History TearJerker / KamenRiderExAid

** Imagine it from Parado's point of view. [[spoiler:You were wished into existence to be this boy's friend and play with him but the moment you finally have a body of your own and can play to your heart's content with him, your creator now hates you and refuses to play. Parado is essentially being denied the purpose of his existence whenever Emu refuses to play with him. And Parado cannot understand why his creator doesn't want to play with him and goes to horrific lengths to force him to. In fact, it may be implied that Parado's true reason for taking over [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle]] is to get Emu to play with him with human lives on the line. After all, if he truly wanted human extinction, [[KillEmAll he could've easily gotten what he wanted.]]]]

!! Series

[[folder: Episode 6: A Hollow Beating in the Heart!!]]
* Hiiro's [[spoiler:girlfriend was overtaken by the Bugster virus 5 years ago, and he feels especially bad about it because he was always too focused on his studies to even pay attention to her most of the time.]] If that wasn't enough, [[spoiler:she kept it a secret from him so that he could keep working on said studies.]]

[[folder: Episode 7: The Essence To Some Lie!]]
* Kiriya's reason for being a ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler: He lost his friend on Zero Day after telling him he was infected with the Bugster Virus, after which the friend died in a traffic accident (implied to be suicide). Ridden with guilt, Kiriya believed that telling him the truth had only made things far worse. And then in the episode where this comes out, he genuinely tries to reveal Genm's identity, but the villains pull a switch to make it look like he was lying again. Kiriya remembers his dead friend as Emu questions him, only to laugh bitterly and say that he was just doing it for the Giri Giri Chambara Gashat, because as far as he's concerned there's no chance of Emu and the others trusting him anyway.]]

[[folder: Episode 10: Uneven Doctors!]]

[[folder: Episode 12: Christmas Special: Targeting the Silver Xmas!]]
* [[spoiler:Kiriya]]'s death at the hands of [[spoiler:Kuroto Dan]]. After having finally gained the trust of the other Riders after [[spoiler: Kuroto]] reveals himself as [[spoiler: Genm]], [[spoiler: Kiriya]] discovers some crucial information from [[spoiler: Kuroto]]'s father, and attempts to relay it to the other Riders. Unfortunately, he is ambushed by [[spoiler:Kuroto]], who first uses the [[spoiler:Dangerous Zombie]] Gashat to weaken [[spoiler:Kiriya]], before transforming into his [[spoiler:Level X]] form. On top of his already weakened state, this also summons a group of Bugster Viruses which prevent the other Riders from reaching him. By the time they do, [[spoiler: Kiriya's]] life gauge has already been depleted. Before dying, he passes on his Driver and Gashats to Emu, encouraging him to save the world before disappearing in a manner eerily similar to the way Saki did. As he finally disappears, the Driver seems to make an announcement that makes his death official. Toei hasn't ruined Christmas this hard since ''[[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Kabuto.]]''

*** Oh yeah, and the final scene of this ChristmasEpisode? [[spoiler: Emu clutching Kiriya's driver and sobbing in the rain as Poppy and the other riders just ''stare'' at where Kiriya was laying just moments ago, saying nothing. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Yes, including]] [[{{Jerkass}} Taiga]].]]

[[folder: Episode 14: We're Kamen Riders!]]

** It gets better: [[spoiler: The Bike Gamer motorcycle that Ex-Aid can summon does not have the eye-like lights that Lazer Level 2 had, showing that it's now a simple tool with no consciousness behind it.]]

[[folder: Episode 17: A Nonstandard BURGSTER?]]

