Z-Ton
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, sometimes spelled "Z-Ton", is a fictional alien
kaiju
featured in the tokusatsu
TV series, Ultraman
(Urutoraman, 1966). As Ultraman's toughest opponent ever, Z-Ton first appeared in the show's final episode, #39, "Farewell, Ultraman". He was even popular enough to appear again in several subsequent Ultra Series
.
Subtitle: .
"Zetton" is also the name of the planet from which he originated, as well as the aliens
that utilize him.
Zetton is said to be the most powerful monster in the universe. He resembles a giant horned humanoid beetle
with a glowing yellow streak down his face (in lieu of a mouth), striped yellow black limbs and powerful black armor plates on the torso. Zetton possesses several strange locations for sensory organs: The yellow panels on Zetton's chest are thought to be compound eyes. Where eyes are on most creatures, Zetton has two sensory pits, thought to emit sonar or radar signals. Where ears would normally be are sensors that acquire the reflected signals. Zetton shoots fireballs with a temperature of 1000000000000 °C (1,800,000,000,032 °F) from his mouth, shoots white energy waves from his hands (but only after absorbing an enemy beam attack), can create a force field, and can absorb Energy attacks.
Zetton's roar is a series of beeps and a low pitched voice that utters "Zet-ton!" Everytime Zetton gets hit he utters "Ton"
. In other words, Zetton is the "Z" and the "N", the last and final monster.
) then shapeshifts to disguise itself as Doctor Iwamoto, knocks out Science Patrol team member Fuji, and sabotages much of the Science Patrol's communication equipment and scientific instruments. The Science Patrol eventually chases down the alien and kills it. Doctor Iwamoto and Fuji manage to recover. The one ship that evades the Patrol emerges from being burrowed underground and surfaces just outside of Science Patrol Headquarters, releasing Zetton to finish the job. Hayata transforms into Ultraman for one last time.
Ultraman and Zetton battle but Zetton easily withstands each of his attacks until Ultraman falls, his Color Timer was damaged by Zetton after absorbing and redirecting his own Specium Ray. Ultraman falls unconscious and, left prone on Earth's surface, faces the prospect of dying without direct stellar radiation to revive him. Zetton proceeds to set fire to Science Patrol Headquarters. However, Doctor Iwamoto presents a newly-developed weapon, and with it, Science Patrol member Arashi succeeds in destroying the Zetton. The Science Patrol douse the charred remnants of their headquarters.
With Ultraman at death's door, he is suddenly saved by his superior, Zoffy
, who comes to Earth in a Travel Sphere to rescue him. He not only restores Ultraman's life, but separates him from Hayata's body, restoring the Earthling's life as well. Zoffy and Ultraman then fly back to their home world on the Land of Light in the Nebula M78
.
However, Zetton was brought back to life as a pawn against Ultraman and his kind in some of the subsequent Ultra Series
.
Alien Bat revived Zetton to have him aid him in his invasion of Earth, knowing of the fear that Ultras now carry from Zetton's victory over the original Ultraman. Even Goh Hideki/Ultraman Jack could not fight back out of the fearful legacy brought about by Zetton. MAT arrived to attack Zetton but their weapons were powerless. However after gaining enough courage, Ultraman Jack appear to fight both Alien Bat and Zetton. Even though the two aliens overpowered him, Jack continued fighting until he impaled Bat with the Ultra Lance. He then hoisted Zetton up and threw him high into the air, leaving him open to a shot of the Specium Ray, obliterating Zetton and both proved that Zetton could be defeated by an Ultra, as well as ended the unsettled fear between the Ultras and Zetton.
.
.
In this series, Zetton was a machine created by the Alien Baltan to kill Ultraman Powered but was left dormant until he was awoken by another experiment by the Baltans, Dorako
. Shortly after Dorako was destroyed, Zetton came to earth and attacked WINR's base. The military soon arrived to assist WINR, but none of their weapons was enough to even harm Zetton, who destroyed everything in its sight. Powered revived without Ken'ichi as his host and tried to fight back only to be battered around by Zetton too. Finally after tricking Zetton into turning his back, Powered found an opening and destroyed Zetton with a Mega Specium Ray to his back, but at the cost of his own life.
This version of Zetton is perhaps the most unique design for the monster yet (as are the rest of the monsters in Ultraman Powered). This version was designed to be more robotic and possesses giant wing-like appendages on his back. His arms are incredibly thin and he is much taller than Ultraman Powered whereas the original Zetton was about the same size as Ultraman.
