Mobile Suit Gundam Wing/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[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.

 

== Other Major Characters ==

* {{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.

* [[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.

* [[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.}}

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[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.

* [[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."}}

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

* [[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]]

* {{spoiler|[[Aloof Big Brother]]}}:

** {{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.

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: In ''Endless Waltz''.}}

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[Colonel Badass]]

{{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]]

* [[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.

* {{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.

* [[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.

* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]}}

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

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

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: He controls several people like puppets, both at a personal level and at a grand scale.

* [[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}}.

* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]

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

* [[Unlucky Thirteen]]

* [[Warrior Therapist]]

* [[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.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[Team Mom]]: To the Gundam pilots (specially to Quatre) and Relena, in the second part of the series.

 

=== '''Lady Une''' ===