History Recap / UltramanEp39FarewellUltraman

* This is notably the only time the Ultra and host separate at the end of the series and the only time amnesia is involved. Later separations are either temporary or only in movies, while no other case has led to amnesia.

Science Patrol watches as the red orb with Zoffy and Ultraman floats away, while Hayata reappears on the ground some distance away. The team realizes that Ultraman is leaving, meaning that protection of the Earth is now in humanity’s hands. Zoffy then splits from the red orb and takes the weakened Ultraman resting inside to space. Hayata rejoins his teammates while they all say goodbye to Ultraman. When they ask him where he was the whole time, Hayata simply tells them that the red sphere was the one he saw and collided into at Lake Ryugamori, before realizing he doesn’t remember anything that happened afterwards[[note]]Hayata retains his memories of his time as Ultraman in the English dub[[/note]]. Still, he and the team watch Zoffy and Ultraman disappear into the sky. In space, Ultraman exits the orb with renewed strength and begins to fly alongside Zoffy. The final scene is Ultraman and Zoffy soaring through space with the Land of Light in M78 in their sight.

A vast fleet of flying saucers surrounding a mothership makes its way to Earth with planetary domination in mind. Fortunately, satellites across the globe pick them up and report it. Science Patrol receives the information and the world enters a state of both fear and military preparation. At HQ, Fuji informs that Paris HQ’s analysis indicates the invasion armada will arrive at 12:24 AM Japan Time, though its exact destination is unclear. Realizing they only have 40 minutes until arrival, Muramatsu instructs the team to alert the JSDF. Soon, the JSDF’s pilots are patrolling the Japanese skies while Science Patrol anxiously awaits alongside Dr. Iwamoto. The saucers enter Earth’s atmosphere minutes later. They are just north of Hawaii, but moving towards the Asian side of the Pacific. They are making a beeline for Japan, where they encounter the JSDF. The saucer fleet easily eradicates the opposing forces, despite Japan’s best efforts. Science Patrol soon receives the news as well as a command from Paris HQ to attack. The world’s fate is in the hands of Japan.

Muramatsu, Hayata, Arashi, and Ide head out on their Jet [=V-TOLs=] while Fuji and Dr. Iwamoto remain at HQ. However, Dr. Iwamoto remembers that he has an important weapon for Science Patrol to utilize on the alien invaders, which the team has not been given yet. As he heads downstairs, a pair of cold green hands grab him. They throttle the scientists into unconsciousness before dragging his body behind a door and leaving it there. Dr. Iwamoto soon returns with no mystery weapon. He knocks Fuji unconscious before sabotaging the HQ. Meanwhile, Science Patrol and their Jet [=V-TOLs=] are having a smoother time destroying the saucer army than the JSDF. Hayata and Muramatsu then spot the mothership slipping away from the dogfight, so they pursue it in their Jet V-TOL. They chase the mothership through mountain passes and chasms, but lose it. Fortunately by this point, Ide and Arashi have eliminated all the invading ships. Muramatsu tells them to go back to HQ while he and Hayata continue to search for the mothership, unaware that the ship has hidden in a cavern and begin to burrow through the earth.

As Ide and Arashi fly home, Ide notices that HQ isn’t responding to his calls. Concerned, the two call Muramatsu and Hayata, who give up their mothership hunt and accompany Ide and Arashi. At HQ, they find the building’s systems have all been destroyed by someone and Fuji is still passed out on the ground. They wake her up, and she tells them that Dr. Iwamoto was responsible. Ide takes Fuji outside while Arashi, Muramatsu, and Hayata hunt Dr. Iwamoto through the HQ. They soon find the scientist and chase him outside. Arashi catches up to Dr. Iwamoto and punches the man in the face, sending him to the ground. When Muramatsu rushes up to check on Dr. Iwamoto, he finds a one-eyed humanoid with blackish-green skin and a single antenna on its head. Dr. Iwamoto had been replaced with an extraterrestrial agent. The alien stands up and looks at the shocked men before Hayata shoots it with his ray gun. In its dying breath, it utters one cryptic word: "Zetton".

