History Fridge / KamenRiderExAid

** Snipe and Bang-Bang Shooting - Taiga is an unlicensed doctor, an illegal profession that could get him arrested or killed if he doesn't know exactly what to do. In shooting games, it's important to memorize the map's layout and the movements of opponents in order to catch them off-guard or not be surprised yourself. Taiga also used to be a radiologist and therefore, would know exactly where to shoot to cause the most damage to a human body. [[spoiler: This is actually confirmed in the Kamen Rider Snipe spinoff series, where Taiga outright states that his incredible gunplay came from his experience as a radiologist.]]

** Genm and Proto Mighty Action X - [[spoiler: Kuroto Dan, as the CEO, is one of the first and leading members of the hospital and has the most power, but there will still be constant changes to the hospital. Proto Mighty Action X is the first version of Mighty Action X, and is the buggier version, but in battle, is far more powerful than the other Riders.]]

*** That said, he does indeed start Episode 3 with the Gashacon Sword, so, on some level, it appears that Taddle Quest can save his progress.

** Bakusou Bike and Giri Giri Chambara - [[RacingGame Racing games]] like Bakusou Bike don't take much skill to play, but become significantly easier if one learns how. [[HackAndSlash Hack and slash games]] like Giri Giri Chambara also have a deceptive learning curve that makes the game easier as the player learns. Both games are usually single player experiences, which meshes with Lazer's mindset. [[spoiler: Kiriya's [[KilledOffForReal death]] brings a much more depressing connection. It's ''far'' easier to get a GameOver in a Racing Game than any of the other Gashat Genres.]]
*** [[spoiler: On the other hand, in games like Mario Kart, if you get hit by a powerful item, it's a lot easier to come back...which is unsurprisingly what Kiriya does. And as it just so happens, when Kiriya did come back, he arguably was more powerful due to the proto gashats, just like how if you're far behind in Mario Kart, you get access to better powerups]].

* [[spoiler: Continuously using a Gashat can cause serious damage]] is pretty much reference to many illness cause by overusing computer (and digital devices), for gaming or not, ranged from shortsightness to office syndrome.
** [[spoiler: But using a Prototype Gashat can be worse.]] Not surprising, you can expect sudden crash (or worse) from buggy beta game.

**Emu is a pro who plays for the fun of the games.
**Hiiro is a completionist who just wants to see the game through to the end.
**Taiga is an achievement hunter, always looking to get more out of the game, even if it means taking from other players. You could also see him as a mean-spirited FPS player, not caring about other players and taking away from their experience.
**Kiriya is a troll, misleading and deceptive.
**Kuroto 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".

* [[spoiler: The Mighty Brothers XX Gashat, besides furthering the Mario reference, also pays homage to games where the player controls 2 characters. And what kind of games were those, in the early days? Often, they were sequels to popular games where a secondary protagonist was introduced.]]

* [[spoiler: Zombie Gamer has a transmitter that blocks a Driver's Gashat from forcefully ejecting to protect them when it goes critical. The transmitter, as it turns out, is located in the head. So, what's the best strategy for surviving a Zombie attack? RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain!]]
** In addition, [[spoiler: a recurring glitch in a lot of games tends to be "zombie character" glitches, that can cause the player to keep living despite having no health due to an underflow error in how health is calculated. One of the major ways the glitch is fixed on the player's side is to end up finding a way to add health back to the character.]]

*** Survivial horror games being a recent genre also explains why [[spoiler: Kuroto]] didn't create an upgraded version of the game.

* Episode 17 has Ex-Aid clearing Burgermon Bugster's game by serving him burger. Now go back to Episode 4 where Motors Bugster survived Ex-Aid + Lazer's FinishingMove. They didn't clear the game by defeating the Bugster; they did so by being the first to finish the race.

*** Similarly, it makes sense for these games to be one cartridge instead of two - not only would [[spoiler: Kuroto]] only need one of the helper robots at a time, but if the Dual Gear Beta fell into the hands of one of the heroic riders, he would only have 1 LV 50 rider to worry about.

