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Amazon/Kamen Rider Amazon
Amazon (real name: Daisuke Yamamoto)/Kamen Rider Amazon
Portrayed by: Toru Okazaki
Tropes that apply to him in general
- Badass Biker: Subverted at first. Amazon was very reluctant to ride a motorcycle (his first exposure to them was a motorcross race, and they're rather loud besides), so it took a lot of convincing by Tachibana (and the Jungler).
- Batman Gambit: He may be a Hulk Speaking Wild Child, but don't confuse that for stupidity. He once used a complicated plan that depended on precisely guessing everyone's actions, including getting the villains to think that they were the ones who knew his plans and were gambiting him. Yes, Amazon pulled off an I Know You Know I Know, level three or four!
- The Berserker: Amazon's preferred fighting style, at least in human form. His Rider form is somewhat more refined...
- Daisuke is pretty much a straight-up Berserker, although Amazon seems to combine it with bits of Confusion Fu.
- Although as mentioned above, if he isn't able to directly confront his opponent, Daisuke can become quite the conniving hunter.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Amazon is a very violent Rider, but his rage is restrained to actual bad guys. He's a Friend to All Living Things besides, and when misunderstanding humans begin attacking him, he will always flee rather than harm them. There's really no reason to fear him if you're not a monster trying to harm innocents. If you are, though, there will be High-Pressure Blood, eye-gouging, limbs severed via teeth, and so forth.
- By the Power of Grayskull!/Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: AAAAAAA-MAAAAAA-ZOOOONNNN!
- Cool Bike: The Jungler.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Everyone calls him "Amazon", barring one exception in Kamen Rider ZX.
- Fish out of Water: Initially when Amazon arrives in Japan he finds himself out of place and overwhelmed by being in such a big city, though he soon adjusts.
- Friend to All Children: Amazon himself being a Wild Child, this is no surprise.
- Healing Factor: It wasn't used too overtly in the TV show (likely related to the level of 70's special effects they were budgeted for), but Amazon heals much faster than a normal human, such that he can get into fist fights with clawed Beastmen without transforming.
- Henshin Hero: Unlike other Kamen Riders, Amazon transforms with his Gigi Armlet, instead of a transformation belt.
- The Hero: As one would expect. Brutal fighting style aside, he's definitely a noble man.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: Whenever bad things happen, the actual villains pull a Villain: Exit, Stage Left, and a wild, scantily-clad Hulk Speaker is the only person remaining at the scene, it sometimes doesn't go well for our hero. His good name is usually restored by the end of the episode... for the time being.
- Hulk Speak: For the first dozen episodes or so before he gradually learns Japanese. This led to many communication problems during certain episodes.
- Keet: Amazon appears to be this outside of battle, at least by the time of Kamen Rider Spirits.
- Kiai: "GII GII GII GII GII!!!"
- Large Ham: "AHH-MAHH-ZONNN!!!"
- Lightning Bruiser: Like most other Showa Riders, Amazon is already this in human form, easily lifting motorbikes above his head. To note, he has even dug his way out of TEN THOUSAND METERS underground.
- Martial Medic: Daisuke is shown to be very good at making herbal medicines potent enough to counter the abilities of the Monsters of the Week, on top of being capable of mauling monsters to death.
- Nature Hero: Being raised in the jungle certainly helps.
- Raised by Natives: Was raised by an isolated tribe in the Amazon.
- Story-Breaker Power: His Gigi Armlet has untold mystical powers that can even defy the laws of physics. If combined with the Gaga Armlet, the user is said to become "unstoppable".
- Transformation Trauma: The first KR series to invoke this.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Amazon running around modern Tokyo in a loincloth doesn't attract nearly as much attention as you'd think.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: For the first few episodes, given he only came wearing a lioncloth.
- Wild Child: Take a wild guess.
Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Amazon
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Amazon's blades, on the forearms of his gloves. They're very sharp, and more to the point, he's strong enough to do the cutting. Before he learned how to do a proper Rider Kick, Amazon's finisher was the Daisetsudan ("Great Cleave") which was responsible for the High-Pressure Blood below.
- Cartoon Creature: While he doesn't look all that cartoony, Amazon's Animal Theme is very much ambiguous. Popular guesses are a piranha, a anglerfish or a monitor lizard.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: The final battle with Zero the Great mainly consists of Amazon walking up to him and taking him apart like a roast chicken. Justified as Amazon had both the Gigi Armlet and the Gaga Armlet at the time.
