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4->''"You count the Medals, one, two, and three! Life goes on, anything goes, coming up OOO!"''
5-->-- The GratuitousEnglish first line of the opening lyrics.
6
7''Kamen Rider OOO'' (''OOO'' is pronounced as "O's" or "Owes", ''not'' like the Land of Ooo in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'') is the 2010-2011 ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series and twelfth entry in the franchise's Heisei Era.
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9The story opens with the reawakening of the Greeed ''[sic]'', a race of powerful monsters created hundreds of years ago with alchemy. Each Greeed is made up of [[BizarreAlienBiology magical coins called Medals]]: "Core Medals" which serve as the foundation of their being, and "Cell Medals" that compose their matter. Driven by their own insatiable hunger, the Greeed seek to consume as many Medals as possible to increase their strength, harvesting Cell Medals from human desire while searching for their missing Core Medals, a complete set of which will unleash their true, terrible power upon the world. There is also a prophecy which states if a single being is able to gather all of the Core Medals, they will become the destined "Multi King" of the Greeed.
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11Enter Eiji Hino: an UnluckyEverydude and vagrant without any kind of drive, ambition or passion. He runs into Ankh, a bird-type Greeed whose body has been reduced to a single arm. Having plundered several Core Medals from the other Greeed but without a body to use them, Ankh manipulates Eiji into accepting a forbidden TransformationTrinket and using his Core Medals to transform into Kamen Rider OOO. Eiji just wants to use the power to protect others, but Ankh plans to use the naive boy as his UnwittingPawn to destroy the other Greeeds, rebuild his body from their Medals, and seize the power of the Multi King for himself. There's also the Kougami Foundation, an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness who pledge their resources to help Eiji in his fight against the Greeed.
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13The major recurring theme in Kamen Rider OOO is about "desire"[[note]]''Yokubō''[[/note]] or "greed". The interesting part is that rather than painting a clear Black-and-White picture about the topic, their story advocates a healthy balance between all-consuming obsession and a purposeless void; in short, it presents a ''pragmatic'' view about desire.
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15''Kamen Rider OOO''’s airing also coincided with the [[MilestoneCelebration 40th anniversary]] of the franchise. So, even though he was never promoted as an anniversary Rider, OOO ended up headlining a commemorative 1000th episode of the Kamen Rider series and even the ''OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Rider'' movie, where the [[Series/KamenRiderDenO DenLiner]] crew and even [[Series/KamenRider Rider 1 and 2]] also receive a fair amount of focus, but the story was generally told from the OOO cast's point of view.
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17Aired alongside ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' shows ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' and then ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', teaming up with the latter in ''[[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen Super Hero Taisen]]'', in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block.
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19''Kamen Rider OOO''[='s=] tie-in projects include:
20* ''Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core'', a crossover film teaming OOO with ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''.
21* ''Film/OOODenOAllRidersLetsGoKamenRiders'': A MilestoneCelebration movie for the franchise's 40th anniversary, starring ''OOO'', ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', and [[Series/KamenRider the original Kamen Riders]].
22** ''OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders: ~Let's Look! Only Your 48 Riders~'', an internet GagSeries.
23* ''Kamen Rider OOO Hyper Battle DVD: Quiz, Dance, and Takagarooba!?'', a ''Magazine/TeleviKun'' magazine exclusive DVD.
24* ''Film/KamenRiderOOOWonderfulTheShogunAndThe21CoreMedals'', the summer movie.
25** ''Kamen Rider OOO Allstars: The 21 Leading Actors and Core Medals'', another internet GagSeries.
26* ''Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderFourzeAndOOOMovieWarMegaMax'', the following year's crossover with ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''.
27* ''World of OOO'', part of the ''S.I.C. Hero Saga'' short story series published in ''Monthly Hobby Japan'' magazine. It's a crossover with ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' and, [[NonIndicativeName despite the title]], ''Series/KamenRiderGaim''. It portrays an alternate reality containing only the events of ''OOO'', at least until Tsukasa Kadoya shows up and things get... [[OffTheRails strange]].
28* ''VideoGame/KamenRiderMemoryOfHeroez'': A video game crossing over with ''Double'' again, featuring the protagonist of ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne''.
29* ''Film/KamenRiderOOO10thCoreMedalOfResurrection'', a movie that's set over 10 years after ''OOO'' ended that was released in Spring 2022.
30** ''Kamen Rider OOO the Net Edition: Core Medal of Resurrection Prologue'' and ''Birth X is Born Prologue'', two ''OOO 10th'' prequel episodes released through the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club streaming service.
31** ''OOO 10th Kamen Rider Birth: Birth X is Born Secret Story'', the sequel to ''Birth X is Born Prologue'' also released through the Fan Club.
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33Voted #3 series in the Heisei era and #3 product overall in NHK's All Kamen Rider Popularity Vote.
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37[[folder:Tropes associated with the Rider concepts of Kamen Rider OOO:]]
38* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
39* AnimalMotifs: One of the primary elements of the show, with all the animals sorted into distinct groups:
40** '''Birds''': [[NobleBirdOfPrey Hawk]], Peacock, [[NobleBirdOfPrey Condor]].
41** '''Insects''': [[BigCreepyCrawlies Stag Beetle, Mantis, Grasshopper]].
42** '''Large Felids''': [[PantheraAwesome Lion, Tiger, Cheetah]].
43** '''Strong, heavy mammals''': [[RhinoRampage Rhino]], Gorilla, [[WarElephants Elephant]].
44** '''Aquatic animals''': Orca, [[PsychoElectricEel Electric Eel]], Octopus.
45** '''Dinosaurs''': Pteranodon, Triceratops, ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Other mythological creatures]] also fall into this category.
46** '''Reptiles''': Cobra, Turtle, [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Alligator]].
47** '''Arthropods''': [[ScaryScorpions Scorpion]], [[GiantEnemyCrab Crab]], Shrimp.
48* AwesomeButImpractical: One of the ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' Net Movies states that Gatakiriba Combo is only so underused [[RealLifeWritesThePlot because of the CGI cost]].
49* CagedInsideAMonster: While most [[MonsterOfTheWeek Yummies]] grow by [[TheHeartless acting out the desires of the human they were spawned from]], the variety created by Kazari are instead parasites that influence that human's behaviour. When they reach their adult form the host becomes trapped inside their body, forcing OOO to find some way to get the human out before he can destroy them.
50* CelebrityParadox: in ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals''. Eiji's channel surfing shows that the JidaiGeki series ''Abarenbo Shogun''/''The Bold Shogun'' exists in this 'verse, and thanks to some freaky time-flipping, [[TheCameo the titular Shogun appears in person later on]], ''played by the same actor from said series''.
51* ChestBlaster: One of Birth's finishing moves, the Breast Cannon, is... well, this of course.
52* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each animal group has their own color, used by Greeed in regular and human forms, Core Medals, Can-droids, etc.: Insects are green; Felids are yellow; Heavy animals are white/gray; Birds are red; Aquatic animals are blue; Arthropods are black; Dinosaurs/Mythical Creatures are purple; Reptiles are orange.
53** In the Toyline, Rider Medals (based on previous Kamen Riders) have blue edges and the scanner lights up sky blue for them.
54** All of the Greeed in their human forms wear clothing with the same colors as their Medals. Both Dr. Maki and [[spoiler:Eiji]] start wearing more and more purple after they each receive purple Medals.
55* ComboPlatterPowers: A literal and highly expanded case: OOO is able to choose his own combos by switching out the Core Medals as desired/required. His default mode is Hawk-Tiger-Grasshopper; Taka-Tora-Batta in Japanese, "Tatoba" for short. How many forms does he have access to? There are at least 5 sets of Medals that can be mixed and matched, which make up ''125'' combos. The SuperMode doesn't add a massive number to the combos, however, since the Purple Cores don't mix with the other Cores very well. Naturally, the series can't show all the combos, but at least each Medal gets its time in the spotlight individually.
56-->The Medal names in italics are their Japanese names used in the series; yes, some are [[GratuitousEnglish directly English]].
57*** '''Hawk/''Taka:''''' [[SuperSenses Telescopic sight]]. Default Head Core Medal.
58*** '''Peacock/''Kujaku:''''' Uses the [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Taja Spinner]] to shoot {{Fireballs}} and activate [[FinishingMove Giga Scans]].
59*** '''''Condor:''''' [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Talons]]
60*** '''Stag Beetle/''Kuwagata:''''' [[ShockAndAwe Lightning bolts]].
61*** '''Mantis/''Kamakiri:''''' ReverseGrip [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Blades Below The Shoulder]].
62*** '''Grasshopper/''Batta:''''' [[InASingleBound High jumps]]. Default Leg Core Medal.
63*** '''''Lion:''''' [[LightEmUp Energy emission]].
64*** '''Tiger/''Tora:''''' WolverineClaws that can [[RazorWind air slash]]. Default Arm Core Medal.
65*** '''''Cheetah:''''' [[SuperSpeed Hi-speed leg movement]] and reflexes.
66*** '''Rhino/''Sai:''''' [[HornAttack Strong headbutts]].
67*** '''''Gorilla:''''' {{Power Fist}}s for raw close-quarter beatdown. They can also be [[RocketPunch fired off as a long-range attack]].
68*** '''Elephant/''Zou:''''' [[EarthquakeMachine Seismic]] [[ShockwaveStomp stomps]].
69*** '''Orca/''Shachi:''''' [[SuperNotDrowningSkills Underwater breathing]], [[MakeMeWannaShout echolocation abilities]] and [[KillItWithWater water shooting]].
70*** '''Electric Eel/''Denki Unagi:''''' [[LightningLash Electric whips]].
71*** '''Octopus/''Tako:''''' CombatTentacles and being able to [[WallCrawl stick to surfaces]].
72*** '''''Ptera:''''' [[PowerGivesYouWings Wings]]
73*** '''''Tricera:''''' [[ShouldersOfDoom Extending shoulder horns]].
74*** '''''Tyranno:''''' [[TailSlap Tail weapon]] and [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharp clawed feet]].
75** The movies reveal even more Core Medals and exclusive Combos, and the OOO Driver was programmed with even ''more'' Medals that never appeared on the show (though they got acknowledged in ''Movie Wars Megamax''). A collector's edition of the Driver toy released years later eventually came up with Combo names and suit designs (but not individual powers) for Medals that OOO didn't use in the show:
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77*** '''Shrimp/''Ebi''''', '''Crab/''Kani''''', and '''Scorpion/''Sasori'':''' Used by Nobunaga in ''Movie War Core''; the collector's Driver says that OOO would have a Bikaso Combo if he used them.
78*** '''''Shocker''''' and '''''Imagin'':''' The former comes from the villains of the original ''Series/KamenRider'' and is a gold PaletteSwap of the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Condor Legs]], while the latter has [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulder horns]] and is based on Momotaros from ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''. OOO uses them with his Taka Medal in ''Let's Go Kamen Riders'' to create the Tamashii Combo.
79*** '''''Kangaroo'':''' Can be used as both arms and legs, granting either a BoxingKangaroo's RedBoxingGloves or [[InASingleBound leaping ability]] similar to the Batta Legs. Featured in the Hyper Battle DVD.
80*** '''''Cobra''''', '''Turtle/''Kame''''', and '''Alligator/''Wani'':''' Featured in ''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'', these form the Burakawani Combo and are the only ones to have a fleshed-out set of powers: Cobra has [[InfraredXRayCamera infrared vision]], Kame has [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield gauntlets]], and Wani has [[ManBitesMan alligator chomping legs]].
81*** '''Shark/''Same''''', '''Whale/''Kujira''''', and '''Wolffish/''Ookamiuo'':''' Used by Kamen Rider Poseidon in ''Movie Wars Megamax'', with OOO's version later designed and named the Saramiuo Combo.
82*** '''Super Hawk/''Taka''''', '''Super Tiger/''Tora''''', and '''Super Grasshopper/''Batta:''''' Enhanced future versions of the Taka, Tora, and Batta Medals; also seen in ''Movie Wars Megamax''.
83*** '''''Panda:''''' A white PaletteSwap of the [[WolverineClaws Tora Arms]]. Not seen in any media, but distributed as a ''Magazine/TeleviKun'' magazine promotion and usable in the ''Ganbaride'' arcade game.
84*** '''Deer/''Shika''''', '''''Gazelle''''', and '''Bull/''Ushi'':''' One set of Medals programmed into the Driver and referenced in ''Movie Wars Megamax''; the collector's Driver designated this group the Shigazeshi Combo.
85*** '''Centipede/''Mukadi''''', '''Bee/''Hachi''''', and '''Ant/''Ari'':''' The second set of new collector's edition Combos; this one the Mukachiri Combo. Getting its proper debut in the ''Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez'' video game.
86*** '''Walrus/''Seiuchi''''', '''Polar Bear/''Shirokuma''''', and '''''Penguin'':''' The last of the new Medal sets, forming the Seishirogin Combo.
87*** '''Hermit Crab/''Yadokari'':''' One extra Arm Medal referenced in ''Movie Wars Megamax'' and released with the collector's Driver, but not given a Combo.
88*** '''Rabbit/''Usagi'':''' The Usagi Head was seen in promotional material, but the Medal was never released.
89** Remember how the Putotyra Combo isn't compatible with any other Core? Well, in the Combo Change toys, you can still mix and match its parts all the same. You know, just in case you feel your toys don't have enough Combos.
90* CoolBike: Ridevendors. Notice the plural form; yes, in this series, they're theoretically available to ''anyone'', provided they have the clearance and Cell Medals for the "fare".
91* CoolSword: The Medajalibur; a sword created by Kogami Foundation, it can be used in or out of any form, it can be fueled by up to three Cell Medals, and can even execute a Scanning Charge. Basically a Cell-based artificial Scanning Charge, as opposed to OOO's natural Core-based ones.
92* DamageDiscrimination: The [[CoolSword Medajalibur]]'s finisher is strong enough to cut through buildings, but anything other than the monster reassembles as soon as it's cut.
93** It also creates the effect of a DiagonalCut, even if the slash wasn't entirely diagonal in direction.
94** The Sagohzo combo also completely rips up the ground, but reconstructs everything as good as new.
95* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The single-color combos, which drain Eiji's stamina very quickly.
96* DeadlyUpgrade: Implied with the Medal Combos and the OOO driver itself; in #1, Kamakiri Yummy dropped a short line that if he used the Driver, he'll regret it. [[WildMassGuessing The jury was judging this Kamen Rider OOO for a while.]]
97** The Medal Combos are the more obvious ones: In addition to Ankh's (silent) comment of their strain, in #6 and #9, he collapsed immediately after transforming back from using a Combo.
98** The Putotyra form, which temporarily sends Eiji out of control when he uses it. [[spoiler:And worse, since it's inside his body, it's turning Eiji (and Dr. Maki as well) into a Greeed).]]
99* DiscardAndDraw: OOO seems to lose Medals as he gains them, thus he never has access to more than two full color combos (though this changed with the introduction of the purple Core Medals).
100* ElementalPowers
101** Core Medals
102*** BlowYouAway: The Tora Medal can execute RazorWind slashes.
103*** DishingOutDirt: The Zou Medal can create earthquakes.
104*** LightEmUp: The Lion Medal can emit an intense light.
105*** MakingASplash[=/=]MakeMeWannaShout: The Orca Medal can shoot water from the top of its head, as well as emit and receive sonic waves.
106*** PlayingWithFire: The Peacock Medal equips OOO with the Taja Spinner, which can shoot fireballs.
