Memes / Gundam

"IT'S A GUNDAAAAAM!"

— Every Mook in every Gundam series ever. Death often immediately follows.

Gundam is a Long Runner, and has spawned a correspondingly huge amount of Internet memes.

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• The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme.[[/labelnote]] ^ExplanationLike this.

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Universal Century

• Char Aznable himself IS a meme, at least in the classical sense of the term. ^ExplanationHis iconic characteristics have made him such a big Fountain of Expies.
  • He comes here to laugh at you. ^ExplanationComes from this screencap of Char (well, Quattro, really) saying as much when he meets Amuro again who asks him why he showed up. It can occasionally be found around the internet, entirely out-of-context, as a reaction image. It's since expanded to other characters from other franchises entirely, all making sure to wear some form of sunglasses.
• The infamous Colony Drop is often used as a backlash comment or a death threat for several.
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam featured a letter from Kai Shiden, written in Gratuitous English, which read "Captain Quattro, he is A CHAR."◊ The result is anyone who shares characteristics with the Red Comet will be referred to as "A CHAR."
  • Harry Ord, he is a QUATTRO.
  • Taken to its logical conclusion we get "Ratsel, he is an ORD." See here.
  • And adapted again by fans after seeing the first episode of Gundam Unicorn: Audrey Burne, she is A ZABI.
  • Considering how Gundam Wing's Zechs Merquise tries to cram every aspect of Char from every series he was in into a single-series character, he has been called "a Char fanboy" by some fans.
    • "Colonel Zechs, he is CHAR, and Relena, she is A SAYLA." ^ExplanationRelena is an expy of Sayla Mass, Char's younger sister.
    • From Endless Waltz: Mariemaia Khushrenada, she is A MINEVA.
    • From Frozen Teardrop: Relena Darlian, she is A ZECHS.
  • "Lacus Clyne, she is A RELENA."
    • "Marina Ismail, she is A LACUS."
  • "Alex Dino, he is AN ATHRUN." ^ExplanationReferring to Athrun's Paper-Thin Disguise as "Alex Dino", and how he also wore Quattro Bajeena-like sunglasses.
    • And who discovered his identity? Chairman Durandal, who was voiced by Shūichi Ikeda (AKA Char/Quattro).
  • "Neo Roanoke, he is A ZECHS."^ExplanationNeo's mask is modeled after Zechs's. Also, Takehito Koyasu voiced both characters.
  • "Agnes Giebenrath, she is A FLAY."^ExplanationBeing voiced by Houko Kuwashima, Agnes turning out to be just as horrible as Kuwashima's other role of Flay Allster, and the comparisons are simply too obvious to ignore. Unlike Flay, and even Stella though, Agnes ends up surviving the film anyway.
  • "Yurin L'Ciel, she is A TIFFA."
  • "Shia Kijima, she is AN AILA."
    • Before that came "Sekai Kamiki, he is A REIJI".
    • Reiji also has his own "Aria von Reiji Asuna, he is DENSE."
    • And before that, (in line with another meme down below) there was "Tatsuya Yuuki, he is AMEIJIN".
  • "Ange, she is A CAGALLI." ^ExplanationThe anime Cross Ange, also from Sunrise and with Mitsuo Fukuda (Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny's Director) as its Creative producer, is full of Gundam references, and this example is just the tip of the iceberg.
    • “Tusk, he is A KIRA.”
    • "Embryo, he is A RAU."
    • "Orphee Lam Tau, he is AN EMBRYO."
  • Asemu, he is a HARLOCK.
  • Suletta Mercury, she is AN ERICHT. (Or is she?)
    • Ericht Samaya, she is A PURU.
    • Lady Prospera, she is AN ELNORA.
    • Bob, he is A GUEL.
• "Why'd you call him Char? That's clearly Quattro Bajeena; he's wearing sunglasses and Char has a mask." ^ExplanationChar's new identity in Zeta Gundam involved a very Paper-Thin Disguise (it's basically just him replacing his mask with some sunglasses). This is treated as an Open Secret in the series proper and the show makes no effort to hide it, but it's common in the fandom to act completely fooled by it, claiming that they're clearly different characters and have nothing in common.
• The Char Custom meme mutates three times faster than any other meme on this page. ^ExplanationIn the original series, Char's custom red Zaku moves three times faster than a standard Zaku. The color is the only externally obvious difference between Char's Zaku and the regular ones. Thus creating one of Gundam's most enduring memes, that anything red is three times faster.
  • Blatantly referenced in Gundam 00, where the Gundams have a "Trans-Am" mode that makes them three times faster. Guess what color they change to when it's activated. In the dub, this is further referenced when the Trans-Am is first unlocked via a recording of Celestial Being's founder Aeolia Schenberg, who is voiced by Michael Kopsa...the original English voice of Char Aznable.
  • Referenced in Warhammer 40,000, of all places: the Orks believe anything painted red will be faster... And, Orks being Orks, anything they have that is red is actually faster.
  • This doesn't just cover mobile suits - if ANY mobile weapon is painted red, it goes 3 times faster. This even extends to THE BALL.
• "I've never betrayed anyone in my entire life."^ExplanationChar yet again, with one of his more famous lines from Zeta Gundam—famous, because Char is infamous in canon and fanon for breaking alliances or backstabbing people at the drop of a hat. Of course, part of this is Metaphorically True; Char tends to consider himself on no side but his own most of the time, and therefore he didn't betray those people because he was never really with them.
• The "Zeta Punch" videos, Gag Dub versions of two specific Kamille scenes: the fight with two male Bridge Bunnies followed by some "Bright slapping", and then his fisticuff with Jerid Messa from the first episode. Starting with Smash Bros., it has been spliced with King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, and Street Fighter, Streets of Rage and Marvel vs. Capcom... and Team Fortress 2.
• Yazan Gable would like you to know that he's going to violate you.
• The process known as the Bright Slap, used for "slapping the fail out of" a Wangsty Humongous Mecha pilot, comes from the original Mobile Suit Gundam, wherein Bright Noa delivers one to Amuro Ray. What is rarely acknowledges is that the original didn't work. The slap pushed Amuro Ray over the edge and made him abandon ship and leave them to die, until his conscience got the better of him. The popularity of the meme owes more to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, where it happens all the time and seems to have some effect in making Kamille grow up as a character.
  • "You hit me! Even my father never hit me!"
  • The Bright Slap turns losers into MEN OF DESTINY.
    • And everyone else Bright slapped Amuro. EVEN HARRY ORD'S SUMO!
  • Shinji does get Bright-slapped in Super Robot Wars Final, but contrary to popular belief, he never is in the Alpha timeline.
    • When he reappears in Alpha 3; he's 2 years older than when we last saw him, after the major Evangelion events. He's obviously grown a pair by simply fighting alongside the biggest badasses and hot-blooded Super Robot heroes ever. To the point that he's the one who calls out Kira Yamato for being to wangsty. That's gotta hurt, being told to man up by Shinji freaking Ikari.
    • Now with Chang Wufei and even DW getting Bright Slapped!
  • Some fans have expressed a desire to give some harsh Bright Slap-themed comments to certain Hollywood directors (with their only common target being Michael Bay, given the infamy of his Transformers film series) who decided to potentially direct another live-action Gundam film. When Sunrise and Legendary Pictures announced a collaboration to create a Live-Action Gundam movie, fans still joked about the studio eyeing on Bay directing despite him entirely working with Paramount.
• Acguy, with its big head, stumpy limbs and plump body, has acquired quite a following for being adorable. As the meme goes, "Acguy is love".
  • This first came up in Tony Takezaki's Gundam manga, where everyone in Zeon seemed to love the Acguy. A follow up was done in Gundam-san, then the fandom at large caught on.
  • This has more or less become an official Ascended Meme as of Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G, where one of the main characters pilots a "Beargguy", an Acguy with a teddy bear-like head. Before you dismiss it as a simple coincidence, Beargguy is the only main mech on the show that isn't a Zaku or a Gundam.
  • A variant of Beargguy appears again in Gundam Build Fighters as Beargguy III (San), and yet again in Gundam Build Fighters Try as the main Mamagguy unit and a tiny, adorable Petitgguy riding on its back.
    • The four Petitgguy in the second ending were also made into their respective Petitguy kits.
    • With the months following the series and the release of Island Wars, the sheer amount of Beargguy and Petitgguy variants has become unbearable. Not to mention that the purple Petitgguy is plot-relevant.
  • It appears again in Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn as DLC. It's the only Gunpla-original unit in the game and is a Lethal Joke Character par excellence.
  • In Japan, Beargguy is subject to a meme all its own: depicting him as Kuma, the 2chan equivalent of Pedobear.
  • A descendant of the Acguy, The Juaggu, also has a small following for similar reasons.
• Not to mention there is the original, "This is no Zaku, boy! No Zaku!" ^ExplanationYelled by Ramba Ral at Amuro, who had at first assumed Ral's Gouf was a specially painted Zaku like Char's
  • In Gundam SEED Destiny, Heine, piloting the GOUF Ignited, yelled at Stellar, "This is no ZAKU, pal. NO ZAKU!!" ^ExplanationThe Stellar vs. Heine duel in Phase 23 of GSD was a direct homage to the first Amuro vs. Ramba duel.
  • Recently adapted to "No Flag boy! No Flag!"
  • In the Gihren's Greed series of games, you can send Ramba Ral new mobile suits throughout the game, leading to the following:
    • When given a Dom: "This is not a Gouf! Not a Gouf!"
    • And again when given the Gelgoog or the Gyan: "This is not a Dom! Not a Dom!"
  • The meme itself can be called a Phrase Catcher: every time someone posts pics of a Gouf model kit, somebody will end up calling it a (blue) Zaku. Cue meme.
• And speaking of the Gouf... REPORT TO THE GOUF TROOP! ^ExplanationHaving scenes of both Ramba Ral's Gouf and Norris Packard's Gouf Custom synced to the Goof Troop theme song, and also because Gouf and Goof sounds the same.
  • And another one here, with one comment stating "it's the bit with Eledore desperately trying to identify the themesong that sells it."
• Once the Big Zam is mass produced...
  • ...WE'LL PUT AN END TO THE FEDERATION IN NO TIME. ^Explanation"Big Zam's Last Stand" = Dozle Zabi's finest (and most memetic) moment.
  • Ooh! Big Zam. ^ExplanationDanny and Arin played Gundum (sic) Battle Assault 2. While Arin chose a different pilot every time, Danny repeatedly chose Big Zam. And only attacked Arin by kicking him.
• "Ahmuro! I orda you to launch Gundamn!" British!Bright from the movie dub is great for memes.
• SOLOMON!! I! HAVE! RETURNED!!!! ^ExplanationAnaval Gato's cry just before he fires the GP-02's nuke at Solomon.
  • I'm the enemy you idiot! ^ExplanationGato lectures Kou as he's trying to run away with the GP-02. This causes Kou, who's still a rookie, to cry out "Sir! Yes, sir!" and Gato to utter out the line in annoyance.
  • GATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
  • Kou hates Carrots.
  • “Muh ideals!” ^ExplanationThe phrase is used to mock people who think Zeon are the good guys, particularly how stupid that point of view is when men like Delaz and Gato engineer a colony drop that will kill millions. The mockery and derision only redoubles when the story itself attempts to paint them as sympathetic.
• You can't list every meme TV Tropes, not while your soul is still held down by gravity. ^ExplanationA very common line in the UC, referring to people bound to Earth and unable to realize the superiority of Spacenoids.
• Kamille Bidan is SICK OF ADULTS AND THEIR LIES! ^ExplanationKamille during one of his Angst sessions declares this.
• KAMILLE'S A MAN'S NAME! AND I'M A MAN!! ^ExplanationIn the very first episode, Jerrid is introduced with the line "Kamille? I thought I heard a girl's name, but that's clearly a man." Cue Kamille going apeshit and punching Jerrid in the face. Keep in mind, at this point Jerrid is a complete stranger to Kamille, and is surrounded by other members of the Titans. Thus is the strange beginning of Kamille and Jerrid's bitter feud that results in them killing off each other's love interests more than once.
  • (PUNCH!)
    • ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH, KAMILLE!? (Clip here.)
  • I'M FORTY!
• And then there's GTFO Zaku.◊
• Norris Packard's "THATS RIGHT, COWER! BE AFRAID!" speech often gets put under a screen cap of a Mobile Suit pilot (or any Gundam character) with an Oh, Crap! face, though the end of the speech is modified somewhat to fit the situation.
  • Shame that bit ended with a Senseless Sacrifice thanks in part to Space AIDS.
• If you ever show a picture of Micott Bartsch in a normal suit around /m/ it usually goes with the mentioning of DAT Hair.
• WE'RE JUMPING ONTO WHITE BASE! ^ExplanationReally, the pure Narm Charm explains it all.
  • AAAAAAAH!
    • CHAR!
    • NOOOO!
    • DON'T STOP!
    • LALAH!
• Char Aznable likes little girls. ^ExplanationA reference to the fact that most of Char's love interests in the series have been younger than he is, sometimes MUCH younger (the exception possibly being Nanai).
  • An Ascended Meme in Char's Counterattack, where The Dragon mentions that everyone thinks Char is into young girls.
• One of Char's greatest crowning moments can be summed up with these words: BOOM! Headshot.
• Behold! The Xbox Drop!◊ It's leik OMGLOLHUEG!!!1
• Gundam + Jessi Slaughter = "You done Goufed!" ^Explanation"You dun Goufed!" being a play on one of Jessi Slaughter's father's famous lines, "'Cause you done goofed."
• Tobia Arronax is what happens when Chuck Norris is given a Gundam.
• This Nu Gundam isn't just for show! ^Original"Nu Gundam wa date ja nai!" ^ExplanationIn the Dynasty Warriors: Gundam games, Amuro tends to shout this a lot mid battle if his CCA form is piloting said mobile suit. ^{Further explanation}Amuro says this line in the original Japanese version when he begins to push back Axis with his Nu Gundam. Axis being an enormous asteroid, larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, on a collision course with Earth. The exact wording of this meme is also key too, since the Nu Gundam ironically tends to have the showiest attack animations in most crossovers, despite Amuro claiming it to be "not just for show."
  • This was changed in the English dub to "You're underestimating Nu Gundam!"
• AZTEC SPACE NINJAS! ^ExplanationFrom the infamous Moon Moon episodes of Gundam ZZ
• Gundam ZZ is not an anime! Take this to be true! ^ExplanationFrom the first two lyrics of the Opening: "Anime ja nai! Hontou no koto sa!" ("This isn't an anime! Take this to be true!")
  • "Anime ja nai! Anime ja nai~!"
    • Mutated further by referring to Gundam ZZ as the first live-action Gundam series, predating G-Saviour (because it's not an anime).
• Reconguista In G: Klim Nick's toilet scene being nicknamed The Toilet Battle. ^ExplanationTaken from the scene where he relieves himself inside his mobile suit. For the record, all mobile suit cockpits in Reconguista have chairs that double as toilets.
  • "I am a genius!" "OH NO!" ^ExplanationAlso taken from the same battle, where Klim goes from Insufferable Genius to Bring My Brown Pants in a short span of time.
  • Oh my SU-Cord!^Explanation Steer, the Megafauna's helmswoman, said this in an episode.
• On a darker note, Bernie Wiseman and hamburgers. ^ExplainationAt the end of Gundam 0080, after Bernie is killed in his Zaku, a Federation soldier remarks "Nothing left inside, sir. Just a pile of hamburger." Often displayed as a sign for a shop titled "Bernie's Burgers"
  • Christina is best grill ^Explanation"Best grill" is an intentional misspelling of "best girl", and when put in the context of the meme above, well...
• Similar to the Bright Slap, there's the Char Kick.^ExplanationThe flying kick Char in his Zaku II performed on Amuro and his Gundam in their first battle, which spawned numerous parodies and homages.
• "WAR IS BAD"/"Wow, cool robot!" ^explanationA popular image basically summarizing how badly everyone misses the Gundam franchise's central point of, well, war being bad because of the spectacle, merchandise and cool robots involved. Said image features the RX-78-2 Gundam firing the WAR IS BAD statement which flies over the head of someone saying, well, "Wow, cool robot!" Used when someone misses the point of a movie, video game etc. Occasionally used ironically with the real message being something dumb or funny while the message that the person takes away is deep and insightful, such as "Wow, War is bad" being put in the other position while the statement being fired by the Gundam becomes BUY GUNPLA!.
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn:
  • What may be a record, an image from the fourth episode's trailer shows Bright stroking his chin, which is ripe Imagine Spot fodder.
  • The Kobe Byarlant. ^ExplanationIn Episode 4, the Byarlant Custom shows up from out of nowhere and blasts numerous enemies in mid-air, becoming a Memetic Badass.
  • Angelo gracefully bowing out of the battle◊ at the end of episode 5, apparently to avoid overshadowing Full Frontal with the pwnage he had been dishing out up to that point, is quickly becoming a meme.
  • The new mysterious red mobile armor revealed in the trailers for episode 7 has been mocked a little for it's thruster "legs", such as replacing them with soda cans or just generally being confused how the hell it's model is going to keep balanced.
  • Banagher channels Nanto Suichoken against Full Frontal in the last episode. No, really.◊
  • The BB Senshi Neo Zeong GunPla model caused a lot of modelers to start replacing Sinanju with another things...
  • NT-R System ^explainationSeveral fans replaces the name of the New-Type Destroyer's "D" into "R" to represent Netorare moments in the Gundam franchise, notably to Riddhe's failed relationship with Audrey (or even 0083 Stardust Memory's Kou losing Nina to Gato). The full name is sometimes read as "NeTo-Rare System".
    • Though in a minor extent, some of the fans also made fun of the "Narrative" (NT in Short form) title since the reveal of the Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative.
• Crossbone Anime when?/never. ^explanationAmong diehard fans, the manga series is extremely notorious for not being adapted into an Animation format, even with the manga topping in the official Animation adaptation polls. However, it doesn't help that the studio still produce other Gundam shows, which fans believe that they have "ignored" or treated the series as non-existent. Depending on some opinions, fans would probably have zero hopes on the manga being potentially animated, even moreso with the death of Kincade's voice actor.
• Gundam Narrative's official poster◊ shows the three main characters posing in very awkward position which looked like they're playing a game of Twister (or possibly based on this ancient statue) which spawned into several memes such as this one.
  • Later becomes an Ascended Meme as Bandai provided a backdrop for the attendants to recreate the pose at C3AFA Tokyo.
• "NANTOOOOO!!!!"^ExplanationSeabook Arno's seemingly out-there Battle Cry, actually translating closer to "WHAT THE HELL!!!" (or at least one translated game rendered it to "Holy-moley!!!"). The absurdity of the battle cry makes people spoof it very much if the topic is about Seabook... but somehow never when he's being Kincade Nau (and he never used that Battle Cry again as Kincade).
• Blame this on the misfortune of your birth!^ExplanationChar's line to Garma before the latter dies in the original series.
• Lalah Sune could've been a mother to me!^ExplanationOne of Char's line in his final battle with Amuro in Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. Considering the nature of the their relationship, expect someone to be taken aback by this statement. In addittion the phrase "x could've been like a mother to me" to be used as an Unusual Euphemism.

