| 1 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/super_robot_wars_z_w.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:250:Old robots meet new robots in a [[MemeticMutation Storm]] of Awesome.]] |
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| 4 | The first ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' title to be created under Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment, ''Super Robot Wars Z'' broke certain precedents and traditions: for example, at its time, the number of new series was more than any previous ''Super Robot Wars'' installment. Released in 2008, players take on the role as either Rand Travis, a wandering repairman/mechanic, who's partnered with the young Mel Beater, or Setsuko Ohara, a member of "Glory Star", a small military squadron in the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Earth Federation]], alongside teammates Denzel Hammer and Toby Watson, as they are pulled through many conflicts. |
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| 6 | The primary plot of ''Z'' kicks off with a "[[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Space-Time Oscillation Bomb]]", which fuses an array of parallel worlds ("Plural Worlds") into one (which would, in later installments, be named "UCW"). This kickstarts the "Plural War", which is confronted by many individuals forming the special squad "ZEUTH". |
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| 8 | !Series list ('''Bold''' indicates debuting entries) |
| 9 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/srw_z_special_disc.jpg]] |
| 10 | * '''''Anime/OvermanKingGainer''''' |
| 11 | * ''Anime/TheBigO'' |
| 12 | ** '''''The Big O'' (Season Two)''' |
| 13 | * ''[[Anime/{{Zambot 3}} Invincible Superman Zambot 3]]'' |
| 14 | * ''[[Anime/{{Daitarn 3}} Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3]]'' |
| 15 | * ''[[Anime/{{Xabungle}} Combat Mecha Xabungle]]''[[note]]Follows the movie's storyline, since Arthur is still alive[[/note]] |
| 16 | * ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation]]''[[note]]Movie compilation[[/note]] |
| 17 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' |
| 18 | * ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' |
| 19 | * ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' |
| 20 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' |
| 21 | * ''Anime/MazingerZ'' |
| 22 | * ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' |
| 23 | * ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo G]]'' |
| 24 | * ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' |
| 25 | * '''''[[Anime/GodSigma Space Emperor God Sigma]]''''' |
| 26 | * '''''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion''''' |
| 27 | * '''''[[Anime/EurekaSeven Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven]]''''' |
| 28 | * '''''Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss''''' |
| 29 | * '''''Anime/SpaceWarriorBaldios''''' |
| 30 | * '''''[[Anime/{{Gravion}} Choujuushin Gravion]]''''' |
| 31 | ** '''''Choujuushin Gravion Zwei''''' |
| 32 | |
| 33 | A Platform/PlayStationPortable {{Sequel}} entitled ''The Second Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen'' ("World Breaking Chapter") is the [[EpisodicGame first of a two-part release]], with ''Hakai-hen'' having launched in April 2011, and the second called ''The Second Super Robot Wars Z: Saisei-hen'' ("World Rebirth Chapter") released one year later in April 2012. This duology features another merged world called "ADW", caused by a seemingly natural phenomena known as "Space-Time Quakes". Here, old members of ZEUTH from the UCW encounter new allies after arriving in the ADW, forming the group "ZEXIS" to combat the "Broken World Incident" (''Hakai-hen'') and the "War of the Revived World" (''Saisei-hen''). |
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| 35 | ''Hakai-hen'' returns every franchise from ''Z'', but ''Mazinger Z'' and ''Getter Robo'' have their 1970s-vintage entries (including ''Great Mazinger'' and ''Grendizer'') tossed for the more modern ''Anime/ShinMazinger'' and ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]'', while ''Eureka Seven'' is now represented by its movie adaptation. ''Zeta Gundam'' replaces its ''own'' movie compilation with the TV series, despite using the same movie character designs[[note]]It's still the same [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]] from ''Z'', however[[/note]], background music, and a never-before used movie-exclusive attack. |
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| 37 | For some reason, ''Gravion'' and ''The Big O'' only have one season each listed in the credits for ''Hakai-hen'': ''Gravion Zwei'' and season one of ''The Big O''[[note]]The Big O still has some of its season two-only attacks in ''Hakai-hen'', thus one can assume the second season was simply grouped with the first for simplicity's sake[[/note]], only for the first season of ''Gravion'' to reappear in the credits of ''Saisei-hen''. |
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| 39 | !Series added in ''Hakai-hen'' ('''Bold''' indicates debuting entries) |
| 40 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SuperRobotWarsZ2Hakai_9424.jpg]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | * ''Invincible Robo Tryder G7'' |
| 43 | * ''[[Anime/GodMars Six God Combination Godmars]]'' |
| 44 | * '''''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''''' |
| 45 | ** '''''The Last Red Shoulder''''' |
| 46 | ** '''''Red Shoulder Document - Roots of Ambition''''' |
| 47 | ** '''''Pailsen Files''''' |
| 48 | * ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing New Mobile Report Gundam Wing]]'' |
| 49 | * '''''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' (First Season)''' |
| 50 | * ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'' |
| 51 | * ''Anime/DancougarNova'' |
| 52 | * ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Armageddon]]'' |
| 53 | * '''''[[Anime/ShinMazinger Shin Mazinger Impact! Z Chapter]]''''' |
| 54 | * '''''[[Anime/DaiGuard Earth Defence Enterprise Dai-Guard]]''''' |
| 55 | * '''''[[Anime/EurekaSevenGoodNightSleepTightYoungLovers Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows]]''''' |
| 56 | * '''''[[Anime/CodeGeass Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion]]''''' |
| 57 | * '''''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''''' |
| 58 | ** '''''Gurren-hen''''' |
| 59 | * ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' |
| 60 | ** '''''The False Songstress''''' |
| 61 | |
| 62 | !''Saisei-hen'' includes the following: |
| 63 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SuperRobotWarsZ2Saisei_3592.jpg]] |
| 64 | [[caption-width-right:250:''Anime/CodeGeass'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' in the same game? Madness!]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | * '''''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} New Tetsujin-28]]'''''[[note]]AKA 1980-1981's ''The New Adventures of Gigantor''[[/note]] |
| 67 | * '''''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' (Second Season)''' |
| 68 | * ''Dancougar'' |
| 69 | ** ''God Bless Dancougar OVA'' |
| 70 | * ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'' |
| 71 | ** '''''Macross Dynamite 7''''' |
| 72 | * ''Macross Frontier'' |
| 73 | ** '''''The Wings of Goodbye''''' |
| 74 | * '''''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2''''' |
| 75 | * ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' |
| 76 | ** '''''Lagann-hen'''''[[note]]Includes an original story[[/note]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | ''The Third Super Robot Wars Z'' is the final part of the series, in a simultaneous release for the Platform/PlayStation3 and Platform/PlayStationVita. Like ''Hakai-hen'' and ''Saisei-hen'', it is also a two-parter, with the first half ''Jigoku-hen'' ("Time Prison Chapter"[[note]]''Jigoku'' also means "Hell", thus "Hell Chapter" could work[[/note]]) having launched in April 2014 and the second half ''Tengoku-hen'' ("Celestial Prison Chapter") released a year after. Notably, the former drops most of the cast from ''Z'' (who were just hanging around by that point), [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam with]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack only]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny a]] [[Anime/TheBigO few]] [[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss exceptions]], in favor of new series. The latter [[Anime/{{Zambot 3}} brings]] [[Anime/{{Daitarn 3}} back]] [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX a]] [[Anime/TurnAGundam few]] [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion more]]. |
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| 80 | With peace returning to the world of ADW, members of ZEUTH travel through the "Abyss", the hole left between dimensions, to return to their world of UCW. Unfortunately, a new battle awaits them when ''both'' worlds and other {{Alternate Universe}}s are merged into one, leading old members [[BagOfSpilling losing their memories of their experiences and abilities]]. All parties of this strange new universe band together to form "Z-BLUE" to combat the forces that threaten this new Earth and unravel the mysteries concerning the entire saga. |
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| 82 | !Series added in ''Jigoku-hen'' ('''Bold''' indicates debuting entries) |
| 83 | [[quoteright:329:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/67959555ebcfb282b1fcf719239ef565.jpg]] |
| 84 | [[caption-width-right:329: [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The]] [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Big]] [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Three]] of Creator/StudioGainax, together at last.]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | * ''[[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Aim for the Top! Gunbuster]]'' |
| 87 | * ''Armored Trooper VOTOMS'' |
| 88 | ** '''''Big Battle''''' |
| 89 | ** '''''Shining Heresy''''' |
| 90 | * ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]]'' |
| 91 | * ''[[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening Of The Trailblazer]]'' |
| 92 | * '''''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''''' |
| 93 | * ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' |
| 94 | ** ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' |
| 95 | ** ''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'' |
| 96 | * ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' |
| 97 | ** ''Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone'' |
| 98 | ** ''Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance'' |
| 99 | * '''''Anime/AquarionEvol''''' |
| 100 | |
| 101 | !Series added in ''Tengoku-hen'' ('''Bold''' indicates debuting entries): |
| 102 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/02c3c02f184895e25200bc81351770ff.jpg]] |
| 103 | [[caption-width-right:301: Make that [[{{Anime/Diebuster}} Four]].]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | * ''Armored Trooper VOTOMS'' |
| 106 | ** '''''Phantom Chapter''''' |
| 107 | ** '''''Alone Again''''' |
| 108 | * ''Full Metal Panic!'' |
| 109 | ** '''''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' (original {{Light Novel}}s)''' |
| 110 | * '''''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''''' |
| 111 | * '''''Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet''''' |
| 112 | * ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' |
| 113 | ** '''''Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo''''' |
| 114 | |
| 115 | Note that ''Z'' is designed around ''breaking'' the old tropes previous ''Super Robot Wars'' installments had, so expect a lot of aversions, inversions, and subversions. |
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| 117 | %% |
| 118 | %% Please put all character-related tropes in their respective Characters/SuperRobotWars pages. |
| 119 | %% |
| 120 | !Tropes pertaining to multiple characters and the entirety of the ''Super Robot Wars Z'' saga are: |
| 121 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:A-E]] |
| 124 | * ActionGirl: The series showcases a fair number of female ace pilots, with ladies like [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Noriko]], [[Anime/DancougarNova Aoi]], and [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen]] kicking copious amounts of ass alongside the boys. Never mind the fact one of the most powerful units in the final game... is in the form of [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} a human girl.]] |
| 125 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 126 | ** The Earth Federation and [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Vegan Empire]] {{Mook}}s in ''Z'' are all voiced by Creator/NobuyukiHiyama, and will often quote "Courage won't work here!", a reference to his earlier role as the Gai Shishiou from ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. |
| 127 | ** Reportedly, several others wanted to do the role of the Vegan {{Mook}}s but, when told it was Hiyama doing it, they gave up and said something along the lines of "[[OvershadowedByAwesome We can't compete with that!]]". |
| 128 | ** In ''Z'', after [[spoiler:Löwen General was outed as a Chimera general, he gains a barrier that if your attack didn't pierce it, he might say "MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!!/USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS!!". During that time, his voice actor Creator/IsshinChiba was pretty much known as the most memetic voice actor of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]], who popularized the phrase in [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture the fighting game made by Capcom]], and how psychotic Löwen turned out also matched with how psychotic Dio is (and has been).]] |
| 129 | ** Like [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Aruceid]] [[Creator/RyokaYuzuki Brunsted]], Suzune also has a SplitPersonality. |
| 130 | * ADayInTheLimelight: ''Z'' is this to ''Anime/{{Zambot 3}}'', which had previously been frequently overshadowed by its sibling series ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}'', as well losing a good deal of its plot to lessen the copious deaths and child abuse. However, ''Daitarn 3'' in ''Z'' is reduced to a supporting role, while the ''Zambot 3'' plot has a larger presence in the route for [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Setsuko Ohara]], with a lot more of the plot retained. |
| 131 | * AfterTheEnd: ''Z'' uses by far the highest number of post-apocalyptic series in any ''Super Robot Wars'' entry to date: [[spoiler: Anime/TheBigO, Anime/EurekaSeven, Anime/TurnAGundam]], Anime/OvermanKingGainer, Anime/{{Xabungle}} and Anime/AfterWarGundamX are all set after some sort of unthinkable disaster that struck humankind. |
| 132 | * AdaptationExpansion: The Savior Gundam remains playable after being destroyed by Kira as it gets repaired and is used by Athrun when he [[spoiler:escapes ZAFT rather than the GOUF Ignited]]. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Yzak]] knows how to pilot the Impulse Gundam which canonically has different controls than the ZAKU he uses as it is possible to put Yzak in the Impulse. |
| 133 | * AdaptationalSkill: Not the skill of piloting but using the machine: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Athrun Zala]] pilots Waltfeld's golden Murasame which is something he does not do in the anime. |
| 134 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Zig-zagged; [[Anime/{{Gravion}} Mizuki Tachibana]] is [[spoiler:once again, being a spy of the enemy, but originally, she was spying for the inept Earth Federation to make them catch up with the Gran Knights so they could stand as equals with the Gravion, as proven with the Gran Trooper, but grew disgusted with the combination of VictoryIsBoring and the federation president instead using her spying information to brag on one-upping the Gravion. In this game, however, the side she was spying for turned out to be [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny LOGOS under Lord Djibril and his racist views.]] However, she was quicker to [[EvenEvilHasStandards get disgusted at how LOGOS misused her information for further bad things]], and [[AdaptationalHeroism boredom no longer became a factor of her return to the Gran Knights and ZEUTH.]]]] |
| 135 | * AmbiguousSituation: ''Tengoku-hen'' shows that [[spoiler:[[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Apollo and Sirius]] were sealed with the Aquarion for 12,000 years, as per the plot of ''Aquarion Evol''. However, it's unclear whether they've been there since the end of the first game (thereby {{Retcon}}ning them out of ''Z2'') or if they sealed themselves off-screen in a separate event. What makes this more confusing is that ''Tengoku-hen'' only shows the former-ZEUTH members of Z-BLUE acknowledging the ''Genesis'' characters, but never outright states that the former-ZEXIS members are meeting them for the first time.[[labelnote:On another note]]''Jigoku-hen'' had previously treated the ZEXIS members as having personally known Apollo and his friends[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 136 | * AnachronismStew: The first ''Super Robot Wars Z'' is interesting in that the standard blend of Universal Century ''Gundam'' series is downplayed; outside of Amuro receiving his ''Char's Counterattack''-era suits [[GrandfatherClause as usual]], the game offers a straight take on the ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' compilation trilogy without [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Kou]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Seabook]], or anyone else from outside of that era getting involved. That being said, it still shares a roster with distant sequel ''Turn A Gundam'', which is considered UC Gundam for gameplay purposes. |
| 137 | * AntiVillain: ''Every'' OriginalGeneration villain in the ADW to varying degrees, with the exceptions of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Aim Liard, Anbrorn Jeus and Marilyn Katt]] (even then, the latter two get a PetTheDog moment). |
| 138 | * ApocalypticLog: [[Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet Ledo]] discovers one in the Remnant Sea Route of ''Tengoku-hen''. [[spoiler:The [[Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet Hideauze]] were created by "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Chrono]]" reformationists as a method of evolution and the project was started as a result of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Axis]] ColonyDrop in the [[Anime/TurnAGundam Black History]]. It also mentions the [[Anime/{{Xabungle}} Civilians]] and the [[Anime/TurnAGundam Moon Race]]]]. |
| 139 | * ArcWords: "Z" is a letter that refers to many important figures in the series. The names of the BadassCrew of each part each begins with letter Z. The Twelve Spheres draw power from the western Zodiac. [[spoiler:And the series' TrueFinalBoss is literally "Z"]]. |
| 140 | * AscendedMeme: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina's sunglasses]] become an equippable part in the ''Second Z'', granting its pilot additional Will at the start of a scenario. |
| 141 | * AssKicksYou: [[Anime/TheBigO Jason Beck's Victory Deluxe]] mecha uses this as an attack. |
| 142 | * ArtEvolution: |
| 143 | ** ''Super Robot Wars Z'' represents a massive improvement over previous license-based ''Super Robot Wars'', applying the background zooming and tilting from ''Super Robot Wars Original Generations'' into the main series to make attacks all the more dynamic. |
