 This article is about a Rider Machine in Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX.
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Battle Hopper (バトルホッパー, Batoru Hoppā) is a sentient off-road motorcycle used by Kamen Rider Black. It was created by Gorgom, made specifically for the upcoming Creation Kings Black Sun and Shadow Moon. When Kohtaro Minami was ambushed by the members of Gorgom during his escape, he drives Battle Hopper and finally got away from Gorgom headquarters.
Features[]
Battle Hopper has the ability to heal its own wounds if damaged, and can stand on its own if knocked over. His special move is the Dynamic Smash, a body slam attack that is executed at full speed. Before the finale, because Battle Hopper is connected to the Kingstones, it was controlled by Shadow Moon due to this connection until Black used his Kingstone Flash to disconnect the two. After taking heavy damage and suicide ramming itself towards Shadow Moon, it thanked Kohtaro for everything and seemingly died. It then reappeared in Black RX due to its strong connection to Kohtaro's Kingstone which caused it to be resurrected as Acrobatter in response to the Sun Kingstone's evolution.
Speed: 1000 km/hour (621 mph)
Acrobatter[]
Acrobatter (アクロバッター, Akurobattā) is the revived version of Battle Hopper. It is now capable of speaking coherent Japanese and often has conversations with Kohtaro. Whenever BLACK RX transforms into any of his two other forms, it does the same.
Acrobatter transforms into Roboizer (ロボイザー, Roboizā) when RX becomes Roborider. This mode of Acrobatter's has two blasters mounted at its rear.
Appearances: RX Episode 16.
Acrobatter transforms into Macjabber (マックジャバー, Makku Jabā) when RX becomes Biorider.
Appearances: RX Episodes 17, 20 & 37.SD[]
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Acrobatter (SD)
The SD Kamen Rider Black RX rides in a modified version of Acrobatter in the OVA, Kamen Rider SD: Strange!? Man Spider.
1988 manga[]
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Battle Hopper in the Kamen Rider Black Manga
Battle Hopper was introduced in the 7th chapter of the 1988 Kamen Rider Black manga. It was created by a motorcycle manufacturer named Daimon, who was a fan of the original Kamen Rider series and created the bike as a pet project (which is both ironic and meta as a Kamen Rider exists in this universe too). The bike is depicted as being sleeker than its TV counterpart and has a 2,000cc motor with an internalized computer.
Gallery[]
Video game appearances[]
Kamen Rider Black: Taiketsu Shadow Moon[]
Battle Hopper is available to be used by Kamen Rider Black in the video game Kamen Rider Black: Taiketsu Shadow Moon.
Kamen Rider: The Bike Race[]
Black RX appears riding Acrobatter (Kamen Rider Black is absent) in Kamen Rider: The Bike Race, a racing game featuring the majority of Kamen Riders and Rider Machines up to Kamen Rider Agito.
Behind the scenes[]
Etymology[]
- Acrobatter's name is taken from "Acrobat", Battle and "Batta" (Japanese for grasshopper).
Behind the scenes[]
Conception[]
- As seen in the book Kamen Rider Art Collection Hero Hen, Macjabber was originally conceived as having a hawk design motif while Roboizer had a scorpion motif.
Notes[]
- In the first episode of RX, Acrobatter was still called "Battle Hopper" by RX after it had just been revived.
- Black and Black RX appear riding Battle Hopper and Acrobatter respectively, among the other Kamen Riders on their Rider Machines, in the animated ending sequence of Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai.
- By performing the Au Lait function on the DX Sengoku Driver, the inserted Black Rider Lockseed makes the announcement, Battle Hopper!.
- By performing the Au Lait function on the DX Sengoku Driver, the inserted Black RX (Legend Set ver.) Rider Lockseed makes the announcement, Acrobatter!.
- In the Indonesian version of Kamen Rider Black, Battlehopper was called "Belalang Tempur" which translates to combat grasshopper..