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** Gen had his TrueCompanions, his MAC teammates, his brother whom he thought dead, as well as the support of both his Captain and the legendary [=Ultraman=] King, and he was an honorary Ultra brother to boot. Then Silver Bloom appeared...
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** Gen had his TrueCompanions, his MAC teammates, his brother whom he thought dead, as well as the support of both his Captain and the legendary [=Ultraman=] King, and he was an honorary Ultra brother to boot. He'd even managed to take his revenge on Alien Magma by impaling him through the heart. Then Silver Bloom appeared...
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Leo's fights with Magma and later Commander Black's forces are this. Most notably, after Silver Bloom [[spoiler:kills MAC and causes the deaths of a number of Leo's human friends]], Leo ''guts the monster alive'' before finishing it off.
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** Antlar from Episode 14.
** The Gillas Brothers, whom Leo defeated with a spinning kick.
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** Episode 1, for example, jumps from the opening song (about Leo preventing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt) to Gen demonstrating his gymnastic and martial arts skills at the Sports Center (set to peaceful music), to Seven fighting the Gillas Brothers (set to foreboding music). By the time Leo arrives, the music is triumphant, but when Alien Magma leaves, the music turns sad...
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** Episode 1, for example, jumps from the opening song (about Leo preventing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt) to Gen demonstrating his gymnastic and martial arts skills at the Sports Center (set to peaceful music), to Seven fighting the Gillas Brothers (set to foreboding music). By the time Leo arrives, the music is triumphant, but when Alien Magma leaves, the music turns sad...somber...
** Training in human form to defeat a kaijuu after transforming? [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Jack did it, too!]]
* NearVillainVictory: Many times, as early as the first ten minutes of the first episode!
* NearVillainVictory: Many times, as early as the first ten minutes of the first episode!
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** From Episode 2 onwards, Dan was able to concentrate and generate some kind of aura he used to weaken kaijus. This power (''Urutora Nenriki'' = Ultra Will-Power) wore him down severely. There was no indication whatsoever in the previous shows that he could do this.
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** From Episode 2 onwards, Dan was able to concentrate and [[PsychicPowers generate some kind of aura he used to weaken kaijus.kaijus]]. This power (''Urutora Nenriki'' = Ultra Will-Power) wore him down severely. There was no indication whatsoever in the previous shows that he could do this.this as Dan.
* NoEndorHolocaust: Played straight and averted.
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* OhCrap: A couple of minutes into Episode 40, Dan and Gen are taken by surprise when the alarm sounds and that big dot on the radar approaches the MAC base at high speed...
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* OhCrap: A couple of minutes into Episode 40, Dan and Gen are taken by surprise when the alarm sounds and that big dot on the radar approaches the MAC base space station at high speed...
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* ReplacedTheThemeTune
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* ReplacedTheThemeTuneReplacedTheThemeTune: Episode 14.
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* SayMyName: "REO NIISAN!"
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* SayMyName: "REO NIISAN!"NIISAN!" "REOOOOOO"
* TitleScream
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Momoko
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* YamatoNadeshiko: MomokoMomoko, not so much in [[TheSeventies the way she dresses]], but her demeanor and values qualify.
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* AllLovingHero: Gen and Dan
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* HeroicSacrifice: Gen's old rival Hiroshi saved a baby's life in episode 48.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Gen's old rival Hiroshi saved a baby's life in episode 48. In an earlier episode, Alien Carolyn took down Gamelot.
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** Dan and his cane.
** Alien Carolyn rammed ''herself'' against Gamelot to destroy it.
* InformedAttractiveness: Rolan, "the most beautiful monster in the universe". Actually, she looked like [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Snowgon]].
** Alien Carolyn rammed ''herself'' against Gamelot to destroy it.
* InformedAttractiveness: Rolan, "the most beautiful monster in the universe". Actually, she looked like [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Snowgon]].
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* TenMinuteRetirement: Gen quit the team in anger after Alien Vibe framed him for the death of a cop, an injured teammate, and an injured construction worker. After Dan cleared his name and Vibe was defeated, Dan reinstated Gen.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Bunyo's first encounter with Gen was an excuse to confirm that Gen was Leo. Nurse Miyama was lured into a trap when Bunyo called her pretending to be injured.
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** [[spoiler: The disappearance of Dan as the MAC station is destroyed and Gen barely gets out alive is scored to "Fight! Ultra Seven" ([[ThemeMusicPowerUp an instrumental about Seven kicking ass]]).]]
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* WhamEpisode: Episode 1 (Seven's role in Earth's defense changes dramatically), 3 & 4 (Leo realizes just how tough his job is), 22 (Astra -- Leo is not the only survivor of L77 after all), 26 (Ultraman King -- the mythical hero appears), 38&39 (The Leo Brothers prove their worth to the Ultra Brothers after a rough start), 40 (TearJerker & ReTool)
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* WhamEpisode: Episode 1 (Seven's role in Earth's defense changes dramatically), 3 & 4 (Leo realizes just how tough his job is), 22 (Astra -- Leo is not the only survivor of L77 after all), 26 (Ultraman King -- the mythical hero appears), 38&39 (The Leo Brothers prove their worth to the Ultra Brothers after a rough start), 40 (TearJerker & ReTool)start)..
** UpToEleven in Episode 40: [[spoiler: The entire MAC team is wiped out by Silver Bloom. Also doubles as a major TearJerker.]]
** UpToEleven in Episode 40: [[spoiler: The entire MAC team is wiped out by Silver Bloom. Also doubles as a major TearJerker.]]
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* CoolHelmet: MAC members had one with an upper clear/blue piece reminiscent of horns.
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* CoolHelmet: MAC members had one with an upper clear/blue silver/blue piece reminiscent of horns.
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* CoolHelmet: MAC members had one with an upper clear/blue piece reminiscent of horns.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: MAC members could wear a shiny silver vest, open at the sides of the lower back. Gen and Dan sometimes wore them.
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* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou: Episode 15, as part of Gen's TrainingFromHell. The lesson was delivered by a one-shot character.
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* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou: Episode 15, as part of Gen's TrainingFromHell. The lesson was delivered by a one-shot character. Dan even blinds Leo using some foamy substance to defeat a giant Alien Flip.
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* BloodierAndGorier: Evident from episode 1 onwards. Ultra Seven's leg is literally bent out of shape with bones cracking and everything. [[spoiler:The sound effect used was appropriate given the level of violence.]] Also, see DarkerAndEdgier below.
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* BloodierAndGorier: Evident from episode 1 onwards. Ultra Seven's leg is literally bent out of shape with bones cracking and everything. [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:[[SickeningCrunch The sound effect used was appropriate given the level of violence.]] ]]]] Also, see DarkerAndEdgier below.
** Leo (and later Astra) [[{{Series/Ultraman}} swooping down in a fiery red ball]].
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* Shoutout: Victims of Alien Atlar would end up [[{{Film/Goldfinger}} covered in silver paint]].
* SternTeacher: Seven/Dan for Leo/Gen. Later, Leo himself becomes this for Mebius when he appear in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' and in the new ''Ultra Galaxy'' movie, for Ultra Seven's son, Ultraman Zero.
* SternTeacher: Seven/Dan for Leo/Gen. Later, Leo himself becomes this for Mebius when he appear in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' and in the new ''Ultra Galaxy'' movie, for Ultra Seven's son, Ultraman Zero.
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* Shoutout: {{Shoutout}}: Victims of Alien Atlar would end up [[{{Film/Goldfinger}} covered in silver paint]].
*SternTeacher: SickeningCrunch: Episode 1, during ''that infamous fight''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: That song Gen sings about yearning for his home planet is set to rather cheerful music.
* SternTeacher[=/=]DrillSergeantNasty: Seven/Dan for Leo/Gen. Later, Leo himself becomes this for Mebius when he appear in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' and in the new ''Ultra Galaxy'' movie, for Ultra Seven's son, Ultraman Zero.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: That song Gen sings about yearning for his home planet is set to rather cheerful music.
* SternTeacher[=/=]DrillSergeantNasty: Seven/Dan for Leo/Gen. Later, Leo himself becomes this for Mebius when he appear in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' and in the new ''Ultra Galaxy'' movie, for Ultra Seven's son, Ultraman Zero.
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* DoppelgangerSpin: Alien Flip in Episode 15.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Many MAC members throughout, civilians in Episodes 3 and 6.
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* HeroicBSOD: Gen and Tohru right after the events in episode 40. Dan in episode 1 after his ShapeshifterModeLock.
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* HeroicBSOD: Gen and Tohru right after the events in episode 40. Dan in episode 1 after his ShapeshifterModeLock. Tohru in Episode 5, due to the death of his father in a previous episode.