| 144 | ** ''Z2'' then improves on the first ''Z'', even though it's gone from a console to a handheld; animations are smoother, mecha are more detailed and {{Super Move Portrait Attack}}s are more animated. Also, Gundams ''finally'' have fully-proportioned cut-ins like nearly every other protagonist unit in the game. |
| 145 | ** ''Z3'' sees the series jump into HD, with all of the visual improvements that would imply. |
| 146 | ** The Nu Gundam in the first ''Z'' is known for feeling like a rough draft, having bizarre proportions and basic attack animations relative to its peers. ''Z2'' would respond by making it one of the few returning units that are redesigned from the ground-up and drastically improving on both areas. |
| 147 | * ArtShift: Classic mecha use a different, very old-school animated art style for their strongest attacks. |
| 148 | * AxCrazy: The BigBad of ''Z'' is more of a ForTheEvulz variety, while [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Löwen General]] is a genuine example. |
| 149 | * BackFromTheDead: |
| 150 | ** [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Emperor Muge Zorbados]], [[Anime/DancougarNova Moon Will]] (thanks to the former), [[Anime/GodMars Emperor Zuul]] (technically) and Aim]] in ''Saisei-hen.'' |
| 151 | ** [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Zambot 3}} Gaizok]], [[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Uchuu Maou]], [[Anime/ShinMazinger Hades]] and Emperor Zuul]] in ''Tengoku-hen''. |
| 152 | * BadassCrew: ZEUTH and the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Chimera]]" in ''Z'', ZEXIS and any returning ZEUTH members in the ''Second Z'' |
| 153 | ** The Chimera takes the cake: [[spoiler:they play everyone and take control of the world while being consisted only of ''five members'']]. |
| 154 | ** "Noir 7" in ''Z: Special Disk'', a group of mercenaries formed from former members of most of the major villainous human factions in ''Z''. Despite being [[FacelessGoons generic eyeless grunts]] with {{Mook}}-level units, they are very skilled, and spend their time protecting the peace. You get them for one scenario alongside [[Anime/TheBigO Roger Smith]], and they're pretty useful. |
| 155 | * BadassNormal: Any RealRobot pilot without exclusive pilot abilities (e.g., "[[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Newtype]]", "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny SEED]]", "[[Anime/GodMars ESP]]", etc.) or unit abilities that augments their piloting skills and/or unit performance. SuperRobot pilots are excluded, as even without specific pilot abilities, their units are (generally speaking) more powerful than real robots. Normal pilots using super robots would fall under ClothesMakeTheSuperman. |
| 156 | ** The exception is, of course, Anime/DaiGuard, which is a robot piloted by ''salarymen''. |
| 157 | * BagOfSpilling: Every major series character in ZEUTH loses something when they appear in ''Hakai-hen'', either a CombinationAttack (provided they have one) or their unit's strongest attack. Only [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Amuro Ray]] and [[Anime/{{Daitarn 3}} Banjou Haran]] avert this, the latter actually ''gaining'' a new CombinationAttack; however, they appear much later in ''Hakai-hen'' than the others. A smaller case occurs in ''Saisei-hen'', notably Dai-Guard having its weapons overhauled and the [[Anime/EurekaSeven Nirvash Spec3]] mysteriously devolving into the [=Spec2=]. |
| 158 | ** Justified in ''Jigoku-hen'' due to the UCW, ADW and other {{Alternate Universe}}s merged into one, leading to old members of ZEUTH and ZEXIS losing their memories of their abilities and prior experience. |
| 159 | ** Averted in ''Tenkgoku-hen'' for a time by giving players several units having all their arsenal at once. Unfortunately, this is immediately followed by the events of ''Evangelion 2.0'', where [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] triggers Third Impact, causing Z-BLUE to be flung all across space-time. |
| 160 | *** Likewise, averted with [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Hibiki Kamishiro and Suzune Saijou]]: they start ''Tengoku-hen'' with full access to the Genion's attacks and use of its SuperMode from ''Jigoku-hen''. |
| 161 | * BashBrothers: ''Z'' started the tradition of pairing Kamille and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka]]. Also applicable to [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Garrod Ran]] and [[Anime/EurekaSeven Renton Thurston]]; [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Gainer Sanga]] sometimes form a team of three with the latter two. |
| 162 | ** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna F. Seiei]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]], Kamina and [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryouma Nagare]] in ''Hakai-hen'' [[spoiler:for the short time Kamina's alive]]. |
| 163 | ** Hibiki, [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Sousuke Sagara]], [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Alto Saotome]] and [[Anime/ShinMazinger Kouji Kabuto]] in ''Jigoku-hen''. |
| 164 | *** Amazingly, Kira and Shinn become such a pair in ''Jigoku-hen'', with the two even deciding to show off a combination that'll make Athrun and Lunamaria jealous. |
| 165 | ** Early on in the combined Gunbuster/Diebuster plot, Gunbuster and Dix Neuf team up, with Nono as a support character. |
| 166 | * TheBattleDidntCount: It's possible for Sousuke to defeat [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Leonard Testarossa in the Belial]] within the turn limit of Scenario 16, provided the [[Literature/FullMetalPanic ARX-7 Arbalest]] is fully upgraded. However, because Leonard isn't utilizing his machine to its full potential, the Belial isn't destroyed. As per the ''Full Metal Panic'' LightNovels, [[spoiler:the Belial obliterates the Arbalest, paving the way for [[Literature/FullMetalPanic ARX-7 Laevatein]]]]. |
| 167 | * BigBad: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ The Edel Bernal]] in ''Z'', [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Gaiou]] in ''Hakai-hen'', [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Uther Insaraum]] in ''Saisei-hen'', [[spoiler:until he was [[HijackedByGanon hijacked by Gaiou]]]], [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Gadlight Meonsam]] in ''Jigoku-hen'', and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Australis]] in ''Tengoku-hen'' |
| 168 | * BigBrotherMentor: In ''Z'', Gainer invokes this towards Renton, but is set back since Renton is an outdoor-type of boy, being more interested in sports such as lifting than video games. Double subverted when Renton address Gainer as "niisan" after seeing his prowess in combat. |
| 169 | * BigGood: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Lacus Clyne]] and [[Anime/TurnAGundam Diana Sorel]] in ''Z'' and Elgan in the ''Second Z''. To a lesser degree, [[spoiler:[[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]], when he becomes the Supreme Commander of ZEXIS in ''Saisei-hen'']]. |
| 170 | * BlessedWithSuck: Being a Sphere Reactor is ''not'' fun. Sure, you get amazing powers, but the trigger is NEVER something you would want. |
| 171 | ** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Setsuko Ohara]] slowly loses her five senses as a result of using the Sphere of the "Sorrowful Maiden". |
| 172 | ** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Rand Travis]] experiences extreme pain due to tapping into the Sphere of the "Wounded Lion", while [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Mel Beater]] CantGrowUp, although in her case she had her time stopped to keep her alive. |
| 173 | ** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Crowe Broust]], upon activating the Sphere of the "Swaying Scales", is locked onto a single thought and cannot break out of it, entering a near-berserker state. Subverted when ZEXIS finds a way to break him out of his trance through the sound of dropping coins, since Crowe's [[MoneyFetish avarice]] is ''just that strong''. |
| 174 | ** The Sphere of the "False Black Sheep" makes [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Aim Liard]] a ConsummateLiar. |
| 175 | ** The Sphere of the "Inexhaustible Gourd" slowly drains [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Uther Insaraum]]'s life force the more he uses it. |
| 176 | ** Averted with [[spoiler:Gadlight, who completely awakened the Sphere of the "Quarreling Twins" and can not only force its effects on others, but is no longer subject to any side-effects]]. |
| 177 | ** ''Saisei-hen'' introduces the "Stigma of the Cursed Wanderer": those exposed to the power of dimensional travel repeatedly are marked by the stigma and find themselves drawn to any world where another is manipulating dimensional power, unless that world has a version of themselves already present; this explains why ZEUTH members appear in the world of ADW[[note]]And why the original ''Mazinger Z'', ''Getter Robo'' and ''Eureka Seven'' characters don't[[/note]]. [[spoiler:It also renders one immortal, and is the reason [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Asakim Dowin]] cannot die. As of the end of ''Saisei-hen'', all of ZEXIS is marked]]. |
| 178 | * BookEnds: [[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Kei]] was the one who started the whole saga by messing up the Space Time Oscillation Bomb. [[spoiler:He says the last voiced lines in the series.]] |
| 179 | * BoringButPractical: |
| 180 | ** "[[Anime/MacrossFrontier MDE Missiles]]" are available for the [[Anime/MacrossFrontier VF-25 Messiah]], are one of the few MAP Weapons that can be used post-movement and can hit units on any terrain, making it a go-to weapon to soften up enemies for other allies to destroy. |
| 181 | ** Mazinger Z's "Custom Bonus" in the ''Third Z''[[note]]Gain 300 to armor rating and 50 EN[[/note]]; sure, more armor is great, but it's unnecessary for a non-MightyGlacier unit. Mazinger, however, has the highest armor rating in the games by default. |
| 182 | * BossInMookClothing: [[Anime/ShinMazinger Mycenae Empire]] {{Mook}}s in ''Jigoku-hen'' can move twice, with {{Hit Point}}s in the 10,000 range, and can deal upwards to 4,000 points of damage (more so against {{Real Robot}}s). |
| 183 | * BossRush: This seems to be Emperor Zuul's general strategy in the ''Second Z''. |
| 184 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'', when you fight him in Scenario 46, he brings along several bosses you've already defeated, including [[Anime/DancougarNova Regulus Alphas]], [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Knight-class Vajra]], [[Anime/DaiGuard Heterodynes]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Rhino-class Dimensional Beasts]], including two clones of himself. Finally, the ''[[OhCrap real]]'' Emperor Zul appears. |
| 185 | ** Scenario 56 of the "Trust Zero" Route in ''Saisei-hen'': [[Manga/GetterRobo Invaders]], [[Anime/{{Gravion}} Zeravire]], Heterodynes, [[Anime/ShinMazinger Mechanical Beasts]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Mobile Dolls]] appear first, followed by Emperor Zuul and Muge Zorbados, along with their lackeys, including TWO Moon Wills, plus the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Cathedral Lazengann]]. When that's over, you immediately go fight the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Anti-Spiral]] [[EvilKnockOff Gurren Lagann]]. |
| 186 | ** A DownloadableContent stage for ''Jigoku-hen'' has, in order to train for the final battle against the Anti-Spiral, a simulation where all the playable characters sans secret characters fight practically all the bosses in the game thus far with reduced stats. |
| 187 | * BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: In a hilarious manner - for the "Sayonara, Idol" DownloadableContent scenario in ''Jigoku-hen'', [[Anime/DancougarNova Johnny Barnett]] pull this on Hibiki, so the latter can understand [[Anime/DancougarNova Eida Rossa]] and her charm as an IdolSinger. Johnny repeatedly plays ''Anata no haato, ittouryoudan da yo! Chu''[[note]]"Your heart, split into two!", with "chu" the equivalent of a kissing sound[[/note]] from a movie Eida was in. At the end of the scenario's post-demo, Hibiki has DullEyesOfUnhappiness and repeats "Chu! Chu! Chu! Chu!", with Eida saying ''Anato no haato, ichigeki hissatsu da yo! Chu''[[note]]"Your heart, one hit sure kill!"[[/note]]. |
| 188 | * BreakingOldTrends: ''Gundam'' units finally get fully-proportioned cut-ins for their signature attacks starting with the ''Z2'' duology, roughly a decade after it became standard practice for every other series. |
| 189 | * BroadStrokes: The series plays fast and loose with the canon events of the previous games. For example, it's stated in ''Jigoku-hen'' that Shinn fought for [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Gilbert Durandal]] to the very end, which occurs in the ZAFT Route of ''Z''. However, Shinn also recalls the promise he made to [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Quattro Bagina]] to stop him should he ever try to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack do something radical and similar]]]], which only happens in the ZEUTH Route for ''Z''. [[spoiler:Likewise, Rey is still alive, which was only possible in the ZEUTH Route.]] |
| 190 | * CallBack: When Amuro receives the Nu Gundam in ''Z'', it's sent with a new pilot suit and a memo, stating the sender is a fan of his, and thinks a white-colored suit fits Amuro better. Players speculated this was [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Chan Agi]]; when she appears in person during ''Jigoku-hen'', the first thing she asks Amuro is whether he picked up the memo and suit. |
| 191 | * CanonWelding: ''Z3'' reworks the ''Macross Frontier'' movies into being continuations of the TV series instead of an AlternateContinuity. It also fuses ''Macross 7'' with Frontier, with several tributes to Fire Bomber having ''the group themselves'' take part. |
| 192 | * CerebusSyndrome: |
| 193 | ** Rand's route in ''Z'' is generally a silly, lighthearted romp until the point where he gets his Gunleon's MidSeasonUpgrade, where everything becomes serious from that point on (not to say the silliness is completely gone, of course). |
| 194 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'', [[spoiler:the death of Kamina]] is a turning point where things start getting more serious, especially if the player has been sticking to the Japan Route. However, this trope comes into play when Gaiou appears, but once [[spoiler:Kamina dies]], the mood is a lot less light-hearted. |
| 195 | ** Scenario 25 of ''Saisei-hen'', when [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Esther Elhaas]] [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFiiuEPnG1Y turns into a Dimensional Beast]]]]. |
| 196 | * CharacterExaggeration: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Lunamaria Hawke]] and her accuracy. Thanks to an incident in ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' where she cleanly misses hitting a shuttle with a beam rifle, she has the "honor" of having the Spirit Command "Strike"[[note]]For one turn, increase accuracy to 100%[[/note]] at the unusually high cost of 30 Spirit Points (normally, it costs about half or a third of that) - a figure only matched by Mr. NoSenseOfDirection [[Characters/SuperRobotWars2 Masaki Andoh]]. This is reflected in ''Tengoku-hen'', where her shots miss when she's in the "ZAFT Combination" attack used by Shinn. |
| 197 | ** Subverted in the ''Second Z'' if she unlocks her "Ace Bonus": ''Hakai-hen'' reduces "Strike" to 15 Spirit Points, while ''Saisei-hen'' allows Lunamaria, when her Will reaches 130 or higher, to ''auto-cast it every turn''. |
| 198 | ** Roger talks much more in ''Z'' than in his home series, especially when piloting the Big O and also by exaggerating the frequency of his failures in negotiations and making it something of a RunningGag. To be fair, this ''is'' a mostly text-based game, so Roger is made more verbose to some extent, and his negotiations are sometimes plain impossible. For example, one of the first negotiations we see him do is between a disguised [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Hya]][[Manga/GetterRobo kki]] and the [[Manga/GetterRobo Saotome Research Lab]]. |
| 199 | ** The in-game database notes the in-series CharacterExaggeration [[Anime/{{Xabungle}} Hola and Gelaba]] went through in the later half of their show. |
| 200 | ** In ''Jigoku-hen'', if [[DudeLooksLikeALady Alto]] is paired with [[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Kei Katsuragi]] in a team, and the latter achieves his "Ace Bonus"[[note]]+3 to all stats for each female pilot in an allied team with Kei and any allied female pilot adjacent to his team[[/note]], Kei will still get the statistical boost. |
| 201 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 202 | ** Near the beginning of ''Hakai-hen'', Lelouch places a Geass command to force [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Carlos Axion Jr.]], the richest man in the world and president of the Axion Foundation that created Crowe's Brasta, to answer any questions Lelouch has for him so he can steal his financial information to fund the creation of [[Anime/CodeGeass The Order of the Black Knights]]. [[spoiler:However, Carlos is working against ZEXIS, and when they get their hands on him, ZEXIS interrogates him as to Gaiou's whereabouts. When he doesn't comply, Lelouch-as-Zero recalls the Geass command and asks him personally; Carlos instantly reveals Gaiou's location. Everyone else is confused by Carlos' sudden change of heart, since they don't know that Zero is Lelouch or what Geass is]]. |
| 203 | ** Early on in ''Saisei-hen'', [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]] flips a coin and notes how Crowe suddenly reacts to it. Later on, they try it again with something else to see if Crowe would react in a similar fashion; he doesn't. Crowe explains he can tell how a coin really sounds like, and only that will garner him a reaction. [[spoiler:Cue the "Coin Drop System" in his Li-Brasta MidSeasonUpgrade]]. |
| 204 | *** In the same game, Zero accidentally places a Geass on [[spoiler:Esther, after she turns into a Dimensional Beast, commanding her to stop when she attacks the [[Anime/CodeGeass Shinkirou]]]]. A few scenarios later, Crowe believes [[spoiler:Esther cannot be turned back into a human]]; when he is attacked, Zero reissues the same command he placed, [[spoiler:proving to Crowe that Esther isn't completely a Dimensional Beast, and still retains her humanity]]. |
| 205 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Xine Espio]] appears early in ''Z'' as a generic {{Mook}} who attacks Kei right after he primes the [[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Space-Time Oscillation Bomb]]. She uses a generic {{Mook}} pilot portrait and name; the only thing that gives any hint to her identity at that point is her voice. |
| 206 | * ChekhovMIA: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Athrun Zala]] and Lunamaria are conspicuously absent in ''Jigoku-hen'', despite both being playable characters in previous installments. On the other hand, they aren't forgotten about like those from absent series in ''Jigoku-hen'', as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Kira Yamato]] mentions them frequently. [[spoiler:In fact, both have been secretly working with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]], dotting the earth with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 GN Particle]] emitters in order to link the people of the Earth and the colonies together, so that they would be able to stop Axis in the event that [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Full Frontal]] betrays Char and performs a {{Colony Drop}}]]. |
