History YMMV / MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket

%%Harsher In Hindsight does not apply when a character dies whose actor later died unless the character and the actor's deaths are similar.

-->'''Al:''' I remember those days... About the day I saw a Zaku for the first time, about the battle I wasn't able to stop... Bernie... I'll never forget you.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: It's a testament that even the author found the ending too depressing.

* SignatureScene: [[spoiler:Bernie's tragically pointless death.]]

** The anime's themes on war being a hellish nightmare that's dressed up easily, sold to children, and glorified. It's either a great use of Gundam's central [[WarIsHell anti-war themes]] that addresses the MisaimedFandom around it to deliver an [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped abysmally sad but necessary story]], or just a hypocritical and hollow YouBastard statement from a franchise that continues to make its money from awesome robot fights and toys. A large part of the divide may lie in exactly where you feel the franchise's anti-war message is lost: [[MisaimedFandom the fans]] or [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing Bandai]].

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ''War In The Pocket'' holds no punches for its message on "War is not something to be glorified," [[spoiler:especially since Al was the one who had to witness Bernie's demise at the hands of Chris and suffer BreakTheCutie as a result]].

-->'''Bernie:''' Whatever happens, don't hate the Federation soldiers, or the Gundam pilot. Okay? They're just doing what they believe is right. The same as me. It may be hard for you, but please... Don't hate anyone, and don't blame yourself.
** In the VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration series, the narrator for the ''War in the Pocket'' scenarios is Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, Al's original VA, implying that the scenarios are actually a grown-up Al remembering the events of his childhood.
-->'''Narrator:''' The boy will never forget... That there was once a soldier who risked his life, fighting a war in the pocket of this tiny colony. The words that he left behind, will forever be in the boy's heart...

* {{Woolseyism}}: The phrase in the original Japanese is "worse than mincemeat". On the other hand, "Nothing left, sir. A pile of hamburger" came from the translation by Neil Nadelman, and ended up being one of the more notable sources of black comedy memes from the English-speaking Gundam fandom.

** People making jokes on comparing Bernie to Big Boss/Solid Snakes once they find out David Hayter voices them.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The phrase in the original Japanese is "worse than mincemeat. "Nothing left, sir. A pile of hamburger" came from the translation by Neil Nadelman, and ended up being one of the more notable sources of black comedy memes from the English-speaking Gundam fandom.

* TearJerker: The ending, as well as [[spoiler:Bernard's recorded message to Al]].

* CompleteMonster: [[InsaneAdmiral Colonel Killing]] is a [[BigBad high-ranking]] Gihren loyalist who took part in [[GrandTheftPrototype Operation Rubicon]]. He deliberately sabotaged Operation Rubicon--which revolved around stealing or destroying the new [[SuperPrototype Alex Gundam]]--causing the death of nearly the whole Cyclops Team; he did that just to give his superiors an excuse to destroy the civilian colony of Side 6 with nuclear weapons. When his commander overrides the order to destroy Side 6, Killing [[KlingonPromotion shoots him dead and usurps control of the operation]], orders the nukes launched, and prompts Bernard "Bernie" Wiseman—the only surviving member of the Cyclops Team—to launch a suicidal attack on the Gundam Alex in the hopes of heading off the strike.

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