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    Trinity Siblings In General 
  • Abusive Parents: The siblings were betrayed by their genetic father (Ribbons) after he was done using them.
  • Anti-Villain: Not portrayed as such in the show itself, where we just see them as sociopathic killers, but out-of-show materials revealing that they were created to be killed after serving their purpose places them as this trope.
  • Artificial Human: Confirmed in a manga derivative when the siblings are mentioned as being created by Ribbons Allmark. They don't seem to quite be full Innovades, but Nena shows some signs when she manages to get into Veda the same way Tieria does.
  • Asshole Victim: Despite the circumstances behind their deaths and their tragic backstories, they’re all this in different ways.
  • Badass Family: They are siblings and Gundam Meisters.
  • Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Johann is Brains, Nena is Beauty, and Michael is Brawn.
  • Break the Haughty: Initially they’re played as prideful and proud people who, despite believing that they have the same goal as the Ptolemios, aren’t willing to team up with them. When everyone against them is able to get the upper hand, they’re reduced to fleeing. Ali’s killing of Michael hits Johann and Nena bad and the former’s death hits the latter just as hard.
  • Combat and Support: Johann handles ranged engagements and Michael handles melee combat while Nena support them both as a particle supplier.
  • Cool Spaceship: The Trinity mothership.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: They start off giving these out due to their technologically superior Gundam Thrones. But they regularly get their asses handed to them when facing the other Meisters. Then it gets worse for them when the nations of the world acquire GN Drive technology; this leads to characters like Graham Aker, Soma Peries, and Sergei Smirnov — veteran soldiers with far more experience — kicking their asses, only escaping death because of a mere convenience.note  Their final fate is being delivered this trope from Ali, and in Nena’s case, Louise. In hindsight, getting killed by one of the aforementioned three might’ve been more merciful.
  • Damager, Healer, Tank: Michael is the Tank (though a capable Damager in his own right) as the CQC fighter, Nena is the Healer who supplies her brother with surplus particles and other tactical weapons, and Johann is the Damager, his Gundam yielding the greatest destructive output at full strength.
  • Dark Is Evil: The Gundam Thrones are immensely foreboding with their dark colors, with Eins being pitch black, Zwei being a deeper shade of orange than Kyrios, and Drei being a strong crimson. Their designs are also incredibly inhuman and warped, unlike the more humanoid, lighter-colored Gundams used by the primary Gundam Meisters.
  • Didn't See That Coming: The world governments, Celestial Being, and even The Omniscient Council of Vagueness that oversee the latter never saw the Trinity's existance coming, since additional Gundams should not have been possible per the Ancient Conspiracy.
  • Distinguishing Mark: The brothers both have a beauty mark under their eye and it’s pretty much the only way to tell that they’re brothers by looking at them.
  • Dramatically Missing the Point: They claim they're in the same business as Celestial Being in trying to stop war. However, unlike the main Meisters who try to avoid needless bloodshed and only get involved in conflicts in the process or could pose a threat to the world, they target completely unrelated facilities and kill innocents without a second thought (in one infamous case, Nena blows up a completely unarmed wedding because she was frazzled from doing back to back interventions and wanted "stress relief") which fly in the face of everything that Celestial Being stands for. This is deliberate as Ribbons made them this way to discredit CB and turn the world against them.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The Trinity siblings are horrible people and kill scores for a living, but their biggest positive trait is that they genuinely love each other.
    • The fact they have empathy for each other is what pretty much differentiates them from other antagonists such as their genetic father Ribbons or the brothers’ killer Ali.
  • Freudian Excuse: As it turns out, they were created by Ribbons to be pieces in his plan. Once they did everything as Ribbons wanted, he wasted no time having them disposed.
  • Freudian Trio: Johann serves as the super-ego, being the one most dedicated to fulfilling the team's goals; Michael is the id being the craziest one of the bunch and the one most prone to giving into his wild impulses; and Nena is the ego, sharing Michael's psychotic tendencies but showing more restraint and at least able to display a facade of normalcy.
  • Gratuitous German: The Thrones mean one, two, and three in German.
  • Half-Human Hybrid: The novelizations indicate that the siblings have Innovade DNA. And Ribbons could technically be considered their father.
  • It Runs in the Family: All three siblings were test tube babies raised in labs and born only to be Tyke-Bomb Gundam pilots.
  • Light Is Not Good: "Trinity" is a reference to the relationship between the Christian God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost. Michael is the name of an angel, and a Throne is a type of angel. But the Trinity siblings gleefully engage in massacres, and are in no way good people.
  • Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: They insist and believe that what they’re doing is for peace, but they’re making everything worse. However, it’s clearly unintentional.
  • Obliviously Evil: They don’t realize that they’re not helping to eradicate war.
  • The Psycho Rangers: They serve as a team of evil counterparts to the morally gray Gundam Meisters of Celestial Being.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Gundam Thrones (and later Ali's Arche Gundam, the successor of the Throne Zwei) have red optics. Michael sports these as well.
  • Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Their surname (and first name in the case of Michael) and their Gundam names are references to Christianity.
  • Shadow Archetype: They’re what the Meisters would’ve been had they not had someone like Sumeragi to guide them, nor their other allies to get help from.
  • Sibling Team: A trio of sibling pilots...
