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* GravitySucks: Ultraman Jack lost his initial fight with Bemstar. [[MythologyGag He flew into the Sun to recharge]], [[Series/UltraSeven just like his predecessor did one time]], but the Sun's gravity pulled him in. Fortunately, Seven saved him.
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** [[Series/UltraSeven Seven]] once flew into the Sun to recharge, successfully. When Jack did it, [[GravitySucks it didn't work out]].
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* WhamShot:
** Jack merging with Goh
** [[spoiler:Aki's death]]
** Alien Nackle's true identity
** Jack drifting into the sun, too weak to fly, when suddenly a familiar figure flew up and saved him.
** Jack merging with Goh
** [[spoiler:Aki's death]]
** Alien Nackle's true identity
** Jack drifting into the sun, too weak to fly, when suddenly a familiar figure flew up and saved him.
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* TheBoxingEpisode: Episode 27, '''Go to Hell with this One Blow!''' have Goh befriending a boxer and training with him for a championship match. In the end of the episode, Jack's fight against MonsterOfTheWeek Gronken is intersect with the boxer fighting on a ring.
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* InjuredLimbEpisode: Jack defeats Robonez early in one episode, but gets his arm chewed by the kaiju in the process, leaving behind an injury on Goh which sticks around.
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* InjuredLimbEpisode: Jack defeats Robonez early in one episode, but gets his arm chewed by the kaiju in the process, leaving behind an injury on Goh which sticks around. In fact, Alien Messie, the master of Robonez, exploits this in the penultimate battle near the end by grabbing and squeezing at Jack's injured arm!
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* InjuredLimbEpisode: Jack defeats Robonez early in one episode, but gets his arm chewed by the kaiju in the process, leaving behind an injury on Goh which sticks around.
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** Covered in tar Encapsulated and paralyzed turned into a Jade statue by Alien Hipporito in Ace.
**Being deflated from Very nearly dying and having his body deflate after his Color Timer removed was torn out by Dorobon in Taro.
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* CallingYourAttacks: An early franchise example in Episode 51.
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* CallingYourAttacks: An early franchise example in Episode 51.51, the series finale; Jack yells the name of his Ultra Hurricane technique when throwing Zetton II into the air.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Knackle and Black King give Jack one, spending several minutes brutally beating him unconscious. Notably one of the few times an Ultra has lost by being beaten so badly they're physically incapable of fighting back, rather than running out of time and reverting to their host.
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Suddenly, an Ultra warrior appears that looks similar to the original Ultraman, which leads people to believe that the original has returned to help Earth. In reality, this Ultra warrior's containment suit has some subtle differences, and is a whole new Ultra, whose name is Jack, which is unbeknownst to everyone. The Japanese public and M.A.T. simply call him "Ultraman" or "New Man".
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''Return of Ultraman'' (1971) is the third (fourth, fourth (fifth, if you count ''Ultra Fight'') entry in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''. Created by Tsuburaya Productions, this time the series was spearheaded by Creator/EijiTsuburaya's son Hajime Tsuburaya, and brought the series back to traditional monster-fighting after the more experimental ''Series/UltraSeven'' and into mainstream popularity once again. The show played a big part during {{Toku}}'s transition from movies to television, and a big player during the "Henshin Boom" era launched by Franchise/KamenRider's popularity.
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* ArtifactTitle: This is a different Ultraman. The title alludes to the original show, whose main character was originally supposed to return to Earth. Though it can be considered similiar to what happened when Miles Morales became the new Spider-Man, New character same title.
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* EldritchAbomination: Vacuumon, a cosmic horror that seems more like a living mass of darkness than a monster. It [[PlanetEater roams the universe, devouring every planet in its path]]].
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* ArtifactTitle: This is a different Ultraman. The title alludes to the original show, whose main character was originally supposed to return to Earth. Though it can be considered similiar to what happened when Miles Morales became the new Spider-Man, New character same title.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Although not actually tonally darker than Ultraseven, the characters reacted to events around them far more realistically than previous Ultra series.
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* EvilDoppelganger: Hideki Goh had one in Episode 10 of ''Series/UltramanAce''.
