History Fridge / KamenRiderExAid

The reason for the riders cartoonish looks might be due to Proto Origin Genm being the first rider with its Gashat being the first Gashat due to Kuroto's fondness for Might Action X with subsequent riders based off on its template and also in keeping with a uniformed design themes with the more cartoonish game genres some game riders are based off from.

** How so? His or her data would still have been stored like everyone else.
!FridgeBrilliance:
* How rich is Nico exactly? She has money from gaming competitions, but enough to become majority shareholder of Genm? It's a massive company, so either she's a billionaire, or their share price is through the floor.
** Genm's last three presidents were: Dan Kuroto, a bioterrorist whose last known actions were leading zombies to attack his own office, only to disappear following a confrontation with CR; Ren Amagasaki, a lech who came from nowhere, whose own employees hated him, and who released Kamen Rider Chronicle, (designed to genocide its userbase) and who, again, disappeared in mysterious circumstances; and Dan Masamune, the returning president, who proceeded to market Kamen Rider Chronicle wider than ever (killing even more), yet failed at marketing the game worldwide, and then created a two consecutive mass pandemic of Bugster Virus infections which could have killed everyone in Japan, the second one even changing non-players. From what we know, the company hasn't had a successful game in years, with Might Action X intended to be their big comeback. Heck, Bang Bang Shooting is mentioned to be in development hell, so that shows they're having trouble, and considering Tsukuru can drop everything to program Maximum Mighty X, the employees probably don't have much new to work on. Honestly, its a surprise Genm Corp is still in business by the end of the series. When your only successful game in years, released amid fast leadership changeover, kills your userbase (even with massive sales) your shares probably tend to tank.

* Zero Day in Ex-Aid is a cover-upped incident where the Bugster virus infected a lot of people, resulting in multiple disappearances. In computer terms, Zero Day refers to hacking attacks that use unknown vulnerabilities at the time, causing severe amounts of damage.

* For a moment, the fact that Parado was nonchalant about [[spoiler:Emu losing his Driver and by extension not being able to 'play' against Pallad any more]] threw me off- especially when a couple episodes earlier, when [[spoiler:Emu got taken over by his Bugster and not being himself anymore]] made him flip his shit- but then I realized something: [[spoiler:Parado probably realized that Emu will use Kiriya's Driver, since he might have seen Kiriya give Emu it when he died.]]
* Kuroto Dan using the Dangerous Zombie gashat makes sense as the usual cause of a zombie outbreak are viruses.

** Likewise, Emu [[spoiler: using Kiriya's driver after Genm corrupted Emu's old driver]] brings to mind a fan mod coming back as an official stand-alone game - kind of like ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'' or, more appropriately, ''Galaxy in Turmoil''[[note]]the game had originally started out as a fan made ''Franchise/StarWars'' game aimed at recapturing the spirit of the first 2 ''Battlefront'' games; however, as they were using the license without permission, EA, who held the rights to make Star Wars games, ordered them to shut the project down; it was relaunched as a stand-alone project without using any Star-Wars likenesses[[/note]].

* It might seem odd that Taiga can resist the effects of LV 50 longer than Hiiro can...until you remember that Taiga used a Proto Gashat in the past, while Hiiro hasn't. Because of the Proto Gashat, it's possible that Taiga has a higher resistance to the Bugster virus.
** Inversely, this also explains [[spoiler: Kuroto's actual death from a large amount of the Bugster virus - had he still been alive when Parado gave him the virus, he might have lasted long enough for the heroic riders to treat him. However, because he was already "dead", and his "death" had allowed him to access a new game, he had lost that resistance - kind of like a twisted NewGamePlus, or a [[FinalDeath Permadeath]]]].

** This might be more akin to WMG, but remember that Nico was also infected with the Bugster virus before. While becoming an [[EliteMook Elite Mook]] makes sense, she also may have started with a higher level game, so to speak.

* Related to the above, Kuroto calls himself God pretty much whenever he opens up his mouth. Part of the reason may be because he believes he's one who created life, instead of admitting it was pure chance he found the Bugster virus. He may also hate other people making Gashats because it means that others are creating life, meaning there are more Gods like him. And to Kuroto, there can only be one God, which just so happens to be him.

