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1	! Spoilers for ''Series/KamenRider'' and ''Series/KamenRiderGhostLegendaryRidersSouls'', as well all preceding ''Franchise/KamenRider'' entries will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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3	[[caption-width-right:350:For Life, Love, and Future.]]
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5	''Kamen Rider 1'' is the 2016 ''Franchise/KamenRider'' spring {{crossover}} movie. It features the return of Creator/HiroshiFujioka as [[Series/KamenRider Takeshi Hongo]], this time in a main character capacity unlike his last appearance in ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai''.
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7	After many years fighting Shocker around the world, Hongo returns to Japan to recruit [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Takeru Tenkuji and Makoto Fukami]], Kamen Riders Ghost and Specter, after Shocker's newest incarnation goes after Mayu Tachibana, Tobei Tachibana's granddaughter, who seems to be connected to their plans to resurrect Ambassador Hell. However, the years have not been kind to Hongo, whose cyborg body is starting to become weaker. There is also a new group known as Nova Shocker, an organization splintered from Shocker and causing an internal power struggle with the Kamen Riders caught in the crossfire.
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9	Interestingly, while this will be released at the same time the usual ''Super Hero Taisen'' films were released (two weeks after the newest installment of ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars''), this film marks the first time that there are no signs of any of the other Kamen Riders from either era, nor is there an appearance from the contemporary ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger''.
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12	!! ''Kamen Rider 1'' has examples of the tropes:
13	* EleventhHourSuperpower: The Rider Damashii from the Youtube ''Kamen Rider Ghost'' shorts return as well as a new Damashii based off of Rider 1.
14	* AnimalReactionShot: A tankful of fish are seen darting away as if going into hiding when an old and a Nova Shocker mook fight each other in a bar.
15	* {{Archenemy}}: Ambassador Hell clearly sees Hongo as this. [[spoiler:He decidedly doesn't take it well when Hongo doesn't reciprocate enough to grant his request for a LastDance.]]
16	* BackFromTheDead:
17	** Ambassador Hell is resurrected and resumes control of Shocker's remnants.
18	** [[spoiler:Hongo himself. A funeral is even held in his honor. He is revived after Mayu [[SayMyName calls out for him.]]]]
19	* BigBadEnsemble: Wolga leading Nova Shocker and Ambassador Hell leading Shocker classic are this. [[spoiler:After going completely berserk due to the Alexander Eyecon's power, Wolga becomes the sole BigBad, and Ambassador Hell forms an EnemyMine with the Riders.]]
20	* BigBlackout: Caused by Nova Shocker. All of Japan loses power in an attempt to strong-arm the Japanese government into funding the organization. [[spoiler:They succeed.]]
21	* BreakingOldTrends: A number of traditions for ''Kamen Rider'' spring movies are cast aside here; ''Kamen Rider 1'' scales down from its predecessors by being the first spring movie to:
22	** Not be written by Shoji Yonemura nor feature a previous Heisei Rider since ''Series/KamenRiderDenO Episodes Red and Blue'' in 2010. And with LetsYouAndHimFight being one of his signature tropes for spring movies, suffice to say you won't find that in this movie either; the ''Ghost'' cast and Hongo immediately get on an amicable level.
23	** Feature a crossover between only two ''Kamen Rider'' series, have a number of returning performers that can be counted on only one hand[[note]]Fujioka and Ren Osugi as Ambassador Hell, the latter reprising from ''Series/KamenRiderDecade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'')[[/note]] and not have FakeShemp Riders since ''Den-O Episode Yellow'' (which crossed over with ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' by featuring only Kaito from that series) in 2010.
24	** Not feature the incumbent Super Sentai, let alone any Sentai, and by proxy not feature a giant foe in the final battle due to a lack of ''Sentai'' mecha since ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen'' in 2012.
25	** [[spoiler:Actively involve the incumbent Rider's enemies in the plot, though the Ganma responsible for kickstarting the movie's plot is merely a GreaterScopeVillain seen in a flashback within the context of the movie alone, only making himself known to the ''Ghost'' cast in a [=YouTube=] short set after the movie. The closest this has happened in a prior spring movie was Chaser making a plot-insignificant cameo in ''Film/SuperHeroTaisenGPKamenRider3''.]]
26	* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Takeshi Hongo is seventy in this film, much like how his actor is.
27	* CharacterTitle
28	* ContinuitySnarl:
29	** Shocker still exists as a global organization, whereas the original series and other sequels showed it to have reformed into Gel-Shocker and beyond.
30	** External materials explained that Tachibana's family died in a racing accident before the original series started. Here, he has a grandchild by the name of Mayu.
31	** Ganikoumoru somehow exists as a member of Shocker, when he was a member of Geldam in the original series.