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After a long while of hiatus, the {{toku}}satsu [[Franchise/UltraSeries series]] Ultraman came back in 1971's '''''Return of Ultraman'''''. Created by Tsuburaya Productions, this time the series was spearheaded by Eiji Tsuburaya's son Hajime Tsuburaya, and brought the series back to traditional monster-fighting after the more experimental UltraSeven and into mainstream popularity once again. The show played a big part during {{Toku}}'s transition from movies to television, and a big player during the "Henshin Boom" era launched by Series/KamenRider's Franchise/KamenRider's popularity.
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After a long while of hiatus, the {{toku}}satsu [[Franchise/UltraSeries series]] Ultraman came back in 1971's '''''Return of Ultraman'''''. Created by Tsuburaya Productions, this time the series was spearheaded by Eiji Tsuburaya's son Hajime Tsuburaya, and brought the series back to traditional monster-fighting after the more experimental UltraSeven and into mainstream popularity once again. The show played a big part during {{Toku}}'s transition from movies to television, and a big player during the "Henshin Boom" era launched by Kamen Rider's Series/KamenRider's popularity.
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'''''Return of Ultraman''''' is a 1971 {{toku}}satsu series produced by Tsuburaya Productions, part of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.
After 3 years without an Ultra warrior to defend Earth, the Monster Attack Team is commissioned to battle various giant creatures, and has achieved limited success, but with an ever growing array of opponents, the human race is getting overwhelmed in a new "Second Age of Monsters".
After 3 years without an Ultra warrior to defend Earth, the Monster Attack Team is commissioned to battle various giant creatures, and has achieved limited success, but with an ever growing array of opponents, the human race is getting overwhelmed in a new "Second Age of Monsters".
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After a long while of hiatus, the {{toku}}satsu [[Franchise/UltraSeries series]] Ultraman came back in 1971's '''''Return of Ultraman''''' is a 1971 {{toku}}satsu series produced Ultraman'''''. Created by Tsuburaya Productions, this time the series was spearheaded by Eiji Tsuburaya's son Hajime Tsuburaya, and brought the series back to traditional monster-fighting after the more experimental UltraSeven and into mainstream popularity once again. The show played a big part of during {Toku}}'s transition from movies to television, and a big player during the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.
"Henshin Boom" era launched by Kamen Rider's popularity.
Plotwise it goes like this: After 3 years without an Ultra warrior to defend Earth, the Monster Attack Team is commissioned to battle various giant creatures, and has achieved limited success, but with an ever growing array of opponents, the human race is getting overwhelmed in a new "Second Age of Monsters".
Plotwise it goes like this: After 3 years without an Ultra warrior to defend Earth, the Monster Attack Team is commissioned to battle various giant creatures, and has achieved limited success, but with an ever growing array of opponents, the human race is getting overwhelmed in a new "Second Age of Monsters".
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* NotHimself: In Episode 48, an alien spread some kind of spore that had all of MAT in a daze, not caring about anything or having the energy to do anything. [[PaintingTheMedium Even the MAT theme was playing slow]] and Jack was lethargic, too!
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* NotHimself: In Episode 48, an alien spread some kind of spore that had all of MAT in a daze, not caring about anything or having the energy to do anything. [[PaintingTheMedium Even the MAT theme theme]] [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand was playing slow]] slower and slower]] and Jack was lethargic, too!
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Its name was "The Ultraman Who Rises at Twilight" and came in at least three versions: vocal (rare and unused in the show proper); an instrumental march; and the better-known, shorter instrumental version (played in a lower key; also used in episode previews). A fourth version (slow with a trumpet solo) was played occasionally at the aftermath of a fight.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Alien Knackle studies, not just Ultraman or even Hideki Goh, but MAT as a whole, to further his alien invasion agenda.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Alien Knackle studies, not just Ultraman or even Hideki Goh, but MAT as a whole, to further his alien invasion agenda.
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* YouAreNumberSix: Hideki Goh is MAT member # 6 and a ''SixthRanger''.
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: Episodes 37 & 38.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In episode 37, Goh jumped off the roof of a hospital, only to transform as he fell. Otherwise, it looked like he was trying to kill himself.
