History Quotes / MobileSuitGundamUnicorn

[[CharClone Like a comet born]];\\

-->--''[[Literature/TheBible Job 39:9-12]]''.

->'''Cardeas:''' [[FamousLastWords My wish... has finally come true... Anna...]]

->'''Cardeas:''' Anna... Your mother didn't want to see you fall victim to this curse, so she took you from me. She should hate me as I'm sure you do as well. But you must go! Fear not; if you trust in the possibility that lies within and try with all your might, the path will show itself to you...

One of the most notable things about this series, rightly so, would be its writing and effective usage of ActionFilmQuietDramaScene. Not surprisingly, its dialogue is very memorable, with this quotes page dwarfing most of other entries in the ''Franchise/Gundam'' metaseries.

->'''''Nahel Argama'' Medic:''' The result of a delusion; that one might be able to create Newtypes artificially. To make a long story short, that was the sophistry they used to violate their ethics so they could create human weapons. You know the basic Newtype concept?

->'''''Nahel Argama'' Medic:''' That’s right.

->'''''Nahel Argama'' Medic:''' You know, somebody once said to me that mankind was constantly at war because we will stuck on the cusp of a new stage of our evolution. And that if there is any chance for us to become Newtypes, he said cyber-Newtype research should be allowed. If we leave evolution to Mother Nature, mankind will never make it, or kill ourselves off long before Mother Nature has a chance to fix us. I think that’s a pretty sad way of looking at things.

--> — '''Full Frontal's''' HannibalLecture to [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor a vacillating]] '''Banagher Links''', from '''Episode 6''', ''Two Worlds, Two Tomorrows''

->'''Old man:''' My generation was raised on stories of the bad old days from our grandfathers and grandmothers. Sounds like things got pretty terrible back then. They wanted to do something about it, so they founded the Federation and got the space settlement thing started. Some folks say it was only the poor that were forcibly discarded into space, but there were a lot of people who left of their own accord. They were prepared to stay away until the Earth's environment recovered. But the [[MobileSuitGundam One Year War]] undid most of the progress that had been made.

->'''Old man:''' Maybe so. But if we denied that, that would be a sad world. I guess there are some who can work for the greater god at their own expense, but there's something shady about it. [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Like that Char guy with the Neo Zeon.]] He said he was fighting for the good of everyone, even as he was dropping asteroids on us. Truth is, maybe he was just a guy who never learned how to love humanity.

->'''Suberoa Zinnerman:''' It almost makes you doubt all those stories about the Earth being polluted. Thing is, the air around here is even more polluted than it used to be. And they say the desert has advanced all the way to Dakar's doorstep. It's all humanity's doing. Indiscriminate development, [[MobileSuitGundam the]] [[MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory dropping of colonies]] [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack and asteroids]]... If humanity is the product of nature, that makes all of mankind's trash and poison natural products, too. And even if it's rendered unfit for human habitation, I guess that'll be the result of nature achieving a new balance. Mother Nature has absolutely no mercy. Ancient humans understood that. As products of nature, they knew it instinctively.

->'''Audrey Burne/Mineva Lao Zabi:''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Now that I hear it, it all seems so petty.]] You want to create this Side Co-Prosperity Sphere and leave out the Federation. [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers Rather than demanding change from those who refuse it, you will simply ignore them. That is far removed from the ideals of Zeon Deikun, who dreamed of reforming humanity... and worlds apart from the madness, the passion, of Char, who tried to render Earth uninhabitable and bring all humanity into space. Are you sure this is what you really want?]] If this Side Co-Prosperity Sphere of yours comes to pass, the Earthnoids will probably speed up the redevelopment of Earth, in order to support an economy of their own. [[HistoryRepeats It would be a return to the old A.D. calendar days.]] The new generation that will grow up in poverty might even plot to retaliate against the Spacenoids. [[MobileSuitGundam Just like when Zeon started the One Year War]]. [[FullCircleRevolution There will be no harmony or reform, only the strong and weak endlessly trading places into the future]]. Is that what a man who decided to reveal himself to the world again really wants?

