History Literature / MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mafty is focused on combating the Federation's corruption as well as carrying on Char Aznable's desire to see humanity leave Earth so that the environment can recover. However, in order to achieve this, they resort to terrorist tactics such as assassinating of Federation officials, which also results in significant collateral damage and civilian casualties.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mafty is focused on combating the Federation's corruption as well as carrying on Char Aznable's desire to see humanity leave Earth so that the environment can recover. However, in order to achieve this, they resort to terrorist tactics such as assassination of Federation officials, which also results in significant collateral damage and civilian casualties.

* HistoryRepeats: Despite its original novel being written prior to that of Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn, ''Hathaway's Flash'' manages to serve as both CallBack and CallForward to their mutual plots.

** Hathaway's conversation with a taxi-driver in Davao--with the latter pointing out that Mafty's high-minded ideals (and terrorist attacks against the Federation) are very difficult to sell to people like him who are confronted by economic privation--is a more cynical CallBack to the coffee shop owner's monologue against Char's methods to Audrey/Mineva. That said, this is counterbalanced by multiple instances throughout the first film, where idle chatter and Hathaway's other conversations with regular people suggest Mafty is gaining more sympathy amongst the downtrodden.

* MalevolentMaskedMen: The hijackers who try to seize the flight Gigi, Hathaway, and Kenneth are on in the opening wear jack o'lantern, skull and other Halloween masks to hide their identities.

* HistoryRepeats: As part of the current setting of Federation global society, people are once again being deported to space--the very same social resentment that kicked off [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn the attack on Laplace Station in U.C. 0001]]. Even worse, whereas there were people who volunteered to go to space, now the deportation is compulsory and predatory.

* AttackDrone: While ''Gundam'' is no stranger to these, this story puts a somewhat[[note]]In Tomino's ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' novels, the Elmeth has some bits that are explicitly said to contain [[NukeEm nuclear warheads]] rather than beam guns[[/note]] unique twist to it with the funnel missile. As the name implies, these are missiles controlled via psycommu system, making them homing missiles that can actually function in the Minovski Particle-ridden battlefield. The anime version of ''Unicorn'' would later give funnel missiles to the repaired Kshatriya as a CallForward to ''Hathaway''.

** Kenneth has Lane bring Gawman as a hostage on the Penelope as an insurance policy against Mafty trying anything similar with nearby civilians. When Hathaway confronts Lane about this, Lane just throws Gawman out the cockpit while the Penelope is hundreds of feet in the air, intending to kill Gawman against Kenneth's orders. However, the film changes this with Lane disagreeing with Kenneth's tactics and voluntarily releasing Gawman for Hathaway to pick him up, so that Lane can have a fair battle with Hathaway.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film has since been delayed three times: first to May 7, 2021, then May 21, and then finally to June 11. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', began on April 26, 2021, after publishing the prologue on March 26, 2020.

* WellIntentionedExtremists: Mafty is focused on combating the Federation's corruption as well as carrying on Char Aznable's desire to see humanity leave Earth so that the environment can recover. However, in order to achieve this, they resort to terrorist tactics such as assassination of Federation officials, which also results in significant collateral damage and civilian casualties.

** Kenneth has Lane bring Gawman as a hostage on the Penelope as an insurance policy against Mafty trying anything similar with nearby civilians. When Hathaway confronts Lane about this, Lane just throws Gawman out the cockpit while the Penelope is hundreds of feet in the air, intending to kill Gawman against Kenneth's orders.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film has since been delayed three times: first to May 7, 2021, then May 21, and then to June 11. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', began on April 26, 2021, after publishing the prologue on March 26, 2020.

* CreatorCameo: A couple of unnamed civilians and an attendant are voiced by three of the members of [Alexandros][[note]]Their previous drummer had retired by the release of their best album, while the announcement of their current drummer didn't come out until the following month.[[/note]] who perform "Senkou", the first film's theme song.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film has since been delayed three times: first to May 7, 2021, then May 21, and then to June 11. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', began on March 26, 2020.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film has since been delayed three times: first to May 7, 2021, then May 21, and then to June 11. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', began on March 26, 2021.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film has since been delayed three times: first to May 7, 2021, then May 21, and then to June 11. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', began on April 26, 2021.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film has since been delayed three times: first to May 7, 2021, then May 21, and then to an unknown date as of writing this. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', began on April 26, 2021.

* AmbiguousSituation: The novel specifically leaves it unclear to what level or if certain characters even have any Newtype PsychicPowers, though Gigi, Lane and Hathaway could all be potentially read as various forms of Newtypes.

