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{{quote|''...the Moon will always be there...'' |'''Narrator'''}}

 

 

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. It's sequel manga "Under The Moonlight", has become quite popular, and appearences in the [[Super Robot Wars]] games have gained it more popularity in recent years.

** {{spoiler|Too bad Jamil shoots them down after they help him fend off a horde of grunts.}}

*** 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 Normal]]: Garrod

* [[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.}}

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Lucille Lilliant. {{spoiler|Before her [[Girl in A Box]] years.}}

* [[Cool Shades]]: Jamil wears them. {{spoiler|He ditches them at the start of the last episode, though.}}

* [[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.

** The G-Falcon unit is similar in form and functionality to that of the G-Armor, only the G-Falcon was built to support three Gundam Class Mobile Suits instead of a prototype.

* [[Fake Out Make Out]]: Ennil and Dr. Tex Farzenberg

** [[The Hero]]: Garrod Ran

** [[The Lancer]]: Roybea Loy

* [[Funbag Airbag]]: Happens twice with Garrod and Pala.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Toniya and Pala.

** 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 In Badass|prove that those words really did have a positive effect on him]].

* [[Girl in A Box|Lady In a Capsule]]: {{spoiler|Poor Lucille.}}

* [[Gundam vs. Series]]: The GX (can turn into Divider) and Virsago are in ''Gundam vs Gundam NEXT'', with the Double X recently revealed as a [[Bonus Boss]].

** ''[[Extreme Vs]]'' has both the Virsago and Double X, with the Ashtaron and G-Bits as assist units.

** {{spoiler|Note that Olba and Shagia are simply ''defeated'' but don't ''die''. [[Super Robot Wars Alpha|Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden]], [[Super Robot Wars Reversal]] and [[Another Centurys Episode|Another Century's Episode 3: The Final]], OTOH, has them fighting the heroes to the bitter end.}}

* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Averted. Garrod realizes after losing to Carris that unless he trains furiously in simulators to get used to fighting against Bits, he's never going to win against a Newtype.

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[Mysterious Waif]]: Tiffa, for her powers and her shyness.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Fixx Bloodman comes to mind.

* [[No Export for You]]: An example that absolutely ''mystifies'' most fans and drives them batty. It's a show ''set largely in America'', it's stylistically very similar to the incredibly popular and successful ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|Gundam Wing]]'', it's highly regarded by everyone who has watched it... and Bandai absolutely refuses to bring it over. They won't even discuss it at conventions (and it gets brought up a ''lot''). Granted, the pre-digital animation would probably look a little rough today, but why the show didn't come over in 2001 or so confounds nearly everyone. The only explanation most people have been able to come up with is that the Bandai execs [[Screwed By the Network|can't get past their own dislike of the show]] and see how it could appeal greatly to another market.

** The smash hit of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|Gundam Wing]]'' was probably the ''only'' part of introducing the Gundam franchise to America that Bandai didn't botch. They just don't (or can't) understand that the American anime market differs from the Japanese market, and a show that fared poorly in Japan can do well in America.

* [[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}}

* [[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 (Anime)|Elpeo Puru]] which is in stark contrast to [[Broken Bird|Ennil El]].

** The entire backstory is the beginning of the year 0079 of the Universal Century, only with slightly updated graphics and different Mobile Suits... And more Gundams.

** Carris' Mobile Suit when we first meet him is pretty much a re-painted Dom or Dowadge. Only with Bits instead of a large rocket launcher.

* [[Super Robot Wars]]: Debuted in ''Alpha Gaiden'', also shows up in ''Reversal'' and the ''Z'' series.

* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: See [[Colony Drop]], which was so extensive that it exterminated over 99% of humanity.

* [[The Starscream]]: The Frost Brothers

* [[The Stoic]]: Jamil Neate. {{spoiler|Quite a contrast with his [[Cheerful Child]] former self...}}

{{quote| '''Garrod''': (thinking to himself) ''If this works, I'll believe in God!'' ... "Tiffa! [[Memetic Mutation|I believe in God!]]"}}

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Kid's two assistants.

* [[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.