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1!![[center:[-[[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannSimon Simon]]) | '''Mecha''' | [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannAntagonists Antagonists]] | [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannSecondaryCharacters Secondary Characters]]-]]]
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3This page is devoted to the various {{Mecha}} in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
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7[[folder:Mecha In General]]
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9* {{Cephalothorax}}: A defining characteristic of all Gunmen is having their heads in the place of their torsos.
10* ExpressiveMask: All Gunmen can copy their pilots' facial expressions, although they don't always do so. They also magnify their voices, allowing them to speak through them.
11* HotBlooded: Yes even the Mecha themselves are motivated by fighting spirit.
12* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: They often have human-like features like faces, mouths and teeth. Some, like Lagann, also have tongues. Zorthy's Gunmen, Sawzorthn has lips.
13* {{Synchronization}}: When a pilot has Spiral energy, they can feel what their Gunmen feels, and also, when the Gunmen is damaged, they will feel the pain like it was their own body. In more extreme examples, like limb loss, electrical arcs will cover the pilot's own limb. Too much physical abuse can cause BloodFromTheMouth.
14* WeaksauceWeakness: The Gunmen used by the Beastmen are powered with solar energy, so they can't use them at night unless they have an alternative powersource, like thermal energy or Lordgenome's own Spiral energy.
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17!!The Titular Mecha
18[[folder:Lagann]]
19[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lagann.gif]]
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21A strange, miniature Gunmen that transforms into a drill bit. He was discovered by Simon embedded deep beneath his underground village, along with the Core Drill that serves as his ignition key. Lagann is a very expressive robot that reflects how his pilot feels and is quite adept with generating many more drills. Though Lagann is a small target with not much of a threatening presence, his power and that of his pilot are apparently limitless. Forms the head of Gurren Lagann, adorned by a helmet pinched from Enki's upper head.
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24* AnArmAndALeg: In both of the show's most climatic fights, Lagann's limbs suffer massive damage. Lordgenome shattered both his arms, and during his final charge towards the Anti-Spiral King, they destroyed his legs, his left arm and left his right arm hanging from a pair of cables.
25* CombiningMecha: With ''anything''.
26* EmpathicWeapon: Reacts to Spiral Power, and particularly Simon's spiral power. Simon also tends to talk to Lagann like it's a person, even yelling at it after it stops working. [[spoiler:Eventually proven to have a mind of his own.]]
27* FastballSpecial: Lagann has been both the ball and the pitcher.
28* HappyPlace: Simon considers Lagann's cockpit as this. In his own words:
29-->'''Simon''': It's the only place where I can be me.
30* ItCanThink: Lagann may not speak, but if he feels Simon is in danger, he'll reach his location as fast as possible. [[spoiler:Near the end of Lagann-Hen, he used his remaining arm to throw Simon at the Anti-Spiral.]]
31* MiniMecha: He's tiny compared to other Gunmen. It's a trait common to other Lagann-types, as they share the same size.
32* NoConservationOfEnergy: Grows as many drills as Simon needs, out of nowhere. Justified since he's made to channel his pilot's reality-warping Spiral power.
33* PlotDrivenBreakdown: Lagann will refuse to activate if his pilot is unsure of himself. He also will refuse to move if his pilot is stuck in an unhealthy state of mind for too long, as [[spoiler:Simon learned the hard way.]]
34* SpringCoil: Can sprout a set of defensive springs from its legs to leap out of the way from enemy attack or act as shock absorbers in the event of a rough landing.
35%%* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
36* TheAssimilator: A rare heroic example; if his drills latch onto another vehicle, he can combine with them, vastly enhancing them and turning them into Gunmen if they aren't one. Lagann can also override the other vehicle's controls, giving Simon full control over the fusion.
37* ThisIsADrill: His primary form of weaponry.
38* UniqueProtagonistAsset: His ability to combine with and assimilate other machines, as well as the fact he's only receptive to Simon's energy, makes Simon a vital member of Team Dai-Gurren (and their eventual leader) and the main reason they can get so far against their enemies.
39[[/folder]]
40
41[[folder:Gurren]]
42[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gurren.png]]
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44A Gunmen formerly known as Gunzar that belonged to a Beastman commander named Dusack. Kamina hijacked the Gunmen and quickly learned how to pilot it, but then attacked two other enemy Gunmen so brutally, Gunzar's feeble limbs couldn't handle the abuse and all but one disintegrated. Littner Village salvaged new limbs from the Gunmen destroyed in the fight that ensued to take the Gunzar, and it was quickly rebuilt into the Gurren, which served as Kamina's mecha. Forms the body of Lagann, and was later bestowed a set of wings taken from another Gunmen. It got speared through the chest by Tymilph, piercing into the cockpit and inflicting a lethal wound to its pilot. Eventually passed over to Rossiu's ownership when Kamina died, but he was a bit clumsy at controlling it. Yoko had a more promising stint piloting Gurren, though she regretted stepping into the cockpit where her love interest was killed. Eventually, Gurren found a permanent owner in the form of Viral, whose own mecha had finally quit working altogether. After his HeelFaceTurn, he became Simon's trusty co-pilot in the Gurren.
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46* AceCustom: It's essentially just a [[RuleOfCool cool-looking]] mecha without Lagann. It ''was'' rebuilt by Leeron and his team from the hijacked Gunzar and the remains of two other Gunmen and is more powerful than Gunzar (the limbs of which were weak enough to snap from delivering strong blows). It's not as powerful as Viral's AceCustom Enki, however.
47* BadassNormal: Still powerful without special features.
48* {{BFS}}: Originally wielded a pair of these, but after Kamina captured it, he had them melted down into its signature CoolShades.
49* CombiningMecha: With Lagann.
50* CoolShades: Modeled after [[TriangleShades Kamina's own]]. They also act as a bladed boomerang, that can cut through metal and rock.
51* GrandTheftPrototype: While the majority of the hero-controlled Gunmen in the show are implied to have been acquired in the same fashion, this one stands out on the grounds that this was the one that inspired the rest.
52* FastballSpecial: Can do this by throwing Lagann.
53* HumongousMecha: Although it's still quite small compared to most other mecha in the series on its own.
54* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[WeCanRebuildHim It survived the ordeal]] well enough to still be usable afterwards. [[spoiler:Its pilot at the time did not.]]
55* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses its CoolShades either as a sword or a boomerang.
56* OutOfFocus: After [[spoiler:[[HesBack Simon's rebirth]]]], the Gurren doesn't get any more solo action scenes, serving as little more than an extension for Lagann. The only time it actually ''moved'' without Lagann was [[spoiler:during Viral's FastballSpecial during the FinalBattle]]. It has the saddest justification: [[spoiler:Kamina has died, and the mecha has now lost its original characterization as Kamina's avatar while fighting. Thus, the focus shifts to purely Simon, who carries on for both of them, with Gurren being a part of Lagann just like Kamina remains a part of him.]]
57[[/folder]]
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59[[folder:Gurren Lagann]]
60[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gurren_lagann_mech.png]]
61[[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gurren_lagann_flight_6940.png]]
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63The protagonist's main mecha, and the [[TitleDrop titular mecha]] in the dub but only halfway so for the original series name. Formed from Gurren and Lagann, hence the name. Lagann drills through the canopy of Gurren, and Spiral Power causes the mecha to fuse, extending the limbs and joints of the mecha until they appear muscular and humanoid. Capable of sprouting an insane number of drills in various shapes and sizes, depending on the Spiral Power and willpower of the pilots, and generating defensive barriers. Piloted by two people- one in the head, one in the torso.
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65It soon acquired several new battle armaments- a helmet snatched from Enki, and later, a set of wings that gave it the ability to fly. Gurren Lagann can also pilot Arc-Gurren, using one of its drills as an activation key like the Core Drill Simon keeps with him.
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67* TheAssimilator: Integrates anything that gets added to his machinery.
68* CentipedesDilemma: Will not function if his pilot overthinks how to operate it.
69* CombiningMecha: He's one, the combination of Gurren and Lagann. Later on, he does it with one of Dai-Gunten's fighters. Then with [[CoolStarship Arc-Gurren]], Then with [[ThatsNoMoon Cathedral Terra/Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren]]. Then with [[spoiler:[[SerialEscalation Team Dai-Gurren]]]]
70* CoolHelmet: Taken by force from Enki's crushed upper head. The helmet's ring was broken in the process, and remained that way.
71* CoolShades: Forged out of the swords wielded by Gunzar. They're also really sharp.
72* {{Expy}}: Hmmmmmm... A red mecha that's constantly evolving, is sentient to a degree, as well as wielding a drill as one of it's many weapons... [[SarcasmMode Surely]] Creator/HiroyukiImaishi [[SarcasmMode wasn't inspired by]] Manga/GetterRobo [[SarcasmMode when he came up with our eponymous mecha]]...
73* FashionableAsymmetry: One of the "horns" on Enki's helmet is broken off while stealing it. This becomes an iconic part of the mecha's design and is never fixed, not even when Gurren Lagann repairs itself.
74* FastballSpecial: Involves Gurren's pilot ripping the mecha's head off.
75* FinishingMove: GIGA! '''DRILL!''' '''''BREAK!'''''
76* HopeBringer: As Dayakka himself says: "Gurren Lagann has become a symbol of hope for humanity."
77* HumongousMecha: You standard issue version. [[spoiler:The later ones take it SerialEscalation.]]
78* IncendiaryExponent: In Episode 7, the Man On Fire Blazing Chariot/Gurren Lagann Kick.
79* LossOfIdentity: Gurren Lagann grows accustomed to a pilot's personality and begins to respond naturally after they are in sync with it. However, should that pilot enter an unhealthy state of mind for too long, and the mecha is as good as a multi-story doorstop.
80* MadeOfIron: In episode 7, when the much larger Dai-Gunzan attempts to rip apart Gurren Lagann, his joints manage to hold off for more than 20 seconds before [[BigDamnHeroes being saved by Dayakkaiser's cannon.]] The only damage either of them took that day was a hole in one of Gurren's heels. During the siege of Teppelin, Dai-Gundo tries to crush him with its weight, he gets finger-flicked by the mountain-sized Dekabutsu, stabbed and riddled with holes by Lazengann, both Lagann and his pilot take a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, and he's still able to move and escape the crumbling Dai-Gun.
