History Awesome / KamenRiderDrive

* Just like [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Takumi]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotaro]], Shinnosuke has his own CharacterTic: Flicking his right hand. Displaying all his coolness and pride in one little movement.

* Just like [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Takumi]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotaro]], Shinnosuke has his own MemeticHandGesture CharacterTic: Flicking his right hand. Displaying all his coolness and pride in one little movement.

* Want to make your iPhone sound badass? Then why not turn it into the BadassBaritone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gI_0uM3tKs Break Gunner]]?

** He then [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge went into Type Dead Heat and let her Reapers have it with the Handle Sword before managing to actually wound her.]] Then, when she tried to use a cutting laser on him, he responded to Mr. Belt's line about how it was hot enough to cut right through him [[BadassBoast by saying that it was nowhere near as hot as he was]] before using [[PlayingWithFire Max Flare]] to do a Tire Exchange into [[UpToEleven Type Dead Heat Flare]] and using a [[FinishingMove Full Throttle]] to almost take her out. Almost, thanks to Medic using the two Reaper Roidmudes as meat shields.

** Before the finish, Type Formula does a damn fine job of beating Chaser into the ground using [[UpToEleven faster speed than Type Speed]], as well as the tires on its arms as weapons.

** It averts the IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim angle that some people were expecting. Though it ''would'' have been [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic]] if they did that to Banno considering what he was [[BrainUploading doing at the time]].

* The Special Unit also gets some spotlight, especially Rinna, for uncovering the conspiracy between the president of Font-R and [[spoiler: Superintendent Kirihara]].

* Heart showing up and causing Mr. Belt to panic and order a full retreat. Though admittedly it is a perfectly reasonable response...[[spoiler: seeing that Mr. Belt was facing his own murderer.]]
** The later fight with Drive. Shinnosuke fights with everything he has, even utilizing his quick thinking with Shadow's [[MesACrowd duplication powers]] and Mixer's quick drying cement. But not only does [[NoSell none of it work]], but Heart doles out a [[CurbstompBattle beating]] that shows that, yes this guy could have easily [[spoiler:[[HeroKiller killed Proto-Drive and Krim]]]]. Oh and the [[SarcasmMode best part?]] [[OhCrap Heart and all the other Roidmudes have only grown stronger since the Freeze, and do so every day.]]

* [[spoiler: Despite his debut being in the next episode, Gou shows up in the Mach suit in order to protect his big sister.]]

* In a dark way, Go as Mach [[spoiler:deliberately causing a Slowdown.]]

* Remember Drive's last fight with Heart? How he couldn't really do anything other than a suicide attack? Yeah, [[spoiler:that gets totally paid back when Drive accesses his Type Dead Heat form. Not only did he fight Heart on even terms, he [[MegatonPunch punched him through a mountain.]] And with him losing control soon thereafter, one has to wonder how much stronger he will be once he gains mastery of the form.]]
** Heart gets some credit here for his reaction to this. [[spoiler: When he realizes that Drive can use his own Dead Zone power, does he break down? Does he have a "this is impossible!" moment? No, he just ''laughs'' as though he's overjoyed to find an opponent on his own level.]]

* [[spoiler:After Medic killed 072, Shinnosuke was PISSED. He walked up while she was saying that she would be taking over Chase's duties as Grim Reaper, only she would kill defective Roidmudes instead of resetting them, and called her out.]]
--> '''Shinnosuke''': [[spoiler: You're no Reaper! Don't compare yourself to Chaser! We have a word for people like you, and it isn't Grim Reaper... You're a demon!]]
** [[spoiler:He then [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge went into Type Dead Heat and let her Reapers have it with the Handle Sword before managing to actually wound her.]] Then, when she tried to use a cutting laser on him, he responded to Mr. Belt's line about how it was hot enough to cut right through him [[BadassBoast by saying that it was nowhere near as hot as he was]] before using [[PlayingWithFire Max Flare]] to do a Tire Exchange into [[UpToEleven Type Dead Heat Flare]] and using a [[FinishingMove Full Throttle]] to almost take her out. Almost, thanks to Medic using the two Reaper Roidmudes as meat shields.]]

