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.

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

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

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@gamerchosis6666]

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

[@SharpieSkunk]

@@gamerchosis6666The 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.

[@gamerchosis6666]

@@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.

[@tone_bone]

I read this right before I watched that part. Fucking killed me.

[@starschwar]

@@tone_bone Glad to still bringing laughter all these years later!

[@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

[@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.

[@thenamedoesnotmatter]

The first meeting with the great CHAH Aznobble.

[@bingusmingus2937]

SHAA

[@benkraze3103]

AMURO!

[@sonicmid06]

Quattro vagina

[@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?

[@qmto]

the part of the conversation that got cut out for some reason at the end is. Amuro: Its real hard to think of you as my enemy. Char: Actually young man,(cut here) it appears you are your own enemy, look what you did to your uniform. Amuro: I see what you mean. is it sad i know that off the top of my head?

[@ericstaples7220]

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

[@cherie..cherry]

😂😂

[@Scrublord4200]

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

[@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

[@LeonSteamhawk]

Mortal enemies while in the cockpit, but when they meet face to face for the first time, they practically act like neighbors. .-.

[@alchoholicsementhful]

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

[@beetersweeter]

killing me 😂

[@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.

[@ZaketoX2]

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

[@daniel8181]

They did this in unicorn lmao, two va's said "Malida" and the rest said "Marida"

[@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"...

[@a-buttonace]

No, that's another guy

[@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

[@The_Platinum_Realist]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@a-buttonace]

Old dubs be like:

[@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.

[@vincentnguyen7684]

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

[@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.

[@Kevon420]

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

[@jonmcclay2141]

This is episode 33 of Gundam 0079 titled "A Fateful Encounter"

[@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*

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

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

[@apocalypticsurvivor6111]

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

[@MagicianCamille]

"Sure hope they're friendly"

[@thegooseman90]

Wonder how Steve Blum would've voiced Full Frontal

[@ultrayoshi100]

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

[@zetazetaman]

Maybe not the GREATEST scene, but certainly one of the Top 5 most important in the series.

[@primezilla37]

I love how Char is kind enough to help some random dude out of the mud

[@AndrewLike1941]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@worldends08]

He was the RIGHT choice to voice Amon, the villain in "The Legend of Korra."

[@desktorp]

In this version, Char kills Amuro for mispronouncing his beautiful name.

[@TheAarontheblackmage]

Was that Steve Blum as Char?

[@Jordanationalismtion]

Right? It sounds so weird hearing him as Char.

[@ComfortableStraightjacket]

+Jordanationalismtion but so right

[@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.

[@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

[@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).

[@caitlinhites3545]

It would have been amazing if he had driven like 20 feet and gotten stuck again....

[@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]

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

[@LordDeathkeeper]

Remember, everyone: Car trouble sucks. If you see someone stuck on the road, you help him/her out. Even if he's your worst enemy, because no one wants to be stuck in the road somewhere with an effectively broken vehicle. Of course, if he IS your worst enemy, feel free to make it as uncomfortable as possible.

[@jyesq7211]

The car, Sounds Like My Dad Farting

[@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

[@Servellion]

Ah so it's Shar Asnawble. And here I've been calling him Char Aznable(as in charring from a fire). Nice to be corrected. Thank you half-assed English dub!

[@JSuelto1]

Its Sha !!!

[@kdesano8]

+JSuelto1 *ChakChakChaka*

[@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.

[@paxhumana2015]

This is why you need a Hemi engine in your dune buggy, Amuro.

[@liger4414]

lol, steven blum as Char. Great.

[@Deth43]

never pass up a chance for steve blum to do a voiceover...EVER.

[@nachinachi5085]

Imagine if Amuro screamed his head off and ran away.

[@sykogrupycocanekrzy]

...That wasn't the car Lalah and Char were driving in the episode I watched. And yes, I'm glad they re-dubbed this for Toonami, this was bad. Cha-Aznable?

[@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.

[@Elementa2006]

I read he was played by Brad Swaile in the US dub of the series, who also played Qautre in the dub of Gundam Wing

[@ZaketoX2]

The original series is available for free, straight from Sunrise, on KZbin.

