Kamen Rider OOO/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

 * In the OOO portion of Movie Wars Core, Oda Nobunaga is after a descendant of Akechi Mitsuhide, who happens to be a ballerina. Now, recall how Nobunaga has a descendant who was a figure skater...
 * OOO's Combo powers, if given some thought, make sense.
 * $'s Doppelganger Attack brings a swarm of insects to mind.
 * $'s head is based on a lion. The Leo constellation is related to the sun.
 * $'s gravity powers bring to mind that the motif is on heavy animals.
 * $'s feather attack brings to mind a peacock's feathers, which is what part of it's motif is.
 * $'s ability to turn into water is obvious as the animals the suit's based off of life in the water.
 * $'s ability is to make ice. What was one theory about how the dinosaurs came to be extinct?
 * Cold is really just the absence of heat, similar to how the purple medals represent the absence of desire.
 * $'s Healing Factor can remind one that quite a few reptiles are known to regenerate lost limbs.
 * Why do we see Kougami baking but not eating his cakes? He likes beginnings and births if he himself ate the cakes that would mean the "end" or "death" of his cakes.
 * The Batta Yummy has closed eyes because justice is blind
 * An obvious one when thought about, notice how Kazari and Ankh have always seemed to be at one another's throats? Think over the animal groups both belong to, and you'll realize that it'd more odd for them to be friends.
 * Similarly, Kazari taking out, seeing as you know cats eat.
 * Also, Uva's rivalry with Ankh also stems from their stance in the food chain.
 * Kazari ultimately becomes the Big Bad out of the first five. Of the five original Greeed, he's the highest on the food chain. Felines eat birds, fish, a great many land mammals, and fish. So it makes sense he'd become the most dominant of the original Greeed.
 * Eiji is a guy with no dreams, no long term plans, no family, and no real driving desire. Sounds like a bad thing right? Well, not when you realize that the Greeed's Yummy's gain power by feeding off of people's desires. Which makes Eiji the perfect person to oppose them, since he has no desires of his own save for saving innocent lives FROM the Yummy.
 * On the other end of the spectrum,
 * Remember what the Mantis Yummy said in #1? "You'll pay a price for using it." The meaning becomes clear after the revelation about.
 * Why does the Shocker Medal give Eiji golden Condor Legs? Because the Shocker symbol resembles a condor.
 * Also, the Cell Medal from which the Shocker Core was reverse-engineered, was one of Ankh's, who if you remember, is the Greeed representing birds, including Condor.
 * The Eldritch Abomination formed by 's Cell Medals resembling a turtle. Not only does roughly sound like 'kame' meaning turtle, but a turtle is essentially a thick-skinned heavy creature and sea creature at once.
 * What's more, the Eldritch Abomination has the horns of a buffalo, or perhaps a
 * Giru's name makes a lot of sense in hindsight:
 * Moreover,, thus the theme of "nothingness" or "void". Which makes even more sense as
 * It gets even deeper, when you consider how different breeds of this type of Yummy are produced. The Pteranodon Yummies, an extinct species,  killed a lot of people. The Unicorn Yummy, a mythological creature that never existed,   goes around destroying the dreams of others.
 * CLAWS Scorpion seems like a pretty random ability, until you realize that Birth's original user was Oda Nobunaga from the movie, also known as.
 * It's for this same reason that the DX Kani, Ebi, and Sasori Cell Medals all come packaged with Birth-specific toys.
 * After
 * Also,
 * Finally,
 * A bit of Fridge Brilliance involving the Medagabryu. Keeping in mind the theme of the purple Cores, the shape of a dinosaur's head for the weapon itself and the fact it uses Cells/Cores, the Medagabryu can be seen as eating desire itself!
 * It's also the only weapon shown so far able to destroy Core Medals, which meshes well with its desire-consuming ability.
 * One that is overlooked and complained in the fandom: why doesn't the Kujaku Arms give Eiji the ability to fly and only arms him with the Taja Spinner? Because peacocks and peahens can't fly.
 * Actually, they can fly. They just don't do long distances.
 * GataKiriBa's Image Song, Power To Tearer, debuted in episode 36 with
 * Likewise ReverseLaToraTahRe:birth debuted in episode 38
 * In episode 38,
 * Shows up again in episode 39 when
 * Earlier in the show Maki mentions it's not good for all 10 purple medals to be in the same place. In episode 38 Eiji seems to be in pain when Maki's eyes change color, signifying his use of the medals, which seems to prevent Eiji from using his own.
 * Most of the ways the white Yummy turn into fully fledged Yummy, and general Yummy behavior, are based on their respective animals.
 * U's Yummies come out of the host (egg) as White Yummy (larvae), and shed off their old bodies (molting) after consuming enough desire (food) to build up Medals.
