History Anime / MobileFighterGGundam

* AttackHello: '''ANSWER ME DOMON! The winds of the king! Zenshin! Keiretsu! TEMPA KYOURAN! LOOK! THE EAST IS BURNING RED!'''

* GenkiGirl: Allenby, thought subverted [[spoiler: since she's also a {{Tykebomb}} and NOT happy about that.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: Domon Kasshu throws huge wrenches into the plans of pretty much every major villain, from Master Asia, to Prime Minister Wong, and finally derailing [[spoiler: Urube]]'s XanatosRoulette

* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler: Urube pulls a frighteningly good and convoluted one to have Domon and Rain doing his dirty work and use ''the whole Gundam Fight'' to his profit, even incorporating ''others''' [[XanatosRoulette Xanatos Roulettes]] into his plan.]]

** SixthRanger: Allenby, CuteBruiser who causes a great deal of jealousy between Rain and Domon

* MoodWhipLash: After the first several, very lighthearted episodes, we get to one where Domon is revealing [[spoiler: what later turns out be a fabricated version]] of the events of the Devil Gundam incident, revealing that he's brother went rogue with what was effectively a weapon of mass destruction and his mother died. Later in the series, we have another case Chibiti appearing terrified of the circus and clowns (along with the episode the features the Jester Gundam, probably the silliest design in the series), which is initially PlayedForLaughs, then it starts getting PlayedForDrama and we find that he's terrified of laughing clowns was because of gang of lunatics with machine guns dressed up as guns started a riot that his lost his mother in.

* WriterRevolt: the plot was completely changed by the director and several people left production

* EsotericHappyEnding: While on the personal level it is a BittersweetEnding, on the global scale it is not as happy as it seems. [[spoiler:The Devil Gundam is banished, but then the audience is presented with the final message promising another Gundam Fight to come after the end, which means Earth is bound to continue to suffer the ignorant tyranny of the warring colonies for the control of the planet. It is hardly any better off.]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: Admist all the RuleOfFun thematic Gundams are the ''slightly'' more serious God and Devil Gundams. The Ultimate Gundam [[FallenAngel fell to Earth]] and became the [[{{Satan}} Devil]] Gundam, turning into a [[{{ptitle2s6v9yii}} many-headed monster that corrupted people]]. Rather than the Judeo-Christian [[{{God}} God]], the [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers enlightenment-powered]] God Gundam's [[SuperMode golden glow]], mandala, and [[FinishingMove threateningly open hand]] evoke the statue of a Buddhist warrior deity.

* AncientConspiracy: The original Shuffle Alliance

* TheArcher: The Rising Gundam features a bow that's normally folded up on its left arm. We even see an image of Rain in traditional Japanese archery clothes during one scene when she uses this weapon [[spoiler: to disable the Walter Gundam * without* hitting the cockpit and killing Allenby, its BrainwashedAndCrazy pilot]].
* ArtifactTitle: Sort of. In the English translation, God Gundam is renamed Burning Gundam, but it's suggested that G Gundam stands for "Gundam of Gundams" (ie, the winner of the Gundam Fight) instead.
* ArtificialGravity

* AscendedFanboy: Subverted with Chang in Episode 27, who tries to steal Domon's Gundam only to get nearly killed by the Mobile Trace System
* TheAtoner: Domon enters the Tournament to atone for his family's supposed sins.: [[spoiler: However, the true atoner is Dr. Mikamura, who framed Domon's family and, after his HeelFaceTurn, he makes up for it with an HeroicSacrifice ]].

* AWizardDidIt: Don't bother trying to make sense of most of the action scenes, the show is as [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robotty]] as it can possibly get.
* AxCrazy: Michelo Chariot from day one. He's later joined in his murderousness by [[spoiler: [[FallenHero fallen hero]] Gentle Chapman]]
* {{Badass}}: most of the cast, but especially Domon, Schwarz, and Master Asia
** BadassBookworm: Kyouji is hinted to be one of these
* BattleStrip: [[spoiler: Ulube]] .

** Domon shows traits of this when he uses Shining Gundam's SuperMode when enraged.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Apparently, one of the main teachings of the School of the Undefeated of the East is doing this. Even compared to other gundam fighters, what this school does is beyond what normal humans are capable of. [[spoiler: apparently it also Domon to do magic or some kind of KiAttack despite neither existing in this series.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Devil Gundam itself]]
* BigBrotherMentor: [[spoiler: Schwarz Bruder, who ends up being a clone of Domon's older brother Kyoji]]

* BladeReflection: variation
* BodyguardCrush: Princess Maria Louise crushes like crazy on George, who may or may not love her back

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Saette, when under control of the DG cells. George, Sai Saici, Argo and Chibodee, during the Shinjuku arc, when also infused with the Cells. [[spoiler: Allenby, during the Battle Royale in Lantao - she was under DG Cells AND Berserker system control ]]

* CainAndAbel: Kyouji is the Cain, Domon is the Abel. [[spoiler: Or so we think.]]

* CatFight: Partially subverted: Rain's fight against [[spoiler: Allenby]] wasn't exactly a cakewalk
* CharClone - Arguably two, in fact: Schwarz and Ulube.

* ChessMotifs: Prime Minister Wong's Gundam chess set

** Domon, if you ship Rain with George or Chibodee. Because it's not like he has quite the FreudianExcuse that makes him harsh to evceryone, nooooo, he ''has'' to be a drunkard and evil DomesticAbuser...

* EmpathicWeapon: The Gundams

* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Look no further than Neo France's George de Sand

* AirVentEscape: Played straight in Episode 2, where Domon sneaks through the ducts of Madison Square Garden and ambushes Chibodee's boxing opponent so he can take his place. PlayedForLaughs in the 2010 manga, he ''intends'' to go to Chibodee and challenge him, [[IdiotHero but ends up in the opponent's room because he got lost.]] [[RefugeInAudacity He then tries to play himself off as an autograph hound.]] It doesn't work, and after knocking the guy out he decides to take his place.

* TheArcher: The Rising Gundam's heat naginata can be turned into a bow. We even see an image of Rain in traditional Japanese archery clothes during one scene when she uses this trick [[spoiler: to disable the Walter Gundam * without* hitting the cockpit and killing Allenby, its BrainwashedAndCrazy pilot]]

* BodyHorror: Saette, Gentle Chapman and/or Kyoji's cases exemplify the ''horrifying'' control that the DG Cells can have on someone's body and mind

** The Gundam for Neo Holland had a freaking windmill. On its chest.
** The Gundam for Neo Canada is a lumberjack, Spain has a literal bull face on its chest (think Gurren Lagan), Neo Egypt has a pharaoh theme, Neo France actually uses flowers as an attack and has a Napoleon hat BUILT IN, the Gundam for Neo China uses Kung Fu, and Neo Germany (one of the least clique of the bunch) has a Stahlhelm (the Nazi helmet used by the infantry. Stay classy Japan) and there is some kind of Viking Gundam too .

* ChunkySalsaRule: Article 1 of the Gundam Fight rules states that a Gundam Fighter is disqualified if his/her Gundam's head is destroyed.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: And so, apparently, does a draw.

* {{Eagleland}}: Chibodee Crockett, his bedtime lullaby was America the Beautiful... seriously.: [[SelfDeprecation Only in the dub]]. It was a fairly generic lullaby in the Japanese version.

* {{Earworm}}: Pretty much every song in the series, but particularly the first theme song.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Maria Louise of Neo France, despite the fact that the series was made well over a century since the last time France was a monarchy.

** SixthRanger: Allenby, CuteBruiser who causes a great deal of jealousy between Rain and Domon

* FutureSpandex: All of the pilots wear skin-tight body suits as part of the interface for their mobile suits. The substance is sort of like spandex, but they actually have transformation sequences (not always shown) that make it look like plastic wrap. Nearly all of the pilots are male, but there is one point where Rain goes through the process.

** Particularly in the Finals, where Chibodee and George feel compelled to demonstrate their new finishing moves: Machinegun Punch and Rose Hurricane to Domon before their fights, which allows him to develop the God Shadow and God Slash Typhoon ''specifically'' to counter them. Sai Saici, the youngest of the group by far, is ironically the one who has the sense to ''not'' show off his ultimate attack before his fight with Domon...not that it helps.

* HotbloodedSideburns: ''Many'' characters, though Master Asia's are particularly epic

* JapaneseRanguage: Whenever Chibodee says something in English in the original Japanese dub. Also, in a rather hilarious oversight, when Chapman was locking onto George's Gundam with his rifle, instead of saying "LOCK ON", they HUD instead said "ROCK ON"!

* LighterAndSofter: Than all UC Gundam series and movies that proceeded it. Has an EarnYourHappyEnding where the main cast all get to live and ThePowerOfLove is show to conquer all.

* MythologyGag: episodes 48 and 49 pit [[spoiler:a Rain-powered Neo Japan-sized Devil Gundam]] against every other nation's Gundams in space, and then some. Among them include [[MobileSuitGundam the RX-78-2 and possibly an RGM-79 or two]], [[MobileSuitZetaGundam the MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[StardustMemory GP Unit 01 Full Vernian and GP Unit 02]], [[MobileSuitGundamF91 SNRI's Formula 91]], [[CrossboneGundam the F97 Crossbone]], [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam the LM314V21 Victory Mk. 2]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Wing Gundam 01]]. Keep in mind that Gundam Wing didn't air until the year after G Gundam.

