History Anime / MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz

* BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler:Zechs]]

* DeusExitMachina: Four of the five Gundams are en route to the sun, and Quatre (with the Maganac Corps) spends a good portion of the movie on a mission to retrieve them.

* MyFistForgivesYou: An inversion. When Heero, Duo and Trowa are in the colony control room with Mariemaia soldiers, Heero asks Duo to hit him... then returns with a punch to the gut that knocks the wind out of him so Trowa can pretend to take him prisoner and preserve his cover. In effect, Heero explains, he let Duo get in his revenge shot ''first''.

* PuttingOnTheReich: The Mariemaia Army uniforms are very reminiscent of Nazi era uniforms. The pilots wear a get-up modeled on the Hitler Youth uniforms. Regular Mariemaia grunts get bright pink Reich uniforms. Even the Preventers' dark uniforms on the ESUN side bear some stylings reminiscent of the Reich.

* ReverseMole: Trowa joins the Mariemaia Army undercover. It was short-lived, however; as soon as he tries to assassinate Dekim, Wufei shows up holding a sword to his neck. He then joined the Maiemeia army for real, [[spoiler:only to defect when Duo appears. He just wants information, after all.]]

* RecapEpisode: The Endless Waltz box set comes with a four-episode OVA entitled "Operation Meteor" which consists almost entirely of footage from the original series to present character profiles of the pilots, Zechs, Relena, Une and Trieze, whith some extra voice-overs.

* DemotedToExtra: Hilde only appeared (alongside Duo) in the closing credits of the final OAV and the movie, presumably done to show that she [[spoiler:survived the Eve Wars]].
* DeusExMachina: No explanation is given for how Zechs survived a point blank reactor explosion at the end of the previous season or where he got a new Tallgeese from. He just shows up in Lady Une's office and asks for a Preventer's callsign and authorization to deploy against X-18999 after having been presumed dead for a year.

* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The movie version actually adds about 20 minutes of additional footage compared to the three episodes of the original. This generally fleshes out the story and characters, adds more action (especially in the climax) and makes the pacing more appropriate for a feature length movie rather than a three episode compilation.

* ImprobableAge: Mariemaia. If Episode Zero is to be taken as canon, she's 8 years old. Her voice actor sounds a little too old, but the complexity of her lines, and the rather haughty delivery in the dub, feels way beyond her years. (Even if she is the child of [[spoiler: MagnificentBastard Treize Khushrenada]]. Then again, Mariemaia was ''very'' much manipulated by [[spoiler:her grandfather, SmugSnake Dekim Barton]].\\

* MerchandiseDriven: See Broad Strokes. All of the Gundams were redesigned obviously with the intent that they could be sold as new models. This is because most of the revenue for Gundam related content comes from model kit sales.

* RenegadeSplinterFaction: It turns out [[spoiler: the Gundam pilots]] were this to the Barton Foundation. Operation Meteor was originally meant to be the first steps for Barton's conquest of Earth. Uneasy with the potential two billion causalities, [[spoiler:the scientists and pilots decide to ignore their orders, and focus their attacks on OZ]].

** Heero and Relena's ending is different from the OVA and the film (the others have at least consistency): the OVA shows Relena at a press conference as Heero watches over her from the shadows, while the film shows the two of them in different places at once. The Manga adaptation shows a THIRD ending where Heero became Relena's bodyguard. The Novelization tried to bridge the gap between OVA and Movie by saying that Heero watches over Relena, and then leaves.

* RecapEpisode: The Endless Waltz box set comes with a four-episode OVA entitled "Operation Meteor" which consists almost entirely of footage from the original series to present character profiles of the pilots, Zechs, Relena, Une and Trieze, which some extra voice-overs.

