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[[File:gundam-00.jpg|frame|''Yes, those are Gundams. Any more war and we'll start using them.'']]

 

Premiering on October 4th, 2007, ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''<ref>Pronounced "Double-Oh"</ref>, the eleventh series in the franchise, was the first series in the long-running ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise to be set in the Gregorian calendar. The series is set roughly 300 years in the future – in AD 2307, and the world has divided into three international alliances:

Enter Celestial Being – a shadowy private military organization with the goal of eradicating war completely and permanently. Armed with four incredibly advanced, seemingly-unstoppable [[Humongous Mecha]] known as "Gundams", Celestial Being seeks to eliminate war... by attacking all other sides. The three global powers immediately mobilize to match the power of the Gundams, and before long it becomes increasingly clear that Celestial Being's goal of eradicating war will come at a heavy price: they must become the enemy of the entire world.

 

 

 

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** The movie reveals that {{spoiler|A-Laws is finally being treated like the jerkasses they really were, AND that Celestial Being is finally getting the recognition that they deserve, with [[Show Within a Show|a VERY hammy movie that makes them the heroes]].}}

* [[108]]: The number of enemy suits in Episode 22, Season 2.

* [[Ace Custom]]: the SVMS-01E Union Flag Graham Aker Custom, from which came the SVMS-01O Overflag, designed specifically to fight the Gundams. Graham later gets the Masauro and Susanowo, bases on the Flag's design.

* [[Ace Pilot]]: Graham Aker, Sergei Smirnov and Ali al-Saachez are sufficiently skilled such that they can fight the technologically superior Gundams to a standstill.

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Subverted. Most of the esoteric names -- a staple in the ''Gundam'' franchise -- are in this case codenames for much more mundanely named characters.

** It's played straight with the Innovades.

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: {{spoiler|Louise Halevy}}, during her time as {{spoiler|a rookie in the A-Laws}}.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The six official ''00'' related works, ''00P'', ''00F'', ''00V'', ''00V Senki'', ''00N'', and ''00I'' fill in various details left unexplained in the series, such as who and what happened to {{spoiler|Feldt Grace}}'s parents, what happened in the gap between the two seasons, [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|and so on]].

* [[Anime Accent Absence]]

* [[Anime First]]: Like the large majority of the franchise.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: And they do, oh so hard.

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Graham Aker apologizes for his (attempted) destruction of the 00 Raiser in both his fights against Setsuna. The first time, Setsuna deflects his beam sabres with the 00 Raiser's GN Field, and the second time, he {{spoiler|catches the blade with 00 Raiser's bare hands and shatters it}}, denying Graham victory in both cases.

* [[Bait the Dog]]: Nena Trinity

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Any of the scenes when Setsuna uses Trans-Am Raiser. Any characters shown are completely naked and lacking certain features, most notably Setsuna, Lockon, Graham and Saji all lacking something between the legs. Female characters, however, still have breasts, but without nipples.

* [[Battle Butler]]: Hong Long

* [[Beach Episode]]

* [[Big No]]: More than once, by multiple characters, in both regular and [[Say My Name]] versions.

* [[Bishonen]]: To the point where it's simply ridiculous – many, ''many'' male characters are portrayed as absolutely gorgeous, but what else do you expect when Yun Kouga is the character designer?

* [[Bishonen Line]]: Gundam Nadleeh, emerging from the hulking mass that is Gundam Virtue; it even has ''hair''.

** The mobile suit Alvaaron, hidden inside the monstrous mobile armor Alvatore, also counts.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Michael Trinity, Ali al-Saachez (self-admitted too!), and Hallelujah Haptism.

* [[Book Ends]]: Several. During the final battle, {{spoiler|Setsuna F. Seiei}} and {{spoiler|Ribbons Almark}} are both back to piloting {{spoiler|their original Gundams, the Exia and 0 respectively}}. Also, Aeolia Schenberg's broadcast in the first episode and the ESF President's in the last episode show reaction shots of many of the same locations. Finally, the first season ends with {{spoiler|a voice-over of Setsuna's letter to Marina Ismail}}, while the second season has {{spoiler|a voice-over of Marina's letter to Setsuna}}.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Louise Halevy}}. {{spoiler|She gets better though}}.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Louise Halevy}}, made worse by losing {{spoiler|her family ''and'' left hand}} in an attack nobody saw coming.

