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[[folder:In General]]
* AxCrazy: Blue Cosmos being in total command of the Earth Alliance pretty much an open secret now, most of their high commanding officers tend to be zealous advocates of their extremist, genocidal ideology. Also the body and mind enhancements of the Extended pilots leave them like this.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Downplayed. The Extended are still ''insane'' like the Biological [=CPUs=] of ''SEED'', and need regular re-conditioning after battle. Compared to Azrael's team, the Extended pilots don't have a time limit on their performance, do not often rely on chemical stimulants for their prowess, and appear more focused. Their re-conditioning only requires erasing their past memories and rewriting them new ones. This makes them more ''stable'' than the Biological [=CPUs=], as long as you do not push their specific TriggerPhrase.
* DarkIsEvil: Many of their mobile suits and ships are colored black.
* EvilerThanThou: As compared to the more dangerous and self-interested Durandal. The Atlantic Federation was already a violent, racist military intent on wiping out Coordinators in the last series, but here they take it to a whole new level.
** The local OMNI soldiers at an Indian Earth Alliance base force the local civilians to work on the new base under construction, and gun down civilians who try to flee.
** They're still using TykeBomb SlaveMooks as Gundam pilots, obviously, but in a WhamEpisode midway through the series we see where the Extended were created -- an {{Expy}} of ''[[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Auschwitz]]''. It's shown again in the original 4th OP.
** When the Eurasian Federation seeks independence from the Earth Alliance, LOGOS leader Lord Djibril has Federation unit Phantom Pain unleash the Destroy machine to destroy several ''cities'' in Europe as a response, including Berlin.
** If all of that wasn't enough, Djibril finally [[spoiler:uses the [[WaveMotionGun Requiem superweapon]] to destroy six fully-populated PLANT colonies, making the Bloody Valentine look minor]].
* GovernmentConspiracy: LOGOS has total control of the entire Earth Alliance, effectively making them the phantom rulers of the whole Earth Sphere, and while it's ambiguous if they are actually into [[WarForFunAndProfit war for profits]], they're certainly opposed to the existence of all Coordinators if only because the [=PLANT=]s are a threat to their power.
* RiddleForTheAges: Durandal claims LOGOS to be a conspiracy of military industrialists that stir up war for profit. Given how they were willing to launch a full-on nuclear strike to effectively wipe out the Coordinators, and by extension half of their clientele in a lucrative social conflict fueled by FantasticRacism, it's worth questioning the veracity of that allegation.
* TrainingFromHell: The Extended all underwent a nightmarish training regimen during their youth involving things like being subjected to drugs and other alterations and killing each other in large cages.
* TriggerPhrase: Each Extended has a "block word".
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Sting, Auel, and Stella, the {{Evil Counterpart}}s to the ''Minerva's'' initial redcoat pilot team.
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!Phantom Pain
Phantom Pain is an irregular special forces unit within OMNI Enforcer, acting as the arms branch of LOGOS. In ''SEED Destiny'', its prominent members consist of three [[{{Tykebomb}} "Extended"]], biological [=CPUs=] who are shown to be as violent, yet more ''stable'' than their predecessors.
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[[folder:Neo Roanoke]]
!!Main mecha: [=TS-MA4F=] Exus, GAT-04 Windam (purple), [[spoiler:ORB-01 Akatsuki Gundam]]
!!!Voice Actors: Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), Creator/TrevorDevall (English original series dub), Creator/TomWayland (English HD remaster dub)
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-->''"Sometimes I wonder when I crossed the line and became a wicked man."''

