History Characters / HorseshoesAndHandGrenades

* SatelliteCharacter: Guil, seeing as he is there to make comments on his brother's angry tirades.

* TriggerPhrase: "Down the Rabbit Hole".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Starts dressing up as a girl in public.

* TheGenericGuy: Doesn't have as big of a personality as his fellow Hunting Dogs.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: WordOfGod says he has pretty high grades, but he really just likes hanging out with Taira and practicing his singing.

* {{Tomboy}}

* SweetTooth: Was ecstatic to try out the cakes Kougami has made and usually has a lollipop in her mouth. This aspect of her is what makes her befriend Quetzie.]]

* DesignatedGirlFight: Seems to be this way with Sonada.

* HappilyAdopted: The author's notes say that she was adopted by a man named Ryoma Yumada when she was seven.
* HeadDesk: Does this in frustration over losing her job and not being able to pay rent.

* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Yayoi'] Abel, seeing as they are actually cousins.

* AssholeVictim: They were killed in a pretty gruesome way by Renenutet.

* WalkingSpoiler: After III Genesis, everything about Ryusei pretty much goes downhill.

* WesternZodiac: He's born on June 6th in the story, making him a Gemini. He is given the ability to become Libra Zodiarts, which relates to his duplicitous nature.

* TheStrategist

* MeaningfulName: Her real name is Ayida-Weddo, who is associated with serpents and Rainbows in Voudou and is Damballa's wife.

* MissingMom: His mother died seven years prior to the story, and it was she who wrote the kid's book he loves so much.

* HeroesOfAnotherStory: See below.

* ThoseTwoGuys: In [=SplitxEnd=], but they have their own roles in Fanfic/QuickToTheTrigger.

* FourIsDeath: Gets impaled by the fourth sword in the Four of Swords in ''Intermission-3''.

* KillItWithFire: How Yayoi dealt with Doll!Haruto.

* PerpetualSmiler: Once transformed into a doll.

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: In his doll form. They're ''buttons''.

* EvilLaugh

* TheChosenOne: ''[=SplitxEnd=]'' reveals that [[spoiler: he's the legendary White Crow of the Veil, destined to send souls to the afterlife

* HiddenDepths: She likes pressing flowers and wishes to be in the Olympics representing Japan one day.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Croquettes. It serves to be an interesting opposite to Haruto's love of sugar donuts.

* LovingAShadow: She wants to be Gentaro's girlfriend, but doesn't respect his wishes to be friends with everyone.

* MasterCharacterHeroes: Abe is Ares: The Protector, Ibuki is Apollo: The Businessman, Taira is Hades: The Recluse, Teruhiko is Osiris: The Male Messiah. When Miura is added, he also is Ares: The Protector.
** MasterCharacterHeroines: Mari is Hera: The Matriarch, Rumi is Artemis: The Amazon, and Jun fills both Demeter: The Nurturer and Isis: The Female Messiah.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A photographer who likes photographing smiles, a High School glee club that has a sword wielder, ninja and samurai, a cheerleader who loves sweets, a HugeSchoolgirl who uses a vaulting pole, a Detention Teacher who previously had a habit of saying [[GratuitousEnglish "Bad Boy"]] and his once delinquent son and former Zodiarts. They also recently added ''another'' former Zodiarts and current Horoscope Zodiarts.

* BadassNormal: Doesn't have Rumi's vaulting pole, isn't a ninja or samurai like the Glee Club Members, carries no Zodiarts Powers and she's not a Serpent-bearer. She doesn't need any of these things to kick ass.

** A constant RunningGag in ''Blue-Eyed Boy'' mentions that she beat up twenty Dopans with nothing more than a baseball bat. Jun really feels embarrassed every time it's brought up.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon seeing the footage of Yuya becoming an Invase and him killing Yuya, he looks in absolute horror.

* BrainwasedAndCrazy
* SparedByTheAdaption: Didn't lose his Sengoku Driver, thus he didn't eat the Helheim Fruit to become an Invase.

* MainpulativeBastard

* SmallRoleBigImpact: If Aesclepius wasn't killed by Zeus's wrath, things would've ended way more differently.

!The White Crow of the Veil
A spiritual being mentioned by Goro. He was the very same crow who told Apollo regarding the affair of Coronis, Apollo's wife, with the mortal Ischys. His white feathers became black from Apollo's anger and his failure to serve said god made him become reincarnated within Asclepius's bloodline.

