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* UnexpectedCharacter: The Zanny, an early prototype GM made mostly from salvaged Zaku parts that previous only appeared in an obscure ''VideoGame/StarCraft''-clone PC game known as ''Gundam Tactics: Mobility Fleet'' turns up in the hands of the South Seas Alliance (rechristened the Dahle in the anime version, possibly due to rights issues with the game's publisher).

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* UnexpectedCharacter: The Zanny, an early prototype GM made mostly from salvaged Zaku parts that previous only appeared in an obscure ''VideoGame/StarCraft''-clone PC game known as ''Gundam Tactics: Mobility Fleet'' turns up in the hands of the South Seas Alliance (rechristened the Dahle in the anime version, possibly due to rights issues with the game's publisher).publisher).
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Principality of Zeon were the ones who destroyed Side 4 and are currently fighting among the mass graves of their billions of victims, something they exhibit a breathtaking lack of self-awareness for, with the local forces possessing the usual self-righteous attitude and hypocrisy many Zeon loyalists have become infamous for. This can make it difficult for viewers to root for them even as the writers bend over backwards trying to make them sympathetic, with Io’s mockery and derision after killing one of them while the others watched coming across less as a KickTheDog moment and more an understandable act of lashing out at the people responsible for murdering billions of innocent civilians.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: At least in the first season of the anime, it's a lot easier to feel sympathy for the Zeon side when Daryl is a kind-hearted soldier just doing his duty for his homeland. And on the Federation side, Io is a PoliticallyIncorrectHero who repeatedly mocks Daryl's prosthetics, and is a BloodKnight who gleefully engages in MookHorrorShow. Averted in the second season, where Io is portrayed more positively, and both sides share an enemy in the absolutely repugnant South Seas Alliance.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bianca is quite popular among viewers do to her [[GenkiGirl fun personality]] and [[MsFanservice all around sexyness.]] She's also one of the Federation's [[ActionGirl more competent]] [[AcePilot female pilots.]] Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] in Bandit Flower is her being thrown around A Baoa Qu by a Bigro, and using her GM's beam saber to destroy it. And she'd already had ''seven kills'' before! Bianca later pilots a Guncannon Aqua and holds her own against the much bigger and more powerful Gogg. She even rescues Io and his Atlas Gundam from sinking into the ocean, ''after'' her Guncannon suffered heavy damage!

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bianca Carlyle is quite popular among viewers do to her [[GenkiGirl fun personality]] and [[MsFanservice all around sexyness.]] She's also one of the Federation's [[ActionGirl more competent]] [[AcePilot female pilots.]] Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] in Bandit Flower is her being thrown around A Baoa Qu by a Bigro, and using her GM's beam saber to destroy it. And she'd already had ''seven kills'' before! Bianca She later pilots a Guncannon Aqua and holds her own against the much bigger and more powerful Gogg. She even rescues Io and his Atlas Gundam from sinking into the ocean, ''after'' her Guncannon suffered heavy damage!
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* CommonKnowledge: The majority of casual fans believe that the unique "Thunderbolt Versions" of the mobile suits are units adapted for use in the Thunderbolt Sector. This is not the case, as the series actually exists in an alternate continuity and these versions are just how the units exist in this microcontinuity.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This series milks the WarIsHell trope for all its worth. The story is pretty Grimdark even for Universal Century standards, as both sides do quite a few horrible things in order to prevail.
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* IAmNotShazam: Io's Gundam in the initial arc is called the FA-78 Full Armor Gundam (usually shortened to Full Armor Gundam) but many still refer to it as the Thunderbolt Gundam (especially seeing as there's been a few previous Mobile Suits with the same name). The Manga is named after the sector that the factions fought over in contrast to many other Gundam series (e.g. Zeta, ZZ, Unicorn) who're named for their main Mecha.

