Ace Pilot : Of mobile suits, para-gliders and hovercrafts. Uses all styles throughout the series, but prefers Bushwhacking.
A Sinister Clue: Not too apparent because his mother taught him to use both hands. This also the reason why his mother fitted the targeting sensor on the V2's left "eye".
Badass Bookworm: The library is the first thing he visits, and his friends know it too.
Blood on These Hands: He got over several of these moments. Most notably, he personally took a woman (and her children) to the grave of her husband, even though (and because) he was the one that had killed him.
Cool House: His house looks like a simple wood house, but has a basement with a supercomputer (albeit an outdated one), spare electronic equipment, data banks filled with scientific, technological and historical information, a independent backup generator and finally a mobile suit simulator.
Cool Pet: The Badass Haro his Dad built for him, that doubles as a Killer Rabbit. After all, it can scare away enemies with machine gun noise, uppercut the ones who do get close, create bubbles that can be used as a holographic projector or protection from the vacuum of space and does grab Uso so that he doesn't fall to his death. Best of all though, it can pilot the Gundam.
Dual Wielding: Averted, until he combines two beam sabers to form a much longer one. And even then, it's only for a few seconds.
Gundam Jack: Even though he didn't do this to get his Gundam, stealing the enemy ace pilot's mecha while said pilot is flying it after crashing on it with a paraglider warrants a mention.
Guns Akimbo: He uses it correctly since he is trained to use both hands and he just uses the rifle closest to the target.
Heroic BSOD : Due to the nature of this series, he suffers several of them. The most notable one is after he recovers his mom's helmet with her bleeding, severed head inside.
I Know Mortal Kombat: Uso learned a lot about mobile suit technology, and trained on simulators that his dad left him, well before even getting into that Shokew.
Improbable Age: Yes, he's a pilot at age 13. More or less justified because his mom designed his Gundam *and* because of his life in Kassarelia. Hell, Chronicle gets razzed a fair amount just because he kept getting beat by Uso.
It's All My Fault: He is prone to believing he could have prevented someone's death, but he manages to get past these moment and it doesn't result in a Guilt Complex.
Just a Kid: Takes advantage of this whenever he can.
Nice Guy: He's a very kind boy outside the battlefield.
Reluctant Warrior: As with most Gundam protagonists, even though he really doesn't want to fight, he is forced to pilot both because his homeland and his friends are threatened and because he is just that good a pilot.
Shoot The Bullet: Blink, and you will miss Uso shooting Katejina's beam while he is fighting Chronocle for the last time.
Teach Him Anger: Godwald taught him to not hesitate in killing if he had the chance as a parting gift, which does increase Uso's effectiveness as a pilot and most likely allowed him to survive the war.
Trauma Conga Line: He suffers several of these, perhaps one of the most notable being when the shrike team starts dying.
Wise Beyond Their Years: Even when not taking into account of how well he handles emotional trauma, he is far more mature when compared to his peers (Shakti, Odelo, Warren, etc., who cope like normal kids would) and perhaps even some adults.
Shakti Kareen
Ambiguously Brown: Not to mention her mother and uncle are both white...
Determined Homesteader: More so than Uso, to the point of madly seeding the land when the fighting escalates around her.
Everything's Better with Princesses: She's the long-lost Princess of Zanscare. In a cruel subversion... It Gets Worseafter she's aknowledged as the Princess, as Maria had left Shakti in Kasarelia specifically to not have her at the mercy of then Zanscare factions.
Fatal Flaw: After finding out about her heritage, she abandons the League on multiple occasions to reason with Cronicle/Maria, wilfully dismissing that the former has his own plans and the latter is being used by Kagatie. She wises up near the end (see below).
Pregnant Badass: She's in the early stages of pregnancy in the last episodes, and after the Grand Finale she has a HUGE baby bump. Not only that, but being pregnant saves her life when she and Usso are fighting Fuala, she senses the baby inside her and is left confused by the concept of giving birth, which letts Usso sweep in and attack.
No Periods, Period: Subverted: in episode 38 she feels like crap and Odelo tells Uso that it may be because of her period. In a further subversion, it's actually morning sickness — the first sign that she's pregnant.
Senseless Sacrifice: In his final moments he managed to kill himself, do negligible damage to the enemy and waste the only remaining V2 Core Fighter other than Uso's after the factory that produced them got blown up. OUCH.
Kavorka Man: Subverted - he doesn't have good looks and clashes with Marbette, but otherwise he is a pretty decent guy and a damn efficient Team Dad.
New Old Flame: To Marbet. They get back together... but then he dies.
Fish out of Water: Poor guy tries to offer Martina flowers, but gets yelled at by her because he picks up flowers that purify the air of the space colony.
Bridge Bunny: Both girls help handle the White Ark shuttle, sometimes even helping out with mantainment. In addition, Elischa seems to have a keen eye for detail.
Heroic BSOD: Being from the colonies, neither take it well when they see the ravaged Earth for the first time. Warren and Shakti call them out on it.
