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* ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'': In Chichi's [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness first appearance]] she fights with a helmet that outfits her with a forehead beam and throwable head fin, homages to Ultraseven's Emerium Beam and Eye Slugger.

* Although not a full blown member of this trope, Angol Mois of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' follows the example of Series/UltraSeven (the succeeding series of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''), being portrayed as an alien who took on a human form based on a human that caught her interest.

*** The Emerald Alien, who gives the human pilot his vehicles, looks like a Color Timer-less green-eyed Ultraman. Something which comes full circle when the Ultra Series proper would homage the Alien Emeralds in the form of [[RedShirtArmy Background Ultras]] starting with Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends.

* ''VideoGame/Psychonauts'': Kochamara is a giant, multi-colored superhero who supposedly protects the city of Lungfishopolis using the powers of flight and shooting a beam similar to Ultraman's Specium Beam. Key emphasis on the word "supposedly" - [[CorruptedCharacterCopy he's really just a big bully who'll gladly stomp on the city's civilians if they don't throw big enough parades in his honor]].

* ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' has a dream episode where Noa homages Ultraman and transforms into a giant hero with a similar color scheme, to fight a [[Characters/UltramanTVSeries Zetton]]-like monster as a recreation of the famous final episode of the original series.

* ''Anime/PatlaborTheTVSeries'' has a dream episode where Noa homages Ultraman and transforms into a giant hero with a similar color scheme, to fight a [[Characters/UltramanTVSeries Zetton]]-like monster as a recreation of the famous [[Recap/UltramanEp39FarewellUltraman final episode]] of the original series.

* Astro Guy of ''VideoGame/KingOfTheMonsters'' is a human(oid) character with a red-and-blue costume, a helmet crest, and yellow goggles that evoke Ultraman's appearance. Fitting, as many of the other playable characters that he can fight are expies of famous Kaiju.

* ''Anime/ConcreteRevolutio'': The first episode has the Superhuman Bureau hunting down a man named Akira Shirota, who fused with a dying alien named Grosse Augen and gained the ability to transform into his form to fight giant monsters. In a twist, it turns out that their ability to fuse together was actually ''Akira'''s power rather than Augen's. With Jiro's help, Akira [[FakingTheDead fakes his death]] by expelling Grosse Augen and switching to a comatose S Planeterian (an alien {{expy}} of [[Series/UltramanTiga Kyrieloid]]) as his new host, which has the side effect of giving it a new red[=/=]silver colour scheme similar to Ultraman.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The Eva units are a particularly warped example. Initially they're presented as HumongousMecha which the [[CreatureHunterOrganization taskforce]] [=NERV=] (and [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness their backers]] [=SEELE=]) built to fight alien {{Kaiju}}, and which have a limited operational time due to running on batteries. In truth they're actually lobotomised alien giants which [=NERV=] created through cloning, and controls by fusing them with the souls of their pilots' mothers. They're also strangely lean and athletic in design, with WordOfGod saying they were intentionally animated to resemble the movements of Ultramen. Even the show's famous Christian FauxSymbolism has been suggested to be a reference to the Ultra Series -- Eiji Tsuburaya was a devout Catholic and often included similar imagery in his productions.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The anime's depiction of Staryu (a starfish-like Pokémon) homages Ultraman, giving it similar grunts and making its core flash red when it's low on energy. There are in-universe theories that Staryu and its evolution Starmie are alien in origin and[=/=]or can communicate with space.

SubTrope to FountainOfExpies and StockParodies. See also MechVsBeast, with which this trope sometimes overlaps.

* The first episode of ''Anime/ConcreteRevolutio'' has a human named Akira Shiota who fuses with a crash-landed alien named Grosse Augen. Ironically its an inversion of the trope where the human has the ability to fuse with aliens and the alien's form was used to fight monsters in the city. It also helps that when he was hunted down by the Superhuman Bureau, Jiro helped Akira to FakingTheDead by expelling Grosse Augen and instead taking S Planeterian (an alien {{expy}} of [[Series/UltramanTiga Kyrieloid]]) to become his new host.

* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': Jet Jaguar from ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' is a very notable Ultraman copy, being a silver/red (with some yellow and blue added to make him more distinct) hero that can grow to size and fights the Kaiju Megalon and Gigan alongside Godzilla.