| 207 | * CherryTapping |
| 208 | ** In ''Saisei-hen'', the Nu Gundam gets a new attack that involves an AlphaStrike with GoodOldFisticuffs, with its "[[ThereIsNoKillLIkeOverkill Dynamic Kill]]" closing with a barrage of vulcan firepower[[note]]Traditionally, vulcans on a Franchise/{{Gundam}} in [=SRW=] are its weakest weapons[[/note]]. |
| 209 | ** Taken to ludicrous heights with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqAmzPj9bLE the Dynamic Kill animation]] for the [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Burglary Dog]] in ''Jigoku-hen'': [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Chirico Cuvie]] opens the cockpit and ''fires a round from his pistol'' to destroy his target. |
| 210 | * ClimaxBoss: BigBad Gadlight in ''Jigoku-hen'' is fought a couple of scenarios before the last one. |
| 211 | * ClippedWingAngel: Despite its showcasing from its home series, the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Do-Ten-Kai-Zan]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duf_39yHrnE Scenario 44]] of the Earth Route in ''Hakai-hen'' has a boatload of {{Hit Point}}s, but only one attack. |
| 212 | * CloseOnTitle: Scenario 32 of ''Hakai-hen'' are [[spoiler:Kamina's last words]]. |
| 213 | * ColonyDrop: Apart from Axis used in ''Jigoku-hen'', the Green Earth in ''Tengoku-hen'' [[spoiler:is turned into [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Douze-Mille]] (everyone is evacuated to the Blue Earth) and used by [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Dix-Neuf]] in an event]]. |
| 214 | * TheComicallySerious: ''Z'' enjoys placing deadpan characters in the middle of comedic situations. Roger comes to mind, with jabs at his constant failures at "negotiation" and having to resort to force. Exaggerated in ''Jigoku-hen'' (see RunningGag). |
| 215 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 216 | ** Any originals and series not returning in the ''Second Z'' are directly referenced, although the only series that don't come back are ''Mazinger Z'', ''Great Mazinger'', ''Grendizer'', ''Getter Robo G'' and ''Eureka Seven'' TV series. One example includes Kamille asking the current Kouji how [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Duke Fleed]] and [[Anime/GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]] are doing, before realizing this Kouji has never met them. [[spoiler:In regards to ''Eureka Seven'', its ADW-counterpart being different becomes a PlotPoint]]. |
| 217 | ** In ''Jigoku-hen'', Kei convinces Z-BLUE to believe in [[Anime/AquarionEvol Zen Fudou]], claiming he knows him best. It makes sense because [[spoiler:Kei has spent the most time with Zen throughout the ''Z'' series, as Zen is really [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Gen Fudou]]]]. |
| 218 | ** In ''Tengoku-hen'', Rand receives a letter from a man with the moniker "Black Southern Cross" stating he's busy fighting off [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Sidereal]] with his allies. This is none other than [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Gain Bijou]], and it provides the explanation why ''King Gainer'' characters are PutOnABus for ''Tengoku-hen''. |
| 219 | ** In the "Double Shine Spark" animation, the charge-up performed by [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Dragon]] in ''Tengoku-hen'' is the same as the [[Manga/GetterRobo classic Getter Dragon's]] in the first game when the latter uses the "Shine Spark" attack. |
| 220 | * ContinuitySnarl: ''Tengoku-hen'' creates a continuity issue with the original ''Z''. [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn and Lunamaria sided with Rey and Durandal like in the anime]] rather than going the ZEUTH route. However, Rey is alive and well in ''Tengoku-hen'' where in ''Z'', him living is only possible if the player chose the ZEUTH route.]] |
| 221 | * CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: After the Archangel crew joins ZEUTH everyone reaches an agreement that the conflict between the Archangel and the Mineva, not to mention [[spoiler:the civil war of ZEUTH]] could have been avoided had them tried to talk things through instead of assuming different ideals meant they had to fight each other. |
| 222 | --> '''Shinn:''' "I didn't realize when we were fighting but I can sympathize with you... we just had to actually talk to each other." |
| 223 | * CruelTwistEnding: ''Hakai-Hen'' averts the DownerEnding of the first season of ''Gundam 00'' and the second episode of ''Getter Robo Armageddon'', and the end sequence plays out with it looking like everything's fine. The credits roll, and then the trailer to ''Saisei-Hen'' begins, showcasing its very beginning where all of the averted endings proceed to happen before the time skip. |
| 224 | * CrutchCharacter: |
| 225 | ** Kamina in ''Hakai-hen''. He has extremely high stats for a SuperRobot pilot, gains the Spirit Command "Valor"[[note]]Deal twice the amount of damage for the next successful attack[[/note]] the earliest out of any character in the game, and his "Ace Bonus" raises maximum Will by 30, which, combined with the "Will Limit Break" pilot skill[[note]]Raise maximum Will to 170 instead of 150[[/note]], would set his maximum Will to 200. Should players decide to LevelGrind, he'll learn the Spirit Command "Soul"[[note]]Deal 2.5 times the damage for the next successful attack[[/note]], making it likely he can outdamage even Ryouma. He is very helpful at the early stages of the game, [[spoiler:but his death means the player, like Simon, has to make Gurren Lagann work without him.]] |
| 226 | ** This is suddenly inverted if the player {{Level Grind}}s Simon to achieve his "Ace Bonus": while the "Ace Bonus" for Kamina raises maximum Will, Simon's bonus raises Will by 30 ''at the start of a scenario'', [[SimpleYetAwesome meaning he begins each stage with an advantage in power, durability, and the use of all of the Gurren Lagann's attacks out the gate]]. |
| 227 | ** Subverted with Orion in ''Rengoku-hen'' who has impressive stats, the "Genius" pilot skill[[note]]Increase accuracy, critical hit and evasion rates by 20%[[/note]] and gains the "Soul" Spirit Command at level 30. [[spoiler:While Orion turns out to be [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Barbiel the Needle]] in disguise, he only does his FaceHeelTurn at the end of ''Rengoku-hen'']]. |
| 228 | * CutscenePowerToTheMax: When a unit gains a new attack (such as [[spoiler:Crowe's Brasta and its "[[AttackDrone SPIGOT VX]]"]]), it may debut with an animation showcasing it dealing heavy damage to (if not outright destroying) a powerful, high HP boss. It rarely works that way when the player actually uses it. |
| 229 | ** Inverted in Setsuna's duel against [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Alejandro Corner]]]] in ''Hakai-hen'': even if the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Exia]] is fully upgraded, it's entirely possible to OneHitKill the boss [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill with plenty of damage to spare]], which immediately triggers a cutscene where he performs the same attack, yet barely deals enough damage to destroy it. |
| 230 | * DegradedBoss |
| 231 | ** In ''Z'', [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer the Overdevil]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Psyco Gundam]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Destroy Gundam]], [[Anime/TheBigO Big Fau and Big Duo]] |
| 232 | ** In the ''Second Z'', the original Dancouga, Destroy Gundam, Face Metal Beast, Beast Gore and Burai, and Branch Robot 5 |
| 233 | ** In ''Tengoku-hen'', [[spoiler:mass-produced versions of the [[Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet Striker X3752]] end up as part of the Vajra]]. |
| 234 | * DemotedToExtra: |
| 235 | ** Despite being one of the most powerful leaders and Newtypes in Universal Century, [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn]] gets shafted into playing second-fiddle to [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]] and Durandal in ''Z''. When it seems she's about to make her move, she's suddenly PutOnABus, [[spoiler:unless the player takes the secret ZEUTH Route split, allowing her to be recruited (or more accurately, lets her force her way into ZEUTH)]]. |
| 236 | ** ''Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss'' went from having all six of its most notable pilots as playable characters in the first ''Z'' (Kei, Maaie, Lieea, Olson, Athena, and battleship captain Shaiya) to just having Kei and Athena in ''Hakai-hen'', and then Athena was reduced to an AssistCharacter for Kei in ''Saisei-hen''. |
| 237 | ** Like Athena, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Soma Peries and the GN Archer]] only appear as an attack for [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Allelujah Haptism and the Gundam Arios]] in ''Saisei-hen''. In contrast, [[Anime/CodeGeass Nagisa Chiba and Shogo Asahina]] go from attack-only units to full-fledged units in this game. |
| 238 | ** [[Anime/CodeGeass The Knights of the Round and Jeremiah Gottwald]] do appear in ''Jigoku-hen'', but are not playable. Instead, they are tasked with rescuing [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Relena Peacecraft]] and other important figureheads during Scenario 49. Likewise, Athrun and Lunamaria, but are instead a ChekhovMIA. They rejoin Z-BLUE in ''Tengoku-hen'', but rendered as TheCameo for Shinn and Kira's "Destiny Combination" and "Strike Freedom Combination Assault" attacks, respectively. |
| 239 | ** Played straight with the events of the ''Full Metal Panic!'' light novels: none of the novel-exclusive characters fight. While [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Casper]] appears in a [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Plan-1056 Codarl]] (specifically an [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Eligor]]), it's only during scenario events. The likes of [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Lee Fowler and Sabine Refunio]] disappear at some point in ''Tengoku-hen'' and don't return. |
| 240 | * DevelopersForesight: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Yzak and Stella]] gets special cut-ins when they use the Force Impulse's "Excalibur" attack, being exclusive to that attack compared to their usual cut-ins. |
| 241 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Mariemaia Army]] serves as this for the ''Gundam'' characters in ''Jigoku-hen'', prior to fighting the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Neo Zeon]], who have been secretly backing their revolution. |
| 242 | ** [[spoiler:Australis]] in ''Tengoku-hen'': justified because [[spoiler:The Four Angels manipulated the Dimensional General and Sidereal]]. |
| 243 | * DiscOneNuke: The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Delta Plus]] in ''Jigoku-hen'' carries decent stats and a post-movement ALL Attack, making it a godsend for Universal Century pilots, especially Kamille and Amuro, who are stuck with crummy mook units for half the game until their respective Zeta and Nu return. |
| 244 | * DisproportionateRetribution: In ''Tengoku-hen'', a bunch of Sidereal {{Mook}}s head into the bar where [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nono]] works and demand to be served food and drink. She refuses and they offer to level the city and slaughter everyone. An annoyed [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Lal'C Mellk Mal]] asks them to step outside and immediately summons the Dix-Neuf. |
| 245 | * {{Dissimile}}: According to Kamina, the Dimensional Beast "Moby Dick" looks like a bigger pig-mole with horns, able to shoot fireballs, tends to charge for an attack [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and is white in color]]. |
| 246 | * DividedForAdaptation: The stories for ''Getter Robo Armageddon'', ''Gundam 00'', ''Gurren-Lagann'' and ''Code Geass'' is split between the two halves of ''Z2'' |
| 247 | * DoomedByCanon: In ''Hakai-hen'', there is nothing the player can do to save [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjfVMZggw44 Kamina]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUe83vpiKC0 Neil "Lockon Stratos" Dylandy]] and [[Anime/CodeGeass Euphemia]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-UV1sk8ZNo li Britannia]]]], given the importance of their deaths to the plot from their respective series. [[spoiler:Averted with the latter in ''Saisei-hen'', who becomes NotQuiteDead, provided if the "Trust Zero" Route is taken. Unfortunately, as ''Jigoku-hen'' defaults to the "Don't Trust Zero" Route, it's played straight with Euphemia]]. |
| 248 | ** Despite ''Hakai-hen'' FINALLY allowing [[Manga/GetterRobo Musashi Tomoe]] to use the [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter 3]], he still plays this straight once ''Saisei-hen'' begins, as per the events of ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' (though not under the same circumstances) and [[TheyKilledKenny as per the norm in SRW]]. |
| 249 | ** Though they survived the events of the ''Second Z'', [[spoiler:[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Fyana]] and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kittan]]]] in ''Jigoku-hen''. The former is DemotedToExtra for the game and dies on cue for ''Shining Heresy'', while the latter dies before the final scenario. Ultimatly averted with the former in ''Tengoku-Hen''. |
| 250 | * DownerBeginning: At the start of ''Tengoku-hen'', Sidereal invades the Blue Earth and conquers most of it. They proceed to create the "Gaia Empire". |
| 251 | * DownerEnding: The bad ending of ''Z'', where the The Edel Bernal [[spoiler:successfully kills [[Anime/EurekaSeven Eureka]], the Black History is initiated [[GroundhogDayLoop again]] and ZEUTH gets stuck in a [[{{Gotterdammerung}} terrible battle until the worlds are split apart and their lives/memories are erased as the totality of existence]] [[ResetButton is sent back to square one]]]]. |
| 252 | * EarlyGameHell: ''Tengoku-hen'' starts out brutal for the first half of the game. With a mandatory event that scatters the party members, most of the party members being stripped of their most powerful attacks and sometimes even mecha, and the QuirkyMinibossSquad of the game being comprised of Sphere holders with nasty abilities that affect all units in a battle, the game doesn't pull any punches in terms of difficulty. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as explained in DownerBeginning above. |
| 253 | * EldritchAbomination: According to Asakim, [[spoiler:the Spheres are the creation of the ''Taichi'' (太極, alternatively ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji taiji]]''), an entity that controls the fate of all universes by manipulating the "Origin Law"]]. In ''Tengoku-hen'', this is emphasized by [[spoiler: the Supreme God Z, which the twelve Spheres are fragments of it. This entity is so powerful, the "miracle"-granting Prodigium used by [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Doctrine]] of The Four Angels is the remains of the previous Supreme God Sol]]. |
| 254 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: Thanks to a mandatory event in scenario 56 of ''Tengoku-hen'', the entire cast attains the permanent status buff called "Shinka"[[note]]Maximum Will +50, maximum Spirit Points +50, increase base damage to all unit weaponry by 2000.[[/note]] |
| 255 | * EliteMooks: Mechanical Beasts in most of the games serves as mere {{Mooks}}; in the ''Second Z'', thanks to the stone statues from the first episode of ''Shin Mazinger'' taking this role, they gets promoted to this. |
| 256 | ** Marilyn's Firebug Squad is made up of customized Axios, and are much, ''much'' tougher than the Axios fought throughout ''Hakai-hen''. |
| 257 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Setsuna with the "Innovator" awakening and [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku Kururugi]] with the "Curse of Geass" pilot skills, respectively. The "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zero System]]" unit ability, however, functions more as an AmplifierArtifact. |
| 258 | * EndOfAnEra: In a meta example, the first ''Z'' marks the last time (outside of the remake of [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars1 the first game]]) that any of the 1970s TV iterations of ''Manga/GetterRobo'' were used in ''Super Robot Wars''. ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' would replace them as the go-to series to represent the ''Getter Robo'' franchise. |
| 259 | * EnemyMine: Scenario 43 of ''Z'' forces [[Anime/TurnAGundam Harry Ord]] and Kira to align with [[Anime/TurnAGundam Gym Ghingham]] in order to save [[Anime/TurnAGundam Queen Dianna Soreil]] from the clutches of [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Titans]]. |
| 260 | ** Upon being warped into the ADW and being confronted by an army of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Beastmen]], [[Anime/{{Xabungle}} Jiron Amos and Timp Shaloon]] form a (very brief) alliance to fight them off. |
| 261 | ** Roger Smith manages to persuade Jason Beck to help him out in one scenario of ''Hakai-hen''. |
| 262 | ** Any time Asakim assists the player, although with Asakim, it's usually because [[HiddenAgendaVillain he has his own agenda]]. |
| 263 | ** The first game has the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Battle of Berlin]] where the Renegade ZEUTH members appear with the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Archangel]]'' battleship to assist the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny ZAFT]]-aligned ZEUTH forces (who had a falling out thanks to certain events). Unfortunately, poor communication results with them being unable to rescue [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Stella Loussier]]]]. |
| 264 | ** In ''Saisei-hen'', the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Organization of Zodiac and White Fang]] towards the end of the game. |
| 265 | ** Variation in ''Jigoku-hen'': if [[spoiler:Char and his Neo Zeon]] forces assists Z-BLUE, they'll have a mirrored version of their enemy sprites[[note]]They will use their weapons left-handed; these units typically wield weapons on the right-hand, shields on the left[[/note]]. If [[spoiler:Char]] permanently joins, the [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterAttack Sazabi]]]] will have a corrected sprite to indicate it as an ally. |
| 266 | * EpicFail: Played with - poor Lelouch is the only protagonist of a series in [=SRW=] history to miss his target and get shot down in the AttractMode of ''Hakai-hen''. In his own series, his piloting skills are mediocre, relying on ambushes, misdirection and squad tactics. In the demo roll, however, he's using a customized, obsolete [[Anime/CodeGeass Knightmare Frame]] against one of the two best pilots from ''Code Geass'' in an advanced Knightmare Frame. |
| 267 | * EvilAllAlong: ''Rengoku-hen'' introduces new allied characters Blue, Black, White, Orion, Sardias, and Clavia. Unfortunately, each one turns out to be a villain, [[spoiler:though Clavia plays with this by being more-or-less BrainwashedAndCrazy]]. |