Lord Djibril's mysterious, masked right-hand man and Phantom Pain's field leader. Neo and his team are the major antagonists for the first half of the series. Though a skilled pilot himself, he mostly acts as commanding officer. Quite the ManipulativeBastard, he generally uses his abilities in that field to keep his subordinates as stable and sane as possible.
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* AceCustom: His purple-colored Exus mobile armor and Windam mobile suit.
* AcePilot: One of the best pilots at the EA's disposal, regularly taking on the likes of Shinn and Rey in vastly inferior mecha.
* AlertnessBlink: Between him and Rey. [[spoiler: It's a CallBack to ''SEED'', where Mu and Rau could sense when the other was nearby. This foreshadows that Roanoke is actually an amnesic Mu, and Rey is another clone of Mu's father.]]
* AmnesiacDissonance: Meeting Murrue touches off a bad case of it.
* BadassNormal: He's not a [[BornWinner Coordinator]] or [[TykeBomb Extended]] and doesn't have [[SuperMode SEED mode]] or a [[BiggerStick Gundam]] (at first), but regularly fights on the same level as pilots who are/do.
* BigBrotherMentor: [[spoiler:Still]] projects this aura. This is a bad thing for people who might like to be objective about things like, oh, ''trusting him''.
* BiggerStick: [[spoiler:The Akatsuki. It's packing in a [[BlingBlingBang shiny gold Anti-Beam coating]] to reflect any beam gunfire, especially against the ''Minerva'''s Tannhäuser cannon, seven [[AttackDrone DRAGOON beam turrets]] on its Shiranui Space Pack and a better gun and a shield which make this machine ''leagues'' better than his Windam.]]
* BlingBlingBang: The [[spoiler:''shiny gold'' Akatsuki he inherited from Cagalli after his HeelFaceTurn]]. The characters actually have to avert their eyes!
* BrokenAce: In [[spoiler:both his personas]]. Neo is a profoundly damaged set of goods to say the least.
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: In line with the show's theme of repetition, immediately after [[spoiler:re-joining the ''Archangel'', he slides right back into his usual behaviour of hitting on Murrue, and his remarks may have reached new levels of flirtiness, like outright asking her to bathe with him. Mind you, this happens long before he regains his full memory]].
* TheCaptain: For Phantom Pain and the ''Girty Lue''.
* CatchPhrase: [[spoiler:"I'm the man who makes the impossible possible."]]
* CharClone: Blonde, masked enigmatic AcePilot who is also TheDragon and TheRival? Ayep, he's a Char. Also, ever noticed how much he resembles Rau Le Creuset? [[spoiler: That's not a coincidence.]]
* CoolMask: To cover up some [[StealthPun extensive]] scarring on his face.
* CoolPlane: He later pilots a Skygrasper [[spoiler:during his HeelFaceTurn]].
* CoolShip: Commands the first-of-its-kind ''Girty Lue'' assault carrier, which is essentially an ''Archangel''-class battleship with the [[WaveMotionGun Lohengrin]] removed in favor of a [[InvisibilityCloak Mirage Colloid system]], a stealth propulsion engine, and a hanger room for an entire strike force of mobile suits.
* CoveredWithScars: His face and torso are coated in scar tissue.
* CriminalAmnesiac: [[spoiler:Mu]], courtesy of Djibril.
* CustomUniform:
** His all-black Earth Alliance uniform and helmet cause Neo to cut a very noticeable figure.
** [[spoiler:He later wears a variant of Orb's pilot suits that trades the gray, black, and pale green color scheme for one that's black, purple, and light gray. The helmet also has feathers on it.]]
* TheCynic: Neo is fully aware of the kind of people he is working for and the sort of war he is fighting. He also believes there's nothing he can do about it.
* DeathFromAbove: Delivered in his Windam. Generally, he and Sting provided the Earth Forces with air support.
* TheDragon: To Djibril, leading both the Navy and Phantom Pain for him. Overlaps with HypercompetentSidekick as he, and not [[StupidEvil his boss]], is the reason for most of the Earth Forces' military successes.
* DroneDeployer: His TS-[=MA4F=] Exus mobile armor features four of them. [[spoiler:So does the Akatsuki when equipped with the Shiranui DRAGOON pack]].
* EvilMentor: To the Extended, such as when he coaxes Stella [[spoiler:to get on the Destroy Gundam to fight and destroy all the "scary things". He also tells Sting Stella's a better match when the latter asks why he wasn't chosen.]]
* EnemyMine: How he portrays [[spoiler:his initial alliance with the ''Archangel''.]]
* ExactWords: Shinn returned Stella to his custody on the sole condition Neo remove her to some safe place far from war. Neo said "...I promise." He didn't say "I'll do it."
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: It's heavily implied that Djibril had false memories of always being Neo planted in Mu's head, effectively creating a separate persona.]]
* FragileSpeedster: The Jet Striker on his Windam is said to have been set to "Full Boost". Shinn even lampshades that he was faster than the average Jet Windam.
* GlassCannon: The GAT-04 Windam, which blows up with alarming frequency, but is fast, and has a beam rifle, which lets it one hit KO anything that isn't a Gundam. Neo, being Neo, simply expects to not get hit.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He proves to have extensive scarring all over his body, including his face. Despite being covered up with a mask, however, it's non-disfiguring.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After his memories as Mu start coming back to him, he decides to stick around the Archangel in order to find out who he really is.]]
* HesBack: [[spoiler:Finally regains his memories as Mu after recreating his own [[TakingTheBullet Taking The Antimatter Beam]] HeroicSacrifice, only this time in a mobile suit that can handle it]].
* HypercompetentSidekick: To Djibril. Not a case of DragonInChief though, as Djibril is very much in charge (and is by far the more evil of the two of them).
* IgnoredEpiphany: Neo is fully aware that he's an incredibly bad person. He also thinks he's gone too far to turn back now. [[spoiler:Being captured by the ''Archangel'' and a bad case of AmnesiacDissonance help shake him out of this]].
* InvisibilityCloak: The ''Girty Lue'' carries both the Mirage Colloid system, which allows it to achieve radar and line-of-sight invisibility, and a stealth propulsion system that uses pressurised jets of gas to avoid detection by thermal sensors.
* IveComeTooFar: Neo crossed his personal MoralEventHorizon when he first started working with the Extended. He doesn't feel like there is any going back now.
* {{Irony}}: The man brainwashing the Extended is himself a brainwashing victim.
* JustFollowingOrders: He has a bad, bad case of this. As generally the case with this, not only is he very much working for and enabling the bad guys, innocent people die because of it.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Unlike [[GeneralFailure Djibril]], Neo knows when to cut his losses. He retreats from any battle or personal engagement once he becomes aware that it's untenable, and he has nothing to gain.
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:The Akatsuki]]. See Cagalli's entry for more on that.
* ManipulativeBastard: He controls the Extended by playing off of their worst fears, and promises Shinn he'll keep Stella away from the battlefield, [[spoiler:before putting her in the Destroy]]. Worst part is that this ''may'' actually have been best for everyone involved.
* MeaningfulName: Roanoke might get his name from UsefulNotes/TheLostColonyOfRoanoke, an English colony whose inhabitants mysteriously vanished. [[spoiler: Given that he's actually Mu La Flaga, a soldier who was lost in battle...]]
* OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Murrue]].
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Neo is an absoultely lethal pilot, but his use of first a mobile armor and then a Windam can cause this to be overlooked. [[spoiler:Come HeelFaceTurn he upgrades to the Akatsuki, and for the first time in series has a [[BiggerStick top model Gundam]]. Slaughter ensues. This mirrors Rau Le Creuset from the previous series somewhat, as both upgrade their Mobile Suits at the very end of the series, and until then have had to make do with run-of-the-mill ones. There's even a scene in episode 49 that mirrors Rau when he first emerges on the battlefield in the Providence.]]
* PetTheDog: He's the only person other than [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Shinn]] to express any concern for the Extended, or even treat them like human beings. Whether this is genuine, or an attempt to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate]] them ([[TakeAThirdOption or both]]) is really left open.
* PragmaticVillainy: Neo has no interest in pointless destruction. It's not efficent.
* RealMenWearPink: Wears a black EA uniform, but flies a modified magenta Windam. His Exus mobile armor was also purple-pink.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: Coming over to the ''Archangel'' spares Neo from being killed with his superiors and subordinates--and likely from the war crimes trials that would have ensued after the war.
* TheRival: To Rey, mainly at the beginning.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: Shares the same voice actor as the late Mu la Flaga in all versions. [[spoiler:Because he ''is'' him.]]
* SpaceFighter: The TS-[=MA4F=] Exus. An upgraded version of the Mobius Zero from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', it's armed with wire-guided [[AttackDrone gunpods]], missile launchers, and a heavy-machinegun. He's able to successfully outmaneuver Shinn and Rey (at the same time!) with it.
* TeamDad: Sinister version. Stella sees him as a ParentalSubstitute, and he certainly plays the ReasonableAuthorityFigure to all three [[{{Tykebomb}} Extended]], but it's equal parts sympathy and just keeping them under control.
* WalkingSpoiler: Neo's role in the latter half of the story not only spoils the PerspectiveFlip, but most importantly, his DramaticUnmask changes a major event in ''SEED'''s FinalBattle (especially for those who didn't watch its {{compilation movie}}s).
* ZenSurvivor: Right down to the cryptic behavior, cynical mentoring, and lack of giving a damn.
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[[folder:Stella Loussier]]
!!Main mecha: [=ZGMF-X88S=] Gaia Gundam, GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam
!!!Voice Actors: Creator/HoukoKuwashima (Japanese), Creator/LalainiaLindbjerg (English original series dub), Creator/FrancescaCalo (English HD Remaster Dub)
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-->''"Shinn... you said you'd protect me."''

One of the Extended (a group of [[PsychoSerum drug-enhanced]] Naturals who can fight on par with Coordinators), Stella is first seen participating in the Armoury One raid. While in battle she behaves like a berserker, off-duty she is childlike and innocent, curious over even the most mundane of things. She also sees Neo as a father-figure. She has a huge fear of death -- she fights so aggressively because she's ''afraid'' of her enemies, and so lashes out at them. She develops a relationship with Shinn.