* ''Film/TheSuperInframan'', an old Creator/ShawBrothers sci-fi film where the titular hero is a pastiche between ''Ultraman'' and ''Kamen Rider''. He can even super-size himself, and launch energy blasts by crossing his hands together and at one point, enlarges himself to kaiju size to defeat a similarly-supersized monster.

[[caption-width-right:350: From the Land of Light for the sake of the Earth, here they come our expied Ultramen! [[labelnote:Clockwise from top left]] Series/ZoneFighter, [[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman Gridman]][[Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad /Servo]], [[VideoGame/DawnOfTheMonsters Aegis Prime]], [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Way Big]] and (Center) Series/UltraMan.[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:From a distant planet land, comes our hero Ultraman.[[note]]Top row from left to right: Series/IronKing, Series/ZoneFighter and [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Jet Jaguar]]; bottom row from left to right: [[Franchise/Ben10 Way Big]], [[Franchise/YuGiOh Elemental HERO Neos]] and [[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman Gridman]]/[[Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad Servo]][[/note]]]]

* One episode of ''Manga/Gintama'' features Spacewoman, an alien superhero who is essentially a female Ultra in appearance and abilities, down to the exact same height and weight as the original Ultraman. Personality-wise, she's portrayed as a depressed salarywoman who regrets having put off her personal life in favor of defending the universe.

* Gigaman of ''VideoGame/GigaBash'' is a blue spandex-clad giant superhero with a similar outfit and powers as Ultraman, although [[FormerlyFit a bit out of shape]],

*** The Emerald Alien, who gives the human pilot his vehicles, looks like a Color Timer-less green-eyed Ultraman.

Not all these criteria have to met at once - even within the Franchise/UltraSeries itself there are some divergences from the pattern.

* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' has a dream episode where Noa homages Ultraman and transforms into a giant hero with a similar color scheme, to fight a [[Characters/UltramanTVSeries Zetton]]-like monster as a recreation of the famous final episode of the original series.

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** From the ''GX'' era there's [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8b/34/27/8b3427308efb0297fab04a522e38ffd9.jpg Elemental Hero Neos]], a monster resembling a cross between Ultraman (NamesTheSame to Series/UltramanNeos as well) and Manga/{{Guyver}}, with a white/red (as well as blue) color scheme, and which coined the "Contact Fusion" mechanic for [[FusionDance merging with its allies]] without the aid of a Spell Card. The rest of the "Neo-Spacian" archetype is similarly inspired by the Ultras.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The Eva units are a particularly warped example. Initially they're presented as HumongousMecha which the [[CreatureHunterOrganization taskforce]] [=NERV=] (and [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness their backers]] [=SEELE=]) built to fight alien {{Kaiju}}, and which have a limited operational time due to running on batteries. In truth they're actually lobotomised alien giants which [=NERV=] created through cloning, and controls by fusing them with the souls of their pilots' mothers. They're also strangely lean and athletic in design, with WordOfGod saying they were intentionally animated to resemble the movements of Ultramen. Even the show's famous Christian FauxSymbolism has also been suggested to be a reference to the Ultra Series -- Eji Tsuburaya was a devout Catholic and often included similar imagery in his productions.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The Eva units are a particularly warped example. Initially they're presented as HumongousMecha which the [[CreatureHunterOrganization taskforce]] [=NERV=] (and [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness their backers]] [=SEELE=]) built to fight alien {{Kaiju}}, and which have a limited operational time due to running on batteries. In truth they're actually lobotomised alien giants which [=NERV=] created through cloning, and controls by fusing them with the souls of their pilots' mothers. They're also strangely lean and athletic in design, with WordOfGod saying they were intentionally animated to resemble the movements of Ultramen.

* Uses a baton-like TransformationTrinket similar to the [[https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Beta_Capsule Beta Capsule]].

* ''Anime/SSSSGridman'': As a reboot of the original show, this series' Gridman and [[spoiler: other heroes like Gridknight]] take on similar traits to the Ultras design-wise and power-wise, [[spoiler:moreso in the finale when Gridman recovers his original form.]]