History Recap / OhsamaSentaiKingOhgerEp18TheCrownOfBeginnings

* DidntSeeThatComing: Racules is taken entirely off guard when Kaguragi reveals he and his sister hadd been playing the haughty king the ''entire'' time.

** [[Recap/OhsamaSentaiKingOhgerTheSecretOfKingRaculesEp02 This isn't the first time the Bognnarok have tried taking over Shugoddam while Racules was gone]]. They just happened to succeed this time.

** Suzume assists Kaguragi in his heist by getting him to act as a ''kabutomushi'', allowing him to find the gear that holds the [=OhgerLance=].

* HumiliationConga: Racules attempt to kill Yanma gives Rita enough evidence to now call for ''his'' arrest. He then discovers Kaguragi and Suzume have been playing him for a fool ''the entire time''...when Kaguragi is standing in his cockpit with the [=OhgerCrownLance=] ready to steal the Founder's Crown right in front of him while he's unable to do anything due to still bing in God Kuwagata ZERO's harness. This is followed by Extreme King-Ohger demolishing King-Ohger ZERO. Finally, as he comes crawling back, wounded to his palace, he learns that Bognaarok was ''also'' playing him for a fool and took over his country behind his back.

** He later reveals that this is only his latest one: He stumbled onto King-Ohger ZERO ages back and tried to hijack it, only to find it unresponsive.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Discussed, then Subverted. Racules' insistence on broadcasting his attempted takeover of N'Kosopa (particularly the failed execution of Yanma) was the probable cause Rita needed to finally seek out his arrest. They relent when Douga shows hostility, but make clear that they ''will'' act on it eventually.

* NoSympathy: After Jeramie saves Gira, he spends the remainder of the episode huddled in a CornerOfWoe, wracked with guilt. Hymeno thinks he deserves it given that he has worsen the situation.

* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Racules once had positive aspirations for Shugoddam's future, but abandoned what he called a fantasy in favor of tyranthood.

* NoSympathy: After Jeramie saves Gira, he spends the remainder of the episode huddled in a CornerOfWoe, wracked with guilt. Hymeno thinks he deserves it.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gira calls out Racules on how he has become a shell of what he once dreamed of: a king and his citizens being one nation - the same dream Racules now calls a "child's fantasy." Gira calls him an empty king because a real one would try to make the impossible possible.

* MoodWhiplash: Gira calls Kaguragi prior to the fight to apologize for not saving Suzume, revealing that he was aware that they were planning something and chose not to interfere; refuting Kaguragi's attempts to invoke a debt. The emotionally-charged call ends with the Kuroko sheepishly folding away a backdrop of Toufu's throne, showing that Kaguragi was already sneaking around in Shugoddam to pull off TheHeist when Gira called.

* TheHeist: Kaguragi attempts to do one with Kuroda and another ''kuroko'', only to be easily found out by Boshimar and Douga. However, Suzume manages to secretly help him get the [=OhgerLance=] by putting on her own show to lead him to the gear that holds it.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gira calls out Racules on how he has become a shell of what he once dreamed of, a king and his citizens being one nation, a dream that Racules now calls a "child's fantasy" to which Gira calls him an empty king because a real one would try to make the impossible possible.

* TheHeist: Kaguragi attempts to do one with Kuroda and another ''kuroko'', only to be easily found out by Boshimar and Douga. However, Suzume manages to secretly help him get the [=OhgerLance=] by putting on her own show to lead him to the gear that holds the [=OhgerCrownLance=].

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Downplayed. Gira calls Kaguragi before going off to confront Racules again, revealing that he saw her crying and figured she was there for a reason; opting not to take her away. Kaguragi assumes Gira wants a favor in exchange for this info - He doesn't. This might have inspired Kaguragi to finally assist the heroes of his own volition...[[MoodWhiplash if he hadn't already been inside the castle gunning for Racules' Lance when Gira called him, complete with fake Toufu backdrop to keep up appearances]].

