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== [[~~Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|~~Mobile Suit Gundam]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] ==

* "This is no Zaku boy. No Zaku..."

* In the final episode, after Char and Amuro disable each other's [[Humongous Mecha|mobile suits]] (which was also awesome), Char lures Amuro into an armory and baits him into a [[Sword Fight]], taunting him that his piloting skills and Newtype powers wouldn't help him. They then proceed to get into a [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: Char stabs Amuro in the shoulder...Amuro stabs Char in the forehead, the latter being saved only by that [[Mask Power|ridiculous mask]]. His spacesuit from his girlfriend helps too.

* Then Char gets his own back in his last scene of the show, where he braves a [[Collapsing Lair]] to deliver final vengeance for his father in a manner most awesome - namely, by {{spoiler|nailing Kycilia [[Off ~~With~~ His Head|in the face]] with a bazooka.}}

* Then Char gets his own back in his last scene of the show, where he braves a [[Collapsing Lair]] to deliver final vengeance for his father in a manner most awesome - namely, by {{spoiler|nailing Kycilia [[Off with His Head|in the face]] with a bazooka.}}

** Of course, don't forget how he handled his best friend, another Zabi. A normal bastard will leads his best friend right into an enemy trap. A Magnificent Bastard? Calls him on the phone, explains his motives, and waves good-bye.

* "Take your sorrow, and turn it into anger! Zeon thirsts for the strength of its people! '''SIEG ZEON!'''" [[Social Darwinist|Gihren Zabi]] taking the death of his little brother and turning it into a political rally; not in the final episode, but still an iconic moment for the series.

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== Gundam: [[The 08th MS Team]] ==

== Gundam: [[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]] ==

* Whilst taking place in the same time frame as the original series, this series also has some awesome moments. This troper believes that the one that trumps all other moments in the series is summarized in [[Two Words]]: Norris Packard.

* Also, in the middle of his fight with Norris, the main protagonist, Shiro Amada, after going into something of an [[Unstoppable Rage]], ''rips off his own unit's damaged arm'' in order to fight with Norris further, and ''uses it as a bludgeon''.

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* From the third episode of MG IGLOO 2: Guntank charge!

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 War in The Pocket ~~(Anime)~~|Gundam 0080]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 War in The Pocket|Gundam 0080]] ==

* Bernie certainly deserves a mention for being able to hold his own against the new, insanely powerful, state of the art Gundam for at least a few minutes, despite being only an inexperienced rookie in a battered, mass-produced Zaku. {{spoiler|Of course he ends up dying a tragic, horrible death, leading into what can be seen as a brutal subversion of pretty much everything this trope is about.}}

** One could argue that {{spoiler|his death}} is both an awesome moment {{spoiler|and a [[Tear Jerker]].}}

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** Take a moment to process that. He took on a GUNDAM with a ZAKU, and knowing the pathetic odds of success too. That's pretty awesome in this troper's opinion.

== [[Gundam 0083]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]] ==

* Gato has a few of these, but one of them is iconic: "Solomon, I have returned!" Also, who knew that firing a nuke could actually be cool?

** The [[Gundamjack|Gundamjacking]] of the Physalis. Dressed in a Federation uniform, Gato walks into the ''Albion'', hops into the Gundam, draws its beam saber and ''cuts his way out through the hull.''

** Also later when Gato gives a short speech about seeing the whole picture, and when Uraki responds with "Yes, Sir!", Gato says "I'm the enemy, you idiot!"

* Of course, it would be wrong not to mention [[Impaled ~~With~~ Extreme Prejudice|the way Kou defeats Cima.]]

* Of course, it would be wrong not to mention [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|the way Kou defeats Cima.]]

== [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ~~(Anime)~~|Zeta Gundam]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]] ==

* In the first episode, Kamille is beaten up by Titans Military Police. Later in the episode, he comes back in a stolen Gundam...

{{quote| - '''Kamille:''' Hey, Mister MP! Wanna know what it's like to be picked on by somebody bigger than you?}}

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* [[Mauve Shirt]] [[Elite Mook]] Ben Wooder defines [[Villainous Valour]] when, refusing to allow Four desertion to hold his army hostage, he climbs into the Psyco Gundam and does a decent job of flying it, despite having no Newtype potential whatsoever. He then earns another one when, with all his mobile suits shot down, he orders the rest of his men of his ship, and crashes it into the ''Audhumla'', shoots Four when she attempts to stop him, and goes out firing a machine gun turret at the Zeta.

