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** Interestingly, the ship named after Will Game resembles [[StarWars A Star Destroyer painted like an A-Wing.]] Aside from the requisite [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam White Base-class]] influences like the [[SpaceIsAnOcean conning tower]]-style [[TheBridge bridge]] and rounded yellow external hatches, anyway.
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** Interestingly, the ship named after Will Game resembles [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars A Star Destroyer painted like an A-Wing.]] Aside from the requisite [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam White Base-class]] influences like the [[SpaceIsAnOcean conning tower]]-style [[TheBridge bridge]] and rounded yellow external hatches, anyway.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Some Militiamen on the Willgem attempt to ride back to Earth in a whiskey barrel. It should go without saying that said barrel had only recently been emptied.
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects:
** Both {{Eye Catch}}es are a CGI transformation of Earth into either the Gundam's head or the whole mobile suit.
** The asteroid colony Mistletoe is 3D computer animation as well, despite being in the otherwise 2D world.
** While most of the weapon effects are 2D animation, the Moonlight Butterfly is clearly CGI (which may help its otherworldly effect).
** Both {{Eye Catch}}es are a CGI transformation of Earth into either the Gundam's head or the whole mobile suit.
** The asteroid colony Mistletoe is 3D computer animation as well, despite being in the otherwise 2D world.
** While most of the weapon effects are 2D animation, the Moonlight Butterfly is clearly CGI (which may help its otherworldly effect).
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* ConspicuousCGI:
** Both {{Eye Catch}}es are a CGI transformation of Earth into either the Gundam's head or the whole mobile suit.
** The asteroid colony Mistletoe is 3D computer animation as well, despite being in the otherwise 2D world.
** While most of the weapon effects are 2D animation, the Moonlight Butterfly is clearly CGI (which may help its otherworldly effect).
** Both {{Eye Catch}}es are a CGI transformation of Earth into either the Gundam's head or the whole mobile suit.
** The asteroid colony Mistletoe is 3D computer animation as well, despite being in the otherwise 2D world.
** While most of the weapon effects are 2D animation, the Moonlight Butterfly is clearly CGI (which may help its otherworldly effect).
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* StraightGay: [[spoiler:Guin Lineford]], the first (and until ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', only) character officially outta the closet in the franchise. Then again, [[BiTheWay he might be bisexual]], but his onesided love for [[spoiler:Loran]] is carefully held off until the last few episodes.
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* StraightGay: [[spoiler:Guin Lineford]], the first (and until ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', only) character officially outta the closet in the franchise. Then again, [[BiTheWay he might be bisexual]], bisexual, but his onesided love for [[spoiler:Loran]] is carefully held off until the last few episodes.
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Honestly, this is one of my biggest pet peeves with this show.
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* ConflictBall: A lot of the conflict in the series appear just for the sake of it with characters staring to fight against all common sense and reason. A lot of tragedy could have been averted if such a large section of the cast simply weren't so trigger happy.
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* WhiteAndGrayMorality: There are very few people who are actually ''evil''. Much of the conflict arises from [[PoorCommunicationKills a lack of understanding]] between the two sides when they first meet. And unlike the Universal Century, a strong effort is made by both sides to maintain the initial cease-fire after it's declared despite tensions.
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* WhiteAndGrayMorality: WhiteAndGreyMorality: There are very few people who are actually ''evil''. Much of the conflict arises from [[PoorCommunicationKills a lack of understanding]] between the two sides when they first meet. And unlike the Universal Century, a strong effort is made by both sides to maintain the initial cease-fire after it's declared despite tensions.
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* TheAlliance: While the series starts with just the local Inglessa Militia fighting against the Moonrace, they soon join with the Luzianna Militia and Navy as well, forming the first alliance. Eventually both of them join with the forces of the Moonrace being led by Queen Dianna as they head to the moon and return to Earth. Once returning to Earth they then add the Dianna Counter forces that stayed behind, which Dianna had lost control of shortly before leaving the Earth. Furthermore, it's mentioned at different times that there are a number of other militia across the planet, some of which show up when alliance returns to Earth and are shown being attacked by Gym and the Turn-X. It's then implied that these other groups join the alliance as well.
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* TheAlliance: TheAlliance:
** While the series starts with just the local Inglessa Militia fighting against the Moonrace, they soon join with the Luzianna Militia and Navy as well, forming the first alliance. Eventually both of them join with the forces of the Moonrace being led by Queen Dianna as they head to the moon and return to Earth. Once returning to Earth they then add the Dianna Counter forces that stayed behind, which Dianna had lost control of shortly before leaving the Earth. Furthermore, it's mentioned at different times that there are a number of other militia across the planet, some of which show up when alliance returns to Earth and are shown being attacked by Gym and the Turn-X. It's then implied that these other groups join the alliance as well.
