History Series / KamenRiderGeats

** Starting in the Yearning arc, the series begins less of an antithesis when Suel holds a Desire Royal that encourages Kamen Riders to battle each other.

* SpiritualAntithesis: The series is this in regards to ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'', in that the focus of the game is purely on fighting monsters and fighting between the Riders is not allowed. Additionally, while the Rider War is a singular conflict stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop from interference and always ends with no real winner, to various degrees of pleasantness (ranging from a clean RetGone to an EverybodyDiesEnding), the Desire Grand Prix has multiple rounds and intentionally alters time and space to clean up damages and keep non-participants out of the loop, not just to accommodate the winner's wish. Also, while the aforementioned alternate EverybodyDiesEnding in ''Ryuki'' is strongly implied to be an unnatural occurrence caused by a loophole in Shiro Kanzaki's designs (to his detriment), it would be entirely possible for the equivalent to occur naturally for countless loops in ''Geats'' simply by losing.

** Michinaga spends much of the ''Divergence'' and ''Lamentation'' arcs [[spoiler:slowly turning into a Jyamato and using a broken ID Core. Both of these are resolved when he becomes the Jyamashin and is restored to full health as a result, as well as gaining a much better power-up than the Jyamato Buckle for the duration of the Yearning arc, meaning he never finishes turning into a Jyamato.]]

** ''[[Recap/GeatsExtraKamenRiderGazer Kamen Rider Gazer]]'', which shows how Niramu became the DGP's game producer and the eponymous Rider, as well as the the origins of the DGP itself.

** ''[[Recap/KamenRiderGeatsExtraKamenRiderGazer Kamen Rider Gazer]]'', which shows how Niramu became the DGP's game producer and the eponymous Rider, as well as the the origins of the DGP itself.

** #47 introduces the Zillion Driver and Sirius Card, used by Kamen Riders Regad and Regad Omega.

* BrokenAesop: The final arc's moral of "hate the sin, not the sinner," as demonstrated through Keiwa forgiving Daichi for [[spoiler:murdering his sister (and countless others) by infecting them with Parasite Jyamato]] doesn't really work when Daichi was set up to be a HateSink before, spending most of the series crossing the MoralEventHorizon and culminating with an entire sequence devoted to him getting a rightly deserved beatdown. Keiwa's [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn descent into hate]] over his desire to get revenge on Daichi also largely happens due to Keiwa [[IdiotBall ignoring some simple and obvious solutions]] to the problem. The fact that the moral is espoused by Ace is especially hypocritical, considering an arc earlier he killed Chirami and Achimedel, the former for being associated with the DGP and his mother's imprisonment and the latter for committing as similar offences as Daichi, even though Chirami's crimes were much less bad than Daichi's or Achimedel's and it's not even clear if Chirami knew the true nature of the Goddess of Creation]]. There's also the fact that [[spoiler: Daichi's actions are [[DeathIsCheap eventually undone]], making it wholly meaningless whether Keiwa forgives him or not]].

** The Powered Builder Buckle and Gigant Container give Riders a [[{{BFS}} greatsword]] dubbed the '''Gigant Sword''', a giant [[RocketPoweredWeapon rocket-powered]] [[DropTheHammer warhammer]] dubbed the '''Gigant Hammer''', and a [[{{BFG}} massive]] HandCannon dubbed the '''Gigant Blaster'''.[[note]]The third is the default weapon granted to Riders not named Seeker using the Buckle.[[/note]] They are primarily associated with the movie-exclusive Kamen Rider Seeker.

* BrokenAesop: The final arc's moral of "hate the sin, not the sinner," as demonstrated through Keiwa forgiving Daichi for [[spoiler:murdering his sister (and countless others) by infecting them with Parasite Jyamato]] doesn't really work when Daichi was set up to be a HateSink before, spending most of the series crossing the MoralEventHorizon and culminating with an entire sequence devoted to him getting a rightly deserved beatdown. Keiwa's [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn descent into hate]] over his desire to get revenge on Daichi also largely happens due to Keiwa [[IdiotBall ignoring some simple and obvious solutions]] to the problem. The fact that the moral is espoused by Ace is especial hypocritical, considering an arc earlier he killed Chirami for being associated with the DGP and his mother's imprisonment, even though Chirami's crimes were much less bad than Daichi's and it's not even clear if Chirami knew the true nature of the Goddess of Creation]]. There's also the fact that [[spoiler: Daichi's actions are [[DeathIsCheap eventually undone]], making it wholly meaningless whether Keiwa forgives him or not]].

* ''Kamen Rider Geats: Jyamato Awakening'', a direct-to-video movie.

* EnsembleCast: An downplayed version of it. While Ace is clearly the protagonist of the series and gets the lion's share of focus, [[SupportingProtagonist Keiwa]], [[IJustWantToBeLoved Neon]] and [[AntiHero Michinaga]] also gets significant amount of screentime and subplots with [[ADayInTheLimelight several episodes dedicated to them.]] Even other Riders like Sae or Win gets their time in the spotlight, and that's not getting into the rest of the cast, such as [[BigBadEnsemble Daichi, Beroba, or Archimedel]], making the supporting cast just as relevant to the narrative as its titular main character.

