Huh. The belt jingles usually go by so fast that I never properly hear them. That is awesome.

I thought we all geeked out on this when it aired? I know I brought it up.

I noticed it too when it first aired, and I haven't even seen Jetman.

Hey the thread's called obvious/obscure for a reason.

I didn't even realize those blocks Ex-Aid used to hit for power ups before the prop guys got lazy were meant to be chocolate bars until like episode 20, and there's even a line in the first episode where Emu blatantly points out that "Mighty eats candy to get stronger" as he's hitting one.

...Those are chocolate bars? :lol

Hot damn.

The best part is that I didn't even figure it out myself. I only know because Bandai straight up told me they're called "Chocolate Blocks" and suddenly it all clicked that Mighty Action X has a vague food theme, hence the chef Bugster goons and Salty.

Does that make Ex-Aid a food-themed Rider by extension? :lol

fuck a non rider fan friend thought it was chocolate and i thought he didn't get the mario thing

Hot damn, I think it does! Sushi Samurai might still be real, then? I kid-I kid.

It's one of those clever kind of references that also make sense without context.

Which is part of why I say Ex-Aid handles its theme so well. I could actually buy Mighty Action being a real game that people would actually want to play. Sure, maybe not in this world that already has Mario and such, but as a sort of alternate verse version? Absolutely could see this as a real product.