Alternate Character Interpretation: Does Katejina actually remember Shakti and Karl in the final scene of the series and that is why she cries, or does she truly have amnesia and is the crying thus a reaction from her buried subconscious, as her confused reaction to it indicates? And furthermore, whether she consciously remembers or not, what is behind her tears - is it remorse for betraying them in the past, or is it her feeling upset that Shakti forgives her even after all she's done?
Americans Hate Tingle: Katejina is widely despised for her actions in the last third of the show, but she has a significant fanbase at least in Japan. She got into 17th place for female characters in Newtype Magazine's female characters poll. Also, Super Robot Wars titles that featured "Victory" tend to make her look a little bit more sympathetic (regaining her moral codes near the end of her life, before she's killed off, or being outright Brainwashed and Crazy, which is hinted at in the show), or just make her do a Heel–Face Turn as in Super Robot Wars Destiny. She's also usually the top candidate representative of Victory after Uso in other Gundam spinoffs like the Gundam Vs Series or Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, being the main recurring (though belated) villain of the series. She also has fans who love how violent and deranged she becomes.
Angst Aversion: Victory Gundam has a reputation for being very brutal and depressing due to Tomino's Creator Breakdown, and as such many refuse to watch it.
Base-Breaking Character: The Gedlav mobile suit used by the Zanscare Empire has one of the most divisive designs out of any suit in the franchise. Not because of the Gedlav itself, it's just a squat, yellowish Mobile Suit, but rather because of the device it rides around on, a giant wheel called the Einerad. Some viewers declare it to be pure Narm due to how out of place it feels in an otherwise gritty season of Gundam, while others embrace the ridiculousness of it, often overlapping with fans of its most notable pilot, Duker Iku.
Complete Monster: Prime Minister Fonse Kagatie, de facto ruler of the Zanscare Empire, exploits Queen Maria Armonia's Newtype cult to leave her as a figurehead to his dictatorship. Executing all commanders who fail their objectives and any dissidents, Fonse also uses Operation Giant Roller to attempt to wipe out all of Mexico. Creating the "Angel Halo", Fonse intended to eradicate life on Earth via psychic attack, powering it with Maria and later her innocent young daughter, as well as thousands of Newtype cultists by claiming their powers were broadcasting a message of peace. The connection to the Angel Halo also meant any attacks it received were redirected upon the Newtypes.
Contested Sequel: This is one of the more divisive and polarizing series' in not just the UCverse, but in the entire Gundam franchise. Some people like it just fine, but others really hate it, deeming it one of the worst Gundam shows ever.
Critical Backlash: Katejina is a character example. The hatred that the fandom has for her is so extreme that, once you've been exposed to it, you may well find yourself noticing her good points, particularly in the first half of the series prior to her Face–Heel Turn, since you are taking her evil for granted. Word of God himself has been misquoted to prove how evil she is, when in fact Tomino has expressed pity for the character and maintains that she was meant to be a Tragic Villain.
Draco in Leather Pants: There are fans who defend Katejina as a poor innocent victim, while much of the Gundam fandom regards her as "the queen of evil in the Gundam franchise", on a similar level as Yazan Gable and Ali Al-Saachez.
Fanon Discontinuity: These days, some UC Gundam fans tend to approach the show like this; its connections with the rest of UC Gundam are tenuous, and Yoshiyuki Tomino admitting that the show wasn't made entirely in good faith (he wanted to Torch the Franchise and Run) and disowning it for years, makes for a case to many that the show should be ignored (and leading to hopes that continuing developments with the "UC Next 100" campaign will eventually Retcon or Retool the show outright).
Fuala wearing cat bells as earrings and accessories alongside a pink pilot suit.
The old fashioned, stupid looking wigs. They are based on those used in British courtrooms, but they should look more stylish than the ridiculous, spidery affairs the Zanscare elite are afflicted with.
An old man in Episode 12 mistakes Uso for someone called "Nicol" — who's one of the youngest characters in Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDand the first to fall prey to Anyone Can Die.
Let's not forget Episode 15, with the two kids stowing away on the shuttle and taking photos of a faked "hijacking". With a gun, even.
Hilarious in Hindsight: Due to Executive Meddling, the first 4 episodes were reworked to start In Medias Res and then enter a flashback, so that the titular Gundam could be shown in the first episode. Tomino's next series, on the other hand, not only didn't show the titular Gundam until episode 2, it didn't even call it a Gundam for a good chunk of the series.
Iron Woobie: Uso keeps fighting on despite the numerous, brutal deaths that happen to everyone he cares about.
Jerkass Woobie: Chronicle Asher and Katejina Loos have their moments of being this.
Love to Hate: Katejina is also one of the most memorable Gundam villains because of her evilness, and has quite a few fans in Japan and on 4chan's /m/ board.
Memetic Badass: As seen in the Episode of bazooka-wielding women, Uso is often seen as the very first and the king of "Thot Patrol" in the Gundam franchise.
Fuala sending Count Nyung to the guillotine and broadcasting it to the world. In the next few episodes, she actually gets a few Pet the Dog moments with Uso and Suzy but all of that goodwill is soured when they find out that it was she who ordered Nyung's execution.
Kagatie's entire plan with Angel Halo, which would kill everyone on Earth so Zanscare can take over unopposed.
Lupe crosses it when she strips a captive Uso and tries to force herself upon him.
Katejina sending bikini-clad soldiers with on Uso's Gundam. It may be that she wanted to traumatize him further by forcing him to see who he's killing as well as triggering all his sexual neuroses, or it may just indicate how far gone she was. But it looks so bizarre that it looks more like a weird sex comedy.
Chronicle's death being ruined by a THUDright before the Eye Catch.
Arbeo's death isn't better, for the face he pulls. It's easily one of the few deaths of the franchise that can double as a funny.
Their odd sense of fashion extends to their mechanical designs. Mechs that turn into helicopters, insectoid mechs and armoured motorbikes are not too outlandish for the franchise. Motorcycle battleships, on the other hand, feel like something that should be in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, not a series trying to be dark and gritty.
In general, due to just how dark this series is, a lot of the unintentional humor is a lot funnier than it would be otherwise.
The Scrappy: Lupe Cineau, for being an ephebophilic adult woman who tries to molest and force herself on Uso. Many fans found her character to just be disgusting rather than humorous or menacing.
The most poignant one may be when all the old guys take over the crippled Reinforce Jr. and use it to ram the enemy flagship.
Kate Bush's death; it hurts the heart, and not just Uso's.
The many deaths of Shrike Team.
Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: Victory Gundam is one Tomino's most violent series next to Space Runaway Ideon; however, unlike Ideon which became famous thanks to its over the top and violent finale, Victory tends to be criticized for its focus on torture, incredibly mean-spirited characters and even misogyny, which as a whole tend to make the series a chore to watch for some people. Tomino later admitted that he was at least partly aiming for this reaction, as his severe Creator Breakdown at the time of the show's making made him attempt to Torch the Franchise and Run.
Uso takes the Kid Hero trope to some very dark and painful places because reality hits particularly hard for him even for the hero of a Gundam series. He ends almost every battle in a Heroic BSoD because he simply can't handle all the killing and dying around him and it doesn't feel like wangst because the darkness of the series justifies it and treats the use of children as pilots as a tragedy borne out of necessity and not as something cool or aspirational.
Queen Maria. She truly wants peace, but in spite of being queen of Zanscare, she's a figurehead for Kagatie who's helpless to stop the bloodshed and violence perpetrated in her name.
and "Don't Stop! Carry On!"