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* The [[Fantastic Nuke|nuclear-like non-nukes]] introduced late in ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]''.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise completely averts this trope in multiple universes. In the mainline Universal Century, the period before the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|One Year War]] was marked by rampant use of nukes, destroying half of both sides' forces and resulting in the Antarctic Treaty, which bans the use of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. This doesn't stop M'Quve from trying to [[If I Can't Have You|nuke Odessa when the Federation conquers it]] (Amuro stops the missile in mid-air). The plot of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]'' is kick-started by Zeon remnants stealing a nuclear warhead (and a Gundam specifically designed to deliver it) and using it on the Federation naval review.
** It also comes up in the fact that most mobile suits have fusion reactors: in both [[Mobile Suit Gundam|the original series]] and ''[[Gundam Unicorn]]'', someone accidentally blows a hole in a colony when an enemy MS they destroy goes up in a nuclear fireball. In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]'', amoral Federation officers attempt to [[We Have Reinforcements|take advantage of this]] to destroy a Zeon mobile armor. ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam F91]]'' introduces shotlancers, pneumatic lances designed specifically to keep this from happening by destroying specific parts of enemy machines (such as coolant lines) and forcing an emergency reactor shut-down.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'' plays it straight only due to a faulty translation. Lady Une tries to get rid of the Gundams by self-destructing a stockpile of missiles beneath the base they're attacking. The English translation simply refers to them as "large missiles", but the original Japanese dialog explicitly calls them ICBMs.
** In ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'' (an [[After the End]] setting), the heroes unearth a cache of nuclear missiles and realize how dangerous they are when one gets set off by accident. [[The Hero]] Loran carries the remaining missiles around in the Turn A's chest for a good portion of the series, eventually using them to destroy a rogue asteroid headed for Von City on the moon.
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