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* IAmNotShazam: Io's Gundam in the initial arc is called the FA-78 Full Armor Gundam (usually shortened to Full Armor Gundam) but many still refer to it as the Thunderbolt Gundam (especially seeing as there's been a few previous Mobile Suits with the same name). The Manga is named after the sector that the factions fought over in contrast to many other Gundam series (e.g. Zeta, ZZ, Unicorn) ''Zeta'', ''ZZ'', ''Unicorn'') who're named for their main Mecha.
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* IAmNotShazam: Io's Gundam in the initial arc is called the FA-78 Full Armor Gundam (usually shortened to Full Armor Gundam) but many still refer to it as the Thunderbolt Gundam (especially seeing as there's been a few previous Mobile Suits with the same name). The Manga is named after the sector that the factions fought over in contrast to many other Gundam series (e.g. Zeta, ZZ, Unicorn) who're named for their main Mecha.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This series milks the WarIsHell trope for all its worth. The story is pretty Grimdark even for Universal Century standards, as both sides do quite a few horrible things in order to prevail.



* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This series milks the WarIsHell trope for all its worth. The story is pretty Grimdark even for Universal Century standards, as both sides do quite a few horrible things in order to prevail.



* UnexpectedCharacter: The Zanny, an early prototype GM made mostly from salvaged Zaku parts that previous only appeared in an obscure ''VideoGame/StarCraft''-clone PC game known as ''Gundam Tactics: Mobility Fleet'' turns up in the hands of the South Seas Alliance (rechristened the Dahle in the anime version, possibly due to rights issues with the game's publisher).
* TheWoobie: ''Poor, poor'' Dr. Karla.

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* UnexpectedCharacter: The Zanny, an early prototype GM made mostly from salvaged Zaku parts that previous only appeared in an obscure ''VideoGame/StarCraft''-clone PC game known as ''Gundam Tactics: Mobility Fleet'' turns up in the hands of the South Seas Alliance (rechristened the Dahle in the anime version, possibly due to rights issues with the game's publisher).
* TheWoobie: ''Poor, poor'' Dr. Karla.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bianca is quite popular among viewers do to her [[GenkiGirl fun personality]] and [[MsFanservice all around sexyness.]]
** She's also one of the Federation's [[ActionGirl more competent]] [[AcePilot female pilots.]] Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] in Bandit Flower is her being thrown around A Baoa Qu by a Bigro, and using her GM's beam saber to destroy it. And she'd already had ''seven kills'' before! Bianca later pilots a Guncannon Aqua and holds her own against the much bigger and more powerful Gogg. She even rescues Io and his Atlas Gundam from sinking into the ocean, ''after'' her Guncannon suffered heavy damage!

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bianca is quite popular among viewers do to her [[GenkiGirl fun personality]] and [[MsFanservice all around sexyness.]]
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]] She's also one of the Federation's [[ActionGirl more competent]] [[AcePilot female pilots.]] Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] in Bandit Flower is her being thrown around A Baoa Qu by a Bigro, and using her GM's beam saber to destroy it. And she'd already had ''seven kills'' before! Bianca later pilots a Guncannon Aqua and holds her own against the much bigger and more powerful Gogg. She even rescues Io and his Atlas Gundam from sinking into the ocean, ''after'' her Guncannon suffered heavy damage!



* UnexpectedCharacter: The Zanni, an early prototype GM made mostly from salvaged Zaku parts that previous only appeared in an obscure ''VideoGame/StarCraft''-clone PC game known as ''Gundam Tactics: Mobility Fleet'' turns up in the hands of the South Seas Alliance (rechristened the Dahle in the anime version, possibly due to rights issues with the game's publisher).

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* UnexpectedCharacter: The Zanni, Zanny, an early prototype GM made mostly from salvaged Zaku parts that previous only appeared in an obscure ''VideoGame/StarCraft''-clone PC game known as ''Gundam Tactics: Mobility Fleet'' turns up in the hands of the South Seas Alliance (rechristened the Dahle in the anime version, possibly due to rights issues with the game's publisher).
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* ArtShift: This happened after Ohtagaki had to [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-14/gundam-thunderbolt-manga-resumes-ohtagaki-changes-art-style/.140796?fbclid=IwAR0kxrzLaE36x_M6arBqY9J6R6Vq24gDYHnco_1Ko32i5Zy0jS8uKhxmTvU put the manga on hiatus]] in September 2018 due to tenosynovitis (inflammation surrounding the tendons) in his dominant (left) hand. He continued that he will change his drawing style so as not to worsen the condition. As a result the art became more loose and fluid but loses the crispness and detail.
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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VteBs2L6w9U Japanese version]] of Music/NinaSimone's "Feeling Good", which is the end credits of Episode 6, is really fitting.

