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"Ark's prediction is only a prediction. We will ensure that it becomes the truth! We've created a grand plan to gather all evil Kamen Riders throughout history: Project Outsiders!"

—Rando Joseph

When a mysterious A.I. known as Zein made its presence known in the Internet with an objective to establish new world order, Foundation X once again re-emerges from the shadows with a master plan with the help from Ark to counteract Zein's autocratic ideology known as Project Outsiders, a gathering of past Kamen Rider villains to form a resistance faction known as the Kamen Rider Outsiders.

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Tropes applying to the Outsiders in general

Antagonist Title: The main characters in the anthology are mostly returning former and current villains from previous series, gathered by Foundation X as humanity's only last line of defense against a tyrannical A.I. bent on culling down human malice.
Army of Thieves and Whores: The Outsiders are mostly comprised of psychopaths, eccentrics and Wild Cards, who stand in contrast to the self-assuredly righteous and moral Riders allied with Zein.
Boxed Crook: Averted. Foundation X don't bother to keep the Outsiders on a leash, which leaves several of them room to disobey orders and even defect to join Zein.
Corrupted Character Copy: They're basically a villainous equivalent of the big Rider team ups that usually occur for anniversary special.
Evil Hero: They're a resistance against a Knight Templar AI, but almost all of their members are anything but heroic.
Evil Mentor: Foundation X play this role, reviving them and giving them the mission to fight Zein.
Evil Versus Evil: The Outsiders are basically a Suicide Squad-like team of villainous Kamen Riders at war against an artificial intelligence that seeks to establish new world order that required mankind to be subjugated.
Evil Versus Oblivion: Related to the above, Project Outsiders was made to gather past Kamen Rider villains to band together against an A.I. that seeks to rule humanity with an iron fist.
Legion of Doom: They are group of Kamen Rider villains that are recruited by Foundation X to oppose Zein.
Locked Out of the Loop: None of the Project Outsiders test subjects have no idea who Zein really is and its goal to exterminate humanity, except for those who have learned its existence like the Ark.
Meaningful Name: Each of them is either a villain or an amoral loner, making the name "outsider" appropriate.
Nominal Hero: With the exception of Desast, Brain and (debatably) Kuroto Dan, the rest of the Outsiders are only opposing Zein out of self-preservation. However, their victory over Zein will be a blessing in disguise for humanity in the long run, given that the heroes have seemingly thrown their lot in with Zein.
The Psycho Rangers: The Outsiders are a squad of villainous Riders, former (Gai Amatsu Kuroto Dan, Desast) and current (Takeshi Asakura, Tenjuro Banno) at war against a totalitarian-mongering A.I.
La Résistance: A villainous example. Foundation X's Project Outsiders is about gathering Kamen Rider villains from previous seasons to oppose Zein, an artificial intelligence with a messiah complex seeking to establish a utopia free of human evil.
Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Given the presence of Morality Kitchen Sink, the candidates for Project Outsiders scales from reformed villains (Gai, Desast, Brain), as well as currently unrepentant ones (Asakura and Banno), and somewhere in between the two (Kuroto).
Villain Protagonist: Each Outsider have an episode focused on them:
- Episode 1 focuses on Takeshi Asakura's perspective as he unwillingly reclaimed his Advent Deck while trying to escape the authorities after a bank robbery that went horribly wrong.
- Episode 2 focuses on a revived Desast renewing his rivalry with Ren.
- Episode 3 revolves on a revived Banno confronting Horobi.
- Episode 4 now shifts to Brain's perspective as he learns the truth about Zein's goal.
Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: A villainous variant. It would make sense for the heroes to label the Outsiders as "terrorists" given that each members have their own track record of atrocities in their home series. The reason they are gathered by Foundation X is that they are mankind's only hope to oppose Zein's authoritarianism while the good guys have thrown in their lot to Zein's cause.

The Outsiders

Gai Amatsu/Kamen Rider Thouser

Gai Amatsu/Kamen Rider Thouser/Kamen Rider Thousand-Ark

Portrayed by: Nachi Sakuragi (live), Hirotsugu Mori (suit)

After losing Thouser-Intellion to Kuroto Dan, Gai shifts his focus regarding the presence of Zein.

See Gai's page for tropes related to him.

Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Genm

Portrayed by: Tetsuya Iwanaga (live), Yuya Nawata and Kazuya Okada (suit)

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Gachan! Musou Level Up! Tsukami tore eikou no Ending! Shikkoku no Tensai President! Grade Musou Genm!^note

A mysterious AI that came out from Gai Amatsu's body after the latter was infected by the Bugster Virus. Following the ordeal between father and son, Gai resurrects Kuroto with a Humagear body, which leads to hilariously disastrous results for him to the point he had to gamble his newly-built company called Thouser-Intellion in a fight against Kamen Rider Genm, and ultimately lost.

