History ShoutOut / KamenRiderExAid

** Lampshaded by the Ex-Aid cast and crew, who posed like JoJo characters in a few behind the scenes photos.

* Aside from the cameo of the UsefulNotes/WonderSwan, the handheld everyone seems to be playing in the series is pretty much identical to that of the UsefulNotes/NeoGeoPocketColor.
* Genm's Bugvisor is essentially an oversized UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance with a mini-chainsaw sticking out of one end and two laser guns out the other.

* Several to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':

** Look at Snipe. Now look at Sinon. Do you find them similar to each other? Not to mention, they use guns as their WeaponOfChoice.

* With Cronus [[spoiler:Resetting Time]] After his loss in ep 40. He really is looking like a [[spoiler:genocide player in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'']] only as the GM / final boss rather than the player, making our heroes similar to [[spoiler: a genocide run's Sans]].

[[AC:Other {{ShoutOut}}s]]

* Taiga has a SkunkStripe in his hair and apparently has his medical license revoked. Definitely screams Manga/BlackJack.

** The way Chronus can defeat Bugsters for good, [[AndIMustScream forcing them to relive the moment of their death endlessly]], is exactly what [[spoiler:Giorno Giovanna's Gold Experience Requiem]] does to [[spoiler:Diavolo]] in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.

[[AC:Other {{Shout-Out}}s]]

* Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure:
** [[spoiler:Similiar to how [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Dio forsaken his humanity to become something monstrous in a last ditch effort to defeat the protagonist]], so too did Masamune as Cronus.]]
** Kamen Rider Cronus' powers are similar to [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders DIO]]'s stand, The World. He can [[TimeStandsStill "pause" the universe]] and conveniently attack his opponents while they are completely immobile.

** Lampshaded by the Ex-Aid cast and crew, who posed like Jojo characters in a few behind the scenes photos.
** [[spoiler:Cronus' use of "Reset"]] is awfully a lot like that of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yoshikage Kira's]] ultimate power, Bites the Dust.

** The way Chronus can defeat Bugsters for good, [[AndIMustScream forcing them to relive the moment of their death endlessly]], is exactly what [[spoiler:Giorno Giovanna's Gold Experience Requiem]] does to [[spoiler:Diavolo]] in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.

** The way Chronus can [[FinalDeath kill Bugsters for good]], forcing them to relive the moment of their death endlessly, is exactly what [[spoiler:Giorno Giovanna's Gold Experience Requiem]] does to [[spoiler:Diavolo]] in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.

* Snipe's Level 50 form gives him an admiral's cap and has him wearing naval guns like armor... [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection sound familiar]]?
** On the subject of ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', Nico's bratty attitude is similar to Shimakaze, the ship girls' "problem child". Made sense if the viewers noted that her semi-ShipTease moments with Taiga can be compared to the marriage system between the Admiral and a ship girl.

* [[spoiler:When Kuroto dies from overworking himself attempting to recreate Hyper Muteki, he makes the same pose as the position on the final page of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', complete with faded colors]].

** Emu is "Genius Gamer M"? Might as well called the "[[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 Super High School]] [[Anime/DanganRonpa3 Level Gamer]]".

** Kuroto as Genm Level X has the same color scheme as Monokuma. [[spoiler:His HiddenDepths in #31 has something to do with him being a MommasBoy on par with [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 Gundham and Teruteru]].]]
*** The first thing the audience could think of after hearing the word "Genocide!" in the Buggle Driver's transformation announcement is [[VIsualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Genocider Sho]].
*** Thanks to his [[spoiler:Kazuma Kenzaki]] disguise in the ''Gorider'' special, he might (or might not) also get along with [[VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3 Tsumugi]] as "[[VoluntaryShapeshifting cosplayers]]".
** Parado being the EvilCounterpart of Emu alludes to both [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 Nagito]] and Makoto being Super High School Level Good Luck students. Even their Rider names solidify this: Para-'''DX''' and '''Ex'''-Aid.

** ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Character that starts out small and deformed? Check. [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Wields a hammer?]] Check. Has a GoombaStomp? Check. Can power up to a more proportionate form? Check. Has a game afterwards that adds a nearly identical green brother? Check. Form with fire abilities? Check. Can grow giant? Check. Can damage enemies by jumping upwards into a row of bricks the enemy is standing on? Check. [[spoiler: Receive a star-shaped power-up that give invincibility for 10 seconds? Check.]]

* Ex-Aid in his ''Robots Action Gamer'' Level 3 form resembles Fighter Roar from the ''Compati Hero Series'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation.]]''

** The [[spoiler: Hyper Muteki Gashat]] is basically the Starman, especially in [[spoiler: Muteki Mode concurrent to another Gashat]].

-->'''Emu''': Once I beat you, [[VideoGame/KamenRiderChronicle Kamen Rider Chronicle]] will be over.

* With Cronus [[spoiler: Resetting Time]] After his loss in ep 40. He really is looking like a [[spoiler: genocide player in ''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Undertale]]'']] only as the GM / final boss rather than the player, making our heroes similar to [[spoiler: a genocide run's Sans]].
* [[spoiler: Gamedeus Muteki, with its black and silver color scheme and BadassLongcoat, seems like it might be a shout-out to SelfDemonstrating/{{Sephiroth}}.]]
* Genm's Zombie Gamer form, alongside alluding to survival horror games, also makes heavy reference to glitches, primarily games with "zombie" glitches that interrupt a character's death state, leaving their health at zero and thus unable to properly die. [[spoiler: Much like the glitch's easier solution in most cases, Zombie Gamer's glitched immortality is fixed by ''giving'' Genm health first so he can be properly registered as dying.]]

[[AC:Other Shout-Outs]]

** Speaking of ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', [[spoiler: Emu's creation of the concept of Mighty Action XX through a drawing he made as a child, and would lead to a power that involves having dual personalities in one body, and an orange-and-blue color scheme, including eyes, isn't unlike [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Judai's creation of the Yubel card that would ultimately lead him to having, among other things, glowing orange-and-blue eyes]].]]

** With the reveal that [[spoiler: Parado is the physical form of Emu's repressed childhood wish to [[FriendlessBackground have a friend to play games with]], he's also an {{Expy}} of Yubel [[{{Hermaphrodite}} themself]].]]

** Ex-Aid Muteki Gamer has stars in its armor, which brings to mind [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei's Stardust monsters]] or the positioning of the stars might bring to mind [[Anime/KillLaKill Kill La Kill's]] Three-Star Goku Uniforms.

* [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure]]:
** [[spoiler: Similiar to how [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Dio forsaken his humanity to become something monstrous in a last ditch effort to defeat the protagonist]], so too did Masamune as Cronus.]]

** [[spoiler: Emu managed to move during Cronus' pause is pretty similar to Jotaro being able to move during DIO's The World.]]
** [[spoiler: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders How the villain's power was defeated with a 10 seconds time limit]]]].

** [[spoiler: Cronus' use of "Reset"]] is awfully a lot like that of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yoshikage Kira's]] ultimate power, Bites the Dust.

* Dan Masamune [[spoiler: initially]] appearing to be a BenevolentBoss and overall, LighterAndSofter in comparison to Kuroto, [[spoiler: only to be revealed that not only is it all an act, he's as bad, if not worse than, his son]] brings to mind [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Great Professor Bias]][[note]]although in Bias's case, he appeared LighterAndSofter in comparison to the previous Sentai big bads as opposed to another ''Liveman'' villain[[/note]].
* [[spoiler: When Kuroto dies from overworking himself attempting to recreate Hyper Muteki, he makes the same pose as the position on the final page of ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', complete with faded colors]].