| 268 | ** In ''Tengoku-hen'', [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Tempti]], who takes the alias "Titi" to emotionally manipulate Hibiki, and Advent, who feigned his prior HeelFaceTurn and HeroicSacrifice in ''Jigoku-hen'' in order to summon the Supreme God and reset reality]]. |
| 269 | * EvilCounterpart: ''Saisei-hen'' has the Anti-Spiral create the Anti Gurren Lagann for Messenger!Nia, which acts as one for Gurren Lagann himself. |
| 270 | * EvilVersusEvil: |
| 271 | ** Hades in ''Jigoku-hen'' doesn't care about mankind like [[Anime/ShinMazinger Zeus]] does, but is considered an enemy of Ba'al since he took part in the war eons ago, as well as not being on good terms with [[Anime/AquarionEvol Mykage Towano]]. |
| 272 | ** In ''Tengoku-hen'', the [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer ELS]] are just as hostile towards extraterrestrials and are more than willing to absorb or shoot them down. |
| 273 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: About the time [[Anime/Zambot3 Butcher]] starts pulling out the "[[WhyAmITicking turn people into walking bombs and detonate them]]" scheme, a few members of the alliance he's a part of, for the most part it's usually [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Emperor Vega]], wonder if taking over the Earth is really worth working with such a lunatic. |
| 274 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: ''Hakai-hen'' folds all the school plots together, thus Heero, Duo, Relena, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Saji Crossroad and Louise Halevy]] all attend [[Anime/CodeGeass Ashford Academy]]. [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/data/361e16715d7928db10b70f398709201b.jpg This is how Saji and Louise would look like in uniform]]. |
| 275 | * ExtraTurn: In addition to series staple Spirit Commands "Awaken"[[note]]User gains an additional action for one turn[[/note]] and "Enable"[[note]]Allow any allied unit an additional action for one turn[[/note]], the ''Second Z'' introduces the "Continuous Action" pilot skill[[note]]At 120 Will, pilot can perform an additional action if he/she successfully destroys an enemy; this can only be done once per turn[[/note]]. ''Saisei-hen'' adds the "Platinum Emblem" equippable part[[note]]Pilot gains an additional action during the player phase[[/note]]. |
| 276 | ** ''Jigoku-hen'' removes Continuous Action and Enable, but introduces the "Multi-Action Tag Command"[[note]]An allied team can act again if its next attack destroys an enemy team[[/note]] that can be activated any number of times in one turn, so long as the team's "Tag Tension" gauge is filled. |
| 277 | ** A few enemies (mostly late-game bosses) since ''Hakai-hen'' have the "Double Action" pilot skill[[note]]Perform two actions in one turn[[/note]]. At least one villain in ''Jigoku-hen'' has "''Triple'' Action". |
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| 281 | * FallingIntoTheCockpit: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the originals; NewMeat Setsuko has military training and Rand was using the Gunleon for years prior to ''Z''. Crowe takes it further by being a [[RetiredBadass former member]] of the [[Anime/CodeGeass Britannian]] [[AcePilot Firebug Squad]]. Hibiki, however, plays this straight, as his first experience with a HumongousMecha is with the Genion. |
| 282 | * TheFellowshipHasEnded: At the end of ''Hakai-hen'', Zero, aka Lelouch, orders ZEXIS to disperse and go their separate ways, as their mission to destroy Gaiou is complete. However, Lelouch is doing this because his crusade against Britannia isn't over. This, of course, was a bad idea because the "[[Anime/CodeGeass Black Rebellion]]" fails without ZEXIS's support; the Black Knights are captured (aside from Kallen and [[Anime/CodeGeass C.C.]]), while Zero is apprehended and {{Brainwashed}}. Celestial Being and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing the colony Gundams]] are promptly targeted with their protection from the United Nations revoked, rendering the former nearly wiped out, with the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ptolemaios]]'' battleship and most of its Gundams destroyed, and scattering the colony Gundams. The ZEXIS forces on the Dark Continent are understaffed and unable to stop [[Manga/GetterRobo Professor Saotome]]. ZEUTH Gundam pilots are forced to turn to the Organization of Zodiac for protection and shelter, and the rest of the ADW is helpless to stop the rise of the A-LAWS and the hegemony by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ribbons Almark]]. |
| 283 | * FlashbackNightmare: [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayezowZz52U The prologue to Scenario 39]] in ''Hakai-hen'' is Chirico reliving the events from the ''Pailsen Files'' OVA]]. |
| 284 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Loads of it; try playing the game after beating it once. You'll be stunned at the amount of hints done between the lines or in plain sight. |
| 285 | ** At the epilogue of ''Hakai-hen'', [[spoiler:[[Anime/DancougarNova Aoi Hidaka]] starts getting headaches and feeling pain. This is the calling card of Muge Zorbados]]. |
| 286 | ** In the epilogue of ''Jigoku-hen'', [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Noriko Takaya]] states protecting Earth is her duty, regardless if it takes her away for another 12,000 years, a teaser for ''Diebuster'']]. |
| 287 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: Played with in ''Jigoku-hen'' - Heero states when he was an assassin, one mission involved guarding the "Tiger of Helmajistan", a charismatic leader of a guerilla force ten years ago, whose real identity is [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Majid, the "Tiger of Badakhshan"]]. Setsuna notes he and other ChildSoldiers were sent to assassinate Majid on orders from [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali al-Saachez]]; Sousuke also chimes in, claiming he was there to fulfill the same objective as Setsuna. Hibiki is surprised at the odds of three soldiers who might have ended up in the same region as enemies. |
| 288 | * FountainOfYouth: Everybody is weirded out by the fact that Noriko's [[spoiler:"big sis" who Noriko told them was a middle aged woman, appears to almost the same age as Noriko]]. [[spoiler:Kazumi]] giggles at this, and says that that she somehow has the body of [[spoiler:when she first piloted Gunbuster with Noriko]]. [[spoiler:Kazumi]] thinks that [[spoiler:after being pulled into the black hole]], she wished and wished to see Noriko again. And that perhaps that wish overcame time itself, and thus she was reborn. Lelouch goggles at the mysteries of the universe, and even C.C. comments that despite having lived a long time, she's still surprised by all this stuff that keeps happening lately. Noriko calls it a miracle born of [[spoiler:Kazumi's]] feelings. |
| 289 | * FragileSpeedster: ''Orguss'' units, all the way, although nowhere near [[Anime/{{Megazone 23}} the Garland]] on the "fragile" end of the scale. The Orguss is a weakly-defended unit in ''Z'', but is extremely powerful due to its high attack power and mobility, coupled with Kei's amazing skill stat and default pilot skill set, which is designed to make use of it. It even comes with a very strong CombinationAttack later in the game. |
| 290 | ** [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Armored Troopers]] and Knightmare Frames are as extreme in this trope as the Garland was back in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny''. How fitting, since almost every series in ''Destiny'' is in ''Hakai-hen''. |
| 291 | * FriendlyFireProof: Played with - one scenario's SR Point requirement is to destroy Kira in the Freedom, despite the fact he's a "neutral" unit and you can't attack neutrals. However, most [[AreaOfEffect "MAP" Weapons]] don't discriminate friend or foe... |
| 292 | * FunWithAcronyms: In ''Jigoku-hen'', the default faction name is "Z-BLUE" ('''Z'''-'''B'''usters '''L'''ink '''U'''niverse & '''E'''arth). |
| 293 | ** It was the same in the previous games too. ''Z1'' had "ZEUTH" ('''Z''' '''E'''mergency '''U'''nion of '''T'''errestrial '''H'''umans) and ''Z2'' had "ZEXIS" ('''Z''' '''EX'''tra '''I'''nternational '''S'''avers). |
| 294 | * FusionDance: After Z-BLUE beats [[spoiler:Mykage]] for the last time in ''Tengoku-hen'', Fudou and [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Touma]] appear and [[spoiler:Mikage fuses back into Touma, since he is a fragment of the latter's soul]]. |
| 295 | * GambitPileup: The plot of ''Z'' can be summarized as the separate and intricate machinations of [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ the Chimera]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Durandal, Lord Djibril]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco, Haman Karn]], [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX the Frost Brothers]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Gym Ghingham]], [[Anime/EurekaSeven Dewey Novak]], [[Anime/TheBigO Alex Rosewater]], [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer the Siberian Railroad Company]], [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion the Shadow Angels]], [[Manga/GetterRobo the Hundred Demon Empire]], [[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss the Chirams]] and the alien alliance between [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer the Vegan Empire]], [[Anime/Zambot3 the Gaizok]], [[Anime/{{Gravion}} the Zeravire]], [[Anime/GodSigma the Elda]] and [[Anime/SpaceWarriorBaldios the Aldebaron Army]] all barreling towards each other at breakneck speeds, [[spoiler:which is exactly what The Edel Bernal wants]]. |
| 296 | ** Exaggerated in ''Hakai-hen'' by adding in Lelouch, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ribbons Almark]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Treize]], and [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Grace O'Connor]], not to mention the team of [[SpannerInTheWorks spanners]] that comprise the entirety of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Team Dai-Gurren]]. Then ''Saisei-hen'' introduces the [[KnightTemplar Anti]]-[[EldritchAbomination Spirals]]... |
| 297 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: As a NPC, Kira Yamato has "Mercy"[[note]]A killing blow will instead leave their HP to 10 if the Skill stat of the user is higher than the enemy[[/note]] always active, reflecting his ThouShaltNotKill attitude. |
| 298 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation |
| 299 | ** Since ''Saisei-hen'' doesn't inherit pilots' kill counts from ''Hakai-hen'' ([[DiscOneNuke for obvious reasons]]), it invariably makes the player feel weird when [[Anime/GodMars Takeru Myojin]] isn't a Super-A Class psychic, or Gainer ceases to become a Game Champion and others, despite ''Saisei-hen'' occurring one year after ''Hakai-hen''. The same can be said about former ZEUTH members from ''Z''. |
| 300 | ** In ''Jigoku-hen'', a concentrated volley by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Serpents]] wipe out an entire team, save Heero and [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen Kozuki]]. Some might wonder why [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Shinji]], Rei Ayanami and Hibiki don't use their respective machines' barriers to block the attack at all. |
| 301 | ** The Buster Jupiter-2 Drop isn't an ALL. Unless the two units in a pair are thousands of kilometers apart, they're both gonna get hit. |
| 302 | * GlassCannon: Several super robot pilots, notably [[Anime/{{Gravion}} Touga Tenkuuji]], come with few or no natural ranks of the pilot skill "Potential"[[note]]The lower the HP, the greater the increase to accuracy/evasion/critical/armor stats[[/note]], crucial to keep super robots from being this. However, there is no such way to keep the Dai-Guard from falling into this category; in fact, the unit is probably the best example for the entire franchise to date[[note]]In its debut, it has an armor rating of 200, less than a quarter of the second most frail unit in ''Hakai-hen''. Even after the scenario, it reaches a rating of 1200, lower than the [[Anime/ShinMazinger Aphrodite A]][[/note]]. While the Dai-Guard has multiple attacks that can pierce barriers (especially in a game where enemies with damage-reducing barriers are astoundingly common) and can take out [[DemonicSpiders Dimensional Beasts]] better than nearly any other unit, it always remains one of the most fragile units in the party[[note]]The 200 armor rating is {{Justified|Trope}}, as the Dai-Guard wasn't used in-universe for several years and didn't have time to swap out of its paper-thin armor when it is thrown into battle[[/note]]. |
| 303 | ** It should also be noted that Dai-Guard is a RealRobot in a SuperRobot genre anime, and thus combines the worst aspects of [[RealRobot Real Robots]] (poor armour and health) and [[SuperRobot Super Robots]] (poor evasion and speed), and given a bunch of other serious disadvantages (terrible terrain ratings and horrible attack range). Chances are the Dai-Guard is the first unit you'll be slapping parts on to increase its efficiency. Once you do, it becomes a not-so-terrible unit. There's also the fact that it has three pilots, all of them with healing spirits. |
| 304 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[Anime/ShinMazinger Boss Borot]] manages to pull this off in the first ''Saisei-hen'' preview. Considering its the ''Shin Mazinger'' counterpart, it's not [[TookALevelInBadass too much of a surprise]]. |
| 305 | * GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Despite early fears about Char breaking his promise in ''Jigoku-hen'', he doesn't want to ColonyDrop Axis, stating he's learned too much from Treize to do this. In an attempt to fix the issues in space-time, Char turns Axis into a singularity point. To do this, he assumes leadership of Neo Zeon to make them and Axis a prime target for mankind to oppose. Meanwhile, he secretly communicates with Athrun to setup GN Particle generators throughout the world. The combined will of humanity, expressed in GN Particles, will fix some of the constant dimensional problems set in the series. Essentially, Char wants to replicate what happened back in ''Z'' where humanity's will did something similar]]. |
| 306 | ** The ELS in ''Tengoku-hen'' are only attempting to understand humanity. Once they finally communicate with humanity thanks to Setsuna they become swift allies of mankind and help to defend the earth while Z-Blue faces off against the FinalBoss. |
| 307 | * GracefulLoser: After being defeated by Z-BLUE in ''Jigoku-hen'', [[Anime/ShinMazinger Garadoubla]] praises their strength and says they have earned his title of "hero" before passing on. |
| 308 | * GratuitousEnglish: The theme song for ''Z'', ''Crest of Zs'', has some of this (''FLYING TO THE BURNING SKY AND ROLLING THUNDER RIDE!'')) |
| 309 | * GroinAttack: As per ''Diebuster'', [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nicola Vacheron]] attempts to molest Nono in ''Tengoku-hen'' when Shinji stops him by kicking him in the balls. |
| 310 | * GuestStarPartyMember: A few in ''Hakai-hen'', such as Suzaku (who joins ZEXIS for a few scenarios at Euphemia's request, only to leave once the [[Anime/CodeGeass Special Administrative Zone incident]] occurs); [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Brera Stern]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Marquise]], Timp, Beck, Fyana, the [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Barcoff Squad]] in a flashback scenario, and [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Gregor Galosh]]. Suzaku, Brera, Fyana and Gregor join ZEXIS officially in ''Saisei-hen'', while Zechs continues to be a guest. Similarly, [[Anime/DaiGuard Kokubogar]] in both games, but he never joins permanently. |
| 311 | ** To a lesser extent, Rand and Setsuko in ''Saisei-hen'', since they spend a short story arc getting to know Crowe before getting sealed in a Zone. However, they return for the last few scenarios. |
| 312 | ** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Gyunei Guss]] in ''Jigoku-hen'': like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Quess Paraya]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Marida Cruz]], he will assist for a few scenarios, only to leave. [[spoiler:While the latter two are possible {{Secret Character}}s]], Gyunei isn't; similarly, [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Graham Aker, Andrei Smirnov and Patrick Colasour]]. [[spoiler:However, Graham becomes a permanent ally, Andrei does not re-appear and Patrick is another SecretCharacter]]. Despite her antagonism, Haman will help for one scenario. |
| 313 | * GuideDangIt: The game's known for having a very large number of secret units, a route split depending on an "invisible" point system, and another point system determining the MultipleEndings, ''also'' invisible to the player. Woe befall any attempting to get the [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX G-Bits and Tifa Adill]] without a guide, though worse is trying to [[spoiler:keep [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Rey Za Barrel and Talia Gladys]] alive]]. Managing to do the latter requires you to take the secret ZEUTH Route split, accessible only by amassing a certain amount of the invisible points obtained by performing certain actions over a number of scenarios, some of those even going against what happens in the actual series (e.g. [[spoiler:Shinn and Rey fighting Athrun, but NOT destroying his unit; instead, waiting it out until the fourth turn]]) or might seem flat out nonsensical (such as ignoring specific enemy units). Averted in NewGamePlus, where the point system is dropped, making it a player's choice. |
| 314 | ** This is repeated in ''Saisei-hen'', where the only way to prevent [[spoiler:the Black Knights from betraying Lelouch]] is to go to the ZEXIS Route split. Like ''Z'', it's accessible only by amassing a certain amount of the invisible points such as [[spoiler:preventing the death of [[Anime/CodeGeass Shirley Fenette]]]], a mystery in itself. |
| 315 | ** Repeated [[RuleOfThree again]] for ''Jigoku-hen'', as doing enough certain unseen requirements unlocks an alternate "Defy Destiny" route near the end of the game that gives several secret characters. Like ''Z'', players don't need these requirements for a NewGamePlus. |
| 316 | * HandsomeLech: Kei, [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Mikhail Blanc]], [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Pierre]] and Gain form their own group of four skirt chasers. By ''Jigoku-hen'', [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Kurz Weber]], [[Anime/DaiGuard Keiichirou Aoyama]], Lockon and Andy are added into the mix. |
| 317 | * HarderThanHard: "EX-Hard Mode" of ''Z'' lives up to its name by banning unit and weapon upgrades, unlike previous incarnations that only prohibited the latter. Moreover, {{Combination Attack}}s aren't as abundant or potent as they were in other games in the series and damage is generally lower. |
| 318 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Char still has the unfortunate habit of switching sides in the ''Z'' series and coming back if the conditions are right. He sides with one half of ZEUTH in ''Z'', aligns with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing OZ]] in ''Saisei-hen'' and returns to the Neo Zeon for ''Jigoku-hen''. |