* ImprobableAge: Mariemaia. If Episode Zero is to be taken as canon, she's 8 years old. Her voice actor sounds a little too old, but the complexity of her lines, and the rather haughty delivery in the dub, feels way beyond her years. (Even if she is the child of [[spoiler: MagnificentBastard Treize Khushrenada]]. Then again, Mariemeia was ''very'' much manipulated by [[spoiler:her grandfather, SmugSnake Dekim Barton]].\\

* TheAtoner: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Heero became TheAtoner after killing a little girl he had befriended, to the point where he believed RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]

* CallBack: Remember that destroyed city in the first opening of Gundam Wing? [[spoiler: Heero destroyed it by accident.]]

* ColonyDrop: What the original Operation Meteor turned out to be; the Barton Foundation planned to drop all the colonies onto Earth, and then use the Gundams to take over the world. The Mariemaia Army sought to enact the original Operation Meteor by dropping Colony X-18999 onto Earth.
* ConfrontingYourImposter: Averted, the novelization explains that Trowa DIDN'T use the name "Trowa Barton" when infiltrating the Mariemaia Army at all. Doubles as ContinuityNod, since the pseudonym he chose was "Ralph Kurt", a character from the side story manga "Blind Target".

* DeadPersonImpersonation: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Trowa isn't really Trowa.]]

* DeusExitMachina: 4/5 of the Gundams are en route to the sun, and Quatre (with the Maganac Corps) spends a good portion of the movie on a mission to retrieve them.

* EmpathyDollShot: In Heero's flashback, after he destroyed an Alliance base, a teddy bear is shown being burned inside one of the buildings. It turns out that the teddy bear belong to [[spoiler: a little girl (and her dog) he met before his mission]].

* EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Eh, you said that Trowa Barton is not Trowa Barton? Eh, [[WeHardlyKnewYe never]][[DeathByOriginStory mind.]]]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: casual viewers can be forgiven for not noticing that the Heavyarms was wearing Trowa's clown half-mask, since most shots of the Gundam are from a long distance and the Heavyarms' face is only closely seen for a half-second.

* GrandTheftPrototype:
** The modified Operation Meteor became this once the true nature of the original Operation Meteor was revealed.
*** More specifically, Duo and Trowa replaced the original pilots for Death Scythe and Heavy Arms. Heero and Quetra were instructed by their scientists to disobey the original Operation on purpose. Only Wufei chose to go against the plan on his own.

She's an expy of Mineva Zabi from Zeta and Double Zeta Gundam. The difference is that Haman Khan was using borderline mind control on Mineva to make her give her complex speeches, while, Newtype powers not existing in Wing, Mariemaia just has to be a "really" fast learner.

* MilestoneCelebration: the theatrical release was in celebration of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'s'' 20th anniversary. Funnily enough, in the manga, Duo sports a baseball cap for the very same reason.
* MookFaceTurn: [[spoiler:A Mariemeia soldier shoots [[SmugSnake Dekim Barton]] after Dekim says that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he can find a replacement for Mariemaia]] after he shot her. He then apologizes that Dekim had made them betray Treize's ideals.]]
* MyFistForgivesYou: An inversion. When Heero, Duo and Trowa are in the colony control room with Mariemaia soldiers, Heero asks Duo to hit him...then returns with a punch to the gut that knocks the wind out of him so Trowa can pretend to take him prisoner and preserve his cover. In effect, Heero explains, he let Duo get in his revenge shot ''first''.

--> '''Heero''': Your shelter is secure, is it?
-->'''Mariemaia''': Of course it is! See for yourself just how powerless you are!
-->'''Heero''': Roger that.
-->'''Mariemaia''': *GASP*

* RenegadeSplinterFaction: It turns out [[spoiler: the Gundam pilots]] were this to the Barton Foundation. Operation Meteor was originally meant to be the first steps for Barton's conquest of Earth. Uneasy with the potential two billion causalities, [[spoiler: the Scientists and pilots decide to ignore their orders, and focus their attacks on OZ]].
* RuleOfThree: It takes 3 shots from the Wing Zero's buster rifle to breach the Brussels presidential bunker.
** Too bad the recoil was too much for the already battered Wing Zero to endure...

* ColonyDrop: What the original Operation Meteor turned out to be; the Barton Foundation planned to drop all the colonies onto Earth, and then use the Gundams to take over the world. The Mariemaia Army sought to enact the original Operation Meteor by dropping the resource satellite X-18999 onto Earth.

