Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/Characters

This is the character sheet for the Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Heliopolis
A space colony in Earth's orbit, Heliopolis is part of Orb territory, and is thus neutral in the conflict between ZAFT and the Earth Alliance. Unfortunately for them, they're attacked by Rau Le Creuset none the less, and the colony is eventually destroyed. A number of refugees end up on board the Archangel, and become de facto Earth Alliance crewmen despite being citizens of a neutral nation.

Voice Actors: Soichiro Hoshi (Japanese), Matt Hill (English)
""If you just did nothing because you thought it wouldn't help, than you'd end up doing less than nothing. Because nothing would change.""



The main character, who was attending a technical college on Heliopolis when the series began. Naturally, he ends up Falling Into the Cockpit of the Strike Gundam. He's a Coordinator, which he attempts to hide at first, but it quickly comes out into the open. Kira undergoes the most Character Development of anyone in the series; starting as a somewhat goofy but generally normal kid, he forces himself to become cold and nearly mechanical in order to deal with the realities of war, but eventually breaks out of this and becomes much more idealistic (but no less determined) before the series ends.


 * A Man Is Not a Virgin: The first Gundam hero who has sex mid-series.
 * Ambiguous Disorder: Kira has a lot of Amuro's personality traits, including social awkwardness, skill with machinery, and a tendency towards trying to do everything himself and losing himself in his work. If there's a difference between the two of them, it's that Kira lacks Amuro's deliberately antisocial behaviour—he wants to interact with others, he's just not that good at it.
 * Badass: He doesn't want to be kicking twelve different kinds of ass, but that won't stop him from doing it if he has to.
 * Beam Spam: With the Freedom.
 * Betty and Veronica: Lacus and Flay
 * BFG: The Launcher Striker's 320mm Agni hyperimpulse cannon.
 * BFS: The Sword Striker's anti-ship sword, which is over fifteen meters long.
 * Big Damn Hero: Plenty of times, even moreso after receiving the Freedom.
 * Bigger Stick: His Gundam, naturally.
 * Born Winner: Not just a Coordinator, but, and also capable of activating SEED mode.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Towards Flay. Deconstructed later on.
 * Death From Above: The flight capable Freedom.
 * Dual-Wielding: With the Freedom's beam sabres.
 * Expy: Of Amuro Ray.
 * Falling Into the Cockpit: Actually thrown in by Murrue in order to save his life during the ZAFT commando raid on Heliopolis.
 * Forgiveness: Forgives both Athrun and Yzak, even choosing to spare the latter (who shot down a shuttle full of civilians) in the middle of a battle.
 * Good-Looking Privates: Not to the same degree as Athrun, but still he ain't hard on the eyes.
 * The Hero
 * Heroes Want Redheads: In the beginning of the series, Kira has an obvious crush on Flay which later, but it just gets ugly from there.
 * Heroic BSOD: He pretty much lives one during the middle part of the series, as he shuts his emotions down in order to cope with the ravages of the war.
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation: During the series' mid-point it doesn't matter how good Kira is or how much the others praise him: he can't live up to the only person whose standards matter to him, namely, his own.
 * Honor Before Reason: Sometimes. Not so much during the mid-part of the series.
 * I Let Gwen Stacy Die:.
 * It's Personal: With Athrun after and Le Creuset after.
 * Knife Nut: The Strike's basic form is armed with two Armr Schneider knives, and nothing else. They come in useful a bunch of times though.
 * Lady and Knight: The Knight to Lacus Clyne's Lady.
 * Lightning Bruiser: The Freedom, which more or less combines all the Strike's modes into one Gundam.
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Both the Strike and the Freedom feature a shield. Kira makes extensive use of both of them.
 * Martial Pacifist: He'd much rather talk things out than fight over it. This being Gundam, it doesn't work out that way.
 * Mecha Expansion Pack: The Strike, which is near-useless without one of its three Striker packs.
 * The Messiah: Starts to develop these sorts of traits partway through the show.
 * Mid-Season Upgrade: The Strike to the Freedom.
 * Multiform Balance: The Strike. Aile Striker is more or less a Jack of All Stats, while the Launcher Striker is a Mighty Glacier with heavier weaponry but less mobility, and the Sword Striker is a borderline Lightning Bruiser (not quite as fast as the Aile, but faster than the Launcher) balanced by the fact that it lacks ranged firepower.
 * Nice Guy: Which makes the horror show he's thrust into all the sadder.
 * Not Quite Dead: To the ire of his haters and the relief of everyone else.
 * The Protagonist
 * Purple Eyes
 * Reluctant Warrior: He really doesn't like fighting, but if the alternative is letting innocents suffer, then prepare for ass-kickings.
 * Rescue Romance: His relationship with Lacus developed from this. In fact, both traded roles of rescuer and rescuee in some points.
 * The Rival: Athrun's.
 * Say My Name: Happens a lot.
 * : With Cagalli
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: The war has a very detrimental effect on Kira's mental health, causing him to hit rock bottom around the series midpoint. He recovers to a degree, but is sporting one hell of a Thousand-Yard Stare by the time Destiny roles around.
 * Skilled but Naive: The naivety is wrung out of him after some really harsh experiences.
 * Technical Pacifist: After getting the Freedom, he aims to disable MS and spare the pilot, rather than destroying them outright. He will break this rule if he has to though, most notably against who couldn't be stopped any other way.
 * Teen Genius
 * Tender Tears: He can be a bit weepy early in the series, though only when he's alone. Note, however, that he only does this after a battle—he's not crying for himself, he's crying for the men he's killed.
 * Tragic Keepsake: The origami flower he was given by a little girl he'd helped protect.
 * : With Cagalli. Averted just in time.
 * Unlucky Everydude: He starts the series doing piles of extra work for his college professor and with an unrequited crush on Flay. His fortunes do not improve.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: By mid-series you will be thinking this. He gets it back. Mostly.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Gives a pretty hefty slap after she took a swing at him and
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: By mid-series you will be thinking this. He gets it back. Mostly.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Gives a pretty hefty slap after she took a swing at him and

Voice Actors: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Anna Cummer (English)


One of Kira's friends from Heliopolis. Dates Tolle and serves as Kira's Mission Control, Miri is probably the most level-headed of the press-ganged civilians. After, she goes through a period of growing instability before getting over it and eventually.


 * Break the Cutie
 * Bridge Bunnies
 * Beta Couple: With Tolle
 * Forgiveness: Forgives Athrun for his role in.
 * Freak-Out: After, though she recovers eventually.
 * The Heart: Plays peacemaker to the rest of the Bridge Bunnies, and provides emotional support for everyone she can.
 * Mission Control
 * Team Mom: To her posse.
 * UST: One interpretation of.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Nice Grade B, Miri!

Voice Actors: Tetsu Shiratori (Japanese), Bill Switzer (English)


A friend of Kira's and Flay's boyfriend. He seems to be the unofficial leader of Kira's social clique—he's the cool, confident guy with the hot girlfriend. Between Flay's issues and Kira's rising importance, this is slowly Deconstructed over the first half of the series, though Sai's resilient enough to bounce back from it. During the second half of the series, he reprises his leadership role, acting as the unofficial first-among-equals for the bridge crewmen.


 * Bridge Bunnies: Their leader in the latter half of the show.
 * Cool Shades: And by extension Sunglasses At Night.
 * Easily Forgives
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * I Just Want to Be Special: Briefly. He recovers from it very quickly though.
 * The Lancer / The Smart Guy: Among Kira's group of friends.
 * Love Hurts and Love Makes You Crazy: He gets better.
 * Megane
 * Nice Guy: Which is one reason so many people hate Flay for what she puts him through.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * The Resenter: Briefly has this attitude regarding Kira. He gets over it fast.
 * Romantic False Lead: A more sympathetic one than usual.
 * Shut UP, Hannibal: Pulls it on Flay.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Following Kira's apparent death, Sai mans up and takes command of the bridge crew, tells Flay exactly where she can stick her issues, prevents she and Miriallia from killing Dearka, and essentially becomes one of the most important people on board the Archangel, all without ever changing his rank or official job.
 * Woman Scorned: Except, you know, male. He gets better much sooner than the standard, though.

Voice Actors: Takayuki Inoue (Japanese), Richard Ian Cox (English)


One of Kira's friends. Dates Miriallia and looks up to Kira. The one to come up with the idea to join the Archangel's crew, he's always looking to make himself useful. One of the Bridge Bunnies at first, he eventually spends enough time in the simulator to graduate to Skygrasper pilot, and begins to help Kira and Mu in battle. During the mid-series Wham! Episode, he.


 * Beta Couple: With Miriallia
 * The Big Guy / The Lancer: Plays this role to Kira early in the series.
 * Bridge Bunnies
 * Cool Plane: The Skygrasper.
 * Hot-Blooded: Tolle is certainly the most enthusiastic of the Heliopolis crew, and constantly pushes to improve himself. Over the course of the series, he goes from refugee, to bridge crew, to combat pilot!

Voice Actors: Yasuhiro Takato (Japanese), Keith Miller (English)


One of Kira's friends, he's something of a minor character compared to the rest of the Heliopolis crew. He's the most average of the clique, lacking any outstanding quality comparable to Sai's confidence, Miriallia's warmth, or Tolle's determination. When the Archangel reaches.


