The Ultraman Zearth: Parody Chapter is a 1996 comedy skit in The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone , a Japanese television variety show and game show starring comedy duo Tunnels. The skit is a parody of the first Ultraman Zearth film and released a day before it.
The Ultra Brothers and Tobei Tachibana from Kamen Rider (played by the late Akiji Kobayashi) appear as guest stars. Ultraman Zearth and the kaiju are portrayed with suits with visible faces, while the Ultra Brothers appear with regular suits.
Synopsis[]
One day, Alien Benzene, a fan of women's mud wrestling, began abducting beautiful women from across Japan to create a powerful monster capable of defeating Ultraman Zearth using mud.
When Tohru was kidnapped, Katsuto sought help from the owner of the café "Amigo." However, the owner mistook him for Takeshi Kinashi, the protagonist of Kamen Norider. Katsuto then transformed into Zearth and headed to the harbor to confront the monster "Cotton-Poppe." Despite his efforts, he was repeatedly unable to defeat the creature and found himself in a desperate situation.In his moment of crisis, Zearth called for help from the Ultra Brothers.
Eventually, Zearth and the Ultra Brothers teamed up and launched a counterattack against Cotton-Poppe. Together, they finally managed to defeat the monster.
Characters[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Cast[]
- Katsuto Asahi /Norimi : Noritake Kinashi
- Akuma Ogami /Alien Benzene /Cotton-Poppe : Takaaki Ishibashi
- Tohru Hoshimi : Yuka Takaoka
- Shinpei Ohkohchi : Masaharu Sekiguchi
- Tobee Tachibana : Akiji Kobayashi
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Trivia[]
- While Yuka Takaoka retains her role as Tohru, the rest of the cast swapped roles:
- Noritake Kinashi portrays Katsuto instead of Futsukichi Konakai.
- Masahru Sekiguchi portrays Ohkochi instead of Katsuto.
- Takaaki Ishibashi portrays Alien Benzene and Cotton-Poppe instead of Ohkochi.
- Akiji Kobayashi also played a fisherman in the first film.
- Noritake Kinashi makes multiple references to Takeshi Kinashi, the protagonist he played in Tunnels' Kamen Rider parody, Kamen Norider.
- His third attempted transformation imitates Kamen Norider's transformation pose.
- Due to various copyright restrictions, the short film was never released through home media.