Line #32 Trivia/KamenRiderDouble


1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** Masaki Suda appears in flashbacks as [[spoiler:young Katsumi Daido]] during ''Forever A to Z'' and [[spoiler:Eternal's V Cinema]]. Though this may simply be [[spoiler: [[FridgeBrilliance Maria having all but forgotten what young Katsumi was like, and inadvertently imprinting Phillip as a]] SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute]].
3	** Hikaru Yamamoto plays Melissa in the Double part of ''Movie War Core''. [[LampshadeHanging Akiko even notes the resemblance]].
4	* ActorAllusion:
5	** Aya Sugimoto, best known as [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Queen Beryl]], appears in TheMovie ''Double Forever: A to Z'' as a Maria S Cran'''berry'''.
6	** Shotaro threw an epic one in "J's Labyrinth" when he wants to enter a models-only recreation club - Renn Kiriyama is, in reality, an actor/model.
7	---> '''Guard''': Members only, please. This club is for models only.
8	---> '''Shotaro''': Haha, that's sweet. ''I'm'' a model. So, ciao.[[note]]After which he tries to enter and immediately pushed back by the guard.[[/note]]
9	** Also in ''Double Forever'', Elizabeth manages to recover the T2 '''A'''ccel, '''K'''ey, and '''B'''ird Memories, a nod to the fact that her and Queen's actresses are members of the girl group Music/{{AKB48}}.
10	** Episode 45's first two minutes are devoted to reminding us of [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Yuka Hirata's]] previous role by letting her perform her [[{{Tsundere}} extreme tsun-tsun, extreme dere-dere]] schtick.
11	** Yoshie Gotou, one of the Stage Moms in "The O Chain", actually appeared in ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' as the woman who went into sports archery after her own StageMom pushed her to learn the violin. Karma's the real bitch here.
12	** At one point, Jinno notes that Takeshi would be a nice name. Also, his use of GratuitousEnglish mirrors his schtick as a FakeAmerican. And the name "Catherine" pops up later... [[note]]Nadagi is part of the duo "Dylan & Catherine"[[/note]]
13	** Masayuki Deai (Trigger Dopant), though not for one of his own characters. In ''W Returns: Eternal'', he gives the classic [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger BoukenRed]] "[[GratuitousEnglish Good job !]]" and thumbs up.
14	** In ''Begins Night'' (W's half of ''Movie Wars 2010'') there's this hefty Museum {{Mook}} (GiantMook?) who jumps and attempts a Rider Punch on Soukichi. He's played by Jiro Okamoto, suit actor for Series/KamenRiderBlack.
15	** Episodes 21-22 feature Creator/AyumiKinoshita as [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger a police officer]] [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds obsessed with revenge]].
16	** The Fuutic Idol judge who wasn't a CreatorCameo by the opening's singers was played by Ichirou Mizuki, who sung many songs in the Showa era, including the openings for ''X'', ''Stronger'', and ''Skyrider''.
17	* BonusEpisode: Two Hyper Battle [=DVDs=], ''[[Recap/KamenRiderDoubleDonburisAlphaFarewellBelovedRecipe Kamen Rider W: Donburi's α/Farewell Beloved Recipe]]'' and ''[[Recap/KamenRiderDoubleDVDGaiaMemoryEncyclopedia Kamen Rider W DVD: Gaia Memory Encyclopedia]]'', was released with an issue of Magazine/TeleviKun Magazine.
18	* CastingGag: The boy who Shotaro helps (and teaches the way of being hard-boiled) in the last episode is played by the same actor who played preteen Shotaro in the first episode flashback. He also plays Shotaro again in a small part of ''Movie War Core'' in the Skull segment.
19	* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/TomoyukiDan (Isaka) has stated that he really liked the Weather Dopant, his own Dopant form, for its incredibly cool design.
20	* DawsonCasting: Mitsuru Matsuoka was ''40'' when he played Katsumi, who appears to be in his early to mid-20s based off the information given. Possibly justified since storywise he was [[spoiler:growing up using an artificial chemical]].
