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* A bizarre thing to realize, but all users of some variant of Ringo (Apple) Arms are either socially maladjusted and abnormal at best and downright evil at worst. Kougane is the BigBad of his movie, Lapis by the standard norm of all surviving Overlords is a deviant (peaceful!), Touka is trying to kill the Kureshima and destroy Yggdrassil, and Kaito... is Kaito. They are all, in short, [[IncrediblyLamePun bad apples]].

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* A bizarre thing to realize, but all users of some variant of Ringo (Apple) Arms are either socially maladjusted and abnormal at best and downright evil at worst. Kougane is the BigBad of his movie, Lapis by the standard norm of all surviving Overlords is a deviant (peaceful!), Touka is trying to kill the Kureshima and destroy Yggdrassil, and Kaito... is Kaito. They are all, in short, [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} bad apples]].

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** [[spoiler:Most, if not all, Inves were once humans that "evolved" into Inves a la the [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Orphnoch]].]]

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** [[spoiler:Most, if not all, Inves were once humans that "evolved" into Inves a la the [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz [[Series/KamenRider555 Orphnoch]].]]



** Mitsuzane is the friendly Second Rider akin to [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Kagami]] and [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Nitoh]]. [[spoiler:Well, at first. After his FaceHeelTurn, he becomes an crazy evil Rider akin to [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ouja]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kusaka]].]]

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** Mitsuzane is the friendly Second Rider akin to [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Kagami]] and [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Nitoh]]. [[spoiler:Well, at first. After his FaceHeelTurn, he becomes an crazy evil Rider akin to [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ouja]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz [[Series/KamenRider555 Kusaka]].]]



** Many of Lockseeds with Bravo's style ("Mister [something]!") are from a series that broke series trends (Ex. Amazon isn't Cyborg like the previous riders and didn't used either word Henshin or belt to transform; New Den-O, who was the first movie-exclusive rider not to die in the movie he debuted in;, or Faiz being the VERY first Heisei rider to used pure technology for his Rider system and [[spoiler: the first Heisei rider protagonist who aren't human in any sense]]. Similarly, Knuckle shares rider lockseeds with Bravo - this makes sense, because like Bravo, Knuckle's driver wasn't originally meant for him, and unlike the other riders in Kaim, Knuckle uses his fists to fight.

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** Many of Lockseeds with Bravo's style ("Mister [something]!") are from a series that broke series trends (Ex. Amazon isn't Cyborg like the previous riders and didn't used either word Henshin or belt to transform; New Den-O, who was the first movie-exclusive rider not to die in the movie he debuted in;, in; or Faiz being the VERY first Heisei rider to used pure technology for his Rider system and [[spoiler: the first Heisei rider protagonist who aren't human in any sense]]. Similarly, Knuckle shares rider lockseeds with Bravo - this makes sense, because like Bravo, Knuckle's driver wasn't originally meant for him, and unlike the other riders in Kaim, Knuckle uses his fists to fight.



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* Kamen Rider Bravo being a villainous rider might make sense considering just how infamous the Durian fruit is. And making him the ManlyGay one makes a funny kind of sense if you've seen an open durian. The flesh resembles ''a six-pack''.

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* Kamen Rider Bravo being a villainous rider might make sense considering just how infamous the Durian fruit is. And making him the ManlyGay one makes a funny kind of sense if you've seen an open durian. The flesh resembles ''a six-pack''. And the man's got muscles for ''days''.
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* Most people compare Gaim's helmet to the Ku Klux Klan's pointed hood. While it's true that it's more based off Nobunaga's armor, the other comparison might not be far from the tree. In Wizard's second finale, Amadum makes the note of how Riders are NotSoDifferent from monsters, going as far as to label them the "cross of fire". The Great Leader in the original Kamen Rider series also dressed like the Klan, though this time on purpose. Kiwami Arms is the next step to becoming an Overlord, the ruler of the Helheim Forest. In other words: while the Riders were 'monsters', Gaim is becoming the [[Series/KamenRider Great Leader]].