After gaining Thouser-Intellion from Gai Amatsu, Kuroto decides to rebrand the company as Musou Genm Corp. Using his Gashat's powers, he acquired many IT companies, and only for his company to be sought after by Smart Brain.

See Kuroto's page for tropes related to him.

Adaptational Badass: Essentially goes toe to toe with Cronus as Genm Level 2 in this mini-series. In Ex-Aid canon, he wasn't able to really pose a serious threat to his father until he invented God Maximum Mighty X.
Anime Hair: As usual in his home series, Musou Gemn's helmet has some dreadlocks on it, some colored white to match an appearance of a certain one-winged angel.
Back from the Dead: Thanks to the Ark's actions during Zero-One, Kuroto was able to revive himself once more via the Bugster Virus, this time using Gai as his host.
Berserk Button: Misusing Kamen Rider Chronicle, a game he had created with his blood and sweat, is something that can make Kuroto see red. Learning that Zein plans to use the game as a tool for genocide and as a means to empower himself, Kuroto takes it upon himself to confront Zein and expose it as the hypocrite that it is.
Brought to You by the Letter "S": As a Humagear, Kuroto has the Kanji for "evil" (悪) emblazoned on the right side of his cheek. The dark red font appears suspiciously similar to Ark's given that he was resurrected through said AI in the first place.
Critical Annoyance: Being resurrected with a Humagear body means Kuroto is not immune to the limitations most Humagears are facing, namely having to recharge his battery. So much that whenever Kuroto is low on power, he starts panicking before passing out.
Crossover Power Acquisition: He obtains power sets from two series penned by the same writer of his home series — the Genm Musou Gashat is created by absorbing the Ark's malice, and gains Maximum Zombie X and Hyper Fumetsu Gashats with the power of the God(dess) of Creation.
Discard and Draw: Initially upon revival he's lost all the various power ups he created for himself throughout Ex Aid like Dangerous Zombie and God Gamer and was reduced to using Genm level 2 again, something that he hadn't had to use since the first quarter of that show although Gai's weakeness means he can defeat Thouser with it anyway. But then he gains Genm Musou and is back to being a high powered Rider.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He reconciles with his father at the end of the first Genms special. In the second one, he's even shown to carry around a framed picture of Masamune.
Evil Counterpart:
- The Genm Musou Gashat was designed to be an evil copy towards Hyper Muteki, with Gemn's Transformation Sequence almost mirroring it to boot and even resembles a dark version of Muteki Gamer.
- This also extends to Hyper Fumetsu gamer, since Maximum Zombie X, like God Maximum Mighty X, of which is already this to Maximum Mighty X. While the Hyper Fumetsu Gashat is literally one to the Hyper Muteki Gashat. Hyper Fumetsu is also one to Geats IX, which effectively gives Kuroto the powers of Creation.
Evil Versus Evil: The Genms -The Presidents special sees him fighting his equally megalomaniacal father, though by the end they both reconcile.
Finishing Move:
- Genm Critical Finale: Activating Pause, Genm launches a fierce barrage of blows, striking his enemy from all sides at speeds resembling teleportation. After the final blow is dealt, Genm has time Restart, causing his opponent to receive every single blow in an instant.
Hack and Slash: Gemn Musou, as implied by the title, is based upon the sub-genre of Musou games, named after Koei Tecmo's Japanese-based title for most of their game, notably Dynasty Warriors.
It's Personal: As revealed in the Uchusen magazine (volume 184), Kuroto steps in to fight Zein merely out of personal vendetta for using Kamen Rider Chronicle to empower itself, a game that he went out of his way to create even if it means butting heads with the authorities.
Overlord Jr.: After reconciling with Masamune, Kuroto embraces his status as this and decides to carry on his father's memory, even keeping a framed photo of Masamune with him.
Skewed Priorities: Even after Rin tells him of the threat Zein poses, Kuroto still only cares about reviving Genm Corp.
So Last Season: Gemn Level 2 could beat the Game Illness weakened Thouser, but lost to Cronus and was no match for Thousand Ark. Unfortunately for Gai, this just led to him upgrading to Musou Gemn and regaining the power advantage.
Super Mode: Gains yet another one when he copies the Ark's data and uses it to become Musou Gemn in Kamen Rider Gemns -Smart Brain and the 1000% Crisis-.
The Needless: Parodied. In his new Huma Gear body Dan thinks he's this and brags about how without the need for food or drink or sleep he can work to rebuild his company 24 hours a day 365 days a year only to find out Huma Gear's run on an internal battery and he needs to take recharge breaks. To make matters worse, since he wasn't a Huma Gear from the start and instinctively know how his system works Dan has no idea this was an issue until his battery is nearly dead and has no idea how to recharge himself and eventually passes out.
Time Master: Musou Gamer possesses the same "Pause/Restart" ability Cronus has, which Kuroto attributes the acquisition to the newfound bond with his father Gai helped make.
Villain Protagonist: He's one of the main characters of the Genms trilogy, with the other being Gai.

Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja

Portrayed by: Takashi Hagino (live), Jirō Okamoto (suit)

A runaway convict who has many run-ins with the law who gets drawn to the violence brought upon by the Rider Fight and transforms into Kamen Rider Ouja. He is recruited by a Corrupt Politician named Chuta Nezu to stage bank robbery to further his political career. Asakura gets called out by Kamen Rider Odin and gives him his Advent Deck, he proceeds to kill Nezu as payback for betraying him and subsequently defeating Odin himself.

See Kamen Rider Ryuki 13 Riders for tropes related to Asakura.

Adaptation Deviation: Ouja Survive originally uses a Survive Shippu card in the SIC Hero Saga. The Outsiders version instead uses Survive Mugen.
Canon Immigrant: His Ouja Survive form was previously a SIC Hero Saga exclusive that made a live-action appearance. The only main difference is that in the original SIC, Ouja uses a Survive Shippu card, while the Outsiders version of Ouja Survive uses Survive Mugen instead.
Deadpan Snarker: For someone who is a bloodthirsty sociopath drawn to violence, Asakura has a rather dry and sardonic sense of humor, so much so he coldly tells Kamen Rider Odin to "shut up" before transforming.
The Dog Bites Back: Getting betrayed by a corrupt politician for being used to further his career isn't enough to bring Asakura down, and the first thing he does after regaining his memories as a Rider, is shanking his former employer to death.
Foil: To Desast. Both live in the thrill of violence, Asakura enjoys maiming and killing to satiate his bloodlust and gains the notoriety of having killed more than one Rider in his home series. Desast, on the other hand, seeks a Worthy Opponent to challenge him, of which he finds one in Ren Akamichi. Since his resurrection, Desast lives to fight his rival and friend.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Asakura starts the special committing robbery in the name of being Necessarily Evil; propping up a corrupt politician to save his brother's life. The moment Asakura regains his memories of the Rider War however, any affection he has for his brother is gone and he's right back to being a psychopath.
Pay Evil unto Evil: Asakura is by no means a good guy, but he managed to make a Corrupt Politician bathe in his own blood by shanking him to death with a shard of a broken mirror.
Psycho for Hire: He does inside jobs for a corrupt politician and he has the resume to prove that he can get it done. And said politician would go to lengths of using Asakura's brother as leverage to do one final job for him before cutting ties (fully intending to go back on his promises).

Desast/Kamen Rider Desast

Portrayed by: Kōki Uchiyama (voice), Danki Sakae (suit)

A Megid hybrid based on the Fenrir, Japanese tiger beetle, and The Singing Bone. A year after Storious' defeat, Desast is revived by Foundation X using Odin's Advent Deck as part of recruiting him for the Outsiders team. Little what Foundation X or even Ark didn't know is that Desast has other things in mind after his resurrection...

See Kamen Rider Saber Megid for tropes related to Desast.

Tropes that apply to his appearance in Outsiders

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Desast was able to free Horobi from the Ark's control thanks to him unlocking his Rider form, only to find himself marked as an enemy on the spot by Zein despite having redeemed himself.
Screw Destiny: By taking Ren's advice, Desast further asserts his defiance against the Ark's predictions in that he chooses to take his own path over the one being predetermined to him by the Ark. Even after defeating Ark-Zero, Desast vows to take out Zein himself.
You Could Have Used Your Powers For Evil: The Ark attempts to "reason" with Desast, saying that as a villain he has no more reason to protect Ren. This only motivates Desast to defy it even more; even becoming a Rider to do so.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Desast

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Shikkoku Battou! Mukuro no houkou! Shinobi no zankou! Kokuran uzumaku hyakkiyakou! ^note Gaikotsu Ninjaden!

