| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !League Militaire / Earth Federation |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder:Uso]] |
| 6 | !!Uso Ewin |
| 7 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi |
| 8 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Uso_Evin_4513.jpg]] |
| 9 | The main character, a thirteen-year-old boy living peacefully with his childhood friend Shakti Kareen on the peaceful nation of Kassarelia, forced into combat during Zanscare's invasion. He pilots the [=LM312V04=] Victory Gundam, Earth's last line of defense developed by his parents on behalf of underground LaResistance organization League Militaire. |
| 10 | ---- |
| 11 | * AccidentalPervert: How many times does he go through MarshmallowHell? |
| 12 | * AcePilot: Of mobile suits, para-gliders and hovercrafts. Uses all styles throughout the series, but prefers Bushwhacking. |
| 13 | * BadassBookworm: The library is the first thing he visits, and his friends know it too. |
| 14 | * BreakTheCutie: ''Victory'' is one long series of BreakTheCutie moments for this poor kid. |
| 15 | * ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: He joins the tips of his fingers when he won't tell two women from the shrike team who's prettier, [[DoubleEntendre amusingly enough.]] |
| 16 | * ChickMagnet: The number of [[CoolBigSis older women who tease him]] is staggering... [[CutenessProximity might be]] because the kid ''is'' a cute boy. They don't end well. |
| 17 | ** This reaches across the battle lines too; both Katejina and Fuala end up obsessing over him and ceaselessly targetting him in battle, while Lupe outright attempts to rape him while on Zanscare. |
| 18 | * ChildSoldier: Trained by his own mother no less. |
| 19 | * CombatPragmatist: ''Par excellence''. He's arguably the smartest, most creative lead pilot in the franchise, using design features like the Victory three-part transformation system and the Wings of Light in astonishingly inventive ways. |
| 20 | * CoolHouse: His house looks like a simple wood house, but has a basement with a ''supercomputer'' (albeit an outdated one), spare electronic equipment, data banks filled with scientific, technological and historical information, a independent backup generator and finally a mobile suit simulator. |
| 21 | * DeterminedHomesteader: Well he tries, but is forced to leave anyway. |
| 22 | * DontMakeMeDestroyYou: But more occasions than not, more than a warning Uso says this after actually destroying (killing) his enemy. |
| 23 | * GunsAkimbo: He uses it correctly since he is trained to use both hands and he just uses the rifle closest to the target. |
| 24 | * HeroicBSOD : Due to the nature of this series, he suffers several of them. The most notable one is after he recovers his mom's helmet [[spoiler: with her '''bleeding, severed head''' inside.]] |
| 25 | * IKnowMortalKombat: Uso learned a lot about mobile suit technology, and trained on simulators that his dad left him, well before even getting into that Shokew. |
| 26 | * ImprobableAge: Yes, he's a pilot at age 13. More or less justified because his mom designed his Gundam ''and'' because of his life in Kassarelia. Hell, Chronicle gets razzed a fair amount just because he kept getting beat by Uso. |
| 27 | * ItGetsEasier: Starts from a kid who cried and shook in his combats before his so many first kills and one who cannot shot if he was seeing the pilot to an implacable soldier who doesn't hesitate to slash and shot directly to the cockpit without any remorse even seeing the person. Even though, Uso keeps some ItNeverGetsAnyEasier moments through the final. |
| 28 | * ItsAllMyFault: He is prone to believing he could have prevented someone's death, but he manages to get past these moment and it doesn't result in a Guilt Complex. |
| 29 | * GenocideDilemma: Uso fulfilled this trope to the letter, aiming a WaveMotionGun to the Zanscare entire fleet, having in mind that he would potentially kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers and non-combatant crew. The worst part... [[spoiler:he shot.]] |
| 30 | * JustAKid: Takes advantage of this whenever he can. |
| 31 | * KidHero: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] Uso's youth makes his life as an AcePilot a living hell. He's the furthest thing from an EscapistCharacter, suffering horrendously to the point that he has a HeroicBSOD after virtually every battle. |
| 32 | * LightningBruiser: Both Gundams that he pilots are designed to be this, very fast & hard-hitting, even on their basic configurations. The final upgrade of the V2 Gundam is [[BeamSpam armed]]-[[MoreDakka to]]-[[PowerGivesYouWings the]]-[[MacrossMissileMassacre teeth]]. |
| 33 | * LikesOlderWomen: In fine old Tomino-protagonist tradition. See PrecociousCrush below. |
| 34 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: More than once. First, he gets the traditional upgrade in the form of Victory 2 Gundam, which is given 2 forms of MechaExpansionPack later on. He then combines those 2 forms of V2 Gundam in the endgame episodes. |
| 35 | * NiceGuy: He's a very kind boy outside the battlefield. Which makes [[WarIsHell the horror show that is the Zanscare war]] and [[AnyoneCanDie its extreme mortality rate]] all the more [[BreakTheCutie harrowing]] for the poor kid. |
| 36 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: Several times, like with [[FuroScene Lupe's "interrogation"]] and the Bikini Babe Assault. |
| 37 | * PrecociousCrush: [[LikesOlderWomen A few]], though his crushes on Katejina and Marbet are most noteworthy. |
| 38 | * PsychicPowers: Uso immediately sensing [[spoiler:the death of one of his teammates]] in episode 16 was Foreshadowing, but his Newtype abilities start to fully awaken in episode 21. |
| 39 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: He pioneers the tactic of detaching the Victory's legs mid-flight, turning them into a giant missile. |
| 40 | * ReluctantWarrior: As with most Gundam protagonists, even though he really doesn't want to fight, he is forced to pilot both because his homeland and his friends are threatened and because he is just that good a pilot. |
| 41 | * ShootTheBullet: Blink, and you will miss Uso shooting Katejina's beam ''while'' he is fighting Chronicle for the last time. |
| 42 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Uso/Üso/Uso Evin/Ewin/Ebbing |
| 43 | * TeachHimAnger: [[spoiler:Godwald]] taught him to not hesitate in killing if he had the chance as a parting gift, which does increase Uso's effectiveness as a pilot and most likely allowed him to survive the war. |
| 44 | * TheseHandsHaveKilled: He got several of these moments. Most notably, he personally took a woman (and her children) to the grave of her husband, even though (and because) he was the one that had killed him. |
| 45 | * TraumaCongaLine: He suffers ''several'' of these, perhaps one of the most notable being when the shrike team starts dying. |
| 46 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Even when not taking into account of how well he handles emotional trauma, he is far more mature when compared to his peers (Shakti, Odelo, Warren, etc., who cope like normal kids would) and perhaps even some adults. |
| 47 | * WouldHitAGirl: He is generally respectful and awkward with women in normal conditions, but he will fight them to the death on the battlefield as hard as he fights men. The most disturbing instance was when: [[spoiler:Katejina sent a group of girls in bikinis, equipped with just bazookas to attack Uso, thinking he would not hurt them or if he does, traumatizing him for having to do it. Uso not only knocked out almost every single one of them without hesitation by hitting them with the Gundam but also thinking all of this was an illusion, killed the last girl with his Beam Saber after being attacked by her, without any remorse or trauma.]] |
| 48 | * ZenSurvivor: Manages to survive the war, but at a great emotional cost. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Shakti]] |
| 52 | !!Shakti Kareen |
| 53 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Kuroda |
| 54 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Shakti_Kareen_49.jpg]] |
| 55 | Uso's childhood friend. |
| 56 | ---- |
| 57 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Since her mother and uncle are both white it must come from her father's side. |
| 58 | * BarrierMaiden: [[spoiler:When she becomes the Angel Halo core.]] |
| 59 | * BreakTheCutie: She goes through this a lot, just like Uso. |
| 60 | * DeterminedHomesteader: More so than Uso, to the point of madly seeding the land when the fighting escalates around her. |
| 61 | * {{Expy}}: An AmbiguouslyBrown [[PhlebotinumGirl powerful Newtype girl]]? She's basically a saner, tyke-sized [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Lalah Sune]]. |
| 62 | * FatalFlaw: After finding out about [[spoiler:her heritage]], she abandons the League on multiple occasions to reason with Cronicle and Maria, willfully dismissing that the former [[DragonWithanAgenda has his own plans]] and the latter [[AntiVillain is being used by Kagatie]]. She wises up near the end (see below). |
| 63 | * LamarckWasRight: [[spoiler:So Maria is a really strong Newtype with HealingHands, {{Telepathy}} and [[TheEmpath empathy]]? Why, her girl Shakti has these skills, too.]] |
| 64 | * NiceGirl: She's an all-around gentle and caring girl. |