 * K's Yummies grow from inside the host (pregnancy) by making them fulfill their desires (taking in nutrients for the child), until they grow out of their host (labor). And they grow into a layer around their host (hair/fur).
 * M's Yummies are created in small schools (roe) and hatch at the same time.
 * G's Yummies (mostly large mammals) are born already in their adult form, like how the young of many heavy land mammals are at birth.
 * A's are hatched from an egg. And after they grow up (becoming adult birds), they keep the host isolated in a particular area (nest) and grants their desire away from the place (searching for food). Of course, they also defend it fiercely from strangers.
 * G's are made instantly, as if by imagination, since most of those things don't exist.
 * It may seem strange at first that there are two different pterosaur yummies, but if you pay attention, you can notice that they have different head crests. This would imply that they are, in fact, based off of different species of pterosaurs. Specifically, the male one is a pteranodon, and the female is a pterodactylus.
 * A more meta example. The real reason Eiji can't use the Dinosaur medals with any other medals? All of the other combos are modular pieces of armor on a black bodysuit, but the SaGoZo Combo is a single set of armor permanently attached to a white bodysuit. For any 'random' combos involving the dino medals to look right the costume people would have to make a whole new two-tone bodysuit based on which parts were Dino and which weren't.
 * An in-show example is that since the Purple Cores represent a lack of desire, it would be impossible to combine them with the Cores that represent desire.
 * During the scenes with the Greeed, the screen becomes distorted, one may think this is just the show showing off the Greeed forms. But it's actually.
 * Why does the Dinosaur Greeed also have Mythic Motifs as well? From a storytelling standpoint, extinct could also correlate to being non-existent, which is the motif towards Giru. But from a Genre Savvy writer's standpoint it's to avert Sailor Earth and prevent people make a Greeed for Mythic animals.
 * Ever since it was revealed that Eiji's  he's been wearing a lot more purple.
 * A few come in mind for the Combo Change Medley:
 * Before the chorus to Regret Nothing, the pre-chorus to Ride On Right Time plays. Before the chorus to Got To Keep It Real, the pre-chorus to Regret Nothing plays. Before the chorus to Ride On Right Time, the pre-chorus to Got To Keep It Real. This is to reflect the order of which type of Core Medal falls into the TTB Combo, with Regret Nothing replacing Time Judged All.
 * Ride On Right Time plays briefly before the chorus to Power To Tearer plays which may seem out of place...
 * It could also symbolize that Kazari was the first Greeed that Eiji fought.
 * The reason why Power To Tearer plays after the TaJaDor chant may also be due to the fact that
 * Kazari, the cat Greeed, is the first one of the original four to try new tactics and strategies.
 * He was the first one curious enough to take in others' Cores into his own, after all.
 * Dr. Maki makes a lot more sense after his plan is revealed.
 * Giru's first scene outside of the movie fits with his Meaningful Name oh so much..
 * The 'rebirth' in ReverseBuraKaWaniRe:birth could refer to both Kamen Rider Birth be reborn by changing users and to Gotou himself being reborn via Character Development as someone worthy of being Birth.
 * In fact, Gotou's Character Development can be split into two parts. The first is the gradual loss of the pride, and ultimately the loss of desire to be Birth in the first place. That's his 'reverse', his regression into a being without desire. The second part is his realization his own lack of desire and finding a new reason to fight; namely to become the kind of hero he saw Date as. As Kougami said, desire is life, and so in finding a new desire Gotou has effective begun a new life as a different, better person; he has experienced a personal 'rebirth'. ReversePuToTyraRe:birth isn't actually about Birth at all, it's really Gotou's personal Image Song.
 * It just hit me when reading the characters page. Why was Anhk able to throw the core medals so well? Because it was show he always had 2 Taka medals, one for OOO to use and another he could use to aim the medals.
 * Why does Kougami, despite knowing everything about what happened 800 years ago, only reveal this information when people are looking for it? He values desire above everything else, he will only give the information to those who desire it!
 * We find out early on that the Greeed were born when one of each of their 10 Cores were destroyed, and yet it seems near impossible for most weapons used by anyone that fights them to even scratch the things, much less any weapon existing 800 years ago. Then we're introduced to the Purple Cores, which can destroy Core Medals but were never used to create a Greeed, are different from the others in absolutely every way, and are incompatible with regular Cores due to being the antithesis of desire, which would make them completely useless to anyone attempting to use the Medals to because that requires scanning a massive amount of Cores all at once. Since they were otherwise completely useless to his plan, what do you suppose  did with them?
 * Ankh has a heavy bit of Phoenix symbolism to both himself and the form OOO obtains using his Medals.
