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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: A lot of viewers were saddened when {{spoiler|Gamel and Mezool}} died; The latter because of her strict but reasonable motherly control of the group, and the former for his childish behavior. Gamel scored a lot of extra points in #16 when {{spoiler|he was shown wandering around frantically, looking for Mezool and muttering her name again and again like a lost child looking for his mother}}. It gets worse in the Christmas party scene: {{spoiler|You can see his face light up with joy when he thought he found Mezool, only to find Hina instead. He finally snapped at this, going into an [[Unstoppable Rage]]. All this psychological stress while bearing the physical strain on his body exerted by a lot of foreign extra Medals in him}}. [[Tear Jerker|<Sniff.>]]

** It's also possible to feel this way for {{spoiler|Lost Ankh}} at his demise. {{spoiler|Lost Ankh was mentally a child and had pretty much been made a [[Tyke Bomb]] by Kazari and the other Greeed. It's easy to imagine he might have turned out much differently had things been different. After OOO shatters three of his Cores, his reaction to it is made rather sad by his childish voice and his horrified tone.}} All this combined with how brutally OOO (who was in [[Berserker]] mode at the time) destroyed him makes his death scene rather bittersweet.

** In #45, {{spoiler|Mezool gets this, again [[Killed Off for Real|but this time for real]]. First, Dr. Maki gives her a [[Hannibal Lecture]], telling her to stop pretending to feel love because she's incapable of it. This causes her to discard Gamel, the only one who truly loved her. While she does do some nasty things in that episode, it was all to finally be able to feel the maternal love she so desired but could never have. Ultimately, she's mortally wounded and [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|dies in Gamel's arms]], begging for more of the love she ''finally'' got to feel. Unlike [[Complete Monster|Kazari's]] [[Karmic Death]], Mezool's is far more bittersweet as all she wanted was love she was incapable of feeling for reasons that were in no way her fault.}}

* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Eiji has no family, job, or ambitions, but he doesn't really attach any importance to those things so it doesn't bug him. {{spoiler|However, he's often haunted by memories of a girl he'd befriended on his travels that [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|he was unable to save.]]}}

*** The song is also the default used for the Random Combos that don't have a theme; the TaToBa beats are removed in these cases, of course.

** The "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Combo Change Medley]]." If the Combo songs were awesome alone, listen to all of them together in one package.

** The movie theme song, Te wo Tsunagou, also counts as a Heartwarming Moment. Doubly so for the full orchestra version.

** The OST has a handful of powerful tracks to offer too.

** To note, it's more the fact that they beat the crap out of it than they appeared, as it did mistake them for Kamen Riders.

** Why does the Yummy belonging to the former Shocker Mook spawn a couple of [[Oba-san]]?

*** He's {{spoiler|responsible for both Mezool and Gamel being [[Killed Off for Real]], Mezool's for giving her a [[Hannibal Lecture]] that sends her on her rampage that causes OOO to kill her, Gamel's for causing Mezool's demise and then damaging some of his Cores which leads to his death. And from what he says to Ankh and the fact he was ready with Ptera Candroids to gather their Cores after their deaths, it's very likely he intended that this would happen! What's worse is that he personally believes that death by broken Cores pretty much erases the Greeed in question from existence, no afterlife because they're not alive to begin with. Doesn't matter if he's actually ''right'', that still means he killed two of the most sympathetic Greeed (and Kazari, but he had it coming) [[Deader Than Dead]] with absolutely no guilt at all! Yeah, he managed to kill Mezool and Gamel off in '''''an even more evil way than Kazari did!''''' And at the end of #46 he manages to top himself ''again'' by mutating Eiji into a berserk Greeed right as he and Ankh are reconciling, evidently deciding Ankh has [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outlived his usefulness as well]]. He finally forcefeeds Uva Core Medals until he loses control, even while Uva is ''begging him to stop''. His demise was well deserved.}}

