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* ''Toys/MachineRobo'': Mugen-Bine. It's a continuation of the line known in the US as Go-Bots, except now, instead of transforming, the toys separate into their composite pieces--animal parts, drills, gun turrets, jet wings--to be combined as desired. It can get [[https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDujkHITyZNT2YPdRUDXMiYCBUchYtLS6xSeOv1RdttjPh21v1wg pretty ridiculous]]...
* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' ''War For Cybertron'' toyline featured toys that had 5mm ports mounted all over their bodies to allow for maximum combination potential when it came to mounting weapons on the action figures: shoulders, forearms, legs, and in some cases even the feet were capable of being equipped.

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* ''Toys/MachineRobo'': Mugen-Bine. ''Toys/MachineRobo: Mugenbine''. It's a continuation of the line known in the US as Go-Bots, ''[[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots GoBots]]'', except now, instead of transforming, the toys separate into their composite pieces--animal parts, drills, gun turrets, jet wings--to be combined as desired. It can get [[https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDujkHITyZNT2YPdRUDXMiYCBUchYtLS6xSeOv1RdttjPh21v1wg pretty ridiculous]]...
* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' ''War For Cybertron'' ''Toys/TransformersWarForCybertron'' toyline featured toys that had 5mm ports mounted all over their bodies to allow for maximum combination potential when it came to mounting weapons on the action figures: shoulders, forearms, legs, and in some cases even the feet were capable of being equipped.

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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'': One cyborg had a heavy machinegun in her ''elbow''.

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* The title character of ''Manga/ZeroZeroNineOne'' has machine guns built into her ''breasts''. One has to wonder how she reloads.
* ''Manga/AstroBoy'' has machine guns in his ''butt''. That's not just a crass joke tacked onto [[WesternAnimation/AstroBoy the 2009 CGI movie]]; it dates back to the original manga.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': In "Roberta's Blood Trail", Roberta is captured by one of her former terrorist comrades. [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence She pretends to be sexually excited]] and unbuttons her belt, only to gut-shoot him with a buckle gun. (Those kinds of things actually exist; one was made for a Nazi officer's uniform.)
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Oukatsu has a [[StockNinjaWeaponry kunai-like razor blade]] in her tongue.
* Boomers in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' usually have a powerful laser lens assembly in their mouths. Many also have {{Chest Blaster}}s, and at least one model of Superboomer had laser lenses pretty much all over its body.
* ''Manga/Cyborg009'': Amongst the many weapons hidden in Albert Heinrich a.k.a. Cyborg 004's body are missiles he can launch from his knees.
* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** In [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the manga]], minor character Paninya has a one-shot gun in one of her legs. The barrel comes out of her kneecap.
** When [[spoiler:Archer]] from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime version]] comes back as a cyborg, he has a machine-gun in his mouth.
* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'''s third season opener had the bad guys using Arm Slaves whose standard-issue automatic rifle is supplemented by a crotch chaingun turret...
* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'': Kotaro's secret weapon, the Mitsuboshi (Orion's Belt), has three long weighted chains connected to an armlet with a sickle-blade attached to it. Partially subverted since he mostly uses the chains of the weapon to attack and restrain his opponents.
* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'': One cyborg had has a heavy machinegun in her ''elbow''. ''elbow''.
* Ray from ''Anime/GunXSword'' has a gun in the heel of his boot. However, he doesn't try to shoot people with it; he fires it by stomping into the ground, which summons his mecha Volcain.



*** Strike Freedom's two wings turns into eight flying instruments of MoreDakka; giving it two Beam rifles, two hip-mounted railguns, a chest cannon, and eight remote-controlled beam launchers. As well as the swords mounted on the hip-mounted railguns and the Vulcans in it's head.

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*** Strike Freedom's two wings turns into eight flying instruments of MoreDakka; giving it two Beam rifles, two hip-mounted railguns, a chest cannon, and eight remote-controlled beam launchers. As well as the swords mounted on the hip-mounted railguns and the Vulcans in it's its head.