* [[spoiler:Everything about the Roidmudes in this episode. Medic upgrades Chase to be able to create Slowdowns that can affect everyone, including Riders. Then she shows that she can upgrade Roidmudes during a fight. and then she corrupts the Shift Cars, turning them against Shinnosuke. Finally, we have Chaser using the Shift Cars against Drive and combining all three of his Viral Core weapons]]
* [[spoiler:Type Formula's debut: saving the day when it looks like Drive is done for. Amidst the explosion, Formula drives right into it, when the flames clear, Drive Type Formula is standing tall, unscathed]]
** [[spoiler:Keep in mind, the flames cleared because of Type Formula's tires, spinning it into a tornado of fire!]]
* [[spoiler:Before falling under Medic's control,]] Hunter was able to send Shinnosuke and Kiriko an [[spoiler:SOS]].
* Kyu, of all people, gets this moment! [[spoiler:He found a way to track down Roidmudes' cores on the internet thanks to how 072 found him last episode and he was able to map the unique data print the Roidmude left behind. Even Mr. Belt is impressed!]]

* [[spoiler:The debut of the Trailer Cannon. It takes ''three'' Rolling Gravities just to create a road fit for this mammoth-sized Shift Car to drive on. And oh yes, this guy is also a sentient Shift Car, as he fires blasts at Chaser to pull off a BigDamnHeroes for Drive. Then he drops onto the battlefield and opens his rear door...and out comes Shift Formula who speeds around and attacks Chaser too, before heading for Shinnosuke so he can transform. And then after all that, the cannon showcases why it's paired with Type Formula as its [[HandCannon power proceeds to devastate]] Chaser, and seemingly ends the battle once and for all...]]
** [[spoiler:Before the finish, Type Formula does a damn fine job of beating Chaser into the ground using [[UpToEleven faster speed than Type Speed]], as well as the tires on its arms as weapons.]]
** [[spoiler:The finish to the fight is epic too. Chaser and Drive have a BeamOWar that looks suspiciously like the one Goku and Vegeta had in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (color wise, at least)]]
* [[spoiler:Chase '''survives''' [[MadeOfIron even after all of this]]! Granted, he's pretty busted up when Kiriko finds him at the end of the episode, but he's still alive.]]

* Rinna actually managed to [[GadgeteerGenius fix the Mach Driver]] and as shown by the end of the episode [[spoiler: made a ''second'' one as a test bed for new Mach upgrades! Ladies and Gentlemen, we now know who's most likely to build Kamen Rider Chaser's Signal Bike!]]
* Mach, poisoned by an upgraded Shoot Roidmude, finally figuring out why he's been [[TheWorfEffect getting his ass kicked so hard]] after his initial appearance: [[spoiler: He'd lost faith in himself and doubted his own strength. Once he realizes he's been strong all along he '''''[[ExplosiveOverclocking OVERHEATS TYPE DEADHEAT]] [[CrazyEnoughToWork ON PURPOSE]]''''' to quite literally burn the poison out of his system And then he proceeds to kick Shoot Roidmude's ass despite having blown out Type Deadheat!]]

* The Roidmudes continue to show their ability to evolve when 007 actually [[spoiler:fuses with a human]] to create the Sword Roidmude. Rinna develops a system to [[spoiler:separate the two via a finishing move ''without harming the human host'' in response.]] And it works!
* Chase shows where his loyalties truly lie by [[spoiler: turning into Mashin Chaser and shooting part of his own armor off to give Kiriko the sample of an evolved Roidmude she needs. It's pretty obvious this actually hurt Chase too from the pained sounds as he started to walk away.]]

** Gen and Kyu enthusiastically cheering Drive on during this fight was awesome as well as heartwarming, as they did this only seconds after [[spoiler: finding out his identity]].

* The debut of [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Chaser]]. Nuff said.
** Not to mention, his henshin into [[spoiler:Chaser. After closing the Mach Driver, Chase's form of Machin Chaser appears, before doing a rather Cast Off like effect, and turning into Kamen Rider Chaser]].
** [[spoiler: Chase's [[DynamicEntry entrance]] was pretty awesome too. [[CarFu Using the Ride Chaser]] to ram the Sword Roidmude, preventing him from impaling Kiriko, while leaping off of it to catch her.]]

* Earlier in the episode, Shinnosuke's battle against Heart where he tries to beat the information about [[spoiler: 001's connection to his father's death]] out of him. Not only does Drive deflect Heart's energy blasts with his hands alone, it's like that, had there not been interference, he would have killed Heart outright then and there.

* Chaser and Mach: Round Three ends with another Rider Kick clash [[spoiler:that Chaser wins]].

