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7	->''"Full court shot from Thorias. He's really showing us what a man with a cannon in his chest can do!"''
8	-->-- '''Marv Albert''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
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10	One of the great signature SuperRobotGenre weapons, after the RocketPunch. The Chest Blaster is a heavy weapon, ranging from {{BFG}} to WaveMotionGun in power, built into the chest (sometimes abdomen) of a HumongousMecha. Usually requiring little more than an AssKickingPose and a [[CallingYourAttacks vocal command]] to activate.
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12	{{Real Robot\|Genre}}s occasionally have torso-mounted weapons, but these are usually lighter, secondary guns, although some do have racks of missiles mounted in the chest or shoulder. If the Robot is made to look female, well, you know exactly where the missile launchers are.
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14	[[DeconstructedTrope Practically speaking]], the chest is a pretty bad place to mount a weapon. It would make more sense to put it on the [[ArmCannon arm]], or pretty much anywhere where it could be aimed in a direction other than where the user is facing. Really, this trope only exists for two reasons: 1) so the user can [[RuleOfCool kill you while flexing]], and 2) because the beam appears to be [[HeartLight emanating from the heart]], implying that their desire to kill you [[SoulPower comes from their very soul]].
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16	A SuperTrope to TorpedoTits. Compare BreathWeapon, EyeBeams, HeadBlast, PsiBlast and ShoulderCannon. Not to be confused with ChestBurster.
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24	* ''Mazinger'' series:
25	** ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is, unsurprisingly, the TropeMaker, with the titular mecha's "Breast Fire" attack. By using the heat sinks on the chest, the mech is able to fire an intensely hot blast of heat at the enemy, powerful enough to completely melt an enemy. Other robots have used this move, some in different and more powerful versions including using gravity or freezing methods. See also ''Anime/GreatMazinger''[='s=] "Breast Burn", a more powerful version.
26	** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' has the "Antigravity Storm". A rainbow-colored beam of concentrated, anti-gravity energy which is fired from the red crest on the torso of the robot. It is capable of launching foes upwards by thousands of feet, or crushing them instantly through the intense forces of anti-gravity. In earlier episodes it was depicted in a form identical to Mazinger Z's Breast Fire, but later episodes depict it as it's own, unique attack.
27	** ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' has the "Fire Blaster". Mazinkaiser's chest fin is a heat sink for the Photonic Energy reactor and can release this thermal energy as a devastating ranged attack. The Fire Blaster is the most powerful attack of this type, being shown able to completely melt even enemies missed by many yards. According to the manga, it is powerful enough to burn through Earth's core. Likewise, Mazin Emperor G (the "Kaiser" version of Great Mazinger introduced in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'') has the Great Blaster.
28	** In ''Anime/ShinMazinger'', Shin Daion's ''entire torso'' flips open to reveal a rack with TEN of these chest blasters.
29	** Not to mention the ahem [[TorpedoTits missiles,]] used by Aphrodite A, Venus A and their "sister" robots. Talk about a [[PungeonMaster "killer rack"...]]
30	*** These missiles made another appearance as Gold Claw's ultimate attack in ''[[Anime/CuteyHoney RE: CuteyHoney]]''.
31	** A homage to the Breast Fire can be found in the [=PS2=] game ''Robot Alchemic Drive'' with Vavel's Lava Stream attack, complete with the arm-flexing motion.
32	** Go Nagai also has a thing for bellybuttons. See ''Anime/MazingerZ'''s Missile Paunch, Great Mazinger's Navel Missile, Mazinkaizer's Gigantos Missile & ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg's'' Spin Storm.
33	** Plus there's also ''Manga/MazingerAngels'', featuring Aphrodite A, Venus A and Diana A. Not only to they all retain the original missiles, but they've each got two upgrades, with Aphrodite A being able to field either Iron Cutter Missiles with the big sharp wings from Mazinger's Iron Cutter Punch, or the megaton hammer, a huge flail connected to the chest. Diana and Venus both have drill style missiles (Drill Pressure and Screw Crusher Missiles), plus Diana can produce the chest mounted Liquid Shooter which sprays a jet of acid, or a chest mounted fan thing that shoots a tornado of super cold air. Venus has a similar fan thing that shoots a tornado of fire. And all three robots can produce swords from there too.
34	* ''Manga/GetterRobo'''s Getter Beam is actually located a little lower, in the robot's stomach.
35	* ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'':
36	** ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Combattler-V has the Grand Light Wave Rail and Grand Dasher where it forms a tangible energy trail from its chest, turns into a ''tank-like vehicle'' and rams down its opponents.
37	** ''Anime/VoltesV'': Voltes Laser and Choudenji Wave from the yellow orb on his chest, and the Grand Fire from where is "belt buckle" is. They are just minor weapons though. His {{BFS}}, the Ten Kuu Ken, on the other hand, is sheathed on his chest.
38	** ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' has the Double Blizzard, an attack that comes from a pair of fans attached to the HumongousMecha's chest which Kazuya uses to set his opponent up for his FinishingMove. This later gets upgraded to the Fire Blizzard, which, coupled with the Freeze Blaster, give the MonsterOfTheWeek the intense feeling of being microwaved.
