Zeta Fighters is a Gundam Build Fighters Try/Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam crossover by Warmachine375
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When testing out a new Gunpla Battle simulation system at the Nielsen Labs, Sekai and his friends ended up in another universe where the Gryps Conflict occurred. Stuck in the Zeta era of Gundam Universal Century, they have to fight and survive on the now all too real war, and find a way back home no matter what.
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This fanfic provides examples of:
- Ace Custom: The Try Fighters have customized their Gunpla with new additions prior to being transported to the Universal Century.
- Averted for Shia as she repaired her G-Portent and didn't add anything to her Gunpla.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Shia did not take the revelation well that not only she can't see Wilfrid Kijima, Saga Adou and her uncle Allan Adams, she actually killed real people when she shot down the Titans mobile suit squadron. It drove her to Tears of Remorse and repeatedly mutters, "I didn't mean to..."
- Adaptational Badass: Try Fighters have made some upgrades or changes to their Gunpla before they were Trapped in Another World:
- Sekai's Build Burning Gundam possessed a GN Drive and the arsenal of Exia from beam sabers to the GN Sword that he used in conjunction with his Jigen Haoryu Fighting Style.
- Fumina's Star Winning Gundam is no longer an SD but a permanent Real Type with a GN Drive albeit at the cost of unable to transform into a fighter mode. It was compensated with her Winning Beam that became a lot stronger and her Star Funnels.
- Yuuma's Lightning Raphael Gundam has 3 GN Drives (one at the back and two at the backpack of the Gundam) and it can transform into a fighter mode.
- Blatant Lies: To try keep Hathaway from wanting to be a mobile suit pilot, Amuro claims that he needs to get a degree. Which Hayato Kobayashi and Kamille Bidan internally call it BS.
- Curbstomp Battle: Thanks to their Gunpla-turned-Gundams possessing the GN Drives, this happens:
- Sekai's Build Burning Gundam made a punching bag out of the Psycho Gundam of Four Murasame, the same gigantic Mobile Armor that forced Kamille's Gundam Mark II on the ropes in the show. Yuuma's Lightning Raphael Gundam was able to penetrate the Psycho Gundam's armor with its beam weapons. Four barely managed to survive by landing a lucky kick on Sekai, sending him flying and forcing Yuuma to help him.
- Fumina's Star Winning Gundam easily takes down the Psycho Gundam of Four Murasame with a Winning Beam attack, and later Shia's G-Portent singlehandedly shot down a squadron of Titans Hi-Zacks before they even engage her.
- Dramatic Irony:
- Amuro Ray did not know how right he was about Sekai and his friends using their Gundams as toys as he believed that they were just poorly trained and poorly disciplined in using mobile suits instead.
- Mirai Noa doesn't believe that her son Hathaway would have a potential to be a mobile suit pilot and a military commander like his father Bright Noa.
- When four new advanced looking Gundams appear in New Hong Kong, Karaba and the Titans assume that they were made by Anaheim Electronics.
- Which Kamille Bidan believe that the Lightning Raphael Gundam is a prototype for his upcoming Zeta Gundam that was used for field testing to gather more data.
- Expy:
- Donny Burgundy and Kate Rockwell of Terra News Network (TNN) are this from StarCraft II, reporting the aftermath of the destructive battle and laying the blame on the AEUG.
- I'm Standing Right Here: Kamille calls out Fumina and Shia that it's rude to talk to each other as if he's not standing in front of them. Which shocks Fumina who, at the time, thought the simulation would be very realistic.
- I Never Told You My Name: Kamille says this in verbatim when Fumina address him by his name as if she knew him. Shia is quick to answer that his name became known for his defiance against the Titans.
- Not a Game: That's what Amuro Ray saw from his point of view at the new Gundams piloted by children at New Hong Kong, comparing them to be playing giant robots as toys.
- Original Character:
- Mrs. Hamon is this as she's the wife of Mr. Ral and a member of the International Gunpla Battle Official Referees nicknamed as the "Gunpla Police" that dealt with the Gunpla Mafia. Like Mr. Ral who shares resemblance with Ramba Ral, Mrs. Hamon shares the resemblance with Crowley Hamon.
- Trapped in Another World: This happens to Sekai Kamiki and his friends Fumina Hoshino, Yuuma Kousaka and Shia Kijima and their adult supervisors, Mr. Ral and his wife Mrs. Hamon, ending up in Universal Century where the Gryps War occurred.