* [[spoiler: Shinnosuke is able to resist Freeze's mind control powers!]]
** [[spoiler: So did his dad! He knew who Freeze was and was able to resist his control. Unfortunately, that's what ended up killing him.]]
*** [[spoiler: 001's reaction to Shin's dad resisting? ''Sheer horror and disbelief.'' Possibly the only time he's ever felt such emotion.]]
* [[spoiler: 001 showing his evolved state of Freeze, totally whipping the floor with Drive Type Formula and not even allowing the Pit Crew to help at all.]]
** [[spoiler: Though to be fair, they held out for a while. Marntarn especially, managing to create a vortex of heat that kept Freeze's own power at bay for a brief window and even managed to push it back at one point.]]
* [[spoiler:Shinnosuke managing to find 001 by using Shadow to listen in on a phone conversation between Nira and 001.]]
** [[spoiler: And a bit later, Chase saving Shinnosuke from two Reaper Legion members working with 001.]]

* Freeze[[spoiler: severely injuring Shinnosuke, possibly even killing him.]] Its awesome for the villains... just not for the heroes. To put it in more detail: [[spoiler:Freeze already achieved his Ultimate Evolution after being supposedly defeated by Drive Type Formula and then he shows his power... ''by blasting through Shinnosuke and Belt-san in'' '''ONE HIT TO THEIR DEATHS'''!]]
* [[spoiler: Despite being killed, Shinnosuke put up a good fight, managing to use fire to keep Freeze at a distance.]] Type Speed Flare and Type Formula Matarn came in great help today.

* [[spoiler: Though for those of us that watched episodes 31 and 32 of [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Fourze]] it becomes quite clear what's about to occur. From death's clutches, a hero speeds back to life, driven to protect others.]]
* [[spoiler: Go reveals that he was immune to Freeze's mind control, and returns firmly to the side of good.]]
** [[spoiler: Chase, is willing to go on what is more or less a suicide mission to fight the Roidmude Commanders, just to avenge Shinnosuke and save Go.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite being totally over-powered, Chase still fights 001, and even taunts his abilities.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Kamen Rider Chaser''': You're wasting your time! I'm a Roidmude and what you did to Drive isn't going to work on me!]]
* Type Tridoron's debut. [[spoiler:Both Shinnosuke and Belt-san get to demolish Freeze with their bare hands, SuperSpeed, and firing an energy Tridoron out of the Trailer Cannon.]] It was ''glorious''.
** [[spoiler: That's not an "energy Tridoron". Drive reverts back to Type Speed when he executes the attack and the beam lands afterward to turn back into Tridoron's regular car form. They shot the ''car itself'' as a finishing move!]]
*** [[spoiler: This bears repeating. After attacking with the Attack 1.2.3 Tire (which combined Midnight Shadow's [[MesACrowd duplication powers]], Funky Spike's spikes as [[MacrossMissileMassacre a hailstorm of projectiles]], and Max Flare's heat as [[MadeofExplodium a BIG explosion]]), [[FinishingMove the two shot Freeze.]] [[AbnormalAmmo With a car.]] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Out of a cannon.]] It is as [[RuleOfCool awesome]] and badass as it sounds.]]
** [[spoiler: Krim showing off what he can do with a body by ''effortlessly'' handing Freeze his ass. For being dead for 12 years, he showed no signs of rust when it came to fighting!]]
** Another thing to note? [[spoiler:Freeze attempts his OneHitKill attack again, but Drive, as Krim, tosses it aside one handed.]]

--> [[spoiler:'''Shinnosuke''' '''''&''''' '''Krim''':]] Henshin!
* Earlier in the episode, Nira storms in and demands that [[spoiler: Honganji help him select a new Kamen Rider since Shinnosuke is dead]]. Honganji ''snaps'', and for the first time we see him actually angry as he bears down on Nira - who at this point is clearly afraid of the Chief's fury.

