Shift Formula

This article is about an allied device which accesses a form in Kamen Rider Drive.

Shift Formula
Gender	N/A
Motif	Formula One car
Ally Type	Sentient collectible
Affiliation	Special Investigation Unit
Homeworld	Earth
First Appearance	What Can Be Spoken By the Irregular Dead?
Latest Appearance	Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
Number of Episode Appearances	15 (Drive) 3 (Movies) 1 (Special) (Webseries) Full list of appearances
Type Formula Tire

"Drive: Type Formula! (Dramatic music, followed by a Formula One car passing by)"

―Transformation announcement via Drive Driver^[src]

Based on a Formula One car, Shift Formula (シフトフォーミュラ, Shifuto Fōmyura) is a sentient Shift Car of the Advanced System which enables Kamen Rider Drive to transform into Type Formula (タイプフォーミュラ, Taipu Fōmyura), enabling him to move faster than Type Speed and manipulate wind as well as equipping him with the Trailer-Hou. This Shift Car was created by Krim Steinbelt himself a long time ago where, like Shift Deadheat, usage of it can enable Drive to resist a Super Heavy Acceleration field. However, Krim was forced to hide its existence as Shift Formula's usage is more dangerous than Shift Deadheat due to the presence of G-Forces on the Drive System.

Usage

Kamen Rider Drive Type Formula

Pit Crew

These Shift Cars are based on pit crew equipment, even bearing the nickname Pit Crew (ピットクルー, Pitto Kurū). They have the ability to "fix" Type Formula whenever said Type is in a mechanical shock. Rinna made these Shift Cars from some leftover designs Harley Hendrickson gave her.

Mantarn F01

Jacky F02

Sparner F03

History

Confronting the Shocker Buruburu with Mach and the five Ninningers, Drive assumed Type Formula to overcome his Terrible Pressure before unleashing the Trailer Impact to destroy him. ^{[Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining Special]}

Drive Type Formula in the driver's seat of Tridoron.

Driving Tridoron as he participated in the Rider Grand Prix, Drive assumed Type Formula while temporarily combining Tridoron with the Ride Booster Set, granting him a boost of speed which allowed him to overtake his Shocker Rider predecessors on their Rider Machines before jettisoning the Ride Boosters back and going head-to-head with Kamen Rider 3 and his TriCyclone, ultimately finishing the race in 1st place. ^{[Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3]}

Facing Kamen Rider 4 for the last time, Drive assumed Type Formula and met #4's Rider Kick with his own, causing his opponent to break his right leg. Though #4 attempted to counter Drive's Formuladrop Kick with his Rider Punch, Drive increased his power by boosting the output with the Shift Brace six times than a further three times, and ultimately destroying #4 for good. ^{[Duel! The True Identity of Shocker's Great Leader]}

Chou Super Hero Taisen

An iteration of Drive Type Formula from the Game World participated as part of Team Highspeed in Chou Super Hero Taisen, competing for the title of Ao-Rider. After beating Team Detective in the first round of the tournament, they were defeated by Team Flying in the second round. ^{[Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen]}

Shift Dash Formula

Shift Dash Formula (シフトダッシュフォーミュラ, Shifuto Dasshu Fōmyura) is a hypothetical cosmetic upgrade of Shift Formula, following the example set by Shift High Speed and Shift Mega Max Flare. ^{[Type HIGH SPEED! The True Power! Type High Speed is Born!]}

As with the majority of the "upgraded" Shift Cars, Dash Formula exists only as a sound programmed into the DX Drive Driver.

Full Throttles

• Drive Driver
• Trailer-Hou

• Type Formula's Full Throttle finisher is the Formuladrop (フォーミュラドロップ, Fōmyura Doroppu), where Drive is covered in bright blue energy as he strikes the enemy with a flying kick. By lifting the Shift Formula Car seven times, Drive can enhance this attack's power in order to destroy the enemy completely. However, doing this may cause him to explode with the enemy as well.
  • During Type Formula's first use, its Full Throttle finisher was an unnamed Rider Punch which covered Drive in bright blue energy as he dashed straight into the enemy and struck them with a double handed punch. Unfortunately, the sheer power of this attack on top of the G-Forces pressed onto Drive's body ended up giving Shinnosuke whiplash.

