| 1 | The list of characters for ''Series/UltramanZ''. Although ''Series/UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracy'' is a prequel to the aforementioned series, their character list goes [[Characters/UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracy here]] to accommodate its growing cast. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | !'''Ultra Warriors''' |
| 5 | [[folder:Ultraman Z]] |
| 6 | !!Ultraman Z |
| 7 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultramanz_render.png]] |
| 8 | --->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TasukuHatanaka (Japanese), Creator/MattShipman (English) |
| 9 | --->'''Ultra Z Riser Voiced by:''' Patrick Yu |
| 10 | The titular hero of this series, Ultraman Z is the new member of the Space Garrison trained under Ultraman Zero. While defending the Land of Light together with Zero, Z chased a space monster that made its way to Earth, where he bonded with STORAGE member Haruki Natsukawa and the two had since joined forces to protect Earth from monster and alien attacks. |
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| 12 | * AccidentalMurder: Kills one of the two attacking Red Kings in episode 11, until we learn that it's actually protecting their egg. Something that Haruki realized way too late. |
| 13 | * AlwaysSecondBest: A form example; despite [[LightningBruiser Delta Rise Claw]] shaping up to be the MidSeasonUpgrade, [[FragileSpeedster Alpha Edge]] and [[MightyGlacier Beta Smash]] are still above it in terms of flight speed and arm strength respectively. |
| 14 | * AmbiguousSituation: Even though he lives in the Land of Light, where Z actually ''comes'' from is still unknown, as it's heavily implied in the 8th voice drama that he doesn't originate from the place. The fact that he possesses several physical traits that are atypical for the residents of the Land of Light only adds questions. |
| 15 | * AscendedFanboy: He is attracted to Zero's exploits and wish to become his student. When Genegarg made its way to Earth and Zero was temporarily put out of commission by Bullton, he was entrusted with the Z Riser to fight on Earth like Seven and Leo (Zero's father and master respectively) were in their prime years. |
| 16 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: He listed all the great feats of Zero, the last one being him not having a major rank in the Space Garrison. This unknowingly ticks his idol off. |
| 17 | * BackToBaseForm: [[spoiler:In the series finale, after being knocked out of Delta Rise Claw by the D4 beam, Z is forced to fight in his base form against Destrudos. However, to symbolize his growth, it's this form that ultimately defeats Destrudos.]] |
| 18 | * BadassFingersnap: Gamma Future frequently does this whenever he invokes his magical attacks. |
| 19 | * BerserkButton: The only thing that can upset Z is if you lose the Z Riser by accident or said device being stolen. Haruki gets called out twice by the Ultra himself when Juggler stole the Riser to create his own and when it fell into Yuka's possession while being kidnapped by two Alien Pitts. |
| 20 | * BeyondTheImpossible: Delta Rise Claw serves as this to combat Greeza, a being of non-existence. The fact that Greeza is the embodiment of the void and it requires the power that defies logic to defeat him, and Z had a hunch about combining the power of three Ultramen -- two of them (Zero and Geed) who had a personal beef with the other (Belial). Juggler makes the formula possible by having Celebro cough up the Belial medal for Haruki, and the end result is Belial's medal resonating with Zero and Geed's to power up into their Rise Medals mode. It also helps that one of Delta Rise Claw's component includes Ultraman Zero '''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beyond]]'''. |
| 21 | ** Forcing the Belial Atrocious medal through sheer force of will also counts as any attempt to use a transformation collectible involving Belial's powers results in a backlash on the user. Not unlike Gai who has to undergo an breakdown (read: giving in to negative emotions) in order to activate Belial's card. Riku is exempted from this rule as he is Belial's son and the evil Ultra's blood runs in his veins. |
| 22 | * BlueIsHeroic: His main coloration is blue, although its mixed with bits of silver, red and grey. It is also notable that Z is the second blue ultra who stars in his own series after Cosmos. |
| 23 | * BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Z's [[CriticalAnnoyance Color Timer]] is in the shape of, fittingly enough, a Z. |
| 24 | * ChoiceOfTwoWeapons: He has three that he can use depending on the situation. |
| 25 | ** The Ultra Z Riser in its bigger mode allows him to use special attacks from scanning his medals. |
| 26 | ** The Z Lance Arrow allows him to utilize fire and ice. |
| 27 | ** Beliarok is a powerful TalkingWeapon that can only be used as Delta Rise Claw. |
| 28 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: |
| 29 | ** While Series/UltramanTaiga and Z are start out as equally fresh and starting out Ultramen, their similarities end with Z being a disciple of Franchise/UltramanZero while Taiga is the son of Series/UltramanTaro. The tentative Z also proves to be much more inexperienced than Taiga in several ways despite being more soft-spoken and patient than the much more HotBlooded and eager Taiga. Also, while Taiga was clearly insecure and anxious about living up to the legacy of his father, Z, on the other hand, embraces the concept wholeheartedly and boldly follows in the footsteps of his mentor. [[spoiler:Also, both of the young Ultras are connected to one of the Ultra Brothers. In Z's case, it's Series/UltramanAce, who is also revealed to be Z's godfather.]] |
| 30 | ** Also to Series/UltramanOrb and Series/UltramanGeed as far as the how their FusionDance forms are concerned. While Orb was able to do a triple fusion form (Orb Trinity), Z's forms require three Ultras to access one of his forms. On the other hand, both Orb and Geed use the powers of the [[Series/{{Ultraman}} original Ultraman]] to access their [[JackOfAllStats base fusion forms]], Z combines Ultraman's powers with that of Series/UltramanAce and Series/UltramanTaro, which make up his [[MightyGlacier all-out offensive]] form, Beta Smash. |
| 31 | *** One more to Series/UltramanOrb and Series/UltramanGeed is how they fight with their alternate forms. When it comes to switching forms Haruki and Z are considerably more liberal about it than Riku as Geed. Riku typically started in his Primitive form then powered up to an alternate. If he had to switch more it was usually for an extremely tough opponent. Haruki's style is very 'figure out what works' where it isn't unusual to see him use all the forms he has up to that point in a fight if even briefly. |
| 32 | ** Both Z and Film/UltramanZearth are inexperienced protagonists associated with the letter Z who use karate as their fighting style, and have a case of NonStandardCharacterDesign going on in their appearances; Z even somewhat resembles Zearth in his Beta Smash form. However, Zearth assumed a human form, while Z bonded with a human host. Their flaws are also the exact opposite; Zearth's flaw is his insecurity and lack of self-confidence, whilst Z is a bit too impulsive for his own good. |
| 33 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Played for Laughs in the first episode ''Ultraman New Generation Star''. When he attempts to fully activate the Dimensionizer, he unknowingly skips the memories of his time with Haruki while recapping the exploits of his predecessors (from [[Series/UltramanGinga Ginga]] to the [[Series/UltramanTaiga Tri-Squad]]) to his successors ([[Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga Trigger]] and [[Series/UltramanDecker Decker]]), resulting in his device not responding at all. Ginga gives him a heads-up that he is also supposed to recall ''his own'' ordeal as well. |
| 34 | * DopplegangerAttack: Z's Gamma Future can create a clone of Tiga, Dyna and Gaia. Despite being called illusions they can still fire beam attacks. |
| 35 | * DynamicEntry: As with Series/UltramanTaro, [[Series/UltramanOrb Orb]] Burnmite, and even Taro's son [[Series/UltramanTaiga Taiga]], Z Beta Smash appears with multiple backflips ending with a DivingKick; the only main difference is that Z dishes out a dropkick. |
| 36 | * GeometricMagic: Gamma Future can create a circular Ultra Barrier with magical runes and seals, best demonstrated with the Z Aias. |
| 37 | * HeroicSpirit: One of Z's biggest strengths is just how hard he is to keep down. Sure, you can knock him out, badly injure him, take away his power, and force him to his limits and then some as easily as anyone else. But if there's one thing that's as true as the sky, it's that Z will ''always'' get right back up for round 2 without fail or hesitation, regardless of what gets in his way. |
| 38 | ** [[spoiler: This is part of what enabled him to defeat Destrudos, as despite being severely outmatched and in his weakest state, Z just keeps getting up and pushing with everything he has, ultimately overwhelming the amalgam with sheer grit.]] |
| 39 | * HourOfPower: While Z can become human-sized, it severely drains his energy to do so, as a result, he can only last 50 seconds before reverting back. |
| 40 | * KidHero: Z stated that his age is 5,000 years old. Considering that his master, Zero, is 5,900 years old (equivalent to 18-20 human years) and his predecessor Taiga being 4,800 years old (analogous to a Japanese HS student in their first year), Z is probably somewhere in-between 17-18 years old. |
| 41 | * LaserBlade: Scanning the [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Zoffy]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Jack]], and [[Series/UltramanAce Father of Ultra]] Ultra Medals in the Z Riser allows Z to generate one from his Z Riser, allowing him to perform the M78 Style Shining Tornado Slash finisher, striking his target with a energy buzzsaw after [[BlowYouAway leaving them helpless inside a tornado he creates with said blade]]. |
| 42 | * FighterMageThief: In order of this trope, Beta Smash, Gamma Future and Alpha Edge fulfils all three of these roles. |
| 43 | * {{Foil}}: To his predecessor, Series/UltramanTaiga. Age gaps aside (Z being 5,000 years old while Taiga is 4,800) and their appearance together in the upcoming ''Series/UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracy'', both of them start off as inexperienced, yet hot-blooded Ultra warriors. Taiga has been on Earth for 12 years while Z is unaccustomed to the planet's culture upon his first entry. [[spoiler:Both of them are related to Franchise/UltramanZero and one of the Ultra Brothers -- Taiga is Zero's second cousin and have met midway in his series and used some of his beam attacks through the Plasma Zero-let, whereas Z is Zero's disciple taken in out of {{Hero Worship|per}} and his master's Medal being used his Alpha Edge and Delta Rise Claw forms. The fact that Taiga is the son of Series/UltramanTaro and Series/UltramanAce later revealed as Z's godfather, it helps not only that Ace and Taro are adoptive brothers, it is because they were raised by Father of Ultra]]. |
| 44 | * GreekLetterRanks: His forms are named after the Greek Alphabet: '''Alpha''' Edge, '''Beta''' Smash, '''Gamma''' Future and '''Delta''' Rise. He also have a video game-exclusiive form called '''Sigma''' Breaster (a combination of the medals of Zoffy, Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Mebius). |
| 45 | * InelegantBlubbering: The 22nd voice drama has him crying over failing the written exam, partly due to Zero being misinformed that Sevenger was under Leo's ownership instead of his father. |
| 46 | * LightningLash: Zestium Drive is an energy whip that works in a similar fashion as Tiga's Tiga Slicer, Dyna's Dyna Slash (or Flash Cycler) and Gaia's Photon Edge. |
| 47 | * MasterApprenticeChain: He's the latest addition to the chain that started with Seven, followed by Leo and Zero. Unlike the other two, Z wasn't forced into the chain, but willingly sought to become part of it. |
| 48 | * MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: Z is named as such by his godfather Ultraman Ace, to become the 'last hero' for peace. It also serves as a nice compliment to Ace, who is known as Ultraman A.]] |
| 49 | * MilkingTheGiantCow: During the TransformationSequence, Z appears behind Haruki and says his catchphrase, |
| 50 | -->'''Ultraman Z:''' I ask that you chant my name! Ultraman...(quickly extends his arms wide open) Z! |
| 51 | -->'''Haruki: ''' Ultraman Z! (extends his arm and clicks the Ultra Z Riser) |
| 52 | * MultiformBalance: Like Orb and Geed before him, Z's Ultra Z Riser allows him to use mishmash forms based on past Ultras. The only difference is that Z is at the very least has an accessible main form since the start of his series. |
| 53 | ** [[MasterOfNone Original]]: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Z's true form]]. Despite his training from Zero, Z is yet to be a full fledged Ultra Warrior, hence Zero compares his strength to half of, or a 1/3 of an experienced Ultra. The Ultra Fusion serve as power-ups to compensate for what he lacked for his strength. |
| 54 | ** [[FragileSpeedster Alpha Edge]]: An Ultra Fusion that utilizes the MasterApprenticeChain of Seven, Leo and Zero. In addition to speed, Z can utilize martial arts in his combat. |
| 55 | ** [[MightyGlacier Beta Smash]]: An Ultra Fusion that utilizes the Ultra Brothers members Ultraman, Ace and Taro, giving Z the fighting prowess of a wrestler and brute strength. |
| 56 | ** [[SquishyWizard Gamma Future]]: An Ultra Fusion that utilizes the first three Heisei Ultras; Tiga, Dyna and Gaia. They provide Z with tricky techniques and beam attacks. |
| 57 | ** [[LightningBruiser Delta]] [[GoldenSuperMode Rise Claw]]: An Ultra Fusion that utilizes the ''Series/UltramanGeed'' Ultras in Zero Beyond, Geed, and Belial Atrocious. This gives Z the ability to summon an energy storm and is the only one capable of wielding the Beliarok. |
| 58 | ** [[KungFuWizard Sigma Breastar]]: A game-only Ultra Fusion that utilizes Ultras strongly associated with Ultraman; Zoffy, Tiga, and Mebius. They provide Z with [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] abilities mixed with Tiga's [[MultiformBalance ability to channel power and speed]]. |
| 59 | * PeoplePuppets: Like his master, he's able to force Haruki to transform, as he does it in episode 7 to fight the human-sized Valis Raiders as his human-sized Original Form. |
| 60 | * PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: While Z's grunts already have a deep baritone to begin with, Beta Smash makes it even deeper, befitting the muscular appearance of the form. Gamma Future also has a metallic deep voice. Strangely enough, whenever Z just talks, he doesn't speak in the same deep tone. |
| 61 | * ShapingYourAttacks: Z does this more than once in the show, most notably in the final episode in the battle against [[spoiler: Destrudos]] where Z turns his energy beam into a capital '''Z''' shape, large enough to overwhelm his enemy completely. |
| 62 | * {{Shoryuken}}: Beta Smash's [[FinishingMove Zestium Upper]] works in this fashion. |
| 63 | * ShoutOut: Beta Smash's overall appearance pays (unintended) homage to Series/{{Redman}}. |
| 64 | * ShockAndAwe: By having Haruki scan the [[Series/UltramanCosmos Cosmos]], [[Series/UltramanNexus Nexus]], and [[Series/UltramanMebius Mebius]] Ultra Medals, he's able to use the Lightning Generade finisher, striking his targets with powerful lightning. |
| 65 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: The English press release refers to the show as "Ultraman Z" but the character as "Ultraman Zett". In Japan there's no real difference between the two, but Western English speakers would be likely to pronounce the letter as "Zee" if Tsuburaya didn't indicate otherwise. As of later media, Tsuburaya started to pronounce the Ultra as "Z" instead of "Zett" to make him in lieu with the series. |
| 66 | * SpinToDeflectStuff: Aside from using the energy nunchucks formed from his Sluggers in Alpha Edge form to slash enemies, Z can form a barrier by quickly spinning them. |
| 67 | * TheStoic: Subverted. He is only presented like this to Haruki in a monotone and emotionless voice, akin to how most Ultras in the Land of Light before him were known to portray themselves this way in front of their human host. Otherwise, he is basically a joyful AscendedFanboy who gets to be Zero's disciple. |
| 68 | * SummonMagic: Gamma Illusion allows Z to summon projections of Tiga, Dyna and Gaia. |
| 69 | * SwordBeam: By scanning Ginga, X and Orb Medals, it doesn't give him Geed's Galaxy Rising, but only Geed's Galaxy Burst energy arc. |
| 70 | * TalkingWeapon: Beliarok, a sword created from Geed's Belial Factor and the space needle embedded in [[Series/UltramanX Greeza]], can talk and will refuse to work with Z unless he's given a reason to fight. |
| 71 | * TokenMinority: Despite being an Ultra working under the Space Garrison, he is implied not to be from the Land of Light according to the 8th voice drama. |
| 72 | * VerbalTic: Upon meeting Haruki the latter can't help but comment that Z speaks strangely. He seems to have a habit of adding 'Ultra' to phrases, as a result of still learning Japanese. Instead of being in peril he's in ultra-peril. |
| 73 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Aside from being his student, Z wanted to be acknowledged as one by his master, Zero. |
| 74 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Beta Smash, complete with a mask and muscular body. Hell, even in the preview for episode has Z doing what appears to be the [[Wrestling/RandyOrton RKO]]. |
| 75 | * YinYangBomb: Since Delta Rise Claw was created from the power of their components' intense rivalries, Z harnesses the power of 2/3 light (Zero Beyond and Geed) and 1/3 darkness (Belial Atrocious), with the Beliarok further added to the latter. The game-exclusive Sigma Breastar form also counts for the simultaenous use of flame and ice powers at a time. |
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| 78 | [[folder:Ultraman Zero]] |
| 79 | !!Ultraman Zero |
| 80 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zerocape.png]] |
| 81 | [[caption-width-right:250:Zero with the Ultra Zero Mantle]] |
| 82 | --->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano (Japanese), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English) |
| 83 | Z's teacher and the legendary Ultra Warrior that had faced against Belial after the latter's escape from his prison. In addition to sporting a new mantle, Zero mentors his new student Z and together, the two try to protect the Land of Light from an invasion force. However, Zero was banished into an alternate dimension in the middle of his duty. |
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| 85 | For tropes relating to him in general, see [[Characters/UltramanZero here]]. |
| 86 | |
| 87 | * BadassCape: His new cape was given to him by Leo in anticipation of the dangers in the universe. The official website even goes as far as to claim it as a multipurpose tool. |
| 88 | * BadassTeacher: Like his father, Seven and master, Leo before him, Zero continues the master-apprentice chain with Z, albeit it is a matter of reluctance. |
| 89 | * BigBrotherMentor: Z sees him as this, but the feeling isn't mutual on Zero's part. |
| 90 | * BigDamnHeroes: Shows up in Episode 7 just in time to allow Z and Geed to rally when Kaburagi's switching Belial Fusion Monsters puts them in a tight spot. |
| 91 | --> '''Zero:''' "If you're going to call yourself my disciple, then show some spirit!" |
| 92 | * [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]: Although this has been hinted by past Ultra Series installments in the New Gen era, the voice drama made it clear that he's usually looked up to by many younger Ultras due to his big brother-like approach, if Z's claims were to be true. |
| 93 | * ButNowIMustGo: Instead of joining Z to recover the stolen medals, Zero decided to leave all affairs on Earth to his student and Haruki as he departed back to the Land of Light. |
| 94 | * CastingGag: His suit actor is Satoru Okabe, reprising his role as Zero since ''Series/UltramanGeed'' where he is the BigBrotherMentor to the title Ultra. What makes it interesting is that Okabe also portrays Juggler's Majin form in this series, thus both Haruki and Z are somewhat mentored by the same person behind different suits. |
| 95 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The Shining Star Drive from Shining Zero allows him to reverse time and escape Bullton, but it cost him a lot of energy, explaining the delay of his arrival on Earth. |
| 96 | * DislikesTheNewGuy: Zero isn't keen enough on taking Z as his student, but reluctantly does so as the latter's incessant praising ticks him off. |
| 97 | * FusionDance: The 2020 installment of ''Ultraman Fusion Fight'' arcade game showcased his new form, Gransabered Zero, using the assets of Series/{{Ultraman}}, Series/UltraSeven and Series/UltramanAce. According to Zero in the voice drama, he conceptualizes it as an extension of his Zero Slugger while complementing them with more slicing abilities and beam attacks. |
| 98 | * InUniverseFactoidFailure: Aside from the implication that he didn't attend school, Zero seems to lack knowledges on certain monsters such as Neronga and misinterpreted Sevenger's owner being Leo instead of his crippled (at the time) father. The latter came to bite him when Z failed the entrance exam for Space Garrison because of it. |
| 99 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The fact that Z failed the entrance exam above has Zero came to the realization that he is at fault for giving the wrong information. |
| 100 | * PassingTheTorch: With Bullton transporting Zero, he entrusted the Z Riser and the first three medals to Z, wanting the young Ultra to reclaim the stolen medals from Genegarg. |
| 101 | * RedIsHeroic: His Gransabered Zero form sports maroon reddish color. |
| 102 | * SkippingSchool: Its implied from second Voice Drama episode that Zero didn't actually attend school like Z did, as he's as clueless as to which invisible monster did Series/{{Ultraman}} fight in his prime years (Neronga) and was avoiding the subject of school life when Z asked him about it. |
| 103 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: His fate at the start of the series, courtesy of Bullton. He escaped it at some point by using Shining Star Drive to rewind time to before he was trapped, but had to rest as a result of using the technique. |
| 104 | * {{Troll}}: Happens in the seventh voice drama. Knowing that Zero is more than likely to avoid teaching Z after promising to do it the next day, Zero uses Shining form to push the time a day behind and is implied to have enjoy seeing his wannabe student lamenting his master's abuse of time manipulation. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:Ultraman Geed]] |
| 108 | !!Riku Asakura/Ultraman Geed |
| 109 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geedgalaxrisingrender.png]] |
| 110 | [[caption-width-right:250:Ultraman Geed Galaxy Rising]] |
| 111 | --->'''Portrayed by:''' Tatsuomi Hamada |
| 112 | --->'''Voiced by:''' Kevin K. Gomez (English) |
| 113 | The son of Ultraman Belial, Riku spent 19 years on Earth blissfully unaware of his true nature until a string of events lead him to assume the mantle of his series' Ultraman. Geed uses his new powers to defend Earth from Ultraman Belial and finally killing his own father in a battle that decided the fate of the universe. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | In ''Ultraman Z'', Riku first appears chasing the revived Gillvalis who recently destroyed his Geed Riser in a fight, and soon enough teams up with Z to combat the Devil's Splinters and reveals a big secret about them. |
| 116 | ---- |
| 117 | For tropes relating to Riku Asakura and/or Ultraman Geed in general, see [[Characters/UltramanGeed here]]. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Although he fails to see his kidnapper (Celebro), Riku can only beg to let his father's legacy rest in peace as his DNA was harvested for Belial's essence. |
| 120 | * BadassInDistress: Celebro has the Valis Raiders capture Riku to harvest pure Belial DNA within him in order to create a stable Ultraman Belial Medal. |
| 121 | ** Happens again in episode 15, where Riku lets Greeza absorb him in a vain attempt to obtain the "space needle" inside it, forcing Haruki and Z to hustle to save him before he's completely absorbed by the kaiju. |
| 122 | * BigEater: By the time we see Riku in episode 7, he had eaten several bowls of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood instant ramen]] in STORAGE’s office. Helps that he hadn't been eaten for days since participating in the Devil Splinter cleansing missions. |
| 123 | * BlueIsHeroic: Galaxy Rising is featured as a dominantly dark blue giant in contrast to his red, black and silver Primitive, while ironically keeping the Primitive head. |
| 124 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: The spikes on his elbows glow and become bigger for Galaxy Cutting attacks. |
| 125 | * ByThePowerOfGreyskull: While Riku continues his trend to say a form-specific phrase before transforming, he switches his usual "You Go! I Go! Here We Go!" to " Live! Unite! Up!" with the medals of Ginga, X, and Orb appearing with each word, before loading them into his Riser. |
| 126 | ** Galaxy Rising: "Assemble! Glittering Stars!" |
| 127 | * CallBack: Riku's new call-out not only references the phrases Ginga, X, and Orb's respective [[TransformationTrinket Transformation Trinkets]] used while transforming, but matches the pattern of the phrases he used with his forms in ''Ultraman Fusion Fight! Capsule Fusion'', as opposed to his in-series forms.[[note]]Then again, Crunchyroll provided the subs for ''Geed'' during his run, while Tsuburaya themselves are the ones subbing[[/note]] |
| 128 | * [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]]: Galaxy Rising's appears to be a heroic version of the late Belial's Atrocious form. |
| 129 | * DemotedToExtra: Is a supporting character in ''Ultraman Z''. |
| 130 | * DramaPreservingHandicap: Geed would have had all the access to his Fusion Rises and could have proven to be more than a support to Z if his Geed Riser had been in good condition. [[ZigzaggedTrope That being said]], he gains the Z Riser as an alternative and a new form that he sticks to while giving Z enough focus in the series. Before regaining his Geed Riser in his last appearance in the series. |
| 131 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Inverted example. Despite the atrocities made by Belial and even leaving his legacy in the form of [[HatePlague Devil Splinters]], Riku still cares for his late father at best. When Celebro harvests his DNA for Belial, Riku begged to stop the process and let his father's legacy rest in peace. |
| 132 | * FakeShemp: Riku's physical appearance in episode 15 was recycled and modified scenes from ''Series/UltramanGeed'', with his actor dubbed over as if he's talking to Haruki through telepathy. |
| 133 | * {{Foil}}: To Juggler. As they both come from a previous New Generation Hero season and first encountered Gillvalis in their team-up movie. Riku is the main protagonist in the season that came after Orb, whereas Juggler is Orb's rival. Here, Riku serves as the secondary Ultra, albeit an inversion of Zero's role in his home series. Whereas Juggler is the pseudo-EvilMentor to Haruki and the captain of STORAGE while keeping up with his charade as Hebikura. |
| 134 | * GenerationXerox: His position in the series is not unlike Zero from his home series. They first arrive chasing down an enemy to the Earth that ''Geed'' and ''Z'' take place in respectively, following the loss of their unique transformation item/bracelet and being forced to use the current series' one in their place. Though unlike Zero, his device is fixed midway through the series, rather than at the very end. |
| 135 | * IChooseToStay: Subverted. Riku wanted to stay behind in handling the Devil Splinter case on Haruki's Earth, but the young man reassured that both him and Z will take care of Earth. |
| 136 | * InSeriesNickname: Aside from Haruki and Juggler, no one else in STORAGE seems to know his name. Yuka instantly calls him the "[[FaceOfAThug nasty-eyed]] Ultraman". |
