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"We were born from darkness, and taint everything with it. Ultra Brothers, this time I will surely destroy your light!"
- ―Yapool, Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers
Yapool Ultraman Ace. He has been defeated many times but proves to be immortal because of his eternal resentment for Ultras; while he can be felled in battle, it is impossible to truly kill him, as eventually his unceasing grudge will cause him to be revived. He also tends to avoid death due to his cunning and intelligence, and use of alternate forms and his creations, the Terrible-Monsters, to avoid detection.
is an evil entity and the main antagonist fromThe first overarching antagonist of an entry in the Ultraman Series, Yapool has gone on to become one of the franchise's most enduring and iconic aliens, and has appeared throughout the series since his debut, often acting on his own volition or as part of villainous team-ups with other major antagonists.
Subtitles:
- Yapool: Alternate Dimension Man
- Vakishim: Single-Horned Terrible-Monster
- Giant Yapool: Alternate Dimension Superbeing
Conception
Etymology
Yapool's name was taken from Shōzō Numa's 1956 cult science fiction novel, Kachikujin Yapu.
Design
Giant Yapool's motif is based on a crab and Great King Enma, the god who judge the dead and preside over the Narakas ("Hells" or "Purgatories"), and the cycle of rebirth in Buddhism.
History
Ultraman Ace
Yapool, an ancient creature from another dimension with similarities to Satan and Legion, was an extremely skilled being of many consciousnesses with a knack for creating biological creations known as Terrible-Monsters. Yapool set his sights for Earth, but the original Five Ultra Brothers sent with their youngest member, Ultraman Ace and Earth's attack team at that time, TAC would came to stop him. Yapool would send many monsters to defeat Ultraman Ace, even seeking alien allies but all failed.
Vakishim
- Main article: Vakishim
For once, Yapool decided to take the matters on his own by turning himself into Vakishim Yuko Minami (the female co-host of Ultraman Ace). While she managed to survive, Vakishim managed to possess (or possibly impersonate) a small boy and used him as a puppet to hide from TAC. As the boy, he set his parents' and his home village on fire in a brutal display.
to attack Earth, first by attackingOnce TAC found out about the truth, Vakishim escaped from the boy's body and transformed into his true form and fled through his dimensional portal. Vakishim reappeared out from a different portal near TAC's HQ and proceeded to attack, with nothing that TAC's fighter jets could do. Finally, Ultraman Ace arrived to do battle and after a long brutal fight, Ultraman Ace destroyed Vakishim's horn with the Star Beam Cutter and kills Vakishim with the Palm Cutter followed by the Ultra Slash. Despite Vakishim's defeat, but Yapool managed to survive in his own. Go Up in Flames! Terrible-Monster Hell
Strange Old Man and Giant Yapool
In episode 23, Yapool took action on his own again, plotting a global scale plan with a new alias, the Strange Old Man
and his strongest form, Giant Yapool .One day, Yapool for the first time schemed an invasion on their own hands without using Terrible-Monsters. They started off by sending an agent of them in disguise as an old man, manipulating children from around the globe by singing a hypnotic music and said the world will end. While Hokuto was patrolling, he saw them but it took Yapool's teleporting ability to catch his attention and rushed to the beach where his kidnapping plot took place. Once arrived, the Strange Old Man transformed his head into that of a gorilla and summoned a snowstorm before he attacked Hokuto with his Fire Breath. Hokuto shot him but that made him fell from a cliff. Fortunately, he survived but heavily injured.
"Curses - remember this! Though Yapool may die, Terrible-Monsters live on! They will surely avenge me!"
- ―Giant Yapool after his defeat.
Knowing how far Yapool had gone through TAC decided to attack Yapool in his own domain. Using a special dimensional traveling device TAC sent Hokuto first because he volunteered. However, as the traveling started Yapool began to disrupt it and nearly teleported him into another dimension, but Zoffy arrived and managed to allow him and Minami to become Ultraman Ace. Once Ace was in his dimension Yapool combined themselves and used their anger over Ace and TAC to turn into a single entity, Giant Yapool. The battle between the two giants commenced as Giant Yapool and Ace exchanged beams until he was incapable of going on much further. With Giant Yapool beaten, Ace decided to leave his dimension. The Strange Old Man fainted after his comrades' defeat affect him as well and returning the kidnapped children once and for all.
While Yapool had been killed by the destruction of his Giant Form, his spirit lived on, and the process of his resurrection commenced. With Yapool largely incapacitated for now, the way was cleared for other antagonistic aliens such as Alien Hipporit and Alien Steal to travel to the Earth and enact their own schemes. However, even with his giant body's destruction, Yapool's cells dispersed around the Earth and therefore led to multiple Terrible-Monster attacks in spite of his absence and allowing his plans to continue, even without him being present to direct them personally. A Game Changer! Here Comes Zoffy To make matters worse, Yapool's agents remained active, and starting with Mazaronian, a number of agents who had been entrusted Terrible-Monsters by Yapool would make their presence known during their superior's absence, intent on achieving the mastermind's goals in his stead. Behold! Midnight Transformation
Yapool Woman
"If you think you won this fight then you're mistaken, Seiji Hokuto! [...] That's right! You won. Victors live on and losers go to hell. But this isn't the only thing you will remember. Victors must live on bearing the malice of those who have fallen. That is the principle of the fight."
