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Woz/Kamen Rider Woz
Portrayed by: Keisuke Watanabe (live), Eitoku (suit)
Black Woz
White Woz
A prophet from the future. The two iterations of Woz came from their distinctive future timelines, serving themselves as Heralds to Sougo and Geiz respectively. While Black Woz is a mysterious prophet from the same future as Tsukuyomi and Geiz and reads prophecies of future events to the heroes directly; White Woz is a mysterious visionary who "directs" events to the future he wishes via directing Geiz to kill the future overlord.
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Tropes that apply to both of them
- The Corrupter: Both are trying to influence the person they serve to ensure the future they desire but it's more evident in White Woz than Black Woz.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Black & White, an insert theme about Woz following and praising his ruler as a loyal prophet unaware of the new future that may lie ahead.
- Foil: To each other interestingly enough. Black Woz despite serving Oma Zi-O, who rules the future with an iron fist, is the nicer and far more respectful of the two while White Woz is far crueler and sadistic of the two despite serving Geiz Revive, who defeated Oma Zi-O and created a peaceful future. And while Black Woz is open about his plans and desires, White Woz is revealed to be lying in #28.
- Hammy Herald: More obvious with Black Woz but White Woz also does this as shown in #26 when Geiz awakens the Geiz Revive Ridewatch.
- Other Me Annoys Me: They do not like the other because their respective Undying Loyalty is mutually exclusive. For one Woz's master to win, the other Woz's master will be killed.
- Terminator Twosome: With the twist they're from separate futures both are trying to ensure come to pass.
- Undying Loyalty: To their respective masters. Though it's an act on White Woz's part; his true allegiance lies with Swartz.
Tropes that apply to Black Woz
- Affably Evil: He wants the Bad Future to occur and with Sougo as Oma Zi-O, but doesn't take any steps to enforce it until the other Riders begin to help Sougo to alter the timeline, which prompts Woz to ally with the Time Jackers in order to keep Sougo himself from altering history any further. Even then, he remains as friendly and helpful as a villain could possibly be, appearing if Sougo needs advice or when he acquires a new Ridewatch.
- Ambiguously Human: He is strong enough to stop a punch from Another Rider barehanded and toss him away afterwards. Also, he can travel through time without a time machine, no one ever sees him coming or leaving, he has a very slight echo to his voice and he appears to bleed paper.
- Badass Boast: "Woz's power has indeed returned to Woz."
- Berserk Button:
- As Another Fourze will tell you, Woz hates it when someone tries to interrupt Sougo's transformation.Woz: (catching Another Fourze's punch) Unworthy filth. How dare you interrupt my overlord's glorious reception? Does your insolence know no limit?
- While played for laughs at first, he takes his book of prophecy very seriously, to the point of switching sides to the Time Jackers against Sougo to prevent his future self from rewriting the history prophesied in it, and continues to do so after learning Sougo's successful rewriting of history now has Geiz's name added to the book despite him originally playing no part in it.
- A slightly more downplayed example; he gets quite peeved when people interrupt or ruin his dramatic moments or speeches, but he tries to remain composed, if only to try to get back into the spirit of the moment.
- As Another Fourze will tell you, Woz hates it when someone tries to interrupt Sougo's transformation.
- Borrowed Catchphrase: In #10, he adds Kousei Kougami's "Happy birthday!" at the start of his normal “ascension speech” when Sougo first uses the OOOArmor.
- Breakout Character: Woz immediately became a fan-favorite character due to his bombastic heraldry making him a living meme approaching the level of fellow breakout character Kuroto Dan. Toei was quick to capitalize on this status by releasing a Woz plush toy, making him one of the very few face characters in any Rider show to get merchandise depicting them.
- Breakout Villain: Woz is an odd inversion of this, in that while he stays Affably Evil throughout the entire show, his popularity with the audience and chemistry with the heroes led to a change in the show’s original plans, which had him making a Face–Heel Turn and becoming the final Big Bad of the show, rather than remaining the Token Evil Teammate the whole time.
- Catchphrase: “Rejoice!”note , which he says at the start of his “ascension speeches” every time Sougo claims a new power.
- To a lesser extent, he has “It is written in this book that…”, which he uses at the beginning of most of the pre-episode recap narrations. Becomes a Subverted Catchphrase in the final episode, where he remarks “Whatever the future may be, it isn’t the one written in this book.”
- Character Development: Early on, Woz is paranoid about the potential changes to his timeline and the uncertainty that Sougo will become Oma Zi-O and does his damndest to make sure things go according to his book. When his future starts to become uncertain with the appearance of his Alternate Self, Woz is positively freaked out and even more worried. This all changes when he declares that a new history is about to begin when Sougo utilizes the Zi-O II Ridewatch and he conspires with Heure to obtain the power of Kamen Rider Woz, announcing that a new history is about to begin. He’s fine that history is no longer the same, just so long as Sougo becomes Oma Zi-O as intended.
