History Main / Gundamjack

*** In the last episode of ''{{Gundam 00}}'', [[spoiler:Ribbons jacks the 0 Gundam after Lasse abandoned it when its GN particle tank ran out. Amuro and the RX-78, together again at last!]]
** In a rare hero on ''hero'' version, look at episode two of ''GundamZZ''. Judau jacks the Zeta Gundam simply because it's the only mobile suit for him to use.

* The ''{{Xenogears}}'' plot is kicked off by one of these operations. The game starts with the stealing team making a stand against the pursuit team. Neither side gets it, since Fei "fell into" the cockpit.

* ''GetterRobo Hien'' has the protagonist jacking Getter-1, then having to talk the other two pilots into working with him. Given that they were in the middle of a battle at the time, they don't have too much of a choice.

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* The RTS game ''DungeonKeeper 2'' allows you to drag dying, but not quite dead enemy units back to your prison where you can let them rot to become skeletons or put them in the torture chamber to brainwash them to joining your side. And the best part is that even if they die, you can jack the corpses to feed to your vampires. Even in death, they do serve.

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** In [=MGS4=] [[spoiler:Snake uses the old Metal Gear REX from [=MGS1=] to escape from the underground facility. Where he then meets Ocelot in one of his RAYs.]]

**** This is basically expected enough in-universe that practically every [=BattleMech=] comes with standard anti-theft countermeasures already built in. The most common example, showcased in various novels, is the computer running a voice recognition check in conjunction with an individual code phrase during startup.

** ''GundamX'''s protagonist hijacks a normal mobile suit in the first episode, but comes by the titular Gundam more honestly, only to hijack his second Gundam, [[spoiler:the Double X]].

[[caption-width-right:330:Even though I [[EpicFail totally fail at handling firearms]], out of the cockpit, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]].]]

* Anise Azeat of ''GalaxyAngel II'' steals an Emblem Frame/Angel Wing/whatever-they've-decided-to-call-them-this-week from the ''Luxiole'' early in the game, but gets to keep it after her HeelFaceTurn and joins the Rune Angels.

** [[MobileSuitVictoryGundam In Victory Gundam]] the '''13''' year old protagonist also steals an enemy mecha... except he stole it while it was ''flying'' by landing on it in a parachute, fighting hand to hand with the ace pilot (who is wearing an helmet and is far older), and managing to take control of the machine after a brutal fight that ends underwater. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRiG9csYk2o&feature=related It really needs to be seen to be believed.]]

* Done oh-so-excellently in ''StarCraftII'', wherein the playable rebel faction decides the best possible way to deal with their current goal is to steal a prototype weapon of mass destruction. [[Awesome/StarCraftII By putting an insane, carnage-loving psychopath in the cockpit]].