* TheHeist: Kaguragi attempts to do one with Kuroda and another ''kuroko'', only to be easily found out by Boshamar and Douga. However, Suzume manages to secretly help him get the [=OhgerLance=] by putting on her own show to lead him to the gear that holds the [=OhgerCrownLance=].

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Downplayed. Gira calls Kaguragi before going off to confront Racules again, revealing that he saw the note she'd been passed and opted out of taking her away. Kaguragi assumes Gira wants a favor in exchange for this info - He doesn't. This might have inspired Kaguragi to finally assist the heroes of his own volition...[[MoodWhiplash if he hadn't already been inside the castle gunning for Racules' Lance when Gira called him, complete with fake Toufu backdrop to keep up appearances]].

* StatusQuoIsGod: Defied. Racules has been properly defeated for the first time, his attempt on Yanma's life serving as the probable cause Rita needs to attempt an arrest. Gira now has the tools to takes Shugoddam's throne.

* CallBack: Jeramie repeats the previous episode's line of "Instead of ruling over everything, he'd be ''[[{{Pun}} ruing]]'' over everything."

* {{Bathos}}: Gira calls Kaguragi prior to the fight to apologize for not saving Suzume, revealing that he was aware that they were planning something and chose not to interfere; refuting Kaguragi's attempts to invoke a debt. The emotionally-charged call ends with [[MoodWhiplash the Kuroko sheepishly folding away a backdrop of Tofu's throne]], showing that Kaguragi was already sneaking around in Shugoddam to pull off TheHeist when Gira called.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Downplayed. Gira calls Kaguragi before going off to confront Racules again, revealing that he saw the note she'd been passed and opted out of taking her away. Kaguragi assumes Gira wants a favor in exchange for this info - He doesn't. This might have inspired Kaguragi to finally assist the heroes of his own volition...[[{{Bathos}} if he hadn't already been inside the castle gunning for Racules' Lance when Gira called him, complete with fake Toufu backdrop to keep up appearances]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Series/KamenRiderZiO Rejoice! He is the true heir to the throne of Shugoddam! The King who shall become evil itself to strike down injustice! And his name is King Kuwagata Ohger! Witness his hour of ascension!]]"]]

* CallBack: Jeramie repeats the previous episode's line of "Instead of ruling over everything, he'd be ''ruing'' over everything."

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gira calls out Racules on how he has become a shell of what he once dreamed of, a king and his citizens being one nation, a dream that Racules now calls a "[[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids child's fantasy]]" to which Gira calls him an empty king because a real one would try to make the impossible possible.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gira calls out Racules on how he has become a shell of what he once dreamed of, a king and his citizens being one nation, a dream that Racules now calls a "[[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids child's fantasy]]" to which Gira calls him an empty king because a real one would try to make the impossible possible..
* TheReveal: Kaguragi and Suzume have been playing a long gambit against Racules so Kaguragi could figure out how to use King-Ohger ZERO for himself.

* HeroicBSOD: PlayedForLaughs. Jeramie has put himself in a time-out over his actions, trying to understand his place in all of this as the proclaimed "King of All" when his actions just .

** We get a better look at what Gira saw when he went to rescue Suzume after Racules and co. left to take care of the Bognaarok situation. Before he left, he saw Suzume crying over Kaguragi after he left with Racules, deducing that her lovey-dovey behavior towards Racules was actually an act after all.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gira calls out Racules on how he has become a shell of what he once dreamed of, a king and his citizens being one nation, a dream that Racules now calls a "[[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids child's fantasy]]" to which Gira calls him an empty king.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with the injured Racules returning to the palace only to discover [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder the Bognaarok took over Shuggdom despite their alliance]].

* WhamShot: Kamejim appears in the Caucasus Kabuto Castle out of nowhere when Racules yells out for someone, revealing that the Bognaarok have taken over Shuggdom during his fight with Gira.