History YMMV / KamenRiderFourze

** In #27, Gentaro notes that his parents died in a car crash and encouraged him to make lots of friends. [[spoiler:Then we have our next Kamen Rider, whose parents also died in a car crash, and they told him that "he was their hope". Guess which one is the more optimistic and better-going of the two.]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* GeniusBonus:
** Beyond the basics with the common Zodiarts, there are a few more subtle ones. For example, the Altar Zodiart's staff is named "Aradia", which isn't just a play on Altar's constellation Ara, but is also the name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aradia a figure commonly regarded as the Goddess of Pagans]].
** Each of Fourze's Astro Switches is representative of a scientific principle or process, as listed [[http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Astroswitches#Trivia here.]]
* HarsherInHindsight:

*** [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Only if you're not a crazy guy like Makise]]...[[spoiler:Then you just have to have Gentaro sic you to the girls, then come back a dozen episodes later and he'll be friends with you, if TheMovie is to show us anything]].

* SignatureScene: The end of #31 where [[spoiler:Meteor ''kills Gentaro!'']]
* {{Squick}}: Tomoko freaks out so badly at being caught without her makeup on that she'll ''cover her face in mud from a drain.'' Seriously, ''whoa.''

*** Not only that, but in TheMovie, [[spoiler:Fourze makes friends with something called The ''[[NamesTheSame Space Core]]'']].

* WTHCastingAgency: Kengo's actor, capable of several stunts and fight scenes, plays [[IllGirl the sick guy.]] However, Kengo gets to bust out martial-art movies in ''Movie Wars Ultimatum''.

*** Then that was taken UpToEleven in #43-44. [[spoiler:Two words: Gemini Zodiarts.]]

*** And then there's #45-47 where everything just goes UpToEleven for him as well.

* UncannyValley: The Coma Zodiarts' LimpAndLivid fighting style is deliberately filmed and played backwards, a technique often done in ''horror movies''.

** Chuta Ohsugi starts veering into this territory #29. His reasons for hating Gentaro? ''Because he made Sonoda-sensei leave'' (he didn't). He relentless pursues Gentaro, Kengo, Yuki and Ryusei and [[spoiler:finds out about the Rabbit Hutch. He confiscates the Net Switch and ''threatens to destroy the KRC.'' Ultimately however, he narrowly [[AvertedTrope averts this]] when in #30 he realizes that a ''teacher'' [[AdultFear is the one preying on the students by giving them Zodiarts Switches]] and realizing the importance of Fourze's mission goes on to become a staunch supporter and damn near ''PapaWolf'' to the KRC. Not bad for the comic relief!]]

* AngstWhatAngst: Gentaro takes [[spoiler:dying by ''Kamen Rider Meteor's punch'' calmly, all things considered.]]

** Tomoko and Ryusei seems to be a pretty popular pairing after their story arc in #23-#24.

** Having Stronger as the only one of the legendary seven fighting alone at the start of ''Movie Wars Megamax'' is a little hard to watch when you remember something about him.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:Gentaro's death at the end of #31 was shocking, but the preview for the next episode shows Fourze in Cosmic States so we knew that it wasn't going to last.]]

** Mr. Osugi starts veering into this territory #29. His reasons for hating Gentaro? ''Because he made Sonoda-sensei leave'' (he didn't). He relentless pursues Gentaro, Kengo, Yuki and Ryusei and [[spoiler:finds out about the Rabbit Hutch. He confiscates the Net Switch and ''threatens to destroy the KRC.'' Ultimately however, he narrowly [[AvertedTrope averts this]] when in #30 he realizes that a ''teacher'' [[AdultFear is the one preying on the students by giving them Zodiarts Switches]] and realizing the importance of Fourze's mission goes on to become a staunch supporter and damn near PapaWolf to the KRC. Not bad for the comic relief!]]

** Episode 43 has [[LiteralSplitPersonality Dark Yuki]] bragging out loud that she is the physical embodiment of Yuki's darkest desires, phrasing it as if in a rather, ''[[ADateWithRosiePalms suggestive]]'' manner...

** Gentaro is noted to do anything in order to help out and befriend fellow students. This comes to ''really'' bite him in the ass when [[spoiler: he gets killed and willing allows himself to do so so that Ryusei can be with Jiro again]].