Her Heart Will Go On: Elischa ultimately reciprocates Odelo's feelings for her. But few afterwards, he kicks it.
Girlish Pigtails: Martina has a side ponytail, tied with a yellow band. It contrasts with Elischa's boyish haircut.
The Shrike Team (Junko Jenko, Connie Francis, Mahelia Merril, Kate Bush, Helen Jackson, Peggy Lee. Later also Francesca "Franny" O'Hara, Miriella Katan and Yuka Meirash)
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Sort-of. There's only one blonde (Peggy) and only one brunette (Connie, and maybe Junko and Mahelia if we count their hair colors as different shades of reddish brown). The other girls, save for bluehaired Miriella and lavender-haired Yuka, have different shades of red hair.
Cool Big Sis: All of them are this to Usso, but Mahelia fits the most. They really love to tease him.
Hot Amazon: All of them, specially Junko and Mahelia.
Meaningful Name: "Shrike" is a bird known for being a butcher to their prey, and the members of the team do employ very aggressive tactics, triggering several core explosions on their introduction and not allowing enemy's to retreat. Still, those actions are nothing when compared to the brutal deaths of it's members.
Theme Naming: Five of the original six members are named after famous Western singers. Connie, Kate and Peggy are named directly after Connie Francis, Kate Bush and Peggy Lee respectively; Mahalia and Helen are named after Mahalia Jackson and Helen Merrill, but with the last names switched around.
Took a Level in Kindness: It's subtle, but it's obvious that the children have mellowed them out by the end when they are compared to their initial appearance.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Miriella has blue hair amd Yuka's is lavender, which offer contrast with the other girls's more realistic hair colors (with Dark Skinned Redhead Kate as a sort-of exception)
Psychic Powers: An extremely strong Newtype, she not only had the Healing Hands but also Telepathy and empathy. Shakti, however, turns out to be just as strong. Then again, she is Maria's daughter.
Noble Top Enforcer - Pragmatic Villainy: Not that he is against war, it's just that he would much rather win with the least amount of casualties possible.
Adrenaline Makeover - Evil Is Sexy: As she loses her composure and adquires fighting/piloting skills, her hair flows more and she also gains more visible cleavage.
Ax Crazy: By the end, she pretty much tries to kill anyone that irks her. Even if it is a 13 year old who is trying to save her.
Becoming the Mask: She appears to have done this, but actually she had switched sides near the beginning of the series at least since Chronocle saves her from getting raped and had tricked the kids into believing she had been trying to spy for the League Militaire. This also results in Uso being even more reluctant to kill her.
Badass Normal: After receiving military training from Chronocle. Subverted in the novel, where she became an artificial newtype.
Blondes are Evil: Not so much at the beginning, but at the very end... WHOA.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: In the beggining, it was already bad enough to the point that she thought that Uso had to delude himself into wanting to protect Marvet and herself, but by the end she reaches the point where just the influence of Shakti's pacifism makes her sick, thus triggering a murderous rampage.
Face Heel Turn: She starts by helping Chronocle get into the Victory Gundam, and it escalates from there.
It's All About Me: A defining aspect of her personality. Early on it's a bit hard to spot, but her lack of consideration for her father and the fact that she let Shakti take care of baby Karlmann as soon as she could were early warnings of what was to come. This characteristic of hers is even noted by a old woman after Katejina insists for someone else to fight in the gundam instead of Uso.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Getting launched into space in a normal spacesuit so you'll asphyxiate and die alone in the middle of nowhere? NOT a good way to die. She's rescued at the last moment, though.
With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Heavily implied (but not said) to have been made into a artificial newtype, making her a far more dangerous pilot but even more insane.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He and Renda are Zanscares, and Duke is rather ruthless as the leader of the Motorad fleet, but they genuinely love each other.
Leeroy Jenkins: He violates a shaky ceasefire to attack Usso's group. And both he and Renda pay dearly for it.
Together in Death: He and Renda. Not just that — Uso, Marbette and Odelo have visions of their souls riding in motorbikes together towards the afterlife.
Cruel and Unusual Death: The camera zooms out to show the shuttle departure from the mass rail, but the viewer can still see Uso crushing his cockpit with the Victory's hand.
Honor Before Reason: To the point of refusing help from an opposing faction. It also meant that he felt that he had to repay Uso for helping him and his subordinate.
Honor Before Reason: After killing his two subordinates for being a coward (Barker) and a rapist (Trampu), Gira decided to either return in glory or die trying. Naturally, when he finds out he was defeated by a 13 year old, young enough to be playing, he can't take it.
Majorly Awesome: The leader of the Utari Gira trio came very, very close to killing Uso, despite piloting a relatively outdated grunt suit.
Revenge Before Reason: Gary Tan, who in his urge to avenge Sabat pilots a barely tested mobile suit under the effect of painkillers, and when his mobile suit is destroyed even tries to shot at the cockpit with a pistol.