* TheAtoner: He reincarnates several times for failing to obey Apollo.
* ClassicalMythology: See the description above.
* CleverCrows[=/=]CreepyCrows: Depends on who's the current chosen one at the time. Most descendants who become the White Crow are benevolent. Gentaro Kisaragi, the current bearer, is not.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Grants this power to all reincarnations as part of his mission to send the souls to the afterlife.
* LightIsGood[=/=]DarkIsNotEvil: No matter the color of his feathers, the crow is a benevolent being. Its current reincarnation, Gentaro Kisaragi, sides with LightIsNotGood. Doubly so since white is the Japanese color of death.
* {{Psychopomp}}: To repent for his crimes, he helps guide lost souls into the afterlife.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His decision to reincarnate through Asclepius's bloodline is an important factor in Gentaro's past.
* WingedHumanoid: Appeared in this sort of form to Gentaro, if Gentaro's journal seems to indicate.

* MoreThanMindControl: Brainwashes the Kamen Riders do to drugs, subliminal commands, and video footage.

Leader of Team Raid Wild, who was targeted by Lovely to eat one of her special parfaits in ''Forbidden Fruit''. In ''Cherry Picking'', he was

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Seeing a pattern?

* ColorCodedCharacters: Each of the dolls have different colored buttons to help stand out.

JK's younger sister, who was the catalyst for JK and his father's problems. In ''[=SplitxEnd=]'', it's revealed that she was killed trying to defend her brother from their caretaker who went mad. ''Wheel of Fortune'' expands on this, as the caretaker was really Ros and Guil's mother (who was crazy before she was sent to the Jingu residence), and was sent to an asylum.

* DeadpanSnarker: Usually has a sarcastic comment to everything that they encounter.

* DragonicHumanoid: Cloth Haruto has a pair of horns, wings and tail which, unlike regular Haruto, he has all the time.

!KoAnkh

The muscle of the Kamen Rider Club who decides to take matters into his own hands. He passed his position as Power Dizer pilot to Miu and can become Kamen Rider Den-O: Rod Form with Urataros. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this did not make him immune to death, as he was killed by Ryusei in XI-Team Spirit, only to somehow gain a contract with Vasuki, the Tethering Serpent and become a Serpent-bearer himself.]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler: Defeats Sonada with a SOLU-enhanced costume glove (which is from Tomoko's cosplay of Kamen Rider Amazon), and a slipper. He utilizies his shoes against Sagittarius Zodiarts in ''Month of Sundays.'']]

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Obtains a Liner Pass that so far has let him teleport himself from his current position to the Rabbit Hatch. [[spoiler: He exploits this by getting Virgo Zodiarts to teleport him to the Dark Nebula then rescue both Sonada and Kijima from stasis and then bring them back to Amanogawa High.]]

''FanFic/{{Horseshoes and Hand Grenades}}'', while mostly based on Series/KamenRiderFourze, also brings [[Series/KamenRiderGaim in]] [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight other]] [[Series/KamenRiderV3 Kamen]] [[Series/KamenRiderAmazon Rider]] [[Series/KamenRiderDenO characters]] [[Series/KamenRiderDouble from]] [[Series/KamenRiderOOO different]] [[Series/KamenRiderWizard series]]. Since the stories involved in the universe sometimes take place at the same time, the sheet will be divided by groups and which stories they debut.

* [[spoiler: {{Cult}}: Owner tells of Ohsugi becoming a member of the Cult of Caduceus, and is able to summon the winged serpent staff of the cult's namesake.]]

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The citizens of Zaname City, where they are isolated from the goings on in most of the Horseshoes universe, but nevertheless are somehow involved with the madness, one way or the other.

The eccentric head of the Kougami company, Kougami seems to know something about Ophiuchus and the War of the Stars. However, he'll only share that information for those who truly desire it. Also is good friends with Wadjet, a Serpent who is Damballa's missing wife.

* AscendedExtra: Was only there to be comic relief with the Hungry Shop Manager and was basically a FlatCharacter in general.

* AxeCrazy

* BlackEyesOfEvil

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Once in contract with Ophiuchus. His hair was originally white though, see below.

* FaceHeelTurn
* FallenHero

* ISeeDeadPeople: Yayoi finds out that he has this ability, explaining how he obtained those "thousand friends" prior to coming to Amanogawa High.

* BadassCrew

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. The antagonists love to rub it in her face that she just yelled "Stop!" when Ryusei was about to kill Gentaro and she ''hates'' herself more because of it.

** She later gives one to Gentaro about how he willingly let himself be corrupted by Ophiuchus and transformed into a monster.

* BreakTheCutie: Learning that Kamen Rider Meteor was Ryusei, and Gentaro being killed by him, made her silent and withdrawn for a while. She later grows out of it, but seeing Ryusei in chapter 9 of Horseshoes nearly brought her back to the broken phase.

* StepfordSmiler: Type C

* WesternZodiac: He's born on June 6th in the story, making him a Gemini. He is given the ability to become Libra Zodiarts, which relates to his duplicitous nature

* SurvivorGuilt: It's revealed that he blames himself for not being strong to protect his little sister from her death.