As Arashi pieces together what happened, Hayata is more interested in knowing what Zetton is. Suddenly, the mothership bursts out the grounds near HQ. It flies towards the base and lands safely. Then, its hatch opens and a giant blue orb begins to rapidly expand from it. Eventually, the orb explodes, destroying the mothership and unleashing the answer to Hayata’s question. Where once stood the mothership is now Zetton, a bizarre monster resembling a humanoid beetle with a flashing yellow patch instead of a face and two more on its chest. Zetton walks towards Science Patrol HQ in an almost robotic fashion, ignoring the team’s futile attempts to stop it. Inside HQ, Dr. Iwamoto regains consciousness from his imposter’s assault. Luckily, he has been given a communication badge by Muramatsu, so he contacts the team and requests a rescue. Muramatsu instructs Hayata and Arashi to take Dr. Iwamoto out to safety while he continues to fire upon Zetton. Zetton has already reached HQ though, so Hayata leaves Arashi to find Dr. Iwamoto. Instead, he pulls out the Beta Capsule and becomes Ultraman!

Ultraman begins the battle by binding Zetton in rings of energy to keep the alien monster in place. Zetton turns its attention to Ultraman and shows off its incredible power by simply break out of the energy rings like they were made of paper. Zetton continues to display its formidable nature through teleportation, hails of fireballs from its yellow patch, and a projected force field that shatters the Ultra Slash like glass. Even Zetton’s kicks and punches prove overwhelming for Ultraman. Eventually, Ultraman decides to finish the fight with a Specium Ray, but the most shocking event happens. Zetton catches the Specium Ray with its bare hands, absorbing it into its body. Then, it converts the Specium Ray into its own energy, which its fires from its hands, striking Ultraman straight in his flashing Color Timer with unbelievable strength! Ultraman’s eyes begin to darken as his Color Timer breaks and fades. The hero falls over with a thundering crash. Ultraman is dead.

Science Patrol and Dr. Iwamoto have now gathered back together, just in time to be horrified by the sight of their fallen hero. Zetton continues to lumber towards HQ, intent on smashing it to pieces while Science Patrol can only watch in despair. Thankfully, Dr. Iwamoto has finally gotten the mystery weapon he had made for Science Patrol. It’s a small missile-like bullet of immense power, but it is the only one of its kind. He gives it to Arashi, who rushes towards the attacking Zetton. He shoots Zetton, hitting the monster and levitating it into the air, where it is blown to pieces by the projectile. Although everyone is now relieved at the defeat of Zetton and the alien fleet, this is not the time to celebrate. The HQ is still in shambles from the alien saboteur and Zetton's rampage, while Ultraman’s body lies in the fields outside the building, cold and stiff. Fortunately, Science Patrol puts out the fires and fixes their HQ with ease. As with Ultraman, things would never be the same.

Dr. Iwamoto spots something flying to Earth. It is another Ultraman! This Ultraman creates a red orb of energy, just like the one Hayata first met the first Ultraman in. The sphere floats Ultraman’s body inside and its occupant speaks to Ultraman’s spirit. The second Ultraman looks just like Ultraman but with many studs on his chest. The second Ultraman introduces himself as Zoffy, a high ranking space patrol officer, and instructs Ultraman to return to his home of the Land of Light in Nebula M78[[note]]In the dub, Zoffy scolds Ultraman for his failure to defeat Zetton[[/note]]. Ultraman explains that Hayata will die if he separates and heads home, so he will stay on Earth. Ultraman then tells Zoffy that he would like to give his life to Hayata and die in the human's place for Hayata has nothing on Ultraman's twenty thousand year life, so it would be unjust to let a short-lived creature die as a victim of Ultraman’s battles. Understanding Ultraman’s compassion, Zoffy decides to give some of his life to Hayata and Ultraman for revival before separating the two. Zoffy then takes the Beta Capsule and reverses it, splitting Hayata and Ultraman back into two separate beings.

Science Patrol watches as the red orb with Zoffy and Ultraman floats away, while Hayata reappears on the ground some distance away. The team realize that Ultraman is leaving, meaning that protection of the Earth is now in humanity’s hands. Zoffy then splits from the red orb and takes the weakened Ultraman resting inside to space. Hayata rejoins his teammates while they all say goodbye to Ultraman. When they ask him where he was the whole time, Hayata simply tells them that the red sphere was the one he saw and collided into at Ryugamori, before realizing he doesn’t remember anything that happened afterwards[[note]]Hayata retains his memories of his time as Ultraman in the dub[[/note]]. Still, he and the team watch Zoffy and Ultraman disappear into the sky. In space, Ultraman exits the orb with renewed strength and begins to fly alongside Zoffy. The final scene is Ultraman and Zoffy soaring through space with the Land of Light in M78 in their sight.

