History Fridge / KamenRiderDouble

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** In addition, Wakana served as the FemmeFatale for Shotaro and in the end chose to sacrifice her own life to bring back [[spoiler:Ratio/Philip]]. Similar to most noir fiction where the detective [[DidNotGetTheGirl losing the one woman he had feelings for]].
* Why is the Maximum slot on the right side of Double when most of the time it's for the Joker Memory, a left-sided memory? [[spoiler:To discourage Shotaro from pulling a Twin Maximum Drive like he did in "The D Was Seen"]].

** Actually, according to the Lyrics, It Stands for double(W)-Boilder-eXtreme. The Boilder being the name of Double's rider Machine. still works
* W [[spoiler:letting go of half itself (i.e., Philip disappearing) after destroying Utopia (U).]]
* Shotaro's favored Memory, [[color:purple:Joker]], is said to possess the inherent power of the "trump card". Why should this be considered PersonalityPowers? [[spoiler:Shotaro is actually the ''wild'' card, being the outlier in both {{The Chessmaster}}s' plans. What's the wild card in most card games? '''Joker'''. Being the metaphorical Joker is what ''makes'' Shotaro the trump card, as his [[{{Determinator}} sheer determination and devotion to]] [[TrueCompanions his friends]] allowed him to pull off the impossible and shake off the paralyzing fear inflicted upon him by Terror and defeat Utopia single-handedly without transforming, things Shroud's chosen warrior (Ryu) couldn't even do.]]
** This also extends to the movie: [[spoiler:Daido assumed that Shotaro was out of the picture without Phillip or Double, only for him to receive the Lost Driver from Sokichi, gain the T2 Joker thanks to his affinity for its powers, and [[StormingTheCastle storm the castle]] in order to rescue his partner and protect his city.]]
* Philip's favored Memory, [[color:green:Cyclone]]. The two people capable of accessing the Gaia Library are Philip and [[spoiler: Wakana]]. [[spoiler: Wakana's]] signature Memory, [[spoiler: Claydoll]], represents [[DishingOutDirt the power of the earth]]. The [[color:green:Cyclone]] Memory represents the exact opposite, namely the power of the sky.
** In fact, all three of Philip's base Memories can be associated with the sky. [[color:gold:Luna]] obviously represents the Moon, while [[color:red:Heat]] represents the Sun (compare with Magma, a Memory with [[PlayingWithFire similar powers]] that draws its strength from the heat of ''the earth'').

** And it goes triple--Xtreme is read in Japanese as ''Ekusutorimu'', which contains the Japanese word for bird (''tori''), hence the Xtreme Memory's bird shape.

* Claydoll's MagikarpPower may seem like it came out of nowhere, but it's actually a brilliant use of MeaningfulName. [[spoiler: ''Gaia'' is the Greek Goddess of Earth. Taken 100% literally, a ''Clay Doll'' is a human figure made out of earth. In other words, Claydoll represents the power to make man one with the earth, turning the user into a literal Gaia.]]

* Shotaro taking on Dopant cases alone (especially with Akiko spending more time with Ryu) for the whole year between #48 and #49 seems more likely when you consider that he's using the ''T2 Joker Memory'', already shown to be immune to Memory Breaks.
** Except all of the T2 Memories were destroyed at the same time Eternal was.
** Actually, only the Eternal memory was shown to break, and that was most likely from having absorbed so much power.
** Actually, the T2 Memories have steel-colored tips, while the Joker Memory from the last episode is shown multiple times to have a gold one, confirming it to be the T1.[[note]]Yeah, I bet you didn't know you could [[FridgeLogic put a gold tipped Memory in a silver slot.]][[/note]]
*** Not to mention that at the time Eternal was killed for real, he had all the T2 memories active as part of a massive Maximum Drive--an attack that would've destroyed the T2 Eternal memory, would've destroyed all the other memories as well.
* Isaka absorbed a huge number of Gaia Memories into his body, something that ''should'' be impossible. However, his Weather Memory was apparently used to prevent this (somehow keeping the others in check). All the powers he used were weather-like in nature, so it makes sense. [[spoiler:When the Weather Memory finally broke, he was suddenly consumed by Living Connectors. Without the Weather Memory to keep them in check, the Gaia Memories he absorbed killed him.]]

* At first, Kamen Rider Eternal's rather somber, sad theme seems to not fit him very well. [[spoiler:Then it's revealed later that he's actually a FallenHero with a tragic past, one that the song fits very well.]]

*** The weapons can even be related to each character:

** Then how do you explain the end being episode 49 and not 50?
*** See the first Fridge Brilliance entry at the top.
* What were those Core Medals doing on the Foundation's databanks if they were sealed inside the Greeed? [[spoiler: They were actually the King's Core Medals that were owned by Kougami]].
* I thought it was weird how the Cyclone Dopant had that huge yellow rider-esque eye. Then when you find out who their relationship with Daidou Katsumi, a.k.a. Kamen Rider Eternal, it makes so much sense! [[spoiler: [[FamilyEyeResemblance He has his mother's eyes!]]]]

