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| 7 | !!This is a partial character sheet for ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''. Visit [[Characters/KamenRiderExAid here]] for the main character index. Subjective trope and audience reactions should go on the [[YMMV/KamenRiderExAid YMMV page]]. Spoiler before the final episode will be unmarked. It is advised to not read until you finished the main series. |
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| 13 | The MonstersOfTheWeek in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, the bugsters are video game characters who became self-aware and desire to KillAllHumans in revenge for being treated as punching bags by them. |
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| 15 | * AIIsACrapshoot: Sentient video game characters out to eradicate humanity. Enough said. |
| 16 | * ArtificialIntelligence: They are basically video game enemy data that became self-aware. |
| 17 | * BizarreAlienReproduction: Their method of reproduction consists of infecting a human with their viral form, which multiplies inside them until they become a Bugster Union, at which point, even if they're separated, the Bugster will continue to overtake its host until their host dies and the Bugster becomes complete. [[spoiler:The Bugsters eventually evolve to bypass the Bugster Union phase completely.]] |
| 18 | * CameBackStrong: Each time a Bugster is defeated and comes back, they level up and become stronger. |
| 19 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: Literally. They were programmed by Kuroto as villains in their respective video games. |
| 20 | * DeaderThanDead: The only way to truly kill a Bugster is to make sure that their data isn't saved to a Bugvisor after they are defeated. Those that achieve "Perfect" form do not have this handicap, but must still be revived by an outside party. |
| 21 | ** #32 shows a way to permanently kill a "Perfect" Bugster, [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Cronus can trap the Bugster in the moment of death, thereby preventing them being to revive. However, his Reset power also undoes this to any Bugster he killed, as was the case with Lovelica]]. |
| 22 | * DefeatEqualsExplosion: A downgrade from the [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Gamma]], the Bugsters explode 2 times - first when their Giant Game Virus is defeated, and second, more permanently, when their true forms are destroyed. |
| 23 | ** The fact that [[spoiler:Lovelica]] doesn't explode, but fades away silently hints that there is [[DeaderThanDead something wrong]]. |
| 24 | * DeathIsCheap: Bugsters that are destroyed can return stronger than before if their data is saved. [[spoiler:Even complete Bugsters who died like Graphite can be brought back at any time.]] |
| 25 | ** Harshly {{subverted}} when it comes to [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Cronus's abilities]]. |
| 26 | * EverybodyLives: If a Bugster is defeated (but not killed) according to the rules of the game they came from, then their infected patient's ailment will be lifted with them both being allowed to exist on the physical plane. However, because destroying a Bugster is often more expedient and many of the games involved possess destructive components, this is an extraordinarily rare occurrence. |
| 27 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Much of their aggression and villainy is borne out of how they were created to be vicious video game opponents. In that same vein, characters from less violent genres like Charlie and Burgermon are significantly less malicious because the parameters for beating their games don't actually involve murder. |
| 28 | * FreudianExcuse: Being video game enemies that became self aware, they weren't exactly happy to discover their existence amounted to being glorified punching bags for another species. Kuroto's treatment of them certainly didn't help. |
| 29 | * FullBodyDisguise: Any Bugster who completed the infection on their host, such as Graphite, can assume human form. Unlike previous monster species, their form doesn't have to be the same as their host, as Graphite's human form is completely different from his host's. |
| 30 | * InstantAIJustAddWater: They were just video game characters until [[spoiler:[[MillenniumBug the Y2K bug]]]] caused them to become sapient beings. Though Kuroto still needed a bit more research and development to get them to the form they are now. |
| 31 | * {{Jobber}}: [[spoiler:Masamune]] forces them to become this to boost the sales and popularity of [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Chronicle.]] If they refuse to fight, [[spoiler:he'll delete them.]] If they do fight and fight too well, [[spoiler:he'll delete them anyway to keep his customers alive.]] |
| 32 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Among their motivations. Parado's speech in #26 invokes this. The Bugsters were created as villains so that people playing videogames would have someone to beat up. Now they are here to return the favor. |
| 33 | * MascotVillain: In spite of how all of them are the antagonists of their respective games, many of the Bugsters are the most iconic characters in their respective franchises. |
| 34 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Chronicle]] is meant to force one of these upon all of reality in a massive, bloody free-for-all among Genm's intellectual properties. |
| 35 | * MeaningfulName: The name "Bugster" comes from combining the words "Bug" and "Monster", with "Bug" as another word for "Virus". |
| 36 | * MillenniumBug: [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that they originated as this.]] |
| 37 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: The weekly monsters the Riders have to contend with in the series. Although after the first episode, they stop appearing one-by-one and instead return as recurring bosses for ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' once it goes online. |
| 38 | * {{Mooks}}: Bugster Viruses. Unique to them is that each set has a theme matching the MonsterOfTheWeek they spawned from. |
| 39 | * OutOfContinues: Courtesy of [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Cronus,]] the only one capable of permanently killing them. |
| 40 | * PastLifeMemories: [[spoiler:A Bugster who has successfully overwhelmed their host and become a completed being will also inherit the memories of their former host.]] |
| 41 | * ThePlague: The Bugster infect anyone they come across with an unknown virus. |
| 42 | * [[RageAgainstTheAuthor Rage Against The Creator]]: #26 reveals that after achieving self-awareness, they all grew to resent how they only existed to be punching bags of players and have schemed to turn the tables on their creators ever since. |
| 43 | * RedRightHand: FashionableAsymmetry is in full force for many of the Bugsters. Graphite in particular is a literal take on this trope. Even Aranbura has large talons on his left hand. |
| 44 | * RefugeeFromTVLand: They're all born from data from video games, and as Ex-Aid notes, it isn't just their appearance and powers, but personality traits. Ultimately, a deconstruction of this trope when it's later revealed that they more accurately ''are'' the characters after having gained self awareness. And they're decidedly not happy about being glorified punching bags for players to destroy over and over again. |
| 45 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: As living video game enemies, they can "respawn" if killed, as shown by Salty. |
| 46 | * {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Their true motive. They want to replace humanity for using them as puppets and punching bags for wish fulfillment and power fantasies, making ''them'' the mooks to kill in Kamen Rider Chronicle.]] |
| 47 | * TheSymbiote: They're essentially parasites (or rather parasitoids, given they're lethal to their hosts): they infect their host and grow inside them as a virus until their infection reaches a certain point, causing them to turn into a "Bugster Union" (a giant monster). Even after being "separated" by a Rider, only the controlling consciousness is separated, the person is ''still'' infected and their increasing stress can power up the Bugster. The only way their connection can end is with the Bugster infection completing and killing their host (at which point it becomes complete and no longer needs a host) or a Rider killing the Bugster, which cures the victim. Eventually however, the virus evolves to the point where they can possess their victim instead of forming a Bugster Union. When Kamen Rider Chronicle comes into play, it seems to have evolved ''again'': each Bugster no longer has a single host but rather a group of Ride Players, with even Perfect Bugsters now infecting multiple hosts. |
| 48 | * StealthPun: They are essentially computer viruses that can also infect people. They're "Bugs". |
| 49 | * TakeOverTheWorld: According to Graphite, this is their ultimate goal. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a bit more complicated than that.]] |
| 50 | * ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: This seems to be the initial reason for them taking over ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' - to create a space when they can kill humans in accordance to rules. [[spoiler:It also turns out to be more complicated than that.]] |
| 51 | * TransformationTrinket: Perfect Bugsters can assume human forms, but require a Buggle Visor to assume their true form, though other things like Proto Gashats can also be used. |
| 52 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Are enemy data from video games who became self aware and decided to take revenge on their creators for making them to be glorified punching bags. |
| 53 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Generally subverted, the Bugsters keep evolving throughout the series. Some of the previously defeated Bugster [[spoiler:even come back at a higher level than before. Scans even shows that there will be new Bugsters who starts at Level 30, 10 level higher than Double Action Gamer. In fact, the Bugsters increasing powers necessitates the Riders having to find stronger upgrades for themselves.]] |
| 54 | * VillainTeamUp: While they're all the same species, they're also mostly pre-existing enemies from Genm's various video games of varying threat levels (some are random enemies, some first bosses, and some {{Final Boss}}es) and thus they're one of these. |
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| 57 | !!Bugster Executives |
| 58 | [[folder:Gamedeus]] |
| 59 | !!Gamedeus |
| 60 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Masashi Sugawara |
| 61 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamedeusfullview.png]] |
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| 63 | The FinalBoss of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', and the ultimate Bugster. While his data exists within ''Chronicle'', he does not infect any known host prior to the game's start, with the result that not even the other Bugsters have seen him. ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' is designed to release Gamedeus into the world once all of the Gashatrophies are collected. According to Kuroto Dan, the power of Kamen Rider Cronus is the only thing that can defeat him. |
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| 66 | * AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Although his virus is capable of infecting even other Bugsters, Bugsters that do get infected with the Gamedeus Virus and survive will slowly build an immunity to it, as seen with Graphite. Kiriya accelerates the process by repeatedly infecting Kuroto and killing off his extra lives until he develops antibodies that can be programmed into ''Doctor Mighty XX''. |
| 67 | * AGodAmI: Every version of him has this. Gamedeus Cronus retains Masamune’s god complex, as does Gamedeus Machina from Johnny Maxima. The Gamedeus character as he appears in ''Final Stage'' also proclaims to be an almighty god. |
| 68 | * AIIsACrapshoot: Thanks to Masamune tampering with his programming beforehand, Gamedeus begins infecting everyone for miles around with his extremely lethal virus, regardless of whether they're playing the game or not. Kuroto implies that the original Gamedeus would have been a NobleDemon who only attacked the Ride-Players. ''Final Stage'' reveals that he developed a heart of his own after being reprogrammed by Masamune. |
| 69 | * AllYourPowersCombined: He can use seemingly all the powers of the previous Bugsters in battle; |
| 70 | ** MasterSwordsman: Gains powerful and quick sword strikes courtesy of Kaiden. |
| 71 | ** MagicKnight: Aranbura's magical powers can be used in the form of a giant magic circle that uses the power of fire and ice, which is his legendary Ruin spell. Presumably his other spells are accessible also. |
| 72 | ** SwordBeam: Can use Graphite's ultimate attacks. |
| 73 | * BigBad: Of ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: Final Stage'', where he returns to menace the Riders one more time. |
| 74 | * BigRedDevil: When Johnny Maxima's version is revealed in the movie, it's less the the god Kuroto described and more like a devil. Ditto for the actual Gamedeus, although he's primarily blue. |
| 75 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: The Gamedeus that appears in ''Final Stage'' has taken to using Emu’s “I’ll change the fate of the patient” line, but applies it to Bugsters. |
| 76 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', He was the FinalBoss until that title was [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Cronus]]. |
| 77 | * EvilKnockoff: In ''Final Stage'', he creates one of Ex-Aid’s Muteki Gamer, called Gamedeus Muteki. |
| 78 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: [[spoiler:Super Gamedeus is ''covered'' in eyes literally everywhere ''except'' where they should be.]] |
| 79 | * FusionDance: Rather than let the Doctor Riders finish Gamedeus off, Cronus kills Gamedeus himself, then fuses with his remains before the game can end to form Gamedeus Cronus. |
| 80 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Justified: he was created to be the GodOfEvil FinalBoss of Kamen Rider Chronicle and that's ''exactly'' what he does. He doesn't seem to actually have much, if any personality of his own, his dialog primarily consisting generic FinalBoss dialog and recycled lines from the other 13 Bugsters when using their powers, implying he's less a sapient entity and more just a program doing exactly what it was programmed to do. He gets a bit more individuality in ''Final Stage''. |
| 81 | * TheGhost: None of the Bugsters have actually seen him or know anything about him. Only Kuroto knows about him and his whereabouts, until he finally spawns. |
