Kamen Rider OOO/YMMV: Difference between revisions

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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.]]}}

** #5: "Regret nothing [[Tighten Up]]",<ref>A sound-alike pun on "''TaToBa''"; it can be heard during the song.</ref> the theme song of {{color|red|Ta}}{{color|gold|To}}{{color|green|Ba}} Combo.

*** 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 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.

* [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: Even with all the weirdness rampant in #27, one moment stands out: two random women come across the Squid-Jaguar Yummy and smack it around, then disappear before Ankh and Eiji get to it. That's really it—the women are only in the episode [[A Worldwide Punomenon|because their names contain the kanji for '1000'.]]

** 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.

*** 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.}}

{{quote|''You count the Medals: one, two and three! Life goes on; anything goes! Coming up, OOO!''}}

** [[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.

** The OOO Scanner managed to find different ways to be catchy with its Combo tunes. By extension, Akira Kushida's background rhythms in the Combo [[Image Song]]s as well.

*** '''{{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|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.

* [[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|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.}}