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* ''WesternAnimation/SuperGiantRobotBrothers'': Shiny especially falls victim to this trope. There are many scenes where he prances around weightlessly and even performs parkour.

* ''Franchise/AttackOnTitan'': The Titular Titans, which range anywhere from 3 to 15 meters tall (and up to ''60'' in the case of the Colossal Titan can move, run and attack just as fast, often even faster than regular humans. It's explained a bit into the manga that they are apparently unnaturally light, but even then, they should clearly get hit harder with the SquareCubeLaw.

** [[spoiler: Kong and Mechagodzilla from ''Film/GodzillaVsKong.'' Despite being of comparable size to Godzilla himself, the former has just as much agility as one expects from primates a fraction of his size, swing and climbing through cities easily. The latter has back mounted rockets that turn it into a pure LightningBruiser allowing it to practically dance around Godzilla.]]
* ''Film/PacificRim'': Guillermo del Toro avoided the use of motion capture because it would make the Jaegers look less like machines and more like this trope. Still played somewhat straight, especially by ''Striker Eureka''.
** Justified for ''Striker Eureka'' as it is a top-of-the-line Mark V Jaeger. ''Gipsy Danger'' is a rebuilt Mark III that is noticeably slower and less graceful while the old Mark I ''Cherno Alpha'' is very clunky and brutish.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' have embraced this more and more as the series' mecha fights have slowly shifted from PeopleInRubberSuits to CGI. Take the [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Delta Squad Megazord]], which uses a lot of diving and rolling in its GunFu.

* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': [=SaintGargomon=] is a giant, green mecha, rougly about the size of [=MegaloGrowmon=]. But since he's fused with his Tamer Lee Jiangliang, [=SaintGargomon=] is capable of performing Jiangliang's Tai Chi moves, even though his movements are kinda slow.

This is also a common trait of the GiantWoman.

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'': MEC Troopers are [[{{Cyborg}} humans augmented with cybernetics]] in a hulking [[MiniMecha cybernetic combat suit]] the size of a small vehicle. Said suit serves as their ArtificialLimbs when in combat, so they're capable of some very fluid and elegant motions like running or engaging in fist fights, as seen [[CoupDeGraceCutscene when they deliver the finishing blow]] against larger aliens using the [[RocketPunch Kinetic Strike Module]]. And if you research Advanced Servomotors (a mobility upgrade) in the Foundry, MEC Troopers stop jogging when ordered to move, in favor of ''sprinting'' in long, loping steps. The only thing [=MECs=] are stated to be unable to do is use a medikit to stabilize an ally that's bleeding out, which justifies their healing subsystem being made as an AreaOfEffect instead.

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'': MEC Troopers are [[{{Cyborg}} humans augmented with cybernetics]] in a hulking [[MiniMecha cybernetic combat suit]] the size of a small vehicle. Said suit serves as their ArtificialLimbs when in combat, so they're capable of some very fluid and elegant motions like running or engaging in fist fights, as seen [[CoupDeGraceCutscene when they deliver the finishing blow]] against larger aliens using the [[RocketPunch Kinetic Stroke Module]]. And if you research Advanced Servomotors (a mobility upgrade) in the Foundry, MEC Troopers stop jogging when ordered to move, in favor of ''sprinting'' in long, loping steps. The only thing [=MECs=] are stated to be unable to do is use a medikit to stabilize an ally that's bleeding out, which justifies their healing subsystem being made as an AreaOfEffect instead.

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnenmyUnknown'': MEC Troopers are [[{{Cyborg}} humans augmented with cybernetics]] in a hulking [[MiniMecha cybernetic combat suit]] the size of a small vehicle. Said suit serves as their ArtificialLimbs when in combat, so they're capable of some very fluid and elegant motions like running or engaging in fist fights, as seen [[CoupDeGraceCutscene when they deliver the finishing blow]] against larger aliens using the [[RocketPunch Kinetic Stroke Module]]. And if you research Advanced Servomotors (a mobility upgrade) in the Foundry, MEC Troopers stop jogging when ordered to move, in favor of ''sprinting'' in long, loping steps. The only thing [=MECs=] are stated to be unable to do is use a medikit to stabilize an ally that's bleeding out, which justifies their healing subsystem being made as an AreaOfEffect instead.

* While there are a number of outliers, the vast majority of the robot characters from the ''Franchise/Transformers'' franchise fit this to a t.

* The Holons in WebAnimation/GenLock all started with the same lean, somewhat gangly build, each one does some ninja-level dodges and flips. Chase's model eventually gets wings attached for impossibly graceful ''aerial'' combat, and Cammie installs bunny-style legs on hers to better leap around.

* While there are a number of outliers, the vast majority of the robot characters from the ''Franchise/Transformers'' franchise fit this to a t.

* At least two of G.K. Chesterton's novels feature a main character who is [[BigFun built on the same scale as Chesterton himself]] but moves like a grasshopper. This is noted to feel vaguely unnatural to observers.