| 65 | * PluckyGirl: Not above getting in the line of battle herself at times. |
| 66 | * PromotionToParent: She takes care of little Karl, a baby orphan from their war zone. |
| 67 | * PsychicPowers: With HealingHands included. |
| 68 | * RagsToRoyalty: Goes from living as a refugee in Earth to living as a princess [[spoiler:once it is discovered that she's the Queen's lost daughter.]] |
| 69 | * ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:She's the long-lost Princess of Zanscare. Things go bad after she's acknowledged as the Princess, as Maria had left Shakti in Kassarelia specifically to '''not''' have her at the mercy of Fonse.]] |
| 70 | * SpannerInTheWorks: How was it, Zanscare? [[spoiler:That Princess you just shoved into the Angel Halo actually has her own ideas to end the war. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice job, Fonse.]]]] |
| 71 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Not immediately, but towards the end when [[spoiler: she takes control of Angel Halo in place of Maria]]. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Marbet]] |
| 75 | !!Marbet Fingerhut |
| 76 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ayako Shiraishi (TV series), Creator/AkikoKimura (video games, as of ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration Spirits)'' |
| 77 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Marbet-san_4242.jpg]] |
| 78 | A member of League Militaire and Earth Federation by extension, she is one of three V Gundam pilots. |
| 79 | ---- |
| 80 | * AcePilot: She was the original pilot of the Victory Gundam for a good reason. |
| 81 | * ActionGirl: She's one of the League Militaire's Gundam pilots, and a skilled one at that. |
| 82 | * AdaptationalCurves: ''Go! Go! Our V Gundam!!'' depicted her with a larger bust size than in the show. |
| 83 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: While she has dark skin, she doesn't seem to have any African or Middle Eastern features. Because of this, many believe she's either a Pacific Islander, Latina or South Asian. |
| 84 | * BoyishShortHair: Has her hair cut short, befitting the fact she's a soldier in a warzone. |
| 85 | * CoolBigSis: For Uso and all the others refugees. |
| 86 | * DamselInDistress: She's captured and bound two times during the series but is quickly rescued with the help of the League Militaire kids. |
| 87 | * DudeMagnet: She's stated to be attractive by both Odelo and Oliver with Uso eventually developing a crush on her. |
| 88 | * HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Marries Oliver partway through the series, which doesn't last long as he dies shortly after.]] |
| 89 | * NoPeriodsPeriod: Subverted: in Episode 38 she feels like crap and Odelo tells Uso that it may be because of her period. [[spoiler:In a further subversion, it's actually morning sickness -- the first sign that she's pregnant.]] |
| 90 | * PregnantBadass: She's in the early stages of pregnancy in the last episodes, and come the epilogue she has a ''huge'' baby bump. Not only that, but [[spoiler:being pregnant [[ChekhovsGun saves her life]] when she and Uso are fighting Fuala, who senses the baby, puzzling Fuala with the concept of giving birth, which lets Uso sweep in and attack.]] |
| 91 | ** SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler: The father being Oliver, who died before her discovery of pregnancy.]] |
| 92 | * TeamMom: Particularly pronounced given that the team she's in charge of has a large number of children in it. |
| 93 | * {{Tsundere}}: To Oliver, him being the commander of a AmazonBrigade doesn't make her a very happy woman. |
| 94 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Has a wounded leg in the first arc, which gets aggravated each time she has to do intensive activity such as piloting, after which she can no longer pilot at full capacity. This forces her to repeatedly end up over her head, and be forced to hand her Core Fighter over to Uso. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Oliver]] |
| 98 | !!Oliver Inoue |
| 99 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Keiichi Sonobe |
| 100 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Oliver-san_8917.jpg]] |
| 101 | The commander of Shrike Team and another V Gundam pilots for League Militaire. |
| 102 | ---- |
| 103 | * CorporalPunishment: Brutally punches Uso in the face, [[SternTeacher it's in order to teach him to be more responsible]], after he ended up in a 6 on 1 fight and nearly got captured. |
| 104 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He tries to perform one, but in the end it did more harm than good.]] |
| 105 | * KavorkaMan: Subverted -- he doesn't have good looks and clashes with Marbet, but otherwise he ''is'' a pretty decent guy and a damn efficient TeamDad. |
| 106 | * NewOldFlame: To Marbet. [[spoiler:They get back together... but then he dies.]] |
| 107 | * SenselessSacrifice: In his final moments he managed to [[spoiler:kill himself, do negligible damage to the enemy and waste the only remaining V2 Core Fighter other than Uso's after the factory that produced them got blown up.]] |
| 108 | * TeamDad: Considering a good chunk of his forces are children, he often acts as more a father figure than a military officer. |
| 109 | * TheLeader: Of the [[AmazonBrigade Shrike Team]]. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Odelo]] |
| 113 | !!Odelo Henriks |
| 114 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Masayuki Nakata (TV series), Creator/JunFukushima (video games, as of ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration Spirits)'' |
| 115 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/35789_4738.jpg]] |
| 116 | A 15-year old refugee from Largraine along with Suzie and Warren Trace; he would become one of pilots for League Militaire. |
| 117 | ---- |
| 118 | * BadassNormal: Becomes a competent pilot in his own right. |
| 119 | * DoggedNiceGuy: To [[PluckyGirl Elischa Kransky]]. [[spoiler:They get together. [[HerHeartWillGoOn And later, he dies]].]] |
| 120 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He starts off rash and hot-headed, but as the series goes on his good qualities begin to surface more. |
| 121 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:One of the many pilots to die at Katejina's hands in the final battle.]] |
| 122 | * LeeroyJenkins: During the series, he becomes more determined to prove he's just as good or better than Uso, Tomache often being the voice that stops his impulses. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, his impulses caught up with him near the end of the series.]] |
| 123 | * TheLancer: To Uso. Unusually for the franchise, he is actually far more hot-headed and immature than the hero, [[JustifiedTrope but then again]] calm and [[NiceGuy kind]] heroes often tend to have HotBlooded Lancers. |
| 124 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Him and Warren. |
| 125 | * TookALevelInBadass: He actually becomes a fairly decent pilot towards the end of the show. |
| 126 | * UnknownRival: Sees himself as Uso's rival, but Uso has no idea. |
| 127 | [[/folder]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | [[folder:Warren]] |
| 130 | !!Warren Trace |
| 131 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RicaMatsumoto |
| 132 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Warren-kun_3449.jpg]] |
| 133 | Fellow refugee along side with Suzy and Odelo, he would also serve with League Militaire in support roles. |
| 134 | ---- |
| 135 | %%* ActionSurvivor: Sorta |
| 136 | %%* ButtMonkey |
| 137 | * DoggedNiceGuy: To Martina. |
| 138 | * FishOutOfWater: Poor guy tries to offer Martina flowers, but gets yelled at by her because he picks up flowers that purify the air of the space colony. |
| 139 | * LeeroyJenkins: He is ''very'' trigger happy. |
| 140 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: His attack of choice. |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[folder:Suzy]] |
| 144 | !!Suzy Relane |
| 145 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiKoorogi |
| 146 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Suzy_8534.jpg]] |
| 147 | The youngest of Largraine refugees and entire group. |
| 148 | ---- |
| 149 | * ActionSurvivor: She never plays a role in combat, but she too was [[spoiler: one of the characters who made it to the finale]]. |
| 150 | * TheCutie: Even more so when she is in care of [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter Karlmann]]. |
| 151 | * GirlishPigtails: Normally seen with one small pigtail on her left side. |
| 152 | * OrphansOrdeal: Just like Warren and Karlmann, she too have to deal with bleak situation as someone who lost her parents. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:The Old Men]] |
| 156 | !!Romero Malavar, Leonid Almodovar, Otis Arkins |
| 157 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Chafurin}} (Romero), Creator/JojiNakata (Leonid), Naoki Bando (Otis) |
| 158 | The Old Men are a quartet of elderly officials in the League Militaire. Count Oi Nyung is the leader until his death wherein Romero, oldest and second in command under the Count, takes charge. |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * HiddenDepths: When planning a wedding (a diversion for the guards at the prison camp they're locked in) the kids go to Leonid to be the caterer as he has a lot of culinary experience. Otis is also revealed to have been a pastor and remarks that it's been a long time since he took up the role. |
