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One of the most popular ''[[Gundam]]'' [[OAV|OAVs]], ''Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team'' is a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]] released in 1996 and 1999 and set [[During the War|during the One Year War]] of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 War in The Pocket
The series begins with [[Ensign Newbie]] Shiro Amada en route to Earth, having just been assigned to command a mobile suit team. Along the way, he becomes involved in a battle and ends up [[Enemy Mine|working with an enemy pilot]] named Aina to survive after they're both stranded in space. Once he makes it to Earth, Shiro soon has his hands full, between having command of [[The Squad|the 08th MS Team]], dealing with [[La Résistance|the locals]], unearthing his team's [[Dead Little Sister|emotional]] [[Survivors Guilt|issues]], and encountering Aina again. Meanwhile, the war heads towards its conclusion, with Aina's brother Ginias working on a project with the potential to win the war in a single stroke...
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* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Aina, for Shiro, {{spoiler|though she doesn't end up joining Shiro's side so much as both of them giving both sides the finger and going AWOL}}.
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Though we're never told how much of it is [[Flash Back]] and how much of it is [[Nightmare Sequence]], Shiro catapults out of sleep ''and immediately pulls a gun on his [[Love Interest]]'' after dreaming about the One Week Battle, when the Zeon murdered ''billions'' of people by flooding the space colonies with nerve gas.
** [[Continuity Nod]]: Fans have [[WMG|speculated]] whether the Zaku gassing the colony in that sequence was piloted by [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|Cima Garahau]], or at least a member of her unit. Later confirmed in one of the ''Gihren's Greed'' games, when a cutscene quickly pans from Shiro, cradling a gassed corpse, demanding to know who could do such a thing, to Cima in her Zaku, [[My God, What Have I Done?|screaming that she was told it was knockout gas]].
* [[Colonel Badass]]: Norris Packard, holds the naval rank of captain, equal to an army colonel. He is also a [[Badass]].
* [[Cranial Processing Unit]]: [[Averted]]; Karen's Gundam remains operational even after getting its head punched off, and even manages to destroy its attacker with a bit of help aiming (and the only reason it needed help was that its cockpit displays had been smashed in addition to its head being removed).
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* [[Ensign Newbie]]: Shiro is the [[Trope Namer]]; Eledore (at least in the dub) refers to him as this.
* [[Expy]]: Cool older pilot who took care of a young Zeon noblewoman when she was a kid, acts as a [[Worthy Opponent]] toward the hero, and pilots a Gouf... Are we sure Norris Packard isn't [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Ramba Ral's]] lost brother? His English VA, [[Michael McConnohie]], even voiced Ramba Ral in the dub of the [[Mobile Suit Gudnam]] [[Compilation Movie|Compilation Movies]].
* [[Fan Service]]: Kiki's introduction in the second episode features her swimming naked in a pool below a waterfall. The viewer [[Nipple-and-Dimed|gets a good few shots of Kiki's anatomically-correct breasts]]. Although, [[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on the person]], these scenes are done more as a [[
* [[Fanfic Fuel]]: Ginias's lightly-touched [[Freudian Excuse]] and what little backstory was given for him and his sister are just enough to get fans' word processors put to use on occasion. The fact that some fans think Ginias might've been an abused child (extrapolated from the implications of their family being dysfunctional and the belief that his breakdown was fueled by deep-rooted trauma instead of purely biological factors) doesn't help. Needless to say, Ginias probably has the greatest risk of becoming a [[Draco in Leather Pants]] out of the cast.
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
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* [[The Gloves Come Off]]: Twice, both near the end of the series. Once by Norris Packard, who {{spoiler|abandons any hope of being evacuated}} while fighting the 08th Team, and once by Shiro, who {{spoiler|makes an exception to his [[Technical Pacifism]] to kill Ginias}}. With Aina's permission, no less.
* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: Both good and bad people exist at all levels of the military on both sides, the Gray vs. Gray vibe comes across strong in the 08th MS Team.
* [[Grievous Harm
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: One of the weirdest examples out there, when Norris Packard stabs a ''tank''. Generally assumed to be [[Justified Trope|hydraulic fluid or oil or somesuch]] (supported by the fact that it's pitch black when it erupts from the "stab wound"), but it's really obvious what effect they're actually going for.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
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