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{{quote|''[[Blatant Lies|A merry robot action anime about protecting the peace of the world and your neighborhood]].''|[[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] explains the show to his sponsors, ''[[Gundam Sousei]]''.}}
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So, for those of you who seek a comprehensive plot summary of the series, here is one. A group of Terran colonists on a remote planet find a [[Cool Starship]] and three bulky starfighters that [[Combining Mecha|combine]] into a [[Super Robot Genre|Super Robot]]. The ship and the robot contain the so-called Ide, a source of infinite energy, which a militaristic [[Human Aliens|alien-but-actually-human]] civilization of Buff Clan is after. This results in a rather monotonous [[Monster of the Week|Strategy Of The Week]] as Buff Clan (unsuccessfully) employs increasingly more devastating technologies and renowned military commanders to bring down the Solo ship and get their hands on Ideon. Along the way, [[Anyone Can Die|many folks die]] and the Solo ship screws up their relationships with other Terran colonies and the Earth itself, all of whom now want Ide for themselves. Towards the end of the series, [[Bolivian Army Ending|every known army in the universe gangs up against the Solo crew]]. It also becomes apparent that Ideon has a will of its own and that it is displeased with the humans' wars and infighting. Enough so to completely wipe all of them out. That's where the series abruptly cuts. In [[The Movie]], Buff Clan stages the final assault on the Solo ship and Ideon, this time with a planet-destroying [[Wave Motion Gun]]. [[Gone Horribly Right|And succeeds]]. Ideon explodes and destroys what's left of Buff Clan army, since even before that, it generates a swarm of meteors that [[Earthshattering Kaboom|wreck]] Earth ''and'' Buff Clan homeplanet (destruction of other Terran colonies is [[Handwaved]]), so all sentient beings on both planets are destroyed. Cue the [[Mind Screw
Compared to its immediate spiritual predecessor, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', ''Ideon'' is a step back from [[Real Robot]] to [[Super Robot]] (the trend was discontinued with ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'' in the 80s) and as a result, features rather formulaic combat engagements. These usually follow the pattern of Buff Clan (later, Earth, too) presenting their newest strategy/technology/commander, engaging Ideon (which may or may not be in combined form at the time), and getting their asses handed to them in every single episode. The grand scale of the battles commonly seen in various [[Gundam
[[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] apparently wants to make a remake of it. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-03-18/shinbo-tomino-want-to-do-new-madoka-magica-ideon Complete with the death scenes.]
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* [[Off with His Head]]: How {{spoiler|Kitty}} and later {{spoiler|Ashura}} die in ''Be Invoked''.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: In the very end of the second movie.
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* [[Plot Armor]]: Only up until the ending.
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: Cruelly subverted with {{spoiler|Karala}} who takes three bullets in the face {{spoiler|from her sister Harulu}}; however, we [[Take Our Word for It|don't see the results.]]
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