History WMG / KamenRiderZiO

* ''Blade'': Both Kazuma and Sakuya's actors have reprised their roles within the past 4 years as of writing this WMG, and neither Mutsuki nor Hajime's actors have said anything suggesting they'd be opposed to returning to the franchise, so much like with ''Faiz'', it seems that all Toei would have to do would be to ask the riders.

* [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz JetSlider]] for the speed

** Looks like it's most likely Jossed. In Episode 16, Oma tells Souga to his face that they are the same person, and they only way to stop becoming him is to give up being a Kamen Rider. When Souga destroys his belt, Oma ceases to exist. But when he takes Geiz's to fight an Another Rider, Oma comes back while TalkingToHimself about how he ''knew'' his younger self couldn't help but JumpAtTheCall.

[[WMG: There will be a reference to Creator/SalvadorDali's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory The Persistence of Memory]]]]

* It turns out Sento ''wasn't'' the one giving the Double Ridewatch to Sougo; The two just used said watch to travel back to Ataru's AlternateReality, which at the moment was in a state of chaos thanks to Tid. The Double Ridewatch however was originally given to Sougo by the ''Fumen Ramen Stand's Master'', which still confirms both Masaki Suda ''and'' Renn Kiriyama were unable to reprise their roles.

* Time travel confirmed with ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'', but not the description. The BigBad IS the current Kamen Rider in the future, having gone mad with power and conquered the world. His main plan is... to do nothing as his past self slowly becomes him, due to InSpiteOfANail and HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct. His TransformationTrinkets are watches (another confirmation) but they allow him to transform into other Kamen Riders. His BigBad form CAN slow down and stop time, and his Zi-O II upgrade allows him to "reset" or rewind a short period of time. There are hints that his later form will be able to freely time travel without a Time Mazine.

* If not the direct BigBad then the BiggerBad for sure.

He is a kaijin counterpart to Zi-O, so either the main rider will turn out to be a false lead or he will fall victim to a BiggerBad's scheme.

He will help out the main Rider when he's in a tough spot, à la the summer movie cameos. He will have ten new sets of cards for [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]], [[Series/KamenRiderOOO OOO]], [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Fourze]], and the 2012-2018 Riders.

* Time travel confirmed with ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'', but not the description. [[spoiler:The BigBad IS the current Kamen Rider in the future, having gone mad with power and conquered the world. His main plan is... to do nothing as his past self slowly becomes him, due to InSpiteOfANail and HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct.]] His TransformationTrinkets are watches (another confirmation) but they allow him to transform into other Kamen Riders. [[spoiler:His BigBad form CAN slow down and stop time, and his Zi-O II upgrade allows him to "reset" or rewind a short period of time. There are hints that his later form will be able to freely time travel without a Time Mazine.]]

** And If Foundation X is the antagonist, they’ll be using their research on the monster races to create cloned monsters for Zi-O to fight.

This show is recycling Decade in almost every aspect after all so it would be fitting that Tsukasa, Kaito, and Yuuseless would be the only riders that don't buy into the [[spoiler:Zi-O will destroy the world crap.]]And it would be interesting to see Narutaki's reaction to the whole mess since he is more or less an exile in the toku villain side nowadays.

[[WMG: Zi-O’s Final Form ...]]

[[WMG: Future Zi-O isn’t stopping the attempts to change the past because...]]

* Thanks to his powers, he’s immune to any changes in the timeline and will always exist.

** [[spoiler: Jossed. After originally making this guess, this troper has now learned about Grand Zi-O and how it more resembles Decade's Complete Form. Well, at least it has gold parts like Oma Zi-O.]]

* It’ll turn him into a watch that allows Decade to use the Ride Watches.
* He’ll turn into a Time Mazin.

** And I predict she will become Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi to kill Zi-O, just like [[spoiler:Natsumi becomes Kiva-la to kill off Decade.]]
*** Jossed. [[spoiler: She fought Swartz instead.]]

* [[spoiler: Confirmed, in the last two episode nonetheless. And yes her suit is themed after the crescent moon.]]

* It's leaning towards this, [[spoiler:given that she shows the ability to stop time in episode 31 and suffers from amnesia.]]