She is at first the pilot of the [=ZGMF-X88S=] Gaia Gundam (redesignated the [=RGX-03=]), a TransformingMecha that can turn into a fox-like mobile armor suited for ground combat, and later is placed in the cockpit of the first [=GFAS-X1=] Destroy Gundam, which is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin humongous Gundam of mass destruction]].
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* AffablyEvil: Stella is unstable, paranoid, and dangerous. But when she's calm and feels no threats, she's quiet, curious, sweet, and even loving.
* AnimalMecha: The Gaia's MA mode resembles a mammalian quadruped.
* AntiVillain: Stella has no real idea of the extent of what she's doing or why she's being ordered to do it. She's evil because of who she takes orders from, not her personality.
* AxCrazy: Beneath her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} exterior she's just as violently insane as (if far more pitiable than) Auel.
* BadassAdorable: The quiet little blonde girl in the pink coat or pretty dress can rip your throat out.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Stella doesn't say much. She might gut you while she's not talking, though.
* BiggerStick: The Destroy is a 400-tonne, 56-metre-tall stick.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Stella's memory is regularly rewritten by Neo, leaving her with little in the way of a functioning personality.
* BrokenBird: The process that made her an Extended did ''not'' leave her mind in good shape.
* CharacterDevelopment: As with Shinn, it's all negative. Neo's mindwipes, combined with increased exposure to drugs, and the general stress of both war and her relationship with Shinn cause Stella to regress further and further into childhood as a means of mental defense. By the end, the poor kid is not much more than a frightened little girl that reacts to almost everything via screaming and crying in terror.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A dark version, underscoring her mental problems.
* CustomUniform: Her pilot suit has pink accents.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Though not ''quite'' as blatant as Luna's, if only because all three Extended have modified their uniforms to some extent.
* DarkActionGirl: One of the EA's most dangerous pilots. Even her fellow AxCrazy Auel knows it.
--> '''Auel:''' You'd better stop. We're from the 81st Autonomous Mobile Group. She may seem a bit absentminded... but when she gets angry, she's the scariest thing alive.
* DeflectorShield: The Destroy Gundam is equipped with three shields called Positron Deflectors, which reflects all sorts of solid and beam attacks. It is located at its head and the detachable arms. They can only be bypassed by close-range beam weapons such as beam sabers and the anti-ship beam swords.
* DroneDeployer: The Destroy's hands are equipped with beam cannons in each of its fingers, and can be deployed to attack independently of the suit from various directions.
* DrugsAreBad: Considering what they turned her into, yes.
* DumbBlonde: Played with. Aside from her childlike and nearly mute demeanor, Stella proves smart enough to know hacking and reprogram an entire MS operating system, follow stealth infiltration tactics, and become a fearsomely intimidating opponent if focused. However, she still manages to ''dance off a cliff'' into the ocean without even knowing how to swim.
* ElementalMotifs: Despite not being the one with the aquatic Gundam, Stella loves looking at the ocean, gave Shinn a seashell, and has a pet fish. Her character song is even called "Loneliness of the Deep Sea". It ''may'' all be due to a {{Pun}} -- ''stella maris'' is Latin for "star of the sea".
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: However you want to view it, Shinn moves heaven and earth trying to protect her.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She loves Shinn, both romantically and platonically. She also adores Neo.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Subverted. Stella may be a TykeBomb SlaveMook, but she picks up the concepts of "kindness" and "protection" from Shinn ''awfully'' fast.
* EvilIsBigger: The Destroy Gundam is roughly the size of a battleship at Mobile Suit mode.
* FragileSpeedster: The Gaia has a notably more lithe body frame compared to other Gundams, emphasizing its focus on mobility and versatility on the many different terrains on Earth. It is also considered the weakest in firepower of the three stolen Second Stages on the [[https://en.gundam.info/series/seeddestiny/zgmf-x88s-gaia-gundam/index.html Gundam Seed Destiny website]].
* FreudianTrio: The Id, to Auel's Ego, and Sting's Superego.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Downplayed. Outside of her survivalist MoralMyopia, Stella doesn't appear to understand good or evil, and never questions what she does or what she's doing in Phantom Pain. However, she does manage to ask if everyone on Earth will be killed due to the fall of Junius Seven, and doesn't seem happy about it at all.
* IdiotSavant: She barely functions above the level of a three or four year old, but give her a weapon or get her behind the controls of a Gundam, and she becomes every bit as dangerous (if not more dangerous than) as [[AxeCrazy Auel]] and [[SociopathicSoldier Sting]].
* ILetGwenStacyDie: In an agonizingly sad fashion, [[spoiler: she becomes this to a grieving Shinn. In a small twist, she finally communicates with him at the end that she learned to understand 'yesterday' because of him, and because of that she'll see him 'tomorrow']].
* InconsistentSpelling: Japanese sources list her name as "Stellar". North American sources, as well as the R1 [=DVDs=], use "Stella".
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She warmly ''smiles'' at a blushing Shinn when they had to sit naked together next to a campfire [[HangingOurClothesToDry as their clothes dry]].
* TheJuggernaut: When she's turned loose in the Destroy she slaughters half of Eurasia, forcing her way through cities and entire armies before finally being stopped in downtown Berlin.
* LackOfEmpathy: Downplayed with the Junius Seven drop. See GoodCannotComprehendEvil. It's not just the thought of her own death that bothers her.
* TheLostLenore: For Shinn [[spoiler:due to the injuries she sustained from Kira in her sortie piloting the Destroy. This causes Shinn to seek revenge on him, and promotes his own character breakdown in the last part of the series]].
* MagicSkirt: Both her civilian ''and'' military outfits miraculously prevent {{Panty Shot}}s.
* MeaningfulName: The Gaia is a land-bound mobile suit.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Experimented on as a child, and subjected to massive quantities of mind-altering drugs, Stella is an IdiotSavant who can fly a HumongousMecha, but otherwise functions at the mental and emotional level of a five year old. Terrified of the world around her, she lashes out at anything that her superiors tell her is going to hurt her, burning down most of Berlin in a panicked effort to "make the scary things go away".
* MightyGlacier: The Destroy, though she's more mobile than most, bludgeoning her way through much of Eurasia and into the heart of Berlin.
* MinidressOfPower: Underneath her uniform, Stella wears a white and light blue mini-dress. She wears it until she becomes a prisoner/patient in the ''Minerva's'' infirmary.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The GFAS-X1 ''Destroy'' is not a pretty name for a Gundam that destroys everything in its path.
* NoSocialSkills: Stella has the social skills of a three or four year old, if that.
* TheNotLoveInterest: For Shinn. Their relationship smacks of StarCrossedLovers, but is never explicitly romantic (and given Stella's extremely young mental age, she likely doesn't even understand the concept of romantic love).
* OneManArmy: Not at first--although she's very good--but once she gets into the Destroy, she's essentially unstoppable.
* PinkMeansFeminine: The only girl in Phantom Pain, she wears the OMNI female draftee pink uniform jacket (although modified with cut sleeves as part of her CustomUniformOfSexy), and has ''two'' pink pilot suits.
* PsychoKnifeNut: She wields a knife in the Armory One infiltration.
* PsychoSerum: As part of the process that makes her an Extended.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: She's mentally and emotionally very, very young. Unusually for this trope it just makes her ''more'' sympathetic and not less.
* TheQuietOne: Stella's not usually one for complete or complex sentences, let alone talking.
* TheRival: At times, can be seen as [[DesignatedGirlFight Lunamaria's]].
* SanitySlippage: She was already unstable, and the stress of the war sends her overboard into AxCrazy, although she remains sympathetic.
* ScreamingWarrior[=/=]ScreamingWoman: A little bit of both actually whether it be brawling enemies in the Gaia, or atomising all the targets she sees in the Destroy.
* SlaveMook: She has no choice when it comes to working for Neo.
* SmallGirlBigGun: More accurately a childlike girl with the [[WeaponsOfMassDestruction Destroy]].
* SociopathicSoldier: Though not to the same degree as Sting and Auel. She's [[PsychopathicManchild insane]], not [[PsychoForHire evil]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female Extended in her team's trio.
* StarCrossedLovers[=/=]LikeBrotherAndSister: Her relationship with Shinn.
* StellarName: Literally, originally. See InconsistentSpelling.
* SuperSoldier: Though you'd never know it to look at her.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Her first encounter with Shinn involves him accidentally grabbing her chest.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Almost always refers to herself as "Stella". [[BilingualBonus If you listen closely to the original Japanese]], however, she refers to herself in the first person when she fights in the Gaia.
* TragicMonster: Stella didn't ask to be turned into an Extended or to be turned loose on Shinn, whom she genuinely seems to have cared about. By the time we meet her though, it's far too late to change any of that.
* TransformingMecha: The Gaia can transform between bipedal and quadreped forms; later, she gets the Destroy, which has a mobile armor and a mobile suit mode.
* TriggerPhrase: Mention the possibility of her death in her hearing and she ''flips out''. Most notably used on her by ''Auel'' during the Armory One raid, but Shinn also manages to hit it entirely by accident.
* {{Tykebomb}}: Bred and trained for Phantom Pain since young.
* VaporWear: She's not wearing a bra in her civilian outfit, at least.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: The [[MeaningfulName Destroy]] series is built with mass destruction in mind.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Seems to be the case with all the Extended, what with the drugs and fierce, cutthroat training they receive, but it's most obvious with her.
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[[folder:Auel Neider]]
!!Main mecha: [=ZGMF-X31S=] Abyss Gundam
!!!Voice Actors: Creator/MasakazuMorita (Japanese), Creator/BradSwaile (English original series dub), Creator/BenDiskin (English HD remaster dub)
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Another Extended member of Phantom Pain. Auel is usually easygoing and cheerful, which translates into mocking arrogance (and at times outright sadism) in battle. His [[TriggerPhrase blockword]] is "mother", apparently because one female scientist was kind to him during his days as a test subject.

