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1* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Zeheart Galette. While an antagonistic character, one must wonder just how much Asemu matters to him in proportion to his mission. On the one hand, he's determined to bring his people to the paradise called Earth no matter what. On the other hand, he risks his mission, rank, and life multiple times to try and get Asemu to stop fighting him so he won't die, and from the looks of it, the methods Zeheart's used to do so are obviously things he shouldn't normally be able to get away with without some sort of punishment, meaning that he's got to be very good at covering his tracks. [[spoiler:He's called out for this in his visions in ''Memory of Eden'', especially since he extends it to Kio, too.]]
2** There's also the matter of the way in which [[spoiler:Zeheart's personality changes beginning in Episode 44. It doesn't seem to make much sense at first...but some people believe that learning the true nature of Project Eden ultimately ''broke'' him, and left his faith in everything he had originally believed in in shattered remains. So, with nothing left, he pledged himself to the person who reached out to and needed him--Ezelcant, again]].
3** His ''Memory of Eden'' version leaves even more debate, as it shows [[spoiler: that the spirits of everyone who has died under his command constantly talking to him, driving him insane. Especially since his last words are different from the TV Show]]
4%%** Flit, even more so in Third Generation.
5%%** Desil, or [[spoiler: what his ghost says]] during Memory of Eden. While he does have a lot of points calling out on Zeheart, some points such as him [[finding the idea of Project Eden insane]], is up for debate. [[spoiler: Would the real Desil say such a thing, and his ghost is calling out Zeheart, or is that what Zeheart thinks that is what Desil would say, considering how Desil did much worse acts during Generation 1.]]
6* AmericansHateTingle: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-04-05/one-piece-luffy-db-goku-top-fuji-tv-anime/tokusatsu-hero-poll In a Fuji TV special,]] Asemu Asuno surpassed popular characters such as [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]] to finish fourth on a list of the Top 5 Up-and-Coming Heroes/Heroines in anime in general. Western and Filipino AGE fans, on the other hand, ''loathed'' Asemu at the time for being unhealthily obsessed with surpassing his father and for having a personality that's not unlike [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Kou Uraki]]. Fortunately for the guy, it wasn't long after that before he got RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.
7* AnticlimaxBoss:
8** For all the Defurse looked intimidatingly like a Big Zam {{Expy}}, Flit destroyed it rather easily.
9** Asemu's final fight against Zeheart and the Gundam Legilis lasted for all of 50 seconds. Those who'd had high hopes for the climactic showdown were ''quite disappointed.'' This is, fortunately, remedied in the ''Memory of Eden'' movie, giving the two a battle appropriate to the climax of their respective character arcs.
10* {{Anvilicious}}:
11** [[spoiler:Grodek's murder]] at the end of Episode 24. By [[spoiler:Arabel]] who had five minutes of screen time in Generation 1 [[spoiler:where Grodek tells him that he will live for revenge]], and the five minutes in 24, [[spoiler:where he gets Grodek in the kidneys]]. No explanation of what else he's been doing in the intervening years or how he even ''met'' [[spoiler:anyone in the Federation's StateSec]]. That's not important. What is important is that it was ''revenge'' and that is bad and destructive revenge will destroy you.
12** Episode 37's depiction of [[spoiler:the misery in the Mars colonies lays it on thick, complete with a [[LittlestCancerPatient Littlest Mars Rays Patient]] to drive home the point that Vagan really ''does'' have a sympathetic cause and even have a motivation for all the [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]] their soldiers have engaged in]]. Some people think it works, some people think it's hamfisted, and some people [[TakeAThirdOption think it's both]].
13* AwesomeEgo: Woolf's, once he demonstrates that he is not the MilesGloriosus.
14--> "And the key feature of the G-Exes is that I, Woolf Enneacle, am its pilot!"
15* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Inevitable when you have Kei Yoshikawa writing the soundtrack, but the opening and ending themes are all good, too.
16* BaseBreakingCharacter:
17** Flit Asuno. To some, he is one of the biggest badasses to have ever graced the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise and [[TheWoobie a sympathetic victim of a war that has been going on for way too long.]] To others, [[UsedToBeASweetKid he was a sweet kid]] who [[FallenHero transformed into a]] JerkAss VillainProtagonist who is obsessed with revenge, wants to commit genocide, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking doesn't spend enough time with his family]] after [[spoiler:Yurin's death.]]