*** Confirmed. [[spoiler:There's a LOT of people that fall under that....]]

*** Another Ryuki is confirmed in ''Rider Time Ryuki'' [[spoiler:but all guesses jossed, it's a standard VictimOfTheWeek.]]

*** Jossed on the actual character [[spoiler:but confirmed to be a canon character. It's Amane.]]

*** Jossed: [[spoiler:It's Kiriya's former students who also happens to be Sougo's childhood friend.]]

*** Jossed [[spoiler:He's the real deal.]]

*** Kind of. [[spoiler: Turns out that he's [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Sou Yaguruma]].]]

*** In an interesting twist, there is a second Another Den-O that is on the show but summary states [[spoiler:that the host is someone who doesn't approve his sister's relationship.]]
* Kiva:

** Jossed, she's [[spoiler:someone pretending to be]] Sougo's first crush.

*** Confirmed with a twist [[spoiler: He obtained it by using a blank Anotherwatch to directly steal Decade's power.]]

** A pair of criminals with no loyalty toward each other. Criminals whose crimes cause “the city to cry”.

*** Confirmed somewhat, since [[spoiler: [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Kuroto Dan]] is Another OOO.]]

*** [[spoiler:Yes yet no. Ryuichi Sakuma ''was'' one of Amanogawa's students, but his antithesis to Gentaro is his selfishness and is inconsiderate of someone's wishes.]]
* Wizard:

** Someone from the Drive series, as [[spoiler:Zi-O will have access to the Mach Riderwatch.]]

** Partially true on the last one [[spoiler:it’s not so much as a remnant of Roidmude but rather an actual Roidmude, specifically [[CanonCharacterAllAlong 108 Paradox Roidmude]] disguised as Ora.]]

** An old or middle aged doctor who’s terrible at video games and complains about them. Could also be a terrible doctor as well.

** All jossed. Another Ex-Aid is [[spoiler: a man who became Another Ex-Aid to save his dying son from a rare disease by spreading an illness around to create a donor list.]]

** So far, she and Oma Zi-O haven't done anything to suggest this when they were face-to-face in episode 16. [[spoiler:Episode 22 also has her change her mind about Sougo, once he gets the Zi-O II watch and becomes nearly unstoppable.]] It seems she just thinks Sougo can be guided toward becoming a better person rather than trying to stop him outright. [[spoiler:At least until he gains the power needed to kick off Oma Day.]]
** On the other hand, it's revealed [[spoiler: she lost her memory some time before the series]], so it may still be possible. [[spoiler: She also has TimeStandsStill powers, which is about as good a sign of her being his descendant as any.]]
** With Swortz being Tsukuyomi's older brother, it makes a lot of sense for her to be Sougo's descendant. Swortz was talking about Tsukuyomi being selected as next in line for the throne. Both siblings have time powers. When those 2 things are factored in, it looks pretty obvious who they're descended from. Which would mean on the day Swortz caused that bus accident. He wasn't just selecting a candidate to rule, he was insuring his own existence by planting the idea of being king in young Sougo's head.
** [[spoiler: Zigzagged. All we know as of episode 43 is that they're from another timeline, but they're a royal family with time powers, so it's possible their timeline is descended from Sougo's.]] It's all very ambiguous at the moment.

** Confirmed somewhat; episode 43 reveals that [[spoiler:she and Swartz are actually royalty, though there is no mention of any connection to Oma Zi-O.]]

*** [[spoiler: Looks like Woz ''does'' have a Time Mazine after all, seeing as how he's a rider himself, so while that doesn't automatically eliminate the possibility, it's somewhat unlikely]].
** Looks like it's most likely Jossed. In Episode 16, Oma tells Souga to his face that they are the same person, and they only way to stop becoming him is to give up being a Kamen Rider. [[spoiler:When Souga destroys his belt, Oma ceases to exist. But when he takes Geiz's to fight an Another Rider, Oma comes back while TalkingToHimself about how he ''knew'' his younger self couldn't help but JumpAtTheCall.]]

