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* NotSoDifferent: The most visibly moving episode is the second episode of ''Apocalypse''. The audience realizes, even though the characters do not, that both sides are untrained children.
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** We get to see the RX-78-2 through the camera of a Zeon mobile suit, just to show why [[TheDreaded Amuro and his Gundam]] were known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The White Devil]].
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** We get to see the RX-78-2 through the camera of a Zeon mobile suit, just to show why [[TheDreaded Amuro and his Gundam]] were known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast suit. The White Devil]].novelization confirms that the footage was taken by Gene's Zaku in the first episode of the original series.
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-->-- ''U.C. Gundam Blu-ray Libraries blurb''
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-->-- ''U.C. Gundam Blu-ray Libraries blurb''
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->''U.C. 0079, at the end of the One Year War. The Principality of Zeon, seeking independence from the Earth Federation, has been repeatedly throwing newly developed weapons and mobile suits into the battlefield. At first glance they seem spectacular, but a cruel reality lurks in the background. The members of Zeon's 603 Technical Evaluation Unit field test the latest weapons and put new prototypes into action as the Zeon forces rush towards their final battle, and Zeon approaches the brink of defeat.''
-->-- ''U.C. Gundam Blu-ray Libraries blurb''
-->-- ''U.C. Gundam Blu-ray Libraries blurb''
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* DoomedByCanon: Given that Zeon lost the war in the original series, which aired more than 25 years before ''MS IGLOO 1'', it's a foregone conclusion that nothing being tested by the 603rd will turn the tide in Zeon's favor.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Given that Zeon lost the war in the original series, which aired more than 25 years before ''MS IGLOO 1'', it's a foregone conclusion that nothing being tested by the 603rd will turn the tide in Zeon's favor.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After losing a leg to the white Zaku, Yandell theoretically could have taken a medical discharge and go home. Unfortunately, by that point, his home was a burned-out ruin in Zeon occupied territory. The fact that he no longer had a home to return to played a role in his decision to obsessively hunt the White Ogre.
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* BadassNormal: Engineering Lieutenant Oliver May, while piloting the Big Rang in episode 3 of ''Apocalypse''. Lieutenant Ben Barberry from episode 1 of ''Gravity Front'' also, an infantryman who has more MS kills than most pilots, at the ''beginning'' of the war.
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* BadassNormal: Engineering Lieutenant Oliver May, while piloting the Big Rang in episode 3 of ''Apocalypse''. Lieutenant Ben Barberry from episode 1 of ''Gravity Front'' also, an infantryman who has more MS kills than most pilots, at the ''beginning'' of the war.war, through the use of ambush tactics with rocket launchers.
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* FlawedPrototype: Most of the prototypes that appear in ''MS IGLOO 1'' are AwesomeButImpractical and were used as mere propaganda: the Jormungand is incredibly powerful, but can't reliably hit anything at range without a spotter providing targeting data at point blank range thanks to Minovsky jamming, the Hildolfr is a tank that was already marked as a failure, the basic premise of the Mobile Diver (sub-orbital dive bombing) is suicidally stupid to use with a single unit that doesn't have complete surprise and air support (not to mention the sheer impracticality of either building suits for a single run or returning them back to orbit after each sortie, and the fact that it was too late in the war to build enough of them to be useful anyway), the Zudah breaks apart if its thrusters are used at high output, and the Oggo is just a worker pod outfitted with weapons (very much like the Ball). The Big Rang was the only prototype that could arguably be considered a success at its intended mission - as an MS weapons collier capable of defending itself while rearming its charges on the front lines - but since it was first deployed on the last day of the war, it's too little too late.
