History Series / KamenRiderDouble

*** The NEVER uniforms resemble those given to [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm several]] [[Series/PowerRangersSPD recent]] [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Power Rangers]], and during one scene, where they're all together in Dopant Form (with Daido in Eternal's form), one can't help by think of PowerRangers. Bear in mind Koichi Sakamoto is on that set...

* AllThereInTheManual: The reason we never see [=FangMetal=] or [=FangTrigger=] in the series is explained in the novel for the series, ''~The One Who Continues After Z~'' - it's due to the fact that Shotaro lacks the compatability with the Trigger and Metal memories that he has with the Joker memory; while the 2 aforementioned combinations are ''possible'', using them would be disastrous, as Shotaro would be unable to keep the Fang memory from going berserk if he didn't use the Joker Memory.

** The Beast Dopant has a wife named [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]].

* BreakingSpeech: Isaka to Ryu in "The D Was Seen", leading Shotaro to [[spoiler:attempt a potentially fatal Twin Maximum Drive]] when Ryu breaks down in tears. [[spoiler:Shroud]] also tries this on Ryu in "The O Chain", but he's [[CharacterDevelopment a little wiser]] by then.

* CallingYourAttacks: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Double's [[FinishingMove Memory Breaks]] don't ''require'' it, but they ''do'' require Shotaro and Philip to be in synch to use them, so Shotaro came up with the idea of using this to aid in the process. He also does it in "The D was Seen" [[spoiler:when Double and Accel cooperate to take on the Weather Dopant, using a Double Rider Kick to counter Weather's tornado.]]

* CallToAgriculture: The magician from "The D Was Seen" becomes a coffeeshop owner in ''W Returns: Accel''.

** "The Radio Q" brings back the Victims of the Week from "Don't Lay a Finger on M" and "The S Terror". ''Forever A to Z'' takes this UpToEleven by adding those from "Girl A", "Find the C", "Farewell N", "L on the Lips", "Nightmarish H", "D was Seen", and "Beyond R".

* EatTheDog: At the end of "The D was Seen", Isaka thinks about how hungry he is and begins staring at the cat. Poor Mick...

* OminousLatinChanting: "The D was Seen" gleefully combines this with [[spoiler:the sudden, out-of-nowhere appearance of the Terror Dopant, preceded by his PrimalFear]].

* RefugeInAudacity: Akiko using her slipper ''on a police detective'' in "Find the C". She takes it one step further in "The D was Seen" by barging ''into the police station'' as well.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Mitsuru Matsuoka, who plays [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tGahC12vdno/S_5FUUGdWpI/AAAAAAAABJQ/877X20NF6Ig/s1600/Eternal+news1.jpg Katsumi Daido]] in the Double Forever A to Z movie. Try to guess his age...[[spoiler: He's turning 40.]]

* MonogenderMonsters: Thoroughly averted for once in a ''Rider'' series. Half the Dopants Double fights are women. BizarreSexualDimorphism is averted since the Dopants' real identities are part of TheReveal, [[spoiler:though Yesterday Dopant's cape does give the impression of a miniskirt for some reason.]]

** Bandai's Premium website sells stuff like [[http://p-bandai.jp/fashion-net/character/daburu/list-da10-n0/ the clothes and accessories for Philip, Shotaro, and Ryu.]] They even have [[http://p-bandai.jp/charafull-lifestyle/a0006/item-1000003973/ fully]] [[http://p-bandai.jp/charafull-lifestyle/a0006/item-1000004642/ functional]] [[http://p-bandai.jp/charafull-lifestyle/a0006/item-1000004643/ Gaia]] [[http://p-bandai.jp/chara/c0025/item-1000005502/ Memories]]. (...well...not ''fully functional''. They won't actually turn you into a Dopant.)

* BittersweetEnding: We have a few of these throughout the show, topped by the penultimate episode. [[spoiler:Shotaro and Philip defeat Jun Kazu, but Philip soon disappears after their victory.]]

* BrickJoke: The end of [[Recap/KamenRiderDoubleE3E4DontLayAFingerOnM ep. 4]] shows that Phillip's presence was imperative in winning the all-or-nothing "Old Maid" game, with a deck given by Santa-chan, against the Money Dopant; ep. 12 ends with Phillip pwning Akiko at that same game ''with the same deck even''.

* CallBack: Two possible callbacks to the earlier Twin Maximum Drive [[HellIsThatNoise MAXIMUM DRIVE MAXIMUM DRIVE MAXIMUM DRIVE]]--once with the use of four simultaneous Maximum Drives with Xtreme, and again in the penultimate episode with performing Double Xtreme with the Prism Memory in the Maximum Slot of the belt.