* Emu brings Souta from the hospital to the Mighty Action X convention while said kid is afflicted by this series's equivalent of a fatal infectious disease. Granted, he didn't know that and when he DID try to ask someone about it, he got rebuffed before getting his hands on a Gamer Driver and the Mighty Action X Gashat in order to fix his mistake. But what would've happened if the Bugster virus was less "IMMA TURN YOU INTO A MONSTER" and more like ''ebola''...

** We actually get to see what happens when a Gashat glitches out during activation in episode 9 when Graphite activates his Proto Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat in front of Dr. Kyotaro. It unleashes a cloud of Bugster viruses that infect him, much like the Bugvisor, instead of generating Game Area. Granted he ''is'' using a Proto-Gashat, which are all unstable buggy prototypes of the Gashats, but who's to say that [[spoiler: Kuroto couldn't sabotage one of the riders Gashats?]]

* We know that stress is the trigger for the Bugster virus and the virus worsens the more stressed a victim of it becomes before they're turned into data. Now, add a person who has some sort of anxiety disorder. Imagine how quickly their condition would drop before "Game Over"...

* We aren't told what level the Ride Players are but it's definitely on the low side and possibly even lower than Level 1, seeing how they have trouble fighting Bugster Mooks. Even defeating a Kamen Rider won't make them much stronger. They don't have the surgery necessary to use the Gamer Driver and can only summon the Gashat's weapon. The Ride Players have no chance of defeating any Bugsters...

* The revelation that [[spoiler: all those who died as a result of Bugster virus/Game Overs can be revived]] may seem like a cop-out for an easy happy ending, but it really sheds light on how sadistic Kuroto really is. [[spoiler: Not only was he planning on forcing innocent civilians to play Chronicle for his own amusement, the revival mechanic gives him the option of throwing people back into ring for another round, with their last memory being their own death.]]

* While the main focus is on the danger they're ''in'', there'a bit of FridgeHorror about the Ride Player most overlook. Namely, that ''anyone'' can go out and buy something that makes you a superhuman. Yeah, they're weak by the series standards, but they're still freaking ''strong'' by human standards. And that's just the rank and file, Nico is as strong as a ''Level 10'' Rider. And that kind of power is available to ''everyone''. Let that sink in. Granted, you're instantly infected with the Bugster Virus, but it seems to take quite awhile for that to kill a Ride Player from what we've seen so far...
* I have some questions that can be counted as FridgeHorror: Poppy is the Bugster, so Palad, Kiriya, and Kuruto. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever But Emu and the rest of CR are human... Let's pray their lifespan isn't too long or else...]]
* When [[spoiler: Masamune killed Lovrica, before it was revealed to be a final death, Graphite says that Lovrica had reached his complete form and should be able to revive. But, going by all the other Bugsters (sand Burgermon), that means that Lovrica's host had to ''die''. No mention is made of this person who somehow became infected with the Game Disease and perished from it '''without anyone noticing'''. It was never reported to CR, and the heroes never try to identify them--someone out there disappeared forever, and any loved ones they had are never going to know why or what happened. And, with Lovrica perms-dead? They are '''never''' coming back.]]

** Genm's last three presidents were: Dan Kuroto, a bio-terrorist whose last known actions were leading zombies to attack his own office, only to disappear following a confrontation with CR; Ren Amagasaki, a lech who came from nowhere, whose own employees hated him, and who released Kamen Rider Chronicle, (designed to genocide its userbade) and who, again, disappeared in mysterious circumstances; and Dan Masamune, the returning president, who proceeded to market Kamen Rider Chronicle wider than ever (killing even more), yet failed at marketing the game worldwide, and then created a two consecutive mass pandemic of bugster virus infections which could have killed everyone in Japan, the second one even changing non-players. From what we know, the company hasn't had a successful game in years, with Might Action X intended to be their big comeback. Heck, Bang Bang Shooting is mentioned to be in development hell, so that shows they're having trouble, and considering Tsukuru can drop everything to program Maximum Mighty X, the employees probably don't have much new to work on. Honestly, its a surprise Genm Corp is still in business by the end of the series. When your only successful game in years, released amid fast leadership changeover, kills your userbase(even with massive sales) your shares probably tend to tank.

