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I.R Joey
09-14-2001, 08:01 PM
Anyone notice how some of the charecters are named after numbers.

Un: Number 1

Troi pernounced Trowa I believe:
(the number 3, the pilot uses Gundam 03)

Quatre: the number 4, the pilot has Gundam 04.

Treize: number 13.

And I think Noin is a number as well. Can anyone explain the signifigance of the ones I missed?

Cinc (pernounced Sanc as in the Sanc kingdom.)

Flying Grayson
09-14-2001, 08:10 PM
I have noticed that, althought the Trowa thing is a little new to me, I did realize Treize and Quatre were named after French numbers, but Dou, and Duex(think about it)

Leaping Larry Jojo
09-14-2001, 08:10 PM
Yeah, I did.

1-Lady Une--French
1-Heero Yui--being a "unique" hero
2-Duo Maxwel--part french, though more accurately Italian or Greek

3-Trowa Barton--Italian
4-Quatre Rabera Winner--French
5-Chang Wu-Fei--Mandarin? for the "Wu" part
6-Zechs--German or French
7-Septum--Latin
9-Noin--German
13-Treize--French
15-Quinze
90-Noventa--Spanish

I.R Joey
09-14-2001, 09:36 PM
wow not just french then.

Jowy Blight
09-14-2001, 09:38 PM
Whoa, I knew about some of that, but not all of that.

RockItShipper
09-14-2001, 10:46 PM
There's a number section at 'Counting for Lunatics' that manages to be both informative and funny: http://www.dreamwater.org/deathscythe

There's also a bunch of math stuff with the likes of 1x2, 5x5, etc.