- Chessmaster Sidekick: While Oma Zi-O is very intelligent and cunning, it's Woz whose the one guiding his past self to become the demon king on his behalf.
- The Comically Serious: He is often vexed when Sougo asks him for an Another Rider's information, especially if that Another Rider who is based on a Rider from an alternate future.Black Woz: Please do not treat me as if I am a radar for Another Riders.
- Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: He's a Token Evil Teammate so it's Justified.
- Kazumi Sawatari is a Hot-Blooded Blood Knight who knew that War Is Hell, while Black Woz is a Hammy Herald Token Evil Teammate who leads The Protagonist on becoming an Evil Overlord. While Kazumi allied with Team Build the second Hokuto was in danger, Woz did a Heel–Face Turn wanting on making a new future.
- While both Yusuke Onodera and Woz are jerks with a heart of gold, that might be the only similarity. Yusuke, while selfish at worst, tends to be the same hero as his main counterpart, while Woz was always a Token Evil Teammate until he made a Heel–Face Turn.
- Crazy-Prepared: He had a second Ziku-Driver ready to give to Sougo just in case anything happened to the first. As well as a third one for Tsukuyomi to use.
- Deadpan Snarker: His conversations with anyone but Sougo are laced with sarcasm and/or apathy, showing that he almost actively loathes anyone who isn't Sougo.
- Didn't See That Coming: While Woz is generally Crazy-Prepared and everything seemingly going to plan before hand, there are several things that deviate from what his book details as the Timey-Wimey Ball continues to unravel.
- The Man of the Beginning using his divine powers to send Future Sougo to the present and Future Sougo’s subsequent interference throws a wrench in Woz’s expectations that leads to him briefly aligning with the Time Jackers to correct things.
- He decidedly did not see an alternate version of himself traveling back in time as a Kamen Rider in direct opposition to him and Oma Zi-O coming.
- The Zi-O Trinity Ridewatch, since it doesn’t exist in the original timeline.
- Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Was at first a member of the Resistance who infiltrated Oma Zi-O's forces. Except he really did side with Oma Zi-O and provided the Resistance with faulty information to lure them to their doom. And then it's revealed he was a member of the Quartzer all along.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Yes, he's a Large Ham who is actively trying to goad Sougo into becoming the worst despot in recorded history, but even he thinks Kuroto Dan is a bit much. Albeit it may be because he finds Kuroto’s personality annoying, rather than his actions.
- Evil Mentor: In theory if not necessarily in practice. Woz actively encourages Sougo to become Oma Zi-O, but rarely does anything to try and force him in that direction, confident that the overlord he worships will emerge in due time. Oma Zi-O's continued presence in the future gives Woz good reason to be so self-assured.
- Face–Heel Turn: He was once the leader of the Resistance faction Geiz and Tsukuyomi were under, who volunteered himself as a spy to infiltrate Oma Zi-O's ranks and find a plan of attack. This ended up being a trap set up by himself that killed most of his faction, with the surviving Geiz and Tsukuyomi baffled as to why he switched sides.
- Fake Defector: Woz spends most of the Another Zi-O II arc with Hiryu saying that because Sougo’s future as Oma Zi-O has been erased, he serving a new overlord. But in reality, he's trying to figure out Swartz’s real plan.
- Foil: To White Woz, as both are Heralds who are loyal to a certain Rider. Black Woz is the servant of Oma Zi-O, while White Woz reveres Geiz Revive as a messianic figure who defeated the demon king. However, their personalities differ: Black Woz is genuinely polite and well-mannered, even towards his overlord's enemies. White Woz is rather smug, amoral, manipulative, and callous at worst. He is quick to commit Pay Evil unto Evil to punish the Time Jackers for their insistent meddling.
- Foreshadowing: Played for Laughs as a Running Gag when he reads the intro instead of White Woz. Black Woz has a habit of reading just a little bit ahead of current events and providing a tease for something that happens during the episode before catching himself and semi-jokingly berating himself for reading ahead or providing unneeded details with a smile on his face.
- Great Big Book of Everything: Woz is never seen without his Ōma Kōrin Reki (roughly "Great Calamity Advent Calendar"note ), which appears to provide him with an account of future events.
- Good Counterpart: Strangely, Black Woz is the good counterpart to White Woz. Despite the fact that in any other show/franchise he'd be the evil AU version as he serves a tyrannical demon overlord.
- Hammy Herald: He essentially serves as Zi-O’s hype man, proclaiming his every action as if it came from a majestic tale. And he will make sure everyone within a five block radius can hear his proclamations. He even hypes himself once he transforms into Kamen Rider Woz for the first time.
- Hates Being Alone: The novel reveals that Woz has shades of this, as he sorely misses the time he spent with Sougo and his friends in the old timeline, feeling lonely and depressed because he can't be there for them now unless they're in danger - making him more of a distant protector rather than a true friend, let alone the prophet he once was.
