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1* AccidentalInnuendo:
2** In #13, Gentaro promises to help bring Miura (the Orion Zodiarts) back to school, saying "The best medicine for a hurt heart is friendship, so I'll make sure he gets his [[HoYay daily dose of me]] morning, noon, and night!" Judging by the reactions of Miura's girlfriend and Yuki, he's the '''only''' one who doesn't realize what he's saying. And he keeps saying stuff like "Drink me" or "I'll be good for him" as he tries to "help" Miura out.
3** #43 has [[LiteralSplitPersonality Dark Yuki]] bragging out loud that she is the physical embodiment of Yuki's darkest desires, phrasing it as if in a rather, ''suggestive'' manner...
4--->'''Dark Yuki''': I'm you. So I was able to do all the naughty things you secretly wanted.
5** In one of the Net Movies for the ''Fourze'' movie, Fourze learns that Kamen Rider Accel can turn into a bike, and asks for his sempai if he ''can ride him''.
6* AngstWhatAngst: Gentaro takes [[spoiler:dying by ''Kamen Rider Meteor's punch'' calmly, all things considered. He's more worried of Ryusei sacrificing himself as atonement.]]
7* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: This is Kamen Rider we're talking about. We're bound for entries like this.
8** "'''TAKE A STEP FORWARD!'''" Whenever ''Giant Step'' starts playing, you know awesomeness will ensue.
9*** And now [[Music/MayNakabayashi May'n]] has released a solo version which isn't quite as energetic as the original, but more than makes up for it with her trademark powerful vocals.
10** ''Endless Play'' brings the edge to fight scenes, perfectly encapsulated during the finale's [[CarFu Bike Fu]] sequence.
11** Meteor's theme, ''Shooting Star'', is just lovely. The PV takes it even further by simply being Meteor beating up 100 Dustards.
12** ''Bounce Back'' is an awesome tune to represent how Gentaro gets back on track despite taking blows.
13** ''Cosmic Mind'', the theme for [[SuperMode Cosmic States]], is very befitting of the main Rider's final form. "'''SHOW ME YOUR COSMIC MIND!'''" indeed.
14** ''Evolvin Storm'', the theme of Meteor Storm, is quite the treat, with the PV in particular being a mixture of awesome, and silly.
15** ''Blooming'' is also awesome.
16** The finale of Swan Lake plays over the rematch between Meteor and the Cygnus Zodiarts. You don't get many Rider Kicks to classical music, but damn if it didn't work wonders.
17** ''SAMURAI STRONG STYLE'' from Movie War Mega Max. The fact a former Music/{{Megadeth}} guitarist and the vocalist of J-Rock band Kishidan, and catchy opening chorus lyricals is only a couple of things that make this song stand out among the other Movie War themes.
18** [[https://youtu.be/f3amJmmQDQY The main theme]], "Switch On!" is quite the rousing piece, entirely appropriate for living in the exciting school days of Fourze.
19* BadassDecay: Shun from #20 onwards, his Powerdizer appearances have been cut back and he's officially the DoggedNiceGuy to Miu now.
20* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
21** #5. The Natto Incident. That is all.
22** Partial example with Tomoko Nozama in #6, it's implied that she alerted Yuki and Miu to Gentaro's condition - but not after ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext performing last rites]]'' for him.
23* BrokenBase:
24** Par for course, the suit design has caused a split in the fanbase, through mainly it's his [[SeriousBusiness helmet for Base State]] that people don't like.
25** There's also the split between folks who enjoyed the show's overall focus on goofy fun and others who are complaining that there's not enough [[DarkerAndEdgier grimdark]] this year.
26*** However, the nature of the Zodiarts has generated ''a lot'' of FridgeHorror that takes a while for someone to notice. Once then, the implications become pretty scary.
27* CompleteMonster:
28** [[TeensAreMonsters Tatsumori Yamada]]/[[MadArtist Aries Zodiarts]] was a transfer student who came to Amanogawa around the same time Ryusei came and became the undisputed king of Subaruboshi High. After getting the Aries switch he uses his new powers to control peoples' mental facilities that control sleep to put anyone he wants into a deep sleep. He forces the whole school into his little play-like world where everyone is graded on their performances. If they did bad jobs, then he would put them into a permanent sleep. He makes a DealWithTheDevil with Meteor, reviving Jiro if Meteor killed Fourze and he follows up on his deal despite the fact Aries could have revived Jiro without the need for the deal. He then decides to do a play called "School War", which has the Kamen Rider Club kill students before deciding to reverse the roles and have the Kamen Rider Club being tied up to poles and killed. Aries [[KnightOfCerebus stands out]] in this {{light|erandsofter}}hearted series as a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow depraved villain]] who will go to any length to satisfy his own amusement.
29** ''[[Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderFourzeAndOOOMovieWarMegaMax Movie War Megamax]]'': [[BigBad Lem Kannagi]]/[[AGodAmI Super Galaxy King]] is a member of the insidious [[NebulousEvilOrganization Foundation X]] and wishes to use the power of the Astro Switches and the Core Medals from the future to become an all-powerful being. He will do absolutely anything to accomplish this, while taking a sick glee in rubbing his advantage in the faces of his enemies whenever he gets the chance. He essentially kills Gentaro's girlfriend, Nadeshiko for the SOLU she's composed of, and then rubs that fact in Gentaro's face. He also had no problem killing anyone that gets in his way without an ounce of remorse, or creating clones of all the Greeed and Sonozaki Dopants for his own evil purposes of ruling all of humanity.
