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| 11 | [[caption-width-right:350:''An epic tale of martial arts, Gundams, and awesomeness.'']] |
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| 13 | ->''"This hand of mine glows with an awesome POWER! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! SHINING FINGER!!!"'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Domon''', [[CallingYourAttack Calling His Attack]] in the [[LargeHam hammiest]] way possible |
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| 16 | Airing from April 22, 1994 to March 31, 1995, ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (''Kidou Butouden G Gundam'', lit. "Mobile Fighting Legend G Gundam") is the first AlternateUniverse in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. Notable as a significant departure from the normal ''Gundam'' saga - whereas every other series in the franchise before and since have essentially been the prime examples of the RealRobotGenre, ''G Gundam'' is more of a pure {{Super Robot|Genre}} show, and besides the name "Gundam" it has only a few mild relations to the other series. It also takes a lot of inspiration from the {{shonen}} genre. Part of this radical change is that Creator/YoshiyukiTomino set aside series director duties after being burned out on ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'', and so they instead got Yasuhiro Imagawa (''Anime/GiantRobo'', ''[[Anime/ShinMazinger Shin Mazinger Z]]'', the first 3 episodes of ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]'', etc.) to do the job. The result was a series less like traditional ''Gundam'', and more like a classic super-robot series of yore. Bandai also demanded a ''Gundam'' {{tournament|arc}} story in an attempt to increase gunpla sales, which were doing poorly at the time. This was also noteworthy as the first ''Gundam'' series made after the toy company Bandai bought Sunrise. |
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| 18 | ''G Gundam'' is set in the Future Century (FC) in which TheFederation, consisting of several colonies corresponding to Earth's nations, has held a robot-battling competition called the Gundam Fight every four years to determine which colony would gain control of the government. The show's story takes place in the year FC 60, the year of the 13th Gundam Fight, and follows Neo-Japan's Gundam Fighter, Domon Kasshu, as he not only fights to win the Gundam Fight but also searches for his missing brother and the Devil Gundam. As the series progresses, Domon fights his way through several powerful opponents, [[DefeatMeansFriendship gains new allies]] and discovers the truth about his brother, the Devil Gundam, and himself. |
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| 20 | The show completely embraced the aspects of the SuperRobotGenre and featured, among many other things, a Gundam that not only looked like [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Venus]], but in one episode ''[[https://66.media.tumblr.com/067c003e128869efa4e89e0f39780e06/tumblr_n8nukgqx5w1qcsesho1_500.gif GLOMPS]] the main character's Gundam''. It is impossible to accept this show without understanding RuleOfCool or NarmCharm, but what keeps this as a proud ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series is the nature of the Gundam Fight itself. Without the tournament, Earth would return to its previous habit of resolving conflicts... through war. |
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| 22 | Compare and contrast ''Anime/Macross7'' (which premiered in the same year as ''G Gundam'' did) in terms of a franchise sequel that differs greatly from the source material. Or ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', which takes the NationalStereotypes, audacity, and tone and runs with them. |
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| 24 | In 2010, as part of a project to revive interest in the Alternate Universe ''Gundam'' stories, an updated manga retelling of the series titled ''Choukyuu! G Gundam'' began serialization in ''Gundam Ace''. On the 45th anniversary of the Gundam franchise, a new project for ''G-Gundam's'' 30th anniversary was announced. |
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| 26 | Is now available to watch online via [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/mobile-fighter-g-gundam Crunchyroll,]] and has a [[Recap/MobileFighterGGundam Recap]] page. |
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| 28 | !!Let's get things started! Gundam Tropes all set! Ready...GO! |
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| 30 | * AdaptationExpansion: The 2010 manga is a retelling with some altered details and some expansion, such as having Ulube reference Domon's father during the Neo-France storyline. |
| 31 | * AceCustom: Zigzagged. In most ''Gundam'' series, Gundams are considered this compared to most Mobile Suits. However in ''G Gundam'', each country has its own Gundam and there may be more Gundams that appear compared to individual Mobile Suit models, making this one of the rare times where there are ''more'' Gundams than ordinary Mobile Suits. Because of this, ''G Gundam'' may actually have the most Gundams appear in it compared to other series, assuming that they are counted individually rather than by universe. On the other hand, the Gundams used in the tournaments are still this trope as they are usually tailor-made for the individual fighter's abilities and combat preferences. |
| 32 | * ActionGirl: Rain can be quite the ActionGirl herself sometimes. Perhaps even more of one than Allenby seeing as she [[spoiler:defeats Allenby when the latter is rendered berserk and powered up with DG cells.]] |
| 33 | ** The second round of the Gundam Fight introduces Allenby Beardsley, the Gundam Fighter for New-Sweden. She proves to be one of the best fighters, even without using her Berserker Mode. |
| 34 | * AffablyEvil: Prime Minister Wong, who eats pocky, invites the hero to his penthouse for a drink, and even ''cheers his victories'' in his first few matches. |
| 35 | * AfterTheEnd: The Earth itself, but not the colonies. |
| 36 | * AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:The Devil Gundam, originally named the Ultimate Gundam, was ''intended'' to be used to restore the Earth after the damage it'd taken from the Gundam battles. All it takes is a simple mechanical malfunction for the thing to interpret this ultimatum as "wipe out all humans."]] |
| 37 | * AirVentPassageway: Played straight in Episode 2, where Domon sneaks through the ducts of Madison Square Garden and ambushes Chibodee's boxing opponent so he can take his place. PlayedForLaughs in the 2010 manga. He ''intends'' to go to Chibodee and challenge him, [[IdiotHero but ends up in the opponent's room because he got lost.]] He then tries to play himself off as an autograph hound. It doesn't work, and after knocking the guy out he decides to take his place. |
| 38 | * AllThereInTheManual: |
| 39 | ** If you do the math, you might notice that the "Gundam Fight every four years" thing doesn't quite line up with 13th Fight's date of Future Century 60, while the 4th Fight took place 40 years earlier, in FC 20. The official timeline reveals that after Neo-England's Gentle Chapman won three tournaments in a row, rising international tensions lead to the 12th fight being delayed another four years. |
| 40 | ** The information was first published in the "Gundam Fight Round 1 & 2" [=CD=] collection's booklet, though Bandai America later translated those details and posted it on the ''G Gundam'' portion of their gundamofficial.com site. Although that site is no longer operating, the information was archived on the Gundam Wiki's [[http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Future_Century Future Century page.]] |
| 41 | ** The novelization goes into a good bit of detail about the "Finger" attacks. It's explained that the move was invented to adhere to Buddhist tenets of ThouShaltNotKill, and was originally intended to be used by a human. The user channels ki from his palm through his three middle fingers, which is then released into the opponent's head, where it interferes with their motor functions and temporarily disables them. Master and Domon's Gundams were specifically designed to replicate the move (and yes, all of their Gundams have it -- even Master's Shuffle Heart and Kowloon Gundam, though we never see them outside of ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration''). |
| 42 | * AllYourPowersCombined: |
| 43 | ** The Grand Master Gundam, created by the Devil Gundam near the end of the series for [[spoiler:Major Ulube]] to use; it's quite literally Master Gundam (down to the waist) mounted on Grand Gundam's body, with Gundam Heaven's Sword's wings and a copy of the Walter Gundam attached to it, the whole thing held together with green DG Cell tentacles. |
| 44 | ** The Shuffle Alliance performs a five-man CombinationAttack, the Shuffle Doumeiken, to defeat the Grand Master Gundam. |
| 45 | * AloofBigBrother: Kyoji Kasshu to Domon, set up to be the BigBad who betrayed Neo-Japan and made off with the Devil Gundam. [[spoiler:Things turn out to be way more complicated.]] |
| 46 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The pilots of Skull Gundam and Ashura Gundam have blue and red skin respectively. |
| 47 | * AmericaSavesTheDay: |
| 48 | ** Chibodee attempts to play this trope straight, and manages to pull it off more often than not, though he's more successful as a member of the Shuffle Alliance than he is solo. |
| 49 | ** When the Neo America military tries it at the climax, it doesn't work out. |
| 50 | * AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Fuun Saiki, Master Asia's horse, ''pilots his own Gundam''. And when he's not, he is somehow capable of operating a small boat with an outboard motor. |
| 51 | * AmericanRobot: And a Japanese Robot, and a Chinese Robot, and a French robot, and a Russian Robot. To say nothing of a German Robot, a [[{{Fembot}} Swedish Robot]], an Egyptian Robot... |
| 52 | * AnachronismStew: Despite being set in the future a lot of nations seem to have have gone through a sort of Neo Classical phase. Neo-Japan, Neo-America, and Neo-Russia seem to be equal to their real-life equivalents, but in Neo-France everyone dresses like they're attending court during the reign of Louis XIV right down to having a monarchy again, Neo-Chinese characters look like transplants from the Qing Dynasty with even bringing back the Emperor, and Neo-Egypt does mummification like in Ancient Egypt. There's even a mummy piloting a Gundam. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's complicated.]] |
| 53 | * AncientConspiracy: The original Shuffle Alliance. They're a heroic example. |
| 54 | * AnimateDead: [[spoiler:Devil Gundam can use its nanomachines to animate corpses, turning them into zombies to pilot Death Army mobile suits. It even brought back a previous champion who had been killed in a Gundam Fight 40 years earlier... as a mummy!]] |
| 55 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: George seems to think that [[spoiler:Chapman]] participating in the finals after being disqualified is more noteworthy than the fact that he came BackFromTheDead. |
| 56 | * ArtifactTitle: Sort of. In the English translation, God Gundam is renamed Burning Gundam, but it's suggested that G Gundam stands for "Gundam of Gundams" (i.e., the winner of the Gundam Fight) instead. |
| 57 | * ArtificialGravity: Played much straighter than most Gundam series, where spaceships have ''some'' gravity but still involve a lot of floating around, and the colonies which do not have the standard round shape that spin to generate gravity. Ships and colonies both appear to have 1G. Most of the action takes place on Earth anyway. |
| 58 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Schwarz Bruder]], at least in his current state. |
| 59 | * AscendedFanboy: Subverted with Chang in Episode 27, who tries to steal Domon's Gundam only to get nearly killed by the Mobile Trace System. |
| 60 | * AsiansLoveTea: Brought up in a condescending manner when Domon Kasshu, the Gundam Fighter for Neo-Japan, arrives in London to challenge Gentle Chapman, Neo-England's Fighter. Chapman brings Domon to his home and has his wife Manon [[BritsLoveTea pour them some tea]]. Domon is quietly if visibly angry over what he sees as a waste of time, but Manon suggests that Domon is put off because he would have preferred to have ''green'' tea. At this point, [[HotBlooded Domon]] slams his fist on the table, tells Chapman to DispenseWithThePleasantries and demands a fight. |
| 61 | * TheAtoner: Domon enters the Tournament to atone for his family's supposed sins. [[spoiler:However, the true atoner is Dr. Mikamura, who framed Domon's family and, after he comes to his senses, makes up for it by sacrificing himself]]. |
| 62 | %%* AttackHello: '''[[LargeHam ANSWER ME, DOMON! THE SCHOOL OF THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!]]''' |
| 63 | * AWizardDidIt: Don't bother trying to make sense of most of the action scenes, the show is as [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robotty]] as it can possibly get. |
| 64 | * AxCrazy: Michelo Chariot from day one. He's later joined in his murderousness by [[spoiler:Gentle Chapman, a former noble champion who dies and is ressureted as a cold-blooded killer thanks to DG cells]]. |
| 65 | * BadassBookworm: Kyoji is hinted to be one of these. |
| 66 | %%* BadassBoast: Domon. See ThrowingDownTheGauntlet below. |
