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The Character Sheet for the Gundam series that started in all, Mobile Suit Gundam.

Earth Federation[]

Amuro Ray

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 "I can pilot the Gundam better than anyone!"

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The son of the Gundam's designer, Tem Ray, Amuro is an alienated, antisocial young man who identifies better with machines than he does with people. Climbing into the Gundam's cockpit to save it from being stolen or destroyed, he finds himself serving as the White Base's main line of defence, against his own will. Initially caring only about his own survival, Amuro eventually comes to realise that other people matter too.



Sayla Mass/Artesia Som Deikun

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 "Big brother? Casval?"

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A medical student from Side 7, Sayla becomes one of the White Base's Bridge Bunnies, before graduating to pilot status. She is frequently partnered with Amuro during the latter stages of the war, and the two of them share a good working relationship. She also has some sort of connection to Zeon ace Char Aznable, which is explored over the course of the show. Cool, controlled, and nearly unflappable, Sayla frequently acts as the voice of reason among the ship's crew.


Bright Noa

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 "You can't be a real man without taking a few lumps!"

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A 19-year old petty officer, Bright is forced to take command of the White Base when all his fellow officers end up dead. The strain of doing so, coupled with his naturally aloof personality, leaves Bright in a state of constant stress and irritation, even as he slowly matures into a fine commanding officer. He has a very rocky relationship with Amuro and the rest of the White Base's pilots.


Frau Bow

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 "Amuro! You forgot to eat breakfast again..."

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One of Amuro's friends from Side 7, Frau Bow does her best to keep him grounded in reality. Having come aboard the White Base she takes Sayla's place among the Bridge Bunnies. She has a fairly significant crush on Amuro, who simply takes her friendship for granted.



Kai Shiden

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 "Dead people don't get pensions."

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A civillian from Side 7, Kai is an abrasive young man with a mean streak, and little respect for authority. Recruited into serving as the pilot of the Guncannon mobile suit, Kai constantly gripes and complains about the increasingly dangerous situations that the White Base is thrust into. Despite this, he proves himself to be a capable soldier, and eventually (after a rocky start) becomes good friends with Amuro.



Hayato Kobayashi

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 "It's just like my judo sensei taught me..."

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One of Amuro and Frau Bow's neighbours from Side 7, Hayato serves in a number of positions on the White Base acting as the pilot of the Guntank, and as a spare gunner when the situation demands. Possessing an unfortunate tendency towards insecurity, he deeply resents Amuro for doing things better than him.



Mirai Yashima

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 "Maybe you should go a little easier on him, Bright."

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Another civillian, Mirai is the daughter of a powerful Federation politician. Quiet and understanding, she serves as the White Base's pilot, and as Bright Noa's unofficial second-in-command.


  • Arranged Marriage: With Cameron Bloom. She's less than interested.
  • Bridge Bunnies
  • Broken Bird: She cracks specially badly when Ryu dies and Bright suffers an Heroic BSOD, and the whole deal with Cameron isn't kind on her either.
  • Cathy Weseluck: English VA in the series.
  • Heroic BSOD: Suffers a brief but ugly one when she has to take over the White Base while Bright is otherwise incapacitated.
  • Improbable Piloting Skills: She's the first of Gundam's many assault carrier pilots, and as such, is the first to demonstrate these, perfectly flying a brand new military vessel, despite her very limited pre-war flight time. And that's not taking into account some of the crazy manouveres she pulls of with it.
  • Military Brat
  • Mukokuseki: Mirai is fully Japanese and has quite Asian looks, especially when compared to Hayato and the half-Japanese Amuro.
  • Number Two: Is unofficially this to Bright, due in part to her age, and in part to the fact that she's the pilot of the damn ship.
  • The Ojou: Her Disappeared Dad is a recently deceased high-ranked Federation officer, and her family had many connections within the colonies. She doesn't like it when people bring it up, though, and personality-wise she's more of a Yamato Nadeshiko.
  • Only Sane Man: Often plays this role, mediating between hotshot pilots like Amuro and Control Freak Bright.
  • Psychic Powers: A fairly weak Newtype.
  • Team Mom: Is nicknamed "the mother of the White Base".
  • Yamato Nadeshiko: Especially in Zeta Gundam and Chars Counterattack.


