Duo Maxwell
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| Duo Maxwell | |
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| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing character | |
 Duo Maxwell, Gundam Pilot |
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| Aliases | Shinigami (God of Death) |
| Age | 15 (series) / 16 (movie) [1] |
| Nationality | L2 colony cluster [1] |
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| Allegiance | Gundam Pilots, Sweepers; |
| Mobile weapons | Gundam Deathscythe Gundam Deathscythe Hell Wing Gundam Zero Leo |
Duo Maxwell[1] (デュオ・マックスウェル Dyuo Makkusuweru?, derived from Latin duo, lit. "two") is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. He is a central character of the anime and several of the derivative works that make up the After Colony fictional universe. Duo is the pilot of Gundam Deathscythe, one of the five Gundams sent to Earth during the events of the anime. His voice in the animated works is provided by Toshihiko Seki (Japanese) and Scott McNeil (English).
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[edit] Personality
The American pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe and member of the scavenger organization known as the Sweeper Group.[1] He believes in Shinigami, or the God of Death, rather than God; as described in Episode Zero: "I've never seen any miracles, but I've sure seen lots of dead people."[2] He often refers to himself as the God of Death, or in the English version as shown on Cartoon Network's Toonami, the "Great Destroyer."
Despite frequent hardships Duo tends to keep an upbeat and humorous, if sarcastic, attitude.
[edit] History
[edit] Episode Zero
- The events described here are as portrayed in material set before the Gundam Wing anime.
In the anime prequel it is revealed that Duo was an orphan growing up on the streets of an L2 colony. Without a name, he assumed the name "Duo" after meeting another orphan named Solo. Solo would later die of a virus.[2]
In the year AC 187, after a reckless attempt to steal food from an Alliance military warehouse, he and some other children were taken in and cared for by Father Maxwell and Sister Helen at the Maxwell Church. It is from Sister Helen that he adopts the practice of braiding his hair. Though the other children were eventually adopted Duo was always returned to the church, and remained in their care for till AC 188.[2]
In AC 188, rebels would claim the church for a refuge after a battle with the Alliance. When Father Maxwell protested their use of violence they struck him down and accused the priest and Sister Helen of being Alliance spies. Hoping to appease them, Duo rushes off and steals a mobile suit. Upon returning he finds the church has been destroyed, the Alliance having attacked in his absence. Duo finds Sister Helen amidst the ruins, and before she passes she tells him he has God's blessing. The incident would later be known as the Maxwell Church Tragedy, which resulted in the death of 245 people. Following this Duo was imprisoned for an unspecified amount of time by the Alliance.[2]
In AC 192 Duo is discovered stowing away onboard a space shuttle and meets Professor G, who is impressed the boy managed to sneak past his security system. He subsequently becomes involved in Operation Meteor.[2]
As shown in both the manga and flashbacks in the Endless Waltz OVA, Duo joins the Sweeper Group and becomes the pilot of Gundam Deathscythe.[2]
[edit] Gundam Wing
- The events described here are as portrayed by the Gundam Wing anime series, and focus on Duo's role in the series. See List of Gundam Wing episodes for general plot information.
After landing on Earth in the first episode, Duo attacked a mobile suit factory and then attacked an Earth Alliance naval fleet when they were attempting to salvage the Wing Gundam. Duo met Heero Yuy during the second episode, attempting to kill the former due to a misunderstanding. After recovering Wing and breaking Heero out of an Alliance hospital in episode 3, Heero uses Deathscythe's components to repair Wing and vanishes. The two encounter each other during an attack on the New Edwards Base in episodes 7 and 8, during which Duo meets the other three Gundam pilots; Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, and Chang Wufei.
Duo works alongside Heero until episode 10, when Heero self-detonates Wing. Duo joins with Quatre and the Maganac Corps, lying low until the decision to travel into space is made by the Gundam pilots in episode 17. In episode 19, Duo and Deathscythe are captured by OZ and taken to the Lunar Base. Duo escapes with Heero's assistance in episode 19, Deathscythe is destroyed in episode 20, and Duo is recaptured by Hilde and the Gundam Scientists in episode 23. He remains imprisoned until episode 25, when he is freed by Lady Une, and escapes again, taking the incomplete Deathscythe Hell with him.
Duo's next major appearance is in episode 32. He had been living with Hilde and working on completing Deathscythe Hell, but is made to test Wing Gundam Zero's ZERO System by OZ officer Trant. In episode 36 he encounters Trowa again while visiting the circus with Hilde (Trowa was believed dead after the events of episode 25), and informs Quatre in episode 38. He joins with Trowa, Quatre, and Lucrezia Noin after saving them from OZ in episode 39, and in episode 40, the group links up with Duo's Sweeper friend Howard, who is commanding the spaceship Peacemillion. Sometime during these episodes, Duo is approached to join the White Fang rebellion, but turns it down due to their similarities to OZ.
Duo works alongside the other Gundam Pilots and their allies during the rest of the series. In episode 45, he goes to save Hilde from the rebuilt OZ-13MSX1 Vayeate and OZ-13MSX2 Mercurius mobile dolls, which were programmed with combat data taken from when Heero and Trowa tested the original prototype suits. Duo is able to defeat both mobile dolls. In episode 48 and 49, Duo locates the five Gundam Scientists, and assists them in seriously damaging the superweapon Battleship Libra. He fights alongside the Maganac Corps and Earth nation soldiers against White Fang, and helps to destroy the wreckage of Libra before it enters Earth's atmosphere.
[edit] After Colony 196
- The events described here are as portrayed in the manga set between Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz.
Duo Maxwell appears in the three manga series set during the fictional year After Colony 196.
[edit] Endless Waltz
- The events described here are as portrayed in the Endless Waltz OVA, and in materials set after this date.
After working with Quatre to send four of the Gundams into the sun, Duo went with Heero to rescue Relena after she was captured by the Mariemeia Army. During their entrance to the colony, Duo captured a Leo mobile suit, and was pitted against Trowa in a Serpent (who had infiltrated the Mariemeia Army). The three Gundam pilots are able to prevent a colony drop from being performed, and Duo is knocked out by Heero to allow the latter to escape and reclaim Wing Zero.
After escaping from his cell, Duo, alongside Trowa and Quatre, recover their Gundams and travel to Earth, fighting the Mariemeia Army's invasion force. He and the other pilots are able to defeat many enemy Serpent suits without killing any pilots, and after Heero and Relena defeat Dekim Barton, Duo self-detonates Deathscythe Hell. The end credits show Duo and Hilde together; working in a scrapyard in the OVA version, and in the city eating in the movie version.
The Episode Zero story Preventer 5 shows Duo still with Hilde in the year after Endless Waltz.[2]
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ a b c d Profile: Duo Maxwell. GundamOfficial.com. Bandai America. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g Katsuyuki, Sumisawa [July 2003]. "Duo Maxwell", Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero, Art by Akira Kanbe, English language trade paperback (in English), San Francisco, California, USA: Action/VIZ, pp. 5-29. ISBN 1-56931-994-4.
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