| 319 | * HeManWomanHater: [[spoiler:Löwen's true personality is this]]. Also, Crowe dislikes beautiful women, though it's more that he just doesn't trust them too much, [[WorkOffTheDebt probably because he doesn't want to get conned out of his money]]. ''Saisei-hen'' reveals the distrust is to due to his [[ColonelKilgore former commander of Firebug Squad]], [[AxCrazy Mari]][[CuteAndPsycho lyn]]. |
| 320 | * HotBlooded: The ''Z'' series is one of the most tightly concentrated masses yet in [=SRW=]. Jiron Amos, Harry Ord, Apollo, Shinn Asuka, [[Anime/{{Gravion}} Eiji Shigure]], both versions of the [[Manga/GetterRobo the Getter Team]] and Kouji Kabuto, [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Shinobu Fujiwara]], Kamina and ([[TookALevelInBadass later]]) Simon, [[Anime/DaiGuard Shunsuke Akagi]], etc; even people who aren't normally this trope go nuts here. |
| 321 | ** With ''Macross Dynamite 7'' in ''Saisei-hen'', [[{{Anime/Macross7}} Basara Nekki]] and his songs, which, due to in-game mechanics, can make all playable characters even more HotBlooded than usual. |
| 322 | * HowUnscientific: How the crew of the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ptolemaios]]'' battleship reacts upon seeing the Aquarion. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Tieria Erde]] asks [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Sirius de Alisia]] how the machine works and ends up even more confused. |
| 323 | * HumanPopsicle |
| 324 | ** Noriko and the Gunbuster are thawed out of a block of ice in ''Jigoku-hen''. [[spoiler:It's suggested she's a survivor of the previous civilization (of fire; the current one is that of the sun) destroyed 12,000 years ago. [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Kazumi Amano]] is missing-in-action, and Noriko's last memories were that of detonating [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Buster Machine #3]]]]. |
| 325 | ** [[spoiler:Apollo, Sirius and Touma were sealed with the Aquarion since they were holding the world together (which happened at the end of ''Z'')]], and are freed in the present with [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Silvia de Alisia]] (who was also summoned from her time) by the events of ''Tengoku-hen''. [[spoiler:Mykage is forced out of the [[Anime/AquarionEvol Legendary Aquarion]]]], as its original users have returned. |
| 326 | * HumanSubspecies: The backstory of ''Jigoku-hen'' reveals [[spoiler:the Mycenae Empire and Uchuu Maou]] are humans who overcame the 12,000 year loop, ascending to higher beings via evolution. Their role is to guide their younger counterparts (humanity), but Hades and his allies decided to conquer the universe instead. In fact, Chirico compares the aura of the Mycenae to the one emitted by [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Wiseman]]. |
| 327 | * InTheBack: When Char decides to head to the front lines in ''Jigoku-hen'', he confronts Amuro face-to-face. As they are talking, Full Frontal [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9mYmB8QfM attempts to destroy the latter by flanking him]]. |
| 328 | * {{Interquel}}: ''Rengoku-hen'', set between ''Jigoku-hen'' and ''Tengoku-hen'', which bridges the gap between both games and feature only the OriginalGeneration. MeaningfulName ensues as "rengoku" loosely means "purgatory" in Japanese, though the title of the game refers to "continuous prison". |
| 329 | * ItsPersonal: The [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Shagia and Olba Frost]] have a bone to pick with [[spoiler:Durandal, as his Destiny Plan is the reason why they were designated as Category Fs.]] |
| 330 | * KilledOffForReal: Several, including [[spoiler:Kamina and Neil "Lockon Stratos" Dylandy; possibly Euphemia, unless the player takes the "Trust Zero" Route in ''Saisei-hen'', until ''Jigoku-hen'' defaults to the "Don't Trust Zero" option, ensuring she stays dead]]. |
| 331 | * LargeHam: [[spoiler:Löwen post-FaceHeelTurn goes from a demure, gynophobic {{Bishounen}} into a hammy, screaming warrior whose insanity and AxCrazy nature have no limits]]. |
| 332 | ** [[Anime/{{Gravion}} Klein Sandman]] and [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Gen Fudo]] are even more hammy than they were in their own series. The ham level of Gym and [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Asuham Boone]] have also gone off the scale; they even try to out-ham each other in one of the save-quit intermission dialogues, and they're [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu voiced by the same person]]. |
| 333 | ** Lelouch and Kamina in ''Hakai-hen''. The Platform/PlayStationPortable will be able to spit out roast hams after that game is inserted. Exaggerated when Kamina hijacks Sheryl's concert stage. |
| 334 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: For reasons unexplained, multiple characters in ''Jigoku-hen'' do not recall certain members from absent series. Whenever one attempts to remember them, they are instantly struck with this trope, forgetting what triggered the thought. Inverted for Z-BLUE when Kei appears in the game, as they do not recognize him until a sudden headache triggers their memory of their former comrade. Played straight immediately afterwards, when Kei himself remembers the ''Aquarion'' cast upon seeing the Aquarion EVOL, only to instantly forget about the former. |
| 335 | ** This is eventually explained as a result of MindControl. Some of the dialogue spoken by [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Annalotta Stohls]] suggests she's partially to blame for this (via some kind of psychic acupuncture; there's mention of "needles"), but there's another force at work which [[TheHeavy Gadlight]] declines to name, who are not only suppressing the memories of Z-BLUE, but of ''all humanity''. |
| 336 | * LaughablyEvil: Jason Beck, of course. The Edel Bernal is one for the OriginalGeneration, his [[AscendedFanboy eerily accurate comments to ZEUTH]] make him a rather amusing villain. |
| 337 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Wing Gundam Zero shows up for the first time in ''Jigoku-hen'', Shinn appears to be the only person aware that the machine's appearance had changed since the last time they saw it, unwittingly lampshading the redesign it got in the transition from the TV series to ''Endless Waltz'': |
| 338 | -->'''Shinn:''' Is it just me, or does (Wing Zero) look a little different? |
| 339 | * LeftHanging: The first game chose not to have [[Anime/{{Gravion}} Eiji]] learn that [[spoiler:Raven is his sister Ayaka,]] presumably to save the reveal for a later title. Unfortunately, the ''Gravion'' cast was removed from the series before this plot point could be resolved. |
| 340 | * LemonyNarrator: Whoever wrote the database entries for the various characters and units sure has a sense of humor. Highlights include wondering how [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Neo Roanoke and his Windam]] fell from high altitudes and did not explode, Kira surviving a nuclear-powered Freedom's destruction at the hands of Shinn and poking fun at [[Anime/TheBigO Beck The Great RX-3]] for [[EpicFail getting destroyed in two seconds after taking forever to combine and pose]] by pointing out "it was totalled within seconds thanks to the Big O's merciless onslaught with its O Thunder weapon". It also gives out nods to fan theories such as Banjou being a [[Anime/{{Daitarn 3}} Megaborg]] himself and has a very loving description of ''Mazinger Z'', which goes to detail its attacks and point out its impact on the SuperRobotGenre. |
| 341 | * LethalJokeCharacter: Like his ''VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode'' counterpart, Gain and his trusty [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Gotchko]]. While not as overpowered as it was in that game, it's infinitely more useful than it seems in ''Z'' and can make the first half of a playthrough an utter joke if correctly set up. |
| 342 | ** This can be accurately said about Gain himself, who is WeakButSkilled. Although not much of an Oversense person like Gainer, he makes up for it with ImprobableAimingSkills. The fact the Gatchko will turn become the [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Emperanza]], a very powerful [[AMechByAnyOtherName Overman]] early in the game, doesn't hurt Gain's cause (though by that point, he's gone beyond a "joke"). |
| 343 | ** The [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Jenice Kai Enil Custom]] in ''Z'' has weak attacks (no "ALL" attack, in fact), can't fly, and has the lowest stats of all available ''Gundam X'' units; on top of that, the player must purchase it from the bazaar. Its saving grace is in its post-movement "TRI" attack, the only one in its series among allied units. |
| 344 | ** Renton in ''Z'' starts out a lousy pilot, until the Nirvash becomes the Spec2 and gains the "Seven Swell" MAP Weapon. If used correctly and at the right time, the player will start bringing in enough "[[TechPoints Pilot Points]]" to raise his stats well above everyone else's. |
| 345 | ** Jason Beck and his Beck Victory Deluxe in ''Tengoku-hen'' provided players [[SecretCharacter unlock him.]] He joins equipped with three of the best parts in the game. He's a joke however if you take those items off. |
| 346 | * LetsSplitUpGang: Subverted in ''Z''; ZEUTH splits up for a while mid-way, which is pretty standard for the franchise, [[spoiler:but it turns out to be [[LetsYouAndHimFight a very bad idea]]]]. |
| 347 | ** Counts as a {{Deconstruction}} of the usual trope scenario, since a RealLife group formed of military types and civilians will probably end up in the same way ZEUTH's factions did. Just look at [[Anime/EurekaSeven Holland Novak]] and his musings during the first half of ''Z'': even when ZEUTH is together, not everything is smooth-sailing, making it a rare deconstruction of the TrueCompanionship inherent in [=SRW=]. |
| 348 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: Aside from the trope listed above, one scenario starts with you fighting ''against'' the main character, either Rand or Setsuko! |
| 349 | * LightningBruiser: Baldios throughout the games is an LL-sized mecha with the unique "[[FlashStep Subspace Rush]]" unit ability[[note]]At 130 Will, the unit disregards all terrain when moving and has a 25% chance of evading any enemy attack[[/note]]; do the math. There's nothing more fun than putting Baldios some distance away from an enemy and just start slinging around "Thunder Flashes". |
| 350 | ** Kallen and the [[Anime/CodeGeass Guren]] in the ''Second Z'': fast movement and good mobility, with abilities letting it tank if it needs to. |
| 351 | ** Nirvash Spec3 in ''Z'', provided the player builds Renton correctly. |
| 352 | ** If the player builds the ''Aquarion'' pilots by taking advantage of the "Element System"[[note]]When the Aquarion's primary pilot reaches 130 Will, align the stats of all three pilots based on the highest values of each stat[[/note]] correctly, they can turn the different Aquarion configurations into these. |
| 353 | * LogicBomb: After beating Marida, Banagher tries to reason with her but Alberto just tells her to remember that the Gundams are the enemy. Marida flips out and attacks Banagher, and Setsuna intervenes. When Marida yells that he's a Gundam as well, he replies that she is as well. This causes Marida's browser to crash and she freaks out and flees. |
| 354 | * LoopholeAbuse: Unusually, ''Jigoku-hen'' puts Heero and Chirico in Bonta-kun, despite [=SRW=] disallowing cross-franchise piloting[[note]]Cross-series piloting within the same franchise(such as between Gundam pilots) is usually okay[[/note]]. Since Bonta-kun's operator is ShapedLikeItself, complete with its own stats and Spirit Commands distinct from Sousuke, both characters appear in the same scenario using it. When Sousuke asks who its operator is, Heero or Chirico answers "I am". |
| 355 | * LoveTriangle: Several of them throughout the series. |
| 356 | ** Alto, Sheryl and Ranka; Alto can choose between them in ''Tengoku-hen''. Regardless of his choice,[[spoiler:Mykage]] kidnaps Ranka and uses her to make his own [[spoiler:[[Anime/AquarionEvol Ancient Aquarion]]]]. |
| 357 | ** [[Anime/Macross7 Mylene Jenius, Gamlin Kizaki]] and Basara |
| 358 | ** Sousuke, [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Kaname Chidori and Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa]] |
| 359 | ** [[Anime/AquarionEvol Amata Sora, Mikono Suzushiro and Zessica Wong]] |
| 360 | *** Alternatively, Mikono, Amata and [[Anime/AquarionEvol Kagura Demuri]] |
| 361 | ** Amuro, [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Beltorchika Irma]] and Chan |
| 362 | ** Hibiki, Suzune Saijou and Maki |
| 363 | ** Loran, Sochie and Queen Diana too for a fact. |
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| 367 | * MagikarpPower: The Turn A in ''Z'' is a not-very-useful unit with limited weapons and bad anti-air stats, with [[Anime/TurnAGundam Loran Cehack]] being its so-so default pilot, until in-game events lead to it gradually getting upgraded, culminating in its "Moonlight Butterfly" attack (including a MAP variant) among others, making it one of the best units in the game. In another example, Renton's (and Loran's) stats grow at a much faster rate after they pass level 40-45s. |
| 368 | ** [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer King Gainer]] is fragile, small and really hard for Gainer to use, particularly increasing his Will to use the machine's "Overskill" ability. Doing some investment in choice pilot skills like "Attack Again"[[note]]If the enemy's skill stat is 20 points lower than the pilot's skill stat, the pilot may initiate a second attack in the same combat phase[[/note]] (by taking advantage of his "Gamer"/"Game Champ"[[note]]At 130 Will, +10 to skill stat; +30 to skill stat for Game Champ[[/note]] pilot skill), "Ignore Size Modifier"[[note]]No accuracy or damage penalties incurred when attacking a unit of a different size[[/note]] and some Will-boosting techniques, he becomes ''quite'' good. It helps the King Gainer constantly upgrades like the Turn A and Nirvash through event-driven scenarios. |
| 369 | ** Dai-Guard in ''Hakai-hen'' due to Shunsuke's "Salaryman" pilot skill[[note]]Upon level up, for every 10 enemy units destroyed or completing the map, pilot earns +3 Pilot Points[[/note]] allows him to pile on the stats. |
| 370 | ** Although Chirico is far from a bad pilot, early on in ''Hakai-hen'', the [[MechaMook Scopedog]] is an unimpressive unit with only three attacks, each with extremely limited ammo and cannot be used post-movement. After a while, he acquires the "[[MoreDakka Red Shoulder Custom]]", providing more attacks (even if a few still lack ammunition) with a downside in mobility and movement. During the end of the Woodo Arc, Chirico gains the "Turbo Custom", which sacrifices its ammo-scarce weaponry for better stats. Finally, when the Turbo Custom earns weapons put back on it for ''The Last Red Shoulder'', if the player fulfills the requirements, the [[SerialEscalation "Scopedog Turbo Custom ISS" is unlocked]]. |
| 371 | ** Nono starts with the EVO-4 in ''Tengoku-hen'', a bottom-of-the-barrel resupply-based unit with weak attacks. By Scenario 34, [[spoiler:she unlocks the EVO-4's transformation into [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Buster Machine #7]], earning extremely powerful attacks and the "Ignore Size Modifier" pilot skill, on top of her being [[PintSizedPowerhouse size SS]], making her nigh-untouchable]]. Towards the tail-end of the game, [[spoiler:the eponymous Diebuster transformation is unlocked, making her an equal of the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann]] by having one of the largest MAP Weapons in ''Tengoku-hen'']]. |
| 372 | * ManOfKryptonite: One of the new abilities for the Turn A Gundam in ''Tengoku-hen'' is its "Moonlight Butterfly" can absorb and drain EN from enemies within its radius. |
| 373 | * MarathonLevel: Quite a few, but especially Scenario 50 in ''Z'', which is rather long on its own, but after it's finished, there's a long exposition sequence, which thrusts the player back into combat against the Frost Brothers and Gym. The final scenario also counts since it's a three-parter and ends with you fighting the BigBad[[note]]A breakdown of the latter is part 1) Fight [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Edel Bernal]] with an army of {{Mook}}s; part 2) Get Renton to a certain square while fending off 50 squads of [[Anime/EurekaSeven Coralians]]; part 3) Fight the BigBad[[/note]]. |
| 374 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'', one scenario recreates the ''Gundam 00'' season one finale (along with some ''Gundam Wing'' and ''Code Geass'' thrown in): ZEXIS faces off against an army of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 GN-Xs]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Tauruses]], and the commanders of every major faction in the ADW. At a certain point, the ''Ptolemaios'' gets dragged off to a second map along with the Celestial Being Gundams facing off against another army of grunts, with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali-Al-Saachez]] and [[spoiler:Alejandro Corner]] along for the ride (the rest of ZEXIS shows up later). Finally, a third map comprises of Setsuna in the Exia against [[spoiler:Alejandro]] in the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Alvatorre]]. |
| 375 | ** "Zetsubou no Sekai/World of Despair", Scenario 54 in the "Don't Trust Zero" Route of ''Saisei-hen'' opens with a fleet of Anti-Spiral units. Once those are taken care of, enemy reinforcements arrive in the form of the Anti Gurren Lagann, Muge Zorbados with some of his own units and Zeravire. The final portion involves Team Dai-Gurren leading a small strike team inside the Cathedral Terra Lazengann to destroy the Anti Gurren Lagann and its {{Mook}}s. |
| 376 | ** Scenario 48 in ''Tengoku-hen'' begins with a battle against Sidereal, half of which are comprised of {{Elite Mook}}s. Once they're destroyed, Barbiel, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Shikuu and Straus]] will appear; following that, Australis takes to the field, though he won't attack. Unfortunately, whittling down Australis results in him going OneWingedAngel and summoning a group of Dimensional Beasts, beginning the final phase of the scenario. |
| 377 | ** The final scenario in ''Tengoku-hen'': after a lengthy cutscene, Z-BLUE is transported to a map filled with enemies, many of whom can count as sub-bosses. Defeating them makes the FinalBoss appear alongside another wave of the same sub-bosses. Reducing the FinalBoss by a third of its {{Hit Point}}s triggers another cutscene, ending with it regenerating its health ''and'' summoning stronger versions of the previous sub-bosses. Fortunately, all players need to do is finish the FinalBoss to end the game. |
| 378 | * MidseasonUpgrade: One of the very few [=SRWs=] averting this for the originals. Rand and Setsuko gain this halfway through ''Z'', but Rand's Gunleon earn two new attacks and a new unit ability, while Setsuko's Virgora gets [[MechaExpansionPack a new gun and a set of wings]], capping off a chain of gradual upgrades that began midway through the game's first act. |
| 379 | ** Played with in ''Hakai-hen'': Crowe's Brasta earns the SPIGOT-VX with no physical changes. Played straight in ''Saisei-hen'' regarding the Li-Brasta. The catch is the player decides whether it's a melee-based SuperRobot or a long-ranged RealRobot. |
| 380 | ** Averted with Hibiki's Genion in ''Jigoku-hen'': it merely gains a SuperMode. ''Tengoku-hen'' plays it straight once he acquires the Geminion Ray. |
| 381 | * MightyGlacier: Many Super Robots combine powerful attacks, high defense, and terrible speed (both in terms of dodging and movement). |
