History Series / KamenRiderAmazons

* CurbStompBattle: The sheltered Amazon orphans stand no chance against Amazon Neo Alpha. Inversely, Neo Alpha is mincemeat against the original.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A CorruptCorporateExecutive is secretly [[spoiler: brainwashing young teenagers to sell them off to rich buyers for nebulous purposes]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: ''Last Judgement'' involves both Haruka and Jin crossing their own respective lines before their final face-off. Haruka is [[spoiler: [[ThouShaltNotKill forced to eat Muku to save his own life, albeit at her own request]]]]. Jin [[spoiler: [[ApeShallNeverKillApe murders Mido during their final battle]]]] despite the latter re-affirming his humanity, since he "[[LoopholeAbuse smells like an Amazon]]."

* WouldHurtAChild: Where to start?

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A corrupt CEO is secretly [[spoiler: capturing young teenagers and injecting them with chemicals to sell them off to rich buyers for...nebulous purposes]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: ''Last Judgement'' involves both Haruka and Jin crossing their own respective lines before their final face-off. Haruka is [[spoiler: [[ThouShaltNotKill forced to eat Muku to save his own life, albeit at her own request]]]]. Jin [[spoiler: [[ApeShallNeverKillApe murders Mido during their final battle]] despite the latter re-affirming his humanity, since he "[[LoopholeAbuse smells like an Amazon]]."

* EveryoneHasStandards: A disgusted Kurosaki [[Kneecapping cripples Tachibana]] after finding out about [[spoiler: the Amazon Livestock Project]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: A disgusted Kurosaki cripples Tachibana upon finding out about [[spoiler: the Amazon Livestock Project]].

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: 4C remain unrepentant Amazon-killers in service to Tachibana, yet they were entirely unaware of [[spoiler: the Amazon Livestock Project]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: ''Last Judgement'' involves both Haruka and Jin crossing their own respective lines before their final face-off. Haruka is [[spoiler: forced to eat Muku to save his own life, albeit at her own request]]. Jin [[spoiler: murders Mido during their final battle]] despite the latter [[ApeShallNeverKillApe making clear he's human]], since he "[[LoopholeAbuse smells like an Amazon]]."

* RayOfHopeEnding: ''The Last Judgement'' ends with [[spoiler:Jin dead, the Amazons nearly extinct with the exception of Haruka and a few orphans, and Haruka wandering into parts unknown. However, Mizuki is still taking care of those remaining and swears to wait for Haruka, Tachibana has been removed after attempting to exploit the Amazon Livestock Project, 4C will probaly cease from hunting Amazons for now, and Jin is implied to be happy in death with his wife and child.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Hunt, start!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''It's hunt...or be hunted''...]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''It's hunt...or be hunted''...]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Who are you!?'']]

* ChainReactionDestruction: [[spoiler:A biologically variant. The HP round works this way: any Amazon hit by a HP round explodes and then any other Amazons hit by the biological splattered matter from the earlier Amazons also explodes, creating a chain-reaction explosion.]]

* RealityEnsues: In the second season, we find out that Nozama Pharmacy was hit by such a huge number of lawsuits and fines as a result of the events from Season 1 that the entire company collapsed and went under.