- Heel–Face Turn: After an entire arc building it up, the battle with Another Blade in #30 solidifies his turn, deciding to join Geiz in helping Sougo build a new future, of course he still wants Sougo to become Oma Zi-O so it's zigzagged.
- Heroic BSoD: A Played for Laughs version happens in the Another Hibiki arc when he gets too focused on celebrating Sougo's 19th birthday that he focuses only on preparing Sougo's birthday causing Tsukuyomi to call out his efforts as just self-satisfaction. He spends the from latter half of #33 to the latter half of #34, hilariously depressed.
- Improbable Weapon User: In contrast to his counterpart’s reality-altering and Rider powers, his main powers come from his scarf that is able to grab, defend and teleport him, and his book, which is able to grow in size to imprison his opponent. He was implied to be able to curbstomp Geiz with these before, but after Geiz Revive turns the tables on him he resorts to having to steal Kamen Rider Woz's powers just to stand a chance against him.
- Inopportune Voice Cracking: Played for drama. His voice shoots up several octaves during Over Quartzer after he turns on Sougo and Geiz and angrily rants to the latter about how the Quartzers are the one true path, implying his "regular" voice is just him being dramatic. Considering the novel acknowledges the events of Over Quartzer and reveals Woz also has a number of insecurities he can't bring himself to admit to other people, this may very well be the case.
- In-Series Nickname: “Black Woz”, as proposed by Sougo following White Woz’s appearance to differentiate him from the latter.
- Irony: Over the course of the series, Woz serves as the prophet to Sougo, someone who has been lonely throughout much of his life. In the novel, which takes place after the series ending, it's revealed that Woz himself now feels lonely because he can't be there for Sougo as a friend or even a prophet anymore, while Sougo now has a healthy friendship with Geiz and Tsukuyomi.
- Lack of Empathy: He is annoyed that Sougo ignores him in favor of checking on a victim of Another Ex-Aid.
- Large Ham: His introduction of Zi-O after his first transformation is so bombastic that he practically steals the scene. Also, he introduces every new Ridewatch that Zi-O uses in this way and hates when someone interrupts him.
- Medium Awareness: Putting aside the Supplementary Plans, in Over-Quartzer he seems fully aware that he and the others are characters in a TV show. When the group travels back to the Sengoku era, Woz refuses to change into period costume because "It would be confusing to our viewers", and there's a moment late in the film where he addresses the audience directly.
- Mysterious Protector: Takes on this role in the new timeline, observing Sougo, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi from afar and only intervening when they're in danger. According to the novel, he doesn't like this since it's left him completely alone, with the trio unable to remember the time spent with him as friends rather than the relationship they have with him now.
- Mysterious Stranger: He's keeping an eye on everyone, but we don't know for what purpose. His character profile even describes him as a “Mysterious Prophet”.
- My Suit Is Also Super: Not in the way that Kamen Rider usually plays this trope, but rather Woz’s scarf is a multipurpose tool that can stretch upwards of a dozen yards, restrain people by wrapping around them, or be used to make a hasty retreat.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
- He slightly drops his bombastic demeanor when time is messed with in favor of a quiet, simmering anger. By the time Kamen Riders that shouldn't exist start appearing, he becomes genuinely shaken.
- A more positive example happens in #40 when Sougo gains Grand Zi-O and instead of making a grand speech like usual, he's so overjoyed he decides to just enjoy Sougo showing off his new power.
- On the more serious side, in the final episode, when Sougo finally gives in and becomes Ohma Zi-O after Geiz and Tsukuyomi are killed by Swartz, Woz is so stunned that he's left speechless. He doesn't deliver his normal speech until Sougo bitterly orders him to "rejoice", and he still seems rattled afterwards.
- The novel reveals Woz is still shaken by the series ending, as his estrangement from Sougo and his friends has caused him to develop separation anxiety that he's clearly very good at hiding.
- Other Me Annoys Me: He is aptly unnerved at the sight of his counterpart from Geiz Revive’s timeline. This is very much justified as White Woz’s sole existence threatens everything he has been working since the story’s start and is very proactive about enforcing that threat, as well as seeing what kind of a sadistic and callous individual he could have become.
- Ontological Inertia: Seems to be a fan of this, given how unlike both the heroes from the future and the Time Jackers, his only interest is in making sure things happen as they were meant to happen.
- Out of Focus: Zi-O vs Decade mostly uses him to explain the various Sougos’ existence and hint towards another meeting between Zi-O and Decade.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: Does not hesitate to rub it in Kuroto's face after he is defeated that he'll make great "fertilizer" for Sougo's path onto becoming a better king.
- Perpetual Smiler: He usually appears wearing a smug smile because things rarely don't go his way through the first 16 episodes. Then his alternate self starts making sure they won't (his or anyone else's). By #19, he has practically become a Perpetual Frowner.
