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|'''[[H.P. Lovecraft]]''', ''Poetry Of The Gods''}}
'''∀ Gundam''' (pronounced "Turn A Gundam") premiered in Japan in 1999 and is an [[Alternate Universe]] of the ''[[Gundam]]'' meta-series.<ref>Actually, it is {{spoiler|THE [[Distant Finale]] to the meta-series}}.</ref>
In the Correct Century, the people of Earth are living in a world roughly at the turn of the 19th century. What they do not know, however, is that they are not the first incarnation of mankind. Far in the past, there were humans living on the moon who, after a great catastrophe, were forced to go into cryo-stasis and await the time when it is safe to return to the Earth. In the meantime, they occasionally send scouts to the Earth to see if it has returned to a state where people can live on its surface once more. Among these scouts is a young boy named Loran Cehack.
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At the start of the series, the people of the moon (descriptively dubbed "The Moonrace") decide that they and their superior technology wish to return to the open air and full gravity of Earth. This understandably leads to some confrontation with the people already there. Loran, who had been living on Earth a few years ahead of time, has grown attached to the people there and after [[Falling Into the Cockpit]] of a mobile suit that has been buried in the earth for millennia, proceeds to defend the aristocratic families of of the Kingdom of Bostonia as tensions build between Earth and the Moonrace, and the threat of war spirals ever higher.
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After years of [[No Export for You]], Right Stuff Inc. ''finally'' released the series in America on June 2015.<ref>[http://www.rightstufanime.com/Turn-A-Gundam-Part-1-DVD-S Right Stuff product page]</ref><ref>[[wikipedia:Turn A Gundam#North American release|Wikipedia article, "North American release" section]]</ref>
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* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Subverted with Loran and company when they first arrive on Earth. While they do find everything strange initially, the mere fact that they're provided with appropriate-looking outfits to make themselves fit in better suggests that the Moonrace already has at least some knowledge on what's happening on the ground. After all, they weren't the first ones to make planetfall, what with the Red Team {{spoiler|and the first Will Game}} coming long before them.
* [[Flash Step]]: {{spoiler|One of Turn A's abilities. It's actually more like a [[Invisibility Cloak|cloak step]]--the Gundam briefly becomes invisible, so wherever it appears next is a surprise.}}
* [[Gender Is No Object]]: Certainly true for the Moonrace. Dianna is the clear political leader, and there are many female pilots and technicians in the military. This is less true of the
* [[Genetic Memory]]: At one point, Kihel muses that the people on Earth might have residual, instinctual memories of the Black History, which may be why technology hasn't ''quite'' caught up. Almost as if there's some kind of mental failsafe to prevent it from happening again. {{spoiler|This also may explain however why [[History Repeats]] so similarly.}}
* [[Ghibli Hills]]: No wonder the Moonrace want Earth so badly. Of course, it's been millennia since the {{spoiler|Moonlight Butterfly apocalypse.}}
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** This becomes especially mundane when you realize that the Turn A {{spoiler|was designed to fight against an entire planet's military armed forces. And be expected to win.}}
* [[The Mutiny]]: Major Phil leads one against Dianna halfway through the series, feeling that she is too weak a leader to properly deal with the resistance on Earth. {{spoiler|The fact that Kihel was interfering with more aggressive policy while posing as Dianna contributed to this.}}
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Probably one of the things this series is most famous for. Hovering between Continuity Nod and Mythology Gag, the entire Black History is {{spoiler|1=everything from Universal Century to After War, and [[Word of God]] includes all other Gundam [[Alternate Universe
** Both openings make use of this. Freeze-framing the first opening, for instance, reveals the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|RX-78-2]], the [[Chars Counterattack|RX-93 Nu Gundam]], the [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Gundam Mk. II]], the [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket|NT-1 Alex]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Deathscythe]], [[After War Gundam X|Double X]]...
** In episode 17, a Moonrace panics and mistakes lightning for a Militia weapon, similar to a Zeon soldier's reaction in the original [[Mobile Suit Gundam]].
** [[Fat Bastard]] Sweatson Stero attributes Loran's ability to beat him to his superior mobile suit, just like Ramba Ral, but after Loran has already [[Epic Fail|handed him his ass thrice]].
** The Kapool combines several [[Mythology Gag
** Episode 43 takes this to its logical conclusion, where, as the Black History is revealed, {{spoiler|clips from all previous Gundam series are shown; in the famous scene where [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro in the RX-78-2 spears a Zaku II through the cockpit with his beam saber]], Miashei notes that it's the Turn A and a Borjanon, but Sochie notes that the RX-78-2 looks much older. Indeed, the last five minutes of this episode is a pure [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for all Gundam fans.}}
* [[Nanomachines]]: {{spoiler|The Turn A and Turn X}} use these both for repairing themselves, and as an attack.
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** [[Word of God]] {{spoiler|added everything after ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'' such as SEED.}}
* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. Biplanes and foot soldiers don't do much against Dianna Counter; it's not until the Inglessa milita finds its own mobile suits that they start putting up a decent fight.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Dianna's position is anything but
** Lily Borjarno is also a skilled politician who knows how to work an angle and frequently does so.
*** Heck, if we're counting the rich and well-off, Sochie counts, too, as she was a member of the Inglessa Militia ''before'' the conflict started.
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* [[Stock Footage]]: Completely and utterly absent. This is surprising for a Gundam series.
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: {{spoiler|Guin Lineford}}, the first (and so far, only) character officially outta the closet in the franchise. Then again, [[Bi the Way|he might be bisexual]], but his onesided love for {{spoiler|Loran}} is carefully held off until the last few episodes.
* [[Superpower Lottery]]: {{spoiler|The Turn-A Gundam is, based on [[All There in the Manual|additional details]], the most powerful Gundam ever and among the most powerful [[Humongous Mecha]] full stop ''including'' [[Super Robot
** {{spoiler|And keep in mind, even discounting the novelization details, the Turn A still has its I-field, teleportation, warping, and regenerating abilities, which are explicitly shown in the series, on top of a Moonlight Butterfly that destroyed Earth civilization completely.}}
** This is a common joke on most mecha/Gundam forums. The {{spoiler|Turn-A}} at its theoretical full power has more potent abilities than even the infamous [[Zeorymer]]. Only the most Super of [[Super Robot
*** It could also be argued that since {{spoiler|Correct Century is the end of all Gundam, and the Moonlight Butterfly destroyed all civilization on Earth}}, the {{spoiler|Turn A}} doesn't ''need'' to beat all the other Gundams; it already ''has''.
* [[Super Prototype]]: Parodied. Gavan chose his personal Borjanon because it looked different from the other Borjanons that his men excavated. That would be because it's a {{spoiler|Zaku ''I''}}, while the other Borjanons are {{spoiler|Zaku ''II'' production models}}.
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* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: It's a damn good thing that Sochie's Kapool was ''meant'' for underwater travel, otherwise {{spoiler|Loran and Turn A would've had no means of joining up with the others across the sea}}.
* [[Title Scream]]: Done with a voice that one would ''swear'' sounds British or Australian.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: The Heim sisters: Sochie is a [[Tsundere
* [[Tsundere]]: Sochie, Kihel's younger sister.
* {{spoiler|[[Twin Switch]]: Dianna and Kihel, despite being not really twins. It actually serves as a major plot point of the series.}}
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