Ultraman Orb (character)

1="I am Orb! I light the darkness and strike at evil!"

- Ultraman Orb introducing himself, The Sunset Wanderer

2="I am Orb! Ultraman Orb!"

- Ultraman Orb showing his true form as Orb Origin, The Holy Sword, Restored

Ultraman Orb (ウルトラマンオーブ) is the main hero of his series. Described as a 'wanderer', Orb continues the theme of Ultras powered by devices that was started three years earlier by Ginga's debut series. He is able to utilize the abilities of his fellow Ultras to transform and gain their powers. At the same time, the Spark Dolls trend of said series has also finally ended.

Design
Aesthetically, Ultraman Orb's motif is based on past Ultra Warriors, which is meant to coincide with Tsuburaya's 50th year anniversary of the Ultra Series. The most concrete evidence is his basic form, Spacium Zeperion, which is based on Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga. Of course, it is also meant as a milestone celebration for the two aforementioned Ultra Warriors' titular series, celebrating their 50th and 20th anniversary respectively. Originally, Ultraman Orb was first teased in a promotional video by Tsuburaya Productions which commemorates the aforementioned anniversary. At the end of the video, a black background with a pair of Ultraman eyes can be seen, with the English letters shown "What's next...?".

Background wise, according to one of Ultraman Orb's writers, Takao Nakano, Orb (and by extension his human form, Gai Kurenai) had his conception based on Ultraseven, whom, like Orb, uses human disguises and started their lives as wanderers on Earth sometime before the setting of their series. Aside from that, other motives and elements include Japanese novel Lone Samurai Monjiro, American actor Clint Eastwood (whose known for his role as wanderers) and singer Tsunehiko Kamijō's image song, Dareka ga Kaze no Naka de. All this is done under the purpose to "re-invoke the wanderer hero in the 21st century world".

Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA
Orb's light appeared as a bright halo of light located at a mountain peak called Warrior's Summit on the Planet O-50. Two elite warriors, Gai and Juggler tried to harness the light but out of the two, only Gai was successful, becoming the current giant he is known as. Leaving O-50, their first mission is to stop the threat of Psychi and his army of Bezelbs. Being inexperienced at first, Orb lost against a Bezelb on Planet Rurin until Juggler advised to use his beam properly. Orb later fought with a Kugutsu infected Bemstar and lost once more. After defeating the Bemstar in space, he joined forces with the Kanon Royal Guards Micott and Ricca on a journey to Planet Zain, where Psychi and the Queen Bezelb and her children reside. While chasing Psychi to Kanon, he is joined by two senior Ultras Dyna and Cosmos as they thwart the mad scientist's invasion and saved Kanon Queen Amate/War God from Kugutsu infection.

After Juggler deserted Gai for destroying the Tree of Life, the latter was sent by Amate towards the Earth to protect the giant tree once more with the help of Earth scientists Shohei and Yui. The Kanon queen ended up following him later on due to her obligation to protect the tree as Gai met more of his predecessors, the Earth Ultras Gaia and Agul. After narrowly escaping Psychi's trap with the help of Juggler, Gai/Orb proceeded to protect the Queen Bezelb when she and her younglings defended the Tree of Life from Japanese soldiers but ended up getting infected with the Kugutsu after using Orb's body as a meat shield to protect the War God. He nearly succumbed to the poison's effect until Juggler saved him again under his own proxy to surpass the warrior of light. With all of his predecessors gathered, Orb joined them in the final battle against Psyqueen, purifying the War God with Shohei's help and rescued Psychi from his own death.

With the Queen Bezelb dead, Gai was commended by his predecessors, before returning to Planet O-50. Orb as Origin the First was upgraded into Orb Origin before embarking on his second mission.

Chapter 2: "I am the Migration Bird of Galaxy" arc
Orb embarks on his second mission to collect all four elemental powers of the Orbcalibur. In one of his journeys, he met Mulnau and Alien Gapiya Sadeath, the latter which he fought and won.

Chapter 3: "The Man Who Stole the Black Hole" arc
Gai and Juggler started their rivalry, with each grabs the Orb Ring and Dark Ring respectively. Their symbolic conflict of light and darkness had become a legend among the universe. Since Gai obtain the Orb Ring, this gave Orb the necessity to use it as an alternate transformation device in the future.

Chapter 4: "Fight! Ishtal Civilization" arc
Gai and Juggler arrived on the Planet Earth in the year 1800 BC. When Juggler unleashed Maga-Tanothor to Ishtal Civilization, Orb fought against the monster and obtain Tiga's card but their battle resulted with Ishtal turned into Mohenjo-Daro.

Chapter 5: "From Rusalka with Love" arc
In the year 1908, an injured Gai made his stop in Rusalka and befriended Natasha Romanová. When fighting against Maga-Zetton, Gai/Orb noticed Natasha and try get her out but an explosion from said monster seemingly killed her. In retaliation, Orb launched a full power attack that engulfed both monster and the forest in explosion. Gai collected Ultraman's Ultra Fusion Card and then cried out in remorse in her apparent death. After sealing Orb Origin, Gai was forced to rely upon the use of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga's cards that allowed him to assume the form of Spacium Zeperion.

