History Trivia / KamenRiderBuild

* FanNickname: VideoGame/{{Pepsiman}} for Build himself due of his main colouration being red and blue, and his trinkets being bottles. Doesn't hurt that his first power up will be based off a can and adds some white to the colors.

* FanNickname: VideoGame/{{Pepsiman}} for Build himself due of his main colouration being red and blue, and his trinkets being bottles. ** Doesn't hurt that his first power up will be based off a can and adds some white to the colors.
** Ryuga has been nicknamed "Dumb Blade" because Eiji Akaso somewhat resembles [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Takayuki Tsubaki]] and...[[IdiotHero well...]]

* FanNickname: VideoGame/{{Pepsiman}} for Build himself due of his main colouration being red and blue, and his trinkets being bottles.
** Doesn't hurt that his first power up will be based off a can and adds some white to the colors.

* MythologyGag: Kiriyu isn't the first Kamen Rider lead to have [[Series/KamenRiderAgito lost his memories.]]
** The [[MonsterOfTheWeek Smash]] are monsters created as a result of human experimentation, much like the monsters created by [[Series/KamenRider Shocker.]]
** The series' plot is the result of an expedition [[DugTooDeep unearthing something evil while exploring the ruins of a long extinct, previously unknown civilization]], just like ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga''.
** It's a little known fact that the producers of ''Series/KamenRiderW'' wanted the Rider's most-used form to have Heat, and the red half, front and center because of LawOfChromaticSuperiority. With Build, they finally have their wish.
** The west side of the capital is aptly named [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Seito]].
** Both Night Rogue and Blood Stark are inspired by the 2/3's of the classic "bat, snake, spider" trio of monsters from the original ''Series/KamenRider''. Though unlike most, they're major villains rather than MonstersOfTheWeek.
* ShoutOut: The robot Guardians' ability to grab onto each other to form monstrous machines, complete with all their assault rifles for firepower, is straight out of ''{{Film/Endhiran}}''.
** Occasionally, when switching forms, Kiriyu says [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg "Build Up!"]]
** Build's finishers sound really close to Timeranger's bazooka.

* ShoutOut: The robot Guardians' ability to grab onto each other to form monstrous machines, complete with all their assault rifles for firepower, is straight out of ''{{Film//Endhiran}}''.

** Both Night Rogue and Blood Stark are inspired by the 2/3 of classic "bat, snake, spider" trio of monsters from the original ''Series/KamenRider''. Though unlike most, they're major villains rather than MonstersOfTheWeek.

** Both Night Rogue and Blood Stark are inspired by the 2/3 of classic "bat, snake, spider" trio of monsters from the original ''Series/KamenRider''.

* YouLookFamiliar: This is Yukari Taki's third appearance in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise, as she previously played unrelated characters in one of the ''Series/KamenRiderW'' movies and an episode of ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', respectively. Similarly, Akaso Eiji (Ryuga) had a prominent role in the second season of ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons''.

* YouLookFamiliar: This is Yukari Taki's third appearance in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise, as she previously played unrelated characters in one of the ''Series/KamenRiderW'' movies and an episode of ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', respectively.

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** This is also the last series to have a fully televised run during the Heisei period, due to Emperor Akihito intending to abdicate the throne to his son, Prince Naruhito, thus beginning a new era in Japan. The last series to air at the end of an era in Japan was ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'', although in that case, it finished it's airing after the changing in eras[[note]]since unlike Akihito, Emperor Hirohito died while in office during the airing of ''Black RX''[[/note]].

* With the Series/SuperHeroTime block being moved, this will be the first series since the [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga revival]] to not start at 8:00 after it's sister ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, instead airing at 9:00 before it's ''Sentai'' sister series.

* With the Series/SuperHeroTime block being moved, this will be the first series since the revival to not start at 8:00 after it's sister ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, instead airing at 9:00 before it's ''Sentai'' sister series.