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* FlawedPrototype: Most of the prototypes that appear in ''MS IGLOO 1'' are AwesomeButImpractical and were used as mere propaganda: the Jormungand is incredibly powerful, but can't reliably hit anything at range without a spotter providing targeting data at point blank range thanks to Minovsky jamming, the Hildolfr is a tank that was already marked as a failure, the Zudah breaks apart if its thrusters are used at high output, the basic premise of the Mobile Diver (sub-orbital dive bombing) is suicidally stupid to use with a single unit that doesn't have complete surprise and air support (not to mention the sheer impracticality of either building suits for a single run or returning them back to orbit after each sortie, and the fact that it was too late in the war to build enough of them to be useful anyway), the Zudah breaks apart if its thrusters are used at high output, and the Oggo is just a worker pod outfitted with weapons (very much like the Ball). The Big Rang was the only prototype that could arguably be considered a success at its intended mission - as an MS weapons collier capable of defending itself while rearming its charges on the front lines - but since it was first deployed on the last day of the war, it's too little too late.
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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: The Sergeant in ''Gravity Front 2''.]]
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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: The Sergeant in ''Gravity Front 2''.]] Barberry in ''Gravity Front 1'' is a repeat offender, with his anti-MS platoon being the only surviving platoon of that type in the regiment, and every member of his platoon other than him having been lost and replaced multiple times... in a land war less than a month old. [[spoiler:Both he and the platoon lose this distinction at the end of the episode when the platoon is completely wiped out.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The Big Rang's last stand a A Baoa Qu successfully holds the Federation fleet out of E sector long enough for the survivors of the battle to flee through that sector. Which means that Lt. May made the formation of the Neo-Zeon Axis, and by extension the Neo-Zeon wars of ''ZZ Gundam'' and ''Char's Counterattack'', possible.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The Big Rang's last stand a A Baoa Qu successfully [[spoiler:successfully holds the Federation fleet out of E sector long enough for the survivors of the battle to flee through that sector. sector]]. Which means that Lt. [[spoiler:Lt. May made the formation of the Neo-Zeon Axis, and by extension the Neo-Zeon wars of ''ZZ Gundam'' ''Gundam ZZ'' and ''Char's Counterattack'', possible.possible]].
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* WeHaveReserves: The plan to take down the White Ogre centers around this. They send nine tanks in to fight him, fully expecting eight of them to die, in the hopes that he'd lose count of how many opponents he was fighting and let his guard down so the ninth to kill him, because Federation tank formations are usually deployed in multiples of four. [[spoiler: It works, but they end up losing the ninth tank shortly afterwards as well]].
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: The battle between the Zudahs and the [=GMs=] in episode 3 take place in a region of space crowded with shuttles containing evacuees from Odessa. Both sides shoot at each other on full auto without any regard for missed shots hitting any of the shuttles. Granted, the Federation troops wouldn't have reason to care because they were there to shoot the shuttles down anyway, but the Zeon troops should have exercised some sort of fire discipline.
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* FlawedPrototype: Most of the prototypes that appear in ''MS IGLOO 1'' are AwesomeButImpractical and were used as mere propaganda: the Jormungand is incredibly powerful, but can't reliably hit anything at range without a spotter providing targeting data at point blank range thanks to Minovsky jamming, the Hildolfr is tank that was already marked as a failure, the Zudah breaks apart if its thrusters are used at high output, the Oggo is just a worker pod outfitted with weapons (very much like the Ball).
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* FlawedPrototype: Most of the prototypes that appear in ''MS IGLOO 1'' are AwesomeButImpractical and were used as mere propaganda: the Jormungand is incredibly powerful, but can't reliably hit anything at range without a spotter providing targeting data at point blank range thanks to Minovsky jamming, the Hildolfr is a tank that was already marked as a failure, the basic premise of the Mobile Diver (sub-orbital dive bombing) is suicidally stupid to use with a single unit that doesn't have complete surprise and air support (not to mention the sheer impracticality of either building suits for a single run or returning them back to orbit after each sortie, and the fact that it was too late in the war to build enough of them to be useful anyway), the Zudah breaks apart if its thrusters are used at high output, and the Oggo is just a worker pod outfitted with weapons (very much like the Ball).Ball). The Big Rang was the only prototype that could arguably be considered a success at its intended mission - as an MS weapons collier capable of defending itself while rearming its charges on the front lines - but since it was first deployed on the last day of the war, it's too little too late.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The Big Rang's last stand a A Baoa Qu successfully holds the Federation fleet out of E sector long enough for the survivors of the battle to flee through that sector. Which means that Lt. May made the formation of the Neo-Zeon Axis, and by extension the Neo-Zeon wars of ''ZZ Gundam'' and ''Char's Counterattack'', possible.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Given that Zeon lost the war in the original series, which aired more than 25 years before ''MS IGLOO 1'', it's a foregone conclusion that nothing being tested by the 603rd will turn the tide in Zeon's favor.
