Gym Ghingham (ギム・ギンガナム Gimu Ginganamu?), alternatively spelt Gym Ghingnham is a fictional character from ∀ Gundam television series. He is the main antagonist.
Personality & Character[]
Gym is a forceful, swaggering man who carries a katana as an affectation. He comes from a lineage which consisted of soldiers of the Moonrace for many generations[1] and is a warmonger who believes that humanity can only live up to its true potential during times of war, and seeks to use the Turn X to sow strife and re-kindle the brutal conflicts that raged throughout the Dark History. His lineage makes him very arrogant. Despite his violent nature, he understands politics and is a lot more rational than his subordinates.
He is also a womanizer, making moves on Kihel Heim and Lily Borjarno. Lily later describes him as crude.
Both Agrippa Maintainer and Guin Sard Lineford believe that they can use Gym to their own ends, but they fail to understand his lust for battle. Ultimately, neither politician is able to control him.
History[]
Leader of the armed forces of the Moon. Gym works together with Agrippa and is first seen discussing Dianna's assassination with Meme Midgard. Cancer overhears the transmission by mistake, which causes her to trick Midgard and escape the spaceship with Muron and Dianna. Gym is upset by Midgard's incompetence but quickly decodes Dianna's message to the militia, dispatching a team to retrieve her.
Harry soon brings Kihel Heim onboard, claiming that she is Dianna. She demands that Gym and the crew waste no time on the Militia and return to the moon, but Gym doubts her identity and eavesdrops outside her room. He hears her conversation with Harry and after confirming that she is not the real Dianna, gives his squadron the go-ahead to attack the militia. He soon meets Loran on the battlefield, where his Turn X resonates with Loran's Turn A. However, they don't engage as Loran triggers a nuclear weapon to destroy a rogue colony.
Eventually, the Willgem and its crew find their way on the moon and the commanders head to the palace to negotiate with Agrippa. Sweatson Stero starts a battle with the Willgem which ends up disrupting negotiations. Gym overlooks Stero's reckless behaviour and tries to blackmail the Willgem into handing over the Gundam. During a standoff between the two, Agrippa attempts to reason with Gym and convince him to pull his troops away from the palace, but Gym tells him he will solve the problem by using Turn X. He soon sends his troops to confronts Loran.[2]
After the death of Agrippa, Dianna regains control over the moon and demands that he hands over the Turn X. He is angered but cannot take action due to the possibility of the Dianna in front of him being an imposter once again. He allies with Guin Sard Lineford soon afterwards and with his help, takes the Turn A from Loran.[3] They then head for Earth.
While there, he razes many cities to the ground and is responsible for the deaths and displacement of countless civilians. This is in conflict with Guin's wishes, who warns him that he will need the support of the people and that his own resources aren't enough to sustain a war. Gym then decides to take from the Dianna Counter's forces, but they are thwarted by Dianna's intervention.[4]
He is enraged when he learns that Guin lost the Turn A. He later faces Joseph Yaht who is piloting the Turn A, and kills Stero when he butts in. He swiftly beats Joseph and is then confronted by Harry Ord's forces, which he also defeats. He is finally confronted by Loran who has regained control of the Turn A.[5] Their mobile suits are both badly damaged, and he challenges Loran to a sword fight. He is soon swallowed by the nanomachines created by the Turn-types.[6]
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2[]
Gym Ghingham appears in the video game Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 as the pilot of both the Musha Gundam and the Turn X. This marks the first time he appears in an English-language game. He serves as the endboss of Loran's story mode, piloting the Turn X and then immediately attacking Loran with the Musha once the Turn X is destroyed.
In his own story mode, he teams up with and then subsequently fights against Yazan Gable, who he shares a sort of kinship with due to their love of war. A random event midgame can trigger where both of them spawn in Musha Gundams and throw the battlefield into chaos.
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3[]
Gym Ghingham appears in the video game Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 and pilots his trademark Turn X which has seen a large boost in ability since the previous game thanks to addtional charge attacks and SP moves being added.
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn[]
Ghingham returns once more along with his Turn X as a playable character and mobile suit. A random midgame event has Ghingham sending out two random pilots after the player out of a desire for a fight, then challenging the player directly once both pilots are defeated. After defeating Ghingham, he'll join the player's forces (under the guise of the player being drafted into the Ghingham Fleet).
Relationships[]
Dianna Soreil[]
Gym says that those of the Ghingnham lineage are tasked with bringing dishonour to the Soreil family.[1] He has no qualms about killing her.
Kihel Heim[]
When Gym realises that Dianna Counter was at one point under the leadership of a woman from Earth, he becomes interested in her as a woman.
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Trivia[]
- Gym Ghingham's surname might be derived from Khingan, which are three different mountain ranges that surround the Eastern borders of Mongolia. Additionally, the name could be a possible reference to Jinn Generham from Mobile Suit Victory Gundam.
| Correct Century Characters |
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| Earth Militia Loran Cehack · Sochie Heim · Guin Sard Lineford · Michael Gern · Teteth Halleh · Yanny Oviess · Ladderrum Kune · Miashei Kune · Joseph Yaht · Lily Borjarno · Lord Borjarno · Mallygan · Gavane Goonny · Aimes · John |
| Moonrace / Dianna Counter / Ghingham Fleet Dianna Soreil · Gym Ghingham · Merrybell Gadget · Harry Ord · Poe Aijee · Phil Ackman · Miran Rex · Ralpha Zenoa · Corin Nander · Bruno · Jacop · Cancer Kafka · Muron Muron · Sweatson Stero · Agrippa Maintainer · Meme Midgard · Teteth Halleh |
| Civilian Kihel Heim · Dylan Heim · Mistress Heim · Sam · Jessica · Quoatl · Taruka · Mayalito · Sid Munzer · Niven Horace · Will Game · Verlaine Bond · Anise Bell · Fran Doll · Keith Laijie · Dona Roroi · Hammett Roroi |
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