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

• This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you! Take this! My love! My anger! AND ALL OF MY SORROW! SHINING FINGERRRRRRRRR! GO! GO! GOOOOOOO!!^ExplanationDomon, doing what might be the greatest Attack Call ever.
  • This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory! ERUPTING/BAKURETSU! BURNING/GOD! FINGER!! And now... HEAT END! *kaboom* ^ExplanationDomon's call for the upgraded version of his signature move.
    • SKEET! SKEET! SSKKEEEEEETTT!!!!!!!!! ^ExplanationIn Japanese, when calling out Shining Finger Sword, Domon yells "tsuki" (stab or pierce) thrice right before he takes out the trash (as opposed to "GO! GO! GOOOOO!!!" in the dub). It didn't take long before English-speaking fans started mishearing things...
• This meme has obtained powers of the Dark Gundam... with the help of KYOOOOJIIIIIIIIII!!!
• COME ON, DOMON! WHY DON'T YOU USE YOUR SOUPER MODE?
• I will finally be the ultimate champion! The Undefeated of the East, West, South, North, and Center! I will become SUPER ASIA and be champion of all!
• Domon Kasshu, Father of Kallen Kouzuki?! ^ExplanationSome fans claim that Kallen Kouzuki is Domon's daughter (unlikely as that is), due to nearly identical hairstyles and headbands, similar hot-blooded fighting styles, predisposition for fanservice, and, amusingly enough, the fact that Kallen's mother shares the same voice actress as Rain Mikamura.
  • This has further mutated into the Kasshu Family Tree,◊ wherein /m/ has found that Domon Kasshu is related to everyone from Sousuke Sagara (his nephew) to the King of Heroes, Gilgamesh (his ancient ancestor).
• YOU DON'T KNOW ME?!?!? I am Master Asia, THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!!!
  • You thought I was defeated? Yet here I stand in front of you!
• ANSWER ME DOMON!! THE SCHOOL OF THE UNDEFEATED OF THE EAST!!!
  • THE WINDS OF THE KING!
    • ZENSHIN!
    • KEIRETSU!
    • TEMPA KYOURAN!
    • LOOK! THE EAST IS BURNING RED!
  • Sub version.
• Who needs Gundams when you can KICK BUILDINGS 50 FEET INTO THE AIR?
  • When someone faces off against a Humongous Mecha on foot AND WINS, he or she is said to be channeling the Undefeated of the East.
    • Zero is Master Asia!
    • Solid Snake is Master Asia! Which may explain that moustache he grew in the fourth game...
    • Solid Snake is Master Asia, huh?
• Even the horse gets a Gundam! (Its name is Fuunsaiki, by the way. Both the horse and its Gundam, that is.)
• The sheer audacity of the National Stereotypes in G Gundam has hit memetic levels. For example, Neo-America's Gundam Maxter is a football player surfer boxer cowboy. And Neo-Mexico is represented by the Tequila Gundam, which has cactus-themed spiked armor, has a painted-on mustache and wears a sombrero.
  • Speaking of the Tequila Gundam, it and the Neo Mexico space colony (which looks like a giant sombrero... IN SPACE!!!) gains a small but significant online presence during Cinco de Mayo. Its cameo in Gundam Build Divers also helped to improve its popularity.
• Power of Love! The Burger King is not amused. ^ExplanationThe personification of Domon's King of Hearts looks like a REALLY angry... well, Burger King.
• Domon Kasshu becomes a Super Saiyan!!
• Bastards who interfere with another person's love will be kicked by a horse straight into hell! ^ExplanationSaid by Domon in episode 46 when he gained Fuun Saiki, the quote is memed for how cheesily romantic it is.
• Have you seen this [x]? ^Explanation The photo that Domon carries around in the early part of the show is a popular target for photoshopped memes, with [x] substituting for "man" in the original quote. One of the most common versions is the ass◊ version, which edits in Rain's very plump ass instead of Kyouji.

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

• "HEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Come back and kill meeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!"^ExplanationIn the first part of the show, Relena was a little obsessed with him.
  • "Relena... I'm going to kill you."^ExplanationHeero repeatedly promises to kill Relena at least twice; the first time, because she saw his face, and his orders were to kill anyone who was able to identify him, and the second time, Heero saw Relena as Romefeller's puppet after she became Queen of the World. Obviously he never fulfills it.
• "No. No machine-gun for him. Shoot him down!" from the dub's first episode. Followed immediately by the pilot trying to shoot Heero down with a machine-gun. The original Japanese dialogue was more along the lines of "There's no point firing a warning shot. Shoot him down."
• FOOOOOOOOOLS!
  • This has given birth to a new meme: "The only cure for cancer is Tallgeese.◊"^ExplanationDue to how in the scene, Zechs, in the Tallgeese tears apart a crab MS, named Cancer (after the zodiac sign)
    • "Time for crab"^ExplanationOddly enough, it's the Gundam Aesculapius from the Last Outpost sidestory that gets lumped in with the crab memes, because it looks like a big, purple, bipedal crab when transformed, a possible shout-out to the Z-Gok.
• THERE'S A GUNDAM DOWN HERE!!
• The Gundam Heavyarms is purple.
  • Purple Heavyarms, the rarest of Shiny Pokémon!
• Heero self-destructing his Gundam, making him An Heero.
  • In Super Robot Wars games, Heero often has the Self-destruct spirit.
• Inappropriate Laughing Heero laughs at your misfortune.^ExplanationHeero's maniacal laughter from the first five episodes is frequently Photoshopped into various scenes of suffering or destruction.
  • Also crosses over with Quattro's "I came here to laugh at you" meme, when people kept adding more characters laughing alongside Heero, such as Lelouch Lamperouge, Master Asia, Char Aznable, Gym Gymningham, Yazan Gable, etc.
• He's out of stock footage! ^explainationAn image macro consists of the Leos realized that the Heavyarms is running out of ammo via recycled footage of the Gundam shooting it.
• Gundam Wing as a whole has a lot of parallels to The Dark Knight Rises, hence the memes of the latter crossing over with the former. Such as: "...or perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man after throwing him out of a plane?"
• HGAC Gundam Epyon When?/Never. ^explainationAs with most Mobile Suits that deserved a Model kit treatment from fans, some of them desperately wished for an HGAC Gundam Epyon kit from Bandai.
• Endless Waltz is a Christmas anime.^explanationEndless Waltz is set at Christmas, resulting in fans proclaiming it to be the anime equivalent of Die Hard

• MORBOLSUITS! VALUABLECOMBATRESOURCES! ^ExplanationThe English dub voice of General Septum is equal parts infamous and beloved for being as hammy as it is grating.