* MythologyGag
** Amazon Alpha's design is very similar to Kamen Rider Amazon's Pre-Amazon form shown in ''Pre-Stage'', an SIC Hero Saga story.
** All of the Amazons wear armlets that resemble the Gigi Armlet that was the original Amazon's TransformationTrinket.
** Just like in Amazon, the Mole Amazon is a DefectorFromDecadence and helps out the Pest Exterminators.
** [[Series/KamenRider Once]] [[Series/KamenRiderAmazon again:]] [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Spider first, then Bat.]]
** Other Amazons whose motifs are derived from [[Series/KamenRiderAmazon Beastmen]] include Ant, Crab and Wasp.
** [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Nozama Pharmacy, anyone?]][[note]]This is actually a recursive MythologyGag, as [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Tomoko Nozoma]]'s surname is supposed to be Amazon [[SdrawkcabName backwards]] as a reference to ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'', since ''Fourze'' celebrates the 40th anniversary of the franchise.[[/note]]
** Similar to ''Series/KamenRider555'', the Riders[[note]]except for Amazon Neo[[/note]] are named after a letter from the Greek alphabet.
** Amazon Omega's helmet design & color scheme is based on the original Kamen Rider Amazon's early design by Shotaro Ishinomori.
** Omega's Violent Punish could be considered a modern re-imagining of the original Kamen Rider Amazon's Wild Slash[[note]]Dai Setsudan[[/note]] attack.
** The series starts with two Riders that have the same type of belt, one of them red; they later meet a third undead Rider; and finally, (as of Season 2) a fourth Rider with a different belt surfaces. [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Sounds familiar]]...
** As par the course, Yugo’s last name is a reference to Tobei Tachibana from the early Showa era shows.
** ''Die Set Down'', the ending theme of season 2, is named in homage to "Dai Setsudan"[[note]]"Wild Slash"[[/note]], the original Amazon's FinishingMove.
** In Season 2, Jin's temporary blindness being reflected in his Amazon form resembles the original Amazon, whose eyes turned from his usual red to yellow when he was blinded by the Owl Beastman (#19).
** Unlike his predecessors, Amazon Neo's eyes are behind a yellow visor, and the visor design is more like the hybrid of Kamen Rider Faiz's Ultimate Finder and [[Series/KamenRiderDrive Kamen Rider Drive's]] Multi-high Beam Eye.
** Amazon Neo has some similarities with Riderman: both are the fourth rider in their world, oth are able to change their right arm into various tools and weapons, and both have clashed with the main protagonist.
** When Iyu [[spoiler:starts regaining memories of her old life]] she starts going into a MadnessMantra, just repeating "father, mother, sister" to herself. This also alludes to the OP and part of the premise of ''Series/KamenRiderV3''.

* MythologyGag: Just like in Amazon, the Mole Amazon is a DefectorFromDecadence and helps out the Pest Exterminators.

** [[Series/KamenRider Once again:]] [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Spider first, then Bat.]]

** When Iyu [[spoiler:starts regaining memories of her old life]] she starts going into a MadnessMantra, just repeating "father, mother, sister" to herself. This also alludes to the OP and part of the premise of ''Series/KamenRiderV3.''

* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Amazon Neo makes his on-screen debut in [[''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiChouSuperHeroTaisen'' Chou Superhero Taisen]], which came out about two weeks before ''Amazons'' Season 2.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Amazon Neo makes his on-screen debut in Chou Superhero Taisen, which came out about two weeks before ''Amazons'' Season 2.]]

** Violent Punish: A slash with the [[BladeBelowTheShoulder sharp protrusions on the forearm]].

* RayOfHopeEnding: ''The Last Judgement'' ends with [[spoiler:Jin dead, the Amazons nearly extinct with the exception of Haruka and a few orphans, 4C active to hunt Amazons, and Haruka wandering into parts unknown. However, Mizuki is still taking care of those remaining and swears to wait for Haruka, Tachibana has been removed after attempting to exploit the Amazon Livestock Project, and Jin is implied to be happy in death with his wife and child.]]

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Subverted. As in the original ''Amazon'' as well as the first 13 episodes of original ''Series/KamenRider'', monsters don't explode when killed; instead they melt into black goo after being mortally wounded. In season 2, a killed Lysogenic Amazon has their corpse decay instantly.

* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Amazon Neo makes his on-screen debut in Chou Superhero Taisen, which came out about two weeks before ''Amazons'' Season 2.]]

* FinishingMove: {{Averted}} with most of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Amazons]], whose powers and behavior are purely biological and thus don't have any formal finishers (although ripping out body parts is a common tactic). PlayedStraight with the two Riders (as with the franchise tradition), as the belt used by Alpha and Omega lets them use certain "Violent" attacks.
** Violent Punish: A slash with the [[BladeBelowTheShoulder sharp protrusions on the forearm]].
** Violent Strike: A kick, with similar protrusions on the back of the leg.
** Violent Break: Finishing off the enemy with a weapon made from the Driver's Battler Grip (right-hand handle), such as a throwing spear or a ''[[SinisterScythe kama]]''.

