The Dada Effect, is the sixth episode of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero. It is known in Japan as Invading Circuitry , and is instead placed as the eighth episode.
Synopsis[]
A computer virus named Dada starts killing people who find its computer virus pop-up. WINR and a computer company plan to capture it with limited success, and worse, Dada is able to come out of its digital home and grow to a large size.
Plot[]
On one night at an apartment, while a man named Mark Mitchell was checking his email, he received a message from someone known as "DaDa" only to be sucked right into his computer from merely touching the screen. WINR came onto the scene to investigate to situation, only to find that all that remained was a pile of sand where Mark was abducted.
After collecting samples of the sand, WINR discovered that the silicon sand was composed of living cells hinting that mark’s DNA was inside the sand that was left behind. WINR returned to the site where they found the sand and had nearly all the computers shut down to figure out where the Dada virus came from and get rid of it. However, once Kai and another WINR member entered the computer’s files, there were suddenly trapped within the building itself by an invisible electrical force field created by the Dada virus.
The other WINR members entered the building in rubber suits in hopes of rescuing the others only to be attacked by Dada's true form, as well as two illusions of himself! The Dadas shot down and paralyzed the other members of WINR leaving Kai alone with them. Kai quickly fled by transforming into Ultraman Powered while the Dadas pursued him by merging together into a gigantic form.
Both Powered and Dada fought at a nearby power plant and while Dada's telekinetic and electrical control made him a tricky opponent, Powered fought back, reflecting one of his electric balls and weakening Dada. Then Powered fired his Mega Spacium Beam at a power line connecting to the power plant destroying it along with Dada, who was caught in the explosion. However as WINR left the apartment, one lone computer monitor turned itself back on and eerily muttered "Dada."
Cast[]
- Kenichi Kai: Kane Kosugi
- Russel Edlund: Harrison Page
- Theresa Beck: Sandra Guibord
- Julie Young: Robyn Bliley
- Rick Sanders: Rob Roy Fitzgerald
Guest Actors[]
- Dr. Yusna: Jack Ong
- Neuro Net Executive: Wendy Robie
- Mark Mitchell: Wolf Muser
- Detective: Steve Eastin
- Sean Malloy: Jeffery Thomas Johnson
- Mark Mitchell's Neighbor: Rose Marie
Japanese Dub[]
- Kenichi Kai: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Russel Edlund: Kenji Utsumi
- Theresa Beck: Keiko Toda
- Julie Young: Aya Hisakawa
- Rick Sanders: Masashi Ebara
- Dr. Yusna: Takehiro Koyama
- Neuro Net Executive: Kikuko Inoue
- Mark Mitchell: Hiroaki Hirata
- Detective: Takao Ohyama
- Mark Mitchell's Neighbor: Ai Sato
- Powered Dada: Aruno Tahara
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraman Powered: Scott Rogers
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Trivia[]
- This episode is based on episode 28 "Human Specimens 5 & 6" from Ultraman.
- This was one of the first episodes that doesn't possess complete master reels, which is shown to several scenes of Powered's and Dada's fight sequences.
- At the beginning of the episode, the man can be heard humming a small part of Ultraman's theme song.
| Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero Episodes | |
|---|---|
| 1. On a Mission from M78 | 2. Attack Kemular From Behind | 3. A Quartet of Creatures | 4. The Dark Past | 5. Monstrous Meltdown | 6. The Dada Effect | 7. Devils from the Crypts | 8. A Father's Love | 9. The Fires Beneath | 10. Deadly Starfish | 11. Dino Might | 12. Falling Stars Spell Trouble | 13. The Final Showdown? | |