| 67 | * BaitAndSwitchCredits: The first opening [[SpoilerOpening blatantly]] shows the FinalBattle, except Domon is not fighting in his MidSeasonUpgrade. It also shows him catapulting himself using the laser ropes in the atmosphere, but, again, not using his MidSeasonUpgrade. |
| 68 | * BalkanizeMe: The colony nations include some territories that aren't independent nations today (or weren't when the series was made), indicating that some of them gained independence sometime in the series' backstory. These include Neo-Hong Kong and the AllThereInTheManual Neo-Siberia. |
| 69 | * TheBaroness: Though not evil, Natasha. She has much of the Sexpot type. |
| 70 | * BarelyChangedDubName: Neo-Sweden's Nobel Gundam is renamed the Noble Gundam in the English dub, losing the reference to famous Swede Alfred Nobel. |
| 71 | %%* BattleStrip: [[spoiler:Ulube]]. |
| 72 | * TheBerserker: |
| 73 | ** [[spoiler:Allenby, when under the control of the eponymous Berserker System.]] |
| 74 | ** Domon shows traits of this when he uses anger to enter Shining Gundam's SuperMode. |
| 75 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:The Devil Gundam itself]]. |
| 76 | * BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:General Ulube and Professor Mikamura, who want to use the Devil Gundam for their own purposes and have been manipulating Domon from the beginning]]. Not to mention Master Asia and Chancellor Wong in season 2. |
| 77 | * BigBrotherMentor: [[spoiler:Schwarz Bruder, who ends up being a clone of Domon's older brother Kyoji]]. |
| 78 | * TheBigRottenApple: New York City is now this. (The Times is still in print, though!) |
| 79 | * BilingualBonus: A spoilery one that hints towards the character's true identity. Schwarz Bruder means [[spoiler:"Black Brother" in German, and he's a clone of Domon's brother]]. |
| 80 | * BittersweetEnding: Domon wins the Gundam Fight tournament and the Shuffle Alliance finally destroys the Devil Gundam once and for all. Along the way, however, Domon loses his [[spoiler:mother, older brother, mentor, and a clone of his brother]] due to the fighting. He almost loses [[spoiler:his friends, father, home colony ''and'' partner (now turned girlfriend) in the process as well.]] |
| 81 | * BladeReflection: Variation in the opening: rather than reflecting Domon or an enemy, it instead reflects the other four main characters. |
| 82 | * BodyguardCrush: Princess Maria Louise crushes like crazy on George, who may or may not love her back. |
| 83 | * BodyHorror: Those controlled by DG Cells have bits of their skin replaced with metal in a hexagonal pattern. |
| 84 | * BoisterousBruiser: Chibodee Crocket. Argo Gulskii also counts, but as a more serious version. |
| 85 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Saette, when under control of the DG cells. George, Sai Saici, Argo and Chibodee, during the Shinjuku arc, when also infused with the Cells. [[spoiler:Allenby, during the Battle Royale in Lantau - she was under DG Cells AND Berserker System control]]. |
| 86 | * BrokenPedestal: Domon has a two-fer of this trope, thanks to his beloved older brother Kyoji stealing the Devil Gundam (and killing their mother in the escape) and his sensei Master Asia being the Devil Gundam's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. [[spoiler:Both pedistals get rebuilt, as it's revealed that Kyoji was brainwashed by the Devil Gundam (and still tried to help Domon by "creating" Schwarz to watch over him), and Master simply wanted to heal the damage done to Earth by excessive pollution and the Gundam Fight.]] |
| 87 | %%* CainAndAbel: Kyoji is the Cain, Domon is the Abel. [[spoiler:Or so we think.]] |
| 88 | * CallingYourAttacks: As you'd expect from it being a [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot]] series. See page quote for one of the most extreme examples (in the series) ''ever''. |
| 89 | * CanonForeigner: |
| 90 | ** The ''SD Gundam G Generation'' series of games introduced the [[http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/ggf/jdg-010.htm Devil Gundam Jr.,]] which may be the missing link to the [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn X]], and has yet to filter back into ''G Gundam'' proper. |
| 91 | ** The ''Choukyuu!'' manga has introduced a couple of new machines, including the JMF[[LeetLingo 1337]]SD Shading Gundam[[note]]an "evil" Shining Gundam that replaces the goofy-looking Fantoma mobile armor from the anime[[/note]] and the Maxter, Rose, Dragon and Bolt getting both EvilMakeover versions during their temporary possession in Shinjuku[[note]]Mostly it looks like they have parts of the Death Army tacked on, with SpikesOfVillainy and EyesDoNotBelongThere[[/note]] and full-fledged {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s. |
| 92 | * CaptainEthnic: And how! However, unlike other examples out there, this [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools does not stop anyone from being awesome]]. Hell, [[DudeNotFunny it would be offensive]] [[RefugeInAudacity if it were less awesome.]] But just to illustrate: |
| 93 | ** America's Gundam Maxter is a BoxingBattler with [[{{Cowboy}} six-shooters]], [[SurferDude a surfboard shield]], and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball a football helmet]], and its pilot [[{{Eagleland}} constantly goes on about the American Dream]]. However, he's also a kind-hearted fellow who looks out for the little guy and is immensely loyal to his friends, believes in the American Dream because he's a SelfMadeMan on top of being a total badass. |
| 94 | ** The Gundam from Neo Mexico wears a freakin' ''sombrero.'' A ''[[WeaponizedHeadgear machine gun-laden]]'' sombrero, to be precise. [[MoreDakka With ten vulcan cannons in it]]. It also has a cactus shoulderpad and forearm guards and is named Tequila Gundam in the original Japanese (but was sadly renamed Spike Gundam in the English dub). |
| 95 | ** The Gundam for Neo Holland ''is'' [[TransformingMecha a freaking windmill.]] ''That can reposition its blades beneath it to fly!'' The Nether Gundam embodied Neo Holland's... unique... strategy for the Gundam Fight. To avoid getting eliminated in the preliminaries, and thus qualify for the Finals, they decided to ''not fight at all''. The Nether Gundam simply sat among a field of actual windmills for 11 months, going unnoticed and unchallenged, and thus undamaged. |
| 96 | ** The Gundam for Neo Canada is a lumberjack, Spain has a literal bull face on its chest (think Gurren Lagan), Neo Egypt has a pharaoh theme (for [[LegacyCharacter every tournament]]), Neo France uses flowers as an attack and has a Napoleon hat BUILT IN, the Gundam for Neo China uses Kung Fu and has dragon-head arms, and Neo Germany (one of the least cliche of the bunch) has a Stahlhelm (the Nazi helmet used by the infantry. Stay classy Japan) but is otherwise inexplicably {{ninja}}-themed. Viking Gundam and Zeus Gundam are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly What They Say On The Tin]]... except in Viking's case, it has an ''oar driven longboad'' instead of legs! |
| 97 | * CatchPhrase: |
| 98 | ** Frequently overlaps with CallingYourAttacks, but Domon also has a habit of shouting "Rise, Shining Gundam!" and then ''snapping'' dramatically in order to summon his mecha from where ever he's hidden it that episode. |
| 99 | ** Who could forget "Gundam Fight! Ready...'''''GOOOOO!!'''''" |
| 100 | ** One of Domon's later CallingYourAttacks quotes ("This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory!") is notable in that everyone in the Shuffle Alliance (and Allenby) ends up saying it at least once. |
| 101 | ** While Domon was still using Shining Gundam, the quote was much different ("This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! It's burning grip tells me to defeat you!). |
| 102 | * CatFight: Partially subverted with Rain's fight against [[spoiler:Allenby]]. They're both in the skintight suits, but the battle is a very serious one. |
| 103 | * TheCavalryArrivesLate: Neo-Japan sends the Burning Gundam to Domon in the Guiana Highlands so he can fight the Dark Gundam, only for it to arrive after [[spoiler:he achieved the Shining Gundam's true SuperMode]] and defeats it. It does come in handy for getting to Neo-Hong Kong from the Guiana Highlands in the following episode, though, as Shining Gundam was totaled in the fight. |
| 104 | * CharClone: |
| 105 | ** Schwarz Bruder is a Type II clone, being a mysterious mentor figure to Domon and having his own agenda. |
| 106 | ** Ulube is a Type III clone who, compared to Master-Asia's somewhat antivillainous intentions, has no remorse whatsoever in corrupting everyone and everything into Devil Gundam drones. |
| 107 | ** Master Asia, whose motivation is similar to Char's in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', and who is Domon's original [[TheMentor mentor]]. |
| 108 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Apparently, one of the main teachings of the School of the Undefeated of the East is doing this. Even compared to other Gundam fighters, what this school does is beyond what normal humans are capable of. |
| 109 | ** '''THE SCHOOL OF THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!'''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-EdzUul8gg Master Asia is shown to be capable of destroying mecha with his bare hands]] (and scarf!), and Domon can block mecha-sized weapons with a rusty katana. |
| 110 | ** '''They punt a skyscraper that was buried several stories underground. Without their Gundams.''' And Master Asia had a ''sprained ankle'' at the time. This moment once provided the image for this very trope, and triumphantly at that. |
| 111 | * ChekhovsGunman: Several seemingly one-episode characters either appear again or are mentioned, but most starkly [[spoiler:Gentle Chapman and Michelo Chariot, who become major forces driving the plot, despite Michelo seemingly being defeated in episode 1, and Chapman ''dying''.]] Andrew Graham is another seemingly one-episode character who turns up again, serving a very important role towards the end of the series, [[spoiler:saving Argo's life at the expense of his fighting career and setting off the chain of events leading to Allenby's disappearance.]] |
| 112 | * CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Neo France attempts to pull this off during George's match in the Finals with Domon, but George won't have it. |
| 113 | * TheChessmaster: Master Asia at first, before the TournamentArc. Later Wong took this role, introducing a direct chess metaphor with a giant chess set representing the Gundam Fight final battle. He played everyone from Domon to the Devil Gundam itself like pawns. |
| 114 | * ChessMotifs: Prime Minister Wong's Gundam chess set with Gundam figures. |
| 115 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:Domon Kasshu and Rain Mikamura]], though everything initially points to a JustFriends ending... and then one of the most beautiful [[LoveConfession love confessions]] to be ever put on the screen happens. |
| 116 | * ChivalrousPervert: Chibodee, who flirts with Rain gratuitously but only in good fun, and when it's needed is fiercely protective of her ''and'' his FourGirlEnsemble. |
| 117 | * ChunkySalsaRule: |
| 118 | ** Article 1 of the Gundam Fight rules states that a Gundam Fighter is disqualified if his/her Gundam's head is destroyed. Effectively nullified during the Finals, however, when Wong [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem changes the rules]] to allow unlimited repairs (and even outright replacements) between matches. |
| 119 | ** Also note that nothing in the rules says that a Gundam has to win a set number of matches to qualify for the finals, just as long as the head is intact. Neo-Holland's Nether Gundam hilariously exploits this loophole to make the finals by ''disguising itself as an ordinary windmill'' and making the finals without fighting a single preliminary match. While the Nether Gundam gets trounced in every battle it faces in the finals, simply making it there greatly improved Neo-Holland in the world rankings over their pitiful 66th place finish in the 12th Gundam Fight. |
| 120 | * ColorCodedCharacters: Not the Gundams themselves but the pilot's mobile trace suits |
| 121 | ** Domon - Black |
| 122 | ** Chibodee - Blue |
| 123 | ** George - Red |
| 124 | ** Sai - Yellow |
| 125 | ** Argo - Green |
| 126 | ** Rain - Pink |
| 127 | ** Allenby - Turquoise |
| 128 | * CombatByChampion: Essentially the whole concept of the Gundam fight. |
| 129 | * CombatCommentator: Practically ''anyone'' watching the matches, from little children to the authorities. |
| 130 | %%* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Episode 22 that's for sure. |
| 131 | * ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Most of the show's cast are orphans and a few have one parent. Can't be tough if you came from a happy family it seems. |
| 132 | * CoolHorse: Fuunsaiki, a horse so cool he ''gets his own Gundam''. |
| 133 | * CrapsackWorld: Earth. After centuries of war and pollution, it was abandoned by the wealthy and powerful for space colonies and then completely written off by all but a few national governments. Conditions are so harsh in some places that people will do anything to get to the colonies. To make it worse, every four years they have to endure a load of giant robots tearing up the landscape in duels and there is absolutely no provision that they can't do this in population centers or natural landmarks (in fact, Gundam Fighters are legally protected from any responsibility for the damage they cause). Some countries hire criminals and outright killers as Gundam pilots, and others coerce fighters into the job. As a result, most locations in the series [[SceneryGorn looks like they've been run over by a truck five or ten times]]. |
