Ultraman - "Forget karate, Use The Ray!"

Ultraman was easily my favorite show. Ultraman, teamed up with the Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner show, formed the greatest 1-2 punch in Saturday Morning history.

Background - Ultraman, hailing from Nebula M78, came to Earth pursuing Bemular, who had escaped while being taken to the Monster Graveyard. While flying over Japan, he accidentally collided with a plane, causing it to crash. Remorseful, and knowing he will rapidly run out of life giving energy within the planet's atmosphere, Ultraman merged with the dying pilot Shin Hayata. This saved the life of the human, but also allowed his alien counterpart to survive on Earth and secretly live among the humans unnoticed except when he was needed. Shin was a member of the Science Patrol, a group armed with high-tech giant robots who routinely took on alien invaders and giant monsters which threatened Japan.

Synopsis of every Ultraman episode - Hayata and the rest of the Science Patrol are called upon to fight a giant monster (man in suit stomping on model landscape). Hyata uses the Beta Capsule (a bic pen) to turn into Ultraman, who then fights the monster, hand-to-hand for about 2 1/2 minutes. The light on Ultraman's chest starts blinking, signalling that Ultraman is running out of energy. At the last moment, Ultraman crosses his arms in front of him (in a plus sign) and an energy ray shoots out and kills the monster.