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''SD Gundam Force'', the SD ''officially'' standing for "Superior Defender", but also for "[[Super-Deformed]]", A term used for a long-running series of [[Affectionate Parody|Affectionate Parodies]], is a [[Cel Shading|CG anime]] series based on the ''[[Gundam]]'' metaseries. It ran for two seasons, but ended on a full course.
The city of Neotopia is a peaceful place, where the humans live in harmony with Mobile Citizens, small robots between three and four feet tall that look a lot like Mobile Suits. A young boy named Shute finds himself at ground zero of an invasion by the Dark Axis, an army of evil (and equally tiny) robots who seem determined to turn everything to stone. He is rescued by Captain Gundam, A robot styled after the Gundams of the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Universal Century]] universe (particularly the [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|GP-01]]). After beating back the invading forces, Captain suddenly shows up at Shute's house in a civilian guise, saying his commander wanted him to get experience with civilians, and he decided to start by being Shute's friend.
During the battles against the Dark Axis, Captain meets with two other warriors from parallel universes: [[Gundam Wing|Zero, the Winged Knight]], a magic-using warrior from the world of Lacroa, and [[G Gundam|Bakunetsumaru]], A Samurai from the world of Ark.
Practically the definition of a [[Love It or Hate It]] series. When it first aired, ''SDGF'' was flamed to a crisp by some viewers as a [[Lighter and Softer]] perversion of ''[[Gundam]]'' that [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined the franchise FOREVER]]. However, quite a few ''[[Gundam]]'' fans enjoy it because of the flashes of depth lurking beneath the cutesy exterior, ranging from extended [[Mythology Gag|Mythology Gags]] to deeper characterization than one normally expects from a kids' show. Two video games were produced, though the [[Play Station 2]] game is more noteworthy for introducing the dimensional pirates of DaScar, [[Expy|Expies]] of ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Zapper Zaku, Grappler Gouf, Destroyer Dom...
** Zapper also tends to do this when insulting people, with or without [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]].
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...]]}}
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: The Demon Sword Epyon.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: {{spoiler|Chief Haro showing off his fighting ability in the final battle against General Zeong, which involves deflecting missiles with his ''head''.}}
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* [[The Ditz]]: Sayla. Come on, the girl pretty much just ignored a pitched intergalactic battle to focus on baking a cake! Although you could take her line at the end of the same episode as a sign of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]...
* [[Egg McGuffin]]: The Spirit Egg, during the Mystery of Lacroa episodes.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evilly Affable]]: Tallgeese, who is delightfully [[Large Ham|hammy]] and at one point does a little dance and song.
* [[Exactly What I Aimed At]] - Zero [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|tosses his sword]] while locked in a nosediving tackle with Tallgeese, causing a rock suspended overhead to crash down and leaving his enemy to be smashed into the Dark Hole after his friends pull him out of danger.
* [[Expy]]: Locations are Expies of something from a standard ''[[Gundam]]'' timeline.
** Neotopia = Earth Federation (''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' through ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam:
** Dark Axis = Zeon/Neo Zeon (likewise)
** Lacroa = ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' + Knight Gundam
** Ark = ''[[G Gundam]]'' + Musha Gundam
** DaScar from the [[Play Station 2]] game = [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Deathscythe}}
* [[Fastball Special]]: Episode 12, Captain and Bakunetsumaru. When you need to get out of an abyss and only one of you has jetpacks...
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** {{spoiler|Not to mention they have the exact same voice, and Zako Red seems to force his "Zako" tic rather than it being an actual tic}}
* [[Mooks]]: The Zakos Pawn Leos and Zakobusshi.
** Ironically, the subtrope of [[Mecha
* [[More Dakka]]: Dom's Gallop trailer is filled with a ridiculous amount of guns that all fire at once on command. [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|Of course, they rarely, if ever, hit something.]]
* [[My Hero Zero|My Hero Zero, the Winged Knight]]
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood|My Name is Not Baku]]: Bakunetsumaru. Guneagle spends the entire end of his debut episode trying to get his name right, and Shute's parents don't have much of an easier time with it at first.
** The Zako soldiers can't get it right either.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Practically built into the premise. Some are more obvious than others, for instance Gerbera's {{spoiler|true identity as Captain Gundam's brother}} is based on the fact that {{spoiler|the [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|Gerbera Tetra]] was based off of the rejected Gundam GP-04 (and in fact, the Gerbera Tetra Kai IS the GP-04 with armor covering the Gundam-y parts), while Captain Gundam and his various upgrades are based on the GP-01 and GP-03.}}
** The Pawn Leos have a more subtle example in the form of their incredible weakness. Simply tripping breaks the spell that animates them, referencing their original counterparts' shoddy construction.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: The English dub tries to hide the fact that Cobramaru attempts ''seppuku'' after his defeat in Season 2.
** Averts it earlier during the Ashuramaru episodes.
* [[No Export for You]]: The second season has been shown in pretty much every country except America.
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* [[Summon Magic]] / [[Summoning Ritual]]: Tallgeese with the Griffon, and later {{spoiler|Zero with the Feather Dragon.}}
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Captain Gundam
* [[Surrounded
* [[Synchronized Swarming]]: The Bagu-Bagu do this.
* [[Taken for Granite]]: The Bagu-Bagu turn organic matter to stone.
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