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3	This is where it all started, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', the ambitious project of anime legend Creator/YoshiyukiTomino that [[FollowTheLeader spawned the "Real Robot" genre of mecha anime]] and a cultural cornerstone of Japan. Now condensed and parodied [[AffectionateParody lovingly by some American Gundam fans]] who use AlternateCharacterInterpretation on the show's memorable cast, potshots at the show's dated animation quality and outdated sci-fi gadgetry to make a hilarious, and still rather faithful (for an abridged series) adaptation of the original series. Also notable for never (outside the first episode) breaking the forth wall.
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5	[[http://guttedwrenstudios.blogspot.com/2014/04/full-measures.html GWS announced that due to circumstances beyond their control]], they won't be able to continue the series and instead are now concentrating on the Patlabor franchise.
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7	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlDvVnjWx_k A prequel of sorts]] abridging ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'' was announced, but seems to be abandoned.
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9	The creators of the series, Gutted Wren Studios, can be found on their [[https://www.youtube.com/user/GuttedWrenStudios YouTube]].
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11	Not to be confused with [[WebSeries/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] ''Mobile Suit Gundabridged''.
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13	Compare with ''Manga/KidouSenshiGundamSan''.
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16	!!This show provides examples of:
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18	* ANaziByAnyOtherName: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. In the show, Gihren was a crazy Hitler-esque maniac, the worst of the Zabi family. In the Abridged series, he's the Zabi family's voice of reason between the manchild Dozle, the sadistic Kycilia, and the black stereotype that is Degwin Zabi.
19	* AccidentalMisnaming: Ramba Rall can't seem to remember the names of two of his soldiers.
20	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Icelina's gender is somewhat unclear in this version. Her boyfriend Garma is depicted as CampGay and Icelina's relationship with him is perceived as a homosexual one, but she refers to herself as "daddy's little girl" and her women's intuition. Presumably LGBTQ+ issues weren't well known by the abridging team at the time.
21	* AxeCrazy: Amuro, in later episodes, seems to think that senseless murder will solve all his problems.
22	** He seems to have grown out of it by episode 21 stating that "Senseless murder just doesn't do it for me anymore."
23	* BerserkButton: Amuro completely loses it when they run out of salt.
24	* BlackComedyRape: At the end of episode eight, when the ship [[MileHighClub was a mile high up]].
25	* BigBrotherWorship: Sayla seems to, considering that meeting Char (aka her brother Casval) in episode 15 causes her to start screaming "Nii-san" over and over until he yells at her to stop. Of course this is followed by Sayla shooting him for abandoning her. And then things are further complicated by the whole thing being a dream sequence.
26	* BigEater: Ryu who seems far more interested in food than just about anything else.
27	* ButtMonkey: Amuro's suffering is a consistent source of amusement.
28	* BrickJoke: Numerous.
29	* CampGay: Garma, and all his men, too.
30	* CaptainOblivious: Dozle remains oblivious to Garma's [[CampGay blatant homosexuality]] even after his death.
31	-->'''Dozle''': "Bu-but, I don't believe Garma was gay!"
32	* CargoCult: The infamous episode 15 features one surrounding a former Zeon pilot turned dirt farmer. Their main focus appears to be how evil pants are and how they forbid Amuro to wear any while on their island. [[HypocriticalHumor Never mind that many of them are wearing pants.]]
33	* ClingyJealousGirl: Fraw towards Amuro.
34	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: White Bases's Captain Paolo, largely due to the morphine.
35	* ClusterFBomb: Bright delivers one in episode 14 when Mirai points out that if the Gundam's reactor detonates, it could take out White Base too.
36	* CoolShades: Char. Complete with The Who's ''Won't Be Fooled Again''.
37	* {{Crossover}}: The Gihren Zabi speech in episode 12 is also watched by the cast of ''The 8th MS Team'', ''War in the Pocket'', ''Stardust Memory'' and ''[[spoiler:{{Anime/Pokemon}}]]''.
38	* DeadpanSnarker: Sayla and Dren, with an emphasis on snarker for the former, and deadpan for the latter.
39	* DoubleEntendre: Ramba Ral's comments that Amuro has "balls, and a piece to back them up". It's actually the scene where Ral realises Amuro is hiding a gun. So that's the "piece"... the "balls" on the other hand...
40	* DysfunctionJunction: There are no normal people on White Base, and judging by the rest of the cast, anywhere else in the universe.
41	* ExtremeOmnivore: Ryu suggests eating Amuro with drawn butter in episode 19.
42	** In episode 20, he eats the cake that Fraw had made for Amuro... which had a ''saw'' in it [[spoiler:to [[JailBake help him break out of jail]]]]. The only comment this elicited from Ryu was the cake had a 'funny aftertaste.'
43	* EpicRocking: Season 2's theme song, a cover of "Amuro Forever" which was the original's ending theme now performed by [[JustForFun/OneOfUs fellow Gundam fanboy]] Music/AndrewWK.