- ―Yapool Woman
Yapool later schemed his vengeance on Hokuto, who was now the sole host of Ace since Minami had left after countless failure of his plans. He disguised himself as a female dentist and tried to make Hokuto to cause him to go insane by placing a hallucination chip on his teeth while he was given a dental care, causing Verokron II to appear only in front of his eyes everywhere. After Hokuto saw several delusions of Verokron II not seen by anyone else and had taken action himself, he was fired from TAC for his unwarranted assault on what they did not see.
Without Hokuto in TAC anymore Yapool felt satisfied and unleashed the real Verokron II to attack the city. The real Verokron II was eliminated by Ace afterwards as Woman Yapool's tricks were later foiled and was killed by Hokuto himself when he fired his gun at the fiend, as he fainted and was reduced to bubbles. But as he was about to report the dental clinic, the entire premise disappeared alongside Yapool's cadaver. Revenge of Verokron
Alien Simon
"Seiji Hokuto. Don't I sound familiar to you? [...] That's right! I'm the one who's manipulating Jumbo King! You've completely fallen into my trap. Why don't you transform into Ace in front of everyone now, Seiji Hokuto? No, Ultraman Ace! [...] Shoot me in front of everyone. No one thinks that I'm Yapool. If you shoot me, you'll betray the children's trust. Taking away kindness from human children and eliminating Ultraman Ace from Earth was my purpose!"
- ―Yapool as Alien Simon
Though it seemed as if Yapool had once again died when Hokuto shot his Yapool Woman form, Yapool had cheated death once again, and had merely escaped to resume his plans to take over the world. After sending the next of his agents and their monsters to carry out his plans, The Flying JellyfishTokyo Great Panic! The Mad Traffic Signals followed by another monster of his own, The Life-Sucking Sound the time was right for Yapool to enact his his grandest plan yet.
Yapool took on the form of a juvenile Alien Simon - a race of aliens he had apparently fought and defeated in the past - as a disguise. With his disguise in place, he first pretended to be targeted by Yapool in order to get closer to TAC. He later escorted some kids away to safety when Jumbo King, the strongest of his creations thus far, attacked the city.
Yapool's disguise was convincing, as he even went as far to only speak in the language of the Simons, but later Yapool told Hokuto via specialized telepathy that he was the mastermind in disguise, and his true plan was to get his revenge on TAC, trick the children into losing their faith in Hokuto and Ace by forcing the former to kill Simon, and then defeat Ace once and for all using Jumbo King. Hokuto shot the Alien Simon, causing the children to lose their faith in him. They didn't believe Hokuto's words when he said that Yapool had communicated the truth to him through telepathy, as only the Ultra Brothers had this power. In spite of the risk of being unable to return to his human form, Hokuto revealed to the children that he was Ace's host, and transformed, regaining their trust. Ace faced off against Jumbo King, who was defeated, and Yapool's reign on Earth was seemingly ended. You Are the Ace of Tomorrow!
Ultraman Taro
Yapool reappeared in Ultraman Taro surviving his battle against Ultraman Ace, as Remodeled Giant Yapool . He was responsible for the first monster of the series, Oil Drinker, that appeared in episode 1, though Yapool himself did not appear. Remodeled Yapool made his first appearance in episodes 29 and 30, with his trio of "Remodeled" Terrible-Monsters.
Yapool hid himself in exile and created a space ship that not only allowed him to enter Earth's dimension, but also travel through space. After the death of Oil Drinker, he revived Bemstar, as Remodeled Bemstar. ZAT was alerted of the situation and tested a new type of giant buzz-saw on Reconstructed Bemstar trying to imitate Jack's Ultra Bracelet, but Yapool's modifications proved that it was not enough to defeat Re-Bemstar. Kotaro Higashi transformed int to Ultraman Taro appeared to battle Re-Bemstar but was defeated. When Re-Bemstar was being repetitively stabbed in the eyes by a young man Hachiro Umino, Yapool sent Remodeled Sabotendar to kill the young man. Ultraman Taro then returned to both of the Terrible-Monsters. Furious that Taro was still alive, Yapool "remodeled" Verokron II to take care of the situation only for all his Terrible-Monsters to be defeated. Yapool tried to retreat from Earth's atmosphere, but Taro used his Strium Beam on Yapool's ship, defeating him once again. Bemstar Returns! Taro's in a Desperate Pinch! Revenge of the Monster Army!
