Mobile Suit Gundam Wing/Characters: Difference between revisions

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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* {{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]]}}

* [[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.}}

* [[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", {{spoiler|named after his deceased wife.}}

* [[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]]: {{spoiler|After Treize allowed Wufei to kill him.}}

* [[Wild Card]]/[[Spanner in the Works]]: Whenever he shows up, the situation is pretty much guaranteed to get exponentially more complicated.