| 161 | * TheLeader: At first it's Count Nyung. With the Count's death, Romero takes over leadership of the League Militaire faction that Uso joins. |
| 162 | * OffWithHisHead: The Count is sentenced to public execution and is guillotined on live television. |
| 163 | * WhatTheHellHero: Romero angrily snaps at Uso at the end of episode 7 for letting the Zanscare soldiers escape the battle. Romero views Uso's hesitance to kill in combat as naive and that he places them all in danger. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Elischa & Martina]] |
| 167 | !!Elischa and Martina Kransky |
| 168 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichiyoYanagisawa (Elischa) and Creator/KonamiYoshida (Martina) |
| 169 | Two orphaned siblings who were born and raised in colonies. |
| 170 | ---- |
| 171 | %%* ActionSurvivor |
| 172 | * BridgeBunny: Both girls help handle the ''White Ark'' shuttle, sometimes even [[WrenchWench helping out with mantainment]]. In addition, Elischa seems to have a keen eye for detail. |
| 173 | * HeroicBSOD: [[FishOutOfWater Being from the colonies]], neither take it well when [[spoiler: they see the ravaged Earth for the first time]]. Warren and Shakti call them out on it. |
| 174 | * HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Elischa ultimately reciprocates Odelo's feelings for her. But few afterwards, he kicks it.]] |
| 175 | * GirlishPigtails: Martina has a side ponytail, tied with a yellow band. It contrasts with Elischa's boyish haircut. |
| 176 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: Elischa expresses frustration at not having fighting skills |
| 177 | * PluckyGirl: Specially Elischa |
| 178 | * OrphansOrdeal: Both sisters are war orphans. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:Karel & Tomache]] |
| 182 | !!Karel and Tomache Masarik |
| 183 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKobayashi (Karel) and Creator/TomokazuSeki (Tomache) |
| 184 | Another group of Orphans. |
| 185 | ---- |
| 186 | * ActionSurvivor: Karel |
| 187 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Contrasting with their blue eyes. |
| 188 | * BadassNormal: Tomache becomes a pilot, though he's not at the level of Uso, Marbet or Odelo. [[spoiler: He manages to survive, though.]] |
| 189 | * BridgeBunny: Karel |
| 190 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: "Tomache Masarik" sounds pretty much exactly like "Tomáš Masaryk", the name of a Czech politician and philosopher who was the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. In fact, in Japanese, the two names are written exactly the same way (トマーシュ・マサリク). |
| 191 | * OrphansOrdeal: Again, both brothers are orphans. |
| 192 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Tomache just kind of disappears at some point during the final battle and isn't seen with the others in the aftermath. |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder:The Shrike Team]] |
| 196 | !!The Shrike Team (Junko Jenko, Connie Francis, Mahelia Merril, Kate Bush, Helen Jackson, Peggy Lee. Later also Francesca "Franny" O'Hara, Miriella Katan and Yuka Meirash) |
| 197 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKobayashi (Junko), Creator/SatomiKoorogi (Connie, also voiced Suzy Relane and Karlmann Dukartuse), Mari Maruta (Mahelia), Creator/RikaFukami (Helen), Creator/ShinobuAdachi (Kate), Creator/KaeAraki (Peggy), Hiromi Ishikawa (Francesca), Creator/NarumiHidaka (Miriella) and Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Yuka) |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MSV_Shrike_Team_6217.jpg]] |
| 200 | A squadron of {{Action Girl}}s led by Oliver serving in League Militaire. |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | * ActionGirl: All of them are very good pilots, though this doesn't stop them from suffering huge casualties throughout the show. |
| 203 | * AmazonBrigade: The entire team is made up of women, save their commander. |
| 204 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: There's blonde (Peggy), brunette (Connie, and ''maybe'' Junko and Mahelia if we count their hair colors as different shades of reddish brown), and redhead (Kate). The other girls, save for bluehaired Miriella and lavender-haired Yuka, have different shades of red hair. |
| 205 | * CoolBigSis: All of them are this to Uso, but Mahelia fits the most. They really love to tease him. |
| 206 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulName Their name]] ended up being a good foreshadower of most of their fates.]] |
| 207 | * TheDeterminator: Kate and Peggy especially. |
| 208 | * DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:All of them die purely to showcase that WarIsHell.]] |
| 209 | * DwindlingParty: The series, in general, is a good example of this, but it's with the Shrike Team where it's most notable. [[spoiler:Not only do they die one by one, but in the end of the series not a single girl is left.]] |
| 210 | * MauveShirt: They all have names, but besides Junko and Oliver have fairly little characterization or plot-important as individuals. And when they do, it's usually ADeathInTheLimelight. |
| 211 | * MeaningfulName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrike "Shrike"]] is a bird known for being a butcher to their prey, and the members of the team do employ very aggressive tactics, triggering several core explosions on their introduction and not allowing enemies to retreat.[[spoiler: Still, those actions are '''nothing''' when compared to the brutal deaths of its members.]] |
| 212 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: They all begin the series with the Gun-EZ, the League Militaire's main Mobile Suit. Mid-series, Junko gets the Gunblaster, the upgraded version of the Gun-EZ. Yuka and Connie swap out their Gun-EZ to pilot the Victory Gundam Hexa (the mass production version of the Victory Gundam) or the Gunblaster, depending on the fight.. |
| 213 | * {{Revenge}}: It's not a good idea for them to try this. At all. |
| 214 | * ThemeNaming: Five of the original six members are named after famous Western singers. Connie, Kate and Peggy are named directly after Connie Francis, Music/KateBush and Peggy Lee respectively; Mahalia and Helen are named after Mahalia Jackson and Helen Merrill, but with the last names switched around. |
| 215 | * TomboyishPonytail: Kate |
| 216 | * TookALevelInKindness: It's subtle, but it's obvious that the children have mellowed them out by the end when they are compared to their initial appearance. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder:Mueller]] |
| 220 | !!Mueller Miggelle |
| 221 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Mako Hyoudou |
| 222 | Uso's mother, An engineer of Anaheim Electronics and the designer of the V1s and the V2 Gundam. |
| 223 | ---- |
| 224 | %%* ActionGirl |
| 225 | * DefiantCaptive: When [[spoiler: captured by the Zanscare.]] |
| 226 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: This woman suffered one of the nastiest deaths ''in the whole franchise''. |
| 227 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:She got this while being held in a mobile suit's hand, and with a huge '''spaceship tire'''. AAAAAAAHHHHHH!! ]] |
| 228 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mueller/Myra Migeru/Miguel/Miggelle. |
| 229 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks almost identical to Nanai Miguel from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''. In the original pitch for the series it was going to be a major plot point that she, and by extension [[spoiler:Uso]] was descended from Char, but this ultimately got left out. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Jinn Generham]] |
| 233 | !!Jinn Generham |
| 234 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Ginzo Matsuo |
| 235 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jinn_geneham_4.png]] |
| 236 | The Leader of the League's forces in space. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * AlliterativeName: Sometimes. [[SpellMyNameWithAnS On account of his names being translated differently]] both of his names can begin with J or G. |
| 239 | * BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: Although he started as fake leader, he eventually accepted his role to the point that his name will live on his decision to perform suicide run towards Angel Halo's support fleet.]] |
| 240 | * ButtMonkey: He's quite goofy and prone to slapstick humor. |
| 241 | * DecoyLeader: [[spoiler:He was actually a cover for the real leader, Hangelg]]. |
| 242 | * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: At least until he and the crew of the ship sacrifice their lives willingly.]] |
| 243 | * HeroicSacrifice: Along with Reinforce Jr. elderly crews, [[spoiler: he ordered the ramming on Motorad Squad to provide an opening for Uso to enter Angel Halo.]] |
| 244 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While his own tactical suggestions are typically asinine, when Hangelg and Stern, purely on instinct, intend to launch a full-scale assault on Angel Halo without waiting for reinforcements, he (rightly) calls it out as crass and irresponsible. |
| 245 | * NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:While Hangelg is the "real Jinn Gehenam", we never learn what the fake Jinn's real name is.]] |