[@fishpop]

As many others have mentioned, "Sha" is Steve Blum. But I don't think anyone has mentioned that Amuro appears to be voiced by Michael Lindsay. (Joe/Digimon Adventure, Kisuke Urahara/Bleach, Kankuro/Naruto & others.)

[@chinquecfro44]

Char is Spikes voice from Cowboy Bebop.

[@87BeanMachine87]

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

[@David315842]

When Joe Kido and Spike Spiegel decided to become pilots in the GunDAMN universe that one time. :D

[@ZaketoX2]

Because Char and Amuro are enemies. But out of nowhere, Char helps Amuro with his car problems.

[@Piterdeveirs333]

It's Char and his mom

[@frozenray0079]

yeah, for the 20th anniversary of the franchise, Sunrise and Bandai introduced Gundam to the states in 1998 with the Gundam movie trilogy, Gundam 0080 and Gundam 0083 all on VHS. But it was Gundam Wing in 2000 that really made the series take off in America (and got me to notice the older VHS tapes haha), and in 2001 Toonami also aired Endless Waltz and simultaneously premiered the original Gundam series during the day and the 08th MS Team on the Midnight Run.

[@ZaketoX2]

Dylan Tully. He was Kankuro in Naruto, and Kyoji in S-Cry-ed. And a bunch of other roles.

[@frozenray0079]

so pissed off that this dub never saw a release on DVD.

[@numidium3]

This dub is good for laughs.

[@abman136]

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

[@bunbun4519]

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

[@smashtilDawn]

This was the magnitude 8 dub (i think the movies were only published by Bandai Entertainment) for the trilogy

[@maxyaedo1267]

+beatsme2 Now Magnitude 8 is gone. It closed down yesterday :(

[@smashtilDawn]

+Maxy Aedo Whaaat?!.. Funimation will have to pick them up -- If anything..they need TRUE TALENT.. RIP MAG8---thanks for the perfect dubbing alongside Ocean Group

[@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!

[@FurnaxIkki]

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

[@felphero]

0:33 CHAA

[@dirbjag654]

This dub is so underrated

[@Lilllllly]

Stuck in the mud? Don't call triple-A, call your arch-nemesis!

[@ZebraGundam]

Sha As Nobble

[@killmypoptart]

Ass nobble

[@EternalGaming786]

As many people says... in gundam universe it's likely to meet enemy pilots or high rank officers from both sides (Well low ranks doesn't matter they hardly exist plus they appear mostly on moment they blow up.) Anyways as I was saying they do all these stuff check any gundam series .-.

[@eligonzales186]

When mortal enemies in online games meet irl.

[@captaincosmopolitan5163]

The Iranian Shah, Shah AZnabule

[@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.

[@Slixer]

god Steve Blum is everywhere even as Char

[@SaitohYatate]

there's another dub where he does says "Char" instead of "Sha", but somehow they seem to be the same voice actors.

[@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

[@MegaManZero120]

Amuro's VA is clearly Brad Swaile. He also played Quartre in Wing and Setsuna in 00. Kind of makes you wonder if Sunrise US i sane.

[@ZaketoX2]

Because they heard the ocean dub first I guess.

[@KibatsuMusic]

Chaznable. Shaa. Amooro rei. This pronunciations and voice work destroyed the great lines.

[@Fungorrr]

Never knew spike voiced char in this version...

[@ViveLRoi]

Despite the fact that the original English dub was actually very good, because it was done by Ocean Group.

[@metoren]

@Starwind18020 Gotta hand it to them. At least they say "Amuro" with a rolling R, and "Char" sounding like "Shah". It was nice of them to keep it this way.

[@issacjones5440]

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

[@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

[@DWolf2k2]

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

[@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.

[@Keepitsavage21]

Steve blumes doing chars voice sounds awesome.

[@Hikuro2pnt0]

Wow, I remember this dub from way back. Yeah, old VHS, maybe the first time I ever heard of Blum too way before I ever saw Cowboy Bebop or anything. Infact, I think I saw the old english dub triology before I even watched it again in japanese. Man........hard to pick which was better, this one, or the newer variant. Everything is pronounced so differently between the two dubs.