History Characters / KamenRiderExAidProtagonists

* RedEyesTakeWarning: When she first transforms into Crisis Gamer Level X, she has red eyes. In the second version of EXCITE, she has blue eyes instead.

* SplitPersonality: She is serious and composed as Asuna, but is perky and preppy as Poppy.

** [[RuleOfThree Then comes]] ''Taddle Legacy'', which will allow Hiiro to access his SuperMode, again based on this genre.

* CoolGuns: His Gashacon Magnum, with its plethora of firing modes that puts VideoGame/{{Contra}} to shame!

[[folder:Asuna Karino/Poppy Pipopapo/Kamen Rider Poppy]]
!!Asuna Karino/Poppy Pipopapo/Kamen Rider Poppy

* DistressedDamsel: Both end up at Asakura's mercy on separate occasions during the special. Satsuki gets brutally beaten with a pipe during her route from work while Mizuki is kidnapped from her shower and almost gets stabbed with a glass shard.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'' reveals that she was indirectly responsible for every event in ''Zero-One Others'' by programming Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai's AI into behaving the way it did]].

* AnimeHair: Not as prominent as Ex-Aid and Genm, but that [[PeekABangs Peek A Bang]] looks hardly practical to be anything else.

* PeekABangs: Half of Snipe's face is covered, invoking this. The "bang" is flipped upwards when he uses Level 3.

* VillainProtagonist: The premise of Taddle Fantasy, Brave's Level 50 game. The player plays as the Demon King, who must kill the Hero in order to rule the world.

* EvilCostumeSwitch[=/=]PaintItBlack: [[spoiler:When he's brought back from his Proto-Gashat, he's working for Cronus and his jacket and Hawaiian shirt have changed to mostly black. Subverted, as he was only pretending to be evil and he switches back to his normal clothes when he comes back to the CR.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:To Kuroto, whose mother is her host.]]

* TokenHeroicOrc: She's a Bugster, yes, but she's also on the side of the Riders. At least, until she was temporarily turned into a Bugster ManchurianAgent via Amagasaki's reprogramming.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Discounting Nico, Poppy is the only female among the Riders.

* BigGood: In contrast to Kuroto, Parado, and Masamune's role as the BigBad, he is served as this to the CR Kamen Riders.

** SmugSnake: That said, other then the aforementioned little lie about being infected, her attempts at getting Taiga to budge never work and her attempt at beating up Emu by stealing Taiga's Gamer Driver and Gashat fails miserably. Also, while she considers Emu her greatest enemy, it's implied that all he ever remembered was a little glimpse of her as a kid ''at best.'' [[spoiler:Turns out that Emu just beat her in a video game and happened to be the first one to beat her. He didn't even gloat or anything, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday and it clearly wasn't as important to him as it was for her.]] Then it turns out it wasn't even actually Emu who beat her.]]
* MoralityPet: Zigzagged on being one to Taiga. On one hand, she got his moral side revealed; when she fakes having the Bugster virus, he actually seems to care as he tried to diagnose her symptoms. But on the other hand, she is manipulative and tried to get him to defeat M. After some time, seeing how dangerous being a Rider actually is, and a generous helping of CharacterDevelopment, she's starting to become a more proper example of this.

[[center: [- [[Characters/KamenRiderExAid Main Character Index]] | '''Protagonists''' ([[Characters/KamenRiderExAidEmuHojo Emu Hojo]]) | [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidBugsters Bugsters]] | [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidOthers Others]] ([[Characters/KamenRiderExAidKurotoDan Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Gemn]]) | [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidMovieExclusiveCharacters Movie-Exclusive Characters]]]] -]

* SoProudOfYou: While he's always quick to show his amazement of his son when he's not ignored or belittled by him, Haima gives a beaming smile as Hiiro rushes out of CR to assist Emu in helping RidePlayers against Kyotaro Hinata's initial orders.

[[center: [- [[Characters/KamenRiderExAid Main Character Index]] | '''Protagonists''' ([[Characters/KamenRiderExAidEmuHojo Emu Hojo/Kamen Rider Ex-Aid]]) | [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidBugsters Bugsters]] | [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidOthers Others]] ([[Characters/KamenRiderExAidKurotoDan Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Gemn]]) | [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidMovieExclusiveCharacters Movie-Exclusive Characters]]]] -]

* MagicalGirl

* MagicalGirl:
* MagicalGirlWarrior

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:''Outsiders'' reveals that she was indirectly responsible for every event in ''Zero-One Others'' by programming Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai's AI into behaving the way it did]].

