Ultraman Tiga (character)

is the first Heisei Ultra hero to appear, ending the 15-year-long hiatus the Ultraman franchise had. 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(Blue 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, three crossover films in 1998, 1999, 2008, 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 shadowy nature in favor of the light and turned on his comrades and sealing them in statue form behind a great seal. He eventually became the strongest of a Trio of Ultra-warriors who protected an ancient civilization. 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 departing for the Land of Light leaving behind physical replicas of their forms for a future generation

Revival of the Ancient Giant
A wandering monster hunter stumbles upon the legendary Spark Lens beside a monster she just killed, not knowing what it is she keeps it but when she approaches a village under attack by a monster the Spark Lens starts to shiver. The village's wooden defenses are no match for the monster and the village is heavily damaged with the defenders of the village trying to confront it with spears. It turns out the monster was 'summoned' to this 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 will enter and discove 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, sees the Spark Lens fall out the monster hunter's bag he instantly notices it looks the one his father used to transform into Tiga. He takes it away before the monster hunter can object and transforms into Tiga. The monster is defeated easily but at the end Tiga disappears as Tsubasa was not destined to truly wield his power, and the whole village is devastated. Later Amu; a country boy who befriended Tsubasa, tells the village he saw the giant of light, but nobody believes him until the defenders state they saw Tiga too. Hearing this one of the seers in the village claims the prophecy is coming true and soon someone in their village will be the one to awaken Tiga. Though Tiga defeated the sorcerer's first monster, he sends 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 fight the two acolytes but Tsubasa fails to defeat the monster Dogufu who defeated Tiga easily.

Tsubasa reverts to human form exhausted and the Spark Lens is almost trampled by Dogufu but Amu saves it and he turns out to be the one who fulfills the prophecy. He uses it to transform into Tiga to stop Dogufu using Tiga Strong Type's finishing move after a tough battle. Tsubasa then fixes his jet and returns to the future with Tiga watching over the village ever since.

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, 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 where 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, Weaponizers, Evil Tiga and other powerfull 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.Tiga's final battle took place upon the appearance of Gatanozoa; 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 Gatanozoa, 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 Kamilla'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 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 pit 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.

The Last Showdown
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.

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 Demonozoa could not harm him so she grabbed him and absorbed him into her self 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 has the darkness's grip on her was relenquished and she died a pure soul. This was Daigo's final battle as Tiga, and the legacy of mankind's protecter was passed onto Tiga's successor, Ultraman Dyna, to defend the Earth in Tiga's place.

Ultraman Tiga &amp; Ultraman Dyna: Warrior of Light
Although Daigo doesn't appear in the Movie, this Tiga reappeared because of humanity's hope to save Ultraman Dyna, with both of the Ultra warriors managing to destroy Queen Monera.

Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna &amp; Ultraman Gaia: Battle In Hyperspace
Just like before, this Tiga alongside Dyna appeared due 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 destroyed him.

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

Ultraman Tiga, along with Dyna, Gaia 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.

Profile

 * Place of Birth: Unknown
 * Height: 53 m
 * Weight: 44,000 tons
 * Activity time: 3 minutes

​Transfor​mation
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 a form of intense darkness. During the series finale, the Spark Lens disintegrated into dust perhaps due to Tiga being transformed into a statue again.
 * Dark Spark Lens : appeared only in the movie. The Dark Spark Lens is a dark of it light its counterpart. As Tiga was originally a dark Ultra, it stand to reason that this may have been the original form of the Spark Lens. When gripped tightly and raised to the sky the wing like appendages unfold, dark energy shines from it and Daigo will transform into Tiga Dark. What became of it after the battle with Karmilla is unknown, it has possibly disappeared or may have turned into a new Spark Lens like the original given that Daigo's son recognized an ancient version of his father's device, regardless Daigo's days as an Ultra warrior were over as he never transformed again.

Relationships

 * Ultraman: Alternate Brother in arms
 * Ultraseven: Alternate Brother in arms
 * Ultraman Jack: Alternate Brother in arms
 * Ultraman Ace: Alternate Brother in arms
 * Ultraman Mebius: Alternate Brother in arms
 * Kamila: Former Lover
 * Hudra: Former Brother in arms
 * Darramb: Former Brother in arms
 * Ultraman Dyna: Successor, Alternate Brother in Arms
 * Ultraman Gaia: Alternate Brother in arms

Action Figures
Bandai has released many Ultraman Tiga figures including Ultra Hero Series, Action Hero Series and Ultra-Act. Medicom &amp; Banpresto have also created Ultraman Tiga figures and toys.

Trivia


Ultraman Tiga was originally proposed to be called Mountain Gulliver, but was rejected by the GUTS members due to them thinking the name is dumb. The name will later be used for the giant robot in Ultraman Dyna.

The name Tiga comes from Malay language which means Three, to mark the the three forms of this Ultra.

Many people are mistaken that Ultraman Tiga's multi type is Red and Blue but he is Red and Purple. The Ultra who is Red and Blue is Ultraman Dyna. Tiga is the first Ultra to be able to change his stats to match an opponent. Ultraman Tiga's form colors are actually based on the wave lengths and strengths of the visible spectrum of light, with purple light carrying little energy (weak), to red light, carrying large amounts of energy. A design similar to Tiga's color timer was made for Ultraman Cosmos &amp; Ultraman Max's color timers. Ultraman Tiga Sky Type was the first Ultraman Type to feature purple as a color, the second being Ultraman Cosmos Space Corona Mode.</li> This Ultra is <span style="color:rgb(125,125,125);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:12.899999618530273px;"> Malaysians' favourite Ultraman because his name 'Tiga' is from their language and the colour of his multi-type look like their national flag's colour.</li> Tiga also shares his Glitter Mode powers to his Ultra Brothers in Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers.</li> </ul>