History Anime / TurnAGundam

* NoPronunciationGuide: Averted by the show's logo, which appears as the title is being spoken by a Japanese guy you'd ''swear'' was British.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Frequent both among the Earthrace and Moonrace. Among the main characters are Guin, Miashei, and Loran, whose coloring is probably [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic]]. He's a member of the Moonrace who has lived on Earth for years, feels a sense of loyalty to both sides, and so spends the series trying above all else to help them live in peace. [[FridgeBrilliance And he has silver/white hair, and brown (earth-tone) skin.]]
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: People with dark skin and red hair are also fairly common on the Earth and the Moon, such as Joseph and Keith.

%% * Berserk Button: Corin Nander does ''not'' like Gundams.

** Subverted in the case of the "mountain cycles." While one may think that "silo" was intended rather than "cycle," it [[FridgeBrilliance refers to the act of digging up and using weapons used in past wars as a vicious cycle]].
%%* Bloodless Carnage: Not that there's much carnage to speak of, but when there is, it's usually this.
%%* Blood Knight: BigBad Gym Ghingnham and his minions.
%%* Bodyguard Crush: [[spoiler:Harry, on Kihel]].

* TurtlePower: Queen Dianna's flagship, the Soleil, is designed to look like a giant, floating turtle with a castle on its back. The massproduced Almaiya class also resemble smaller flying turtles with hideously swollen heads.

* BerserkButton: Corin Nander does ''not'' like Gundams.
* BigDamnHeroes: Loran does this for the Militia very often. Harry Ord pulls it off a few times too.

* BloodlessCarnage: Not that there's much carnage to speak of, but when there is, it's usually this.
* BloodKnight: BigBad Gym Ghingnham and his minions.
* BodyguardCrush: [[spoiler:Harry, on Kihel]].

* CoolShades: Harry Ord.

** And later the Turn-X makes a [[Anime/MobileFighterGundamG]] SHINING FINGER.

* AndManGrewProud[=/=]FutureImperfect:
** On Earth, much of what's known about the Black History (or the pre-Correct Century past in general) come from old legends and whatever could be scrounged from archaeological finds [[spoiler:until the real truth is revealed. Though given what the Moonlight Butterfly apocalypse did, it's very much justified.]]
** The Adeskan legends in particular surrounding the Bough of Ades [[spoiler:aka, the Sacktregar]], which recount how giants took down a tree reaching to the stars, are evidently a corrupted retelling of [[spoiler:how a once-functional mass driver and a space elevator was torn down at some point by mobile suits]]. Funnily enough, this exact event ''happens'' in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]. Epic foreshadowing?

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Midgard]], after getting a [[UpToEleven mobile suit-scale]] Bright Slap from Harry Ord. Not even Queen Dianna, despite her comments about the law, is particularly saddened with his demise.

* TheOjou:

** It also has the smallest mecha in the entire Gundam Franchise, at least among Mobile Suits. The [=WaD=] only stands tall enough to reach Turn A's knee. That means the [=WaD=] are the same size as an average [[Anime/CodeGeass Knightmare Frame]]. They're also just as durable.

[[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? 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. It's also notable for its lead mechanical designer being Syd Mead, the renowned and influential neo-futurism concept artist who also designed for works such as ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'', and ''Film/{{Tron}}''.

* AnyoneCanDie: It may not be a KillEmAll series, but come on, who expected [[spoiler:Gavan Gooney to go out in a nuclear bang midseries?]]
* [[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.

** The Moonrace and the people of Earth at the end of the day. Beyond being descended from the same group of ancestors the two had no contact for centuries, yet still developed in such a way to allow for similar societal prejudices and social classes to develop.

* VideoGame/GundamVsSeries:
** The Turn A, Turn X, and Sochie's Kapool appear in ''Gundam vs Gundam NEXT''.
** ''Extreme Vs'' includes the Turns, Harry's golden SUMO, and ''Full Boost'' added a Kapool tag team of Sochie and Corin, along with Po's SUMO.

* 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.

** Episode 5 has a bunch of the Turn A's weapons be discovered...and because they'd been neglected for an unknown number of years, they're in such bad condition that they crumble to dust.

* MirrorCharacter:

* UnfortunateNames: Miashei, a mulatto ([[AmbiguouslyBrown or something like that]]) has a surname (Kune) that happens to be pronounced exactly like an American racial slur ("coon").

*** The White Doll statue the Turn A comes out of bears some resemblance to the launch sequence from ''Anime/BraveRaideen''.

* NotSoDifferent:
** The Moonrace and the people of Earth at the end of the day. Beyond being descended from the same group of ancestors the two had no contact for centuries, yet still developed in such a way to allow for similar societal prejudices and social classes to develop.
** Taken even further, members of both sides take part in actions that lead to the conflict between the two growing worse, disregarding the orders of their superiors, taking part in mutinies, looking down on members of the other race, etc.

* RealityEnsues:
** Will Game reconstructs a mobile suit relic in hopes that bringing it to Dianna Counter will have them accept him and bring him to space, his long-held dream. [[spoiler:He gets into a battle with Earthrace forces piloting Zakus. Outnumbered and with no combat experience, Will Game's mobile suit is taken apart within a minute and he is killed]].
** In episode 36, after finally managing to get to space, the entire crew of the Willgem, minus the members who are a part of the Moonrace, experience a lot of trouble adjusting to zero gravity. This makes sense since it is their first time in space and unlike astronauts from our world they didn't receive any training to prepare them for it before leaving Earth.

* RealityEnsues: In episode 36, after finally managing to get to space, the entire crew of the Willgem, minus the members who are a part of the Moonrace, experience a lot of trouble adjusting to zero gravity. This makes sense since it is their first time in space and unlike astronauts from our world they didn't receive any training to prepare them for it before leaving Earth.

* 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.

[[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? 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.

* YouCantFightFate: By WordOfGod, this is what will inevitably happen to virtually every Gundam series. [[spoiler:They will e destroyed by Dark History and civilization resets]].

* ArmchairMilitary: A good chunk of the Moonrace's military forces (particularly Gym's faction) don't have any actual combat experience outside of simulations. As a result, they have no idea what [[WarIsHell war is really like]], let alone how to wage a ''real'' one. On the other hand, it's strongly impliws that others like Harry Ord and the Royal Guards avert this out of neccesity, given how skilled and competent they are.

* CastFromLifeForce: The SUMO's I-Field barrier is powered by the pilot's life force. Fortunately, using it doesn't seem to harm the pilot beyond rendering them physically exhausted.