| 82 | * GodzillaThreshold: Plays this role for both the heroes and the villain: the Riders work to release Gamedeus so that they can defeat him, and in so doing end the session of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' before Masamune can use it to TakeOverTheWorld. Masamune, in turn, modifies Gamedeus's programming so that he'll become a WalkingWasteland, seemingly intending to use him to Game Over ''literally everyone in the world'' now that he can no longer spread the user base of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' by legitimate means. |
| 83 | * HijackedByGanon: After his defeat, Gamedeus gets absorbed by Masamune as a powerup for himself, [[DeathOfPersonality though what results can hardly be called "Masamune Dan" anymore]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope At least until it becomes clear that Masamune's being as much of an overdramatic god-complexed idiot as his son.]]]] |
| 84 | * HopelessBossFight: Kuroto purposely made him pretty much invincible and according to him, none of the players can actually defeat him; only those who are able to use the power of Cronus can, and even then it's supposed to be a difficult task. It's averted when he actually shows up, though, and proves to be OverratedAndUnderleveled, though still enough of a threat to give Hyper Muteki Ex-Aid his first challenge of the series. Given Hyper Muteki outclasses even the strongest Ride Player by a ''gigantic'' margin, this does make it clear he would still be this trope for anyone ''except'' Ex-Aid and Para-DX. |
| 85 | * InstantAIJustAddWater: Gamedeus as he appears in the show is an in-universe GenericDoomsdayVillain who exists to be the FinalBoss of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' and as such he has no real “character” to him beyond the generic taunts and recycled lines from other Bugsters, essentially being a force of nature. When Gamedeus appears in ''Final Stage'', however, he shows independent thought and personality that he previously lacked, which Kiriya chalks up to him growing a malicious heart of his own as a side effect of Masamune altering his program. |
| 86 | * KryptoniteFactor: ''Doctor Mighty XX'' is a Gashat designed specifically to kill him, a task it proves brutally effective at. |
| 87 | * MadeOfEvil: His digital biology is so vile that installing a fragment of it into himself makes Graphite deathly ill. |
| 88 | * MasterOfAll: According to the stat screen shown for him, ''all'' of his stats are either maxed out or extremely close to it. |
| 89 | * MeaningfulName: Fitting for Kuroto's intention to make him surpass all other Gashats, his name is essentially "Game God." |
| 90 | * MultipleHeadCase: All of his various forms have three heads. The extra heads form his shoulders in his human-size form, and become his arms in his raw virus and OneWingedAngel forms. |
| 91 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Super Gamedeus, a giant multi-headed monstrosity both of his incarnations can assume.]] |
| 92 | * OverratedAndUnderleveled: Downplayed and Justified. After all the buildup, Gamedeus goes down within a single episode. It's actually not a matter of raw power - Hyper Muteki and Perfect Knock Out put together were ''no'' match for him until Kiriya came to the rescue with a Gashat specifically designed to be his KryptoniteFactor. However, he comes off as an unusually strong MonsterOfTheWeek who is absorbed to power Cronus' MidSeasonUpgrade after one short fight, far from TheDreaded FinalBoss we've been hearing about for half the season. He doesn't even get to be a full episode's main threat. In TheMovie, Johnny Maxima's version manages to be a much more credible threat. |
| 93 | * ThePlague: Both versions of him are basically sapient pandemics. The ''entire'' city instantly begins suffering a mass Game Disease outbreak the moment he ''comes into existence''. |
| 94 | * PowerAtAPrice: While Graphite grows increasingly ill from carrying Gamedeus in his body, the sickness comes with increasing strength and eventual immunity to Cronus's Pause. |
| 95 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The main colors in his Machina form. |
| 96 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: "Deus" means god. Kuroto actually calls him the omnipotent god. |
| 97 | * SealedEvilInACan: ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' acts as the can until someone can defeat every Bugster and collect the full set of Gashatrophies. |
| 98 | * SinisterSilhouettes: The first glimpse given of him is that of a demonic silhouette. |
| 99 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is romanized as Gemdeus by every subber and fan site for most of the season until he actually emerges late in the game and a screen gives his name as Gamedeus. |
| 100 | * TakesOneToKillOne: Cronus and Gamedeus are designed to be PurposefullyOverpowered specifically so the only thing that is capable of beating one is the other. Graphite infecting himself with a piece of Gamedeus's code allows him to stop Cronus from using the Pause ability by shooting the fragment into Cronus's Bugvisor. Kuroto had to intentionally create the ''Hyper Muteki'' Gashat to be on the same level as they are to give the Doctor Riders a chance of beating them. |
| 101 | * UltimateLifeform: According to Kuroto, he is this. Kuroto calls him the omnipotent god and according to him, Gamedeus has power that surpasses all the other games ''combined''. |
| 102 | * VillainousOverride: In Final Stage, he appears to Burgermon, Salty, Aranbura, and Revol just as the latter three are about to have a HeelRealization and puts them under his control. He later does the same to Graphite and Poppy, mentally degrading the latter to the point of BabyTalk. |
| 103 | * WalkingSpoiler: The very fact that Gamedeus exists isn't brought up until quite late into the show. |
| 104 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: The actual Gamedeus is taken out quickly as Cronus absorbs him and resumes his role as the BigBad. Averted with Gamedeus Machina, who remains the villain of ''True Ending'' till the end. |
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| 107 | [[folder:Parado/Kamen Rider Para-DX]] |
| 108 | !!Parado/Kamen Rider Para-DX/[[spoiler:"Genius Gamer M"]] |
| 109 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Shouma Kai (live), Kazuya Okada (suit), Hiroki Ijima (possesed or Ex-Aid Level XX R) |
| 110 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/parado_3.png]] |
| 111 | -->''"My heart's dancing."'' |
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| 113 | A Bugster executive who looks like an ordinary human. He plots with Kuroto and Graphite to turn the real world into a game-like environment where the Bugsters could cause havoc unhindered. He later acquires the Gashat Gear Dual, which allows him to transform into Kamen Rider Para-DX, and then with a Gamer Driver gains the ability to transform further into Para-DX Level 99. [[spoiler:He's actually the first ever Bugster who was born from Emu, as his "M" personality.]] |
| 114 | !!!Tropes that apply to him in general |
| 115 | * AffablyEvil: Never drops his playful and friendly demeanor, even when he's tearing through the other Riders like they're nothing. |
| 116 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:He may have been a narcissistic bastard with no remorse for the people he's killed, but you can't help but feel a little pity for Parado when Emu kills him coldheartedly in #39. He repeatedly screams out "no" in a terrified tone as he vanishes.]] |
| 117 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Parado is usually very [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace touchy-feely]] with Emu and likes to be close to him, [[spoiler:both before and after his HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 118 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Unlike most other Bugsters, Parado never displays a monster form, and it seems he doesn’t even have one. |
| 119 | * AmbiguousSituation: After it was revealed that [[spoiler:he was Emu’s Bugster and was taken out of Emu’s body six years ago so Kuroto could use him, it makes you wonder why Parado kept himself hidden from Emu for so long and not show up before him sooner during that six years period]]. |
| 120 | * AntiVillain: At times he's a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type I]], due to his goal of having fun prompting him to act in ways befitting a NobleDemon. When he steps into the leading role as BigBad and his inherent hypocrisy becomes more evident, he drops the status. |
| 121 | * ArchEnemy: To Emu, [[spoiler:since he's the Bugster born from him and one of the few people who can rival his abilities.]] |
| 122 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Suffers an immense amount of guilt over his actions during Kamen Rider Chronicle, regretting the lives he's taken. He's not sure how to make amends for what he did but he's focused on finding a way]]. |
| 123 | ** Come #44 [[spoiler:He sacrifices himself using the Doctor Mighty gashat to kill Gemdeus once and for all. ]] |
| 124 | ** He also devoted his life to protecting Emu, distressing him by always standing in harm's way. |
| 125 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The purpose of all the random things in Kuroto's office and in his lair is to keep Parado entertained, and Parado will often switch what he's playing with at a moment's notice. Two things can keep Parado's attention at a laser focus: fighting Emu, and playing ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. |
| 126 | * BadBoss: One of the first signs that Parado isn't as nice a guy as he acts like he is comes from how he kills other Bugsters who happen to disturb his fun without a second thought, since they'll just come back later, [[{{Hypocrite}} the exact sort of behavior that he lambastes humans for]]. During his tenure as BigBad Poppy ends up being on the receiving end of the trope a lot. |
| 127 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:After Kuroto's lost every single advantage he had against the Riders, Emu spares him. Parado on the other hand, isn't as merciful.]] |
| 128 | * BashBrothers: With Graphite. [[spoiler:After his HeelFaceTurn, he becomes Emu's go-to partner in combat, even getting their own joint catch phrase]]. |
| 129 | * BerserkButton: Don't ever interrupt him when he's having "fun". |
| 130 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Generally calm and quiet when he's not peppy and excitable, and outrageously powerful regardless of his mood. As Kamen Rider Para-DX, he stands head and shoulders above every other Rider for the majority of the show. |
| 131 | * BigBadFriend: How he views his relationship with Emu. Emu disagrees, [[spoiler:until #40, albeit after Parado loses the BigBad spot]]. |
| 132 | * BigBadWannabe: Things stop going Parado's way once Cronus steps onto the scene. His repeated attempts to retake control of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' are all thwarted by Cronus and he's eventually forced into an EnemyMine with CR. |
| 133 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: |
| 134 | ** His worldview isn't easily divided into good and evil, rather "winners and losers". He's perfectly fine with the Riders killing his kind, and is even willing to kill other Bugsters himself in the middle of a fight; on the grounds that the dead Bugsters played the game and lost fair and square. Conversely, he's furious when Genm says "YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness" and denies a Bugster the chance to even play, giving Genm a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for the offense. He's also confused when Emu definitively defeats Genm but doesn't kill him, thinking that death is the natural punishment for losing and comparing Emu's actions to holding back when he's about to beat the final boss. His warped view the world seems to be [[RefugeeFromTVLand the result of being a video game character come to life]], whose entire nature is to beat or be beaten by the players. |
| 135 | ** [[spoiler:His hijacking of Emu's body and the ensuing fight between the two halves of ''Mighty Brothers XX'' offers an unusually literal version: he's the orange to Emu's blue. His goal as Emu's ImaginaryFriend is to oppose him at every turn and in every capacity.]] |
| 136 | ** Ultimately, this is the root cause of Parado's antagonism: [[spoiler:as a living video game character who would just respawn should he die, he never really ''understood'' what death ''actually'' meant, and thus has no real grasp on how valuable life is. Thus he's able to murder humans without a second thought because he simply doesn't understand what he's ''doing'' to them to the same extent a human would, even if he understands humans don't have extra lives. This changes after Cronus makes him realize Bugsters ''aren't'' completely immortal as he believed, making him absolutely terrified of death...in part because he doesn't understand it. Emu kills him then resurrects him precisely to finally subvert this: by doing so, Parado now understands exactly what it's like to fear for your life and what death actually is, and thus [[HeelRealization what he was truly doing.]]]] |
| 137 | * CatchPhrase: "My heart is racing" (“Kokoro ga odoru na!”); usually said whenever he feels something interesting is about to happen. |
| 138 | * TheChessmaster: Or "Puzzle Master". Parado's seemingly nonsensical actions are usually building towards some greater goal, and most of the show's more complex schemes are at his hands. He successfully outplays both Kuroto and Emu on more than one occasion. |
| 139 | * TheCorrupter: Many of Parado’s talks to Emu are about Parado trying to convince Emu that he should forsake the path of a doctor and enjoy the DeadlyGame. |
| 140 | * CoverIdentityAnomaly: [[spoiler:In #19, he took over Emu’s body to relieve his stress while posing as M the whole time, without even making any effort to resemble the way Emu usually acts. Parado was lucky that everyone else at the CR only assumed that the M personality was there and of course he would be different. However, in #30, he was noticeably more convincing in posing as Emu, and the others only noticed that something was off when he started referring to himself as “ore” - something Emu wouldn’t do.]] |
| 141 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:A lot of his persona and motivations stem from Emu's desire for a friend to play with while Parado was incubating inside of him.]] |
| 142 | * CreativeSterility: Despite Parado's genius intellect, he has little to no ability or desire to go beyond his single driving goal, and no ability to understand why any other Bugster wouldn't do the same. Seeing Poppy managing to [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming defy her Bugster nature]] by ''not'' killing humans prompts him to ''strangle'' her in a rare display of genuine rage. To Parado, the only fate worth changing is the fate of Bugsters as game characters to lose to humans, and every other person's fate is just a puzzle to be manipulated in pursuit of that goal. |
| 143 | * CuteAndPsycho: Compared to the other male Bugsters (and excluding Poppy, whose designs were meant to be sweet in the first place), Parado's outfit and looks, in general, are a lot cuter and more childish, with his long pink sleeves, QuirkyCurls, and colorful pixel-patterned pants. And he's also one of the most dangerous villains with his sheer power and PsychopathicManchild mentality. |
