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* NumberTwo: Reduced to this status after Ryer arrives.



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** TheGoodCaptain: Hell no.

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** TheGoodCaptain: Hell no.[[BadBoss Hell]] [[GeneralRipper no]].
* EvilerThanThou: With Zeon Rear-Admiral Ginias Sahalin.



* SmugSnake

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* SmugSnakeNukeEm: Tries to trigger a nuclear explosion atop Ginias' headquarters by causing a mobile suit to detonate.
* PornStache
* SmugSnake: Arrogant, condescending, and far too self-assured.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ryer, Riar, Lyer, Liar?
** NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If you subscribe to that last interpretation of his name.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Unforunately, he's the one in charge.


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* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Displays this attitude towards anyone who has the slightest doubts, most notably Shiro.


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* EvilerThanThou: With Ethan Ryer.

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* ScaryBlackMan: Presents this way but is actually pretty cool. In fact he's one of the more positive portrayals of black people in Japanese television ([[AmbiguouslyBrown assuming that he's meant to be]]).

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* OldSoldier: When compared to the rest of the squad, absolutely.
* ScaryBlackMan: Presents this way but is actually pretty cool. In fact he's one of the more positive portrayals of black people in Japanese television ([[AmbiguouslyBrown assuming that that's what he's meant to be]]).



* CommunicationsOfficer: Equal parts intelligence gathering and MissionControl.



* HoverTank



* TheBrigadier: Kojima is as reasonable as he can be under the circumstances.
* TheDogBitesBack: Turns on Ethan Ryer during the finale and places him under arrest.



* BadBoss: Paranoid, ruthless, and convinced his men are expendable.
* TheCaptain: Addressed as such, which is strange. Unless he's a naval captain (which doesn't appear to be the case) he should be considerably outranked by Lieutenant-Colonel Kojima.
** TheGoodCaptain: Hell no.



* GeneralRipper

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* GeneralRipperGeneralRipper: Obsessed with defeating Zeon, to the point of excluding all else. He's also quite paranoid when it comes to the possibility of enemy subversion.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ryer's determination to defeat Zeon has turned him into someone who would very comfortably into their command roster.
* SmugSnake
* WeHaveReserves: Will gladly throw away his men's lives if it means defeating Zeon.


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* ProperLady


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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sahalin, Saharin?


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* WeaponsOfMassDestruction: Pilots one.


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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sahalin, Saharin?

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* OedipusComplex: Aina accuses him of having one.



* SanitySlippage

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* SanitySlippageSanitySlippage: From AloofBigBrother to [[AxeCrazy how he ended up]].




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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Does this to his entire research team.]]

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* {{Expy}}: Of Ramba Ral



* OldRetainer



* OldRetainer

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* OldRetainer
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* TheMedic: Against all odds. [[spoiler: Her husband was a skilled medical officer, and was killed in battle.]]

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Does this to Michel when the latter flips out on Shiro.



* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Initially he's very negative about his own abilities, largely due to the deaths of his previous teammates.



** SurvivorGuilt: His previous teams were massacred. Terry is more than a little screwed up from this.

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** SurvivorGuilt: His previous two teams were massacred. Terry is more than a little screwed up from this.

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* SuperPrototype: The Apsalus.

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* SuperPrototype: The Apsalus.monstrous Apsalus I, Apsalus II, and Apsalus III mobile armours, which she serves as the test pilot for.
* WaveMotionGun: The Apsalus II and III's particle cannons.


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* BadassBookworm: Becomes one when he loses his mind and climbs into the Apsalus III.
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* MechaMooks: His Gundam is one.


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* MechaMooks: Another mass-production Gundam.


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* MechaMooks: Flies the same mass-production mobile suits as the rest of the squad.


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* SuperPrototype: The Apsalus.
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* HopelessSuitor: To Shiro. Sorry little girl, StarCrossedLovers is in play. You don't have a chance.

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* GrimReaper[=/=]{{Shinigami}}: Nicknamed this.



* TheJinx: Has had two previous teams shot out from under him, and is terrified he'll do the same to the 08th, prompting him to try and resign at one point.



* {{Shinigami}}
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* RousingSpeech: Seems to give one before every mission.


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* CorporalPunishment: Beats the crap out of Sanders, tosses wrenches at Eleadore, and generally reacts to anything approaching insubordination with violence.