* With the reveal of what Kamen Rider Chronicle really is, it suddenly makes a lot of sense why Parado'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 Parado, 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.]]

* Episode 17 actually [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] [[spoiler: the HeelFaceTurn of Parado in episode 40 and how he and Emu will become friends for real onward.]] To elaborate, episode 17 features a healthy, friendly relationship between Tsukuru and his Bugster Burgermon, and how Burgermon only wants to live with Tsukuru, not to take over his body and kill like other Bugsters. [[spoiler: This is very similar to Parado's nature. As the real-life manifestation of Emu's wish to have a friend to play with, that's his life purpose - to be Emu's friend and play with him, and while he has taken over Emu’s body a few times, they are just to force Emu to play, not to kill him. As a result, after Parado is knocked some sense into himself by Emu and realizes his wrong-doings, he is able to genuinely form a friendship with Emu, who reciprocates this time.]]
* At first, it seemed off for Parado to refer to Emu as “M”. Given that he called every one else except for his fellow Bugsters by their Rider’s names (Genm, Brave, Snipe, and Lazer for instance), he should have called Emu “Ex-Aid”. Even if he might know that Emu is Genius Gamer M, that was still a bit off. However, it makes sense after [[spoiler: TheReveal in Episode 29 that he is Emu’s Bugster, and that he is the Genius Gamer M personality. Parado was not calling him “M”, he has been referring to him as “Emu” the whole time! This is also a brilliant way of taking advantage of the similarly pronounced “M” and “Emu”, as it revealed their relationship in plain sight and yet revealed nothing at the same time.]]
* Parado's [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] is met with not a single protest aside from Hiiro expressing his surprise that [[spoiler: Parado would join them]], while Kuroto is (rightfully) treated with suspicion and discrimination at first, and just the ''mere idea'' of a possible [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] from Graphite causes Hiiro, Taiga, and Nico to flip their shit. However, this is totally understandable, considering that unlike the other two, Parado [[spoiler: has absolutely no personal beef with the other Doctor Riders. He only ever focused on trying to play with Emu and defeating him while treating the other Riders with equal nonchalance. As such, after Emu managed to knock some sense into Parado and forgave him, there would be no reason for Parado's HeelFaceTurn to be objected to. The fact that Parado was ''not at all'' EasilyForgiven and that he's instrumental to Emu's ability to transform and defeat Cronus also helps.]]

* Genm [[spoiler: corrupts Emu's Driver by summoning so many copy of himself. Basically performing Denial Of Service on Ex-Aid(s) and destroying his 'server' AKA Gamer Driver.]]
** 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]].

** 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 FinalDeathMode]].

* In a fan club special episode in which Hiiro must face off against Takeshi Asakura, aka Ouja from Ryuki, [[spoiler: when Ouja is defeated, he vanishes in the way of someone disappearing in the mirror world - even though he's not in the mirror world. Why? Simple. The very same effect is used when a NEVER is defeated, and of course we know Foundation X was involved with them and, it turns out, orchestrated all this. Foundation X reviving him as a NEVER explains the look of his final death... and the fact that he's back at all]].

* In Kamen Rider Chronicle, the Ride-Players [[spoiler: aren't players, they're the game's version of Mooks!]]

** [[spoiler: Or maybe he's already there. Ep 28's revelation that he's Emu's Bugster means that Parado is already present, just not who you'd expect. ]]

* You might not catch it at first, but every part of [[spoiler:Poppy's]] Critical Crews-Aid attack is a pun. [[spoiler: She's a nurse, was part of the CR (a crew that delivers aid), and a dating sim can be described as a protagonist's crusade for romance]].
* 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 hints towards [[spoiler: Kenzaki's true identity.]]

** Other than Lazer, Kenzaki is the only dead Rider based on a game, and it's a rather old game as well. [[spoiler: Kuroto did always like to think of himself as the Game Master after all...]]
** Kenzaki, thanks to a gambit at the end of the series, was able to become an Undead. [[spoiler: Not only is Genm's Zombie form undead-themed, it was thanks to a gambit that allowed him to become undead.]]

