Mobile Suit Gundam Wing/Characters: Difference between revisions

[[File:Heero_Yuy_7145.jpg|frame]]

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.

[[File:Duo-Wing_1788.jpg|frame]]

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>.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Seems to ship Heero/Relena. And ''maybe'', Trowa/Quatre.

** Blatantly ships Heero/Relena in ''Battlefield of Pacifists'' and ''Endless Waltz''.

'''Duo:''' Right, right...Anything at all for the one you love! (Or, in the original Japanese: "Somebody's got a crush.") }}

* [[Stepford Snarker]]

[[File:Trowa_Barton_5951.jpg|frame]]

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.

* {{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:

** Hell, it was foreshadowed in episode ''1'':

** 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".

[[File:Quatre_Winner_21.jpg|frame]]

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".

[[File:Chang_Wufei_6576.jpg|frame]]

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.

[[File:Relena_Darlian_4850.jpg|frame]]

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.

* [[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.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: despite having brown-blond hair.

* [[Talking Your Way Out]]: Pretty good at this.

[[File:Zechs_Merquise_8334.jpg|frame]]

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''.}}

** [[Colonel Badass]]

* [[Colony Drop|Battleship Drop]]:

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Blond Guys Are]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]]

* [[Broken Ace]]: He's the [[Char Clone]]. What did you expect?

** [[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".

* [[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.}}

* [[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:

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: His Gundam Epyon, as well as his OZ uniform being red.

* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Which is [[Numerical Theme Naming|quite appropriate]].

* {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead]]:}}

* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Piloted the Epyon and for a while, Wing Zero.

* {{spoiler|[[Warrior Prince]]}}

[[File:Lucrezia_Noin_4088.jpg|frame]]

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.

[[File:Dorothy_Catalonia_5643.jpg|frame]]

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.

* [[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.

* [[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

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

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.

==== Voice actors: [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese) ====

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.}}