After War Gundam X

• "Tiffa! I believe in God!" ^ExplanationIn an early episode, Garrod's attempting to get the Gundam X to work. As he does, he utters that if he can get it to move, he'll start believing in God. He gets it to move and he goes on to tell Tiffa that line.
• When a man strays from the right path, a kind man needs the courage to raise his fist and correct him.^ExplanationJamil Neate's verbal formulation of the infamous "Bright Slap."
• "I am selling this Gundam!" The question is: is that Garrod, or Bandai?
• Unfortunately Ennil El can't do much more than this.
  • But it's more than enough.
• "I'm a healer, but..." ^ExplanationDr. Tex Farzenberg's quote while cocking a pistol. Often used by people playing healing or supportive classes in games such as Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, Dota 2, and League of Legends.

Turn A Gundam

• UNIVAAAAAAARSE! ^ExplanationHarry Ord's bizarre yet awesome Kiai near the end of the show.
• GEKOUUUUCHOUUU DE ARUUU! ^ExplanationGym Ghingham getting excited about releasing the Moonlight Butterfly. Seems to be Ghingham's Catchphrase in Japan, but it's less well-known in the West.
• Turn-A Turn! Turn-A Turn! TUUUUURRRRRNNN AAAAAAAAA! ^ExplanationFrom the first opening, "Turn A Turn", as both the opening lyric by a One-Woman Wail and the chorus.
  • "TURN-A. GUNDAM." ^ExplanationSpoken in both opening credits by a Japanese guy you'd swear was British or Australian.
• Who cares if Laura is a guy, I'd still hit it. ^ExplanationLet's just say that Loran looks really good in a dress.
• Nanana nananana nanana CENTURY COLORS!^ExplanationThe lyrics to the very catchy second opening, "Century Colors".
• The Moonlight Butterfly. Your argument is invalid. ^ExplanationA reference to how absurdly and apocalyptically destructive the Moonlight Butterfly is. In fact just mentioning the Turn A and/or Turn X in pretty much any Gundam "Who would win?" thread amounts to it winning by default. (As a result, most such discussions by veteran Gundam fans are prefaced by "The Turns are disqualified.")
• "February is Black History Month." ^ExplanationThe name of the timelines before Turn-A and the month celebrating African-American history are identical.
• "Master Grade 1/100 Cow, with bonus Turn-A Gundam included" ^ExplanationLoran's use of the Turn A for various chores, such as transporting livestock, is exaggerated to the point that the 1/100 scale cow included with its Master Grade model kit is the real reason for buying it.

Cosmic Era

• "Help!! I'm going to killed, Ms. Lacus! — MEER"^ExplanationMeer Campbell's hilariously Engrish note about her life being threatened
  • This was later corrected to "Help!! I'm gonna be killed, Ms. Lacus! — MEER" in TV Movie 4, but it was restored in the HD Remaster.
• Bow before your savior, Jesus Yamato. ^ExplanationDetractors of Kira claim that the show portrays him as too morally perfect and good at everything he does, and mockingly refer to him as "Jesus Yamato".
• And the Lord said, "Fuck off, Shinn. I'M the main character now."^ExplanationIn Episode 39, Kira becomes the new main character of Gundam SEED Destiny, and he received his mid-season upgrade, the Strike Freedom.
• The Many Deaths Of Flay Allster. ^ExplanationGiven how she is polarizing character in the Gundam fandom, the idea of Flay getting killed by any character inside (aside from Le Creuset) or outside the Gundam franchise by editing out Le Creuset's DRAGOONs and replacing it with a specific scene from other works. Like this video for example, Jasmine punching a bus and with the ensuing explosion killing Flay inside.
• Mu La Flaga is not a fortress^ExplanationA sarcastic explanation for how he came Back from the Dead after being blown up by an anti-fortress cannon.
  • Because HE CAN MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE!
  • Similarly, Kira is not a ship after he survived being impaled by Shinn's anti-ship sword.
• I know we're supposed to be done listing Gundam memes... but at this moment, Cagalli is crying her heart out! ^ExplanationCagalli was known for crying throughout the first half of GSD, and Kira used that as an excuse on why he interferes in battles. Kira said that line in Phase 28 of GSD.
  • [*Above thread gets Savioured*] ^ExplanationReferring to Kira's one-sided defeat of Athrun, piloting his Saviour, in the same episode.
• Chairman Dullindal is Space Commie Naraku, and the Destiny Plan is space communism.
  • The laconic version of the Destiny Plan: Bad People —> Dead. Everyone Else —> JOBS!
• Lacus Clyne and her Haro army will conquer the Earth.
  • Speaking of the above, there's Darth Lux/Empress Palpacus.
  • "At first I derped, but then I became The Queen of Everything!"
• Clotho! Stop laughing!
• "Nicol was fifteen! He loved the piano!" ^ExplanationAthrun's narmtastic explanation to Cagalli on why he "killed" Kira in their last duel, after Nicol took Kira's attack and sacrificed himself to save Athrun. Also, Nicol, being an expy of Quatre from Wing, loves music, and is a talented piano player and composer. Occasionally rendered as "HE LOVED TO PLAY THE PIANO."
  • Subtitled version: "Nicol loved to play the piano. And he was only 15."
  • Parodied here.◊
  • Kira swung first! ^ExplanationPeople's response to the scene where Nicol runs onto the Strike Gundam's blade to his death in the HD Remaster version, unlike the original where Kira actually killed him in self-defense. It has gone to "HAN SHOT FIRST!" levels.
• ATHRUUUUUUN!!!
  • KIRAAAAAAAAA!!!
• Freedom Gundam: Taste the rainbow. ^ExplanationFrom the Freedom Gundam's multicolored Beam Spam attack.
• At the end of Gundam SEED Destiny, viewers are asking: "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?" ^ExplanationSaid phrase was done in the style of Gundam SEED's logo.
• Budget well spent. ^Explanation People's reaction to the HD Remastered scene where Meer gets nipples added to her already see-through clothing, along with a better rear shot.
• Crossover meme with A Streetcar Named Desire: STELLAAAAAAAAA!!!
  • And recreated as a musical by Ned Flanders.
  Kira: (in Homer's voice) Out of my way, Jerkass!
• BABI: Totally Halal. ^explanationMalaysian/Indonesian fans occasionally made fun of the Mobile Suit due to the name being used as a derogatory term for "pig" in their country.
• What is Jesus Yamato doing in Cross Ange?!^ExplanationTusk's near-accurate resemblance to Kira has caught fans' attention, accusing Fukuda of recycling characters from other series that he had a hand in. Came to head with his Unexplained Recovery in Episode 22, with added Twincest Squick, considering the basis for Ange's character design.
• Lacus's Lips. ^explanationThere is a fair amount of fans that took immediate notice of Lacus's now very pronounced lips in the first trailer for Gundam SEED Freedom. The second trailer however reveal that this is a now standard design for the major female characters.
• The promotional art posters for Freedom shows Shinn and Luna being happy, in comparison to everyone else. A lot of fans have pointed out the Irony considering how of the protaganist trio, Shinn was easily the angriest one of them all, and this is him "living his best life" after the events of Destiny.
• Shinn Asuka has the power of God and Anime on his side. ^ExplanationThis promotional art was already pretty memetic, from Cagalli's... odd expression and Lacus' outfit. But by far, Shinn carrying a sword has gotten the most amount of traction, with all sorts of sword-related memes being applied to him.
• Orphee activated NT-R! ^ExplanationIn the fourth trailer, one scene shows Orphee and Lacus talking while out in a garden with Kira watching dejectedly. The fandom began cackling wildly at the thought of Kira, who is infamous for getting Flay AND Lacus herself this way, losing Lacus. The memes doubled down when it's revealed that This is literally Orphee's main goal, and Orphee is an Embryo expy.
• "This no Z'Gok, pal! NO Z'GOK!" ^ExplanationAthrun is piloting a red Z'Gok with a variation of Fatum-01 on its back, which is actually a disguised Infinite Justice Type II. Shura learned this the hard way during the final act of the film.
• Athrun Zala is done caring/The Disrespect Master. ^ExplanationAthrun's face that he makes in this image When he rescues Kira has been used in memes because it looks like Athrun is just done caring. His face is also used to show how much he disrespects people, ranging from Beating up Kira for having a breakdown to disrespecting Shura just because he could.
• Perverted Athrun/Athrun kills with the power of libido. ^ExplanationAthrun at one point during his duel with Shura thinks of a naked Cagali to throw off Shura's mind control, and the fandom found this so hilarious that they declared Athrun killed Shura using the power of libido, or make memes that basically state that Athrun, as long he's thinking perverted thoughts or sexually aroused, is invincible and fighting Perverted Athrun would only end up in a loss.
• Kira and Lacus being naked at a beach and kissing at the end. ^Explanation Lacus and Kira's final scene in the movie is subject to laughs and memeing, mostly because when the leaks first released, nobody expected that as the final scene of the Cosmic Era, and people were making the leaks sound a lot more risque, like Kira and Lacus are about to have sex.
• Gundam SEED Freedom is a Cross Ange sequel. ^ExplanationAn inverse of a meme during Cross Ange's run, where fans joked it was the unofficial sequel to SEED Destiny. Come SEED Freedom having many similar characters, plotlines and even a Shout-Out or two, the inverse started being joked about. It doesn't help that SEED Freedom released during Cross Ange's 10th anniversary.
• Puppy Dog Shinn ^Explanation Many fans compare Shinn's more cheerful disposition in the movie to that of a happy puppy. Many fanarts of him drawn after the movie also give him puppy ears and tail. The Sanrio cross promotion even has him pair up with Pochacco the dog mascot.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

• Prince Ali, Mighty Is He! ^ExplanationAli-Al-Saachez's name fit surprisingly well with Aladdin's fake one. Why? Because.

  • Prince Ali, Mighty Was He!

  • Just make sure to never accept a ride from him.
  • He drives a taxi cab, according to the fanbase. "Hey you, let him through, or it's you he'll stab!"
• Setsuna F. Seiei would like you to know that he is Gundam.^ExplanationSetsuna has a habit of declaring himself "Gundam" or stating his intention to "become a Gundam". This is treated as just as bizarre in-universe as it sounds out of it.
  • Which leads to Hilarious in Hindsight because at the end of the movie, he DOES become Gundam - an Innovator/ELS hybrid, but close enough.
  • Relatedly, ‘Setsuna is a terrible boyfriend’. ^ExplanationHe’s incredibly reverent of Gundams, but most of his machines eventually end up as mangled wreckage - in one case, twice, and fans noticed the pattern.
  • Also, Setsuna temporarily NTR'd his Gundams for a Flag in A Wakening of the Trailblazer.
  • Stupid Sexy LOCKON!
    • Damn you, Titeria! ^ExplanationCombat Innovades such as Tieria have no specified biological gender, and fans tend to interpret this as "Gender: Innovade". Because of this, Tieria's season 2, episode 8 party appearance was immediately lapped up by the fans, it even got a Megahouse figure.
  • FUCKING RIBBONS!!!^ExplanationRibbons Almarck surprised everyone at the end of the first season, hijacking the plot and becoming the main villain out of absolutely nowhere, when he was previously assumed to be a bit character. Apparently, a thread on /m/ was filled almost entirely with people posting FUCKING RIBBONS! a few minutes after the episode aired.
• Kamen Rider Gundam 00 Virtue Cast Off!
• HOWARD MASON!
• YOUUU DIIIIIIE!!!
• HA HA HA HA HA! You are too reliant on TV Tropes, there's no way you can list all the Memes here!
• Saji Crossroad being some incredible badass seems to be a joke among the fandom, helped by the Gumdamn! podcast's Soul Bro Ryu naming him "King Arthur" and declaring him "his man."
• MarieMarieMarieMarieMarieMarieMarie...
  • ALLELUJAH!
    • MARIE!
• Zetsubou-sensei is in Super Robot Wars! ^ExplanationTieria's seiyuu Hiroshi Kamiya is also known as the voice of Nozumo Itoshiki, from Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, and during 00 Tieria picked up "Zetsubou-sensei" as one of his many, many Fan Nicknames. When Super Robot Wars Z2 was announced, someone said this in response to a PV with Tieria in it, and the hilarity of the statement when taken out of context did the rest.
• (Gra)HamTaro ^ExplanationA nickname for Graham provided by the Chinese-speaking community, which is written as "哈姆太郎",which translates as "Hamtaro".
• Ghoullujah or "Is Allelujah become a Ghoul?" ^ExplanationFans point out Allelujah's muzzle looks like a "ghoul mask" from Tokyo Ghoul.
• The wedding shot first.^ExplanationFans of Nena will often jokingly use this to defend her Moral Event Horizon or emphasize her Cute and Psycho personality.
• I love you. I trust you.^{Explanation (spoilers)}The final ED of the series, Trust You, became famous for its tone but most notably for its use with Anew's death. As such it has become a go to for whenever something especially tragic happens.