| 144 | * DarkReprise: [[spoiler:The preview for #30 has Parado mimic Emu's catchphrase.... with a change.]] |
| 145 | --> '''Parado''': [[spoiler:I'll change the fate of the Bugsters with my own hands!]]" |
| 146 | * DeclarationOfProtection: In episode [[spoiler:41: “I will protect Emu’s life!”]] |
| 147 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Parado's character can be interpretted as what a video game player character would be like in real life; an unkillable BloodKnight that just does the things they do out of boredom, only really showing frustration when they find things unfair, while showing little concern if the unfairness doesn't apply to them. Unlike the typical player character, he's treated as disturbingly childish and dangerous because he lacks the ability to truly understand how the world works, only having the shallow perception of the world being an elaborate playground and eventual lead-up to what he views as the most entertaining and difficult boss, Emu. [[spoiler:His HeelFaceTurn and lead-up to it even reflect this; he experiences the fear of permanent death and what it's like to have only one life, decides to go after the greatest challenge in the "game" before realizing what a nightmare it is to be the one on the other end of being a player, and realizes the humans he viewed as [=NPCs=] are more than that, gaining a sense of humanity.]] |
| 148 | * DemonicPossession: It shouldn't come as a surprise after several other Bugsters did it, but he can possess the body of his host at will. [[OhCrap Of course, with who that host is...]] |
| 149 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: After [[BigBadDuumvirate having to share it]] [[BigBadEnsemble with Kuroto]] for the first half of the show, he takes up the mantle for the first part of the ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' story arc before it's stolen from him by Kamen Rider Cronus. |
| 150 | * DrowningPit: Used repeatedly throughout #39 as a visual metaphor for Parado's psyche falling apart while he slowly drowns in his own terror. [[spoiler:In the end, ''Emu pushes him in''.]] |
| 151 | ** During Parado's [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn, Emu jumps into the pit and swims down to Parado to save him]]. |
| 152 | * EnemyMine: The arrival of Kamen Rider Cronus prompts Parado and Graphite to drop their feud with the doctor Riders to deal with the [[EvenEvilHasStandards much more pressing threat]] that Cronus represents. It's a downplayed instance, though, as the truce only consists of a ceasefire, and the Bugsters and Riders each attempt to deal with Cronus largely in their own ways. |
| 153 | * EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:He's the Bugster that came from Emu, but unlike the rest of his kind was removed from his host rather than killing him to manifest.]] |
| 154 | * EnigmaticMinion: He's supposedly Kuroto's partner-in-crime, yet he also gave Emu the means to acquire the Mighty Brothers XX Gashat which has enough power to defeat Genm. He also seems to be more interested in doing whatever he likes than doing anything that will advance the Bugster's alleged goal. He doesn't care for loyalty, all he wants is a fair game, no matter who he fights or joins. That said, his goals eventually become clear: steal ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' out from under Kuroto's nose and use it to wipe out mankind. |
| 155 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite his abuse of his fellow Bugsters, he doesn't actually want them to die, and reacts with genuine grief whenever it happens. |
| 156 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He draws the line at bringing permanent death to any Bugster. Kuroto earns his ire by crossing this line, and Cronus gets Parado to drop everything else he's doing because of the existential threat he represents to their kind. |
| 157 | * EvilCounterpart: Parado is one to Emu. [[spoiler:He is the Bugster born from Emu and represents Emu's darker side.]] |
| 158 | * EvilLaugh: He sneaks in a psychotic chuckle or two when [[spoiler:possessing Emu.]] |
| 159 | * EvilerThanThou: PlayedWith: [[spoiler:while he ''does'' betray and murder Kuroto and his endgame is human extinction, Parado at least has [[RefugeeFromTVLand better and more understandable reasons]] than Kuroto's AGodAmI mentality to do what he does.]] Both are eventually outranked by Cronus. |
| 160 | * EvilVirtues: Parado gives lip service to them, but his actions often paint a different picture. |
| 161 | * EvilWearsBlack: Wears a black coat (a color swap of Emu's white coat) everywhere he goes. [[spoiler:[[EvilTwin Another Parado]] in Another Ending takes this to a whole new level as his outfit is a entirely black PaletteSwap of Parado's outfit.]] |
| 162 | * FairPlayVillain: Parado's mercurial tendencies can make him look as though he's driven by a sense of fair play, joining in fights on the formerly losing side and quickly losing interest if his opponent doesn't come at him seriously. He even gives Emu aid in the form of a new Gashat on one occasion for seemingly no reason other than to power him up, and is quite excited to face him one-on-one when the two are both Level 99. That said, the aid he provides is never enough to actually bring his opponents up to his own level, and he has no issue with beating up opponents whose level is far below his own, including the hopelessly underleveled and unskilled Ride Players, so if his adherence to fair play isn't purely lip service, at the least it's deeply skewed. It is, however, genuine enough that he doesn't target civilians who aren't playing ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. Ultimately, it's a complicated example, as he values [[spoiler:a fair fight with ''Emu'' above all else, and the apparent breaking of it above were mainly attempts to get Emu to fight him seriously and thus have a fair fight with ''him''.]] |
| 163 | * FinalSolution: His end game: use ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' to kill off humanity in a DeadlyGame. |
| 164 | * FirstNameBasis: Aside from the other Bugsters, Emu is the only person whom Parado refers to with his first name. This is notable because he usually calls humans by their Rider names. [[spoiler:{{Justified}} because he is Emu’s Bugster who had lived inside his body for ten years and therefore Emu is more familiar to him.]] |
| 165 | * FirstOfItsKind: [[spoiler:He is the first Bugster, made from Patient Zero, Emu.]] |
| 166 | * {{Foil}}: To Graphite. While Graphite is generally very serious and quite rash, Parado is much calmer and more playful, treating everything as a game. Graphite also hates it whenever any Bugster is destroyed by the Riders, while Parado doesn't care, as [[DeathIsCheap they can be revived.]] |
| 167 | ** After Graphite's death, he becomes one to Kuroto. While Parado prioritizes fun and fairness in fighting the Doctor Riders, Kuroto plays dirty and only cares for his goals. |
| 168 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Parado's loaded to the brim with it. His choice of [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull transformation call]][[note]]Everyone except him has a unique announcement of levels. He's the only one to share one, this being Emu's "Dai Henshin"[[/note]], his choice of clothing, his color palette[[note]]Red and blue are the inverted colors of cyan and orange[[/note]], and even what episodes he appears in[[note]]Most notably, his striking absence from most of #19, where M is in full control of Emu and acts exactly like Parado[[/note]] hide the reveal in plain sight that [[spoiler:he's Emu's EnemyWithout]]. Further hints are sprinkled into the Ghost crossover movie, which teases Parado's silhouette in an important context, and the opening takes pains to contrast Emu and Parado in their shots. Parado's name is a separate bit of foreshadowing, hinting at his Rider name. |
| 169 | * HalfHumanHybrid: An unconventional twist on this trope: [[spoiler:he manipulates Emu into reprogramming him to have human DNA, letting him use Kuroto's old Driver to gain a massive power boost by combining his two games into ''Perfect Knock Out''.]] |
| 170 | * HazyFeelTurn: Parado teases at turning face while Kuroto is the BigBad, taking several opportunities to PayEvilUntoEvil and generally acting displeased at the sheer degree of depravity that Kuroto displays as he becomes more and more unhinged. Ultimately, though, what he wants is ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', and the chance it offers to [[KillAllHumans exterminate humanity]]. |
| 171 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:As of #40, after Emu [[KarmicDeath breaks him]] and makes him realizes the consequences of death]]. |
| 172 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:After Emu forces him to understand what death ''actually'' means, he finally comes to understand how horrible his actions really are.]] |
| 173 | * HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Pulls this in #29, when he tricks Emu into [[spoiler:using reprogramming on him while he inhabits the other half of ''Mighty Brothers XX'', which allows Parado to subvert the reprogramming into imprinting Emu's human DNA on him, thus making him compatible with the Gamer Driver]]. Everything he's ever pulled has shades of this, with both the Doctor Riders and Kuroto Dan playing a part in his plan. |
| 174 | * TheHeavy: He takes the lead following Kuroto's demise, as the one now overseeing ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' and Emu's rival. |
| 175 | * HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:M was originally Parado in complete control of Emu's body, and now persists as a remnant of Parado influencing Emu's behavior. Parado can take over Emu again whenever he wishes.]] |
| 176 | * HoldingHands: He has a hand-holding motif with Emu, both the literal hand-held (such as when he gently puts the black Gashat in Emu’s hand in #13) and metaphorical (he always wants to play with Emu and reach out to him, but due to Parado’s [[PsychopathicManchild nature]], Emu always refuses). [[spoiler:#40 gives a more heartwarming take of the trope with ''Emu'' reaching out to Parado this time. #45 takes this even better: it was thanks to Emu trying to reach out his hand to a disappearing Parado that Parado was able to re-infect Emu and got revived inside his host’s body.]] |
| 177 | * HumiliationConga: #39 might as well be a two-second clip of Parado getting stomped in the face over and over. |
| 178 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Parado's core character trait is his rampant hypocrisy, resulting in actions that seem [[MeaningfulName paradoxical]]: |
| 179 | ** While he acts like a FairPlayVillain who gives Emu assistance at times, [[FauxAffablyEvil he never gives anyone enough of a boost that they can actually measure up to him in a fight]], and gleefully slaughters the woefully underleveled Ride Players without giving them even the slightest chance of victory. [[spoiler:Somewhat played with, as ultimately his apparent unfairness towards the Ride Players was an attempt to get Emu to fight him seriously and thus make ''their'' fight fair.]] |
| 180 | ** He complains that humans treat game characters as disposable by defeating them over and over, but Parado himself is constantly playing video games and thus inflicting the same pain on the antagonists of those games. |
| 181 | ** He's disgusted at Kuroto's rampant narcissism and abuse of his ''Dangerous Zombie''-granted immortality, but he named his Rider form [[TheMagnificent after himself]] and brags of the advantage Bugsters have in being able to revive over and over again. |
| 182 | ** He claims to wish to change the destiny of Bugsters, but seeing Poppy actually ''[[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming do it]]'' prompts him to strangle her in a fit of fury. |
| 183 | ** He's a brilliant schemer, but all of those schemes are an ExcusePlot to let him have more fun fighting Emu and the other Riders. |
| 184 | ** When his power is taken away and he's faced with true death, he's no more dignified than the humans he murdered while they begged for their lives. |
| 185 | * ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:His origin pretty much is this. Emu had no playmate when he was young and so the Bugster virus manifested as Parado]]. |
| 186 | * ImmortalsFearDeath: |
| 187 | ** Parado's confidence in his immortality as a Bugster leads him to gleefully kill humans for sport, secure in the knowledge that he can never truly lose. When placed in a situation where he himself might actually die, he's reduced to a catatonic state, hiding in a basement and fearing for his life. |
| 188 | ** Ultimately PlayedWith. [[spoiler:Emu saved a portion of Parado's data after deleting him, bringing him back to life using Mighty Brothers XX. However, Emu [[KirkSummation elaborating on Parado's feelings to his face]] causes him to have [[VillainousBSOD a breakdown of such proportions]] that he makes a HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 189 | * InelegantBlubbering: In #40. During Emu's KirkSummation, Parado [[spoiler:breaks down emotionally, falling to the floor while sobbing violently over the weight of his actions]]. |
| 190 | * IronicEcho: His [[spoiler:last stand]] sees Emu spitting Parado's own diatribe back at him as he experiences what it's like to be on the receiving end of a CurbStompBattle for the first time in his life. |
| 191 | -->'''Parado''': ''(sixteen episodes prior, as he murders a defeated and helpless foe)'' The loser has to get the bad ending they deserve. |
| 192 | -->'''Emu''': ''(as Parado prepares to leave, claiming he'll win the next time they fight)'' [[spoiler:There ''is'' no next time. ''[[OhCrap You have to get the ending you deserve.]]'']] |
| 193 | * {{Irony}}: He helped create ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' so that he and Emu would have an enormous playground to battle in, but he winds up being his rival's most nominally important foe as his defeat isn't integral to saving the Ride Players from the Game Disease outbreak the release of the game caused. What's more, creating ''Chronicle'' brought about the sequence of events that led to Emu surpassing Parado, [[spoiler:breaking the yoke of his control, and killing him]]. |
| 194 | ** He has always [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] Emu. Come #36 and Emu manipulates ''him''. |
| 195 | * ItAmusedMe: Everything he does seems to be for the sake of what's interesting to him, rather than for the goal of the Bugsters to spread. [[ZigzaggedTrope But a puzzle's solution may seem like it's not going anywhere until the last piece falls into place, and that's not their actual goal.]] Parado is certainly driven by his immediate desires, but he proves the far more skillful planner than Kuroto Dan ever was. |
