History Anime / MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory

%%* KnightTemplar: Anavel Gato.

* {{Tsundere}}: Nina, to ''[[TheScrappy terrible]]'' levels. In fairness, she's not really bad until a certain scene in the last episode.

* RealityEnsues: Nina is a Mobile Suit designer, so she knows how to pilot a core fighter. However she has no training as a pilot, so can't handle the resulting g-forces. She screams all the way to her destination.

** During his first bout with Cima, the GP01 has its arm blown off by Cima's Gelgoog.
** The GP02's left arm is disabled when Gato launched the nuke as said arm was wielding the shield to protect him from the blast. When he fights the GP01, Kou figures this out and severs the arm, robbing Gato of his shield.

* KillEmAll: Most of the Delaz fleet who isn't with Karius survives the series. The flotilla of mobile suits Axis was forced to leave at the end rush the Federation fleet to get through to an Axis transport that's already left the Earth-sphere.

* KillEmAll: Not a single member of the Delaz fleet who isn't Carrius survives the series. The flotilla of mobile suits left at the end rush the Federation fleet to get through to an Axis transport that's already left the Earth-sphere.

* KillEmAll: Not a single member of the Delaz fleet survives the series. The flotilla of mobile suits left at the end rush the Federation fleet to get through to an Axis transport that's already left the Earth-sphere.

* RealityEnsues: Nina is a Mobile Suit designer, so she knows how to pilot a core fighter. However she has no training as a pilot, so can't handle the resulting g-forces. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny She screams all the way to her destination.]]

** In both Stardust Memory and MobileSuitGundam it is revealed that the WorthyOpponent who dies near the halfway point of the series (Kelly in the former, Ramba Ral in the latter) is actually an old friend of the female lead (Nina and Sayla).

* WrenchWench:

** Every person we see in Anaheim Electronics Mobile Suit division is a woman. This might explain why all of the GP series are named after flowers.

* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: The GP-02A "Physalis" Gundam (prototype) versus the GP-01 "Zephyranthes" Gundam (upgrade). The former is a new prototype version Gundam designed to deploy a nuclear warhead at close range, the later is a simple refinement of earlier Gundam designs. The Physalis is [[GrandTheftPrototype stolen in the first episode]], and the Zephyranthes is deployed as part of the hunt to reclaim it.

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Played with. Operation Stardust pulls through. Unfortunately, neither Gato nor Delaz, let along a good chunk of the Delaz fleet get to savor it before dying horribly. In the end, the ones who really make the most of their victory are the ones behind the emergent StateSec known as the Titans, as well as providing the motivation needed for Axis Zeon's eventual uprising.]]

* DownerEnding and ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler: Nina backstabs Kou (for stupid reasons, even Gato showed him more loyalty), preventing him from doing anything about the colony or Gato. The Colony drops onto Earth in the American Mid-west, destroying the crops there for many years. The bad guys' plan is a complete success. The Delaz fleet are all but wiped out by the Federation Forces and their actions only give justification for the creation of [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam The Titans]]. But, the success of the operation also convinces other Zeon remnants, namely Axis Zeon, to begin their own actions against the Federation, thus setting the powder keg that would become the Gryps War. Kou and Captain Synapse are court-martialed for stealing GP-03, Kou is sentenced to one year in prison, Synapse is sentenced to death (it's unknown if he actually got executed in the end). Most of the Albion (save for Kou, Keith, and Mora) crew become Titans. The only reconciliation here is when The Federation (under the Titans' whim) decides to delete all of the data on the Gundam Development project, and subsequently drop the charges against Kou. He is re-instated in the military but he loses his rank. Kou gets assigned to a base in Colorado where he meets all of his old friends, and Nina, again.]]

** In addition,'' Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Skull Heart'' finally explains why Gato was considered the "Nightmare of Solomon" even though he never crossed paths with Amuro. He fell victim to suspicions of the Gundam's destruction and left his post to go on the offensive, giving Amuro the opening he needed.
*** The reason he thought the Gundam had been blown up? An insane Feddie pilot had customized his [[JokeCharacter RB-79 Ball]] with a Gundam face and when the Zeeks caught sight of it they thought the Gundam had been decapitated. The upshot of all this is that when they finally noticed the actual size of the thing it caused a panic among the Zeon ranks, thinking that the Federation had developed a gigantic 40 meter Gundam. Dubious cannon materials would later claim that the reports of a massive Gundam would eventually inspire Zeon to actually go ahead and make one with ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'''s Psyco Gundam, although other sources gave a more practical reason (the Psyco Gundam needed to be bigger to accommodate its Psycommu System).

** The GP-02 wouldn't look too out of place in a ''Franchise/MetalGear'' game.