Anti-Villain: One of the best examples in the Gundam franchise.Anti-Hero: He's not a bad kid, he just has a lot of issues, which consistently derail his attempts at being heroic.All Your Powers Combined: The Destiny basically rolls all of the individual combat specializations of the three Silhouette Packs (or more visually, the three original Striker Packs) into one multi-purpose mobile suit.Act of True Love: He faced the death penalty and the end of his career with ZAFT for breaking Stella out of the Minerva and returning her to Phantom Pain, and did it anyway because he thought it might save her life.Ace Pilot: Swiftly reaches this status, becoming one of ZAFT's highest-scoring aces of the Second Bloody Valentine War.However, Shinn may be closer to being a Broken Ace as many of his victories for ZAFT was more a result of Shinn's immense amount of rage and hate for war and conflict rather than belief in his ideals or from a clear sense of resolve.
The Ace: He starts to get this treatment following his victory over the Freedom and is even dubbed a "Super Ace" by the ZAFT military.Accidental Pervert: Accidentally grabs Stella's chest in their first meeting.Acceptable Political Targets: Shinn invokes this with anyone affiliated with Orb or the Earth Alliance as he blames both for the death of his family.He pilots the ZGMF-X56S Impulse, a Combining Mecha with three Silhouette Packs which specialize in one combat aspect, and then the ZGMF-X42S Destiny, an all-around Gundam that proves to be one of the most powerful in the show. Due to this, he relies heavily on his peers for support Rey acts as his moral compass, while Lunamaria eventually provides him with much-needed emotional support. Shinn has a problem with authority figures in general he tends to lash out at his immediate superiors and resents being given orders. He joined ZAFT and became a Redcoat alongside Rey Za Burrel and Lunamaria Hawke as the pilot of the Impulse, the Minerva's flagship Gundam. He blames Orb (and the Athha family in particular) for their deaths, and carries a lot of hatred for both. His family was killed attempting to flee when the Earth Alliance invaded Orb during the First Bloody Valentine War he became a refugee and ended up in the PLANTs. "Do you want to start another one?! Another war?!"