* Why does Poppy's Kamen Rider form have the stats of a Level 50 despite being a Level X? The X doesn't mean 10, it's the same as Gemn's [[LetXbetheUnknown Level X]]. After all, Gemn's Level X was based on the unknown that is death, some would say another equivalent unknown is [[ThePowerofLove love]], something that would easily come from a Dating Sim game.

** Burger Gamer -> Muteki Gamer: While this one might seem like a subversion at first, both are very fast forms, have powers that allowed Emu to solve the situation he was in when he first used them, (had Kuroto not confiscated [=JuJu=] Burger, it's likely that we would have seen Emu use it against another bugster, meaning that it could be useful in normal combat; additionally, Hyper Muteki allowed Emu to NoSell Cronus's time control), both require the use of another Gashat in order to function properly, and both are relatively fast in comparison to the previous level; additionally, both are based on game modes that would require the player to move very fast (invincibility power-ups usually last for a very short amount of time unless acquired by cheating, and games like ''Diner Dash'' are usually timed).

* Masamune can be best described as a spoiled gamer who has everything handed out to him and all of the most broken abilities given to him. In fact, Chronos' abilities are common things that spoiled gamers will do to get an edge on his or her opponents. They'll pause the game so that they can asses the situation while not under pressure, and when it feels like they're going to lose, they'll reset the game so that "it doesn't count". In fact, the way he obtains Chronos is similar to how some gamers will use Pay to Win methods just so they don't have to work for it. It's why he reacts so poorly when he loses since he basically assumes that with all of this power, he should win automatically.

** In fact this is the reason why [[spoiler:Masamune loses to five Level 2 Riders, because he never took the time to actually learn to fight effectively, relying hevily on Pause, Reset and the buffs that Chronos gave to him. As opposed to the five riders who, throughout the series, trained themselves, learned to effectively use all of their forms, not just their highest level, and most importantly, learned to fight together. Thus when Chronos lost his signature ablility to pause, he was destroyed completely.]]

* [[spoiler: Cronus's RESET, as many Tropers suggest, seems to do more harm than good to Cronus, and there's not mentioning in-universe about Saki. In the actual computer, many modern OSes (like macOS and Windows) have the RESET-like utiliy like Time Machine and System Restore, all of which 'reset' the configurations and 'stored' data into the targetted savepoint, potentially delete some files in process. However, if your savepoint is infected with virus or worse, your savepoint is saved at the time all of your configuration is messed up and your machine is infected with virus, it's best to NOT restore your machine. Cronus just happened to restore his 'configuration' to the worst savepoint possible, while his machine has Kamen riders ready to mess up his plan again. Also, the real-life 'RESET' can't restore permanently deleted files. We need to wait and see if Saki is sent to KRC's Recycle Bin or really erased permanently...]]

** Mighty Action X can be viewed as the first released program/game in the line of production, while Mighty Brothers XX is the sequel or upgrade of the said program (alternatively, Mighty Brothers XX might represent the clone of the original program, which will often piss off the original developer. Just ask Kuroto). Maximum Mighty X is the debugger, while Hyper Muteki is the patch or even emergency update patch (like how Muteki is created to 'patch' KRC after the unintended use of Cronus)

* [[spoiler:[[TrueFinalBoss Super Gamedeus's]] weakness to Level 1 Riders]] makes a lot of sense when you realize Gamedeus was created to fight against ''Ride Players'', who [[spoiler:don't ''have'' a Level 1 form and neither does Cronus, and Genm played for the Riders to be out of the picture when "Chronicle" went live]] so it makes sense Kuroto never thought about that while designing him, which shows given even ''he'' didn't think of it while fighting him. [[spoiler:So in essence, [[GoodBadBugs Masamune, like certain video game bosses, is easier to beat if you exploit a bug in the game.]]]]

