Ultraman Tiga (character)

"The name of the Titan is...Ultraman Tiga"

- Yuzare, The One Who Inherits the Light "I have things to protect! All of my friends...and the person most important to me!"

- Daigo Madoka (as Ultraman Tiga) to Kamila, Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey

Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガ) is the Ultra that debuted in 1996, and was the first Ultra hero to appear since 1981 - ending the 15-year-long hiatus of the Ultraman franchise. Set in a universe different from all previous series, Ultraman Tiga introduced new and radical updates to the Ultraman character for a new generation of audiences; most notably him being the first Ultraman with multiple combat modes and non-red colors (Purple and Gold). He is also considered one of the most popular entries in the franchise, having had more exposure on TV and in film as compared to other Heisei Ultra heroes (a 52-episode series, five team up films in 1998, 1999, 2008, 2015, 2016, and two direct sequels in 2000 and 2001).

Ancient Times
Tiga was once the leader of the Dark Giants, and was a great destroyer, but had since shed his shadow nature in favor of the light and turned on his comrades by sealing them in statue form behind a great seal and taking their powers. He eventually became the strongest of a trio of Ultra warriors among the Ultra colony which protected an ancient civilization on Earth. Tiga and his team saved the civilization from countless catastrophes. After their duty was done, they were laid to rest inside a giant pyramid until the Earth needed them again. Their essences departed for the Land of Light leaving behind physical replicas of their forms for the future generation.

Revival of the Ancient Giant
An ancient legend of a village stated that long ago the village was attacked by a terrible monster but saved by a giant. After that battle the giant returned to the mountain and disappeared with the people of the village worshipping his memory, the Giant of Light.

Years later a wandering monster hunter stumbled upon the legendary Spark Lens beside a monster she had just killed, not knowing what it was she keep it but when she approached a village under attack by a monster the Spark Lens started to shiver. The village's wooden defenses were no match for the monster and the village was heavily damaged with the defenders of the village trying to confront it with spears. It turned out the monster was 'summoned' to that time by a sorcerer who wanted to prevent the revival of Tiga by destroying the golden pyramid in which his remains lay petrified (The very same one Daigo would enter and discover Ultraman Tiga in Episode One of Ultraman Tiga).

When Tsubasa, the son of Daigo and Rena who was sent into the past by the sorcerer, he saw the Spark Lens which fell out the monster hunter's bag. He instantly noticed it resembled the one his father used to transform into Tiga. He grabbed it away before the monster hunter could object and transformed into Tiga. The monster was defeated easily but at the end Tiga disappears as Tsubasa was not destined to truly wield his power, even if he had the right genetics, and the whole village was devastated. Later Amui; a country boy who befriended Tsubasa, tells the village he saw the giant of light, but nobody believed him until the defenders stated they saw Tiga as well. Hearing this one of the seers in the village claimed the prophecy was coming true and soon someone in their village would be the one to awaken Tiga. Though Tiga defeated the sorcerer's first monster, he sent his strongest monster and his two acolytes to try and destroy the pyramid again. The villagers, with help from another village's elites, and the monster hunter fought the two acolytes but Tsubasa failed to defeat the monster Dogouf who defeated Tiga easily.

Tsubasa reverted to human form exhausted and the ancient Spark Lens was almost trampled by Dogufu but Amui saved it and turned out to be the one who would fulfill the prophecy. He used the device to transform into Tiga ultimately stopping Dogufu by using Tiga Power Type's finishing move after a tough battle. Tsubasa then fixed his jet and returned to the future with Tiga watching over the village ever since. Though the village disappeared in time, the land came to be known as Tiga, a vital clue that allowed GUTS to find the pyramid in the first place.

Present Times: Recovered
Tiga's body laid petrified in the golden pyramid and was discovered when the TPC branch GUTS was dispatched to search for the pyramid spoken of in a holographic message from the ancient civilization. They intended to find Tiga in a last ditch effort to stop the two beasts that had appeared; Melba and Golza. However, the two beasts destroyed the pyramid and began to destroy the petrified Ultra beings. However, before Tiga could be destroyed, he was rejuvenated when he merged with the GUTS pilot Daigo Madoka, and quickly destroyed Melba, while Golza fled.

Defending Earth and Battling Evils
Tiga would continue to serve Earth, albeit without his Ultra comrades. Later on the holographic message told Daigo that he and Tiga were one and the same, implying that he was once Tiga in a past life. As the time passes Tiga would face powerful opponent such as Gagi, Gobunyu, Kyrieloid, Weaponizer, Evil Tiga, Zoiger  and other powerful opponents sometimes with or without the aid of GUTS.

Final Battle
However as his time on Earth began to draw to a close when the servants of Darkness began to attack. The first of these was Gijera a servant of the darkness itself that threatened to drown humanity in a dreamlike euphoria. Tiga barely kept the floral monster from unleashing its maddening pollen on Mankind. The final servant of darkness was Zoiger, who Tiga destroyed with great difficulty, almost faced with defeat. Tiga's final battle took place upon the appearance of Gatanothor; the master of all darkness which Gijera and Zoiger bowed to. Tiga was defeated by the evil lord and was petrified once again. But Tiga was revived by the hopes of the children of the world which transformed them into beings of light to merge with the Titan. This rejuvenation allowed Tiga to transform into his Glitter form and destroy the evil god. After the darkness was destroyed Tiga's time on Earth was done and the Spark Lens disintegrated.