Ultraman Orb
108 years later in the present day (2016), he continues to fight against the King Demon Beasts in Japan. He comes across the SSP and VTL Squad leader Ittetsu Shibukawa, saving them on numerous occasions and received new Ultra Fusion Cards with every King Demon Beast he eliminated. But in truth, he unknowingly assisted Juggler to reawaken Maga-Orochi and succeeded after stealing Ultraman Belial's card from Planet Invasion Union.

After Juggler stole his cards, Princess Tamayura gave Gai the cards of Zoffy and Ultraman Belial, with her "destruction" allowed the dark Ultra to provide Gai his powers. This resulted in the birth of Thunder Breaster, a form that solely focus on destruction. Because of its performance against Maga-Orochi, Gai grows fearful of this power and once more proven fatal when he had no choice but to use it against Galactron. Although winning against his opponent, he also had endangered two people at once, first is a Z-VTOL pilot whose ship crashed into the mountains and later on Naomi when she was kidnapped as Galactron's hostage. As a result from his previous fight, Orb was branded as a public enemy.

Regaining Orb Origin
Still in doubt of himself, he returned to Rusalka and met Juggler again, who summoned Zeppandon, a King Demon Beast that is a fusion of Zetton, Pandon and Maga-Orochi's tail. Although being coerced by Juggler in their fight, Orb refused to utilize Belial's power again and instead use Burnmite's Stobium Dynamite as a cover to escape.

The next day, Juggler awakened Zeppandon again near the Forbidden Forest. Cleared of his own fears, Orb utilized and successfully maintaining control of Thunder Breaster. While Zeppandon proved stronger and him being attacked by Z-VTOL planes, Orb shielded the SSP members and thanks to Jetta's filming, his public reputation has been restored. Under Gai's previous order, Naomi sings the melody that accompanies Gai's Orbnica song, Orb/Gai regains faith in his powers and the ability to transform into his original form, Orb Origin. In this form, he shrugged off incoming attacks and overpowered Zeppandon using the Orbcalibur before finishing the monster for good. Despite regaining Orb Origin, he still preferred to use his Fusion Up forms and resort to use the former when the situation calls for. He also dealt with remnants of Planet Invasion Union, Tarude and Maddock's spare.

Final battle against Magata no Orochi
Various aliens left the Earth after sensing a disturbance that would wipe the entire planet. Juggler, who trained himself to defeat Gai/Orb, detected the same disturbance and to challenge his rival for the final time. Orb fought his archenemy and managed to do so after struggling against the former's attack.

A new threat that was predicted by many had arrived in the form of Magata no Orochi, the adult form of Maga-Orochi which was thought to be killed by Orb himself. The Ultra Warrior faced it again but even the same form he used before (Thunder Breaster) and his original power can't deliver the slightest damage to the monster. Untransformed, an exhausted Gai was forced to deal with Juggler when he kidnapped Naomi in hopes of driving the former to despair. When Naomi confidently took responsibility of her own death, Juggler wasn't able to carry out the deed and instead rescued her from a crashed Z-VTOL. This event revealed that he was Natasha's rescuer in the past and for Gai to embrace his rival.

Leaving Naomi in Juggler's care, Gai transformed into Orb and charged with all his might, using Spacium Zeperion, Burnmite and finally Orb Origin but neither of them can hurt the beast. Juggler assisted his rival after persuasions from Naomi and the rest of the SSP and VTL reveal the monster's weak spot. While Juggler was restrained by Magata no Orochi, Orb used the powers of his Ultra Fusion Cards and fired their signature beams at the monster, ending the prophesied destruction from the ancient past. He reverted to Gai, bidding farewell to Naomi (who actually knew his true identity from the start) and left to parts unknown after swearing to return someday.

Ultraman Orb The Movie: Lend Me The Power of Bonds!
Gai returned to the SSP after a long time traveling around the Earth and met Ultraman X in his X Devizer, who sought his help to search for his separated host Daichi Ozora. But during that time, Mulnau and her forces appeared and captured X as part of her space jewel collection.

Chapter 8: "Super Sky Great Violent-beast Desastro" arc
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Ultra Fight Orb
After fighting against a Demaaga on Earth, Orb trailed its energy to space and assisted Zero in defeating Juda Spectre and Mecha Gomora. Seeing Demaaga's case related to the darkness in Planet Yomi, Orb offered Zero a hand and the two were greeted by its mastermind Reibatos. Although Orb managed to catch him on trail, he was defeated due to Reibatos' immortality. This leaves him in training with Seven and Zero for 10 years and eventually received a new form called Emerium Slugger. Shortly after defeating Tyrant, he pursued Reibatos in his dimension and defeated the villain via continuous attacks. In the Land of Light, Orb was offered with the Star Marks but denied them as he is just a passing wanderer and left.

