Alien Zarab

"All the planets I have visited... Destroyed themselves fighting each other. " "How terrible!" "I was born for this purpose, it is what I do."

- Alien Zarab and Shin Hayata, "Brother from Another Planet"

Alien Zarab (ザラブ星人) are aliens skilled in illusion from the planet Zarab. They have been mostly portrayed as vile beings with the desire to destroy other worlds, either through trickery and deception, or brute force. They are best remembered for being the the first aliens to imitate an Ultra being.

Subtitle: Evil Alien (凶悪宇宙人)

Generation I
The first man from Zarab to appear in the Ultra Series appeared in the original Ultraman tv series in the episode "Brother from Another Planet". His goal was to destroy the Earth by causing chaos between the world's government and have them destroy themselves.

Alien Zarab I was spotted by the SSSP within a toxic fog that fell over Tokyo. The alien claimed to be the friend of humanity and offered to remove the fog as proof of his good intentions. However at the time of Alien Zarab's good deed, SSSP member Shin Hayata was investigating a missing space shuttle that suddenly appeared back in the Earth's stratosphere. When Alien Zarab removed the toxic fog from Tokyo, it was sent into space, along with the space shuttle. While Alien Zarab I had gained Earth's favor, the SSSP had Hayata keep a close eye on him.

When Alien Zarab I took his leave from Earth to return to his ship, Hayata followed him. Hayata discovered that the Zarab man's ship was actually the missing space shuttle and he had enslaved it's crew. Before Hayata could return to Earth, Alien Zarab I revealed that he had been aware of Hayata's presence since they left Earth, the alien also knew that Hayata was the human host of Ultraman. After revealing his true intentions the man of Zarab imprisoned Hayata, then returned to Earth disguised as Ultraman and briefly began to destroy the city of Tokyo, planning to use Ultraman as the means to cause the humans to fight among themselves.

Alien Zarab I then appeared at a council meeting and insisted that the SSSP should attack Ultraman if he returns. This caused much argument among the council members as they still had faith in Ultraman. Later that night, Alien Zarab I disguised himself again as the Fake Ultraman and returned to his rampage. However honorary SSSP member Hoshino found where Alien Zarab had hidden Hayata and freed him, allowing him to become Ultraman and clear the Ultra Crusaders reputation. Ultraman managed to shed the Alien Zarab of his disguise when the impostor tried to escape. The Alein Zarab Fought hard against Ultraman but was eventually killed, thus, ending his invasion.

Trivia

 * Voice actor: Takeshi Aono (also the suit actor)
 * Alien Zarab was created from a heavily modified Ragon suit.
 * Alien Zarab's name is actually the word "Brother" pronounced backwards, as Zarab claims himself to be an elderly brother to the humanity.
 * Furthering this, in a magazine featuring an unused concept of Alien Mefilas holding a conference with other aliens, Zarab's name was romanized in English as 'Therrob', a more literal translation of its name being Brother spelled backwards.
 * The voice in the English translation for Zarab is a lot stronger and deeper.

Generation II
A few months later, Alien Zarab was "resurrected" along with Kemur Man Ⅱ and Baltan Ⅲ as Alien Zarab Ⅱ (ザラブ星人二代目) by Alien Mefilas. Mefilas did not want to use violence so he made the aliens disappear. They were only a presentation of his power.

Trivia

 * Zarab II is rather pale compared to the somewhat colorful original Zarab. His head is completely silver and his body is darker.
 * This Zarab (like the other two aliens) was not resurrected. It was a second one created by Mefilas' ship in order to trick the people of Earth that it was the original revived.
 * The Alien Zarab created by Mefilas constantly sucked in breath through it's mouth hole, the only incarnation of Zarab known to do this.
 * This Zarab is mistakenly referred to as Therrob (II)
 * However, Therrob is actually an anagram for the word Brother which makes sense as the original Zarab claimed himself to be the elderly brother to humanity, also the name Zarab is said to be the word "Brother" pronounced backwards.
 * Also, the Katakana script for Zarab can also be read as "Za Rabu" (ザ・ラブ), making it as a transliteration of the English word "The Love".