** Setsuna also has a habit of declaring that "I am Gundam". No one, in-universe or out, seems quite sure what that means.

*** Towards the end of the first season, the other meisters do understand, somewhat. Setsuna sees the Gundam as the embodiment of justice and the power to end all wars, an ideal he had been striving towards for most of his life. Thus it's not enough for him to simply pilot the Gundam, he wants to become the Gundam or at least all that the Gundam represents.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Nadleeh's Trial System. In the first season it's used once, briefly, before it stops working. Not even mentioned again until late in the second season.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Lyle Dylandy}} and Linda Vashti.

* [[Chinese Girl]]: Wang Liu Mei

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Alejandro Corner, Ribbons Almark, Wang Liu Mei.

* [[Colonel Badass]]: Sergei Smirnov.

** Kati Mannequin also counts.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Christina Sierra and Kinue Crossroad in season one, and [[Onee-Sama|Feldt Grace]] in season two.

* [[Cool Spaceship]]: The ''Ptolemaios''. Its successor, the ''Ptolemaios II'', is even cooler.

* [[Crippling Overspecialisation]]: The four Gundams are tailored for very specific roles, giving them exploitable weak spots. This actually leads (partially) to their downfall in the first season.

* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: An interesting variation: for the sequence in Season two where Tieria Erde poses as a woman, his voice is provided by... his normal seiyuu, [[Hiroshi Kamiya]].

** And then there is Louise Halevy, whose tragic event is displayed right in the first season.

** Don't forget miss Sumeragi, and her little accident, or {{spoiler|Lichty, who lost his parents and ''half his body'' in an accident}}, or Felt, whose parents died and who wasn't even informed how. [[Dysfunction Juction|spotting a pattern here?]]

** {{spoiler|Though the movie, and arguably the second season, are more idealistic.}}

* [[Dead Man Writing]]: {{spoiler|Setsuna F. Seiei}}'s <s>letter</s> e-mail to {{spoiler|Marina Ismail}} at the end of the first season.

* [[Death From Above]]: The Memento Mori {{spoiler|(both of them)}} in the second season.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: For {{spoiler|Innovades}} apparently. They all {{spoiler|seem to have their consciousness and memories backed up by Veda}}.

* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: The GN Flag in season one.

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Alejandro Corner}}, whom the main character has an epic [[Grand Finale]]-style battle against... halfway through the series. Ends the first season in style, though.

* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: Celestial Being hijacks the airwaves to deliver its manifesto in the first episode.

* [[Doomed Upgrade]]: Meet the AEU Enact, the most advanced mobile suit to date. Meet the Gundam Exia, which [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb-stomps]] the Enact during its demonstration within the first 10 minutes of the first episode.

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Lockon Stratos. No, not in the show (except for {{spoiler|for Tieria Erde}}). The "00" fanbase has all but collectively decided that it's perfectly fine to be gay or bi for [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Stupid Sexy Lockon]], so handsome ''and'' badass he is.

** Tieria too.

* [[Evil Albino]]: Aber Rindt.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Hallelujah Haptism, Alejandro Corner, Nena Trinity, and Regene Regetta.

** Nena Trinity comes away from her face-to-face encounter with Ali al-Saachez in the second season with a bruised face and a hairstyle mirroring his.

* [[Expy]]:

** {{spoiler|Ribbons Almark}}'s Gundams (0 and Reborns) end up being expys of Amuro Ray's RX-78 – (for the 0 Gundam) and a combination of the Guncannon, Gundam, and Hi-Nu Gundam (for the Reborns) – as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Tohru Furuya]] voicing both characters.

*** ''00V'' extends the joke further, giving the 0 Gundam a Full Armor form nearly identical to the Full Armor Gundam, as well as introducing a version of the Reborns Gundam with an additional Tank Mode (a tip of the hat to the Guntank, which Amuro piloted once).