| 246 | * TookALevelInBadass: He eventually gets over his cowardly tendencies and becomes more willing to directly partake in battle. |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:Hangelg]] |
| 251 | !!Hangelg Ewin (aka Jinn Generham) |
| 252 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenyuHoriuchi |
| 253 | Uso's father and an (allegedly) important member of the League. |
| 254 | ---- |
| 255 | * BigGood: [[spoiler:He's the true leader of the League Militaire and the one entirely responsible for their resistance against Zanscare.]] |
| 256 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Because Daddy is [[spoiler: the secret leader of the League Militaire.]] |
| 257 | * DadsOffFightingInTheWar: [[spoiler: Leading it, actually.]] |
| 258 | * RebelLeader: [[spoiler: Actually the real head of League Militaire (although by the end of the series it’s debatable whether he was anything more than a figurehead - see below).]] |
| 259 | %%* TallDarkAndSnarky |
| 260 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Hangelg disappears during the final battle, apparently having evacuated the doomed Jeanne D'Arc, and is never seen or mentioned after that. [[spoiler: Uso sees a vision of his father as the Reinforce explodes, implying that he was on the ship, but that doesn’t explain where Hangelg was during its final run.]] |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Gomez]] |
| 264 | !!Robert Gomez |
| 265 | ->'''Voiced by''': Osamu Kato |
| 266 | A lieutenant in the Federation Military who at first works to transport the League Militaire group Uso is in. With the League allying with the Federation more closely, Gomez becomes the captain of the main battleship that the League operates from, the Reinforce. |
| 267 | ---- |
| 268 | * TheCaptain: Like Bright Noa, Gomez captains the main ship of the series, The Reinforce. When the ship is rebuilt into the Reinforce Jr. it's Jinn who sits in the captain's chair as the apparent leader, but Gomez is still the one issuing the orders and actually being the captain. |
| 269 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In contrast with many other Federation Officers called to the front, Gomez is levelheaded and reasonable. When he interacts with Jinn he usually acts as a voice of reason to Jinn's more erratic ideas. |
| 270 | * SafetyGearIsCowardly: Much like Dren from the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Gomez refuses to wear a normal suit during combat, saying it will impact morale if he does so. Though, unlike Dren, when the fighting gets more intense he agrees to put one on. |
| 271 | * TookALevelInKindness: He starts off the series as cynical and standoffish with his main goal to transport the League suits to the Federation. He grows to respect Uso and opens up more to the group, becoming much friendlier. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Stern]] |
| 275 | !!Mubarak Stern |
| 276 | ->'''Voiced by''': Yuji Fujishiro |
| 277 | [[quoteright:229:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stern.PNG]] |
| 278 | An Admiral in the Federation Forces. Mubarak Stern coordinated with Jinn Generham in stopping the advance of the Zanscare empire. |
| 279 | ---- |
| 280 | * BigGood: Alongside Jinn Generham he is the leader of the resistance against Zanscare. Stern commands a fleet of Federation soldiers alongside Generham's League Militaire in the final fifth of the series. |
| 281 | * {{Expy}}: He's a recreation of General Revil from the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' right down to his appearance. |
| 282 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's the main voice in the Federation urging opposition to Zanscare whilst so many are either willing to roll over or are wracked with indecision. Beyond that, he's a kindly personable man and even wants Hangleg to be nicer and more open with his son. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | !Zanscare Empire |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Fonse]] |
| 288 | !!Fonse Kagatie |
| 289 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kaneomi Ooya |
| 290 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-fonse_kagatie_5043.png]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | Prime Minister of the Zanscare Empire and the real power behind the throne, Fonse wants a world without freewill, bowing down to him and his puppet, Queen Maria. He is the architect of Zanscare's political system, having designed it to, above all else, suit himself. |
| 293 | ---- |
| 294 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin has a grayish brown tint, though this may be mostly due to his age and withering health. |
| 295 | * BadBoss: Instituted Zanscare's policy of executing all officers who fail to meet their objectives, and tries to carry it out on Tassilo. |
| 296 | * BaldOfEvil: There's not a hair on his head. |
| 297 | * BigBad: He's the true leader of Zanscare, controlling all the information that Maria receives while using her as a figurehead for his own invasion of the Earth Sphere. |
| 298 | * DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: His end goal is a world totally subservient to his whims. |
| 299 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He's rather unceremoniously killed by a fragment of the Angel Halo.]] |
| 300 | * ElectronicEyes: Has a robotic eyepatch over his left eye. |
| 301 | * EvilChancellor: As Prime Minister and keeps a tight grip over Zanscare's chain of command, acting as its ''De facto'' ruler. |
| 302 | * EvilOldFolks: He's in his sixties, but that hasn't stopped him from being a vile war criminal. |
| 303 | * {{Expy}}: Of Gihren Zabi from the original series. They're both fascist {{evil chancellor}}s who control spaceborne empires, operate through figureheads, and have a love of superweapons. |
| 304 | * HateSink: There is NOTHING about Kagatie that is remotely worth praising, and that he doesn't deserve ANY form of sympathy or admiration. |
| 305 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Designed the structure of Zanscare with the furtherance of his own power in mind first and foremost. |
| 306 | * KnightTemplar: Fonse wants peace, he really does. Except, his vision of a peaceful world is one where free will is eradicted and [[ItsAllAboutMe he's the controller of everything]]. |
| 307 | * LeanAndMean: Tall, slender and completely despicable. |
| 308 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Maria is his figurehead and the Empire itself is being backed by Kagatie's Jupiter political party, who intend to use them to cleanse the Earth's population so they can move in. |
| 309 | * ManipulativeBastard: Can exploit Maria's goodwill to the citizens and transform it into bloodlust and fanaticism. |
| 310 | * MindRape: His endgame involves this on a ''mass scale''. He plots to use the Angel Halo to mind rape the world's population into a (lethal) coma, allowing Zanscare to conquer the planet in a non-destructive but still extremely horrid way. |
| 311 | * NonActionBigBad: He's a politician, not a fighter or a general. He orders dozens of massacres and war crimes all without lifting a finger to fight himself. |
| 312 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: His appearance looks like a carbon-copy of UsefulNotes/HidekiTojo, both in looks and personality. |
| 313 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Kagatie doesn't look much like the rest of the cast, does he? |
| 314 | %%* SmugSnake |
| 315 | * TheSociopath: He's not the first psychopathic dictator in a ''Gundam'' series but he's definitely one of the worst. How many can you say thought ''genocide by MindRape'' was a viable idea? |
| 316 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Seeks to take over Earth and cleanse it so it can be a new homeland for the Zanscare. |
| 317 | * TheSocialDarwinist: The brutality of the Zanscare empire can largely be traced to him; subordinates who fail are executed for their weakness. When confronted by Uso near the end of the series he freely admits that the Angel Halo is a form of population control, viewing humanity as having grown beyond its limits and needs a culling. |
| 318 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After his plans fall apart, he's left shooting and ranting at a Newtype-induced hallucination of Maria before a segment of the collapsing Angel Halo squishes him.]] |
| 319 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Any officers who fail him enough times are just as liable to fall to the guillotine as enemies of the Empire. |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[folder:Queen Maria]] |
| 323 | !!Queen Maria Pia Armonia |
| 324 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EmiShinohara |
| 325 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/89145_2345.jpg]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | The nominal queen of Zanscare, Maria is little more than a puppet for Fonse Kagatie. |
| 328 | ---- |
| 329 | * AntiVillain: Type IV -- she's a genuinely good woman who knows she's being used by less savory people, but thinks she can do nothing to change the situation. |
| 330 | * TheAtoner: Blames herself for letting herself be used by power-hungry men like Kagatie and Tassilo, leading her to ask Uso to kill her when he goes to save her. |
| 331 | %%* BarrierMaiden |
| 332 | * BigBad: Subverted; she's just a pawn of Kagatie's. |
| 333 | * TheEmpress: Although a queen, she rules over an empire. |
