RX-78-2 Gundam

The **RX-78-2 Gundam** is a mech from the *Mobile Suit Gundam* series. It fought Godzilla in episode 10 of Mini Rumble Season 2.

## Description

n the year 0079 of the Universal Century, the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation raged war of unprecedented proportions. After suffering heavy losses at the hands of mobile suits built by Zeon, the Earth Federation had enough and decided to build their own answer to the mobile suit problem with the help of Project V, lead by Tem Ray. However, before the project was completed, Zeon forces discovered it and attacked the base where the data and prototypes were stored in.

During the attack, Tem Ray's son, Amuro Ray, tried to find his father, but in the ensuing chaos, a manual of one of the prototypes, the RX-78-2 Gundam, fell next to him. Knowing what he had to do, he located the Gundam and successfully defended the base, while accidentally causing massive damage to it. Having no other options left, Amuro and the Gundam were assigned to defend the White Base mobile suit carrier on its way to Earth Federation's headquarter in Jaburo.

## Trivia

* The Super Napalm is the Gundam's most obscure weapon. Seen only in the second episode of the original series, it was used to destroy the remaining mobile suit parts in Side 7. The weapon did not appear in any other episode and was not mentioned in most source books. However, it has since appeared as a weapon in the PlayStation game *SD Gundam G-Generation F* (used by the RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam) , the Game Boy Advance game *Super Robot Wars A* , the PlayStation 3 games Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. and Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation (where it is attached to the Beam Rifle, a gimmick first introduced in the Master Grade Gundam ver. 2.0).
	+ While the Super Napalm appears to be a missile launcher, in *Super Robot Wars A Portable*, the Gundam uses it by throwing it at the opponent and detonating it with a beam rifle shot.
* The ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny has similarities to the RX-78-2 Gundam consisting of legs as one section, upper body as another, and its YFX-M56S Core Splendor being based on the FF-X7 Core Fighter, and has a very similar red-with-gold-cross design for its shield.
* The GN-000 0 Gundam in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 largely resembles the RX-78-2 Gundam, and is even repainted in a color scheme similar to the RX-78-2 in its final battle. Another in-joke is that the 0 Gundam's pilot and antagonist, Ribbons Almark, shares the same voice actor with Amuro Ray. Ironically, Amuro's English voice actor, Brad Swaile, is the same English voice actor for Gundam 00's main protagonist, and Ribbons' main rival, Setsuna F. Seiei.
* In the novelization of *Mobile Suit Gundam*, the RX-78-2 isn't destroyed during the Battle of A Baoa Qu, but during an ambush in Texas Colony at the end of the first book. Amuro then uses the RX-78-3 until his death at the end of the novels.
* The RX-78-2 appears in one scene in Mobile Fighter G Gundam clinging on to a rocket. [1].
* The RX-78-2 has the biggest number of variations in the game *SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online*. The variations include the normal version, the Twin Bazooka version, the Hyper Hammer version, the Beam Javelin version, the Magnet Coating/Last Shooting version, the special edition Gold version, the Char Custom, and with B-Parts.
* The RX-78-2 Gundam, GN-000 0 Gundam, AGE-1 Gundam AGE-1 Normal and YG-111 Gundam G-Self share the same head height - 18 meters.
* The RX-78-2 appears in the climax battle of the 2018 film *Ready Player One*. The RX-78-2 Gundam was also mentioned in the novel of the same name. In the film, the character Daito uses an item to turn into the RX-78-2 Gundam to face off against Mecha Godzilla while in the novel, it was piloted by the character Aech.
* In Super Robot Wars A, despite the story taking place after the One Year War, the RX-78-2 Gundam is Amuro's main machine from the start of the game, even though it was destroyed at the battle of A Baoa Qu. It is never explained how Amuro managed to get back the RX-78-2 Gundam.
* The RX-78-2 appears in the *Extreme Vs.* series piloted by Amuro either by itself or with assistance from the G-Bull, G-Armor and G-Fighter both at a cost of 2000.
	+ The Gundam by itself has its standard beam rifle, which Amuro can charge for a more powerful shot. The Gundam also retains its Hyper Bazooka and can throw its beam javelin, which Amuro can charge for more damage. Aside from these, Amuro also has a shield counter against melee attacks, can pull out the slower but longer range Gundam Hammer, and has the hop used against the Black Tri-Stars. For its support units, Amuro can choose to summon either the Core Fighter which will fire its machine guns and can crash at an opponent, the Guntank that fires three volleys of napalms and Kai's Guncannon which will grab hold of an opponent for Amuro. For its burst attack, the Gundam launches the opponent in the air with the beam saber before shooting them down with its beam rifle.
	+ The G-Parts Gundam will still retain its Beam Rifle and Hyper Bazooka, but will rely on its various forms. For its burst attack, Amuro will ride Sayla's G-Fighter to charge at the opponent, stunning them with the Gundam's shield before driving them to the ground with the beam saber.