[[folder: Episode 18: The Truth Revealed]]
* From the preview, the look on Emu's face when [[spoiler: he learns from Kuroto that he has Game Disease and his symptoms go haywire. Hiiro and Taiga tried their damn hardest to make sure this never happened, and with Emu's confusion and distress, it's clear that they were completely justified.]]
** Of course, one could argue they really did little to help at all. [[spoiler: It's easy to argue that their methods did more harm than good, since all Emu could see was them turning on him for no reason. For being doctors, they handled this situation rather awkwardly and against the established protocol, just making them seem overtly antagonistic towards Emu, which could have easily been achieving nothing but adding more stress to his situation. Hiiro especially dropped the ball in dealing with it and, in the end, just made himself look terrible to Emu while making this entire arc so much harder on the poor kid.]]
*** On the other hand [[spoiler: neither of these men are very good at handling things they're close to already--case in point, both of them losing it with Graphite. Taiga is just socially inept to begin with, and, one could argue, Hiiro already has trauma from losing Saki to the very same virus; it's entirely possible that the panic of losing someone else clouded his judgement--he's been acting [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness very out of character]] over it, after all.]]

[[folder: Episode 21: Track Down The Mystery!]]
* The Victim of the Week is a detective looking for answers regarding the Bugster virus. Why? [[spoiler: He lost his son to the virus 5 years ago on Zero Day.]]
* It's also revealed that in the 10 episodes after [[spoiler: Kiryia's]] death, no one reported his death. To the authorities, he's reported missing alongside Kuroto, meaning his family (if he has any left) don't know he died fighting against Genm.
* Hiiro is against looking further into how the Bugster's came to be because in his mind, it still won't bring [[spoiler: Saki back.]]

[[folder: Episode 22: Engineered History!]]

[[folder: Episode 23: To the Max, Dead or Alive!]]
* Emu cries after he failed to save [[spoiler: Kuroto]] from being killed at the hands of [[spoiler: Pallad]]. It's the first time he failed to save somebody and it all just crashes down on him.
** It's worth noting that he failed to save [[spoiler:Kuroto Dan]]. Up until [[spoiler:he revealed to be the villain]], Emu looked up to him and even [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom sent him fan art.]] ]] He was ''inspired'' by him to be a gamer, much like how Kyotaro Hinata inspired him to be a doctor. Even if [[spoiler:he's now a BrokenPedestal and after all he's taken away from him, Emu still respected Kuroto to a degree]].
*** On top of that, there's the item that he was staring at before going off to cry. [[spoiler: The Giri Giri Chambara Gashat. He's not just feeling the weight of failing to save Kuroto. He's also feeling the weight of failing to save ''Kiriya''.]]
* It's also possible to [[spoiler: pity Kuroto himself, looking at the hysterical madman he became, coupled with his rather horrid death]].

[[folder: Episode 25: A New Game Begins!]]
* When [[spoiler: the six Ride Players]] who don't know what they've really gotten themselves into are [[spoiler: taken out by Pallad. "Game Over" over sounds, the Poppy avatar explains to them what losing really means, and there's nothing the heroes can do but watch them scream in terror as they're deleted from existence.]]

[[folder: Episode 27: Peace and Love For the Winner]]

[[folder: Episode 28: Beyond Your Identity]]
* Remember in #17 where Poppy admonished Hiiro for declaring, "Bugsters are humanity's enemies!", pointing out that Burgermon is far from malicious and reminding Hiiro that she is also Bugster but friendly as well? Well, this episode absolutely shatters her notion that she is a ''good'' Bugster when Pallad reveals that [[spoiler:Hiiro is actually spot-on in his claim and her role was to be an enemy from the very beginning. She even recalls the death of her host which visibly unnerves her, given the fact that she had been enthusiastically aiding humans as CR's navigator in the first half of the series.]] And when she is attacked by humans in the form of civilians and her former allies, she does nothing but attempt to evade their attacks, being reduced to tears in the process.

* Everyone's horrified reaction to Pallad [[spoiler: possessing Emu]].