| 334 | * EvilMatriarch: Subverted -- [[spoiler:she and Shakti end up on opposite sides, but she has no ill will towards her daughter. In fact, she left Shakti on Kassarelia specifically to keep her safe from the chessmasters within Zanscare]]. |
| 335 | * FriendToAllChildren: Professed wanting to save Uso from the League Militaire when she learned how old he was, and is rather kind to him when they're together in person. She pretty much saves him from execution by secretly giving him a layout of the area it was going to take place in. |
| 336 | * HealingHands: She has a unique and very strong version of Newtype powers that allow her to do this. Zanscare uses this ability to build a cult around her to better control their populace. |
| 337 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Tassilo.]] |
| 338 | * PsychicPowers: An ''extremely'' strong Newtype, she not only had the HealingHands but also {{Telepathy}} and [[TheEmpath empathy]]. [[spoiler: Shakti, however, turns out to be just as strong. Then again, she ''is'' Maria's daughter.]] |
| 339 | * PunchClockVillain: She's a really nice woman who wants peace. Unfortunately for her, her occupation is as the figurehead of a warmongering and genocidal empire. |
| 340 | * PuppetQueen: Although queen, Maria is just a figurehead for Fonse Kagatie. She is barely authorised to tie her shoes without him. |
| 341 | * RagsToRoyalty: If Fonse's dying rant is to be believed, she was a fortune teller that Fonse built a cult of personality around so he could create a monarchy to be the power behind the throne to. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Chronicle]] |
| 345 | !!Chronicle Asher |
| 346 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoyukiDan |
| 347 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Chronicle_Asher_8745.jpg]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | Queen Maria's younger brother, and Zanscare's top ace, Chronicle Asher is Uso's bitterest rival throughout the series, and the man responsible for turning Katejina into the killing machine she eventually becomes. |
| 350 | ---- |
| 351 | * AceCustom: He begins the series in a custom Zolo painted red. Though afterward, he tends to use SuperPrototype suits or standard uncustomized grunts. |
| 352 | * AcePilot: As the resident CharClone, this is to be expected, though his feats are noticeably below that of the usual examples. |
| 353 | * AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:After being knocked out of his mobile suit during his final battle with Uso, he has a vision of his sister Queen Maria and frantically begs her to save him even though she is already dead. It doesn't work and he dies when his head hits the Angel Halo.]] |
| 354 | %%zce* AloofBigBrother: Inverted as it would be "Aloof Little Brother", though he's this to Maria. |
| 355 | * {{Archenemy}}: To Uso, in a rivalry that mirrors that of Amuro and Char in the original series. |
| 356 | * AssholeVictim: Given the thousands of civilians he killed throughout the show, as well as going along with Tassilo's plan to kill all of Earthnoid humanity with the Angel Halo by mentally reducing them to infants, Cronicle definitely qualifies as this. |
| 357 | * BadassNormal: One of the few Char Clones without Newtype like special abilities. He still manages to put up a competent fight against Uso whenever they battle. |
| 358 | * BadassTeacher: A very competent one. |
| 359 | * BaitTheDog: The early parts of the show make him look like a noble Anti-Villain with a sense of honor, such as him saving Katerina from being raped by a Zanscare soldier, helping a sleepy girl find the bathroom so she would not urinate on the floor, and voicing disapproval of his fellow soldiers that bomb an entire area and destroy it just to draw out one enemy mobile suit. Asher also usually refuses to engage in battle against non-combatants like civilians and children. However, Asher has no problem following similar murderous orders when a superior officer orders him to do so. Asher also did not hesitate to kill thousands of civilians when he carried out the Earth Cleaning Operation (地球クリーン作戦) that wiped out the lives of many civilian by destroying many cities with wheels of Adrastea-class and Lysithea-class. |
| 360 | * CharClone: Somewhat subverted. While Chronicle is blatantly the appointed Char clone of the series, he has or does very little to actually contribute towards that role [[spoiler:until near the end of the show, where he embarks on a plan to wipe out most of humanity on Earth just like Char did, but this time with a device that reduces them mentally to infants.]] |
| 361 | %%* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive |
| 362 | * CoolMask: A white one that keeps out the dust, though he doesn't make a habit of hiding his face like your average Char clone. |
| 363 | * DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler:Or, in his case, by abruptly bonking his head on an Angel Halo fragment after being knocked out of his mobile suit.]] |
| 364 | * TheDragon: |
| 365 | ** He's the main enforcer in Fuala's BESPA unit and frequently leads the attack squadrons. |
| 366 | ** When the fighting goes to space [[spoiler:and Fuala is stripped of her command]] he is promoted and becomes the main enforcer under Tassilo. |
| 367 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: He's not out to oppose Maria, but he has his own ambitions for the Earth Sphere and eventually begins plotting to usurp Kagatie and take the Angel Halo for himself. |
| 368 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 369 | ** Though he captures and threatens to shoot Katejina, Cronicle saves her from being raped by one of Wattary's subordinates. Even when they come to blows and he's held at gunpoint, Cronicle refuses to back down. |
| 370 | ** He finds [[spoiler:Fuala's]] sentence to exile to be especially harsh, even voicing his disagreement to his superior. Tassilo chooses to ignore Cronicle speaking out of line and carries out the sentence anyway. After the sentence is carried out he privately expresses anger over it feeling it was too severe. |
| 371 | ** He calls Pippinden's plan [[spoiler:to use Uso's mother as a hostage]] despicable and it significantly sours his feelings toward him, a man he held in such respect. Pippinden further kept the operation a secret from Cronicle, knowing that he'd have put a stop to it. |
| 372 | * EvilPrince: Technically, as the younger brother of Queen Maria he could be considered a prince. He has his own ambitions, though when compared to say, Gihren Zabi, he looks downright supportive of his sister. |
| 373 | * EvilRedhead: He may be the NobleTopEnforcer, but he is still supporting the Zanscare Empire as they attempt to conquer Earth with the most violent methods. Asher killed thousands of civilians while carrying out the Earth-Cleansing Operation, with no qualms about it as he felt it necessary to "prepare" the Earth for his sister -- the Queen's arrival. |
| 374 | * EvilUncle: [[spoiler:To Shakti]]. |
| 375 | * LickedByTheDog: Flanders (a dog) REALLY likes him, because [[spoiler: he is related to Shakti.]] |
| 376 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: If he had taken the effort to keep an eye open for civilian craft while test piloting back in episode 2, he would not have crashed into Uso's paraglider and thus would not have set the entire series in motion. |
| 377 | * NobleTopEnforcer: Extremely downplayed. He certainly looks this way when contrasted against Kagatie and Tassilo but while he does have some morals, this status is subverted in the finale when he goes along with the ruthless plan to kill all Earthnoids by reducing them to a mentally infantile state. |
| 378 | * PetTheDog: During his time undercover in the League Militaire, he puts a pause on his spying to stop a sleepy Suzy from having a bathroom accident and helps her get back to her room. When his comrades begin bombing the base, he tackles Shakti and Suzy to the ground to shield them from debris. |
| 379 | * PragmaticVillainy: Not that he is against war, it's just that he would much rather win with the least amount of casualties possible. |
| 380 | ** When Tassilo brings up the plan to send [[spoiler:Uso]] to the Guillotine, both he and Maria are against it. Maria takes a moral stance against the guillotine in general while Cronicle feels that executing a child publically would cause too much negative backlash. Tassilo rebuffs both of them as the order came from higher up (Fonse) and they can do nothing about it. |
| 381 | * PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: He is often frustrated by the fact that Uso is so much younger than him, and getting beaten by a kid earns him no small amount of mockery from his fellow pilots. |
| 382 | * RankUp: In spite of his regular defeats by Uso, Cronicle does make a name for himself as a soldier and frequently scores major accomplishments (infiltrating the League Militaire and capturing one of its higher-ups, single-handedly crippling a Federation ship, and making a whole squadron surrender). As such, Tassilo promotes him from junior grade lieutenant to full grade when they meet up again. |
| 383 | * TheRival: He's Uso main equivalent on the Zanscare side. |
| 384 | %%* SmugSnake |
| 385 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Cronicle is the most common spelling, but C'''h'''ronicle also exists. |