** Remember that time Meteor gave the One-Inch Punch to Pegasus Zodiarts? [[spoiler: Well, it gets pretty hard to look at when you see him doing that to ''Kamen Rider Fourze'' and killing him with it!]]

** An early rumor claimed that the Sagittarius Zodiarts would have a HeelFaceTurn and become the second rider. Come Episode #34, and it turns out [[spoiler:the '''BigBad''' is the Sagittarius Zodiarts. Although he still turned out to be a [[FriendlyEnemy pretty nice]][[AffablyEvil guy]].]]

** Another early rumor stated that Kamen Rider Meteor was going to be an alien. He wasn't. [[spoiler: But Kengo is.]]

** In #27, Gentaro notes that his parents died in a car crash and encouraged him to make lots of friends. [[spoiler: Then we have our next Kamen Rider, whose parents also died in a car crash, and they told him that "he was their hope". Guess which one is the more optimistic and better-going of the two.]]

*** And as of the finale, [[spoiler: Gentaro loved and tolerated the shit out of the '''freaking BigBad'''!]]

*** Not only that, but in TheMovie, [[spoiler: Fourze makes friends with something called The ''[[NamesTheSame Space Core]]'']].

** Episode #40 sees Ryusei challenging [[spoiler:the Taurus Zodiarts]] to a game of golf. However, it was preempted a week. What for? ''Actual golf''.

*** Forget that. If you want to look at it that way, episode #47 is rife with Gentaro/Kengo fodder.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler: Gentaro's death at the end of #31 was shocking, but the preview for the next episode shows Fourze in Cosmic States so we knew that it wasn't going to last.]]

*** What's worse? [[spoiler: Those innocent people were the girls he stalked before he went after Yuki. There must've been around ''20'' girls that were in that bus (Miu being one of them). Now factor in on how he went giving Yuki all those letters, gifts, and voicemails...]]God, I feel chills down my spine...
** Misa Toriizaki gets one for [[spoiler: forcing Eguchi to become the Cygnus Zodiarts despite Eguchi knowing what would happen to him. Made worse when the Ugly Ducklings also go with it, chanting "Cygnus!" as Eguchi screams in terror and then those Ducklings start worshiping him.]]
** It will seem pretty hard for [[spoiler:Ryusei]] to be likeable for effectively becoming the [[spoiler:HeroKiller and causing some heartbreak in Kengo]]. '''Especially''' considering the other option he had. Even ''he'' believes he crossed it and tries to redeem himself. [[spoiler: He succeeds and even becomes Gentaro's friend]].

* NarmCharm: [[spoiler: Sure, giving the BigBad a handshake may sound silly, but that really doesn't matter considering the speech, fight scene, and build-up that came before it. Not to mention it shows that no matter who it is, Gentaro can help and befriend ''anyone''.]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: The trend of AdaptationalVillainy, apparently starting with Series/UchuuTetsujinKyodain in TheMovie, actually goes back to ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' with a villain modelled after ''Series/HenshinNinjaArashi''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Sota Fukushi is this in Japan since he's able to bag big roles in TV and in the movies like the movie versions of Library Wars, Bleach and Fable. For TV series, he's seen in Heaven?: My Restaurant, My Life, the TV version of Diver and In His Chart.
** More generally, Robin Furuya appears as the pageant host in episode 3, before getting the much more significant role of Storius is Series/KamenRiderSaber.

** Misa Toriizaki for what she did to [[spoiler: Eguchi. She gets cold on Eguchi even though the others praise for his good deeds in #24, and then ''forces Eguchi to activate his switch that was on Last One'' for the sole purpose of making Cygnus emerge and forces the Ugly Ducklings to trap him so he wouldn't be free. Thankfully, TheDogBitesBack, uses her as a HumanShield, and [[BreakTheHaughty this breaks her so hard]] that she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes that in her desperation for purpose lead to her creating a full blown cult]], and thus disbands it.]]
** Mr. Osugi starts veering into this territory #29. His reasons for hating Gentaro? ''Because he made Sonoda-sensei leave'' (he didn't). He relentless pursues Gentaro, Kengo, Yuki and Ryusei and [[spoiler: finds out about the Rabbit Hutch. He confiscates the Net Switch and ''threatens to destroy the KRC.'' Ultimately however, he narrowly [[AvertedTrope averts this]] when in #30 he realizes that a ''teacher'' [[AdultFear is the one preying on the students by giving them Zodiarts Switches]] and realizing the importance of Fourze's mission goes on to become a staunch supporter and damn near PapaWolf to the KRC. Not bad for the comic relief!]]