 * The Everyman: His main role in the series is "the average guy"—his response to things like The Reveal that Kira's a Coordinator stands in for the "normal" reaction.
 * The Generic Guy
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * The Load: He considers himself this, though no one else seems to. He pulls his weight on the Archangel, at least.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Satellite Character
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Convinced that he's of little use, he leaves at the first chance he gets.

Voice Actors: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese), Tabitha St. Germain (English)
""Why didn't you save him? It's because you're a Coordinator too!""



Living on Heliopolis at the beginning of the series, Flay is actually the daughter of the Atlantic Federation's Vice Foreign Minister, George Allster. She'd recently begun dating Sai at the beginning of the series, though Kira had had a crush on her for some time. A fairly air-headed type, the war is not kind to her. After having the misfortune to, she... reacts badly. Using her feminine wiles, she manipulates Kira emotionally and sexually, in the hopes of. Separated from the Archangel's crew at Alaska, she.


 * Beauty Is Bad:
 * Becoming the Mask: Pretends that she loves Kira because she blames him for her father's death and wants to make sure he'll die as punishment, but later she finds herself really falling in love with him. Sai even says it to her directly.
 * Bridge Bunny: Gets upgraded to this when she works with Natarle in the Dominion, even earning a Crowning Moment of Awesome when.
 * Character Development: While her Becoming the Mask phase happens earlier on, the more obvious development happens very late in the series, after.
 * The Dark Chick: Towards Azrael, following her coming aboard the Dominion.
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Says something along those lines to Kira in the backhalf of the series.
 * Evil Redheads: More horribly messed up than evil, but still.
 * Fallen Princess
 * Fantastic Racism: Towards Coordinators.
 * Fille Fatale: Only fifteen and already seducing Kira into doing what she wants.
 * Freak-Out: After her father's death.
 * : To Kira.
 * It Meant Something to Me: Whether she wants to acknowledge it or not.
 * Magic Skirt
 * Manipulative Bitch: Post-Freak-Out, Pre-Character Development.
 * The Ojou: In the beginning, before her dad died.
 * Parental Abandonment: Her mom died when she was a child, then her dad George died in front of her.
 * Princesses Prefer Pink: She wears pink even before wearing her Archangel crew uniform.
 * Rich Bitch
 * Stockholm Syndrome: To, who reminds her of her dead father, despite the fact that he also subjects her to an absolutely brutal Hannibal Lecture.
 * Stocking Filler: As part of the Dominion crew.
 * Talking to Himself: She and Natarle share the same voice in the Japanese version.
 * Yandere: She starts off using Kira, but comes to love him for real, which just makes her mental state worse.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Bonafide grade B
 * Talking to Himself: She and Natarle share the same voice in the Japanese version.
 * Yandere: She starts off using Kira, but comes to love him for real, which just makes her mental state worse.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Bonafide grade B

Earth Alliance
A military alliance consisting of the nations who funded the construction of the PLANTs, formed when the Coordinators living there declared themselves independent. Devastated by ZAFT's mobile suits, they develop the Gundams with the aid of neutral nation Orb in order to counter this. Initially presented as the more sympathetic faction of the war, they're still no barrel of laughs, conscripting several of the Heliopolis refugees to crew the Archangel. As the series progresses, they become less and less sympathetic.

Voice Actors: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Lisa Ann Beley (English)
""It's becoming more and more difficult to understand who or what we're fighting for.""



A Lieutenant stationed on the Archangel, she's forced to take command after the ZAFT attack on Heliopolis. Though uncertain of herself at first, she eventually grows to be a capable officer and a dangerous opponent to ZAFT. Keeping the Archangel in one piece through space, reentry, and all over Earth, she.


 * The Captain: Of the Archangel. She actually gains the title following her promotion.
 * The Good Captain: Absolutely
 * Expy: A young lieutenant who initially comes off as unfair and overbearing is forced to take over a brand new assault carrier. They gradually grow into the role of Captain and leader, eventually becoming one of the most respected officers in the fleet, while striking up a romance with one of their senior officers. Are we talking about Murrue Ramius, or Bright Noa? She's practically his Distaff Counterpart.
 * Field Promotion: Lieutenant to Captain.
 * Gainaxing: You know the Archangel's taken a nasty hit when Murrue gets bouncy.
 * Good-Looking Privates: You had better believe it.
 * Her Heart Will Go On: Twice.
 * The Leader: Of the Archangel crew, Type IV. Ramius is a capable officer and has the full respect of everyone working for her.
 * The McCoy: Albeit in a primary leadership role; Mu is her Kirk, although Natarle (who rounds out the Power Trio in the superego role) only marginally qualifies as The Spock.
 * Hot Teacher: Well, she was before she became a military officer.
 * Lady of War: Calm, collected, feminine, and the best battleship captain in the EA Navy.
 * Military Maverick: Though kinder and gentler than most, Murrue doesn't hesitate to trample all over military regulations as necessary in order to protect the people on her ship. This causes problems for her with her Number Two, Natarle Badgiruel.
 * Official Couple: With Mu La Flaga.
 * Team Mom
 * Took a Level In Badass: As the show progresses and she gains both confidence and ability.
 * Tragic Keepsake: Her locket. It's.
 * Woman in White
 * You Are in Command Now: La Flaga pushes her into command after the Archangel's commanding officers are killed in Le Creuset's surprise attack. He could have taken the position, as he has seniority, but Murrue is more familiar with the ship and better-suited to the position, while Mu, as the only available pilot other than Kira, is better off not tied to the bridge.

Voice Actors: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Trevor Devall (English)
""I'm the man who makes the impossible possible.""



One of the few mobile armour pilots to survive the war long enough to appear in the series, he's also lucky (and good) enough to survive the initial ZAFT attack on Heliopolis. Surprisingly laid back for a guy who's been on the brink of a messy death for months at a time, he provides much needed advice and experience for the Archangel's rookie crew. Provides support for Kira and Murrue most specifically—he actually outranks them both, but having no experience as a ship's officer and being unable to pilot the Strike, he prefers to leave the lead roles to them. Has a rivalry with ZAFT commander Rau Le Creuset, which precedes the beginning of the series. Pilots first the Mobius Zero mobile armour, then the Skygrasper, and finally the Strike. He is.


 * Abusive Parents: Al Da Flaga was an asshole, all right, and his mother seems to have been a relative non-entity.
 * The Ace and Ace Pilot: Everyone agrees, in universe and out. Mu is awesome.
 * Broken Ace: A milder version than some, but his affable behavior conceals quite a bit of mental and emotional damage, which he willingly acknowledges.
 * Attack Drone: Has four wire-controlled gun pods on his Mobius Zero.
 * Badass: If anyone can do the exceptional in a grunt suit, it's Mu La Flaga!
 * Badass Normal: Made even more badass by his status as a Natural in a series where most of the awesome is reserved for Coordinators.
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Kira.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Catch Phrase: Of the Badass Boast variety. "I am a man who can make the impossible possible!"
 * Coming in Hot: Mu does this several times, with the Mobius Zero and the Skygrasper.
 * Cool Plane: The Skygrasper.
 * Expy: He's basically a milder-mannered Sleggar Law with some aspects of Char's Quattro persona thrown in.
 * : During the final battle, Mu.
 * : One of the most legendary ones in Gundam.
 * : We can't see his face, but we can hear him laughing.
 * : "Didn't I tell you I'm the man who can make the impossible possible!"
 * : The fact that it doesn't just is thanks to Mu's raw Badassery.
 * Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest: Subverted! He's clearly into Murrue pretty much from the beginning and boy does he make it clear.
 * Field Promotion: Lieutenant to Lieutenant-Commander
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Lonely Rich Kid: As a child, via Parental Abandonment.
 * The Kirk: To Murrue's McCoy.
 * Man in White: In his military uniform.
 * Mildly Military: Despite being the senior officer present for most of the beginning of the series, Mu's not really one for standing on ceremony.
 * Official Couple: With Murrue. Awww.
 * Parental Abandonment: His father disowned him when he was a child, locked him in a Big Fancy House and . Then both his parents died in a fire.
 * Red Baron: The Hawk of Endymion.
 * Rich Bastard's Handsome Son
 * Sole Survivor: Of his Mobius Zero squadron during the Endymion lunar campaign during his backstory, and of the Earth Alliance pilots during the attack on Heliopolis—though neither really affects his personality much.
 * Space Fighter: His Mobius Zero, which is actually one of the more realistic designs out there.
 * Super Prototype: The Mobius Zero, which is vastly superior to the mass production Mobius in terms of armament and speed. Justified Trope in that only a very few pilots had the level of skill and spatial awareness required to operate the Zero and its Attack Drones effectively.
 * Sympathy for the Devil: A poignant scene towards the end of the series has Mu sympathizing with  in a conversation with Murrue; Mu is the only character who seems to fully consider what effect his past had on him. He does, however, state firmly that what he's doing can't be excused.
 * Tempting Fate: "I'll be right back, with victory in hand."
 * The Unfavorite: To his father, Al. Oddly for the trope, there is no favorite; Mu was an only child, but he looked too much like his mom.

Voice Actors: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese), Sarah Johns (English)


Originally an Ensign on the Archangel, she graduates to Murrue's Number Two after the attack on Heliopolis. Harder and more pragmatic than Murrue, Badgiruel remains loyal to the Earth Forces, and is eventually named captain of the Archangel's Evil Counterpart, the Dominion. A professional soldier, she buries any doubts she has behind her ironclad faith in the military, even when forced to work with Muruta Azrael and his squad.


 * The Captain: Of the Dominion and the first of the Archangel.
 * Commissar Cap
 * Commander Contrarian: With Ramius.
 * Cry Cute: In the second episode actually, when she realizes she's the Sole Survivor of her original crew.
 * The Dark Chick: She and Flay play this role to Azrael and the Earth Forces after she becomes captain of the Dominion.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Eventually.
 * and :
 * Field Promotion
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Military Brat: Her Freudian Excuse.
 * Number Two: To Murrue at first.
 * Power Hair
 * Sergeant Rock: Believes that military regulations and the mission take precedence over helping people. She still cares about her subordinates, though.
 * Shower Scene: Gets one before
 * Sole Survivor: Of the Archangel's original crew.
 * Stocking Filler
 * Talking to Himself: She and Flay share the same voice in the Japanese version.
 * Woman in White
 * Stocking Filler
 * Talking to Himself: She and Flay share the same voice in the Japanese version.
 * Woman in White
 * Talking to Himself: She and Flay share the same voice in the Japanese version.
 * Woman in White

Voice Actors: Isshin Chiba (Japanese), Philip Pacaud (English)


The soft spoken helmsman of the Archangel, Mr. Neumann is one of the unsung heroes of the show. Taking on a leadership role among the ship's NCO's in times of crisis, Neumann's greatest contribution to the survival of the Archangel is without a doubt his insane piloting skills.


 * Field Promotion: From Chief Petty Officer to Ensign.
 * Hidden Depths: Neumann keeps to himself and rarely speaks, but when the Archangel is in lockdown aboard Artemis, he's the one who rallies the crew and organises the breakout. Supplementary materials suggest that he may have had a crush on Natarle Badgiruel as well.
 * Improbable Piloting Skills: Good Lord yes! This man flies a several thousand tonne battleship as though it were a freaking fighter plane. Doing a barrel roll to point the ship's guns down or circumvent an enemy battleship? No problem. Recovering from a botched atmospheric re-entry? Not even worth a mention. Dodging beams and guided missiles alike between the time they are fired and the time they reach his ship (many times maneuvering so quickly it looks like the crew would surely be turned to red paste against the walls)? All in a day's work.
 * Love Hurts: In some of the video games based on SEED it is revealed that Neumann had a thing for the Archangel's Number Two, Badgiruel. This means that he had to Ouch.
 * Man in White
 * The Quiet One: Looks and acts like an older Athrun actually.
 * The Stoic
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Voice Actors: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese), Andrew Francis (English)
""Misunderstandings create enemies, and when you have enemies, you shoot them.""



The leader of the anti-Coordinator terrorist group Blue Cosmos and a powerful figure in the Atlantic Federation. Boyish. Charming. Takes his evil Up to Eleven. He joins the crew of the Dominion with his squad of modified soldiers, more or less subverting Badgiruel's position as captain. .

""I can't lose. I never lose!""
 * Ax Crazy: You get hints about just how crazy he is throughout the show. Then the last few episodes hit and holy crap.
 * Bad Boss: Controls Shani, Cortho, and Orga through drug addiction, and everyone else through fear. Really starts to show after his Villainous Breakdown.
 * Big Bad Wannabe: A truly nasty—and very competent—one. He's the real leader of the Earth Forces and would be The Big Bad if weren't in the story. It's worth noting that of all the contenders for this title in the series he is without a doubt the most evil.
 * Big Bad Ensemble: Subverted. It appears that the plot is coming down to the war between him and Patrick Zala but in reality.
 * Bishonen: Which accounts for his ridiculous popularity with the female fanbase.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Blue Eyes
 * Disproportionate Retribution: Huh. So you wanted to kill all Coordinators because some of them bullied you when you were a kid?
 * Driven by Envy: Heavily implied by his backstory. He's less angry about the Coordinators being better than humanity than he is about them being better than him.
 * Eviler Than Thou: With Coordinator-supremacist Patrick Zala.
 * Evil Is Petty
 * Evil Laugh: Gives an epic one when he receives the plans.
 * Fantastic Racism: His motivation. Worst of all, he can't understand why everyone else doesn't feel the same way he does.
 * Faux Affably Evil: His polite mannerisms and excitable personality only serve to enhance how much of an arrogant psycho he is.
 * Final Solution: Plans to nuke the Plants, ending the war, and killing every Coordinator in existence in the process.
 * Freudian Excuse: See above. Subverted in that it is intended to make him more despicable, not less.
 * He-Man Woman Hater: Has some aspects of this. He's openly contemptuous of Badgiruel after finding out she's a woman, and is the only character in-series to use the word "bitch" to describe a female character.
 * Hypocrite: Genetically modifying fetus' to create Born Winners is evil! Using drugs and mental torture to create Super Soldiers out of children is not! It's also hinted that his hatred of Coordinators is a case of Driven by Envy, making him an even bigger hypocrite.
 * Kick the Dog: It's his life's work!
 * Lack of Empathy: Couldn't find it with a compass and a road map.
 * Light Is Not Good: Has a religious name and wears a white suit, but...
 * The Man Behind the Man: To the Atlantic Federation president. Think of him as a very powerful businessman and lobbyist... who just happens to head a combination KKK and Nazi Party.
 * Man of Wealth and Taste: His fashion sense is one of his few redeeming qualities. Come to think of it, it's about his only redeeming quality. He does look good in that blue suit.
 * Muggle Power: His mom didn't make him a Coordinator, so no one gets to be one.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: He's named after the Angel of Death.
 * A Nazi by Any Other Name: Here's a hint people—if it looks like a Nazi, and talks like a Nazi, and acts like a Nazi, chances are, it's a Nazi.
 * Non-Action Villain: Toyed with. He's no fighter, but he's certainly willing to go to the front and place himself in the line of fire.
 * Not So Different: From Patrick Zala. Lampshaded by Uzumi Nara Atha.
 * Nuke'Em: Tries to do this to the PLANTS twice.
 * Playing Against Type: Nobuyuki Hiyama is not known for this kind of role.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: Ya think?
 * The Political Officer: Practically his role on the Dominion, making sure his plans are fulfilled.
 * Put the Laughter In Slaughter: Azrael is taking a little too much enjoyment in watching people get nuked.
 * Revenge Before Reason: Prioritises destroying the Plants over stopping Genesis, and you know, saving the human race.
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Smug Snake: Ungodly arrogant, and self-assured to the point of suicidal overconfidence. It's worth noting that simply holding a conversation with him can be a trying experience for characters like Badgirel.
 * The Sociopath: Hits every requirement on the checklist. Heck, just read the page quote.
 * Sore Loser: Goes out ranting and screaming about how he always wins.
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Why settle for defeating your enemies through strategy when you can just Nuke'Em? And then there's putting an entire clip into.
 * This Is for Emphasis, Bitch: Does it to Flay. While backhanding her.
 * Unwitting Pawn: Of . He never suspects a thing.
 * Villainous Breakdown: And how! By the end he's a screaming, ranting mess.


 * Villain with Good Publicity: A curious example. His racism is well known and publicised, but in the Earth Forces, anti-Coordinator sentiment is hardly uncommon. He's all but worshipped by the OMNI high command, and is a well-respected figure in the Atlantic Federation. What he's hiding from everyone is what an utter psycho he is, and the fact that he couldn't care less about individual Naturals.
 * We Have Reserves: Azrael doesn't give a damn about casualties, and actually goes so far as to classify Shani, Cortho, and Orga as equipment, rather than soldiers, making them totally expendable.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Would totally hit a girl. Or.

Voice Actors: Minoru Inaba (Japanese), Ron Halder (English)
""For the preservation of our blue and natural Earth!""

A member of the OMNI General Staff and a card-carrying member of Blue Cosmos, Captain Sutherland is a key member of Azrael's network and provides his link to the upper echelons of the Earth Forces' military. The mastermind behind the use of the Cyclops system at JOSH-A, Sutherland sees to it that the worst of Azrael's proposals are made a reality by the military.


 * Armchair Military: Surprisingly, no. Sutherland is every inch the Obstructive Bureaucrat in terms of personality, but at the Battle of Jachin Due he's on the frontlines in the Earth Forces' flagship, The Doolittle.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * The Captain: Though as a General Staff officer he wields far more authority than the title would imply. He becomes a more traditional example after taking command of the Doolittle.
 * The Good Captain: Ha, ha, ha...no. God no. Sutherland has even less regard for his men's lives than Azrael does.
 * Commissar Cap
 * The Dragon: He's the closest thing that Azrael has to one, being of the "detail-oriented administrator" variety.
 * Evil Genius: As Blue Cosmos' strategist and a member of the General Staff he does double-duty as both this trope and The Dragon.
 * Fantastic Racism
 * Final Solution: He's the one who approves the use of nuclear weapons at Jachin Due; like Azrael he wants every last Coordinator reduced to ashes.
 * General Ripper: Absolutely. He fully supports Azrael's agenda and works to make it a reality.
 * Insane Admiral: He's quieter about it than say, Patrick Zala, but yeah, he's still a madman.
 * Killed Off for Real:.
 * Knight Templar: The most charitable interpretation of his character. Unlike Azrael (who's Driven by Envy) he genuinely seems to believe that the Coordinators need to be exterminated in order to save the Naturals.
 * Man in White
 * Muggle Power
 * Non-Action Guy: He's a General Staff officer, so he doesn't become personally involved in combat. His willingness to go to the front captaining The Doolittle keeps him out of Armchair Military territory though.
 * Obstructive Bureaucrat: He acts as one during his initial appearance, where he heads the investigation into the Archangel's actions, and even after his Insane Admiral status is unveiled, clearly has the heart and soul of a pencil-pusher. The absoultely banal nature of his evil provides for a sharp contrast with his flamboyant boss; he's essentially Adolf Eichmann to Azrael's Adolf Hitler.
 * Oh Crap: Immediately before being.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain
 * Smug Snake: Much like his boss, though with less Axe Crazy and more Obstructive Bureaucrat.
 * The Strategist:: All those horrific plans you see the Earth Forces implementing? Blame this jackass.
 * Weapons of Mass Destruction: He's the one who decided to use the Cyclops system, and actually turns the key to activate it, while giving a little speech about preserving the Earth's purity.
 * We Have Reserves: Like his boss, Sutherland doesn't care too much about individual lives. At JOSH-A he deliberately sacrifices the lives of thousands of his allies in order to halt ZAFT and weaken Eurasia's influence.