39	* Although ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' itself lacks a Chest Blaster, [=HyoRyu=] and [=EnRyu=] have fire and ice blasters in theirs, respectively. They even have a built-in dial they can use to adjust the power.
40	** Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=] has the Genesic Bolt fired from Galeon's mouth on its chest. The Bolt is used as part of the Bolting Driver, but in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 3'', it can be used as an attack of its own. Genesic Galeon can also release raw Genesic Aura as the chest of both [=Genesic GaiGar and Genesic GaoGaiGar=].
41	* ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker'': Build Tiger/Super Build Tiger can fire the Tiger Beam from the tiger face on its chest. [[CombinationAttack It can also be amplified into the Tiger Fang by J-Decker, who places the J-Buster into the Tiger Canon, increasing its firepower even more]].
42	* God Gravion's Graviton Arc in ''Anime/{{Gravion}}''.
43	* The Gundam Heavyarms in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' had gatling guns mounted in its chest.
44	** As does a debatable {{Expy}}, the Gundam Leopard from ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]''.
45	** Other examples of Gundams with chest-mounted energy cannons include Virsago Chest Break from ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', Forbidden and Calamity from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' (and subsequently, the Sword Calamity in ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray''), and Abyss and Strike Freedom from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]''. The enormous and [[MeaningfulName appropriately but uncreatively named]] Destroy Gundam has ''three'' "Super Scylla" energy cannons in its chest. Given that its chest alone is larger than most mobile suits' entire bodies, that's not too surprising.
46	** The Dom and Rick Dom from the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original series]] have a scattering beam gun in its torso, while the [=RX-79[G]=] ground-type Gundam from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam The 08th MS Team]]'' has a "multi-launcher" and a vulcan cannon in its chest.
47	** Most Vagan mobile suits from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' are usually armed with chest-mounted beam cannon.
48	** The pre-Tekkadan Gundam Gusion from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans]]'' has the [[NonIndicativeName confusingly-named]] buster anchor, a set of four high-caliber cannons mounted in its chest.
49	** In ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'', the Crossbone Gundam Maoh has a powerful beam cannon mounted inside the skull chestplate. It functions similarly to the Gundam X's Satellite Cannon, mostly because its creator is a big ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' fan.
50	** In ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'', the Tryon 3, a ZZ Gundam designed like a Super Robot, has the Liger Glare attack, which fires a spiral beam from its lion-headed chestplate.
51	** The AMX-109 Capule of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' has missile launchers on its chest and a Sonic Blast cannon around its waist. This was retained when the Capule was turned into the AMX-109 Kapool in ''Anime/TurnAGundam''. However, in ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'' Momoka's Momokapool dumps the missile launchers because they weren't cute. The Sonic Blast cannon is turned into the Belly Beam and retains its deadliness.
52	* In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'', the Maximum Kizuna Blaster is a laser cannon in the Maximum Kizuna Kaiser's chest that fires a WaveMotionGun powerful enough to completely vaporize half of a dragon's body and keep going. This beam's range is long enough to be seen from huge distances. He later proposes using it to vaporize Lurguat's mansion, but Idola and Teltina point out that the resulting explosion would wipe out [[DestructiveSaviour Akarina along with it.]]
53	* The alien-like ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Deoxys is said to shoot beams from his brain, which is a crystal in its chest.
54	* The most powerful weapon of the ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' was a pair of chest mounted weapons called the Mega Smasher. These are usually protected by the hard, pectoral-shaped chest armor which must be (usually) pulled open manually to reveal soft, gelatinous "blast lenses" which look like a cross between an eye and an egg yolk; they expand (apparently filled with liquid) to fire. All of which makes for a very ''interesting'' visual when the female Guyver from the later manga volumes uses these; her "mega-smashers" are noticeably larger in relation to her body than the male's. A Guyver upgrade, the "Guyver Gigantic", has disproportionally larger and more powerful "Giga-Smashers".
55	** Aptom also picked one up in later manga chapters after being forced to absorb a whole heap of Hyper-Zoanoids while BrainwashedAndCrazy.
56	* In ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; we get [[Anime/DigimonAdventure MetalGreymon's Giga Blaster]] and [[Anime/DigimonAdventure2020 Giga Storm]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Imperialdramon Fighter Mode's]] Giga Crusher, and [[Anime/DigimonTamers WarGrowlmon's]] Atomic Blaster, [[Anime/DigimonFusion Shoutmon X3's]] Three Victorize, [[Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters Globemon's Glanz Gazer]], and that's just from the lead characters' Digimon. It's a pretty common type of attack.
57	* ''Anime/TheBigO'' and its "Final Stage", a disturbingly phallic one-shot laser cannon.
58	** More conventionally, it can let loose a MacrossMissileMassacre from a series of missile launchers built into the chest. [[TheWorfBarrage It never works.]] Other mecha have similar abilities.
59	* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', after Rudolf Von Stroheim is [[StupidJetpackHitler rebuilt as a cyborg]] after blowing himself up with a stick grenade in an attempt to take out Santana, he uses a heavy machine gun -- a modified [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning M2 Browning]] with 12.7mm armor-piercing rounds, in particular -- built into his own torso to fight Kars. Which, for some reason, requires him to [[CampStraight take an]] ''[[CampStraight amazingly]]'' [[CampStraight flamboyant pose]] when he fires it.