** Some people consider Yukina Takamura to be this. Why? [[spoiler: Well, due to her being a ClingyJealousGirl to the point where she took away the Fourze Driver and refused to hand it back despite there being a monster that's going to kill her. Her [[WrongGenreSavvy seeming belief she's in a romance story]] and blackmailing of Yuki by threatening her Hayabusa-kun plush in order to force Yuki to try and get Gentaro to hook up with her. The fact that she ''barely'' learns her lesson didn't do her any favors.]]
** Ran for being a KnowNothingKnowItAll PrinciplesZealot who was unknowingly making her friend Haru’s life hard with her overbearing attitude, practically dictating how he should live his life and barring him from being social with anyone else but herself. [[spoiler: Was it any wonder he mutated into a Zodiarts? And Ran stupidly accelerated his mutation by continuing this thought process. Thankfully for her, she managed to run some of that back by realizing just what she'd done after the Last One version of the Musca Zodiarts doesn't recognize her anymore.]]

* SignatureScene: The end of #31 where [[spoiler: Meteor ''kills Gentaro!'']]

** [[spoiler: The Presenters]] aren't mentioned until near the end of the series, and we never figure out just who or what they even are.

** Episodes 37 and 38 are about a group of students, including over half of the Kamen Rider Club, chosen for an astronaut test in a closed environment and endurance test on top of the appearance f the Aquarius Zodiarts. Among the students chosen is also the returning Hiroki Makise, and immediately the KR Club get suspicious and wary of him despite his claims of turning over a new leaf. This is about the extent of Makise's inclusion in the episodes, the rest of the time he's just seen quietly among the group of chosen students. His inclusion is wasted here, as they could've easily made him the suspect of being the Aquarius Zodiarts and he could've chosen to help the KR Club to display that he has genuinely changed, especially when they show in the movie that he's among the 40 people chosen to press one of the forty switches to help Gentaro gain a new power and save the day, meaning that the KR Club and Makise buried the hatchet offscreen.

*** And then in #25-26, he tries his hardest to go to Prom with Miu because he generally fell in love with her. [[spoiler: Miu, however, wanted to ask Gentaro out. Gentaro tried to get the two together and they did try to dance...until Shun realized that the fighting Zodiarts was more important. In the end, Shun removes his coat and puts it around Gentaro so he and Miu could dance together...while he walks off and looking like he was about to cry.]]
** The events at the end of #11 and in #12 seemed to make Yuki one. [[spoiler: She asked a favor from the Pyxis Zodiarts to find the missing locker that connects to the Rabbit Hatch, and then--accidentally--lets the Zodiarts destroy it with the redirected missiles of Fourze's Launcher Switch. It turns out in #12 that the locker which was destroyed was a different one and that everything ends OK.]]
*** Then that was taken UpToEleven in Episodes 43 and 44. [[spoiler: Two words: Gemini Zodiarts.]]
** How about Kengo? The guy's father is dead, we have no idea about his mom, and he got stuck on the moon [[spoiler: due to sheer accident that was mostly blamed on Yuki]], and he cries that he doesn't want to die alone on he moon when he believes that no one will rescue him. [[spoiler: And you need to give this guy a hug in #32 as he tries to revive Gentaro after Ryusei kills him.]]
*** And then there's episodes 45-47 where everything just goes UpToEleven for him as well.
** Miu becomes a small one in #25. She's graduating, and feels somewhat sad that she won't be able to be ClubPresident of the KRC anymore, and also gets upset at how Shun is able to brush it off so easily and focus on prom. [[spoiler: It's also made even worse when she got ''extremely angry'' at Shun for setting Gentaro up so she could go to the prom with him, when she really wanted to go to prom with Gentaro.]]
** Subverted with Gentaro. When Shun asked where his parents were Gentaro ''calmly'' states that [[spoiler: they died in a traffic accident while he was in third grade while happy music is in the background. He states that is his parents were the one who taught him about making lots of friends and he continues to do so.]]
*** [[spoiler:With the events following Episode 31, let's hope he doesn't have a mental breakdown for dying.]]
*** It's played straight in ''Megamax'' when [[spoiler: just as he's about to give Nadeshiko the SecretHandshake, she's being sucked up and transforms into a switch. All Gentaro can do is scream, "NADESHIKO!!!!" and go into HeroicBSOD mode.]]