- Finishing Move: At first he didn't have one; it was just hack and slash until the Monster of the Week stopped moving. Eventually came his trademark Great Slice, a dramatic leap-and-slash move that results in High-Pressure Blood and a dramatic fall (but still no 'boom,' the monster was just left in its own juices.) Last and least-used was the Amazon Kick, your standard Rider Kick ending in your standard Toku monster kaboom. The Super Great Slice is the Great Slice when he's got both armlets, as seen once in Amazon and once in Decade. It's no different visually, but presumably its victims were tough enough to require it as opposed to lesser attacks.
- Flanderisation: In his own show, Amazon initially struggled with Japanese, but managed to pick it up fairly quickly and could pass for a native speaker by "Series/Kamen Rider Stronger". Come the Heisei era, and Amazon is incapable of speaking anything more complex than You No Take Candle levels of Japanese. This culminates in the comedic net movies giving him Pokémon Speak, in which he can only say "Amazon" or Masahiko's name.
- Man Bites Man: One of the most preferred methods of Amazon. Parents actually complained about this, since it was easier for kids to imitate than the franchise's traditional Rider Kick.
- Transformation Trinket: Amazon is one of the few Riders whose belt has nothing to do with transformation - it's actually a survival multi-tool he can use in human form. He transforms with the Gigi Armlet instead.
Tobei Tachibana
Tobei Tachibana
Portrayed by: Akiji Kobayashi
- Cool Old Guy: While he's more of a Non-Action Guy in this series compared to the last 3, Tachibana does have his moments. He saves Amazon in #11 by shoulder checking the Snail Beastman, who had proven to be a near immovable foe.
- Eccentric Mentor: As always, Tachibana is quirky but always their to help and guide Amazon.
- The Engineer: He fits the older mentor archetype of one. In this series, Tachibana displays an affinity with machines, having become a professional motorcycle racer. He designs and constructs Amazon's bike all by himself. It's a pretty logical character progression, having been around the five previous riders, Tachibana eventually picked up a thing or to in order to better serve in the fight against evil.
Masahiko Okamura
Ritsuko Okamura
Mole Beastman
Mole Beastman
Voiced by: Ryuji Saikachi
- Defector from Decadence: The Mole Beastman turns to Amazon's side after Amazon saved him from execution. Considering the Big Bad's opinion was "die in battle or I'll kill you myself", getting shown mercy by his former enemy convinced him to perform a Heel–Face Turn.
- I'm a Humanitarian: #12, when he sees that Amazon has captured one of the Mountain Women and is gathering firewood, Mole offers to help, thinking she'll be cooked and they can share a meal. Though the Mountain Women are Ambiguously Human at best.
- Non-Action Guy: Post Heel–Face Turn Mole normally stays out of fights. He has assisted in other ways, mostly using his digging abilities to get Amazon out of tricky situations. In #13 he does directly step in to restrain the Beastman, and head-butts him away before he flees the scene.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Mole get's up to all sorts of silly antics after his Heel–Face Turn. Mostly acting childish indignant or suffering Amusing Injuries.
- Sole Survivor: Toad Beastman calls him one, as Mole had outlived all of Geddon and their Beastmen.
- Token Heroic Orc: The one Beastman who joins up with the heroes. Other Beastmen have allied with Amazon for selfish reasons, and certain humans willingly became monsters, but it's Mole who's the only one with any morals.
Geddon
In General
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Geddon is very different from the previous evil group, GOD, in Kamen Rider X. Whereas GOD was a vast global conspiracy, Geddon is a lot more rag-tag, mostly being based around Golgos. GOD also used science to synthesize their cyborgs, while Geddon uses Incan mysticism.
- Monster of the Week: The Geddon Beastmen, who are sent out each week in schemes to gather blood.
- Nebulous Evil Organization: They're out to obtain the Gigi Armlet and rule the world, and they're the ones sending Beastmen after Amazon. And that's about all there is to know about them.
- Punny Name: Geddon as in Armageddon. And the artifacts they're after are called Armlets.
Ten-Faced Demon Golgos
Ten-Faced Demon Golgos
Portrayed by: Ritsuo Sawa
- An Arm and a Leg: Amazon's finishing blow on him is cutting his arm clean off.
- Bad Boss: Any and all minions will fight Kamen Rider to the death. If they retreat they are to be executed.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: Even by Kamen Rider standards, who is simply alien. A demon whose lower body is a giant head with multiple smaller faces across the crown of the head, each of which seem to have some degree of sapience.
