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* [[Anime First]]
* [[Anime First]]
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: For some reason, the video games love to do this... but Heero never pulls apart the Twin Buster Rifles, fires, and starts spinning. Yes, it would be a wave of devastation, but by the time he gets Wing Zero he actually gives a damn about civilian casualties, and the Buster Rifles sure as HELL don't discriminate.
* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: Relena is modeled on [[Audrey Hepburn]], [[Whole Costume Reference|right down to the Queen of the World dress]] being lifted directly from ''[[Roman Holiday]]''.
** To clarify, that scene actually happens in the series, but Heero wasn't the one in the mecha at the time. {{spoiler|In fact, all other 6 of the 7 people who pilot the Wing Zero execute this little trick, the odd one out of course being Heero}}.
** In interviews, the show's staff outright said that Heero is modeled on Japanese actress [http://www.jap.co.jp/yuki/ Yuki Uchida].
** Possibly a justified usage. In the video games, there is no risk of civilian casualties to speak of; it's giant robots only. And it is quite the powerful attack, so there's no reason for him NOT to do it. Just because his progression through the anime makes him more...[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Heeroic]]...it doesn't mean he wouldn't use the attack if he could get away with the whole "no innocents" thing.
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* [[Celebrity Voice Actor]]: Heero Yuy's Voice Actor, Mark Hildreth, is a well known T.V Actor. Unfortunately, he won't return to the role due to some reception issues.
** Furthermore, splitting the rifle and going to town simply isn't Heero's combat style, notably enough he only seems to fire the rifle when it counts.
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* [[Celebrity Voice Actor]]: Heero Yuy's voice actor Mark Hildreth is a well known T.V actor. Unfortunately, he won't return to the role (or, more likely, he doesn't want to) due to some reception issues.
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Quatre's Japanese seiyuu Ai Orikasa is a woman. Generally averted in the dubs except probably the Filipino dub. Also averted in the English dub for Noin's voice actress Saffron Henderson who is primarily notable in anime fandom for playing little boy roles like Sota in ''[[Inuyasha]]'', but did get to play a woman in this series.
* [[The Danza]]: Catherine Bloom voiced by [[Cathy Weseluck]] in English, her full name's [[Captain Obvious|Catherine]]. [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|This won't be her last]].
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: In the English dub, [[Scott McNeil]]'s [[Big No|Big "NO!"]] was achieved when he thought back to the most painful moment in his life, when his wife accidentally knocked over his motorcycle with the family minivan.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "Mini-Noin" for Hilde, because she almost looks like Noin, and how she could be mistaken for Noin's little sister. [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Hilariously]], ''Episode Zero'' shows us a 12-year-old Noin. She looks ''exactly'' like Hilde in her OZ cadet uniform, only more stoic and formal.
* [[Fountain of Expies]]: Relena would later serve as the inspiration for [[Turn A Gundam|Dianna Soreil]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Lacus]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Clyne]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Cagalli Yu]][[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|la Athha]], [[SD Gundam Force|Princess Rele]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Marina Ismail]], and outside of Gundam, [[Code Geass|Nunnally Lamperouge and Euphemia Li Brittania]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The first of many Gundam dubs by [[The Ocean Group]], the voice actors would be used in other Gundam, anime, and western cartoons. And being one of the first, this is were many fans have heard the VA's before.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The first of many Gundam dubs by [[The Ocean Group]], the voice actors would be used in other Gundam, anime, and western cartoons. And being one of the first, this is were many fans have heard the VA's before.
** One can't help but expect Trowa to [[Inuyasha|ask all the girls to bear his children...]]
** One can't help but expect Trowa to [[Inuyasha|ask all the girls to bear his children...]]
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** Dorothy is either [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|an awesome Colonel]] or a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|baby dragon]].
** Dorothy is either [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|an awesome Colonel]] or a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|baby dragon]].
** [[Brad Swaile|Quatre]] goes on to play several major roles in the Gundam franchise, and latter as [[Death Note|Kira (Not the Gundam one)]].
** [[Brad Swaile|Quatre]] goes on to play several major roles in the Gundam franchise, and latter as [[Death Note|Kira (Not the Gundam one)]].
* [[Name's the Same]]: Quatre's name almost sounds similar to [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Quattro Bajeena]], despite not being the resident [[Char Clone]] of the series. This came about because the names have the same numerical origin (the name "Quattro" comes from the fact that it's Char's fourth alias).