81* MeaningfulName: Translates as "crimson lotus enveloping face", the combination of Gurren and Lagann's two-word translated names. Episode 7 also gives an alternate translation: Blazing Chariot.
82* MidSeasonUpgrade: Flight, after grabbing one of Dai-Gunten's flying Gunmen escorts, Simon and Yoko's Spiral energy turn it into a jetpack, using the former Gunmen's levisphere to fly.
83* MultipleHeadCase: Gurren and Lagann are normally piloted in tandem and [[ExpressiveMask "speak" and emote separately with each pilot]], especially when Kamina is the one piloting Gurren. However, Simon is perfectly able to pilot the whole mecha on his own whenever it's necessary.
84* NoConservationOfEnergy: Drills out of every orifice.
85* NoSell: Right before he finishes off Byakko and Thymilph, he crushes the Condemn Blaze's beam with his bare hand.
86* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: The CoolShades can be used as one. So can his wings.
87* RealityWarper: Crosses with TheDeterminator. Gurren Lagann created a wormhole through space to reach a very far away Rossiu in seconds flat [[spoiler:before he could kill himself]].
88* SeriesMascot: Serves as an icon for Team Dai-Gurren in-universe as well as the series as a whole, and is the series' namesake in most Western territories.
89* SpiritualAntithesis: To [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion Unit-01]]. Both are the flagship mecha and SeriesMascot of their respective franchises, and piloted by their respective main characters (Simon and Shinji), with Simon acting as Shinji's own SpiritualAntithesis. However, Unit-01 is a HumanoidAbomination that looks very monstrous and poses more of a threat to Shinji and the world as it becomes more powerful, while Gurren Lagann is a bona fide SuperRobot but looks very humanoid, and its becoming more powerful and gaining new alternate forms reflects Simon's own growth as a person, a hero, a man and a leader. [[spoiler:Eventually, Unit-01 becomes a catalyst in the ''destruction'' of humanity, while Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann nearly acts as its ultimate ''savior'' - but in both cases, the pilots themselves are the ones who deal the "finishing touch".]]
90* SpiritualSuccessor: Two-fold.
91** To The ''Anime/GunBuster'': Both are humanoid {{Super Robot}}s formed by combining two other mechas, were piloted by pseudo-siblings, are designed to be the ultimate weapon of humanity, insanely powerful versions of the basic mecha, and pull off the [[BadassArmfold Gainax Pose]].
92** Speaking of, Gurren Lagann holds an even greater resemblance to Manga/GetterRobo, being powered by human evolution, are crimson mechs, being sentient to a degree and constantly evolving. Reaches the logical conclusion as Gurren Lagann's second to last transformation is heavily reminiscent of the Getter Emperor, the most powerful form of Getter Robo.
93* TearsFromAStone: There is a heavy downpour of rain after [[spoiler:Kamina dies]]. Rain trickles down the face of Gurren Lagann and makes it look like it's crying along with the vast majority of Team Dai-Gurren.
94* ThisIsADrill: You couldn't get any more literal: it's a walking drill warrior! However, it can also utilize fire, raw Spiral Power, and boomerangs, in the form of Gurren's sharp shades and later on, their wings.
95* TitleDrop: English dub only. The name isn't used in Japanese.
96* TookALevelInBadass: After Viral becomes Gurren's pilot, Gurren Lagann itself becomes much more powerful. While Simon was able to pull off some impressive feats as a solo pilot beforehand, with Viral backing him up they're able to ''destroy half an army just by screaming.''
97* UseYourHead: Headbutts Enki in a stalemate. Gurren Lagann can also detach Lagann for use as an emergency weapon.
98* VomitIndiscretionShot: Bizarrely, a mecha that may ralph up Spiral Energy by the bushels if its pilot tosses their cookies.
99[[/folder]]
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101[[folder:Arc Gurren-Lagann]]
102[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arclagannrender2.png]]
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104A combination between Gurren-Lagann and the Arc-Gurren Lordgenome left for humanity to enter space with. Of the Gurren-Lagann forms, this one shows up the least, but it is notable for winning one of the first unambiguous victories against the Anti-Spirals.
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106* CombiningMecha: Gurren Lagann and [[HomeworldEvacuation Arc-Gurren]], a CoolStarship...''and they're not done yet.''
107* CoolShades: Subverted; this is the only form that does not have any cool shades.
108* FinishingMove: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rfKf8JLnbY Burst...SPINNING]]...'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rfKf8JLnbY PUNCH!]]'''"
109* LongNeck: He has one, but it's only seen when he's about to MegatonPunch the fused form of the Kyo-Mugann and the Kuu-Mugann.
110* HomeworldEvacuation: Rossiu tried to use the ship to evacuate 320,000 people and survive the Human Extermination System, after which they would return and reclaim what was left of the planet in two years. Unfortunately, due to the Anti-Spirals speeding up the moon's fall, the ship was only at half its maximum capacity. Also, the Anti-Spiral intended to KillAllHumans all along, starting with them.
111* HumongousMecha: Comparatively tiny compared to some of the future mechs, but towers over other "Space Gunmen." ''And'' houses a colony fit for up to 320,000 people!
112* MegatonPunch: Rather than pulling off a Giga Drill Break in its initial battle, it finishes off the fused Muganns with the Space-Time-Shattering Burst-Spinning Punch, by punching them so hard they hit nothing, and ''break it'', ripping out of space-time before they explode. In Lagann-Hen, he also does the Arc Giga Drill Break against Cathedral Lazengann's fist.
113* RealityWarper: Its punches can rip holes through spacetime.
114* TheRemnant: Arc-Gurren is the only known ship other than the Cathedral Terra to survive Lordgenome's FaceHeelTurn a millenium ago.
115* SerialEscalation: A bigger version of Gurren Lagann.
116* VictoryThroughIntimidation: All it does is flare up its Spiral Aura once and a huge number of Mugann are destroyed.
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119[[folder:Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann/Cathedral Lazengann]]
120[[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/super_galaxy_gurren_lagaan.png]]
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122--> ''Our friends' hopes and dreams are etched into its body, transforming the infinite darkness into light! Unmatched in Heaven, and Earth; one machine, equal to the gods! Super Galaxy GURREN LAGANN! ... We're gonna show you the power... of the human race.''
123The combination of Arc Gurren-Lagann with the Cathedral Terra/Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren.
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125Originally known as the Cathedral Terra/Cathedral Lazengan, Lordgenome's flagship during the first Human-Anti-Spiral war, it was taken over by the Anti-Spirals and turned into the Human Extermination System, in the form of a replica of the moon. Simon and Viral are able to take control of it after Lordgenome hacks the massive Gunmen and retrieves its blueprints, leading them to the Giga Core Drill slot within it. Once Simon takes it over, he renames it as the Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren.
126* AnchorsAway: Its Super-Dimensional Anchors can pull world-sized objects like the Moon out of Imaginary Space. Dayakka uses a bigger version of them to grab Granzeboma and throw it away with his "I Have the Best Wife in the Universe Swing".
127* CombatTentacles: Simon tries to immobilize an Ashtanga with a barrage of golden drill tendrils.
128* CombiningMecha: The end result.
129* CoolShades: Two ''massive'' pairs of star-shaped shades. Generated after Cathedral Lazengann[[note]]the original mech form of Cathedral Terra/Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren[[/note]] is upgraded into Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann.
130* GoodCostumeSwitch: It ''is'' one. In its [[spoiler:post-betrayal]] Cathedral Lazengann form, it was black with crimson lights, a masked upper face and the lower face was damaged, with broken eyes and teeth and locked in a silent scream. Parallel Works 8 shows that it had endured an EvilCostumeSwitch due to Lordgenome's breakdown and FaceHeelTurn. In its original form, it looked almost exactly as it does in the present, but without the CoolShades.
131* HumongousMecha: Practically the size of the ''moon'', and can handle the impact of ''planets''.
132* MoreDakka: The weapon it created to hit the Ashtanga that phased into Imaginary Space could best be classified as an anti-''universe'' gun, able to hit targets that were hiding in space-time itself. It's as close as anyone's likely to get to enough dakka. [[spoiler:It doesn't destroy it, but leaves the Ashtanga filled with holes and forces it back into real space.]]
133* NoSell: It shrugs off the impact of ''planets'' being thrown at it as well as the Ashtanga's laser beams. Simon [[NotHyperbole claiming it's equal to the gods wasn't just for show]]. It takes the Anti-Spiral forcing Simon into the Multi-Dimensional Labyrinth to shut it down.
134* SerialEscalation: A much bigger version of Arc Gurren.
135* ShoutOut: The way it's introduced is practically identical to how the Anime/GunBuster was first launched: slowly rising up in the [[BadassArmfold Gainax Pose]]. There are many similarities in their overall shape as well.
136* ShowyInvincibleHero: Counts as this in its own right, since its entire introduction is a massive CurbStompBattle against the previously devastating Anti-Spiral defense force. Even [[RealityWarper Reality Warpers]] couldn't stand up to its power.
137* TearsFromAStone: In Lagann-hen, when it changes to its mecha form after Kittan's death, blood flows from his eyes, the same as his devastated and really pissed off pilot.
138* ThatsNoMoon: The Cathedral Terra was disguised as the Earth's moon.
139** Made a lot clearer in ''Lagann-Hen'' where it takes longer to defeat, [[spoiler:letting it transform into its robot mode to '''punch out the Earth''', something ''nobody'' was expecting to happen. Meaning if the hijacked Cathedral Terra succeeded in its mission, Earth would not have been uninhabitable for a year, but outright gone, and Rossiu's plan to take everyone into space [[ShaggyDogStory would've failed, leading to total human extinction.]]]]
140* ThisIsADrill: Combines the two enormous drills on its shoulders for an epic Giga Drill Break, but also can turn its ''fingers'' into drills. It can also grow drills on its drills.
141* TransformingMecha: Can switch between its Moon, ship and Gunmen forms.