* CannotSpitItOut: Shotaro just can't admit to Akiko that [[spoiler:her father is dead. In ''Begins Night'' she learns the truth indirectly (witnessing Shotaro and Philip arguing while fighting as Double), but later tells Philip that she still wants to hear it "from that idiot"]].

* CharacterTic: Double's finger point on landing a blow. The ''Nobody's Perfect'' ImageSong video reveals they may have got it from Akiko's dad.

*** Isaka at the piano and Wakana's "Tch!" moments.
* ChekhovsArmory: Literally. There's a museum that houses exhibits related to most of the Dopants.

* ContinuityNod: "The Radio Q" brings back the Victims of the Week from "Don't Lay a Finger on M" and "The S Terror". ''Forever A to Z'' takes this UpToEleven by adding those from "Girl A", "Find the C", "Farewell N", "L on the Lips", "Nightmarish H", "D was Seen", and "Beyond R".

* CoolBike: In addition to those belonging to [[Characters/KamenRiderDouble the main characters]], Skull has his own bike called the [=SkullBoilder=].

* DanceBattler: The fight against Cockroach Dopant in "Find the C". Even Dango joins in for an epic session.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Philip[=/=]Raito died when he fell into the true Gaia Memory as a child twelve years earlier and was revived as an avatar for the Gaia Memory, as revealed in episode 45. In fact, Wakana calls him - literally - a "mass of data" in episode 46.]]

* DeadlyUpgrade: Continuous use of certain experimental Gaia Memories, [[spoiler:such as Nasca and Bird]], will eventually kill their users.

* {{Defictionalisation}}: Bandai's Premium website sells stuff like [[http://p-bandai.jp/fashion-net/character/daburu/list-da10-n0/ the clothes and accessories for Philip, Shotaro, and Ryu.]] They even have [[http://p-bandai.jp/charafull-lifestyle/a0006/item-1000003973/ fully]] [[http://p-bandai.jp/charafull-lifestyle/a0006/item-1000004642/ functional]] [[http://p-bandai.jp/charafull-lifestyle/a0006/item-1000004643/ Gaia]] [[http://p-bandai.jp/chara/c0025/item-1000005502/ Memories]]. (...well...not ''fully functional''. They won't actually turn you into a Dopant.)

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Dopant monsters are named after the English word "dopant" and "doping", due to the effects of not possessing a Gaia Driver to mitigate the effects.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Kamen Rider Double appeared in ''[[Series/KamenRiderDecade All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]]'' before his series aired.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Although the underground chamber itself has not much to be said in terms of secrecy[[note]]Akiko, a complete stranger to the agency, didn't take long to find it.[[/note]] or space, the tunnel leading outside in particular is pretty long to be hidden easily.

* ElementalPowers: Each of Philip's right half Gaia Memories have one - BlowYouAway: ([[color:green:Cyclone]] Memory), PlayingWithFire: ([[color:red:Heat]] Memory) and {{Lunacy}} ([[color:gold:Luna]] Memory).
** and then there's Weather, who has several.
*** "Magma!" "Ice Age!" "Ocean!"

* EurekaMoment: Some of Akiko's random comments accidentally provide keywords or hints Philip or Shotaro might be in need of.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Kirihiko draws the line at giving a DeadlyUpgrade to kids to see what will happen.
** And now even [[spoiler:''Saeko'']] is drawing a line considering her unease at [[spoiler:Weather modifying Wakana's Driver so it's now not even safely letting her transform.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The T-Rex and Triceratops Dopants.

* FacialMarkings: These appear during the henshin sequence, though they are hard to notice. Episode 19 has one clear shot of them, and during the JidaiGeki dream sequence in "The Nightmarish H", they become something similar to Kabuki.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Isaka]] in "Beyond R". [[spoiler:His excessive use of Gaia Memories causes his body to become covered in Living Connectors that dissolve him away into nothingness.]]

* And from the movie:
** BigBad: Katsumi Daido/Kamen Rider [[color:palegoldenrod:Eternal]]
** TheDragon: Kyosui Izumi/[[color:gold:Luna]] Dopant
** TheBrute: Gozo Domoto/[[color:gray:Metal]] Dopant & Ken Ashihara/[[color:blue:Trigger]] Dopant.
** DarkChick: Reika Hanehara/[[color:red:Heat]] Dopant
** [[spoiler:EvilGenius / SixthRangerTraitor: Maria S. Cranberry/Cyclone Dopant]]

* ForWantOfANail: The entire plot of the series could have been avoided altogether had [[spoiler: Raito/Philip not fallen into the well of the Gaia Memory.]]