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ ~~(Anime)~~|Gundam ZZ]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Gundam ZZ]] ==

* Even this widely criticized series has its plain awesome moments including, but not limited to Neo Zeon commander Mashymre Celo drawing upon his artificial newtype powers to go out in a flashy blaze of awesome, [[Taking You ~~With~~ Me|taking out one of the vastly superior Doven-Wolf suits that had ambushed him in the process]].

* Even this widely criticized series has its plain awesome moments including, but not limited to Neo Zeon commander Mashymre Celo drawing upon his artificial newtype powers to go out in a flashy blaze of awesome, [[Taking You with Me|taking out one of the vastly superior Doven-Wolf suits that had ambushed him in the process]].

** It's the fact he doesn't give up even at the end. Haman even goes on to remark he was stronger than she ever gave him credit for.

* What about Judau having bombs strapped to the ZZ Gundam, and then strapping grenades to ''himself''? And then, he forces his way into the Neo Zeon flagship with them.

* In the final episode, during his duel against Haman, Judau reactivates the disabled Double Zeta by channeling the strength of the good men and women from the original series, ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ~~(Anime)~~|Zeta Gundam]]'', and ZZ, including {{spoiler|Elpeo Puru}}, Lalah Sune, Four Murasame, Katz Kobayashi, Sarah Zabiarov, and lastly Kamille Bidan. He then unleashes a tremendous [[Wave Motion Gun]] blast on Haman before their duel ends with a [[Single-Stroke Battle]] exchange. This leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], where Haman admits defeat as Judau asks why she didn't use as many funnels as she could've. Haman scoffs that they were conducting a duel and it wouldn't be fair, and dies with a smile on her face anyways, glad she came back if only to meet Judau.

* In the final episode, during his duel against Haman, Judau reactivates the disabled Double Zeta by channeling the strength of the good men and women from the original series, ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]]'', and ZZ, including {{spoiler|Elpeo Puru}}, Lalah Sune, Four Murasame, Katz Kobayashi, Sarah Zabiarov, and lastly Kamille Bidan. He then unleashes a tremendous [[Wave Motion Gun]] blast on Haman before their duel ends with a [[Single-Stroke Battle]] exchange. This leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], where Haman admits defeat as Judau asks why she didn't use as many funnels as she could've. Haman scoffs that they were conducting a duel and it wouldn't be fair, and dies with a smile on her face anyways, glad she came back if only to meet Judau.

* Judau punching Bright Noah at the end of the series. Awesome for Judau for enacting revenge for all those Brightslaps that Bright handed out over the course of three series. Awesome for Bright because it let Judau vent all his frustrations.

** As long as we're talking about Judau punching people we can't forget when he punched out that obnoxious prick Wong Lee. Made even more awesome by the way it punishes Wong for the way he beat up Kamille back in Zeta.

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* The Battle of Dublin is just an awesome sequence because of the way it establishes atmosphere, and the way it just keeps escalating the threats the characters face. The Neo Zeon are attacking Dublin! With a [[Colony Drop]]! And they're sending in mobile suits to stop everyone from escaping. And one of them is the ''Psyco Gundam Mark II!''

== [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam ~~(Anime)~~|Victory Gundam]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Victory Gundam]] ==

* Even though it isn't a gundam that is stolen, it takes some amazing skills for a 13 year old (the main character) to: Grab hold of the ''flying'' mobile suit after landing on it in a parachute, fight hand to hand the ace pilot who is far older and is wearing an helmet, and after a brutal fight managing to take control of the machine underwater. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRiG9csYk2o&feature=related It really needs to be seen to be believed.]

* Though it overlaps with a major [[Tear Jerker]], the kamikaze run of the ''Reinforce Jr.'' definitely qualifies, from all the defiant looks on the old guys' faces to the music in the background. Probably the most awesome part of it, though, is the long-overdue [[Took a Level In Badass|manning-up]] of the ship's captain, the fake Jinn Gehenam, who decides to go down with the rest of the bridge crew.