| 134 | * CurbStompBattle: Episode 2 shows Chibodee defeating the "[[UsefulNotes/GulfWar Scud Gundam]]" in one punch; the 2010 manga expands on the battle but keeps it as this trope by having the Scud fire off a WorfBarrage MacrossMissileMassacre. [[SmokeShield After the smoke clears]], Chibodee says "NowItsMyTurn" and, again, lays Scud out in one punch. |
| 135 | %%* DamselInDistress: Subverted with Maria Louise. She ''really'' wants to play the part, but... |
| 136 | * ADayInTheSpotlight: Some of the entourage characters get a few episodes focused on them. |
| 137 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:To a degree, Schwarz.]] Let's say some serious cloning and a bunch of DG cells made it happen. |
| 138 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Master Asia, after spending most of the series as an out-and-out villian, recants his dastardly deeds on his deathbed.]] |
| 139 | * DefeatingTheCheatingOpponent: During the TournamentArc, Domon is paired up with Allenby against two other fighters, who rig the ring so that Allenby and Domon get hit with heavy ArtificialGravity and electric shocks, but the cheaters don't. It's not part of their Gundam abilities, and they're clearly cheating. The tournament organizers are ready to call it instantly, but Domon insists on fighting anyways. The end result is the two opponents [[ThisCannotBe stunned that Domon can keep moving]], only trying to run away before Domon blasts them both with a Burning Finger. All of this was done at the behest of Wong, the head of the Gundam tournament who is trying to keep Neo Hong Kong in power. Wong rigged the fight because he thought that Domon was spying on him, when it was really Neo Germany's fighter Schwarz Bruder doing the spying; He just happened to jump over where Domon and Allenby were hanging out in his earlier escape. |
| 140 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Domon later has to defeat the other Shuffle Alliance members for real in the finals to get them to rejoin him to fight against the Devil Gundam (and to fulfill his promise to go through the finals undefeated). |
| 141 | %%** And so, apparently, does a draw. |
| 142 | * DenserAndWackier: This series ditches the usual war format seen in other ''Gundam'' series and instead hinges the fate of the planet on a TournamentArc with giant robots, complete with [[WorldOfHam hammy characters.]] |
| 143 | * DisappearedDad: Chibodee's MissingMom is seen in a flashback, but nothing is ever mentioned about his father. |
| 144 | * DistaffCounterpart: Noble Gundam looks suspiciously like a MagicalGirl version of God Gundam, color scheme and all. |
| 145 | * DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler:Ulube, who waits about five seconds after Domon's won the tournament to pull a massive coup d'état, declare himself Dictator of the Universe, and ultimately become an overly-muscled freak. And this is the guy who spent the bulk of the series seeming like a decent person who was running interference for Domon against Chairman Karato.]] |
| 146 | * DubInducedPlotHole: The Filipino dub is guilty of this. |
| 147 | ** Kyoji [[DubNameChange is renamed]] George despite the series already having a ''George'' de Sand, who is in turn renamed Joraque. |
| 148 | ** Speaking of Kyoji, [[spoiler:Master Asia's reaction to Scwartz's first unmasking in Episode 23 was completed with him saying his name out loud (Ikaw si... George Kashu...! [[note]]While you're...! George Kashu...! See previous entry regarding the name change.[[/note]]), thus spoiling the twist ''way'' before it was actually revealed in both Episodes 40 and 44. In both the English and original Japanese, Master Asia simply gave a startled reaction (Why you're...! It can't be...!).]] |
| 149 | * DubNameChange: Under orders from Sunrise, the English dub changes several of the mechas' names for various reasons. The most obvious are the God and Devil Gundams, renamed Burning and Dark respectively; this also goes for anything with "Devil" or "Death" in its name - DG Cells, Death Army, etc. Other changes may have been for more impressive-sounding names or to tone down the national stereotypes: Neo-Mexico's Tequila Gundam to Spike Gundam, Neo-Canada's Lumber Gundam becoming Grizzly Gundam, Neo-Hong Kong's Kowloon Gundam becoming Haow Gundam, Neo-Germany's Gundam Spiegel becoming Shadow Gundam. Perhaps strangest of all was Neo-Sweden's Nobel Gundam being changed to Noble Gundam, ''even though it was still pronounced Nobel''. No personal names were changed. |
| 150 | * {{Eagleland}}: Neo-America. Its first episode takes place in New York City, and their Gundam is a surfing, six-shooting, football-playing boxer, piloted by a proud SelfMadeMan. The actual space colony is shaped like a star, has a detachable combat section shaped like and named after Manhattan (which is operated by a guy who looks like every American general from a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII movie) and its ultimate weapon is the ''Statue of Liberty cannon.'' |
| 151 | * EarlyBirdCameo: The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Wing Gundam]] makes a brief appearance in the final assault on the Devil Gundam. It would be the main protagonist's mech in the next series. |
| 152 | * EarWorm: On the drama [=CD=] "Gundam Fight: Round 3", [[ItMakesSenseInContext even Domon finds the first theme song catchy]]. |
| 153 | * EarthIsABattlefield: The Gundam Fight regulations state that "Earth is the ring", so fights can happen anywhere. [[{{Dystopia}} It really shows]]. |
| 154 | * EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: Earth was ravaged first by its endless wars and then by the Gundam Fight, which has no regard for the damage it causes to cities, towns, and wilderness. Cities are in disrepair and ravaged by crime and bandits. Everyone with money has moved to space colonies, leaving the poor to fend for themselves with what little resources remain; in fact, leaving Earth is a big part of Chibodee's SelfMadeMan backstory. |
| 155 | * EiffelTowerEffect: Numerous national landmarks are used to establish location--these landmarks are usually in a sad state of disrepair with even beloved cities such as Paris, Rome, and Kyoto wrecked from the constant fights. The Eiffel Tower itself, for instance, is bent over almost double. |
| 156 | * EldritchAbomination: The [[BigBad Devil Gundam]] itself. It's three abilities make it nigh immortal, capable of extremely fast regenetation and able to spawn [[MechaMooks Devil Troops]] by the thousands. |
| 157 | * EliteFour: The Dark/Devil Gundam having four principal minions known as the Four Heavenly Kings, with three acting as leaders for the Devil Gundam's various forces (Grand Gundam leads the army, Gundam Heaven's Sword leads the air force, and Walter Gundam leads the navy) with Master Gundam as the overall leader. |
| 158 | * EmpathicWeapon: The Gundams. They match whatever movement the pilot makes in the cockpit, but sometimes respond to what they're doing ''outside'' too. {{Justified|Trope}}, as they're controlled through a mix of voice commands and an elaborate motion capture system. |
| 159 | * EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler:Master Asia and Prime Minister Wong start off as partners in crime, begin to distrust and snipe at each other, and by the end each is openly gunning for the other's death. Wong tries to bargain it into going full circle, but Asia openly admits at that point that he'd planned to double-cross Wong the entire time. And Asia would have disposed of Wong sooner if his worsening health hadn't acted up at the exact moment he got really pissed off at his nominal boss.]] |
| 160 | %%* EnergyWeapon: It wouldn't be a ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series without them. |
| 161 | * EmotionsVersusStoicism: The Meikyou Shisui requires that the user be able to channel ''both'' sides at once. |
| 162 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 163 | ** Prime Minister Wong and Domon are equally horrified when Master Asia reveals his intent [[spoiler:to let the Devil Gundam wipe out humanity.]] |
| 164 | ** Master Asia becomes increasingly frustrated at Wong's blatant disregard for fair play and meddling with the finals for his own amusement. |
| 165 | * EveryoneMustBePaired: The final scenes of the last episode show or imply all the surviving major Gundam Fighters getting paired: Domon with [[spoiler:Rain, who he had finally admitted his feelings for]], Chibodee with [[spoiler:all four of the girls from his team, who had been implied to have been his girlfriends the whole time]], George with [[spoiler:Marie Louise, who he had a CourtlyLove relationship with the whole series]], Sai Saichi with [[spoiler:Cécile, who he had dated in the one episode she appeared in before she dropped out of the series]], Argo with [[spoiler:Natasha, who had been shown warming up to him over the series]], and one implied one that came completely out of nowhere, [[spoiler:Allenby with Kyral]]. |
| 166 | * EvilPlan: A few people have plans that drive the plot and the heroes must fight against, but the most notable are [[spoiler:Master Asia's well-intentioned plan to help the earth, and Ulube's plan to rule the colonies.]] At times it feels like [[GambitPileUp the plans are hijacking each other.]] |
| 167 | * EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Look no further than Neo France's George de Sand. |
| 168 | * EvilRedhead: Michelo Chariot, subverted by the fact that he apparently ''dyes'' his hair that color. |
| 169 | * EvolvingCredits: The rest of the core cast gets more screen time in the first opening after the Shining Gundam's SuperMode is introduced. |
| 170 | * ExcitedEpisodeTitle: G Gundam is one of the few series to feature these. As if to make up for it, ''almost every episode title is an example''. For example, "Shocking! Shining Finger Defeated!" or "Fight, Domon! Earth is the Ring." |
| 171 | * EyeScream: Not directly, but George uses his Rose Bits to shoot the enemy mobile fighter [[spoiler:Grand Gundam]] in one of its eyes and the Mobile Trace System transfers the pain of the injury to the pilot to defeat them. |
| 172 | * FacePalmOfDoom: The Shining Finger, Darkness Finger, and God Finger from G Gundam. It even got two [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] in its franchise. |
| 173 | * FakedFoodContaminant: Sai Sachi meets Cécile when she stands up to three men beating up an old vendor for a bug in their food that they themselves put in. |
| 174 | * FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gentle Chapman]], who bows completely willingly to the Devil Gundam's bidding late in the show. |
| 175 | * {{Fanservice}}: |
| 176 | ** This Gundam series seems to have the [[LatexSpaceSuit tightest pilot suits]] ever to appear in the franchise. The suit-up sequence is regularly shown, and it involves a lot of FutureSpandex tightening around a naked body- which is only made more surprising as we mostly see ''male pilots'' . There are exactly ''two'' female characters who are seen wearing the mobile trace suit. One of them[[note]]that being Rain[[/note]] is shown to struggle more, even releasing some rather unusual moans. |
| 177 | ** In episode 19, Sai Saichi is eating in the wild when he happens to see [[SensualSlavs Nastasha Zabikov]] as she's SkinnyDipping in a lake bellow. Both [[EatingTheEyeCandy him]] and [[MaleGaze the camera]] become fixated on her, with a shot of her [[SexySurfacingShot surfacing naked from the water]] with ToplessnessFromTheBack and {{Sideboob}}. He gets so DistractedByTheSexy that he makes some the noise alerts her, and she immediately [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covers her chest with one hand]] while [[CantBatheWithoutAWeapon reaching for a gun with the other]], immediately opening fire on him, chasing him away. |
| 178 | * FantasticFightingStyle: The School of the Undefeated of the East. |
| 179 | * FastballSpecial: The School of Touhou Fuhai's ''Chōkyū Haoh Den'eidan'' attack involves Master Asia turning himself into a living bullet and Domon launching him; while they can both do the attack solo, it's much more powerful when they team up. |
| 180 | ** During the final battle, Kyral's Mandala Gundam uses an attack called ''Mandala Enjin Gokurakuoju'', which is essentially a mass version of the ''Den'eidan'' where he imbues multiple allied Gundams with energy before launching them at the enemy. |
| 181 | * FemaleGaze: Domon Kasshu, making [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot]] fanboys everywhere [[StupidSexyFlanders vaguely]] uncomfortable since 1994. |
| 182 | * {{Fembot}}: The Nobel Gundam. Yes, a Gundam that looks like [[Manga/CodenameSailorV Sailor V]] and fights with a gymnastics ribbon and hula-hoop as it's primary weapon. Unusually enough, it's pilot, Allenby, is quite the {{Tomboy}} - Rain, the Girly Girl instead gets the Rising Gundam, which evokes the image of a YamatoNadeshiko taking up arms (those being a [[NaginatasAreFeminine heat naginata]] and beam-bow). |