* GratuitousEnglish: Not just from the belt and weapon voices this time, as Philip and Shotaro [[CallingYourAttacks announce their Memory Breaks and finishers together as well.]]

** {{Engrish}}: TheMovie promises to extend the events from the first episode's ColdOpen of into full length. The official subtitle of this movie? '''Begins Night'''.
*** The phrase "Begins Night" is even used in the dialogue to refer to the events of the first episode's ColdOpen. One of the groups fansubbing the show chose to employ a bit of {{Woolseyism}} by translating it as "the night it all began".
*** Philip even refers to the murder of Ryu's family as his "Begins Night".

** Unlike in the past, TV Asahi has not bothered to correct Engine'''Brade''' to Engine'''Blade''' on its website.
*** Maybe it's a thing with Accel. Terui's jacket has an english phrase written on the back.
*** Alternatively, it could be a pun on "brake" and "blade".

* GreenLanternRing: The Luna Memory; according to the official info, its power is "Illusions", but for the most part it manifests as [[RubberMan Elasticity]], with [[color:gold:Luna]][[color:purple:Joker]] gaining stretchy limbs, [[color:gold:Luna]][[color:gray:Metal]] turning the Metal Shaft into a [[WhipItGood whip]], and [[color:gold:Luna]][[color:blue:Trigger]] firing homing energy bullets. The "illusion" part manifests mostly for the [[FinishingMove Memory Breaks]], which involve barraging the foe with karate chops, energy discs, and BeamSpam respectively. Additionally, it can reveal hidden enemies when used with the Bat Shot and create a web of light with the Spider Shock.

* AesopAmnesia: Himeka from "The Nightmarish H".

* AkashicRecords: The Gaia Library.

* ArcWords: Apparently, the word "hard-boiled", which incorporates into Shotaro's potential CatchPhrase and Double's bike, Machine [=HardBoilder=]. Although it sounds more like his favourite phrase than an actually mysterious one.

* BadassBiker: Naturally for a Kamen Rider show, Double and Accel count.

* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:The Beast Dopant and the Zone Dopant, who are husband and wife.]]

* BerserkButton: Whenever Shotaro is referred to being "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPumvhnSRzU half-boiled]]" (skip to about 00:29), although that was a bit moreso in the early episodes.

* TheBerserker: [=FangJoker=], at first.
* BigEater: Implied with one of the Sonozaki maids, whom Akiko suspected of being the Sweets Dopant. [[spoiler:Turns out she was wrong, but still.]]

** BadassFamily: That said, you can't argue a family of semi-stable Dopants isn't badass - to even marry into the family, you need to be both compatible and capable of using a highly powered Gaia Memory. Even their ''cat'' has one! [[spoiler:It also extends to Raito, aka Philip, and Shroud, given their respective uses of Gaia Memories]].

** EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:And in the last episode, Wakana sacrifices her life to bring Philip back.]]

** Fang Memory: A little dinosaur that allows Kamen Rider Double to access his MidSeasonUpgrade: FangJoker. It also serves as Philip's guardian. When attached to the Double Driver, it folds itself into the shape of a dinosaur head.

* WikiWalk: Whenever someone mentions a concept Philip isn't familiar with, he obsessively researches it until he knows everything about it. For example, he goes through one after Akiko mentions "Takoyaki". When Shotaro returns, all the whiteboards are covered in notes about it...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and he's still far from done]].

--> Philip: "It appears we have new article pages not yet indicated in the main article, Shotaro. I'm going to run a search now."
--> Shotaro: "The first keyword is - 'SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome'."
--> Philip: "[[Awesome/KamenRiderDouble ...Got it.]]"
--> Shotaro: "Now, add the next keyword to our search...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments 'Funny'.]]"
--> Philip: "[[Funny/KamenRiderDouble Found it.]] Still a lot to narrow down here."
--> Shotaro: "The third keyword is...[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments 'Heartwarming']]."
--> Philip: "[[Heartwarming/KamenRiderDouble ...Done.]] Three entries found, Shotaro."
--> Shotaro: "Good work. Now to add the links to the main article and..."
--> Akiko: "WILL THE TWO OF YOU STOP WASTING VALUABLE OFFICE TIME?!" [[DopeSlap * THWAK* THWAK* ]]

-->"''This'll clinch it!''"

