History Anime / MobileSuitGundamWing

[[caption-width-right:350:They know what to do!]]

** White Fang throws themselves into the ring late in the series, with their ties to Operation Meteor and the threat they pose to Earth and the Gundam Pilots. Quinze is the founder and the one who brings the group into the spotlight, but he has Zechs lead them, as he's a better fighter and tactician. Zechs's role as a BigBad pushes him towards the darker CharClone variant for a time being.

* CharClone: Zechs Marquise serves as an embodiment of all three incarnations of the original Char in the span of a couple of years, though with a variation in that the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]''-style BigBad run comes ''before'' the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta]]''-style BigBrotherMentor bit.

** Zechs is a CharClone, Relena is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Sayla Mass]], Mariemaia is [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Mineva Lao Zabi]], Noin is GenderFlip [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Garma Zabi]], and both the original Heero Yuy and King Peacecraft were based on [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Zeon Zum Deikun]].

* FragileFlyer: The Aries are the aerial counterpart to the Leos, acting as the primary airborne {{Mooks}} of the series. Unlike the Leos, which can be equipped with either solid ammunition weapons like machine guns and bazookas or beam weapons like beam rifles in addition to a basic beam saber mounted in their shields, the Aries are armed with nothing more than a chaingun and missiles. In order to keep weight low, they also have less armour than the Leos. Notably, when [[CharClone Zechs Merquise]] leads a team to intercept the Wing Gundam as it enters Earth's atmosphere, Zech opts to pilot a Leo rather than an Aries despite the confrontation happening at high altitude.

->"''With high expectations, human beings leave Earth to begin a new life in space colonies. However, the United Earth Sphere Alliance gains great military power, and soon seizes control of one colony after another in the name of justice and peace..."''

->''"The year is After Colony 195...''"

* {{Unobtanium}}: The Gundanium alloy used to build the five Gundams. The reason for this is because Gundanium alloy is rare, expensive, and can only be synthesized in space. The Gundam scientists were the only people who had knowledge of how to synthesize it, up until they were captured by OZ and forced to synthesize it to build the {{Super Prototype}}s [[StoneWall Mercurius]] and [[GlassCannon Vayeate]], both of which eventually spawned the [[MookMobile mass-produced Virgo mobile dolls]].

* MarketBasedTitle: The original Japanese title is ''Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing'', the first part translated as "New Mobile Report", "New Mobile History", or "New Mobile War Chronicle" in various sourcebooks. The decision to use "Mobile Suit" may have been to avoid the headache of all these conflicting translations, or to tie it closer with the older series[[note]]Until 2002's ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', only Universal Century shows used "Mobile Suit"; the other Alternate Universe shows had their own pre-titles.[[/note]]

** Depending on the viewer's POV, the closest is Trowa and Quatre, and maybe even Zechs and Treize. Enough to provide legitimate [[ShippingGoggles fodder for the fans]].

** The five Gundam pilots are also this to the TheTeam from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''.

* PeekABangs: Trowa, and to a lesser extent, Noin and Hilde.

** Both Vayate and Mercurius have the footage of them using their signature abilities (Vayate's giant laser cannon, Mercurius' shields and its sword) used in all of their battles, despite only being in about 5 episods total.

* ''Frozen Teardrop'': Taking place 30 years after ''Endless Waltz'', this sequel manga follows the children of the Gundam pilots (who look just like their parents), along with Heero (who was cryogenically frozen, and thus still the same age), as they face yet another terrorist group looking to overthrow the government... this time led by Relena Peacecraft! The manga also details the backstory of Heero and Treiza Khushrenada.