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NumberTwo to Claudia, who resents her for having the position of Captain thanks to her family history and status.

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NumberTwo to Claudia, who resents her for having the position of Captain thanks to her family history and status.
status. He also resents Io Flemming due to his father who was the leader of Side 4 when it was attacked by Zeon.



* Freudian Excuse: [[spoiler:It's implied that the reason he hates Claudia so much is that she's the closest thing to the leaders of Moore who he blames for the murder of his wife and child.]]
* Jerkass: He belittles Claudia behind her back, doubting her command authority at every turn, even though Claudia is clearly suffering from being assigned to a command position anyway.

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* Freudian Excuse: FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:It's implied that the reason he hates Claudia so much is that she's the closest thing to the leaders of Moore who he blames for the murder of his wife and child.]]
* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: He belittles Claudia behind her back, doubting her command authority at every turn, even though Claudia is clearly suffering from being assigned to a command position anyway.
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* Freudian Excuse: [[spoiler:It's implied that the reason he hates Claudia so much is that she's the closest thing to the leaders of Moore who he blames for the murder of his wife and child.]]
* Jerkass: He belittles Claudia behind her back, doubting her command authority at every turn, even though Claudia is clearly suffering from being assigned to a command position anyway.
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* BreakTheCutie: The events of the Thunderbolt sector, specifically watching her colleagues be vaporized a few feet away from her by a beam saber cracks her mind to the point that she's regressed to an adolescent state.

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* BreakTheCutie: The events of the Thunderbolt sector, specifically watching her colleagues be vaporized a few feet away from her by a beam saber cracks her mind to the point that she's regressed to an adolescent state. The next season shows her mind has deteriorated to that of a child, but Zeon Remnants are hoping therapy with Daryl's assistance will fix her.
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* GenkiGirl: She can be quite excitable at times.
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* HandicappedBadass: Having lost his legs in no way hurt his sniping abilities, and losing all his limbs led to him being able to pilot the Psycho Zaku. Subverted when it comes to a normal mech, his prostheses hinder his combat capability.

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* HandicappedBadass: Having lost his legs in no way hurt his sniping abilities, and losing all his limbs led to him being able to pilot the Psycho Zaku. Subverted when it comes to a normal mech, mobile suit, his prostheses hinder his combat capability.

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* ElectraComplex: Karla was inspired to become a cyberneticist after her father lost his arm and has a reputation for inappropriate relationships with her patients. Notably, her and Daryl's RelationshipUpgrade happens after he loses an arm himself.

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* ElectraComplex: Karla was inspired to become a cyberneticist after her father lost his arm and has a reputation for inappropriate relationships with her patients. Notably, her she was involved with Ensign Hoover (who had a prosthetic left arm) and Daryl's she has a RelationshipUpgrade happens with Daryl after he loses an arm himself.



* PsychicPowers: He is a Zeon Newtype from the Flanagan Institute.

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* AttackDrone: During the Battle of A Baoa Qu he piloted a modified Zaku that served as a testbed for the Zeong. As such, it had the Zeong's signature detachable arms giving it the ability to perform a multi-directional attack.
* CombatClairvoyance: Within the series, his Newtype abilities are mostly used to give him an edge in battle, sensing openings and attacks before his eyes can see them.
* PsychicPowers: He is a Zeon Newtype from the Flanagan Institute.
Institute. His powers mostly manifest as CombatClairvoyance, but they allowed him to use Attack Drones during the One Year War.

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After joining the South Seas Alliance, she is clearly under the influence of Levan Fuu's powerful Newtype abilities and not acting of her own volition.




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* UnexplainedRecovery: In the OVA. Her recovery by the South Seas Alliance is detailed in the manga.


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!!Claudia Peer
!!!Voiced by: Creator/ToaYukinari (Japanese), Creator/CheramiLeigh (English)

Following her apparent death at the end of the Thunderbolt arc, Claudia appeared alive and well as a high-ranking member of the South Seas Alliance, much to Io and Cornelius' shock. For Claudia's tropes, see her entry in the Earth Federation folder.

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: His specialty is turning "recruits" into BrainwashedAndCrazy supporters using his Cyber-Newtype abilities.
* {{Cult}}: The South Seas Alliance, while ostensibly a military force, is also a Buddhist cult filled with zealots who will die with no regard for their own lives.
* PsychicPowers: A powerful Cyber-Newtype, he has the ability to control his followers with his mind. One of the few powerful Newtypes in the UC whose primary use of his powers isn't direct combat.
* TheStarscream: The Alliance was a part of TheFederation but once it gained enough power, splintered off to become its own faction. They were only playing nice in order to gain manpower and supplies.
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!!Levan Fuu

The High Priest of the South Seas Alliance, a renegade faction of the Federation which doubles as a religious cult. He is a powerful Newtype who uses his abilities to enthrall and control his followers.
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* DisneyDeath: Shot by her XO at the climax of the Thunderbolt arc. Then her ship blows up with her on it. [[spoilers: Shows up alive and well on Earth later on]].

