History Recap / KamenRiderExAidEp44TheLastSmile

[[caption-width-right:350:[[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline As my final request, wrap up this little world, as gently as the night sky.]]]]

* ZombieApocalypse: Essentially what Super Gamedeus's pandemic does, turning people into mindless Bugster mooks dead set on turning everyone around them into ''more'' Bugster mooks by infecting them as well. [[spoiler:Poppy sacrifices herself to cure it.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Gamedeus pandemic is cured and Gamedeus himself has been destroyed so Cronus can't try to pull this stunt again. But Masamune can still become Cronus and thanks to Parado's sacrifice, there's no Muteki Gamer to keep him from abusing his old tricks.]]

* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler: Gamedeus has been eliminated, so there's no way for Cronus to be Gamedeus Cronus. Unfortunately, he's still Cronus, and without the Muteki Gamer to oppose him.]]
* TheBusCameBack: After several episodes, the Riders bring back their Level 1 forms for the fight against Gamedeus Cronus.
* ChekhovsGun: From way back in the beginning, Asuna told Emu that Level 1 forms are required to separate the patient from the Bugster Union Virus. [[spoiler: Because Gamedeus Cronus is a fusion between Masamune (A human) and Gamedeus (A Bugster), this means that Level 1 has become a critical weakness for the monster]].

* EarlyBirdCameo: Series/KamenRiderBuild makes his first TV appearance, trying to defeat Kamen Rider Gemn (mistaking him for Ex-Aid) for a compound mixture. Once he realizes his mistake, he leaves.
* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Both Poppy and Parado are guaranteed to return just in time for the ''True Ending'' movie, as their deaths won't stick for too long. Being Bugsters may also count as this.]]

** [[spoiler:Poppy/Asuna injects herself with the Doctor Mighty XX Gashat and cures everyone infected with Gamedeus virus, at the cost of her own life.]]
** [[spoiler:Similarly, Parado uses the Doctor Mighty XX Gashat as well to finally destroy Gamedeus at the cost of his own life. It also counts as RedemptionEqualsDeath for him.]]

* LethalJokeCharacter: Not that the Level 1 forms haven't been useful in the past, but they've been heavily overshadowed by more powerful forms the riders have gained (that and there hasn't been any Bugster Union monsters in a long while). However, the five Kamen Riders go into Level 1 to take down Gamedeus Cronus in his final form. [[spoiler:And it works!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Anime/YuGiOhArcV Please, bring smiles with your gaming. That is my last request.]]]]

--> Gashat Count: Ex-Aid: 9 Brave: 5 Snipe: 4 Lazer: 10 Genm: 3 Para-DX: 2 (Continue?) Poppy: 1 (Continue?) Nico: 1 Cronus: 1

--> Gashat Count: Ex-Aid: 9 Brave: 5 Snipe: 4 Lazer: 10 Genm: 3 Para-DX: 2 (Eliminated) Poppy: 1 (Eliminated) Nico: 1 Cronus: 1

** Kamen Rider Genm fighting against Build also feels this way since Gemn himself made a similar appearance in the penultimate episode of Series/KamenRiderGhost.

** [[spoiler:Poppy/Asuna injects herself with the Doctor Migthy XX Gashat and cures everyone infected with Gamedeus virus, at the cost of her own life.]]
** [[spoiler:Similarly, Parado uses the Doctor Migthy XX Gashat as well to finally destroy Gamedeus at the cost of his own life. It also counts as RedemptionEqualsDeath for him.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler:Both Poppy and Parado are guaranteed to return just in time for the ''True Ending'' movie as their deaths won't stick for too long.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Anime/YuGiOhArcV Please, bring smiles with your gaming. That is my last request.]]

--> Gashat Count: Ex-Aid: 9 Brave: 5 Snipe: 4 Lazer: 10 Genm: 3 Para-DX: 0 (Game Over) Poppy: 0 (Game Over) Nico: 1 Cronus: 1

* CallBack: From way back in the beginning, Asuna told Emu that Level 1 forms are required to separate the patient from the Bugster Union Virus. [[spoiler:It pays off well for them]].

* ZombieApocalypse: Essentially what Super Gamedeus's pandemic does, turning people into mindless Bugster mooks dead set on turning everyone around them into ''more'' Bugster mooks by infecting them as well. [[spoiler:Poppy sacrifices herself to cure it.]]

* ZombieApocalypse: Essentially what Super Gamedeus's pandemic does, turning people into mindless Bugster mooks dead set on turning everyone around them into ''more'' Bugster mooks by infecting them as well.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Not that the Level 1 forms haven't been useful in the past, but they've been heavily overshadowed by more powerful forms the riders have gained (that and there hasn't been any Bugster Union monsters in a long while). However, the five Kamen Riders go into Level 1 to take down Gamedeus Cronus in his final form. [[spoiler:And it works!]]

** Kamen Rider Genm fighting against Build also feels this way since Gemn himself made a similar appearance in the penultimate episode of Kamen Rider Ghost.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Not that the Level 1 forms haven't been useful in the past, they've been heavily overshadowed by more powerful forms the riders have gained (that and there hasn't been any Bugster Union monsters in a long while). However, the five Kamen Riders go into Level 1 to take down Gamedeus Cronus in his final form. [[spoiler:And it works!]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: Kamen Rider Build makes his first TV appearance, trying to defeat Kamen Rider Gemn (mistaking him for Ex-Aid) for a compound mixture. Once he realizes his mistake, he leaves.