Ultraman Regulos
Despite not making a physical appearance, Yapool was mentioned by Volcan, who had bargained with him in order to obtain a Baraba which he used against Ultraman Regulos during their final battle. Ultraman Regulos
Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers
In the year 1986, the ever plotting Yapool sent a new Terrible-Monster of his, called the U-Killersaurus, to dispose of Ultraman, Ultraseven, Jack, and Ace. The battle began on the moon, with the four Ultras dodging everything U-Killersaurus threw at them. Grappling with the beast proved futile, as its strength was enough to hold off two Ultras at once. Yapool laughed at their efforts. He claimed that U-Killersaurus was created from the hate of the Yapool. When the four Bros. tried to use their beams on the Terrible-Monster, it flew towards Earth. The heroes tried to stop U-Killersaurus, only to be met by a barrage of his organic missiles. Avoiding those, the Bros. prepared to launch their beams again, when Ultraman halted them; firing their beams so close to the Earth could harm the citizens. After grappling with U-Killersaurus' extendable claws, it was then that the four of them did the only thing they could do without harming Earth: imprison U-Killersaurus in a dimensional prison with its creator, Yapool. After crippling U-Killersaurus by blasting off his limbs, Jack and Ace combined their Spacium and Metalium Beams to send U-Killersaurus plummeting into the Earth. The Bros. arrived at the scene, and, using the Final Cross Shield, the four Bros. sealed U-Killersaurus and Yapool into the bay they had landed in.
"Commrade? Don't make me laugh. He was nothing but sacrificial pawn."
- ―Yapool as he reveal his betrayal against Alien Nackle.
For twenty years both Yapool and U-Killersaurus would remain sealed, until he duped a group of aliens, Temperor, Zarab, Guts, and Nackle into free them. After finally being revived by Alien Nackle and Alien Guts, U-Killersaurus was even more powerful than before. Yapool was revived as well, and casually killed his supposed ally, Nackle (Guts was destroyed by Mebius). As far as he was concerned, Nackle was just a pawn. U-Killersaurus then proceeded to mercilessly beat the Ultra Bros. with his new strength. Even when Ultraman Taro and Zoffy arrived to assist the brothers, they still could not stop this juggernaut of a monster. U-Killersaurus Neo soon caught Mebius with his large pinchers, and prepared his ultimate attack in order to kill him. However, the remaining Ultra Bros. combined their power with Mebius, and the result was Ultraman Mebius Infinity. U-Killersaurus Neo was helpless against him, as he easily smashed into his body and came out the other side, causing U-Killersaurus Neo to decay into dust, along with Yapool, ending his terror until Alien Empera revived him months later. Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers
Ultraman Mebius
Yapool then reappeared in Ultraman Mebius episode 24 and became a recurring antagonist in the show.
Having escaped death, Yapool sought his revenge on Mebius by kidnapping Ryu Aihara and possess him in a plot to frame Mirai. His plan almost worked (sabotaged a GUYS aircraft) until Sakomizu appeared and foil his plot. Under Ryu's assurance, Mirai fired his GUYS Memory Display, forcing Yapool to exit and took over Vakishim before retreated. The Resurrection of Yapool When Asami Fujisawa presented GUYS with a METEOR capable of sealing the dimensional portal, Yapool possessed her in hopes of disposing the device but realised too late that it was all a ploy to lure his Terrible-Monster Doragory. The Poisonous Moth's Program Yapool's dimension was sealed with Dimensional Dissolver in hopes of preventing him to attack Earth. Flying to Tomorrow
Service to the Emperor
Several months later, he appeared to have unseal the portal and utilized Gadiba in possessing Red King within Tatara Island. Although fought by Mebius, Gadiba soon expelled under Yapool's orders, leaving Gomora (who borrowed the appearance of Red King) to deal with the Ultra. An Old Friend's Visit He would soon join the ranks of Dark Four Heavenly Kings, confidently being the first to left and attack Mebius in hopes of giving the Earth to Alien Empera. His first mission is by luring GUYS to outer space with a crystal missile and for Lunaticks to deal them while personally sending his revived Ace Killer to fight Mebius. In the middle of the battle, he assimilated Gadiba with Ace Killer into Mebius Killer, overpowering Mebius until he comes up with a new tactic; Mebium Dynamite. Once Mebius revert to Mirai, he kidnapped the Ultra and two other humans, Aya Jinguji and Mitsuhiko Hirukawa. Threatening Mebius Killer
He brought his targets to a dimension which appeared to be Tokyo in ruins. Seeing Hirukawa's irrational desperation to survive, he coerced the man to shoot both Aya and Mirai, ultimately exposing the latter as an Ultra in disguise. When Mirai refused to admit the ugly truth of humanity, Yapool engages in a battle against the Ultra and successfully weaken him. He shift his attention to Aya and blasted the area in front of her, nearly killing her. Encouraged by Seiji, Mebius' power and spirit were restored, and much to Yapool's surprise, he stood up once more, and assumed his Burning Brave form. This time, the tide of the battle turned, as Mebius went on an all-out attack on Yapool before dealing the finishing blow. His last words were that of informing Mebius that more foes, even stronger, would come, such as Deathrem, and Grozam. Ace's Wish
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth
Yapool was revived and possessing his creation, Mebius Killer. Yapool, along with Deathrem, Grozam, and Armored Mefilas (G) assault the Ultra Brothers in an attempt to reunite the Giga Battlenizer and Mechazam in an attempt to resurrect Alien Empera. However, their plan was foiled when Ultraman Mebius looses the Giga Battlenizer and Mechazam sacrifices his life to keep the Emperor from being revived. After a battle with Ultraman Ace, he was finally destroyed by a single shot of his Metalium Beam. Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure
"DESTROY THE BATTLENIZER! TH- THE SLUMBERING REIBLOOD MUST NEVER BE REVIVED!"