- Pet the Dog: Despite his tense relationship with Geiz and more detached one with Tsukuyomi, #43 shows he does cares about them. He dropped his cover and rushed in to save Tsukuyomi when he saw Swartz was stealing her powers and lightly and playfully hit Geiz on the chest after the timeline was fixed with a big smile on his face.
- Properly Paranoid: The instant Woz drops his bombastic demeanor also shows that he can be worried whenever Sougo messes up with the timeline (accidental or not), as shown in the Gaim arc. By the time Another Riders based on Riders that don't exist in the present show up along with his alternate future counterpart, he becomes more paranoid than ever.
- Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: A trait inherent to him, presumably due to his status as a member of the Quartzers. After Sougo rewrites history in the final episode, Woz is the only one who retains his memories of the series' events.
- Screw Destiny: He rips apart the Oma Advent Calendar that Barlckxs gave him to guide Sougo to become Oma Zi-O in Over Quartzer, declaring to Barlckxs that his loyalty lies with Sougo as his true liege-lord.
- The Smart Guy: Woz is often the source for information on the Kamen Riders and thanks to his Oma Advent Calendar is knowledgeable in how the future will progress as well.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: He appears out of nowhere just long enough to fawn over Zi-O and/or deliver cryptic advice, and then vanishes just as inexplicably.
- Stepford Smiler: While he seems to be his regular self during the post-series content, the novel reveals he may have some form of separation anxiety from losing the original Sougo and his friends, implying Woz is this trope. While the novel is set before the live-action post-series content, it's not clear if his mental state has actually improved in this regard since Another Woz's defeat.
- Sweet Tooth: Shown to have one during the Kiva arc, especially with Junichiro's apple pies. He even helps himself to Sougo's piece after he insists he doesn't want any.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Between him and Geiz, though more so Geiz's end. While Woz views Geiz as an annoyance, he doesn't have very many reservations working with him while Geiz still seems to hold a grudge against Woz for betraying the Resistance to Oma Zi-O.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: A Supervision variant. Woz is trying to bring about the timeline nobody wants, but he's too useful, too knowledgeable about future elements and too dangerous to ignore.
- Took a Level in Badass: After hijacking the power of Kamen Rider from White Woz, he finally becomes a Rider in his own right.
- Token Evil Teammate: He's this to the trio, joining Geiz and Tsukuyomi in living at Kujigojido. While he's just as loyal to Sougo as they are, if not more, he is dedicated to ensure that Sougo becomes Oma Zi-O while they are determined to prevent it. Of course it's downplayed as he's not violent nor vicious especially compared to White Woz and generally listens to Sougo's commands.
- Transformation Is a Free Action: Ensures that this trope is in full swing and he's willing to engage in combat whenever someone tries to interrupt Sougo's transformation sequence.
- Trickster Mentor: Loyal enough to his overlord to warn his past self of Geiz's "red robot," but not so proactive as to do anything else to protect him unless someone tries to pull a fast one and interrupt Sougo's transformation.
- Undying Loyalty: It's clear that Woz has an affection for at least the power and might that Zi-O has in the future, given the fact that he presents Sougo with his Rider Belt on a velvet cushion.
- We Used to Be Friends: He and Geiz were friends at some point. Now they can barely tolerate being in the same room as each other. Justified, since Woz betrayed the Resistance to Ohma Zi-O. This crushed the Resistance underfoot and kick-started Geiz and Tsukuyomi's mission to the past.
- Xanatos Speed Chess: The resident champion of this in the series. For all the messing of the Timey-Wimey Ball nearly every character does and the paradoxes that occur as a result, you'd be hard press to find Black Woz dropping his polite yet calculating demeanor at any point in the story. Indeed, even with the introduction of White Woz and the Future Kamen Riders, you wouldn't be blamed to think Black Woz is on top of everything from how he acts because he is.
- Case in point? Even when White Woz has managed to bring about the creation of Geiz Revive, White Woz still finds himself Out-Gambitted by his counterpart who manages to steal the power of Kamen Rider Woz from him by turning his tablet's powers against him.
Tropes that apply to White Woz
- Alas, Poor Villain: Sougo encourages him to "always make plans so that they'll foil them again" after he has succumbed to ending the world because his future won't happen. This strikes a chord in him that makes him a bit sentimental towards Sougo, even giving him the Trinity Ridewatch. He then has a final chat with Black Woz about how he is lucky having friends and how he has grown fond of the overlord, while at the same time warns them of Swartz's plans, all before ceasing to exist as his timeline didn't come to pass.
- Alternate Self: The White Woz that returns in #45 isn't the same White Woz that the show had been following. This White Woz comes from an alternate world created by Another Decade, where he was successful; as such, he retains the Kamen Rider Woz powers. Like the original White Woz, he had a Heel–Face Turn and now shows genuine concern for Geiz, actively aiding the heroes in rescuing him from Swartz's Another World.