** The appearances of Aliens Zetton and Baltan.
** [[spoiler: A very dark example was the death of Aki Sakata, as she was on her way back from having Goh's watch fixed at the jeweler's when Alien Knackle and his mooks grabbed her, threw her in a car, terrorized her, and dragged her as she tried to jump off the moving vehicle. Not to mention, Ken was run over as he tried to stop them.]]
* {{ReTool}}: The series took a turn toward sci-fi and alien threats beginning with "Ultra Seven arrives".
* SpoilerTitle: [[spoiler:"UltraSeven arrives!" and "Ultraman dies at twilight"]]
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* TransformationSequence: Somehow Ultraman Jack (aka "Shin Man" or new "Ultraman") started it from within, until Goh learned to do it spontaneously.spontaneously. Looked like Jack was always in control, to the point that Goh couldn't transform in front of Alien Bat as the "New Man" could sense the danger it entailed.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: In-universe and meta-example. [[WhamEpisode Episodes 37 & 38]] take place around Japanese New Year (Jan 1, same as ours), and aired Dec. 17 and 24 in 1971 (Christmas Eve in America). Although Christmas is a big deal in Japan, New Year's Day is the preferred holiday. Now it wouldn't be hard to picture just how miserable Goh and Jiro were...
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: In-universe and meta-example. [[WhamEpisode Episodes 37 & 38]] take place around Japanese New Year (Jan 1, same as ours), Christmas (Jiro wishes "Merry Christmas" to Goh at one point), and aired Dec. 17 and 24 in 1971 (Christmas Eve in America). Although America) [[note]]Although Christmas is a big deal in Japan, Japan for shoppers, New Year's Day is the preferred holiday. [[/note]] Now it wouldn't be hard to picture just how miserable Goh and Jiro were...
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** Turns out Christmas in Japan holds special meaning for ''couples'', especially ''sweethearts''. Poor Goh.
** The plot of a certain two-part episode is similar to Episodes 39 and 40 of [[Series/UltraSeven the previous show]].
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* SymbioticPossession: Started out just like in ''Ultraman'', but the longer Goh was a host, the more the two beings merged into one, so they became inseparable at the end of the show. Hayata's own situation was Retconned in one of the movies to be similar to Goh's.
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'''''Return of Ultraman''''' is a 1971 {{toku}}satsu series produced by Tsuburaya Productions, part of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.
After 3 years without an Ultra warrior to defend Earth, the Monster Attack Team is commissioned to battle various giant creatures, and has achieved limited success, but with an ever growing array of opponents, the human race is getting overwhelmed in a new "Second Age of Monsters".
Suddenly, an Ultra warrior appears that looks similar to the original Ultraman, which leads people to believe that the original has returned to help Earth. In reality, this Ultra warrior's containment suit has some subtle differences, and is a whole new Ultra, whose name is Jack, which is unbeknownst to everyone. The Japanese public and M.A.T. simply call him "Ultraman" or "New Man".
Jack battles one of the creatures rampaging and during his battle, race car driver Goh Hideki heroically rescues some innocents from the destruction, but is killed doing so. After Jack defeats the monster, Jack feels remorse about Goh's death and merges with him, leading to a recovery and a subconscious command to join M.A.T. in order to help out the brave humans who came to aid him during his first fight on Earth.
With a new purpose in his life, Goh balances his life in three ways -- to be a heroic member of M.A.T., a race car driver who loves his girlfriend very much, and a human guide for Jack to ease his mission on Earth against the hordes of evil monsters and alien invaders.
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!!''Return of Ultraman'' provides examples of the following tropes
* ActionGirl: Oka
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Twice. In Episode 38, after Alien Knackle jams all communications to the MAT base, he uses the phrase just before blowing up the MAT Space Station. In the last episode, Alien Bat destroys the MAT base.
* ArtifactTitle
* ArchNemesis: Zetton from the original series returns to fight Jack after being revived by Bat. However, [[spoiler: Jack manages to defeat Zetton and Bat in the end.]]
* BigBad: Many aliens throughout the series, although the ones that come to mind are Knuckle (episodes 37 and 38) and Bat (last episode)
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Tenochtitlus in Episodes 16 & 17, as well as gas-guzzling Bemstar in Ep. 18.