32	* CoolBike: Neo Cyclone, based on the Honda [=GoldWing F6C=].
33	* CoolOldGuy: Hongo is ''70'' by this point, his cyborg body is becoming weaker, and yet he still kicks so much ass.
34	* CostumeEvolution:
35	** Kamen Rider 1 goes from the lighter and slimmer original design to a bulkier and darker one.
36	** [[{{Mook}} Nova Shocker Combatmen]] have a much more detailed and menacing variant of the usual Combatman costumes ''that don't look cheap''.
37	* DemotedToExtra: The ''Ghost'' cast is this. While they're still part of the movie, the focus is more on Hongo and fighting Shocker.
38	* DragonInChief: Instead of the Great Leader, the one calling the shots on Shocker Classic is one of his generals, Ambassador Hell.
39	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:When the Alexander the Great Eyecon proves to be too dangerous for Wolga to control, Ambassador Hell forms an uneasy alliance with the Kamen Riders to stop him. After all, if Wolga takes over/destroys the world, he can't. After Wolga's defeat, he destroys the Alexander Eyecon himself, stating that [[EvenEvilHasStandards there is no point in using its power if he loses his sense of self in the process]].]]
40	* EvilVersusEvil: Shocker vs Nova Shocker, both evil terrorist groups who want to TakeOverTheWorld, but loathe each other.
41	* FinalBattle: Kamen Riders 1, Ghost and Specter along with Ambassador Hell against Wolga and Buffal.
42	* TheHeroDoesntKillTheVillainess: [[spoiler:Eagla, the sole female commander of Nova Shocker and the only not seen with a monster form, is killed by Wolga when the Alexander Eyecon sends him into an UnstoppableRage.]]
43	* IWillFightNoMoreForever: Hongo, after finally meeting Mayu, promises to stop fighting, especially in his weakened state. He wanted to have his final days living a more peaceful life, making it up to Mayu by celebrating three years' worth of birthdays.
44	** [[spoiler:Ends up becoming a TenMinuteRetirement as Shocker kidnaps Mayu in order to extract the Alexander the Great Eyecon from her.]]
45	* LadyOfWar: Eagla. She is a Shocker mutant, but she mainly fights in her human form for the entirety of the film.
46	* MeleeATrois: The main conflict of the film is Kamen Riders vs Shocker vs Nova Shocker, and on several occasions things devolve into an all out war between the three factions.
47	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Ganikoumoru betrays Shocker to join Nova Shocker, alerting the latter of the plans to extract the Alexander Eyecon from Mayu.]]
48	* MysteriousWaif: Mayu Tachibana. [[spoiler:Within her grows the Alexander the Great Eyecon, unknowingly implanted by Ambassador Hell some time before the events of the story. The reason behind why she has it is due to her being a direct descendant of the mentor of the Kamen Riders...Tachibana Tobei himself.]]
49	* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Hongo versus the splintered Shocker organization Nova Shocker, who is led by a younger man.
50	* OldSuperhero: Hongo's cyborg body is starting to fail on him. The main theme is him fighting in spite of [[DentedIron his body slowly breaking down]]. [[spoiler:His resurrection seems to have fixed that.]]
51	* ParentalAbandonment: Although Mayu isn't his granddaughter by blood, she still isn't all too happy to see Takeshi when he returns, although [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou he had a good reason why]]: the nature of his work, plus the promise he made to her grandfather.
52	* RecycledSoundtrack: When Takeru and Makoto use the Legend Rider Eyecons, the battle themes of the respective Riders play.
53	* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Wolga defects from Shocker and decides to form Nova Shocker with Buffal and Eagla as one of his associates after he was disappointed with Shocker for their previous failed attempt to revive Ambassador Hell due to Yamaarashi-Roid's destruction at the hands of Kamen Rider Ghost and [[Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger Zyuoh Eagle]].
54	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: What Nova Shocker's true goal is: conquer the world via the global economy.
55	* ShoutOut: [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns An aging hero is forced to take on a more armored, bulkier form compared to his formerly lithe and agile younger days.]]
56	* TookALevelInBadass: To keep up with the new forces, Hongo upgrades his body to a bulkier, almost Heisei-level look.
57	* TransformationSequence: Hongo's once again became more detailed, showing a green wind burst coming out of his belt and blowing onto him while his armor forms.
58	* UnstoppableRage: What ultimately happens [[spoiler:when the Alexander the Great Eyecon's power proves too much for Wolga to control. He inadvertently kills Eagla as the possession takes over.]]
59	* WalkingTheEarth: What Hongo was doing all this time, fighting Shocker.
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62	"''Riders will always be by your side.''
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64	''They'll always be with you no matter what''
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66	''Live,Live,Live till the end''
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68	''Riders will still be there for you''."

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