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!!!Voice Actor: KoujiTsujitani

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!!!Voice Actor: KoujiTsujitani
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's strongly implied that she has connections with certain figures who would one day forge the Zanscare Empire from ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam.''

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's strongly implied that she has connections with certain figures who would one day forge Her vision of a Newtype aristocracy is very similar to the supposed ideals of the Zanscare Empire from ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam.''
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Updating spelling to be line with official English sources.


* PsychicPowers: He's a Newtype (what a shock). A fairly powerful one too, easily surpassing Kincaid's Newtype abilities in the battle against the Elefante Mobile Armor.

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* PsychicPowers: He's a Newtype (what a shock). A fairly powerful one too, easily surpassing Kincaid's Kincade's Newtype abilities in the battle against the Elefante Mobile Armor.



!!Kincaid Nau (Seabook Arno)

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!!Kincaid !!Kincade Nau (Seabook Arno)



* ThatManIsDead: Played with. Seabook Arno supposedly died in an accident years before the manga, allowing him to take up a new identity by the name of Kincaid Nau. On the other hand, like Berah/Cecily, this is only meant to last for as long as they needed it to be. In fact, by the end Kincaid was conveniently "killed off" so Seabook could finally live in peace with Cecily.

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* ThatManIsDead: Played with. Seabook Arno supposedly died in an accident years before the manga, allowing him to take up a new identity by the name of Kincaid Kincade Nau. On the other hand, like Berah/Cecily, this is only meant to last for as long as they needed it to be. In fact, by the end Kincaid Kincade was conveniently "killed off" so Seabook could finally live in peace with Cecily.



* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Most everyone knows she and Kincaid are an item, despite her attempts to hide it.
* NotSoStoic: For most of the series, she stays calm and collected even in the face of insurmountable odds. But though it's shown how straining it could be, the only time that mask breaks is when Kincaid's X1 is falling towards Earth, going so far as to cry out his real name: Seabook.

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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Most everyone knows she and Kincaid Kincade are an item, despite her attempts to hide it.
* NotSoStoic: For most of the series, she stays calm and collected even in the face of insurmountable odds. But though it's shown how straining it could be, the only time that mask breaks is when Kincaid's Kincade's X1 is falling towards Earth, going so far as to cry out his real name: Seabook.



* UptownGirl: Has this relationship with Kincaid.


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* UptownGirl: Has this relationship with Kincaid.

Kincade.




Former ace pilot for Cosmo Babylonia, he joined up with the revived Crossbone Vanguard out of loyalty to Berah Ronah, and still holds strong to his aristocratic beliefs. He and Kincaid had a rivalry during the Cosmo Babylonia war, and they still don't entirely trust one another. He pilots the Crossbone X2 Gundam.

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Former ace pilot for Cosmo Babylonia, he joined up with the revived Crossbone Vanguard out of loyalty to Berah Ronah, and still holds strong to his aristocratic beliefs. He and Kincaid Kincade had a rivalry during the Cosmo Babylonia war, and they still don't entirely trust one another. He pilots the Crossbone X2 Gundam.



* AcePilot: Formerly the top Ace of Cosmo Babylonia, and now one of the few pilots in the Vanguard on equal footing with Kincaid.
* CharClone: He's still somewhat this for Kincaid, which is carried over from ''F91.''

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* AcePilot: Formerly the top Ace of Cosmo Babylonia, and now one of the few pilots in the Vanguard on equal footing with Kincaid.
Kincade.
* CharClone: He's still somewhat this for Kincaid, Kincade, which is carried over from ''F91.''



* TheRival: As in ''F91'', to Kincaid. Even Kincaid acknowledges that he and Zabine will probably never get along and will always be rivals at heart.

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* TheRival: As in ''F91'', to Kincaid. Kincade. Even Kincaid Kincade acknowledges that he and Zabine will probably never get along and will always be rivals at heart.



* AcePilot: One of the few the Federation has left. He's good enough to go up against Kincaid evenly.

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* AcePilot: One of the few the Federation has left. He's good enough to go up against Kincaid Kincade evenly.



* EnemyMine: In the final battle against Dogatie, where he helps Kincaid and Tobia break through, and then promises that he will find them a good lawyer for their trial.

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* EnemyMine: In the final battle against Dogatie, where he helps Kincaid Kincade and Tobia break through, and then promises that he will find them a good lawyer for their trial.
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A high-ranking Jupiter nobleman, and one of Dogatie's most trusted agents. He was attempting to groom Tobia as a possible Newtype pilot for Jupiter, but that fell through when Tobia joined the Crossbone Vanguard.

