Knight Rider

:For the American media company, see Knight Ridder.

Enemies

Michael and KITT generally had different enemies in each episode. No single type of criminal was the norm, as Michael clashed head on with mobile assassins, saboteurs, bio-terrorists, psychopaths, and even nuclear-powered military groups. Most adversaries were permanently defeated or captured after one encounter, though a select few would later return to challenge the duo. Perhaps most noted for repeat appearances was Michael's physical double Garthe Knight, an international criminal who happened to be Wilton Knight's natural son. Garth piloted a huge, nearly indestructible truck named Goliath. (Goliath also counts as a nemesis of sorts for KITT, since it shared the same Molecular Bonded Shell, although it had no artificial intelligence.)

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Other repeat enemies included KARR (for Knight Automated Roving Robot), an "evil" prototype of KITT. KARR possessed identical capabilities except one— KITT's programming to protect human life. KARR is widely believed to be the greatest enemy that Michael and KITT ever faced, with the Season 3 episode "KITT vs. KARR" generally recognized to be the best of the whole series.

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Adrianne Margeaux was a highly educated and wealthy criminal who made appearances in two episodes (one of them a two-parter); in her second appearence, she teamed up with Garthe Knight and Goliath to attempt to defeat Michael Knight.

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It is notable that while Knight Rider portrayed a wide variety of situations and enemies, some actors and actresses were re-hired to play different roles later in the series. Both Ann Turkel (first as the aforementioned Adrianne Margeaux, then later as Bianca, the leader of a team of female extortionists) and John Considine (first as Boyd LaSalle, an electronics expert operating in Louisiana in Season 3, then as Phillip Nordstrom, a cybernetically enhanced international terrorist in Season 4) made repeated appearances, as did other actors in more minor roles.

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A few episodes, such as Season 3's "Knight of the Chameleon," feature Michael and KITT facing adversaries they presumably had encountered in the past, despite such encounters not having been previously depicted in an actual produced episode.

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