* Episode 41 [[spoiler:is the reveal of Gemdeus, the FinalBoss]]. Before he appears, the save from the heroes would seem very logical. In most video games, especially [{{Role Playing Game}}s or certain Platformers, you have the option to save the game prior to beating the FinalBoss. that way, you could reset the game such that you can rethink your strategies over.
* Pallad's strange morality and perception of things makes sense when you remember [[spoiler:he's from a ''in development'' build of his particular game. So not only was he born from a child's ImaginaryFriend, but it's very likely the story mode and story and characters weren't yet finalized at the point in production he spawned, so unlike most other Bugsters he likely had very little for his personality to be based on.]]

** And thanks in part to the [[spoiler:side quest, characters that were either dead or evil end up joining the party as permanent members, sort of like how the Paralogues for VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening does it, for one such example]]
*** [[spoiler: If you think about it, the dead/formerly evil riders who joined the party match up with the characters who join from the 6 Spotpass paralogues - Kuroto, much like Gangrel, starts off being set up as the BigBad, and even kills off one of the heroes, only get killed off himself near the halfway point, and to come back from the dead later; Poppy is close to Emmeryn, but also has a few elements of Aversa, with her memories being lost and only being separated due to circumstances beyond the control of the heroes for the former, and for the latter being good at first, but being brainwashed into being evil by one of the villains (Lovrica/Validir); Kiriya starts off as a dead ringer for Yen'fay, being forced into evil by being brainwashed and opposing someone who he was on very good terms with (Emu/Say'ri), but in reality, he's actually one for Priam, due to the nature of him not being evil at all; Parad can be seen as a DistaffCounterpart of Aversa with a bit of Walheart thrown in, taking the place of the previous BigBad like the latter, and like the former, was only evil because he didn't know better, but upon learning otherwise (namely, dying), he changes sides. Graphite can be seen as a character who is set up to join the heroes, [[BaitAndSwitch only to not join and instead die]], much like Phila from ''Awakening'']].
** [[spoiler: And also, because of the side quest, Taiga finally unlock his final power up in the form of Chronus which wouldn't be possible if Nico haven't been able to clear KRC - by killing Graphite - and summon Gemdeus]]

* As doctors, most of the heroes cannot bring themselves to kill human villians, where other Riders would've invoked WhyDontYaJustShootHim by now. While calling Masamune human is "debatable" at best, his fusion with Gemdeus solves the issue. He died when he injected the deity into himself, what remains is a corpse at this point.
* Fridge with BigRedButton... or in this case, big "Strong Enter!!!" used by Kururo's Keyboard in Episode [[spoiler: 42, which is used to make Gashat. Why not just ordinary Enter? First, this is Kuruto we are talking about. Second, Enter isn't the usual key for compiling your source code into the actual program (in this case, Gashat). In order to compile your software, you need to press the special key (F9, F10, etc) or click the Compile/Build Icon. AwesomeEgo + that Compile Key = "Strong Enter!!!"]]

* How are Ride Players supposed to become Kamen Rider Cronus without a Buggle Driver Zwei? They can't make one like the Genm Corporation can but there is one way to obtain the Driver in-game. If any Ride Player defeated Poppy, then they would likely obtain the Buggle Driver Zwei as the spoils of victory.

* Doubles as a RewatchBonus. Remember all those times Emu became "M" and for some reason the wind would blow into his face? [[spoiler: It was Parad enterring him via his non-physical form to play as Ex-Aid.]] And remember all those times that Emu just became "M" and his eyes would turn red? [[spoiler:Parad was still physically present every single time and influencing Emu without possessing him.]]

* In Episode 39, there is a bit of Fridge Brilliance during the henshin sequence before Emu fights Pallad. [[spoiler: Muteki's rider image panel descend down from above like Cronus instead of closing in from front like usual, a clever hint of the Cronus-like cold beatdown that Emu will do in that battle]].

