History Series / KamenRiderZiO

* MerchandiseDriven: The collectibles this time are called Ride Watches, pocket watches with the face of previous Kamen Riders. %%Zi-O and Gates use them to transform into their base forms by placing their respective Ride Watch on the left slot of the Zikuu Driver, and change their Rider Armor form by placing the previous Rider's Ride Watch on the right slot of the Zikuu Driver. The Rider Watch is electronic, lighting up and showing the Kamen Rider's year, while at the same time also uses the pin system as the Zikuu Driver is also electronic, making the system similar to Series/KamenRiderGaim's Lock Seeds and Sengoku Driver.
* SixthRanger: Kamen Rider Gates follows the trend of Kamen Riders like [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Specter]] and [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Baron]], and appears fairly early on. %%Gates might not be an example and will have to be removed, if he appears early enough.

** The '''[[MixAndMatchWeapon Zikan Gilade]]''' (''"Timeout Blade"'') is Zi-O's weapon. It can transform between a sword and a gun.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The words for "time" and "written character" in Japanese are both pronounced "zi". Therefore, a time-based Rider also has an extreme case of BroughtToYouByTheLetterS and ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** Adding a triple meaning, "Zi-O" is more than likely derived from the Japanese words ''Jikan'' ("time") and ''Ōu'' ("king"), as seen with Zi-O's watch motif and the show's tagline "Rejoice! For the birth of a new king!"

** Some Rider Armors are also affected with this design theme as well; a notable one being the OOO Armor's Tatoba chestplate being redesigned with the words タカ[[note]]Taka[[/note]], トラ[[note]]Tora[[/note]] and バッタ[[note]]Batta[[/note]] in place of the original animal design.

* ShouldersOfDoom: Most of the Rider Armors have giant shoulderpads. Many of them have versions of previous Riders' collectibles on them (Build's Bottles, Ex-Aid's Gashats, Drive's Tires, Ghost's Eyecons). The OOO Armor enhances the original's tiger arms with shoulderpads in the form of an ''actual tiger''.

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* SixthRanger: Kamen Rider Gates follows the trend of Kamen Riders like [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Specter]] and [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Baron]], and appears fairly early on. He likes to steal the Ride Watches from Zi-O. %%Gates might not be an example and will have to be removed, if he appears early enough.

* MerchandiseDriven: The collectibles this time are called Ride Watches, pocket watches with the face of previous Kamen Riders. Zi-O and Gates use them to transform into their base forms by placing their respective Ride Watch on the left slot of the Zikuu Driver, and change their Rider Armor form by placing the previous Rider's Ride Watch on the right slot of the Ziuu Driver. The Rider Watch is electronic, lighting up and showing the Kamen Rider's year, while at the same time also uses the pin system as the Zikuu Driver is also electronic, making the system similar to [[Series/KamenRiderGaim]]'s Lock Seeds and Sengoku Driver.

** The '''[[MixAndMatchWeapon Jikangirade]]''' (''"Timeout Blade"'') is Zi-O's weapon. It can transform between a sword and a gun.

* PowerCopying: Zi-O and Gates can borrow the powers of previous Riders. Several other Riders could do this in spin-off media, but this is the first time since ''Decade'' that it's been featured in the main show.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Most of the Rider Armor have shoulderpads with giant versions of previous Riders' collectibles on them (Ex-Aid has giant Gashats, for instance). Some have those that are usually altered in the original Rider's suit when changing forms (Drive has two wheels).
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', being a MilestoneCelebration season celebrating the Heisei era reaching a multiple of ten years and focusing on borrowing previous Riders' powers. Zi-O also has magenta in his default suit design, which was Decade's main color.

* WhatItSaysOnTheTin: A common design theme for this series, not only do the Riders' main forms read "Kamen Rider" in Japanese on their faces, Zi-O's eyes changes to the name of the Kamen Rider whose powers he has equipped as his armour.
** This extends to their weapons as well, Zi-O's Jikangirade reads ケン[[note]]ken[[/note]] and ジュウ[[note]]juu[[/note]] for sword and gun modes respectively. Gates' Jikanzax has おの[[note]]ono, announced as "Oh! No!"[[/note]] and ゆみ[[note]]yumi, announced as "You! Me!"[[/note]] for ax and bow modes respectively.

* MerchandiseDriven: The collectibles this time are called Ride Watches, pocket watches with the face of previous Kamen Riders. Zi-O and Gates use them to transform into their base forms and change their Rider Armor. The Rider Watch is electronic, lighting up and showing the Kamen Rider's year.
* SixthRanger: Kamen Rider Gates follows the trend of Kamen Riders like [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Specter]] and [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Baron]], and appears fairly early on. %%Gates might not be an example and will have to be removed, if he appears early enough.

* MerchandiseDriven: The collectibles this time are called Rider Watches, pocket watches with the face of previous Kamen Riders. Zi-O and Gates use them to transform into their base forms and change their Rider Armor. The Rider Watch is electronic, lighting up and showing the Kamen Rider's year.

* SixthRanger: Kamen Rider Gates follows the trend of Kamen Riders Specter and Cross-Z and appears fairly early on. We can probably expect more later. %%Gates might not be an example and will have to be removed, if he appears early enough.

** '''[[MixAndMatchWeapon Zikan Gilade]]''' (Time's Up Blade), is Zi-O's weapon. It can transform between a sword and a gun.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Both Zi-O and Gates have "Kamen Rider" literally written on their faces. Both have カメン (katakana for "Kamen") inscribed on their foreheads and in other places on their armor, while they each have "Rider" on their visors in different scripts: Zi-O's is ライダー (katakana) and Gates' is らいだ (hiragana). When channeling another Rider's power, the forehead inscription is dropped while the visors change to that Rider's name (keeping the original script and general visor shape).

