Line #34 Recap/KamenRiderDriveSagaKamenRiderChaser


1	---> Written by Riku Sanjo
2	---> Directed by Hidenori Ishida
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4	'''''Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser''''' is a [[DirectToVideo V-Cinema]] movie of ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' released following the conclusion of the series. In a similar vein to the previous ''Series/KamenRiderDouble Returns'' and the ''Series/KamenRiderGaim Gaiden'', it [[Main/ADayInTheLimelight gives focus]] to a secondary Kamen Rider, namely Chaser.
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7	* AccidentalMisnaming: Shinnosuke keeps addressing [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Detective Terui]] as "Detective Fukui".
8	* BabiesEverAfter: [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Ryū]]'s last scene in the special has him talking on the phone to Akiko and their daughter, Haruna.
9	* BecomeARealBoy: Chase's desire for the emotional capacity of a human is a major plot point here.
10	* BloodFromTheMouth: Chase gets this trope when [[spoiler:he stabs himself in the chest with the Rhino Super Viral Core to remove Angel's feather that gives him emotions at the cost of making him incompatible with Signal Chaser]].
11	* BloodierAndGorier: Than the main series.
12	* TheBusCameBack: Also shows the fate of Roidmude 051, originally shown being temporarily taken out of commission by Mashin Chaser in [[Recap/KamenRiderDriveEp3WhoStoleTheWomansSmile episode 3]] before also being revealed to have died off-screen before episode 43.
13	* CallBack: In ''Surprise Future'', Shinnosuke failed to use Signal Chaser because he lacked the mental condition compatible with it that Chase has. [[spoiler:The emotional capacity imbued into Chase by Angel's feather gave his programming a similar incompatibility that renders transforming with Signal Chaser impossible until he removes the feather.]]
14	* CallForward: Upon seeing Chase [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels smiling]], Shinnosuke, Kiriko, and Mr. Belt have a SpitTake in Gō's face, with the same camera shots and setting as when Chase will ask Shinnosuke [[spoiler:if he's in love with Kiriko]] and when Gō will react to Chase [[spoiler:confessing his love for Kiriko]] in episode 43.
15	* TheCameo:
16	** Nina Kisaragi and Satsuki Yamabuki, played by two members of the Kamen Rider Girls, have a cameo in this movie.
17	** Professor Banno and Roidmude 004 also make an appearance near the end.
18	** The [[LastEpisodeNewCharacter Penultimate Episode, New Character]], Koichi Kano, appears in Chase's flashback to [[spoiler:when he found Koichi and chose him as the human template whose data would be copied by Chase]].
19	* TheComicallySerious:
20	** Ryū's strictness and stoicism when negotiating with Shinnosuke and Gō unsettles them heavily.
21	** Inverted with Chase, who usually qualifies for this trope in the main series. Here, his newfound emotions are (initially) PlayedForLaughs, and the fact that he usually doesn't understand or express emotions is PlayedForDrama.
22	* ConditionalPowers: As implied by Shinnosuke's failed use of it in ''Surprise Future'', Signal Chaser can only be used in a Mach Driver worn by someone with a particular but unspecified mental state that Chase has, or some psychological bond with him [[spoiler:as demonstrated by Chaser Mach]]. [[spoiler:The feather that Angel gives to Chase gives him human emotions, but interferes with his base programming in such a way that transforming into a Rider with Signal Chaser becomes impossible for him until he removes it.]]
23	* ContinuityNod:
24	** A few are made to TheMovie, ''[[Film/KamenRiderDriveSurpriseFuture Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future]]'', which this special takes place shortly after.
25	*** Rinna mentions Chase having been attacked Roidmude 108, the BigBad of ''Surprise Future''.
26	*** Banno wonders out-loud why the SelfDestructMechanism he planted in the Drive Driver didn't activate, speculating that the driver had been replaced. [[spoiler:In ''Surprise Future'', it was destroyed and later replaced with Dark Drive's driver from the future, which absorbed the Tridoron Key that Krim backed himself up into.]]
27	** Chase's driver's license also appears here, with a flashback to his original picture for it.
28	* {{Crossover}}: The subplot of the special has Shinnosuke and Gō meeting and eventually teaming up with [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Ryū Terui]].