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* Most people compare Gaim's helmet to the Ku Klux Klan's pointed hood. While it's true that it's more based off Nobunaga's armor, the other comparison might not be far from the tree. In Wizard's second finale, Amadum makes the note of how Riders are NotSoDifferent not so different from monsters, going as far as to label them the "cross of fire". The Great Leader in the original Kamen Rider series also dressed like the Klan, though this time on purpose. Kiwami Arms is the next step to becoming an Overlord, the ruler of the Helheim Forest. In other words: while the Riders were 'monsters', Gaim is becoming the [[Series/KamenRider Great Leader]].
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* The crossover was actually far better timed than it looked: Kouta has found his final resolve, gained a new power up, and scored his first victory over Yggdrasil, but he will also be embarking on a lonely path. The other Armored Riders are either working against him (The new Gen riders and Fifteen), only concerned with their own agenda (Kaito), more concerned with their own beefs (Oren and Jounichi), secretly going behind his back (Mitchy, and that won't last much longer), don't really know enough to help (Zack), or dead ([[spoiler:Hase and Bujin Gaim]]). Right when Kouta has accepted that he's in this fight alone, the Tokyugers show up to show him that there are people he can count on in battle, and lets face it [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the kid really needed that lesson.]] On a darker note, considering that things will likely get worse for him from here on in, this was probably Kouta's last chance to really smile.

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* The crossover was actually far better timed than it looked: Kouta has found his final resolve, gained a new power up, and scored his first victory over Yggdrasil, but he will also be embarking on a lonely path. The other Armored Riders are either working against him (The new Gen riders and Fifteen), only concerned with their own agenda (Kaito), more concerned with their own beefs (Oren and Jounichi), secretly going behind his back (Mitchy, and that won't last much longer), don't really know enough to help (Zack), or dead ([[spoiler:Hase and Bujin Gaim]]). Right when Kouta has accepted that he's in this fight alone, the Tokyugers show up to show him that there are people he can count on in battle, and lets face it [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the kid really needed that lesson.]] lesson. On a darker note, considering that things will likely get worse for him from here on in, this was probably Kouta's last chance to really smile.
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* It's possible to {{Mondegreen}} Ryoma's Lemon Energy jingle as 'Fight the power'. While initially funny, it actually makes some sense: the first time Ryoma transforms onscreen, he ''is'' fighting the power, specifically by rebelling against Takatora and overthrowing him. It makes even more sense with Kaito's one, because by Kaito's own admission he considers himself weak and thinks he needs more power to fight the strong - Kaito ''is'' fighting the power!

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* It's possible to {{Mondegreen}} hear Ryoma's Lemon Energy jingle as 'Fight the power'. While initially funny, it actually makes some sense: the first time Ryoma transforms onscreen, he ''is'' fighting the power, specifically by rebelling against Takatora and overthrowing him. It makes even more sense with Kaito's one, because by Kaito's own admission he considers himself weak and thinks he needs more power to fight the strong - Kaito ''is'' fighting the power!
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* Considering the fact Team Red Hot became criminals by using Invess to rob stores, it is rather horrifying to think what would happen if Oren didn't take their Sengoku Driver.

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[[AC: * A toy exclusive Christmas Lockseed was made which uses the same mold as Gaim's Orange Lockseed. Why an orange, and not something like a tree, or wreath, or something else more seasonally appropriate? It IS seasonally appropriate - the Orange Lockseed wasn't chosen just because Gaim is the main character, it's because in Europe oranges are closely tied to Christmas - in many countries, mandarin oranges are put in the toe of stockings, and oranges covered with cloves are used as decorations and for recipes.
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** As shown by the Gaim-Drive crossover, [[spoiler: Kouta can visit the earth whenever he wants, so it's possible that he might just take a year's supply of fruits to Nitoh every time he visits so his Chimera can be satisfied. Plus, we have no idea how much energy the Chimera gets from one fruit, so for all we know, one fruit alone could be enough to fuel the Chimera for a few months, and Nitoh had quite a few with him]].