** The Zikuu Driver looks like a LED clock.

* ShouldersOfDoom: Alternate forms have shoulderpads with giant versions of previous Riders' collectibles on them (Ex-Aid has giant Gashats, Ghost has giant Eyecons, etc.).

''Kamen Rider Zi-O'' is the 2018-2019 entry in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series, the twentieth and final entry in the franchise's Heisei era, and the twenty-ninth entry overall. It will air alongside ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block. The series name was revealed when Toei filed a trademark [[http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/05/kamen-rider-zi-o-trademark-registered-by-toei/]] on May 7th 2018.

* MerchandiseDriven: Rider Watches, pocketwatches with the face of previous Kamen Riders. Zi-O and Gates use them to change their Rider Armor.

* WeaponOfChoice: Zi-O uses the Zikan Gilade (Time's Up Blade), which like most Rider weapons is a gun/blade combination.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Both Zi-O and Gates have "Kamen Rider" literally written on their faces. Both have カメン (hiragana for "Kamen") inscribed on their foreheads and in other places on their armor, while they each have "Rider" on their visors in different scripts: Zi-O's is ライダー (katakana) and Gates' is らいだ (hiragana). When channeling another Rider's power, the forehead inscription is dropped while the visors change to that Rider's name (keeping the original script and general visor shape).

* SymbolMotifClothing: A watch.

* SixthRanger: Like with some previous seasons, a second Rider (Kamen Rider Gates) appears fairly early on. We can probably expect more later.
* TransformationTrinket: The Jikuu (Space-Time) Driver, used by both Zi-O and Gates, is the main transformation device, while forms are changed with Ride Watches (similar to Decade's Ride Cards).

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Both Zi-O and Gates have "Kamen Rider" literally written on their faces; Zi-O has カメン (katakana for "Kamen") as an inscription on his forehead and his visor in the shape of ライダー (katakana for "Rider"), while Gates has the same in hiragana. When channeling another Rider's power, the "Kamen" inscription is dropped while the visors change to that Rider's name (keeping the original script and general visor shape).

* TimeTravel: Zi-O is from present time, but Gates is from the future (year 206X).

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Both Zi-O and his ally have "Kamen Rider" literally written on their faces; Zi-O has カメン (katakana for "Kamen") as an inscription on his forehead and his visor in the shape of ライダー (katakana for "Rider"), while the other Rider has the same in hiragana. When channeling another Rider's power, the "Kamen" inscription is dropped while the visors change to that Rider's name (keeping the original script and general visor shape).

* SymbolMotifClothing: A watch. Zi-O's visor is literally a face of a metal wristwatch and the middle of his armor has the metal strap. His pose even involves adjusting the knob at the side of this helmet, which is literally the same knob one turns when adjusting the hands of a wristwatch. The other Rider has some of the same design, only he's a digital watch.
** The clock hands point upward, giving it the traditional Rider antennae. Also, the minute arm points to 2 and the hour arm points to 10. It can be read as 10:10, as the twentieth Kamen Rider.

''Kamen Rider Zi-O'' is the 2018-2019 entry in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series; the twentieth and final entry in the franchise's Heisei era, and the twenty-ninth entry overall. It will air alongside ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block. The series name was revealed when Toei filed a trademark [[http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/05/kamen-rider-zi-o-trademark-registered-by-toei/]] on May 7th 2018.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', being a MilestoneCelebration season celebrating the Heisei era reaching a multiple of ten years and focusing on borrowing previous Riders' powers. Zi-O also has magenta in his default suit design, which was Decade's main color.

* SixthRanger: Like with some previous seasons, a second Rider appears fairly early on. We can probably expect more later.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Both Zi-O and his ally have "Kamen Rider" literally written on their faces; Zi-O has カメン (katakana for "Kamen") as an inscription on his forehead and his visor in the shape of ライダー (katakana for "Rider"), while the other Rider's visor is "Rider" in hiragana. When channeling another Rider's power, the visors stay the same general shape but change to that Rider's name in either katakana or hiragana.
* SymbolMotifClothing: Watch. His visor is literally a face of a metal wristwatch and the middle of his armor has the metal strap. His pose even involves adjusting the knob at the side of this helmet, which is literally the same knob one turns when adjusting the hands of a wristwatch.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Both Zi-O and his ally have "Kamen Rider" literally written on their faces; Zi-O has カメン (katakana for "Kamen") as an inscription on his forehead and his visor in the shape of ライダー (katakana for "Rider"), while the other Rider's visor is "Rider" in hiragana. When channeling another Rider's power, the visors stay the same general shape but change to that Rider's name in kanji.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Both Zi-O and his ally have "Kamen Rider" literally written on their faces; Zi-O has カメン (hiragana for "Kamen") as an inscription on his forehead and his visor in the shape of ライダー (kanji for "Rider"), while the other Rider's visor is "Rider" in hiragana. When channeling another Rider's power, the visors stay the same general shape but change to that Rider's name in kanji.

The upcoming 2018-2019 entry in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series; the twentieth and final entry in the franchise's Heisei era, and the twenty-ninth entry overall. It will air alongside ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block. The series name was revealed when Toei filed a trademark [[http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/05/kamen-rider-zi-o-trademark-registered-by-toei/]] on May 7th 2018.

* HenshinHero