| 137 | * ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Geed gave Z his personalized Ultra Medal in case if anything bad happened to him. Sure enough, Z used it as one of the components of Delta Rise Claw to save Geed from Greeza. Since his Geed Riser was already repaired by Hikari, Geed also gave Haruki the Medals that make up Galaxy Rising, as he has no need for them and assumed that his junior will use them in any way in the future. |
| 138 | * MrExposition: Reveals that the Devil Splinters are fragments of Belial's body imbued with his powers, explaining why they drive monsters berserk. |
| 139 | * MultiformBalance: Although he never invokes this one in series, the forms he appear on-screen were: |
| 140 | ** [[JackOfAllStats Primitive]]: His default form through the Geed Riser, appearing in flashback and episode 15 after his old Riser was restored. As demonstrated by the toy version of Z Riser, Riku could theoretically assume Primitive simply by inserting his card like how Z assumed a human sized form in episode 8. |
| 141 | ** [[LightningBruiser Galaxy Rising]]: A form used for alternative after his Geed Riser was damaged through [[Series/UltramanGinga Ginga]], [[Series/UltramanX X]] and [[Series/UltramanOrb Orb]] Medals. It serves as an upgrade over the overall balanced Primitive, but is capable of exerting speed, strength and beam attacks like Zero Beyond in his home series. |
| 142 | ** [[BarrierWarrior Tetrite Cross]]: A form exclusive to ''Ultraman Fusion Fight! Z Heat'', by scanning [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Jack]], [[Series/UltramanCosmos Cosmos]] and [[Series/UltramanNexus Nexus]] Medals. Geed is capable of manipulating barriers and uses Counter Style fighting technique that exerts both defensive and offensive tactics. |
| 143 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Since his Geed Riser was damaged in the fight against Gillvalis, he's forced to use a Z Riser given to him by Ultraman Hikari as a replacement. Once he got the item fixed, Riku still keeps the Z Riser, but gives Haruki his set of Medals instead. |
| 144 | * OlderAndWiser: Riku grows into an even more experienced New Generation Ultra than the last time we saw him. To say he's [[WiseBeyondTheirYears wise beyond his years]] would be an {{understatement}}. |
| 145 | * ThePhoenix: Galaxy Rising's AnimalMotifs appear to be this, as he is also seen generating said bird before unleashing [[FinishingMove Wrecking Phoenix]]. |
| 146 | ** There is also a symbolism going around here: Geed was originally defeated by Gillvalis and his Geed Riser damaged. The Z Riser and Ultra Medals provided by Hikari is his alternative to transform. In a way, Galaxy Rising is the phoenix (Geed) rising from the ashes of Geed Riser's destuction. |
| 147 | * PowerGivesYouWings: His Tetrite Cross form unveils a pair of angelic wings in contrast to his [[SatanicArchetype demon]] of a father. |
| 148 | * PutOnTheBus: Riku leaves Haruki's Earth to Ultraman Z, in order to deal with the Devil Splinter scattered through the multiverse. His brief return in episode 15 also ends the same way. |
| 149 | %%* RealMenWearPink: He has a shade of magenta for the in-game form Tetrite Cross. |
| 150 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: His duo with Haruki/Ultraman Z appears to be this with the latter two being the blue to Riku/Geed's RedIsHeroic. |
| 151 | * SecretKeeper: Forms a pact with Juggler to keep his identity as Hebikura a secret from Haruki, as he likewise put Riku's double life as Geed in the dark from all STORAGE members. |
| 152 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Although he only visits this Earth twice during the series, [[spoiler:his first visit leads to the creation of the Belial Medal, and his second visit leads to the creation of Beliarok.]] |
| 153 | * SpontaneousWeaponCreation: As Galaxy Rising, he can summon the Z Riser as a bigger weapon in place of the Geed Claw. |
| 154 | * TransformationIsAFreeAction: Defied by Gillvalis, who upon getting resurrected by the Devil Splinters, immediately blasted Geed before he had the chance to use the Giga Finalizer to transform into Ultimate Final, rendering him in human form and damaging the Geed Riser. If it wasn't for Pega delivering the Z Riser, Riku would have been at the genocidal A.I's nonexistent mercy. |
| 155 | * TransformationTrinket: After his Geed Riser was [[WreckedWeapon destroyed]] by Gillvalis, Riku obtained the Z Riser as his alternative transformation device, courtesy of Ultraman Hikari. |
| 156 | * WreckedWeapon: His Geed Riser, courtesy of a revived Gillvalis. Hikari gets it fixed in episode 15, allowing him to pass the Ginga, X, and Orb Medals to Haruki. |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:Beliarok]] |
| 160 | !!Beliarok |
| 161 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beliarok.png]] |
| 162 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Once you take hold of me, what will you do?"'']] |
| 163 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiOno (Japanese), Creator/PatrickSeitz (English) |
| 164 | A space needle located from the very depths of Greeza, meant to sew the living space anomaly if it ever were to escape, such as the case when Bullton was destroyed. When Geed was briefly absorbed into Greeza, the needle pricked him and absorbed a sample of his Belial DNA, transforming the needle into a sentient weapon capable of speech. |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | |
| 167 | * AbnormalAmmo: The Deathcium Fang unleashes a giant Belial head that gets bigger as he approaches the opponent and swallows them. |
| 168 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: Despite being created to counter an EldritchAbomination and was given the power of a dark Ultra, Beliarok considers himself above the terms of good and evil, so long that each side is able to entertain him. |
| 169 | * AntiHero: The Beliarok doesn't fight for heroic reasons and gets to choose who he deems worthy of wielding him. That said, Haruki properly introducing himself and answering his question lead to the sentient blade siding with him and Z. |
| 170 | * BloodKnight: He seems to have a taste for fighting stronger opponents, basing his chosen wielder over who can bring him more "interesting things to cut". He chooses to stick with Haruki[[note]]And just Haruki, Ultraman Z isn't counted despite the latter wielding a giant copy of him while in sync with Haruki[[/note]] as he believes the young man's [[WildCard unpredictable fate]] will eventually bring him the strongest opponents to face. |
| 171 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Whenever someone new tries to wield him, he usually shocks them before asking this question, only allowing them to touch him if he likes the answer. |
| 172 | --> '''Beliarok''': "Before you touch me, I ask you this... Once you take hold of me, what will you do?" |
| 173 | * CoolSword: He's a living sword with Belial's head as a Basket-hilt to protect Z's hand. |
| 174 | * DarkIsNotEvil: PlayedWith. He has Belial's powers and is created by tapping into Geed's Belial DNA, but is not an evil entity on his own right. He's not ''good'' either though, as he merely fights to amuse himself. |
| 175 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:In the final episode he seems to die absorbing the D4 Ray, but comes back at the end of the episode, revealing that he is immortal.]] |
| 176 | * EmpathicWeapon: It's originally non-sentient. That is, until it came in contact with Geed's Belial DNA. |
| 177 | * FinishingMove: He can access three of them when the user presses the button on the back of his head. His finishing moves are Deathcium Slash, Deathcium Fang and Deathcium Claw. |
| 178 | * IdenticalStranger: The sword looks like Belial and has the late Ultra's powers, not to mention his voice actor too. However, he's ''not'' Belial reborn as he merely sampled Belial's DNA to create his form and has no other ties to him. |
| 179 | * {{Immortality}}: Per his own words, [[spoiler:which is proven by him seemingly getting blown up by absorbing the D4 Ray from Destrudos in the series finale but coming back unscathed at the end. It appears to be [[FromASingleCell regeneration]] of some kind]] |
| 180 | * ItHasBeenAnHonor: [[spoiler:When it seems that he's going to die absorbing the D4 Ray, he recalls how much fun he had helping Haruki "cut things apart" as his last hurrah.]] |
| 181 | * MeaningfulName: The Beliarok is named after Belial and Ragnarök, an apocalyptic event in the Norse mythology. |
| 182 | * NominalHero: Like Juggler, Beliarok will also play the role of a hero if he feels like it, such example being assisting Z and Haruki in disposing Kemur's bomb and splitting Kaori from the alien. This was before the duo discovered that he is able to do so. |
| 183 | * OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The only form that Ultraman Z can wield with this weapon is the Delta Rise Claw, since it has Belial Atrocious' power added to the mix. In addition, the sentient weapon picks who's worthy of using him, and will switch owners based on his whims. So far, Haruki/Ultraman Z, Sevenger, Alien Barossa II, Ultraman Geed and the Parallel Isotope of Ultraman Belial have all been deemed worthy. |
| 184 | * PetTheDog: Beliarok could have just keep himself silent from revealing his ability to save Kaori and removing Kemur's bomb into a pocket dimension, but his offering for assistance is the closest thing he did to a form of heroism. |
| 185 | * SizeShifter: He's capable of changing his own size, as he shrinks from a giant-sized sword to a tiny sword after Z Delta Rise Claw retreats from his battle with Alien Barossa, and then slightly enlarges to allow a human-sized Alien Barossa to fight Juggler in a swordfight. |
| 186 | * SpaceX: Originally a space sewing needle that's required to sew Greeza shut. |
| 187 | * SwordBeam: In Alien Barossa II's hands, he can unleash the Final Break energy slash attack. Beliarok calls it as lame and instantly left the alien for someone more worthy of his possession. |
| 188 | * TalkingWeapon: To be expected for a sword with Belial's head. |
| 189 | * ZorroMark: The Deathcium Slash carves a "Z" mark out of energy before the opponent detonates. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Ultra Brothers]] |
| 193 | !!As a whole |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * BadassCape: Starting from ''Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends'', the core six members are seen wearing capes as a sign of their authority. Leo also wears his own cape, which he inherited from Ultraman King. |
| 196 | * [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]: Z sees them this way, hence the reason why most of their Ultra Medals has Z calling them Nii-san, with exceptions of Seven and Leo for obvious reasons. |
| 197 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Z sought to collect their feelings of gratitude for the first Ultraman in ''Ultraman Day 2020 video'', the other five of the main six Brothers comply to his wish. |
| 198 | |
| 199 | !!Zoffy |
| 200 | The leader of the Ultra Brothers and the Captain of the Inter Galactic Defense Force. In Chapter 2 of ''Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy'', a younger Zoffy was an old friend of Father and Mother of Ultra and even a pre-FaceHeelTurn Belial during their fight against Alien Empera. |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | For tropes relating to Zoffy in general, see [[Characters/UltramanTVSeries here]]. |
| 203 | |
| 204 | !!Ultraman |
| 205 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Koichi Toshima (Ultraman Day) |
| 206 | The very first Ultra Warrior to fight on Earth, hence his name. In the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJJ3THk-FW0 Ultraman Day 2020]]'' special video, Z collects the rest of the 5 Brothers' feelings of appreciation to be presented for the original Ultraman as a sign of gratitude for his presence making way for the Ultra Series. |
| 207 | ---- |
| 208 | For tropes relating to Ultraman in general, see [[Characters/UltramanTVSeries here]]. |
| 209 | |
| 210 | * ChekhovsGun: In ''Ultraman Day 2020'' video, he teaches the Cross Touch (crossing their right arms to each others) to Z as a way to signify their bonds. This appears in episode 13 of the original series where Z reconciles with Haruki during their HeroicBSOD and does the same Cross Touch to mend their bonds again. |
| 211 | |
| 212 | !!Ultraseven |
| 213 | Zero's father and the master to Ultraman Leo, who also mentored Zero during his banishment. |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | For tropes relating to Ultraseven in general, see [[Characters/{{Ultraseven}} here]]. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | * TheGhost: He is frequently mentioned by Zero in the Voice Drama of his time on Earth, such as his use of Capsule Monsters and how he give Leo the TrainingFromHell. |
| 218 | * MasterApprenticeChain: The starting one of this chain that eventually ended with Z as of now. Like his son, Seven has complex feelings in regards to Z, appearing cold at first glance but gives his gratitude to the young warrior during the events for ''Ultraman Day 2020''. In addition, Z calls Seven as "Shisho", meaning teacher, out of the core six Ultra Brothers. |
| 219 | |
| 220 | !!Ultraman Jack |
| 221 | The third Ultra that was assigned to protect Earth, succeeding Seven. |
| 222 | ---- |
| 223 | For tropes relating to Ultraman Jack in general, see [[Characters/ReturnOfUltraman here]]. |
| 224 | |
| 225 | * WeaponSpecialization: His Ultra Lance in general. In ''Ultraman Day 2020'', Z is required to display his skill with Jack's Ultra Lance, doing so to obtain his gratitude. |
| 226 | |
| 227 | !!Ultraman Ace |
| 228 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Keiji Takamine (speaking voice), Creator/GoroNaya (stock grunts), Charlie Campbell (English) |
| 229 | The fifth member of the Ultra Brothers, who apparently has a deeper attachment with Z's past before his appearance on Earth. Ace descends to Haruki's Earth to fight against Baraba, a Choju that was born from Yapool's leftover hatred for Ultraman. |
| 230 | ---- |
| 231 | For tropes relating to Ultraman Ace in general, see [[Characters/UltramanAce here]]. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | * BackForTheDead: The Ace Blade returns after decades of misuse, given some time in the spotlight... and is [[WreckedWeapon shattered]] by Baraba grabbing it with his sickle hand then slamming it with his mace hand. As discussed under BreakOutTheMuseumPiece, this isn’t that big of a deal. |
| 234 | * BigDamnHeroes: Ace appears in the middle of Z's struggle against Baraba and join forces with the young Ultra. |
| 235 | * BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: His [[CoolSword Ace Blade]] returned after fading from obscurity back in his home series... and snaps after a minute of screentime. Fortunately, this has happened before; as the blade is made from a combination of sunlight and Ace’s willpower, Ace can easily regenerate himself a new blade if needed. |
| 236 | * CallingYourAttacks: In line with the modern custom of new Ultramen saying their attack names, Ace does this too in his appearance here, despite never having done so in his own series. And boy, does he use many techniques against Barabas. |
| 237 | -->'''Punch Laser! Ultra Neo Barrier! Metallium Ray! Timer Shot!''' |
| 238 | * ContinuityNod: Ace quoted Yapool's line from episode 42 of his old series to Barabas while holding his barrier. |
| 239 | -->'''Ultraman Ace''': Yapool, you once said that '''victors must live on bearing the malice of those who have fallen'''. Even so, I... we Ultras will fight on! Until the day this universe is at peace! |
| 240 | * CoolSword: His Ace Blade, finally returning from its long absence in the Ultra Series. |
| 241 | * PapaWolf: Godfather he is, but Ace is quick to come to Z in fighting against Barabas. |
| 242 | * RedBaron: Is called the "Master of Beam Techniques" for his variety of beam techniques. More specifically, his SwordBeam techniques, of which he became famous for in his own series. |
| 243 | * TheReveal: Ace was the person to gave Z his name, therefore making him a godfather to the young warrior. The name itself is the last letter in English alphabet (which also contrasts with Ace's own name), but its true meaning is for Z to be the "last hero" who brings peace to the universe. |
| 244 | |
| 245 | !!Ultraman Taro |
| 246 | The sixth member of the Ultra Brothers. In chapter 2 of ''Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy'', a young Taro was one of the prominent characters in Tregear's past. |
| 247 | ---- |
| 248 | For tropes relating to Ultraman Taro in general, see [[Characters/UltramanTaro here]]. |
| 249 | |
| 250 | * ADayInTheLimelight: His interactions with Tregear is also focused in the Chapter 2 of TAC, complete with a younger voice actor. |
| 251 | * {{Retcon}}: He is the subject of one in Riku's flashback when he explains the origin of Devil Splinter, being stated to be pieces of Belial's flesh laying around back when he sustained injuries during his active days fighting. So how does Taro got involved? During the flashback, an improvised scene from ''Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends'' was demonstrated where Taro managed to shoot his Storium Ray to Belial's shoulder despite the original movie has Belial perfectly avoiding the attack. |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!Ultraman 80 |
| 254 | The successor of Ultraman Leo as Earth's protector, appearing in year 1980 (his namesake) after 5 years when Earth was initially devoid of monsters. He appears in the Voice Drama for a brief moment after Z attended his class. |
| 255 | ---- |
| 256 | For tropes relating to 80 in general, see [[Characters/UltramanEighty here]]. |
| 257 | |
| 258 | * BadassTeacher: He is still working as a teacher even after leaving Earth, with the young Ultras in the Land of Light as his students. Taiga and Z are also among of his students as well. |
| 259 | |
| 260 | !!Ultraman Mebius |
| 261 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama |
| 262 | The youngest member of the Ultra Brothers and the last of them to protect Earth, his final fight being against Alien Empera before he leave the planet and was rewarded a membership in the team upon his return. |
| 263 | ---- |
| 264 | For tropes relating to Mebius in general, see [[Characters/UltramanMebius here]]. |
| 265 | |
| 266 | * CharacterDevelopment: A far cry from Mirai in [[Series/UltramanMebius home series]], Mebius has become a lot more sociable with others while still being modest at the same time. Whereas Mirai was a NaiveNewcomer, Mebius gets to the point where he even {{Troll}}s Zero of all people. |
| 267 | * DontCallMeSir: He doesn't like being called "Niisan" by Z, possibly out of being humble as he stated that he still has a lot to learn. |
| 268 | * TheGadfly: To Zero no less when it comes to discussing about Z. It's one of his departure from his days as a RookieRedRanger from his home series. |
| 269 | * HumbleHero: Despite being one of the Ultra Brothers, Mebius made it clear to Z that he still has a lot to learn. And unlike Zero's JerkWithAHeartOfGold attitude, Mebius is a NiceGuy through and through, and is more than happy to have Z as a student (though he was more likely {{Troll}}ing Zero at that moment). |
| 270 | * {{Troll}}: In the 21st episode of ''Z and Zero Voice Drama'', Mebius teased Zero a lot of times after seeing through his blatant attempt to deny Z as his disciple. After saying that he wanted to have Z as his student, it apparently managed to catch Zero off-guard. |
| 271 | -->'''Mebius''': I might just make him my disciple.\ |
| 272 | '''Zero''': Me-Mebius you...\ |
| 273 | '''Mebius''': *''laughs''* I'm just kidding. You need to be honest with yourself.\ |
| 274 | '''Zero''': Sh-shut up! |
| 275 | |
| 276 | !!Ultraman Hikari |
| 277 | The last addition to the Ultra Brothers, a member of the Blue Tribe and a scientist who has been active since the original Ultraman's era. In ''Ultraman Z'', he was responsible for creating the Ultra Z Riser and the Ultra Medals. |
| 278 | ---- |
| 279 | For tropes relating to Hikari in general, see [[Characters/UltramanMebius here]]. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | * ContinuityNod: Ever wondering why the Z Riser functions similar to the Geed Riser from ''Series/UltramanGeed''? The voice drama reveals that it is indeed an upgrade from the former device. |
| 282 | * GadgeteerGenius: He created the Z Riser in order to fight against the Devil Splinter cases in outer space. It also becomes Z and Geed's TransformationTrinket, the latter being its replacement to his wrecked Geed Riser. |
| 283 | * TheGhost: He was mentioned only in name in ''Ultraman Z'' and the accompanying voice drama. ''The Absolute Conspiracy'' is his only live appearance during Z's tenure. |
| 284 | * IGaveMyWord: The voice drama reveals Hikari would name the device to the person volunteering to be his beta tester. Zero offers his student Z, and Hikari keeps his promise by naming it Ultra Z Riser. |
| 285 | * HistoryRepeats: Unfortunately for Hikari, the Ultra Z Riser gets stolen, this time by a Celebro-possessed Genegarg, just like his previous invention, the Geed Riser by Kei Fukuide. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | !'''Voice-Drama exclusive characters''' |
| 289 | [[folder:Voice Drama exclusive-characters]] |
| 290 | !!Glen Fire |
| 291 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki |
| 292 | A former member of a group of space pirates and a literal hot blooded member of Ultimate Force Zero. He was invited by Zero to give a lecture to Z. |
| 293 | ---- |
| 294 | For tropes pertaining to Glen Fire in general, see [[Characters/UltramanZero here]]. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | * BadassBoast: Perhaps a lot like Zero in general, he is way excited to meet Z in general, teasing Zero for having a student. |
| 297 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In spite of his LargeHam tendencies, he is visibly nice to Z in general and voices his interest to have the young Ultra under his wing. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | !!Jean-nine |
| 300 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyuIrino |
| 301 | The youngest addition to Utimate Force Zero, who went to the Land of Light to meet Zero on an errand, only to run into his disciple Z. |
| 302 | ---- |
| 303 | For tropes pertaining to Jean-nine in general, see [[Characters/UltramanZero here]]. |
| 304 | |
| 305 | * BerserkButton: Putting up with Z's antics of AccidentalMisnaming and learning that Zero told the former of his embarrassing past was enough to re-trigger the Jean-killer persona into mindlessly firing rockets at the two Ultras. |
| 306 | * ContinuityNod: Z briefly mistook Jean-nine for Moroboshi-kun, but the robot corrected that it was the name of their Pigmon pet, one that they adopted from ''Series/UltraZeroFight''. |
| 307 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Once his eyes turn red, it signals an OhCrap moment to Zero... |
| 308 | -->Yo... you're eyes are turning red... I kind of prefer them yellow... |
| 309 | |
| 310 | !!Ultraman Ribut |
| 311 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Wataru Komada |
| 312 | A member of the Galaxy Rescue Force, making his first live action appearance in the previous Galaxy Fight series, ''Series/UltraGalaxyFightNewGenerationHeroes''. In the Voice Drama, he was invited by Zero to provide Z a lecture about the Galaxy Rescue Force. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | For tropes pertaining to Ultraman Ribut in general, see [[Characters/UltramanTaiga here]]. |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[/folder]] |
| 317 | |
| 318 | ! '''GAFJ (Global Allied Forces Japan)''' |
| 319 | [[folder:STORAGE (Special Tactical Operations Regimental Airborne and Ground Equipment)]] |
| 320 | !!As a whole |
| 321 | STORAGE is the anti-monster robot team founded by GAFJ to combat daily monster attacks using giant robots. Four members, lead by Captain Hebikura, usually participate in the front lines either by piloting the SAA units or staying in the mission control room, while the rest are mechanics tasked in maintaining the robots after each sortie. |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | |
| 324 | * BreakingTheFellowship: Kuriyama decided to disband STORAGE after they defy his orders on using the unethical D4 Ray. |
| 325 | * MechVsBeast: Their operations involve fighting the threat of Kaiju with their giant robot units. |
| 326 | * TrueCompanions: Hebikura's team and Inaba's mechanics regarded each others as close as they had to family members, and they even enjoy their day off together as a team. |
| 327 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: Hebikura's team has an equal number of men and women, totaling it into four. |
| 328 | |
| 329 | !!Haruki Natsukawa |
| 330 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haruki_natsukawa.jpg]] |
| 331 | -->'''Played by:''' Kohshu Hirano |
| 332 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ZenoRobinson (English) |
| 333 | The newest member of STORAGE and a Karate expert. Haruki was just assigned to the team when he was killed by a space monster's attack. Z bonded with Haruki to revive him and had since join forces to protect mankind from monster attacks. |
| 334 | ---- |
| 335 | * BroughtDownToBadass: When Juggler "borrows" the Z Riser Haruki despairs a moment before remembering he's still a trained giant robot pilot and uses Sevenger to rescue Yoko from freezing to death. |
| 336 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Following the defeat of Destrudos, Haruki leaves Earth alongside Z to protect innocents all across the Universe.]] |
| 337 | * ByThePowerOfGreyskull: After loading his Access Card into the Z Riser and taking 3 specific Medals from his Medal Holder, he shouts a form-specific phrase before loading each Medal individually into the Riser, announcing each medal with form-specific honorific, and scanning them over his Access Card. |
| 338 | ** Alpha Edge: "Space Martial Arts, the Inherited Technique! Master Zero! Master Seven! Master Leo!" |
| 339 | ** Beta Smash: "Burn in scarlet flames, the Power of Courage! Brother Ultraman! Brother Ace! Brother Taro!" |
| 340 | ** Gamma Future: "Phantasmagoria, the Mystic Lights! Mister Tiga! Mister Dyna! Mister Gaia!" |
| 341 | ** Delta Rise Claw: "Swallow the Darkness, Golden Storm! Master Zero! Geed! Belial!" |
| 342 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Has two, albeit on the VerbalTic side of the spectrum. Both of which sharing the same quirk with Z: |
| 343 | ** 'Kay![[note]]Osu! It is a response commonly associated in Japanese martial arts like karate and judo. Befitting Haruki's expertise in karate.[[/note]] |
| 344 | ** Take this![[note]]Rather than "kurae!" (喰らえ！), which is commonly a variation of "Eat this!" used by stock shonen characters. Haruki instead uses "Chesto!" (チェスト), which is a common martial arts battle cry"[[/note]] |
| 345 | * CoolGate: The Z Riser allows Haruki to access Hero's Gate in order to communicate with Z. Within the Inner Space dimension, time is distorted, making it [[YearInsideHourOutside 1 minute in the dimension equals to 1 second in real world]]. |
| 346 | * {{Determinator}}: Haruki is known for his dedication to help others in dire situations, no matter the hardship he faces. He's determined to save a frozen Yoko from Windom by taking Sevenger without permission, and together with Z, they forced the Belial Atrocious Medal to access Delta Rise Claw out of sheer will to save Riku from Greeza. It is also because of this that the [[TalkingWeapon Beliarok]] choose to stay with Haruki, despite his status as a neutral character. |
| 347 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 348 | ** On a regular basis during a line of duty, there are times Haruki had to follow his own instincts, at the expense of causing collateral damage -- from saving a dog while Sevenger falls during a {{Kaiju}} attack to {{Rocket Punch}}ing a giant yeti to a nearby observatory; both of which he realizes the mistake too late before getting a mouthful of sermon from Hebikura and Kuriyama. |
