Mobile Suit Victory Gundam/YMMV


 * Alas, Poor Villain: Several characters in the Zanscare side get these. Good examples are,  , and
 * Arguably
 * Americans Hate Tingle: Despite being widely despised by most Western viewers for various reasons, Katejina seems to have a significant fanbase in Japan. She got into 17th place for female characters in Newtype Magazine's female characters poll. Also, Super Robot Wars titles that featured "Victory" tend to make her look a little bit more sympathetic (regaining her moral codes near the end of her life, before she's killed off, or being outright Brainwashed and Crazy), or just make her do Heel Face Turn as in Super Robot Wars Destiny (not Becoming the Mask completely in time). She's also usually the top candidate of representative of Victory other than Usso in other Gundam spinoffs like the Gundam vs. Series or Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2)
 * Complete Monster: While the likes of Chronicle, Katejina, and Tassilo are real pieces of work, only Big Bad Fonse Kagatie himself is worthy of this title. He is truly depraved, devoid of any positive or altruistic qualities. His ultimate goal was planetary genocide so that he could control all life that remained afterwards, and he stepped on as many innocent lives as it took to accomplish this.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The two openings -- "Stand Up to the Victory" and "Don't Stop! Carry On!" -- are some of the best of the franchise, despite how much they basically lie about the mood of the show.
 * Fashion Victim Villain: Fuala wearing cat bells as earrings alongside a pink pilot suit.
 * Not just as earrings, but pretty much everywhere on her.
 * These wigs. These old fashioned, really stupid looking wigs.
 * Note that the bells are explained as being linked with crazy!Fuala's obsession with the guillotine (they were the same kind of bells worn by the ones to be executed). On the other hand, that type of wigs is worn by officials even today, as stated below.
 * Actually, there are people who do know such details -- and yet they still find it funny, or at least very distracting. It's like knowing about English judges using wigs while at work, but being weirded out at the sight.
 * Funny Aneurysm Moment: an old man in ep. 12 mistakes Uso for someone called 'Nicol' - who's one of the youngest characters in Gundam Seed
 * Let's not forget episode 15, with the two kids stowing away on the shuttle and taking photos of a faked "hijacking". With a gun, even.
 * Iron Woobie: The most incredible thing about Uso as a character is that he didn't snap despite the numerous, brutal deaths that happen around him and their consequences.
 * Jerkass Woobie: Chronicle Asher and Katejina Loos have some rare moments of sympathy, as opposed to Tassilo or Kagatie, who do not.
 * Magnificent Bastard: Tassilo Vargo is either this or a very highly-functional Smug Snake.
 * Narm: This.
 * Katejina deciding to sicc some bikini-clad assassins on Uso while he is in his Gundam made very little sense, and quickly proved utterly pointless.
 * There's a few others as well: 's death being ruined by a THUD right before the Eyecatch is a good exemple.
 * 's isn't better: look at this face ! It's easily one of the few deaths of the franchise that can double as a funny.
 * The Zanscare military meetings become freaking ridiculous when you see either grunts or commanders wearing old-fashioned wigs. We know, it's The Empire, but what the Hell.
 * Note that even today those types of wigs are used in Britain by judges, so it's not completely outlandish.
 * Nightmare Fuel: Deaths in this series are not only sad and very common, but often are utterly anticlimactic., got the worst: Being decapitated by a mech's tire in the middle of a hostage situation? In front of , right before a ceasefire, and the only the only thing that remains is What the FUUUUUCK?!
 * The mere concept of  device known as the "Angel Halo" is freaking terrifying. Think of it... First of all, there is absolutely no reason for the military not to use it since it produces no collateral damage, cannot be defended against and there is no chance of a mutually assured destruction scenario as with colony drops or nuclear weapons (in other words, the perfect weapon). Second, consider the terrible positions of everyone involved on the Halo itself -- highlight, read, and have 'sweet dreams:
 * Are you one of the "physickers" working on it?
 * Are you the Newtype directing it?
 * Are you the target of the Halo?  All due to the Halo's power and the Zanscare Empire behind it.
 * Purity Sue: Deconstructed horribly. Queen Maria is kind, gentle, naive, a powerful healer and newtype... and a total puppet of The Empire behind her, which causes her lots of pain and drives a good part of the plot.
 * The Scrappy: Katejina gets this from fans for what she later becomes. For some, so does Shakti. And Chronicle.
 * Love to Hate: .........on the other hand, Katejina is also one of the most memorable Gundam villains because of her evilness, and has quite a few fans in Japan and on 4chan's /m/ board.
 * Tear Jerker: Lots, but the most poignant one is probably the one where all the old guys take over the crippled Reinforce Jr. and use it to ram the enemy flagship.
 * True Art Is Angsty