18** Kio's commitment to [[TechnicalPacifist Technical Pacifism]] has also caused a great deal of controversy, provoking unfavorable comparisons to ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED SEED]]''. Others see it as a natural progression of the plot of the series, going from a warmonger (Flit) to a neutral party (Asemu) to a pacifist in order to end the war. Some think he's a parody of AU "understanding" heavy main characters.
19* CargoShip: Woolf is very fond of his suits. In Episode 13, he even half-jokingly refers to the G-Exes as his 'girlfriend'.
20* CompleteMonster: [[BloodKnight Desil Galette]], a [[ChildSoldier seven-year old]] Vagan AcePilot when first introduced, sees [[WarForFunAndProfit war as a game]], and his victims as nothing more than expendable toys. As the pilot of the [[TransformingMecha Zedas]], he [[SociopathicSoldier spearheads genocidal attacks]] on colonies, and is implied to be the one who orphaned Yurin L'Ciel. He subsequently hijacks the AGE-1, and tests out its capabilities by butchering his own allies. He later captures Yurin, puts her inside of a remote-controlled mobile suit, and forces her to attack her LoveInterest, Flit. When Yurin tries to fight off his control, Desil kills her, while laughing about how she was "just a plaything". That's all in the First Generation. By the Second Generation, he's thirty-three years old and has, if anything, gotten worse. [[DrivenByEnvy Deeply resentful]] of his younger brother Zeheart for having been promoted past him, he takes more and more insane risks. This ultimately leads to his getting most of the Magicians Eight killed as a part of a grudge match against Flit and murdering Flit's friend, and Flit's son Asemu's mentor, Woolf. It gets to the point where Zeheart, realizing what his brother has become, leaves Desil to die at Asemu's hands in the aftermath of a losing battle.
21* EnsembleDarkhorse:
22** Yurin. She topped the official series character poll by a huge margin (in the Female Characters category, she got 60.5% of the votes), and at that time she only appeared in ''a single episode''.
23** Arisa Gunhale became quite popular with fans for her fun-loving, boisterous personality and amusing way of getting Asemu out of a funk.
24** Woolf. Even viewers who otherwise dislike the series enjoy this guy for his unforced comic relief, major badassery, and well-executed balance of TestosteronePoisoning and {{bishonen}} good looks.
25** Natora Einus has become a FountainOfMemes during the Third Generation. Her name and her quirks as a captain learning the ropes makes her quite popular even among those who loathe this installment of ''Gundam.''
26** And on the Vagan side, Fram Nara. [[spoiler:Her rejection of Kio's pleas to understand one another]] won over loads of fans, especially those who felt short-changed by ''00'''s second season and movie. Having a unique hairstyle never hurts as well.
27** Seric Abis has little backstory and is basically a NiceGuy AcePilot, but he won a ''lot'' of respect from fans after proving himself to be a dab hand at the GuileHero trope when the need arises, [[spoiler:by talking Luna Base's commander into surrendering when the ground battle is going completely against the Feddies, mainly by informing them that Algreus is planning to nuke them if the ground battle fails]].
28%%* EsotericHappyEnding
29* EvenBetterSequel: It is generally agreed upon that its second season is its highest and strongest point.
30* FanficFuel: Early in the show's run, there was a rumor that claimed that a disgruntled ex-Level-5 employee had leaked the overall plot as "a final act of revenge"; according to the "leak", [[spoiler:the UE were entirely automated enemies (like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Mobile Dolls]]), created by the Federation itself during the third generation and sent back in time. Why? Because when a real enemy appeared, they were incapable of fighting it off, and thus sent the UE back in order to jump-start their own mobile suit development. The fact that Flit was able to discern a deliberate attack pattern was pointed to as proof of this claim.]] Of course, said rumor turned out to be 100% false, but it did get fans thinking.
31* FanNickname:
32** "Franchise/MegaMan" for Flit, based on the design of his pilot suit.