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

• Flit's hair◊ makes him even more of a Gundam than Setsuna.
• (munches on chocolate bar)^ExplanationThe Federation captain pursuing Grodek always punctuated his dramatic or decisive statements by taking a chomp out of his ever-present candy bar.
• FurittoFurittoFurittoFuritto...^ExplanationHow "Flit" sounds in Japanese. Also a reference to Emily's constant Say My Name with him.
• Desil is Nena's and Ali's child. ^ExplanationThe fans' explanation as to why Desil Galette is such a screwed-up Blood Knight. He does somewhat resemble Nena Trinity in looks.
• Left: Loveless Marriage. Right: Happy Family.◊ Learn the difference, it can save your life. ^note The left side is a screen-cap of grown-up Emily and Flit from episode 15. The right side, however, is a fan-work from (very bitter) Flit/Yurin shippers that show a grown-up Yurin with a much happier (and mustache-less) Flit on the right.
• See? Her hair is a bird. Your arguments are invalid. ^ExplanationAmong the rainbow of hair colors found in Gundam AGE is Mink Leiden's sky-blue hair. The fans played with this by editing the screen caps to show her hair flying away from the ship. Although given the way she parts her short hair, it does somewhat resemble the twitter bird...
• Asemu is better than a Newtype, he's a Supah Pairotto! ^ExplanationAsemu's total lack of Psychic Powers makes him almost unique among Gundam protagonists, and he's encouraged to become a "Super Pilot" by his mentor. The above bizarre spelling is what happens when the Japanese try to pronounce "Super Pilot."
  • His being a pirate leader in Generation 3 has mutated this into: Asemu Asuno, Super Pirate!
• Kio is the Second Coming of Jesus Yamato! ^ExplanationKio takes up a pacifistic attitude much like Kira's near the end of AGE. Given Kira's nickname among the fans, the "Second Coming" jokes practically wrote themselves.

Gundam Build Series (Gundam Build Fighters, Gundam Build Fighters Try, Gundam Build Divers & Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE)

• After Gya Gya Gyan's brief battle in Episode 6, a lot of fan customized Gyan illustrations has shown up in pixiv complete with an excited Sazaki.
• UC STRONK!^ExplanationThe fact that mobile suits from the Universal Century tend to do better than Mobile Suits from other timelines. Not true in every case, but enough that the Western fandom took notice.
• This week on the Meatbun Chronicles...^ExplanationFan Nickname for the relationship between Reiji and Aila, due to their Meet Cute moment involving meatbuns. Expanded in Try to include Ship Tease between any two characters.
• Aila eating food in general. ^note For a while it seemed like the possibility of good food was the only thing that could get her excited. Then we learned the reason behind it in Episode 21...
• Attack on Zaku^ExplanationThe appearance of a gigantic Zaku II fighting against the heroes in Episode 11 quickly lead to comparisons to Attack on Titan.
• Build Strike Pitching Pose^ExplanationEver since the Build Strike struck a ridiculously overdone pitching pose, it became common for model kit makers to pose their own kits like that.
• Gundam Valhalla^note Due to the multitude of cameos from other Gundam series, fans have dubbed the show as the place where characters previously Killed Off for Real live their lives in peace. Taken up a notch with Episode 23, then declared as Ascended Meme via Word of Saint Paul.
• "Ameijin" being used as an adjective.^note A pun based on Tatsuya's (aka Meijin Kawaguchi III) habit of piloting mobile suits nicknamed "Amazing", which in Japanese is pronounced identically to "a Meijin." That and an in-universe pun where one fan asks "Is the Kampfer Amazing because he's a Meijin?"
• E-Sports Anime and Gundam E-Sports^note Fans have noted how much the setup for the series about a supposed "children's" hobby turning into a serious competitive enterprise complete with large prizes, sponsorships and players playing simply to make a living.
• Meijin Kawaguchi III, the real Gundam Jesus^note Meijin's ridiculously over-dramatic entrance to the battlefield, complete with a halo of light around him, a "saviour" pose, and flowers spontaneously blooming on the battlefield beneath him lead to many jokes about Meijin being Gundam Jesus. Unlike with Kira, the jokes are not at his expense.
• MY DEATH ONLY PROVES MY EXISTENCE! ^ExplanationG-Savior, the infamous western attempt at a live action Gundam series, makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance getting blown up during the tournament
• "Gunpla is FREEDOM!" ^note The Meijin says this at one point during GBF Try. Especially popular among Gundam's modelling community.
• "JEGAN, HOW'RE YOU!◊" ^note A mutation of Sekai's Jigen Haoh Ryu school of martial arts, which he always screams out when doing an attack.
• "Beargguy, motherfucker!" ^note A series of macros from4chan featuring Beargguy-San as foul-mouthed and trying to be funny, usually popping in at random
• "This week on the Colasour Chronicles..."^note A play on the Meatbun Chronicles meme from Gundam Build Fighters, where viewers will immediately hunt down the recurring Patrick Colasour cameo in every episode.
• On a related note: "This week on the 'DAT ASSE' Chronicles..."^noteMuch like the above mentioned example, but this time focusing on Magee and his very pronounced posterior. The misspelling was apparently intentional in this case.
• Many fans have begun referring to Koichi and Ayame as Shiroe and Akatsuki due to their striking resemblance to each other.
• When your mom says "Take your brother with you"^note In episode 9, we see that Do-ji is teased and mocked by the rest of Hyakki because of his lack of skills compared to Ogre. Along with Do-ji's "skill" in episode 1 and his sputtering acts in later episodes, it makes Do-ji out as a Memetic Loser
• Oh, hey. Big Zam.^note A meme that originated from the Game Grumps, which made a minor resurgence after an oversized Big Zam appeared as the final boss of episode 12.
• "My life for Aya!"^NoteUpon the introduction of Aya Fujisawa (aka Ayame, outside of the GBN), some diehard fans of hers have taken to adopting the well-known Protoss battlecry as their form of adoration.
• DAN KUROTO LIVES! ^NoteIn Episode 18, one of the Divers listed in the Ranking Boards is named "Genm". People instantly made the connection to the infamous Large Ham.
• "Build Divers what?"^note A particularly mean-spirited joke regarding this show's... rather divisive reputation within the Gundam community, to the point that, by the time the more popular Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE came out, nobody even bothered to acknowledge this series even exists.
• Core Gundam has been portrayed by fans as Gundam Zi-O after some enthusiastic modellers have customized the armor based on its predecessors due to the core change gimmick.
• In episode 10, Stola claims he's tough enough to be with the Resistance by drinking a mug of N'ga Juice. Because of how close it was to a certain slur, fans are already expecting it to reach the level of Dragon Ball Super's "That man is not Black!" line of memetic-tude should it get dubbed.
• TAXI!!! ^explanationIn Episode 13, May tries to call for a taxi on Earth. Because of her 1/144 model size, however, cars pass her by without even noticing her, much to her annoyance. Her pouting face, in particular, caught on with Gundam fans and forums.
• Patrick Colasour, the Creator ^explanationIn episode 14, the first person Freddie sees in his view of GBN is Patrick, questioning if he was the so-called "Creator". Fans clung on to that like crazy.
• Jed’s Force Ghost ^explanationIn episode 14, Jed appeared as spirit to give Freddie words of encouragement after being killed in episode 12. It was not long before people compared it to the Jedi masters' Force Ghosts.
• You should have gone for the head! ^explanationIn episode 18 at the climax of Hiroto and Alus' battle, the Alus Earthree destroys Earthree's left arm, gets nailed dead center in the face by the Uraven Gundam's rifle, and gets it's head blown off. Fans have humorously called out Alus's lapse in judgment by way of quoting Thanos's infamous line from Avengers: Infinity War.
• The shot of the Perfect Grade Strike Gundam getting a double Eye Scream from a thrown pair of Shiguru Blades during Hiroto's backstory has been used as a reaction image meaning a need for Brain Bleach.
• The Meatbun Chronicles are back!^explanationMay kissing Hiroto in episode 20, and then giving him a Cooldown Hug afterward, had many fans declaring the return of the infamous Meatbun Chronicles meme from Gundam Build Fighters.
• This is now real Gundam! ^explanationAfter the bombshells in episode 12/13 (War crimes!) and 19/20 (horrible trauma resulting in PTSD!), the shocking Wham reveals within has resulted in fans cracking hilariously dark jokes about how this is now a real Gundam series, complete with references to Anime Ja Nai from the ZZ intro theme.
• I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move!^explanation During the space battle in Episode 25, the Mobile Doll May uses what looks like an SNES controller to remotely operate the Wodom Pod+ to defeat Alus's Reverse Turn X.
• KING MODE!!!^explanationDuring the climactic battle in episode 22, where the heroes need to defeat Gundam Seltsam and rescue Masaki Shido, Kazami yells out and activates his Aegis Knight's King Mode (where the Aegis Knight's Lance, shield and side skirts combine together to form a large beam sword that blocks Gundam Seltsam's powerful Beam shot) that allows Hiroto to deal the final blow on the Seltsam with his Saturnix Gundam. Some fans find this moment to be one of that episode's biggest highlight, as it showcases how far Kazami has changed since his former incompetent self.
• The mid-season break (and delay caused by the COVID pandemic), paired with episode 14, led fans to joke that the seasonal delay was caused by poor Freddy taking several weeks to clear the rubble from the ruined temple.
• Pluto Armor when?! ^explanation When the Core Gundam's armors were announced to be named after the planets in the Solar System, fans were speculating whether or not Bandai would make a Pluto Armor despite Pluto not being classified as a planet anymore.
  • Pluto Armor now! ^ExplanationThe upcoming Gundam Build Metaverse introduced new models for the Build franchise’s main heroes. One of them was the Plutine Gundam, finally giving modelers the legendary missing Planet Armor
• Creepy Super Fumina^explanationThe original Super Fumina model kit (and its variations) were infamously Off-Model and fell into the Uncanny Valley, resulting in many modellers making the kits into zombies and similar things. Thankfully, the Figure Rise Standard version released in 2024 had much more accurate modelling

Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans

• QUALITY^NoteEpisode 4 kinda dialed down on the animation quality on some characters, Mika and Atra falling victim to this in particular.
• Space Rat ^note The term "Space Rat" is used by Gjallarhorn officers, especially Gaelio, for describing how despicable and disposable the Tekkadan is.
• Where did Chocolate Man touch you? ^Explanation When Fareed was dubbed Chocolate Man by Mika, combined with both the reveal that he is engaged to a nine year old and his offering of chocolate to Biscuit's little sisters, jokes started being made that he was a lolicon. Episode 13 only emphasized it further with his attempts at comforting Almiria (the girl in question) about her insecurities at being surrounded by older and more buxom women at a party appearing as outright seduction if taken out of context.
  • Crosses over a bit with White Chicks: "What a beautiful chocolate man!"
• Flag RAISED ^Explanation A play on the OP, "Raise Your Flag" by Man With a Mission, showing the fans' enthusiasm for the show's Rated M for Manly status. Often accompanied by declarations of shirtlessness.
  • On a similar note: (Flag raising intensifies)
  • In connection with Episodes 12, 16, and 21 "Flags at Half-Mast..."^{SPOILER ENTRY}Flying a flag at half-mast is customary for States whenever a leader or an important dignitary thereof dies. Used in full effect for this anime series when some named character in the series died in those episodes, particularly (in EXACT ORDER) Masahiro Atland (Akihiro's younger brother), Fumitan Admoss, and Biscuit Griffon.
• Mace-chan, the true best girl. ^ExplanationMany fans have declared their love for Barbatos's iconic mace over all else in the series, to the point of personifying it and joking that it was abandoned, heartbroken, in the Martian orbit by Mikazuki.
• When the second OP started with Kudelia merely looking at her hands before the wreckage of the Barbatos behind her was revealed, jokes were made about how she was responsible.^NoteIt helps that they're going into a series of Wham Episodes, and her Character Development at the same time, both centered around the theme of "Responsibility".
• Move over, Setsuna; Ein is now Gundam!^ExplanationIn light of what happened to Ein (getting literally built into a Mobile Suit as part of his cyborgization), fans are now declaring that he has achieved what Setsuna could not: he is his Mobile Suit.
  • Others have declared him Gundam's take on a Space Marine Dreadnought, under the caption: EVEN IN DEATH, EIN STILL SERVES, or R-TYPE GRAZE. ^note The R-9C Warhead is known for utilizing human brain salvaged from living human body as its biological computer. Ein's fate is somewhat the same.
  • Waifu Destroyer.^note Graze Ein defeated both Azee and Lafter in a rather gruesome way, whom they are Naze's wives. And he attempts to go after Kudelia, whom she's often paired with Mikazuki. And Norba Shino's got his own admirers out there.
  • Pay To Win player has logged on.^note Referencing the hilariously overpowered nature of the Graze Ein, with enough weapons for about three normal mechs.
• Char, you double crossed me! ^note The moment when Garma Zabi realized Char has double crossed him. History repeats itself on Gaelio and McGillis.
  • Garma has been avenged!^note Unlike Garma, Gaelio survived and went on to kill McGillis, leading to lots of jokes about how he succeeded in avenging himself where Garma did not.
• Fleet Girl Mikazuki x Admiral Orga ^note The protagonist of Iron-Blooded Orphans share the same name with a Mutsuki-class destroyer from KanColle. They both also have black locks accentuated with a strand of Idiot Hair, too.
• Masked Gaelio ^note Gaelio is speculated to be alive by many fans, and the Masked Gaelio theory is solidified in Pixiv.
  • Crossing over with POLICEMAN, we have "GO GO GAELIO SENGEN!"
• Fucking McGillis. ^note References how he's such a bastard who played everyone like a fiddle to further his own goals, including sending a woman in love with him to her death and outright murdering his own best friend, two acts that are politically advantageous for his power grab. Also serves as a callback to "FUCKING RIBBONS".
• CRANK-NII^ExplanationOne of Ein's quote about calling Crank Zent.
  • IOK-SAMA!
    • RUSTAL-SAMA!!!
    • JOOSHOOOOOO!!! ^ExplanationA mutation of Isurugi's Japanese pronunciation of Brigader General (准将, Junshou).
• The Iok Kujan Award for Excellence◊^ExplanationAwarded to Iok Kujan as of S2 E13 for his amazing ability to be incredibly stupid and cause huge problems for everyone
  • "Iok you fucking IDIOT!", or "Idiok!" (or "Idiok Crud-jan"), or most commonly "Fuck Iok!" ^ExplanationFans usual's reaction for when Iok constantly screws things up or makes them even worse.
  • His sheer incompetence has has ballooned so wildly that many fans have also started comparing Iok to Zapp Brannigan.
  • A new hashtag has been created in Japanese Twitter circles named #イオクがどんな死に方したら満足か考える (Let's think of the satisfying ways to kill Iok), and イオク・クジャン殲滅部隊 (Iok Kujan Annihilation squad) has been making the rounds. Some of the tags include photo-shopping his face on antagonist characters from previous Gundam series being killed, and on one picture, even replacing Radice at them moment he was executed by Takaki.
  • Local Man Ruins Everything
• As of the events of Episode 41, the hashtags have spawned the following variants: #ジャスレイがどんな死に方したら満足か考える (Let's think of the satisfying ways to kill Jasley), and #ジャスレイ殺し隊 (Jasley Assassination Team).
  • Speaking of Episode 41, fans have taken to calling any teddy bear with thick eyebrows (badly drawn or otherwise) as a massive death flag, as evidenced by these edited meme pics based on studio stablemate Love Live!.
• MUH BAEL^ExplanationFans mocking McGillis's end game for taking over Gjallarhorn, which turned out to be "I have the Gundam Bael, therefore Gjallarhorn must obey me!" The rest of Gjallarhorn simply said "No we don't", and it turned out that Macky had nothing else up his sleeve after that.
• HANATE ^ExplanationOne of Rustal's dialogue, which is translated as "fire". The quote was used for any Dainsleif-related posts.
• Fucking Dainsleifs ^note After committing to a False Flag Operation that allowed him the usage of the banned Dainsleif weaponry, Rustal demonstrated exactly why it was banned when it promptly rolls over most opposition without much effort due to excessively powerful, coordinated artillery bombardment that the main cast couldn't fight back against at all. It's even become the subject of Dainsleifposting as a joke of Rustal wiping out anything with a Dainsleif barrage.
  • Oka-nails or 冈钉 ^ExplanationChinese nickname for the Dainsleif nails, as the kanji for "Oka" (from Okada) and "steel" sound the same.
• "Don't you ever stop..." ^ExplanationOrga's last words, which spawned a massive number of parody videos on Niconico. Sometimes pictures similar to the incident's background is enough to invoke the meme.
• Unstoppable Orga ^ExplanationA popular variation of the "Running Ganger" meme, often set to Rage of Dust.
  • The Man Who Stops the Unstoppable Man ^ExplanationA popular edit of the above about Devilman enjoying and trying to share biscuit crackers with SPYAIR when Orga suddenly appears and steals them while running away in the same manner.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