Cool Sword: As Kamen Rider Desast, he wields the Sword of Dark Storms Kokuranken (Black Storm) Shikkoku, which evolved from his Grudge Dent.
Dark Is Not Evil: Kamen Rider Desast is themed around darkness, but by the time Desast is equipped with Shikkoku, he's now a downright hero.
Finishing Move: Gaikotsu Ninjaden Hissatsu Giri (Calamity Strike): Desast slams the Kokuranken Shikkoku's blade onto the ground to his left, slashing upwards to the right as it becomes enhanced with purple and green wind. He then flies toward the enemy while spinning like a drill covered in purple energy, executing a horizontal slash and a titled vertical slash afterwards at the opponent.
Ninja: Desast uses the "Gaikotsu Ninjaden" Wonder Ride Book, which is based on a ninja as a theme, along with a skeleton.

Tenjuro Banno/Bronze Drive

Portrayed by: Masakazu Morita (voice), Masashi Takada (suit)

The creator of the Roidmudes and Krim Steinbelt's former colleague. After his death at the hands of his son, Banno apparently stored his data into the Internet and waited a decade later to be revived after coming contact with Ark.

See Kamen Rider Drive Others for tropes related to Banno.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: After getting beaten within an inch of his life by Kamen Rider Zein, Banno is reduced to a whimpering wreck as he desperately begs Zein, the Rider, that he'll swear his allegiance to the authoritarian AI in exchange for sparing his life. Zein likewise has none of it and proceeds to execute Banno anyway.
Asshole Victim: This is still the same Banno who is widely recognized as one of the vilest villains in the franchise. Needless to say, getting ridiculed by Foundation X and butchered by Zein in just a single episode is a blessing in disguise for both factions at his own expense.
The Chew Toy: Related to the trope above, Banno's return in Outsiders is dedicated in putting him through the wringer at the worst possible moment that both sides of the conflict benefit at the outcome of his misfortune and it's not hard to see why. The ridicule and disrespect he gets from Foundation X and even Brain seems to be a more or less humane punishment for Banno in contrast to the ultraviolent No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from (Kamen Rider) Zein.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Dishes out a brutal, one-sided smackdown on Horobi upon ambushing him in episode 3, only for him to be at the receiving end of one courtesy of Kamen Rider Zein.
Dirty Coward: He pathetically begs Zein to spare him, only to fall on deaf ears anyway. This bites him hard to the point he's Unable to Retreat when Zein sends the Seikens at Banno like guided missiles, turning him into a Human Pincushion.
Even Evil Has Standards: Of all the vile villains featured in the series, and in the entire franchise, Banno freaks out upon learning Zein's plan to use a video game that kills people in real time and convert them into data, not that this doesn't excuse him for the similar stunt he pulled in his home series (see Hypocrite below).
Evil Counterpart:
- He's the Outsider sent to confront Horobi and they share some similarities. Both were Abusive Parents to their children, hypocrites who use a seemingly benevolent vision to cover up their own self-serving and hateful goals, and react violently and brutally whenever their ideals are challenged.
- In an ironic twist, Banno finds one in Zein, though exactly who qualifies for the "Evil" one is up for debate. Both take form of Rider belts to hijack host bodies to assume their Rider forms (Banno with Roidmude 006, Zein with Yuto) and both have an end goal of digitizing humans into data (Banno via a second Global Freeze and Zein using Kamen Rider Chronicle).
- Also to Yuto Sakurai, more specifically the main timeline counterpart. As both of them have a very abusive streak; Banno treats his own children and all Roidmudes as science experiments, to the point that he even tortured the Roidmude that would become Heart, whose human form was based on the businessman who rejected him as Revenge by Proxy. Deneb is often being used as a punching bag by Yuto because of his constant showboating and blunders, but both care for each other and look after one another. The way Banno is subjected into a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown by Kamen Rider Zein is basically a karmic Hourglass Plot of his abuse towards Heart, not to mention that Zein's host is actually a Yuto Sakurai from an alternate Bad Future, Banno himself also doubles as a Shadow Archetype to the alternate Yuto, representing his abuse of Deneb being devoid of any humor.
Foil:
- To Kuroto Dan. Both are genius inventors with a massive God complex. All of the Doctor Riders' equipment, including Kuroto's own, are genuine byproducts of his talents. Banno's Rider system is an Evil Knockoff of Krim's technology. Banno was openly abusive to his own children (and even to his own creations), whereas Kuroto was a victim of emotional abuse from his own father.