* OnTheNext
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* Shoutout: Victims of Alien Atlar would end up [[{{Film/Goldfinger}} covered in silver paint]].
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* WronskiFeint: Dan vs Giant Tsuruk in Episode 4, using a plane and some power lines.
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* WronskiFeint: WronskiFeint:
** Dan vs Giant Tsuruk in Episode 4, using a plane and some powerlines.lines.
** Leo vs Uringa, using a satellite dish.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Momoko
** Dan vs Giant Tsuruk in Episode 4, using a plane and some power
** Leo vs Uringa, using a satellite dish.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Momoko
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* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou: Episode 15, as part of Gen's TrainingFromHell. The lesson was delivered by a one-shot character.
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* Adorkable: Gen
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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Gen
* EurekaMoment: Dan (and later Gen) in Episode 13 discover the key to predicting Alien Vibe's moves (sound) by accident.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dan Moroboshi
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** Many times Gen refrained from actually hitting Dan, who could be pretty ruthless and strict. They actually had a fistfight in Episode 38 when Dan used his Ultra Willpower during the Ultra Rumble to even the odds against [[spoiler:fake Astra]].
** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very same alien who then killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead.
** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very same alien who then killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead.
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** Many times Gen refrained from actually hitting Dan, who could be pretty ruthless and strict. They actually had got into a fistfight in Episode 38 when Dan used his Ultra Willpower during the Ultra Rumble to even the odds against [[spoiler:fake Astra]].
** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very same alien who then killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead. Gen quit anyway...
** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very same alien who then killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead. Gen quit anyway...
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* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: All over the place.
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* RedHerring: Saeko from Episode 17 subverts this and plays it straight.
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* Adorkable: Gen
* DaChief: Dan
** Leo had the upper hand on Black End, until Commander Black took Tohru hostage...
* KarmicDeath: Black End, killed by the alien device that summoned him, namely Commander Black's crystal ball.
** Maybe even Commander Black himself. Being separated from his little trinket may have sped up his (literal) meltdown into green goo.
** Maybe even Commander Black himself. Being separated from his little trinket may have sped up his (literal) meltdown into green goo.
* PhlebotinumBreakdown:
** The Ultra Eye
** The Ultra Key
** The Ultra Eye
** The Ultra Key
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** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very alien who killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead.
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** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very same alien who then killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead.
* SayMyName: "REO NIISAN!"
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* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Episode 50 subverts this when Gen was unable to grow to giant size, as Bunyo tied him up while in human form and Commander Black had wounded him.
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* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Episode 50 subverts this when Gen Gen/Leo was unable to grow to giant size, as Bunyo tied him up while in human form and Commander Black had wounded him.
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* YouAreNotAlone
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* CatPeople: Alien Magma, more so than the Leo Brothers.
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* CatPeople: CatFolk: Alien Magma, more so than the Leo Brothers.
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** Two heroes swearing to defend the Earth together, one of them the titular Ultraman, AgainstTheSettingSun? [[ReturnOfUltraman Jack and Hideki Goh did this first!]]
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** Two heroes swearing to defend the Earth together, one of them the titular Ultraman, AgainstTheSettingSun? [[ReturnOfUltraman [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Jack and Hideki Goh did this first!]]
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* TheArtifact: The Ultra Eye, given that Dan didn't get to use it more than once during the series run. Doubles as MementoMcGuffin.
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* TheArtifact: The Ultra Eye, given that Dan didn't get to use it more than once during the series run. Doubles as MementoMcGuffin.MementoMacGuffin.
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** [[spoiler: Commander Black vs Tohru's friends]]
* CrystalBall: Commander Black's instrument for summoning kaijuu.
* CrystalBall: Commander Black's instrument for summoning kaijuu.
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* [[spoiler:ObiWanMoment: Dan lectured Gen about his ongoing responsibilities as Leo before punching and pushing him aside, and had a brief quiet moment before vanishing. This is even more dramatic as the space station is falling apart in the middle of Silver Bloom's attack, which had already killed the rest of the crew. Gen is hysterically yelling "Taichou!" (Commander)]].
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* GoodTimesMontage: Gen, Kaoru and Momoko at the end of Episode 10, right after Kaoru got the dog from Gen. The same scene re-appeared halfway into Episode 40 as a reminder of happier times [[spoiler:after Silver Bloom killed his TrueCompanions]].
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* TheArtifact: The Ultra Eye, given that Dan didn't get to use it more than once during the series run. Doubles as MementoMcGuffin.
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* ColdSnap: Episode 50 is the best known example.
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* ColdSnap: Episode 50 is the best known example. Also, Leo vs Blizzard.
* DramaticThunder:
** Alien Magma in Episodes 1 and 2.
** Gen had a HeroicBSOD moment in Episode 2, complete with drenching rain, when he realized Momoko was still in critical condition after getting injured during the kaijuu-created tsunami that swept Tokyo.
** Alien Magma in Episodes 1 and 2.
** Gen had a HeroicBSOD moment in Episode 2, complete with drenching rain, when he realized Momoko was still in critical condition after getting injured during the kaijuu-created tsunami that swept Tokyo.
** Alien Magma appeared out of thin air, surrounded by DramaticThunder. Too bad it became a RunningGag of sorts given how many times he did it in Episode 2.
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* HotBlooded: Gen and a couple of his teammates.teammates, especially Aoshima (MAC # 5).
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* HumanAliens: Dan, Gen, Commander Black, Bunyo, and others.
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* HumanAliens: HumanAliens/HumanoidAliens: Dan, Gen, Commander Black, Bunyo, and others.
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* [[spoiler:MauveShirt: Some members of MAC, like the young lady who was celebrating a birthday when the Space Station was attacked; and Gen's TrueCompanions. The rest of MAC were RedShirts, including deaths throughout the show, except the two main characters.]]
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* [[spoiler:MauveShirt: Some members of MAC, like Matsuki Momoi, the young lady who was celebrating a birthday when the Space Station was attacked; and Gen's TrueCompanions. The rest of MAC were RedShirts, (Matsuki's sister Haruko [[DroppedABridgeOnHim died unexpectedly]] in an earlier episode) including deaths throughout the show, except the two main characters.]]
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** Speaking of Seven, Dan's pose as he lies unconscious after his defeat at the hands of the Gillas Brothers is the same as the pose he made (arms and legs spread out) after his RROD near-defeat against Pandon. In both scenes, the music is identical, the surface he was lying on was very similar, he's wearing a uniform and a helmet both times, and both times Seven shrinks back to human size on-screen (the shrinking effects are different, though).
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** Speaking of Seven, Dan's pose as he lies unconscious after his defeat at the hands of the Gillas Brothers is the same as the pose he made (arms and legs spread out) after his RROD near-defeat against Pandon. In both scenes, the music is identical, the surface he was lying on was very similar, he's wearing a uniform and a helmet both times, and both times Seven shrinks back to human size on-screen (the shrinking effects are different, though). though).
** Two heroes swearing to defend the Earth together, one of them the titular Ultraman, AgainstTheSettingSun? [[ReturnOfUltraman Jack and Hideki Goh did this first!]]
** Two heroes swearing to defend the Earth together, one of them the titular Ultraman, AgainstTheSettingSun? [[ReturnOfUltraman Jack and Hideki Goh did this first!]]
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* ActingForTwo: Tatsumi Nikamoto, Leo's suit actor, also played Ultraseven, more prominently in Episode 1, where ''he rescues himself''.
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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Gen's TrainingFromHell
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* ColourfulThemeNaming: Members of MAC include '''Kuro'''da (black), '''Aka'''ishi (red), '''Ao'''shima (blue), '''Shira'''kawa & '''Shira'''ido (white), and '''Momo'''i Haruko (pink). [[spoiler:All died violently.]]
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* {{Zeerust}}: MAC: the mecha, their CommLinks, their uniforms, all yell 1950s Sci-Fi
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* {{Zeerust}}: MAC: the mecha, their CommLinks, their uniforms, all yell scream 1950s Sci-Fi
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* AntiHero: Gen, but only because his good intentions got the best of him.
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* AntiHero: Gen, but only because his good intentions got the best of him. Dan/Seven also qualifies, due to the TrainingFromHell he puts Gen through.
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* AndroclesLion: Rolan
* AnyoneCanDie
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* AnyoneCanDie
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* CoolOldGuy: Dan, also Gen when he appeared on ''Series/UltramanMebius'' many years later
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* CoolOldGuy: Dan, Dan (older than Gen, though not that much older in human form), also Gen when he appeared on ''Series/UltramanMebius'' many years later
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Neither Ultra hero did. Gen lost his to a tragic event. [[spoiler:In episode 29, Dan thought he had found Anne, but the woman, who was singlehandedly raising alien child Uri aka Uringa, said she wasn't her and disappeared at the end with the kid.]]