  • Siblings in Crime: ...as well as a trio of sibling mass murderers.
  • Sixth Ranger Traitor: They introduce themselves as allies to Celestial Being. They don't directly betray them, however — it's just that Setsuna decides that they're a source of conflict, so they turn against him in kind.
  • Shoot the Shaggy Dog Story: What their lives ultimately amount to. Given the awful things they do, it's not hard to say they didn't deserve it.
  • The Sociopath: All three of them make it clear their empathy is only for each other and have no qualms about killing anyone.
  • Tone Shift: Their actions result in the show getting darker to the point where the Big Bad wins at the end of the season.
  • Tragic Villain: They're psychotic because they were raised in a lab to be so, and their whole existence is meant to bring down Celestial Being's public image and be discarded once they had done so.
  • Tyke-Bomb: They were raised from their creation to serve as Gundam Misters.
  • Undying Loyalty: To each other. It’s clear that they value each other more than anything else.
  • Unskilled, but Strong: They rely on brute force and superior technological advancement to beat their opponents. However, when facing top aces such as Graham Aker, the other Gundam Meisters or even veteran soldiers on equal grounds, they are forced to withdraw.
  • Unwitting Pawn: They thought they were achieving Celestial Being's goal of eliminating war, but in reality they were created purely to ruin Celestial Being's image by being far more indiscriminately murderous than the original Gundam Meisters.
  • Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Near the end of the first season, they're forced to withdraw over and over. It doesn’t save the brothers from Ali, or Nena from Louise in the second season.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The moment they stop being useful, nobody lifts a finger to help them against the world's military.

    Johann Trinity 
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Main mecha: GNW-001 Gundam Throne Eins

The oldest member of the Trinity siblings and the leader of the Gundam Throne Meisters. He is the pilot of the Gundam Throne Eins. In contrast to his brother and sister, Johann consistently shows a genuinely polite exterior and believes what he is doing will lead to a complete cessation of conflict. While an Aloof Big Brother on the surface, above all else, he loves his siblings more than anything.

Voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese) and Michael Daingerfield (English)

  • Affably Evil: In contrast to his younger siblings, he has a very polite conversation with the Ptolemios crew, even if he refuses to share anything.
  • Alas, Poor Villain: It's possible to pity Johann in his final moments, when he meets his end at the hands of Ali Al-Saachez. Not only has his brother just been murdered in cold-blood before his very eyes, but Michael's murderer has stolen the Throne Zwei and is using said Gundam — his own brother's Gundam — to kill him. As he gets absolutely stomped by Ali, Johann is in the middle of a Villainous BSoD, knowing he's about to die without fulfilling the purpose he was created for, and totally unaware he was ever just a pawn. It should be noted that unlike Michael and Nena, who died without any form of sympathy, Johann is the only of his siblings to be given this treatment.
  • Aloof Big Brother: In contrast to Michael's homicidal protective tendencies towards Nena, Johann barely reacts when Setsuna punches her. That said, he cracks when Ali kills Michael.
  • Ambiguously Brown: Rather strange considering the very white skin tones of his siblings.
  • Asshole Victim: Downplayed, compared to his much more awful siblings. Yes, Johann's upbringing is no excuse for the terrible things he did as a Throne Meister, and he definitely deserved it when Ali blew him to smithereens. But given how he was the only one of the Trinity siblings to genuinely believe in his purpose (despite not realizing just how much worse he was making things), it tends to become a blend between this trope and Alas, Poor Villain.
  • BFG: His Gundam, Throne Eins, has a big particle cannon. It can be linked up with Throne Zwei and Throne Drei to increase its power.
  • Big Brother Instinct: It’s not as apparent with him as it is with Michael. However, his final act is to sacrifice himself against Ali to buy time for Nena to retreat. Prior to that, he has a major reaction to his brother’s sudden death.
  • Break Them by Talking: He reveals some personal stuff to Setsuna and Lockon. He reveals that Setsuna was a Child Soldier, whose real name is Soran Ibrahim, and his group was responsible for the murder of Lockon's family, while also exposing some of Lockon's own secrets. It's one of the reasons he managed to live a little while longer. Ironically, the mastermind of said terrorist group is the one to off him.
  • Broken Tears: Dies with these as he fails to avenge his brother.
  • Cold Sniper: The Throne Eins specializes in long range attacks. Johann comes off as sort of an evil version of Lockon, really.
  • Cool Big Bro: When he’s not focused on anything much, he’s nothing but a very loving older brother. When Nena is upset about having worked so much, he reassures her that there’s a good end goal.
  • Dark Is Evil: He pilots the Throne Eins Gundam, which has a dark color scheme.
  • Deadpan Snarker: While for the most part he is Affably Evil, he can get really snarky, especially when Michael goes against his orders or does something generally shortsighted.
  • Death Is Dramatic: Dies in a very dramatic way, lamenting how he was killed just for serving the purpose he was created for. Ali even lampshaded this as he finished Johann off.
  • Didn't See That Coming: Clearly anticipated Ali to fight him in the mobile suit he flew in and not his brother's.
  • Identical Stranger: Johann from head to toe is rather identical to Allelujah Haptism, even though his human DNA is not based from him. It is possible, however, that a relative (supposing there was one) of the latter’s was whose DNA was based from him.
