![]() Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (Series)Let's ride. Based on Kamen Rider Ryuki, chosen for its large number of Riders, including a woman. Kit Taylor's life has been rough; in the year since his dad vanished, he's been moved into foster care and gained an unwarranted reputation as a troubled youth. But recently it's gotten weird: his dad has begun to appear in strange visions, telling him things like . Moving back into his old apartment, he finds a deck of strange cards, and he then begins to see things in mirrors including, sure enough, a dragon that seems to be following him around. Throw into the mix a biker who wants his card deck and won't take . But when the biker gets into trouble, Kit follows his dad's advice and makes a contract with the dragon, becoming Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. About the Show. As America's most fearless purveyor of "truthiness," Stephen Colbert shines a light on ego-driven punditry, moral hypocrisy and government.![]() Afterwards, Kit's able to get the story out of the biker, named Len and a Kamen Rider in his own right: there's a world on the other side of our mirrors called Ventara. This world was invaded by an alien named General Xaviax, and they created the twelve Kamen Riders to defend themselves. However, one of the Riders betrayed them and Xaviax took over, stealing their Advent Decks (the source of their power). Now Xaviax has set his sights on Earth, searching for our universe's counterparts to the original Riders and manipulating them to do his bidding, while Len is trying to get the decks before they can be misused. While the show did well in non- North American markets (especially when it was back- imported to Japan), in the U. S. Dragon Knight suffered from low ratings due to it being on a broadcast block managed by 4kids Entertainment, who actively hated the show for telling a mature story on a similar level to that of other Kamen Rider productions, and would regularly pre- empt episodes where possible and refused to advertise it past initial marketing. It ultimately reached the point of re- ordering their annual schedule change to a month earlier than normal, just to get it off the air. The last four episodes were not broadcast by them, and the final two were not broadcast at all, though they were uploaded to The CW's website. Despite 4. Kids' disdain, other CW executives liked the show, and their running of several episodes 4. Kids refused to air within their daytime programming blocks resulted in the show ultimately winning an Emmy award for stunt coordination. Received a sequel in Japan called Kamen Rider Dragon Knight 2. Worlds 1. Hearts. The Riders are celebrating first anniversary of Ventara's liberation, but Kit had been held back by battle against the remaining mirror monsters. His arrival is further delayed by the connection between Earth and Ventara being severed along with attacks increasing once more. Len's appearance makes things only so much better. With no reinforcements on the way, No Men have to accept the proposal of war veteran Colonel David Stuart and gather the earth riders. All without anyone knowing about the arrival of a new enemy exceeding even the likes of Xaviax. Welcome to the Kamen Rider guide at TV.com. Since 1971, the Kamen Rider series has become a staple in Japanese society. In 1995 Kamen Rider Black RX was used as the. Not to be confused with The Dragon Knight or Knight Rider. This series has a Character page. Action Girl: Siren, natch. Adapted Out: Alternative Zero has no direct counterpart in this show. Although considering that his costume is almost identical to the regular Alternative's, it's not surprising. Biogreeza as well, although this is only due to how short his contracted rider, Camo, lasted. Affably Evil: General Xaviax. Affirmative Action Girl: Siren, whose role is beefed up compared to her Japanese counterpart. Positive Discrimination: Xaviax considers her as good as or better than Wing Knight. But then again, any of the Ventaran Riders are career soldiers and they are going to outperform the civilians Xaviax had to work with. Subverted when she gets vented before being brought back in the last few episodes with the other Ventaran Riders. The Smurfette Principle: She's still the only girl out of twelve, and has the last and briefest appearance in the opening. All Girls Want Bad Boys: When Maya starts hanging out with Troubled, but Cute Kit, Trent is concerned and Lacey approves (and even looks like she might try to steal Kit for herself). All There in the Manual The names of the Advent Beasts. The only way to get any sort of acknowledgment onscreen is by showing their Advent Cards, and only a few have been shown clearly. The names of all the Ventara Riders are listed in the end credits of Episode 3. All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Tired of being subtle, Wrath and Strike go to the bookstore, hold Lacey and Trent hostage, and then tear the place to pieces in a knock down, drag out fight with Len and Kase. Alpha Strike: Torque's Final Vent. Alternate Universe: Ventara. Ascended Extra: Compare Siren, who is part of the show's central Power Trio, to her Japanese counterpart Femme, who only appeared in a single movie. The same