* Stroheim from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' has a machine gun in his stomach after he is made a cyborg.



*** And then you have Aphrodite-A introduced the TorpedoTits trope into HumongousMecha shows...
*** Dr. Hell was infamous for fitting any sort of weapons on any place of the body of his [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beasts]]. Examples include Zaila (whose fingers fired missiles and whose horns were really drills), Brighton-J2 (those horns on its head? They are missiles), the ninja siblings Blazas S1 and S2 (missile launchers located on their shoulders and stomach), Solaris-S1 (its belt shoots a solar beam), Kajimofu-T7 (its palms shot beams and it had a missile launcher above its head), Gumbina-M5 (CombatTentacles instead of eyes)...

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*** And then Then you have Aphrodite-A introduced the TorpedoTits trope into HumongousMecha shows...
*** Dr. Hell was is infamous for fitting any sort of weapons on any place of the body of his [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beasts]]. Examples include Zaila (whose fingers fired missiles and whose horns were really drills), Brighton-J2 (those horns on its head? They are missiles), the ninja siblings Blazas S1 and S2 (missile launchers located on their shoulders and stomach), Solaris-S1 (its belt shoots a solar beam), Kajimofu-T7 (its palms shot beams and it had a missile launcher above its head), Gumbina-M5 (CombatTentacles instead of eyes)...



* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', minor character Paninya has a one-shot gun in one of her legs. The barrel comes out of her kneecap.
** When [[spoiler:Archer]] from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime version]] comes back as a cyborg, he has a machine-gun in his mouth.
* ''Manga/AstroBoy'' has machine guns in his ''butt''. That's not just a crass joke tacked onto the 2009 CGI movie; it dates back to the original manga.
* Albert Heinrich, a.k.a. Cyborg 004 from ''Manga/Cyborg009''. Amongst the many weapons hidden in his body are missiles he can launch from his knees.
* And in its SpiritualSuccessor ''Manga/ZeroZeroNineOne'', the title character has machine guns built into her ''breasts''. One has to wonder how she reloads.
* Stroheim from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' has a machine gun in his stomach after he is made a cyborg.
* Ray from ''Anime/GunXSword'' has a gun in the heel of his boot. However, he doesn't try to shoot people with it; he fires it by stomping into the ground, which summons his mecha Volcain.
* Boomers in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' usually have a powerful laser lens assembly in their mouths. Many also have {{Chest Blaster}}s, and at least one model of Superboomer had laser lenses pretty much all over its body.
* Tanaka-san from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has a clothes-destroying laser in his mouth. But he's a robot (T-ANK-Alpha3, "Tanaka-san").
* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'''s third season opener had the bad guys using Arm Slaves whose standard-issue automatic rifle is supplemented by a crotch chaingun turret...

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* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', minor character Paninya has a one-shot gun in one of her legs. The barrel comes out of her kneecap.
** When [[spoiler:Archer]] from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime version]] comes back as a cyborg, he has a machine-gun in his mouth.
* ''Manga/AstroBoy'' has machine guns in his ''butt''. That's not just a crass joke tacked onto the 2009 CGI movie; it dates back to the original manga.
* Albert Heinrich, a.k.a. Cyborg 004 from ''Manga/Cyborg009''. Amongst the many weapons hidden in his body are missiles he can launch from his knees.
* And in its SpiritualSuccessor ''Manga/ZeroZeroNineOne'', the title character has machine guns built into her ''breasts''. One has to wonder how she reloads.
* Stroheim from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' has a machine gun in his stomach after he is made a cyborg.
* Ray from ''Anime/GunXSword'' has a gun in the heel of his boot. However, he doesn't try to shoot people with it; he fires it by stomping into the ground, which summons his mecha Volcain.
* Boomers in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' usually have a powerful laser lens assembly in their mouths. Many also have {{Chest Blaster}}s, and at least one model of Superboomer had laser lenses pretty much all over its body.
* Tanaka-san from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has a clothes-destroying laser in his mouth. But he's He's a robot (T-ANK-Alpha3, (T-ANK-Alpha 3, "Tanaka-san").
* ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'''s third season opener had ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** The shark Fishman Hody Jones' technique Kirisame ("Slashing Shark") has him attaching a blade to his dorsal fin and then slashes around his enemy with it.
** Franky, as a {{Cyborg}}, is made up of unusual weapon mountings. He can fire nails/flames from his mouth, has razor-sharp projectile sideburns, cannons in his shoulders, a machine gun that fires explosive pellets and a mortar shell firing system in his left forearm, a gun in his left hand that fires from his index finger, a wind cannon fired by connecting both hands, and even a wind propulsion system in his buttocks that allow him to launch himself like a rocket. Post-TimeSkip, he has added rockets into his shoulders and a powerful laser beam into his hands.
* The Hannibal military labors from ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' have a 20mm rotary cannon on their rather pronounced chins as their main armament.
* The final spaceship of
the bad guys using Arm Slaves whose standard-issue automatic rifle is supplemented by a crotch chaingun turret...Comet Empire in ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' has turrets mounted atop turrets mounted atop other turrets.