A vast fleet of flying saucers surrounding a mothership makes its way to Earth with planetary domination in mind. Fortunately, satellites across the globe pick them up and report it. Science Patrol receives the information and the world enters a state of both fear and military preparation. At Science Patrol HQ, Fuji informs that Paris HQ’s analysis indicates the invasion armada will arrive at 12:24 AM Japan Time, though its exact destination is unclear. Realizing they only have 40 minutes until arrival, Muramatsu instructs the team to alert the JSDF. By 9:19, the JSDF’s pilots are patrolling the Japanese skies while Science Patrol anxiously awaits alongside Dr. Iwamoto (whom you may remember from several other episodes). The saucers enter Earth’s atmosphere minutes later. They are just north of Hawaii, but moving towards the Asian side of the Pacific. They are making a beeline for Japan, where they encounter the JSDF. The saucer fleet easily eradicates the opposing forces, despite Japan’s best efforts. Science Patrol soon receives the news as well as a command from Paris HQ to attack. The world’s fate is in the hands of Japan.

As Ide and Arashi fly home, Ide notices that HQ isn’t responding to his calls. Concerned, the two call Muramatsu and Hayata, who give up their mothership hunt and accompany Ide and Arashi. At HQ, they find the building’s systems have all been destroyed by someone and Fuji is still passed out on the ground. They wake her up and she tells them that Dr. Iwamoto was responsible. Ide takes Fuji outside while Arashi, Muramatsu, and Hayata hunt Dr. Iwamoto through the HQ. They soon find the scientist and chase him outside. Arashi catches up to Dr. Iwamoto and punches the man in the face, sending him to the ground. When Muramatsu rushes up to check on Dr. Iwamoto, he finds a one-eyed humanoid with blackish-green skin and a single antenna on its head. Dr. Iwamoto had been replaced with an extraterrestrial spy. The alien stands up and looks at the shocked men before Hayata shoots it with his ray gun. In its dying breath, it utters one cryptic word: Zetton.

As Arashi pieces together what happened earlier, Hayata is more interested in knowing what Zetton is. Suddenly, the mothership bursts out the grounds near HQ. It flies towards the base and lands safely. Then, its hatch opens and a giant blue orb begins to rapidly expand from it. Eventually, the orb explodes, destroying the mothership and unleashing the answer to Hayata’s question. Where once stood the mothership is now Zetton, a bizarre monster resembling a humanoid beetle with a flashing yellow patch instead of a face and two more on its chest. Zetton walks towards Science Patrol HQ in an almost-robotic fashion, ignoring the team’s futile attempts to stop it. Inside HQ, Dr. Iwamoto regains consciousness after from his imposter’s assault. Luckily, he has been given a communication badge by Muramatsu, so he contacts the team and requests a rescue. Muramatsu instructs Hayata and Arashi to take Dr. Iwamoto out to safety while he continues to fire upon Zetton. Zetton has already reached HQ though, so Hayata leaves Arashi to find Dr. Iwamoto. Instead, he pulls out the Beta Capsule and becomes Ultraman!

Ultraman begins the battle by binding Zetton in rings of energy to keep the alien monster in place. Zetton turns its attention to Ultraman and shows off its incredible power by simply break out of the energy rings like they were made of paper. Zetton continues to display its formidable nature through teleportation, hails of fireballs from its yellow patch, and a force field that shatters the Ultra Slash like glass. Even Zetton’s physical blows prove overwhelming for Ultraman. Eventually, Ultraman decides to finish the fight with a Specium Ray, but the most shocking event happens. Zetton catches the Specium Ray with its bare hands, absorbing it into its body. Then, it redirects the Specium Ray from its hands, striking Ultraman straight in his flashing Color Timer with unbelievable strength! Ultraman’s eyes begin to darken as his Color Timer breaks and fades. The hero falls over with a thundering crash. Ultraman is dead.

Science Patrol and Dr. Iwamoto have now gathered back together, just in time to be horrified by the sight of their fallen hero. Zetton continues to lumber towards HQ, intent on smashing it to pieces while Science Patrol can only watch in despair. Thankfully, Dr. Iwamoto has finally gotten the mystery weapon he had made for Science Patrol. It’s a small missile-like bullet of immense power, but it is the only one of its kind. He gives it to Arashi, who rushes towards the attacking Zetton. He shoots it at Zetton, hitting the monster and levitating it into the air, where it is blown to pieces by the projectile. Although everyone is now relieved at the defeat of Zetton and the alien fleet, this is not time to celebrate. The HQ is still in shambles from the saboteur and Zetton while Ultraman’s body lies in the fields outside the building, cold and stiff. Fortunately, Science Patrol puts out the fires and fixes their HQ with ease. As with Ultraman, things would never be the same.