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** As shown by the Gaim-Drive crossover, [[spoiler: Kouta can visit the earth whenever he wants, so it's possible that he might just take a year's supply of fruits to Nitoh every time he visits so his Chimera can be satisfied. Plus, we have no idea how much energy the Chimera gets from one fruit, so for all we know, one fruit alone could be enough to fuel the Chimera for a few months, and Nitoh had quite a few with him]].him]].
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** Kaito is the [[TheRival classic Rival Rider]] akin to [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Kaito]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Ryu]].

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** Kaito is the [[TheRival classic Rival Rider]] akin to [[Series/KamenRiderDecade the other Kaito]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Ryu]].
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** Gaim and Ryuki: Both stumbled onto a power that wasn't meant for them, are one of the few sane and rational people of their respective series, and both of them have an aversion to killing other people. However, Shinji had support and backup of Yui and Ren while Kouta is basically fighting a one-man war against Yggdrasil.

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** Gaim and Ryuki: Both stumbled onto a power that wasn't meant for them, are one of the few sane and rational people of their respective series, and both of them have an aversion to killing other people. However, Shinji had support and backup of Yui Yui, Ren, and Ren Tezuka (before his death) while Kouta is basically fighting a one-man war against Yggdrasil.
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* Yggdrasil plan to kill all other humans who didn't get Rider's Driver looks like a KickTheDog moment for a SocialDarwinist MegaCorp, but let's face it; with Earth sooner or later practically converted into Helheim, there's nothing else to eat but those... ''things''. [[FridgeHorror If those humans didn't killed, they'll end up exposed to Helheim fruits, and that means Berserk Inves.]] Even if only ''half'' of them converted into Berserk Inves, that still 3 Berserk Inves vs 1 Rider. Even if the Rider is Genesis Driver user, there's still problem of competence, fighting ability and determination. And most of the Driver is mass-produced Sengoku Driver. Not to mention the chance of Driver get damaged in fighting. In the end, while the plan is heartless, it's NecessaryEvil ''[[ShootTheDog at worst]]''.

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* Yggdrasil plan to kill all other humans who didn't get Rider's Driver looks like a KickTheDog moment for a SocialDarwinist MegaCorp, but let's face it; with Earth sooner or later practically converted into Helheim, there's nothing else to eat but those... ''things''. [[FridgeHorror If those humans didn't killed, they'll end up exposed to Helheim fruits, and that means Berserk Inves.]] Even if only ''half'' of them converted into Berserk Inves, that still 3 Berserk Inves vs 1 Rider. Even if the Rider is Genesis Driver user, there's still problem of competence, fighting ability and determination. And most of the Driver is mass-produced Sengoku Driver. Not to mention the chance of Driver get damaged in fighting. In the end, while the plan is heartless, it's NecessaryEvil NecessarilyEvil ''[[ShootTheDog at worst]]''.
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* The Inves obeying humans who have Lockseeds makes sense when you remember [[spoiler:the only way we've seen to become an Overlord Inves is by eating or being exposed to Lockseeds in certain ways. It's likely using the Lockseeds makes the mindless Inves at least temporarily mistake a human for an Overlord.]]
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* Kurokage looking like a foot soldier serves for foreshadowing, as [[spoiler:Kurokage is demoted to being {{mook}}s for Yggdrasil]].

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* Kurokage looking like a foot soldier serves for foreshadowing, as [[spoiler:Kurokage is demoted to being [[spoiler:guys using his Lockseed are {{mook}}s for Yggdrasil]].
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* In the Hyper Battle DVD, Takatora rejects using the Grape Lockseed on account of a sword being easier to use than a gun. Seems odd, all things considered. RuleOfSymbolism is in play here, since Takatora's character arc through the series centered around taking responsibility; not just for the date of the Earth, but for his own actions in doing so. It is far easier to pull your punches with a melee weapon, and you have to be standing in front of the person you're using it on. Picking the gun over the sword is Takatora reaffirming his values.