** While the series starts with just the local Inglessa Militia fighting against the Moonrace, they soon join with the Luzianna Militia and Navy as well, forming the first alliance. Eventually both of them join with the forces of the Moonrace being led by Queen Dianna as they head to the moon and return to Earth. Once returning to Earth they then add the Dianna Counter forces that stayed behind, which Dianna had lost control of shortly before leaving the Earth. Furthermore, it's mentioned at different times that there are a number of other militia across the planet, some of which show up when alliance returns to Earth and are shown being attacked by Gym and the Turn-X. It's then implied that these other groups join the alliance as well.
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* Foreshadowing: In episode 34 both Miashei and Josepg make comments about how Fran seems to be getting fat. In episode 49 its revealed that she's pregnant.
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* HappyEndingOverride: [[spoiler: The Moonlight Butterfly essentially resets Earth's technology back to medieval times every time it's activated, it happened so many times that [[EvenTheCalenderFeltIt the Universal Century, Future Century, After Colony and After War time periods were thought to be parallel timelines instead of the distant past.]] [[YankTheDogsChain This meant that the struggles of every protagonist in those periods was all for naught.]] And that's not counting the possibility of works that were made after this falling victim to the Moonlight Butterfly as well...]]
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** It's revealed in the Black History that at some point prior to the [[spoiler: Moonlight Butterfly]], those Spacenoids who hadn't gone to the Moon [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere simply took off for greener pastures across the stars]], their homes becoming impromptu GenerationShips. But by the time the series takes place, there's still a handful of debris still floating around the Earth Sphere, presumably the remains of Colonies unlucky enough ''not'' to get out in time.
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** It's revealed in the Black History that at some point prior to the [[spoiler: Moonlight Butterfly]], those Spacenoids who hadn't gone to the Moon [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere simply took off for greener pastures across the stars]], their homes becoming impromptu GenerationShips. But by the time the series takes place, there's still a handful of debris still floating around the Earth Sphere, presumably the remains of Colonies unlucky enough ''not'' to get out in time. They seem to be doing pretty well for themselves out there, considering they created the Turn X as a ''general purpose mobile suit''.
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* {{Novelization}}: Unusual in that there exists two separate ones. The first was the standard type by Tomino that just adds a few extra details in. Whilst a second one by Harutoshi Fukui (who would go on to create [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]) is an adapatation of Tomino's original script of Turn A before it got changed into the making of the anime and thus differs in both plot and tone.
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* {{Novelization}}: Unusual Turn A is unusual in that there exists two separate ones. novel adaptations. The first was the standard type by Tomino Shigeru Sato that just adds a few extra details in.in but is otherwise the same. Whilst a second one by Harutoshi Fukui (who would go on to create [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]) is an adapatation of Tomino's original script of Turn A before it got changed into the making of the anime and thus differs in both plot and tone.
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* [[ArtisticLicenseGeography Artistic License - Geography]]: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101222063227/gundam/images/a/af/AmeriaMap.png This map]] places many of the important landmarks much farther apart from each other than they seem in the show. For example, Vicinity and the Mountain Cycle are within one night's walking distance in the show, but on the map they're in central Jersey and West Virginia.
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* [[ArtisticLicenseGeography Artistic License - Geography]]: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101222063227/gundam/images/a/af/AmeriaMap.png This map]] places many of the important landmarks much farther apart from each other than they seem in the show. For example, Vicinity and the Mountain Cycle are within one night's walking distance in the show, but on the map they're in central Jersey and West Virginia. It also suggests that the negotiations between the Earth and the Dianna Counter were pointless, because the region that the Moonrace landed in, partially colonized, and tried to open talks with, was not in a nation whose territory they wanted.
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: A chronic issue is that subordinates rarely seem to obey the instructions of their superiors if said superiors aren't physically present, be it military to civilian leaders or sometimes military to smaller military units. For example, [[spoiler:the fall of Inglesia]] likely would not have happened if the Militia had understood that "your lord has ordered a ceasefire" meant "don't launch attacks until further notice".
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: A chronic issue is that subordinates rarely seem to obey the instructions of their superiors if said superiors aren't physically present, be it military to civilian leaders or sometimes military to smaller military units. For example, [[spoiler:the fall of Inglesia]] likely would not have happened if the Militia had understood that "your lord has ordered a ceasefire" meant "don't launch attacks until further notice". Had any of the leaders of any of the factions actually been in charge of their faction rather than just paid lip service to in public, most of the problems in the series could have been avoided.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: [[spoiler:Teleth]] is somehow sniped in the head while being flipped upside down.