33** GM [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn]] for the Genoace Custom, due to being a cross between Gundam Unicorn and a GM.
34** Not-Frau Bow for Emily Armond.
35** "DAT BEARD" for Grodek Ainoa.
36** One that has popped up for Yurin is "Lalahtiffayurin Sune" being another MysticalWaif like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Lalah Sune]] and [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Tiffa Adill]] before her.
37** The G-Exes earned the nickname "Byaku-Shiki" quickly after its first appearance, for mirroring [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam another Ace Custom mobile suit that tries to imitate the Gundam]]. Only it's white. Ironic enough, there was a [[Anime/ModelSuitGunplaBuildersBeginningG Byaku Shiki]] before AGE.
38*** In relation, there's ''[[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hQSrd0QivAI/UF7lRWaqXTI/AAAAAAADfWA/iz7Y6e0eYIs/s640/99a.jpg Flitoshiki]]'', [[spoiler: apparently an edited version of Grandpa!Flit's statue in the series epilogue.]]
39** The Diva's mobile suit team under Woolf in the second generation earned the nickname "Woolfpack."
40** [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Pirate Gundam]] for the Gundam AGE-2 Dark Hound.
41** [[spoiler:Kio [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Yamato]]]] for Kio Asuno due to sharing the characteristic of being a MartialPacifist.
42** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ FA]] Gundam AGE-1 for the [[spoiler:AGE-1 Gransa]] that appeared in the fourth OP.
43** Vagundam for the Gundam Legilis.
44** "Super Pairoto" for Asemu Asuno. [[spoiler: For the last arc, he earned the nickname "[[SpacePirates Super Pirate]]".]]
45* FanPreferredCouple:
46** It would be an understatement to say that a lot of fans would have preferred to see Flit pair up with Yurin rather than Emily.
47** For the YaoiFangirls, Asemu and Zeheart.
48* FashionVictimVillain:
49** The Vagan pilot suits would be bad enough without the massive, weirdly-shaped codpieces. With them...dear lord. In particular, [[EnfantTerrible Desil]]'s suit in Generation 1 has one [[GagPenis that could plausibly function as a third leg]].
50** A Vagan commander from the end of the third generation has bright red, curly, long EightiesHair, a headband, and PermaStubble. He wouldn't look out of place in a hair metal band.
51* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Wootbit was added after positive international attention towards Dique, because fans liked his rotund, non-pretty design.
52* GrowingTheBeard: Episodes 13-15, shedding the perceived "kiddy"-ness with several deaths and [[spoiler:turning Flit into a DarkMessiah]], quite raising the stakes in the battles.
53* HarsherInHindsight: After Woolf saw Khoronos and Zeydra, he mocks their "lame" black-and-red color scheme. Fast forward to Kio's Arc, where Captain Ash and Bisidian have MS and pilot suits in those colors. [[spoiler:That is, Captain ''Asemu'', Woolf's protege.]]
54* HilariousInHindsight: Lord Ezelcant is the boss of various pilots of Dragon-like [[HumongousMecha mobile-suits]], and now his himself is a [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Mechanic Dragon]].
55* JerkassWoobie: Episode 37 reveals that [[spoiler:most Vagans become these as they get older, as an inevitable consequence of losing the people they love to the Mars Ray illness]].
56* LoveToHate: Desil Galette, for essentially the same reasons as his [[{{Expy}} models]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Yazan Gable]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]].
57* MemeticBadass: Desperado. Who used a shovel and a Pickaxe as a weapon. It gets lots of fan art. Not just any old shovel. A ''heat shovel''.
58* MemeticMutation:
59** [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Card games in mobile suits!]] Yes, it's a meme already. [[http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2011/06/coco-manga-x-gundam-gundam-age-new.html Source]]. (Though admittedly, the cards are only used in the tie-in arcade game).
60** The combination of a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kaname Madoka]] figure with parts from AGE-1 Titus has resulted into Madoka Titus. It is a popular fanart on Website/{{Pixiv}}.
61** According to ''Gundam'' fans, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez and Nena Trinity]] [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/1327282493634.jpg/ are Desil's parents.]] It sure explains why Desil Galette is such an AxCrazy BloodKnight.