Formuladrop
(Normal)

Formuladrop
(Enhanced)

Unnamed punch

The Trailer-Hou has two Rider Shooting Full Throttle finishers, both of which depend on a Shift Car being inserted into the Shift Landing Slot (シフトランディングスロット, Shifuto Randingu Surotto) and up to two other Shift Cars being loaded into the Shutter Gate Panel (シャッターゲートパネル, Shattā Gēto Paneru). Once the loading is complete, the Side Gauge Window (サイドゲージウィンドウ, Saido Gēji Uindou) displays the word "FULL". Each of these attacks correspond to one of Drive's strongest Types.

• Trailer Impact

• Trailer Impact (トレーラーインパクト, Torērā Inpakuto): While assuming Type Formula, or its Tire Exchanges, Drive inserts Shift Formula into the Shift Landing Slot before loading two other Shift Cars into the Shutter Gate Panel so that he may fire an enhanced projectile shot at the enemy.
  • Type Formula
    • Shift Speed & Shift Wild: Fires a blue energy blast.
    • Shift Speed & Midnight Shadow: Fires rapid energy bullets.
    • Jacky F02 & Sparner F03: Fires a blue energy stream.
  • Type Formula Mantarn
    • Jacky F02 & Sparner F03: Fires a blue energy stream.
  • Type Formula Jacky
    • Mantarn F01 & Sparner F03: Fires a blue energy beam.
  • Type Formula Sparner
    • Mantarn F01 & Jacky F02: Fires a blue energy blast.
  • There are two variation of the Trailer Impact.

(Speed & Wild)

(Speed & Midnight Shadow)

(Jacky F02 & Sparner F03)

(Mantarn F01 & Sparner F03)

(Mantarn F01 & Jacky F02)

Behind the scenes

Closing Screens

Shift Formula features on the Closing Screens of the following relevant Kamen Rider Drive productions.

Episode 22
(Shift Formula)

Episode 23
(Shift Formula, Mantarn F01, Sparner F03, & Jacky F02)

Episode 24
(Shift Formula, Signal Mach, Sparner F03, & Jacky F02)

Episode 28
(Shift Deadheat, Mantarn F01, Rumble Dump, & Shift Formula)

Episode 29
(Shift Technic, Shift Wild, Shift Formula, & Signal Chaser)

Episode 30
(Shift Formula, Midnight Shadow, Massive Monster, & Max Flare)

Episode 31
(Midnight Shadow, Fire Braver, Shift Formula, & Signal Chaser)

Episode 34
(Shift Speed, Shift Technic, Shift Formula, & Shift Tridoron)

Episode 38
(Shift Formula, Shift Deadheat, Signal Chaser, & Shift Wild)

Episode 39
(Shift Formula, Shift Tridoron, Shift Deadheat, & Shift Speed Prototype)

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Drive
  • Episode 21: What Can Be Spoken About the Irregular Dead?
  • Episode 22: How Can I Use the F1 Body to Fight?
  • Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation One-Hour Combining Special
  • Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3
  • D-Video Special: Kamen Rider 4
    • Episode 3: Duel! The True Identity of Shocker's Great Leader
  • Episode 23: Who Can Stop the Hoax Smile?
  • Episode 24: What Can Keep Mach Running?
  • Episode 25: Why Has a New Battle Started?
  • Episode 27: What's Go Shijima's Reason to Fight?
  • Episode 28: Why Were the Families Targeted?
  • Episode 29: What Really Happened in the Robbery?
  • Episode 30: Who Reveals the Real Criminal?
  • Episode 31: Why Did the Important Memories Disappear?
  • Episode 32: What is Waiting at the End of Evolution?
  • Episode 34: Who Claimed the Life of Eisuke Tomari?
  • Episode 36: Where Will the Bullet Guide Justice?
  • Episode 38: Why is the Devil Still Seeking Evolution?
  • Episode 39: When Will the Whirlwind Kidnapper Attack?
  • Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
  • Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis
  • Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders