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The Character Sheet for the best-known-in-America Gundam series, ''Gundam Wing''.
The Character Sheet for the best-known-in-America Gundam series ''Gundam Wing''.


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== Gundam Pilots ==
== Gundam Pilots ==


=== '''Heero Yuy''' {{spoiler|alias Odin Lowe Jr.}} ===
=== '''Heero Yuy''' {{spoiler|alias Odin Lowe Jr.}} ===
==== Voice Actors: [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] (Japanese), [[Mark Hildreth]] (English), Manuel Campusano (Latin America) ====
==== Voice Actors: [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] (Japanese), [[Mark Hildreth]] (English), Manuel Campusano (Latin America) ====
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{{quote|"''Mission complete.''"}}
{{quote|"''Mission complete.''"}}


The male lead of ''Gundam Wing'', and the pilot of the titular Wing Gundam. Known as the "Perfect Soldier", Heero was trained as a soldier since his childhood (and even more after {{spoiler|the death of his father, Odin Lowe}}, and would even risk his life to accomplish his mission. Despite being initially portrayed as [[The Stoic]], his encounter with Relena Darlian would change his life forever. He pilots Wing Gundam and Wing Gundam Zero primarily, but was also forced to pilot Mercurius by OZ, and briefly used the Gundam Epyon before trading it to Zechs for Wing Zero.
The male lead of ''Gundam Wing'', and the pilot of the titular Wing Gundam. Known as the "Perfect Soldier", Heero was trained as a soldier since his childhood (and even more after {{spoiler|the death of his father Odin Lowe}}), and would even risk his life to accomplish his mission. Despite being initially portrayed as [[The Stoic]], his encounter with Relena Darlian would change his life forever. He pilots Wing Gundam and Wing Gundam Zero primarily, but was also forced to pilot Mercurius by OZ, and briefly used the Gundam Epyon before trading it to Zechs for Wing Zero.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III. He does what has to be for the sake of accomplishing his (ultimately heroic) goals.
* [[The Atoner]]: Ever since {{spoiler|he accidentally killed a little girl he had befriended [[Kick the Dog|and her puppy]].}}
* [[The Atoner]]: Ever since {{spoiler|he accidentally killed a little girl he had befriended [[Kick the Dog|and her puppy]]}}.
* [[BFG]]: Wing's Buster Rifle and Wing Zero's Twin Buster Rifle. They're both hugely oversized for a one-handed rifle, and the ''Endless Waltz'' version is even longer. Capable of firing a [[Wave Motion Gun]] wiping out an entire battalion of [[Mooks]] in one shot.
* [[Badass]]
* [[BFG]]
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Episode 26.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Episode 26.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Prussian blue, actually.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Prussian blue, actually.
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* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: The creators said that [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Heero was designed after actress Yuki Uchida]].
* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: The creators said that [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Heero was designed after actress Yuki Uchida]].
* [[Character Development]]: Starts quite unemotional, but develops more genuine care for people.
* [[Character Development]]: Starts quite unemotional, but develops more genuine care for people.
* [[Code Name]]
* [[Code Name]]: Borrowed from a dead political leader. See below.
* [[The Comically Serious]]: He doesn't get put into enough funny situations to really shine, but it's there. The licensed [[Doujinshi]] ''Ground Zero'' gets a lot of mileage out of having Heero do "human" things (like admitting he modified Wing Zero into the ''Endless Waltz'' version [[Rule of Cool|because he thought it'd look cool]]), which causes Duo to flip out ("This isn't a sports car or something!") and makes fellow Stoic Trowa start laughing.
* [[The Comically Serious]]: He doesn't get put into enough funny situations to really shine, but it's there. The licensed [[Doujinshi]] ''Ground Zero'' gets a lot of mileage out of having Heero do "human" things (like admitting he modified Wing Zero into the ''Endless Waltz'' version [[Rule of Cool|because he thought it'd look cool]]), which causes Duo to flip out ("This isn't a sports car or something!") and makes fellow Stoic Trowa start laughing.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: But only in the dubbed version. In the original, Heero's tone of voice indicated his emotions, even if it was subtle at times.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: But only in the dubbed version. In the original, Heero's tone of voice indicated his emotions, even if it was subtle at times.
* [[Death Seeker]]: He gets better.
* [[Death Seeker]]: He gets better.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He likes playing with dogs and the official artwork has him smiling as he plays with a ferret.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He likes playing with dogs and the official artwork has him smiling as he plays with a ferret.
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: Heero and Trowa get to wear military uniforms, and in Heero's case it's an OZ cadet one {{spoiler|when he spies on Queen Relena.}}
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: Heero and Trowa get to wear military uniforms, and in Heero's case, it's an OZ cadet one {{spoiler|when he spies on Queen Relena}}.
* [[The Hero]]: No Pun intended.
* [[The Hero]]: [[No Pun Intended]].
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Bastard]]. In ''Frozen Teardrop'' we learn that his father was Odin Lowe... who was ''not'' the husband of Heero's mom, Aoi Clarke. Heero was born in between Odin and Aoi's break-up and Aoi's marriage to Seis Clarke, she and Seis raised him in his earliest years, and when they were murdered Odin took little Heero back in.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Bastard]]. In ''Frozen Teardrop'', we learn that his father was Odin Lowe... who was ''not'' the husband of Heero's mom Aoi Clarke. Heero was born in between Odin and Aoi's break-up and Aoi's marriage to Seis Clarke, she and Seis raised him in his earliest years, and when they were murdered, Odin took little Heero back in}}.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: He does this several times, most notably when {{spoiler|Lady Une threatens to destroy the colonies with missles and, of course, the series finale. He survives each time.}} (He probably has to [[Plot Armor|or the story wouldn't move.]])
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: He does this several times, most notably when {{spoiler|Lady Une threatens to destroy the colonies with missles and, of course, the series finale. He survives each time}} (he probably has to [[Plot Armor|or the story wouldn't move]]).
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Quatre, during the second part of the series.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Quatre, during the second part of the series.
** It could also define his relationship with Duo pretty well, alongside [[Odd Friendship]].
** It could also define his relationship with Duo pretty well, alongside [[Odd Friendship]].
*** Don't forget Trowa.
*** Don't forget Trowa.
* {{spoiler|[[Human Popsicle]]}}: ''Frozen Teardrop'' reveals that {{spoiler|while the other Gundam pilots are already middle-aged adults, Heero is still a "boy" because he has been frozen in a cold hibernation capsule.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Human Popsicle]]}}: ''Frozen Teardrop'' reveals that {{spoiler|while the other Gundam pilots are already middle-aged adults, Heero is still a "boy" because he has been frozen in a cold hibernation capsule}}.
* [[I'll Kill You!]]: Don't take it seriously, it's just how Heero says "Hello."
* [[I'll Kill You!]]: Don't take it seriously, it's just how Heero says "Hello".
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]
* [[Indy Ploy]]: Heero isn't big on forward planning, but he can improvise like nobody's business.
* [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]: Heero is pretty much the poster boy for this trope.
* [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]: Heero is pretty much the poster boy for this trope.
** One school of fan thought is that he's not threatening people to scare them, but to reassure himself that he ''can'' kill them, since he only ever says it towards people he's attached to.
** One school of fan thought is that he's not threatening people to scare them, but to reassure himself that he ''can'' kill them, since he only ever says it towards people he's attached to.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With a little girl and her puppy. {{spoiler|It ended ''[[Tear Jerker|tragically]]'' sad to say}}.
* [[Indy Ploy]]: Heero isn't big on forward planning, but he can improvise like nobody's business.
** He gets a second chance of sorts with {{spoiler|Duo Maxwell Jr.}} in ''Frozen Teardrop''.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With a little girl and her puppy. {{spoiler|It ended ''[[Tear Jerker|tragically]]'' sad to say..}}
* [[Lady and Knight]]: He would never admit it, but he acts like a White Knight for Relena: protecting her from danger with his own body if necessary. He claims its because she can aid his mission or some other impersonal value but the more likely reason is because he's in love with her.
** He gets a second chance of sorts with {{spoiler|Duo Maxwell Jr.}} in ''Frozen Teardrop''.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "The Wings of a Boy Who Killed Adolescence", which has numerous remixes, most famously the [[Next Episode Preview]] song, "Codename Heero Yuy". It's also popped up in a few video games (''[[Super Robot Wars Z]] 2 Hakai-hen'', ''[[Another Century's Episode]] 1'', and several times in ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]'').
* [[Lady and Knight]]: He would never admit it but he acts like a White Knight for Relena: protecting her from danger with his own body if necessary. He claims its because she can aid his mission or some other impersonal value but the more likely reason is because he's in love with her.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "The Wings of a Boy Who Killed Adolescence", which has numerous remixes, most famously the Next Episode Preview song, "Codename Heero Yuy". It's also popped up in a few video games (''[[Super Robot Wars Z]] 2 Hakai-hen'', ''[[Another Century's Episode]] 1'', and several times in ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]'').
* [[Made of Iron]]: More like made of Gundanium. He's tougher than his freaking mech.
* [[Made of Iron]]: More like made of Gundanium. He's tougher than his freaking mech.
** Case in point, he once jumped from the 50th floor of a military hospital, (with a parachute, though he opened it too late) making a rough landing and breaking his leg which he later causally snapped back into place (much to Duo's disgust). Note that this was a short time after being ''shot'' several times in the previous episode.
** Case in point, he once jumped from the 50th floor of a military hospital, (with a parachute, though he opened it too late) making a rough landing and breaking his leg which he later causally snapped back into place (much to Duo's disgust). Note that this was a short time after being ''shot'' several times in the previous episode.
** Even better, while in said hospital the staff declared that he had over 200 bruises and broken bones, in addition to the gunshot wounds. And all this does not slow him down in the least.
** Even better, while in said hospital, the staff declared that he had over 200 bruises and broken bones, in addition to the gunshot wounds. And all this does not slow him down in the least.
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Earns the respect of the other Gundam pilots (who accept him as a sorta-leader) and the [[Worthy Opponent]] Zechs.
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Earns the respect of the other Gundam pilots (who accept him as a sorta-leader) and the [[Worthy Opponent]] Zechs.
** Though Heero willingly defers to Quatre, who's more charismatic and a better leader.
** Though Heero willingly defers to Quatre, who's more charismatic and a better leader.
* [[Mukokuseki]]: While his eyes are somewhat more slanted than other characters', Heero has brown hair and blue eyes even though he is supposed to be Japanese, whereas the Chinese Wufei is much more obviously Asian in appearance. {{spoiler|May be justified due to Heero being [[But Not Too Foreign|only half-Japanese at most]], as explained in ''Frozen Teardrop'': his mother was a Japanese woman, but [[Hitman with a Heart]] Odin Lowe ''was'' his biological dad.}}.
* [[Mukokuseki]]: While his eyes are somewhat more slanted than other characters', Heero has brown hair and blue eyes, even though he is supposed to be Japanese, whereas the Chinese Wufei is much more obviously Asian in appearance. {{spoiler|May be justified due to Heero being [[But Not Too Foreign|only half-Japanese at most]], as explained in ''Frozen Teardrop'': his mother was a Japanese woman, but [[Hitman with a Heart]] Odin Lowe ''was'' his biological dad}}.
* [[My Hero Zero]]: Well, Heero's [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] Gundam is called Wing Zero.
* [[My Hero Zero]]: Well, Heero's [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] Gundam is called Wing Zero.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: in-universe, and there's a little bit of irony...
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: in-universe, and there's a little bit of irony...
** And in a [[Meta]] example, his name was intentionally made evocative of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro Ray's]].
** And in a [[Meta Fiction|meta]] example, his name was intentionally made evocative of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro Ray's]].
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: "Heero" is derived from ''hitotsu'', "one" in Japanese; "Yuy" is derived from ''yuitsu'', "alone" or "only". In other words, Heero Yuy- "the one and only".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: "Heero" is derived from ''hitotsu'', "one" in Japanese. "Yuy" is derived from ''yuitsu'', "alone" or "only". In other words, Heero Yuy: "the one and only".
** [[Lampshaded]] by Doctor J somewhat in the CG short ''Gundam Evolve 7''- where he tells Relena that Heero was 'number one' and 'exceeded all expectations', then remembering to himself his christening of the boy as 'Heero Yuy'. This troper can only hope he's aware of his own pun...
** [[Lampshaded]] by Doctor J somewhat in the CG short ''Gundam Evolve 7'': where he tells Relena that Heero was 'number one' and 'exceeded all expectations', then remembering to himself his christening of the boy as 'Heero Yuy'. This troper can only hope he's aware of his own pun...
* [[Official Couple]]: The more rabid [[Yaoi Fangirl|Yaoi Fangirls]] will fight it to their last breath, but every single sidestory supports 1xR. And these sidestories are ''all'' written by members of the anime's writing staff.
* [[Official Couple]]: The more rabid [[Yaoi Fangirl|Yaoi Fangirls]] will fight it to their last breath, but every single sidestory supports 1xR. And these sidestories are ''all'' written by members of the anime's writing staff.
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: He's only 156cm (5 foot 1), but worth noting is 1) he's only 15, and 2) Duo, Quatre, and Wu Fei are the exact same height (Trowa is 160/5'2").
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: He's only 156cm (5 foot 1), but worth noting is 1) he's only 15, and 2) Duo, Quatre and Wu Fei are the exact same height (Trowa is 160/5'2").
* [[Popularity Power]]: To date, Heero remains the most popular character in the series, with him constantly appearing in ''Gundam Ace'''s "Top 30 Male Characters" poll (with him usually appearing in the Top 10), and in ''Newtype'' magazine's "Top 30 Male Characters of the 90s" poll, he ranked #6.
* [[Popularity Power]]: To date, Heero remains the most popular character in the series, with him constantly appearing in ''Gundam Ace'''s "Top 30 Male Characters" poll (with him usually appearing in the Top 10), and in ''Newtype'' magazine's "Top 30 Male Characters of the 90s" poll, he ranked #6.
* [[Robeast]] (the [[GaoGaiGar|Zonder]] turns him into one in a 4koma)
* [[Robeast]]: The [[GaoGaiGar|Zonder]] turns him into one in a 4koma.
* [[Say My Name]]: "Relena!"
* [[Say My Name]]: "Relena!"
* [[Sensual Spandex]]
* [[Sensual Spandex]]
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: [[Ho Yay|A Trowa/Quatre fanboy.]] He's awfully focused on helping Quatre find Trowa after Quatre's [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], even going so far as to tell Quatre that he can't fight until he finds Trowa again.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: [[Ho Yay|A Trowa/Quatre fanboy]]. He's awfully focused on helping Quatre find Trowa after Quatre's [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], even going so far as to tell Quatre that he can't fight until he finds Trowa again.
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]: Most of the time seen with a green tank top. And what do you know, he's physically impossibly strong!
* [[The Stoic]] [[Character Development|-->]] [[Hitman with a Heart]] and [[Kuudere]]
* [[The Stoic]]: [[Character Development]] moves him closer to being a [[Hitman with a Heart]] and [[Kuudere]].
* [[Super Soldier]]: Doctor J {{spoiler|and Odin Lowe raised him from a [[Child Soldiers|Child Soldier]] and then}} turned him into this, complete with super strength, computer hacking, sabotage and demolition, mobile suit piloting, and espionage skills.
* [[Super Soldier]]: Doctor J {{spoiler|and Odin Lowe raised him from a [[Child Soldiers|Child Soldier]] and then}} turned him into this, complete with super strength, computer hacking, sabotage and demolition, mobile suit piloting, and espionage skills.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: {{spoiler|When given the choice of surrendering his Gundam or allowing the colonies to be attacked, he chooses to self-destruct Wing instead.}}
* [[Take a Third Option]]: {{spoiler|When given the choice of surrendering his Gundam or allowing the colonies to be attacked, he chooses to self-destruct Wing instead}}.
** Happens again in Episode Zero- Doctor J gives him the orders for Operation Meteor, in option form- to go along with the plan, to escape, or...a third option. Guess which one he takes.
** Happens again in ''Episode Zero'': Doctor J gives him the orders for Operation Meteor, in option form: to go along with the plan, to escape, or... a third option. Guess which one he takes.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Minus the "Tall".
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Minus the "Tall".
* [[Theme Naming]]: In addition to the numerical theme, his name was intentionally designed to be evocative of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro Ray's]].
* [[Theme Naming]]: In addition to the numerical theme, his name was intentionally designed to be evocative of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro Ray's]].
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{{quote|"''I might run and hide, but I never tell a lie.''"}}
{{quote|"''I might run and hide, but I never tell a lie.''"}}


The pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe. He's cheerful, friendly, and flirtatious, serving as the moodmaker of the Gundam Pilots. He's also the self-proclaimed [[Grim Reaper]], a title he gave himself after living on while those he cares about die around him. He anthropomorphizes his Gundam more than the others, calling it "buddy"<ref>''aibo'' in Japanese</ref>.
The pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe. He's cheerful, friendly and flirtatious, serving as the moodmaker of the Gundam Pilots. He's also the self-proclaimed [[Grim Reaper]], a title he gave himself after living on while those he cares about die around him. He anthropomorphizes his Gundam more than the others, calling it "buddy".<ref>''Aibo'' in Japanese.</ref>
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Badass Nickname]] "THE GOD OF DEATH IS BACK FROM HELL!!!"
** {{spoiler|[[Badass Preacher]]}}: Becomes this in ''Frozen Teardrop.'' {{spoiler|A subversion, actually: he's more of a [[Bounty Hunter]] and [[Hitman with a Heart]] who poses as a "preacher".}}
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Preacher]]}}: Becomes this in ''Frozen Teardrop''. {{spoiler|A subversion, actually: he's more of a [[Bounty Hunter]] and [[Hitman with a Heart]] who poses as a "preacher"}}.
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
** [[Badass Nickname]] "THE GOD OF DEATH IS BACK FROM HELL!!!"
* [[Big No]]: In the dubbed version, after watching Deathscythe being destroyed by OZ, and it's broadcasted live. [[Scott McNeil]] is still asked to replicate the scream at conventions.
* [[Big No]]: In the dubbed version, after watching Deathscythe being destroyed by OZ, and it's broadcasted live. [[Scott McNeil]] is still asked to replicate the scream at conventions.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Cobalt blue, actually.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Cobalt blue, actually.
* {{spoiler|[[Bounty Hunter]]}}: {{spoiler|''Frozen Teardrop'' reveals that he became one, putting his money into supporting the Maxwell Church. However, this causes Hilde to see him as unreliable because he's never around, resulting in their divorce.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bounty Hunter]]}}: {{spoiler|''Frozen Teardrop'' reveals that he became one, putting his money into supporting the Maxwell Church. However, this causes Hilde to see him as unreliable because he's never around, resulting in their divorce}}.
* [[Broken Hero]]: His seemingly self-congratulatory "God of Death" (Shinigami) nickname takes on a new light when it's revealed that he took it on given the fact that anyone he cares about [[Doom Magnet|tends to die if they hang around him.]]
* [[Broken Hero]]: His seemingly self-congratulatory "God of Death" (Shinigami) nickname takes on a new light when it's revealed that he took it on given the fact that anyone he cares about [[Doom Magnet|tends to die if they hang around him]].
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Look at his Gundams, then get to know him.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Look at his Gundams, then get to know him.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Not that deadpan, but much snarkier than his teammates.
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: His nickname and Gundam only.
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: His nickname and Gundam only.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Downplayed. He's rough around the ages and can't stop dealing the snark, but rarely is he ever ''intentionally'' jerk-ish.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[The Lancer]]: Loud and affable in comparison to Heero's stoic rudeness.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Black Wind Inviting to Death", also a [[Wasted Song]] since it's never used in the show. The only place to hear it other than the OST is ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]''.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Black Wind Inviting to Death", also a [[Wasted Song]] since it's never used in the show. The only place to hear it other than the OST is ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]''.
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: {{spoiler|However, in ''Frozen Teardrop'', he has cut his hair. Cue [[Big No]] from his ''numerous'' fangirls}}!
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The end of ''Endless Waltz'''s manga adaptation has him wearing a baseball cap with the lines "Gundam 20th Anniversary".
** {{spoiler|However, in ''Frozen Teardrop'', he has cut his hair. Cue [[Big No]] from his ''numerous'' fangirls!}}
* [[Mythology Gag]]: the end of ''Endless Waltz's'' manga adaptation has him wearing a baseball cap with the lines "Gundam 20th Anniversary".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the Latin ''duo'', meaning "two".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the Latin ''duo'', meaning "two".
* [[Orphanage of Love]]: In ''Episode Zero'', he lives in Maxwell Church. It was [[Perpetual Poverty|rather run down]], but Father Maxwell and Sister Helen were lovely people. {{spoiler|Too bad they're all killed off in a bomb attack}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Parents as People]]: Aknowledges that he hasn't been the best father to Duo Jr.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Parents as People]]: Aknowledges that he hasn't been the best father to Duo Jr}}.
* [[Orphanage of Love]]: In ''Episode Zero'', he lives in Maxwell Church. It was [[Perpetual Poverty|rather run down]], but Father Maxwell and Sister Helen were lovely people. {{spoiler|Too bad they're all killed off in a bomb attack.}}
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Not as notorious as Dorothy's, but still present through his waist-length braid. Lampshaded when Sister Helen wants to give him an [[Important Haircut]] since long hair like that "is unhygienic."
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Not as notorious as Dorothy's, but still present through his waist-length braid. Lampshaded when Sister Helen wants to give him an [[Important Haircut]] since long hair like that "is unhygienic".
* [[Red Baron]]: "[[Shinigami|The God of Death]]" (or [[Never Say "Die"|"The Great Destroyer"]]).
* [[Red Baron]]: "[[Shinigami|The God of Death]]" (or [[Never Say "Die"|"The Great Destroyer"]]).
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Seems to ship Heero/Relena. And ''maybe'', Trowa/Quatre.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Seems to ship Heero/Relena. And ''maybe'', Trowa/Quatre.
** Blatantly ships Heero/Relena in ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' and ''Endless Waltz''.
** Blatantly ships Heero/Relena in ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' and ''Endless Waltz''.
{{quote|'''Heero:''' ''(turning to leave)'' Relena's been kidnapped.
{{quote|'''Heero:''' ''(turning to leave)'' Relena's been kidnapped.
'''Duo:''' Right, right...Anything at all for the one you love! (Or, in the original Japanese: "Somebody's got a crush.") }}
'''Duo:''' Right, right... Anything at all for the one you love! (Or, in the original Japanese: "Somebody's got a crush.")}}
* [[Stepford Snarker]]: He's the snarkiest member of the cast, but this is at least partially to hide his wounded past.
* [[Stepford Snarker]]
* [[Street Urchin]]: His backstory.
* [[Street Urchin]]: His backstory.
* [[Will Not Tell a Lie]]: His catchprase. Though how true this claim is is debatable.
* [[Will Not Tell a Lie]]: His catchprase. Though how true this claim is is debatable.
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** Which personality-wise doesn't make much sense, given how out-going/sociable/extroverted he is compared to Heero.
** Which personality-wise doesn't make much sense, given how out-going/sociable/extroverted he is compared to Heero.


=== '''Trowa Barton''' {{spoiler|alias Triton Bloom aka Dokter T.}} ===
=== '''Trowa Barton''' {{spoiler|alias Triton Bloom a.k.a. Dokter T.}} ===
==== Voice Actors: [[Shigeru Nakahara]] (Japanese), [[Kirby Morrow]] (English), Arturo Siann Vidal (Latin America) ====
==== Voice Actors: [[Shigeru Nakahara]] (Japanese), [[Kirby Morrow]] (English), Arturo Siann Vidal (Latin America) ====
[[File:Trowa_Barton_5951.jpg|frame]]
[[File:Trowa_Barton_5951.jpg|frame]]
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{{quote|"'''Those who have laid eyes on a Gundam shall not live to tell about it.' Those are the orders I have been given.''"}}
{{quote|"'''Those who have laid eyes on a Gundam shall not live to tell about it.' Those are the orders I have been given.''"}}


The pilot of the Gundam Heavyarms. Loyal, kind-hearted, and pensively droll, but emotionally stunted after spending a good portion of his life either as a soldier or, worse, outside human contact completely. Interaction with the other pilots and Catherine Bloom helps start warming him up. In addition to Heavyarms, he served as the pilot of OZ's Vayeate while posing as a new recruit.
The pilot of the Gundam Heavyarms. Loyal, kind-hearted and pensively droll, but emotionally stunted after spending a good portion of his life either as a soldier or, worse, outside human contact completely. Interaction with the other pilots and Catherine Bloom helps start warming him up. In addition to Heavyarms, he served as the pilot of OZ's Vayeate while posing as a new recruit.
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* [[Alpha Strike]]: One of his more famous "attacks" is what ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' calls the Full Open Attack.
* [[Alpha Strike]]: One of his more famous "attacks" is what ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' calls the Full Open Attack.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Heero and Quatre.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Heero and Quatre.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Averted. His Gundam's [[Achilles' Heel]] is its tendency to run out of ammo in extended fights.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Averted. His Gundam's [[Achilles' Heel]] is its tendency to run out of ammo in extended fights.
* [[Cold Sniper]]: Trowa is able to remain weirdly detached whilst murdering people or {{spoiler|contemplating a suicide strike}}, despite being one of the most compassionate characters in the series.
* [[Cold Sniper]]: Trowa is able to remain weirdly detached whilst murdering people or {{spoiler|contemplating a suicide strike}} despite being one of the most compassionate characters in the series.
* [[Cool Mask]]: both Trowa and Heavyarms have a half-clown mask they can wear.
* [[Cool Mask]]: Both Trowa and Heavyarms have a half-clown mask they can wear.
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]]: Sort of. He took up the "Trowa Barton" name after the real one was murdered in front of his eyes, to cover up for the guy's death}}.
* Dark [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Green Eyes]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]] (Sort of. He took up the "Trowa Barton" name after the real one was murdered in front of his eyes, to cover up for the guy's death.)}}
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He gets his circus gig by befriending the lion and simply putting his hand in the cage.
* [[Gatling Good]]: The running theme of his mecha. The original has a beam gatling and two gatling guns hidden in its chest, the upgrade turns the beam gating into a double. The movie version doubles all of it, with four gatlings in the chest, and two double beam gatlings.
* [[Gatling Good]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He is absolutely ripped... but really quite quiet and analytic.
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: He wears both OZ cadet clothes {{spoiler|and a Mariemeia army suit}} in canon.
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: He wears both OZ cadet clothes {{spoiler|and a Mariemeia army suit}} in canon.
* [[Heroic Build]]: Revealed in Endless Waltz when he beats up several thugs from {{spoiler|The Barton Foundation}} whilst topless. Apparently those turtlenecks are '''''very''''' unflattering.
* [[Heroic Build]]: Revealed in ''Endless Waltz'' when he beats up several thugs from {{spoiler|The Barton Foundation}} whilst topless. Apparently, those turtlenecks are '''''very''''' unflattering.
** He probably gained a lot more visible muscle after working for the circus. Being an acrobat will do that to you.
** He probably gained a lot more visible muscle after working for the circus. Being an acrobat will do that to you.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Heero, during the end of the first half of the series.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Heero, during the end of the first half of the series.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: In the extended battle scene from the theatrical version of ''Endless Waltz'', a group of Serpents barrages him with missiles and he [[Shoot the Bullet|shoots every one of them down]] with his Gatlings.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: In the extended battle scene from the theatrical version of ''Endless Waltz'', a group of Serpents barrages him with missiles and he [[Shoot the Bullet|shoots every one of them down]] with his Gatlings.
* [[Kuudere]]: Looks and acts like [[The Stoic]], but is one of the gentlest and most caring characters.
* [[Kuudere]]: Looks and acts like [[The Stoic]], but is one of the gentlest and most caring characters.
* {{spoiler|[[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: survives the incident with Quatre, but is amnesiac for a long while.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Survives the incident with Quatre, but is amnesiac for a long while}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "In the Returned Scent of Blood and Gunpowder", which has a more somber remix called "That Clown Doesn't Need Makeup for Tears".
* [[Leitmotif]]: "In the Returned Scent of Blood and Gunpowder", which has a more somber remix called "That Clown Doesn't Need Makeup for Tears".
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: The ''Endless Waltz'' version of Heavyarms Kai.
* [[More Dakka]]
* [[More Dakka]]: The basic idea behind his mecha. Strap all the guns and missiles you can onto one machine.
** [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: The ''Endless Waltz'' version of Heavyarms Kai.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [[Tim Burton]], of whom director Ikeda is a big fan.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [[Tim Burton]], of whom director Ikeda is a big fan.
* {{spoiler|[[No Name Given]]}}: As revealed in ''Endless Waltz'', {{spoiler|Trowa is not his real name. He's only known as "Nanashi" (No-Name), but ''Episode Zero'' implies that he might be Triton Bloom, a young boy who was thought to have been killed after an Alliance attack that killed Catherine's parents.}}
* {{spoiler|[[No Name Given]]}}: As revealed in ''Endless Waltz'', {{spoiler|Trowa is not his real name. He's only known as "Nanashi" (No-Name), but ''Episode Zero'' implies that he might be Triton Bloom, a young boy who was thought to have been killed after an Alliance attack that killed Catherine's parents}}.
** This is foreshadowed in episode 5:
** This is foreshadowed in Episode 5:
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Trowa:''' I have no name. But if you must call me something, then Trowa. Call me Trowa Barton.}}}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Trowa:''' I have no name. But if you must call me something, then Trowa. Call me Trowa Barton}}.}}
** Hell, it was foreshadowed in episode ''1'':
** Hell, it was foreshadowed in Episode ''1'':
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Trowa:''' Battle record 001. Pilot's name...let's go with Trowa.}}}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Trowa:''' Battle record 001. Pilot's name... let's go with Trowa}}.}}
** And in Frozen Teardrop {{spoiler|it's confirmed. He tells his protegé Trowa Phobos that the "T" in Dokter T means "Triton", not Trowa.}}
** And in ''Frozen Teardrop'', {{spoiler|it's confirmed. He tells his protegé Trowa Phobos that the "T" in Dokter T means "Triton", not Trowa}}.
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French ''trois'', meaning "three".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French ''trois'', meaning "three".
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: His impressive bangs almost always covers just one eye, depending on the angle.
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Another possible Heero/Relena fanboy.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Another possible Heero/Relena fanboy.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: After destroying Duo's Deathscythe.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: After destroying Duo's Deathscythe.
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet|Taking The Blast]]: For Heero during Quatre's fight with Heero. He survived, but was left with amnesia.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: For Heero during Quatre's fight with Heero. He survived, but was left with amnesia. He does this to save both Heero and Quatre; he knows his sacrifice is more likely to snap Quatre out of his funk than Heero's death}}.
* [[Teen Genius]]: While the other pilots also qualify, he's the only one who manages to {{spoiler|infiltrate Oz ''and'' Mariemeia's Army succesfully}}, probably because unlike the other four boys he doesn't have a massive case of [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]] to screw things up for him.
* [[Teen Genius]]: While the other pilots also qualify, he's the only one who manages to {{spoiler|infiltrate Oz ''and'' Mariemeia's Army successfully}}, probably because unlike the other four boys, he doesn't have a massive case of [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]] to screw things up for him.
* {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead]]}}


=== '''Quatre Raberba Winner {{spoiler|aka Instructor Q}}''' ===
=== '''Quatre Raberba Winner {{spoiler|a.k.a. Instructor Q}}''' ===
==== Voice Actors: [[Ai Orikasa]] (Japanese), [[Brad Swaile]] (English), Luis Tenorio (Latin America) ====
==== Voice Actors: [[Ai Orikasa]] (Japanese), [[Brad Swaile]] (English), Luis Tenorio (Latin America) ====
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[[File:Quatre_Winner_21.jpg|frame]]
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The pilot of the Gundam Sandrock, Quatre is the heir to the Winner industrial magnate. He is also the co-leader of the Maganac Corps. Despite being a Gundam pilot, he is actually a very kind-hearted young man, and exhibits a form of empathy he refers to as the "Heart of Space".
The pilot of the Gundam Sandrock, Quatre is the heir to the Winner industrial magnate. He is also the co-leader of the Maganac Corps. Despite being a Gundam pilot, he is actually a very kind-hearted young man, and exhibits a form of empathy he refers to as the "Heart of Space".
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Often asks his foes to surrender, then apologizes for defeating/killing them.
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Often asks his foes to surrender, then apologizes for defeating/killing them.
* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|After almost killing his <s>boyfriend</s> best friend.}}
* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|After almost killing his <s>boyfriend</s> best friend}}.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOaH0tsG3z0 He only snaps once... but SNAP he does].
* [[Badass]]
** [[Break the Cutie|And WHAT caused that snap?]] {{spoiler|Being betrayed by his colony, then losing his dad and almost losing his favorite older sister}}. The situation is then magnified when he gets hold of the prototype Wing Zero, which [[Mind Rape|really messes with the pilot's mind]].
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOaH0tsG3z0 He only snaps once...but SNAP he does.]
** [[Break the Cutie|And WHAT caused that snap?]] {{spoiler|Being betrayed by his colony, then losing his dad and almost losing his favorite older sister.}} The situation is then magnified when he gets hold of the prototype Wing Zero, which [[Mind Rape|really messes with the pilot's mind.]]
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Episode 26.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Episode 26.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[The Captain]]: Heero may be [[The Hero]], but he readily passes leadership of the Gundam Team onto the more charismatic Quatre.
* [[The Captain]]: Heero may be [[The Hero]], but he readily passes leadership of the Gundam Team onto the more charismatic Quatre.
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: In the Japanese version. Generally averted in the dubs except probably the Filipino dub.
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Childbirth]]}}: What happened to Quatre's mother {{spoiler|when she insisted on giving birth to Quatre naturally, when all of the Winner children before him were [[Gattaca Babies|test tube babies]] ''and'' she was a very delicate [[Ill Girl]].}}.
* [[Crossing the Desert]]
* [[Crossing the Desert]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Childbirth]]}}: What happened to Quatre's mother {{spoiler|when she insisted on giving birth to Quatre naturally, when all of the Winner children before him were [[Gattaca Babies|test tube babies]] ''and'' she was a very delicate [[Ill Girl]]}}.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Sandrock dual wields its heat shotels. He also dual-wields beam sabers when riding a Taurus once.
* [[The Empath]]: Very slightly.
* [[The Empath]]: Very slightly.
* [[Four Is Death]]
* [[Four Is Death]]
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Subverted, as in ''Episode Zero'', Quatre's goggles served as a symbol of the leader of the Maganac Corps.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Subverted, as in ''Episode Zero'', Quatre's goggles served as a symbol of the leader of the Maganac Corps.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Platinum Gold
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Platinum Gold.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Heero, in the second part of the series.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Heero, in the second part of the series.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]
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* [[La Résistance]]: Aside from being a Gundam Pilot, he's also the co-leader of the Maganac Corps.
* [[La Résistance]]: Aside from being a Gundam Pilot, he's also the co-leader of the Maganac Corps.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Looking for Peace Hiding in the Corpse", which like Trowa's theme has a somber remix ("Sandy Clock of a Sad Color").
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Looking for Peace Hiding in the Corpse", which like Trowa's theme has a somber remix ("Sandy Clock of a Sad Color").
* [[Made of Iron]]: Dorothy {{spoiler|stabs him through the lung}} yet he still manages to stand there and make a very long speech at her, then pilot his mobile suit out of the Libra again.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Dorothy {{spoiler|stabs him through the lung}}, yet he still manages to stand there and make a very long speech at her, then pilot his mobile suit out of the Libra again.
* [[Martial Pacifist]]: Doesn't like fighting if he can help it, but he WILL do so if he's got no other choice.
* [[Martial Pacifist]]: Doesn't like fighting if he can help it, but he WILL do so if he's got no other choice.
* [[The Messiah]]: By being the [[Apologetic Attacker]], then by keeping the team together {{spoiler|when they go into space}}.
* [[The Messiah]]: By being the [[Apologetic Attacker]], then by keeping the team together {{spoiler|when they go into space}}.
* [[Name's the Same]]: His name almost sounds similar to [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Quattro Bajeena]], despite not being the resident [[Char Clone]] of the series. This came about because the names have the same numerical origin (the name "Quattro" comes from the fact that it's Char's fourth alias).
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French ''quatre'', meaning "four".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French ''quatre'', meaning "four".
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Nice pink shirt.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Nice pink shirt.
** Also prefers art and music to things like sports.
** Also prefers art and music to things like sports.
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: Doesn't want to fight, but does it for the greater good.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: When Heero goes to save Relena and Duo suggests following, Quatre's response is basically "[[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]".
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: When Heero goes to save Relena and Duo suggests following, Quatre's response is basically "[[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]".
* [[The Smart Guy]]: On the team. Which eventually turns him into [[The Strategist]], directing the team in their battles. Shown in ''Episode Zero'' as well where he leads the Maguanacs in an escape attempt. The kicker? He was a child at the time.
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: After destroying a colony with Wing Zero, and in Episode 38, when he tried to meet Trowa, only to be turned away by Catherine.
** [[The Strategist]]: In the later episodes.
* [[The Strategist]]: In the later episodes.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: After destroying a colony with Wing Zero, and in episode 38, when he tried to meet Trowa, only to be turned away by Catherine.
* [[Telepathic Spacemen]]: The AC-verse's only known Newtype. Maybe.
* [[Telepathic Spacemen]]: The AC-verse's only known Newtype. Maybe.
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]
** Also a [[Bulletproof Vest]] considering how many times he gets shot at and survives.
** Also a [[Bulletproof Vest]] considering how many times he gets shot at and survives.
* [[Warrior Prince]]: More of an aristocrat than a prince, but the same basic idea. He's out there on the front lines despite (or really, because of) his upbringing.
* [[Warrior Prince]]
* {{spoiler|[[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In the anime, Quatre's older sister Iria gets a head bump and is knocked unconscious after their father was killed. She was never seen again after that. Subverted in the manga adaptation, in which she was killed along with their father}}. And now {{spoiler|officially averted as of ''Frozen Teardrop'', where she's shown to be alive and well in the future}}.
* [[The White Prince]]
* [[The White Prince]]
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]:}} The reason for his [[Freak-Out]].
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]:}} The reason for his [[Freak-Out]].
** [[Laughing Mad]]: Sounds creepier in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RLrr4M8ssA dubbed version], although both versions are great.
** [[Laughing Mad]]: Sounds creepier in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RLrr4M8ssA dubbed version], although both versions are great.
** {{spoiler|[[What Happened to the Mouse?]]?: In the anime, Quatre's older sister, Iria, gets a head bump and is knocked unconscious after their father was killed. She was never seen again after that. Subverted in the manga adaptation, in which she was killed along with their father.}} And now {{spoiler|officially averted as of ''Frozen Teardrop'', where she's shown to be alive and well in the future.}}


=== '''Chang Wufei {{spoiler|aka master Chang.}}''' ===
=== '''Chang Wufei {{spoiler|a.k.a. Master Chang}}''' ===
==== Voice Actors: [[Ryuzou Ishino]] (Japanese), [[Ted Cole]] (English), [[Jose Gilberto Vilchis]] (Latin America) ====
==== Voice Actors: [[Ryuzou Ishino]] (Japanese), [[Ted Cole]] (English), [[Jose Gilberto Vilchis]] (Latin America) ====
[[File:Chang_Wufei_6576.jpg|frame]]
[[File:Chang_Wufei_6576.jpg|frame]]


{{quote|"''Fighting a weak enemy always makes me feel so empty afterwards.''" }}
{{quote|"''Fighting a weak enemy always makes me feel so empty afterwards.''"}}


The pilot of the Shenlong Gundam, Wufei has a strong sense of warrior's pride, which conflicts with his need to be a terrorist in order to accomplish his goals. He always refers to his Gundams as "Nataku", the name his wife Mei Lan took on shortly before dying. He tries to live up to her ideals, but finds himself chaffing under the approaching peaceful era and defects to the Mariemaia Army in ''Endless Waltz'' to fight for all the soldiers who would be "thrown away" by the pacifism espoused by Relena.
The pilot of the Shenlong Gundam, Wufei has a strong sense of warrior's pride, which conflicts with his need to be a terrorist in order to accomplish his goals. He always refers to his Gundams as "Nataku", the name his wife Mei Lan took on shortly before dying. He tries to live up to her ideals, but finds himself chaffing under the approaching peaceful era and defects to the Mariemaia Army in ''Endless Waltz'' to fight for all the soldiers who would be "thrown away" by the pacifism espoused by Relena.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Antagonist in Mourning]]: For Treize}}.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV.
* {{spoiler|[[Antagonist in Mourning]]: For Treize.}}
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Rude and condescending to those he deems weak... which (rightfully) is most people compared to him.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: ''Episode Zero'' reveals that before Operation Meteor, he was a scholar. And still kicked ass.
* [[Badass]]
* [[The Big Guy]]: Contributes relatively little to the team other than pure combat skill.
** [[Badass Bookworm]]: ''Episode Zero'' reveals that before Operation Meteor, he was a scholar. And still kicked ass.
* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: Wufei goes through this a lot, which seems to be the source of confusion about his character. Initially, he just follows his dead wife's ideals to honor her memory despite the fact that he didn't believe in them himself. His role in Operation Meteor greatly conflicts with his sense of honor and fairness. Upon losing his home colony, he takes up the ideal of justice (urged upon him by Master Long before he died) In ''Endless Waltz'', he rejects the notion of true peace because it would destroy people like himself who can't live without fighting. In the end, he finds his niche with Preventer, still fighting, but this time in order to protect peace and the innocent.
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: Wu Fei goes through this a lot, which seems to be the source of confusion about his character. Initially he just follows his dead wife's ideals to honor her memory, despite the fact that he didn't believe in them himself. His role in Operation Meteor greatly conflicts with his sense of honor and fairness. Upon losing his home colony, he takes up the ideal of justice (urged upon him by Master Long before he died) In ''Endless Waltz'' he rejects the notion of true peace because it would destroy people like himself who can't live without fighting. In the end he finds his niche with Preventer, still fighting, but this time in order to protect peace and the innocent.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: In ''Endless Waltz'', when he joined the Mariemaia Army because warriors like him are being cast aside in a changing world.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: In ''Endless Waltz'', when he joined the Mariemaia Army because warriors like him are being cast aside in a changing world.
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Thought not AS much as the [[Fan Dumb]] insists. {{spoiler|And he seems to have gotten better by the time ''Frozen Teadrop'' rolls in, since he's the mentor of Sally's daughter Kathy}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: At the end of the movie.}}
*** {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: But by the end of the movie, he returns to the side of good, making him a minor examples of [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]}}.
* [[Hey, You]]: Calls Noin "woman" in their first battle because ''he doesn't know her name''.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: In ''Episode Zero'', we find out ''why'' exactly he doesn't like girls. {{spoiler|He lost his [[Cute Bruiser]] wife Meiran ''very'' tragically.}}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: In ''Episode Zero'', we find out ''why'' exactly he doesn't like girls. {{spoiler|He lost his [[Cute Bruiser]] wife Meiran ''very'' tragically}}.
** ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' offers another explanation for why he made his ''[[Endless Waltz]]'' [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|He met a former OZ soldier who believed conflict should be used to bring out humanity's best, in this case encouraging deep space exploration. The soldier dies asking Wu Fei how far humanity will go, and as he flies off after the final battle, Wu Fei promises him that he'll be the threat that makes humanity advance.}}
** ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' offers another explanation for why he made his ''[[Endless Waltz]]'' [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|he met a former OZ soldier who believed conflict should be used to bring out humanity's best, in this case encouraging deep space exploration. The soldier dies asking Wufei how far humanity will go, and as he flies off after the final battle, Wufei promises him that he'll be the threat that makes humanity advance}}.
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Thought not AS much as the [[Fan Dumb]] insists. {{spoiler|And he seems to have gotten better by the time ''Frozen Teadrop'' rolls in, since he's the mentor of Sally's daughter Kathy.}}
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He had the golden opportunity to turn Treize into a greasy smear with his Gundam, but instead got out and had a fair [[Sword Fight]]... which he ended up losing, triggering his [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Hey, You]]: Calls Noin "woman" in their first battle, because ''he doesn't know her name''.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: His Gundam's nickname is "Nataku", {{spoiler|named after his deceased wife}}.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He had the golden opportunity to turn Treize into a greasy smear with his Gundam, but instead got out and had a fair [[Sword Fight]] -- which he ended up losing, triggering his [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Justice Will Prevail]]: If you ask the fandom, 1/4 of his vocabulary is "justice".
* [[I Call It Vera]]: His Gundam's nickname is "Nataku", {{spoiler|named after his deceased wife.}}
* [[Justice Will Prevail]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: "When the Dragon Submerges, Everything Ends", which tends to get used as a generic tune for all the Gundams and thus gets the most playtime next to Heero's theme.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "When the Dragon Submerges, Everything Ends", which tends to get used as a generic tune for all the Gundams and thus gets the most playtime next to Heero's theme.
* [[Not Good with People]]: That's such an understatement.
* [[Not Good with People]]: That's such an understatement.
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: His name is written with the Chinese character for "five".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: His name is written with the Chinese character for "five".
* [[Ten-Minute Retirement|One Month Retirement]]: Wufei experienced this after Treize defeated him in a [[Sword Fight]], as he felt unfit to pilot his Gundam.
* [[Ship Sinking]]: Based on what we know of Sally's Po daughter Kathy Po, it's likely that Sally and Wufei did not get together in the end.
* [[Ship Sinking]]: Based on what we know of Sally's Po daughter Kathy Po, it's likely that Sally and Wufei did not get together in the end.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: {{spoiler|After Treize allowed Wufei to kill him.}}
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: {{spoiler|After Treize allowed Wufei to kill him}}.
* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]: Wufei experienced this after Treize defeated him in a [[Sword Fight]], as he felt unfit to pilot his Gundam.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Series composer Katsuyuki Sumizawa said on-record that in various planning stages, Wu Fei was going to be African and/or a Newtype with the power to [[Detect Evil]]. Some early merchandise, such as pencil boards, still lists him as a Newtype.
* [[Wild Card]]/[[Spanner in the Works]]: Whenever he shows up, the situation is pretty much guaranteed to get exponentially more complicated.
* [[Wild Card]]: Whenever he shows up, the situation is pretty much guaranteed to get exponentially more complicated.