30* CreepyCute: Tomoko is so hilariously creepy yet acts just as dorky at the same time.
31* CrossesTheLineTwice: In #28, [[spoiler:Kijima subjects the Kamen Rider Club to his "Open Mic from Hell" -- IE, make him laugh or he destroys your soul. Obviously a very dark thing, but the way in which it's handled actually manages to make it pretty funny. Highlights include him "snipping" Miu mid-joke and then offhandedly saying "I never liked her anyway", and Kengo challenging him to a funny faces contest (he immediately says "Nope" and "snips" Kengo's soul too).]]
32* EnsembleDarkhorse:
33** Nadeshiko has only appeared in a few movies, but has become ''extremely'' popular thanks to her interactions with Gentaro.
34** Michal Minato/Kamen Rider Aqua was well-liked for being an interesting modernization of old Showa riders in design and concept, as well as a nice bit of character development in his portion of ''MEGAMAX''.
35* FanNickname:
36** You know it's going to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GAKOLOnfV4 Rocket Man]], just look at his suit shape and attacks... Then there is Kamen Rider Platform/{{Playstation}} and Kamen Rider Onigiri Head, and, of course, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] Rider, since Gentaro is considered by some to be an {{Expy}} of the famous Badass.
37** Kamen Rider Meteor's fighting style has led to him being called Kamen Rider Creator/BruceLee.
38** As soon as it was first shown, fans started referring to [[spoiler:Meteor Storm's finisher]] as a TabletopGame/{{Beyblade}}.
39* FanPreferredCouple:
40** Tomoko and Ryusei seems to be a pretty popular pairing after their story arc in #23-#24. They become an OfficialCouple by the end of the series.
41** Gentaro and Nadeshiko are ''extremely'' popular as well.
42* FauxSymbolism: #27-28 has Cancer Zodiarts gaining the ability to pull ''halos'' out of people. It's implied that all humans have them, and they're vital to one's life, as it's their life essence given solid form.
43* FriendlyFandoms: ''Fourze'' found one with WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, due to its friendly (and sometimes clever) aesop, lighthearted tone, a huge list of ShoutOut to the franchise's past media predecessors, and over-the-top action sequences, not to mention that the protagonists ''figuratively and literally'' beats the tar out of their enemies with ThePowerOfFriendship.
44* GeniusBonus:
45** Beyond the basics with the common Zodiarts, there are a few more subtle ones. For example, the Altar Zodiart's staff is named "Aradia", which isn't just a play on Altar's constellation Ara, but is also the name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aradia a figure commonly regarded as the Goddess of Pagans]].
46** Each of Fourze's Astro Switches is representative of a scientific principle or process, as listed [[http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Astroswitches#Trivia here.]]
47* HarsherInHindsight:
48** Gentaro is noted to do anything in order to help out and befriend fellow students. This comes to ''really'' bite him in the ass when [[spoiler:he gets killed and willing allows himself to do so so that Ryusei can be with Jiro again]].
49** ''Movie Wars [=MegaMax=]'' Series/KamenRiderV3 lost his family, including a younger sister - so they pit him against [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Claydoll Dopant.]]
50** All the jokes made about Ryusei trying to protect Gentaro as [[TheAtoner atonement]] would sound a little bitter after the events of #43, [[spoiler:with Ryusei JumpingOnAGrenade to do it.]]
51** Remember how, in recent years, it's practically tradition for a large number of Riders to line up and then pull off a group AssKickingPose before a major battle ensues. They're doing it in the movie as well, [[spoiler:except it's the ''Horoscopes''.]]
52** All those things about the Dopants in Kamen Rider W? Well, they come back here as people who used the switches are suffering from ''withdrawal''.
53** Its hard to look back at Ritsuko's PetTheDog moment with Sonoda when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Sonoda was the Scorpion Zodiart who gave her her Switch and likely never cared for her students.]]
54** Remember that time Meteor gave the One-Inch Punch to Pegasus Zodiarts? [[spoiler:Well, it gets pretty hard to look at when you see him doing that to ''Kamen Rider Fourze'' and killing him with it!]]
55*** Made even worse with the death of Shigeru Araki (Kamen Rider Stronger, who Gentaro cosplayed as) occurring on the same day this was aired.
56** An early rumor claimed that the Sagittarius Zodiarts would have a HeelFaceTurn and become the second rider. Come #34, and it turns out [[spoiler:the '''BigBad''' is the Sagittarius Zodiarts. Although he still turned out to be a [[FriendlyEnemy pretty nice]][[AffablyEvil guy]].]]
57*** And then we did get a Horoscope (maybe two, actually) who weren't inherently evil. What happened to them? LaserGuidedAmnesia.
58** Having Stronger as the only one of the legendary seven fighting alone at the start of ''Movie Wars Megamax'' is a little hard to watch when you remember something about him. Moreover [[spoiler:The episode in which Fourze died]] was aired on the same day when Stronger's original actor passed on.
59** Back in #9-10, Tomoko claiming she didn't belong in this world and wanted to escape to the moon. [[spoiler:As of #40, she's been sent quite a bit further than that... Except she was actually sent ''closer'' since she and everyone else sent to the Dark Nebula actually wound up in stasis on-board M-BUS.]]
60** Series example: Early in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' much is made of Tachibana/Garren's apparent betrayal of BOARD, [[HilariousInHindsight almost to the point of]] MemeticMutation (though the fault mostly falls on mondegreen than anything else). [[spoiler:Flash forward to ''Fourze'', and the reveal about Tachibana's identity may seem familiar...]]