* AwesomeYetImpractical: [[spoiler:As the second Cronus, he's extremely powerful, and can use any of the Gashacon Weapons of the original 4 Riders, (which are further enhanced in his hands), and due to his training with Proto-Gashats, he's able to endure the strain of Bugster Virus better than the other riders. However, emphasis on ''endure'', not ''negate'', as he still feels plenty of pain while using it, and combined with the lack of Cronus's time control and other abilities, it ends up being less useful than Masamune's version of Cronus.]]

* HiddenDepths: He gets ''pissed off'' when Nico asks him how to become a rider so she can satisfy her childish grudge against Emu, telling her that being a Rider [[NotAGame isn't a game]] despite the fact that he himself said earlier in the series that it was. Not to mention that earlier on when he discovers that Emu has the Game Disease he decides to take it upon himself to operate on him before the virus gets critical, even going as far as to inform Hiiro about what he learned when he had no reason to.

* TheNicknamer: He has a habit of calling the other Doctor Riders by their occupation rather than their names: Emu is “kenshuui” - “intern” (and he gets upgraded into “shounikai” - “pediatrician” in [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Zi-O]] when he becomes an official doctor at the hospital), Taiga is “mumenkyoi” - “licenseless doctor”, and Kiriya is “kansatsui” - “coroner”.

* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Pretends to be a willing minion of Masamune... just long enough to gain his trust and swipe the Proto Gashats out from under his nose, stabbing him in the back to help Emu.]]

The director of Seito University Hospital and Hiiro's father. [[spoiler:As ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' started, he fights as a Ride-Player to resurrect Hiiro's vanished girlfriend.]]

* TheDitherer: He can be counted on to agree with whoever spoke last. Even if it's in direct opposition to the previous guy he agreed with.

* WackyParentSeriousChild: He's not too much on the wacky side, but compared to his generally more serious son, he's this.

* BloodFromTheMouth: The strain of using proto Bang Bang Shooting Gashat causes this in Episode Zero.

* Fiction500: Not to the point of [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Takatora]] or [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Itsuro Takamizawa]], but Taiga's still pretty loaded. He's capable of throwing lots of money at Kuroto in exchange for a Gamer Driver and the Bang Bang Shooting gashat. Later on, he has no problem forking up more so Tsukuru can develop a new game to defeat Genm and according to Taiga, he still has more if Tsukuru needed it.

** To Emu. Both Emu and Taiga enjoy games, but while Emu truly enjoys playing them, Taiga is obsessed with them and doesn't care about anything else other than winning.
** He's also this to Hiiro. Both of them are [[DrJerk unpleasant]] but incredibly [[SmugSuper skillful]] at what they do. While Hiiro is a strict perfectionist, Taiga is [[TheUnfettered relentless]] and will do whatever he wants without caring about what anyone else thinks or who gets hurt.
*** Oh it goes deeper than that. Seeing as they're such bitter rivals, it's likely not a coincidence that their specializations mirror one another. Hiiro, the close-quarters fighter, against Taiga, the long-range one. Heck, the same even goes for their normal work life! While Hiiro's job as a surgeon requires him to be hands-on and up close with his patients, Taiga (as a radiologist) treats his patients through the use of medical imaging techniques.

* LackOfEmpathy: He shows no sign of caring about anything other than achieving his goals. He's not afraid to even endanger the life of a patient just so he can get what he wants. He gets better over the course of the series, especially thanks to Nico as his MoralityPet. [[spoiler:#42 finally averts this as he is shown caring about patients suffering from Gamedeus Game Disease]].

** His younger self in Kamen Rider Snipe Episode Zero lacks them. They appear after he casts away his previous good nature and becomes the apathethic, cynical shell of a person he is known as in the story proper.

* TookALevelInJerkass: When he was first chosen as a Rider, he actually declined, as he was truly dedicated to his job as a radiologist and viewed it as more important. Fast-forward 5 years later, he's an asshole who doesn't really care about anybody, even the patients of the Bugster's infection and cares more about getting the Gashats.