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Neither Ultra hero did. Gen lost his to a tragic event. [[spoiler:In episode 29, Dan thought he had found Anne, but the woman, who was singlehandedly raising alien child Uri aka Uringa, said she wasn't denied it was her and disappeared at the end with the kid.]]
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* {{Expy}}: There are so many similarities between Leo and Seven. Also, Leo and Creator/BruceLee, as well as Leo and Franchise/{{Superman}}.
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* {{Expy}}: There are so many similarities between Leo and Seven. Also, Leo and Creator/BruceLee, as well as Leo and Franchise/{{Superman}}.Franchise/{{Superman}} with a little Sonny Chiba thrown in.
** Gen's actor's name is Ryuu (=dragon) Manatsu.
** Gen's actor's name is Ryuu (=dragon) Manatsu.
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* DisneyDeath
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* TookALevelInBadass: Gen, who was very Badass from the get-go.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Dan, but only because he had hot-headed Gen to train. He was more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Dan, but only because he had hot-headed Gen to train. He was more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* ArcNumber: Seven, as in ''Series/UltraSeven'', the seventh Ultra Show, the seventh Showa Ultra Brother, MAC Team Member # 7 (Gen), seventh kaijuu-fighting team (MAC), and planet L-7-7.
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* ArcNumber: Seven, as in ''Series/UltraSeven'', the seventh Ultra Show, the seventh Showa Ultra Brother, MAC Team Member # 7 (Gen), seventh (counting the Ultra Brothers) kaijuu-fighting team (MAC), and planet L-7-7.
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** In Episode 13, Gen was suspended pending an investigation on charges of fatally stabbing several people during a foot chase of an alien. By accident, Dan figured the alien ''himself'' used his powers to stab the victims in question, then filmed him in the act, shot him, and had MAC analyze the footage and clear Gen.
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** In Episode 13, Gen was suspended pending an investigation on charges of fatally stabbing attacking several people during a foot chase of an alien. By accident, Dan figured the alien ''himself'' used his invisibility powers to sneak up on and stab or strike the victims in question, question (making a distinctive sound), then filmed him in the act, shot him, and had MAC analyze the footage and clear Gen.
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* ArcNumber: Seven, as in Series/UltraSeven, the seventh Ultra Show, the seventh Showa Ultra Brother, MAC Team Member # 7 (Gen), seventh kaijuu-fighting team (MAC), and planet L-7-7.
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* ArcNumber: Seven, as in Series/UltraSeven, ''Series/UltraSeven'', the seventh Ultra Show, the seventh Showa Ultra Brother, MAC Team Member # 7 (Gen), seventh kaijuu-fighting team (MAC), and planet L-7-7.
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** Leo pulls this in the pilot by saving Ultraseven. Both Astra and Ultraman King would do this several times in the series. [[spoiler: The boys and girls Gen trained pull one in the final battle by [[ZergRush beating and stomping the BigBad to death]] so Leo can kill off his final monster.]]
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** Leo pulls this in the pilot by saving Ultraseven.Ultra Seven. Both Astra and Ultraman King would do this several times in the series. [[spoiler: The boys and girls Gen trained pull one in the final battle by [[ZergRush beating and stomping the BigBad to death]] so Leo can kill off his final monster.]]
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** In Episode 9, Tohru and a human-sized kaijuu become friends. The boy is in an amusement park in some kind of trance, and at one point he's floating in mid-air. The pulsating background is the same as the opening credits of ''UltraSeven''.
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** In Episode 9, Tohru and a human-sized kaijuu become friends. The boy is in an amusement park in some kind of trance, and at one point he's floating in mid-air. The pulsating background is the same as the opening credits of ''UltraSeven''.''Series/UltraSeven''.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Mr. Oomura, whose actor is billed ''second'' in the main credits, only appears sporadically.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Mr. Oomura, whose actor is billed ''second'' in the main credits, only appears sporadically. Justified, as he's comic relief.
* CommanderContrarian: Gen would oppose any and all plans DangerouslyGenreSavvy Dan had in almost every episode. It may have been the main reason for the TrainingFromHell Dan put him through.
** Gamelot vs Leo, [[spoiler:until Carolyn intervened]]
* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Mecha]]: Gamelot and Sevengar.
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** Episode 40, [[TearJerker is not]] [[CrapsackWorld for the]] [[KillThemAll squeamish...]]
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->''The eye of the lion is shining... Ultraman... Leo!''
'''''Ultraman Leo''''' is a {{toku}}satsu series that was part of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''. It ran from 1974-1975.
The alien Magma, intergalactic slavers, come to Earth to attempt to find more slaves for their expanding evil empire. However, the Ultra Warriors have sent an Ultra to protect the Earth from the Magma -- Ultra Seven.
The Magma, along with a slew of monsters, overwhelm Seven and injure his leg. Just as Seven is about to be killed, a red giant comes to save him. Driving off the Magma and defeating the monsters, the mysterious red giant reveals himself to be Leo from Nebula L77, a neighboring galaxy near the Ultra Nebula M78. Experiencing the same situation as the Ultras, Leo's people (called the Galactic Lion people) also underwent a physical transformation into beings of light.
The Galactic Lion people were subjugated as slaves of the Magma, and being one of the people who has been on the run and fighting the Magma across the galaxy, Leo has tracked them down on Earth.
Ultra Seven, seriously wounded, requests that Leo take his place as the resident Ultra Warrior on Earth, and bestows upon Leo the title of "Ultraman Leo". Ultra Seven, as Moroboshi Dan, agrees to stay with Leo to train him as a mentor. Leo takes on the form of human "Ootori Gen" (a human guise rather than merging with an existing human), and with Dan, joins the M.A.C.--yet another monster fighting science patrol crew.
Over the course of his assignment on Earth, Leo reunites with his twin brother Astra, who escaped the slave pits of the Magma, and joins with Leo to combat evil monsters. Leo also meets up with the legendary, all-powerful Ultraman King, who comes to save Leo and Astra on a particularly disastrous fight.
The other Ultra brothers also come to help Leo and Astra, and occasionally gets help from the recovering Ultra Seven, proving his worth as an Ultra Warrior.
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!!''Ultraman Leo'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationExpansion
* AdvertisedExtra: Mr. Oomura, whose actor is billed ''second'' in the main credits, only appears sporadically.
* AgainstTheSettingSun: When both alien heroes promise to help each other fight any and all alien threats against Earth. Dan even compares himself to the setting sun and Leo to the rising sun. A clip appears at the end of the opening credits.
* AlienAmongUs
* [[spoiler:AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: A tragic example]]
* ArcNumber: Seven, as in Series/UltraSeven, the seventh Ultra Show, the seventh Showa Ultra Brother, MAC Team Member # 7 (Gen), seventh kaijuu-fighting team (MAC), and planet L-7-7.
* AndroclesLion: Rolan
* AnyoneCanDie
* AscendedFridgeHorror
** Previous shows depicted violence, mayhem, pathos, or even death. However, in just one episode: Leo's home world is destroyed; Ultra Seven is maimed and weakened; Leo is in mortal danger; and even a few civilians die. [[FromBadToWorse And that's just for starters...]]
** This show took CollateralDamage to new levels. Episode 1 deals with the destruction of Tokyo by flood and kaiju.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
** In Episode 13, Gen was suspended pending an investigation on charges of fatally stabbing several people during a foot chase of an alien. By accident, Dan figured the alien ''himself'' used his powers to stab the victims in question, then filmed him in the act, shot him, and had MAC analyze the footage and clear Gen.
** In Episode 7, Dan threw boomerangs at Gen to prepare him for Leo's upcoming fight against a kaijuu who used a similar attack.
** In another episode, Gen trained with an imposing machine that reproduced a kaijuu attack.
** To sum up, Gen's TrainingFromHell was very well thought out.
* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Ultra Seven]]
* {{Badass}}: Leo, so very much. His later appearance on ''Series/UltramanMebius'', ''Ultra Galaxy'' the Movie and the straight-to-DVD ''Ultra Galaxy Gaiden'' solidified this even more. ESPECIALLY in the ''Ultra Galaxy Gaiden'', damn...
* BadassInDistress: Gen in episode 50.