Decision and The Ancient Awakening
Two years after Tiga defeated Gatanothor, Daigo and Rena had become engaged with the date of their marriage fast approaching. However, due to TPC's folly the Dark Giants had awoken. Upon the intervention of Kamila; Tiga's former comrade, Daigo began having visions and nightmares until one where he was beaten by the human forms of the three Dark Ultras until he was given another Spark Lens and told to go to Lulu Island where Kamila and her loyal partners waited. The spirit of Yuzare explained to Tiga what became of the giant's civilization, Kamila, Tiga and the other two dark giants had caused a civil war amongst the Earthbound Ultras, having them destroy themselves until only a few were left. She explained Kamila's plan, the three were trapped behind a barrier on Lulu Island that would hold for a century but if he used the power of darkness the barrier would shatter. Daigo decided to deal with his past life's unfinished business and set out for Lulu Island with GUTS and his wife arriving shortly after him.

Battle Against The Dark Giants
Once there Daigo used the Dark Spark Lens, transforming into Tiga but due to the Dark Spark Len's power he transformed into Tiga's original form; Dark Tiga, a warrior of Darkness. This transformation broke the pyramid of Light that bound the Dark Giants to the island, but before they enjoyed their freedom, they were pitted against their former friend. Tiga fought against his two past partners, Hudra and Darramb. Refusing their offer to join them, Tiga fought them both, one at a time, and barely managed to defeat them both, after absorbing their dark energy, he was able to dispel portions of the the darkness inside him and achieve purer forms of himself.

Versus Kamila
After finishing off his former comrade, Tiga finally fought Kamila herself, who was not holding back against her old lover. GUTS arrived on the island to investigate shortly before and Rena, using GUTS Wing 1, entered the battlefield attracting Kamila's attention. Kamila was about to destroy the Jet, but Tiga shielded Rena with his own body. This act of benevolence dispelled the last of his darkness completely and he was returned to his normal form. But the battle wasn't over.

The Last Showdown
Enraged that her former lover had found a new beloved, Kamila awakened the Darkness from the depths of the island, and merged with it, becoming her ultimate form; Demonzoa. The gaseous beast attacked Tiga, who was unable to fight back. After a short battle, Tiga was killed by Demonzoa, and Kamila was ready to destroy the world. But The souls of the fallen warriors of the Island gave their remaining power to Tiga, reviving and transforming him once again into his Glitter form. This time Demonzoa could not harm him so she grabbed him and absorbed him into herself where his Light was unleashed, Tiga destroyed the beast, and Kamila with it. Later after Daigo had returned to human form he found the dying body of Kamila, who confessed that she once wished for the power of light as well. Daigo held her hand as the darkness's grip on her was relinquished and she died a pure soul. This was Daigo's final battle as Tiga, and the legacy of mankind's protector was passed onto Tiga's successor, Ultraman Dyna, to defend the Earth in Tiga's place.

Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warrior of Light
Although Daigo doesn't appear in the movie, Tiga reappeared because of humanity's hope to save Ultraman Dyna, with both of the Ultra warriors managing to destroy Queen Monera. Tiga uses the Zepillion Ray and Dyna uses the Solgent ray and Queen Monera is defeated.

Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, and Ultraman Gaia: Battle In Hyperspace
Just like before, this Tiga alongside Dyna appeared due to Tsutomu's desire to save Gaia and to defeat King of Mons and his allies. All of this came about by a ball that granted wishes. Tiga battle Scylla and managed to destroy him with the Zeppilion ray.

Dark Spark War
Prior to the Ultraman Ginga TV series, Ultraman Tiga participated in the Dark Spark War with other Ultras that came from other universes against the forces of evil. In the war, Ultraman Tiga faced Golza but in their midst battle, Dark Lugiel appeared and turned every Ultra alongside their allies, monsters and aliens into Spark Dolls. With the war over an unknown warrior appeared and faced Dark Lugiel but like the others he was also turned into a Spark Doll but he was kept within his Spark Device and fell alongside other Spark Dolls to Earth. It was revealed that Tiga was part of Dark Lugiel's collection.

The One Who Hates Dreams
At the end of the episode, Tiga's Spark Doll was shown to be held by Dark Lugiel. Dark Lugiel used the Dark Dummy Spark to corrupt Tiga's Spark Doll and turn him into his dark past self: Tiga Dark. Tiga Dark attacked Jean-Killer and severely damaged him so much that it made him revert back to his Human Host, Tomoya. At the moment Hikaru discovered that Tomoya was the one controlling the gargantuan robot, but while wondering who attacked him, Tiga Dark appeared before them. Taro told them it was Ultraman Tiga, Alien Valky tried to correct him, saying it was his "cooler" form, Tiga Dark but his speech fell on deaf ears, as he said it too far away from them.

Tiga Dark attacked the trio with a Light Bullet, but Ultraman Taro managed to use Ultra Telekinesis to deflect the attack, which fell on Valky knocking him out. Ultraman Taro told the duo to run as quickly as possible but as they argued and did not take notice when Tiga fired another Light Bullet. This time, Taro noted was too strong to deflect. As such Taro teleported the three away to safety.

Tiga Dark was not seen again until after the rematch between Jean-Killer and Ginga, a battle Ginga one by destroying Tomoya's Dummy Spark, rendering Jean-Killer immobile. Tiga appeared and began to fight Ginga, who was able to barely match him. To uneven the odds, Tiga transformed Valkie into a giant to do battle with him. Together they began to overpower Ginga, until Tomoya reactivated Jean-Killer as Jean-Nine. Ginga and Jean-Nine eventually overpowered the two, finishing them off with their finishers and returning them to Spark Doll form. Tiga fell, but he fell in his purified form.