* It might seem odd that Emu would [[spoiler: ask for Parad's help after reviving him - Emu can transform again, so why not just go after Cronus himself?]] Well, [[spoiler: it might be that he wants to play with Parad, just not the same way that Parad originally wanted to - Parad likely wanted to play ''competitively'' with Emu; Emu likely had ''co-operative'' play in mind!]]

* Episode 40 reveals a very satisfying take on Parado's constant talk of how he and Emu would be unstoppable together. [[spoiler:Hyper Muteki is so obscenely powerful on its own that Emu no longer needs Mighty Brothers XX or the Power-Up Items. Thus, Para-DX can use them with reckless abandon, and using MBXX in the Parablaygun lets him become the "Para-DX Brothers" by splitting into his Level 50 forms. Emu can cover for Parado during Pause, and Parado can support Emu and cover his blind spots outside of it. In other words, their arsenal and skills go from 'kinda broken' to 'almost starting to feel bad for how utterly fucked Masamune is' when combined, just as Parado predicted.]]

* Why does Taddle Fantasy have the advantage over Perfect Puzzle? Perfect Puzzle requires the strategic use of Energy Items to control the flow of the game, Taddle Fantasy's DispelMagic however renders any and all power-ups useless, thus Parado must use Knock-Out Fighter to bring the fight into a direct brawl where special abilities have less meaning. The inverse is true between Bang Bang Simulations and Knock-Out Fighter, Bang Bang Simulations is completely focused on long range combat making it almost impossible for Pallad to close in with Knock-Out Fighter, thus Pallad must use Perfect Puzzle so he can use Energy Items to strategically move in to attack. Kuroto may have created the Gashat Gear Dual β in order to deal with the Doctor Riders but he also designed its powers as the perfect counter to Pallad's Gashat in case Pallad ever betrayed him.

* Why does [[spoiler: Para-DX Level 99's weapon, the Gashacon Parabladegun,]] have multiple combo attacks for its special ability? It ties in with the Perfect Puzzle [[spoiler: half]] but it also ties into Ex-Aid's Gashacon Breaker, having the same ability just ramped up to [[spoiler: Level 99 power]]. Fitting considering Pallad is [[spoiler: Emu's Bugster]].

* At first, it might make no sense as to why Pallad would go through such lengths as to start up [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle ]] just to [[spoiler:kill off humanity as a whole]]. Then after [[TheReveal The Reveal]] that [[spoiler:he's the physical form of Emu's wish to have a friend to play games with]], you realize that his goal might not be that after all; it's [[spoiler:just a threat to get Emu to play with him.]]
* The revelation that [[spoiler: Poppy is the bugster who manifested from Kuroto Dan's mother]] makes his breakdown before his [[spoiler: first death in episode 23, and subsequently being PutOnABus until episode 30]] seem more reasonable as opposed to just a standard VillainousBreakdown,. [[spoiler: It's likely that the reason he didn't go after Poppy isn't because he didn't know that she was the [=DoReMiFa=] Beat bugster, but rather, because at that point, the only way that data could be gathered for Kamen Rider Chronicle was by killing the bugster for each respective gashat...and in his eyes, having to do the same to Poppy would basically be the equivalent of having to ''kill his own mother''!]].

* [[spoiler: Masamune Dan being Kamen Rider Cronus makes sense, considering that Chronus is a rider who can control time, and he's Kuroto Dan's father - in other words, he's father time!]].

* While Kamen Rider Chronicle being rated the equivalent of E for Everyone may just be for RuleOfFunny, the game's violence is cartoony with no blood, there aren't any adult themes, since it's seemingly just beating up monsters, and language isn't any sort of issue. Also, Pallad may have left out [[KillAllHumans one little detail...]]

* In Kamen Rider Chronicle, the Ride Players [[spoiler: aren't players, they're the game's version of Mooks!]]
* Genm not being replaced by Pallad during the next episode preview makes sense on two points. First and most obvious, Pallad doesn't have a Level 1 or similarly designed form. Second and less obvious, Pallad isn't a player; he's a boss character.
** [[spoiler: Or maybe he's already there. Ep 28's revelation that he's Emu's Bugster means that Pallad is already present, just not who you'd expect. ]]

* Related to the FridgeBrilliance concerning Riders and their professions, Asuna/Poppy gets the Tokimeki Crisis Gashat, a DatingSim game. Asuna is a nurse, a profession that can lead to patients getting Nightingales syndrome especially when said nurse is an attractive young woman like Asuna.

