The WORST episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Every episode of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam 00!
2307 AD. As fossil fuels became exhausted, humanity found a new energy source to change their situation: A large-scale solar power system with three enormous orbiting elevators. However, only a few large countries and their allies reaped the benefits. Three superpowers had ownership of the three orbiting elevators: The Union, based in the United States Of America, The People`s Reform League, made up of China, Russia, and India, and Europe`s AEU. The superpowers continue playing a large zero-sum game for their own dignity and respective prosperity. Even though it is the 24th century, humanity has yet to become one. In this world where war has no end, a private militia appears advocating the eradication of war through force. Each possessing a mobile suit Gundam, they are Celestial Being. The armed intervention by the Gundams against all acts of war begins.
#1 - I Can Hear a Song
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/2009
After the Memento Mori's destruction, the Ptolemaios 2 is forced to descend to Earth. The Innovators arrive and attack the ship and in the ensuing battle, Tieria reveals the Seraphim Gundam hidden in Seravee to decisively defeat Bring Stabity. Separated from his comrades, Setsuna is lured by Ali Al-Saachez into a meeting with Ribbons, who reveals that he was responsible for saving Setsuna's life as the 0 Gundam's pilot and influencing Veda to ensure Setsuna would become the Exia's pilot.
#2 - Dawn of Determination
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/2008
With Ptolemaios undergoing maintenance the members of the Celestial Being take a short day off on Earth. Meanwhile the Union, AEU, and the HRL hold a secret meeting to discuss plans for "Project G", a joint project of the three groups to try to capture or destroy the Gundams. From the public's point of view it is stated as a joint military exercise by the three groups. Information later comes in that the three armies will converge at a point in the Taklamakan Desert with a high risk of spreading nuclear radiation around the world if careful measures aren't taken. Celestial Being decide to intervene, fully knowing the true objective of the enemy's plans and that they are extremely outnumbered and that they may not come out unscathed. Meanwhile, Setsuna takes a short detour to Azadistan to ask and listen to Marina's opinion of why the world is so distorted.
#3 - Gundam Meisters
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2007
The world bodies discusses the possible origins and impact of Celestial Being. The Gundams made their first combat appearance in Ceylon, formerly called Sri Lanka where Lockon leads the Gundams in taking on the Human Reform League and rebel Sri Lankan forces. Meanwhile, JNN reporter Kinue Crossroad discovers something about Aeoria Schenberg's origins. The episode ends with Graham Aker ambushing Setsuna to sate his curiosity about the Gundams.
#4 - To the Limits of Holy Teachings
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2007
An Imam named Massad Rachmadi was kidnapped by an unknown armed group, which led to riots by the Azadistani populations against the military called in to guard the city. Celestial Being and the Union Army began to intervene when radical factions in the Azadistani military began to attack loyalist forces guarding the Solar Antenna to link up with the Orbital Elevator. As Celestial Being and Graham's forces, grudgingly, face off against rebel Azadistani mobile suits, Setsuna is forced to re-live the events of his traumatic past after encountering Azadistani military mobile suits attacking armed children.
#5 - Indiscriminate Retaliation
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2007
The Gundam Meisters are being sent off to investigate the terrorists responsible for the indiscriminate bombings in the Union, HRL and AEU. In Scotland, Setsuna attempts to capture one of the bombers, but was nearly apprehended by a Scottish Authorised Firearms Officer after firing his pistol if not for Marina's intervention.
#6 - Broken Wings
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2008
As planned, Celestial Being begins their armed intervention in the Taklamakan Desert against a combined force of nearly a thousand mobile suits from the Union, AEU, and HRL. Immediately upon involving themselves, the four Gundam Meisters are attacked and face a ruthless bombardment from the allied forces for nearly fifteen straight hours. Exhausted and pushed to the limits of their abilities, the Meisters then find themselves pitted against ace pilots sent from the allied forces, with the intent of capturing them. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, the Gundams are one by one disabled and deactivated, until only Setsuna remains. Then, just as he's about to be finished off, a mysterious mobile suit, emitting red wing-like GN particles, appears and drives the enemy away.
#7 - The Changing World
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2007
Setsuna dispatches Graham with ease, the latter being caught off guard by the advanced technology of the Gundams. Tieria returns to space with Gundam Virtue. The Union Army creates the Anti-Gundam Investigative Squad with Graham and Billy transferred from the MSWAD as official members. Meanwhile, Celestial Being launches surprise attacks in South Africa, the South American continent over Taribian airspace, formerly in Venezuela and Guyana, and in Ceylon. Setsuna later faces off against Colonel Smirnov while conducting an attack against Human Reform League mobile suits. Later on, a JNN broadcast revealed that various militant factions in North Ireland signed a peace treaty, ending years of fighting between themselves, the British Army and the PSNI.
