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* Ausf A Gestell from ''{{Einhander}}'' is a crazed mecha ape. Interestingly enough, it's one of the enemies that ''isn't'' named after an animal in German.
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* Several ''SuperSentai'' series, with ''ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' being the first installment to feature AnimalMecha. Aside from that airship that looks like a bird from ''HimitsuSentaiGoranger''.

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* Several ''SuperSentai'' series, with ''ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' being the first installment to feature AnimalMecha. The most notable, of course is ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', a.k.a. ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. Aside from that airship that looks like a bird from ''HimitsuSentaiGoranger''.
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** ''Beast Wars'' and ''BeastMachines''. They started off as MechanicalLifeforms wearing animal skins to shield them from fatal levels of energon, but the robot / animal divide started blurring with the Transmetal upgrades. By ''Beast Machines'', the main cast are all completely techno-organic: they still have a "beast mode" and a more humanoid one, but Optimus points out that the animal / mecha line no longer applies to them.

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** ''Beast Wars'' and ''BeastMachines''.''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines''. They started off as MechanicalLifeforms wearing animal skins to shield them from fatal levels of energon, but the robot / animal divide started blurring with the Transmetal upgrades. By ''Beast Machines'', the main cast are all completely techno-organic: they still have a "beast mode" and a more humanoid one, but Optimus points out that the animal / mecha line no longer applies to them.
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* Clockwork Horrors from ''Spelljammer'' are sentient clockwork giant spiders.

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* Clockwork Horrors from ''Spelljammer'' ''{{Spelljammer}}'' are sentient clockwork giant spiders.
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* Clockwork Horrors from ''Spelljammer'' are sentient clockwork giant spiders.
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* Molly's [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20090811.html robot lion]] in ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''
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* [[KrakenAndLeviathan The Leviathan]] from Disney's ''[[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', which resembles a giant mechanical lobster.

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* [[KrakenAndLeviathan The Leviathan]] from Disney's ''[[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', which resembles a giant mechanical lobster.
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* Stella's Gaia Mobile Suite in GundamSeedDestiny can transform into a dog-like form for ground combat.

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* Stella's Gaia Mobile Suite Suit in GundamSeedDestiny can transform into a dog-like form for ground combat.



*** What's weird is that rather than mecha, the Bakuryuu aree said to be actual descendants of the dinosaurs (on an alternate Earth). Full-body cyborgs, maybe?

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*** What's weird is that rather than mecha, the Bakuryuu aree are said to be actual descendants of the dinosaurs (on an alternate Earth). Full-body cyborgs, maybe?
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** BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger also has Dinosaur Mecha, the Bakuryuu...except this time, they're all Dinosaurs (well, ok, a few are just prehistoric reptilians, like pterrasaurs and dimetrodons, but close enough), unlike Zyuranger (only the Triceratops and T-Rex are truly Dinosaurs).
*** What's weird is that rather than mecha, they're said to be actual descendants of the dinosaurs. Full-body cyborgs, maybe?

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** BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger also has Dinosaur Mecha, the Bakuryuu...except this time, they're all Dinosaurs (well, ok, a few are just prehistoric reptilians, like pterrasaurs and dimetrodons, but close enough), unlike Zyuranger (only the Triceratops and T-Rex are truly Dinosaurs).
Dinosaurs). They're all intelligent, reasoning creatures and treated as characters in their own right, while their [[PowerRangersDinoThunder American counterparts]] are more animalistic.
*** What's weird is that rather than mecha, they're the Bakuryuu aree said to be actual descendants of the dinosaurs.dinosaurs (on an alternate Earth). Full-body cyborgs, maybe?
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* [[KrakenandLeviathan The Leviathan]] from Disney's ''[[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', which resembles a giant mechanical lobster.

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* [[KrakenandLeviathan [[KrakenAndLeviathan The Leviathan]] from Disney's ''[[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', which resembles a giant mechanical lobster.
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* [[KrakenandLeviathan The Leviathan]] from Disney's ''{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}}'', which resembles a giant mechanical lobster.

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* [[KrakenandLeviathan The Leviathan]] from Disney's ''{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}}'', ''[[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', which resembles a giant mechanical lobster.
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** BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger also has Dinosaur Mecha, the Bakuryuu...except this time, they're all Dinosaurs, unlike Zyuranger (only the Triceratops and T-Rex are truly Dinosaurs)

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** BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger also has Dinosaur Mecha, the Bakuryuu...except this time, they're all Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs (well, ok, a few are just prehistoric reptilians, like pterrasaurs and dimetrodons, but close enough), unlike Zyuranger (only the Triceratops and T-Rex are truly Dinosaurs)Dinosaurs).
*** What's weird is that rather than mecha, they're said to be actual descendants of the dinosaurs. Full-body cyborgs, maybe?
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** The Guardian Beasts from ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', sentient mechanical dinosaurs who combine into '''God''', though they're more famous as the Dinozords from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'''s first season.
** BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger also has Dinosaur Mecha, the Bakuryuu... Except this time, they're all Dinosaurs, unlike Zyuranger (Only the Triceratops and T-Rex are truly Dinosaurs)

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** The Guardian Beasts from ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', sentient mechanical dinosaurs who combine into '''God''', though they're more famous as the non-sentient Dinozords from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'''s first season.
** BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger also has Dinosaur Mecha, the Bakuryuu... Except except this time, they're all Dinosaurs, unlike Zyuranger (Only (only the Triceratops and T-Rex are truly Dinosaurs)
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* Dinobots, Predacons ([[BeastWars not those]]), Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.