* BareFistedMonk: Every Ultra has their own fighting style... but Leo ''will'' kick everyone's ass at fisticuffs range. Somewhat amusingly, by the time he shows up in ''[[Series/UltramanMebius Mebius]]'', he seems to have actually become a monk.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Rolan had [[AndroclesLion a splinter pulled out of her paw]] by a human, so she befriended him and his son when she turned into a human.
* BigBad: Alien Magma, but he eventually gets killed off by Leo. He's replaced in the last 12 episodes by Commander Black, who is ''much'' worse and DangerouslyGenreSavvy.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Satan Goa, who pecks Leo as he's propping up a crumbling building and sends out smaller versions of itself to attack humans on the street.
* BigDamnHeroes
** Leo pulls this in the pilot by saving Ultraseven. Both Astra and Ultraman King would do this several times in the series. [[spoiler: The boys and girls Gen trained pull one in the final battle by [[ZergRush beating and stomping the BigBad to death]] so Leo can kill off his final monster.]]
** Leo saving Zero in the Ultra Galaxy Gaiden and it was AWESOME.
** The Ultra Brothers in Episodes 38 & 39. They don't call that the Ultra Rumble for nothing!
* BilingualBonus / GratuitousGerman: Silver Bloom comes from ''Silber Blume'' = Silver Flower
* BloodierAndGorier: Evident from episode 1 onwards. Ultra Seven's leg is literally bent out of shape with bones cracking and everything. [[spoiler:The sound effect used was appropriate given the level of violence.]] Also, see DarkerAndEdgier below.
* BoringInvincibleHero: Averted with Leo (throughout) and Seven (see above). And, in a depressing turn, [[spoiler:with MAC]].
* BrokenAce: Seven
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: He yells out, "Reo!"
* CaneFu: Dan kept human-sized aliens at bay, [[spoiler:split a rock in half]] and even terrorized (um, trained) Gen a couple of times, with his crutch.
* TheCastShowoff: Ryu Manatsu (Gen) sings the first theme song, does the awesome martial arts/gymnastics demonstration in the very first scene, as well as sings a song in which Gen yearns for his home planet.
* ChangingOfTheGuard
* ChekhovMIA: Astra, whom Leo presumed dead after L77 was destroyed, showed up in Episode 22 to save his brother from two kaijus. [[spoiler:Seven vanished in episode 40, but appeared in a vision in the last episode.]]
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman / BewareTheNiceOnes: Tohru and his friends.]]
* ColonyDrop
** [[spoiler:After Commander Black is killed, his planet falls to Earth in attempted TakingYouWithMe, but Leo just blows it up.]]
** [[spoiler:Planet M-78 in Episodes 38 and 39.]]
* ContinuityNod: Music from ''Series/UltraSeven'' (the DarkReprise of "Fight! Ultra Seven" from that show's Ep.39 was Dan's LeitMotif, but then the instrumental march theme came up in Ep. 40 when [[spoiler:Dan disappeared in thin air before the MAC station was destroyed]] and 4 (Dan attacks Alien Tsuruk alone). Also, the Ultra Eye, Seven's teammates, and even M-78 appear.
* CoolOldGuy: Dan, also Gen when he appeared on ''Series/UltramanMebius'' many years later
* CreepyChild / PintSizedPowerhouse: Uri
* CurbStompBattle
** Bunyo (in human form) against a defenseless Leo before [[spoiler:freezing and killing him]].
** Leo vs. Tsuruk (first fight); Tsuruk against his victims (except Dan, who fought him to a standstill).
** Seven vs. the Gillas brothers, then Leo vs same opponents (episode 1).
** Leo vs. Black End (in the beginning).
** Silver Bloome vs. MAC; Silver Bloome vs. Leo.
** Ultra Brothers vs. [[spoiler:Ultraman Leo himself]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy
** Commander Black. [[spoiler:The only ''Ultra'' BigBad to decide to ambush the Ultra's support group before they even know he exists and actually wipe them out! He also shows a knack for more complicated planning than his fellows and actually managed to kill Leo once, only being foiled by Ultraman King showing up. He also uses Leo's best friend to hold him hostage in the final battle so Leo will have to let Black End kill him.]] Also, Bunyo in Episode 50.
** Captain Dan Moroboshi. He never took anything for granted. See AwesomenessByAnalysis.
* DarkerAndEdgier: From the very beginning you can tell this isn't gonna be any ordinary ''Ultra'' series. The series eventually ends up becoming a huge KillEmAll fest by the end. [[spoiler:You have, among other highlights, a crippled Ultra Seven stuck in human form, people crushed, stabbed, shot, sliced in half, team members dying in combat, the whole team is later killed except for the two main characters (Dan vanishes and gets better), graphic kaiju (alien monster) combat and even the graphic dismemberment of a key character.]]
* DarkestHour: The end of episode 3 and beginning of 4 (Alien Tsuruk), episode 22 before Astra arrived, part 1 of the Ultra Rumble, the first half of episode 40, episode 50 (Bunyo and Commander Black), and Leo's [[spoiler:temporary]] defeat against Black End in episode 51.
* [[spoiler:DeathIsNotPermanent: As long as you're not human...]]
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the BoringInvincibleHero trope, which Seven represented in his own show.
* DecoyProtagonist: Played with in episode 1. Even though Gen appears first, Seven is shown fighting the Gillas Brothers, until he is outmatched and injured and Leo swoops in to save him.
* {{Determinator}}
* DeusAngstMachina: Gen's misfortunes never stop, but he shakes himself up and keeps going.
* DeusExitMachina: Ultra Seven; subverted, given Dan's savvy and resourcefulness. Played straight in Episode 40.
* DeusExMachina: Ultraman King fulfills this role in each of his appearances.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Captain Dan Moroboshi, with Tohru as the Tritagonist. In episode 40, Commander Black becomes the Deuteragonist.
* DiabolusExMachina: Commander Black, and to some extent, Bunyo.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Neither Ultra hero did. Gen lost his to a tragic event. [[spoiler:In episode 29, Dan thought he had found Anne, but the woman, who was singlehandedly raising alien child Uri aka Uringa, said she wasn't her and disappeared at the end with the kid.]]
* {{Doppelganger}}: [[spoiler:Uri's mom, who looked exactly like Anne.]]
* DynamicEntry
** Leo introduces himself to Magma-seijin foot-first, going between the twin monsters to do so.
** Commander Black also pulls this off in a way that likely outdoes Leo's. [[spoiler:He introduces himself by wiping out MAC, becoming the first, and to date ''only'' Ultra villain to successfully destroy the Ultra's support team, forcing Leo and the JSDF to fight him without any help.]]
** Speaking of which, [[spoiler: Silver Bloome didn't waste any time wiping out MAC and Gen's friends.]]
** Gen is introduced during a gymnastics/martial arts demonstration at the Jounan Sports Center.
** Seven is introduced during his fight against Red and Black Gillas, kicking one of the kaiju.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Planet L77 on the Leo Nebula.
* EldritchAbomination: Most of Commander Black's Saucer Monsters. Only two of them were even humanoid (and one of those was a mercenary).
* [[spoiler:EmpathyDollShot: Episode 40, with a talking doll no less, after the shopping center was destroyed, killing [[TrueCompanions Momoko, Takeshi and Kaoru]].]]
* [[spoiler:EverybodysDeadDave: MAC (except Dan, [[DeusExitMachina who just vanished]]) and Gen's TrueCompanions (only Tohru survived)]].
* EvilDoppelganger: Alien Babaloo impersonated Astra to steal the Ultra Key.
* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: "Battle! The Leo Brothers vs. The Ultra Brothers", "[[spoiler:When Seven Dies! Tokyo Submerged]]"
* {{Expy}}: There are so many similarities between Leo and Seven. Also, Leo and Creator/BruceLee, as well as Leo and Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Not just kaiju and aliens this time...
* FriendToAllChildren: Gen, who found out just how much children loved ''him'' in return at the end.
* GameBreakingInjury / ShapeshifterModeLock: Seven's leg, leaving Dan stuck in human form once he transformed back, which did not preclude him becoming a HandicappedBadass.
* GutturalGrowler: Commander Black and Gen.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Kaiju Kanedoras in episode 5 (vertically), as well as [[spoiler:Tohru's father and a MAC team member in episode 3 (horizontally)]].
* HeroicBSOD: Gen and Tohru right after the events in episode 40. Dan in episode 1 after his ShapeshifterModeLock.
* HeroicRROD: Seven in episode 1, Leo many times, the best example being the end of episode 3.
* HeroicSecondWind: Against Black End in the last episode.
* HeroicSacrifice: Gen's old rival Hiroshi saved a baby's life in episode 48.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Commander Black would have lived to fight another day had he not taken a hostage, especially not [[BewareTheNiceOnes one who would fight back...]]