| 386 | * TheStarscream: He spent most of the series as a DragonWithAnAgenda and it's not until the very end that he goes the way of the original Char's backstabbing. With Angel Halo a near success he intends to use it to dethrone Kagatie and Sugan after they've dealt with the Federation. |
| 387 | * UndignifiedDeath: Even among the many deaths in the show, his stands out as somewhat comical. [[spoiler:After having his mobile suit smashed to pieces by the Victory 2, it tumbles along the surface of the Angel Halo, breaking up and tossing him out of the cockpit. Cronicle's last moments are [[AintTooProudToBeg begging for his (already dead) sister Maria to rescue him]], right before his head smashes into the Angel Halo's hull, the camera continuing to "track" him out of view. Cue immediate cut to EyeCatch and then commercials.]] |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Katejina]] |
| 391 | !!Katejina Loos |
| 392 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KumikoWatanabe |
| 393 | [[quoteright:211:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Katejina_Loos_5750.jpg]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | A friend of Uso's who was captured by Zanscare, Katejina gradually loses her mind and ends up a very different person from whom she was at the start. |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | %%* AcePilot: By the end. |
| 398 | * AdrenalineMakeover: As she loses her composure and acquires fighting/piloting skills, her hair flows more and she also gains more visible cleavage. |
| 399 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Ends the series as a blind homeless woman with amnesia, feeling trauma and guilt but unable to discern why.]] |
| 400 | * {{Archenemy}} - To Uso. Chronicle might be the {{Char Clone}} and {{The Rival}} but he's certainly not Uso's most prominent or personal enemy. |
| 401 | * AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler:After Uso kills Chronicle, she tries to avenge him with the ISurrenderSuckers moment detailed below.]] |
| 402 | * AxCrazy: By the end, she pretty much tries to kill anyone that irks her. Even if it is a 13 year old who is trying to save her. |
| 403 | * BecomingTheMask: She ''appears'' to have done this, but actually she had switched sides near the beginning of the series [[spoiler: after Chronicle saved her from getting raped]] and had tricked the kids into believing she had been trying to spy for the League Militaire. This also results in Uso being even more reluctant to kill her. |
| 404 | * BerserkButton: She totally ''flips'' whenever Chronicle gets hurt. |
| 405 | * {{BFG}}: On the ZMT-S33S Gottrlatan. |
| 406 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Her father hoped to sell out Woowig when BESPA attacked in order to save himself and Katejina. She gets mad at that, and that he's forgetting that her mother has been missing for a few days and is ready to forget about her. When her dad smacks her, she walks out on him. Just becomes all the more ironic later on. |
| 407 | * CharClone: Between her blonde hair, piloting a red mobile suit, suggested {{Ephebophile}} leanings, and overall having a stronger conflict with Uso compared to Cronicle, one could say that Katejina Loos beat [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury Prospera Mercury]] to being the franchise's first female Char Clone by almost three decades. |
| 408 | * DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Post FaceHeelTurn, she becomes one of the Zanscare's most fiercest pilots.]] |
| 409 | * EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: By Shakti at the end of the show. Shakti even cries upon seeing the pitiful state Katejina is in now.]] |
| 410 | * {{Ephebophile}}: Develops an attraction to Uso that she tries to suppress. Though given that she's only four years older than him, she's not a full on example. |
| 411 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Even she's unhappy about [[spoiler:the plan to use Uso's mother as a HumanShield]]. |
| 412 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: There are hints from the beginning that Katejina has no empathy and doesn't really understand connections between people other than MadLove - she didn't care in the slightest when her home city was massacred by Zanscare, she thought that Uso had to delude himself into wanting to protect Marbet and herself, and she got enraged at the League Militaire thanks to the very fact that Uso risked his own life to protect them. By the end she reaches the point where just the influence of Shakti's pacifism makes her sick, thus triggering a murderous rampage. |
| 413 | ** It turns out that she was converted into a Cyber Newtype by the Zanscare, which resulted in slowly losing her mind more and more as time went on, along with immense Newtype powers that let her mentally connect to non-Newtypes. |
| 414 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: You can pinpoint the exact moment Katejina finally crosses over from being a NeutralFemale to a straightforward villain when she stops wearing her usual civilian clothing and adopts a Zanscare military uniform. |
| 415 | * FaceHeelTurn: Starts shortly after [[StockholmSyndrome she's captured by Chronicle]], but really gets cemented after she joins BESPA halfway through the series. |
| 416 | * FemmeFatale: Ends up playing this role to Uso, constantly trying to seduce him so he'll get distracted while they're fighting. |
| 417 | * FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Ends up [[TheOphelia a blind shell of a woman]]. WordOfGod was long misquoted as saying that this trope was intended, when in fact he felt like this punishment was also the best chance she has at future salvation, so this trope may not apply forever, particularly if Shakti continues to get her help now that she knows she's alive.]] |
| 418 | * HeroKiller: Kills four members of [[spoiler:the Shrike Team]] and [[spoiler:Odelo Henrik]], for a bodycount of five named characters. She also comes closer to killing Uso than just about anyone else in the series. WordOfGod says that ironically, she joined with BESPA and Chronicle for the express purpose of ''not'' wanting to kill anyone, but ended up JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and becoming a killer anyway. |
| 419 | * InstantExpert: Goes from a civilian who can barely handle a gun to one of Zanscare's most skilled and dangerous pilots astonishingly quickly. |
| 420 | * ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler:Pulls this on Uso after he kills Chronicle, literally stabbing him in the back.]] |
| 421 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Later on, as her insanity really takes hold. |
| 422 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Well, this was before she went nuts. In the fifth episode, when she's the one who says it's not right to make Uso continue fighting for the League Militaire, she does indeed have a point. Because apparently everyone is willing to just settle on Uso, a 13 year old kid they just met one day, who happens to be the only other pilot they have skilled enough to handle a Gundam besides Marbet. So this veers more into OnlySaneMan territory or TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong depending on how you view it, as it calls into question how much Katejina actually worried about Uso at that point, or how desperate the League really was at the time. At the very least, no one tells Katejina her opinion is wrong. |
| 423 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Halfway through the series, she joins BESPA and abruptly goes from a kind-hearted (if somewhat naive and self-centered) young lady to a ruthless fanatic. Given that it comes right on the heels of a major PetTheDog moment (risking life and limb to contact the League Militaire in the middle of a pitched battle so she could tell Uso that Shakti was alive), that she gets [[InstantExpert godlike piloting skills from the get-go]], that she mentions shortly aferwards that she has a hard time remembering her previous life, and that the Zanscare Empire is later confirmed to make use of Cyber-Newtypes (a process notorious within the UC era for its tendency to drive its subjects insane), it's entirely possible that [[BrainwashedAndCrazy she had help]]. |
| 424 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: Her LoveHungry nature led to her SanitySlippage. |
| 425 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Not so much love, as her increasing [[LoveHungry obsession with being loved]]. |
| 426 | * ManipulativeBitch: Thinks she's this towards Uso and Chronicle. Sometimes, she's right (as with her ISurrenderSuckers moment), but more often, it's her own delusions at work. |
| 427 | * NavelDeepNeckline: Her pilot often actually doesn't have one, but after she kills off the last member of the Shrike Team ([[spoiler:Connie]]) and proclaims that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Chronicle and Uso are fighting for her love]], there's a shot of her LaughingMad with [[LettingHerHairDown her hair down]] and with her pilot suit unzipped to her navel, presumably to better illustrate her SanitySlippage. When she's next seen, her hair is still down but her pilot suit is back to normal. Despite this being a brief moment, the moment was famous enough that she has official action figures with the deep-navel neckline look. |
| 428 | * NeutralFemale: Tends towards this in the first half of the series. Very much ''not'' one in the second half. |