** One of them was a freaking ''mummy'' instead of a zombie. An Egyptian Cyborg Mummy Zombie.

* PartlyCloudyWithAChanceOfDeath: Sunrise version

*** Not to mention that his title in the Shuffle Alliance is the ''Queen'' of Spades, something he embraces fully with no one ever doubting his heterosexuality.

* CanonForeigner: The ''SD Gundam G Generation'' series of games introduced the [[http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/ggf/jdg-010.htm Devil Gundam Jr.]], which looks suspiciously like the [[TurnAGundam Turn X]], and has yet to filter back into ''G Gundam'' proper.

** Also, much of the Earth has been trashed horribly by Gundam Fights, with the original project meant to restore it corrupted and ultimately destroyed. To make things even worse, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel another Gundam Fight will come 4 years after this DG Cell incident.]] [[HumansAreBastards Colony people never learn!!]]

* WorldOfBadass: Everyone in the gundam fight, and everyone that tries to survive the people fighting in said fight.]]

** Also, much of the Earth has been trashed horribly by Gundam Fights, with the original project meant to restore it corrupted and ultimately destroyed.

''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (''Kidou Budouten G Gundam'', lit. "Mobile Fighting Legend G Gundam") is the first AlternateUniverse in the ''{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Notable as a significant departure from the normal ''Gundam'' saga in that it was essentially a [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot]] show. Every ''Gundam'' series before and after has been essentially the prime examples of the RealRobotGenre. ''G Gundam'' has only a few mild relations to the other series besides the name "Gundam." It also takes a lot of inspiration from the {{shonen}} genre. Part of this radical change is that YoshiyukiTomino set aside series director duties after being burned out on ''VictoryGundam'', and that Bandai demanded a ''Gundam'' tournament story in an attempt to increase gunpla sales, which were doing poorly at the time.

* MythologyGag: episodes 48 and 49 pit [[spoiler:a Rain-powered Neo Japan-sized Devil Gundam]] against every other nation's Gundams in space, and then some. Among them include [[MobileSuitGundam the RX-78-2 and possibly an RGM-79 or two]], [[MobileSuitZetaGundam the MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam]], [[StardustMemory GP Unit 01 Full Vernian and GP Unit 02]], [[MobileSuitGundamF91 SNRI's Formula 91]], [[CrossboneGundam the F97 Crossbone]], [[MobileSuitVictoryGundam the LM314V21 Victory Mk. 2]], and [[MobileSuitGundamWing Wing Gundam 01]]. Keep in mind that Gundam Wing didn't air until the year after G Gundam.

The universe has recently been revived with a new serial comic running in ''Gundam Ace'' as part of the Alternate Universe franchise reboot project.

* GundamVsSeries: God/Domon and Master/Tohou Fuhai show up in ''Gundam vs Gundam'', Devil Gundam is its final boss; Domon also receives Shining Gundam in ''NEXT''. Spiegel/Schwarz and Nobel/Allenby debut in the sequel as well. ''Extreme VS'' only brings God and Master Gundam but also debuts Dragon Gundam

* RuleOfCool: Oh damn, yeah

* AloofBigBrother: Kyoji Kasshu. [[spoiler: [[OrIsIt Or is he?]]]]

* AmericanRobot: And a Japanese Robot, and a Chinese Robot, and an Egyptian Robot...

** The 2010 manga introduced the JMF[[LeetLingo 1337]]SD Shading Gundam, a [[PaintItBlack black]] copy of the Shining Gundam that appears in the "episode" where Domon is dragged back to the colonies to be tested by the Neo-Japanese government.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Apparently, one of the main teachings of the School of the Undefeated of the East is doing this.

** '''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome THEY PUNT A SKYSCRAPER THAT WAS BURIED SEVERAL STORIES UNDERGROUND.]] [[HolyShitQuotient WITHOUT THEIR GUNDAMS.]]''' And Master Asia had a ''sprained ankle'' at the time. That moment currently provides the image for this very trope.

* MindRape: [[spoiler:Episode 6, when Domon is drugged and forced to watch an holographic re-enaction of his family's downfall to see if he can really use his Super Mode: which is supposed to be powered up [[UnstoppableRage through anger-fueled]] Heroic Resolve . For worse, much later we find out ''it was all a lie'']].

* MotionCaptureMecha: Using the Mobile Trace system. Also taken to a [[BeyondTheImpossible ridiculous extreme]]; you can ''dislocate your shoulder and the suit's arm will also dislocate''.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Master Asia for Wong's XanatosGambit, Domon for Urube's. Later subverted when Domon tears Urube's scheme down around him.]]

* WorldOfBadass

* XanatosGambit: Some strategies during the Gundam Fight lay heavily on this.