** Soft spot for a far-younger woman? Suffering under self-serving superiors? Scar over the left eye? Similar vocal characterization? Sergei Smirnov IS [[Keroro Gunsou|Giroro]].

** Saji Crossroad, Louise Halevy, and Andrei Smirnov, seem to be Expies of Hathaway, Quess, and Gyunei from ''[[Chars Counterattack|Char's Counterattack]]''.

* [[Extra Eyes]]: Being the first Earth-created mobile suits using (pseudo-)GN Drives, the GN-X and its successors have four eyes arranged in an "X" for added ominous factor.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: {{spoiler|Lockon Stratos}} briefly sports one near the end of the first season. {{spoiler|He also wears it for all of his Season 2 non-flashback appearances (dreams, visions, etc.)}}

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Trans-Am not only increases a Gundam's performance threefold, it also [[All There in the Manual|turns them red]].

* [[Let Them Die Happy]]: {{spoiler|Christina Sierra}} to {{spoiler|Lichtendal}}, letting him believe that he had successfully saved her life with his [[Heroic Sacrifice]]... before dying herself.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: One of the largest casts of any Gundam show.

* [[Love At First Punch]]: Patrick Colasour for Kati Mannequin.

* [[Male Gaze]]: The first seven seconds of the fourth OP. [[Squee]]!

* [[Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Ribbons Almark}}.

* [[Manchurian Agent]]: {{spoiler|Anew Returner}}.

* [[Mask Power]]: Courtesy of Mr. Bushido.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Celestial Being fought to eliminate war and unite the world population and its governments into [[The Federation|one]]. They succeed, only to learn that in doing so they've {{spoiler|created an authoritarian regime which uses mass propaganda to keep control and murders countless innocents to "keep the peace"}}. [[Sarcasm Mode|Good job, guys!]]

* [[No Social Skills]]: Pretty much all of [[The Stoic|The Stoics]] in Celestial Being can trace their social ineptitude to being on their own since they were kids.

* [[Not-So-Small Role]]: With {{spoiler|Ribbons Almark}} having only a handful of lines and hardly any screentime in the first half of the show, many long-time Gundam fans were wary of the fact that he had such a small role for a character being voiced by none other than [[Tohru Furuya]] (using pseudonym "Noboru Sougetsu"), the man who portrayed the very first Gundam protagonist. Of course, after truly gaining the viewers' collective attention with a few foreshadowing lines and {{spoiler|the ability to hack Veda}}, {{spoiler|Ribbons}} turned out to be the [[Man Behind the Man]] and the real [[Big Bad]] of the series. {{spoiler|''[[Fan Nickname|Fucking Ribbons]].''}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: In season two, {{spoiler|Lyle Dylandy}} ''intentionally'' downplays his own piloting skills, also acting nonchalant and as a bit of a [[Handsome Lech]]. It seems he's doing this to keep people from {{spoiler|comparing him to [[The Unfavorite|his dead twin brother]]}}.

* [["On the Next..."]]: Parodied shortly after season 1, where a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYPODZYHW4E a super-deformed "preview" for season 2 was produced], featuring {{spoiler|Lockon Stratos}} (not) coming back to life, a third [[Split Personality]] for Hallelujah, Tieria [[Robotic Reveal|revealed to be a robot]], [[No Fourth Wall|the characters whining about poor rating]], an alien invasion, and [[Stuff Blowing Up]].

** {{spoiler|Surprisingly, some of those things actually do happen... sort of. Lockon is replaced by his twin brother, Tieria is revealed to be an [[Artificial Human]], and in one of the movies THE ALIEN INVASION ACTUALLY DOES HAPPEN.}}

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Saji Crossroad and Louise Halevy in the first season.

* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]]: The Twin Drive System exists to invoke this trope (and to make people understand each other, of course). It’s quite emotional when the people meeting ''sans'' clothes are lovers ({{spoiler|Lockon Srtatos II/Anew Return}}) and ({{spoiler|Saji Crossroad/Louise Halevy}}), but also quite [[Narm|Narmy]] when even {{spoiler|Setsuna F. Seiei and Mr. Bushido}} had a [[Ho Yay|naked discussion with each other]].