* the 'statues' aren't statues. [[spoiler: They're the 20 Heisei Riders, including Sougo, the true Zi-O.]] If the trend of using major scenes in the opening continues, then [[spoiler: the world is still doomed to fall to ''Kajin Rider'' Oma Zi-O, but 50 years in the future the Riders get unsealed, including the true Zi-O in a ''GORGEOUS'' return display, his Ridewatch now proudly displaying the year, 2068.]]
** It looks like things are leading that way. [[spoiler:Several times when Geiz recalls other riders, a FlashForward shows the statues crack before a few shards fall off revealing the color of the visor or suit underneath.]]
** Turns out, [[spoiler: This may be jossed or incredibly zigzagged. The animation of the Rider statues flaking and revealing the real Riders is reused for Grand Zi-O's henshin. This may have actually just been foreshadowing for the transformation, or just the special effects department being incredibly lazy.]]/

** Instead of regular old Another Amazon, the Ridewatch is accidentally used on one of the dormant Amazons since they look just like everyone else, causing it to mutate into something terrible enough to match [[spoiler:Chihiro]]'s OneWingedAngel form. (Basically, compare Spider-Man and Venom and you get the idea.) Then it throws the Time Jackers under the bus and declares its own name instead - [[IncrediblyLamePun Amazon Prime.]]

** This is a big plot point around the end of the first quarter. Except Tsukuyomi holds out on faith that Sougo is too good of a person and with her and Geiz he can be led to being better. [[spoiler:Until episode 22, where she finally becomes afraid of him.]]

** Given what happens in Episode 17 with [[spoiler:Another Woz tampering with Heure, Zi-O and Another Shinobi's future with a book that allows him to simply write what he wants to happen]], this theory seems more true by the second!

* The Another Riders are an attempt at ''preventing'' Oma Zi-O from coming to power, so merging timelines is not in their best interest. The future happening as expected anyway is due to Sougo and Geiz collecting the Ridewatches needed to defeat the Another Riders. Beating the Another Riders or coming into contact with the Ridewatches seems to let displaced Riders remember the retconned timelines. [[spoiler:The watches that Geiz already had when he showed up were stolen from Oma Zi-O.]]

* Possibly Jossed, considering the second Woz. [[spoiler: White Woz comes from an alternate future where Geiz swears to destroy Oma Zi-O and succeeds, becoming Geiz Revive.]]

* In order to beat them, they’ll use their Legend Rider forms against said Another Rider. Like Ghost Wizard Damashii versus Another Wizard.

* Confirmed, but Sougo's not a king at all. [[spoiler: Geiz becomes Geiz Revive and kicks his ass, creating a new future with a new Woz, who becomes ''Kamen Rider Woz''.]]

** Confirmed somewhat. [[spoiler: Schwartz's plan is to combine the different worlds of Kamen Rider into one, forcing Decade to destroy that world, which will save his timeline.]]

* Jossed, as far as how Woz becomes a Kamen Rider. [[spoiler:He's an alternate Woz from a future where Sougo is killed.]] The Miridewatches have some tricky logic behind them, as well. [[spoiler: The Future Another Riders have the power they are already destined to gain, prevent them from being created in the first place. This paradox makes time travel to their era impossible, preventing the same Riders' powers being collected to stop the Another Rider. Beating them requires resisting the power and believing in their future, ensuring they will become Riders and creating a StableTimeLoop.]]

* [[spoiler: Confirmed that [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade]] does the curb-stomping of both Sougo and Geiz, but it's unclear as to what his relations to the Time Jackers are at the moment.]]
* It's not so much jossed as lampshaded with [[spoiler:Another Quiz being Kamen Rider Quiz's father the whole time.]]

[[WMG: Woz’s Future Kamen Riders are actually main series Kamen Rider ideas who didn’t make the cut.]]
* Woz’s Ride Watches are based on ideas for main series Kamen Riders and their theme that were discarded in favor of the Kamen Rider series we got. Like if Kamen Rider Shinobi and a ninja theme was discarded for say, Gaim and a fruit theme or Ex-Aid and a game theme.

[[WMG: Alternatively, Woz’s Future Kamen Riders are EarlyBirdCameos for Kamen Riders in future series.]]

** It's explicitly said that this Woz comes from a different timeline. Since it's likely that the show ISN'T going to end with [[spoiler:Geiz killing Sougo]], it's likely another alternate timeline will displace that one.

