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My favorite dad in Kamen Rider? Maybe my favorite dad in Kamen Rider. (I mean, not much competition, since All Dads Are Dead, but still.) I love how many weird angles he comes in at: supportive, but manipulative; demoralizing, but gregarious; that dumb hat, but that awesome chair. He contains multitudes, you know?

His catchphrase is "Ciao" and he liked it so much he has his belt say it too.

incorrect

it's him saying hell yeah in an american accent

do i need to post audio

I was thinking last night about how differently Nadeshiko was handled compared to... any other female rider.

Poppy: Side-character thrown into the spotlight to show how much she means to Emu and gives both characters some new motivation.

Nadeshiko: Yeah, so then she hip-checks a guy through a wall

Sounds the same to me. Both are quirky non-humans whose Rider abilities consist on emphasising how girly they are.

I think it's a little different?

(Up front, though, a lot of it comes down to the fact that Poppy had a whole series as a supporting character to establish her motivations, fears, dreams, relationships, etc. Nadeshiko had less than half a movie.)

Nadeshiko's introduction and purpose is literally just Fourze But A Girl. She doesn't get much of a character, and what's there is meant mostly as a partner, a romantic interest.

Poppy's character is defined by how she uses the maternal instincts she's inherited to care for the people around her, and how she longs to create an identity for herself outside of those boundaries.

They're both quirky, sure (well, not Asuna, but Poppy), and some of their conception is tied to traditionally feminine attributes, but I think each of them approach it in different ways.

This idea reminds me of Parado in Ex-Aid, though Parado had the briefest main villain role.

"I'll change the fate of my patients with my own hands!"
"I'll change the fate of the Bugsters with my own hands!"

Not much of a dark reprise in the franchise AFAIK. There's also OOO where Dr. Maki gets a less booming version of Kougami's music in the beginning of ep. 44.

I'm going to also point out how their first appearances as Riders were presented. Yes, Poppy is girly, but that wasn't the point of the scene. Instead of being like what Nadeshiko had, it's much more a character driven shock moment when we see her viciously attack Emu, who's panicking and trying to bring her back.

Nadeshiko's first scene is just "ooh look she's cute"

Nadeshiko appears exclusively in Koichi Sakamoto-directed movies. She was definitely influenced by how he likes to film women in fight scenes.