He pilots the [=ZGMF-X31S=] Abyss (redesignated the [=RGX-02=]), a TransformingMecha which can turn into a stingray-like mobile armor that enhances its performance in amphibious combat.
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* AnimalMecha: The Abyss's MA mode resemble a stingray or a horseshoe crab.
* AxCrazy: Probably the worst of the three, at least initially, especially when killing his enemies as brutally as possible.
* BeamSpam: When not underwater, the Abyss usually provides long-range support with its impressive array of beam weapons.
* BloodKnight: Though whether it's the fighting or the [[InLoveWithYourCarnage killing]] that he likes more is open to debate.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Auel, like the other Extended, has little idea of who he really is or why he's fighting.
%%* TheBrute: To Neo's [[TheDragon Dragon]], and Stella.
* CustomUniform:
** His open shirt and orange shirt are not part of the standard EA uniform.
** His pilot suit has blue accents.
* DrugsAreBad: They've wrecked his mind.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The Lodonia episode shows that "mother" is not just his block word, but also a person that he loved. Although it's extremely unlikely she was his biological mother, just a ParentalSubstitute from Auel's perspective, when ZAFT discovers the laboratory in Lodonia and Auel finds out about it, he freaks out, because his "mother" was stationed there.
* EvilLaugh: He laughs wickedly more often than not.
* FauxAffablyEvil: If Auel is acting friendly he's probably ten seconds away from gutting you.
* FreudianTrio: The Ego (tending towards Id), to Sting's Superego, and Stella's Id.
* GracefulInTheirElement: In the ocean, the Abyss moves with the speed and mobility of a dolphin.
* GunsAkimbo: In the first episode, with submachine guns.
* HiddenDepths: Enjoys playing basketball in his downtime and in a drama CD, offers to play with Sting and Stella.
* HotSubOnSubAction: Sinks a ZAFT command sub while in submarine mode.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Meets his end when he thinks he got a clean shot at Shinn, only for Shinn to outfox him by letting Auel destroy the Silhouette pack, which he detaches at the last second, and then throws the javelin he was holding straight into the cockpit of the Abyss]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Towards Stella, and anybody who isn't a member of Phantom Pain.
* KickTheDog: Probably the nastiest of the three, as evidenced by his use of Stella's TriggerPhrase as well as his sneering disregard for other people's lives.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Towards Stella. When a soldier attempts to move her out of the way by grabbing her, Auel's reaction is to almost stab the guy to death.
* LackOfEmpathy: He's a sneering, arrogant bully who treats everyone--excepting Sting and maybe Stella--as though they deserve to die.
* MeaningfulName: The Abyss is ocean-going.
* MightyGlacier: [[GracefulInTheirElement Unless its underwater]], the Abyss is the probably least agile of ZAFT's Second Stage Gundams. It's heavily-armed with long-range beam and shell-based weaponry and huge shoulder shields, but that just adds to its weight and overall mass. The Abyss is considered the highest in firepower of the three stolen Second Stages.
* MommyIssues: Given that his block word is "Mother" it seems likely.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Abyss Gundam. I don't even want to ''pilot'' that, let alone fight it.
* PetTheDog: See KnightTemplarBigBrother It doesn't make up for his sadism or cruelty, but it's nice to see the drugs ''did'' leave something human behind.
* PsychoSerum: As part of the process that makes him an Extended.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Constantly cackles as he cuts people down.
* TheRival: To Shinn in the first half of the series.
* SlasherSmile: Almost permanently, especially when sortieing with and/or killing enemies, sometimes while [[LaughingMad laughing]]. The fact that he's a murderous, drugged, AxCrazy instrument of war does not help either.
* SlaveMook: He's not as sympathetic as Stella, but Auel doesn't have any choice.
* SociopathicSoldier: Whoo boy. Auel is having ''far'' too much fun whenever he gets behind the Abyss's controls.
* SuperSoldier: The drugs and brainwashing let him fight at Coordinator level.
* TransformingMecha: The Abyss can transform into a mobile armor suited for underwater operations.
* TriggerPhrase: His is "mother". Take from that [[MommasBoy what you will]].
* {{Tykebomb}}: Raised since early childhood to be a killing machine.
* VillainousFriendship: With Sting, especially when they cover each other when fighting other enemies. Also, when Auel unwittingly mentions his TriggerPhrase and emotionally collapses, Sting tries to calm him down. Of course, this doesn't stop them from bickering with each other every now and then.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Sting. They tend to quarrel about trivial things, even in battle, but they still got each others' backs.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The PsychoSerum seems to have had the worst effect on Auel, as he's (initially at least) the least stable of the trio.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sting Oakley]]
!!Main mecha: [=ZGMF-X24S=] Chaos Gundam, GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam
!!!Voice Actors: Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Creator/BrentMiller (English original series dub), Creator/XanderMobus (English HD remaster dub)
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The oldest and most stable member of Phantom Pain. Lacking Auel's [[AxCrazy bloodlust]] and Stella's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} childishness]], he comes off as the most well-adjusted of the group, which is probably why he acts as the trio's unofficial leader, keeping them in line when Neo is unavailable.