* HopeSpot
** Coming off the Ultra Rumble, Leo and Astra were officially inducted into the Ultra Brothers, MAC was celebrating a teammate's birthday, and everybody was happy, that is until Silver Bloom attacked...
** [[spoiler:Dan thought he had found Anne, though the woman denied it...]]
** [[ASimplePlan Gen had settled on Earth after planet L77 blew up]], but Alien Magma had other plans...
* HostageSituation
** In episode 50, alien Bunyo pretends to be injured to capture Mrs. Miyama, luring Gen to take her place.
** In the last episode, Commander Black takes Tohru hostage so that Leo won't fight Black End.
* HotBlooded: Gen and a couple of his teammates.
* HourOfPower: Only 2 min. 40 sec. as opposed to 3 min.... Not that it matters much in practice.
* HumanAliens: Dan, Gen, Commander Black, Bunyo, and others.
* ICanStillFight: Gen pulls this stunt a few times (episodes 4 and 39 come to mind) and goes on to save the day. Dan tries this after meeting Gen, [[ModeLock and didn't do very well.]]
* IdiotHero: Impetuous and rough around the edges, Gen's actions get him and others hurt (or even killed) unless he listens to Dan and [[TrainingFromHell trains to the point of exhaustion.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Leo must fight a spear-armed Kettle-seijin at one point, way before he ever meets Ultraman King. He's unarmed and at a disadvantage, so what does he do? Rip some red-and-white smokestacks out of a building, bring them together, magically join them with a chain, and voila -- ''NUNCHUCKS''.
* KnightOfCerebus: While the series was quite serious to begin with, Commander Black's arrival makes it even darker.
* LargeHam: Gen and Dan (both engage in frequent HamToHamCombat), Bunyo, but especially Commander Black.
* LooksLikeCesare: Commander Black (what is it with Ultramen and creepy humanoids, anyway?)
* [[spoiler:MauveShirt: Some members of MAC, like the young lady who was celebrating a birthday when the Space Station was attacked; and Gen's TrueCompanions. The rest of MAC were RedShirts, including deaths throughout the show, except the two main characters.]]
* MacGuffin: The Ultra Key and the Seven ball.
* MadeOfIron
* MakeMyMonsterGrow
* MeaningfulName: Ootori = ''phoenix''. Also see the trope example for ''Seven''.
* TheMedic: Triage nurse Mrs. Miyama
* MementoMacGuffin: The Ultra Eye, [[spoiler:which burned and partially melted down]] in Episode 1, when Gen and Dan first met. Many times, Dan pulled it out of his pocket and stares at it whenever the situation becomes dire. [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Hideki Goh]] [[spoiler:took it back to M-78 for replacement]] at the end of Episode 34.
* MoodWhiplash: Compared to ''Taro''. In-universe, episodes tend to start on a happy note, then verge into horror, then straight into tragedy, on to ass-kicking, then back to happy times and so on.
** Episode 1, for example, jumps from the opening song (about Leo preventing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt) to Gen demonstrating his gymnastic and martial arts skills at the Sports Center (set to peaceful music), to Seven fighting the Gillas Brothers (set to foreboding music). By the time Leo arrives, the music is triumphant, but when Alien Magma leaves, the music turns sad...
** Episode 40, [[TearJerker is not]] [[CrapsackWorld for the]] [[KillThemAll squeamish...]]
* MythologyGag
** Hideki Goh wears the same costume when he delivered Sevengar to Dan as his visit to Kohtaro Higashi (along with the Ultra Brothers) in ''Ultraman Taro''.
** In Episode 9, Tohru and a human-sized kaijuu become friends. The boy is in an amusement park in some kind of trance, and at one point he's floating in mid-air. The pulsating background is the same as the opening credits of ''UltraSeven''.
** Speaking of Seven, Dan's pose as he lies unconscious after his defeat at the hands of the Gillas Brothers is the same as the pose he made (arms and legs spread out) after his RROD near-defeat against Pandon. In both scenes, the music is identical, the surface he was lying on was very similar, he's wearing a uniform and a helmet both times, and both times Seven shrinks back to human size on-screen (the shrinking effects are different, though).
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands
** Leo got more energy beam powers after the first 13 episodes, especially after Astra's arrival. In the beginning, he used brute force, improvised weapons, and even a burning kick or two.
** From Episode 2 onwards, Dan was able to concentrate and generate some kind of aura he used to weaken kaijus. This power (''Urutora Nenriki'' = Ultra Will-Power) wore him down severely. There was no indication whatsoever in the previous shows that he could do this.
** Sometimes, Gen could see aliens even in human form.
** Ultraman King never uses the same power twice!
* NonHumanSidekick: Sevengar; Ron
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Dan becomes Leo's mentor after Seven was maimed by the Gillas Brothers. Gen fled his dying planet only to have to face the one responsible once on Earth; then, he takes over Earth's large scale defense with MAC in a support role. Gen ends up fighting alone after Episode 39. Dan's role as a mentor is over at that time. Tohru's TrueCompanions fill the role of parents after the loss of his father; later, Gen and the Miyamas fill that role.
* NotOfThisEarth: That little souvenir Alien Tsuruk left behind in episode 3 was made of an alien metal.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain
** In human form, Bunyo is bumbling, goofy and can't fight to save his life. Gen gave him a beating on their first encounter. Even Commander Black thought he was worthless. Now, once Bunyo figures who Gen is and he and Black set their plan to get Leo in motion, MoodWhiplash and tears are just around the corner.
** Alien children invoke the trope.
** So does the old man handing out flowers left and right in Episode 31. Children were GenreSavvy that time.
* OhCrap: A couple of minutes into Episode 40, Dan and Gen are taken by surprise when the alarm sounds and that big dot on the radar approaches the MAC base at high speed...
* OlderAndWiser: Two guesses, one for this show and one (actually two) for ''Mebius'' and ''Zero''.
* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
* PantheraAwesome: The lion motifs used throughout.
* PsychoForHire: Bunyo Seijin, a mercenary Commander Black hires.
* RageAgainstTheMentor
** Many times Gen refrained from actually hitting Dan, who could be pretty ruthless and strict. They actually had a fistfight in Episode 38 when Dan used his Ultra Willpower during the Ultra Rumble to even the odds against [[spoiler:fake Astra]].
** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very alien who killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Dan uses his Ultra Will-Power. Coincidentally, Dan is the Blue counterpart to Gen's Red in...
* RedOniBlueOni
* ReTool
** A minor one happened after episode 13, with a more upbeat theme song and Leo's frequent use of energy attacks.
** On [[WhamEpisode episode 40]], the whole show premise changed with Commander Black's arrival and ensuing mayhem. Halfway through the episode, Gen and Tohru move to Mrs. Miyama's place. Gen is unemployed and needs to face emerging threats alone for the first time since he met Dan.
* ScareChord: Every episode begins with one and an EarthShatteringKaboom.
* SequelSeries
** To ''Series/UltraSeven''.
** ''Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy Legends'' was a sequel to this and ''Series/UltramanMebius'', the latter being a sequel to ''Leo'' and other ''Ultra'' shows.
* SternTeacher: Seven/Dan for Leo/Gen. Later, Leo himself becomes this for Mebius when he appear in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' and in the new ''Ultra Galaxy'' movie, for Ultra Seven's son, Ultraman Zero.
* StockFootage
** Footage from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' was used in episode 34 when Ultraman Jack guest-starred.
** Disaster footage from episodes 1 & 2 was used in episodes 38 & 39 when [[spoiler:Planet M-78 was on a collision course with Earth.]]
** Episode 29 reused [[spoiler: [[Series/UltraSeven Dan's farewell to Anne]] when Dan encountered Uri's mother]].
* StrollingThroughTheChaos: Commander Black in his very first scene was calmly strolling through Tokyo while Silver Bloom crushed a building at his behest.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: Zero and Leo in the ''Ultra Galaxy Gaiden'', Dan and Gen (reluctantly) in this show.
* TakeMeInstead: How Gen rescues Mrs. Miyama from Alien Bunyo.
* ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler:Actually, more than one...]]
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Gen in episodes 4 & 39.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Gen's TrainingFromHell.
* TrainingFromHell
** Gen is trained by Ultra Seven to be a martial artist and better Ultra very rigorously. ''Very, VERY rigorously''. How did he train? With Dan using CaneFu, boomerangs and even CarFu, Gen spinning in mid-air like a corkscrew and coming down HARD to land on whatever object or kaiju he wanted to destroy, using strange machines at the Jounan Sports Center and even doing LeParkour on a mountain ledge.