107*** ShockAndAwe: The Stag Beetle Medal can generate lightning from its horns. The Electric Eel Medal equips OOO with two electric whips.
108** Combo forms
109*** AnIcePerson: Putotyra gives OOO the power to create cold winds that can encase enemies in ice.
110*** GravityMaster: Sagohzo gives OOO the power to manipulate gravity.
111*** MakingASplash: Shauta gives OOO the power to change into a liquid state.
112*** NonElemental: Burakawani does not incorporate an element into its full Combo power.
113*** ThePowerOfTheSun: Latorartar gives OOO the power to emit a scorching heat.
114*** [[spoiler:TimeMaster: Super Tatoba gives OOO the power to momentarily stop time.]]
115* FinishingMove: Several, called Scanning Charges. There are way too many combinations to be listed individually. However, the pattern common to all Random Combos is that three rings representing the current form appears in front of OOO, he rushes through them, adding each's power to his finisher in the process before dealing the final blow.
116** The [[CoolSword Medajalibur]] can perform the OOO Bash finishing slash, using Cell Medals instead of Cores, powerful enough to slice through a monster and ''all of reality'' behind it. Luckily, it has DamageDiscrimination that puts anything that's not a monster back together again afterward.
117** The Taja Spinner has Giga Scan finishers, more powerful attacks drawing more power from the Medals.
118** The Medagabryu has Putotyranno Hissatsu finishers, activated when it "eats" Cell Medals.
119** Birth has Cell Bursts as his finishers.
120* {{Motif}}: Circles, circles, circles.
121** And RuleOfThree.
122** AnimalMotifs.
123** Medals - no, make that Coins, and coin-operated stuff: The Medajalibur has a coin slot, Greeed create Yummy by slotting Medals into humans, Birth has a gashapon theme, and the Ridevendor turns into a ''soda machine'' that dispenses robot soda cans.
124* MultiformBalance: OOO's different forms are referred to as "Combos". In general, any mismatched Combo (including his default Tatoba Combo) is a MasterOfNone. For matching sets, Gatakiriba is a JackOfAllStats, Latorartar is a FragileSpeedster, Sagohzo is a MightyGlacier, Tajadol is a LightningBruiser, Shauta is a SquishyWizard, and Putotyra is a DeadlyUpgrade SuperMode. In the tie-in movies, he also gets a StoneWall in Burakawani and two other {{Super Mode}}s (Tamashii and Super Super Tatoba).
125* PaletteSwap: The [[spoiler:Panda]] Arms seem to be a gray-white palette swap of the Tora Arms with a different animal symbol.
126** ''Let's Go Kamen Rider'' features the Shocker Medal. It confers the Shocker Legs, which are a gold palette swap of the Condor Legs.
127** The ''Hyper Battle DVD''-exclusive Kangaroo Medal's leg configuration is a brown-and-red recolored Cheetah Legs.
128* PowerCopying: OOO utilizes the Core Medals of the Greeed as his power.
129* PowerLimiter: The combo forms are powerful, but highly dangerous to the user, which is why the Kougami foundation developed the [=ToRidevendor=] upgrade which allows OOO to use the Latorartar Combo without harm.
130* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: The titular Rider is one of the biggest offenders of this trope, due to his transformation system that allows him to separately transform his head, torso and legs. This system would theocratically allow him to take on 128 transformations. Birth on the other hand, doesn't have any transformations apart from his initial one, unless you count the Birthday form, which is him activating all of his weapons at the same time.
131* RapidFireFisticuffs: Kick-variant with the Cheetah Medal.
132* RobotBuddy: The [[IncrediblyLamePun Candroids]]; which transform from ''soda cans''.
133** '''Taka''' Can: Used primarily as low-profile aerial scouting and relaying small objects, usually other Candroids. Kougami's also shown to use them in numbers to gather Medals.
134** '''Tako''' Can: They can float, and seem to be multi-purpose; their debut in #2 alone shows pretty varied uses. Usually used in numbers by linking up with each other. They can also spray ink as self-defense and can also be used on their own as tracking devices.
135** '''Batta''' Can: Used for their built-in communication system between each other, making it a LiteralSurveillanceBug.
136** '''Tora''' Can: An upgrade module for the [=RideVendor=], transforming it into the [=ToRidevendor=].
137** '''Denkiunagi'' Can: Essentially, portable handcuffs that can also generate [[ShockAndAwe electricity]]. Like the Octo Can, these are more effective in numbers as a single can is not long enough to tie someone up.
138** '''Gorilla''' Can: [[RegularCaller Alerts the user of a Yummy attack]]. They can also be used to pick up and throw Medals.
139** '''Kujaku''' Can: Can be shot out of a gun and can [[ChainsawGood slice up enemies with its tail]] which also allows it to fly.
140** '''Ptera''' Can: Has two alternate functions:
141*** #1: [[MakeMeWannaShout Emit sonic waves that come out of its mouth]].
142*** #2: An improved version of the Hawk Candroid that's able to carry multiple Medals at once.
143** '''Torikera''' Can: [[GiveMeASword Flicks Medals]] to the user.
144** Candroids are also capable of [[AllYourPowersCombined combining their different functions together]]. #39 demonstrates that a combination of the Unagi, Batta, and Kujaku Candroid can create a holographic video projection of what other Candroids can see.
145* SetBonus: Combos, using three Core Medals of the same Greeed/color/category, give OOO power equal to a Greeed. In addition, they provide extra powers that individual Medals don't have in Random Combos. The purple Core Medals cannot be mixed and matched with other Medals, because of their power deriving from empty desire.
146** Gatakiriba: [[DoppelgangerAttack Replication]]
147** Latorartar: [[ThePowerOfTheSun Shining Heat Bursts]].
148** Sagohzo: [[GravityMaster Gravity Control]].
149** Tajadol: [[PowerGivesYouWings Wings]]/[[FeatherFlechettes Energy Peacock Feather]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre Missiles]].
150** Shauta: [[ElementalShapeshifter Liquid Shapeshifting]].
151** Putotyra: [[AnIcePerson Icy Winds]].
152** Burakawani: [[HealingFactor Healing]]/[[SummonMagic Cobra Summoning]] through [[MusicalAssassin Flute Music]].
153* SuperMode: ZigZagged. Putotyra seem's to be Eiji's standard Super Mode, but [[spoiler:he wins the final battle with a hypercharged version of Tajadol]]. And then ''Movie Wars MEGAMAX'' gives us Super Tatoba, which has the Taka Brave head from Tajadol and inverts the colors (colored with black trim instead of the reverse). In various media after the show's run ended, all three have been used at different times that called for Super Modes; so fans tend to argue over which one the "true" one is.
154* TransformationSequence: Driver goes on waist and forms the belt, natch. The Medals are then put into the three slots. When ready, the slot is tilted in a slant. The accompanying ring is then used with the transformation command and strummed along the slanted area. This activates the metals and forms the desired armor.
155* TransformationTrinket: The O-Scanner. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeoKXqbDKwY#t=0m33s It sings!]] By Akira Kushida, no less. It sings only for certain combinations, though; generally, for combinations holding Medals of the same category/color. OOO's Tatoba Combo seems to be an exception, for some reason aside from that it's the show's default.
156** However, like Gaia Memories of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'', it's the Medals that actually grant the power. Each Greeed has three types of Core Medals for head, body and feet, and they have three of each category, presumably for reserves.
157* TransformingMecha: OOO's motorcycle, the Ride Vendor, turns into a ''[[http://i46.tinypic.com/oiahkh.jpg soda machine]]''. Yes, it actually vends cans, though the cans are [[RobotBuddy Robot Buddies]] in disguise. It's also [[FridgeBrilliance an effective disguise]], as soda machines tend to blend into the environment.
158** And with the Tiger Can, it transforms into the [=ToRideVendor=].
159%%** AnatomyArsenal: The Core Medals. See ComboPlatterPowers for each Medal's individual powers.
160%%*** WeaponizedHeadgear: Head Medals provide Eiji's head with different powers.
161%%*** DualWielding: Arm Medals equip Eiji's arms with a different pair of weapons.
162%%*** ArmedLegs: Leg Medals augment Eiji's legs for different strategies. Of course, that's not to say they can't be used for combat.
163%%** [[{{Fireballs}} Fireball]] [[FireBreathingWeapon Breathing]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Shield]]: Taja Spinner, used by Tajadol Combo or any form that uses the Peacock Medal.
164%%** Axe [[SwissArmyWeapon Grinding]] [[HandCannon Cannon]]: Medagabryu[[note]]Primarily used by Putotyra Combo, although the other Combo forms can summon and use this weapon through the power of the purple Core Medals in Eiji's body. However, Putotyra is the only form that can control its Bazooka Mode. #45 reveals that when used by a different Combo, the Medagabryu can execute [[KillItWithIce ice-powered slashes]].[[/note]]
165%%*** Which leads to DualWielding on occasion when used with the Medajalibur.
166%%** MusicalAssassin: Burahngi, used by Burakawani Combo.
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169!!You count the tropes, one, two, and three!
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171[[folder:A-B]]
172* AccidentalMisnaming: Ankh keeps telling Date not to call him "Anko".
173* ActionGirl: Satonaka surprisingly reveals herself as one in #20. [[spoiler:Beginning in #39, this becomes her new role as Goto's backup until [[TheBusCameBack Date returns]] and takes the Birth Prototype.]]
174* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:The original OOO from 800 years ago tried to become an immortal God by absorbing the power of all the Greeed. Didn't quite work out that way. His descendant Kougami intends to do this to Eiji, but for far more noble goals.]]
175* TheAllegedCar: Dr Maki's blue VW in ep. 19. An engine that's louder than some of the show's Finishing Moves, and wipers that make the view ''worse.'' At least it has a safety seat for the doll.
176* AmbiguouslyHuman: Hina seems normal but has SuperStrength for some reason. Even Ankh wonders what she really is.
177* AmbitionIsEvil: Subverting this trope is the CentralTheme of the series. At first, it looks like the show is going to play it straight: the villains are literally called the Greeed and are motivated by such, while TheHero has no ambition whatsoever. There is however, Kougami, a character who extols the virtue of desire while supporting the hero; early in the series, his motives are shrouded in mystery. Eventually, it's revealed that Eiji's lack of ambition isn't what makes him a hero; it's what's ''holding him back'' from being an even better hero than he already is, and rather than giving Kougami a nefarious hidden agenda, the show firmly establishes him as the BigGood. Ultimately, the series ends up hammering home the point that a total lack of ambition is a form of depression, and depression is ''bad''.
178* AnAesop: An interesting lesson on Greed, or rather Desire. While of course [[AmbitionIsEvil the evils of excess Greed]] are seen in, well, [[FiveManBand the Greeed]] as well as various people who become [[MonsterOfTheWeek Yummies]], the other side of the spectrum, wanting nothing at all or the lack of desire, is shown in the Purple Core Medals with [[spoiler:Eiji himself]]. The moral of the story is that, well, [[MemeticMutation Greed IS Good]], so long as you can control your desires without hurting others.
179* AnimateInanimateObject: Dr. Maki's doll tends to change poses with every cut of the camera.
180* ArcNumber:
181** 3. Three 'O's in OOO, three 'e's in Greeed, [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming three nouns in every episode title]], three core medals per form, and so on, so forth.
182** 40 in the anniversary movie, as it is indeed the franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 40th anniversary]].
183* ArcWords:
184** "Happy Birthday." Aside from Kougami's obsession with the concept of birth and beginnings, maybe there's more meaning to those words. Especially when it's Kobayashi holding the pen.
185** Expect to hear "desire" a lot in the series, as it's used to describe the motivations of nearly every major character.
186** One phrase that appeared as early as promotional materials have a phrase: "The fateful story revolving around Medals.". Variations of it show up here and there after the series started, and in #19, the show turned the phrase into a more complete Arc Question:
187--->"How will things turn out in this battle revolving around the Medals of desire?"
188** For Maki, it's his repeated statements that something's value can only be measured at it's conclusion. In addition to his obsession with endings, it played into his motivation to [[spoiler:[[OmnicidalManiac destroy the world so its value could be measured]].]]
189** The series tagline "I'll transform!" seems straight forward for a HenshinHero series, but turns out to be much more than that. [[spoiler:In the end, this holds more meaning. Kougami wants Eiji to [[AGodAmI transform into a God]] (the reason the Medals were made in the first place), Maki ends up turning himself and Eiji into Greeed, and Ankh plans to transform himself into more than just a Greeed.]]
190** From the "Time Judged All'' ImageSong, [[spoiler:"The meeting of two wishes, a power of two wishes". In the end, it's Ankh and Eiji united that gives OOO the power to win the FinalBattle.]]
191* AscendedMeme: Most likely an aversion, but an interesting coincidence nevertheless: OOO is quite similar to the popular [[Website/FourChan /m/]] OriginalCharacter ''Kamen Rider Yen''. Not only in the coin theme and coin operated weapons, but also the main character of both is a homeless drifter and fights monsters born from greed.
192** A probably lesser known example. In a fanfic titled Kamen Rider Shade, the titular Rider swipes three items over the belt allowing the belt to scan the items just like how OOO uses the OOO Driver to scan his Medals. The form that Kamen Rider Shade obtains by doing this is named [=InToTa=], taking the first syllable of the animals in which the three items represented, very much like how OOO's Tatoba Combo also uses the first syllables of the animals in which the Medals take after.
193* BadassBiker: Goto, again. Perhaps there's a good reason he survived the Ride Vendor squad massacre, along with the fact that he's an ex-police officer.
194** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ankh thought he'd make Eiji his loyal little puppet, what he didn't realize is that underneath his seemingly naive and carefree persona is someone who won't back down, even if it'd kill him to do otherwise, and, when given the power, sure can fight.
195* BashBrothers: Eiji and Goto.
196* BatmanGambit: Kougami pulls one on [[spoiler:Goto. He set up Date becoming Kamen Rider Birth only to make him Goto's mentor and to build the right mindset in Goto for the job.]]
197** Ankh pulls one of these on Kazari that involves swapping out Core Medals for Cell Medals, lying so quickly that no one has time to contradict him, and throwing Eiji off a building. The entire thing would have completely fallen flat if Yasu hadn't been such a self-serving pushover or if Kazari hadn't been naive enough to believe that Eiji actually knew where the Core Medals were, so this is probably Ankh's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in terms of brilliant manipulative schemes.
198* BattleCry:
199** Eiji, ''every'' time he executes a finisher.
200--->'''Eiji:''' '''''Oooaaaaaaaaa~! SEIYAH!'''''
201** For more fun, that cry is the last thing Eiji and Ankh "sing" in "Time judged all".
202* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: When bird Yummies start appearing and acting like what the assumption is Ankh's monsters would act like, he doesn't deny he created them...
203* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame:
204** #1: Eiji defeats the Kamakiri Yummy using the blades from the Kamakiri Medal.
205** Eiji is also beating Ankh at his manipulation game. Here's a tip, Ankh: Don't let the "idiot" you're supposed to use know that you're helpless without him.
206** Then subverted in #25, where Ankh [[spoiler:seemingly gave Eiji three of his Bird Medals simply so that he'd match up poorly with the new Oumu Yummy.]]
207* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The majority of the Yummy hosts didn't go through of their fulfillments comfortably or unscathed.
208* TheBerserker: For the [[Series/KamenRiderDouble second year in a row]], the primary Rider's dinosaur-themed form (Putotyra) starts out as uncontrollable before being tamed.
209* BigBadEnsemble: The Greeed collectively play the role of BigBad for the series. [[spoiler:They're later joined by [[OneWingedAngel the human turned Greeed]] Dr. Maki.]]