Ultraman Mebius & The Ultra Brothers
In the film Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers, Alien Zarab has formed an alliance with fellow aliens: Alien Temperor, Alien Guts, and Alien Nackle in order to kill Ultraman Mebius and release U-Killersaurus and Yapool from the seaside of Kobe. After Temperor was destroyed by Mebius, Zarab was sent to take care of "Phase 2" of the plan. After kidnapping Aya Jinguji (Mirai/Ultraman Mebius's human disguise's close friend) as well as both poisoning and paralysing Mirai, Zarab transformed into Imitation Ultraman Mebius (にせウルトラマンメビウス) and attacked the city of Kobe. Luckily, Mirai transforms into Ultraman Mebius again,Mebius initially had trouble against his dark duplicate, but was eventually able to break his disguise with a punches and a Mebius Slash exposing the Zarab's true identity, however, Mebius started using his anger, recklessly firing energy shots and weakening as Zarab started to regain the upper hand, Mebius struggled to regain his control and composure, wasting quite a few Mebius Slashes by repeatedly shooting them while Zarab had a shield up. However, as Zarab was about to finish Mebius off, Mebius heard the advice of his mentors and countered with the Mebius Shot, destroying Zarab and regaining the trust of the people. Unfortunately however, Zarab managed to complete Phase 2 before dying and left Mebius weak enough for Guts and Nackle to attack Mebius.

Trivia

 * Voice actor: Takeshi Aono
 * The decision to have Takeshi Aono reprising his role was under the request of director Keiichi Hasegawa.
 * This incarnation of Alien Zarab is a lot more muscular than his old form.
 * Zarab poisoning Mirai in a human disguise, is a reference to the same stunt he preformed on Arashi in his debut episode.

Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey
This Alien reappeared in the series Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey. In this series, Alien Zarab is portrayed as a moronic, and comedic character who steals useless Battle Nizers for unexplained reasons. He does however manage to kidnap Haruna (the female member of the ZAP SPACY crew) and disguises himself as her to masquerade as her to the rest of the ZAP SPACY crew members, but fails miserably and comically when he cannot cope with the simple life of humanity, mistaking insignificant terms for danger. However the real Haruna returns and Zarab is exposed as the fake. However before the ZAP SPACY can take action, Alien Zarab transforms into Imitation Ultraman and becomes more of a threat to the ZAP SPACY crew. However, after a short and comedic battle against Rei's Gomora and a vengeful Haruna, Alien Zarab's true form is revealed. Hurting and humiliated, Alien Zarab flees from Planet Hammer never to bother anyone ever again.

Trivia

 * Voice actor: Takeshi Aono
 * The anatomy page that Zarab stumbles upon lists several organs as 'Medusa,' 'Misery,' 'The Cat with Nine Lives,' and 'Greedy Neighbors.' It is unknown whether this is a case of random English insertion to make the page look impressive, or whether the organs unique to Zarab were literally named that.

Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth
Although not seen in full body, Alien Zarab's hand is shown grabbing the Giga Battle Nizer in the end of the series, foreshadowing when he gives it to Belial in Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie
In the film, Alien Zarab (as Imitation Ultraman) attacks two guard Ultras and frees Ultraman Belial from his prison. After revealing his true identity, Alien Zarab gives Belial the Giga Battle Nizer in hopes of the two forming an alliance. Instead, Belial betrays and kills Zarab, not wanting to share his rule with the alien.

Trivia

 * Voice actor: Takeshi Aono.
 * This was Aono's final role in voicing Zarab, as he retired in 2010 and passed away in 2012.
 * It's unknown if this Alien Zarab is the same one that appears in Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle NEO or if this one is a different one of its kind.
 * He was one of the monsters that made up Beryudora's second support.

Ultraman Ginga
In episode 7, Alien Zarab along with lots of different monsters are seen cheering Ginga on as he fights Dark Galberos.

Ultraman X
"I am Alien Zarab. I have destroyed countless planets and your Earth is next."

- Alien Zarab as he broadcasting himself.

Alien Zarab, along with Bemstar, appeared in Ultraman X.

Alien Zarab is an intergalactic criminal that had destroyed countless planets. He sets Earth as his target by bombing multiple chemical plants. After bringing Bemstar's Spark Doll back to life, he hid himself in another chemical plant again, being tracked by Xio officers Wataru and Hayato but their inability to cooperate gives Alien Zarab a chance to escape.

Soon, he reappears at point S-9, trying to bomb another chemical plant until the Xio members, Hayato, Wataru and Asuna confront him. He grew into giant proportions to crush them but destroyed after being overpowered by Land and Sky Musketty, followed by Wataru's Ultlaser.

It is evidently that either Alien Zarab's Spark Doll or his specs was collected, creating a Cyber Kaiju under the name Cyber Zarab (サイバーザラブ), held inside the Cyber Cards. Here, Cyber Zarab was used as one of Xio's target practice alongside Cyber Neronga.