* BigDamnHeroes: MAT pulled this almost every episode. Oka pulled one by herself on ''her teammates'' to save Goh in Episode 38.
* BlessedWithSuck: Hideki Goh's personal life is more affected by being an Ultra than most human hosts.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: M.A.T. in episode 38. Oka and Goh set them straight.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Jack. Throughout the franchise he's been subject to several abuses...
** A second monster sneaking up on him during a fight (a few times)
** [[HeroicRROD Fighting to exhaustion]] (as in, color timer going out)
** Gorings
** Bites
** Crucifixion (the first time happened after transforming and [[MythologyGag using up his powers twice in twenty-four hours]], a big no-no for the original)
** Decapitation
** Freezing solid (led to decap and LiterallyShatteredLives)
** Having his Ultra Bracelet turn on him
** Covered in tar and paralyzed in Ace.
** Being deflated from having his Color Timer removed in Taro.
** Getting whooped and gagged in Leo.
** Lost two of his friends in a cruel attack meant to hurt his spirit.
* CallingYourAttacks: An early franchise example in Episode 51.
* ChekhovsGunman / {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:The doctor who declared Goh dead in the first episode is the same doctor who declared Aki and Ken Sakata dead in "Ultraman Dies at Twilight".]]
* ContinuityReboot
** Sort of a complicated example of this. ''Series/UltraSeven'' is still debated among fans to be in its own separate continuity, however this series creates a new timeline that establishes ''Ultra Seven'' took place in 1967 instead of the 1980s like it was originally stated. It was originally supposed to be the original returned to Earth.
** This can apply to the original ''Ultraman'' series as well, which was said to have been set in 1993 in an episode.
* CueTheSun
** Goh's conversation with Ultraman Jack at the end of the first episode, set to a sunrise on a mountain top.
** Jack's defeat against Gudon and Twin Tail (beginning of episode 6).
** Alien Knackle and Black King's double-teaming Jack, ending at sunset with a couple of vessels taking a crucified Jack away (episode 37).
* CurbStompBattle: Jack vs. Alien Knackle + Black King (he turns this around on them later). Before that, Jack vs. Gudon and Twin Tail.
* CreepyChild: The alien boy from episode 31, the same one who turns the Ultra Bracelet on Ultraman Jack. He was so devious, even Captain Hibiki wouldn't believe Goh when he first became suspicious of the kid. All the same, [[spoiler:Hibiki saved the day.]]
* DeusExMachina: The Ultra Bracelet was this in episode 40, after Jack lost to Snowgon. Ultra Seven was this in Episode 18, when he delivered it.
* DiabolusExMachina: Aliens Knackle and Bat, as well as Bemstar.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Jack in episode 23 as he destroys the planet eating cloud Vacuumon by going inside of him and using the Ultra Bracelet to chop him up (causing him to explode of course).
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Alien Knackle jammed communications at the M.A.T. base and showed his true face to M.A.T. this way in episode 38.
* EvilTwin: The plot of episode 49 with the Mystellar brothers.
* EyeLightsOut: The hero had this happen to him a few times.
* FantasticRacism: Said about Ultraman Jack in Ep. 37:
-->''"Not quite human, not quite alien... He's a freak!"''
* FirstEpisodeResurrection: [[Franchise/UltraSeries On par for the course...]]
* FlawExploitation: Alien Knackle [[spoiler:had Aki and Ken Sakata killed]] to push Ultraman over the edge and force him into a fight he couldn't win.
* HeroicBSOD: Goh had such a moment in Ep. 37.
* HeroicSecondWind: Inspired by Seven and Ultraman's rescue, Jack stands up and delivers a CurbStompBattle to Black King and Alien Knackle.
* HumansAreBastards: Episode 33 featuring benevolent alien call Meits, who came to Earth for observation. He took care of an orphan boy, who often got bullied by villagers. When the boy was accused of being an alien, he showed up to protect him and got beaten to death. You can't blame Goh for just standing there and watch as the alien Muruchi, previously trapped in a pocket dimension of Meits's psychic, caused havoc on the town.