->'''Liam Borrinea:''' [[MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack The Axis Shock...]]

->'''Char Aznable''': ''(in a disembodied voice) I entrust it to you. That which you believe you have to do.

-->-- '''The Unicorn in Captivity''' by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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--> — '''Mineva Lao Zabi''', revealing Laplace's Box to the whole of humanity, '''Episode 7''', ''Over the Rainbow''

->'''Audrey Burne/Mineva Lao Zabi:''' I doubt that a man they call the Second Coming of Char simply wants to revive Zeon. I think it's about time that you revealed what your true intentions are.
->'''Banagher Links:''' I want to hear this, as well.
->'''Audrey Burne/Mineva Lao Zabi:''' Let's hear it, Captain Full Frontal. What are you really after?
->'''Full Frontal:''' As you wish. ''[takes off his mask]'' Do you mind?
->'''Audrey Burne/Mineva Lao Zabi:''' Not at all.
->'''Full Frontal:''' What we Spacenoids desire, first and foremost, is the establishment of our right to self-rule. The Federation will never consent to this. They know that the instant they do, the roles of master and servant would be reversed. ''The reason is obvious. At present, life in the Earth Sphere depends on the existence of the seven Sides and the moon, including energy production, food production, economic activity itself. The fact is that on its own, the planet Earth is no longer even capable of feeding 2 billion Earthnoid mouths. Spacenoids, on the other hand, could easily support themselves if they were to sever ties with Earth. Zeon Deikun should have used this fact as a weapon. However, while he may have been a great philosopher, a politician he was not. Whether it's the Zabi family twisting Zeon's ideals and exploiting them or the two Neo Zeon wars, it all boils down to the same thing. Until we abandon the goal of forcing them to formally acknowledge us, there will he no victory in our battle against the Federation. We will strengthen the ties between the moon and seven Sides and create an economic zone that excludes the Earth at its center.'' '''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything That is to say, we found the Side Co-Prosperity Sphere.]]'''

->As a soldier, ''and as a man'', I look forward to seeing you fight bravely…

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->Greetings, people of Earth, of space, everyone living in this world. I am Mineva Lao Zabi. Please forgive me for addressing you all in this manner. I am the heir to the Zabi family that once led the Principality of Zeon. However, the matter I am about to discuss has nothing to do with my lineage. Today, I learned a secret that affects the very foundation of the Federation government. I would like to inform you all
of this secret, simply as one human being who lives in this world.

''[cue a room-wide hologram of fauna evolution over billions of centuries]''

->'''Syam Vist''': All is ready. You are able to broadcast to the entire Earth Sphere via every communications
and broadcast system. Even with all the power of the Foundation, this was no small feat. There is little time. The Federation will do everything in its power to stop you. Now, hurry--

--> — The ghost of the Universal Century are put to rest, '''Episode 7''', ''Over the Rainbow''

Bright Noa: (on firing the Gryps II Colony Laser) Chairman Ronan. If you insist on carrying out this act, I will be an enemy of the Federation from this moment onwards.
Ronan Marcenas: Spare me your bluffs. You have a family, too. Are you sure you want to drag your children into this?
Bright Noa: I only want to be a father whose children aren't ashamed of him.

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->'''Riddhe Marcenas''': Captain. Why do you suppose the Federation has always been so scared of Zeon and tried to prove it wrong? The bunch of devils who dropped a colony. That was the result, not the cause.
The real issue is Newtypes. ''"In the future, should the emergence of a new space-adapted human race be confirmed, the Earth Federation shall give priority to involving them in the administration of the government."'' That prayer, woven a hundred years age, became a curse the instant that Zeon Deikun began proposing his Newtype theory...