* Episode 28 reveals that Parado 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.

* 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 Parado is [[spoiler: Emu's Bugster]].

* 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 Cronus is a rider who can control time, and he's Kuroto Dan's father - in other words, he's father time!]].
** [[spoiler: Cronus is also known as the 'father of gods'. Kuroto has always liked to think of himself as a god.]]
* [[spoiler: Masamune explained that he can permanently kill off Bugsters because he kills them off while they're frozen in time, making it so that continuing is impossible, since they stay in a state of death. Basically, he's making it so that their game freezes up and crashes.]]
** [[spoiler: Masamune, before killing the Loverica Bugster, says that Tokimeki Crisis is no longer in stock. Being the CEO of Genm Corporation, he does have the power to discontinue production of his company's games. It makes sense he also has the power to kill Bugsters, beings born from his company's games, permanently.]]

* While Poppy's host being [[spoiler: Kuroto's mother]] might seem a bit out of left field at first, but if you think back to her interactions with Emu, there were some hints - she would often pick him back up after he was knocked down, was constantly encouraging him even when Hiiro, Taiga, and Kiriya weren't by his side, and looked after him as a rider - in other words, she was acting motherly towards Emu.
* With the reveal of Kuroto's true intention for starting Kamen Rider Chronicle, it makes his words before [[spoiler: killing Kiriya]] have another meaning to them other than the obvious. [[spoiler: "Disappear into the darkness along with the truth." It's not just him killing Kiriya to hide his intentions; it also refers to him sending Kiriya into the Proto Gashats to become a Bugster along with the rest of humanity to keep them immortal, giving Kiriya a first-hand view of the truth behind Kuroto's actions.]]

* 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 Parado entering 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:Parado 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 Parado. [[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]].
** 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 the exact same words his old friend Maki said to him in the special during their fight, just before Maki's apparent death]].

* It might seem odd that Emu would [[spoiler: ask for Parado'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 Parado, just not the same way that Parado originally wanted to - Parado likely wanted to play ''competitively'' with Emu; Emu likely had ''co-operative'' play in mind!]]

** [[spoiler:A more [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming way to see this]] in Episode 40 is that Parado is the second Main Character of Mighty Brothers XX, and that like many video game characters, [[HeelFaceTurn he only starts as an antagonist.]]]]
* 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 Parabragun 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.]]

* Episode 41 [[spoiler:is the reveal of Gamedeus, 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.

*** [[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; Parado 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 Cronus which wouldn't be possible if Nico haven't been able to clear KRC - by killing Graphite - and summon Gamedeus]]
** [[spoiler: And what else do you recieve after completing major side quests? New weapons and abilities that will allow players to break through normal limitations like the Level 100 Taddle Legacy Gashat and Ex-Aid's final form, Hyper Muteki.]]

* Fridge with BigRedButton... or in this case, big "Strong Enter!!!" used by Kuroto's Keyboard in Episode [[spoiler: 42, which is used to make Gashat. Why not just ordinary Enter? First, this is Kuroto 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!!!"]]

** [[spoiler: Finally, his death is very much akin to a RageQuit, where he quits the game rather than let the game proceed to its proper end in order to deny the winners a sense a victory/the rewards that they would normally get.]]
* [[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...]]

* Given the jingle of the Doctor Mighty XX gashat, does that mean both Kiriya and Kuroto do a voice over when they are developing the vaccine? It seems rather hilarious.
* Masamune [[spoiler: fusing with Gamedeus may have been a wrong decision just like using Restart was. By fusing with Gamedeus, he may have increased his stats but he also forced himself into obeying Gamedeus' programming. He had a chance to get rid of Taiga and Nico but because of Gamedeus' programming, he instead brought Nico into the last stage and gave the Doctor Riders time to rescue her.]]

** 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.
* 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.
* The final match-up in the Chou Superhero Taisen, between Ex-Aid and Genm, makes sense when you consider the counterparts.