* [[spoiler: After the Cliffhanger ending of #35, it seemed like things looked bleak for the SCU. However, with the help of Prof. Banno and Dimension Cab, Shinnosuke and the Crew finally have the decisive evidence to not only prove their innocence, but also finally put Nira under arrest in a live broadcast.]]
* [[spoiler: All three Riders transforming together.]]
** The ensuing fight. [[spoiler:Not only do the Riders manage to kill six Roidmudes, but they smear Nira. And that's not to mention the debut of the new insert theme sung by Shinnosuke's, Gou's AND Chase's actors, "Spinning Wheel".]]
*** [[spoiler: After they defeated his Thief Roidmude form, Brain throws Nira out and attacks the riders with his Ultimate Form. The Riders quickly destroy his body in less than 1 minute with a Triple Rider Kick, one after another, leaving his weakened core]].
** Brain gets a bit of one simply by [[spoiler:''surviving'' that, given ''just'' Drive Type Tridoron's FinishingMove was enough to kill 001 completely.]]
** The moment itself deserves more elaboration. [[spoiler:As soon as Chase joined the team, Gou and Shinnosuke both had their daddy issues affect their job as Riders. Gou himself had to fake being evil for a few episodes. When they transformed together, the three were pretty much putting everything that split them away recently aside and kick Roidmude ass together.]]

* [[spoiler: 006's lackeys, 062 and 036]] get one for being able to overpower both Chase and Mach, and later Chase. [[spoiler: 006]] gets one himself for being able to beat down both, [[spoiler: ''in his HUMAN'' form]].

* As Chase was fighting [[spoiler: 006]]'s Mook, before performing Across Breaker (with will lead us to Funny Moment), he used Shift Prototype Speed in battle for the first time, using the very same speedy punch in Episode Zero as Proto Drive!

-->'''Go:''' Searching! Destroying... Yeah, this feels right... I'm gonna wipe out any evil that threatens humanity. Even if it is [[spoiler: my own father]]. That's my responsibility... my duty as Kamen Rider Mach!

* Banno tries to steal Shift Tridoron again [[spoiler:only for it to be revealed the heroes hijackproofed the Shift Cars]]. The result is Banno taking the first OhCrap and hit he's gotten so far.

* Chase figures out on his own terms that [[UnrequitedLove Kiriko and Shinnosuke really do love each other]]... and AIIsACrapshoot takes one up the ass as he's learned to take it all in stride, treasuring the pain as a sign of his burgeoning humanity. [[spoiler:Pity it turns out to be a DeathFlag.]]
* No mention to [[spoiler:Brain's HeroicSacrifice to save Medic, even after all the shit she did to him?]]

* How the group survived [[spoiler:004 self destructing]]. Go [[spoiler:overclocked Deadheat and used the speed boost to knock them all out of the way.]]

* What about [[spoiler:seeing Drive, Chaser, Mach, Heart, and Medic all transform side by side?]]
* [[spoiler:Chase, mortally wounded by Banno, charges forwards and latches onto the MadScientist, refusing to let go no matter how hard Banno tries to dislodge him, all to catch the psycho in his death explosion.]]
** [[spoiler: Mashin Chaser's last hurrah. In that form, he was called a Grim Reaper, but the last thing he uses the powers for is to save a human life. ]]

* Go lays the ultimate smackdown on [[spoiler:Banno and makes him pay for all the suffering he's put everyone through by [[CallBack killing him in the exact manner that Shinnosuke killed Krim in the Drive Summer Movie]]]]. This moment gets awesomer for these little tidbits:
** It averts the [[spoiler:IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim angle that some people were expecting. Though it ''would'' have been [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic]] if they did that to Banno considering what he was [[BrainUploading doing at the time]]]].
** Go underwent a heavy depression throughout the middle of the way into Drive and most of that is ''because'' [[spoiler:of his father. Seeing him finally put him to rest has redeemed him in some people's eyes]].
** [[spoiler:Banno was being a huge SmugSnake before Go takes the axe. Afterwards, he [[VillainousBreakdown loses his composure and begs his son not to kill him off.]]]] To say it was satisfying is to put it lightly.
*** A little elaboration is required here. Throughout his entire time on the show, Banno's been a crowning example of a SmugSnake. Whenever he seems to lose control or his enemies gain ground, he'd reveal some twist that let him stay on top laughing like the creep that he is. When [[spoiler: Go picks up the Signal Ax and makes it clear he has absolutely zero intention to let his monstrous excuse of a father live, Banno well and truly ''loses his composure for the first time in the series''. His begging isn't mere platitudes and promises of power, he's honest to god begging for his life because he's realized that the son whose life he took for granted is going to actually end him and since his only arguments are self centered and egotistical he has no chance of convincing him. Banno is brutally removed from the world in the most cathartic way possible for those who'd suffered through his cruelty and smugness: Panicked, screaming, and terrified.]]