== Other Major Characters ==
== Other Major Characters ==
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The female lead of ''Gundam Wing'', Relena Darlian is the daughter of Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian, an influential politician from the United Earth Sphere Alliance. At the beginning of the series, she was portrayed as a reserved and shy girl who was only seen among her peers as "the richest girl in school", until a chance encounter with Heero Yuy changed her life forever.
The female lead of ''Gundam Wing'', Relena Darlian is the daughter of Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian, an influential politician from the United Earth Sphere Alliance. At the beginning of the series, she was portrayed as a reserved and shy girl who was only seen among her peers as "the richest girl in school", until a chance encounter with Heero Yuy changed her life forever.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Actual Pacifist]] --> [[Badass Pacifist]].
* [[Actual Pacifist]] --> [[Badass Pacifist]].
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: {{spoiler|To [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|Mariemaia]], before Lady Une got the chance.}}
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: {{spoiler|To [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|Mariemaia]], before Lady Une got the chance}}.
* [[Badass Damsel]]: While she doesn't use her full [[Lady of War]] potential, Relena still got captured ''much less'' than her position as a non-fighting female lead would guarantee, and at least ''twice'' she talked her way out when Heero had her at gunpoint.
* [[Badass Damsel]]: While she doesn't use her full [[Lady of War]] potential, Relena still got captured ''much less'' than her position as a non-fighting female lead would guarantee, and at least ''twice'' she talked her way out when Heero had her at gunpoint.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Greenish-blue, to be exact. {{spoiler|Turns out her and Zechs's eyes are a trait of the Peacecraft Royal line.}}
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Greenish-blue, to be exact. {{spoiler|Turns out her and Zechs's eyes are a trait of the Peacecraft Royal line}}.
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: On Heero.
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: On Heero.
* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}: {{spoiler|In ''Frozen Teardrop'', the villains infected her with nanomachines as part of their "Perfect Peace Program", intended to force people to be peaceful by removing their capacity for violence. They also apparently made her their public face, much like Romefeller tried during the show. There seem to be some signs that she's fighting back, however.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}: {{spoiler|In ''Frozen Teardrop'', the villains infected her with nanomachines as part of their "Perfect Peace Program", intended to force people to be peaceful by removing their capacity for violence. They also apparently made her their public face, much like Romefeller tried during the show. There seem to be some signs that she's fighting back, however}}.
* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]/[[Whole Costume Reference]]: Her {{spoiler|Queen of the World}} dress is based on [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s Princess Ann dress from ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Likewise, Relena bears a resemblance to Hepburn.
* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]/[[Whole Costume Reference]]: Her {{spoiler|Queen of the World}} dress is based on [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s Princess Ann dress from ''[[Roman Holiday]]''. Likewise, Relena bears a resemblance to Hepburn.
* {{spoiler|[[Char Clone]]: Her main accessory in ''Frozen Teardrop'' is a mask similar to one worn by her brother, Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft. Hence [[Memetic Mutation|RELENA, SHE IS A ZECHS]].}}
* [[Character Development]]: Maybe the best example in the whole series, growing from a [[Lonely Rich Kid]] to a [[Badass Pacifist]] and throughout ''Endless Waltz'', becoming the most powerful politician throughout the Earth and the colonies.
* [[Character Development]]: Maybe the best example in the whole series, growing from a [[Lonely Rich Kid]] to a [[Badass Pacifist]] and throughout ''Endless Waltz'', becoming the most powerful politician throughout the Earth and the colonies.
* {{spoiler|[[Char Clone]]: Her main accessory in ''Frozen Teardrop'' is a mask similar to one worn by her brother, Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft. Hence [[Memetic Mutation|RELENA, SHE IS A ZECHS]]}}.
* [[The Chick]]/[[The Heart]]: Not an [[Action Girl]], but [[Guile Hero|very charismatic and quite good at handling people.]] She ''did'' show some [[Action Girl]] potential when she handled a gun [[Lady of War|rather elegantly and more than passably]] in the beginning, but that didn't come up directly again.
* [[The Chick]]/[[The Heart]]: Not an [[Action Girl]], but [[Guile Hero|very charismatic and quite good at handling people]]. She ''did'' show some [[Action Girl]] potential when she handled a gun [[Lady of War|rather elegantly and more than passably]] in the beginning, but that didn't come up directly again.
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: At the final part of ''Endless Waltz'', when she {{spoiler|encouraged the citizens of Earth to stand up to the Mariemaia Army.}}
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: At the final part of ''Endless Waltz'', when she {{spoiler|encouraged the citizens of Earth to stand up to the Mariemaia Army}}.
* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]: She asks Dorothy not to call her "Relena-sama" ("Lady Relena"), presumably because they're roughly the same age; Dorothy still does it anyway.
* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]: She asks Dorothy not to call her "Relena-sama" ("Lady Relena"), presumably because they're roughly the same age; Dorothy still does it anyway.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Turns out she's secretly the Princess of the Sanc Kingdom, hidden away as a child to save her life.
* [[Expy]]: The [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Sayla Mass]] to Heero's Amuro Ray and Zechs's Char Aznable.
* [[Expy]]: The [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Sayla Mass]] to Heero's Amuro Ray and Zechs's Char Aznable.
** [[Fountain of Expies|Expies of Relena]] that appear in future Gundam shows include [[Turn A Gundam (Anime)|Dianna Soreil]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Lacus]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Clyne]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Cagalli Yu]][[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|la Athha]], [[SD Gundam Force|Princess Rele]], and [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Marina Ismail]], and outside of Gundam, [[Code Geass|Nunnally Lamperouge and Euphemia Li Brittania]].
* [[Go Through Me]]: Does this a few times, namely when Duo was about to shoot Heero, during Heero and Zechs' duel in Antartica {{spoiler|before discovering Zechs' true identity}}, when she tried to talk Zechs out of firing Libra's main cannon, and in the manga adaptation, when she tried to stop OZ from attacking the Sanc Kingdom, while wearing her white royal dress.
* [[Go Through Me]]: Does this a few times, namely when Duo was about to shoot Heero, during Heero and Zechs' duel in Antartica {{spoiler|before discovering Zechs' true identity}}, when she tried to talk Zechs out of firing Libra's main cannon, and in the manga adaptation, when she tried to stop OZ from attacking the Sanc Kingdom, while wearing her white royal dress.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* {{spoiler|[[The High Queen]]: Briefly. Even after she was forced to resign as Romefeller Chairwoman, Earth's citizens, the military, and both Dekim and Mariemaia still refer to her as "Queen Relena".}}
* {{spoiler|[[The High Queen]]: Briefly. Even after she was forced to resign as Romefeller Chairwoman, Earth's citizens, the military and both Dekim and Mariemaia still refer to her as "Queen Relena"}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Human Popsicle]]: In ''Frozen Teardrop''. Same as Heero, except it would seem "someone" [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed her to be evil and crazy]], hence Preventer now wanting her taken down.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Human Popsicle]]: In ''Frozen Teardrop''. Same as Heero, except it would seem "someone" [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed her to be evil and crazy]], hence Preventer now wanting her taken down}}.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: '''Explicitly stated''' in her [[Image Song]] "Always a Secret", where she sings "There's someone I like, but I can't say anything because I don't want to destroy what we already have, so my love will remain always a secret".
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: '''Explicitly stated''' in her [[Image Song]] "Always a Secret", where she sings "There's someone I like, but I can't say anything because I don't want to destroy what we already have, so my love will remain always a secret."
* [[The Jeeves]]: Pagan, who served both the Peacecraft and Darlian families. He treated Relena more like a granddaughter than anything else, and for her part she treated him the same way.
* [[The Jeeves]]: Pagan, who served both the Peacecraft and Darlian families. He treated Relena more like a granddaughter than anything else, and for her part, she treated him the same way.
* [[Lady and Knight]]: She's more honest with herself about her Bright Lady relationship with Hero than he is as her White Knight. Good hearted, a princess, helping others; she hits every check
* [[Lady and Knight]]: She's more honest with herself about her Bright Lady relationship with Hero than he is as her White Knight. Good hearted, a princess, helping others; she hits every check
* [[Lady of War]]: Honorary mention for shooting Lady Une while in a white gown and for the white and gold military uniform she wears in the second OP, as well as her stint as the Princess of the Sanc Kingdom.
* [[Lady of War]]: Honorary mention for shooting Lady Une while in a white gown and for the white and gold military uniform she wears in the second OP, as well as her stint as the Princess of the Sanc Kingdom.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Soft Hair, Clear Eyes", which like Heero's gets a few remixes like "As Relena Peacecraft".
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Soft Hair, Clear Eyes", which like Heero's gets a few remixes like "As Relena Peacecraft".
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Was quite popular at school, but knew her classmates didn't really bother to truly reach for her.
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Was quite popular at school, but knew her classmates didn't really bother to truly reach for her.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Relena, Zechs is your long lost brother.}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Relena, Zechs is your long lost brother}}.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Prophetic Name]]: Her last name, Peacecraft.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Prophetic Name]]: Her last name Peacecraft.
* [[The Messiah]]: Works hard to get Total Pacifism {{spoiler|and succeeds in ''Endless Waltz''}}, plays a role in Heero's transition to being more compassionate.
* [[The Messiah]]: Works hard to get Total Pacifism {{spoiler|and succeeds in ''Endless Waltz''}}, plays a role in Heero's transition to being more compassionate.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: She is the only character to have a confirmed birthday date: April 7, AC 180. Within the series, April 7th is when the original Heero Yuy was assassinated in AC 175, and on AC 195, when Operation Meteor started, though it technically started the day before. In the real world, April 7th was when ''Gundam Wing'' was first broadcast in Japan in 1995, and when ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' was first broadcast in Japan in 1979. (Another character within the Gundam series who shares the same birthdate as hers is [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Setsuna F. Seiei]].)
* [[Mythology Gag]]: She is the only character to have a confirmed birthday date: April 7, AC 180. Within the series, April 7th is when the original Heero Yuy was assassinated in AC 175, and on AC 195, when Operation Meteor started, though it technically started the day before. In the real world, April 7th was when ''Gundam Wing'' was first broadcast in Japan in 1995, and when ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' was first broadcast in Japan in 1979 (another character within the Gundam series who shares the same birthdate as hers is [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Setsuna F. Seiei]]).
* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: Averted in a famous piece of official art that shows Relena skinny-dipping in hip-deep water.
* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: Averted in a famous piece of official art that shows Relena skinny-dipping in hip-deep water.
** Link to it? One that's not "censored"?
** Link to it? One that's not "censored"?
*** [http://cosmic-dare.org/relena/artbook.html Last row, second panel] (intentionally done this way to avoid possible hotlinking issues). You're welcome.
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100129114102/http://cosmic-dare.org/relena/artbook.html Last row, second panel] (intentionally done this way to avoid possible hotlinking issues). You're welcome.
* [[Official Couple]]: See the note under Heero.
* [[Official Couple]]: See the note under Heero.
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[The Ojou]]: [[Spoiled Sweet]] kind.
* {{spoiler|[[Our Presidents Are Different]]}}: {{spoiler|Became President of Mars after Dix-Neuf Noinheim, aka "Milliardo Peacecraft", was assassinated.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Our Presidents Are Different]]}}: {{spoiler|Became President of Mars after Dix-Neuf Noinheim a.k.a. "Milliardo Peacecraft" was assassinated}}.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Don't stay in this young girl's way. Really, don't.
* [[Politically-Active Princess]]: Serves this role after undergoing some character development. She is a pacifist, but that does not stop her from using her political clout to try to stop the war.
* [[Politically-Active Princess]]: Serves this role after undergoing some character development. She is a pacifist, but that does not stop her from using her political clout to try to stop the war.
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: At least her limo, which was given to her by her adoptive parents.
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: At least her limo, which was given to her by her adoptive parents.
** And her Sanc Kingdom school uniform, which is more rose than out-and-out pink.
** And her Sanc Kingdom school uniform, which is more rose than out-and-out pink.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Though not as long as Dorothy's.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Though not as long as Dorothy's.
* {{spoiler|[[Reassignment Backfire]]: Duke Dermail offered her to be Queen of the World, which she reluctantly accepts. Although this was intended only to be a PR move on Dermail's behalf, it backfired on him, and she became more powerful than him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Reassignment Backfire]]: Duke Dermail offered her to be Queen of the World, which she reluctantly accepts. Although this was intended only to be a PR move on Dermail's behalf, it backfired on him, and she became more powerful than him}}.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Oh, so much.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Oh, so much.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Say My Name]]/[[Gundam/Memes|Memetic Mutation]]: "HEEROOOOO~!" (Only does this three times -- four in the dubbed version.)
* [[Say My Name]]/[[Gundam/Memes|Memetic Mutation]]: "HEEROOOOO~!" (only does this three times -- four in the dubbed version)
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: She looks and acts like the [[The Ojou]] at first and matures into her later political role. As her encounters with Heero, Lady Une and Dermail demonstrate, she has a steel will and plenty of guile. The most powerful non-violent character.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: At the beginning of the OAV, ''Operation Meteor II: Odd Numbers.''
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: At the beginning of the OAV ''Operation Meteor II: Odd Numbers''.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: She looks and acts like the [[The Ojou]] at first and matures into her later political role. As her encounters with Heero, Lady Une, and Dermail demonstrate, she has a steel will and plenty of guile. The most powerful non-violent character.
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: she's pretty active about hunting down Heero and confronting him.
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: She's pretty active about hunting down Heero and confronting him.
{{quote|'''Duo:''' "She's not typical, wanting to see the guy trying to kill her."}}
{{quote|'''Duo:''' "She's not typical, wanting to see the guy trying to kill her."}}
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: despite having brown-blond hair.
* [[Talking Your Way Out]]: Pretty good at this.
* [[Talking Your Way Out]]: Pretty good at this.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Despite having brown-blond hair.
* [[Tell Me About My Father]]. {{spoiler|Subverted. When Mrs. Darlian is about to tell the biggest details about her true heritage (the Premier told her the basics before kicking the bucket), Relena stops her and hugs her in tears, [[Gundam/Tear Jerker|begging her to never stop being her mother]].}}
* [[Tell Me About My Father]]. {{spoiler|Subverted. When Mrs. Darlian is about to tell the biggest details about her true heritage (the Premier told her the basics before kicking the bucket), Relena stops her and hugs her in tears, [[Gundam/Tear Jerker|begging her to never stop being her mother]]}}.
* [[Tender Tears]]
* [[Tender Tears]]
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]]: To Vice Foreign Minister Darlian.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]]: To Vice Foreign Minister Darlian.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Before she became a pacifist, Relena tried doing this on {{spoiler|Lady Une}} by sneaking into a ball and shooting off a rose she had in her lapel, {{spoiler|while publicly denouncing her as Minister Darlian's murderer.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Before she became a pacifist, Relena tried doing this on {{spoiler|Lady Une}} by sneaking into a ball and shooting off a rose she had in her lapel, {{spoiler|while publicly denouncing her as Minister Darlian's murderer}}.
* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: Her [[Pimped-Out Dress]] as queen is just like a dress from ''[[Roman Holiday]]''.
* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: Her [[Pimped-Out Dress]] as queen is just like a dress from ''[[Roman Holiday]]''.
* [[Woman in White]]: Her white gown from the infamous party. {{spoiler|Her Queen of the World dress is also white.}}
* [[Woman in White]]: Her white gown from the infamous party. {{spoiler|Her Queen of the World dress is also white}}.
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]: Literally, "This is for my father! * BANG* " She doesn't succeed and by the next time they meet Relena pushes the gun Lady Une offers her away, saying it's high time for the bloodshed to end, but the sentiment was there. Though as the [[What the Hell, Hero?]] entry shows, there is some debate as to whether, even back then, Relena was aiming at Une's heart or the rose on her jacket. Also note that Relena actually came looking for ''Treize'', the leader of the [[Nebulous Evil Organization]] her father's murderer was part of, and which was responsible for a lot more nastiness than just her father's death. She only came across Une because Treize decided to blow the party and send her as his representative at the last minute.}}
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]: Literally, "This is for my father! *BANG*". She doesn't succeed, and by the next time they meet, Relena pushes the gun Lady Une offers her away, saying it's high time for the bloodshed to end, but the sentiment was there. Though as the [[What the Hell, Hero?]] entry shows, there is some debate as to whether, even back then, Relena was aiming at Une's heart or the rose on her jacket. Also note that Relena actually came looking for ''Treize'', the leader of the [[Nebulous Evil Organization]] her father's murderer was part of, and which was responsible for a lot more nastiness than just her father's death. She only came across Une because Treize decided to blow the party and send her as his representative at the last minute}}.


=== '''Zechs Merquise {{spoiler|(Crown Prince Milliardo Peacecraft)}}''' ===
=== '''Zechs Merquise {{spoiler|(Crown Prince Milliardo Peacecraft)}}''' ===
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{{quote|"''My hands are too stained with blood. I'm completely unfit to head the {{spoiler|Peacecraft}} monarchy. But I'm sure she would be able to head the country... as you'd intended.''"}}
{{quote|"''My hands are too stained with blood. I'm completely unfit to head the {{spoiler|Peacecraft}} monarchy. But I'm sure she would be able to head the country... as you'd intended.''"}}


Zechs Merquise is a high-ranking OZ soldier and the main rival of Heero Yuy. He is known among OZ as the "Lightning Baron" (later the "Lightning Count"). His mask actually hides his secret past: he is actually {{spoiler|Milliardo Peacecraft, Relena's older brother and King Peacecraft's son.}} He pilots Tallgeese, Wing Zero (briefly), Epyon, {{spoiler|and Tallgeese III in ''Endless Waltz''.}}
Zechs Merquise is a high-ranking OZ soldier and the main rival of Heero Yuy. He is known among OZ as the "Lightning Baron" (later the "Lightning Count"). His mask actually hides his secret past: he is actually {{spoiler|Milliardo Peacecraft, Relena's older brother and King Peacecraft's son}}. He pilots Tallgeese, Wing Zero (briefly), Epyon {{spoiler|and Tallgeese III in ''Endless Waltz''}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Ace Pilot]]: Being one of the few pilots to match the Gundam pilots and later master the Zero system, he counts. He begins the series as one of the Alliance's elite pilots.
* [[Ace Pilot]]
* {{spoiler|[[Aloof Big Brother]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Aloof Big Brother]]}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Phases of this while he wasn't necessary on the same side as the as the Gundam pilots, he had the same goals as them.
** {{spoiler|[[Knight Templar Big Brother]]}}
* [[Anti-Villain]]: In the final arc, he becomes the leader of the White Fang and plans of waging the final war to make humanity so disgusted by war that they'll finally stop fighting altogether.
* [[Anti-Villain]] and [[Anti-Hero]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: In ''Endless Waltz''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: In ''Endless Waltz'', he seeks to atone for his crimes as both a member of OZ and leader of White Fang}}.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Colonel Badass]]
** [[Colonel Badass]]
* [[Colony Drop]]:
* [[Colony Drop|Battleship Drop]]:
{{quote|'''Zechs:''' Libra will fall to Earth! It's the only way we'll achieve Total Pacifism!}}
{{quote|'''Zechs:''' Libra will fall to Earth! It's the only way we'll achieve Total Pacifism!}}
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Blond Guys Are]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]]
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Blond Guys Are]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Broken Ace]]: He's the [[Char Clone]]. What did you expect?
* [[Broken Ace]]: He's the [[Char Clone]]. What did you expect?
* [[Char Clone]]: Probably the most obvious [[Expy]] of Char ever.
* [[Char Clone]]: Probably the most obvious [[Expy]] of Char ever.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Switches sides at least six times over the course of the series. More justified at first as Oz becomes splintered, but later on, it becomes obvious it's just a result of trying to cram Char's long and complex character-arc, comprising two TV series and a movie, into a single show.
** [[Cool Shades]]: He wore [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Quattro Bajeena]]-like sunglasses in the ''Episode Zero'' manga (and gets them back again in ''Frozen Teardrop'').
* [[Cool Shades]]: He wore [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Quattro Bajeena]]-like sunglasses in the ''Episode Zero'' manga (and gets them back again in ''Frozen Teardrop'').
** [[Shout-Out]]: Zechs's Tallgeese is described by Otto as being "[[Mobile Suit Gundam|three times faster]] than an Aries".
* {{spoiler|[[Decoy Getaway]]}}: ''Frozen Teardrop'' first says that {{spoiler|Martian President Milliardo Peacecraft was assassinated by Trowa Phobos}}, but several chapters later reveals that {{spoiler|"Milliardo" was Noin's older brother Dix-Neuf Noienheim, while the Milliardo we know and love has re-assumed the Zechs Merquise identity (before changing his name ''yet again'' to 'Cyrene Wind' and is currently in hiding with his daughter Naina)}}.
{{quote|'''Otto:''' The revolution speed applied by the verniers allows it to reach more than three times that of the Aries.}}
* [[Discard and Draw]]/[[Gundamjack]]: During a battle with OZ, he self-detonated his Tallgeese, and then [[Gundamjack]]ed the Wing Zero before OZ got a chance to destroy it.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Switches sides at least six times over the course of the series. More justified at first as Oz becomes splintered, but later on it becomes obvious it's just a result of trying to cram Char's long and complex character-arc, comprising two TV series and a movie, into a single show.
* {{spoiler|[[Decoy Getaway]]}}: ''Frozen Teardrop'' first says that {{spoiler|Martian President Milliardo Peacecraft was assassinated by Trowa Phobos}}, but several chapters later reveals that {{spoiler|"Milliardo" was Noin's older brother Dix-Neuf Noienheim, while the Milliardo we know and love has re-assumed the Zechs Merquise identity (before changing his name ''yet again'' to 'Cyrene Wind' and is currently in hiding with his daughter Naina.}}
* [[Discard and Draw]]/[[Gundamjack]]: During a battle with OZ, he self-detonated his Tallgeese, and then Gundamjacked the Wing Zero before OZ got a chance to destroy it.
* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Princess|Fallen Prince]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Princess|Fallen Prince]]}}
* [[Full Potential Upgrade]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zig-Zags]] with Zechs' experiences with the Tallgeese.
* [[Full Potential Upgrade]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zig-Zags]] with Zechs' experiences with the Tallgeese.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: In the final episode, {{spoiler|when he destroyed Libra's main power generator in Heero's stead, despite the latter's pleas. He returned in Endless Waltz.}} The latter is foreshadowed by Noin:
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: In the final episode, {{spoiler|when he destroyed Libra's main power generator in Heero's stead despite the latter's pleas. He returned in ''Endless Waltz''}}. The latter is foreshadowed by Noin:
{{quote|'''Noin''': I know he's still alive out there.}}
{{quote|'''Noin''': I know he's still alive out there.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Knight Templar Big Brother]]}}
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: His Gundam Epyon, as well as his OZ uniform being red.
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: His Gundam Epyon, as well as his OZ uniform being red.
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Mask Power]]: Wears a silver helmet like mask for the first half of the series. {{spoiler|He stops wearing it after it's broken during battle, and dons it again after his secret identity was discovered.}}
* [[Mask Power]]: Wears a silver helmet like mask for the first half of the series. {{spoiler|He stops wearing it after it's broken during battle, and dons it again after his secret identity was discovered}}.
* Nail [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[No Place for Me There]]: He restores the Sanc Kingdom through warfare, but believes that he cannot stay there {{spoiler|let alone rule in his father's stead}} because he has [[Blood on These Hands|too much blood on his hands]].
* [[No Place for Me There]]: He restores the Sanc Kingdom through warfare, but believes that he cannot stay there {{spoiler|let alone rule in his father's stead}} because he has [[Blood on These Hands|too much blood on his hands]].
** He also does this at the end of ''Endless Waltz'', as he feels {{spoiler|Relena's new, peaceful Earth has no place for an old soldier like him, with him going to Mars to help the terraforming.}}
** He also does this at the end of ''Endless Waltz'', as he feels {{spoiler|Relena's new, peaceful Earth has no place for an old soldier like him, with him going to Mars to help the terraforming}}.
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the German ''sechs'', meaning "six". {{spoiler|Also, his real name, Milliardo, is Italian for "million".}}
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the German ''sechs'', meaning "six". {{spoiler|Also, his real name Milliardo is Italian for "million"}}.
** Zechs's name also has [[Meaningful Name|another meaning]]: {{spoiler|he was only six years old when the Sanc Kingdom fell in AC 182.}}
** Zechs's name also has [[Meaningful Name|another meaning]]: {{spoiler|he was only six years old when the Sanc Kingdom fell in AC 182}}.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Inverted. At one point, Zechs disguises himself as {{spoiler|Milliardo Peacecraft, ambassador of the Sanc Kingdom}}, but one of Lady Une's men instantly recognizes him as Zechs. In effect, {{spoiler|he disguises himself as his true identity, but is recognized by his disguise identity}}.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Inverted. At one point, Zechs disguises himself as {{spoiler|Milliardo Peacecraft, ambassador of the Sanc Kingdom}}, but one of Lady Une's men instantly recognizes him as Zechs. In effect, {{spoiler|he disguises himself as his true identity, but is recognized by his disguise identity}}.
* [[Red Baron]]: is known by the nickname of ''The Lightning Count'' (previously "The Lightning Baron") do to his lightning fast skills as a pilot.
* [[Red Baron]]: Is known by the nickname of ''The Lightning Count'' (previously "The Lightning Baron") do to his lightning fast skills as a pilot.
* [[The Rival]]/[[Worthy Opponent]]: To Heero.
* [[The Rival]]: And [[Worthy Opponent]] to Heero.
* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: Zechs's Tallgeese is described by Otto as being "[[Mobile Suit Gundam|three times faster]] than an Aries."
{{quote|'''Otto:''' The revolution speed applied by the verniers allows it to reach more than three times that of the Aries.}}
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Which is [[Numerical Theme Naming|quite appropriate]].
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Which is [[Numerical Theme Naming|quite appropriate]].
* {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead]]:}}
* {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead]]}}:
{{quote|'''Zechs''': May you rest in peace, the betrayed and outraged {{spoiler|Milliardo Peacecraft.}}}}
{{quote|'''Zechs''': May you rest in peace, the betrayed and outraged {{spoiler|Milliardo Peacecraft}}.}}
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Piloted the Epyon and for a while, Wing Zero.
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Piloted the Epyon and for a while, Wing Zero.
* {{spoiler|[[Warrior Prince]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Warrior Prince]]}}
* [[Whip It Good]]: The Gundam Epyon {{spoiler|and the Tallgeese III}}.
* [[Whip It Good]]: The Gundam Epyon {{spoiler|and the Tallgeese III}}.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Platinum blonde, but still.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Platinum blonde, but still.
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]:}} Zechs joins OZ to {{spoiler|avenge the deaths of his family.}}
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]}}: Zechs joins OZ to {{spoiler|avenge the deaths of his family}}.