* Jossed in favor of something ''worse''... Tsukasa himself is back, not only with a new Driver but actively working with - and likely using - the Time Jackers. [[spoiler:Also his Rider forms can use various powers without bothering with form changes ''just like Another Riders sometimes do.'']] And just like in his home series, his intro episode ends with him saying he'll stop Oma Day by ''destroying Sougo's world,'' just like all the others.
* Right but a way you don't expect, [[spoiler:Swartz steals Tsukasa's powers to become Another Decade himself.]]

* [[spoiler: well there's Barlckxs..]]

* ''Ryuki'' was the first ''Rider'' series to feature [[spoiler:a Rider War]]. As well, ''Ryuki'' is at an interesting point regarding the timeline already: [[spoiler:it not only already involves time travel, in the form of Shirou Kanzaki's ResetButton, and the series ends with the timeline where the Rider War never happens. As such, Ryuki's history has ''already'' been taken]]. The implications of this within the context of ''Zi-O'' should prove to be very interesting indeed... I mean, the existence of the Build Ridewatch at all would suggest that [[spoiler:timeline changes]] don't remove whatever Ridewatches absorb from spending time in the presence of an original Rider. Would [[spoiler:all the changes to the timeline manage to result in Rider War from ''Ryuki'' re-emerging in a different form to create the Rider War in this show]]?

** {{Jossed}} when it comes to his motivation however. [[spoiler: He instead believes in Geiz killing Zi-O and becoming "Geiz Revive" BecauseDestinySaysSo, and is ALighterShadeOfGrey compared to "our" Woz.]]

Similar to how Evolt pulled the strings behind the whole cast of Build, Oma Zi-O might actually be a victim of someone else's plot (and, as others implied, it might be Woz). Further hints to him being blamed wrongly are in Episode 16: [[spoiler:When Sougo sacrifices his belt, the future does change! Oma Zi-O gets erased and... That's about it! But the Dai Mazines simply sinks into the ground, dormant, while Kasshin just collapses as if he short-circuited. Not only that, but nothing happened to Geiz, Tsukuyomi, nor their Time Mazines.]]

Woz was the one who started the original StableTimeLoop who gave rise to Oma-Zi-O. The problem is that Sougo was too good of a EvilOverlord and he was essentially stuck as a toady for who knows how long and essentially hit the DespairEventHorizon. Leading him to today. Until Another Woz showed up with new potential. Geiz a man who is a naïve fool who could be easily manipulated into a obedient servant.

* Will appear alongside Another Ryuga, with a design that’s simply a red colored version of Another Ryuga’s suit.

** Or to make it more exciting, the third Woz isn’t the herald for anybody. This time, he’s the ruler of 2068.

* Actually it ended with [[spoiler: timeline reset/ new timeline thing like in Ryuki.]] Surprisingly, no crossover with Zero One, though.

* Jossed where the causes are concerned. [[spoiler:Black Woz gets the Driver through LoopholeAbuse from his side. The fact that he really is the only other guy the Driver recognizes is confirmed.]] What's confirmed however is [[spoiler:White Woz disappearing by being RetGone.]]

[[WMG: White Woz is one of the Machine Humanoids from Kikai’s timeline.]]
Kikai comes from a future past even 2068, with his enemies being robots seeking to wipe out all organic life on earth. Given White Woz’s access to technology even more advanced than Geiz or Tsukuyomi have and his desire to change the timeline, perhaps he’s a reinforcement from the future sent to imitate Woz and set the future in the machine’s favor, ala ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.

* Apparently Jossed, considering the preview of the next episode shows that he will HAVE to defeat Zi-O [[spoiler:and it was never specified it was ANOTHER Zi-O.]]

* This is not as unlikely as one would think - Heure did not become the Another Rider by conventional sense--rather than having an Another Watch planted into its body, [[spoiler:Another Kikai was acting independently without a human host until Swartz grabs its scarab remains and pasted it onto Heure's face.]]
* Completely Jossed: [[spoiler:In the End A of the episode, Ora reveals she was using everyone to create the Another Kikai Ridewatch to control Heure, and in that end Tsukuyomi dies. Of course, Zi-O II erases that outcome and that allows them to execute End B where Geiz and White Woz creates the Kikai Miridewatch. At the end, Heure is wounded and reluctantly follows Ora away once her plans have been foiled.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. Swortz is behind everything, manipulating Sougo into obtaining all the rider powers.]]