61** Another early rumor stated that Kamen Rider Meteor was going to be an alien. He wasn't. [[spoiler:But Kengo is.]]
62** Music/AnnaTsuchiya's MV for "Voyagers" has Kengo and Yuki in a misty area looking for something. [[spoiler:Pretty harsh if you consider the misty area like an afterlife that Kengo has been sent thanks to Sagittarius Zodiarts.]]
63** In #27, Gentaro notes that his parents died in a car crash and encouraged him to make lots of friends. [[spoiler:Then we have [[Series/KamenRiderWizard the next Kamen Rider]], whose parents also died in a car crash, and they told him that "he was their hope". Guess which one is the more optimistic and better-going of the two.]]
64** Kengo's whole "King of the Infirmary" shtick fell into this trope in 2016 after Ryuki Takahashi [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-08/prince-of-tennis-musical-kamen-rider-fourze-actor-ryuki-takahashi-retires-due-to-health/.102970 announced]] he was retiring from acting due to health issues.
65** Yuki's eccentricity is harder to watch when we learn of her actress Fumika Shimizu [[http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2017/02/fumika-shimizu-retires-from-entertainment-to-join-controversial-religious-organization-happy-science being part of a cult]].
66* HilariousInHindsight:
67** Two years before Fourze appeared ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' ran a HighSchoolAU arc of ''Series/KamenRider555''. Now with Fourze's high school setting and more technological motif...
68** Fourze's belt's voice sounds quite a bit like a [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]].
69*** Or a Music/DaftPunk song.
70** [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Landick Gosei Great's]] [[FinishingMove Victory Charge]] was described as a drill Rider Kick...
71*** In fact, this isn't the first show Kazuki wrote that involved [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann drill attacks]].
72*** Rider Rocket Drill Mega Space Kick seems to run on Spiral Power, for that matter.
73** The [[MonsterOfTheWeek Zodiarts]] are humans using devices called "Zodiarts Switches" to give them their powers. Why does that sound similar to the monsters of another [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider]]?
74** So if Friendship is HotBlooded, does that mean [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Gentaro will love and tolerate the shit out of you?]]
75*** [[HarsherInHindsight Only if you're not a crazy guy like Makise]]...[[spoiler:Then you just have to have Gentaro sic you to the girls, then come back a dozen episodes later and he'll be friends with you, if TheMovie is to show us anything]].
76*** ThePowerOfFriendship also allowed Fourze to activate more powerful functions of the Elec and Fire Switches...
77*** ''And'' is required for [[SuperMode Cosmic States]] to work at ''all''.
78*** And as of the finale, [[spoiler:Gentaro loved and tolerated the shit out of the '''freaking BigBad'''!]]
79** [[{{VideoGame/Portal2}} Kengo lost his father in space.]]
80*** Not only that, but in TheMovie, [[spoiler:Fourze makes friends with something called The ''Space Core'']].
81** All those Music/DaftPunk references have apparently brought about [[http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/ReddyRedWolf/1324556388221.png this guy here.]]
82*** Gets even funnier in ''Movie Wars Ultimatum'' - while Tachibana's helmet is based on Bangalter, the kidnap victims are masked in helmets based on de Homem-Christo.
83** During the early days of the show, fan art of Fourze as if it looked like ''Anime/CrayonShinChan'' was shown. Then it's revealed that the two shows are crossing over.
84** Possibly the shortest-range example yet - Ohsugi yelling "I'M A BUNNY!!" during his first walk on the moon in #30. #31 reveals that [[spoiler:Aries Horoscopes]] was one too.
85*** Speaking of Aries Zodiarts, prior to becoming Gentaro, Sota Fukushi was part of a drama called "Shima Shima" (Striped Sheep), which involved men helping people fall asleep. And now he meets the Zodiarts that ''deals'' with it.
86** Rem's powers to [[SuperScream send out booming vocal attacks]] is almost too difficult not to think he's going "[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim FUS ROH DAH!]]"
87** #40 sees Ryusei challenging [[spoiler:the Taurus Zodiarts]] to a game of golf. However, it was preempted a week. What for? ''Actual golf''.
88** Tachibana telling Ryusei during the Cygnus arc about how unlikely it is to find a good Zodiarts is this with the reveal [[spoiler:that he is Virgo, and also that he has been a good guy for the whole series. Of course, he had questionable methods, probably due to that pesky switch, but it still counts!]]
89** #43. Apparently [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Doctor Maki]] finally caught the cosplay[=/=]cuisine bug from Chiyoko.
90** Back in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'', the case of Tachibana[=/=]Garren being ''mistaken'' for a traitor even spawned the [[MemeticMutation Ondoru-go meme]]. Now that his actor's back as Hayami Kouhei, [[spoiler:he's doing the exact opposite as a FakeDefector.]]
91*** And speaking of Garren, the Net movies for Super Hero Taisen make it appear as if Hayami ''is'' Garren and even state that he "remembered the Battle Fight" [[MomentKiller but the viewers never get to see him transform to confirm it.]]
92** There were rumors for ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' that Tachibana from ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' would appear as a sort of mentor. Welp, he appeared as a mentor...to other Zodiarts.
93*** With that in consideration, there was also a Tachibana in ''Fourze'', and he was an ''actual'' mentor to the heroes. [[spoiler:Okay, EvilMentor, but still]].