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* FlawedPrototype: Most of the prototypes that appear in ''MS IGLOO 1'' are AwesomeButImpractical and were used as mere propaganda: the Jormungand is an outdated and useless cannon, the Hildolfr is tank that was already marked as a failure, the Zudah breaks apart if its thrusters are used at high output, the Oggo is just a worker pod outfitted with weapons (very much like the Ball).
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* FlawedPrototype: Most of the prototypes that appear in ''MS IGLOO 1'' are AwesomeButImpractical and were used as mere propaganda: the Jormungand is an outdated and useless cannon, incredibly powerful, but can't reliably hit anything at range without a spotter providing targeting data at point blank range thanks to Minovsky jamming, the Hildolfr is tank that was already marked as a failure, the Zudah breaks apart if its thrusters are used at high output, the Oggo is just a worker pod outfitted with weapons (very much like the Ball).
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** In episode 2 of ''Gravity Front'', Neuen Bitters is namedropped as the Zeon commander who is leading his soldiers into a decoy. Bitters was the commander of an earthbound Zeon remnant in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''.
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** In the final episode of ''Apocalypse 0079'' has the Federation deploy the RGM-79C during the attack on A Baoa Qu. The GM Type-C was the standard Federation Grunt in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''.
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* CyberCyclops: Zeon Mobile Suit design is this as always with all of the new suits like the Zudah, Hildolfr, Big Rang, etc. all having a mono-eye. Non-humanoid equipment utilizes it as well, with the Oggo having a cyclopoid camera mounted on top of them and the observation cameras the Jotunheim deploys have their lenses glow and operate similar to the Zaku's mono-eye track.
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* MightyGlacier: The MA-05Ad Big Rang from the final episode of ''Apocalypse''. It's extremely heavily armed with a Mega Particle cannon that can destroy multiple battleships, and it's covered in dense armor that can tank multiple hits. In addition it has a counterbeam measure allowing it to blast anti-beam particles around it to disrupt any laser shots. The drawback to so much power and armor is its mobility as the Big Rang is especially slow and a big easy to hit target. Though Oliver praises its power, this flaw weighed heavily on his mind as the MA-05 Bigro's speed and maneuverability were key features and they were compromised when it was upgraded to the Big Rang.
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* SpaceIsAnOcean: Space is frequently referred to with oceanic terms. When rescuing the fleeing Zeon troops in the third episode of ''Hidden One Year War'', the crew refers to the lost Zaku's as drowning in the ocean of space.
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* EyePatchOfPower: Federico Czariano, the Federation commander from "The Howl that Dyed the Setting Sun" has an eye patch over his left eye. Judging by the scarring on his face it seems to be a combat injury.
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* AdvertisedExtra: The Shark-Mouth Ball is one of the few MS from the series to get a kit and the only one to recieve both a Master Grade and HGUC gunpla (likely because of how it's an easy reuse of the already existing Ball). It only appears in one episode and the squadron flees without much of a fight.
** Episode 1 of ''Apocalypse'' features a pair of custom Core Boosters from the film trilogy of the original series.
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* DiabolusExMachina: ''Ms Igloo 2: Gravity Front' gets hit with this twice:
** [[spoiler: Just when you think Barberry manages to beat all the Zakus, even if he lost his whole squad in the process, another Zaku appears.]]
** [[spoiler: And just as when it appears Yandell has finally shaken free from the curse of chasing after the white Zaku, a Zeon patrol sneaks from behind and kills him.]]
** [[spoiler: Just when you think Barberry manages to beat all the Zakus, even if he lost his whole squad in the process, another Zaku appears.]]