** Though given the popularity of the new designs, some (but not all!) fans are okay with it being a simple Retcon.

* AnimeThemeSong: "Last Impression" (used in the movie) as well as "White Reflection" (used in the OAV), both by Two-Mix.

** Though a few additions in Glory of the Defeated has made things even more complicated: the TV version of Wing Zero appears in the manga as Wing Gundam Proto Zero, a prototype of Wing Zero created by Quatre based on the Gundam Scientists' blueprints. It was later heavily damaged and modified into the Endless Waltz version, and prior to the Eve Wars, it was completed, gaining a shield and the transforming ability of the TV version.

** Though a few additions in Glory of the Defeated has made things even more complicated: the TV version appears in the manga as Wing Gundam Proto Zero, a prototype of Wing Zero created by Quatre based on the Gundam Scientists' blueprints. It was later heavily damaged and modified into the Endless Waltz version, and prior to the Eve Wars, it was completed, gaining a shield and the transforming ability of the TV version.

** Though a few additions in Glory of the Defeated has made things even more complicated: the TV version appears in the manga as Wing Gundam Proto Zero, a prototype of Wing Zero created by Quatre based on the Gundam Scientists' blueprints. It was later heavily damaged and modified into the Endless Waltz version, and prior to the Eve Wars, it was completed, gainining a shield and the transforming ability of the TV version.

** After Heero fires his buster rifle at Mariemaia's supposedly secure shelter, she declares "What a miserable person! He-he's not gonna be able to achieve anything!" In response, Relena asks her "are you afraid, Mariemaia?" She has no answer for that.

* IHaveYourWife: A variant. Once Dekim realizes Heero will be able to destroy the Brussels presidential bunker, he tries to get Heero to stop by shouting that Relena is in the bunker with them. It didn't work.

* OhCrap: Mariemaia is the poster child for this at the end of Endless Waltz:

* ProtectedByAChild: [[spoiler:Poor, poor Meriemeia. Well, at least she survived.]]

* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:"See for yourself just how powerless you are!" Really, Meriemeia? You're telling that to a pilot of the mecha which, [[OneManArmy because of its presence in the battlefield]], [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill changed the tide of Eve Wars]], [[IdiotBall and that's your response?]] You're just lucky that he [[NoSell No-Selled]] your shelter defense. No, wait. You're lucky because ''[[MoralityPet Relena]]'' is there.]]

* BecauseImJonesy: Averted, the novelization explains that Trowa DIDN'T use the name "Trowa Barton" when infiltrating the Mariemaia Army at all. Doubles as ContinuityNod, since the pseudonym he chose was "Ralph Kurt", a character from the side story manga "Blind Target".

* TechnicalPacifist[=/=]MartialPacifist: The Preventers, or at least that's the idea behind their existence. Relena and her ESUN supporters knew that even in a world without conflict, an armed presence would still have to step in to prevent potential trouble from boiling into another war.

* VideoGame/SuperRobotWars: Used quite often since ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Gaiden'', to the point that if a SRW game needs a Gundam representative, this is a go to representative to pad out the cast.
** Though rather amusingly, the Mariemaia Army are almost always a DemotedToExtra BigBadWannabe. They're generally an UnwittingPawn to another faction ([[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico the Martian Successor's]] in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW W]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Neo]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Zeon]] in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Z3]]) and are generally dealt with early on.

* EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Eh, you said that Trowa Barton is not Trowa Barton? Eh, [[WeHardlyKnewYe never]][[DeathByOriginStory mind.]]]]* FightingFingerprint: Duo recognizes he's fighting Trowa when he recognizes his tactic of [[MoreDakka excessively firing all of his weapons at him]].

-->''History is much like [[TitleDrop an endless waltz]]. The three beats of war, peace, and revolution continue on forever. However, history will change upon the day of my coronation.'' -- '''Mariemaia Khushrenada'''

-----

* BackFromTheDead:[[spoiler: Zechs]]