62** According to Flit/Yurin shippers, [[http://i.imgur.com/j7Ur1.jpg this is the difference between a rocky marriage and a happy marriage.]] [[spoiler: The left photo is a screen-cap of grown-up Emily and Flit, while the one on the right is a fan-work of a grown-up Yurin with a much happier (and mustache-less) Flit. [[TearJerker Alas, it was never meant to be...]].]]
63** Asemu is better than a Newtype, he's a [[GratuitousEnglish Supah Pairotto!]]
64*** [[spoiler:His joining the Bisidian pirates in Generation 3 has turned this into Asemu Asuno: SUPER PIRATE!]]
65** Kio isn't a [[GratuitousEnglish Supah Pairotto]]. He's a super X-Rounder pilot!
66** Fanartists and photoshoppers have substituted a number of characters in place of [[spoiler:Romary when Asemu does the PrincessCarry during their wedding--such as Arisa, or [[HoYay Zeheart]].]]
67** [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3bqtj5XwJ1rp37yso1_1280.jpg Flit's proud of his grandson for wanting to kill Vagans as much as he does.]]
68*** At this point, Flit has all but become a Memetic Bad Grandpa.
69** Kio is confirmed to be the second coming of Jesus Yamato.
70*** No he's not, he's the coming of the Prophet of Truth, Kio is Great!
71* MisaimedFandom: Flit's desire to exterminate the Vagans is meant to illustrate how terrible the cycle of hate can be. It's also garnered him a number of fans who actually cheer for him to succeed, given how [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic irredeemable the Vagan were in the first two generations]]. It doesn't help that despite TheReveal that the Vagans do have a good reason to be mad at the Feddies, there are ''very'' few of them who are likable in any way.
72* {{Moe}}: With its unique art style, it was inevitable that some characters would be this. The most notable examples are Yurin L'Ciel, Remi Ruth, Natora Einus and Lu Anon.
73* MoralEventHorizon:
74** What Desil says [[spoiler: after killing Yurin]] puts his status as a irredeemable monster beyond all doubt.
75--->'''Flit:''' "Desil... Why did you... Why did Yurin have to die?"
76--->'''Desil:''' "There was no reason! It just means I've lost one of my playthings!"
77** In Episode 39, [[spoiler:Ezelcant throughly crosses it with the reveal that he deliberately culled his own people for the sake of his deranged plan for a superior race, showing he doesn't give damn about the Vagan and is simply using them for his insane schemes.]]
78** In Episode 47, [[spoiler:Zanald kills Deen, who was on his own side, in the hopes of forcing the Gundam to "move a little faster." Even Kio seems to view it as one of these moments.]]
79* MyRealDaddy: The handling of the Kio and Three Generations arcs in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX'' are considered better than the original. How good was it received? [[TheScrappy Kio's]] haters actually reversed their opinion of him in ''BX'', to the extent that they want that adaptation to [[FanonDiscontinuity replace]] the source material.
80* {{Narm}}: The show is trying to tell a sprawling multi-generational saga in roughly fifty episodes, cobbling together stories inspired by the hundred-and-fifty episodes (plus a GrandFinale movie) of the original UC saga. As a result, a lot of plots and sideplots just don't have the time and space to gather emotional impact, meaning that they end up almost seeming like abridged series parodies of the originals. Nowhere is this more true than with Obright and Remi's romance in Generation 2, which speedruns through the basic plot beats of a standard Gundam StarCrossedLovers story with such adherence to cliche and unearned intensity that its tragic conclusion ended up as the butt of a string of off-colour social media jokes when it aired instead.
81* NarmCharm:
82** Woolf encouraging Asemu to become a SUPER PILOT. Its simultaneously silly, endearing, and totally awesome.
83** Fram Nara's way of dealing with [[spoiler:Aaron Simmons when he reveals himself to be a worthless DirtyCoward]]. Rather than executing him with her funnels or shooting him, she just clonks his shuttle with the butt of the Farsia Stick in a completely ignominious fashion--but it fits, considering [[spoiler:what a loathsome little man he is]].
