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16Portmanteau of "robot" and "beast". The standard MonsterOfTheWeek for {{Super Robot}}s and ''Franchise/SuperSentai''[=/=]''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
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18A Robeast is a {{Kaiju}}-sized monster, more often than not the same size as the Super Robot that battles it, though Robeasts in {{Toku}} may also start in human size, so as to be a threat on a personal scale, then [[MakeMyMonsterGrow grow]] through some form of AppliedPhlebotinum.
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20Robeasts are sometimes capable of human-level intelligence or communication, though when they are, they usually spout interchangeable villainous threats and taunts.
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22Robeasts are usually built with both [[{{Cyborg}} biological and mechanical]] construction (though some are also completely mechanical, magical constructs, giant demons, and the like). They come in a dizzying variety of shapes, abilities, and weapons, and very rarely will any two robeasts look alike, even between robeasts deployed by the same villain(s). Many of them avoid humanoid designs and mook status, becoming a MechanicalMonster.
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24They are almost always MadeOfExplodium, being the defacto pioneers of DefeatEqualsExplosion. Compare AnimalMecha. Not to be confused with AmbiguousRobots, though their design may sometimes imply they are this. Smaller versions of these may be covered under MechanicalAnimals.
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31* The Automatons in ''Manga/{{Aposimz}}'' are mechanical monsters that vary in size from small worms to {{Kaiju}}. Since they are covered with [[OrganicTechnology Placenta]], some also count as food.
32%%* Various mecha and creatures from ''Anime/TheBigO''
33%%* Numerous monomakia from ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'' fit this trope.
34%%* The bio-mechanical Slave Monsters and Magma Beasts from ''Anime/CombattlerV''.
35%%* The Heterodyne in ''Anime/DaiGuard''.
36%%* The Battle Robots and Mecha Warriors from ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''.
37%%* The Megaborg from ''Anime/Daitarn3''.
38* Mostly inverted with some Android/Cyborg Franchise/{{Digimon}}. They're mainly made up of network data and are highly-intelligent, but some still counts.
39* The TrueCompanions of ''Anime/{{Gaiking}}'' and ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'' fly around inside a gigantic mechanical dragon called Daiku Maryu.
40* The ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'' anime had Seppukumaru, the bad guy from the third Goemon game, summon creatures called "Cyber Devils" to fight the eponymous Mystical Ninja and his allies. Despite resembling organic monsters, they were actually mecha piloted by either Sepukkumaru himself and/or his egg shaped underlings.
41%%* The Zonder and later Primevals from ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''.
42* ''Anime/GearFighterDendoh'' has the entire Galfer species, with a specific hierarchy. From bottom to top, we have: [[{{Mook}} Galfer Soldiers]], Galfer Guards (supposedly [[EliteMook stronger versions of the Soldiers]]), Mechanical Beasts (Soldiers that have increased their power by fusing with some technological object), [[TheBrute Heavy Machines]], Professional Machines (specialized Galfer with power between Mechanical Beasts and Heavy Machines, and much faster, smarter and trickier than the latter. They're usually part of {{Quirky Miniboss Squad}}s), [[RightHandAttackDog Lagowe]], [[TheDragon Zero]] (similar to a Professional Machine but even more powerful than a Heavy Machine, and [[spoiler:actually part of the Galfer Emperor]]), and the Galfer Emperor himself.
43* The minions of the Shadow Angels, usually cherubim, in ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion''.
44%%* Mechasauruses and Mecha Oni from the ''Manga/GetterRobo'' series.
45%%* The Mimetic Beasts from ''Anime/{{Godannar}}''.
46%%* Cosmosauruses in ''Anime/GodSigma''.
47* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': Mobile Armors[[labelnote:*]]A term most other ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' continuities use for vehicles similar to mobile suits but less humanoid[[/labelnote]] are AI-operated AnimalMecha much larger mobile suits. They seek out resources to perpetuate themselves and [[MookMaker create]] armies of {{Attack Drone}}s to kill as many humans as possible. Centuries in the past, the Gundams were created to save humanity from the Mobile Armors. Mobile Armors are alerted or even awakened from slumber by the Ahab reactors in all mobile suits, whereas the [[BrainComputerInterface Alaya-Vijnana system]] used by some mobile suits goes into overdrive in a mobile armor's present. In the present, a single Mobile Armor is only featured in one StoryArc, as mobile suits are otherwise used for warfare between humans.
