History Main / MechanicalMuscles

* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''. An [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/championsonline/images/5/5f/1984_Mechanon.png/revision/latest?cb=20100109202148 early depiction]] of the {{AI}} robot Mechanon portrays him as a humanoid with artificial muscles bulging out of his arms, legs and the side of his chest.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Do you even lift, bro-bot?]]

** ComicBook/{{Cable}} and [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes the Winter Soldier]] as well. While not a complete robots, Cable's [[ArtificialLimbs robotic arm]] is just as jacked as the rest of him. Bucky's arm is shaped to look muscular as well, but if there were a vote, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cable_330_7062.jpg Cable would win]], hands down. That said, Cable's arm isn't a cybernetic ''replacement'' for his left arm, but the result of a "techno-organic" virus forcibly converting his existing arm into machinery. It's only his telekinetic powers that keep the virus from spreading to transform the rest of his body into a robot (killing him in the process).

* While not specifically human muscles, most of VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn's robots are based off animal life and have wiring that functions as muscle. The [[MechanicalHorse strider]] is the best example as most of its wiring is exposed.

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-->-- '''[[Characters/MCUIronMan Iron Man]]''' to '''Ultron''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

** ComicBook/{{Cable}} and [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes the Winter Soldier]] as well. While not a complete robots, Cable's [[ArtificialLimbs robotic arm]] is just as jacked as the rest of him. Bucky's arm is shaped to look muscular as well, but if there were a vote, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cable_330_7062.jpg Cable would win]], hands down.

* Discussed in ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'', where Carl (a robot), before sending Lewis back in time, asks him to invent him with a more muscular design.
* Played with in ''Disney/BigHero6''. Baymax is built with an inflatable body that gives him a roly-poly appearance. However, the armor that Hiro makes for him squeezes that figure into a more top-heavy heroic silhouette.

-->-- '''[[Characters/MCUIronMan Iron Man]]''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

* Jet in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has a [[ArtificialLimb prosthetic arm]] that looks slightly bulkier than his regular one, and [[http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/34300000/Jet-Black-cowboy-bebop-34356293-642-482.jpg the joints in particular]] look like muscles (that or it ''all'' has muscles, but they're only exposed at the joint).

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[MemeticMutation Do you even lift, bro-bot?]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Do you even lift, bro-bot?]]

* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': The [[AntagonistTitle title villain]] hit the gym for his movie debut. While he is featured on the page, if you're too lazy to scroll [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultron_earth_199999_from_avengers_age_of_ultron_002.png just look here]], intimidating as hell.

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* The RPG [[{{TabletopGame/Cyberpunk}} Cyberpunk 2020]] had a limb that was a disturbing blend of flesh and metal. There was the "full conversion" cyborg the Gemini. The entire body was replaced except for the brain. The artwork was a cut-away with the metal parts made to resemble a normal human's muscles.

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** Most incarnations of ComicBook/{{Ultron}} sport a slender build with development in the calve and bicep areas. The [[Film/AvengersAgeofUltron film]] version of him, pictured above, has a much bulkier build.

* ''Film/AvengersAgeofUltron'': The [[AntagonistTitle title villain]] hit the gym for his movie debut. While he is featured on the page, if you're too lazy to scroll [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultron_earth_199999_from_avengers_age_of_ultron_002.png just look here]], intimidating as hell.

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* The [[AntagonistTitle title villain]] in [[Film/AvengersAgeofUltron Age of Ultron]] hit the gym for his movie debut. While he is featured on the page, if you're too lazy to scroll [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultron_earth_199999_from_avengers_age_of_ultron_002.png just look here]], intimidating as hell.

* The [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers of the live-action films]] are less blocky than their animated counterparts, particularly in the first few films, with CG allowing significant numbers of tiny moving parts to be detailed and animated, even if it wasn't always clear how they were connected.

* Major Jackson "Jax" Briggs from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' volunteered to have his arms reworked with ArtificialLimbs since [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 the third game]], looking very muscular. Subverted with the later games in which his arms appeared more robotic than human-shaped, but still look very muscular for a normal human anyway.

Compare SculptedPhysique. Contrast SkeleBot9000. See also HumongousMecha, although the style for the latter is often to render the character as if they're wearing a suit of armor, the better to emphasize their mechanical qualities. Note that while this can cover characters with ArtificialLimbs, the key element is ''machine components'' built to look suitably macho. Robots and androids with artificially grown organic tissue like ''Film/BladeRunner'' replicants or [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] don't qualify; see MeatSackRobot instead.

Compare SculptedPhysique. Contrast SkeleBot9000. See also HumongousMecha, although the style for the latter is often to render the character as if they're wearing a suit of armor, the better to emphasize their mechanical qualities. Note that while this can cover characters with ArtificialLimbs, the key element is ''machine components'' built to look suitably macho. Robots and androids with artificially grown organic tissue like ''Film/BladeRunner'' replicants or [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] don't quality; see MeatSackRobot instead.

Compare SculptedPhysique. Contrast SkeleBot9000. See also HumongousMecha, although the style for the latter is often to render the character as if they're wearing a suit of armor, the better to emphasize their mechanical qualities. Note that while this can cover characters with ArtificialLimbs, the key element is ''machine components'' built to look suitably macho. Robots and androids with artificially grown organic tissue like ''Film/BladeRunner'' replicants or [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] don't qualify.

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* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', Bubbles the retired combat droid turns out to have a [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3475 very defined, muscular build]] beneath her body armor. {{Justified|Trope}} in that android bodies use [[https://questionablecontent.net/3482 artificial muscle fiber]] that is presumably arranged like the organic stuff.
-->'''Faye:''' Is it weird to be just a lil' jealous of a robot's booty?\\
'''Bubbles:''' If it makes you feel any better, your tax dollars paid for it.

Compare SculptedPhysique. Contrast SkeleBot9000. See also HumongousMecha, although the style for the latter is often to render the character as if they're wearing a suit of armor, the better to emphasize their mechanical qualities. Note that while this can cover characters with ArtificialLimbs, the key element is machine components built to look suitably macho. Robots and androids with artificially grown organic tissue like ''Film/BladeRunner'' replicants or [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] don't qualify.

Compare SculptedPhysique. See also HumongousMecha, although the style for the latter is often to render the character as if they're wearing a suit of armor, the better to emphasize their mechanical qualities. Note that while this can cover characters with ArtificialLimbs, the key element is machine components built to look suitably macho. Robots and androids with artificially grown organic tissue like ''Film/BladeRunner'' replicants or [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] don't qualify.

* Major Jackson "Jax" Briggs from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' volunteered to have his arms reworked with ArtificialLimbs since [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 the third game]], looking very muscular. Subverted with the later games in which his arms appeared more robotic than human-shaped, but still look very muscular for a normal human anyway.

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