• Witch From Mercury is an Otome Game. ^ExplanationThe initial character reveal featured a shy female lead, another female character who could be either the lead's best friend or an antagonist, and three Bishōnen who are heirs to various divisions of a MegaCorp. Fans have observed that this is strikingly similar to the setup for a typical Otome Game.
• Suletta Mercury's surname has led to jokes about her being related to Freddie Mercury.
• Indonesian fans also like to joke Suletta's name by shortened it as "Sule" since her name is similar with a Indonesian Comedian named "Entis Sutisna" who his Stage Name is known as "Sule".
• "Gundam Took My Child's Life!"^ExplanationThe Prologue episode shows a protest sign reading this amidst many people protesting the GUND-Format. Often accompanied by screenshots of characters who got killed by Gundams or interpreted differently. Some fans also doctored the protest signs to say something entirely different, such as "Gundam made my child gay!".
  • Gundam Took My Wallet.^ExpanationThe lament of the Gunpla community and one of the ways the protest sign is interpreted, not helped by the fact that the Gundam franchise is Merchandise-Driven.
• Baby's first Gundam^ExplanationIn reference to little Eri controlling the Gundam Lfrith at age four in the prologue.
  • Also, "Baby's First War Crime".^ExplanationEri shoots down multiple pilots hunting her and her mom down. Many noted she was only four years old at that time and jokingly stated that she was committing war crimes by killing those pilots.
• wtf space oomfie ^Explanation A livetweet of the prologue dubbed Ericht as such upon her first appearance, shortly followed by shock at her killing people. The tweet series became famous for showing off the Mood Whiplash of the prologue (and eventually the series as a whole), and led to "space oomfie" being a common nickname for Eri.
  • Space oomfie is angy. ^{Explanation (SPOILERS)} The preview picture for episode 23 shows Ericht pointing at something with a disappointed look on her face, suggesting that she’s not thrilled at the idea of Suletta trying to stop Prospera’s plans for Quiet Zero. This also goes hand in hand with the iconic “You Are Already Dead” meme due to the pose.
• "Happy Birthday to you" ^ExplanationThe ending of the prologue became infamous for the stark difference in tone of a massacre being capped off with a father rushing to his death, singing Happy Birthday in delirium, to a little 4-year-old girl happily singing along in her adorable little way.
• "HBD System"^ExplanationAs an expansion of the Happy Birth-Day meme, fans soon decided that Aerial had another system on board, the Happy Birth-Day system, that would guarantee the mortality of its foes as long as Suletta has sung the Happy Birthday Song to them, and quickly decided that it was as system on par with the likes of the NT-D and the Moonlight Butterfly. The meme becomes even more relevant in Episode 9, when Suletta activates the BHD-L system (note the acronym), which is a countermeasure for the EMP-like Antidote System used to disable Gundams. Thus another ability of the HBD system is revealed.
• "Utena with Mecha" ^ExplanationThe first episode pretty much immediately lead to people drawing comparisons to Revolutionary Girl Utena and how the setup makes it seems like the same show just with a mecha spin to it.
  • This week on "Revolutionary Girl Suletta..."^ExplanationAn adaptation of the abovementioned meme, in the style of the infamous "Meatbun Chronicles", but this time focusing on Suletta and Miorine's relationship.
• Suletta Slap ^ExplanationThe first episode had Suletta slap Guel Jeturk in the ass for bothering Miorine. Many fans were immediately drawn to that moment, not helped by the fact that both Guel and Suletta get into bizarre poses afterwards.
  • Some even interpreted the poses as the two of them dancing (resulting in what can be called The Dance From Mercury), which then mutated into her smacking Delling the same way, then combined with another pun meme
• Tanuki Suletta ^ExplanationThe fandom is very fond of comparing Suletta to a tanuki, a Japanese raccoon dog, thanks to her round face, brown skin, droopy eyes, and Big Ol' Eyebrows. Consequently, it's quite common to refer to her as "the tanuki", and fanart often depicts her with the features of one or even as one. This may be combined with giving Miorine an equivalent "fox" motif.
• Shitty Dubstep Dad ^ExplanationMiorine's phrasing when she calls her father out, calling him a hypocrite, is "dabusuta kuso oyaji" (double standard shitty father/old man). Dabusuta is very close to dabusute (dubstep), and given the memes about dancing from episode 1, Japanese internet took off with it, combining it with the Suletta Spank/Dance meme.
• "YURIKOOOOOOOOOON!!!" ^ExplanationThe marriage setup between the two female leads from the first episode reminded the Japanese Gundam fandom of Banagher Links’ Episode 7 "UNICORN! (yunikon)" Skyward Scream, whose Japanese auto-generated captions had the record for being Auto Incorrected into "yurikon;" which made viewers read it as "Yuri Wedding". Making the scene the proper viewer reaction meme to use.
• "Tomatoes" ^Explanation The first episode features Suletta getting introduced to tomatoes followed by an incredibly detailed and well animated shot of her eating it. The whole scene ended up taking on a life of its own within the fanbase incredibly quickly. Another common spin is to pair Suletta with Roger Smith thanks to some of his infamous lines.
  • Tomato Paste ^{Explanation (Spoilers for episode 12)} At the stinger of Episode 12 shows Suletta killed the terrorist aiming for Miorine and Delling by slamming Aerial's palm right on top of him, turning him into a bloody mess.
• The Gundam Aerial is French. ^Explanation Some students made a comment on the Primary-Color Champion look of the Gundam Aerial looking like the colors of Old France, so memes were made that the Aerial Gundam was really French.
• Chang Wufei hates this series ^ExplanationDue to Suletta being a vastly different character than her predecessors, a few gatekeepers have sprung up trying to “protect” their franchise. Others have decided that this is Wufei, notable for his rampant misogyny, being himself.
• "No. That thing is a Gundam."^ExplanationIn episode 2, this is Delling's reasoning for wanting the Aerial scrapped, despite having very little evidence that it was a Gundam. This has lead to fans mockingly suggesting other mecha that bear Gundam looks to be Gundams such as Perfect Gundam Thunderbolt ver. (which is the Psycho Zaku's frame with the Full Armor Gundam's outer casing attached), the Huckebein series (due to being a homage to the Gundams) and Setsuna F. Seiei (due to his Catchphrase). This has also spawned many videos where Delling is presented with a series of mobile suits and tries to guess which ones are the Gundams.
  • This has led to a further meme where Delling insists Aerial is a Gundam because he broke the fourth wall and checked the box for the model kit.
  • It has also led to fans jokingly not considering Aerial a Gundam, which also produced an amusing edit of the HG Aerial kit boxart with the word Gundam removed.
• The Transfer Student from Planet X. ^ExplanationDue to the setting being in a school, fans have inserted various characters from other Gundam works into the story. Most famously Mikazuki Augus, the trigger-happy Sousuke Sagara Expy transfer student from Mars, and Paptimus Scirocco, the transfer student from Jupiter who either likes ice Popsicles or has a phobia of it, to Loran Cehack, the transfer student from the Moon who can pull off a very convincing cross dress, to ELS-Setsuna, the transfer student from outer Solar System.
• The Aerial snack food. ^ExplanationNotable stores in Japan who were running out of stock for High Grade G-Witch kits (especially Aerial) began filling the empty shelves with Aerial snack food. This led fans to meme the situation with some fan arts. This then led to the actual company producing this snack food officially collaborating with G-Witch proper.
  • Elan's Grilled Corn Aerial Chips. ^{Explanation (Spoilers for episode 6)}Okouchi brings up Aerial Chips product placement by mentioning Elan's Grilled Corn flavor on the same day episode 6 aired, leading fans to suspect that he is secretly trolling and hiding spoilers in the flavor choices for each character. Suletta has sea salt, Guel has cheese, and Shaddiq has Corn Pottage.
  • Miorine's Fresh Tomato Aerial Chips. ^Explanation Following the initial airing of Episode 12, the Yamazaki Biscuit Company posted a tweet (spoiler warning: Episode 12) promoting the limited-edition Fresh Tomato Aerial snacks, with Miorine on the packaging. For an explanation of why this began trending on Twitter extremely quickly, see "Tomato Paste" above (spoilers for episode 12).
• Harem route unlocked! ^{Explanation (spoiler!)}After Guel proposed to Suletta at the end of episode 3
• Aerial's Boobs ^Explanation In Episode 3, Suletta wins her second duel with Guel by smashing Aerial's chest area against the Darilblade's head crest. Artists wasted no time redrawing the scene with Aerial having literal boobs of steel.
• Sunday is Social Anxiety Day ^ExplanationThe Fall 2022 anime season features this show and Bocchi the Rock!, both of which feature socially-anxious leads.
• Chuchu PUNCH! ^Explanation In episode 4, Chuchu drops two bullies who were messing with Suletta with one punch each. The girl already was popular due to her ridiculous hairstyle and the punch just made her a Memetic Badass because of it!
  • "Welcome to Earth!"^ExplanationMany commenters quoted Will Smith's line after punching an alien.
  • "They call her Chuchu because she hits like a train!"
  • The scene following Chuchu's punch where she is fighting the other bully has similarly become memetic with people often throwing in other characters from across the franchise punching each other to increasingly escalating degrees in all out brawls.
• Chuchu's dislike of Spacians has led some people to depict her as a member of groups like the Titans or Blue Cosmos.
• *Sad Kamille noises* ^ExplanationIn episode #5, Elan is revealed to be code named "Enhanced Human #4", designed for the purpose of piloting a Gundam. This quickly reminded people of Four Murasame and her tragic story.
• Shinko Felsi ^ExplanationJapanese fans have noticed that Felsi Rollo shares a voice actress and character design with Uma Musume Pretty Derby's Shinko Windy. As a result, half the fans commenting in Felsi threads end up using Windy's "noda" Verbal Tic, as seen here.
• In the Japanese fandom, it became a meme to depict Felsi as an overly exciteable and loyal dog or raccoon.
• "Only a Gundam can beat a Gundam" *laughs without a Gundam* ^Explanation Following Elan's declaration of only a Gundam being able to beat another, images of characters from other series who've been able to defeat Gundams with a non-Gundam mobile suit reacting to the quote have started popping up on social media.
• Gue Camp/Guel Camp ^Explanation After Guel was kicked out of Jeturk house, he was show camping in a tent, kicking back with a cup of coffee to watch the Elan/Suletta duel, inviting comparisons to Laid-Back Camp. This was taken a step further when his voice actor actually went camping as that episode went on air.
• The GUND-ARM Inc. Commercial^{Explanation (SPOILERS!)}The Earth House make this commercial for Miorine's new company... except that it's not very high quality and suffers from green screen problems. Many fans took notice of these hilarious flaws and took off with them, joking about how "bad" it was.
  • Suletta's expressions^ExplanationDuring the entire commercial, the obvious jump cuts clearly show Suletta suffering from the ridiculous filming time. A lot of people took notice of Suletta's wide-eyed look at the end, as if she's at her wits' end.
  • Fusion Dance^ExplanationDuring the dance, Suletta and the Aerial model attempt to do a heart shape with their arms. However, some people noted that it looks like they were trying to do the Fusion Dance from Dragon Ball Z
• Gundam Teabagging^Explanation Right after Chuchu snipes Shaddiq's Mobile Suit to win the Team Battle against his house, Suletta gets out of Aerial and does the dance from the aforementioned GUND-ARM Inc. Commercial to promote the company on live stream. People immediately started comparing this to various video game post-victory taunts like teabagging or using a dance emote over someone's corpse, including This Very Wiki. Jokes about Suletta, intentionally or not, doing so to add insult to injury to Shaddiq's loss of both the match and any chance with Miorine are also common.
• After Episode 10 had Suletta making a cheesy wordplay-based joke with her name (Suletta Forgetta), fans have started turning her joke into something of a Mad Libs Catchphrase with their own takes on the joke with the same wordplay. Examples such as: Suletta Upsetta, Suletta Hungretta, (spoilers for Episode 12 onwards) Suletta Splatetta, Suletta Depressa or Suletta Ejectta.
• Completely new character Bob.^ExplanationAfter getting unenrolled from school by his father, Guel ends up completely disappearing from his family, and instead joins a construction job under a false identity. Said identity, Bob, while incredibly obviously Guel, is not explicitly stated to be Guel. The fanbase ran with this, claiming that Bob is a completely new character that has never been in any prior episodes, and they will go at lengths to deny any similarities that "Bob" and Guel have, often jokingly mocking why anyone would compare two completely unrelated characters.
• Bob the Builder.^ExplanationRelated to the above, Guel running away and finding blue-collar work under the alias "Bob" led to comparisons with the children's show character. Even Japanese fans started getting in on the joke.
• Nika and Guel go to Paldea ^ExplanationOn December 16, 2022, it was revealed that Ash Ketchum would be retired as the main character of Pokémon: The Series and two new characters, Riko and Roy, would replace him with the new season in 2023. Many fans noted how similar both characters were with their hairstyles, thus suggesting the two were now going to Paldea. Alternatively, Riko’s outfit resembles that of Kokone of Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure, making for a three way crossover
• Episode 11's hilarious chase between Suletta and Miorine has had "Grass Skirt Chase", SpongeBob SquarePants's popular chase music, put over it quite a few times, especially since Miorine is really pissed.
• Jeturk Stocks are crashing/have crashed. ^Explanation Besides Guel, the Jeturk house is seen by the fanbase as a Memetic Loser house, to the point where Guel's first win killing his father is noted for the sheer irony on how this was the first time a Jeturk won against a named character, and it happened to be Guel's own Father. To make matters worse, this is now an Ascended Meme as the Jeturk company is in danger of bankruptcy.
• Jeturk Family Ls. ^Explanation The Jeturk family goes through a severe Trauma Conga Line throughout the whole show, especially during the end of Season 1 and beginning of Season 2 where Vim is accidentally killed by Guel, his own son, Lauda is seriously injured in a terror attack, and Guel is captured by terrorists twice and watches a child he tried to save bleed to death in his arms. Many have began joking that their Butt-Monkey status runs in the bloodline, or half-jokingly begging the writers to at least give Guel one victory without any kind of cruel twist.
• Episode 12^ExplanationMany fans were caught off by a number of incidents in the episode, leading to quite a few memes.
  • A belated Christmas present^ExplanationQuite a few fans noted that, minus the delays that lead to the episode airing when it did, this episode would have aired on Christmas.
  • The writer's favorite series was Mobile Suit Victory Gundam...^ExplanationThe episode really went heavy on the Bloodier and Gorier aspect, especially the ending, which reminded some viewers of the Darker and Edgier series Victory Gundam.
  • Does it come with a bloodied hand?^{Explanation (SPOILERS)}After the episode aired, the Gundam Aerial Rebuild Gunpla was unveiled. The most asked question was if it would come with the hand Suletta used to make tomato paste out of the terrorist with some going on to say that'll just paint it red if not.
    • Sometimes accompanied by references to another Gundam with a red hand.
  • Tomato juice^{Explanation (SPOILERS)}At the end of episode 12, Miorine and Suletta are both covered in the blood of a Dawn of Fold member Suletta just killed. Given that the show had already associated Miorine with tomatoes, it led to a number of jokes that the blood is actually just the juice of a tomato Suletta squished.
  • Bioshock vibes^ExplanationThe episodes lead many viewers to conclude Prospera's saying, "If you run, you gain one. If you move forward, you gain two,” that she uses to give Suletta reassurance is actually a brainwashing trigger sentence, as Prospera saying it calmed Suletta down when she was showing fear towards killing. Thus, comparisons were made to the infamous "Would you kindly?" trigger sentence of the first Bioshock game.
  • Welcome to Gundam.^ExplanationDue to the show's Newbie Boom and the Lighter and Softer tone in earlier episodes, many newer fans were thrown aback by the Mood Whiplash into Darker and Edgier territory in episode 12, which was met with this response by the older, more seasoned fans who knew what they were getting into due to the kind of franchise Gundam is.
  • Following the episode's airing many fan artists who drew fluffy, cute SuleMio art went back to "update" their old pieces (ex: adding blood, portraying Suletta as a yandere, giving Miorine a traumatized Thousand-Yard Stare, etc.).
  • Adopted families to the rescue! ^ExplanationWith a new Gundam series out, many began wondering how it would fit into a future Super Robot Wars entry. With the events of this episode, many are certain that the older pilots would adopt Suletta and turn Prospera into mulch for her actions, or their involvement possibly preventing it from happening in the first place. Aside from the obvious of past Gundam protags guiding or advising Suletta, some of the most popular ideas include Ryoma Nagare being the best/worst uncle, and Lelouch and Ange backing Suletta up against Prospera's manipulations considering their own pasts.
  • The episode drastically changing the context of Suletta's Survival Mantra has lead to many posts of "If you run, you gain one. If you move forward, you gain two.” alongside other fictional characters being brainwashed or manipulated into acts of violence.
• "CAN YOU HEAR THE SILENCE?" ^ExplanationThere's a viral clip which simply aims to praise the series' sound design choice for deflected laser beams. However, fans have repeatedly joked that the sound effect is just like a part of the opening of Bring Me The Horizon's "Can You Feel My Heart" (a.k.a. the memetically viral "Gigachad Song"). The original poster of the clip eventually played along by synchronizing the two.
