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** Ali Al-Saachez get this from a lot of rabid fans who bash the people whom he's murdered just ForTheEvulz ([[spoiler:Kinue Crossroads]] is ''still'' called a "dumb whore" for trusting Ali and then being murdered by him in cold blood) and cheer when he thrashes the MoralEventHorizon. Yet, many of his fans love to downplay these to play up his [[BadassNormal impressive piloting skills]] and [[EvilIsSexy his rugged good looks]]. The infamous [[MemeticMutation "Prince Ali" meme]] (''"Prince Ali, Mighty is He!"'') says it all in a single song parody.
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** Ali Al-Saachez get this from a lot of rabid fans who bash the people whom he's murdered just ForTheEvulz ([[spoiler:Kinue Crossroads]] is ''still'' called a "dumb whore" for trusting Ali and then being murdered by him in cold blood) and cheer when he thrashes the MoralEventHorizon. Yet, many of his fans love to downplay these to play up his [[BadassNormal impressive piloting skills]] and [[EvilIsSexy his rugged good looks]].looks. The infamous [[MemeticMutation "Prince Ali" meme]] (''"Prince Ali, Mighty is He!"'') says it all in a single song parody.
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!!''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''
DracoInLeatherPants in this series.
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'':
** Char Aznable has legions of fans who will pick an argument with anyone so much as ''doubting'' his greatness. Char, a man so popular despite the fact that he emotionally manipulated others for his own gain, blamed others for the tragic consequences of his own actions, and tried to throw a massive asteroid at Earth and cause a nuclear winter for a reason so detached from, well, reason that it might have as well been ForTheEvulz. [[WordOfGod Tomino has even stated that Char's views on reality are not in sync with real life]]. Even Char's own sister Sayla has commented on this. But just try explaining this to the fans.
** Even Gihren Zabi gets it himself in some circles of the fandom. That is despite him being behind the bulk of Zeon's war crimes in the One Year War and taking comparisons to Hitler as a compliment. There are even games allowing Zeon to win that envisions a Earth Sphere led by Gihren as a glorious future!
** Hell, Zeon in general gets a whole lot of "freedom fighter"-type Pantsing. It's common that Gundam fans need to be [[http://i.imgur.com/9WTgx.jpg reminded]] that the Sides were ''not'' under totalitarian rule nor particularly worse off than Earth, and that the reason the Federation cut their supplies was because they were ''trying to secede,'' and wanted the entire population of the Earth to leave with them. Other things to remind them: Zeon fired the first shot, Zeon targeted fellow Spacenoid civilian colonies in the One Year War for the purposes of using them as ColonyDrop ammo, and Zeon killed off a third of humanity in under a week while claiming they wanted to liberate them.
* Anavel Gato from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' is often seen as the pinnacle of honor and manliness. While that may be true, it doesn't excuse the fact that he's a single-minded bastard who would do anything, even go through with a ColonyDrop if [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Delaz or Gihren told him so]].
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'':
** There are fangirls of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Murata Azrael]]. He tried to commit genocide against the [[FantasticRacism genetically altered]], kills or abuses several sympathetic characters, and believes that the best way to solve political disputes is to kill the people you're having the dispute with, all while thinking he's [[SmugSnake much brighter than he really is]]. But they'll excuse that because he's a pretty boy.