** Going further with this, the two Movie Riders (discounting Joker) are paired as well, as they both serve to be foils for the heroes, or rather, their fulfillment of goals. Narumi's everything Shotaro wanted to be, but with the cost of having to run away from the people he loves, while Daido, brought up in the same manner of Phillip (right down to his mom [[spoiler:cribbing notes off how Phillip was revived]]) had something Phillip wanted (a family in both [[TrueCompanions figurative]] and literal manners), but treated it more like a toy than anything else.
* I thought Terror felt out of place as a Gaia Memory, no matter how powerful it was. And then it hit me, "Terror" sounds a lot like "Terra" when pronounced in Japanese. What's another word for earth? That's right.
** On that note, Wakana's [=ClayDoll=] Gaia Memory foreshadowed her eventual role in the plan. When spoken in Japanese phonetics, [=ClayDoll=] shares pronunciation with "''cradle''".

* Why is the weapon for the Metal Memory a shaft? Perhaps it has something to do with metal pipes and steel beams used in construction work.
* One interpretation of the hands in prayer in Buddhism is that the left hand represents the person praying, and the right hand represents Buddha or the spirit. Now look at Double's default form: Shotaro's side (the body) is the ''left'', while Philip's side (the spirit) is on the ''right''. %% This might be wrong, though...
** With the above in mind, [=FangJoker=] makes sense as a ''reversal'' of Double and the "hands-in-prayer" symbolism. Philip takes over as the body (right), while Shotaro becomes the spirit (left).

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* [[spoiler:Speaking of which, how did both Shotaro and Philip have the knowledge of doing a Twin Maximum drive, and it's consequences? They tried it before.]]
** Or Shroud warned them at some point... Though why she'd bother to warn ''Shotaro'' is anyone's guess.
*** It's also possible that Philip looked up "Twin Maximum" one time and thought, "Better keep Shotaro from trying this."
* In the 11th Delusion Diary, Shotaro imagines the future of the agency in the year 2060. Shotaro and Akiko are old, but Philip hasn't aged. Which is funny until you realize that [[spoiler:Philip will stay young forever even as the others around him grow old and die, leaving him alone in the agency. Poor kid.]]
** It's never been stated that [[spoiler: Phillip doesn't age]]. In fact, since he [[spoiler: fell into the Gaia Memory well when he was just a little kid, the fact that he's now a teenager should be proof that he ''does'' age]].
** Also, it was a delusion based on Shotaro's imagination. Doesn't make it fact.

* [[spoiler:It's easy to imagine Ryu becoming just like the Commander Dopant if Philip and Shotaro weren't there for him. On the subject, what in the world was Commander planning to do with his upgraded powers?]]
** [[spoiler: Even more easier if he partnered up with Phillip to begin with as Shroud wanted]].
* This could also count as a TearJerker, but it works regardless. Take the Spider Dopant's curse into consideration (in which if you touch the ones you loved, they'll explode) and how [[spoiler: Narumi had this curse, even when the Spider Memory is broken]]. There's a scene in Begin's Night where [[spoiler:Narumi slaps Shotaro]]. Notice how he didn't blow up after that? With this in mind, the conclusion soon becomes clear: [[spoiler: Narumi never really loved Shotaro, or at least as much as he loved Akiko]].
** That or [[spoiler: it only works on Akiko]].
*** That's the case- and the [[spoiler: Spider Dopant outright says it'll kill the person the victim loves MOST. It makes sense that Soukichi loved his daughter more than anyone else, regardless of how much his protege meant to him.]]

* In "Forever A to Z", all the T2 Drivers seek out the people in the city they're most compatible with. So what does it say about Watcherman that he's singled out by the Violence Memory?

** This can sort of be seen with [[spoiler:Nasca R and Isaka performing experiments on Wakana to try and get her to use Claydoll without the need for the Driver]].

** In addition, Wakanda served as the FemmeFatale for Shotaro and in the end chose to sacrifice her own life to bring back [[spoiler:Ratio/Philip]]. Similar to most noir fiction where the detective [[DidNotGetTheGirl losing the one woman he had feelings for]]

* Masquerade dopants, the mooks of the season, unlike the next nooks (Waste Yummies, Dustards, Ghouls) ARE human and, unlike most memory users, end up disintegrated when defeated. Furthermore, in massive crossovers, they end up becoming some of the multiple types of mooks that, of course, get regularly beaten down. Here's hoping those Masquerade Dopants were NOT WasOnceAMan...

** In addition, Wakanda served as the FemmeFatale for Shotaro and in the end chose to sacrifice her own life to bring back [[spoiler:Ratio/Philip]]. Similar to mostnnoir fiction where the detective [[DoNotGetTheGirl losing the one emotional link he has]]