* IceQueen: Snowgon
* IdiotHero: Goh was this in episode 2, acting like he was all that, long before he had control over his transformations. His pride got him fired. See WhatAnIdiot in YMMV.
* KansasCityShuffle: The BigBad's plan in episode 37 from Goh's point of view, until his BSOD.
* McGuffin: Satan-Z in episodes 37 and 38.
* MeaningfulEcho: From Episode 37
-->'''[[spoiler:Aki:]]''' Don't worry. I'll get the best watchmaker on the case right away.
* MsFanservice: Aki Sakata. And briefly, Yuriko Oka.
* MythologyGag
** Kingsaurus III from episode 4 is referred to as "The Third" as he is the third "king" monster of the franchise (after Red King from the original series and Eleking from ''Seven''). Very few fans are aware of this, though.
** Detton from episode 3 is also referred to as the brother of Telesdon from the original series considering the same suit is used with a different head.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: An ''object'' for a change. Satan-Z, or "Hell on Earth", an explosive compound 6000 times more powerful than nitroglycerin. Created by humans for peaceful purposes (like blowing up mountains along western Japan to produce a cooler climate across the archipelago), coveted by Knackle aliens for their planned invasion of Earth.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Goh saves Jiro, a second kid, and a dog from Zazahn and Takkong. For his trouble, he gets pinned down in a cave-in, dies (temporarily), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his favorite race car is burned down to honor him.]] On the other hand, [[SubvertedTrope Ultraman Jack revived him, and he joined MAT]].
* NoSell: Against Bemstar (before he got the Ultra Bracelet) and Black King (''with'' the Ultra Bracelet!). Speaking of which, in Episode 31 the Ultra Bracelet acted up and attacked Ultraman Jack.
* NotHimself: In Episode 48, an alien spread some kind of spore that had all of MAT in a daze, not caring about anything or having the energy to do anything. [[PaintingTheMedium Even the MAT theme was playing slow]] and Jack was lethargic, too!
* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead: Episodes 37, 40, and 51]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The alien monster Draculas in episode 36, it possesses the corpse of a woman (dubbed "Vampire Woman") and Jack even kills him by impaling him in the heart with a lance from the Ultra Bracelet.
* PutOnABus: AFatherToHisMen Captain Katou in Episode 22. Captain Hibiki, his replacement, was more strict and stern.
* RecycledSoundtrack: There's a few themes from ''Series/UltraSeven'' used throughout.
* RedShirt
** [[spoiler:The crew of the M.A.T. Space station in episode 18.]]
** Goh was this to his teammates in the last episode, but Jiro and Rumiko got to say goodbye to him afterwards.
* {{Retronym}}: The protagonist was originally meant to be the original Ultraman. When it was retconned that he was a different Ultrabeing, he was referred by a series of nicknames such as the "New Ultraman" or "Ultraman II" before the name Ultraman Jack was officially decided years after the fact.
* [[spoiler:{{Sacrificial Lion}}s / StuffedIntoTheFridge]]: [[spoiler:Aki and Ken Sakata. Ken Sakata's actor, Shin Kishida later appeared in ''Faiyaman'' and narrated ''Series/UltramanAce'', both shows from Tsuburaya.]]
* ScareChord: Used every now and then.
* SinisterGeometry: Priz-Ma in episode 35 complete with drug inducing powers.
* TheSoCalledCoward: [[spoiler: In "When the Ultra Star Shines", Captain Hibiki, under alien MindControl, accuses Goh, who just returned from the crucifixion ordeal in space, of hiding when Black King attacked Ultraman. Goh is taken outside to stand before a firing squad, and would have been shot if Oka hadn't gotten suspicious of her teammates and pulled a BigDamnHeroes on them, knocking Hibiki unconscious.]]
* SwissArmyWeapon / ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: The Ultra Bracelet.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Rumiko to Aki.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Alien Knackle studies, not just Ultraman or even Hideki Goh, but Mat as a whole, to further his alien invasion agenda.
* TragicKeepsake
** [[spoiler:Goh's watch, which Aki had taken to the watchmaker that day to get a new band for it; she is clutching it and gives it to Goh as she is dying after Alien Knackle's kidnapping and vicious attack. No word on how long Goh carries it after the episode in question.]]
