History Series / KamenRiderBlackRX

* BittersweetEnding: As much as the earlier LighterAndSofter tone, the shows ends in this note, though less so than ''Black''. [[spoiler:Crisis Empire has been destroyed by Kotaro and the past Riders. However, in process, the Sahara parents were KilledOffForReal, and Kotaro had to [[PromotionToParent take care of their orphaned children.]]]]

* NoAccountingForTaste: Shunkichi and Utako Sahara argue ''so much'', you sometimes wonder how did they even manage to have two children.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Kotaro is a lot spacier and more happy-go-lucky since [[Series/KamenRiderBlack last time we saw him]]. It helps that the Sahara family doesn't induce the same guilt or tension Kotaro had during the last battle with Nobuhiko/Shadow Moon (with Kyoko being his sister, and Katsumi being his girlfriend), and they really took good care of Kotaro, and six months of peace with them (that has two children) instead of one whole year full of tension and angst does allow Kotaro to show more of his more cheerful/joking side that he occasionally showed to Kyoko and Katsumi.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Uttered by Grand Lord Crisis, the BigBad (who may be the same BigBad of Original ''Series/KamenRider'' through ''Film/KamenRiderZX'') upon his demise.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Uttered by Grand Lord Crisis, the BigBad (who maybe the same BigBad of Original ''Series/KamenRider'' through ''Film/KamenRiderZX'') upon his demise.

* CerebusSyndrome: While it's lighter in tone than ''Black'', it has three cases of being hit with this: The first is during a StoryArc where Black RX gets two alternate forms via TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, the second is when Shadow Moon shows up, and the final arc has [[spoiler:General Jark appearing in his OneWingedAngel form and [[KilledOffForReal killed the Sahara parents]]]].

* {{Crossover}}: RX teams up with his [[Series/KamenRiderBlack past self]] (along with Biorider and Roborider) in the short movie ''Sekai ni Kakeru''. He also teams up with all the other past Riders (from [[Series/KamenRider Kamen Rider I]] through [[Film/KamenRiderZX ZX]]) in the final episodes of the series.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Odds are, Black would've been outclassed by the Crisis Empire, but the villain decided to throw the 'Child of the Sun' into space were he'd be exposed to direct light from the sun, causing him to evolve into the much stronger Black RX.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Bujin from episode 7,an ''extremely'' rare tokusatsu monster-of-the-week who actually has an exposed human face.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Minami Kotaro is a lot more spacier and happy-go-lucky since [[Series/KamenRiderBlack last time we saw him]]. It helps that the Sahara family doesn't induce the same guilt or tension Kotaro had during the last battle with Nobuhiko/Shadow Moon (with Kyoko being his sister, and Katsumi being his girlfriend), and they really took good care of Kotaro, and six months of peace with them (that has two children) instead of one whole year full of tension and angst does allow Kotaro to show more of his more cheerful/joking side that he occasionally showed to Kyoko and Katsumi.

However, a new threat to the peace of Earth comes in the form of the Crisis Empire, which seeks Earth as their new invasion target. Acknowledging Kamen Rider Black as a threat, they capture Kotaro while preventing his transformation and attempt to goad him into joining the Empire. Kotaro refuses, and as a result he has his King Stone destroyed and gets thrown off to space.

The sun's radiation, however, resurrected Kotaro's Kingstone and split it into two. Thus, Kamen Rider Black evolved into ''Kamen Rider Black RX''. It also resurrects the destroyed Battle Hopper, upgrading it into Acrobatter. Now, Kotaro must use his new powers to defend Earth from the Crisis Empire, consisting of General Jark, Colonel Maribaron, Naval Commander Bosgan, and Captains Gatenzone and Gedorian.

!!''Kamen Rider Black RX'' provides examples of the following tropes:

->''"I am the child of the sun! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Kamen Rider! Black! R! X!!]]"''