48%%* Zeravire from ''Anime/{{Gravion}}''.
49* The Jyarei Monsters from ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger'' began as fully organic beasts capable of speech that were [[MidSeasonUpgrade upgraded mid season]] with cybernetic implants. Some of the monsters later in the series appeared to be fully robotic, although in a rather [[AmbiguousRobots ambiguous way]].
50%%* The Haniwa Phantom Gods from ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg''.
51* ''[=Mazinger=]'':
52** Creator/GoNagai's ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is the TropeCodifier; in fact, the monsters in this series are actually ''called'' "Machine Beasts (Japanese ''Kikaiju''). The sequel ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' had Battle Beasts (''Sentoujuu'') and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' had the Saucer Beasts and Vega Monsters.
53** And the Battle Beasts from ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' already diferred from the ''Anime/MazingerZ'' {{Robeast}}s, bordering on a {{Deconstruction}} from the trope. They were capable of speech and independent thought, and they were very cunning due to it. This resulted in a NearVillainVictory in the THIRD chapter.
54** And sometimes ''Anime/MazingerZ'' averted or subverted the trope. Some Mechanical Beasts were size-shifters, and some of them -Blazas S1 and S2- were human-sized.
55* The Angels from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Four Angels subverted the trope by not being giant at all: Leliel is infinitely thin, Bardiel and Iruel are microscopic (the former is TheCorruption, while [[OurMonstersAreWeird the latter is a colony of sentient nano-viruses]]), and Tabris/[[spoiler:Kaworu]] is human-sized [[spoiler: or just a HalfHumanHybrid, it's not really clear]].
56* Kyoshin in ''Anime/NeoRanga'', although somewhat subverted as they stay in two episodes at a time and do not start showing up until episode 17.
57%%* Dolems in ''Anime/RahXephon''.
58%%* The standard MonsterOfTheWeek in Tadao Nagahama's ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy''.
59%%* Renegade Units in ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs.''
60%%* S-1 machines of the Aldebaren Army in ''Anime/SpaceWarriorBaldios''.
61* The Beastmen Ganmen / Gunmen and the Anti-Spiral Mugann from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
62** Gunmen are also an inversion, because the heroes use the exact same kinds of robots they stole from the beastmen.
63** Slightly inverted in that the Mechasauruses, like much of the Reptilians, are a highly intelligent race.
64%%* The Beast Fighters and later Super Beast Fighters from ''Anime/VoltesV''.
65* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' is the TropeNamer, after the monsters in ''Anime/GoLion'' and ''Anime/DairuggerXV''. The equivalent terms were Deathblack Beastmen (then Mechablack Beastmen) in ''[=GoLion=]'' and Combat Machines in ''Dairugger XV''.
66%%* The Mecha Boosts from ''Anime/Zambot3''.
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70* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': The cast fights Angels, giant alien monsters with EldritchAbomination traits, but due to the changes in the relationships between the three pilots, the battles are very different from canon.
71* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'':
72** In chapter 3 shows up an Angel made up by the writer. It is based on Sahaquiel: it is an enormous, floating, heavy thing that plummets downward and tries to crush Tokyo-3 under its weight.
73** In chapter 7 appears another originally created Angel. It is called “Megrael”, it looks like a winged Evangelion and it remained airborne while shooting light beams.
74* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': At the beginning the Angels fought by the main characters seem to be just weird, massive aliens monsters, although very ancient and slightly eldritch. Then it is revealed that they are full-blown {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos there are worst things behind them and their attacks]].
75* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': The Angels -giant alien monsters- of canon, fought in the original timeline. Now the main characters have returned to the past, the battles have become quite different.
76* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': In a chapter the cast had to fight an illegal Eva built secretly by the Chinese Government. It looked like the mutated offspring of a ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Mechanical Beast]]'' and an Evangelion.
77* ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'': The cast fights the giant aliens called Angels per canon. Unlike canon, though, [[spoiler:Bardiel]] got killed [[spoiler:before having the chance to seize Unit-03,]] and the pilots never met it.
78* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Shinji -as Franchise/{{Superman}}- and his pilot friends -- driving giant robots -- fight the Angels, alien {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. In this crossover they had ruined other worlds before assaulting Earth: [[spoiler:they wrecked Mars in the original fic, and Krypton in the second version.]]
79* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14213158/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-SEED-Paradox Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Paradox]]'': [=ROBEASTs=], which stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Robotic Organism Biological Extended Alteration Synchronized Tuning]] are mobile suit-sized cyborg mutants. The [=ROBEASTs=] are [[WasOnceAMan originally humans]] who surrendered their humanity to JUNO once [[DespairEventHorizon they lose their will to fight]] against the AI's oppression and subjected to horrific experimentation, repurposed into soulless killing machines.
80* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'' features several brand-new Angels, who -- as it turns out -- [[spoiler:are all the artificial creations of [[AIIsACrapshoot the mad A.I. known as the Emerald Tablet]]]]: the first is a possessed experimental Mass Produced Evangelion, formely Unit-A, but rebranded as Samael upon being declared an Angel, the second is a massive blob of inky darkness that possesses Unit-08, and the third one is [[spoiler:a clone of [[HumanoidAbomination Kaworu, directly controlled by the the Emerald Tablet itself]]]].
81* In ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeelingCrazy88'', the canonical Angels seem to be stronger than their canon selves after the timeline got rebooted.
82* ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': The Angels -- or Messengers -- giant alien monsters sporting all kind of shapes and abilities. Nearly all of them keep their canon selves, but Tabris. He is [[spoiler:a her in this story.]]
83* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': The giant alien Angels had been all killed before the beginning of the story, but a Russian black project had used samples of their DNA to create another massive monster. In order to destroy it, the main characters have to repair and reactivate their last giant robot left.
84* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': The Angels from canon -humongous {{Eldritch Abomination}}s-. Unlike than in canon, though, Asuka can fight them without her HumongousMecha thanks to ''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} her Kryptonian DNA]]''.
85* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'' alters the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]]' origins and natures so they fit in with the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' side of the crossover.
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89* The original form of [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] from ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise. [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII The second version]] was a human piloted mecha. [[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla The third version]] was a human piloted mecha built on the bones of the original Godzilla, dubbed Kiryu. Kiryu went berserk in its first confrontation with (a second) Godzilla, playing with the trope.
90** Then there's the cyborg {{Kaiju}} Gigan, the original [[Film/TheMysterians Moguera]] (the second M.O.G.U.E.R.A. was, again, a human-built mecha), and Mecha-King Ghidorah.
91* From the Toho-produced ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' comes Mechani-Kong, who beats Mechagodzilla by some 7 years, but comes a full decade after Moguera.
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95* {{Toku}} such as ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (and by extension ''Franchise/PowerRangers'') revolve around this, with a different [[PeopleInRubberSuits rubber suit]] MonsterOfTheWeek to challenge the heroes (and oftentimes the heroes' giant robots) as the driving force behind the villain's scheme. Every BigBad has his or her own way of [[MakerOfMonsters making monsters]], and [[MakeMyMonsterGrow making them bigger]]. They're sometimes the source of NightmareFuel, and sometimes NarmCharm. Sentience and whether or not they're AlwaysChaoticEvil varies from series to series.
96** One ''Sentai'' show, ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'', only applied this to the giant battles (and thus averted MakeMyMonsterGrow) -- the Biomen instead fought a group of recurring monsters on the ground exclusively, then fought a Mecha Gigant (or later, a Neo-Mecha Gigant, sometimes piloted by one of the three generals). This approach didn't really see much (if any) use afterwards, likely for budgetary reasons (since the monster of the week was only used in the giant battles as opposed to both giant and ground battles, meaning Toei wasn't getting as much use for their money).
97** Partial example with the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', as most of the {{kaiju}} are more in the vein of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' than ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', while the Ultras are aliens instead of robots. Nevertheless, they inspired a great deal of the examples here, and a number of the monsters fought by the heroes fit the trope in some way or another. They're not all one-off [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] either, with many becoming as every bit as popular and iconic as Ultraman himself.