| 196 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He thinks he's the main character of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. [[InterfaceSpoiler One look at the sticker should have told him otherwise.]] [[spoiler:If the trailer for Episode #42 is any indication he now think both He and Emu are the Main Characters.]] |
| 197 | * KarmicDeath: Spent the show seeing human lives as having no value. [[spoiler:His last moments were spent wailing in agony and fear over the value of his own]]. |
| 198 | ** In #23, he has no problems killing Kuroto because he thinks that "losers should get a bad ending they deserve". While it looks like it's payback for Kuroto's actions in the past several episodes, and it probably was, it was also to take ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' for himself. |
| 199 | * KillAllHumans: His stated goal as of the show's second half. |
| 200 | -->'''Parado''': I'll never forgive you humans. You think you're at the top of the world. See, ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' isn't a game where humans beat Bugsters. It's a game where Bugsters beat humans. A game to annihilate humanity. You better enjoy it. Relish the feeling of being the one beaten. |
| 201 | * LackOfEmpathy: Highlighted in #28 where [[spoiler:while Emu tries to reach out to Poppy, Parado keeps trying to get him to re-focus on fighting. He also starts ''strangling'' Poppy when she starts to tell him she doesn't want to KillAllHumans.]] |
| 202 | * LaserGuidedKarma: A large part of his motivation is to have Emu become just strong enough so that he can be his WorthyOpponent in a fight to the death. As an immortal Bugster, Parado naturally expects to win said fight. Come #39, however, and Parado [[spoiler:finds himself challenged by Emu this time, who not only hopelessly overpowers him, but also mercilessly finishes him off.]] |
| 203 | * LastSecondChance: [[spoiler:Emu offers this to Parado in #40, extending a hand. The DrowningPit metaphor undegoes a change to symbolize this as Emu swims to the drowning Parado to save him]]. |
| 204 | --> '''Emu''': [[spoiler:[[TheAtoner Together we'll bear your sins, and atone for them]]... Just promise me one thing. From now on you're not fighting to take lives. [[SavingTheWorld We'll fight together to save them]]]]! |
| 205 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Heard while in his Rider form. It's a chaotic fast beat making it clear that Parado's about to land a beating. |
| 206 | * LimitedWardrobe: He only wears one single outfit. {{Justified}} because he’s a Bugster. |
| 207 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:The true identity of Genius Gamer M and Emu’s “M” personality.]] |
| 208 | * TheManBehindTheMonsters: He's the leading Bugster executive and the only one for which his human form is also his Bugster form, as a result of him being born from Emu. |
| 209 | * ManipulativeBastard: Encourages Emu to put down Kuroto [[spoiler:in a successful attempt to give the latter a Game Over and steal his ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' Gashat]]. |
| 210 | -->'''Parado''': If you don't beat the final boss, there will be no "happy ending" for the world. Use your power... and eliminate Genm. |
| 211 | * MeaningfulName: His whole existence is basically one big paradox, as [[spoiler:he is a unique and powerful Bugster who has not killed his host]]. It also alludes to his two-faced personality. |
| 212 | * MirrorCharacter: An almost literal case considering Parado was spawned from Emu, starts off his EvilCounterpart and later becomes a brother-like figure to him after turning good. He also remains to date the ''only'' character to have fought by a Protagonist Rider's side as that same Protagonist Rider within the series proper, via the Double Action XX form (while Ryoutarou and the various Imagin have fought alongside each other as Den-O, those instances only take place in the movies). Also, their Rider names parallel one another, both containing a two letter abbreviation typically found in relation to games in their names (e.g. EX-aid, Para-DX). |
| 213 | * MirrorMatch: In retrospect, one happened on the occasions where he fought Ex-Aid while the latter was using ''Mighty Brothers XX''. He deliberately incites another in #29. |
| 214 | * MonsterProgenitor: [[spoiler:The modern Bugster strain was created from the Bugster Virus incubating [[PatientZero inside Emu]]. Parado ''is'' that virus, meaning the rest of the Bugsters spawned from him.]] |
| 215 | * MortalityPhobia: [[spoiler:Not long after being infected with Parado, Emu was involved in a near fatal accident. Rather ironically, this left the seemingly immortal bugster with a subconscious fear of death that surfaced when he realised that Cronos and Hyper Muteki were capable of killing him out right. Does lead to a moment of badass where the now atoning Parado puts himself in the way of a potentially fatal attack to protect Emu. His HeroicSacrifice proved that he can overcome his fear.]] |
| 216 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:His reaction to watching the epidemy caused by Gamedeus. He blames himself for it, because it wouldn't have happened if he didn't start Kamen Rider Chronicle.]] |
| 217 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: If he hadn't started killing Ride Players (the other Bugsters simply knocked Ride Players down up until that point), the Bugsters plan to use Kamen Rider Chronicle to bring about human extinction may have gone better as everyone was in the dark about that particular part before then. [[spoiler:Justified: Parado didn't ''care'' about the plan, he was just using it as a way to goad Emu into fighting him seriously.]] |
| 218 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Many of Parado's fights are like this due to his desire to always go all-out, but his beatdown of Genm in #18 and his debut of ''Perfect Knock Out'' are particularly savage. |
| 219 | * NobleDemon: His single-minded desire to fight Emu can lead him to act in ways that ''look'' like nobility. |
| 220 | * NothingPersonal: Unlike Kuroto and Graphite, who both have ''very'' personal beef with the Doctor Riders, Parado only ever focused on riling Emu up and trying to fight him. [[spoiler:As such, when Emu has forgiven his wrongdoings, no one else from the Doctor Riders objects to his HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 221 | * ObliviouslyEvil: To a degree. [[spoiler:He was so willing to kill and murder people simply because, being a living video game character with infinite lives, he genuinely had no ''concept'' of what death ''actually'' means and thus couldn't appreciate life. Once Emu forces him to experience what it feels like to fear for his life and ''die'', he finally gets it and [[VillainousBSOD doesn't take it very well.]]]] |
| 222 | * OriginalCharacter: An InUniverse example. [[spoiler:Parado is the Orange Mighty Brother made from Emu's fan-mail.]] |
| 223 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Parado refuses to allow anyone to deny him the satisfaction of killing Emu in a one-on-one fight when the two are both at their best. |
| 224 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Whenever Parado stops smiling, it's either because he's quietly infuriated, such as at Kuroto, or because something's happened that's broken his calm. ''The entire trailer'' for #39 consists of clips of Parado acting out of character to emphasize the severity of the events to come. |
| 225 | --> I am not excited. |
| 226 | * OutGambitted: Kuroto ran into a major issue with finishing ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', finding that he was missing the last two Bugsters he needed for it. Parado had both of them with him the whole time. Parado, in turn, finds himself on the wrong end of the gambit when Cronus flips his entire scheme on end. |
| 227 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: There are few things Parado doesn't tolerate: [[EvilIsPetty unnecessary cruelty]] and [[ForTheEvulz lack of fairness]]. Kuroto gets bitten in the ass ''really hard'' by Parado for treating the Bugsters like crap. |
| 228 | * PerfectPlayAI: In stark contrast to nearly every other villain, Parado is immensely skilled as a gamer and a fighter. He's the only villain shown to be able to defeat opponents who have a statistical advantage over him through his superior combat skills, though very few opponents have such an advantage due to his monstrous strength. It serves as another reference to his VideoGameGenres of choice, fighting games and puzzle games, where this trope appears most often. |
| 229 | * PerpetualSmiler: His default expression is a playful smile on his face, which only serves to increase his creepiness factor. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness It also makes it much worse if he ever stops smiling.]] |
| 230 | * PunnyName: Though it doesn't become apparent until he becomes a Kamen Rider. |
| 231 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner: |
| 232 | ** "Kamen Rider Para-DX... Level 50. Let me show you my game. Let's play! |
| 233 | ** "Now you've got my heart boiling...." [[note]] It's also translated as ''I am excited.''/''My heart is racing''. [[/note]] |
| 234 | * PsychopathicManchild: He gives off this vibe due to his childishness and love of games. Exaggerated when he becomes Para-DX, as he's having boatloads of fun ''demolishing'' the Riders. [[spoiler:He is, after all, the ImaginaryFriend of a six-year-old child. After having his HeelFaceTurn in #40, he drops the "psychopathic" part and becomes a more adorable {{Manchild}}.]] |
| 235 | * QuirkyCurls: They are most aparent through the second act and through most of third act, but they start to go straighter afterwards, coinciding with his attitude changing to less ''quirky and fun'' to more ''fighting for survival''. |
| 236 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While Parado is talking to Emu, he's clearly talking about what he thinks of Kuroto in general. |
| 237 | -->'''Parado''': He thinks of himself as a god, but he's just an irritating guy who created us Bugsters as his game pieces. So don't worry about him. |
| 238 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:The reveal that Parado is Emu's Bugster comes the moment that Parado's own eyes flash the same red as M's.]] |
| 239 | * RedemptionEarnsLife: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:Emu saved a portion of Parado's data upon deleting him, revealing that he could empathize with Parado's fears of death; [[KirkSummation appealing to that fear]] in the hopes that it was an indicator that Parado was beginning to see the value of life. [[HeelFaceTurn It was]]]]. |
| 240 | ** RedemptionEqualsDeath: Also PlayedWith. [[spoiler:He performs a HeroicSacrifice to kill Gamedeus, but comes back in the end of #45.]] |
| 241 | * RedOniBlueOni: |
| 242 | ** The Blue to Graphite's Red. He's much calmer and more rational compared to Graphite. Funnily enough, his forms as Kamen Rider Para-DX are this to each other as well. Puzzle Gamer is blue and focuses on fighting smart while Fighter Gamer is red and focuses on fighting ''hard''. |
| 243 | ** He is however the Red to Emu’s Blue. This is most apparent with [[spoiler:the Mighty Brothers XX Gashat, which has him as the orange right side and Emu as the blue left side.]] |
| 244 | * RestrainingBolt: Kuroto gave him a powerful Gashat fully knowing that his pure Bugster DNA would prevent him from [[spoiler:unlocking its Level 99 abilities via a Gamer Driver]]. Parado eventually overcomes this by [[spoiler:tricking Emu into reprogramming him so he'd have enough human data to fool the belt.]] |
| 245 | * TheRival: ''Invoked'', and fitting with the video game theme. He sincerely sees himself and Emu as this, right down to invoking TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou. Deconstructed, as due to his nature he's willing to do a lot of sincerely horrible things |
| 246 | * SatelliteCharacter: [[spoiler:After his HeelFaceTurn in #40, his existence pretty much only revolves around Emu. He does talk to other characters from time to time and Poppy is the one who he interacts with the most after Emu, but the focus of his character is still firmly on being with Emu. {{Justified}} because due to being a former villain, he wouldn’t be able to be too friendly with the other Doctor Riders, and his backstabbing to Kuroto earlier ensures that their relationship is now distant at best. Emu would logically be the one he could have the best relationship with, due to the former being willing to forgive him and take responsibility for him.]] |
| 247 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: |
| 248 | ** He lacked an official romanization for so long, that people are wondering if it's Pallad or Parad. Website code and [[https://i.imgur.com/0BgLObf.jpg a poster]] ([[JustForFun where the characters pose in the letter the start with]], here's the [[https://i.imgur.com/xRH0kE5.jpg other one]]) however states his name is spelled as Parado, the first time his name has been romanized. |
| 249 | ** Also, does he refer to Emu as “M” or “Emu”? Before [[spoiler:TheReveal in #28]], subs mostly romanized it as “M”, but after [[spoiler:#29 elaborated that Parado is the actual “Genius Gamer M” and is Emu’s Bugster]], pretty much all the subs spelled it as “Emu” instead, because [[spoiler:why would Parado call Emu “M” when HE is “M”, and being Emu’s Bugster makes him familiar enough with Emu to call him by first name.]] |
| 250 | * SplitPersonalityMerge: [[spoiler:In order for Hyper Muteki to be used, Emu and Parado must become the Genius Gamer M. Turns out the first time it happened was back when learning he was patient zero made Emu's game disease flare up; when he was consumed by Genius Gamer M mode to the point of not caring about ''anything'' so long as he could keep fighting, it was Parado inside him.]] |
| 251 | * SuperPrototype: [[spoiler:As Emu's Bugster, he's the ''first'' Bugster. At least at their base level, he was clearly the strongest Bugster, enough so to NoSell a Level 3 attack (a Level Graphite, the next strongest, was easily overwhelmed by) and even Graphite feared him. Unlike other Bugsters he has no game attached to him, and in fact he needed to be ''manually extracted'' from Emu, and is still linked to him.]] |
| 252 | * SymbioticPossession: [[spoiler:After he becomes Emu’s ally and friend for real, Emu allows Parado to possess him when they need to transform.]] |
| 253 | * TeensAreMonsters: Chronologically, he is 16 years old, because [[spoiler:Parado was born inside Emu’s body when Emu was eight, who is 24 years old at the start of the series]]. And he is kind of... [[PsychopathicManchild a mad boy.]] [[spoiler:He becomes much nicer and more genuinely adorable after his HeelFaceTurn in #40.]] |
| 254 | * {{Teleportation}}: Parado can seemingly vanish and appear at will, often doing so when [[TheCorrupter trying to tempt Emu towards embracing the game]]. Many other Bugsters can do this as well, but Parado has a unique special effect for his teleportation. |