| 429 | * TheOphelia: [[spoiler: Ends the series as a blind homeless woman who has no real idea where she's going in life. Unusually for this trope, she's far ''less'' crazy than she was prior to becoming this.]] |
| 430 | * PetTheDog: Quite a few in the first half, like helping with the evacuation of [[DoomedHometown Woowig]], showing concern for Uso and encouraging him to retain his humanity whilst he's fighting for the League Militaire, and leaking information to the League Militaire fleet so Uso can know that Shakti is alive and safe (at considerable risk to herself). Rapidly drops off in the second half. |
| 431 | ** Though even then there's her EvenEvilHasStandards moment and though twisted, it's clear that she truly does love Chronicle. Just not as much as she loves [[ItsAllAboutMe herself.]] |
| 432 | * PlotArmor: Her status as a former friend of the heroes makes them reluctant to shoot back at her, no matter how obviously hostile and outright ''insane'' she is. This allows her to survive far longer than by rights she should have. |
| 433 | * PsychicPowers: She's a Newtype of middling power. |
| 434 | * RescueRomance: She took an interest in Chronicle after he rescued her from a rapist. |
| 435 | * SanityHasAdvantages: By the end of the series, her SanitySlippage has become a serious problem, as when she tries to kill Uso with the infamous 'bikini suicide squad' or pulls the above-outlined ISurrenderSuckers moment instead of, you know, using the same opportunity to ''simply gun down'' V2. |
| 436 | * SanitySlippage: A severe case after she joins BESPA. Every time she shows up from then onwards, she's slightly crazier. |
| 437 | * SilkHidingSteel: Her initial personality. After a while, the "silk" part disappears altogether, with devastating results. |
| 438 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Not to the same extent as other characters, but [[http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Katejina_Loos#Notes_.26_Trivia it has been theorized]] that her first name is supposed to be the Czech name "Kateřina". [[labelnote:Explanation]] Czech has two different forms of the letter R: a normal [[TrrrillingRrrs thrilled R]] like most other Slavic languages and an even stronger thrilled R (the Ř in her name) that is pronounced somewhere in between the normal R and the letter Ž (Zh). In some Czech dialects and in Polish (which shares a lot of its' word roots with Czech), Ř eventually became a full on Zh sound - which would mean "Kateřina" is pronounced "Katezhina". Japanese, obviously not having the Ř sound but also lacking the zh sound, renders the name as "Katejina" with a soft "j" sound. [[/labelnote]] |
| 439 | * StockholmSyndrome: A ''huge'' case towards Chronicle. Him rescuing her from an AttemptedRape by his men helped. |
| 440 | * TeensAreMonsters: She's seventeen years old. |
| 441 | * TookALevelInBadass: Goes straight from NeutralFemale to AcePilot once she joins BESPA. |
| 442 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Another consequence of joining BESPA - in addition to the ruthless fanaticism, she becomes a rude, irritable bitch to all and sundry. |
| 443 | * TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler: She has amnesia at the end of the series in addition to going broke and blind, and in her humbled state seems kinder and more polite than she ever was, even at the start of the series.]] |
| 444 | * TragicVillain: WordOfGod says that this was the intent for the character - a good, if flawed, person who becomes more and more corrupted as time goes on. He even said that her motive for betraying her friends and joining Chronicle was that she wanted to ''avoid'' becoming a killer, but [[HeroKiller that is exactly what she became]] ''because'' she did this. |
| 445 | * UnholyMatrimony: With Chronicle. Late in the series, she claims he's just a useful tool who she'll dump once someone better comes along, but her [[AvengingTheVillain actions]] paint quite a different picture. |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[folder:Tassilo]] |
| 449 | !!Tassilo Vago |
| 450 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Hidetoshi Nakamura |
| 451 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tassilo_Vago_9281.jpg]] |
| 452 | |
| 453 | A high-ranking Zanscare officer, Tassilo Vago doesn't take Fonse Kagatie's attempt at having him executed well. |
| 454 | ---- |
| 455 | * BigBadWannabe: A high-functioning and dangerous example, as shown by his successful betrayal of Maria and Fonse, and his attempt at gaining control of Zanscare. At the same time he has nowhere near the resources of Fonse, and ends up being just a distraction for Uso during the battle to stop the Angel Halo. |
| 456 | * IAmTheNoun: After her failures, Fuala meets with Tassilo and tells him she will accept any judgment the military council decides on. Tassilo responds thusly: |
| 457 | -->"There shouldn't be any need to let the military council decide. I AM the military Council." |
| 458 | * KillSat: In charge of the construction and protection of the Keilas Guile, a ground attack satellite that the Zanscare Empire hopes will help them win the war. |
| 459 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:By Uso, after he himself kills Maria.]] |
| 460 | * TheManBehindTheMan: By the end his plan is to take Kagatie's place as The Man Behind The Empress. |
| 461 | * NonActionBigBad: Non-Action Big Bad Wannabe anyway. Tassilo's not a fighter, though this doesn't make him less dangerous. |
| 462 | * PragmaticVillainy: He turns against Kagatie and declares him to have used Maria's ideals for his own selfish ends. Tassilo also wants to use Maria for ''his'' own selfish ends but he simply wants to rule an empire not commit the genocide that Kagatie wants. |
| 463 | * TheStarscream: Never forgives Kagatie for plotting his execution, and ultimately turns on him and Maria near the end in a plot to take the reigns of Zanscare. |
| 464 | * StupidEvil: [[spoiler:Shoots Maria, his own hostage and the one person keeping Uso from killing him, out of fury for her defying him. The act is so needlessly cruel it sends Uso into a HeroicBSOD.]] |
| 465 | * VillainousBreakdown: As Uso gets closer and closer to his command ship, culminating in [[spoiler: shooting the hostage that was the only thing standing between him and V2's lightsaber]]. |
| 466 | * WouldHitAGirl: Would [[spoiler:shoot his own Empress]] in fact. |
| 467 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Nearly {{bad boss}}ed by Kagatie after his loss of the Keilas Guile. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Fuala]] |
| 471 | !!Fuala Griffon |
| 472 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Fuala_Griffon_9705.jpg]] |
| 473 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiOrikasa |
| 474 | An officer assigned to Earth to oversee the occupation and hunt of the League Militaire. After many failures, she is recalled back to space. By the end of the series, she sentenced to die in space for her continuous failures but its saved by Tassilo and is turned into a cyber-Newtype. |
| 475 | ---- |
| 476 | * AcePilot: When she steps into the Zenneck she's shown to be a very skilled pilot, coming close to matching Uso at times. |
| 477 | * AxCrazy: She wasn't sane to begin with, gleefully having people executed by guillotine, but she really goes off the deep end the second half. |
| 478 | * TheBrute: Fanatical, vicious and a fierce pilot. |
| 479 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Getting launched into space in a normal spacesuit so you'll asphyxiate and die alone in the middle of nowhere? NOT a good way to die. She's rescued at the last moment, though.]] |
| 480 | * DarkActionGirl: Her conversion into a cyber-newtype made her a fierce and powerful pilot, at the cost of her sanity. |
| 481 | * TheDragon: She becomes Tassilo's right-hand woman in the later episodes and his main ally in his grab for power. |
| 482 | * {{Expy}}: Of ''Haman Karn'' from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'', as a rose-haired iron lady commander. |
| 483 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: She's killed by Uso (with the help of Marbet) after bombarding various Earth cities from space.]] |
| 484 | * GratuitousEnglish: Refers to Uso as "Boy". |
| 485 | * InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:In her exile, she contemplates killing herself as the oxygen runs out. Before she can go through with it, Tassilo's soldiers rescue her because he needs more powerful pilots for his coup.]] |
| 486 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Count Nyung is captured she has him executed by Guillotine on live TV to further display Zanscare strength and demoralize their enemies. The action ends up making the League Militaire more determined and she ends up in trouble with her superiors who felt a high-ranking member of the League was more useful alive. |
| 487 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Late into the series she becomes determined to be the one who kills Uso. |
| 488 | * PetTheDog: She and [[TokenMiniMoe Suzy]] shared a rather cute moment. |
| 489 | * PsychicPowers: After returning she clearly has a degree of Newtype awareness. |
| 490 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Subverted, as she's [[EvilRedhead not a good girl]] |