** {{spoiler|The ancient king / original OOO}} may qualify as well. {{spoiler|He's described as [[Selfish Evil|desire incarnate]] and had five sentient being created for no other reason but to kill them off and use their power to [[A God Am I|become a God]] and take over the world. He even literally stabbed Ankh, the only Greeed who was willingly helping him, in the back to steal his Core Medals to complete his plan. Ankh sided with him to backstab him and steal the power for himself, but he's got the excuse of being an embodiment of Greeed. What's scary here is the original OOO is a normal human.}}

** [[Awesome Music|PuToTyra]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIz1W_pGqq4 PuToTyrannosaur!]

** The OST has lot of PuToTyra that, once listened, won't be leaving your head anytime soon. Even more so if you're familiar with the series to know in which context each track is used.

*** '''{{color|red|TAKA}}! {{color|gold|TORA}}! {{color|green|BATTA}}! {{color|red|TA}}-{{color|gold|TO}}-{{color|green|BA}}!''' '''{{color|red|Ta}}{{color|gold|To}}{{color|green|Ba}}''', '''{{color|red|TA}}-{{color|gold|TO}}-{{color|green|BA}}!'''

*** '''{{color|darkgreen|KUWAGATA}}! {{color|yellowgreen|KAMAKIRI}}! {{color|green|BATTA}}! [Buzz!] {{color|green|Ga}}~{{color|green|ta}}-{{color|green|Gata}}-{{color|green|Gata}}-{{color|green|Kiri}}! {{color|green|Ba}}! {{color|green|GataKiriBa}}!'''

*** '''{{color|goldenrod|LION}}! {{color|gold|TORA}}! {{color|yellow|CHEETAH}}! [Roar!] {{color|gold|LaTah LaTah}}! {{color|gold|LaTora}}~~{{color|gold|Tah}}!'''

*** '''{{color|silver|SAI}}! {{color|darkgray|GORILLA}}! {{color|gray|ZOU}}! [Stomp!] {{color|gray|SaGoZo}}... {{color|gray|SAGOZO}}!'''

*** '''{{color|darkblue|SHACHI}}! {{color|blue|UNAGI}}! {{color|lightblue|TAKO}}! [Splash!] {{color|blue|Sha}}-{{color|blue|Sha}}-{{color|blue|ShaUTa}}, {{color|blue|Sha}}-{{color|blue|Sha}}-{{color|blue|ShaUTa}}!'''

*** '''{{color|purple|PTERA}}! {{color|violet|TRICERA}}! {{color|blueviolet|TYRANNO}}! [Screech!] {{color|purple|Pu}}-{{color|purple|To}}-{{color|purple|Tyrannosaurus}}!'''

*** '''{{color|darkorange|COBRA}}! {{color|orange|KAME}}! {{color|orangered|WANI}}! [Hiss!] {{color|orange|BuraKa}}~~{{color|orange|WANI}}!'''

*** '''SUPER, SUPER, SUPER! {{color|red|SUPER TAKA}}! {{color|gold|SUPER TORA}}! {{color|green|SUPER BATTA}}!''' '''Su~per {{color|red|Ta}}{{color|gold|To}}{{color|green|Ba}}''', '''{{color|red|TA}}-{{color|gold|TO}}-{{color|green|BA}}! SUPER!'''

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Akira Date, due to his rather laid-back behavior and general masculinity. Probably why he was brought back for the final eps.

* [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper|Everybody Remembers the Pantsu]]

* [[Fan Nickname]]: "Kamen Rider Traffic Light"<ref>Which makes a bit more sense this side of the Pacific, verbally speaking. In Japan, the kanji "ao" is a bit of a literary conundrum/holdover in that it can be used to mean either "blue" and "green" depending on context usage, hence the go-light in visual mediums is colored as blue, even though real-life lights are green.</ref> and "Kamen Rider [[Wolverine]]", to name a few. [[Image Boards]] also came up with the sobriquet "Kamen Rider Taco Bar", due to his rather Mexican color scheme and the pronunciation of the "To" in "{{color|red|Ta}}{{color|gold|To}}{{color|green|Ba}}" sounding like a "Co" when shouted by OOO's belt. Though "Taco Bar" has been declared a [[Forced Meme]].