Chapter 10: "Migration Birds, Go to the Sky" arc
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Statistics

 * Height: 50 m
 * Thunder Breaster: 55 m
 * Origin The First: 10 m ~ 50 m
 * Weight: 50,000 t
 * Hurricane Slash: 35,000 t
 * Thunder Breaster: 55,000 t
 * Origin The First: 10,000 t ~ 50,000 t
 * Weakness: Like all Ultras, Orb's Color Timer is subjected to the three-minute limit. Once his Timer blinks, the Fusion Up of the Ultra Warriors will start to break apart.

All forms

 * Color Timer (カラータイマー): Orb possess an "O" shaped Color Timer.
 * Ultra Armor: Orb has the standard Ultra Armor, being resistant to fire and lasers.
 * Forehead Crystal: Orb has a crystal on his forehead that changes color according to his forms. It can be used to fire beams such as the Triple Emerium Ray or the Knuckle Cross Beam.
 * Protector (プロテクター): Orb has 4 metallic pieces of smaller Protectors on his chest. This feature is present from Orb Origin/Origin the First and is carried over to all of his in-series Fusion Ups, except Emerium Slugger. They are absent from the game-exclusive forms except Leo Zero Knuckle and Power Strong.

Fusion Up forms exclusive (In-series)

 * Protector (プロテクター): Orb has Protectors in his Spacium Zeperion, Hurricane Slash and Emerium Slugger forms.
 * Ultra Horns (ウルトラホーン): In his Burnmite form, Orb has Ultra Horns similar to Taro's in shape and Father of Ultra's in size. It is unknown if these Ultra Horns can manipulate large amounts of energy like the horns of the former two.
 * Orb Sluggers (オーブスラッガー): In his Hurricane Slash and Emerium Slugger forms, Orb has a pair of Crest Weapons attached to his head. Unlike typical crest weapons, they do not detach from his head.
 * Eye Slugger (アイスラッガー): In addition to his Orb Sluggers, Orb possess an exact copy of Seven's signature weapon while in Emerium Slugger form.
 * Ultra Breaster (ウルトラブレスター): In his Thunder Breaster form, Orb inherits Zoffy's signature badges of honor on his shoulders.
 * Cyber Mechanic (サイバーメカニック): Orb's Ultra Armor in Lightning Attacker form modeled after futuristic technology.
 * Zenshin Crystals (全身のクリスタル): As Orb Trinity or Lightning Attacker, Orb possess these in the same places that Ginga and Victory do.

Transformation
{{#tag:tabber| Fusion Up= Gai first scans a pair of Ultra Fusion Cards in the Orb Ring, creating a projection of its two corresponding Ultra Warriors as the screen facing the respective angle of their faces. Afterwards, he performs a specific movement and raises the Orb Ring up which causes his body to transform into Ultraman Orb with his entire body being covered in a luminous silhouette. The Ultra projections shine the same color as their respective Ultra Fusion Card's attribute and combine with Orb to create their corresponding form. This caused his silhouette to evaporate and unveiled its corresponding form. After the rising sequence, Orb delivers a specific pre-battle catchphrase just before descending into the fight.

Despite the long transformation step, this was done in a time freezing sequence as in episode 5, Orb switches from Spacium Zeperion to Hurricane Slash in a moment in mid-air whereas Gai's sequence was supposedly longer than the intended time.{{Storylink|A Heart That Won't Flee}} If at any point the transformation is interrupted from within, the time freezing effect is lost.{{Storylink|The Dark King's Blessing}}

{{#tag:tabber| Spacium Zeperion= {{Quote|Ultraman! Tiga! I'm borrowing the power of your lights!|Activation announcement for Spacium Zeperion}}

After scanning both cards, Gai simply raises the Orb Ring up similar to both Ultraman's Beta Capsule and Tiga's Spark Lens. During the rise sequence, the background first appears to resemble that of the opening sequence from Ultraman's TV series (a green twisted spiral followed by a red explosion) before changing to Tiga's rise sequence for Orb to appear. Flashes of light occur in the background similar to Ultraman and Tiga's rise scenes.

In the final episode, Gai while running transforms in a real time sequence as projections of Ultraman and Tiga fly alongside him before he transforms into Orb Origin and the former two combine with him to form Spacium Zeperion.{{Storylink|The Sunset Wanderer}}

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Forms
{{#tag:tabber| Fusion Up= {{#tag:tabber| In-Series= After Ultraman Orb loses his original powers (and by extent, his Orb Origin form), he currently relies upon the use of Ultra Fusion Cards that he acquires where he combines the power of past two Ultra Warriors. Each combination results in different forms, but while assuming them Orb still has traces left from Orb Origin, such as his Ultra Armor (chest), red vector-shaped linings on his legs and a black-colored neck. {{#tag:tabber| Spacium Zeperion= Spacium Zeperion 1={{Quote|Fusion Up! Ultraman Orb: Spacium Zeperion!|Transformation announcement}} 2={{Quote|I light the darkness and strike at evil!|Spacium Zeperion's pre-battle catchphrase}}

{{nihongo|Spacium Zeperion|スペシウムゼペリオン|Supeshiumu Zeperion}} is Orb's light-based default form with the most balance in terms of ability perimeters which uses assets of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga. This form debuts in episode 1.