- Chewing the Scenery: The crown of faces make up for their lack of individual bodies with some very hammy grimaces.
- Flight: His main means of transportation, given he doesn't have legs.
- Disk-One Final Boss: Amazon finally killed him in #14, only for Geddon to be replaced by the Garanda Empire lead by Zero the Great.
- The Heavy: Golgos razed Amazon's village in the beginning and is the one sending out Beastmen each episode.
- Large Ham: Be it the costumed monster atop the floating platform who bellows his orders whilst Milking the Giant Cow or the faces along the platform's base who compensate for their lack of body language by mugging and shouting dramatically, nothing about the Jyumenki Golgos is subtle.
- Mook Maker: Creates at least some of the Beastmen directly from his body.
- Multiple Headcase: Each of the ten faces along his base have an independent consciousness separate from the main body, and on occasion even argue for him to change his mind.
- One-Winged Angel: SIC Hero Saga and one of the video games shows what would've happened had he gotten the other Armlet: he gains a massive demonic body to match the head forming his lower body.
- Powered by a Forsaken Child: It draws its energy from the consumption of Human Blood. Its faces turn red when powered up.
Red Followers
The all-female grunts of Geddon.
- Amazon Brigade: All of them are female, a rarity for Mooks in Toku.
- Mooks: The fighters of Geddon. Uniquely, they are actually ranked higher than the Monster of the Week.
Garanda Empire
In General
- Monster of the Week: Like Geddon before them they use Beastmen.
- Nebulous Evil Organization: Like Geddon they're a sinister secret society with hegemonic goals.
- Non-Indicative Name: Despite "Empire" being in the name they're never shown having the reach to be one.
- Vestigial Empire: Some sources claim they're actually the last remaining vestiges of the dynasty of the ancient Parthian Empire
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Zero the Great
Zero the Great
Portrayed by: Hirohisa Nakata
- Anti-Magic: In the series finale, he reveals his spear can synchronize its energies with the Gigi Armlet and he easily de-morphs amazon.
- Bad Boss: Not as eager as Golgos, but it's still present. In #16, he threatens Diving Beetle Beastman with death should he fail his mission, and executes a nearby foot soldier to show that the threat isn't empty.
- Body Double: He's really a decoy for the Ruler aka the real Zero the Great.
- Decoy Leader: He introduces himself as the leader of the Garanda Empire, and seems to take Golgos's position as Big Bad, but two episodes after his debut it becomes clear that he's only a figurehead who receives orders the true ruler of the Garanda Empire in secret.
- The Dragon: Leads the Garanda Empire on behalf of Ruler.
- The Heavy: Ruler may be his boss, but Zero is the one overseeing the Evil Plan and Monster of the Week each episode from #14 onward.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Ultimately killed by the spike trap he tried to use on Amazon earlier.
- Mighty Glacier: When he finally comes around to fighting Amazon, he's revealed to be this. He's quite slow and Amazon easily dodges his attacks, but when a blow does connect Amazon is sent staggering.
- Never Bring a Knife to a Fist Fight: With his spear Amazon easily dodges Zero's attacks, but when Amazon disarms him, Zero starts clobbering him. When Zero draws a sword, the fight rapidly goes downhill for him.
Ruler
Ruler/True Zero the Great
Portrayed by: Osamu Saka (voice), Hirohisa Nakata
A mysterious being who Zero the Great answers to.
- Big Bad: The true ruler of the Garanda Empire and Geddon. While Gorgos and Zero the Great plot their campaigns, it was the Ruler who supplied them with the means and the soldiers.
- In the Hood: When speaking to his Body Double Zero the Great, he appears in a KKK-esqe cloak which is taken off by Amazon after his decoy's death.
- The Man Behind the Man: Zero the Great may be the public leader of Garanda, but not long after his debut it's revealed that in secret he answers to Ruler.After he is unmasked by Amazon, he reveals that he was behind both Garanda and Geddon.
- Pet the Dog: A surprising one in #18 during his interactions with Zero the Great. He simply dismisses a mission failure rather than going into You Have Failed Me territory.Ruler: Zero the Great! You're soft.Zero: My apologies.Ruler: No need. I will bring you an even better beastman! So you will be able to start a new mission!
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute:, He's a mysterious figure hooded in Klan-robes who communicates with his subordinate as a disembodied voice, making him an obvious stand-in for the Great Leader.
- The Voice: Speaks as a disembodied voice at first. It isn't until the final episode that Ruler even appears physically.
Black Followers
The grunts of Garanda.