* UsedToBeMoreSocial: In Episode Zero, he has a close friend and good relationship with his patients, contrasting his (at best) arrogant aloofness in the story proper.

* VisualPun: His clothing has a picture of a tiger and a flower on it, both of which have a connection to his name[[note]]His family name contains the kanji "hana" (flower), while Taiga is the way the Japanese pronounced the word "Tiger" [[/note]].
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: As shown with Burgermon, he doesn't have much of a game plan for dealing with the Bugster Virus outside of "shoot everything until they stop moving and the patient recovers."
** Actually, since destroying Bugsters is his first priority, this really is a viable plan from his point of view as he generally isn't concerned with patient's condition.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In the latter half of the series Poppy ends up on the receiving end of a lot of the physical comedy. Not to Emu's extent but far more than the Director and the other Riders.

* StrongerThanTheyLook: Given she's a Bugster Poppy's alot stronger than her slender frame would suggest, and sometimes Emu takes the brunt of it. In Girls Remix she even knocks out a security team of several grown men in a single hit each with just some casual shoves and half-hearted punches.

* BadassBookworm: Is referred to as a genius level surgeon, and lives up to it. He's also quite the combat capable fighter in combat and the one with more physical power out of the Riders.

* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Comes to this realization after [[spoiler:helping kill Graphite]]. Instead of feeling happy about [[spoiler:avenging Saki's death]], he's left questioning if there was ever a ''point'' in doing so since it doesn't change anything. This ultimately marks the start of his CharacterDevelopment.

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Moco Loco according to the web series Poppy's room.

* StrongerThanTheyLook: Given she's a Bugster Poppy's alot stronger than her slender frame would suggest, and sometimes Emu takes the brunt of it. In Girls Remix she even knocks out a security team of several grown men in a single hit each with just some casual shoves and half hearted punches.

-->'''Poppy''': Your po-pa-pi-pu-penality is [[HarbingerOfAsskicking disqualification]].

* AntiHero: Not as much as Kiriya or Taiga, but he still only fights to cure the Bugster's infection and doesn't care for the patient other than operating on them. [[spoiler:Temporarily becomes an AntiVillain while working with Masamune... reluctantly, all because he want to see Saki once again.]]

* AntiHero: Reveals himself to be one at the end of #4, as he only wanted a Bugster sample for research and his own interest in them. He eventually grew out of this by #11, as after talking with one of the nurses that was part of Emu's surgery, Kiriya eventually decided to trust Emu and work with him from that point on.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Part of being a ConsummateLiar seems to come from [[spoiler:[[ItsAllMyFault his guilt over his friend's death, which involved telling him the truth about being infected by the Bugster virus]]]], and wanting to [[spoiler:hide his pain from it]]. #7 strongly implies that when he ''does'' tell the truth, [[CryingWolf only for things to look like he was lying again]], [[SureLetsGoWithThat he pretends that's the case]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption knowing he can't get anyone to believe him any further]]. [[spoiler:He also makes it look like he CameBackWrong as part of his plan for CR to get all the Proto Gashats, even managing to get Emu's help in keeping up the masquerade]].

** After lying to the Riders for so long, Kiriya decides in #7 that it's time to tell them the truth about what happened to his friend and who Genm is. Unfortunately, thanks to Parado swapping out himself for Genm at the last moment, he only ends up making their trust in him even ''[[FromBadToWorse worse.]]'' For extra irony, he lies to Emu about ''lying'' knowing he can't get them to believe him now.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: While he is far from evil (and in fact the most heroic Rider next to Emu), his constant lying and scheming puts him at odds with Emu. However, at #11, his actions get vindicated while learning the value of trusting people, becoming friends with Emu. Come #12, [[spoiler:he gets murdered by a Level 10 Kamen Rider Genm]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Following his resurrection, he pretends to do this by making it look like he sees Emu as a BrokenPedestal and goes into great lengths to torture and kill him, but also asks Emu to help him keep up the charade until he gets all the Proto Gashats away from Masamune.]]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ruka Matsuda, Jiro Uchikawa ([=LVX=] suit)

* ShesGotLegs: Oh ''yes'' they do!

* BreakingTheTrend: The ''first'' time a heroine character in the franchise becomes a Rider. Poppy's popularity would establish a trend going forwards for the franchise.