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* DisneyDeath: Shot by her XO at the climax of the Thunderbolt arc. Then her ship blows up with her on it. [[spoilers: [[spoiler: Shows up alive and well on Earth later on]].
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* CommanalityConnection: He became good friends with Bianca when he learned that she likes jazz music too. They even have a jamming session together.

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* CommanalityConnection: CommonalityConnection: He became good friends with Bianca when he learned that she likes jazz music too. They even have a jamming session together.

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* CommanalityConnection: He became good friends with Bianca when he learned that she likes jazz music too. They even have a jamming session together.



* CommonalityConnection: She and Io became fast friends because their shared taste in jazz. They even have a jamming session together during shore leave.



!!!Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese), Ray Chase (English)

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* DeathByAdaptation: The manga showed only a distant explosion, with his death only implied and later revoked when his side story came out, while the anime shows the Full Armor Gundam cramming a discarded fuel canister into his Zaku and exploding it to serve as bait



* DeathByAdaptation: The manga showed only a distant explosion, with his death only implied and later revoked when his side story came out, while the anime shows the Full Armor Gundam cramming a discarded fuel canister into his Zaku and exploding it to serve as bait

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* DeathByAdaptation: The manga showed only a distant explosion, with his death only implied and later revoked when his side story came out, while the anime shows the Full Armor Gundam cramming a discarded fuel canister into his Zaku and exploding it to serve as bait
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No hard details yet, but safe to assume Daryl is the pilot especially since it sports his personal emblem.


->'''Pilots:''' MS-06 Zaku II, MS-05 Zaku I, MS-06R Psycho Zaku, MS-14A Gelgoog, MSM-04 Acguy

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->'''Pilots:''' MS-06 Zaku II, MS-05 Zaku I, MS-06R Psycho Zaku, MS-14A Gelgoog, MSM-04 Acguy
Acguy, [[spoiler:Psycho Zaku Mk-II]]
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* BrainySpecs: She's a scientist who rocks a thick pair of glasses. Given she works in cybernetics and in zero-0, one would think contacts or corrective surgery would be in order, but the glasses tells the audience more about her intelligence anyway.

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* BrainySpecs: She's a scientist who rocks a thick pair of glasses. Given she works in cybernetics and in zero-0, zero-g, one would think contacts or corrective surgery would be in order, but the glasses tells the audience more about her intelligence anyway.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Graham, who looks like he's supposed to be Native American, or possibly some kind of Pacific Islander.
* TakingYouWithMe: Claudia is [[spoiler: murdered by her XO who considered her an awful leader and wanted to just kill her before he died]].

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Graham, who He looks like he's supposed to be Native American, or possibly some kind of Pacific Islander.
* TakingYouWithMe: Claudia As he is [[spoiler: murdered by her XO about to die, [[spoiler:he attempts to murder Claudia, who he considered her an awful leader and wanted to just kill her before he died]].leader]].
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->'''Pilots:''' MS-06 Zaku II, MS-05 Zaku I, MS-06R Psycho Zaku, MSM-04 Acguy

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->'''Pilots:''' MS-06 Zaku II, MS-05 Zaku I, MS-06R Psycho Zaku, MS-14A Gelgoog, MSM-04 Acguy
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* DisneyDeath: Shot by her XO at the climax of the Thunderbolt arc. Then her ship blows up with her on it. [[spoilers: Shows up alive and well on Earth later on]].
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Psycho Zaku turns Daryl into a bit of an adrenaline junkie/blood knight. At least part of this has to do with the fact that he essentially has legs again after merging with the MS.

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* BloodKnight: After Thunderbolt Sector arc,[[spoiler:Io Fleming became massively addicted to fighting Daryl, so much that he willingly sold his stock in Fleming Industries and came to join the Federation on Earth when he heard that someone got their hands on Psycho Zaku remains.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's loud, obnoxious, and blares jazz in the hanger. But he's also by a significant margin the most skilled pilot on the Feddies' side so all that gets ignored. His superiors are almost sad that they have to give him the Gundam because he's so obnoxious, but his skills make him the only candidate.



* MilitaryMaverick: Io Flemming is a massive adrealine junkie, doesn't respect his superiors, pirates music, and is easily the best pilot in the Moore Brotherhood.




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* WouldHitAGirl: Io would, just ask Claudia.




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* MsFanservice: Not that she has a ton of competition, but she's a ShamelessFanserviceGirl who needed little to no provocation to strip down and show off her full body tattoos.



* NiceGuy: There's a reason he's one of the few people Io actually likes. He's a caring, friendly guy who emphatically tries to talk some Zeon soldiers out of throwing their lives away (with the bonus of him not dying either).



