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%% And yes, that ''is'' an example. [[CaptainObvious It is literally impossible to build a mecha that can throw galaxies like shuriken.]]
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** '''BeyondTheImpossible''': Gigawatton can ''[[GurrenLagann throw galaxies like]] {{shuriken}}''.

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** '''BeyondTheImpossible''': Gigawatton can ''[[GurrenLagann throw galaxies like]] {{shuriken}}''.like shuriken]]''.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Gigawatton is large enough that it make the universe bursted by sheer size.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Gigawatton is large enough that it make the universe bursted by sheer size.taller than a skyscraper.
** '''UpToEleven''': Gigawatton is visible from orbit.
** '''BeyondTheImpossible''': Gigawatton can ''[[GurrenLagann throw galaxies like]] {{shuriken}}''.
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** "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them will die."

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** "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta [[PunctuatedForEmphasis look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them will die."

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* '''Justified''': Gigawatton was built to fight against aliens that are 10-stories tall themselves.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Gigawatton was built to fight against aliens that are 10-stories tall themselves.



* '''Subverted''': Gigawatton was designed to be a humongous mecha, but when it makes its first appearance, Gigawatton is revealed to be a {{MiniMecha}}

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Gigawatton was designed to be a humongous mecha, but when it makes its first appearance, Gigawatton is revealed to be a {{MiniMecha}}



* '''Deconstructed''': SquareCubeLaw

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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SquareCubeLaw



* '''Reconstructed''': The cube-square victim is upgraded with {{unobtainium}} and becomes effective.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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The cube-square victim is upgraded with {{unobtainium}} and becomes effective.



* '''Defied''': Gigawatton is sabotaged before it can even be used.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Gigawatton is sabotaged before it can even be used.



* '''Conversed''': "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them will die."

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* '''Conversed''': '''Conversed''':
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"But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them will die."
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** "Oh, Mr. Realistic wants to make a [[SpiderTank Spider Tank!]] Sure, let's toss one of these tanks and a mecha in a room. [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill We'll see who will be reduced to dust.]]

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** "Oh, Mr. Realistic wants to make a [[SpiderTank Spider Tank!]] Sure, let's toss one of these tanks and a mecha in a room. [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill We'll see who will be reduced to dust.]]

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* '''Conversed''': "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them will die."

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* '''Conversed''': "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them will die.""
**"Oh, Mr. Realistic wants to make a [[SpiderTank Spider Tank!]] Sure, let's toss one of these tanks and a mecha in a room. [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill We'll see who will be reduced to dust.]]
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* '''Subverted''': Gigawatton is a {{MiniMecha}}

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* '''Subverted''': Gigawatton was designed to be a humongous mecha, but when it makes its first appearance, Gigawatton is revealed to be a {{MiniMecha}}
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** Gigawatton is a robot for made for gigantic humanoid robot fighting competition.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The robot falls victim to the cube-square law, and either breaks under its own weight or is underpowered and slow.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The robot falls victim to the cube-square law, and either breaks under its own weight or is underpowered and slow.SquareCubeLaw

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* '''Exaggerated''': Gigawatton is a humanoid robot as large as a whole Moon.
** Or [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann it's 1.8% the size of the measurable universe]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': Gigawatton is a humanoid robot as large as a whole Moon.
** Or [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann it's 1.8%
enough that it make the size of the measurable universe]].universe bursted by sheer size.
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** Or [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann it's 1.8% the size of the measurable universe]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Gigawatton has a mechanism that turns it into a HumongousMecha or a nanomachine at random.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Lightenstein, a creator of robots, attempts to build a large-sized humanoid robot but has to give up since it results a robot either collapsing on itself due to its weight or just ends up being too clumsy and slow.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Lightenstein, a creator of robots, attempts to build a large-sized humanoid The robot but has falls victim to give up since it results a robot the cube-square law, and either collapsing on itself due to breaks under its own weight or just ends up being too clumsy is underpowered and slow.



* '''Reconstructed''': However, then he finds {{Unobtanium}} and now he manages to make a gigantic mecha.

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* '''Reconstructed''': However, then he finds {{Unobtanium}} The cube-square victim is upgraded with {{unobtainium}} and now he manages to make a gigantic mecha.becomes effective.
** The DestructiveSavior robot is given new control software that makes it much safer.



* '''Averted''': Gigawatton is a huge mobile low-profile industrial robot which mostly uses wheels and rocket thrusters to move around.
* '''Enforced''': HumongousMecha are the only practical method of armed conflict, due to their prevalence and effectiveness

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* '''Averted''': Gigawatton is a huge mobile low-profile industrial robot which mostly uses wheels RealRobot that moves on treads and rocket thrusters to move around.
is a realistic size.
* '''Enforced''': HumongousMecha are the only practical method of armed conflict, due to their prevalence and effectiveness[[RuleOfCool Viewers like]] HumongousMecha.