98* Fairly common in the ''Series/ChouseishinSeries'' as foes for mecha battles.
99** Omega in ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer'' starts off a human-sized RobotSoldier but is capable of [[OneWingedAngel transforming into]] a kaiju-like monster form, which oddly enough has what look to be organic parts.
100** ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'': In addition to fully organic [[{{Kaiju}} Space Beasts]], the Hades Army occasionally makes use of "Deathborgs" -- monstrous, fully mechanical Space Beasts modeled after various animals.
101** ''Series/ChouseiKantaiSazerX'' has Diros, a robotic [[{{Kaiju}} Terror Beast]] capable of splitting itself into and reassembling itself from a swarm of FlyingSaucer ships.
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105* The first battle in ''Up, Up, and Away'' is against a giant mechanical ape outright ''called'' a Robeast. While none of the heroes have a mech, they ''do'' have strength in numbers, and the amount of characters attacking (plus a weakness scan from [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Donnie]]) ends the fight ''very'' quickly.
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109%%* Meka Dragon in ''TabletopGame/KingOfTokyo''.
110* Pretty much everything in ''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}''. For extra fun, the same company has released completely-compatible ''Voltron'' units, so the game has ''actual'' Robeasts.
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114* ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge'' has the Variants, which are revealed in the StoryBreadcrumbs to be [[spoiler:mutated clones of Athetos]]. They emit metallic-sounding growls when the player encounters them in {{Boss Battle}}s.
115* Drache, the first boss from ''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}'' seems to fit. [[AllThereInTheManual The background story notes that its AI emulates beasts' behaviors]]. Hence why the robot roars when you defeat it.
116** Don't forget Ausf A Gestell, the [[AxCrazy mad]] ape [[MotionCaptureMecha mecha]] which roars in its intro, every time it's knocked down, and upon death.
117* Reapers from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are what happens when a whole army of Robeasts invade the galaxy and there are ''no'' {{Super Robot}}s to save the day.
118* ''VideoGame/RobotAlchemicDrive'' has the Volgara.
119* Any ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game has one or more of the above series included, so it's a given.
120** Except for the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Original Generation]] series, which still manages a less [[MonsterOfTheWeek "of the week"]] variant with the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst]]. The [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Shura]] attempt a more direct homage with their animal-themed mecha, but they have soldiers as pilots. They also get [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere giant space flounder monsters living amidst the asteroid belt]].
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124* ''Webcomic/SleipnirEquineInvaderFromJupiter'':
125** The Valkyrie Units are hummingbird-shaped alien robots that attack Sleipnir seeking to drain their energy. One of them absorbs a nuclear explosion instead, crash-landing on Earth. They serve as incubators for alien bioweapons shaped like a wingless dragon, a rabbit, and a dog, which they inject with Sleipnir's energy to cause them to grow into {{Bioweapon Beast}}s.
126** The rabbit BioweaponBeast either mutates into a robeast itself or somehow becomes covered in a suit of PoweredArmor, earning it the codename Tick Tock after the White Rabbit from ''Alice in Wonderland''.
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130* The Rabbot and the Insanoflex from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''.
131* Parodied in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' where Grim takes Billy (who has been transformed into a 100-foot-tall superhero) to Tokyo to meet a spoof of Gamera and Ghidorah. An angry Mandy pilots a giant gorilla robot called Mega-Gorillasaur to bring them back.
132* The mecha-StockNessMonster in the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' episode "Monster Lake".
133* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' -- In the {{Kaiju}} parody episode, Music/BarbraStreisand turned into a [=Mechagodzilla=].
134** And returned in "201" with full sentience.
135* As ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' is a reboot of the Trope Namer; of course they show up. But in this case, they are much nastier threats than the ones the Paladins usually face and often entire episodes are dedicated to taking them down. They're not even named until Season 2, when Hunk panics at facing another "robot... beast! Ro-beast!" Unfortunately, they are also significantly downplayed -- they stop appearing altogether shortly after the second season, leaving a paltry ''four'' Robeasts in the entire 78-episode run.
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