* How is Nico's [[spoiler: Ride Player form so [[AceCustom powerful]]]]? Being a professional gamer she would know how to find and use exploits in games and if Kamen Rider Chronicle has a Level Up system she could have easily been grinding on Mooks considering they're everywhere.

* Aside from the instances of foreshadowing, there are more than a few elements of Blade that hint towards [[spoiler: Kenzaki's true identity.]]

** Burger Gamer -> Muteki Gamer: While this one might seem like a subversion at first, both are very fast forms, have powers that allowed Emu to solve the situation he was in when he first used them, (had Kuroto not confiscated JuJu Burger, it's likely that we would have seen Emu use it against another bugster, meaning that it could be useful in normal combat; additionally, Hyper Muteki allowed Emu to NoSell Cronus's time control), both require the use of another Gashat in order to function properly, and both are relatively fast in comparison to the previous level; additionally, both are based on game modes that would require the player to move very fast (invincibility power-ups usually last for a very short amount of time unless acquired by cheating, and games like Diner Dash are usually timed).
* Episode 28 reveals that Pallad and Emu are two sides of the same coin (i.e. they appear to be one and the same). Ex-Aid's main colors are magenta and green. What happens when you invert those colors? Blue and red, which happen to be Para-DX's colors.

* Emu went berserk when Kuroto revealed [[spoiler:he killed Kiriya]]. Pallad's breaking point with Kuroto was after [[spoiler:he destroys the Motos Bugster a second time]]. [[spoiler:Motos is the Bugster of Bakusou Bike, Kiriya's main Gashat, and as #28 showed, this is ''not'' a coincidence]].
* During the time the doctors got Poppy back on their side through talking, why did Game Clear appear when [[spoiler:Poppy's game is [=DoReMiFa=] Beat, a dancing game? Well look at the scene playing out. A man convincing a young attractive woman that she's not a monster and wins when he succeeds in making her smile. It's most likely the game cleared was Tokimeki Crisis!]]
* Why does Taddle Fantasy have the advantage over Perfect Puzzle? Perfect Puzzle requires the strategic use of Energy Items to control the flow of the game, Taddle Fantasy's DispelMagic however renders any and all power-ups useless, thus Pallad must use Knock-Out Fighter to bring the fight into a direct brawl where special abilities have less meaning. The inverse is true between Bang Bang Simulations and Knock-Out Fighter, Bang Bang Simulations is completely focused on long range combat making it almost impossible for Pallad to close in with Knock-Out Fighter, thus Pallad must use Perfect Puzzle so he can use Energy Items to strategically move in to attack. Kuroto may have created the Gashat Gear Dual β in order to deal with the Doctor Riders but he also designed its powers as the perfect counter to Pallad's Gashat in case Pallad ever betrayed him.

* This Troper had a thought as to why two different genres of games were put together into the Gashat Gear Dual Beta. Together, it's a genre of Tactical [=RPGs=] as it incorporates both of the main themes Brave and Snipe have (Brave's strategic style and Snipe's military style)into one Gashat.

* Conversely, Tsukuru making games with monks and chants to defeat Zombier Gamer is because he's thinking more along the lines of ''an exorcism''.

** Likewise, Emu [[spoiler: using Kiriya's driver after Gemn corrupted Emu's old driver]] brings to mind a fan mod coming back as an official stand-alone game - kind of like ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'' or, more appropriately, ''Galaxy in Turmoil''[[note]]the game had originally started out as a fan made ''Franchise/StarWars'' game aimed at recapturing the spirit of the first 2 ''Battlefront'' games; however, as they were using the license without permission, EA, who held the rights to make Star Wars games, ordered them to shut the project down; it was relaunched as a stand-alone project without using any Star-Wars likenesses[[/note]].