60	* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', Lutecia's {{Kaiju}}-sized [[SummonMagic summoned creature]] has its biggest attack come from a PowerCrystal hidden in its stomach.
61	* ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' kept his [[WaveMotionGun Voltekka]] in his shoulders, but Tekkamen Evil, Sword, Axe, and Vesna fire theirs from their chests.
62	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
63	** Viral's mecha used a hidden chest-mounted missile blaster to surprise-MacrossMissileMassacre Kamina so that he could get away from battle he knew he was going to lose.
64	** In ''Lagann-hen'', [[spoiler:Yoko's personal Tengen Toppa, the Yoko W Tank, has a pair of gigantic missiles for... well, you know.]]
65	* ''Anime/CodeGeass''
66	** Lelouch/Zero's Shinkiro mech has its all-powerful, awkwardly named Diffusion Structure Phase Transition Cannon (phew!) mounted in its chest. Rather than being used to attack directly, Lelouch usually [[ReflectingLaser launches a prism from the Shinkiro's chest and then fires into it]] to [[BeamSpam scatter the beam in many directions]]. And yes, it ''does'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2s_EeYBqJI pose dramatically as it fires]].
67	** Xingke's Shenhu mech has the equally awkwardly named Heaven Frightening Overlord Heavy Particle Cannon, ''also'' fired with a dramatic pose.
68	* The BU-55C and other combat Boomers from ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' often have heat cannons in their chests (and shoulders). One of the Hyperboomers in episode 6 had a gravity cannon. Early sketches showed that they toyed with the idea of setting a pair of beam cannons in the chest of one of the hardsuits. No prizes for guessing ''where''...
69	* ''Anime/{{Gaiking}}'' has about three of these, all of which overlap with BreathWeapon and/or EyeBeams, since its chest is a gigantic skull.
70	** In ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'' specifically, Gaiking has Zaul Geyser, which fires a red and blue beam out of each chest eye hole, which then twist around to form a single red-and-blue beam. Its signature move, Hydro Blazer, simply blasts torrents of Flame from each eye socket and the mouth of the skull.
71	* ''Anime/DetonatorOrgun'''s ultimate weapon is a solar-powered WaveMotionGun. It's used in a [[CrucifiedHeroShot specific pose]].
72	* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Sigel, the "greeter" robot Skuld rebuilt into an AI, '''thought''' she had missile launchers built into her chest. She was very embarrassed, after pulling open her blouse to "fire," to learn she'd bared her (not anatomically correct) bosom for nothing. Well, the sight '''did''' paralyze poor [[StalkerWithACrush Banpei]]....
73	* Parodied in ''Literature/MagiciansAcademy'', where a giant robot version of [[BeastMan dog girl]] {{meido}} Eneus has two breast missiles that are also the cockpits for Miyabi and Synclavia. When the missiles fire, they go with them to their explosive end. Also parodied when Ataro attempts to fire the breast missiles again, only to find he already shot the only two he had.
74	* In ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' a robot has '''[[TorpedoTits OPPAI MISSAIRU!!!]]''', paying homage to ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Aphrodite-A]]''
75	* One ''Manga/SgtFrog'' episode features a HumongousMecha that looks almost exactly like [[TeamMom Aki]], which features two large missiles mounted in its chest cavity. Three guesses what they were intended to look like!
76	* ''Anime/QueensBlade'' has Melona, BlobMonster CuteMonsterGirl, and her ability to shoot [[TheNudifier clothes-destroying]] acid out of her breasts.
77	* Exaggerated by Jack Rakan in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' when he develops the "Eternal Negi Fever" attack, which is a Whole Body Blaster.
78	* In ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', one of the Predacon lackies, Gildo (modeled after the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' TM2 Maximal Nightglider) fired a "center laser", complimenting the "right" and "left" laser from each of his cohorts, Gasskunk and Gushar. (In the dub, they were respectively known as Dark Scream, Gas Skunk, and Slapper.)
79	* ''Transformers Anime/UnicronTrilogy'':
80	** Unicron of ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' has a minicon-powered cannon in the chest of his Supreme toy. Presumably he has the same cannon in the show. Does he use it to cook the planets he is about to eat? A few others have smaller guns on their chests.
81	** In the ''Energon'' show, it creates a suction-vortex-thing that causes planets to break up and be sucked in, rather than him actually physically chewing and swallowing planets with his mouth (which was less {{Narm}}ful in TheEighties.) Similar idea to ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Devastator's Vortex Grinder, only waaaaaay bigger.
82	* ''Anime/FutureRobotDaltanious'': Daltanias's Sigma Beam and Chodenji Eraser.
83	* In ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'', [[BigBad Marder]]'s giant war mechas have a blaster located in their midsections.
84	* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[AttentionWhore Yuga Aoyama's]] Quirk, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Navel Laser]] allows him to fire laser beams from his belly button.
85	* While most ''Franchise/DragonBall'' fighters are not robotic or cybernetic, the nature of [[KiManipulation ki powers]] allows them to do this anyway, although it's employed less often than blasts from the hands or eyes. Garlic Jr. once used such an attack that the dub referred to as a [[{{Pun}} "Belly Plant"]].
