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{{quote|''...the Moon will always be there...'' |'''Narrator'''}}
''After War Gundam X'' (''Kidou Shinseiki Gundam X'', lit. "Mobile New Century Gundam X") is the seventh, and second shortest
While scheduled for 49 episodes, it was cut short down to 39 due to [[Executive Meddling]]. Despite this resulting in the final arc being compressed from a planned 12 episodes to a mere 3, Gundam X managed to have an entirely coherent (if rushed) ending.
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* [[Adventure Series]]: In a departure from the war stories of the rest of the franchise to this point ([[ZZ Gundam|most]] [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|of it]]), a good chunk of ''Gundam X'' focuses on the Freeden's wandering.
* [[After the End]]: 99% of the Earth's population got wiped out in mass [[Colony Drop]] ''before the series even began.'' Welcome to a Planetary scope and Species Extinction scale [[Apocalypse How]].
* [[Alternate Continuity]] / [[Alternate Universe]]: In addition to being an alternate Gundam timeline, the series' backstory strongly resembles a worst-case scenario version of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|the original series]].
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*** It helps that in [[Super Robot Wars]] and in the G-Generation series of games you can get them as a (secret) attack (for the Gundam X/DX) or build a squadron of them, respectively.
* [[Badass]]: [[The Captain]] Jamil Neate - what can you say about someone who is as jaded as [[Retired Badass|an older Amuro Ray]], wears [[Memetic Badass|Quattro Bajeena's]] [[Cool Shades|sunglasses]] and [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|knocks some sense into those who need it a la Bright Noah]], all the while sporting [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]?
* [[Badass Normal]]: Garrod. Before him all main characters of TV Gundam were Newtypes, [[Designer Babies|genetically enhanced]], or [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|absurdly powerful martial artists]], but Garrod is a normal human.
* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: Unlike what the opening would lead you to believe, only a handful of episodes in the final stretch take place in space. The Freeden is also a ''land'' vehicle and {{spoiler|is destroyed just prior to Garrod reaching space.}}
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode 16
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* [[Cool Shades]]: Jamil wears them. {{spoiler|He ditches them at the start of the last episode, though.}}
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: Toniya.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Episode 15 focuses on the backstories of Witz and Roabea, with the rest of the main cast absent.
* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]: The Correl (see [[Fragile Speedster]] below) is armed with nothing but a weak beam dagger, meaning this is the only way it can destroy an enemy MS (they even say the trope name).
* [[Disk One Final Boss]]: The battle in episode 4 and 5. The way Episode 5 ends makes you think the show ended here... until the black screen with white letters saying PREVIEW comes up. And if you didn't know there are 39 episodes.
* [[Disposable Bandits]]: As one would expect from a [[Post Apocalyptic]] adventure series. They're not ''as'' common as one would expect though.
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Between Garrod and Tiffa, so much so that several episodes feature [[Shipper on Deck]] moments revolving around the two.
* [[Evolving Credits]]: In the first opening, Dreams, Gundam X's appearance changes to that of the X-Divider after being rebuilt in the aftermath of the fight against Carris. It also promotes the Frost brothers to the opening as well. The opening changes * again* , showing the silhouette of Gundam Double X once they start mentioning it. The second opening, Resolution, changes once, replacing Leopard with Leopard Destroy as well as briefly showing the G-Falcon.
* [[Experienced Protagonist]]: Having grown up after the apocalypse, Garrod is a great deal more familiar with mobile suit operations than most protagonists in the franchise are at their debut, and is a very rare case of this overlapping with [[Kid Hero]].
* [[Expy]]: Lancerow Dowell is the requisite Char Clone, but Jamil is the series' first ever Amuro Clone (with Quattro's shades, a less crippling version of Kamille's brain injury and Bright's pimp hand). Ennil El even has a few trappings of Ramba Ral in her, down to using blue robots and bonding with Toniya over some drinks with neither one realizing who the other is. Ennil also shares Ramba's affinity for grenades. {{spoiler|Fortunately, it ends much better for her.}}
** In the realm of mecha let's not forget the Leopard, which is an as-close-to-blatant-but-not-really Expy to [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Heavy Arms.]] Down to the knife. This is even lampshaded in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''.
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* [[Genki Girl]]: Toniya and Pala.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Jamil (and Dr. Farzenberg) does this to Garrod more than once in the series when the kid goes out of line.
** Mind you, Jamil even passes on this epic manly philosophy into Garrod {{spoiler|before Garrod faces Carris once more}} in a manner most awesome: ''"When a man strays from the right path, a kind man needs the courage to raise his fist and correct him."'' Garrod doesn't actually '''punch''' people to get them into shape, but his actions after Jamil's advice [[Took a Level
* [[Girl in a Box|Lady In a Capsule]]: {{spoiler|Poor Lucille.}}
* [[Global Currency]]: Averted. In episode 20, when the Frieden arrives at a prosperous port city, the crew is shown exchanging their currency at a booth.
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler|Since she's kept inside a capsule, Lucille uses her powers to possess Tiffa's body and use her as a medium so she can reach for her "little brother" Jamil.}}
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Gundam Leopard is just loaded with almost all kinds of gunnery a la [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Heavyarms]]. Airmaster is [[Dual-Wielding]] two guns.
* [[Happy Ending]]: A rare one for Gundam. {{spoiler|Olba and Shagia are defeated, the Satellite System is destroyed, the NUNE and the Colonies make peace, and the various couples live on happily in a recovering world...oh, and did I mention all the main characters live? [[Kill'Em All]] Tomino wouldn't ever have let that happen.}}
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* [[Humongous Mecha|Humungous Mobile Armor]]: The Newtype-driven Patulia. At ''617 meters'', it's as big as the SDF-1.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Every single episode title is [[Title Drop|a line spoken in that episode]].
* [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]]: Subverted in episode 20. Ennil El and Toniya have a conversion, unknowingly about Garrod while Garrod unknowingly picks the exact same restaurant to eat dinner at with Tifa. As Garrod and Tifa wait for traffic the conversation becomes worse and worse points to have Garrod pop in. Only when it reaches the worst possible moment for Garrod to burst in does he reach for the knob and... notice the small sign saying the place is full and decided to go elsewhere.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Tiffa, but just once.
* [[It Runs in The Family]]: The Frost Brothers
* [[I Uh You Too]]: Garrod and Tiffa.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Garrod Ran.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Neatly subverted. {{spoiler|The Frost brothers survive the final battle, Olba without a scratch and Shagia only bound to a wheelchair. However, this is arguably [[And I Must Scream|the cruelest punishment for a Gundam villain]] ''ever''. They get to survive, to see all their plans and efforts to bring about a war that would destroy civilization ''fail'', with both Spacenoids and Earthnoids restoring peace with each other and the Newtypes that they hate so very much able to live happily and not be abused as tools for war. Given most of ''Gundam X'' is about second chances, this may actually be the plot offering one}}.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]:
▲* [[Lighter and Softer]]: As noted in spite of its post-apocalyptic setting, X is one of the most upbeat and optimistic series in the entire Gundam franchise. All the main characters in it get to live, make the world a better place then it once was and receive happy endings.
* [[MacGuffin Girl]]: {{spoiler|To a degree, Tiffa and Lucille.}}
* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]]: The Divider set for the GX, which removes its (now broken) Satellite Cannon and original Beam Rifle, opting out for a stronger beam assault rifle, an extra Beam Saber, and a shield which mounts flight-capable thrusters, as well as the "Beam Harmonica" Divider Cannon. The G-Falcon counts as one too, able to attach to a Gundam Airmaster to boost its mobility, a Gundam X/DX to increase its total available firepower, or a Gundam Leopard to give it a means of flight.
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]:
** {{spoiler|The Divider simultaneously plays this straight ''and'' averts this. Compared to its original form, the X Divider is more mobile, has more conventional firepower, and is overall a better option for straight-up battles. However, its Harmonica Cannon is downright pathetic compared to the raw firepower of the Satellite Cannon and would in theory be useless against Colony Drops. Fortunately (sort of), there aren't many colonies left to drop by that point, so it's not an issue.}}
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: The Gable, one of the [[Psycho for Hire]] MS used in the Estard arc, fits this trope to a tee, being gigantic, heavily armored, and using a beam deflection system for further defense. It doesn't even use weapons; instead battling enemy MS with nothing more than its titanic fists.
* [[More Dakka]]: The Gundam Leopard - which is somewhat fitting since it plays the role of fire support.