* HenshinHero: While the closest this series has to an actual hero is Haruka, much like the original Amazon, the Amazon Riders in this series are more biological than technological. There's no traditional "enemy/hero gets hit, sparks fly", but more "enemy/hero gets hit, they bleed". Their Amazon forms are a biological creature that can bleed and their main source of power is protein. However, with enough force, they will revert to their human forms if they take too much damage. Actually killing them will cause their body to melt.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The starting letter of each episode goes in an alphabetical sequence - the first three are titled '''A'''mazonz, '''B'''east Inside, and '''C'''olony of Ants. Since the first season ends at 13 eps, this carries into season 2. The last episode however, Amazon'''Z''', is the OddOneOut as its meant to be a BookEnds of sorts.

* SuperMode: Ironically, the Riders' '''base''' form is this in a sense: the belts give them greatly enhanced versions of their natural Amazon forms, as shown with Haruka's beltless form compared to his form with the belt.
** [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} with the second Butterfly Amazonz as it has a larva/pupa/adult stage like the Dobsonfly Beastman.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: As a whole, ''Amazons'' is definitely the darkest ''Kamen Rider'' series Toei Company has made, surpassing the likes of ''[[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]]'', ''[[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue Shin]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderWizard Wizard]]'' and even Urobuchi's ''[[Series/KamenRiderGaim Gaim]]'' to the point it has almost no verbal humor. Ever. Even more so than the original namesake which, despite the gory finishers, still had the general tone of either a 1970s Showa-era ''Kamen Rider'' show or an early 2000s, more-intense Heisei ''Kamen Rider'' show. Season 2 is even worse, with a more bleaker, dreary and tragic tone. Yes, {{Tragedy}} is part of Season 2's themes.

* DarkerAndEdgier: As a whole, ''Amazons'' is definitely the darkest ''Kamen Rider'' series Toei Company has made, surpassing the likes of ''[[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]]'', ''[[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue Shin]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]]'', and even Urobuchi's ''[[Series/KamenRiderGaim Gaim]]'' to the point it has almost no verbal humor. Ever. Even more so than the original namesake which, despite the gory finishers, still had the general tone of either a 1970s Showa-era ''Kamen Rider'' show or an early 2000s, more-intense Heisei ''Kamen Rider'' show. Season 2 is even worse, with a more bleaker, dreary and tragic tone. Yes, {{Tragedy}} is part of Season 2's themes.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Season 2 ends this way with the deaths of Chihiro, Iyu, Nanaha, and Mamoru. Jin is forced to kill his lover Nanaha, and with combined forces with Haruka, kills his only son. The original NPS crew ends up killing Mamoru, who tried to protect Nanaha, with an HP round, and discover that he still had his ¥1 coin. Iyu dies when the HP installed in her armlet kills her, and both Jin and Haruka once again WalkingTheEarth. But Haruka presumably places their armlets next to Nanaha's painting. Since {{Tragedy}} ''is'' among the main themes in Season 2, this is the most likely case.]]

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''Kamen Rider Amazons'' is a 2016-2018 entry of the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise loosely based on ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon''. It was specifically planned for release on the Amazon Prime streaming service debuting on April 2016 in Japan and on April 2018 worldwide with English subtitles under the MarketBasedTitle ''Amazon Riders'' (the first official ''Kamen Rider'' import since ''[[Film/KamenRiderTheFirst The First]]''). As such, unlike the MerchandiseDriven shows airing in the Sunday morning kids' slot, ''Amazons'' is a DarkerAndEdgier (and BloodierAndGorier) take on the ''tokusatsu'' formula--[[UpToEleven even more so than the original]] ''[[UpToEleven Amazon]]'' [[UpToEleven series]]. A [[{{Bowdlerise}} re-edit]] of the first season aired on Japanese television in 2016. A second season was produced following the success of the first, and began streaming on April 2017 in Japan.

* SpiritualSucessor: Arguably one to ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue''.

* RayOfHopeEnding: ''The Last Judgement'' ends with [[spoiler:Jin dead, the Amazons nearly extinct with the exception of Haruka and a few orphans, 4C active to hunt Amazons, and Haruka wandering into parts unknown. However, Mizuki is still taking care of those remaining and swears to wait for Haruka, Tachibana has been removed after attempting to exploit the Amazon Livestock Project, and Jin is implied to be happy in death with his wife and child.]]