#8 - Entangled Yearnings
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/2009
Four months after the destruction of the orbital elevator in Africa, the world is a different place. The AEU's orbital elevator is rebuilt; Katharon has lost most of its fighting strength and its members are systematically hunted down; the Federation grants A-Laws complete control over the entire military. Despite their success in destroying the second Memento Mori, Celestial Being endures wave after wave of A-Laws attacks, thanks to an oblivious Anew Returner's networking with the Innovators. Tieria suggests to the Ptolemy crew that the time is right for them to carry out a mission to take back Veda. For that purpose, Sumeragi designs a plan centered around capturing an Innovator and the plan begins as A-Laws attacks yet again. Meanwhile, Regene gives Wang Liu Mei the coordinates to Veda's core.
#9 - Assault on Memento Mori
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2008
Katharon's offensive against the Memento Mori superweapon goes poorly, with A-Laws' superior units both nullifying the resistance's missile attacks and decimating their obsolete mobile suits.
#10 - Within the Scattering Light
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/2009
Despite the best efforts of the 00-Raiser to destroy the second Memento Mori, the beam fired from the badly damaged satellite weapon is still sufficient to severely damage the elevator; pieces of falling structure begin devastating the surface below. The Gundams' efforts to destroy the falling debris are helped by the combined efforts of Marie's GN Archer, Katharon, the Federation army and Kati's forces after a desperate plea for cooperation broadcasted by Sumeragi from the Ptolemaios 2. In the aftermath, Andrei Smirnov unexpectedly slays Hank Hercule, and soon associates his father Sergei with the coup d'etat. Wishing to avenge his mother's death, Andrei destroys Sergei's unit as Marie arrives too late to intervene.
#11 - Allelujah
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2007
Allelujah Haptism decides to face his past and proposes a mission to destroy the facility where he was 'created'. Sumeragi accepts his proposal and launches Exia and Dynames to attack South Africa as a diversion while Kyrios and Virtue assault the HRL colony where the illegal experiments on children have been conducted. Flashbacks of Allelujah's turbulent past is shown as he grapples with the decision to open fire on the experimental lab. Celestial Being then leaks information on the experiments to the media, turning it into an international incident and a public relations disaster for the HRL. Sergei becomes aware of the experiments and detains one of the scientists responsible and who also tried to cover it up. Kinue also continues her investigation into Aeolia Schenberg, delving deeper into the mysteries surrounding Celestial Being's founder.
#12 - Return of the Saint
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/2008
With the whereabouts of Massad Rachmadi unknown, Azadistan falls into a state of civil unrest with constant terror attacks. Reviewing the previous battle, Lockon reveals the possibility that there may be a third force aside from the Union-Azadistan forces and Celestial Being. After Setsuna and the duo of Graham and Billy investigate the possible site of where missiles had been launched by Ali, Setsuna deduces that location of where terrorist forces, led by Ali himself, are located. Setsuna and Lockon, with the assistance of Hong Long, attack the terrorist hideout. Setsuna manages to hold his own against Ali, who manages to escape from the battle, while Lockon and Hong Long utilizes the distraction to rescue Rachmadi. Deciding to display a show of bravado, Celestial Being authorizes Setsuna to deliver Rachmadi to the Azadistan royal palace with Exia unarmed. Despite pressure from present Union and Azadistan forces, the hostage release is successful. Marina asks the pilot of Exia if he is truly Setsuna, to which Setsuna vaguely encourages Marina to take up the fight for peace in Azadistan.
#13 - Escape Limit Zone
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2007
Colonel Sergei conducts tests on a new Mobile Suit built especially for Soma Peries, a bioengineered human. Allelujah Haptism and Soma Peries experience a strange connection brought on by their proximity to each other. This causes Soma Peries to go into a fit of rage who begins to fire shots randomly at the space elevator severing a section containing civilians. Meanwhile on board the elevator Allelujah Haptism experiences another side of himself but regains his composure and runs off. Colonel Sergei attempts to help the civilians before they drift past the Breakaway Limit Zone and into the Earth's atmosphere but his mobile suit is ill-equipped. Allelujah Haptism, piloting the Gundam Kyrios, arrives to aid the Colonel.They save the civilians but at the cost of revealing Dynames' GN Sniper Rifle Extreme Long Range Custom.
#14 - International Negotiation
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2007
Colonel Sergei returns to the Reform League to head a new squad designated for capturing one of the Gundams, with Soma Peries as his designated subordinate. Encouraged by Celestial Being's anti-conflict actions, the South American nation of Taribia declares its withdrawal from the Union and declares it independence over the control of energy resources, prompting a Union military response, forcing Celestial Being to intervene. In Azadistan (In the territory of Iran), Shirin Bakhtiar explains to First Princess Marina Ismail that the conflict is not as simple as it may first seem. Meanwhile, the Anti-Gundam Investigative Squad, in Flag Customs, engage Exia in Taribian airspace. Later on, pro-Taribian separatist politicians led by its prime minister are forced to drop their bid for independence after their forces were defeated by the Gundam Meisters.
#15 - Unrewarded Souls
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2007
The Gundam Meisters were able to defeat the Moralian Army, despite an earlier attempt by Setsuna to confirm if Ali was in the AEU Enact prototype that he fought with. Their actions had formed the Moralian Armed Forces to surrender to the Meisters after the previous State of emergency was declared. While Setsuna was being reprimanded by Lockon and Tieria for placing all of Celestial Being in danger for the potential of having their real identities exposed, an unknown terrorist group had conducted simultaneous bombings in various nations as a warning message to take on Celestial Being with more indiscriminate bombings unless the group disbands.
#16 - Seven Swords
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2007
The Republic of Moralia, located in the southeast of France (what today is the Principality of Monaco) and a member of the AEU, has placed in armed forces in joint exercise with French-led AEU forces, including Patrick Colasour. Marina heads to France to request humanitarian assistance, despite the incomplete status of the AEU's Orbital Elevator. Meanwhile, Celestial Being Gundam Meisters were led by Sumeragi Noriega and her crew (except Lichtendahl Caeli and Lasse Aion) alongside Wang Liu Mei in disrupting the exercises, taking on both Moralian and AEU mobile suits. Later on, Setsuna is surprised when he takes on Ali Al-Saachez, a figure from his past, in his custom-made AEU Enact prototype.
#17 - Celestial Being
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2007
Celestial Being, a private army dedicated to eradicating war, begins demonstrating the powers of their new "MS-GUNDAM" suits by interrupting the public demonstration of AEU's latest Mobile Suit, the AEU Enact and by protecting the Human Reform League's Space Elevator, "Tenchu" from being attacked by terrorists when their mobile suits had attempted to launch rockets on the "Tenchu", earning a news appearance from various TV news channels where Celestial Being's goals were publicly stated by Aeoria Schenberg.
#18 - Assault of the Thrones
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/2008
The Gundam Throne pilots--Johann, Michael, and Nena Trinity--meet with the crew of the Ptolemaios, and declare themselves as allies working independently of the current Meisters. However, they reveal little information about themselves and their Gundams, leaving the two groups first meeting with strained results. However, Sumeragi later reveals that she had Ian Vasty secretly obtain information about the Gundam Thrones.
#19 - The Indelible Past
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2008
Setsuna and Tieria face off against Ali Al-Saachez’s Arche Gundam, but are sorely outmatched until Allelujah and Lockon arrive and drive off the Arche. Lockon learns the circumstances behind his brother's death and his motivations for fighting for Celestial Being. The A-LAWs attempt to intercept the Ptolemaios II's return to space; the Ptolemaios' success forces Commander Homer Katagiri to accept the help of the Innovators to prevent any more sacrifices. When Kati sends a message to Celestial Being expressing respect for Leesa Kujo's tactics, Sumeragi realizes that Kati is a member of the A-LAWs and recognizes that Sumeragi is Celestial Being's tactical forecaster.
#20 - Blade of Reformation
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/2008
The three superpowers unite to eliminate Celestial Being and form a combined military force under the UN's command. Each of the powers receives 10 of the 30 GN-Xs, the GN-Drive powered mobile suits they found in Antarctica. However, Graham refuses to pilot one, hoping to fulfill Howard's wish of defeating the Gundams using a Flag. Meanwhile, Kinue Crossroad encounters Ali Al Sarshes, who has just met with Ragna Harvey.
#21 - Allelujah Rescue Operation
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2008
Celestial Being descended to Earth to launch a raid on a Human Reform League-run prison complex, which holds Allelujah and Marina. A-LAWs forces are deployed to back HRL forces in the area to prevent the raid from being successful. Having been given intelligence by Lockon, Kataron guerrillas also assault the prison to rescue their comrades. Though having no experience in mobile suit combat, Lockon manages to display reasonable combat ability. Setsuna secures Allelujah and Marina during the raid. During an encounter between Soma and Allelujah, the latter reveals her true name, Marie Parfacy, before Allelujah boards the Arios.
#22 - Operation Gundam Capture
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2007
The HRL's operation against the Celestial Being continues. Allelujah again becomes disorientated by his proximity to Soma Peries resulting in the capture of Kyrios. Tieria arrives to find the captured Kyrios within a transport vessel. As he attempts to destroy the vessel before it escapes the Virtue is overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Allelujah's other half Hallelujah awakens and destroys the transport ship he is inside. He then goes off to face Soma Peries and Sergei Smirnov, but they escape. The battle finally ends though it is a Pyrrhic victory for both sides, with Tieria revealing one of the Celestial Beings greatest secret GN-004 Nadleeh and the HRL losing many mobile suits in return. With the near capture of Kyrios and Ptolemaios' close escape, Celestial Being is shaken to the core with the majority of its members saddened by the experience.
#23 - Wait for Me in Space
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2008
00-Raiser's increased Trans-Am rate enables it to outclass and outmaneuver the Innovators' mobile suits, forcing them to flee in escape pods as their suits are destroyed. In the aftermath of the battle, Ribbons orders Revive Revival and Bring Stabity to capture 00 Gundam; the Innovators question Ribbons' true knowledge of Aeolia's plan and the twin drive system. Saji, Louise, and Setsuna cope with Saji and Louise's positions on opposing sides.
#24 - Beyond
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/22/2009
The battle between the 00 Raiser and the Regnant comes to its conclusion with a Gaga suicide attack. Setsuna and Saji survive the onslaught and manage to pull Louise out the wreckage of her unit before enemy reinforcements arrive. Meanwhile, inside Veda's core, Tieria corners Ribbons Almark but is gunned down. Elsewhere, Louise finds herself in the company of Saji on the Ptolemy and attacks him, only to suffer a nervous breakdown. As the battle escalates with Healing Care and Revive Revival, Setsuna resorts to the 00 Raiser's Trans-Am system, which triggers his abilities as a pure Innovator. As he intercepts the thoughts of his friends, comrades and enemies, he soon realizes the situation is grim. Growing frustrated, Setsuna inadvertently activates the 00 Raiser's Trans-Am Burst system and blankets the battlefield in purer GN particles, causing a momentary halt to the combat. Seizing the moment, Setsuna infiltrates the colony and closes in on Tieria and Veda's position. Meanwhile, Ribbons finds his link with Veda severed by the integrated consciousness' of Regene Regetta and Tieria Erde into Veda's systems. Tieria remotely activates the Seraphim Gundam's Trial System to shutdown all the units linked to Veda within its Trial Field, including the Gagas, Arche, Gadessa and Garrazo. With Veda secured, the forces of Celestial Being wrap up their battles, including Lockon, who finally avenges his family by killing Ali Al-Saachez. Setsuna locates Veda's core and finds Tieria dead but no sign of Ribbons. Before he can pursue Ribbons, Tieria reveals his presence inside Veda to Setsuna and his new understanding of Aeolia Schenberg's plan. Setsuna departs for the Ptolemy but when Ribbons shoots down the Seraphim Gundam in his giant mobile suit, the Reborns Gundam, Setsuna prepares to do battle one final time in the 00 Raiser.
#25 - The Angels' Second Advent
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2008
The Earth Sphere Federation's autonomous peacekeeping force "A-LAWS", has been suppressing an opposition force called "Cataron", using inhuman tactics and extermination. Saji Crossroad has been working as an engineer on the "Proud" Colony, a space station under construction. When a coworker is discovered to belong to Cataron, Saji is arrested under false charges by A-LAWS and pressed into forced labor. Cataron forces mounts a rescue, but A-LAWS mobile suits appear with orders to exterminate the rescuers and all station personnel to cover up its forced labor operation. Setsuna F. Seiei, infiltrates the colony during the battle and rescues Saji. Setsuna then engages the A-LAWS suits in Exia. Still damaged from its battle four years prior, Exia is no match for A-LAWS' new "Ahead" mobile suit. Setsuna is saved at the last moment by the appearance of Tieria in his new Seravee Gundam. Brought back to Celestial Being's new mothership, Ptolemios II, Setsuna is confronted by Saji who now knows Setsuna's identity as a Meister. Once again joining Celestial Being, Setsuna returns to Earth to recruit Lyle Dylandy as the new "Lockon Stratos".