''[[Film/KamenRiderGotchardXGeatsTheStrongestChemyGotchaGrandOperation Kamen Rider Gotchard × Geats — The Strongest Chemy Gotcha ☆ Grand Operation]]'', the winter movie crossing over with ''Series/KamenRiderGotchard''.

* ''[[Film/KamenRiderGeatsXKamenRiderReviceMovieBattleRoyale Kamen Rider Geats x Kamen Rider Revice: Movie Battle Royale]]'', the crossover movie with ''Kamen Rider Revice'', with the inclusion of characters and elements from ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''.

* ''Kamen Rider Geats: What the hell?! Desire Grand Prix Full of Men! I'm Ouja!'', a DVD BonusEpisode[[invoked]] distributed with ''Magazine/TeleviKunMagazine'' magazine that features Kamen Rider Ouja from ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''.

* ''[[Film/KamenRiderGeats4AcesAndTheBlackFox Kamen Rider Geats: 4 Aces And The Black Fox]]'', the summer movie double-billed with ''Film/OhsamaSentaiKingOhgerAdventureHeaven'' and was released on July 28, 2023, featuring Kamen Riders [=PunkJack=], Keilow and Lopo.
* An as of yet-unnamed direct-to-video movie set to be released in 2024.

* SwissArmyHero: Like most modern Kamen Riders, Geats is able to modify his powers and use different forms. For instance, with just his normal two Buckles, Geats can activate two versions of Magnum Form (upper and lower body), two versions of Boost Form (same), Magnum Boost Form, and Boost Magnum Form.

* TransformationTrinket: The DGP Riders all use the Desire Driver. They can use the Driver on its own with a personalized Core ID to activate a base "Entry Form" with only a unique mask on the suit. They can also attach Raise Buckles to each side of the belt which provides armour and abilities to their upper and lower bodies, and it can rotate to quickly swap the arm and leg abilities. In contrast to most Rider shows, each Kamen Rider can use any of them as long as they have them on their person.

*** Ace later combines five Boost Buckles together into a Boost Mark II Buckle, which is even more powerful than the regular Boost and doesn't need to be re-aquired. Unfortunately, it heavily exhausts Ace every time he uses it on its own, and he needs the Laser Raise Riser to stabilize it.

*** ''Four Aces and the Black Fox'' introduces the [=XGeats=] Buckle, a black repaint of Boost Mark III/IX used by Cross Geats; and the Oneness Buckle and ID Core, with the Buckle being a card reader that can scan Series/KamenRiderGotchard's CardsOfPower, which Geats uses with Boost Mark III for a special SuperMode.
*** An announced DVD is set to debut the two-part Plosion Rage Buckle, a new SuperMode for Buffa.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:While Sara was freed from the Tree of knowledge, we have no indication that the other citizens infected with Parasite Jyamato were ever freed.]]

* ''Kamen Rider Geats: What the hell?! Desire Grand Prix Full of Men! I'm Ouja!'', a DVD BonusEpisode[[invoked]] distributed with ''Televi-Kun'' magazine that features Kamen Rider Ouja from ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''.

** Ace has Niramu, despite the two not having much interaction. Ace's plans to uncover the DGP's secrets will inevitably lead him to confront Niramu eventually, and while Niramu isn't willing to bend the rules to eliminate Ace, he is fully aware of what Ace intends to do and is preparing to deal with him.

** Also, while it's easy to take it as a LighterAndSofter ''Ryuki'' at first, we find that it needn't be so light after all by the early SacrificialLamb rider death being similarly antithetical: in ''Ryuki'' it was a DirtyCop who used monsters to get rid of people who knew too much. The instant his Driver was broken, ending his contract with his monster, said monster promptly ''ate'' him. He was mourned by no one. In Geats, it's a man who wants to heal his son's illness, lamenting that his son is now ill ''and'' will not have a father. The premise going from 'fight to the death' to 'world-saving game' means instead of people who knowingly signed up for a game where they must kill the other contestants, few making it up to even AntiHero, we have ordinary people who are usually pretty decent learning what 'game over' means the ''hard'' way.

!![[{{Catchphrase}} Here comes the trope highlight.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The personalized piece of the Desire Driver is called "Rider Core ID" in merchandising and "ID Core" within the show itself.

''Kamen Rider Geats'' is the 2022-2023 entry in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series, the fourth in the Reiwa Era and thirty-third overall. First airing on September 4, 2022 alongside ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' -- and later, ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' in the Series/SuperHeroTime block. It ended on August 27, 2023, and was succeeded by ''Series/KamenRiderGotchard''.

The series is followed by ''Series/KamenRiderGotchard''.

''Kamen Rider Geats'' is the 2022-2023 entry in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series, the fourth in the Reiwa Era and thirty-third overall. It aired from September 4, 2022 to August 27, 2023 alongside ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' -- and later, ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' in the Series/SuperHeroTime block, succeeding ''Series/KamenRiderRevice''.

** As the series goes on, [[ForHappiness Happiness]] becomes a major theme. The heroes are disturbed to learn that [[spoiler:the DGP steals happiness from the game's victims to give to the winners]], and resolve to work, even if only little by little, towards a world where ''everyone'' can be happy. Including enemies like Daichi, if possible. The final two entries in the end-of-episode "DGP rulebook" drive the lesson home:
--->''Never give up on making people happy.''\\
''People will find as much happiness as their desires will bring.''