Ryu Jose

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 "Die, you Zeon scum!"

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Tem Ray

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 "Get the Gundam on the lift before the evacuees!"

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General Johann Abraham Revil

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 "Zeon is exhausted!"

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Commander-in-Chief of the Earth Federation Forces, and an all around awesome guy, General Revil kept the Federation together when it looked like a Zeon victory was gauranteed. He takes a personal interest in the progress of the White Base crew, and is the mastermind of the Federation victories at Odessa and Solomon.



Lieutenant Matilda Ajan


Lieutenant Woody Malden


Sleggar Law

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Principality of Zeon[]

Char Aznable / (Casval Rem Deikun)

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 "I'll show you that mobile suit has its limits, my friend."

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One of Zeon's most infamous aces, the enigmatic Char Aznable is responsible for the attempt at stealing the Gundam in the first place. Pursuing the White Base wherever they go, Char makes it clear that he has his own agenda, even as his rivalry with Amuro Ray develops from a professional one into something both deeply personal and very ugly.


  • Ace Custom: Repeatedly slaps red paint jobs and larger engines onto grunt suits. The later Gelgoog was built precisely to his specifications.
  • Ace Pilot
  • Aristocrats Are Evil
  • Attack Drones: The Zeong's hands are detachable, and can be flown independently of the rest of the suit. The head can also detach.
  • Badass
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He pretends to be a loyal friend and adviser to Garma, only to call curtains on him later.
  • Breakout Character/Breakout Villain: He's essentially become the face of the franchise.
  • Broken Ace: Cool, collected, an Ace Pilot, a brilliant Chessmaster and Manipulative Bastard...and by Jove, is he ever screwed up.
  • Char Clone: He IS Char.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Char betrays everyone he's ever worked for. This trend continues into later installments in the franchise.
  • Cool Helmet
  • Cool Mask: AND HOLY GODDAMNED HOW!
  • Chessmaster: Played with. Char's a competent planner, and is able to stay a step ahead of most people, but he's more of a short-term opportunist than a long-term schemer.
  • Cognizant Limbs: The Zeong's head and hands can all be operated separately from the torso, as noted under Attack Drone. The suit has to be destroyed piecemeal to actually take it down.
  • Custom Uniform: One of the most famous ones out there.
  • Cyber Cyclops: All of his suits, from Zaku II to Zeong.
  • The Dragon: Following Kycillia's hiring him away from Dozle, and the death of her previous Dragon, M'Quve, Char assumes this role to Zeon's princess.
  • The Dreaded: The mere appearance of his Zaku panicked Paolo Cassius, the original commander of the White Base who had kept his cool until then in spite of being mortally wounded. Him summarily trashing the Gundam in spite of the superior performance of the titular robot (and failing to destroy it only because it's Nigh Invulnerable) would cause a collective Oh Crap every time he appeared.
    • It extended to the rest of the franchise: in the Gundam IGLOO version of the Battle of A Baoa Qu, a group of Federation pilot backs down when confronted with a red mobile armor, fearing it's Char.
  • Duel to the Death: Against Amuro.
  • Enigmatic Minion: To the Zabis.
  • Finger Firearms: The Zeong's lasers are built into its fingertips.
  • Giant Hands of Doom: The Zeong's hands.
  • The Heavy: Drives the action of most of the episodes in the series, even as Gihren drives the overall plot. They seem to share the role.
  • Improbable Age: He's twenty years old, and already one of Zeon's best aces and the captain of his own squadron of ships.
  • It's Personal: With Amuro.
  • Jerkass: Even in his most sympathetic moments, Char still comes off as kind of an asshole.
  • Lack of Empathy: Char is good at many things. Seeing other people as more than expendable tools is not one of them.
  • Law of Chromatic Superiority: The trope originator, AKA 'Char Custom Rule' or 'Red = Three Times Faster'
  • Manipulative Bastard
  • Michael Kopsa: English VA in the series.
  • Mid-Season Upgrade: Repeatedly. Zaku --> Ze'Gok --> Gelgoog --> Zeong.
  • Psychic Powers: His Newtype abilities start to awaken from his proximity to Lalah. He's nowhere near as powerful as she or Amuro though.
  • Red Baron: Red Comet
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Amuro and him.
  • Revenge by Proxy --> Sins of Our Fathers: Kills Degwin's family to pay him back for killing Char's father, continuing even after the bastard dies.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge
  • Shuichi Ikeda: The role that made him famous.
  • Sibling Yin-Yang: Him and Sayla
  • Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Oddly, Char starts at this and ends at the end too.
  • Steve Blum: English VA in the movies
  • Super Prototype: The MSN-02 Zeong a prototype MS built specifically for Newtype pilots. In terms of performance it outcasses the Gundam in almost all respects.
    • Flawed Prototype: The Zeong is only 80% complete, and is missing its legs. This isn't nearly as crippling as it sounds, since the suit's rockets enable it to be fully functional in space without the legs (although going to Earth would presumably cause some problems).
  • Sword Fight: With Amuro in the finale.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: Kycilia Zabi figured out his secret, trusted him, and kept it anyway. He paid her back with a rocket to the head.
  • Worthy Opponent
  • You Killed My Father: His hatred for the Zabis comes from this.
    • Interestingly, we never do get any confirmation that it was really the Zabi family that did it. It's entirely possible that the official story about him dying of a heart condition was the truth and his adoptive father, Jimba Ral, just told Char his father had been poisoned so he could be molded into a Tyke Bomb against the Zabis.


