Mobile Suit Gundam: Difference between revisions

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** {{spoiler|And of all things, ''SD Gundam G Generation DS'' used THAT [[Downer Ending]] to set up the Villain Route.}}

* [[Double Weapon]]: The Gelgoog, Zeon's answer to the Gundam, has a double-ended beam naginata, one of the earliest examples of this in speculative fiction.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Fans of the franchise who haven't seen the original series will be surprised to find there are no mid-season upgrades, only one Gundam, several machines and weapons that aren't mobile suits and plenty of battle scenes that do not revolve around actual mobile suit battle. There's also the Guntank and Guncannon, which are reasonably far from the types of mobile suits seen in later installments. The series can have something of a rough around the edges feeling, given that Tomino was in the process of figuring things out.

* [[Energy Weapons]]

* [[Engineered Public Confession]]: {{spoiler|How [[The Mole|General Elran]] gets caught - Amuro corners him with incriminating evidence whilst the general's soldiers (who Amuro had warned beforehand) monitor the cameras in his office.}}

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* [[Insult Backfire]]: Gihren takes it as a ''compliment'' when his father compares his world view with that of Adolf Hitler.

** Though he'd never heard of Hitler before Degwin made the comparison onscreen, and Gihren didn't hear very much detail about Hitler. In this sense it's almost an Insult Backfire Backfire.

* [[Lady and Knight]]: [[Lady of War|Kycilia Zabi]] and her [[The Dragon|Dragon]] [[Smug Snake|M'Quve]] have got this vibe going. Kycilia is a [[Manipulative Bastard]] and [[Evil Genius]], who nevertheless maintains a very feminine air to her persona. M'Quve, who always addresses her as "Lady Kycilia" serves as her [[The Strategist|strategist]], enforcer, and go to whenever dirty work is required; he is obsessively loyal to her, and to top it all off, pilots a mecha (the YMS-15 Gyan) designed to resemble a knight.

* [[Latex Space Suit]]: Pilot suits. Averted on the Federation side with the suits worn by civilians and the ship's crew, which are much bulkier.

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: The "Char custom" is probably the most iconic example.

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* [[Minovsky Physics]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Missing Backblast]]: Tragically averted, as {{spoiler|Miharu}} finds out.

* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: Like you would not believe. It's interesting to note that this was a necessity - since the show was pulling low viewership numbers, the only thing that kept it on air past a certain point was a strong toy line - the full story of which is chronicled in [[Gundam Sousei]].

** What's impressive is that they were able to ''justify'' this to a believable extent - competition between manufacturers, a fundamental difference in the weapons designing process between the two sides, the scale of the war, etc.

* [[Mukokuseki]]: Mostly averted. Mirai Yashima, the one with more direct Asian heritage, looks noticeably more Asian than the rest. Amuro is an aversion, since he's [[But Not Too Foreign]] (his mother is either American, Canadian or Mexican, depending on the canon you follow).

* [[No Export for You]]: Depending on whether Madman licenses by the series or franchise, this could be the case in Australia. Their staff seem to find it too dated to be worth releasing.

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* [[Real Robot]]: The [[Trope Maker]].

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: A healthy share of the Federation officers are like this, and whilst Zeon doesn't have as many, they're still visibly present.

* [[Redshirt Army]]: In most games, both the Zaku II, Gouf, GM and Ball qualify for this. In Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2, this is increased to ''every'' One Year War-era suit except for the Gundam, Char's Zaku and Gelgoog, and the Zeong.

** In SD Gundam G Generation Wars, this is, however, not so much the case. While they can still get blown up in one attack, provided a strong enough Mobile Suit, the GM, Zaku II, Gouf and Ball can actually become some of the most lethal Mobile Weapons at Level 99, provided they get both the +3 inheritance bonus, a Level 99 pilot from the beginning and a target to kill.<ref>The reason for needing a Level 99 pilot? The Pilot's level determines the Suit's upgrade amount (3 points, +1 to ATK, DEF or EVA at level 1, while 20 points and +10 to ATK, DEF or EVA per certain number of points).</ref>

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: {{spoiler|Gihren kills his father via [[Wave Motion Gun|Solar Flare]], and then his younger sister offs ''him''.}}

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** "Sieg Zeon!" is taken directly from [[Adolf Hitler]]'s infamous quote, "Sieg Heil!"

*** Zeon is an outright reference to Nazi-Germany. Heck, their political leader, Gihren Zabi, is even ''compared to Hitler'' in-series, and takes it as a complement!

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: [[Justified]], in that the mobile suits that Amuro fights are all top-of-the-line at the time, and Zeon is forced to continually develop more powerful suits as they come to terms with the Gundam, and later the Federation's GM's.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: The Principality of Zeon are big fans - more so here, in fact, than at any other point in the faction's history.

* [[Stab the Sky|Shoot The Sky]]: the Gundam's "[[Fan Nickname|Last Shooting]]" in the final episode.

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* [[Theme Naming]]: Several characters are named for World War II aircraft; Kai is named for the [[wikipedia:Kawanishi N1K|N1K2-J Shiden Kai]], while Amuro himself is named for the infamous [[wikipedia:Mitsubishi A6M Zero|"Zero"]].

* [[Trolling Creator]]: "The Zakrello is the strongest machine in the One Year War." - [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]

* [[Unfinished Untested Used Anyway]]: All three of Zeon's late-game superweapons, the Big Zam, the Colony Laser, and the Zeong. Results were decidedly mixed.

* [[Unfinished, Untested, Used Anyway]]: All three of Zeon's late-game superweapons, the Big Zam, the Colony Laser, and the Zeong. Results were decidedly mixed.

* [[Visual Pun]]: During its stay in the neutral zone of Side Six, the White Base's weapons are literally tied down with red tape.

* [[Warrior Therapist]]: Char and Amuro tend to talk a lot while they're fighting.