Trivia

 * Voice actor: You Murakami
 * Suit actor: Keita Rikimaru
 * Alien Zarab's suit is modified from the one in Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie, where its color had turned grey and becomes more skinnier and scaly than muscular, as well as its head redesigned to "fit" with the suit. Also, the customization made in this suit is obviously trying to re-invoke Zarab's original appearance in the series.
 * To further relate Bemstar as Alien Zarab's monster, the official website of Ultraman X stated that Zarab's mouth naturally shared their design with Bemstar's gorge.
 * Alien Zarab's detonator seems to have its design based on the translator his first incarnation uses in the original Ultraman series. Meanwhile, its grip resembles that of Alien Zarab himself, with the star-like logo stimulates his mouth and the whole grip is colored based on his skin.
 * This is the first Alien Zarab that never utilizes any form of disguises in his appearance. It is possible his reason is that he relies on his strength instead of calculative strategies like his past incarnations did.
 * Hisako Kurosawa, the writer in episode 4 mentioned this and express his regret for not being able to portray Zarab with the shapeshifting ability.

Data
{{#tag:tabber| Alien Zarab= {{#tag:tabber| Original= {{#tag:tabber| Generation I= Alien Zarab I

Stats

 * Height: 1.8 ~ 40 m
 * Weight: 30 ~ 20,000 t
 * Origin: Planet Zarab

Powers and Abilities

 * Radiation Gas Manipulation : Alien Zarab can manipulate (or generate) radiation gas to his liking, even in a wide scale. He used this to convince the SSSP and world leaders that he is their "ally".
 * Destructive Sonic (破壊怪音波): Zarab can launch a very painful sonic attack with the rising of his hand. Even an Ultra isn't able to resist for long. If used on a human, Zarab will be able to mind control them.
 * Energy Vulcan Fire (エネルギーバルカン連射): When giant sized, Zarab can launch explosive missiles from the tips of his fingers. Only seen when flying.
 * Imitation : Zarab can mimic other organisms, such as humans or Ultras
 * Size Change : When needed, Zarab can change his size, from that of a man’s to that of a giant’s.
 * Bindings : Zarab can imprison organisms in metal rings that can only be broken by salt water, such as tears. The more the prisoner struggles, the tighter the bands become, crushing them.
 * Flight : Zarab can fly at extremely slow speeds.
 * Teleportation : Zarab can teleport to wherever he wishes.
 * Translator : Zarab has a translator that lets him speak Earth languages.

ULTRA MONSTERS

 * Battle Nizer : The arcade game version of Zarab is a Reionyx and therefore utilizes a Battle Nizer to manipulate his monster, EX Eleking.
 * Zarab Headbutt (ザラブヘッドバット): A somewhat powerful headbutt attack.

Generation II= Alien Zarab II

Stats

 * Height: 40 m
 * Weight: 20,000 t
 * Origin: Planet Zarab

Powers and Abilities
None, Alien Zarab II is an illusion made by Alien Mefilas.

Mebius ver.= Alien Zarab (Mebius ver.)

Stats

 * Height: 1.8 ~ 50 m
 * Weight: 90 kg ~ 3 7,000 t
 * Origin: Planet Zarab

Powers and Weapons

 * Eye Blast : Zarab can fire a purple colored energy blast from his eyes.
 * Energy Wave : Zarab can release a powerful, purplish energy beam from his hands. It can be charged up as well, but it's power only barely rivals Ultraman Mebius' own attack, the Mebium Ray.
 * Energy Shield : Zarab can create a tiny, crystal-like energy shield in front of his upper body. It managed to hold off Mebius' Mebium Slash, but it's true strength is unknown.
 * Imitation : Zarab can mimic other organisms, such as humans or Ultras.
 * Size Change : When needed, Zarab can change his size, from that of a man’s to that of a giant’s.

Ultra Galaxy

 * Bindings : Zarab can imprison organisms in metal rings that can only be broken by salt water, such as tears. The more the prisoner struggles, the tighter the bands become, crushing them.
 * Flight : Zarab can fly at extremely slow speeds.

X ver.= Alien Zarab (X ver.)

Stats

 * Height: 1.8 ~ 40 m
 * Weight: 30 ~ 20,000 t
 * Origin: Planet Zarab

Powers and Weapons

 * Energy Vulcan Fire (エネルギーバルカン連射): Zarab can release blue energy needles from his palms.
 * Bemstar Spark Doll : Alien Zarab had a Bemstar Spark Doll that can be turned into a real Bemstar when needed.
 * Spark Doll Reanimation : By absorbing radiation gases from a destroyed chemical plant, Alien Zarab can reanimate Spark Dolls back to their true forms, used to bring forth Bemstar.
 * Detonator : Zarab has a remote controller that used to activate his bombs.
 * Size Change : When needed, Zarab can change his size, from that of a man’s to that of a giant’s.
 * Wave Intrusion : Alien Zarab can intrude a communication wave, as he used it to broadcast himself on television.
 * Imitation : Though never shown, but since his race exhibited this ability, it is possible that he can also do this.

