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-->-- '''GIR''', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''

* In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'', the GDI trades its tanks for the Titan, a chicken walker with 120mm cannon. The ''Firestorm'' expansion adds the Juggernaut, an artillery variant with triple the firepower that needs to be deployed to fire. They go back to tanks in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars'', but the Steel Talons multiplayer faction keeps the Titan. To drive the point home even more, Juggernauts in CNC 3 occasionally comically peck ''just like chickens''!
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' generously donates the Empire of the Rising Sun's Striker-VX, an anti-air missile platform that can [[TransformingMecha transform into an anti-ground missile helicopter]].

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': Thanks to a shipping error, Zim receives a [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom MegaDoomer]] stealth mech from his superiors. [[CloudCuckoolander Gir]] provides the page quote upon first seeing the mech, to Zim's irritation.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' once received a [=MegaDoomer=] stealth mech due to a shipping error. GIR even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it!

* WesternAnimation/InvaderZim: The page quote refers to the [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom megadoomer]] stealth mech. The robot is capable of cloaking itself, but not the pilot. It lacks a self-contained power source, so must be plugged in at all times.

** For the Eldar, it's the Warwalker. Almost all of their other mechs are fully humanoid in design.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has the [=AT-STs=] (the two-legged walking vehicles in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'') and their various derivatives/precursors (such as the [=AT-RTs=] in the prequels). In fact, they are often called "Chicken Walkers" by fans, [[AscendedFanon and this is often referenced by game developers or showrunners.]] For example, in the original ''VideoGame/RogueSquadron'', the code "CHICKEN" even unlocks a mission where you play as an AT-ST.

** The SpinOff series ''VideoGame/MechAssault'' contains these mechs as a majority of their roster, such as the Cougar (JackOfAllStats with a Jump Jet, two Pulse Lasers, one Auto Cannon, and two Javelin Missiles), the Catapult (support-oriented MightyGlacier with [[BeamSpam four Pulse Lasers]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre four Javelin Missiles]], and the longest lasting Jump Jets in both games), the iconic Madcat (offensive-oriented MightyGlacier with [[ChargeAttack two PPC]]'s, four Javelin Missiles, and [[MoreDakka two Machine Guns]]), and much more.

->''"*GASP* It's got chicken legs!"''

Most {{tank|Goodness}}s have tracks, some tanks [[WalkingTank have legs]], while others have many, [[SpiderTank many legs]]. These tanks on the other hand, have ''[[CluckingFunny chicken legs]]'', or as they're officially known as ''"reverse-joint"''[[note]]Erroneously, might we add. See below.[[/note]] or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitigrade digitigrade]]'' legs.

* The Creator/DataEast arcade game, ''VideoGame/RoboCop'', brings back the [=ED-209-] units from the film, as recurring GiantMook enemies larger than the titular hero.

* Tweedledee and Tweedledum, from Andromeda.

* One of the bosses in ''Videogame/EarthwormJim'' is this, complete with a chicken head.

* ''Videogame/MechWarrior'', being based off ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'', gets in on this as well with quite a few reverse-joint 'Mechs. The games give some of them a marked hopping-bobbing gait, which can be a bit tough on targeting at times. Chicken walkers in the games typically move faster, but aren't as good at scaling hills or mountains as man-walkers - ''Mechwarrior Living Legends'' features the Thanatos, a mech with anatomically-correct [[http://i.imgur.com/dFd7fRx.jpg chicken-legs]], which is ''very'' [[LightningBruiser fast for its weight]], but has trouble scaling >30% grade hills.

* All of the "light" mechs of VideoGame/{{Hawken}} use this configuration.

* The second stage of the Spanish, ''VideoGame/CABAL''-like game, ''Alligator Hunt'' [https://img.recreativas.org/201803/g/alligator-hunt-unprotected-set-1-g4749.png features]

* ''VideoGame/AlligatorHunt'' have your character fighting giant alien mechs in the city], some of these which falls under this trope. Their bodies are spherical, though, and you'll need to aim for their heads and blow them up to make them collapse.

That said, there is some credit for choosing this leg design for large walking machines. As stated in the RealLife examples section, the digitigrade leg structure has millions of years of theropod evolution to back its claim of being a highly effective bipedal leg design. And that's not even mentioning that human legs, which don't follow the digitigrade pattern, are [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5RX7Q4uczZw riddled]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kd-FZptfGUE with]] [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_poor_design#Other_flaws problems]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}'': Other than the Cametron, all the anti-personnel mechs have reverse-jointed legs.

Compare BellBottomLimbedBots for another popular form of Robotic Legs.

* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', this is one of [[MadScientist Heloise's]] many machines.j