** Averted with Goh's car at the beginning of the show. The Sakatas burned his race car down when they thought he'd been killed.
* TransformationSequence: Somehow Ultraman Jack started it from within, until Goh learned to do it spontaneously.
* TransformationTrinket: None, Jack is the only Ultra with a human host in the entire franchise that had no transformation item.
* WeddingSmashers: [[spoiler:Rumiko dreamed she was in the middle of her wedding to Goh, with MAT (in traditional garb) and Jiro as guests, when somebody whispered in Captain Hibiki's ear, and everybody but Jiro [[FlungClothing tore off their wedding garb to reveal their uniforms]] and marched off on the Captain's order. Rumiko runs after Goh. Alien Bat appears and she screams, [[CatapultNightmare only to wake up in a sports stadium, where Alien Bat had her and Jiro prisoner.]]]]
* WhamEpisode: 1 (Goh's life has a new meaning), 2 (Goh gets a swell head and gets fired from MAT), 18 (Ultraman Jack has a new weapon, and [[ReTool the show goes into a Sci-Fi direction]]), 37 (Tearjerker)
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'''''Return of Ultraman''''' is a 1971 {{toku}}satsu series produced by Tsuburaya Productions, part of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.
After 3 years without an Ultra warrior to defend Earth, the Monster Attack Team is commissioned to battle various giant creatures, and has achieved limited success, but with an ever growing array of opponents, the human race is getting overwhelmed in a new "Second Age of Monsters".
Suddenly, an Ultra warrior appears that looks similar to the original Ultraman, which leads people to believe that the original has returned to help Earth. In reality, this Ultra warrior's containment suit has some subtle differences, and is a whole new Ultra, whose name is Jack, which is unbeknownst to everyone. The Japanese public and M.A.T. simply call him "Ultraman" or "New Man".
Jack battles one of the creatures rampaging and during his battle, race car driver Goh Hideki heroically rescues some innocents from the destruction, but is killed doing so. After Jack defeats the monster, Jack feels remorse about Goh's death and merges with him, leading to a recovery and a subconscious command to join M.A.T. in order to help out the brave humans who came to aid him during his first fight on Earth.
With a new purpose in his life, Goh balances his life in three ways -- to be a heroic member of M.A.T., a race car driver who loves his girlfriend very much, and a human guide for Jack to ease his mission on Earth against the hordes of evil monsters and alien invaders.
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!!''Return of Ultraman'' provides examples of the following tropes
* ActionGirl: Oka
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Twice. In Episode 38, after Alien Knackle jams all communications to the MAT base, he uses the phrase just before blowing up the MAT Space Station. In the last episode, Alien Bat destroys the MAT base.
* ArtifactTitle
* ArchNemesis: Zetton from the original series returns to fight Jack after being revived by Bat. However, [[spoiler: Jack manages to defeat Zetton and Bat in the end.]]
* BigBad: Many aliens throughout the series, although the ones that come to mind are Knuckle (episodes 37 and 38) and Bat (last episode)
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Tenochtitlus in Episodes 16 & 17, as well as gas-guzzling Bemstar in Ep. 18.
* BigDamnHeroes: MAT pulled this almost every episode. Oka pulled one by herself on ''her teammates'' to save Goh in Episode 38.
* BlessedWithSuck: Hideki Goh's personal life is more affected by being an Ultra than most human hosts.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: M.A.T. in episode 38. Oka and Goh set them straight.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Jack. Throughout the franchise he's been subject to several abuses...
** A second monster sneaking up on him during a fight (a few times)
** [[HeroicRROD Fighting to exhaustion]] (as in, color timer going out)
** Gorings
** Bites
** Crucifixion (the first time happened after transforming and [[MythologyGag using up his powers twice in twenty-four hours]], a big no-no for the original)
** Decapitation
** Freezing solid (led to decap and LiterallyShatteredLives)
** Having his Ultra Bracelet turn on him
** Covered in tar and paralyzed in Ace.
** Being deflated from having his Color Timer removed in Taro.
** Getting whooped and gagged in Leo.
** Lost two of his friends in a cruel attack meant to hurt his spirit.
* CallingYourAttacks: An early franchise example in Episode 51.