210* BigBrotherMentor: Date plays this role for Goto. [[spoiler:As #38 shows, Kougami planned for that to happen all along.]]
211* BigDamnHeroes: In #15, Ankh and Eiji get one saving Hina from Kazari's attack.
212** And in #16, [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Birth saves Eiji and and indirectly gives him the Insect Core Medals inside Mezool]].
213** Date arriving [[spoiler:just when OOO and Ankh were about to be defeated by the two Beetle Yummies]] in #17. His entry is even more dramatic due to him doing a determined walk and then finally revealing his transformation sequence.
214** Goto [[spoiler:transforming into Birth, saving Eiji from the three Greeeds and epically curbstomping them in #38]]
215* BigEater: The victim in #3-4; also, it's been implied that Satonaka is one.
216* BittersweetEnding: Considering [[Creator/YasukoKobayashi who]] [[SignatureStyle wrote this series]]...
217** [[spoiler:Dr. Maki is dead, and the purple Core Medals have been destroyed, meaning Eiji is no longer in danger of becoming a Greeed. The other Core Medals have all been destroyed, meaning the Greeed are gone for good. Sadly, Ankh is gone, leaving behind the core medal that contained his personality that is now broken in half. Eiji returns to traveling the world with just his underwear for tomorrow as his only luggage, only this time he keeps in contact with the friends he made during the series.]]
218** However, what truly puts the "sweet" in "bittersweet" is this: [[spoiler:Unlike the rest of his Greeed kin (sans Gamel), Ankh met a satisfied, happy end - not as a mass of Medals, but [[BecomeARealBoy as a being]]. As such, he truly "dies", and his spirit lingers on, now following every step of his friend Eiji, but [[{{Tsundere}} still making sure he doesn't notice]]. Even more, the fact that there was an Ankh who came from the future in Movie Wars Megamax becomes proof that he will come back at some point.]]
219** ''Core Medal of Resurrection'' manages to top this off even further. [[spoiler:Ankh wakes up to find himself in a war-torn world torn apart by the revived king OOO, and, to top it all off, Eiji is ''dead'', with Ankh's revival having happened as a result of Eiji's dying wish. But Eiji is perfectly satisfied and at complete peace, because he'd finally been able to clear his regrets and use his death to achieve his greatest wishes in [[MyGreatestSecondChance saving a young girl in the same way he couldn't in the past]] and [[SelfSacrificialSpell allowing Ankh to live]]. Ultimately, after years of WalkingTheEarth trying to make up for his past failure and searching for a way to restore Ankh, the two are finally able to briefly meet again, Ankh fulfills his request to fight together and protect everyone [[TheLastDance one last time]], and Eiji dies [[ThanatosGambit knowing exactly what he wanted]], [[GoOutWithASmile having accomplished it the way he wanted]], and surrounded by his friends.]]
220* BlandNameProduct: Ankh uses a suspiciously Yahoo-like "Search.jp" in #3. In a subversion, an iPhone 4 can be seen shortly after.
221* BloodFromTheMouth: How [[spoiler:Shingo Izumi]] nearly dies.
222** Used again to give a sense of how grave [[spoiler:Date's]] injuries are in #38. [[spoiler:But not only is death averted again, he's far ''less'' hurt than Shingo was.]]
223* BodyHorror: Non-[[PeopleInRubberSuits humanoid]] Yummies have one part or another of a human arm as part of their body, further symbolizing desire.
224** Those coin slots that always open on Yummy hosts. It's implied that they actually exist in all humans, at least symbolically.
225** Taking a page out of his [[Series/KamenRiderDecade predec]][[Series/KamenRiderDouble essors]], some of OOO's powers manifest in his body transforming in ways it really shouldn't.
226* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The first and last episodes feature 'underpants' as part of the title. Not to mention that the titles are similarly written.]]
227** [[spoiler:The final episode has Eiji traveling the world again with his underwear for tomorrow. Only this time he keeps in touch with the friends he made.]]
228** [[spoiler:Also Kougami plays in the beginning and the end of the series an operatic version of ''Happy Birthday'', and the Tatoba Rider Kick, which was used only once in the beginning and another time around Birth's debut, reappears in the last episode.]]
229** [[spoiler:There's another bookend, though this was only in the book that explored the beginning and ending of Kamen Rider OOO. Both the first and second OOO used the power of the Medals to confront the armies of their time, though the major difference was that the First OOO used the Medals to TakeOverTheWorld, while Eiji was doing it to end the war that killed the little girl]].
230* BoundAndGagged: In #20, Ankh ties up Hina and lets her hang over a river to get back a core medal. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]]
231* BreakingTheFourthWall: In #27 and #28, Kougami lets Eiji and Ankh participate in a movie titled ''Franchise/KamenRider vs. Shocker''. While a film adaptation of the in-universe mythology may fit with Kougami's awesome personality, it is clearly an example of {{postmodern|ism}} self-referentialism.
232* BrickJoke: The opening. At one point, Hina's hat is blown off. Some other stuff happens. Then, later, Hina is seen retrieving it. (Then she looks up to see the then-mysterious Goto and Satonaka standing there.)
233* BrutalHonesty: Ankh telling Chiyoko of his [[CassandraTruth origins]].
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237* CallBack: In #47, Eiji remembers the promise he made in #15 to pay for a year's worth of popsicles for Ankh.
238** In the finale, we get two to the ''opening.'' [[spoiler:Eiji in the desert with his boxer shorts flag, and a more serious one with ''half'' of Ankh's last medal landing before Hina, and then focus on it at her feet as her hand picks it up.]]
239** In ''Movie Wars Megamax'', Eiji says "Riders should help each other out, right?" when he meets [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Gentaro]]; he said the exact same line to [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotaro]] during his EarlyBirdCameo BigDamnHeroes moment in ''Double Forever''. For more fun, Shotaro says the line back to Eiji during the final segment of ''Megamax'', pulling a GoThroughMe and telling Eiji he's returning the favor for the aforementioned BigDamnHeroes moment.
240* CanonImmigrant: OOO gets an additional Super Tatoba Form in ''Movie Wars Megamax''.
241* CatapultNightmare: Ankh has a seriously creepy one in #39.
242* CatGirl: Satonaka goes as one on Halloween.
243** In #13 the Yummy is a dominatrix CatGirl.
244* CatchAFallingStar: [[spoiler:Done by Goto during the finale to save Eiji (See Also TakeMyHand).]]
245* CerebusRetcon: Dr. Maki's BerserkButton of knocking his doll off his shoulder becomes less funny when you find out what the doll represents to him. Even the writer notices this, as she stops exploiting the joke once we find out Maki's backstory. [[spoiler:Not completely, though, as said BerserkButton gets pressed again in #46 for the same hilarious results. Though in #47, it feels more like a VillainousBreakdown would soon ensue.]]
246* CerebusSyndrome: Sometime after #30, the show becomes more dramatic and #40 kicks off a Wham Arc.
247* ChainOfPeople: Occurs in #40 [[spoiler:when Eiji and Hina attempt to save Ankh from being absorbed into Ankh (Lost). It doesn't work.]]
248* ChekhovsGun: In #48, we have [[spoiler:a "black hole" that sucks up a bunch of Medals]]. The payoff doesn't come until ''Movie Wars MEGAMAX'', where we learn what happened: [[spoiler:the Medals were dumped approximately 20 years into the future, where they corrupted the good Kamen Rider Aqua into the villainous Kamen Rider Poseidon.]]
249* ChekhovsGunman: At the very start of #1, Eiji is interviewed by two police officers about the destruction of the Kougami Museum. It seems innocuous at first, but one of them is Shingo Izumi, who becomes Ankh's body by the end of the episode.
250* ClothingDamage: When a Greeed gets stripped of their Core Medals, their outer armor crumbles.
251* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Eiji, occasionally.
252** Chiyoko's a more obvious example. How did she choose her employee in #2? Close the restaurant doors, tie lots of weights to them, and choose [[SuperStrength whoever can open the door]].
253** Kougami's bizarre levels have evolved into a [[{{Meme}} Memetic]] [[MemeticBadass badass]].
254** Doctor Kiyoto Maki definitely qualifies after #10. His CreepyDoll might have seemed like a harmless quirk before, but his FreakOut after Eiji (and later, Kazari) knocks his doll from his arm is a sign that something is truly not right in his head.
255*** Maki's case should be more along the lines of ObfuscatingStupidity. Not the "stupidity" part per se (he ''is'' a scientist, after all), but he always looks like he's got something up his sleeve. He might as well be ''using'' Kazari for his own ends. [[spoiler:He was.]]
256** Chiyoko's {{Cloudcuckoolander}} status is cemented in #13 where in the process of giving her restaurant a CowboysAndIndians theme she tries to convince Ankh to dress up, too. After he brushes her off, she sneaks up on him, puts a cowboy hat on his head, and then proceeds to run around the restaurant with Water GunsAkimbo, laughing and squirting water everywhere (including ''on Ankh's face'') while Eiji and Hina watch in fear of how Ankh might react, all before the actual plot of the episode is hinted at and before the opening credits roll.
257* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Generally a RunningGag with Eiji, because according to his grandfather, the most important thing to worry about is tomorrow's underwear. The series ''starts'' with Eiji getting caught exposed in his boxers.
258** {{Defictionalization}}: Proof that Japan wastes no time on the merch, [[http://p-bandai.jp/category/0002/c0034/item-1000006968/ you can buy Eiji's underwear for yourself.]]
259* CooldownHug: Hina to Eiji in #32, stopping him from [[spoiler:killing Date while in Putotyra Combo]].
260** Which makes her character giving his one in Kougami's Kamen Rider movie to 'reawaken his heart of justice' or somesuch a few episodes earlier HarsherInHindsight.
261* CouchGag: The opening has three of them: three quick 'scans' of the last forms unlocked by OOO (favoring the full combos in the third one) when the opening music starts, and later two brief shots from the episode proper. Though sometimes the OOO forms never show up in the ep (#45-46 show off Sagohzo and Shauta Combos when the real focus was on [[spoiler:Mezool and Gamel's final moments.]])
262* ContinuityNod: In ''Movie Wars Megamax'', at the end of Fourze's segment, Eiji rides up on a Ride Vendor and says "Yo Gentaro, it's been a while. How are you?", and Gentaro recognizes Eiji as OOO even if he doesn't know his name. This is all a nod to Gentaro's cameo in ''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'', where he de-transformed and introduced himself to OOO after helping smack around the BigBad a little.
263* ContinuitySnarl: Movie War Core, along with OOO's appearance in A-Z The Gaia Memories of Fate, opens up a whole can of these. Admittedly they ''wouldn't'' really be save for the fact the stories seem to be canon on [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]]'s part. Specifically...
264** The fact that Goto's desire to be Birth's user in the series clashes with the fact he uses it in the movie.
265** Satonaka screaming in fright when Nobunaga's homunculus is first formed, in contrast to her hidden ActionGirl nature.
266** Ankh ''somehow'' having found two of his Medals, yet somehow, Mezool and Gamel are still present[[note]]and Eiji never is shown having any of the purple Medals or using Putotyra, which happen ''before'' they return in the show, but Ank doesn't regain his Medals until after defeating them[[/note]].
267** OOO having a medal layout (one of each medal, save for Ankh's bird Medals and the dinosaur Medals) he's yet to have in the series.
268** The nature of the dinosaur Greeed [[spoiler:flying in the face with the fact that Dr. Maki and Eiji each share half of its Medals.]]
269** The Toride Vendor is shown to be able to fly, despite never having an ability of the sort in the series proper.
270** Eiji [[NotHimself acting much more naive than he ever was in the series.]]
271** And on and on.
272** Again in the crossover with ''Den-O'', ''Let's Go Kamen Riders''. In the movie, Eiji is shown with a full set of red, yellow, green, blue and gray Medals, something that never happens in the series itself, but does happen eventually after the end of the series. However, Ankh's presence means that the movie ''has'' to take place during the run of the TV series, and it's implied that the movie is meant to be watched after episodes 28 and 29, which celebrated the 1000th episode of the franchise[[note]]assuming the movie takes place right after those episodes, he ''did'' have a full set of red and blue Medals, but only one yellow, one green, and one gray medal[[/note]]. Additionally:
273*** The movie is stated to take place during the time when the first half of the original ''Kamen Rider'' took place (1971), yet the costumes worn by the Shocker mooks, Ichigo and Nigo, and the Kamen Rider Squad are the ones worn in mid to late 1972.
274*** Turtle Bazooka, one of the first monsters created by [[Series/KamenRiderV3 Destron]], appears when the gang travel back to 1971, despite the fact that Destron did not appear until 1973, after the defeat of Gel-Shocker, who would not have been active in 1971. What prevents this from being explained away as Shocker creating the monster earlier in this timeline is that it's belt clearly has the symbol of Destron on it.
275*** Much like with Turtle Bazooka, Ikadevil and Garagaranda appear in the part set in 1971, despite the fact that they did not appear until episodes in early 1972.
276*** Takeshi Hongo is shown to be invulnerable to brainwashing, yet the Hongo present in this movie is shown to be easily brainwashed.
277** Although the summer movie ''is'' stated to be canon[[note]]it's referenced in ''Movie War Megamax'', and the orange Core Medals that appear in this movie reappear during ''Movie War Ultimatum''[[/note]], even it can't escape this - for starters, the movie has Eiji have all of Ankh's Core Medals, despite the fact that when it's stated to take place (in June 2011, when Akira Date is still regular Birth) he ''can't'' have them at the time due to the existence of [[spoiler:Ankh (Lost)]], and while Gamel and Mezool are around this time, Uva cannot appear, since his body was destroyed at the end of #36. Additionally, the EarlyBirdCameo of Series/KamenRiderFourze also conflicts with this, since Fourze becomes a Rider in September of the same year, several months after the events of this movie have passed.
278* CreepyChild: Mezool, while she's a humanoid teenager that is.
279* CreepyDoll: Oh, hi, bald doll in white suit with eyes nearly rolled all the way up sitting on Maki's arm like a pet parrot from #9 on!
280** It even has its own tiny rolley chair!
281*** #19 shows that it also has its own car seat and locker with extra clothes in it. Slowly being a subverted trope as the more we see of the the doll the less creepy and more hilarious it gets.
282*** Date threw in a lampshading line in #19 on its creepiness, though at that point, it already lost a chunk of its scariness value.
283** In #29, it is revealed that it [[spoiler:[[TragicKeepsake belonged to Maki's dead sister]].]]
284* CurbStompBattle: #38 [[spoiler:Goto as Birth vs Kazari, Mezool and Gamel. Goto won, big time]]
285** #42 [[spoiler:Eiji as Putotyra ''brutalized'' Lefty!Ankh and ''shatters his Core Medals to seal it''.]]
286** Pretty much any time a Greeed reaches its Complete form results in this. The only thing that seems capable of stopping one is [[spoiler:the Purple Cores.]]
287** #47 [[spoiler:Dr. Maki in his Greeed form beats the tar out of all three Riders without sustaining one hit himself.]]
288* DealWithTheDevil: Uva strongly gives off this vibe in #11, as the target's desire is for fame and Uva needs to interact with him to find out what will help him achieve that desire.
289* DeathIsCheap: At least for [[spoiler:the Greeed, anyway. Collect enough Cell Medals and get your hands on either enough of their Core Medals or the Core Medal that houses their consciousness, and they can be brought back to life. [[SubvertedTrope Unless]] [[DeaderThanDead the Core that holds their consciousness gets destroyed]]. That's when dead means 100% dead.]]