• Super Chu-Chu^ExplanationOn March 24, the final teaser poster for Cour 2 was released and the image is of Suletta and others reaching out to a falling Miorine… except for Chu-Chu, who has her arms out like she’s Superman. Of course, this just added to her Memetic Badass levels.
• Secelia and the couch^ExplanationFans have noted that Secelia's screentime has consisted almost exclusively of her sitting on the Dueling Committee couch while making fun of someone. And the rare instances where she does get off the couch often happen in episodes where something really bad happens: From the Dawn of Fold kidnapping Guel and his co-workers in Episode 10, the disastrous events of Episode 14 during the Rumble Ring where the Dawn of Fold attacks Asticassia, and Episode 16 where Miorine pushes Suletta away in order to protect her. This has led to further jokes that Secilia getting off the couch is now a bad omen for the story.
  • The Couch-Distance Theorem^Explanation One theory jokingly proposed by fans is that the severity of trauma inflicted to the main characters, particularly Suletta and Guel, is directly proportional to how far Secelia is from the couch. Her sitting up was enough to cause terror attacks, her not being by the couch caused the events of Episode 16, and her being seen in a room away from the couch resulted in Suletta's breakdown in Episode 18. Following this line of though, many have suggested that if Secelia were to leave the school (and thus the couch) entirely, it would mean The End of the World as We Know It, with many begging her to start sitting back down so that things can get better.
• Granddad Zenelli. ^ExplanationMore than one fan has noticed Sarius Zenelli's resemblance to Robert "Granddad" Freeman from The Boondocks.
• Never go full Ragyo. ^ExplanationAfter episode 14, fans are also quick to compare Prospera to Ragyo Kiryuin, who is arguably one of the worst mothers in anime history in terms of how they experimented on their children; Ragyo had both of her children infused with Life Fibers, while Prospera came up the idea sealing Ericht inside Aerial.
• I AM GUNDAM!^{Explanation (SPOILERS)}Ericht Samaya being revealed to somehow have her mind uploaded into the Gundam Aerial is seen as the logical extreme of Setsuna's catchphrase.
• IMMA HEAD OUT! ^ExplanationIn episode 16, Secilia looks over messages filled with various Spacian students wanting to leave the school, accusing Earth House and Earthians of their problems. One of these messages was this phrase, similar to the popular SpongeBob SquarePants meme of the same name.
• SuleMio “dormant” ^ExplanationOn April 30, website Anime Trending decided to put up a poll for popular Spring Season anime pairings. They claimed certain pairings from previous seasons had gone “dormant” this season and excluded them, one of them being Suletta and Miorine. This is despite both the opening and ending themes for this cour really focusing on the two girls and the day the poll went up was when episode 16 aired—not to mention, the apparent Double Standard involved when many other pairings on the poll haven't gone past Ship Tease, and some shows (most notably Oshi no Ko) featuring dead characters on the poll. Many fans took issue with this, mocking them over being afraid of the pairing sweeping the polls again. The situation became worst when they added the Suletta and Guel pairing despite Suletta rejecting Guel's love confession while reaffirming her commitment towards Miorine in episode 17.
• Episode 17 set off a number of memes:
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena episode 11 ^{Explanation (Spoilers for WFM and RGU)}Quite a few fans noted the similarities between Episode 17 of Witch from Mercury and Episode 11 of Utena, both of which involve the main heroine losing an important duel and thus important things to them, but also being forced to be normal by this loss. The big difference here is that Utena’s loss was a cruel act to claim Anthy by Touga while Miorine manufactured Suletta’s loss to force her to get away from Prospera’s clutches. Others compared it to Episode 38, due to both featuring a betrayal on the part of the bride character.
  • Divorce proceedings ^ExplanationA few jokes have popped up over this due to how Miorine took everything from Suletta, even the Gundam, after her loss.
  • My Wife Took My Gundam/Sister In The Divorce ^ExplanationAerial was Guel's stake in the duel, meaning Miorine literally took Aerial/Eri when Suletta was no longer her spouse.
  • …but at what cost?! ^ExplanationThe episode saw Guel gain his first victory and the return of the Daribalde only to come with the price of Suletta’s tremendous loss
  • Miorine's going Lelouch. ^ExplanationSeveral fans have noted that Miorine's actions have become very akin to Lelouch vi Britannia, namely pretending to be cold-hearted and pushing away people she cares about so they stay safe, while she works on a plan that is meant for the greater good. In addition, Suletta's almost-blind obedience to her mother has drawn parallels to Suzaku. To top it off, the "Quiet Zero" plan supposedly being meant to cleanse the world of war made fans remember Lelouch's "Zero Requiem". All of these parallels were likely due to the fact that Ichirō Ōkouchi wrote both series.
  • Welcome to Yuri.^ExplanationThe Yuri Genre, despite what many assume, is known for having multiple entries that involve several dark, angsty and heartbreaking moments, usually involving the main couple going through a major conflict in their relationship. Many long-time Gundam fans have expressed not being able to handle such emotional heartbreak such as what happened at the end of the episode causing Veteran Yuri fans who are used to such emotional heartbreak in their yuri (and even welcome it) to return the favor of the above "Welcome to Gundam" meme at them.
  • Suletta’s villain arc. ^ExplanationFollowing the episode, many fans joked about Suletta going full Woman Scorned over Miorine’s betrayal and becoming an antagonist. Leading to fan art such as one piece◊ depicting Suletta dressed as Char in CCA while giving his speech from the film, or this piece◊ having her replicating the scene of Char killing Kycilia at the end of the original show with Miorine in place of the latter, and so on. In fact, several fans are actually hoping she either goes full "Shinn Asuka" or "Flit Asuno", in spite of their controversial status.
  • Suletta the Wedding Crasher. ^ExplanationBecause Miorine's plan involves her reinstating her engagement with Guel, many fans have speculated and/or joked that a wedding might happen and that Suletta will crash into the ceremony on a mobile suit in order to object to the union and profess her love to Miorine, with many comparisons being made to Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny's wedding crash scene.
• Prospera ruined Mother's Day^ExplanationThere would have been a new episode on Mother's Day 2023 if not for an off-week between episodes 17 and 18. As Prospera has established herself an extremely awful mother, people were disappointed at the missed opportunity, compared it to the aforementioned missed Christmas date, and joke as if Prospera herself had forced the show to take off that day. This was only furthered when the recap episode that week was narrated by—you guessed it—Prospera.
• Sister Secelia^ExplanationIn episode 18, as Martin confesses his role in ratting out Nika it is revealed that Secelia was sitting on the other side of the booth leading many to label her as some kind of nun.
  • "The Doctor is IN".^Explanationrelated to the above, comparing Secelia to Lucy Van Pelt's Psychiatric Help booth. Boosted by the fact she gave decent advice.
  • The Gaming Confessional.^Explanationゲーミング懺悔室. The pseudo-futuristic design of the booth is primarily black with bright blue decorative lighting, reminding viewers of many ostentatious PC gaming products and leading to this nickname.
• Suletta was ejected. Suletta was not the imposter.^ExplanationA reference to the scene of Suletta being ejected from Aerial's cockpit and left floating in space leading to a lot of Among Us jokes.
  • Suletta’s rescue ^ExplanationWith Suletta drifting out in space with just a beacon, fans began joking as to who’d save Suletta, ranging from Miorine to her Earth House friends to other continuity heroes like Banagher or Seabook.
• Elan And Norea Shenanigans ^{Explanation (spoilers)}The dynamic between Elan #5 and Norea while they're stuck in House Grassley has been deemed hilarious by many fans, in particular the scenes where Elan #5 is his usual self while an unamused Norea threatens, and occasionally tries, to stab him with her pencil over it. This slowly got spun into many depictions of the duo hanging out with barely concealed contempt on both sides, with Elan being a carefree Troll that Norea despises with all of her being, often with a touch of Belligerent Sexual Tension between the two as well. Nika is also thrown in these sometimes as an incredibly uneased bystander to the two's antics.
• IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME! NOT HIM!!!^ExplanationViewers bemoan that Martin became one lucky bastard for giving a pedicure to Secelia and getting an Indirect Kiss from Secelia's lollipop. The quote was word-for-word adapted from the infamous meme involving Pharoah Atem.
  • Guest director Quentin Tarantino. ^ExplanationThe aforementioned pedicure scene shows a distinct focus on Secelia’s feet, leading fans to joke that Tarantino was brought in to direct that scene due to his infamous foot fetish often shown in his movies.
• GUNDAM SAID FUCK! ^ExplanationViewers took notice that one of the protesting signs posted on a gate read “STOP [obscured]CKING [obscured] LIVES FOR YOUR WEALTH!” Leading to a few laughs that they got away with this.
• May all blessings find their way to you(, Shaddiq.) ^ExplanationUpon the notion of Guel finding out about Shaddiq being the mastermind behind the attack on Plant Quetta that led to the domino effect of ruining the lives of Guel, Suletta, and Miorine, gave birth to a viral meme based on the gif of a boy being trashed with Shaddiq being pranked and beat down by the three. With YOASOBI's song, "Blessing" playing in the background.
• Live Tanuki Reaction! ^ExplanationViewers and fan artists noting fondly that Suletta rummaging through the fridge and about to eat an entire package of ham reminded them once again of the furry woodland creature she is said to resemble.
• Happy International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression Day! ^ExplanationEpisode 20 has Norea go on a complete rampage on the school, murdering numerous students in the process. Many fans took notice of the irony of so many deaths on a day meant to recognize such brutal actions
• Sinking hetero ships on Pride Month^ExplanationEpisode 20 saw the Elan #5/Norea ship sail then get sank as Norea suffers a Sniping the Cockpit while Petra is facing Uncertain Doom after admitting to Suletta that she intends to get Lauda's attention only to be crushed by rubble and her fate unknown. This happening early in June, nominally Pride Month in America, only adds to the dark humor. Doubling the dark humor is that the episode was aired on Sunday in Japan, and in Japan, the first Sunday of June is labelled as Propose Day, which is what Elan #5 sorta did in the episode, and we all know how that turned out.
  • Felchu/Chulsi keep winning^ExplanationWith Elan/Norea and Petra/Lauda sunk violently, and Suletta/Miorine still not reunited, it came as a shock that Felsi/Chuchu, a fairly obscure ship, had a Back-to-Back Badasses scene causing them to skyrocket in popularity.
• Swoletta^ExplanationAt the end of Episode 20, members of Earth House found Suletta looking for survivors of the second attack on Asticassia, lifting wall slabs from the debris like they were thin sheets of cardboard. With the reveal a couple episodes back that she was actually a Repli-Child, fans took to interpreting this as Suletta having superhuman strength despite her relatively thin appearance, moreso giving her swolen arm muscles.
• GUNDs of the Patriots ^{Explanation (spoilers for Episode 21)}The way Quiet Zero is used in the episode by Prospera to immobilize the SAL fleet to leave them at Eri's mercy led some fans to compare it to the Guns of the Patriots system, only instead of Ocelet shooting finger guns it's Eri lighting candles.
  • "Blame this on the misfortune of your birth."^ExplanationThe Curb-Stomp Battle done to the SAL fleet followed by Miorine's Heroic BSoD had quite a few fans leaning towards Char's infamous betrayal of Garma.
• "Mioritennosuke/Minosuke/Mio-Jelly Jiggler” ^Explanation As Lauda gains the knowledge on how his father died, the audience, especially the Japanese audience, were confused with Lauda’s Misplaced Retribution logic in placing the blame on Miorine; to which reminds the audience of an infamous scene from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo of OVER naming his vengeance onto Tennosuke (dub name: Jelly Jiggler) while no one on the main cast, not even Tennosuke himself has a clue why he was targeted.
• God forbid a woman does anything ^ExplanationFans jokingly excusing Prospera's increasingly heinous actions as the second cour goes on as just her doing hobbies, bonding with her daughter, etc. Usually followed up by a picture of Prospera shrugging.
• Prospera when she pisses off the Mecha character. ^ExplanationRelated to the found family memes, many fans absolutely love coming up with scenarios where Prospera's plans get derailed thanks to Super Robot Wars and the various other mecha heroes involved. The most popular example are variations of them No-Selling Quiet Zero because of their different technological systems.
• Lewd handholding! ^ExplanationEpisode 22 has Suletta finally reunited with Miorine with the latter taking the former’s hand. The scene lingers on Miorine slowly taking Suletta’s hand and is beautifully animated, leading many to tease that it was so lewd.
• Canceling my pre-order on Gundam Schwarzette ^ExplanationAfter Episode 22 confirms that Lauda is the pilot for Schwarzette (compared to the leading theories that Guel, Miorine, or Suletta would be the pilot), some fans declared that they're not going to buy the Gunpla anymore with some canceling their pre-orders. Some fans jokingly predict that the sales are going to tank.
  • Why him??!^ExplanationIn episode 23, we finally see the Schwarzette in action... and it is practically made of awesome, featuring a unique array of bit staves that can be configured in unique ways, a special colour scheme on its shell units, and other awesome-looking elements. Fans quickly lamented that one of the coolest looking Gundams in the series belongs to him, some even joking that giving it to Lauda was an intentional attempt at nerfing its popularity by the writers.
• Ahoge recharged or Suletta powered Ahoge ^ExplanationAt the beginning of Episode 22, Miorine is at the point of Despair Event Horizon, but after her heart-to-heart with Suletta she appears to be reinvigorated including her hair antenna.
• Gundams are programmed in C ^ExplanationWhile Suletta is undergoing testing with the Calibarn, fans noticed some familiar lines of code being run in the background of the screen. Cue several jokes about how the Gundam curse is actually the result of someone forgetting a semicolon or having a typo on an important variable.
• Welcome to the Fantasy Zone, Suletta. Get ready! ^Explanation The Gundam Calibarn is armed with a BFG that doubles as a massive rocket booster, like the laser cannon used in that game.
• Murder Haros ^ExplanationIn Episode 23, the group that goes inside Quiet Zero gets attacked by Haro-controlled mobile weapons platforms. Some commenters said they hoped to see them made into model kits.
• Felsi saves everyone ^ExplanationIn episode 23, Felsi is able to step in and save Guel before his Dilanza is destroyed while calling out him and his brother for their idiotic actions. Some have placed her in the same tier of Memetic Badass levels as Chuchu because of this, suggesting she’d be able to stop other tragic events in other Gundam series.
  • Miguel O'Hara hates Felsi ^ExplanationThe above results in Felsi pissing off Miguel due to disrupting Canon Events.
• Gay Space Magic ^{Explanation (SPOILERS)}The final episode has Suletta use Calibarn to reach a Permet Score higher than 8 that not only takes out a second space laser shot, but shuts it down and disintegrates all Gundams. This higher level was represented by the Gundam glowing a rainbow of colors. Because of the colors, people have joked about how it’s the power of Pride and other jokes, ironic seeing as Pride Month ended the day before the episode dropped.
• Yuri Couple vs Yaoi Couple^ExplanationSome people find it ironic that the franchise's first major same-sex romance is between two women, as it has a long history of homoerotic relationships between men, especially rivalries. Thus posts often contrast Suletta and Miorine with various scene of male Gundam characters (most commonly Char and Amuro's brawl in Char's Counterattack), holding each is a typical for a yuri/yaoi couple.
• Wow, that was a great new episode!^ExplanationEvery week on Suletta Sunday, fans love posting fake spoilers about theoretical new episodes. They can range from reasonable and realistic, to outright absurd and chaotic.
• It is up for interpretation^ExplanationThe July release issue of Gundam Ace magazine had interviews with some of the cast post-series. When asked of their favorite scenes, Kana Ichinose mentioned the ending with Suletta and Miorine married. While the physical copy had this, the digital version erased this, which upset people. Furthermore the official Japanese G-Witch Twitter account posted up a statement, apologizing for the comment in the physical copy and that their relationship was "up for interpretation". A lot of fans (and some LGBT organizations) were upset by this, leading to quite a few mocking memes over this.
  • Interpret THIS. ^ExplanationA special art book released by the anime production staff (which sold out almost immediately) was chock-full of art that left absolutely no ambiguity on what they thought about where Suletta and Miorine's relationship stood, with nearly every instance where Miorine and Suletta were together featured them wearing wedding rings, and a two-page spread showing a wedding reception for the two girls. Ultimately, an interview in the final Blu-Ray release with the director reconfirmed the marriage, with a scene even re-edited to make sure Miorine had her ring.
• Suletta's fingernails^ExplanationIn the epilogue people noticed that Suletta's fingernails on her right index and middle finger were cut shorter than the rest of her nails. The implication being that she and Miorine have some rather "active nighttime activities".