- ―Yapool, ULTRA MONSTERS
Long ago, the Yapools are driven to near extinction as a result of Alien Reiblood's actions. Although Reiblood had long perished, Yapool feared the possibility of his revival and made it their mission to track down and kill Reionics, as well as destroy their Battlenizers to prevent the spiritual alien's return. When Io Mikura and Pigmon were stranded on an unnamed planet, Yapool sends down Vakishim to hunt the boy. Seeing the Alien Pedan army protected him, Yapool contacted their mothership and promised to stay out of their affairs if Io is surrendered to him. However as they defy his threat, Yapool called Ace Killer back to his dimension when the robot suffered heavy damage. Alien Nackle, the Pedan's adversary in their war, contacted Yapool and asked for his cooperation in exchange for Io's life. Yapool agreed to this, as he not only granted Nackles a few of his Terrible Monsters, but also EX Tyrant that the two races created together. Yapool however didn't ended up participating in the fight.
In Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS, Yapool's role is more or less the same in his first appearance. However as he never established a deal with Nackle, he appeared after the lone alien's demise and sends down Ace Killer, Tyrant and EX Tyrant after the protagonist.
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO
Despite knowing that Io and Vittorio's Gomoras had taken care of Alien Reiblood, Yapool sensed his revival as well and tracked down Kanegon's Battlenizer to the alien planet where he and Ai had stranded on. Yapool intercepted Kyrieloid and Grozam's fight by absorbing them into his pocket dimension, where he detained them from fighting and personally went to kill the two Reionics. Giant Yapool appeared before Ai and Kanegon, intending to kill the two and easily toyed Red King by levitating the monster airborne. But the Battlenizer unleashed a blue sphere that shoots fireball at him. Giant Yapool retreated to his dimension, realizing the terror behind that sphere before he exploded.
Collaborated with Alien Hipporit, another alien who also dreaded the Reiblood like Yapool, the two established the Space Alliance Army, consisting of aliens, monsters and Terrible Monsters from across the universe to band together and preventing Reiblood's return. Although they primarily target Reiblood and his EX Zetton, the army do not discriminate with other Reionics and would also resort to attack Ai Asama, Kanegon and Alien Keel Vittorio if given the chance. Yapool joins in the fight as Giant Yapool and like the rest of the army, they were obliterated by several Trillion Meteors. When Ai and Io confronted Reiblood/EX Zetton with Gomora and Red King, Reiblood responded by resurrecting the Space Alliance Army as his reinforcements. Ultraman and Ultraseven arrived just in time to even the odds, the former putting up a barrier to prevent the alliance army from advancing. With Reiblood/EX Zetton eliminated, the resurrected army had their spirits ascended to the Monster Graveyard.
"You foolish Reionics, do you even realize that you are all acting as Reiblood's pawns"
"*chuckles* Are you old geezers idiots or what? Neither of us are Reiblood's pawns. In fact, Reiblood has long dead. Haven't you heard?"
"While he is dead, but for as long as Battlenizers are still around in this world, his chances at resurrection is limitless. Therefore we are now hunting these Battlenizers."
"(To the viewers) Hey hey, those guys want the Battlenizers too, so leave this to me. (Turns to Yapool) HEY! ALIEN YAPOOL!"
"IT'S YAPOOL-MEN!"
"How much are you paying for the Battlenizer?"
"We'll just pry it off from your hands!"
- ―Yapool and Kanegon
In Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS NEO, Yapool's role is simplified to directly confronting the faceless protagonist and Kanegon after killing a trio of Alien Guts. Yapool demanded Kanegon's Battlenizer and despite the coin monster assuring them that Reiblood had long dead, the otherworldly beings made it clear that as long as Battlenizers are still around, Reiblood can still be resurrected. Kanegon then offer them to sell the device, but Yapool responded by fusing into Giant Yapool and bring out Vakishim and Ace Killer. The protagonist fight all three of them. Giant Yapool then falls to the ground, still aiming for the Battlenizer before his body exploded.
Ultraman Ginga
Yapool appeared in Ultraman Ginga as a Spark Doll. In episode 7, he along with many monsters are seen cheering on Ultraman Ginga as he fights Dark Galberos. It is likely that Yapool departed back to his dimension after the defeat of Dark Lugiel.
Ultraman Ginga S
Yapool returned with Vakishim in Ultraman Ginga S episode 5, this time inside his Giant Yapool body for most of his appearance.
Yapool appeared when Vakishim was fighting Ginga. Angry at Android One Zero for using Vakishim's Spark Doll without permission, he took control of the Terrible-Monster away from the android and cast her out of the Lived Doll. He then sent the Terrible-Monster back to his home dimension and told One Zero and Exceller that he will deal with Ginga, knowing about the Chibull's plan to steal the Victorium, and then he vanished, planning on something diabolical with the humans. This event revealed that Yapool was in Vakishim when the monster had turned into a Spark Doll, thus resulting him slumbering inside the Terrible-Monster.