** The same thing happens to [[spoiler:Chairman Gilbert Durandal]] the BigBad of the sequel, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''. Granted, despite his AntiVillain, WellIntentionedExtremist status, the guy was still trying to force the entire world into accepting [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill genetic determinism as a way of life]]. Many fans try to [[RonTheDeathEater turn Lacus and Kira into self-righteous monsters]] in order to exonerate him. Granted he's more sympathetic than Azrael was, but good intentions do not a hero make, and he ''did'' seek to replace Lacus with a BodyDouble (which ended up ''destroying'' said BodyDouble's life) and then repeteadly tried to ''get Lacus assassinated'' (When Lacus and Kira would've possibly wanted to hear his ideas first, [[SpannerInTheWorks had he not done all of this]].) Guess his DarkMessiah routine worked on the fans as well as the characters.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''
** Ali Al-Saachez get this from a lot of rabid fans who bash the people whom he's murdered just ForTheEvulz ([[spoiler:Kinue Crossroads]] is ''still'' called a "dumb whore" for trusting Ali and then being murdered by him in cold blood) and cheer when he thrashes the MoralEventHorizon. Yet, many of his fans love to downplay these to play up his [[BadassNormal impressive piloting skills]] and [[EvilIsSexy his rugged good looks]]. The infamous [[MemeticMutation "Prince Ali" meme]] (''"Prince Ali, Mighty is He!"'') says it all in a single song parody.
** While Nena Trinity was TheScrappy of the series for a long time, and many of the fans she ''did'' have at the time were fully aware she's CuteAndPsycho and ''didn't'' downplay/excuse her acts of villainy (even calling out [[MisaimedFandom those who did it]]), the airing of the English dub on the Sci-Fi Channel seems to have given her a new fanbase that finds her utterly cute even when she's blowing up weddings out of boredom. She ''did'' get RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap somewhat by [[spoiler:helping Setsuna out of a pinch just to spite on her "mistress" Wang Liu-Mei, an even bigger Scrappy]] in season two, but that doesn't really excuse the wedding massacre. Though there are some who don't excuse her, but pity her for being a rather [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot wasted character]] in said second season.
** There is also Hallelujah, Allelujah's SuperpoweredEvilSide. While Allelujah himself is a decent, mild-mannered guy, Hallelujah is a big bastard who enjoys killing his opponents in slow and painful manners and causing Alle a lot of angst. The fangirls? Woobify him and make him into a sex god in their fics. Go figure.
** Ribbons Almark. He is a character created in honor of Toru Furuya's role as Amuro Ray, the first hero in the entire franchise - just as Full Frontal is creacted in honor of Shuuichi Ikeda's role as the first antagonist of the franchise, Char Aznable - and thus has a great chance to become one such trope.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': While the series goes into GrayAndGreyMorality, there are fans who really think Gjallarhorn, particularly Rustal Elion, are the good guys of the show despite their actions include framing protesters for terrorist attacks to justify killing them, denying their enemies the chance to surrender, using illegal weapons, and engineering an assassination attempt of the Arbrau Prime Minister just to provoke a war between two Earth blocs. The show makes it clear that while their actions are pragmatic, they're not really noble and Gjallarhorn itself is already corrupt. And yet, their diehard fans put them on a pedestal and see them as heroes.
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DracoInLeatherPants in this series.
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'':
** Char Aznable has legions of fans who will pick an argument with anyone so much as ''doubting'' his greatness. Char, a man so popular despite the fact that he emotionally manipulated others for his own gain, blamed others for the tragic consequences of his own actions, and tried to throw a massive asteroid at Earth and cause a nuclear winter for a reason so detached from, well, reason that it might have as well been ForTheEvulz. [[WordOfGod Tomino has even stated that Char's views on reality are not in sync with real life]]. Even Char's own sister Sayla has commented on this. But just try explaining this to the fans.
** Even Gihren Zabi gets it himself in some circles of the fandom. That is despite him being behind the bulk of Zeon's war crimes in the One Year War and taking comparisons to Hitler as a compliment. There are even games allowing Zeon to win that envisions a Earth Sphere led by Gihren as a glorious future!
** Hell, Zeon in general gets a whole lot of "freedom fighter"-type Pantsing. It's common that Gundam fans need to be [[http://i.imgur.com/9WTgx.jpg reminded]] that the Sides were ''not'' under totalitarian rule nor particularly worse off than Earth, and that the reason the Federation cut their supplies was because they were ''trying to secede,'' and wanted the entire population of the Earth to leave with them. Other things to remind them: Zeon fired the first shot, Zeon targeted fellow Spacenoid civilian colonies in the One Year War for the purposes of using them as ColonyDrop ammo, and Zeon killed off a third of humanity in under a week while claiming they wanted to liberate them.
