Count the Coins

**Count the Coins** is the first episode of *Kamen Rider X3*. It reveals how Colt Roberts became X3, having earlier appeared in *Kamen Rider Duo's season finale* as well as introducing the X3 Coins.

## Synopsis

College student Colt Roberts is now tasked with the responsibility of X3 after encounter a strangely disembodied arm.

## Plot

In a museum, a guide shows
tourists around and then shows them a disembodied arm that belonged to a member
of an ancient race. The guide says that a legend says that the arm can possess
anyone who puts their hand inside. A young man on the tour asks about the
whereabouts of the X3 driver and the guide says that it doesn’t exist. The
young man turns into a monster called a Greed. He attacks the guide and puts a
coin in his head, causing a Grimmer to come from his body. The Greed, Niko,
breaks the glass where the arm, Gai, is and wakes the arm up. He takes the arm
with him to awaken the other Greed, but the arm turns on him and runs off to
find his body. At Glendale College, a young man, Colt Roberts, is asleep in
class. He is woken up by his teacher, Ms. Jill Foster. She tells him that he
has slept through the entire class and says that he has been falling behind. He
says that he is really trying, but he is in a hard place right now trying to
keep a job and his apartment. Jill says that she knows that he is a smart kid,
but he has to start back putting effort in his work. She says that she is
willing to give him one last chance and assigns him an assignment to research
on the ancient Greed. As Colt leaves his bookbag to go to the restroom, Gai
sneaks into his bag. Colt arrives at his apartment and Gai drops a coin out of
Colt’s bag. Colt doesn’t notice Gai and picks up the coin in his underwear. He
puts his hand on the wall and he accidentally knocks it down. A crowd of people
now see Colt in his underwear. At the Glendale Museum, a young detective, Kenny
Diaz, is investigating the Greed attack. He is then interrupted by his sister,
Kendall, who tries to help him. He tells her to go home and she leaves on her
bike. Colt rushes to put clothes on. When he manages to put clothes on, the
laughing crowd turns terrified when a Grimmer comes about. Colt gets on his
bike and rides away when he realizes that the Grimmer is chasing him. Gai is
holding on to Colt’s bike without him knowing. Colt then runs into Kendall who tells
him to watch where he’s going. The Grimmer attacks the two and Kendall goes to
hide. Gai comes out of nowhere to knock down the Grimmer. Gai introduces
himself to a confused Colt and then gives him two other coins and the X3
driver. Gai tells him what to do and Colt transforms into Kamen Rider X3.
Kendall calls her brother and he says that he is on his way. Kamen Rider X3
fights the Grimmer and the Grimmer transforms into a Mantis Grimmer. Kenny
arrives, but is mortally wounded by the Greed. Colt defeats the Grimmer and Gai
possess Kenny’s body. Kendall is confused by this, but then gets anger that Gai
has possessed her brother. Gai tells her to mind her business, but her
unnatural strength catches Gai off guard. Then a mysterious man, Kevin Barnes,
opens up a strange can which transforms into a tiny hawk-like robot as it and
several others converge on the three. Elsewhere, the CEO of a company called
the Colossus Corporation, Glen Sherman, shows off a vending machine that is
used to collect Cell Coins.

## Notes

* As part of INTV Action, this episode aired alongside *Power Rangers Battle Code* episode 2, Blue Shade.

## See Also

* Medals, Underwear, and the Mysterious Arm - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider OOO*