He's the pilot of the [=ZGMF-X24S=] Chaos (re-coded as [=RGX-01=]), a TransformingMecha capable of transforming into a bird-like mobile armor, giving it an edge in aerial combat, and later another Destroy.
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* AnimalMecha: The Chaos's MA mode is vaguely birdlike.
* ArmedLegs: Chaos has a beam blade on both feet. [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Strangely, they're barely used.]]
* AxCrazy: Yes, [[RuleOfThree even him]], but only later in the series when he gets to pilot the nigh-unstoppable Destroy.
* BigBrotherMentor: Is a bit of one to Auel, albeit of the "hellishly dysfunctional family" variety.
* BiggerStick: The Destroy, a 56-meter and 400-tonne stick of murder, mass destruction, and property damage.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Sting's memories have been tampered with, to the point of forgetting about Auel and Stella after their deaths.
* CustomUniform:
** His open shirt is not standard for the EA.
** His pilot suit has green accents.
* DeathFromAbove: He and Neo provide the air support, while Stella handles ground combat and Auel takes care of the water.
* DroneDeployer: The Chaos is equipped with two weapon pods. They can in fact operate on Earth, but because the Chaos requires them for sustained atmospheric flight, they don't see as much use as they did in space. He gets to pilot a Destroy later which can detach its arms to serve as remote weapon pods.
* DrugsAreBad: Drugs have left him a sociopath.
* EvilGenius: While not a genius by any stretch of the imagination, he fills TheSmartGuy role in the FiveManBand, largely by being the [[OnlySaneMan most rational]] of the three Extended.
* EvilIsBigger: The Destroy is bigger, taller and more destructive than his Chaos Gundam.
* EvilLaugh: Sometimes, he lets out a cackle; starts happening a lot more post-SanitySlippage.
* FreudianTrio: The Superego, to Auel's Ego and Stella's Id.
* GeniusBruiser: Comparatively. He's got all the SuperSoldier training of his compatriots, but a far stronger grip on reality, allowing him to actually make tactical decisions.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His Gundam, but fortunately not Sting himself. In the Battle of Berlin, a trio of Murasame manage to overwhelm the Chaos allowing one of them to slice it in half. They apparently missed the cockpit though as Sting survives.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Sting later does meet his demise at the Battle of Heaven's Base while piloting a Destroy, being skewered right through the cockpit by Shinn's {{BFS}}]].
* {{Irony}}: Tells [[AcePilot Kira]] (piloting the Freedom) that piloting a mobile suit has less to do with the mobile suit itself and more to do with pilot skill. And then for an extra helping he is beaten by a trio of [[MookMobile Mook Suits]].
* JackOfAllStats: The Chaos Gundam is the most well-rounded of the stolen Second Stage Gundams, having good ranged options and close combat weapons. Even though it is designed for space battles, the Chaos Gundam can fly perfectly well on Earth, something the other stolen Second Stages cannot do.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mocks and belittles Auel and Stella. Of course, [[VitriolicBestBuds Auel gives as good as he gets.]]
* TheJuggernaut: In his Destroy. He easily wastes the ZAFT soldiers attacking LOGOS' snow-laden base while the attackers try and fail to scratch it. [[spoiler:Shinn takes care of that by running him through with the Destiny's [[{{BFS}} Arondight Sword]]]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He's the only member of the Phantom Pain trio with any concept of tactics, including when to retreat.
* LackOfEmpathy: He's got a better understanding of other people's emotions than Auel and Stella do, but at the end of the day, Sting's cold-blooded enough to utterly disregard them.
* TheLeader: Of the Extended (as Neo is normally busy running the war effort as a whole) and the Heaven's Base Destroys. At Heaven's Base he leads by example rather than instruction.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: From the Chaos to the Destroy, much to the dismay of ZAFT's Heaven's Base assault force.
* MightyGlacier: Sting pretty much uses the Destroy as a mobile pillbox, taking advantage of its massive firepower and heavy armor to survive attacks.
* MirroredConfrontationShot: He and Shinn do this during the last part of their battle, both screaming their lungs out charging at each other.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Both the Chaos ''and'' the [[BiggerStick Destroy]]. Arguably his real name as well (unless you're a big fan of Music/ThePolice).
* NotTheIntendedUse: The Chaos was designed for space combat, yet ultimately sees more use on Earth. It still operates pretty well under atmospheric conditions, but in this environment the Chaos is generally unable to use its weapon pods because of gravity and they have to stay attached to the mobile suit since they're what allows the Chaos to stay afloat.
* OnlySaneMan: At least compared to [[AxCrazy Auel]] and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Stella]]. He's certainly the only one with any common sense.
* PsychoSerum: As part of the process that makes him an Extended.
* PsychoticSmirk: Frequently. Becomes a full on SlasherSmile once he gets the Destroy.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Once he gets the Destroy, he starts enjoying himself a little too much while he's decimating scores of ZAFT ships and mobile suits.
%%* TheRival: To an extent, with Athrun.
* SanitySlippage: Following [[spoiler:Auel and Stella's deaths]] and upon getting his hands on the Destroy.
* ScreamingWarrior: While piloting the Destroy.
* SlaveMook: Sting, like Stella and Auel, is kept brainwashed and addicted to ensure his loyalty.
* SociopathicSoldier: For a guy who's normally cold-blooded and unemotional, Sting enjoys shooting enemy soldiers just a little too much. He might actually be the best example of the three, as he lacks Stella's [[IdiotSavant handicaps]] and Auel's obvious [[AxeCrazy craziness]], yet still gets a real kick out of violence.
* SuperSoldier: Frequent doses of PsychoSerum let him fight like a Coordinator.
* TransformingMecha: The Chaos can transform into a SpaceFighter. And like Stella, he pilots the Destroy later in the series.
* TriggerPhrase: It was never stated in the show, but WordOfGod is that it was ''Dream''.
* {{Tykebomb}}: Like all the other Extended.
* VillainousFriendship: With Auel. While they do argue over trivialities, they still work great as a team, even with Stella. Then, he tries to comfort Auel when he breaks down from inadvertently mentioning his own TriggerPhrase.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Auel. They tend to quarrel over small matters, such as when Auel used Stella's TriggerPhrase to get her to retreat in the second episode, but they still make sure to cover each others' six.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: Following [[spoiler:Stella's death]] he's given command of a Destroy, and leads a squadron of them at the Battle of Heaven's Base.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Like his fellow Extended, Sting is already a bit of a loose cannon, thanks to years of abuse and [[PsychoSerum drug addiction]] (although compared to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED the "Druggies"]] he's a pillar of stability), but he truly flips when -- after already [[spoiler:losing Auel and Stella]] -- he gets his hands on the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Destroy]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ian Lee]]
!!!Voice Actors: Creator/TadahisaSaizen (Japanese), Creator/LeeTockar (English original series dub), Creator/PaulStPeter (English HD remaster dub)

