History Fridge / KamenRiderKuuga

* Among all of Yusuke's 2000 talents, he fails with one: spooking people. As far back as Episode 1, his attempts to scare people end with the subject flatly telling him to cut it out, but it's possible he's too much of a NiceGuy to scare people on purpose like that. Eventually, however, Yusuke does prove to be scary…as Kuuga, with his growing power and growing rage.

* When Daguva was gleefully laughing during the final GoodOldFisticuffs battle, it suddenly became clear that N-Daguva-Zeba wasn't fighting to win. Kuuga was also a Gurongi himself (an immature one), and Yusuke was simply the human host for the transformation. The final fight was to truly bring out Kuuga as a Gurongi so he can usher in an eternity of violence. In short, Daguva was hoping that Yusuke would lose what's left of his humanity in that fight. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Thankfully, Daguva failed to understand that Yusuke, fearsome as he was, was also an equally kind person--and such a soul would never fall to Daguva's level]].
** This is also likely the reason why Riku chose to seal himself along with Daguva. Daguva likely called out Riku on that he was no different from him and planned to make the Linto into the successor of the Gurongi.
* One commercial has a child being chased by a Gurongi before thankfully Kuuga shows up. Anyone who watches the show will know the [[SerialKiller Gurongi]]'s [[WouldHurtAChild intentions clearly]].

* Why is it only the police, and not the military, who are engaged in fighting the Grongi? Because the Grongi behave more like serial killers, not an invading horde. There are no grand-scale attacks; simply a trail of dead bodies, by monsters who can look no different from humans. Declaring martial law in the city would make the situation worse than usual--the Self-Defense Force could feasible end up killing more civilians than the Grongi. [[PoliceAreUseless Even if they can't kill the Grongi]], the police are best suited to handle this situation.
** On top of all of this, there's the fact that the Japanese government would have to acknowledge the concept that there's [[AncientEvil ancient mutants]] running around playing a DeadlyGame with their citizens. It's a hard concept to take in, let alone say aloud for the world to hear. And if they bring in the JSDF, then there's a chance that the Gurongi could either spread out and kill elsewhere, or escalate the conflict into all out war.
* Episode 20: Why does Yusuke not hesitate to [[PlayingWithFire burn the growing remains of #26]]? He's likely acting out of fear of #26, the Grongi that came ''very'' close to killing him so far. Who ''wouldn't'' do the same thing?

** The final chord before the lyrics hit is a big, devastating riff. This ''embodies'' Ultimate Form.

** The first chord is pretty normal when compared to the second through final chords, and thus embodies Mighty Form.
** The second, however, is quicker, evoking the [[FragileSpeedster heightened acrobatic ability]] of Dragon Form.
** The third is played in a different audio channel compared to the others, evoking Pegasus Form's SuperSenses.

* Just why does the series have a pumped-up, HotBlooded opening theme contrasting with a soft rock ending? The final episode drives the point home - Yusuke, finally unburdened by the duty of being Kuuga, shows his kindness to a group of children with the ending theme playing over. The two musical themes of the show present the character of Yusuke Godai - a kind man forced by circumstances to become a fearsome warrior who would save the world.
* The fact that three of the Grongi are based off Kamen Riders, namely [[Series/KamenRider Badaa]], [[Series/KamenRiderStronger Gadoru]], and [[EvilCounterpart Daguva]], makes it practically {{foreshadowing}} for the fact that [[spoiler:Kuuga's powers are no different from theirs]].

** The first chord is pretty normal compared to the rest, resembling Mighty.
** The second, however, is quicker, resembling Dragon.
** The third is played in a different audio channel compared to the others, resembling Pegasus' SuperSenses.
** The fourth is bigger and louder than the others, resembling Titan.
** The final chord before the lyrics hit is a big, devastating riff. This is pretty much what Ultimate Form is.
* Usually, every main Rider series has at least two Kamen Riders, with ''Kuuga'' being the sole exception. But then you remember--Yusuke IS the second Rider in his story, Riku being the first! It's just that ''Kuuga'' is about the second Rider, learning from the first Rider to combat their shared enemy.

* The opening song's first few chords actually show off Kuuga's forms.

** On top of all of this, there's the fact that the Japanese government would have to acknowledge the concept that there's [[AncientEvil ancient mutants]] running around playing a DeadlyGame with their citizens. It's a hard concept to take in, let alone say aloud for the world to hear. And if they bring in the JSDF, then there's a chance that the Gurongi could either spread out and kill elsewhere, or escalate the conflict into all out war.