=== '''Treize Khushrenada''' ===
=== '''Treize Khushrenada''' ===
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During his imprisonment, Treize created the Gundam Epyon, and during the final arc, he would pilot the {{spoiler|Tallgeese II}}.
During his imprisonment, Treize created the Gundam Epyon, and during the final arc, he would pilot the {{spoiler|Tallgeese II}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Ace Custom]]: {{spoiler|Tallgeese II, which is little more than the original Tallgeese with a new head and some parts painted blue.}}
* [[Ace Custom]]: {{spoiler|Tallgeese II, which is little more than the original Tallgeese with a new head and some parts painted blue}}.
* [[Ace Pilot]]: He's the only pilot besides Zechs to equal a Gundam pilot in combat.
* [[Ace Pilot]]
* [[Affably Evil]]: Polite, noble, well-mannered even (especially) to those who are aligned against him, which for most of the series is the main cast. It's all entirely genuine, much to Wufei's surprise. It contrasts how he is incredibly cutthroat and willing to commit despicable acts in order to accomplish his goals.
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]: He's generally aligned against the heroes, but his ultimate goal is in fact world peace, no matter what atrocities he has to commit to attain it.
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Big Bad]]: He alternates this role with Dermail, Quinze and Zechs. He's probably the closest thing the series has to an overall villain though.
* [[Badass]]
** [[Colonel Badass]] --> [[Four-Star Badass]]
** [[Cultured Badass]]: And HOW.
** [[Underestimating Badassery]]
* [[Big Bad]]: He alternates this role with Dermail, Quinze, and Zechs. He's probably the closest thing the series has to an overall villain though.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Not as big as Dorothy's though.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Not as big as Dorothy's though.
* [[Blood Knight]]: He thinks there is something inherently noble and exhilarating about fair combat.
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Of the icy variety.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Of the icy variety.
* [[Born in the Wrong Century]]: Treize is an anachronism. Worse still, he seems to be aware of it.
* [[Born in the Wrong Century]]: Treize is an anachronism. Worse still, he seems to be aware of it.
* [[Broken Ace]]:: He's got all the ability of [[The Ace]] and the personality of a Type A [[Stepford Smiler]].
* [[Broken Ace]]:: He's got all the ability of [[The Ace]] and the personality of a Type A [[Stepford Smiler]].
* [[The Chessmaster]]: The entire series is more or less a massive string of gambits by Treize to rise to power and have the war to end all wars. And he succeeds.
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Colonel Badass]] --> [[Four-Star Badass]]
* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]
* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]
* [[Cultured Badass]]: And HOW.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Treize is the only person opposed to the use of Romefeller's Mobile Doll system.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Treize is the only person opposed to the use of Romefeller's Mobile Doll system.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: As much as anyone else in the series--aside from thanking those under his command (to Une's displeasure), Treize can recall the precise number, to the digit, of OZ officers and soldiers killed in pursuit of his goals, to everyone else's surprise.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: As much as anyone else in the series: aside from thanking those under his command (to Une's displeasure), Treize can recall the precise number, to the digit, of OZ officers and soldiers killed in pursuit of his goals, to everyone else's surprise.
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Is averted in the series, where Une jumps in the way of his, though he still dies later by similiar means.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Is averted in the series, where Une jumps in the way of his, though he still dies later by similiar means}}.
* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: Okay Mr. Khushreneda...just what exactly ''were'' you trying to accomplish?
* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: Okay, Mr. Khushreneda... just what exactly ''were'' you trying to accomplish?
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]] (if Mariemeia ''is'' his daughter.)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]: If Mariemeia ''is'' his daughter}}.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Wufei challenges Treize to a [[Sword Fight|sword duel]] in the first encounter between the two, and Treize defeats Wufei [[Curb Stomp Battle|without breaking a sweat.]]
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Wufei challenges Treize to a [[Sword Fight|sword duel]] in the first encounter between the two, and Treize defeats Wufei [[Curb Stomp Battle|without breaking a sweat]].
* [[The Leader]]: Type I & IV combo, with shades of III.
* [[The Leader]]: Type I and IV combo, with shades of III.
* [[Love Epiphany]]: Realises he actually cares about Une right after she's shot and almost killed.
* [[Love Epiphany]]: Realizes he actually cares about Une right after she's shot and almost killed.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: He controls several people like puppets, both at a personal level and at a grand scale.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: By ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'' standards of fashion, absolutely.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: By ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'' standards of fashion, absolutely.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French word for "thirteen".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French word for "thirteen".
** Also a [[Meaningful Name]] [[Justified Trope|justified]] in canon: "13" was the number of the runway where {{spoiler|his mother Angelina last saw her first husband (and Treize's father) Ein, when she was kidnapped by family}}.
** Also a [[Meaningful Name]] [[Justified Trope|justified]] in canon: "13" was the number of the runway where {{spoiler|his mother Angelina last saw her first husband (and Treize's father) Ein, when she was kidnapped by family}}.
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* [[Suicide by Cop]]: {{spoiler|Allows Wufei to kill him in the finale}}.
* [[Suicide by Cop]]: {{spoiler|Allows Wufei to kill him in the finale}}.
* [[Sword Fight]]: With Wufei.
* [[Sword Fight]]: With Wufei.
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]] (for a 12-years-old Noin, in the backstory.)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: For a 12-years-old Noin, in the backstory}}.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* [[Ubermensch]]: Though he himself seems to believe that the Gundam pilots are the ''real'' Ubermensches.
* [[Ubermensch]]: Though he himself seems to believe that the Gundam pilots are the ''real'' [[Ubermensch]]es.
* [[Underestimating Badassery]]
* [[Unlucky Thirteen]]
* [[Unlucky Thirteen]]
* [[War Is Glorious]]: Expresses this belief; whether he believes it is up in the air.
* [[Warrior Therapist]]
* [[Warrior Therapist]]
* [[War Is Glorious]]: Expresses this belief: whether he believes it is up in the air.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: A sinester character who is described as an aristocrat and video-chats with Zechs while he's at the opera, practicing his marksmanship... taking a bath....
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: To Wufei, but also applies to the rest of the Gundam pilots as well.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: To Wufei, but also applies to the rest of the Gundam pilots as well.


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{{quote|"''Zechs Merquise, or rather, {{spoiler|Peacecraft}}. Come here and lean on me.''"}}
{{quote|"''Zechs Merquise, or rather, {{spoiler|Peacecraft}}. Come here and lean on me.''"}}


OZ's pilot instructor, based out of the Lake Victoria Base in Africa. Extremely skilled and competent, she serves as a stern but caring figure to her trainees. When Wu Fei slaughters them early on, she moves into the field to fight alongside Zechs. She's also Zechs' [[Secret Keeper]], and is deeply in love with him.
OZ's pilot instructor, based out of the Lake Victoria Base in Africa. Extremely skilled and competent, she serves as a stern but caring figure to her trainees. When Wufei slaughters them early on, she moves into the field to fight alongside Zechs. She's also Zechs' [[Secret Keeper]], and is deeply in love with him.


Noin initially piloted the Aries, but after joining the Sanc Kingdom, she pilots her white Taurus mobile suit, which she keeps through ''Endless Waltz''.
Noin initially piloted the Aries, but after joining the Sanc Kingdom, she pilots her white Taurus mobile suit, which she keeps through ''Endless Waltz''.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Ace Custom]]/[[Transforming Mecha]]: Her white Taurus mobile suit.
* [[Ace Custom]]/[[Transforming Mecha]]: Her white Taurus mobile suit.
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Noin actually admits her love for Zechs ''not'' to let him know her feelings, but after she reveals to Relena that he's her brother so she can stop wishing for his death.}}
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Noin actually admits her love for Zechs ''not'' to let him know her feelings, but after she reveals to Relena that he's her brother so she can stop wishing for his death}}.
* [[Badass Normal]]: In ''Endless Waltz'', she keeps up with the Gundam Pilots {{spoiler|and Zechs}} while piloting a Taurus.
* [[Badass]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Older Brother]]: In ''Frozen Teardrop'', her brother Dix-Neuf was killed by Trowa Phobos}}.
** [[Badass Normal]]: In ''Endless Waltz'', she keeps up with the Gundam Pilots {{spoiler|and Zechs}} while piloting a Taurus.
* [[Go Through Me]]: In Episode 47, Noin takes aim at Zechs when the latter is about to attack ''Peacemillion'', and Zechs is about to attack Noin. However, Zechs backs out of attacking her at the last minute.
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Older Brother]]: In Frozen Teardrop, her brother Dix-Neuf was killed by Trowa Phobos.}}
* [[Go Through Me]]: In episode 47, Noin takes aim at Zechs when the latter is about to attack ''Peacemillion'', and Zechs is about to attack Noin. However, Zechs backs out of attacking her at the last minute.
* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: Zechs insists that Noin always held herself back in order to make him look better. Considering he graduated top of their class, and is one of the few pilots to go toe-to-toe with the Gundams and live, this could go a long way towards explaining how she keeps up with the team despite never receiving a Gundam or [[Super Prototype]] of her own.
* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: Zechs insists that Noin always held herself back in order to make him look better. Considering he graduated top of their class, and is one of the few pilots to go toe-to-toe with the Gundams and live, this could go a long way towards explaining how she keeps up with the team despite never receiving a Gundam or [[Super Prototype]] of her own.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"You should be more graceful]], ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Lady Une]]''."
* [[Ironic Echo]]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"You should be more graceful]], ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Lady Une]]''."
* [[Hot Amazon]]
* [[Hot Amazon]]
* [[Kuudere]]
* [[Kuudere]]
* [[Lady of War]]: A kind, loving and graceful lady, who is capable of keeping up with Gundam pilots despite not piloting one herself.
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Lovely Angels]]: With Sally.
* [[Lovely Angels]]: With Sally.
* [[Neutral Female]]: {{spoiler|In the final battle, Noin doesn't fight Milliardo because of her love for him, but at the same time she refuses to abandon her ideals just for the sake of being with him, and thus spends most of the battle doing nothing before she goes over to MO-II.}}
* [[Neutral Female]]: {{spoiler|In the final battle, Noin doesn't fight Milliardo because of her love for him, but at the same time, she refuses to abandon her ideals just for the sake of being with him, and thus spends most of the battle doing nothing before she goes over to MO-II}}.
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the German ''neun'', meaning "nine".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the German ''neun'', meaning "nine".
* [[Official Couple]]: She and Zechs are the closest to it, even with the [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] policy of sorts. {{spoiler|Confirmed in ''Frozen Teardrop'', where she not only married him but became the [[Hot Mom]] of his children, the [[Half-Identical Twins]] Naila and Milou.}}
* [[Official Couple]]: She and Zechs are the closest to it, even with the [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] policy of sorts. {{spoiler|Confirmed in ''Frozen Teardrop'', where she not only married him but became the [[Hot Mom]] of his children, the [[Half-Identical Twins]] Naila and Milou}}.
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: To a lesser extent.
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: To a lesser extent.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Voiced by [[Chisa Yokoyama]]. [[Tenchi Muyo!|Yes, THAT]] [[Sakura Taisen|Chisa Yokoyama]].
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Purple Eyes]]
* [[Purple Eyes]]
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* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Team Mom]]: To the Gundam pilots (specially to Quatre) and Relena, in the second part of the series.
* [[Team Mom]]: To the Gundam pilots (specially to Quatre) and Relena, in the second part of the series.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: In a 2005 interview with the creators, Noin was originally a male, and was [[Expy|going to be the Garma Zabi]] to Zechs's Char.


=== '''Lady Une''' ===
=== '''Lady Une''' ===
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[[File:Lady_Une_6494.jpg|frame|To see her Saint Une persona, click here: [[media:Saint_Une_3633.jpg]]]]
[[File:Lady_Une_6494.jpg|frame|To see her Saint Une persona, click here: [[media:Saint_Une_3633.jpg]]]]


Treize's fiercely loyal second-in-command, Lady Une is a stern, uncompromising woman who even other members of OZ refer to as [[Iron Lady|"Iron Une".]] When these actions cause her to almost [[Nuke'Em|set off some ICBMs in order to destroy the Gundams]], Treize encourages her to act more gracefully, which results in her developing a [[Split Personality]], [[Fan Nickname|nicknamed]] "Saint Une", who is [[Proper Lady|soft-spoken, sweet-natured, and a peace advocate]]. This ends up creating a personality conflict when "Saint" is confronted with "Iron"'s actions. {{spoiler|At the end of the series she resolves the conflict and comes out of with the best of both sides, being compassionate but also badass.}}
Treize's fiercely loyal second-in-command, Lady Une is a stern, uncompromising woman who even other members of OZ refer to as [[Iron Lady|"Iron Une"]]. When these actions cause her to almost [[Nuke'Em|set off some ICBMs in order to destroy the Gundams]], Treize encourages her to act more gracefully, which results in her developing a [[Split Personality]], [[Fan Nickname|nicknamed]] "Saint Une", who is [[Proper Lady|soft-spoken, sweet-natured, and a peace advocate]]. This ends up creating a personality conflict when "Saint" is confronted with "Iron"'s actions. {{spoiler|At the end of the series, she resolves the conflict and comes out of with the best of both sides, being compassionate but also badass}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Used on Noin, most famously.
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Used on Noin, most famously.
* [[Axe Crazy]]: Arguably her "Iron" Une persona.
* [[Axe Crazy]]: Arguably her "Iron" Une persona.
* [[The Baroness]]: In her militaristic personality.
* [[The Baroness]]: In her militaristic personality.
* [[Bishie Sparkle|Bishoujo Sparkle]]: episode 19; as "Saint Une".
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Episode 19, as "Saint Une".
* [[Colonel Badass]]
* [[Colonel Badass]]
* {{spoiler|[[Cry Cute]]: When Relena refuses to kill her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Cry Cute]]: When Relena refuses to kill her}}.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Subverted; [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|her first name might actually ]]''[[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|be ]]''[[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|"Lady"]] (as seen when a colony representative calls her "Miss Lady".
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Subverted: [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|her first name might actually ]]''[[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|be ]]''[[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|"Lady"]] (as seen when a colony representative calls her "Miss Lady").
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: An unusual female version as "Lady".
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: An unusual female version as "Lady".
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: As "Saint", but arguably as ''Lady'', too.
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: As "Saint", but arguably as ''Lady'' too.
* [[Gundamjack]]: {{spoiler|After waking up from her coma, she steals the Wing Gundam and [[Taking the Bullet|takes Libra's main cannon blast]] for Treize. The lower body was destroyed, but she survived unscathed.}}
* [[Gundamjack]]: {{spoiler|After waking up from her coma, she steals the Wing Gundam and [[Taking the Bullet|takes Libra's main cannon blast]] for Treize. The lower body was destroyed, but she survived unscathed}}.
* [[Ironic Name]]: Her name means "one." She has a split personality.
* [[Ironic Name]]: Her name means "one". She has a split personality.
* [[Iron Lady]]
* [[Iron Lady]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: In episode 10, when she threatened to shoot down the colonies unless the Gundam pilots surrender, forcing Heero to [[Take a Third Option]].
* [[Kick the Dog]]: In Episode 10, when she threatened to shoot down the colonies unless the Gundam pilots surrender, forcing Heero to [[Take a Third Option]].
** And she punts the pup twice in a row, when Noin objects openly to the slaughter of civilians and she slaps her as a reply.
** And she punts the pup twice in a row, when Noin objects openly to the slaughter of civilians, and she slaps her as a reply.
* [[Letting Her Hair Down]] ''and'' [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Her transition into Saint Une.
* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: Her transition into Saint Une. She loses the glasses and undoes her tight hairbuns and becomes a much gentler, kinder person.
* [[Meganekko]]: Huge subversion. She wears glasses and looks good with them... but as Colonel Une. The kindness and gentleness associated with the archetype go all to the glasses-less Saint.
* [[Meganekko]]: Huge subversion. She wears glasses and looks good with them... but as Colonel Une. The kindness and gentleness associated with the archetype go all to the glasses-less Saint.
* [[Name's the Same]]: See note on [[Epileptic Trees]].
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French word for "one".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: From the French word for "one".
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]] (maybe, for Mariemeia)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]: Maybe, for Mariemeia}}.
* [[Proper Lady]]: As Saint Une
* [[Proper Lady]]: As Saint Une, she's kind, caring, and nurturing almost to a fault.
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: As Lady Une, again.
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: As Lady Une, again. She'll do anything for Treize, even brutal acts that he wouldn't even dream of doing.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Where Colonel and Saint meet.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Where Colonel and Saint meet.
* [[Split Personality]]: As ''Lady'' Une, she's a ruthlessly efficient bitch. As ''Saint'' Une, she's a sweet young lady. {{spoiler|At the end, she reconciles both of her personalities and keeps the best of them.}}
* [[Split Personality]]: As ''Lady'' Une, she's a ruthlessly efficient bitch. As ''Saint'' Une, she's a sweet young lady. {{spoiler|At the end, she reconciles both of her personalities and keeps the best of them}}.
* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: Towards Treize.
* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: Towards Treize.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Team Mom]]: In ''Endless Waltz''
* [[Team Mom]]: In ''Endless Waltz''.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: ''Lady'' and ''Saint'' Une can be seen as the two in one body.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: ''Lady'' and ''Saint'' Une can be seen as the two in one body.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: In a 2005 interview with the creators, Une was going to be a clumsy country girl who was nice to Treize.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: From her voice, rank, face and bearing, she appears to be at least thirty. But official sources set her in-series age at ''nineteen''.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: From her voice, rank, face, and bearing, she appears to be at least thirty. But official sources set her in-series age at ''nineteen''.


=== '''Dorothy Catalonia''' ===
=== '''Dorothy Catalonia''' ===
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{{quote|"''Hurry up and start a war!''"}}
{{quote|"''Hurry up and start a war!''"}}


The granddaughter of Romefeller Chairman Duke Dermail, Dorothy Catalonia is the polar opposite of Relena; while Relena follows her family's philosophy of total pacifism, Dorothy fully embraces war. She first appears when Relena revives the Sanc Kingdom, being sent by Romefeller to spy on the young princess, and quickly steps into the big game.
The granddaughter of Romefeller Chairman Duke Dermail, Dorothy Catalonia is the polar opposite of Relena: while Relena follows her family's philosophy of total pacifism, Dorothy fully embraces war. She first appears when Relena revives the Sanc Kingdom, being sent by Romefeller to spy on the young princess, and quickly steps into the big game.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Uses the ZERO system to augment her abilities during her last duel with Quatre.
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Uses the ZERO system to augment her abilities during her last duel with Quatre.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: It's almost to her feet.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: It's almost to her feet.
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* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Broken Bird]]: She was deeply affected by {{spoiler|the death of her father Chilias in the last war.}}
* [[Broken Bird]]: She was deeply affected by {{spoiler|the death of her father Chilias in the last war}}.
* [[Childhood Marriage Promise]]: To her cousin Treize. Nothing comes of it.
* [[Childhood Marriage Promise]]: To her cousin Treize. Nothing comes of it.
* [[Cool Helmet]]/[[Cool Mask]]: Wears a combo helmet and mask when controlling the mobile dolls and duelling Quatre.
* [[Cool Mask]]: Wears a combo helmet and mask when controlling the mobile dolls and duelling Quatre.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: More of [[The Strategist]], but she still can handle herself ''very'' well with a rapier.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: More of [[The Strategist]], but she still can handle herself ''very'' well with a rapier.
* [[Death Seeker]]: Expresses a desire to have Quatre kill her during their [[Sword Fight]].
* [[Death Seeker]]: Expresses a desire to have Quatre kill her during their [[Sword Fight]].
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Expy]] She's a saner [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Katejina Loos.]]
* [[Expy]] She's a saner [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Katejina Loos]].
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Makes subtle passes at Heero, Zechs, [[Les Yay|Relena...]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Makes subtle passes at Heero, Zechs, [[Les Yay|Relena...]]
* [[Foe Yay]]: With Heero and Quatre on occasion.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Matsui played [[Action Girl|Roux Louka]] in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]]''. In an interview, she said the ''ZZ'' staff asked her "If ''[[Gundam]]'' is still going in ten years, would you like to come back?" and she responded "Sure!"
* [[Hive Queen]]: Plays this role to the Mobile Dolls, directing their movements via a cybernetic helmet and the ZERO system.
* [[Hive Queen]]: Plays this role to the Mobile Dolls, directing their movements via a cybernetic helmet and the ZERO system.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: At the Sanc Kingdom, she engaged in a fencing match with Heero, while, at the same time, she tells a story about two people with the same name hoping to bring peace. At the end of the story, Heero drives his saber through Dorothy's face mask, barely missing her. ''She doesn't even flinch''.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: At the Sanc Kingdom, she engaged in a fencing match with Heero, while, at the same time, she tells a story about two people with the same name hoping to bring peace. At the end of the story, Heero drives his saber through Dorothy's face mask, barely missing her. ''She doesn't even flinch''.
* [[Iron Lady]]: As an adult.
* [[Iron Lady]]: As an adult.
* [[Japanese Honorifics]]: In the original she likes to refer to Relena as "Relena-sama" ("Lady Relena"), despite the latter asking her not to call her that, {{spoiler|and to Zechs as "Milliardo-sama" ("Lord Milliardo").}}
* [[Japanese Honorifics]]: In the original, she likes to refer to Relena as "Relena-sama" ("Lady Relena") despite the latter asking her not to call her that, {{spoiler|and to Zechs as "Milliardo-sama" ("Lord Milliardo")}}.
** [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Uses the very formal ''watakushi'' to refer to herself.
** [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Uses the very formal ''watakushi'' to refer to herself.
* [[Lady of War]]: And how. She manages to keep her cool at least partially even when {{spoiler|her grandfather is horribly killed in front of her}}; not only that, she almost immediately makes a [[Rousing Speech]] after that. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|WOW]].
* [[Lady of War]]: And how. She manages to keep her cool at least partially even when {{spoiler|her grandfather is horribly killed in front of her}}; not only that, she almost immediately makes a [[Rousing Speech]] after that. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|WOW]].
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* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: The 2010 sequel novel ''Frozen Teardrop'' has her as President of the ESUN. Time will tell exactly ''which'' kind of President she is.
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: The 2010 sequel novel ''Frozen Teardrop'' has her as President of the ESUN. Time will tell exactly ''which'' kind of President she is.
** Her nickname is the "Neo Titanium Lady", which suggests her to be an [[Iron Lady]] of some type.
** Her nickname is the "Neo Titanium Lady", which suggests her to be an [[Iron Lady]] of some type.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Her English VA, [[Cathy Weseluck]], is better known for using her calm, gentle voice to portray kind, motherly characters such as the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'s'' [[Team Mom|Mirai Yashima]].
** Her Japanese VA, [[Naoko Matsui]], tends to voice heroic [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] or sassy [[Plucky Girl|Plucky Girls]] with few to hide, rather than sneaky [[Lady of War|Ladies of War]]
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: She's got a great one.
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: She's got a great one.
* [[Purple Eyes]]
* [[Purple Eyes]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Her blond hair reaches her ''knees''.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Her blond hair reaches her ''knees''.
* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: Voiced by [[Naoko Matsui]], whereas Relena is played by [[Akiko Yajima]]. Watch ''[[Idol Densetsu Eriko]]'' and you'll understand.
** [[Cathy Weseluck]] and [[Lisa Ann Beley]] (Relena's VA) worked together again in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]''.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: With her own '''huge''' gold limousine, cargo transporter and spaceship.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: With her own '''huge''' gold limousine, cargo transporter and spaceship.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: A few times.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: A few times.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Her [[Weapon of Choice]] (when she isn't controlling an army of [[Mecha-Mooks]])
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Her [[Weapon of Choice]] (when she isn't controlling an army of [[Mecha-Mooks]]).
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Openly ships 1xR in ''Battlefield of Pacifists'', trying to get them together and expressing disappointment when they simply exchange polite greetings.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Openly ships 1xR in ''Battlefield of Pacifists'', trying to get them together and expressing disappointment when they simply exchange polite greetings.
{{quote|''"That's it? No passionate reunion?"''}}
{{quote|''"That's it? No passionate reunion?"''}}
* [[Shout-Out Theme Naming]]: In keeping with the show's homages to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', she is named after Dorothy Gale.
* [[Shout-Out Theme Naming]]: In keeping with the show's homages to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', she is named after Dorothy Gale.
* [[The Strategist]]: To Zechs
* [[The Strategist]]: To Zechs.
* [[Sword Fight]]: With Heero (in a fencing class) and Quatre (for real).
* [[Sword Fight]]: With Heero (in a fencing class) and Quatre (for real).
* [[War Is Glorious]]: Like Treize, she claims to believe this.
* [[War Is Glorious]]: Like Treize, she claims to believe this.
* [[Woman in Black]]: Is wearing a black [[Sexy Backless Outfit]] gown, complete with [[Opera Gloves]], {{spoiler|during the battle in which Duke Dermail is killed off.}}
* [[Woman in Black]]: Is wearing a black [[Sexy Backless Outfit]] gown, complete with [[Opera Gloves]], {{spoiler|during the battle in which Duke Dermail is killed off}}.


=== '''Mariemaia Khushrenada''' ===
=== '''Mariemaia Khushrenada''' ===
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The daughter of Treize Khushrenada, Mariemaia is one of the main antagonists of ''Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'', who believes that she's the rightful heir to the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. She is also the co-leader of her namesake army, the Mariemaia Army.
The daughter of Treize Khushrenada, Mariemaia is one of the main antagonists of ''Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'', who believes that she's the rightful heir to the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. She is also the co-leader of her namesake army, the Mariemaia Army.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: To her namesake army.
* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: To her namesake army.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Mariemaia's expression and tone are ''far'' too even across scenes and events until the last act, and at least once she shows a reaction completely out of character to what she's talking about.
* [[Creepy Child]]
* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: She's the daughter of Treize, as well as the granddaughter of Dekim Barton.
* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: She's the daughter of Treize, as well as the granddaughter of Dekim Barton.
** {{spoiler|If Dekim's last words in the manga are true, she might not be the real deal, but a homeless girl chosen and brainwashed by him. That would make the deal ''even worse''...}}
** {{spoiler|If Dekim's last words in the manga are true, she might not be the real deal, but a homeless girl chosen and brainwashed by him. That would make the deal ''even worse''}}...
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: When she formally declared war on Earth.
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: When she formally declared war on Earth.
* [[Enfante Terrible]]: Mariemaia appears to care little about the possibility of death or destruction, and her behavior is weirdly inhuman until the last act of the movie.
* [[Enfante Terrible]]
* [[Evil Redheads]]
* [[Evil Redheads]]
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Mine]][[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|va Lao]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn|Zabi]].
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Mine]][[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|va Lao]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn|Zabi]].
* [[Military Brat]]
* [[Military Brat]]
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: Blame it on her grandfather Dekim in Endless Waltz.
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: Blame it on her grandfather Dekim in ''Endless Waltz''.
* [[Rei Sakuma]]
* [[Rei Sakuma]]
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: For Relena when Dekim was about to shoot her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: For Relena when Dekim was about to shoot her}}.
* [[Title Drop]]: See above quote.
* [[Title Drop]]: See above quote.