In this form, Orb utilizes various beam-oriented attacks. He is also capable of channeling the abilities of Tiga's Type Change forms, each signified by one of his markings glowing brightly.

This form's name is a portmanteau of Ultraman's "Specium Ray" and Tiga's "Zepellion Ray".
 * Flight Speed: Mach 6.5
 * Running Speed: Mach 2.5
 * Jumping Distance: 1000 m


 * Techniques
 * Special


 * {{nihongo|Sperion Ray|スペリオン光線|Superion Kōsen}}: A finishing attack performed in a similar manner to the original Ultraman's Specium Ray.
 * Superpowered Sperion Ray: An ability exclusive to Ultraman Festival 2016's second stageshow, Episode Z. Orb fires his Sperion Ray as usual, but it is charged up by the other rays of the present Ultras, which includes Ultraman's Specium Ray, X's Xanadium Ray, Zero's Wide Zero Shot, Mebius' Mebium Shoot, 80's Saxium Ray, Yullian's energy, Great's Burning Plasma, Tiga's Zepellion Ray, Taro's Storium Ray, Ginga's Ginga Cross Shoot and Victory's Victorium Shoot. It is powerful enough to destroy Z's Zetton Alien Baltan.
 * {{nihongo|Sperion Light Ring|スペリオン光輪|Superion Kōrin}}: Orb forms a purple buzzsaw-like projectile disc to slice his opponent, performed in a similar manner to the charge up of both Ultraman's Ultra Slash and Tiga's Zepellion Ray, and with a sound similar to that of the Ultra Slash. When using this attack, Orb emits Ultraman's grunt. Once thrown, it travels on a straight path, but if needed, it can be caught and redirected. Alternatively, it is also regarded as {{nihongo|Sperion Slash|スペリオンスラッシュ|Superion Surasshu}} by certain materials. Other variants are:
 * A gigantic variation where Orb summoned the Light Ring, charging it into a larger halo before tossing it to the enemy.
 * A hand-sized energy shuriken, which can be fired multiple times.
 * {{nihongo|Specium Ray|スペシウム光線|Supeshiumu Kōsen}}: By tapping into Ultraman's powers, Orb can perform his original (+)-style finisher. This is only demonstrated in the Ultraman Festival 2016. It is also available in Fusion Fight! should the players choose to scan Ultraman's card number 1-001, 2-036, 3-034, 4-016 or T-001.
 * {{nihongo|Double Specium Ray|ダブルスペシウム光線|Dabaru Supeshiumu Kōsen}}: He performs the Specium Ray with Ultraman. Only used in Ultraman Festival 2016 to finish off Zetton Alien Baltan in the first stageshow.

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Combinations
The Ultras used in each of Orb's forms share something in common with each other.


 * Fusion Up (In-Series)
 * Ultraman + Ultraman Tiga = Spacium Zeperion: They both serve as the main representative of their eras (Showa for the former and Heisei for the latter) in most Ultraman stage shows, press conferences, and promotions. Their fighting skills are also notably well balanced and had also encountered bird monsters in their series, whose motive is to avenge the death of their child and was spared by their respective Ultra Warriors. In real life, Orb's series is a milestone celebration of the 50th and 20th anniversaries of Ultraman and Ultraman Tiga respectively.
 * Ultraman Taro + Ultraman Mebius = Burnmite: They are both members of the Ultra Brothers, with the latter being a student to the former. They were also notably rookies of the Space Garrison during their first arrival on Earth, where they received character development as their respective series progressed. Additionally, both of them fused with the other Ultra Brothers during their movies in order to defeat an enemy that was too powerful for them to defeat individually.
 * Taro: Super Ultraman Taro vs. Grand King in Ultraman Story.
 * Mebius: Ultraman Mebius Infinity vs. U-Killersaurus in Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers.
 * Ultraman Jack + Ultraman Zero = Hurricane Slash: They are both related in some manner to Ultraseven (the former is his brother-in-arms, while the latter is his son), whom they received their respective Ultra Bracelets from. They have also each fought against an Alien Bat who both revived and enhanced a past monster under their control.
 * Jack: Zetton II in the final episode of The Return of Ultraman.
 * Zero: EX Red King in the Ultra Zero Fight mini-series.
 * Zoffy + Ultraman Belial = Thunder Breaster: This combination is ironic, as it not only represents good and evil but Zoffy notably has an incorruptible will and more self-control compared to Belial. However, they are both known for being members of the Space Garrison in their past, and have even fought alongside Ken and Marie. They are also one of the strongest Ultra Warriors to date (Zoffy for his M87 Ray and Belial for his strength), as well as leaders of a group consisted of six (the former leads the Ultra Brothers, while the latter leads the Darkness Five). Predating Belial from his debut in the 2009 movie, Zoffy had twice been turned evil within game publications for the Ultra Series.
 * Gaia Saver (1994): After being brainwashed into becoming Ultra Killer.
 * Ultraman Fighting Evolution 0 (2006): After being possessed by Yapool.
 * Ultraman Ginga + Ultraman X = Lightning Attacker: They are production-wise the first to appear in their respective universes until later media revealed that there are actually other Ultra Warriors that preceded them (Ultraman Victory and Ultraman Tiga respectively) in ancient times. Coincidentally, both of their predecessors are also Earth-born Ultras as well as the two original narrators of Shin Ultraman Retsuden. In real life, their voice actors are known for being close friends and hosts of the late night show Tokyo Encounter, so much so that their friendship is often joked about by their fellow co-workers.
 * Ultraseven + Ultraman Zero = Emerium Slugger: Aside from their father-son relationship, Seven and Zero have faced off against mechanical doppelgangers of themselves that served an evil faction. Both have also fought alongside their non-Ultra companions (Seven's Capsule Monsters and Ultimate Force Zero), as well as traveled to an alternate universe to stop an alien invasion that plagued the Earth. During their dimensional travel, they acquired new forms (Seven into Seven X and Zero with Mode Changes). Finally, their powers were once exploited by an evil force, resulting in their appearances being greatly altered.
 * Seven: Utilized by Seiichiro Isurugi into Ultraseven Dark.
 * Zero: Possessed by Ultraman Belial into Zero Darkness.


