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* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Jamitov looks like he stepped out of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" or one of the other anti-Semitic tracts the Nazis liked to float around. This is somewhat [[Unfortunate Implications|unfortunate]].
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Jamitov's ambitions are what get the series started with he and the Titans having amassed so much power within the Earth-Sphere and becoming a major threat to any who get in his way.
* [[Beard of Evil]]: His goatee.
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Until Scirocco kills and takes over the role.}}
* [[Non-Action Big Bad]]: He's the leader of Titans, and the [[Big Bad]] for most of the show, yet he never participates in any combat operations in any sort of role.
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Commissar Cap]]: When in uniform.
* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]: Killed in Episode 46, allowing Scirocco to take over as the [[Big Bad]]}}.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Tomomichi "[[Street Fighter|M. Bison]]" Nishimura, anyone?
* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: We know for most of the series that the Titans aren't just about hunting Zeon, but it takes a little while for Jamitov's true motives to become apparent.
* [[Insane Admiral]]: Literally. He suffers from obvious megalomania and is an Earth Federation admiral.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Not to Bask's degree, but Jamitov is quite tall and the leader of the Titans.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: Jamitov's smart and a survivor, but he also thought a blood pact would be enough to control Scirocco.
* [[State Sec]]: As the leader of the Titans.
* [[Take Over the World]]: A variation. He doesn't want to take over Earth, but to abandon it and take over the Colonies.
* [[War for Fun and Profit]]: Uses the war against the AEUG to secure his own power.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|1=According to side material, [http://www.mechatalk.net/viewtopic.php?p=118415#p118415 a link], and several scenes throughout the series, Jamitov actually hates Earthlings and is trying to get them into space. He hired a mad dog like Bask to brutalize colonists and stir up rebellion, triggering the collapse of the Earth Federation and a mass exodus to the colonies with him in charge.}}
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Jamitov's [[Number Two]], Captain Bask Om serves as the Titans' field leader. A hulking brute with a pathological hatred of all colonials, Bask is responsible for the worst of the atrocities associated with the Titans' name.
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: How darkskinned Bask is seems to vary from scene to scene.
* [[Bad Boss]]: Do not question this man's orders.
* [[Bald of Evil]]: He's one of the nastiest characters in the franchise and he's completely bald (although he usually disguises it with his [[Commissar Cap]]).
* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: More justified in this case than most—he hasn't joined the side that tortured him, after all.
* [[The Captain]]: Addressed as Captain Bask by his subordinates.
** [[The Good Captain]]: Not on your life.
* [[Colonel Kilgore]]: He definitely has elements of this.
* [[Commissar Cap]]: Wears one sometimes.
* [[Daisuke Gouri]]
* [[The Dragon]]: To Jamitov.
* [[Electronic Eyes]]: Maybe. See [[Eye Scream]] and [[Goggles Do Nothing]] below.
* [[Evil Cripple]]: If the theories about his being blind are true. See [[Eye Scream]] below for further details.
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* [[Insane Admiral]]: Bask's brutality is so extreme that madness may well be the best explanation for it.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]
* [[Large and In Charge]]: He's the second in command of the Titans (and takes the field more often than his superior officer Jamitov) and towers over most of the cast.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: He'll slap his subordinates around, and he isn't afraid to lead from the front, but Bask is not a combatant.
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Bask stands head and shoulders above the rest of the cast, and has a peculiarly elongated face that looks like it belongs on a far fatter man (Bask is big, but hardly overweight). And that's without mentioning the goggles that he almost never takes off, or his darker skintone.
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An Earth Federation technical officer and fleet commander, Scirocco hails from Jupiter, where he and his fleet were sent to collect helium gas. He is eventually recruited by Admiral Jamtiov when the latter decides he needs reinforcements; unbeknownst to Jamitov, Scirocco has his own ambitions for the Earth Sphere, and is a very powerful Newtype to boot.
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* [[Ace Pilot]]: Scirocco pilots the suits he designs flawlessly. He frequently goes toe-to-toe with the likes of Kamille and Char.
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Like Kamille, Scirocco is far more interested in machines than people, and has rather poor interpersonal skills (though his [[Mind Rape]] powers make up for that).
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Much of the conflict in ''Zeta Gundam'' is due to Scirocco's lust for power leading him to bump off or manipulate both enemies and allies, leading to many of the people around him being killed or left irreparably broken.
* [[Armour Is Useless]]: Averted by his final mobile suit, The O, which is the only suit in-show to withstand multiple beam rifle bursts with no damage due to its incredibly thick plating.
▲** [[Badass Bookworm]]: He's a technician and an [[Ace Pilot]] to rival Amuro and Char.
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: See [[Lack of Empathy]] below. He's pretty much the only Newtype in the Universal Century capable of using his powers to brainwash people.
* [[Beware the Superman]]: The single most sinister Newtype in the UC verse, Scirocco's a shining example of why normal humans were so afraid of them.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: Graduates from [[Enigmatic Minion]] to this after deposing Jamitov}}.
* [[Bigger Is Better]]: His ship, the ''Jupitris'', is the largest in the Titans' fleet, and the suits he designs are all decidedly oversized as well. [[Compensating for Something|Freud would have a field day.]]
** [[Justified Trope]]: The ''Jupitris'' is actually a transport vessel analogous to the supertankers of today and his mobile suits are all oversized to mount the numerous thrusters and verniers they need to operate in [[Heavyworlder|Jupiter's gravity well]].
