History Series / KamenRiderStronger

!!Henshin...'''TROPER!!!'''

[[caption-width-right:350:''"The heavens cry out! The earth cries out! The people cry out! They cry out for me to destroy evil! Listen up, evildoers...I am the warrior of justice, Kamen Rider Stronger!"'']]

! All spoilers from ''Series/KamenRider'' to ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' are left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The enemies that Stronger faces keep getting more powerful throughout the series. Even Mr. Titan was upgraded to justify his return.

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'''[[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Phase 1 Heisei Era >>>]]'''-]]]]]

->''"Kamen Rider Stronger, Shigeru Jo, underwent a cyborg surgery and become an electric human. He pledge to fight the evil organization, Black Satan, to defend peace and justice throughout Japan."''

* CursedWithAwesome: He's a cyborg with the strength and power to take on all evildoers, but those gloves Jou always wears are ''insulated''. (It's under this trope as it gives Jou a "handy" trick in human form, and he doesn't seem too worried by it.)

->''"Kamen Rider Stronger, Shigeru Jo, underwent an cyborg surgery and become an electric human. He decided to fight the evil organization, Black Satan, in order to defend peace and justice throughout Japan."''

* GrandFinale: The final episode is considered the end of an era for the first half of the Showa riders era before going on a hiatus until ''[[Series/KamenRiderSkyrider Skyrider]]'', [[spoiler: where the seven riders are facing their final battle against the Great Leader of Delzer Army who also lead the previous organizations the riders have faced throughout the years.]]

!!''Kamen Rider Stronger'' provides examples of:

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: Tackle is killed late in the series, and her actress dies of a sudden asthma attack in the 80s, turning Tackle's death into HarsherInHindsight. Her being officially considered ''not'' a true Rider but a mere sidekick only adds insult to injury. This is referenced in the ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' manga.]]
** More like rectified: [[spoiler:''Spirits'' gives a better explanation for Tackle not being considered a Kamen Rider, saying that Jou and Tachibana felt she had done enough and wanted her to rest in peace as a normal woman, not a warrior.]]
*** [[spoiler: In Spirits, after Tackle's death, when she sacrificed herself in battle to kill a foe that not even Stronger could match, while hiding the fact that she had been fatally poisoned, Shigeru, while leaving her grave, said "Yuriko... no, Tackle.", respecting her as a warrior even if not calling her a Kamen Rider. Meanwhile, in Spírits, Shigeru claims that she's just Yuriko and died as a normal woman.]]
*** [[spoiler: More recently, the KR Decade short films raised the question of Tackle's rider status directly, and Tackle featured prominently in one of the Decade movies. The jury's still out, but there seems to be a swell of support for Tackle being given full Kamen Rider status posthumously. With the creation of Kamen Rider Kivala, and Decade showing female riders in the Hibiki-verse, there may yet be hope for female Kamen Riders. ''Decade'' also treated Yuriko a lot better than ''Stronger'' did; where ''Stronger's'' Yuriko seemed to end up tied up if faced with anything worse than two {{Mooks}} and had to die to beat Doctor Kate in her ''only'' instance of surpassing that, ''Decade's'' Yuriko, while having a quite different personality (''Decade's'' Yuriko is a GenkiGirl ThirdPersonPerson, but it's covering a good deal of pain.) was a force to be reckoned with. Yuriko's fans surely had no problem with her telling Decade "No, let me handle this" and sending six Riotroopers (EvilKnockoff Riders from ''Series/KamenRider555,'' a homage to the Shocker Riders of old) flying like ragdolls with ''one'' Electro-Wave Throw (yes, that attack that was only capable of ''pushing'' one or two footsoldiers - basic grunts, the kind that are routinely beaten by humans with decent chop-socky skills - back but without actually stopping them in ''Stronger''.) She didn't just return, she returned with powers as strong as her will always was, and it was ''beautiful.'']]
*** [[spoiler: The change regarding Tackle makes sense in context. Yuriko is shown in all of the flashbacks to have been someone who loved Jou, but could never live a normal life with him because of Black Satan's reconstruction of them. Thus, by acknowledging Yuriko as a woman, Jou is giving her in death the one thing she couldn't have: her old life back. If anything, Jou was just respecting her wish.]]
*** [[spoiler: The big irony of Tackle not being titled a Kamen Rider (and the reference in the Decade special) is that, after Shigeru gave himself the title of "Kamen Rider", Yuriko ''chose'' to go by "Denpa Ningen" instead.]]

* BadassBiker
* BigBad: The Great Leader[[note]]Dai-shuryo[[/note]], formerly of [[Series/KamenRider Shocker]] and [[Series/KamenRiderV3 Destron]], is back as the master of Black Satan. In #26, the Great Leader reveals his new form, a man-sized spider, and is apparently slain by Stronger, after which his place is taken by the Delza Army, a BigBadEnsemble led by General Shadow, formerly TheDragon of Black Satan. However, once Shadow falls, the Great Leader appears again as Rock Great Leader, a giant rockman containing an alien brain which is seemingly vanquished by the first seven Riders.

* CoolBike
* TheDragon: Inititally, Black Satan has Titan, who is slain in #13. He is replaced by General Shadow in #14, then...
** CoDragons: Titan is revived in #17, joining General Shadow. After Titan is KilledOffForReal in #23, Dead Lion joins #24 only to disappear after Black Satan falls. Delza Army's Majin are all CoDragons as well as the new MonsterOfTheWeek.
* FinishingMove
* HenshinHero
* LastVillainStand: Titan has his, once in #13, then for the second and last time in #23.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Par for the course for ''Kamen Rider'', Black Satan's Kikkaijin[[note]]a pun on the words for strange and machine (kikai)[[/note]] are humanoid cyborgs blended with animal elements. The Delza Army has the Majin, a race of ancient, animal-themed demons who are cybernetically modified.
* {{Mooks}}: Black Satan Soldiers[[note]]Sentonin[[/note]] are owl-themed cyborgs which can disguise themselves as humans and transform into parasitical Satan Bugs.
** Notably, each Delza monster has their own subtype of Delza Army Soldiers which wear distinctive masks and wield unique powers.

* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Black Satan, followed by the Delza Army.

* VillainsActHeroesReact: As is the norm for ''Kamen Rider'', Black Satan / Delza generally sends forth a MOTW with an EvilPlan OnceAnEpisode, with Stronger and Tackle then arriving on the scene to stop them.

* BlindIdiotTranslation / GretzkyHasTheBall: The official subtitles on Toei's Youtube channel translated "Amerikan futoboru"[[note]] American football[[/note]] to "rugby". Yes, they are similar, but they're certainly not the same thing.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS

* FakeCrossover: In a contemporary stage show at Korakuen Yuenchi, Stronger gave Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger a helping hand in fighting the Black Cross Army.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The Great Leader of Black Satan. His death makes way for General Shadow and his Delza Army.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Jou is in love with Yuriko, and she seems to feel the same, though they never tell each other.
[[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice And they]] never will.]]
%%* WorthyOpponent: Mr. Titan

* VillainSong: "Wahahaha! Terrorizing the Country"

** [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice And they]] [[TearJerker never will.]]]]
* WorthyOpponent: Mr. Titan

* MythologyGag: Just like the [[Series/KamenRider original series]], the MOTW of episode 3 is a scorpion.