History Anime / MobileFighterGGundam

* NoOshaCompliance: The closest thing to safety regulations in the Gundam fights is a single regulation preventing fighters from targeting their opponent's cockpit on purpose. There are ''no'' rules regarding damage to property or bystanders. George has trauma from his preliminary match where he nearly lost because his opponent kept positioning himself so that George couldn't attack without endangering the spectators until the judges disqualified the other man for his underhanded tactics, followed by the man opening fire and blowing up half the stands in a temper tantrum, but the real fault there should have been assigned to the officials of Neo-France who set up spectator stands next to a combat zone without any safety precautions in case of any shots going in that direction, accidentally or deliberately.

* ThouShaltNotKill: One of the few hard rules of Gundam Fights is that Fighters are not to intentionally target their opponent's cockpit, which ensures that even if the Gundam itself gets trashed, the pilot usually gets out alive.

** The Master Gundam is basically the [[Anime/{{Patlabor}} Griffon with Type-Zero]]'s extending claws.

* TheTeam: The Shuffle Alliance, all of whom are competent fighters
** TheLeader: Domon, HotBlooded and very serious. He's the one that pulls the others together and leads the final charge.
** TheLancer: Chibodee Crockett is the cheerful, fight-happy type. Clashed with Domon over his seriousness.
** TheBigGuy: Argo who is ''huge'' and tough enough in person that Domon has a hard time even hurting him.
** CulturedWarrior: George is a gentleman fighter who uses finesse and can fill the team in anything society related if need be.
** YoungGun Sai is the youngest, but never-the-less part of the team proper. He is hot-headed and impatient, but a strong warrior.
%%* TeamMom: Rain to the Shuffle Alliance.

''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (''Kidou Butouden G Gundam'', lit. "Mobile Fighting Legend G Gundam") is the first AlternateUniverse in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Notable as a significant departure from the normal ''Gundam'' saga in that it was essentially a {{Super Robot|Genre}} 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 Creator/YoshiyukiTomino set aside series director duties after being burned out on ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'', and so they instead got Yasuhiro Imagawa to do the job. You know, the guy who did ''Manga/GiantRobo'', ''[[Anime/ShinMazinger Shin Mazinger Z]]'', the first 3 episodes of ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]'', etc. The result was a series less like traditional Gundam, and more like a classic SuperRobot series of yore. Bandai also demanded a ''Gundam'' tournament story in an attempt to increase gunpla sales, which were doing poorly at the time. This was also noteworthy as the first Gundam series made after the toy company Bandai bought Sunrise.

* OffscreenTeleportation: It's a plot point at the end of the first season that any Gundam Fighter who doesn't make it to Neo Hong Kong before the official start of the Gundam Fight Finals is disqualified, with Domun having to fight the Dark Gundam alone because everyone else at the Guyana Highlands left earlier to make it in time. With a very narrow amount of time left after defeating the Dark Gundam, Domon only makes it in time because he gets the Burning Gundam to replace the ruined Shining Gundam, and has to pull a ridiculous stunt where he bounces off laser arena ropes ''in orbit'' to get the necessary velocity, and only makes it with seconds to spare. The following episode, Master Asia, who was also at the Guyana Highlands and didn't leave until after Domon powered up the Burning Gundam, is also at the opening ceremony, with no explanation given for how he made it from South America to Hong Kong in an even shorter timeframe.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Through some of the flashback, were show that Kyoji deliberately took the (then) Ultimate Gundam intent on using it for his own purposes. Getting his mother shot in the process as she was trying to protect him but not even caring. [[spoiler:When the android Kyoji tells the events, we see that Kyoji took the Ultimate Gundam to keep it out of Ulbe's hands (in fact, his father even ordered him to do it) and indeed reacted appropriately when he saw his mother gunned down trying to protect him.]]

%%* RatedMForManly: "'''LOOK! THE EAST IS BURNING RED!!!'''"

%%* ShiningGoodness: The Shining Gundam.

* HowDoIShotWeb: Domon initially has trouble adjusting to the Burning Gundam's controls.

* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Neo-Japan sends the Burning Gundam to Domon in the Guiana Highlands so he can fight the Dark Gundam, only for it to arrive after [[spoiler:he achieved the Shining Gundam's true SuperMode]] and defeats it. It does come in handy for the fight that comes up immediately after, though.

* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Neo-Japan sends the Burning Gundam to Domon in the Guiana Highlands so he can fight the Dark Gundam, only for it to arrive after [[spoiler:he achieve the true Shining Gundam Super Mode]] and defeats it. It does come in handy for the fight that comes up immediately after, though.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Domon is callous, [[NoSocialSkills abrasive]], and generally a bit of a cad, due to ten years of rough training while growing up. He gets better in the second half, mainly through some timely PetTheDog moments and even some Moments Of Heartwarming.

* WarriorTherapist: Roughly half the point of the series. NotGoodWithPeople? No problem; just fight against them, and the two of you will figure it out. Referred to as "communicating with your fists" in the series.

* AintNoRule: The Gundam Fight Tournament rules are rather sparse, and mainly concern themselves with the conduct of Gundam Fighters towards other Gundam Fighters while both are in their Gundams. There is a frightening lack of rules in regards to attacking Gundam Fighters when they ''aren't'' in their Gundams, not to mention civilian bystanders, property damage, and sabotage from third parties who aren't officially part of a Gundam Fighter crew.

** The eponymous God Gundam, upgraded from Shining Gundam.

* HotScientist: Rain Mikamura. Especially whenever she gets into her Trace Suit.

''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (''Kidou Butouden G Gundam'', lit. "Mobile Fighting Legend G Gundam") is the first AlternateUniverse in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Notable as a significant departure from the normal ''Gundam'' saga in that it was essentially a {{Super Robot|Genre}} 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 Creator/YoshiyukiTomino set aside series director duties after being burned out on ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'', and so they instead got Yasuhiro Imagawa to do the job. You know, the guy who did ''Manga/GiantRobo'', ''[[Anime/ShinMazinger Shin Mazinger Z]]'', the first 3 episodes of ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]'', etc. The result was a series less like traditional Gundam, and more like a classic SuperRobot series of yore. Bandai also demanded a ''Gundam'' tournament story in an attempt to increase gunpla sales, which were doing poorly at the time.

This was also noteworthy as the first Gundam series made after the toy company Bandai bought Sunrise.

** The ''Choukyuu! G Gundam'' manga introduces upgraded versions of the rest of the heroes' robots: Maxter (''Max Revolver'') is turned into a full-fledged cowboy with twice the firepower, whose revolver-shaped shoulders can [[SpectacularSpinning make tornado winds]] or [[PileBunker amplify his punches]], and has an alternate [[ShedArmorGainSpeed faster armorless mode]]. Rose (''Versailles'') trades his Rose Bits for [[AttackDrone flying rapiers]] which makes it seem like [[SpeedEchoes he multiplies]], and can join them into rose bouquets that turn them into [[ThisIsADrill laser drills]]. Dragon (''Double Dragon'') can turn his legs into claws like Heaven's Sword, change his staff into InstantChucks, and transform itself into the head of a giant energy dragon. Finally, Bolt (''Bolt Crash''), aside from being even bigger and stronger, gains [[MagnetismManipulation electromagnetic powers]] and uses his ally Lumber Gundam as a [[{{BFS}} massive]] [[AnAxeToGrind axe]].

* {{Dystopia}}: Six decades of Gundam Fights does not do Earth well.

* DubNameChange: Under orders from Sunrise, the English dub changes several of the mechas' names for various reasons. The most obvious are the God and Devil Gundams, renamed Burning and Dark respectively; this also goes for anything with "Devil" or "Death" in its name - DG Cells, Death Army, etc. Other changes may have been for more impressive-sounding names or to tone down the national stereotypes: Neo-Mexico's Tequila Gundam to Spike Gundam, Neo-Canada's Lumber Gundam becoming Grizzly Gundam, Neo-Hong Kong's Kowloon Gundam becoming Haow Gundam, Neo-Germany's Gundam Spiegel becoming Shadow Gundam. Perhaps strangest of all was Neo-Sweden's Nobel Gundam being changed to Noble Gundam, ''even though it was still pronounced Nobel''. No personal names were changed.

* DubNameChange: The God and Devil Gundams were renamed the Burning and Dark Gundams, respectively.