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* CharClone: While he takes after Darth Vader in many ways (especially in looks), he still plays the role of the Char character in the film, with his personal connection to a cast member, CoolMask, and red mobile armor. In particular his genocide plans and aristocratic disdain cast him firmly as an eviler version of the BigBad Char from ''Char's Counterattack''.
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* DependingOnTheArtist: While he has grayish purple hair like his son Dorel in a short flashback to before he became a cyborg, as well as a brief cameo in ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'', a family photo in a different scene depicts him with blond hair, as well as a much thinner mustache.


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* NephariousPharaoh: Invoked by the lower part of his mask, which resembles an Egyptian-style beard.
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* BladeOnAStick: Seems to favour the lance as a weapon.
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* DarthVaderClone: While {{Char Clone}}s generally share multiple traits with Darth Vader, Iron Mask is perhaps the most overt of them. He not only has the look but hits many other aspects of the character, right down to Cecily accusing him of being nothing more than a machine.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple, actually.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple, actually.
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* CharClone: He's more like Darth Vader in looks, but he still plays the role of the Char character in the film, with his personal connection to a cast member, CoolMask, and red mobile armor. In particular his genocide plans and aristocratic disdain cast him firmly as an eviler version of the BigBad Char from ''Char's Counterattack''.

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* CharClone: He's more like While he takes after Darth Vader in looks, but many ways (especially in looks), he still plays the role of the Char character in the film, with his personal connection to a cast member, CoolMask, and red mobile armor. In particular his genocide plans and aristocratic disdain cast him firmly as an eviler version of the BigBad Char from ''Char's Counterattack''.



* DarthVaderClone: He not only has the look but hits many other aspects of the character, right down to Cecily accusing him of being nothing more than a machine.

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* DarthVaderClone: While {{Char Clone}}s generally share multiple traits with Darth Vader, Iron Mask is perhaps the most overt of them. He not only has the look but hits many other aspects of the character, right down to Cecily accusing him of being nothing more than a machine.
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* {{Expy}}: Of both [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitZZGundam Judau]], taking control of a Gundam designed by a parent like the former, but having to take care of his little sister like the latter.

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* {{Expy}}: Of both [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitZZGundam [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau]], taking control of a Gundam designed by a parent like the former, but having to take care of his little sister like the latter.
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* {{Expy}}: Of both [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitZZGundam Judau]], taking control of a Gundam designed by a parent like the former, but having to take care of his little sister like the latter.

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* CantCatchUp: A recurring problem with him throughout the movie. Birgit deploys first in a Jegan and then in a Heavygun and while he has a better performance than the other Fed grunts, he's still badly outclassed by the Crossbone Vanguard suits. [[spoiler:His fight against the bugs highlights this, he manages to destroy a bunch before being overwhelmed and killed whilst Seabook and the more powerful F91 fight their way through successfully]].



* CombatTentacles: His personal mobile armor, the ''Rafflesia'', features these with [[ChainsawGood chainsaw tip]]. While not as powerful as other weapons, it make up for in overwhelming quantity of them.

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* CombatTentacles: His personal mobile armor, the ''Rafflesia'', features these with [[ChainsawGood chainsaw tip]]. While not as powerful as other weapons, it make makes up for in it with an overwhelming quantity of them.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Birgit is frequently frustrated with the people around him and prone to lashing out but he's a reliable ally when the shooting starts.
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* KnightTemplar: While his actions paint him as a WellIntentionedExtremist (wanting to fight against the corrupt decadent Earth government and give the people a better ruler) his ideology is that of a knight templar. Meitzer does not believe in human equality and that that it is the duty of the elites to rule humanity and the duty of the commoners to be led by their betters.

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* KnightTemplar: While his actions paint him as a WellIntentionedExtremist (wanting to fight against the corrupt decadent Earth government and give the people a better ruler) his ideology is that of a knight templar. Meitzer does not believe in human equality and that equality; instead he feels that it is the duty of the elites to rule humanity and the duty of the commoners to be led by their betters.
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* ButtMonkey: Situations blowing up in his face and Cosmo falling into some kind of slapstick comedy routine are common.