* ShoeSlap

* BodyHorror: While [[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/rider/accelbikeform.html Accel's Bike Form]] is quite cool to look at, a closer examination brings up quite a handful of factors suggesting that the designers are either [[ArtisticLicenseBiology not very familiar with the human body]] or [[MerchandiseDriven just ignoring it in lieu of the "playability"]]. One counterargument is ''only'' if the armor is strong enough to not suffer damage from its design. But that still doesn't mean Ryu's not gonna feel the impacts from the inside. Of course, that's [[MST3KMantra not to say]] WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief should be neglected.
** Accel's neck is facing a full 90-degree angle upward, which humans aren't capable of.
** The front wheel's shock absorbers are angled ''directly against his collar bones''; likewise, the rear absorber against his thigh bone. Meaning? Repeated concussion against the bones. And if the wheels were to receive a shock big enough...
*** Don't forget that whenever he makes a landing from a drop while in bike form, he hits the ground like a rock. Those shock absorbers aren't exactly doing much, so he's really taking the full force anyway.
** Ryu's body armor is a big one[[note]]In case anyone forgot, Accel's body alone weighs 93 Kg, while the Bike Form, possibly counting in the wheels, weighs 98 Kg.[[/note]]; in other words, he's carrying all its weight on his back and shoulders in Bike Form, one back-break away from drifting along the road on his stomach.
** And...who's to say that the engine block right in front of his chest isn't grilling his skin and muscles?
** It all comes down to how Gaia Memories can physically alter the user to make them "superhuman"
*** Actually it was shown before that the Gaia Memories change their bodies. So, it is not an armor, its a completly new body.

*** 'F' is for [[color:silver:Fang]]. Appears whenever [[color:silver:Fang]][[color:purple:Joker]] does it's [[FinishingMove Rider Kick]].

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Isaka]] in "Beyond R".

* FiveManBand: The Sonozaki Family:

* GeniusLoci: Fuuto city has shades of this in the movie.

* MagicalDefibrillator: Accel can apparently slash cardiac arrest victims with his [=EngineBlade=] on it's Electric setting for instant revival.

* BodyHorror: While [[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/double/rider/accelbikeform.html Accel's Bike Form]] is quite cool to look at, a closer examination brings up quite a handful of factors suggesting that the designers are either [[YouFailBiologyForever not very familiar with the human body]] or [[MerchandiseDriven just ignoring it in lieu of the "playability"]]. One counterargument is ''only'' if the armor is strong enough to not suffer damage from its design. But that still doesn't mean Ryu's not gonna feel the impacts from the inside. Of course, that's [[MST3KMantra not to say]] WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief should be neglected.

--> Shotaro: "The first keyword is - 'SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome'."

** Ryu Terui's identity is just overflowing with these. Let's see: a cool warrior that has SpotlightStealingSquad tendencies, able to use the power of fire and lightning, an excellent cop, can be an aloof ally but is prone to going nuts when consumed by revenge - [[{{Naruto}} is he actually Sasuke Uchiha]]? [[spoiler:For those who don't get the cop connection, the Uchiha clan established (or led) the Konoha Military Police Force.]]

* ThisLoserIsYou: Lampshaded with the human form of Cockroach Dopant, who's clearly a {{Hikikomori}}.

* FiveBadBand: The Sonozaki Family:

* WikiWalk: Whenever someone mentions a concept Philip isn't familiar with, he obsessively researches it until he knows everything about it. For example, he goes through one after Akiko mentions "Takoyaki". When Shotaro returns, all the whiteboards are covered in notes about it...[[CrowningMomentOfFunny and he's still far from done]].

--> Shotaro: "The first keyword is - 'CrowningMomentOfAwesome'."

--> Shotaro: "Now, add the next keyword to our search...[[CrowningMomentOfFunny 'Funny'.]]"

--> Shotaro: "The third keyword is...[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming 'Heartwarming']]."

-->"''The protagonists are detectives.''"

* ZettaiRyouiki: Wakana Sonozaki in some episodes.

[[caption-width-right:258:"We are two detectives in one."]]

->"''Now, count up your sins!''"

''Kamen Rider W'' (''W'' read as "Double") is the second ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series of 2009 and the eleventh entry of the franchise's Heisei Era. It aired alongside ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' shows ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' and then ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block.

''Kamen Rider W'' (''W'' read as "Double) is the second ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series of 2009 and the eleventh entry of the franchise's Heisei Era. It aired alongside ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' shows ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' and then ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block.

The second ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series of 2009 and the eleventh entry of the franchise's Heisei Era. It aired alongside ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' shows ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' and then ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block.

[[caption-width-right:258::"We are two detectives in one."]]