Shani's Voice Actors: Shunichi Miyamoto (Japanese), Richard Ian Cox (English)


Three "biological CPUs" brought in by Azrael to pilot his shiny new Gundams during the attack on Orb, Clotho Buer, Orga Sabnak, and Shani Andras are the Earth Alliance's best weapons during the waning weeks of the war. Fed a steady stream of drugs that are both performance enhancing and highly addictive, it's unclear whether this is what drove them nuts or if they were always that way. Regardless, the trio are capable of taking on Coordinators in superior mobile suits toe-to-toe and coming out on top more often than not, despite being completely and utterly psychotic. Orga is assigned to the Calamity; outside of battle, he's usually found reading paperback novels. Clotho pilots the Raider; his primary hobby outside of battle is playing Shmups, and he's fond of shouting gaming-inspiring phrases like "game over!" in combat. Shani pilots the Forbidden, and spends his downtime ignoring the rest of the world by listening to music on his headphones. He cultivates his Peek-a-Bangs to hide his Mismatched Eyes.

""No one takes a shot at me!""
 * Ax Crazy: At least in combat; outside of battle they tend to ignore everyone around them. Shani is probably the worst.
 * Being Tortured Makes You Evil
 * Berserk Button: Okay, they're all pretty unstable, but Shani's even more likely to snap than usual if someone whom he considers weak tries to stop him.


 * BFG: The Calamity is a flying artillery platform, and after the Buster, features the largest cannons seen in series.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: Orga.
 * Boxed Crooks: In their original backstory they were death row prisoners, offered a reprive if they agreed to be experimented on.
 * The Brute(s): The three of them serve as Azrael's Brute squad, providing the Earth Forces with vicious, expendable muscle.
 * Death From Above: The Raider and the Forbidden are both flight capable. Typically Clotho provides fire support, while Shani closes with the target.
 * Drugs Are Bad
 * Epic Flail: The Raider features one in mobile suit mode.
 * Evil Laugh: None of them are afraid to indulge in one.
 * Evil Redhead: Clotho.
 * Expy: Not as individuals, but as the group the pre-Extended trio have a lot in common with the Cyber Newtypes of the UC era.
 * Fan Nickname: "The Druggies", for obvious reasons.
 * Flawed Prototype: They manage to be this and Super Prototype at the same time. While it's true that they have far superior combat skills to their successors in the extended, they're also highly unstable emotionally, cannot be trusted with any jobs outside of piloting, and have a two hour time limit on combat that is absolutely crippling when it comes to usability. The later versions essentially swap out the better piloting skills for increased loyalty and versatility, and a far longer time limit (they only have to be maintained once a day).
 * Half the Man He Used To Be: Orga
 * Horror Hunger: The withdrawal symptoms are fatal, and exceedingly painful.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Shani
 * Kick Them While They Are Down: A Laughing Mad Clotho tries to attack the disabled Buster towards the end of the Jachin Due battle..
 * : All three of them, eventually.
 * Lack of Empathy: All three have got it bad. Clotho views it all as some sort of real-life video game, Orga doesn't care who he mows down with his BFGs and Shani...Shani's an out and out psycho who opens fire on his own teammates (or redirects blasts towards them) and gets off on killing enemy pilots.
 * Laughing Mad: following the deaths of  is left a laughing, Empty Shell.
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me/Deflector Shields: Shani's Gundam, the Forbidden, incorporates both, in the form of a pair of shields attached to the superstructure that redirect beam weapons away from his Gundam.
 * Minor Injury Overreaction: Shani does this for his Gundam, going ballistic when it's damaged. "Did you see what that guy did?!"
 * Mismatched Eyes: Shani.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: The Calamity, The Raider, and The Forbidden? I think I'm going to be...somewhere else for a while.
 * Not a Game: Clotho seems to have trouble understanding that he isn't playing a video game. He keeps right on killing, not out of patriotism or loyalty, but because he hates to lose.
 * The Quiet One: Shani's this outside of battle. During battle he's a cackling lunatic.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: Substitute "quirky" for "psychotic and persistent" and you've got them.
 * Peek-a-Bangs: Shani's help to enhance his rather emo appearance when he's out of combat.
 * Power Trio: Orga's the Ego, Clotho's the Superego, and Shani's the Id, although all three are absolutely certifiable.
 * Psycho Prototypes: It's revealed in the sequel that they are the forerunners of the Extended program. The Extended might have issues, but compared to these three, they're pillars of stability. Arguably an example of a Super Prototype as well given their better combat record.
 * Psycho Serum: Used partly to increase combat performance and partly to ensure loyalty; the effects of withdrawal are fatal, precluding any attempt at desertion.
 * Psychotic Smirk: Orga often features one.
 * Put the Laughter In Slaughter: All of them, but especially Shani.
 * Restraining Bolt: Their Psycho Serum serves as one. The effects of withdrawal are fatal, firmly anchoring their loyalty to Azrael.
 * Sanity Slippage: A little more with every episode.
 * Say My Name: Shout each other's at regular intervals (typically because one of them has just tried to shoot the others).
 * Second Place Is for Losers/Sore Loser: When asked why he continues to fight for people who are just using him, Clotho responds with "All I know is that I hate to lose. That's good enough for me."
 * Sinister Scythe: Shani's Gundam features one.
 * Slasher Smile: All three, but most frequently Shani.
 * Slave Mooks: They're only loyal to Azrael because they will die without frequent doses of Psycho Serum.
 * Sociopathic Soldiers: Type II. Despite being virtual slaves, hating their boss, and designated as equipment rather than personnel, they still really enjoy their work.
 * Sore Loser: Clotho, who rants about how much he hates to lose at one point. Clearly the boy has spent too much time around Azrael.
 * Super Prototypes: To the Extended of Gundam SEED Destiny. See Flawed Prototype & Psycho Prototype, above, for more details.
 * Super Soldiers
 * Teens Are Monsters: If you go off of their original backstory, they were already monsters long before they became Sociopathic Soldiers.
 * Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: None of them are team players, which occasionally devolves into them actually fighting each other instead of their enemy. Orga is rather careless about what he's shooting at, Clotho hates it when his teammates need to hitch a ride on his flight-capable Gundam, and Shani prefers to ignore his teammates' existence entirely during combat. Still, when they do cooperate, it really sucks to be the other guy.
 * Transforming Mecha: Raider switches between a normal MS mode and an almost bird-like flight mode, while The Forbidden features a retractable superstructure and deflector shields.
 * Verbal Tic: Orga's "hey, hey, hey," and Clotho's fondness for shouting "Game over!"
 * Villainous Breakdown: When they start to go through withdrawal, it gets ugly. Clotho gets worse after.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: They may not like each other very much, but they hate the rest of the world far more, and are pretty dependent on one another for emotional stability..
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Clotho has orange hair, while Shani has light green.

ZAFT
The group representing the Coordinators living in the PLANTs, its military arm is the primary antagonist at the beginning of the series. Fighting for independence from the Earth nations that built the PLANTs they live in, their fight is far more complicated than an idealistic crusade against tyranny. Their presentation changes drastically during the course of the series, managing to become both more and less sympathic at the same time.

Voice Actors: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese), Mark Oliver (English)
""The dove is a symbol of peace. It's not born with the sharp beak or claws that can inflict a fatal attack, so they say if these two birds were pitted against each other it would undoubtedly be a long, gruesome battle.""



Athrun's commanding officer and Patrick Zala's right-hand man, Le Creuset is a feared ZAFT ship captain and mobile suit pilot, renowned for his ability and his ruthlessness. He is assigned to hunt down the Archangel, and is later given command of the assaults on Alaska and Panama, and the defence of Jachin Due. Aways masked, Le Creuset is an enigmatic figure with a grudge against Mu La Flaga. He is eventually revealed to be. This doesn't work out very well; he inherits a serious case of. This eventually leads him to decide that he is in a uniquely objective position to judge humanity as a whole. He finds them wanting, and decides that, a goal he has been working towards since the start of the series. A very dangerous man, Rau originally pilots a series of Elite Mook mobile suits, but eventually upgrades to the Providence.


