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** Many of the background characters are like this too, probably as a result of all the intermarriage that happens in ten thousand years.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: A [[Fridge Horror]] version of {{spoiler|Gym's ultimate fate}}. According to supplementary materials, {{spoiler|the Turn A, and presumably the Turn X, are capable of regenerating themselves and their pilot inevitably}}. Given that {{spoiler|the Moonlight Butterfly is just an extension of the Turn units' nanomachines}}, there is every reason to believe that {{spoiler|Gym will be trapped in the Moonlight Butterfly's cocoon, fully conscious, for all time}}.
* [[And Man Grew Proud]] / [[FutureImperfect]]: On Earth, much of what's known about the Black History (or the pre-CC past in general) come from old legends and whatever could be scrounged from archaeological finds {{spoiler|until the real truth is revealed. Though given what the Moonlight Butterfly apocalypse did, it's very much justified.}}
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: It may not be a [[Kill'Em All]] series, but come on, who expected {{spoiler|Gavan Gooney to go out in a nuclear bang midseries?}}
* [[Armchair Military]]: A good chunk of the Moonrace's military forces (particularly Gym's faction) don't actually have any actual combat experience outside of simulations. As a result, they have no idea how [[War Is Hell|war is really like]], let alone how to wage a ''real'' one.
* [[Artistic License Geography]]: [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101222063227/gundam/images/a/af/AmeriaMap.png This map] places many of the important landmarks much farther apart from each other than they seem in the show. For example, Vicinity and the Mountain Cycle are close enough for young people to travel there on foot in one night, but on the map they're in central Jersey and West Virginia.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Gym, of all people. He finally gets to wage a war and give meaning to his life as a soldier. {{spoiler|After playing wargames for 2000 years.}}
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* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: {{spoiler|Will Game.}} "I don't think those are anything but hands anymore, Sochie..."
* '''[[Go Out with a Smile]]''': {{spoiler|Cancer and Muron spend their last five days having one big party before dying of asphyxiation in orbit. Given the atmosphere within the FLAT, it gives significant potential for [[Fridge Horror]].}}
* [[Government Conspiracy]]:
** It's revealed that both the Earthrace nations' high officials and the Moonrace were in secret on-off negotiations for at least some years prior to the invasion. {{spoiler|It was when diplomatic attempts fall apart that Dianna Counter forces finally make their move on a populace totally unaware of the Moonrace's existence.}}
** The real truth about the Black History {{spoiler|was kept hidden by the Moonrace even from themselves, ostensibly as a gesture to never repeat the mistakes of the past.{{
* [[Gray Goo]]: {{spoiler|The Moonlight Butterfly, perfectly capable of spreading its nanomachines a great length (in supplemental materials, all the way from Earth to ''Jupiter''), destroy all technology... and thus cause a [[Apocalypse How|Class 1 apocalypse, Societal Collapse included]].}}
* [[Guile Hero]]: The mobile suits used by the Earthrace militia tend to be dated compared to the Moonrace, so they do things like get the Moonrace soldiers drunk or lay black-powder boobie traps first.
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