Lalah Sune

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A Newtype from one of Zeon's labs, Lalah Sune's potential was recognised by both Char Aznable and Kycilia Zabi. She is eventually recruited to serve as the pilot for the MAN-08 Elmeth, a Newtype-specific mobile armour. During this time, she also meets and forms a connection with Amuro.



Degwin Zabi

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 "Have you ever heard of a man named Adolf Hitler?"

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An associate of Zeon Zum Deikun, Degwin Zabi became Sovereign of Zeon after the latter's death and turned the colonies into his family's personal dictatorship. Now old and tired, Degwin leaves the day to day running of the war effort to his oldest son, Gihren.



Gihren Zabi

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 "I'll show you how a man who follows in Hitler's footsteps can fight!"

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Degwin Zabi's eldest son, Gihren is a domineering, ambitious social climber, who runs Zeon's war effort from his position as Commander-in-Chief. Ruthless, controlling, and totally void of empathy, Gihren is nevertheless a skilled organiser and gifted public speaker, whose charismatic personality may be all that is keeping Zeon together. Having isolated his father from the public, he is the real ruler of Zeon in all but name.


  • Ambition Is Evil: The single most ambitious character in the show actually.
  • Aristocrats Are Evil: Crossed with Nazi Nobleman in Gihren's case.
  • Armchair Military: Though oddly enough he's not portrayed as particularly ineffective.
  • Banjo Ginga
  • Big Bad: He's the de facto Big Bad for most the series, and takes the position in name after Degwin's death.
    • Bigger Bad: In The 08th MS Team, War in the Pocket, and any other series set during the One Year War, Gihren is this by default.
  • Cain and Abel: Him and his sister Kycilia. More like Cain & Cain really.
    • Sibling Yin-Yang: He and Kycilia are the cold, calculating Blue Onis to Garma and Dozle's Reds.
  • The Caligula: The Zabis are a Big Screwed-Up Family, and evil does seem to be in the genetics, but Gihren's the only one who's totally certifiable.
  • Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive: Does it throughout the Battle of A Baoa Qu.
  • Deadly Gas: Deploys it in the opening days of the invasion of Earth.
  • Despotism Justifies the Means: Gihren is a totally Machiavellian personality, concerned only with establishing his own power.
  • The Dragon: Starts out as Degwin's.
    • Dragon-in-Chief: By the time of the One Year War, Gihren has reduced his father to a powerless figurehead and made himself the real dictator of Zeon.
    • The Starscream: He doesn't bother hiding his contempt for his father and his policies, and more or less treats Degwin as a relic, accumulating increasing amounts of power for himself. Degwin knows what's happening, but at this point, is powerless to stop it.
  • Evil Chancellor: His relationship with his father has definite aspects of this.
  • The Evil Prince: He's already cut his father out of the picture and taken most of Zeon's political and military power for himself as of the start of the series. He further isolated Degwin following Garma's death, and finally kills the old man, usurping Big Bad status for himself.
  • The Evils of Free Will: Gives a little speech to his father about how Democracy Is Bad and that people should have their own will replaced with that of the Zabi family (read as: Gihren).
  • Greed: One of the video games in the franchise is entitled Gihren's Greed. That should say it all.
  • The Heavy: For much of the series. He and Char seem to split the role, with Char shaping the individual episodes, and Gihren the overall plot.
  • Hypocrite: Gihren, like the rest of Zeon's leadership, talks a good game about how humanity has polluted the Earth and must be moved into space. He also gasses millions of people and tries to Colony Drop the planet in the backstory, before invading the planet with military force. Justified as Gihren honestly doesn't care about Zeon's political stance--he just wants to be the most powerful man in the world.