** Graham Aker, though it's more about the Gundam(s) than the pilot(s), making it only more twisted.

* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Soma Pieres got a pink mobile suit in season one and Nena Trinity wore a pink pilot suit; in season two, they switch to red and purple respectively.

* [[Psychic Link]]: Soma Peries and Allelujah Haptism.

** To an even further (and more advanced) degree, the Innovades.

** Everyone, everywhere, whenever {{spoiler|the 00 Raiser goes Trans-Am}}.

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Ali al-Saachez.

** In episode 5 or 6, when Saji and Louise are walking around on the outside of a Low-Orbital Station, their guide says that even at 10.000 km height, there's still some gravity. This is true, except the gravitational pull is greatly reduced.

** In many scenes, when he Gundams are seen, they are almost 12 times as tall as Setsuna. Assuming that Setsuna is an average person his age in the second season, and knowing the Gundams are 18-19 meters tall, this is actually pretty well-fitting.

* [[Secret Police]]: A-Laws.

* [[Serial Escalation]]: Just how many more [[Gambit Roulette|Gambit Roulettes]] can join the [[Gambit Pileup|train wreck]] before the series ends?

** How much more divided can the fanbase become?

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Setsuna F. Seiei{{spoiler|, Andrei Smirnov}}

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Billy Katagiri and Graham Aker, Saji Crossroad and Setsuna F. Seiei, Allelujah and Hallelujah can be seen as the two in one body, Dr. Moreno and Ian Vashti, Litchy Tsery and Lasse Aeon, {{spoiler|Devine Nova and Bring Stabity}}.

** Both of the {{spoiler|Dylandy}} twins are ''both'' sensitive and manly.

* [[Seppuku]]: {{spoiler|Homer Katagiri}}'s suicide can be seen as this.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: There's a stinger at the end of the last episode showing {{spoiler|something strange going on with Jupiter}}, which ties into [[The Movie]].

** Sherilyn Hyde in the latest ''00F'' chapters.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Too many to list. [[Happily Married|Only]] [[High School Sweethearts|five]] [[Love At First Punch|couples]] [[La Résistance|remained]] [[Battle Couple|strong.]] <ref>These being Ian and Linda Vashti, Saji Crossroad and Louise Halevy, Kati Mannnequin and Patrick Colasour, Shirin Bakhtiar and Klaus Grado, and H/Allelujah Haptism and Soma Peries/Marie Parfacy, respectively.</ref>

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: The majority of A-Laws.

* [[Space Elevator]]: A fundamental part of the setting.

* [[Split Personality]]: Allelujah Haptism has a ''much'' more violent split personality he calls Hallelujah, born to cope with his deeds as a child.

** [[Split Personality Makeover]]: Which personality is in control depends on which of his [[Mismatched Eyes]] is covered by his [[Peek-a-Bangs]]. An odd instance of this trope being true in-universe instead of just a stylistic change.

** Hong Long does it to protect Wang Liu Mei in episode 21 of the second season. {{spoiler|She still gets herself killed shortly thereafter}}.

** Patrick Colasour for Kati Mannequin, kinda. {{spoiler|He throws his mobile suit in front of a kamikaze enemy mobile suit headed for Kati's ship. A bit stupid on both their parts -- both Patrick ''and'' the suicide mobile suit still had ''guns'' they could have used. Patrick, being Patrick, survives unscathed}}.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Marina Ismail, Sumeragi Lee Noriega, Kati Mannequin, Shirin Bakhtiar, Kinue Crossroad, and Anew Returner.

** {{spoiler|[[Attractive Bent Gender|Tieria Erde]] during his [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] episode}}.

* [[Time Compression Montage]]: The third OP takes the entirety of season one and somehow manages to compress it into 30 seconds.

* [[Time Skip]]: The epilogue of the final episode of season one takes place four years after the events of that episode, and there were several smaller ones over the course of season one. Season two then skips ahead roughly another year after that, and roughly midway through said season there’s ''another'' [[Time Skip]], this time for four months.