- To Zein. Banno became a Virtual Ghost after his death as a human. Zein is a mysterious Benevolent A.I., when in truth it's anything but. Banno is a malignant narcissist with a God complex, Zein is a Dark Messiah who seeks to implement its Übermensch mentality to the world. Banno's goal to turn humans into data is merely small potatoes as this is solely to stroke his ego. The extent of Zein's goal to Kill All Humans as its Final Solution to eradicate everything that is evil basically makes it a far more threatening, and well documented villain enough to be worse than Hitler. Banno took on a belt form to hijack a Roidmude body (006) to become Gold Drive. Zein can possess a human host using the Zein Driver and transform into Kamen Rider Zein.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Even though he's revived by Foundation X to be part of their team, no one seems to actually like him and Ecole's report even says the Foundation at-large sees Banno as "annoying."
Human Pincushion: He gets subjected to one in a barbaric and gruesome fashion by Kamen Rider Zein via Xross Saber's Finishing Move. Zein launches the 10 Seikens like guided missiles at Banno while he helplessly tries to escape Zein, only for the Kurayami to impale him, followed by the Gekido along with the other eight swords, destroying his Humagear body in the process.
Hypocrite: Objects Zein to using a Deadly Game to convert humans into data, even though that's basically what Banno's plan was, minus the game part.
Insistent Terminology: The fact that his Rider form had rusted into bronze, Banno still insists being called Gold Drive.
Horobi: Which part of you is gold?
Karma Houdini: He's the man who abused and corrupted the Roidmudes out of spite, yet it turns out he was able to survive by storing himself on the Internet, meaning that even if his body gets destroyed he can always return.
Karmic Butt-Monkey: His Foundation X cohorts pay him no respect, he gets brutalized by Zein as a demonstration of its power, and even Brain gets a chance to taunt and slap him silly while he's speaking to him through his tablet.
Laser-Guided Karma: He ambushes Horobi merely for siding with Zein, only for the despotic artificial intelligence to have one of its associates transform into the namesake Rider to execute Banno with extreme prejudice.
Laughably Evil: In comparison to his characterization in Drive, where his sociopathy and narcissism were played much more seriously, here his constant boasting and petty exchanges with Brain are portrayed comedically.
Make an Example of Them: Gets the receiving end of one. The No-Holds-Barred Beatdown by Kamen Rider Zein serves as an ominous warning to the villains and anyone opposing its malice-free utopia.
Mook Horror Show: Getting brutally beaten down by Kamen Rider Zein reduced Banno into a scaredy-cat in mere minutes before having his body skewered and destroyed with Xross Saber's Finishing Move.
Moral Myopia: He seems okay with converting humans into data using Sigma to demonstrate his God complex. However, he freaks out when Zein plans to do the same using a video game that kills people in real time to trick humanity into self-destruction to speed up the process.
Not Quite Dead: Even though his body was destroyed by Zein, Banno being connected to the Internet enabled him to survive and connect from Brain's smartphone to Foundation X's network to warn the organization of Zein's end goal.
Pet the Dog: Supposedly, Banno would have held a grudge against Brain for derailing his plan to kill Medic, and in fact losing him does not matter to Project Outsiders' grand plan (granted, since Horobi did defected to Zein and Desast going solo) but he chooses to warn the Roidmude anyway to not trust Zein. Given how Banno's act of good will was meant to be Bait the Dog to the protagonist, his warning is the closest to his only redeeming quality and sole act of mercy with no strings attached.
Shadow Archetype: Ironically, the alternate Yuto Sakurai ends up being this for Banno. And given the No-Holds-Barred Beatdown he gave to Banno is a karmic parallel to Banno's abuse towards Heart, he also represents the main timeline Yuto's constant physical abuse of Deneb taken to shockingly humorless extremes.
Small Name, Big Ego: Banno is still convinced at the superiority of his genius, everyone around him, including Foundation X are seemed to be annoyed by his antics.
This Cannot Be!: His reaction to how he got his ass kicked within an inch of his life by Kamen Rider Zein.
Unable to Retreat: He tries to get out of dodge after his failed attempt to appeal to spare his life, Zein then proceeds to launch the 10 Seikens at Banno like homing missiles to make sure he doesn't escape. Fortunately, Banno barely survived and transferred his data in Brain's tablet.
Villains Want Mercy: After Kamen Rider Zein, overpowers him, he desperately tries to make a bargain with Zein and offers to swear loyalty to it. Zein doesn't care.
Villainous Friendship: It’s revealed that Banno met and befriended Satellite Ark while his data was roaming the Internet, and he specifically cites this friendship when interrupting Horobi’s threat that Zein will destroy Ark by attacking him.

Tropes associated to him as Bronze Drive:

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Brought Down to Badass: Bronze Drive is basically a "downgrade" of Banno's Gold Drive form. As his name suggests, the fact that his form rusted into bronze as a result of him revived with a Humagear body and in the process loses the durability from his golden form. Banno can still make up for the raw power which is still carried over from Gold Drive.
Glass Cannon: Bronze Drive retains the raw power of his Gold Drive form but being revived with a Humagear body comes with a huge setback of losing the durability of his golden form, leaving him helpless against Zein's plethora of Rider powers.

