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* Even though ''StarshipTroopers'' is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the back cover of the novel]] that originally introduced the whole concept of PoweredArmor, it and it's sequels have little to do with the original, and thus don't have the armor. Then the third movie "introduces" mechs just for the cool of it.

* {{Starcraft}}: The Goliath (and to a lesser extent the Dragoon) could've been a more normal tank-type vehicle, but that wouldn't have been nearly cool enough. The sequel will add even more.

* ''{{Fallout}} 3'' features Liberty Prime, a giant robot who memorably spouts anti-communist propaganda in battle. A particularly egrarious example, as ''Fallout 3'' takes place in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] ScavengerWorld where the realistic odds of anybody getting a functioning giant robot are astronomical. The guy is just so damn cool though, that's he's become a MemeticMutation.

*** Of course, [[MeaningfulName Otacon]] is a [[HollywoodNerd Hollywood]] {{Otaku}} who got into robot engineering for the sole reason that he wanted to build HumongousMecha like in {{anime}}. Of course he is going to want to [[RuleOfCool snazz it up]]. His commentary in [=MGS4=] suggests he and the rest of the engineering team sneaked in a lot of little features like that, just because they had the oppertunity.

* While M.A.R.S. Industries in the [[GIJoeRenegades current series]] would like to introduce you to their ''new'' line mech-suits, complete with UnstoppableRage feature.

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* While [[GIJoeRenegades M.A.R.S. Industries]] in the current series would like to introduce you to their ''new'' line mech-suits, complete with UnstoppableRage feature.

* In the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Season 8 comics, Dawn ([[ItMakesSenseInContext by now a giant]]) goes on a rampage through Tokyo, stomping on vampires and generally causing mayhem. The vampires counterattack with a HumongousMecha version of Dawn [[BewareMyStingerTail with a Godzilla-esque tail]] and the two of them battle it out in the middle of the city, with [[HollywoodNerd Andrew]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome giving tactics advice from a helicopter overhead]].

* In the ''BuffySeasonEight'' comics, Dawn ([[ItMakesSenseInContext by now a giant]]) goes on a rampage through Tokyo, stomping on vampires and generally causing mayhem. The vampires counterattack with a HumongousMecha version of Dawn [[BewareMyStingerTail with a Godzilla-esque tail]] and the two of them battle it out in the middle of the city, with [[HollywoodNerd Andrew]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome giving tactics advice from a helicopter overhead]].

*** The first two Sentai series, ''HimitsuSentaiGoranger'' and ''JAKQDengekitai'' had no super robots, just [[{{Thunderbolts}} Gerry Anderson]]-esque vehicles, and the latter was not very successful [[hottip:*:Mostly due to the kids not being as fond of DarkerAndEdgier as adult fans, the biggest example of why PanderingToTheBase ''doesn't'' work.]] - it was the introduction of super robots into the show with ''BattleFeverJ'' that distinguished the show from the dozens of other henshin hero shows at the time and made it a CashCowFranchise.

* ''CodeGeass'' would stand up fine without mecha. It's no secret they were [[ExecutiveMeddling Executively Meddled]] in, and they were outright ''removed'' from some of the [[AnimeFirst manga adaptations]].
** One problem: The manga which is basically "the anime minus mecha" suffers from weak storytelling and a distinct lack of activity, mostly because, with no giant robots, there's no way to get the main characters on the battlefield, and several characters who are critical to the anime (like Cornelia and the Knights of the Round) have severely reduced roles or are altogether absent.

** One problem: The manga which is basically "the anime minus mecha" suffers from weak storytelling and a distinct lack of activity, mostly because, with no giant robots, there's no way to get the main characters on the battlefield, and several characters who are critical to the anime (like Cornelia and the Knights of the Round) have severely reduced roles or are alltogether absent.

* Red Garden: Dead Girls (OVA), Because being hundreds of years in the future isn't interesting enough, Gonzo decided it was time to add some mecha. Looking back on the TV series begining episodes, one could never imagine this is how it would all end.

* Even though GhostInTheShell has Spider Tanks, actual mechas are very rare and rather on the small side. The lobby fight in the first season of StandAloneComplex is already awsome, but when the mecha appears on the scene, the awsomeness instantly [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome goes critical]].

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* The Mecha-Streisand episode of ''SouthPark''.
* ''{{Reboot}}'', but was justified, as it was in an episode parodying of Power Rangers.
* ''FamilyGuy''. When Peter bans cripples from his restaurant, they come together to form "Cripple-Tron" (which, ironically, can walk).
* Parodied in PhineasAndFerb with [[CloudCuckoolander Norm, the Giant Robot Man,]] [[AffablyEvil a killer robot with the personality of a mild-mannered white-collar suburbanite.]]
* ''TheFairlyOddparents'': Timmy's Dad made a mecha out of his car to battle his next door neighbor.
* The titular character of ''DextersLaboratory'' builds plenty of them.
* In a PowerRangers parody, the water tower in {{Animaniacs}} becomes a HumongousMecha.
* In ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold,'' the Batmobile can transform into a robot! As far as this troper knows, it was only done once.
** A [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Lex Luthor pastiche (on an alien world where Bats had Superman-esque powers due to the environment) voiced by [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Clancy Brown]] had RaygunGothic evil robots. It was even more awesome than it sounds.
* ''TeenTitans:'' In the "Teen Titans Go!" [[RecursiveAdaptation comic adaptation]], the various vehicles used at different times by the cast can combine into a robot. We do ''not'' see this every day, and of course their cartoon and mainstream comic counterparts get along just fine without it.