* AnyoneCanDie

* WhipItGood: Can utilize her white snake skin this way.

** BadassNormal

* TeamDad

* CoolOldGuy

* PurpleIsPowerful: Is SuperMode when he absorbs Cosmic Energy.
* SuperMode: Somehow gains one by absorbing so much Cosmic Energy, dyeing his armor purple. Unfortunately, it doesn't last very long and leaves him a bit exhausted once it's finished.

* TheStrategist

* JapaneseDelinquents: Chosuke
* OddCouple: A Imagin who wakes up from his naps if he hears the word "cry" and the leader of a group of delinquents.

* CurbStompBattle: On the receiving end of one with Gentaro in ''Horseshoes-8''. If it wasn't for Sieg, his head would've been cleaved off by a chainsaw.

* BadassCrew: They're slowly evolving into this, considering that they beat up previous Zodiarts (in human form but with their powers intact), helped Ohsugi fight ''Sagittarius Nova'', and convince Damballa to work for them

* MasterCharacterHeroes: Abe is The Protector, Ibuki is the Businessman, Taira is the Recluse, Teruhiko is The Male Messiah. When Miura is added, he also is The Protector.
** MasterCharacterHeroines: Mari is The Matriarch, Rumi is The Amazon, and Jun fills both The Nurturer and The Female Messiah.

* AllergicToRoutine: Shows hints of this.

->Masquerade Costume: [[VideoGame/DevlMayCry Dante]]

* BadassGrandpa

!Luna Iwashimazu

* CosplayOtakuGirl: Just like Yumeria, she runs a shop called Sew Sweet. The end of ''Cherry Picking'' chapter 1 states she'll meet up with her online boyfriend via cosplay.

* FingerWag: Gives this to Kota when she blocks him from entering the changing room.

The main focus of ''Give the Green Light'' as his plans for a simple date with Midnight somehow spiral out of control.

* ObliviousToLove: Has no idea that Rin Katsuyama has a crush on him--when she accidentally rushes in to see [[ItMakesSenseInContext Souji holding hands with Amy]], she runs off in tears. Souji notes that he doesn't like Katsuyama quiet, but can't pinpoint the fact that it's because she thinks he has a crush on Amy.

Chapters later, Miura was brainwashed to become the second Aries, thus beginning the birth of the Cosmic Hunting Dogs and beginning the plot of A Month Of Sundays

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Miura until Mari uses ThePowerOfLove to free him.

[[folder: Forbidden Fruit/Cherry Picking Characters]]

* CoolOldGuy: Despite his daughter's yaoi tendencies, he's really nice to his customers and doesn't hold ill will to them.

* StockingFiller: Shown wearing fishnet stockings.
* SweetTooth: Seeing the cake Takatora bought from Charmant had her nearly drooling, stating that they make her father's parfaits seem like sheet cakes.

The usernames of three people on the forum that Mei frequents. They discuss a bit of the backstory regarding Yamada, Ros and Guil, and anything regarding the rental service that they worked in.

* TheGhost

* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]]

Another Akibaranger character who works in a costume shop. She works in the same rental company that Yumeria was fired from, but is willing to leave it behind for a small fee from Kota.

''I couldn't sit back as I was being shoved as being someone else's "special someone". I had to be me. I had to be selfish''.

* CosplayOtakuGirl: Just like Yumeria, she runs a shop called Sew Sweet. The end of ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' chapter 1 states she'll meet up with her online boyfriend via cosplay.

A Serpent god of Voudou, he appears in ''Intermission-2'' and is currently under the contract of [[spoiler: Shotaro Hidari]]. He is shown to have no loyalties to anyone but his own and is one of the most dangerous due to his chaotic mind.

* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: His serpentine form is a large white snake. While it's good where he comes from (as white is a color sacred to him), it represents death in Japan. As of ''Sundays-4.5'', [[spoiler: he sports a human form that is all white and he is ''still'' rotten to the core.]]
** This even extends to [[spoiler: being able to make his own Kamen Rider persona, Kamen Rider Pierrot, which is all white and is shown to be nothing more than sadistic. It might change now that he's working for the side of good.]]
* ManInWhite: His human form...[[spoiler: which looks just like ''Shotaro''.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Despite being an ancient serpent with a Mardi Gras theme, he is also in search of a loved one which is how Jun relates to him--she lost a father and little brother and is still reeling, but she manages to live her life to the fullest despite with it.]]

! (Narcisse) Yukina Takamura

[[folder: Zodiarts]]

* ObfisucatingStupidity: Invokes this as she was taught by Yumeria that if people perceived you as a ditz, you work it to your advantage.