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Classic ''[[Gundam]]'' series get a few subtle nods, such as the [[Psychic Powers|Newtype]] "flash" sound being used a few times. Worth noting because in early drafts, Wu Fei was a Newtype. In episode 41, the blonde female cannon operator aboard Barge bears a resemblance to Sayla Mass.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Catherine Bloom and Sally Po's dub actress was replaced changed after the first 13 episodes.
** There's the date, April 7th. Within the series, this was when the original Heero Yuy was assassinated in AC 175, when Relena was born on AC 180, and on AC 195, when Operation Meteor was launched. In the real world, April 7th was when ''Gundam Wing'' was first broadcast on Japanese television in 1995, and when ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' was first broadcast on Japanese television in 1979.
* [[Playing Against Type]]:
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: Trowa is named after [[Tim Burton]], whom director Masashi Ikeda is a big fan of.
** Voiced by [[Chisa Yokoyama]]. [[Tenchi Muyo!|Yes, THAT]] [[Sakura Taisen|Chisa Yokoyama]].
** In-universe, Heero Yuy is named after the pacifist leader of the colonies. Out-of-universe, his name was designed to be evocative of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro Ray]].
** Dorothy Catalonia's English VA [[Cathy Weseluck]] is better known for using her calm, gentle voice to portray kind, motherly characters such as the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'s'' [[Team Mom|Mirai Yashima]]. Her Japanese VA [[Naoko Matsui]] tends to voice heroic [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] or sassy [[Plucky Girl|Plucky Girls]] with few to hide, rather than sneaky [[Lady of War|Ladies of War]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: A rather surprising one, at that; according to [[Word of God]], Zechs' mask is modeled on the one from ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]''.
* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: Some of the voice actors in Japanese will later voice characters in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''. Namely, Wu Fei's, Trowa's and Treize's voice actors.
* [[Shout-Out Theme Naming]]: There are several references to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'': ''Dorothy'' Catalonia and her gold-plated vehicles, the organization ''OZ'' (whose emblem is a ''lion''), the Specials' emblem looking like the ''Tin Woodsman'''s head in profile, and, in episode 34, the OZ commander's callsign is "''Scarecrow'' 5".
** Heero is [[Hikaru Midorikawa]], Zechs is [[Takehito Koyasu]]. Do the math.
** In episode 38, the screen pan to the caged animals in the circus: a lion, a tiger and a bear. (Oh my!)
** Also, Akiko Yajima is Relena, and Naoko Matsui is Dorothy. Watch ''Idol Densetsu Eriko'', and you'll understand.
*** [[Cathy Weseluck]] (Dorothy's VA) and [[Lisa Ann Beley]] (Relena's VA) worked together again in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]''.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: This show pretty much launched the careers for [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] (Heero), [[Toshihiko Seki]] (Duo) and [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Treize) into great stardom-to-legend status.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** In a 2005 interview with the creators:
*** Series composer Katsuyuki Sumizawa said on-record that in various planning stages, Wu Fei was going to be African and/or a Newtype with the power to [[Detect Evil]]. Some early merchandise, such as pencil boards, still lists him as a Newtype.
*** Noin was originally a male, and was [[Expy|going to be the Garma Zabi]] to Zechs's Char.
*** Lady Une was originally conceived as a naive country girl who fell in love with Treize; additionally, Treize's early character designs made him look a '''lot''' like Gihren Zabi.
* [[Word of God]]: Director Masashi Ikeda, in an interview with ''Animerica'', said that [[Relationship Writing Fumble|he didn't intend on a romantic relationship]] between Heero and Relena because he thought that the political and symbolic relationships between the two were much more important. [[Yaoi Fangirls]] love to cite this interview as proof that Heero's gay, [[Quote Mine|Quote Mining]] it (accidentally or intentionally) to remove the ''other'' things Ikeda said. Like the fact that he didn't intend on '''any''' romance (straight, gay or whatever), or him saying it's only due to his own inability to write "boy-girl romance", ''or'' him saying that that doesn't mean Heero and Relena will never ever become a couple (he even admitted he could see it happening somewhere down the line).