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Cyber= Cyber Zarab

Stats

 * Height: 40 m
 * Weight: 20,000 t
 * Birthplace: Xio headquarters
 * Cyber Power: 16/25

Powers and Abilities
TBA

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Imitation Ultramen=

Alien Zarab I became popular among fans due to him being the first alien to have a form which imitated that of the Original Ultraman in the form of Fake Ultraman (にせウルトラマン), which has been the Ultra Crusader form that the Alien Zarab have imitated the most. However, several comparisons can be identified to differ the imitation from the real one. Among them are:


 * Original: His eyes are a bright white, his chest had red markings, his ears are rectangle-shaped and his feet are just like white boots.
 * Fake: Imitation Ultraman has larger, pointy eyes which are colored yellow orange, his chest has black stripes, his ears are triangle-shaped and his feet are pointed at their tips.

{{#tag:tabber| Original= Fake Ultraman

Stats

 * Height: 40 m
 * Weight: 20, 000 t
 * Origin: Planet Zarab
 * Attack: 1000
 * Defense: 600
 * Speed: 1100

Powers and Weapons

 * Thick Hide : Imitation Ultraman has a very thick hide, which allows him to withstand strong attacks like the Specium Ray or Gomora's Super Oscillatory Wave.
 * Ultra Slash (ウルトラスラッシュ): Though never shown, the Ultra Act figure of Imitation Ultraman implied that the imposter himself can launch a redish-orange Ultra Slash from his hands.
 * Energy Vulcan Fire (エネルギーバルカン連射): In City Shrouded in Shadow, Imitation Ultraman can use his true form's missile-launching ability.
 * Flight : Imitation Ultraman can fly at high speed.

ULTRA MONSTERS

 * Fake Specium Ray (フェイクスペシウム光線): Imitation Ultraman can fire Ultraman's Specium Ray.
 * Fake Ultra Shower (フェイクウルトラ水流): A copy of Ultraman's Ultra Shower.
 * React Attack (リアクトアタック): Imitation Ultraman briefly changes to Zarab and fire Energy Vulcan Fire towards the opponent before reassuming this form and utilizes Fake Specium Ray.
 * Zetton Final Beam (ゼットンファイナルビーム): A tag-team attack done with Zetton. Imitation Ultraman fires his Fake Specium Ray for Zetton to absorb and used to empower his Zetton Breaker towards the opponent.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie

 * Giga Battle Nizer (ギガバトルナイザー): Armed with the Giga Battle Nizer, Imitation Ultraman can use it for combat purpouses except controlling monster due to lack of Reionyx genes.
 * Thunderbolt : Imitation Ultraman can channel lightning bolts from the Giga Battle Nizer. It is also an analogy to Ultraman Belial's Belial Geno Thunder.

Monster Busters

 * Catch Ring (キャッチリング): In this game, Imitation Ultraman can create rings that stun the player by spinning.

Mebius= Imitation Ultraman Mebius

Stats

 * Height: 50 m
 * Weight: 38, 000 t
 * Origin: Planet Zarab

Abilities

 * Flash Travel : Imitation Mebius can create a purple version of the original Flash Travel.
 * Mebium Slash (メビュームスラッシュ): Imitation Mebius can fire purple versions of the Mebium Slash.

Kaiju Buster Powered

 * Mebium Shoot (メビュームシュート): In Kaiju Buster Powered, Imitation Mebius can fire Mebius' Mebium Shot.

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Other Imitations= {{#tag:tabber| Alien Baltan= Alien Baltan This form, along with Zetton was only used in Ultraman Boy's Ultra Coliseum. Alien Zarab could switch between them whenever he wanted.

Powers and Abilities

 * Telekinesis : Alien Baltan could hold Ultraman Ace in place by his own will.

Zetton= Zetton This form, along with Alien Baltan was only used in Ultraman Boy's Ultra Coliseum. Alien Zarab could switch between them whenever he wanted.

Powers and Abilities
None demonstrated.

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Chibira Kun
Alien Zarab appears a few times in the child friendly show, Chibira Kun, as a postal service worker.

Trivia

 * Unlike the normal Zarab suit, the silver head has spots on it and is very loose.