  • Improbably High IQ: 240. Of course this may simply be Zeon propaganda.
  • Insane Admiral: Zeon's CINC and an utter psychopath. He's not really what you'd call incompetent, but is otherwise barely human, which causes him to make a number of tactical errors later on.
  • Insult Backfire: His father compares him to Adolf Hitler. Gihren takes it as a complement.
  • Killed Off for Real: By Kycilia.
  • Klingon Promotion: Kills Degwin to further his agenda.
  • Lack of Empathy: Char may be empathy-deficient, but Gihren has absolutely none for anybody. If you're in his way, or no longer useful, you die. This actually causes him problems when it comes to predicting his sister, Kycilia's actions: he assumes that she's every bit as ruthless as himself.
  • Large and In Charge: He's nowhere near the size of his brother Dozle (than again, who is?) but Gihren is still a very tall guy with a broadshouldered build and an imposing demeanour.
  • The Leader: Of Zeon. He's a Type IV personality with a Type I style of leadership.
  • Manipulative Bastard
  • Master Race: Views the people of Zeon this way.
  • A Nazi by Any Other Name: Gihren's a hardcore, militaristic Social Darwinist with genocidal intentions, a load of charisma, and no concept of morality. It would be more accurate to say he's Adolf Hitler by another name.
  • Nazi Nobleman: He's The Evil Prince and an enthusiastic Social Darwinist who sees Adolf Hitler as someone to look up to.
  • NEET: According to the (admittedly tongue-in-cheek) prequel manga Garma Of The Space Island, he was one before he became involved in Zeon Deikun's independence movement.
  • Nepotism: He got his job as Zeon's supreme commander because his father is the ruling Sovereign. He's kept it by being an efficent, imaginitive, charismatic, and utterly ruthless psycho.
  • Non-Action Guy
  • Overlord, Jr.: Of the worst possible type.
  • Patricide
  • Putting on the Reich: All of Zeon does this, but it's most noticeable on Gihren.
  • Rousing Speech: At Garma's funeral. He's pretty good at it.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: He may lack his brother and sister's fighting ability, and he's an unpleasant guy on top of it, but no one can claim Gihren isn't pulling his weight. Between serving as commander-in-chief, organising the war effort and keeping up troop morale he makes a definite contribution.
  • Self-Made Orphan
  • Smug Snake: A high-functioning one, but one nonetheless. He's arrogant, overconfident, manipulative, has no regard for anyone else's wants (or lives), and condescends to everyone around him.
  • Social Darwinist: Convinced that the weak need to move aside to make power for the strong. Hence his treatment of Degwin.
  • The Sociopath: The original Gundam example. Azrael, Djibril, and all the other psychos in the franchise owe him a tremendous debt. Gihren is emotionally cold, displays a shallow affect, does not understand basic human interaction (though he can manipulate the masses easily enough), is totally amoral and without a concience, and is seemingly without shame or fear. Apparently raising your kids on an ideology of Social Darwinism can be hazardous to their mental health.
  • The Strategist: To Zeon as a whole.
  • Take Over the World: Wants Zeon to rule the world and himself to rule Zeon.
  • There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Uses the Solar Ray to assassinate one person. Jeez Gihren, ever heard of subtlety? He was also the one behind the gas attacks on Earth, and seeks to deploy nukes on several occasions.
  • Visionary Villain: Gihren has a vision for the future of humanity. It involves the culling of the weak, the destruction of democracy, and the Zabi family dictatorship lording over the Earth sphere for all of eternity.
  • Warrior Prince: Gihren's no fighter, but given how vital a role he plays in the Zeon war effort it would be difficult not to class him as this.
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction: Gassed vast portions of the Earth, doesn't see the problem with utilising nuclear weapons, builds the Solar Ray...he's got a definite thing for these.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair


Admiral Dozle Zabi

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 "Once we mass-produce the Big Zam, the Feddies will be dead before they know what hit them!"

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Degwin's second son, Dozle Zabi is everything his older brother Gihren is not. An aggressive fleet admiral, Dozle commands Solomon Base and leads his troops from the front. A dedicated family man, he cares a great deal for his father, his brother Garma, and his wife and daughter.



Kycilia Zabi

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 "We will lead the Principality of Zeon to a decisive victory and gaurantee ourselves complete control of the masses after the war is over."

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Degwin Zabi's only daughter, Kycilia is a bright but cold young woman who serves as one of Zeon's best admirals. Capable of inspiring great loyalty in her subordinates, Kycilia is nevertheless without scruples when it comes to the conduct of the war. She is in charge of Newtype research, and has an intense rivalry with her brother, Gihren.


  • Aristocrats Are Evil: One of the rare Evil Princesses in fiction.
  • Badass Princess
  • The Baroness: She's got the icy demeanour, the militaristic attitude, and dominating personality all associated with the trope.
  • Big Bad: Briefly graduates to this status when she kills Gihren halfway through the penultimate episode.
  • Boom! Headshot!: How Char kills her off.
  • Cain and Abel: With her older brother, Gihren. It might be fairer to say that they're both Cain, with Kycilia being the slightly more sympathetic of the two.
    • Sibling Yin-Yang: She and Gihren may hate each other, but they've got a lot in common personality wise. The family basically splits in two, with Kycilia and Gihren being icy and calculating, and Garma and Dozle being hot blooded and passionate.
  • The Captain
  • The Chessmaster
  • Cool Helmet: Wears one that's almost identical to Char's actually.
  • Cool Mask: Often wears a mask over the lower parts of her face when she enters battle.
  • Daddy's Little Villain: She's far from childish or spoiled, but Kycilia still fits the trope, sharing her father's philosophy and remaining loyal to him even after his death.
  • Dark Action Girl: Kycilia isn't afraid to take the field when she has to, as her first appearance (fighting alongside M'Quve in the Adzam) attests to.
  • Despotism Justifies the Means: She and her brother share this outlook on life.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She's not an especially warm person, but she definitely cares about her father, and looked rather sad when Garma's death was announced.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: She was planning to move against Gihren for a long time, and it's implied that his psychopathy is a motivating factor. That's not to say that she isn't pretty damn awful herself.
  • Evil Genius: Of the Zabi family and Zeon as a whole.
  • The Evil Princess: Very evil (though noticeably less so than her older brother, Gihren) and not averse to climbing to power the old-fashioned way.
  • Evil Redhead: More like Magnificent Bitch redhead. Only Char could upstage her.
  • Four-Star Badass
  • Killed Off for Real
  • Klingon Promotion: Kills Gihren and takes his position.
  • Know When to Fold'Em: Kycilia realises that the battle for A Baoa Qu is lost, and attempts to flee, planning on rallying the forces in the homelands, rather than dying at the base.
  • Lady and Knight: The Dark Lady to M'Quve's Black Knight.
  • Lady of War: Gundam's first example.
  • Lean and Mean: Notably skinnier than other women in Mobile Suit Gundam, due to Tomino finding it unattractive.
  • Mami Koyama
  • Manipulative Bastard: Runs in the family.
  • Nepotism: How she got her position. How she's kept it is another story.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: She's a Rear-Admiral in the Zeon fleet and takes an interest in research and development, eventually masterminding much of the defence of A Baoa Qu.
  • Secret Keeper: For Char. She regrets that.
  • The Starscream: As M'quve's activities in Europe showed, she was preparing to move against Gihren for quite a while before he fried their father and staged a coup.
  • Villainous Cheekbones: You could cut glass on them.
  • Warrior Princess
  • We Have Reserves: Kycilia has no problem with leaving her men to die if it serves her purposes, going so far as to order the destruction of a lost base with her own troops still inside.
  • You Killed My Father: Why she wastes Gihren
  • Younger Than They Look: She's just 24.


Garma Zabi

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 "Don't laugh, the men are watching."

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Degwin's youngest son, Garma serves as leader of the Earth Invasion Force under his sister Kycilia. Desperate to win his family's respect, he is perhaps the most human member of the family, and is deeply in love with his girlfriend, Icelina. He and Char Aznable go way back, having been friends since their days at the military academy.



Ramba Ral

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 "This is no Zaku, boy! No Zaku!"

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An affable Zeon ace, Ramba Ral came to Earth following Garma Zabi's defeat at the hands of the White Base crew. Meeting Amuro Ray while both were off-duty, Ramba Ral struck up a friendship with the boy. He would later lead a number of attacks on the White Base crew.



Crowley Hamon

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Ramba Ral's girlfriend and Number Two, Crowley Hamon is the brains of the Blue Giant's outfit, planning strategy while he leads from the front. Quiet, composed, and always graceful she makes quite the contrast with her Boisterous Bruiser boyfriend.



M'quve

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 "Come if you dare!"

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Kycilia Zabi's right-hand man, the aristocratic M'Quve represents his mistress on Earth, commanding her troops in the desert, and leading Zeon's forces at the Battle of Odessa. Totally loyal to Kycilia, M'Quve has an ingrained distrust of Char Aznable. Despite all appearances, he is a skilled mobile suit pilot.