 * The reason for the title of $'s Image Song, Power to Tearer, becomes blatant when you realize
 * Why did Gamel's complete form have the Cell Medal equivalent of the Midas Touch when Gamel's Yummies could never generate a single Cell Medal? That's because Gamel, true to his name, always pilfered his ideas from other people. He never actually desired anything, he just imitated the desires of other people (like eating candy when he can't actually taste it). It was only when he found his own desire, resurrecting Mezool, that his powers as a Greeed became truly realized.
 * It's one of his powers upon being complete. There's no hidden revelation that Gamel much unlock in order to access it. This explains why his Yummy can produce just one Cell Medal. Because he could just turn things into Cell Medals when he's low on them.
 * Gamel is the only Greeed who . Why?
 * Uva's Meaningful Name (from ubau: to snatch away). The basic connotations of a Greeed named after stealing are obvious, the Fridge part comes in when you realize that Uva is the most materialistic of the Greeed. While the other Greeed all desired abstract things like 'life', 'love', and 'power', Uva never showed desire for anything other his own Cores.
 * The fact that his desire is something purely physical may also be why he's the most resourceful and Genre Savvy of the Greeed. While the other Greeed's inherent emotional instability caused them all to grab hold of the Villain Ball at one time or another, Uva realized fairly early on that his Hot Blooded tendencies usually ended up costing him Medals. By focusing solely on the best way to retrieve his Medals he was able to plan and carry out long-term strategies that a more emotional Greeed wouldn't have the patience for.
 * Uva's ultimate fate  is really the ultimate Death By Irony.
 * PuToTyra's Image Song is called Time Judged All, which fits rather nicely as.
 * Speaking of Dr. Maki, why is it significant that he inserted Not only did it speed up Eiji's Greeedification, it also
 * Dr. Maki  symbolized that he was   But why did he.
 * Why do the Full Combos make Eiji completely spent after using them if he lacks desire, and thus, shouldn't feel the effects of the Core Medals save for the purple ones?
 * Why? Well early Ankh explained that.
 * Why does Ankh have multicolored wings, a trait usually given to angels in Islamic art?
 * It also relates to the Egyptian themes within Ankh, from his name to his background song.
 * Why do.
 * $ is the only Combo without an element. This is because Gara was sealed away by the first OOO before the set could be complete and thus couldn't be used to form a Greeed. This same logic could be applied to the Black Core Medals from Movie War Core, since there were only three and Nobunaga wasn't a true Greeed, not to mention that the set only gained an element AFTER they merged with the Memory Memory.
 * In episode 22 Eiji gave a speech about how people will justify their actions when they believe they're right, and lose sight of everything else. Guess what happen to.
 * Not only a slight case of Foreshadowing, but also a subtle nod at the symbolism in the final fight when
 * A meta brilliance entry: One of the reasons the show's budget seems so thin isn't just because of the CG use, but also because of royalties due every time Kougami sings Happy Birthday.
 * If the purple cores represent both mythological animals and dinosaurs, how come $'s form is all dinosaurs? Well, it's not, as the overall form makes a dragon.
 * There's a good reason why the DX Lion Cell Medal was packaged in the Medagaburyu.
 * Why does OOO pull the Medagabryu out of the ground, instead of out of seemingly nowhere like the Medajalibur? It's a dino-themed weapon; it's in the ground like a fossil.
 * A minor one with Chiyoko's Surprisingly Good English: she says "repeat after me", which initially was just a Call Back to Tendo saying the same thing in a Omake crossover with Boukenger, but if you think about it, it's really a very common phrase in any English-as-a-second-language class, and the first bit of English they'll usually learn.
 * The arrival of in Let's Go Kamen Rider makes perfect sense when you remember something from Den-O.
 * In Lets Go Kamen Rider, the Great Leader is far more powerful in the Bad Future than he originally was. Remember that it's been implied that he exists As Long As There Is Evil. Thus, in a future where Shocker has ruled the world for 40 years, he's far stronger.
 * The Shocker Greeed is insanely powerful, even though he only has one Core Medal. Why? When they first arrive in the Bad Future, Ankh states that there's a desire so powerful it drowns out all others. What's the source of that desire? Shocker. As a being fueled by desire, it only makes sense that the Shocker Greeed would be extremely strong because of that.
 * Ankh's name, while yes it is reference the egyptian symbol of eternal life there's also a deeper brilliance to it. There's an Arabic word Ankaa which is pronounced surprisingly similar to Ankh and it means 'The Phoenix'. They really did think of everything.
 * That or we're overthinking things.
 * Why is Time Judged All a duet between Eiji and Ankh? Because in the final battle,.
 * Similarly, the reason Power to Tearer is a duet with Akira Kushida (the voice of the OOO Driver) was to represent.
 * While some consider Ankh sleeping while still clothed and wearing shoes odd, one must remember that he isn't human and Greeed don't naturally wear clothes, so perhaps he just doesn't realize he's supposed to take them off to sleep.