| 349 | ** Played for Drama in episode 11. After destroying one of the two Red Kings, he discovers a cavern that one of them protecting had an egg within it, only to find out that one of the Red King he and Z destroyed was actually the ''father''; and understood the pain what its like to lose a father like he did when he was a child. Especially since he didn't stop to think about why the Red Kings were only defending one specific spot through their rampages after being woken up. This also made him think about the other Kaiju he killed with the realization that their deaths were also tragedies. |
| 350 | * DisappearedDad: His father died when he was a child when he protect Haruki from a rampaging [[Series/UltramanTaiga Giestron]]. |
| 351 | * TheHero: He shares this position with Ultraman Z. |
| 352 | * IdiotHero: Has shades of this. He becomes too eager to defeat Gigass that he forgets the observatory was supposed to be protected. Which he destroyed when he shot the new rocket punch weapon from Sevenger, knocking Gigass into the observatory. Shota reminds him right away. |
| 353 | * {{Kiai}}: Given that he's a karateka himself, he mostly shouts "chesto!" when fighting on foot. Ultraman Z himself would adopt this quirk. |
| 354 | * IKnowKungFu: Although he's a newcomer to the team, Haruki is knowledgeable in Karate, even having a black belt. |
| 355 | * OhCrap: |
| 356 | ** Sums up his face once Z regretfully informs him [[ExplosiveBreeder how many brothers Alien Barossa has]] that might be coming to avenge him. |
| 357 | ** He later has a more PlayedForDrama variant in episode 11 once he puts together that the Red Kings were protecting their child and [[WhatHaveIDone just killed one of its parents.]] |
| 358 | * TheseHandsHaveKilled: In a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, he goes into a ThousandYardStare-like state after he and Z killed one of the attacking Red King, who were later revealed to be protecting their unborn child. Taken further in Episode 12, where he starts losing the will to fight due to this. Questioning his actions against past kaiju. |
| 359 | * TransformationTrinket: The Ultra Z Riser in his hand belongs to Z, which he uses to transform in the Ultra or providing the former his [[MultiformBalance Ultra Fusion]] forms. |
| 360 | |
| 361 | !!Yoko Nakashima |
| 362 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pilot_yoko.jpg]] |
| 363 | -->'''Played by:''' Rima Matsuda |
| 364 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MallorieRodak (English) |
| 365 | The ace pilot of STORAGE. She has a lot of admirers and will always challenge them in an arm wrestling should they ever wanted to ask her out, although Yoko is frequently the winner of it. |
| 366 | ---- |
| 367 | * AcePilot: She pilots one of STORAGE's robots in against monsters. When Haruki's the one doing it, she will be relegated to attack monsters from the ground. Her skills with piloting the robots is even noticed by STORAGE's successor SAAG, and she's recruited to pilot the Ultroid Zero while Haruki is relegated to security work. |
| 368 | * ActionGirl: Even without piloting a SAA Unit, Yoko is still a capable fighter on her own and is able to defeat even the black belt karateka Haruki. |
| 369 | * AudienceSurrogate: Her being all hyped on the appearance of Z in Gamma Future is basically how the audience would react, especially those who grew up watching Tiga, Dyna and Gaia in their childhood. |
| 370 | * BestHerToBedHer: Promised her father that she wouldn't marry anyone unless they beat her at arm wrestling. [[spoiler:Guess what Haruki does in the final episode.]] |
| 371 | * DamselInDistress: While Yoko isn't a stranger to being kidnapped and/or in peril from monster and alien attacks, the biggest one goes to [[spoiler:her being possessed by Celebro and piloted the Ultroid Zero/Destrudos, forcing Z to go easy during the fight so as to prevent hurting her]]. |
| 372 | * FatalFlaw: Her fawning over Z; [[DownplayedTrope while this isn't necessarily a bad thing]] at best, but her tendency to get lovestruck at the sight of the Ultra will often cause her to lose focus on the mission at worst. |
| 373 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: A few scenes in the series provided hints to her [[spoiler:eventually being possessed by Celebro in episode 24.]] |
| 374 | ** Yoko is the only person to ever pilot all of the SAA units on her own (see RuleOfSymbolism below), and at the same time gets to experience how the mecha and human technology evolved as the series passed. [[spoiler:Celebro's Civilization Self-Destruction Game is about provoking civilizations into strengthening their arsenal before he would took the opportunity to hijack them against their own creators.]] Huh. |
| 375 | ** Episode 10 sees her getting mind-controlled by Alien Barossa into forcing the activation of the King Joe and being used as a hostage for Yuka if she fights back. |
| 376 | ** Episode 12 has her readily accepting the fact that her actions is a NecessaryEvil when it comes to killing monsters, doing so to protect the civilians. Her [[MookHorrorShow frightening portrayal]] of piloting King Joe SC against Grigio Raiden also counts. |
| 377 | ** Episode 14 revealed that what prevented her from entering King Joe SC during Bullton's RealityWarping powers was her own subconsciousness being reluctant to enter the mecha itself. Then again, [[spoiler:experiencing the use of [=D4=] ray twice in several episodes later further adds a horrifying layer to her insecurities]]. |
| 378 | ** Unlike Haruki, Yoko is creative enough to use whatever in her surroundings to compensate for what her SAA limited to, such as redirecting Windom's energy into a flaming punch attack or having Sevenger wielding the Beliarok and riding King Joe SC's Leg Carrier into a sliding attack. [[spoiler:This is also the case when Celebro possessed Yoko to hijack the Ultroid Zero, and we just discover that instead of simply using the robot to its own to destroy mankind, Celebro gathers its strength by absorbing monsters across the world and use the Kaiju Medals he had as the final push to create Destrudos]]. |
| 379 | ** She was one of the many humans to be kidnapped by Kemur Man in episode 18 and if Z hadn't rescued her, she would have been sacrificed as materials to prevent the Kemurs from aging. In the same episode, we have a woman named Kaori who got a firsthand observation of being forced to assist an evil alien for their nefarious plans, all the while her physical body was being used in said plan. |
| 380 | * LikesOlderMen: She prefers older men so since she's fawning over Ultraman Z him being 5,000 years old is right up her alley. [[note]]Then again the original Ultraman is 20,000 years old and he's an experienced professor. At 5,000 he is supposedly younger than her on the human equivalent.[[/note]] |
| 381 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: Apparently meeting her idol, Z, as human sized turned her on so much so that she can't focus in what's happening with her surroundings while the Ultra used her to mop the floor against several {{Mook}}s. |
| 382 | * NecessaryEvil: Her own personal view on killing Kaiju; she knows kaiju aren't [[NonMaliciousMonster intentionally destructive]], but they're destructive nonetheless, so if they need to be taken out before human lives are lost, then that's that. |
| 383 | * RescueRomance: She becomes infatuated to Ultraman Z after he rescued her (in Sevenger) from Neronga. |
| 384 | ** Later on, [[spoiler:she may have one of these with Haruki, who not only rescues her from Celebro and Destrudos, but in a dream sequence right before she's freed from Celebro's possession, he defeats her in arm-wrestling, which is the one requirement her father had told her to have for any man to marry her.]] |
| 385 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Yoko herself embodies mankind and their usage in SAA units. At the start of the series, we see her as ideal as Haruki in fighting for human lives and combating monster threats, but unlike Haruki who goes through HeroicBSOD after killing Red King, Yoko was willing to accept it as a NecessaryEvil until the [=D4=] experimentation sees her as hesitant as Haruki, especially when even the SAA themselves can't take the backlash of the weapon. [[spoiler:In the penultimate episode, she's possessed by Celebro and was forced to pilot the Ultroid Zero-turned-Destrudos. Her possession isn't only a symbolism of the Ultroid falling to Celebro, but the entire SAA themselves eventually leading to the destruction by mankind, all under the very parasite that feeds on their greed and fears for its own enjoyment]]. |
| 386 | * SayMyName: She shouted Haruki's name in a "you're in ''big'' trouble!" way for his part in ruining their attempt to avoid collateral damages and luring Gomess away from the city. |
| 387 | -->[[NiceJobBreakingItHero HAA-RUU-KII-]]!!!!!! |
| 388 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Even her profile says this! |
| 389 | * WalkingSpoiler: From every episodes we watched, Yoko is the only SAA pilot to ever fight side by side with Zero, but ultimately she's the last person anyone would expect to become [[spoiler:Celebro's final host once he unveils the end result of his plans]]. |
| 390 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: A rare heroic example, Yoko firmly believes that slaying every single monster she comes across, no matter how sympathetic it may be, is a NecessaryEvil for the [[TheNeedsOfTheMany greater good of mankind]]. |
| 391 | * WomenPreferStrongMen: Aside from them being older, she usually goes on an arm wrestling with her admirers to give them the approval of asking her out (blame her pops for that idea). Haruki and Inaba's co-workers describe her as a "gerbil" for her preference in men. |
| 392 | |
| 393 | !!Kojiro Inaba |
| 394 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mechanic_inaba.jpg]] |
| 395 | -->'''Played by:''' Jun Hashizume\ |
| 396 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentWilliams (English) |
| 397 | The head mechanic of STORAGE's maintenance crew for the combat robots. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * BerserkButton: While normally a pretty chill and cool old guy if he feels his workers are slacking off he goes from zero to angry in a heartbeat. |
| 400 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Arrives just in time on Sevenger to save Haruki and Juggler from being blasted by Destrudos.]] |
| 401 | * BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: [[spoiler:A literal example, since Sevenger is about to be put in the museum, but he manages to break it out in time to assist the battle against Destrudos.]] |
| 402 | * CastingGag: His actor previously portrayed Lt. Koji Shinjo in ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'', a {{Kaiju}} genre movie produced by Toho, who also gets to pilot the MOGERA HumongousMecha. Bako-san on the other hand is a man who helps in maintenance of STORAGE's mechas. However, [[spoiler:he gets to pilot Sevenger during the final battle.]] |
| 403 | * {{Catchphrase}}: Whenever he displays a talent nobody knew he had and he's questioned about it, he'll respond with "Just something I picked up."[[note]]Mukashi chotto na.[[/note]] |
| 404 | * CoolOldGuy: He's stated to give off a Showa Era-like atmosphere in his appearance. |
| 405 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 20 dedicated to Bako-san visiting his daughter Ruri in his day off and even throws an active involvement in saving M1. |
| 406 | * AFatherToHisMen: When news of Barossa breaking into STORAGE base hits him, Bako-san ordered his men to escape, but the others refuse, wanting to prevent the alien's reclamation of King Joe with him. |
| 407 | * HiddenDepths: He is actually a capable martial artist in episode 8, giving tips to Haruki after he was defeated by Yoko in a sparring match. |
| 408 | * InSeriesNickname: He's called "Bako-san" by his co-workers and the STORAGE pilots. |
| 409 | * LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:In the final battle against Celebro, he pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment to save Haruki and Juggler by piloting Sevenger after spending the whole series acting as the STORAGE mechs' mechanic.]] |
| 410 | * MysteriousPast: The official website mentions this as part of his characteristics. Whether it will affect the series in one way or another is unknown. |
| 411 | |
| 412 | !!Yuka Ohta |
| 413 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scientist_yuka.jpg]] |
| 414 | -->'''Played by:''' Hikari Kuroki |
| 415 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MacyAnneJohnson (English) |
| 416 | The lead scientist of STORAGE. |
| 417 | ---- |
| 418 | * AdmiringTheAbomination: Towards the monsters in the series, and her recruitment into STORAGE is an opportunity she took to get closer to them. When given the chance, she would dissect a monster's remains to be examined. |
| 419 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "[[GratuitousEnglish Bingo!]]" |
| 420 | * CuteAndPsycho: She is portrayed by a gravure model and in-universe is a non ActionGirl who fawns over monsters and aliens, so much so that she wants to ''dissect'' them. |
| 421 | * DataPad: She's constantly seen carrying a tablet on her right hand, used to display analysis and even controlling the functions of STORAGE base. The Twitter account of ''Ultraman Z'' [[https://twitter.com/ultraman_series/status/1326449667970789379 highlights]] that she can use it as a makeshift control console for any SAA units by connecting into their cockpit. |
| 422 | * EurekaMoment: Twice, she uses the episode's ChekhovsGun to solve everyday problems and both of them so far involves Windom. |
| 423 | * {{Foil}}: To fellow member Yoko Nakashima. Whereas Yoko is an ActionGirl and hides a meeker side beneath her stern appearance, Yuka is a non combat-oriented member who's delegated to desk works, [[AdmiringTheAbomination having a thing for bizarre creatures]] and [[CuteAndPsycho is actually scary (to aliens at least) despite her cute appearances]]. |
| 424 | * GadgeteerGenius: She designs the STORAGE robots and an electricity dispelling missile for Neronga. Despite the alien nature of the Valis Raiders, she is able to use a salvaged one in detecting the facility where they kidnapped Riku. |
| 425 | * GeekPhysiques: Downplayed. Compared to Yoko and Haruki, Yuka is a stick, and despises the physical training exercises, though those mostly mean having to fight Yoko. |
| 426 | * GreenEyedMonster: Isn't too keen in someone else's success and would express her displeasure by swearing to create something even better than what they create. |
| 427 | * IdenticalStranger: To [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biranki.jpg Biranki]], Juggler’s sidekick from before he received the Dark Ring. |
| 428 | * IgnoredExpert: Yuka tries to warn Kuriyama in episode 23 that further experimentation on [=D4=] caused simultaneous monsters to awaken. [[spoiler:Considering that Kuriyama has already possessed Celebro, this trope is purposely invoked on the latter part]]. |
| 429 | * MysteryMeat: She often makes juices as energy drinks to others, but nobody knows on what it's made of. Episode 1 shows her making one for Kuriyama to heal his aching stomach, but she notes down all of the ingredients here. |
| 430 | * NonActionGuy: Female example; Yuka is so used to doing jobs from the office that she is unsurprisingly incapable of self defense. Being dragged into sparring matches is like a torture for her. |
| 431 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Dissecting a sapient creature that's still alive would be a crossing of the [[invoked]]MoralEventHorizon in any other case, [[spoiler: but given the creature she's hauling off to the operating table is ''[[BigBad Celebro]]'', who commits genocide for ''fun'', it's karmic to the highest degree rather than horrifying.]] |
| 432 | * {{Squee}}: Aside from monsters, she is also an alien fanatic and would beg them to be her test subjects. This trait is enough to for the younger Alien Pitt sister to be disgusted and keeping her distances rather than actually fighting. |
| 433 | * UngratefulBastard: PlayedForLaughs; she was rescued from Alien Barossa by Juggler's Majin Form. However, instead of being under a RescueRomance trance like Yoko with Z, Yuka instead wanted to dissect Juggler to inspect his remains, much to the disguised alien's surprise. |
| 434 | |
| 435 | !!Satoshi, Seiji and Hiroshi |
| 436 | --->'''Played by:''' Reo Sato (Satoshi), Fuma Kakuda (Seiji), Daichi Takaoka (Hiroshi)\ |
| 437 | '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MicahSolusod (Satoshi), Creator/BrysonBaugus (Seiji), Creator/NazeehTarsha (Hiroshi) |
| 438 | A trio of mechanics under Kojiro's leadership. |
| 439 | ---- |
| 440 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Downplayed. Of all the mechanics present in STORAGE, these three get a lot of focus in OnceAnEpisode. |
| 441 | * AmazonChaser: Satoshi admires Yoko, the AcePilot of STORAGE's SAA machines and tried to win her heart in an arm-wrestling match. Keyword emphasis on ''tried''. |
| 442 | * DisappointedInYou: Satoshi doesn't take it well that his two best friends decided to work for SAAG, the very team that disbanded STORAGE and also supporting the unethical weapon [=D4=]. |
| 443 | * TheFellowshipHasEnded: Following STORAGE's disbandment, Seiji and Hiroshi stick to SAAG in order to support their families at the cost of their friendship with Satoshi. |
| 444 | * FirstNameBasis: They are usually addressed this way by other characters and in the opening credits, but their name tags display their last names, Satoshi (Watahiki), Seiji (Siose) and Hiroshi (Irizuki). |
| 445 | * HiddenDepths: Seiji and Hiroshi were revealed to be fathers in episode 22, explaining why are they willing to work for SAAG after STORAGE's disbandment. |
| 446 | * PowerTrio: They are usually the ones being mostly focused in the series out of a few nameless workers. |
| 447 | [[/folder]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[folder:Captain Hebikura (Unmarked Spoilers!)]] |
| 450 | !!Captain Shota Hebikura/Jugglus Juggler/"Alien Spikey" |
| 451 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_hebikura.jpg]] |
| 452 | -->'''Played by:''' Takaya Aoyagi |
| 453 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MickLauer (English) |
| 454 | The captain of STORAGE, portraying himself as the BigBrotherMentor to his young team members. His true identity is Jugglus Juggler, the former antagonist of ''Series/UltramanOrb'' who slipped into the ranks of STORAGE seeming out of pure heroism, but his true agenda remains to be seen. |
| 455 | ---- |
| 456 | For tropes applying to Jugglus Juggler as a whole, see Characters/UltramanOrb |
| 457 | |
| 458 | * AceCustom: Much like the [[Series/UltramanOrb Dark Ring]], his [[TransformationTrinket Dark Z Riser]] is created from Haruki's own, the only main difference it has a blood red and black with a little less of blue. |
| 459 | * AcePilot: Being the captain of STORAGE, Hebikura is at first implied to be one despite his preference to do his work in the mission control. As he has already bid his time trying to steal Ultroid Zero and piloting Windom at the final episode, it shows that he is at least a capable pilot on his own. |
| 460 | * AntiHero: Juggler has been this after the end of his series, solely motivated that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he will abide on the right time to defeat Gai.]] Here, Juggler is this and a NominalHero at best and a TokenEvilTeammate at worst as no one within STORAGE are aware of his personal agenda. |
| 461 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Despite his toned down villainy, Juggler is directly and consciously responsible for Celebro being able to BodySurf into GAFJ Police Captain Asano, as the former silently disarms the officer's rifle in the middle of arresting the possessed Kaburagi. In addition, despite bearing ill contempt against the GAFJ for disbanding STORAGE, he helps them anyway in analyzing Z's Zestium Beam for their Ultroid Zero; which is also needed for him to hijack said robot for his own. |
| 462 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: One of Juggler's perks as STORAGE captain is taking on his Majin form and battling evil aliens with style, while keeping his true identity in the shadow from Haruki and STORAGE. |
| 463 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Episode 24 ultimately explains Juggler's true motives at full circle as he also manipulates Celebro into creating the [=D4=] and Ultroid Zero so he could plan to hijack Ultroid Zero as his own. Unfortunately, he was so close to doing so had not Celebro [[SadisticChoice forcing Juggler to give it up by using an unconscious Haruki as leverage]]. |
| 464 | * BerserkButton: The last thing you would do whenever Juggler is around is laying a finger on his crew. Alien Barossa found that out the hard way in episode 10. |
| 465 | * BigBrotherMentor: Aside from being a captain, he is also this towards the other members. It is more specifically to Haruki, whom he hardly ever scold and usually gives lessons despite the young rookie being a Karate master. |
| 466 | * BrickJoke: He creates an excuse to go to the bathroom as a cover to go to the battlefield as Juggler. In episode 14, Celebro has Bullton teleporting Juggler to STORAGE's bathroom of all places. Juggler plays along with the charade instead of continuing to pursue the alien parasite. |
| 467 | * BrokenPedestal: Haruki doesn't take the InternalReveal that Hebikura is Juggler (and that he has been doing things for his own agenda) very well, as he was visibly shaken by the perceived betrayal that his former captain did. When he regained consciousness and Juggler saved him from Destrudos, Haruki almost fell into a HeroicBSOD from the mere sight of his former captain until the rest of former STORAGE members show up. Of course, it didn't took long enough to become RebuiltPedestal once Juggler intends on reforming STORAGE to save Yoko. |
| 468 | * ButNowIMustGo: Leaves STORAGE and Earth for unknown reasons in the series finale. |
| 469 | * ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Just like how he did with the Dark Ring, Juggler quotes "''Let me borrow, the power of darkness!''" from ''Film/UltramanOrbTheMovieLendMeThePowerOfBonds'' whenever he transforms into Zeppandon and Tri-King via the Dark Z Riser. When he upgrades Tri-King to Five King, he tweakes it to "''Let me borrow...[[SuddenlyShouting A LITTLE MORE POWER OF DARKNESS]]!''". |
| 470 | * CallBack: The first four episodes has Hebikura doing what Juggler would only do, which doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} the revelation that he and Juggler are one and the same. |
| 471 | ** The way he grabs Haruki by rear is the same way Juggler did to [[Series/UltramanGeed Leito Igaguri]] in ''Film/UltramanGeedTheMovieConnectThemTheWishes''. |
| 472 | ** The OST that played during his training session with Haruki in episode 2 has Juggler's theme played in the major key, instead of the minor key like the original Juggler theme. |
| 473 | ** His transformation into Zeppandon using the Dark Z Riser is highly reminiscent of his transformation using the Dark Ring in ''Film/UltramanOrbTheMovieLendMeThePowerOfBonds''. |
| 474 | ** When Riku is being questioned by the other STORAGE members, Hebikura suggests that he's a paranormal investigator with a video blog for his SecretIdentity, referencing the Something Search People from [[Series/UltramanOrb his original series]]. He then winces when Riku claims that he's a wanderer of sorts, since it reminds him of Gai. |
| 475 | ** In episode 8, he ponders the Dyna medal and makes comments about "how a Warrior of Light fights". Looks like he's still bitter about how Asuka criticized him in ''Series/UltramanOrbTheOriginSaga''. |
| 476 | ** He's often seen tending to a bonsai tree that resembles the Tree of Life from Planet Kanon. His shock at accidentally clipping recalls the incident from ''Series/UltramanOrbTheOriginSaga'' where he attacked and destroyed said tree, leading to his banishment. |
| 477 | ** He drinks a ramune, which was Gai's [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]], while watching the GAFJ broadcast from a public bath in episode 23. |
| 478 | * TheCaptain: Of STORAGE, he only answers to GAFJ's director Kuriyama. |
| 479 | * CelibateHero: As he proclaims in ''Ja no Michi wa Hebi'', Juggler is [[BloodKnight laser focused in fighting]] that any forms of having sexual relationship did not cross his mind. Hence this is the reason why he rejects an Alien Salome's advances despite her giving consent as a reward for his rescue. |
| 480 | * ColdHam: Part of his HeelFaceTurn back in ''Orb'' discarded a part of his EvilIsHammy schtick. Since a part of him is now OlderAndWiser; he, like every attack team commanders in previous seasons, remains [[DramaticDeadpan calm and level headed no matter how daunting the situation]] is and will go SuddenlyShouting when he gets serious. |
| 481 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Following [[TheReveal the revelation]] in episode 5, Juggler is shaping to be a stark contrast to Ultraman Tregear, as they were the {{Big Bad}}s of their respective previous season, and then returned in a later season, then took on a human identity, or in Juggler's case, an alias. As Hebikura, Juggler spends most of the series as the captain of a BadassCrew. |
| 482 | * CrazyPrepared: One of his strongest traits after learning from his shortcomings back in ''Series/UltramanOrb''. Juggler is the only member of STORAGE who comes up with a contingency when the situation demands it before Yuka and/or Bako, the team's scientist and mechanic, respectively can even act. |
| 483 | ** In episode 15, he chooses to transform into Tri and Five King instead of Zeppandon to combat Greeza without the need to interchange forms between two monsters to avoid a longer and tedious process of scanning all five medals at once. Later in that same episode, he leads Haruki to the only person (Celebro) who has a Belial medal since Juggler knows where Celebro is hiding. |
| 484 | ** In the last two episodes when his plan to hijack Ultroid Zero failed, he rallies all STORAGE members to reclaim their base from the SAAG at the cost of exposing his alien form, which is a blessing in disguise for the team because he's only armed with a sword and dispatches SAAG troops with a non-lethal blow. Once said objective is completed, Juggler and the team finalize their preparations, as he points it out as setting up the board. |
| 485 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Juggler's time in-between the end of ''Film/UltramanGeedTheMovieConnectThemTheWishes'' and before his arrival to Haruki's Earth is explored in his side novel, ''Ja no Michi wa Hebi''. |
| 486 | * DeadpanSnarker: Juggler enjoys delivering snarky remarks to the characters he interacts, be it his enemies or normal civilians alike. He only breaks this character in the face of actual dangers ahead or displaying genuine sympathy to certain characters. |
| 487 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: "Shota Hebikura" isn't just a throwaway disguise. Having arrived in Haruki's Earth in 2010, Juggler bid his time three years later when he seized the opportunity to slip into GAFJ by replacing the recently deceased Hebikura's place in the crashed SAA machine. Aside from switching clothes and burying the real Hebikura elsewhere, Juggler passes off his facial differences from the real one as a result of a reconstructive surgery from the accident. |
| 488 | * DramaticDeadpan: In situations where OhCrap reaction can be expected from the casts, Hebikura surprisingly keeps his cool. Best shown when the hibernating Gomora sneezes and is about to rampage. This is because he's SeenItAll before since he's Juggler. The only times so far where he loses his cool are when [[OmnicidalManiac Gillvalis]] and [[PowerOfTheVoid Greeza]] showed up. |
| 489 | -->''Hey, it just sneezed.'' |
| 490 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Downplayed example; because he didn't give his real name, Haruki calls him "Alien Spikey" whenever he's in his Majin form. Juggler tells him to stop calling him that, but seems amused by it enough to not press the issue. |
| 491 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Like the rest of STORAGE in episode 21, he outright refuses to give the order of firing the D4 and knows how dangerous the superweapon is considering its development used the remains of [[Series/UltramanAce an interdimensional monster]] and the consequent destruction it brought when Kuriyama gives the call to fire on the Kelbim horde and Hebikura starts to view Kuriyama's actions as if he sees [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humanity in their absolute worst]] in comparison to the kaiju and evil aliens that his team fought in the previous episodes. |
