[FreshToku]

I know the Guts are probably pretty famous for that time they put Seven in a cross, but other than their freaky bird-like appearance, I'm struggling a bit to think about what else I really find memorable about them.

Certainly, they came across as scarily competent and came very close to conquering the Earth, but Ultraseven fought alien invaders trying to take over the Earth almost every episode, so they needed just a little more to stand out to me.

Is it weird if I think the modern Alien Guts looks kinda cute?

I love Dada though. His plot from the original Ultraman was already kinda wacky to begin with, but something about him seemed particularly... pathetic to me? Like the humans were outwitting him pretty well, and when Ultraman showed up, things just kept getting progressively worse for him. His three faces gimmick felt like him having exaggerated anime reactions to everything happening around him. I was kinda feeling bad for him by the end of the episode.

I do have a bit of a nostalgia bias because my first exposure to Dada was actually as a little kid, when I happened upon an episode of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero (one of those American series that for some reason aired in my region at the time) and I caught the episode of the Dada-lookalike that came out of people's computers and zapped them. It was pretty creepy to little me!

And of course, a Dada was the star of R/B's Halloween episode which was a special experience.

So I'd say my vote goes to Dada. This fight was stacked against Guts from the start though, since of the two of them, only Dada has ever been in a fashion commercial.