| 255 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: While he was [[spoiler:still living inside of Emu, he used his influence to derail his plans to become a doctor and so they could keep playing video games together as M]]. He continues to try and be one throughout the show, but with considerably less success to his continual distress. |
| 256 | * TranquilFury: Even when he's angry, he still retain his calmness. It's creepy to say the least. |
| 257 | * TroubledFetalPosition: Curls up like this after Masamune's visit in #33 confirms Cronus' control over the Bugsters. |
| 258 | * VideoGameGenres: Just like other Bugsters, Parado's dialogue and demeanor make references to a certain genre of video games. His skill at complex schemes and his habit of describing things in terms of puzzles refers to the PuzzleGame genre, while all of those schemes being a literal ExcusePlot for him to have fun fighting against strong foes refers to the FightingGame genre. |
| 259 | * VillainousFriendship: Graphite, and to a lesser extent Lovelica, are the two other Bugsters that Parado's shown to treat as genuine friends. [[spoiler:And in #28, it was revealed that despite being against Emu and having fought him the whole time, Parado has always considered him a friend.]] |
| 260 | * VillainHasAPoint: Parado points out to Emu that Kuroto is too dangerous to live and must be put down after what he did to Kiriya. [[spoiler:When Emu forgoes killing Kuroto in favor of trying to spare him, Parado [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork does the dirty work]] for the Doctor Riders instead.]] |
| 261 | -->'''Parado''': His mind and body are already good as dead. Just because you dealt him a finishing blow, doesn't mean you've taken his life. Can you really forgive the man who took Lazer's life? |
| 262 | * VillainousRescue: Remember when Emu was [[spoiler:suffering the Game Disease side-effects in ''#18'' and didn't disappear somehow? Thank Parado for that.]] |
| 263 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: Or rather, villain has always had an interest. Parado gradually reveals a fascination with Emu that culminates in TheReveal. |
| 264 | * VillainousBSOD: |
| 265 | ** [[spoiler:After Cronus kills Lovelica permanently at the end of #32, the realization that even Bugsters can die leaves Parado sitting huddled and trembling in his basement lair. The scene is played very much like how a [[PsychopathicManchild normal child]] would react from witnessing a friend's death right in front of them.]] |
| 266 | ** It only exacerbates when Chronos starts [[spoiler:targeting Parado directly]]. |
| 267 | ** ''Invoked'': [[spoiler:Emu kills him because he realized that Parado's nature meant he literally had no concept or understanding of death and thus couldn't understand the value of ''life'' either. His death ultimately forced him to finally understand. Parado decidedly doesn't take it very well, but it leaves him open to redemption.]] |
| 268 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Parado [[ItMakesSenseInContext sees Emu this way]]. [[FriendshipDenial It's implied by Taiga that Emu does not reciprocate]]. |
| 269 | --> '''Parado''': Aren't we friends? |
| 270 | --> '''Taiga''': Who are you calling a "friend"!? |
| 271 | * WeHaveReserves: Doesn't really care about the Bugsters that the Riders destroy, saying they can always just make more. |
| 272 | ** Subverted when Kuroto [[spoiler:destroys the Burgmon Bugster]]; who was irrelevant since they already had the Gashat they needed. Parado is not happy. |
| 273 | ** Ultimately a DoubleSubversion. With the revelation that [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap Bugsters can be revived as long as their data's saved somewhere]]]], it explains his dismissal of most Bugster losses. [[spoiler:The defeated Bugsters never went away. They just lost the last game they played]]. |
| 274 | * WhatsHeGotThatIAintGot: He uses a variation of this in #28 to [[spoiler:Emu: “You will play with Poppy, but why won’t you play with me?!”]] |
| 275 | * WouldHitAGirl: Parado sometimes uses physical violence with [[spoiler:Poppy, because he’s jealous of how Emu would play with her but not ''him''. He both strangles her and slaps her [[DemonicPossession while he’s in Emu’s body]] in #28. He stops these behaviors after his HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 276 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Emu strips off Kuroto's Genm powers, Parado shows up to finish the job.]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | !!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Para-DX |
| 279 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_paradxl50a.png]] |
| 280 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Dual Up! Get the glory in the chain! Perfect Puzzle!'']] |
| 281 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_paradxl50b.png]] |
| 282 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Dual Up! Explosion Hit! Knock Out Fighter!'']] |
| 283 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_paradxl99.png]] |
| 284 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gachan: Mazaru Up! kai kobushi tsuyosa! Aoi Puzzle rensa! Aka to ao no kousa![[note]]The Fierce Red Fisted Fighter! The Clever Blue Chain Puzzler! Red and Blue, Now Together![[/note]] Perfect Knock Out!'']] |
| 285 | * AnimeHair: Sports spiky hair as Fighter Gamer |
| 286 | ** Perfect Knock Out Gamer is even ''worse'', resembling a pinwheel more than a hairstyle. |
| 287 | * BadassLongRobe: Perfect Knock Out Gamer's design include one. It's very similar to a Taoist robe. Fitting, given Taoism combines both philosophy and martial arts, mind and body, much like Perfect Knock Out does. |
| 288 | * BareFistedMonk: Fighter Gamer, as a form based on [[FightingGame fighting games]], uses hand-to-hand combat when fighting. |
| 289 | * BeardOfEvil: Perfect Knock Out Gamer's face features a prominent metallic vent that strongly resembles a goatee. |
| 290 | * BigOlEyebrows: Fighter Gamer sports a pair of large red eyebrows over his headband. |
| 291 | * DualityMotif: Perfect Knock Out Gamer's right eye is red-colored, while his left is blue, reflecting how the form is the combination of the red-colored Fighter Gamer and blue-colored Puzzle Gamer. |
| 292 | * FightingGame: The Knock Out Fighter side of the Gashat Gear Dual, which allows him to transform into Fighter Gamer Level 50. |
| 293 | * HopelessBossFight: With the twist that he ''is'' the boss. Nothing any of the Riders can do phases him in the slightest. He ''walks through'' Snipe and Brave's Level 5 forms with next to no effort and [[NoSell No Sells]] everything Ex-Aid throws at him at Level 3. Even Genm's Level 10 form with it's broken abilities can't hold a finger against him. He does it again in his Level 99 form, once more just annihilating all three Riders. |
| 294 | * LightningBruiser: At seven episodes on top of the power curve, Para-DX Level 50 shares the title with Hyper Muteki Ex-Aid of the longest period spent at the highest possible level. His very existence enforces an ObviousRulePatch that converts all of the various item containers into raw Energy Items, allowing him to access whatever powerup he needs whenever he needs it. As Puzzle Gamer, he takes full advantage of this with his ability to draw Energy Items to himself instead of needing to seek them on the field, as well as the unique ability to use up to three at once. When he doesn't need Energy Items, he can always rely on Fighter Gamer for close-quarters-combat, dealing damaging explosions with his fiery punches that are still powerful on their own, along with the ability to generate waves of fire to keep his opponents on the ropes and give him openings to deal further damage. His Level 99 form gives him the advantages of both forms, letting him use Perfect Puzzle's Energy Item manipulation and forcefields with Knock Out Fighter's powerful melee prowess and raw strength, and even more power on top of that in the form of the Gashacon Parabraygun, which can do almost everything the other Gashacon weapons can and more. |
| 295 | * LogicalWeakness: Both forms of the Gashat Gear Dual β have counters to his own forms. Brave Fantasy Gamer can nullify Puzzle Gamer's energy items, Snipe Simulation Gamer has more than enough fire power to keep Fighter Gamer well out of punching range, and both have stats that are well on-par with either form regardless. Really, you have to wonder if Kuroto didn't [[FridgeBrilliance design the Gashat Gear Dual β like this on purpose.]] |
| 296 | * MadeOfExplodium: Not Para-DX personally, but if he's angry enough, Fighter Gamer can ''totally'' do this to someone he's punching. Genm demonstrates this, albeit unintentionally, in #18 where after being sent '''flying several feet''' by a flurry of punches, he then detonates upon making contact with a mountain. |
| 297 | * TheMagnificent: One reading of Para-DX. |
| 298 | * MeaningfulName: Just like the Rider itself, Para-DX's name contains two meanings, as it can be heard as "Paradox" or read as "Parado Deluxe". |
| 299 | * {{Nerf}}: Kamen Rider Cronus delivers a very nasty one in #38 by cutting off anyone's ability to use Energy Items. Everyone uses them, but half of Para-DX's powerset is built around them. |
| 300 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: His premiere use of his Puzzle Gamer mode permanently eliminated the unique gaming assets (blocks, drums, treasure chests, etc.) summoned by his fellow Kamen Riders so he could grab powerups easier with his abilities. On the flip side, this made all the surrounding items immediately visible to everyone else as well, making their usage more practical to his rivals (particularly Hiiro, who would barely use them because he hates leaving things up to chance). In a rare instance, it counts as one behind the scenes as well, as this ability provided a convenient excuse for the production staff to stop having to transport so many rarely-used props. |
| 301 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Knock Out Fighter is a FightingGame {{Expy}} of VideoGame/PunchOut and Franchise/StreetFighter, so naturally Fighter Gamer's fighting style revolves around this. |
| 302 | * PlayingWithFire: Fighter Gamer can create a wave of flames from his punches. |
| 303 | * PuzzleGame: The Perfect Puzzle side of the Gashat Gear Dual, which allows him to transform into Puzzle Gamer Level 50. |
| 304 | * RubberMan: One of the, presumably, ''many'' abilities his Puzzle Gamer form has, thanks to the Rubberize item. It even lets him launch his [[FinishingMove Critical Combo]] from a considerable distance at no cost to effectiveness. |
| 305 | * SuperMode: Perfect Knock Out Gamer Level 99, accessed by inserting the Gashat Gear Dual into his own Gamer Driver. It combines the powers of both of his previous forms [[FromBadToWorse and gives him some new ones]]. |
| 306 | * ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: While ''Perfect Knock Out'' gives Para-DX nearly all of the advantages of both of his earlier forms, one of its upgrades becomes detrimental when Cronus steals control of all Energy Items as ''Perfect Knock-Out'' can only bring up Energy Items ''selectively'' unlike ''Perfect Puzzle'' which gathers every Energy Item in the area. Thus ''Perfect Knock-Out'' becomes helpless, but using his Level 50 form allows him to easily steal every item from the book. |
| 307 | * VideoGameGenres: Para-DX uses the Gashat Gear Dual which contains two games and which allows him access to two forms, each based on different genres: |
| 308 | * WeakButSkilled: [[DownplayedTrope Not that Perfect Knock-Out Para-DX is weak by any means]] but towards the end of the series he teams up with Ex-Aid against opponents that have broken the Level Cap. |
| 309 | * WeaponSpecialization: Perfect Knock Out Gamer Level 99 is equipped with the Gashacon Parabraygun, which can transform into gun mode and hand axe mode. This weapon potentially outshines all of its contemporaries in how it functions. A, plus spinning the axe blade changes the mode, but B increases the amount of times the weapon hits, up to ten. And even in axe mode, one blow can hit an opponent multiple times... just like the Gashacon Breaker. What's more, [[spoiler:#40 also reveals a hidden function: If Mighty Brothers XX is inserted into the Parablaygun instead of a Gashat Gear Dual or single Gashat, rather than set up a [[FinishingMove Critical Finish]], it [[MesACrowd splits Para-DX back into Fighter Gamer and Puzzle Gamer Lv50, both able to act simultaneously.]]]] |
| 310 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He craves a proper duel with Emu on equal terms and does his best to keep him alive until they can have their fateful confrontation. After he [[spoiler:defeats him in such a fight during the 30th Episode, he claims that he no longer needs Emu as an opponent anymore and decides to murder him.]] However, with the advent of [[spoiler:Cronus]], Parado comes crawling back to his rival, trying to forge an alliance against their common enemy. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder:Graphite]] |
| 314 | !!Graphite Bugster/Dark Graphite Bugster/[[spoiler:Guren Graphite Bugster]] |
| 315 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Shouma Machii (live), Kazuya Oada (suit) |
| 316 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/graphite.png]] |
| 317 | [[caption-width-right:250:Graphite in human form]] |
| 318 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_graphite_bugster.png]] |
| 319 | [[caption-width-right:250:Graphite in his Bugster form]] |
| 320 | Often just called "Graphite" for short, he is a Bugster executive who was created from ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'', and one of the very few Bugsters to have achieved a "perfect" form, no longer needing a human host. He acts as Parado's partner and right hand. |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[spoiler:He's actually the Bugster that spawned from Hiiro's girlfriend, Saki. Because Taiga failed to defeat him back then, he completed his manifestation, causing Saki's physical body to disappear.]] After his death at the hands of the Riders in #10, Graphite appeared dead for good, but was eventually revealed to have been capable of being revived by Parado at any time. After waiting for the appropriate moment, Parado revived Graphite to finish ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', in the process ascending him to level 99. |
| 323 | ---- |
| 324 | * {{Archenemy}}: To both Hiiro and Taiga due to [[spoiler:his human host being Hiiro's girlfriend and the one whose death cost Taiga his medical license.]] |
| 325 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As one of the Bugster's executives, Graphite is also one of the most powerful, easily defeating Snipe and Brave. Unless they uses Level 3, the Riders are pretty much screwed if they fight him. Later on he manages to upgrade himself into Level 99, rivaling Parado's ''Perfect Knock Out''. |
