History Anime / MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory

* ArcWelding: In terms of mechanical designs, this series ties the mechas from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'', which mostly just did its own things, to the wider Federation and Zeon tech tree: the GM Custom and the GM Cannon II both incorporated tech from the Alex, the latter also being based on the Guncannon Mass Production Type. The Gelgoog Marine took design cues from the Gelgoog Jager, and the Rick Dom II made a reappearance.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kou, despite being court-martialled and losing his rank, is reassigned to a Federation base in Colorado where he meets most of his old friends, and Nina, again. It's also heavily implied that the two have since come to terms again, and could possibly be in a MaybeEverAfter scenario.]]

* ArcWelding: In terms of mechanical designs, this series ties the mechas from Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket, which mostly just did its own things, to the wider Federation and Zeon tech tree: the GM Custom and the GM Cannon II both incorporated tech from the Alex, the latter also being based on the Guncannon Mass Production Type. The Gelgoog Marine took design cues from the Gelgoog Jager, and the Rick Dom II made a reappearance.

The series was released following the success of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam 0080]]'' OAV and the movie ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91''. One of the factors that really makes this series stand out is the [[TechnologyPorn exceptional mecha designs]], which has had a strong influence on how to make HumongousMecha with a militaristic aesthetic. A manga adaptation by the director called ''Manga/MobileSuitGundam0083Rebellion'' was started in 2013, which revisits the events of the OVA in a manner not too dissimilar to ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin.''

* AllForNothing: The theft of the GPO3. The reason the crew of the Albion wants it in the first place is because of its nature as a one-man army: it was designed to protect strategic points in space. They're incapable of breaking the perimeter the Delaz Flotilla has formed around the falling colony, so they think Unit 3 will allow them to get through and stop its descent. However once they get to La Vienna Rose, they run into the insane Federation stooge Nakato who demands they use the Gundam to protect the ship (which is not currently under attack). They steal it, which results in the said stooge killing its creator. Nakato blames the theft and her death on the crew of the Albion, but they manage to get away with the Gundam. However by the time they reach the colony, the Flotilla has been rejoined by Gato, now piloting the Neue Ziel, a powerful Mobile Armor created by Axis, which completely nullifies any advantage Unit 3 had. As a result of this Captain Synapse gets sentenced to death and Kou gets sent to a Federation labor farm (though he only spends 3 months of his year-long sentence before the Federation's erasure of the Gundam Development Project leads to his sentence being struck off the books.)

* OneSceneWonder: Raban Karcs. He is literally only in one scene, if you don't count his time as one of the pursuit force that went after the GPO2 (though we never see him outside of his mobile suit). Mostly know for his childish enthusiasm at the prospect of piloting a Gundam and asking who the hell Nina was. However it's much more likely you remember him than, say, Bait or Allen, who actually had important roles in thee early episodes.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Kou may be a skilled Mobile Suit test pilot at the start of the series, but adjusting to the brand-new and untested [=Gp=]-01 is still awkward for him, as its controls are completely different from that of a Zaku II or GM. It also helps that he's just a normal person and not a Newtype as well.
** 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.

* RealityEnsues:

The series was released following the success of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam 0080]]'' OAV and the movie ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91''. One of the factors that really makes this series stand out is the [[TechnologyPorn exceptional mecha designs]], which has had a strong influence on how to make HumongousMecha with a militaristic aesthetic. Fan response to the series holds that it does a good job in bridging the gap as a midquel, but the behavior and actions of Gato and Nina were frustratingly underdeveloped. A manga adaptation by the director called ''Manga/MobileSuitGundam0083Rebellion'' was started in 2013, which revisits the events of the OVA in a manner not too dissimilar to ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin.''

* TheCaptain: Eiphar Synapse.

* CanonImmigrant: Karius -- Gato's second in command -- originated in Tomino's novelization of the original series, where he was Char's second-in-command.
* CasanovaWannabe: Bernard Monsha. In his first appearance he expresses disappointment at having to leave a girl to be assigned to the Albion, but once he gets there he is hated by practically all of the women and a fair amount of the men as well.

* CoolBigSis: Mora plays this role.

* DragonInChief: Gato is this to Admiral Delaz and the Delaz Fleet as a whole.

* FailureHero: See below.

* FallingIntoTheCockpit: Averted. Kou is already a trained MS pilot in the Federation forces at the start of the series when he's forced to use the [=GP01=].

* {{A Father to his Men}}: Lt. Burning. The Commander even lampshades this by asking Burning "how are the kids?" when inquiring about his underlings.
* FemmeFatale: Cima Garahau has traces of this.

* GutPunch: Cima's defection. Suddenly the honorable and decent Federation forces the audience has been rooting for are sidelined by the alliance between the traitorous Cima Fleet and the power-hungry megalomaniacs who would later become the leadership of the Titans. Kou Uraki summed it up in one breath: "What did Lt. Burning and Kelly die for, then?"

* ILetYouWin: Even Gato starts to speculate that even with Kou and the Albion's constant attempts to stop him, it seems too easy. [[spoiler:And he's right.]]
* IdiotHero: Kou, mostly for trashing Unit 1 for little reason, as it hadn't been modified for space combat yet and in the end he had to be saved himself. He did it because of pride and trying to prove himself.

* {{Jerkass}}: Lt. Bernard Monsha, at first. He gets better, and his ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' portrayal usually either downplays his asshole tendencies or show his character by the end of 0083 (where he was far more likable). It's important to note however that Monsha never stopped being an asshole; the later episodes simply stopped focusing on him in light of the many events that were transpiring.