** Inversely, this also explains [[spoiler: Kuroto's actual death from a large amount of the Bugster virus - had he still been alive when Pallad gave him the virus, he might have lasted long enough for the heroic riders to treat him. However, because he was already "dead", and his "death" had allowed him to access a new game, he had lost that resistance - kind of like a twisted NewGamePlus, or a [[FinalDeath Permadeath]]]].

* Since the rights to Mighty Action X probably belongs to the Genm Corporation, [[spoiler:Kuroto is essentially trying to personally give Emu a Cease and Desist order when the Rider creates the Mighty Brother XX Gashat, a fan made game of Mighty Action X.]]

* The names of Para-DX's game titles, Perfect Puzzle and Knockout Fighter, both begin with the little announcement in most games of their genres when the player's beaten the level or opponent. Remember that Kuroto made the Gashat PurposelyOverpowered so Pallad could just beat the crap out of everyone. In other words, it's a reminder the second Pallad's started playing, he's basically already won.

* When I first heard about Gashat Gear Dual Beta and its games, Taddle Fantasy and Bang Bang Simulation, I felt like "Could not you be creative in naming instead of copying Taddle Quest and Bang Bang Shooting." Fast forward and see the latest episode, we have seen that Kuroto made it by using those two stolen Gashats. Basically those uncreative names are in fact Foreshadowing for ones who have seen the leak.

* With the reveal of what Kamen Rider Chronicle really is, it suddenly makes a lot of sense why Pallad's so obsessed with playing it. [[spoiler: It's a game that turns the entire world into a game area, allows anyone to be a Kamen Rider, and goes on forever with them fighting monsters. To Pallad, it means that the game never ends, everyone has a fair shot at fighting him, and that there's never a place that has no opportunity to play.]]
* Kuroto's reaction to Mighty Brothers XX makes a huge amount of sense when you see his StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Emu's letter suggesting said game pissed him off. Seeing it being a realized game pretty much set him over the edge]]. It also explains why he began undergoing a SanitySlippage after the episode it debuts. [[spoiler:Emu pressed the BerserkButton so hard, it's ''stuck'' there]].
* For a moment, the fact that Pallad was nonchalant about [[spoiler:Emu losing his Driver and by extension not being able to 'play' against Pallad any more]] threw me off- especially when a couple episodes earlier, when [[spoiler:Emu got taken over by his Bugster and not being himself anymore]] made him flip his shit- but then I realized something: [[spoiler:Pallad probably realized that Emu will use Kiriya's Driver, since he might have seen Kiriya give Emu it when he died.]]

**Kuroko is a special case. There isn't a category for "insane" gamers, but the way he provides his opponents with the necessary tools and powers that are capable of leading to his own destruction points to him being a tryhard, someone who follows the philosophy of "The greater the challenge, the sweeter the victory".

** Hiro is the player who plays solely to the objective without thinking about anyone else on the team.

**Hiro is a completionist who just wants to see the game through to the end.

* Pallad's reasoning for why he wants to create Kamen Rider Chronicle makes his earlier beatdown of Kuroto all the more sensible: [[spoiler:Kuroto had been killing Bugsters and treating it all like some sort of game, not unlike how most gamers just casually kill [=NPCs=] for shits and giggles.]]

* Why does the RPG- and knight-based Brave get the rhyme-game-based [=DoReMiFa=] Beat Gashat? Considering who his dad is as well as the fact that he seems to know about its game avatar, Poppy Pipopapo, it more or less makes sense.

** Not to mention that most of the Riders are doctors. Who else can you call for help during a virus outตbreak?

** [[spoiler: And also, beccause of the side quest, Taiga finally unlock his final power up in the form of Chronus which wouldn't be possible if Nico haven't been able to clear KRC - by killing Graphite - and summon Gemdeus]]

*** Also some {{Role Playing Game}}s like Paper mario and Mario and Luigi series have action commands where you insert commands like in rhythm games during attacks to increase damage or dodge attacks.
** Bang-Bang Shooting and Jet Combat - [[FirstPersonShooter FPS games]] encourage players to focus on both attacking the enemy quickly and keeping constant movement to dodge attacks from the enemies themselves, as staying still and firing is suicide and moving around while not attacking is simply tedious. [[ShootEmUp Shoot em' up games]] require the player to dodge constant streams of attacks from enemies while shooting at them, as standing still and firing will get them killed quickly, and simply dodging is going to make the fighting longer than it has to be.

