* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Mixed with SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome, ''Super Robot Wars Judgment'' is one of the best-looking games for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, taking full advantage of the system's hardware to emulate the earth-shattering action and over-the-top attacks of the anime series involved. It essentially looks like a pixelated anime.
* CompleteMonster: [[ItsAllAboutMe Gu-Landon Goetz]] is the Representative Knight and the [[BigBad supreme commander]] of the Fury military. Completely rejecting the idea of peaceful coexistence with humanity, Gu-Landon defies the will of the peace-loving Fury princess Shana-Mia Eterna Fura to wage a war of conquest and extermination against humanity, seeking to remove them to turn Earth into the new Fury homeworld; he sees this as the divine right of the Fury as the ones who seeded life on Earth eons ago, with all the death and destruction inflicted by the Fury ultimately coming from his command. During the final battle, [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Gu-Landon]] proves that he is no friend even to the Fury when he, realizing he cannot defeat the Earthlings as he is, diverts the main power of the Fury mothership, the Gau-La Furia, into his personal mecha, the Zui-Gadin, to power it up, uncaring that doing so will mean the death of most of his race, who are suspended in stasis aboard the Gau-La. During this process, the Larseilam overload caused by juicing-up the Zui-Gadin dials up Gu-Landon's [[AxCrazy murderous rage]] to the max, turning him into a full-blown OmnicidalManiac ranting and raving that he will destroy all life in the universe.
%%* Crazy Awesome: [[spoiler:[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daijouji]] after returning]], provided the conditions for his survival are met.
* FanNickname: Now with its own [[FanNickname/SuperRobotWars page]].
* GameBreaker: See [[GameBreaker/SuperRobotWars here]] for details
* GoddamnedBats
** [[Anime/BrainPowerd Grand Chers]] and [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Battas]] not only have good evasion rates, but barriers as well ("Chakra Shield"[[note]]Block 800 points of damage for 10 EN[[/note]] and "Distortion Field"[[note]]Block 2500 points of gravity-based damage, 1500 points of beam-type damage and 1000 points of normal damage for 10 EN[[/note]], respectively). In the case of the former, they possess the "Vital Jump" unit ability[[note]]At 130 Will, gain a 50% chance of evading any attack[[/note]]. This renders "Chain Attacks" less effective and their "Support Defend"[[note]]Pilot can provide defensive support to an adjacent ally[[/note]] pilot skills much better.
** In some ways, the game overall: compared to its preceding Game Boy Advance ''Super Robot Wars'' installments, ''Judgment'' loves throwing scenarios with endless {{Mook}} reinforcements that, while aren't particularly hard, can be draining and tedious if players are taking their time against bosses.
* GoodBadBug
** [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Mazinger Z]], [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Layzner]], [[Anime/BrainPowerd Yuu Brain]] and Manga/{{Zeorymer}} all have less parts slots when upgraded to the Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}, New Layzner/Layzner Mark II, Nelly Brain and [[spoiler:Great Zeorymer]], respectively. Status-enhancing parts like the "Booster"[[note]]+1 to mobility[[/note]] before the MidSeasonUpgrade event will automatically be sent back to the player's inventory, but a code in the game's programming also gives the upgraded unit the benefit of having said part ''permanently grafted'' to it.
** If a unit with Shield Defense attacks after moving, their shield does not actually reduce the damage of a counterattack against them. As in, the animation for the skill will trigger but it have zero bearing on the attack formula. This bug is particularly notable in a game where enemies love to spawn on the complete opposite corner of the map, leaving them prone to getting picked off as they slowly move into attack range.
** By unlocking [[spoiler:Gai]] during the first play-through of the game, he returns with double the amount of "Bonus Points" he is supposed to receive (a first play-through exclusive bug, however). Another bug related to a first play-through is if [[spoiler: [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Ahmos Gale]]]] is not recruited, his machine will not arrive with upgrades.
* HilariousInHindsight
** [[spoiler:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Mu La Flaga]]]] is KilledOffForReal in this game, despite a previous installment having secret requirements keeping the character alive. However, [[spoiler:''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'']] reveals the character actually survived in canon, making this one of the few instances of DeathByAdaptation in the franchise.
** Fans of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', which concluded three months before this game was released, can spot a similarity between [[spoiler:Great Zeorymer]] taking the powers of the Hau Dragon robots and [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Drago]] absorbing the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demon]] [[LifeEnergy Chi]] of his [[Characters/JackieChanAdventuresTheDemonSorcerers aunts and uncles]]]] in the show's GrandFinale. In both cases, the eight ElementalPowers represented are Sky, Water, Fire, Thunder, Wind, Moon, Mountain, and Earth.
** [[OriginalGeneration Katia and Melua]] have names that sound very similar to that of {{UsefulNotes/Georgia|Europe}}n-{{UsefulNotes/Brit|ain}}ish singer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Melua Katie Melua]] and they came across "[[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Tulips]]" several times in ''J'''s story. A year after this game was released, a [[https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a32328/katie-melua-to-be-a-tulip/ species of tulip is named after the singer]].
** Both this game and ''W'' have the [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Behemoth]] re-appearing as a DegradedBoss used by Amalgam in small numbers after the confrontation with Takuma and Seina. Later installments of the Light Novels(and the ''Invisible Victory'' anime) would indeed have Amalgam attacking Mithril with multiple Behemoths.
* ImprovedSecondAttempt: In true ''Super Robot Wars'' fashion, there're a couple, above and beyond saving some characters from death.