| 183 | * FightingClown: The Neo-Portuguese Gundam Fighter is a very-literal one, complete with a clown-themed Gundam. Although he does like his psychological warfare and has the good luck to pull [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes the main character with a trauma-fueled fear of clowns]] as his opponent in the finals, he's also shown to be a skilled and capable physical mimic who can copy his opponents' stances and even lesser techniques through mime. |
| 184 | * FightingFingerprint: Domon figures out that a cloaked stranger is Master Asia after he uses a piece of cloth for a weapon and strikes his signature pose. |
| 185 | * FightingSeries: The one and only in the wider Gundam canon (well, if you exclude the [[Anime/GundamBuildFighters Build]] [[Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry series]] because of kits rather than actual Mobile Suits being used). In fact, the radical departure from the previous WarIsHell formula (to which the franchise would return with the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing next AU series]]) is the factor why the series is so fondly remembered amongst Gundam fans. |
| 186 | * FinishingMove: |
| 187 | ** Shining Finger and its derivatives, those being: |
| 188 | *** The Shining Finger Sword for the Shining Gundam's Super Mode. |
| 189 | *** The Erupting God/Burning Finger for the God/Burning and Nobel Gundams (the Nobel version is the result of a hack of its energy systems). |
| 190 | *** The Darkness Finger for the Master Gundam. |
| 191 | *** The Rising Finger for the Rising Gundam (which only appears in a Gundam Evolve short). |
| 192 | ** Lampshaded in an episode where Marcelot angrily says to fighters also beaten by Domon that he wins by constantly using that "dirty technique." |
| 193 | * AFoggyDayInLondonTown: Episode 9 is set in London, and is foggy during the Gundam fights, although it's revealed that the fog is being manufactured deliberately to obscure [[spoiler:the illegal use of dummy mobile suits to aid the aging Chapman in his fights]]. |
| 194 | * FourGirlEnsemble: Chibodee's Angels, of course with Bunny, Shirley, Cath, and Janet. They're his maintenance team as well as assistants. |
| 195 | * FriendlyRivalry: The core five develops this after the aforementioned DefeatMeansFriendship. In fact, only a number of Gundam fighters are {{Jerkass}}es. |
| 196 | * FutureSpandex: All of the pilots wear skin-tight body suits as part of the interface for their mobile suits. The substance is sort of like spandex, but they have transformation sequences (not always shown) that make it look like plastic wrap. Nearly all of the pilots are male, but we do get to see Rain suit up a few times, and Allenby as well. The horse's suit doesn't cover as much as the human's but he still gets this trope even though the giant snake averts it for some reason. |
| 197 | * GaiasVengeance: "As the Devil Gundam saw it, the problem with the world was humanity, and eliminating mankind became its number one priority." |
| 198 | * GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Ulube pulls a frighteningly good and convoluted one to have Domon and Rain doing his dirty work and use ''the whole Gundam Fight'' to his profit, even incorporating ''other people's evil plans'' into his own. All while appearing to be a good man who wasn't even a participant in the various villian's mechnations.]] |
| 199 | * GenerationXerox: Despite being a prequel, the manga ''Gundam Fight 7th'' plays like the TV series on fast-forward: |
| 200 | ** TheProtagonist is Neo-Japan's Fighter in the 7th Gundam Fight, who [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriends (through combat)]] the Neo-American, French, Chinese, and Russian Fighters. |
| 201 | ** All five of these fighters get schooled single-handedly by the Neo-German Fighter, which results in their training (the Japanese fighter going to the Guyana Highlands) and developing new {{Finishing Move}}s. |
| 202 | ** The fighters battle against evil, corrupt Gundam Fighters (including those from Italy, Greece, and India), MechaMooks that look a '''lot''' like the Death Army, then save the planet from an insanely powerful machine intended to destroy the colonies. |
| 203 | ** If it wasn't already obvious enough, [[spoiler:the ending reveals that this was the origin of Master Asia and his generation's Shuffle Alliance, as well as seeing the creation of the Sekiha Tenkyoken.]] There are a few important differences, however: [[spoiler:Germany's fighter not only survives, but wins the Gundam Fight, while the five heroes were unable to make it to the Finals in time and are labeled traitors to their countries; this is why, despite being Neo-Japan's fighter, Master Asia is affiliated with Neo-Hong Kong as of the TV series]]. |
| 204 | * GenerationalTrauma: The wars that left Earth devastated and prompted the development of the various space colonies left their legacy in the form of the Gundam Fight: instead of full-fledged wars that would wind up destroying the very planet they want to rule, the Space Colonies instead send representatives to fight in a tournament with the victor's colony becoming ruler of Earth until the next Gundam Fight. However, Master Asia's FaceHeelTurn is triggered by his realisation that the Gundam Fight is generally just as destructive as a full war since the Gundam Fighters representing their colonies are cutting edge with all sorts of powerful weapons and techniques, meaning any fights can wind up devastating the surrounding area. Likewise, Gundam Fighters are generally feared and hated by inhabitants of Earth who get caught up in their Fights. |
| 205 | * GenkiGirl: Allenby is very perky. Thought subverted [[spoiler:since she's also a {{Berserker}} {{Tykebomb}} and NOT happy about that.]] |
| 206 | %%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition. |
| 207 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: The Shining Gundam has a TurnsRed SuperMode early on, but when it gets upgraded to the God Gundam, it instead gets a GoldenSuperMode. This is much more powerful since it's powered by [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers Inner Peace]], while the original, red super-mode was just powered by UnstoppableRage. |
| 208 | * GoldenSuperMode: Hyper Mode. While originally only capable of being used by Domon after he completes his training in the Guyana Highlands, it turns out that the other members of the Shuffle Alliance managed to achieve this as well, as did Master Asia. |
| 209 | * GondorCallsForAid: Nearly every friend and foe throughout the series comes together to face the final threat of the Devil Gundam... including [[spoiler:The original Gundam]] and [[spoiler:the Wing Gundam, whose series hadn't even aired yet.]] There's slightly under a dozen cross-series Gundams that show up in the crowd scenes of episodes 48 and 49. |
| 210 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Domon has a cross-shaped scar on his face. [[spoiler:Ulube uses his metallic mask to cover the one that the Devil Gundam gave him as a proof of their deal.]] |
| 211 | * GossipEvolution: One of the drama [=CDs=] has a variant; in the [[ShowWithinAShow movie]] the cast is watching, The Shuffle Alliance and Master Asia engage in the standard shouting match...except that Master is standing on Tokyo Tower's observation deck while the guys are at the tower's base. Because of this, the banter quickly degrades into confusion. |
| 212 | -->'''Movie!Chibodee:''' I said, "After this, we're coming for you! Prepare yourself!"\ |
| 213 | '''Movie!Master:''' What?! Did you say "crazy balding shitty old man"?! |
| 214 | * GovernmentConspiracy: Neo Hong Kong, and [[spoiler:Neo Japan]]. |
| 215 | * GratuitousEnglish: |
| 216 | ** Chibodee Crockett in the Japanese version. Every so often he'll call Domon ''Japanese'' in a pretty unusual manner. |
| 217 | ** The deadly yet hilariously-named ''Walter'' Gundam. Apparently, they were going for "Water" -- to contrast the Heavenly Sword's Air and Grand Gundam's Earth theme -- but ended up with the name of a random guy. |
| 218 | * GratuitousFrench: An unintentionally hilarious bit in episode 4: George tells Domon he understood the kidnapping was faked because he could never have written a note in French that good. The thing is, it is written exactly like a French note written by a Japanese guy would look like: pretty badly. |
| 219 | * GratuitousPrincess: Maria Louise of Neo France is considered a princess, despite the fact that the series was made well over a century since the last time France was a monarchy, and her father's title is President. |
| 220 | * GunsVsSwords: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the backstory]], the world's nations will flip-flop between favoring melee and ranged combat depending on whichever won the last Gundam Fight. After Gentle Chapman won three Fights in a row, everybody started fixating on long-range sniping...only for Master Asia to dethrone Chapman in the 12th Fight using martial arts, which is why the 13th has such an emphasis on melee combat. |
| 221 | * HamToHamCombat: Just about every Gundam Fight match. And every non-Gundam fight, too. |
| 222 | * HandicappedBadass: Kyral Mekirel of Neo-Nepal. He was one of the world's top competitors in the 11th Gundam Fight, ranking very highly but losing in the finals when his opponent accidentally blinded him. He makes a comeback in the 13th Gundam Fight...by assassinating his opponents before the fights so that he can win by default. But this ''still'' requires a blind man armed with only a sword to take out world-class martial artists. [[spoiler:After he fails to kill Domon before their scheduled match and is defeated in a fair fight, he changes his ways and proves that, even without his sight, he's ''still'' one of the world's top Gundam Fighters.]] |
| 223 | * HandshakeSubstitute: The greeting of the School of the Undefeated of the East ends with the most epic brofist in [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} the entire franchise]], if not the whole of Anime: |
| 224 | -->'''Master Asia:''' ''ANSWER ME DOMON!'' THE SCHOOL OF THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!\ |
| 225 | '''Domon:''' The Winds of the King!\ |
| 226 | '''Master Asia:''' ZENSHIN!\ |
| 227 | '''Domon:''' KEIRETSU!\ |
| 228 | '''Both:''' '''TENPA KYOURAN!!'''\ |
| 229 | ''[Cue [[MundaneMadeAwesome Epic Fist bump]]...]''\ |
| 230 | '''Both:''' '''''LOOK! THE EAST IS BURNING RED!!!''''' |
| 231 | * HealingFactor: The Devil Gundam's first Theoretical ability, self-recovery. Can bestow this power onto others via DG Cells. |
| 232 | * HeelFaceTurn: Though never a real villain, Natasha's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FQV0RU5HKnI#t=604s change of heart]] at the end fits the bill quite nicely. |
| 233 | * HeroInsurance: Gundam Fighters blowing up a building during the course of a Gundam Fight is explicitly not a crime. The collateral damage that Gundam Fighters inflict over the course of each tournament and can't be held accountable for is a major reason why some people don't like Gundam Fighters very much. |
| 234 | %%* HeroicSacrifice: Used straight and subverted very often |
| 235 | * HiddenInPlainSight: Neo-Holland's Nether Gundam made it to the Finals by hiding in windmill form for eleven months, surviving the first phase of the tournament with a 0-0-0 record. Becomes a BrickJoke when the Neo-Holland space colony is shown to be covered in windmills, and they turn out to ''all'' be Nether Gundams in disguise. |
| 236 | %%* HitmanWithAHeart: Kyral Mekirel |
| 237 | * HonorBeforeReason: All the Shuffle Alliance fall prey to this trope now and again, but none more so than Domon. Particularly in the Finals, where Chibodee and George feel compelled to demonstrate their new finishing moves, Machinegun Punch and Rose Hurricane, to Domon before their fights, which allows him to develop the God Shadow and God Slash Typhoon ''specifically'' to counter them. Sai Saici, the youngest of the group by far, is ironically the one who has the sense to ''not'' show off his ultimate attack before his fight with Domon...not that it helps. (He almost shows it while sparring with Allenby, but he stops the fight before going through with it.) Argo also doesn't explicitly show off his technique to Domon, though Domon is able to witness him using it against Andrew in a match. |
| 238 | * HotBlooded: ''Everyone'', even the French gentleman, the technician, and ''a horse.'' |
| 239 | * HotbloodedSideburns: ''Many'' characters, though Master Asia's are particularly epic. |
| 240 | * HowDoIShotWeb: Domon initially has trouble adjusting to the Burning Gundam's controls. Mainly because he never attended the briefing meeting where his team was going to explain them to him. |
| 241 | * HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:Master Asia]]'s motivation for becoming a genocidal maniac. [[spoiler:He gets better before dying.]] |
| 242 | * HuskyRusskie: Slightly subverted with Argo Gulskii. While he's [[TheBigGuy VERY big]] and possesses ''enormous'' strength, he's also remarkably mature and level-minded. [[spoiler:Enough to be the only one in the Shuffle Alliance who did ''not'' show any signs of emotional trauma after being brainwashed via DG Cells]] |
| 243 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 244 | ** At one point, George starts berating Chibodee for being irresponsible enough to store whiskey in his Gundam's cockpit before quickly remembering that he does the ''exact same thing'' with champagne -- while [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger Giving Him The Pointer Finger]] with said bottle, no less. Hey, at least he picks the quality stuff. |