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->'''Syam Vist''': Four years from now, in U.C. 0100, the autonomy of the Republic of Zeon will be revoked. The name of Zeon, along with his ideology, will sink into oblivion. The word "Newtype" will eventually
be forgotten as well, and the curse of the Box will return to nothingness. As well as its prayer. Without giving in to despair, without trying to stymie it, a prayer to turn back towards the God called possibility. If we miss this opportunity ——

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''[power blacks out]''

'''Full Frontal''': You believe that they are true Newtypes, then?

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--> — The ghost of the Universal Century are put to rest, '''Episode 7''', ''Over the Rainbow''

'''Syam Vist''': I've been waiting. So that I could tell you only one thing. The offspring of my bloodline and the princess of Zeon. There could be no one more fitting to entrust Laplace's Box to.

'''Syam Vist''': It took a billion years for the life that arose from the sea to crawl onto land. Another billion years of countless ups and downs were then required for that life to take human shape. That is how evolution works. It is not something that can be discerned within the limited lifespan of an individual. However, Newtypes represent an expansion of cognitive ability. One in which triggers the reformation of an individual's consciousness.
''[cue snapshots of the Laplace Space Station]''
'''Syam Vist:''' The final night of the old calendar. The instant the Universal Century began, that is when it was woven.
'''Banagher Links''': The Universal Century Charter monument.
'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': That monument, it-- Look! Right there! That's different from the one we all know. It has one extra article.
''[cue the explosion on Laplace and the reveal of the long-hidden original Universal Century Charter]''
'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': ''"In the future, should the emergence of a new space-adapted human race be confirmed, the Earth Federation shall give priority to involving them in the administration of the government."'' A new human race...
'''Banagher Links''': Newtypes?
'''Syam Vist''': That is Laplace's Box. The true form of the curse that has kept us spellbound these long hundred years. And it is also a prayer.

'''Riddhe Marcenas''': Captain. Why do you suppose the Federation has always been so scared of Zeon and tried to prove it wrong? The bunch of devils who dropped a colony. That was the result, not the cause.

'''Captain Otto Midas''': Which means...
'''Riddhe Marcenas''': Ricardo Marcenas, the first prime minister, added that passage entitled "Future" as if to atone for discarding Earth's excess population into space. But he... He was made into a martyr to the Federation political system. The Charter of the Universal Century was rewritten, and that should have been the end of it. If the genuine charter hadn't fallen into the hands of Syam Vist, one of the terrorists who carried out the assassination... And as a result...

'''Gael Chan''': This is Syam Vist. The founder of the Vist Foundation, as well as your great-grandfather, Master Banagher.
'''Banagher Links''': You were watching? Everything that's happened, you were watching, but you--
'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': Banagher. Syam Vist. For many years, you have used this to extort concessions from the Federation government. Why give that up now?
'''Syam Vist''': Four years from now, in U.C. 0100, the autonomy of the Republic of Zeon will be revoked. The name of Zeon, along with his ideology, will sink into oblivion. The word "Newtype" will eventually

'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': But if we do this, war will break out again. If it has been signed by representatives of every nation, this monument carries the weight of law. If an anti-government group like the Zeon remnants were to get their hands on it, it would be the perfect weapon to bring down the Federation. If that happens, it will be the One Year War all over again. It's too steep a price to pay for the truth of their goodwill.
'''Syam Vist''': That is why I want to entrust the matter to Newtypes like you.
'''Gael Chan''': The La+ Program is a system designed to identify true Newtypes. Unlike those of Cyber-Newtypes, the psycho-waves of true Newtypes are beyond measurement. That is the key that leads a true Newtype to the Box, whoever that may be. That is what the Unicorn Gundam is. It was all planned by Cardeas Vist. He never considered putting you in it, not even in his dreams. However, I am sure that he... [would have approved].

