The (almost*) definitive list of all stolen Gundams, including some of the more egregious times that they were “borrowed without asking”. Including all unauthorized sorties would make this list 10 times longer. And an edit to clarify: This list also only includes Gundams stolen in the anime series *Making notes for a possible part 2
@@kakarot197 Sorry if I ask here but in one of the questions of the week could you answer why in Seed Destiny they suddenly started putting old MS design like Zakus and Goufs instead of keeping new designs?
@@MidoriNatsume because of nostalgia for the old suits, plus it was cool seeing new versions of the Zaku, Your and Dom rather then just clones like the Ginn or Cugue
@@kakarot197 does "getting captured" count? because Kyrios would kinda fall to that list, with the Arios and 00 Raiser being "stolen" by the ELS too, though those are manga only. if it's an "attempted stealing" (like the God Gundam), then the Barbatos would also count, since someone (i forgot) tried to pilot it when Mikazuki wasn't there.
*Earth Alliance Military Personnel* (sees theft in progress): Hey HEY! come on - come back with that! YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT! THAT'S EARTH ALLIANCE PROPERTY! I'M GONNA LOSE MY JOB!
@Falcon Shadow Nova in niverse the explanation ais as simple as Crdinator tech is intentionally complicated to keep naturals form using it. that said they did reverse engineer the gaia gundam
Not as bad as the live one dropped accidentally over Los Angeles that i heard about in high school. Thankfully it didn't go off but whew boy that would be tense for those poor bomb squad members.
@@randomnameseventytwo1307 probably all the way considering it supposedly wasn't until he got back to the hanger that he found out. that was in the English paper where we were doing a writing assignment... they said he was just about to retire to boot. so yeah. pretty crazy.
@@duelgundam How is that even stealing ? The gundam was still his (whatever the pilot name was). If anything, the crime involving it would be modifying and slavery without consent.
TBF, most of them were built in secrecy or in remote locations where stealth is more important than security. If anything, its the betrayal or really good intel that's the problem.
@@NekRulez Well the most sad part is they build these huge super powerful machines that are the utter peak of science.... Yet the have ZERO security built into them. I mean we have keys for ignitions, locks on doors... And yet all someone has to do for Gundam is just jump in the seat and walk/fly it off.
@@SilvaDreams yea in the second video he clipped the scene where Mu tells Kira to lock the OS to the strike so only he can use it. In the anime Knight's & Magic, they addressed the stealing of mechs too and he built a key system to prevent that. Problem solved lol.
I mean if a random pink-haired pop star can just casually walk in there and gives what is practically an entire nuclear arsenal to her boyfriend as a gift and then proceeds to steal another warship just cause it's pink, you probably have bigger problems than just security. Mind you she was never caught
Personally, the creation and theft of the GP02 being stolen is, correct that, *THE* most humiliating blunder and *THE* most lethal mistake of the Earth Federation, yeah make a mobile armor looking mobile suit that is built to shoot nukes. TOTALLY not tempting for some rogue EF soldier or splintered faction to steal and use.
@@zachelkins1229 Nukes are overrated when things like Apaslus III or Big Zam exists. The nuclear Bazooka had way more firepower than a nuclear warhead in space should have. In the battle of Loum, nukes only took out single battleships.
@@tyaty Yes and no; I'll agree that the nukezooka really shouldn't have been as busted as it was (barring some kind of advanced development for extra powerful space nukes) but the effects of radiation and blast pressure, in atmosphere, shouldn't be discounted. In the same vein a colony drop, as shown, will get similar localized and even global effects (of course that's it's own can of worms and isn't/should be something doable by a single person either). Part of the issue is gonna be that Big Zam, for example, is at best effective on the tactical scale where as a nuclear device can be effective on the strategic scale; strategic scale weapons systems should never be useable by a single person.
Don't forget the build burning, Sekai 'borrowed it' from Sei who originally intended to give to reiji after the event of build fighter. Edit: Sekai did get told through Yuuma (who in turn was told through his sister and in turn told be Sei) that the build burning was his, though this only happend in episode 19
I suppose that sorta counts since even though it was his father’s creation, he was never meant to pilot it. Funny thing, in the Gundam 40th anniversary video (the one that showcases the G40 version of the RX-78-2), the entire scene of Amuro getting into the Gundam plays out as if he was always meant to be the pilot. Instead of laying flat under a tarp, the Gundam deliberately lands in front of him, cockpit open, with a woman’s gentle voice calling out his name.
@@tatsuyah4695 Though, to be fair, he technically was pretty quick to return it to the Federation once the immediate danger had passed, under the unexpected caveat (even for Amuro himself) that Amuro would remain the Gundam's pilot when he was essentially "conscripted" into the White Base's crew along with his friends.
IDK if the Devil Gundam counts Gundam Rose was stolen by George DeSand Rising Gundam was borrowed by Rain Mikamura Dragon Gundam was stolen by a bunch of bandits Spike Gundam was stolen by Chico Rodriguez Mirage Gundam was stolen by Mirabeau Oh yeah. Shining Gundam's core lander was also stolen by the bandits Nobel Gundam, as well as Allenby Beardsley were stolen by Wong Yunfat
Just wait for seed destiny (don't watch the second half ) First half is just rubbing salt in the wound stealing and literally using them to slaughter right of the bat
@@DigiDragoh So to review a trio of Sci-Fi super soldiers with sympathsizer assistance getting them effectively into the hangar with legit passes, and then bullet hosing the maintenance teams is "bad security"? Given SEED acknowledges common military practices like firearms should be normally secured in the armory, what do you think you're even saying here? You going to sit there and warble about how the Fort Hood shooting was due to base personnel being incompetent too? If we're giving advice on series don't watch Wing or Mobile Fighter G as they're moderately successful Post-Bubble Economy cringe created in the immediate wake of Bandai's takeover of Sunrise, which are only popular stateside due to Toonami nostalgia.
@@jrickducking6685 In 1898, the USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor, during a period of tension with Spain, since the Latin American countries were in a period of uprisings to remove Spanish colonial power, with Cuba being the most recent. The cause of the sinking was due to an explosion, that may as well have unknown cause but was popularly blamed on Spanish forces, hence "Remember the Maine!" This gave the US just enough of an excuse to have a short war with the Spanish, which was pretty one-sided anyway, and forced Spain to concede important territorial privileges. Most especially, this sold the Philippines, then a Spanish colony, also on the brink of revolution, dirt cheap to the US, giving the US one of its most important bases of power in the Pacific, especially pre-WWII. Considering what Anavel Gato really achieved, and how it inevitably benefited certain people in the Federation, namely the Titans, and helped increase and cement military power, it is very much a USS Maine issue. The only difference was that Anavel Gato cost the Federation significantly more.
Funny thing is zaft managed to get the gaia back and lacus still managed to steal it hell in the astray side story they even lost the proto saviour zaft security is just awful
I read on the Gundam Wiki, that Zaft got the Gaia back, but the Gaia that Lacus gave to Andrew, was a totally different prototype. The series is super vague on that part, so Gaia just appears on the Three ships alliance side.
The folks who made the Gundam Unicorn tried to avert this trope by implementing a bio-imprint for its pilot. Then Bananger’s dad stole it by putting his son’s data in there.
The Unicorn was owned by the Vist Foundation and it was owned/ run by Banagers dad so he owned the Unicorn can’t steal what you own. He just did what no one thought he would do, put it in the hands of 16 year old boy.
Small detail: Didn't the Buster get stolen, then recovered, then the ship defected, but then stolen *again* when Dearka jumped to help defend Orb? He was a "released ZAFT prisoner" without access to his "confiscated war material" wasn't he? Also, I always assumed that Lacus was just playing dumb during her first stint on the Archangel. Especially how she described the whole "Alliance soldiers boarded my peace mission vessel and killed everyone else as the PLANTS staff shoved me into an escape pod at the last moment".
In his defense though, Duo did offer to lend the parts from Deathscythe to repair the Wing Gundam. Heero just....took up on that offer without telling Duo.
@@TheHiddenBoss he offered spare parts with the condition that his mechanics fix it. Heero took parts from the Deathsycthe itself. He got mixed signals somewhere along the way
In Lacus Clyne's defense, she plays dumb to get people to underestimate her. Her real personality was first shown when she pressured Rau to fall back rather than engage Mu after she was given back to Athrun by Kira.
Can't wait to hear the story of how the real one in Japan Gets stolen lol. It would be fun if they did a ruse to have it "Stolen" as a nod to the series as a whole.
@@Zero01k i really think integration of Gundam in this world is by making a laser weapon that can only be powered by small nuclear reactor. The laser weapon and Gundam as a whole is to support and counter enemy Air force and Missile by just firing their weapon.
@@worldkat1393 I know the Strike Freedom combined elements from the Freedom (the general design and high maneuverability due to the lightweight frame + the sacrifice of some armor to increase the maneuverability even more) and the Provedence ( The DRAGOON system) and wherever the beam shields came from, but what did the Inf Justice steal from besides the Justice and the beam shield?
@@rarericebag215 So both the base models of Strike Freedom and Inf Justice were designed by ZAFT right after they finished the original Justice and Freedom. They are made using mainly ZAFT tech with a bit of tech from ORB but really just ZAFT tech stolen from other projects.
@@DarkAnon100 Eh, I wouldn't necessarily call her scheming. I think she's far more insightful of people than most (except for the people who subscribe to the Evil Mastermind Lacus Theory) thing, but at the same time...I don't think the other extreme give her enough credit. She's a fairly empathic character whose father is a high ranking politician in a supremacist state who is actually capable of seeing beyond the ideology and actively tries to look at people AS people. Also she's an Idol Singer, so she is, by definition an actress.
This reminds me of that meme, where a store had put out a sign with 4 people's faces on it, saying that these people are banned from the store, for stealing Gundams.
Sounds plausible. An idol’s personality on stage and what they’re actually like can be completely different. Especially considering how she went from cute and bubbly moe-blob to an elegant and charismatic leader of her own faction.
Well when your a daughter to a very high ranking member of fraction. Aka you know a lot of shit that even your father presume you didn’t. Playing dumb is the best option towards people that could have a genocidal hatred towards your people.
Not to mention. She really shows it the very next episode when she with a confident and cool voice orders freaking RAU LE CREUSET to back off from his attack on the Archangel and the Strike. Then she uses that same voice much later in the series when she addresses Athrun after he comes after her. Heck. I think there are scenes where both Kira and Athrun actually ask her who she is and she uses that cute air-headed voice to answer that she just simply Lacus Clyne. The Kira one is right before they steal the Freedom while the Athrun I do not remember where that scene happens to be at.
@@robertdrexel2043 On top of that, she slips into the role of resistance/ideological leader very easily after compromising ZAFT's security on multiple levels (theft of the Freedom, turning Waltfeld and the Eternal to her side, illegal broadcasts throughout the PLANTs). If I recall correctly, the director of the series said that she's the only character who didn't have a character arc in the show because she doesn't really change - she was always a dual-faceted character, with one persona as a publicly friendly idol and the other persona as a much more serious and determined political leader. She leverages both roles - her two aspects - throughout the series to great effect, allowing her to become one of the most powerful people in the Cosmic Era by the end of the SEED and the most powerful politician by the end of SEED Destiny. Whenever she acts bubbly, careless, and clueless like she did when meeting the Archangel's officers for the first time, it's on purpose. In that case, I would guess it was for her to feel out what kind of people Ramius, La Flaga, and Badgiruel were and whether or not they were honorable enough to not harm her. Once she realizes these are relatively well-meaning people and aren't likely to mean her any immediate physical harm, she's far less clueless. Her innocent appearance and bubbly attitude are really potent tools at defusing situations because people aren't inclined to think she's a threat or very dangerous, allowing her to roam around ships (via Haro lockpicking) without too much resistance.
@@ru_gamerandotaku2431 and the Wing universe. None of them are actually stolen. The scientists gave them to the respective pilots but since the plan was altered, the excuse was that the Gundams were "stolen"
Only thing I disagree on in this whole vid, is the interpretation of Lacus' personality. She's in an enemy ship. If she show them she's intelligent, they're gonna be on their guard, keeping an eye on her so she doesn't try to escape or alert her nation. If she act like an airhead, they will not be on their guard, and once she find a way to escape or alert her nation, they won't be hindering too much. Many women spies from WWII and WWI actually acted like this to carry on their mission.
Yeah, the last ship she was on was massacred by some (likely Blue Cosmos aligned) EA soldiers. She was going to definitely try to make herself as unthreatening as possible. She's immediately shown to be much smarter than she looks when, the moment she's out of danger, she's able to use her political influence to threaten Rau of all people and force him to stand down.
well i think lacus is one of the smartest heroine in anime world, she use many card (social status, family name, military connection even kira yamato, etc) for become plant leader,. and only she can make(or rebuild) 2 nuke machine
Lacus Clyne. Popstar idol by day, mafia gang leader by night. Plus she is he best girlfriend because she gave her boyfriend a hell of a gift and supported him from a far. Beautiful, intelligent and cunning what more could you ask.
After recent reveal from directors of Seed Destiny, we have gotten to know that Lacus is probably one of the most cunning and brutal person to ever live in Cosmic Era... She smart, too smart.
11:05 The prototype sinanju was stolen and modified into the infinitely more badass Full frontal version He was just showing those federation scum how to properly design an ace mobile suit.
Grand theft Gundam. Yeah, that's a thing that needs to happen. If only to have you play as a Fed and ambush, punch out, and steal a Zaku from a Zeon soldier during the early days of the OYW.
Engineers #1: don't you think we should add a multi lock system that only the assign pilot and high ranking officer should have the key to activate the gundam? Engineer #2: eh why the hell not Thus almost every gundam show ended shortly with the bad guy winning and the protagonists dying off screen
To be fair, just like most planes (and war vehicles in general) in real life you'd want the goddamn thing to start as soon as it's physically possible, so you hand in the security to sheer geographical location and tight manpower
SEED gundams that were never stolen: Chaos, Raider, Forbidden, Impulse, Destroy, Akatsuki, Destiny, and Legend. That's it, all the rest were stolen. The Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice are rebuilds of stolen machines so they may or may not count depending on how you see them.
LOL! I love the thumbnail picture of the video! “Grand Theft Gundam”! If Grand Theft Auto had a DLC of Mobile Suit Gundam, I would most likely play the ever living hell out of it! :)
Tbf Kakarot. At least for the Freedom case, it is shown how much influence the Clyne Faction has in Zaft along with Lacus's agents that we see a bit more of when they evacuate her after her meeting with Athrun, combined with the Red Coat disguise she gave to Kira (which we know is considered the "elite pilot" uniform) it's easy to come to the conclusion that the Freedom's theft was HEAVILY pre-planned by Lacus considering how easy it was for her the escape immediately after along with fact that they didn't stop and talk to the guards, so they wouldn't have suspected this "elite" following this influencial person and might have even come to the conclusion he was to be its designated pilot
2:02 Funny how Delaz claimed that the GP02 violated the Antarctic Treaty, when the treaty did not prohibit the development of nuclear weapon systems. If it did, all mobile suits would be illegal, as they're nuclear-powered. Moreover, there was no indication that the Federation ever planned to use the nukes.
even funnier, technically, the Delaz Fleet IS the one who violated the treaty, with Gato firing the Nuclear Warhead. (i said technically because at that point the treaty was no longer in effect, but since Delaz consider Zeon Surrender at the end of the One Year War illegitimate, in his head, the war is still going and the treaty is still active.)
Okay, not a Gundam theft, but when Io Fleming steals the Rick Dom in Thunderbolt, that was pretty awesome. Between that and his speech to the rookies in December Sky, Io became one of my favorite protagonists in Gundam.
Reminds me of how back in '05 I sent an email to the author of "Mecha Musings" over on MAHQ about how often by that point MS such as Gundams were getting stolen. He later wrote an article on the topic. In the years since, the writers behind Gundam seem to have gotten better about securing their mecha.
SEED is funny for not only having the single most Gundams stolen in a single timeline, but also for have the simplest successful method for preventing the theft of a Gundam... a password. Kira put a password on the Strike to prevent the European Union (or whatever they're called) from stealing the Strike during their stay at Artemis. And it worked.
I wonder if the naval review was allowed to go through to not only to demonstrate the purpose of why the Titans needs to be created but all those ships destroyed and personal dead. That's a big hole in the budget. A hole big enough to fit the Titans into. CURSE YOU Jamitov Hymen and Bask Om!
I always smiling whenever Gundam Pilot have a dramatic dialog in their cockpit . . . . . . because half of it was they talked to themselves and forgotten that Gundam didn't have Loud speaker
Ah yes, having a nuke stolen right under your nose. Kinda makes you wonder why the Federation was such a threat to Zeon if they make boneheaded mistakes like this?
Funnily enough, the series that had the most Gundams stolen was also the one where they introduced adding a "lock" or for a more simple term, I think Kira just added a fucking password so the Strike doesn't get stolen. No wonder he can just leave the freedom in his basement, never has to worry of it getting stolen.
I'd say that the Barbatos gets honorable mention. Mikazuki jumped into it as part of an unauthorized SHTF maneuver and was subsequently liberated when Orga and company siezed CGS assets and reincorporated as Tekkadan.
This reminded me of an old comment chat I had with someone we were talking about plot holes and the fact that the vehicles [Gundams] can be stolen. like I said before with a key and a lock would only make it hard for the enemy to steal a car or in this case a Weapon of Mass Destruction, but won't prevent it to happen though since if it a Key it can also be stolen and Lost. Password? that can be hacked! and A Case being is the vehicle being a lock to one pilot and that pilot is killed vehicle wouldn't be used by either of the good guys or the bad guys unless either side makes a breakthrough worst case the enemy side would be able to steal a WMD if there is no one protection it, putting it Back to square one.
There is always the way the Battletech franchise had security on the Battlemechs with not only a random chosen passphrase that the computer tells the pilot who then has to return with a matching passphrase but having the matching brain pattern loaded on the neurohelmet the Mechwarrior is wearing or that helmet could fry your brain.
Another thing from Unicorn, even though the Stein 01 isn’t a Gundam, it is crucial to the fact that it was stolen by the Sleeves to create Full Frontal’s Sinanju. Again, isn’t a Gundam, but I thought it was worth noting
Probably would just leave a Haro inside the cockpit as a makeshift guard dog to keep a thief from stealing a Gundam. Maybe even make some modifications to it so it has anti-personnel defenses like tasers, knockout gas, or a comically large rocket propelled boxing glove that comes out of its mouth. It’s also pretty much indestructible because its Mascot status gives it plot armor beyond plot armor.
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