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* In the Hyper Battle DVD, Takatora rejects using the Grape Lockseed on account of a sword being easier to use than a gun. Seems odd, all things considered. RuleOfSymbolism is in play here, since Takatora's character arc through the series centered around taking responsibility; not just for the date fate of the Earth, but for his own actions in doing so. It is far easier to pull your punches with a melee weapon, and you have to be standing in front of the person you're using it on. Picking the gun sword over the sword gun is Takatora reaffirming his values.
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* In the Hyper Battle DVD, Takatora rejects using the Grape Lockseed on account of a sword being easier to use than a gun. Seems odd, all things considered. RuleOfSymbolism is in play here, since Takatora's character arc through the series centered around taking responsibility; not just for the date of the Earth, but for his own actions in doing so. It is far easier to pull your punches with a melee weapon, and you have to be standing in front of the person you're using it on. Picking the gun over the sword is Takatora reaffirming his values.
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* As the episodes progress, we see the Armored riders rarely eating when food is in front of them (even before things get heavily serious), when in past rider series (in particular wizard), food is a necessity for all the energy they burn while fighting, while they eat less. Particularly of note is during Takatora's recruitment of Oren, as due to oren's obsession over his Job (and the notorious reputation of his buisness), not finishing his food would be coming off as an insult. Then Ryouma reveals the drivers designed the drivers to remove the need for food, instead giving the wearer nutrients as part of filtering the contaminants of the Helheim fruit.

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* As the episodes progress, we see the Armored riders rarely eating when food is in front of them (even before things get heavily serious), when in past rider series (in particular wizard), food is a necessity for all the energy they burn while fighting, while they eat less. Particularly of note is during Takatora's recruitment of Oren, as due to oren's obsession over his Job (and the notorious reputation of his buisness), not finishing his food would be coming off as an insult. Then Ryouma reveals that the drivers were designed the drivers to remove the need for food, instead giving the wearer nutrients as part of filtering the contaminants of the Helheim fruit.
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* [[spoiler:The green Overlord Inves claims that Japanese is easy to learn despite her language remaining at a YouNoTakeCandle level. Truth is, it's only easy to her because she cut out all the honorifics and flowery language, resulting in what you get in the show, which says quite a bit about about her way of thinking.]]

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* [[spoiler:The green Overlord Inves [[spoiler:Redyue claims that Japanese is easy to learn despite her language remaining at a YouNoTakeCandle level. Truth is, it's only easy to her because she cut out all the honorifics and flowery language, resulting in what you get in the show, which says quite a bit about about her way of thinking.]]
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* It would make sense that Mitsuzane and Yoko aren't interested in the Golden Fruit, as both their motifs, pomegranates and peaches, are already mythological fruits in of themselves, the pomegranates being associated with the fruit of hell that embody Yomitsuheguri and the peaches as in peaches of immortality.
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*** There's also the fact that, worse case scenario, if they needed to evacuate the planet, they could just call in the Flashmen or Gokaigers to evacuate as many people as possible - if the Flashman brought the tech to allow any Sentai Robo that didn't already have the ability to fly the ability of flight, they surely could evacuate the planet to another hospitable planet with ease.
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** Many of Lockseeds with Bravo's style ("Mister [something]!") are from a series that was a BrokenStreak (Ex. Amazon isn't Cyborg like the previous riders and didn't used either word Henshin or belt to transform; New Den-O, who was the first movie-exclusive rider not to die in the movie he debuted in;, or Faiz being the VERY first Heisei rider to used pure technology for his Rider system and [[spoiler: the first Heisei rider protagonist who aren't human in any sense]]. Similarly, Knuckle shares rider lockseeds with Bravo - this makes sense, because like Bravo, Knuckle's driver wasn't originally meant for him, and unlike the other riders in Kaim, Knuckle uses his fists to fight.

