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Across the years humanity has been menaced by the [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire-esque]] Fangire. As a organization of hunters tries desperately to hold the line, 2008's main hope rests in Wataru Kurenai, a violinist with some very strange habits. His father [[Disappeared Dad|has disappeared]], leaving behind his magnum opus, the Bloody Rose violin. Whenever the strings of the Bloody Rose vibrate, Wataru is called to do battle using his {{spoiler|[[Half Vampire|half-Fangire heritage]] and his}} [[Transformation Trinket|partner bat Kivat]] to transform into Kamen Rider Kiva.
The story is told in two time periods simultaneously, with events in the past [[Meanwhile in
Meanwhile [[The Eighties|in 1986]], Wataru's father Otoya Kurenai waltzes through life while the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization struggles to fight off the Fangire threat. He falls for Yuri Aso, the organization's top operative who seeks [[You Killed My Father|to avenge her mother's death]], and joins her in their fight. He soon comes into conflict with another new operative, a [[The Drifter|mysterious vagabond]] named Jiro, who is chosen to be the user of the Wonderful Blue Sky Organisation's newest weapon: the prototype IXA System.
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** Mermaid: A [[One-Gender Race]] resembling traditional mermaids, they have a symbiotic relationship with the Mermen in order to reproduce. They escaped the Fangires' purge, but were hunted extensively by humans in the 19th century, and with the near-extinction of the Mermen their numbers continue to dwindle.
** Ghost: A race of beings who, due to their lack of corporeal form, can't interact with physical matter. They absorb Life Energy by inhaling it.
** Gigant: A race of giants, all over 10 meters tall, with several sub-species like Cyclops and Yeti. {{spoiler|The 3WA from [[The Movie]] [[Kick the Dog|captured several Yeti for experimentation]] [[Powered
** Hobbit: The polar opposite of the Gigant, a race of 10-centimeter, dwarfen beings. Hobbits are pacifistic farmers who live in the woods and escaped extinction by [[The Quisling|surrendering and subordinating themselves to the Fangire]].
** Goblin: A race of cruel creatures who eat the flesh of other intelligent beings and had nasty habits like collecting bones. In-fighting all but eliminated their race, a job completed by an army of Fangire lead by the Checkmate Four and the first King, who wielded the Saga Armor in battle.
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* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]] - invoked at the beginning of every ep, thanks to Kivat.
{{quote| ''"Minna, shiteru ka?"'' ("Everybody, did you know?")}}
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...]]}}
* [[Ape Shall Never Kill Ape]] - Subverted to hell and back by Queen, whose purpose is to kill any Fangire who falls in love with a human; King, who is not above killing any Fangire who seeks to help human progress; and any Fangire attempting to kill Maya, past and present.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]] - Nago scoffing the idea of spiritual mediums. Sadly, he's the one character who never witnessed {{spoiler|Otoya possessing Wataru.}}
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* [[Cassandra Truth]] - Yuri Aso is always being told these, such as "I'm actually 105 years old" and "Your boyfriend is actually a [[Wolf Man]] who wants to use you to [[Adam and Eve Plot|repopulate his race]]."
** Possibly averted with Otoya, who doesn't seem to ''care'' that Maya claims to have known people from ''hundreds of years ago''.
* [[Chained
* [[Chess Motif]]: The Checkmate Four, as noted by the name, all have Chess Motifs which fittingly refers to their roles. [[Fridge Brilliance|For an]] [[Genius Bonus|added bonus]], Rook's [[Image Song]] fades into King's [[Image Song]], making the reference to Castling, a technique that can only be done by both the King and the Rook.
* [[Clear My Name]] - all '08 Blue Sky agents in ep. 27 (Nago narrowly escapes though, kickstarting the plot).
* [[Conspicuous CGI]] - Kiva's ride, the Machine Kiva, once the Bron Booster attachments go on - or get added on in postproduction, apparently. Especially conspicuous in a series with CGI dragon castles battling giant chandeliers smoothly every time.