(Urutoraman Makkusu, 2005) .
Called to earth by an Alien Zetton, Zetton came to Earth in the form of a blue fire ball and began to rampage through the city he was in. Both Ultraman Max and DASH tried to fight back only to have their attacks be proven futile by Zetton's power and strength. Soon enough, Ultraman Xenon (Max's superior from M78) arrived and fought against Zetton as well. During the fight, Ultraman Max is also presented with the "Max Galaxy," a weapon strong enough to penetrate Zetton's power and with it, Zetton was destroyed by the Max Galaxy.
(Urutoraman Mebiusu, 2006).
In this series, Zetton is one of many prototype Maquette Monsters whom are to be tested in hopes that they will be of useful to GUYS in the future to help defend Japan. However, the capsule that contains Zetton is dropped by accident and is also plugged into GUYS computer network. The accident results in Zetton going out of control as it trys to destroy GUYS's central computer system. GUYS tries to fight back with a Manquette of Ultraman Mebius himself, but the Manquette is confused into attacking with his Mebius Shot, which is reflected back and defeats the Manquette Ultra In Zetton's signature style. Soon enough, the Real Ultraman Mebius enters GUYS's computer network and tries to take care of Zetton himself, only to not realize how tough of an opponent Zetton was. GUYS soon assisted Mebius by sending their Maquette Monsters; Miclas
and Windam
to help him. Soon enough their combined efforts was enough to delete the out-of-control Zetton.
In this series Zetton was the last of Kate's evil monsters after her Fire Golza
and Gan-Q were defeated by Rei's monsters and the ZAP SPACY. Zetton definitely proved to also be her strongest as well, easily manhandling all of Rei's monsters (Gomora
, Litra, and Eleking
) without showing much signs of fatigue or physical harm for most of the battle. Rei is forced to surrender in order to save his monsters from death, only to receive the respect of Kate and another rematch with her. Rei and Kate's final battle involved Gomora vs. Zetton to which Zetton clearly had the strength advantage, overpowering Gomora and blocking all of his attacks. However before Zetton could finish him off he was attacked by King Joe Black
and the two fought to a stand-still. After a short while, Gomora transforms into EX Gomora and dominates both Zetton and King Joe Black, and in the end King Joe Black is gouged and weakened by EX Gomora's tail and Zetton is destroyed by EX Gomora's Hyper Oscillatory Ray.
(Urutora Gyarakushi Daikaiju Batoru Neba Endingu Odessi, 2008).
In his series, Zetton appears but not as himself. He is conjured up as a hypnotic illusion created by Alien Nackle
's Galberos
in an attempt to weaken Rei and Gomora from fighting. When it would appear that Gomora was victorious, Zetton would "return" from being destroyed. After a while, both Rei and Gomora weaken for Nackle and Galberos to reveal themselves and the Zetton illusions disappear.
Zetton is one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. He was killed by Zero in the final battle, and one of the two last monsters to die along with Tyrant.
Although not appearing as himself, Ultraman Mebius and Mecha Zamu must face off against an EX Zetton that acts as the bodyguard to the Giga Battle Nizer in the valley of flames. Although Mecha Zamu is mortally weakened by both the flames that surrounded him and the damage done by EX Zetton, Ultraman Mebius and Mecha Zamu manage to knock EX Zetton off the narrow platform they are fighting on and EX Zetton is destroyed by the flames that surrounded them.
as Hyper Zetton.
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kaiju
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featured in the tokusatsu
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TV series, Ultraman
Ultraman
is Japanese television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, , a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q...
(Urutoraman, 1966). As Ultraman's toughest opponent ever, Z-Ton first appeared in the show's final episode, #39, "Farewell, Ultraman". He was even popular enough to appear again in several subsequent Ultra Series
Ultra Series
The is the collective name for all the shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad Ultra Monsters. The Ultra Series is one of the prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan, along with Toei produced series Kamen Rider, Super...
.
Subtitle: .
"Zetton" is also the name of the planet from which he originated, as well as the aliens
Alien Zetton
is a race of alien creatures originally featured in the 1966 tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman. A alien that looks like Kemur.Subtitle: .- Ultraman :...
that utilize him.