** Having Stronger as the only one of the legendary seven fighting alone at the start of ''Movie Wars Megamax'' is a little hard to watch when you remember something [[AuthorExistenceFailure about him]].

** In #13, Gentaro promises to help bring Miura (the Orion Zodiarts) back to school, saying "The best medicine for a hurt heart is friendship, so I'll make sure he gets his [[HoYay daily dose of me]] morning, noon, and night!" Judging by the reactions of Miura's girlfriend and Yuuki, he's the '''only''' one who doesn't realize what he's saying. And he keeps saying stuff like "Drink me" or "I'll be good for him" as he tries to "help" Miura out.

** Yuuki's eccentricity is harder to watch when we learn of her actress Fumika Shimizu [[http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2017/02/fumika-shimizu-retires-from-entertainment-to-join-controversial-religious-organization-happy-science being part of a cult]].

** In the DVD-exclusive Riderman Quiz, after noting that "Yuuki Joujima" was derived from "Jouji Yuki", the cast sees a clip from ''V3'' where Jouji saves a baby and they joke that it's an infant Yuuki. Then the quiz suggests that the baby is secretly a monster, prompting everyone to joke that Yuuki may be a monster herself. [[spoiler:And then came the Gemini arc...considering how bleak things got for poor Yuuki, this may count as HarsherInHindsight for some.]]

** At one point in the series, he says that next the Kamen Rider Club is going to be friends with Aliens. Thanks to Heisei Generations [=FINAL=], he can check that off his to do list, since he befriended [[spoiler: [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Ryuga Banjou]]]], who's part-alien.

** Gemini when she [[spoiler:tricks the Kamen Rider Club into nearly ''killing'' Yuuki. She'd win in 10 hours anyway, she outright says she did this ForTheEvulz.]]

** Kasumi Suzuki, who played child villainess Rije in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'', returns in episodes 25-26 as the Coma Zodiarts.

* MemeticMutation:
** Kamen Rider Fourze: Friendship is '''''AWESOME!!!'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the show's overall theme, as well as Fourze's declaration to make friends in his own way, certain jokes and crossover fanarts/fanfics with a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic similarly-themed kid's show]] are popping out ''immediately''.[[/labelnote]]
** Ryusei: ''Expert Cockblocker''[[labelnote:Explanation]] In #33 during the Kyoto trip, he constantly tries to get between Gentaro and a girl who wants to be his girlfriend. His only response to this? "I need to take care of Gentaro.[[/labelnote]]
** It's also pretty common to compare chest sizes for all Female Zodiarts--whether the switchers are female, or the Zodiarts is female-looking. Two important things to note are the chest sizes of both Aquarius and Virgo belonging to MostCommonSuperpower, and Scorpio Zodiarts going through ACupAngst.
** Cancer's [[http://i47.tinypic.com/2z3qfqg.gif crabdance]].
** A photoset on Website/{{Tumblr}} of Yuki explaining the school cliques to Gentaro has led non-fans to call the series "Asian ''Film/MeanGirls''". (Though some fans aren't too happy about that.)

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Go look at a few episodes. Then come here and read this series' NightmareFuel and FridgeHorror sections. Does this seem like something your kid should be watching? It ends up having more material like this than some series with darker premises.

*** This got used in the official Asian English dub that aired in Singapore and Hong Kong.

** Series example: Early in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' much is made of Tachibana/Garren's apparent betrayal of BOARD, [[HilariousInHindsight almost to the point of]] MemeticMutation (though the fault mostly falls on {{Mondegreen}} than anything else). [[spoiler:Flash forward to ''Fourze'', and the reveal about Tachibana's identity may seem familiar...]]