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* GroinAttack: Sacks Sanders for "not having any balls."
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* ActionGirl

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: episode 11 seems to imply his childhood wasn't quite healthy or loving.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: episode Episode 11 seems to imply his childhood wasn't quite was neither healthy or loving.nor loving.
* EvilGenius
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* BlueBlood: Though not a case of AristocratsAreEvil.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown
* TheBigGuy

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* AmbiguouslyBrown
AmbiguouslyBrown: Dark skin, dreads...there's a pretty good chance he's supposed to be black.
* TheBigGuyTheBigGuy: He's an experienced MS pilot, and his loyalty to Shiro is unquestionable, yet his anxieties about his new team keep him from assuming a command position, and he largely serves as their muscle.


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** SurvivorGuilt: His previous teams were massacred. Terry is more than a little screwed up from this.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown



* ScaryBlackMan: Presents this way but is actually pretty cool. In fact he's one of the more positive portrayals of black people in Japanese television.

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* IOweYouMyLife: The source of his loyalty to Shiro.
* ScaryBlackMan: Presents this way but is actually pretty cool. In fact he's one of the more positive portrayals of black people in Japanese television.television ([[AmbiguouslyBrown assuming that he's meant to be]]).

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* {{Badass}}: In his first appearance he attacks a Zaku with a Ball. And wins.

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* {{Badass}}: In his first appearance he attacks a Zaku with a Ball. And wins. While his leadership skills need some work, his piloting skill is present from day one.


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* TheLeader: Type III, thought it takes him a while to grow into the role.


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* {{Antivillain}}: She's evil solely due to her association with Zeon and her lunatic older brother.
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* ScaryBlackMan: Presents this way but is actually pretty cool. In fact he's one of the more positive portrayals of black people in Japanese television.
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* ActionGirl


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* SiblingYinYang: With her AxeCrazy brother.


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* SiblingYinYang: With his remarkably sane sister.

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* BigBad: Of the series, though not the war itself.

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* BigBad: Of the series, though not the war itself.itself (that award goes to [[BiggerBad Gihren Zabi]]).

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* BigBad

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* BigBadBigBad: Of the series, though not the war itself.


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* BlondGuysAreEvil

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* {{Badass}}: In his first appearance he attacks a Zaku with a Ball. And wins.



* AFatherToHisMen

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* AFatherToHisMenAFatherToHisMen: Eventually.




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* TookALevelInBadass












* [[spoiler: DidNotGetTheGirl: His girlfriend, Bebe, marries another guy much to his dismay.]]

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* [[spoiler: DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl: His girlfriend, Bebe, marries another guy much to his dismay.]]



* WhatTheHellHero: To Shiro [[spoiler: over his and Aina's relationship]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: To Shiro [[spoiler: over [[spoiler:over his and Aina's relationship]]


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* IllBoy



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* HotScientist: if effeminate biseinen are your thing, anyway.

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* HotScientist: if If effeminate biseinen are your thing, anyway. anyway.
* InsaneAdmiral: He holds the rank of Rear Admiral. He's out of his freaking mind.



* LeanAndMean: opens up episode 11 looking about as well fed as a whippet with an eating disorder, presumably because his obsession with completing the Apsalus has long since taken priority over silly things like eating and taking his meds.

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* LeanAndMean: opens Opens up episode 11 looking about as well fed as a whippet with an eating disorder, presumably because his obsession with completing the Apsalus has long since taken priority over silly things like eating and taking his meds.
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* [[spoiler: DidNotGetTheGirl: His girlfriend, Bebe, marries another guy much to his dismay.]]

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* BrokenBird / TroubledButCute: some interpretations, anyway.




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* OldRetainer
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* {{Yandere}} or CuteAndPsycho: Also depending on intepretation

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* {{Yandere}} or CuteAndPsycho: Also depending on intepretation
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** [[TakeAThirdOption What says]] that he isn't a mix of ''both'' types? The fixation with Aina is trademark {{Yandere}} material, but the deal with the Apsalus Project is very much [[CutePsycho Yangire]]-like.
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* SoapOperaDisease

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* SoapOperaDiseaseSoapOperaDisease: While the condition is never mentioned by name, it's generally held by {{Fanon}} to be Wilson's Disease, a condition of abnormal copper metabolism that often presents with schizophrenia-like symptoms.
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* AntiVillain: can be classified as a Type II, depending on your interpretation.

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