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** Many of Lockseeds with Bravo's style ("Mister [something]!") are from a series that was a BrokenStreak broke series trends (Ex. Amazon isn't Cyborg like the previous riders and didn't used either word Henshin or belt to transform; New Den-O, who was the first movie-exclusive rider not to die in the movie he debuted in;, or Faiz being the VERY first Heisei rider to used pure technology for his Rider system and [[spoiler: the first Heisei rider protagonist who aren't human in any sense]]. Similarly, Knuckle shares rider lockseeds with Bravo - this makes sense, because like Bravo, Knuckle's driver wasn't originally meant for him, and unlike the other riders in Kaim, Knuckle uses his fists to fight.

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** Most of Rider Lockseeds with pure Japanese announment (Zangetsu style) are based from somehow DarkerAndEdiger series (like Agito, Ryuki, and Hibiki) and Zangetsu is WellIntentionExtremist.

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** Most of Rider Lockseeds with pure Japanese announment announcements (Zangetsu style) are based from somehow DarkerAndEdiger DarkerAndEdgier series (like Agito, Ryuki, and Hibiki) and Zangetsu is WellIntentionExtremist.a WellIntentionedExtremist.



** Many of Lockseeds with Bravo's style ("Mister [something]!") are BrokenSteak (Ex. Amazon isn't Cyborg like the previous riders and didn't used either word Henshin or belt to transform, or Faiz being the VERY first Heisei rider to used pure technology for his Rider system and [[spoiler: the first Heisei rider protagonist who aren't human in any sense]]

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** Many of Lockseeds with Bravo's style ("Mister [something]!") are BrokenSteak from a series that was a BrokenStreak (Ex. Amazon isn't Cyborg like the previous riders and didn't used either word Henshin or belt to transform, transform; New Den-O, who was the first movie-exclusive rider not to die in the movie he debuted in;, or Faiz being the VERY first Heisei rider to used pure technology for his Rider system and [[spoiler: the first Heisei rider protagonist who aren't human in any sense]]sense]]. Similarly, Knuckle shares rider lockseeds with Bravo - this makes sense, because like Bravo, Knuckle's driver wasn't originally meant for him, and unlike the other riders in Kaim, Knuckle uses his fists to fight.
** A good amount of Gaim's Rider Lockseeds are the same style as Kurokage's. [[spoiler: What happened to Kouta at the end of the series that happened to Hase in episode 14]]?



** The movie alone justifies why there isn't an EarlyBirdCameo from Drive like ''Wizard'' did - Kouta and co are in an alternate dimension. Since Gaim can't use magic like Wizard could, summoning Drive to the world is out of the question, and since Drive isn't a magic-based rider, him entering the summer movie's world would be a huge ContinuitySnarl.



** If you take into account time travel rules established by [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger other]] [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto series]], it gets even worse - [[spoiler: Future!Mai couldn't just tell everyone, since they wouldn't believe her; and she couldn't go back before Helheim invaded the Earth; her only choices were either not go back and have history repeat itself, or go back in time, but not directly interfere]].



* Kouta [[spoiler:takes all of Helheim's fruits to a new planet...]] This is good and all, but [[spoiler:doesn't Nitoh need those fruits to satisfy the Chimera?]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Whoops]].

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* Kouta [[spoiler:takes all of Helheim's fruits to a new planet...]] This is good and all, but [[spoiler:doesn't Nitoh need those fruits to satisfy the Chimera?]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Whoops]].Whoops]].
** As shown by the Gaim-Drive crossover, [[spoiler: Kouta can visit the earth whenever he wants, so it's possible that he might just take a year's supply of fruits to Nitoh every time he visits so his Chimera can be satisfied. Plus, we have no idea how much energy the Chimera gets from one fruit, so for all we know, one fruit alone could be enough to fuel the Chimera for a few months, and Nitoh had quite a few with him]].
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** Additionally, why does the DJ gun have a turntable (aside from the name)? Because the lockseed that summons it was created by Sagara, a DJ.
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* Much like how [[spoiler:Mitsuzane killed Takatora via a dirty trick, so did Redyue towards Roshuo]].

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* Much like how [[spoiler:Mitsuzane (nearly) killed Takatora via a dirty trick, so did Redyue towards Roshuo]].

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