94*** Guess what happens to this Tachibana? [[spoiler:He gets killed, in part, by Hayami. In other words, Tachibana kills Tachibana.]]
95** Fourze's Magic Hand. Gee, what do we have [[Series/KamenRiderWizard here?]]
96** In ''Movie Wars Megamax'' we have a MadScientist who's been doing his own research on the side, including ''experimentation on himself'', so he can rebel against the evil organisation he's been working for. And the finale involves our heroes going after him as his ship takes off. [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger If it all seems familiar... maybe it is.]]
97** The witches' coven arc has Yuki supposedly receiving a spell to "become prettier", which gives her makeup and a blonde wig for a moment. Fast forward to ''Movie Wars Ultimatum'' and how do they show Yuki's 'matured' five years? ''With the same makeup.''
98** The [[{{Omake}} Net Movies]] for TheMovie revealed that [[spoiler:Virgo's suit actor is a guy.]] Let that sink in for a moment.
99** In the DVD-exclusive Riderman Quiz, after noting that "Yuki Jojima" was derived from "Joji Yuki", the cast sees a clip from ''V3'' where Joji saves a baby and they joke that it's an infant Yuki. Then the quiz suggests that the baby is secretly a monster, prompting everyone to joke that Yuki may be a monster herself. [[spoiler:And then came the Gemini arc...considering how bleak things got for poor Yuui, this may count as HarsherInHindsight for some.]]
100** The whole idea of "attack a school and turn students into a MonsterOfTheWeek" has been used in [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug another show]], though that series is merely animated in Japan- it's actually French-Korean.
101** At one point in the series, he says that next the Kamen Rider Club is going to be friends with aliens. Thanks to ''Heisei Generations FINAL'', he can check that off his to do list, since he befriended [[spoiler:[[Series/KamenRiderBuild Ryuga Banjo]]]], who's part-alien.
102** Kiyotaka Uji, who played MasterSwordsman Fumihiro Nitta/Unicorn Zodiarts, would go on to play [[Series/UltramanGinga an Ultra Hero]] who uses a rapier as one of his weapons.
103** Shun Daimonji, nicknamed King, is the captain and quarterback of Amanogawa’s American football team, and his visits to the Kamen Rider Club’s clubroom require regular visits to outer space. In other words, he’s a football-playing king in space, a career prospect brought up for [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]] after [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E7AsSeenOnTVCanYouSpareADime quitting the Krusty Krab]].
104* HoYay:
105** Tomoko is initially shown to have this towards Yuki, ever since her performance for the Queen Festival, [[http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/305448_242667075785578_111195458932741_734942_1894192044_n.jpg as seen here]]. It's also telling that they share the same interests.
106*** The [=Yuki/Tomoko=] HoYay gets even stronger in the DVD-exclusive special quizzes, where they keep telling each other "I love you" and, when they're partnered together in the Series/KamenRiderX quiz, spend most of the time snuggled together and giggling.[[note]]It's actually unclear if these quizzes were supposed to be in character or not, since we have both character and actor names thrown around, as well as things like Justin Tamamori alluding to his being half-Australian (which we're pretty sure Shun isn't), and Shiho being herself and not really bothering to play Tomoko at all.[[/note]]
107** Why is there no mention on the Gentaro - Kengo - Ryusei dynamic here?
108*** Forget that. If you want to look at it that way, #47 is rife with Gentaro/Kengo fodder.
109** Ohsugi is crossing the DespairEventHorizon because Sonoda isn't around anymore. What does he do? He tries to give Gentaro detention, for no reason other than because he wants some "company". Huh. Gentaro gets a bit shocked by this...And so do the other students.
110---> '''Ohsugi''': Come with me to the staff lounge. You're my conversation buddy now.
111---> '''Gentaro''': Why me?
112---> '''Ohsugi''': I'm lonely!
113---> (Gentaro stares at Ohsugi while he brings out a photo of himself with Sonoda attached by tape)
114---> '''Ohsugi''': Sonoda-sensei! My beloved...How long is she going to be sick?
115** Not to mention the way Ryusei regards his sick friend Jiro doesn't seem to ''just'' be friendship.
116** #32 has Ryusei trying to prevent Yukina Takamura from getting close to Gentaro. I wonder what ''that'' indicates?
117** In ''Megamax'', Shun tries HintDropping on Miu, which she completely turns down instantly. Shun goes crying ''into JK's arms''.
118** More from Ohsugi; when Gentaro finally gets into a school uniform, Ohsugi couldn't stop teasing him, even calling Gentaro "cute".
119* HollywoodHomely: Ohsugi. [[https://www.tumblr.com/search/Tanaka+Takushi No, really]].
120* JerkassWoobie:
121** Ryusei Sakuta. He holds an arrogant prideful attitude, but that's only because his best friend told him that friendship was stupid and ridiculous and then got stuck in a coma after using a Zodiarts Switch. Even though the same friend hated friendship, Ryusei goes out as Meteor to find a way to save him, [[spoiler:although in #27, he's lost that ability to do so due to his arrogance.]] He thinks Gentaro is too naive about friendship but that's only a way to deny the fact that he couldn't do anything to save his only friend. Someone ''please'' punch him in the face and then give him a hug.
122** Arguably the same can apply to Chairman Gamou as well - to wit, all he wants to do is achieve his dream of meeting the Presenter, a dream he's had since he was a kid. The issue though? [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds He doesn't care who-or what-ever he steps on in order to achieve said dream.]]
123* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Cygnus Zodiarts is badass because of it being a cool concept of [[spoiler:a SplitPersonality of Eguchi who wishes to become a hero]]. Misa Toriizaki is seen as an absolute ''bitch'' by the Fourze fanbase because of how she docked points from Eguchi's heroic story [[spoiler:and forced him to become Cygnus Zodiarts as he's ''screaming not to'', and the last time she's mentioned, she disbanded her little cult.]]
124* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:Gentaro's death by Kamen Rider Meteor's hands at the end of #31 was shocking, but the preview for the next episode shows Fourze in Cosmic States so we knew that it wasn't going to last.]]
125* MemeticBadass: Ryusei Sakuta has been named by fans as the Bruce Lee of riders. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdUVuZUVAE The PV]] of his theme song reinforces this by showing him taking down 100 Dustards without a scratch.
126* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/KamenRider See this page for examples.]]
127* {{Misblamed}}: A more positive example: due to the many plot similarities to ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'', many people mistakenly believe that Riku Sanjo was the main writer for this series. While he was a secondary writer, he was not actually the main writer for this series; that would be Kazuki Nakashima.
128* MoralEventHorizon:
129** Hiroki Makise, the Pyxis Zodiarts, crosses this by blowing up the locker serving as the Rabbit Hutch for no other reason but to make Yuki cry, knowing full well it's vitally important to her (and after that calling her 'damaged goods') while unknowingly trapping Kengo Utahoshi ''on the moon'' without any way out. If that didn't send him over this, [[spoiler:trying to ''murder a bus full of innocent people'' certainly does. Said innocent people were the girls he stalked before he started stalking Yuki.]]
130** Misa Toriizaki gets one for [[spoiler:forcing Eguchi to become the Cygnus Zodiarts despite Eguchi knowing what would happen to him. Made worse when the Ugly Ducklings also go with it, chanting "Cygnus!" as Eguchi screams in terror and then those Ducklings start worshiping him.]]
131** It will seem pretty hard for [[spoiler:Ryusei]] to be likeable for effectively becoming the [[spoiler:HeroKiller and causing some heartbreak in Kengo]]. '''Especially''' considering the other option he had. Even ''he'' believes he crossed it and tries to redeem himself. [[spoiler:He succeeds and even becomes Gentaro's friend]].
132** Rem in ''Movie Wars Megamax'' crosses this line when he [[spoiler:takes Nadeshiko just as she and Gentaro were about to perform his handshake, and turns her into the SOLU Switch, pretty much killing her, even going as far as to state that he "killed" her]].
133** [[spoiler:Virgo Zodiarts crosses the MEH three times in one episode when she's revealed to be Emoto. The first MEH is leaving Rokuro for dead on the moon. The second is invoking the HeelFaceDoorSlam on Sugiura. And the third one that kicked him far past the MEH is sending Tomoko to the Dark Nebula. He doesn't know when he's crossed it however, and the next episode after, he threatens the KRC with death unless they leave the club, then sends Ryusei to the Dark Nebula after he reveals that he's also Tachibana.]]
134*** [[spoiler:SUBVERTED! he actually was a double-agent, and he didnt send then to the dark nebula, but hide them in the M-bus to protect them, including Tomoko and Ryusei.]]
135** Libra and Leo both cross this when they [[spoiler:downright force ''Yuki'' of all people to become a Horoscopes]].
136** [[spoiler:The reveal of Gamou's endgame pushes him across it.]]
137*** Though, if you wish to interpret it as such, [[spoiler:all three Zodiarts crossed the horizon when they kill Emoto]].
138*** [[spoiler:Gamou ''really'' crosses this by not caring one bit that Libra gave his life for his.]]
139** Gemini when she [[spoiler:tricks the Kamen Rider Club into nearly ''killing'' Yuki. She'd win in 10 hours anyway, she outright says she did this ForTheEvulz.]]
140* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound:
141** The Switch-Activation voice for the Barizun Sword is a ''choir''. And putting other right-arm switches into it will trigger choir versions of their pre-existing sounds!
142** The sound effect that accompanies Meteor Fusion States' debut is just plain beautiful.
143** The auto-tuned voice announcing 'THREE - TWO - ONE' just before Gentaro transforms is a great signal that you're about to see something ''awesome''.
144* {{Narm}}:
145** When the Aries Horoscopes is revealed to have evolved from...a Rabbit Zodiarts. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepus_%28constellation%29 (Yes, there's one.)]] Not only is it never shown physically in the flashback, but the silhouette of a rabbit, bunny ears and all, is waddling in a [[VideoGame/RavingRabbids very distinct fashion.]]
146** Sometimes when [[LargeHam Gentaro]] overacts, he gets one of these.
147* NarmCharm: [[spoiler:Sure, giving the BigBad a handshake may sound silly, but that really doesn't matter considering the speech, fight scene, and build-up that came before it. Not to mention it shows that no matter who it is, Gentaro can help and befriend ''anyone''.]]
148* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: So far we've had Masanori Mizuno (''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire''[='s=] [[SixthRanger Fire-5]]) as Toshiya Miura[=/=]Orion Zodiarts and Hikari Kajiwara (''Series/KamenRiderBlade''[='s=] [[TheScrappy Amane Kurihara]]) as Ritsuko Usaka[=/=]Altar Zodiarts. [[AvertedTrope On the other hand]], detention teacher Takashi Sakate was played by Satoshi Jinbo (''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'''s Hideyuki Kagawa[=/=]Alternative Zero), and he wasn't a Zodiarts (though his son was). Then there are the unusual cases:
149** Principal Kouhei Hayami is played by Kousei Amano (''Series/KamenRiderBlade'''s Sakuya Tachibana[=/=]Kamen Rider Garren), and in his first appearance he displays many of the same mannerisms as the Scorpio Zodiarts. [[spoiler:He's actually Libra.]]
