Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Difference between revisions

* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: At one point during ''Skull Heart'', Jupiter Empire remnants use data from [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro]]'s core fighter to create a brain clone for their [[Super Prototype]] Amakusa. Things were going perfectly until the other remnants showed up to taunt Tobia, at which point the Amakusa started attacking them. It turned out that they used their own [[Mecha-Mooks]] against Amakusa in simulation battles and hadn't reset the friend/foe indicator.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The Pez Batara is an anti-ship MS that has a gigantic beam blade running right down the middle of its body; to attack, it ignites the blade and [[Ramming Always Works|charges headlong at the enemy]]. On top of the obvious [[Death or Glory Attack]] element, this means it doesn't possess any other melee weapons. On top of ''that'', said design means its main camera is only on the right side of its body, meaning that it has an absolutely titanic blind spot. And yet Tobia manages to kick ass in one of these...

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Tobia is demonstrably smarter (and considerably more level-headed) than the average [[Gundam]] protagonist, coming up with tactics on the fly and applying practical solutions to various problems. This goes as far as him working out calculations to reunite with the Crossbone Vanguard in his head ''while awaiting his execution''.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: The man known as Grey Stork, AKA "Uncle Jupiter" aka {{spoiler|[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Judau Ashta]]}},

* [[Gundamjack]]: Tobia appropriates a [[Mecha-Mooks|Mecha Mook]] in the first chapter, but doesn't use it very well (it gets sliced in half). Halfway through the series, he does it properly, stealing the Crossbone X-3 during his escape from Sherindon's ship. And of course his previously mentioned [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMoA]].

** A similar technology-jacking plays a key role in ''Steel Seven'': {{spoiler|The ''Mother Vanguard'' was sunk during the original manga, with the failing Anaheim Electronics cleaning up the wreckage and taking its Wings of Light-powered beam sail for themselves. The heroes need that sail, since it's the only way they can get to Jupiter in time to stop Operation Wrath of Zeus.}}

* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Standard MS weapons in UC 133 tend to be focused around long-range beam gun/rifle battles, with beam shields in wide use and related tactics/strategies. The Crossbone Gundams are designed to take advantage of this with overpowering melee abilities (their Beam Zambers can easily cut through standard beam shields). The guns themselves aren't worthless here, but they're overused to the point of liability.

* [[Gunship Rescue]]: When things look bleakest in the final chapter, the Colony armed forces arrive to act as the cavalry in ''droves'' of ships.

* [[May-December Romance]]: Dogatie reveals to Tobia that he was once forced into a political marriage with a woman who was somewhere between ''50-60'' years his junior at one point in order to foster relations with the Earth. The fact that he seemed to genuinely love her causes Tobia to rebuke Dogatie's own claims of being a [[Complete Monster]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Serpiente Tacon" means "The Serpent's Feet". Snakes, of course, do not have feet. It's all a [[Stealth Pun]] on the fact that ST is a group that doesn't officially exist.

* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: More like Last Volume Upgrade. The X-1 is outfitted with [[This Is a Drill|drill]]-[[Whip It Good|whips]] to counter an enemy with a range advantage.

** And then the X-1 gets upgraded into the Skull Heart and X-1 Full Cloth versions...

** Also to [[Sentou Mecha Xabungle]], of all things. Notably during the chapters on Earth.

*** As well, it turns out that Minoru Suzuki's nickname is "the Federation's Blue Flash" (Aoi Senkou) - which Tobia [[Lampshade Hanging|thinks he's heard of somewhere]].

** ''Skull Heart'' has the chapter "[[Planet of the Apes|Satellite of the Apes]]", which is about Newtype monkeys.

** His following line, "Koreijou, Hitogoroshi nanka sarete TA.MA.RU.KA-!!" ("I'm not letting you KILL! ANYONE! ELSE!" - the online translation missed this one), kinda got bootstrapped into being his [[Catch Phrase]] in the games, but without the [[This Is Sparta]] bit.

* [[Social Darwinist]]: Karas is one.

* [[Sword and Gun]]: Crossbone X-1, using its Beam Zanber and Beam Buster, which appropriately look like a [[Laser Blade]] cutlass and a flintlock pistol that fires [[Frickin' Laser Beams]].

* [[Theme Naming]]: The Jupiter Empire's mecha, which are primarily derived from Portuguese - Batara = Batallia "soldier", Erebado = Elevado "elevated", etc.

* [[Tsundere]]: ''Giri'', of all people, is specifically named as one in ''Steel Seven''.

* [[Treacherous Advisor]]: Karas, who starts out as Tobia's teacher, but is revealed rather quickly to be a zealous supporter and hypercompetent secret agent for Dogatie.

 

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