General/Miscellaneous

• One more... when the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries caught two of its employees editing That Other Wiki's Gundam page on company time, they issued the statement that Gundam does not fall under the purview of the Japanese Agriculture Ministry.
• And now the Ministry of Finance joins in.
• Do you accept Gundam Jesus as your personal saviour?
• Soul Bro's Men: Soul Bro Ryu of The Gundamn! podcast has a tendency to declare the biggest milquetoast of a show (Sai Argyle, Rivalz, Saji Crossroad) to be "his man." There was even an episode dedicated to it.
  • In a recent episode, Soul Bro was asked if there were any Soul Bro's Women. He replied that the qualifications were different for women — he only likes men wimpy. He likes his women to be badass Action Girls, his favourite being Emma Sheen.
  • For Gundam AGE, Chris and Neo declared Dique to be Soul Bro's Man, over Soul Bro's objections.
  • Other Gundamn! memes include "Gundam 00 Season 2 sucked!" (not what they really believe, but mocking the trolls who claimed this), "Gundam Unicorn does not exist" (refusing to report on it while it was still an unconfirmed rumor, which trolls exaggerated into them claiming this), and "Kill all the Vagans!" (Chris agreeing with Flit's attitude towards the Vagan).
  • "Crushing hopes and dreams!" — since some of the fanbase tends to get... unrealistic expectations, they often feel it necessary to inject them with a sometimes-lethal dose of reality.
• "Zaku test" is derogatory slang for a pentester tutorial program that takes a very basic understanding to crack.
• "IT'S A GUNDAM!"^ExplanationA line frequently said by Mooks upon witnessing a Gundam enter the battlefield. Whoever says the line is usually dead within five seconds.
  • A GUNDAM???
  • THE ENEMY IS A GUNDAM!
    • *BOOM*
  • Amusingly toyed with in one scene of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ said Gundam pops up on the screen of a Neo-Zeon battleship and while one mook is clearly freaking out.. but he doesn't say the infamous line or a variant of it... yet in the end said battleship still ends up getting blown up.
    • Subverted quite amusingly in Gundam 00, with everyone from mooks to major characters uttering the infamous phrase or variants of it, and usually surviving.
  • Took on a whole new meaning at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where a number of events took place in Odaiba, near and even around the 1/1 Unicorn Gundam statue. In one shot of the Gundam looming over the Speed Climbing event as if judging the athletes itself, a reporter for The BBC misidentified it as a Transformer, to the amused indignation of the fandom.
• Never fall in love with a Gundam pilot, it will only end in disappointment (or an early funeral). ^ExplanationThe Gundam series' penchant at endings where the main cast are killed is infamous.
• The "Cardboard Box Gundam", which came from an extremely cheap (and bold) cosplay. Not that memetic here, but Big in Japan.
  • Mutated further when 00 came out, in which after Setsuna's catch phrase, many a fan art appeared of him wearing a cardboard box over his regular attire, with the word "Gundam" scrawled on the front of the box.
• A Chinese theme park's knockoff of the RX-78-2 is quickly gaining meme status after its "renovations." Lots of fan art◊ started popping up not 24 hours after the remodeled version was revealed, and even mock CGI. Chinese Gundam fans, who were the ones spreading the renovation first, originally referred to it as the "Gunzafu" but finally settled on Tianxian (Sky Fragrant) Gundam Unit 2 (presumably the one without alterations is Unit 1).
  • RISE... CHINING GUNDAM! *snaps fingers*
  • Adding a hilarious coincidence, the color scheme of the RX-78［N］ Gundam Local Type from the Mobile Suit Discovery spin-off series also bears some resemblance to the knockoff.
• When vaginas FLY! ^ExplanationWackymodder 84, a fan of Gundam who rants on the unoriginality of some Gundam SEED and SEED Destiny Mobile Suit designs, went into a 6-hour debate against the Church of Jesus Yamato and made a video to counter their arguments. When a cultist claims the Strike Freedom Gundam can destroy the Turn A Gundam, he says this phrase.
• "OPPA GUNDAM STYLE!"^ExplanationK-pop sensation PSY's "Gangnam Style" really caught on with Gundam fans since "Gangnam" and "Gundam" sound almost identical when said out loud. Wearing a cardboard Gundam head is required for the dance.
  • And yes, even those model kits are not safe from it... IN STOP MOTION FORM TOO!!!
  • Add a pun and it becomes Oppai Gundam Style!
• UNDERSTANDING! ^ExplanationAlthough Gundam shows always had some sort of anti-war message of varying tone, the shows from SEED to AGE were particularly heavy-handed with it.
  • Kio in Gundam AGE is used to mock this, preaching for understanding and getting himself into trouble over it in no small part to such pleas hitting berserk buttons of those he's facing.
• My other Car is a Gundam.
• AngryMike/Wavehawk, please make ______ ^ExplanationFrom the Gundam Australia forum. Several times in succession a member called AngryMike (or Wavehawk on the animesuki forum) decided to make a custom model, only for Bandai to announce an official model kit of the mobile suit in question while or soon after he made it, much to his frustration. Naturally, members started requesting him to make models of suits they wanted to see Bandai make kits of.
• The Age of Onee-san ^ExplanationIn one of the interviews for Gundam: Reconguista in G, Yoshiyuki Tomino said that he didn't like the recent trend of Cute Little Sisters in anime and wanted to make Cool Big Sis characters popular again. Reconguista's Aida Reyhunton is Tomino's contribution, while in Gundam Build Fighters Try, Sekai's Cool Big Sis Mirai has garnered a lot of attention from people on both sides of the fourth wall.
• God Graham FINGAAAH!! ^ExplanationThe G Generation games let you mix-and-match mobile suits with pilots, and sometimes new voicework is done for specific combinations of suit/pilot. This is merely the most memetic of the combinations. Video here.
• Robot King! ^ExplanationA video of a fan singing a song about a bootleg Gundam ZZ toy he received to the tune of the original series opening. It has actually lead to a few fans seeking out this particular bootleg as a collector's item.
• When it comes to 99% of the foreign fans, the name "Premium Bandai" (P-Bandai for short) also became notoriously memetic (?) due to being (ahem) infamous for releasing several of the Gunpla kits as exclusives ^note their favorite Mobile Suits (either some popular or most underrated ones) is mortalized but released as a Bandai Hobby Online Shop exclusive kit, rather than having a standard release (unless they can save the extra money for both the middleman and shipping fees). Then came the reveal of the HGUC Gouf Flight Type & Woundwort's ^note Though the Woundwort is unable to be released for the regular markets due to licensing issuesrelease infos. The word also became a derogatory term/slang for the foreign modelers.^note At least for those who is unable to buy the kits online.
  • Even several of the fans already jumped to conclusions to a newly announced kit being released as an exclusive, although half of them are pretty much correct.
  • Curse you/Goddammit/Fucking Premium Bandai! ^ExplanationA quote commonly used by the fans who has expressed distaste to the items.
  • Over time, The fans are starting to assume that most of the (if not, every) Mobile Suits, whether it's from a fully-fledged TV Series, will be pushed to being an exclusive à la Gundam Build Fighters: GM's Counterattack.
  • The Ultimate P-Bandai Real Grade/Yokohama Gunpla ^ExplanationThe animatronic Yokohama Gundam Base statue of the RX-78 is often jokingly considered a very special and exclusive Gunpla in itself, as it is made of fibreglass plastics wrapped around a moveable steel inner frame, and even has a functioning Action Base attached to it. And yes, if you visit the statue, Bandai runs a Gunpla store in its facilities that sells exclusive kits of it.
• Some/Most foreign Gunpla builders tend to treat their missing Gunpla parts as being sucked by an unseen black hole.
• A Short-lived "trend" consists of the Twitter post showing Japanese modeler's GM being assembled with the runners on (original source for the pictures is likely to be deleted), which ignites some foreign builders to do the same, which includes building Premium Bandai kits in the similar way for "laughs".
• After the reveal of the faceless protagonist in the New Gundam Breaker game (along with five female characters), fans began to joke (or show concern) that the game is secretly for 18 years and up. ^note This is due to the fact that male characters with eye-covering bangs are usually featured in many Hentai OVAs.
• G-Saviour 2: Electric Boogaloo. ^explainationSince Hollywood is confirmed to be producing a live-action Gundam movie being made in the future, many fans would believe that the movie would become a "(spiritual) sequel" to G-Saviour.
• No.. you dont underknow .. Stop.. thats not a robot you are wrong... please... please stop talking about gundams you are too wrong for them... You cannot say this fake thing ^explanationA Tumblr post from a user humorously expressing their opinion that it doesn't matter that Gundams are "not technically robots" became an exploitable format for pretty much any disagreement.
• Entry Grade models come pre-assembled in the bag. ^ExplanationThe Entry Grade line of Gundam kits are inexpensive, can be built without tools, and often come packaged in a plastic bag instead of the traditional box. Consequently, a popular challenge among modellers is to build the model inside the bag without ever opening it.
• When the Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Twitter page revealed the new Project Aurora logo, Gundam fans were quick to notice its similarity to Amuro’s emblem from w''.
• "Exia, fall back! You can't front against a 500/400 team!" "ORETACHI WA... GUNDAM DA!" "Go get 'em, champ."◊ ^ExplanationA meme originating from this◊ League of Legends comic back in 2013, stereotyping Gundam Exia mains as resorting to Leeroy Jenkins tactics no matter the circumstance. Later mutated to include the Shining Gundam (FRY THE SKYYYY) in Maxi Boost ON, and the Barbatos (RAISE YOUR FLAAAAAG) in Gundam Evolution.
• A Gundam stabbing its own eyes with two beam sabers is a common reactions by Gundam fans whether they saw something that cannot be unseen.

• "Do not let the Gundam Escape!"^ExplanationA photograph of King Charles III in a navy blue uniform with a long, sweeping red cape reminded many of a Gundam villain, leading to the tweet.

Crossovers - Love Live

• Some fans compare Nozomi and Eli (also Kanan and Mari; Karin and Ai) with other Gundam pairings (such as Char and Garma, McGillis and Gaelio, Full Frontal and Angelo, etc.) due to their similar hair colors.
• The reveal of The Sunshine!! Movie: Over the Rainbow. Cue Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn jokes.^Explanation"Over the Rainbow" is also the last episode of the OVA series.
  • Speaking of the movie, knowing that Mari's mother is voiced by none other than Akiko Yajima who was the iconic voice behind Relena Darlian/Peacecraft from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, it's not uncommon to find fans joking about Mari being Relena and Heero's daughter.
• Setsuna Yuki has several Gundam-related memes:
  • Some Gundam fans depict her wearing the blue Celestial Being uniform/pilot suit from Mobile Suit Gundam 00, because she shares first names with the series protagonist (Setsuna F. Seiei).
    • Alternately, she also wears the red Celestial Being uniform and pilot suit in line with her image color.
  • Became an Ascended Meme when Setsuna talked about visiting the Gundam Base store in Odaiba and gushing about the 1/1 Unicorn Gundam in one of the Drama CD's.
  • Ascended even further as one of the official comics has her holding what looks like the novelization of Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer.
• The reveal that Riko's VA now voices the young Chall Acustica in SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays. Thanks to this, the Riko-chan Beam isn't an exclusive Shout-Out to Ultraman anymore.^ExplanationBeam Weaponry is also a staple in the Gundam franchise.
• Rina has some comparisons to Haman Karn, such as both of them having pink hair and a near-identical hairstyle.
  • Also, in Episode 13, Rina is seen using an Aran avatar in a video game, which is equipped with Attack Drones that functions like the funnel weapons equipped on Haman's Qubeley mobile suit, further emphasizing the similarities among them.
• Kanon's dad has short, brown hair and wore clothes similar to Hathaway Noa's coat-less formal attire in Gundam Hathaway movie. This, along with both Superstar!! and Hathaway premiering in 2021, fans joked about Kanon being Hathaway's daughter, Mafty's successor, or both.

Crossovers - Other series

• Madoka Titus ^ExplanationSomeone posted a picture of the Age-1 Titus parts on a Kaname Madoka figure, which created a surge in fanart featuring the combination.
  • Homura Spallow
  • Kyoko Aegis
  • Mami Juaggu
  • Sayaka Exia
• Goomy looks like Haro.^ExplanationDue to striking resemblance, there are several memes comparing this gooey Dragon-type Pokémon in Pokémon X and Y to the cute mechanical mascot of Sunrise.
• Because Takamachi Nanoha's magical girl outfit resembles the colors of the RX-78-2, the meme calling her "a Gundam" came about. Cue A's, where Vita calls her a (White) Devil, and StrikerS, where she gains Blaster Bits like the Nu Gundam, the meme finally going full circle.
• Eve Wakamiya as Mr. Bushido ^ExplanationBecause both Eve and Graham Aker are very much Occidental Otaku and Eve's catchphrase is "Bushido!", though Eve is biracial and learning more about her own heritage.
• Reconguista in P^ExplanationWhen Gundam: Reconguista in G was announced and its cast listed, it was revealed that Yu Shimamura was the voice of Aida Surugan. This was at the same time Yu was voicing Haruka Haruno/Cure Flora in Go! Princess Pretty Cure. This lead to a flurry of fan art involving the cast of Go! Princess Pretty Cure and its immediate predecessor mimicking certain artwork from the series
• Haman Karn is Minky Momo^ExplanatonFans in Japan noticed the similarity in hairstyle between them right away, becoming a meme in the fandom. It became an Ascended Meme when the two meet and comment about their similarities in Super Robot Wars X-Ω.
• To Lumity shippers who heard about The Witch from Mercury, Suletta and Miorine are considered "The second coming of Lumity" due to them having similarities to Luz and Amity.
  • RWBY fans have a similar meme, considering the duo to be "the Gundam version of White Rose," since Suletta has a lot in common with Ruby and Miorine is practically an Expy of Weiss.

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