| 492 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: STORAGE members other than Inaba refers to him as "captain" with no last name added. |
| 493 | * EvilVersusEvil: With Celebro. Juggler's agenda differs that from Celebro's despite taking interest on his notoriety for causing destruction on various planets, but he knows that Celebro is too predictable to enact his plans (at first) on what to do on Earth so that he has to act quickly in order to put Celebro out of the equation. It's taken a bit step further when Juggler is anticipating Celebro's plan to have GAFJ construct the [[WaveMotionGun D4 Ray]] and Ultroid Zero altogether so he could take the robot for himself. |
| 494 | * FanDisservice: His bare chest appears in episode 23, apparently he was inside of a public bath at that time. However his shirtless appearance is almost ruined by the crescent scar on his chest, probably one where he received from saving [[Series/UltramanOrb Natasha]]. |
| 495 | * AFatherToHisMen: He is yet to lash out at his teammates and surprisingly coordinates well with them. The hardest punishment he ever give was for Haruki to fill in a report for unauthorized use of Sevenger to save Yoko. When Gillvalis arrives on Earth, he quickly signals all STORAGE members to get away, considering that he has witness the rogue AI's reign of terror as Juggler, and he forbids Yoko from piloting Windom against Greeza while King Joe STORAGE CUSTOM was in repairs because it wasn't powerful enough and would've gotten her killed. |
| 496 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 497 | ** To Riku Asakura. Other than the two of them have met in TheMovie and first encountered Gillvalis. Juggler was previously the BigBad and TheRival to Orb, while Riku is the main protagonist after Orb. Here in this series, Juggler, while keeping his Hebikura alias, is the TokenEvilTeammate captain of STORAGE. Riku is this series' secondary Ultraman, and an inversion of Zero's role in his [[Series/UltramanGeed home series]]. |
| 498 | ** He also serves as a foil to Ultraman Zero as well. Zero ends up being the mentor to Ultraman Z out of {{Hero Worship|per}}; whereas Juggler/Hebikura, on top of his role as captain, even mentors Haruki on a regular basis. This even extends to Zero's father, Series/UltraSeven. Juggler being TheCaptain of STORAGE [[MythologyGag takes a cue]] from Dan's time as [[Series/UltramanLeo MAC captain]]. The difference between Juggler and Dan's respective roles is that the former is pretty much [[TokenEvilTeammate morally grey and secretive]] as opposed to Dan, who at the time became bitter and jaded after he temporarily lost his ability to transform into Seven. |
| 499 | * GoodIsNotNice: Juggler may have indeed redeemed himself, but is still nevertheless the same sociopathic {{Jerkass}} he was in ''Orb''. |
| 500 | * GrandTheftPrototype: Juggler's real master plan as a whole: after being ousted and humiliated for chopping the Tree of Life back in ''The Origin Saga'', Juggler decided to acquire himself the strongest robot for his own and to prove those who wronged him before. This explains why he was actually investing in Celebro's plans to manipulate mankind into building Ultroid Zero, wanting the robot for his own taking. |
| 501 | * HairFlip: He does one when using the Dark Z Riser, which is followed by a LightningReveal offering the viewers a glimpse at his Majin Form. |
| 502 | * HandicappedBadass: Apparently like how Dan Moroboshi lost the ability to become Seven in ''Leo'', Juggler revealed to Haruki in the final episode that he had lost the ability to become giant prior to the series. This puts his actions of creating the Dark Z Riser and attempts to steal the Ultroid Zero in a different perspective, as he was willing to secure whatever available methods in order to fight on par as giants, especially if he ever wanted to get back against those who wronged him for slicing Kanon's Tree of Life with stronger powers. |
| 503 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Juggler was previously a bad guy in his home series and has been an AntiHero ever since post-''Orb''. So whenever Hebikura isn't around barking orders to his crew and Juggler in Majin Form is in action, that means Juggler would return to his old ways for a while just to relieve his stress and but shares a common enemy with Haruki and Z towards the Alien Barossas and Celebro. |
| 504 | * IKnowKungFu: Like Haruki, Hebikura is skillful in in hand-to-hand combats and usually gives the newcomer intense training. In episode 2, he easily beats Haruki without breaking a sweat. Considering he is Juggler, a very skillful alien warrior, it all makes sense. |
| 505 | * INeedToGoIronMyDog: His usual response after witnessing a monster battle on a regular basis as a means to maintain his cover while observing Z and chasing Celebro. |
| 506 | * ItsPersonal: His entire reason to infiltrate STORAGE as Hebikura and bidding his time to steal one of mankind's robots is in order to prove himself worthy against those who wronged him after the incident on Planet Kanon. |
| 507 | -->'''Juggler''': Long ago, [[ItMakesSenseInContext I cut down a big tree]]. It was to stop a war, and to carry out my justice. But it was all spurned. That's why I need that toy. To show those who think their justice is absolute, just how fragile their assumptions are. |
| 508 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: A less violent variation. He and Haruki raid Celebro's hideout, where they bound and tied him to a chair, while he forces Celebro into [[GodzillaThreshold giving up the Belial Medal lest Greeza devours all of existence]]. |
| 509 | * LastNameBasis: As Hebikura, he is the receiving end of this by anyone who's not a regular member of STORAGE, such as Inaba (calls him Hebi-chan) and Kuriyama (Hebikura-kun). The others in STORAGE calls him captain, even after his true identity as Juggler exposed. |
| 510 | * LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: When Juggler briefly return to his older self, he is capable of taking advantage of whatever crises that STORAGE faced for his own advantage. For starters, using Peguila's rampage to steal Haruki's Z Riser and clone it for his own, and even participating in a three way battle against Barossa II and Haruki over Beliarok's ownership. |
| 511 | * MeaningfulName: Hebikura contains the kanji for Hebi, the Japanese for snake. It parallels with Juggler's AnimalMotif as a snake. It also makes for a pun on Juggler's own name: if the "hebi" kanji is read with its alternate reading of "ja", it becomes "jyakura". |
| 512 | * MoralityPet: Zigzagged. To STORAGE members, Juggler regarded them as children under his care and occasionally defending them from several near death experiences, but he's also willing to left them to their own troubles if its something they could get out of, like leaving a frozen Yoko in Windom when he briefly stole Haruki's Z Riser, fully aware that the latter would use Sevenger to do the rescue operation. |
| 513 | * MurderByInaction: [[AllThereInTheManual According to an article on the TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION service]], Juggler pulled this after the ''real'' Shota Hebikura was badly injured in a plane crash, waiting for him to die before [[DeadPersonImpersonation burying his body and assuming his identity.]] |
| 514 | * MythologyGag: |
| 515 | ** If his rival, Gai Kurenai was based on [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Dan Moroboshi]] for being a wandering vagabond, Juggler, on the other hand as Shota Hebikura, is a villainous take of Dan's role as the [[Series/UltramanLeo captain of MAC]]. |
| 516 | ** The backstory of Juggler's Hebikura identity is almost identical to the origin of [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Ultraman and Shin Hayata]], being a pilot for the resident science team who was mortally wounded when his experimental aircraft crashed, only for an alien being to intervene... with the exception that where Ultraman fused with Hayata to save his life, [[SociopathicHero Juggler let Hebikura die so he could steal his identity]]. |
| 517 | * NoNameGiven: Nobody in this series knows Juggler's real name, with the possible exception of Riku in his guest appearance; and Juggler himself never gives his name to STORAGE. With nothing else to call him (or at least his majin form), Haruki refers to him as "Alien Spikey". |
| 518 | * NominalHero: |
| 519 | ** If taking the exchange between him and Riku in episode 6 into account, Juggler maybe changed for good, but he only does his duty merely out of his own [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] instincts. |
| 520 | --->''If I said want to protect peace now... would you believe me?'' |
| 521 | ** His advice to Haruki after STORAGE is dissolved also gives a hint as to his self-serving motivations. |
| 522 | --->''Then prove them wrong. All those who'd deny someone's way of life over arrogant presumptions. There's tons of ways to do it.'' |
| 523 | * OhCrap: He is visibly panicked in episode 7 when he recognized [[Film/UltramanGeedTheMovieConnectThemTheWishes Gillvalis]]. |
| 524 | * OlderAndWiser: Juggler has outgrown his hate and resentment towards Gai ever since turning a new leaf after ''Series/UltramanOrb'' ended and now is much more levelheaded and resourceful as the captain of an attack team while nevertheless maintains his usual need for stimulation and NominalHero tendencies and will help the heroes in his Majin form when necessary; but this [[WhatYouAreInTheDark doesn't stop him from scheming behind the scenes]] while in his position as STORAGE captain. This is pretty much [[WordOfGod confirmed]] by Kiyotaka Taguchi as Juggler's appearance in ''Z'' was to purposely cement his CharacterDevelopment, meaning Juggler can't be the same person (he used to be) for a very long time. |
| 525 | * OneManArmy: This guy has [[MasterSwordsman peerless sworsmanship skills]]. Juggler is able to fight his way against at least a total of 100 armed combatants at once. Aside from the aforementioned event from ''Ja no Michi wa Hebi'', he displays this in the series proper by incapacitating SAAG soldiers with non-lethal blows. |
| 526 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 527 | ** Once picking up that Gillvalis is approaching Earth, the normally UnfazedEveryman and DramaticDeadpan Hebikura SuddenlyShouting to signal '''''all''''' STORAGE members to flee from the scene. Considering that he had experienced Gillvalis' terror firsthand as Juggler, he has every right to drop his usual character. |
| 528 | ** Another one at the end episode 10, when Yuka has an image of his Majin form and plans to dissect him has Hebikura getting into an OhCrap SpitTake, as if he came to the realization that he nearly blew his cover. |
| 529 | ** When Greeza appears and starts wreaking havoc, he stays calm when asking about the status of King Joe STORAGE CUSTOM's repairs, but when Yoko suggests she take Windom, he immediately snaps back and tells her that it'll get her killed, and even chooses to transform into Tri-King to assist Geed and Z in fighting it off. |
| 530 | * PaperThinDisguise: As Juggler is incapable of mimicking another human, he is forced to disguise himself with different clothing to slip in unnoticed. For example, he disguised himself as a pizza delivery man to slip into [=SAAG's=] HQ and spying on Ultroid Zero with security guards none the wiser. |
| 531 | ** This was also how he is able to disguise as Hebikura, which makes sense by faking a facial reconstruction surgery while the real one is dead. |
| 532 | ** Subverted in his eponymous novel, ''Ja no Michi wa Hebi''. Given his criminal status in Planet Kanon, Juggler has to dress in black and wears sunglasses to visit Micott's grave unnoticed. It was implied that he often do this through his frequent visits, until the Interstellar Alliance caught up with his antics. |
| 533 | * PragmaticHero: While the "hero" part still remains questionable, Juggler is more willing to protect people the only he knows how; from pulling a BatmanGambit on Haruki into piloting Sevenger without his permission to rescue a frozen Yoko to a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique into forcing Celebro to cough up the Belial Medal to Haruki. |
| 534 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite Haruki's constant failures and collateral damage, Hebikura is yet to lash him out and supports the young rookie like how he treats his team members. |
| 535 | * SecretKeeper: On a dual basis. He hides Riku's affiliation with Geed away from the STORAGE members and the young man likewise keeps Juggler's cover as Hebikura hidden from Haruki. |
| 536 | * SecretSecretKeeper: Juggler acknowledges of Haruki's ties with Z, but chooses to keep it as a secret and interact with the host only as Juggler's Majin form. |
| 537 | * ShellShockedVeteran: The sight of Gillvalis' Perfect Form was enough for Juggler to go full ballistic. To STORAGE members, it only looks like their captain was just being overprotective, but Juggler still had his first-hand experience of what Gillvalis and his army capable of. |
| 538 | * SignatureMon: Once again, becomes [[OneWingedAngel Zeppandon]] through the Dark Z Riser. He also becomes Tri-King and Five King in the fight against Greeza. |
| 539 | * SociopathicHero: While Juggler is already a [[TheSociopath fully-functioning sociopath]] to begin with back in his home series, the only notable traits of a textbook sociopath Juggler has nowadays is his need for stimulation, superficial charm, and he is more willing to troll and endanger even his own crew members if necessary. Despite these worst traits, Juggler actually cares for his crew as if they were a family to him. |
| 540 | * StealthMentor: To Haruki, best shown in episode 2 when he gives the training needed to counter Neronga's invisibility. Despite being fully aware of Yoko's turn as Sevenger's pilot after that, it gives Ultraman Z the tactic needed to defeat said monster. |
| 541 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Juggler may have already let go of his grudge towards Gai, but he is still [[NominalHero anything but a nice guy]]. Nobody within STORAGE, [[SecretKeeper with the exception of Riku and Beliarok]], have got word of any of his secret agenda until episode 23. The trope is also a blessing in disguise for the whole team in the last two episodes, because even when his alien form is exposed, he still bought enough time for the team to prepare for the final battle. And had Juggler not brought all of the STORAGE members back together, Celebro would have won and succeeded in burning the Earth down to the ground. |
| 542 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: He is always seen drinking coffee. Apparently according to Inaba, he likes Kilimanjaro. Some things never change, Juggler. |
| 543 | * UnfazedEveryman: It is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] that monster attacks are treated as everyday problems in this universe, but the look of his face when Ultraman Z first appeared doesn't seem to interest him at all. By episode 5, he’s not so much an Everyman as it turns out, and [[Series/UltramanOrb he's seen this happen before]]. |
| 544 | * VictorGainsLosersPowers: He confiscates the Five King medal set from Celebro after his failed attempt to capture him the second time. [[invoked]][[FridgeBrilliance This probably explains why the medals are also included in the DX Dark Z Riser]] in addition to the medals that form Zeppandon. He later uses said Set in episode 15. |
| 545 | * WalkingSpoiler: There are still many mysteries looming in the series about Juggler that is still kept in the dark for now. Despite that, Juggler will show up and save his crew's rear ends when least expected, even if he felt like doing so. The penultimate episode revealed that Juggler was using and slipping into STORAGE in order to rob their strongest SAA unit for his own taking and prove himself the strongest of all after being humiliated way back in ''The Origin Saga''. |
| 546 | * WalkingTheEarth: After Celebro's defeat, Juggler stayed for a while long enough for Yuka and Kaburagi to capture the alien parasite. Juggler, having returned to his old tuxedo and with his bonsai tree, decided to leave STORAGE and only gives a nonchalant "Bye" to Yuka when she asked the possibility of meeting him again. |
| 547 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: |
| 548 | ** Episode 13 reveals that he stole Celebro's notes in making Ultra Medals. If its Juggler from his time in ''Orb'', he would take the opportunity from the get go to make more Kaiju Medals, but thanks to slow CharacterDevelopment, Hebikura crushes the notes and throw them aside as if they were nothing. |
| 549 | ** In episode 24, Juggler obtained Ultroid Zero for the taking and Celebro/Five King has Haruki's life as a bargaining chip. Right as it seemed that he was okay with leaving Haruki to his own fate, Juggler quickly steps in to protect the young rookie's life, effectively losing the Ultroid Zero and Haruki losing thr Belial Medal. But other than that, both of them are fine. |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[/folder]] |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder:Other GAFJ staff]] |
| 554 | !!Director Saburo Kuriyama |
| 555 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chief_kuriyama.jpg]] |
| 556 | -->'''Played by:''' Hisahiro Ogura\ |
| 557 | '''Voiced by:''' Ben Phillips (English) |
| 558 | The director of GAFJ and STORAGE's founder. |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | |
| 561 | * AllThereInTheManual: His full name is revealed in the 2021 yearbook for ''Uchusen'', a tokusatsu magazine. |
| 562 | * DemonicPossession: After a run-in with Asano, [[spoiler:(who at that time was possessed by Celebro), the alien jumped into Kuriyama and has him doing multiple questionable acts, such as disbanding STORAGE, approving the [=D4=] superweapon and finally creating Ultroid Zero]]. |
| 563 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Before TheReveal that he was [[spoiler:possessed by Celebro in episode 23]], hints were already dropped in episode 21 when [[spoiler:the possession took place]], most hinted by his OutOfCharacterMoment. |
| 564 | ** Kuriyama suddenly losing his signature stomach ache despite him earlier having uneasiness with the [=D4=]. |
| 565 | ** His willingness to get Yoko in King Joe SC and even an entire city block destroyed by the [=D4=] Ray. The real Kuriyama would consider STORAGE's life despite his bashfulness and was very peculiar with collateral damages, especially when it threatens the STORAGE's budget. |
| 566 | ** And lets not forget when he was seen giving a SlasherSmile offscreen after seeing [=D4=]'s destructive potential. |
| 567 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As expected of the a high ranking member of a military force, Kuriyama would often give strict nagging to STORAGE members but at the end of the day still cares for their well being. |
| 568 | -->"Honestly. At least you've got vigor." |
| 569 | * TheNapoleon: Downplayed, as while he's significantly shorter than his subordinates, he's strict but reasonable towards STORAGE and has nothing but good intentions for them. [[spoiler:Played straight once Celebro possesses him and uses his position to disband STORAGE and oversee the development of Ultroid Zero.]] |
| 570 | * PetTheDog: While he is justifiably terrified of Haruki piloting Sevenger, Kuriyama does congratulate him when his piloting against Gomora managed to interest the GAF branch of America to obtain necessary funding. |
| 571 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Downplayed, in that while Kuriyama does act stern towards STORAGE due to the collateral damages from fighting monsters, he is only trying to be someone who's looking out on the younger members' safeties and isn't above congratulating them for a good job. |
| 572 | * WalkingSpoiler: He is the last person anyone would suspect to be [[spoiler:Celebro's penultimate host before the space entity {{Body Surf}}s into Yoko]], especially when the series is nearing the final episode. |
| 573 | * WhamLine: At the beginning of episode 23: "[[spoiler:Karekareta]]". |
| 574 | |
| 575 | !!Shinya Kaburagi |
| 576 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/researcher_kaburagi.jpg]] |
| 577 | --->'''Played by:''' Rihito Noda\ |
| 578 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/HowardWang (English) |
| 579 | A young worker in Monster Research Center's biochemical research department. While delivering Genegarg's samples in a canister, he was possessed by Celebro and served as the alien's cover for the entirety of the season's first half. |
| 580 | ---- |
| 581 | |
| 582 | * AlternateIdentityAmnesia: When Celebro {{Body Surf}}s into Captain Asano and Kaburagi is arrested, the latter seems to have no idea where he is or what he's done. |
| 583 | * ArcVillain: {{Subverted|Trope}} as he is merely a human host to Celebro for the rest of the show's first half. |
| 584 | * BornUnlucky: His first chain of bad luck starts when he accidentally trips his remains of Genegarg's canister, forcing him to be left behind by his teammates while Celebro takes over him. From there on, he becomes a living shell for an alien and was later scapegoated for Celebro's crimes when the latter left for a new host, Asano. |
| 585 | ** [[spoiler:His luck finally changes in the finale, where he and Yuka capture a weakened Celebro and prepare to dissect him.]] |
| 586 | * DemonicPossession: Kaburagi is Celebro's main host for the entirety of the show's first half after Genegarg's destruction. |
| 587 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: He appears in the final episode aiding Yuka in capturing Celebro and ''enthusiastically'' offers to help her with the parasite's dissesction.]] |
| 588 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: If the third and final episode of ''Ultraman Z'' were to imply, it seems that Kaburagi's reputation was vindicated after Celebro's capture. |
| 589 | * GreenAndMean: Shinya's uniform dark green hazmat suit and his Ultra Access card is green tinted, further adding this trope to Celebro's villainous motif. |
| 590 | * KubrickStare: Although being a simple human shell for an alien, Kaburagi can easily give this look to whoever tries to question him when he's under Celebro's control. |
| 591 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: Double Subverted. Despite "Kaburagi" suddenly turning less sociable and awkward, nobody in the Monster Research Center was wise enough to suspect anything weird happening to him. The rest of the GAFJ however sends out an arrest warrant once Celebro becomes increasingly conspicuous in his EvilPlan. |
| 592 | * PossessionBurnout: Unfortunately as Celebro keeps making active involvements in monster attacks and getting injured a lot of times, Kaburagi keeps sustaining injuries from those events. After Metsuboros' death, Celebro discovers that Kaburagi's body is too injured to be used and needs a new host to sustain. |
| 593 | * PutOnABus: Was last seen arrested by GAFJ when Celebro left his body in episode 17, forcing the young boy to be scapegoated for all of the alien's crimes. |
| 594 | ** TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:He returns in the last episode to help Yuka capture the weakened Celebro.]] |
| 595 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Generally, any other of Celebro's host tend to shine red eyes to signify the alien's influence. However, episode 16 shows that Kaburagi's eyes are naturally red as opposed to Celebro's white eyes. It only adds a horrific portrayal to Celebro's SanitySlippage before he transforms Horoboros into Metsuboros. |
| 596 | * TheScapegoat: The real Kaburagi becomes one after finally awakening from being possessed when Celebro {{Body Surf}}s into Captain Asano, only to find himself to be blamed for all of Celebro's atrocities and arrested in his place. [[spoiler:He did eventually got proven innocent and was freed sometime before the series finale, however]]. |
| 597 | * VillainPossessedBystander: From a random STORAGE employee to becoming Celebro's host for most of the series. |
| 598 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Due to being possessed by Celebro, Kaburagi speaks in a slightly echoed voice tone. |
| 599 | |
| 600 | !!Captain Takeshi Asano |
| 601 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_takeshi_asano_episode_21.png]] |
| 602 | --->'''Played by:''' Yosuke Minokawa |
| 603 | A GAFJ police captain and Celebro's new host after leaving Kaburagi's body. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | |
| 606 | * LastNameBasis: Asano is his last name and how he's referred to in-series. In Kaburagi's arrest warrant from episode 17, his first name is Takeshi. |
| 607 | * MoleInCharge: By virtue of Celebro's possession, as well as the fact that he is a captain in his force. |
| 608 | * PoliceAreUseless: He's a member of the GAFJ's police division and was possessed by Celebro the instant he caught Kaburagi. Its subverted that Juggler assisted Celebro from the dark by slicing Asano's rifle. |
| 609 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Briefly shines red in episode 21 after passing by Kuriyama. |
| 610 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He's simply a cleanup worker, but his duties led to Celebro using him as a host for the first half of the season to perform his experiments and attacks. [[spoiler:And eventually execute his master plan by ditching Kaburagi's body and leaving him to take the fall for the alien's crimes while Celebro possessed Ayano, then Kuriyama, followed by Yoko and finally Destrudos itself.]] |
| 611 | [[/folder]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | [[folder:SAAG (1st Special Airborne and Armored Group)]] |
| 614 | !!Mai Yuki |
| 615 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mai_yuki.jpg]] |
| 616 | -->'''Played by:''' Maya Hayashi |
| 617 | The strategic manager of GAFJ and development leader of Ultroid Zero. |
| 618 | ---- |
| 619 | |
| 620 | * BadBoss: She only cares about the [=D4=] superweapon's success and flat out lying to Yoko that the weapon is safe for her to test against the Kaiju when said AcePilot almost jeopardizes her life '''twice'''. |
| 621 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: If trying to expose Juggler as an alien right in front of STORAGE wasn't petty enough, but [[BerserkButton trying to harm the crew]] is the last thing you would ever do considering that [[AFatherToHisMen he's standing beside them]]. Luckily for both sides, Juggler is merciful enough to leave the SAAG troops KO'ed than killed. |
| 622 | * {{Expy}}: She is basically a female version of Kihachi Gondo from ''Series/UltramanDyna'', especially when their obsession with strong weaponries in the warfare against monsters gets to the point of creating an artificial Ultraman on their own. |
| 623 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: She's a bespectacled professional, but is also a [[KnightTemplar self-righteous]] bitch that some of the former STORAGE members find hard to work with. |
| 624 | * HateSink: Just only in episode 21 (her debut) proves it all: Mai only cares about no one other than technological advancements in the fight against monsters and shown (twice) prioritizes the [=D4=] superweapon and not Yoko's life when she tested the weapon even if it means costing her own life. Its clear that the audience are supposed to see her in a very negative light. In addition, [[spoiler:if Director Kuriyama was neither possessed by Celebro nor suddenly TookALevelOfJerkass,]] Mai could very well fit in with Celebro's sadistic tendencies. |
| 625 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She's unaware of the fact that she is being Celebro's pawn the whole time and not realizing the parasite possessing Kuriyama the first time she's introduced. |
| 626 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Perhaps the only human in the series to embody the absolute worst in mankind that already reared on its ugly head even when [[spoiler:Celebro {{invoke|d Trope}}s the trope on purpose for his endgame plans.]] |