Neo's second-in-command, Ian usually runs the ship while Neo takes care of strategy. A capable officer, he seems to get along well with his boss, despite the latter's eccentricities.
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* TheCaptain: Oddly, yes. He's the actual captain of the ''Girty Lue'', although he's outranked by Neo.
* CommissarCap: As part of his uniform.
* NumberTwo: To Neo in Phantom Pain.
* OhCrap: Has one when [[spoiler:he is about to be killed by the Legend]], although his expression is not as obvious as [[spoiler:Djibril]].
* PunchClockVillain: Ian seems pretty unhappy with the worst of the crimes he's made accessory to, yet commits them anyway as part of his job.
* TheStrategist: He's willing to plan out strategies in battles.
[[/folder]]

! Blue Cosmos/LOGOS
[[folder:Lord Djibril]]
!!!Voice Actors: Creator/HideyukiHori (Japanese), Alistair Abell (English original series dub), Creator/IanSinclair (English HD remaster dub)
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-->''"And now, Chairman Durandal, I shall play... A [[WaveMotionGun REQUIEM]] [[EvilIsHammy FOR YOU AND]] [[FantasticRacism ALL YOUR KIND!]]"''

Azrael's successor as the leader of Blue Cosmos, and a major antagonist throughout the show, Lord Djibril is best described as a [[TheSociopath total bastard]]. Vicious, cruel, [[SmugSnake arrogant]], and [[GeneralFailure not especially bright]], he wants to slaughter all Coordinators while simultaneously establishing his own control over the world. Responsible for the creation of the Extended, the creation of Phantom Pain as a whole, and much of the misery in-series.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Invoked by his title.
* BadBoss: He uses drugs to control the Extended and brainwashing on [[TheDragon Neo]]. He regularly leaves his men behind to die while he escapes, fully believes in WeHaveReserves, and treats his subordinates like imbeciles. Pretty much the worst boss ever.
* BigBad: As the leader of the Earth Forces, Blue Cosmos, and Phantom Pain, he's behind a lot of problems and high ranked among the bad guys. While he's not the only contender for the title, he's the only one that everyone--in-series and out--agrees is an irredeemable psycho with no good qualities.
* BigBadEnsemble: He competes with Gilbert Durandal for the position of series' BigBad, losing out to him in the final stretch of the show.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He's this to Muruta Azrael. Azrael was [[FauxAffablyEvil charismatic and manipulative]] and [[VillainousValor refused to back down in the face of danger]]. Djibril is rude and condescending, using intimidation to get his minions to do what he wants, and [[DirtyCoward will cut and run whenever things go wrong for him]].
* DiabolicalMastermind: He's got the secret lair, hordes of minions, OminousMultipleScreens, an EvilPlan, and a RightHandCat that this trope seems to demand. While intellectually he's no ComicBook/LexLuthor, he still has the resources, influence, technology, and total disregard for human life to be a serious threat.
* DirtyCoward: Granted he's a politician and not a soldier, but every time things go south, he's quick to bail and leave his troops in a lurch.
* DragonAscendant: Was apparently Azrael's NumberTwo during ''SEED'', but was nowhere to be seen during it. Given Djibril's preference for operating behind the scenes this makes a certain amount of sense.
* EvilIsHammy: Of all the characters in show, he's easily the one who [[LargeHam chews the most scenery]]. Somehow it just makes him all the more disgusting.
* FantasticRacism: Against Coordinators. Like his predecessor Azrael, he wants to see them all exterminated, no matter what it takes.
* FinalSolution: Djibril has a vision for the future, and it doesn't include [[GattacaBabies Coordinators]].
* FlatCharacter: For such a major antagonist, Djibril recieves very little development. We know next to nothing about him, even at the end of the series.
* GeneralFailure: While he generally leaves the tactical decisions to [[HypercompetentSidekick Neo]], Djibril's involvement in overall strategy frequently screws his own side over. In a variant on the trope, this is more because of his being a public relations disaster looking for a place to happen than any real strategic incompetence; suffering from a total LackOfEmpathy will do that to you. See the business with the Destroy for a good example.
* AGlassOfChianti: Frequently pictured with one.
* GreaterScopeVillain: In ''Stargazer'', where first Azrael, and then he, are the ones giving Sven his orders.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Heads up a conspiratorial group of racists and arms dealers who remain well-entrenched in the EA, and particularly the Atlantic Federation, even after the death of their original leader, Muruta Azrael, during the First Bloody Valentine War. This makes Djibril the leader of most of the world, despite their not being aware of his existence.
* HairTriggerTemper: There's a ''lot'' of rage inside Djibril, and it's not particularly difficult to bring it out.
* HateSink: Djibril has the worst traits of his predecessor, Murata Azrael, while lacking the style, competency, or charisma that made the latter popular in-and-out of universe. He also gets overshadowed as the driving villain by Durandal, who ''[[ExploitedTrope exploits]]'' [[ExploitedTrope Djibril's vileness]] to [[VillainWithGoodPublicity get popular support for his own agenda]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Like Azrael he believes that Coordinators are abominations. This doesn't stop him from using drugs and torture to create his own army of {{Super Soldier}}s to oppose them.
* ImprobableAge: Thirty-one years old, and not only does he head Blue Cosmos, but he's controlling the Atlantic Federation as well.
* {{Jerkass}}: While Azrael managed to hide his malice beneath a charming facade, Djibril treats both his enemies and his allies with contempt.
* KillSat: [[spoiler:After trying to nuke the [=PLANTs=] failed, Djibril tries (with better success) a giant laser fired from the moon. He even boasts how he personally pulled the trigger.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Toyed with. Djibril has no issues with forcing his troops to fight to the last man (something [[HypercompetentSidekick Neo]] does not do) but despite his arrogance, he does have a healthy respect for his own skin. Knowing when it's time to bail out saves his life at Heaven's Base, and during the battle for Orb, and he's in the process of trying to make yet another getaway when [[spoiler:Rey catches up to him at the lunar base]].
** And despite his hatred of Coordinators when push comes to shove Djbril is actually willing to attempt an alliance with the Clyne Faction in order to take out Durandal. Lacus rejects the idea though.
* LackOfEmpathy: The only person who matters to Djibril is Djibril. This is actually a problem for him, as many of his actions--the nuclear assault on ZAFT, unleashing the Destroy, firing Requiem--serve only to turn people against him, something that his sociopathy honestly doesn't let him see coming.
* LastNameBasis: His first name is never brought up, even when Durandal exposes LOGOS and its members to the world, he is still curiously listed as 'Lord Djibril'. Then again, in a world with names like Neo, Sting, and Shams, [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude 'Lord' may very well be his actual first name rather than just a title.]] It is also possible that 'Lord Djibril' is a pseudonym and his real name is unknown.