* ChekhovsGunman / {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:The doctor who declared Goh dead in the first episode is the same doctor who declared Aki and Ken Sakata dead in "Ultraman Dies at Twilight".]]
* ContinuityReboot
** Sort of a complicated example of this. ''Series/UltraSeven'' is still debated among fans to be in its own separate continuity, however this series creates a new timeline that establishes ''Ultra Seven'' took place in 1967 instead of the 1980s like it was originally stated. It was originally supposed to be the original returned to Earth.
** This can apply to the original ''Ultraman'' series as well, which was said to have been set in 1993 in an episode.
* CueTheSun
** Goh's conversation with Ultraman Jack at the end of the first episode, set to a sunrise on a mountain top.
** Jack's defeat against Gudon and Twin Tail (beginning of episode 6).
** Alien Knackle and Black King's double-teaming Jack, ending at sunset with a couple of vessels taking a crucified Jack away (episode 37).
* CurbStompBattle: Jack vs. Alien Knackle + Black King (he turns this around on them later). Before that, Jack vs. Gudon and Twin Tail.
* CreepyChild: The alien boy from episode 31, the same one who turns the Ultra Bracelet on Ultraman Jack. He was so devious, even Captain Hibiki wouldn't believe Goh when he first became suspicious of the kid. All the same, [[spoiler:Hibiki saved the day.]]
* DeusExMachina: The Ultra Bracelet was this in episode 40, after Jack lost to Snowgon. Ultra Seven was this in Episode 18, when he delivered it.
* DiabolusExMachina: Aliens Knackle and Bat, as well as Bemstar.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Jack in episode 23 as he destroys the planet eating cloud Vacuumon by going inside of him and using the Ultra Bracelet to chop him up (causing him to explode of course).
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Alien Knackle jammed communications at the M.A.T. base and showed his true face to M.A.T. this way in episode 38.
* EvilTwin: The plot of episode 49 with the Mystellar brothers.
* EyeLightsOut: The hero had this happen to him a few times.
* FantasticRacism: Said about Ultraman Jack in Ep. 37:
-->''"Not quite human, not quite alien... He's a freak!"''
* FirstEpisodeResurrection: [[Franchise/UltraSeries On par for the course...]]
* FlawExploitation: Alien Knackle [[spoiler:had Aki and Ken Sakata killed]] to push Ultraman over the edge and force him into a fight he couldn't win.
* HeroicBSOD: Goh had such a moment in Ep. 37.
* HeroicSecondWind: Inspired by Seven and Ultraman's rescue, Jack stands up and delivers a CurbStompBattle to Black King and Alien Knackle.
* HumansAreBastards: Episode 33 featuring benevolent alien call Meits, who came to Earth for observation. He took care of an orphan boy, who often got bullied by villagers. When the boy was accused of being an alien, he showed up to protect him and got beaten to death. You can't blame Goh for just standing there and watch as the alien Muruchi, previously trapped in a pocket dimension of Meits's psychic, caused havoc on the town.
* IceQueen: Snowgon
* IdiotHero: Goh was this in episode 2, acting like he was all that, long before he had control over his transformations. His pride got him fired. See WhatAnIdiot in YMMV.
* KansasCityShuffle: The BigBad's plan in episode 37 from Goh's point of view, until his BSOD.
* McGuffin: Satan-Z in episodes 37 and 38.
* MeaningfulEcho: From Episode 37
-->'''[[spoiler:Aki:]]''' Don't worry. I'll get the best watchmaker on the case right away.
* MsFanservice: Aki Sakata. And briefly, Yuriko Oka.
* MythologyGag
** Kingsaurus III from episode 4 is referred to as "The Third" as he is the third "king" monster of the franchise (after Red King from the original series and Eleking from ''Seven''). Very few fans are aware of this, though.
** Detton from episode 3 is also referred to as the brother of Telesdon from the original series considering the same suit is used with a different head.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: An ''object'' for a change. Satan-Z, or "Hell on Earth", an explosive compound 6000 times more powerful than nitroglycerin. Created by humans for peaceful purposes (like blowing up mountains along western Japan to produce a cooler climate across the archipelago), coveted by Knackle aliens for their planned invasion of Earth.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Goh saves Jiro, a second kid, and a dog from Zazahn and Takkong. For his trouble, he gets pinned down in a cave-in, dies (temporarily), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his favorite race car is burned down to honor him.]] On the other hand, [[SubvertedTrope Ultraman Jack revived him, and he joined MAT]].
