Knights of the Multiverse Special: Shattered Glass

"Knights of the Multiverse Special: Shattered Glass" is an extended special "episode" that takes place in between Seasons 1 and 2.

## Synopsis

The Crystal Knights find themselves on a strange planet with messed up locations and enemies around every corner. But, with the help of other heroes that ended up on this warworld, including an old friend, they must stop whoever is pulling the strings on this before it affects more worlds.

## Featured Characters

* Roscarl
* Honey Jr.
* Drum
* Lorelai Heinrich
* Lime
* Chaotique
* Nyoka
* Emily
* Atros
* Ayako
* Agnes
* Tobikage
* Lilulu
* Mohm

* Orguss
* Sideways
* Soundwave
* Emperor Starscream
* The Kamen Riders

* Kamen Rider #1
* Kamen Rider #2
* Kamen Rider V3
* Riderman
* Kamen Rider X
* Kamen Rider Amazon
* Kamen Rider Stronger
* Skyrider
* Kamen Rider Super-1
* Kamen Rider ZX
* Kamen Rider Black
* Kamen Rider Black RX
* Kamen Rider Shin
* Kamen Rider ZO
* Kamen Rider J

## Notes

The episode's title is a reference to the Transformers storyline of the same name, which both acts as a reference to how shattered Warworld is and how several Transformers characters act as the central antagonists.

The idea behind KotM having a special, in addition to being a nod to the many movies (crossovers especially) the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series have at least once or twice every year, is to essenitally act as a last hurrah for Usagi's group as a single unit before they're "mixed up" with the rest of the cast in the Knights' upcoming war in Season 2, and how strong they have all become inside and out... at least before everything hits the fan in the next season.

SInce the original Mini-Series takes inspiration from DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths, this two-parter is inspired by Marvel's Secret Wars, with the main characters being brought to some type of battle world against their will where they're pitted against numerous deadly opponents in a competition of sorts by a ultra-powered being, as well as fragments of other worlds and other people, both human and alien, being "brought along for the ride" to help escalate things. Of course, unlike Secret Wars, it isn't a contest between heroes and villains, and more so for said powerful entity's personal enjoyment.

The idea behind including the Kamen Riders is just meant to be a fun way to make the special feel a little more special, as well as pay a direct homage to the influence they've had on Season 1 of the series and several of the characters in it. It was also inspired by the crossover movie, "Heisei Rider vs Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen"; and by inspired, I mean do *the exact opposite of everything that movie did*. Such examples of this include giving a bit more "humanization" to all the Riders instead of just three of them, as well as give them moments to truly shine in battle alongside the more "current" heroes, and obviously both teams don't fight each other at any point for contrived reasons; both teams are on each one's side for the entire feature.

* One way the special tries to do this is have a specific Rider paired up with one specific Knight, and have them bond over either their shared powers or similar parts of their backstories, or in cases like Usagi and Ichigo their roles in the group.
* Technically, the teams fight against one Rider and one of the Knights, but this is only a brief occurance with only a single member of both parties. And even then, the main goal of the fight is to break their respective members out of their mind control rather than a simple fight, with each of their comrades trying to get them to stop throughout.