Ultraman Ginga Movie Special
Tiga appears in this special. He was shown in trailers fighting Tyrant. Hikaru Ultra Lives into him after witnessing Alien Icarus living several monsters and himself into the powerful kaiju. Tiga begins to fight with the monster avoiding being cut by Tyrant's mace and tail. He then uses the Zepillion Ray, but only for Tyrant to use his Bemstar gorge to absorb it all until he couldn't do it no more, His timer also started to flash. Then Jean-Nine comes and rushes Tyrant and aids in helping Tiga. When Jean-Nine's cannon was caught by the monster, he slashed at Tyrants grappling hook and cut it of knocking him of balance. The robot then handed Tiga the hook which he then turned into energy and threw it at Tyrant's chest. Weakened Jean-Nine used the Jean Star Dust and launched it at Tyrant. Tyrant then was defeated and the Spark Dolls returned.

Darkness and Light
Kenta Ultra-lived into Tiga along with Seiichiro and Chigusa, who Ultra-lived into Seven and Ultraman to assist Jean-Nine in restraining Super Grand King so Hikaru could get through to Misuzu. Despite their efforts, Super Grand King ultimately defeated them.

Your Future
After Ginga defeated Dark Lugiel, Tiga is assumed to have returned to normal and went back to his universe in the form of a ball of light like the other Spark Dolls.

Friends Left Behind
Tiga returned when Kenta and Chigusa sought a way to stop Alien Magma, who had Dark Lived Zetton. With Kenta as his host once more he fought together with Ultraman on the moon. Despite their best efforts, both monsters easily overpowered them. Moreover, both Tiga and Ultraman's Color Timers began to blink. Fortunately, Ginga appeared in the nick of time and defeated both Alien Magma and Zetton. Ginga then transported Tiga and Ultraman back to Earth before they reverted back to Kenta and Chigusa.

Ultraman Ginga S Movie Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!
Tiga was among the Heisei Ultras imprisoned by Etelgar and Arina in the Evil Mirror. After being freed by UPG, He and the Heisei Ultras teamed up with Ultraman Ginga and Victory. He regroups with Ultraman Dyna and Gaia, facing an Eteldummy of the chimeric monster Five King that manifested from the combined form of their traumas against past monsters (in Tiga's case, Golza and Melba). Tiga turned into Power Type with Dyna in his Miracle Type and Gaia in his Supreme Version. Eventually, the three managed to defeat the ferocious monster with their combined attacks of Tiga's Delacium Light Stream, Dyna's Revolium Wave Attack Type and Gaia's Photon Stream.

Ultraman X The Movie: Here Comes! Our Ultraman
Being sealed as a stone statue with a petrified Spark Lens and the Stone of Barraji, Tiga previously contained Zaigorg before he was released. The son of an archeologist by the name of Yuuto, found and kept the petrified Spark Lens.

When Yuuto's mother was stuck under some rubble after Zaigorg's attack on the Carlos Communications building, he refused to leave his mother behind. Seeing this boy's sacrifice for someone he loved, Tiga lent the child some of his power to remove the debris. With Zaigorg making another attack, Yuuto held up the now revived Spark Lens and transformed into Tiga before any more damage could be done. After X too transformed and Ultraman arrived through the Stone of Barraji, to three warriors fought the Hell Monster Army of Zaigorg, Gorg Antlar, and Gorg Fire Golza.

As Ultraman and X remained to fight Zaigorg and Gorg Fire Golza, Tiga attained Sky Type to combat the now flying Antlar. The Antlar was brought down with a combination of Tiga's Hand Slashes and the Xio weaponry. When Gorg Antlar was brought down, Tiga transformed to Power Type to match the beast's strength. After weakening the Antlar, which included removing on of it's pincers, Tiga returned to Multi Type and finished off the clone with the Zepellion Ray.

After Zaigorg's presumed death, Tiga reunited with Ultraman and X only to be caught by one of Zaigorg's chest tendrils. When his remaining energy, Tiga gave some power for X to obtain the Beta Spark Armor. After Zaigorg's defeat, Tiga stood with his fellow Ultras before returning to the Spark Lens and placing Yuuto back safely on the ground.

Stats

 * Home World: Unknown
 * Height: Micro ~ 53 m
 * Glitter Tiga: 120 m
 * Tsubasa Madoka ver.: 20 m
 * Weight: 44,000 t
 * Glitter Tiga: 100,000 t
 * Tsubasa Madoka ver.: 17,000 t
 * Age: Over 30 Millions Years Old
 * Time Limit: approximately 3~5 minutes (It is implied in the Gaiden that the time limit is based on the individual/host and/or their will power.

Body Features

 * Tiga Crystal: The crystal on Tiga's forehead, it is required for Tiga's type changes. It is also used to manipulate light energy for various other techniques.
 * Tiga Eyes: Tiga possesses natural night vision as he can see just as clearly in the dark as he can in bright light.
 * Protectors: The yellow bands on his upper body, they are indestructible pieces of armor, the sturdiest portions of his anatomy. They are also used to perform the Tiga Slicer implying they can charge and manipulate energy.
 * Tiga Ultra Armor: Tiga's skin can withstand high heat environments and low temperatures. It is does not show scratches and is resistant to fire and beams.
 * Arms: While Tiga's techniques mostly require energy to be emitted from his arms, they are also excellent for defense. His bare hands can catch energy bullets and he once caught energy bullets from Zoiger and Enomena and threw them back. These same properties make them excellent for defense because Tiga can block energy blasts with his bare hands.

Standard Abilities
Powers and techniques Tiga can use in all of his forms.