84** In the Episode 48 duel with Kio, she utters this memorable line: "Get into your cage... the cage of ''death!''" On the one hand, she is actually pretty close to killing him. On the other? The Cage of Death's bars are being formed with her flower funnels.
85* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Asemu avenges [[spoiler:Woolf's death by showing no mercy to Desil and finally embracing his mentor's advice on becoming a Super Pilot instead of living up to his father]]. He then becomes the [[TheAce best pilot in the series]], kicking the asses of even those with PsychicPowers [[BadassNormal through skill alone]]. The reactions from the foreign fan base were obvious.
86* RootingForTheEmpire:
87** It's fairly easily to find yourself rooting for [[spoiler:Vagan]] once you learn the UE 's true identity and realize how morally bankrupt the Earth Federation is. [[http://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/the-passing-of-the-first-age-reveals-the-human-face-of-violence-mobile-suit-gundam-age-15/ As you can see on the comments of this page,]] fans are already hailing [[spoiler:Vagan]] as a true successor to the ideals of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Principality of Zeon]], as well as [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam the Jupiter Empire]].
88** It's interesting to note that supporters of [[spoiler:the martian colonists]] see [[spoiler:Flit Asuno as a Feddie version of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gihren Zabi]]. [[http://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/time-skip-to-graduation-gundam-age-18-mercifully-graduates-from-high-school-hell/ Source.]]]]
89** Heck, some of the Federation supporters among the fans still think [[spoiler:Flit is taking things way too far.]] Its even now that way in canon: [[spoiler: Asemu joined Bisadan so there ''won't'' be the total destruction of both sides, keeping the balance between the two powers. Kio is now going out of his way to protect Vagan lives in battle, just destroying their suits and allowing them to eject.]] Flit ''hates'' both actions and is taking actions into his own hands using an illegal weapon.
90** Some fans who consider Kio TheScrappy are actually hoping that one of the Vagans or Flit kicks his ass.
91** And on the other side, there are fans who fully support the Federation and more specifically Flit in their desire to completely exterminate the Vagans, since most of the show gave little reason to actually sympathize them. Out of the ''entire'' Vagan cast, only about two or three of them could be considered truly sympathetic. The rest are just [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]]. Some of these fans also think that the Federation [[DudeWheresMyRespect should acknowledge all the hard work that Flit has been trying to put in their favor]].
92* TheScrappy:
93** Emily was rapidly heading in this direction. It would help if 70% of her dialogue wasn't simply "[[SayMyName Flit]]!" And certainly it'd help that her "love rival" isn't...well, '''[[EnsembleDarkhorse Yurin]]''' of all people.
94** Romary seems to have become a worse Scrappy than Emily for a number of fans, especially after Episode 24's reunion with Zeheart.
95** Kio is probably the least-liked Asuno due to expressing his pacifistic desires in a way that many people find whiny, carrying the IdiotBall a few too many times--[[spoiler:really kid, what did you ''think'' Ezelcant was going to do with the AGE-3's specs]]--and his poor piloting skills, which [[InformedAbility everyone seems to mistake for good piloting skills]]. Not to mention that he tells Fram and Girard that they should stop fighting and understand each other way too often. In addition, even though he spouts his desire to save lives on both sides, when he seems to care more about Vagan casualties than his own friends and wingmen getting killed. This was extremely blatant in Episodes 46 and 47 when [[spoiler:Kio lost two of his wingmen, including Seric, and he doesn't even seem to be visibly affected by it, yet when Deen dies, that's the one factor that pushes him into using Gundam FX's Burst Mode.]]
96* SeasonalRot: For many fans, it was Generation 3. Many fans disliked [[TheScrappy Kio]] because his brand of pacifism was merely yelling at enemy pilots to stop fighting and "understand" and seemed to care more about Vagan casualties than his own wingmates. In addition, the many deaths of side characters seemed to be done just for the sake of it, without any real meaning, and [[spoiler:the series finale did not help at all]].
97* ShipToShipCombat:
98** There seems to be a bit of this developing between Flit/Emily shippers and Flit/Yurin shippers. While it's agreed that both pairings would be good and have their own high points, the fact that Asemu, Flit's son, resembles Emily in concept and promotional art has some shippers going at it.