** Momotaros vs. Momoranger due to them both having '''Momo''' in the name.

** Zolda vs. Ryugen: Both are the third riders, green, gunslingers, and are amoral.
* Gemn's transition from Level X Zombie Gamer to Level X-0 Zombie Action Gamer is reflective of a transition from SurvivalHorror to an Action Horror game. In a Survival Horror game, the players are usually at the mercy of enemies that are either invincible or difficult to fight, while having very little means of fighting back, if at all. Level X Gemn pretty much overpowers most of the other Riders until they can find means of fighting back. Action Horror games have a similar atmosphere, but the players are better equipped to combat them and the enemies don't seem so invincible. Level X-0 Gemn can still compete with the other Riders and Bugsters, but his flaws (mainly his armor's poor defense) are more apparent, and he isn't as powerful as the most powerful players.

** 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?]]

** Even pure or semi-pure in-coded heroic characters like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Fallen Child]][[spoiler: that you play as]] or [[Franchise/MassEffect Paragon Sherpan]] are not safe from this Fridge either as the way in-game character can enter to real world is, like Bugster, infecting people and replicating, killing human in the process. The sole exceptions are those Gamers used by Riders and Poppy... Wait... PlagueInc too has the case of [[ParanoiaFuel symptomless plague...]]
** This might be defused a bit by the fact that all the Bugsters have been characters from Genm Corp Games, and given that [[spoiler: A bug in the Gashats is what spawned the Bugsters]] that might be the only pool of characters the Bugsters can draw from.

* [[spoiler: To use Gamer Driver, you need to be operated on.]] This is already scary one... But what gonna happen if [[spoiler: Emu wasn't somehow capable]]? Remember, many transformation process isn't quite [[BodyHorror matched human anatomy]]... At best, Driver will just not responding, at worst, we gonna see genius gamer's "Game Over".
** [[spoiler: Considering said operation is just vaccination against the Bugster Virus, it would've very likely just been the latter.]]
** As proven in Episode 15, using a Gashat without [[spoiler:the Bugster immunity surgery simply has the Gashat not respond. It does, however, infect the user with the Game Disease.]]

** Episode 17 lessens the horror by [[spoiler:revealing that there's another way for Bugsters to become complete. By clearing the goal of their game. Seeing how Asuna is from a rhythm game, clearing her game most likely involved dancing to the beat with her until Game Clear popped up. However, this still lends itself to more horror as the goal of most of the games, like Taddle Quest or Bang Bang Shooting, is to kill the boss, meaning the only path to becoming complete for Bugsters of those Gashats is to kill their host.]]
*** [[spoiler: Sadly, episode 28 confirms that no, she was not made complete in the same way Burgermon was.]]
*** [[spoiler: The revelations of WHO her host was AND WHY said host was infected somewhat lessen this, since Kuroto infected his sick and dying mother with the virus in the hopes of somewhat saving an aspect of her as data, even past her death. Said virus became Poppy and does indeed have the memories of Kuroto's mother, making this somewhat of a success.]]

** [[spoiler: The ''Heisei Generations'' movie and later, Episode 15 reveals he was experimented on 6 years ago by Dr Pacman.]]

* 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.]]
** [[spoiler: Seeing as one of his reasons for making Chronicle was to revive his mother, who was an accidental infection, it's debatable whether this was intentional or just a crappy side-effect.]]

** [[spoiler: While it's debatable if Kuroto Dan had these intentions, his father, Masamune Dan, certainly does]].
* People who experienced [[spoiler: a "Game Over" have their data stored in a Proto Gashat but what about the Riders? What about Kiriya, who appeared with other dead Riders during the Kamen Sentai Goriders special? There's a chance that if the Riders get a "Game Over", then that's it. It's truly game over for them.]]
** Jossed. [[spoiler: Riders aren't exempt from this. Both Kuroto and Kiriya are revived in the show's third act.]]
** But it does lead to the question of whether or not [[spoiler: the revived can be revived as humans as both Kuroto and Kiriya are now Bugsters.]]