=== '''Dekim Barton''' ===
=== '''Dekim Barton''' ===
A former associate of the original Heero Yuy, Dekim Barton is the main villain of ''Endless Waltz''. He is the co-leader of the Mariemaia Army, as well as the leader of the Barton Foundation.
A former associate of the original Heero Yuy, Dekim Barton is the main villain of ''Endless Waltz''. He is the co-leader of the Mariemaia Army, as well as the leader of the Barton Foundation.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Colony Drop]]:}} What his original version of Operation Meteor turned out to be, and what he tried to accomplish, but Heero, Duo, and Trowa prevented that.
* {{spoiler|[[Colony Drop]]}}: What his original version of Operation Meteor turned out to be, and what he tried to accomplish, but Heero, Duo and Trowa prevented that.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: Does it to Marimeia.
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: Does it to Marimeia.
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A professional knife-thrower who works for a traveling circus, Catherine developed a hatred for war, since her family was killed during an Alliance attack, which she witnessed as a child.
A professional knife-thrower who works for a traveling circus, Catherine developed a hatred for war, since her family was killed during an Alliance attack, which she witnessed as a child.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Armor-Piercing Slap|Armor Piercing Punch]]: To Trowa.
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap|Armor Piercing Punch]]: To Trowa.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Trowa and to a lesser extent, the other Gundam pilots she meets.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Works as the circus's knife thrower. {{spoiler|In ''Frozen Teardrop'', she trains Trowa Phobos in knife use}}.
* [[The Danza]]: voiced by [[Cathy Weseluck]] in English, her full name's [[Captain Obvious|Catherine.]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|This won't be her last.]]
* [[Knife Nut]]: Works as the circus's knife thrower. {{spoiler|In Frozen Teardrop, she trains Trowa Phobos in knife use.}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|According to ''Episode Zero'', she's ''very'' likely to be Trowa's long lost older sister}}.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|According to ''Episode Zero'', she's ''very'' likely to be Trowa's long lost older sister.}}
* [[Mama Bear]]: She is very overprotective of {{spoiler|Trowa, after he survived Quatre's attack}}.
* [[Mama Bear]]: She is very overprotective of {{spoiler|Trowa, after he survived Quatre's attack}}.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: She lost her parents {{spoiler|and her baby brother Triton, who has been confirmed in ''Frozen Teardrop'' to be Trowa}} during an Alliance attack, then was adopted by the circus people.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Played by Moneca Stori for the first 13 episodes, then replaced by [[Cathy Weseluck]] from then on.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: She lost her parents {{spoiler|and her baby brother Triton, who has been confirmed in ''Frozen Teardrop'' to be Trowa}} during an Alliance attack, then was adopted by the circus people.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Also in the aptly-titled episode, "Catherine's Tears".
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Also in the aptly-titled episode "Catherine's Tears".
* [[Stern Teacher]]: To {{spoiler|Trowa Phobos}} in ''Frozen Teardrop''.
* [[Stern Teacher]]: To {{spoiler|Trowa Phobos}} in ''Frozen Teardrop''.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: On Trowa, {{spoiler|when he almost self-detonates.}} Later on Quatre, {{spoiler|when he wants Trowa to remember him, despite all the risks it will bring.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: On Trowa, {{spoiler|when he almost self-detonates}}. Later on Quatre, {{spoiler|when he wants Trowa to remember him despite all the risks it will bring}}.


=== '''Sally Po''' ===
=== '''Sally Po''' ===
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An Alliancer medical officer, she was on duty when a badly injured Heero was brought into a hospital. This chance encounter lead to her quitting the Alliance and joining up with anti-OZ rebels, now considering the Gundam Pilots to be the Earth's best hope for real peace. She serves as the [[Team Mom]] and helps out whenever she can, but doesn't do a lot of piloting.
An Alliancer medical officer, she was on duty when a badly injured Heero was brought into a hospital. This chance encounter lead to her quitting the Alliance and joining up with anti-OZ rebels, now considering the Gundam Pilots to be the Earth's best hope for real peace. She serves as the [[Team Mom]] and helps out whenever she can, but doesn't do a lot of piloting.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Action Survivor]]: She doesn't have any special training or equipment. She's just a regular soldier who's defected to fight for what's right.
* [[Action Survivor]]
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Frontier Doctor]]
* [[Frontier Doctor]]
* [[Lovely Angels]]: With Noin.
* [[Lovely Angels]]: With Noin.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Her daughter Kathy states that Sally has been missing for several years from the start of ''[[Frozen Teardrop]]''.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Her daughter Kathy states that Sally has been missing for several years from the start of ''[[Frozen Teardrop]]''.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Played by Monica Stori for the first 13 episodes, then by Samantha Ferris for the rest of the animated canon.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Princess Curls]]: Curious case, since she has them but is ''not'' [[The Ojou]] or a [[Rich Bitch]].
* [[Princess Curls]]: Curious case, since she has them but is ''not'' [[The Ojou]] or a [[Rich Bitch]].
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An OZ volunteer from the space colonies, she meets Duo on the moon and helps chase him down when he attempts to escape. However, his words convince her that OZ isn't interested in the colonies' wellbeing at all, leading her to resign and start working with Duo.
An OZ volunteer from the space colonies, she meets Duo on the moon and helps chase him down when he attempts to escape. However, his words convince her that OZ isn't interested in the colonies' wellbeing at all, leading her to resign and start working with Duo.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Affirmative Action Girl]]
* [[Affirmative Action Girl]]
* [[Badass Normal]]: Well, she ''is'' a trained soldier and pilot. She even manages to survive an encounter with the Mobile Doll versions of the Vayeate and the Mercurius to bring some important info regarding the enemy, albeit suffering some serious injuries before Duo pulls a [[Big Damn Heroes]] to save her.
* [[Badass Normal]]
** Went one on one with Duo once in an equal suit. The fight was a draw.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: More of a greenish blue.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: More of a greenish blue.
* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Was an OZ volunteer in her first appearance, but left the service shortly after meeting Duo. {{spoiler|They ''did'' get married, but according to Frozen Teardrop their relationship was ''not'' easy, thus they got divorced in the end.}}
* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Was an OZ volunteer in her first appearance, but left the service shortly after meeting Duo. {{spoiler|They ''did'' get married, but according to ''Frozen Teardrop'', their relationship was ''not'' easy, thus they got divorced in the end}}.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In ''Endless Waltz'', Hilde only appeared in the closing credits of the final OAV and the movie, presumably done to show that she {{spoiler|survived the Eve Wars}}. This is kind of understandable, given that the last time we saw her in the series, {{spoiler|she was badly injured in combat and being taken to Peacemillion's sick bay,}} making it a case of [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] until ''EW''.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In ''Endless Waltz'', Hilde only appeared in the closing credits of the final OAV and the movie, presumably done to show that she {{spoiler|survived the Eve Wars}}. This is kind of understandable, given that the last time we saw her in the series, {{spoiler|she was badly injured in combat and being taken to Peacemillion's sick bay}}, making it a case of [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] until ''Endless Waltz''.
** She briefly appeared in the ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' manga, where it seems Duo's in the doghouse for some reason. She was talking with Trowa.
** She briefly appeared in the ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' manga, where it seems Duo's in the doghouse for some reason. She was talking with Trowa.
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: Has a cute pink beret. She wears a teal-green beret in the ending for ''Endless Waltz: Special Edition.''
* [[Nice Hat]]: Has a cute pink beret. She wears a teal-green beret in the ending for ''Endless Waltz: Special Edition''.
* {{spoiler|[[Official Couple]]: ''Frozen Teardrop'' says that she and Duo were married, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|but not before a tumultuous on-and-off relationship]]. They end up divorcing because of what she thought Duo was irresponsible. Duo Jr., a child "adopted" by their orphanage, is implied to actually be their son: Hilde claims she thinks him to be a lovechild of one of Father's women; however, Duo Sr. muses that the child would have been born while he and Hilde were still together}}...
* [[Playful Hacker]]:
* [[Playful Hacker]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Shorttank]]
* [[Shorttank]]
* {{spoiler|[[Official Couple]] ''and'' [[Ship Sinking]]: ''Frozen Teardrop'' says that she and Duo were married, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|but not before a tumultuous on-and-off relationship.]] They end up divorcing because of what she thought Duo was irresponsible. Duo Jr., a child "adopted" by their orphanage, is implied to actually be their son: Hilde claims she thinks him to be a lovechild of one of Father's women, however Duo Sr. muses that the child would have been born while he and Hilde were still together...}}
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Actually, she's more of ''Short'' Dark and Bishoujo.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Actually, she's more of ''Short'' Dark and Bishoujo.
* {{spoiler|[[Team Mom]]: After the war, she works in an [[Orphanage of Love]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Team Mom]]: After the war, she works in an [[Orphanage of Love]]}}.
* [[Gundamjack|Taurusjack]]: How she escaped after she stole critical data from ''Libra''.
* [[Gundamjack|Taurusjack]]: How she escaped after she stole critical data from ''Libra''.
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Let's see: MS pilot for OZ, a junk dealer with Duo, a spy, [[Playful Hacker|a hacker]]. In ''Frozen Teardrop'', {{spoiler|she's becomes a [[Hospital Hottie]], a [[Cute Bookworm|librarian]], an [[Hot Scientist|expert in nano technology]] and a nun.}}
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Let's see: Mobile Suit pilot for OZ, a junk dealer with Duo, a spy, [[Playful Hacker|a hacker]]. In ''Frozen Teardrop'', {{spoiler|she's becomes a [[Hospital Hottie]], a [[Cute Bookworm|librarian]], an [[Hot Scientist|expert in nano technology]] and a nun}}.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: With her own scrapyard. {{spoiler|And good enough to pass as one of the Libra's mechanics.}}
* [[Wrench Wench]]: With her own scrapyard. {{spoiler|And good enough to pass as one of the Libra's mechanics}}.


=== '''Gundam Scientists''' ===
=== '''Gundam Scientists''' ===


The five Gundam Scientists, Doctor J, Professor G, Doktor S, Instructor H, and Master O, were known as the creators of the five Gundams. Before that, they were the creators of the Tallgeese, the first mobile suit, and the Wing Zero, the mobile suit that the five Gundams were based on.
The five Gundam Scientists, Doctor J, Professor G, Doktor S, Instructor H and Master O, were known as the creators of the five Gundams. Before that, they were the creators of the Tallgeese, the first mobile suit, and the Wing Zero, the mobile suit that the five Gundams were based on.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]]
* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]]: They all use a title and initial rather than names.
* [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Grandpas]]
* [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Grandpas]]
* [[Badass Labcoat]]
* [[Badass Labcoat]]
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: All of them.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: All of them.
* [[Cool Old Guy|Cool Old Guys]]
* [[Cool Old Guy|Cool Old Guys]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkers]]: A particularly amusing example: {{spoiler|When OZ has captured the Scientists, Lt. Nichol tries to kill them by shutting off the oxygen to their cell. Doctor J talks about the air getting thinner, and Professor G responds "If you're going to die, hurry up and do it; the rest of us could use that air."}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A particularly amusing example: {{spoiler|when OZ has captured the Scientists, Lt. Nichol tries to kill them by shutting off the oxygen to their cell. Doctor J talks about the air getting thinner, and Professor G responds "If you're going to die, hurry up and do it; the rest of us could use that air."}}
* [[Five-Man Band]] / [[Five-Token Band]]
* [[Five-Man Band]]/[[Five-Token Band]]
* [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]: All of them.
* [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]: All of them.
* [[Non-Action Guy|Non Action Guys]]: Mostly, though Master O beats Duo to a pulp, though this was {{spoiler|a [[Jerkass Facade]] to prevent OZ from discovering that they're actually repairing and upgrading the Deathscythe and the Shenlong Gundams.}}
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Mostly, though Master O beats Duo to a pulp, though this was {{spoiler|a [[Jerkass Facade]] to prevent OZ from discovering that they're actually repairing and upgrading the Deathscythe and the Shenlong Gundams}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: All of them.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: All of them}}.
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Guys]]
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Guys]]


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An engineer who worked on the Tallgeese alongside the Gundam Scientists, meaning he's an expert mobile suit mechanic but more laid back. He's fond of the oceans, so he operates his own mobile dock ship. He works with the good guys, first supporting Duo early on, and then Zechs following his "death".
An engineer who worked on the Tallgeese alongside the Gundam Scientists, meaning he's an expert mobile suit mechanic but more laid back. He's fond of the oceans, so he operates his own mobile dock ship. He works with the good guys, first supporting Duo early on, and then Zechs following his "death".
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Is actually one of the original scientists who developed the Tallgeese, though unlike the Gundam scientists, he retired after quitting.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Is actually one of the original scientists who developed the Tallgeese, though unlike the Gundam scientists, he retired after quitting.
* [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]]: While not quite a tourist despite his travels, Howard's always seen with a nice Hawaiian shirt and shades.
* [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]]: While not quite a tourist despite his travels, Howard's always seen with a nice Hawaiian shirt and shades.
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The leader of the Romefeller Foundation, Duke Dermail seeks to control the United Earth Sphere Alliance for himself. He is [[The Man Behind the Man]] to OZ and Treize Khushreneda.
The leader of the Romefeller Foundation, Duke Dermail seeks to control the United Earth Sphere Alliance for himself. He is [[The Man Behind the Man]] to OZ and Treize Khushreneda.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]
* [[Beard of Evil]]
* [[Beard of Evil]]
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* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: As a result of {{spoiler|Relena's [[Reassignment Backfire]]}}, he lost almost all support from Romefeller, which ultimately resulted in...
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: As a result of {{spoiler|Relena's [[Reassignment Backfire]]}}, he lost almost all support from Romefeller, which ultimately resulted in...
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Is killed by the very mobile doll system he approved of.}}
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Is killed by the very mobile doll system he approved of}}.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: To OZ.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: To OZ.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler|Giving Relena control of Romefeller and pissing off Treize pretty much spell the end of his regime.}}
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler|Giving Relena control of Romefeller and pissing off Treize pretty much spell the end of his regime}}.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]
* [[Non-Action Guy]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
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==== Voice Actors: Yuji Mikimoto (Japanese), [[Richard Newman]] (English) ====
==== Voice Actors: Yuji Mikimoto (Japanese), [[Richard Newman]] (English) ====
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[[File:Tsubarov_1360.jpg|frame]]
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: His first name is Ken. Who knew?
* [[All There in the Manual]]: His first name is Ken. Who knew?
* [[Axe Crazy]]: Big time. With his [[Hair-Trigger Temper]], obsession with his mobile dolls, and epic [[Villainous Breakdown]] this is pretty much a given. He's arguably the craziest person in ''Wing''.
* [[Axe Crazy]]: Big time. With his [[Hair-Trigger Temper]], obsession with his mobile dolls, and epic [[Villainous Breakdown]] this is pretty much a given. He's arguably the craziest person in ''Gundam Wing''.
* [[Blood Knight]]/[[Psycho for Hire]]: By proxy. He wants to turn his mobile dolls into the perfect weapon, and thus loves a good war.
* [[Blood Knight]]/[[Psycho for Hire]]: By proxy. He wants to turn his mobile dolls into the perfect weapon, and thus loves a good war.
* [[Evil Genius]]: Of the Romefeller Foundation, although interestingly his personality is closer to what you'd expect of [[The Brute]]. Still, he's not only a brilliant engineer and technician, but one of the few people in the colonies to recognise that trusting the captured Gundam pilots and scientists is probably a stupid thing to do.
* [[Evil Genius]]: Of the Romefeller Foundation, although interestingly his personality is closer to what you'd expect of [[The Brute]]. Still, he's not only a brilliant engineer and technician, but one of the few people in the colonies to recognise that trusting the captured Gundam pilots and scientists is probably a stupid thing to do.
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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Karmic Death]]: Slain in the very rebellion he triggered, as his precious mobile dolls destroy everything around them.
* [[Karmic Death]]: Slain in the very rebellion he triggered, as his precious mobile dolls destroy everything around them.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Shoots Une, tries to suffocate the Gundam pilots, unleashes his mobile dolls against civillians...pretty much all his time on-screen is spent kicking dogs.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Shoots Une, tries to suffocate the Gundam pilots, unleashes his mobile dolls against civillians... pretty much all his time on-screen is spent kicking dogs.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: His betrayal of Lady Une, desire to murder the Gundam pilots, and the fact that he looks on warfare and bloodshed as nothing more than a way to show off his inventions cement his status as a completely amoral and empathyless individual.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: His betrayal of Lady Une, desire to murder the Gundam pilots, and the fact that he looks on warfare and bloodshed as nothing more than a way to show off his inventions cement his status as a completely amoral and empathyless individual.
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[No-Nonsense Nemesis]]: He's an [[Axe Crazy]] lunatic, but Tsubarov understands something that the rest of Romefeller never does: namely that the Gundam pilots are dangerous and should simply be killed the moment they enter captivity. He expresses similar sentiments about Treize if memory serves.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Very, very loud.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Very, very loud.
* [[No-Nonsense Nemesis]]: He's an [[Axe Crazy]] lunatic, but Tsubarov understands something that the rest of Romefeller never does--namely that the Gundam pilots are dangerous and should simply be killed the moment they enter captivity. He expresses similar sentiments about Treize if memory serves.
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: Of Dermail. He wants a chance to test out his mobile dolls, and Dermail's belief that [[War Is Glorious]] provides it.
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: Of Dermail. He wants a chance to test out his mobile dolls, and Dermail's belief that [[War Is Glorious]] provides it.
* [[Robot Master]]
* [[Robot Master]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: More or less his reaction to the White Fang rebellion. It leads directly into his Villainous Breakdown.
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: More or less his reaction to the White Fang rebellion. It leads directly into his [[Villainous Breakdown]].
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Is left ranting about how he is invincible as the complex collapses around him.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Is left ranting about how he is invincible as the complex collapses around him.
* [[War for Fun and Profit]]: As a [[Blood Knight]]-by-proxy, Tsubarov wants to get a war going so that he can demonstrate the superiority of his mobile dolls. Unlike Duke Dermail, he's not operating under the delusion that [[War Is Glorious]] either--he just wants to show off his creations.
* [[War for Fun and Profit]]: As a [[Blood Knight]]-by-proxy, Tsubarov wants to get a war going so that he can demonstrate the superiority of his mobile dolls. Unlike Duke Dermail, he's not operating under the delusion that [[War Is Glorious]] either: he just wants to show off his creations.


=== '''Quinze''' ===
=== '''Quinze''' ===
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A former associate of the original Heero Yuy, Quinze is the co-leader and founder of the colonial rebel faction, White Fang, who seeks to declare war on Earth.
A former associate of the original Heero Yuy, Quinze is the co-leader and founder of the colonial rebel faction, White Fang, who seeks to declare war on Earth.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Big Bad]]: He and Treize compete for this role after the death of Duke Dermail.
* [[Big Bad]]: He and Treize compete for this role after the death of Duke Dermail.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Although he's [[Out-Gambitted]] by Treize.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Although he's [[Out-Gambitted]] by Treize.
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: He does this twice, the second time with Zechs.
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: He does this twice, the second time with Zechs.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Seemingly at first, but subverted. One of the reasons Quinze picked Zechs to be the leader of the White Fang was because Zechs actually cared about people (in this case, Relena). Quinze considers caring to be a strength, not a weakness.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: Not really, he is not entirely heartless.
* [[She's Got Legs|He's Got Legs]]
* [[She's Got Legs|He's Got Legs]]
* [[La Résistance]]: He's been fighting against the Earth Alliance's domination even before the start of series. After OZ took over the EA, he continued the fight and eventually made his group known to the world.
* [[La Résistance]]
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: Quinze means "fifteen" in Portuguese and French.
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: Quinze means "fifteen" in Portuguese and French.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
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{{quote|"''Long live... {{spoiler|KING ZECHS!}}''"}}
{{quote|"''Long live... {{spoiler|KING ZECHS!}}''"}}


Zechs' right-hand man, Lt. Otto was the test pilot of the Tallgeese before Zechs piloted it himself. He was one of three people who knew {{spoiler|Zechs's true identity as Prince Milliardo Peacecraft, hinting that he ''may'' have been a citizen of the Sanc Kingdom.}}
Zechs' right-hand man, Lt. Otto was the test pilot of the Tallgeese before Zechs piloted it himself. He was one of three people who knew {{spoiler|Zechs' true identity as Prince Milliardo Peacecraft, hinting that he ''may'' have been a citizen of the Sanc Kingdom}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Badass]]: Briefly, but it's there!
* [[Badass]]: Briefly, but it's there!
* [[Battle Butler]]: To Zechs.
* [[Battle Butler]]: To Zechs.
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]] and [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Had suffered serious internal injuries via Tallgeese piloting, but did it again to help Zechs in his quest. "LONG LIFE TO KING ZECHS", indeed.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Had suffered serious internal injuries via Tallgeese piloting, but did it again to help Zechs in his quest. "LONG LIFE TO KING ZECHS", indeed}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: After his [[Dying Moment of Awesome]], his face looks very peaceful.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: After his [[Dying Moment of Awesome]], his face looks very peaceful}}.
* [[Mauve Shirt]]
* [[Mauve Shirt]]
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: Otto is Italian for "eight".
* [[Numerical Theme Naming]]: Otto is Italian for "eight".
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Knew {{spoiler|Zechs's true identity.}}
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Knew {{spoiler|Zechs' true identity}}.


=== '''Lieutenant Nichol''' ===
=== '''Lieutenant Nichol''' ===
==== Voice actors: [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese) ====
==== Voice actors: [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese) ====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Battle Butler]]: To Lady Une.
* [[Battle Butler]]: To Lady Une.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]:
** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] {{spoiler|When Lady Une is rendered comatose, he's shown taking care of her}}
** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] {{spoiler|When Lady Une is rendered comatose, he's shown taking care of her}}.
* [[Knight Templar]]
* [[Knight Templar]]




=== '''Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian and Mrs. Maureen Darlian''' ===
=== '''Vice Foreign Minister Darlian and Mrs. Maureen Darlian''' ===

Young Relena's parents, who are kind and affectionate despite the Minister being rather absent from her life. {{spoiler|It turns out they're not her biological parents: they were a part of the Sanc Kingdom royalty, and the Minister was entrusted with baby Relena by the dying King Peacecraft as it fell. More than a decade later, the Minister would be murdered, which thrust Relena fully into the plot...}}


Young Relena's parents, who are kind and affectionate despite the Minister being rather absent from her life. {{spoiler|It turns out they're not her biological parents: they were a part of the Sanc Kingdom royalty, and the Minister was entrusted with baby Relena by the dying King Peacecraft as it fell. More than a decade later, the Minister would be murdered, which thrust Relena fully into the plot}}...
* [[Akio Ohtsuka]] (The Vice Foreign Minister)
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Akio Ohtsuka]]: The Vice Foreign Minister.
* [[Hot Dad]]: The [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] Premier.
* [[Hot Dad]]: The [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] Premier.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Mrs. Darlian was a sweet-faced, soft-spoken blonde [[Ojou]]
* [[Hot Mom]]: Mrs. Darlian was a sweet-faced, soft-spoken blonde [[Ojou]].
* [[Number Two]]: The Minister was this to {{spoiler|King Peacecraft}}
* [[Number Two]]: The Minister was this to {{spoiler|King Peacecraft}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]: Darlian was a high-ranked nobleman from the Sanc Kingdom when it collapsed, and he and his wife took little Princess Relena in after it fell.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]: Darlian was a high-ranked nobleman from the Sanc Kingdom when it collapsed, and he and his wife took little Princess Relena in after it fell}}.
* [[Parents as People]]: Relena loved her father, but there was a lot of friction over the fact that his work kept him away.
* [[Parents as People]]: Relena loved her father, but there was a lot of friction over the fact that his work kept him away.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]] (poor Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Poor Vice Foreign Minister Darlian}}.
* [[Secret Keeper]] (both of them knew who {{spoiler|Relena and Zechs}} truly are)
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Both of them knew who {{spoiler|Relena and Zechs}} truly are.
* [[Yumi Touma]] (Mrs. Darlian)
* [[Yumi Touma]]: Mrs. Darlian.


=== Zayeed "Master" Winner ===
=== Zayeed "Master" Winner ===
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Quatre's father and the patriarch of the Winner family. He has a strained relationship with Quatre, when he forgoes his family's pacifist beliefs to become a Gundam pilot.
Quatre's father and the patriarch of the Winner family. He has a strained relationship with Quatre, when he forgoes his family's pacifist beliefs to become a Gundam pilot.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Actual Pacifist]]: {{spoiler|It costs him his life.}}
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: {{spoiler|It costs him his life}}.
* [[Badass Moustache]]
* [[Badass Moustache]]
* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]}}
* [[Hot Dad]]
* [[Hot Dad]]
* [[Identical Stranger]] (looks supiciously like an [[Older and Wiser]] Trowa. And suddenly, Quatre's [[Ho Yay|fixation on Trowa]] is explained.)
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Looks supiciously like an [[Older and Wiser]] Trowa. And suddenly, Quatre's [[Ho Yay|fixation on Trowa]] is explained.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}
* [[The White Prince]] (adult version)
* [[The White Prince]]: Adult version.


=== Dr. Iria Winner ===
=== Dr. Iria Winner ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Gattaca Babies]] (she and her sisters are test-tube babies)
* [[Gattaca Babies]]: She and her sisters are test-tube babies.
** [[Justified Trope]], in story: the first and second generations of colony people were ''all'' Gattaca Babies due to how hard it was for people to adapt to colony life, with pregnant women being almost surely condemned to [[Death by Childbirth]]. {{spoiler|Their brother Quatre may have been the first exception ''ever''. And their littlest sister Catherine definitely was one, since she was born ''after their parents's deaths.''}}
** [[Justified Trope]], in story: the first and second generations of colony people were ''all'' Gattaca Babies due to how hard it was for people to adapt to colony life, with pregnant women being almost surely condemned to [[Death by Childbirth]]. {{spoiler|Their brother Quatre may have been the first exception ''ever''. And their littlest sister Catherine definitely was one, since she was born ''after their parents's deaths''}}.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: {{spoiler|She directly raised Katherine in ''Frozen Teardrop''.}}
* [[Parental Substitute]]: {{spoiler|She directly raised Katherine in ''Frozen Teardrop''}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]] (manga)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]: In the manga adaptation}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Retcon]]: She's actually alive in ''Frozen Teardrop''.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Retcon]]: She's actually alive in ''Frozen Teardrop''}}.
* {{spoiler|[[What Happened to the Mouse?]] (in the anime)}}
* {{spoiler|[[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In the anime}}.


