History YMMV / UltramanTiga

* MemeticMutation:
** Japanizing Beam![[labelnote:Explanation]]Tiga firing his [[WaveMotionGun Zepellion Ray]] is portrayed as a Japanese media (mostly anime and manga), turning almost anything into {{Moe}}, eg. the jewels into Manga/LandOfTheLustrous. Funnily enough, the screencap is actually from ''Film/SuperiorUltraman8Brothers''[[/labelnote]]
** Daigone[[labelnote:Explanation]]2021's series of recap specials, ''Ultraman Chronicle Z: Heroes' Odyssey'', prominently featured ''Tiga'', but due to talent agency issues, any scenes featuring Daigo himself (or the opening theme) are edited out of the recaps, resulting in a version of ''Tiga'' without its protagonist. Some people instead joke that Daigo's plane, shots of which are the closest we ever get to seeing him, is the actual Daigo.[[/labelnote]]
** ULTRA DURIFTO![[note]]Ultraman Tiga's opening song ''Take Me Higher'' was written by Dave Rodgers (credited under his real name Giancarlo Pasquini), whom most people would recognize from multiple of his Eurobeat songs being featured in Manga/InitialD's anime adaptation. After Rodgers' original English version of ''Take Me Higher'' appeared in ''Manga/InitialD Battle Stage 3'', this meme wrote itself into existence. Also prominent are jokes about Ultraman Tiga drifting in an [[TheAllegedCar AE86]].[[/note]]

* EvilIsSexy: She may be Tiga's {{Yandere}} PsychoExGirlfriend, but Camearra's curvaceous figure, domineering personality and sultry contralto makes her very appealing to some.

* EvilIsSexy: She may be Tiga's {{Yandere}} PsychoExGirlfriend, but Camearra's curvaceous figure, domineering personality and sultry ContraltoOfDanger makes her very appealing to some.

** Daigo's final words after the Sparklence disappears is to reassure Rena that "any human has the power to become a being of light". While it does have a basis in future instalments where Tiga returns through mankind's hope, the quote becomes ironic as succeeding series that tries to connect with Tiga's world building in one way or another are often met with mixed receptions from audiences.[[Note]]Despite being shaping up as a sequel series, ''Dyna'' (per the lead actor's words) was unfairly compared to its predecessor due to a change of pacing and its comedic nature while Trigger suffers from VanillaProtagonist, with situations like Executive meddling making it FromBadToWorse.[[/note]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Darramb's habit of referring to Tiga as [[GratuitousEnglish "My Friend"]] is a somewhat unexpected and amusing quirk for his character. In ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'', however, that line would end up being one of the biggest {{Tear Jerker}}s of the show.

** The show is so popular in China that when the [[BannedInChina CCP took it down from all video platforms]] there was such a backlash [[https://radiichina.com/ultraman-tiga-has-returned/ that the show was unbanned after 3 days]]

* Woolseyism:
** As stated above under [[BrokenBase]], in the first episode of the 4Kids dub, some people believe the extra telepathy from Yuzare guiding Daigo into the Pyramid of Light worked better than him acting on pure instinct. Arguably, it does add more weight to Daigo continuing to attempt to awaken Ultraman Tiga even when Golza and Melba already destroyed the other statues and his GUTS Wing was already damaged. The Dark Horse comic adaptation even used that part.

*** One year after Tiga first aired, Take Me Higher received an official English variant from its original writer Dave Rodgers (yes, ''that'' [[Main/{{Eurobeat}} Dave]] [[Manga/InitialD Rodgers]]). While this variant had lyrics that are closer to Rodgers' roots as an Eurobeat composer than what [=V6=] used in ''Tiga'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36SJuWuMwHU it's still just as awesome to listen]].

** ULTRA DURIFTO![[note]]after the original English version of ''Take Me Higher'' appeared in ''Manga/InitialD Battle Stage 3'', this meme wrote itself into existence. Also prominent are jokes about Ultraman Tiga drifting in an [[TheAllegedCar AE86]][[/note]]

** Despite the title being a FandomNod to Malaysia and Indonesia’s then huge Ultraman fandom, the show itself took 3 years to be exported to those countries, largely due to Johnny & Associate’s meddling.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Ultraman Tiga is '''the''' most popular Tokusatsu show in China of all time. While Ultraman shows have been dubbed in Chinese and broadcasted on Chinese TV stations since 1993, Ultraman Tiga's release coincided with a time when Chinese media companies had a drastic uptick in interest on Japanese TV shows, leading to an extremely high quality dub and widespread broadcasting of the show. This, combined with the already superb quality of Ultraman Tiga, led to the show becoming the most famous Japanese Tokusatsu show in China for a generation of children.

* TheWoobie: Poor [[TragicMonster Shiela]]. She was originally an ordinary pet cockatiel who lived with her owner Asami until an experimental element called zelda gas exploded, killing Asami and mutated her into a horrific monster. All she really wanted was to destroy the zelda gas so it doesn’t hurt anyone else, but GUTS mistakes her for a hostile kaiju and Tiga beats her half to death. The sight of her with BloodFromTheMouth still desperately trying to crawl towards the zelda gas is downright heartbreaking. [[spoiler: Fortunately she [[EarnYourHappyEnding destroys the gas in the end]] and ascends to the afterlife to be with her owner.]]