** The most popular method of making a mobile suit stronger is slapping more GN Drives onto it. The Alvatorre is the first and most egregious offender, with ''seven'' GN Tau Drives.

** The [[Title Drop|00 Gundam]] only has two, but they're proper GN Drives and are "synchronized" in such a way as to jack up their output to [[Over Nine Thousand]]. Eventually, {{spoiler|Ribbons Almark}} figures out how to do this with two GN Tau Drives, resulting in Reborns Gundam.

* [[To Create a Playground For Evil]]: Ali Al-Saaches wants to help create a world of endless warfare, so that his slaughter will never end.

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Hallelujah Haptism and Fon Spaak.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Soma Peries/Marie Parfacy {{spoiler|can be seen as both in one body}}.

** More traditional examples are Shirin Bakhtiar/Marina Ismail, Feldt Grace/Christina Sierra or Feldt/Mileina Vashti, and Nena Trinity/Wang Liu Mei.

** To a lesser degree, {{spoiler|Kati Mannequin}}/{{spoiler|Sumeragi Lee Noriega}} in their backstories.

** Depending on the dub, {{spoiler|Revive Revival}}/{{spoiler|Anew Returner}}.

** Setsuna F. Seiei, in the second season, is much more competent while on foot than he was in season one, probably as a result of playing [[Metal Gear|Tactical Espionage Action]] with the A-Laws for four years.

** Episode 11 of season two sent {{spoiler|Saji Crossroad}} well on his way to [[Badass|Badassery]] as the pilot of the 0 Raiser.

* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Every mobile suit derived from the Union Realdo, including the Flag and Enact, as well as Kyrios, Arios, and the GN Archer, have both standard robot mode and aeroplane mode. Though for quite a while only the Gundam models are capable of pulling off said transformation in mid-flight.

* [[The Troubles]]: The first sign that Celestial Being was having a palpable effect on the world was the ceasefire message sent out by the "Real IRA" group in Ireland. Considering when the show is set (2308), that’s a seriously persistent splinter group.

* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Several. Setsuna F. Seiei is a [[Child Soldier]]{{spoiler|; the Trinity siblings were test tube babies; Marie Parfacy (aka Soma Peries) and Allelujah Haptism both come from the Enhanced Soldier program; Louise Halevy after the [[Time Skip]]}}

* [[Ubermensch]]: Almost every major character, but especially Tieria Erde, Regene Regetta, and (maybe) {{spoiler|Fucking Ribbons}}.

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Celestial Being to a degree. Fon Spaak fits this trope well.

* [[The Voice]]: Both {{spoiler|Regene Regetta}} and {{spoiler|Tieria Erde}} ultimately become this after {{spoiler|their bodies were shot to death but their consciences upload into Veda}}.

* [[Walking the Earth]]: The four Gundam Meisters in first ED.

** In the [[Grand Finale]], {{spoiler|Celestial Being}} combines this with space travel. In a subversion, though, {{spoiler|Allelujah Haptism and Marie Parfacy}} left {{spoiler|Celestial Being}} and walked the Earth on their own [[Journey to Find Oneself|to find the true meaning of their existence]].

** Episodes 19 and Episode 20 of season two. Generally the whams happen in short bursts.

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: They had a lot of fun with the "Celestial Being" thing.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: [[Super Soldier]] Soma Peries/Marie Parfacy.

* [[A Wizard Did It]]: There is an increasing trend among the fandom of explaining away apparent plot holes with "GN Particles Did It."

** Billy Kataragi is a [[Gender Flip|gender-flipped]] version. Find out that the woman you've had an obsessive crush on for years is working for the terrorist organization that killed your mentor and drove your best friend half-insane? Make more powerful mechs for [[The Federation]] to destroy Celestial Being!

* [[World of Badass]]: Say what you will about the characters, but no one can deny that every one of them is [[Badass]] in their own right.

* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|Billy Katagiri}} and {{spoiler|Louise Halevy}} in season two.

** {{spoiler|They get better though}}.

 

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