* ''{{Fallout}} 3'' features Liberty Prime, a giant robot who memorably spouts anti-communist propoganda in battle. A particularly egrarious example, as ''Fallout 3'' takes place in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocolyptic]] ScavengerWorld where the realistic odds of anybody getting a functioning giant robot are astronomical. The guy is just so damn cool though, that's he's become a MemeticMutation.

* The JakAndDaxter series has a line of mass-produced (in the distant past) Precursor Robots, used by the miniscule [[MixAndMatchCritters ottsel]] Precursors for much larger-scale tasks.

* Welcome to WildARMs, an RPG based on the wild west complete with horses and steam-powered locamotives. Your Chocobo for the game is a 30-foot tall, ancient, walking death-machine. Enjoy!

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* "I've got the best idea! Let's make a tactical wargame, but with [[BattleTech giant robots]] instead of tanks and soldiers!"
* "[[{{Exalted}} Yeah, Bob, I like the sound of this game where you play the solar-powered demigod, but do you think there's any way we could get, I don't know, giant magic suits of power armour into this? Except we can't really call them that, so...warstriders, yeah that's a good name. Warstriders.]]"
* "People [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beating the crap out of Cthulhu Mythos creatures]] is becoming a bit too common... What do you guys say we do it ''with mecha'', and make [[CthulhuTech a tabletop RPG]] out of it?"
* [[DungeonsAndDragons "Hey, guys, I just had this awesome idea. Let's make a huuge golem out of flesh and bones, stat it up, and let nercromancers posseses it with Magic Jar!"]]
* [[GearKrieg "All the action and adventure of World War II -- with mecha!"]]
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** A GoldenAge Lex Luthor pastiche (on an alien world where Bats had Superman-esque powers due to the environment) voiced by [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Clancy Brown]] had RaygunGothic evil robots. It was even more awesome than it sounds.

* Welcome to WildARMs. Your Chocobo for the game is a 30-foot tall, ancient, walking death-machine. Enjoy!

* The ''DoctorWho'' episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E14TheNextDoctor The Next Doctor]]'' has a giant cyberman trampling London. Just because they can.

*** The first two Sentai series, ''Himitsu Sentai Goranger'' and ''JAKQ'' had no super robots, just [[{{Thunderbolts}} Gerry Anderson]]-esque vehicles, and the latter was not very successful - it was the introduction of super robots into the show with ''Battle Fever J'' that distinguished the show from the dozens of other henshin hero shows at the time and made it a CashCowFranchise.

* When OtakuSurrogate Sanae saw the titular Hisou Tensoku of ''{{Touhou}} 12.3: Hisou Tensoku'', she immediately assumed this trope. Oh sure, a HumongousMecha would look out of place in a MagicalLand with a FantasyKitchenSink, but as Sanae says, it's a ''MagicalLand with a FantasyKitchenSink'', [[IfJesusThenAliens so why wouldn't a HumongousMecha exist]]? Naturally, the fandom [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-nJxJjL1Y ran away]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS6IT9UMC8U with this]]. [[spoiler:Alas, this gets subverted in the end, as Hisou Tensoku is revealed to be a giant, steam-operated advertisement doll rather than an actual HumongousMecha]].

* When OtakuSurogate Sanae saw the titular Hisou Tensoku of ''{{Touhou}} 12.3: Hisou Tensoku'', she immediately assumed this trope. Oh sure, a HumongousMecha would look out of place in a MagicalWorld with a FantasyKitchenSink, but as Sanae says, it's a ''MagicalWorld with a FantasyKitchenSink'', [[IfJesusThenAliens so why wouldn't a HumongousMecha exist]]? Naturally, the fandom [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-nJxJjL1Y ran away]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS6IT9UMC8U with this]]. [[spoiler:Alas, this gets subverted in the end, as Hisou Tensoku is revealed to be a giant, steam-operated advertisement doll rather than an actual HumongousMecha]].

** One problem: The manga which is basically "the anime minus mecha" suffers from weak storytelling and a distinct lack of activity, mostly because, with no giant robots, there's no way to get the main characters on the battlefield, and several characters who are critical to the anime (like Cornelia and the Knights of the Round) have severely reduced roles or are alltogether absent. SoYeah.

* The ''DoctorWho'' episode ''The Next Doctor'' has a giant cyberman trampling London. Just because they can.

* ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob?''Bob fights a [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090811.html giant robot lion]] for no apparent reason.