| 627 | * InspectorJavert: PlayedForDrama. While its justified that she was deceived by [[spoiler:Celebro-possessed]] Kuriyama into arresting STORAGE members, she tried to have the entire team gunned down even if it means ignoring the global threat Destrudos posed. |
| 628 | * {{Jerkass}}: She is the embodiment of one in contrast to STORAGE's family-like atmosphere. |
| 629 | * LawfulStupid: As if prioritizing the [=D4=] Ray than Yoko's life isn't enough, then directly following the [[spoiler:Celebro-possessed]] Kuriyama into killing the STORAGE members while ignoring Destrudos' worldwide rampage is nothing sort of an idiocity taken to extreme levels. |
| 630 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: She is the leader of SAAG, the team that succeeded STORAGE and is more of a tyrant in approach. |
| 631 | * {{Warhawk}}: Especially since she is so focused on developing advance weaponries in the warfare against monsters. |
| 632 | * VillainyFreeVillain: While she is '''not''' a villain at best, the reformed STORAGE has to go through her to reclaim their base and save Yoko from Destrudos. |
| 633 | * WeHaveReserves: Considering that Mai is willing to get Yoko hurt twice to test the deadly superweapon [=D4=], its more than likely that she saw her men as tools for her to complete Ultroid Zero. |
| 634 | |
| 635 | !!Unnamed pilot |
| 636 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iwata_the_pilot.jpg]] |
| 637 | -->'''Played by:''' Hideyoshi Iwata |
| 638 | An unnamed pilot who replaces Yoko in piloting King Joe STORAGE Custom following STORAGE's disbandment and SAAG's takeover. |
| 639 | ---- |
| 640 | |
| 641 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Really SAAG? Disbanding STORAGE and giving King Joe SC a new pilot isn't the brightest idea at all, especially when he has no real experience compared to AcePilot Yoko or Haruki, the two having fought monsters with the SAA units far longer than this new pilot ever did. |
| 642 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: He orders the now-unemployed Yoko in Sevenger to stand aside and let him do the job in a smug portrayal, despite he himself has no real experience in fighting monsters in SAA unit. No guesses as to who was the first to be taken down. |
| 643 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He was ejected from King Joe SC the moment Five King used said robot as a meat shield. |
| 644 | [[/folder]] |
| 645 | |
| 646 | [[folder:SAA Units]] |
| 647 | !!In General |
| 648 | The SAA units are giant robots created by STORAGE to combat against the daily kaiju attacks. The robots (particularly Sevenger) are the first of their kind in the world. Japan uses them due to the nation's long-standing influence of the HumongousMecha genre in their culture, despite other branches preferring to use enhanced vehicles. |
| 649 | ---- |
| 650 | |
| 651 | * AwesomeButImpractical: |
| 652 | ** Although using gigantic robots to combat similarly enormous monsters does sound cool on paper, all SAA Units are bound to an HourOfPower due to their low battery reserves. Once they're out of power or damaged, the robots will just stand around helpless until they are salvaged for repairs. Additionally, because of their massive sizes, they are bound to create collateral damages in their path like their kaiju opponents. |
| 653 | ** Much like the original Sevenger, Windom is a capable fighter, but it needs an extremely long charging time after its brief combat time. |
| 654 | ** Yoko finds out the hard way that controlling a robot made from alien technology isn't as flashy as she thinks. King Joe was too strong for even her to handle the robot's pressure that it instantly fell right after using the Particle Cannon. |
| 655 | * DestructiveSavior: Whenever the robots are deployed, it's usually this to be expect, thus slowing down the progress of making new robots. |
| 656 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: As new SAA Units debut they become a lot stronger and with the arrival of King Joe Custom, Yoko and Haruki begin to get horrified by the sheer power of the weapons escalating. [[spoiler:All of this foreshadowing the creation of the dimensional-threatening D4 and the monster-killing robot Ultra, Ultroid Zero which both factor into Celebro's endgame and plan.]] |
| 657 | * FunWithAcronyms: SAA stands for Special Airborne Armor. |
| 658 | * HourOfPower: Like the Ultras, the robots can only fight for a few minutes before running out of energy. Sevenger lasts three minutes, Windom lasts five, and and King Joe has five times the battery reserve than the former. |
| 659 | * HumongousMecha: Invoked, as the GAFJ prefers using them due to Japan's long history with the trope in their media. |
| 660 | * MechVsBeast: They were built to fight Kaiju and hostile giant aliens. |
| 661 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Building a single giant robot is time-consuming and expensive, especially when a lot of the budget goes to paying for the collateral damages made in their fights, further delaying the creation of more SAA units. |
| 662 | |
| 663 | !!Sevenger |
| 664 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sevengar_new.png]] |
| 665 | [[caption-width-right:250:The new Sevenger with a more metallic, sleek appearance.]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Chant My Name! |
| 668 | A HumongousMecha kaiju that originally appeared in ''Series/UltramanLeo''. Rather than a {{Mons}} like in its debut series, Sevenger is one of several mechas used by STORAGE to fight against various monster threats and aid in disaster-relief missions. However, it can only fight for up to three minutes before running out of power. |
| 669 | |
| 670 | Sevenger would make a grand return after the series, in it's very own spin-off, ''Series/SevengerFight''. |
| 671 | ---- |
| 672 | See Characters/UltramanLeo |
| 673 | |
| 674 | * AdaptationalBadass: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]. The original Sevenger was a formidable fighter that manage to deliver a strong beatdown against its foe Ashuran, but it could only battle for one minute and had to recharge for 50 hours. Here, Sevenger's time limit is bumped up to three minutes and can be redeployed much faster, but it is relatively inferior in a fight against monsters of its own size, such as Genegarg. |
| 675 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: Instead of being created by the Ultras, Sevenger was created by humans, specifically the organization STORAGE. |
| 676 | * AlternateSelf: Appears to be one to the original Sevenger from ''Series/UltramanLeo''. |
| 677 | * ArtEvolution: The original Sevenger in ''Series/UltramanLeo'' was somewhat crude and lumpy due to the cheapness of the suit. Here, Sevenger has a much cleaner and more polished design, with the suit having a more robotic appearance compared to the one in ''Leo''. |
| 678 | * BreakoutCharacter: He’s a huge fan-favorite due to his goofy look, and his figures even sold out quickly in Japan. It’s to the point where he starred in a {{Prequel}} Manga for ''Ultraman Z'' (Titled “''Fight! Sevenger''”) and got his own Live-Action Mini-Series (Titled “''Sevenger Fight''”). |
| 679 | * BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: |
| 680 | ** Yoko pilots it against the third Alien Barossa after it was decommissioned and became an actual museum piece, since the latter appeared right by its exhibition and STORAGE's disbanding meant that Windom and King Joe were inaccessible to her. Thankfully, Bako had been maintaining it after its decommissioning, so it fares quite well against the space pirate. |
| 681 | ** Gets broken out a second time [[spoiler:in the finale, this time by Bako himself]]. |
| 682 | * CuteMachines: It's a rotund, squat TinCanRobot with large, [[WingDingEyes expressive]] eyes that serves as STORAGE's mascot. That being said, [[BadassAdorable in battle it's still a force to be reckoned with.]] |
| 683 | * HourOfPower: Sevenger lasts only for 3 minutes. When doing rubble removal jobs and during the Gomora relocation job, Sevenger was plugged into a (very, very long) cable with its own crew to remain function without draining its battery reserves. |
| 684 | * JetPack: It gets transported from the STORAGE hangar to the battlefield via a giant jetpack that uses a separate fuel instead of the robot's own battery reserves. |
| 685 | * {{Mascot}}: Since it is STORAGE's first robot, Sevenger becomes the poster boy of their logo. |
| 686 | * MightyGlacier: Sevenger was made for the need of brute strength in fighting monsters and rubble removal during the cleanup. |
| 687 | * PassingTheTorch: STORAGE decided to hand over Sevenger's role as their main mecha to King Joe and retires the older robot in episode 14. |
| 688 | * PutOnABus: With King Joe as the new mecha of SAA, Sevenger is finally decommissioned and assigned as a museum piece; however it does eventually get to return. |
| 689 | * RefugeInAudacity: How Sevenger influenced the members of Global Allied Forces America to invest in the funds to make more SAA units: its either due to them being fans of Japanese culture (both robots and martial arts) or Haruki's status as a martial artist (even Sevenger's tripping was mistaken for the pilot being proficient in Kabuki). |
| 690 | * RocketPunch: Gets upgraded with this power in Episode 3, which it gets to show off against Gigass. This attack is formally known as the Rigid Core Iron Fist Rocket. |
| 691 | * ThisIsADrill: The final episode sees Sevenger's right hand being refitted by a drill, which is powerful enough to [[spoiler: penetrate Destrudos' stomach, allowing the team to reach Yoko]]. |
| 692 | |
| 693 | !!Windom |
| 694 | |
| 695 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Robot-2 Activation Plan |
| 696 | The second HumongousMecha built for STORAGE's weekly struggles against the kaiju menace that, like Sevenger, has previously appeared in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' as a {{Mons}}. It is not quite as physically strong as Sevenger, but makes up for it with a longer battery time that is unfortunately hampered by an even longer recharge time than Sevenger. |
| 697 | ---- |
| 698 | See Characters/{{Ultraseven}} |
| 699 | |
| 700 | * AdaptationalBadass: Much like Sevenger, this is zigzagged. In ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}'', Windom had a rough record, never winning any fights, getting mind controlled by the Alien Kanan, and ultimately being killed by a human-sized Alien Guts. In this series, Windom is a much more capable combatant compared to its Showa incarnation and can fight longer than Sevenger... but it takes four days to recharge without the usage of Neronga's horn. |
| 701 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: The original Windom was a robot creature from the same galaxy as the Ultras, but this version is a human-constructed weapon. This is [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] in the ''Special Airborne Armor Secret File'' special, where he mentions that this Windom reminds him of Seven's Windom, and is shocked that they even have the same name. He ends up chalking up their similarities to [[ContrivedCoincidence coincidence]]. |
| 702 | * AlternateSelf: Appears to be one to the original Windom from ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}''. |
| 703 | * FragileSpeedster: Faster and can fly much better than Sevenger but overall weaker on base strength. |
| 704 | * HourOfPower: Just like in ''Series/UltramanMebius'', Windom has this trait, although for 5 minutes rather than just 1 minute. |
| 705 | * IdenticalStranger: Although past monsters reappearing in Ultra Series is not uncommon, this Windom is pointed out by Z to be eerily similar in appearance to [[Series/UltraSeven the Capsule Monster that Dan Moroboshi used]], considering that no other Ultra has ever set their foot on Earth except for Z in this particular timeline. |
| 706 | * JetPack: Is equipped with rocket thrusters inside its body that allow it to fly and move quickly. According to Yuka, this is based on their study of Z's flight abilities. |
| 707 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: Can fire a swarm of missiles from its body as a finishing move. |
| 708 | * PlayingWithFire: By activating Unlimited Mode, Windom superheats its right hand and releases all the heat out in a huge burst of fiery energy. |
| 709 | * ShockAndAwe: Windom's fists can rotate and unleash electricity with a punch. |
| 710 | * ShoutOut: Yoko can use Windom to perform the Windom Yoko Impact. Let's see. Right hand gets super-hot through all of the robots energy being channeled into it? Grabs the enemy by the head and releases all of its energy at once? [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam You don't say?]] Bonus points for finishing the attack off by calling out ''Burning End'' (evoking a similar feel to Domon calling ''Heat End'' after using God Finger) before the explosion. |
| 711 | |
| 712 | !!King Joe STORAGE CUSTOM |
| 713 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/king_joe_storage.png]] |
| 714 | |
| 715 | --> '''First Appearance:''' Special Airborne Armor Secret File |
| 716 | The third HumongousMecha used by STORAGE for their weekly battles with kaiju. Unlike Sevenger and Windom, it was created by studying a pre-existing King Joe that was salvaged by STORAGE after a fight with Ultraman Z Gamma Future. While it retains its ability to [[DetachmentCombat split itself into 4 component vehicles]], its limbs are remodeled to the [[ArmCannon Pedanium Particle Cannon]] on its left and [[ExtendableArms Pedamium Hammer]] on its right, and was given the ability to combine into a Tank Mode. |
| 717 | ---- |
| 718 | * AchillesHeel: Its incredible power makes it vulnerable to overheating, although STORAGE manages to work their way around that with a few upgrades. |
| 719 | * ArmCannon: Possesses one similar to several previous iterations of King Joe, such as [[Series/UltraGalaxyMegaMonsterBattle King Joe Black]] and [[Series/UltramanGinga King Joe Custom]]. |
| 720 | * {{BFG}}: The Pedanium Particle Cannon on its right hand. |
| 721 | * CombiningMecha: Like the original King Joe, it can split into four separate components, but the originality here is that it can reform into a combat tank and provide STORAGE significant tactical ability. |
| 722 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The [=D4=] Ray outfitted into King Joe STORAGE Custom damaged 80 percent of its internal systems after a single blast, almost killing Yoko in the resulting dimensional collapse before Z saved her. |
| 723 | * FullNameBasis: Whenever STORAGE members refer to it, it's called by its full title of "King Joe STORAGE Custom". |
| 724 | * [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]]: Is STORAGE's clone of the original King Joe and their second attempt in understanding alien technology. It's also the first time in ''Ultra Series'' history that humanity was able to successfully repurpose a King Joe as a defence weapon. |
| 725 | * JetPack: One of the things added to it is the Multiple Launch Pedanium Rocket System, allowing it to fly without the need to separate into ships like previous versions of King Joe. It also doubles as a [[MacrossMissileMassacre missile launcher]]. |
| 726 | * LightningBruiser: It's noted to be five times more powerful than Windom and its reaction time is three times as fast, making it this to the SAA Units. Unfortunately, its first fight goes poorly because Yoko isn't used to fighting in something as responsive as King Joe. |
| 727 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: Fires multitudes of missiles from its backpack. |
| 728 | * MythologyGag: |
| 729 | ** Its name and design can be considered one to King Joe Custom from ''Series/UltramanGinga S''. |
| 730 | ** There were multiple attempts in [[Series/HeiseiUltraseven previous]] [[Series/UltramanRB series]] to repurpose King Joe into humanity's weapon, but this is the first series where it was successful. |
| 731 | * RightHandOfDoom: Or rather, left hand. The Pedanium Hammer is a spring-loaded punching weapon in melee combat. |
| 732 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Since this King Joe was reverse engineered from alien technology rather than straight up scratch build by mankind, even an AcePilot like Yoko found out the hard way that controlling it is like taming a wild horse due to its fast reaction time unlike the rest of the SAA robots. |
| 733 | * TankGoodness: Thanks to its CombiningMecha ability, King Joe STORAGE Custom can rearrange its composing parts into a powerful tank form. |
| 734 | * WaveMotionGun: Able to fire one as a FinishingMove from its Pedanium Particle Cannon alongside the standard small laser bolts. |
| 735 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Its debut goes a little rough. It is clearly powerful however Yoko was caught off guard by how responsive it was after the more sluggish Sevenger and Windom. |
| 736 | [[/folder]] |
| 737 | |
| 738 | !'''Antagonists''' |
| 739 | [[folder:Celebro]] |
| 740 | !!Celebro |
| 741 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultraman_z_celebro_render.png]] |
| 742 | A space parasite that stole the Ultra Z Riser. On Earth, by possessing the GAFJ's Monster Research Center member Shinya Kaburagi, Celebro created the Kaiju Medals and manipulate monster attacks for his own unknowable plans. |
| 743 | ---- |
| 744 | |
| 745 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Getting captured and be subjected to dissection is one of the, if not, ''the most'' humiliating way for an ''Ultraman'' villain to go down. Juggler seems fine to have Yuka and Kaburagi decide Celebro's fate and considering the parasite having caused so much death and destruction on many planets, it's well-deserved.]] |
| 746 | * AxCrazy: While on the surface Celebro appears stoic and in control, it's clear he's actually a complete psychopath whose only real motivation is mass destruction and death solely for his own pleasure. When he begins his endgame, any semblence of composure vanishes in favor of psychopathic glee. |
| 747 | * BadBoss: He brainwashes the Alien Pitts he hires as soon as they deliver him the genetic samples of the Heisei monsters, right after they asked for payment from him. |
| 748 | * BigBad: He kickstarted the series' plot by possessing Genegarg and making him steal the Ultra Medals from Hikari and serves as the series' overall greatest threat in the long run. |
| 749 | * BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:With Zabil/Evil Trigger in ''Film/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTigaTheMovieEpisodeZ'']] |
| 750 | * BodySurf: Starts out by controlling Genegarg's body to steal the Ultra Medals, then switches to Kaburagi's body after the former's death. [[spoiler: Later moves on to take over GAFJ Captain Asano, and then moves on to Director Kuriyama before taking over Yoko as the culmination of his endgame. When Yoko is rescued, he moves on to directly controlling Destrudos.]] |
| 751 | * ButtMonkey: If Celebro ever obtains the means to transform into a fusion Kaiju, it only appears in one episode and never to be used again. For starters, he lost the Medals used to transform into Five King and later on forced to surrender the Belial Medal, preventing transformation into Belial Fusion Monsters in the future. Both occasions are no less thanks to Juggler. [[spoiler:He does eventually get all those medals back for Destrudos... then loses them all for good in the end when Z destroys Destrudos.]] |
| 752 | * CatchPhrase: "Kiete karekareta." |
| 753 | * ColdHam: Celebro's usual game face on the surface is mostly a [[PerpetualFrowner blank]], yet [[KubrickStare creepy scowl]]. But when he's causing chaos for the hell of it, he starts cackling in a fit of orgasmic insanity, if episode 14 is taken into consideration. |
| 754 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: |
| 755 | ** To [[Series/UltramanTaiga Kirisaki/Ultraman Tregear]]. Kirisaki used his own natural, vast and mystical powers as a fallen Ultraman to personally fight and even summon his own Kaiju, while Celebro is a MadScientist who uses stolen Ultraman technology and reverse engineers it to use the power of previous Kaiju to summon them and even transform himself into fused ones. And unlike the trickster-like approach to mayhem Tregear used in order to show that [[BlueAndOrangeMorality good and evil are concepts that don't really exist]], Celebro seems to be causing chaos and destruction [[ItAmusedMe just because he's bored.]] |
| 756 | ** To [[Series/UltramanRB Cereza]]. Both summon Kaiju using the power of Ultraman technology, perverted an Ultra's power for their own gain and both [[spoiler: are aliens that possessed a human as a host for their own ends]]. However, Cereza was the embodiment of EvilIsHammy whenever he was on screen as Makoto Aizen, much unlike Celebro, who is ''extremely'' detached to practically anything he does to the point of seeming emotionless at any given time. Also, while Cereza transformed into an EvilKnockoff of his favorite Ultraman, Celebro transforms by fusing multiple past Kaiju. |
| 757 | ** To [[Series/UltramanGeed Kei Fukuide]]. Kei was a proud loyalist of Belial whose first encounter with the evil Ultra gave him a purpose, going as far as to give up everything out of an UndyingLoyalty towards him. Celebro is a sociopathic MadScientist who has been gathering essences of Belial and create monsters to cause mayhem other than [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]], but with a currently unexplained motive. Their differences take a step further on the way the use the Belial Fusion Monsters -- Kei mostly uses one Belial Fusion Monster once per episode, whereas Celebro is able to use ''three out of four'' in one episode. |
| 758 | * EvilCounterpart: An obvious one to Ultraman Z and the Ultras in general. He's a parasitic creature that came to Earth to cause desstruction and forcefully takes over human bodies to do so, contrasting Z's goal of protecting Earth and saving the life of Haruki while performing a positive possession to fight threats. |
| 759 | * EvilGenius: Figures out how to reverse engineer the Ultra tech to make his own Kaiju Medals, and merge them with actual Kaiju to make new fusions. [[spoiler: He can't quite figure out how to get a ''Belial'' medal working even with the Devil Splinters however. At least until he hits on the idea of adding Riku's DNA into the mix.]] |
| 760 | ** He's also shown to be of the "detached" variety since [[spoiler: while using his stolen Z-Riser he's almost clinical in his minimal movements and refers to every non-Belial medal he loads by their "subtitle" instead of a name. For example, he calls Gomora "Ancient Monster" and Red King "Skull Monster".]] |
| 761 | * EvilIsPetty: He unleashes Bullton to STORAGE HQ because he can't fathom the idea of someone else having fun without him. |
| 762 | * EvilVersusEvil: With Juggler. Juggler has been onto him since their first encounter in episode 7 and said encounter paints a target on Celebro's back while inhabiting Kaburagi's body. It also helps that Celebro himself is also an UnwittingPawn to Juggler's own personal agenda by allowing the construction of the [=D4=] Ray and Ultroid Zero so Juggler could steal the robot for himself before Celebro does. |
| 763 | * FatalFlaw: His conspicuousness. Sure, Celebro managed take on a human host to further his agenda. [[LittleDidIKnow Little did he know]], having possessed Kaburagi drew suspicion of another alien who is able to blend in among humans perfectly: [[spoiler:Jugglus Juggler. Even when he tries to avoid Juggler, he would accidentally leave behind Kaburagi's ID card, and dropping the Five King medal set, [[VictorGainsLosersPowers the latter of which are now in Juggler's possession]]. Eventually the rest of the GAFJ sent out an arrest warrant to him, forcing Celebro to use GAFJ Police captain Asano as a new host while pinning Kaburagi with all the crimes he accumulated]]. |
| 764 | * {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Juggler. Simply put, Celebro is basically what Juggler was in the past, a careless evil jerk who causes mayhem for the hell of it, except ''much'' worse than Juggler ever was. The main difference being that Juggler is able to blend in among humans without drawing unnecessary attention, going so as to keep up with the Hebikura persona and his true identity from the STORAGE crew in the dark. While Celebro keeps himself isolated while plotting, the fact that his erratic mannerisms while possessing Kaburagi only drew the suspicion of Juggler. Even the way they use their Z Risers to fuse into monsters contrast each other; Juggler makes a lot of dramatic movements and respectfully refers to the Kaiju Medals with the ''-san'' honorific, while Celebro's movements are minimal and he dismissively refers to the Kaiju Medals with their BossSubtitles, as if they are just mere resources to him.]] |
| 765 | * HateSink: Compared to past Ultra villains like Belial, Juggler, Cereza, and even Tregear who have degrees of sympathetic moments, motivations or mitigating factors all while looking cool at what they do or have over-the-top and hilarious moments to contrast their actions in the case of Cereza. Celebro has none of those and is causing death and destruction on Earth because he's bored and wants to see the planet die in agony; treating every other living being (benign or hostile) alike as his pawns to use and discard when convenient. Even Juggler himself [[ShadowArchetype sees]] Celebro as a ''bigger'' scumbag than he used to be [[Series/UltramanOrb four years ago]]. |
| 766 | * HypnoRay: His pistol (which he created) can hypnotize unluckily victims into his servants. |
| 767 | * {{Hypocrite}}: His reason for turning Horoboros into Metsuboros in episode 16 was to retrieve his Belial Medal back from Haruki/Z and spite STORAGE for stealing it from him, to the point of even calling them thieves. As even Kaburagi's actor pointed out, Celebro is oblivious to the fact that his insult also applies to his actions in possessing Kaburagi on Earth and many of his other atrocities throughout the series. |
| 768 | * ImpersonatingAnOfficer: A variation. By possessing a Monster Research Center worker, Celebro was already doing this, but he plays the game further by posing as JAERC worker named Masaaki Higashi when STORAGE members were trying to deliver the Ultra Medals safely from Barossa's intervention. Justified that at that point, all of STORAGE but Haruki knew that Kaburagi had done shady things behind all those monster attacks. |
| 769 | * ItAmusedMe: Celebro engineers monster attacks for no other reason than to amuse himself. He also unleashes Bullton into STORAGE HQ because he thought that it would be fun. [[spoiler:His ultimate goal of causing humanity to destroy itself and Earth in the process is also purely motivated by a sadistic amusement at watching planets die.]] |
| 770 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Will suffer one at the hands of Yuka and Kaburagi, who are all too eager to dissect him after he's weakened by his defeat as Destrudos and captured by Juggler.]] |
| 771 | * KickTheDog: When he begins his endgame he possess Yoko and takes Ultroid Zero around the world to absorb kaiju for a super form. He sucks in the mother Red King who instead of fighting him was shielding her egg. Despite already having Red King's data he prepares to either destroy or absorb the egg but fortunately Haruki came to the rescue in time. |
| 772 | * KnightOfCerebus: All hell's going to break loose every time Shinya/Celebro appears in an episode, lacking any overtly comedic traits and bringing about the darkest parts of the series. |
| 773 | * LackOfEmpathy: Celebro has no empathy (or sympathy) for anyone caught up intentionally or unintentionally in his schemes, furthermore [[spoiler:his endgame involves planets getting destroyed by their civilizations' weapons while he entertains himself with the carnage.]] |
| 774 | * MarionetteMotion: Celebro's victims sometimes staggers around like this after being possessed, especially [[spoiler:Yoko making her look like a ghost.]] |
| 775 | * MaskOfSanity: Beneath his emotionally detached exterior is a twisted psychopath dead set in causing chaos and mass destruction out of his own warped amusement. When his Belial medal is stolen he devolves into a raging screaming maniac. [[spoiler:When he possesses Yoko, he turns to laughing madly in her body as he controls Destrudos to cause destruction worldwide.]] |
| 776 | * MeaningfulName: Celebro/Cerebro, as in the Spanish/Portuguese for "brain". |