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* [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: Garrod usually replies to an enemy with either this or [[Shut UP, Hannibal]].
* [[People Jars]]: {{spoiler|Lucille Lilliant, Jamil's [[Cool Big Sis]] and first love, was put in a coma and placed in a capsule in suspended animation}}
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: The Freeden, nominally a Vulture ship, is last shown scavenging pre-war ruins in episode 6. After that the ship seems to exist exclusively for Jamil's quest to find Newtypes.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Mika Kanai]], Tiffa's seiyuu, is best known for her archetypal [[Genki Girl]] performances. Here, she's playing a painfully shy and softspoken lass. Likewise, Chieko Honda's previous Gundam role was [[Genki Girl]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Elpeo Puru]] which is in stark contrast to [[Broken Bird|Ennil El]].
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* [[Psychic Powers]]: And then goes on to {{spoiler|debunk the concept of Newtypes being THE next step of humanity's evolution in the last episode}}.
** {{spoiler|Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't DOME say that Newtypes were '''A''' possible evolution of humanity, but not '''THE''' next evolution of humanity?}}
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* [[Psycho for Hire]]: In a twist, the Estard arc (eps. 25-28) sees the Frosts sending psychotic Newtype candidates against the Freeden; while they already work for the New UNE, they're promised a two-rank promotion if they destroy the Double X. Also somewhat crosses into [[Monster of the Week]].
* [[Razor Floss]]: [[Weapon of Choice]] of Dweyt Langraf in episode 27.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Katokk Alzamille, having finally stopped blaming Jamil and newtypes for the death of his family, even though he long knew they were long dead by the time Jamil shot the colony, helps the crew of the Freeden escape from the imprisonment he got them into and assists Garrod in capturing the Gundam XX. Naturally he dies taking a bunch of bullets for them.}}.
* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Shagia) and Nozomu Sasaki (Olba) often play either best friends or brothers.
** Morikawa (Shagia Frost) also worked with Yuko Mizutani (Carris Nautilus). They had worked together before in ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]'', and would end up working together again in [[Super Robot Wars Compact 2]].
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* [[This Is Reality]]: In episode 10, Garrod duels his first Newtype opponent, Carris, and declares that even a Newtype won't beat him. Cue a ''brutal'' [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] that utterly wrecks the Gundam X before Carris combines this kind of speech with a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]].
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: See [[Colony Drop]], which was so extensive that it exterminated over 99% of humanity.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Inevitable because the series
* [[The Starscream]]: {{spoiler|The Frost Brothers}}
* [[The Stoic]]: Jamil Neate. {{spoiler|Quite a contrast with his [[Cheerful Child]] former self...}}
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Tiffa Adill, after spending years as a lab rat because of her powers, develops almost crippling shyness and fear of people. Can't really blame her.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Ennil El is one of the few pilots in Gundam history who strips ''down'' when piloting her robot.
** In fact, she may have [[
* {{spoiler|[[Suicide by Cop]]}}: {{spoiler|An episode's title is: "I'm a Fool; Shoot Me".}}
* [[Tag-Team Twins]]: The Frost Brothers.
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|Shagia takes an energy blast for Olba. Who [[Freak-Out|does NOT]] [[Unstoppable Rage|respond well]]. }}
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Kid's two assistants.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Tiffa (girly) and Pala (tomboy). Also, Toniya is the [[Genki Girl]] [[Hard-Drinking Party Girl]] to Ennil's [[Broken Bird]].
* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]: Unusually for such an unapologeticly [[Merchandise-Driven]] franchise none of the generic versions of designated [[Mook]] suit Jenice have ever received a Gunpla, leaving Ennil El's very different looking [[Ace Custom]] version the only representative in plastic.
* [[Triang Relations]]: A few, although they don't devolve into a massive [[Love Dodecahedron]]. Ennil and Tiffa both display an interest in Garrod, although Garrod only has eyes for Tiffa. Deputy Captain Sara also has one between [[The Captain]] Jamil and [[Chivalrous Pervert]] Roybea. Thankfully, everyone behaves like adults and nobody tries to [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]. {{spoiler|And [[Pair the Spares|everything in this regard]] gets settled by series' end.}}
* [[Twin Telepathy]]: The Frost Brothers again.
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