 * Hand Slash: An energy blast fired from his hand. Just a standard energy blast, performed by cupping one hand to his side, and using the other to toss the energy, like a disc, or a slash from his head.
 * Ultra Growth: Tiga can change his size at will with his maximum height being from 53 meters.
 * Tiga Teleporting: Tiga is able to teleport anything he wants to anyplace he wants. This move uses an amount of energy depending on what he teleports and where.
 * Tiga Barrier: Tiga can create a powerful barrier with his both palms extended outward. This can stop any energy based attacks.
 * Tiga Pitfall: Tiga can quickly gather energy into his right fist and blast it at the ground underneath foes, creating a pit that his enemies will fall into exploding only seconds later. However, this reverts any Type back to Multi Type.
 * Extraordinary Jumper: Tiga can leap to great heights and distances.
 * Type Change: Tiga can switch between any of his three other Type: Power, Sky and Multi.
 * Size Change: Tiga can become human sized even after Daigo transforms into Tiga. Revealed in Episode 13.

Forms
{{#tag:tabber| Types= {{#tag:tabber| Multi= Multi Type {{Nihongo|Multi Type|マルチタイプ|Maruchi Taipu}} is Tiga's default form, which has equal parts of strength and mobility. Despite the fact that Tiga is a physical fighter, this is where his energy manipulation abilities were best demonstrated. It is designed for melee combat despite his psychic abilities. In the 4kids dub, it is known as "Omni Mode". Its body colors are silver, red, and purple.
 * Flight speed: Mach 5
 * Running speed: Mach 1.5
 * Underwater speed: Mach 1.5
 * Burrowing speed: Mach 1.5
 * Jumping distance: 800 m
 * Grip Strength: 50,000 t

Abilities

 * Timer Flash: A flash of light from his Color Timer that erases illusions.
 * Ultra Fix: Tiga can fire a beam from his palm that will hold an enemy in place; it freezes them movement wise.
 * Cell Change Beam One: Charged the same way as the Zepellion Ray, Tiga emits a ray from both hands that calms the monster.
 * Cell Change Beam Two: Tiga can generate a sphere using the crystal on his forehead that changes a monster into a normal creature. However, it is not one hundred percent effective and it uses a lot of energy.
 * Ultra Psychic: After touching the stone on his forehead, Tiga can emit a beam from his middle and index finger to levitate objects and telekinetically control them as they are surrounded by a green aura.
 * Crystal Power: Raising his hands to beside his forehead crystal and then to his side Tiga can fire a beam from the crystal on his forehead to recharge another Ultra. Used to save Ultraman Dyna from Queen Monera.
 * Forehead Prison: Tiga can emit this beam by first placing his index fingers in his forehead, and then extending his fingers to release the beam. This encases the foe in an orb.
 * Tiga Catch: Tiga can catch an energy blast and cup it into an energy ball. Usually, Tiga throws back the energy ball to the opponent.

Special

 * Zepellion Ray (ゼペリオン光線): Ultraman Tiga's signature move in Multi type, used as a finishing skill against most monsters. It is charged using the arms and then fired off as a white, incinerating laser. It is twice as powerful as Dyna's Solgent Ray. It can destroy monsters in one blow.
 * TD Bomber: While using Dyna's New Solgent Ray, it creates a beam which can destroy any gigantic monsters such as Queen Monera.
 * Special Timer Flash: Tiga unleashes intense light from his Color Timer. First used on Abolbas and then the monster Bakugon. In UFE3, it's revealed that this move is more powerful than the Zepellion Ray.
 * Specium Ray (スペシウム光線): Tiga can fire his own version of the Specium Ray. Due to the nature of events, it is unknown if this is canon. Used in New Century Ultraman Legend. It is silver like the original Ultraman's.
 * Specium Multi Ray: Tiga can fire the Specium Ray using the same stance as Ultraman. However, he fires it in the form of multiple energy blasts.
 * Tiga Slicer: An energy wave that can cut through things like the Ultra Slash. Tiga performs it by placing his arms on his shoulders, then quickly thrusting them forward along with the Cutter Beam.
 * Hand Shooter: A beam from both hands shot forward. Used twice while flying. Used to cut off Magnia's beam attack on the GUTS mecha in episode 22.

Physical

 * Ultra Head Butt: A self explanatory technique.
 * Tiga Multi Punch: A technique of multiple punches dished out at close quarters, the purpose of this technique is to determine the opponent's weakness.
 * Tiga Multi Kick: A variation of the Ultra Kick, can be a roundhouse kick, straight kick, high kick, double kick etc.
 * Tiga Multi Chop: A series of chops, the purpose of this technique is to break through the opponent's touch skin, but it has never been used successfully.
 * Tiga Tornado: Tiga spins at high speeds to repel attacks. Used on the Alien Raybeak soldiers.
 * Slap Shot: Tiga jumps towards the enemy and his energized hand cut through the enemy via a chop. Used to save Rena from Deshmonia.
 * Ultra Brain Chop: Similar to the Slap Shot but with a normal chop, it is none the less very powerful as it wounds can be fatal. Used on Evil Tiga.
 * Ultra Jumping Knee Drop: A flying knee strike.
 * Ultra Cross Barrier: Tiga crosses his arms, somehow able to stop enemy beams.
 * Ultra Singled Outtakes: A technique for catching a sword between one's hand. Used against Sakuna Oni.
 * Ultra Whipper: A throwing technique that has the enemy raised over Tiga's shoulders.
 * Ultra Leg Whip: A throw technique using the opponent's leg.
 * Ultra Power: A technique to summon great strength. Used to throw Kyrieloid II into the air.
 * Ultra Heat Hag: Tiga can charge his entire body with energy to heat himself up to staggering degrees. He then grabs hold on his enemy, causing them to explode.
 * Ultra Light-Knuckle: Tiga can charge his fists with energy for a more effective attack.
 * Flushing Attack: A super-charged dash in which Tiga charges himself with energy and tackles his foe. Can destroy monsters in one hit.



