Ultraman Great

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 is the featured Ultra Hero of Ultraman: Towards the Future, the first and only Ultraman Series tokusatsu entry to be set and produced in Australia. Great and his race were at war with the Gudis, leading to his encounter and subsequent merging with Jack Shindo on Mars. Great is also the first official Ultra Hero to debut in the Heisei era, as well as the first English-speaking Ultra.
==Conception==
===Design===
Great's design is unique compared to those of the other Ultra Warriors; his Color Timer is triangular, and his non-red body color is silver-white, as opposed to other Ultra Warriors' red and silver colorations.
According to Suzuki Kiyoshi's remarks, from a producer who is also a photographer, the Ultra-suit which Steve Apps and Robert Simper alternated wearing during production was not adapted from a conventional rubber wetsuit; it was, instead, adapted from a wrinkle-resistant fiber suit. The mask was made of the same FRP as before; similar to Ultraman 80's suit, FRP parts were also attached to the back of the head. Slits in the mask were used for the eye-holes, out of which Apps and Simper found their visibility less hampered, and this shape was adopted even in Heisei Ultra series after that. The power supply for the illumination of both Great's eyes and his triangular Color Timer was wrapped around the wearers' ankle, in the same red fabric as the tights location, without charging in the suit as in the past. In the scenes reflecting the back, a suit with a fastener was used before the fastener was not visible.
==History==
===Ultraman: Towards the Future===
Jack Shindo and Stanley Haggard are members of the first manned expedition to Mars, and on the red planet find a giant slug-like monster called Gudis. Suddenly the giant warrior, Ultraman Great, arrives and fights Gudis, but is knocked down for a period. Shindo is pinned by a rockslide and Haggard tries to escape in their ship but is blown up by Gudis. It is then that Great gets up, and when he is on the verge of victory Gudis changes into a virus and travels to Earth, where it mutates other creatures into monsters and awakens existing ones. Needing a human host to survive on Earth, Great joins with Jack, allowing him to become the mighty alien when all seems lost. He joins the Universal Multipurpose Agency, or UMA, in order to help them battle the monsters. 
Halfway through the series a new Gudis, more powerful than the first one, appears. It imprisons Ultraman, but Jack ultimately shows it the futility of its mission. Even if it does manage to corrupt all life, eventually there will be nothing else to corrupt, and Gudis is destroyed once and for all. For the rest of the series, the environmental themes are stronger, and the various monsters usually arise from human pollution. Indeed, whenever Great's Color Timer commences to blink, the voiceover narration explains, "Because of Earth's polluted atmosphere, Ultraman (Great) can only retain his gigantic form for three minutes. Time is running out."
In the series finale, a doomsday scenario begins with the appearance of three powerful monsters: Kilazee, Kodalar, and the Earth itself, which tries to wipe out the human race for abusing it. Ultraman is defeated by Kodalar, but Jack survives. Ultimately, the humans use an ancient disc to destroy Kodalar by reflecting its own power at it and Ultraman defeats Kilazee and carries it into space, separating Jack from him and restoring him on Earth as a normal human. The victory is seen as another chance for the human race. 
===Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie===
After Ultraman Belial was freed from his prison, he resumed his plan to steal the Plasma Spark, and descended to the Land of Light where he began fighting anyone who got in his way. Ultraman Great, Ultraman Powered, and the Ultra Force, among many other Ultra Warriors, fought Belial, only to be easily beaten by the traitorous former Ultraman. After defeat almost Ultramen in the Land of Light, Belial stolen the Plasma Spark, which make the Land of Light quickly freezes over, as well as all of its denizens, including Great as well (except Ultraman and Ultraseven survive by defending themselves at the last moment). In the ending, after the Plasma Spark was recovered, every Ultra, including Great, was seen listening to Ultraman King's speech. Great was seen along the Ultra Force and Ultraman Powered. 
===Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy===
Ultraman Ribut was instructed by Ultraman Taro to head to Planet K76, a planet used as a training ground. When he arrived, he found that Ultraman Great and Ultraman Powered were there, ready to help train Ribut, so that in three days an expedition to Planet Mikarito to rescue Ultraman Max, who had been captured by Alien Sran and infected with Gudis Cells for use as a power source for Maga-Orochi, could begin.
Ribut's training session with Great and Powered immediately began, with the two not holding back against him. They advised him to look into himself and unleash his latent power, which Ribut managed to do, and catch the both of them by surprise. Seeing his training completed, Great and Powered granted Ribut the Ribut Blocker and Spreader Rod respectively, saying that he should be able to use them effectively now. With that, Ribut returned to the Land of Light to receive the Gudis antidote from Sora, traveling back to Planet Mikarito to rescue Max, who had already been partially turned. As Ribut rushed in to cure Max, Great handled Alien Sran and finished him off. After the battle was over, Great and the others return to the Inter Galactic Defense Force Headquarters to report the situation to Zoffy 
===Ultraman Regulos: First Mission===
Ultraman Great, along with Powered and the Ultra Force, were instructed to help Ultraman Regulos fight Alien Reiblood and his revived monsters, with Great fighting Black King. He was soon able to defeat the threat before aiding the other Ultras in destroying Reiblood's new body, even though his incorporeal form managed to escape.
==Profile==
===Statshttps://twitter.com/TsuburayaGlobal/status/1324879239233990656===
*Height: 60 m
*Weight: 58,000 t
*Age: 17,000 years old
*Home World: Land of Light, Nebula M78
*Maximum Flight Speed: Mach 26
*Maximum Running Speed: Mach 9
*Maximum Underwater Speed: Mach 6
*Maximum Underground Speed: Mach 3
*Maximum Jumping Height: 1,500 m
*Arm Strength: 180,000 t
*Grip Strength: 60,000 t
*Weakness: Like other Ultras, Great's activity on Earth is limited to three minutes. This is because of Earth's polluted atmosphere.
===Transformation===
Jack Shindo gingerly places the Delta Plasma in the palm of his hand and closes his eyes as he concentrates. It then emits pulsating synthesizer noises and a light transforming him.
Jack's Pendant.png|The pendant releases energy
Ultrmn_Grt_Jck_Shnd.jpg|Jack Shindo closes his eyes as he concentrates
GreatRise.gif|Ultraman Great's rise
===Techniques===
====Special====
*: Ultraman Great's signature move. Great pulls his arms apart in a vertical angle to create the , and fires out two blue beams that can kill monsters in one blow. This can be charged for a much more powerful variation of the attack, which is red and fiery. It is Great's strongest attack.
*: A needle-like beam Great fires from his fingertips.
**: The Finger Beam fired from both hands.
*: Great can emit powerful energy balls from his knuckles.
**: Great can shoot powerful energy balls from his palms. More powerful than the Knuckle Shooter.
*: A powerful beam fired from the position of firing an arrow.
*: Energy condensed and thrown in the shape of a disc.
*: A star-shaped beam fired from Great's fists.
*: By absorbing his enemy's attack in his hands, Great can fire it back at them, either in the same way or as a sphere. This may purify foes of diseases like the Gudis virus or can cripple them.
*: Great can generate blade-like energy from the fingers and cut through the enemy.
**: Great can create a blade of energy from his hands that can slice through just about anything.
*Spacium Beam: The traditional "+"-style Ultra Beam, used in New Century Ultraman Legend and Ultraman Regulos: First Mission.