150** It was announced that Nao Nagasawa (''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'''s Nanami Nono[=/=]Hurricane Blue) would join the cast around the same time the Virgo Zodiarts first appeared in the show, causing many fans to think this trope would be in effect. Her debut episode instead has it look like she's the Pegasus Zodiarts, not Virgo. [[spoiler:She was neither.]]
151** Kasumi Suzuki, who played child villainess Rije in ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'', returns in #25-26 as the Coma Zodiarts.
152** Zigzagged again with Runa Natsui (''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'''s Kaoru Shiba[=/=]Princess Shinken Red) who appears in #30-31 as Ryusei's old classmate, who's just one of [[spoiler:Aries Horoscopes]]' ''dozens'' of victims.
153** Averted entirely with returning antagonist Makise, who had ''nothing'' to do with the Aquarius arc eventually.
154** Dr. Maki from Kamen Rider OOO reappears in #43 as Yuki's father, and yet he's not even ''close'' to the villain for that arc...[[spoiler:Well, unless you count Yuki's doppelganger as a pseudo-daughter]].
155* NeverLiveItDown: Yuki accidentally has caused trouble for the Kamen Rider Club about twice (both coincidentally involving slipping too much information to Ohsugi), and yet people hate her like she's done this on purpose multiple times.
156* OlderThanTheyThink: The trend of AdaptationalVillainy, apparently starting with ''Series/SpaceIronmenKyodain'' in TheMovie, actually goes back to ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' with a villain modelled after ''Series/HenshinNinjaArashi''.
157* OneSceneWonder: More like two episode wonder. Hiroki Makise had garnered himself quite the attention despite only appearing for two episodes. Just look at all the FridgeHorror surrounding this guy! He's the entire reason why this show's NightmareFuel page was made! Makise is the go-to person in Kamen Rider history for messed up people. He was so popular it seemed, that he returned for a later arc, though ''rapidly'' toned down.
158** Nadeshiko is also very popular with the fanbase for her relationship with Gentaro.
159** We can't forget Yuki's parents, can we? Bonus points for who her father, who played Dr. Maki in the previous Kamen Rider series.
160* QuestionableCasting: Kengo's actor, capable of several stunts and fight scenes, plays the sick guy. However, Kengo gets to bust out martial-art movies in ''Movie Wars Ultimatum''.
161* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Looks to be the premise here. Usually, everyone listed down below were the Scrappy at one point, but then have a moment to readjust themselves. This is usually because they're the VictimOfTheWeek.
162** Miu needed a threat to her life for her HiddenDepths to surface.
163** JK realized the need and worth of true friendship the hard way.
164** Shun threw off the FreudianExcuse and taking his life into his own hands.
165** Misa manages to spare herself for some people by realizing the error of her ways and disbanding the cult.
166** Ohsugi-sensei also gets redeemed by not only deciding to return the Net Switch he confiscated, but also deciding to help out the Kamen Rider Club.
167** Yukina was able to let go of Gentaro and just settle for being friends.
168** Yuki ''finally'' makes up for her UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom status after her BreakTheCutie phase in #43-#44.
169* RetroactiveRecognition:
170** Sota Fukushi is this in Japan since he's able to bag big roles in TV and in the movies like the movie versions of Library Wars, Bleach and Fable. For TV series, he's seen in Heaven?: My Restaurant, My Life, the TV version of Diver and In His Chart.
171** Koji Saikawa appeared as Tsukasa Nishikawa, the pageant host in #3-4, before getting a more significant role as Zooous in ''Series/KamenRiderSaber''.
172** Kiyotaka Uji (Fumihiro Nitta/[[MonsterOfTheWeek Unicorn Zodiarts]]) would go on to play [[Series/UltramanGinga Shou/Ultraman Victory]].
173* TheScrappy: JK. His actions toward Gentaro in #6 were the cause.
174** Shun gets the same reputation in the early episodes. He's already a JerkJock, has an obvious ItsAllAboutMe behavior, and his sheer ''rage'' towards Gentaro and co. simply existing around him pushes him to directly cockblock Fourze AS HE IS ABOUT TO DEAL THE FINISHING BLOW TO A RAMPAGING ZODIART. He gets some redemption toward the end of the following episode, though, when he confronts his FreudianExcuse and uses the Power Dizer to hold the Scorpion Zodiart off while Gentaro defeats the MonsterOfTheWeek. He's shown to be trying to become a better person afterward.
175** Misa Toriizaki for what she did to [[spoiler:Eguchi. She gets cold on Eguchi even though the others praise for his good deeds in #24, and then ''forces Eguchi to activate his switch that was on Last One'' for the sole purpose of making Cygnus emerge and forces the Ugly Ducklings to trap him so he wouldn't be free. Thankfully, TheDogBitesBack, uses her as a HumanShield, and [[BreakTheHaughty this breaks her so hard]] that she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes that in her desperation for purpose lead to her creating a full blown cult]], and thus disbands it.]]