* TheLeader: Of Blue Cosmos which he runs on the basis of his money and political clout.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To the Atlantic Federation and this particular incarnation of the Earth Sphere Alliance.
* MeaningfulName: "Djibril" is the Arabic of "Gabriel", as in ArchangelGabriel. It fits in nicely with his status as successor to Azrael, who was named for the Angel of Death.
* MugglePower: As the new head of Blue Cosmos.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: As the head of Blue Cosmos this goes without saying.
* NoIndoorVoice: Even when he's trying to be quiet, Djibril is loud.
* NonActionBigBad: Of the Earth Forces. Unlike Azrael, Djibril prefers to stay behind the lines, where it's safe.
* NukeEm: Tries to nuke the colonies right at the start of the war.
* ObviouslyEvil: We first see him in a secret underground lair, surrounded by [[OminousMultipleScreens televisions]], having AGlassOfChianti and stroking his RightHandCat.
* OhCrap: Has two moments. First is when [[spoiler:Durandal reveal the existence of Logos and its members, including him, to the world]]. The second is when he spots the Legend through his battleship's window, [[spoiler:mere seconds before it reduces him to ashes.]]
* OminousMultipleScreens: Surrounds himself with [=TVs=], through which he views the world and communicates with his subordinates.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He seems to lack Azrael's [[HeManWomanHater misogyny]], but makes up for it in terms of how intense his FantasticRacism is.
* PsychoticSmirk: His usual expression.
* ReducedToDust: [[spoiler:Djibril is '''''gruesomely''''' vaporized when he gets a face full of the Legend's beam spikes.]]
* RightHandCat: And it's a black cat to boot.
* ShockAndAwe: In the original series, the Nibelung is a massive Tesla coil-like defensive weapon that projects from an artificial hill on Heaven's Base which takes out an entire ZAFT paradrop. [[AdaptationalContextChange However, in the HD Remaster]], it's redrawn to fire innumerable amounts of beam bolts in a widespread spray fashion.
* SissyVillain: Subverted. He has the look certainly, but none of the attitude, and his [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]] undermines any femininity his look lends him.
* SmugSnake: He's sneeringly arrogant, none-too bright, void of redeeming qualities, and completely unlikeable.
* TheSociopath: With his explosive temper, impulsiveness, and total LackOfEmpathy, Djibril's a very good example of a low-functioning sociopath.
* StupidEvil: Djibril is very bad at keeping his violent tendencies in check, typically responding to any perceived threat or betrayal with overwhelming destructive force. This generally hurts his cause far more than it helps.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Unlike Azrael, this seems to be more Djibril's overall goal. While Azrael was DrivenByEnvy, Djibril saw Coordinators as a threat to LOGOS's surreptitious dominance over the Earth Sphere.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Between the [[NukeEm nukes]], the [[BeamSpam Destroy]], the [[ShockAndAwe Nibelung]], and the [[WaveMotionGun Requiem]], it's clear that he, like Azrael, is a firm believer in this trope.
* UncertainDoom: Not Djibril [[spoiler:(considering he gets graphically disintegrated onscreen)]], but rather his pet black Persian cat -- in the original tv series, it seems to disappear after Djibril escapes Orb in the Seiran shuttle, leaving it ambiguous if it was also aboard the ''Girty Lue'' with its owner [[spoiler:when Rey in the Legend destroy the vessel]]. Averted in the HD remaster, where a scene is reanimated to show the cat escaping just before Djibril boards the shuttle and later shown wandering around an Orb marina.
* UnwittingPawn: Possibly of Durandal's, though it's never made clear whether the Chairman is using Djibril, or he is actively seeking his destruction.
* WarForFunAndProfit: If Durandal is to be believed, Djibril's real objective is to make as much money off of the conflict as he can. However, the fact that Djibril is zealously willing to [[NukeEm nuke]] the [=PLANT=] colonies (which would presumably cost him half his clientele) kinda undermines that allegation.
* WeaponsOfMassDestruction: Loves these as evidenced by the [[NukeEm nuclear weapons]], the colossal, city-killing [[HumongousMecha Destroy]], the [[ShockAndAwe Nibelung]] [[UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla Tesla coil]], and the [[MeaningfulName Requiem]] WaveMotionGun.
* WeHaveReserves: Lives don't mean much to Djibril. He'll gladly throw away his troops if he thinks it'll let him win.
* WesternTerrorists: Under Djibril, Blue Cosmos has returned to its terrorist roots.
* WouldHurtAChild: He and Azrael created a project that takes children from their families, and puts them through TrainingFromHell in order to make them grow up to be teenaged {{super soldier}}s. That's without mentioning the Extended program.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In the novelization he kills [[spoiler:Yuna Roma Seiran]] after he is no longer needed.
** Averted with the Reqiuem crew. He tells them they've served him well and he brings the captain with him in escape and says he'll make up some excuse to not incriminate the rest of them once they follow his final order to shoot it. [[spoiler:This doesn't help them though as Rey destroys his escape ship killing the Commander along with him and the rest of the crew (if they aren't killed in the Zaft attack) are arrested by Zaft.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's only thirty-one. That makes him three years ''younger'' than Durandal and only three years older than Murrue. And a year older than [[spoiler:Neo]].
[[/folder]]

* FragileSpeedster: The Gaia has a notably more lithe body frame compared to other Gundams, emphasizing its focus on mobility and versatility on the many different terrains on Earth.

* MightyGlacier: [[GracefulInTheirElement Unless its underwater]], the Abyss is the probably least agile of ZAFT's Second Stage Gundams. It's heavily-armed with long-range beam and shell-based weaponry and huge shoulder shields, but that just adds to its weight and overall mass.

* TheJuggernaut: In his Destroy. He's [[PutTheLaughterInSlaughter enjoying himself a little too much]] as he easily wastes the ZAFT soldiers attacking LOGO's snow-laden base...[[spoiler:until Shinn runs him through with the Destiny's [[{{BFS}} Arondight Sword]]]].

* StellarName: Literally, originally. See SpellMyNameWithAnS.

* TheJuggernaut: In his Destroy. He's [[PutTheLaughterInSlaughter enjoying himself a little too much]] as he easily wastes the ZAFT soldiers attacking LOGO's snow-laden base...[[spoiler:until Shinn runs him with the Destiny's [[{{BFS}} Arondight Sword]]]].

--> "You'd better stop. We're from the 81st Autonomous Mobile Group. She may seem a bit absentminded... but when she gets angry, she's the scariest thing alive."

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The GFAS-X1 Destroy.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Japanese sources list her name as "Stellar". North American sources, as well as the R1 [=DVDs=], use "Stella".

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Seems to be the case with all the Extended, but it's most obvious with her.

* BiggerStick: The Destroy, 400-tonnes of murder.

* MirroredConfrontationShot: He and Shinn do this during the last part of their battle, both screaming their lungs out.