BurningPlasma2.gif|Burning Plasma (Energy Bolts)
BurningPlasma3.gif|Burning Plasma (Energy Sphere)
BurningPlasmaTAC.gif|Burning Plasma (TAC)
FingerBeam2.gif|Finger Beam
Double Finger Beam (FM).gif|Double Finger Beam
KnuckleShooter2.gif|Knuckle Shooter
EnergySphere2.gif|Palm Shooter
ArrowBeam.gif|Arrow Beam
EnergyDisc.gif|Star Beam
MagnumShoot.gif|Magnum Shoot (Reflect)
MagnumShootSphere.gif|Magnum Shoot (Sphere)
Great Slicer (FM).gif|Great Slicer
GreatDoubleSlicer.gif|Double Great Slicer
====Physical====
*: Great uses his arms to protect himself from energy projectile attacks.
*: A powerful punch.
**: A punch charged with electricity.
*: A powerful chop.
**: A chop technique using both hands, placed in a cross.
*: A powerful Kick.
*: A throwing technique.
Great Guard.gif|Great Guard
Great Punch.png|Great Punch
Great Chop.png|Great Chop
Great Kick.png|Great Kick
====Other====
*: Great can create a triangular shield with his hands and reflect whatever hits the shield.
*: Atom smashing rays shot from the hands, used to destroy the corpse of a dead monster. Can also be fired as a projectile.
*: Great can look for hidden enemies with rays of light that emanate from both eyes.
*: Great rotates repeatedly, unleashing light from his whole body which protects him from attacks.
Triangle_Shield.jpg|Triangle Shield
Dissolver.gif|Dissolver (Ray)
DissovlerDisc.gif|Dissolver (Projectile)
Perspective ray.png|Perspective Ray
====Combination====
*Combined Beam Attack: Great, alongside Ultraman Powered, Regulos, Ribut, and the Ultra Force combine their Ultra Beams for a combined attack.
RegulosFirstMissionCombinedBeamAttack.gif|Combined Beam Attack
==Other Media==
===Ultraman Great (manga)===
Ultraman Great also starred in a eponymous manga adaption by Kazuhiko Shimamoto.
===Comics===
He also starred in two comic series, Ultraman Great, and Ultraman Negative One, where his identity was merged with Ultraman's.
===SD The Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin===
Great appeared in SD The Great Battle II: Last Fighter Twin, along with Alien Mefilas.
==Trivia==
*Ultraman Great is the first Ultra whose suit is made entirely of spandex, as opposed to all the other Ultras in the series, who have rubber suits.
**Great still uses a spandex suit in the later appearances.
*Great is:
**The first Ultra shown fighting a monster before merging with his host or taking a human form.
**The first Ultra to produce blades of Light Energy.
**The first Ultra to be mistaken as an enemy.
*Ultraman Great is the first and only Ultra flies supine after every battles.
*Great was only to be defeated by Kodalar in the series.
*Great is one of the second main Ultra whose signature finisher is not a traditional Ultra Beam, the first one was Ultraman Leo.
*In the Japanese dub, Ultraman Great's grunts are reused from Ultraman's produced by Masao Nakasone. However, Great's original grunts can be heard sometimes without being dubbed or even "mixed" with Ultraman's grunts.
*Great finishes most of his battles when his Color Timer started blinking (except on the battle with Gudis I in Mars).
*Great's Color Timer's sound is unique in the original series. However, in the Japanese dub, it changed to a high pitch version of Ultraman's.
*The name of Great's human host, Jack Shindo, is a reference to Ultraman Jack.
*When Great's Color Timer starts blinking, the narrator will say "Because of Earth's polluted atmosphere, Ultraman can only retain his gigantic form for three minutes. Time is running out." because the director wanted to explain to the people about the environment due to the polluted environment at the time, eco-awareness was at a high and even many episodes included environmental themes.
*While he is not the first Ultra to appear in the most alternative media, he is the one with the most starring roles, in sequential art media (manga and comics).
==References==
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Category:Ultras
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Category:Protagonists
Category:Heroes
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Category:Ultraman: Towards the Future
Category:Ultraman: Towards the Future Characters
Category:Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy
Category:Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy Characters
Category:Ultraman Regulos