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** [[spoiler:Colonel Michael is apparently never punished for joining Guin's HeelFaceTurn either.]]
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* LeeroyJenkins: The Militia in general. They constantly attack the Moonrace with complete disregard for [[DavidVersusGoliath how their "mobile dolls" are largely outclassed by the Moonrace's mobile suits]].
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* LeeroyJenkins: The Militia in general. They constantly attack the Moonrace with complete disregard for [[DavidVersusGoliath how their "mobile dolls" are largely outclassed by the Moonrace's mobile suits]].suits]], or the fact that since they only just dug the things up, they have no clue how to actually use them to fight.
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* {{Lightworlder}}: Oddly, the fact that the Moon's gravity is only 1/6th of Earth's and as such it would take time for people who had lived their entire lives on the Moon to adjust, is brought up precisely ''once'' in the entire series. Apart from that one incident with Corin Nander, none of the Moonrace have any difficulty in functioning on Earth, and none of the Earthers seem to be noticeably stronger than them due to being relative Heavyworlders.
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: A chronic issue is that subordinates rarely seem to obey the instructions of their superiors if said superiors aren't physically present, be it military to civilian leaders or sometimes military to smaller military units. For example, [[spoiler:the fall of Inglesia]] likely would not have happened if the Militia had understood that "your lord has ordered a ceasefire" meant "don't launch attacks until further notice".
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:The TwinSwitch between Dianna and Kihel first happens because Dianna wanted to know what she looked like in her favorite dress from the back]]. That's right, one of the biggest plot elements in the series got started over a matter of ''women's fashion''.
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* ChestBlaster: The Turn A's entire torso block houses multiple missile launcher tubes, with six flip-up hatches. Loran initially uses them for [[MundaneUtility transporting cows]], but also later [[spoiler:uses them to contain some nuclear missiles after he consficates them, holding them for a good while before finally using them to destroy an abandoned derelict colony that had fallen out of position and was on a collision course with the Moon's own still-inhabited colonies]]. In addition, it also has a pair of smaller hatches covering a pair of multi-function beam emitters (which are demonstrated to be weapons during the Turn A's appearance in Super Robot Wars).
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* NakedFirstImpression: Loran first meets Kihel and Sochie when he's bathing in a river and gets swept away by the current, eventually taking him to where they're bathing in the same river further downstream. So all three of them were naked when they first met, though Loran was too focused on not drowning to peep.
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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: One recurring issue in the early episodes is that the militaries of both sides keep planning and executing operations without talking to their civilian leaders, continually wrecking the politician's efforts to de-escalate the conflict and resolve things peacefully.
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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: One recurring issue in the early episodes is that the militaries of both sides keep planning and executing operations without talking to their civilian leaders, leaders (or sometimes even their own superiors in the military), continually wrecking the politician's efforts to de-escalate the conflict and resolve things peacefully.
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* LeftHandVersusRightHand: One recurring issue in the early episodes is that the militaries of both sides keep planning and executing operations without talking to their civilian leaders, continually wrecking the politician's efforts to de-escalate the conflict and resolve things peacefully.
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* LeftHandVersusRightHand: One recurring issue in the early episodes is that the militaries of both sides keep planning and executing operations without talking to their civilian leaders, continually wrecking the politician's efforts to de-escalate the conflict and resolve things peacefully.
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* CurbStompBattle: Happens between the Turn-A Gundam and various other Mobile Suits throughout the series. The quality of the enemies Loran faces increases as the series goes on, so you'd expect this to happen less, yet it is balanced out by his Gundam gaining new weapons and him discovering new abilities that it has. Were Loran more prone to violence or not as pacifistic it is likely that things could have gone quite differently.
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* CurbStompBattle: CurbStompBattle:
** Happens between the Turn-A Gundam and various other Mobile Suits throughout the series. The quality of the enemies Loran faces increases as the series goes on, so you'd expect this to happen less, yet it is balanced out by his Gundam gaining new weapons and him discovering new abilities that it has. Were Loran more prone to violence or not as pacifistic it is likely that things could have gone quitedifferently.differently.
** Given that at the start of the series, Earth's tech base is circa 1930 at best, locally manufactured weapons don't stand a chance against Moonrace tech.