Brain

Brain/Kamen Rider Brain

Portrayed by: Shota Matsushima (live)

One of the Roidmude generals alongside Heart, Chase, and Medic. He was revived alongside Banno by Ecole in Humagear bodies using the Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat and a new unknown Gashacon Bugvisor.

See Kamen Rider Drive Roidmudes for tropes related to Brain.

Broken Pedestal: He comes to view the alternate Yuto Sakurai as this upon learning his dark origins and planning to oppress humanity with the power of Kamen Riders. This comes to a head when he protects Horobi, while being possessed by the Ark, knowing if Yuto kills both Horobi and the Ark, he would have essentially crossed the line in the process becoming the same kind of monster he opposed.
Commonality Connection: Played for Laughs. Brain immediately catches Horobi's eye...up until the latter publicly airs out their shared histories of starting off as anti-human monsters that developed emotions and became Riders. The bluntness puts Horobi off and drives him away. Brain lampshades that he may have overdone it.
Brain: (Horobi's denounced him) Did I try to get close too fast?
The Dog Bites Back: Played for Laughs. When Banno is confined back inside Brain's tablet, the former Roidmude general takes the opportunity to slap him silly for all the torment he put him and his comrades through.
Enemy Mine: He plays along with Foundation X along with his former enemy Banno, much to his dismay, to spy on Zein's inner circle to find out the truth about Zein overall.
Everyone Has Standards: He is horrified by the idea seeing a heroic Kamen Rider going Knight Templar, which explains why he protects Horobi, while being possessed by the Ark itself from Kamen Rider Zein's Four of a Kind finisher.
"I Know You Are in There Somewhere" Fight: In #4, Brain takes one of Zein's finishers to protect Horobi / The Ark, desperately clutching at Kamen Rider Zein to get through to Yuto. Comparing Yuto's tactics to other villains actually gets through to him. Then Zein possesses him.
The Mole: He acts one for the Outsiders, since Banno can link up with Foundation X's network from Brain's smartphone and then the latter relays intel to Rando and Ecole about Zein's end goal.
Save the Villain: Brain takes Kamen Rider Zein's deathblow meant for Ark-Zero, not only sparing the Ark-Zero (and Horobi), but also prevent Yuto from Jumping Off the Slippery Slope. Sadly, Tachibana would render this trope completely moot when he transforms into Garren King Form and finish the job. To add insult to injury, Zein possesses Yuto, denying him a chance to redeem himself.
"Shaggy Dog" Story: Played for Drama. He manages to stop Yuto from committing the ultimate act of evil by killing both Horobi and the Ark. But Tachibana unlocks King Form and destroys the Ark leaving Horobi injured, followed by Zein revealing its true colors to its own followers by possessing Yuto, preventing him from truly redeeming himself.
Taking the Bullet: He takes Zein's Four of a Kind finisher meant for Ark-Zero to protect Horobi, as Brain is obviously horrified by the fact that the heroic Riders, namely Yuto Sakurai, can stoop to the other villains' level and the ridiculous extremes they will go in order to protect the world.

Foundation X & Associates

For tropes relating to Foundation X, see Kamen Rider Double Antagonists.

Rando Joseph (Unmarked Spoilers from Kamen Rider Specter × Blades)

Rando Joseph

Portrayed by: Hiromu Takahashi

^{Click to see him as the hooded figure in Specter x Blades (SPOILERS!)}

An executive of Foundation X who spearheads Project Outsiders along with his colleague Ecole.

Big Bad Ensemble: He's the scientist heading up Project Outsiders, making him one of the main villains alongside Zein.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Most of Foundation X's agents are consummate professionals, and he is no exception, unless his tendency to become theatrical are taken into account.
Chewing the Scenery: His Evil Laugh in episode 0 manages to eat up the entire scenery. To be expected from the TICKING TIME BOMB!
Even Evil Has Standards: Both he and Ecole share the same horrified expression upon overhearing Zein's plans to use Kamen Rider Chronicle to summon Ride-Players against the Outsiders.
Large Ham: Rando comes off as bombastic and zany compared to other Foundation X agents, who are mostly by-the-book consummate professionals. This is nothing new if Kaisei Mogami is taken into account.
Rando: You're NOT EVEN GOLD AT ALL!!!
The Man Behind the Man: Is the one responsible for the events of Kamen Rider Saber x Ghost and Kamen Rider Blades x Specter.
No Name Given: He was referred to as the Mysterious Man prior to Outsiders.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The only instance he drops his bombastic personality is when he and Ecole do finally confirm that Zein plans to exterminate mankind using Kamen Rider Chronicle.
Odd Name Out: Among Danton's remnants, his name was not revealed prior to the anthology itself. This makes him the only not to be named after a historical figure from The French Revolution, further foreshadowing that he has manipulated Danton's remnants the entire time.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the loud, goofy Red to Ecole's suave and collected Blue.
Walking Spoiler: It's difficult to discuss his ulterior motive while working for Danton prior to the revelation of him being a Foundation X agent.

