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GUNHED is a 1989 [[{{Toku}} Tokusatsu]] film about a group of human scavengers who go to an island to find a rare and valuable element, known as Texmexium, and get picked off one by one by a renegade supercomputer housed in a complex on the island. The computer is called Kyron-5. Soon, only the group's mechanic, Brooklyn, is left alive. Brooklyn soon finds company in the form of a Texas Air Ranger named Sergeant Nim, and two children. One of the scavengers who was killed earlier is transformed into a Biodroid and is sent after Sergeant Nim and the Texmexium that she stole. With me so far? Anyway, Brooklyn soon finds a GUNHED ('''G'''un '''Un'''it '''H'''eavy '''E'''lmination '''D'''evice) combat robot and works to restore it. In order to save Sergeant Nim, Brooklyn must overcome his fear of flying and pilot the newly restored GUNHED and defeat Kyron-5 and the various defenses it controls.

If you mistook this for a Franchise/{{Gundam}} entry, you'll be forgiven, as the two names [[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas do sound similar]], and ''were'' produced by [[Creator/{{Sunrise}} the same company]]. Creator/{{Toho}}, of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fame, also helped in the production of and distribution of this film.
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!!''Gunhed'' provides examples of the following:

* ATeamFiring: Brooklyn couldn't aim if his life depended on him. He never even hits the Biodroid after emptying his revolver at it.
%% ** Then again, Biodroid could have just absorbed the bullets.
* AfterTheEnd: While there's no indication that the rest of the world is like this (beyond the scavengers and the ''Mary Ann'', which can be {{handwaved}} by the fact that they're glorified dumpster divers), 8-JO certainly is.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Kyron-5 is a supercomputer which became sentient and decided that human beings are no longer necessary to exist, therefore starting a robot rebellion against humans.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Texmexium, which allows such a large computer like Kyron-5 to function, [[{{handwave}} however it works]]. One can assume that it's like idealistic depictions of graphene or carbon nanotubes, which could similarly revolutionize processing speeds.
* BarrierBustingBlow: Walls in front of Gunhed tend to blow up.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Babe resists Biodroid's malicious actions after she is absorbed into the Biodroid. See DeusExMachina below for the end result]].
* BewareMyStingerTail: Aerobot, being a scorpion shaped mecha, attacks with a stinging tail weapon.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Barabbas, within the first twenty minutes.
* BlindIdiotTranslation:
-->'''Gunhed''': Come inside, something ''fabulous'' is coming this way.
* ComputerVoice: Gunhed's onboard computer.
* CoolPlane: The protagonists' transport ''Mary Ann'', a futuristic plane with four turbines that vaguely resemble a B-17 Flying Fortress.
%%* CrazyPrepared: Nim.
* CurbStompBattle: Kyron-5 and Aerobot took on a Gunhed ''battalion'' and won.
%%* CuteMute: Eleven.
* CyberPunk: The setting of the movie, the island 8-JO, has a grungey, industrial look, not to mention being controlled bya supercomputer with an army of mechas and cyborgs.
* {{Cyborg}}: The Biodroid, which is a vaguely human shaped being with googles and cables fused to its head. It somehow merges with Babe into one being, and the latter became trapped in cyberspace.
* DesertedIsland: 8-JO, far off the Asian coast, is supposed to be devoid of ''human'' life.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Babe finally winning her BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, blowing up a grenade (in her mind), which causes her physical body to ''disappear'']]. While there are scenes leading up to it, it's happening at that time is just lazy writing.
* TheDragon: Aerobot and the Biodroid to Kyron-5.
* DungeonCrawling: The journey to the Kyron Dome is presented as this, especially with the big white letters on the bottom of the screen saying "LEVEL [whatever level they're on]". The main difference is that Brooklyn and Nim start at the bottom and go ''up'' instead of ''down''.
* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler: by the 30-minute mark, Brooklyn is the only remaining member of the scavenging group, not including Babe (see above).]]
%%* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Sergeant Nim is a Texas Air Ranger.
%%* TheEngineer: Brooklyn.
* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: 8-JO is an island ran by the Kyron-5 supercomputer, which years earlier tried to declare war on humanity, and was stopped at great cost. The island is full of scrap as well as cyborgs and mechas controlled by Kyron-5.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Gunhed's head is a . . . gun. Despite how stupid it sounds, it is ''awesome''.