86	* In ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'', Amber the {{Magitek}} RobotGirl has a diamond-shaped indentation in her chest which can fire powerful laser beams.
87	* The Afro Droid in ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' had a rather, uh... ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything suggestively]]''-shaped energy cannon in its chest. When he fires it, Ninja Ninja replies with "I think he blew his load".
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91	* ''ComicBook/ArtOps'': [[{{Superhero}} The Body]] has a portal in his chest cavity from which he can fire things. He tries to subdue a rampaging Statue Of Liberty by firing a stun shot at her. It doesn't work. He then reveals he can [[TreasureChestCavity store things in it]] as well, and sucks the statue into himself.
92	* ''ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}'': The amulet embedded in Chris Powell's chest fires forcefields.
93	* ''ComicBook/IronMan'':
94	** The Uni-beam, a powerful but battery-intensive laser beam on Iron Man's chest. Possibly the UrExample for this attack wielded by heroes.
95	** The original Melter had a chest-mounted microwave generator that allows him to shoot powerful beams.
96	* ''ComicBook/MartianManhunter'': The Human Flame had a "crime suit" that shot fire and lightning out of little nubbins on the chest. Flaming shock-nipples of crime!!! He later had to downgrade to an older model that really did only shoot fire from the nipples, but was eventually able to ditch ''that'' for cybernetic enhancements that eliminate the need for a suit in the first place.
97	* ''ComicBook/PowerPack'': Energizer had this ability when she was only [[TykeBomb five years old]]. One wonders if the power wasn't transferred to her brother when the authors realized what it would look like when she grew up.
98	* ''ComicBook/TheRavagers'': Thunder fires sonic force beams from the huge node in his chest. Unfortunately, he also seems to have fairly limited control over his powers.
99	%% * ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'': Metallix AKA Metal Sonic.
100	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} and ComicBook/KravenTheHunter both have eye designs on their costumes that fire chemical smoke, tranquilizers, or energy blasts.
101	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Reactron shoots Kryptonite-powered energy beams out of his chest.
102	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
103	** Mongul at one time shot lasers out of his chest (though he seems to have dropped those, depending on the continuity, still has ComboPlatterPowers)
104	** One-time Superman's rogue Protector -who appeared in the ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'' storyline- shoots energy blasts from his belt.
105	** Metallo, whose power source is his Kryptonite heart, often can fire it in the form of energy beams.
106	* ''ComicBook/SuperYoungTeam'': Big Atomic Lantern Boy has a chest blaster ''and'' a mysterious connection to a coalition of cosmic lanterns... In any case, shooting rays from his chest is Big Atomic Lantern Boy's only power, but he can control the intensity and even the kind of radiation.
107	* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': In ''Terror Titans'', the Face has an odd variation on this; his powers are EyeBeams and a BreathWeapon, but since his face is ''also'' his chest, it has the same effect as a more normal version of this trope.
108	* ''ComicBook/{{Wildguard}}'': One of the big-league heroes is Blast Sternum, who can fire powerful beams from a plate in his chest.
109	* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
110	** Nimrod is a future Sentinel that has an energy weapon in his chest. He used it to kill a future version of Kitty Pryde.
111	** Havok has the mutant ability to fire blast of concussive force mainly from but not always his chest. His costume even includes a focusing dish so he can aim the blast, as well as channeling it along his arms for more precise direction. But he quite often releases huge omnidirectional blasts during dire situations.
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115	* The title character in ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' has one of these (in addition to [[WalkingArmory half a dozen other built-in weapons)]] that shoots [[EnergyBall Energy Balls]] powerful enough to vaporize a destroyer fleet. Fortunately he's convinced not to just in the nick of time.
116	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', in order to get Spongebob, Patrick and King Neptune's Crown to Bikini Bottom in time, Creator/DavidHasselhoff uses his pecs to launch them down like a cannon, complete with a disembodied voice treating the event like a rocket lifting off.
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120	* The original [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Mechagodzilla]] from ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' was able to fire the Cross Attack Beam from an aperture in its chest, hidden behind a panel that flips open when the beam is to be fired. [[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla The Millenium series Mechagodzilla]], Kiryu, had an [[FreezeRay Absolute Zero Cannon]] in his. In ''[[Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS Tokyo SOS]]'' it was replaced by three Hyper Maser guns. [[Film/GodzillaVsSpacegodzilla MOGUERA]] has its strongest energy weapon, the Plasma Maser, mounted in its chest behind protective doors.
121	* In the live-action ''Film/IronMan1'' film, during the final battle with [[spoiler: Obadiah Stane in his Iron Monger suit]], Tony is in a standoff of sorts where [[spoiler: Stane has lifted a car full of innocent civilians above his head and is about to throw it. Tony's hand-mounted repulsors have no apparent effect on Stane but he uses his (evidently weaponized) chest RT, which is much more powerful, to knock his enemy out from under the car, and catch it by the front bumper. It is never seen again in the movie, probably because when he used it with his Mark I reactor, it ate about a fifth of his remaining power.]]
122	** He casually destroys a watermelon with it while drunk in [[Film/IronMan2 the sequel]].