could be said for pseudo- Rider Alternative, which Dragon Knight uses as Eubulon's combat form. Inverted with Camo. His counterpart, Verde, was one of the Big Bads in a TV special (not to mention a 1. Rider made just for the special) and killed Kamen Rider Knight. In Dragon Knight, he barely even appears for one episode. There's also Xaviax's Mooks, the Gelnewts. The original Gelnewt was a one- shot monster. Dragon Knight mass produces them into foot soldiers. The Atoner: Eubulon. Avenging the Villain: Axe. Badass Biker: Technically everyone (Kamen Rider, remember?), but especially Len. Played with for some of the Riders - Richie has a bike, but is never seen riding it, and actually gets it repossessed. Brad/Thrust, being a professional motocross racer, probably deserves special mention. Biker Babe: Kase. Badass Cape: Siren, sometimes Wing Knight. Battle Couple: Len and Kase; her being MIA for 2. BFG: Most of Torque's arsenal. Big Bad: General Xaviax. Blood Knight: Camo. Bond Creatures: The Advent Beasts, though the bond is generally downplayed compared to Ryuki: the beasts themselves are treated as little more than just another piece of equipment in Dragon Knight, while Ryuki's rule is . Camo's beast never even appeared on the show. Broken Aesop: Chris's arc was clearly meant to teach the lesson that you can still be a hero despite your setbacks (in Chris's case, those setbacks were being discharged from the military due to his asthma). This is invalidated in the finale when Chris's asthma is cured and he's able to join the military just like he wanted. The entire series can also be seen as one big Broken Aesop, as according to the head writer, one of the main points of the series was to teach kids about the consequences of their actions, but most of the characters don't face any. This is particularly true for Adam, the Ventaran Dragon Knight, who betrays the entire planet of Ventara to Xaviax, but receives no known punishment for it. The Advent Master Eubulon even goes as far as to say that he does not have time to punish him because he's needed in the final battle with Xaviax. This depends on perspective, really, perhaps the moral was 'good deeds are rewarded', Chris fought for good so he got his asthma cured. As for Adam it was all Xaviax's fault, he was tricked, along with nearly all of Xaviax's soldiers. The second time he was even blackmailed into it. And Xaviax did pay by being the only character in the show to die. Brother Chuck: Maya's Aunt Grace, owner of the bookstore, vanished after the early eps once the producers had convinced their bosses that more drama and less comedy wouldn't hurt the ratings. While she clearly still owns the bookstore, her name is never even mentioned again after she vanishes. By the Eyes of the Blind: The monsters can only be seen by Kamen Riders and those who have been taken through a mirror portal. These people can also see into Ventara through Earth's mirrors and reflective surfaces. By the Power of Grayskull!: . Also, it's to reinforce the title. California Doubling: Indoor variant. The rebuilt (or new location) Grace's Books in the finale? Totally not a Borders Bookstore! Cannot Spit It Out: Len, to the point that it takes like five episodes to drag the Back Story out of him. Canon Foreigner: In a non- human version, Dragon Knight actually shows Wrath's Final Vent on- screen, while Ryuki didn't show Odin's; until DK, the only way to see it was to play the Play. Station game. Captain Ersatz: Wing Knight sometimes comes awfully close to being a Toku version of Batman. Especially when he explains he wasn't the leader, he was the Scary One who fought at night.. The Cast Show Off: Matt Mullins occasionally gets scenes to show off his martial arts skills. Mark Dacascos joins in on a late one when Eubulon and Len spar. The Chains of Commanding: Len, particularly since that was not his role within the Ventaran Riders. The Chick: Maya. Circling Monologue: Xaviax and Eubulon in the finale. City of Adventure: Los Angeles. Clear My Name: Thrust's goal. Climactic Battle Resurrection: Eh, not so much. Half of the Riders only return in time to take part in a group Finishing Move. Clip Show/Recap Episode: No less than three in a forty episode run. And the second clip show flashed back to the first clip show. And the third clip show was the final episode. Because we really needed to see what we just saw happen over the previous 1. The characters from early in the series, including Kit's dad, one of Kit's primary motivators, pretty much just get a passing mention and nothing else. But who cares, I'm writing a BOOK! Later fights (note the plural, this happens two or three times) require two transformed Riders to go all- out against one. This is the result of the Gelnewt Monster of the Week in Ryuki getting demoted to Mook status in Dragon Knight, creating a jarring difference between reused and original fights. Conspiracy Theorist: Maya and Trent. Strike was one until Xaviax confirmed his theories. Covert Pervert: We know Lacey's kinda boy- crazy, but one time her mind goes to the gutter awfully fast.. Maya: I saw ? It also killed the Monster of the Week formula for an Arc- based one. The Colbert Report - Series.
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