- Ambiguously Evil: White Woz claims to be on Geiz's side, and represents a future that sounds like an objectively good thing, but since it's supposed to involve Geiz killing Sougo on the Day of Oma, his future might not be as bright and shiny as he claims it is. The "ambiguously" part is dropped entirely when it's revealed that Geiz Revive is designed so that it will kill Geiz, and that White Woz was answering to Swartz all along.
- Anti-Villain: Being the Herald for Geiz Revive and to make sure Geiz defeats Oma Zi-O, this doesn't stop White Woz from committing even more villainous acts to deal with a greater evil. #27 throws out the "anti" part.
- Arc Villain: Drives much of the conflict during the Day of Oma arc and ceases to exist when Sougo, Geiz, and Black Woz formally bury the hatchet when the arc ends after the Blade two-parter.
- He somehow returns in the V-Cinema series Next Time as the mastermind of Geiz, Majesty, hoping to use Keito, Geiz's reincarnation, in his schemes to become Another Diend.
- Batman Gambit: Making best use of his tablet's probability-influencing abilities requires him to be able to do this, since he can only make people do things that they had a chance of doing anyway.
- Blatant Lies: #27 and #28 reveals he has been lying from the start and wasn't even loyal to Geiz at all. White Woz has been working with Swartz from the start, just going about their shared goal from a different plan. White Woz reveals that Geiz Revive killing Sougo wouldn't bring about the perfect future he promised and might only bring about a future that he wants as he laughs at the future casualties as a result.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: White Woz tries to pull this off, but his sheep costume isn't particularly convincing in-universe or out. That said, he is a better actor than he looks, since everyone is convinced that he's some new third party before it is revealed that he was working for Swartz all along.
- Break the Haughty: #27 ends with Black Woz stealing his Kamen Rider powers from him with Heure's help.
- The Bus Came Back: Despite being erased from time, he's summoned from another dimension by Swartz/Another Decade at the end of #45, in replacement of Geiz who was sent to the dimension he was pulled from in his place. It was a brief return as he willingly saves Geiz at the cost of his life.
- The Chessmaster: White Woz makes aggressive use of his tablet's ability to alter probability to make sure things go according to his script, even treating Sougo and Geiz themselves as nothing but players for him to direct along the stage.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: In #28, White Woz tortures Heure by stomping him to understand what Black Woz is planning.
- The Corrupter: Zigzagged. While White Woz is dedicated to guiding Geiz to becoming Geiz Revive and defeating Oma Zi-O, he is frustrated by Geiz's compassion that he sees as naivete. He advises that Geiz to focus on his mission at all costs. Of course since it is revealed that White Woz is actually evil, this is played straight.
- De-power: Apart from using the Future Note to create Miridewatches, he can also create them by siphoning a Rider's power directly with a blank one, not unlike how Hiryu creates the Anotherwatches. He does this to obtain the Quiz Miridewatch.
- In #27, he loses his power to transform into Kamen Rider Woz thanks to Black Woz and Heure.
- The Dragon: He has been working for Swartz all along.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Played With: Despite everything about him, even he's horrified when he learns that Black Woz Gave Sougo the Zi-O II watch, and thus the power of Oma Zi-O, early.
- Evil All Along: #28 reveals he has been working with Swartz since the start.
- Exact Words:
- #27 reveals that he calls Geiz "my savior" because Geiz' purpose is to be his personal savior by ensuring his timeline becomes reality - White Woz knows that Geiz cannot handle Revive and will not survive the battle with Sougo.
- Funnily enough, this same trope comes back to bite him in the very same episode, by his own hand no less! Specifically, when writing down that the power of Kamen Rider Woz would return to Woz...failing to specify which Woz it would return to.
- Face Death with Dignity: His last moments before disappearing is him at his most respectful and humble.
- Faux Affably Evil: To contrast him with the original, this Woz is not without a charming and suave exterior, but it also reveals him as an outright heartless, manipulative, and sociopathic individual underneath, making it all the more chilling.
- Foil: To Black Woz himself. Both are hammy heralds with an Undying Loyalty to a certain Rider (Oma Zi-O and Geiz Revive) - Black Woz is Oma Zi-O's servant who comes to have Sougo take the path of the demon king, White Woz reveres Geiz Revive as his savior who vanquished Oma Zi-O. However, their personalities are the exact opposite: Black Woz is Affably Evil, courteous even to Sougo's enemies, and rarely takes action unless he has to, while White Woz is a cruel, unscrupulous Perpetual Smiler who constantly adjusts events to suit his purposes.
- Foreshadowing: White Woz's description of the Geiz Revive timeline foreshadows Swartz/Another Decade's Another World. Specifically in #21, White Woz has stated that his future is a "everlasting peace as if time itself has stopped". And in #46 he mentions that the Another World is "A place of repose, where time stands still for eternity".
