History Anime / MobileSuitGundamCucuruzDoansIsland

* NightmareFuel: Like a scene straight out of a horror movie, a Zeon pilot infiltrating the island base spies the Gundam's feet peeking out from under a tarp. In a moment of morbid curiosity, he rips it away, only to come face to face with the ''White Devil''. Amuro then ''activates'' the Gundam, which comes to life with terrifying glowing eyes in front of the horrified pilot before it stabs its beam saber neatly through the cockpit of the Zeon MS, killing him. Amuro then zeroes in on the OTHER pilot, who's on foot and running for his life... slowly stalks him, catches up to him and then squashes him underfoot. Amuro is almost too sickened by what he's about to do to go through with it. ...Almost.

* NightmareFuel: Like a scene straight out of a horror movie, a Zeon pilot infiltrating the island base spies the Gundam's feet peeking out from under a tarp. In a moment of morbid curiosity, he rips it away, only to come face to face with the ''White Devil''. Then ''activates'' the Gundam, coming to life with terrifying glowing eyes in front of the horrified pilot before it stabs its beam saber neatly through the cockpit of the Zeon MS, killing him. Amuro then zeroes in on the OTHER pilot, who's on foot and running for his life... slowly stalks him, catches up to him and then squashes him underfoot. Amuro is almost too sickened by what he's about to do to go through with it. ...Almost.

* CryIntoChest: Frau Bow is quietly sobbing [[spoiler:around Amuro's neck at the end. He gently apologizes for having worried her]]. There is also a blink-and-you-miss-it moment of typical attitudes: [[ShipperOnDeck Sayla]] (who brought her) looking pleased, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Kai]] looking amused, and [[HopelessSuitor Hayato]] looking dismayed.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: M’Quve is left laughing at the failure of his scheme, musing that like Hitler he also had a soldier who valued civilization.

* AnalogyBackfire: M’Quve when threatening Admiral Gop with devastation if the Federation continues its plans, quotes Adolf Hitler's famous line "Is Paris Burning" to illustrate his intent. Gop then punctures this by pointing out that the Allies took Paris intact. A visibly irritated M’Quve acknowledges the point but notes that [[TemptingFate unlike Hitler he will succeed]].

* TheCameo: Tem Ray, Kamaria Ray, and Char Aznable appear in Amuro's NightmareSequence.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Slegger crashing his GM into a rock formation

* {{Foreshadowing}}: M’Quve's conversation with Admiral Gop where he quotes Hitler's line "Is Paris burning" in regards to his intentions with [[AnalogyBackfire Gop pointing out that Paris wasn't burned]] and M’Quve admitting that one of Hitler's soldiers valued civilization over his orders. [[spoiler: Something that will also happen to him.]]

** Played with with the island children; here they throw rocks at mobile suits and at least one of them casually and enthusiastically wishes death on Amuro, but they don't throw rocks at him when he's unarmed like the original kids did.

* ChekhovsSkill: Subverted. Hayato tries a judo stance when attempting to catch Blanca the goat. His judo training lets him defeat many soldiers in this continuity, but it apparently doesn't work on animals.

!Tropes in this movie include:

* WasTooHardOnHim: Unlike the original continuity, Bright does wonder about this with regards to how he's treated Amuro -- but also concludes it would have been better off if Amuro had already deserted, although presumably not together with the Gundam.

* AcePilot: Doan is considered to be one of Zeon’s best pilots, with his skills being directly compared to that of Char Aznable himself. He lives up to that reputation by taking out two of the Southern Cross Corps and their advanced High Mobility Zakus while fighting in a worn down standard-issue Zaku II being held together with salvaged parts.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Cara was called "Rolland" in the original episode, likely changed because a character with the same kana ''(ro-ra-nu, Loran)'' became the main character of ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' in 1999.

* ChekhovsSkill: Subverted. Hayato tries a judo stance when trying to catch Blanca the goat. His judo training lets him defeat many soldiers in this continuity, but it apparently doesn't work on animals.

* AdaptationDeviation: This version is set in ''[[Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin The Origin]]'' continuity rather than that of the original TV series - ''White Base'' has come across the Atlantic from South America after Zeon’s failed assault on Jaburo and is heading to Belfast and the coming Battle of Odessa, which is the order of events from ''The Origin''. It also means Doan's island is now in the Canaries, rather than the Pacific near Japan, Hayato has a Guncannon with missile pods, Sleggar Law is already on the crew, and Amuro has teal eyes and lighter hair.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original episode Amuro accuses Doan of misleading the orphans for his own benefit and gets slapped by Cara's counterpart. He's far less cynical here.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Cara was called "Rolland" in the original episode, likely changed because a character with the same kana ''(ro-ra-nu, Loran)'' became the main character of ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' in 1999.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original episode Amuro accuses Doan of misleading the orphans for his own benefit and gets slapped by Cara's counterpart. He's far less cynical here.

''Cucuruz Doan's Island'' is a 2022 ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' movie. It is an expansion and adaptation of the original series' [[Recap/MobileSuitGundamEp15CucuruzDoansIsland episode 15 of the same name]]. This is particularly notable because for a long time E15 was the MissingEpisode, pulled from overseas release by Creator/YoshiyukiTomino.

* NukeEm: Doan’s island is home to an abandoned Zeon base containing a nuclear MIRV missile ready for launch. M’Quve orders the Southern Cross Corps to head to the island and launch the missile at Federation-held territory in hopes of forestalling their coming offensive on Odessa. [[spoiler:They succeed in doing so, only for the warheads to prematurely detonate in the Earth’s atmosphere thanks to Doan sabotaging the missile prior to their arrival.]]