* Anavel Gato from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' is often seen as the pinnacle of honor and manliness. While that may be true, it doesn't excuse the fact that he's a single-minded bastard who would do anything, even go through with a ColonyDrop if [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Delaz or Gihren told him so]].
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'':
** There are fangirls of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Murata Azrael]]. He tried to commit genocide against the [[FantasticRacism genetically altered]], kills or abuses several sympathetic characters, and believes that the best way to solve political disputes is to kill the people you're having the dispute with, all while thinking he's [[SmugSnake much brighter than he really is]]. But they'll excuse that because he's a pretty boy.
** The same thing happens to [[spoiler:Chairman Gilbert Durandal]] the BigBad of the sequel, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''. Granted, despite his AntiVillain, WellIntentionedExtremist status, the guy was still trying to force the entire world into accepting [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill genetic determinism as a way of life]]. Many fans try to [[RonTheDeathEater turn Lacus and Kira into self-righteous monsters]] in order to exonerate him. Granted he's more sympathetic than Azrael was, but good intentions do not a hero make, and he ''did'' seek to replace Lacus with a BodyDouble (which ended up ''destroying'' said BodyDouble's life) and then repeteadly tried to ''get Lacus assassinated'' (When Lacus and Kira would've possibly wanted to hear his ideas first, [[SpannerInTheWorks had he not done all of this]].) Guess his DarkMessiah routine worked on the fans as well as the characters.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''
** Ali Al-Saachez get this from a lot of rabid fans who bash the people whom he's murdered just ForTheEvulz ([[spoiler:Kinue Crossroads]] is ''still'' called a "dumb whore" for trusting Ali and then being murdered by him in cold blood) and cheer when he thrashes the MoralEventHorizon. Yet, many of his fans love to downplay these to play up his [[BadassNormal impressive piloting skills]] and [[EvilIsSexy his rugged good looks]]. The infamous [[MemeticMutation "Prince Ali" meme]] (''"Prince Ali, Mighty is He!"'') says it all in a single song parody.
** While Nena Trinity was TheScrappy of the series for a long time, and many of the fans she ''did'' have at the time were fully aware she's CuteAndPsycho and ''didn't'' downplay/excuse her acts of villainy (even calling out [[MisaimedFandom those who did it]]), the airing of the English dub on the Sci-Fi Channel seems to have given her a new fanbase that finds her utterly cute even when she's blowing up weddings out of boredom. She ''did'' get RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap somewhat by [[spoiler:helping Setsuna out of a pinch just to spite on her "mistress" Wang Liu-Mei, an even bigger Scrappy]] in season two, but that doesn't really excuse the wedding massacre. Though there are some who don't excuse her, but pity her for being a rather [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot wasted character]] in said second season.
** There is also Hallelujah, Allelujah's SuperpoweredEvilSide. While Allelujah himself is a decent, mild-mannered guy, Hallelujah is a big bastard who enjoys killing his opponents in slow and painful manners and causing Alle a lot of angst. The fangirls? Woobify him and make him into a sex god in their fics. Go figure.
** Ribbons Almark. He is a character created in honor of Toru Furuya's role as Amuro Ray, the first hero in the entire franchise - just as Full Frontal is creacted in honor of Shuuichi Ikeda's role as the first antagonist of the franchise, Char Aznable - and thus has a great chance to become one such trope.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': While the series goes into GrayAndGreyMorality, there are fans who really think Gjallarhorn, particularly Rustal Elion, are the good guys of the show despite their actions include framing protesters for terrorist attacks to justify killing them, denying their enemies the chance to surrender, using illegal weapons, and engineering an assassination attempt of the Arbrau Prime Minister just to provoke a war between two Earth blocs. The show makes it clear that while their actions are pragmatic, they're not really noble and Gjallarhorn itself is already corrupt. And yet, their diehard fans put them on a pedestal and see them as heroes.
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