  • Knight Templar: Johann commits mass murder of civilians, but unlike his siblings, he doesn't derive any joy from it. He just believes it's necessary to achieve Celestial Being's goal of eliminating war. His earnest belief in what he's doing would make him a Well-Intentioned Extremist if he and his siblings were aware that everything they were doing was only making things worse.
  • Lack of Empathy: While Johann doesn't get off on bloodshed like his siblings, he doesn't give a damn about innocent lives either. When Nena kills the Halevy family, save for Louise, he tells her to be more cautious, ignoring all the casualties.
  • Mr. Fanservice: The girls seem to love his shorts.
  • Not So Stoic: In his final moments, Johann had just watched his brother die, and is about to be murdered with his brother's own Gundam by the man who killed Michael in front of him. Safe to say, he spends his final moments in shock, to the point of being reduced to Broken Tears.
  • Obliviously Evil: While all of the Trinity siblings are this in the long run, it’s particularly true for Johann as he doesn’t shoot people unless it’s part of the job or if they’re gonna shoot him.
  • Oh, Crap!: Loses his cool when Ali steals the Throne Zwei.
  • Only Sane Man: His siblings are prone to angry outbursts. While Johann is very ruthless, he does serve as the voice of reason for the trio.
  • Only Sane by Comparison: He's much more reserved compared to his brother and sister, but doesn't really object that much to any crime they do.
  • Pragmatic Villainy: Objects to any Kick the Dog moments that aren't part of the mission.
  • Promotion to Parent: Since they were lab-created, the siblings don't have any parental figures. As the most mature, Johann is basically their shepherd.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Michael and Nena’s red. Johann is very calculating and will plan accordingly when given orders. He’s also the least prone to violence.
  • Sacrificial Lion: He is the second of the Trinity siblings to die, and was built up as a major player less than ten episodes after his introduction.
  • Senseless Sacrifice: His sacrifice meant nothing in the long run. Nena lives for five extra years, but is eventually killed by the Sole Survivor of her wedding massacre, and failed to get revenge on Ali. Ignoring that, if Setsuna hadn't shown up to save her in that moment, Ali would've killed Nena right then and there because she was too busy having a Villainous Breakdown over both her brothers being killed in front of her.
  • Sensual Spandex: His casual clothing.
  • Shoulder Cannon: The Throne Eins' BFG is mounted on its right shoulder, and is fueled extra GN power by Drei or Zwei (or both) when they're docked together.
  • The Stoic: He shows no pleasure in carrying out their brutal missions, just efficiency.
  • Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Antagonistic example. Despite his aloof behaviour, he makes it clear he loves his brother and sister above all else. It’s just that they don’t have time to be a family with the work they need to do.
  • Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Put more emphasis on dark.
  • Team Dad: His role in Team Trinity is to look after the more unstable Michael and Nena.
  • This Cannot Be!: Outright says, "This can't be happening..." in the middle of his Villainous BSoD, right before his death at the hands of Ali.
  • Villainous BSoD: After Ali kills Michael and steals his Gundam, Johann angrily rails on his brother's killer for trying to stop them from carrying out the job he and his siblings were meant to. This means nothing to Ali, who explicitly states him killing the Trinity siblings is Nothing Personal, but he's going to enjoy it anyways as he proceeds to completely waste Johann in his Eins, slicing it open with the Zwei's Buster Sword before peppering it with Beam Rifle fire. Right before he dies, Johann is in a state of disbelief, trying to convince himself that he and his siblings lived for the purpose of being Gundam Meisters and that they were going to change the world for the better.
  • You Monster!: Right after Ali kills Michael, Johann calls him a bastard and attempts to shoot him. He’s immediately restrained, and the only reason he wasn’t killed right then and there was because Ali figured he would have some fun with the little "fight" Johann can give. Ali obviously wins, and Nena can only look on in tears as the only family she has left is killed in front of her.

    Michael Trinity 
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Main mecha: GNW-002 Gundam Throne Zwei

The middle child of the Trinity siblings and the pilot of Gundam Throne Zwei. Michael is the most violent of the Trinity's. He's eager to start a fight, constantly rude, and unapologetic in hurting people. While he is very prone to extreme violence, he also shows strong loyalty to his brother and jealous with murderous intent whenever Nena likes any men.

Voiced by Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese) and Andrew Toth (English)

  • Anime Hair: He has a very large and noticeable cowlick.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Between him and Nena, he's the one who usually defies Johann.
  • Asshole Victim: Given how murderous he is, it's hard to feel sorry for him when Ali shoots him.
  • Ax-Crazy: Doesn’t take much to rile him up. Though his insanity is tame compared to his killer, Ali.
  • BFS: The Throne Zwei wields a massive GN Buster Sword, which carries the same properties of Gundam Exia's arm-mounted GN Sword. It would end up being stolen by Ali and having a part in his older brother's death.
  • Big Brother Instinct: Towards Nena. He flips out when she kisses Setsuna, and goes totally berserk after Setsuna shoves her away for kissing him without his consent.
  • Big "WHAT?!": His final words before Ali suddenly kills him, a reaction to hearing from Ali that Laguna Harvey, their informant, is dead.
  • Blood Knight: He really loves fighting and killing, even launching himself into unnecessary battles despite his brother's protests.