176** Chuta Ohsugi starts veering into this territory #29. His reasons for hating Gentaro? ''Because he made Sonoda-sensei leave'' (he didn't). He relentless pursues Gentaro, Kengo, Yuki and Ryusei and [[spoiler:finds out about the Rabbit Hutch. He confiscates the Net Switch and ''threatens to destroy the KRC.'' Ultimately however, he narrowly [[AvertedTrope averts this]] when in #30 he realizes that a ''teacher'' [[HarmfulToMinors is the one preying on the students by giving them Zodiarts Switches]] and realizing the importance of Fourze's mission goes on to become a staunch supporter and damn near ''PapaWolf'' to the KRC. Not bad for the comic relief!]]
177** Yuki Jojima for some, for she's been the UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom ''[[NeverLiveItDown twice]]'' in the entire show's run, and the fact that she's just ''too'' energetic for some people.
178** Some people consider Yukina Takamura to be this. Why? [[spoiler:Well, due to her being a ClingyJealousGirl to the point where she took away the Fourze Driver and refused to hand it back despite there being a monster that's going to kill her. Her [[WrongGenreSavvy seeming belief she's in a romance story]] and blackmailing of Yuki by threatening her Hayabusa-kun plush in order to force Yuki to try and get Gentaro to hook up with her. The fact that she ''barely'' learns her lesson didn't do her any favors.]]
179** Ran for being a KnowNothingKnowItAll PrinciplesZealot who was unknowingly making her friend Haru’s life hard with her overbearing attitude, practically dictating how he should live his life and barring him from being social with anyone else but herself. [[spoiler:Was it any wonder he mutated into a Zodiarts? And Ran stupidly accelerated his mutation by continuing this thought process. Thankfully for her, she managed to run some of that back by realizing just what she'd done after the Last One version of the Musca Zodiarts doesn't recognize her anymore.]]
180*** [[spoiler:She gets even ''worse'' in the final episodes. It's discovered that Ran is the Picses Zodiarts, but the KRC run in and spirit her away before she can activate her switch. The KRC then move her from place to place, from Miu's home to the Rabbit Hatch, all in a bid to keep her safe and protect the world from Gamou's machinations... then Leo kidnaps Haru, threatens him, and Ran ''immediately'' runs off to save Haru, taking the switch with her... ''ALL WITHOUT A PLAN''. She simply turns up to hand herself over, essentially intending to doom the entire world, while Haru is screaming at her not to do it. Calling her 'short-sighted' does not do it justice.]]
181* ShockingMoments: #31 ends with [[spoiler:Meteor defeating Fourze but doing so with the one-inch punch and resulting in him ''killing Gentaro in the process''.]]
182* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1''. Both shows feature the titular rider that was designed for space exploration and both are LighterAndSofter installments of their respective eras.
183* {{Squick}}: Tomoko freaks out so badly at being caught without her makeup on that she'll ''cover her face in mud from a drain.''
184* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
185** When we get our first Switcher who already has a split personality, the Zodiarts actually says "I'm free of him" upon entering Last One stage, with the comatose human body left behind...the split personality had remained in the human body and could awaken it. It didn't happen then, but [[spoiler:this sums up the creation of Gemini Horoscopes later on.]]
186** Due to his fighting style, Ryusei would fit a Chinese Zodiac theme much better.
187** Foundation X members show up in the Kyoto arc, and yet they don't break out [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Gaia Memories]] or [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Cell Medals]] like they did in ''Movie Wars MEGAMAX''.
188** The Fourze plot of the MEGAMAX movie would have made a great long term arc for the show itself. It's a shame it was crammed into such a short movie.
189** Was anyone wishing that Capricorn Zodiarts used that brainwashing music against Fourze and Meteor to do what ''he'' wanted? Or maybe use them to work for the bad guys?
190** Ryusei's rivalry with his friend Jiro could be much better exployted if he became one of the Horoscopes after waking up from his coma.
191** Ohsugi-sensei's role as faculty adviser would've been great if he could've been used to find out who most of the teacher Zodiarts were.
192** Hand Switch ''never'' got used in battle.
193** Gentaro's parents could've been used as {{Foreshadowing}} seeing as Gentaro didn't know what job they did and could've been involved in the plot.
194** The whole show stars a Kamen Rider themed after space. Yet they didn't even ''mention'' the [[Series/KamenRiderSuper1 original space-themed Rider]].
195*** [[FridgeBrilliance What about the Super-1 rocket switch?]]
196** Gentaro hardly used the switch combos in his Cosmic State.
197** [[spoiler:The Presenters]] aren't mentioned until near the end of the series, and we never figure out just who or what they even are.
198** The original premise of the Kamen Rider Club being more devoted to actually meeting the other Kamen Riders, one brought up in Fourze's EarlyBirdCameo, is barely used.
199** #37-38 are about a group of students, including over half of the Kamen Rider Club, chosen for an astronaut test in a closed environment and endurance test on top of the appearance f the Aquarius Zodiarts. Among the students chosen is also the returning Hiroki Makise, and immediately the KR Club get suspicious and wary of him despite his claims of turning over a new leaf. This is about the extent of Makise's inclusion in the episodes, the rest of the time he's just seen quietly among the group of chosen students. His inclusion is wasted here, as they could've easily made him the suspect of being the Aquarius Zodiarts and he could've chosen to help the KR Club to display that he has genuinely changed, especially when they show in the movie that he's among the 40 people chosen to press one of the forty Switches to help Gentaro gain a new power and save the day, meaning that the KR Club and Makise buried the hatchet offscreen.