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** The [[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VteBs2L6w9U Japanese version]] of com/watch?v=CA5di1Knoxs Hone Kudaketemo]]" is great homage to Music/NinaSimone's "Feeling Good", which Good" and is used as the end credits of Episode 6, 6 which is really fitting.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: The Zanni, an early prototype GM made mostly from salvaged Zaku parts that previous only appeared in an obscure ''VideoGame/StarCraft''-clone PC game known as ''Gundam Tactics: Mobility Fleet'' turns up in the hands of the South Seas Alliance (rechristened the Dahle in the anime version, possibly due to rights issues with the game's publisher).
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* ArtShift: This happened after Ohtagaki had to [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-14/gundam-thunderbolt-manga-resumes-ohtagaki-changes-art-style/.140796?fbclid=IwAR0kxrzLaE36x_M6arBqY9J6R6Vq24gDYHnco_1Ko32i5Zy0jS8uKhxmTvU put the manga on hiatus]] in September 2018 due to tenosynovitis (inflammation surrounding the tendons) in his dominant (left) hand. He continued that he will change his drawing style so as not to worsen the condition.

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* ArtShift: This happened after Ohtagaki had to [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-14/gundam-thunderbolt-manga-resumes-ohtagaki-changes-art-style/.140796?fbclid=IwAR0kxrzLaE36x_M6arBqY9J6R6Vq24gDYHnco_1Ko32i5Zy0jS8uKhxmTvU put the manga on hiatus]] in September 2018 due to tenosynovitis (inflammation surrounding the tendons) in his dominant (left) hand. He continued that he will change his drawing style so as not to worsen the condition. As a result the art became more loose and fluid but loses the crispness and detail.
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*ArtShift: This happened after Ohtagaki had to [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-14/gundam-thunderbolt-manga-resumes-ohtagaki-changes-art-style/.140796?fbclid=IwAR0kxrzLaE36x_M6arBqY9J6R6Vq24gDYHnco_1Ko32i5Zy0jS8uKhxmTvU put the manga on hiatus]] in September 2018 due to tenosynovitis (inflammation surrounding the tendons) in his dominant (left) hand. He continued that he will change his drawing style so as not to worsen the condition.
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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
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** She's also one of the Federation's [[ActionGirl more competent]] [[AcePilot female pilots.]] Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] in Bandit Flower is her being thrown around A Baoa Qu by a Bigro, and using her GM's beam saber to destroy it. And she'd already had ''seven kills'' before! Bianca later pilots a Guncannon Aqua and fights an underwater duel with the much bigger Gogg. She even rescues Io and his Atlas Gundam from sinking into the ocean, ''after'' her Guncannon suffered heavy damage!

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** She's also one of the Federation's [[ActionGirl more competent]] [[AcePilot female pilots.]] Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] in Bandit Flower is her being thrown around A Baoa Qu by a Bigro, and using her GM's beam saber to destroy it. And she'd already had ''seven kills'' before! Bianca later pilots a Guncannon Aqua and fights an underwater duel with holds her own against the much bigger and more powerful Gogg. She even rescues Io and his Atlas Gundam from sinking into the ocean, ''after'' her Guncannon suffered heavy damage!

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bianca is quite popular among viewers do to her fun personality and all around sexyness.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bianca is quite popular among viewers do to her [[GenkiGirl fun personality personality]] and [[MsFanservice all around sexyness.]]
** She's also one of the Federation's [[ActionGirl more competent]] [[AcePilot female pilots.]] Her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction]] in Bandit Flower is her being thrown around A Baoa Qu by a Bigro, and using her GM's beam saber to destroy it. And she'd already had ''seven kills'' before! Bianca later pilots a Guncannon Aqua and fights an underwater duel with the much bigger Gogg. She even rescues Io and his Atlas Gundam from sinking into the ocean, ''after'' her Guncannon suffered heavy damage!