 * Ace Custom: Flies several heavily modified mobile suits, all of them painted white. These include a high-manouvere GINN, a CGUE command suit, a DINN, and one of the new production GuAIZ's, which had just come off the line, and incorporates an OS based on the one in the stolen Gundams.
 * Ace Pilot
 * Arch Enemy: To Mu and later Kira.
 * Attack Drone: With the Providence, which features numerous detachable laser pods.
 * Badass: To the point where he can fight Kira on an even footing.
 * Beam Spam: He manages to out-spam Kira while piloting the Providence.
 * Berserk Button / Freak-Out: Do not try to take off his mask.
 * Big Bad: Of the Five-Bad Band type, with Athrun, Yzak, Dearka, and Nichol. Also, though it's not obvious at first.
 * Bigger Stick: The Providence.
 * Blade Below the Shoulder: The Providence's beam sabre is built into its wrist.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Blue Eyes
 * Broken Ace: A villainous example, to say the least.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: He's not so much "quirky" as he tends to act on his own initiative more than his superiors might wish. And then there's the whole "constantly wearing a mask" thing. Damned if he doesn't get results, though.
 * Char Clone: An evil blonde Ace Pilot with a Cool Mask who is also The Rival? Check!
 * : More psychological than anything else, though see below. He believes that he has no real identity, and a result his sense of self-worth is more than a little damaged.
 * The Chessmaster: He beautifully orchestrates events so that the Earth Alliance will fire and ZAFT will fire.
 * Cool Mask: He is a Char Clone after all.
 * Death From Above: The high manouvere JINN, DINN, GuAIZ and the Providence are all flight-capable.
 * Dissonant Serenity: He's perfectly happy to dole out cheerful Hannibal Lectures in the midst of battle. Particularly jarring in the last episode, but this may be due to his questionable sanity at the time. Mu is fond of sticking lampshades all over this.
 * The Dragon: He acts as Patrick Zala's right hand man, though.
 * Evil Counterpart: To no fewer than three characters: Mu (as his ), Kira (they're both results of, with Le Creuset showing how badly Kira could have turned out if he hadn't ben raised by the right people), and Lacus (on a purely philosophical level).
 * Evil Is Hammy: Rau is rather understated at the beginning of the series; it's not until his real plans come out that he starts Chewing the Scenery.
 * Expy: Of Char Aznable, obviously enough. He and
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Good-Looking Privates: Assuming you don't mind the mask.
 * Go Out with a Smile: Well, he did think.
 * Hannibal Lecture: Constantly and brutally. Once he gets going he doesn't seem to be able to stop.
 * In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves: Part of his philosophy; he believes.
 * Kick the Dog: Manages to make one into a Crowning Moment of Awesome when he gets a gun-toting Flay to put down her weapon by totally destroying her self-esteem with a well-aimed Hannibal Lecture / "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
 * Large Ham: So much in the last episodes.
 * Light Is Not Good: He wears white and pilots mostly white mobile suits. Definitely not a good guy.
 * The mobile suit used in the final battle with Kira is called the Providence, which is related to Divine connotations.
 * Malevolent Masked Man
 * Manipulative Bastard: Beautifully manipulates everyone, from his subordinates to his superiors to his enemies, to further his goals.
 * Man in White: His suit is white, he flies white mobile suits and there's something very off about him.
 * Meaningful Name: "Le Creuset" is French for "crucible".
 * Mid-Season Upgrade: Le Creuset actually upgrades his suits throughout the show, starting with a Ginn High Manouvere Type, than flying a CGUE, a DINN, and the first of the new GuAIZs. It's not until the finale, however, that he gains a Gundam, in the form of the Providence.
 * Mighty Glacier: Averted. The Providence is big and slow, but the speed with which the Dragoons move more than counterbalances this defect, and as his sword-fight with Kira shows, the suit's still quick where it counts.
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: His life has more or less convinced him that all existence is fundamentally meaningless.
 * The Obi-Wan: In a rare antagonistic example, he acts as Athrun's and Yzak's.
 * : Briefly hinted at in the anime; brought up explicitly in the adaptations.
 * The Philosopher: See Nietzsche Wannabe + Hannibal Lecture.
 * The Resenter: Towards La Flaga, Kira and the entire human race.
 * The Rival: To Mu at first, though Kira gets added eventually.
 * : In the last six episodes.
 * : His flashbacks rather heavily imply that.
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky: Tall blonde and snarky anyway.
 * Thirteen Is Unlucky: The ZGMF-X13A Providence.
 * The Un-Reveal: Done in the televised show whenever he's shown maskless, even when the protagonists get to see his face. Even in the Compilation Movie, his face is only ever shown in one shot, and for just a few seconds at that.
 * White Mask of Doom
 * Younger Than They Look:.
 * Mighty Glacier: Averted. The Providence is big and slow, but the speed with which the Dragoons move more than counterbalances this defect, and as his sword-fight with Kira shows, the suit's still quick where it counts.
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: His life has more or less convinced him that all existence is fundamentally meaningless.
 * The Obi-Wan: In a rare antagonistic example, he acts as Athrun's and Yzak's.
 * : Briefly hinted at in the anime; brought up explicitly in the adaptations.
 * The Philosopher: See Nietzsche Wannabe + Hannibal Lecture.
 * The Resenter: Towards La Flaga, Kira and the entire human race.
 * The Rival: To Mu at first, though Kira gets added eventually.
 * : In the last six episodes.
 * : His flashbacks rather heavily imply that.
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky: Tall blonde and snarky anyway.
 * Thirteen Is Unlucky: The ZGMF-X13A Providence.
 * The Un-Reveal: Done in the televised show whenever he's shown maskless, even when the protagonists get to see his face. Even in the Compilation Movie, his face is only ever shown in one shot, and for just a few seconds at that.
 * White Mask of Doom
 * Younger Than They Look:.
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky: Tall blonde and snarky anyway.
 * Thirteen Is Unlucky: The ZGMF-X13A Providence.
 * The Un-Reveal: Done in the televised show whenever he's shown maskless, even when the protagonists get to see his face. Even in the Compilation Movie, his face is only ever shown in one shot, and for just a few seconds at that.
 * White Mask of Doom
 * Younger Than They Look:.
 * White Mask of Doom
 * Younger Than They Look:.
 * Younger Than They Look:.

Voice Actors: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Samuel Vincent (English)
""I can't exactly fight a war with a big smile on my face.""



Kira's former best friend and one of ZAFT's elite pilots, he spends the first half of the show trying to capture Kira and the Strike. Much more cynical than Kira, he considers himself the realist of the two, and believes Kira is being manipulated by the Naturals. He too grow progressively darker and more bitter as the series progresses, culminating in a brutal fight between he and Kira in the middle of the series. Afterwards he slowly recovers,, and ends up dating. Pilots the Aegis and then the Justice.


 * Anti-Villain: Though not a bad person by any stretch, he's still trying to capture Kira and destroy the Archangel,.
 * Arranged Marriage: With Lacus Clyne, as set up by their respective fathers. They both seem okay with the arrangement, even if it does.
 * Badass: Few of the people in this series can survive a fight with Kira. Athrun regularly goes one on one with him, and darn near kills him a couple of times.
 * Blade Below the Shoulder: The Aegis features beam sabres in both wrists and both ankles.
 * The Cynic: God yes.
 * Deuteragonist
 * Double Weapon: The Justice's beam sabre.
 * The Dragon: Is Number Two to Le Creuset for most of the series' first half.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Created the Haros and Birdy.
 * Green Eyes
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Knight in Sour Armour: Big time. He's bitter, cynical, and depressed, but he really does want to make the world a better place.
 * The Lancer: To
 * Lightning Bruiser: With the Justice.
 * Mad PLANT Chairman's Handsome Son
 * Meaningful Name: Athrun is Arabic, derived from the Greek erythron, which means red. He is a CHAR after all.
 * Mid-Season Upgrade: The Justice
 * Military Brat: His dad is the head of the ZAFT military.
 * Missing Mom: Killed in the Junius 7 incident. Her death forms a major part of his motivation.
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Reluctant Warrior: The quote says it all really. Though it needs to be said that unlike Kira's vocal protests, Athrun generally opts to suffer in silence.
 * The Rival: Kira's.
 * Say My Name: Like Kira, he does this a lot.
 * Sky Surfing: With the Justice, when it's in Earth's atmosphere.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran: He's quieter about it than Kira, but yeah. The war slowly wears away at the better aspects of Athrun's personality, and by the time the sequel comes along he is pretty damn broken.
 * Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids: Repeatedly accuses Kira of being impressionable and idealistic, and refuses to believe that his and Lacus' idealism will solve anything in the long run..
 * Transforming Mecha: The Aegis
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Shown in flashbacks and invoked by Lacus. The bitter and cynical Athrun we all know and love is rather different from the nice kid who believed Earth and the PLANTS would never go to war.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: While he sincerely wishes to end the war with as few victims as possible, he also fights to earn the approval of his father, whose own agenda is much less benevolent. This clouds his judgement from time to time. calls him out on it towards the end of the series.
 * When He Smiles
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * When He Smiles
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Voice Actors: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese), Michael Adamtwaite (English)
""Come out and fight, Strike! Or else this pain I feel will never go away!""



A member of the Le Creuset team, he's the most bloodthirsty and callous of the group. He has little respect for anyone he considers weak, and absolutely zero respect for Naturals as a consequence. He's close friends with Dearka, who shares many of his views, and has a developing rivalry with Athrun. He has no particular hate for the Earth Alliance (just contempt) until he's wounded during a battle with the Strike. After the resulting scarring, he develops a massive hate-on for Kira. Extremely temperamental and impulsive, he's the member of the group most loyal to ZAFT as a whole and Le Creuset personally. Pilots the Duel.