  • Boisterous Bruiser: Loud, foul-mouthed, insulting, and constantly picking fights even when there's no need for one.
  • The Brute: Michael is very much the brawn of the Trinity siblings. His first instinct upon meeting any obstacle is to either kill it, attempt to kill it, or complain about not being allowed to kill it.
  • The Bully: Pretty much his entire personality is this, constantly picking fights as if it actually makes him tough. Or maybe he just wants to feel tough or intimidating, as his demeanor is similar to a mad dog.
  • Cool Big Bro: Pretty much his sole redeeming quality. He’s always looking out for Nena when not wanting to be in a fight.
  • Dies Wide Open: Even after Ali shoots him dead, his eyes are still wide open.
  • Drone Deployer: The GN Fangs on his Throne Zwei.
  • Dropped a Bridge on Him: Is shot by Ali with no warning.
  • The Gadfly: Mocks everyone when they attempt to ask questions about where they got everything.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: It takes very little to get Michael to start threatening people with his knife.
  • Hate Sink: Ignoring his upbringing, Michael is incredibly easy to loathe, given how easily his personality gets under the skin. He's rude, crass, unbelievably hateful to anyone outside of his siblings, and constantly threatens just about anyone he interacts with as if it makes him seem tough. There's hardly a moment where he isn't being insulting or picking a fight, and it adds to how unlikable he really is.
  • Hot-Blooded: Michael is loud, brash, and needlessly confrontational at the best of times, and a bloodthirsty lunatic the rest of the time.
  • Jerkass: Overall the most unpleasant member of the three siblings.
    • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: But only towards his siblings. He’ll have his arguments with them, but he actually loves them as much as they love him. When he’s killed by Ali, Johann and Nena freak out.
  • Karmic Death: After being super abusive towards anyone that isn't Johann or Nena, Ali shoots him without giving him a chance to fight back.
  • Killed Mid-Sentence: When Ali reveals that Laguna Harvey is dead, Michael begins to repeat the question ("He's what—?!") as Ali discreetly draws his gun and shoots him right in the chest.
  • Killed Off for Real: The first of the Trinity siblings to die. Unlike Johann and Nena, he doesn’t get a chance to defend himself.
  • Knight Templar Big Brother: He completely flips out when Setsuna shoves Nena and would have stuck him with a knife had Lockon and Johann not intervened.
  • Lean and Mean: A fairly thin young man that is quite the Jerkass for no good reason.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: Michael often rushes headlong into battle, even when it doesn't further the team's goals. After killing Howard, Johann has to tell Michael that they need to get going.
  • Psycho for Hire: As mentioned before, he’s unhinged and unlike Nena, he doesn’t do a good job hiding it.
  • Psycho Knife Nut: When angered, Michael's prone to whipping out a high-tech knife and threatening whoever's gotten under his skin. Ironically, he barely gets to fight anyone with it.
  • Psychopathic Manchild: Michael has the personality and maturity of a high-school bully given the keys to a weapon of mass destruction.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: The only one of the siblings with red eyes, and he is a very vicious young man.
  • Red Is Violent: Has red eyes and an orange mobile suit and is a vicious Blood Knight.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: He and Nena are the Red to Johann’s Blue. He’s rather impulsive, and his bad temper can get in the way of any mission he partakes in. It’s rather ironic, given that Michael has blue hair.
  • Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: His first and last name.
  • Sacrificial Lion: He gets built up as a major player alongside his siblings, but dies less than ten episodes after his introduction.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: A lot of his dialogue is vulgar. Johann and Nena generally relent on swearing in contrast. It’s a bit downplayed as Michael doesn’t go to the point of a Precision F-Strike.
  • Surprisingly Sudden Death: Ali shoots him dead in the middle of a conversation, with no build-up or warning. Johann and Nena don't even realize he's dead until he falls over with his eyes wide open.
  • The Sociopath: Unless you’re his siblings, he doesn’t care about your life.
  • Undying Loyalty: To his brother. Michael will disagree and bicker with him, but above all else, he will listen to Johann.

    Nena Trinity 
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Main mecha: GNW-003 Gundam Throne Drei

The youngest of the Trinity siblings and pilot of Gundam Throne Drei. Nena is first introduced as a cutesy character and has a tendency to make V signs. She saves Setsuna's life and later kisses him, but he violently pushes her away. You get to see shades of her unstable side when she threatens Setsuna not to make her mad shortly after.

Voiced by Rie Kugimiya (Japanese) and Nicole Bouma (English)

  • An Arm and a Leg: Not hers, but her Gundam's legs are blasted after Louise comes to kill her.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Not as bad as Michael, but there are times where Johann is visibly exasperated by her, like when she goes out of her way to bomb a wedding just because she can (though Johann's not that concerned over who died; just peeved that Nena acted without tact or reason).
  • Arch-Enemy: While they only met twice, she sees Ali as this after he kills Johann and Michael. Ali couldn't care less, as Nena can't harm him no matter how hard she tries.
  • Asshole Victim: Nena's death at Louise's hands is absolutely brutal and cruel. Although Nena went through a Trauma Conga Line after the death of her brothers by both Ali Al-Saachez and Wang Liu Mei, she also never showed any sign of remorse, trauma or distress about her own previous cruel actions.