99** Asemu x Arisa seemed to get quite the following.
100** [[HoYay Asemu x Zeheart]]. Seriously, ''Gundam'' has not seen Yaoi shipping this intense since ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing.''
101* StrangledByTheRedString: Asemu and Romary. After joining the military, they very rarely interact on-screen and neither of them seem to get past the point of "I like you but [[CannotSpitItOut what are words]]" for the whole series, plus Romary has feelings for both him and Zeheart. To resolve this, there is a flashback to one conversation between them in Episode 28 and then the generation ends with the wedding. You can apply this to Emily with Flit and Wendy with Kio pretty well, too. It took a drama CD which gave some insight on how Romary got together with Asemu.
102* StrawmanHasAPoint: Flit's hatred of the Vagans is meant to show [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he has become no better then them]], but it's not completely unfounded. He's seen a group commit countless atrocities against the Earth over the span of ''decades'', with targeting civilian population centers and having psychotic commanders the norm. The Vagans also have ''absolutely no reason'' to bother fighting in the first place too since Second Moon was able of travel back to the Earth Sphere, thus invalidating any claims the Vagans might have about life around Mars being unfair and insufferable. And lastly, prior to the final episode of the series, the only Vagans in the Earth Sphere -and thus those he fights against- are irredeemable monsters following the will of a madman. Even his attack on Second Moon itself has some pragmatic justification, on account of the stupidly powerful La Gramis deathray wrapped around its form.
103* TaintedByThePreview: It's...'''staggering''' how many people declared ''AGE'' the worst thing to ever happen to ''Gundam'' after seeing the very first preview.
104* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
105** Or in this case, an MS. The Orbital, what looked like the most impressive of the AGE-3's forms, is involved in only two battles... both of which it lost, horribly.
106** And for actual characters, Shanalua Mullen. She was set up as Kio's mentor and CoolBigSis who scolded him for still treating battles like his Gundam flight sim and ignoring that his kills were, well, ''actual killing.'' [[spoiler:And then she was a traitor and died.]] The rest of the MS squad has since consisted of a generic NiceGuy, TheStoic from G2, and a couple of other guys who aren't even significant enough to qualify for ThoseTwoGuys.
107** After every generation skip, literally all of the non-Asunos basically disappear without a trace. The lucky ones get a descendant who shows up in the next generation, but even they aren't immune from another generation skip.
108* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
109** [[spoiler:The UE capturing Yurin and forcing her to work for them was not a surprise. In fact, converting a powerful X-Rounder to their cause and training her as a pilot would be a ''great'' idea, and it would be heartwrenching if she and Flit became enemies in the next gener--oh, they let the seven-year-old psychopath decide what to do with her. Because in Gundam, the only thing you are allowed to do with the Newtype love interest is kill her, no matter how many more interesting alternatives there are.]]
110** The series could probably have been vastly improved if [[spoiler:the writers had spent more time developing the Vagan characters and making them more sympathetic. Such as including the visit to Second Moon as early as the Second Generation. It would certainly have made Kio's insistence of saving both sides seem much more well-founded.]]
111** Given the outcome of the first generation, the generational thing could have been a more interesting plot if they pitted [[FeudingFamilies the Asunos against the Galettes and Zois]].
112** The TearJerker moment when [[spoiler:Woolf encounters a dying Vagan soldier who gives him an amulet]] is never brought up in G2, even though Asemu has doubts that would easily lead to a discussion or acknowledgement of the event. [[spoiler:Instead, Woolf's reintroduction is him calling the Vagan alien jerks.]]
113** The series avoided some potentially interesting character interactions in the last generation, specifically interactions like Kio and Zeheart. [[spoiler: When the former got captured by Vagan, it could have been a perfect time for it to happen, with Kio being the child of Zeheart's friend with this revelation helping Kio realize that people from Earth and Vagan are similar after all since his parents had one as a friend. Instead, they had Kio interact with practically two undeveloped characters as a way for his conversion to technical pacifism]]. Also, a Flit vs. Ezelcant face-off would have been huge to the plot, but the writers probably didn't even consider it.
