The NEL-75C Butler Bensouman is a mobile suit that appears in the TV anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam.
Overview[]
A private instructional mobile suit owned by Raymond Bishop, a butler in the service of the Sand family, the birthplace of George de Sand. In addition to its white mustache and bow-tie-like parts, it is characterized by its appearance that reminds one of a butler wearing a tailcoat. It is mainly used by Raymond as a training partner for the Gundam Rose.
It is an old-fashioned machine, with simple shaped limbs and simple three-fingered manipulators. The head is equipped with a glass-fronted cockpit, and a lift on the top of the head is used for getting in and out. Although the control mechanism is an old-fashioned steering wheel, Raymond's own skills enable him to perform feats of strength such as sprinting, swimming, and cliff climbing, as well as dexterous feats such as fencing against mobile fighters and grabbing flying missiles. It also appears to be powered by an internal combustion engine, and that the power is increased by pulling the recoil starter in the cockpit, as well as emitting exhaust gas from its fuselage.
Although it is not equipped with a backpack, it has verniers installed on the soles of its feet, making it possible to operate it in space.
History[]
The mobile suit was damaged when shielding George and Rain Mikamura from a missile attack by Jean-Pierre Mirabeau's Mirage Gundam in the Guiana Highlands, but it was eventually repaired. Later, during the final battle against the Devil Colony, it went up into space with the Shuffle Alliance's mobile fighters aboard the Gorby II and was used to retrieve the frozen capsule containing Raizo Kasshu, which had been released from the colony of Neo Japan by the dying Dr. Mikamura.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- In Super Robot Wars J, Butler Bensouman is the name of George De Sand's initial ultimate attack. In it he summons Raymond in the Butler Bensouman, who clumsily performs an attack together with him, but while George elegantly thrusts Raymond largely flails his mech's arms in wide arcs while flanking the opponent in order to more thoroughly damage them.