History Series / UltramanTiga

In 2002, ''Ultraman Tiga'' was dubbed in English by 4Kids in an attempt to revive ''Ultraman'' amongst U.S. audiences (and possibly as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for ''Franchise/PowerRangers''-- [=4Kids=] had taken over programming of Creator/{{Fox}}'s Saturday morning block at the time, as Creator/FoxKids and its assets had been sold to Creator/{{Disney}}). Rather than a direct translation of the source material, this dub was an AffectionateParody, paying homage to Creator/PeterFernandez's 1966 ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' dub. However, this time around, the dub takes it to another level, as it's filled with a [[GagDub plethora]] of lampshading humor. Audiences weren't amused, however, and the show was abandoned about halfway through.

* CreditsMontage Aside from episodes 48, 49 and [[GrandFinale 52]], every episode's end credits consists of footage from that episode or, in the case of episodes 50 and 51, footage from across the show's entire run thus far. However, there are a few episodes whose end credits included brief scenes of original footage.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Series/UltramanEighty'', at least. Even so, ''Tiga'' didn't shy away from horrifying/tragic moments such as children abduction, a MonsterOfTheWeek treat hunting HumanAliens as a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame game]], a father tragically [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlived]] his daughter and constantly haunted for decades, TragicMonster who lived in never-ending agony, and the bigger implication of a CosmicHorrorStory with the Lovecraftian threat that is Gatanozoa.

** It happens in the original in the second episode. The G.U.T.S. team dispatches a monster without an Ultra in sight, leading to TemptingFate at its best: "Well, that was a breeze. I'm almost looking forward to the next time we meet a monster..." (ground shakes, the second monster comes out of the ground).

** Previously, Leo did this in a few battles, and later ''Series/UltrasevenX'' would have lots of battles in human scale.

In 2021, in celebration for its 25th anniversary, ''Tiga'' recieved a SpiritualSuccessor series, ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga''. ''Trigger'' is not set in the same timeline as the "Neo Frontier" timeline as ''Tiga'' and its SequelSeries ''[[Series/UltramanDyna Dyna]]'', but shares many elements and even a few connections with them.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Series/UltramanEighty'', at least. Even so, ''Tiga'' didn't shy away from horrifying moments such as children abduction, a MonsterOfTheWeek treat hunting HumanAliens as a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame game]], a father tragically [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlived]] his daughter and constantly haunted for decades, TragicMonster who lived in never-ending agony, and the bigger implication of a CosmicHorrorStory with the Lovecraftian threat that is Gatanozoa.

** Daigo himself would later met his own in Keigo Masaki, a power crazed genius that intends to use Tiga's power as his own. He later becomes an ultra himself, Evil Tiga, and fought Daigo in an Ultra vs Ultra showdown. Fittingly the episode where he appeared is titles "The One Who Inherits The Darkness."

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Series/UltramanEighty'', at least. Even so, ''Tiga'' didn't shy away from horrifying moments such as children abduction, a MonsterOfTheWeek treat hunting HumanAliens as a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame game]], a father tragically [[OutlivingOneOffspring outlived]] his daughter and constantly haunted for decades, TragicMonster who lived in never-ending agony, and the bigger implication of a CosmicHorrorStory with the Lovecraftian threat that is Gatanozoa.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Series/UltramanEighty'', at least.

** Daigo meets both [[spoiler:Eiji Tsuburaya and the original Ultraman]] in Episode 46.

30 million years ago, beings of light came to Earth during mankind's infancy. Seeing the potential for humanity to become superior beings amongst the galaxy, the beings of light set up a colony to help and guide humanity. The beings of light also neutralize and control a horde of giant monsters who once roamed the Earth with their destructive ways. Using their powers, the beings of light either destroyed the monsters or tamed them, allowing humans to live with no fear of predators.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Episode 39 introduced Makio Kirino, a man with supernatural abilities such as telepathy and can predict monster attacks, was bullied and shunned when he was younger by other kids due to his powers.

* RecursiveCanon: Not only does Tsubaraya Production exist in Tiga's world, the original Series/{{Ultraman}} series exists as well.

* EvilTwin: Evil Tiga.

In 2002, ''Ultraman Tiga'' was dubbed in English by 4Kids in an attempt to revive ''Ultraman'' amongst U.S. audiences (and possibly as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for ''Franchise/PowerRangers''-- [=4Kids=] had taken over programming of Creator/{{Fox}}'s Saturday morning block at the time, as Creator/FoxKids and its assets had been sold to Creator/{{Disney}}). Rather than a direct translation of the source material, this dub was an AffectionateParody, paying homage to Creator/PeterFernandez's 1966 ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' dub. However, this time around, the dub takes it to [[UpToEleven another level]], as it's filled with a [[GagDub plethora]] of lampshading humor. Audiences weren't amused, however, and the show was abandoned about halfway through.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: Due to copyright issues, the mainland Chinese version of the show (edited by Shanghai media) omits "Take Me Higher" and "Brave Love, Tiga" with their ''own'' take of the song. Namely, "Take Me Higher" is replaced by an original song titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux73bYE9yNg When Miracles Appears]]" and "Brave Love, Tiga" is substituted with another theme called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFY6o2odIrU Forever Our Ultraman]]". No doubt, a whole generation of mainland Chinese 90s-kids would end up being unfamiliar with "Take Me Higher" despite being Ultraman Tiga's fans...

* AdultFear: Giranbo disguises itself as a kindly old woman before giving out drugged candy on Halloween and kidnapping children.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: Due to copyright issues, the mainland Chinese version of the show (edited by Shanghai media) omits "Take Me Higher" and "Brave Love, Tiga" with their ''own'' take of the song. Namely, "Take Me Higher" is replaced by an original song titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux73bYE9yNg When Miracles Appears]]" and "Brave Love, Tiga" is substituted with another theme called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFY6o2odIrU Forever Our Ultraman]]".

* ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding: In episode 3, the G.U.T.S. crew remarks that it's a good thing the building that got smashed earlier was under construction because it CouldHaveBeenMessy otherwise. No, that was ''not'' a dub addition.

In 2002, ''Ultraman Tiga'' was dubbed in English by 4Kids in an attempt to revive ''Ultraman'' amongst U.S. audiences (and possibly as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for ''Franchise/PowerRangers''-- [=4Kids=] had taken over programming of Creator/{{Fox}}'s Saturday morning block at the time, as Creator/FoxKids' and its' assets had been sold to Creator/{{Disney}}). Rather than a direct translation of the source material, this dub was an AffectionateParody, paying homage to Creator/PeterFernandez's 1966 ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' dub. However, this time around, the dub takes it to [[UpToEleven another level]], as it's filled with a [[GagDub plethora]] of lampshading humor. Audiences weren't amused, however, and the show was abandoned about halfway through.

* LuckyTranslation: As noted in MeaningfulName below, Tiga means ''Three'' in Malay/Indonesian. And Tiga has three forms. It is extremely unlikely that Tsuburaya knew the meaning of the Malay/Indonesian word when they chose the name- given the title of the upcoming reboot, it is possible that they were aiming for ''Ultraman '''Trigger''''', made a typo, figured that no one would care, and ran with it.

%%* LuckyTranslation: %%Does not explain the trope