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!!Birgit Pirjo
!!!Voice Actors: Yoku Shioya (Japanese), David Umansky (English)

A Federation Forces pilot onboard the Space Ark.


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* KnightTemplar: While his actions paint him as a WellIntentionedExtremist (wanting to fight against the corrupt decadent Earth government and give the people a better ruler) his ideology is that of a knight templar. Meitzer does not believe in human equality and that that it is the duty of the elites to rule humanity and the duty of the commoners to be led by their betters.
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* AllThereIntheManual: The Japanese-only F91 novelization reveals his past as a SelfMadeMan who started out a humble junk dealer and after a few decades of plugging away was rich enough to buy his only colony and follow Degwin Zabi before him into pretensions of royalty and eugenic supremacy.

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* AllThereIntheManual: AllThereInTheManual: The Japanese-only F91 novelization reveals his past as a SelfMadeMan who started out a humble junk dealer and after a few decades of plugging away was rich enough to buy his only colony and follow Degwin Zabi before him into pretensions of royalty and eugenic supremacy.



* TheManBehindMan: If you ever get taken in by Meitzer's charisma, just remember that he's the mastermind behind the creation of Iron Mask and fully supports the latter's insane genocide plans.

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* TheManBehindMan: TheManBehindTheMan: If you ever get taken in by Meitzer's charisma, just remember that he's the mastermind behind the creation of Iron Mask and fully supports the latter's insane genocide plans.



* InsaneAdmiral: He's effectively the field leader of the Crossbone Vanguard's military forces but his goal isn't so much conquest as wholesale slaughter. He's effectively what Gihren would have been if he cared more about killing Earthnoids than about conquering Earth.

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* InsaneAdmiral: He's effectively the field leader of the Crossbone Vanguard's military forces but his goal isn't so much conquest as wholesale slaughter. He's effectively what Gihren would have been if he the latter had cared more about killing Earthnoids than about conquering Earth.



* TheProudElite: Subverted, actually. He might be the enforcer of the Ronah family, but he isn't actually one of them, and he knows it, and ''it completely consumes it every minute of every day''.

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* TheProudElite: Subverted, actually. He might be the enforcer of the Ronah family, but he isn't actually one of them, and he knows it, and ''it completely consumes it him every minute of every day''.



* {[Expy}}: Purple-haired, arrogant, determined to prove himself and related to a Degwin clone. Is that you, Garma?

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* AllThereIntheManual: The Japanese-only F91 novelization reveals his past as a SelfMadeMan who started out a humble junk dealer and after a few decades of plugging away was rich enough to buy his only colony and follow Degwin Zabi before him into pretensions of royalty and eugenic supremacy.



* EvilCounterpart: To none other than ZZ Gundam's Judau Ashta, though you have to go to AllThereInTheManual to even get a glimpse at it.



* IHaveNoDaughter: He expressed nothing but cold contempt for his daughter Nadia when they meet again, telling her that no woman who puts her emotions over her duties as a member of the Ronah family is any daughter of his.
* KarmaHoudini: Unlike Degwin, he never faces any consequences at all for his actions.
* TheManBehindMan: If you ever get taken in by Meitzer's charisma, just remember that he's the mastermind behind the creation of Iron Mask and fully supports the latter's insane genocide plans.



* TheProudElite: In the proud tradition of previous ''Gundam'' antagonists before him, most notably Char Aznable and Paptimus Scirocco.
* ReplacementGoldfish: He tries to transform his granddaughter Cecily a.k.a. Berah Ronah into the loyal Ronah loyalist he always wanted Nadia to be.
* TheStoic: His scene with Nadia makes it clear that he looks down on the emotional and prides himself on his supposedly cool head, another trait he swipes wholesale from a previous ''Gundam'' antagonist.



