Tallgeese Destroyed

Tallgeese Destroyed is the 18th episode of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. It premiered in Japan on 4 August 1995 and later aired in North America on 29 March 2000. The episode was written by Toshifumi Kawase and directed by Yasunao Aoki. Lady Une, getting dressed in her uniform, decides to have the Gundam Engineers build OZ a mobile suit more powerful than the Tallgeese and Gundams.

Synopsis

Lady Une, getting dressed in her uniform, decides to have the Gundam Engineers build OZ a mobile suit more powerful than the Tallgeese and Gundams. On Earth, Zechs has been captured and is brought to a room on an aircraft carrier where he talks to Treize through an intercom. Zechs refuses to continue to fight for the Romefeller Foundation so Treize requests he ‘die’ for OZ in heroic fashion.

Romefeller will be sending a sizable unit of troops, fifty Arieses and twenty Cancers piloted by former Alliance members to kill Zechs so they can gain favor with the Romefeller Foundation. Meanwhile, the leaders of the Romefeller Foundation watch a demonstration of the Mobile Doll system, created by Chief Engineer Tubarov. Treize shows up in a Leo and attacks.

Tubarov orders them to kill him, but Treize demands that the OZ soldiers murder Tubarov. After destroying the mobile dolls, he rescinds the order and tells Tubarov to value human life. In space, a group of Alliance soldiers finds Quatre, in a space shuttle. Suddenly, five Tauruses arrive, led by Lieutenant Nichol. They attempt to capture the shuttle and blast all the Alliance Leos.

The Alliance commander enters the shuttle and is shocked to find that the Gundam pilot is just a kid. Lady Une says there’s no need to keep a Gundam-less pilot alive, and orders for the shuttle’s destruction. However, the Gundam Engineers, who previously refused to build OZ a mobile suit, say they’ll build a new Mobile Suit for OZ in exchange for Quatre’s safety.

Lady Une says to leave the shuttle alone. As soon as the Engineers leave however, Lady Une tells Nichol he can blow it up. Nichol heads there when suddenly a Leo blasts off from the shuttle. All the Tauruses blow up the shuttle, which actually contains the Alliance commander. Quatre, who is in the Leo, floats off safely.

On Earth, the remainder of the OZ troops on the boat leave and Zechs gets in Tallgeese. The Alliance mobile suits attack, but he destroys them all, including their carrier. During the battle, Zech’s ever-present mask shatters and he proclaims that he can no longer be friends with Treize.

Meanwhile in space, Heero makes a speech to his new classmates while we are shown what the other four pilots are doing. The teacher, who calls him Duo Maxwell, tells him that he is going a bit overboard for his welcome speech and asks him to stop. On Earth, Tallgeese is shown on a beach, with Zechs lying there unconscious.

Characters

• Tubarov Bilmon

Production notes

• Script by Toshifumi Kawase.
• Unit direction by Yasunao Aoki.
• Storyboard by Toshifumi Kawase.
• Animation direction by Nobuyoshi Nishimura.

Broadcast and home media

• Premiered in Japan on 4 August 1995.
• Broadcast in North America on 29 March 2000.

References

1. “Tallgeese Destroyed,” Gundam Wiki, accessed 12 November 2025, https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Tallgeese_Destroyed.