* When [[spoiler: Masamune killed Lovelica, before it was revealed to be a final death, Graphite says that Lovelica had reached his complete form and should be able to revive. But, going by all the other Bugsters (sand Burgermon), that means that Lovelica'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 Lovelica perma-dead? They are '''never''' coming back.]]

** Poppy, who uses a Buggle Driver II to transform, was one of the bosses, presumably they would've gotten it for beating her.

* Parado's [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] is met with not a single protest aside from Hiiro expressing his surprise that [[spoiler: Parado would join them]], while Kuroto is (rightfully) treated with suspicion and discrimination at first, and just the ''mere idea'' of a possible [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] from Graphite causes Hiiro, Taiga, and Nico to flip their shit. However, this is totally understandable, considering that unlike the other two, Parado [[spoiler: has absolutely [[Nothing Personal no personal beef]] with the other Doctor Riders. He only ever focused on trying to play with Emu and defeating him while treating the other Riders with equal nonchalance. As such, after Emu managed to knock some sense into Parado and forgave him, there would be no reason for Parado's HeelFaceTurn to be objected to. The fact that Parado was ''not at all'' EasilyForgiven and that he's instrumental to Emu's ability to transform and defeat Cronus also helps.]]

* Parado's [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] is met with not a single protest aside from Hiiro expressing his surprise that [[spoiler: Parado would join them]], while Kuroto is (rightfully) treated with suspicion and discrimination at first, and just the ''mere idea'' of a possible [[spoilder: HeelFaceTurn]] from Graphite causes Hiiro, Taiga, and Nico to flip their shit. However, this is totally understandable, considering that unlike the other two, Parado [[spoiler: has absolutely [[Nothing Personal no personal beef]] with the other Doctor Riders. He only ever focused on trying to play with Emu and defeating him while treating the other Riders with equal nonchalance. As such, after Emu managed to knock some sense into Parado and forgave him, there would be no reason for Parado's HeelFaceTurn to be objected to. The fact that Parado was ''not at all'' EasilyForgiven and that he's instrumental to Emu's ability to transform and defeat Cronus also helps.]]

** 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]]]].

* Episode 17 actually [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] [[spoiler: the HeelFaceTurn of Parado in episode 40 and how he and Emu will become friends for real onward.]] To elaborate, episode 17 features a healthy, friendly relationship between Tsukuru and his Bugster Burgermon, and how Burgermon only wants to live with Tsukuru, not to take over his body like other Bugsters. [[spoiler: This is very similar to Parado's nature. As the real-life manifestation of Emu's wish to have a friend to play with, that's his life purpose - to be Emu's friend and play with him, not to take over Emu's body. As a result, after Parado is knocked some sense into himself by Emu and realizes his wrong-doings, he is able to genuinely form a friendship with Emu, who reciprocates this time.]]

*** Which also explain how the Gashacon Bugvisor can work when it is nothing more than a [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] with [[Main/ChainsawGood a Chainsaw]] and [[Main/ArmCannon a gun]] attached to it.

** The Gashacon Magnum handgun mode doesn't even look like a proper firearm as it lacks a muzzle because of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwissArmyWeapon the hinge for Shotgun mode]].

* There's a few things that can be said about the Gashacon weapons. Some of them makes senses in term of design or practicallity—Gashacon Breaker, Sword, Sparrow, Key Slasher and Parablagun—, but others—Gashacon Magnum, Bugvisor— seems kind of problematic in their designs.
** The Gashacon Magnum handgun mode for instance doesn't even look like a proper firearm as it lacks a muzzle because of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwissArmyWeapon the hinge for Shotgun mode]].
*** However, while none of those weapons would work in the real world, it would work inside a game where real physics does not apply. Then we realise: none of those weapons are real weapons, they're all game props.
*** Which also explain how the Gashacon Bugvisor can work when it is nothing more than a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] with [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChainsawGood a Chainsaw]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArmCannon a gun]] attached to it.

* Unintentional though it may be, the return of the Bugster Virus for the Another Ending trilogy is insanely brilliant considering the [[UsefulNotes/COVID-19]] pandemic. Why is it fridge brilliance? Because Another Ending takes place in 2020, the year the pandemic broke out.