  • Ax-Crazy: Yeah, bombing a wedding reception and killing nearly all the guests because of boredom no less isn't exactly a sign of good mental health.
  • Baby Of The Bunch: She’s Johann and Michael’s little sister, and they prioritize her well-being.
  • Bad Mood as an Excuse: How she justifies having just bombed a wedding. Johann is slightly frustrated while Michael shrugs it off. No one really thinks about it again.
  • Bait the Dog: Comes off as a silly comic relief character compared to her more serious siblings... up until she bombs a wedding and orphans Louise out of boredom.
  • Best Served Cold: After killing Wang Liu Mei, she swallowed her pride and decided to side with the Innovators in order to survive, just so she could have her revenge when they least expected it. She never gets her shot at revenge, as Ribbons has already declared her a threat, and decides to let Louise kill her as a gift.
  • Big Brother Worship: Adores Johann and Michael. She’s understandably saddened when she witnesses them killed.
  • Big "NO!": Screams this after she realizes Michael’s dead.
  • Big "WHAT?!": Screams this after a powerful laser blindsides her and hits the Drei's legs, blowing them off. The blast came from Louise's brand-new machine, the Regnant, which she has brought to end Nena.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She comes off as cheerful, yet affable in her first conversation with Setsuna. She would commit numerous acts of terrorism less for her misguided belief it would eradicate war and more because she could.
  • Blood from the Mouth: Happens when Louise impales her/rips her in half with her Regnant's claw.
  • Bodyguard Betrayal: Works as Wang Liu Mei’s servant following the murder of Johann and Michael. Liu Mei lets her know that she doesn’t care about her one bit, and Nena tells her the feeling was always mutual when she betrays her.
  • Break the Haughty: Boy howdy. After the wedding incident, her brothers get killed and she has to stay with Wang Liu Mei, who doesn't exactly treat her nicely. She’s unable to get the drop on Ali when he pays her an unexpected visit, as she's easily restrained by him. She gets annoyed with Liu Mei when she sides with the A-Laws, whom Ali is also associated with. This might’ve been a case of Break the Cutie if it weren’t for the fact she was responsible for numerous acts of terrorism and showed no remorse for it.
  • Broken Bird: Season 2. Albeit of the "psychotic, violent, unstable" variety. Unlike most other examples, it doesn’t give her much sympathy points.
  • Broken Tears: Sheds these as she mourns for her brothers in her second to last scene of Season 1.
  • But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Her sole interaction with Louise, aside from the two trading Moral Myopias, is Louise telling her that she killed her family and her basically replying "Wait, when and where did this happen?!" Obviously, Nena never really thought back on that incident after it happened.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Every fight she had where her opponent could fight back ended up as this, since her Throne is meant for a support role and is not a combat-oriented machine. She gets two humiliating ones. One with Ali, whom restrains her and gives her a Bitch Slap offscreen and Louise, who gives her the Curb-Stomp Battle of a lifetime that ends in Nena's death.
  • Curse Cut Short: After Nena meets Ali again, she tries to attack him and nearly calls him a son of a bitch. Ali stops her before she can hit him and say that last word. Averted during her death — Nena just manages to call Louise a bitch before her Throne explodes and incinerates her.
  • Custom Uniform: Her spacesuit in the first season stands out for being pink as opposed to grey like her brothers.
  • Cute Bruiser: Is one of the prettiest girls in the cast and pilots a huge Gundam. Unfortunately, she is also Cute and Psycho and an overall terrible person.
  • Demoted to Extra: Gets far less screentime in Season Two.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: After participating in several missions back-to-back, Nena is incredibly irritated due to a lack of rest, and gets even angrier when she and her brothers happen to pass by a wedding reception. Pissed that they're having fun and she isn't, Nena swoops down and blasts everyone down below with her Throne Drei's GN Handgun, killing almost everyone there. She then laughs about "accidentally" pulling the trigger as Johann admonishes her for the pointlessness behind her action. This would ultimately result in her death, when the Sole Survivor of said wedding would become a Mobile Suit pilot, hunt Nena down five years later, and brutally kill her.
  • The Dog Bites Back: Wang Liu Mei treats her with open disdain and uses her as a servant. Nena pays her back by killing her.
  • Dropped a Bridge on Her: Dies with little to no fanfare. In fact, Setsuna was more concerned for Louise than he was for Nena.
  • Dying Curse: All she has left to say to Louise after she strikes the fatal blow in the dub is a sour "DAMN YOU, YOU BITCH!" before she is incinerated by the explosion of her Gundam.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She couldn't give a damn about the suffering of anyone else, but she deeply loves her brothers and is absolutely devastated when Ali Al-Saachez kills them.
  • Evil Counterpart: To Feldt, Soma/Marie, and Anew.
    • Like Feldt, both are the youngest of their faction and held strong feelings for Setsuna. Feldt knew she would likely not enter a romance with Setsuna, but still kept a professional relationship with him and it’s hinted that the feeling was mutual in the end. Nena kept pining for him even though he clearly wasn’t interested. Feldt was generally much more introverted, but learned to come out after the death of numerous comrades.
    • Like Soma/Marie, both were Raised in a Lab. Soma/Marie was fortunate to have a loving father figure in Sergei and in spite of her aloof behaviour would often question if what she did was right. She would also gain the trust of the Ptolemios group. Nena never had any reliable role models, was unashamed in what she did, and never had the Ptolemios’ trust.