--> '''Go''': [[ThisIsUnforgivable You've done so many things I could never forgive, you bastard]]... You used me... You brought shame on my sister... You used Krim's inventions for Evil! But... Worse than any of that... You... [[spoiler: You killed my friend!]]
** It should also be mentioned that [[spoiler:Mach only gets any weapons at the ''end'' of the fight, until that he's beaten the stuffing out of his psychotic father with his bare hands.]]
** Even more epic? [[spoiler:Go is the first support character [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki since Kamen Rider Knight]] and arguably [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Beast]] to defeat the overall BigBad by himself.]]
** [[spoiler: What were the things that came to Go's rescue when Banno used his slow down on him? The Chaser Viral Cores. That means most of Chase's arsenal went into helping Gou stop Banno.]]
** [[spoiler: As the final touch, Mach's theme Full Throttle plays throughout the whole sequence of him beating down Banno.]]
** There's also Go's ShutUpHannibal a little earlier in response to [[spoiler:Banno [[KickTheDog mocking Chase's death]]]]:

--> '''Go''': In that case...you must not amount to anything at all. [[spoiler:He wasn't even human...but he was the kindest person I ever met!]] I can't imagine anything as thoughtless as that twisted mind of yours!
** Even better is Go echoing the Signal Ax's CatchPhrase [[spoiler: into an awesome PreMortemOneLiner.]]

** And crossed with Crowning Moment of Heartwarming is the Mach Driver Honoh's announcement when Go pounds the ignition booster. [[spoiler: "Zutto, Chaser!" Go didn't go into his last fight with Banno alone.]]

* [[spoiler:Drive and Heart finally destroying Sigma with a CombinationAttack.]]
** [[spoiler: Even more awesome, Shinnosuke does this by calling on and combining just about every single Shift Car he has and pulling off just about the single most badass Rider Kick in the entire series.]]
* [[spoiler:Series/KamenRiderGhost saving Shinnosuke in the afterlife after his near-death experience. He takes on not one, not two, but THREE fully evolved Roidmudes (Among them being Super Evolved Freeze!) And he beats them [[TheWorfEffect with ease]]!]]

* Shinnosuke is back at the old construction site where Hayase nearly died, and in the exact same situation: The criminal is threatening to kill [[spoiler:Kiriko.]] However, this time things are different. He has the power of a Kamen Rider. With the Eyecon in his hand, Mr. Belt miraculously appears on his waist... but the most badass thing is that [[spoiler:he chooses NOT to transform, proving one fact central to the entire series: The suit doesn't make the Rider. It's the person inside that makes the Rider.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Shinnosuke''': I'm not who I was a year ago. Now, I've learned that evil hasn't disappeared just because the Roidmudes are gone. True evil comes from the darkness in humanity's hearts. So I'm never going to stop. I'll keep moving forward! Even if I can't transform, even if Mr. Belt isn't here, [[BroughtDownToBadass I'm still a cop, and I'm still a Kamen Rider]]!]]

** He later shows off one of his newest toys, Chaser Spider, to show that he and Drive are [[NotSoDifferent about equals]].

* Mach, poisoned by an upgraded Shoot Roidmude, finally figuring out why he's been [[TheWorfEffect getting his ass kicked so hard]] after his initial appearance: [[spoiler: He'd lost faith in himself and doubted his own strength. Once he realizes he's been strong all along he '''''[[ExplosiveOverclocking OVERHEATS TYPE DEADHEAT]] [[CrazyAwesome ON PURPOSE]]''''' to quite literally burn the poison out of his system And then he proceeds to kick Shoot Roidmude's ass despite having blown out Type Deadheat!]]

*** [[spoiler: This bears repeating. After attacking with the Attack 1.2.3 Tire (which combined Midnight Shadow's [[MesACrowd duplication powers]], Funky Spike's spikes as [[MacrossMissileMassacre a hailstorm of projectiles]], and Max Flare's heat as [[MadeofExplodium a BIG explosion]]), [[FinishingMove the two shot Freeze.]] [[AbnormalAmmo With a car.]] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Out of a cannon.]] It is as [[CrazyAwesome awesome]] and badass as it sounds.]]

* Tridoron transforming for the first time and even using the [[ThisIsADrill Rumble Dump Tire]] to become a what's amounts to a DrillTank. It truly shows how versatile and CrazyAwesome the Tire Exchange gimmick can be.

[[folder:Episode 27: Why Were The Families Targeted?]]