| 245 | ** George was more going on about the quality than the fact that Chibodee had alcohol at all - they both intended to save the drinks for after they had won the Gundam Fight, [[spoiler:but instead pour one out before going toe-to-toe with the Grand Gundam, thinking they won't survive. They do, but barely.]] |
| 246 | * IdiotHero: Domon. Oh so much. Chibodee and Sai Saici also have their moments, but they're nowhere ''as'' bad. The 2010 manga retelling enhances it a good deal. |
| 247 | %%* IGotYouCovered: During the Devil Gundam vs. Everyone Else fight |
| 248 | * IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: |
| 249 | ** Domon does this ''thrice'' in the series. [[spoiler:First, he tried it to snap his friends from DG Cell brainwashing in the Shinjuku arc, but failed. Second, towards the berserk Allenby during the Gundam Fight. And later, to Rain, who had been turned into the Devil Gundam's Seitai Unit by force during the final episode]]. |
| 250 | ** Rain tries to do this [[spoiler:with Allenby when the latter is even ''worse'' of a berserk state, but it doesn't work. Rain uses her precision weapons to defeat her instead and has to do surgery to get rid of the DG cells.]] |
| 251 | * InNameOnly: As the description implies, pretty much the only things it has in common with the ''Universal Century'' shows is that there are robots named Gundams with somewhat similar designs to the ones in the original. Much of the debate surrounding it is whether this is a good thing or not. |
| 252 | * InstrumentOfMurder: [[SnakeCharmer Chandra Sijiema]] has a blade hidden in his flute, which he attempts to use against Domon Kasshu to eliminate him before their scheduled Gundam Fight match. |
| 253 | * InsufferableGenius: [[spoiler:If. Dr. Mikamura is to be believed, Domon and Kyoji's father was a prime example. He ''still'' didn't deserve what was done to him.]] |
| 254 | * InternationalShowdownByProxy: The premise of the Gundam Fight is that wars and elections have been replaced with a Rock'Em-Sock'Em Robot tournament played with HumongousMecha. |
| 255 | * InvincibleHero: Domon will win unless he's fighting a [[BrokenPedestal mentor]] [[BigBrotherMentor character]] for the purposes of an [[ThePowerOfLove Aesop]]. |
| 256 | * IUhYouToo: Domon has a few of these with Rain. |
| 257 | ** Defied by [[spoiler:the ending, which finally has Domon shout an outright "I LOVE YOU!", to which Rain responds the same. What proceeds after that is one of the most ''awesome'' displays of ThePowerOfLove to be put on television: the Sekiha Love-Love Tenkyoken, an extremely powerful variation of the Sekiha Tenkyoken that ''summons the King Of Hearts'' who then proceeds to drill a hole through the Devil Gundam. But not just any hole - a ''heart shaped hole''. What a way to end an already phenomenally awesome anime.]] |
| 258 | * JapaneseRanguage: |
| 259 | ** Whenever Chibodee says something in English in the original Japanese dub. Also, in a rather hilarious oversight, when Chapman was locking onto George's Gundam with his rifle, instead of saying "LOCK ON", the HUD instead said "ROCK ON"! |
| 260 | ** The "ROCK ON" thing seems to be in just about every anime where that situation occurs, which leads one to conclude that they either did deliberately or they just don't care. This particular example, though, [[MemeticMutation has become a bit of a meme]] among American fans - mainly because "Rock on!" is a hilarious TotallyRadical phrase that's completely inappropriate in context. |
| 261 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Domon, a huge JerkAss at the beginning, but [[CharacterDevelopment he does change with time]] and we still love him. Even in the first episode, it's pretty evident he's a heroic character, putting himself in harm's way to protect the innocent kids and mildly abusive cops from the Neros Gundam. |
| 262 | * JobTitle: The Mobile Fighter in the title stands for Gundam Fighter, the actual term used in the series itself. |
| 263 | * JustInTime: Domon arrives in Neo-Hong Kong for the finals with only one second before the opening ceremonies began. Note that he didn't start traveling to Neo-Hong Kong until about an hour before the deadline thanks to the fight against the Dark Gundam and difficulty in booting up the Burning Gundam for the first time, and that the Guiana Highlands are 10,500 miles from Hong Kong as the bird flies. |
| 264 | * KiManipulation: Certain characters are capable of using energy blasts. |
| 265 | * KickTheDog: Master Asia has several of these in the first half of the series. |
| 266 | * KillAllHumans: The Devil Gundam's top priority |
| 267 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Schwarz Bruder/Kyoji Kasshu and Master Asia. Dr. Mikamura as well]]. |
| 268 | * LargeHam: Nearly every character epitomizes this trope, but Master Asia and Domon take it to a whole new level. If it's possible for {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s to enhance your hamminess Master Asia certainly figured out how and passed the technique onto Domon. |
| 269 | * LadyOfWar: Rain. She fights like a YamatoNadeshiko ({{naginata|sAreFeminine}} and (beam) bow-and-arrow) while piloting the Rising Gundam. Also a rather rare example of an elegant lady played for [[MsFanservice fanservice]] - though this is less by her own choice and more by the fact the Trace Suit will inevitably turn the wearer into a source of fanservice, male or female. |
| 270 | * LighterAndSofter: Than all UC Gundam series and movies that proceeded it. Has an EarnYourHappyEnding where the main cast all get to live and ThePowerOfLove is shown to conquer all. |
| 271 | * LoopholeAbuse: The Gundam Fight Tournament rules are rather sparse, and mainly concern themselves with the conduct of Gundam Fighters towards other Gundam Fighters while both are in their Gundams. There is a frightening lack of rules in regards to attacking Gundam Fighters when they ''aren't'' in their Gundams, not to mention civilian bystanders, property damage, and sabotage from third parties who aren't officially part of a Gundam Fighter crew. There's no reason why they couldn't have applied some rule patches by now, after sixty years and thirteen tournaments, but it's pretty obvious that the people in charge just don't ''care''. |
| 272 | * LostInTranslation: |
| 273 | ** One possible explanation for the unusual names of the Devil Gundam's Four Kings; each is linked to a specific environment, and Grand and Walter might be corruptions of '''Ground''' and '''Water''', their respective elements. Averted by '''Heaven's''' Sword, and not really an issue with Master. |
| 274 | ** One explanation for the G in G Gundam is that it's short for the God in God Gundam, which was renamed the Burning Gundam in the English dub. |
| 275 | * LoveHurts: Averted for a Gundam series! [[spoiler:By the end of the series most if not all the main characters have someone who could be called their significant other, the degree to which each is considered as such but both involved varies. Combined with a happy ending for Domon who manages to rescue Rain from being the organic core of the Devil Gundam.]] |
| 276 | * LowTechSpears: The series is based around each country having a representative in the form of a mobile fighter which often symbolizes their country in some way (e.g. Japan's Gundam has samurai and kabuki themes, America's a surfing gunslinger with football pads... it's a wacky show in a lot of ways). Neo-Kenya's Zebra Gundam is based on Kenya's indigenous Maasai tribe and thus has a distinctive shield and spear to fit the motif. Notably, the Gundam's spear is ''not'' an EnergyWeapon like the weapons of the FiveTokenBand main character's Gundams. |
| 277 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: HUGE subversion: [[spoiler:We all thought Domon was the Mad Scientist's Handsome Son, but he wasn't. THEN we thought he was the Psychotic Killer's Handsome Younger Brother, but he wasn't that EITHER. Rain, on the other hand... ]]. |
| 278 | * MagicalGirlWarrior: Takes many conventions from the genre. A group of friends must save the world from an evil monster, they go through a stock transformation sequence to gain incredible powers, eventually the power of friendship and love (literally) saves the day. One of the later additions to the main cast even uses a Gundam that looks like it wants to be a ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' character. |
| 279 | * MagicalSecurityCam: When Domon, Allenby and Wong meet for the first time, Wong starts summarizing Domon's life story while a holographic video screen pops up behind him. Said video screen not only plays a clip from one of Domon's flashbacks where he's in the wilderness with Master Asia and nobody else should've been around to record it, but it also opens with a clip from the ''series' first OP''. |
| 280 | * {{Magitek}}: In this show, mechas are (if not, deliberately designed to be) capable of using KiManipulation. |
| 281 | * MakeGamesNotWar: The Gundam Fight Tournament, in which Gundam pilots from all around the world participate for the glory of their nation, exists to avoid the need for war. |
| 282 | * MaleGaze: Rain's suitup sequence involves a close up shot of her very shapely bum being tightened by the Trace Suit. |
| 283 | %%* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Ulube, Wong, Master Asia]]. |
| 284 | %%* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:Master Asia's death]] invokes this. |
| 285 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Prime Minister Wong. He always wears an impeccable business suit, lounges in a floating chair and sips wine while plotting his next evil plan. |
| 286 | %%* MaskPower: Schwarz Bruder and Ulube Ishikawa |
| 287 | * McNinja: Schwarz Bruder, the master of "German Ninjutsu". |
| 288 | * MeaningfulName: Schwarz Bruder is German for "Black Brother" |
| 289 | * TheMedic: Rain, who is also the WrenchWench. |
| 290 | * MeditationPowerup: Domon unlocks his ''true'' SuperMode by putting himself into a serene state of mind (which is always depicted with a falling water droplet). This is immensely superior to his UnstoppableRage since he can actually ''think clearly''. |
| 291 | * MerchandiseDriven: the Gundam Fight, each combatant having a unique and very distinct design, was created so that Bandai could sell a ton of models. |
| 292 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: |
| 293 | ** The eponymous God Gundam, the successor of the Shining Gundam. |
| 294 | ** The original manga gave Allenby the Super Nobel Gundam, though that one was more like an EleventhHourSuperpower. |
| 295 | ** The ''Choukyuu! G Gundam'' manga introduces upgraded versions of the rest of the heroes' robots: Maxter (''Max Revolver'') is turned into a full-fledged cowboy with twice the firepower, whose revolver-shaped shoulders can [[SpectacularSpinning make tornado winds]] or [[PileBunker amplify his punches]], and has an alternate [[ShedArmorGainSpeed faster armorless mode]]. Rose (''Versailles'') trades his Rose Bits for [[AttackDrone flying rapiers]] which makes it seem like [[SpeedEchoes he multiplies]], and can join them into rose bouquets that turn them into [[ThisIsADrill laser drills]]. Dragon (''Double Dragon'') can turn his legs into claws like Heaven's Sword, change his staff into InstantChucks, and transform itself into the head of a giant energy dragon. Finally, Bolt (''Bolt Crash''), aside from being even bigger and stronger, gains [[MagnetismManipulation electromagnetic powers]] and uses his ally Lumber Gundam as a [[{{BFS}} massive axe]]. |
| 296 | %%* MightyWhitey: The Japanese version. |
| 297 | * MindRape: Episode 6, when Domon is drugged and forced to watch a holographic re-enaction of his family's downfall to see if he can really use his SuperMode, which is supposed to be powered up [[UnstoppableRage through anger-fueled]] Heroic Resolve. Worse, much later we find out [[spoiler:''it was all a lie'']]. |
| 298 | * MissingMom: Chibodee's mom got kidnapped and maybe killed by clowns. |
| 299 | * MonsterClown: Romario Monini, the pilot of Jester Gundam. He's a complete {{Jerkass}} who goes out of his way to find psychological weak points and exploits the hell out of Chibodee's clown phobia by stalking him and freaking him out the night before their match. |
| 300 | * MoodWhipLash: After the first several, very lighthearted episodes, we get to one where Domon is revealing [[spoiler:what later turns out be a fabricated version]] of the events of the Devil Gundam incident, revealing that his brother went rogue with what was effectively a weapon of mass destruction and his mother died. Later in the series, we have another case; Chidobee is terrified of the circus and clowns (along with the episode the features the Jester Gundam, probably the silliest design in the series), This was initially comedic, but quickly starts getting serious when we find that he's terrified of laughing clowns because a gang of lunatics with machine guns dressed up as clowns and held him hostage, starting a riot that he lost his mother in. It was implied that she most likely died as a result of the incident. |
| 301 | * MotionCaptureMecha: Using the Mobile Trace system. Also taken to a ridiculous extreme; you can ''dislocate your shoulder and the suit's arm will also dislocate''. |
| 302 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: The six-armed Ashura Gundam. |
| 303 | * MultinationalTeam: The new Shuffle Alliance. [[spoiler:According to a supplementary manga, the ''original'' Shuffle alliance were this as well. [[GenerationXerox Of the exact same nationalities]].]] |