| 382 | ** Daitarn 3, Zambot 3, and Tryder G7 are large robots with sturdy armour, powerful attacks, and no ability whatsoever to dodge attacks. They're also hampered by limited movement range and short range post-movement attacks. |
| 383 | ** The Big O has a varied, strong arsenal which gets expanded as you progress through ''Z'', strong armour, and a very short movement range. |
| 384 | ** Gunbuster has devastating attacks, a barrier and strong armour, and dodges like a battleship with movement to match. Dix Neuf is very similar, though lacking a barrier. |
| 385 | * MoreDakka: The new "Tri-Battle System" in ''Z'' allows an entire squad to unleash a volley that makes the "Squad System" from the ''Alpha'' games look dated and underwhelming. More traditionally, various units such as the Orguss have an AlphaStrike-based attack that pulls this off. |
| 386 | * MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: If the player chooses to activate the [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion Unit 03]] in ''Jigoku-hen'', [[spoiler:[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Asuka Langley Shikinami]] leaves the party and [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Mari Illustrious Makinami]] stays for the rest of the game]]. |
| 387 | * MultipleEndings: One of the more deviously-hidden GuideDangIt elements that manages through its own hidden point system in ''Z''. Should certain conditions be fufilled, the player can choose to [[spoiler:give up the protagonist's memories and live in [[Anime/TheBigO Paradigm City]] until the Black History takes place, [[BadEnding ending all of civilization]]]]) Additionally, depending on the chosen protagonist, around half of the game is unique to that person. |
| 388 | * MyFutureSelfAndMe: Variation in ''Tengoku-hen'' - [[spoiler:Apollo and Kagura become aquainted very fast, which Kamille chalks up to one being the {{Reincarnation}} of the other. Likewise, Silvia and Mikono, in spite of, reincarnation aside, them not being very similar, unlike Apollo and Kagura. In contrast, Apollo finds his other reincarnation, Amata, a little underwhelming, which the latter concedes]]. |
| 389 | * MythologyGag: |
| 390 | ** [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee's CDs]] are equippable parts. However, there is another CD in the game from [[{{Anime/Macross7}} Fire Bomber]]. |
| 391 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'', the Dynamic Kill of the Nu Gundam's Fin Funnel attack [[InternalHomage ends with it performing]] the "Last Shooting", the term used for the "firing straight upwards" pose Amuro uses with the original [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam]] to finish off Char in the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Zeong]]. |
| 392 | ** During the first battle with [[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Dragon]] in ''Hakai-Hen'', the Getter Team split into their respective Getter Machines, then combine with spare Getter Machines to form Getter-1, 2, and 3 respectively. They then link the three Getter Reactors together to fire a supercharged Getter Beam. This exact move was used during ''Crater Battle'', a prequel manga to ''Getter Robo Armageddon''. |
| 393 | ** In an interesting nod, during the "[[Anime/MacrossFrontier Seikan Hikou]]" event, [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Apollo]] gets into the song so much he almost wants to do the memetic "KIRA ☆!" bit from it. In ''[[VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode Another Century's Episode: R]]'', where ''Genesis of Aquarion'' and ''Macross Frontier'' are in the game, Apollo repeats this line near-verbatim during the same event. |
| 394 | ** The ''Shin Mazinger'' plot in ''Jigoku-hen'' takes ideas from ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'', such as speculation regarding what would happen if Kouji loses control of the Mazinger or if the Photon Power keeps leaking. There's also a mention about Tetsuya, while [[Anime/ShinMazinger Professor Yumi]] states there's another Mazinger existing in the world. |
| 395 | ** If the player unlocks the [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Byarlant Custom]]]] in ''Jigoku-hen'', [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Four Murasame]]]] will be its pilot. {{Irony}} abounds because [[spoiler:a [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Byalant]] is the very machine that kills her in the ''Zeta Gundam'' TV series]]. |
| 396 | ** If Shinji reaches ace pilot status in ''Jigoku-hen'', the enigmatic "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ AG]]" re-enacts the "Congratulations Shinji!" scene from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original TV series]]. |
| 397 | ** In a quit game skit, Touji tells Shinji how he's looking forward to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion becoming a pilot]] and fighting along side him, and Shinji tells him that he doesn't get to pilot [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion this time]], much to his shock. This may also be a reference to how he survived his encounter with Bardiel intact in VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha and VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX and became a playable character. |
| 398 | ** A series of quit game skits has Misato doing the next episode preview, complete with "Service, service!" at the end. Rei does one too, in her usual emotionless voice. And then Shinji does it too... |
| 399 | ** During Scenario 17 of ''Jigoku-hen'', Heero offers to take the [[Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu Bonta-kun]] suit back to base, but Sousuke notes Heero will miss lunch. Heero states he'll be fine and pulls out a fruit-flavored "Calorie Friend" energy bar. This is a nod to the pair's previous meeting in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'', where Sousuke offered Heero the snack after they decided to trust one another. |
| 400 | ** When Amuro returns in ''Tengoku-hen'', AG references how the former addressed [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Sayla Mass]], him dying to a random shot from a beam bazooka, and him [[spoiler:[[BreadEggsMilkSquick making a locket out of Sayla's pubic hair]]]]. All of these events come from one of the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' novels. |
| 401 | ** When [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Kaworu]] hears [[Anime/{{Macross 7}} Basara]]'s song, he comments "as always, a good song", implying that he's the same Kaworu as the one in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha 3]]'', who's the same as the one in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX MX]]'', continuing the tradition of implying that every Kaworu in every SRW game is the same person. |
| 402 | ** Because ''Z2'' primarily featured the ''00 Raiser'' with its GN Sword II's and relegated its GN Sword III to the ''Raiser Sword'' attack, and because the ''00 Raiser Condenser-Type'' saw little-to-no on-screen combat action in the movie, all of the latter unit's attack animations in ''Z3'' compensate those points by directly referencing its final battles with the Innovades and Ribbons from ''Gundam 00 Season 2''. |
| 403 | ** ''00 Qan[t]'s'' Seven Sword Combination is one of the biggest showcases of this in the game. The name of the attack and its start up references Exia's attack of the same name in ''Hakai-Hen'', the first part of the unit's animation references the last key scenes of the 00 Qan[T] in the movie, and the attack sequence that follows includes features exclusive to its kits and figures: Such as the beam blades on two of the GN Sword Bits from its ''Robot Damashii figure'', and the combined blades first featured in its ''Master Grade kit''. |
| 404 | * {{Nerf}}: Certain Spirit Commands in ''Jigoku-hen'' like "Valor" are taken away from many characters, while the "Invincible" Spirit Command is changed to automatically reduce damage taken to one-eighth instead of the minimum ten points of damage. |
| 405 | ** "Ignore Size Modifier" in ''Jigoku-hen'' has multiple skill levels rather than cover the entire size spectrum[[note]]An S-sized unit must purchase additional levels to negate penalties against units with size L or higher[[/note]]. |
| 406 | ** As for the mechs themselves, the [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Solar Aquarion]] gets nerfed in ''Tengoku-hen'' because it cannot transform into its other options [[spoiler: because it was sleeping for 12,000 years and thus its components aren't as great as it used to be]]. Meanwhile, Sirius and Sylvia are DemotedToExtra as subpilots for Apollo which means they only give paltry amounts of stat increases when the Element System[[note]]At 130 will, match stats with other pilots[[/note]] is activated, making Apollo do all the stat grinding by himself. Still one of the best units of the game though. |
| 407 | * NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Zigzagged - in a non-TimeTravel variation, ''Z'' explains that multiple counterparts of the same person cannot exist in the same universe, in order to justify why the original ''Mazinger Z'', ''Getter Robo'', and ''Eureka Seven'' don't show up in the ''Second Z'', yet subverted with The Edel Bernal back in the first game via Rand's final scenario. The ''Second Z'' implies it ''can'' happen between the same person, provided the individual can jump between dimensions by themselves; the Stigma of the Cursed Wanderer merely ''pulls'' them in. |
| 408 | * NoIndoorVoice: In the ''Second Z'', Harry Ord, with his infamous "[[CharacterCatchphrase UNIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEERSE!!!]]" scream in his voice clips, with the last of them being "Did you say Queen Diana's butt? CURSE YOU!!!" |
| 409 | * NoSell: In Scenario 49 of ''Jigoku-hen'', Heero is able to resist the effects of [[spoiler:Gadlight's Sphere of the "Quarreling Twins"]] due to his affections for Relena. Although impressed, [[spoiler:Gadlight]] states he is JustOneMan and alone, while the rest of Z-BLUE are affected. Fortunately, Heero covers Setsuna long enough for the latter to acquire the [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer 00 Qan[T]]] and activate its "TRANS-AM Burst" effect, restoring Z-BLUE to normal. |
| 410 | * NonStandardGameOver: In ''Z'', losing Scenario 44 ([[Anime/SpaceWarriorBaldios failing to stop the Artificial Sun]] or losing the Gravion) results in a special play on the DownerEnding from ''Baldios'', where the massive tsunami occurs and the words "GameOver" instead of the "END" kanji from the original ending. |
| 411 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'', if the Godmars is destroyed, the bomb from its home series will be activated upon Takeru's death. [[TemptingFate How powerful is it]]? Enough to, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlOqNWMkTl0 after showing you a shot of a dead Takeru]], ''[[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the world]]'', with a return of the familiar "GameOver" from the non-standard one in ''Z''. |
| 412 | * NotHisSled |
| 413 | ** [[spoiler:The ''Z'' version of the Black History is actually a BadFuture [[NiceJobBreakingItHero brought about by ZEUTH]], rather than the distant past[=/=]''Gundam'' MegaCrossover the original series is known for]]. |
| 414 | ** [[spoiler:The contents of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Laplace's Box]] is not ''just'' the original charter of the Universal Century. It also contains a video recording by Elgan that reveals Chrono and Sidereal's manipulation of humanity.]] |
| 415 | * NotQuiteDead: |
| 416 | ** [[spoiler:Ribbons]] is still hanging out inside Veda and helps Tieria grow a new body and build a new Gundam after the ELS blow up Raphael (Tieria thinks he's just another Innovade of the same type, but it turns out that it is [[spoiler:Ribbons himself, who reformed because of Amuro]]) |
| 417 | ** After Scenario 28 of the Remnant Sea Route, Leon Mishima comments that while the Galaxy fleet's attempts to destroy Z-BLUE have failed, there's no need to rush. After all, they're still of some use in distracting Sidereal. His guest smiles, and Mishima comments that he didn't expect to see [[spoiler:Grace O'Connor]]... or rather [[spoiler:Grace Godunov]] here after [[spoiler:she supposedly died in the Saisei Incident]]. [[spoiler:Grace]] replies that her name is merely an appellation, as her body is just a vessel. The events of the [[spoiler:Saisei Incident]] were a useful source of data, and their research has thusly leapt forward considerably. And they were able to test the fruits of that research on the Vajra swarm they found in the galactic core. All thanks to their sponsor, Mishima. |
| 418 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Upon reaching Mars in ''Tengoku-hen'', the Arc Sabers reveal they were fighting the [[Anime/{{Daitarn 3}} Meganoids]] all this time. Just before Z-BLUE's arrival, Banjou had singlehandedly destroyed them all. |
| 419 | * TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Chrono in the ''Third Z'' is an organization that exists in multiple worlds and they are the ones behind the assassinations of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] (the original) and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Zeon Zum Deikun]]. [[spoiler:In fact, Chrono has been working to ensure the eponymous "time prison" is placed to protect the Earth from the Ba'al]]. At one point in ''Jigoku-hen'', Char attempts to weed out its members within the Earth Federation. In ''Tengoku-hen'', it's revealed Chrono conservatives were behind [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny LOGOS and the Blue Cosmos]]. |
| 420 | * OneDialogueTwoConversations: The first ''Z'' has a case that's PlayedForDrama, [[spoiler:when the two sides of ZEUTH confront each other during Operation Angel Down. Since both sides have been given fake info about the other, but are unawares of what's being said about themselves, their attempts at communication fail soundly. When Rand's group affirm that all they did was ensure their own survival and they aren't ashamed of anything, it comes across as a confirmation that they don't care how much damage they cause as long as they benefit from it. When Setsuko's group rebuke accusations of having become loyal soldiers of ZAFT by stating they always acted out of their free will, the other side comes to believe they are admitting to committing several war crimes because they wanted to. It's only when they are told about the fake info after the battle that they realize they were talking about different things.]] |
| 421 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[Anime/ShinMazinger Boss]] has his "My alias is Boss! Not even the author knows my name." quote from ''Shin Mazinger'' |
| 422 | * OnlySaneMan: Crowe, Lockon, Keiichirou and Duo, being the jokers of ZEXIS who can find time to crack a laugh during free-time unlike the rest who are either TheStoic, way too serious or apparently busy doing something else. |
| 423 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In ''Tengoku-hen'', Gyunei runs with the logic that if can defeat Amuro, whom Char never could, he'lll essentially have surpassed Char. |
| 424 | * OriginalGeneration |
| 425 | ** Rand, Mel, the Glory Star, the Chimera, Crowe, Traiya Scott, Esther, the Neo Empire Imperium, the Holy Kingdom of Insaraum, Elgan, Aim, Marilyn, Hibiki, Suzune, Chrono, Geminis, Sidereal and Ba'al. |
| 426 | ** For the HumongousMecha, the Gunleon, Virgora, Shurouga, Eliphas, the Chaos machines, Brasta, the Arksaber machines, Arietis, Genion and Geminia. ''Z: Special Disk'' contains an original Overman called the "XAN". ''Z2: Saisei-Hen'' gave us the [[Main/PaletteSwap palette swapped]] [[Main/EvilKnockoff evil knockoff]] version of the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] called the Anti-Gurren Lagann. |
| 427 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: The games have the angels from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'', and [[spoiler: the OriginalGeneration called the Four Angels (Doctrine, Tempti, Sacrifai, Advent) who are the result of an [[AssimilationPlot instrumentality like event]] that lead to them achieving Shinka.]] |
| 428 | * ObviouslyEvil: Just take a look at Asakim and tell us he isn't evil. For starters, the man's completely clad in black, the Shurouga ''looks'' evil, and its attacks are sadistic, with Asakim commenting similarly so. Makes one wonder how ''anyone'' can trust him in the first place, even though he only acts so [[spoiler:for the sake of gaining freedom from being a Cursed Wanderer and seeking death]]. |
| 429 | * PaintingTheMedium: In the ''Second Z'', the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Deathscythe]] and its MidSeasonUpgrade [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Deathscythe Hell]] have the "Hyper Jammer" and "Hyper Jammer ECM Suite" attack, respectively, making use of their stealth jammers, causing the screen to flicker and static-up for the duration of the attack. |
| 430 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'', at the setup menu immediately after [[spoiler:Kamina dies]] and in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrQaHJ74doQ Scenario 33 until he gets motivated enough]], Simon's character portrait shows him absolutely [[DespairEventHorizon dejected]]. |
| 431 | * PatrickStewartSpeech: Pretty much all of the cast give these |
| 432 | * PeninsulaOfPowerleveling: In Scenario 21 of ''Hakai-hen'', it's possible to LevelGrind repair- and resupply-based units so long as the boss isn't destroyed and Emperor Zuul is brought out. |
| 433 | ** Scenario 15 of ''Saisei-hen'', provided players know what to do. As long as [[Anime/CodeGeass Li Xingke in the Shen-Hu]] isn't destroyed, it's easy to have characters to unlock their "Ace Bonus" with a lot of patience by defeating Wufei, who regenerates to full every time his unit is destroyed, repeatedly. At the same time, players can also let the [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Macross Quarter]] use its "[[{{BFG}} Macross Cannon]]" to hit allies capable of repairing units to repair themselves, while units who can resupply can do so on the same units to gain ExperiencePoints. And as a bonus, Wufei can get beaten up over and over till players are satisfied. Additional bonus points if players grabs the "Bronze Emblem"[[note]]Primary pilot recovers 20 Spirit Points per turn.[[/note]] and the "Silver Emblem"[[note]]Primary pilot earns triple the number of Pilot Points.[[/note]] equippable parts before starting the scenario. |
| 434 | ** Patient players can start LevelGrinding as early as the second prologue scenario in ''Tengoku-hen'' for eight specific characters[[note]]They are locked to their units due to the plot[[/note]] all the way to level 99, provided they don't destroy the boss thanks to Alto's "[[BoringButPractical MDE Missiles]]" MAP Weapon backed by his "Battle Spirit" pilot skill[[note]]Gain +3 Will at the start of the player turn, including the first turn[[/note]]. Since the weapon isn't FriendlyFireProof, he can [[ViolationOfCommonSense use the attack against allies]], with at least two allied units in the scenario who can repair the party. |
| 435 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Nono, as Buster Machine No. 7, is no larger than she is as a normal human being, but is more than capable of kicking asses several times larger than herself. |