Power= Power Type In Power Type (パワータイプ), Tiga becomes more red in coloration. This form is called upon when Tiga wishes to exert more physical power, but the cost is speed and agility. It is designed for high power and combat in high pressure environments. In the 4kids dub, it is also known as "Power Mode". He got his power from Darramb's power. Its body colors are red and silver.
 * Flight speed: Mach 3
 * Running speed: Mach 1
 * Underwater speed: Mach 1
 * Burrowing speed: Mach 1
 * Jumping distance: 500 m
 * Grip Strength: 70,000 t

Abilities

 * Super Strength: In Power Type, Tiga's body boasts incredible brute strength, being able to pick up and toss monsters with little difficulty. His endurance is also increased.
 * Miracle Balloon Beam: Tiga's hands come together at his chest, cupped, to create a huge bubble, and then hurls it with both hands still cupped at his foe. This move can encase monsters in a huge bubble. It can also change a monster that was once an animal into the creature it was before mutation.
 * Energy Pulse: In Power Type, Tiga can send energy pulses throughout his body to shock anything that has latched on to him.
 * Tiga Hold Light Wave: Tiga can create strings of energy, going from one finger to the other. His fists then come together to release the waves at his opponent. These waves, when used, can stop a monster from trying to disappear. It can also be used to catch enemy fire and return it back as well as reversing a teleportation.
 * Huge Makeover: Used when captured in the Raybeak Leader's shrinking ray gun. With circular motions of his arms, Tiga can change his size. He became large with enough force to shatter the gun.

Special

 * Delacium Light Stream: Power Type's finishing move. Tiga can gathers heat energy by spreading his arms apart, coming together at his chest as he holds the energy in a ball form. He then tosses the gathered energy as a beam from his right hand while his left is balled up into a fist. It can destroy monsters in one blow.
 * Zepellion Ray (ゼペリオン光線): In this mode, Tiga is able to fire a red version of the Zepellion Ray. Used when Tiga couldn't afford to change types.

Physical

 * Tiga Head Crusher: Tiga can grab the opponent, holding it upside down and then with all his might slams them head first into the ground. This can leave the opponent trapped with their head in the ground.
 * Tiga-Punch Blitz: Straight punch using unleashed stored up energy. There is an explosive discharge on impact.
 * Tiga-Kick Blitz: A powerful kick charged with energy, upon impact the energy is discharged into the target.
 * Dropped Tiga Power Heel: An axe kick from 500 meters after a jump. The technique requires the foot be held high.
 * Tiga Power Punch: Instead of using the gathered energy to perform the Delacium Light Stream, Tiga can absorb the energy into his body, this is performed to charge up for a powerful punch that dishes out all power of the body concentrated into the arms.
 * Ultra Power Chop: A chop using stored up energy.
 * Ultra Back Breaker: A bear hug that breaks the enemy's spine. Used on Fire Golza.
 * Ultra Lifter: A skill for lifting and throwing heavy opponents, used on Gakuma.
 * Ultra Whipper: A skill to throw the opponent a great distance.
 * Ultra Swing: A skill where the enemy is swung around and thrown using their legs and/or tail.
 * Tiga Holder: When Tiga crosses his arms, he can easily hold enemy's physical attacks.
 * Ultra Spin Attack: Tiga runs towards his opponent and somersaults forward landing on them they brought down with the head caught between his legs. Only used once in episode 22.
 * Tiga Burning Dash: The Power Type version of the Flushing Attack. An airborne ramming technique where the right arm is clenched outward. Can destroy monsters in one hit.



Sky= Sky Type Sky Type (スカイタイプ) is Tiga's indigo form where he trades much of his strength for great speed and agility making him much faster than any of his other modes. It is lavender in coloration theme. It is designed for high speed melee combat and aerial combat. In the 4kids dub, it is known as "Speed Mode". He gets his speed from Hudra's power. Its body colors are silver and purple.
 * Flight Speed: Mach 7
 * Traveling Speed: Mach 2
 * Underwater peed: Mach 1
 * Burrowing Speed: Mach 1
 * Jumping Distance: 1000 ms
 * Grip Strength: 30,000 t

Abilities

 * Super Speed: In Sky Type, Tiga's body boasts incredible super speed, being able to get out and run from any tight situation with little difficulty. Tiga also can combine his attacks with the form's speed.
 * Healing Ability: Like any Ultra Tiga bleeds light, not blood, making easier for him to recover. But in Sky type, any injury, even those prior to using that form will be healed in thirty seconds.
 * Tiga Freezer: By putting his hands together in a similar fashion to the Ranbalt Light Bomb, Tiga fires a beam above his foes which explodes into a thick mist that freezes the target completely.
 * Flash Bomber: Tiga can cross his hands and place them forward releasing a powerful energy stream, its strength is unknown as it was only ever used to counter enemy attacks.

Special

 * Ranbalt Light Bomb: Sky Type's finishing move. Tiga can unleash a powerful blue energy arrow by spreading his arms upward to gather power, then coming together at his left side, his left hand cupped, and his right hand open over it. Tiga then tosses the gathered energy at his foes with his right hand. It can destroy monsters in one blow.
 * Zepellion Ray (ゼペリオン光線): Never used, but in theory, just like Tiga Power Type, Tiga Sky Type also can fire his own version of Zepellion Ray.