| 326 | * BackFromTheDead: [[DidntSeeThatComing To his surprise]] as much as anybody else's. Parado kept both Kuroto and Graphite himself in the dark about the fact that a perfect Bugster could be revived from the Gashacon Bugvisor with no need for a new host, leading Kuroto off on a wild goose chase looking for a new ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'' Bugster for ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. |
| 327 | * TheBadGuyWins: The reason Taiga and Hiiro hate his guts: he actually ''succeeded'' in killing his host and becoming 'perfect'. [[spoiler:Said host was Hiiro's girlfriend and the incident resulted in Taiga getting his medical license revoked.]] |
| 328 | * BaritoneOfStrength: Has a deep and threatening voice, more noticeable in his Bugster form. |
| 329 | * BashBrothers: With Parado. |
| 330 | * BloodKnight: Much like Parado, Graphite clearly enjoys battles more than anything. |
| 331 | * CallingYourAttacks: An unusual habit for sure, but what's notable is that they often deal enough damage to warrant the priority. [[spoiler:At the very end he gets a title card for his finisher just like the Riders do.]] |
| 332 | * CantCatchUp: Every attempt of his to overpower and match the strength of his opponents ultimately falls short with increasing rapidity. He uses the Proto Gashat of his game to boost his might, but is soon after vanquished when the Doctor Riders learn to work together with a Gashat made from the finished version of ''Drago Knight Hunter Z''. He comes back as a Level 99 Bugster, which puts him very much above the levels of anyone that isn't Emu, but [[spoiler:Masamune mops the floor with him to show off his might as Cronus not a moment later.]] He willingly subjects himself to a tremendous amount of agony to copy a mere fragment of [[spoiler:Gamedeus' data]] into his own code so that he and Parado can disable the [[spoiler:Pause function of Cronus' Bugvisor]], but because Kuroto had used [[spoiler:his Bugster abilities to great effect against his father's device]], Masamune took measures to revive [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Lazer as a Level 0 Gamer who can negate Bugster powers with a touch]] to guard against a repeat of such tactics. All the hard work ultimately does pay off for him, though: [[spoiler:he eventually becomes immune to Pause altogether because of his Gamedeus infection, and even breaks through the level cap in time for his final stand, [[BeyondTheImpossible where he's just as strong as Cronus]]]]. [[spoiler:Furthermore, all of the tactics he tried ultimately prove instrumental in stopping Cronus and Gamedeus once and for all.]] |
| 333 | * CharacterDevelopment: After his revival, he's more calm and trusts Parado's plans and methods more. Given the payoff, you can see his point. |
| 334 | * ChromaticSuperiority: His new [[SuperMode Level 99]] form is red-colored. |
| 335 | * TheComicallySerious: While usually stoic and no-nonsense, he has his moments, such as stealing a cake from the CR in #34 or repeatedly chanting "do" when calling out his finishers post-revival. |
| 336 | --> '''Graphite''': Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do Crimson Exploding Dragon Sword! |
| 337 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Plays the same role as [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Phoenix]] of being a BloodKnight the Riders encounter early on whose overwhelming power forces them to acquire their first-quarter upgrades. Like Phoenix, Graphite can revive even if defeated in battle; unlike Phoenix, this isn't used as a petard to hoist him by. |
| 338 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: The strongest Bugster, with a personal connection to two of the main Riders, who achieves a OneWingedAngel form, whose final battle is prefaced by a massive city-wide infection and whose defeat marks clearing the tenth and allegedly final Gashat. If not for the loose ends of Genm and Parado, and the fact that it's only #10, the Riders could be forgiven for thinking he was the final boss. Unlike most examples, he comes back later, and even remembered to level grind. |
| 339 | * TheDragon: Both figuratively '''AND''' literally. He is a Bugster born from a dragon hunting-type game and serves as Parado's right hand. It gets even more literal [[spoiler:when you take the trope's meaning ("The penultimate challenge that The Hero must face before confronting the Big Bad") and realize that he ''is'' the last challenge before Gamedeus.]] |
| 340 | * DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:By #41, his own death by Nico is the key to stopping Kamen Rider Chronicle, as his Gashatrophy is the very last one they need. He chooses to fight one last battle against Hiiro and Taiga where he gives it his all, and when he's weakened enough, Nico almost shoots him before Cronus pauses time to keep him from dying and prevent ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' from ending. Remembering the wishes of those who fought him and his own Bugster comrades, Graphite successfully overpowers Masamune, then lets himself take the shot after unfreezing time. He even gets a title card for his finishers just like the Riders do during this last stand.]] |
| 341 | * EnemyMine: [[spoiler:He and Parado teamed up with the Doctor Riders and Kuroto in response to Hiiro making a DealWithTheDevil with Cronus.]] |
| 342 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even Graphite is horrified at Cronus' murder of Lovelica, ultimately resulting with him and Parado [[EnemyMine forming an alliance with the Doctor Riders and Kuroto]].]] |
| 343 | * ExplosiveOverclocking: A slow-burning example in his [[spoiler:Gamedeus infection]], which has increasingly deleterious effects on his health but comes with increasing benefits to match. |
| 344 | * EvilSoundsDeep: His deep voice fits his villainous attitude. |
| 345 | * {{Foil}}: To Parado. Whereas Parado ''hates'' the idea that he's made to be an enemy and makes it his mission to be the protagonist of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', Graphite ''loves'' being the enemy everyone must defeat. |
| 346 | * GodzillaThreshold: Deliberately invoked when he steals a Proto Gashat, forcing the Riders to do something they would absolutely never do otherwise [[TeethClenchedTeamwork and work together]]. [[UnwittingPawn Not that Graphite's in on the plan.]] |
| 347 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:In #41, he refuses to let Masamune rescue him from the Riders, saying that they won fair and square and he won't let Masamune tarnish the sanctity of their battle. He says his goodbyes (thanking Parado and Poppy for their friendship and the Riders for letting him fulfill his purpose as a FinalBoss), then throws himself into the path of Nico's FinishingMove.]] |
| 348 | * GrinOfAudacity: His usual face when he is enjoying himself is shaped like smug ''bring it''. |
| 349 | * HeroKiller: The fact that Bugsters attain perfection by "killing" their hosts is highlighted through Graphite. It's especially pronounced at the beginning of the series where Taiga and Hiiro are much more wary of him than Parado and Graphite often comes in to deliver a sound beating to the protagonists whenever the MonsterOfTheWeek fails. |
| 350 | * HiddenDepths: Graphite starts out as the most underdeveloped Bugster executive, but [[spoiler:when he learns that Cronus can kill his kind permanently, in contrast to Parado, he shows bravery and courage in the face of death, being willing to continue the fight.]] |
| 351 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Cronus]] defeats him by [[spoiler:stopping time, smacking Graphite into the path of his own Gekidou Ryuga, and then unstopping time.]] |
| 352 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: Taking a fragment of Gamedeus's code into his body is ''not'' healthy for him in the slightest. |
| 353 | * IneffectualLoner: Arrogant over his past victory over Taiga and having been the only Bugster to have attained a perfect evolution through his own efforts, Graphite had a tendency to go after the Doctor Riders on his own in spite of how the game he came from promoted teamwork. This eventually got him killed. After his resurrection, he has since learned the value of working in tandem with his fellow Bugsters. |
| 354 | * ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: |
| 355 | ** Long before any of our heroes even saw Parado's face, both Taiga and Hiiro are out for Graphite's blood [[spoiler:due to his human host Saki being both Hiiro's girlfriend and the patient whose death cost Taiga his medical license.]] |
| 356 | ** Graphite turns it around with Hiiro. After getting his ass kicked by Beat's power, he exclaims that he'll [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou be the one to crush him.]] |
| 357 | * LancerVsDragon: It's not Emu but Hiiro and Taiga, both of whom are {{foil}}s to Emu in different ways, who have a [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon personal enmity]] with Graphite. As such, most showdowns with Graphite involve those two facing him. [[spoiler:They're also the ones who defeat him in his final battle.]] |
| 358 | * MarathonBoss: [[spoiler:The FinalBattle with him goes from ''dusk to well into the morning'' before Snipe and Brave finally win.]] |
| 359 | * MeaningfulName: His Level 99 form is called Guren Graphite Bugster. Guren means Red Lotus, reflecting the form's red color. |
| 360 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: The rare monster to get several: he first gains a new form by using the Proto Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat, becoming the Dark Graphite Bugster, then later returns as the Guren Graphite Bugster. Later still [[spoiler:he infects himself with Gamedeus's virus]], which threatens his life but steadily gives him even more power. |
| 361 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: A rare example that isn't meant to be sarcastic: [[spoiler:all of his gambits for power saved the day in the end. His infecting himself with Gamedeus's virus proves instrumental in obtaining the cure, and he demonstrated that Bugsters can spread their virus across a large area by plugging a Gashat into themselves, which allowed Poppy to make her HeroicSacrifice]]. |
| 362 | * NobleDemon: A brutal fighter that cares greatly for his Bugster comrades and plays fair, but not easy. [[spoiler:In #41, when Poppy and Parado offer him the chance to side with them and humanity, he refuses to do so, but he lets them go their way, since that's what they want. And in the same episode, after Hiiro and Taiga give him the best fight of his life and he's about to be finished off by Nico, Cronus pauses time and offers to save him to keep him alive and Kamen Rider Chronicle going. He instead overpowers Cronus and lets himself get hit, refusing to rob his opponents of their victory and his friends of their wishes.]] |
| 363 | * NonIndicativeName: His name is Graphite, though aside from his Proto and Level 99 forms having shades of black on them, he has very little to do with the mineral. |
| 364 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: When Ex-Aid managed to gain Level 3, Graphite does not wait around and decides to kill Emu before he becomes too much of a threat. Compare this to Parado who wants to play with the Riders a bit longer or [[spoiler:Kuroto]] who wants to collect their battle data first. |
| 365 | * PreFinalBoss: Both narratively and literally InUniverse, as he's the penultimate foe before Gamedeus, the FinalBoss of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. [[spoiler:Although Masamune hijacking Gamedeus retroactively makes Graphite the ''Pre''-PreFinalBoss.]] |
| 366 | * PutOnABus: He was defeated in #10 by the four Riders working together in their Level 5 forms. |
| 367 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Parado's Blue. Graphite tends to be impatient and reckless compared to the calmer Parado's. He actually turns into a red-colored form when he reach Level 99, but by that point he starts to become the ''Blue'' Oni of the pair. |
| 368 | * RedRightHand: A literal example in his Bugster form, as his right hand is red, unlike the rest of his body which is green. Ironically, his human form has him wearing clothing with a green sleeve on his right arm. |
| 369 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: Being a perfect Bugster meant he could have been revived from the Gashacon Bugvisor at any time, not that Kuroto or Graphite himself actually knew that. |
| 370 | * RummageSaleReject: His human outfit is basically the combination of a bunch of fabrics. |
| 371 | * SuperMode: His Level 99 form, called the Guren Graphite Bugster. |
| 372 | * SweetTooth: Inherited this from his host Saki, as seen in #34. |
| 373 | * SwordBeam: His Gekidou Ryuga (Raging Dragon Fang) attack is this, though he uses a spear instead of a sword. |
| 374 | * TaintedVeins: Purplish black veins begin to appear on his face and neck as [[spoiler:the Gamedeus virus continues to multiply inside him]]. |
| 375 | * TookALevelInBadass: And ''how''. After being revived by Parado, he managed to level up all the way into Level 99, whereas previously, he's only at Level 5 at most. |
| 376 | * TheBusCameBack: Returns at the end of #24. Turns out being a perfect Bugster means you don't need your data backed up to revive anymore either. |
| 377 | * UnwittingPawn: Easily duped into stealing a Proto Gashat in order to provoke a desired response from the Riders. |
| 378 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: All Bugsters avert it by leveling up after each death, but Graphite is an especially noteworthy aversion, as he jumps from somewhere around Level 5 to ''Level 99'' in one shot. |
| 379 | * VillainousFriendship: With Parado. [[spoiler:Even at the end, his last words to Parado and to Poppy are that they're his friends.]] |
| 380 | * VillainousValor: He was a fearless warrior even before learning that perfect Bugsters could be easily resurrected, and isn't intimidated by Cronus in the slightest even though he knows that [[spoiler:Masamune can easily kill him permanently]] because he's always fought as if his life was on the line. |
| 381 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler:When Parado posses Emu in #29 and takes him to the basement, Graphite asks why he doesn't just kill him. The answer is that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he wants to defeat Emu himself]] and he needed Emu to achieve Perfect Knock Out.]] |
| 382 | * WorthyOpponent: Taiga and Hiiro both qualify as his. His first act after his revival is to challenge Taiga to meet him at his stage in ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', [[spoiler:and he's completely satisfied that his last fight is against the two of them together]]. |
| 383 | * WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: A variation. He asks [[spoiler:Hiiro]] if he'd like to know the last thoughts of [[spoiler:Saki, Graphite's host and Hiiro's girlfriend,]] when she died, since like all Bugsters he carries all the memories of his host. |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:Poppy Pipopapo]] |
| 387 | See Characters/KamenRiderExAidProtagonists |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Ren Amagasaki/Lovelica Bugster]] |