44	* FanDisservice: Ryu's attempts at Fanservice.
45	* FrenchJerk: M'Quve.
46	* FurAndLoathing
47	-->'''Degwin''': "Look, if I need advice on [[CruellaToAnimals how to turn a litter of kittens into a sweater]], then I'll come to you."
48	-->'''Kycilia''': "It was two litters, and it was a coat. And [[PrettyInMink you did think it looked rather cute on me]]."
49	-->'''Degwin''': "That it did, my Dear, that it did."
50	* GilliganCut: From episode 4:
51	-->'''Commander Wakkein''': "Those kids are too paranoid. Even the Red Comet wouldn't think to attack such a fortified position like Luna II."
52	-->cut to Char
53	-->'''Char''': "We're attacking the fortified position known as Luna II."
54	* GreekChorus: Slender, Denim and Gene would certainly fit the criteria for this trope, that is, if they could stay on topic. Instead they prefer to relay anecdotes to each other with little interest in what is happening in the series.
55	* GroinAttack: Episode 13. The secret to Hayato being a judo master is revealed by just looping one bit of video over and over.
56	-->'''Ryu''': Right in the family chalupa!
57	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Garma for all his CampGay antics is apparently still in love with Icelina who is female....[[LarynxDissonance probably]].
58	* IKnowMortalKombat: Why Amuro can pilot the Gundam.
59	-->'''Amuro''': "It was the 400 hours I spent on ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion''."
60	* ImmuneToBullets: Char can't be hit because he's wearing pink.
61	-->'''Char''': "Allow me to reiterate my previous statement that your weapons are ineffective against me based on my pigmentation."
62	* InsistentTerminology:
63	-->'''Kycillia''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis SUPER! MEGA! ROCKET! SLIDE!]]
64	* IWarnedYou: Bright when Mirai convinces him to take White Base to a lake marked on their map in the middle of a desert which happens to be dry when they get there. Inverted though, because he doesn't actually say the warning in the first place.
65	-->'''Bright''': "I must be a goddamned Newtype, 'cause I saw this coming from a mile away."
66	* {{Jerkass}}: Kai, and he knows it.
67	* JiveTurkey: Degwin Zabi, with a pimp accent.
68	* KnightInSourArmor: Bright is genuinely a good guy who is trying his best to fight the war, however ever since episode 2 he is always angry and frustrated at his crew.
69	* LukeIAmYourFather: The DNA evidence gag hints that Bright could be Amuro's real dad.
70	** Which considering [[YoungerThanTheyLook Bright's age]], this can be completely thrown out.
71	* LarynxDissonance: Jurpentine guest stars as Garma's fiance Icelina Ichenbach with one of the least feminine voices you're likely to ever hear.
72	** It's pretty heavily implied that Icelina is either [[DragQueen in drag]] or a straight up MTF transexual. Though, [[SurroundedByIdiots no one except]] Char seems to notice.
73	* MundaneUtility: Apparently Ramba Ral has been feeding his men by running over wildlife. With the Gallop.
74	-->"Tonight we dine on antelope!"
75	* MyBelovedSmother: Amuro's mom, referenced as a possible reason for his numerous issues.
76	* NotSoStoic: The usually reserved Bright after [[spoiler: Ryu's death]].
77	-->'''Sayla''': "Hey Bright, you okay?"
78	-->'''Bright''': falls to his knees and starts sobbing uncontrollably
79	-->'''Sayla''': "Yeah, I thought so."
80	* OnlySaneEmployee: Bright does ''not'' like having to manage a crew of angsty teenagers.
81	* OhCrap: Char's first combat appearance.
82	-->'''Operator 1''': "There are two more objects inbound!"
83	-->'''Ensign Bright''': "What are they?"
84	-->'''Operator 2''': "It appears to be two Mobile Suits, but one of them's moving ''way'' too fast to be a normal [[GasMaskMooks Zaku]]!"
85	-->'''Captain Paolo''': "[[OhCrap It can't be]]...It must be Char!"
86	-->''Cue danger music''
87	-->'''Crewman''': ''"You don't mean [[RedBaron The Red Comet]]!?!"''
88	* PaperThinDisguise: Fraw's "Polish Immigrant" disguise consists of her wearing a headscarf, shouting words like "Pierogi", "Dingus" and "Sausage".
89	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "I'll fork you good!" is Amuro's. It's not very witty, but then again, neither is he.
90	* PhraseCatcher: Kai is frequently told to shut up.
91	-->'''Everyone''': "SHUT UP KAI!"
92	-->'''Kai''': sarcastically "Shut up Kai!"
93	* ReallyDeadMontage: Several, for [[spoiler: Icelina, Garma and most tragically, Ryu]].
94	* RedShirt: "But I'm wearing blue!"
95	* RecycledInSpace: In the words of the Narrator:
96	-->'''Narrator''': "THE TEXAS COLONY! Provides dirt, shotguns, the cowboys, and other USELESS materials for construction!"
