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So something an earlier comment made me realize... the Triceratops two-parter not only gave us Leave All Behind, but also if I'm remembering correctly, our first look at Cyclone Effect Acoustic. Which uh, given what it's paired with in people's minds when it comes to W, feels weird that it was part of a scene where Terui and Triceratops Cop were talking to each other. Leave All Behind's a fun song but it definitely felt out of place in the climax tbh, mostly in that it just did not fit with the action.

Anyway Liar Dopant time, in which we get an absurdly funny but powerful Dopant power if used correctly. The fights it has with Accel and W are fun because he's not really the strongest, but he makes up for that with his abilities.

The guest's this week are rather nice, Jimmy and Yukiho had a real nice story, and because neither were the Dopant, the two ended up having a happier ending than most other guests do on this show.

Like with Movie War 2010 and Accel though, I forgot how this show loves to build up to its next plots sometimes? Weather Dopant Doctor Dude I knew was introduced alongside Accel. But I forgot how they keep him and the Weather memory relatively sparse until this set of episodes. I recognized him instantly when Yukiho goes to him for a standard visit. So I was impressed by them deciding to use an incidental doctor visit that the cast visits to leave the scene open for Saeko to enter. And once she enters it's quickly revealed to us exactly who he is.

That being said I mostly remember these episodes because of the singing contest portions, more specifically Finger on the Trigger. Mostly because the Cover Version that our Kamen Singers perform was never actually released during W's run for some reason. It took us like a decade later to actually get it via a Heisei Rider Music set in 2019. I will also point out that while Androzani hit all the Rider related bases with Ichiro Mizuki, I still want to mention that he is of course the iconic singer for the theme of the classic mecha show Mazinger Z, which is where his "Zeeeet!" tick comes from.