* NoSell: Against Bemstar (before he got the Ultra Bracelet) and Black King (''with'' the Ultra Bracelet!). Speaking of which, in Episode 31 the Ultra Bracelet acted up and attacked Ultraman Jack.
* NotHimself: In Episode 48, an alien spread some kind of spore that had all of MAT in a daze, not caring about anything or having the energy to do anything. [[PaintingTheMedium Even the MAT theme was playing slow]] and Jack was lethargic, too!
* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead: Episodes 37, 40, and 51]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The alien monster Draculas in episode 36, it possesses the corpse of a woman (dubbed "Vampire Woman") and Jack even kills him by impaling him in the heart with a lance from the Ultra Bracelet.
* PutOnABus: AFatherToHisMen Captain Katou in Episode 22. Captain Hibiki, his replacement, was more strict and stern.
* RecycledSoundtrack: There's a few themes from ''Series/UltraSeven'' used throughout.
* RedShirt
** [[spoiler:The crew of the M.A.T. Space station in episode 18.]]
** Goh was this to his teammates in the last episode, but Jiro and Rumiko got to say goodbye to him afterwards.
* {{Retronym}}: The protagonist was originally meant to be the original Ultraman. When it was retconned that he was a different Ultrabeing, he was referred by a series of nicknames such as the "New Ultraman" or "Ultraman II" before the name Ultraman Jack was officially decided years after the fact.
* [[spoiler:{{Sacrificial Lion}}s / StuffedIntoTheFridge]]: [[spoiler:Aki and Ken Sakata. Ken Sakata's actor, Shin Kishida later appeared in ''Faiyaman'' and narrated ''Series/UltramanAce'', both shows from Tsuburaya.]]
* ScareChord: Used every now and then.
* SinisterGeometry: Priz-Ma in episode 35 complete with drug inducing powers.
* TheSoCalledCoward: [[spoiler: In "When the Ultra Star Shines", Captain Hibiki, under alien MindControl, accuses Goh, who just returned from the crucifixion ordeal in space, of hiding when Black King attacked Ultraman. Goh is taken outside to stand before a firing squad, and would have been shot if Oka hadn't gotten suspicious of her teammates and pulled a BigDamnHeroes on them, knocking Hibiki unconscious.]]
* SwissArmyWeapon / ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: The Ultra Bracelet.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Rumiko to Aki.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Alien Knackle studies, not just Ultraman or even Hideki Goh, but Mat as a whole, to further his alien invasion agenda.
* TragicKeepsake
** [[spoiler:Goh's watch, which Aki had taken to the watchmaker that day to get a new band for it; she is clutching it and gives it to Goh as she is dying after Alien Knackle's kidnapping and vicious attack. No word on how long Goh carries it after the episode in question.]]
** Averted with Goh's car at the beginning of the show. The Sakatas burned his race car down when they thought he'd been killed.
* TransformationSequence: Somehow Ultraman Jack started it from within, until Goh learned to do it spontaneously.
* TransformationTrinket: None, Jack is the only Ultra with a human host in the entire franchise that had no transformation item.
* WeddingSmashers: [[spoiler:Rumiko dreamed she was in the middle of her wedding to Goh, with MAT (in traditional garb) and Jiro as guests, when somebody whispered in Captain Hibiki's ear, and everybody but Jiro [[FlungClothing tore off their wedding garb to reveal their uniforms]] and marched off on the Captain's order. Rumiko runs after Goh. Alien Bat appears and she screams, [[CatapultNightmare only to wake up in a sports stadium, where Alien Bat had her and Jiro prisoner.]]]]
* WhamEpisode: 1 (Goh's life has a new meaning), 2 (Goh gets a swell head and gets fired from MAT), 18 (Ultraman Jack has a new weapon, and [[ReTool the show goes into a Sci-Fi direction]]), 37 (Tearjerker)
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