=== Katherine Winner ===
=== Katherine Winner ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Childbirth]] (she wanted to give birth naturally at all costs, despite being already gravely ill ''and'' the difficulties coming from the colony life. She got her wish when Quatre was born, and then died.)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Childbirth]]: She wanted to give birth naturally at all costs despite being already gravely ill ''and'' the difficulties coming from the colony life. She got her wish when Quatre was born, and then died}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]}}
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Hot Mom]]
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* [[The Ojou]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Is it ''really'' Katherine, Quatrina, or just a simple ''Catherina''?
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Is it ''really'' Katherine, Quatrina or just a simple ''Catherina''?


=== Field Marshall Noventa ===
=== Field Marshall Noventa ===
==== Voiced by: [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (JP) ====
==== Voiced by: [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (JP) ====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: He was described as one of the pacifist leaders of the Alliance.
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: He was described as one of the pacifist leaders of the Alliance.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] (was basically a high-ranked [[Nice Guy]] from the military)
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Was basically a high-ranked [[Nice Guy]] from the military.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] (arguably, with General Septem)
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Arguably, with General Septem.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}
* [[Theme Naming]]: Noventa means "Ninety" in Portuguese.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Noventa means "Ninety" in Portuguese.


=== General Septem ===
=== General Septem ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Humiliation Conga]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]] (Or better said, he got thrown off a plane. ''And shot by Une in his way down.'')}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: He got thrown off a plane. ''And shot by Une in his way down''}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Humiliation Conga]]}}
* [[The Neidermeyer]]
* [[The Neidermeyer]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: In the dub, he communicates solely by means of aggravated shouting. Even while he's thanking someone for holding the door.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: In the dub, he communicates solely by means of aggravated shouting. Even while he's thanking someone for holding the door.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] (the red to Noventa's blue)
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Noventa's blue.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]


=== Sylvia Noventa ===
=== Sylvia Noventa ===
==== Voice actors: [[Kumiko Nishihara]] (Japanese) ====
==== Voice actors: [[Kumiko Nishihara]] (Japanese) ====
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[Raised by Grandparents]] (and then, her grandpa gets killed off)
* [[Raised by Grandparents]]: And then, her grandpa gets killed off.
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Dog]]. Subverted, she ''refuses'' to.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Dog]]: Subverted: she ''refuses'' to}}.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] {{spoiler|To Heero. "You're a coward!"}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|To Heero. "You're a coward!"}}


=== The Maganac Corps ===
=== The Maganac Corps ===


A team of Arab mercenaries, based out of Baghdad. They form a close-knit, familial group, bonding over their common origin as test tube babies. They serve Quatre loyally, following their original meeting in [[AC 193]] where the young man helped them escape the Alliance while putting himself at great personal risk. The overall commander is Rashid Kurama, along with sub-commanders Abdul, Ahmad, and Auda.
A team of Arab mercenaries, based out of Baghdad. They form a close-knit, familial group, bonding over their common origin as test tube babies. They serve Quatre loyally, following their original meeting in [[AC 193]] where the young man helped them escape the Alliance while putting himself at great personal risk. The overall commander is Rashid Kurama, along with sub-commanders Abdul, Ahmad and Auda.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Ace Custom]]: All of them. Each Maganac is given free reign to customize his mobile suit however he sees fit, meaning that all 40 of their MS are unique and different.
* [[Ace Custom]]: All of them. Each Maganac is given free reign to customize his mobile suit however he sees fit, meaning that all 40 of their Mobile Suit are unique and different.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Rashid
* [[Anime Hair]]: Rashid, coupled with a [[Badass Beard]].
* [[Anime Hair]]: Rashid, coupled with a [[Badass Beard]].
* [[Badass Moustache]]: Ahmad
* [[Badass Moustache]]: Ahmad.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]
* [[Cool Shades]] (Abdul, one of the younger members)
* [[Cool Shades]]: Abdul, one of the younger members.
* [[The Family That Slays Together]]: They're not blood-related, but... (see [[Gattaca Babies]] below)
* [[The Family That Slays Together]]: They're not blood-related, but... (see [[Gattaca Babies]] below).
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Rashid
* [[Gattaca Babies]]: According to ''Episode Zero,'' {{spoiler|all of the members are test-tube babies}}.
* [[Gattaca Babies]]: According to ''Episode Zero'', {{spoiler|all of the members are test-tube babies}}.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Rashid.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Rashid.
* [[La Résistance]]
* [[La Résistance]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: According to ''Episode Zero'', "Maganac" means family. It actually comes from the Tagalog phrase "mga anak," or literally, "the children."
* [[Meaningful Name]]: According to ''Episode Zero'', "Maganac" means family. It actually comes from the Tagalog phrase "mga anak", or literally, "the children".
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Yuda in Quatre's chapter of ''Episode Zero''. If you missed the symbolism, his codename with the Alliance is "[[The Bible|Iscariot]]".}}
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Yuda in Quatre's chapter of ''Episode Zero''. If you missed the symbolism, his codename with the Alliance is "[[The Bible|Iscariot]]"}}.
* [[Nakama]]
* [[Nakama]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: Fez!
* [[Nice Hat]]: Fez!
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* [[Parental Substitute]]: Especially noticeable in the episode where the four main commanders chew Quatre out for going off on his own.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Especially noticeable in the episode where the four main commanders chew Quatre out for going off on his own.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Rashid gives one when he addresses the Maganac and their town in episode 11.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Rashid gives one when he addresses the Maganac and their town in episode 11.
* [[Team Dad]] (Rashid, also a [[Cool Old Guy]])
* [[Team Dad]]: Rashid, also a [[Cool Old Guy]].
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]: They all have one, which might also be [[Bulletproof Vest|Bullet Proof Vests]]...
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]: They all have one, which might also be [[Bulletproof Vest|Bullet Proof Vests]]...
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Abdul's Maganac has an [[Arm Cannon]], while Auda's has a [[Power Fist]] in the form of a giant Gundanium claw hand.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Abdul's Maganac has an [[Arm Cannon]], while Auda's has a [[Power Fist]] in the form of a giant Gundanium claw hand.


=== The Little Girl And Her Dog ===
=== The Little Girl And Her Dog ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]}}
* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]
* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: {{spoiler|With Heero}}
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: {{spoiler|With Heero}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]: They died when a mobile suit crashed into their building and exploded}}.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: She wore a cute floppy sun hat with a ribbon.
* [[No Name Given]]
* [[No Name Given]]: The dog's name was Mary. The girl's name was never mentioned.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Dog]]: What happened to the poor dog.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Dog]]: What happened to the poor dog}}.
* [[Yuko Miyamura]] (the little girl)
* [[Yuko Miyamura]]: The little girl.


=== Leia Barton ===
=== Leia Barton ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister]] (for Dekim and the real Trowa)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister]]: For Dekim and the real Trowa}}.
* [[Hospital Hottie]] (works in an hospital built by her family)
** {{spoiler|[[Florence Nightingale Effect]] (Treize was seriously injured as he shielded a child Noin during a rebel attack, and Leia was the nurse taking care of him.) }}
* {{spoiler|[[Florence Nightingale Effect]]: Treize was seriously injured as he shielded a child Noin during a rebel attack, and Leia was the nurse taking care of him}}.
* [[Hospital Hottie]]: Works in an hospital built by her family.
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Mom]] (''if'' she is Mariemeia's [[Missing Mom]])}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Mom]]: ''If'' she is Mariemeia's [[Missing Mom]]}}.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[The Ojou]]


=== {{spoiler|The Real Trowa Barton}} ===
=== {{spoiler|The Real Trowa Barton}} ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]: His death allowed the Trowa who appears in-series to assume his identity}}.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
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=== Sister Helen and Father Maxwell ===
=== Sister Helen and Father Maxwell ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: Father Maxwell, [http://manga.animea.net/gundam-wing-episode-zero-chapter-1-page-15.html as seen here.]
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: Father Maxwell, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100516032937/http://manga.animea.net/gundam-wing-episode-zero-chapter-1-page-15.html as seen here].
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]] (Sister Helen)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]: Duo's}}.
* [[Team Mom]] (Sister Helen)
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: Sister Helen}}.
* [[Team Dad]] (Father Maxwell)
* [[Team Dad]]: Father Maxwell.
* [[Team Mom]]: Sister Helen.


=== Odin Lowe ===
=== Odin Lowe ===


The man who actually kickstarted the whole plot {{spoiler|by murdering the real Heero Yuy.}}
The man who actually kickstarted the whole plot {{spoiler|by murdering the real Heero Yuy}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* {{spoiler|[[Give Him a Normal Life]]: He intended to let go of his son Heero after his last work (assassinating Septem). Said last work failed, and he died.) And even earlier than that, this was part of the reason he'd left Aoi, pregnant with Heero, in the first place.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Give Him a Normal Life]]: He intended to let go of his son Heero after his last work (assassinating Septem). Said last work failed, and he died. And even earlier than that, this was part of the reason he'd left Aoi, pregnant with Heero, in the first place}}.
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]: Toyed with. ''Episode Zero'' hinted at Lowe being just a handsome [[Parental Substitute]] for young Heero... and then ''Frozen Teardrop'' revealed that he ''was'' Heero's biological father. He left baby Heero in the care of Heero's [[Action Mom]], his ex-girlfriend Aoi Clark, then took him back in after the murders of Aoi and her second husband Seis.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]: Toyed with. ''Episode Zero'' hinted at Lowe being just a handsome [[Parental Substitute]] for young Heero... and then ''Frozen Teardrop'' revealed that he ''was'' Heero's biological father. He left baby Heero in the care of Heero's [[Action Mom]], his ex-girlfriend Aoi Clark, then took him back in after the murders of Aoi and her second husband Seis}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Retirony]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Retirony]]}}

=== Long Meiran {{spoiler|aka Nataku}} ===


=== Long Meiran {{spoiler|a.k.a. Nataku}} ===
* [[Action Girl]] <- -> [[Faux Action Girl]] ([[Boisterous Bruiser]] attitude and readiness to fight, but bad luck in the battlefield)
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Action Girl]] <- -> [[Faux Action Girl]]: [[Boisterous Bruiser]] attitude and readiness to fight, but bad luck in the battlefield.
* [[Chinese Girl]]
* [[Chinese Girl]]
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]]}}
* [[The Ojou]] (she was the granddaughter of her colony's leader)
* [[The Ojou]]: She was the granddaughter of her colony's leader.
* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: Averted: she didn't get along with her arranged husband {{spoiler|Wufei}} despite both [[Birds of a Feather|being around the same age as well as good at martial arts]]. Heck, they were bickering ''during their wedding ceremony''. {{spoiler|They didn't reach a sort-of agreement until she died in his arms}}.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Utterly refuses to submit to the [[Values Dissonance]] surrounding her life.
* [[Shorttank]]
* [[Shorttank]]
* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] (Averted, she didn't get along with her arranged husband {{spoiler|Wufei}} despite both [[Birds of a Feather|being around the same age as well as good at martial arts.]] Heck, they were bickering ''during their wedding ceremony''. {{spoiler|They didn't reach a sort-of agreement until she died in his arms.}})
* [[Tsundere]]: VERY much a Type A, not showing her deredere until {{spoiler|she's about to die and tells Wufei that she took care into protecting a field of flowers (a big deal for her, considering these were wildflowers in a ''colony'')... then aknowledges Wufei as a strong fighter and dies smiling in his arms}}.
* [[Plucky Girl]] (Utterly refuses to submit to the [[Values Dissonance]] surrounding her life)
* [[Tsundere]] (VERY much a Type A, not showing her deredere until {{spoiler|she's about to die and tells Wufei that she took care into protecting a field of flowers (a big deal for her, considering these were wildflowers in a ''colony'')... then aknowledges Wufei as a strong fighter and dies smiling in his arms.}}


=== Midii Une ===
=== Midii Une ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Expy]]: of [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Miharu/Michelle Ratokie]] from [[Mobile Suit Gundam]].
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Miharu/Michelle Ratokie]] from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''.
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Rescue Romance]]: Subverted. While Trowa ''did'' save her and they kinda bonded over it, she still betrayed the mercenary group they were in.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Only in It For the Money]]: She badly need the money to support her family and doesn't really care for the various warring factions}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Only in It For the Money]]: She badly need the money to support her family and doesn't really care for the various warring factions.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]: Helps her ill father to raise her siblings}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Rescue Romance]]: Subverted. While Trowa ''did'' save her, and they kinda bonded over it, she still betrayed the mercenary group they were in}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]] (helps her ill father to raise her siblings)}}
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]] (Midii? Middie?)
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Midii? Middie?
* [[Team Chef]]
* [[Team Chef]]
* [[Tragic Keepsake]] (her crucifix, which she gives to {{spoiler|Trowa. Subverted, it was a transmitter that let her track him and the mercenaries.)}}
* [[Tragic Keepsake]]: Her crucifix, which she gives to {{spoiler|Trowa. Subverted: it was a transmitter that let her track him and the mercenaries}}.
* [[Tsundere]] (Type A, to {{spoiler|No-name aka the future Trowa}}. As {{spoiler|Trowa unmasks her as a traitor and tells her to leave}}, Midie's train of thoughts was PURE deredere, despite acting all tsuntsun by {{spoiler|claiming that she hates him for being unhumanly cold}}. [[Tear Jerker|It's simply *heartbreaking*]])
* [[Tsundere]]: Type A, to {{spoiler|No-name aka the future Trowa}}. As {{spoiler|Trowa unmasks her as a traitor and tells her to leave}}, Midie's train of thoughts was PURE deredere despite acting all tsuntsun by {{spoiler|claiming that she hates him for being unhumanly cold}}. [[Tear Jerker|It's simply *heartbreaking*]].


=== King Peacecraft ===
=== King Peacecraft ===


The monarch of the Sanc Kingdom and the father of Princess Relena and Prince Milliardo {{spoiler|(AKA Zechs Merquise)}}. He adopted Heero Yuy's Total Pacifism beliefs for Earth and developed a diplomatic relationship with Heero. On AC 182, King Peacecraft was killed along with the royal family during the Alliance's invasion of the Sanc Kingdom, except for the two children: {{spoiler|young Milliardo was taken in by the OZ group, while little Relena was adopted by the King's [[Number Two]]}}.
The monarch of the Sanc Kingdom and the father of Princess Relena and Prince Milliardo {{spoiler|(a.k.a. Zechs Merquise)}}. He adopted Heero Yuy's Total Pacifism beliefs for Earth and developed a diplomatic relationship with Heero. On AC 182, King Peacecraft was killed along with the royal family during the Alliance's invasion of the Sanc Kingdom, except for the two children: {{spoiler|young Milliardo was taken in by the OZ group, while little Relena was adopted by the King's [[Number Two]]}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Actual Pacifist]]: It's in [[Meaningful Name|his name]].
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: It's in [[Meaningful Name|his name]].
* [[Badass Beard]]
* [[Badass Beard]]
* [[Death by Origin Story]]
* [[Death by Origin Story]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]] and [[Papa Wolf]]: [http://aboutgundamwing.com/Pending/chronicle6.jpg One of the mangas] shows him personally clearing up the way for Pagan and the future Premier Darlian (who was his [[Number Two]] back then) so they can escape with baby Relena, sword in hand among the flames devouring the Sanc Royal Palace.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: [http://aboutgundamwing.com/Pending/chronicle6.jpg One of the mangas] shows him personally clearing up the way for Pagan and the future Premier Darlian (who was his [[Number Two]] back then) so they can escape with baby Relena, sword in hand among the flames devouring the Sanc Royal Palace}}.
* [[Hot Dad]] (of Milliardo{{spoiler|/Zechs}} and Relena)
* [[Hot Dad]]: Of Milliardo/{{spoiler|Zechs}} and Relena.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]


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The charismatic leader of the colonies, the original Heero Yuy was the creator of the Total Pacifism philosophy, encouraging its citizens it peacefully oppose the United Earth Sphere Alliance. His philosophy was later adopted on Earth by the Peacecraft family, who would later develop a diplomatic relationship with Heero Yuy. Yuy's assassination on April 7, AC 175 would throw the colonies into chaos.
The charismatic leader of the colonies, the original Heero Yuy was the creator of the Total Pacifism philosophy, encouraging its citizens it peacefully oppose the United Earth Sphere Alliance. His philosophy was later adopted on Earth by the Peacecraft family, who would later develop a diplomatic relationship with Heero Yuy. Yuy's assassination on April 7, AC 175 would throw the colonies into chaos.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Actual Pacifist]]: He was the creator of the "Total Pacifism" philosophy, which later people like the Peacecrafts ( {{spoiler|except Zechs}}) and Quatre's father would also profess.
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: He was the creator of the "Total Pacifism" philosophy, which later people like the Peacecrafts ({{spoiler|except Zechs}}) and Quatre's father would also profess.
* [[Death by Origin Story]]
* [[Death by Origin Story]]
* [[Revenge]]: His death at the hands of Odin Lowe Sr. is what triggers the whole plot.
* [[Revenge]]: His death at the hands of Odin Lowe Sr. is what triggers the whole plot.
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* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]


== Characters from Frozen Teardrop (SPOILERS!) ==
== Characters from ''Frozen Teardrop'' (SPOILERS!) ==


=== Kathy Po ===
=== Kathy Po ===


Sally's daughter from the ''Frozen Teardrop'' novel.
Sally's daughter from the ''Frozen Teardrop'' novel.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Missing Mom]]: Sally has been MIA for a while already in the novels}}
* {{spoiler|[[Missing Mom]]: Sally has been MIA for a while already in the novels}}.
* [[Princess Curls]]
* [[Princess Curls]]
* {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking]]: Wufei is NOT her father. Though he ''is'' her mentor and boss, as Master Chang.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking]]: Wufei is NOT her father. Though he ''is'' her mentor and boss, as Master Chang}}.


=== {{spoiler|Duo Maxwell Jr.}} ===
=== {{spoiler|Duo Maxwell Jr.}} ===
==== Voice actors: [[Toshihiko Seki]] (Drama CD) ====
==== Voice actors: [[Toshihiko Seki]] (Drama CD) ====


The son of Father {{spoiler|Maxwell}}, member of the Preventers. {{spoiler|It's not known who his mother is, but it's implied she may be Hilde. She denies it by the time being.}}
The son of Father {{spoiler|Maxwell}}, member of the Preventers. {{spoiler|It's not known who his mother is, but it's implied she may be Hilde. She denies it by the time being}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Generation Xerox]]: Looks like his dad, acts like his dad, sounds like his dad, his actual partner used to be his dad's partner... In a possible subversion, it turns out that Duo may be only his ''adoptive'' dad, no blood relation.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Generation Xerox]]: Looks like his dad, acts like his dad, sounds like his dad, his actual partner used to be his dad's partner... In a possible subversion, it turns out that Duo may be only his ''adoptive'' dad, no blood relation}}.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Mouthy Kid]]
* [[Mouthy Kid]]
* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Refers to his partner {{spoiler|Heero Yuy}} as ''senpai'', implying he had quite a degree of respect for him.
* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Refers to his partner {{spoiler|Heero Yuy}} as ''senpai'', implying he had quite a degree of respect for him.


=== Katherine Oud Winner ===
=== Katherine Oud Winner ===


The youngest of the Winner siblings, and Quatre's younger sister. Presumed to be another test-tube baby.
The youngest of the Winner siblings, and Quatre's younger sister. Presumed to be another test-tube baby.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Battle Couple]]: She and {{spoiler|Trowa Phobos}} may become this. {{spoiler|After Kathy defects to Relena's side, they may end up as either [[Dating Catwoman]] or [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]}}.
* [[Bifauxnen]] - [[Gender Flip]] - [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: If you ever wondered how would a girl!Quatre look like, [http://yfrog.com/hsso7pkj here she is.]
* [[Bifauxnen]] - [[Gender Flip]] - [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: If you ever wondered how would a girl!Quatre look like, [http://yfrog.com/hsso7pkj here she is].
* [[Battle Couple]]: She and {{spoiler|Trowa Phobos}} may become this. {{spoiler|After Kathy defects to Relena's side, they may end up as either [[Dating Catwoman]] or [[Star-Crossed Lovers]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]: Defects to Relena's side}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Love Triangle]]: She ''may'' be at the center of one with Trowa Phobos and Milou Peacecraft.}}
* [[Generation Xerox]]: {{spoiler|The rebel of her family, plays the violin, partnered with a young man without a name and with [[Peek-a-Bangs]]}}...
* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]: Defects to Relena's side.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Love Triangle]]: She ''may'' be at the center of one with Trowa Phobos and Milou Peacecraft}}.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: {{spoiler|The rebel of her family, plays the violin, partnered with a young man without a name and with [[Peek-a-Bangs]]...}}
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: She joins Relena's side in ''Frozen Teardrop'', genuinely thinking she'll be able to bring peace to the world.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: She joins Relena's side in ''Frozen Teardrop'', genuinely thinking she'll be able to bring peace to the world}}.

=== Trowa Phobos {{spoiler|aka No-Name.}} ===


=== Trowa Phobos {{spoiler|a.k.a. No-Name}} ===
The guy who {{spoiler|murdered Nix-Deuf Noinheim.}} He's later caught and trained by {{spoiler|Dokter T (Trowa), Instructor W (Quatre) and Catherine Bloom.}}


The guy who {{spoiler|murdered Nix-Deuf Noinheim}}. He's later caught and trained by {{spoiler|Dokter T (Trowa), Instructor W (Quatre) and Catherine Bloom}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]
* [[Identical Stranger]]: {{spoiler|Looks like a younger Trowa.}}
* [[Identical Stranger]]: {{spoiler|Looks like a younger Trowa}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor]]: If there ''is'' a [[Love Triangle]] with Kathy and Milou, he'll be the Poor Suitor with Milou as the Rich Suitor.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor]]: If there ''is'' a [[Love Triangle]] with Kathy and Milou, he'll be the Poor Suitor with Milou as the Rich Suitor}}.


=== Vingt {{spoiler|Khushrenada}} ===
=== Vingt {{spoiler|Khushrenada}} ===


One of Treize's earliest supporters {{spoiler|and his younger half brother.}}
One of Treize's earliest supporters {{spoiler|and his younger half brother}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[The Lancer]]: To Trieze
* [[The Lancer]]: To Trieze.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]] (was also killed by Odin Lowe)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]: Was also killed by Odin Lowe}}.




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Treize's unfortunate mother.
Treize's unfortunate mother.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie]]}}
* [[Broken Bird]]: So broken that she went crazy at some point, which greatly affected young Treize.
* [[Broken Bird]]: So broken that she went crazy at some point, which greatly affected young Treize.
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: She and her husband {{spoiler|Ein Yuy}}
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: She and her husband {{spoiler|Ein Yuy}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}


=== Ein Yuy ===
=== Ein Yuy ===


The nephew of the real Heero Yuy {{spoiler|and Treize's [[Disappeared Dad]].}}
The nephew of the real Heero Yuy {{spoiler|and Treize's [[Disappeared Dad]]}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Him and {{spoiler|Angelina}}.


* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Him and {{spoiler|Angelina.}}


=== Hundelt Catalonia ===


Angelina's husband. {{spoiler|Actually, her second one. He's also the father of Vingt Khushrenada, the brother of Chilias Catalonia, ''and'' Dorothy's uncle}}.
=== Hundelt Catalonia. ===
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

Angelina's husband. {{spoiler|Actually, her second one. He's also the father of Vingt Khushrenada, the brother of Chilias Catalonia, ''and'' Dorothy's uncle.}}

* [[Arranged Marriage]]
* [[Arranged Marriage]]
* [[Kick the Dog]] {{spoiler|While Angelina ''was'' [[The Ophelia]] and their marriage was more of convenience than anything, did he ''have'' to commit her to a mental hospital?}}
* [[Kick the Dog]] {{spoiler|While Angelina ''was'' [[The Ophelia]], and their marriage was more of convenience than anything, did he ''have'' to commit her to a mental hospital}}?




=== Cinquante Khushrenada ===
=== Cinquante Khushrenada ===


Treize's grandfather {{spoiler|As well as Vingt's.}}
Treize's grandfather. {{spoiler|As well as Vingt's}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]] ''and'' [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: Poor Angelina.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]]: Poor Angelina}}.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]


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=== Aoi Clark ===
=== Aoi Clark ===


A mysterious woman who worked with Odin Lowe. {{spoiler|And the mother of his son, whom we know as Heero Yuy.}}
A mysterious woman who worked with Odin Lowe. {{spoiler|And the mother of his son, whom we know as Heero Yuy}}.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* [[Action Girl]] (an OZ spy)
* [[Action Girl]]: An OZ spy.
* {{spoiler|[[Missing Mom]]: Not only she was Odin Lowe's ex-girlfriend, but also Heero's deceased mother}}
* {{spoiler|[[Missing Mom]]: Not only she was Odin Lowe's ex-girlfriend, but also Heero's deceased mother}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}


=== Seis Clark ===
=== Seis Clark ===


Aoi's husband. His brother Trant Clark is a member of OZ.
Aoi's husband. His brother Trant Clark is a member of OZ.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]: He married Aoi either when she was pregnant or when Heero was a baby, then helped her raise him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]]: He married Aoi either when she was pregnant or when Heero was a baby, then helped her raise him}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* [[The Smart Guy]]: He was an accomplished scientist and Mobile Suit designer.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: He was an accomplished scientist and Mobile Suit designer.