    • Like Anew, both are related to Ribbons in some way. Anew grew to care about her comrades and had no pride in her Face–Heel Turn, doing it to save Lyle while Nena has made it clear she never liked Liu Mei and even ended up killing her.
  • Evil Is Petty: The wedding incident? She did it all because she was frustrated with the work she’s been doing. It comes back to bite her in the ass a few episodes later, and would ultimately be a piece in her own downfall.
  • Evil Laugh: Has a rather creepy childish giggle.
  • Evil Redhead: Not 100% evil as she is childish, Raised In Labs and has no idea what the outside world is like, but she definitely has a pronounced cruel streak and is responsible for a lot of death and suffering.
  • Expy: She’s a much more negative version of Flay Allster. Like Flay, both are aggressive redheaded young girls who have the hots for the protagonist. They also lose loved ones, which causes both to hit a major downwards spiral. Unlike Flay, who saw the errors of her ways and tried to fix her mistakes before she was unceremoniously killed, Nena showed no shame in what she did and dies in a completely unsympathetic way.
  • Eye Take: Her reaction to Louise positioning the Regnant's claws inches from the cockpit, poised to gut her.
  • Faux Action Girl: She certainly can't harm those who actually fight back; her only victims are either helpless or stationary things. It makes sense, when you consider that her mech is designed for stealth, support and information gathering, not attack power.
  • Faux Affably Evil: She’s very excitable and talkative. While it’s not completely an act, it hides an extremely murderous side.
  • Fiery Redhead: A red-haired girl with an outgoing and energetic personality and a violent streak.
  • Fille Fatale: She's around 16 in Season 1, and comes on to Setsuna pretty strongly when they meet.
  • Foil: She can be considered one to Feldt. Both are the youngest members of their team (at least until Mileina is introduced in the second season), have shades of red in hair tied into pigtails (though both ditch them after the first season), generally have a Haro with them, and fell in love with Setsuna.
    • Feldt is The Stoic, doing her job without much of a fight while Nena is a Genki Girl who tends to complain when things don't go her way.
    • Both lost family members. Feldt had the support of her True Companions, while Nena had no one else to back her up and took shelter with Wang Liu Mei.
    • Their crush on Setsuna is reacted differently by Setsuna himself. Setsuna may have reciprocated Feldt’s love for him while he never saw Nena as an friend or ally.
  • For the Evulz: There was literally zero reason for Nena to bombard the wedding Louise was attending other than that they were having fun, and she wasn't. After she commits the deed, she jokes about how she "accidentally" pulled the trigger. She isn't laughing or joking anymore when five years later, Louise viciously puts her down.
  • Forceful Kiss: Gives one to Setsuna when they meet again on the Ptolemios. His reaction is to physically push her away because he didn't consent to it.
  • Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Tries to give a Freudian Excuse to get Louise to reconsider the idea of killing her. It doesn’t slide, and Louise wastes no time with dealing the killing blow.
  • Genki Girl: An evil one. She is very cheery and upbeat, but is also a sadistic piece of work.
  • Girlish Pigtails: Has pigtails and is shown to be very childlike. At least in the first season. She drops it for a sidetail in Season 2, highlighting how aggressive and broken she’s become in the years she's spent as Wang Liu Mei’s mistreated servant. The fact that she no longer has her brothers by her side adds to how much worse she's gotten.
  • Grand Theft Me: Not her, but her Haro. Right after she kills Liu Mei, Ribbons gives her a message that someone will be fighting her. It's Louise, who refuses to let her have a chance.
  • Half the Man He Used to Be: This is her final fate. It should be noted that Louise and her Regnant impaled her, but the bladed claw that gutted her was so huge that it totally pulped her abdomen, severing her in two with only a couple strands of muscle and sinew connecting her two halves. So even if Throne Drei hadn't exploded afterwards, Nena's fate was still sealed.
  • Hate Sink: Disregarding her brutal upbringing and what happened to her, Nena is a sociopath that has no qualms about hurting people even if they had nothing to do with her or her mission. Her death concerns no one.
  • Hated by All: It becomes slowly apparent that there aren’t a lot of people who actually like Nena. Setsuna only rescues her because they share a common enemy in Ali, Wang agreed to give her shelter, but treats her as expendable, and Regene merely uses her as a pawn to his plan. When Louise kills her, Setsuna is only concerned with Louise’s sanity than the fate of both girls. Nena herself goes out without anyone mourning her death.
  • Hates Everyone Equally: It becomes clear after the Time Skip that she doesn't care about anyone and that the only people she ever loved have long left her.
  • Hidden Disdain Reveal: During her attack on Liu Mei, she reveals that she’s always loathed her. She repeats it again when Liu Mei is escaping through the shuttle, right before she kills her.
  • Hoist by Their Own Petard: Nena got her own family murdered in front of her eyes by Ali Al-Saachez. If that wasn't enough, Louise Halevy later killed Nena, for her revenge.
  • Hypocrite: She's livid with Ali for killing Johann and Michael, but she doesn't mind the idea of doing terrorism For the Evulz.
  • Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Louise kills her by ramming her Regnant's claws into her Throne Drei's cockpit; the claws are so huge that they outright bisect Nena... or rather they just completely destroy her abdominal region. Somehow, Nena still had enough strength after that to scream a Dying Curse before her Gundam exploded and vaporized her.
  • It's All About Me: Not as bad as Liu Mei or Ribbons, but she says it herself that she desires two things, her own happiness over anything else and getting revenge on Ali. As far as she cares, everything else can go to Hell.
  • Jerkass: Not as bad as Michael, but she’s rude and abrasive to just about everyone she meets.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: She’s not a good person in the slightest and she’s rude to everyone she meets that aren’t her brothers or Haro, but she isn’t wrong to point out to Liu Mei that she has so much, yet believes she’s entitled to more.
  • Karmic Butt-Monkey: Nothing goes right for her in the second season. But after everything that she did, it’s kinda hard to say she didn’t deserve it.
  • Karmic Death: Killed by the daughter of the very family she killed at random.
  • Lack of Empathy: The wedding incident aside, she kills Hong Long despite him not being her target. It hardly even hinders her as she proceeds to intercept Liu Mei and blow her to space dust.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: She bombed a wedding just because she was bored and tired. The only survivor of the incident kills her five years later.
  • Male Gaze: Has a lot of scenes showing her body.
  • Mask of Sanity: Seems to be genuinely on Setsuna's side even as his group have a rough conversation with her brothers. It's far from the truth and the mask cracks when she bombs the wedding, proving she's every bit insane as Michael.
  • Moral Myopia: She hates Ali and everyone associated with him for killing her brothers, yet sees nothing wrong with (and even enjoys) killing an entire family of unarmed people simply because she didn't like the idea of other people having a good time when she wasn't. Ironically, Louise, a.k.a. the Sole Survivor of said family calls her out on her Moral Myopia during their battle, while Nena calls Louise on her's, and neither of them register what the other is saying because of their shortsighted mindsets.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: It's thanks to Nena's wanton attack on the wedding that the rest of the world really started to buckle down on taking down Celestial Being, just as Ribbons wanted. And not only did their wanton destruction result in the world uniting against them, it also led to the nations managing to replicate GN Tau Drive technology thanks to Alejandro Corner supplying them data, resulting in the Trinities suffering loss after loss from the nations' GN-X teams until Ali Al-Saachez eventually hunted them down himself and killed both of Nena's brothers. If that wasn't bad enough, said survivor of the wedding incident, Louise, ended up funding the A-Laws, whose agenda not only concerned a forced state of world peace but also involved hunting down anyone associated with Celestial Being, forcing her to live on the lam. Oh, and Louise is later the one to kill her. So yeah, nice one, Nena.
    • She has another one where she doesn’t strike Ali while Johann is getting into his Gundam. While she was still processing Michael’s death, it might’ve saved Johann's life.
  • Ninja Maid: She serves as Wang Liu Mei's assistant in Season Two and remains a skilled pilot... until she gets tired of Liu Mei treating her like crap and kills her in retribution. It's downplayed as Nena isn't as capable as the regular example. She gets killed herself moments later by the Sole Survivor of her wedding massacre.
  • Odd Name Out: The only Trinity whose first name isn’t a religious allusion.
  • Oh, Crap!:
    • While fighting Sergei, her missiles miss him. She can only look in horror as Sergei gives her a roundhouse kick in his mobile suit.
    • She gives a shocked Eye Take when she realizes Louise is about to deal her wrecked Throne Drei a final blow, and screams in terror as Louise violently shoves the bladed claws of her Regnant into her Gundam's cockpit, puncturing her through the abdomen.
  • Pay Evil unto Evil: She is on the receiving end of this trope moments after killing Wang Liu Mei, where Louise — whose family she killed in the first season — gives her a Curb-Stomp Battle and then runs her Regnant's massive claw through her.
  • Plucky Girl: A villainous example. The kid will not give up, ever. Even when she's dying.
  • Psychopathic Womanchild: As a result of being raised in labs as a Tyke-Bomb, she is just as unstable as Michael, though slightly more restrained than her openly belligerent brother. Side materials also imply that Nena spent a good part of her brief life in stasis, and was only woken up seven years before the series take off. If it's confirmed, then it explains a lot about her childish behavior and lack of morality. Kids Are Cruel and all.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivers one to Wang Liu Mei as she kills her.
  • Red Is Violent: She's a redhead with a red Gundam, and she's prone and willing to commit all sorts of heinous acts just for kicks.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: She and Michael are the Red to Johann’s blue.
  • Revenge: Really thrives for this in the second season, hoping to kill Ali for murdering Michael and Johann. She never gets it, and ironically dies to someone seeking revenge on her.
  • Sensual Spandex: Her Season 1 outfit.
  • Slasher Smile: Gives one every now and then. Best shown when she kills Liu Mei.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: Nena doesn’t show up often in the second season, but it’s thanks to her that Allelujah was rescued, and she’s a huge reason why Louise joined the A-Laws in the first place.
  • So Last Season: While everyone is upgrading their mechas, she still keeps her old fashioned Throne Drei and thinks it'll be good enough to defeat Ali and his Arche Gundam. Louise and the Regnant prove her wrong.
    • To be fair, of course, there was no way she could have gotten another MS or Gundam in her situation. So due to the lack of resources she had to work with, she was ultimately screwed in that regard.