''Kamen Rider BLACK RX'' is the ninth TV series in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise and, unusually for the series, a direct sequel to the previous series, ''Series/KamenRiderBlack''. It was broadcasted from 1988 to 1989 and was the last TV series aired during the Showa-era before the transition to stand-alone movies throughout the 90s.

''Kamen Rider Black RX'' is the ninth TV series in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise and, unusually for the series, a direct sequel to the previous series, ''Series/KamenRiderBlack''. It was broadcasted from 1988 to 1989 and was the last TV series aired during the Showa-era before the transition to stand-alone movies throughout the 90s.

[[caption-width-right:350:Wake up, the Hero!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Wake up, the Hero!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Wake up the burning hero!]]

The sun's radiation, however, resurrected Kotaro's Kingstone and split it into two. Thus, Kamen Rider Black evolved into ''Kamen Rider Black RX''. It also resurrects the destroyed Battle Hopper, upgrading it into Acrobatter. Now, Kotaro must use his new powers to defend Earth from the Crisis Empire, consisting of General Jark, Colonel Maribaron, Naval Commander Bosgan, Captains Gatenzone and Gedorian.

Oh, and this show also received an "adaptation" by Saban (guys behind ''Franchise/PowerRangers''), called ''Series/MaskedRider''.

* TechnicolorDeath: All over the place, but special mention goes to [[spoiler: General Jak,]] who shoots lighting and fire everywhere, explodes into a cloud of flames, and then ''the cloud of flames explodes.''

The sun's radiation, however, resurrected Kotaro's Kingstone and split it into two. Thus, Kamen Rider Black evolved into ''Kamen Rider Black RX''. It also resurrects the destroyed Battle Hopper, upgrading it into Acrobatter. Now, Kotaro must use his new powers to defend Earth from the Crisis Empire, consisting of General Jak, Colonel Maribaron, Naval Commander Bosgan, Captains Gatenzone and Gedorian.

* CerebusSyndrome: While not as DarkerAndEdgier as ''Black'', it has three cases of this: The first is during a StoryArc where Black RX gets two alternate forms via TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, the second is when Shadow Moon shows up, and the final arc has [[spoiler:General Jark appearing in his OneWingedAngel form and [[KilledOffForReal killed the Sahara parents]]]].

** CerebusSyndrome: While not as DarkerAndEdgier as ''Black'', it has three cases of this: The first is during a StoryArc where Black RX gets two alternate forms via TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, the second is when Shadow Moon shows up, and the final arc has [[spoiler:General Jark appearing in his OneWingedAngel form and [[KilledOffForReal killed the Sahara parents]]]].

** DarkerAndEdgier: While not as grim as ''BLACK'', it has three cases of this: The first is during a StoryArc where Black RX gets two alternate forms via TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, the second is when Shadow Moon shows up, and the final arc has [[spoiler:General Jark appearing in his OneWingedAngel form and [[KilledOffForReal killed the Sahara parents]].]]

* LighterAndSofter: For the majority of the series. However...
** DarkerAndEdgier: Near the end of the series, right when all Riders are gathering, [[spoiler:General Jark appeared in his OneWingedAngel form and killed the Sahara parents [[KilledOffForReal and they don't come back to life]].]]

* GenreSavvy: At least in the first episode, the Crisis Empire has known the dangers of Kamen Rider Black and so devised a method to disable Kotaro's transformation ability to capture him. Once he became Black RX, they can't depend on that method anymore.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Minami Kotaro is a lot more spacier and happy-go-lucky since [[Series/KamenRiderBlack last time we saw him]]. Either those six months were really relaxing, or absorbing direct sunlight in space messed with his head.

* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Subverted; Kotaro is shown a few times to be able to change forms and back in less than a second, so presumably all the posing and speeches is just for show. Defied in the first episode as well: Crisis Empire captured Kotaro in the middle of him trying to transform to Black.

* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Subverted; Kotaro is shown a few times to be able to change forms and back in less than a second, so presumably all the posing and speeches is just for show.