290* DelayedReaction: In #4, OOO and Kazari [[AirJousting air joust]] and OOO is hurt badly, falling to the ground afterward. Kazari gloats about his victory and [[spoiler:managing to take back the Kamakiri Medal]], but after a few seconds, ''his body armor crumbles'' because OOO [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome reached inside him during the air joust and snatched three of his Core Medals]]]].
291* DemonicPossession: Ankh takes over the body of the young police officer Shingo Izumi. Shingo is currently unconscious, barely alive, and doesn't seem to be waking up anytime soon.
292* {{Determinator}}: Eiji, despite literally having almost nothing to live for (but not in the suicidal way) before becoming OOO, can be seriously determined when push comes to shove. This is most clear when he would rather fall off a building than let Ankh force him to ignore human lives.
293** [[ButtMonkey Uva]] could also count as this: [[spoiler:betrayed by a teammate, all alone and weak for 10 something episodes, betrayed ONCE AGAIN by two different teammates who he had just revived, and reduced to a single core medal, and what does he have to say about this? "I won't let it end like this!"]]
294* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Subverted in #35, when Ankh [[OutOfCharacterMoment uncharacteristically]] congratulates Hina for winning a fashion design contest. [[spoiler:It turns out he wasn't even thinking it. This was an early sign that Hina's brother Shingo was starting to recover.]]
295* DiggingToChina: This happens in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & [[Series/KamenRiderDouble W]] feat. Skull: Movie War Core when Eiji after helping Double defeated Kamen rider Core deep within the Earth’s core ends up in Rio Brazil where Chiyoko was spending her vacation there.
296* DirectorsCut: While not uncommon for Franchise/KamenRider movies, there will be one [[http://www.jefusion.com/2011/11/kamen-rider-ooo-final-episode-directors.html released of the final two episodes]].
297* DivingSave: Eiji does one in #10, complete with SlowMotion [[spoiler:to keep a bomb from detonating, saving a little boy]]
298* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In #16, Mezool returns to the Greeed hideout severly injured after [[spoiler:Kazari stole all of her Core Medals, save one]] to find Uva who had been drinking in his human form after something similar happened to him. He then attempts to steal her last Core Medal [[RapeAsDrama in a rather violent manner]].
299* DoubleMeaningTitle: OOO can refer to both three Core Medals in a row and the 1'''000'''th episode of the franchise.
300* DualWielding: [[spoiler:Eiji goes ImplacableMan against Uva]] in the finale [[spoiler:with the Medajalibur and Medagaburyu]].
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304* EarlyBirdCameo: Like [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]] in ''[[Series/KamenRiderDecade All Riders vs Dai-Shocker]]'', OOO appears in the Double movie ''A to Z: The Memories of Fate'', one month before his series starts.
305** ''Unlike'' Double before him, however, [[spoiler:OOO ''didn't'' fight the final villain of the movie and instead showed up to take down the unsuspectingly tough Luna Dopant. OOO also first appears out of suit before transforming]].
306** Also, [[spoiler:OOO exists in the same universe as Double, due to ''Double Forever'' being canon to the series, and the O Medals were also briefly seen and mentioned in Double #47]].
307** In ''Movie War Core'', the Birth System makes two quick appearances before it's introduced in the series, [[spoiler:first used by Nobunaga, and then by Goto... which results in some Fridge Logic given that Goto was initially not strong enough to use Birth until Date trained him to do so late in the series]]. Similarly, Tajadol is given a brief appearance, [[spoiler:despite not having the Core Medals to do so until #20]].
308** [[spoiler:Gara and the Burakawani Core Medals]] appear in a quick flashback scene in #44, though they don't official appear until the [[spoiler:''Kamen Rider OOO WONDERFUL: The Shogun and 21 Core Medals'' movie]].
309** Not only does Series/KamenRiderFourze appear in ''The Shogun and 21 Core Medals'', but during the end credits of the final episode, as Hina says goodbye to Shingo, Kengo and Yuki walk past with the Astro Switches.
310* EldritchAbomination: In #16 [[spoiler:Gamel and Mezool become a turtle-elephant-squid...thing]].
311** In #19 [[spoiler:Kazari tries to become a controlled version of this. His Yummies also fit this after #19.]]
312** [[spoiler:The Medal Vessel Chaos Form, the... thing that Uva becomes after being force fed Core Medals by Dr. Maki. A massive entity that consumes ''everything'' and spawns hordes of Pseudo-Yummy.]]
313* ElementalPowers: Each of the Greeeds possess one.
314** AnIcePerson: Giru; his Core Medal's Combo form, Putotyra, seems to reflect this.
315** BlowYouAway: Kazari; he can create mini cyclones.
316** GravityMaster: Gamel; he can create gravity shockwaves.
317** MakingASplash: Mezool; she can shoot water from her hands[[spoiler:, and liquify her body when at full power]].
318** PlayingWithFire: Ankh; he can shoot fire from his hands.
319** ShockAndAwe: Uva; he can shoot green lightning from his antennae.
320* EmotionEater: The Greeed survive on Cell Medals, created by accumulating human desires. To their credit, this is a smart choice as they can theoretically get a virtually endless source from ''any'' human.
321* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Dr.Maki's goal.]]
322* TheEndOrIsIt:[[spoiler:When Uva appears destroyed, we can still hear his voice coming from one Core Medal.]] And in the finale, there's the case of [[spoiler:Ankh. Eiji has both halves of his last remaining Core Medal, thinking "Somehow, someday," and we see a spectral Ankh-hand following him.]]
323* EnemyMine: During the climax of the ''Wonderful'' movie, [[spoiler:the Greeed give Eiji their medals in order to help him defeat Gara's OneWingedAngel]].
324* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:The original OOO was so selfish and greedy that even Ankh, a living incarnation of human greed, considers him SelfishEvil. That's right, a human manages to be more greedy than a literal incarnation of desire.]]
325* EvilerThanThou: A rather complicated example, as this ''keeps happening'' so much it's hard to tell who exactly is the most evil. Kazari at first pulls this on the other Greeed by [[spoiler:betraying and setting up Mezool and Gamel's deaths]]. Then it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Original OOO was evil enough that the Greeed considered him SelfishEvil, and ultimately pulls this on Ankh by stabbing him InTheBack after the other Greeed were beaten.]] ''Then'' towards the end, [[spoiler:Dr. Maki pulls this on Kazari, stabbing him in the gut when he's had one of his Cores cracked by OOO and leaving him to die a slow, painful death.]]
326* EvilIsHammy: Everyone whose playing a villain in Kougami's ''Franchise/KamenRider'' movie, especially Ankh, whose playing the [[BigBad Great Leader of Shocker]]. When he's not acting, he has his moments of this too.
327* EvilMentor: If Ankh had his way, it wouldn't matter if the city was wiped out as long as it meant more Medals for him.
328* EvilSoundsDeep: The first OOO's O Scanner.
329* EvilVersusEvil: Depends on how evil you consider him, but Ankh vs the other Greeed probably counts, at least early on. Later on, [[spoiler:it's Kazari vs Uva.]]
330* EvolvingCredits: The title sequence often changes which Medals are being shown off, usually displaying ones Eiji recently acquired. #19 also adds Kamen Rider Birth to the sequence.
331* ExactWords: In #27 Kougami asks Ankh if he wants to know who has his Core Medals. [[spoiler:He never said anything about actually ''knowing'' who has them.]]
332* {{Expy}}: Our quintet of Greeed have some striking similarities of another series of [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Kamen Riders]] with demons as major characters.
333** Uva bares a striking resemblance to Momotaros who is impulsive and has a gung-ho style of combat.
334** Mezool's laid-back demeanor, overall stylishness and qualms for manipulation is very similar to Urataros. In fact, both of them are blue and their motifs involve water.
335** Gamel's slow and more strength-oriented style is suspiciously similar to Kintaros.
336** Kazari's playfulness, childish outfit and style is very reminiscent of Ryutaros.
337** Ankh's high-and-mighty attitude and his penchant for birds is very similar to Sieg.
338*** The similarities end at the surface. Dig a little deeper, and you see that they have their own distinctions from the Imagin. Uva is brash, angry, and extremely serious, getting straight to the point without an air of arrogance and cockiness. Mezool is cunning and the one who tries to keep order, as well as a motherly figure to Gamel, who is an immature and rather childish moron who has no desire of his own--except Mezool. Kazari is young, the real laid-back one, and rather hip and trendy, but also fiendishly traitorous and manipulative. Finally, Ankh is calcutating, manipulative to no end, and constantly wants to have things his way, but is also smart enough to see when he should adapt to his situation and will almost always do what's in his best interest, even switching sides.
339** Eiji, on the other hand, is very similar to Yusuke Onodera aka Decade!Kuuga. WalkingTheEarth (or parallel worlds), death in his past (with a touch of FriendToAllChildren from Godai!Kuuga), and now stuck with helping someone he doesn't agree with...
340*** He also has some ties to the original Kuuga. Like Godai, he gains new powers, but it's usually a bad thing as they strain him, with the SuperMode being worst, as it [[spoiler:could warp him into a monster]]. He also [[spoiler:desires the power to protect everyone]].
341*** Another comparison with Godai!Kuuga comes in ''OOO Wonderful'' where he calmly talks and tries to cheer up a child, much like Yuusuke did in his own show.
342* FaceHeelTurn:
343** [[spoiler:Date in #37. But #38 reveals it was just a fake-out.]]
344** [[spoiler:Ankh in #43, though it doesn't last and he's back with Eiji for the final fight.]]
345* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Date in #37-38.]]
346* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Dr. Maki remembers - or chooses to remember - his dead sister as a kind, smiling person like [[IdenticalStranger Chiyoko]]. But as seen in #30, she was in reality a far more gloomy and somber person who was kind of a {{Jerkass}} to Kid!Maki by intending to essentially abandon him after she marries. It actually led to some of his nihilism - only with her death in that fire - which he caused! - did his image of her become complete, and impossible to ruin by her choosing to leave him.]]
347* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Date fakes his death for a short while to give Goto the right mindset to fight as Kamen Rider Birth.]]
348* FanService / MaleGaze: No, there was no reason for the camera to swing that low as Satonaka got off her 'cycle. Except that she has a very nice... bike seat.
349* FastballSpecial: Done to Eiji in ''OOO Wonderful'' by [[spoiler:Series/KamenRiderFourze]] to land an attack on Gara.
350* FemaleGaze:
351** #1 has several minutes where Eiji is in nothing but boxers, and right after the first commercial we get a close-up of his butt. People into this all approve.
352** As the series progressed, it became something of a running joke for him to appear in boxers, or boxers to be relevant someway. People into this all still approved.
353** #27 has Akira take off his shirt in order to help an injured colleague, which proved to be a pleasant surprise to some.
354** Eiji's obsession with boxers was a matter of characterisation. Ankh's penchant for very tight red pants, less so.
355* FlatWhat: #10 has Ankh saying this when Kiyoto explaining OOO has to be in Latorartar to control the [=ToRidevendor=]. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Then Eiji grabs him...]]
356* {{Foreshadowing}}:
357** If you look on TV Asahi's website, you can see purple O Medals in the background... In the series, Dr. Maki gave it away in #29 by using the Pteranodon Candroid.
358** The painting in Dr. Maki's lab has all of the Greeeds represented in it: a red bird for Ankh, a wave of water for Mezool, and so on. One thing's out of place though, and that's a purple Tyrannosaur head off to the side. This shows up way before anything regarding the purple Medals is ever mentioned.
359** Everytime OOO henshins theirs a purple medal in the rings...
360** In #24, [[spoiler:Dr Maki apparently recognizes Chiyoko on the Cous Coussier voucher, and for some reason ''tries to swallow it'' when Date almost finds out in #25. TheReveal comes in #26 when flashbacks show that [[ActingForTwo Maki's dead sister resembles Chiyoko exactly]].]].
361** 44 gives us a large stone tablet in the King's room. Closer inspection shows three circles with seven smaller slots in each. [[spoiler:[[ArcWords Count the Medals]] everybody, that's the Head, Body and Leg medals for all the sets minus the Black set.]]
362** [[spoiler:Tajadol's ImageSong "Time Judge All" has a ''lot''. For starters, [[ArcWords "The Meeting of Two Wishes. A Power Of Two Wishes"]] foreshadows that Ankh and Eiji uniting would give OOO the power needed to defeat Dr. Maki. "A wish comes true if I can have most of it (desire) in my hand" (sung by Ankh) makes a lot of sense once Ankh comes to believe absorbing enough of the cores will let him obtain his wish of becoming alive. Then there's "The flame in my heart burns down the whole darkness" and later "I drove the same darkness away and open up tomorrow". Which combo was used to defeat the Greeed representing the PowerOfTheVoid to save the world?]]
363** During the ''Shogun and 21 Core Medals'' movie, Eiji is shown channel-surfing to find any news reports on the current chaos in the city. One of the channels is showing the JidaiGeki classic ''Abarenbo Shogun'' (The Bold Shogun), based on the life of Tokugawa Yoshimune. Guess who shows up in person to aid our heroes later on.
364* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: In #9, this happens unintentionally since Ankh is unfamiliar with Halloween: When he, enraged, shows his Greeed hand, Chiyoko thinks it's a great costume.
365* ForScience: Maki callously displays this attitude in #10. Eiji doesn't appreciate it.
366* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Ankh accidentally leaving behind a Cell Medal in the past allows Shocker to create the Shocker Greeed, defeat the Kamen Riders, and take over the world, setting up the plot for ''Let's Go Kamen Rider''.]]
367* FourIsDeath:
368** There are four villainous Greeeds. [[spoiler:Ankh was against his own fellow Greeed 800 years ago.]]
369** Halfway through the show, when there weren't four Greeed, [[spoiler:Lost Ankh and the resurrected Mezool and Gamel join Kazari while Uva is killed off, balancing the number. Until Dr. Maki fully evolves into a Greeed. Discounting him, Ankh soon joins the other Greeed as soon as his EvilCounterpart is KilledOffForReal, balancing the number for a brief while.]]
370* FranticObjectConcealment: While not actually involving an object, this is done hilariously in #39 with Hina using a small bit of cloth to try and keep Chiyoko from seeing Eiji transform into OOO to fight the Shamo Yummy.
371* FromNobodyToNightmare: The former [[Series/KamenRider Shocker]] {{Mook}} in #27 is out to invoke this.
372* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The Shamo Yummy pretty much spends the entire time it's not fighting in the background doing its shadowboxing act, even when something serious is going on in the same scene.
373* FunWithAcronyms: In the 40th anniversary movie, the '''Ta'''ka-I'''ma'''gin-'''Sh'''ocker combo makes Tamashii, the Japanese word for "soul".
374* FusionDance:
375** In #16 [[spoiler:Gamel and Mezool become one entity for a while.]]
376** In the GrandFinale [[spoiler:Eiji enters [[SuperMode TaJaDol form]] using ''Ankh himself'' as one of the Medals, greatly increasing its power and causing the OOO Driver to speak with Ankh's voice.]]
377* GoodCounterpart: Eiji to [[spoiler:the Original Kamen Rider OOO. They're both OOO but where the original OOO was a SelfishEvil tyrant who wanted all the power for himself, Eiji is a kindheart, selfless AllLovingHero who cares only for others.]]
378* GoodIsNotDumb: Eiji Hino may seem like a carefree fool, however underneath his simple exterior lies a rather cunning mind.
379* GratuitousEnglish:
380** Kougami singing "HappyBirthdayToYou" in English while making a birthday cake for the Greeed and OOO. He also says "Doctor Maki" instead of "Maki-sensei" or "-hakase" or something.