123	** In ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'', after [[spoiler:getting supercharged by a lightning bolt from Thor, he uses it in conjuction with a double repulsor attack to blast Thor in retaliation]].
124	** It comes back in full glory in [[Film/IronMan3 the third film]], [[spoiler:and it does ''not'' [[TorsoWithAView end well for Savin]].]]
125	** In the climax of the [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron second Avengers movie]], [[spoiler: he uses it in conjunction with a lightning bolt soaked blow from Thor to destroy Ultron's bomb]].
126	** In the climactic fight of [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]], [[spoiler: he blows off Bucky's metal arm with it]].
127	* In ''Film/Transformers2007'', the largest Transformer in the film, Blackout has one he attempts to use twice but never fires.
128	** {{Justified\|Trope}} in that his chest is actually the cockpit area of his [[TransformingMecha Blackhawk mode]]. and his Chest Blaster is actually just his underslung gatling gun.
129	** Toyline-exclusive Swindle has one that can be repositioned to be a [[PhallicWeapon crotch cannon]].
130	* ''Film/AustinPowers'' {{fembot}}s have guns that poke out of their breasts for firing either bullets or knockout gas, which leads to an inevitable comment by Austin about it being cold.
131	* In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Havok's suit is designed to focus his energy and discharge it from a device in his chest. By ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he no longer needs the suit. ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' has it [[spoiler:causing his death, as when he tries to strike Apocalypse it ends up destroying a generator, an explosion that levels the X-Mansion.]]
132	* ''Film/PacificRim'':
133	** Gipsy Danger's chest-mounted nuclear vortex turbine vents the contents of its dual core nuclear reactor. This may or may not be intended as a weapon, but there's no doubting its effectiveness as one. [[spoiler:Also doubles as an emergency thruster, useful for say slowing suborbital re-entry.]]
134	** Cherno Alpha's nuclear tower-looking head has two turbines under it, on CA's shoulders, that can spray incendiary fuel to roast enemies.
135	** Striker Eureka has six missile launchers built into its chest.
136	* Film/{{Gamera}}, FriendToAllChildren and [[DestructiveSaviour a long-time benefactor to the construction industry]], gains the ability to shoot an incredibly powerful beam of Mana from his chest in ''Film/Gamera2AdventOfLegion'', appropriately named the Mana Blast. After Mother Legion's Red Rod technique has him in a bind, repeatedly lashing his skin with crimson tendrils that sear his flesh, Gamera's plastrons open up, and energy erupts from his body as a LastDitchMove. This burst of energy is enough to overcome Mother Legion's armoured shell and finally kill her.
137	* Zed's robots in ''Film/SlaveGirlsFromBeyondInfinity'' can fire lasers from their chest; an ability only seen in the final battle.
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141	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The Bounty Hunter Trilogy has one instance where Boba Fett teams up with a massive cyborg to take down a heavily protected bounty. The cyborg's main (and only, really) weapon is a medium sized blaster cannon attached to his chest and shoulders.
142	* ''Woken Furies'' by Richard K Morgan at one point features an... enhanced individual with a short-range directed-plasma energy weapon implanted into his torso. The protagonist is duly impressed by the extreme mess it causes when used, and makes a mental note to lead from the right if he ever has to tangle with the cyborg, as the plasma vents are all on the left side.
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146	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
147	** Cybermen in the Second Doctor's era have built-in weapons on their chest units.
148	** Does the [[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Special_Weapons_Dalek Special Weapons Dalek]] count? Sure, it's a Dalek, and thus has no actual chest, but the weapon is exactly where its chest would be if it had one (correlated against the regular Dalek behind and taking the gun and manipulator as "arms").
149	** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned Voyage of the Damned]]": {{Cyborg}} [[spoiler:Bannakaffalatta]] has an {{EMP}} unit installed in his chest, which he uses to take out several of the robot angels pursuing everyone at the cost of [[HeroicSacrifice his own life]].
150	* ''Series/GoGreenman'''s titular hero has one of these as a finishing move. After shouting "Greenman Breaster!", Greenman's upper chest panel lowers to reveal a set of eight missile barrels which unload on the target.
151	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
152	** In ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', one of Climax Form's attacks is a MacrossMissileMassacre barrage fired out of Ryutaros' mask located on the chest. [[ATeamFiring Unusually for Ryutaros,]] all of these actually hit their target.
153	** [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Kamen Rider Zolda]]/[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Torque]] has a contract monster whose ''entire torso'' full of missiles. When the time comes to execute the [[FinishingMove Final Vent]], Magnugiga [[MacrossMissileMassacre fires all missiles]] [[AlphaStrike at once]].
154	** [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Kamen Rider Birth]] has one called the Breast Cannon as one of his weapons. It is a {{BFG}} and is so heavy he can't move while it is in use, but it has a great deal of fire power.
155	** Series/KamenRiderWizard, in his upgraded forms, can manifest different body parts of the Dragon Phantom that empowers him. In Flame Dragon Style, it is the dragon's head, emerging from the center of Wizard's chest to breathe an intense stream of flame.
156	* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' uses these every now and then:
157	** New for 2011, [=GokaiOh=] from ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' can deploy an old-fashioned cannon from its chest cavity, while the four limbs carry the ammo and load it rapidly from the sides.