* Ren Amagasaki's demeanor has reminded people of [[Characters/FairyTailBluePegasus Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki]] from ''Fairy Tail'' which coincidentally, has a fellow guild member character named Ren Akatsuki.
* How the protagonists requires special surgery to gain the ability to fight "bugs", surgery that involves said "bugs", [[spoiler: main protagonist being a special case]], sorta resembles [[Manga/TerraforMARS TerraforMARS]].

* The jingle for Ex-Aid's ''Double Action Gamer'' Level XX seems to invoke, of all franchises, [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]. [[note]]"Ore ga omae de! Omae ga ore de!" (I am you! You are me!) vs. "Ware wa nanji. Nanji wa ware." (I am thou. Thou art I.)[[/note]] [[spoiler: It becomes a lot more apparent once Parado's true nature is revealed.]]

** Graphite looks like a humanoid Rathian in his base form. His Dark Graphite form looks like the Unknown Black Wyvern, referred to by some fans as the Black Rath, from ''Monster Hunter Frontier.'' [[spoiler:His Guren Form seems to be based on the Rathalos.]]

* Kamen Rider Lazer Turbo is a long-awaited reference to ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', where Turbo was [[spoiler:a racing game character gone rogue.]]
* [[spoiler: Muteki Gamer looks a lot like a Gold Saint from Anime/SaintSeiya.]]

** With the reveal that [[spoiler: Parado is the physical form of Emu's repressed childhood wish to [[FriendlessBackground have a friend to play games with]], he's also an {{Expy}} of Yubel herself.]]

** When Emu [[spoiler:achieves Level 99 form and removes Kuroto's immortality, and later, his Rider powers, he's reduced from a KillerGameMaster to a pathetic SOB with a keyboard]]. Kirito did ''exactly'' the same thing to Sugou's GM powers thanks to Kayaba's Administrator ID. The only key difference is what happened afterwards: While Sugou lives as a disgraced criminal for the rest of his life in prison, [[spoiler:Kuroto is killed off by Pallad]].

** From ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': its protagonist is pink and is said to grow stronger by eating things. ''Maximum Mighty X'' also shows Mighty piloting a MiniMecha that resembles himself, not unlike ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot''.
** From ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Character that starts out small and deformed? Check. [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Wields a hammer?]] Check. Has a GoombaStomp? Check. Can power up to a more proportionate form? Check. Has a game afterwards that adds a nearly identical green brother? Check. Form with fire abilities? Check. Can grow giant? Check. Can damage enemies by jumping upwards into a row of bricks the enemy is standing on? Check. [[spoiler: Receive a star-shaped power-up that give invincibility for 10 seconds? Check.]]

%%* ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'' is obviously one for ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. But considering the series came out in 2016 (thus post-2010), Western audiences might think of [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim a different fantasy game franchise, the most recent/popular entry of which added dragons no less.]]
** Hunter Gamer, meanwhile, looks like the Fatalis armor from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' with a sword and a railgun bashed onto the arms.

* The four Riders standing in a black and lightblue data field ready to fight each-other is similar to the opening scene from ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory''.
* The jingle for Ex-Aid's ''Double Action Gamer'' Level XX seems to invoke, of all franchises, [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]. [[note]]"Ore ga omae de! Omae ga ore de!" (I am you! You are me!) vs. "Ware wa nanji. Nanji wa ware." (I am thou. Thou art I.)[[/note]]
** [[spoiler: Becomes a lot more apparent once Parado's true nature is revealed.]]
* Kamen Rider Para-DX Fighting Gamer bears a strong resemblance to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], from his eyebrows, headband, and hair.

* Ex-Aid's Maximum Gamer Level 99 form is suspiciously similar to [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Kirby's robot suit]] and the [[VideoGame/MegaManX Ride Armor]]. The former even is much more visible when the Gashat's cover art is pretty much Mighty riding a robot with his face. [[spoiler:In addition to both examples, Ex-Aid can jump out of Maximum Gamer like he's jumping out of a cockpit.]]