| 391 | !!Ren Amagasaki/Lovelica Bugster |
| 392 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ren_amagasaki.png]] |
| 393 | [[caption-width-right:250: Ren in human form]] |
| 394 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_lovrica_bugster.png]] |
| 395 | [[caption-width-right:250: Ren in his Bugster form]] |
| 396 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Shinya Kote, Creator/JunichiSuwabe (second voice), Hajime Kanzaki (suit) |
| 397 | The next president of Genm Corp. after Kuroto Dan's disappearance. He is a bit on the eccentric side even at work, and has a motto of "I love you's for the whole world!" In reality, he's the Bugster of the DatingSim game ''Toki Meki Crisis'', secretly working with Parado to complete ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. Was responsible for "resetting" Poppy to her original state. |
| 398 | |
| 399 | He was killed permanently by Cronus. |
| 400 | ---- |
| 401 | * AgentPeacock: Very flamboyant. His Bugster form only ramps it up further. |
| 402 | * BerserkButton: He takes a lot of pride in his looks. When Taiga confronts him over his agenda it's not his accusations but rather him ruffling Ren's suit that angers him enough to send Taiga flying with an attack. |
| 403 | * BishonenLine: As a Bugster General, he has one of the more humanoid Bugster forms and one of the only four Bugsters to have a human form at all. |
| 404 | * TheCasanova: Apart from running Genm Corp, this is practically his day job, being from a DatingSim and all. |
| 405 | * TheCharmer: He obviously likes to think he's this. That said, even without using his Bugster abilities, Ren can cut a mean promo for ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. |
| 406 | * CompellingVoice: Ren's voice changing from that of Shinya Kote, his actor, to Junichi Suwabe is usually a sign that he's making use of his charming abilities while in his human guise. |
| 407 | * DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Thanks to Cronus' ability to completely kill any Bugster, Lovelica has completely disappeared and can no longer be revived. Subverted ultimately, as Cronus's Reset also restored his data and thus he can be resurrected.]] |
| 408 | * GreenThumb: Being a walking bouquet of flowers, he naturally can summon vines or use rose petals as attacks. |
| 409 | * HeartBeatDown: The usual attack effects (HIT!, MISS!, etc.) have an additional heart and star flair on them. He also finishes off the Riders by demoralizing them with large BOO! graphics before ''trapping them in hearts and having cupids fire at them''. |
| 410 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Quite literally. Being from a DatingSim may make him seem utterly ridiculous as a fighter, but since one does not usually punch their way out of games from the genre, it effectively nullifies physical combat. |
| 411 | * TheHeavy: [[spoiler:Of the first ''Another Ending'' film, as while Kuroto Dan is the overall BigBad of all three films, Lovelica is the main antagonist Hiiro and Taiga have to contend with in the first one.]] |
| 412 | * {{Irony}}: He's the Bugster from [[DatingSim Tokimeki Crisis]], yet doesn't understand why maids fawn at Taiga speaking out his true feelings. |
| 413 | ** FridgeBrilliance kicks in however when you realize that he's likely the ''villain'' of Tokimeki Crisis, which means that [[TheCasanova he's a no-good womanizer who doesn't actually understand other people's feelings]]. |
| 414 | * JiveTurkey: Uses very dated slang. |
| 415 | * KavorkaMan: Portly and hardly attractive, but acts like a casanova. It apparently works for him, as seen with Poppy and his Bugster harem. |
| 416 | * LargeHam: Worries by fans that the show wouldn't be the same without Kuroto Dan around to chew ever-increasing amounts of scenery were soothed as soon as Ren arrived to take up the role with aplomb. Nico, who's met both of them, [[LampshadeHanging asks if every Genm Corporation CEO is a weirdo]]. |
| 417 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A flamenco (Spanish) guitar is usually played whenever he does his narcissistic antics, or even appears in person. |
| 418 | * LethalJokeCharacter: While Ren is played primarily for comic relief, his only weakness is one that none of the all-male main Riders can exploit, allowing him to thrash them with impunity. Emu reprogrammed his ability on #32, so Brave can hit him... [[spoiler:but it gets him killed permanently by Cronus. Or he would've been if not for Cronus's Reset, and he returns as the villain of the first part of the Another Ending trilogy.]] |
| 419 | * LogicalWeakness: |
| 420 | ** Strong as he is, originating from DatingSim data means he's more than a little vulnerable to emotional damage. Nico manages to deal a couple critical hits on him just by saying he's not her type. |
| 421 | ** [[spoiler:Brave openly apologizing and finally being willing to move forwards in his relationship with Saki, the current target of Lovelica's game and being reciprocated causes Lovelica to become vulnerable, as Brave has effectively won the game.]] |
| 422 | * LoveFreak: He is this ''big time''. Being from a DatingSim, he views everything he does for love itself. The episode where he debuts as the Lovelica Bugster promptly hangs a lampshade by having it named after the CatchPhrase of Trigun's protagonist, also a notorious LoveFreak. |
| 423 | * {{Meido}}: Has a harem of maids. ''Bugster'' maids. |
| 424 | * PointyHairedBoss: Releasing ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' mired Genm Corp in even deeper unwanted controversy, so much so that his employees eagerly jump at the merest implication that [[spoiler:Masamune]] will oust him from office with his return. |
| 425 | * ThePowerOfLove: His main power and weakness. Normal attacks don't work on him, as he is powered by the love from his Bugster maids. Taiga managed to beat him by showing his true feelings towards Nico, which then made the Bugster maids fawn at him, and was then damaged by Nico by saying that she isn't his type. Ex-Aid was later able to beat him up by reprogramming out the girls first - no harem, no defenses. [[spoiler:Brave beats him in the first part of ''Another Ending'' by finally apologizing to Saki and being willing to move forwards in their relationship once she's resurrected, something that she reciprocates. As Saki was the one Lovelica was drawing power from, Lovelica becomes vulnerable, allowing Brave to kill him.]] |
| 426 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He's killed off by Cronus in his debut to show that he means business.]] |
| 427 | * ShooOutTheClowns: He was a frequent source of comic relief in addition to being an effective villain for the early episodes of the show's second half and is [[spoiler:killed by Masamune when the narrative gets much more serious.]] |
| 428 | * SomethingAboutARose: Always carries one. His Bugster form is pretty much a giant rose bouquet. |
| 429 | * TheUnreveal: In contrast to the other Bugsters, we never find out who his original host was. |
| 430 | * VillainInAWhiteSuit: Clad in a white pinstripe suit. |
| 431 | * VideoGameGenres: His dialogue and demeanor make references to the DatingSim genre from which he originates. |
| 432 | * WordsCanBreakMyBones: His big weakness: as a DatingSim based Bugster, being shot down physically hurts him, as shown when Nico does so. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | !!Recurring Bugsters |
| 436 | [[folder:Salty Bugster]] |
| 437 | !!Salty Bugster |
| 438 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiMaeda |
| 439 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_salty_bugster.png]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | A Bugster based on a boss from the ''Mighty Action'' game series. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * AristocratsAreEvil: He is the manifestation of a boss from the "Mighty Action" series called Count Salty. |
| 444 | * BadassCape: He has a jet-black one, which goes nicely with his top hat. |
| 445 | * CameBackStrong: When he returned, he'd apparently leveled up to Level 3...unfortunately, so had Emu, meaning the difference in their power was the exact same as it was before. |
| 446 | * CantCatchUp: The weakest of all ten Bugsters, only managing to make it to Level 10 by the time his companions are two to four times that. |
| 447 | * GentlemanThief: Subverted. His cape and top hat evokes this, but he doesn't do anything to actually earn the title. |
| 448 | * HeelFaceTurn: In ''Final Stage'', he is part of TheCavalryArrivesLate and afterwards agrees to help CR develop treatments for game disease. |
| 449 | * IronicName: Salt is deadly for snails. It's like calling a dog "Chocolate". |
| 450 | * LowLevelAdvantage: In ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', his low level relative to the other Bugsters makes him a tempting first target, but it's still far more than any Ride Player can handle, giving Salty plenty of victims to slaughter. |
| 451 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He gets deleted by Masamune as a cruel demonstration of his ability to control them with the ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' Master Gashat. Unlike most examples, Masamune later restores Salty to life.]] |
| 452 | * ShockAndAwe: He uses electrical attacks. |
| 453 | * SmugSuper: Belittles Ex-Aid's Level 1 form, considering it not even worth the effort. |
| 454 | * StarterVillain: The very first Bugster that Ex-Aid fought against. He acts as one in ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' as well, although since the game is UnwinnableByDesign it's not as though he minds. |
| 455 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: While Salty ''does'' level up with each reincarnation, it's at a considerably slower pace than anyone else, so he gets easier and easier to beat each time he appears. |
| 456 | * WarmUpBoss: In true video game fashion, he waits until the {{Mook}}s he brought with him are all wiped out before stepping up and fares a little better. Fittingly, as he's an ''actual'' boss in the game he's from. |
| 457 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He gets very little spotlight in the episode he debuts, and before he can do anything ''really'' nasty, he gets Rider Kick'ed by Ex-Aid. The amount of lines he has can be counted on one hand! Gets a bit more when he returns later on. |
| 458 | * YellowLightningBlueLightning: Salty's electricity powers are blue in color. |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[folder:Aranbura Bugster]] |
| 462 | !!Aranbura Bugster |
| 463 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Dai Matsumoto |
| 464 | [[quoteright:261:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_aranbura_bugster.png]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | A crimson Bugster born from enemy data from the JRPG game "Taddle Quest". |
| 467 | ---- |
| 468 | * ArabianNightsDays: Its design is loosely based on the aesthetic. Just look at those shoes! |
| 469 | * CardCarryingVillain: He gleefully kidnaps Asami, gloating all the while how he is going to make her his bride. Ex-Aid notes that this makes him a classic video game villain. |
| 470 | * DraconicHumanoid: Fitting, since he's based on data from a JRPG. |
| 471 | * FireIceLightning: Knows a spell called Fracture, which is a magic seal that crashes into the target with fire, ice and lightning magic. While he never have the chance to use it himself, the spell is used by [[spoiler:Gamedeus through this Bugster]]. |
| 472 | * HeelFaceTurn: In ''Final Stage'', he is part of TheCavalryArrivesLate and afterwards agrees to help CR develop treatments for game disease. |
| 473 | * InTheHood: His Level 5 form sports a white mage hood to go with his cape. |
| 474 | * LocationThemeNaming: Is named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra Alhambra]], a palace and fortress complex, considered to be one of 12 Treasures of Spain. What's more, "Alhambra" means "The Red One" in Arabian, fitting his primarily red body and subtly Arabian design motif. |
| 475 | * MagicStaff: Wields one called the Aranbura Staff. |
| 476 | * RunningGag: Aranbura boasts the allegedly-powerful spell ''Ruin'', which he never manages to actually cast before being interrupted. [[spoiler:[[AllYourPowersCombined Gamedeus]] actually gets to cast it, and we see that it's a ''very good thing'' that Aranbura never got the chance.]] |
| 477 | * TheRedMage: Aranbura can cast a vast variety of spells, including plant binding, lightning attacks and healing spells. |
| 478 | * TookALevelInBadass: Briefly manages to level past the Riders by going to Level 5 while they're Level 3. It doesn't last long. |
| 479 | [[/folder]] |
| 480 | |
| 481 | [[folder:Revol Bugster]] |
| 482 | !!Revol Bugster |
| 483 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuInada |
| 484 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_revolve_bugster.png]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | A Bugster born from the data of Commander Revol, a boss from the [[DevelopmentHell stuck-in-development-hell]] [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]] game, ''Bang Bang Shooting''. |
| 487 | ---- |
| 488 | * ArmCannon: Two of them, a pair of machine guns on each arm. |
| 489 | * BackpackCannon: Of the single variety. |
| 490 | * ButtMonkey: When Revol makes his second appearance he's largely treated comedically as his plans are repeatedly screwed up by Kuroto and Parado and he's left confused and trying to defend Emu because of the amount of stress he causes his host. Parado reveals his fear of heights and even kills him by the arcs end. [[spoiler:He's also the first Bugster to be defeated by a Ride-Player, and it's the person who he infected last time out who beat him too.]] |
| 491 | * ColonelKilgore: Given his rank of Commander and his former role as a Boss, this appears to be the case. |
| 492 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:His third death is this. Back when he appeared for the second time, he uses Nico as his host. The third time he appears, it was ''Nico'' (as Ride-Player Nico) who defeated him.]] |
| 493 | * DoppelgangerAttack: Once the infection spreads enough, he can turn his {{Mooks}} into duplicates of himself. |
| 494 | * FriendlyFireproof: Briefly used as a plot point while Nico is his host. |
| 495 | * IKnowWhatYouFear: Makes use of Yuki's fear of doctors to speed up the spread of the Bugster Virus. |
| 496 | * {{Invisibility}}: Can cloak himself to try and escape destruction. [[KilledOffForReal It doesn't end well for him.]] |
| 497 | * {{Irony}}: In his first appearance he takes advantage of his victim's [[AfraidOfDoctors Iatrophobia]] to try and become real. [[spoiler:In his second, Parado chains him to the ceiling to keep him out of the way which in turn causes him to reveal that he's an Acrophobe.]] |
| 498 | * HeelFaceTurn: In ''Final Stage'', he is part of TheCavalryArrivesLate and afterwards agrees to help CR develop treatments for game disease. |