** Happens between the Turn-A Gundam and various other Mobile Suits throughout the series. The quality of the enemies Loran faces increases as the series goes on, so you'd expect this to happen less, yet it is balanced out by his Gundam gaining new weapons and him discovering new abilities that it has. Were Loran more prone to violence or not as pacifistic it is likely that things could have gone quite
** Given that at the start of the series, Earth's tech base is circa 1930 at best, locally manufactured weapons don't stand a chance against Moonrace tech.
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[[LuckyCharmsTitle A... a... V...]] ''[[PorkyPigPronunciation this series]]'' (which is pronounced "Turn A Gundam"--because [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turned_A that symbol's an "A" ''turned'' upside down]], [[DontExplainTheJoke get it]]?) premiered in Japan in 1999. It's notable as the last original ''Gundam'' work by creator Creator/YoshiyukiTomino (before he came back for ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'', itself mentioned as taking place at some point after the Universal Century), his first outside the Universal Century timeline begun by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the original series]], and arguably one of his best efforts. It also came after he finally [[CreatorBreakdown won his years-long battle with depression]], thus rather stunningly averting his KillEmAll reputation.
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[[LuckyCharmsTitle A... a... V...]] ''[[PorkyPigPronunciation this series]]'' (which is pronounced "Turn A Gundam"--because [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turned_A that symbol's an "A" ''turned'' upside down]], [[DontExplainTheJoke get it]]?) it? So this is not to be confused with 'how you turn (around) a Gundam']]) premiered in Japan in 1999. It's notable as the last original ''Gundam'' work by creator Creator/YoshiyukiTomino (before he came back for ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'', itself mentioned as taking place at some point after the Universal Century), his first outside the Universal Century timeline begun by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the original series]], and arguably one of his best efforts. It also came after he finally [[CreatorBreakdown won his years-long battle with depression]], thus rather stunningly averting his KillEmAll reputation.
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* BadassMoustache: The titular mecha has a rather nice one. It's so badass that Whitebeard from ''Manga/OnePiece'' sports an identical one, and both him and Turn A are the WorldsStrongestMan of their respective series.
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* BadassMoustache: BadassMustache: The titular mecha has a rather nice one. It's so badass that Whitebeard from ''Manga/OnePiece'' sports an identical one, and both him and Turn A are the WorldsStrongestMan of their respective series.
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* BadassMoustache: The titular mecha has a rather nice one.
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* BadassMoustache: The titular mecha has a rather nice one. It's so badass that Whitebeard from ''Manga/OnePiece'' sports an identical one, and both him and Turn A are the WorldsStrongestMan of their respective series.
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Mechanical variant. Both Turn units possess powerful nanomachines that can regenerate any damage, up to and including the pilot. Yet when they clashed sometime in the distant past, Turn A left an X-shaped gash on Turn X's chest, which it hasn't regenerated even centuries later.
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Both characters meet all of the criteria you described. This series also takes place in an early 20th century society where the majority of women are in traditional roles.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: The Heim sisters follow this in different ways. Both of them are high-status young ladies just entering society. Kihel declines the offer to go to university for an MRSDegree and instead takes a job as Guin's aide because she wants to do something that will be useful in society. Sochie, meanwhile, joins the Militia as a pilot even before the attack on Nocis because she's not interested in being the wife to some merchant or politician.
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Spirited Young Lady — has to be from the upper-class, a lady, and she appears in historical fiction or from older works (say from Renaissance to pre-WWI era) —- looks like these two young women have more choice and freedom already
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After years of NoExportForYou, Bandai Entertainment announced--[[JustForFun/NotableReferencesToTVTropes using This Very Wiki itself]] to [[http://img706.imageshack.us/i/1279306100396.jpg/ provide the hint]] (by listing three tropes from this page at random--the listed tropes have been '''bolded''' for your convenience)--that it would be licensed for a Fall 2011 release, which was confirmed at Comic-Con 2010. After years of back-and-forth involving Bandai's withdrawal from the US market entirely and some re-negotiating of licenses, ''Turn A'' is finally available in English subtitles from the Right Stuf anime web-store as of Summer 2015. The series' characters are also represented in ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' (which is the only place they are voiced in English).
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* '''HumansAreWarriors''': This is the basis of Gym's beliefs.
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* '''NewAgeRetroHippie''': The Red Team resemble this. Apparently, your ancestors getting stranded on Earth does that.
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* '''NewAgeRetroHippie''': NewAgeRetroHippie: The Red Team resemble this. Apparently, your ancestors getting stranded on Earth does that.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: [[spoiler:"Armageddon", humanity's final war which lasted for hundreds of years.]]
