Masked Rider is a 1995 live action television series produced by Saban Entertainment and Toei Company, Ltd. It is an American adaptation of the 1988 Japanese television series Kamen Rider Black RX, and also serves a spinoff of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It aired on Fox as part of the Fox Kids program block from September 16, 1995, to August 31, 1996, and then in syndication from September 9, 1996, to August 1997.
Masked Rider,
Masked rider,
On a distance and embattled planet called Edenoi.
A young prince named Dex was given great powers by his grandfather the king and is sent to the planet Earth to protect it from the advancing Count Dregon and his vicious Insectivores.
Once on Earth he is adopted by a kind family and learns to live as a human with his companion Ferbus by his side , Dex is ever vigilant , ready a moments notice to call on his powers to became Masked Rider.
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Masked Rider,
Masked Rider,
Masked Rider,
Masked Rider.
The series began with the main character, Prince Dex, escaping the Plague Patrol with a small group of Edenoite rebels. Dex heads for Earth, the next target of his sinister uncle Count Dregon, who ruled Edenoi with an iron fist after displacing Dex's grandfather King Lexian. King Lexian had given Dex the Masked Rider powers (where the powers came from is a mystery, although they have been kept for some time by Edenoi's champions), which Dregon desires for himself. Arriving on Earth in a massive crater, Dex finds himself in the care of the Stewarts, a multiracial family consisting of a white father and adopted daughter (named Hal and Molly respectively), an Asian wife (Barbara), and their adopted African-American son (Albee). The addition of an extra Stewart was not noticed by anyone (although, according to Albee, he and Molly are adopted) in Leawood, the town where the series took place in. Dex defends the town as Masked Rider from Count Dregon and his vicious Insectivores.
Edenoi was featured in Power Rangers as the planet where Alpha 5 was created by Lexian, the Edenoites' leader. (Although the continuity between Masked Rider and Power Rangers is unclear based on the differences in the origin story Dex tells the rangers compared to what is shown in Masked Rider)
Dex was dispatched to Earth by his grandfather to keep Count Dregon from taking over it. The scene in which Dex is given his powers by King Lexian (a scene that differs from the televised version) remains in the title sequence, possibly one of the few remaining aspects of the original pilot.
Dex's Masked Rider armor was also eventually given upgrades to change into "Masked Rider Super Gold", a gold-and-black variation equipped with a powerful laser gun, the Ecto-Ray, and "Masked Rider Super Blue", a blue-red-and-grey variation with the power of liquified teleportation and a powerful sword, the Blue Saber.
Edenoites are descended from insects, instead of apes. Dex is not aware that humans did not evolve from insects (as he discovered in "Pet Nappers" where he reports about how humans evolved from insects). Edenoites also possess telepathic abilities that are focused through a gem on their foreheads called mind crystals, which can be hidden telepathically, though in times of stress can become visible. The gem is capable of focusing mental energy, as well as creating mental imagery that can be shared with others. Dex possesses the knowledge needed to detoxify Leawood's rivers using solar-powered lasers.
Dex had a furry friend named Ferbus, a small bear/duck-like creature that followed him to Earth. Ferbus was kept hidden by Molly and Albee because Hal was allergic to fur. Ferbus is eventually revealed to the entire family during the series.
Dex is a loquacious individual. In the first episode, Molly and Albee told him to speak like a regular person, and that he could learn how to do that by watching TV. Sadly, Dex misunderstood and spoke what words he heard in the way that he heard them
Prince Dex/Masked Rider - Ted Jan Roberts
Ferbus- portrayed by Verne Troyer, voiced by Paul Pistore
Hal Stewart - David Stenstrom
Barbara Stewart -Candace Kita
Molly Stewart - Rheannon J. Slover
Albee Stewart -Ashton McArn
Count Dregon - Ken Ring
Nefaria -Jennifer Tung
Cyclopter -voiced by Steve Kramer
Double Face -voiced by Michael Sorich
Gork -voiced by Michael McConnohie
Fact - voiced by Julie Maddalena
Plague Sentry -voiced by Tom Wyne
Plague Patrol -voiced by Scott Page-Pagter, Stephen Apostolina, and Oliver Page
King Lexian -Ralph Votrian
Magno -voiced by Wendee Lee
Combat Chopper -voiced by Jason Narvy
Patsy Carbunkle -Libby Letlow
Herbie -Matthew Bates
Principal Henry Chalmers -Don Yanan
Moon Dude -Tom Ayers
Donais -Winston Story
Warrior Leader -voiced by Kim Strauss
Warrior Commander -voiced by Mike Reynolds
V3 -voiced by Richard Epcar
Riderman -voiced by Ken Merckx
Masked Rider X -voiced by Kim Strauss
Amazon -voiced by Richard Epcar
Strongman -voiced by Mike Reynolds
ZX (Z-Cross) -voiced by Richard Epcar
Brain Mite- Voiced by Ezra Weisz
Predavore- Voiced by Randy Elliot
Lobstatron- Voiced by Mike Reynolds
Ocusect- Voiced by Rebecca Forstadt
Bruticon- Voiced by Bob Papenbrook
Bananatex- Voiced by Kermit Beachwood
Space Monkey- Voiced by Brian Tahash
Spearavore-Voiced by Tony Smyles
Catatron- Voiced by Paul Pistore
Revenator- Voiced by Chuck Kovacic
Cyborgator- Voiced by Bob Papenbrook
Dread Dragon- Voiced by Tom Fahn
Manosect- Voiced by David Greenlee
Lavasect- Voiced by Alfred Thor
Dregonator- Voiced by Ken Merckx
Solarsect- Voiced by Darren Wilson
Ultivore- Voiced by Alonzo Bodden
Reptosect- Voiced by Ezra Weisz
Liquisect- - Voiced by Brad Orchard
Boulder Beetle - Voiced by Brad Orchard
Twister Bug- Voiced by Chuck Kovacic
Fleazoid- Voiced by Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Water Bug- Voiced by Kim Strauss
Turtletron- Voiced by R. Martin Klein
Tripron- Voiced by Lemoine Stutler
Cyborsect- Voiced by Lex Lang
Blue-Fanged Louse- Voiced by Ross Bolen
Tentaclon- Voiced by Mike Reynolds
Electrosect- Voiced by Steve Cassling
Heliotoid- Voiced by Ed Neal
The Skull Reapers- Voiced by Mike Reynolds (Skull Reaper #1), Kirk Thornton (Skull Reaper #2 and Skull Reaper #3)
Robosect- Voiced by Scott Page-Pagter
Hydrasect/Arachnida- Voiced by Andrea Harmon
Fire Bug- Voiced by Paul Schrier
Recyclotron- Voiced by Sparky Thornton
Slimeasect- Voiced by Ross Bolen
Termasect- Voiced by John C. Hyke
Edentada- Voiced by Bob Papenbrook
Robo Rider- Voiced by Winston Story
Crimson Creeper- Voiced by Steve Cassling
Mothitron- Voiced by Glen McDougal
Mandible- Voiced by Gardner Baldwin
Larvatron- Voiced by Billy Matsuda
Beetletron- Voiced by Richard George
Destructosphere - Voiced by Rudy Luzion