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''Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia'' is a 2001 tokatsu DirectToVideo film produced by Tsuburaya, part of the Franchise/UltraSeries and a sequel to Series/UltramanGaia.

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''Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia'' is a 2001 tokatsu tokusatsu DirectToVideo film produced by Tsuburaya, part of the Franchise/UltraSeries and a sequel to Series/UltramanGaia.
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* DragonAscendant: Gakuzom is one of the Roots of Destruction, like Zogu, and thus was one of the Radical Destruction Bringer's CoDragons. However, his master gave up, making Gakuzom now an independent threat.
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Gakuzom has plans and is capable of thinking, but still accurate otherwise.


* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the BigBad of the previous [[Film/UltramanTigaGaidenRevivalOfTheAncientGiant two]] [[Film/UltramanDynaTheReturnOfHanejiro Gaidens]], which are human (or humanoid) and sentient beings capable of thought, Gakuzom on the other hand is a mindless, destructive monster whose purpose is to wipe out all life on earth.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the BigBad of the previous [[Film/UltramanTigaGaidenRevivalOfTheAncientGiant two]] [[Film/UltramanDynaTheReturnOfHanejiro Gaidens]], which are human (or humanoid) and sentient beings capable of thought, some form of communication, Gakuzom on the other hand is a mindless, destructive monster whose purpose is to wipe out all life on earth. monstrous brute who never directly communicates, with his actions conveying its personality.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the BigBad of the [[Film/UltramanTigaGaidenRevivalOfTheAncientGiant two]] [[Film/UltramanDynaTheReturnOfHanejiro Gaidens]], which are human (or humanoid) and sentient beings capable of thought, Gakuzom on the other hand is a mindless, destructive monster whose purpose is to wipe out all life on earth.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the BigBad of the previous [[Film/UltramanTigaGaidenRevivalOfTheAncientGiant two]] [[Film/UltramanDynaTheReturnOfHanejiro Gaidens]], which are human (or humanoid) and sentient beings capable of thought, Gakuzom on the other hand is a mindless, destructive monster whose purpose is to wipe out all life on earth.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the BigBad of the two prior Gaidens, which are human (or humanoid) and sentient beings capable of thought, Gakuzom on the other hand is a mindless, destructive monster whose purpose is to wipe out all life on earth.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the BigBad of the two prior Gaidens, [[Film/UltramanTigaGaidenRevivalOfTheAncientGiant two]] [[Film/UltramanDynaTheReturnOfHanejiro Gaidens]], which are human (or humanoid) and sentient beings capable of thought, Gakuzom on the other hand is a mindless, destructive monster whose purpose is to wipe out all life on earth.
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* MysteriousWaif: Melissa, the mysterious, blonde-haired little girl that Hiroshi keeps seeing throughout his visions. [[spoiler: Turns out she was the human incarnation of the underwater plankton-like lifeforms called Rinars]].

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* MysteriousWaif: MysticalWaif: Melissa, the mysterious, blonde-haired little girl that Hiroshi keeps seeing throughout his visions. [[spoiler: Turns out she was the human incarnation of the underwater plankton-like lifeforms called Rinars]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Gamu, now a university student, has made several friends in classes, all of them which are aware of his identity as an ex-Ultraman. However, after the first 10 minutes none of them showed up for the rest of the episode, not even at the end when Gamu transforms into Ultraman Gaia once again, where the film shows crowds of civilians and citizens cheering for the Ultras. They do have a quick cameo in the credits though.
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** [[spoiler: The Rinars shows up once again in the climax, when Ultraman Gaia and Agul have lost to Gakuzom, where they materialize en-masse into light particles into the Ultras' Colour Timers, recharging them to full strength for another rematch]].
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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Gakuzom, upon realizing the combined might of Ultraman Gaia and Agul would be too much for him to handle, decide to absorb hordes and hordes of his Baiakuhe into his body, greatly increasing Gakuzom's size and powers and morphing the monster into a near OneWingedAngel form.
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* LateForSchool: Happens to Gamu (now a university student) early in the episode. While an excited schoolgirl asks for Gamu to pose Ultraman-style for her camera, a couple of Gamu's friends interrupts by reminding him classes is about to start.