* The Hannibal military labors from ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' have a 20mm rotary cannon on their rather pronounced chins as their main armament.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. In "Roberta's Blood Trail" Roberta is captured by one of her former terrorist comrades. [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence She pretends to be sexually excited]] and unbuttons her belt, only to gutshoot him with a buckle gun. Those kinds of things actually exist. One was made for a Nazi officer's uniform.

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* The Hannibal military labors from ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' have a 20mm rotary cannon on their rather pronounced chins as their main armament.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. In "Roberta's Blood Trail" Roberta is captured by one of
''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'': Shirabe's gear specializes in buzz saws, most often attached to her former terrorist comrades. [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence She pretends to be sexually excited]] and unbuttons her belt, only to gutshoot him with a buckle gun. Those kinds of things actually exist. One was made for a Nazi officer's uniform. armor-plated GirlishPigtails.



* The final spaceship of the Comet Empire in ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' has turrets mounted atop turrets mounted atop other turrets.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Oukatsu has a [[StockNinjaWeaponry kunai-like razor blade]] in her tongue.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the shark Fishman Hody Jones' technique Kirisame ("Slashing Shark") has him attaching a blade to his dorsal fin and then slashes around his enemy with it.
** Franky, as a cyborg, is made up of unusual weapon mountings. He can fire nails/flames from his mouth, has razor-sharp projectile sideburns, cannons in his shoulders, a machine gun that fires explosive pellets and a mortar shell firing system in his left forearm, a gun in his left hand that fires from his index finger, a wind cannon fired by connecting both hands, and even a wind propulsion system in his buttocks that allow him to launch himself like a rocket. Post timeskip he has added rockets into his shoulders and a powerful laser beam into his hands.
* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'', Kotaro's secret weapon, the Mitsuboshi (Orion's Belt) has three long weighted chains connected to an armlet with a sickle-blade attached to it. Partially subverted since he mostly uses the chains of the weapon to attack and restrain his opponents.
* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'': Shirabe’s gear specializes in buzz saws, most often attached to her armor-plated GirlishPigtails.
* ''Manga/UshioAndTora'': the rogue Azafuse Guren was bestowed three Spirit Blades (Swords made specifically to slay monsters) by Hakumen no Mono. Despite being humanoid, he doesn't physically hold the swords in his hand, but has them reshaped in three double-ended katana blades(and blades only) embedded in his muzzle. They act like part of his body, so he doesn't cut himself when he talks or pokes his tongue out and can change length and angle to strike.