* Conclusion: He was tasked with getting White Woz the ridewatches (more specifically the Woz Ridewatch), which were mostly retrieved by Black Woz. [[spoiler:But later Sougo confronts White Woz and manages to persuade him to the point he doesn't only give the Zi-O II and Geiz Revive back, but also creates the Zi-O Trinity Ridewatch. Once White Woz's future fades for good and he disappears with it, Diend steals the real treasure he was after: The '''Future Note'''.]]

** Partially confirmed. [[spoiler:White Woz returns for the last stretch of the show.]]

** Kamen Rider Calculus/Algebra/Calculator- Where Quiz uses true or false this Rider would use math. They’d have a # on their helmet and their finisher would involve an equation where the correct answer would be how many of them would strike. For example if the answer was 4 then four of them would appear for the kick.

** Kamen Rider Cyborg- Going real old school it’d be a person captured by the enemy and turned robotic but the process would be interrupted midway leaving them a cyborg. Unlike the older Riders however their modifications would be external as well making them a stranger to both man and machine.

** Jossed on the idea itself but confirmed for Double to have some kind of tribute [[spoiler:since Katsumi Daido/Kamen Rider Eternal plays a role in Episode 45 and 46]]

Namely because he’s apparently going to be TheFaceless, but his belt has it’s own Henshin phrase, as indicated by the Ginga Miridewatch.

** Confirmed, Swartz has been behind everything. And he ended up dead but [[spoiler: given how everyone dead are revived in the new timeline it's possible even Swartz is revived, too.]]

* Jossed. He only lost [[spoiler: half]] his rider power and doesn't even seem disturbed by it.

* He's also a future Rider, but he's actually related to Drive rather than OOO so it would have made more sense to use him. Also, [[spoiler:the Paradox Roidmude]] shows up at the same time.

* It turns out Sento ''wasn't'' the one giving the Double Ridewatch to Sougo; The two just used said watch to travel back to Ataru's AlternateReality, [[spoiler: which at the moment was in a state of chaos thanks to Tid.]] The Double Ridewatch however was originally given to Sougo by the ''Fumen Ramen Stand's Master'', which still confirms both Masaki Suda ''and'' Renn Kiriyama were unable to reprise their roles.

* Correct. Another Drive is in episode 44, set right before this movie, but as of the time of this writing, it's ambiguous if [[spoiler: Ora still has the power of Another Drive by episode 45, since we never saw the Another Drive Watch being destroyed, but she was struck by Grand Zi-O.]]

** Said Rider will also be Showa-themed. He’ll be more like Riders in the Showa days personality wise as well as using their powers.

* So far, it's looking like this trope is going to be jossed - Build's ending pretty much confirmed that Zi-O is going to be visiting the [[spoiler: merged]] world, and as mentioned above, it's likely that the arc for Ex-Aid will be set in between the end of the series and Another Ending. So far, the only possible case this could be confirmed for is Faiz, assuming that it's in the middle of the show (as opposed to yet another alternate ending).

* Jossed, [[spoiler:Swartz staged the entire Another Zi-O II arc to steal Tsukasa's powers to become Another Decade.]]

* Jossed for the series, confirmed in the meta. There is a DX[[Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger Ryusoul Red]] Ridewatch.

* Jossed.

[[WMG: Zi-O's female Rider will use Franchise/PrettyCure powers, not past female riders.]]

Or possibly called "Another Rangers", each member will represent a different past Sentai (i.e. "Another Magiranger", "Another Kyoryuger", etc) with one member representing Goranger, the first Sentai team, and one representing Ryusoulger, the most recent Sentai team.

** Also, there is a Woz Armor used by Zi-O in the Kamen Rider Zi-O Final Stage show, which doesn't have giant Ridewatches, but rather showing Zi-O wearing two Beyondrivers on his shoulders.

** Also, there is a Woz Armor used by Zi-O in the Kamen Rider Zi-O Final Stage show, which doesn't have giant Ridewatches, but rather showing Zi-O wearing two {{BeyonDrivers}} on his shoulders.