** [[spoiler: And just as when it appears Yandell has finally shaken free from the curse of chasing after the white Zaku, a Zeon patrol sneaks from behind and kills him.]]
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* DiabolusExMachina: It's quite common for something to pop up at the end of an episode and unceremoniously kill the spotlight character/machine.
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*** [[spoiler:"I Saw the Ocean in Jaburo's Skies" ends with Werner Holbein finally succeeding with the MSM-07Di Ze'Gok and destroying 5 Federation Battleships. Then a pair of Core Boosters engage him, destroying the Gaw that he was supposed to meet up with and killing him]].
*** [[spoiler:"Go Beyond the Peak of the Beams of Light" Erwin triumphs over the Ball squadron and manages to talk down the final rookie. Just as they're returning to the ship, the Salamis Cruisers that deployed the squadron return and open fire, killing Erwin and the Ball pilot]].
** ''Ms Igloo 2: GravityFront' Front'' gets hit with this twice:
** *** [[spoiler: Just when you think Barberry manages to beat all the Zakus, even if he lost his whole squad in the process, another Zaku appears.]]
** *** [[spoiler: And just as when it appears Yandell has finally shaken free from the curse of chasing after the white Zaku, a Zeon patrol sneaks from behind and kills him.]]
** ''Apocalypse 0079''
*** [[spoiler:"I Saw the Ocean in Jaburo's Skies" ends with Werner Holbein finally succeeding with the MSM-07Di Ze'Gok and destroying 5 Federation Battleships. Then a pair of Core Boosters engage him, destroying the Gaw that he was supposed to meet up with and killing him]].
*** [[spoiler:"Go Beyond the Peak of the Beams of Light" Erwin triumphs over the Ball squadron and manages to talk down the final rookie. Just as they're returning to the ship, the Salamis Cruisers that deployed the squadron return and open fire, killing Erwin and the Ball pilot]].
** ''Ms Igloo 2: Gravity
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Kuspen throws his weight around when he takes over the Jotunheim, but he's quite unnerved that an entire platoon of children is assigned to his command to participate in the battle. Even though he tries to play it off as an insult to his pride, the use of ChildSoldiers bothers him at a personal level.
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* BrutalHonesty: Albert Schacht, Oliver May's superior, is always glumly blunt about the situations at hand. Whenever a new test needs to be performed, Schacht cuts through the propaganda and is up front about design problems and Zeon's unlikely chances of winning the OYW. The Hildolfr and the Zudah's deployment were both things he was skeptical of, informing Oliver that they were both pushed forward because of the empire's desperation.
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* TheCameo:
** Char makes an extended cameo during the Battle of Loum in the first episode of "The Hidden One Year War." His Zaku II flies past Oliver May and advises him to stay clear of the fight as he goes on to sink some Federation Battleships.
** The Gundam itself has a short cameo in the final episode of "The Hidden One Year War," footage of it was recovered from the camera of a mook it destroys.
** Char makes an extended cameo during the Battle of Loum in the first episode of "The Hidden One Year War." His Zaku II flies past Oliver May and advises him to stay clear of the fight as he goes on to sink some Federation Battleships.
** The Gundam itself has a short cameo in the final episode of "The Hidden One Year War," footage of it was recovered from the camera of a mook it destroys.
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* EyeScream: Czariano shoves his Zaku's machine gun into the Hildolfr's monoeye and discharges as single shot into it, fatally wounding the pilot.
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* HeroAntagonist: Federico Czariano and his squadron from "The Howl that Dyed the Setting Sun." They're a group of Federation soldiers that stole six Zaku II's and face off against the Hildolfr.
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* SelfDestructiveCharge: An injured Magellan-class Cruiser attempts a suicide charge at the Jormungand super-cannon. The Jormungand manages to destroy it with a single shot, but the shrapnel from the Magellan's missiles kills the crew and the cannon is ultimately shelved due to the new importance of Mobile Suits.
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** Even more applicable in an ironic way to the Zudah. The Zudah is incredibly fast, capable out out-maneuvering a GM. However, if it goes ''[[ExplosiveOverclocking too fast...]]''