381** The titles for the {{Leitmotif}}s for each Combo is an English phrase that sounds similar to the Combo's name. (Examples: Gatakiriba = Got to Keep it Real, Latorartar = Ride on Right Time, Tajadol = Time Judged All)
382** [[{{Engrish}} WAASUTO GUREEDO OBU ZA GUREEDO]]!!!
383** The parts of the theme to ''OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go, Kamen Riders'' that ''weren't'' the classic theme song may have the worst mangulation of English in franchise history. "Rider chop with the fighting in the truth! Let's go the hero, Kamen Rider!" is not as bad as it gets.
384** Date randomly uses english words instead of Japanese in his dialogue, such as "nice", "okay," and so on.
385* GratuitousGerman: "Time Judged All"'s chorus.
386* GratuitousJapanese: The OOO Driver and the Core Medals were invented by a medieval German alchemist. Why, then, does the belt shout "Taka! Tora! Batta!" instead of "Falke! Tiger! Heuschrecke!" (or somesuch)? Possibly TranslationConvention, although that doesn't explain why there's a 'Lion' and not a 'Löwe' medal.
387* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The Ancient King fits this role. Despite being long dead when the series begins, everything that happened in the series was his doing because he created the Greeed and OOO in the first place to fulfill his selfish desire to [[AGodAmI become a god]] and TakeOverTheWorld. He returns in the ten years later movie as the main villain.]]
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389
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391* {{Hammerspace}}: The Medajalibur has a tendency to appear out of thin air when needed. Despite showing no signs of having carried it, OOO suddenly pulls it out from behind his back.
392** Same goes for the Can-droids; they are a little too big to be carried around (without leaving a dent) in trouser pockets.
393*** In one episode, Eiji is shown getting ready for bed, and starts removing Candroids he had hidden in his sleeves and boots, as well as wrapped around the inside of his shins.
394** Birth's Birth Buster applies exactly as well. The CLAW System is a subverted and/or justified version: While the parts are stored in the Receptacle Orbs on the armor, their sizes are... a little too big to fit in the orbs.
395*** However, what is shown is that the CLAWS weaponry is formed from many tiny pieces that emerge from the orbs, and considering the birth system's way of forming seems to work via some sort of nanotechnology, this doesn't seem too far from that.
396** It's hard to tell if Putotyra's Medagabryu is playing this straight or a subversion. OOO just drives his fist into the ground and yanks it out.
397* HamToHamCombat: Ankh and Kougami's... "negotiation" in #6: The former likes to flail around his demonic arm dramatically along with a matching "dry" intonation in addition to having flamboyant golden hair; the latter is... a [[BatmanGambit Batman-Gambitter]] [[BunnyEarsLawyer CEO]] who ''really'' enjoys making cakes and likes to emphasize his speech at CERTAIN INTERVALS!!
398** They meet again in #16, but Ankh is much more quiet by then.
399* HarmonyVersusDiscipline: One interpretation of ''Movie Wars Core'', directly shown when the ruthlessly ambitious Nobunaga criticizes the happy-go-lucky Eiji for having no greater desire than "tomorrow's underwear". [[spoiler:As Nobunaga dies, he admires the sky is, saying he never really looked at it before, as well as calling the girl he'd been chasing after beautiful.]]
400* HarmlessElectrocution: Eiji winds up getting shocked himself in #13 after dealing with Kuzu Yummy using the Kuwagata's electric attack, end result with twitching body and smoking EinsteinHair.
401* HellIsThatNoise: Usually, when something involving Putotyra Combo happens, it'll be accompanied by the faint screech of a pterodactyl. Fitting, as this combo is [[SuperpoweredEvilSide almost never good news]].
402* HiddenDepths: As early as #2. [[spoiler:Eiji's flashback suggests there's more to him than the happy exterior.]]
403** Also hinted with Goto, who, as the only survivor of the Foundation's motorcycle brigade, must somehow have escaped the Greeed - or Kougami has a reason to keep him alive.
404* {{Hikikomori}}: Eiji's old schoolmate in #33 is a former one.
405* HoistByHisOwnPetard: It MIGHT be a good idea to maybe... stick closer to Eiji sometimes if you are defenseless, Ankh. Because stealing Medals from other Greeed is bound to make THEM want to come after you and take them back.
406** When Dr Maki decides to [[spoiler:push Eiji straight into Greeed state by adding more purple Medals to him - giving him just the right number of remaining Medals to load the Taja Spinner for the kill blow on Maki himself in the finale.]]
407* {{Homage}}: The designs of OOO's Taka and Shachi Heads were apparently inspired by Bibyun and Bashaan of Creator/ShotaroIshinomori's ''ChoujinBibyun'' - which is rather fitting, in a way, as the designs of ''Bibyun'''s heroes are said to have been taken from unused Rider concepts.
408* HumiliationConga: #5: Uva found out that not only was he tricked by Kazari into doing his dirty work, but he also lost one of each type of his core Medals to OOO, leaving him very much in need of a little dignity.
409* IdenticalStranger: Chiyoko is this to Dr. Maki's dead sister.
410* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every title contains three words related to the current episode, in "<X> and <Y> and <Z>"[[note]]In Japanese, "''<X> to <Y> to <Z>''".[[/note]] format.
411* IdiosyncraticWipes: a Medal spinning across the screen is used for this.
412* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: The [[VictimOfTheWeek Victim of the Fortnight]] in #23 #24.
413* IKnowKarate: The Shachi-Panda Yummy in #30 does Chinese kungfu. The Shamo Yummy in #40 does Muay Thai, with traditional music!
414* ImAHumanitarian: Somewhat: Ankh, an avian Greeed, gets a chicken served by Hina in #9. His eyelid-twitching reaction was priceless, but he eats it anyway. Since he currently uses the body of a human (Hina's brother), it can be argued how much this constitutes cannibalism. Besides, considering he has complete access to Shingo's knowledge, he might just be dumbfounded at the irony of the situation.
415* ImageSong: All of those combo songs in the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic section? '''All''' of them are sung by Shu Watanabe, AKA Eiji Hino.
416** "Time judged all", the ImageSong for the Tajadol Combo, is a duet between Eiji and Ankh.
417** And [[GratuitousEnglish "POWER to TEARER"]], the song for Putotyra is a Duet between Eiji and Akira Kushida (who actually sings on the track, as opposed to simply chanting the combo names as on all the others.)
418** Date and Goto also have their own duet as well, entitled "[=Reverse/Re:birth=]".
419* ImmortalBreaker: Normally, destroying a Greeed's Core Medal is impossible, meaning that the Greeed can regenerate a new body for itself. Eiji's Putotyra Combo, however, crushes dreams, and so once he learns it he can shatter Core Medals. [[spoiler:This also applies to Dr. Maki after absorbing the other Purple Medals to become a Greeed himself.]]
420* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:#48: Eiji, after absorbing a massive amount of Cell Medals, go up against Uva in Tatoba Combo, even landing a finisher while ''two'' Births had a hard time even landing a good hit.]]
421* InstantExpert: One has to wonder how Eiji is using the Combo powers without any prior instruction scenes.
422** Or how [[spoiler:Erika Satonaka]] gets to use the Birth Buster in #39 without the training Goto went through.
423** In ''Movie Wars Core'', Nobunaga goes from barely capable of functioning to insanely savvy in all areas simply by spending an afternoon reading at the library.
424* {{Irony}}: A show with an anti-greed message an enjoying a simpler life... from a show with one its purposes being to sell toys? If it's not irony, it's damn close.
425* JapaneseBeetleBrothers: A pair of Yummy based on Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles in #17.
426* JawDrop: #19 has [[spoiler:''Dr. Maki'']] showing this reaction repeatedly along with silent {{Big No}}s every time [[spoiler:something happens to his doll]].
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429[[folder:K-M]]
430* KarmicDeath:
431** [[spoiler:The death of the Original OOO. He meets his end when he tries absorbing the power of all the Greeed's Cores at once, turning him into the stone coffin the Greeed were sealed in]].
432** [[spoiler:After all his backstabbing, Kazari's final moments after Dr. Maki rips out all but his last, cracking Core certainly counts. And he was '''not''' missed]].
433* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Kougami]].
434* KidAmidTheChaos: Eiji's backstory flashbacks revolve around a little girl in the middle of a war zone [[spoiler:that he couldn't save]].
435* LampshadeHanging: In the first, Eiji notes how the belt sings. Ankh says [[HandWave not to worry about the song]].
436** #3: "Hey, [[SuperStrength is she really human?]]"
437* LargeHam: '''Kougami.'''
438-->"[+WONDERFUL!!+]"[[note]]''"Subarashii!!"''[[/note]]\
439"[+[[SayMyName OOOOOOOOO!]]+]"\
440"[+Doctor Maki+]"
441** Even Ankh has a moment like this when he plays the the Great Leader of Shocker in #27... because he gets paid for it.
442** Taken to up to eleven levels in #32:
443--->"THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE HE'LL GO OUT OF CONTROL!" (to the point where HIS HAIRDO gets destroyed by his hamminess.)
444* LawOfInverseRecoil: Subverted. Goto gets thrown back when he tries the Birth Buster on his first attempt in #20. Date points out that it takes practice to get used to the kick, even when transformed.
445* {{Leitmotif}}: Most of the main characters have one.
446** "Open the Sky" for our carefree Eiji.
447*** Each of his main forms also has one, each of them named to sound exactly like the Combos they're themed for: "Regret Nothing-Tighten Up" for Tatoba and all Random Combos, "Ride On Right Time" for Latorartar, "Got To Keep It Real" for Gatakiriba, "Sun Goes Up" for Sagohzo, "Time Juged All" for Tajadol [[spoiler:sharing with Ankh]], "Shout Out" for Shauta, and finally "Power To Tearer" for Putotyra. Taken up to eleven with the [[AllYourPowersCombined the Combo Change Medley]], incorporating every theme into a single song.
448** "The Schoolgirl of My Dreams" for Hina.
449** All four Greeed have one each: "Ruthless Uva", "Guileful Kazari", "Mighty Gamel", "Cold-hearted Mezool". Ankh, as the odd one out, gets "Ankh the Greeed". [[spoiler:"The Other Bird Greeed" for Lost Ankh.]]
450** "Restaurant Cous Coussier": Possibly shared by Chiyoko and her restaurant.
451** And of course, "The Kogami Foundation".
452** "Foundation Conspiracy" for Dr. Maki. [[spoiler:After he leaves the Kougami foundation and officially crosses to the dark side, he gets a more independent theme with "Doctor Maki's Ambition".]]
453** Kamen Rider Birth/Akira Date has his own theme as well.
454** The Shamo Yummy in #39 gets one, though not necessarily unique: Since its fighting style is Muay Thai, its shadowboxing scenes are accompanied by traditional Muay Thai music.
455* LetsGetDangerous:
456** Eiji, whenever he's gonna fight.
457** [[spoiler:Dr. Maki]] during #29 has shades of this, when he goes up against the Shachi-Panda Yummy.
458* LikeCannotCutLike: Zigzagged. Bird-form OOO is weak against bird-type Yummys, but dino-form OOO can curbstomp dino-form Yummys easily.
459* LimitedWardrobe: Eiji and Ankh both avert the trope. Especially Eiji, who changes clothing sets pretty much every story arc; for a homeless drifter, he's got a pretty sizable wardrobe.
460** Ankh, on the other hand, could have been using Shingo's clothes. Or money, to buy shirts and [[RedRightHand paint the right sleeves red]]...
461* LiterallyShatteredLives: The Ankylosaurus Yummy in #42 pulls this on a captive civilian in order to draw out OOO.
462* LivingOnBorrowedTime: A variation with Shingo, who was a few minutes from death when Ankh [[DemonicPossession took over his body]]. This essentially keeps him on life-support as long as Ankh is attached to him, and if they're separated for too long, he'll be KilledOffForReal. [[spoiler:#41 shows that Shingo was conscious the whole time, but apparently wasn't traumatized by the experience.]]
463** [[spoiler:However, Shingo recovers enough in this stasis to finally reawaken briefly in #35 and is able to be awake permanently in #41, but Ankh forces Shingo back into stasis in #43.]]
464* LocalHangout: Chiyoko Shiraishi's Cous Coussier restaurant, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} decorated in whatever theme she feels like this week]]. Hina works there full time, and Eiji eventually gets a full time job there, AND Ankh is forced to live there, too.
465-->'''Hina:''' ''[after taking time off for exams]'' Oh, a [[GratuitousNinja ninja theme]]?\
466'''Chiyoko:''' ''[dressed like a ninja]'' Of course not. It's Old Edo.
467* LostInTranslation: For celebrating Franchise/KamenRider's [[MilestoneCelebration 1000th episode]], Toei guest starred [[{{Pun}} quite a few actors with the character for "thousand" in their name]] (among whom was [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Megumi's]] actress, as stated above). It mostly flew over Western fans' heads.
468* LuminescentBlush: '''EIJI''', of all people, after he falls under the Ei-Sai Yummy's spell in #23-24.
469* MadScientist: Maki
470* MadeOfIndestructium:
471** The OOO Driver survives a shot from a cannon at point-blank range without a scratch.
472** Also, apparently the only thing that can destroy a Core Medal is [[spoiler:the power of Giru's medals. We didn't know this at first, but later, it turns out the game just got more serious for the Greeeds, as now OOO has the power to ''actually'' kill a Greeed]].
473* MeaningfulName:
474** "''Cell'' Medals"; they compose the body of Greeed and Yummy.
475** Ankh's name means "Eye" in Hindi, since his head Core is a Hawk. [[FridgeBrilliance What's more]], Ankh is also the Egyptian symbol of "the Key of Life": He's the only thing shielding Shingo Izumi from death. Nice pick, Kobayashi! Even better, later on, [[spoiler:he develops a desire to [[BecomeARealBoy become truly "alive"]]]].
476** Each of the other Greeed have names coming from Japanese words regarding greediness/desire:
477*** Uva: "''Ubau''"/"to snatch away".
478*** Kazari: "''Kazaru''"/"to decorate".
479*** Gamel: "''Gameru''"/"to pilfer".
480*** Mezool: "''Mezuru''"/"to love".
481*** Ankh was originally going to be named "Ash" (''Asshu'') to mimic the word ''Assuru'', which is "to oppress/dominate".
482*** Giru the Dinosaur Greeed: "''Uragiru''"/"''to betray''"
483** Also, each known Greeed's name has to do with their manner of making Yummy.
484*** Uva's Yummies rob the source of desire for their host.
485*** Kazari's Yummies engulf their host when they mature.
486*** Gamel tries to imitate whatever he sees from others, and have his Yummies fulfill his desires instead.
487*** Mezool's Yummies draw from the host's obsession.
488*** Ankh's Yummies, after "growing up", keep their host cooped up in a "nest" and "nurse" them (by fulfilling their desires), whether they want it or not.
489** Whether the prototype name "Ash" had an influence on this or not, [[spoiler:the Shamo Yummy definitely follows the meaning, even ''kidnapping'' the host away and forcibly "fullfilling" his desire]].
490** [[spoiler:"Medagaburyū"]] is a combination of three words: [[spoiler:Medal; "Gabu", which is the sound effect for chomping/swallowing with a big gulp; and "Kyoryū" (Dinosaur)]]. Basically, [[spoiler:a Medal-eating Dinosaur (weapon)]].