- Good Is Not Nice: Be it threatening to kill a child, admittedly one of the Time Jackers, in order to gather information, or treating everyone around him like a disposable pawn, this Woz is nothing short of villainous in his behavior. However, he seeks what appears to be a good future, or at least a better one than the reign of terror of Oma Zi-O. This goes straight out the window when it becomes clear that the future of Geiz Revive is a future that's mostly for White Woz's own benefit.
- Gratuitous Italian: Refers to Geiz Revive as il salvatore when Geiz first uses the form.
- Hate Sink: White Woz's motives might be justifiable at best. However, he is but a nasty piece of work who goes his way to be as despicable as possible, making Heure and Black Woz himself all the more sympathetic. And any sympathy he may have had goes out the window in #28, when it is revealed that his true allegiance is with Swartz. Eventually, he later grows out of it after Sougo convinces him to return the Zi-O II and Geiz Revive Ridewatches, as well as giving Sougo the new Zi-O Trinity Ridewatch, before he finally fades away while he warned his original timeline self of Swartz's schemes.
- Heel–Face Turn:
- Sougo manages to convince him to return the Zi-O II and Geiz Revive Ridewatches, but he goes above and beyond by creating the Zi-O Trinity Ridewatch.
- The White Woz summoned from Swartz's Another World had one a long time ago. He is truly loyal to Geiz even creating a plan to save his savior at the cost of his life.
- Herald: He is this for Geiz Revive, the savior who defeated Oma Zi-O on the Day of Oma in his timeline.
- His Name Is...: In #46, he tries to warn Geiz about Swartz's ultimate goal before he fades away, only to be interrupted (and prematurely killed) by Swartz.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Hoo boy. Next time you have to write something in your tablet, make sure that you specify which Woz you're taking about.
- In-Series Nickname: "White Woz", as proposed by Sougo to differentiate between him and the original Woz, who in turn is nicknamed "Black Woz". The other characters take to using this term rather quickly.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He has set up as a jerk with a heart of moral ambiguity with good intentions for the future. Then he gets Futuring Quiz and uses its powers to gleefully torment Tamotsu Douan/Another Quiz with a pair of cruel questions seemingly hand-tailored to Kick the Dog while laughing.* #27 even reveals that his Undying Loyalty to Geiz is to a certain extent. He only cares that Geiz kills Sougo so his timeline comes to pass and doesn't truly care about Geiz himself, happy to let Geiz Revive slowly kill his "savior".
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: At the same time, he's ultimately capable of double subverting this with his Heel–Face Turn above.
- Knight of Cerebus: White Woz's arrival and what it means for the timeline are enough to make the characters start taking their situation much more seriously than they had before. White Woz himself is a new breed of villain who is far more dangerous than the Time Jackers.
- Knight Templar: Like his savior, White Woz is no saint in his pursuit of the greater good.
- Lack of Empathy: White Woz shows little to no sympathy or empathy to anyone, not even Geiz. To him, everyone needs to get in line to aid his Savior's ascension the way he envisions it. Also unlike Black Woz, who only responds to Sougo's prioritizing heroism over becoming the Overlord with exasperation at worst, White Woz reacts to Geiz not wanting to follow the path of Geiz Revive by telling him he doesn't have a choice in the matter.
- Large Ham: If there's one constant across time, it's that Woz is hammy.
- Light Is Not Good: Both his outfit and Rider form sport glittering silver colors with neon green. White Woz is anything but pure white on the inside.
- Mirror Character:
- From Black Woz, as both seek to serve another Rider for the purpose of awakening their full potential and bringing about a future that is, at least on the surface, everything that Rider's ever wanted.
- He also hypes up Geiz in his first appearance as Geiz Revive, not unlike Black Woz hyping up Zi-O. It's even lampshaded by Sougo.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: Most of the time, the solution he comes up with when dealing with a problem, if not to Kick the Dog, will be this. Case in point, when dealing with Another Ryuga, his solution was to kill Shinji. It doesn't help that one of his first actions was writing it so that a car would attempt to run down a kid.
- Necessary Evil: Due to the paradoxical nature of the future Riders. Kamen Rider Woz is the only one who can create their respective Ridewatches and defeat the Another Riders based off them.
- Noblewoman's Laugh: A male example. Unlike Black Woz, who only smirks when things go accordingly as planned. White Woz is quick to cackle in a rather unnerving fashion.
- No Sense of Personal Space: Unlike Black Woz, who usually keeps some distance from Sougo, White Woz doesn't mind getting a little too close to his savior for comfort.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: The things White Woz does to Heure and Ora are downright torturous. Even with the Time Jackers deserving such comeuppance for their actions and abuse of their time-stopping powers, White Woz's punishments are portrayed as excessively cruel.
- Perpetual Smiler: Even more so than Black Woz.
- Psychopathic Manchild: He has shades of this as he is so much more gleeful than his counterpart, especially when wrecking someone in battle, bending reality with his book or scheming something.
