
102	* BizarreAlienBiology: Even by Kamen Rider standards, who is simply alien. A demon whose lower body is a giant head with multiple smaller faces across the crown of the head, each of which seem to have some degree of sapience.
103	* ChewingTheScenery: The crown of faces make up for their lack of individual bodies with some very hammy grimaces.
104	* {{Flight}}: His main means of transportation, given he doesn't have legs.
105	* DiskOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Amazon finally killed him in #14, only for Geddon to be replaced by the Garanda Empire lead by Zero the Great.]]
106	* TheHeavy: Golgos razed Amazon's village in the beginning and is the one sending out Beastmen each episode.
107	* LargeHam: Be it the costumed monster atop the floating platform who bellows his orders whilst MilkingTheGiantCow or the faces along the platform's base who compensate for their lack of body language by mugging and shouting dramatically, nothing about the Jyumenki Golgos is subtle.
108	* MookMaker: Creates at least some of the Beastmen directly from his body.
109	* MultipleHeadcase: Each of the ten faces along his base have an independent consciousness separate from the main body, and on occasion even argue for him to change his mind.
110	* OneWingedAngel: SIC Hero Saga and one of the video games shows what would've happened had he gotten the other Armlet: he gains a massive demonic body to match the head forming his lower body.
111	* PoweredByAForsakenChild: It draws its energy from the consumption of Human Blood. Its faces turn red when powered up.
112	[[/folder]]
113	[[folder:Red Followers]]
114	The all-female grunts of Geddon.
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116	* AmazonBrigade: All of them are female, a rarity for {{Mooks}} in {{Toku}}.
117	* {{Mooks}}: The fighters of Geddon. Uniquely, they are actually ranked higher than the MonsterOfTheWeek.
118	[[/folder]]
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120	!Garanda Empire
121	[[folder:In General]]
122	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garanda_crest.jpg]]
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124	A mysterious underground society ruled by the mysterious Zero the Great.
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126	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Like Geddon before them they use Beastmen.
127	* NebulousEvilOrganization: Like Geddon they're a sinister secret society with hegemonic goals.
128	* NonIndicativeName: Despite "Empire" being in the name they're never shown having the reach to be one.
129	* VestigialEmpire: Some [[AllThereInTheManual sources]] claim they're actually the last remaining vestiges of the dynasty of the ancient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_Empire Parthian Empire]].
130	[[/folder]]
131	[[folder:Zero the Great]]
132	!!Zero the Great
133	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Hirohisa Nakata
134	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zero_the_great.png]]
135	Leader of the Garanda Empire's invasion group. He's the one charged with the destruction of Amazon all at the behest of his ruler.
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137	* AntiMagic: In the series finale, he reveals his spear can synchronize its energies with the Gigi Armlet and he easily de-morphs amazon.
138	* BadBoss: Not as eager as Golgos, but it's still present. In #16, he threatens Diving Beetle Beastman with death should he fail his mission, and executes a nearby foot soldier to show that the threat isn't empty.
139	* BodyDouble: [[spoiler:He's really a decoy for the Ruler aka the real Zero the Great.]]
140	* DecoyLeader: He introduces himself as the leader of the Garanda Empire, and seems to take Golgos's position as BigBad, but two episodes after his debut it becomes clear that he's only a figurehead who receives orders the true ruler of the Garanda Empire in secret.
141	* TheDragon: Leads the Garanda Empire on behalf of Ruler.
142	* TheHeavy: Ruler may be his boss, but Zero is the one overseeing the EvilPlan and MonsterOfTheWeek each episode from #14 onward.
143	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Ultimately killed by the spike trap he tried to use on Amazon earlier.]]
144	* MightyGlacier: When he finally comes around to fighting Amazon, he's revealed to be this. He's quite slow and Amazon easily dodges his attacks, but when a blow does connect Amazon is sent staggering.
145	* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: With his spear Amazon easily dodges Zero's attacks, but when Amazon disarms him, Zero starts clobbering him. When Zero draws a sword, the fight rapidly goes downhill for him.
146	[[/folder]]
147	[[folder:Ruler]]
148	!!Ruler/[[spoiler:True Zero the Great]]
149	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Osamu Saka (voice), [[spoiler:Hirohisa Nakata]]
150	A mysterious being who Zero the Great answers to.
151	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruler_amazon.png]]
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153	* BigBad: The true ruler of the Garanda Empire [[spoiler:and Geddon. While Gorgos and Zero the Great plot their campaigns, it was the Ruler who supplied them with the means and the soldiers.]]
154	* InTheHood: [[spoiler:When speaking to his BodyDouble Zero the Great, he appears in a KKK-esqe cloak which is taken off by Amazon after his decoy's death.]]
155	* TheManBehindTheMan: Zero the Great may be the public leader of Garanda, but not long after his debut it's revealed that in secret he answers to Ruler.[[spoiler:After he is unmasked by Amazon, he reveals that he was behind both Garanda and Geddon.]]
156	* PetTheDog: A surprising one in #18 during his interactions with Zero the Great. He simply dismisses a mission failure rather than going into YouHaveFailedMe territory.
157	-->'''Ruler''': Zero the Great! You're soft.
158	-->'''Zero''': My apologies.
159	-->'''Ruler''': No need. I will bring you an even better beastman! So you will be able to start a new mission!
160	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:, He's a mysterious figure hooded in [[TheKlan Klan]]-robes who communicates with his subordinate as a disembodied voice, making him an obvious stand-in for the [[Series/KamenRider Great Leader]].
161	* TheVoice: Speaks as a disembodied voice at first. It isn't until the final episode that Ruler even appears physically.
162	[[/folder]]
163	[[folder:Black Followers]]
164	The grunts of Garanda.
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166	* {{Expy}}: Their black luchador-like masks make them awfully reminiscent of the Shocker Combatants from the original series.
167	* {{Mooks}}: The black-suited fighters of Garanda.
168	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / KamenRiderAmazon