* It may be oblivious, but here are some comparisons to Ex-Aids standard forms to his more powerful forms:

* In a certain perspective, it makes sense that the Muteki Gamer's infinite invincibility powers requires both the Hyper Muteki Gashat and the Maximum Mighty X Gashat. Alone, the Hyper Muteki Gashat can give the player invincibility for only 10 seconds, but since the Maximum Mighty X Gashat alone has powers to reprogram anything, what's a better way then reprogram an already powerful ability and give yourself an infinite time limit?

** Even pure or semi-pure in-coded heroic characters like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Fallen Child]][[spoiler: that you play as]] or [[MassEffect Paragon Sherpan]] are not safe from this Fridge either as the way in-game character can enter to real world is, like Bugster, infecting people and replicating, killing human in the process. The sole exceptions are those Gamers used by Riders and Poppy... Wait... PlagueInc too has the case of [[ParanoiaFuel symptomless plague...]]

* Also, the Gamer Riders seems to avert the NotUsingTheZWord trope, with all of them being given the coveted title of 'Kamen Rider'. This actually makes sense, because the Gamer Driver actually announces to everyone that "I'm a Kamen Rider!"

* Also, the Game Riders seems to avert the NotUsingTheZWord trope, all of them being given the coveted title of 'Kamen Rider'. This actually makes sense, because the Game Driver actually announces to everyone that "I'm a Kamen Rider!"

** Kuroto is a narcissist with a GodComplex who [[spoiler:thinks just because everyone's data is preserved, no one has a right to be upset about their deaths.]]

** Snipe is based off FPS games, which feature mostly edgy heroes. The Franchise/CallOfDuty cast comes to mind.

** Speaking in term of gaming community. Mighty Action X is the game and the general fanbase. Mighty Brothers XX is the fangames and their developers, all of which can be objected to C&D. Maximum Mighty X is either 1) the cheat code (as it allows Ex-Aid to reprogram the Bugster out of its original code) or 2) the game fan that devote themseleves on fixing the problems in game, both by looking on bugs and kicking annoying Kuroto-like gamers (or even GMs). Then what is Hyper Muteki? It can be either game patch to repair the bugs or, given that it's created by Kuroto specifically for Ex-Aid, the acceptance and connections between gamers and game developers.

* As [[UnexpectedCharacter completely unexpected]] as the appearance of Franchise/PacMan is, it makes sense. First, Pac-Man's a well-known icon of video games worldwide. Second, the other main rider is [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Ghost.]] Now, what are the main enemies you encounter in Pac-Man?

** [[spoiler:A more [[HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming way to see this]] in Episode 40 is that Parado is the second Main Character of Mighty Brothers XX, and that like many video game characters, [[HeelFaceTurn he only starts as an antagonist.]]]]

* The Rider Gashats generates the Game Area, which grants the Riders access to Energy Items and is [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome visually cool]]. But what would happen if the Gashat malfunctions (or worse, is sabotaged)? Would it generate [[MonsterOfTheWeek a Bugster]]? [[NothingIsScarier Or would it generate something much worse...]]

* It's said that Chronus was designed to be the only weapon capable of defeating the FinalBoss Gamedeus, rewarded to whomever could clear ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. However, the Pause function '''only''' works with the Buggle Driver II, as we see [[spoiler:near the end of the series when Taiga becomes Chronus with his Gamer Driver]]. So how were the Ride-Players, who don't even have a transformation belt in the first place, supposed to be able to use Chronus' full power to defeat Gamedeus? Or was this just another example of Kuroto being a KillerGameMaster and making ''Chronicle'' UnwinnableByDesign?

** How so? His or her data would still have been stored like everyone else.

* The Doctor and Game motif mashup might be a little strange; how can one blend a job that involves both entertainment and curing people at the same time? It initially doesn't make sense, at least until you know that there are many "games" used for scientific research, education, and even medicine, like the study over the spread of disease in WorldOfWarcraft or the usage of games to cure psychological issues in patients and soldiers.