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A high-ranking Jupiter nobleman, and one of Dogatie's most trusted agents. He was attempting to groom Tobia as a possible Newtype pilot for Jupiter, but that fell puts Jovian Newtypes through when TrainingFromHell to become expert pilots. He was considering Tobia joined for one of his students, and continues to try to get Tobia to join him throughout the Crossbone Vanguard.series.




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* TrainingFromHell: His Newtype students come out of their training... not well in the head. On the other hand, all the "graduates" of his training we see are ''exceedingly'' dangerous pilots.

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* BadassGrandpa: He's pretty much the only ''Gundam'' protagonist from the earlier UC-era shows to actually survive into the UC 0120s-0130s and even into the Zanscare conflict.

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* BadassGrandpa: He's pretty much the only ''Gundam'' protagonist from the earlier UC-era shows seen to actually survive into the UC 0120s-0130s 0130s and even into the Zanscare conflict.



* OlderAndWiser: He knows a lot more than he initially lets on.



* WhatTheHellHero: By ''Victory Gundam'', Usso Evin calls him out on this for his decades-long plan of leaving Earth and the rest of humanity behind. He himself even admits that the plan is really a long-shot and likely to end up repeating the same mistakes of the past, but nonetheless believes that it would be a first step to better things.

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* WhatTheHellHero: By ''Victory Gundam'', Usso Evin calls him out on this for his decades-long plan of leaving Earth and the rest of humanity behind. He Grey Stoke himself even admits that the plan is really a long-shot and likely to end up repeating the same mistakes of the past, but nonetheless believes that it would be a first step to better things.


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* OlderAndWiser: He's definitely grown up since the events of the original manga, though he still keeps his casual, easygoing persona.
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* SirSwearsALot: Has an extremely foul mouth, at least in the English scanslations.
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!!!Voice Actors: Creator/IchiroNagai (''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration F'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 2''), {{Mugihito}} (''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration Spirits'' onwards)

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!!!Voice Actors: Creator/IchiroNagai (''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration F'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 2''), {{Mugihito}} Creator/{{Mugihito}} (''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration Spirits'' onwards)
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!!!Voice Actor: [[YuichiNagashima Cho]]

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!!!Voice Actor: [[YuichiNagashima [[Creator/YuichiNagashima Cho]]
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* CrazyPrepared: The mere fact that he essentially had ''backup copies of his mind'' made in bio-computers (which also control lookalike androids) on the off-chance that someone or something would kill him. Not to mention having said copies have versions of his own Mobile Armor, the Divinidad...which itself has a payload of several nukes.
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* ExoticeyeDesigns: To keep with her star theme, Twink also has star-shaped irises.

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* TheHighQueen: Over time, she starts to approach being one. By the events of ''Ghost'', she's become a much more beloved figure among the Jovians than her father ever was. To the point that when "Curtis Rothko" and the ''Serpiente Tacon'' were tasked in secret to revive the Crossbone Vanguard, they oblige practically without question.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's strongly implied that she has connections with certain figures who would one day forge the Zanscare Empire from ''Victory Gundam.''

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's strongly implied that she has connections with certain figures who would one day forge the Zanscare Empire from ''Victory Gundam.''''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam.''

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* TheDividual: So closely linked mentally that it sometimes seems as though even ''they'' consider themselves to be a single person.



* DrivenToSuicide: After his defeat in the original series, he attempts to kill himself, which is not all that surprising considering the [[YouHaveFailedMe Jupiter Empire's treatment]] of those who lose their machines. Barnes stops him.


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* InterruptedSuicide: After his defeat in the original series, he attempts to kill himself, which is not all that surprising considering the [[YouHaveFailedMe Jupiter Empire's treatment]] of those who lose their machines. Barnes stops him.
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* ObliviousToLove: She doesn't seem to notice Harrison's rather obvious attraction to her. Later, when the Vanguard are discussing the progress of Tobia's and Bernadette's relationship, she is puzzled as to what everyone is talking about.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He's definitely become one over the years, staying casual and nonchalant for the most part. The moment he drops the snark however, things ''really'' get serious.
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* GenreSavvy: He's familiar enough with the usual ''Gundam'' conventions to either subvert or avoid them if the opportunity arises.


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* BadassNormal: He can hold his own handily against Newtypes.


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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: And gets discharged from the Federation forces for his troubles. He does however wind up siding with the Vanguard.
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* RetiredBadass: Downplayed. While his days as Judau are long over, he's clearly kept himself (and the Gump) busy over the past decades.

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* ShutUpHannibal: He doesn't take too kindly to what the villains have in store and generally responds to their prattle by calling bullshit.



* OfficialCouple: With Tobia.



* {{Expy}}: He's somewhat like a much more stable Quattro Bajeena.

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* {{Expy}}: He's By the events of the manga, he's become somewhat like a much more stable Quattro Bajeena.