** He can also be very hard on himself sometimes.... In episode 6, Gen's friends are visibly uncomfortable at the sight of Gen negotiating two heavy swinging logs, hoisted by ropes that could break off anytime. Dan arrives and it seems like he himself is going to get hit in the face with them a couple of times.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Episode 50 subverts this when Gen was unable to grow to giant size, as Bunyo tied him up while in human form and Commander Black had wounded him.
* TransformationTrinket: The Leo Ring.
* TheUnfettered: [[TheFettered Dan wants to protect Leo and humans at all costs.]] Leo wants to [[IdiotHero jump in the fray at all times.]]
* WalkingTheEarth / SaveTheDayTurnAway: Gen, having killed off the Saucer Beasts for good and with Commander Black dead, throws away the Leo Ring and sails off. (By the time [[Series/UltramanMebius Mebius]] comes to Earth, he's tending the Twin Island originally submerged by the Gillas bros in the first episode.)
* WhamEpisode: Episode 1 (Seven's role in Earth's defense changes dramatically), 3 & 4 (Leo realizes just how tough his job is), 22 (Astra -- Leo is not the only survivor of L77 after all), 26 (Ultraman King -- the mythical hero appears), 38&39 (The Leo Brothers prove their worth to the Ultra Brothers after a rough start), 40 (TearJerker & ReTool)
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Seven no more..."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Mr. Ohmura is never seen or mentioned again.]]
* WonderTwinPowers
** Leo can only use his most powerful attack, the Ultra Double Flasher, when he's together with Astra.
** They can also use the Ultra Double Spark, which can fix anything, when together.
** The Gillas Brothers always attack together; in fact, that's how Seven was disabled. They even huddle and spin together.
* YankTheDogsChain
** Gen had his TrueCompanions, his MAC teammates, his brother whom he thought dead, as well as the support of both his Captain and the legendary [=Ultraman=] King, and he was an honorary Ultra brother to boot. Then Silver Bloom appeared...
** Tohru, who was an orphan, had Gen, his little sister, and his TrueCompanions. Enter Silver Bloom...
* ZenSurvivor: Dan in this show, Gen in Mebius.
* ZergRush: ''Children'' pull this on [[spoiler:Commander Black]] in the last episode.
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->''The eye of the lion is shining... Ultraman... Leo!''
'''''Ultraman Leo''''' is a {{toku}}satsu series that was part of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''. It ran from 1974-1975.
The alien Magma, intergalactic slavers, come to Earth to attempt to find more slaves for their expanding evil empire. However, the Ultra Warriors have sent an Ultra to protect the Earth from the Magma -- Ultra Seven.
The Magma, along with a slew of monsters, overwhelm Seven and injure his leg. Just as Seven is about to be killed, a red giant comes to save him. Driving off the Magma and defeating the monsters, the mysterious red giant reveals himself to be Leo from Nebula L77, a neighboring galaxy near the Ultra Nebula M78. Experiencing the same situation as the Ultras, Leo's people (called the Galactic Lion people) also underwent a physical transformation into beings of light.
The Galactic Lion people were subjugated as slaves of the Magma, and being one of the people who has been on the run and fighting the Magma across the galaxy, Leo has tracked them down on Earth.
Ultra Seven, seriously wounded, requests that Leo take his place as the resident Ultra Warrior on Earth, and bestows upon Leo the title of "Ultraman Leo". Ultra Seven, as Moroboshi Dan, agrees to stay with Leo to train him as a mentor. Leo takes on the form of human "Ootori Gen" (a human guise rather than merging with an existing human), and with Dan, joins the M.A.C.--yet another monster fighting science patrol crew.
Over the course of his assignment on Earth, Leo reunites with his twin brother Astra, who escaped the slave pits of the Magma, and joins with Leo to combat evil monsters. Leo also meets up with the legendary, all-powerful Ultraman King, who comes to save Leo and Astra on a particularly disastrous fight.
The other Ultra brothers also come to help Leo and Astra, and occasionally gets help from the recovering Ultra Seven, proving his worth as an Ultra Warrior.
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!!''Ultraman Leo'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationExpansion
* AdvertisedExtra: Mr. Oomura, whose actor is billed ''second'' in the main credits, only appears sporadically.
* AgainstTheSettingSun: When both alien heroes promise to help each other fight any and all alien threats against Earth. Dan even compares himself to the setting sun and Leo to the rising sun. A clip appears at the end of the opening credits.
* AlienAmongUs
* [[spoiler:AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: A tragic example]]
* ArcNumber: Seven, as in Series/UltraSeven, the seventh Ultra Show, the seventh Showa Ultra Brother, MAC Team Member # 7 (Gen), seventh kaijuu-fighting team (MAC), and planet L-7-7.
* AndroclesLion: Rolan
* AnyoneCanDie
* AscendedFridgeHorror
** Previous shows depicted violence, mayhem, pathos, or even death. However, in just one episode: Leo's home world is destroyed; Ultra Seven is maimed and weakened; Leo is in mortal danger; and even a few civilians die. [[FromBadToWorse And that's just for starters...]]
** This show took CollateralDamage to new levels. Episode 1 deals with the destruction of Tokyo by flood and kaiju.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
** In Episode 13, Gen was suspended pending an investigation on charges of fatally stabbing several people during a foot chase of an alien. By accident, Dan figured the alien ''himself'' used his powers to stab the victims in question, then filmed him in the act, shot him, and had MAC analyze the footage and clear Gen.
** In Episode 7, Dan threw boomerangs at Gen to prepare him for Leo's upcoming fight against a kaijuu who used a similar attack.
** In another episode, Gen trained with an imposing machine that reproduced a kaijuu attack.
** To sum up, Gen's TrainingFromHell was very well thought out.
* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Ultra Seven]]
* {{Badass}}: Leo, so very much. His later appearance on ''Series/UltramanMebius'', ''Ultra Galaxy'' the Movie and the straight-to-DVD ''Ultra Galaxy Gaiden'' solidified this even more. ESPECIALLY in the ''Ultra Galaxy Gaiden'', damn...
* BadassInDistress: Gen in episode 50.
* BareFistedMonk: Every Ultra has their own fighting style... but Leo ''will'' kick everyone's ass at fisticuffs range. Somewhat amusingly, by the time he shows up in ''[[Series/UltramanMebius Mebius]]'', he seems to have actually become a monk.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Rolan had [[AndroclesLion a splinter pulled out of her paw]] by a human, so she befriended him and his son when she turned into a human.
* BigBad: Alien Magma, but he eventually gets killed off by Leo. He's replaced in the last 12 episodes by Commander Black, who is ''much'' worse and DangerouslyGenreSavvy.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Satan Goa, who pecks Leo as he's propping up a crumbling building and sends out smaller versions of itself to attack humans on the street.
* BigDamnHeroes
** Leo pulls this in the pilot by saving Ultraseven. Both Astra and Ultraman King would do this several times in the series. [[spoiler: The boys and girls Gen trained pull one in the final battle by [[ZergRush beating and stomping the BigBad to death]] so Leo can kill off his final monster.]]
** Leo saving Zero in the Ultra Galaxy Gaiden and it was AWESOME.
** The Ultra Brothers in Episodes 38 & 39. They don't call that the Ultra Rumble for nothing!
* BilingualBonus / GratuitousGerman: Silver Bloom comes from ''Silber Blume'' = Silver Flower
* BloodierAndGorier: Evident from episode 1 onwards. Ultra Seven's leg is literally bent out of shape with bones cracking and everything. [[spoiler:The sound effect used was appropriate given the level of violence.]] Also, see DarkerAndEdgier below.
* BoringInvincibleHero: Averted with Leo (throughout) and Seven (see above). And, in a depressing turn, [[spoiler:with MAC]].
* BrokenAce: Seven
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: He yells out, "Reo!"
* CaneFu: Dan kept human-sized aliens at bay, [[spoiler:split a rock in half]] and even terrorized (um, trained) Gen a couple of times, with his crutch.
* TheCastShowoff: Ryu Manatsu (Gen) sings the first theme song, does the awesome martial arts/gymnastics demonstration in the very first scene, as well as sings a song in which Gen yearns for his home planet.
* ChangingOfTheGuard
* ChekhovMIA: Astra, whom Leo presumed dead after L77 was destroyed, showed up in Episode 22 to save his brother from two kaijus. [[spoiler:Seven vanished in episode 40, but appeared in a vision in the last episode.]]
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman / BewareTheNiceOnes: Tohru and his friends.]]
* ColonyDrop
** [[spoiler:After Commander Black is killed, his planet falls to Earth in attempted TakingYouWithMe, but Leo just blows it up.]]