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* Dinobots, Predacons ([[BeastWars not those]]), Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.''TransformersGeneration1'', as well as those cassettes of Soundwave's. Grimlock, leader of the Dinobots, is currently pictured above.
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** ''Beast Wars'' and ''BeastMachines''. They started off as MechanicalLifeforms wearing animal skins to shield them from fatal levels of energon, but the robot / animal divide started blurring with the Transmetal upgrades. By ''Beast Machines'', the main cast are all completely techno-organic.

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** ''Beast Wars'' and ''BeastMachines''. They started off as MechanicalLifeforms wearing animal skins to shield them from fatal levels of energon, but the robot / animal divide started blurring with the Transmetal upgrades. By ''Beast Machines'', the main cast are all completely techno-organic.techno-organic: they still have a "beast mode" and a more humanoid one, but Optimus points out that the animal / mecha line no longer applies to them.

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** Pictured above are the Guardian Beasts from ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', more famous as the Dinozords from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'''s first season.

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** Pictured above are the The Guardian Beasts from ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', sentient mechanical dinosaurs who combine into '''God''', though they're more famous as the Dinozords from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'''s first season.



* Dinobots, Predacons([[BeastWars not those]]), Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
** ''Beast Wars''. and ''BeastMachines''

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* Dinobots, Predacons([[BeastWars Predacons ([[BeastWars not those]]), Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
** ''Beast Wars''. Wars'' and ''BeastMachines''''BeastMachines''. They started off as MechanicalLifeforms wearing animal skins to shield them from fatal levels of energon, but the robot / animal divide started blurring with the Transmetal upgrades. By ''Beast Machines'', the main cast are all completely techno-organic.
--> '''Cheetor:''' So, what are we? Robots or animals?
--> '''Optimus Primal:''' Both and neither.
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* One of the eneies in ''{{Conduit 2}}'' is a robotic puma/leopard/tiger/large cat.
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# The first and older type involves otherwise machine-type mecha to be shaped like animals. {{Spider Tank}}s are a particular subtrope.

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# The first and older type involves otherwise machine-type mecha to be shaped like animals. {{Spider Tank}}s MechanicalHorse and SpiderTank are a particular subtrope.subtropes.
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* Dinobots, Predacons([[BeastWars not those]]) Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.

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* Dinobots, Predacons([[BeastWars not those]]) those]]), Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
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* Dinobots, Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
** ''BeastWars''. and ''Beast Machines''

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* Dinobots, Predacons([[BeastWars not those]]) Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
** ''BeastWars''. and ''Beast Machines''Wars''. and ''BeastMachines''
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* Dinobots, Predacons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
** ''BeastWars''.

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* Dinobots, Predacons, Insecticons, and Terrorcons in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
** ''BeastWars''. and ''Beast Machines''
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* The Pachydermobile from an article in ''The Journal of Irreproducible Results'': a four-wheel-drive vehicle intended for observing elephants in their native habitat, designed to look like an elephant as much as possible (and smell like one, too).
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*** ''[[TransformersCybertron Cybertron]]'''s got a planet full of them.
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* ''{{Zoids}}'', arguably.

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* ''{{Zoids}}'', arguably.depending on the continuity.



* Arguably, ''{{Zoids}}''.

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* Arguably, Depending on the continuity, ''{{Zoids}}''.
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* ''{{Exalted}}'' has some examples of animal-shaped [[HumongousMecha Warstriders]] for use by shapeshifting Lunars in thier animal forms, or Lunar Warstriders that change shape along with thier pilots.

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* ''{{Exalted}}'' has some examples of animal-shaped [[HumongousMecha Warstriders]] for use by shapeshifting Lunars in thier their animal forms, or Lunar Warstriders that change shape along with thier their pilots.
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*** And all together, they evoke the image of a manticore.
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Compare SpiderTank.

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Compare SpiderTank.SpiderTank, MechanicalHorse, RobotDog.
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* ''Exalted'' has some examples of animal-shaped [[HumongousMecha Warstriders]] for use by shapeshifting Lunars in thier animal forms, or Lunar Warstriders that change shape along with thier pilots.

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* ''Exalted'' ''{{Exalted}}'' has some examples of animal-shaped [[HumongousMecha Warstriders]] for use by shapeshifting Lunars in thier animal forms, or Lunar Warstriders that change shape along with thier pilots.

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