** For Let's Go Ichigou's sound similarity to Mighty Action X's, it is obviously from the fact that Mighty Action X's sound is ShoutOut to Kamen rider's openning song
** Drive's and Den-O's Gashat are sound like vehicle-based rider Gashat, Lazer.
** Gaim's Gashat is sound obviously like Giri Giri Chamabara for very obviously reason (Samurai motif.)
** Decade's Gashat is, of all people, getting Dangerous Zombie sound. Not quite surprise, as they're tied to "10" (Decade is 10 and Zombie is Level X (10)) and destruction (World destroyer and that 'Genocide' sound)

* Why did Game Clear appear when [[spoiler:Poppy's game is [=DoReMiFa=] Beat, a dancing game? Well look at the scene playing out. A man convincing a young attractive woman that she's not a monster and wins when he succeeds in making her smile. It's most likely the game cleared was Tokimeki Crisis!]]

** [[spoiler: Cronus is also known as the 'father of gods'. Kuroto has always liked to think of himself as a god..]]

** Also, in the same episode, there is a brilliant reference to the second episode of Snipe's Episode Zero special which is released near the airing of Episode 39. When Hiiro restrained Taiga and told him to take care of himself, Taiga had a stunned reaction that also looks like he remembered something. [[spoiler:He remembered what his old friend Maki said to him in the special during their fight, just before Maki's apparent death]].

* Aside from being reference to Platformer lik Mario, Ex-Aid's main Gashats are, like Brave and Snipe, themed after some concept. In Ex-Aid's case, 'they' are about Game/Program Development and Gaming Community as whole.
** Mighty Action X can be viewed as the first released program/game in the line of production, while Mighty Brothers XX is the sequel or upgrade of the said program (alternatively, Mighty Brothers XX might represent the clone of the original program, which will often piss off the original developer. Just ask Kuruto). Maximum Mighty X is the debugger, while Hyper Muteki is the patch or even emergency update patch (like how Muteki is created to 'patch' KRC after the unintended use of Cronus)

* How rich is Nico exactly? She has money from gaming competitions, but enough to become majority shareholder of Genm? It's a massive company, so either she's a billionaire, or their share price is through the floor.

** Brave and Taddle Quest - Since Hiiro's main job is a surgeon, he is required to know his tools and remember very intricate procedures in order to complete operations. In {{RPG}}s, the player must know their party, their abilities, and their equipment, plus they must devise strategies based on what they have in order to complete a goal.

*** Also some RPGs like paper mario and Mario and luigi series have action commands where you insert commands like in rhythm games during attacks to increase damage or dodge attacks.

*** Also, Brave's Lv 4 Night of Safari could be based off of Monsters used in RPGs for random encounters.

* After coming back, Genm gets a LevelDrain ability against Bugsters. Level-draining is a common trait for undead creatures in Tabletop RPGs.

* Episode 41 [[spoiler:is the reveal of Gemdeus, the FinalBoss]]. Before he appears, the save from the heroes would seem very logical. In most video games, especially RPGs or certain Platformers, you have the option to save the game prior to beating the FinalBoss. that way, you could reset the game such that you can rethink your strategies over.

* When [[spoiler: Masamune killed Lovrica, before it was revealed to be a final death, Graphite says that Lovrica had reached his complete form and should be able to revive. But, going by all the other Bugsters (sand Burgermon), that means that Lovrica's host had to ''die''. No mention is made of this person who somehow became infected with the Game Disease and perished from it '''without anyone noticing'''. It was never reported to CR, and the heroes never try to identify them--someone out there disappeared forever, and any loved ones they had are never going to know why or what happened. And, with Lovrica perms-dead? They are '''never''' coming back.]]