Statistics
Zetton is 60 meters tall and weighs 30,000 tons.Zetton is said to be the most powerful monster in the universe. He resembles a giant horned humanoid beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
with a glowing yellow streak down his face (in lieu of a mouth), striped yellow black limbs and powerful black armor plates on the torso. Zetton possesses several strange locations for sensory organs: The yellow panels on Zetton's chest are thought to be compound eyes. Where eyes are on most creatures, Zetton has two sensory pits, thought to emit sonar or radar signals. Where ears would normally be are sensors that acquire the reflected signals. Zetton shoots fireballs with a temperature of 1000000000000 °C (1,800,000,000,032 °F) from his mouth, shoots white energy waves from his hands (but only after absorbing an enemy beam attack), can create a force field, and can absorb Energy attacks.
Zetton's roar is a series of beeps and a low pitched voice that utters "Zet-ton!" Everytime Zetton gets hit he utters "Ton"
Etymology
The name "Zetton" is derived from "Zetto" (ゼット - a Japanese pronunciation of the English letter "Z") and the Japanese character for "N" (ん/ン). Collected, the words spell "Zetton". The concept has a "final" theme: "Zetto" is the Japanese pronunciation for the final letter of the English alphabet, "Z". "N" is the final letter in the Japanese phonetic alphabetJapanese phonetic alphabet
The is a radiotelephony spelling alphabet, similar in purpose to the NATO phonetic alphabet, but designed to communicate Japanese kana rather than Latin letters...
. In other words, Zetton is the "Z" and the "N", the last and final monster.
History
In the show's tearful conclusion, an armada of alien ships arrive, plotting to conquer the Earth, and their plan was surely an effective one, almost succeeding where Ultraman's previous adversaries have failed. The aliens target the Science Patrol Headquarters and Ultraman, the only obstacles in their conquest. However, the Science Patrol chases and eliminates all but one of the alien vessels. Adding to the Science Patrol's difficulties, one alien infiltrates the headquarters and subdues Doctor Iwamoto. This alien (Alien ZettonAlien Zetton
is a race of alien creatures originally featured in the 1966 tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman. A alien that looks like Kemur.Subtitle: .- Ultraman :...
) then shapeshifts to disguise itself as Doctor Iwamoto, knocks out Science Patrol team member Fuji, and sabotages much of the Science Patrol's communication equipment and scientific instruments. The Science Patrol eventually chases down the alien and kills it. Doctor Iwamoto and Fuji manage to recover. The one ship that evades the Patrol emerges from being burrowed underground and surfaces just outside of Science Patrol Headquarters, releasing Zetton to finish the job. Hayata transforms into Ultraman for one last time.
Ultraman and Zetton battle but Zetton easily withstands each of his attacks until Ultraman falls, his Color Timer was damaged by Zetton after absorbing and redirecting his own Specium Ray. Ultraman falls unconscious and, left prone on Earth's surface, faces the prospect of dying without direct stellar radiation to revive him. Zetton proceeds to set fire to Science Patrol Headquarters. However, Doctor Iwamoto presents a newly-developed weapon, and with it, Science Patrol member Arashi succeeds in destroying the Zetton. The Science Patrol douse the charred remnants of their headquarters.
With Ultraman at death's door, he is suddenly saved by his superior, Zoffy
Zoffy
is a fictional alien superhero featured in the Ultra Series. He first appeared in the final episode of Ultraman , thus becoming the very second Ultra-Being from the Land of Light in the Nebula M78 to appear on Earth after Ultraman himself.-Stats:*Height: 45 meters*Weight: 45,000 tonnes*Age: 25,000...
, who comes to Earth in a Travel Sphere to rescue him. He not only restores Ultraman's life, but separates him from Hayata's body, restoring the Earthling's life as well. Zoffy and Ultraman then fly back to their home world on the Land of Light in the Nebula M78
Messier 78
The nebula Messier 78 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year....
.
However, Zetton was brought back to life as a pawn against Ultraman and his kind in some of the subsequent Ultra Series
Ultra Series
The is the collective name for all the shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad Ultra Monsters. The Ultra Series is one of the prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan, along with Toei produced series Kamen Rider, Super...
.
