The Goufs Heat Rod - History, Development & Variations - Gundam Lore

[@DIEGhostfish]

Piloted only by the raddest of dudes" and that one guy who shimmied down the leg after it got reduced to a grunt suit.

[@goufr3540]

The Gouf, the MS that keeps on giving. Even though it only lasted for the OYW and a little bit beyond that, all of its tech from Heat Rod to Gun Hand have made it into various MS throughout the UC. Hell, the Gallus is almost a Gouf 2.0 with many similar features.

[@slothcakes]

its cool, amazing pilots, great variants and for some reason it appears in other AUs the gouf is great but the gun hands are really weird tho

[@dragonjaj]

look up f90 mars zeon RF suit line Gouf RF

[@KuruniXD]

You missed few MS. V Gundam also has Jabaco with the classic heat rods (and its forearms are reasonably larger than usual). Rig Shokew (Imperial Guard) also has "metal whip" that's actually turns red when used. RF Gouf from F90 has upgrade version of the classic heat rod with beam emitter at its tip. And at least video game anomation show it glowing when used. Gundam Aquarius has a pair of heat rod similar to Epyon's, but with shape similar to UC classic heat rod.

[@badwrongfun5541]

Its more late/post UC, but I think the Grimoire's Wire Hook and the Beam Wire feature it shares with the G-Arcane are worth noting. The Wire Hook is seemingly similar if not exactly the same as the Heat Wire even thousands of year later. The Beam Wire however had the cutting and constricting fuctions of the old heat rod. Both functions split between seperate two weapons. The G-Arcane has one Beam Wire emitter in each arm similar to the Gouf while the Grimoire's Wire Hook is in the arm and its Beam Wire is essentially a secondary firing option of its beam machine gun. The Grimoire is one of the main units of the Amerian Military, and considering Ameria used ancient blue prints from the Universal Century for building the very Zeta-esque G-Arcane, it would not surprise me if the Grimoire was directly inspired by old data from the Gouf. Feels very appropriate considering the the first Grimoire pilot we see, Cahill Saint, is very much felt like G Reco's equivalent to Ramba Ral.

[@ianbarbosa6201]

9:36 Actually, when the Re-GZ pilot is taken hostage, Amuro gives up the fight and the Nu Gundam is restrained by the shock anchors.

[@a.p.studios8713]

As a fellow whip-weapon fan who puts wire anchors and/or heat wires on almost all of my custom gunpla builds (heck just did it to my hg dilanza custom's front skirt), I think we legit need more of these in the next big gundam entry

[@xnflg3074]

my favorite thing about the agguguy boxart will always be the fading-out acguy in the corner. it's like the agguguy is thinking about his long-dead dad or something like "i will avenge you, father!"

[@emperorhadrian6011]

I did not expect to see anything f91 covered here in this video and I'm more than happy to.

[@jakobvonbugmann]

Gouf gang rejoice! Best suit got some lovin’ today

[@The_Str4nger]

Gouf Gang? More like......... Gouf Troop kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHzUpGSAgamVppY

[@elfbait3774]

Yeah, the Gouf's heat rod seems more like a tangle and stun weapon that can cut but is not intended for that as its primary use.

[@arabian_chad2700]

i never thought id hear someone talk about the rafflesia

[@DIEGhostfish]

5:58 What the hell is that water tank made of? (Hell, the rooftops holding MS is already a BIG suspension of disbelief, but swinging suspended from a tiny water tank on thin metal struts? You can only suspend one!

[@thegoufsomefox8816]

A true man's weapon for a true man's mobile suit. Glory to the Gouf, its legacy, and its impact on future mobile suit development!

[@WolfeSaber]

Jolt wing?

[@NeoXNeo2007]

I just discovered another MS that is a Gouf it is the OMS-07RF RF Gouf it was manufactured by Mars Zeon independence army it’s just a Advance Gouf that’s supposed to look like an old one, but still with some changes to it mostly to confuse pilots to think that it’s just a super old MS when in reality it’s a MS that could give them a good challenge

[@FrostWolfPack]

I think the heat part does as it does not heat the wip part but as it wraps around the electric current starts to heat and melt the enemys casing

[@DIEGhostfish]

7:19 Doms have a hard time turning sharply, being able to use the heatwire as an anchor to slip around on could be interesting, if they're not moving so fast they just break it.

[@NeoXNeo2007]

Bro, how could you forget about the ZM-S20S Jabaco it uses to heat rods on both of its arms and it could also be used as a electric whip or as a grapple weapon to grapple on other opponents and it’s literally developed from the Gouf

[@slothcakes]

Damn, there is always something that slips by. I'll make sure to mention it whenever I talk about the gouf again. Thanks for info

[@NeoXNeo2007]

@@slothcakes it’s good always happy to help out

[@oliverrichardson4429]

I feel like the best version of the Heat Rod would be giving its tazing ability to Newtype/Wire-Guided weapons like the Zeong’s arms

[@PakornThaipituk]

How the rod stored in Gouf's arm is mysterious for me.

[@m_knight-54]

there is also form the F90 manga series the RF kampfer has a triple heat wire launcher which is a wrist mounted launcher that fires 3 heat wires similar to the gouf custom's heat wires

[@dragonjaj]

You missed a suit in in UC time line AMX-101E Schuzrum-Galluss has two of the shock grapple type in its chest it also used the mine chain only seen on the Kampher before it

[@ZROSTARS]

Super entertaining

[@LonggoBonggo]

Im guessing the heat rod was using metal that wasnt as conductive to heat like the other heat weopons making it just shock. Or maybe the common heat weopons are just heating up in a different way from the heat rod.

[@kamenrideraquarius]

Have you ever thought about doing ship lore and stuff about the tanks?

[@slothcakes]

Yes, while not the star of the show they are still interesting, and it's on the list.

[@ohmabones2492]

My guess is that the gouf heat road is retractable similar to a stun rod by fitting each piece into the next

[@Unless-feature]

Rod? Thats a whip, my guy.

[@alfianfahmi5430]

Speaking of beam whip, Regild Century (G-Reco) had a bunch of those 🤷‍♂️

[@xnflg3074]

the rafflesia is the coolest thing about F91 tbh. i would instantly buy a 1/250 rafflesia model kit no matter the price.

[@arabian_chad2700]

i never hear anyone mention the rafflesia, i thought it was so cool. iron masks like brain wires controlling it were so unique

[@rolandjaycutter3504]

So the Dezpanda took the INCOM and mad it melee?

[@Gunpla-Slinger]

The Geara Doga uses the Shock Anchor against the Nu Gundam in Chars Counter Attack.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

😎👍

[@slothcakes]

😎👍

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

@@slothcakes thanks for the heart BTW❤

[@TheSeeingman]

whip/string weapon but no mention of the screw whip of Crossbones? Well I guess there's the anchor whip too

[@zgmfx-09a]

Maybe heat rod is an acronym? High Explosive Anti Tank Radical Options Detected

[@BlaueCookieFan]

Pretty sure "Heat Rod" was the tile of an x-rated movie, likely in the 80's.

[@dustybunny6716]

Maybe its an ancryonym. High Electrified Anti Technology?

[@mewrrrrr]

Beam naginata next? 🥺

[@nexusofice9135]

This was a very Goufy video...

[@hermawandon7812]

15:53 did you just 😂