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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.
 
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: {{spoiler|It costs him his life.}}.
* [[Badass Moustache]]
* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]}}
* [[Hot Dad]]
* [[Identical Stranger]]: (looksLooks supiciously like an [[Older and Wiser]] Trowa. And suddenly, Quatre's [[Ho Yay|fixation on Trowa]] is explained.)
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}
* [[The White Prince]]: (adultAdult version).
 
=== Dr. Iria Winner ===
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Gattaca Babies]]: (sheShe 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.''}}.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[The Ojou]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: {{spoiler|She directly raised Katherine in ''Frozen Teardrop''.}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]: In the (manga) adaptation}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Retcon]]: She's actually alive in ''Frozen Teardrop''.}}.
* {{spoiler|[[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: (inIn the anime)}}.
 
=== Katherine Winner ===
 
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Childbirth]]: (sheShe 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]]
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* [[The Ojou]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Is it ''really'' Katherine, Quatrina, or just a simple ''Catherina''?
 
=== Field Marshall Noventa ===
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* [[Actual Pacifist]]: He was described as one of the pacifist leaders of the Alliance.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: (wasWas basically a high-ranked [[Nice Guy]] from the military).
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: (arguablyArguably, with General Septem).
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}
* [[Theme Naming]]: Noventa means "Ninety" in Portuguese.
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=== General Septem ===
 
* {{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]]
* [[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]]: (theThe red to Noventa's blue).
* [[Smug Snake]]
 
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* [[The Ojou]]
* [[Raised by Grandparents]]: (andAnd then, her grandpa gets killed off).
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Dog]].: Subverted,: she ''refuses'' to.}}.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] : {{spoiler|To Heero. "You're a coward!"}}
 
=== 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.
 
* [[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 MSMobile Suit are unique and different.
* [[Anime Hair]]: Rashid, coupled with a [[Badass Beard]].
* [[Badass Moustache]]: Ahmad.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]
* [[Cool Shades]]: (Abdul, one of the younger members).
* [[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}}.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Rashid.
* [[La Résistance]]
* [[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]]".}}.
* [[Nakama]]
* [[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.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Rashid gives one when he addresses the Maganac and their town in episode 11.
* [[Team Dad]]: (Rashid, also a [[Cool Old Guy]]).
* [[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.
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* {{spoiler|[[Death by Origin Story]]}}
* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: {{spoiler|With Heero}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]: They died when a mobile suit crashed into their building and exploded}}.
* [[Nice Hat]]: She wore a cute floppy sun hat with a ribbon.
* [[No Name Given]]: The dog's name was Mary. The girl's name was never mentioned.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Dog]]: What happened to the poor dog.}}.
* [[Yuko Miyamura]]: (theThe little girl).
 
=== Leia Barton ===
 
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister]]: (forFor Dekim and the real Trowa)}}.
* {{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]]: (worksWorks in an hospital built by her family).
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Mom]]: (''ifIf'' she is Mariemeia's [[Missing Mom]])}}.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]
* [[The Ojou]]
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=== Sister Helen and Father Maxwell ===
 
* [[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]]: Duo's}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: (Sister Helen)}}.
* [[Team Dad]]: (Father Maxwell).
* [[Team Mom]]: (Sister Helen).
 
=== Odin Lowe ===
 
The man who actually kickstarted the whole plot {{spoiler|by murdering the real Heero Yuy.}}.
 
* [[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.}}.
* [[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|[[Retirony]]}}
 
=== Long Meiran {{spoiler|akaa.k.a. Nataku}} ===
 
* [[Action Girl]] <- -> [[Faux Action Girl]]: ([[Boisterous Bruiser]] attitude and readiness to fight, but bad luck in the battlefield).
* [[Chinese Girl]]
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]]}}
* [[The Ojou]]: (sheShe 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]]
* [[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 ===
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* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Expy]]: ofOf [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Miharu/Michelle Ratokie]] from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''.
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}
* {{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]]: (helpsHelps 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.}}.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: (Midii? Middie?)
* [[Team Chef]]
* [[Tragic Keepsake]]: (herHer 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*]]).
 
=== King Peacecraft ===
 
The monarch of the Sanc Kingdom and the father of Princess Relena and Prince Milliardo {{spoiler|(AKAa.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]]}}.
 
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: It's in [[Meaningful Name|his name]].
* [[Badass Beard]]
* [[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.}}.
* [[Hot Dad]]: (ofOf Milliardo/{{spoiler|/Zechs}} and Relena).
* [[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.
 
* [[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]]
* [[Revenge]]: His death at the hands of Odin Lowe Sr. is what triggers the whole plot.
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* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]
 
== Characters from ''Frozen Teardrop'' (SPOILERS!) ==
 
=== Kathy Po ===
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* [[Action Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Missing Mom]]: Sally has been MIA for a while already in the novels}}.
* [[Princess Curls]]
* {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking]]: Wufei is NOT her father. Though he ''is'' her mentor and boss, as Master Chang.}}.
 
=== {{spoiler|Duo Maxwell Jr.}} ===
==== 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.}}.
 
* {{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]]
* [[Mouthy Kid]]
* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Refers to his partner {{spoiler|Heero Yuy}} as ''senpai'', implying he had quite a degree of respect for him.
 
=== Katherine Oud Winner ===
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* [[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.].
* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]: Defects to Relena's side.}}.
* [[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|[[Love Triangle]]: She ''may'' be at the center of one with Trowa Phobos and Milou Peacecraft.}}.
* [[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.}}.
 
=== Trowa Phobos {{spoiler|akaa.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 Atoner]]
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]
* [[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.}}.
 
=== Vingt {{spoiler|Khushrenada}} ===
 
One of Treize's earliest supporters {{spoiler|and his younger half brother.}}.
 
* [[The Lancer]]: To Trieze.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]: (wasWas also killed by Odin Lowe)}}.
 
 
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* [[The Ojou]]
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: She and her husband {{spoiler|Ein Yuy}}.
 
=== Ein Yuy ===
 
The nephew of the real Heero Yuy {{spoiler|and Treize's [[Disappeared Dad]].}}.
 
* {{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.}}.
 
* [[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?}}?
 
 
=== Cinquante Khushrenada ===
 
Treize's grandfather . {{spoiler|As well as Vingt's.}}.
 
* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]] ''and'' [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: Poor Angelina.}}.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
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=== Aoi Clark ===
 
A mysterious woman who worked with Odin Lowe. {{spoiler|And the mother of his son, whom we know as Heero Yuy.}}.
 
* [[Action Girl]]: (anAn OZ spy).
* {{spoiler|[[Missing Mom]]: Not only she was Odin Lowe's ex-girlfriend, but also Heero's deceased mother}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
 
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Aoi's husband. His brother Trant Clark is a member of OZ.
 
* {{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]]}}
* [[The Smart Guy]]: He was an accomplished scientist and Mobile Suit designer.
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Noin's older brother.
 
* {{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.}}.
 
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Naina looks like what Zechs would've looked like if he was a girl, but with braids.
* [[Half-Identical Twins]]
* {{spoiler|[[Love Triangle]]: There are hints of one between Milou, Kathy Winner and Trowa Phobos.}}.
* [[The Ojou]]: Naina.
** {{spoiler|[[Princess in Rags]]: In her time in the orphanage.}}.
* [[The White Prince]]: Milou.
 
 
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Dorothy's father and Treize's mentor.
 
* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]: To Dorothy, and his death affected her ''greatly''.}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]].}}
 
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