142* WaveMotionGun: Only seen in Parallel Works 8. Its ship form can fire a massive emerald beam that dwarves the moon-sized flagship itself in sheer width. It single-handedly vaporizes an Ashtanga and blows countless Anti-Spiral ships to bits.
143* WeaksauceWeakness: It was designed to run entirely on a tremendous amount of Spiral Power drawn from its pilot, something only Lordgenome could accomplish before Simon came into the fray. Without that, it's basically powerless and cannot hold its robot form. Worse, trying to will the robot to power up on such a grand scale can cause severe bodily trauma to the pilot.
144** [[spoiler:The Anti-Spirals later take full advantage of this weakness. They are able to nullify Spiral Power, which results in this Gunmen being completely shut down for a while. Additionally, in ''Lagann-Hen'', it moves a ''lot'' slower when the Anti-Spirals have control over it because they aren't operating it through use of Spiral Power because of their fear of destroying the universe with that kind of energy.]]
145* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Promptly skewered by the Granzeboma in both the FinalBattle and ''Lagann-Hen.'']]
146[[/folder]]
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148[[folder:Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]
149[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tengen_toppa_gurren_lagann.png]]
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151--> ''Don't underestimate us. We don't care about time, or space or... multi-dimensional whatevers! We don't give a damn about that. Force your way down a path YOU choose to take, and do it all yourself! That's the way Team Dai-Gurren rolls! Even when trapped by karma's cycle, the dreams we left behind will open the door! Even if the universe stands in our way, our seething blood will determine what will be! We'll break through time and space and defy all who would stop us to grab hold of our path! TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!'' '''''JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?'''''
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153The [[TitleDrop titular mecha]], formed for the final battle and piloted by the entirety of Team Dai-Gurren. Galaxies ''whimper'' before it in terms of comparative size.
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155* AllYourPowersCombined: In addition to being piloted by ''everyone'' left standing, it can manifest weapons like Viral's swords and Yoko's rifle to attack with.
156* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Savagely dismantled by the Granzeboma in ''Lagann-Hen'', spurting out red liquid similar to blood. ]]
157* CombiningMecha: Formed from the fusion of Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann, the other Lagann-type mecha that Team Dai-Gurren found in space, and a very healthy dose of Spiral Power.
158* CoolShades: This time, they aren't used as weapons, though.
159* DualWielding: You know what's better than a Giga Drill Break? Two of them.
160* EleventhHourSuperpower: Formed just in time for the final confrontation with the Anti-Spiral, and faded away after the confrontation was over.
161* HumongousMecha: Ten million light years in height.
162* HyperspaceArsenal: Literally able to manifest anything its pilots need it to.
163* IncendiaryExponent: Wreathed in green flames of pure Spiral power. It's practically the Dai-Gurren insignia come to life.
164* MirrorMatch: To avoid such an obscenely powerful mecha completely destroying any drama when it appeared, it was matched against an equally powerful EvilKnockoff for its first and only fight.
165* RealityWarper: At this point, the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann can do basically anything as long as its pilots feed him willpower. He can, among other things, grab and throw galaxies, replicate his pilots' fighting styles, create scaled-up copies of the weapons his pilots are used to (like Yoko's rifle and Viral and Enki's swords) and fire Probability Altering Missiles from his legs. WordOfGod effectively describes him as a Gunmen-shaped Super Spiral Universe.
166* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Nobody even bothers trying to make sense of how the human sized protagonists are doing battle with a robot a hundred times the size of the Milky Way. Physics, fortunately, packed its bags and left long ago. Justified, however, since it's happening in a pocket universe where thought is given form. Not to mention Spiral Power breaks the laws of physics anyway.
167* SerialEscalation: Still bigger, and this is where it gets ridiculous.
168* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Whereas it fights on par with the Granzeboma, in the movie, ''Lagann-Hen'', it's utterly shredded to pieces and decapitated.]]
169* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Inverted. It's the Gunman representing Team Dai-Gurren's courage and willpower, and it has thirteen faces all over its body, one for each remaining member of Team Dai-Gurren in the main anime[[note]]While more members were SparedByTheAdaptation in the movie, the mech's design wasn't changed, presumably because any more faces would have clogged it up[[/note]].
170* ThisIsADrill: Quite a few of them. All of them bigger than the average galaxy.
171* TitleDrop: Since the series is named after it.
172[[/folder]]
173
174[[folder:Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]
175[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superttgl.png]]
176-->''We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before! Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn! That's how a drill works!''
177
178The strongest final form of Gurren-Lagann, appearing only in TheMovie. He is one of the biggest of all documented fictional mecha- if you could even call him a mecha anymore, since by this iteration, there's nothing mechanical to be found anymore beyond the Troika doll stacking of the escalating Gurren Lagann line inside his head. This one's an etheral manifestion of pure Spiral Energy generated by team Dai-Gurren, so profusely whopping in stature that a universe is reduced to little more than a ''playground'' when compared to him. The form he takes is an avatar of the one who started the revolution against the Anti-Spirals so long ago: the late Kamina.
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180* ApocalypseHow: Class X-4- just clashing drills with his EvilKnockoff ''destroyed the universe they were fighting in.''
181* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:WordOfGod states that the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is Kamina reborn. As if the guy couldn't get any cooler.]]
182* BadassCape: Tossed aside as it uses his Super Tengen Topap Giga Drill Break... if you can pull off a cape made of pure cosmic energy.
183* BishonenLine: Compared to the robotic appearance of the other forms, it looks more humanoid.
184* CapedMecha: One wonders how many galaxies you could fit inside that gargantuan thing!
185* CombiningMecha: On paper it is one, but in practice it's less "combining mecha" and more "Russian nesting mecha".
186* CoolShades: Has a pair the size of a billion nebulas.
187* EnergyBeing: A universal-sized humanoid mass of Spiral Energy born of hot-blooded resolve. The Anti-Spirals had every right to fear the existence of Spiral Power if that much can amass in one place.
188* HumongousMecha: {{Exaggerated}}. He is 52.9 billion light-years tall, over three times the size of the observable universe and over half of its full size's estimated diameter, and notably the fourth-largest mech in fiction[[note]]Only surpassed by the [[EvilCounterpart Super Granzeboma]] and the War God forms of [[{{VisualNovel/Demonbane}} Demonbane and Liber Legis]][[/note]].
189* MetaMecha: A robot the size of a significant fragment of the universe piloted by one several times the size of a galaxy piloted by one the size of the Moon piloted by one the size of a mountain piloted by one the size of a building piloted by one the size of a VW Bug.
190* PhysicalGod: Not so much a giant robot as it is a god being piloted by one in turn piloted one called equal to the gods! Not to mention it was created by a Big Bang.
191* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Again, the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann formed the head. And not even all of its head.
192* SerialEscalation: The obscenely big and powerful Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann above? That forms this one's ''face''.
193* ThisIsADrill: A drill large enough that a pocket universe can't withstand its power. Heck, it's several times bigger than the '''entire''' universe, at somewhere between 1 AND 9 TRILLION light-years tall! [[note]]Its size estimations vary between 20 and 180 times bigger than STTGL[[/note]]
194* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:His drill fails to break the Anti-Spiral's own; however, a barrage of drills from the weaker Gurren Lagann mechs manage to break the Anti-Spiral drill.]]
195[[/folder]]
196
197!!Mecha: Team Gurren/Dai-Gurren
198
199[[folder:King Kittan]]
200Kittan's personal Gunmen, acting as field deputy and squad commander for Team Dai-Gurren. As shown in ''Kittan Zero'', it's revealed that he gained it from a victorious battle against the Beastmen. King Kittan is a star-shaped mecha with thin, pointed limbs that transform into lances, triangular horns doubling as pincers, two large eyes with red pupils, and a very jagged, toothy mouth affixed into a Joker-esque sneer. It used to be a red-colored, custom-model Gunmen piloted by a pig Beastman, but Kittan got the wild idea to hijack it with his bare hands, beat the pilot senseless, and fight a lion Beastman packing super steroids for control over the mecha- a battle he quickly won. All of this, mind you, happening in ''the course of a single day.'' The moment Kittan leapt in the cockpit, his immense fighting spirit generated enough Spiral Power to alter the Gunmen into the form seen in the series, a robotic avatar of Kittan himself.
201
202Much like Lagann and Gurren, King Kittan is Kittan's answer to Kamina's hijacked Gunmen, as a testament to their hot-blooded rivalry. And much the same as that mecha, it, too has its own combining ability, King Kittan Deluxe, though more of an equipping variety: it can pair up with the Kiyalunga, Kiyal's Gunmen, and use it as a lance and smiley-faced shield. Post-timeskip, King Kittan is retired and put into storage, then given to Makken and Leyte to dismantle. Instead, they outfit it with a Spiral cannon on its right arm and keep it in prime condition. Eventually, King Kittan sits within the much larger Space King Kittan to act as a pilot under Kittan's control. Tragically, Kittan decides to sacrifice himself to destroy the Anti Spiral's Death Spiral Machine and loses Space King Kittan in his initial attack. King Kittan lasts just a little longer, with the help of one of Simon's drills. Then, for the first and final time, Kittan taps into his own Spiral Power and uses a super-sized Giga Drill Break with King Kittan on the machine, destroying it in one blow. Sadly, the explosion vaporizes King Kittan, taking Kittan himself along with it.
203----
204* AceCustom: One-of-a-kind Gunmen designed specifically for full-range combat.
205* AttackPatternAlpha: Forms King Kittan Deluxe with Kiyalunga and rides the Dayyakaiser into battle.
206* BeTheBall: When it first appeared in the short ''Kittan Zero'', it was in the compressed form of a ball before it fully transformed into its robot form. Kittan is never seen using this feature.
207%%* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
208* CombiningMecha: With Kiyal's Kiyalunga to form King Kittan Deluxe. Only shown once due to Kiyal's aversion toward battle, but [[spoiler:Space King Kittan wields a double-edged lance and shield similar to this combination. The shield has a leering face and is pink like Kiyalunga.]]
209* DoubleWeapon: Uses a two-sided lance in tandem with a shield when Kiyalunga forms its battle gear.
210* DualWielding: King Kittan's arms can be turned into twin battle lances.
211* EmergencyWeapon: [[spoiler:Gurren-Lagann's drill, after Space Kittan is crushed heading toward the Death Spiral Machine.]]
212* JoustingLance: Uses a short, double-edge lance as King Kittan Deluxe and later, [[spoiler:a much larger, standard jousting lance as Space King Kittan]].
213* LargeHam: Effectively a megaphone for Kittan's boisterous attitude.
214* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Kiyalunga becomes a bulletproof shield for King Kittan: with a smiley face, no less.
215* HeelFaceTurn: Technically switched sides when Kittan took control over it, complete with metamorphosis from "bad guy mech" into "good guy mech."
216* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Kittan sends it crashing into the Death Spiral Machine with a Giga Drill. Both he and the Gunmen are turned to ashes in the following massive explosion.]]
217* MadeOfIron: Withstood [[spoiler:tremendous amounts of gravity before crashing into the Death Spiral Machine. The actual explosion is what destroyed it.]]
218* HyperspaceArsenal: Apparently totes several unseen gun turrets on its body, shown in sphere form in ''Kittan Zero''.
219* MidSeasonUpgrade: [[spoiler:First gets the power to fly from a thruster reverse-engineered from Dai-Gunten's specs, then Anti-Spiral weaponry on its arm after the time-skip.]]
220* MoreDakka: Used an arsenal of guns in ''Kittan Zero.''
221* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Actually, it's a tooth-shaped hatch, but it has the shape of a cocky sneer, well-fitting to Kittan's personality.
222* ThisIsADrill: [[spoiler:First, Leite adapts Space King Kittan to transform into a drill bullet to cleave through the gravity of the Death Spiral Machine. When this mech crumples from the pressure, Kittan ejects his King Kittan, jams a broken drill onto its arm, and rockets toward the Death Spiral Machine to deliver the final blow.]]
223* ThePowerOfTheSun: [[spoiler:Space King Kittan's Space Sunbeam lance attack.]]
224%%* SliceAndDiceSwordsmanship
225* SuicideMission: [[spoiler:Its final mission.]]
226* SuperStrength: Ferociously powerful, and somehow managed to [[spoiler:hold a gigantic Giga Drill over its head and then guide it straight into the [[GravityMaster Death Spiral Machine]]]].
227* TransformingMecha: Demonstrated the ability to transform from a rocket-propelled sphere into Gunmen form in ''Kittan Zero''. This is never demonstrated again after Kittan takes control of it. [[spoiler:The larger Space King Kittan, however, gets modified by Leite to transform into a bullet-shaped drill moments before Kittan undertakes his Suicide Mission.]]
228* WreckedWeapon: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]: [[spoiler:King Kittan uses a broken drill from Gurren Lagann in its final attack, but Kittan's Spiral Power causes the drill to repair itself and firmly attach to his Gunmen's right arm, turning into a Giga Drill far bigger than King Kittan itself]].
229[[/folder]]
230[[folder:Space Gunmen]]
231During the week before the FinalBattle, Simon and Leeron created upgraded and larger variants of the Gunmen to fight against the Anti-Spiral forces in their home territory.
232* CostumeEvolution: Space Einzer, Space Kidknuckle and Space Twinboekun look vastly different from their normal-sized counterparts. Space King Kittan is a permanent Deluxe mode version, as Kiyal stayed behind on Earth.
233* HumongousMecha: They are around the same size as Arc Gurren Lagann, being somewhere between 5 and 8 kilometers tall.
234* MetaMecha: All Space Gunmen are piloted by their normal-sized counterpart.
235* MidSeasonUpgrade: More like Late-Series Upgrade, but they're pretty much this.
236* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Being able to move as fast as their normal versions while being as large as mountains makes them this.
237* TheWorfEffect: In the original anime, although they were bigger and stronger than the Gunmen, the Anti-Spirals destroyed five of them, killing their pilots as well. This is averted in Lagann-Hen and other adaptations, where only Space King Kittan is destroyed.
238[[/folder]]
239[[folder:Grapearls]]
240Highly advanced mass-produced mecha based in Gurren Lagann's specs, created by humans as successors to the Beastman Empire's Gunmen. Unfortunately, unlike the Gunmen, they do not have the components that allow them to manipulate Spiral energy, [[spoiler: a flaw that almost proves fatal when the Anti-Spirals' forces invade Earth.]]
241* AceCustom: Most Grapearls are gray, but Gimmy and Darry have special variants that are colored blue and pink, respectively. They later get their own Space Gunmarls too.
242* {{BFG}}: All the guns they use count as this due to their size alone. Some, like the beam cannons or the Anti-Mugann beam-spears designed by Leeron, even more so.
243* {{BFS}}: Gimmy's Grapearl has a sword known as the Grapearl Blade. It's a broadsword scaled up to the mecha's size.
244* EffectiveKnockoff: As their design and components are based in Gurren Lagann's capabilities, Grapearls can be very powerful against most Gunmen.
245* FatalFlaw: Their inability to use Spiral power proves disastrous when the Anti-Spirals attack, as the Mugann are nearly impossible to destroy without it. This flaw is presumably eliminated in the Gunmarls, their successors.
246* GunsAreWorthless: Zig-zagged. Unlike Gurren Lagann, they cannot grow drills from their bodies, so they compensate by using mecha-sized weapons, like rifles, blades and spears. They're usually effective against Beastmen-piloted Gunmen, who cannot use Spiral energy. It's played straight against the Mugann, as they're nearly immune to all forms of conventional weaponry. It's finally averted when Leeron develops upgraded anti-Mugann weapons that resemble Byakko's spear and fire Condemn Blaze-like energy beams which can completely destroy Mugann and nullify ther bomblets by forming a shield around them. Even more so near the end of the series, where they're upgraded as Space Gunmarls, allowing them to fight the Anti-Spirals head-on alongside Team Dai-Guren.
247* MechaMooks: A benevolent version. They're mass produced mecha.
248* SuperiorSuccessor: They are ''supposed'' to be this to Gunmen, and in most ways, they are. They later get one themselves, in the form of the Space Gunmarls.
249[[/folder]]
250!!Mecha: Beastmen
251[[folder:Gozu]]
252A bull-faced Gunmen that was Simon and Kamina's first encounter with the surface's dangers. It fell through Giha's ceiling alongside Yoko, in the middle of their fight. Its relentless assault against the hidden village drove Simon into piloting Lagann for the first time.
253----
254* AchillesHeel: It has an exposed set of power conduits. Yoko tries to stop it by shooting at them, but Kamina distracts her aim.
255* AnimalMotifs: Bulls. It has long horns, a long snout and attacks everything that moves.
256* TheBerserker: It swings its club savagely, trying to crush everything that moves on sight.
257* CarryABigStick: It carries a large club of solid metal. It demolishes a large chunk of Giha with it, but it's unable to harm Lagann. It's completely destroyed when Lagann drills through it.
258* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Pushed through the hidden village's ceiling, and torn to pieces in the skies far above. Its pilot spent his last moments of life screaming in terror.
259* MechaMooks: Multiple Gozu-type Gunmen are seen throughout the series.
260* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Its jaw its filled with long and sharp teeth. It tries to crush Lagann with them.
261* StarterVillain: The very first Beastman seen in the series, and the first to die at Simon's drills.
262[[/folder]]
263
264[[folder:Enki/Enkidu/Enkidudu]]
265[[quoteright:155:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/enki_1.png]]
266[[caption-width-right:155:Enki]]
267[[caption-width-right:155:[[labelnote:Click here to see Enkidu]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/enki.png[[/labelnote]]]]
268[[caption-width-right:155:[[labelnote:Click here to see Enkidudu]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/enkidudu.png[[/labelnote]]]]
269
270Viral's Gunmen throughout the first arc. It has three forms, each with a unique feature that the others lack. It sports a variety of weapons such as missles, gunmen-scaled swords, barriers, axes, and particle beams, and is also skilled at hand-to-hand combat. It debuts with a samurai-style helmet that fires a particle beam, but it gets torn off in its first battle with the newly-formed Gurren-Lagann and taken by Kamina as a trophy. Viral re-stylizes Enki into Enkidu, a slightly modified Enki with an axe-shaped crest on its head, complete with a backup supply of crests, in place of its lost helmet, which Viral consistently demands back. After Enkidu suffers defeat several times on end, Viral discards the axe weapon and fits Enkidu with a second pair of arms and swords, turning it into Enkidudu. However, this mecha fails to hold up for mere ''seconds'' against Gurren-Lagann. Eventually, after seven years of abuse since Lordgenome's defeat, it suffers damage beyond repair as Viral tries to fight off the Grapearl squadron that has him pinned down in the desert, and shuts down permanently. Enkidudu is most likely scrapped after his capture.
271----
272* AceCustom: Easily the strongest non-General Gunmen in the first arc, powerful enough to [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] Kamina's own AceCustom Gurren, but overshadowed by Gurren-Lagann.
273* {{BFG}}: Enki's particle beam.
274* {{BFS}}: Enki's swords, [[spoiler:Enkidu's axe]], and [[spoiler:Enkidudu's four swords.]] [[spoiler:Sixteen if you count Tengen Toppa Enki Durga.]]
275* CantCatchUp: A formidable enemy when its introduced but becomes less so as the episodes pass. [[spoiler:Not so with Tengen Toppa Enki Durga in ''Lagann-Hen'': every sense of might it brought on gets pushed back up to its former glory.]]
276* CarryABigStick: Tengen Toppa Enki Durga wields a single kanabō along with it's fifteen swords. He's never actually shown using it though.
277* CoolHelmet: [[spoiler:Has one in its debut, but seconds after Simon and Kamina for Gurren Lagann, Kamina tears the helmet clean off Enki and places atop Lagann's head.]]
278* DualWielding: Swords. [[spoiler:Later, four of them, and in the movie, a breathtaking ''fifteen!''[[note]]Along with a kanabō in the final arm[[/note]]]]
279* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: Fitting Viral's MonsterKnight nature, Enki has a samurai-ish look.
280* FishEyes: When Simon defeats Viral for the last time, Gurren Lagann punches Enkidudu so hard in the face that the latter's eyes are left de-orbited and aiming in opposite directions. Viral managed to fix the damage during the TimeSkip.
