And at the End of the Rainbow?

And at the End of the Rainbow?
And at the End of the Rainbow? (虹の果てには?, Niji no Hate ni wa?")
Episode Data
Episode	Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket: #3
Episode Director	Shinji Takamatsu
Script	Hiroyuki Yamaga
Animation Director	Kazuo Tomizawa Toshiro Kawamoto
Airing
Japanese	1989-05-25
English	1999-12-18
← Previous	Reflections in a Brown Eye
Next →	Over the River and Through the Woods

And at the End of the Rainbow? is the third episode of Mobile Suit Gundam 0080. It was first released in Japan on May 25, 1989 . The dub was first released on December 18, 1999 on DVD , and this later aired in North America on November 7, 2001 .

Synopsis

Al goes to the cops.

The four trucks piloted by the Cyclops Team continue down the road as Al hides in the back of one. Al wonders what the truck contains. He is thrown off the truck when it turns a corner and lands in the bushes. Al heads to the police station and tells them about the trucks, hoping it will lead him to their location. The cop ignores him until Al shows him the scratches and bruises from when he was thrown into the bushes, claiming it was due to a hit and run. This leads them to a warehouse, where the Cyclops team is inside working on unloading the containers.

Mischa, Bernie and Steiner.

The Cyclops Team readies their weapons. The cop asks questions and has Al look around for the person he claims hit him. Al points out Garcia who denies any involvement but confirms that he drove down the same road that Al was on. The cop asks to see inside the container and Al can see Mischa pull out his gun, ready to use it. Al cries out, calling Bernie "big brother" and hugs him. Al tells the cop that he made up the story about the hit and run so he could be reunited with his big brother.

Al shows the Cyclops Team information about the space port.

Later, Bernie yells at Al about going to the cops. Al asks to be let into the Cyclops team. Steiner tells Al that he can join if he keeps it a secret and tells him where he was when he shot the video in the space port. Al points out the location on a map of the space port. Steiner gives Al the insignia of the Cyclops team. Steiner tells Bernie to drive Al home. The rest of the Cyclops team discusses the situation; Garcia wants Al killed but Steiner thinks it will bring too much attention on them. They are happy that it will keep Bernie occupied and out of the way. While driving Al home Bernie tells him how terrible it is to die in space. He lies to Al about his battle experience, including saying he was one kill short of an ace before being shot down when they met.

Chay, Al and Telcott.

Al tiptoes into his home but is caught by his mother, who is mad at him over his bad grades, which she has heard about. Bernie listens in, through an audio device included within the Cyclops team insignia. Al works on his homework but is interrupted upon hearing a noise from outside. Chris has knocked Bernie out with a baseball bat, saying he was trying to get into Al's house. Al lies, claiming that Bernie is his brother.

Bernie and Chris.

Later, Chris's parents offer Bernie some coffee. Al claims that he and Bernie have the same father, but his mother doesn't know about him which is why he was sneaking around. Chris's father lets it out that she belongs to the Federation forces, and she claims that she only does data entry for them. Al says that Bernie is a soldier as well, but he claims to have been discharged. The next day, Al leaves the house and is asked by his friends to play war. Al claims he is busy and runs to the warehouse where he sees a Zeon mobile suit, the Kämpfer under construction.

Al is disappointed when Steiner says the mobile suit will just be used when they leave the colony. Al asks if Bernie will be the pilot, saying he's one kill short of being an ace. Steiner tells him Mischa has more experience than him and will be the pilot. Mischa and Garcia make fun of Bernie. Meanwhile, Chris, the pilot of the Gundam Alex NT-1, uses the battle simulator. Chris wonders if someone can handle it during combat and the engineer says it is specially built for Newtypes, in particular a pilot on White Base.

The partially completed Kämpfer.

Construction and testing of the Kampher continues. Al looks for the Federation base per orders from Steiner which Bernie claims is a waste of time. Al asks if Bernie will get to be the mobile suit pilot if they find the base which Bernie tells him to ignore. Al notices the security guard at the base they are currently looking at is the same man that he saw when he was sneaking in the space port. Al and Bernie sneak through a tunnel underground, towards the base.

Al fools around while in a space suit.

Bernie figures out where the Gundam must be stored based on where new shutters are installed. Al finds a space suit and the two head outside in them. The two head across to another entrance and make their way further through the base. Al sneaks through a ventilation duct to an area labeled as a power plant where he spots some Federation soldiers and a window to a room where he sees the Gundam Alex. He takes photographs of it as some Federation soldiers approach.

Stats

Unless otherwise indicated, this section was compiled by watching the primary source available at .

Release

• Home Video:
  • LaserDisc: 1989-05-25
  • Betamax: 1989-05-25
  • VHS: 1989-05-25
  • DVD:
    • Bandai Visual R2: 1999-12-18
• Television:
  • Toonami: 2001-11-07

Characters

Name	Timestamp
Alfred Izuruha	01:44
Gabriel Ramirez Garcia	01:44
Mikhail Kaminsky	01:44
Bernard Wiseman	01:46
Hardie Steiner	02:12
Cop A	03:07
Cop B	03:46
Michiko Izuruha	10:31
Christina Mackenzie	11:41
Mr. Mackenzie	12:43
Mrs. Mackenzie	12:47
Telcott	15:12
Chay	15:12
E.F.F. Riah Base Operator A	17:11
E.F.F. Riah Base Operator B	17:12
E.F.F. Riah Base Operator C	17:15
E.F.F. Riah Base Engineer	17:22
E.F.F. Soldier A	20:40
E.F.F. Soldier B	20:41

Mechanics

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Monowing Truck	01:44
Elecar Taxi Type	02:47
Patrol Elecar	02:58
FEENA 330i	09:17
Riah Elecar	15:16
MS-18E Kämpfer	15:31
MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger	16:46	Simulation
RX-78NT-1 Gundam NT-1	16:46
MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai	16:53	Simulation
MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II	17:03	Simulation
SCV-70 White Base	17:51	Mentioned only
E.F.F. Pick-up	19:56

Factions

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Riah	01:44
Principality of Zeon	01:44
Cyclops Team	01:44
Mobile Assault Force	01:44
Earth Federation Forces	16:54	aka "U.N.T. Spacy"
Earth Federation Forces	16:54	aka "Federal Forces"
G-4 Experimental Team	16:54
Earth Federation	16:54

Locations

Name	Timestamp
Side 6	01:44
Ribo	01:44

Conflicts

Name	Timestamp
One Year War	01:44
Operation Rubicon	01:44

Technology

Name	Timestamp
O'Neill Cylinder	01:44
Space Colony (U.C.)	01:44
Elecar	02:47
Mobile Suit	15:31
Gundam	16:46

Terminology

Name	Timestamp
Newtype	17:43

Music

Title	Timestamp
Itsuka Sora ni Todoite (OP)	00:00
Tōi Kioku (Instrumental) (BGM)	17:27
Tōi Kioku (ED)	24:51

Trivia

• The title of this episode is a reference to The End of Someone Else's Rainbow, a novel by Robert Rossner. The Japanese title of the novel is "虹の果てには", and the Japanese title of the episode is exactly the same, except with the addition of a question mark.

References

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