491* MediumAwareness: The entire 'verse has [[BreakingTheFourthWall gotten in on the act]] for the MilestoneCelebration arc. Somehow, Kamen Rider is a show, and the characters act and talk about "one thousand episodes", with Eiji even acting surprised at first since he hadn't gotten in a thousand fights. And even though there's merchandise like collectible Shocker figurines, somehow Shocker did exist and a mook (conveniently named [[MeaningfulName In Sendou]][[note]]"Sendou In" sounds like "Sentouin/Combatant", the term used for Shocker {{Mooks}}[[/note]]) has ended up in the [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]]-OOO continuity and- oh you know what? [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Just blame it all on Decade.]]
492** There's even some OOO footage in the screens of various Kamen Rider series that Kougami is watching.
493** ''Movie War Megamax'' indicates that the Showa era events occurred 40 years back, and still exists in public consciousness as UrbanLegend that likely became inspiration for in-universe media, NoFourthWall aside.
494* MentalMonster: The Greeed can insert a Cell Medal into a human's body to spawn a Yummy, a mummy-like creature that generates more Cell Medals by feeding on its host's strongest desire, eventually maturing into an animal-like form. Each Greeed produces Yummy with a different lifecycle [[MeaningfulName related to their name]], which fit this trope to varying degrees:
495** The insect Yummies created by Uva (from ''ubau'', "to snatch") grow by consuming their hosts' objects of desire. Later in the series they instead operate by ''doing'' things that the host couldn't get away with, with some of them even willing to follow their host's commands to some degree. Notable instances include a conflicted kendo practitioner spawning [[JapaneseBeetleBrothers a pair of samurai-esque beetles]], and a man who yearns to [[VigilanteMan "defeat bad guys"]] receiving a humanoid grasshopper that [[ShoutOut acts like]] the [[Series/KamenRider original Kamen Rider]] and can appear from nowhere to attack people he deems evil.
496** Probably the best example in the series is when [[spoiler:Dr. Maki tries to ally with the Greeed, claiming that his greatest desire is to destroy the world. To test his convictions, Kazari created the Shachi-Panda Yummy from him... and it takes the form of a crying UglyCute creature that feeds by hugging people. Maki is revolted by the thing and immediately wants it dead.]]
497* MerchandiseDriven:
498** Sure, toys and collectibles are pretty much no-brainers, but ''[[http://img143.imageshack.us/i/oooicecream.jpg/ ice-cream]]''? Then again, [[TrademarkFavoriteFood it's not completely unrelated]].
499--->"Strawberry! Vanilla! Melon!"
500** Ironically, for a series centered around desires and dangers of their excession, OOO has the most exploitable merchandise potential than any of his predecessors - mostly from the titular character ''alone''. You've got the (currently confirmed) 24 Medals, one Cell and one Core for each[[note]]And good luck if you're a completionist, because you're gonna be buying ''every single toy'' released, since the Medals are scattered throughout all of them.[[/note]]; you've got different versions of OOO's Combo toys, one chain being part-swappable figures, plus Birth; and Bandai wants to release ''non-swappable'' figures for '''''[[http://www.gideonburogu.com/2010/11/bandai-collectors-division-display.html RANDOM]] [[http://www.jefusion.com/2010/12/sh-figuarts-kamen-rider-ooo-takakiriba.html COMBOS]]'''''? Really makes you wonder if the "Greed" theme was decided by one of the creation staff as a [[SelfParody satire]] of Toei and Bandai's annually increasing toy count after seeing how exploitable this series is gonna be...
501** Luckily, Kobayashi manages to avert blatant merchandising a la ''Goseiger'', by assigning various uses and roles to all the merch in the series. For example, the Can-droids are given functions and used quite often. And the O-Medal Holder - essentially just a Medal Album - is turned into a ''make-up gift'' from Hina to Ankh!
502** Some hints and indications relating to the toys still remain though. Why do you think OOO's suit has a huge knob on his back inexplicably? [[spoiler:It's a [[FacePalm design leftover from the toys' part-swap mechanism]].]] And since Cell Medals dissipate into thin air when their power runs out, why does the Birth Buster need a magazine to eject the used Medals into, instead of ejecting them directly? [[spoiler:So that kids won't lose their Medals while playing with the toy version.]]
503* MercyKill: [[spoiler:After Nobunaga is given his three Black Core Medals and loses control, forcing Eiji to kill him despite having once been his friend.]]
504* MirrorMatch: OOO vs. [[spoiler:Ankh's body]] in #29.
505* MoneySpider: The Greeed and their Yummies are basically formed from a pile of Medals. Wounding them would cause them to bleed Medals, and then eventually killing them would result in an explosion of them.
506* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Yummy, a combination of "''Yokubō''"/"Greed, Desire" and "Mummy". It may also refer to the English word describing something delicious, which alludes to their consumption of whatever the original human desires. There's also the fact that it sounds like "yami", the Japanese word for [[DarkIsEvil dark]].
507* MoodWhiplash:
508** #19 features very comedic elements like the evolving ButtMonkey status of Dr. Maki and [[spoiler:Goto's new job]], but ends on a very serious note with [[spoiler:Date thrown off a skyscraper and OOO losing all Medals save one.]]
509** #40, full-stop. For starters, the Shamo Yummy spends most of the episode being a FunnyBackgroundEvent. [[spoiler:Hina and Eiji bond with Ankh, completing his HeelFaceTurn in a very touching scene. But then it has a DownerEnding with Ankh (Lost) successfully absorbing Ankh while Hina and Eiji try and fail to save him.]]
510* {{Mooks}}: Uva's Pseudo-Yummies, each made from half a Cell Medal. However, they're slow and awkward-moving like zombies and are generally made for distraction purposes.
511** In the MilestoneCelebration, Eiji actually asks who will be playing the mook in the film. The guy playing the role has a [[StevenUlyssesPerhero name that sounds like a word used for mooks]] (see MediumAwareness). [[spoiler:And is the new Yummy host.]]
512** And he eventually gives rise to [[spoiler:dozens of Yummies in the forms of grunts from all across franchise history - Shocker Soldiers to Masquerade Dopants to everything in between.]]
513* MotionCaptureMecha: Date/Birth's CLAWS Scorpion is controlled in this fashion.
514* [[CarFu Motorcycle Fu]]: The Tora Can-droid was designed for this.
515* MrExposition: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Splendidly pulled off]] by Ankh in #2: When Eiji asks him to explain the situation, [[InvokedTrope he suddenly starts reciting the Greeed's entire backstory]]; Eiji has to ''stop'' him because it's all Greek to him.
516* MundaneUtility: Eiji uses a Kujaku Candroid in #21 to cool down melted chocolate.
517* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch:
518** Ankh's initial impressions give this vibe, hailing from the antagonists' group/species and giving the hero the means to oppose them. Then comes #2... and the impression flies out of the window. Let alone having a good heart, he's shown to be no less of a bastard than the other Greeed; even around the same level as [[BloodKnight Uva]] and [[CatsAreMean Kazari]], and that's saying something. If not because of his incomplete awakening and several factors hindering his plans, he'd have gotten on with his usual business, either alone or with the others.[[note]]For the sake of information, though, Kobayashi tends to [[SignatureStyle go bait-and-switch on character impressions]]. Pretty often.[[/note]]
519*** [[spoiler:He ultimately plays this straight, as not only has he picked up some human traits, he's come to the realization that the Greeed are wasting their time trying to become complete and is pretty much fed up being a Greeed in general.]]
520** On the other hand, Mezool and Gamel are the ones with most traits to fit with the trope. Especially Gamel, who's pretty simple for a Greeed and content with whatever sustains his mood, a point Mezool also pointed out. She herself also stands out among the Greeed for her fair patronizing control over the group; other than that, though, she follows the Greeed routines like the others.
521* MythologyGag: [[MythologyGag/KamenRiderOOO Has its own page.]]
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525* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Given the existence of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga and a descendant of UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide in ''Movie Wars Core'', and a descendant of UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu is the titular Shogun in ''Wonderful! Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'', it can't be a coincidence that Birth's first user is named Date (although his finisher does involve [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara putting ya guns on]]).
526* NeverTrustATrailer: The preview for #33 made viewers believe that [[spoiler:Goto would finally transform into Birth]]; however, in the episode proper [[spoiler:he decides he's not quite ready for it yet, and ends up getting restrained by the Yummy.]]
527** The preview for #46 seemed to imply that [[spoiler:Eiji would go Greeed to fight a full powered Ankh]], but what actually happened was [[spoiler:Ankh had stopped and was apparently reconsidering things when Maki forced Eiji become a Greeed, forcing Ankh to assume his Greeed form in self defense.]]
528* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: This show is a rather extreme example in that OOO's powers come from his Core Medals, and over the course of the show, the amount of Medals he has fluctuates as he boths gains and loses Medals due to the fact that both he and the Greeeds are after them.
529* NiceGuy: [[SignatureStyle Right on cue]]; Eiji falls somewhere between [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Ryotaro]] and [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Shinji]].
530* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Ankh thought he had a dimwitted puppet in Eiji, instead he ended up picking a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass and giving him a TransformationTrinket that allows him to oppose the Greeed as well as save lives which he apparently really wanted to do. Extra points for letting Eiji know he needs Eiji and the OOO Driver to be able to do much of anything and letting Eiji keep the OOO Driver with him at all times.
531* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: In #12, OOO gets hit with a particularly brutal team-up [[spoiler:between Uva, Gamel and the Ageha Yummy. He only survives because Gamel claims right of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou]].
532** He suffers it again in ''Let's Go Kamen Rider'', from a group of Shocker mooks and kaijin headed by the Double Riders.
533* NoKillLikeOverkill: Putotyra Combo's Scanning Charge involves [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling the enemy]], [[AnIcePerson freezing them solid while they're still impaled]], and [[LiterallyShatteredLives then smashing them to bits]] [[BewareMyStingerTail with his tail]].
534* NonIndicativeName: "Birth" is, no matter how you look at it, not the kind of name you'd connect to a Kamen Rider. It's named so only because... Kougami named it himself.
535** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Maki in #19 when he mentions it's not the name he'd have chosen.
536* NonSerialMovie: ''Wonderful! Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' plays this straight for once. The Reptile Core Medals are brought into present time by Eiji for the final fight, but never resurface in the series.
537* NoSocialSkills: Eiji cooks up this cover-story for Ankh. Chiyoko buys it.
538* NotQuiteDead:
539** [[spoiler:Mezool and Gamel merge into a monster Greeed due to a PhlebotinumOverload and are destroyed, but are revived some time later.]]
540** [[spoiler:Kazari manages to get Mezool and Gamel to join him, allowing them to destroy Uva. After they leave, however, his Kuwagata Medal rises up and states he's not letting it end like this, revealing he somehow survived.]]
541* OffTheShelfFX: According to flashbacks in ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'', conical glass flasks existed ''800 years ago.''
542* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Kazari, Gamel, and Mezool's reaction to ''Uva'' not being [[NotQuiteDead nearly as dead as they thought he was]] and teaming up with Ankh.]]
543* {{Omake}}: ''Two'' sets of Net Movies have been released in conjuction with ''Let's Go Kamen Riders'' and ''The Shogun and Core Medals'' respectively:
544** The first set plays out as a horoscope, matching all primary Riders (with Series/KamenRiderKuuga's forms counted seperately) and several secondary Riders with every combination of the 12 Zodiac signs and 4 blood types for a stunning total of ''48'' short clips.
545** The second promises every live actor in ''OOO'' ADayInTheLimelight in over 20 shorts, along with the full-color combos and even Series/KamenRiderFourze.
546* OminousLatinChanting: The leitmotif for Kousei Kougami and the Kougami Foundation is based on the trope; as a pure BGM, there aren't any lyrics, but the choir is just as strong as they come. A straight example would be Dr. Maki's all-time favourite, ''Lacrimosa''.
547** "Time Judged All" starts with a stanza of chanting, albeit in German. The Stanza reads as ''Der Schnittpunkt von zwei Wünsche/Eine Leistung von zwei Wünsche'', which translate to something along the lines of ''The Joining of Two Wishes/The Execution of two wishes.'' It fits quite well for the nature of the duet of the song, and the fact that it's Eiji and Ankh working together in one body. Sorta.
548* TheOner: One of the ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' [[{{Omake}} Net Movies]] has Eiji attempting to recite all 119 combo names (full, random, ''everything''). An alternate version does all that ''in one take''.
549* OneWingedAngel: The O-Yummies, following in the vein of the [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Gigandeaths]], [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Sabbats]], and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble giant Dopants]].
550** Though, unlike the previously mentioned seasons, this is far rarer this time around.
551** Both Ankh at the end of #20 and [[spoiler:Ankh (Lost) in his official introduction]] demonstrate this trope, if only for a brief moment.
552** [[spoiler:Dr. Maki performs this, transforming into the Purple Greeed.]]
553* OralFixation: Only time will tell if it keeps up but Ankh in #2 spends more time with an ice lolly in his mouth than without.
554** Earns a LampshadeHanging in #9 when Hina berates Ankh for feeding her brother's body with nothing but that, and makes him eat real food (see ImAHumanitarian above)
555** [[spoiler:Ankh (Lost) was shown to have an interest in lollipops, but it was only shown once or twice before being seemingly dropped or forgotten.]]
556* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: The Greeed were created by humans and gained wills of their own when one core medal from each of them was removed.
557** There is also Nobunaga, who is [[spoiler:the Cell Medal based replica of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.]]
558* PaintingTheMedium: The Greeed's [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience respectively-colored]] curtains: They're definitely there, but used as abstract, symbolic props, without anyone addressing their existence.
559* PaperFanOfDoom: Goto uses a large one as an attempt to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan knock some sense back]] into a completely lovestruck Eiji in #24, but it fails.
560* ParentalMarriageVeto: Parodied in some of the Netmovies, where it turns out that Hina's father is [[Series/KamenRiderStronger General Shadow]].
561* ParentService: For some, Satonaka and the Siamneko Yummy are the main sources. For others, Eiji being on-screen in nothing but boxer shorts.
562* PermaShave: Eiji always looks well-groomed for a drifter. Applies to Ankh as well, as they are both homeless during the first few episodes and sleep in a park.
563* PhlebotinumAnalogy: In #2, Ankh explains the Cell and Core Medals by comparing them to the popsicles he's eating: with Greeed, Cores are like the piece of wood in the middle, holding the Cells together. Yummy, having Cells but no Cores, are like ice cream without the stick.
564* PhlebotinumOverload: Kougami takes advantage of this in ''OOO Wonderful'' by having Gara [[spoiler:use Eiji's desire to destroy the world. His desire is so huge that it, in combination with LoopholeAbuse, breaks her power and returns everything to normal.]]
565** A similar incident happens when the Unicorn Yummy attempts to take and destroy Eiji's dream; the dream is far too massive for him to be able to destroy it.
566* PoliceBrutality: [[spoiler:In the OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders movie, Shocker has taken over the world. And Shocker-infleunced police forces are the first in line to defend their rule against anti-Shocker resistance, which includes beating the snot out of those refugee kids.]]
567* PokemonSpeak: The Candroids.
568* PokeThePoodle: [[spoiler:Ankh stealing popsicles from ''kids.'']]
569* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Dr. Maki's Yummy are created from objects of sorrow (a candle that he used to burn his sister alive) or crushed hopes (a second-place trophy that meant that the recipient had to give up her desire to become a fashion designer).
570* PrecisionFStrike: [[SpiceUpTheSubtitles The fan-sub gave Ankh one]] in #28.
571* PreviouslyOn: "These [[TwoLinesNoWaiting three things]] have happened last week...!"
572* ProductPlacement: Ankh gets attached to an [=iPhone=] that's apparently pretty useful in finding Medals. And he doesn't shy away from showing it off or saying how useful it is...