281* HumongousMecha: He starts as tall as Gurren Lagann, at around 15 meters, but the loss of his helmet leaves him a couple of meters shorter.
282* HyperspaceArsenal: [[spoiler:Enkidu is somehow able to fit at least a dozen axe-like crests in some hidden compartment in its head, with new ones popping out at will.]]
283* LastStand: After the TimeSkip, Viral sacrifices Enkidudu to defend a hidden village that Rossiu was trying to forcefully resettle in the surface. He actually was able to put up a fight against Gimmy's squad, but was still defeated in the end. Viral apologized to it as he bails, clearly upset at the loss of his stalwart mech.
284* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Enkidudu deploys a round shield from one of its left wrists during its last stand. It is sturdy enough to block a Grapearl's guns.
285* MacrossMissileMassacre: Enki packs a small arsenal of rockets hidden within his face, and unleashes all of them at Gurren Lagann as a desperation move. It does pretty much nothing, but it creates a big enough distraction for Viral to escape with his life.
286* MeaningfulName: Each time Viral gets a new mech (They are all just slightly stronger versions of the original), another ''du'' is added at the end.
287** Enkidu was a 1/3 man, 2/3 beast from ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'', who was created by the god Enki to defeat Gilgamesh but ending up becoming his best friend and fighting alongside him.
288** The Enkidurga in the movie gets the "durga" part of its name from the eponymous Hindu goddess, who had (depending on her form) between ten to a '''thousand''' arms.
289* MeteorMove: [[spoiler:Attempts one on Gurren Lagann in episode 7 with its swords after hurling it into the air, but fails, and has its swords broken.]]
290* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:The Enkidudu, which can wield four swords at once.]] [[spoiler:Even more so for Tengen Toppa Enki Durga- it has ''sixteen arms''!]]
291* PunnyName: [[spoiler:Enkidu. It's the name of a character from The Epic Of Gilgamesh (see above) but "du" also means "two" (as in "duality", "duo"). Basically the name also means "Enki Two".]]
292* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Subverted. Throwing the axe doesn't work at all.
293* WakeUpCallBoss: Enki is the first truly powerful mecha the heroes face, and the one that drives them to combine into Gurren Lagann.
294* WaveMotionGun: Enki's giant laser.
295* WeaponizedHeadgear: Enki's head-like helmet, which doubles as a {{BFG}}. [[spoiler:Gurren Lagann takes it and puts it on Lagann after smashing it off, and wears it the rest of the series. The Enkidu has one in the form of a strange curved blade atop its head, which can be removed and used as a massive axe/hooksword. Viral later removes it, leaving Enkidudu with a bare head.]] [[spoiler:Tengen Toppa Enki Durga has a more stylized version of Enki's helmet, and an extra, more human-like head to wear it.]]
296* TheWorfEffect: After Simon snaps out of his HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath, [[spoiler:The Enkidu becomes less and less able to contend with Gurren Lagann.]] [[spoiler:Eventually, When the Enkidudu challenges Gurren Lagann in episode 15, it is [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomped]] with one hand in under 20 seconds. Finally, in episode 17, the Grapearls finish it off permanently and it gets scrapped.]]
297[[/folder]]
298
299[[folder:Byakou/Byakko]]
300Thymilph the Crasher's [[AceCustom personal Gunmen]], used when the Dai-Gunzan cannot do the job for whatever reason. Looks like a skull with spearheads on its limbs. Mortally wounds Kamina, but is in turn destroyed by his Giga Drill Break, along with its pilot.
301----
302* HeroKiller: Kills Kamina.
303* KillItWithFire: Not exactly fire, but some kind of burning plasma, and the attack is called "Condemn Blaze" (Thymilph being the General of Fire and all).
304* LightIsNotGood: A white and blue color scheme, and piloted by the most misanthropic of the Generals.
305* NothingButSkulls: The body is shaped like a skull.
306* TransformingMecha: Presumably. All of the other Generals' custom Gunmen can transform, [[spoiler:but the Byakou was likely destroyed before Thymilph could take advantage of its alternate mode.]]
307* WaveMotionGun: Its spear's Condemn Blaze. [[spoiler: Later, Leeron reverse engineers it and ''mass produces it'' for the fight with the Anti-Spirals.]]
308[[/folder]]
309
310[[folder:Sayrune/Seiryu]]
311Adiane the Elegant's [[AceCustom personal Gunmen]], designed for both flight and underwater combat. Has three modes: WingedHumanoid, scorpion, and stingray. Was blown to pieces, along with its pilot, during her unsuccessful attack on the seafaring Dai-Gurren.
312----
313* CombatStilettos: Its feet have pointy and sharp heels, and kicks with them are painful, given how much Simon screamed when Adiane kicked Lagann's face.
314* DoubleEntendre: The humanoid version of the mecha looks both like a face and like a female body (with the eyes serving as breasts and the mouth serving as a VaginaDentata).
315* EnergyWeapon: Uses energy whips.
316* MakingASplash: While the Sayrune does not explicitly manipulate water, it is a lot more efficient in it, being fast enough to effortlessly outmanoeuver Gurren-Lagann.
317-->'''Adiane''': ''Nothing is faster than me underwater!''
318* RazorWings: Used as blades in the Bloody Clasper attack.
319* ScaryScorpions: The Sayrune's alternate mode is an [[BigCreepyCrawlies utterly massive]] scorpion with a decently strong stinger.
320* SinisterStingrays: Its aquatic form is a stingray that looks quite intimidating when zooming through the dark depths of the ocean to attack its foes.
321* SpinAttack: Using its wings. '''BLOODY CLASPER!'''
322* TransformingMecha: Unlike the other General-custom Gunmen, Syrune has three forms due to being designed for combat both on land and in water, having a WingedHumanoid form for melee combat, scorpion form for holding down enemies to stab, and stingray form for fast movement through water.
323* WingedHumanoid: With somewhat butterfly-like wings.
324[[/folder]]
325
326[[folder:Gember/Genbu]]
327Guame the Immovable's [[AceCustom personal Gunmen]], covered in heavy armor. Has two modes: big hulking beast and giant wood louse. Was destroyed by a Giga Drill Break as it attempted to execute Team Dai-Gurren, but its pilot ejected on time.
328----
329* AdaptationalWimp: In ''Gurren-hen'', Kittan singlehandedly wrecks it by shoving Kiyalunga into its transformed form's mouth, forcing Guame to flee towards Dai-Gundo.
330* TheBrute: Big and burly.
331* CombatTentacles: Its antennae can wrap enemies up.
332* DeadlyHug: The Gember Press is basically a bearhug... with spikes.
333* ImAHumanitarian: One of its combat techniques is to literally eat enemy Gunmen alive.
334%%* MightyGlacier: It certainly looks pretty resilient.
335* SpikesOfDoom: Used in the Gember Press attack.
336* TransformingMecha: Gember transforms into a gigantic skull-like face with BlackEyesOfCrazy, while also growing big enough to swallow Gurren whole.
337[[/folder]]
338
339[[folder:Shuzack/Suzaku]]
340Cytomander the Swift's [[AceCustom personal Gunmen]], designed for aerial combat. Has two modes: WingedHumanoid and winged skull with scythe arms. Was destroyed, along with its pilot, when it collided with the bow of the flying Dai-Gurren and rammed into Cytomander's own flying fortress.
341----
342* ChainsawGood: There's a circular saw secreted in Shuzack's torso. The movie calls this attack "Majestic Big Chop". He tries to kill Nia with it, but Lagann embeds himself on it and stops it from doing so.
343* ClippedWingAngel: The second form of the Shuzack is destroyed immediately upon transformation, leaving its full capacities unknown.
344* FeatheredFiend: It may not have feathers, but it greatly resembles a bird. Its upper face is also birdlike, an oddity for the more humanoid Gunmen.
345* SpikesOfDoom: according to the movie, one of Shuzack's attacks involves a lot of spikes coming out of every seam of its body, and is called "Demolition Dr-" [[spoiler:Cytomander was then destroyed with a Giga Drill Break [[KilledMidSentence mid-sentence]] and mid-attack.]]
346* WingedHumanoid: One of its [[TransformingMecha modes]] looks like this.
347[[/folder]]
348
349[[folder:Dai-Gunzan/Dai-Gurren]]
350Thymilph's gigantic flagship. Essentialy a massive Gunmen with a battleship for a lower torso, loaded with extreme degrees of firepower, immensely strong arms that can peel apart victimized Gunmen- or chuck them miles away, and a detachable knife anchor prow. Kamina was so stunned at Dai-Gunzan's might he decided to concoct a hare-brained plan to hijack it using Simon's Lagann- which succeeds as planned. Unfortunately, he didn't think of the possibility that Thymiph might have a backup Gunmen on call- which becomes the worst mistake of his life. Thymilph angrily responds to the hijacking of his ship by spearing Kamina, causing fatal injuries. Kamina manages to hang on long enough to finish Thymilph, but then dies from his wounds, never getting to pilot the ship. Afterward, the flagship is renamed the ''Dai-Gurren'', repainted, and given a new tower to replace the one destroyed by Simon's Lagann in the inital takeover. Dai-Gunzan goes through two upgrades- sea and flight adaptions- before it finally gets outmatched by Dekabutsu and pushed to its limits. The body of the Gunmen is forced to eject from the ship components and gets damaged to the point of no return. Post time-skip, it's scrapped and cannibalized to help build Kamina City, but in the second movie, it gets a Tenga Toppa Gunmen paying tribute to it.
351----
352* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: At least one brief instance pops up in Episode 8 when its arms are slyly replaced with 3D models.
353* AceCustom: A glorified version of a mass-produced warship in the Beastman army, as evidence by ''Parallel Works'' 8 and [[spoiler:the arrival of a RedShirtArmy in episode 14]].
354* {{BFS}}: The knife anchor prow- effectively a mountain-sized battering ram. Even more devastating when [[spoiler:ejected and thrust into the enemy]].
355* {{BFG}}: Loaded with loads of cannons!!
356* CombiningMecha: Implied to do so with the other generals' ships.
357* EmergingFromTheShadows: In Episode 7, as daylight begins to put it into full view.