Soon he possessed Gouki Matsumoto and went on a small rampage and even trapped Hikaru Raido in a Dimensional Rift. When Gouki struggled with Yapool for control after seeing a pregant woman needing help and taking her to a nearby hospital, the Terrible-Monster maker transformed into his giant form with Gouki still possessed and was about to strike Arisa Sugita and her UPG vehicle but Gouki fought back until Ginga kicked Yapool, freeing Gouki from his possession. He then ordered Vakishim to retreat back into their dimension but Ultraman Victory followed suit and brought it back. He then fought with Ginga himself who transformed into Strium form and Victory "UITrans" his right hand into the Gudon Whip. After Vakishim's defeat, he tried to return to his dimension, but Victory stopped him and he was then defeated by Ginga using the Metalium Beam. Friend & Demon
Ultra Fight Victory
"Evil dimensional people never die, and the bitter animosity towards the Ultra Warriors allowed me to return with deeper darkness than ever."
- ―Yapool explaining to Sakuya how he survived his last fight with Ginga and Victory.
"(Laugh) Don't think you're win yet. Now, nobody can stop the revival of the Emperor. Soon, the whole universe will end now!"
- ―Yapool's last words.
Yapool returned in Ultra Fight Victory as the one responsible for sending the Terrible-Monster. He somehow survived his destruction during his previous defeat at the hands of Ultraman Ginga.
He was first seen studying Ultraman Victory's Ultlance ability, while he was fighting Aribunta. Yapool appeared to Sakuya and confiscated her Victorium Necklace, while stating his plan to go to the Victorium Core. Afterwards, he went down to the Victorium core and used Sakuya's necklace to gather energy from the core itself. Yapool then revealed himself after Victory defeated Aribunta and stated he already had enough power to revive Juda. He then sent Doragory, Verokron, and Vakishim to fight Leo and Astra and protect the distortion that housed the reviving Space Emperor and ordered Ace Killer to stop Ace from saving Ultraman Ginga.
When Victory arrived, Yapool explained that he was able to copy the Ultra's UITrans, and had given it to Ace Killer, declaring him, Victory Killer and later summoned Lunaticks to kill Ginga. After both Terrible-Monster have been killed by Victory and Shepherdon, and Ginga and Ace have been restored, Yapool went to Planet Gua and used the Victorium he stole from the core to kickstart the revival of Juda. He reveled in his glory until Ginga, Victory, and Ace showed up and fired the Victorium Shoot, Ginga Cross Shoot, and Punch Laser respectively at the Terrible-Monster. Yapool then grew in size and joined the Terrible-Monster in fighting the Ultras and was winning over the new Ultras thanks to his bitter animosity towards the Ultra Brothers empowering him until the old Ultras suggested that they merge to form Ultraman Ginga Victory and they did. The fight quickly swung into Ginga Victory's favor, and Yapool was defeated with the Ultra Fusion Shoot. In his last act, Yapool gives in his own energy to revive Juda. Ultra Fight Victory
Ultraman X
Continuing from Ultra Fight Victory, it was revealed that Yapool not only revived Juda, but also Mold and Gina as well without notice. Sword of Victory
Ultraman Z
"Yapool, you once said that victors must live on bearing the malice of those who have fallen. Even so, I... we Ultras will fight on! Until the day this universe is at peace!"
- ―Ultraman Ace
As proclaimed by Baraba, Yapool's grudge had not ceased, and his Terrible-Monsters continued his mission while he was still yet to revive from his most recent death.The Last Hero Though Yapool remained unseen throughout the remainder of the series, the existence of his dimension became a major plot point, as the energy held within it was utilised by the D4 and D4 Ray weapons,D4 which Celebro sought to obtain as part of his Civilisation Self-Destruction Game with the aim of exterminating humanity.The Game to ExtinctionWarriors Shining Beyond
Ultraman Decker
Yapool, in the form of a single individual Yapool Man, managed to come from a different dimension and found Agams just as he was spotted by a TPU patrol. He protected the alien before the squad could do anything further, blasting them away. Yapool decided to lend his assistance to Agams as they both had a hatred for the light of the Ultramen and wished to destroy them all, lending an Aribunta to carry out a plan to exterminate Ultraman Decker.
While Aribunta brought destruction to the city, Yapool and Agams waited in anticipation for GUTS-Select to sortie. Once they had the opportunity, Agams brought Kanata into his own dimension and hoped to get rid of him there while Yapool appeared and disguised as Kanata, albeit with irregular behavior. He led Soma Ryumon and Ichika Kirino closer to Aribunta and hoped they would get killed there, dropping his disguise to mock them. Yapool reappeared again once Agams had been defeated and ejected out of Terraphaser, and took on Agams' form to trick Decker into protecting him from Aribunta's explosion, exploiting Kanata's wish from Decker Asumi to save Agams. Yapool then took the opportunity to open a dimensional hole that sent Decker to space. Invitation from Another Dimension
After Kanata escaped, he was attacked by the Spheres in space but was rescued by Ultraman Trigger, who assumed his human form and brought Kanata to a Sphere-infested TPU base on the moon. Yapool attacked Kanata and Kengo by activating the Zomborg Soldiers to fight for him, but he eventually was assimilated by the Spheres, leaving him weakened and disoriented. Decker and Trigger then finished Yapool off using their signature Ultra Beams when they had the chance. Warriors on the Moon
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Yapool Man
is the form Yapool took when he first appeared on screen and in his own dimension. Originally, this form was thought to be a group of alien called the Yapool. The Japanese character 人 means 'people' or 'person'; this is how Yapool was originally referred to as a group instead of a singular being. It was later revealed that the Yapool shown in Ultraman Ace is either a collective form, comprising all of his race, or just a single Yapool acting on his own desires and tactics.- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Alternate Dimension
- Powers and Weapons
- Terrible-Monster Creating Machine: Yapool has a machine that creates Terrible-Monsters out of thing such as common Earth animals.