** An early rumor claimed that the Sagittarius Zodiarts would have a HeelFaceTurn and become the second rider. Come Episode #34, and it turns out [[spoiler:the '''BigBad''' is the Sagittarius Zodiarts.]]

*** However, the nature of the Zodiarts has generated ''a lot'' of Fridge Horror that takes a while for someone to notice. Once then, the implications become pretty scary.

* FanPreferredCouple: Tomoko and Ryusei seems to be a pretty popular pairing after their story arc in #23-#24.

** Its hard to look back at Ritsuko's PetTheDog moment with Sonoda when [[spoiler: it's revealed that Sonoda was the Scorpion Zodiart who gave her her Switch and likely never cared for her students.]]

** An early rumor claimed that the Sagittarius Zodiarts would have a HeelFaceTurn and become the second rider. Come Episode #34, and it turns out [[spoiler: the '''BigBad''' is the Sagittarius Zodiarts.]]

** Series example: Early in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' much is made of Tachibana/Garren's apparent betrayal of BOARD, [[HilariousInHindsight almost to the point of]] MemeticMutation (though the fault mostly falls on {{Mondegreen}} than anything else). [[spoiler: Flash forward to ''Fourze'', and the reveal about Tachibana's identity may seem familiar...]]

** {{Music/Anna Tsuchiya}}'s MV for "Voyagers" has Kengo and Yuki in a misty area looking for something. [[spoiler: Pretty harsh if you consider the misty area like an afterlife that Kengo has been sent thanks to Sagittarius Zodiarts.]]

** Ryusei Sakuta. He holds an arrogant prideful attitude, but that's only because his best friend told him that friendship was stupid and ridiculous and then got stuck in a coma after using a Zodiarts Switch. Even though the same friend hated friendship, Ryusei goes out as Meteor to find a way to save him, [[spoiler: although in #27, he's lost that ability to do so due to his arrogance.]] He thinks Gentaro is too naive about friendship but that's only a way to deny the fact that he couldn't do anything to save his only friend. Someone ''please'' punch him in the face and then give him a hug.

** [[spoiler: Virgo Zodiarts crosses the MEH three times in one episode when she's revealed to be Emoto. The first MEH is leaving Rokuro for dead on the moon. The second is invoking the HeelFaceDoorSlam on Sugiura. And the third one that kicked him far past the MEH is sending Tomoko to the Dark Nebula. He doesn't know when he's crossed it however, and the next episode after, he threatens the KRC with death unless they leave the club, then sends Ryusei to the Dark Nebula after he reveals that he's also Tachibana.]]
*** [[spoiler: SUBVERTED! he actually was a double-agent, and he didnt send then to the dark nebula, but hide them in the M-bus to protect them, including Tomoko and Ryusei.]]

*** Though, if you wish to interpret it as such, [[spoiler: all three Zodiarts crossed the horizon when they kill Emoto]].

** Episode 43 has [[LiteralSplitPersonality Dark Yuki]] saying this out loud to the real Yuki.

~-->'''Dark Yuki''': I'm you. So I was able to do all the naughty things you secretly wanted.

* AccidentalInnuendo: In #13, Gentaro promises to help bring Miura (the Orion Zodiarts) back to school, saying "The best medicine for a hurt heart is friendship, so I'll make sure he gets his [[HoYay daily dose of me]] morning, noon, and night!" Judging by the reactions of Miura's girlfriend and Yuuki, he's the '''only''' one who doesn't realize what he's saying. And he keeps saying stuff like "Drink me" or "I'll be good for him" as he tries to "help" Miura out.

*** Guess what happens to this Tachibana? [[spoiler:He gets killed, in part, by Hayami. So in a way, Tachibana killed Tachibana.]]

*** Guess what happens to this Tachibana. [[spoiler:He gets killed, in part, by Hayami. So in a way, Tachibana killed Tachibana.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Sota Fukushi is this in Japan since he's able to bag big roles in TV and in the movies like the movie versions of Library Wars, Bleach and Fable. For TV series, he's seen in Heaven?: My Restaurant, My Life, the TV version of Diver and In His Chart.