 * Fusion-Up (Game-Exclusive)
 * Ultraman Gaia + Ultraman Victory = Photon Victorium: They are both Earth-born Ultra Warriors with their powers being drawn from Earth-like energies (Gaia Energy and Victorium respectively). They have also both received their upgrades from blue-colored secondary Ultra Warriors, with said upgrade forms being indirectly considered combinations.
 * Gaia: Ultraman Gaia Version 2 via Ultraman Agul's human host, Hiroya Fujimiya, giving him his light.
 * Victory: Ultraman Victory Knight via Ultraman Hikari creating the Knight Timbre for him to utilize.
 * Ultraman Tiga + Ultraman Max = Sky Dash Max: They are both connected to ancient human civilizations (the former is part of the Ancient Giants of Light, while the latter had banished Alien Tarla's brethren away from Earth). Their fighting styles are also primarily based on speed, strength, and aerial combat. During the final episodes of their respective series, they were petrified after losing to gigantic opponents before they were revived and able to fight on the same level. After their job on Earth had ended, their human hosts married the female protagonist of their series in later life, with recent media implying their descendants ended up following their footsteps. Coincidentally, the first episode of their respective series involved fighting two kaiju at the same time.
 * Ultraman Cosmos + Ultraman X = Full Moon Xanadium: They both have human hosts (Musashi Haruno and Daichi Ozora respectively) who are known for being pacifists, with their true power lying in how they cease conflicts without needing to kill the monsters. Their human hosts as well were notorious for hardly taking drastic countermeasures during monster attacks and comparably the weakest in martial arts practice. Interestingly enough, in episode 14 of Ultraman X, Cosmos is one of the inspirations for Daichi to realize his dream of befriending monsters, as both Ultra Warriors have fought against brainwashed monsters during their series' course. Predating Ultraman X, Cosmos is the first Ultraman with the ability to digitize himself, doing so to travel within a machine and stop a dream invading monster.
 * Ultraman Leo + Ultraman Zero = Leo Zero Knuckle: They were both known for being hot blooded and short tempered individuals who originally only wanted to become stronger for their own motives until the experiences they received in their lives gave them character development, allowing them to mature. In real life, their designs are based on Ultraseven archetypes. They are also Judo practitioners, with the latter learning from the former, and were even instructors at one point in their lives where they provided their students with harsh and handicapped training.
 * Leo: Trained Zero by having him imprisoned in a Techtor Gear armor.
 * Zero: Trained Ginga and Victory's human hosts, Hikaru Raido and Shou respectively, by having them handcuffed to each others' arms.
 * Ultraman Tiga + Ultraman Dyna = Zeperion Solgent/Power Strong: They originate from the same universe and were the first two Ultra Warriors to demonstrate the ability to change not only their colors, but their combat performances as well. Dyna is in fact Tiga's spiritual successor, which is heavily acknowledged both in-series and by the fans. At one point in their respective series, their powers were exploited by individuals in the hopes of reanimating an Ultra Warrior for their own evil purposes. In several of their battles, they were defeated by gigantic opponents while bearing their strength-oriented forms (Power Type and Strong Type respectively). According to the official website, both Tiga and Dyna are in fact Ultra Warriors under the situation called as "human Ultraman" (人間ウルトラマン) due to their host in full control of their bodies. It is also notable that one of their Type Change forms has several homage to the original Ultraman.
 * Tiga: Power Type is an all-red form which possess brute strength and raw firepower. Ultraman is known for being able to bench-press with the load of 200,000 t and having multiple ranged attacks.
 * Dyna: Miracle Type is an all-blue form which has aspects of both ranged and ESP-based attacks. Similar to how Ultraman is immune to electricity-based attacks, Dyna Miracle Type can manipulate electricities, to the point of having used it once to self-recharge his own Color Timer.
 * Ultraman Dyna + Ultraman Belial = Thunder Miracle: They both have electricity and black hole-based attacks (Revolium Wave and Belial Black Hole Thunder respectively) and are related to Ultraman Zero in several ways (the former is his close friend, while the latter is his archenemy). Their voice actors are also close friends with his. They have also both united with said Ultra Warrior, resulting in him gaining access to several powers.
 * Dyna: Fused with Zero alongside Cosmos to become Ultraman Saga, which in turn provided him with access to his StrongCorona and LunaMiracle mode changes as a side effect.
 * Belial: Possessed Zero to assassinate the Ultimate Force Zero, but at the same time gave him access to Shining Zero which helped to expel Belial and undo the damages caused by him.
 * Ultraseven + Ultraman Ace = Slugger Ace: They are both members of the Ultra Brothers who were infamously known for attacks that dismember their opponents (Ultra Knock Tactic and Ultra Guillotine respectively). They are also the first two forward crest Ultra Warriors in the franchise's history and their finishing attacks are performed as L-style beams. They also uses ESP in conjunction to their weapons and were killed in episode 39 of their series before being revived. It is also known that they lost their family members in their past and was taken care by someone else:
 * Seven: Lost his mother at a young age and subsequently taken care by his older sister during his childhood.
 * Ace: His parents died in the Great Ultra War and was adopted by Ken and Marie, the former being an old friend of Ace's father.
 * Ultraman Agul + Ultraman Hikari = Knight Rikidater: They are both blue secondary Ultra Warriors with a transformation item on their right wrist (Agulater and Knight Brace respectively) who were known for their ability to conjure energy swords from their arms, as well as being initially portrayed as the anti-heroes of their series until eventually allying themselves with the titular Ultra Warriors. During their respective debut, both used their signature moves to save their main Ultras. Agul's human host, Hiroya Fujimiya, and Hikari are also scientists and were once driven mad from the deaths of a certain person. They are also both responsible for giving the titular Ultra Warriors an upgraded form.
 * Agul: Gives Gaia his light to become Gaia V2 and Gaia Supreme.
 * Hikari: Lent Mebius his Knight Brace, allowing the former to become Mebius Brave.
 * He also created the Knight Timbre for Victory to become Victory Knight.
 * Ultraman + Ultraman Nexus = Spacium Schtrom: The latter, as well as his lesser form Ultraman the Next, had his design themed after the former and his series was meant to be a reboot of the original series. Ultraman and Nexus' first appearance in their respective series/movie was when they encountered a pilot and merged with them to save their lives while fighting against the monster they had chased to Earth. Predating Ultraman's first arrival to Earth, Nexus arrived first in his original form, rescuing an ancient civilization from a monster. Similar to Ultraman's host Shin Hayata, Nexus' female human hosts (Nagi and Sayuri) are sub-captains of their respective attack teams. They have also both received evolution as their series progressed.
 * Ultraman: Type A, Type B, and Type C.
 * Nexus: The Next (Anphans & Junis), Nexus (Anphans, Junis, & Junis Blue), and Noa.
 * Ultraman Agul + Ultraman Belial = Thunder Stream: Their shared features are summoning weapons from their hands (Agul's Agul Blade and Belial's Kaiser Belial Claws). Agul's host (Hiroya Fujimiya) and Belial are known for being prodigies in their respective talents, but at the same time are labelled as lawbreakers in certain aspects, and are capable of manipulating monsters through certain devices (Fujimiya via a mind-controlling device and Belial via the Giga Battle Nizer). Whereas Agul is an Earth-born Ultraman with an association to different bodies of water, Belial's current state is designed by Masayuki Gotou after a shark.
 * Ultraman Mebius + Ultraman Ginga = Mebium Especially: Mebius and Ginga's host, Hikaru Raido are Taro's students. Their weapons are derived from their own transformation items and share the ability to conjure swords from their arms, as well as flame-based projectile attacks. They have also utilized the power of the core six Ultra Brothers and combined with the secondary Ultra Warrior of their respective series by synchronizing their transformation devices.
 * Mebius: Combines with the Ultra Brothers into Mebius Infinity, later with Ultraman Hikari into Phoenix Brave via the Mebius Brace and Knight Brace.
 * Ginga: Utilizes the Strium Brace into Ginga Strium, later combines with Ultraman Victory into Ultraman Ginga Victory via the Ultra Fusion Brace and Victory Lancer.
 * Zoffy + Ultraman Hikari = Breaster Knight: Both are the oldest members of the Ultra Brothers whose age surpassed the original Ultraman (20,000 years old) and acquired their Star Marks due to their greatest achievements in the Land of Light (Zoffy for his fight against an army of monsters and Hikari for his discovery to revive fallen Ultras). Both were also known to have worn sets of armors at some point in time, but are no longer shown utilizing them in the present day. In Ultraman Mebius, both had a major involvement that contributed to the story's plot and bonded with Crew GUYS' captains as human hosts, supporting Mebius in his final battle against Alien Empera. Their major involvement in the series are:
 * Zoffy: Saving Shingo Sakomizu from a fleet of alien saucers, therefore allowing TDF to form GUYS upon his return. Zoffy also merged with Sakomizu to assist Mebius Phoenix Brave/Crew GUYS during the final battle.
 * Hikari: Saving former GUYS captain Kazuya Serizawa and assisted Mebius in many of his battles on Earth. He would also make a temporary bond with Ryu Aihara to fight against Alien Empera and becomes a crucial part in the formation of Mebius Phoenix Brave.
 * Ultraman Taro + Ultraman Max = Strium Galaxy: They are the first main Ultra Warriors in their respective eras to be based on Ultraseven archetypes and received their bracer weapons from another Ultra. Their series are made to be mostly lighthearted while still retaining an element of seriousness. They also parted ways with their human hosts instead of maintaining connections with them. Aside from that, they had also faced monsters/aliens with connections to Seven.
 * Taro: Fought against Eleking, who was revived by the moon.
 * Max: Met the Alien Metron that survived his destruction, who wished to depart from Earth on good terms.


