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The Roidmudes, also referred to as the Mechanical Life-Forms, are a series of 108 androids seeking to wage war on humanity and the main antagonists of Kamen Rider Drive.
They were originally created by Dr. Tenjuro Banno, but after murdering their creator rose up against humanity in a worldwide event known as the "Global Freeze". They seek to eradicate all humans so that they can claim the world for themselves.
Types[]
Low-Class Roidmudes[]
Low-Class or "Plain" Roidmudes are the base forms of Roidmudes. To distinguish themselves from each other, the original 108 Roidmudes are each given a numerical designation from 1 to 108. Among Plain Roidmudes, there are three types of Roidmudes: Cobra-Type Roidmudes, Spider-Type Roidmudes and Bat-Type Roidmudes, which each possess a unique ability. Cobra-Types have higher strength, Spider-Types can create webbing and Bat-Types can fly. There also a fourth class of "Human-Type" Roidmudes created by Krim Steinbelt, which contains Roidmude 000 and the Cyberoid ZZZ Body.
Every Roidmude contains a Core which essentially acts as their soul, containing all of their data. While a Roidmude's body may be destroyed, unless the core is destroyed also they can regenerate at any point. As androids built to "evolve" by becoming more human, each Roidmude has specific human emotion that they grow stronger by feeling.
If a Plain Roidmude consumes multiple Viral Cores at once, they enter into a colossal "Berserker Body" form, granting them increased strength at the cost of their mind.
Advanced Roidmudes[]
Using a Viral Core, if a Roidmude is able to successful copy a human emotion they can undergo an "Evolution State" and be transformed into an Advanced Roidmude, granting them a unique form and special powers. Advanced Roidmudes can further evolve by feeling an intense burst of their particular emotion and assume a golden "Super Evolved" state of their regular Advanced form. Advanced Roidmudes can also consume multiple Viral Cores to grow giant, but unlike Plain Roidmudes are able to retain their intelligence.
Fusion Evolved Roidmudes[]
Fusion Evolved Roidmudes are a specific type of Advanced Roidmudes who, using the "Neo Viral Cores" invented by Roidmude 001, fuse with a human to assume an advanced form by. Fused Roidmudes retain their advanced state for as long as they are merged with their human. Should they be separated, the Roidmude will revert back to its Low-Class state.
Lost Number Roidmudes[]
- Main article: Lost Number Roidmudes
Lost Number Roidmudes are Low-Class Roidmudes that lack a numerical designation and instead have a blank designation on their name tile. They are not part of the original 108 that were produced and instead are mechanical recreations of them that lack sentience.
Future Roidmudes[]
- Main article: Future Roidmudes
In one possible future where Roidmudes took over the world, a new generation of Roidmudes all with "---" instead of a three digit numerical sign were seen.
Organization[]
While the numerical emblems on each of the Roidmudes do not define their hierarchy, the first 9 Roidmudes are generally held higher than those who came after and comprise most of the Roidmude leadership. Nominally, the Roidmude executives are all on equal footing though in practice it is the Heart Roidmude, Roidmude 002, who serves as the public leader of the Roidmudes' uprising and most of the other Roidmude executives defer to his leadership. Behind Heart, the Freeze Roidmude serves as the shadow leader of the Roidmudes and works behind-the-scenes to conceal the Roidmudes' activities, all while giving discreet orders to Heart and the other Roidmude executives.
The Roidmude Executives, in turn, endorse various criminal activities conducted by Roidmudes all over the globe, often providing support and defense against Kamen Rider Drive and the Special Investigation Unit. Often times, the Executives will help Roidmudes whose activities show promise to become Advanced Roidmudes, as they are needed to complete Promised Number. The Roidmude Executives originally relied on Mashin Chaser to eliminate any rogue or unruly Roidmudes who refused to submit to them, but after Chaser was reprogrammed by the Medic Roidmude, a special division of Roidmudes called Reaper Legion was created to enforce their leadership.
History[]
The Roidmudes were first created by Tenjuro Banno to be robots able to "evolve" by copying human data and becoming more human-like. When their development hit a dead-end, Banno asked his friend Krim Steinbelt for help. Krim gave Banno the Core Driviars he had been working on, which Banno inserted into the Roidmude to grant them the power to continue their evolution. However, after Krim found out about Banno's abuse of his creations, the partnership between the two fell through. Seeking revenge against his lab partner for ending their partnership, Banno plotted to steal Krim's mind transfer device in order to further the development of his creations. Out of spite, Banno also implanted negative emotions into the Roidmudes so that when awakened as a finalized sentient, they would turn against humanity. Because of the abuse they suffered from Banno and the chips containing negative emotions that Banno had inserted into them, upon their activation the Roidmudes rose up in revolt and murdered Banno and Krim.