[[folder: Episode 29: We're Me?]]
* Emu still can't cope with the truth. [[spoiler: After all, it's not easy to cope with the fact that you're a monster [[ItMakesSenseInContext (nor that your other half is)]]]].
* [[spoiler: It's heavily implied that Poppy's host was Kuroto's mother.]]
** Made even worse by the visions we get of [[spoiler: [[UsedToBeASweetKid young, non-sociopathic Kuroto]] happily showing her his game idea and saying he knows it might be bad to play with the virus, but he thinks he can '''prevent infection'''. The kid went from that to sending said infection to another boy for fanmail; makes what eventually became of him all the sadder.]]
* Emu and Pallad's "relationship", if Pallad could just understand humanity and reign in his overly competitive nature he could have easily have become an amicable rival with Emu [[spoiler: and fulfill Emu's old childhood desire to have a friend to play games with]]. But instead his actions have left him as the BigBad of the show.
** Imagine it from Pallad's point of view. [[spoiler:You were wished into existence to be this boy's friend and play with him but the moment you finally have a body of your own and can play to your heart's content with him, your creator now hates you and refuses to play. Pallad is essentially being denied the purpose of his existence whenever Emu refuses to play with him. And Pallad cannot understand why his creator doesn't want to play with him and goes to horrific lengths to force him to. In fact, it may be implied that Pallad's true reason for taking over [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle]] is to get Emu to play with him with human lives on the line. After all, if he truly wanted human extinction, [[KillEmAll he could've easily gotten what he wanted.]]]]

[[folder: Episode 30: Strongest vs. Strongest]]
* When Emu talks to Hiiro and Taiga & Nico before going into what should be his final fight with Pallad, it really feels like if he was trying to wrap everything up in case he will not come back. [[spoiler: Enforced by the fact that he lost the fight and [[BigDamnHeroes narrowly avoided]] death at Pallad's hands]].

[[folder: Episode 31: The Forbidden Continue!?]]
* [[spoiler: It's revealed that Poppy's host WAS, in fact, Kuroto's mother. And the reason why she manifested from Poppy was that Kuroto infected her with the bugster virus... but she was dying anyways, meaning that Kuroto had a choice that basically boiled down to either "let your mother die peacefully or kill her and revive her as a bugster later."]]

[[folder: Episode 32: Passing the Judgement]]
* Pallad seems uncharacteristically moved by Lovrica's death at the hands of [[spoiler: Kamen Rider Cronus]]. While he does care about other Bugsters to some extent, grieving for someone still sounds odd and will probably lead into VillainousBSOD one way or another.
** Justified in that up until this point any Bugster defeated could be [[DeathIsCheap revived again and again]], especially "Perfect" Bugsters like Pallad, Graphite and Loverica. But now, because of [[spoiler: Kamen Rider Cronus]], Lovrica is dead for good.

[[folder: Episode 33: Company Reform!]]
* Pallad's VillainousBSOD makes him look an unsettling lot like a normal child coping with witnessing their friend's death.
* Everyone's heartbroken reactions when [[spoiler: Hiiro betrays them by saving Cronus]]. Emu is nearly in tears, Taiga, Nico and Poppy stare in horror and even [[TokenEvilTeammate Kuroto]] is taken aback.

[[folder: Episode 34: Fulfilled Rebirth]]

[[folder: Episode 35: Rescue the Partner!]]

** [[spoiler:Kiriya]] expresses his disappointment at Emu for failing to fulfill his last wish and stop the Bugster threat even though Emu and the other doctor riders have been trying their hardest to stop Parad and the other Bugsters since [[spoiler:Kiriya's death]]

[[folder: Episode 36: Perfect Invincible Gamer!]]

[[folder: Episode 37: Resolution of the White Knight!]]
* [[spoiler: Nico runs to pick up Taiga like usual, but sees just how [[BloodFromTheMouth badly]] [[DarkerAndEdgier wounded]] he is and promptly breaks down into stuttering panic. There is just something ''wrong'' about seeing the usually cheerful (smug even) Nico plead Taiga not to die.]]
** [[spoiler: Emu, Kiriya and Poppy frantically work to stabilize him until ambulance arrives even if it looks like he is not going to live that long. Hiiro watches the scene with same kind of horror. His attempts at help Taiga show that he actually started to care about him and is just as hurt as everyone else. Unfortunately, this deepens his emotional turmoil as he is too ashamed of his betrayal and simply can't bear the thought of working alongside the others, causing him to run away.]]

