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** The mecha powerup is pretty useless in the SegaGenesis version, though, since you can't [[UnfortunateImplications save little girls with it in effect]].

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* The Goliaths from ''H.I.V.E''

** A version of this character from the future later appeared in Teen Titans piloting {{Grendizer}}.

** A [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] LexLuthor pastiche (on an alien world where Bats had {{Superman}}-esque powers due to the environment) voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown had RaygunGothic evil robots. It was even more awesome than it sounds.

* ''GuiltyCrown'' is a story that takes place after a major [[TheVirus viral]] [[CataclysmBackstory outbreak deemed Lost Christmas]] has ravaged Japan and left it under martial law and foreign occupation. Ten years later, a new {{Phlebotinum}} known as the Void Genome has been developed, which allows its user to draw powerful items from people that reflect their personalities. After [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters a terrorist group bent on liberating Japan]] steals this weapon, it winds up [[PhlebotinumRebel being accidentally bonded to]] OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ouma Shu. It's a story that tries to show normal teenagers living under constant threat of strife and death. It also features some ConspicuousCG robots that serve mostly to give Shu some enemies to chop up with his weapon without having to kill anyone. Although prominent in the first episode, for most of the show they are mostly absent or in the background.

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* In the High School comedy ''IMyMeStrawberryEggs'' old lady Lulu has a motorbike that [[TransformingMecha transforms]] into a humanoid firefighting [[MiniMecha mecha]]. There is no valid reason for this other than RuleOfCool.

* ''BurstAngel''. 'Course, 90% of the the plot is [[RuleOfCool things they thrown in for the hell of it]], so it doesn't stand out too much.

* The Knights of the Holy Lance in {{Persona 2}} are what happens when you throw this on a pot with StupidJetpackHitler. They were supposed to have actual personalities and be ''feminine''.

* The [[DuelBoss one-on-one duel between Sparkster and Axel Gear]] in ''RocketKnightAdventures'' is fought in giant possum-shaped mecha.

* LiveALive devotes an entire chapter to buildup of piloting a giant robot. And it was awesome.

* ''Gradius'' games get CoolShip all over the place as it is, then Gaiden has to go and throw in the Metal Gear-esque Big Ducker boss, which is a huger version of one of the series' staple Mooks. WITH ROCKET SKATES.
* In the Wii ''ABoyAndHisBlob,'' [[spoiler: the EleventhHourSuperpower, available in only three out of 80 levels, lets the Blob turn into a NighInvulnerable mecha that can punch, hover, and break stuff. And punch balls of energy [[PlayingTennisWithTheBoss back at the boss who chucks 'em.]]]]
* In ''NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', one of the bosses is an all-American football player backed by a squad of cheerleader assassins. He pilots a mech shaped like a football. Luckily, the player character (an {{Otaku}}) just happens to have a full-size working replica of the mech from his favorite SuperRobot show lying around. That's the kind of game this is.

* The Mantis of {{Halo 4}}

** A [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] LexLuthor pastiche (on an alien world where Bats had {{Superman}}-esque powers due to the environment) voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown had RaygunGothic evil robots. It was even more awesome than it sounds.

* The first ''DestroyAllHumans'' game's second to final boss. Behold! [[spoiler:The Roboprez!]]

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

* Even though ''Film/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 ''Film/StarshipTroopers3Marauder'' "introduces" mechs just for the cool of it.

* ''CommandAndConquer'' suddenly introduced the Titan and Mammoth Mk II in ''Tiberian Sun''.
** In ''Red Alert 3'', the Imperial Japanese faction has mecha... well, pretty much solely because it's the Imperial Japanese faction.

* The first three ''{{Terminator}}'' films were conducted at the human scale. Watch the trailer for ''Salvation'', however, and... suddenly, giant robot!
** Particularly glaring because the future has motorcycle robots and flying robots. [[RuleOfCool Why bother with a giant mecha?]]
*** Because in Salvation, Skynet was specifically ''enslaving'' the survivors, not just wiping humans out to the last. Not yet anyway. It was a mix of Shock and Awe and, given that it was programmed by humans in the first place, a bit of thematic flare. Besides, Terminator 2 also showed us the Hunter-Killer machines, which came in two flavors: 20-foot tall tank with a semi-humanoid upper torso and VTOL laser-armed gunship, so it's not like "bigger is better" wasn't already on their minds.

* ''{{Reboot}}'', but was justified, as it was in an episode parodying Power Rangers.
** The weird thing is that this ''wasn't'' an example of the usual game-related GenreShift that brought us the ''MadMax'' or ''EvilDead'' parodies. No, it was just Phong being CrazyPrepared... with an emphasis on the crazy.