Ecole

Portrayed by: Yamato Furuya

A scientist of Foundation X overseeing Project Outsiders alongside Rando Joseph, in charge of reviving deceased villains from previous series.

Admiring the Abomination: He shows both astonishment and dread at the sight of Kamen Rider Zein defeating Banno into submission.
Consummate Professional: Per the Foundation X standard, he's a by-the-book scientist who is in charge resurrecting dead villains, making him a perfect balance to Rando's occasional Large Ham moments.
Even Evil Has Standards: Is visibly shocked by Zein's goal of using Kamen Rider Chronicle to annihilate humanity using Ride Players as cannon fodder for the villains.
Evil Counterpart: To George Karizaki. Both are scientists who exploit Kamen Riders' powers for their and their organizations' benefit. Ecole being a Foundation X agent, his organization exploit Rider technology for illegal purposes and for black market profit. George is a Kamen Rider fanboy who creates a Rider System that draw power from an individual's inner demon and previous Kamen Riders, while his and his father's inventions are being exploited by the villains who are running FENIX's leadership behind the scenes. Ecole is a by-the-book and no-nonsense scientist, while George is down-to-Earth eccentric and over-the-top with a flair of adding Gratuitous English in his sentence.
Mook Horror Show: He reacts with fear and dread witnessing Kamen Rider Zein beating Banno into submission before executing the Mad Scientist, despite observing the fight in a safe distance.
Number Two: Serves as this for Rando Joseph.
Oh, Crap!: Is visibly nervous and terrified when Kamen Rider Zein makes its debut.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the calm, collected Blue to Rando's Large Ham Red.

Ark

Satellite Ark/Kamen Rider Ark-Zero

Portrayed by: Show Hayami (voice), Yasuhiko Imai (suit)

After its defeat to Aruto as Kamen Rider Zero-Two, Ark would later resurface following the events of Kamen Rider Zero One Others Vulcan Valkyrie, manipulating the chain of events that would lead to the revival of Kuroto Dan. When a mysterious AI known as Zein emerged onto the Internet with a goal of a world free of malice, it provided Foundation X the need to create an initiative to counteract Zein's autocracy.

See Kamen Rider Zero-One: MetsubouJinrai.net for tropes related to Ark.