'''Captain Otto Midas''': For something as trivial as that?
'''Riddhe Marcenas''': He was a shrewd man. Even as he blackmailed the government, using the monument as leverage, he never made unreasonable demands. He fostered the development of Anaheim Electronics, which was still an up-and-comer at the time, founded the Vist Foundation...
'''Captain Otto Midas''': And its symbiotic relationship with the Federation began. A system maintained by hiding and revering the original monument, Laplace's Box... Whatever is actually in it no longer matters. The Box now symbolizes the world's order.
'''Riddhe Marcenas''': At first, it was nothing more than a scandal to threaten the administration of the time. But the Principality of Zeon's sudden rise to power changed everything. Whether or not Newtypes really exist isn't the issue. The very fact that the Federation swept that article under the rug would become the ultimate weapon for those who believe in Zeon. They had no choice but to remain silent. So that this world would not be turned into Hell. But in the end, Hell came anyway. The One Year War. The sheer magnitude of the deaths and the existence of Newtypes, which had been proven by the war, lent even more weight to the Box's curse. That's why my father and the others had no choice but to keep the secret. Out of fear that another war of extermination would break out, they chose the path of domesticating the populace under a warped political system. But what's this "order" they've tried so hard to protect?

''[after Magallanica was shaken by a minor attack]''
'''Syam Vist''': There is no cause for concern. Magallanica was built tough in anticipation of this day. It would seem that the black lion has come to our aid, as well.
'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': Anticipation of what day?
'''Syam Vist''': As I have spent these many years as the Box's guardian, staying too long in this body, I have had but one desire. If Newtypes truly existed, I wanted to entrust the Box to their care. I believed that they would be able to put the Box to better use and reclaim the future that was meant to be. If technology was being perfected that could touch the human psyche, the soul, I wished to find out if they truly did exist. But that is ''my'' desire. There are as many ''"my only desires"'' as there are human beings. You could leave the Box unopened, or you could destroy it if you wished. And if that alone would not satisfy you, you are even welcome to strike this old fool dead. What do you desire? What do you wish for in your heart?
'''Banagher Links''': If Newtypes are a new form of humanity, I don't believe that current humans would be able to identify them. So I don't know if she and I have the gifts you're looking for, and I don't know what's best for everyone, either. But... ''(remembering his moments with Zinnerman, Daguza, Marida and Cardeas)'' Even so... As just one human being... I want to believe in what lies ahead. In people. In the possibility that humanity possesses.
''(Syam gives a tender smile)''
'''Syam Vist''': All is ready. You are able to broadcast to the entire Earth Sphere via every communications

'''Full Frontal''': I wouldn't do that if I were you. ''(steps out from the shadows)'' This is actually an act of locking possibility away. You should keep the contents of the Box secret and use it as leverage to bargain with the Federation.
'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': Frontal...
Full Frontal: That is what will lead Spacenoids to true prosperity.

'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': Leave us, Full Frontal. You're nothing but a man who was made in Char's image who is trying to fulfill his role. Are you certain that this Side Co-Prosperity Sphere you speak of isn't just part of your programming? A man who never believed in humanity's future has no right to—
'''Full Frontal''': That may have been the case at first. But I am no longer empty. It is not I who wished to come here and see the true nature of the Box with his own eyes. In truth, I do not know, either. Whose thoughts are these that have been poured into this artificial vessel? Syam Vist, patriarch of the Vist family. As leader of Neo Zeon, as one who speaks for all Spacenoids, I would like you to place Laplace's Box in my care. This is not a negotiation conducted between proxies. I ask that you do not interfere as you did during the handover of the Key.
'''Syam Vist''': There is truth in what you say. It may be that the Box should remain unopened so that humanity may go on living in the reality it has always known.
'''Full Frontal''': Then why--
'''Syam Vist''': That is exactly why. The Box does not belong in the hands of someone who only views its opening as a bargaining chip. The hands of men like you and me. Hear me, Ghost of Char. The Universal Century will reach the hundred year mark soon. This is no longer our time. Is it so unthinkable that the time has come for us to turn over the reins to the children?