| 304 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Neo Nepal, which opts out of sportsmanship in favor of sending their Gundam Fighter to kill the competition before the match. They have a ''Buddhist Monk'' chewing out their fighter for failing an assassination attempt. |
| 305 | * MythologyGag: It wouldn't be a ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}'' series without them. |
| 306 | ** In episode 2, [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Katejina]] can be seen at the boxing match in a shot right behind one of the men from the Department of Defense. |
| 307 | ** The thugs from episode 29 use a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Jet Stream Attack]] against Domon. |
| 308 | ** In its most famous example, episodes 48 and 49 pit [[spoiler:a Rain-powered Neo Japan-sized Devil Gundam]] against every other nation's Gundams in space, and then some. Among them include [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the original Gundam]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Zeta]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory GP01Fb and GP02]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 F91]], [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Crossbone X-1]], [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory 2]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Wing Gundam]]. Keep in mind that Gundam Wing wouldn't start airing for another few weeks yet. |
| 309 | *** ShoutOut: A few non-''Gundam'' machines show up, like ''Anime/{{Zambot3}}'', ''Anime/{{Daitarn3}}'', ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}'', ''[[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Dunbine]]'', ''[[Anime/HeavyMetalLGaim L-Gaim Mk-II]]'', and ''[[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Layzner]]''. |
| 310 | * NaginatasAreFeminine: The Rising Gundam, based off of Domon's Shining Gundam, is designed with a [[HotBlade heat naginata]] rather than the original's [[LaserBlade beam sabers]] (as well as a [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot Rising Arrow]]). It winds up being piloted by Rain Mikamura in a DesignatedGirlFight. |
| 311 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye [[spoiler:Rain and her close classmate Saette. Domon and his mother, but he ''does'' get to say goodbye to Kyoji and later gets his father back.]] |
| 312 | * NeverSayDie: In the dub. The fact that people are dead is acknowledged, but the characters go through varying degrees of verbal gymnastics to avoid the actual word: return from the grave, pass away, lose his life, etc.... |
| 313 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Arguably Domon in the Battle Royale arc, where he comes up with several attacks that are never used again to defeat his partners' various ultimate techniques. |
| 314 | ** No mention was ever made of the Rising Gundam before Rain hijacked it during the Battle Royale. Her sole fight in it also shows Rain using archery skills she had never been shown or stated to have before that point. |
| 315 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Taken to its absolute limit. For example: mecha-piloting cyborg zombies. One of them was a freaking ''mummy'' instead of a zombie. An Egyptian Cyborg Mummy Zombie. |
| 316 | * NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The Russian island prison was designed off of a paper model of Alcatraz that Imagawa bought from the museum's gift shop. |
| 317 | * NoEndorHolocaust: A Gundam Fight match frequently levels entire city blocks, and the world's governments simply accept this. This is pointed out by [[spoiler:Master Asia]] in his MotiveRant about how everyone calls the Gundam Fight an "ideal war" even though stuff like this still happens. |
| 318 | %%*NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Domon's [[spoiler:confession to Rain]] at the end of the series. |
| 319 | * NoOshaCompliance: The closest thing to safety regulations in the Gundam fights is a single regulation preventing fighters from targeting their opponent's cockpit on purpose. There are ''no'' rules regarding damage to property or bystanders. Michelo Chariot abuses this rule to no end as he is allowed to cause as much damage as he likes, provided he remains a Gundam Fighter. George has trauma from his preliminary match where he nearly lost because his opponent kept positioning himself so that George couldn't attack without endangering the spectators until the judges disqualified the other man for his underhanded tactics, followed by the man opening fire and blowing up half the stands in a temper tantrum, but the real fault there should have been assigned to the officials of Neo-France who set up spectator stands next to a combat zone without any safety precautions in case of any shots going in that direction, accidentally or deliberately. |
| 320 | %%* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Prime Minister Wong. But he dies for real roughly five minutes later]]. |
| 321 | * NotJustATournament: The Gundam Fight occurs regularly every four years. However, in the 13th Fight we have the Devil Gundam getting loose and trying to destroy the planet, while several nations vie to find and take control of it for their own purposes. |
| 322 | * {{Objectshifting}}: Neo Holland's Nether Gundam transforms into a windmill. Neo Holland's Gundam Fight representative manages to make it to the tournament's finals by hiding in plain sight in windmill mode among a bunch of regular windmills during the preliminary matches and only leaving once all Mobile Fighters have to travel to Neo Hong Kong, thus avoiding fighting until then. |
| 323 | ** And then, as a BrickJoke, in the final battle, it is revealed that the Neo-Holland Space Colony is covered in windmills... and they are '''all''' Nether Gundams in disguise. |
| 324 | * OddballInTheSeries: The ''Gundam'' series of animes was one of the pioneers of the RealRobotGenre, and has an underlying theme of WarIsHell. That theme is still present in ''G Gundam'', but it throws the realism out the window in the name of a full-fledged SuperRobotGenre show. |
| 325 | * OddlyNamedSequel: One of the very few Gundam series (along with ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' and ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'') to not have Mobile ''Suit'' in the title. Unlike those two examples, this is because a Mobile Fighter is a distinct class of machine that is operated quite differently from an [=MS=], which appear mainly in the hands of construction workers and military police. |
| 326 | * OffscreenTeleportation: It's a plot point at the end of the first season that any Gundam Fighter who doesn't make it to Neo Hong Kong before the official start of the Gundam Fight Finals is disqualified, with Domon having to fight the Dark Gundam alone because everyone else at the Guyana Highlands left earlier to make it in time. With a very narrow amount of time left after defeating the Dark Gundam, Domon only makes it in time because he gets the Burning Gundam to replace the ruined Shining Gundam, and has to pull a ridiculous stunt where he bounces off laser arena ropes ''in orbit'' to get the necessary velocity, and only makes it with seconds to spare. The following episode, Master Asia, who was also at the Guyana Highlands and didn't leave until after Domon powered up the Burning Gundam, is also at the opening ceremony, with no explanation given for how he made it from South America to Hong Kong in an even shorter timeframe. |
| 327 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Rain patches up both people and giant robots with the same level of skill. |
| 328 | * OnceMoreWithClarity: Through some of the flashback, were show that Kyoji deliberately took the (then) Ultimate Gundam intent on using it for his own purposes. Getting his mother shot in the process as she was trying to protect him but not even caring. [[spoiler:When the android Kyoji tells the events, we see that Kyoji took the Ultimate Gundam to keep it out of Ulube's hands (in fact, his father even ordered him to do it) and indeed reacted appropriately when he saw his mother gunned down trying to protect him.]] |
| 329 | %%* PartlyCloudyWithAChanceOfDeath: A sunrise version. |
| 330 | %%* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: Every episode ended with one. |
| 331 | * PhenotypeStereotype: |
| 332 | ** There is a good lack of stereotyping for the human cast. Surprisingly, Domon, Rain, and Kyoji, the Japanese characters, all fall under this trope. The only one who sticks out more than the others is Allenby, the Swedish fighter with sea-green hair. |
| 333 | ** The Gundams themselves, on the other hand, play this trope ''painfully'' straight to a degree of hilarity. The sole exception may be the Nobel/Noble Gundam, which was simply designed as the DistaffCounterpart of the original [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam]]. The Nobel Gundam is feminine in appearance, though, in keeping with the stereotype of Sweden being the land of hot blondes. |
| 334 | ** While the Shining/God Gundams seemingly avert this trope, they're in fact riddled with many stereotypes as the rest, albeit more subdued: Shining's design is based on an armored warrior from old Japan (much like the RX-78-2 was based on an ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashigaru Ashigaru]]'' soldier) who wields two swords [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daishō on a single side]], and his super mode has traits of a KabukiTheatre performer like bulky clothing or a ''Kurumabin'' wig [[note]]Most famously, the one worn in the main character of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibaraku Shibaraku]]''. Incidentally, Shining's front antenna looks like a ''Chikaragami'' headband worn by ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragoto Aragoto]]''-style heroes[[/note]] -- likewise, his transformation was inspired by some Bunraku theater dolls' ''[[https://bunrakukimono.com/gabu-001-658 Gabu]]'' transforming gimmick. On the other hand, God Gundam keeps a few Kabuki elements and adds ones like a ''[[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/撥ね襷/ Hane-Dasuki]]'' sash-styled backpack, while reinforcing the samurai theme with a ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakama#Kamishimo:_kataginu_and_naga-bakama Kamishimo]]''-style design. Rising simply recycles Shining's design with some traditionally feminine Japanese weapons like [[NaginatasAreFeminine a naginata]] and a ''[[GuysSmashGirlsShoot Yumi]]'' [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot bow]]. |
| 335 | * PlayingCardMotifs: The Shuffle Alliance. They're a quintet of Gundam Fighters who have playing card themed titles. Who chooses the Shuffle Alliance isn't clear; the current generation simply seemed to have the crests of their title appear on the back of their hands, and the old Shuffle Alliance knew they had to take over. |
| 336 | * PluckyGirl: ''All'' the females, in one way or another. Special mention goes to Cécile Holgar, a [[{{Moe}} sweet-looking moeblob]] who stands up against punks in her very first scene and doesn't hesitate to bitchslap her boyfriend when he has an HeroicBSOD. And to Maria Louise, the blonde and frilly TomboyPrincess who [[spoiler:handles Molotov cocktails and machine guns near the end of the series.]] |
| 337 | * {{Polyamory}}: Chibodee has ''four'' {{love interest}}s. |
| 338 | * PowerCopying: One specialty of Jester Gundam and its pilot, copying other characters special techniques (the other is apparently using psychological warfare against his opponent, as evidenced by his fight with Chibodee.) |
| 339 | * PowerDyesYourHair: Hyper Mode turns your hair bright yellow, [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan-style.]] |
| 340 | * PowerGlows: |
| 341 | ** "This hand of mine glows with an awesome POWER!" "This hand of mine is burning red!" And so on... |
| 342 | ** The Shuffle Alliance members and their Gundams take on a golden glow when they enter Hyper Mode. |
| 343 | * PowerIncontinence: Domon's inability to control his SuperMode in the first half of the series. |
| 344 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Domon certainly didn't enter the tournament to make any friends, but he ends up doing so with the fighters destined to join him in the Shuffle Alliance, and when fighting together they can take on nearly any foe. Still, there are some situations where it's not enough, in which case Domon can call upon... |
| 345 | * ThePowerOfHate: Deconstructed and Defied. While the Shining Gundam's SuperMode is triggered by Domon's UnstoppableRage, Schwartz clearly points out that fighting while angry causes a fighter to act impulsively due to very clouded judgments and focus, which is also the reason why [[PowerIncontinence he can't use it at will]]. In turn, he enforces fighting with [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers Inner Peace]]. Doing so allowed Domon to finally gain control of it. |
| 346 | * ThePowerOfLove: |
| 347 | ** [[spoiler:Domon and Rain's]] LoveConfession involves attacking the Devil Gundam with an attack so strong that the ''King of Hearts'' himself is summoned. Incredibly awesome ''and'' incredibly heartwarming at the same time. |
| 348 | ** In his first fight with Domon, Chibodee is about to give up before the cheers of his fellow New Yorkers rouse him to get his second wind. |