- Redemption Equals Death: His last actions is returning the Zi-O II and Geiz Revive Ridewatches, making the Zi-O Trinity Ridewatch and warning Black Woz of Swartz before the Geiz Revive timeline is completely destroyed and he disappears along with it.
- Ret-Gone: With the rise of Zi-O Trinity, his timeline was erased, and as a result, he is wiped from existence.
- Rewriting Reality: Whatever White Woz writes in his tablet becomes reality, as long as it had a chance of happening already. He can use this to create his Miridewatches, but only if the future Rider's existence has already been assured, bringing his timeline closer to becoming the one true reality.
- Sadist: White Woz really takes pleasure in making the Time Jackers suffer in even the most grueling ways possible the instant they cross with him.
- Shaped Like Itself: "A Woz is a Woz, of course".
- Shoot the Dog: One of his darker actions is his attempted murder of Shinji Kido/Kamen Rider Ryuki just to destroy Another Ryuga. Luckily Geiz stopped him.
- Sissy Villain: He's more effeminate than Black Woz, both in fashion sense and gestures. He's also more outwardly sadistic and cruel.
- Smug Super: White Woz makes frequent use of his ability to rewrite reality, even doing so in the middle of battle to declare his victory before it happens.
- Sociopathic Hero: Be it manipulating Sougo and Geiz to do as he wishes, informing Geiz he has no choice about becoming the savior Woz wants him to be, or inflicting cruelty upon the Time Jackers, White Woz is smug and uncaring to everyone around him, all with a smile on his face. And then #27 reveals that he was never a "hero" to begin with.
- Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum: Thanks to the Another Zi-O arc, his future has become impossible, meaning White Woz doesn't have much time before ceasing to exist. Out of spite, he decides to use the power of Blade to reunite the Jokers and end the Battle Fight to trigger the end of the world.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Despite ostensibly being heroic, he is much more cruel than Black Woz, who is often polite and controlled even to his overlord's enemies. At worst, he is sternly disapproving. Part of this might have something to do with him owning the BeyonDriver, and therefore having the power to enforce his desires.
- Underestimating Badassery: For all of his ability to control the flow of events, this man has very much paid the price for not taking into account the resourcefulness of Black Woz. Firstly, when the latter has managed to give Sougo the Zi-O II RideWatch without White Woz even realizing this until it was too late. Secondly, but much more importantly, with Black Woz being able to steal the powers of Kamen Rider Woz literally right in front of White Woz's face. That last point leaves White Woz screaming in pure anger at what just happened.
- Undying Loyalty: White Woz claims to be Geiz's loyal servant like how Black Woz is Sougo's, #27 reveals that it's a lie and he's only using Geiz. But the White Woz summoned from Swartz's Another World in #45 reveals he is actually loyal to Geiz, even creating a plan to save Geiz at the cost of his life.
- Utopia Justifies the Means: He describes the future without Oma Zi-O as a peaceful utopia and he will do anything to achieve it, even going against his messiah or killing defenseless civilians. Of course #27 reveals that said "utopia" is only such for a select few, potentially even just him.
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: The version that Swartz summoned has him coming from a world where his plan succeed, but doesn't have the power of Ginga, and thus is stuck with the basic form, while his counterpart has already evolved past that stage. It comes to no surprise when he fights his counterpart with the power of Ginga, he gets defeated near instantly.
- Villainous Breakdown: White Woz's smug demeanor virtually never cracks, but Black Woz and Heure teaming up to steal his powers sends it crashing down with a roar of frustration.
- Walking Spoiler: It is hard to talk about him without mentioning he isn't the Woz we know and revealing that the actions of the main characters caused another timeline to be created.
- Xanatos Gambit: The way he created the Shinobi Miridewatch in #18. He goads Sougo into fighting Another Shinobi, while talking Rentaro back to his senses, with Swartz continuously activating the Another Shinobi watch each time the latter is defeated. And, it worked.
Tropes that apply to Kamen Rider Woz
Kamen Rider Woz
Touei! Future Time! Sugoi! Jidai! Mirai!note Kamen Rider Woz! Woz!
Touei! Finaly Time! Gin-gin-gira-gira-Galaxy! Uchū no kanata no Fantasy! Woz GingaFinaly! Finaly!
The Rider form of White Woz, and later, Black Woz, through the BeyonDriver and the Woz Miridewatch.
- Badass Cape: In his GingaFinaly form.
- Doppelgänger Attack: In Futuring Shinobi, He creates multiple clones alongside him to attack together. They are also able to perform Ninjutsu techniques.
- Double Take: His own transformation sound does this, with the second "Woz!" at the end sounding confused at the idea of Woz being a Rider. It also adds this to every other Futuring announcement.
- Finishing Move:
- Time Explosion: Woz sends a green energy cube behind the enemy, then surrounds himself in a green energy tornado with a green "kick" character swirling around him before corkscrew kicking the enemy into the cube that transforms into a timer that explodes the minute it hits zero.