* UndyingLoyalty‎: Subverted. While he does profess fealty to Berah/Cecily, it's only insofar as she continued to uphold his ideal for aristocracy.



* AcePilot: While blind, he still took on three Victory Gundams at once and held his own, in a twenty-year-old Gundam, no less.

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* AcePilot: While blind, he still took on three Victory Gundams at once and held his own, in a twenty-year-old 20 year old, partly jury-rigged Gundam, no less.

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* AffablyEvil: He acts more like team manager and saleman than a handler of potentially homicidal ex-criminals.

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* AffablyEvil: He acts more like a team manager and saleman salesman than a handler of homicidal ex-criminals who could potentially homicidal ex-criminals.turn on him at any moment.



* BadBoss: He clearly doesn't give a single damn about people he deem are of no use to him. To the point that the men he sent to meet the [=ThouCus=] wind up as target practice on his orders just to seal the deal.

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* BadBoss: He clearly doesn't give a single damn about people he deem are as being of no use to him. To the point that the men he sent to meet the [=ThouCus=] wind up as target practice on his orders just to seal the deal.

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* CharClone: He's still somewhat this for Kincaid, which is carried over from ''F91.''




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* WorthyOpponent: He eventually sees the Crossbone Vanguard, especially Tobia as this. Even going to so far as to offer good lawyers if he captures them for trial.



An old, mysterious Jovian trader who runs his own ''Jupitris''-class vessel and owns a beat-up looking mobile suit called the Gump. He meets Tobia in order to help him stop Jovian extremists from exploiting Amuro Ray's combat data in ''Skull Heart.'' It's also revealed however that he and the Gump [[MobileSuitGundamZZ have seen their share of adventures]]. He also reappears in a ''Victory Gundam'' sidestory alongside Uso Evin.

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An old, mysterious Jovian trader who runs his own ''Jupitris''-class vessel and owns a beat-up looking mobile suit called the Gump. He meets Tobia in order to help him stop Jovian extremists from exploiting Amuro Ray's combat data in ''Skull Heart.'' It's also revealed however that he and the Gump [[MobileSuitGundamZZ have seen their share of adventures]]. He also reappears in a ''Victory Gundam'' sidestory alongside Uso Usso Evin.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: By the time the events of ''Victory Gundam'' roll around, it's revealed that he and an entire colony of Newtypes decide to ditch the Earth Sphere altogether and use said colony as a GenerationShip bound for Proxima Centauri, where they could finally live in peace. In other words, this is Judau's attitude at the end of ''ZZ'' taken to its logical conclusion.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: By the time the events of ''Victory Gundam'' roll around, it's revealed that he and an entire colony a community full of Newtypes decide to ditch the Earth Sphere altogether and use said a modified colony as a GenerationShip bound for Proxima Centauri, where they could finally live in peace. In other words, this is Judau's attitude at the end of ''ZZ'' taken to its logical conclusion.



* WhatTheHellHero: By ''Victory Gundam'', Usso Evin calls him out on this for his decades-long plan of leaving Earth and the rest of humanity behind.

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* WhatTheHellHero: By ''Victory Gundam'', Usso Evin calls him out on this for his decades-long plan of leaving Earth and the rest of humanity behind.
behind. He himself even admits that the plan is really a long-shot and likely to end up repeating the same mistakes of the past, but nonetheless believes that it would be a first step to better things.
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* PsychicPowers: Downplayed somewhat. He's a rather powerful Newtype. Though he doesn't really show off his powers until the events of ''Victory Gundam.''

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* PsychicPowers: Downplayed somewhat. He's a rather among the top 3 most powerful Newtype. Newtypes to ever live, and has been steadily developing his powers since the age of 14. Though he doesn't really show off his powers until the events of ''Victory Gundam.''Gundam'', when fighting a Zanscare Newtype squad. Notably, he also displays far more fine control over them than any other Newtype in the franchise, to the point that he has casual and ''deliberate'' telepathic conversations with his Newtype crew members.

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* BlueBlood: Technically her great grandfather purchased the title.





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\n* UptownGirl: Has this relationship with Kincaid.

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* AffablyEvil: He acts more like team manager and saleman than a handler of potentially homicidal ex-criminals.



A prominent figure in the Zanscare Empire. He has a strong interest in acquiring "Angel's Call" and as the services of the [=ThouCus=] in order to forward the Empire's ultimate plan for the Angel Halo as well as his own ambitions.

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A prominent figure in the Zanscare Empire. He has a strong interest in acquiring "Angel's Call" and as the services of the [=ThouCus=] in order to forward the Empire's ultimate plan for the Angel Halo as well as his own ambitions.

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* KidHero: Sort of. He starts off at age 15.