Physical

 * Tiga Machine Gun Punch: Tiga can hit his opponent ten times in one second.
 * Ultra Body Attack: When flying Tiga can use his body as battering ram at high speeds without ill effect on himself, his fists are charged with energy. Used against the first Gazoto to bring it down.
 * Tiga Sky Kick: A jump kick designed to take down airborne enemies, it flies upward instead of down. Used to down Melba.
 * Tiga Sky Chop: A powerful chop dished out using timing and speed, can be used continuously.
 * Ultra Drop Heel: A kick technique using rotation to add power, used on Kyrieloid.
 * Ultra Leg Whip: A throwing technique using the opponent's legs and/or feet.
 * Ultra Whipper: A throwing technique similar to Ultraseven's Flying Mare.
 * Tiga Sky Dash (ティガスカイダッシュ): The sky type version of the Flushing Attack. An airborne ramming technique where the left arm is extended outward. Tiga can hit his opponent using his own body without fear of damage. Used to down Alien Regulan.
 * Sky Thunder Dash: When faced with multiple enemies in episode 38, Tiga moved at incredible speeds more so than any known Ultra while continuously attacking. Unfortunately his opponents were illusions.

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Others= {{#tag:tabber| Glitter= Glitter Tiga {{nihongo|Glitter Tiga|グリッターティガ|Gurittā Tiga}} is Tiga's Final Form. This form achieved when humans or any other beings (e.i. Giants of Light) give their inner Light of Hope to Tiga.
 * Flight Speed: Mach 10
 * Running Speed: Mach 5
 * Underwater Speed: Mach 5
 * Burrowing Speed: Mach 5
 * Jumping Distance: 1,500 M
 * Grip Strength: 100,000 t

Abilities

 * Glitter Ring Shield: A yellow shield that covers Tiga and gives the appearance that he has turned yellow. This will give Tiga a strong immune from most of enemies' attacks. Was only used when Tiga merged remaining energy from the Giants Of Light, but appears briefly on this form's first activation.
 * Glitter Spark: When Tiga crosses his arms and opens them, he can release the power of the Glitter Ring Shield as a powerful intense light from his entire body. It was used to destroy Demonzoa from the inside.

Techniques

 * Glitter Zepellion Ray: Tiga's "L" Style finisher. It is an upgraded version of his Multi Form finisher. Very powerful.
 * Color Timer Flash: Tiga can fire a rainbow-colored beam from his Color Timer. It is an upgraded version of his Multi Type's finisher. This attack is very strong, as it can defeat Gatanothor in one hit.
 * Glitter Bomber: Tiga gathers energy into his Color Timer and can fire energy beams from his hands. This is powerful enough to knock monsters like Gatanothor off the ground, and possibly even destroy them.
 * Glitter Vanisher: Tiga gathers energy into his Color Timer and can fire energy beams from his feet. This is powerful enough to knock monsters like Gatanothor off the ground, and possibly even destroy them.



Dark= Tiga Dark Tiga Dark (ティガダーク) was Tiga’s original form in ancient times, where it was colored Black and Gun-Metal grey. He abandoned this form when he turned to the light. Millennia later however when the Dark Giants awakened again, Kamila gave Daigo the Dark Spark Lens and he was reborn once more. Due to Daigo's lack of an evil heart, he could not demonstrate the full power of this form, being only able to use about half of this form's true potential. The form was introduced during a vision induced by Kamila, Daigo first appeared as Multi-Type Tiga but was quickly turned into Tiga's dark form. It appeared in Ultraman Ginga after his spark doll was Dark Lived by Dark Lugiel.
 * Flight Speed: Mach 2.5
 * Traveling Speed: 900 km per hour
 * Underwater Speed: 900 km per hour
 * Burrowing Speed: 800 km per hour
 * Jumping Distance: 400 m
 * Grip Strength: 30,000 t

Abilities

 * Attack Absorption: If Tiga Dark is hit with dark light energy, he can convert it into pure light energy, and rid himself of some of the darkness inside him, which was how he became Tiga Tornado.
 * Power of Darkness: It has been stated by Kamilla that Tiga wielded a greater power of darkness than any of the other Dark Giant, even Kamila herself, implying that Daigo never used his full potential as Tiga, aside from Glitter mode. During their fight Darramb said that Daigo was only using half of his true power, though he may have been comparing Tiga Dark to Tiga Multi type. The original Tiga was also able to steal the abilities of his fellow Dark Giants.

Special

 * Dark Zepellion Ray: Although not seen, it is believed that Tiga Dark could fire the Dark Zepellion Ray at equivalent power level to Multi Type's.
 * Hand Slash (Name Unknown): Tiga Dark fired a black light bullet similar to the Multi Type's Hand Slash. Used in Ultraman Ginga.
 * Dark Vision (Name Unknown): Tiga can fire a dark energy from his eyes, to make another being become a giant. Used in Ultraman Ginga on Alien Valky.

Physical

 * Dark Whipper: The same as the Ultra Whipper.
 * Dark Mayer: The same as the Flying Mare.
 * Dark Swim: Tiga could swim at 900 km per hour in the Dark Water dimension despite the great pressures.
 * Dark Power: While inferior, it allowed for Daigo to keep up with Darramb.
 * Dark Punch: A quick counter punch.
 * Dark Kick: A powerful straight kick, is able to strike with super speed and stun the enemy.