* [[MysticalNinja Mystical Ninja starring Goemon]]: The giant mecha fights kinda came out of nowhere, and the game would probably have worked just fine without them. But is anyone complaining? Hell no! Goemon Impact is ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQRn2-l3ra0 made of win!]]''

* Later games in the ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'' series have some variation on the Goemon Impact, since Japan wouldn't be exciting enough without giant robots, even in the [[JidaiGeki Edo period]].

* Even though ''Film/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.

* ''DealtInLead'' TheCavalry + Mecha = ''Mech-cavalry''. Awesomeness ensues.

* Another Bethesda example: Numidium from ''TheElderScrolls''. A giant robot powered by the heart of a dead god (or the soul of one of the dead god's mortal avatars) that is so powerful that it [[RealityBreakingParadox breaks linear time whenever it activates]], and was able to change the orbit of the moons and planets around Nirn.

* Even though ''Anime/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 awesome, but when the mecha appears on the scene, the awesomeness instantly [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome goes critical]].

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* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E14TheNextDoctor The Next Doctor]]" has a giant SteamPunk Cyberman trampling through 19th century London. Later on, a reason is given why it wasn't in the history books.
* ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers''. Let's face it, they don't ''need'' to include the MakeMyMonsterGrow part every episode, but nobody's really complaining about the giant robots the Rangers pull out in response.
** The first two Sentai series, ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'' and ''Series/JAKQDengekitai,'' 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 ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' that distinguished the show from the dozens of other HenshinHero shows at the time and made it a CashCowFranchise.

* In ''AxisPowersHetalia'', Sealand asks Japan to making him like a power ranger and Sealand randomly becomes a Super Robot Mecha with a rocket punch. He has to call Iceland to get the fist back because The Rocket punch just kept going straight to Iceland and Iceland's head was in the way so it couldn't come back.
* ''Laputa: CastleInTheSky'' has not a trace of HumongousMecha until about halfway through the movie.
* In the last episode of {{Kaiba}}, three rebels break into the ruler's palace using a giant robot that the [[MadScientist Nutty Professor]] had been saving for the task. It fights off the MechaMooks with a MacrossMissileMassacre while the others make their way to the ruler's chamber.
* The final battle of the SchoolFestival arc in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' throws in mecha just for the heck of it. And Franchise/{{Gundam}} references. [[RuleOfFunny Plenty of Gundam references]].

* ''CodeGeass'' both follows and subverts this trope, ironically enough. The series is a tale of war, oppression, supernatural powers and BlackAndGrayMorality. It also has mecha that are constantly used as the primary weapon of both sides involved in the conflict. However, the manga version of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion attempts to follow the same plot as the anime, except the Knightmares are non-existant. Instead, they wage war using other weapons such as infantry, planes, VTOL-crafts, and ships. Kururugi Suzaku is seen piloting a VTOL-craft (an armed helicopter) most of the time. While this seems like a good idea in theory, the absence of mecha in the manga makes the scale of events look quite a bit weird, especially when Zero and the Black Knights are sometimes reduced to committing simple acts of vandalism on school grounds, which can certainly be considered less awesome than engaging in mecha action sequences.

* The finale of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s first season had Precia summoning an army of MechaMooks, including a HumongousMecha or ten. Though considering [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} all the]] [[GaoGaiGar mecha]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars references]] in ''Nanoha'', it's more surprising that there aren't ''more''.

* ''NowAndThenHereAndThere'', an anime about cruelty and child exploitation in an apocalyptic world where the majority of civilization has hit a technological regression, adds in mechas when they're entirely unnecessary. Doesn't stop the show from being terribly tragic, but sort of contradicts the Dark Age atmosphere.

* MagicKnightRayearth. Although the mecha are cool to look at, they don't particuarly do anything that the PowerTrio couldn't do on their own aside from scaling up the fights.
* In the High School comedy IMyMeStrawberryEggs old lady Lulu has a motorbike that [[TransformingMecha transforms]] into a humanoid firefighting [[MiniMecha mecha]]. There is no valid reason for this other than RuleOfCool.

* RedGarden: 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 beginning 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 awesome, but when the mecha appears on the scene, the awesomeness instantly [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome goes critical]].

* In ''BusoRenkin'', most of the titular objects take the form of weapons. The boss of the Alchemist Army has his take the form of a giant mecha, which amplifies other weapons and abilities that are used by its other pilots.

* In ''Film/Aliens'', MiniMecha loading bots are used to help load heavy missiles onto the drop ships. Ripley was trained to use those, and she utilizes it in the final battle against the alien queen, while dropping the PreAssKickingOneLiner "Get away from her, you ''bitch''!".

* The [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Sentinels]].

Simply put, this is when a work is not about HumongousMecha, but throws one or more in at some point(s) anyway. Why? [[RuleOfCool Because giant robots are cool]], duh!