158	** One MonsterOfTheWeek robot in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' was female-looking and had ''boob missiles.'' Unsurprisingly, they weren't kept in ''Series/PowerRangersSPD.'' Similarly, Metal Alice from ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' has them as her main weapon, and it was as well removed from ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce''.
159	** ''Dekaranger'' / ''SPD'' also had [=DekaBaseRobo=] / the Delta Command Megazord, which could fire massive energy beams from the panels on its chest.
160	** The [=DriveMax=] Ultrazord in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' had this as its more or less sole means of attack, as it had so many CombiningMecha components that the Rubber Suit was too bulky to, you know, ''move'' all that much.
161	** The Turbo Megazord from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' fired laser beams from its chest as the secondary weapon. Additionally, the Siren Blaster Rescuezord could fire sonic blasts in High-Stance mode.
162	** The Mega Dragonzord from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' fired blasts from the silver pattern on its chest plate as well as side pods formed from the Dragonzord's legs. It also fired its EnergyBall finishing attack from the chest region. From the third season, the Shogun Mega Falconzord also counts. To elaborate, the five-part robot's arms briefly detach so the SixthRanger's bird zord can slide in its missile wings.
163	** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' and ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'': One of the {{Finishing Move}}s of the Wild Force Megazord[=/=][=GaoKing=] involves firing a beam from the Lion's chestpiece. The Predazord[=/=]Gao Hunter had a similar attack fired from the Alligator's mouth on the chest, though it was mostly used when it was still evil.
164	** Preceding them all is the Galaxy Robo of ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman''.
165	** Wild Dodeka King from ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' has one, though unusually it is not the finisher.
166	* Plenty of Ultras, Aliens and Monsters in the Franchise/UltraSeries can do this!
167	** Series/UltramanAce can fire powerful beams of energy from his Colour Timer, dubbed the 'Timer Shot'.
168	** One of Franchise/UltramanZero's most powerful attacks (notably in ''Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends'') have him place his Zero Sluggers on his Color Timer and firing a Blue Specium Ray from the weapons known as the "Zero Twin Shot."
169	** Lots of {{kaiju}} in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' have one, such as Neosaurus from ''Series/UltramanDyna'' (which had HomingLasers) and Zegan from ''Series/UltramanGeed'' (who could create wormholes with it).
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173	* Music/KatyPerry's "California Gurlz" music video has Katy armed with whipped cream sprayers on her boobs [[SugarApocalypse massacring an army of gummi bears]].
174	** In her video, "Firework", she and several teenagers shoot fireworks from their chests. Granted, it's in a much more heartwarming manner than "California Gurlz".
175	** Until it's parodied by Music/TheLonelyIsland at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o "I Just Had Sex"]].
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179	* In Creator/SternPinball's ''Pinball/{{Iron Man\|Stern}}'', the final indicator of armor technology is Iron Man's Arc Reactor, which lights up when the Mark VI Armor is reached. The lower playfield is drawn to resemble Iron Man's upper torso to further enforce the Chest Blaster effect.
180	* ''Pinball/FooFighers2023'': One animation during Foobot Multiball shows the eponymous HumongousMecha firing a laser from its chest.
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184	* Torso-mounted weapons are commonplace in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''. Arm-mounted ones enjoy wider firing arcs for obvious reasons (though not as ''much'' wider as one might think since the torso itself can be twisted sideways to some extent), but the side torsos in particular have more free room to actually install equipment in. No mech does it to quite the same extent as the [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/File:Fafnir_FMLA.jpg Fafnir]], which mounts two 18 ton Heavy Gauss Rifles, one on each side of its chest.
185	** Torso weapons also have the advantage that the torso (or the central piece anyway) is usually [[SubsystemDamage the last piece of a 'mech to go]] before the 'mech is put out of action (barring lucky shots to the head or legs). [[StoneWall So-called "zombie 'mechs"]] commonly mount energy weapons in their center torso, allowing them to keep firing even as they're reduced to nothing but a torso on legs.
186	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The Armorer Artificer, from the 5e sourcebook "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything", allows an artificer to build various weapons into a suit of armor. If they choose the "Infiltrator" armor model, they can choose to build a lightning launcher into the armor's chestplate.
187	* TabletopGame/Warhammer40000:
188	** [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranid]] Raveners have the option to take ranged [[LivingWeapon bio-weapons]] that grow from their thorax so that their arms and claws can be used to aid in their tunnelling activity.
189	** [[SuperSoldier Adeptus Astartes]] Centurion warsuits have weapons built into their chests to enhance their offensive capabilities. [[MoreDakka Hurricane bolters]] are the standard option, but [[CloseRangeCombatant Assault Centurions]] can opt for grenade launchers to take care of enemy infantry while [[LongRangeFighter Devastator Centurions]] can take missile launchers for a longer range attack.
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193	* ''{{Toys/Bionicle 2015}}'': Korgot, the Protector of Earth, has a weapon known as the "Rapid Shooter" built in to her chest. It leads to a bit of FridgeLogic when one considers that Korgot [[ViewerGenderConfusion is actually female]], especially considering that the [[AmbiguousRobots inhabitants of Okoto]] [[BizarreAlienReproduction give birth]] [[BizarreAlienBiology biologically]]. It is possible that Korgot is wearing some sort of armor with the Chest Blaster built in, providing an explanation for this.