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Noin's older brother.
Noin's older brother.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Body Double]]: Was this for his brother-in-law Zechs. Hence why he was murdered}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Elder Brother]]: For Noin}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}


* {{spoiler|[[Body Double]]: Was this for his brother-in-law Zechs. Hence why he was murdered.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Elder Brother]]: For Noin.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}


=== Milou and Naina {{spoiler|Peacecraft}} ===


Two young twins from Mars. {{spoiler|The children of Zechs and Noin. After the "murder" of their dad, Naina stays in Hilde's orphanage for some time and then goes to her aunt Relena's side, while Milou stays with Noin and befriends Kathy Winner}}.
=== Milou and Naina {{spoiler|Peacecraft.}} ===
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}

Two young twins from Mars. {{spoiler|The children of Zechs and Noin. After the "murder" of their dad, Naina stays in Hilde's orphanage for some time and then goes to her aunt Relena's side, while Milou stays with Noin and befriends Kathy Winner.}}

* [[Generation Xerox]]: Naina looks like what Zechs would've looked like if he was a girl, but with braids.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Naina looks like what Zechs would've looked like if he was a girl, but with braids.
* [[Half-Identical Twins]]
* [[Half-Identical Twins]]
* {{spoiler|[[Love Triangle]]: There are hints of one between Milou, Kathy Winner and Trowa Phobos.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Love Triangle]]: There are hints of one between Milou, Kathy Winner and Trowa Phobos}}.
* [[The Ojou]]: Naina
* [[The Ojou]]: Naina.
** {{spoiler|[[Princess in Rags]]: In her time in the orphanage.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Princess in Rags]]: In her time in the orphanage}}.
* [[The White Prince]]: Milou
* [[The White Prince]]: Milou.




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Dorothy's father and Treize's mentor.
Dorothy's father and Treize's mentor.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]: To Dorothy, and his death affected her ''greatly''}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}


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* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]: To Dorothy, and his death affected her ''greatly''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]].}}

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The Character Sheet for the best-known-in-America Gundam series Gundam Wing.

Gundam Pilots

Heero Yuy alias Odin Lowe Jr.

Voice Actors: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Mark Hildreth (English), Manuel Campusano (Latin America)

"Mission complete."

The male lead of Gundam Wing, and the pilot of the titular Wing Gundam. Known as the "Perfect Soldier", Heero was trained as a soldier since his childhood (and even more after the death of his father Odin Lowe), and would even risk his life to accomplish his mission. Despite being initially portrayed as The Stoic, his encounter with Relena Darlian would change his life forever. He pilots Wing Gundam and Wing Gundam Zero primarily, but was also forced to pilot Mercurius by OZ, and briefly used the Gundam Epyon before trading it to Zechs for Wing Zero.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Anti-Hero: Type III. He does what has to be for the sake of accomplishing his (ultimately heroic) goals.
  • The Atoner: Ever since he accidentally killed a little girl he had befriended and her puppy.
  • BFG: Wing's Buster Rifle and Wing Zero's Twin Buster Rifle. They're both hugely oversized for a one-handed rifle, and the Endless Waltz version is even longer. Capable of firing a Wave Motion Gun wiping out an entire battalion of Mooks in one shot.
  • Bishie Sparkle: Episode 26.
  • Blue Eyes: Prussian blue, actually.
  • Catch Phrase: "Mission accepted"; "Mission complete"; "I'll kill you." ("I'll destroy you." in the Toonami edit); to a lesser extent, "Life comes cheap, mine especially".
  • Celebrity Resemblance: The creators said that Heero was designed after actress Yuki Uchida.
  • Character Development: Starts quite unemotional, but develops more genuine care for people.
  • Code Name: Borrowed from a dead political leader. See below.
  • The Comically Serious: He doesn't get put into enough funny situations to really shine, but it's there. The licensed Doujinshi Ground Zero gets a lot of mileage out of having Heero do "human" things (like admitting he modified Wing Zero into the Endless Waltz version because he thought it'd look cool), which causes Duo to flip out ("This isn't a sports car or something!") and makes fellow Stoic Trowa start laughing.
  • Creepy Monotone: But only in the dubbed version. In the original, Heero's tone of voice indicated his emotions, even if it was subtle at times.
  • Death Seeker: He gets better.
  • Friend to All Living Things: He likes playing with dogs and the official artwork has him smiling as he plays with a ferret.
  • Good-Looking Privates: Heero and Trowa get to wear military uniforms, and in Heero's case, it's an OZ cadet one when he spies on Queen Relena.
  • The Hero: No Pun Intended.
  • Heroic Bastard. In Frozen Teardrop, we learn that his father was Odin Lowe... who was not the husband of Heero's mom Aoi Clarke. Heero was born in between Odin and Aoi's break-up and Aoi's marriage to Seis Clarke, she and Seis raised him in his earliest years, and when they were murdered, Odin took little Heero back in.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: He does this several times, most notably when Lady Une threatens to destroy the colonies with missles and, of course, the series finale. He survives each time (he probably has to or the story wouldn't move).
  • Heterosexual Life Partners: With Quatre, during the second part of the series.
    • It could also define his relationship with Duo pretty well, alongside Odd Friendship.
      • Don't forget Trowa.
  • Human Popsicle: Frozen Teardrop reveals that while the other Gundam pilots are already middle-aged adults, Heero is still a "boy" because he has been frozen in a cold hibernation capsule.
  • I'll Kill You!: Don't take it seriously, it's just how Heero says "Hello".
  • Implausible Fencing Powers
  • Indy Ploy: Heero isn't big on forward planning, but he can improvise like nobody's business.
  • Ineffectual Death Threats: Heero is pretty much the poster boy for this trope.
    • One school of fan thought is that he's not threatening people to scare them, but to reassure himself that he can kill them, since he only ever says it towards people he's attached to.
  • Intergenerational Friendship: With a little girl and her puppy. It ended tragically sad to say.
    • He gets a second chance of sorts with Duo Maxwell Jr. in Frozen Teardrop.
  • Lady and Knight: He would never admit it, but he acts like a White Knight for Relena: protecting her from danger with his own body if necessary. He claims its because she can aid his mission or some other impersonal value but the more likely reason is because he's in love with her.
  • Leitmotif: "The Wings of a Boy Who Killed Adolescence", which has numerous remixes, most famously the Next Episode Preview song, "Codename Heero Yuy". It's also popped up in a few video games (Super Robot Wars Z 2 Hakai-hen, Another Century's Episode 1, and several times in SD Gundam G Generation).
  • Made of Iron: More like made of Gundanium. He's tougher than his freaking mech.
    • Case in point, he once jumped from the 50th floor of a military hospital, (with a parachute, though he opened it too late) making a rough landing and breaking his leg which he later causally snapped back into place (much to Duo's disgust). Note that this was a short time after being shot several times in the previous episode.
    • Even better, while in said hospital, the staff declared that he had over 200 bruises and broken bones, in addition to the gunshot wounds. And all this does not slow him down in the least.
  • Magnetic Hero: Earns the respect of the other Gundam pilots (who accept him as a sorta-leader) and the Worthy Opponent Zechs.
    • Though Heero willingly defers to Quatre, who's more charismatic and a better leader.
  • Mukokuseki: While his eyes are somewhat more slanted than other characters', Heero has brown hair and blue eyes, even though he is supposed to be Japanese, whereas the Chinese Wufei is much more obviously Asian in appearance. May be justified due to Heero being only half-Japanese at most, as explained in Frozen Teardrop: his mother was a Japanese woman, but Hitman with a Heart Odin Lowe was his biological dad.
  • My Hero Zero: Well, Heero's Mid-Season Upgrade Gundam is called Wing Zero.
  • Named After Somebody Famous: in-universe, and there's a little bit of irony...
    • And in a meta example, his name was intentionally made evocative of Amuro Ray's.
  • Numerical Theme Naming: "Heero" is derived from hitotsu, "one" in Japanese. "Yuy" is derived from yuitsu, "alone" or "only". In other words, Heero Yuy: "the one and only".
    • Lampshaded by Doctor J somewhat in the CG short Gundam Evolve 7: where he tells Relena that Heero was 'number one' and 'exceeded all expectations', then remembering to himself his christening of the boy as 'Heero Yuy'. This troper can only hope he's aware of his own pun...
  • Official Couple: The more rabid Yaoi Fangirls will fight it to their last breath, but every single sidestory supports 1xR. And these sidestories are all written by members of the anime's writing staff.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He's only 156cm (5 foot 1), but worth noting is 1) he's only 15, and 2) Duo, Quatre and Wu Fei are the exact same height (Trowa is 160/5'2").
  • Popularity Power: To date, Heero remains the most popular character in the series, with him constantly appearing in Gundam Ace's "Top 30 Male Characters" poll (with him usually appearing in the Top 10), and in Newtype magazine's "Top 30 Male Characters of the 90s" poll, he ranked #6.
  • Robeast: The Zonder turns him into one in a 4koma.
  • Say My Name: "Relena!"
  • Sensual Spandex
  • Shipper on Deck: A Trowa/Quatre fanboy. He's awfully focused on helping Quatre find Trowa after Quatre's Roaring Rampage of Revenge, even going so far as to tell Quatre that he can't fight until he finds Trowa again.
  • Sleeves Are for Wimps: Most of the time seen with a green tank top. And what do you know, he's physically impossibly strong!
  • The Stoic: Character Development moves him closer to being a Hitman with a Heart and Kuudere.
  • Super Soldier: Doctor J and Odin Lowe raised him from a Child Soldier and then turned him into this, complete with super strength, computer hacking, sabotage and demolition, mobile suit piloting, and espionage skills.
  • Take a Third Option: When given the choice of surrendering his Gundam or allowing the colonies to be attacked, he chooses to self-destruct Wing instead.
    • Happens again in Episode Zero: Doctor J gives him the orders for Operation Meteor, in option form: to go along with the plan, to escape, or... a third option. Guess which one he takes.
  • Tall, Dark and Snarky: Minus the "Tall".
  • Theme Naming: In addition to the numerical theme, his name was intentionally designed to be evocative of Amuro Ray's.
  • Transforming Mecha: The Wing and Wing Zero Gundams.
  • Trouser Space: Guess where he keeps his gun...


Duo Maxwell

Voice Actors: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese), Scott McNeil (English), Eric Osorio (Latin America)

"I might run and hide, but I never tell a lie."

The pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe. He's cheerful, friendly and flirtatious, serving as the moodmaker of the Gundam Pilots. He's also the self-proclaimed Grim Reaper, a title he gave himself after living on while those he cares about die around him. He anthropomorphizes his Gundam more than the others, calling it "buddy".[1]

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Heero: (turning to leave) Relena's been kidnapped.
Duo: Right, right... Anything at all for the one you love! (Or, in the original Japanese: "Somebody's got a crush.")

  • Stepford Snarker: He's the snarkiest member of the cast, but this is at least partially to hide his wounded past.
  • Street Urchin: His backstory.
  • Will Not Tell a Lie: His catchprase. Though how true this claim is is debatable.
  • Wimpification: One of the most infamous examples ever in fandom.
    • Which personality-wise doesn't make much sense, given how out-going/sociable/extroverted he is compared to Heero.

Trowa Barton alias Triton Bloom a.k.a. Dokter T.

Voice Actors: Shigeru Nakahara (Japanese), Kirby Morrow (English), Arturo Siann Vidal (Latin America)

"'Those who have laid eyes on a Gundam shall not live to tell about it.' Those are the orders I have been given."

The pilot of the Gundam Heavyarms. Loyal, kind-hearted and pensively droll, but emotionally stunted after spending a good portion of his life either as a soldier or, worse, outside human contact completely. Interaction with the other pilots and Catherine Bloom helps start warming him up. In addition to Heavyarms, he served as the pilot of OZ's Vayeate while posing as a new recruit.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Alpha Strike: One of his more famous "attacks" is what Super Robot Wars calls the Full Open Attack.
  • Anti-Hero: Type II.
  • Big Brother Mentor: To Heero and Quatre.
  • Bottomless Magazines: Averted. His Gundam's Achilles' Heel is its tendency to run out of ammo in extended fights.
  • Cold Sniper: Trowa is able to remain weirdly detached whilst murdering people or contemplating a suicide strike despite being one of the most compassionate characters in the series.
  • Cool Mask: Both Trowa and Heavyarms have a half-clown mask they can wear.
  • Dead Person Impersonation: Sort of. He took up the "Trowa Barton" name after the real one was murdered in front of his eyes, to cover up for the guy's death.
  • Green Eyes
  • Friend to All Living Things: He gets his circus gig by befriending the lion and simply putting his hand in the cage.
  • Gatling Good: The running theme of his mecha. The original has a beam gatling and two gatling guns hidden in its chest, the upgrade turns the beam gating into a double. The movie version doubles all of it, with four gatlings in the chest, and two double beam gatlings.
  • Genius Bruiser: He is absolutely ripped... but really quite quiet and analytic.
  • Good-Looking Privates: He wears both OZ cadet clothes and a Mariemeia army suit in canon.
  • Heroic Build: Revealed in Endless Waltz when he beats up several thugs from The Barton Foundation whilst topless. Apparently, those turtlenecks are very unflattering.
    • He probably gained a lot more visible muscle after working for the circus. Being an acrobat will do that to you.
  • Heterosexual Life Partners: With Heero, during the end of the first half of the series.
  • Improbable Aiming Skills: In the extended battle scene from the theatrical version of Endless Waltz, a group of Serpents barrages him with missiles and he shoots every one of them down with his Gatlings.
  • Kuudere: Looks and acts like The Stoic, but is one of the gentlest and most caring characters.
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: Survives the incident with Quatre, but is amnesiac for a long while.
  • Leitmotif: "In the Returned Scent of Blood and Gunpowder", which has a more somber remix called "That Clown Doesn't Need Makeup for Tears".
  • Macross Missile Massacre: The Endless Waltz version of Heavyarms Kai.
  • More Dakka: The basic idea behind his mecha. Strap all the guns and missiles you can onto one machine.
  • Named After Somebody Famous: Tim Burton, of whom director Ikeda is a big fan.
  • No Name Given: As revealed in Endless Waltz, Trowa is not his real name. He's only known as "Nanashi" (No-Name), but Episode Zero implies that he might be Triton Bloom, a young boy who was thought to have been killed after an Alliance attack that killed Catherine's parents.
    • This is foreshadowed in Episode 5:

Trowa: I have no name. But if you must call me something, then Trowa. Call me Trowa Barton.

    • Hell, it was foreshadowed in Episode 1:

Trowa: Battle record 001. Pilot's name... let's go with Trowa.

    • And in Frozen Teardrop, it's confirmed. He tells his protegé Trowa Phobos that the "T" in Dokter T means "Triton", not Trowa.
  • Numerical Theme Naming: From the French trois, meaning "three".
  • Peek-a-Bangs: His impressive bangs almost always covers just one eye, depending on the angle.
  • Shipper on Deck: Another possible Heero/Relena fanboy.
  • Sparkling Stream of Tears: After destroying Duo's Deathscythe.
  • The Stoic
  • Taking the Bullet: For Heero during Quatre's fight with Heero. He survived, but was left with amnesia. He does this to save both Heero and Quatre; he knows his sacrifice is more likely to snap Quatre out of his funk than Heero's death.
  • Teen Genius: While the other pilots also qualify, he's the only one who manages to infiltrate Oz and Mariemeia's Army successfully, probably because unlike the other four boys, he doesn't have a massive case of Chronic Hero Syndrome to screw things up for him.
  • That Man Is Dead

Quatre Raberba Winner a.k.a. Instructor Q

Voice Actors: Ai Orikasa (Japanese), Brad Swaile (English), Luis Tenorio (Latin America)

"You're afraid to die, aren't you guys? Well, then you shouldn't be fighting at all!"

The pilot of the Gundam Sandrock, Quatre is the heir to the Winner industrial magnate. He is also the co-leader of the Maganac Corps. Despite being a Gundam pilot, he is actually a very kind-hearted young man, and exhibits a form of empathy he refers to as the "Heart of Space".

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Chang Wufei a.k.a. Master Chang

Voice Actors: Ryuzou Ishino (Japanese), Ted Cole (English), Jose Gilberto Vilchis (Latin America)

"Fighting a weak enemy always makes me feel so empty afterwards."

The pilot of the Shenlong Gundam, Wufei has a strong sense of warrior's pride, which conflicts with his need to be a terrorist in order to accomplish his goals. He always refers to his Gundams as "Nataku", the name his wife Mei Lan took on shortly before dying. He tries to live up to her ideals, but finds himself chaffing under the approaching peaceful era and defects to the Mariemaia Army in Endless Waltz to fight for all the soldiers who would be "thrown away" by the pacifism espoused by Relena.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Antagonist in Mourning: For Treize.
  • Anti-Hero: Type IV.
  • Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Rude and condescending to those he deems weak... which (rightfully) is most people compared to him.
  • Badass Bookworm: Episode Zero reveals that before Operation Meteor, he was a scholar. And still kicked ass.
  • The Big Guy: Contributes relatively little to the team other than pure combat skill.
  • Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life: Wufei goes through this a lot, which seems to be the source of confusion about his character. Initially, he just follows his dead wife's ideals to honor her memory despite the fact that he didn't believe in them himself. His role in Operation Meteor greatly conflicts with his sense of honor and fairness. Upon losing his home colony, he takes up the ideal of justice (urged upon him by Master Long before he died) In Endless Waltz, he rejects the notion of true peace because it would destroy people like himself who can't live without fighting. In the end, he finds his niche with Preventer, still fighting, but this time in order to protect peace and the innocent.
  • Face Heel Turn: In Endless Waltz, when he joined the Mariemaia Army because warriors like him are being cast aside in a changing world.
  • He-Man Woman Hater: Thought not AS much as the Fan Dumb insists. And he seems to have gotten better by the time Frozen Teadrop rolls in, since he's the mentor of Sally's daughter Kathy.
  • Heel Face Turn: But by the end of the movie, he returns to the side of good, making him a minor examples of Heel Face Revolving Door.
  • Hey, You: Calls Noin "woman" in their first battle because he doesn't know her name.
  • Hidden Depths: In Episode Zero, we find out why exactly he doesn't like girls. He lost his Cute Bruiser wife Meiran very tragically.
    • Battlefield of Pacifists offers another explanation for why he made his Endless Waltz Face Heel Turn: he met a former OZ soldier who believed conflict should be used to bring out humanity's best, in this case encouraging deep space exploration. The soldier dies asking Wufei how far humanity will go, and as he flies off after the final battle, Wufei promises him that he'll be the threat that makes humanity advance.
  • Honor Before Reason: He had the golden opportunity to turn Treize into a greasy smear with his Gundam, but instead got out and had a fair Sword Fight... which he ended up losing, triggering his Heroic BSOD.
  • I Call It Vera: His Gundam's nickname is "Nataku", named after his deceased wife.
  • Justice Will Prevail: If you ask the fandom, 1/4 of his vocabulary is "justice".
  • Leitmotif: "When the Dragon Submerges, Everything Ends", which tends to get used as a generic tune for all the Gundams and thus gets the most playtime next to Heero's theme.
  • Not Good with People: That's such an understatement.
  • Numerical Theme Naming: His name is written with the Chinese character for "five".
  • Ship Sinking: Based on what we know of Sally's Po daughter Kathy Po, it's likely that Sally and Wufei did not get together in the end.
  • Sparkling Stream of Tears: After Treize allowed Wufei to kill him.
  • Ten-Minute Retirement: Wufei experienced this after Treize defeated him in a Sword Fight, as he felt unfit to pilot his Gundam.
  • Wild Card: Whenever he shows up, the situation is pretty much guaranteed to get exponentially more complicated.

Other Major Characters

Relena Darlian (Princess Relena Peacecraft)

Voice Actors: Akiko Yajima (Japanese), Lisa Ann Beley (English), Mireya Mendoza (Latin America)

"My name... my name is Relena Darlian. What's yours...?"

The female lead of Gundam Wing, Relena Darlian is the daughter of Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian, an influential politician from the United Earth Sphere Alliance. At the beginning of the series, she was portrayed as a reserved and shy girl who was only seen among her peers as "the richest girl in school", until a chance encounter with Heero Yuy changed her life forever.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Actual Pacifist --> Badass Pacifist.
  • Armor-Piercing Slap: To Mariemaia, before Lady Une got the chance.
  • Badass Damsel: While she doesn't use her full Lady of War potential, Relena still got captured much less than her position as a non-fighting female lead would guarantee, and at least twice she talked her way out when Heero had her at gunpoint.
  • Blue Eyes: Greenish-blue, to be exact. Turns out her and Zechs's eyes are a trait of the Peacecraft Royal line.
  • Bodyguard Crush: On Heero.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: In Frozen Teardrop, the villains infected her with nanomachines as part of their "Perfect Peace Program", intended to force people to be peaceful by removing their capacity for violence. They also apparently made her their public face, much like Romefeller tried during the show. There seem to be some signs that she's fighting back, however.
  • Celebrity Resemblance/Whole Costume Reference: Her Queen of the World dress is based on Audrey Hepburn's Princess Ann dress from Roman Holiday. Likewise, Relena bears a resemblance to Hepburn.
  • Character Development: Maybe the best example in the whole series, growing from a Lonely Rich Kid to a Badass Pacifist and throughout Endless Waltz, becoming the most powerful politician throughout the Earth and the colonies.
  • Char Clone: Her main accessory in Frozen Teardrop is a mask similar to one worn by her brother, Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft. Hence RELENA, SHE IS A ZECHS.
  • The Chick/The Heart: Not an Action Girl, but very charismatic and quite good at handling people. She did show some Action Girl potential when she handled a gun rather elegantly and more than passably in the beginning, but that didn't come up directly again.
  • Do Not Adjust Your Set: At the final part of Endless Waltz, when she encouraged the citizens of Earth to stand up to the Mariemaia Army.
  • Don't Call Me "Sir"!: She asks Dorothy not to call her "Relena-sama" ("Lady Relena"), presumably because they're roughly the same age; Dorothy still does it anyway.
  • Everything's Better with Princesses: Turns out she's secretly the Princess of the Sanc Kingdom, hidden away as a child to save her life.
  • Expy: The Sayla Mass to Heero's Amuro Ray and Zechs's Char Aznable.
  • Go Through Me: Does this a few times, namely when Duo was about to shoot Heero, during Heero and Zechs' duel in Antartica before discovering Zechs' true identity, when she tried to talk Zechs out of firing Libra's main cannon, and in the manga adaptation, when she tried to stop OZ from attacking the Sanc Kingdom, while wearing her white royal dress.
  • Hair of Gold
  • The High Queen: Briefly. Even after she was forced to resign as Romefeller Chairwoman, Earth's citizens, the military and both Dekim and Mariemaia still refer to her as "Queen Relena".
  • Human Popsicle: In Frozen Teardrop. Same as Heero, except it would seem "someone" brainwashed her to be evil and crazy, hence Preventer now wanting her taken down.
  • I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Explicitly stated in her Image Song "Always a Secret", where she sings "There's someone I like, but I can't say anything because I don't want to destroy what we already have, so my love will remain always a secret."
  • The Jeeves: Pagan, who served both the Peacecraft and Darlian families. He treated Relena more like a granddaughter than anything else, and for her part, she treated him the same way.
  • Lady and Knight: She's more honest with herself about her Bright Lady relationship with Hero than he is as her White Knight. Good hearted, a princess, helping others; she hits every check
  • Lady of War: Honorary mention for shooting Lady Une while in a white gown and for the white and gold military uniform she wears in the second OP, as well as her stint as the Princess of the Sanc Kingdom.
  • Leitmotif: "Soft Hair, Clear Eyes", which like Heero's gets a few remixes like "As Relena Peacecraft".
  • Lonely Rich Kid: Was quite popular at school, but knew her classmates didn't really bother to truly reach for her.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father: Relena, Zechs is your long lost brother.
  • Meaningful Name/Prophetic Name: Her last name Peacecraft.
  • The Messiah: Works hard to get Total Pacifism and succeeds in Endless Waltz, plays a role in Heero's transition to being more compassionate.
  • Mythology Gag: She is the only character to have a confirmed birthday date: April 7, AC 180. Within the series, April 7th is when the original Heero Yuy was assassinated in AC 175, and on AC 195, when Operation Meteor started, though it technically started the day before. In the real world, April 7th was when Gundam Wing was first broadcast in Japan in 1995, and when Mobile Suit Gundam was first broadcast in Japan in 1979 (another character within the Gundam series who shares the same birthdate as hers is Setsuna F. Seiei).
  • Nipple-and-Dimed: Averted in a famous piece of official art that shows Relena skinny-dipping in hip-deep water.
    • Link to it? One that's not "censored"?
  • Official Couple: See the note under Heero.
  • The Ojou: Spoiled Sweet kind.
  • Our Presidents Are Different: Became President of Mars after Dix-Neuf Noinheim a.k.a. "Milliardo Peacecraft" was assassinated.
  • Plucky Girl: Don't stay in this young girl's way. Really, don't.
  • Politically-Active Princess: Serves this role after undergoing some character development. She is a pacifist, but that does not stop her from using her political clout to try to stop the war.
  • Princesses Prefer Pink: At least her limo, which was given to her by her adoptive parents.
    • And her Sanc Kingdom school uniform, which is more rose than out-and-out pink.
  • Rapunzel Hair: Though not as long as Dorothy's.
  • Reassignment Backfire: Duke Dermail offered her to be Queen of the World, which she reluctantly accepts. Although this was intended only to be a PR move on Dermail's behalf, it backfired on him, and she became more powerful than him.
  • Rebellious Princess: Oh, so much.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something
  • Say My Name/Memetic Mutation: "HEEROOOOO~!" (only does this three times -- four in the dubbed version)
  • Silk Hiding Steel: She looks and acts like the The Ojou at first and matures into her later political role. As her encounters with Heero, Lady Une and Dermail demonstrate, she has a steel will and plenty of guile. The most powerful non-violent character.
  • Sparkling Stream of Tears: At the beginning of the OAV Operation Meteor II: Odd Numbers.
  • Stockholm Syndrome: She's pretty active about hunting down Heero and confronting him.

