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*** ''WesterAnimation/TransformersEarthspark'', like ''Cyberverse'' above, portrays characters with beast modes as just regular Cybertronians who happen to have chosen those instead of vehicles without much distiction. To Tarantulas, the choice of alternate or beast mode is not meant to complete someone, but serve as an expression of themselves.

*** ''WesterAnimation/TransformersEarthspark'', like ''Cyberverse'' above, portrays characters with beast modes as just regular Cybertronians who happen to have chosen those instead of vehicles without much distiction. To Tarantulas, the choice of alternate or beast mode is not meant to complete someone, but serve as an expression of themselves.

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* The Miniclip action game, ''[[VideoGame/Commando2 Commando 3]]'', has an elephant mecha as it's first boss, which will repeatedly use it's tusks to ram the heroes.

* In ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', Stukov can field an Apocalisk in Co-op missions. The Apocalisk is a Zerg Ultralisk fused with the hull of [[HumongousMecha a Terran Thor]], which is used as armor, while also carrying flamethrowers on its scythes and missile pods on its head.

* ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'' has Beralios, who was once an ordinary Earthern lion until he was experimented on by the scientists of Helios. He forms 1/3rd of the titular robot. His SpearCounterpart, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meralion.png Meralion]], also counts.
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' movies have more than one villain who uses animal-shaped mechs around.
** Two adventures set underwater, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheCastleOfTheUnderseaDevil'' and ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatBattleOfTheMermaidKing'' have their respective {{Big Bad}}s utilizing giant ships shaped like fishes to assault the heroes.
** In ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheIslandOfMiraclesAnimalAdventure'' Sherman and his mooks use mechas shaped like prehistoric animals to attack the titular island. The henchwoman Sky notably pilots a mecha modeled after a Quetzalcoatlus while Sherman himself uses a mech based on a Glyptodon in an attempt to trample over the main gang.
** The 2016 remake of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan'', being an ActionizedAdaptation, have the heroes fighting two gigantic elephant robots serving as Gigazombie's PraetorianGuard (absent in the original).
** Non-villainous example with the Moonbits from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration'', who drives {{hopping machine}}s shaped like rabbits as their main transport.
** Another non-villainous example in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasNewDinosaur'', with the Time Police agent Jill piloting a submarine mech shaped like an Ichthyosaur in the Cretaceous Seas. His mech is in fact introduced scaring away a ''real'' Ichthyosaur.

* In addition to the ubiquitous {{Spider Tank}}s, ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' has Jigabachi anti-tank helicopters that are built like wasps, complete with a large [[https://ghostintheshell.fandom.com/wiki/Natural_Enemy?file=2sac4x02.jpg rear-mounted gun]] on a section that can swing forward. It gets somewhat funny when Section 9's Tachikoma mini-tanks decide the rogue AI-piloted Jigabachi they've been assigned to deal with are their natural enemies and get cold footpads. [[note]]The joke being there are species of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_wasp spider wasps]] that use spiders as living nests for the wasp's eggs.[[/note]]
-->'''Tachikoma''': "Umm... Mister Batou, can we go home? We have [[INeedToGoIronMyDog upset stomachs.]]"\\
'''Batou''': "What stomachs?"

** ''MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'':

* Theecat's equibots in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', which can merge to become Lord Equus, a horse-headed HumongousMecha.
* In ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms,'' Shu transports their supplies in robot cows.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWeaverOption'' after Dragon gains a high enough position in the Mechanicus, she begins introducing various Dragon Armors which act as hard counters to heldrakes and similar daemon engines. After significant arguing and wheedling, she even manages to build her own Titan-sized Dragon Armor.