History Main / BigBadassRig

* ''Videogame/PlanetSide'' and the sequel have the [[http://wiki.planetsidesyndicate.com/images/thumb/5/5b/LeviathanFront.jpg/750px-LeviathanFront.jpg Sunderer]] APC. The original Sunderer is absolutely huge, being almost two stories tall, with half a dozen manned turrets and the ability to carry around two [[PoweredArmor MAX suits]]. A patch later gave it a cattle-catcher to the front. The sequel's is slightly smaller than the original, and takes a hit to adaptability (it only carries two turrets, though they are much more dangerous on their own) in exchange for being able to [[BaseOnWheels deploy to activate a mobile spawnpoint]], breach forcefield gates, and [[CarFu crush smaller vehicles by ramming them]]. The Sunderer doesn't look ''too'' truck-y by default, but players can [[RevenueEnhancingDevices buy developer and player-designed cosmetics]] such as smoke stacks, custom wheels, cattle catchers, and alternate front and rear ends.

** Their bigger, more modern relatives also using 8x8 or 10x10 wheel configurations also deserve a mention, such as the Oshkosh [=HEMTT=], MAZ-7310, Sisu [=E13TP=], and others. They follow the same basic design precepts as the other examples here, but scale them up to to make ''Bigger Badass Rigs''.

* "Road trains" in Australia, essentially one truck pulling up to eight trailers at once.
* Off-road trucks designed for heavy hauling in the post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo years, made to become artillery tractors or tank tractors if a major war happened again. All were very similar in basic layout, built around a very large and slow-turning Diesel or gasoline engine, all wheel drive, large tires with strong grip and weight distribution made for towing. While they did saw military use, their fame comes from civilian jobs, towing extra-large loads over rough ground and carrying oil drilling machinery in the wilderness:

*** As the years wore on, the oil prices rose, and the [=KrAZ'=] fuel-guzzling gasoline engine became a liability, so in TheEighties it was replaced in Russia by the diesel [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural-4320 Ural-4320]], still in production. This huge 6×6 is still a mainstay of the offroad heavy trucking in Russia and environments,[[note]]and the 4320's of Mexican Army were even reportedly loaned for the 2005 Katrina relief effort due to their superior agility on the still muddy N'awlins streets[[/note]] even though [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBx3jP_v0E its replacement]] is finally getting released.
** Czechoslovak [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Lkw-tatra-813.jpg Tatra 813]] series
** German [[http://www.olafs-fotoseite.de/ML002-Kaelble-KDV12Z-Zugm-Boelling-dkgelb-Ch-rot-1963.jpg Kaelble KDV]] series
** French [[http://www.fondationberliet.org/ressources-documentaires/berliet-gbo15p-algerie-sahara/ Berliet GBO 15]] series and the absolutely gigantic [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliet_T100 Berliet]] [[http://www.fierdetreroutier.com/zoom/a_dossiers/2012/T_100/003_T100rouge.jpg T]] [[http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6909977893_a8e32248db_z.jpg 100]]
** British [[http://static.commercialmotor.com/big-lorry-blog/Thornycroft.jpg Thornycroft Antar]].

* The ultimate movers, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haul_truck haul trucks]], which are basically self-propelled hoppers designed to efficiently move hundreds of tons of dirt/ore/coal/etc. in the open-pit mines that are still too small to lay a railway in. It's hard to be more badass than a dump truck the size of a large house, carrying 200 tons of coal under the power of two locomotive engines. These [[MightyGlacier aren't to post any speed records, though]].

* The GUN Truck from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. [[AdvancingWallOfDoom It's big enough to fill a whole street]], [[ImpossiblyGracefulGiant agile enough to make sharp turns at said size]], and [[LightningBruiser fast enough to keep up with]] ''[[SuperSpeed Sonic]]''. The truck gets turned UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''; there, it has rockets for added mobility (including driving along walls), it's constantly [[MookMaker dispensing GUN robot troops]], and it has three [[ChainsawGood gigantic buzzsaws]] that it tries to puree you with.

** French [[http://www.fondationberliet.org/ressources-documentaires/berliet-gbo15p-algerie-sahara/ Berliet GBO 15]] series and the [[UpToEleven absolutely gigantic]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliet_T100 Berliet]] [[http://www.fierdetreroutier.com/zoom/a_dossiers/2012/T_100/003_T100rouge.jpg T]] [[http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6909977893_a8e32248db_z.jpg 100]]

** The reboot gave us Juggernaut, the [[Film/DeathRace Dreadnaught]] {{Expy}}. With the game's momentum-based collision damage, driving fast, then braking and whipping the trailer would swing it hard enough to obliterate the smaller vehicles. The trailer can also be opened to let an ally drive into it, and take control of an anti-aircraft gun mounted to the roof. The sides also open up to reveal two rows of large round spiked explosives, which are launched forward as its special weapon.

[[folder:Toys]]
* Tyco released a range of slot trucks. Not racing or otherwise trucks, like monsters or technicals, but Heavy Combination class semi-trailers with a load of some commodity in their trailers. You know, like you'd see on the highway. OK but not something you think of usually racing, or playing with on a race track. It was the need to make such a thing interesting that led to the US-1 comics mentioned above, which are surprisingly fun to read, [[SoBadItsGood stupid as they are]].

* ''TabletopGames/Gaslands'' has these in the form of the War Rigs, which can really be just about anything you want, though normally based on a semi-trailer; after the release of one expansion for first ed, you could happily build it in the shape of a pirate ship, due to a new pirate-themed sponsor.

* In ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', [[spoiler: The FinalBoss has Kirby use Mouthful Mode on a big rig to slam the BigBad and prevent it from performing a ColonyDrop using Planet Popstar.]]

*** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'', ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''/''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'', and ''Series/TokusouSentaiGoBusters''/''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' all had trailer trucks in their respective teams' assortment of mecha. The ''Go-Busters''/''Beast Morphers'' one could even transform into a gorilla.

*** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' and ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''/''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' had green and yellow tractor trailers respectively.
*** And some seasons, like ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'', ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' and ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger''/''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', would have their vehicles combine into a tractor trailer form, a low-power high-speed alternative to their megazord configuration when getting there is the priority.

* ''Videogame/PlanetSide'' and the sequel have the [[http://wiki.planetsidesyndicate.com/images/thumb/5/5b/LeviathanFront.jpg/750px-LeviathanFront.jpg Sunderer]] APC, more popularly known as the [[FanNickname bang bus]]. The original Sunderer is absolutely huge, being almost two stories tall, with half a dozen manned turrets and the ability to carry around two [[PoweredArmor MAX suits]]. A patch later gave it a cattle-catcher to the front. The sequel's is slightly smaller than the original, and takes a hit to adaptability (it only carries two turrets, though they are much more dangerous on their own) in exchange for being able to [[BaseOnWheels deploy to activate a mobile spawnpoint]], breach forcefield gates, and [[CarFu crush smaller vehicles by ramming them]]. The Sunderer doesn't look ''too'' truck-y by default, but players can [[RevenueEnhancingDevices buy developer and player-designed cosmetics]] such as smoke stacks, custom wheels, cattle catchers, and alternate front and rear ends.

** The Decepticons had an equivalent in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]] who also turned into a rig, Motor Master, the leader of the Stunticons and the core component of the Decepticon gestalt, Menasor. He was ''incredibly'' tough, but in one episode he dared try to face Optimus Prime in a head-on-head collision; it was a CurbStompBattle with the villain on the curb.

[[folder:Anime]]

* ''TabletopGame/NuclearRenaissance'' has these by definition, due to the massive, chunky nature of every vehicle, making them largely into small trucks, carries over into the massive truck minis; even more so the no-longer-produced Truckapillar, a colossus with four of the manufacturer's biggest track units (also no longer in production).
* ''TabletopGames/Gaslands'' has these in the form of the War Rigs, which can really be just about anything you want, though normally based on a semi-trailer; after the release of one expansion for first ed, you could happily build it in the shape of a pirate ship, due to a new pirate-themed sponsor.

* Off-road trucks designed for heavy hauling in the post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo years, made to become artillery tractors or tank tractors if a major war happened again. [[NotSoDifferent All were very similar in basic layout]], built around a very large and slow-turning Diesel or gasoline engine, all wheel drive, large tires with strong grip and weight distribution made for towing. While they did saw military use, their fame comes from civilian jobs, towing extra-large loads over rough ground and carrying oil drilling machinery in the wilderness:

A SisterTrope to CoolCar, this is the kind where even four wheels isn't enough, you need the diesel fumes and huge smoking pipes and plenty of axles and... well, you have the big rig truck that tends to be a mainstay in action movies and the like.

*** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' and ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' had green and yellow tractor trailers respectively.
*** And some seasons, like ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'', ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' and ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'', would have their vehicles combine into a tractor trailer form, a low-power high-speed alternative to their megazord configuration when getting there is the priority.
*** The Artillatron from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', which carried the Rescuezords.

*** For some reason, ''Super Sentai'' has a thing for dump trucks. There's one in ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'', ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'', ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'', ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' and ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger''.
*** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' and their ''Super Sentai'' counterparts all include a four-axle fire truck Zord with weaponized firefighting equipment.
*** Less frequently seen truck mecha/Zords include everything from [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue tankers and armored hazmat trucks]] to [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive cement mixers and mobile cranes]]. And, yes, all of them are awesome.

* [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove The lesser known]] PC {{Vehicular Combat}}/{{Role Playing Game}} ''VideoGame/HardTruckApocalypse'' (known as ''[[MarketBasedTitle Ex Machina]]'' in Russia) and it's expansion. You start off with a rather plain truck with a machine gun but as you go along you can buy new trucks and upgrades. Heavily modified trucks tend to end up as pint-sized ''[[MilitaryMashupMachine land battleships]]''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQlrg50EptY&feature=related Like this one]].

* Near the end of ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' gamebook ''Freeway Fighter'', your protagonist has to give up his [[WeaponizedCar combat supercar]] to an allied refinery, but in return he gets a tanker truck with a machine gun turret mounted on it and enough gasoline to supply a city's entire line of farming machines.

* In 1991, there was a single-issue comic from Timothy Truman called ''Dragon Chiang''. ''Dragon Chiang'' was a spin-off set in the ''Scout'' post-apocalyptic world. Dragon Chiang was a Communist Chinese trucker who drove an 18-wheeled, nuclear-powered rig that was more like a train - to trade with denizens of the China/Soviet/USA trade bloc.

* The GUN Truck from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. [[AdvancingWallOfDoom It's big enough to fill a whole street]], [[ImpossiblyGracefulGiant agile enough to make sharp turns at said size]], and [[LightningBruiser fast enough to keep up with]] ''[[SuperSpeed Sonic]]''. The truck gets turned UpToEleven in VideoGame/SonicGenerations; there, it has rockets for added mobility (including driving along walls), it's constantly [[MookMaker dispensing GUN robot troops]], and it has three [[ChainsawGood gigantic buzzsaws]] that it tries to puree you with. Apparently, collateral damage is insignificant when you're trying to get revenge on a hedgehog who outsmarted you 10 years ago.