| 436 | * PlotHole: ''Saisei-hen'' altered the ending to the ''Macross Frontier'' TV series' storyline to have the other characters be left in the dark in regards to [[spoiler:Brera being Ranka's biological older brother.]] Despite this, ''Tengoku-hen'' treats this information like it's common knowledge, with no indication as to when the characters learned it. |
| 437 | * PluckyComicRelief: Crowe Broost, Lockon Stratos, Duo Maxwell, and [[Anime/DaiGuard Keiichiro Aoyama]] in ''Hakai-hen''. When they group up, they start telling bad jokes, even when they're alone (such as in the Scenario 7 intermission before battle, while at the Ashford Academy, Duo laughs at Kallen for acting like a weak little lady). For example, whenever the Dai-Guard gets hit, Aoyama asks [[Anime/DaiGuard Ibuki Momoi]] if she'd like to gamble whether the next attack will hit or miss. In another instance, Lockon hangs out with Crowe and laughs at one another's dry humor. |
| 438 | ** In Scenario 48 of ''Hakai-hen'', during the intermission, Setsuna is using the long-distance communication device when Crowe wonders if he is going to send a message to his "girlfriend" [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Marina Ismail]]. Setsuna responds with [[TheStoic the usual stare]]; Crowe jokingly asks if it's to his boyfriend and Setsuna's answer remains the same, this time with a glare. Lockon notes how Crowe's bad jokes don't work on Setsuna, to which Crowe states "They don't work on Chirico, Zero, Heero, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Trowa Barton]], Wufei and [[Anime/CodeGeass Kyoshiro Tohdoh]], either." |
| 439 | * PostScriptSeason: ''Mazinger Z'', ''Great Mazinger'' and ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}'' in ''Z''. All series returning from the ''Z'' in ''Hakai-hen'' are this as well, along with ''Dancougar'' and ''Tryder G7''. In ''Jigoku-hen'', Noriko informs Z-BLUE [[spoiler:she is from 12,000 years in the past from another dimension, meaning the events of ''Gunbuster'' have already passed, yet she has no idea how Kazumi disappeared after the detonation of Buster Machine #3]]. |
| 440 | * PosthumousCharacter: Despite Treize's death being used as a case of martyrdom for the Mariemaia Army and Wufei's usual FaceHeelTurn from ''Endless Waltz'' in ''Jigoku-hen'', Treize's actions in ''Saisei-hen'' have an impact in the game, [[spoiler:particularly Char, who opts to save humanity by using Axis as a singularity point to unite mankind because he has learned much from Treize, whose dying words is to inform Char not to make the same mistakes as he did]]. |
| 441 | * PowerLimiter: An odd case in ''Hakai-hen'' - as long as Kamina is in the party, Simon is unable to learn the "Valor" or "Courage"[[note]]Gain the effects of "Accelerate" (+3 to movement), "Valor", "Invincible" (The next enemy attack will deal only 10 damage), "Strike", "Spirit" (+10 to Will) and "Fury" (The next successful attack ignores enemy barriers, defensive skills and size modifiers) Spirit Commands for one turn[[/note]] Spirit Commands. This never comes up in normal play since Kamina will be absent later and is around ten levels before Simon should learn either Commands, but it plays up his status as a CrutchCharacter. |
| 442 | * PowerupLetdown: So the player has waited forever and toughed through the early scenarios of ''Z'' using the [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X Divider]], wondering when they'll get to use the "[[{{BFG}} Satellite Cannon]]" again. When it's finally available, reality strikes hard - the weapon becomes AwesomeButImpractical, as it requires a full 3 to 4 turns before it's able to fire once until the next recharge cycle a la ''Super Robot Wars Destiny''. However, ''Z'' ensures the {{BFG}} only functions in scenarios where ''the moon is visible through a line-of-sight'', meaning the [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]] cannot use it indoors or in many other stages where there's no moon. JustifiedTrope, because the [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam Double X]] carries the "Twin Satellite Cannon", the strongest attack in ''Z'' bar-none and inevitably used specifically against bosses. While it might be a single-use in most scenarios, it's enough to be a boss-killer. |
| 443 | ** Another example (albeit not as severe) is Renton and the Nirvash Spec 3: although its stats are much better and its attacks pack a bigger punch, the reason anyone uses the Spec 2 is its "Seven Swell" MAP Weapon, which the Spec 3 loses, making it less useful against hordes of {{Mook}}s. [[EleventhHourSuperpower The Spec3 having as much raw power in its basic attack as the finishers of some super robots]] alleviates the pain, though. The real letdown is the ''Second Z'' counterpart of the Nirvash doesn't have the "Seven Swell" attack at all; even after its upgrade into the [[Anime/EurekaSeven Nirvash Spec-V]], it becomes weaker than the [[Anime/EurekaSeven Terminus B303]]. |
| 444 | ** Deathscythe Hell's "Hyper Jammer ECM Suite" attack in ''Saisei-hen'' loses its built-in "accuracy down" StatusEffect of the original Deathscythe's "Hyper Jammer" attack, making it stronger but less useful, overall. |
| 445 | ** Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Sure it has the most powerful base attack power, a 3L sized unit with boat loads of HP, its five pilots having decent spirit commands and can break through everything in the game. Its weaknesses? Because Gurren Lagann leaves its tag partner to combine with the battleship, the unit is now considered as a battleship so it's game over if it gets shot down, it can only move once in one turn because it cannot be paired up with the Tag Tension system, none of its pilots of have the "Awaken"[[note]]Grants an extra turn to the unit or tag.[[/note]] spirit command forcing players to either rely on D-Commands or the Platinum Emblem, and by the time the unit could reach the boss, players would have more than enough time to finish the stage in one turn. |
| 446 | * ThePsychoRangers: ''Z: Special Disk'' gives us "Special Task Force 013", Edel Bernal's attempt at forming a ZEUTH-style RagtagBunchOfMisfits. It begins as a unit composed of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Phantom Pain]] and Titans members under the orders of Neo Roanoke, then gains more members from mercenaries like Timp or Jason Beck, and others like the Frost Brothers and Gym tagging along for fun. It doesn't work nearly as well (most members are nuts, after all) and the squad ends up disbanded without ever meeting ZEUTH in combat once. |
| 447 | * PurposelyOverpowered: The Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in ''Jigoku-hen'' is easily the best LightningBruiser in the game, except [[spoiler:it's only usable in the final scenario]]. |
| 448 | * PutOnABus: Justified by the Third Impact in ''Tengoku-hen'', with nearly all of Z-BLUE being sent back to their own dimensions, resulting in some series missing on the roster from the game. |
| 449 | * RecurringBoss: Jason Beck appears in all ''Z'' installments, essentially the equivalent of [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Yazan Gable]] from the ''Alpha'' series. CastingGag ensues as both characters are [[Creator/HochuOtsuka voiced by the same person]]. Note, however, that you don't fight him in Hakai-hen; he's actually a one-time ally there. |
| 450 | * {{Retraux}}: In what's a first for the franchise, older {{Super Robot}}s such as Baldios, God Sigma and Getter Robo get some retro-looking animations in their strongest attacks, complete with choppy animation and trippy retro "laser backgrounds" and pastel-frame explosions. This trend is continued in ''Hakai-hen'' with God Mars, notorious for its lack of animation during fight scenes in it home series. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLF5GaAcmA#t=1m16s Its strongest attack reflects this perfectly]]. |
| 451 | * RedemptionDemotion: While hardly an issue in previous [=SRWs=], the ''Z'' series plays with this. [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Anew Returner]] and [[Anime/GodMars Rose]]]] are demoted to sub-pilots in ''Saisei-hen'' and ''Jigoku-hen'', respectively; while this isn't such a big deal for the former, the latter has higher stats than the primary pilot of the [[Anime/GodMars Cosmo Crusher]] and carries the "ESP" pilot skill[[note]]Increase accuracy and evasion rates; its effect rises depending on the skill's level[[/note]] like Takeru, making the character little more than an extra set of Spirit Commands for [[Anime/GodMars Kenji Asuka]] to use. [[spoiler:Kagura]] in ''Jigoku-hen'' gets to be an Aquarion EVOL pilot, but is a melee-oriented character forced into the [[Anime/AquarionEvol Aquarion Gepard]] configuration, which favors ranged attacks, making this character's melee stats next to useless. Averted with [[spoiler:[[Anime/AquarionEvol Jin Muso]]]] - like [[spoiler:Kagura]], this character also loses the [[Anime/AquarionEvol Abductor]] and is part of the Aquarion Gepard, but is statistically suited for it. |
| 452 | * TheReveal: |
| 453 | ** Many from the various franchises in the first ''Z'', but the biggest one is the revelation that [[spoiler:the Black History is not just the past, but the possible ''end of the multiverse'', brought about by ZEUTH]]. |
| 454 | ** Throughout the ''Z'' saga, the Ba'al is seen as this inevitable calamity. ''Tengoku-hen'' reveals their nature [[spoiler:as a misdirection concocted by the four Honorable Servants (who cursed Asakim), who manipulated the Dimensional Generals to fight ZEUTH and ZEXIS in order to acquire their Spheres for the Supreme God]]. |
| 455 | * RunningGag: Rand being called "[[RedBaron The Crusher]]" by others. Lampshaded by him repeatedly and eventually, he gets tired of trying to object. Early on in ''Z'', he points out that someone was doing it just to piss him off. |
| 456 | ** Also, whenever Rand does his "Heat Smile", everyone will make the same comment towards it, including [[Anime/TheBigO R. Dorothy Wayneright, Alan Gabriel and Alex Rosewater (!)]], Dianna and Harry Ord, [[Anime/OvermanKingGainer Cynthia Lane]] (!), various Universal Century and ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' pilots, enemy generals, even the Shadow Angels, the Hyakki and alien forces. For the unfamiliar, Rand's a large CoolOldGuy with an intimidating "special service smile" called the "Heat Smile". Those who see it always, ''always'' comment on it being "stuffy" (or "atsukurushii" in Japanese), either loudly or to themselves, even in the middle of dire, life-or-death situations. |
| 457 | ** Kamina's tendency to come into conflict with everyone he meets is his way of making friends, such as Ryouma, Zero and Sheryl. |
| 458 | ** Chirico, Heero, Setsuna, Sousuke and Hibiki in ''Jigoku-hen'' they're even titled "The Sullen Five", all stoic characters, typically respond with "...." in conversations. There are entire conversations of silence where they can communicate meaningful dialogue or complex battle plans, with the rest of Z-BLUE wondering if they're psychic. Hibiki takes this gag further where he's oblivious to himself being TheStoic; whenever this group is mentioned, he assumes it doesn't include himself, but for someone such as Suzaku, Allelujah or Rei. |
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| 462 | * SavedForTheSequel: ''Z2 Saisei-hen'' pulls the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Anti-Gurren Lagann]] out of left field to give ''Gurren Lagann'' a sufficiently-powerful final opponent while saving the show's actual climax for the next game. |
| 463 | * ScrewDestiny: Naturally the overarching theme of the saga, but ''Jigoku-hen'' makes this a gameplay element. By fulfilling [[GuideDangIt unseen requirements]], a "Defy Destiny" Route can be chosen near the end of the game that gives several secret characters. This route also can be chosen during NewGamePlus. |
| 464 | * SecretLegacy: ''Tengoku-hen'' reveals that Banjou (through his father, who was a Chrono reformationist), the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Marcenas]], Clyne and Soreil families (the latter also a part of the reformationists) are a part of Chrono. |
| 465 | * SequelHook: Plenty all over the place, from throwaway comments along the lines of "our battle has just begun" to unresolved plot threads (e.g. the Holy War, since the remaining Sphere holders have yet to appear or the EldritchAbomination) |
| 466 | ** Some of the explicit hooks in ''Z'' includes Kouji watching the Black History recording and talking about seeing a [[Anime/ShinMazinger "Mazinger-like" machine he doesn't recognize]], Ryouma getting shocked after watching the same recording and asking "Is that machine with the fearsome movements a Getter?!" (really, the Shin Getter), with his remarks in the final scenario about sensing the presence of another version of himself that [[FutureMeScaresMe flat-out terrifies him]] (none other than fan-favorite "Batshit [[SlasherSmile Ryouma]]" from ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' and the ''Getter Robo'' manga) and Banjou deciding to leave for Mars and talk about "his true battle just beginning". |
| 467 | ** In ''Saisei-hen'', [[spoiler:the Anti-Spiral says it will return one day]]. |
| 468 | ** At the end of ''Jigoku-hen'', [[spoiler:a second Earth appears]], as numerous enemies swarm Z-BLUE. This is followed with a snippet montage of: |
| 469 | *** Shinji proclaiming he will protect Rei no matter what, as Kira, Shinn and Athrun are speaking of how the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny PLANTs]] are heading down a road of destruction. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Audrey Burne]] and [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Kaname Chidori]] bid farewell to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Banagher Links]] and Sousuke, respectively, and Char discusses the contents of the [[MacGuffin Laplace's Box]] with Full Frontal. |
| 470 | *** Setsuna is rendered in a coma as [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Feldt Grace]] and Graham look on, Amata and Kagura state they will take back the Sun and Chirico is summoned before an unknown person. Inside the Shin Dragon, [[Manga/GetterRobo Gou Saotome]] claims about unlocking the true power of Kouji and Ryouma's machines, but the latter refuses to bend to the will of the [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Rays]]. |
| 471 | *** Kei and [[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Olson D. Verne]] are finding ways to fix space-time, Noriko is stranded somewhere in the far reaches of the galaxy, [[spoiler:Suzune reveals the truth behind the Genion to Hibiki and Asakim is told to reawaken by a mysterious entity]]. |
| 472 | * ShipperOnDeck: All of ZEXIS takes sides over the LoveTriangle of ''Macross Frontier''. |
| 473 | * ShoutOut: "[[strike:[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Starlight Breaker]]]] The Glory Star! FULL BURST!!". |
| 474 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'', Kamina references the "[[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Super Inazuma Kick]]" with one of the Gurren Lagann's attacks. [[spoiler:Even after he dies, Simon does the same when using the same attack]]. |
| 475 | ** There is a chance Sandman in ''Z'' when using the [[Anime/{{Gravion}} God Sigma Gravion]] will say "I have no name to give to the likes of you!", just like a certain character from ''Toys/MachineRobo''. This is repeated in ''Hakai-hen'' when he squares off against PMC soldiers who attempt to take Eida and her manager in. |
| 476 | * ShroudedInMyth: In ''Tengoku-hen'', everyone immediately assumes the "[[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nonoriri]]" Nono talks about refers to [[spoiler:Noriko]], which is true. Nono keeps thinking Nonoriri is some mystical superwoman, but Z-BLUE doesn't agree, as the character in question isn't that supernatural. When [[spoiler:Noriko]] reappears, Nono's impressed, but doesn't believe the person is really Nonoriri. |
| 477 | * ShutUpHannibal: As per usual, with the best one when ZEUTH confronts [[Anime/{{Zambot 3}} Computer Doll No. 8]] ([[spoiler:Gaizok]]) in ''Z''. The malevolent AI rants about how its decision to destroy humanity is a perfectly logical one - that HumansAreBastards who do nothing but evil to each other and no one on Earth really cares about ZEUTH and their efforts to save the world. ZEUTH tells the AI there's no way they're going to let an [[AIIsACrapshoot emotionless computer determine their fate]] and vow to prove that it's the true evil for spreading strife across the galaxy. ZEUTH proceeds to destroy the AI, [[EliteMooks Red Knight Deathcain and Blue Knight Heldyne]]. |
| 478 | ** This results in an unnerving sequence where, even as it's getting blasted to bits, it continues to repeat its statements over and over, telling [[Anime/{{Zambot 3}} Kappei Jin]] his battle is empty and meaningless. Hell, the whole sequence is the stuff of nightmares starting from what it did to Kappei when it turns him into what a boy his age would be in such a situation, leading to him crying and begging to be saved before he snaps at the insane AI and tells it to shove it, all the while speaking through his tears and declaring even as a scared little boy, he won't forgive its existence. |
| 479 | ** Ultimately subverted in the final battle, where various members of ZEUTH try to do this to The Edel Bernal, only to have him reply with lines such as "Why is it wrong?", shocking ZEUTH to no end and making them realize he's [[AxCrazy too far gone]] to listen to reason. |
| 480 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: At first, it seems Rand's story will get all the breaks. In Setsuko's, you have to ''[[EarnYourHappyEnding work]]'' just to get a few happy notes in an otherwise depressing series of events. However, while the original story for Setsuko is much more depressing than in Rand it is arguably not so much for many of the other series involved as you are only allowed to save [[spoiler:Four, Sarah, Reccoa and Stella]] in her route and the Aki points are more flexiable in contrast to Rand's route. |
| 481 | ** ''Hakai-hen'' is also rather cynical, since all the storylines occur during the first season of a two-part series where good people died for nothing and the situation is pretty bad throughout the ADW. However, like Crowe [[spoiler:being powered by fortune and misfortune]], ''Saisei-hen'' is much more optimistic. |
| 482 | * SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: At one end, Rand's route includes the ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}'' and ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' characters; at the other, Setsuko. Ever wanted to see what kind of social ''and'' physical damage a 50-meter HumongousMecha leaves in its path? That's why there's ''Anime/{{Zambot 3}}''. That's not to say Rand's route is all laughs and giggles either, but Setsuko's route just keeps the DarkerAndEdgier coming. |
| 483 | * SpaceshipGirl: [[spoiler:Kaname]] becomes the equivalent of one temporarily, in a ''slightly different'' context from the original work. |
| 484 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: |
| 485 | ** [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Four]], as well as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Stella and Rey]], can be saved in ''Z'' if the player fulfills the proper conditions, with ''Tengoku-hen'' choosing to have them survive their canon fates.]] |
