Was Quattro being Char supposed to be a surprise reveal

I don't think so, considering they all but outright say it in the very first episode.

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>>15542128

>>15542105
Of course not, it was so painfully obvious.

>>15542105
He outright calls Lalah by name in the first episode. He wears the sunglasses, he pilots a red mobile suit, he's voiced by fucking Shuichi Ikeda. I am willing to bet the promo materials before the show came out, if they mentioned Quattro at all, would be blaring at the reader CHAR'S BACK GUYS!

When you watch Zeta you aren't meant to be surprised that Quattro's Char. Most of the main cast work it out two episodes or so after meeting him. You're meant to be asking "Why the hell is Char calling himself Quattro Bagina, and for what purpose?"

The initial idea that as a viewer you'd be following a group that included Char as an active member might have been intended as a way to shake up viewer expectations, but certainly it was never meant to be any more surprising than that. No attempt at obfuscation was made.

In universe It was just a mechanism to keep himself active outside of a military prison and within context give the viewers a way to understand the character from a different perspective. We already understood him as a direct antagonist, and so did other characters within the story. Under the pretense (however flimsy) of someone who had abandoned his former identity we, and the characters in the show, got a better view into who Char is. That's why we go along with it. Hell, that's why everyone around him went along with it even though they knew exactly who he was and what role he had in the conflict preceding Zeta. Nobody was meant to be fooled.

>>15542105
No, it's rather the opposite. You're coming from 0079, and you are aware that Quattro is Char, but the rest of the cast doesn't. The surprise reveal is for the characters, not you. You're just an outside spectator.

>>15542105
It's not like he tried to disguise his voice lol. Char is very distinct and he's a huge selling point for the show; of course you're supposed to know it's him

>>15542128
Very first quote in the show in fact IIRC.

>>15542423
His particular voice was one of the few reasons I knew Frontal was a totally different guy when I started Unicorn
They both have different tones and ways of talking
But then I watched The Origin and then came to the conclucion that its just an elderly Shuichi Ikeda

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>>15542105
Not sure which month in 1985 that Zeta started airing but Rick-Dias gunpla box released in May that year blatantly put Char's name on the box.

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>>15542175
>You're meant to be asking "Why the hell is Char calling himself Quattro Bagina, and for what purpose?"

How can he even call himself Quattro Bagina with a straight face?

>>15543096
>Literally "Four Vagina"

>>15543096
See, he thinks it's the perfect cover. He figures nobody would suspect someone would choose that as a fake name.

Everyone knows that it's Char, but in the story and as a viewer. But no matter what, Char won't admit he's Char and no one can tell him otherwise or really prove it.

>>15543402
They can punch him in the face for it though. Probably one of the most reasonable punches Kamille threw in the series.

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>>15543105
>Four

>>15543402
It's not until Kai reveals it that people know. Char's story is legendary but his face is hidden. Other than the Axis pilots (his wing men) who are now in the AEUG no one has any reason to suspect he's Char. And those guys don't blow his cover as it would blow their own as being Zeon OYW aces which could breed problems.

>>15543637
>It's not until Kai reveals it that people know.
The crew of the Argama knew about it by episode 2.

>>15543660
except they discuss why Char was such a fuck up and no one goes "hey Quattro, why were you such a fuck up?"

>>15543814
Hi, Mr. Dense. You must miss a lot of subtext in your life.

>>15543820
Hey Mr. Retard you must have missed the Earth arc where Kai has to tell people who Char is and warn them. You must have missed the bit where people are shocked when Amuro and Char shout at each other.

But nah, lets pretend none of that happens.

>>15543837
lol You should really rewatch Zeta, but apparently Tomino's writing is right over your head. Everyone basically knew he was Char, but had no way to prove it. They kept talking in roundabout ways to him about Char, implying that they knew and seeing if he would open up.
I'm not the only one pointing this out btw
>>15542175
>>15542199

God, you're such an idiot lmao

>>15543844
Did you read my post where I pointed out some of the Aghama crew were ex Zeon pilots who were working with him since the OYW? Not everyone knows though which is my point.

Is Hyakku shiki a gundam ?

>>15544084
Does it have gundam in its name ?
You have your answer.

>>15542105
wasn't Quattro credited as Char in the first episode?

>>15547912
I think so actually

I thought Kamille was amuro for about half of zeta

>>15543547
are psychoframes made from ground up dead newtypes?

>>15547912
>"Starring Char Aznable as Quattro Bajeena!"
>Char smiles into camera
What were they thinking

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He was Char all along!?

>>15548340
Soylent Spacenoid
PSYCOFRAMES ARE PEOPLE!

Zeta was a cool show.

>>15543092
>that feel when the kit never got any better.

It's my favorite mechs in the series, too : (

The leg/knee joints are garbage tier.

>>15555801
All of these scenes were comedic gold if they were done on purpose. I watched this for the first time last year and cackling every time he gave chamomile a speech about Char.

Unfortunately knowing the rest of the writing it probably wasn't.

>>15555801
I see that Char's favorite book is that one written by OJ Simpson
>>15555857
Rick Dias is never meant to do acrobatic poses anyway

>>15569031
This

>>15543850
CDA is not canon. Roberto and Apolly are not former Zeon pilots.