* AllYourPowersCombined: He's got Gihren's knack for delivering the RousingSpeech, has PsychicPowers on par with those of Paptimus Scirocco, uses AttackDrones like Haman Kahn, and takes advantage of MaskPower like Char Aznable. If all that wasn't enough, his Rafflesia is a HumongousMecha with DeflectorShields, just like Anavel Gato's Neue Ziel. Him and his Mobile Armor are effectively an amalgamation of the UC universe's most dangerous pilots and weapons.

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* AllYourPowersCombined: He's got Gihren's Gihren Zabi's knack for delivering the RousingSpeech, has PsychicPowers on par with those of Paptimus Scirocco, uses AttackDrones like Haman Kahn, and takes advantage of MaskPower like Char Aznable. If all that wasn't enough, his Rafflesia is a HumongousMecha with DeflectorShields, just like Anavel Gato's Neue Ziel. Him and his Mobile Armor are effectively an amalgamation of the UC universe's most dangerous pilots and weapons.



* AxCrazy: Between his inferiority complex, seething misogyny, utter lack of regard for the lives of anyone his family deems unworthy of life, he's one of the craziest villains in a ''Gundam'' series. Seriously, the dude makes the likes of [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char Aznable]] look like pillars of mental health in comparison.

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* AxCrazy: Between his inferiority complex, seething misogyny, utter lack of regard for the lives of anyone his family deems unworthy of life, he's one of the craziest villains in a ''Gundam'' series. Seriously, the dude makes the likes of [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char Aznable]] look like pillars of morality and mental health in comparison.



* BewareTheSuperman: Probably the single strongest Newtype in the Universal Century, and definitely the stronger Cyber-Newtype. Also ''definitely the most inhuman and monstrous of Newtypes or Cyber-Newtypes.

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* BewareTheSuperman: Probably the single strongest Newtype in the Universal Century, and definitely the stronger strongest Cyber-Newtype. Also ''definitely ''definitely'' the most inhuman and monstrous of either Newtypes or Cyber-Newtypes.



* InsaneAdmiral: He's effectively the field leader of the Crossbone Vanguard's military forces but his goal isn't so much conquest as wholesale slaughter. He's effectively what Gihren would have been if he cared more about killing Earthnoids than about conquering Earth.



* LargeAndInCharge: Iron Mask's actual height is never stated, but he's clearly a large man, towering over most of the other characters he encounters.



* MonstrosityEqualsWeakness: For all his powers and abilities that he sacrificed his humanity, he also goes out more quickly than just about any other Gundam antagonist before him.

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* MonstrosityEqualsWeakness: For all his powers and abilities that he sacrificed his humanity, humanity for, he also goes out more quickly than just about any other Gundam antagonist before him.him.
* TheProudElite: Subverted, actually. He might be the enforcer of the Ronah family, but he isn't actually one of them, and he knows it, and ''it completely consumes it every minute of every day''.



* SanityHasAdvantages: The insanity and megalomania that drives him to go off on his own to play out the psychodrama between himself and his daughter ends up getting him killed.



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* AcePilotAcePilot: He might take a lot of his character cues from Garma Zabi of the original MSG, but there's no question which of the two is the better pilot.



* BadassNormal: Unlike his father, he hasn't had any cyber enhancements, nor is he a natural Newtype.



* TheRival: Sees Zabine Chereaux as his.

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Played with -- he's a Ronah combat pilot, but he's not actually part of the family by blood. His skills as a pilot and courage under fire are largely why he's acquired the standing that he has with them.
* TheRival: Sees Zabine Chereaux as his. This never goes anywhere, at least not to any degree that's been explored yet.
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* {[Expy}}: Arrogant, determined to prove himself and related to a Degwin clone. Is that you, Garma?

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* {[Expy}}: Arrogant, Purple-haired, arrogant, determined to prove himself and related to a Degwin clone. Is that you, Garma?
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