| 349 | * PowerOfTheGodHand: Or rather, Power of the God Finger. Similar premise, however, as the God Gundam is so named because of its obscene power. Averted entirely in the English dub, which changes it to [[{{Bowdlerise}} Burning Finger]]. |
| 350 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: Schwartz, Ulube, Dr. Mikamura, Chibodee's FourGirlEnsemble, Nastasha, and Wong are added in the second opening theme. Allenby doesn't count since she made her debut long after the opening theme changes. |
| 351 | * ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Domon's Shining Gundam is the only one to have a Hyper Mode for the first half of the series. When the other Shuffle Alliance members unlock theirs, Domon gets the entirely new [[MidSeasonUpgrade God (Burning) Gundam]], and then proceeds to eliminate his teammates one by one during the TournamentArc with relative ease. |
| 352 | * ProtagonistTitle: The titular ''G''od Gundam is TheHero's MidSeasonUpgrade. |
| 353 | %%* PsychoForHire: Michelo Chariot. |
| 354 | * PunchParry: Happens most often when Domon fights Chibodee, and all the time against Master Asia. |
| 355 | * RageAgainstTheMentor: Most of the first half of the series, once Master Asia does his [[FaceHeelTurn thing]]. |
| 356 | * RapidFireFisticuffs: Usually between Domon and Master Asia, but Allenby and Chibodee do, too. George has rapid fire sword thrusts; Sai Saici and Michelo have rapid fire kicks; Schwarz Bruder has rapid fire shuriken and kunai throwing. |
| 357 | * RealMenWearPink: |
| 358 | ** George is a {{bishonen}} and loves roses, but can fight as well and as passionately as the others. |
| 359 | ** Chibodee has pink bangs and is a self-admitted MommasBoy. Flashbacks imply that Chibodee's hair is naturally all-blue, meaning he ''purposely dyes'' his bangs pink. Not to mention that his title in the Shuffle Alliance is the ''Queen'' of Spades, something he embraces fully with no one ever doubting his heterosexuality. (It helps that his predecessor with that title was also male.) |
| 360 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Subverted and later played straight with Karato. [[spoiler:Starts out as ''very'' incompetent and leaving almost every matter to Ulube and Dr. Mikamura, but by the end of the series it's hinted that he ''does'' have the potential to become a true leader and intends to do so.]]. |
| 361 | * RebelliousPrincess: Maria Louise of Neo France. She looks cute and sweet, but isn't afraid of either plotting her own kidnapping to attract her Knight's attention, or using a molotov cocktail to aid said knight when he's in a pinch. |
| 362 | * RecruitedFromTheGutter: Chibodee Crocket recruited his ''entire support team'' this way; they were {{Street Urchin}}s who'd been caught trying to stowaway on a spaceship just as he walked by. Apparently they had a glint in their eyes which reminded him of himself. |
| 363 | * RecurringBoss: |
| 364 | ** [[spoiler:Master Asia, Gentle Chapman, Michelo Chariot, and the Devil Gundam itself have been fought more than twice. The last one is even the series' final enemy.]] |
| 365 | ** Likewise, Domon fights all members of his TrueCompanions three or four times in the series. |
| 366 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Devil, Master, Neros, and John Bull Gundams are all heavily painted with the aforementioned colors. |
| 367 | * RedBaron: Master Asia was more commonly referred to by his alias "Undefeated of the East". |
| 368 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Once Wong's glasses start to slip is the part when the audience realizes he's a villain. |
| 369 | * RedHerring: Early on, [[spoiler:Karato and Dr. Mikamura]] seem more than a bit shady, as if they might have some villainous plan that they're worried Domon might get in the way of. Wrong. [[spoiler:Ulube]] on the other hand seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who seems to be looking out for Domon and for Neo-Japan's best interests. [[BigBad Way wrong]]. |
| 370 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Dr. Mikamura, after plotting the fall from grace of the Kashuu family due to his intense jealousy, sacrifices himself to save its patriarch and his former friend.]] |
| 371 | * RemovedFromThePicture: The picture of Kyoji [[spoiler:has Domon and their parents torn off]]. |
| 372 | * {{Rewrite}}: The 2010 manga version of Domon vs Chibodee is more even-handed than the anime version was. In the boxing match before the Gundam Fight, Chibodee [[CurbStompBattle dominates]] Domon; during the actual Gundam Fight, Domon has it won, but since he forced himself to fight through his earlier injuries, he's too roughed up and tired to finish Chibodee off, resulting in an actual draw. On the flipside, George gets it worse. In the manga, he rescues Princess Maria Louise from the Neo-Cubans and brings her into the Gundam Rose's cockpit, which messes with his synchronization. Eventually Domon lands the Shining Finger, and Maria leaps onto George, apologizing for causing all the trouble while herself getting hit with the feedback. Rain begs Domon to stop before the feedback harms the princess, which he does. |
| 373 | * RivalsTeamUp: Domon eventually ends up doing this with all of his rivals (Chibodee, Argo, Sai Saichi, and George), in order to form the new Shuffle Alliance and battle the Dark Gundam. |
| 374 | %%* RobotAthlete: Essentially what the Gundam Fighters are. |
| 375 | %%* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Schwartz/Kyoji]], while in the hospital unconscious. |
| 376 | * RoboticUndead: Any Gundam infected by the Dark Gundam's cells is "revived" under the Dark Gundam's thrall, along with the Gundam's pilot in a case of CameBackWrong. |
| 377 | * RoguesGallery: Michelo assembles a team of antagonists in Episode 32 on behalf on Wong. |
| 378 | * RuleOfCool: Oh damn, yeah. The series director explicitly said in a DVD interview that he decided early on not to worry about whether or not anything made sense as long as it looked cool. |
| 379 | * RuleOfSymbolism: |
| 380 | ** Amidst all the RuleOfFun thematic Gundams are the ''slightly'' more serious God and Devil Gundams. The Ultimate Gundam [[FallenAngel fell to Earth]] and became the [[{{Satan}} Devil]] Gundam, turning into a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything many-headed monster that corrupted people]]. Rather than the Judeo-Christian [[{{God}} God]], the [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers enlightenment-powered]] God Gundam's [[SuperMode golden glow]], mandala, and [[FinishingMove threateningly open hand]] evoke the statue of a Buddhist warrior deity. |
| 381 | ** The Dub name Burning Gundam picks up a ''lot'' of meaning once you realize how much the Mandala looks like wings, 6 wings, which are a trait of the Seraphim, also known as ''The Burning Ones''. |
| 382 | * SailorSenshiSendUp: Neo-Sweden's Gundam -- a giant {{Fembot}} with long blonde "hair" and a blue SailorFuku-like coloring -- is pretty much Usagi/Sailor Moon herself in giant mecha form. |
| 383 | * SayMyName: "Raaaaaaain!" "Domoooooon!" "Chibodeeeeee! Geooooorge! Argoooo! Sai Saiciiiii!" "MASTER ASIA!", and of course the ever-so-popular '''''KYOOOJIIIIIII!!!!!''''' |
| 384 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: Wong ''lives'' for this trope. [[spoiler:They even get recreated by the Walter Gundam's DG cells for his very brief return.]] |
| 385 | %%* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Prime Minister Wong, so much so that he could well be the trope namer. |
| 386 | * SequelHook: The final shot of the series is a card announcing the 14th Gundam Fight Tournament. So far, no anime covering later Gundam Fights has been produced. |
| 387 | * ShoutOut: |
| 388 | ** The story begins (well, the second episode begins) with a narrator who never interacts with the characters, who tells you that he [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow would like, if he may, to take you…]] |
| 389 | ** The Nobel Gundam looks a lot like a mecha [[Manga/CodenameSailorV Sailor V]] |
| 390 | ** A rather surprising ShoutOut for an anime: the name of the MS piloted by George's butler Raymond is "Butler [[Film/MurderByDeath Bensonmum]]". Similarly, the Neo-American MS is named "[[Franchise/{{Robocop}} Murphy]]". |
| 391 | ** The Maxter's color scheme greatly resembles [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} a certain other giant robot popular in America...]] |
| 392 | ** Neo-Japan's space ships have a design similar to the [[Franchise/StarTrek Enterprise]], except with spherical main sections making them resemble the ''[[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Olympic_class Olympic]]''-class. Director Imagawa is an unabashed ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan, and even [[CreatorCameo appears in the second opening]] in a ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG-era]]'' uniform: he's in the crowd during the shot of Argo. |
| 393 | ** The whole character of Saette, from his past background to even his name, is taken from a Turkish film that Imagawa saw and said that he personally felt touched by. |
| 394 | ** The Master Gundam is basically the [[Franchise/{{Patlabor}} Griffon with Type-Zero]]'s extending claws. |
| 395 | ** Neo India's colony is [[Literature/{{Discworld}} a disc on top of four elephants, on top of a turtle]]. |
| 396 | ** Elements of the Devil Gundam's design, especially once it takes over Neo Japan, look similar to that of the Shin Dragon from ''[[Anime/GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]''. Makes sense when you consider that the initial episodes of the latter were also directed by Imagawa before he left the project. |
| 397 | ** During Sai Saici's second fight against Domon, he uses - and [[CallingYourAttacks calls out by name]] - the [[UsefulNotes/WongFeiHung Shadowless Kick]] (无影脚, subtitled as "Muei Kyaku"). |
| 398 | ** Devil Gundam is a massive demonic beast, whose much more humanoid top half grows out of its own giant face's forehead. In short, essentially ''Manga/DemonLordDante'' in mecha form. |
| 399 | * ShownTheirWork: Imagawa put a ridiculous amount of effort into portraying Hong Kong realistically, even going there with the animation team so that they could experience themselves first. That strange drink Allenby had that he couldn't identify the taste? It was one Imagawa had while there. |
| 400 | %%* ShutUpHannibal: Domon, all the time. |
| 401 | * SinsOfOurFathers: Dahal Muhammad and his Pharaoh Gundam IV get revived by DG Cells and try to kill Sai Saici, because his grandfather Sai Feilong accidentally killed Muhammad during the 4th Gundam Fight. [[spoiler:Subverted; Sai ''assumed'' Muhammad wanted revenge, but in reality he just wanted to have the Gundam Fight he was denied by his untimely death.]] |
| 402 | %%** Let's not forget [[spoiler:Dr. Mikamura]]. |
| 403 | * SlouchOfVillainy: Wong in his ridiculously awesome floating chair. |
| 404 | * SnoopingLittleKid: Chang, the orphan who tries to steal Domon's Gundam in Episode 27. |
| 405 | * SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Domon considers the God/Burning Gundam to be the Shining Gundam in a new form, after all they've been through together. And as tribute to the sacrifice the machine made. |
| 406 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Domon Kasshu throws huge wrenches into the plans of every major villain, from Master Asia, to Prime Minister Wong, and finally derailing [[spoiler:Ulube]]'s EvilPlan. |
| 407 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: The 2010 manga has [[spoiler:Marcelot, Romario, and Chandra]] survive, do a HeelFaceTurn, and join the World Gundam Federation in the climax. |
| 408 | * SpeakInUnison: The two Shaolin monks that raised Sai Saici have a habit of doing this. When the rest of the members of the Shaolin temple show up during the finals, they ''all'' do this. |
| 409 | * SpinAttack: Master Asia and Scwartz Bruder's favorite move. |
| 410 | * SpoilerOpening: [[spoiler:The Devil Gundam's final form and the Four Kings]] are shown in both of the opening themes despite not being relevant until late in the series. Likewise, the second opening reveals that Allenby is going to be a major character a few episodes before she even appears. |
| 411 | * StandardPowerupPose: Used often whenever someone entered their SuperMode. |
| 412 | %%* TheStrategist: Rain, Ulube, Natasha. |
| 413 | * StreetUrchin: Chibodee used to be one, as did his support crew. |
| 414 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: The Mobile Trace System does this to you. Surprising since most of the pilots are guys. Holy StupidSexyFlanders! |
| 415 | * StupidSexyFlanders: The majority of the Shuffle Alliance, who all get dressed up in extremely form-fitting outfits that leave less than nothing to the imagination. Especially true for Domon, who we see the most of and even appears to be naked for his transformation sequence. Doesn't help ([[FemaleGaze or hurt]]?) that the camera zooms in on his butt while it's getting shrinkwrapped. |
| 416 | * SuckMyRose: George is called "The Red Rose Knight," and is often seen holding a rose. The Rose Gundam keeps up this theme with its "rose bits" -- rose-shaped funnels that can shoot lasers, put up barriers and act as projectiles themselves. |