| 777 | * MookMaker: His pistol can summon a troop of Valis Raiders reverse-engineered from Gilvalis' medal |
| 778 | * MythologyGag: Celebro's catchphrase is "Kiete Karekarehta" is based on [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Ide]]'s attempt to converse with Alien Baltan through the cosmic language "Kiete Koshi Kirekirete". |
| 779 | * NeverMyFault: {{Implied|Trope}}. When he's called out by Haruki and Juggler over the Bullton incident which transpired Greeza's presence in episode 15, Celebro laughs it off as if he had ''nothing'' to do with Greeza to begin with because it was STORAGE and Ultraman Z's killing of Bullton that brought it into their world. Nevermind the fact that they only had to destroy it because Celebro sicced it on them purely to amuse himself. |
| 780 | ** Another one in episode 24 was when he blame Z for his intervention on mankind that leads to Ultroid Zero's creation and finally leading to Destrudos' birth. Little did the alien knew that Z was chasing him because he stole the medals from the Land of Light and even if Z never ended up on Earth, Celebro would basically screw mankind all over again. |
| 781 | * OmnicidalManiac: And '''HOW!''' In order for Celebro to accomplish his campaign of mass planetary destruction, he abides his time for the civilizations of said planets he plans to invade to destroy themselves before his time to strike. And his goal on Earth is to make humans destroy themselves when they are at their [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters absolute worst]] because it is in [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves human nature to create weapons of war knowing it would bring upon humanity's extinction]]. |
| 782 | -->'''Celebro''': I've enjoyed many planets so far, but this moment always excites me. It's a wonderful spectacle. To see fools destroyed by a weapon of their own making, and to hear their cries of agony! I implant fear into planets with civilizations. They make weapon after weapon to defend themselves, and finally, with a weapon they created, they destroy their own civilization. I have a name for it - The Civilization Self-Destruction Game! |
| 783 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After being driven out of Yoko's body, he directly possesses Destrudos to make it his final body.]] |
| 784 | * ParasiticHorror: Celebro is a sadistic space parasite who destroys planets by making civilizations turn to escalating arm races that end in self-destruction. His victims are shown to be in forms of pain while possessed and they take varying types of demented behavior under Celebro's control. |
| 785 | * PossessionBurnout: Possessing Kaburagi for extended periods of time causes a strain on his host's body, which Celebro comments on [[spoiler:and leads to his decision to BodySurf into Captain Asano as means of starting his ultimate plan.]] |
| 786 | * PuppeteerParasite: Celebro possessed a youth from the Monster Research Center named Shinya Kaburagi as a means to operate after Genegarg, its previous host, is killed. [[spoiler:He then jumps into Captain Asano's body after Kaburagi's body is left too weakened from his fights before moving on to Kuriyama and then Yoko when he gets SAAG to create Ultroid Zero so he can turn it into Destrudos; in the finale after he is purged from Yoko's body he jumps directly into Destrudos' body as his final possession.]] |
| 787 | * RayGun: His pistol can shoot energy balls. |
| 788 | * {{Sadist}}: Celebro enjoys the pain and misery his actions bring about. His end goal involves the destruction of all lifeforms on the planet and he enjoys every minute and agona screams of it. |
| 789 | * ShadowArchetype: Celebro is basically a second Juggler who had no one around him to be his moral compass, he even has most of the latter's worst traits in ''Orb'' dialed up -- right down from his HairTriggerTemper, lack of shame and poor impulse control, inability to understand anything that resembles kindness and compassion, and need for stimulation. |
| 790 | * ShoutOut: After possessing Yoko, she staggers backwards and stumbles towards the screen with her back hunched and her hair covering the entirety of her face, before raising her head and looking at the screen (and by extent, the audience). Not unlike Sadako emerging from that well and crawling out of the television in ''Film/{{Ringu}}''. |
| 791 | * TheSociopath: Celebro's emotional detachment makes him [[LackOfEmpathy unable to understand anything that resembles compassion and empathy]], [[ForTheEvulz lack of shame for the destruction he caused on various planets]] all while [[{{Sadist}} enjoying every moment of it]], poor impulse control, [[TheHedonist pathological need for stimulation]], and treats other kaiju and aliens -- benign and hostile ones alike as his personal playthings [[ItAmusedMe all just to keep himself amused]]. |
| 792 | * SpannerInTheWorks: He ends up completely screwing over STORAGE's plan to give the Ultra Medals to the JAERC in episode 9 in the last minute by intentionally opening the case Yoko gave him, allowing King Joe to detect the real Ultra Medals. |
| 793 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Before the official English news statement came out, its name read as "Cerebro". |
| 794 | * UnwittingPawn: Downplayed. While Celebro is unknowingly a stepping stone for Juggler's personal agenda into creating Ultroid Zero so he could hijack the robot, Celebro knows fully of this and refuses to let Juggler have his way. |
| 795 | * VerbalTic: "Kiete Karekareta".[[note]]''I'm feeling good.''[[/note]] |
| 796 | * VillainousBreakdown: Losing the Belial Medal in episode 15 took a worse turn to Celebro's mentality as he drops whatever left of his sanity to a full blown lunatic. |
| 797 | ** Ditto when [[spoiler:Haruki manages to get to the cockpit within Destrudos.]] |
| 798 | [[/folder]] |
| 799 | |
| 800 | [[folder:Ultraman Belial]] |
| 801 | !!Ultraman Belial |
| 802 | The original BigBad of Ultra Series media related to Franchise/UltramanZero in all of his exploits. Although Belial had long died after his last confrontation with his artificial son, Ultraman Geed, his remains plagued the entire multiverse as Devil Splinters and causing simultaneous rampage of monsters and other victims affected by the item and help Celebro's plot of the Planet Extermination Game. |
| 803 | ---- |
| 804 | For tropes see [[Characters/UltramanZero here]]. |
| 805 | [[/folder]] |
| 806 | |
| 807 | [[folder:Ultroid Zero (Unmarked spoilers!)]] |
| 808 | !!Ultroid Zero/Destrudos |
| 809 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultroidzero.png]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | The fourth SAA unit, this one was produced by GAFJ instead of STORAGE after the team was disbanded by Kuriyama. It was created using the combat data of the Ultra Warriors and King Joe STORAGE Custom for GAFJ's attempt in harnessing the power of an Ultra Warrior for their own while at the same time controlling the output of D4. |
| 812 | |
| 813 | In reality, it was Celebro's master plan, a weapon created to let mankind destroy itself by absorbing dormant Kaiju and Kaiju medals, mutating into the terrifying Destrudos, a chimera piloted by a Celebro-possessed Yoko. |
| 814 | ---- |
| 815 | !!!Tropes applying to Ultroid Zero |
| 816 | |
| 817 | * ArtificialHuman: Although purely a robot, GAFJ and SAAG declare it as their "artificial Ultraman". |
| 818 | * TheAssimilator: Ultroid Zero, after getting infused with the Belial Medal, went on a worldwide rampage by absorbing all of the monsters under GAFJ's observation and to transform itself into its final form. |
| 819 | * BarrierWarrior: It creates the Magnerium Shield energy barrier to protect itself. |
| 820 | * BewareTheSuperman: Everything about Ultroid Zero has this trope written all over it. To wit, it's an artificial Ultraman created by [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans]] meant to be as a machine to protect mankind, unknowingly falling into Celebro's omnicidal endgame ploy. Yuka's hunch in episode 24 sums up why several monsters are rallying against it. |
| 821 | ->'''Yuka:''' Listen, Earth is a single giant life form! Ultroid Zero is an over-technology and could destroy Earth itself! That's why Earth is rejecting it! [[GaiasVengeance The monsters must be acting on the will of the planet!]] |
| 822 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Magnerium Blades on its arms can generate energies. Given that it copies the Ultra Warriors as a whole, the attack probably came from Geed Galaxy Rising's Galaxy Cutting. |
| 823 | * ChestBlaster: The D4 Ray on its chest served as one. |
| 824 | * TheDreaded: As Yuka noted, Ultroid Zero instill fear into the ''Earth itself''. Its creation is considered an over-technology that was even crazier than mankind's standards and can harm the planet if not properly taken care of. This is also the reason why five Earth monsters were sent to eliminate it during its first test run. |
| 825 | * EvilCounterpart: To the Ultra Warriors as a whole, as it was mankind's attempt in creating a force equal to an Ultra. Later on, it becomes an "eviler" counterpart to Zeppandon, as both are chimeras controlled by mysterious beings, but Destrudos is as outright malevolent as Celebro and wants to destroy Earth and humanity. |
| 826 | * {{Expy}}: To both Darklops Zero and [[Series/UltramanDyna Terranoid]], the former is a RobotMe of Ultraman Zero and the latter is mankind's attempt in harnessing an Ultra's power that only ended up being turned against them. |
| 827 | * FantasticNuke: The [=D4=] ray is a weapon powerful enough to OneHitKill any kaiju or Ultra it hits, causes vast amounts of destruction, and is used as an omnicidal WMD by Celebro. |
| 828 | * FourIsDeath: Ultroid Zero is the fourth SAA unit and it incorporates [=D4=] superweapon that can annihilate monsters and tearing down the fabric of dimension if not properly taken care of. The fact that Ultroid Zero is the only SAA to ever fall into villainy also counts. |
| 829 | * GatlingGood: The Magnerium Gatling on its arms. |
| 830 | * GrandTheftPrototype: {{Invoked|Trope}}. With Kuriyama as a stepping stone, Celebro was grooming mankind to create their strongest SAA unit to hijack it all for himself and finally eradicating mankind as a whole. |
| 831 | -->'''Celebro''': You're here, Ultraman Z! You have my gratitude. You played a good pawn in my game! Thanks to you, the humans have made such a wonderful weapon for me! Now let me introduce you to the final boss for the climax of this game! The king of death and destruction, Destrudos! |
| 832 | * JetPack: The boosters on its back, legs and feet allow it to fly. |
| 833 | * JustAMachine: Unlike STORAGE's first three SAA, who's creations were treated as if their own children, Ultroid Zero only gets an applause from the GAFJ top managements as its only seen as a weapon with high power than a force of good. |
| 834 | * MasterOfAll: Ultroid Zero is described by GAFJ as "The Strongest Robot Weapon", hence it is as strong as Sevenger, as agile as Windom, having multitudes of artillery weapons like King Joe SC and to top it all, it can fire the [=D4=] Ray without harming the environment (although this renders its pilot unconscious). |
| 835 | * MythologyGag: The "Magnerium" energies used on its attacks are the same name of the material used by the [[Series/UltraSeven Ultra Garrison]] to free Ultraseven from Alien Guts' crucifixion. |
| 836 | * RobotMe: His appearance is basically a mechanized version of Ultraman Zero himself instead of past Ultra Kaiju as a whole. |
| 837 | * WalkingSpoiler: The fact that it is a byproduct of GAFJ and not STORAGE, including that it uses the [=D4=] Ray brings everything closer to the series finale. Also, every content on the below section provides a good reason why. |
| 838 | |
| 839 | !!!Tropes applying to Destrudos |
| 840 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/destrudos_1.png]] |
| 841 | |
| 842 | * AllYourPowersCombined: Its able to use the components of all the Kaiju it assimilated with. |
| 843 | * BeamOWar: The series ends with an epic beam war between Destrudos and Ultraman Z, the former unleashing the devastating effects of the D4 in full force. [[spoiler: Ultraman Z still wins]]. |
| 844 | * BodyHorror: For even the monster itself, it's basically clawing itself out from Ultroid Zero instead of a cyborg fusion. The lifeless Red King skull on its right shoulder was only the icing of the cake. |
| 845 | * BreathWeapon: Destrudo Breath. |
| 846 | * BrokenFaceplate: The face/helmet of Ultroid Zero cracks into half as Destrudos' head grows from it. The left half hangs on the head, while the right half hangs onto several SpikesOfVillainy of the right shoulder. |
| 847 | * ChestBlaster: Destrudo D4 Ray, fired from Majaba's face on its chest. |
| 848 | * {{Cyborg}}: While mostly looking organic, it still has mechanical parts such as a cockpit and the D4 Ray. |
| 849 | * EldritchAbomination: A cyborg clawed out its way from a machine while bearing all the agonizing parts and appearance of the Kaiju its based on. |
| 850 | * EvilIsVisceral: The moment Ultoid Zero turns into Destrudos, its interior cockpit immediately grows organic-like features such as veins and fleshy coating, which quickly covers the machinery and control panels. |
| 851 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 852 | ** Like how Ultroid Zero is to Terranoid, Destrudos is to Zelganoid for being an artificial Ultra being hijacked by an alien being and bring about destruction to mankind, the very race it was supposed to protect. |
| 853 | ** And keeping up with ''Series/UltramanAce'''s guest appearance, Destrudos is an analogue to Jumbo King. Both are chimera-like {{Final Boss}}es created by both series' respective {{Big Bad}}s. |
| 854 | * GiantFlyer: Courtesy of Birdon's wings. |
| 855 | * HealingFactor: When Celebro took over its body, Destrudos gains the ability to regenerate the [=D4=] cannon on its chest. |
| 856 | * HybridMonster: It's Ultroid Zero with parts from [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Red King]] (female), [[Series/UltraSeven Dancan]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Arstron]], [[Series/UltramanAce Barabas]] [[note]] not visible on the monster itself, but the D4 ray is sourced from Barabas' recovered sword from the earlier battle [[/note]], [[Series/UltramanTaro Birdon]], [[Series/UltramanLeo Satan Beetle]], [[Series/UltramanEighty Crescent]] and [[Series/UltramanTowardsTheFuture Majaba]] clawing out into an EldritchAbomination. |
| 857 | * IHaveYourWife: Even without the steel-like hide, Ultraman Z can't actually harm the monster in any way, especially when Celebro possessed Yoko to control the monster, also to use her as a leverage. |
| 858 | * TheJuggernaut: As if an android Ultraman with the same strength as the real deal isn't enough, its evolution into Destrudos can even tank the likes of Gamma Future's summoned Ultras. |
| 859 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: Destrudo Hellfire; with Dancan's spikes serving as the missile projectiles. It's named after the AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missile. |
| 860 | * MeaningfulName: Its name is derived from the term "Destrudo", a term first used by the Italian psychoanalyst Eduardo Weiss in 1935 to describe the energy of the 'death instinct' or 'death drive', in a way analogous to UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud’s concept of Libido, the 'life instinct', usually mentioned in reference to reproduction. Whereas Libido is described in Freudian psychoanalysis as 'the urge to create', [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Destrudo is 'the urge to destroy]]', and encompasses concepts discussed under the death instinct such as aggression, compulsion and self-destructive behaviors. |
| 861 | * MoreDakka: Destrudo Phalanx; basically inspired from the real-life anti-aircraft cannon Phalanx CIWS (close-in weapon system). |
| 862 | * MultipleHeadCase: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Destrudos' main head is the real one, but the Red King head was only there as a decorative skeleton. |
| 863 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Annihilation Armor Monster Destrudos. Celebro sure picked up a very good name for this. Celebro also introduces it as 'the King of Death and Destruction.' |
| 864 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Destrudos lives and breathes on this trope. Its a composite of six monsters whose parts protruding from a robot to form a mixture of flesh and metal. Oh and its controlled by the Celebro-possesed Yoko, making it a case that it is a monster without a mind of its own, forcing Celebro to control it from Ultroid Zero's cockpit. Its also a {{Deconstruct|ed Trope}}ion when Yuka comments that the combination was too messy, so much that she can no longer find the cockpit where Celebro-possessed Yoko piloted from. |
| 865 | * ShockAndAwe: Destrudo Thunderblast, which emanates from its spikes. |
| 866 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: The DX Z Riser pronounces its name as '''Destordos'''. |
| 867 | * SpikesOfVillainy: The spikes from Dancan around the body are super-sharp which further adds to its durability. |
| 868 | * SwordBeam: Destrudo Reaper, which is an X-shaped energy slash formed from its hands. |
| 869 | * TeethFlying: Z finishes his punch barrage on it by decking it in the face so hard that a tooth goes flying. |
| 870 | |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | !'''Kaiju and Aliens''' |
| 874 | [[folder:Kaiju and Aliens]] |
| 875 | !!Gomess |
| 876 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Chant My Name! |
| 877 | The very first kaiju of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' and the first kaiju to appear in this series. It wandered into the city, causing wanton destruction, but STORAGE sends out Sevenger to deal with it, and the robot quickly dispatches the prehistoric monster. A second, much larger Gomess reappears in Episode 23 as one of five monsters awoken by the activation of Ultroid Zero, seeking to destroy the robot in fear on its extremely dangerous abilities. |
| 878 | ---- |
| 879 | See Characters/UltraQ |
| 880 | |
| 881 | * CurbStompBattle: Sevenger was nearly four times Gomess' size. Gomess did not stand a chance at all, and it took ''one hit'' for Sevenger to kill Gomess. |
| 882 | * MythologyGag: Its small size here is a reference to its first appearance in ''Series/UltraQ'' where it was much shorter than most monsters.[[note]] It should be noted that it still bigger than its first appearance by 8 m.[[/note]] |
| 883 | * StarterVillain: It's the classic Gomess who is big to humans at 20 meters (at least 65 feet), but tiny to the 58 meter (190 foot) tall Sevenger. Boy, is he easily beaten. |
| 884 | * TapOnTheHead: Gomess gets smacked upside the head by Sevenger. |
| 885 | * TooDumbToLive: Decides to chase Haruki while being chased by the massive Sevenger instead of attempting to escape. |
| 886 | * YourSizeMayVary: Stands 20 meters at normal height, a great departure from the gigantic 50 meter (164 feet) Gomess (S) in Heisei era series. |
| 887 | |
| 888 | !!Genegarg |
| 889 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/genegarg.png]] |
| 890 | |
| 891 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Chant My Name! |
| 892 | A shark-like space monster that will consume anything. Ultraman Zero and Z pursued the creature after it ate most of the Ultra Medals as it made a beeline to Earth in search of additional things to consume, consequently becoming Ultraman Z's first foe on the planet after the monster managed to get rid of Ultraman Zero. |
| 893 | ---- |
| 894 | * AchillesHeel: Genegarg's BackpackCannon powers are so strong that its body overheats if it fires the beams for extended periods of time, with harmful results. |
| 895 | * AmbiguousRobots: Whilst it looks organic, some of its abilities, such as its JetPack and BackpackCannon, are suspiciously robotic. [[spoiler:Given its association with Celebro, it may have been a product of a previous Civilization Self-Destruction Game.]] |
| 896 | * BackpackCannon: Can fire a barrage of lasers from its back. |
| 897 | * BigEater: Its appetite extends even to other kaiju, like one unfortunate Bullton. |
| 898 | * BreathWeapon: Breathes a purple laser beam, called Genebuster. |
| 899 | * CastingGag: A suit example, it was a PropRecycling from [[Series/UltramanOrb Magata no Orochi]], hence why both monsters display the tendency to eat anything in front of them. |
| 900 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/UltramanTaro Samekujira]], in terms of appearance, body structure, and overall design. |
| 901 | * ExtremeOmnivore: It will swallow anything that it can get its mouth on from asteroids to the Ultra Medals to other kaiju. |
| 902 | * HornAttack: Has a giant nasal horn perfect for ploughing through structures and goring Ultras. |
| 903 | * JetPack: Has an organic version built into its behind, allowing it to fly in space and Earth’s atmosphere. |
| 904 | * {{Overheating}}: Genegarg's BackpackCannon attack causes its body to overheat when used for an extended period of time. |
| 905 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Briefly shines before making its way to Earth. According to supplementary materials, it's because Celebro possessed the monster, hence the reason its eyes shines red like all of its other hosts. |
| 906 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Although merely just a MonsterOfTheWeek, Genegarg sets up the plot for the rest of the series, including Zero’s disappearance, the Ultra Medals arriving on earth, Z merging himself with Haruki Natsukawa, and Celebro's arrival. Episode 2 revealed that Genegarg's destruction caused the awakening of monsters across the world if that wasn't enough. |
| 907 | * StarterVillain: While not the first monster seen in the series, it is the first one that Ultraman Z fights. |
| 908 | * StomachOfHolding: Has the ability to regurgitate anything it devours as a weapon. |
| 909 | * ThreateningShark: Based off of sharks, particularly tiger sharks, which are infamous for the devouring anything put in front of their face. Its BossSubtitles are even “Ferocious Space Shark”. |
| 910 | |
| 911 | !!Bullton |
| 912 | |
| 913 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Chant My Name! |
| 914 | A bizarre meteor monster capable of warping time and space. It was one of the various things Genegarg devoured that the shark-like monster spat out as projectiles against Ultraman Zero and Z, with the former Ultra being caught in a wormhole created by Bullton and consequently send into another dimension alongside the strange creature. However, Bullton later returned when Celebro resurrected the monster and had it attack STORAGE headquarters, using its reality-warping powers to cause chaos in the facility. |
| 915 | ---- |
| 916 | See Characters/UltramanTVSeries |
| 917 | |
| 918 | * BarrierMaiden: Riku reveals that beings like Bullton maintain the universe by bearing various irrationalties with their powers. By destroying it, it allowed Greeza to enter the universe. |
| 919 | * TheBusCameBack: After disappearing through Zero's Shining Star Drive, Celebro revealed that he still keept the monster's pieces and unleashes it on STORAGE HQ in episode 14. |
| 920 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Bullton's penultimate battle against Z have the Ultra tossing him skywards and then slicing him into two while in mid-air. Both halves of Bullton then transforms back into the two meteorite fragments it was made up from]]. |
| 921 | * NoodleIncident: How Genegarg managed to eat Bullton is still a mystery. Presumably, it happened at some point ''after'' Celebro took it over. |
| 922 | * RollingAttack: Uses it reality-warping powers to pin Z and trample him over and over by simply rolling its huge form over his body. |
| 923 | * TeleportSpam: Displays this ability during its battle with Z in episode 14. |
| 924 | * YourMindMakesItReal: A variant. As Yuka explains, Bullton's mastery over space and time works through the subconscious of those caught in areas affected by its power; if a person subconsciously wants to believe in something or go to someplace, Bullton's reality-warping abilities will cause that to happen. |
| 925 | |
| 926 | !!Neronga |
| 927 | |
| 928 | -->'''First Appearance:''' A Warrior's Principles |
| 929 | An electricity-consuming monster with the ability to turn invisible. Neronga threatened a newly constructed power plant capable of giving unlimited clean energy, but its powers proved a serious challenge for Ultraman Z and STORAGE. |
| 930 | ---- |
| 931 | See Characters/UltramanTVSeries |
| 932 | |
| 933 | * AchillesHeel: If the base of Neronga's horn is damaged, its electrical powers are disrupted. |
| 934 | * AimForTheHorn: Had its horns broken during the episode's penultimate battle. Becomes a ChekhovsGun when said horn is used in a later episode for recharging Windom. |
| 935 | * ChekhovsGun: Part of Neronga's horn was salvaged by Yuka for examination. Two episodes later, it was used to empower Windom to circumvent its long charging period. |
| 936 | * {{Invisibility}}: While Neronga always had this ability, it's exaggerated in this series to be able to mask its body temperature. |
| 937 | |
| 938 | !!Bemstar, Segmeger and Majappa |
| 939 | |
| 940 | -->'''First Appearance:''' A Warrior's Principles |
| 941 | A trio of monsters that appearing in Ultraman Z's flashback to describe the effects of the Devil Splinter towards the galaxy. Bemstar later appears in person in the episode "The Last Warrior", attacking a city only to immediately retreat back into space once it sees the arrival of the Choju, [[Series/UltramanAce Barabas]]. |
| 942 | ---- |
| 943 | See Characters/ReturnOfUltraman for Bemstar and Characters/UltramanTaiga for Segmeger and Majappa |
| 944 | |
| 945 | * HatePlague: By virtue of the Devil Splinter, these three and other affected monsters turned berserk and brought chaos to the entire universe. This leads to the Ultra Warriors in the Land of Light manufacturing Z Riser and Ultra Medals, and eventually Genegarg's attack to steal them. |
| 946 | * OhCrap: The Bemstar that appears in episode 19 has this reaction when it sees a hole open in the sky heralding the arrival of Barabas, followed by quickly [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fleeing the scene]]. |
| 947 | |
| 948 | !! Gigass |
| 949 | |
| 950 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Live Coverage! The Monster Transport Operation |
| 951 | A yeti-like monster that is seen rampaging through the Izuhara Highlands at the beginning of the episode. Sevenger is sent out to deal with the creature, quickly dispatching it with its new rocket fists upgrade. |
| 952 | ---- |
| 953 | See Characters/UltramanTVSeries |
| 954 | |
| 955 | * ArtEvolution: The rebuilt Gigass suit for the Reiwa Era displays more details compared to its original iteration in the Showa era. |
| 956 | * TheBusCameBack: Gigass' last appearance in the TV shows? His debut, '''54''' years ago. |
| 957 | * TheWorfEffect: Gigass' role in the show is to prove how powerful Sevenger's rocket fist upgrade is. |
| 958 | |
| 959 | !! Gomora |
| 960 | |
| 961 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Live Coverage! The Monster Transport Operation |
| 962 | A prehistoric dinosaur kaiju discovered slumbering in a stony form by construction workers at Mt. Goko. STORAGE planned to move the sleeping creature away to isolated Sunflan Island, but unfortunately, Gomora wakes up in the middle of the transporting operation, escapes, and rampages in the middle of the city. |
| 963 | ---- |
| 964 | See Characters/UltramanTVSeries |
| 965 | |
| 966 | * LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler: His ultimate fate is being reduced to raining Gomora chunks into the city after being blown to bits while being flung in mid-air]]. |
| 967 | * MythologyGag: STORAGE's plans with Gomora and the outcome of the operation are very similar to what happened in Science Patrol's encounter with the original Gomora in ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' -- only the team is moving Gomora away from civilization to a desolate island instead of the reverse. |
| 968 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Despite Gomora's rampaging, it was only out of confusion after suddenly finding itself transported from its habitat. |
| 969 | |
| 970 | !! Telesdon/Erimaki Telesdon |