Daikaiju Battle Rush: Ultra Frontier
Alien Zarab appears in Daikaiju Battle Rush: Ultra Frontier along with an Alien Zetton. He watched Alien Mefilas Djent's team.

Monster Busters Powered
To be Added

Ultra Zone
TBA

Trivia

 * Voice actor: Tomokazu Seki
 * Suit actor: Koichi Toshima

Mobile Suit Gundam
MSM-07 Z'Gok mobile suit had it's design based on Alien Zarab. Of course, Tsuburaya would return the favor with two characters themed after two mobile suits: Apatee, based on MS-06 Zaku II and Gan Q, based on MSM-04 Acguy.

Sgt. Frog/Keroro Gunso
The Keroro Platoon possessed robotic copies of themselves called Copy Robots which Kululu made to replace them whenever they took a day off, as well as taking care of the household chores at the Hinata residence. The Keroro Platoon's robotic imitators could not only imitate Keronians (their race) but also other humans.

While imitating a Keronian, the duplicates disguise had a little defect, much like Alien Zarab as imitation Ultramen, they had sharp eyes and witch-like feet. Humans could not see the differince between the robotic Keronians and the real ones, something which in the original Ultraman series portrayed.

Despite being used as replacements, but in one episode, Keroro and his platoon tried to use mass-produced version of these as invasion armies. However the plan backfired and ended up with the impostors replacing the Keroro Platoons (including Mois) and the Hinata siblings. It wasn't until the real Tamama (whom was in vacation before the impostors' takeover) destroyed them and free their captives. Kululu rebuild the Keroro Platoon Double but never intended to use them for malicious schemes again.

Ultra Monster Series
Packaged with Ultra Hero Series Imit Ultraman, this Zarab figure is an all new mold. He has a Translator device wielded on his right hand.
 * Zarabu_01.jpg Zarab (2000 Special 2-pack, 2000)
 * Release Date: 2000

An all new mold of Alien Zarab, based on his appearance in Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers, and it was released to conclude the premiere of the movie. The figure also saw release in most Asia department stores, with a generic Ultra Monster Series card. A retool of the first Alien Zarab previously released in the 2-pack, This figure does not include his translator device.
 * 41H0S0KDRBL.jpg Zarab (2006)
 * Release Date: 31st of August, 2006
 * ID Number: SP
 * Ultra-monster-series-ex-alien-zarab.jpg Zarab (2008)
 * Release Date: 26th of April, 2008
 * ID Number: EX

A reissue of the Ultra Hero Series Imit Ultraman, under the Ultra Monster Series line. The toy was purely identical to the UHEX, however the differences is the eye painted in a single orange color.
 * Ultra-monster-series-ex-imit-ultraman.jpgtion Ultraman (2009)
 * Release Date: April 2009
 * ID Number: EX

Ultra Hero Series

 * Imitation Ultraman (1990 (?))
 * Release Date: 1990 (?)

An all-new mold (the individually released version from the 2-pack) of the Imitation Ultraman figure, with show-accurate proportions than the previous one.
 * UHEXNiseUltraman.jpgImitation Ultraman (2001)
 * Release Date: September 2001
 * ID Number: EX
 * JAN/ISBN: 4543112001771

Instead of being a retool of the original Ultraman Mebius figure, the figure of Imit Mebius had taken cues from the original Mebius toy. The differences is the sharp boots, the black stripes & the copyright printed on it's back (this was shared with Chaos Ultraman/Calamity, & Dark Faust.)
 * 200692233342519.jpgImit Mebius [sic] (2006)
 * Release Date: August 2009
 * ID Number: SP
 * JAN/ISBN: 4543112417152

Ultra-Act
A Tamashii Webshop exclusive, Imitation Ultraman is an all new mold. His accessories were used from the first Ultra-Act Ultraman.
 * Meteorstormed1350953614.jpegtion Ultraman (2011)
 * Release Date: February 2011
 * Accessories: 6 pairs of hands, Specium Ray right hand, Ultra Slash right hand


 * 190592.jpgtion Ultraman (2014)
 * Release Date: May 23rd, 2014
 * Accessories: 6 pairs of hands, Red color timer, Hoshino mini figure (with rope), Ultra Shower for Ultra-Act Ultraman

Yet another Tamashii webshop exclusive, the new Ultra-Act Imit Ultraman had taken cues from the 2nd version of the Ultra-Act Ultraman. Unlike it's first Ultra-Act, he does not include his beam weapons. But instead he comes with a Hoshino mini figure (which strangely matches the show's prop), and the Ultra Shower effect for the 2nd Ultra-Act Ultraman figure.