 * A Yummy seems to consume/pursue whatever their original human desires. This really makes sense in hindsight because the concept of value is purely subjective, and objects require a person to evaluate them.
 * Kamen Rider Birth's name. It's rather unusual for a Rider, but fits with the secondary motif of beginnings and births.
 * There's a reason why $ has white accents instead of black like the others. In Japan, white is the color of death. Basically, this means the purple Core Medals aren't just powered by empty desire. Its also being fueled by the dead desire of the wielder, as in when Eiji's desire died after his family used him.
 * The Shocker Greeed is insanely powerful, even though he only has one Core Medal. Why? When they first arrive in the Bad Future, Ankh states that there's a desire so powerful it drowns out all others. What's the source of that desire? Shocker. As a being fueled by desire, it only makes sense that the Shocker Greeed would be extremely strong because of that.
 * Ankh's name, while yes it is reference the egyptian symbol of eternal life there's also a deeper brilliance to it. There's an Arabic word Ankaa which is pronounced surprisingly similar to Ankh and it means 'The Phoenix'. They really did think of everything.
 * That or we're overthinking things.
 * Why is Time Judged All a duet between Eiji and Ankh? Because in the final battle,.
 * Similarly, the reason Power to Tearer is a duet with Akira Kushida (the voice of the OOO Driver) was to represent.
 * While some consider Ankh sleeping while still clothed and wearing shoes odd, one must remember that he isn't human and Greeed don't naturally wear clothes, so perhaps he just doesn't realize he's supposed to take them off to sleep.
 * A Yummy seems to consume/pursue whatever their original human desires. This really makes sense in hindsight because the concept of value is purely subjective, and objects require a person to evaluate them.
 * Kamen Rider Birth's name. It's rather unusual for a Rider, but fits with the secondary motif of beginnings and births.
 * There's a reason why $ has white accents instead of black like the others. In Japan, white is the color of death. Basically, this means the purple Core Medals aren't just powered by empty desire. Its also being fueled by the dead desire of the wielder, as in when Eiji's desire died after his family used him.

Fridge Horror:

 * The Greeed's methods of using Yummies are all scary in some way, shape, or form.
 * Uva's White Yummy are created from human desire and proceed to consume the thing that human desired. Imagine if said human desired children, or people in general.
 * Kazari's is even worse when you think about it, his Yummy force live inside the human and force them to eat/perform their desire. And the host has no control over the body while they're inside.
 * Mezool's method is as scary as the others, her Yummies, yes, Yummies, as in more than one, are gathered in a clutch and the host does not even know about the clutch until the last minute, when they burst.
 * Gamel's method is that he creates Yummies from himself. His desire is to mimic what ever he sees humans doing. Imagine if he saw rape.
 * One general to the Greeed: When they lose their Core Medals, their outer armor crumbles, revealing underneath what looks like . ...Bless you, Yutaka Izubuchi.
 * Those scenes of the Greeed relaxing on a beach in the opening sure are silly, right?
 * Makes you wonder why Eiji is walking there and relaxing as well right
 * Or perhaps Eiji just likes traveling to sandy places
 * Doesn't really hold water when it's considered that Ankh's greatest desire
 * As far as this troper remembers, it was always explicitly stated that the Core Medals were the results of scientists trying to create artificial life.
 * In #46 Complete!Gamel can turn people DIRECTLY into Medals, and we never saw one of them change back. But what's even worse? Birth scoops up some of those medals for an ammo refill while fighting Gamel.
 * Doesn't really hold water when it's considered that Ankh's greatest desire
 * As far as this troper remembers, it was always explicitly stated that the Core Medals were the results of scientists trying to create artificial life.
 * In #46 Complete!Gamel can turn people DIRECTLY into Medals, and we never saw one of them change back. But what's even worse? Birth scoops up some of those medals for an ammo refill while fighting Gamel.
 * As far as this troper remembers, it was always explicitly stated that the Core Medals were the results of scientists trying to create artificial life.
 * In #46 Complete!Gamel can turn people DIRECTLY into Medals, and we never saw one of them change back. But what's even worse? Birth scoops up some of those medals for an ammo refill while fighting Gamel.

Fridge Logic

 * In Shogun and the 21 Core Medals, battles a swarm of Cell medal-animated soldiers with the back of his sword - this is actually from a well-known arc of Abarenbo Shogun, where he had to bring someone in alive and wound up Storming the Castle by dealing out nothing but nonfatal injury. Considering that he's up against Cell Medal-driven homunculi that aren't human to begin with, there's absolutely no reason to resort to nonlethal hits except as a Homage to that story.
 * Also from Shogun and the 21 Core Medals: what the hell happened to the Orange Cores? They survived time travel and the final battle with the movie's Big Bad, but are never seen in action again outside of this movie.