** [[spoiler:Planet M-78 in Episodes 38 and 39.]]
* ContinuityNod: Music from ''Series/UltraSeven'' (the DarkReprise of "Fight! Ultra Seven" from that show's Ep.39 was Dan's LeitMotif, but then the instrumental march theme came up in Ep. 40 when [[spoiler:Dan disappeared in thin air before the MAC station was destroyed]] and 4 (Dan attacks Alien Tsuruk alone). Also, the Ultra Eye, Seven's teammates, and even M-78 appear.
* CoolOldGuy: Dan, also Gen when he appeared on ''Series/UltramanMebius'' many years later
* CreepyChild / PintSizedPowerhouse: Uri
* CurbStompBattle
** Bunyo (in human form) against a defenseless Leo before [[spoiler:freezing and killing him]].
** Leo vs. Tsuruk (first fight); Tsuruk against his victims (except Dan, who fought him to a standstill).
** Seven vs. the Gillas brothers, then Leo vs same opponents (episode 1).
** Leo vs. Black End (in the beginning).
** Silver Bloome vs. MAC; Silver Bloome vs. Leo.
** Ultra Brothers vs. [[spoiler:Ultraman Leo himself]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy
** Commander Black. [[spoiler:The only ''Ultra'' BigBad to decide to ambush the Ultra's support group before they even know he exists and actually wipe them out! He also shows a knack for more complicated planning than his fellows and actually managed to kill Leo once, only being foiled by Ultraman King showing up. He also uses Leo's best friend to hold him hostage in the final battle so Leo will have to let Black End kill him.]] Also, Bunyo in Episode 50.
** Captain Dan Moroboshi. He never took anything for granted. See AwesomenessByAnalysis.
* DarkerAndEdgier: From the very beginning you can tell this isn't gonna be any ordinary ''Ultra'' series. The series eventually ends up becoming a huge KillEmAll fest by the end. [[spoiler:You have, among other highlights, a crippled Ultra Seven stuck in human form, people crushed, stabbed, shot, sliced in half, team members dying in combat, the whole team is later killed except for the two main characters (Dan vanishes and gets better), graphic kaiju (alien monster) combat and even the graphic dismemberment of a key character.]]
* DarkestHour: The end of episode 3 and beginning of 4 (Alien Tsuruk), episode 22 before Astra arrived, part 1 of the Ultra Rumble, the first half of episode 40, episode 50 (Bunyo and Commander Black), and Leo's [[spoiler:temporary]] defeat against Black End in episode 51.
* [[spoiler:DeathIsNotPermanent: As long as you're not human...]]
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the BoringInvincibleHero trope, which Seven represented in his own show.
* DecoyProtagonist: Played with in episode 1. Even though Gen appears first, Seven is shown fighting the Gillas Brothers, until he is outmatched and injured and Leo swoops in to save him.
* {{Determinator}}
* DeusAngstMachina: Gen's misfortunes never stop, but he shakes himself up and keeps going.
* DeusExitMachina: Ultra Seven; subverted, given Dan's savvy and resourcefulness. Played straight in Episode 40.
* DeusExMachina: Ultraman King fulfills this role in each of his appearances.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Captain Dan Moroboshi, with Tohru as the Tritagonist. In episode 40, Commander Black becomes the Deuteragonist.
* DiabolusExMachina: Commander Black, and to some extent, Bunyo.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Neither Ultra hero did. Gen lost his to a tragic event. [[spoiler:In episode 29, Dan thought he had found Anne, but the woman, who was singlehandedly raising alien child Uri aka Uringa, said she wasn't her and disappeared at the end with the kid.]]
* {{Doppelganger}}: [[spoiler:Uri's mom, who looked exactly like Anne.]]
* DynamicEntry
** Leo introduces himself to Magma-seijin foot-first, going between the twin monsters to do so.
** Commander Black also pulls this off in a way that likely outdoes Leo's. [[spoiler:He introduces himself by wiping out MAC, becoming the first, and to date ''only'' Ultra villain to successfully destroy the Ultra's support team, forcing Leo and the JSDF to fight him without any help.]]
** Speaking of which, [[spoiler: Silver Bloome didn't waste any time wiping out MAC and Gen's friends.]]
** Gen is introduced during a gymnastics/martial arts demonstration at the Jounan Sports Center.
** Seven is introduced during his fight against Red and Black Gillas, kicking one of the kaiju.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Planet L77 on the Leo Nebula.
* EldritchAbomination: Most of Commander Black's Saucer Monsters. Only two of them were even humanoid (and one of those was a mercenary).
* [[spoiler:EmpathyDollShot: Episode 40, with a talking doll no less, after the shopping center was destroyed, killing [[TrueCompanions Momoko, Takeshi and Kaoru]].]]
* [[spoiler:EverybodysDeadDave: MAC (except Dan, [[DeusExitMachina who just vanished]]) and Gen's TrueCompanions (only Tohru survived)]].
* EvilDoppelganger: Alien Babaloo impersonated Astra to steal the Ultra Key.
* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: "Battle! The Leo Brothers vs. The Ultra Brothers", "[[spoiler:When Seven Dies! Tokyo Submerged]]"
* {{Expy}}: There are so many similarities between Leo and Seven. Also, Leo and Creator/BruceLee, as well as Leo and Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Not just kaiju and aliens this time...
* FriendToAllChildren: Gen, who found out just how much children loved ''him'' in return at the end.
* GameBreakingInjury / ShapeshifterModeLock: Seven's leg, leaving Dan stuck in human form once he transformed back, which did not preclude him becoming a HandicappedBadass.
* GutturalGrowler: Commander Black and Gen.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Kaiju Kanedoras in episode 5 (vertically), as well as [[spoiler:Tohru's father and a MAC team member in episode 3 (horizontally)]].
* HeroicBSOD: Gen and Tohru right after the events in episode 40. Dan in episode 1 after his ShapeshifterModeLock.
* HeroicRROD: Seven in episode 1, Leo many times, the best example being the end of episode 3.
* HeroicSecondWind: Against Black End in the last episode.
* HeroicSacrifice: Gen's old rival Hiroshi saved a baby's life in episode 48.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Commander Black would have lived to fight another day had he not taken a hostage, especially not [[BewareTheNiceOnes one who would fight back...]]
* HopeSpot
** Coming off the Ultra Rumble, Leo and Astra were officially inducted into the Ultra Brothers, MAC was celebrating a teammate's birthday, and everybody was happy, that is until Silver Bloom attacked...
** [[spoiler:Dan thought he had found Anne, though the woman denied it...]]
** [[ASimplePlan Gen had settled on Earth after planet L77 blew up]], but Alien Magma had other plans...
* HostageSituation
** In episode 50, alien Bunyo pretends to be injured to capture Mrs. Miyama, luring Gen to take her place.
** In the last episode, Commander Black takes Tohru hostage so that Leo won't fight Black End.
* HotBlooded: Gen and a couple of his teammates.
* HourOfPower: Only 2 min. 40 sec. as opposed to 3 min.... Not that it matters much in practice.
* HumanAliens: Dan, Gen, Commander Black, Bunyo, and others.
* ICanStillFight: Gen pulls this stunt a few times (episodes 4 and 39 come to mind) and goes on to save the day. Dan tries this after meeting Gen, [[ModeLock and didn't do very well.]]
* IdiotHero: Impetuous and rough around the edges, Gen's actions get him and others hurt (or even killed) unless he listens to Dan and [[TrainingFromHell trains to the point of exhaustion.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Leo must fight a spear-armed Kettle-seijin at one point, way before he ever meets Ultraman King. He's unarmed and at a disadvantage, so what does he do? Rip some red-and-white smokestacks out of a building, bring them together, magically join them with a chain, and voila -- ''NUNCHUCKS''.
* KnightOfCerebus: While the series was quite serious to begin with, Commander Black's arrival makes it even darker.
* LargeHam: Gen and Dan (both engage in frequent HamToHamCombat), Bunyo, but especially Commander Black.
* LooksLikeCesare: Commander Black (what is it with Ultramen and creepy humanoids, anyway?)
* [[spoiler:MauveShirt: Some members of MAC, like the young lady who was celebrating a birthday when the Space Station was attacked; and Gen's TrueCompanions. The rest of MAC were RedShirts, including deaths throughout the show, except the two main characters.]]
* MacGuffin: The Ultra Key and the Seven ball.
* MadeOfIron
* MakeMyMonsterGrow
* MeaningfulName: Ootori = ''phoenix''. Also see the trope example for ''Seven''.