Duo: "She's not typical, wanting to see the guy trying to kill her."

  • Talking Your Way Out: Pretty good at this.
  • Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Despite having brown-blond hair.
  • Tell Me About My Father. Subverted. When Mrs. Darlian is about to tell the biggest details about her true heritage (the Premier told her the basics before kicking the bucket), Relena stops her and hugs her in tears, begging her to never stop being her mother.
  • Tender Tears
  • Well Done Daughter Girl: To Vice Foreign Minister Darlian.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Before she became a pacifist, Relena tried doing this on Lady Une by sneaking into a ball and shooting off a rose she had in her lapel, while publicly denouncing her as Minister Darlian's murderer.
  • Whole Costume Reference: Her Pimped-Out Dress as queen is just like a dress from Roman Holiday.
  • Woman in White: Her white gown from the infamous party. Her Queen of the World dress is also white.
  • You Killed My Father: Literally, "This is for my father! *BANG*". She doesn't succeed, and by the next time they meet, Relena pushes the gun Lady Une offers her away, saying it's high time for the bloodshed to end, but the sentiment was there. Though as the What the Hell, Hero? entry shows, there is some debate as to whether, even back then, Relena was aiming at Une's heart or the rose on her jacket. Also note that Relena actually came looking for Treize, the leader of the Nebulous Evil Organization her father's murderer was part of, and which was responsible for a lot more nastiness than just her father's death. She only came across Une because Treize decided to blow the party and send her as his representative at the last minute.

Zechs Merquise (Crown Prince Milliardo Peacecraft)

Voice Actors: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Brian Drummond (English)

"My hands are too stained with blood. I'm completely unfit to head the Peacecraft monarchy. But I'm sure she would be able to head the country... as you'd intended."

Zechs Merquise is a high-ranking OZ soldier and the main rival of Heero Yuy. He is known among OZ as the "Lightning Baron" (later the "Lightning Count"). His mask actually hides his secret past: he is actually Milliardo Peacecraft, Relena's older brother and King Peacecraft's son. He pilots Tallgeese, Wing Zero (briefly), Epyon and Tallgeese III in Endless Waltz.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Ace Pilot: Being one of the few pilots to match the Gundam pilots and later master the Zero system, he counts. He begins the series as one of the Alliance's elite pilots.
  • Aloof Big Brother
  • Anti-Hero: Phases of this while he wasn't necessary on the same side as the as the Gundam pilots, he had the same goals as them.
  • Anti-Villain: In the final arc, he becomes the leader of the White Fang and plans of waging the final war to make humanity so disgusted by war that they'll finally stop fighting altogether.
  • The Atoner: In Endless Waltz, he seeks to atone for his crimes as both a member of OZ and leader of White Fang.
  • Badass Long Hair
  • Colonel Badass
  • Colony Drop:

Zechs: Libra will fall to Earth! It's the only way we'll achieve Total Pacifism!

  • Blond Guys Are Well Intentioned Extremists
  • Blue Eyes
  • Broken Ace: He's the Char Clone. What did you expect?
  • Char Clone: Probably the most obvious Expy of Char ever.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Switches sides at least six times over the course of the series. More justified at first as Oz becomes splintered, but later on, it becomes obvious it's just a result of trying to cram Char's long and complex character-arc, comprising two TV series and a movie, into a single show.
  • Cool Shades: He wore Quattro Bajeena-like sunglasses in the Episode Zero manga (and gets them back again in Frozen Teardrop).
  • Decoy Getaway: Frozen Teardrop first says that Martian President Milliardo Peacecraft was assassinated by Trowa Phobos, but several chapters later reveals that "Milliardo" was Noin's older brother Dix-Neuf Noienheim, while the Milliardo we know and love has re-assumed the Zechs Merquise identity (before changing his name yet again to 'Cyrene Wind' and is currently in hiding with his daughter Naina).
  • Discard and Draw/Gundamjack: During a battle with OZ, he self-detonated his Tallgeese, and then Gundamjacked the Wing Zero before OZ got a chance to destroy it.
  • Fallen Prince
  • Full Potential Upgrade: Zig-Zags with Zechs' experiences with the Tallgeese.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: In the final episode, when he destroyed Libra's main power generator in Heero's stead despite the latter's pleas. He returned in Endless Waltz. The latter is foreshadowed by Noin:

Noin: I know he's still alive out there.

  • Knight Templar Big Brother
  • Law of Chromatic Superiority: His Gundam Epyon, as well as his OZ uniform being red.
  • Long-Haired Pretty Boy
  • Mask Power: Wears a silver helmet like mask for the first half of the series. He stops wearing it after it's broken during battle, and dons it again after his secret identity was discovered.
  • No Place for Me There: He restores the Sanc Kingdom through warfare, but believes that he cannot stay there let alone rule in his father's stead because he has too much blood on his hands.
    • He also does this at the end of Endless Waltz, as he feels Relena's new, peaceful Earth has no place for an old soldier like him, with him going to Mars to help the terraforming.
  • Numerical Theme Naming: From the German sechs, meaning "six". Also, his real name Milliardo is Italian for "million".
    • Zechs's name also has another meaning: he was only six years old when the Sanc Kingdom fell in AC 182.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: Inverted. At one point, Zechs disguises himself as Milliardo Peacecraft, ambassador of the Sanc Kingdom, but one of Lady Une's men instantly recognizes him as Zechs. In effect, he disguises himself as his true identity, but is recognized by his disguise identity.
  • Red Baron: Is known by the nickname of The Lightning Count (previously "The Lightning Baron") do to his lightning fast skills as a pilot.
  • The Rival: And Worthy Opponent to Heero.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something
  • Shout-Out: Zechs's Tallgeese is described by Otto as being "three times faster than an Aries."

Otto: The revolution speed applied by the verniers allows it to reach more than three times that of the Aries.

Zechs: May you rest in peace, the betrayed and outraged Milliardo Peacecraft.

Treize Khushrenada

Voice Actors: Ryotaro Okiayu (JP), David Kaye (EN), Luis Tenorio (SP)

The charismatic leader of OZ and Zechs's best friend. He believes in the idea of war and conflict as noble, and thus welcomes the Gundams and their pilots as a challenge (apparently even hiding their existence from the Alliance in order to ensure they weren't stopped). He ends up splitting with the Romefeller Foundation when they introduce the Mobile Doll, believing that removing the human factor from war is a terrible idea.

During his imprisonment, Treize created the Gundam Epyon, and during the final arc, he would pilot the Tallgeese II.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Lucrezia Noin

Voice Actors: Chisa Yokoyama (Japanese), Saffron Henderson (English)

"Zechs Merquise, or rather, Peacecraft. Come here and lean on me."

OZ's pilot instructor, based out of the Lake Victoria Base in Africa. Extremely skilled and competent, she serves as a stern but caring figure to her trainees. When Wufei slaughters them early on, she moves into the field to fight alongside Zechs. She's also Zechs' Secret Keeper, and is deeply in love with him.

Noin initially piloted the Aries, but after joining the Sanc Kingdom, she pilots her white Taurus mobile suit, which she keeps through Endless Waltz.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Lady Une

Voice Actors: Sayuri Yamauchi (Japanese), Enuka Okuma (English)

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Treize's fiercely loyal second-in-command, Lady Une is a stern, uncompromising woman who even other members of OZ refer to as "Iron Une". When these actions cause her to almost set off some ICBMs in order to destroy the Gundams, Treize encourages her to act more gracefully, which results in her developing a Split Personality, nicknamed "Saint Une", who is soft-spoken, sweet-natured, and a peace advocate. This ends up creating a personality conflict when "Saint" is confronted with "Iron"'s actions. At the end of the series, she resolves the conflict and comes out of with the best of both sides, being compassionate but also badass.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Dorothy Catalonia

Voice Actors: Naoko Matsui (Japanese), Cathy Weseluck (English), Angelica Diaz (Latin America)

"Hurry up and start a war!"

The granddaughter of Romefeller Chairman Duke Dermail, Dorothy Catalonia is the polar opposite of Relena: while Relena follows her family's philosophy of total pacifism, Dorothy fully embraces war. She first appears when Relena revives the Sanc Kingdom, being sent by Romefeller to spy on the young princess, and quickly steps into the big game.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Badass Abnormal: Uses the ZERO system to augment her abilities during her last duel with Quatre.
  • Badass Long Hair: It's almost to her feet.
  • Big Ol' Eyebrows: AND HOW.
  • Blondes Are Evil
  • Blood Knight
  • Broken Bird: She was deeply affected by the death of her father Chilias in the last war.
  • Childhood Marriage Promise: To her cousin Treize. Nothing comes of it.
  • Cool Mask: Wears a combo helmet and mask when controlling the mobile dolls and duelling Quatre.
  • Dark Action Girl: More of The Strategist, but she still can handle herself very well with a rapier.
  • Death Seeker: Expresses a desire to have Quatre kill her during their Sword Fight.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen
  • Expy She's a saner Katejina Loos.
  • Femme Fatale: Makes subtle passes at Heero, Zechs, Relena...
  • Hive Queen: Plays this role to the Mobile Dolls, directing their movements via a cybernetic helmet and the ZERO system.
  • Implausible Fencing Powers: At the Sanc Kingdom, she engaged in a fencing match with Heero, while, at the same time, she tells a story about two people with the same name hoping to bring peace. At the end of the story, Heero drives his saber through Dorothy's face mask, barely missing her. She doesn't even flinch.
  • Iron Lady: As an adult.
  • Japanese Honorifics: In the original, she likes to refer to Relena as "Relena-sama" ("Lady Relena") despite the latter asking her not to call her that, and to Zechs as "Milliardo-sama" ("Lord Milliardo").
  • Lady of War: And how. She manages to keep her cool at least partially even when her grandfather is horribly killed in front of her; not only that, she almost immediately makes a Rousing Speech after that. WOW.
  • Mecha-Mooks: Controls the Mobile Dolls for Zechs.
  • The Mole: She was sent to the Sanc Kingdom to spy on Relena on behalf of Romefeller, while posing as one of her students. Of course, everyone with half a brain knew she was a spy to begin with, what with her being Duke Dermail's granddaughter. Then there's the question as to whether she was really working for Zechs or if she was Treize's spy...
  • Our Presidents Are Different: The 2010 sequel novel Frozen Teardrop has her as President of the ESUN. Time will tell exactly which kind of President she is.
    • Her nickname is the "Neo Titanium Lady", which suggests her to be an Iron Lady of some type.
  • Psychotic Smirk: She's got a great one.
  • Purple Eyes
  • Rapunzel Hair: Her blond hair reaches her knees.
  • Rich Bitch: With her own huge gold limousine, cargo transporter and spaceship.
  • Rousing Speech: A few times.
  • Royal Rapier: Her Weapon of Choice (when she isn't controlling an army of Mecha-Mooks).
  • Shipper on Deck: Openly ships 1xR in Battlefield of Pacifists, trying to get them together and expressing disappointment when they simply exchange polite greetings.

"That's it? No passionate reunion?"

Mariemaia Khushrenada

Voice Actors: Rei Sakuma (Japanese), Maggie Blue O'Hara (English)

"History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace, and revolution continue on forever. However, history will change upon the day of my coronation."

The daughter of Treize Khushrenada, Mariemaia is one of the main antagonists of Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, who believes that she's the rightful heir to the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. She is also the co-leader of her namesake army, the Mariemaia Army.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Dekim Barton

A former associate of the original Heero Yuy, Dekim Barton is the main villain of Endless Waltz. He is the co-leader of the Mariemaia Army, as well as the leader of the Barton Foundation.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Other Characters

Catherine Bloom

Voice Actors: Saori Suzuki (Japanese), Moneca Stori (English, 1st), Cathy Weseluck (English, 2nd)

A professional knife-thrower who works for a traveling circus, Catherine developed a hatred for war, since her family was killed during an Alliance attack, which she witnessed as a child.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Armor Piercing Punch: To Trowa.
  • Cool Big Sis: To Trowa and to a lesser extent, the other Gundam pilots she meets.
  • Knife Nut: Works as the circus's knife thrower. In Frozen Teardrop, she trains Trowa Phobos in knife use.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father: According to Episode Zero, she's very likely to be Trowa's long lost older sister.
  • Mama Bear: She is very overprotective of Trowa, after he survived Quatre's attack.
  • Parental Abandonment: She lost her parents and her baby brother Triton, who has been confirmed in Frozen Teardrop to be Trowa during an Alliance attack, then was adopted by the circus people.
  • Plucky Girl
  • Sparkling Stream of Tears: Also in the aptly-titled episode "Catherine's Tears".
  • Stern Teacher: To Trowa Phobos in Frozen Teardrop.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: On Trowa, when he almost self-detonates. Later on Quatre, when he wants Trowa to remember him despite all the risks it will bring.

Sally Po

Voice Actors: Yumi Touma (Japanese), Moneca Stori (English, first), Samantha Ferris (English, second)

An Alliancer medical officer, she was on duty when a badly injured Heero was brought into a hospital. This chance encounter lead to her quitting the Alliance and joining up with anti-OZ rebels, now considering the Gundam Pilots to be the Earth's best hope for real peace. She serves as the Team Mom and helps out whenever she can, but doesn't do a lot of piloting.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Hilde Schbeiker

Voice Actors: Kae Araki (Japanese), Marcy Goldberg (English)

An OZ volunteer from the space colonies, she meets Duo on the moon and helps chase him down when he attempts to escape. However, his words convince her that OZ isn't interested in the colonies' wellbeing at all, leading her to resign and start working with Duo.

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  • Affirmative Action Girl
  • Badass Normal: Well, she is a trained soldier and pilot. She even manages to survive an encounter with the Mobile Doll versions of the Vayeate and the Mercurius to bring some important info regarding the enemy, albeit suffering some serious injuries before Duo pulls a Big Damn Heroes to save her.
    • Went one on one with Duo once in an equal suit. The fight was a draw.
  • Blue Eyes: More of a greenish blue.
  • Capulet Counterpart: Was an OZ volunteer in her first appearance, but left the service shortly after meeting Duo. They did get married, but according to Frozen Teardrop, their relationship was not easy, thus they got divorced in the end.
  • Demoted to Extra: In Endless Waltz, Hilde only appeared in the closing credits of the final OAV and the movie, presumably done to show that she survived the Eve Wars. This is kind of understandable, given that the last time we saw her in the series, she was badly injured in combat and being taken to Peacemillion's sick bay, making it a case of What Happened to the Mouse? until Endless Waltz.
    • She briefly appeared in the Battlefield of Pacifists manga, where it seems Duo's in the doghouse for some reason. She was talking with Trowa.
  • Genki Girl
  • Nice Hat: Has a cute pink beret. She wears a teal-green beret in the ending for Endless Waltz: Special Edition.
  • Official Couple: Frozen Teardrop says that she and Duo were married, but not before a tumultuous on-and-off relationship. They end up divorcing because of what she thought Duo was irresponsible. Duo Jr., a child "adopted" by their orphanage, is implied to actually be their son: Hilde claims she thinks him to be a lovechild of one of Father's women; however, Duo Sr. muses that the child would have been born while he and Hilde were still together...
  • Playful Hacker
  • Plucky Girl
  • Shorttank
  • Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Actually, she's more of Short Dark and Bishoujo.
  • Team Mom: After the war, she works in an Orphanage of Love.
  • Taurusjack: How she escaped after she stole critical data from Libra.
  • Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: Let's see: Mobile Suit pilot for OZ, a junk dealer with Duo, a spy, a hacker. In Frozen Teardrop, she's becomes a Hospital Hottie, a librarian, an expert in nano technology and a nun.
  • Wrench Wench: With her own scrapyard. And good enough to pass as one of the Libra's mechanics.

Gundam Scientists

The five Gundam Scientists, Doctor J, Professor G, Doktor S, Instructor H and Master O, were known as the creators of the five Gundams. Before that, they were the creators of the Tallgeese, the first mobile suit, and the Wing Zero, the mobile suit that the five Gundams were based on.

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Howard

An engineer who worked on the Tallgeese alongside the Gundam Scientists, meaning he's an expert mobile suit mechanic but more laid back. He's fond of the oceans, so he operates his own mobile dock ship. He works with the good guys, first supporting Duo early on, and then Zechs following his "death".

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Duke Dermail

The leader of the Romefeller Foundation, Duke Dermail seeks to control the United Earth Sphere Alliance for himself. He is The Man Behind the Man to OZ and Treize Khushreneda.

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Chief Engineer Tsubarov

Voice Actors: Yuji Mikimoto (Japanese), Richard Newman (English)

A description of the character goes here.

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  • All There in the Manual: His first name is Ken. Who knew?
  • Axe Crazy: Big time. With his Hair-Trigger Temper, obsession with his mobile dolls, and epic Villainous Breakdown this is pretty much a given. He's arguably the craziest person in Gundam Wing.
  • Blood Knight/Psycho for Hire: By proxy. He wants to turn his mobile dolls into the perfect weapon, and thus loves a good war.
  • Evil Genius: Of the Romefeller Foundation, although interestingly his personality is closer to what you'd expect of The Brute. Still, he's not only a brilliant engineer and technician, but one of the few people in the colonies to recognise that trusting the captured Gundam pilots and scientists is probably a stupid thing to do.
  • Evil Is Not Pacifist: Hell no.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper
  • Karmic Death: Slain in the very rebellion he triggered, as his precious mobile dolls destroy everything around them.
  • Kick the Dog: Shoots Une, tries to suffocate the Gundam pilots, unleashes his mobile dolls against civillians... pretty much all his time on-screen is spent kicking dogs.
  • Lack of Empathy: His betrayal of Lady Une, desire to murder the Gundam pilots, and the fact that he looks on warfare and bloodshed as nothing more than a way to show off his inventions cement his status as a completely amoral and empathyless individual.
  • Mad Scientist
  • No-Nonsense Nemesis: He's an Axe Crazy lunatic, but Tsubarov understands something that the rest of Romefeller never does: namely that the Gundam pilots are dangerous and should simply be killed the moment they enter captivity. He expresses similar sentiments about Treize if memory serves.
  • No Indoor Voice: Very, very loud.
  • Psycho Supporter: Of Dermail. He wants a chance to test out his mobile dolls, and Dermail's belief that War Is Glorious provides it.
  • Robot Master
  • Smug Snake
  • This Cannot Be!: More or less his reaction to the White Fang rebellion. It leads directly into his Villainous Breakdown.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Is left ranting about how he is invincible as the complex collapses around him.
  • War for Fun and Profit: As a Blood Knight-by-proxy, Tsubarov wants to get a war going so that he can demonstrate the superiority of his mobile dolls. Unlike Duke Dermail, he's not operating under the delusion that War Is Glorious either: he just wants to show off his creations.

Quinze

A former associate of the original Heero Yuy, Quinze is the co-leader and founder of the colonial rebel faction, White Fang, who seeks to declare war on Earth.

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  • Big Bad: He and Treize compete for this role after the death of Duke Dermail.
  • The Chessmaster: Although he's Out-Gambitted by Treize.
  • Do Not Adjust Your Set: He does this twice, the second time with Zechs.
  • Evil Old Folks: Seemingly at first, but subverted. One of the reasons Quinze picked Zechs to be the leader of the White Fang was because Zechs actually cared about people (in this case, Relena). Quinze considers caring to be a strength, not a weakness.
  • Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Not really, he is not entirely heartless.
  • He's Got Legs
  • La Résistance: He's been fighting against the Earth Alliance's domination even before the start of series. After OZ took over the EA, he continued the fight and eventually made his group known to the world.
  • Numerical Theme Naming: Quinze means "fifteen" in Portuguese and French.
  • Smug Snake

Otto

Voice actors: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese)

"Long live... KING ZECHS!"

Zechs' right-hand man, Lt. Otto was the test pilot of the Tallgeese before Zechs piloted it himself. He was one of three people who knew Zechs' true identity as Prince Milliardo Peacecraft, hinting that he may have been a citizen of the Sanc Kingdom.

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Lieutenant Nichol

Voice actors: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese)

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Vice Foreign Minister Darlian and Mrs. Maureen Darlian

Young Relena's parents, who are kind and affectionate despite the Minister being rather absent from her life. It turns out they're not her biological parents: they were a part of the Sanc Kingdom royalty, and the Minister was entrusted with baby Relena by the dying King Peacecraft as it fell. More than a decade later, the Minister would be murdered, which thrust Relena fully into the plot...

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Zayeed "Master" Winner

Voiced by: Kinryuu Arimoto (JP)

Quatre's father and the patriarch of the Winner family. He has a strained relationship with Quatre, when he forgoes his family's pacifist beliefs to become a Gundam pilot.

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Dr. Iria Winner

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Katherine Winner

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Field Marshall Noventa

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (JP)

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General Septem

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Sylvia Noventa

Voice actors: Kumiko Nishihara (Japanese)

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The Maganac Corps

A team of Arab mercenaries, based out of Baghdad. They form a close-knit, familial group, bonding over their common origin as test tube babies. They serve Quatre loyally, following their original meeting in AC 193 where the young man helped them escape the Alliance while putting himself at great personal risk. The overall commander is Rashid Kurama, along with sub-commanders Abdul, Ahmad and Auda.

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The Little Girl And Her Dog

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Leia Barton

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The Real Trowa Barton

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Sister Helen and Father Maxwell

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Odin Lowe

The man who actually kickstarted the whole plot by murdering the real Heero Yuy.

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  • Anti-Villain
  • Give Him a Normal Life: He intended to let go of his son Heero after his last work (assassinating Septem). Said last work failed, and he died. And even earlier than that, this was part of the reason he'd left Aoi, pregnant with Heero, in the first place.
  • Hitman with a Heart
  • Hot Dad: Toyed with. Episode Zero hinted at Lowe being just a handsome Parental Substitute for young Heero... and then Frozen Teardrop revealed that he was Heero's biological father. He left baby Heero in the care of Heero's Action Mom, his ex-girlfriend Aoi Clark, then took him back in after the murders of Aoi and her second husband Seis.
  • Retirony

Long Meiran a.k.a. Nataku

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Midii Une

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King Peacecraft

The monarch of the Sanc Kingdom and the father of Princess Relena and Prince Milliardo (a.k.a. Zechs Merquise). He adopted Heero Yuy's Total Pacifism beliefs for Earth and developed a diplomatic relationship with Heero. On AC 182, King Peacecraft was killed along with the royal family during the Alliance's invasion of the Sanc Kingdom, except for the two children: young Milliardo was taken in by the OZ group, while little Relena was adopted by the King's Number Two.

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The Real Heero Yuy

The charismatic leader of the colonies, the original Heero Yuy was the creator of the Total Pacifism philosophy, encouraging its citizens it peacefully oppose the United Earth Sphere Alliance. His philosophy was later adopted on Earth by the Peacecraft family, who would later develop a diplomatic relationship with Heero Yuy. Yuy's assassination on April 7, AC 175 would throw the colonies into chaos.

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Characters from Frozen Teardrop (SPOILERS!)

Kathy Po

Sally's daughter from the Frozen Teardrop novel.

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Duo Maxwell Jr.

Voice actors: Toshihiko Seki (Drama CD)

The son of Father Maxwell, member of the Preventers. It's not known who his mother is, but it's implied she may be Hilde. She denies it by the time being.

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  • Generation Xerox: Looks like his dad, acts like his dad, sounds like his dad, his actual partner used to be his dad's partner... In a possible subversion, it turns out that Duo may be only his adoptive dad, no blood relation.
  • Hot-Blooded
  • Mouthy Kid
  • Sempai-Kohai: Refers to his partner Heero Yuy as senpai, implying he had quite a degree of respect for him.

Katherine Oud Winner

The youngest of the Winner siblings, and Quatre's younger sister. Presumed to be another test-tube baby.

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Trowa Phobos a.k.a. No-Name

The guy who murdered Nix-Deuf Noinheim. He's later caught and trained by Dokter T (Trowa), Instructor W (Quatre) and Catherine Bloom.

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Vingt Khushrenada

One of Treize's earliest supporters and his younger half brother.

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Angelina Khushrenada

Treize's unfortunate mother.

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Ein Yuy

The nephew of the real Heero Yuy and Treize's Disappeared Dad.

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Hundelt Catalonia

Angelina's husband. Actually, her second one. He's also the father of Vingt Khushrenada, the brother of Chilias Catalonia, and Dorothy's uncle.

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Cinquante Khushrenada

Treize's grandfather. As well as Vingt's.

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Aoi Clark

A mysterious woman who worked with Odin Lowe. And the mother of his son, whom we know as Heero Yuy.

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Seis Clark

Aoi's husband. His brother Trant Clark is a member of OZ.

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Nix-Deuf Noinheim

Noin's older brother.

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Milou and Naina Peacecraft

Two young twins from Mars. The children of Zechs and Noin. After the "murder" of their dad, Naina stays in Hilde's orphanage for some time and then goes to her aunt Relena's side, while Milou stays with Noin and befriends Kathy Winner.

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Brigadier General Chilias Catalonia

Dorothy's father and Treize's mentor.

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  1. ↑ Aibo in Japanese.
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