* TheChainsOfCommanding: Claudia is woefully unprepared to be a commanding officer, and her duties regularly leave her a broken, emotional wreck as a result. [[spoiler:Io finds out later that she's taken on a drug addiction to cope with her guilt over sending soldiers out to die in battle.]]
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: According to her XO, Claudia is only in commander because of her family. Given the fact the XO is a complete {{Jerkass}}, this may or may not be true.
* NoRespectGuy: According to her XO, if a mission fails, it's all her fault for being incompetent. If a mission succeeds, it's clearly a success in ''spite'' of her, not because of her.




* AmbiguouslyBrown: Graham, who looks like he's supposed to be Native American, or possibly some kind of Pacific Islander.
* TakingYouWithMe: Claudia is [[spoiler: murdered by her XO who considered her an awful leader and wanted to just kill her before he died]].



* HandicappedBadass: Having lost his legs in no way hurt his sniping abilities, and losing all his limbs led to him being able to pilot the Psycho Zaku. Subverted when it comes to a normal mech, his prostheses hinder his combat capability.



!!Karla Mitchum
!!!Voiced by: Creator/SayakaOhara (Japanese), Creator/TaraSands (English)

* BrainySpecs: She's a scientist who rocks a thick pair of glasses. Given she works in cybernetics and in zero-0, one would think contacts or corrective surgery would be in order, but the glasses tells the audience more about her intelligence anyway.
* BreakTheCutie: The events of the Thunderbolt sector, specifically watching her colleagues be vaporized a few feet away from her by a beam saber cracks her mind to the point that she's regressed to an adolescent state.
* ElectraComplex: Karla was inspired to become a cyberneticist after her father lost his arm and has a reputation for inappropriate relationships with her patients. Notably, her and Daryl's RelationshipUpgrade happens after he loses an arm himself.
* MedalOfDishonor: She just wants to advance cybernetic prostheses. She doesn't care about the war and actually threw away her Zeon Cross.



!!!Voiced by: Crreator/RyotaOhsaka

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* ActionGirl: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment begins with her taking on a Bigro and winning by letting her shields take the brunt of its mega-particle cannon, and then ejecting her GM's backpack to get close enough to stab it with a beam sabre. ''And that was her third Bigro kill.''
* CustomUniform: She is probably the only Federation pilot to wear both a pink normal suit and pink uniform aboard the ''Spartan.''
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!!!Voiced by: Crreator/RyotaOsaka

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* AntiVillain: Like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Aina]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Bernie]] before him, Daryl is a perfectly decent and moral person. Working for [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Zeon]] is the only reason he is one of the "villains".
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!!!Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya

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!!!Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya
Sakuya (Japanese), Ray Chase (English)
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!!!Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese)
(Japanese), Christian La Monte (English)



!!!Voiced by: Creator/ToaYukinari (Japanese), Creator/CheramiLeigh

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/ToaYukinari (Japanese), Creator/CheramiLeigh
Creator/CheramiLeigh (English)
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->'''Pilots:''' MS-06 Zaku II MS-06B Gouf

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!!!Voiced by: Shinya Hamazoe (Japanese), Ivan Nemer (English)
->'''Pilots:''' MS-06 Zaku II II, MS-06B Gouf
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!!Bianca Carlyle
!!!Voiced by: Yurina Furikawa
-> '''Pilots:''' RGM-79 GM, RX-77AQ Guncannon Aqua

A Federation pilot who participated in Operation Star One. She is assigned to the battleship ''Spartan'' after the war.

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!!Sean Mitadera
->'''Pilots:''' MS-06 Zaku II MS-06B Gouf

A sniper of the Living Dead Division who is friends with Daryl, he would come in contact with Io's Full Armor Gundam, and depending on either the Anime or the Manga, died via exploding fuel tank or survive and wind up on Earth after the One Year War. Main Character of the Gundam Thunderbolt Side Story Sean The Sand Rat, which details his adventure with a group of scavengers.

* ArtificialLimbs: Missing both limbs, though this doesn't seem to hamper his piloting skills
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Though the manga has yet to end, Sean's story seems to have been settled on a happy note, with Sean by 0080 alongside a group of friendly scavengers, with a [[spoiler: potential love interest in the form of a AWOL Federation pilot missing her legs.]]
* LighterAndSofter: His side story is much more positive and humorous than the main Thunderbolt storyline. There are no major character deaths, and there is even [[spoiler: a reconciliation between a Zeek and Federation pilot in the form of Sean and the Federation pilot who he rescues, a similar such situation ending poorly in the main story.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: The manga showed only a distant explosion, with his death only implied and later revoked when his side story came out, while the anime shows the Full Armor Gundam cramming a discarded fuel canister into his Zaku and exploding it to serve as bait
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!!!Voiced by: Creator/SayakaOhara (Japanese), Creator/CheramiLeigh

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/SayakaOhara Creator/ToaYukinari (Japanese), Creator/CheramiLeigh

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