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[[File:00moviesmall_2803.jpg|frame|''Only seven days remain until Humanity will be extinct.'']]
{{quote|''"Everyone, this is Celestial Being's... No. This is going to be ''our'' last mission."''|'''Sumeragi Lee Noriega''' }}
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In the same way ''Gundam 00'' introduced several new ideas into the Gundam franchise, the film lives up to its name of "Trailblazer". For the first time in the thirty year history of ''[[Gundam]]'', ''A wakening of the Trailblazer'' introduced a living alien race, known as ELS (Extra-Terrestrial Living-Metal Shape-Shifters).
It was released in Japanese theaters on September
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* [[Adaptation Decay]]: Parodied hard in the [[Show Within a Show|movie within the movie]] ''Celestial Being''. None of the Gundam Meisters depicted in that movie looks like the real ones. In that movie, Setsuna has a scar in his face, Allelujah is a little girl, Tieria is a [[Scary Black Man]] and Lockon is a puny guy with glasses. And that Setsuna is even more [[Hot-Blooded]] than the real one!
** And then for metatropic-irony: Lockon is shown wearing similar glasses in the opening credits before the movie within a movie and then directly after as well.
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* [[Assimilation Plot]]: The ELS, who utilize it as their primary means of understanding new objects and concepts.
* [[The Atoner]]: [[The Federation]], especially the soldiers who were members of A-Laws.
* [[Attack Drone]]: All four Gundams have some form of remote weapon, with the Raphael Gundam getting a whole other unit that can itself separate into other [[Attack Drone
** The Gadeleza takes it [[Up to Eleven]] with 14 Large GN Fangs (each the size of a mobile suit and packing their own GN Drive) that carry 10 Small GN Fangs apiece, for a grand total of '''154'''.
* [[Battle Couple]]: Doublelujah and SoMarie.
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: An interesting case in that both sides take turns curb-stomping each other. Seriously, it's like watching a game of Pong.
* [[Dead Person Conversation]]: Setsuna was able to "talk" with the original Lockon, Christina and Lichty while in a coma.
* [[Detachment Combat]]: The Raphael and Seravee II, in more ways than one: Seravee can detach its legs to create [[Attack Drone]] [[Wave Motion Gun
* [[Disappears Into Light]]: While it doesn't involve dying, this is what happened to {{spoiler|Setsuna}} and {{spoiler|1=the <nowiki>00 Qan[T]</nowiki>}} after the battle with ELS.
** They do come back though... {{spoiler|50 years later}}.
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* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Too many characters too list.
* [[Expy]]: The 00 Qan[T] has a [[Bifurcated Weapon]], like a certain character in ''[[Advent Children]]''. The fact that it's called the ''GN Buster Sword'' doesn't help.
** Descartes Shaman looks like a [[Bishounen]] version of Aber Lindt from season two. On the other hand, his Gadelaza looks like a [[
** Several fans have pointed out that the ELS' designs are very similar to that of [[Babylon 5|Vorlon ships]]. Even the first thing Setsuna says to them can be rephrased as "who are you and what do you want".
* [[Famous Last Words]]:
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{{spoiler|'''Andrei Smirnov'''}}: "I am an Earth Federation soldier; I will protect the civilians!" }}
* [[Fan Service Pack]]: [[She's All Grown Up|Mileina Vashti]]. She's [[Letting Her Hair Down|Let Her Hair Down]], and wears [[Zettai Ryouiki]].
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* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Being assimilated. Seriously, ''no one'' deserves that.
* [[First Contact]]: For the first time ever in the ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise. Sadly, it's one big case of numerous [[It Got Worse]] moments piling on top of each other.
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[Big Good]] / [[The Hero]]: Setsuna F. Seiei, pilot of the [[God Mode Sue|00 <nowiki>Qan[T]</nowiki>]].
** [[The Lancer]] / [[Token Evil Teammate]]: H/Allelujah Haptism, co-pilot of the [[Lightning Bruiser|Harute]].
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** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Graham Aker ([[And the Fandom Rejoiced|to the delight of many]]), pilot of the [[Lightning Bruiser|Brave Commander Test Type]].
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: The Gundam Meisters: Setsuna = phlegm, Allelujah = melancholic, Lockon = sanguine, Tieria = choleric, Marie = supine.
** [[The Federation]] [[Ace Pilot
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: [[The Smart Guy|Tieria Erde]] and [[The Big Guy|Lockon Stratos II]] can be classified as such.
* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: All initial efforts to communicate with the ELS end up in this fashion.
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** {{spoiler|Tieria Erde ''again'', but as this is [[Death Is Cheap|Tieria...]]}}
** {{spoiler|Andrei Smirnov}}, thus ''finally'' getting {{spoiler|his}} [[Redemption Equals Death]] for killing {{spoiler|Sergei}}.
* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: In-universe, {{spoiler|in the [[
* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: Gloriously averted with the SolBraves. They masterfully display the ability to actually watch each others' backs, use themselves as decoys to draw enemy fire, and behave like a proper squad all around.
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Mina Carmine looks and [[Rie Kugimiya|sounds]] ''a lot'' like Nena Trinity, to say nothing of the similarity in their first names. What the hell's going on here? Well, [[All There in the Manual|according to the novel]] they're actually very distant relatives, with Mina being born naturally while Nena is a clone of Mina's ancestor.
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** Happens on a mass scale to all the potential Innovators on Earth when the ELS try to communicate with them.
* [[Older and Wiser]]: Saji Crossroad, now a war veteran who has fought against the A-Laws.
* [[One-Man Army]]: All four Gundams and the Gadelaza, thanks to liberal application of [[Attack Drone
* [[Overclocking Attack]]: The preferred method of ESF pilots to avoid assimilation; see [[Explosive Overclocking]] above.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: H/Allelujah and Graham both received this in a meta-sense, given how the two were [[Demoted to Extra|significantly sidelined]] (especially the former) in the series. The two were given good chunks of screen time in this film with the latter even being promoted to the [[Sixth Ranger]] role.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Continues the tradition in true Gundam style, though in this case it's justified by the two parties having ''no idea'' how to communicate with each other.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Andrei Smirnov}} ''finally'' pays {{spoiler|his}} penance for killing {{spoiler|Sergei}} two years prior.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: the Katharon ship in the "Celestial Being" movie is [[Chars Counterattack|Axis]].
** The final fight seems reminiscent to the Battle of Endor in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', except {{spoiler|Setsuna does not "escape alive" from the "Death Star", which instead of exploding turns into a giant flower.}}
* [[Silicon-Based Life]]: The ELS, although they also have properties similar to those of mercury.
** More accurately, they are metal-based life-forms. [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20906-lifelike-cells-are-made-of-metal.html As it happens, something similar has been proven theoretically possible] in [[Real Life]].
* [[Show Within a Show]]: The beginning of the movie starts with Saji and a few of his friends watching a movie glorifying Celestial Being's actions in the series. It. Is. ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Hilarious]]''.
** A certain fansub group even threw in some meta [[Stylistic Suck]] along with a [[Take That]] during this scene. Most of the subtitles are in Comic Sans, nearly every line has a completely unnecessary translator's note, words like "kisama", "teki" and "ore-tachi" are left untranslated, while words originally in English like "Celestial Being" are translated to their Japanese counterpart, and called attacks get distracting karaoke fonts. Anyone who has ever watched poorly-done fansubs will be in ''stitches.''
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: the Solbraves to the original Overflags from Season 1. The Brave Commander Type to Graham's Custom Flag, and the Brave Standard Type to the Overflag itself.
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The ELS.
* [[Storm of Blades]]: Harute's [[Crazy Awesome|Scissor]] [[Attack Drone|Bits]]. It's fun to imagine the [[Oh Crap]] looks in the ELS' minds when those things let loose.
** The 00 <nowiki>Qan[T]</nowiki>'s Sword Bits are capable of the same thing, but we never actually get to see it.
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Harute's Marute Mode, which was ''[[Crazy Awesome|specifically]] [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|designed]]'' to be used by Hallelujah.
* [[Super Prototype]]: Played with six ways to Sunday: The Zabanya and Harute use the recycled frames of the Cheridum and Arios from season two of the series; the 00 Raiser Repair is just that: the 00 Raiser but without any GN Drives; the Raphael uses technology derived from the Gadessa series, but aside from packing three GN Tau Drives isn't anything new; the GN-XIV and Brave units are limited production models for elite pilots; and the 00 <nowiki>Qan[T]</nowiki> and Gadelaza are actually [[Super Prototype
* [[Take That]]: The [[Show Within a Show]] itself is one to movies and TV shows alike that tend to romanticize the winning side and vilifying the other so much (as Saji pointed out), which are so prevalent in [[Real Life]]. The way the Gundam Meisters are casted also mocks the racial and gender stereotyping in Hollywood (e.g. Tieria the [[Scary Black Man]] and Allelujah the little hot chick). The message of this show, in other words, seems to be, "Tired of the same old Good vs Evil stories? We've got a new one!"
* [[Tempting Fate]]: After Hallelujah escapes ELS controlled trucks by getting on a roof he says "See if you can catch me now!" *cue ELS controlled helicopter*
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Hallelujah]], [[Sarcasm Mode|who is that?!]]