* [[Crossover]] - In the movie ''Climax Deka'', ''Kiva'' was crossed over with ''[[
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]] - Done rather epically in {{spoiler|the final fight against the revived King.}}
* [[Cutlass Between the Teeth]] - Garulu Form's speciality.
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** It is fatal for humans to become Dark Kiva, as {{spoiler|Otoya}} proves.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Kivat
** There may be some [[Tomokazu Sugita|typecasting]] going on [[Haruhi Suzumiya
* [[Demonic Possession]] - Not quite demonic, but there's a two-episode arc where Otoya's spirit takes over Wataru's body. It doesn't seem to happen for any particular reason, other than to generate a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] as Kouji Seto pulls a credible impression of Kouhei Takeda and the normally sullen Wataru acts...well, like Otoya.
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] - the whole incident parallels a similar incident in the first [[Pirates of the Caribbean]], with Orlando Bloom's [[Throw It In|deliberate]] impression of Captain Jack Sparrow.
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* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Otoya winds up befriending all the Arms Monsters, even after {{spoiler|Jiro actually kidnapped Yuri.}}
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Kiva's forms using the Arms Monsters each have one.
** [[Playing
** [[Making a Splash]]: {{color|green|Basshaa}} Form
** [[Shock and Awe]]: {{color|purple|Dogga}} Form
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** Could technically be considered an inversion, as Dark Kiva comes first chronologically.
* [[Expy]] - A very rare case of the Expy as a leading character. Otoya is clearly modelled on Ozaki of ''Den-O'', from the outfit to the hairdo ''to the [[Leisure Suit Larry]] schtick''{{spoiler|and perhaps [[Austin Powers]]}}.
** The Checkmate Four is what happens when you mix the [[Twilight (
** Mio is a lot like the main Rider, to the 'are they [[Separated
** The dynamic between Kiva and Ixa is very similar to that between [[
* [[Extreme Omnivore]] - Rook, when still amnesiac, downs a whole pot of mushrooms and whatever Wataru was planning to use ''for his violin varnish.''
* [[Fake Band]] - The Ikemens, featuring Kengo and Wataru. Though they did produce a cover of Wataru's battle theme ("Destiny's Play") for the ''Kiva'' soundtrack.
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* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: in [[The Movie]]. An escaped convict, found sleeping in a dump early on, becomes ''Kamen Rider Arc.''
* [[Funetik Aksent]] - IXA. Or in its case "Fa-Ne-Ti-Ku A-Ku-Se-N-To."
* [[Fun
* [[Fur Against Fang]] - Jiro (a Wolfen) fighting the Fangire in 1986.
* [[Generation Xerox]]
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* [[Handsome Lech]] - Otoya
* [[Heroic BSOD]]
* [[Hikikomori]] - Wataru, who is so withdrawn in the first episode he might as well be. Sadly, after he got over it, {{spoiler|after having the worst case of [[Heroic BSOD]] in Rider history [[Ten
* [[He's Back]]: There are tons of moments late in the show, given how much [[Heroic BSOD|of the trouble]] the heroes had to go through. One that springs to mind is {{spoiler|Nago returning as IXA in #40, complete with the episode title fitting that exact moment.}}
* [[Hopeless Suitor]] - Kengo.
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** Also, as Otoya himself points out early on, the first kanji in his name means "sound". Given that he's a musician, it fits.
** The real names of the Arms Monsters are all onomatopoeia for sounds related to their forms: Garulu is the sould of a wolf howling, Basshaa is the sound of splashing, Dogga is the pounding of a hammer.
* [[Meanwhile in
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Once Tatsulot joins Kivat in the episode intros.
{{quote| "Who's Modigliani?" "Watch the first episode..."}}
* [[Misunderstood Loner
* [[Monster Mash]] - This season's particular motif.
* [[Mood Whiplash]] - #33. Going from {{spoiler|Yuri catching Otoya with Maya}} to Megumi complaining that she's gaining weight? Not cool.
