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** With the exception of battle with the [[spoiler: Lambent Brumak]] at the end of ''Gears of War 2,'' pretty much every time Delta fights a Brumak. While a Brumak is technically more of a mount than a vehicle, it's 30 feet tall and covered with guns and armor. It also relies on its Locust crew for direction.
** By the same token, any of the fights against [[MadeOfExplodium Reavers]], except the vehicle-to-vehicle ones. Once again, Reavers are technically mounts, but have a staggering amount of ordinance strapped to them and can [[spoiler: be hijacked by Delta]].

* In ''{{VideoGame/MOTHER}}'', Pokey Minch's preferred method of fighting. In ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'', he fights alongside Giygas in a ghastly spider machine. [[spoiler: In ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', he's upgraded to some sort of spider-mech pod.]]

* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' has Monster X, an aptly-named X-shaped vehicle in one of the Labyrinth tunnels[[spoiler: that's piloted by a homicidal giant cat]].

* In the new Music/FiftyCent game, the GiantBomb review complained that every single boss in the game is a generic helicopter gunship.

* A few bosses in the GameBoy ''VideoGame/PerfectDark''.

* Also typical in platformers, e.g. Doctor Wily in ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' or Eggman/Whoever-he-is in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''. You don't fight the boss head-on, you attack his death-machine/etc. Usually he gets away to fight another day(/level), or survives the destruction of the vehicle only to be captured.
** One particular instance of this in Sonic would be the G.U.N. truck from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 (Battle)'', which made a return in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'' is the HAG-1, a large DrillTank piloted by Gruntilda.

** The original ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' has the DataDyne Hovercopter which follows you around and fires on you as you ascend the Lucerne Tower in level 1-3. Taking it out requires either an obscene number of bullets or a rocket launcher found on the top floor.

* Cannoli from ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'' fights with machines, because Wario stole his wand that granted him super powers.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': You vs a tank. You vs a Hind-D helicopter. You vs a Metal Gear. ''Metal Gear Solid 2'': You vs a Harrier jumpjet. You vs many Metal Gear Rays. ''Metal Gear Solid 3'': You vs the Shagohod. ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' is slightly different in that you have to take on a Metal Gear Ray, but you yourself are in a Metal Gear Rex.

* VideoGame/{{Touhou}} has Rika of the second game, fighting [[MagicGirl Reimu]] in a tank. Justified however, as without it she's [[{{Muggles}} helpless]].

Helicopters tend to be a particular favorite for this trope, but anything from a motorcycle to a spaceship can qualify. Also, while this trope is not limited to villains, it's considerably rarer to see heroic examples since it's one of the [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty dirtier techniques in the book]].

* In ''Film/TheTournament'', Joshua attempts to ram a bus of the road with a chemical tanker.

* ''Film/MadMax'', when the eponymous hero's wife gets attacked by the biker gang. Unfortunately, neither she nor her child survive the encounter.

* ''Series/MacGyver'': In "Three for the Road", the bad guys after the CounterfeitCash start by using their own car in an attempt to ram the [[CoolCar '57 Cadillac]] Guy, June and Mac are travelling in off the road.

* In ''[[SpyroTheDragon Legend of Spyro]]'', you have to fight a boss who uses a steam locomotive. That shoots fireballs and exploding crystals. And is almost as big as [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Rex]] and can move incredibly fast. Ouch...

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': you vs a tank, you vs a Hind-D helicopter, you vs a Metal Gear. ''Metal Gear Solid 2'': you vs a Harrier jumpjet, you vs many Metal Gear Rays. ''Metal Gear Solid 3'': you vs the Shagohod. ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' is slightly different in that you have to take on a Metal Gear Ray, but you yourself are in a Metal Gear Rex.

* ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'' has this, with you in a hovercraft with a machine gun against a Combine Hunter-Chopper (in fact, about half the game up until that point is spent running away from said chopper, until you get the machine gun). Episode 2 takes it UpToEleven, fighting one of the same choppers on foot. With no rocket launcher.

* VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}} has this, with you in a hovercraft with a machine gun against a Combine Hunter-Chopper (in fact, about half the game up until that point is spent running away from said chopper, until you get the machine gun). Episode 2 takes it UpToEleven, fighting one of the same choppers on foot. With no rocket launcher.

* In the [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames video game adaptation]] [[{{Bethesda}} of]] ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', one of the stages has you running from a gunship that you can't hurt (but can kill you over and over and over...).

* VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}} has this, with you in a hovercraft with a machine gun against a Combine Hunter-Chopper. Episode 2 takes it UpToEleven, fighting one of the same choppers on foot. With no rocket launcher.

** One particular instance of this in Sonic would be the G.U.N. truck from Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle), which made a return in Sonic Generations.

* {{Touhou}} has Rika of the second game, fighting [[MagicGirl Reimu]] in a tank. Justified however, as without it she's [[{{Muggles}} helpless]].