21	* {{Defictionalization}}: Queen and Elizabeth are played by two members of idol group Music/{{AKB48}}, and when they released their joint single "Love♡Wars", the Liar Dopant arc had them appear on an ''Series/AmericanIdol''-esque contest (Fuuuuuutic Idol) performing the song in order to win a major label release.
22	* FakeNationality: Kazu is played by Korean actor Gong Teyu.
23	* HeAlsoDid: Watcherman's actor, comedian Tomoaki "Nasubi" Hamatsu, is generally best known for starring in ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susunu!_Denpa_Shōnen Susunu! Denpa Shōnen]]'', an early RealityTV show where he had to spend a year living off of prizes he won via mail-away sweepstakes contests.
24	* InMemoriam: The ''[[Literature/SICHeroSaga S.I.C. Hero Saga]]'' novel ''Playback'', which covers this series, is a tribute to Creator/ShotaroIshinomori, featuring an AlternateUniverse version of the franchise's creator being guided by Philip as he learns what has become of his work.
25	* NoExportForYou: Like most of the rest of the Kamen Rider franchise, it isn't legally available in the west. Perplexingly, despite Double itself not being released there, ''Manga/FuutoPI'' has an ongoing French release and the anime adaptation was released on Crunchyroll and other streaming platforms.
26	* PromotedFanboy: Renn Kiriyama was a fan of ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' as a child.
27	* TheOtherDarrin: The upcoming ''Fuuto PI'' anime adaptation will have the core casts be voiced by voice actors as opposed to their original actors from the TV series. Which leads us to:
28	* RoleReprise: The voice actors for ''Kamen Rider W'' casts from the action-adventure game ''Memory of Heroez'' are set to reprise their respective roles for the anime; [[Creator/YoshimasaHosoya Yoshimasa Hosoya]] as Shotaro Hidari, [[Creator/KoukiUchiyama Kouki Uchiyama]] as Phillip, [[Creator/MikakoKomatsu Mikako Komatsu]] as Akiko Narumi, and [[Creator/MakotoFurukawa Makoto Furukawa]] as Ryu Terui.
29	* SequelInAnotherMedium: The manga/anime ''Fuuto PI'' picks up some time after the OOO crossover movie.
30	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Masaki Suda implied during a magazine interview in 2017 that his agency has been the reason he hasn't returned to his role as Philip since 2011.
31	* StarMakingRole: Masaki Suda's career really took off after he played Philip; when ''Film/KamenRiderHeiseiGenerationsFOREVER'' rolled around, he wanted to cameo but couldn't do so because his schedule was booked solid for '''two years straight'''.
32	* WhatCouldHaveBeen
33	** As testified by head writer Riku Sanjo and producer Hideaki Tsukada, ''Double'' was conceived during the run of ''Kiva'' and was infact planned initially to follow that series in mid-January of 2009 as normal but was pushed back when ''Decade'' was thrown into the mix, ''Decade's'' purpose being to celebrate ten years of the ''Heisei Kamen Rider'' revival as well as having a reduced episode count allowing future Rider shows to premiere in the fall, balancing ''Super Sentai'' premiere time in spring, thus ''Double'' marked the beginning of the next stage of the franchise.
34	** [[spoiler:"The O Chain" two-parter reveals that Shroud's ultimate endgame for having Ryu partner with Philip would be [=CycloneAccel=] Xtreme, the ultimate weapon in her war against Ryubee. All we get is a brief ImagineSpot-like depiction (done by digitally recoloring [=CycloneJoker=] Xtreme to have a red left side and Accel's blue headlight "eyes"), since in-story Ryu would never break up Shotaro and Philip's partnership and he'd long since gotten past his hatred.]]
35	** [[spoiler: The form does appear in ''VideoGame/KamenRiderClimaxHeroes OOO'' as a bonus character, where it's basically a PaletteSwap of CJX wielding the Engine Blade and Prism Bicker.]]
36	** As revealed in an interview with producers Hideaki Tsukada and Shinichiro Shirakura, the ''Manga/FuutoPI'' series came about after a plan for a "Joker City" V-Cinema, which was to bring back Renn Kiriyama as Shotaro Hidari, sadly did not work out.
37	* WordOfGod: The series itself is confirmed by the staff to be a homage to the Showa Era, from the little things such as the scarf to the overall feel of the series.

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