  • Ace Custom: The YMS-15 Gyan, it was built to his specifications with the intent of rivaling the Gundam and Char's Gelgoog. It resembles a knight in plate mail, equipped with a beam rapier and a shield loaded with missiles.
  • Adaptational Villainy: Inverted in the movies and their supplementary material, where he's a mildly snooty Anti-Villain - none of his nastier actions are shown, and he even carries out a Heroic Sacrifice to save Dozle's wife and infant daughter.
  • Aristocrats Are Evil: Invoked by his wealth, obvious connections to the Zeon upperclass, and total ruthlessness.
  • Armchair Military: In the movies his two attempts at engaging the Gundam directly in combat (first with the Adzam--copiloted by Princess Kycilia!--then the Gyan) were excised because it was thought to be out of character for him.
  • Booby Trap: Liberally booby-traps the Texas Colony before his duel with Amuro.
  • Camp Straight: Most likely.
  • The Chessmaster: M'Quve doesn't leave a hell of a lot to chance.
  • Combat Pragmatist: Has zero understanding whatsoever of the concept of 'fighting fair'.
  • Cultured Warrior: Despite being an overconfident Smug Snake, he's actually a pretty competent pilot and strategist, as his final battle with Amuro attests to. Even Char admits that "M'Quve's putting up quite a fight," and it takes the first full-fledged activation of Amuro's Newtype powers for the Gundam to gain a decisive advantage.
  • Cyber Cyclops: The Gyan.
  • Duel to the Death: Deliberately lures Amuro into one of these, and carefully rigs everything in his own favour.
  • Fake Brit: Has aspects of this in the dub.
  • Famous Last Words: "Deliver that antique vase to Lady Kycilia. It's very valuable."
  • Faux Affably Evil: Affects an upperclass attitude and tone, but at his core is cold-blooded and ruthless.
  • Forehead of Doom
  • Kaneto Shiozawa
  • Killed Off for Real
  • Lady and Knight: The Black Knight to Kycilia Zabi's Dark Lady. He is utterly loyal to her, right unto death, and the Gyan is even designed to resemble a knight.
  • Lean and Mean: As skinny as his boss.
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: The Gyan comes equipped with round buckler shield, itself equipped with missile launchers.
  • Macross Missile Massacre: The Gyan's shield is equipped with fifty-six missile launchers, enabling it to create one of these with ease.
  • Man of Wealth and Taste: One of Zeon's richest commanders, and a connosieur of fine art - antique vases in particular.
  • Mean Boss: Among other things, M'Quve sees funeral rites for fallen comrades as a meaningless waste of his soldiers' time.
  • Nuke'Em: After losing the Battle of Odessa he fires an ICBM at the Federation forces.
  • Rich Bitch: M'Quve is very well off and enjoys demonstrating that wealth to everyone.
  • Royal Rapier: M'Quve's a fencer and the Gyan comes equipped with a beam rapier for this very reason.
  • Sissy Villain: He's got the fancy clothes, swishy wrists, mincing motions, and cultured tone of voice one associates with this villain type.
  • Smug Snake
  • The Strategist: He leads the White Base around by the nose for quite a while.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: In the films, his final battle with Amuro in the Texas Colony in the fancypants fencing Mobile Suit Gyan was one of the many things cut for being too Super Robot-y and was replaced by Char & an early appearance of his MS-14S Gelgoog. However, the Zeta Gundam Interquel Char's Deleted Affair has him die at the helm of the Gyan in a different manner, in a desperation attack on The Federation to cover the retreat of Zeon forces from A Baoa Qu.
  • Spell My Name with an "S"
  • Subordinate Excuse: Possibly towards Kycilia, whom he was very devoted to.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Kycilia; with his last words he instructs one of his subordinates to deliver his prized Ming vase to her.
  • Villainous Cheekbones
  • Wicked Cultured: See Man of Wealth and Taste above.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple actually.

The Black Tri-Stars

The nickname of Gaia, Ortega, and Mash, a trio of Ace Pilots famous for capturing General Revil at the start of the war. They're currently serving under M'quve, and have been assigned Zeon's deadly new Dom suits with which to hunt down the White Base.

  • Ace Pilot: Amongst the first Zeon aces Amuro faces.
  • Badass Beard: Gaia, the team leader, has a fairly impressive one.
  • Attack Pattern Alpha: Their 'Jet Stream Attack', which uses their Doms' superior speed and manoeuvrability to land several hits on an enemy suit in rapid succession. Unfortunately for them, Amuro figures out the pattern after the first time they use it on him, and turns it to his advantage.
  • Gonk: None of them are exactly male-model material, but Ortega has a face only an elephant seal could love.
  • Good Scars, Evil Scars: Mash has one over his right eye.
  • Lightning Bruiser: The Dom is Zeon's heavy assault suit, an armoured battering ram floating on two powerful thermonuclear thrusters. It's fast, tough, and a lot more heavily-armed than the Zaku.
  • Southern-Fried Private: The dub gave them all thick Southern accents, which became canon from then onwards.
  • Terrible Trio: They're on the more competent end of the trope, though it doesn't save them against Amuro.

Others[]

Icelina Eschonbach


Cameron Bloom


Miharu Ratokie

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