* {{Expy}}: Kyron-5 is a rather blatant stand-in for [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet.]]
%%* EyeBeams: The Biodroid.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Gunhed advised Brooklyn to do so to Aerobot, so he shoots him point blank in its three eyes, destroying one of them.]]
%%* FaceDeathWithDignity:
%%-->'''Gunhed''': If they take me out, I wanna be on my feet.
* FauxActionGirl: Babe and Nim. One [[spoiler:goes the way the rest of the characters (that is to say ''dies'')]] and the other does [[spoiler:''absolutely nothing'']].
* FinalWords: [[spoiler: Gunhed sends a final message to the ''Mary Ann'':]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Gunhed''': The Gunhed Battalion has completed its mission.]]
* GoForTheEye: In advising Brooklyn how to destroy Aerobot, Gunhed says, "Brooklyn, go for the eyes." Only after [[spoiler: all three eyes are destroyed]] does Aerobot [[spoiler: get angry and explode]].
* TheGreatRepair: Brooklyn's ground-up rebuild of Gunhed, which even has a montage.
* HellBentForLeather: Nim's neoprene combat suit is . . . [[{{Fanservice}} nice]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Gunhed [[NotQuiteDead appears to be killed by Aerobot]], but he lives long enough to ram the Kyron-5 supercomputer and delay the [[CatastrophicCountdown self-destruction]], buying the team time to escape the island.]]
* HumongousMecha: Gunhed and Aerobot. Gunhed is somewhat humanoid in design and looks very heroic when compared to the [[ObviouslyEvil huge, animal-like, and mechanical]] Aerobot.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Seven knows the layout of the island and, in general, does a lot less stupid shit than Brooklyn.
* TransformingMecha: Gunhed can turn into a tank.
%%* ImplacableMan: The Biodroid ''really'' wants the Texmexium.
%%* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Nim's Texas Air Rangers jacket.
%%* IronicFear: Brooklyn's fear of piloting, which is the vaguest phobia ever.
%%* {{Jerkass}}: Brooklyn and Nim are both assholes. Almost everyone is playing the Douchebag Game and they're all tied for first place until they [[DwindlingParty drop dead]].
* KnightInShiningArmor: Gunhed's design definitely goes for this. His wheels are analogous to a horse and the prologue depicts the Gunhed Battalion as a mounted cavalry. Gunhed's head, while shaped like a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gun]], could be seen as a lance.
* {{Macguffin}}: Texmexium, a wondrous element that powers then world's supercomputers that is closely guarded.
* RealRobotGenre: The film leans towards this. Gunhed and Aerobot are grimy and practically designed: Gunhed is a mix between a mounted knight and a [[TankGoodness tank]], while Aerobot is low to the ground, like a scorpion.
* RecklessGunUsage: Brooklyn flicks the cylinder of his [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]] in and out. Bansho chastises him for it, saying it's "bad luck".
** Seven later does it and Brooklyn chastises him for it.
** This chastising becomes a RunningGag when Gunhed warns Brooklyn about it.
%% * {{Sidekick}}: Seven to Brooklyn and Eleven to Nim.
* RoboCam: There are several shots from the biodroid's perspective.
* ScaryScorpions: Aerobot, a scorpion shaped mecha which guards the Kyron-5 supercomputer.
* ShownTheirWork: While they're never shown in action, the belts of ammunition that Brooklyn feeds into Gunhed have a tracer round every few rounds. This is commonplace with machine guns and Gatling guns.
* SinisterSurveillance: Kyron-5's seeing-eye camera.
%%* TheSpeechless: Also Eleven.
* StuffedInAFridge: [[spoiler:Babe, but [[CameBackWrong she gets worse]].]]
* TankGoodness: GUNHED can transform into a tank.
* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: Set in 2038.
* UsedFuture (with bits of ScavengerWorld): Gunhed exemplifies this. Brooklyn cobbles the mecha together with parts salvaged from the robot wrecking yard. Gunhed himself is essentially a CPU that Brooklyn installs in the cockpit.
%%* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Inverted with Brooklyn and Gunhed:
--> '''Nim''': You fix it, you drive it.
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