Line #17 Film/KamenRiderG


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3	--> ''"Right now, my vintage is luxurious… …Henshin!"''
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5	''Kamen Rider G'' was a 20 minute short episode released in 2009. It's an AffectionateParody of all things Franchise/KamenRider.
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7	In the year 2009 following the events of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, a black ops anti-terrorist organization called Shade was created. After the Japanese government uncover human rights violations connected to their SuperSoldier project, they shut Shade down and imprison their leader, Seizan Tokugawa. They now turn into [[RogueSoldier rogue soldiers]].
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9	At the TV Asahi building, members of the now-rogue Shade organization take everyone inside hostage. They interrupt filming of a show about wine, hosted by one Eri Hinata, and one of them, called "Number 5", comes to deliver their demands for the release of their leader. Eri recognizes Number 5 as Goro, the man who had promised to marry her three years before but had then disappeared. He didn't seem to remember her at all, however. After finishing the speech on-air he drinks some of the wine left behind by Eri, and his memories of his former life, and the brainwashing and modifications done to him by Shade to make him "remodeled human code G". He begins to fight against Shade for the sake of his love, as the lonely warrior of love, Kamen Rider G.
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12	!! Recurring ''Kamen Rider'' tropes
13	* CallingYourAttacks: A trope more associated with Showa than Heisei Riders, played by G when he performs his Rider Kick.
14	* CoolBike: [[Main/PropRecycling Straight out of]] ''Film/KamenRiderTheNext'', G rides reboot V3's Hurricane motorcycle.
15	* CoolSword: G can summon an unnamed sword resembling a sommelier knife from the "G" symbol on his chest. The sword has two retractable blades and its handle is in the shape of the letter G.
16	* FinishingMove: G has the Swirling Rider Kick which is similar to [[Series/KamenRider555 Faiz's Crimson Smash]].
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18	!!Kamen Rider G contains examples of ...
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20	* AffectionateParody: G is essentially a Showa-style (Reconstructed Human) Rider in a ''gloriously'' over-themed Heisei Rider show.
21	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: "G" is for Kamen Rider G, obviously.
22	* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Kamen Rider G himself surprisingly makes a brief return in ''Film/KamenRiderZiOOverQuartzer'', where he appears as one of the extra Riders summoned through Zi-O Ohma Form's powers and fights off some of the villainous Quartzer minions. He even makes his giant "G" symbol on a building just like in his episode.]]
23	* CanonWelding: Decade and the other Riders' appearance through a dimensional wall, plus G's post-series appearance in ''Over Quartzer'', firmly cements ''G's'' place in the ''Kamen Rider'' multiverse and, if references to Neo-Shads in ''Drive'' are anything to go by, it may even be placed within the [[SharedUniverse prime universe itself]].
24	* EarlyBirdCameo:
25	** [[spoiler:Series/KamenRiderDecade appears with all the past Heisei Riders in tow to give support.]]
26	** [[spoiler: Also, The BigBad in Kabuto's world that was shown in Decade: Phylloxera Worm]].
27	* ImprobableWeaponUser: G's obligatory rider sword is actually a giant sommelier knife with corkscrew. It does count as a CoolSword because of how it is both glorious and fitting for his wine theme.
28	* LargeHam: ''Everyone'', as it's acted in the standard Japanese melodrama style; the effect is that the parody elements are accentuated.
29	* MoodDissonance: The short episode itself played the tropes straight, but being broadcast during SMAP's variety program meant that SMAP was viewing it live, [=MST3K=] style. Says it all, really.
30	* MundaneMadeAwesome: G's Kamen Rider theme is... wine. His [[TransformationTrinket henshin belt]] is effectively a buckle-mounted wing corkscrew, activated by slotting a bottle of wine into it — resulting in one of the most pyrotechnically flashy {{Transformation Sequence}}s in the Rider franchise.
31	* MythologyGag: The short version is "everything" (even the recycled music is used under the same circumstances as in the original series) but they went the extra mile with the transformation, which is basically a ContinuityCavalcade in a TransformationSequence. First, he lands, imprinting his symbol into the ground a la [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kiva]]. Then, he does [[Series/KamenRider Kamen Rider 1]]'s arm-fling, then rotates it with his arm leaving behind an afterimage just like [[Series/KamenRiderSkyrider Skyrider]]. He inserts the wine bottle from the side just like [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'s Advent Deck insert, and pulls the corkscrew lever back much like [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Gatack]]'s Cast Off. The suit's red lines appear first and trace around him exactly like [[Series/KamenRider555 Faiz]], and then there's a sort of liquid explosion effect just like [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Chalice]]. The helmet is last to appear ([[Series/KamenRiderX X-Rider]] homage, or is that a stretch?) after which the eyepieces light up and there's a ripple of heatwaves, similar to [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Ixa]] when his mask opens.
32	** There is one ''very'' subtle reference: The physical transformation ends with the costume in a darker burgundy purple scheme, which bursts into a brighter crimson red when his eyes light up. It's similar to how [[Series/KamenRider Kamen Rider 1]] and [[Series/KamenRiderSkyrider Skyrider]] started their shows with darker costumes before getting a lighter one, as well as [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]] and his 'grasshopper monster' intermediary form. (Unsaid in the episode itself is if the burgundy version is his 'evil' form from when he was still with Shade.)
33	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "What would you like for your pre-meal drink?"
34	* RogueSoldier: Shade used to be a black operations anti-terrorist unit. After the Japanese Ministry of Defense disbands it, they turn into FarEastAsianTerrorists and raid the TV Asahi building.
35	* SkyscraperMessages: In the TV special, the eponymous hero's TransformationSequence ends with an awesomely flashy example of this trope, where the windows of the TV Asahi headquarters behind Goro explode to form [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS a giant letter G]].
36	* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: The ending indicates that Seizen does have some stuff up his sleeve, which means that his Shade henchmen will try and free him again. If Neo-Shade in Series/KamenRiderDrive is anything to go by, they eventually succeed... and are promptly overshadowed. If that was ''this'' Shade at all.]]

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