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* The final spaceship of the Comet Empire in ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' has turrets mounted atop turrets mounted atop other turrets.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Oukatsu has a [[StockNinjaWeaponry kunai-like razor blade]] in her tongue.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the shark Fishman Hody Jones' technique Kirisame ("Slashing Shark") has him attaching a blade to his dorsal fin and then slashes around his enemy with it.
** Franky, as a cyborg, is made up of unusual weapon mountings. He can fire nails/flames from his mouth, has razor-sharp projectile sideburns, cannons in his shoulders, a machine gun that fires explosive pellets and a mortar shell firing system in his left forearm, a gun in his left hand that fires from his index finger, a wind cannon fired by connecting both hands, and even a wind propulsion system in his buttocks that allow him to launch himself like a rocket. Post timeskip he has added rockets into his shoulders and a powerful laser beam into his hands.
* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'', Kotaro's secret weapon, the Mitsuboshi (Orion's Belt) has three long weighted chains connected to an armlet with a sickle-blade attached to it. Partially subverted since he mostly uses the chains of the weapon to attack and restrain his opponents.
* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'': Shirabe’s gear specializes in buzz saws, most often attached to her armor-plated GirlishPigtails.
* ''Manga/UshioAndTora'': the The rogue Azafuse Guren was bestowed three Spirit Blades (Swords made specifically to slay monsters) by Hakumen no Mono. Despite being humanoid, he doesn't physically hold the swords in his hand, but has them reshaped in three double-ended katana blades(and blades (and blades only) embedded in his muzzle. They act like part of his body, so he doesn't cut himself when he talks or pokes his tongue out and can change length and angle to strike.
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Per TRS.


** ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' had the infamous [[https://i1.wp.com/gspcdn.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/allfiction/uploads/2014/03/tqg03_header.jpg?resize=759%2C500&ssl=1 "train boner,"]] where one of the CombiningMecha components partially untransformed to be used as a battering ram -- and it ended up extending from the mecha's crotch. The fact that it was [[WidgetSeries the kind of series to include such things]] is probably the major reason it wasn't adapted for ''Power Rangers''.

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** ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' had the infamous [[https://i1.wp.com/gspcdn.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/allfiction/uploads/2014/03/tqg03_header.jpg?resize=759%2C500&ssl=1 "train boner,"]] where one of the CombiningMecha components partially untransformed to be used as a battering ram -- and it ended up extending from the mecha's crotch. The fact that it was [[WidgetSeries [[QuirkyWork the kind of series to include such things]] is probably the major reason it wasn't adapted for ''Power Rangers''.
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i... think this counts as a quality upgrade? theres no more white edges.


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** Some mechs such as the Cataphract have lasers mounted on their backs, this is to discourage any attacker from attacking it from behind, and can be useful to deter pursuers when running away. Though it means the mech has fewer guns to fire forward.
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** When [[spoiler:Archer]] from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]] comes back as a cyborg, he has a machine-gun in his mouth.

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** When [[spoiler:Archer]] from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime version]] comes back as a cyborg, he has a machine-gun in his mouth.
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* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'': The Charioteer class can learn "Triple Wield," which allows a character to wield a weapon on their head, and "Quad Wield" to equip a weapon in the body slot.
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* The Perseus mounts a quartet of lasers on its thighs, while the Viking has a quartet of machine guns attached to its knees.


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* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' ''War For Cybertron'' toyline featured toys that had 5mm ports mounted all over their bodies to allow for maximum combination potential when it came to mounting weapons on the action figures: shoulders, forearms, legs, and in some cases even the feet were capable of being equipped.
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[[caption-width-right:329:Fortunately, the gun's in his guts and not [[ButtCannon his butt]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:329:Fortunately, [[caption-width-right:329:''"YOU UTTER FOOL! [[StupidJetpackHitler Nazi science]] is the gun's in his guts and not [[ButtCannon his butt]].]]world's greatest!"'']]
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* Stroheim from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' has a machine gun in his stomach after he is made a cyborg.

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* Stroheim from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' has a machine gun in his stomach after he is made a cyborg.



* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s third season opener had the bad guys using Arm Slaves whose standard-issue automatic rifle is supplemented by a crotch chaingun turret...

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* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'''s third season opener had the bad guys using Arm Slaves whose standard-issue automatic rifle is supplemented by a crotch chaingun turret...

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