200* TooCoolToLive: The Black Knight was destroyed by Groundain and Skydain for no reason other than to show off their power.
201* UnexpectedCharacter: While granted it's from one of the Net Movies, specifically "Everyone go to Class time!". Fourze meeting the corresponding Showa-era Rider, specifically the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13th]] rider: [[HumanoidAbomination Shin]] ([[BodyHorror yes]] ''that'' [[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue Shin]]) definitely is a surprise to see. Helps that his scene is probably one of the most hilarious parts of that Net Movie.
202* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Granted while this series is mostly lighthearted but go look at a few episodes. Then come here and read this series' NightmareFuel and FridgeHorror sections. Does this seem like something your kid should be watching? It ends up having more material like this than some series with darker premises.
203* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: [[spoiler:Gentaro literally dies for Meteor's sins -- Meteor having made a DealWithTheDevil, bonus points for Aries Zodarits looking like one -- and then is resurrected shortly therafter.]]
204* TheWoobie: All of the Kamen Rider Club has their moments.
205** Tomoko. When Gentaro and Yuki enter her house, the mom is pleased to see her daughter having normal friends, and her room has more stuff related to insects than the occult. She even has a cute little figure of a girl holding a duck hidden under a Gothic matroyshka doll to probably hide the fact that she's very shy and alone. Not to mention how she confesses that she just doesn't feel like she belongs anywhere on Earth and only joined the Goths so she could escape to the moon. When she goes to the moon (after Gentaro transforms to Fourze and drags the girl to the Rabbit Hutch) she's crying about how easy it was to get there.
206** Shun being a Kamen Rider version of Andrew from ''The Breakfast Club'' counts. He tearfully confesses to Gentaro that he's actually ''jealous'' of him, because his club actually has fun being together. Shun, on the other hand, has to be constantly told by his father on what to do (ranging from dating Miu for being Queen, deciding his plays and forcing Miura to be on the bench) and feels so bad about all of this because in the end, everyone ends up being pissed off at him. As he ends his spiel he asks Gentaro "Is what I'm doing wrong?" before Gentaro replies back with his InelegantBlubbering.
207*** And then in #25-26, he tries his hardest to go to Prom with Miu because he generally fell in love with her. [[spoiler:Miu, however, wanted to ask Gentaro out. Gentaro tried to get the two together and they did try to dance...until Shun realized that the fighting Zodiarts was more important. In the end, Shun removes his coat and puts it around Gentaro so he and Miu could dance together...while he walks off and looking like he was about to cry.]]
208** The events at the end of #11 and in #12 seemed to make Yuki one. [[spoiler:She asked a favor from the Pyxis Zodiarts to find the missing locker that connects to the Rabbit Hatch, and then--accidentally--lets the Zodiarts destroy it with the redirected missiles of Fourze's Launcher Switch. It turns out in #12 that the locker which was destroyed was a different one and that everything ends OK.]]
209*** Then that was taken up to eleven in #43-44. [[spoiler:Two words: Gemini Zodiarts.]]
210** How about Kengo? The guy's father is dead, we have no idea about his mom, and he got stuck on the moon [[spoiler:due to sheer accident that was mostly blamed on Yuki]], and he cries that he doesn't want to die alone on he moon when he believes that no one will rescue him. [[spoiler:And you need to give this guy a hug in #32 as he tries to revive Gentaro after Ryusei kills him.]]
211*** And then there's #45-47 where everything just goes up to eleven for him as well.
212** Miu becomes a small one in #25. She's graduating, and feels somewhat sad that she won't be able to be ClubPresident of the KRC anymore, and also gets upset at how Shun is able to brush it off so easily and focus on prom. [[spoiler:It's also made even worse when she got ''extremely angry'' at Shun for setting Gentaro up so she could go to the prom with him, when she really wanted to go to prom with Gentaro.]]
213** Gentaro becomes one in ''Megamax'' when [[spoiler:just as he's about to give Nadeshiko the SecretHandshake, she's being sucked up and transforms into a switch. All Gentaro can do is scream, "NADESHIKO!!!!" in agony and go into HeroicBSOD mode.]]
214** JK gets this treatment in #35-36. His whole party attitude is just a way to hide the fact that he's just trying to keep his dream of being a rockstar alive because he's not a good of a singer. And then his old friend is Capricorn Zodiarts whose music can give him a better singing voice and then he tells Gentaro that he's afraid of losing his dream, citing that his friendship doesn't matter at that point because "after high school, you don't see your friends anymore".
215* {{Woolseyism}}:
216** In #27, the Cancer Zodiarts (carrying on a joke from earlier) calls Meteor "Planetarium[[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns -yarou]]"; Over-Time rendered this as [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Captain Planetarium]].
217*** Also, earlier that same episode they managed to preserve Cancer's HurricaneOfPuns.[[labelnote:List]]"How's Meteor like a poster? They're always held up with a ''tack'' (attack)! Even if your attacks could ''pin'' me, you'd still need to ''push'' a little harder! You're all ''thumbs'' compared to someone like me, so I'm going to ''nail'' you!"[[/labelnote]]
218*** You've gotta take some liberties when translating a guy whose whole shtick is puns and wordplay. A literal translation of him would leave ''much'' confusion.
219** The popular [[FanSub Fan Subbed]] version of Gentaro's CatchPhrase as "It's space time!" caught on like wildfire with the fandom despite not being an actual translation.
220*** This even got used in the official Asian English dub that aired in Singapore and Hong Kong.

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