* '''Invoked''': Lightenstein is a huge fan of mecha anime and builds a humongous mecha to live out his dream of piloting one, regardless of how impractical it might be.

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* '''Invoked''': Lightenstein The engineer is a huge fan of mecha anime and builds a humongous mecha to live out his dream of piloting one, regardless of how impractical it might be.



Building Gigawatton is rejected due to funding and resource constaraints

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** Building Gigawatton is rejected due found to funding be cost-ineffective and resource constaraintsimpractical and the project is scrapped.
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MiniMecha, Nanomachines

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** MiniMecha, Nanomachines
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Building Gigawatton is rejected due to funding and resource constaraints
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MiniMecha, Nanomachines
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* '''Discussed''': Oh, they look cool, but won't they tip over? And they're impossible to hide, unless you can get some honest-toGod, working Adaptive Camo. Really, the only thing they got going for them is that they can negotiate terrain better that wheeled or tracked vehicles. I say just stick some [[SpiderTank bug legs on a run-of-the-mill tank]].

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* '''Discussed''': Oh, they look cool, but won't they tip over? And they're impossible to hide, unless you can get some honest-toGod, honest-to-[[OhMyGods Gods]], working Adaptive Camo. Really, the only thing they got going for them is that they can negotiate terrain better that wheeled or tracked vehicles. I say just stick some [[SpiderTank bug legs on a run-of-the-mill tank]].
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* '''Enforced''': HumungousMecha are the only practical method of warfare, due to their prevalence and effectiveness

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* '''Enforced''': HumungousMecha HumongousMecha are the only practical method of warfare, armed conflict, due to their prevalence and effectiveness



* '''Invoked''': Lightenstein is a huge fan of mecha anime and builds a humongous mecha to live out his dream of piloting one, reguardless of how inpracticle it might be.

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* '''Invoked''': Lightenstein is a huge fan of mecha anime and builds a humongous mecha to live out his dream of piloting one, reguardless regardless of how inpracticle impractical it might be.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???HumungousMecha are the only practical method of warfare, due to their prevalence and effectiveness
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* '''Conversed''': "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. Less of them die that way."

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* '''Conversed''': "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. And they should pray to the Artist that it stays that way; Less of them die that way.will die."
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* '''Conversed''': "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank God that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. Less of them die that way."

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* '''Conversed''': "But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank God [[CreatorWorship the Writer]] that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. Less of them die that way."
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* '''Discussed''': Oh, they look cool, but won't they tip over? And they're impossible to hide, unless you can get some honest-toGod, working Adaptive Camo. Really, the only thing they got going for them is that they can negotiate terrain better that wheeled or tracked vehicles. I say just stick some [[Spidertank bug legs on a run-of-the-mill tank]].

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* '''Discussed''': Oh, they look cool, but won't they tip over? And they're impossible to hide, unless you can get some honest-toGod, working Adaptive Camo. Really, the only thing they got going for them is that they can negotiate terrain better that wheeled or tracked vehicles. I say just stick some [[Spidertank [[SpiderTank bug legs on a run-of-the-mill tank]].
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
Oh, they look cool, but won't they tip over? And they're impossible to hide, unless you can get some honest-toGod, working Adaptive Camo. Really, the only thing they got going for them is that they can negotiate terrain better that wheeled or tracked vehicles. I say just stick some [[Spidertank bug legs on a run-of-the-mill tank]].
* '''Conversed''': ???"But they look so damn cool!" "You really are a dreamer if you think these metal giants are actually going somewhere! Spider tanks are the way of the future!" "But they [[ThisIsSparta look. So. Damn. COOL!]]" "The men can thank God that I am the one who spends the budget, not you. Less of them die that way."
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"So, you drive giant robots eh?"
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**Gigawatton is the AI interface in a [[PoweredArmor]] suit.

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**Gigawatton is the AI interface in a [[PoweredArmor]] PoweredArmor suit.
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**Gigawatton is the AI interface in a [[PowerArmor]] suit.

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**Gigawatton is the AI interface in a [[PowerArmor]] [[PoweredArmor]] suit.
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**Gigawatton is the AI interface in a [[PoweArmor]] suit.

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**Gigawatton is the AI interface in a [[PoweArmor]] [[PowerArmor]] suit.
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**Gigawatton is the AI interface in a [[PoweArmor]] suit.

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