  • Sole Survivor: Of Ali’s attack on the Trinity Siblings thanks to Setsuna. It only lasts five years before Louise hunts her down and utterly destroys her.
  • Supernatural Gold Eyes: Has yellow eyes and is partially an Innovade.
  • Support Party Member: Nena's Drei's role between her and her brothers' more offensively-minded Thrones.
  • Tareme Eyes: It shows off that she's cheerful. But she's not a genuine Nice Girl and it hides how unstable she can be.
  • Third-Person Person: In the Japanese version only. She only uses first person in the dub when she's introducing herself.
  • This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: Twice, no less, with the second one being where she outright says it.
    • Nearly calls Ali a "son of a bitch" after meeting him again. She's restricted before she can say the last part.
    • This only applies to the dub, but when Louise finally kills her, she calls her a bitch.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Wang Liu Mei's girly girl.
  • Trauma Conga Line: She and her brothers are hunted down by just about everyone. Then they reach an island and see a pilot insisting they mean no harm in Morse Code. Said pilot wipes her brothers immediately and she’s powerless to stop him and has no choice but to flee. She’s given shelter by Liu Mei, whom treats her poorly. Five years later, she unexpectedly finds her brothers’ murderer and fails to get the drop on him. Finally, she takes out her abusive mistress, but is taken out herself immediately by the Sole Survivor of her wedding crash. Unlike most examples, it doesn’t make her more sympathetic.
  • Trigger-Happy: How else do you explain her casually shooting down a wedding full of innocent people? She takes utter glee in killing innocent bystanders as well, and jokes about "accidentally" pulling the trigger.
  • Undying Loyalty: To both her brothers.
  • Unknown Rival: Louise is bent on killing her after Nena senselessly murdered her family. But Nena doesn’t know she exists until Louise ambushes her in Episode 21 of Season 2. And even then, she probably doesn't even remember the wedding incident.
  • V-Sign: She is prone to doing this almost all the time when she's in a good mood. She stops doing it for awhile after Ali killed her brothers, but in the second season, she did it again after screwing Wang's plan in a form of Take That!.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Two instances where she lost her cool. One where she was reduced to Broken Tears, the other where she was reduced to screaming in rage.
    • Following Ali’s attack, she spends the rest of Season 1 and a good portion of Season 2 mentally broken. She’s now hellbent on revenge towards those responsible for the death of her brothers, and Liu Mei isn’t exactly helping her with it.
    • She has yet another one when Louise Halevy finally confronts her to avenge her parents. Nena was at first excited to fight whoever Ribbons was sending to kill her, as she believed he was sending Ali and his Arche Gundam. She saw it as an opportunity to avenge her brothers. But when some random girl in a Regnant Mobile Armor shows up and starts to rip her Throne Drei to shreds, Nena goes completely apoplectic with indignant rage... part because she wasn't expecting some rando, part because she's totally outmatched. When Louise angrily shouts at Nena for killing her parents, Nena shoots back that she's suffering too from losing family. But she has no grounds to argue when she killed Louise's family first. Once Louise finally has her at her mercy, Nena brings out her Freudian Excuse that she was created for her job and forced to fight, then angrily screams about how she doesn't plan on dying. When Louise strikes the fatal blow, Nena can only screech a Dying Curse before her Throne Drei explodes and vaporizes what's left of her.
  • Wedding Smashers: A very dark example. She bombs the wedding Louise was at and murders everyone, though Louise narrowly survives the ordeal.
  • Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises:
    • Has this when she realizes the man in front of her is none other than Ali Al-Saachez, Johann and Michael's killer.
    • Does it again seconds before she dies, when Louise has poised her Regnant to thrust its gigantic claw into Nena's wrecked Throne Drei.
  • Who Are You?: More or less her reaction when Louise and the Regnant arrive to rip her apart, because she probably doesn't even remember what she even did to earn some random girl's hatred.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Bombs a wedding, ignoring that children were there.
  • Yandere: Other than that brief lapse, she always fawned over Setsuna until he "dumped" her after the battle of Memento Mori.
  • Wrong Genre Savvy: Implied on two occasions.
    • In the scene where she personally meets the Gundam Meisters, she gives Setsuna a Forceful Kiss and expected him to reciprocate her feelings. Instead, he pushed her away because he didn't appreciate the forced contact.
    • Moments before her death, she believes that she’ll be able to enact her revenge on Ali, but Ribbons actually sends Louise to kill her, and Nena gets her shit pushed in before being skewered on the claws of Louise's Regnant. And even if Ribbons sent Ali, she undoubtedly wouldn’t have stood a chance given her Gundam is for a support role. And it's heavily outdated. Even so, her last moments are her angrily screaming that she's not going to die like she's some shonen hero not looking to go down so easily... only to be shut up for good by a very pissed Louise.
  • "You!" Exclamation: Says this to Ali after meeting him again to remind him of what he’s done to her brothers.
  • You Killed My Father: Well, brothers. When she meets Ali years after the death of Johann and Michael, Nena lets him know that she wants him dead by her hands. Ali lets her off with a warning. They ultimately never cross paths again, as Louise — the girl whom Nena killed the parents of out of boredom — is later the one to kill her.
  • Youthful Freckles: 17, later 22, and has freckles, showing her childlike side.


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