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trailers Always Lie]] / [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Early trailers used the early, incomplete designs of the Gundams as well as other designs which haven't appeared since. More recent trailers unveiled the complete Gundam designs along with more of their abilities, and included the appearances of the ELS, a repaired 00 Raiser, and Ribbons Almark. Then again, if the trailers are [[Bait and Switch Credits|anything like the series’ opening credits...]]
** Where should we begin? {{spoiler|Decartes Shaman is just a minor ESF soldier, "Ribbons" merely one of the countless Innovades that share the same genetic baseline, the real war is with ELS and not the ESF... the list can go on and on}}.
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Harute, the Braves, and Setsuna's modified Flag. Arguably the Gadelaza as well.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The Gadelaza's "GN Blaster", which can plow though multiple ships in a single shot and was the only ESF weapon capable of stopping the derelict space station.
** Less impressive but also present are the 00 Qan[T]'s GN Buster Rifle and the Raphael's GN Big Cannons. Not to be outdone, Harute can combine its GN Cannons and GN Sword Rifles' outputs to create this effect, and Zabanya's [[Attack Drone
** The Veda particle laser is so powerful that it can shoot a beam straight through a ''Moon sized spaceship''.
* [[Wave Motion Tuning Fork]]: The beam rifles used by the new [[Transforming Mecha|Brave mobile suits]], the Gadelaza's [[Wave Motion Gun]], and the Zabanya’s [[Attack Drone|Rifle Bits]]. The 00 Qan[T] can ''make one'' by attaching its Sword Bits to the GN Sword V, and the Harute can tune it's GN Sword Rifles and GN Cannons together.
* [[We Could Have Avoided All This]]: {{spoiler|The ELS’ attempts at assimilation weren't for the destruction of humanity, but an attempt to understand them}}. Had they {{spoiler|told this to Setsuna instead of [[Mind Rape|Mind Raping]] him when ''he'' tried to understand ''them''}}, this whole debacle would never have happened. Then again, this is a ''[[Gundam]]'' movie, so it's pretty much par for the course.
** Keep in mind, however, that {{spoiler|it was pretty clear the ELS had serious trouble communicating with human minds, and the [[Mind Rape]] was an ''unintentional'' side-effect of this. The ELS ''did'' try to communicate back, but there was so much information for even Setsuna's Innovator brain. Setsuna only succeeded in communicating with the ELS via Veda's help}}.
** On the other hand, judging by the images Setsuna receives at the end, {{spoiler|the ELS have "communicated" several other sentient species ''into extinction'', along with their entire biospheres.}} Also worth considering is that {{spoiler|just as the Federation delegates questioned whether the ELS were sentient or even ''alive'', the ELS may not have considered humans sentient. After all, their [[Hive Mind]] holds so much more information than ours that they may see us the way we see ants: alive, but with intelligences so puny that it's [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|"okay"]] to kill them en masse. Had Setsuna not communicated with them and shown that humans are sentient, the ELS may very well have [[The End of the World as We Know It|assimilated every living thing on Earth.]]}}
*** This doesn't seem to be the case, since they were perfectly content to leave Earth alone until people with quantum brainwaves started emerging, which appears to be the universal indication for advanced sentient life in the Gundam 00 universe. Though the ELS don't perceive this as attacking or destruction; they simply seek to understand other life-forms with same capabilities in the only way they know. Setsuna provides them with alternate method of communication along with the basic understanding of human psyche, which is a satisfying solution for them.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: The subplot from the series involving Feldt's feelings for Setsuna and whether or not they were requited is ''still'' left unresolved, much to the annoyance of some.
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'''Question''': Even if Feldt was that close to him, she did not get close to [knowing] his true feelings?
'''Mizushima''': That’s right. Feldt was told by Sumeragi, “Think of him”, but Setsuna says, “What is this uncomfortable feeling…?” It is a scene where a different matter can be thought of. It is certainly symbolic. Humans communicate using words, but there are things that are not transmitted. I wanted to show these kinds of communication difficulties in the movie. Vague but seems to imply at least that Feldt's feelings weren't rejected rather Setsuna's true feelings are an open-ended question mark. }}
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The movie begins with one for the second season, showing where all the major players are after two years. It also ends on this note, showing the world several decades into the future with Earth's first interstellar ship about to launch, but only touching upon the fates of a small majority of the characters.
* [[Where It All Began]]: The first part of the stinger shows an interview with Aeolia Schenberg explaining his motivations.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: The whole reason of introducing Descartes Shaman and the [[Lightning Bruiser|Gadelaza]] was to show how powerful the ELS were and how hopeless the situation was.
** Also the 00 Raiser. You know you're screwed when your resident God Mech get's easily assimilated.
* [[You Should Know This Already]]: Everything that happened in the series.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: The ELS’ tactic against the ESF and Celestial Being. They are also able to absorb any enemy units that so much as grazes them for their own purposes.
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