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** Even more applicable in an ironic way to the Zudah. The Zudah is incredibly fast, capable out of out-maneuvering a GM. However, if it goes ''[[ExplosiveOverclocking too fast...]]'']]''
* GeneralRipper: Herbert von Kuspen appears to fit this to a T when he was introduced. Being a Zeon soldier zealous almost to the point of being fanatic, dressed in SS-inspired uniform, willing to send child soldiers to the battlefield. [[spoiler: In the end, however, he chose to stay behind to cover the retreating Zeon forces when he could have easily escaped in his Gelgoog. He even sacrificed his own life to protect the child soldiers.]]
* GeneralRipper: Herbert von Kuspen appears to fit this to a T when he was introduced. Being a Zeon soldier zealous almost to the point of being fanatic, dressed in SS-inspired uniform, willing to send child soldiers to the battlefield. [[spoiler: In the end, however, he chose to stay behind to cover the retreating Zeon forces when he could have easily escaped in his Gelgoog. He even sacrificed his own life to protect the child soldiers.]]
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* CallForward: The YMT-05 Hildolfr that debuts in this series is the predecessor to the YMS-16M Xamel from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''; featuring a similar head and torso design and function as a massive artillery platform. While the Hildolfr was created for the franchise much later than the Xamel, in universe it precedes it.
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* EvilCounterpart: The series debuts the MP-02A Oggo which is the Zeon counterpart to the Federation's RB-79 Ball.
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* ArcWord: 'Shinigami' is prevalent throughout ''Gravity Front''. Along with an ''actual'' Shinigami, it's also used to refer to the Zakus and a few other weapons.
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* ArcWord: {{Arc Word|s}}: 'Shinigami' is prevalent throughout ''Gravity Front''. Along with an ''actual'' Shinigami, it's also used to refer to the Zakus and a few other weapons.
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* HopeSpot: In episode 2 of ''Apocalypse 0079'', Erwin, after a tense battle, manages to convince the last Ball pilot to surrender. Just as he was taking the Ball back to the ship, however, [[spoiler: they are both killed by the Federation patrol fleet]].
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* DiabolusExMachina: ''Ms Igloo 2: Gravity Front' gets hit with this twice:
** [[spoiler: Just when you think Barberry manages to beat all the Zakus, even if he lost his whole squad in the process, another Zaku appears.]]
** [[spoiler: And just as when it appears Yandell has finally shaken free from the curse of chasing after the white Zaku, a Zeon patrol sneaks from behind and kills him.]]
** [[spoiler: Just when you think Barberry manages to beat all the Zakus, even if he lost his whole squad in the process, another Zaku appears.]]
** [[spoiler: And just as when it appears Yandell has finally shaken free from the curse of chasing after the white Zaku, a Zeon patrol sneaks from behind and kills him.]]
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Oliver May's last name is pronounced like [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]], not like [[{{Queen}} Brian May]].
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Oliver May's last name is pronounced like [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]], not like [[{{Queen}} [[Music/{{Queen}} Brian May]].
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* DeathByWomanScorned: [[spoiler:Episode 3 of "Gravity Front". Arleen kills Bettany after she self-destructs. The interesting twist is that she was not cheated on, but her lover did betray her and left her to take the fall for him and all the work she had done in research was halted as result.]]
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* DeathByWomanScorned: [[spoiler:Episode 3 of "Gravity Front". Arleen kills Bettany Clyde after she self-destructs. The interesting twist is that she was not cheated on, but her lover did betray her and left her to take the fall for him and all the work she had done in research was halted as result. Even worse, Clyde did this because he was a DoubleAgent for the Federation; had someone told her, or not thrown her in jail to take the fall for him, or at least received clearer orders on why not to attack that particular Darube... ]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Episode 3 of Gravity Front. Arleen takes the fall for Clyde's defection to Zeon, so [[TakingYouWithMe she kills him when she self-destructs]]. Only later it is revealed that Clyde was a DoubleAgent of the Federation.]]