29	* DemotedToExtra: Medic only has three or four scenes in this special, all of which are largely comic relief. She does get one serious appearance in Heart's brief flashback, though, but that's also pretty minor.
30	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The first scene of Chase expressing joy as one of his new human emotions takes place after the encounter in which he received that emotional capacity from Angel. Said encounter had her naked and taking his shirt off. Chase, DidYouJustHaveSex
31	* DressHitsFloor: Angel does this before giving Chase emotions.
32	* GoldenSuperMode:
33	** Similar to the Super Evolution Roidmudes, Chase achieves a GoldenSuperMode called "Super Mashin Chaser", which is accessed through the Rhino Super Viral Core that he receives from Angel.
34	*** SuperpoweredEvilSide: To a downplayed extent, Super Mashin Chaser is disturbingly excessive in his violent rampage against Roidmude 051, far more so than necessary.
35	** Speaking of the Super Evolution Roidmudes, Angel herself has achieved this.
36	* HotterAndSexier: Of Chase's two {{Shirtless Scene}}s, one of them has him and Angel alone in a room together, with her undressing and then removing his shirt.
37	* InTheBack: [[spoiler:One of Angel's halos steals Heart's Roidmude Core this way.]]
38	* JumpScare: [[spoiler:Roidmude 077]] does this to all the cops around him after he wakes up.
39	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Angel Roidmude, originally Roidmude 099, who was originally listed among the Roidmudes who had died off-screen in [[Recap/KamenRiderDriveEp43WhenWillTheSecondGlobalFreezeStart episode 43]]. However, she's more of a BigBad in a special, while Roidmude 077 also serves as a more traditional MonsterOfTheWeek here, [[spoiler:transforming into the [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Beast Dopant]]]].
40	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Krim and Rinna get way too excited over seeing a solar eclipse. Yes, they're scientists, but still.
41	* TheNthDoctor: At the beginning of the special, Roidmude Proto-Zero talks to Krim Steinbelt and has a distinctly different voice (provided by Daichi Endo) from the one he has through most of the series. This is presumably his "default" voice, as his more familiar one (provided by his civilian form actor, Taiko Katono) comes from having copied data from a human template, [[spoiler:Officer Koichi Kano]].
42	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Chase, TheStoic, smiling and expressing emotions like joy shocks everyone.
43	** More seriously, Chase as Super Mashin Chaser exhibits extreme violence and unnerving bloodlust.
44	* PosthumousCharacter: Angel's human template, a psychiatrist named Shōko Hazama, whose studies and conclusions about emotion are what inspired Angel's plans.
45	* RuleOfFunny: The most likely reason for why Mr. Belt can drink milk out of a straw and SpitTake in Gō's face. Also why Shinnosuke and Kiriko decide to turn in [[ButtMonkey Gō]]'s direction when they spit out their drinks.
46	* SheCleansUpNicely: Medic shows up all dolled up for Heart around the end of the special.
47	* ShirtlessScene: Two scenes have Chase shirtless.
48	* SpitTake: Shinnosuke, Kiriko, and Mr. Belt all spit their drinks in Gō's face out of surprise of seeing Chase smiling.
49	* SuperMode: Chou[[note]]Super[[/note]] Mashin Chaser is accessed by Chase exclusively in this special.
50	* TransformationTrinket: Features an exclusive appearance of the Rhino Super Viral Core, which is used by Chase to become Chou Mashin Chaser.
51	* UnexpectedCharacter: Features the return of Ryu Terui/Kamen Rider Accel from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''.
52	* TheUnsmile: When looking over Chase's original driver's license photo, Nina and Satsuki advise him to smile more next time. This trope is the result.
53	* VillainousBreakdown: Angel's reaction to Chase rejecting her plan for an ideal utopia for Roidmudes as mere invalidation of individuality.
54	* WhoWritesThisCrap: A minor example. When Kiriko tells Krim that there's a jurisdiction conflict between the Special Investigations Unit and the [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Fūto Police Department]], Krim complains that it sounds like something out of a cop drama.
55	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Rhino Super Viral Core gives Chase the form of Super Mashin Chaser. As Super Mashin Chaser, Chase is disturbingly brutal and vicious in his attacks, while also commenting on the impressive power of the form.
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