114** Flit and Desil being [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]] could have added more depth to Asemu and Zeheart's TragicBromance.
115** Wow, a LoveTriangle in both season 1 and season 2? Too bad we already know who's going to win because the hair colors of Asemu and Kio is the same as Emily's and Romary's respectively[[note]]Romary's case is a particularly bad case, since she was the only female in the triangle, and Zeheart wasn't shown having any kids; they could've hinted that Arisa and Flit might have had feelings for each other at the very least[[/note]]. If they had kept the same hair color throughout all 3 generations, or have the Asunos cover their hair in promotional material prior to their on-screen debut, it could've added a guessing game for who Flit and Asemu would end up with, but nope!
116* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Although most fans were pleasantly surprised when the story took a darker and more Gundam-like turn, there was much dissatisfaction with the final arc--characters seemed to [[TooDumbToLive fatally cling]] to the IdiotBall, the deaths seemed predictable and cliched, and [[spoiler:every antagonist the audience actually gave a damn about was killed in the penultimate episode, leaving many to cry "meh" at the finale]].
117* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Woolf and Seric]].
118* UncertainAudience: This was the main reason why this series underperformed, as it couldn't decide whether or not ''Gundam Age'' should cater towards its intended younger demographic, or veteran Gundam fans. For older fans, they were turned off by the more 'kiddie' art style, and the simplistic, unsubtle writing. For its intended audience, they were alienated by the [[CerebusSyndrome increasingly dark tone]], the constant changing of the main cast each arc, and a simple lack of dedicated advertising and promotion outside Bandai's comfort zone for the franchise.
119* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
120** The Vagan: We are supposed to feel sorry for them because they live in disastrous conditions, infant mortality is high, and they were abandoned by the rest of the Earth Federation following the botched Mars colonization. However, nothing justifies their brutal attacks on civilians and slaughter of innocent people who had nothing to do with their plight.
121** Lord Ezelcant: [[spoiler:He's a VisionaryVillain who lost his son to the Mars Rays Disease and only has a few months left to live. He wants to create a new humanity that will be free of war and violence, but his methods are both so brutal and nonsensical that it's impossible to think he has a point.]]
122** Kio: His hypocrisy, constant whining about "understanding" and stubborn refusal to listen to more reasonable points of view overrides the fact that we're expected to pity him for being a naive ChildSoldier. The [[TooDumbToLive utter stupidity]] of many of his actions, and the fact that the series itself considers him 100% right, [[StrawmanHasAPoint painting negatively all those who disagree with him]], and the plot [[ContrivedCoincidence bends over itself to make sure he's always right]]... don't really help.
123* WTHCostumingDepartment: Froi Olfenoa's hair antennae don't ''exactly'' convey the gravitas one would expect from the leader of a nation. Neither does [[BigBad Lord Ezelcant's]] hair...corkscrewy thing. Asemu's hair looks like a hedgehog combined with a mullet, one of the Magicians Eight has his bangs combed over ''both'' eyes...the list goes on.
124* TheWoobie: Given the cutesey art style, it's inevitable that some characters are going to inspire this reaction. For example...
125** Yurin, an orphan girl [[spoiler:who is conscripted into Vagan's ranks, forced to be an enemy unit against the boy she likes, and dies on the battlefield at age fourteen]].
126** Kio, who is all of thirteen when he becomes a Gundam pilot and has ''no'' idea of the realities of war, having spent his childhood playing battle simulators where he's never had to consider that the enemy pilots are humans or that traitors might have sympathetic motivations, which is resulting in ''many'' painful lessons.
127** Lu, a [[spoiler:girl Kio's age living in the Second Moon colony of Mars and [[LittlestCancerPatient afflicted by the Mars Ray disease]]. With three more months to live, she wants nothing more than to try and have some semblance of normality in her life, like having a friend or just going outside]].
128** Dorene Ezelcant, the wife of the BigBad. [[spoiler:She's lost a child, pretty much the worst thing a parent can endure, and finds that the Federation's new Gundam pilot reminds her greatly of him in both appearance and personality. And her husband, whom she genuinely loves, will be dead in six months of the same disease that killed their son]]. The look on her face in all her scenes is just heartbreaking.

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