* Kamen Rider Cronus' powers are similar to [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders DIO]]'s stand, The World. He can [[TimeStandsStill "pause" the universe]] and conveniently attack his opponents while they are completely immobile. The way he can [[FinalDeath kill Bugsters for good]], forcing them to relive the moment of their death endlessly, is exactly what [[spoiler:Giorno Giovanna's Gold Experience Requiem]] does to [[spoiler:Diavolo]] in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.

*** Speaking of Yoshikage Kira, Kuroto can essentially be seen as the Kamen Rider equivalent to him during episodes 13-23 - after being revealed to the main characters, he secludes himself from society, and slicks back his hair.
** [[spoiler: Emu managed to move during Cronus' pause is pretty similar to Jotaro being able to move during DIO's The World.]]
** [[spoiler: Similiar to how [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Dio forsaken his humanity to become something monstrous in a last ditch effort to defeat the protagonist]], so too did Masamune as Cronus.]]
** Also [[spoiler: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders how the villain's power was defeated with a 10 seconds time limit]]]].

** The delayed reactions to its' finisher is pretty similar to how people react to [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Shinken]]. The show itself acknowledges this in ep. 37:

** Speaking of Sentai, Dan Masamune [[spoiler: initially]] appearing to be a BenevolentBoss and overall, LighterAndSofter in comparison to Kuroto, [[spoiler: only to be revealed that not only is it all an act, he's as bad, if not worse than, his son]] brings to mind [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Great Professor Bias]][[note]]although in Bias's case, he appeared LighterAndSofter in comparison to the previous Sentai big bads as opposed to another ''Liveman'' villain[[/note]].

* It's been noted that [[spoiler: Masamune]] as Cronus bears similiarities to the Greek God of the same name as well as powers related to the Greek God Chronos.

** Also releasing in the same year is [[Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle a movie with a whimsical female antagonist named Poppy who infects people with virus in a scheme involving using victims as bargaining chips, likes music and adding personal touches to their living quarters which are both confined]].

* The Level 1 concept is quite similar to the final two ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' entries - ''Series/BRoboKabutack'' and ''Series/TetsuwanTanteiRobotack''. These two series featured heroes that have a SuperDeformed, cartoonish look, but when needed to act, had a more serious-looking battle mode.

* The colors and helmet shape of Ride-Players resemble that of [[Franchise/SuperMario Goombas]]. As well as them being weak flunkies.

** Kiriya has [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Kujo]] as a last name.

* Several to ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'':

*** For bonus points, playing video games is one of [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Makoto's]] hobbies.

** Let's see, Taiga is an [[Fiction500 insanely wealthy]] SmugSuper {{Jerkass}}, while Nico [[ShipTease admires him]] for that attitude. Are we talking about [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Togami and Toko]]?

*** The first thing the audience could think of after hearing the word "Genocide!" in the Buggle Driver's transformation announcement is [[VIsualNovel/DanganRonpa Genocider Sho]].

*** Being themed after {{Idol Singer}}s and {{Rhythm Game}}s, Poppy is technically [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Sayaka]] as a CuteMonsterGirl.
** Masamune's role [[spoiler:as the true mastermind behind everything in the series]] makes him the equivalent to Junko's role as the mastermind of [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa The Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History]].

** Brave is blue in color, themed after a knight, has ice-based attacks, and [[spoiler:[[FightingYourFriend fought the main character at some point]]]]. Sounds like a ''Kamen Rider'' version of Eugeo.

* Some of the series' premises also somewhat mirrored the 2015 Korean drama ''Blood'''s, doctor protagonists trying to resolve the mysteries which involves an unusual type of virus and the death of one of the character's closed ones, with the antagonist experimenting with the virus for the reason of helping humanity, one character's mom being infected, the protagonist and antagonist are infected, one character's condition being kept secret and another character being TheMole.

* [[spoiler: Gamedeus Muteki, with its black and silver color scheme and BadassLongcoat, seems like it might be a shout-out to SelfDemonstrating/{{Sephiroth}}.