* NiceGuy: Kou. [[spoiler: Even when Nina backstabs him in order to stop him and Gato from fighting, he decides not to fire back.]]

* OlderAndWiser: Burning to Kou.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Near the end Gato asserts that he's the only one who can beat Kou in the GP-03. [[spoiler: Turns out he was right, but Gato ends up saving Kou's life by moving them both out of the range of the Solar System's beam]].

* PunnyName: The Immortal 4th Team's Alpha A. Bate. Do we really need to spell it out for you?

* TheMenFirst: Gato's attitude throughout the show, especially at the end, making him a VERY NobleDemon.
* TheRival: Gato to Kou.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:South Burning]] dies in the eighth episode, being the most significant loss on the protagonist's side over the whole series.

* TookALevelInBadass: Kou starts out as a grunt. Thirteen episodes later, he ''is'' a ''Man of Destiny''.
* {{Tsundere}}: Nina, to terrible levels. In fairness, she's not really bad until a certain scene in the last episode.

* WhatTheHellHero: Latuera angrily rants at Kou for helping Kelly repair his old OYW Mobile Armor. While Kou thought he was being helpful, Latuera says that Kelly had given up on piloting and the Zeon cause but Kou inspired him to go back to that dangerous life.

* WorthyOpponent: Gato acknowledges Kou as his rival after their duel over Konpei Island. Kou is also briefly mentored by Kelly, in spite of their opposing sides.

* YouAreNotReady: Said by Gato to Kou just before the former leaves after their first battle.

* AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: Less combat-oriented than most, but Mora Bascht is as tall as most of the guys, slightly taller then some, visibly muscular, and [[HaremNanny often has to physically punish Monsha's attempts at hitting on her mechanic team]]. At first, she seems to be an example of NoGuyWantsAnAmazon, but by episode 7 ends up being the female part of the BetaCouple.

* ThemeNaming: All three Gundams are named for flowers (GP-01 = [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyranthes Zephyranthes]], GP-02A = [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis Physalis]], GP-03 = [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobium Dendrobium]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchis Orchis]] (the weapons platform) / Dendrobium [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamen Stamen]] (the actual Gundam). The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbera Gerbera]] Tetra is too, since it was originally intended to be the GP-04.

* StealthPun: For those who don't know Japanese, at least. Not only are the Gundams named after flowers, each one is referred to as "Unit" and then the number. In Japanese the counter for military hardware is "ko", hence the Gundams are referred to as Ichiko, Niko and Sanko; all of which are female Japanese names. (If there had been a Unit 4, it would have been called Yoko!)

* AceCustom: The Powered GM, and later, the GM ''Custom'' and GM Cannon II.

** In addition,'' Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Skull Heart'' finally explains how Gato could be considered the "Nightmare of Solomon" yet never crossed paths with Amuro despite them both being present at the battle -- 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 faceplate 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 canon 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).

* JackOfAllStats: The GM Custom, to quote Kou "Remarkable for being totally unremarkable." It's a stripped down Mass-Production version of the Alex from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket''. It doesn't have the raw power of the Alex or the Gundams in this series, but it's strong, fast, and compatible with a variety of weapons. It doesn't excel in any particular area but it's performance is above a typical GM and it functions well on Earth and Space; by contrast the GP-01 maneuvers much better in space but requires significant tweaking and upgrades to do so or its performance is substandard.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Like with many other UC OVA sidestories, the main cast is unaccounted for in the main canon. It's especially noteworthy here because many of them [[spoiler:go on to join the Titans, an organization that meets a very violent end in ''Zeta'']]. Captain Synapse and Admiral Kowen are both stripped of their positions and side materials indicate that they were executed but their fates are left ambiguous. Years later, the ''Advance of Zeta'' manga would give some clarity to Monsha's fate [[spoiler:having stayed with the Titans until their destruction and then fled to avoid prosecution]] but most of the other characters are MIA.

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

* FourIsDeath: Defied, according to the [[AllThereInTheManual backstory]]; Burning's team during the One Year War was called the "Immortal 4th Team", and everyone identified as a member of it during the war survived to the events of ''0083''.

* PlotHole: Clearly the writers thought up the whole Nina/Gato pairing mid-series, because if she knew who Gato was, why did she let him take a Gundam with a giant nuke equipped? Hell, when Gato is stealing GP-02A, Nina looks him ''dead in the face'' and doesn't recognise him. There's nothing to suggest that Nina even knew him by anything other than reputation [[NewOldFlame until the final four episodes]], where her love affair with Gato was simply a contrivance to generate drama and prevent Kou from foiling Gato's plans.

* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:South Burning]] get's a lot of character focus in episode 8; offering the audiences glimpses into their past life, reaffirming their relationship with the other protagonists, etc. The episode is rife with foreshadowing invoking the FatalFamilyPhoto, {{Retirony}}, [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard]], and the characters own lamentations on the life they've lived.

The series was released following the success of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam 0080]]'' OAV and the movie ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91''. One of the factors that really makes this series stand out is the [[TechnologyPorn exceptional mecha designs]], which has had a strong influence on how to make HumongousMecha with a militaristic aesthetic. Fan response to the series holds that it does a good job in bridging the gap as a midquel, but the behavior and actions of Gato and Nina were frustratingly underdeveloped. More recently, a manga adaptation by the director called ''Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Rebellion'' was started in 2013, which revisits the events of the OVA in a manner not too dissimilar to ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin.''