* AmbiguousSituation: The novel specifically leaves it unclear if anyone in it actually has Newtype PsychicPowers, though Gigi, Lane and Hathaway could all be potentially read as various forms of Newtypes.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was rescheduled to May 7, 2021, and later again to May 21. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', began on April 26, 2021

* InternalDeconstruction: The entire story examines multiple tropes throughout the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise including:
** What is a Newtype? Hathaway has incredible piloting skills and control over AttackDrone tech but he outright tells Gigi that while he's met Newtypes like Amuro and Char, he doesn't consider himself one. Gigi is suggested to have potentially prophetic abilities or is somehow a living GoodLuckCharm granting victory to whoever she's currently with, but it is left unclear if this is all just Gigi having a SherlockScan and RandomNumberGod superstition from various soldiers. Lane Aime similarly seems to have some sort of Newtype abitilies, but whether he is a natural Newtype, an artificial Cyber-Newtype, or none of the above, is never clarified.
** What makes an organization the "good guys"? Mafty are labeled terrorists, are ideologically the successors to previous ''Gundam'' entry's BigBad Char, and use the Zeon-based aesthetics of the antagonists of most ''Gundam'' stories. The Earth Federation Forces meanwhile are the ostensible law, and use the standard Earth Federation aesthetics (unlike the EvilCostumeSwitch Titans back in ''Zeta''). And yet Mafty seems to care far more about protecting people and avoiding collateral damage than the EFF, who forces fights into populated cities, tortures prisoners, threatens to kill hostages, and worse throughout the story.
** What is a Gundam? Both Mafty and the Earth Federation use units that come from the design lineage of the Gundams, and use the white, blue, red and yellow color schemes of Gundams. But both the Xi and Penelope have warped proportions, making them into {{Mechanical Monster}}s that evoke dragons more than a KnightInShiningArmor. The Circe Unit even derides the Xi Gundam as a "fake" used by terrorists... despite AEUG being labelled a terrorist organization and using Gundams during [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam the Gryps Conflict]].

* AMechByAnyOtherName: In the novels, the Penelope is not explicitly stated to be a Gundam, only that it had inherited the design philosophy of Gundam-type mobile suits. Video game adaptations gave the Penelope the ability to cast off its Fixed Flight unit, revealing the Odysseus Gundam, a form exclusive to those games and the upcoming anime films.

* GaiasLament: The decades of war since [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam UC 0079]], filled with {{Colony Drop}}s, nuclear reactor powered mobile suits being blasted to pieces and poisoning the land and waters, and constant war-time industrial overproduction, have left the environment of Earth on the brink of collapse. And unless the majority of the population on Earth is moved to the [[SpaceStation space colonieLanew within the next few decades, it will fail completely. However, the Earth Federation continues to make exceptions for anyone rich or powerful enough.

''Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash'' is a February 1989 to May 1990 ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' political thriller novel trilogy written by Creator/YoshiyukiTomino. It serves as a {{Sequel}} to ''Beltorchika's Children'', the novelization of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack''.

* GaiasLament: The decades of war since [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam UC 0079]], filled with {{Colony Drop}}s, nuclear reactor powered mobile suits being blasted to pieces and poisoning the land and waters, and constant war-time industrial overproduction, have left the environment of Earth on the brink of collapse. And unless the majority of the population on Earth is moved to the [[SpaceStation space colonies]] within the next few decades, it will fail completely. However, the Earth Federation continues to make exceptions for anyone rich or powerful enough.

* CreatorCameo: A trio of unnamed civilians are voiced by the band members of Alexandros, who perform "Senkou", the first film's theme song.

An [[AnimatedAdaptation anime adaptation]] film trilogy serving as a direct sequel to ''Char's Counterattack'' was first teased at the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative'' announcement in 2018, and officially confirmed later that year during the Gundam 40th Anniversary Project presentation. The first film was originally set to release on July 23, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was rescheduled to May 7, 2021, and later again to May 21. A [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Uroaki Sabashi, that serves as a sequel to Uroaki's manga adaptation of ''Beltorchika's Children'', will also begin on April 26, 2021

* InspirationalMartyr: [[spoiler:In life, Hathaway led a single anti-Federation group. His execution however inspires countless people to take up his cause. This creates dozens of anti-Federation groups who in the years to come would finally drive the Federation government to truly ban further immigration to Earth, allowing the planet to begin to heal. And though it does take a century as Kenneth worries, the Earth Federation itself would collapse as well in no small part thanks to those Hathaway and Mafty inspired.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Hathaway is captured and executed without trial by firing squad, by order of the Earth Federation cabinet. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Quess Paraya]], whom Hathaway believes he has been fighting for ever since her death, [[TheMagicGoesAway does not appear to him as a Newtype spirit or anything else]]. Furthermore, the one who is ostensibly in charge of Hathaway's execution is none other than ''his father Bright'' - a fact which soon gets used as a publicity stunt by the Federation higher-ups to make their execution without trial seem somehow more ethical, by pretending Hathaway's own father wanted to bring Hathaway to justice. The only sliver of light is that Hathaway's arbitrary execution exposes the true corruption and hypocrisy of the Earth Federation government to the world, leading even more people, including Kenneth and Gigi, to form their own resistance cells to carry on Hathaway's fight.]]