'''Syam Vist''': That is of no consequence. They followed the path that led to the Box, and they have made their decision. I intend to abide by that decision.
'''Full Frontal''': Very well. It is not my wish to engage in further acts of war. However... If you cannot accept my request, I will take the Charter of the Universal Century by force.
''[Syam activates psycowave-controlled turrets to attack Full Frontal, forcing him to retreat]''
'''Syam Vist''': He truly is a ghost...

'''Syam Vist''': I wonder, what sort of future will all this give rise to? It's possible that nothing at all will change. Words are nothing more than words. Even laws are interpreted in whatever manner best suits people's interests. Naturally, if the Box is opened, there will be some commotion for a while. There might be a movement to enforce that article. But do Newtypes actually exist in the first place? After all the debate and investigation, a definitive conclusion will never be reached.
'''Mineva Lao Zabi''': Even so. Even so, Banagher will do what he believes is right. Just like the people who etched their sincere goodwill into this monument a century ago. Just as you have done by protecting this monument so that their goodwill could be made known to us now.
'''Syam Vist''': [[ShipperOnDeck He has found a good partner.]] ''(Mineva registers surprise)'' Princess Mineva. I would like the world to hear the truth from your lips. Tell our only desire to the people living in the Universal Century. In your own words.

'''Full Frontal''': Complete nothingness, devoid of light, and even the passage of time has halted. This is how the world ends. A world which has reached the end of time. People may struggle all they like, but the outcome will not change. Surely even you understand this. Hope and possibility are nothing but fleeting dreams glimpsed at the doorstep of this nothingness. Illusions that offer no comfort. They lead people astray and create meaningless conflict. It is Newtypes who know this truth.
'''Banagher Links''': Even so...
'''Full Frontal''': One shouldn't place unwarranted hope in life that merely exists and then fades away.
'''Banagher Links''': Even so!
'''Full Frontal''': Heat... Warm light... Gather up as much of this as you like, it will change nothing. ''(two conspicuous balls of light surround the Neo Zeong)'' Yes. Nothing at all!
'''Lalah Sune''': ''(approaching Full Frontal)'' This heat warms the universe, doesn't it?
'''Char Aznable''': ''(placing his hand on Frontal’s shoulder)'' I suppose it's time.
'''Lalah Sune''': Yes, I think you've let them know enough of those thoughts you had when you were you, Captain.
''(Frontal draws his last breath. Lalah Sune leads the Neo Zeong and the Unicorn into the void and back to present space-time, where the Neo-Zeong disintegrates)''
'''Banagher Links''': This light, it's...
'''Char Aznable''': ''(in a disembodied voice) I entrust it to you. That which you believe you have to do.

'''Amuro Ray''': ''(emerging as a blue streak of light)'' Are you sure?
'''Char Aznable''': Let's leave the rest to them.
''(Lalah Sune chuckles in the background, as they ascend beyond time)''

--> '''Laplace's Box''', aka the Original Universal Century Charter from '''Episode 7''', ''Over the Rainbow''

->'''Cardeas:''' Death should be treated with dignity. We're supposed to respect one another's lives. But once we grow out of childhood, though we know better, we still cause meaningless bloodshed. We've done it to the Earth this well; we've devoured her resources then sought out new frontiers to exploit in space. Humanity grew out of control and must endeavor to regain its dignity. We must revive the hope that was born one hundred years ago.

->'''Cardeas:''' I've programmed it to respond to you and you alone. If you can prove yourself to be a suitable pilot, the Unicorn will grant you unrivaled power, and then show you the path to Laplace's Box...

->'''Daguza Mackle:''' A merciless God that would ruthlessly crush anyone who dared oppose it. The station sabotage was the best thing that could happen to the Federation Government. It kept its authority under the pretext of terrorism prevention, you see.

[[SpaceIsAnOcean Into seas untorn]];