*** Or more frequently "PuToTyra" due both to his status as a rich and powerful man, and his similarity to Double's Ryubee Sonozaki, who was popularly described as "Like a boss". Perfectly fitting, as it also draws a connection to [[wikipedia:Cake Boss|this]].

** Can't forget "Kamen Rider Pantsu", obviously due to Eiji's colorful boxers.

** {{spoiler|Ankh's left hand and the remainder of his Greed body}} is often referred to as 'Lefty'.

** And Giru {{spoiler|or more prominently Dr Maki's Greeed form}}, being based on dinosaurs and colored purple = [[Barney and Friends|"Barney"]].

*** '''[[Action Girl|Sato]][[Guns Akimbo|na]][[Badass Biker|ka]]''' is a fetish in that episode!

** #10, Chiyoko's [[Hot for Teacher|teacher-esque]] outfit, made even better by her sashay and [[Meganekko|glasses]]. Not to mention most of the cosplay to begin with...

* [[Memetic Molester]]: King OOO. Why, fandom. Why.

* [[Memetic Outfit]]: Eiji's floral boxers.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Kazari {{spoiler|using Gamel and Mezool in an experiment that could quite obviously be fatal and not caring one bit both were killed in the result. In fact, he ''smiles'' while he observes his handywork.}}

** If he didn't cross it by locking his assistants in a lab with rampaging Yummy [[For Science!]], Dr. Maki crossed this when he realizes {{spoiler|he murdered his own sister and reacts, not with remorse, but by deciding he did the right thing by killing her and now its time to destroy the world.}} It's more likely the latter, as before that point, he wasn't beyond redemption. It's this point that it becomes clear he's irredeemable. Made even worse by {{spoiler|the tensing of a [[Heel Face Turn]] directly before it.}}

** {{spoiler|Eiji's father}} crossed this by {{spoiler|exploiting the fact his son was badly wounded and ''emotionally scarred for life'' by a war his family's money funded ''to get votes!'' How could anyone blame Eiji for walking out on his family after that?}}

** Eiji and Ankh's confrontation in #46 is very heart-felt and serious, but all of that goes out the window when you suddenly realize that {{spoiler|[http://tinypic.com/r/s6t2lv/7 Ankh's arm is being held together by scotch tape...]}}

** And then there is [[Large Ham|Kousei Kougami]] at episode 47 who overacted regarding about the purple core medals stuffs blocking the way.

** {{spoiler|1=Ankh's glorious [[Heroic Sacrifice]], giving up all of his Core Medals to Eiji for one final BuraKa combo to finally stop Dr. Maki and save the world.}}

** {{spoiler|Ankh's goodbye...}}

* [[Tethercat Principle]]: In Episode 46: {{spoiler|We never see whether or not the mothers and children abducted by the fully restored Mezool were freed from their egg prisons. For all we know, [[Inferred Holocaust|they eventually wasted away and died.]]}}

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: At the end of 20 Yasu, the spineless toady afraid of what the newly-freed Yummy host Yamakane would do to him ties him up with rope saying "even if you return to jail you won't forgive me." Had Yamakane not woken up, what was Yasu going to do with him tied up, next to the docks, asleep, if not return him to jail? (And how different would it be from what Yamakane decided to do to Yasu upon waking up, given that it still involved those ropes?)

* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: Gara has a female live actor and a male voice actor, so this becomes inevitable.

** {{spoiler|Gamel in #46. His rampage is ''entirely'' because he's heartbroken at Mezool's death and too simpleminded to realize he's got absolutely no chance of bringing her back no matter how many Cell Medals he has. The only thing he can think of when it doesn't work is he needs to try more. All because he truly ''loved'' Mezool and will do anything for her and now she's dead.}}