| 499 | * MoreDakka: Being from an [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]], this is Revolve's preferred method of attack, especially when coupled with his DoppelgangerAttack. |
| 500 | * NoSell: His second infectee, Nico Saiba, wants so badly not to lose against Emu that Revol and his mooks cannot be hit be his attacks no matter what, even at Level X. |
| 501 | * VillainousBreakdown: After seeing all his tactics fall apart into senseless fighting, he snaps and attacks Para-DX. |
| 502 | * WeHaveReserves: As a power. He can spawn waves of grunts almost infinitely just by calling for them, making him a rather difficult opponent to beat. However, when Yuki starts fighting his fear, Revolve loses this power. |
| 503 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He has acrophobia, fear of heights, as revealed when Parado strings him up and he's left begging to be let down. When he engages Nico and she leaps into the air he becomes uncomfortable at how high up she was. |
| 504 | * WouldHurtAChild: Seeing as his victim needed to escape into the real world is a child, very much so. |
| 505 | [[/folder]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | [[folder:Motors Bugster]] |
| 508 | !!Motors Bugster |
| 509 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Shintaro Ohata |
| 510 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_motors_bugster.png]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | A Bugster born from the data of the anything goes bike racing game ''Bakusou Bike''. He infected Yoshitaka Nishiwaki by Graphite, using the worry of the safety of his sister, Riko Nishiwaki. |
| 513 | ---- |
| 514 | * AxCrazy: How did he plan to tip his host over the edge of stress and become complete? Why ''gleefully murdering his sister Riki as violently as possible of course.'' |
| 515 | * ButtMonkey: As of #24, Motors has hit this point. Especially since his level 40 teammates had to fight a Level 50 and a Level 5 one on one. He got stuck fighting Ex-Aid's [[{{Cap}} Level 99]] ''at Level 20''. Poor guy can't catch a break. |
| 516 | * CoolBike: His Motors Viper motorcycle is made from a Bugster Virus mook. It's almost a shame Emu deleted it with Maximum Gamer. |
| 517 | * HistoryRepeats: [[spoiler:His first two deaths were at the hands of Genm.]] |
| 518 | * LaughingMad: Cackles with glee as he hurls bombs and fire everywhere. |
| 519 | * MadeOfIron: Against all odds, he just barely ''survives'' Lazer's [[FinishingMove Critical Strike]]. [[spoiler:It doesn't save him from being executed by Genm though.]] |
| 520 | * {{Sadist}}: Just about every time he's appeared Motors has been a thoroughly unpleasant fiend who revels in the pain and fear of others. |
| 521 | * ShoulderCannon: He can fire off bombs and flames from the exhaust pipes on his shoulders. |
| 522 | * SuperSpeed: His appearance in #30 shows that he has this, though it's not known if he's always had it or just gained it to compensate for the deletion of his bike. |
| 523 | [[/folder]] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[folder:Gatton Bugster]] |
| 526 | !!Gatton Bugster |
| 527 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuichi Iguchi |
| 528 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_gatton_bugsterl30.png]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | A Bugster based on the FinalBoss of ''Gekitotsu Robots''. Unlike earlier Bugsters, he starts at Level 30 and possesses his target rather than try to take their place. |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * ArmCannon: That odd looking pipe protrusion on his wrist is a fairly powerful gun that he uses should his enemies get out of his immediate range. |
| 533 | * TheComicallySerious: He's not ''trying'' to be funny, but the fact that he says his own mechanical sound effects out loud makes him hard to take seriously. |
| 534 | * MachineMonotone: His voice is, fittingly, very level and mechanical. |
| 535 | * PowerFist: Has the same one that the Gekitotsu Collabos had. |
| 536 | * StealthPun: His head and tail give him a resemblance to a rodent, and he's a robot; [[spoiler:he's a computer mouse!]] |
| 537 | * WarmupBoss: Ironic considering he's Gekitotsu Robots' ''Final'' Boss, he's this for the other Level 30 Bugsters considering that with a little know how and use of Power Ups, M was able to beat him at ''Level 3''. |
| 538 | [[/folder]] |
| 539 | |
| 540 | [[folder:Vernier Bugster]] |
| 541 | !!Vernier Bugster |
| 542 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kenichiro Matsuda |
| 543 | [[quoteright:241:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_vernier_bugsterl30.png]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | A Bugster born of the data of ''Jet Combat''. Unlike earlier Bugsters, he starts at Level 30 and possesses his target rather than try to take their place. |
| 546 | ---- |
| 547 | * ArmCannon: Has the same one that the Jet Collabos had. Also used to summon black Combat Gamer {{Mooks}}, each of which is armed with [[GatlingGood Gatling guns]]. |
| 548 | * BlowYouAway: Armed with a jet engine on his arm that can generate strong gusts of wind. |
| 549 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Perhaps the least developed of all of the named Bugsters. His focus on mainly stressing Daisuke in his first episode gives him very little to no screen time at all, and the second in which he plays an antagonistic role has the majority of the fight instead devoted to the much more chatty Lovelica, meaning Vernier hardly speaks at all. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Kaiden Bugster]] |
| 553 | !!Kaiden Bugster |
| 554 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Otoya Kawano |
| 555 | [[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_kaiden_bugsterl30.png]] |
| 556 | |
| 557 | A Bugster born from the data of ''Giri Giri Chambara''. Unlike earlier Bugsters, he starts at Level 30 and possesses his target rather than try to take their place. |
| 558 | ---- |
| 559 | * AntiquatedLinguistics: Speaks like a samurai and sub groups have translated his lines into Elizabethan English. |
| 560 | * BloodKnight: As befitting a game with heavy combat focus, he lives for a duel. |
| 561 | * TheComicallySerious: Kaiden presents himself as a serious warrior ready for battle and the show uses it for comedic effect on occasion. It's most notable in #37 where he's sitting in a park surrounded by pigeons with a bunch of civilians taking selfies around him all the while he fruitlessly demands someone to challenge him. |
| 562 | * DualWielding: Uses a pair of katanas in combat. |
| 563 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Downplayed relative to the other Level 30 Bugsters, as Kaiden gets a few more scenes to establish his personality and is one of the main Bugsters that Gamedeus channels for his own attacks, but his screentime still pales in comparison to the Bugsters that appear sooner. |
| 564 | [[/folder]] |
| 565 | |
| 566 | [[folder:Charlie Bugster]] |
| 567 | !!Charlie Bugster |
| 568 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuki Anai |
| 569 | [[quoteright:218:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_charlie_bugsterl30.png]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | A Bugster born from the data of ''Shakariki Sports'' after [[spoiler:Kuroto infected himself with the Bugster Virus to evade authority figures.]] Unlike earlier Bugsters, he starts at Level 30 and possesses his target rather than try to take their place. |
| 572 | ---- |
| 573 | * AerithAndBob: Zigzagged All the other Bugsters have had more descriptive or exotic sounding names. Charlie on the other hand is named ''[[ShapedLikeItself Charlie]]'', which sounds like a normal name but is also a StealthPun to "charii" which means bike in japanese. |
| 574 | * GratuitousEnglish[=/=]TotallyRadical: Screams a lot of "cool" english phrases in a high-pitched voice. |
| 575 | * NonMaliciousMonster: While he has little problem running into people in the way of his bike tricks, unlike the other Bugsters, Charlie isn't interested in harming anybody or trying to fight; he really just seems to like riding around on his bike all day while doing BMX stunts. It's at least [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to him being from a sports game, and a ShoutOut to games like ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' at that. Even when he returns, all he really does is steal someone's bike. |
| 576 | * ThreateningShark: Has this as a secondary motif, and it's pretty visible with the fins on his head. |
| 577 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Charlie never does much other than ride around on his bike and say a bunch of broken English, with what few scenes he has mostly PlayedForLaughs. |
| 578 | [[/folder]] |
| 579 | |
| 580 | !!Other Bugsters |
| 581 | [[folder:Collabos Bugsters]] |
| 582 | !!Collabos Bugsters |
| 583 | |
| 584 | Bugsters made from the stolen Gashats. They are made when Graphite infects someone with two of the secondary Gashats. |
| 585 | ---- |
| 586 | * BroughtDownToNormal: The Jet Combat Collabos. After Snipe dislodges his ''Jet Combat'' Gashat he loses all of his flight abilities and weaponry and reverts back into the unarmored plain Bugster form. Though he's still fairly strong when he engages Ex-Aid it's clear that he no longer has access to any of the abilities that made him so powerful in the first place. |
| 587 | * DegradedBoss: An inversion, as they appear ''before'' the Bugsters that they're watered-down versions of. Each Collabos Bugster wears part of the costume of the Bugster they're copying. |
| 588 | * TheDitz: The [=DoReMiFa=] Beat Collabos. He even died because he wasn't paying attention and didn't notice Brave sliding towards him for a [[FinishingMove Critical Finish.]] [[FridgeBrilliance It makes sense when you consider that his Gashat is a rhythm game with no combat, unlike]] [[FightingGame Gekitotsu Robots]], [[HackAndSlash Giri Giri Chambara]], and [[ShootEmUp Jet Combat.]] |
| 589 | * EliteMook: Four nearly identical Bugsters, all strong enough to take on the Riders without a Mook army behind them. |
| 590 | * {{Expy}}: Aside from the race's preexisting similarities to [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Phantoms]], the Viral form of the Bugster created from the Giri Giri Chambara and Jet Combat Collabos Bugsters is a 2-headed snake on with a head on each end like the [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Ouroboros Inner Phantom]] |
| 591 | * FlatCharacter: None of them really have any personality as they simply mimic what the Gashats in their heads are about. |
| 592 | * JiveTurkey: A minor case with the [=DoReMiFa=] Beat version, who is only capable of saying "Hey!" and "Yo!" |
| 593 | * KilledOffForReal: The only Bugsters for whom this actually applies, since they appear to just be robots. In later appearances they're replaced by the actual Bugsters for the stolen games. |
| 594 | * MechaMook: The Gekitotsu Robots version acts and sounds noticeably mechanical. |
| 595 | * MiniGame: The [=DoReMiFa=] Beat version has this weaponized. Brave learned the hard way that if you don't do well, you get punished. [[StuffBlowingUp Explosively.]] |
| 596 | * NonstandardCharacterDesign: The Chambara Collabos. Not only is his color scheme completely grayscale, but he's themed after Japanese demons rather than anything tech-like. |
| 597 | * PowerCopying: Each Collabos Bugster has a Gashat plugged into their forehead which gives them part of the armor and abilities of the Bugster for that game. |
| 598 | * YouALLLookFamiliar: They all have the same base body, the only difference being their extra parts and the Gashats plugged into their heads. |
| 599 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: The Jet Combat Collabos. He lasts a little under a minute during his fight with Taiga before losing his Gashat and becoming practically worthless in combat. |
| 600 | [[/folder]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | [[folder:Burgermon Bugster]] |
| 603 | !!Burgermon Bugster |
| 604 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tsuyoshi Koyama |
| 605 | [[quoteright:251:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_burgermon_bugster.png]] |
| 606 | |
| 607 | A Bugster born of the data of the cooking game called ''Ju Ju Burger''. |
| 608 | ---- |
| 609 | * ArtificialFamilyMember: Accidentally created by Tsukuru Kobashi. Instead of being frighten by him, he was happy that he became real and treated him like a son. |
| 610 | * BenevolentAI: One of the few benevolent Bugsters who has no interest in harming anyone. Even when he ''tries'' to act evil he's pretty bad at it. |
| 611 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:How he is defeated. Instead of destroying him, you feed him to make him happy.]] |
| 612 | * {{Expy}}: He's a non-malicious [=MOTW=] much like [[Series/KamenRiderDrive Roidmude 072]] and [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Cubi]] before him. [[spoiler:Much like 072, he meets a tragic end.]] |
| 613 | * Foreshadowing: His whole episode demostrates that not only can Bugsters be decent but that Mascot style Bugsters can be "excised" without destroying them via making them happy and "winning" the game that way [[spoiler:which comes back in a much bigger way in the Evil Poppy arc when Emu needs to cure his patient of her virus but doesn't want to kill her and is able to resolve the situation in much the same way.]] |
| 614 | * FourIsDeath: He's a Bugster born from a game whose Gashat is Level 4. Guess what happens to him. |
| 615 | * KilledOffForReal: Unlike other Bugsters, Burgermon's death seems to be permanent, since his data wasn't saved into the Bugvisor. [[spoiler:But Parado was lying about that being necessary for a perfect Bugster, which Burgermon was, so he can't be ruled out just yet.]] |
| 616 | * LikeASonToMe: His infectee is the one who developed the game he's from in the first place, so he considers Burgmon to basically be his son and gets stressed when he's attacked. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Genm just ''had'' to be the biggest bastard to ever exist.]] |
| 617 | * {{Mascot}}: Revealed in ''True Ending'' [[spoiler:Ju Ju Burger became such a smash it that Burgermon became Genm Corp.'s new mascot.]] |
| 618 | * MeaningfulName: Burgermon. He's a Burger Monster. |
| 619 | * OddFriendship: Though temporary he did seem to get along quite well with Poppy and whilst Tsukuru was in hospital they were playing together. Fitting as they were both heroic Bugsters. |
| 620 | * SpeechImpediment: Slurs his lines. Depending on the subs you use, you end up with using hard g's for consonants or burger puns. |
| 621 | * TokenHeroicOrc: One of the few non-malicious Bugsters. |
| 622 | [[/folder]] |
| 623 | |
| 624 | [[folder:Proto Mighty Action X Origin Bugster]] |
| 625 | A Bugster found within the data of the first build of Mighty Action X. |
| 626 | \ |
| 627 | [[spoiler:For more info on him, see [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidKurotoDan here.]]]] |
| 628 | [[/folder]] |
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