 * Trinity Fusion
 * Ultraman Ginga + Ultraman Victory + Ultraman X = Orb Trinity: All three Ultra Warriors made their serial debut within Shin Ultraman Retsuden. They are the first Ultramen whose devices and powers were derived from collectible devices (particularly Spark Dolls) and shared the common ability to defeat their targets with non-lethal abilities (either transforming them into Spark Dolls or pacifying them). Their theatrical appearances as well involve them receiving assistance from a large number of Ultra Warriors and faced against an opponent who is either capable of summoning past villain copies (Etelgar's Eteldummies and Zaigorg's Devil Clone Beasts) or rather being copies themselves (Bug Rays of Evil Tiga, Chaos Ultraman, and Chaosroids). Last but not least, both the Ultramen and their host possess connections to Ultra Kaiju in several ways:
 * Ginga: Dark Lugiel is his original half before they separated.
 * Hikaru Raido: Is capable of transforming into Kaiju via Ginga Spark.
 * Victory: Utilizes Ultrans, manifesting the Kaiju's powers via his right arm. He is also connected to Shepherdon as beings empowered by Victorium.
 * Shou: Can utilize Kaiju Spark Dolls as energy bullets via Victory Lancer.
 * X: Utilizes MonsArmor, combining both the Ultraman and any corresponding Cyber Kaiju.
 * Daichi Ozora: As a Xio officer, Daichi can use the X Devizer (or Xio Devizer during X's absence) to utilize the Cyber Cards, either summoning them to real life or utilizing a portion of their powers through Xio machinery.