*** On top of all of this, there's the fact that the Japanese government would have to acknowledge the concept that there's [[AncientEvil ancient mutants]] running around playing a DeadlyGame with their citizens. It's a hard concept to take in, let alone say aloud for the world to hear. And if they bring in the JSDF, then there's a chance that the Gurongi could either spread out and kill elsewhere, or escalate the conflict into all out war.

* Usually, every main Rider series has at least two Kamen Riders, with Kuuga being the sole exception. But then you remember--Yusuke IS the second Rider in his story, Riku being the first!

* When Daguva was gleefully laughing during the final GoodOldFisticuffs battle, it suddenly became clear that N-Daguva-Zeba wasn't fighting to win. Kuuga was also a Gurongi himself (an immature one) and Yusuke was simply the human host for the transformation. The final fight was to truly bring out Kuuga as a Gurongi so he can usher in an eternity of violence. In short, Daguva was hoping that Yusuke would lose what's left of his humanity in that fight.

* Why is it only the police, and not the military, who are engaged in fighting the Grongi?
** Because they are more like serial killings. Declaring martial law at the city will make the situation worse than usual.
*** There's also the fact that the military likely wouldn't get involved unless the Grongi spread their activities over a wider area - as far as they're concerned, as long as it's not too widespread, it's no different from a serial killer on the loose (something the police would be in charge of handling).

*** There's also the fact that the military likely wouldn't get involved unless the Grongi spread their activities over a wider area - as far as they're concerned, as long as it's not too widespread, it's no different from a serial killer on the loose (something the police would be in charge of handling).

** Because they are more like serial killings. Declaring martial law at the city will make the situation worse than usual.

* The fact that three of the Grongi are based off Kamen Riders, namely [[Series/KamenRider Badaa]], [[Series/KamenRiderStronger Gadoru]], and Daguva, makes it practically {{foreshadowing}} for the fact that [[spoiler:Kuuga's powers are no different from theirs]].

! FridgeLogic

* Why is it only the police, and not the military, who are engaged in fighting the Grongi?
** Because they are more like serial killings. Declaring martial law at the city will make the situation worse than usual.

* Just why does the series have a pumped-up, HotBlooded opening theme contrasting with a soft rock ending? The final episode drives the point home - Yuusuke, finally unburdened by the duty of being Kuuga, shows his kindness to a group of children with the ending theme playing over. The two musical themes of the show present the character of Yuusuke Godai - a kind man forced by circumstances to become a fearsome warrior who would save the world.

* When Daguva was gleefully laughing during the final GoodOldFisticuffs battle, it suddenly became clear that N-Daguva-Zeba wasn't fighting to win. Kuuga was also a Gurongi himself (an immature one) and Yuusuke was simply the human host for the transformation. The final fight was to truly bring out Kuuga as a Gurongi so he can usher in an eternity of violence. In short, Daguva was hoping that Yuusuke would lose what's left of his humanity in that fight.

* The final GoodOldFisticuffs battle, when Daguva was gleefully laughing, suddenly you realized that N-Daguva-Zeba wasn't fighting to win, he was hoping that Yuusuke loses what's left of his humanity in that fight. Kuuga was also a Grongi himself (an immature one) and Yuusuke was simply the human host for the transformation. The final fight was to truly bring out Kuuga as a Grongi so he can usher in an eternity of violence.

* The fact that four of the Grongi are based off Kamen Rider, namely the Grasshopper Grongi, Gadoru, and Daguva, makes it practically {{foreshadowing}} for the fact that [[spoiler:Kuuga's powers is no different from them]].

* The final GoodOldFisticuffs battle, suddenly you realized that N-Daguva-Zeba wasn't fighting to win, he was hoping that Yuusuke loses what's left of his humanity in that fight. Kuuga was also a Grongi himself (an immature one) and Yuusuke was simply the human host for the transformation. The final fight was to truly bring out Kuuga as a Grongi so he can usher in an eternity of violence.

* The final GoodOldFisticuffs battle, suddenly you realized that N-Daguva-Zeba wasn't fighting to win, he was hoping that Yuusuke loses what's left of his humanity in that fight. Kuuga was also a Grongi himself (an immature one) and Yuusuke was simply the human host for the trasnformation. The final fight was to truly bring out Kuuga as a Grongi so he can usher in an eternity of violence.

* Just why does the series have a pumped-up, HotBlooded opening theme contrasting with a soft rock ending? The final episode drives the point home - Yuusuke, finally unburdened by the duty of being Kuuga, shows his kindness to a group of children with the ending theme playing over. The two musical themes of the show present the character of Yuusuke Godai - a kind man forced by circumstances to become a fearsome warrior who would save the world.