"Turn A Gundam" has been cited by Director Tomino and other sources as a show that would unify the stories from the various "Gundam" series into one. Throughout the show, mobile suits resembling those from the eras depicted in previous "Gundam" shows and indicated to be preserved by nano machines for thousands of years, including as those of the Universal Century, are excavated by the show's various factions. In Episode 42, this plotline comes to a culmination as the history of the Correct Century timeline is shown in a collection of clips known as the , which is revealed to be events that took place in different "Gundam" series prior to "Turn A Gundam", thus making those events part of the Correct Century timeline's history.