358* FastballSpecial: You know Gurren's varation of it with Lagann? This one flings [[spoiler:Gurren Lagann]] and other mecha far away into the ''skyline'' to fight enemies.
359* FlunkyBoss: Comes packed with smaller Gunmen and throws them at enemies.
360* GagPenis: The battleship body just ''had'' to be where its crotch is. Leeron even seems turned on by it.
361** Made even worse by the fact that when it [[spoiler:ejects from its ship components]], there's a big, naked pelvis where they used to be. So in a sense... it's been emasculated!
362* GroinAttack: Episode 12 has a scene where a hole punctures the underbelly of the ship right where the you-know-whats would be and creates an increase in pressure. Every male member of the crew [[CampGay aside from Leeron]] [[ShareTheMalePain grabs their groin in agony.]] Sight gag, indeed.
363* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Hijacked by Team Dai-Gurren using the power of Lagann - but Kamina never gets to command it]].
364* HumongousMecha: Daunting in size compared to all other previous Gunmen seen up until its debut. And then we get to see it's ''not'' the biggest dog in the pound...
365* IncendiaryExponent: Firey cannons of death all around!
366* InformedAbility: [[spoiler:Apparently could combine with the other generals' warships in the movie, but because it was stolen, it was replaced with Viral's ''Dai-Gunzan Du''.]]
367** Also, one of the ''Parallel Works'' showed a potential fusion of it with Gurren Lagann (basically a bigger version of said mecha toting ridiculously massive battleship cannons). This never happened in-universe because the giant Gunmen was destroyed before such an idea to combine could be conceived.
368* MidSeasonUpgrade: First [[spoiler:aquatic capabilities (a big set of oars, really), then a thruster device stolen from Dai-Gunten that allows it to fly.]]
369* MoreDakka: Overflowing with artillery cannons and loads of other weaponry all over.
370* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:In the movie, Viral's Dai-Gunzan Du.]]
371* SuperToughness: A frontrunner of it, including [[spoiler:the final charge it takes into Lorgenome's Dekabutsu.]]
372* ThisIsADrill: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: It's one of the few especially strong Gunmen that doesn't use a drill. However, it's mass-produced counterparts are equipped with drills in ''Parallel Works'' 8.
373* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:In full swing against its equally-powerful sister battleships, and then outright blocked by the far larger Dekabutsu.]]
374* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:While not necessarily one at first, its the ensuing battle that makes it so. Capturing it costs Kamina his life, but the team remembers him with the ship under their control at last.]]
375* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler:To the worst degree in the climactic battle with Lordgenome. Her reactor suffers a meltdown, forcing the crew to separate the mecha from the ship section, which explodes and obliterates Dekabutsu's hammer. Dai-Gurren doesn't move again after that, and it either scrapped (Anime) or preserved and left in her final rest (Lagann-hen)]].
376[[/folder]]
377
378[[folder:Dai-Gunkai]]
379Adiane the Elegant's flagship, designed for seafaring combat. Resembles a fusion between a submarine and a centipede. Destroyed by Gurren-Lagann, drilled straight through from the inside.
380----
381* BewareMyStingerTail: It has a stinger tail, though it's never actually used.
382* BigCreepyCrawlies: HUGE.
383%%* CoolShip
384* KillItThroughItsStomach: Gurren Lagann destroys it by drilling through its mouth and cleaving it in two. Only [[BornLucky Viral]] survives.
385* MakingASplash: Dai-Gunkai can only travel by water (except in the movie), but it can generate its own water in order to travel by land. Though, the Parallel Works ''Kittan Zero'' seems to imply that's actually an ability of Adiane herself.
386* PowerPincers: Armed with massive pincers that can cut off mechanical limbs or drag targets underwater, as well as two [[SinisterScythe scythe-like pincers]] around its mouth.
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder:Dai-Gunten]]
390Cytomander the Swift's flagship, a flying aircraft carrier packing a lot of weaponry and Gunmen. Destroyed by getting rammed by the Dai-Gurren.
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392* AirborneAircraftCarrier: With multiple runways!
393* BigBulkyBomb: The Dai-Gunten is equipped with two gianormous missiles that it can fire in a pinch.
394%%* CoolAirship
395* FlunkyBoss: Comes packed with flying Gunmen and releases them at enemies.
396* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Dai-Gurren destroys it by ramming its knife anchor into it, splitting it in two.
397* MoreDakka: The Dai-Gunten packs a lot of firepower.
398%%* MacrossMissileMassacre
399[[/folder]]
400
401[[folder:Dai-Gundo]]
402Guame the Immovable's flagship, a terrestrial walking base with impenetrable armor. Destroyed by Gurren-Lagann from underneath, along with Guame himself - the only General not to have been killed in his Custom Gunmen.
403----
404* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[spoiler:The underside. And even then it doesn't work until Guame tries to reverse thrust in order to crush Gurren-Lagann.]]
405* BaseOnWheels: Except it's actually not on wheels, but on a multitude of legs.
406* FlunkyBoss: It doesn't come equipped with a lot of weaponry, but relies on hordes of Gunmen and its carapace instead.
407* MadeOfIndestructium: The wreckage of an AirborneAircraftCarrier falls on it. ''It fails to even make a dent.'' [[spoiler:Just slightly less invulnerable [[AttackItsWeakPoint on the underside]].]]
408* SpinAttack: In the movie, it can weaponize spinning even without using Teppelin.
409* SpinToDeflectStuff: When stationed beneath Teppelin, it can spin to create [[SomeKindOfForceField a barrier]] [[TornadoMove of whirling force]].
410* TacticalSuicideBoss: Guame wouldn't have been defeated had he not [[spoiler:tried to crush Gurren-Lagann.]]
411[[/folder]]
412
413[[folder:Dekabutsu]]
414Lordgenome's giant Space Gunmen, of approximately equivalent size to the Arc-Gurren. Forms the major part of the capital city of Teppelin.
415----
416* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Serves as one up until [[spoiler:Teppelin collapses and reveals its true form. This is completely inverted in the TimeSkip, as its torso was repurposed into Kamina City's Parliament, and given a white repaint with blue lights]].
417* FingerPokeOfDoom: After Gurren Lagann ineffectually tries to drill through its fingers, Lordgenome flicks him away from him.
418-->'''Lordgenome''': Is this all you have? Pathetic.
419* GoodCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: What remained of its torso was rebuilt into the Parliament of Kamina City, and painted white with blue lights.]]
420* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:The first major example: This one magnificently dwarfs even the biggest Gunmen around at the time!]]
421* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: The first thing it does after Gurren Lagann charges at it is to quickly move its arm through the clouds at a speed so fast Simon was shocked just by seeing it.
422* MetaMecha: With Lazengann inside.
423* MonumentalDamage: [[spoiler:The Anti-Spiral assault that devastates Kamina City blasts off the right side of Parliament!Dekabutsu's torso, leaving a large hole where it used to be.]]
424* ThatsNoMoon: [[spoiler:See the capital city of Teppelin? A good portion of it is actually a giant mecha.]]
425[[/folder]]
426
427[[folder:Lazengann]]
428Lordgenome's personal mecha, Lazengann is the equivalent of Gurren Lagann- a small Gunmen united with a larger body, similar drill-based powers, and equally destructive. It was able to overpower and defeat Gurren Lagann with only a shredded hand to show for it. It is defeated and most likely destroyed by the Lagann by losing a [[BeamOWar gigantic drill clash]]. It is later revived as a piece of the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and used by Lordgenome in the final battle with the Anti Spirals. It fights using hand to hand combat, as well as an truckload of drill tendrils from dozens of ports that cover its body, and is capable of flight with no added jetpack.
429----
430* AnArmAndALeg: Loses both of its arms in episode 15. The forearm of one is destroyed by a surprise drill attack by Gurren Lagann after it gets up with HeroicResolve. [[spoiler:The other one is destroyed when Lordgenome detonates it to prevent Lagann from hijacking it after it cripples Gurren with tendrils.]]
431* BadassArmFold: Lordgenome is fond of this pose, so he has Lazengann do it whenever it's not fighting.
432* BareFistedMonk: Despite being [[spoiler:more powerful than Gurren Lagann]], it is of a much simpler design. It mainly uses its obscene strength and speed to fight, with its CombatTentacles used as long range weapon, or to shred opponents with a surprise attack.
433* CombatTentacles: More like Combat Drill Tendrils, but they still count. They are extremely sharp, and capable of cutting both Anti-Spiral proxies and other Gurren Lagann-types into tiny pieces. Lordgenome can also use them to form larger constructs, like energy-absorbing arrays and even bigger drills.
434* CombiningMecha: It is a Gurren Lagann-type, meaning it was formed from the same kind of combination that created Gurren Lagann. [[spoiler:Parallel Works 8 reveals that it can [[MetaMecha combine]] with [[HumongousMecha Dekabutsu]] and [[PlanetSpaceship Cathedral Terra]], much like Gurren-Lagann with Arc Gurren and Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren.]]
435* EvilCounterpart: To Gurren Lagann. It's also noticeable in their respective Laganns, as Lordgenome's has red eyebags instead of the blue Lagann has.
436* ExpressiveMask: Probably the only Gunman to avert this. He does copy Lordgenome's BadassArmfold.
437* HumanResources: Just before the battle, [[spoiler:Lordgenome's consorts are turned into drills and absorbed into the Lazengann (presumably to make up for the lack of a second pilot).]]
438* HumongousMecha
439* LimitBreak: Two. [[spoiler:First is a Giga Drill Break-like move used against Lagann in episode 15, which involves wrapping every single one of its tendrils around each other, forming a massive drill that covers his body. The drill is at least a kilometer long, compared to Dekabutsu's size. Second is the Lazengann Overload, in which it unleashes every last one of its tendrils against '''A FUCKING BIG BANG''', and holds it off for a while until it completely disintegrates... and then Lordgenome is able to hijack the Big Bang energy and give it to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.]]
440* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: In his other face. It may have inspired [[Anime/KillLaKill Senketsu]]'s appearance, with the red eyebags and golden eyes.
441* NoSell: [[spoiler:His lower face ''eats'' a Giga Drill Break, and when Lagann tries to hijack him he just blows up his arm.]]