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** Arc is a pun on "aku"(evil)
** Rey is a pun on "rei"(cold)
** [[Toshihiko Seki|Toshihiko]] [[Kamen Rider Den
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] - Ramon/Basshaa is 105 years old (127 in '08), yet looks like a 13-year old boy when he's not in Rubber Suit form.
** Although, it should be noted that the actor they hired to play him was 13-14 at the time...
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** The Re-Union album, released in 2009, includes more remixes, including Wataru's version of his father's "This Love Never Ends", Otoya's version of his son's "Supernova", and an acoustic version of "Roots of the King" sung by both Wataru and Taiga.
* [[Re Cut]] - Recently [http://twitter.com/tackangel a fan with some spare time on his hands] began to take clips from the episodes and turn the show into "Kamen Rider ''[[POV Sequel|IXA]]''", first focusing entirely on the 1986 plot and with plans to then tackle the 2008 plot, focusing more on Nago and Megumi, although it will still feature Wataru and the others.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]] - ep. 27, the first time Taiga is ever mentioned.
* [[The Reveal]] - {{spoiler|Wataru finds out his mother's a Fangire, Taiga is his half-brother, and that he is a half-Fangire.}}
** {{spoiler|Also, Bishop reveals that he was the one who killed Mio in order to protect Taiga. Too bad Taiga didn't agree with his method of thinking.}}
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** Not now it's not! I can't believe that didn't get updated.
** On the other hand, {{spoiler|Wataru's destiny, Maya's end status, and Taiga's overall plan for the Fangire race}} all seem to pull this off.
* [[Sealed Evil in
** Played straight with Kamen Rider Arc, whose spirit was sealed away long ago by a past Kiva before being released.
** The Arms Monsters in '08.
* [[Self-Made Orphan]] - an infant Taiga finishes off his father and later {{spoiler|seemingly}} does the same to his mother.
* [[Shipper
* [[Sibling Triangle]]: Wataru, Taiga and Mio.
* [[Shout-Out]] - Otoya performs Rider-1's henshin pose when he transforms into IXA.
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** Riki in Franken form really goes the extra mile to reference the classic ''[[Frankenstein]]''. Not just the [[Pieta Plagiarism]] in #21, but he does it beside a river, and there's a flower in his lapel just because.
** The Warthog Fangire shows up in a [[Nice Hat]] and poncho... [[Dollars Trilogy|but does he have no name?]]
** Kivat actually says "[[Engine Sentai
** Saga's [[Finishing Move]] may remind some of Rolento from ''[[
** Shirtless demonic-looking Wataru from the ''King of Hells' Castle'' promotional material ([[Trailers Always Lie|and only in the promotional material]]) may well be a tip of the hat to the [[Trope Codifier]] for half-human demonic heroes, ''[[Devilman]]''.
** [[Troubled but Cute]] hero with [[Parental Abandonment]] in the present while his more easygoing dad had adventures in the past? [[Final Fantasy VIII|Seen it.]]
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* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] (Shinji/Ryouko, Mio/Wataru, Maya/Otoya. Most Fangire/human relationships end up like this due to the role of the Fangire Queen.)
* [[Stealth Pun]] - A rather clever one in the form of the Rhinoceros Fangire. His human disguise was a talent scout. Sai is Japanese for both Rhinoceros and Talent.
* [[Suicide
* [[Super Mode]] - Emperor form, Rising IXA (and to a lesser extent DoGaBaKi form).
** There's also a Hyper Mode (a Super Mode of a Super Mode!) in the form of Flight Style.
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** Dark Kiva - [[Instant Runes]] {{spoiler|and Saga's [[Whip Sword]] when used by Taiga}}.
** Rey - [[Wolverine Claws]]
** Arc - [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]; His actual weapon, a [[Blade
* [[Wedding Smashers]] - Unlike [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger|Hikaru and Urara]], the happy couple actually gets to kiss, but a battle breaks out nonetheless.
** And earlier, {{spoiler|Mio}} crashes her own wedding by {{spoiler|stabbing Taiga in the gut.}}
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