On April 8, 2014, the Roidmudes began their uprising against humanity in an incident that came to be known as the "Global Freeze". Using their Heavy Acceleration powers, the Roidmudes caused time to stop on about a quarter of the globe and carried out a series of devastating attacks on humanity. However, their attack was thwarted by Kamen Rider Proto-Drive, who stopped the Global Freeze and single-handedly held off the Roidmude incursion. Following the failed uprising, the Roidmudes went underground and began infiltrating various parts of human society as part of their scheme to finally overthrow humans. Roidmude 001 went undercover as Japan's National Secretary of Defense and used his powers to erase all memory of the Roidmudes from the Japanese Police Force. The Roidmude Executives also managed to capture Roidmude 000, the true identity of Proto-Drive, and reprogrammed him to serve as their enforcer, Mashin Chaser.
However, several months following the Global Freeze, the Roidmudes resurfaced and put in motion their plans to wipe out humanity to leave the Earth for themselves. Once they got four Roidmudes to achieve an Advanced State and then a Super Evolution, they would be able achieve the Promised Number, a permanent Global Freeze created by the combined powers of four Super Evolved Roidmudes. However, their plans were derailed when Tenjuro Banno returned and, after possessing the body of Roidmude 006, enslaved the Roidmudes and hijacked their Promised Number scheme to fuel his own desires for world domination. Eventually, the Heart Roidmude and the other remaining Roidmude Executives teamed up with Drive and the Special Investigation Unit to stop Banno. Though Banno was defeated and Sigma Circular was destroyed, in the process all of the remaining Roidmudes were lost as well, leaving the Roidmudes an extinct species after Heart died.
Following their destruction, their broken data all collected together and formed Roidmude 5886.
Members[]
Executives[]
- Freeze Roidmude
- Heart Roidmude
- Brain Roidmude/Thief Roidmude II
- Medic Roidmude
- Mashin Chaser
- Roidmude 004
- Roidmude 006
- Tornado Roidmude
- Gold Drive
Advanced[]
- Revenger Roidmude
- Tornado Roidmude
- Paint Roidmude
- Gunman Roidmude
- Crush Roidmude
- Volt Roidmude
- Iron Roidmude
- Voice Roidmude
- Scooper Roidmude
- Judge Roidmude
- Shoot Roidmude
- Angel Roidmude
- Paradox Roidmude
Fusion[]
Low-Class[]
- Roidmude 001 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 002 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 003 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 004 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 005 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 006 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 007 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 008 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 009 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 010 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 011 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 012 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 013 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 014 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 015 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 016 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 017 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 018 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 019 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 020 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 021 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 022 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 023 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 024 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 025 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 026 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 027/Imitation Drive - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 028 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 029 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 030 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 031 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 032 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 033 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 034 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 035 - Bat-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 036 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 037 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 038 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 039 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 040 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 041 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 042 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 043 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 044 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 045 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 046 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 047 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 048 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 049 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 050 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 051 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 052 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 053 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 054 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 055 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 056 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 057 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 058 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 059 - Bat-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 060 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 061 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 062 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 063 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 064 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 065 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 066 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 067 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 068 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 069 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 070 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 071 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 072 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 073 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 074 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 075 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 076 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 077 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 078 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 079 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 080 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 081 - Spider-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 082 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 083 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 084 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 085 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 086 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 087 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 088 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 089/Doctor D - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 090 - Cobra-Type
- Roidmude 091 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 092 - Bat-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 093 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 094 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 095 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 096 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 098 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 099 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 100 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 101 - Bat-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 102 - Spider-Type
- Roidmude 103 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 104 - Bat-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 105 - Cobra-Type / Reaper Legionnaire
- Roidmude 106 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 107 - Bat-Type
- Roidmude 108 - Bat-Type
Human Allies[]
- Shunsuke Kusaka - Partner of Scooper Roidmude
- Takuro Mogi - Partner of Scooper Roidmude
- Hajime Taga/Sword Roidmude
- Reiko Nishihori/Seeker Roidmude
- Itsuro Negishi/Open Roidmude
- Mitsuhide Nira/Thief Roidmude
- Matsutaro Okumura/Cook Roidmude
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The three types of Roidmudes (Cobra, Spider and Bat) is a reference to the classic trio of Spider Man, Cobra Man and Bat Man, a recurring motif throughout the Kamen Rider series.