* [[Blood Oath]]: He gives one to Jamitov when pledging his allegiance to the Titans. {{spoiler|It doesn't stop him from perforating Jamitov the moment he gets the chance.}}
* [[Bin Shimada]]
* [[Bishonen]]: Scirocco is a 26-year-old, with a handsome face, a feminine, thin frame and legions of female followers.
* [[The Casanova]]: A very dark take, using his good looks and charming facade to manipulate multiple women into doing his bidding. He's a gender-flipped [[Femme Fatale]] at points.
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Scirocco pretty much betrays everyone in order to achieve his goals. If you work for him, hire him, or care about him, watch out—he's just using you.
* [[Consummate Liar]]: Scirocco can talk a good game about the benevolent new world he claims to be making and gives subordinates big speeches on their role in it but every indication from his constant betrayals and lack of interest in the lives of his followers indicates it's all the well laid facade of a power hungry man.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Sometimes his hair and eyes are purple. Sometimes they are grey. They always match.
* [[Cyber Cyclops]]: Most of the suits he designs, including The O. He's got a very Zeonic preference for monoeyes.
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* [[Hypocrite]]: He's always telling people not to make the mistake of underestimating his Newtype powers, but makes the same mistake himself when he faces off against Kamille at the end of the series.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: Not quite but very close: The O's thick armor allows it to tank beam fire from the Qubeley's funnels outright, something that no other suit is able to do.
* {{spoiler|[[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: He's stabbed through by the blade of a Gundam, through his machine, into his own physical body}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Klingon Promotion]]: Played with. Scirocco has to knock off ''two'' Klingons to consolidate his power.}}
* [[Knight Templar]]: Scirocco believes that humanity requires an absolute dictator to keep that masses' uncontrolled emotions from ruining the elites.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Perhaps best demonstrated by the nature of his [[Psychic Powers]]. The defining trait of a Newtype is their ability to perform empathic connections with others, understanding them without misconceptions and drawing on their strength through bonds of friendship. Scirocco simply uses it to better manipulate people, and shows no sign of seeing those he connects with as anything more than useful tools.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: The O is considerably larger than any regular issue suit of its era, or any Gundam that doesn't have "Psyco" attached to its name.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Scirocco wears a custom white Titans uniform, but is a ruthless manipulator.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His last mobile suit, the extremely dangerous PMX-003 The O. Justified in that his mobile suits were designed to operate in a Jovian (Jupiter's) gravity well, which is ''much'' stronger than the Earth's.
* [[Man in White]]: Scirocco's white uniform, which seems to be unique among the Titans.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Heavily implied to be his ultimate goal, with Scirocco's claims that he believes it will be a woman who becomes the ruler of mankind, his aligning himself with Reccoa, whom he tells he sees her as an ideal leader and his ultimate [[Take Over the World]] goal.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Scirocco toys with the emotions of his subordinates and enemies alike in order to provoke the response he wants.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: 'Scirocco' is a powerful Mediterranean wind
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The O, which he adopts during the last few episodes.
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* [[Narcissist]]: Scirocco isn't totally callous when it comes to his pawns, but he's close enough, and has difficulty seeing them as anything more than his possessions. Even his [[Utopia Justifies the Means]] rhetoric has a certain "only ''I'' can save the world" edge to it.
* [[Playing Both Sides]]: Plays the Titans, the Axis, and the AEUG against one another as he climbs to power. Only Haman Kahn really catches on.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: One of the most powerful Newtypes to ever appear in-series, to the point where he's able to {{spoiler|[[Mind Rape]] the equally powerful Kamille as he's dying}} and is more or less broadcasting his presence to everyone in his general vicinity.
* [[Astral Projection]]: He has a Newtype battle against Haman where the two of them throw projections of themselves at one another.
* [[Mind Manipulation]]: Though the exact extent of Scirocco's use of his powers is left purposefully vague, the mental projections Reccoa and other characters see of him heavily imply that he's using his powers to lull them to his side.
* [[Renaissance Man]]: Starship captain, battlefield strategist, psychological mastermind, a smooth-talker, mobile suit designer, and Federation ace. He's a busy man.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: He and Yazan Gable form a very twisted variant. Scirocco's a cultured psychological predator, with [[Psychic Powers]], grand ambitions, and superb manipulative skills. Yazan's an actual predator with a nearly feral nature, [[Badass Normal|no powers]] and a [[The Brute|direct way]] of handling problems. They get along very well.
* [[Social Darwinist]]: He views humanity as being separated into masses and elites. Scircco finds the masses to be disgusting as their unchecked emotions hold elites like himself back.
* [[Sore Loser]]: See [[Taking You with Me]].
* [[Space Fighter]]: The Messala's altmode.
* [[The Starscream]]
* [[The Stoic]]: Beyond a put-on mild mannered politeness, Scirocco speaks in a reserved tone, rarely getting excited or angered even in the midst of the war he's participating in.
* [[Super Prototype]]: The PMX series, the set of unique and extraordinarily powerful mobile suits that he designed and built aboard the Jupitris. Of these, the PMX-003 The O is perhaps the one most iconically associated with him.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Scirocco talks like a [[Visionary Villain]], but since his actual objectives are never made clear (and let's face it, he's far from the most trustworthy person in the Universal Century) his motivations are pretty up in the air. The one thing that is clear is that he wants to rule the world.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: A variation. As he's dying he lashes out with his [[Psychic Powers]] and manages to {{spoiler|[[Mind Rape]] Kamille into a coma}}.
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: His first mobile suit, the PMX-000 Messala, which transforms into a mobile armour.
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