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam ~~Chars~~ Counterattack ~~(Anime)~~|Char's Counterattack]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack|Char's Counterattack]] ==

* The most notable one is in the ending. After defeating Char in battle, Amuro tries to push back the [[Colony Drop]] Char was planning throughout the entire movie. ''Physically''. Although this would be a suitable one for Amuro, it's even more of one for the series' [[Mooks]]. As Amuro struggles to push back to Axis asteroid, which would send the Earth into a new ice age, the rank and file soldiers from both sides of the war charge in and help push the asteroid back, despite Amuro's pleas for them to go and save themselves, due to the fact that atmospheric re-entry would destroy their mobile suits. They gladly continue pushing back anyway, the soldiers of each side sacrificing themselves to save the earth, even as they explode left and right. This troper never thought he'd shed [[Manly Tears]] for faceless, nameless [[Mecha Mooks]] like that.

* The most notable one is in the ending. After defeating Char in battle, Amuro tries to push back the [[Colony Drop]] Char was planning throughout the entire movie. ''Physically''. Although this would be a suitable one for Amuro, it's even more of one for the series' [[Mooks]]. As Amuro struggles to push back to Axis asteroid, which would send the Earth into a new ice age, the rank and file soldiers from both sides of the war charge in and help push the asteroid back, despite Amuro's pleas for them to go and save themselves, due to the fact that atmospheric re-entry would destroy their mobile suits. They gladly continue pushing back anyway, the soldiers of each side sacrificing themselves to save the earth, even as they explode left and right. This troper never thought he'd shed [[Manly Tears]] for faceless, nameless [[Mecha-Mooks]] like that.

* My favorite was the second time Amuro faced the Zeon [[Ace Pilot]] Gyunei Guss, except this time it was a fair fight and Amuro took him out with barely breaking stride. Letting go of the shield in the middle of a smoke cloud and then flanking him was just one of those clever moves Amuro was known for.

* For this troper, Amuro jumping out of a car to crash-tackle a horse-riding Char is the scene that sticks in his mind for the movie.

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** Marida's rematch with Banagher. Banagher, not listening to fellow pilot Riddhe, chases after Full Frontal, and is suddenly attacked from another direction. From out of ''nowhere'' comes the Kshatriya (which, might we add, has not been repaired since its last fight with the Unicorn), which proceeds to defeat the Unicorn Gundam with ''a single blow''. How? Marida gets in close, immobilizes the Unicorn's arms with the Kshatriya's left arm and one of its three remaining wing binders, pulls back her suit's damaged right arm (the one with the crushed hand) and ''punches the Unicorn's cockpit at full force.'' The impact causes Banagher to vomit into his suit and pass out. [[Mortal Kombat|Flawless victory]].

== [[Gundam 00]] ==

== [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]] ==

* Gundam Nadleeh's first on-screen appearance. After jettisoning Virtue's armor with enough force to send his attackers flying, Nadleeh grabs Virtue's [[Shoulder Cannon|Shoulder Cannons]], crosses its arms in front of itself and fires a single shot from each over the other shoulder. That single shot instakills all six Tierens who were holding it down. Even resident [[Colonel Badass]] Sergei Smirnov was sufficiently intimidated by it to order a retreat... for the three remaining members of his squad. This incident cemented that if Tieria switches over to Nadleeh, he's ''serious''; too bad he screwed it up by bawling his eyes out over how he wasn't supposed to reveal Nadleeh this early in the plan, breaking down to the point [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|he]] stopped using masculine pronouns altogether.

* Setsuna's final battle in the first season. He had just beaten the [[Big Bad]] of the first season, his Gundam is damaged and he's exhausted. Then out of nowhere [[Char Clone|Graham Aker]] shows up in his custom Flag... except that his Flag has '''a GN Drive tacked on it and is toting a beam saber!''' The two summarily proceed to tear each other's mobile suit to pieces in a short but very violent battle, trading [[Motive Rant|Motive Rants]] back and forth all the while.

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== Fandom ==

* mahq.net's 2003 [[April Fools' Day]] [http://www.mahq.net/rants/prank.htm announcement] of a ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ~~(Anime)~~|Gundam SEED]]'' sequel that fooled Japanese fans. And when ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny ~~(Anime)~~|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' came out, [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|it just got funnier.]]

* mahq.net's 2003 [[April Fools' Day]] [http://www.mahq.net/rants/prank.htm announcement] of a ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'' sequel that fooled Japanese fans. And when ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' came out, [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|it just got funnier.]]

* Japanese ''Gundam'' fandom managed to flesh out the vague references in the original ''[[~~Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|~~Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' and create a proper UC time line, which was adopted by Sunrise.

* Japanese ''Gundam'' fandom managed to flesh out the vague references in the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' and create a proper UC time line, which was adopted by Sunrise.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvxxXGz8wjA This video.] Master Asia would be proud.