History Characters / MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestinyMainCharacters

* HiddenDepths: [[https://x.com/fukuda320/status/1769414465051897970 According to Fukuda]], Shinn has some knowledge on kendo as he tried using kendo moves against Shura during their mock battle.

* ProphecyTwist: Rey's effective LastWords to Shinn, which, given how winning the final battle and allowing Durandal to use the Requiem on Orb would ''not'' qualify, may mean Rey knew they would have to lose and was fine with it as a better thing for Shinn. [[spoiler:In the sequel ''SEED Freedom'' less than two years later, the twist did really happen with Shinn saving Orb from that same Requiem by destroying it himself, alongside Lunamaria.]]

** It also means "king" in Spanish, considering this show's ChessMotifs [[spoiler:...and how the end turns out]].

* ProphecyTwist: Rey's effective LastWords to Shinn, which, given how winning the final battle and allowing Durandal to use the Requiem on Orb would ''not'' qualify, may mean Rey knew they would have to lose... and was fine with it as a better thing for Shinn.

* WalkingArmory: While all major Gundams by the end of the series carried a relatively balanced set of armaments, the Destiny in particular possessed at least one one weapon suited for nearly any type of engagement -- it had two beam swords (which double as beam boomerangs) and a [[{{BFS}} physical sword]] for close combat, a beam rifle for mid-range, and a beam cannon for long-range.

* ActionGirl: Lunamaria is the female main character seen consistently piloting mobile suits and being on the frontlines throughout ''SEED Destiny'' for ZAFT, even receiving her own Gundam at the end: the Impulse Gundam (albeit being Shinn's unit until he gets his Destiny Gundam). She continue to do so for Compass in ''SEED Freedom'' but without a Gundam, [[spoiler:until the final battle where she receives with the Impulse Spec II]].

** [[spoiler:In the final battle of ''SEED Freedom'', the Black Knight squad is completely helpless against Shinn in his Destiny Gundam Spec II, not even damaging him even once. The first Black Knight, Redelard, was destabilised by him, leaving her open to be killed. Redelard's death shook the other three due to their {{Synchronization}}, rendering them unable to riposte against Shinn who killed them not long after.]]

* WreckedWeapon: Happens several times in the final episodes of ''SEED Destiny'' at the hands of Kira in the Strike Freedom and later Athrun in the Infinite Justice. And each time it happens, Shinn is left with a look of [[BreakTheHaughty stunned disbelief]].

* CantCatchUp: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d from the very beginning of ''SEED Destiny'', when the engine of her ZAKU blows midair as she and Rey are racing to Shinn's aid, and it isn't helped by the fact that she's stuck in an inferior mobile suit throughout the show. By the end, Rey and Shinn have been given a promotion and are more or less shutting her out of any and all serious discussions. She carries on with relatively good grace nonetheless, but it's quite clear that it's frustrating her as she can't really discuss anything with Shinn without Rey becoming a CrazyJealousGuy.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Being a ZAFT red ace, Luna's a perfectly competent if not exceptional pilot, capable of holding her own with [[{{Tykebomb}} Stella]]'s Gaia using only a [[MechaMook ZAKU Warrior]]. Unfortunately for her, she's on the same team as far-more-skilled Shinn and Rey, and ends up going up against even-''more''-skilled Neo/Mu and Athrun in the final battle of ''SEED Destiny''.

* LightIsNotGood: Blond hair, blue eyes, white mobile suit and pilot uniform...you get the idea by now.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his anger and depression issues, he does care about his friends.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: In ''SEED Freedom'', outside of battle, Shinn's main purpose in the movie is to [[PluckyComicRelief provide levity with his antics]], whether it be forgetting to bow when Compass is greeting Aura, showing up with piles of food while blissfully unaware of Agnes and Lunamaria's conversation, or [[spoiler:getting pummeled on two separate occasions (once by Lunamaria and once by Athrun and Kira).]] In battle, however, he's just as much of an AcePilot as he was in ''SEED Destiny'', if not more so.

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:The Destiny Spec II in ''SEED Freedom'' physically resembles its original counterpart but its colors are mostly similar to Rey's Legend. It also wields a variant of the Legend's Beam Rifle.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: Shinn develops a ''bad'' case of tunnel vision late in ''SEED Destiny'', favoring going up close to kill his enemies in any machine he pilots rather than fully utilizing their features, especially in the [[AllYourPowersCombined Destiny]]. Kira and Athrun exploit this by taking advantage of his close-combat tendencies to deprive him of his [[{{BFS}} Arondight Sword]] mid-combat and/or use everything on their own Gundams to wreck the Destiny. Averted with the Impulse Gundam compared to the Strike's packs. The long-range Blast Impulse can hover over water for added mobility options and has a beam javelin for close combat while the close-combat Sword Impulse still retains the beam rifle for mid-range combat.

** Justified because Immortal Justice's main beam sabers double as beam boomerangs, seemingly based off the "Shining Edge" boomerang/saber the Infinite Justice carried in it's shield as Immortal Justice was designed based on its data.

* CurbStompBattle: Receiving end in the final battle of ''SEED Destiny''. Even after getting her own Gundam, the Impulse, Athrun was just '''leagues''' above Lunamaria in both skill and experience.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Some see his relationship with Stella in ''SEED Destiny'' as romantic. Others believe that she's a substitute for his deceased sister, Mayu.

* CloseRangeCombatant: Subverted in ''SEED Destiny''; while Shinn certainly ''favors'' close-range combat, [[JackOfAllStats his skills are flexible enough]] that he can effectively pilot the [[MultiFormBalance Impulse]] and its diverse Silhouette Packs as well as the [[AllYourPowersCombined Destiny]] and its versatile weapon set. This tendency really comes to bite him in the ass whenever he decides to fully embrace close combat over versatility in his fights against Athrun and the Infinite Justice. As the latter suit is a true MultiMeleeMaster with a more experienced pilot that also specializes in melee combat, Shinn plays right into its strengths rather than playing to the Destiny's strengths, resulting in him losing both fights. [[spoiler:Played straight and justified in ''Freedom'' as the Foundation's machines are all immune to ranged beam weaponry unless they are fired at point-blank range]].

* CripplingOverspecialization: Shinn develops a ''bad'' case of tunnel vision late in ''SEED Destiny'', favouring going up close to kill his enemies in any machine he pilots rather than fully utilising their features, especially in the [[AllYourPowersCombined Destiny]]. Kira and Athrun exploit this by taking advantage of his close-combat tendencies to deprive him of his [[{{BFS}} Arondight Sword]] mid-combat and/or use everything on their own Gundams to wreck the Destiny.

* MechaExpansionPack: [[spoiler:In ''SEED Freedom'', a given with the Impulse Gundam Spec II but the ante gets upped when Lunamaria gets a METEOR unit to herself, a piece of equipment previously only used by Athrun and Kira. Courtesy of Dearka who passes his unit to her in the final battle.]]

* CharClone: A variant. Rey is heavily based as a GenderFlip of Char's younger SiblingYinYang sister. Rey is a darker variant of Char's "Quattro" persona where he genuinely means well for mentoring Shinn and occasionally Lunamaria but is manipulating the former into following Durandal's schemes.

* WouldHitAGirl: Shinn makes a pretty determined effort to kill Cagalli when she confronts him in the Akatsuki (although it's not known if he actually knew the pilot was Cagalli or even female). He also tries to go through Luna when she gets in the way during his final confrontation with Athrun (though this leads to a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment soon afterwards). When he breaks Stella out of the ZAFT infirmary to return her to Neo, he isn't above punching a female nurse in the stomach to knock her out.

* MechaExpansionPack: [[spoiler:In ''SEED Freedom'', a given with the Impulse Gundam Spec II but the ante gets upped when Lunamaria gets a METEOR unit to herself, a piece of equipement previously only used by Athrun and Kira. Courtesy of Dearka who pass his unit to her in the final battle.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''SEED Freedom'', the GELGOOG Menace is a significant improvement over her old ZAKU Warrior, which it replaces as the new ZAFT mainstay. This extends to Luna herself - she's shown to take more accurate shots thanks to the Gelgoog's long-range loadout; [[spoiler:She even successfully snipes down a nuclear missile, a far cry from how she missed Djibril's shuttle back in ''SEED Destiny''. And then she gets the Impulse Spec II which can now use a METEOR unit, an equipment only used by the Freedom, the Justice, the Strike Freedom and the Infinite Justice Gundams.]]

* MechaExpansionPack: [[spoiler:In ''SEED Freedom'', a given with the Impulse Gundam Spec II but the ante gets upped when Lunamaria gets a METEOR unit to herself, a piece of equipement previously only used by Athrun and Kira.]]

** [[spoiler: He freaks out when Shinn sees the nuclear missiles explode in ''Freedom'', and is so shocked he doesn't even realize that he's groping Hilda's breasts. He also has a hilarious one when Shinn quickly takes off his mask in front of Luna, screaming that it's only him when he tries to take her hostage.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenichiSuzumura (Japanese); Creator/MatthewErickson [Ocean dub], Aaron Phillips [NYAV Post dub] (English)

* AccidentalPervert: Accidentally grabs Stella's chest in their first meeting in ''SEED Destiny''. [[spoiler: He also accidently gropes Hilda's breasts while panicking in ''SEED Freedom'' while panicking watching the Foundation's nukes go off.]]

* AccidentalPervert: Accidentally grabs Stella's chest in their first meeting in ''SEED Destiny''. [[spoiler: ''And accidently gropes Hilda's breasts while panicking in ''SEED Freedom'' while panicking watching the Foundation's nukes go off.]]

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Shinn in ''Destiny'' is this to [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]]; he's basically Kamille, but without the guidance provided by Amuro and Char.

* FreakOut: Late into ''SEED Destiny'', Shinn's issues are so out of control that Rey and Durandal's "guidance" is the only thing keeping him from having a breakdown. But when Durandal's [[VillainWithGoodPublicity good image]] starts to fall apart, so does Shinn. He finally snaps in the final battle where he nearly kills Lunamaria (who has a HeelRealisation at the moment) but Athrun stops him and [[CurbStompBattle swiftly defeats him]]. In the epilogue and by meeting Kira as the pilot of the Freedom, Shinn has his own HeelRealisation, finally snaps out of his desire of revenge and accepts Kira's offer to fight side-by-side with him. As ''SEED Freedom'' shows, Shinn is much healthier and happier under Kira's command than under Durandal's.