History YMMV / KamenRiderFaiz

* FanonDiscontinuity: [[spoiler:Both of 555's novels, with one (Grotesque Flowers) featuring [[JerkAss Masato]] ''[[RapeAsDrama raping]] Mari'', and the second (part of the Heisei novel series) references said rape. Since rape hasn't even been a topic of discussion in the franchise prior to or since then, this comes out way out of left field.]]

* MemeticSexGod: The Faiz Gear's voice. [[AC: Standing by. Complete.]]

** Same thing for Kitazaki's actor, Ray Fujita, better known as Rei Suzumura from ''{{Garo}}''.

* HarsherInHindsight: The fact that Kiba Yuji died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35.

* HarsherInHindsight: The fact that Kiba Yuji's actor died as a young man in the beginning of the series becomes saddening when as of August of 2015, his actor had also passed away at the age of 35.

* [[AmericansHateTingle Americans Hate Masato]]: The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy.

* FanFavorite: Naoya Kaido/Snake Orphenoch. The actor even gets a couple of [[LionMaruG major]] [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger roles]] later.
** Takumi seems to be a well liked Rider thanks to his stoicness and determination, which may be the case considering his actor appeared in recent Taisen movies.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Naoya Kaido/Snake Orphenoch. The actor even gets a couple of [[LionMaruG major]] [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger roles]] later.
** Takumi seems to be a well liked rider, which may be the case considering his actor appeared in recent taisen movies.
* EsotericHappyEnding: The movie's ending; [[spoiler:yes, Takumi saved Mari, but the world is still overrun by Orphenochs with the human race near extinction and the resistant force abandon Mari and her friends]].

** The Badass new Rider in ''Paradise Lost''...who speaks English. Not Gratuitous; he speaks perfect English and, other than "Henshin," he never speaks a word of Japanese.

** Yuka gets it just as bad. She's not only TheUnfavorite and has to deal with AbusiveParents who absurdly dote on her (half? step? foster?) sister, but said sister is an UngratefulBitch who, after Yuka brings their parents to her when she gets hurt, lies off her ass and tells them that it's ''Yuka's'' fault in the first place. Apparently, Yuka's property is also routinely stolen and/or destroyed at school. In an early episode, a group of girls tackle her to the floor and steal her shoes and socks - the next time she sees her stuff, it's torn and cut to pieces. Is it ''any wonder'' that when she first became an Orphenoch, she [[BewareTheNiceOnes took no prisoners]]?

* AmericansHateTingle: The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality, at most a meme or two. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy.

* CompleteMonster: Sensei/the Owl Orphenoch was the one who rigged Kaidou's bike and was the one who ran over his hand, permanently crushing his guitar dreams for good; in said flashback, it was shown he did this with a tiny little smile and thought nothing of it. THEN he was planning to do the same to another student only because he wanted to be best at an instrument so he was willing to injure or even kill people in order to do it. This really managed to [[BerserkButton piss off]] [[NobleDemon Kiba, the Horse Orphenoch]].

* CompleteMonster: Sensei/the Owl Orphenoch is this in spades. It was revealed that he was the one who rigged Kaidou's bike and was the one who ran over his hand, permanently crushing his guitar dreams for good; in said flashback, it was shown he did this with a tiny little smile and thought nothing of it. THEN he was planning to do the same to another student only because he wanted to be best at an instrument so he was willing to injure or even kill people in order to do it. This really managed to [[BerserkButton piss off]] [[NobleDemon Kiba, the Horse Orphenoch]].

* LoveToHate: Kusaka is this for various reasons. MagnificentBastard? Check! DracoInLeatherPants? Check! VillainProtagonist? Check!

* DracoInLeatherPants: Masato Kusaka is a {{Yandere}} MagnificentBastard who will [[{{Jerkass}} kill or bully anyone whose in his path.]] He is also extremely popular among Franchise/KamenRider fans in Japan.
* EarWorm: The Hyper Battle Video

* MagnificentBastard: Masato Kusaka. He's a scheming {{Jerkass}} of epic proportions, and the epic proportions are what make him fun to watch. He's a "good guy" version of TheStarscream (and the term "good guy" is used very loosely--he's only a "good guy" because he hates the villains only slightly more than he hates the heroes). He's popular in Japan, but the popularity could be the ''enjoyment of a good bad guy.'' He really is the series' best villain, and a rare instance of it being shown that not everyone who ''doesn't want the apocalypse'' is necessarily a sweetheart in all (or any!) other ways.

* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Smart Lady.

* BadassDecay: Takuma. At first, he's able to curbstomp all three Renegades on his lonesome, is enough for ''one'' of them in ''human'' form, ''will kick your ass with poetry,'' and at one point wields the stolen Faiz Gear against the good guys (admittedly, though, that last seems to happen a lot.) Later in the series, he's a constantly weepy, whimpering ButtMonkey. Takuma circa #20 and Takuma circa #40 have zero in common and not in a good way.
** To be fair, this trope is Justified; and even somewhat Foreshadowed! He IS a dangerous enemy...right up until the episode he gets his butt kicked and nearly killed [[spoiler: by Faiz in Axel Mode]]. After this, at some point we see Lucky Clover gathered in front of some 'Masterpiece' paintings carrying on a discussion; which basically boils down to him saying "at a certain level, if it isn't perfect its garbage". One can presume that before that episode, he was so used to being on the giving end of a CurbStompBattle that nearly getting killed broke him, and THEN he gets beat up [[spoiler: by a Delta Gear user]]. From here it becomes clearer and clearer that he was always a SmugSnake and is simply undergoing a much slower version of such characters comeuppance.

* EsotericHappyEnding: The movie's ending; [[spoiler:yes, Takumi saved Mari, but the world is still overrun by Orphenochs with the human race near extinction and the resistant force pretty much abandon Mari and her friends]].

* MagnificentBastard: Masato Kusaka. He's a scheming {{Jerkass}} of epic proportions, and the epic proportions are what make him fun to watch. He's basically a "good guy" version of TheStarscream (and the term "good guy" is used very loosely--he's only a "good guy" because he hates the villains only slightly more than he hates the heroes). He's popular in Japan, but the popularity could be the ''enjoyment of a good bad guy.'' He really is the series' best villain, and a rare instance of it being shown that not everyone who ''doesn't want the apocalypse'' is necessarily a sweetheart in all (or any!) other ways.

** How could you forget that [[spoiler:said heart ''bursts into flames and disintegrates into nothing?'']]

*** It's also scary because the body of the first petrified Orphenoch, which the King didn't get to eat, was ''pretty much indestructible.'' That makes it freakier.

** To be fair, this trope is Justified; and even somewhat Foreshadowed! He IS a dangerous enemy...right up until the episode he gets his butt kicked and nearly killed [[spoiler: by Faiz in Axel Mode]]. After this, at some point we see Lucky Clover gathered in front of some 'Masterpiece' paintings  He IS a dangerous enemy...right up until the episode he gets his butt kicked and nearly killed [[spoiler: by Faiz in Axel Mode]]. After this, at some point we see Lucky Clover gathered in front of some 'Masterpiece' paintings carryin on a disussion; which basically boils down to him saying "at a certain level, if it isn't perfect its garbage". One can presume that before that episode, he was so used to being on the giving end of a CurbStompBattle that nearly getting killed broke him, and THEN he gets beat up [[spoiler: by a Delta Gear user]]. From here it becomes clearer and clearer that he was always a SmugSnake and is simply undergoing a much slower version of such characters comeuppance.

* AmericansHateTingle: The Japanese has no problem with Kusaka despite his {{Jerkass}} personality. American fans however, ''hate'' the guy.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Masato Kusaka is a {{Yandere}} MagnificentBastard who will [[{{Jerkass}} kill or bully anyone whose in his path.]] He is also extremely popular among KamenRider fans in Japan.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Naoya Kaido/Snake Orphenoch. The actor even gets a couple of [[LionMaruG major]] [[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger roles]] later.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Kaidou's actor, Mitsuru Karahashi, may now be better known to tokusatsu fans as Fuwa Juzo in ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.

* AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1V0_hUJwU The People With No Name]].

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Masato Kusaka]].
** Also, [[spoiler:Yuji Kiba]] gets such a scene in the movie when he dies.

* AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1V0_hUJwU The People With No Names]].