[[spoiler:At some point, Masamune used said girlfriend's data as a hostage to force Hiiro to serve him, in order to prolong Kamen Rider Chronicle.]]

** [[spoiler:Played straight in the final episode. He's alive, but as a Bugster, and is still counted among the victims of Kamen Rider Chronicle.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:While his character never lasted for a fourth of the show, his actions have a long-lasting impact in the plot. Even his seemingly small actions have shown to be quite useful, as Emu is now using his Gamer Driver. And then he comes back as Lazer Turbo, mostly to make sure Gamedeus can't stop Cronus just yet. Then he joins CR to stop Rider Chronicle once and for all.]]

The director of Seito University Hospital and Hiiro's father. [[spoiler:As the Kamen Rider Chronicle started, he fights as a Ride-Player to resurrect Hiiro's vanished girlfriend.]]

* ShooOutTheClowns: It looks like he's disappeared from the plot when the Kamen Rider Chronicle arc begins... [[spoiler:then he reappears ''as a Ride-Player!'']]

* TheChainsOfCommanding: He really starts feeling them by the Chronicle arc. He has to balance keeping the public informed of the very real threat Kamen Rider Chronicle has produced, all the while trying to prevent a mass panic. The Ride-Players continue to disobey him either out of arrogance or the belief that they need to save themselves regardless of the Ministry's input and Hiiro and Emu bounce back and forth between obeying his requests to stay under the radar or disobeying him to save the already infected.

* DamselInDistress: As she's the ''only'' Ride Player capable of finishing Kamen Rider Chronicle, Masamune always targets her.

** She eventually [[CharacterDevelopment outgrows this]], starting with tonning down her obnoxious behavior, dropping most of her grudge against Emu and taking nicer approach towards Taiga. Her most important step out of MPDG territory comes in #27, when she becomes Ride-Player Nico so she could complete Kamen Rider Chronicle and save the players who had Game Over. This is still a negative example, as while her intentions have a good side to them, and are somewhat justified, they cause some grand chaos. [[note]] 1) She further complicates things for CR by getting herself infected with Game Disease. 2) She endangers her life even more by fighting Busters on her own as Ride-Player Nico. 3) This presses all Taiga's [[BerserkButton buttons]] at once, causing him to spend most of the episode behaving as if devoid of all common sense.[[/note]] Things get better after it's sorted out, though.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Pulls out one in #27 to Taiga after hearing too many times that Taiga alone will beat Kamen Rider Chronicle.

* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Played with. Because Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat doesn't require a Gamer Driver in order to transform, Nico has to announce ''all'' of her attacks.

* TheChosenOne: Sort of. Since's she's the only Ride-Player with a realistic chance of winning against the Bugsters (not to mention she has the Doctor Riders as her main partner), this makes her this in the context of advancing Kamen Rider Chronicle.

* InTheNameOfTheMoon: “Transcendent! Greatest! Genius! Ride-Player Nico… has arrived [[note]]Chozetsu! Saikyo! Tensai! Ride-Player Nico… Sanjou![[/note]]

* AlliterativeName: UpToEleven '''P'''o'''pp'''y '''P'''i'''p'''o'''p'''a'''p'''o.

* NiceHat: His helmet as Simulation Gamer is a rather spiffy-looking admiral's cap.

* NiceHat: A tie-dyed baseball cap adorned with various Mighty Action X buttons. [[spoiler:She also wears it on her Ride Player form, likely to differentiate herself from the other Ride Players.]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: He is seen in Nico's TastesLikeDiabetes room toying with a puzzle in #28, obviously okay with everything.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse example. She has an affinity for this as seen with her stuff like pink pajamas and a colorful luggage. When she was kept in CR, she decorated the room with balloons, confetti, and clothes.
** She has her own room in the abandoned hospital as shown in #28. It's decorated exactly like this and Taiga is OK with it.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse. Not only her Ride-Player form is decorated with some of her own accessories, wearing a hat, backpack, colorful wristbands, and a large button on her chest; her FinishingMove has a rainbow-charged effect on it!

* RainOfArrows: His Level 3 finisher for the Gashacon Sparrow in bow mode is this. Lazer shoots several arrows at enemies, before creating a massive amount of energy arrows that under his command (In this case, a kick), can impale the enemy in high speed.