 * Always Second Best: To Athrun.
 * Anti-Villain: He's a Jerkass, but his worst Kick the Dog moments aren't intentional, and he does really care about his friends.
 * Armour Is Useless: Averted. The Armour Shroud saves Yzak's life during his final run-in with Shani Andras.
 * Badass: It's easy to forget just how good Yzak is. He goes toe-to-toe with Kira regularly, kills in the finale, saves  and even takes down Captain Sutherland, all while using a first generation Gundam.
 * Blue Eyes
 * The Brute: Of Le Creuset's Five-Bad Band: he's the most aggressive and bloodthirsty of the team.
 * Disappeared Dad: We never see his father. Given that his mom apparently got knocked up at 17, this is not exactly surprising.
 * The Dragon: To Le Creuset, following.
 * Dual-Wielding: Constantly dual wields with the Duel's beam sabers.
 * Eleventh-Hour Ranger
 * Even Evil Has Standards: While not very high standards, he still has them. He is ok with shooting down a fleeing enemy shuttle (after all, the enemy that runs away will come back to fight you another day), but shooting down the enemy when they are helpless and actually trying to surrender? That makes him frown. After all, if you kill surrendering enemies, the rest will fight To The Death, making your job much harder and cost you more casualties.
 * Expy: His character design bears a striking resemblance to Henri Claytor from another one of Fukuda's series Future GPX Cyber Formula (sans the red streak on the strand of the bangs).
 * Fantastic Racism
 * Good-Looking Privates: Even with that ridiculous bowl cut.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * : Sort of. He, but only against the Earth Alliance.
 * : And not until the Final Battle anyway.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Dearka
 * Hot-Blooded: Of a particularly vicious sort.
 * It's Personal: With Kira and the Strike.
 * Jerkass Facade: Much of his attitude towards the rest of the team is this, especially as the show progresses.
 * : Never did get punished for.
 * Kick the Dog: He has a few, such as mocking Nicol as a coward early in the series. His biggest is undoubtedly when he for being in his way, though in his (partial) defense, he didn't know.
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: The Duel featurs a shield. Yzak's not a big fan of it (preferring to dual wield) but it saves his life during his encounter with Shani.
 * Military Brat: His Hot Mom Ezalia is a member of the PLANT Supreme Council.
 * My Beloved Smother: To a slight degree, though mostly Justified by the fact that the few interactions we see between them is just after Yzak has returned from the front lines and will be heading back into combat soon.
 * Murder by Mistake: He thought the shuttle he shot down was filled with fleeing OMNI personnel, and doesn't find out until after the war that they were civillians. Still a war crime, but not nearly as bad a one.
 * Pragmatic Villainy: A possible interpretation of his Even Evil Has Standards.
 * Pet the Dog: His reaction to 's death helps to humanize him.
 * Physical Scars, Psychological Scars: He keeps his disfiguring facial scar to remind himself of his need for Revenge on the Strike and its pilot. By the sequel he's had it removed.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: He's certainly picked up some of his mom's Fantastic Racism. Unlike Ezalia, however, Yzak's manifests more as contempt for the Naturals than out-and-out hatred, and when he's less than happy. By the sequel he's pretty much over it.
 * Sociopathic Soldier: A borderline Type I. He gets better by the sequel.
 * Sour Supporter: Of Athrun.
 * Teens Are Monsters: Early on.
 * Unknown Rival: To both Athrun and Kira. The former seems to be unaware that Yzak heckles him out of jealousy, the latter knows him only as the pilot of the Duel.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Voice Actors: Akira Sasanuma (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English)


A member of Athrun's team, he, along with Yzak Joule, formed the darker half of the foursome. Snarky and condescending at times, he eventually, when he realises that. Pilots the Buster.


 * Anti-Villain: Like the rest of his team. His main problem seems to be that he's forgotten that Naturals are people too..
 * BFG: The Buster is an artillery mech after all.
 * The Brute/: While he's no dummy, he fills this role in Le Creuset's Five-Bad Band . With his BFG and heavily armoured mecha, Dearka is set to do some serious damage.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Yzak.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's not nearly as nasty as he pretends to be. Like half the cast, he's just found a poor way of coping with the war.
 * Mighty Glacier: With the heavily armoured, heavily armed, but slow-moving Buster.
 * Military Brat
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: Though his racism largely extends to agreeing with Yzak's remarks.
 * Purple Eyes
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * UST: One possible interpretation of his relationship with.
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * UST: One possible interpretation of his relationship with.

Voice Actors: Mami Matsui (Japanese series), Romi Paku (Japanese Compilation Movies), Gabe Khouth (English)


The youngest and most sensitive member of the Le Creuset Team. He looks up to Athrun, but is often bullied by Dearka and (especially) Yzak. He pilots the Blitz, and pulls his weight in combat despite the fact that he's not as skilled as the rest of the team. A genuinely Nice Guy, Nicol's only real character flaw seems to be his belief in My Country, Right or Wrong. He's eventually.


 * Anti-Villain: More so than the rest of the Le Creuset Team, even.
 * Blood From the Mouth: Gets a bad case while during the Wham! Episode. Ouch.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: In Japanese.
 * The Dark Chick: On a team consisting of a Manipulative Bastard, a cynical stoic, a Hot-Blooded Jerkass, and a Deadpan Snarker, Nicol's a genuinely Nice Guy. Moreover, his caution, use of the Mirage Colloid, and reliance on planning and technology (which would normally make him the Evil Genius) leave him the odd man out on a team that isn't noted for its sense of tact.
 * Evil Counterpart: Serves a very similar role to Athrun as Tolle does to Kira, though he's not "evil" in any meaningful sense.
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Invisibility Cloak: His Gundam's Mirage Colloid system.
 * In the Back: Tries it on Kira.
 * : During the mid-series climax, he . It's not pretty.
 * : How Athrun thinks of him afterward.
 * Military Brat
 * Nice Guy
 * The Other Darrin: Mami Matsui retired from voice acting after SEED wrapped, so Nichol has been played by Romi Park in every appearance since.
 * The So-Called Coward: Yzak calls him a coward and he's mostly quiet, self-effacing and unsure of himself as well as more reliant on technology than the others, but he soloed Artemis by himself. Yes, he earned that red uniform.
 * Token Good Teammate: He lacks Athrun's cynicism, Dearka's snark, and Yzak's anger issues, making him the only member of the team who's even remotely capable of being objective. See The Dark Chick, above.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Voice Actors: Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Chantal Strand (English dialogue), Jillian Michaels (English singing)
""I'd like you to inform them: from now on, Lacus Clyne will be singing the song... of peace.""



The daughter of PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Siegel Clyne, Lacus is an extremely popular Idol Singer and political activist, and is engaged to her friend Athrun. Early in the series she is picked up by the Archangel and meets Kira, an event which will come to define the rest of her life. She eventually. The public face of her father's moderate political stance, the "Clyne Faction", and later, Lacus is a pleasant, friendly, idealistic girl, who is a heck of a lot smarter than you'd think.


 * Arranged Marriage: With Athrun Zala. Seems to have been a Perfectly Arranged Marriage before the war broke out, though in the end.
 * : Inherits the position after.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Celebrity Resemblance: Mitsuo Fukuda said in a 2003 interview that Lacus was based on Audrey Hepburn.
 * Guile Heroine: Necessary, given that she's not a combatant of any type. But between her father's political allies and her own status as an Idol Singer, she's got... resources.
 * Establishing Character Moment: Two very important ones early on in the show. First, asking Mu if he knows her father because he mentioned his name, giving us the impression she is ditzy and a little too innocent. The second, and far more important, happens two episodes later, where she reprimands Rau of all people for trying to start a battle, showing us that she is more than she appears.
 * The High Queen: Despite not being a queen, only minor royalty the daughter of a democratically elected leader.
 * Idol Singer: And boy does she ever use that popularity to her advantage.
 * The Ingenue: She seems sheltered and none-too-bright, at least at first. Not so much.
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: She dresses up in front of Kira without hesitation.
 * Lady and Knight: She's the Lady to Kira Yamato's Knight
 * The Leader: Type IV to the Three Ships Alliance.
 * Magic Skirt: Despite having a very short skirt (in space) at the end of the series, she doesn't have any Panty Shots. Well, and that one deliberate one due to extenuating circumstances earlier in the series.
 * Martial Pacifist: She wants this war over now. And if that means leading her own army against ZAFT and the Earth Forces, so be it.
 * The Messiah: Very, very much.
 * Missing Mom: Unlike Athrun's, hers is simply never mentioned.
 * Mythology Gag: In episode 20, Lacus draws a Turn a Gundam-like moustache on her navy-blue Haro.
 * Homage Shot: Her exit from her escape pod at the end of episode 7 and the beginning of episode 8 was a nod to Lalah Sune's exit from her shuttle in episode 34 of Mobile Suit Gundam.
 * Nice Girl
 * Non-Singing Voice: In the English versions, Chantal Strand did her dialogue but Jillian Michaels was Lacus's singing voice.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: More like "Obfuscating Innocence", her biggest advantage is that virtually everyone underestimates her. While it's never actually stated, it's hard to believe that she didn't deliberately cultivate that image.
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Pollyanna
 * Princesses Prefer Pink: So very much, that Mu La Flaga even calls her "The Pink Princess".
 * Rescue Romance: Her relationship with Kira developed from this. In fact, both traded roles of rescuer and rescuee in some points.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Silk Hiding Steel: Despite her initially seeming to be The Ingenue, she's made of sterner stuff than most of the rest of the cast.
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Her relationship with Kira.
 * Take a Third Option: Founds the Clyne Faction and later as a counter to Patrick and Azrael.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Cagalli's Tomboy.
 * Ubermensch: Begins her trek towards this status in SEED, reaching it in Destiny. While everyone else tries to play by the cynical, realpolitik of the Cosmic Era, Lacus flat out rejects the premise, choosing intstead to overhaul the series' morality and try for something better.
 * Voice of the Resistance: Under the Zala regime.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Unfortunately for the villains, the Clyne's family business that Lacus was very devoted to was not singing, but politics.