573** Eventually he suddenly manages to obtain an iPad. There's even an application that lets him keep track of all the Core Medals being found.
574** Of course, the product placement is a little ironic considering that this is a series in which the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] are created from greed. Plus, said product placement is being done by a Greeed who is greedy for the other Greeed's Medals…
575* PunBasedTitle: All of the song titles for the combos are puns on the names of the combos. Since all the titles are in GratuitousEnglish, some of the puns are fairly cringe-worthy.
576** Tighten Up (Tatoba)
577** Ride On Right Time (Latorartar)
578** Gotta Keep It Real (Gatakiriba)
579** Sun Goes Up (Sagohzo)
580** Time Judged All (Tajadol)
581** Shout Out (Shauta)
582** POWER to TEARER (Putotyra)
583* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In #24: "Could this be... the love combo?! [=Love! LOVE! LOOOOOOVE!!!=]"
584* PuppeteerParasite: Ankh's role to Shingo Izumi's body.
585* RammingAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:[[TheMovie ALL RIDERS]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome BREAK !]]]]
586* ReadTheFreakingManual: [[spoiler:The SelfDestructMechanism ''was'' explained in Birth's manual, which Date didn't read. Goto did.]]
587** [[spoiler:A similar situation is essentially what brings about Birth's [=CLAW=]s Scorpion, as well as Day mode]]
588* RedRightHand: Ankh; it's really all there is to him! And it shows in his wardrobe.
589* RedOniBlueOni: Kougami and Dr. Maki are an interesting case, and opposites in numerous ways. Kougami wears red (or at least rather bright colors), is very loud and outspoken, never seems to leave his office, and is always talking about birthdays and the starts of things. In contrast, Dr. Maki wears a blue shirt under his black jacket, is very quiet and stoic [[spoiler:so long as you don't knock his doll off his arm]], is seen all over the place, and is much more concerned with the conclusions to things.
590** The show also presents Eiji and Goto in contrast. Goto is stoic, serious, quiet, and focuses on a really big picture [Read: The World] concerning helping people; Eiji is emotional, kind, quite lively, and prefers pouring his strength and soul into doing what he can for the people he can focus on at the present.
591** One could say that of the Greeeds, Uva and Kazari are this. Uva is HotBlooded and short tempered, while Kazari is calm, collected and a schemer.
592*** [[PlayingWithATrope And yet the opposite is also true]], with Kazari trying to dope himself up using Mezool and Gamel's Medals while Uva hesitates due to what happened to them and instead picks a safer means of gaining strength, in spite of how long it would take. Likewise, while Kazari's own schemes are guaranteed to get him desirable results in the short term, Uva was perfectly content to patiently sit back.
593* RegularCaller: Ankh can sense a Yummy's presence; probably applies to all Greeed in general.
594** Date, Goto, and [[spoiler:Satonaka]], lacking a Greeed buddy, use a Gorilla Candroid that goes off whenever a Yummy is active.
595** [[spoiler:Eiji, after absorbing the purple Core Medals, gains the ability to sense Yummy as well.]]
596* RuleOfSymbolism: Kougami's utter fascination with the concept of beginnings and birth; to give a measure, he outright stated his nondiscrimination of the concept, whether the topic of beginning is good or bad. He also makes birthday cakes non-stop while playing ''HappyBirthdayToYou''.
597** And on the other side of the spectrum stands Dr. Maki, interested in the concept of ends and death. And his favorite music is ''Lacrimosa'', the ''final'' movement in Mozart's ''final'' work, ''[[DiedDuringProduction left unfinished due to his death]]''. It doesn't get more symbolic than that, folks...
598** According to Kougami, OOO is written as the infinity symbol with an extra 'O' in front. The implications is that OOO's power is a step beyond infinity.
599* RuleOfThree: It'd probably be easier to count the instances where it doesn't apply...
600** Even the toys have it: The Medal Scanner takes three AAA batteries.
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604* SanDimasTime: Unlike the usual sort of TimeTravel, Gara in TheMovie rotates ''a whole section of the city'' into the Edo period (presumably rotating the same chunk from the past into the present as well), so time on both sides runs unhindered, allowing Gara to interact with either side in real time.
605* SealedEvilInACan: The Greeed free themselves from their containment, and waste no time in wreaking havoc.
606* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Date's defection in #37 was a ruse not only to keep an eye on Dr. Maki, but also to give Goto the motivation he needed to become Birth]].
607* SelfDestructMechanism: [[spoiler:Doctor Maki installed one in Kamen Rider Birth and intends to use it on Date. Fortunately, Goto had deactivated it beforehand.]]
608* SetBonus: Similar to how OOO's single colored Combos unlock a hidden power, the Greeeds each have a powerful ability when they are at full power.
609** Ankh: Unknown
610** Uva: [[spoiler:ShockAndAwe.]]
611** Kazari: [[spoiler:[[PrehensileHair Tentacled Dreadlocks]].]]
612** Gamel: [[spoiler:[[TouchOfDeath The Cell Medal Touch]].]]
613** Mezool: [[spoiler:[[ElementalShapeshifter Liquid Shapeshifting]].]]
614* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The plot of ''Let's Go Kamen Rider'' revolves around fixing the past and preventing Shocker from winning.
615* ShadowDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Dr. Maki's [[OneWingedAngel transformation into a Greeed]].]]
616* ShirtlessScene: Pretty much how we're introduced to Eiji. Also pantless aside from his signature underwear.
617** We see both Eiji and Nobonaga in boxers and nothing else in the movie "Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider OOO & W featuring Skull: Movie War Core".
618** And Eiji by the riverbank in #8.
619** And Eiji in #27 filming the movie Kougami asked for.
620** Date has this in #24, revealing that he is pretty ripped.
621* ShoeSlap: An angry wife throws her shoes at her husband in #7. Unfortunately, Gamel sees it and thinks it's funny, so he makes a Yummy to throw more objects at people. And it doesn't stick with things as harmless as shoes, either.
622* ShoutOut: A bit coincidental to ignore: The Siamese Yummy in #13 has scalpels "equipped" on her fingers like claws, taken after her host. This looks exactly like how, in ''Anime/{{Blassreiter}}'' #1, the very first monster fused its hand with nearby scalpels. Both monsters are also "female". Lastly, both ''OOO'' and ''Blassreiter'' are Kobayashi's works[[note]]Even though she might not have created the Siamese Yummy's design, the scalpel are undoubtedly carried over from a character she wrote.[[/note]]
623** So we're not going to talk about how she's a [[Film/BatmanReturns psychotic, cat-obsessed woman in skin-tight black leather with improvised claws?]]
624** This also happened in Manga/KamenRiderSpirits, during the One Man Battle arc.
625** Kamen Rider Birth has had a couple of shout outs to ''ComicBook/IronMan'': his ChestBlaster, and as in the movies, we get facial close-ups set inside the helmet, complete with constant data-feed. Even his personal policy boils down to "sometimes you gotta run before you can walk".
626*** [[spoiler:And both Date and Movie Tony Stark have a piece of metal in their body that is killing them, and is thankfully rectified in time for both to fight alongside their sidekicks in the climax.]]
627** In #28, the CLAWS jumping out of the ground brings to mind [[Film/Transformers2007 another live-action giant robot scorpion]].
628** In #30, the Orca-Panda Yummy uses distinct martial arts moves - either a nod to ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' or ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' since Date calls it "Panda-Ken", following Geki terminology.
629** [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger It's not the first time Toei gave a gun-axe hybrid to a dinosaur-themed hero]].[[note]]Though technically Mammoth Ranger isn't based on a dinosaur.[[/note]]
630** One could say that the reason why the Lion Medal gives OOO LightEmUp powers is because of the famous scene from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', which starts with a rising sun.
631** Birth's theme "[=Reverse/Re:birth=]" contains the lyric "Don't lose yourself", which is the name of one of [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Ixa's]] {{Image Song}}s. A potential lampshade on the similarity between the two characters?
632** [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki A mature Rider who takes on an apprentice for support, is replaced by that apprentice and later becomes his support. They use the same gear and nearly the same suit, but with different highlights.]] Is this Date and Goto or Zanki and Todoroki?
633*** Incidentally, leftover folders for Zanki and Todoroki exist in Climax Heroes Fourze. It's speculated that they were going to use the Date + Goto Birth system for those two.
634** Putotyra's theme "Power to TEARER" mentions rampaging[[note]]''abare''[[/note]]. Combined with its component medals, this may be a call back to ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.
635** Birth's helmet very closely resembles that of ''Series/SeiunKamenMachineman''.
636** Eiji's PreMortemOneLiner, "Seiya!", might be a reference to ''Series/VRTroopers'', where Ryan and JB would typically use the phrase "See ya!" in English whenever they defeated the MonsterOfTheWeek.
637* ShownTheirWork: Browse through this page and count how many times "FridgeBrilliance" is brought up or linked to. Alternatively, see how sizable the [[Fridge/KamenRiderOOO Fridge]] page is for just one TV series. Evidently a lot of thought has been put into strengthening the core concepts. Thumbs up for the creation team!
638** It helps that Creator/YasukoKobayashi is the writer of OOO.
639* SignatureStyle: Dang it, [[Creator/YasukoKobayashi Kobayashi]]; haven't you [[FridgeHorror creeped us out]] enough with [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger the Gedoshu and Ayakashi]] last year?!
640** A NiceGuy suddenly got involved in a conflict he knew nothing about beforehand, and given powers to fight as a result. [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Shinji]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Ryotaro]], meet your new ''kōhai''!
641* SimpleScoreOfSadness: Track 11 on the second soundtrack, fittingly called "Collapse of Friendship". [[spoiler:The most notable scene in which it's played is in #48, when Ankh bids his farewell to Eiji.]]
642* SkywardScream: OOO gave out a big one as the battle cry in his first transformation to Gatakiriba in #6. To give a good measure: It's a loud, deep-lung roar that lasts for ''11 seconds''. It even comes complete with a burst of green aura that made Ankh flinch a bit.
643** 6 episodes later, in #12, it was topped by the Sagohzo Combo: ''18 seconds''.
644*** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for Sagohzo; the [[MakeMeWannaShout shouting]] plus [[ShockwaveClap chest pounding]] is strong enough to be [[LoudOfWar weaponized]].
645** Kogami's "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ!!!!!!!"
646* SlouchOfVillainy: Though he's an anti-hero, Ankh is incapable of sitting any other way. The other Greeed also sometimes indulge in this, with Kazari being the most frequent offender.
647* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Mezool, the aquatic animal Greeed, is the only female among them. She's even blue.
648* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Variation in #37. Eiji suddenly going [[spoiler:"It's a Yummy!", hinting that the purple Core Medals are turning him into a Greeed himself.]]
649* SoulJar: A Greeed's existence relies entirely on a single core medal. As long as this medal survives, they can be brought back with sufficient amounts of Cell Medals.
650* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: In #10, there appears to be a soundtrack of "Happy Birthday" playing over the pre-credits intro - until Maki changes the track on Kougami's radio so he can have ominous background music (specifically, [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart's]] ''Lacrimosa'') for the rest of the scene.
651* SoundtrackDissonance: While the Greeed were massacring Kougami Foundation's motorcycle brigade, Kougami was singing along to ''an operatic adaptation of HappyBirthdayToYou.'' Seriously, the opening scene's level of disturbing was brought up to eleven because of this.
652* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name could be spelled as "OOO", "Ozu", "Ouz", "O's", etc. In the [[AllThereInTheManual ''Toei Hero Max Vol. 34'' magazine]] he was "Ooz". The official website finally decided on OOO.
653** The Lion-Tiger-Cheetah form was briefly and officially "[=LaTorarTah=]" before "'''Latorartar Combo'''" was decided upon by the production company.
654*** The Cheetah Legs (or "Cheater Legs" according to the official lyrics of "Ride on Right time") cause this problem in all other forms, where the last part of the name is either "-arTar", "-ieTar", or "-uTar" (e.g. Takatorartar, Takakirietar, and Takautar) depending on the arm parts.
655** The Rhino-Gorilla-Elephant form is officially "'''Sagohzo Combo'''".
656** The Hawk-Peacock-Condor form is officially "'''Tajadol Combo'''", and the Condor Medal is officially the "Condo'''l''' Medal". This was also briefly "[=TaJyaDol=]"
657*** The weapon acquired in this form is the "'''Taja ''Spiner'''''", which was also briefly the "[=TaJya=] ''Spiner''", and never "Spinner".
658** "Greeed" is officially spelled with three ''e''s.
659** The bike has been given three names throughout the course of the program: "Ride-Vender" (as seen in magazines), "Ride Vendor" (as seen in the show), and "Ridevendor" (as seen on the website).
660* StalkerWithACrush: Eiji's old schoolmate Kitamura acts like this towards him, even going so far as to [[spoiler:abduct Eiji's friends to "help" him.]] A rare [[HoYay homosexual]] example.
661* StaringKid: When Eiji's desperately disabling bombs in #10, the last one's in a restroom with a kid at the sink. Eiji yells at him to take cover as he dives at the bomb - and gets it just in time. After taking a few moments to realize he's not blown up and to compose himself; he sees the kid still there looking at him, apologizes for scaring him, and offers him [[BringMyBrownPants clean underwear]].
662* StealthPun: Possibly: Kazari's head has "locks" on it, reminding of the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}''; and his Core Medals are all Panthera predators.
663** In addition to the actor-name "thousand" puns for the milestone episode (see LostInTranslation above), it can't be a coincidence that a Rider called OOO is the one celebrating 1''000'' episodes. In fact, the last slide of President Kougami's slideshow detailing his plans for making a 1000th episode Kamen Rider movie ([[BizarroEpisode just roll with it]]) shows the first kamen rider (aka Series/KamenRider 1) shaking hands with Kamen Rider OOO. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FoQkSFu-8k4/TZP08FmC9oI/AAAAAAAAAlk/DwM4stY6Nts/s1600/bscap0277.jpg Rider 1 is on the left and OOO is on the right]], forming a very slick VisualPun for the number 1000.
664* TheStoic: Mainly Goto and Dr Maki. Satonaka to a ''relatively'' lesser extent. Do they ever smile?
665** Goto started to show some extra character dimensions by #12, though his stoicism largely remains. Even Kougami calls him out on his strong pride.
666* TheStrategist: Ankh plans for Eiji to defeat the other Greeed and collect all Medals so that Ankh can get his body back and become the "Multi-King" with their acquired powers.
667* StylisticSuck: the ShowWithinAShow being filmed during the 1000th episode special. Especially notable as they avoid showing stuff like the transformation effects, ''even with an actual Rider on hand''.
668* SuperDrowningSkills: Ep 15. While hurling the Rider into a river is practically a OnceASeason tradition, Ankh jumps in after him ''and turns out fine.''
669* SuperStrength: Hina Izumi, despite apparently not owing to Medals, or anything supernatural whatsoever. By the series' end, we don't know what makes her so strong and its nature never becomes a plot point. Early in the series she was referred to as a "power type" in GratuitousEnglish, so it may be that in this universe there are more where she came from.
670* SymbolicBlood: When the Greeed are hurt they "bleed" Cell Medals; in the finale Hina finds Ankh in a pool of Medals that looks disturbingly like a puddle of blood.
671* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:While only really played straight during the finale (see CatchAFallingStar), the concept of reaching your hand out to help someone else is a subtle theme throughout the entire series. During the finale, Eiji realizes that this was the lesson he had to learn, having spent so long offering his hand to others and finally willing to accept help from the people who care about him.]]