- Black Magic: Aside from technological use, Yapool is able to use a variety of black magic spells to transform other beings into Terrible-Monsters and agents, including humans in the case of Cowra, Yojo and Mazarius. This ability can also be used on other aliens, as Yapool used the same magic on Aprasar to turn her from her normal form into a rampaging Terrible-Monster.
- Dimensional Manipulation: Yapool can manipulate dimensions, primarily to transport his Terrible-Monsters to Earth and back. These portals take the form of a crack in the sky that shatters like glass when the portal opens.
- Shapeshifting/Human Disguise: Yapool can take on a wide variety of forms to use as disguises, and can also inhabit the bodies of other organisms to evade detection (Alien Simon) or to attack Earth directly (Vakishim). In Ultraman Mebius, his human form disguise resembles Black Directive.
- Telepathy: Yapool can communicate with other beings through his mind.
- Combine: All of the Yapool can combine together to form Giant Yapool.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
- Ultraman Mebius
- Corruption: Indeed a demon by the Ultra Brothers, Yapool can corrupt any individual by whispering to their heart. Only seen in the movie to manipulate aliens like Alien Zarab, Alien Guts, Alien Nackle, and Alien Temperor. At the film's climax, he admitted that they were just pawns of his schemes as he destroyed their saucer after each others' death (Alien Nackle however survived till his revival but only to be betrayed in the end).
- Gadiba: Yapool controls a tiny spirit/gas monster, called Gadiba. Can enter the bodies of monsters, increase their strength, etc.
- Ultraman Decker
- Energy Sphere: Yapool fires out a purple energy sphere to attack his opponent(s).
Giant Yapool
is Yapool's true form. In Ultraman Ace, he created this form by merging multiple Yapool Man forms together. Despite the term "Giant", Yapool has made subsequent appearances in Heisei era media in this form, to even shrinking his size to humanlike proportions.- Stats
- Height: 50 m, 14 cm ~ 50 m (Ginga S)
- Weight: 82,000 t, 150 g ~ 82,000 t (Ginga S)
- Origin: Yapool's Alternate Dimension
- Powers and Weapons
- Blade Hand: Giant Yapool's right arm ends with a large, sharp blade. Effective for bashing and slashing foes.
- Straight Shot : Giant Yapool can fire a yellow beam from the blade.
- Dimension Beam : Giant Yapool can emit a powerful energy blast from his bladed left hand. Can cause large explosions and be fired rapidly.
- Armor: Giant Yapool has armor that allows him to survive attacks like Ultraman Ace's Metalium Beam.
- Fire Trap : Giant Yapool can create a series of explosives from the enemy's feet, used to stop Ace from charging against him.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated even in any form he resided, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
- Psycho Impact : Giant Yapool displayed telekinetic powers, allowing him to throw his foes around like rag dolls.
- Telepathy: Yapool can communicate with other beings through his mind.
- Terrible-Monster Summon: As long as Yapool's energy is sufficient, he will be able to summon Terrible-Monsters. The Terrible-Monsters will usually appear through a giant crack in the sky that would disappear after the Terrible-Monsters exits.
- Ultraman Mebius
- Dimensional Travel: Yapool can travel to and from his dimension at will by making a hole in the sky, which seems to shatter like glass (in Ultraman Hit Song History: New Hero Chapter and Ginga S this portal is shown to be a circular shape). He can also use this to go to any place he wants, and the size of the hole ranges from small to extremely large. The sky will piece itself back together when he leaves or re-enters the portal. He can even take others through these holes with him. Beings of light and humans can not sustain for long in this dimension.
- ULTRA MONSTERS
- Killer Marionette Ace Killer. Giant Yapool charges Ace Killer with purple aura energy for the latter to perform a screwdriver attack towards the target. : A tag-team attack with
- Worm Breaker : Giant Yapool sends his opponent to his dimension and attacks in all directions.
- Ultraman Ginga S
- Size Change: Instead of using human disguises, Yapool can shrink his Giant Yapool body into human size back and forth.
- Body Snatch: Giant Yapool can possess humans but unlike his first attempts, it seemes that he needs to possess the victim twice to complete the assimilation process. However, if the victim has a strong will, (s)he will be able to temporarily paralyze Yapool.
- Mirror Travel: Giant Yapool can travel through mirrors. Even if the mirror he appeared in was smashed, he still lives and continue to appear through various mirror shards.
- Ultra Fight Victory
- Teleportation: Yapool is able to teleport to a location at will.
- Minus Energy Release: Upon death, Yapool after explosion can transfer his remaining Minus Energy to revive other beings.