Trivia

 * Orb is the third Ultra whose Color Timer is modeled after an English letter. The first was Victory whose timer is in the shape of a V and the second was X whose timer is in the shape of a X.
 * Orb is the second Ultra to have a host who is not native to Earth. The first is Ultraman Justice. However as time passed, Gai eventually addressed both him and Ultraman Orb as a singular being and in early information provided by Tsuburaya Productions, Gai is stated to be Ultraman Orb's human form, thus hinting that his situation alluded that of the Residents of the Land of Light.
 * Eventually, it is revealed that Gai had evolved into Orb, making him the first Ultra to evolve
 * Orb is the fourth Ultra who has bright blue eyes. The first was Powered, the second was Evil Tiga, and the third was Zero in his Shining Zero form.
 * Orb is the seventh good Ultra to feature black markings on his body. The first was Tiga in Tiga Dark, the second was Agul, the third was Gaia in both Version 2 and Supreme Version, the fourth was Justice, the fifth was Nexus in Junis Form, and the sixth was Victory.
 * Orb's Color Timer's sound is a high pitch version of Zero's Color Timer.
 * In terms of Orb's Fusion Up forms, 15 Ultra Warriors (Ultraman, Zoffy, Seven, Taro, Tiga, Dyna, Agul, Max, Mebius, Hikari, Zero, Belial, Ginga, Victory, and X) have been used in more than one combination.
 * Of these Ultra Warriors, Tiga has the most combinations with 4. Dyna, Zero, Belial, Ginga, and X follow second with 3 each, while the others have 2 each.
 * One of the game-exclusive Fusion Up forms, Lightning Attacker, is rather interesting in a metaphorical sense, as technologies (X) are known for their constant evolution as time passes on to the future (Ginga).
 * Of all game-exclusive Fusion Up forms, Lightning Attacker is the first one to be shown in both stage-show and mannequin/suit appearance. However, its mannequin appearance had normal shoe-style feet instead of pointed feet.
 * A reason for Tsuburaya choosing this form may be because it is a fusion of the past 2 Main Ultras, Ginga and X, who were featured along with Orb at the event.
 * Eventually, Lightning Attacker has been given a life-action suit, as well as another Fusion Up form, Emerium Slugger.
 * Hurricane Slash's teleportation ability comes from Ultraman Saga rather than either Jack or Zero, with the latter being one of the main components used to make up this fusion. Orb used this ability to keep up with and counter Hyper Zetton Deathscythe in a similar manner to Saga with the original Imago Hyper Zetton.
 * When Belial's card was scanned for the first time in Thunder Breaster's debut episode, his laughter can be heard while the Orb Ring toy only emits his grunt. This is due to Belial consciously doing it out of amusement when Gai/Orb prepared to use his power out of hatred towards Maga-Orochi for destroying Princess Tamayura.
 * Thunder Breaster's brutish fighting skills are ironic since both Zoffy and even Belial are mostly level headed in terms of combat, to the point where the latter is also an evil genius, such as being able to construct his own empire and create his own army. However, this trait is a reference to Reimon in his Burst Mode, a being who is similarly a Reionics like Belial.
 * Predating Orb's usage of Thunder Breaster, Belial had once noted in episode 103 of Ultraman Retsuden that his rival Zero's strength comes from his desire to protect the weak. This led to the conclusion that he needed to find something he can protect, resulting in his disappearance from Shin Ultraman Retsuden until its 49th episode as the Darkness Five had debuted earlier than him.
 * Orb in Thunder Breaster form is the second Ultra whose eyes aren't round nor boxy like almost of Ultras. The first one being Ultraman Belial.
 * Unlike other Form-changing Ultras, Orb has a unique rise for each of his forms. This eventually allows Gai to transform into various forms of Ultraman Orb instantly without the need to assume his default forms (Origin or Spacium Zeperion).
 * Because of how Thunder Breaster's ironic combination, a lot of fans (mostly from Japan) tend to create illustrations featuring Belial having an internal conflict with Zoffy in various ways.
 * This joke is acknowledged and taken further in the Ultraman New Generation Event where Thunder Breaster is portrayed as such in front of the viewers. Examples include struggling to either shake hands or attack the visitors and attacking a fan who wears a cap with a resemblance to Ultraman Zero (Belial's archenemy).
 * Orb Origin's marking resembles that of the original Ultraman, thus making him one of the Ultra Warriors themed after the latter, with Orb Origin The First's primarily red markings only going to further point to the connection. In particular, his markings (some of which were retained in his In-Series Fusion Ups) were used to represent Ultraman-Type Ultras when performing a Fusion Up during the series.
 * Despite said form being his original form, the official website of Tsuburaya Productions listed Orb Spacium Zeperion as his default form.
 * Orb Origin's elemental powers seem to stem from or at least parallel the King Demon Beasts, minus Maga-Zetton, Maga-Tanothor and Maga-Orochi.
 * Wind = Maga-Basser
 * Ground = Maga-Grand King
 * Water = Maga-Jappa
 * Flame = Maga-Pandon
 * In early photographs of Orb Trinity, the suit lacked coloration on its shoulder armor and Orb Slasher's serrated blades.
 * Since this form's movie debut pays homage to the 50th anniversary of Ultraseven, Orb Trinity possess several traits that is identical to the titular character himself:
 * His shoulder armors portrayed designs that is identical to Seven's Protectors.
 * His legs and hands are colored red, giving them the appearance of gloves and boots. Seven and other Showa Ultra Warriors had the excess parts of their gloves and boots exposed outside the suit as opposed to Heisei Ultras, hiding them beneath their main suit.
 * Both possess handheld weapons that stored on their anatomies (head and right shoulder).
 * Both utilize an Ultra Kaiju's power in certain ways (Seven used his Capsule Monsters for contingency purpose while Orb taps into Victory's Ultrans and X's MonsArmor).
 * Of all of Orb's game-exclusive/game-originating Fusion Up forms so far, only Leo Zero Knuckle and Power Strong retain Orb's normal Protectors.
 * Orb set a new record for the highest number of crest weapons on a single Ultra, having 3 in Emerium Slugger form.
 * In an official video showcasing Power Strong, its signature finisher is named as Garlacium Hammer, while the Ultraman Fusion Fight official website names it as Garlacium Bomber. This resulted in some confusion about the name of its finisher until Version 5 confirmed it to be Garlacium Bomber.
 * Of all of Orb's fusions, only Orb Trinity does not have a unique atribute to itself in Ultraman Fusion Fight!; its attribute is Light.
 * Thunder Stream, despite having Belial as one of its components, does not have orange/red eyes.
 * Thunder Stream also doesn't have Belial's muscular frame as part of its design. Instead, some of its design were derived from Belial's original form, Early Style, before his Reionics conversion.
 * Of all the forms used in the series, movie and spin-offs, Thunder Breaster is the only form that does not have the characteristic blue eyes of Orb.
 * Towards the end of Ultra Fight Orb, Zoffy remarks that Orb's efforts in defeating Reibatos are worthy of giving him a Star Mark, and Zero even offers him to join the Space Garrison. Orb politely declined both offers as he states that he managed to defeat Reibatos because of the help he had recieved, and that he prefers being a vagabond who moves througout the universe.
 * In scrapped concept art, Orb had a yellow Color Timer and a forward-facing crest. Thunder Breaster also used his normal eyes instead of Belial's.