194	* Some miscellaneous ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' examples are the [[Film/Transformers2007 2007 movie line's]] Wreckage, Generation 1's Fortress Maximus and all designs derived from him, and both the [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 original]] and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' versions of Warpath, who both have an entire tank turret for a torso. A more obscure but extremely literal example would be the little-known Action Master Treadshot...whose design was based on a transforming robot toy who had the barrel and cylinder of a revolver sticking out of his chest.
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198	* ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}'': The [[OneWingedAngel final form]] of the final boss shoots a massive laser out of his chest cavity once you [[spoiler:pull his eye out.]] The capper is that the laser takes away a huge amount of health, but you pretty much ''have'' to get shot with it (unless you're really good at dodging) to hit the boss's weak point.
199	* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'': Most core parts in the series has these in the form of a gun barrel. [[spoiler:Though these only work as an anti-missile system.]]
200	* ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'': The {{golem}}-like Guardians that inhabit the ancient Aztanti ruins are capable of firing blasts from their exposed chest area. It unfortunately is also their weakpoint.
201	* ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'': Roll's appearances are meant to make her play much like ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]''. Well, he enlarges into a ''Anime/MazingerZ'' {{expy}} and fires a gigantic ArmCannon for his Hyper Mega Man special. So naturally Roll becomes an Aphrodite A expy with Breast Missiles for her Hyper Roll.
202	%%* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has, in the next-to-last battle against Lavos, the "Doors of Doom" attack.
203	* ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'': The extremely well-endowed Jennifer from has a chest-blasting attack that lacks subtlety and is even slightly uncomfortable to watch.
204	* ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'' has Tongara, a KillerGorilla boss with a chest-mounted WaveMotionGun. Stay low when he does a PrimalChestPound -- that's the cue for Tongara to unleash a massive screen-covering energy blast from his chest.
205	* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'': The weapon of Liberty Prime can be used by the player with the use of a cheat code. The weapon has no model, so it appears as if the character is holding an invisible rocket launcher. Guess where the beam comes from, though...
206	%%* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'': The Hooter Shooter bra cannon.
207	* ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'': The Robosuit, a major ShoutOut to the Mazinger franchise and its kin. It has a huge V-shaped chest cannon as its most powerful attack.
208	* ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'': The only armament of the [=S'pht=] compilers is a large energy weapon in their floating body, concealed within their cloaks. The Pfhor Mystics in the {{game mod}} ''EVIL'' also have this.
209	* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' [[DesignItYourselfEquipment allows players to mount weapons]] in the various Torso sections (which also includes armpits, hips, and [[ShoulderCannon shoulders]]). There's actually a good reason to do so, too, since these get the heaviest armor. The Fafnir takes it to the logical conclusion of having each side torso being ''entirely'' a weapon; in this case, a [[{{BFG}} Heavy Gauss Rifle]].
210	* ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'': The FinalBoss (which is basically a Megazord) has a giant "V" shape on its chest that, of course, fires a giant energy beam for its ultimate attack.
211	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
212	** The cyborg characters Sektor and Cyrax can shoot missiles and bombs, respectively, from their chest. The cyborg version of Smoke had a spear that he shot from his chest, but this was removed in later installments.
213	** Hsu Hao has an artificial heart that shoots lasers, which can [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe knock someone's upper half off of their legs]]. Jax rips it out for what he's done in his ending in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance''.
214	* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Destroyman has ''nipple machine guns''. And a crotch laser.
215	* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'': Demi and Wren can install chest-mounted weapons, one of which is capable of nuking a space station in seconds. Different than most of the examples in that the two androids in question are roughly man-sized.
216	* ''VideoGame/RedneckRampage'': The alien vixens wear purple chrome bras with dual machineguns. Your skinny, male redneck character can wear and use it.
217	%%* ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'': Dive Man's [[KillItWithWater Water Cutter]] is fired like this.
218	* ''VideoGame/{{SMITE}}'': The Sun God Ra has the ability "Searing Pain", an extreme blast of heat that comes out of his chest that melts anything unfortunate enough to be in its path.
219	%%* ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'': Dr. Eggman weaponizes the Master Emerald within his Death Egg Robot as a powerful Chest Blaster.
220	* ''VideoGame/Squad51VsTheFlyingSaucers'' has an alien mech as one of the bosses, shaped like a giant eagle with a chest blaster for firing a WaveMotionGun covering half the screen.
221	* ''VideoGame/SuperGodzilla'': Godzilla fires a blue beam of energy with his head on it from his stomach. This weapon can only be used during the final battle against the BigBad, Bagan
222	%%* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'':
223	%%** Grungust's Final Beam.
224	%%** The Type 0's Hyper Blaster, the Type 2's Maxi Blaster and the Type 3's Omega Blaster.
225	%%** There's also Giganscudo's Giga Blaster.
226	%%** Dygenguard's General Blaster (more properly a ShoulderCannon).
227	%%** Granteed's Orgone Slave.
