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** Second, Mefilas. To his credit, he improves on Zarab's initial idea. [[spoiler:Instead of trying to deceive a child and hold a city hostage by brainwashing an SSSP member into becoming a giant, Mefilas actively presents as a HumanAlien, once again claiming to be a benevolent alien establishing FirstContact. He also pointedly doesn't try to antagonize Ultraman directly, instead twisting the idea of HumansAsSpecial as justification towards turning them into giants that will eventually become kaiju, like him and Ultraman. He also smartly retreats when he realizes a bigger threat, Zoffy and Zetton, has come for Earth]].
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** Second, Mefilas. To his credit, he improves on Zarab's initial idea. [[spoiler:Instead of trying to deceive a child and hold a city hostage by brainwashing an SSSP member into becoming a giant, Mefilas actively presents as a HumanAlien, {{Human Alien|s}}, once again claiming to be a benevolent alien establishing FirstContact. He also pointedly doesn't try to antagonize Ultraman directly, instead twisting the idea of HumansAsSpecial as justification towards turning them into giants that will eventually become kaiju, like him and Ultraman. He also smartly retreats when he realizes a bigger threat, Zoffy and Zetton, has come for Earth]].
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* MyCard: This is how Mefilas introduces himself in his [[HumanAlien human form]], semi-formally holding out his business card with one hand, with his name and position as Plenipotentiary on it.
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* MyCard: This is how Mefilas introduces himself in his [[HumanAlien [[HumanAliens human form]], semi-formally holding out his business card with one hand, with his name and position as Plenipotentiary on it.
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* ShotForShotRemake: {{Downplayed}}. The battle between Ultraman and Imitation Ultraman features shots that match up very closely with shots from Zarab's debut episode, "Brother from Another Planet".
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* GreenAesop: Mefilas briefly mentions that [[spoiler: not all of the Kaijus were awoken by him. Some of them were awoken by humanity's destruction of the environment.]]
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** [[spoiler: What happened to Ultraman at the end of the movie. Since Zoffy apparently honored his request to leave both his life and his body to Kaminaga, it's unclear if he was KilledOffForReal or if he can still be revived.]]
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** Mefilas presenting himself as an ambassador is likely a reference to Ambassador Mephisto, an Alien Mefilas from the [[Manga/{{Ultraman}} Eiichi Shimizu manga]].
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** During the film's DarkestHour, a factory, a river bank and the inside of a noodle shop are shown among the montage of humanity living their normal lives [[spoiler:oblivious to the fact that Zetton is about to eradicate them]]. This is a reference to the ''Series/UltraSeven'' episode "The Boy who Cried Flying Saucer", where key events of the episode took place in those specific locations.
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** Ultraman deflecting [[spoiler: Zetton's beams]] by spinning was a reference to the intro fight in the animated short ''The Ultraman: Jackal vs Ultraman''.
** During the film's DarkestHour, a factory, a river bank and the inside of a noodle shop are shown among the montage of humanity living their normal lives [[spoiler:oblivious to the fact that Zetton is about to eradicate them]]. This is a reference to the ''Series/UltraSeven'' episode "The Boywho Who Cried Flying Saucer", where key events of the episode took place in those specific locations.
** During the film's DarkestHour, a factory, a river bank and the inside of a noodle shop are shown among the montage of humanity living their normal lives [[spoiler:oblivious to the fact that Zetton is about to eradicate them]]. This is a reference to the ''Series/UltraSeven'' episode "The Boy
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* HumansAreSpecial: The whole conflict of the movie revolves around extraterrestrial civilizations discovering humanity's potential [[spoiler:in particular, their compatibility with Beta technology]], and reacting with either sympathy or fear:
** Ultraman takes the most compassionate stance, choosing to believe in humanity's positive traits, such as their ingenuity. After spending time among humans, he empathizes with them both as individuals and as a society, and chooses to protect them.
** [[spoiler:Zarab]] is on the other end, deciding that humans ''aren't'' special. If anything, HumansAreInsects to him, a local scourge he's been tasked with eliminating, which he treats with all the same dispassion as bug exterminator scoping out a colony before stamping them out.
** [[spoiler:Mefilas]] intellectually recognizes humanity's potential, and indeed sets up a BatmanGambit [[spoiler:to show the intergalactic community that they're a nascent resource that can be weaponized with Beta technology]]. Despite admiring human culture, it's ultimately a CondescendingCompassion that treats humans as "valuable pets" [[spoiler:or living weapons]].
** Finally [[spoiler:Zoffy]] decides that HumansAreBastards, a warlike race that would destabilize galactic society if left unchecked [[spoiler:thanks to their ability to transform with Beta technology]]. In other words, to him, humans are special because they're too dangerous.
** Ultraman takes the most compassionate stance, choosing to believe in humanity's positive traits, such as their ingenuity. After spending time among humans, he empathizes with them both as individuals and as a society, and chooses to protect them.
** [[spoiler:Zarab]] is on the other end, deciding that humans ''aren't'' special. If anything, HumansAreInsects to him, a local scourge he's been tasked with eliminating, which he treats with all the same dispassion as bug exterminator scoping out a colony before stamping them out.
** [[spoiler:Mefilas]] intellectually recognizes humanity's potential, and indeed sets up a BatmanGambit [[spoiler:to show the intergalactic community that they're a nascent resource that can be weaponized with Beta technology]]. Despite admiring human culture, it's ultimately a CondescendingCompassion that treats humans as "valuable pets" [[spoiler:or living weapons]].
** Finally [[spoiler:Zoffy]] decides that HumansAreBastards, a warlike race that would destabilize galactic society if left unchecked [[spoiler:thanks to their ability to transform with Beta technology]]. In other words, to him, humans are special because they're too dangerous.