Tornado= Tiga Tornado Moments after absorbing Darramb’s Fire Magnum, Tiga Dark became Tiga Tornado (ティガトルネード). Moments later, Tiga charged and fired the Delacium Light Stream, firing into Darramb’s chest and killing him instantly. As Tiga left the Dark Water, Hudra attacked him and after a vicious struggle, Iruma detonated a huge cache of explosives, blowing both heroes out of Hudra’s dimension. Hudra tried to blast Tiga with the Hugust, but Tiga Tornado absorbed it to become Tiga Blast.
 * Flight Speed: Mach 3
 * Running Speed: 800 km per hour
 * Underwater Speed: Mach 1
 * Burrowing Speed: 900 km per hour
 * Jump Power: 400 m
 * Grip Strength: 60,000 t

Abilities

 * Super Strength: Due to absorbing Darramb's power, Tiga Tornado has the same power as Power Type.
 * Attack Absorption: If Tiga Tornado is hit with dark light energy, he can convert it into pure light energy, and rid himself of some of the darkness inside him, which was how he became Tiga Blast.

Special

 * Delacium Light Stream: Tiga Tornado had the same signature finisher at Tiga Power Type, where Tiga gathers heat energy by spreading his arms apart, coming together at his chest as he holds the energy in a ball form. He then tosses the gathered energy as an energy ball from his right hand while his left is balled up into a fist.
 * Hand Slash: A standard technique of Tiga, where he fires an energy blast from his hand.

Physical

 * Tornado Breaker: Same as the Ultra Back Breaker.
 * Tornado Lifter: Same as the Ultra Lifter.
 * Tornado Swing: Same as the Ultra Swing
 * Tornado Punch: Same as the Tiga Power Punch.
 * Tornado Kick: Hit the opponent in the abdomen with the Knee, there is also an axe and jump kick version.



Blast= Tiga Blast After absorbing Hudra’s Hugust, Tiga Tornado became Tiga Blast (ティガブラスト) and fired the Ranbalt Light Bomb, killing the second giant. Soon, Tiga Blast confronted the last Dark Giant, Kamila herself and the fight began. While Kamila gained the upper hand, Rena soon arrived to back up Tiga. But as Kamila tried to kill her with her energy whip, Tiga jumped in front, absorbing the energy to fully purify himself of the Darkness, which was how he became Ultraman Tiga once more.
 * Flight Speed: Mach 7
 * Running Speed: Mach 1.5
 * Underwater Speed: 800 km per hour
 * Burrowing Speed: Mach 1
 * Jumping Distance: 900 m
 * Grip Strength: 25,000 t

Abilities

 * Attack Absorption: If Tiga Blast is hit with dark light energy, he can convert it into pure light energy, and rid himself of some of the darkness inside him, which was how he became Ultraman Tiga.

Special

 * Ranbalt Light Bomb: Tiga Blast had the same signature finisher at Tiga Sky Type, where Tiga unleashes a powerful blue energy arrow by spreading his arms upward to gather power, then coming together at his left side, his left hand cupped, and his right hand open over it. Tiga then tosses the gathered energy at his foes with his right hand.

Physical

 * Super Speed: Due to absorbing Hudra's power, Tiga Blast has the same power as Sky Type.
 * Blast Kick: Same as the Tiga Sky Kick.
 * Blast Chop: Same as the Tiga Sky Chop.

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​Transformation
Spark Lens: Daigo Madoka raises the Spark Lens to the sky and activates it. When gripped tightly the Spark Lens wing like "appendages" then unfold and light shines from it, transforming Daigo into Tiga. The Spark Lens will not work if shrouded by any form of intense darkness. During the series finale, the Spark Lens disintegrated into dust perhaps due to Tiga being transformed into a statue again.


 * Ginga Light Spark:By placing Tiga's Spark Doll on the Ginga Light Spark, a user can Ultralive into Ultraman Tiga.

Spark Doll
Ultraman Tiga became a Spark Doll in the conclusion of the Dark Spark War due to the Darkness Spark's powers. His Spark Doll was kept in Dark Lugiel's collection, and was Dark Lived into Tiga Dark to stop Ginga. After his defeat, Tiga Dark reverted back to his normal form and has been kept by Hikaru.

This Spark Doll has been used on two occasions by two people: After Dark Lugiel's defeat, it is assumed Ultraman Tiga's Spark Doll is likely to have reverted back to its original form and depart Earth to return home. Later, Kenta uses Tiga Spark Doll once again to fight Alien Magma and Zetton.
 * In the first Theater Special, when Hikaru Ultra-Lives into Tiga to face Tyrant.
 * In Episode 10 (Darkness and Light), where Kenta Watarai Ultra-Lives into Ultraman Tiga to stop Super Grand King alongside Ultraman and Ultraseven.

Relationships

 * Kamila: Former Lover
 * Hudra: Former Brother in arms
 * Darramb: Former Brother in arms
 * Companions: Brothers in arms
 * Ultraman Dyna: Brother in arms, Successor

Ultraman Hit Song History New Hero Hen
"Believe in yourself, Zero!"

- Ultraman Tiga, along with Dyna and Gaia, supporting Zero

He reappeared in this movie along with Ultraman Dyna , Ultraman Gaia, Cosmos, Nexus, Max, Mebius and Ultraman Zero. He appeared with Dyna and Gaia after Zero was nearly killed by Yapool.

Tiga Manga
Tiga also stars in a manga drawn by Tony Wong and published by Dark Horse Comics.

Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers
Tiga appears to have a counterpart in the movie where he was born from human dreams.

Merchandise
Main Article: Ultraman Tiga/Merchandise

Trivia

 * Tiga is the first Ultra to have the ability to change forms, something that became extremely common with Heisei Ultras.