228	%%** Combatible Kaiser's Kaiser Burst.
229	%%** The Infinity Cylinder of the Astranagant.
230	%%** Dis Astranagant's Ain Soph Aur.
231	%%** Solvlius Rex's Regret Buster.
232	* ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'': The Cybran ACU can be upgraded with a Microwave Laser Generator, which possesses an insanely high DPS (4000 the highest in the game). Although the upgrade is installed into the right arm, the weapon itself fires from the ACU's chest.
233	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': Raven can use his [[spoiler:Blastia]] heart to turn the battlefield into a laser show. More typically to this trope, the gigantic stone robots powered by Blastia do it as well.
234	%%* ''VideoGame/TechRomancer'': Mazinger/Mazinkaiser's {{Expy}} G. Kaiser has the same, calling it the Heat Blazer.
235	* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII'': The Incarnate Elemental of Beasts, a unit available to Kislev and the Beastmen, can unleash a blast of Beast magic from the amber gem in its chest as a melee attack when fighting other large monsters, which will stagger and knock back its opponent.
236	* ''Veigues: Tactical Gladiator'': Veigues' chest area is armed with two optical guns.
237	* ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'': The mutants have something like a pistol lodged in their torso; the "boss" version Ubermutant from ''Spear Of Destiny'' instead has a [[GatlingGood gatling gun]]. [[DualWielding And a knife in each of its four hands.]] In the case of the regular mutants, it's not mounted to their chests but ''gripped in hands attached to arms protruding from their chests''.
238	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', as a ShoutOut to ''Xenosaga'', has [[spoiler:Fiora's]] Final Cross art, which is almost identical in appearance, and likewise performed by a [[spoiler:RobotGirl]]
239	* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'': T-ELOS and KOS-MOS literally burst out their cleavage to fire their most powerful attacks. Specially KOS-MOS, who has her cup size upped for the last leg of the final episode.
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243	* ''WebComic/GirlGenius:'' The sort of technically dead Dr. Mittlemind has a pulse cannon mounted in the block of [[MadScience Sparky gear]] which is bolted to his chest. It re-kills him every time he uses it, requiring his minion Frauline Snaug to zap him back to, er, mobility.
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247	* ''Literature/IlivaisX'': The STRUQ Team, being a play on classic CombiningMecha anime, has this as unit R's attack when combined.
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250	[[folder:Western Animation]]
251	%%* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Jenny has one built into her chest, [[DoAnythingRobot among other things]].
252	* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': Megas has a number of these, including the original WaveMotionGun (complete with the prow of the ''[[Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato Yamato]]'').
253	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': In the original cartoon, Autobot Warpath had the cannon of his [[TankGoodness tank vehicle mode]] protruding from the center of his chest. He used it as often as he could, typically while shouting "[[VerbalTic kablam!]]"
254	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':
255	** Optimus Primal has a weapon like this in two of his many bodies. His "Optimal Optimus" form is equipped with a pair of huge, laser-sight equipped cannons that dramatically unfurl from his chest, while his technorganic body from ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' fires energy... shuriken... thingies from a slot-like opening.
256	** Depth Charge also fired energy discs from a slot in his chest, which became his mouth in beast mode. They were referred to once as "power pizzas." Seriously. His toy could do the same thing, of course, with plastic discs.
257	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Eye Guy has a large eyeball [[EyesDoNotBelongThere in his chest]] that fires powerful EyeBeams.
258	* The heroes of ''Pale Force'' (played by Jim Gaffigan and Conan O'Brien) have nipple beams as one of their attacks.
259	* In the ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' episode "I, Robot, Really", when Capt. Murphy (with Sparks' personality grafted into a cybernetic appendage) is converted into Barbeaubot/Sparkamus Prime, he has two large rockets sticking out of his chest. He calls them "D-cups...full of justice!"
260	* One of Farnsworth's atomic supermen in an episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' had a cannon mounted in its chest. Its caliber? ''[[LoopholeAbuse Basketball]].''
261	** In another episode Hermes fires himself and gets replaced by a bureaucrat robot. He develops an inferiority complex over it and starts getting robotic cyborg upgrades. The 2nd upgrade he receives is a harpoon gun in his chest.
262	* ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'' featured Buttons [=McBoomBoom=], a {{cyborg}} gangster who conceals a pair of machine guns in his chest.
263	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
264	** Post-mutation Waspinator fires his sting-beams from the, uh, vestigial arms hanging off of his robot mode chest.
265	** Swindle has a retractable [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] in his stomach among his many armaments.
266	* An evil, working-robot clone of Big Guy in the ''WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'' animated series gets to use this, since it doesn't need a pilot.
267	* The ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' Super Robot has this one. It's often a last resort weapon because it drains most of the Super Robot's power supply to activate it, rendering it frequently counter-productive in attrition battles.\
268	Going with the robot's [[TinCanRobot incredibly box-like design]], the beam comes out of the body's ''entire'' front panel.
269	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', [[spoiler: [[FusionDance Unalaq/Vaatu's]] humanoid OneWingedAngel form ues one of these. It's a variant of a move used by the original Vaatu, whose inhuman anatomy made it a combination of this trope and EyeBeams. Spirit!Korra counters it with her own]].
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