** ''Nadesico'': Gai Daigouji's sudden, tragic early death might've been an important thematic milestone in the original story, but it was still a deliberate AntiClimax. Here, he perishes [[HoldTheLine in a dramatic holding action to save everyone else]] [[spoiler: even if the player can also ensure his survival]]. By the same token, Yurika still causes the deaths of the Mars colonists, but rather than an act of impulsive jealousy, here it's a hard call in a no-win scenario, activating the Distortion Field to save the ship from Gradosian assault since, if she doesn't, both the ''Nadesico'' and the colonists will die, [[AllForNothing and it won't have mattered that she refused to kill them to save herself]].
* ItsEasySoItSucks: {{Zigzagged}}; a common complaint about ''Judgment'' is its easy difficulty due to the number of {{Game Breaker}}s and {{Good Bad Bug}}s present (though not to extent as the succeeding ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW''), but that doesn't stop the game from being considered one of the best installments.
* JerkassWoobie: In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' {{Continuity}}, Calvina has more of her temporary post-reveal phase in ''Judgment'' explored further, which makes her UnstoppableRage more pronounced compared to her original appearance since [[FridgeBrilliance the destruction of the Ash'ari Kreutzer facility is still fresh in her mind]] - contrast ''Judgment'' where she had time to process the event after years of being hospitalized and out of duty. Even then, she remains the same BrokenBird in ''The Moon Dwellers'' who was emotionally wounded at the deaths of her co-workers at Ash'ari Kreutzer and manipulated by the Fury, with the only way she believes she can cope with is to take bloody vengeance, yet be anti-social and cold to her allies.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Touya Shiun]]; in ''Judgment'', he can hook up with any of his three female co-pilots and, depending on the choice, gain a different final attack for whatever HumongousMecha he's piloting. {{Downplayed}} in ''The Moon Dwellers'' when the girls don't go as far as ShipTease, yet it expands on additional chemistry between Touya and [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Princess Shania-Mia Eterna-Fura]]]], who was no more than a NonPlayerCharacter in ''Judgment''. Some fans also like to add Calvina into the mix for good measure and Al-Van, often joked as the GayOption, since saving him is something that only happens if Touya is the protagonist of ''Judgment'' and players maintain a BalancedHarem with the co-pilots.
* LowTierLetdown: It feels that the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Skygrasper's forms]] and performance in the anime were swapped in ''J'' where the commonly used Launcher Grasper is the worst to use compared to the MemeticLoser Sword Grasper. The Sword Grasper has a powerful free attack post-movement attack with good range which only has slightly less range than the Aile Grasper's ammunition-based beam rifle and the strong but non post-movement Launcher Grasper. The Skygrasper is focused on dodging but the Launcher Grasper decreases the evasion of a FragileSpeedster unit. Unless the player is a fan of Gundam SEED or want to play the stages lore accurate, the Skygraspers are better off replaced by the likes of the [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Blue Earth]] or even ''[[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Boss Borot]]'' as the latter two have multiple pilots and can both heal and resupply while the Skygraspers can only do one or the other.
* NarmCharm: From the FanTranslation, sometimes generic enemies say this when they die.
--> "I-Impossible! [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment This isn't possible...]]!"
* PlayerPunch: Think the same method of keeping [[spoiler:Mu La Flaga]] alive will work as it did back in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]'' (that is, [[spoiler:keep Mu in the Mobieus Zero even after he can pilot the Strike Gundam)]]? Nope; the character dies just as they did in the TV series.
* StockFootageFailure: [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Bolt Gundam]], some of the ''[[Manga/{{Zeorymer}} Hakkeshu]]'' robots, and [[spoiler:Great Zeorymer]] have attacks which sunder the earth beneath their enemy's feet, even if said enemy is in midair or the vacuum of space. Ditto with the late-game explosions visible from space...that are clearly taking place on Earth no matter where you are.
* ThatOneBoss: With great evasion, a strong barrier, and enough firepower to OneHitKO the Anime/GreatMazinger, [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] in all appearances for ''Judgment'' should be approached with caution.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam original Shuffle Alliance]] appear in this game but only as map sprites with no battle animations. It would have been interesting having a playable guest version of them considering that this is one of the few Super Robot Wars games where Master Asia is not playable in any capacity. A playable [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Schwarz Bruder]] was a missed opportunity as he was a guest character in VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance but in ''J'', him and his Gundam Spiegel are relegated to being background characters where the most it gets is a map sprite with no battle animation.
* UnexpectedCharacter: ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'', a series focused on {{Henshin Hero}}es and PoweredArmor instead of [[HumongousMecha giant robots]], started the trend of introducing "unorthodox series" entrants for subsequent installments throughout the franchise.
* ValuesDissonance: The FanTranslation, while otherwise high quality, shows its age by having the characters reference words or phrases that are socially unacceptable by the standards of TheNewTwenties, such as the word "retard" being said multiple times, and [[Anime/MazingerZ Baron Ashura]] being called a hermaphrodite.
* {{Wangst}}: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Akito Tenkawa]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]], [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Masato Akitsu]], Touya, and Calvina all suffer from this in the early parts of the game to varying degrees and with varying levels of justification. [[CharacterDevelopment They all get better over time]].
* {{Woolseyism}}: In the original Japanese version, the first two characters speaking in the game's prologue make references to ''ka no mono''. This is a very archaic Japanese phrase that means roughly "that man" or "that person". Since this is almost impossible to get across in English, the translation team decided to refer to the person being referenced as "the Converted".