Voice Actors: Kinryu Arimoto (Japanese), Andrew Kavadas (English)
""We Coordinators are very different. We should view ourselves as a completely new species. There's no reason to coexist with Naturals.""



Athrun's father, Patrick Zala was one of the founding members of ZAFT alongside Siegel Clyne. At the beginning of the series, he's the head of ZAFT's armed forces. Patrick is a stoic but driven man, throwing himself into the execution of the war to the exclusion of all else—including his son. Patrick's fanaticism comes from the loss of his wife Lenore in the Bloody Valentine tragedy, which has left him with a deep-seated hatred of Naturals. He believes that Coordinators are a new species, distinct from (and superior to) Naturals. He eventually replaces Siegel Clyne as the PLANT Supreme Council Chairman, at which point. At the end of the war, he.

""Who exploits the Coordinators?!""
 * Abusive Dad: See "What the Hell?" Dad, below.
 * Archnemesis Dad
 * Bad Boss: Don't question Patrick's orders. It won't end well.
 * Big Bad Wannabe: He's the leader of ZAFT and would be a prime candidate for The Big Bad if weren't in the story.
 * Big Bad Ensemble: Subverted. It appears that the plot is coming down to the war between he and Muruta Azrael but in reality.
 * Non-Action Big Bad: Of ZAFT. Patrick may be a military man, but he's never in combat, is only ever shown in a command role and.
 * Eviler Than Thou: With the Coordinator-bashing Muruta Azrael.
 * Expy: He's a slightly more sympathetic Gihren Zabi, right down to the outfit, the politics, and oratorical skill.
 * Fantastic Racism: He really hates Naturals.
 * Final Solution: He intends to fire Genesis at Earth, wiping out all the Naturals.
 * General Ripper: What happens when one of them becomes Supreme Council Chairman.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: When his Bad Boss tendencies backfire on him..
 * Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: They keep setting you up to think that Patrick's going to show his nice side, only to promptly dissapoint you.
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: First he runs against, and defeats, his old friend and former political ally for the position of PLANT Supreme Council Chairman. Then he . It only gets worse from there.
 * Knight Templar: Genuinely believes that only the most extreme methods can save his race.
 * Love Makes You Evil: His Start of Darkness was his wife Lenore's death.
 * A Nazi by Any Other Name: Brags about Coordinators being a Master Race that deserves to rule the world? Plots the genocide of his Natural adversaries? Wins an election and then promptly suspends the democratic process? Why yes, he is a Nazi.
 * Not So Different: From Azrael. Lampshaded by Uzumi Nara Atha.
 * Perpetual Frowner: More so even than Athrun. In his time on screen Patrick never smiles. Not even once.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain: Big time.
 * President Evil: The voters wanted a hardline military leader. They got a genocidal madman.
 * Propaganda Machine: Has one that's engaged in a constant battle with Lacus' Voice of the Resistance.
 * Putting on the Reich: All of ZAFT does this, but it's most noticeable on Patrick.
 * Rousing Speech: Gives a great (if totally evil) one on the anniversary of the Bloody Valentine.
 * Putting on the Reich: All of ZAFT does this, but it's most noticeable on Patrick.
 * Rousing Speech: Gives a great (if totally evil) one on the anniversary of the Bloody Valentine.


 * Smug Snake: Fueled by his Fantastic Racism and belief that Coordinators are a Superior Species.
 * Start of Darkness: It's implied that he was a warmer father figure and a better human being prior to Lenore's death at Junius 7.
 * Superior Species: Convinced that Coordinators are far superior to "unevolved" Naturals.
 * Unwitting Pawn: Though less of a pawn than most, is using him to.
 * "What the Hell?" Dad: Patrick treats Athrun like any other subordinate, except when he's making sure that Athrun lives up to his high standards. Athrun seems to hold him no ill will, however; it may be that he was a warmer father figure prior to the Bloody Valentine tragedy.

Voice Actors: Yosuke Akimoto (Japanese), Don Brown (English)
""You still fail to grasp the underlying truth, Patrick. We [Coordinators] didn't evolve.""



Siegel Clyne is Lacus's father. He helped found ZAFT with Patrick Zala, and is the PLANT Supreme Council Chairman at the beginning of the series. Leader of the moderate faction of Coordinators, he and his allies believe in coexistence with the Naturals, but they're steadily losing ground to the radical faction favoring all-out war. Eventually voted out of office and replaced by Patrick Zala, he is soon thereafter.


 * Badass Moustache
 * Beleaguered Bureaucrat: Unlike Patrick Zala, he's a pure politician, not a soldier. His contribution to the war effort is to try to ride herd on the ZAFT Supreme Council's rather quarrelsome members.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * The Heart: Of ZAFT as a whole.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Only Sane Man: To the ZAFT Supreme Council.
 * The Scapegoat: Patrick blames the Clyne Faction for holding up the war effort, and tries to make sure that Siegel goes down in history as a traitor.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: He's the leader of the moderate faction for a reason.
 * Superior Species: Averted hard. He's not sure the Coordinators should even be there, and points out their falling birth rates to Patrick. Patrick isn't listening.
 * Superior Species: Averted hard. He's not sure the Coordinators should even be there, and points out their falling birth rates to Patrick. Patrick isn't listening.

Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Lee Lau (English)


Yzak's mother, and a member of Patrick Zala's faction on the ZAFT Supreme Council, Ezalia is his second-in-command, and is even more ardent than Patrick in her belief that Coordinators are a new, superior species. Proud of her son's military service, Ezalia nevertheless worries about his safety, and can be quite controlling—if well-meaning—in her interactions with Yzak.


 * Absurdly Youthful Mother: She's 33. Her son, Yzak, is 16. That means she was 17 when she gave birth to him. In real life, it's unlikely for a woman like this to success in politic. In a country with aggressive pro-birth policy, it makes sense.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Dissonant Serenity: Patrick rants and raves about how the Naturals have to be exterminated. Ezalia takes it as a simple fact.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones/Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Inverted. It's her love for her son Yzak that humanises her and makes her less of a monster than her boss.
 * Evil Matriarch: Neatly avoided. Her status as Yzak's mom is her one redeeming quality.
 * Fantastic Racism: At times she's scarier than Patrick.
 * Final Solution: She fully endorses Patrick's plans for a Natural genocide.
 * Hot Mom
 * Knight Templar: Only a Natural genocide can save the Coordinators!
 * My Beloved Smother: To Yzak. Which makes her a damn sight better than Patrick.
 * Number Two: To Patrick Zala. From a political standpoint she's practically The Dragon.
 * Politically-Incorrect Villain
 * Superior Species: Share Patrick's belief that Coordinators are inherently superior to Naturals.
 * Unwitting Pawn: Like Patrick, she's a pawn of.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl: An adult version.

Voice Actors: Ryotaro Okiayu (Japanese), Brian Drummond (English)
""At what point do we put an end to [war]? When every single one of your enemies has been destroyed? Perhaps then.""



Known as "the Desert Tiger", Waltfeld is a feared ZAFT commander operating in the Libyan desert. He serves as the first major opponent Kira faces other than Athrun and his team, and poses a serious threat to the Archangel and her crew, despite being a pretty decent guy. Meeting him forces Kira to further reevaluate his moral stance on the war. Apparently Kira, an event that pretty much pushes the kid over the edge, he eventually.


 * Affably Evil: It helps that he's more affable than evil.
 * Animal Motifs: He takes his "tiger" nickname to heart.
 * Anti-Villain: He's about as sympathetic as they come.
 * : After.
 * Battle Couple: With Aisha
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: He takes his food and especially his coffee very, very seriously. He is however, most effective.
 * Colonel Badass: Or Commander at least. He is modeled on Ramba Ral after all.
 * Cool Old Guy: Despite not being that old, he's this when compared to others in the cast.
 * Expy: Of Ramba Ral, fullfilling a very similar role in terms of story and personality.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars:, he has a very visible scar where his left eye used to be
 * It Gets Easier: He discusses it with Kira and Cagalli. Unlike Mu, he considers it to be a negative thing.
 * Must Have Caffeine
 * Noble Demon: Burns down a town after letting the civillians evacuate, leaves the areas he's conquered in relative peace, lets Kira and Cagalli escape when he could have captured them... it's no wonder he.
 * : What.
 * Red Baron: The Desert Tiger
 * Shout-Out: To Erwin Rommel. Has a nickname similar to "The Desert Fox", not to mention being courteous and honorable to his enemies. Bonus points for the fact he even gives the civilians of a town time to evacuate before leveling it, which is something Rommel would have done.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee

Voice Actors: Vivian Hsu (Japanese series), Fumi Hirano (Japanese Compilation Movies), Saffron Henderson (English)
""You're taking this rather well. This is difficult for you, isn't it? I can tell you're really fond of him.""



