Gundam SEED: Bloodlines
Gundam Seed: Bloodlines is an Alternate Universe take on Gundam Seed in which Kira and Cagalli's places are reversed - Cagalli is a coordinator living on Heliopolis, while Kira is the prince of Orb. When ZAFT attacks Heliopolis, Cagalli is reluctantly forced into the role of the Strike Gundam's pilot.
Early chapters pretty much follow SEED's plot, but the series begins to diverge as it goes on.
Tropes used in Gundam SEED: Bloodlines include:
- Action Girl: Cagalli, even moreso than in the original series.
- Avenging the Villain: Asta Joule's goal is to kill Cagalli for killing her younger brother who was also the most villainous member of Athrun's team of Gundam pilots.
- Berserk Button: Cagalli hates being called "princess" or a boy.
- Dark Action Girl: Asta Joule, Yzak's older sister and pilot of the new Duel Gundam. Flay seems to be heading in this direction.
- Death by Adaptation: Yzak and the people in Tassil.
- Eye Scream: Hilda Harken's right eye is stabed by Flay with a knife.
- The Mole: Hilda Harken
- Multinational Team: The current crew of the Archangel consist of the Atlantic and Eurasian survivors of Heliopolis/8th fleet and Artemis, respectively, and the saved Orb refugees from Heliopolis.
- Love Triangle: Cagalli, Athrun and Tolle, though Cagalli thinks it is a love rectangle because she suspects Miriallia to be interested in Tolle.
- Musical Theme Naming: Chapters are named after songs or albums.
- Omniglot: Cagalli is a language major who speaks seven languages.
- Phlebotinum Girl: Considering what we know about Kira in the original series, Cagalli may qualify.
- Promotion to Parent: Cagalli becomes Melanie's caretaker after her mother is murdered.
- Rescue Romance: Sort of. Ever since Athrun saved Cagalli from dying during her reentry into Earth's atmosphere, his love for her stopped being one-sided.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Most of the saved Orb refugees from Heliopolis thanks to Prince Kira.
- Take That, Scrappy!: The first thing Cagalli does upon meeting Lacus Clyne is punch her in the face. And the Fandom Rejoiced, even though the author made it pretty clear that Cagalli was in the wrong for doing so.
- Teen Genius: Prince Kira who was able to put a virus into the government computers when has was nine years old.
- Trapped Behind Enemy Lines: After her succussful atmospheric entry, Cagalli has to fight her way back to the Archangel.