[[folder: Episode 38: Period With Tears]]

** After he and [[spoiler: Emu solidly defeat Cronus in a CurbStompBattle, Emu de-transforms, but Hiiro remains transformed and asks Emu to go on ahead. Once Emu's gone, he de-transforms and it begins to rain as he falls to his knees and starts sobbing, clearly in anguish over losing Saki a second time.]]

[[folder: Episode 39: Goodbye Me!]]
* Parado being subjected to BreakTheHaughty in the most heart-rending way possible as Cronus hunts him down, triggering flashbacks of both Loverica dying and Emu's accident from sixteen years ago.

* Realising that [[spoiler: with Parado's death, even if it is temporary, Graphite is now '''alone'''. With Poppy siding with the Riders, he's up against some pretty impossible odds on both sides, between Cronus and Brave Level 100 (as Hyper Muteki is temporarily out of commission). Even worse, he's still got Gamedeus' data doing whatever it is it's doing to him]]...

[[folder: Episode 40: Destiny Reboot!]]

[[folder: Episode 41: Reset Game!]]

[[folder: Episode 43: White Coat License]]
* Nico cries as Taiga fights against the strain [[spoiler: of using Chronicle gashat]] to protect her from [[spoiler: Gamedeus-powered]] Cronus. He swore to protect her with his dying breath if needed and at the moment it definitely looked like he will get there.

[[folder: Episode 44: The Last Smile]]

* [[spoiler: Parado fighting Gamedeus-powered Cronus with Mighty Doctor XX vaccine in his body, getting himself destroyed in the process. Then again, he won't be staying dead for a long time, since he'll be back later for the ''True Ending'' movie.]]

[[folder: Episode 45: Neverending Game]]
* The fact that, despite everything the heroes have struggled towards achieving, [[spoiler: Masamune pulls one hell of a final ''"Fuck you"'' by letting himself die, thus taking any chance of clearing Kamen Rider Chronicle and reviving all the people who died during it with him. Those Ride Players who we saw get Game Overs? That grandson that old lady was trying to clear the game to revive? Everyone who ever succumbed to the Game Virus? All gone. Trapped within the confines of the Proto Gashats ''[[AndIMustScream forever]]''. Though Emu swore that he would someday find a way to save them, who knows how long it will take or if he'll ever succeed at all?]]

!! Other
[[AC: Kamen Rider Snipe: Episode Zero]]

* Part 1
** [[spoiler: He originally declined to be Kamen Rider Snipe, so his friend took it up. Using the Proto Bang Bang Shooting Gashat sent him into ICU without much chances of survival. Asuna's reaction would imply that he was not ready. To add insult to the injury, it may had been planned by Kuroto Dan to gather data like he did in the main story.]]

* Part 2
** [[spoiler: Simply seeing Taiga carry on through the day shows how much [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis he changed]] after losing his friends, job, ability to [[LackOfEmpathy relate to patients]] and [[TookALevelInJerkass smile]]. In short, he was just so much like Emu it's uncanny compared to his older self.]]
** [[spoiler: Maki sees how fighting as Snipe is slowly killing Taiga and futilely tries to stop him. The induced stresss causes him to vanish right before Taiga's eyes.]]

* Part 3
** Hiiro rushes into CR to be with Saki in her final moments. The fact that this scene was shown through the main story over and over doesn't lighten the blow in any way with the added knowledge that [[spoiler: Kuroto has aranged for everything right there in CR and has been shit talking Saki just short while before]].
** Taiga's DespairEventHorizon. He stumbles into the medical bay, nothing but a walking corpse now, and seeing the empty bed, he starts sobbing. He is then shown wandering the city, thinking there is no point in being a doctor or a Kamen Rider.

* Part 4
** Taiga waves at the patient he treated back when he was still a radiologist at Seito University Hospital and Graphite's voice mockingly asks him if he has any right to smile at her. [[spoiler: This all turns out to be a recurring nightmare Taiga had for the past five years.]]