97	-->'''Denim''': [[LampshadeHanging "So it`s just Texas, but in space?"]]
98	-->'''Narrator''': "No, it`s THE TEXAS COLONY!"
99	* RunningGag: Tons.
100	** [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner D N A Evidence]].
101	** A few episodes would end with any character saying "Wait..." after coming to sudden realization.
102	** Anger Sayla and she'll shoot you in the crotch.
103	** Allusions to sexual intercourse, usually followed by another character commenting "That`s disgusting."
104	** White Base bridge crew frequently spilling food on their radar systems.
105	** Ramba Rall and his Zeon forces mispronouncing "Earth phenomena", such as lightning as "litning", desert as "deesart" and Gundam as "Goondam".
106	** Fraw being associated with Poland and sausages.
107	** Certain crew members discussing the beating their mother gave them as children.
108	** Canootin' valves just love to break or malfunction in this series, and everything seems to have at least one.
109	* {{Sampling}}: Part of the SpeedyTechnoRemake of the original show's theme.
110	* SeriousBusiness: Zeon Game Night, apparently for Ramba Rall and his crew.
111	** Strangely enough, what words are acceptable in Scrabble is a matter Bright is willing to torture over.
112	* ShoutOut: Many. ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' has quite a few.
113	* SoundtrackDissonance: The most intense battles are coupled with unfitting, upbeat, music.
114	* SpoiledBrat: We're not quite sure about the details, but Zeon soldiers are most able to recognize who Sayla is by hearing her shout "you're worthless" or just hearing her angry voice.
115	* StalkerWithACrush: Fraw towards Amuro. Lampshaded by Sayla.
116	-->'''Sayla''': "I don't want to hear your creepy stalker stories."
117	* SuperStrength: Fraw at one point pries apart the Gundam's fingers to look at something. Amuro was quite shocked that she somewhat casually pried apart the fingers of his giant mecha.
118	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: On an elevator, with Bright and Sayla.
119	-->'''Bright:''' So Sayla, where were you stationed before boarding White Base?
120	-->'''Sayla:''' I'm not Artesia Deikun.
121	-->'''Bright:''' I never said you were.
122	-->'''Sayla:''' And I'm about as Zeon as you are British.
123	-->'''Bright:''' I'm certainly not British if that's what you mean.
124	-->'''Sayla:''' And I don't have a Spanish accent!
125	-->'''Bright:''' I can easily hear that you're not.
126	-->'''Sayla:''' Top floor.
127	* TalkLikeAPirate: Mirai, no matter how much she's asked to stop. She's just as confused about it as everyone else.
128	-->'''Mirai''': Sir, don't look at me like that. It's involuntary! Yar! I be cursed!
129	** She doesn't do it when the crew is on vacation, though. When it's clearly over, she starts up again, much to Sayla's relief.
130	** It might be the [[ToxicPhlebotinum Minovsky Particles]]. Since when are they harmless?
131	* TheAlcoholic: Dren.
132	* TheStoic: Also Dren, who's voice never wavers from its bored monotone, even in combat. Also functions as the DeadpanSnarker, with extra deadpan.
133	* TheStoner: Fraw, though she prefers the harder hallucinogenic drugs to stuff like pot.
134	* ThoseTwoGuys: Big & Little Jon, two Zeon pilots who get blown up/shot down every time they appear, usually due to [[TooDumbToLive Little Jon's incompetence.]]
135	* ThoseWackyNazis: The Zeon show shades of this, most notably during Garma's funeral.
136	** Similarily, the mother and child from episode 8 are turned into Nazis as well.
137	* VocalEvolution: Most notable with Amuro who began with a fairly normal teenage male voice, but grew more whinier and higher pitched as the series progressed.
138	** It can be a little odd to listen to Bright prior to the ending of episode 2 which is when he adopts his trademark angry tone of voice that he carries for the rest of the series.
139	* WaxingLyrical: Often, though the most frequent offender is Icelina who often breaks into quotes from Music/BonJovi.
140	* WellDoneSonGuy: Surprise, surprise, it's Amuro.
141	-->'''Amuro''': "LOVE ME! LOVE ME LIKE MY FATHER NEVER DID!"
142	* WorstAid: Amuro trying to keep the crash soldiers alive in episode 15. It involves ''[[ViolationOfCommonSense seawater.]]''
143	* YouAllLookFamiliar: Invoked when Amuro goes off to destroy a Zeon salt mine.
144	-->'''Zeon Soldier1''': "137 men dead sir. Twice as many men wounded sir."
145	-->'''Zeon Soldier2''': "Damnit! Why are those damn Feddies attacking a salt mine of all things?"
146	-->'''Zeon Soldier1''': "[[LampshadeHanging Do you think it has something to do with the fact that we all look alike?]]"
147	-->'''Zeon Soldier2''': "Undoubtedly!"
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