| 491 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Heavily implied (but not said) to have been made into an Artificial Newtype, making her a far more dangerous pilot but practically insane. |
| 492 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: According to the Visual Guide, she's just 22 years old. |
| 493 | [[/folder]] |
| 494 | |
| 495 | [[folder:Sabat]] |
| 496 | !!Liole Sabat |
| 497 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Takehito Koyasu |
| 498 | An ensign in the Yellow Jackets. Sabat serves under Fuala in the occupation of Earth. |
| 499 | ---- |
| 500 | * KickTheDog: He was one of several soldiers that participated in the massacre at Woowig at the beginning of the story. |
| 501 | * PetTheDog: He visits his comatose comrade, Gary, in the hospital and sincerely tells him to rest well. |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | [[folder:Gary]] |
| 505 | !!Gary Tan |
| 506 | |
| 507 | One of the soldiers under Fuala's command. |
| 508 | ---- |
| 509 | * AvengingTheVillain: When he learns that Sabat died in combat seeking to avenge him he goes out to avenge Sabat in turn. |
| 510 | * BeardOfEvil: He's got a thick black beard contrasting him with the clean-shaven Cronicle. |
| 511 | * {{Determinator}}: After his disastrous first fight with Uso that leaves him comatose for a few days; Gary pulls himself out of bed downs some painkillers and goes back for revenge. Though he's defeated in his second bout with the Victory Gundam, Gary still manages to cripple its leg and destroy both of its arms before exiting his suit and firing at it with a pistol. |
| 512 | [[/folder]] |
| 513 | |
| 514 | [[folder:Duker]] |
| 515 | !!Duker Iku |
| 516 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhiroNakata |
| 517 | The leader of BESPA's elite Motorad Squadron. |
| 518 | ---- |
| 519 | * BadassBiker: Anybody able to make motorbike-shaped ships and support units in the form of a large wheel look threatening deserves to be called that. |
| 520 | * BattleCouple: With DarkActionGirl Renda |
| 521 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: His motorbike-inspired designs like the Adrastea and Einerad may look ridiculous, but he's got enough engineering know-how to ensure that they're amongst the deadliest machines of the Zanscare War. |
| 522 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: A capable engineer, a skilled commander... and a worryingly obsessed motorbike nerd. |
| 523 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He and Renda are Zanscares, and Duke is rather ruthless as [[spoiler: the leader of the Motorad fleet]], but they genuinely love each other. |
| 524 | * LeeroyJenkins: He [[spoiler: violates a shaky ceasefire]] to attack Uso's group. [[spoiler: And both he and Renda pay ''dearly'' for it.]] |
| 525 | * {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler:The episode where he offers to settle down with Renda after the war, is the same episode where they both die.]] |
| 526 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is his last name Iq or Iku ? |
| 527 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:He and Renda. Not just that -- Uso, Marbet and Odelo have visions of their souls riding in motorbikes together towards the afterlife.]] |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | [[folder:Renda]] |
| 531 | !!Renda de Paroma |
| 532 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RicaMatsumoto |
| 533 | A member of BESPA's elite Motorad Squadron and Duker's subordinate. |
| 534 | ---- |
| 535 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Unlike Marbet, her design implies she's black. |
| 536 | * BattleCouple: With Duker |
| 537 | * CulturedBadass: She's a good artist, and is seen drawing rather pretty sketches in her notepad once. |
| 538 | * DarkActionGirl: Renda's quite fierce in combat and even opts to ignore the Federation/Zanscare ceasefire if it means a chance to do some damage to the League Militaire's forces. |
| 539 | * {{Retirony}}: After Renda reveals her dream of settling down in a wood cabin to Duker after the war. Duker confesses his love, which leads to... see below. |
| 540 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:She and Duker are last seen together as spirits, riding off into the afterlife.]] |
| 541 | [[/folder]] |
| 542 | |
| 543 | [[folder:Lupe]] |
| 544 | !!Lupe Cineau |
| 545 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikiIto |
| 546 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/35791_5633.jpg]] |
| 547 | |
| 548 | A Zanscare pilot with ephebophilic tendencies who develops an unhealthy interest in Uso. |
| 549 | ---- |
| 550 | * AxCrazy: Crazy enough to develop an obsession with a 13 year old boy. |
| 551 | * DarkActionGirl: A Zanscare pilot, and a decidedly unwell one at that. |
| 552 | * DoesNotLikeMen: She dislikes older men like Arbeo Pippiniden who is her superior but likes younger men like Uso. |
| 553 | * {{Ephebophile}}: Creeps on Uso repeatedly, and that's without even getting into the bath scene. The lady is disturbed. |
| 554 | * FanDisservice: You get to see a lot of her body, but it's in the context of her trying to force herself on a thirteen year old. |
| 555 | * HateSink: She's an attempted child rapist, that should say all you need to know about what kind of character Lupe is. |
| 556 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is sometimes spelled Repet. |
| 557 | * StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: Averted. She's a grown woman obsessed with a boy who is barely a teenager and has made attempts to force herself on him. There's nothing funny or sexy about anything Lupe does, and all it does is traumatize Uso in a different way. |
| 558 | * TakingYouWithMe: With her Bruckeng Mobile Suit fatally damaged by Uso, her last act is to move it to Pippiniden who is in his Mobile Armor Birkneau and kills them both along his battleship to protect Uso. |
| 559 | * TomboyishPonytail: Keeps her hair up in a ponytail as a pilot of Zanscare. |
| 560 | [[/folder]] |
| 561 | |
| 562 | [[folder:Arbeo]] |
| 563 | !!Arbeo Pippiniden |
| 564 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Junji Kitajima |
| 565 | A Zanscare officer who once served as mentor to Chronicle Asher. |
| 566 | ---- |
| 567 | * BigBadWannabe: Late into the series he plots to usurp both Tassilo and Kagatie. He ends up being used by the former as an UnwittingPawn to hold off the League Militaire and [[spoiler:dies before he has a chance to act on his ambitions.]] |
| 568 | * TheCaptain: When he turns up again he's become one of the captains in Zanscare's Motorad fleet. |
| 569 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: Get killed after his subordinate Lupe turns on him]] |
| 570 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: He is the one to lead the Earth Cleansing operation and after it's canceled he begins to chafe under his superiors. He plots against both Tassilo and Kagatie believing that the two men are in cahoots and that Tassilo's execution was simply a ruse. |
| 571 | * TheLeader: Of the Pippiniden Circus. |
| 572 | * SmugSnake: Late into the series he plots to overthrow both Kagatie and Tassilo to seize control of the Angel Halo, only to wind up being used as an UnwittingPawn by the latter to hold off the League Militaire. |
| 573 | * VillainousFriendship: He was Cronicle's mentor in the academy and both men respect each other greatly. |
| 574 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Not him but his Mobile Armor Birknau [[spoiler:just as he was about to pilot it before Lupe takes him out with her.]] |
| 575 | [[/folder]] |
| 576 | |
| 577 | [[folder:Mutterma Zugan]] |
| 578 | !!Mutterma Zugan |
| 579 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroshiNaka |
| 580 | Commander of Zanscare's Zugan Fleet and second-in-command to Kagatie. |
| 581 | ---- |
| 582 | * HighClassGlass: Wears a red-tinted monocle. |
| 583 | * NumberTwo: He's second to Kagatie in the Zanscare hierarchy. |
| 584 | [[/folder]] |
| 585 | |
| 586 | [[folder:Kwan]] |
| 587 | !!Kwan Lee |
| 588 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi |
| 589 | |
| 590 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: The camera zooms out to show the shuttle departure from the mass rail, but the viewer can still see [[spoiler: Uso '''crushing his cockpit''' with the Victory's hand.]] |
| 591 | * KillTheCutie: What he did to [[spoiler: poor Kate...]] |
| 592 | * MauveShirt: He's given a name and enough characterization to make him distinct, but he's still a {{Mook}}. |
| 593 | %%* RealMenWearPink: The Memedorza, despite its ridiculous looks, is a LightningBruiser. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:Godwald]] |
| 597 | !!Godwald |
| 598 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata |
| 599 | |
| 600 | %%* AcePilot |
| 601 | * DesertedIsland: It appeared that he was on this, though in this case, it was a building ... InSpace, but he was just punishing his trainee. |
| 602 | * FlawedPrototype: His Suit, the Abigor, gives him some trouble. |
| 603 | %%* SternTeacher |
| 604 | * HonorBeforeReason: To the point of refusing help from an opposing faction. It also meant that he felt that he had to repay Uso for helping him and his subordinate. |
| 605 | * RedBaron: Junko reveals she knows him by his reputation as "Godwald the Man-Eating Tiger." |
| 606 | * TeachHimAnger: To Uso; see above |
| 607 | * TookALevelInKindness: Thanks to Uso. |
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