| 971 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erimaki_telesdon.png]] |
| 972 | |
| 973 | -->'''First Appearance:''' Robot-2 Activation Plan |
| 974 | A subterranean kaiju that attacked the Geofront underground city construction site after being disturbed by the noise of its construction. It became the first monster fought by STORAGE's new Windom, but Celebro complicated things by feeding it [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Jirass]]' Kaiju Medal, giving transforming it into Erimaki Telesdon. |
| 975 | ---- |
| 976 | See Characters/UltramanTVSeries |
| 977 | |
| 978 | * AchillesHeel: Ripping off Erimaki Telesdon's frill strips it off its new powers, turning it back into a standard Telesdon. |
| 979 | * AttackReflector: Erimaki Telesdon's frill grants it the ability to conjure a force field that does this. |
| 980 | * BilingualBonus: "Erimaki" is literally Japanese for "frill". |
| 981 | * HybridMonster: Erimaki Telesdon is the original Telesdon enhanced with Jirass' frill. Additionally, the frill fires out its own version of Gomora's Super Oscillatory Wave. |
| 982 | * SpinAttack: Has the same drill spinning attack as the one from ''Series/UltramanX'', even before being turned into Erimaki Telesdon. |
| 983 | * TookALevelInBadass: Originally played straight with its constant use of drill spinning attack like the one from ''Series/UltramanX''. Later invoked when Celebro feeds it Jirass' Kaiju Medal to grant the monster several new powers. |
| 984 | |
| 985 | !! Peguila |
| 986 | |
| 987 | -->'''First Appearance:''' First Juggling |
| 988 | An icy monster from Alaska originally sealed away 30,000 years ago by an artifact known as the Spear of Light. It awoke in the present, thanks to climate change, and made a beeline for Japan in order to destroy the artifact that originally defeated it, which was being studied by Japanese scientists. |
| 989 | ---- |
| 990 | See Characters/UltraQ |
| 991 | |
| 992 | * OhCrap: Peguila is visibly shocked after seeing the weapon that sealed it gets wielded by Z. |
| 993 | * SealedEvilInACan: Peguila was originally kept underneath Alaska by the Z Lance Arrow. When the researchers remove the item, it caused the monster to be awakened as well without realizing. |
| 994 | |
| 995 | !! Zeppandon |
| 996 | |
| 997 | -->'''First Appearance:''' First Juggling |
| 998 | A hybrid of [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Zetton]], [[Series/UltraSeven Pandon]], and [[Series/UltramanOrb Maga-Orochi]] that originally appeared in ''Series/UltramanOrb''. Orb's archenemy Jugglus Juggler resurrected the monster in the present by stealing Haruki's Z Riser and using it to create his own evil version of the device. |
| 999 | ---- |
| 1000 | See Characters/UltramanOrb |
| 1001 | |
| 1002 | * BewareMyStingerTail: A new ability, Juggler uses its Maga-Orochi tail to impale Five-King in Episode 24. |
| 1003 | * HandBlast: It gains the ability to fire these in this series, which are reminiscent of the Zetton Final Beam. |
| 1004 | * TheWorfEffect: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Despite going up against forms like Thunder Breastar, Zeppandon is pretty handily beaten by the Z Lance Arrow once Haruki and Z get the hang of it. However, given his movements he was most likely not taking the fight seriously. [[spoiler: Given the hints as to [[TricksterMentor Juggler's role in this season]] he may have even been testing them.]] |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 | !! Gillvalis |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | -->'''First Appearance:''' The Man Returns! |
| 1009 | A malevolent, nigh-immortal A.I. that sought to bring peace to the universe by annihilating all life to prevent conflict from ever starting in the first place. It was originally defeated by Series/UltramanGeed, but the power of the Devil Splinters has resurrected Gillvalis to continue its goals, with Geed in hot pursuit of the A.I. to find the one responsible for its resurrection. |
| 1010 | ---- |
| 1011 | See Characters/UltramanGeed |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | * BackFromTheDead: This is the original Gillvalis from Geed's movie brought back to life by the Devil Splinters. |
| 1014 | * CameBackWrong: Its Devil Splinter-induced revival seems to have taken a toll on it as it remains deathly silent throughout the entire episode, implying that it came back weaker and without higher functions beyond the programming it applied to the Galactrons and its own self-preservation. This was later confirmed in ''New Generations Stars'' with Yuka noting how much more powerful it was when it fought against Geed, Orb, and Zero along with how terrifying its dialogue is. |
| 1015 | * ClippedWingAngel: Its body is destroyed at the start of The Man Returns and while it seemed to be reformed for the finale of the episode it was noted to not be completed. Do note that it still gave Geed and Z quite a fight, and required Yuka to forcibly download a complicated equation into it through Windom just to give them the opening to destroy it. |
| 1016 | * TheDreaded: Because of his previous genocidal conquest back from Geed's movie premier, even the mere sight of Gillvalis is enough to instill fear onto Juggler. |
| 1017 | * SkewedPriorities: It will prioritize solving a complicated equation even in the middle of a fight, which is what allowed Z and Geed to finish it off for good. |
| 1018 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Celebro wouldn't have a spare Devil Splinter with him since the very one he had dissipated from being an incomplete Belial Medal. When Gillvalis' Perfect Form destroyed and left its body behind, the alien was able to salvage a Devil Splinter that said AI used to revive itself, and together with the Belial DNA from Riku, he was able to create a stable version of said medal. |
| 1019 | * TheWorfEffect: Not Gillvalis, but its core. A large part of Gillvalis' threat was that its core was invulnerable to everything except the Red Steel, thus explaining why it was trying to destroy it before it was used against it. Here, the core ends up being destroyed by the Z Lance Arrow's Z Lance Fire Finisher. It likely has something to do with [[CameBackWrong its resurrection.]] |
| 1020 | |
| 1021 | !! Valis Raiders |
| 1022 | |
| 1023 | -->'''First Appearance:''' The Man Returns! |
| 1024 | Android soldiers created by Gillvalis for its intergalactic conquests. During Gillvalis' revival and the first destruction of its Perfect Form, Celebro salvaged its remains to rebuilt the Valis Raiders under his own command and uses them to hunt down Ultraman Geed's human identity Riku Asakura in order to collect the hero's Belial Factor. |
| 1025 | ---- |
| 1026 | See Characters/UltramanGeed |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: A new ability to this series, they can disguise themselves as STORAGE officers, doing so to slip into STORAGE and kidnap Riku under Celebro's orders. |
| 1029 | * MookCarryover: Originally Gillvalis' troopers in cleansing all life forms, Celebro rebuilds them as his own minions. |
| 1030 | * MythologyGag: Celebro summons them with the use of a gun whenever they're needed. This type of gun was the same model that Rento Kujo in ''Series/UltramanTaiga'' uses to transform into Galactron [=MK2=] under Tregear. |
| 1031 | |
| 1032 | !! Skull Gomora, Thunder Killer, and Pedanium Zetton |
| 1033 | |
| 1034 | --> '''First Appearance:''' His Majesty's Medal |
| 1035 | The first three Belial Fusion Beasts that appeared in ''Series/UltramanGeed''. Celebro recreated them after completing a stable Ultraman Belial Medal using Ultraman Geed's Belial Factor, becoming Skull Gomora first using his stolen Z Riser, then switching to the other two during his fight with Ultraman Z and Geed. |
| 1036 | ---- |
| 1037 | See Characters/UltramanGeed |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | * KilledOffForReal: Subverted. The monsters are never alive as they existed as fusions with Belial's power as a glue, but Celebro loses the Belial Medal to Haruki, preventing them from ever appearing again after one episode. |
| 1040 | * MultiformBalance: Unlike Kei Fukuide sticking to one monster per each battle, Celebro can swap to different monsters when the situation calls for. |
| 1041 | * NoodleIncident: While the Medals that make up Skull Gomora are both monsters native to Earth, how did Celebro managed to manufacture [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Zetton]], [[Series/UltraSeven Eleking, King Joe]] and [[Series/UltramanAce Ace Killer]] Medals remains a mystery (given their extraterrestrial origin), unless these four were fought by STORAGE before in a yet to be seen adventure before Z arrived, or he has been hiring aliens like the Pitts sisters to obtain their samples. |
| 1042 | |
| 1043 | !!Alien Pitt Fa and Si |
| 1044 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faandsi.jpg]] |
| 1045 | [[caption-width-right:350:Their human disguise (From left to right: Si and Fa)]] |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | --> '''First Appearance:''' The Mystic Power |
| 1048 | --> '''Played By:''' Kanon Miyahara (Fa), Shioka Ishizuka (Si) |
| 1049 | Alien Pitt mercenary sisters (Fa being the older sister and Si being the younger) who are initially hired by Celebro to obtain genetic samples of [[Series/UltramanTiga Golza, Melba,]] and [[Series/UltramanGaia Super C.O.V.]] for his latest monster project. While they enter the job with expectations of pay, they are instead brainwashed by Celebro after delivering the samples in order to collect the last two samples needed to complete his work. |
| 1050 | ---- |
| 1051 | See Characters/UltraSeven |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | * ActionGirl: Fa seems to be the brute of the sisters. |
| 1054 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Both get turned into Celebro's thralls by him, right after delivering the 3 initial samples of the Heisei monsters, with the purpose of obtaining samples of Reicubas and Gan Q. |
| 1055 | * KickChick: Fa is shown to favour kicks during hand-to-hand combat with Yoko. |
| 1056 | * MistakenForBadass: The Pitts kidnapped Yoko and Yuka because of the two happened to have Z's Z Riser and assumed that one of them is his Ultra Host. |
| 1057 | * NoodleIncident: When Yuka Ohta sees their true forms, she instantly identifies their species, implying this universe's Earth has had contact with other alien life before Z arrival that wasn't previously talked about before. |
| 1058 | * OhCrap: Both briefly get this expression right before Celebro brainwashes them. |
| 1059 | * PunchClockVillain: Even before their brainwashing, delivering Golza, Melba and Super C.O.V. essences are like everyday job for them. If the younger sister Si were to imply, it appears that they would prefer to spend a vacation after collecting payment from Celebro. |
| 1060 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: Fa is the blue to Si's red. |
| 1061 | * SiblingTeam: Whereas most incarnations of Alien Pitt present them as twins, Fa seems to be the older sister and Si appears to be the younger one. |
| 1062 | * SomethingWeForgot: The third episode of Series/SevengerFight involves a battle with an Eleking they forgot to mention they had. |
| 1063 | * TechnicolorEyes: Si has pink eyes, unlike Fa, who has the traditional yellow eyes of her species. |
| 1064 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: At least in their Earth disguises, Fa has her hair and clothing done like she's a model, while still being a butt kicker and Si is dressed like a punk. |
| 1065 | |
| 1066 | !! Tri King/Five King |
| 1067 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tri_king.png]] |
| 1068 | [[caption-width-right:250:Tri King]] |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | --> '''First Appearance:''' The Mystic Power |
| 1071 | A hybrid of five different kaiju originally created by Exceller in ''Series/UltramanGinga S''. After creating [[Series/UltramanTiga Golza]], [[Series/UltramanTiga Melba]] and [[Series/UltramanGaia Super C.O.V.]] Kaiju Medals from their genetic material, Celebro assumes a weaker version of Five King called Tri King as a test. After obtaining two meteorites containing cells belonging to [[Series/UltramanGaia Gan Q]] and [[Series/UltramanDyna Reicubas]], he uses both their medals while as Tri King to complete the transformation into Five King. |
| 1072 | ---- |
| 1073 | See Characters/UltramanGinga |
| 1074 | |
| 1075 | * TheBusCameBack: Tri King and Five King return in episode 15 when Juggler uses its Medals to transform into the former, then the latter, in a ill-fated atttempt to fight off Greeza alongside Geed and Z. |
| 1076 | * ClippedWingAngel: A literal example from Tri King, who possesses Melba's wings, but isn't able to use them until Celebro transforms into Five King. |
| 1077 | * HeelFaceReturn: Juggler used it to help Z and Geed in against Greeza at first, but it gets {{Subverted|Trope}} when he uses it again to silently help GAFJ gathering the data of Z's energy beam. |
| 1078 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: It's last appearance, by Zeppandon's Maga-Orochi tail. |
| 1079 | * KilledOffForReal: Downplayed. Celebro loses the Kaiju Medals needed to transform into it as a result from an ambush from Jugglus Juggler, preventing him from turning back into Five King for the foreseeable future. [[spoiler:Juggler also loses these Medals after assisting Barossa III in fighting Z, apparently picked up by Director Kuriyama himself. However the medals are truly lost once Celebro uses them to supercharge the Ultoid Zero's transformation into Destrudos]]. |
| 1080 | * LogicalWeakness: Five King can be easily beaten by invoking Tiga, Dyna, and Gaia's power through Gamma Future since it serves as the GoodCounterpart to Five King due to the fact that its components correspond to the respective Ultras (Golza and Melba for Tiga, Reicubas for Dyna, Gan-Q and Super C.O.V. for Gaia). However, the only who managed to bypass this is [[Series/UltramanX Greeza]], an anomaly that can only be destroyed with a [[BeyondTheImpossible power beyond logic]] in the form of Delta Rise Claw. |
| 1081 | * MythologyGag: [[Film/UltramanGingaSTheMovieShowdownThe10UltraBrothers Just like its previous full appearance]], Five King was destroyed by the combined powers of Series/UltramanTiga, Series/UltramanDyna, and Series/UltramanGaia, with each attacking the body part correspinding with a kaiju from their respective series. Considering both this episode and the movie's director was Koichi Sakamoto, its '''''not''''' coincidental. |
| 1082 | |
| 1083 | !! King Joe |
| 1084 | |
| 1085 | --> '''First Appearance:''' The Unidentified Object Convoy Order |
| 1086 | An alien robot piloted by Alien Barossa that suddenly appears months after the battle between Ultraman Z and Genegarg to seek out and collect the Ultra Medals that were scattered on Earth with Gengarg's death. It attacks a research building owned by the Allied Forces, obtaining 3 Ultra Medals they have collected in secret, and STORAGE is hired to protect the other 3 they own. |
| 1087 | ---- |
| 1088 | See Characters/UltraSeven |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | * AchillesHeel: Yuka, after reviewing the video she took from its first bout with Windom, tells Ultraman Z that King Joe is vulnerable when its split into its component ships, for doing so exposes its connective joints. |
| 1091 | * GrandTheftPrototype: It was originally an Alien Pedan's robot, but Barossa stole it like other weapons he obtained from defeated opponents. [[spoiler: Humorously, this winds up getting swung around on him when STORAGE salvages King Joe.]] |
| 1092 | * KilledOffForReal: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] While taking a direct hit from Z's Lightning Generade finisher does shut it down, it remains relatively intact. Hebikura notes that the Director is too busy salvaging the ships to care that STORAGE technically lost the Medals they were supposed to protect. Episode 10 confirms that all it needs is a recharge to start up and running again, even pulling itself together while recharging. |
| 1093 | * NonMaliciousMonster: In the ''Special Airborne Armor Secret File'' special, Ultraman Z notes that King Joe isn't sentient like the Jean brothers, so whether or not its bad is dependent on whomever is in the driver's seat. |
| 1094 | * OffWithHisHead: Haruki (piloting Windom) ends up doing this to it trying to stop it from attacking the car Hebikura and Shota are in. Unfortunately, that's when everyone learns about its DetachmentCombat abilities. |
| 1095 | * TractorBeam: Uses one to gather the Ultra Medals and absorb them into its body. |
| 1096 | |
| 1097 | !! Alien Barossa |
| 1098 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultraman_z_alien_barossa_render.png]] |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | --> '''First Appearance:''' The Unidentified Object Convoy Order |
| 1101 | A race of space pirates that loot whatever weapons they can obtain from defeated opponents. A lone member of the race went to Earth to obtain the scattered Ultra Medals and went after the GAFJ/STORAGE to get them. After barely surviving the destruction of his robot King Joe, Barossa made his way to the STORAGE hangar to reclaim his mecha. A second Alien Barossa later appears after Z defeats Metsuboros, hoping to take revenge on the Ultra for the death of the first Barossa, who happens to be his brother. The third brother followed in episode 22, seeking vengeance for the deaths of the previous two (and yes, he's another brother of the first Barossa). |
| 1102 | ---- |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | !!!Tropes applying to the entire Barossa as a whole. |
| 1105 | |
| 1106 | * AvengingTheVillain: The second, third and their other 9,997 younger brothers swore to avenge their eldest brother after his defeat by Z. |
| 1107 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: The Barossas are goofy and rather clumsy -- but they're still ruthless pirates with an arsenal of deadly weapons that they won't hesitate to use, and aren't above fighting dirty. |
| 1108 | * CombatPragmatist: The Barossas are perfectly willing to use tactics like AHandfulForAnEye and taking hostages. The second one outright states that there's no such thing as fairness in warfare ([[HypocriticalHumor not that this stops him from complaining that Windom's interference is unfair]]). |
| 1109 | * CrazyPrepared: All of the [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt stolen goods that they loot from other aliens]] are not to be mistaken as expendable treasures, but they could come in handy when needed the most, as shown when the first Barossa had Dada's shrink ray and the second having Juran's seeds, both of which allow them to grow to giant size. |
| 1110 | * TheDreaded: They are notorious space pirates known to take weapons of their defeated opponents, and episodes 9, 10, and 17 give us a good reason to fear them for. |
| 1111 | -->'''Ultraman Z''': That's an Alien Barossa. They ravage and plunder across the galaxy, using weapons they've stolen as their own. They're Ultra-dangerous space pirates. |
| 1112 | * ExplosiveBreeder: When a Barossa breeds, the offspring are born 10,000 at once. The one Z had killed happened to be the oldest brother of his own brood. |
| 1113 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: The Barossas have the ability to enlarge themselves, ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' monsters' style: The first one uses [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Dada]]'s shrink ray in reverse, and the second uses seeds from a [[Series/UltraQ Juran]]. The third one however, is a little bit different... |
| 1114 | * MeaningfulName: Named after The Bar'''barossa''' Brothers, a pair of notorious Ottoman pirates who operated around the coast of North Africa during the 15th century. |
| 1115 | * MultiMeleeMaster: The Barossas has a reputation for stealing weapons from their opponents, making them a holder of this trope. |
| 1116 | * NoodleIncident: One of the many Barossas fought Ultraman Zero and gave him a hard time due to their use of trickery. Its implied that it was the first Barossa, due to the mention of using a stolen King Joe, though no supporting evidence came after that. |
| 1117 | * NoMouth: Not that it impedes their speech in any way. |
| 1118 | * PokemonSpeak: Their vocabulary starts off with repeated "Baro", before ending with "Barossa!". The second one does speak Japanese, but still often mutters variations on "Barossa" as a VerbalTic. |
| 1119 | * SpacePirates: What their race is known for. |
| 1120 | * UnskilledButStrong: Both the first and second Barossas were able to display feats of raw power being able to keep up with a trained martial artist like Haruki but fall short to Juggler, an experienced swordsman. What they lack in finesse from both Haruki and Juggler, they compensate for their {{Crazy Prepared}}ness and [[CombatPragmatist underhanded tactics]]. |
| 1121 | * WeaponSpecialization: The first two Barossas each show preference for a single category of weapons; the first amassed a large collection of swords, while the second prefers to use weapons salvaged from robot kaiju. |
| 1122 | * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: The fact they're {{Space Pirates}}, it makes a lot of sense that they have looted a lot of items associated to past Aliens. Let's not forget that the first of its kind to debut in this series have hijacked a King Joe from an Alien Pedan and also kept a number of weapons belonging to now, if not entirely, deceased alien warriors in the past. |
| 1123 | |
| 1124 | !!!Tropes applying to the first Barossa. |
| 1125 | --> '''First Appearance:''' The Unidentified Object Convoy Order |
| 1126 | --> '''Voiced by''': Koichi Toshima |
| 1127 | |
| 1128 | * ActorAllusion: The last weapon that the first Barossa gets to wield is an Alien Magma's Magma Sabre. His voice actor, Koichi Toshima occasionally portrays Alien Magma in live events and stage shows held by Tsuburaya Productions. |
| 1129 | * ElectiveUnintelligible: The first Alien Barossa considers himself [[PunyEarthlings above human beings]] and exclusively uses his race's PokemonSpeak instead, electing to use PeoplePuppets in a similar manner to [[Series/UltraSeven Alien Ghose]] to communicate with humans. |
| 1130 | * FreezeFrameBonus: |
| 1131 | ** When the enlarged first Barossa whipped out [[ContinuityCavalcade all of his weapons]], the ones he uses are all related to past Franchise/UltraSeries aliens and warlords. These are [[Series/UltraFightVictory Juda Specter]]'s Bat Caliber, [[Series/UltramanX Mold Specter]]'s Bat Axe, [[Series/UltramanLeo Alien Magma]]'s Magma Saber, [[Series/UltramanMebius Zamusha]]'s Hoshikirimaru, [[Series/UltramanMebiusGaiden Mecha Zamu]]'s Sword Zamber, Alien Babalou's Babalou Stick (pronged half only), [[Series/UltramanTaiga Alien Gapiya Abel]]'s machete and last but not least is a handful of [[Film/UltramanGeedTheMovieConnectThemTheWishes Valis Raiders]]' Raiding Swords. |
| 1132 | ** In a minor note, when his Magma Sabre stuck to a building, he can be heard muttering "[[SuddenlySpeaking it won't move]]". |
| 1133 | * AHandfulForAnEye: While fighting Z, the first Barossa tries to cheat by picking up handfuls of dirt and flinging it into Z's face. |
| 1134 | * IGaveMyWord: He's not kidding when he claims that his little brothers shall avenge him. Right after his death, the other Barossas can be seen mourning his death on their home planet. |
| 1135 | * InvisibilityCloak: The first one uses such a cloak to escape from a human-sized Ultraman Z. It was knitted from [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Sartan]]'s hair. |
| 1136 | * JumpScare: In the STORAGE headquarters, he is capable of surprise attacks, which adds to his reputation as a horrifying space pirate. |
| 1137 | * LeftStuckAfterAttack: While attempting to skewer Z with the Magma Saber, the first Barossa ends up getting his weapon stuck in the side of a building and spending several seconds trying to retrieve it. |
| 1138 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The initial Alien Barossa is creepy on his own right by making use of people puppets and JumpScare to name a few. |
| 1139 | * PeoplePuppets: Due to being ElectiveUnintelligible and talking with PokemonSpeak otherwise, the first Barossa needs to hypnotize his targets to make them do the talking for him. |
| 1140 | * RayGun: He wields an energy gun, one that he took from an Alien Shaplay. |
| 1141 | * ShrinkRay: [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Dada]]'s weapon that is, he instead uses it to enlarge himself. |
| 1142 | * VillainDecay: The first Barossa started as a purely horrifying alien until he was outsmarted by Bako and electrocuted, then he's practically a comedy act until he dies. |
| 1143 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: When using a hypnotized victim to do the talking, their voice takes on this quality. |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 | !!!Tropes applying to the Alien Barossa II. |
| 1146 | --> '''First Appearance:''' The Lion's Cry |
| 1147 | --> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TomokazuSeki |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 1150 | ** His "Final Break" attack being a ShoutOut to the ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' FinishingMove "Final Wave" is a reference to the fact that he voiced the Gokaiger's equipment, which was what called the attacks in the show. |
| 1151 | ** He was attacked by a ShoutOut to ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' is a reference to how Tomokazu Seki voiced Domon Kasshu, its main character and the one to use the attack being referenced. |
| 1152 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: He has no real trouble with speaking human language, unlike his brother. |
| 1153 | * ArmCannon: He has a removable one, a Pedanium Launcher that he took from a [[Series/UltramanGinga King Joe Custom]]. |
| 1154 | * BizarreAlienBiology: His mouth is situated from the spiral-like center on his forehead, which he uses to eat the Juran seed and grow big. |
| 1155 | * BlindedByTheLight: The second Barossa displays the ability to unleash multiple flashing lights from his eyes to blind Z. |
| 1156 | * {{Foil}}: Unlike his older brother, Barossa II's weapons are mostly belonged to giant alien robots. All of them are King Joe Custom's Pedanium Launcher, Galactron [=MK2=]'s Galactron Geweer and Gillvalis' left arm claw. |
| 1157 | * IHaveYourWife: He used a restrained Yoko to bail himself out of Z's wrath. |
| 1158 | * InstantExpert: He only gets a hold of Gillvalis' arm claw by the time he landed on Earth, but is capable of mastering it in a matter of seconds and can even fashion a set of energy whips, something that not even Gillvalis could do before. |
| 1159 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: He tries to bail out when the battle and Beliarok goes to Z's favor. Emphasis on "tries". |
| 1160 | * LargeHam: The second Barossa is proven to be loud and boisterous compared to his late brother. |
| 1161 | * LightningLash: With Metsuboros/Gillvalis' claw, he can unleash three energy whips to ensnare and/or bind his targets. |
| 1162 | * MadeOfIron: Except for the Beliarok's Deathcium Fang, he tanks the Windom Yoko Impact from Yoko that looked like it destroyed him, only for it to have barely singed him. |
| 1163 | * MultipurposeTongue: His tongue is used to grab a small box of Juran seed to devour and grow big. |
| 1164 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Of a pirate variety. |
| 1165 | -->'''Alien Barossa II''': To steal all the treasures in the galaxy! That is our code! |
| 1166 | * RightHandOfDoom: By looting the Metsuboros' left claw from its remains. |
| 1167 | * ShoutOut: His smoke-like afro gag after narrowly surviving the Windom Yoko Impact is similar to the same one applied by the characters of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' after being hit by explosions. |
| 1168 | * TookALevelInBadass: PlayedWith. He was able to block the very same attack that killed his brother and mocked it to Z's face. But since his brother never fought Z's upgraded powers, Barossa II is easily on the receiving end of Delta Rise Claw's RoaringRampageOfRevenge and Beliarok's Deathcium Fang. |
| 1169 | * UndignifiedDeath: He only mutters "Baro Baro Barossa!" as his last words, but Z deciphered him considering his death on Earth to be an undignified one, especially being consumed by a giant Ultraman Belial head. |
