History Main / AwesomeBackpack

* In VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Rasputin's (Raz) backpack may not look like much, and may store a few odd things, but keep in mind that his backpack keeps track of his powers as they advance by adhering flying merit badges! And he has some pretty sweet powers!
* StarsiegeTribes. Everyone gets jetpacks (and we do mean everyone)! The equipable Packs might also qualify, although some are more awesome than others.
* GlobalAgenda, trying very hard to be a modern Tribes, does this. The jetpacks open up when you activate them, and dont close for a few seconds. You can color them. They're shiny. The devs realized at some point that the thing you spend hours looking at should be ''pretty''. The medic ones have tubes of ''something'' running through them. Not sure what it is, but it has almost as much animation in making the tubes of shining goop bounce as for the rest of the player model.
* VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} gives you the Shishkebab, complete with a motorcycle gas tank on the back.

->''"Why worry? Each one of us has an unlicensed nuclear accelerator strapped to his back..."''

* Film/KickAss, in the climax, gets his hands onto the {{jetpack}}, complete with two shoulder-mounted retractable [[GatlingGood miniguns]].

* The FLUDD in ''SuperMario Sunshine''
* The Poltergust 3000 in ''Luigi's Mansion''

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->--'''Peter Venkman''', ''{{Ghostbusters}}''

* As [[SteamPunk nineteenth century analogues]] to the {{Ghostbusters}}, TheLeagueOfSTEAM have several awesome backpacks.

* ''{{Ghostbusters}}''

Subtropes include: AmmunitionBackpack, BackpackCannon, {{HelicopterPack}}, {{Jetpack}}, and any backpack variety of BagOfHolding.

* Kagome's backpack in ''{{InuYasha}}'': modern food and medicine in a medieval setting, plus arrows.
* In ''{{GundamSEED}}'', this seems to be the theme of the series. The main character's mobile suit is unique for its abilities to wear a different Awesome Backpack for every situation, which carries onto the mass-produced versions in the sequel. The Justice also has an Awesome Backpack, which doubles as a hoverboard.

* The original {{Rogue Trooper}}'s backpack was so awesome it was one of the characters, being implanted with the {{biochip}} of one of his fallen comrades! Also something of a BagOfHolding.

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'': the four-armed robo-tank-repair-backpack of a Techmarine. Indeed, with the exceptions of Scouts and Terminators, ''all'' Space Marines wear awesome backpacks, often including such things as eagle's-head exhausts, trophy racks, and (in the case of Chaos Possessed) ''functioning batlike wings''.
* The Warcasters in ''{{Iron Kingdoms}}'' wear steampacks that generate a power field, enhance their physical traits, and nullifies the roleplaying penalty to casting Arcane spells while wearing armor.

* The medigun backpack in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.

* In VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Rasputin's (Raz) backpack may not look like much, and may store a few odd things, but keep in mind that his backpack keeps track of his powers as they advance by adhering flying merit badges! And he has some pretty sweet powers!
* {{Starsiege Tribes}}. Everyone gets jetpacks (and we do mean everyone)! The equipable Packs might also qualify, although some are more awesome than others.
* GlobalAgenda, trying very hard to be a modern Tribes, does this. The jetpacks open up when you activate them, and dont close for a few seconds. You can color them. They're shiny. The devs realized at some point that the thing you spend hours looking at should be ''pretty''. The medic ones have tubes of ''something'' running through them. Not sure what it is, but it has almost as much animation in making the tubes of shining goop bounce as for the rest of the player model.

* [[FelixTheCat Felix the Cat's]] bag of tricks.
* [[DoraTheExplorer Dora The Explorer's]] backpack... Really! That thing turns into a submarine and a hang glider! It's the coolest thing in the show.

** The FilmationsGhostbusters wear Ghost Packs, which are far more mundane [[BagOfHolding Bags of Holding]]...EXCEPT for the fact that they can also [[MundanemadeAwesome turn into jetpacks]].

* {{Fallout3}} gives you the Shishkebab, complete with a motorcycle gas tank on the back.

** The FilmationsGhostbusters wear Ghost Packs, which are far more mundane [[BagOfHolding Bags of Holding]]...EXCEPT for the fact that they can also [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome turn into jetpacks]].

* The {{Ghostbusters}} carry unlicensed nuclear accelerators on their backs.
* Sarah Harding's backpack in [[JurassicPark The Lost World Jurassic Park]] saves her ass on a few occasions.

* As NineteenthCentury analogues to the {{Ghostbusters}}, TheLeagueOfSTEAM have several awesome backpacks.

** The [=~Filmation's Ghostbusters~=] wear Ghost Packs, which are far more mundane [[BagOfHolding Bags of Holding]]...EXCEPT for the fact that they can also [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome turn into jetpacks]].

* In {{Psychonauts}} Rasputin's (Raz) backpack may not look like much, and may store a few odd things, but keep in mind that his backpack keeps track of his powers as they advance by adhering flying merit badges! And he has some pretty sweet powers!

* The backpacks owned by Lucas and Dawn in ''{{Pokemon}} Platinum'' can store [[{{Hammerspace}} 999 copies of every item]], in addition to the Key Items, which are things like (well, collapsible, but still) ''[[BagOfHolding bicycles]]''.

* StarWarsGalaxies has some pretty awesome backpacks, the best one being a FRICKIN KRAYT DRAGON SKULL! For reference, [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Krayt_dragon this]] is a Krayt dragon and they are still one of the most fearsome enemies in the game.

* The medigun backpack in ''TeamFortress2''.

* The backpacks owned by Lucas and Dawn in ''{{Pokemon}} Platinum'' can store [[{{Hammerspace}} 999 copies of every item]], in addition to the Key Items, which are things like (well, collapsible, but still) ''[[BeyondTheImpossible bicycles]]''.

* RJ's golf bag full of random man-made items in ''OverTheHedge'' isn't particularly special, but seeing as Verne feels the need to point this out to his friends...

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* The medigun in ''TeamFortress2''

* [[Series/DoctorWho Ace]]'s backpack seems to function as a BagOfHolding...filled with pipe bombs.

* [[BlueBeetle Jaime's]] scarab in ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' could be thought of as an AwesomeBackpack that ''talks'' (sort of).

* ''{{Shadowrun}}'' supplement ''Fields of Fire''. The Ballista Multi-Role Missile Launcher is a missile launch tube attached to a backpack. The backpack contains the mechanism that controls the tube, and the missile tube itself fires over the wearer's shoulder.

Subtropes include: {{Jetpack}}, {{HelicopterPack}}, AmmunitionBackpack, and any backpack variety of BagOfHolding.