| 486 | ** [[spoiler:[[Anime/CodeGeass Euphemia, Shirley and Rolo Lamperouge]]]] in ''Saisei-hen'', provided the player picks the right route. Also, [[spoiler:Anew and [[Anime/ShinMazinger Lorelei]]]] are {{Secret Character}}s. Averted due to ''Jigoku-hen'' defaulting to the route where they (excluding those who were secret characters) don't survive. |
| 487 | ** Speaking of which, even when that route is taken, [[spoiler:Lelouch survives the Zero Requiem in part through Celestial Being's technology, even though he didn't intend to]]. Resulting in [[spoiler:his]] presence for the rest of the series. |
| 488 | ** [[spoiler:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia]]]] is spared this go-round in ''Jigoku-hen''. |
| 489 | ** [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Wang Liu Mei]]]] survives what should have killed the character in the show for ''Saisei-hen'' if the normal route is taken, [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope only to be abandoned on the exploding Damocles by Emperor Lelouch]]]]. |
| 490 | ** [[spoiler:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Lordgenome]]]] averts HeroicSacrifice against the FinalBoss in ''Jigoku-hen'' and [[spoiler:returns to being a bio-computer aboard the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Cathedral Terra]]]]. |
| 491 | ** Since Defy Destiny route being the default route for ''Tengoku-hen'' [[spoiler: [[Anime/ShinMazinger Zeus]], [[Anime/AquarionEVOL Shrade]] and [[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Gura]]]] were spared. |
| 492 | ** Graham Akers death can be avoided during scenario 50 of ''Teongoku-hen'' if the requirements are met. Otherwise he'll die making a path for Setsuna to stop the ELS and communicate with them. |
| 493 | ** When Ledo fights [[spoiler:Striker]] during the ''Gargantia'' finale, [[spoiler:[[Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet Chamber K6821]] ejects Ledo to safety, hoping to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy Striker in a suicidal attack]], but Alto picks up Ledo and puts him back into Chamber to continue the fight with another, sparing Chamber's fate from the series.]] |
| 494 | * {{Superdickery}}: [[spoiler:Char never planned to drop Axis on Earth in ''Jigoku-hen'', as he reaffirms his loyalties with Z-BLUE. Unfortunately, the ColonyDrop still happens as Full Frontal and his allies intend to see the asteroid hit Earth]]. |
| 495 | * StealthPun: The titles of the ''Second Z'' two-parter plays around the themes of death and rebirth. Since ''Jigoku-hen'' is a pun regarding {{Hell}}, ''Tengoku-hen'' is one for {{Heaven}}. |
| 496 | ** The subtitles for these games use common Japanese words, but with one kanji altered to change the meaning: ''Hakai'' goes from "destruction" (破壊) to "break world" (破界), ''Saisei'' from "rebirth" (再生) to "regen world" (再世), and ''Jigoku'' goes from "Hell" (地獄) to "time prison" (時獄), ''Tengoku'' goes from "Heaven" (天国) to "celestial prison" (天獄). Crosses with BilingualBonus for non-Japanese fans. |
| 497 | * TheStrategist: In order to represent his tactical prowess, Lelouch gets the unique pilot skill "Tactical Command", allowing him to give up his turn in order to grant the commands "Offense"[[note]]+15 to melee and ranged, +20 to accuracy[[/note]], "Defense"[[note]]+20 to defense and evasion[[/note]] and "All-Out Attack"[[note]]+30 to melee and ranged, -40 to defense and evasion[[/note]] to allied units for one turn. This makes up for him not being that great of a pilot, statistically speaking. |
| 498 | * StylisticSuck: Beck the Great RX-3 is a ''horrible'' machine, but the sheer camp of using its one and only attack makes up for it. |
| 499 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y47snC3G6Iw Scenario 18-A]] of the third route split in ''Hakai-hen'', which takes place during a concert in the ''Macross Frontier'' storyline, Sheryl's song "Iteza Go Go Kuji Don't Be Late" pumps up ZEXIS so much they instantly shoot to 130 Will. After defeating the initial enemies, [[Anime/ShinMazinger Baron Ashura]] arrives with some Mechanical Beasts; this causes Ranka to take the stage and sing her song "What 'Bout My Star?", which increase Kamina and Simon's Will further, to the point that Kamina debuts the Gurren Lagann's famous "[[ThisIsADrill Giga Drill Break]][[SpellMyNameWithAnS (er)]]", nearly obliterating [[Anime/ShinMazinger Mechanical Beast Taros D-7]] with it. |
| 500 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Considering this is SRW, this is the usual standard for the most powerful attacks but special mention goes to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Wing Gundam Zero Custom's]] "[[OverlyLongName Twin Buster Rifle Maximum Output Consecutive Shots]]" attack where he fires three concentrated shots of the twin buster rifle at an opponent; the same way he did when he pierced through the bunker in the movie. |
| 501 | * ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: The underwater stage in Scenario 26 of ''Tengoku-hen'' has a pre-battle conversation where [[Manga/GetterRobo Benkei Kuruma]] is really excited they're finally fighting in a water-based area[[note]]The Getter-3 is best suited for underwater combat[[/note]]. |
| 502 | * TimeSkip: One year between ''Hakai-hen'' and ''Saisei-hen'', four months after the UCW and ADW merge in ''Jigoku-hen'' |
| 503 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 504 | ** Likely owing to the fact that the first ''Z'' is one of the straightest adaptations of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' in the ''Super Robot Wars'' franchise, the Gundam Mk-II - long known within the series for being fodder that gets dumped the moment you hit the ArbitraryHeadcountLimit - becomes a viable early-game protagonist unit, complete with a new attack that has yet to reappear in [=SRW=]. |
| 505 | ** Mazinger Z's "[[EyeBeams Koushiryoku Beam]]" is usually the weakest attack it has. However, in the ''Second Z'', it surpasses its "[[ChestBlaster Breast Fire]]" in damage potential, making it one of Mazinger's most powerful attacks. Why? Because that's what ''Shin Mazinger'' strongly suggests. |
| 506 | ** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Sandrock/Sandrock Custom]], while a decently armored RealRobot with sufficient attacks in past appearances, earns a "Full Upgrade Bonus" of +300 to armor rating (including the "Resupply"[[note]]Restore EN and ammo to maximum to any adjacent allied unit[[/note]] unit ability for the Sandrock Custom). Its armor rating becomes higher than any other mecha (barring those choosing to boost their armor rating as their Full Upgrade Bonus) and when combined with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Quatre Rabareba Winner]] and his high level of "Prevail" and the Sandrock carrying a shield to reduce damage, the unit effectively becomes a StoneWall. |
| 507 | ** Kira and the Strike Freedom's "[=HiMAT=]" MAP Weapon in the ''Third Z''. Prior to this, [=HiMAT=] has limited range as a MAP Weapon to work with, but is increased in these games, making it on par with the "Seven Swell" MAP Weapon with decent damage output. |
| 508 | * TraitorShot: A Dynamic Kill with Gravion's Graviton Rifle will involve a shot of Mizuki smirking and her eyes not drawn, which looked very suspicious for those unaware. While this is pretty much a LateArrivalSpoiler for those who have watched the show, for those who haven't... [[spoiler:this signifies that Mizuki retains her role as TheMole for the EFA, who's now aligned with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny LOGOS.]]]] |
| 509 | * TrueCompanions: ''[[{{Deconstruction}} Gleefully]]'' toyed with in the first game, [[spoiler:with half of ZEUTH split into sides ready to kill each other]]. |
| 510 | * TruerToTheText: |
| 511 | ** ''Anime/Zambot3'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' are given their straightest ''Super Robot Wars'' adaptations to date in the first ''Z''. All of the tragedy of ''Zambot 3'' is kept in, instead of being completely averted or glossed over as it was in previous games. Meanwhile, ''Zeta Gundam'' benefits from not having to share screentime with other Universal Century series and -- aside from giving Amuro his ''Char's Counterattack''-era tech -- plays its story completely straight. |
| 512 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' was also given a more faithful adaptation in ''Z'' than it received in its sole previous appearance, ''Scramble Commander 2''.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Despite the latter game being the series' debut into the franchise, it made some surprisingly heavy modifications to the story, such as [[PerspectiveFlip making Kira the protagonist very early on]], as well as [[AdaptedOut cutting out several events and the character of Meer Campbell]].[[/labelnote]] |
| 513 | * TwoPartTrilogy: Zigzagged. There were always plans for a trilogy and {{Sequel Hook}}s were present right from the start, but the first ''Z'' was written to work as a standalone story just in case those plans had to be cancelled. ''Z2'', on the other hand, was clearly written with the knowledge that a ''Z3'' would happen and thus the duologies have stronger continuity. Look no further than [[spoiler:[[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Kei]] untangling the dimensions per the ending of ''Orguss'']], which happens in the first ''Z'' but has to be recycled in ''Tengoku-hen'' since [[spoiler:it's the logical ending of the saga]]. |
| 514 | * UglyGuysHotDaughter: In ''Jigoku-hen'', Hibiki asks what the relationship between [[Manga/GetterRobo Kei Minamikaze]] and Benkei is, and Ryouma replies they are father and daughter. Suzune overreacts, leading Benkei to comment she's a little ''too'' surprised, given Kei is his adopted daughter, and the only real parent Kei has ever had. |
| 515 | * UnitsNotToScale: While an [=SRW=] standard via size rating, the ''VOTOMS'' finale in ''Saisei-hen'' subverts this - due to the scenario being set in an underground base, it's impossible for the player to deploy allied units larger than M-sized[[note]]The player can deploy [[Anime/GodMars Gaia]], but not combine it into the L-sized Godmars[[/note]]. Of course, the final scenario in ''Jigoku-hen'' [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale throws everything out of window and replaces all size ratings with the infinity symbol]], but there is still the issue of Chirico's final attack with the Burglary Dog, which involves Chirico opening the cockpit and firing a round from his magnum to finish off his target. |
| 516 | * UnskilledButStrong: [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 13]] in ''Tengoku-hen'' might lack an ALL Attack, but it sure has some power, specifically its "Spear of Longinus", a mere 100 points fewer for base attack power of matching the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann's "Giga Drill Break". |
| 517 | * VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler:Durandal's final act before dying is to fire the Messiah's Neo Genesis at the Frost Brothers, with Tiffa claiming that his wish was for ZEUTH to win against fate, confirming to Shinn that the chairman was entrusting the future to them.]] |
| 518 | * VillainTeamUp |
| 519 | ** In ''Z'': |
| 520 | *** Gym, the Frost Brothers, Paptimus Scirocco, Dewey Novak, and Edel Bernal |
| 521 | *** The Vegan Empire, Gaizok, Zeravire, Elda and the Aldebaron Army |
| 522 | *** The Siberian Railroad Company and the [[Anime/{{Xabungle}} Breakers]] |
| 523 | ** In ''Hakai-hen'': |
| 524 | *** [[Anime/ShinMazinger Dr. Hell]] and the Gishin Empire |
| 525 | *** Emperor Zul is pro-active in this regard: he spends a lot of the game trying to gather allies from the other villains, including [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Lordgenome]], Moon Will and Professor Saotome. When the player fights Zul, he even brings along a few bosses previously defeated. |
| 526 | *** The [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Red Shoulder Battalion]] cooperates, most of the time, with the Britannian Army. |
| 527 | *** Timp and the Beastmen |
| 528 | ** In ''Saisei-hen'': |
| 529 | *** [[Anime/CodeGeass Emperor Charles zi Britannia]] lets Ribbons do whatever he wants to the ADW, since Charles is more concerned with [[spoiler:the Ragnarok Connection]]. Of course, Ribbons has an alliance with [[spoiler:[[Anime/MacrossFrontier Grace O'Conner]]]], previously {{Foreshadowed}} in ''Hakai-hen''. In fact, they become a DualBoss in one route. |
| 530 | *** Emperor Muge Zorbados and Emperor Zul |
| 531 | *** [[spoiler:Whatever Ba'al is, it includes the Invaders, [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} STMC]] and the Anti-Spirals]]. |
| 532 | ** In ''Jigoku-hen'': |
| 533 | *** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn The Sleeves]] and Neo Zeon |
| 534 | *** The Anti-Spiral, [[Anime/AquarionEvol Altair]] and Uchuu Maou |
| 535 | ** In ''Tengoku-hen'': |
| 536 | *** Full Frontal leads Neo Zeon again, but threw his lot in with Sidereal. ZAFT joins Neo Zeon in serving Sidereal, while [[Anime/TurnAGundam Guin Sard Lineford]] and [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Amalgam]] do the same. |
| 537 | *** [[spoiler:Striker]] runs off at the end of the ''Gargantia'' finale and joins the [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Macross Galaxy fleet]], [[spoiler:leading to its mass-production]]. |
| 538 | * WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Most of the teenage cast winds up transferring to [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Jindai High]] in ''Jigoku-hen'', forming a "Campus Defense Force" with a nearby elementary school where Watta Takeo and [[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Shoutarou Kaneda]] are attending, including assistant janitor Ryouma. Played with when they start collecting a lot of unexplained absences, forcing Kaname to create a volunteer club, draft the pilots, and peg Suzune as club advisor. |
| 539 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Stage 39 (Space Route) of ''Tengoku-hen'' reveals that this iteration of Durandal intended to use the Destiny Plan to find those with the SEED factor so that they could help combat Chrono and the Four Angels. During the post-stage intermission, Athrun and Amuro take this info as confirmation that Durandal truly was thinking of humanity's future, even if the methods he chose were ones that they personally couldn't accept.]] |
| 540 | * WesternZodiac: The Spheres all correspond with the twelve constellations in the Western Zodiac. |
| 541 | * WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture: [[spoiler:The Chimera in ''Z'' splits ZEUTH against each other by altering video footage to make it look like Rand's party has joined TheFederation while Setsuko's group works with ZAFT. Neither side suspects these are fake until Olson and Banjo show each group their own video]]. |
| 542 | * WhamEpisode: |
| 543 | ** Scenario 50 of the first ''Z'' is a megaton-wham since it begins as a mission to get back [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX D.O.M.E]], cuts to the above reveal [[ExpositionBreak in a lengthy story sequence]], then goes on to introduce the [[Anime/TurnAGundam awakening of the Moonlight Butterfly]], complete with its ominous Black History {{Leitmotif}}. |
| 544 | ** Scenario 49 of ''Hakai-hen'': [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTPWJABzfEY it turns out those pesky Dimensional Beasts ZEXIS has been fighting]] [[WasOnceAMan were once humans]]]] (although this particular development was {{Foreshadowed}} to hell and back by [[spoiler:nearly half of the dialogue from [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Marguerite Pistail]]]]. |
| 545 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
| 546 | ** If the player chooses the ZAFT Route at around Scenario 45 of ''Z'', Haman simply [[PermanentlyMissableContent vanishes from the plot after a certain point]]. [[spoiler:Fortunately, this doesn't happen if the player manages to take the ZEUTH Route, where she's playable]]. However, [[TheBusCameBack she's back]] for ''Jigoku-hen''. |
| 547 | ** The whereabouts of Touma: as per the finale from their series, he, Apollo and Sirius [[spoiler:seal themselves away with the Aquarion for the next thousands of years to keep the [[Anime/GenesisofAquarion Tree of Life]] from dying]] at the end of ''Z''. While the latter two reappear in ''Z: Special Disk'' and stay for the ''Second Z'', Touma is absent and not mentioned at all until ''Tengoku-hen''. |
| 548 | * WhatIf: Done in ''Z'' with the plot of ''Gundam SEED Destiny'', in ''Saisei-hen'' with ''Code Geass'' and ''Jigoku-hen'' with ''Aquarion Evol''. In the first two cases, the alternate storylines are accessible via an invisible points system related to the respective series, resulting in the last fifth of each game being an entirely different set of scenarios. |
| 549 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 550 | ** As part of the FixFic of ''Gundam Seed Destiny'', the two main characters of the show get called out by the other characters for their less than ideal actions: |
| 551 | *** Kira gets flak for attacking the half of ZEUTH working with ZAFT and the Earth Federation at the same time, making the battlefield even more chaotic, without trying to talk with those members of ZEUTH. Later, he gets called out by Harry Ord for always fighting trying to disable other pilots in combat, putting himself in danger. |
| 552 | *** Shinn gets two or three himself: from Amuro, for letting his anger drive him in battle and for being a little too happy to hate and kill the enemy (Amuro had to stop him from killing an enemy that was already retreating), from Holland for being more sympathetic to Stella than his allies in ZEUTH, even though Stella was an enemy and destroying Berlin, and from ''everyone'' in ZEUTH if he sides with Durandal. |
| 553 | ** Another example is [[spoiler:what each side of ZEUTH believed they were doing in the ZEUTH vs ZEUTH battle]]. |
| 554 | ** In ''Saisei-hen'', Wufei delivers this and TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Black Knights if they decide to not trust Zero. |
| 555 | * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: The ending of ''Tengoku-hen'' has a scene for each series where the characters have returned to their respective worlds]]. |
| 556 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Discussed in ''Jigoku-hen'' - Z-BLUE debates reasons for freeing the Earth from the "time prison", as it will stop humanity from aging, leaving them effectively immortal. Although the pros of {{Immortality}} are considered (veteran members could stay in their prime), Z-BLUE decides against it, citing mankind will never have offspring, the young, elderly and sick will remain as they are. |
| 557 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: The Black History is a major plot point throughout the ''Z'' series. However, since ''Turn A Gundam'' isn't included in ''Jigoku-hen'', the Banpresto writing staff gets around this by adding a single hiragana to the name, changing it from ''Kuro Rekishi'' (黒歴史) to ''Kuro'''i''' Rekishi'' (黒い歴史), which has exact same meaning. |
| 558 | * YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Hades hints at the true nature of Getter Rays to Ryouma in ''Jigoku-hen'' |
| 559 | -->'''Hades''': "You who use that destructive power, dares to oppose me!? You have no idea what the Getter Rays can do!"\ |
| 560 | '''Ryouma''': "Shut up! I'm tired of false gods! I believe in the Getter Rays! Unlike you, I'm not afraid of them!"\ |
| 561 | '''Hades''': "Getter Rays will be the end of us all!" |
| 562 | [[/folder]] |
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