442* PrehensileTail: Unlike Gurren Lagann, Lazengann has a sharp and pointy tail that Lordgenome uses to knock Rossiu and Gurren into the ground.
443* PunnyName: ''Lazengann'' means "spiral face" (an intentional parallel to Gurren Lagann, whose name means "crimson face"). However, it sounds near-identical to ''Rasengan'' (yeah, ''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} that]]'' one), the word for "whirlwind" or "swirl".
444* ThisIsADrill: The only example in the show - except for [[spoiler:Granzeboma at the end of the FinalBattle]] - to use the "realistic drill bit" kind, although it more often uses the "prehensile tentacles" kind.
445* WeakButSkilled: At least compared to the Gurren Lagann. He's much more skilled in hand-to-hand combat, easily beating down his counterpart with minimal damage and countering a Giga Drill Break with some clever misdirection, but its raw Spiral Power isn't as strong, relying on HumanResources to power itself and ultimately losing a clash of energy against Simon and Lagann. Parallel Works 8 shows that Simon would've never been a match against Lordgenome and Lazengann in their prime, as he destroys several other Gurren Lagann-types and their pilots in a few seconds of carnage without breaking a sweat.
446[[/folder]]
447
448!!Mecha: Anti-Spiral
449
450[[folder:Messengers (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
451The smallest and perhaps the most insidious Anti-Spiral drones. Made by mixing Anti-Spiral DNA and Mugann components with that of the species they're spying on, the Messengers are deadly infiltrators and information gatherers.
452
453After Lordgenome betrayed humanity in an attempt to save them, all the children he had as the Spiral King were Messengers, leading him to dispose of them the moment they developed enough self-awareness. Nia, like all of her late siblings, is also a Messenger, as she discovers to her utter consternation when she's activated.
454----
455* AndIMustScream: The Messenger's original personality is suppressed by their activation, but it's still there, suffering while their body hurts and kills their people, their loved ones and their family.
456* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Once Messengers are activated, an alternate personality takes over their bodies, focused on nothing but in carrying out their mission to inflict absolute despair on the Anti-Spirals' enemies. If that means killing the people their normal selves love, they will do so without hesitation, like when Nia tried to kill Simon in Episode 21.
457* FormFittingWardrobe: Nia manifests a dark blue SpyCatsuit covered in red TronLines when she's activated. Also counts as an EvilCostumeSwitch.
458* HandBlast: Messengers can fire Mugann-like energy beams from their hands.
459* ImplacableMan: When active, Messengers are single-handedly focused on the Anti-Spirals' obsession with unleashing absolute despair upon their foes. It doesn't matter who they were before they were activated, they will carry out their masters' orders to the letter.
460* MadeOfExplodium: According to Lordgenome, Messengers are made of the same stuff as the Mugann, which means that if they're killed violently, their bodies will break up into explosive prisms.
461* ManchurianAgent: They are sleeper agents, unaware of their true nature until they're activated. Messengers can be anyone: children, parents, lovers, et cetera...
462-->'''Anti-Spiral:''' Your actions are baffling, Irregular. Why do you resist us so? You were a virtual lifeform that was spliced into the genome of the Spiral race. When the remnants of that Spiral race rose up in rebellion against us, you would be awakened and become our Messenger. That is your reason for being. The fact that you were born to and loved a Spiral Warrior is nothing more than a coincidence. There is nothing special or unique about you.
463* MouthOfSauron; It's in the name. When active, they act as such to the Anti-Spirals, acting as the enforcers of their Extermination Systems and commanding the Mugann on the planets they try to destroy.
464* PhlebotinumRebel: A strong-willed Messenger is able to overcome the Anti-Spirals' control if they have a loved one that can help them. These are known by the Anti-Spirals as "Irregulars".
465* {{Synchronization}}: All Messengers depend on the Anti-Spirals' continued survival to keep existing. If they're wiped out, the Messengers will dissolve into nothing and die. Nia was able to survive another week thanks to her HeroicWillpower.
466* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Intentionally done in their role as sleeper agents. Even the Messengers themselves are unaware of their true nature until they're activated.
467* TronLines: As seen with Nia, when a Messenger is activated, their body is entirely covered in glowing red lines, the same as a Mugann. She also has them in her FormFittingWardrobe.
468* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once their purpose is fulfilled, they're taken back to the Anti-Spiral homeworld, where their memories are extracted and analyzed. They're also deleted in the process.
469[[/folder]]
470
471[[folder:Mugann]]
472
473The main combat units used by the Anti-Spirals, these savage mechanical drones are summoned by an active Messenger to begin a species' extermination, and failling that, to ensure the planet's Extermination System's successful activation.
474----
475* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The Mugann are three-dimensional models in a two-dimensional animated show. This creates an intentional UncannyValley effect.
476* AttackDrone: All Anti-Spiral proxies are this.
477* CombiningMecha: In a last-ditch effort to destroy humanity, both the Kyo-Mugann and the Kū-Mugann combined into an even bigger dish-shaped Mugann, with dark magenta TronLines. They utterly failed in their task and were punched so hard they made a hole through reality that led to another region of the universe, where they promptly exploded.
478* EliteMooks: The Jokyū/Advanced-Class Mugann are bigger and stronger than their common brethren.
479* FlashStep: They're able to instantly turn to any direction, presumably by shifting into Imaginary Space.
480* KingMook: The blue Kyo-Mugann and the green Kū-Mugann are the largest and strongest of the Mugann that attacked Earth. They manage to engulf Gurren Lagann and the Arc-Gurren within their cage-like bodies, before firing a constant BeamSpam at them.
481* MadeOfExplodium: When a Mugann takes lethal damage, they dissolve into multicolored crystalline prisms. When those prisms touch something, they explode, devastating everytying in their surroundings.
482* MechaMooks: The smallest Anti-Spiral proxies after the Messengers and also the most common.
483* NighInvulnerable: They have powerful shields that deflect most forms of kinetic weaponry, including drills. The only things that can certainly harm them are powerful energy weapons and Spiral Energy-powered devices, like Gunmen. Kittan was able to harm one with a ''shotgun''. Absorbing and turning their own power against them also works, as shown when Simon destroyed one for the first time.
484* TronLines: They are covered in them. In the case of the normal Mugann, their whole body glows red.
485* WaveMotionGun: Their main form of attack is firing a crimson beam from their central protusion.
486[[/folder]]
487
488[[folder:Faced Mecha]]
489The Mugann are not the only machines the Anti-Spirals use. When the Mugann don't cut it, they use massive, kilometer-sized drones that bear humanoid faces in their structures. These are far more dangerous and lethal than the Mugann.
490----
491* CloseRangeCombatant: The Padas, Hastagrys and manta-shaped robots do not use any form of weapon except for their own bodies. They're surprisingly effective and fast.
492* DeathFromAbove: Parallel Works 8 shows they can bomb planets from afar. They seem to use a rare version that resembles a shark's mandibles with an engine strapped behind it.
493* EldritchStarship: They have various, unusual shapes, like hands, feet and something that resembles Mount Rushmore. Parallel Works 8 shows more with shapes that resemble the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
494* EliteMooks: They are the vanguard of the Anti-Spiral fleet.
495* EvilLaugh: When they stop holding back, they laugh with a really deep voice.
496* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Or faces, for that matter.
497* GiantFootOfStomping: The Pada are foot-shaped.
498* GiantHandsOfDoom: The Hastagry are hand-shaped.
499* HeroKiller: In the anime, they kill Zorthy, Kidd and Iraak. Averted in Lagann-hen and videogame adaptations.
500* HumongousMecha: They are the size of mountains, and some are even bigger than the Space Gunmen.
501* IAmNotLeftHanded: When first encountered, they seem really weak as Kittan destroys them in droves. Once Zorthy separates from the rest of Team Dai-Gurren, they start laughing and a single Hastagry quickly crushes him.
502* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: They're fast enough to dodge energy beams and can FlashStep to quickly move for the kill.
503
504[[/folder]]
505[[folder:Ashtanga]]
506The largest of all Anti-Spiral proxies, these monstrous ships are covered in faces and are the deadliest of their kin.
507----
508* BreathWeapon: They can fire red energy blasts from their mouths.
509* EldritchStarship: They're planet-sized spaceships covered in faces, they're able to throw planets and they can warp probability itself to their favor.
510* KingMook: The largest and strongest Anti-Spiral weapon outside the [[LotusEaterMachine Multi-Dimensional Labyrinth]] and Granzeboma.
511* LongRangeFighter: Unlike the rest of their kin, Ashtangas do not fight up-close and personal, and instead avoid a melee fight by shooting their targets from afar. Once Super-Galaxy Gurren Lagann cuts the distance, they go down very quickly.
512* MultiArmedAndDangerous: They can grow several arms from their mouths.
513* NightmareFace: When angered, they groan in rage and open their mouths and the eyes of their other faces.
514* PlanetSpaceship: Even more so than Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren, as they're bigger than the Earth. Compared to their size, Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann is smaller than the main face.
515* RealityWarper: They can fire Probability-Altering Missiles, which allows them to actually harm Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann. They can also phase into Imaginary Space, where they're immune to almost any form of damage.
516* WindsOfDestinyChange: Their Probability-Altering Missiles allow them to fight Simon in a more-or-less equal footing.
517
518[[/folder]]
519[[folder:Granzeboma]]
520
521The Anti-Spiral's Evil Knockoff of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, this is the final and most powerful weapon Team Dai-Gurren faces. It resembles a ghastly cosmic grim reaper. Granzeboma utilizes ''galaxies'' as casual weaponry, and even triggers a ''big bang'' as its finishing attack. It ultimately gets destroyed when Simon strikes down the Anti-Spiral.
522----
523* ApocalypseHow: All of its attacks. It hijacks ''the galaxies themselves'' as weapons and can even mash them together to ''make a new universe with a big bang.''
524* BeamSpam: One of its attacks is a hail of red lasers.
525* CombatTentacles: Of two kinds. There are the two permanent tentacle-arms, and the drill-tentacles it vomits from its mouth, which are in fact the Anti-Spiral King's extended fingers. It uses several of the latter kind to pin down every single Gurren Lagann mech after Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann dissipates, but fails to stop Lagann himself. It can use the bigger ones to shield itself against attacks.