Girlfriend of Andrew Waldfeld, the Desert Tiger, and a capable pilot in her own right. Just as sympathetic a character as Andy, she's rather friendly toward Kira and Cagalli when they encounter each other. She's.


 * Action Girl
 * Battle Couple: With Andy.
 * Celebrity Voice Actor: Vivian Hsu, who sang the second opening. Fumi Hirano is her Other Darrin for the Special Editions.
 * Deadpan Snarker: When she's not being sweet and understanding, she's making full use of her snarking abilities. Her best moment is probably her response to Yzak's claim that he and Dearka have more experience against the Strike than she and Waldfeld do: "Losing experience doesn't count."
 * : Played for tragedy.
 * Expy: She's the Crowley Hamon to Andy's Ramba Ral - though.
 * Hime Cut
 * Lady of War
 * Satellite Character: Her presence in the show revolves entirely around the Tiger.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly girl, especially when compared to Cagalli.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly girl, especially when compared to Cagalli.

Orb
An island nation in the Pacific, Orb has a high-tech industrial base but little in the way of resources; they built Heliopolis primarily as a way to mitigate this strategic weakness. A very idealistic nation, their stance in international politics is one of aggressive neutrality; though they will not attack others, they will vigorously defend themselves against any attacks. The war between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT has strained this position to its breaking point, especially after the destruction of Heliopolis.

Voice Actors: Naomi Shindo (Japanese), Vanessa Morley (English)
""That's right, I'm a girl. What is it with you guys?""



The adopted daughter of. Also a rebel leader, guerilla soldier, and a capable, if brash, politician. Hates ZAFT and distrusts the Earth Forces. Eventually revealed to be. She provides the military backbone of the Three Ships' Alliance. Pilots a Skygrasper and then.


 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass Normal: Despite being a Natural, she doesn't hesitate to take on Coordinators. Even when they're in mobile suits and the most heavily armed thing she has is a jeep.
 * In Phase 48,
 * Bifauxnen: Subverted in that she's not hiding her gender but many people thought she was a guy until she says something. Kira actually managed to identify her as a girl correctly after hearing her talk.
 * Curtains Match the Window: Has Hair of Gold and Eyes of Gold.
 * Cry Cute: Aww, can I take her home with me?
 * Furo Scene: Retconned into a Shower Scene in the special edition.
 * Happily Adopted: Very much so. Her relationship with Uzumi is incredibly loving, especially compared to what characters like Athrun and Mu have (had) to endure with their actual birth fathers.
 * Nice Girl: Violent tendecies notwithstanding, Cagalli is the first person to be unambiguously kind to Kira in the series, without professional distance or ulterior motives; notably in the form of a much needed hug when he was on the verge of a suicidal breakdown. She is also consistently considerate, warm hearted, compassionate, and openly expresses kindness without consideration to maturity or social appropriateness.
 * : Well, the Strike Rouge is pink.
 * Rebel Leader: Leads a cell of Arab freedom fighters against the Desert Tiger.
 * : And a very angry one at that.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: Not that she was ever considered ugly, mind you, but actually manage to get her in a dress and not scowl about it and she goes from being cute in a Tomboy-ish sort of way to really rather beautiful (as the 3rd and 4th Openings show).
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Lacus' girly girl
 * Tsundere: Though regarding her main target -- —she is extremely justified, given the circumstances of their meeting.
 * : With Kira. Averted just in time.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Lacus' girly girl
 * Tsundere: Though regarding her main target -- —she is extremely justified, given the circumstances of their meeting.
 * : With Kira. Averted just in time.
 * : With Kira. Averted just in time.

Voice Actors: Tohru Ookawa (Japanese),
""We can't leave Orb, or this world, in the hands of those bastards.""



The leader of Orb, Lord Izumi is completely dedicated to maintaining Orb's neutral stance. This becomes ever more difficult as the war spirals out of control. Faced with increasing pressure to choose a side in the ZAFT-Earth Alliance conflict, he refuses to compromise his nation's ideals. In the end, he.


 * Badass Beard
 * Big Good
 * : Combines it with Tear Jerker
 * : See the page quote.
 * Messianic Archetype: At times he's more of The Messiah than Kira and Lacus put together.
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * So Proud of You: To . "I feel very fortunate, to have been your father."
 * So Proud of You: To . "I feel very fortunate, to have been your father."

Voice Actors: Hideyuki Hori (Japanese), Michael Dobson (English)
""I have a body capable of greater strengths and a brain capable of acquiring greater knowledge than a human being who was born naturally.""



The original Coordinator, he gained international fame and fortune excelling at basically everything ever (from professional sports to cutting-edge scientific research), he eventually revealed that his spectacular success was largely due to having been genetically engineered. He released instructions for his enhancement process to the public, inadvertently coining the term "Coordinator" at the same time. Eventually assassinated by Blue Cosmos.

In the Gundam SEED Astray side stories it is revealed that his brain was kept alive inside the "GG Unit", a device resembling a very large futuristic boombox, which eventually came into the possession of the Junk Guild. Equipped with a holographic avatar to interact with the living, Glenn now serves as the captain of the salvage ship/Gundam carrier Re-Home.


 * The Ace: A brief overview of the man's accomplishments: earning a PhD from MIT at 17, winning a silver medal at the Olympics, becoming a football star, an ace air force pilot, and a world-renowned aerospace engineer (in that order), travelling to Jupiter and back in a ship of his own design (releasing the information on how to make Coordinators to the public as he left), and designing the PLANTs during his free time on the trip. George Glenn is The Ace Up to Eleven.
 * Alliterative Name
 * Born Lucky
 * Born Winner
 * Brain In a Jar
 * Hair of Gold
 * Posthumous Character: In the main series.
 * Too Cool to Live: An in-universe example. People were so pissed at how awesome he was that they assassinated him!
 * Virtual Ghost: Though technically still alive, Glenn's only physical presence aside from the unwieldy life-support system containing his brain is an Arnold Rimmer-style holographic projection of his old self in a captain's uniform, complete with goofy white skipper hat.

Voice Actors: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese), Brian Drummond (English)
A blind monk who is one of the few individuals trusted by both the Earth Alliance and ZAFT, he acts as a mediator on the rare occasions that the two sides get along well enough to discuss anything. Among other things, he also maintains an orphanage on Earth. Responsible for, he turns out to be a staunch ally of.


 * Church Militant
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Parental Substitute: To a whole mess of orphans.

Voice Actors: ? (Japanese), Mark Oliver (English)
""Laws can be broken after all. They're only made by humans.""



Mu La Flaga's deceased father. He considered his son too weak to be his true heir, and is later revealed to have in an effort to gain a more worthy successor. He went on to deny, which ended with his death in a "mysterious" fire. Whoops.


 * Above Good and Evil: How he saw himself. If the few quotes we have from him are a fair representation, he honestly seems to have thought he was something more than merely human.
 * Abusive Dad: Anyone who effectively disowns his young son because said son has his mother's genes is not going to win any Father of the Year awards, to say nothing of.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: Indeed.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Control Freak
 * Domestic Abuser: Cut Mu out of the will for sharing his wife's genetics. That probably qualifies him.
 * Financial Abuse: Of Mu and his wife.
 * Jerkass: Not evil per se, but definitely a colossal douche.
 * Man of Wealth and Taste: Is dressed in a suit and tie in all of his few appearances.
 * Narcissist: In fact his abusive style of parenting is what psyciatrists terms "narcissistic abuse." He actually disowned Mu for daring to be something more than a vehicle for his own ego, and upon seeing his Al seems to have been incapable of viewing people as anything more than extensions of his own personality, and that's without getting into his delusions of grandeur.
 * Parental Abandonment: Of both his sons, one after the other. Jackass.
 * Posthumous Character: Dies years before the series begins, but is nontheless an enormous part of the plot, given that he not only inadvertently created the Big Bad, but also funded the Ultimate Coordinator project, the process that eventually led to.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money: is illegal. Al doesn't care.
 * Smug Snake: In contrast to his sons who are respectively The Ace and.
 * Ubermensch: He certainly thought he was one, but at the end of the day he's little more than a rich creep with an ego the size of a planet.
 * The Unfettered

Voice actor: Eiji Yanagisawa (Japanese), Fred Handerson (English)
""The urge to make things better has always driven progress, and then that is what brings about happiness.""



A very brilliant and very ambitious scientist who was behind the Ultimate Coordinator project.


 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Domestic Abuser: If you think that stealing your wife's unborn child for a science experiment qualifies you, than, yes.
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * For Science!: His motivation is progress for its own sake.
 * Hot Scientist
 * Mad Scientist
 * Smug Snake
 * The Unfettered
 * Smug Snake
 * The Unfettered
 * The Unfettered

Voice actor: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese)
Ulen Hibiki's wife, also implied to be his scientific partner. She does have standards, though, as she's horrified when he goes too far with his experiments --


 * Brainy Brunette
 * Hot Scientist: Mostly implied
 * Tender Tears
 * Hot Scientist: Mostly implied
 * Tender Tears
 * Tender Tears
 * Tender Tears

Voice actor: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Rebecca Shoichet (English)
Kira's mother.


 * Hot Mom
 * Yamato Nadeshiko
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair