Greatest scene ever in Mobile Suit Gundam

Amuro gets his car stuck in some mud. Hilarity ensues.
To avoid future confusion: This is the dub from the VHS tapes. Not the dub for the series on Toonami.

[@tsukani463]

I miss the good ol' days when Amuro and Char worked on automobiles together

[@UMAdvocate]

This was originally the premise of the entire show.

[@megabolt5898]

And their girl Lahlah just teased both of them endlessly~ 😏

[@Okabecam]

That's why Char used to sell Toyotas in between seasons of Gundam.

[@Caninehandler]

@@Okabecam Gundam shoulda been as big as Pokemon in the west, I want Char and a 1:1 Mobile Suit at the super bowl

[@tahirahmad9645]

Haha!

[@KingOni10]

this is what amuro should've said as leaving "oh by the way im the guy in the white mobile suit that always gets in your way and fucks up your plans...bye" Char: -.- , "lalah get the rocket launcher from the backseat please"

[@ArchingRock]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tahirahmad9645]

Good one!

[@sweetchilledgames7887]

​@@tahirahmad9645 Nah Char would've chased him down and choked the life out of amuro

[@SharpieSkunk]

@@sweetchilledgames7887The scene is on Side 6, which is a neutral colony and requires Federation and Zeon visitors to disable all their weapons to be allowed entry.

[@sweetchilledgames7887]

@@SharpieSkunk note you said that EFSF and Principality Of Zeon soldiers had to neutralize their weapons. I said he would've chased Amuro down and strangled him

[@starschwar]

Char: Actually young man - Amruo: I see what you mean! Char has some serious charisma modifiers - bypassed the whole conversation.

[@Minecraft-ci2cg]

12 Years later and you just made my day.

[@starschwar]

@@Minecraft-ci2cg Happy to have made you laugh. Beyond the time, even.

[@itsacharcoalice]

You think if Char slapped the car, it would have gone 3 times as fast as the average car?

[@Caninehandler]

Or like when Amuro slapped the hysterical girl John-Wayne-style in the 1st episode lmao

[@battlesheep2552]

Nah, because it's not red

[@vashani]

Gotta paint it red first.

[@axlclockworker3497]

Char never learnt to drive cars, so he'd crash it three times harder

[@JaredWeiler]

This bad boy can hold so much Minovsky Particles in it.

[@Ultraelectromagnetic]

Awkward dub aside, this is unironically a brilliant scene. The first time the protagonist personally meets the antagonist he's been fighting so hard but they just politely interact like normal human beings, Char even helping Amuro get his car out of the mud, despite being on opposite sides of the war. It reminds Amuro (and the viewers) we're all just people at the end of the day and makes you wonder if there is any point to all the killing that's been going on.

[@everygametactics2235]

Definitely one of the best scenes ever.

[@taliawtf6944]

That's sort of the point to most of the Gundam story in the UC, you have people like any others in a war driven by governments or movements that traps other wise peaceful people who just want to live their lives. It's a tragedy of war and the horrors of man that he repeatedly wrought on himself.

it also foreshadows amuro's newtype powers. amuro never knew what char looked like before this yet he perfectly guessed that it was char as soon as he saw him

[@Caninehandler]

Was this cut from the aired series or something? I've watched MS:G like once a year since forever and don't remember him and Char hanging out like this, they never shared the same space which wasn't a battlefield no? I might be outing myself as a dummy but then again there's been different airings with different dubs and stuff too. If I'm right and this scene was cut, where did it belong? I actually heard there's alot of this kinda stuff which never made it to air and I wish MS:G were more meandering like this instead of the cheese-ball made-for-western-dumb-dumb stuff we got

@@Caninehandler this wasn't cut. this is from the original series

[@CoIdHeat]

I like how he wears this as ridiculous as mysterious helmet for no obvious reasons the whole time.

[@juddakooda9520]

Actually if you watch Gundam origin it’s explained why he wears it

[@ThisisKyle]

Fun fact the Gundam Origins retcons this as part of his disguise. Saying he has eyes that are extremely sensitive to a specific type of light and the glasses on the mask helps him deal with it

[@PetitTasdeBoue]

He could just wear sunglasses on neutral ground tho

[@iconthe7324]

@@ThisisKyle that was something he made up so he could hide his eye color and pretend to be char

[@brutalworldvidzproductions2647]

He wears it to conceal his true identity.. no one bats an eye when batman in full attire goes for snowballs in gotham city

[@ericstaples7220]

"Shah Asnabble" Oh, good. I was worried it was Char Aznable.

[@cherie..cherry]

😂😂

[@thenamedoesnotmatter]

The first meeting with the great CHAH Aznobble.

[@bingusmingus2937]

SHAA

[@AnakinSkyobiliviator]

**Alternate Ending** Amuro don't know who Char is, joins up with Char and Zeon wins the One Year War.

[@ShibuyaRiver]

Think they talked about this in Zeta? "Remember when you got stuck in the ditch?"

[@Tuning3434]

+ShibuyaRiver I think it is the source of Amuro's post traumatic stress disorder he displayed in Zeta.

[@Tuning3434]

William Signs No, getting stuck in a ditch offcourse. Pfff, who cares about Lalah?!

[@Tuning3434]

William Signs Hating each other, man, they are like best drinking buddies together. You must have got it all wrong. The Gryps Conflict was started cause Amuro didn't cleaned up the ash trays, with the Titans cutting his allowance in half. Not taking this shit, Amuro called his BFF Bright like "What isss thiss shitt, they've took my liquor, Bright, my liquor." And the 2nd Zeon war was just Char misplacing his space colonies. What are you smoking, man?

[@Scentless]

I love this dub. Bright actually has a British accent, no Brad Swaile in sight, and Char is fucking Spike Spiegel.

[@ZombryaTheDark]

Where did this even come from? All I know is the brad swaile dub

[@kaizakira]

@@ZombryaTheDark I think this might be from the movie trilogy

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@ZombryaTheDark Brad Swaile voiced Setsuna F Seiei

[@TheIllustriouBlueJay]

@@TheWarmachine375 he voiced Amuro in the 0079 series dub.

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@TheIllustriouBlueJay And Michael Kopsa (Rest in Peace) voiced Aeolia Schenberg and Char Aznable

[@ZaketoX2]

The japanese Dub said "Cha" So I guess the actors were just going with the original source.

[@Scrublord4200]

"Its hard to think of you as my enemy" "Actually kid its" "Oh that makes sense"

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

"Hey Amuro, blame this on the misfortune of walking on a dirt road!" *Starts comically laughing

[@cabnbeeschurgr6440]

"I'm going to get mud on your jays, Amuro"

[@alchoholicsementhful]

Shah Snubull. He is also related to Char. All three of them (mander,meleon,izard).

[@beetersweeter]

killing me 😂

[@kuroidragon100]

Omg, this dub makes Amuro sound like such a dork

[@moatezmoussi9751]

he's 16 .it's on point

[@okamijubei]

But isn't that the point of Amuro?

[@TetraVaalBioSecurity]

5 minutes later: "and now I know her name... he called her LaLa", Amuro sure is a bright one.

[@brutalworldvidzproductions2647]

Amuro is definitely a retard.. or a "newtype"...

[@The_Platinum_Realist]

Char was pretty generous despite knowing Amuro was an enemy soldier.

[@lemmehaviet]

Imagine what would happen if Amuro told Char that he is the gundam pilot at this moment.

[@bathtubbarracuda8739]

I think he knew but. Wanted to duel Amuro in honorable combat

[@BlazeMaster]

SpookyMillipede he knew why do you think Amuro got splashed Xd he wanted to look into his enemies eyes ,and besides he himself is a bit of a Amuro fan XDD since thats his arch nemesis

[@Webemperor1]

Char hates to fight against an opponent in a disadvantage as seen by how Char gave the Psycoframe plans to Anaheim for Nu Gundam.

[@DodongosCave]

he defiantly knew, but they were also in that war-free zone so they wouldnt fight anyway. In truth, the soldiers in Zeon and the Federderation have nothing to hate eachother over when they arn't fighting. like the time the zeon put bombs on the gundam, watched white base remove ALL of them, then they drove up to them and congratulated them and showed them respect

[@BlazeMaster]

Webemperor1 yea but the Gundam wars are gundam wars so they need to use mecha's to battle i was like fighting an un armed man plus one of the strategic wars is to destroy the mecha's as pilots without them are considered usseless

[@memesouls8653]

Lmao what’s so funny about this scene is the fact that even though they don’t “know” each other they weren’t more hostile considering that one is part of the Earth Federation and the other is part of Zeon. It’s like a Nazi and a British officer coming across each other on the road during WW2. I guess it can just boil down to the fact that Amuro is only 16 and that Char usually likes to fight in a mobile suit. Also I doubt Char would give a 16 year old Federation soldier a hard time as they were most likely dragged into the war. That’s if he didn’t know who Amuro was.

[@synysterpain]

I think it's also cause they're not out on the battle ground or anything and we're they on neutral grounds?

[@Caninehandler]

Love your insight here mate

[@Caninehandler]

@@synysterpain Yeah Char even remarked at how "that Mobile Suit pilot has unbelievable accuracy with the beam rifle" before he knew the pilot was teenager Amuro

[@henryfleischer404]

They are on side six here, I think. I remember for sure that it's neutral, so fighting there would probably have some bad consequences for everyone involved.

[@EvanSamaa]

Even if Char knew Amuro is the Rx78 pilot, he wouldn't have done Amuro any harm as he respects the Gundam pilot too much. His respect for Amuro is evident later when he leaked the psychoframe data in 0093 so EFSF can construct nu Gundam, which is technically on par with Sazabi.

[@LieutenantAlaki]

*begins watching* Well, I can see how this would be funny, but not quite seeing the "best scene ever" stuff yet- *Char gets out of car* ...wut *dies of laughter*

[@cabnbeeschurgr6440]

It's so insane but so brilliant at the same time. More media needs to have the protagonist and antagonist meet in incredibly mundane circumstances

[@vincentnguyen7684]

How could I possibly know it was him.... HES WEARING ALL RED

[@Kevon420]

This is so weird. Oh man dubs have come a long way, especially the two actors as well.

[@perotekku]

I really wish that the meeting in Char's Counterattack had been here, on Side 6, rather than on Side 1. Would have been a neat narrative parallel to have Amuro and Char see each other face to face for the last time, in the place where they first met in person. Cameron Bloom is even in both settings, would have been neat.

[@Hachiman76]

Fun fact: "Shahsnable" is actually Char's name for his penis. Regarding the dub itself, I like both Michael Lindsay and Steve Blum a lot, and I actually think Lindsay makes a pretty good Amuro tone-wise, but in this particular case, Michael Kopsa is basically a perfect Char, especially in later projects when he was more comfortable with the role. He gets across Char's charismatic, aristocrat-like bearing while also giving him that slight coldness that makes you not trust him. Still...why "Sha"...?

[@joeldipops]

Because in Japan, when speaking English they don't pronounce "R"s at the end of words, much like in England and Australia. That's carried across to the official English pronounciation.

[@iznogood4895]

French pronunciation. Char Aznable is named after French actor, Charles Aznavour.

[@MagicianCamille]

"Sure hope they're friendly"

[@RIPJoeRogan69]

Can't believe Steve Blum has voice acted since 1977 holy shit, going stronger now at 62!

[@Love-Sensibility]

Holy shit really? Omg that's Steve!

[@Love-Sensibility]

@OptimusSkywalker97 Thanks man

[@kyubihanyou]

Blum started closer to 1993. The dub of this movie came out in May '99.

[@apocalypticsurvivor6111]

This is why I like char aznable well at least during the one year war

[@JSuelto1]

Its Sha !!!

[@kdesano8]

+JSuelto1 *ChakChakChaka*

[@HaloX5]

CHAAAAAH AZZNAAWBILL. Amazing I love how the names are awesome. (Wow Char's voiced by Blum o_o no wonder he sounded so good).

[@VoltBolt1984]

Who doesn’t love a bit of chivalry between enemies.

[@TheStephenShow]

Just add corny music and some dumbed-down dialouge, and you get a Saban dub.

[@okamijubei]

And I wonder why they didn't bring Mobile Suit Gundam overseas during the 1980s. Possibly would've been popular then.

[@ultrayoshi100]

2:32 It's real hard to see you as my enemy Actually young man I- I see what you mean bye

[@TheAarontheblackmage]

Was that Steve Blum as Char?

[@Jordanationalismtion]

Right? It sounds so weird hearing him as Char.

[@ComfortableStraightjacket]

+Jordanationalismtion but so right

[@darthallykat]

This is the first version of MSG I ever watched. The set of three tapes cost me something like $100 in 1999 at a Suncoast video store, which was one of the few places you could find anime at the time other than a few local comic book shops. I know the acting is pretty bad, but it's got a nostalgic feel for me and I actually like Steve Blum as Char.

[@lammatt]

this scene totally doesnt make sense a man wearing a zeon military uniform sees a man wearing an EF uniform and the two are at war and they talk to each other nicely

[@87BeanMachine87]

This makes me imagine a battle between Gundam and Big-O XD

[@dark297]

Gundam has always had odd naming conventions, which is why we have characters named Fraw Bow who are called the whole thing every time, or men like Ramba Ral whose name has no real reason to be that. It's the grim-darkness of the far future, people are in space colonies, nations are apparently no longer a thing, naming conventions get a wee bit fucked up

[@ZaketoX2]

This is from the movies, not the show. They had different voice actors because the movies were released in America straight to VHS several years before the show was dubbed for Toonami. The guy doing the voice for Char is the same guy who did the voice for Tom from Toonami

[@felphero]

0:33 CHAA

[@jyesq7211]

The car, Sounds Like My Dad Farting

[@DonnerChu]

That awkward moment when you realize Char and Lala are voiced by the same people as Roger Smith and Dorothy Wainwright from Big O.

[@ShinGetterPoPo]

@raCteJ It's Sha Aznable. It's based off of a very old translation the japanese gave the US when we got the Gundam books in the early 90's.

[@ellerybyrd1360]

Amuro: Its real hard to think of you as my enemy Char: Actually young man it Amuro: I see what you mean Me: ?

[@gonzoengineering4894]

Button mashing through the dialog tree

[@jaimesrodriguez6320]

This video is GREAT!!!

[@nachinachi5085]

Imagine if Amuro screamed his head off and ran away.

[@razoreye001]

It's probably not that he can't drive a car, he's simply too rich to bother to get his own license. After all if you were wealthy enough to buy your own asteroid with gold bullion I doubt you would bother applying for a civilian driver's license.

[@dirbjag654]

This dub is so underrated

[@DWolf2k2]

You mean second greatest. The Greatest Scene in Mobile Suit Gundam is... BRIGHT SLAP!

[@Quixxer65]

For those who are confused why they aren’t fighting each other here’s how I see it: To start Amuro is constantly shown reluctant to actually engage in battle, even on do or die terms. Char is really a double agent and is only playing along till he can get his shot at revenge. All three people in this scene are budding newtypes, which often show a heightened sense of morality. Also IIRC this is a neutral zone. Thus nobody involved perceives this situation from a militaristic standpoint, nor are they actually sanctioned to.

[@TheAzureNightmare]

This dub kinda... bites. Best parts of it are C3PO Haro, British Bright Noah, and Steve Blum's Char.

[@BrandonHilikus]

TheAzureNightmare O man a mudhole great!

[@SauceageTF]

Steve Blum char sounds hilarious

[@LeBored1]

Cha A-nable. The world's nicest man.

[@captaincosmopolitan5163]

The Iranian Shah, Shah AZnabule

[@FurnaxIkki]

If only this was the guy that did Amuro in the actual anime, he could use his Deathnote.

[@AntiNihilist]

Cha'snaable...ok then...

[@Skywalker00777]

Oh I see. Thank you for clarification.

[@Keepitsavage21]

Steve blumes doing chars voice sounds awesome.

[@Fungorrr]

Never knew spike voiced char in this version...

[@eligonzales186]

When mortal enemies in online games meet irl.

[@bunbun4519]

Did anybody notice that the people in the car at 0.20 is Char and lalah?

[@FunkyGhost37]

That's the 90's for ya

[@Archzenom]

ZOMG! I just realized that STEVE BLUM IS A CHAR! DAYUM!

[@Wolfen443]

I agree, a comic relief dubbing for sure.

[@sanguineknight18]

steve blum again..... damn you cant escape this guy!

[@lyue1996]

*Car gets out of mudhole* "Thanks!" *Drives away.. and gets stuck into another mudhole right away* FUUUUU xD

[@Weiss_Hikari]

Steve Blum... he is a Char!!! I can't believe it. It's Shishio Makoto! xD

[@Zagura90]

Shaz Knobble

[@TheAntiYuu]

Shasnubble?

[@l.gcallahan2840]

I think they were worried about his name being dangerously close to the singer Charles Aznavour. When Del Rey published the novelization they kept the romanization "Cha" to avoid a potential lawsuit. Another little tidbit, Tomino was a big fan of Charles Aznavour and inspired Char/Cha

[@Dwnshifter]

Holy schnikeys I missed that eppisode and this epic scene!!!!! I read an old website that says Char doesn't know how to drive a car. I forgot to mention I LOLed hard!!!!

[@user-io7fp5jv5i]

Maybe he just doesn't have a driver licence.

[@raspdere]

this happens to me every time i drive

[@walterwhite9394]

Is it weird that I just got into gundam and watched this episode about 3 hours ago.

[@-flaredralph]

Nope im finishing it rn lol

[@trinda11]

I like how amuro says shah

[@charlielangston6890]

At first didn't realize their dialogues are a lot different than the original series; probably the movies has some similar concepts to the re-telling of Evangelion.

[@D20Watt]

Thats Michael Lindsay who's voicing Amuro, and Char is voiced by Steven Blum.

[@MrAlepedroza]

Can somebody give me a link to download this series in a good quality, plz? It have been months since I became really intersted in Gundam's old series...

[@Kyrieru]

People are talking about the dub being bad, but compared to modern dubs this isn't actually that bad at all.

[@ANAHEIM8]

wild mudhole appears

[@Kevin-bw5ol]

"Sssokay"

[@hugmynutus]

I love everyone pointing out the english dub is bad when the english dub budget was 10x the original show's entire budget 😂

[@ZaketoX2]

Because they heard the ocean dub first I guess.

[@He_took_my_bones]

I thought he’d crash into armuro instead Now i cant get that lemon tree thing outta my head

[@abman136]

to bad the og English voice actor (Michael Lindsay) of Amuro died two years ago.

[@RebelPaladin1]

Red Comet Tow Truck Service: Helping people stuck in the mud since U.C. 0079!

[@dark297]

If the military kicks him out after Unicorn then he can always make a comfortable living as Formula 1's new Fonz.

[@endlesschase2434]

Amuro: Cap'n Sha awshnawble. =>

[@Archzenom]

Yes I know that but is this even his? I can easily recognize his voice as I always hear him in most Gundam shows. Also, Is that even Michael Kopsa's voice for Char?

[@stonedcity]

Read the description. This is the dub for the VHS tapes. The actual dub was fucking great.

[@whatewer23]

@ZaketoX2 We are the borg, you will be assimilated, resistance is futile.

[@issacjones5440]

Believe it or not, the one voiced Char in this scene was actually Steve Blum

[@whitesnowwarrior]

DAMNIT

[@WolfSilverbIade]

this is that movie set.

[@ZaketoX2]

DAMNIT!

[@stephaniebroussard488]

i got the original first five episodes of the anime for christmas last year. i thought it was transformers:devastation.

[@SH2K9]

He auditions like everyone else and gets picked for roles. Not out of bias but the fact that he can play the required role properly (director's opinion). Plus, he's got bills to pay like the rest of us. That and he's DAMN GOOD!! His anime roles don't allow him to truly utilize his vocal range. Just wikipedia him and see his older roles.

[@slyapbg]

bullcrap.

[@hupdrop2]

i watched this episode at youtube and it was different...

[@IXAwhiteknight]

Cha Aznobble

[@YaowBucketHEAD]

Amuro sounds like that "friend" you had in middle school that was overweight and couldn't take a joke. God, he sucked.

[@makosharkman]

was that Steve Blum who did the Voice of Char?

[@Ssalamanderr]

Captain Shoznobble... I knew it was him