Trigger Dark

**Trigger Dark** (トリガーダーク, *Torigā Dāku*) is the fourth Giant of Darkness and Ultraman Trigger's former appearance. Trigger Dark was revived in modern times by the curse Carmeara casted on Ultraman Trigger. He became a separate entity when Kengo Manaka returned to the present.

After its defeat, the darkness within the revived Trigger Dark entered into Ignis' body, giving him the power of the giants.

## History

### Ultra-Ancient Times

Thirty million years ago, the world was engulfed in terrifying darkness. Trigger Dark and the Giants of Darkness destroyed the Ultra-Ancient civilization and aimed to obtain the Eternity Core together.[*For Smiles*]

However, with the interference of Kengo Manaka, who had travelled from thirty million years in the future, Trigger would eventually be turned to the light, betraying his comrades and sealed them deep in space with the help of Yuzare. With his power spent, the Giant of Light slept in the red star, and was forgotten to time.

### Modern Day

Even before Kengo had inherited Ultraman Trigger's light, he witnessed a nightmare of a mysterious woman who told him that he was light before becoming engulfed in darkness, with a Giant of Darkness that loomed over and fired a beam at him. As the mysteries behind the Ultra-Ancient civilization began to unfold, Kengo bore witness to many more visions and memories from Ultra-Ancient times. One of the visions Kengo witnessed was the destruction of the Ultra-Ancient civilization at the hands of three Giants of Darkness. As the Giants of Darkness slowly approached him, Kengo looked down at his hands to see that he had assumed a strange appearance.

### Trigger Dark's Revival

As the mysteries behind the Ultra-Ancient civilization began to unfold, Kengo bore witness to many more visions and memories from Ultra-Ancient times. With Yuna Shizuma slowly awakening the powers of her ancestor, the final portion of the stone tablet was unveiled and revealed the existence of the fourth Giant of Darkness, who turned out to be Trigger himself.

Carmeara casted a dark curse on Trigger, which led to Kengo being sent back through time. Trigger's vessel in the present suddenly rose up from the ground and was transformed by the darkness into Trigger Dark, causing destruction as he reawakened.[*The Encounter of Light and Darkness*]

### Power of Glitter

Through the present day Trigger Dark, Kengo heard the calls of Akito and Yuna for him to return. Kengo's transformation into Ultraman Trigger caused the four Giants of Darkness to regain their memories of what occurred in the past. Ultraman Trigger received the fragment of the Eternity Core from Yuzare, and awaken as Glitter Trigger Eternity. The three Giants of Darkness retreated and Trigger Dark was defeated by Ultraman Trigger. Although Trigger Dark was destroyed his dark remnants entered into Ignis.[*The 30 Million Year Miracle*]

### Ignis Becomes Trigger Dark

After the dark remnants entered Ignis, Ignis stole a GUTS Sparklence prototype and Hyper Keys from Akito's lab and created the Black Sparklence and the Trigger Dark Key. With these items he transformed into Trigger Dark.[*Operation Dragon*][*Sneering Destruction*]

## Trigger Dark

**Trigger Dark**

*"Stain the future, the deep of Darkness, Trigger Dark!"*
―Transformation Phrase

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Statistics
* **Height:** 53 m
* **Weight:** 44,000 t

**Trigger Dark** (トリガーダーク, *Torigā Dāku*) was Ultraman Trigger's former appearance thirty million years ago in the Ultra-Ancient era when he was a Giant of Darkness. Trigger Dark was reawakened in the present day by Carmeara who casted a dark curse on him.

When Ignis uses the power of Kaiju Keys, Trigger Dark's mouth is torn open, becoming monster-like.

Body Features
* **Color Timer** (カラータイマー, *Karā Taimā*)
* **Crystal**

Trigger Dark has the following abilities
* **Dark Zeperion Beam** (ダークゼペリオン光線, *Dāku Zeperion Kōsen*): A dark version of the Zeperion Beam fired with his arms folded in an L-shape.
	+ Trigger Dark can fire an even more powerful version of the Dark Zeperion Beam by using the Glitter Trigger Eternity Key to combine the power of light and darkness.
* **Teleportation**: Trigger Dark can teleport away by emiting a dark cloud of energy.
* **Size Change**: Trigger Dark is able to assume a human height and grow back to his original height.

Circle Arms abilities
* **Impact Sword Finish**  (インパクトソードフィニッシュ, *Inpakuto Sōdo Finisshu*): A special move performed with the Multi Sword and Zaigorg Key. Red energy spikes protrude from the blade of the sword.

Kaiju Key abilities
* **Lightning**: Trigger Dark gains Horoboros' high speed acceleration.
* **Impact**: Red energy spikes, similar to Zaigorg's right arm, protrude from Trigger Dark's body. **Appearances:***Trigger* episodes 1 (silhouette only), 10-12, 15-17, 21-22, 24-25, Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z

## Notes

* Trigger Dark becoming a separate entity from Ultraman Trigger is similar to many instances in stage shows where Ultraman Tiga is pitted against Tiga Dark.
* According to episode director Tomonobu Koshi, the Horoboros Key gives Trigger Dark powers comparable to Sky Type, while the Zaigorg Key gives Trigger Dark powers comparable to Power Type. The colors of the monsters also match each type.
* In Zabil's Ultra Ancient Stone Tablet, Trigger Dark is depicted as a semi-feathered being rising from an explosion. His caricature is also the only one out of his fellow Giants of Darkness not to be based on an Earth creature.
* Carmeara refuses to acknowledge the diverged Trigger Dark as her past lover and calls him as an "impostor", seeing the being is no more than Trigger's dark powers given sentience while the original one had since changed sides.
* His bonding with Ignis and the latter initially lacking control over an Ultra that went berserk parallels Keigo Masaki's situation with Evil Tiga. This is acknowledged by Deban after drawing their similarities.
* Given that Trigger is part of Kengo, it is implied that Trigger Dark's rampage after being awoken in the present day is his dark power no longer being driven by the Ultra's own spirit.
* Trigger Dark is the third Evil Ultra to have his own rising background, which is a rare trait for Evil Ultras. First one being Dark Mephisto, and the next one being Ultraman Orb Dark.
* When Trigger Dark taps into Ignis' Lishurian power, his body turned gold in a similar manner to Glitter Tiga. Koshi unofficially dubs this form as **Lishurian Glitter** (リシュリアン グリッター, *Rishurian Gurittā*). Additionally even with that power and the combination of two Kaiju Keys, Trigger Dark still fails to deliver a deadly blow to Carmeara. This is intentional so as to demonstrate Carmeara as a stronger threat.
	+ The sound of the impact the Zaigorg power makes is actually a slightly slowed down Jet Jaguar sound.
* Trigger Dark's mouth-opening mechanism appears to be a homage to Crossbone Gundam X1's Heat Radiation Face Open. Given that the episodes which these instances happen were directed by Tomonobu Koshi (who also inserted mecha anime references in *Ultraman Z*), this may not be a coincidence.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Ben77878871/status/1436335159637336081?s=20

2. ↑ https://twitter.com/juliet3comet/status/1456973915964600323?s=20