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* In the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' franchise, the main character will often get an upgraded Gundam about halfway through the show; this occurs more often in full TV series than [[OVA]]s and movies.
** However often their original Gundam is still active and handed down to another pilot who continues to prove the unit effective. The only times this trope was really in effect was [[Gundam Seed Destiny]] where Kira's forced to use his old Strike Gundam(actually the Strike Rouge but its essentially the same machine) from the prequel series for a short time. It's quickly shot up and disables by the newer enemy machines as its 4 years old. However Destiny also subverts this with the original Freedom which is also from the prequel but is still a powerful machine and holds its own against the newer Gundam's though its eventually defeated in an epic showdown.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' seems to do this with Setsuna's Exia which is quickly beaten by newer GN-X models at the beginning of the second season but that's mostly due to the fact that it's had no maintenance and is still damaged from the final battle of the first season (it has only one arm and only one out of its seven blades which is even damaged). When it's brought out again (upgraded, but only by giving it a [[
*** "still quite a fearsome machine" - Keep in mind that the only thing the R2 fought was a [[Flawed Prototype|zeroth-generation]] Gundam.
**** Said "Zeroth Generation Gundam" was able to shoot down several enemy mechs outfitted with Tau GN drives without even having a GN drive of its own, so it's easy to say that it's definitely a powerful mech.
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