Reflections in a Brown Eye

Reflections in a Brown Eye
Reflections in a Brown Eye (茶色の瞳に映るもの, Chairo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Mono)
Episode Data
Episode	Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket: #2
Episode Director	Hiroyuki Yokoyama
Script	Hiroyuki Yamaga
Animation Director	Toshiyuki Kubooka
Airing
Japanese	1989-04-25
English	1999-12-18
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Reflections in a Brown Eye is the second episode of Mobile Suit Gundam 0080. It was first released in Japan on April 25, 1989 . The dub was first released on December 18, 1999 on DVD , and this later aired in North America on November 6, 2001 .

Synopsis

Al and Bernie fight over the camera.

Al asks Bernie if he is really the pilot of the Zaku and if the mobile suit has been shot down. Bernie is upset that Al isn't even frightened by the gun he is carrying, but rather amazed by it. Bernie says he didn't come here to be harassed by a kid. Bernie realizes that Al is completely unaffected by war. He tricks Al by asking him if he wants to hold his gun and takes his camera, looking at the footage on it. The two fight over the camera, but Al then becomes fascinated by Bernie's rank badge.

The aftermath of the mobile suit battle.

Bernie asks Al if he'll trade the camera for the rank badge. Bernie takes out the video disc and gives Al back the camera, saying he's gotten what he wanted. Another Zaku lands nearby and picks up Bernie. Al heads home, excited over having the badge. As he walks home he passes by various wreckage, seeing the damage caused by the mobile suit fight. The kids return to school where Al, Chay and Telcott laugh at Dorothy for being wrong about mobile suits. Class is cancelled for the day and the kids go home.

The Cyclops Team meets with Colonel Killing.

At home Al puts the rank badge on his neck and pretends to be a mobile suit pilot. At Granada, Colonel Killing shows the remaining members of the Cyclops Team footage from the video that Bernie took. Killing believes whatever was in the shuttle was top secret. He wants to obtain or destroy it. Killing says he'll be assigning a top pilot to their squad. Meanwhile, Bernie is belittled by a fellow pilot for his failure in the recent battle, his first. Bernie heads to the room where the Cyclops team is stationed and meets the team.

Chay, Al and Telcott.

Bernie is told he's now part of the Cyclops Team. Steiner explains the mission, called Operation Rubicon. The team is to head to the Side 6 colony that Bernie was just at, pretending to be members of a commercial transport corporation. They'll be carrying a mobile suit with them. At school Al meets with his teacher in private over his bad grades. Al is depressed, worrying about the trouble he'll get in with his mother. This continues through to dinner that night.

Chris catches Al sneaking out at night.

That night, Al sneaks out of his room and heads outside. He is caught by Chris, and says he's on a dare. He says since she's a girl, she isn't allowed to come with him. Al returns to the downed Zaku and upon exploring falls into the cockpit, finding that it still works. At Granada, the fake commercial transport craft is prepared with Bernie sitting in the cockpit. Bernie is surprised when some fellow soldiers put a dead body next to him then shoot it. The craft departs Granada.

Steiner puts on an act.

A group of mobile suit teams head past the craft and start a battle far in the distance. Bernie brings the transport ship closer to the colony and asks for landing clearance. His craft is permitted into the colony. Al wakes up and notices lights from the fighting outside the colony. The transport craft lands and Bernie heads out, providing falsified credentials to the security officer there. Bernie realizes he doesn't have receiver credentials and the security officer demands an inspection. Suddenly Steiner arrives with Mischa and Garcia, handing over some additional credentials. Steiner puts on an act and the security officer lets them go through without inspection.

Al jumps aboard the truck.

Realizing its morning, Al rushes home and is nearly hit by a truck. The driver, who yells at him, ends up being Bernie. Al chases after the truck, which is accompanied by a series of other trucks driven by the other Cyclops team members. Al manages to jump onto the back of the last truck in the line. Realizing the Zeon soldiers are back in the colony, Al laughs with excitement.

Stats

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

Release

• Home Video:
  • LaserDisc: 1989-04-25
  • Betamax: 1989-04-25
  • VHS: 1989-04-25
  • DVD:
    • Bandai Visual R2: 1999-12-18
• Television:
  • Toonami: 2001-11-06

Characters

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Alfred Izuruha	01:44
Bernard Wiseman	02:02
Christina Mackenzie	04:18
Longshoreman B	04:26	Video recording.
Longshoreman C	04:26	Video recording.
Witness (0080: WitP ep2)	07:06
Chay	07:15
Telcott	07:19
Dolores Hayes	07:48
Gabriel Ramirez Garcia	08:49
Hardie Steiner	08:49
Killing	08:49
Mikhail Kaminsky	08:49
Zeon Soldier (0080: WitP ep2)	10:04
Teacher	12:50
Michiko Izuruha	14:01
Graf Zeppelin Operator	17:57
Von Helsing	17:59
Customs Inspector	20:49

Mechanics

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Ordinary Elecar	01:45	Red, yellow and grey models.
MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai	01:46
63 STS "Ginga"	04:26	Video recording.
MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai Commander Type	05:50
RGM-79G GM Command	06:43
Riah Fire Truck	06:45
Riah Military Truck	06:51
Elecar Taxi Type	06:56
Riah Elecar	06:56
Riah Ambulance	07:06
MS-18E Kämpfer	10:11
Aguaverde	17:04
Valkyrie	17:51
Graf Zeppelin	17:51
Siegfried	17:53
MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger	18:40
MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II	18:42
RGM-79GS GM Command Space Type	19:11
Mobile Bench	20:48
Monowing Truck	23:07

Factions

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Riah	01:44
Mobile Assault Force	01:46
Principality of Zeon	01:46
Earth Federation Forces	04:26	aka "Federal Forces"
Earth Federation Forces	04:26	aka "U.N.T. Spacy"
Earth Federation	04:26
Cyclops Team	08:49

Locations

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Ribo	01:44
Side 6	01:44
Earth	08:35
Moon	08:35
Granada	08:39
Arctic Base	08:50	Mentioned only
Solomon	10:11	Mentioned only

Conflicts

Name	Timestamp
One Year War	01:44
Operation Rubicon	18:53

Technology

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Space Colony (U.C.)	01:44
O'Neill Cylinder	01:44
Elecar	01:45
Mobile Suit	01:46
E.F.F. Transport Container	04:26	Video recording.
Gundam	09:49	Mentioned only

Terminology

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Newtype	09:48	Mentioned only
Minovsky Particle	18:00

Music

Title	Timestamp
Itsuka Sora ni Todoite (OP)	00:00
Tōi Kioku (ED)	24:05

Trivia

• Bernie's shuttle enters the colony through gate number 4, possibly foreshadowing the eventual fate of him and the rest of the Cyclops Team.

References

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