- Futuring Shinobi:
- Ninpou: Jikan Shibari No Jutsu/Ichigeki Kaman: Woz electrifies the enemy and lifts him up before creating clones and slashing him rapidly.
- Ninpou: Jikan Shibari No Jutsu: Woz creates several clones that attack the enemy all at once with Green Energy Slashes using Zikan Despear in Kama mode.
- Futuring Quiz:
- Fukashigi Magic: Woz summons some giant energy question marks to restrain the enemy and detonates them.
- Futuring Kikai:
- Full Metal Break: Woz released a series of Electromagnetic waves that allows him to manipulate electronics to do his bidding.
- Bakuretsu DeLance: Woz rushes towards the enemy before impaling them with a yellow energy-coated Zikan Despear.
- Full Metal Break/Bakuretsu DeLance: Woz captures the enemy using two wrench like armaments before impaling them with yellow energy-coated Zikan Despear.
- Woz Ginga:
- Cho Ginga Explosion: In Woz GingaFinally, Woz teleports himself and the enemy into deep space before delivering a kick with his foot covered in violet, blue, and yellow energy resembling a spiral galaxy. In another variation, Woz can conjure a galaxy within a certain area to rain fiery meteors down to eliminate his enemies.
- Sui-kin-chi-ka-moku-do-ten-kai Explosionnote : In Woz GingaWakusei, Woz summons energy planets which then diffuse into multiple energy asteroids that rain down upon the enemy.
- Burning Sun Explosion: In Woz GingaTaiyo, Woz causes a giant explosion that incinerates everything in sight. Another variant involves Woz channeling the sun's burning energy to each of his hands and blasting it in beams to destroy his enemies.
- How Do I Shot Web?: Quiz is perhaps Woz's strongest Miridewatch with its ability to painfully shock anyone who can't answer his yes or no questions correctly, but since it's reliant on the user's knowledge and ability to come up with questions that the opponent doesn't know the answer to, White Woz has much more difficulty using it than the original Quiz did. To elaborate, Quiz tended to ask questions that he could make true or false (i.e. Will your attack miss? Will my attack connect?). Both White and Black Woz tend to ask questions that aren't so clear or they doesn't know the answer to either (i.e. "Even though [Another Ryuga] are an invincible opponent, you will be defeated by Woz". White Woz's expected answer: True. The actual answer: False. The result: Another Ryuga takes the offensive. "Will fighting [Another AgitΩs] lead us to another Ridewatch?" Black Woz's expected answer: None assumed, Woz was trying to fish for information and wasn't attacking at the time. The answer: No result given. The result: Nothing happens).
- Names to Run From Really Fast: Translating his weapon's name parses to "Time spear of despair", or alternatively "Time's up spear". Both are fittingly menacing.
- Ninja Log: In Futuring Shinobi, Woz quickly substitutes himself with another object such as a scarecrow or a ragdoll, allowing him to flee and/or hide.
- Power Copying: As with Zi-O and Geiz above, Woz can access the powers of the other Riders by placing a Miridewatch into his Beyondriver and access a Futuring form. Some include:
- Futuring Shinobi: Gains access to Shinobi's ninja techniques and skills to fight against his enemies.
- Futuring Quiz: Gains Quiz's powers, such as people answering his quiz correctly or incorrectly will would affect the outcome of the battle.
- Futuring Kikai: Gains Kikai's powers, with multiple robotic armaments and devices for combat. He can also unleash multiple spanners that enter anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby and turn them into robotic servants, or control any machinery around him.
- Woz Ginga: Gains Ginga's powers, including gravity manipulation, teleportation, levitation, and a general stat boost. Has two sub modes, GingaTaiyo, and GingaWakusei.
- Scarf of Asskicking: In his Futurering Shinobi form.
- Space Master: The Ginga Miridewatch and the forms associated with said watch's form gives Woz the power of space, Wakusei further adds it on a planetary scale as its name suggests, while Taiyo adds solar and heat manipulation. While in either forms, Woz is granted immunity to forms of time manipulation, as shown it is able to bypass Another Drive's Heavy Acceleration.
- Super Form: Kamen Rider Woz GingaFinaly, Woz's final form accessed with the Woz Ginga Miridewatch, based on Kamen Rider Ginga. Unlike the other three Miridewatches, it has three modes: the default Finally, Taiyo (Sun) and Wakusei (Planet). It can also bypass the restrictions on destroying Anotherwatches, like Zi-O II, Trinity and Geiz Revive.
- Swiss-Army Weapon: The Zikan Despear, Kamen Rider Woz's signature weapon; it ca be a spear, a staff, or a Sinister Scythe.
- Unwilling Roboticization: Weaponized as Futuring Kikai, which allows him to turn any nearby humans into robotic slaves stronger than normal humans.