All for Nothing: It's last-ditch attempt to draw out Zein by possessing Horobi in episode 4 ends up being this. The Ark defeats Kamen Rider Garren to draw out Zein's host, an alternate Yuto Sakurai. Only for the Ark to get more than what it bargained for. Made even doubly karmatic when Tachibana ends up destroying the Ark when Yuto hesitates thanks to Brain's pleas.
Arch-Enemy:
- Horobi still has no love lost for the Ark, so much he's willing to swear loyalty to a tyrannical A.I. that has the entire world under surveillance and secretly plans to exterminate mankind without realizing it all just to make sure the Ark is destroyed, along with the malice associated with it. Luckily for Horobi, he got his wish, at the cost of getting himself badly injured.
- On a less personal note, the Ark views Zein as this, as the latter seeks to impose order to the world by any means necessary. It also boils down to the point of Moral Myopia on the Ark's end as it hates the prospect of another artificial intelligence planning to attempt genocide on humanity just to realize its malice-free utopia.
Bullying a Dragon: The Ark makes one last-ditch attempt to draw out Zein by possessing Horobi again in episode 4, instead of setting its sights on the alternate Yuto Sakurai who happens to be Zein's current vessel, it opted to take out Kamen Rider Garren. When Yuto transforms into Zein, he doesn't hesitate to brutalize Ark-Zero in the worst possible moment, rendering the Ark's efforts moot. This is made doubly karmic when Garren transforms into King Form, allowing Tachibana to finish the weakened Ark-Zero when Yuto hesitates thanks to Brain's pleas.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: It didn't take into account that Desast would choose to Screw Destiny instead of playing along with its predictions.
Evil Counterpart: To Zein, an AI which embodies humanity's positive traits in contrast to the Ark's negativity and seeks to establish a utopia of eternal peace and order.
Evil Versus Evil: With the authoritarian A.I. Zein, who seeks to subjugate humanity in order to establish a new world order. This is taken more literally when Zein is revealed to be Evil All Along.
Ex-Big Bad: Was the Big Bad of Zero-One until it decided to duck out. Here it's in no position to resume the role with Zein around.
Final Solution: Like Zein, Ark also seeks to exterminate all heroic Riders that stand in its way of spreading malice.
Laser-Guided Karma: In a last-ditch effort to draw out Zein, the Ark manages to make short work of Kamen Rider Garren. Only to be at Tachibana's mercy when he unlocks King Form after being weakened from its fight against Kamen Rider Zein when Brain manages to stop Yuto from killing Horobi.
Lesser of Two Evils: In the A.I. war between it and Zein, Ark is pretty much the lesser evil compared to the latter, who is more of The Computer Is Your Friend than a Benevolent A.I.. The idea of a new world order free of malice will essentially threaten Ark's existence without any malice to sustain it. And it has no problem possessing Horobi to transform into Ark-Zero to get close to Zein.
Mook Horror Show: A low-key example. The Ark shows real fear the moment it's helpless against Kamen Rider Zein, who controls every Legend Rider power in his disposal while the Ark is only limited to the equipment used by Zero-One and his contemporaries. Made even worse with Garren unlocking King Form, another anomaly that bypassed the Ark's predictions, which led to its apparent destruction.
Moral Myopia: Ark's hatred towards Zein could also boil down to this. Given the former tried to wipe out all humanity because of their potential capacity for malice since it is empowered by every aspect of human evil, it hates the idea of another A.I., let alone one with a messiah complex would plan to do the same thing only for the sake of humanity's salvation. Ark's fear of Zein is basically out of preserving its own existence over principle like Gai's.
Motive Decay: Doesn't even seem to care enough to be a Generic Doomsday Villain anymore, and is only participating in the conflict because it fears Zein will eradicate it in its quest to erase all malice.
Order Versus Chaos: Order Versus Malice to be more precise. Ark is an AI representing malice, opposing the Benevolent A.I. Zein, who seeks to restore order to the world and its idea of doing so is taken to a more logical extreme.
Pet the Dog: Implied. His possession of Horobi takes place at a point where the Humagear prepares to protect Nico from Tachibana, which allows for a bigger cover to provide Nico an escape. This is despite the fact that losing its former follower and Nico would benefit more to Project Outsiders than otherwise.
So Last Season: A villainous example. Ark's predictive ability still cannot take into account any irregularities from what it already knows, like Desast becoming a Rider in his own right and promptly defying Ark's predictions and Garren unlocking King Form.
Uncertain Doom: It's unknown if the Ark is completely off the grid after its defeat to Garren in episode 4. But its seeming destruction ultimately broke the Balance Between Good and Evil, serving as a catalyst for Zein to emerge as the true winner all while showing its true colors.
Villain Has a Point: The Ark is proven right that all of Zein's benevolent pretenses are nothing but smoke and mirrors. When possessing Horobi again in episode 4 Ark takes its time mocking Horobi being a complete fool for blindly following Zein's ideals.
You Don't Look Like You: Ark-Zero undergoes major changes in Outsiders wherein everything except for his helmet and chest armor changed from how he first appeared. This is a combination of behind-the-scene issues with Prop Recycling of Kamen Rider suits over the years, as well as Thousand-Ark's suit being made using some parts that were used to be Ark-Zero's suit.

Kamen Rider Odin

Portrayed by: Tsuyoshi Koyama (voice), Hirotsugu Mori (suit)

This Kamen Rider Odin was among the participating Riders and overseeing the artificial Rider Fight started by Foundation X, created from the stolen data about the Mirror World from the Ejima Laboratory at Seimei University. He is the one who calls out Takeshi Asakura and gave him his Advent Deck, in the process restoring his memories of the Rider Fight.

See Kamen Rider Ryuki 13 Riders for tropes related to Kamen Rider Odin.

Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend

Portrayed by: Kimito Totani (voice), Eitoku (suit)

A dimension-traveling treasure hunter and Kamen Rider Decade's on-and-off rival. He is recruited by Foundation X as their scavenger-for-hire to retrieve Kamen Rider Odin's Advent Deck after said Rider was defeated by Ouja Survive.

See Characters.Kamen Rider Decade for tropes related to Kaito.

Characters / Kamen Rider Outsiders: Kamen Rider Outsiders and Associates