The Return of Ultraman
This monster reappeared in the series The Return of Ultraman (Kaettekita Urutoraman, 1971) as Zetton II.Alien Bat revived Zetton to have him aid him in his invasion of Earth, knowing of the fear that Ultras now carry from Zetton's victory over the original Ultraman. Even Goh Hideki/Ultraman Jack could not fight back out of the fearful legacy brought about by Zetton. MAT arrived to attack Zetton but their weapons were powerless. However after gaining enough courage, Ultraman Jack appear to fight both Alien Bat and Zetton. Even though the two aliens overpowered him, Jack continued fighting until he impaled Bat with the Ultra Lance. He then hoisted Zetton up and threw him high into the air, leaving him open to a shot of the Specium Ray, obliterating Zetton and both proved that Zetton could be defeated by an Ultra, as well as ended the unsettled fear between the Ultras and Zetton.
Redman
Zetton II appeared in several episodes of the series RedmanRedman (TV series)
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. A Kyodai Hero programme, it features the titular hero growing to immense size and fighting similarly sized monsters. Originally broadcast as 138 five-minute segments as part of the children's variety show Ohayo! Kodomo Show on Nihon TV, it was produced by...
.
Ultraman Powered
This monster reappeared in the series Ultraman: The Ultimate HeroUltraman: The Ultimate Hero
Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero is a tokusatsu series produced in the US in 1993 by Major Havoc Entertainment and Tsuburaya Productions , with a total of 13 episodes...
.
In this series, Zetton was a machine created by the Alien Baltan to kill Ultraman Powered but was left dormant until he was awoken by another experiment by the Baltans, Dorako
Dorako
Dorako is a monster from the television show Ultraman. Dorako appears in an episode which in English is entitled "Night of the Comet."Dorako appeared in Episodes 25.Subtitle: .- History :...
. Shortly after Dorako was destroyed, Zetton came to earth and attacked WINR's base. The military soon arrived to assist WINR, but none of their weapons was enough to even harm Zetton, who destroyed everything in its sight. Powered revived without Ken'ichi as his host and tried to fight back only to be battered around by Zetton too. Finally after tricking Zetton into turning his back, Powered found an opening and destroyed Zetton with a Mega Specium Ray to his back, but at the cost of his own life.
This version of Zetton is perhaps the most unique design for the monster yet (as are the rest of the monsters in Ultraman Powered). This version was designed to be more robotic and possesses giant wing-like appendages on his back. His arms are incredibly thin and he is much taller than Ultraman Powered whereas the original Zetton was about the same size as Ultraman.
Ultraman Max
This monster reappeared in the series Ultraman MaxUltraman Max
was an Ultraman TV series which started airing on 7 July 2005, and produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.. The show tried to return to the true formula of new monsters every week and being a fast paced show like previous series with the exception of Ultraman Nexus...
(Urutoraman Makkusu, 2005) .
Called to earth by an Alien Zetton, Zetton came to Earth in the form of a blue fire ball and began to rampage through the city he was in. Both Ultraman Max and DASH tried to fight back only to have their attacks be proven futile by Zetton's power and strength. Soon enough, Ultraman Xenon (Max's superior from M78) arrived and fought against Zetton as well. During the fight, Ultraman Max is also presented with the "Max Galaxy," a weapon strong enough to penetrate Zetton's power and with it, Zetton was destroyed by the Max Galaxy.
Ultraman Mebius
This monster reappeared in the series Ultraman MebiusUltraman Mebius
is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. It is the 17th TV series and 40th anniversary production in the Ultra Series, which first began in 1966. It premiered on the Tokyo Broadcasting System on April 8, 2006...
(Urutoraman Mebiusu, 2006).
In this series, Zetton is one of many prototype Maquette Monsters whom are to be tested in hopes that they will be of useful to GUYS in the future to help defend Japan. However, the capsule that contains Zetton is dropped by accident and is also plugged into GUYS computer network. The accident results in Zetton going out of control as it trys to destroy GUYS's central computer system. GUYS tries to fight back with a Manquette of Ultraman Mebius himself, but the Manquette is confused into attacking with his Mebius Shot, which is reflected back and defeats the Manquette Ultra In Zetton's signature style. Soon enough, the Real Ultraman Mebius enters GUYS's computer network and tries to take care of Zetton himself, only to not realize how tough of an opponent Zetton was. GUYS soon assisted Mebius by sending their Maquette Monsters; Miclas
Miclas
is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultra Seven. Miclas appeared in Episodes 3 and 25. This monster is one of Ultra Seven's Capsule Monsters.Subtitle: .- History :...
and Windam
Windam (Ultra monster)
is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultra Seven. Windam appeared in Episodes 1, 24, and 39. This monster is Ultra Seven's Capsule Monsters.Subtitle: .- History :...
to help him. Soon enough their combined efforts was enough to delete the out-of-control Zetton.