* WalkingSpoiler: And how! Neo's role in the latter half of the story not only spoils the PerspectiveFlip, but most importantly, his DramaticUnmask changes a major event in ''SEED'''s FinalBattle (especially for those who didn't watch its {{compilation movie}}s).

* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Once he gets the Destroy.

! All spoilers for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' will be left unmarked.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Downplayed. The Extended are still ''insane'' like the Biological CPUs of ''SEED'', and need regular re-conditioning after battle. Compared to Azrael's team, the Extended pilots don't have a time limit on their performance, do not often rely on chemical stimulants for their prowess, and appear more focused. Their re-conditioning only requires erasing their past memories and rewriting them new ones. This makes them more ''stable'' than the Biological CPUs, as long as you do not push their specific TriggerPhrase.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Downplayed. The Extended are still ''insane'' like the Druggies of ''SEED'', and need regular re-conditioning after battle. Compared to Azrael's team, the Extended pilots don't have a time limit on their performance, do not often rely on chemical stimulants for their prowess, and appear more focused. Their re-conditioning only requires erasing their past memories and rewriting them new ones. This makes them more ''stable'' than the Druggies, as long as you do not push their specific TriggerPhrase.

** [[spoiler:He later wears a variant of Orb's pilot suits that trades the gray, black, and pale green color scheme for one that's black, purple, and light gray.]]

** [[spoiler:He later wears a variant of Orb's pilot suits that trades the gray, black, and pale green color scheme for a black, purple and light gray.]]

* CustomUniform: His all black uniform and helmet cause Neo to cut a very noticeable figure.

* CustomUniform: His open shirt and orange shirt are not part of the standard EA uniform.

* CustomUniform: His open shirt is not standard for the EA.

* AmbiguousSituation: Durandal claims LOGOS to be a conspiracy of military industrialists that stir up war for profit. Given how they were willing to launch a full-on nuclear strike to effectively wipe out the Coordinators, and by extension half of their clientele in a lucrative social conflict fueled by FantasticRacism, it's worth questioning the veracity of that allegation.
* AxCrazy: The body and mind enhancements leave the three Extended pilots like this.

* ShockAndAwe: In the originl series, the Nibelung is a massive Tesla coil-like defensive weapon that projects from an artificial hill on Heaven's Base which takes out an entire ZAFT paradrop. [[AdaptationalContextChange However, in the HD Remaster]], it's redraw to fire innumerable amounts of beam bolts in a widespread spray fashion.

* AxCrazy: Yes, [[RuleOfThree even him]], but only later in the series when gets to pilot the nigh-unstoppable Destroy.

* IdiotSavant: She barely functions above the level of a three or four year old, but give her a weapon or get her behind the controls of a Gundam, and she becomes every bit as dangerous (if not more dangerous than) as [[AxeCrazy Auel]] and [[SociopathicSoldier Sting]].

!!!Voice Actors: Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), Creator/TrevorDevall (English original series dub), Tom Wayland (English HD remaster dub)

* AlertnessBlink: Between him and Rey. [[spoiler: It's a callback to ''SEED'', where Mu and Rau could sense when the other was nearby. This foreshadows that Roanoke is actually an amnesic Mu, and Rey is another clone of Mu's father.]]

* DrugsAreBad: Considering what they turned her into, yes.

* IdiotSavant: She barely functions above the level of a three or four year old, but give her a weapon or get her behind the controls of a Gundam, and she becomes every bit as dangerous (if not more dangerous than) as [[AxeCrazy Auel]] and [[SociopathicSoldier Sting]].
* ILetGwenStacyDie: In an agonizingly sad fashion, [[spoiler: she becomes this to a grieving Shinn. In a small twist, she finally communicates with him at the end that she learned to understand 'yesterday' because of him, and because of that she'll see him 'tomorrow']].

* TheDarkChick: Compare her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} behavior to that of her teammates, AxCrazy [[TheBrute Auel]] and [[TheStoic cold-blooded]] [[EvilGenius Sting]], let alone [[TheDragon Neo]] [[ManipulativeBastard Roanoke's]]. She's definitely the odd one out, and it only gets worse as [[ShellShockedVeteran trauma]] causes her to regress further and further into her [[PsychopathicManchild childhood]].

* TheBrute: To Neo's [[TheDragon Dragon]], and Stella's DarkChick.

* BladeOnAStick: The Abyss is equipped with a beam lance.

* VillainHasAPoint: His father called him [[spoiler:a fool, something that was echoed by Rau. Mu doesn't share the family talent for drive and scheming, but his willingness to keep his head down and not question things comes back to bite him ''hard'', where with no memory and his character and personality left completely untouched, he proceeds to calmly participate in enslaving children, oversee the destruction of a swath of Eurasia, and not be very trustworthy, either, all because he's JustFollowingOrders. Afterwards he shows markedly less interest in his old job (other than loudly proclaiming his unit and rank) or the ramifications of his actions versus his even older interest of continually hitting on Murrue]]. Given this series, it seems designed to prove his dad might have had a point.

* ShockAndAwe: In the originl series, the Nibelung is a massive Tesla coil-like defensive weapon that projects from an artificial hill on Heaven's Base which takes out an entire ZAFT paradrop. [[AdaptationalConextChange However, in the HD Remaster]], it's redraw to fire innumerable amounts of beam bolts in a widespread spray fashion.

* ShockAndAwe: The Nibelung, a massive Tesla coil-like defensive weapon that projects from Heaven's Base and is fired on Djibril's orders. He takes out an entire ZAFT paradrop with it.

* UncertainDoom: Not Djibril [[spoiler:(considering he gets graphically disintegrated onscreen)]], his pet black Persian cat -- in the original tv series, it seems to disappear after Djibril escapes Orb in the Seiran shuttle, leaving it ambiguous if it was also aboard the ''Girty Lue'' with its owner [[spoiler:when Rey in the Legend destroy the vessel]]. Averted in the HD remaster, where a scene is reanimated to show the cat escaping just before Djibril boards the shuttle and later shown wandering around an Orb marina.

* ArmedLeg: Chaos has a beam blade on both feet. [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Strangely, they're barely used.]]

* RealMenWearPink: Well they wear black, actually, but they fly modified bright pink Windams. His Exus mobile armor was pink as well.

* ReducedToDust: Djibril is '''''gruesomely''''' vaporized when he gets a face full of the Legend's beam spikes.

* UncertainDoom: Not Djibril, his pet black Persian cat -- in the original tv series, it seems to disappear after Djibril escapes Orb in the Seiran shuttle, leaving it ambiguous if it was also aboard the ''Girty Lue'' with its owner when Rey in the Legend destroy the vessel. Averted in the HD remaster, where a scene is reanimated to show the cat escaping just before Djibril boards the shuttle and later shown wandering around an Orb marina.

* WarForFunAndProfit: If Durandal is to be believed, Djibril's real objective is to make as much money off of the conflict as he can. Given that Djibril was willing to [[NukeEm nuke]] the colonies (which would presumably cost him half his clientele), it's worth questioning the veracity of this statement.