- Victorium Necklace: Stolen from Sakura. Yapool possess a Victorium necklace.
- Victorium Core Energy Absorption: Using the necklace, Yapool can absorb energy from the core and store in the necklace.
- Speed Up: This energy can be released to speed up Juda's revival process.
- Victorium Core Energy Absorption: Using the necklace, Yapool can absorb energy from the core and store in the necklace.
Yapool reappeared in Ultraman Taro after being revived, as Remodeled Giant Yapool .
- Stats
- Height: 50 m
- Weight: 82,000 t
- Origin: Yapool's Alternate Dimension
- Powers and Weapons
- Spaceship: Giant Yapool had a large vehicle that can travel through space and summon different monsters to do his bidding. He can also used it to revive and alter dead monsters. His original giant size can also fit in it.
- Staff: Giant Yapool wields an ornate staff with a crescent-shaped tip. This staff is used to revive monsters, and isn't used in combat.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated even in any form he resided, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
Yapool Rainbow Lotus Ultraman Blazar The Live In Taiwan 2023. This form is designed by Shoma Muto.[2]
is a rainbow-colored, sea anemone-themed form of Yapool which first appears during the events of- Powers and Weapons
- Scythe: Yapool's main weapon.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated even in any form he resided, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
- Stats
- Height: Human
- Weight: Human
- Origin: Yapool's Dimension
- Powers and Weapons
- Hypnotic Song: Yapool can induce a hypnotic song to lure children into his lead.
- Teleportation: Yapool can teleport himself and others to a destined location.
- Snowstorm: Yapool can summon a snowstorm.
- Shapeshifting: Yapool can morph his human face into a gorilla head for an attack mode.
- Fire Breath: Yapool can exhale a stream of fire for combat.
- Staff: Yapool carried a wooden staff which he used to manipulate nature such as slowing a wave, removing grasses and withering plants.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated even in any form he resided, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
With Yapool surviving his fight with Ace despite losing the ability to assume his Giant Yapool form due to his injuries, he took the form of a female dentist, disguising himself as Yapool Woman
in order to exact his revenge on Hokuto.- Stats
- Height: 164 cm
- Weight: 48 kg
- Origin: Alternate dimension
- Powers and Weapons
- Illusional Verokron II: As seen when she was performing dental surgery on Hokuto, the man received hallucinations of Verokron. Each time Hokuto saw this, it caused his teeth intense pain in response to Yapool's spell.
- Extraordinary Jumper: Yapool Woman could perform a backflip, but she wasn't able to avoid Hokuto's shot.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated even in any form he resided, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
- Main article: Alien Simon
In his final appearance in Ultraman Ace, Yapool took the form of a juvenile Alien Simon Jumbo King.
, a race of aliens that he had defeated in the past, as a means to evade TAC and unleash his strongest Terrible-Monster yet,- Stats
- Height: 199 cm
- Weight: 80 kg
- Origin: Yapool's Alternate Dimension
- Powers and Weapons
- Telepathy: Yapool/Alien Simon can talk to anyone he desired via telepathy as seen when he admitted to Hokuto that he's indeed a Yapool in disguise. Yet, this telepathic ability cannot only be interpreted by normal humans.
- Dimensional Manipulation: Yapool can manipulate dimensions, primarily to transport his Terrible-Monster to Earth and back. The portals appear to open the sky like an eggshell while doing this.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated even in any form he resided, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
In Ultraman Mebius, Yapool created a disguise known as the Man in Black
. He is often seen holding various balloons.- Stats
- Height: Unknown
- Weight: Unknown
- Origin: Yapool's Alternate Dimension
- Powers and Weapons
- Telepathy: Yapool can talk to anyone he desired via his mind.
- Telekinesis: Yapool can use his mind to control an opponent's movements. He can hold them in place with his right hand, as well as flip them around and throw them.
- Teleportation: Yapool's human disguise is able to teleport at will.
- Balloons: The balloons that Yapool use are able to perform various tasks:
- Green Striped Red Balloon - Call Ace Killer to Earth
- Purple Balloon - Summons Gadiba
- Black Balloons - Hang a grown man
- Dimensional Manipulation: Yapool can manipulate dimensions, primarily to transport his Terrible-Monster to Earth and back. The portals appear to open the sky like an eggshell while doing this.
- Immortality: As stated in Ultra Fight Victory, Yapool said himself that he would never die as long as his strong hatred for Ultra Brothers existed. Therefore, once he's defeated even in any form he resided, he will return with greater power. It can be inferred from Yapool's statement after being temporarily defeated in Ultraman Ace that his immortality is resurrective in nature, in that he can 'die', but will simply come back to life after dying.
- Main article: Kanata Asumi
A Yapool Man briefly disguised himself as Kanata Asumi to trick Soma Ryumon and Ichika Kirino into getting closer to Aribunta so that the monster could potentially get rid of them.
- Main article: Agams
A Yapool Man briefly disguised himself as Alien Bazdo Agams to trick Ultraman Decker into falling for his trap, getting the opportunity to send him out into space using his dimension warping abilities.