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle
This monster reappeared in the series Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (Urutora Gyarakushi Daikaiju Batoru, 2007).In this series Zetton was the last of Kate's evil monsters after her Fire Golza
Golza
is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman Tiga. Golza appeared in Episodes 1.Subtitle: .-History:Golza was an ancient monster from Earth's past than had awoken along with the sky-rending monster, Melba. Appearing first in Mongolia, Golza tunnelled back underground before GUTS...
and Gan-Q were defeated by Rei's monsters and the ZAP SPACY. Zetton definitely proved to also be her strongest as well, easily manhandling all of Rei's monsters (Gomora
Gomora
is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu television series Ultraman, and first appeared in the show's only two-part storyline, The Monster Prince . Gomora has since become one of the franchises' toughest and most popular monsters, returning in subsequent Ultra Series...
, Litra, and Eleking
Eleking
is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultra Seven.Subtitle: .- History :Eleking was a monster born and raised by two twin sisters, who let him loose on the earth after stealing Dan's Ultra Eye, which prevented him from assuming his Ultraseven form. With Ultraseven nowhere in sight,...
) without showing much signs of fatigue or physical harm for most of the battle. Rei is forced to surrender in order to save his monsters from death, only to receive the respect of Kate and another rematch with her. Rei and Kate's final battle involved Gomora vs. Zetton to which Zetton clearly had the strength advantage, overpowering Gomora and blocking all of his attacks. However before Zetton could finish him off he was attacked by King Joe Black
King Joe (Ultra monster)
is a fictional robot from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultra Seven.Subtitle: .- History :Appearing first In the form of four ships, King Joe was sent by the Alien Pedan as their main weapon to conquer Earth. The four ships first appeared attacking and destroying a submarine as they alerted an SOS to...
and the two fought to a stand-still. After a short while, Gomora transforms into EX Gomora and dominates both Zetton and King Joe Black, and in the end King Joe Black is gouged and weakened by EX Gomora's tail and Zetton is destroyed by EX Gomora's Hyper Oscillatory Ray.
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey
This monster reappeared in the sequel series Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending OdysseyUltra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey
is the second season and the 25th entry in Tsuburaya Productions' long-running Ultra Series. Like its predecessor Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, NEO is a pay-per-view service. The first episode was distributed for free online on December 12, 2008, and remained available until January 31, 2009....
(Urutora Gyarakushi Daikaiju Batoru Neba Endingu Odessi, 2008).
In his series, Zetton appears but not as himself. He is conjured up as a hypnotic illusion created by Alien Nackle
Alien Nackle
is a race of alien creatures originally featured in the 1971 tokusatsu TV series, Return of Ultraman. Nackle appeared in Episodes 37-38.Subtitle: .- History :...
's Galberos
Galberos
Galberos , also known as Gelberos is a fictional kaiju featured in the tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman Nexus. Galberos appeared in episodes 6, 17, 18, and 35.Subtitle: .- History :...
in an attempt to weaken Rei and Gomora from fighting. When it would appear that Gomora was victorious, Zetton would "return" from being destroyed. After a while, both Rei and Gomora weaken for Nackle and Galberos to reveal themselves and the Zetton illusions disappear.
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy
This Monster reappeared in the movie Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy.Zetton is one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. He was killed by Zero in the final battle, and one of the two last monsters to die along with Tyrant.
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth
This monster reappeared in the prequel to Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy.Although not appearing as himself, Ultraman Mebius and Mecha Zamu must face off against an EX Zetton that acts as the bodyguard to the Giga Battle Nizer in the valley of flames. Although Mecha Zamu is mortally weakened by both the flames that surrounded him and the damage done by EX Zetton, Ultraman Mebius and Mecha Zamu manage to knock EX Zetton off the narrow platform they are fighting on and EX Zetton is destroyed by the flames that surrounded them.
Ultraman Saga
This Monster reappeared in the movie Ultraman SagaUltraman Saga
is an upcoming Japanese film in the Ultra Series to celebrate the franchise's 45th anniversary. It serves as a sequel to Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. The catchphrase for the movie is . The film will feature Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Dyna, and Ultraman Cosmos as well as the five Ultra...
as Hyper Zetton.