Hopper1

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 is an Insect Chemy based on a grasshopper and one of Houtaro Ichinose's main allies. It has a small body but a fiery heart. Hopper1 later transmutes itself into Crosshopper once all the Level Number 10 Chemies entrust their power to the Grasshopper Chemy. It would later be transmutated into the by Gigist's power.
==History==
Like all other Chemies, Hopper1 was created by alchemists imitating Gigist's alchemy. According to Gigist himself, Hopper1 had the purpose of causing famine to the human food stock.
Hopper1 had at one point met Houtaro Ichinose in his childhood and they became friends, but Houtaro's memories of Hopper1 had been erased by Fuga Kudo.
==Personality==
Hopper1 is loud and energetic, but cannot engage in human speech and is only heard shouting out its own name. Hopper1 is also deeply attached to Houtaro to the point it tends to hide in his backpack, such as when it recklessly followed Houtaro to Kyoto by hiding in his backpack.
==Powers and Abilities==
==Relationships==
===Allies===
*Houtaro Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard : Hopper1 first met Houtarou as a child and they became friends until Fuga Kudo erased his memories. He is later chosen by Hopper1 alongside with Steamliner as a teenager to become Kamen Rider after witnessing his kindness itself and became the first person not to be scared by its nature.
*Fuga Kudo : Fuga is Hopper1's (and by extension, all Chemies') protector in Ouroboros Realm, with it and Steamliner being trusted enough by the man in question to search for a suitable person to wield the Gotchardriver.
*Steamliner : A fellow Chemy that matches (Gotchanko) with Hopper1.
===Enemies===
*Three Dark Sisters
**Atropos: to be added
**Clotho/Kamen Rider Dread (III): to be added
**Lachesis/Kamen Rider Dread (II): to be added
*Glion: to be added
==Ride Chemy Card==
==Usage==
KRGo-Gotchardsteamhopper.png|Gotchard Steamhopper
KRGo-Gotchardsteamhopperwild.png|Gotchard Steamhopper Wild
KRGo-Firegotchardsteamhopper.png|Fire Gotchard Steamhopper
==Behind the Scenes==
===Portrayal===
Hopper1 is voiced by , who voiced from .
===Etymology===
Hopper1's name stems from it being a level Chemy and a . Its name also pays a homage to Kamen Rider 1, hence the number and the grasshopper motif.
==Notes==
*The concept for Hopper1 was influenced by Berry in Kamen Rider J. They are both hopper-type mascots serving as the the protagonist's partner.https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/gotchard/making02/
*The chirping noises heard when Hopper1's card is inserted into the Gotchardriver are reminiscent of the whistles made by the Typhoon and Double Typhoon, the transformation belts of Kamen Riders 1, 2, and V3 respectively.
*In the production blog, the idea of Hopper1 turning into Malgam had been in the planning stages from the beginning since writing the third and fourth episodes. Producer Daigo Matsuura had jokingly brought up the idea in a conversation with main writer Keiichi Hasegawa. During the script meeting for episode 37, sub-writer Akiko Inoue suggested a plot where Houtaro killed a Chemy, leading to Matsuura to suggest Hopper1.https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/gotchard/38/
**Furthermore, in an Uchusen interview just before the recording of episode 35, voice actress Fukuen was asked if she had hopes for Hopper1 in the future, and replied that she doesn't want the character to fall into the dark side. But that worst-case scenario ended up being realized by the staff.https://x.com/misa0110/status/1794571872887328856
**Hopper1 having the initial purpose of causing famine to the human food stock could be a possible reference to how locusts (grasshoppers in their gregarious phase triggered by a boost in serotonin levels)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x5eOBJ37iE tend to swarm and consume everything in their path, which tends to cause famine when farmland is consumed by these plagues.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6zCJ2VHok 
**Hopper1 has the colouration of a migratory locust in its solitary phase. 
==Appearances==
==External Links==
*TV Asahi page on Hopper1.
*TV Asahi page on Hopper1 Malgam (Dark).
==Navigation==
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