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[[File:gundam-age_1161.jpg|frame|Three destinies will make history.]]

 

{{quote|''"It is the space age, hundreds of years after people began to emigrate to space colonies. The wars that were once fought for control of the Earth Sphere had ended, and it seemed that an era of peace had arrived. But this fleeting peace collapsed. A colony was destroyed by a mysterious enemy that suddenly appeared. The curtain was rising on a new battle that would continue over 100 years."''|[[Opening Narration]]}}

 

 

 

The first generation begins with Flit, who [[Falling Into the Cockpit|was allowed to pilot the Gundam]] when its intended pilot was injured during a UE attack. The destruction of his second home colony lands him on the ''Diva'', piloted by a rogue captain who is determined to battle the UE in defiance of the Federation's sluggish response to the threat. Flit uses the Gundam to protect colonies from the UE and in general to be a savior for humanity. {{spoiler|It ends with the young and idealistic Flit being shattered by the senseless death of a girl named Yurin, setting him on a lifelong path of vengeance. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew is horrified at revelation that [[Human All Along|the UE were humans all along,]] [[The War of Earthly Aggression|abandoned by the Federation after a failed attempt to colonize Mars.]]}}

Two manga side spin-offs were also made: '''Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Treasure Star''' (Set during the Flit Arc) and '''Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memories of Sid''' (Set after the Asemu Arc and before the Kio Arc).

 

 

* [[108]]: A.G. 108 is the year Flit's mother dies. It's also the same year that Desil is born.

* [[The Ace]]: Woolf "The White Wolf" Enneacle.

* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Hero]]: Unfortunately, Flit descends into one after Yurin dies in front of his very eyes. Grodek also turns out as one in the end, only caring about getting his [[It's Personal|personal]] [[Revenge]] rather than working to solve the UE problem.}}

* [[Art Style Dissonance]]: This series is ''notorious'' within the ''[[Gundam]]'' fandom for pairing a kiddy art style with a rather cynical and mature story.

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Bookworm]]: Flit Asuno, his son Asem & grandson Kio all of them being skilled MS pilots & engineers. '''Especially''' Flit, with him being the original creator of the AGE Gundam, and later proving himself a skilled tactician.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: After some initial friction, Woolf and Flit start heading towards this. By the time the former gets his hands on the [[Super Prototype|G-Exes]], [[Back-to-Back Badasses|they're a downright terrifying team]].

** {{spoiler|Desil and Zehart are a villainous variant easily double teaming the Age-2 and G-bouncer. Subverted in that they do not get along that well -- Zeheart even let Desil die.}}

** [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] in the Second Generation: Asemu is the Betty, while Zeheart is the Veronica.

* [[BFG]]: Mukured's Mobile Suit has one.

** {{spoiler|Woolf arriving in the G-Exes and pwning a UE suit with just one sword slash!}}

** {{spoiler|And then again in Episode 13, when Madorna and his friends showed up to stop a piece of the ''Fa Bose'' from ramming the ''Diva''--and stop Ract from performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Black and White Insanity]]: Flit sinks into this after Yurin dies; it is even more obvious after Yark Dole's shocking revelation of the true face of the UE. It is implied that the [[Big Bad]], Lord Ezelcant, has this black-and-white mentality, too. Though so far the Vagans are the ones exterminating the people of earth first while Flit has yet to get the chance to attack the civilians of Vagan.}}

* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: The Gundam AGE-3's beam sabers are mounted in its wrists.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Just in case anyone has noticed, the Earth Federation units are painted with bright colors, making them look like the "good" side, while the UE {{spoiler|(Vagan)}} ones are generally darkly colored as the "evil" side.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: In Episode 22, rather than fight Desil one on one, Flit brings a squad of Federation mooks along with him to guarantee a win.

* [[Combining Mecha]]: The Gundam AGE-3 heralds the return of the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Core Block System]].

* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]: part of {{spoiler|Commander Bruzar's}} [[Final Speech]] to Flit.

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: The AGE Builder sequence.

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Fardain. {{spoiler|In episode 5, we see the world inside the colony as a shiny, lavish, and seemingly peaceful commercial center. In episode 6, however, we see the ugly truth behind the mask: there is a war inside this colony that has raged on since the past history in spite of the peace treaty that apparently ended the slaughtering between the two sides, cue Universal Century, and there are also a mass of people living in poverty in an underground ghetto while enduring the rich people who keep being fooled by ideologies or even don't give a damn about the warfare, cue ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]''.}}

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: {{spoiler|From Episode 15 onward.}}

** Generation 3 seems to be the darkest yet.

* [[The Dead Have Names]]: Zeheart makes it a point to remember the name of every pilot under his command, especially the ones that are killed in action

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Flit suffers a painful one {{spoiler|when Yurin dies. This makes him reject the Vagans' humanity and swear revenge.}}

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|Asem.}}

** Averted in the second generation. Although Asemu's hometown takes significant damage in a UE attack, neither it nor the colony is destroyed.

*** Played nearly straight in the third generation. Kio's hometown isn't totally destroyed, but it is subjected to a brutal attack on its civilian quarters.

* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]:

** Who are the UE? What do they want? No one is quite sure, although Grodek seems to figure it out midway through Generation 1. Not that he tells anyone.

* {{spoiler|[[History Repeats]]: Near the end of Flit's arc, Yurin is stabbed and killed by Desil, causing Flit to enter an [[Unstoppable Rage]], and slices Desil's suit to pieces, but sparing him. 26 years later, Desil kills Woolf in a similar manner, followed by Asemu going berserk and slashing Desil's suit apart limb by limb and finishing the job by blasting the remains into molten space dust.}}

** {{spoiler|In episode 34, Kio is held by two enemy suits the exact same way that Asemu was by Decil. Asemu shoves him out of the way in the exact same way that Woolf saved him... only [[Subverted Trope|he turns around and guts Gratt]] before he can get stabbed in the back. Woolf would be proud.}}

** {{spoiler|Decil Galette turns out to be a pilot and battle commander, but he's an unpredictable brat who abandons a sure victory because he gets bored and kills Yurin L'Ciel, who the Vagan had gone to great lengths to conscript for her X-Rounder abilities. Notably, he lacks this authority in Generation 2.}}

** Zeheart gets this, too. At age 18, {{spoiler|he's put in command of the Earth Occupation Forces. He even outranks his older brother!}}

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: As of Generation Two, Flit has long since kissed his [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] days goodbye.

* [[It's Personal]]: Flit and Desil. {{spoiler|Twenty-five years later, the grudge is still going strong.}}

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Averted. The "kiddy" art style doesn't stop the show from featuring its fair share of deaths or depict the Federation as still a corrupt organization. The scenes of large-scale battles throughout the series are no more sanitized than those in other Gundam shows either.

* [[Love At First Sight]]: Flit and Yurin.

** Second Generation: {{spoiler|Obright and Remi, '''AND HOW.'''}}

* [[Love Triangle]]:

** The same thing happens in episode 20 when {{spoiler|Zeheart defeats Asemu}}.

* [[Older Hero vs. Younger Villain]]:

** Averted with Asemu and Zeheart in the Second Generation. They are exactly the same age.

** Inverted with Kio vs Zeheart.

* [[Shout-Out]]: What good is an anime if it doesn't have them?

** In episode 13, Woolf quotes [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Kamina]].

Woolf: "[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Who the hell do you think I am?]]" (also translated as "Who do you think I am?"; He actually says "Ore wo dare datto omotteiru?" meaning "Just who the hell do you think I am?") }}

** The revelation of the UE {{spoiler|actually being people fighting for Vagan is strikingly similar to the big reveal in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]].''}}

** Adeles/Adders.

** Sparrow/Spallow.

** Visidian/Bisidian.

** Wendy's last name is either Hearts or Hertz, depending on who you ask.

* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: At the end of Episode 8, we are shown {{spoiler|a new UE model hiding in the factory that builds customized mobile suits including G-Exes, leading the audience to suspect that it has been working for the UE all along. In the next episode, however, it is revealed that the crew has been UNKNOWINGLY working for the UE until they realize something is dead wrong in the combat record of the UE model. They get better after this.}}

* [[Transforming Mecha]]: The Gafrans.

** The Gundam AGE-3 too, sort of. It doesn't transform as much as the AGE-2, rather the arms and legs fold up into a flight-mode, stretching out to become the body which the Core Fighter then transforms into the Head and Cockpit for.

** The Federation's new Clanche is a straighter example, being developed directly from the AGE-2.

** Episode 8's last scene of {{spoiler|showing a UE being built in a facility}} was but an appetizer to how big episode 9 would be. {{spoiler|A UE Zedas outclasses the Titus, making a new Gundam obsolete in record time. Moreover, the episode reveals that Desil's calling the shots for the UE and, most importantly, Grodek convinces his crew to break off from the Federation's forces. Talk about a dramatic buildup!}}

** {{spoiler|After much tension of the first part of the battle, Episode 13 gives the audience one more sudden shock by revealing Yurin as a manipulated X-Rounder soldier by the UE at the end.}}

** Episode 29. {{spoiler|First, Big Ring is destroyed. This signals the Vagan forces sent to Earth in Episode 27 finally reveal themselves, rapidly turning Earth from a peaceful paradise into a battleground.}}

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Some characters seem to have been completely forgotten about after every generation change, such as {{spoiler|Largan}}...unless you read [[All There in the Manual|Memories of Sid]].

* [[World Half Full]]: {{spoiler|Subverted like '''whoa''' from Episode 15 onwards.}}

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: {{spoiler|Happened during Episode 14 after Flit lost it when Yurin dies in the hands of Desil.}}

'''Flit:''' Lives...'''''ARE NOT TOYS!!!''''' {{spoiler|((Cue an MS-sized [[Extreme Melee Revenge]] by Flit on Desil))}} }}

* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: The Gundam AGE Titus's weapons loadout is specifically built around giving wrestling moves that little extra kick, making it perhaps the only [[Humongous Mecha]] in existence to utilise the 'beam lariat'.

 

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