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* Your average \'\'Franchise/MobileSuitGundam\'\' series is bound to have a least one of these. From Sayla Mass of the original \'\'Anime/MobileSuitGundam\'\' to Fa Yuiri of \'\'Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam\'\' to Sochie Heim of \'\'Anime/TurnAGundam\'\' to Arisa Gunhale of \'\'Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE\'\', \'\'Gundam\'\' in general has a rather dubious record regarding female mobile suit pilots. Of course, this is a franchise that has had only one \"main\" female pilot[[note]]Cristina Mackenzie of \'\'Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket\'\', and she only holds the title because she piloted the series\' resident Gundam--otherwise the star billing clearly went to Alfred Izuruha and Bernard Wiseman.[[/note]] over its thirty five plus years of running, so it\'s safe to say \'\'Gundam\'\' isn\'t meant for women (despite what some would claim about [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing certain series]]).
** \'\'Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny\'\': Lunamaria Hawke is set up to be an AcePilot like her teammates Rey and Shinn. While she\'s certainly competent at taking out Mooks, she suffers from a bad case of OvershadowedByAwesome and is largely there to provide emotional support to the near AxCrazy Shinn.
** \'\'Anime/MobileSuitGundam00\'\' actually has a [[DarkActionGirl \'\'dark\'\']] version of this trope in [[CutePsycho Nena]] [[PsychopathicManchild Trinity]]. While appearing to be imposing in her Throne Drei, the unit itself is very weak as it was designed for stealth, and the only things Nena ever succeeded in killing were [[MoralEventHorizon a bunch of people at a wedding]], an [[UndyingLoyalty intensely loyal]] [[ExtremeDoormat Hong Long]], and Wang Liu Mei. During three battles in the first season, the Throne Drei got easily knocked around, and poor Nena saw it get brutally dismembered by a revenge-driven Louise with her [[BiggerStick Regnant]] before being cut in half after saying \'\'\"This isn\'t how I want to die!\"\'\', not to mention in physical combat, Nena was easily stopped by Ali al-Saachez and got punched in the face for her troubles. Of course, her fans in Japan and those on the EnsembleDarkHorse side of the BrokenBase [[AmericansHateTingle in the West]] like her more for her personality.
** \'\'Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry\'\' actually uses this with Fumina Hoshino as part of her CharacterDevelopment. At the beginning, she\'s shown to be a competent Gunpla Builder and Fighter, but ends up requiring the help of RookieRedRanger Sekai Kamiki (a virtual nobody to the world of Gunpla) to win the day. When the two and Yuuma Kousaka form Team Try Fighters, she relegates herself as support with the Winning Gundam, keeping her in a competent zone, but never actively fighting. However, after getting curbstomped by Saga Adou\'s Gundam The End and having her inspiration Lady Kawaguchi force her into fighting with the Winning Gundam solo and making her realize she has no idea what her weapons do and how to use them correctly, Fumina quickly realizes she can\'t just hang back and hope the boys can bring home the bacon and reworks the Winning Gundam into the Star Winning Gundam, a powerful suit that goes head to head with G-Portent, a Gunpla built by Shia Kijima, a member of the prestigious Gunpla Academy.
The wording is supiciously biased and it reads like copy/pasted from the early 2000\'s anti all female character sites. (Plus Fa was NEVER intended as an Action Girl, she weas an ActionSurvivor TOPS). Taking it here until it can be rewritten with less gnashing of teeth.
** \'\'Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny\'\': Lunamaria Hawke is set up to be an AcePilot like her teammates Rey and Shinn. While she\'s certainly competent at taking out Mooks, she suffers from a bad case of OvershadowedByAwesome and is largely there to provide emotional support to the near AxCrazy Shinn.
** \'\'Anime/MobileSuitGundam00\'\' actually has a [[DarkActionGirl \'\'dark\'\']] version of this trope in [[CutePsycho Nena]] [[PsychopathicManchild Trinity]]. While appearing to be imposing in her Throne Drei, the unit itself is very weak as it was designed for stealth, and the only things Nena ever succeeded in killing were [[MoralEventHorizon a bunch of people at a wedding]], an [[UndyingLoyalty intensely loyal]] [[ExtremeDoormat Hong Long]], and Wang Liu Mei. During three battles in the first season, the Throne Drei got easily knocked around, and poor Nena saw it get brutally dismembered by a revenge-driven Louise with her [[BiggerStick Regnant]] before being cut in half after saying \'\'\"This isn\'t how I want to die!\"\'\', not to mention in physical combat, Nena was easily stopped by Ali al-Saachez and got punched in the face for her troubles. Of course, her fans in Japan and those on the EnsembleDarkHorse side of the BrokenBase [[AmericansHateTingle in the West]] like her more for her personality.
** \'\'Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry\'\' actually uses this with Fumina Hoshino as part of her CharacterDevelopment. At the beginning, she\'s shown to be a competent Gunpla Builder and Fighter, but ends up requiring the help of RookieRedRanger Sekai Kamiki (a virtual nobody to the world of Gunpla) to win the day. When the two and Yuuma Kousaka form Team Try Fighters, she relegates herself as support with the Winning Gundam, keeping her in a competent zone, but never actively fighting. However, after getting curbstomped by Saga Adou\'s Gundam The End and having her inspiration Lady Kawaguchi force her into fighting with the Winning Gundam solo and making her realize she has no idea what her weapons do and how to use them correctly, Fumina quickly realizes she can\'t just hang back and hope the boys can bring home the bacon and reworks the Winning Gundam into the Star Winning Gundam, a powerful suit that goes head to head with G-Portent, a Gunpla built by Shia Kijima, a member of the prestigious Gunpla Academy.
The wording is supiciously biased and it reads like copy/pasted from the early 2000\'s anti all female character sites. (Plus Fa was NEVER intended as an Action Girl, she weas an ActionSurvivor TOPS). Taking it here until it can be rewritten with less gnashing of teeth.