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Latest revision as of 19:13, 5 January 2019


  • Anime First
  • Beam Me Up, Scotty: For some reason, the video games love to do this... but Heero never pulls apart the Twin Buster Rifles, fires, and starts spinning. Yes, it would be a wave of devastation, but by the time he gets Wing Zero he actually gives a damn about civilian casualties, and the Buster Rifles sure as HELL don't discriminate.
    • To clarify, that scene actually happens in the series, but Heero wasn't the one in the mecha at the time. In fact, all other 6 of the 7 people who pilot the Wing Zero execute this little trick, the odd one out of course being Heero.
    • Possibly a justified usage. In the video games, there is no risk of civilian casualties to speak of; it's giant robots only. And it is quite the powerful attack, so there's no reason for him NOT to do it. Just because his progression through the anime makes him more...Heeroic...it doesn't mean he wouldn't use the attack if he could get away with the whole "no innocents" thing.
    • Furthermore, splitting the rifle and going to town simply isn't Heero's combat style, notably enough he only seems to fire the rifle when it counts.
  • Celebrity Voice Actor: Heero Yuy's voice actor Mark Hildreth is a well known T.V actor. Unfortunately, he won't return to the role (or, more likely, he doesn't want to) due to some reception issues.
  • Cross-Dressing Voices: Quatre's Japanese seiyuu Ai Orikasa is a woman. Generally averted in the dubs except probably the Filipino dub. Also averted in the English dub for Noin's voice actress Saffron Henderson who is primarily notable in anime fandom for playing little boy roles like Sota in Inuyasha, but did get to play a woman in this series.
  • The Danza: Catherine Bloom voiced by Cathy Weseluck in English, her full name's Catherine. This won't be her last.
  • Enforced Method Acting: In the English dub, Scott McNeil's Big "NO!" was achieved when he thought back to the most painful moment in his life, when his wife accidentally knocked over his motorcycle with the family minivan.
  • Fan Nickname: "Mini-Noin" for Hilde, because she almost looks like Noin, and how she could be mistaken for Noin's little sister. Hilariously, Episode Zero shows us a 12-year-old Noin. She looks exactly like Hilde in her OZ cadet uniform, only more stoic and formal.
  • Fountain of Expies: Relena would later serve as the inspiration for Dianna Soreil, Lacus Clyne, Cagalli Yula Athha, Princess Rele and Marina Ismail, and outside of Gundam, Nunnally Lamperouge and Euphemia Li Brittania.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: The first of many Gundam dubs by The Ocean Group, the voice actors would be used in other Gundam, anime, and western cartoons. And being one of the first, this is were many fans have heard the VA's before.
  • Name's the Same: Quatre's name almost sounds similar to Quattro Bajeena, despite not being the resident Char Clone of the series. This came about because the names have the same numerical origin (the name "Quattro" comes from the fact that it's Char's fourth alias).
  • The Other Darrin: Catherine Bloom and Sally Po's dub actress was replaced changed after the first 13 episodes.
  • Playing Against Type:
  • Relationship Voice Actor: Some of the voice actors in Japanese will later voice characters in Sengoku Basara. Namely, Wu Fei's, Trowa's and Treize's voice actors.
  • Star-Making Role: This show pretty much launched the careers for Hikaru Midorikawa (Heero), Toshihiko Seki (Duo) and Ryotaro Okiayu (Treize) into great stardom-to-legend status.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • In a 2005 interview with the creators:
      • Series composer Katsuyuki Sumizawa said on-record that in various planning stages, Wu Fei was going to be African and/or a Newtype with the power to Detect Evil. Some early merchandise, such as pencil boards, still lists him as a Newtype.
      • Noin was originally a male, and was going to be the Garma Zabi to Zechs's Char.
      • Lady Une was originally conceived as a naive country girl who fell in love with Treize; additionally, Treize's early character designs made him look a lot like Gihren Zabi.
  • Word of God: Director Masashi Ikeda, in an interview with Animerica, said that he didn't intend on a romantic relationship between Heero and Relena because he thought that the political and symbolic relationships between the two were much more important. Yaoi Fangirls love to cite this interview as proof that Heero's gay, Quote Mining it (accidentally or intentionally) to remove the other things Ikeda said. Like the fact that he didn't intend on any romance (straight, gay or whatever), or him saying it's only due to his own inability to write "boy-girl romance", or him saying that that doesn't mean Heero and Relena will never ever become a couple (he even admitted he could see it happening somewhere down the line).
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