* TheMedic: Triage nurse Mrs. Miyama
* MementoMacGuffin: The Ultra Eye, [[spoiler:which burned and partially melted down]] in Episode 1, when Gen and Dan first met. Many times, Dan pulled it out of his pocket and stares at it whenever the situation becomes dire. [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Hideki Goh]] [[spoiler:took it back to M-78 for replacement]] at the end of Episode 34.
* MoodWhiplash: Compared to ''Taro''. In-universe, episodes tend to start on a happy note, then verge into horror, then straight into tragedy, on to ass-kicking, then back to happy times and so on.
** Episode 1, for example, jumps from the opening song (about Leo preventing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt) to Gen demonstrating his gymnastic and martial arts skills at the Sports Center (set to peaceful music), to Seven fighting the Gillas Brothers (set to foreboding music). By the time Leo arrives, the music is triumphant, but when Alien Magma leaves, the music turns sad...
** Episode 40, [[TearJerker is not]] [[CrapsackWorld for the]] [[KillThemAll squeamish...]]
* MythologyGag
** Hideki Goh wears the same costume when he delivered Sevengar to Dan as his visit to Kohtaro Higashi (along with the Ultra Brothers) in ''Ultraman Taro''.
** In Episode 9, Tohru and a human-sized kaijuu become friends. The boy is in an amusement park in some kind of trance, and at one point he's floating in mid-air. The pulsating background is the same as the opening credits of ''UltraSeven''.
** Speaking of Seven, Dan's pose as he lies unconscious after his defeat at the hands of the Gillas Brothers is the same as the pose he made (arms and legs spread out) after his RROD near-defeat against Pandon. In both scenes, the music is identical, the surface he was lying on was very similar, he's wearing a uniform and a helmet both times, and both times Seven shrinks back to human size on-screen (the shrinking effects are different, though).
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands
** Leo got more energy beam powers after the first 13 episodes, especially after Astra's arrival. In the beginning, he used brute force, improvised weapons, and even a burning kick or two.
** From Episode 2 onwards, Dan was able to concentrate and generate some kind of aura he used to weaken kaijus. This power (''Urutora Nenriki'' = Ultra Will-Power) wore him down severely. There was no indication whatsoever in the previous shows that he could do this.
** Sometimes, Gen could see aliens even in human form.
** Ultraman King never uses the same power twice!
* NonHumanSidekick: Sevengar; Ron
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Dan becomes Leo's mentor after Seven was maimed by the Gillas Brothers. Gen fled his dying planet only to have to face the one responsible once on Earth; then, he takes over Earth's large scale defense with MAC in a support role. Gen ends up fighting alone after Episode 39. Dan's role as a mentor is over at that time. Tohru's TrueCompanions fill the role of parents after the loss of his father; later, Gen and the Miyamas fill that role.
* NotOfThisEarth: That little souvenir Alien Tsuruk left behind in episode 3 was made of an alien metal.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain
** In human form, Bunyo is bumbling, goofy and can't fight to save his life. Gen gave him a beating on their first encounter. Even Commander Black thought he was worthless. Now, once Bunyo figures who Gen is and he and Black set their plan to get Leo in motion, MoodWhiplash and tears are just around the corner.
** Alien children invoke the trope.
** So does the old man handing out flowers left and right in Episode 31. Children were GenreSavvy that time.
* OhCrap: A couple of minutes into Episode 40, Dan and Gen are taken by surprise when the alarm sounds and that big dot on the radar approaches the MAC base at high speed...
* OlderAndWiser: Two guesses, one for this show and one (actually two) for ''Mebius'' and ''Zero''.
* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
* PantheraAwesome: The lion motifs used throughout.
* PsychoForHire: Bunyo Seijin, a mercenary Commander Black hires.
* RageAgainstTheMentor
** Many times Gen refrained from actually hitting Dan, who could be pretty ruthless and strict. They actually had a fistfight in Episode 38 when Dan used his Ultra Willpower during the Ultra Rumble to even the odds against [[spoiler:fake Astra]].
** Around episode 13, Gen got suspended pending an investigation into the death of a cop. That didn't stop from intervening in a chase of the very alien who killed the cop, resulting in a MAC member being injured. He bitterly argued his innocence with Dan, but his impulsiveness got a teammate hurt. When he threatened to quit MAC, Dan upheld the suspension instead.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Dan uses his Ultra Will-Power. Coincidentally, Dan is the Blue counterpart to Gen's Red in...
* RedOniBlueOni
* ReTool
** A minor one happened after episode 13, with a more upbeat theme song and Leo's frequent use of energy attacks.
** On [[WhamEpisode episode 40]], the whole show premise changed with Commander Black's arrival and ensuing mayhem. Halfway through the episode, Gen and Tohru move to Mrs. Miyama's place. Gen is unemployed and needs to face emerging threats alone for the first time since he met Dan.
* ScareChord: Every episode begins with one and an EarthShatteringKaboom.
* SequelSeries
** To ''Series/UltraSeven''.
** ''Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy Legends'' was a sequel to this and ''Series/UltramanMebius'', the latter being a sequel to ''Leo'' and other ''Ultra'' shows.
* SternTeacher: Seven/Dan for Leo/Gen. Later, Leo himself becomes this for Mebius when he appear in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' and in the new ''Ultra Galaxy'' movie, for Ultra Seven's son, Ultraman Zero.
* StockFootage
** Footage from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' was used in episode 34 when Ultraman Jack guest-starred.
** Disaster footage from episodes 1 & 2 was used in episodes 38 & 39 when [[spoiler:Planet M-78 was on a collision course with Earth.]]
** Episode 29 reused [[spoiler: [[Series/UltraSeven Dan's farewell to Anne]] when Dan encountered Uri's mother]].
* StrollingThroughTheChaos: Commander Black in his very first scene was calmly strolling through Tokyo while Silver Bloom crushed a building at his behest.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: Zero and Leo in the ''Ultra Galaxy Gaiden'', Dan and Gen (reluctantly) in this show.
* TakeMeInstead: How Gen rescues Mrs. Miyama from Alien Bunyo.
* ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler:Actually, more than one...]]
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Gen in episodes 4 & 39.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Gen's TrainingFromHell.
* TrainingFromHell
** Gen is trained by Ultra Seven to be a martial artist and better Ultra very rigorously. ''Very, VERY rigorously''. How did he train? With Dan using CaneFu, boomerangs and even CarFu, Gen spinning in mid-air like a corkscrew and coming down HARD to land on whatever object or kaiju he wanted to destroy, using strange machines at the Jounan Sports Center and even doing LeParkour on a mountain ledge.
** He can also be very hard on himself sometimes.... In episode 6, Gen's friends are visibly uncomfortable at the sight of Gen negotiating two heavy swinging logs, hoisted by ropes that could break off anytime. Dan arrives and it seems like he himself is going to get hit in the face with them a couple of times.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Episode 50 subverts this when Gen was unable to grow to giant size, as Bunyo tied him up while in human form and Commander Black had wounded him.
* TransformationTrinket: The Leo Ring.
* TheUnfettered: [[TheFettered Dan wants to protect Leo and humans at all costs.]] Leo wants to [[IdiotHero jump in the fray at all times.]]
* WalkingTheEarth / SaveTheDayTurnAway: Gen, having killed off the Saucer Beasts for good and with Commander Black dead, throws away the Leo Ring and sails off. (By the time [[Series/UltramanMebius Mebius]] comes to Earth, he's tending the Twin Island originally submerged by the Gillas bros in the first episode.)
* WhamEpisode: Episode 1 (Seven's role in Earth's defense changes dramatically), 3 & 4 (Leo realizes just how tough his job is), 22 (Astra -- Leo is not the only survivor of L77 after all), 26 (Ultraman King -- the mythical hero appears), 38&39 (The Leo Brothers prove their worth to the Ultra Brothers after a rough start), 40 (TearJerker & ReTool)
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Seven no more..."]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Mr. Ohmura is never seen or mentioned again.]]
* WonderTwinPowers
** Leo can only use his most powerful attack, the Ultra Double Flasher, when he's together with Astra.
** They can also use the Ultra Double Spark, which can fix anything, when together.
** The Gillas Brothers always attack together; in fact, that's how Seven was disabled. They even huddle and spin together.
* YankTheDogsChain
** Gen had his TrueCompanions, his MAC teammates, his brother whom he thought dead, as well as the support of both his Captain and the legendary [=Ultraman=] King, and he was an honorary Ultra brother to boot. Then Silver Bloom appeared...
** Tohru, who was an orphan, had Gen, his little sister, and his TrueCompanions. Enter Silver Bloom...
* ZenSurvivor: Dan in this show, Gen in Mebius.
* ZergRush: ''Children'' pull this on [[spoiler:Commander Black]] in the last episode.
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