Possessions
Other Media
Ultraman Hit Song History: New Hero Chapter
Yapool returns in this special track to attack Ultraman Zero. He first lures the Ultra into his dimension and bombards him with attacks. However, the Heisei Ultras arrive and begin assisting Zero to fight back against Yapool. Ultraman Hit Song History
Ultraman F
NOTE: Before the novel was bundled into a book, it was first published in monthly magazines. Yapool's chapter is a filler that is exclusive to the novel book itself. |
Giant Yapool appeared in this novel as one of the many antagonists.
Through a dimensional crack created by Soso via Clone Bullton, Yapool emerged on Nagoya, Japan, having fused to his Super Beast U-Killersaurus. He demanded an Ultraman for him to fight and thus Hayata (who was separated from Ultraman) appeared. Although declared as a "remnant of the original Ultraman", Yapool was quick to dismiss the former Ultra Host and held Ultraman F as a hostage. F retaliated by escaping and destroy both alien and Super Beast. Ultraman F
Ultraman Blazar Spectacle Live in NYCC 2023
Yapool Rainbow Lotus and Nodachi Zamsher appeared and fought Earth Garon, who was in trouble until Ultraman Blazar arrived. Blazar, using the Tilsonite Sword, managed to defeat the two aliens, though Bazanga then appeared. Earth Garon and Blazar teamed up to take down Bazanga, only for Infinite to appear. Yapool Rainbow Lotus and Nodachi Zamsher returned, pledging their alliance to him. However, Infinite attacked the pair and absorbed their energy, destroying them. Ultraman Blazar Spectacle Live in NYCC 2023
Merchandise
HG Ultraman Series
- Yapool Man (HG Ultraman Series, 2014)
- Release Date: 2014/7/25
- Shipping Date: 2014/11 (Estimated)
- Material: PVC
- Age recommendation: 15 years and up
- Size: About 85 mm
- Made in: China
- Release Date: 2014/7/25
As part of the "HG Ultraman Series" gashapon toy celebration, three sets of aliens that had fought the Showa Ultras, Yapool Man, Alien Pedan and Black Directive was released. The set can be sold on available gashapon machines at Japan while shipping would be available in November 2014.
NOTE: The picture shown was a prototype as of the actual figure might appear to be different. |
Trivia
- When in his Giant form, Yapool reuses Mummy Man's roars.
- The Strange Old Man disguise uses the Toho's Frankenstein's roar from Frankenstein vs. Baragon.
- Yapool is the first major antagonist in the Ultraman Series to be recurrent and overarching in his debut series, with his role in the story of Ultraman Ace playing a major role in its progression and outcome, rather than him simply being a final opponent for the Ultra to battle, as in the case of Pandon, Alien Bat or Zetton.
- Yapool is said to be part of Jumbo King in Pictorial First Volume 2002.
- In aftermath of his appearance in Ultraman Ace, Giant Yapool was used as an attraction suit until its head component deteriorated, causing a new head to be made for his return in Ultraman Taro. A magazine at that time explained that Giant Yapool was revived and had to perform reconstructive surgery to recover from his last battle with Ace. However, the result was crudely done which resulted in a deformed head, resulting in a metallic headpiece being installed to replace the original.
- While not mentioned in Ultraman Taro, a 1990 magazine stated that Yapool collaborated with Alien Empera during his presence, with Reconstructed Bemstar being one of the products of their collaboration.
- His appearances in Ultraman Taro established Giant Yapool as the default form for Yapool.
- Since Giant Yapool only fought Ace in his own dimension, none of TAC's documents mentioned him, as revealed in Ultraman Mebius.
- Originally, Giant Yapool would have been given a redesign in Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers.
- Yapool being inside Vakishim's body in Ultraman Ginga S is a tribute to the Terrible-Monster's appearance in Ultraman Ace where it was a form of Yapool.
- His defeat by the Metalium Beam is a homage to his debut series; however, Yapool was able to survive that attack back then.
- An Ultraman Connection article referred to the Yapool that appeared in Ultraman Blazar Spectacle Live in NYCC 2023 as simply "Rainbow Yapool".[3]
References
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Verokron | Yapool | Chameleking | Vakishim | Garan | Aribunta | Giron Man | Brocken | Alien Metron Jr. | Doragory | Muruchi II | Gammas | Zaigon | Alien Antira | Unitang | Sabotendar | Baraba | Ace Killer | Ace Robot | King Crab | Cattle God | Cowra | She-Devil | Hotarunga | Black Pigeon | Android Couple | King Kappa | Zemistlar | Aprasar | Aprasar Fairy | Space Mask | Black Satan | Giant Yapool | Mazaronian | Yojo | Mazarius | Alien Orion | Sphinx | Alien Hipporit | Lunaticks | Undergroundmon | Gitagitanga | Red Jack | Baktari | Coakes | Bad Baalon | Kaiteigagan | Dreamgillas | Soundgillar | Machless | Snowgiran | Namahage | Alien Fire | Firemons | Alien Steal | Kaimanda | Shishigoran | Iceron | Woo II | Fubugirara | Onidevil | Gasgegon | Daidarahoshi | Hanzagiran | Verokron II | Yapool Woman | Univerlages | Aquarius | Alien Revole | Signalion | Geegon | Alien Simon | Jumbo King |