672** [[spoiler:YouAreNotAlone]]
673** Became ArcWords for ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals''.
674* TeamMom: Mezool is ridiculously patronizing and its pretty apparent that she holds a lot more influence in the group than we initially had thought. She not only drops a few Medals to keep Gamel in shape and share her Cell Medals to all, but she was able to mediate Uva and Kazari into giving each other back their respective medals.
675* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Deconstructed in #13. Eiji busts out a full Combo against a lone Yummy with no backup, and as a result is too exhausted to pursue it after it manages to get away.
676** Putotyra's Scanning Charge is kind of like this. First, the Wind Stingers impale the opponent to hold it in place, then the External Fins generate a cool breeze to freeze the monster, then finally, swings the Tail Divider to shatter it.
677* ThemeTuneRap: The opening mixes this with ska.
678-->''[[GratuitousEnglish You count the Medals, one, two, and three! Life goes on, anything goes, coming up OOO!]]''
679* ThunderBeetle: Eiji with one of Uva's Kuwagata Medals in the first position, gives him a stag beetle head and lets him shoot electricity all over.
680* TimTaylorTechnology: Pretty much any power inequivalency can be resolved by using more Cell Medals. [[spoiler:This is taken to its logical extreme in #48, when Eiji absorbs literally ''millions'' of Cell Medals into the Medagabryu for a single strike against Dr. Maki.]]
681* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: In ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'', Gara's [[EvilPlan big plan]] involves harvesting the greed of all the cityfolk with offers of money, drawing one or two Cell Medals per person, that go straight into fueling his Doomsday Machine. Harvesting Eiji alone ''causes it to overload''.
682* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ankh sure loves popsicles.
683** Kougami and his birthday cake. He even has his assistant keep track of his employees' birthdays so he has an excuse to bake them, though he's seen baking extra cakes for no reason and having Satonaka eat those. She even [[LampshadeHanging complains about the sugar intake]] her job yields in one of her rare off-duty scenes.
684** Date and his ''Oden''.
685* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The "Multi King" plot device is brought up as early as in promotional materials. Though a few characters mention "[[spoiler:a 'container' for the Core Medals]]", the topic is mostly left untouched within the first third of the series.
686* TranquilFury: Goto in #38 when he thought that [[spoiler:Date was dead]].
687* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted. We see Eiji dodging attacks while carefully timing the medal switches and scan, and the Owl Yummy in #34 interrupted him while he was inserting medals.
688** But played straight and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in #35 when the Unicorn Yummy attacks Goto and Date, Birth's henshin sphere deflects the Unicorn's attack, made more obvious as Birth has to make a quick head dodge the second the sphere ends to avoid a head shot.
689** And again played straight and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in #37 when OOO's henshin sphere deflects the Yummy's attack.
690** Subverted in #44. While #37 shows that OOO's henshin rings can deflect attacks, Gamel's massive SpamAttack either hit enough times or was strong enough to interfere with the transformation sequence and interrupt it.
691* TrashTheSet: The Cous Coussier in ''Movie Wars Megamax''.
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695* VengefulVendingMachine: If you figured that this trope would show up in a series where vending machines are so prominent (as the motorcycle alternate mode), you'd be right. It appears in #6, where Kougami has Eiji locked out of the Ride Vendors to pressure Ankh at the negotiating table. Eiji has the usual reaction to a malfunctioning vending machine, checking the coin slots and trying PercussiveMaintenance; despite the fact that he's in full superhero armor and trying to get a motorcycle out of it. He eventually just knocks the whole thing over and sits on top, even ''miming bike riding'' in desperation.
696* VictimOfTheWeek: Like [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Den-O]], the kaijin in this show come to people, and make Yummies out of them. They usually have problems that Eiji has to take care of.
697** #1-2: Averted at first, with two different Yummy over 2 eps (one of which is our first OneWingedAngel-type) from two different human hosts who are never characterised.
698** #3-4: A BigEater.
699** #5-6: A RichBitch.
700** #7-8: A gambling-addict husband. Not a Yummy host, as the Yummy was created by Gamel, but nonetheless in need of Eiji's help.
701** #9-10: A MadBomber.
702** #11-12: A [[WalkingTheEarth traveller]].
703** #13-14: A MadDoctor.
704** #17-18: A UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} student.
705** #19-20: TheStoolPigeon. Again a case of the 'victim' not being the Yummy host. Instead he's the ''target'' of the Yummy host, an escaped prisoner out on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against those who got him locked up.
706** #21-22: A WellIntentionedExtremist with a strong sense of righteousness. He ''likes'' having the Yummy around, because it attacks people he sees as wicked.
707** #23-24: A woman, an old acquaintance of Date, who [[IJustWantToBeBeautiful wants to be as beautiful and enticing as her sister.]]
708** #25-26: A retiring boxer.
709** #27-28: An actor portraying a [[NebulousEvilOrganization Shocker]] {{Mook}}, who is in fact an [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself actual]] former {{Mook}}. Similar to the Victim of #21-22, he is delighted by the prospect of having spawned a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Yummy]], even referring to it as his own Shocker Kaijin. His wish is to defeat all Kamen Riders as revenge for all the [[{{Mook}} mooks]], [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters]], and [[BigBad Big Bads]] that the Riders have [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain beaten down over the years]].
710** #29-30: Doctor Maki.
711** #31-32: A guy who wants to show his gratitude to the family of his dead teacher who helped him to get out of bad influence.
712** #33-34: An old schoolmate of Eiji.
713** #35-36: A schoolmate of Hina who [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers only gets the 2nd place]] in a fashion competition [[spoiler:where Hina wins and gets a business proposition by a famous designer. The schoolmate is understandably jealous]]. The [[MonsterOfTheWeek Unicorn Yummy]] is created from her discarded trophy. Hina is kind of a secondary VictimOfTheWeek because [[spoiler:the Unicorn Yummy literally destroys her dream of becoming a fashion designer]].
714** #37-38: Played with for once. Either Chiyoko, who's one of ''dozens'' of Yummy victims for a change, or [[spoiler:Date himself, since his condition finally gets focus.]]
715** #39-40: A neighborhood association president who put up surveillance cameras throughout the town, intending to catch crimes, even minor misdemeanors. Turns out [[spoiler:it's his wife who's the real host, using the surveillance to gain a feeling of power.]]
716** #41-42: Another interesting example. Arguably the victim is [[spoiler:Ankh, who was absorbed by Lost Ankh at the end of 40]], and his plight had absolutely nothing to do with the MonsterOfTheWeek.
717** #43: A man who wishes to be the only man in existence which leads his Yummy to beat up every man it comes across. Interestingly, this VictimOfTheWeek isn't the focus of the episode at all. [[spoiler:In fact, he only served to bring Uva back to life]].
718** ''[[CrossOver Movie War Core]]'': A ballerina who desires to dance after breaking her leg. Created from her ballet shoes.
719** ''[[TheMovie Shogun and the 21 Core Medals]]'': A boy whose mother had been [[spoiler:absorbed into Gara, who takes on her appearance.]] Most of the cityfolk could also count, since Gara also harvests all their greed to fulfill his goal.
720** ''[[CrossOver Movie War MegaMax]]'': [[spoiler:the Franchise/KamenRider from the future, Kamen Rider Aqua in a case of DemonicPossession.]]
721* VillainousBSOD: #5: Ankh made Uva realize he was tricked by Kazari. The latter didn't get much time to get angry, since Ankh took advantage of it for a truly one-sided beatdown, and [[spoiler:stole a whole set of his Core Medals]].
722* VillainTeamUp: In ''Lets Go Kamen Rider'', the "Shocker UN" is composed of every BigBad group from then on, apparently because the Kamen Riders never rose up to stop him in that timeline.
723* VitriolicBestBuds:
724** The whole reason [[spoiler:Ankh sticks with Eiji rather than teaming up with Kazari, who's just as underhanded as him.]]
725--->'''Ankh:''' Eiji and I may have different objectives, and we may undermine each other... but at least we're honest about it.
726** In #15, Kazari is dumbfounded as to why Ankh and Eiji would continue working together [[spoiler:after arguing over the importance of Cell Medals or Hina resulted in the loss of nearly all of their Medals]].
727--->'''Kazari:''' Didn't the two of you break up?!?\
728'''Ankh:''' There's nothing TO break up!
729* WhamEpisode:
730** #19 has [[spoiler:the Medal Case being stolen and Kazari absorbing the Lion, Kamakiri, and Cheetah Medals.]]
731*** Scratch that, any episode that ends [[spoiler:with Eiji losing tons of Medals then he had previously]].
732** [[RuleOfThree These three things]] happened in #29. First: Kougami reveals to Maki he knows about him and Kazari and is ''not'' happy. Second: Kazari, fed up with Maki's whining, creates a Yummy out of his desire that ends up targeting Chiyoko. And Third: We find out that [[spoiler:Ankh's ''entire body'' exists as a separate entity with its own personality]].
733** #30: [[spoiler:We find out that Dr. Maki himself - as a child! - killed his sister, and he breaks ties with the Kougami foundation to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]
734** #31: [[spoiler:Eiji apparantly has begun to turn into the Dinosaur Greeed.]]
735** [[spoiler:Scratch that, he's just being corrupted by the Medals. MAKI is becoming the Dinosaur Greeed! And he can make powerful Yummies from NOTHING.]]
736** #35: A nonstop roller coaster of Wham: [[spoiler:Date is beginning to suffer debilitating headaches from a bullet in his head he received during his time in the civil war, Uva is attempting to resurrect Gamel and Mezool, and probably biggest of all, Shingo Izumi, the supposedly comatose PuppeteerParasite of Ankh, has recovered enough that he's '''regaining consciousness'''.]]
737*** Really, the subsequent episodes have had their shares of wham: [[spoiler:#36 ends with Eiji in control of Putotyra, Mezool and Gamel revived by Uva, but betraying the latter to join Kazari. #37 has Akira Date [[FaceHeelTurn switching sides]] after Dr Maki makes him an offer too good to refuse.]]
738** Nearly every episode since #40 has been a wham episode, and much like Double, they combine to make a ''Wham Arc''.
739*** #40: [[spoiler:Ankh is completely absorbed by Ankh (Lost) and, once again, it seems nearly all of their Core Medals are lost.]]
740*** #41: [[spoiler:Ankh managed to save all the Medals again just like in #19; Eiji is slowly turning into a Greeed himself, the more he uses his medals; and [[HesBack Izumi Shingo is BACK]].]]
741*** #42: [[spoiler:Ankh (Lost) is KilledOffForReal as the Medagaburyu could ''break Core Medals''. Ankh comes back and confronts Shingo.]]
742*** #43: [[spoiler:Ankh betrays Eiji, possesses Shingo's body again and helps with Uva's revival.]]
743*** #44: [[spoiler:Dr. Maki officially becomes the purple Greeed and Kazari becomes complete, but is destroyed for good soon after.]]
744*** #45: [[spoiler:Ankh has absorbed most of Kazari's Core Medals, the Medal Case is stolen again, and Gamel and Mezool become complete, but Mezool is destroyed for good soon after.]]
745*** #46: [[spoiler:Akira Date returns, Gamel is destroyed for good, Ankh seems to have another change of heart, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie and then Eiji was a Greeed]]]]
746*** #47: [[spoiler:Ankh's HeelFaceTurn is confirmed but is left dying by Dr. Maki, Eiji's desire is revealed to be power and is willing to grab Dr. Maki's cores or absorb thousands of Cell Medals to get it, and Uva becomes complete.]]
747*** And to cap off all that, in the Medal Count screen at the end of #47, [[spoiler:Eiji has no Medals left aside from Purple Cores, and the stone frame just ''[[PaintingTheMedium turned into a mass of]] [[http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x202/NekoLLX/Power%20Ranger_Toku/vlcsnap-2011-08-27-17h28m24s163.png medals]]'']].
748*** #48: Naturally, since it's the finale and all.
749* WhatMeasureIsAMook: In #28, especially when OOO confronts the ex-Shocker mook turned stuntman.
750* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:Dr. Maki views the Greeed as mere objects with no real life or value instead of sentient beings. Ankh decides to do something about that in accordence to himself.]]
751* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
752** [[spoiler:With Ankh gone, Shingo is back to normal, and is resuming his daily life alongside Hina.]]
753** [[spoiler:Goto is back to being a cop.]]
754** [[spoiler:Date is back to helping people as a doctor in Africa.]]
755** [[spoiler:Kougami is... still himself. So is Satonaka. Chiyoko is pretty much the same person as well.]]
756** [[spoiler:Eiji is back to being a wanderer. However, he carries around with him the iPhone Ankh used to carry, which he now uses to keep in touch with the others. As well as the two pieces of Ankh's Taka Core, hoping that he'll meet his friend again someday. Unbeknownst to him, though...]]
757*** [[spoiler:After finally feeling fulfilled in 800 years, Ankh (assumingly) dies as a being rather than a mass of Medals. As such, he lingers on as a spirit, and is following Eiji. He makes sure Eiji doesn't notice though.]]
758* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: When Goto introduces the new Electric Eel Can-droids in #12, Eiji freaks out, mistaking them as snakes.
759** In ''[[TheMovie The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals]]'', [[spoiler:Eiji decides to bite it and use the Cobra Medal's [[MusicalAssassin Braghi flute-triggered]] [[SummonMagic giant cobra summon]] as Burakawani, in order to beat Gara's part-snake Yummy.]]
760* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Greeed are monsters whose MO is consuming the world and are generally causing massive pain to everyone. Then we find out why they're doing it. Their 10th Core Medal was destroyed, leaving them sentient, but even if they get all 9 of their remaining Cores, they have a void inside them that can never be filled due to the destruction of the 10th. They've been that way since they've become sentient, they're only trying to consume the world to fill a void inside them that they were born with. If that hunger is enough to drive them to the extremes they go to, then they definitely qualify.
761* TheWorfEffect: Date in ''Movie Wars Megamax.''
762* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Birth pulls off a Hurricanrana, a leg drop, (attempts) a sleeperhold, and a surfboard stretch, all in quick succession, on an undeveloped Yummy in #33. The out-of-ring antics continue in #34, #35 and #38, and a brief one squeezed into ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals''. Makes one wonder if Date used to be in [[ProfessionalWrestling puro]][[GratuitousEnglish resu...]]
763* WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque: [[spoiler:Eiji]] ends up in [[spoiler:Brazil]] after the climax of ''Movie War CORE''.
764* XanatosSpeedChess: Ankh and Kazari seem to be in a match of this with one another. This is best shown in #19 and #20 when [[spoiler:Kazari performs ThePlan to take back all of his Cores by having his newest Yummy lure the Riders in. However, Ankh managed to see this coming and loaded his Medal Holder with Cells to keep Kazari's last remaining Core from him. Yes, Kazari ends up with all but one, but it's]] still a rather impressive show of how similar the two of them really are.
765* YankTheDogsChain: As part of the Wham Arc, [[spoiler:Shingo Izumi is literally kept coming and going (he apparently awakens at the end of #35 only to slip away again in #36), until they TakeAThirdOption and have Ankh send his own Greeed mojo through Shingo's body, effectively turning him into a Greeed.]]
766* YourAnswerToEverything: Eiji and clean underwear for tomorrow. Gets egregious when he attempts to appease ''kids'' during #10 and even ''Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' with some spares. ''Seriously?''
767* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: #40 ends with Hina just about ready to accept Ankh as he is... cue [[spoiler:Lefty lying in wait to absorb Ankh back into himself, taking all his Core Medals with him.]]
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