[[AC: Heisei Generations]]
* [[spoiler: At the very end, Takeru suddenly collapses from his injuries and Emu goes over to revive him. While he does succeed, Akari and Onari at first beg Emu to stop since they can't go through this ''again''.]]

[[AC: True Ending]]
* [[spoiler: Hiiro wakes up from the Game Disease induced coma screaming Madoka's name after spending the time in Game World thinking he has a happy family and she is his daughter.]]
* [[spoiler: Kuroto and Parado protect others from Gamedeus Machina's OneWingedAngel form. The resulting explosion leaves behind only their drivers and Gashats. Gamedeus Machina has survived intact, but decides to retreat for the moment, seeing as they are no threat to him. Emu picks up Kuroto's gashat and screams in sorrow.]]
* [[spoiler: Nagumo was willing to destroy all his chances of being with daughter again if that ensured she will be happy.]]

[[AC: Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Final Stage]]

[[AC: Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Another Ending: Brave and Snipe]]

[[AC: Kamen rider Ex-Aid Another Ending: Para-DX with Poppy]]

* [[spoiler: Saiko Yaotome beats on defenseless Parado, yelling that he is nothing more than a virus and threat to humanity.]]

* Poppy is genuinely heartbroken over [[spoiler: finding out that Kuroto's never stopped being evil and has schemed everything for his master plan]].
* Saiko Yaotome has moment of MyGodWhatHaveIDone upon finding out that [[spoiler: Kuroto manipulated her and she allowed him to advance his plans]].

[[AC: Kamen rider Ex-Aid Another Ending: Gemn vs. Lazer]]
* [[spoiler: Kiriya is dying in Emu's arms... [[Recap/KamenRiderExAidEp12ChristmasSpecialTargetingtheSilverXmas again]].]]
** [[spoiler: Of course this was swept away with revelation that Kiriya managed to survive in the end. Though, becoming another tear jerker because Kuroto posthumously saved Kiriya and turned him back into human with God MMX.]]
* [[spoiler: Kuroto's rather surprising perma-death. In addition, Kuroto [[GoOutWithASmile Goes Out With A Smile]], moments before his death.]]
** [[spoiler: Before, Kuroto took a chance to glance at Emu who was happen to be on the scene. Then, Kuroto ACTUALLY smiled a bit toward the person that he hates the most. Makes you wonder that if only Kuroto's ego hadn't gotten the best of him when he was a child, he could have been a 'true' great friend and ally to Emu. Just like what he was depicted back in Ex-Aid's early episodes.]]
* THAT FUCKING CONTINUE TRASH BIN SCENE [[spoiler: when Kiriya pays a visit to Kuroto's 'grave'. This is kind of a bit karmatic toward Kuroto. It emulates that [[Series/KamenRiderBlade one particular scene in the series where Kuroto impersonated the titular Rider]] in Gorider series.]]

[[AC: Kamen Sentai Gorider]]
* Maze 1:
** Kenzaki's first words [[spoiler:(Even though it's really Kuroto Dan)]] upon appearing in the Game World are yet another reminder of how much he's sacrificed at the end of [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Blade]].
---> '''Kenzaki:''' Allies? I have no allies. Not anymore.
* Maze 2:
** The episode carries in what is becoming a typical Ex-Aid fashion. Largely silly and heartwarming until the end, where it takes a nose dive into hell. The riders bond and Emu is killed by [[spoiler:Blade imposter.]]
* Maze 3:
** [[spoiler:Emu having to see Kiriya die again as he [[DeaderThanDead sacrifices himself]] to stop Genm]]. Poor guy really can't catch a break. Neither of them, even if the [[spoiler:other one is already dead just to start with]].

* The fact that Saki's revival is only partial, she can only says her FamousLastWords over and over, with an empty smile. Hiiro is taken aback and even cries before angrily confronts Masamune. He only said that Cronus' abilites ''can'' recover Saki's memories and personality, but Hiiro must still do his bidding. He then shows what he means: reviving Kiriya... as Lazer Turbo, his "left-hand man", to deal with the bugster.