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Real Women Don't Wear Dresses is NOT a YMMV trope
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(Real Women Don't Wear Dresses is NOT a YMMV trope)
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** A non-character example would be the Leo suit. The Leo suit will always be remembered by fans as a crappy piece of junk that would be destroyed if so much as sneezed on.
*** Much of the Leo's poor reputation stems from it's lack of real accomplishments. It is always on the receiving end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] and hasn't been successfully used by the main characters, unlike the Taurus or Aries. While the ''Gundam'' series has plenty of lowly grunt suits that serve as [[Cannon Fodder]], many like the Zaku and Tieren models were at least upgraded into [[Ace Custom]] variants piloted by an [[Ace Pilot]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse]].
* [[Poor Man's Substitute]]: Heero's dubbing voice actor Mark Hildreth apparantly did not share the same love for the role the other Gundam pilot's voice actors did for their characters. Heero is the only one of the five to constantly be recast in productions following the end of the TV series. Initially, Hildreth was replaced by Louis Chirillo whenever Heero returned with voice acting. Chirillo eventually retired from voice acting, after which Heero's role was given to Brian Drummond, ironically the longtime voice of his rival Zechs Merquise. With each new voice actor change, Heero's voice changes just enough to be noticeable.
* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: One of the more famous examples in Animeanime fandom, ''Gundam Wing'' combines this with the [[Numerical Theme Naming]];, hence, 1x2 means Heero/Duo; since most of the show's women don't fall under the theme, they're identified by initial (1xR = Heero/Relena).
** The ''order'' in which the names are listed is important too. Whoever is listed first is the initiator or "aggressor" of the relationship, while the listing of XxYxX (as in 1xRx1) means both partners are equally interested. Certain listings indicate shifts in personalities; for example, 2x1 means a moody Duo with a happy Heero. [[MST3K Mantra|Don't think about it too hard]] [[Austin Powers|or you'll go cross-eyed]].
* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: If people don't bash Relena for "taking Heero away from Duo", she's bashed for being unapologetically girly or having a pink limo (which her parents gave her, so it's not like she can choose the color).
* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: Quatre gets this a lot in fanfiction.
** Saying that Relena gets this is like saying "The sun is bright"; the bare statement of fact simply doesn't do it justice.
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