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* AffectionateParody: Although not strictly a parody, the series is considerably more whimsical than the ones which preceded it.



* BewareTheSillyOnes:
** Live King, a big-bellied, duck-faced kaiju with grape-like things dangling around his neck, a jovial personality, and a "roar" consisting of hearty guffaws. As silly as he sounds, he was able to regenerate FromASingleCell so long as there was oxygen, which made him completely immortal on Earth; not to mention that his raw physical power meant Taro couldn't simply pick him up and carry him off to space for an easy kill. It got so bad that the Mother of Ultra had to intervene to help Taro subdue Live King and finally destroy him for good.
** On the heroes' end, ZAT can be counted as this. Compared to the other Showa-era defense teams, their outfits are comedically garish, their vehicles are weirdly shaped and colored, and their anti-monster strategies sometimes work on cartoonish logic (ie making the above Live King regurgitate Kotaro by spraying the monster with pepper). Despite this, their kaiju body count surpasses that of the other Showa teams, proving they really can protect the Earth once they let go of the IdiotBall.



** The Ultra Sign appears from time to time, and even the Ultra Brothers wear theirs in their civilian attire when they visit Koutaro.

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** The Ultra Sign appears from time to time, and even the Ultra Brothers wear theirs in their civilian attire when they visit Koutaro.Kotaro.



* MythologyGag: Taro looks like Seven, being family and all, but retains the time limit (and Color Timer) of his silver counterparts. In addition, he and Seven are first cousins (this is canon, according to Tsuburaya).



* NobleBirdOfPrey: Birdon, who sidelined two Ultramen.



* SelfParody: Although not strictly a parody, the series is considerably more whimsical than the ones which preceded it.



* WalkTheEarth: He turns in his badge, kills an alien, [[SaveTheDayTurnAway and walks away...]]

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* WalkTheEarth: He turns in his badge, kills an alien, After defeating Alien Valky, Kotaro retires from ZAT, leaves the Shiratori household [[SaveTheDayTurnAway and walks away...]]



* TheWorfEffect: The first 5 Ultramen were easily defeated by Tyrant, despite being incredibly powerful in their own rights, only to lose fairly easily to Taro. Played with, however, as some sources say that Tyrant lost to Taro so easily because he had exhausted himself fighting the other five, and each did manage to land successful hits on him (some from their FinishingMove attacks) even if they failed to stop him. This is also the route taken by the ''Ultraman Fighting Revolution 3'' adaptation of the episode, as Tyrant keeps the damage each Brother inflicted on him between rounds and thus can indeed be heavily worn down by the time Taro fights him.
* WorfHadTheFlu: While fighting Tyrant, many of the Ultra Brothers get badly hurt while trying to send an Ultra Sign to the next Ultra when Tyrant blindsides him. Also, Ultra Seven fought him on a clearly cold Uranus, his known weakness. Also applies to Tyrant, as several sources state the Ultra Brothers wore him down by the time he arrived on Earth and unlike the other Brothers, Ace managed to successfully warn Taro of what was coming before Tyrant arrived.

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* TheWorfEffect: The first 5 Ultramen were easily defeated by Tyrant, despite being incredibly powerful in their own rights, only to lose fairly easily to Taro. Played with, however, as some sources say that Tyrant lost to Taro so easily because he had exhausted himself fighting the other five, and each did manage to land successful hits on him (some from their FinishingMove attacks) even if they failed to stop him. This is also the route taken by the ''Ultraman Fighting Revolution Evolution 3'' adaptation of the episode, as Tyrant keeps the damage each Brother inflicted on him between rounds and thus can indeed be heavily worn down by the time Taro fights him.
* WorfHadTheFlu: While fighting Tyrant, many of the Ultra Brothers get badly hurt while trying to send an Ultra Sign to the next Ultra when Tyrant blindsides him. Also, Ultra Seven Ultraseven fought him on a clearly cold Uranus, his known weakness. Also applies to Tyrant, as several sources state the Ultra Brothers wore him down by the time he arrived on Earth and unlike the other Brothers, Ace managed to successfully warn Taro of what was coming before Tyrant arrived.

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