| 1170 | * WingedHumanoid: He displays the ability to create giant butterfly wings of pure energy to fly. |
| 1171 | |
| 1172 | !!!Tropes applying to the Alien Barossa III. |
| 1173 | --> '''First Appearance''': Individual Tomorrows |
| 1174 | --> '''Voice actor''': Tatsuya Hashimoto |
| 1175 | |
| 1176 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: Like the second Barossa, he has no trouble communicating with Japanese, though he ends his sentences with "~baro!". |
| 1177 | * BigBadEnsemble: He's fighting alongside Juggler, who was only there to mind his own business. Ironically little did he know that the latter fought his two brothers before. |
| 1178 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He's the older brother of Alien Barossa II above, and his reason for fighting was to avenge his slain brothers. |
| 1179 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Instead of any enlargement devices, apparently the Barossa III states that starch on Earth has a property that energizes Barossa cells, allowing them to grow in size. |
| 1180 | * CarryABigStick: He uses [[Series/UltramanTaiga Gorothunder]]'s Goronbo club. |
| 1181 | * EyeBeams: Uses one after he grew large. |
| 1182 | * KarmicDeath: He was killed by the Beliarok, one of the weapons that his younger brother Barossa II got to wield. |
| 1183 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: Instead of alien-related items, he drinks bubble tea and the starch from it allows him to grow into massive proportions. |
| 1184 | * OutOfFocus: He's introduced as the main opponent of the episode that Haruki and Z have to battle, but his plot for revenge is quickly rendered irrelevant when Juggler and the SAAG show up, each with their own agenda for joining the battle. In the end, he fails to achieve anything as Yoko kills him using the Beliarok. |
| 1185 | * ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Unlike his brothers, he's not shown plundering on-screen despite also referring to himself as a space pirate, though he's implied to have [[PokeThePoodle stolen a cup of bubble tea]] off-screen so that he could grow giant. |
| 1186 | * {{Revenge}}: Unlike his fallen brothers, this is his sole motivation instead of looting weapons and treasures. |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | !!Giestron |
| 1189 | |
| 1190 | --> '''First Appearance:''' What Must Be Defended |
| 1191 | A monster that attacked Japan when Haruki was a child. Haruki's [[DisappearedDad father was killed]] by the creature during its rampage as he worked to rescue others from its path of destruction. |
| 1192 | ---- |
| 1193 | See Characters/UltramanTaiga |
| 1194 | |
| 1195 | !!Red King |
| 1196 | |
| 1197 | --> '''First Appearance:''' What Must Be Defended |
| 1198 | A monster that suddenly appears to attack Fukama City after being disturbed by the nearby quarry's dynamite explosions. However, when Ultraman Z and King Joe STORAGE Custom head out to confront the creature, a ''second'' and slightly different Red King emerges from the same quarry intent on defending something within the cave it emerged from. |
| 1199 | ---- |
| 1200 | See Characters/UltramanTVSeries |
| 1201 | |
| 1202 | * AdaptationalBadass: [[ZigZaggedTrope Sort of.]] The first Red King seemed extremely tough in comparison to how the kaiju typically gets its butt kicked by an Ultraman, forcing Z to use the Lightning Generade followed by the M78 Style Shining Tornado Slash just to defeat it. However, when Z engaged the second Red King in Gamma Future, it was completely helpless against him. |
| 1203 | * BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:The surviving Red King returns in episode 23 when Celebro attacks and assimilates it into Ultroid Zero.]] |
| 1204 | * MamaBear / PapaWolf: [[spoiler:They attack the city in order to protect their egg.]] |
| 1205 | * MythologyGag: |
| 1206 | ** Another Red King NonMaliciousMonster couple had previously appeared in ''Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero'', and just like the previous appearance, [[spoiler:one of them is spared out of sympathy after the other is killed]]. Neither one is red in this installment, however. |
| 1207 | ** Both Red Kings are based on the two different Red King suit designs that appeared in the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', with the first Red King being modelled after the one from Episode 8 "The Lawless Monster Zone" and the second Red King resembling the one that appeared in Episode 25 "The Dreaded Comet Tsuiphon". |
| 1208 | * NonMaliciousMonster: [[spoiler:They're just trying to protect their territory and their egg. Notably, when Z blocks a full blast from King Joe's Particle Cannon, the remaining parent stops fighting and leaves with its egg instead of attacking Z.]] |
| 1209 | * RuleOfSymbolism: In order to truly emphasize the message that monsters are living beings too, Red King, a kaiju with a reputation as a brute bully, is used to deliver the message instead of any of the usual [[NonMaliciousMonster Non-Malicous Monsters]] throughout the franchise. |
| 1210 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: The Red Kings appear in only one and two episodes yet the death of the first Red King he killed haunts Haruki and made him realize that monsters are not just beings that have to be destroyed, but living beings too. |
| 1211 | |
| 1212 | !!Grigio Raiden |
| 1213 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grigio_raiden.png]] |
| 1214 | |
| 1215 | --> '''First Appearance:''' The Cry of Life |
| 1216 | A cyborg alien bioweapon that fell to Earth 10 years before the start of the series and was found in hibernation by the Allied Forces, who studied it in secret to help develop STORAGE's giant robots. However, through unknown circumstances, the creature suddenly awakens one day and escapes captivity, promptly going on the rampage. |
| 1217 | ---- |
| 1218 | See Characters/UltramanRB |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | * AchillesHeel: |
| 1221 | ** Yuka determines, since the skin isn't as tough there, that the core on its back is its weakpoint. |
| 1222 | ** While its Raiden Destroy Cannon is powerful, it can only fire one of those at a time. If it misses or is countered, its left without its most powerful attack until it feeds on something to recharge it, leaving it open to attack. |
| 1223 | * AlasPoorVillain: Haruki and Hebikura are very well aware that Grigio Raiden never meant harm to anyone on Earth and was just tortured from its cybernetic modifications, but Yoko has no mercy to spare for the monster and killed it on the spot. |
| 1224 | * BackpackCannon: Like Grigio King, it also has one, and is able to fire a WaveMotionGun from it. It's also where its weakpoint is. |
| 1225 | * BirdsOfAFeather: [[spoiler:Juggler relates to Sagittari/Grigio Raiden's plight to his own, especially back in the days of Orb Origin SAGA. Like Juggler, Sagittari's {{Start Of Darkness}} came about when they shoulder the guilt of failing to protect someone. Additionally, they also climbed the Crusader's Peak of Planet O-50 and failed to become Ultraman. While Juggler obtains his Demon Form on his own, Sagittari was given the Grigio form as a consolation prize of sorts.]] |
| 1226 | * BreathWeapon: Breathes a beam of blue lightning. |
| 1227 | * {{Cyborg}}: Unlike the Grigio monsters in ''Series/UltramanRB'', this one is partly mechanical. Hebikura suspects that an alien force converted this creature into a bio-weapon. |
| 1228 | * EnergyAbsorption: Its diet is not limited to only metal, as it drains the energy from Windom's wires once it tears into its body to help it recharge its BackpackCannon. |
| 1229 | * FemaleMonsterSurprise: Yuka determines, after studying it further, that Raiden's possibly female based on the number of chromosomes it had. Unfortunately for her, Haruki's too busy with Kanegon to actually respond to her. Confirmed in [[spoiler:the short novel, which revealed that it was transformed from a woman named Sagittari.]] |
| 1230 | * MeaningfulName: "Raiden" is the Japanese for "thunder and lightning" (雷電). |
| 1231 | * MetalMuncher: The Grigio Raiden is capable of recharging its BackpackCannon by eating metal, as it immediately devours the surrounding junkyard it erupts in. |
| 1232 | * MythologyGag: |
| 1233 | ** The fact it is theorized to have been modified into its current state as a weapon is a reference to the fact that Grigio King, the kaiju it is based on, evolved from Grigio Bone when Grigio obtained the Weapon Crystal. |
| 1234 | ** It shares the backstory of Grigio Bone, being an extraterrestrial Kaiju that crashed into Earth before the events of the series. |
| 1235 | * PaletteSwap: It resembles a black Grigio King with blue veins and a blue power core on the cannon. |
| 1236 | * {{Raiju}}: It became LostInTranslation as "Thunder Monster" in the BossSubtitles due to Tsuburaya's part, but Grigio Raiden is said to be this, hence its ability to summon lightning. Furthermore, its blue veins is a reference to the fact that ''Raiju'' in Shinto mythology are famously portrayed in blue. |
| 1237 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: It only appears to be destroyed for an episode, but Hebikura stated that SAA Units were made from GAFJ's reverse engineering and study of Raiden's physiology. [[spoiler:Sending it over to Earth was also Celebro's plan as the opening move of his Civilization Self-Destruction Game.]] |
| 1238 | * ShockAndAwe: Like it names suggests, it possesses lightning abilities in contrast to the [[PlayingWithFire fire abilities]] of the original Grigio series of kaiju. |
| 1239 | * WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:The short novel ''Jugglus Juggler Chronicle: Ja no Michi wa Hebi'' reveals she was once a soldier named Sagittari who was granted the ability to turn into Grigio. It turns out everything was arranged by Cerebro as part of his Civilization Self-Destruction Game to end with her going on a mindless rampage that reduced the planet to ruins. At this point, even ''Juggler'' wanted to give her a MercyKill to end her suffering.]] |
| 1240 | * UnwittingPawn: As revealed in the bonus episode [=Re:STORAGE=], [[spoiler:Grigio Raiden was one of the many products of Celebro's Civilization Self-Destruction Game to kill a civilization with their own creations. It was sent to Earth in 2010 under Celebro's will to provoke mankind into building the SAA Units and eventually leading to the development of Ultroid Zero, another product of said game]]. |
| 1241 | * WreckedWeapon: While its still usable, the barrel of Raiden Destroy Cannon has visible cracks on it. |
| 1242 | |
| 1243 | !!Kanegon |
| 1244 | |
| 1245 | -->'''First appearance''': I'll Feast On Medals |
| 1246 | -->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MisatoFukuen (Japanese), Creator/BrittanyLauda (English) |
| 1247 | A human-sized, money-eating monster that snuck into STORAGE and ate Haruki's Ultra Medals by pure accident when it mistook them for coins. As a Haruki has to spend the episode hiding Kanegon from his teammates while trying to retrieve the Medals from the monster's stomach. |
| 1248 | ---- |
| 1249 | See Characters/UltraQ |
| 1250 | |
| 1251 | * BigEater: To the point he would chow down on Haruki's Ultra Medals. In fact, he isn't called the Coin Monster for nothing. |
| 1252 | * CastingGag: Voice actress Misato Fukuen previously voiced Kanegon in Kaiju Step ''Wandabada'', a kids show on NHK about super-deformed Ultra Kaiju. Also to note that Fukuen also voiced the main character in ''Ultimate Girls'', an anime which parodies the Ultra Series with added mix of [[HotterAndSexier fanservice]] to boot. |
| 1253 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Kanegon finds out the hard way that the Ultra Medals he ate are different from the banknotes and coins that most of his species crave, the result of him eating the Ultra Medals gave him an upset tummy. |
| 1254 | * ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Haruki never questions when or how did Kanegon even get into a tight security base like STORAGE before, as if he exists just to give the episode an excuse of a ClipShow. |
| 1255 | * {{Gasshole}}: He gets ''gassy'' after the Ultra Medals he eats upset his stomach. Notably, he feels better once the ToiletHumor happens below. |
| 1256 | * MythologyGag: Kanegon mistakes Z's Beta Smash form for a certain "[[Series/{{Redman}} red guy]]". |
| 1257 | * {{Psychometry}}: Once Kanegon eats Haruki's Ultra Medals, he momentarily gets overwhelmed by visions of Ultraman Z. Later on, when Haruki admits to him about his conflicted feelings since the Red King fight, he's tells Haruki that the Medals trust him, because he feels that they want to come back to him from inside his belly. |
| 1258 | * ToiletHumor: Kanegon gets the last three Ultra Medals out by going to the toilet. Haruki is not amused. |
| 1259 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Money, of course; from banknotes to coins in order for them to survive. |
| 1260 | * TheWatson: Since Haruki accedentally discovers that Kanegon burped out the Medals for Alpha Edge after talking about said form, he tries to get the other Sets out quickly by informing him about Z's other forms, making Kanegon this trope. |
| 1261 | |
| 1262 | !!Greeza |
| 1263 | |
| 1264 | -->'''First appearance''': A Warrior's Duty |
| 1265 | A living space anomaly sealed by Bullton during the creation of the universe. When Z destroyed Bullton in the previous episode, Greeza was released onto Earth, threatening to annhiliate reality with its immense and deranged power. This crisis forced Series/UltramanGeed and [[Series/UltramanOrb Juggulus Juggler]] to join the fight and help Z search for a way to reseal the entity. |
| 1266 | ---- |
| 1267 | See Characters/UltramanX |
| 1268 | |
| 1269 | * AchillesHeel: The space needle needed to sew Greeza is located within said monster, which is actually impossible to be reached unless someone with a stronger power (Z Delta Rise Claw) capable of grabbing it. |
| 1270 | * EldritchAbomination: As in ''X'', it's living space distortion that has strange effects on reality just by ''existing''. It's nigh impossible to meaningfully harm without the 'needle' inside it. ''Ultraman Z'' further rams it up by explaining that Greeza is just a living hole that existed way back in the creation of the universe, with Bullton's existence is what keeping it at bay. |
| 1271 | * EvilVersusOblivion: The only reason why Juggler and (very reluctantly) Celebro of all people are willing to lend their hand to Z is Greeza's existence will absorb everything on Earth, thus ridding these two of any chances they would enjoy on the planet. |
| 1272 | * PowerParasite: By absorbing Geed, Greeza gains the ability to execute the Ultra's Wrecking Burst. |
| 1273 | * SealedEvilInACan: As Riku stated, Greeza's existence predated the creation of the universe and Bullton's existence was to accept all anomalies, which also included keeping Greeza at bay. |
| 1274 | |
| 1275 | !!Horoboros/Metsuboros |
| 1276 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/_368.png]] |
| 1277 | |
| 1278 | -->'''First appearance''': The Lion's Cry |
| 1279 | An ancient kaiju that sleeps underneath the town of Shishigaoka, prophesized to reawaken every 333 years to rampage. When the creature awakens in the present, STORAGE sets out to stop it, but Celebro, intent on getting revenge on the heroes for stealing his Belial Medal previously, transforms Horoboros into a cyborg named Metsuboros using the Kaiju Medals of [[Series/UltramanGeed Gillvalis and Galactron MK 2]]. |
| 1280 | ---- |
| 1281 | See Characters/UltramanRB |
| 1282 | |
| 1283 | * BreathWeapon: As Metsuboros, it gains the ability to fire Galactron MK 2's WaveMotionGun from its mouth. |
| 1284 | * {{Cyborg}}: As Metsuboros, it has Galactron MK 2's head and visor and Gillvalis' claws. |
| 1285 | * MercyKill: [[spoiler:Z kills Horoboros to put it out of the misery that Celebro's Gilvallis and Galactron MK 2 Medals are causing after they transformed it into Metsuboros.]] |
| 1286 | * MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: Horoboros can be calmed down with a special melody played from a fossil seashell, which Yuka manages to do. Unfortunately, Celebro's schemes render the success short-lived. |
| 1287 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Horoboros does cause some destruction, but only out of confusion due to finding itself in an unfamiliar environment, and is perfectly willing to leave in peace once soothed. |
| 1288 | * PainfulTransformation: Horoboros' mutation into Metsuboros was recognized by Yuka as an unpleasant process and the monster is still in a sorry state even after that. It's rather justified since the Medals used to upgrade it are Galactron MK 2 and Gillvalis, both of which are robots, so Horoboros is visibly tortured from its mechanical remodeling. |
| 1289 | * ShockAndAwe: Horoboros' new powers in this episode. It unleashes a wide barrage of lightning bolts from its body to cause destruction in a large area around it. |
| 1290 | * ShoutOut: Director Katsuro Onoue semi-acknowledged that Metsuboros' Charged Particle Cannon was inspired by the same attack from the antagonist mechas in ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' series. He also jokingly added that to combat the beam itself, they need the help of [[Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury Blade Liger]]. |
| 1291 | * WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: [[spoiler:After Z kills it, its spirit appears and rises up to the sky where it DisappearsIntoLight.]] |
| 1292 | |
| 1293 | !!Pagos |
| 1294 | |
| 1295 | --> '''First Appearance''': Do-Over in the Year 2020 |
| 1296 | A burrowing monster that suddenly appears in the middle of Kirimoto City to rampage for unknown reasons... only to suddenly vanish in thin air in front of STORAGE's eyes, prompting the team to conduct an investigation that leads them to discover that Pagos isn't the only recent disappearance in the city and something more sinister is afoot... A second Pagos appears in Episode 23 as one of several monster awakened by the activation of GAFJ's new Ultroid Zero. |
| 1297 | ---- |
| 1298 | See Characters/UltraQ |
| 1299 | |
| 1300 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Pagos causes little harm by itself, as it was actually targeting Kemur Man. And once it is brought back, along with the many things that Kemur "stole", it promptly burrows underground without causing any further destruction. |
| 1301 | * RedHerring: Is seemingly the first threat of the episode... And promptly disappears without a real fight or even doing anything (in reality it was kidnapped by Kemur's [[WeaponizedTeleportation transporting liquid]]). It only comes back at the end, but simply to burrow back underground. |
| 1302 | |
| 1303 | !!Kemur Man |
| 1304 | |
| 1305 | --> '''First Appearance''': Do-Over in the Year 2020 |
| 1306 | -->'''Voiced by''': Takanori Tsujimoto |
| 1307 | An alien invader whose species originally attacked Earth in 1966, conducting an operation in which they kidnapped humans by causing them to vanish in thin air. 54 years later, the aliens are starting up their abductions once again, and STORAGE discovers that for some reason, a lady named Kaori has been present at every single vanishing... |
| 1308 | ---- |
| 1309 | See Characters/UltraQ |
| 1310 | |
| 1311 | * EvilCounterpart: Like Cerebro above, he can be considered one to [[spoiler:Ultraman Z, being a alien that was fused to a human host in order to fulfull its own goals of abducting humans for his people.]] |
| 1312 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Kaori and Kemur constantly struggle over the control of their fused bodies, with Kaori contributed a lot to stop Kemur's plans.]] |
| 1313 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:MeatPuppet Kaori has been trying to end her own life to prevent Kemur Man from carrying out his plans, but has been stopped every time she tries, so she begs Haruki to do the deed for her.]] |
| 1314 | * LivingBodysuit: [[spoiler:Is fused with a human woman named Kaori, whose likeness allows Kemur Man to carry out his {{Alien Abduction}}s without attracting attention.]] |
| 1315 | * MythologyGag: Is seen reading the science fiction novel ''Challenge from the Year 2020'', as a reference to its first appearance. |
| 1316 | * WeaponizedTeleportation: Is capable of firing a white liquid that teleports anything it hits to a pocket dimension. His plan involves [[WeatherManipulation seeding the atmosphere]] with this liquid by detonating a bomb full of it on an abandoned ferris wheel, causing a mass abduction of human bodies for his people when it rains as a result. |
| 1317 | |
| 1318 | !!Barabas |
| 1319 | |
| 1320 | --> '''First Appearance''': The Last Warrior |
| 1321 | -->'''Voiced by''': Holly Kaneko |
| 1322 | A [[Series/UltramanAce Choju]] who arrives from Yapool's dimension through a crack in the sky. The creature came to Earth in search of Series/UltramanAce himself, carrying with it Yapool's residual hatred for the Ultra hero and challenging Ultraman Z and STORAGE sufficiently enough for the veteran warrior to come and assist them. |
| 1323 | ---- |
| 1324 | See Characters/UltramanAce |
| 1325 | |
| 1326 | * TheBusCameBack: This is the first time since his debut that Barabas appears. All previous "re-appearances" were only non-physical cameos for the creation of [[Series/UltramanTaro Tyrant]]. |
| 1327 | * EyeBeams: In this series, Barabas can shoot yellow beams of lightning from its eyes. |
| 1328 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:His fate, as the combined powers of Z and Ace's attacks bisect its body as it falls.]] |
| 1329 | * TheJuggernaut: It defeats Windom, King Joe Custom and Delta Rise Claw easily. Though Ace is able to handle him more expertly due to his experience. |
| 1330 | * MythologyGag: |
| 1331 | ** When Z finishes Barabas off, the Choju's [[EyePop eyes pop out of its skull]] in a similar manner to when Ultraman Ace bashed the back of its head before Barabas' death. |
| 1332 | ** According to director Takanori Tsujimoto, Barabas' ability to fire nasal missiles and eye beams are taken from Yapool's past Choju, [[StarterVillain Velokron]] and [[HybridMonster Jumbo King]] respectively. |
| 1333 | * ThePowerOfHate: Carries within it fragments of Yapool's hatred for the Ultras, which is part of the reason why it is in such a state of fury and even sees [[MisplacedRetribution Windom as Ultraman Ace]]. |
| 1334 | * SayMyName: Due to Yapool's leftover hatred, it screams [[Series/UltramanAce Ace]]'s name over and over whenever his presence is felt. |
| 1335 | * ShockAndAwe: In this series, Barabas can open portals to Yapool's dimension and send out a barrage of purple lightning. Additionally, his traditional ability to fire his sword-horn is remade as having the horn attached to a chain made out of lightning. |
| 1336 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Barabas appears in only one episode, but his [[spoiler:blade was collected by the GAFJ, which they used to create the hazardous D4 weapon]]. |
| 1337 | * SoLastSeason: Barabas seems to have learned from its last defeat, as in this series its sword horn is connected to an energy chain when it fires the horn, to prevent opponents from catching it and throwing it back. It also counters Ace's Vertical Guillotine and snaps his Ace Blade to prevent him from using the dismembering attacks that killed Barabas before. |
| 1338 | * SuddenlyVoiced: Barabas develops the ability to talk after the original one was simply animalistic. It helps that the Choju was driven by ThePowerOfHate. |
| 1339 | * ThinkingUpPortals: Barabas here can open portals to Yapool's dimension to suck up beam attacks thrown at it. |
| 1340 | |
| 1341 | !!M1 |
| 1342 | |
| 1343 | --> '''First appearance:''' To Care and What Lies Beyond |
| 1344 | An artificial ape-like organism of human size created by Bako's daughter, Ruri Inaba. The creature is entirely friendly and harmless, but when a criminal organization attempts to capture the creature, the end up provoking it into going on a rampage and causing it to grow to a gigantic size. |
| 1345 | ---- |
| 1346 | See Characters/UltraQ |
| 1347 | |
| 1348 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: Electricity has this effect on M1, supercharging its cells and causing it to turn kaiju-sized. |
| 1349 | * NonMaliciousMonster: M1 is neither evil nor inherently aggressive, its rampage is a result of being attacked by an evil organization who tried kidnapping M1 and thus stressing M1 the hell out. |
| 1350 | |
| 1351 | !!(Mother) Kelbeam |
| 1352 | |
| 1353 | --> '''First appearance:''' D4 |
| 1354 | A species of monster from outer space that begins arriving to Earth en masse to feed on the powerful dimensional energy created by GAFJ's D4 superweapon. They land on the planet in the form of meteors that are spawned and then transformed into their familiar kaiju form by a gigantic individual known as Mother Kelbeam. |
| 1355 | ---- |
| 1356 | See Characters/UltramanMebius |
| 1357 | |
| 1358 | * ExplosiveBreeder: So long as Mother Kelbeam is alive and unopposed, she'll just keep tossing eggs at Earth to replace any killed Kelbeam children and more, forcing Z to take the fight to her. |
| 1359 | * GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: Kelbeam is already big enough at 44 meters (144 feet) tall. But it's revealed that the Kelbeams we've seen so far are just babies. Mother Kelbeam is big enough to dwarf Z, being 303 meters (994 feet) tall. |
| 1360 | * MookMaker: The Mother Kelbeam serves this purpose in the episode. |
| 1361 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The Kelbeams were attracted by the energies of the leftover D4 bomb testing. Their invasion and sheer numbers forced a reluctant Yoko to fire the imperfect D4 Ray, which erased the Kelbeams in the city both hatched and eggs alike, totaled King Joe STORAGE Custom from the energy feedback and almost caused total dimensional collapse in the city, and the only reason why that didn't happened was Ultraman Z Delta Rise Claw firing a super-charged Zestium Ray to stabilize it, and even ''that'' save didn't go unpunished, as it gave the higher ups the idea to make a fourth robot based on an Ultra. |
| 1362 | * WeaponizedOffspring: Mother Kelbeam uses her eggs like monster-filled asteroids, either to invade or to attack. |
| 1363 | |
| 1364 | !!King Gesura and Takkong |
| 1365 | |
| 1366 | --> '''First appearance:''' Prelude to a Nightmare |
| 1367 | A pair of sea monsters that emerge simultaneously from Tsuruga Bay to fight against Ultroid Zero in fear of its incredibly dangerous power. The two creatures join Gomess, Pagos and Demaaga in combatting the latest SAAG Unit, but Ultraman Z comes in to try and halt their relentless march inland. |
| 1368 | ---- |
| 1369 | See Characters/UltramanTVSeries for King Gesura and Characters/ReturnOfUltraman for Takkong |
| 1370 | |
| 1371 | * BreathWeapon: In this series, Gesura and Takkong are able to breathe fire, although the latter previously demonstrated this ability in ''Series/UltramanTaiga''. |
| 1372 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Heavily implied. While they do rampage around, they don't actually attack civilians or the city, instead going directly for Ultroid Zero, who is revealed to be a being of destruction, and only fighting Z for getting in their way. |
| 1373 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: It's implied that the reason for their rampage (as well as Demaaga's, Gomess' and Pagos) is because they [[EvilDetectingDog sensed the threat]] Ultroid Zero posed to Earth. |
| 1374 | |
| 1375 | !!Demaaga |
| 1376 | |
| 1377 | --> '''First appearance:''' Prelude to a Nightmare |
| 1378 | One of many monsters to awaken from hibernation in response to GAFJ activating Ultroid Zero due to their collective fear of the new SAA Unit's incredible power and highly dangerous nature. It appears at Mt. Kuzuha to battle against Ultroid Zero directly, being joined shortly afterwards by Gomess and Pagos. |
| 1379 | ---- |
| 1380 | See Characters/UltramanX |
| 1381 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: It's implied that the reason for its rampage (as well as the other monsters') is because it [[EvilDetectingDog sensed the threat]] of Ultroid Zero to Earth. |
| 1382 |
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