* RootingForTheEmpire: At least in the first season of the anime, it's a lot easier to feel sympathy for the Zeon side when Daryl is a kind-hearted soldier just doing his duty for his homeland. And on the Federation side, Io is a PoliticallyIncorrectHero who repeatedly mocks Daryl's prosthetics, and is a BloodKnight who gleefully engages in MookHorrorShow. Averted in the second season, where Io is portrayed more positively, and both sides share an enemy in the absolutely repugnant South Seas Alliance.

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* RootingForTheEmpire: At least in the first season of the anime, it's a lot easier to feel sympathy for the Zeon side when Daryl is a kind-hearted soldier just doing his duty for his homeland. And on the Federation side, Io is a PoliticallyIncorrectHero who repeatedly mocks Daryl's prosthetics, and is a BloodKnight who gleefully engages in MookHorrorShow. Averted in the second season, where Io is portrayed more positively, and both sides share an enemy in the absolutely repugnant South Seas Alliance.Alliance.
* TheWoobie: ''Poor, poor'' Dr. Karla.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The story is pretty Grimdark even for Universal Century standards, as both sides do quite a few horrible things in order to prevail.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This series milks the WarIsHell trope for all its worth. The story is pretty Grimdark even for Universal Century standards, as both sides do quite a few horrible things in order to prevail.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Bianca is quite popular among viewers do to her fun personality and all around sexyness.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The story is pretty Grimdark even for Universal Century standards, as both sides do quite a few horrible things in order to prevail.
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* Narm: Daryl's reaction to one of his comrades' apparent death in Episode 2 (eng. dub) can be a bit hard to take seriously when you remeber the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og Heavy Rain glitch]].

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* Narm: {{Narm}}: Daryl's reaction to one of his comrades' apparent death in Episode 2 (eng. dub) can be a bit hard to take seriously when you remeber remember the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og Heavy Rain glitch]].
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* Narm: Daryl's reaction to one of his comrades' apparent death in Episode 2 (eng. dub) can be a bit hard to take seriously when you remeber the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og Heavy Rain glitch]].
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** The soundtrack has a mix of jazz, blues and pop. Bonus points for the composer who happened to be the saxophone player and member of Music/YokoKanno's The Seatbelts.

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** The soundtrack has a mix of jazz, blues and pop. Bonus points for the composer who happened to be the saxophone player and member of Music/YokoKanno's The Seatbelts.Seatbelts (of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' fame).
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* HilariousInHindsight: Episode 6 unknowingly answers the question of how amphibious mechs are expected to function when the water is all frozen over in ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Episode 6 unknowingly answers the question of how amphibious mechs are expected to function when the water is all frozen over in ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry''.''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry''.
* RootingForTheEmpire: At least in the first season of the anime, it's a lot easier to feel sympathy for the Zeon side when Daryl is a kind-hearted soldier just doing his duty for his homeland. And on the Federation side, Io is a PoliticallyIncorrectHero who repeatedly mocks Daryl's prosthetics, and is a BloodKnight who gleefully engages in MookHorrorShow. Averted in the second season, where Io is portrayed more positively, and both sides share an enemy in the absolutely repugnant South Seas Alliance.
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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VteBs2L6w9U Japanese version]] of Music/NinaSimone's "Feeling Good", which is the end credits of Episode 6, is really fitting.

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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VteBs2L6w9U Japanese version]] of Music/NinaSimone's "Feeling Good", which is the end credits of Episode 6, is really fitting.fitting.
* HilariousInHindsight: Episode 6 unknowingly answers the question of how amphibious mechs are expected to function when the water is all frozen over in ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry''.
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** The jazz soundtrack is a good jam when listening inside a mobile suit. Bonus points for the composer who happened to be the saxophone player and member of Music/YokoKanno's The Seatbelts.

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** The jazz soundtrack is has a good jam when listening inside a mobile suit.mix of jazz, blues and pop. Bonus points for the composer who happened to be the saxophone player and member of Music/YokoKanno's The Seatbelts.
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* AwesomeMusic:
** The jazz soundtrack is a good jam when listening inside a mobile suit. Bonus points for the composer who happened to be the saxophone player and member of Music/YokoKanno's The Seatbelts.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VteBs2L6w9U Japanese version]] of Music/NinaSimone's "Feeling Good", which is the end credits of Episode 6, is really fitting.

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