| 417 | * SuddenlyObviousFakery: Among the show's WordOfGod-admitted tendency to [[RuleOfCool defy logic for the sake of being awesome]] is a trend of [[MechaMooks Death Army]] troops managing to perfectly imitate any mobile fighter by copying a few of its armaments and adding a new headdress. Despite the individual units never adjusting their color schemes, [[CyberCyclops face]], or anything from the chest down (and even then, the only torso changes to expect are a new chestplate or backpack), both the characters and audience will see them as an exact duplicate of the imitated mobile fighter until the truth is revealed and it becomes obvious that they are just a Death Army trooper with two or three new parts slapped on. |
| 418 | * SunglassesAtNight: Wong, who wears his signature shades around in dimly-lit underground hangars and even the privacy of his own home. RuleOfCool, indeed. [[spoiler:The DG Cells/Tentacles even ''form into sunglasses'' when he jumps into the Walter Gundam in the end]]. |
| 419 | * SuperRobotGenre: Mobile Fighters, the Gundams, are, though there are {{Real Robot|Genre}} examples, such as the Death Army robots and the few Mobile Armors that are still being used. |
| 420 | * SuperMode: A HotBlooded hero cannot be without his Super Mode, its even called "Super Mode." |
| 421 | ** Domon and Master Asia have/gets a second one called ''Meikyou Shisui'': Clear Mirror, Still Water. |
| 422 | ** Director Imagawa specifically says that while the Gundam's Super Mode is the machine at its full potential, the Meikyou Shisui/Hyper Mode is the pilot's full potential. |
| 423 | * SuperpoweredEvilSide: Allenby, who becomes 120% stronger when she goes nuts on the Berserker System. The downside is that she doesn't use any techniques in this mode, just brute strength. |
| 424 | * SweetTooth: Wong, whose passion for sweets rivals that of L from ''Manga/DeathNote''. |
| 425 | %%* SwordBeam: ERUPTING BURNING SLASH! |
| 426 | %%* {{Synchronization}} |
| 427 | * TattooSharpie: In a joke 4koma, Domon Kasshu's [[XMarksTheHero x-shaped]] RuggedScar on his cheek is revealed to be a marker. During his TrainingFromHell under Master Asia, whenever Domon would make a mistake, as punishment, Master Asia would draw an X on his cheek. Domon in this gag series is even more of an IdiotHero than canon, so he messed up enough that the mark became permanent. |
| 428 | * ThouShaltNotKill: One of the few hard rules of Gundam Fights is that Fighters are not to intentionally target their opponent's cockpit, which ensures that even if the Gundam itself gets trashed, the pilot usually gets out alive. This gets slightly averted during the finals where targeting the cockpit is allowed. Except for Wong's goons against the main group, all the other contestants make an effort to not kill their opponents including Domon where his God Gundam's [[FinishingMove Heat End]] is aimed at the cockpit. |
| 429 | * ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: |
| 430 | ** At the opening ceremonies for the finals in Neo Hong Kong, Domon boldly declares that he will win ''every single one'' of his matches, much to the surprise of his Shuffle Alliance friends, and the consternation of the rest of the Gundam Fighters. Naturally, this prompts Wong and Master Asia to pit Domon against only the most powerful opponents, including the rest of the Shuffle Alliance. [[spoiler:Domon wins them all, of course]]. |
| 431 | ** The first time he meets George, Domon demands a Gundam Fight with him. The problem with that Gundam Rose is already engaged in a fight with Neo Cuba's Gundam at the time. George not only reminds Domon of the tournament rules stipulating one-on-one matches only, but expresses his disgust for Domon's rudeness, and initially refuses to fight Domon at all. |
| 432 | * TheTokyoFireball: Tokyo is destroyed except for the area around a big government skyscraper by the Devil Gundam's Death Army. |
| 433 | * TookALevelInBadass: The Shuffle Alliance members all take a few levels before their final fights with Domon. Each is also able to achieve the same Hyper Mode as Domon by the time their final fights with him roll around in the TournamentArc. [[spoiler:Michelo Chariot takes one as well when he suddenly shows up for the finals, going from an easily-defeatable smug crook to putting up a good fight against God Gundam even ''before'' his Gundam transforms into one of the Devil Gundam's four Kings.]] |
| 434 | ** One of the more satisfying examples of a character becoming a badass in this series is [[spoiler:Rain]]. She starts out as the DamselInDistress doctor that also knows some basics of Mobile Fighter piloting (to do mechanical testing after repairs). That's okay. [[spoiler:Then she takes the Shining Gundam out against some mooks when Domon wasn't able to do so... and stands up to them.]] ''Nice.'' [[spoiler:But this is nothing compared to what happens near the end of the series: Rain steals the Rising Gundam, goes out to help a very much endangered Domon, and soundly ''trounces'' a ''Berserker Mode Allenby'' who was beating up Domon himself just a minute before that. '''HOLY. MOLEY.''']] No wonder why ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games that feature ''G Gundam'' frequently have her playable. |
| 435 | * TooLongDidntDub: Certain attack names are left untranslated in the English version. |
| 436 | * TournamentArc: Almost the entire last half of the series, save the final four episodes, falls under this. |
| 437 | * TransformingMecha: Some of the weirdest in giant robot history. Highlights include Mermaid Gundam (a fish), Mandala Gundam (a Buddhist Temple bell), Matador Gundam (a giant flying bull head) and the ever popular Nether Gundam, who, as befitting his Dutch origins, becomes a windmill: unlike the others, though, there was a point to this. Since all one had to do to qualify for the finals was survive until enough combatants had been eliminated from the tourney, hiding in plain sight to avoid being attacked, while not guaranteeing victory, was able to significantly increase the country's standing. Domon's Gundams may also count, being robots that turn into more powerful robots. |
| 438 | * TrashTheSet: A major plot point. The Earth's increasingly {{Dystopia}}n state caused by six decades of Gundam Fights is what drives several characters' actions. |
| 439 | %%* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler:Ulube, to Domon and Karato.]] |
| 440 | %%* {{Tykebomb}}: [[spoiler:Allenby]]. |
| 441 | %%** DefusingTheTykebomb: [[spoiler:Domon does the first part. When Allenby is infected with DG cells, Rain finishes the job.]] |
| 442 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Domon is very cocky and will rush forward into any given fight, but when he first meets the team that would become the Shuffle Alliance each proves to him that they are not a casual opponent. When he fought Chibodee in the boxing ring it seemed he defeated him rather easily, but after the fight realised that Chibodee's glancing punch actually cracked a few of his ribs. And Sai Saishi was the only opponent to legitimately fight him to a draw, using his ponytail knife to incite a MexicanStandoff. |
| 443 | * TheUnfavorite: Implied to be Domon, who left home at an early age because he was BookDumb and couldn't measure up to his much older brother Kyoji, a BadassBookworm, in his father's eyes. Subverted, since Dr. Kasshu isn't shown as ''evil'' towards his younger son, so Domon still cares for him more than enough to make his dad one of the causes why he's fighting. [[spoiler:And the first time they talk in the series towards the end, when the old man is dethawed and tells Domon how proud he is of him, qualifies as one of the most heartwarming moments in the series.]] |
| 444 | * UnreliableExpositor: Used as a plot point. [[spoiler:Domon is shown a simulation of the theft of the Devil Gundam, in which the authorities arrive to arrest Dr. Kasshu and Kyoji only for the latter to try to escape and showing no concern once his mother gets shot to shield him from gunfire. What ''really'' happened according to Schwartz is that Ulube came to steal the ''Ultimate'' Gundam so Dr. Kasshu ordered Kyoji to escape with it, and he was horrified to see his mother die.]] |
| 445 | * UnstoppableRage: Subverted: Rage is eventually stoppable... ''[[TranquilFury calm]]'' is truly unstoppable. However, this does not mean "calm" cannot be HotBlooded. Yes, HotBlooded TranquilFury. |
| 446 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Domon for Ulube's master plan.]] |
| 447 | * VanillaUnit: The Kowloon Gundam is a completely vanilla Mobile Fighter with no special gimmicks or weapons (compared to Mobile Fighters with special weapons like the Rose Gundam's Rose Bits or Bolt Gundam's Graviton Hammer, or gimmicks like the Zeus Gundam's chariot or Nobel Gundam's Berserker System). However, it doesn't actually need them, since the Kowloon Gundam is utilised by Master Asia, the Undefeated of The East and WorldsStrongestMan. Master Asia can destroy Mobile Suits and Fighters with his bare hands, so the Kowloon Gundam didn't need anything particularly noteworthy to be effective. |
| 448 | * VillainDecay: Prime Minister Wong, in rather [[DroppedABridgeOnHim anvilicious]] fashion [[spoiler:to make way for Ulube's last-minute reveal as the real threat.]] |
| 449 | * TheVirus: DG-Cells. It also doubles as TheCorruption for Gundam pilots, as the stuff also grants their mechs some of the Devil Gundam's regenerative abilities. |
| 450 | * WarComesHome: The finale of ''G Gundam'' takes place on the colony of Neo Japan, home colony of Domon Kasshu and Rain Mikamura. The Devil Gundam (known as [[DubNameChange Dark Gundam]] overseas) possesses it and turns it into the largest body for a Gundam (or any Mobile Suit generally speaking) to date, forcing just about every Mobile Fighter still functioning to battle it while Domon and the other heroes enter to destroy the core. |
| 451 | * WarIsHell: The Gundam Fight is meant as [[TheWarToEndAllWars an alternative to warfare because it avoids the casualties]] (and Master Asia specifically calls it "an ideal war" at one point, during his physical and moral battle with Domon). What it ''doesn't avoid'' is the massive destruction to civilian areas, [[{{Dystopia}} and we can see destroyed cities throughout the series ruined by the previous tournaments]]. [[spoiler:The Devil Gundam and Master Asia plan to do something about it by [[KillAllHumans getting rid of the race responsible for the destruction.]]]] |
| 452 | * TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Slightly inverted. The first episode all but states that it's the Colonies that rule Earth. They also abuse the planet rather freely. |
| 453 | * WarriorTherapist: Roughly half the point of the series. Asocial and bad dealing with people? No problem; just fight against them and the two of you will figure it out. Referred to as "communicating with your fists" in the series. |
| 454 | * WeaponizedLandmark: The ''Statue of Liberty Cannon''!: Part of the ''Manhatten Battle Zone''! Both on the Neo-American space colony. |
| 455 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The Devil Gundam - or rather, the Ultimate Gundam. It was built for the purpose of repairing the Earth's damaged ecosystem, but its AI was damaged when it landed on Earth and it decided the best way to heal the planet was to eradicate humanity]]. |
| 456 | %%** Master Asia. |
| 457 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
| 458 | ** In episode 9, Gentle Chapman's wife Manon is instrumental in his Gundam Fight matches and even gives a speech in the end on the fate of warriors. When Chapman [[spoiler:is revived with DG cells later]], she's nowhere to be found. |
| 459 | ** Also, Andrew Graham (and his feud with Argo), after [[spoiler:he is sent to the hospital by Allenby, who is already brainwashed.]] |
| 460 | * WholeCostumeReference: The investigator in the first episode, Belcino, wears the same IconicOutfit as [[{{Series/Columbo}} Lt. Columbo]]. |
| 461 | * WorthyOpponent: Domon has a habit of becoming this for a lot of people, including the rest of the Shuffle Alliance members, Allenby and Master Asia. A running theme throughout the series, in fact, is how having one of these can lead to more satisfying battles and a fighter improving his own skills through battle, since it gives him/her something greater to strive for. Schwarz emphasizes this to Domon during his training, right after Sai Saichi and Argo's fight. |
| 462 | * TheWorfEffect: There are several points where George or Argo get trounced by an opponent before Stalker's monologue to prove how hard it will be for one of the others to defeat him. |
| 463 | * WorldOfBadass: Everyone in the Gundam Fight, and everyone close to the people fighting in said fight. |
| 464 | * WorldOfHam: Domon is incredibly HotBlooded, but he's far from the only example. EVERYONE is HotBlooded on this show, though only Master Asia is able to match Domon for sheer hamminess. |
| 465 | * WorldTour: Domon Kasshu travels around the world to fight other Gundam Fighters. |
| 466 | %%* {{Wuxia}}: With Giant Mecha. No wonder this show is both [[NarmCharm awesome and cheesy]]. |
| 467 | * WrenchWench: Rain, who is also the TheMedic. |
| 468 | * XanatosGambit: Some strategies during the Gundam Fight. For example [[spoiler:Kyral Mekirel decided to assassinate his opponents before the match. If he succeeds, great, he wins by default the next day. If he fails, he'll fight as normal with insight on how his opponent will react to his style.]] |
| 469 | %%* YourDaysAreNumbered: Gina Rodríguez, the Neo-Mexican ill girl. |
| 470 | * {{Zeerust}}: Critical data on the Devil Gundam is stored in a 3.5 inch floppy disk. |
| 471 | ---- |
| 472 | ->''Ready? GO!'' |
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