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* MysteriousWaif: The mysterious, blonde-haired little girl that Hiroshi keeps seeing throughout his visions.

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* MysteriousWaif: The Melissa, the mysterious, blonde-haired little girl that Hiroshi keeps seeing throughout his visions.visions. [[spoiler: Turns out she was the human incarnation of the underwater plankton-like lifeforms called Rinars]].


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* ScareChord: Used in the scene where Hiroshi meets Melissa the first time. The unexpected, high-pitch shriek out of nowhere can easily cause a JumpScare for first-time viewers.

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* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: The XIG pilots reinforcing Ultraman Gaia and Agul in the climax, when both Ultras are near the losing side of a CurbStompBattle, allowing the Ultras to turn the tide around]].



* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: The XIG pilots reinforcing Ultraman Gaia and Agul in the climax, when both Ultras are near the losing side of a CurbStompBattle, allowing the Ultras to turn the tide around]].

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* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: The XIG pilots reinforcing With the crew of Team Marlin, sans Gamu, knocked unconscious and out of comission, the Rinars immediately enters the crashed submarine and donates their light into Gamu's Esplender, allowing him to transform into Ultraman Gaia and Agul in the climax, when both Ultras are near the losing side of a CurbStompBattle, allowing the Ultras to turn the tide around]].once again]].

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* MysteriousWaif: The mysterious, blonde-haired little girl that Hiroshi keeps seeing throughout his visions.



* SayMyName: "GAMU!!!!!"/"FUJIMIYA!!!!" ([[spoiler: said by the respective heroes' love interests near the end of the climax, when thehy - in Ultra form - are on the losing side of the final battle against Gakuzom]])

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* SayMyName: "GAMU!!!!!"/"FUJIMIYA!!!!" ([[spoiler: said by the respective heroes' love interests near the end of the climax, when thehy they - in Ultra form - are on the losing side of the final battle against Gakuzom]])
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* MeaningfulName: The Baiakuhe are named after the [[https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Byakhee Byakhee]] from HP Lovecraft's stories.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonistBigBad: Gakuzom, which is also a prophesied bringer of destruction.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the BigBad of the two prior Gaidens, which are human (or humanoid) and sentient beings capable of thought, Gakuzom on the other hand is a mindless, destructive monster whose purpose is to wipe out all life on earth.



* HenshinHero
* HeroicSecondWind

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* HenshinHero
HenshinHero: Gamu and Hiroshi is back!
* HeroicSecondWindHeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: The XIG pilots reinforcing Ultraman Gaia and Agul in the climax, when both Ultras are near the losing side of a CurbStompBattle, allowing the Ultras to turn the tide around]].


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* TheRemnant: Gakuzom is a surviving member of Zogu's legion of monsters. Naturally, with Zogu gone, this new monster is eager to continue what its master have started.
* SayMyName: "GAMU!!!!!"/"FUJIMIYA!!!!" ([[spoiler: said by the respective heroes' love interests near the end of the climax, when thehy - in Ultra form - are on the losing side of the final battle against Gakuzom]])
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''Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia'' is a 2001 tokatsu DirectToVideo film produced by Tsuburaya, part of the Franchise/UltraSeries and a sequel to Series/UltramanGaia.

A year after the defeat of Zogu, Gamu Takayama and Hiroshi Fujimiya began to live normal lives, Gamu as a student furthering his studies, Hiroshi living as a semi-recluse on his own. However, another threat will soon arise in the form of a surviving monster from Zogu’s army, Gakuzom. After a year of separation, the two heroes will once again join forces to save the world once again...

Tropes related to new characters in this spinoff is already on the series' [[Characters/UltramanGaia main character pages]].


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!!''Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia'' provides the following tropes.

* AwesomeUnderwaterWorld: The underwater population of seahorse-like Rinars, their civilization which was wiped out by Gakuzom prior to the series.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: The Baiakuhe army, which resembles flying fishes the size of airplanes.
* HenshinHero
* HeroicSecondWind
* {{Kaiju}}
* ZergRush: Gakuzom's monster army of Baiakuhes, which attacks in large numbers [[spoiler: even capable of taking down Ultraman Agul]].

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