526* DemBones: A hulking demonic skeletal form.
527* EvilCounterpart: Anti-Spiral's polar opposite to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
528* EvilKnockoff: Also designed to mock said mecha in terms of might and sheer disgust toward the humans piloting it.
529* ProphetEyes[=/=]SupernaturalGoldEyes: Waivers between the two, until...
530* FinishingMove: "Infinity... BIG BANG! '''STOOORRM!!!'''"
531* FinalBoss: The last and most powerful mech Team Dai-Gurren battles.
532* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Granzemboa's eyes turn a hellish [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] as it launches its final offensive against Team Dai-Gurren. In ''Lagann-Hen'', its eyes are white- unless the same footage was reused and doctored to make it appear to be the Super Granzeboma.
533* GrimReaper: Natural, given that the Anti-Spiral are harbringers of death and despair.
534* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: ''Galaxies'' and a ''Big Bang''.
535* IncendiaryExponent: Wreathed in ghostly purple flames as opposed to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's green.
536* MirrorMatch: Created specifically to counter the power of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
537* MoreDakka: Armed with dozens of stellar-powered, probability-altering energy blasts.
538* MultiarmedAndDangerous: It has four arms. The second pair in its shoulders can extend and are capable of grabbing and throwing galaxies like they were discs. They are also used as part of the Infinity Big Bang Storm.
539* RealityWarper: Alters the laws of reality to fight!
540* RedEyesTakeWarning: Granzemboa's eyes turn a searing blood red as all the Gurren Lagann mecha rush toward it in a final charge.
541* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: It's just as big as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and in addition has a planet on its head. That would make the planet light-years across. Of course, [[RealityWarper the laws of physics don't really apply to the Anti-Spirals.]] [[RuleOfCool Or this show, for that matter.]]
542* SlapOnTheWristNuke: Make that tactical '''BIG BANG.'''
543* SuperMode: [[spoiler:The Super Granzeboma in ''Lagann-Hen''.]]
544* ThatsNoMoon: Disturbingly [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]: Yoko discovers the Anti-Spiral have placed their homeworld on top of Granzemboa's head like a crown - after clipping half the armor around it with a intergalactic-sized version of her rifle.
545* ThisIsADrill: Uses rounded, spinning lances that have a more reverse and more sinister spiral shape than Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's drills. Appropriate, given the Anti-Spiral loathe anything pertaining to Spiral Power.
546* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Specifically designed to outclass Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. When that doesn't work, it resorts to using power that ''forges universes.''
547* WaveMotionGun: And ''how''. It wads up two galaxies to trigger a massive big bang that creates galaxies on impact with its targets!
548[[/folder]]
549
550!!Mecha: Movie-Exclusive Mecha
551
552[[folder:Yoko M Tank/Yoko W Tank]]
553
554Yoko's personal mecha, made by Leeron, that appears briefly at the end of Gurren-hen for the finale attack, and then briefly again during the opening battle of Lagann-hen.
555----
556* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: It gets guns, just like Yoko.
557* MoreDakka: Has at least ''85'' different weapon armarments stored in it, visible when Yoko gets revenge for [[spoiler:Kittan's death]].
558* RuleSixtyThree: The equivalent of Dayakka's mecha, Dayakkaizer, which she ended up [[DemotedToExtra using more than he did]] as her impromptu mecha in the anime series. In the movie, it was outright promoted into her own personal AceCustom.
559[[/folder]]
560
561[[folder:Do-Ten-Kai-Zan]]
562
563The combined form of the Beastmen general flagships.
564----
565* CombiningMecha: A combination of Dai-Gundo, Dai-Gunten, Dai-Gunkai, and Dai-Gunzan.
566* MacrossMissileMassacre: Its only shown attack.
567[[/folder]]
568
569[[folder:Tengen Toppa Solvernia]]
570Nia's personal mecha in the fight against the Anti-Spiral.
571----
572* BlueIsHeroic: Her body is predominantly blue and her head has a plume of blue Spiral flames flowing from it.
573* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Unlike the other Gunmen, the Tengen Toppa Solvernia and Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank are giant {{fembot}}s that resemble their pilots with cute, mouthless faces and FlamingHair, while the "giant face" elements are more subtle.
574* PromotedToPlayable: Tengen Toppa Solvernia and Nia are playable in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega''.
575* ThisIsADrill: As usual. This one's [[XOnAStick mounted on the end of a lance]], though.
576* WaifFu: She's quite small for a Tengen Toppa, and spends most of her time acrobatically jumping around.
577[[/folder]]
578
579[[folder:Tengen Toppa Enkidurga]]
580Viral's personal mecha in the fight against the Anti-Spiral.
581----
582* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Sixteen arms, all with katanas... and one with a club for no apparent reason.
583[[/folder]]
584
585[[folder:Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank]]
586Yoko's personal mecha in the fight against the Anti-Spiral.
587----
588* BarbieDollAnatomy: Allows the movie to get away with a moment where this mecha gets stripped of its outer armaments without pulling a NippleAndDimed moment.
589* BishonenLine: The Yoko W tank goes from a squat, tank-like mecha with an underbite to a female figure resembling Yoko herself.
590* DoubleEntendre: Much like the Sayrune, the mecha's eyes are located on the breasts and the Yoko W Tank's lower jaw is now located... down there.
591* ClothingDamage: Well, the equivalent for a mecha. It amounts to tearing off its outer armor, the weapons, and its "bra", making it look very much like a bare-chested Yoko.
592* FlamingHair: Has a plume that looks like Yoko's own long red ponytail.
593* HiddenBuxom: Its true boobs are under the TorpedoTits, which are colored to look like Yoko's own bra pre-TimeSkip.
594* MoreDakka: Think Yoko was scary with one rifle? How about with ''six'' of them?
595* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Unlike the other Gunmen, the Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank and Tengen Toppa Solvernia are giant {{fembot}}s that resemble their pilots with cute, mouthless faces and FlamingHair, while the "giant face" elements are more subtle.
596* SkullForAHead: Her face looks like Yoko's skull hairpin.
597* TorpedoTits: Complete with targeting systems that imitate the trademark bounciness.
598[[/folder]]
599
600[[folder:Tengen Toppa Dai-Gurren]]
601A galaxy-sixed version of Dai-Gurren summoned for the fight against the Anti-Spiral.
602----
603* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: While all the other mecha were very annoying for the Granzeboma, Leeron's probability-altering shells meant that this was the only one that put the Anti-Spiral in pain and knocked him silly (for a while, at least...).
604* FusionDance: Resembles a merger of the original Dai-Gurren (the Gunmen body) and Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren (the ship section.) The ship's face also bears a more agressive design, with sharp teeth.
605* HumongousMecha: Utterly dwarfs the Granzeboma, yet is still only the third-largest mech in the movie.
606* MoreDakka: Well, it does have Attenborough as its gunner.
607[[/folder]]
608
609[[folder:Super Granzeboma]]
610The result of the Anti-Spiral cranking its EvilCounterpart transformation even further to match the force of the unfathomably gigantic Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan in ''Lagann-Hen''. It is the ultimate form of the mechanoid and '''''52.9 BILLION''''' light years tall, nearly as big as the whole universe itself.
611----
612* DemBones: Another skeletoid mecha that looks even scarier than its previous version.
613* EvilKnockoff: Yet another answer to its opponents' mecha transformations. Notably, its smaller counterpart stands atop its head like a crown instead of the nested configuration of all the Gurren Lagann incarnations.
614* HumongousMecha: It's the largest mech in the movie, with its horned head making it slightly taller than even the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan's and the third-biggest mecha in documented fiction.
615* MirrorMatch: The second time in a row the Anti-Spiral apes the mecha of the heroes.
616* SerialEscalation: Now it's just getting absurd. When your mecha is universal-scale, the only steps up from here are multiversal scale (comprising multiple universes, not just one), omniversal scale (reality itself), creation scale/apex scale (the whole of creation and any and all known realms it comprises in their entirety), and finally, God scale/limitless scale/infinite scale ([[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm a form without limit]]).
617* ThisIsADrill: Possesses a drill so big that it was able ''destroy and recreate an entire pocket dimension'' when it clashed with the equally large one from its heroic counterpart.
618* WreathedInFlames: Blanketed in supergalactic-size and billowing purple ethereal fire.
619
620[[/folder]]
621
622!!Mecha: Video Game-Exclusive Mecha
623
624[[folder:Anti Gurren Lagann]]
625Coming from ''[[Videogame/SuperRobotWarsZ Super Robot Wars Z2: Saisei-Hen]]''. A copy of Gurren Lagann created by the Anti-Spirals to help Messenger!Nia protect Cathedral Lazengann's Giga Core Drill hole and ensure the Human Extermination System works as planned.
626* ClimaxBoss: Of both of Saisei-Hen's routes, encountered in Scenario 54 of Don't Trust Zero: Zetsubou no Sekai/World of Despair and Scenario 56 of Trust Zero: Naraka no Rasen/Spiral of Hell.
627* EvilCounterpart: To Gurren Lagann, even more so than Lazengann.
628* FinishingMove: It charges towards its foe, punches them several times and then it jumps and uses a drill move that combines Lazengann's drill tendrils with Giga Drill Maximum, sprouting several dark drills that extend and crush their victim before exploding in a massive conflagration.
629* HomingLasers: One of its attacks fires several red blasts of light that home in and hit their target.
630* MalevolentMaskedMan: Unlike Gurren Lagann, Anti Gurren Lagann keeps the mask of Enki's helmet. Anti Lagann's face beneath it is nearly the same as Lagann's, but he has the same red eyelines Lazengann has.
631* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Its color scheme is completely black, grey and red. It doesn't have any symbols on its pauldrons, most of its body is as black as Lazengann's, and glowing red lines cover its body.
632* SkullForAHead: Anti Gurren's face is stark white, with no eyes, resembling a skull. He also doesn't have his boomerang-sunglasses.
633* TronLines: Like most of the smaller Anti-Spiral machines, it's covered in glowing red lines.
634[[/folder]]

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