* LadyOfAdventure: She's clearly become this since her time with the Crossbone Vanguard. Even as Queen, she not only sets up a survey expedition around the Solar System but ''joins the voyage'' as well while still doing her duties.



* HonorBeforeReason: To a fault. He never really let go of his nigh-fervent devotion to the aristocratic ideals he joined Cosmo Babylonia for in ''F91''. This comes at the expense of treating most the people around him as anything ''but'' lowlifes.



* BeenThereShapedHistory: His involvement in the One Year War led to him unwittingly scaring off Anavel Gato.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: His involvement in the One Year War led to him unwittingly scaring driving off Anavel Gato.Gato from his post.


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* ActionSurvivor: To a degree.


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* BadassInANiceSuit: He somewhat resembles a tanned Carl Sagan whenever he wears his civilian getup.


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* PaperThinDisguise: Averted. While there's still enough of Tobia that's recognizable, he's clearly done quite a bit of work to keep up appearances. On the other hand it doesn't work for everyone, as certain people who knew the ''original'' Curtis Rothko years before eventually start suspecting him.


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!Zanscare Empire
!!Vice Admiral Kizo

A prominent figure in the Zanscare Empire. He has a strong interest in acquiring "Angel's Call" and as the services of the [=ThouCus=] in order to forward the Empire's ultimate plan for the Angel Halo as well as his own ambitions.
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* BadBoss: He clearly doesn't give a single damn about people he deem are of no use to him. To the point that the men he sent to meet the [=ThouCus=] wind up as target practice on his orders just to seal the deal.
* BiggerBad: Closest thing the series has at the moment. He's the one Quo Gray is directly bargaining with.

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!!Zabine Chareaux

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!!Zabine ChareauxChareux



* CargoShip: Has a brotherly bond with the Gump. Which makes sense, since he's been using it ever since it was called the ZZ Gundam.

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* ThatManIsDead: Played with. Seabook Arno supposedly died in an accident years before the manga, allowing him to take up a new identity by the name of Kincaid Nau. On the other hand, like Berah/Cecily, this is only meant to last for as long as they needed it to be. In fact, by the end Kincaid was conveniently "killed off" so Seabook could finally live in peace with Cecily.



* NotSoStoic: For most of the series, she stays calm and collected even in the face of insurmountable odds. But though it's shown how straining it could be, the only time that mask breaks is when Kincaid's X1 is falling towards Earth, going so far as to cry out his real name: Seabook.



* TheRemnant: She's the one holding the remains of Cosmo Babylonia together.




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* WhatTheHellHero: By ''Victory Gundam'', Usso Evin calls him out on this for his decades-long plan of leaving Earth and the rest of humanity behind.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He has many faults, but laziness certainly isn't one of them. He is credited with the Jupiter colonies' survival for the decades he's been their ruler (how much of this is Jovian propaganda is up for debate), he's the one who militarized Jupiter, he's very active as a diplomat to the Earth Sphere, and he even personally flies the big superweapon into battle in the end. Oh, and he does all this while being so old that he's on constant life support.

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I would argue this example falls under Happy Ending Override more closely.


* CruelTwistEnding: Deliberately averted. This is ''precisely'' why Tobia refuses to consider going to him in ''Steel Seven'', as he doesn't want to ruin his and Cecily's happiness.


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* HappyEndingOverride: Deliberately averted. This is ''precisely'' why Tobia refuses to consider going to him in ''Steel Seven'', as he doesn't want to ruin his and Cecily's happiness.
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* CruelTwistEnding: Deliberately averted. This is ''precisely'' why Tobia refuses to consider going to him in ''Steel Seven'', as he doesn't want to ruin his and Cecily's happiness.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: He is noted to have been a fair ruler in the past, but the pure kindness shown by his Earthborn wife revealed just how cold he had become by comparison, hence his hatred for the Earth. Tobia takes this as proof that Dogatie is not a CompleteMonster, and that he still did have a human heart, twisted and broken though it was.

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* LoveMakesYouEvil: He is noted to have been a fair ruler in the past, but the pure kindness shown by his Earthborn wife revealed just how cold he had become by comparison, hence his hatred for the Earth. Tobia takes this as proof that Dogatie is not a CompleteMonster, and that he still did have a human heart, twisted and broken though it was.

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* BadassInANiceSuit: He shows up in rather nicely tailored suit.

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* BadassInANiceSuit: He shows up in rather [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120413134327/gundam/images/f/f9/117937.jpg nicely tailored suit.suit]].


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: By the time the events of ''Victory Gundam'' roll around, it's revealed that he and an entire colony of Newtypes decide to ditch the Earth Sphere altogether and use said colony as a GenerationShip bound for Proxima Centauri, where they could finally live in peace. In other words, this is Judau's attitude at the end of ''ZZ'' taken to its logical conclusion.

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