 * Tiga has more than three versions of his transformation scene, which makes him the second Ultra who has more than one scene. The first one is 80.
 * Tiga was meant has total 4 companions instead of 2. It was planned that there were supposedly five statues in the pyramid instead of three. When two of them were crushed by Golza and Melba, the other two would fuse with Tiga to provide him with the Type Change ability. Had this plan went on in the series, the story of Tiga stealing the Dark Giants' powers would never have came out.
 * Ultraman Tiga was originally proposed to be called Mountain Gulliver by Munakata, but was rejected by the GUTS members due to them thinking the name was stupid. The name was later to be used for the giant robot in Ultraman Dyna.
 * Tiga is the second Ultraman to bear the color purple, the first was Ultraman King.
 * Besides the original Tiga's human form, all of Tiga's human hosts were descendants of the original Tiga, with Daigo being implied to be the original Tiga's reincarnation.
 * Something to note, despite having ultimately three people take up the mantle of Tiga, not including the original Tiga himself who was never shown fighting. It is known that when Daigo or the other two transformed they themselves controlled the Ultra, so the real Tiga's fighting skills were never truly demonstrated.
 * In Ultraman Ginga, when Tiga was Dark Lived into Tiga Dark, he did so without a host. Here he was presented as being powerful enough to counter Ultraman Ginga who has been presented as being a powerful Ultra.
 * The name Tiga in both Malaysian and Indonesian languages, means the number three, possibly to reference the three forms of this Ultra.
 * In Indonesian subtitles, Ultraman Tiga has been mistakenly written as "Ultraman 3". And in some English translations that are based on Bahasa or Malay, Ultraman Tiga was mistakenly referred to as "Ultraman Three".
 * Many people mistakenly believe that Ultraman Tiga's Multi Type is red and blue but it is red and purple. The Ultra who is red and blue is Ultraman Dyna. However his Sky Type is supposed to be all blue.
 * In the beginning of the show, Tiga's rise wasn't shown very much. Instead it would show Tiga growing to full height, a bit like Ultraseven, or an entirely different transformation sequence. This was probably because Tsuburaya wanted to try new transformation sequences or they thought that viewers wouldn't like the rise.
 * Ultraman Tiga's form colors are said to be based on the wave lengths and strengths of the visible spectrum of light, with the purple spectrum of light which carries little energy (weak), to red side which carries large amounts of energy (strong).
 * Tiga's Multi Type figure from the 2009 Ultra Hero Series line was mistakenly painted Blue and Red instead of Purple and Red.
 * Designs based on Tiga's color timer were made for Ultraman Cosmos and Ultraman Max's color timers.
 * Ultraman Tiga is the Malaysians' favorite Ultraman because his name Tiga has a meaning in their language and the colors of his Multi Type correspond with their national flag's colors.
 * It is popular fan debate that Tiga is stronger than Dyna, even possibly that Tiga might be Dyna's mentor. It may be possible as the dialogue in the Final Odyssey implies that the original Tiga was at least twice as powerful as what Daigo demonstrated.
 * Tiga is the first Ultraman to have multiple human hosts. All but one of them are in the Madoka family line. His Spark Doll users do not count.
 * Chronologically speaking, Tiga is the first evil Ultra to appear in his series. However he was evil long ago during the time of the ancient civilization, long before Evil Tiga. Also, Tiga was then purely evil, rather than Evil Tiga who was good but corrupted by Masaki's impure heart.
 * Tiga is also the first Ultra to defect from the side of evil.
 * In Superior 8 Ultra Brothers, Tiga seemingly changed into Glitter Form without outside help. The other Ultra Brothers also transformed, including Mebius from the Showa universe leading some to be seen as a sign of the full potential of the power of Ultra realized. Many believe that Tiga and the other Ultras transformed due to the hope of the people nearby that they protected and inspired.
 * The reason why Glitter Tiga's Glitter Ring Shield only appeared during the form's second appearance is because of the limitations of special effects during the previous and first demonstration of Glitter Form on television. It is considered canon that Glitter Form is marked by the presence of the Glitter Shield.
 * In Superior 8 Ultraman Brothers, Tiga was supposedly seen firing his Zepellion beam at Alien Hipporito without charging. This is incorrect, if one watched closely when Tiga was flying towards the evil alien, they would see that he performed the charging maneuver very quickly.
 * In the TV show Ben 10 Ultimate Alien an alien named Ultimate Waybig bore a similar color scheme to Ultraman Tiga's Multi Type.
 * Tiga was the first Giant of Light to interfere with mankind's decisions.
 * On the back of the Ultra Act Glitter Tiga and Kamila set box, it stated that Glitter Tiga is 120 meters tall.
 * Tiga made an appearance in an Indonesian commercial for carrier network; Bolt ULTRA LTE, where it demonstrated the strength of the network carrier as having similarities to Tiga's types, they are:
 * Power Type: Compared to the signal network that's always strong even in enclosed places.
 * Sky Type: Compared to the downloading speed.
 * Multi Type: Compared to the combination of qualities the network has.
 * In the video game Super Hero Generation, Tiga is the first character that players get to control. He's also the only character with ability to switch forms on the tactical map.
 * After Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers, Hiroshi Nagano's contract voicing Tiga end and Tiga's grunts in the media later was reused (or stock footage) from Yuji Machi (the first Ultraman Tiga's voice actor). However, his grunts has some different from the original series, such as when Tiga grunts when he fires Zepellion Ray to his enemies in Ultraman Ginga: Theater Special and Ultraman X The Movie: Here Comes! Our Ultraman actually was reused from Tiga's grunts when he fires Delacium Light Stream in Power Type.