History Series / UltramanLeo

* 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.]]

* MissingMom: Toru and Kaoru's mother never appeared on the show. An alien tricked Kaoru one time, passing herself as her mother.

* ApocalypseHow: L-77 gets hit with a Class X (in the ''opening sequence'', no less), and the same fate would've befallen both Earth and M-78 had [[spoiler:Alien Babalou's treachery not been exposed and the Ultra Key had not returned to its rightful place.]]

* ApocalypseHow: L-77 gets hit with a Class-X (in the ''opening sequence,'' no less), and the same fate would've befallen both Earth and M-78 had [[spoiler:Alien Babalou's treachery not been exposed and the Ultra Key had not returned to its rightful place.]]

* NotSoDifferent: In Episode 8, both Gen and Aoshima disobeyed orders to do what's right. Both got chewed out by Dan.

* DareToBeBadass: "You're Leo. The immortal Ultraman Leo. Don't forget that your life isn't yours to give! Now go!"

* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: "Battle! The Leo Brothers vs. The Ultra Brothers", "[[spoiler:When Seven Dies! Tokyo Submerged]]", "[[spoiler:MAC Annihilated! The Flying Saucer is a Living Organism]]"

* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: "Battle! The Leo Brothers vs. The Ultra Brothers", "[[spoiler:When Seven Dies! Tokyo Submerged]]"

* ABirthdayNotABreak: Matsuki Momoi's birthday celebration was cut short when Silver Bloom arrived.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Alien Magma disappeared as quickly as he could after the Gillas Brothers were defeated, that is, until Episode 30.

* MoreThanJustATeacher: Gen Ohtori works as a gym coach and tutor at times of peace.

* NotSoDifferent: Gen and fellow hot-headed MAC officer Aoshima were both suspended for disobeying orders in Episode 8.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Forget tsunamis and earthquakes. That moon where the Ultra Brothers were posted, and the Earth, would have been torn apart when the Land of Light went off orbit. Just coming that close to the Earth (aka, reaching The Land of Light's Roche Limit) would have been enough.

* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: In the first episode, Gen plays the guitar and sings the first notes of "Ballad for a Starry Sky", then he and Kaoru went outside and played while the same song (the soundtrack version) was heard in the background.

* ParentalAbandonment: Tohru and Kaoru’s mother died when they were longer, and their father was killed in front of them by Alien Tsuruk.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** The shape of Alien Carly's tail as it grows back is...[[SomethingElseAlsoRises suggestive to say the least]].
** Hey, is Sevengar wearing an unwrapped condom in front?

* BloodierAndGorier: Evident from episode 1 onwards. Ultra Seven's leg is literally bent out of shape with bones cracking and everything. [[spoiler:[[SickeningCrunch The sound effect used was appropriate given the level of violence.]]]] Also, see DarkerAndEdgier below.

* DownerBeginning: Planet L-77 blows up in the ''opening credits''. Seven is disabled.

* BadassBystander: Occasionally, civilains will do their best partaking in keeping the situation under control while Leo deals with the monster of the day. Special mentiom goes to the bystanders evacuating children out of a building as Leo fights Silver Bloome and the man who gave up his life saving a baby when Satan Mora collapses a building.

* 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.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Tohru and his friends.

* {{Adorkable}}: Gen laughs and jokes around a lot.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: By the first ten minutes we know [[spoiler: Gen Otori is Ultraman Leo, the reason he's on Earth, Dan Moroboshi is the captain of his own team, and cannot transform into Seven anymore]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Not to th extent of ''Series/UltramanNexus'', but this show deconstructs the BoringInvincibleHero trope, which Seven represented in his own show.

* BoringInvincibleHero: Averted with Leo (throughout) and Seven (see above). And, in a depressing turn, [[spoiler:with MAC]].

* HumanAliens/HumanoidAliens: Dan, Gen, Commander Black, Bunyo, and others.

* ThatManIsDead: "Sebun wa mou inai."

* TitleScream

* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: All over the place.