Mobile Suit Gundam Wing/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Ace Custom]]: {{spoiler|Tallgeese II, which is little more than the original Tallgeese with a new head and some parts painted blue.}}

* [[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.

* [[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.

* {{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?

* {{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.]]

* [[The Leader]]: Type I & IV combo, with shades of III.

* [[Love Epiphany]]: Realises he actually cares about Une right after she's shot and almost killed.

* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]] (for a 12-years-old Noin, in the backstory.)}}

* [[Ubermensch]]: Though he himself seems to believe that the Gundam pilots are the ''real'' Ubermensches.

* [[War Is Glorious]]: Expresses this belief; whether he believes it is up in the air.

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.

* [[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.}}

* {{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.

* [[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.}}

* [[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.}}

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.}}

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: episode 19; as "Saint Une".

* {{spoiler|[[Cry Cute]]: When Relena refuses to kill her.}}

* [[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".

* [[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.}}

* [[Ironic Name]]: Her name means "one." She has a split personality.

* [[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.

* [[Letting Her Hair Down]] ''and'' [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Her transition into Saint Une.

* {{spoiler|[[Parental Substitute]] (maybe, for Mariemeia)}}

* [[Proper Lady]]: As Saint Une

* [[Psycho Supporter]]: As Lady Une, again.

* [[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.}}

* [[Team Mom]]: In ''Endless Waltz''

* [[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''.

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.

* [[Broken Bird]]: She was deeply affected by {{spoiler|the death of her father Chilias in the last war.}}

* [[Expy]] She's a saner [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Katejina Loos.]]

* [[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").}}

* [[Royal Rapier]]: Her [[Weapon of Choice]] (when she isn't controlling an army of [[Mecha-Mooks]])

* [[The Strategist]]: To Zechs

* [[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.}}

** {{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''...}}

* [[More Than Mind Control]]: Blame it on her grandfather Dekim in Endless Waltz.

* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: For Relena when Dekim was about to shoot her.}}

* {{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.

* [[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.}}

* [[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.

* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Also in the aptly-titled episode, "Catherine's Tears".

* [[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.}}

* [[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''.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Has a cute pink beret. She wears a teal-green beret in the ending for ''Endless Waltz: Special Edition.''

* {{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...}}

* {{spoiler|[[Team Mom]]: After the war, she works in an [[Orphanage of Love]].}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Wrench Wench]]: With her own scrapyard. {{spoiler|And good enough to pass as one of the Libra's mechanics.}}

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.

* [[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]]

* [[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.}}

* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Is killed by the very mobile doll system he approved of.}}

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler|Giving Relena control of Romefeller and pissing off Treize pretty much spell the end of his regime.}}

* [[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''.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[This Cannot Be!]]: More or less his reaction to the White Fang rebellion. It leads directly into his Villainous Breakdown.

* [[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.

* [[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.

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.}}

* {{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|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: After his [[Dying Moment of Awesome]], his face looks very peaceful.}}

* [[Secret Keeper]]: Knew {{spoiler|Zechs's true identity.}}

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] {{spoiler|When Lady Une is rendered comatose, he's shown taking care of her}}

=== '''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...}}

* [[Akio Ohtsuka]] (The Vice Foreign Minister)

* [[Hot Mom]]: Mrs. Darlian was a sweet-faced, soft-spoken blonde [[Ojou]]

* [[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|[[Sacrificial Lamb]] (poor Vice-Foreign Minister Darlian)}}

* [[Secret Keeper]] (both of them knew who {{spoiler|Relena and Zechs}} truly are)

* [[Yumi Touma]] (Mrs. Darlian)