Dr. Iwamoto spots something flying to Earth. It is another Ultraman! This Ultraman creates a red orb of energy, just like the one Hayata first met the first Ultraman in. The sphere floats Ultraman’s body inside and its occupant speaks to Ultraman’s spirit. The second Ultraman looks just like Ultraman but with many studs on his chest. The second Ultraman introduces himself as Zoffy and instructs Ultraman to return to his home of the Land of Light in Nebula M78[[note]]In the dub, Zoffy scolds Ultraman for his failure to defeat Zetton[[/note]]. Ultraman explains that Hayata will die if he separates and heads home, so he will stay on Earth. Zoffy disapproves of this idea, saying Ultraman must let humans protect Earth by themselves. Ultraman tells Zoffy that in that case, he would like to give his life to Hayata and die, to which Zoffy is surprised. Ultraman tells him that Hayata has nothing on his twenty thousand year lifespan, so it would be unjust to let him die early as a victim of Ultraman’s battles. Understanding Ultraman’s compassion for Earthlings, Zoffy decides to give some of his life to Hayata and Ultraman for revival before separating the two. Zoffy then takes the Beta Capsule and reverses it, splitting Hayata and Ultraman back into two separate beings.

Science Patrol watches as the red orb with Zoffy and Ultraman floats away while Hayata reappears on the ground some distance away. The team realize that Ultraman is leaving, meaning that protection of the Earth is now in humanity’s hands. Zoffy then splits from the red orb and takes it with the weakened and resting Ultraman inside to space. Hayata rejoins his teammates while they all say goodbye to Ultraman. When they ask him where he was the whole time, Hayata simply tells them that the red sphere was the one he saw and collided into at Ryugamori, before realizing he doesn’t remember anything that happened afterwards[[note]]Hayata retains his memories of his time as Ultraman in the dub[[/note]]. Still, he and the team watch Zoffy and Ultraman disappear into the sky. In space, Ultraman exits the orb with renewed strength and begins to fly alongside Zoffy. The final scene is Ultraman and Zoffy soaring through space with the Land of Light in M78 in their sight.

Dr. Iwamoto spots something flying to Earth. It is another Ultraman! This Ultraman creates a red orb of energy, just like the one Hayata first met the first Ultraman in. The sphere floats Ultraman’s body inside and its occupant speaks to Ultraman’s spirit. The second Ultraman looks just like Ultraman but with many studs on his chest. The second Ultraman introduces himself as Zoffy and instructs Ultraman to return to his home of the Land of Light in Nebula M78. Ultraman explains that Hayata will die if he separates and heads home, so he will stay on Earth. Zoffy disapproves of this idea, saying Ultraman must let humans protect Earth by themselves. Ultraman tells Zoffy that in that case, he would like to give his life to Hayata and die, to which Zoffy is surprised. Ultraman tells him that Hayata has nothing on his twenty thousand year lifespan, so it would be unjust to let him die early as a victim of Ultraman’s battles. Understanding Ultraman’s compassion for Earthlings, Zoffy decides to give some of his life to Hayata and Ultraman for revival before separating the two. Zoffy then takes the Beta Capsule and reverses it, splitting Hayata and Ultraman back into two separate beings.

Science Patrol watches as the red orb with Zoffy and Ultraman floats away while Hayata reappears on the ground some distance away. The team realize that Ultraman is leaving, meaning that protection of the Earth is now in humanity’s hands. Zoffy then splits from the red orb and takes it with the weakened and resting Ultraman inside to space. Hayata rejoins his teammates while they all say goodbye to Ultraman. When they ask him where he was the whole time, Hayata simply tells them that the red sphere was the one he saw and collided into at Ryugamori, before realizing he doesn’t remember anything that happened afterwards. Still, he and the team watch Zoffy and Ultraman disappear into the sky. In space, Ultraman exits the orb at full strength and begins to fly alongside Zoffy. The final scene is Ultraman and Zoffy soaring through space towards the Land of Light in M78.