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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'': ''GURPS: Dragons'', when discussing the potential for including dragons in science fiction settings, brings up the possibility of using robots or a mixture of cybernetics and genetic engineering in order to explain a fantasy dragon's classic abilities in settings where using magic to bypass the laws of physics isn't an option. Similarly, dragon-shaped machinery is an option for {{Steampunk}} settings, and a tremendous, complex machine, growling with internal processes, shining with brass and shrouded in clouds of steam, easily brings draconic imagery to mind. The book then notes than any good steampunk machine should look like that anyway, however, which it concludes may say something about steampunk or something about dragons.
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** The Agumon line is based in roughly equal parts on [[DinosaursAreDragons theropod dinosaurs and dragons]], and like most Digimon become cyborgs in its last few stages. The primary Ultimate level, Metalgreymon, is essentially a bipedal dinosaur dragon with a metal helmet bolted to its skull, a robotic left arm and [[ChestBlaster a missile launcher in its chest]]. An alternate variant, based off of Metalgreymon's pre-anime design and description, is explicitly described as having been corrupted by its attempts to digivolve into a machine. The Mega level, Wargreymon, is a much more humanoid cyborg.
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*** Machinedramon, the ruler of Spiral Mountain's industrial areas, is a fully robotic tyrannosauroid dragon chimera[[MixAndMatchCritters made up of the robotic parts of other strong Digimon]].
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*** Machinedramon, the ruler of Spiral Mountain's industrial areas, is a fully robotic tyrannosauroid dragon.
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* In ''TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'', cybershells in the form of fantastic beasts are not unknown, but are rare outside theme parks. One exception is the medusa, a moderately popular fashion accessory which comprises a headpiece from which sprout multiple robot snakes.
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* In ''TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'', cybershells in the form of fantastic beasts are not unknown, but are rare outside theme parks.parks such as the Greek Mythology-themed space station High Arcadia. One exception is the medusa, a moderately popular fashion accessory which comprises a headpiece from which sprout multiple robot snakes.
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See also MechanicalMonster, for when robotic beings are portrayed as powerful and monstrous foes, a trope with which this can easily overlap. Often a source of or the result of PostModernMagick Subtrope of NinjaPirateZombieRobot.
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See also MechanicalMonster, for when robotic beings are portrayed as powerful and monstrous foes, a trope with which this can easily overlap. Often a source of or the result of PostModernMagick PostModernMagick. Compare DeusEstMachina, i.e Cybernetic Gods.
Subtrope of NinjaPirateZombieRobot.
Subtrope of NinjaPirateZombieRobot.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': A ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}' article about unusual dragons in [=RPG=]s other than ''D&D'' includes the D.R.A.G.O.N.-bot ver 3.1, a vehicle in the shape of a large winged reptile designed to infiltrate the deepest and most mutant-filled areas of Alpha Complex, which just happened to resemble dungeons filled with monsters.
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* ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine once had a series of articles about unusual dragons in [=RPG=]s other than D&D. One was the D.R.A.G.O.N.-bot ver 3.1 for ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', a vehicle in the shape of a large winged reptile designed to infiltrate the deepest and most mutant-filled areas of Alpha Complex, which just happened to resemble dungeons filled with monsters.
* ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine once had a series of articles about unusual dragons in [=RPG=]s other than D&D. One was the D.R.A.G.O.N.-bot ver 3.1 for ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', a vehicle in the shape of a large winged reptile designed to infiltrate the deepest and most mutant-filled areas of Alpha Complex, which just happened to resemble dungeons filled with monsters.
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* ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine once had a series of articles about unusual dragons in [=RPG=]s other than D&D. One was the D.R.A.G.O.N.-bot ver 3.1 for ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', a vehicle in the shape of a large winged reptile designed to infiltrate the deepest and most mutant-filled areas of Alpha Complex, which just happened to resemble dungeons filled with monsters.
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* ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'': [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dionaeas]] are [[HumongousMecha Abductors]] shaped like [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyverns]] with long forked tails that end with [[SnakesAreSinister snake heads]] for, well, abducting citizens and [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Accessories]]. Did we mention that Dionaeas can fire {{Wave Motion Gun}}s from their horns at a distance? Touching those lasers are a guaranteed [[OneHitKill death sentence]] unless you have the [[NoSell Full-Of-Life Augmentation]]. Oh, and Dionaeas also have [[HitboxDissonance hitboxes so wonky]] that they make a [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Tigrex]] jealous.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' features the Cyberdemon (a [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur]]-like creature with mechanical legs and an arm-mounted rocket launcher), the Arachnotron and Spiderdemon (monstrous brain-like creatures mounted on mechanical legs), the Mancubus (an enormous and bloated humanoid with two attached flamethrowers instead of arms), the Revenant (a skeleton wearing silver body armor with shoulder-mounted missile launchers), and the Icon of Sin (the final boss, a massive goat-like biomechanical head on a wall). Overall the game mixes sci-fi ambients with a horror/mythological theme.
* ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'': Dionaea are Abductor robots shaped like [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyverns]], and can shoot lasers from their horns.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' features a bunch of mechanical [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], such as the Cyberdemon (a [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur]]-like creature with mechanical legs and an arm-mounted rocket launcher), the Arachnotron and Spiderdemon (monstrous brain-like creatures mounted on mechanical legs), the Mancubus (an enormous and bloated humanoid with two attached flamethrowers instead of arms), the Revenant (a skeleton wearing silver body armor with shoulder-mounted missile launchers), and the Icon of Sin (the final boss, a massive goat-like biomechanical head on a wall). Overall the game mixes sci-fi ambients with a horror/mythological theme.
* ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'':Dionaea [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dionaeas]] are Abductor robots [[HumongousMecha Abductors]] shaped like [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyverns]], wyverns]] with long forked tails that end with [[SnakesAreSinister snake heads]] for, well, abducting citizens and [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Accessories]]. Did we mention that Dionaeas can shoot lasers fire {{Wave Motion Gun}}s from their horns.horns at a distance? Touching those lasers are a guaranteed [[OneHitKill death sentence]] unless you have teh [[NoSell Full-Of-Life Augmentation]]. Oh, and Dionaeas also have [[HitboxDissonance hitboxes so wonky]] that they make a [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Tigrex]] jealous.
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* The ''Literature/TerraIgnota'' Series has U-beasts, fantastic and incredibly realistic creatures such as dragons that are created by robotics and powered by AIs.
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Several daemon engines (daemon-possessed warmachines) use this aesthetic, such as heldrakes (dragons), maulerfiends (dragon-headed centaurs with CombatTentacles) and forgefiends (centaur with guns for an arm and a head).
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Several daemon engines (daemon-possessed warmachines) use this aesthetic, such as heldrakes (dragons), (dragons with flamethrowers built into their mouths), maulerfiends (dragon-headed centaurs with CombatTentacles) and forgefiends (centaur with guns for an arm and a head).
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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The Egg Dragoon is a large dragon-based mech created by Dr. Eggman, with a gigantic drill on its left arm and a six-barreled cannon on its right arm. It first appeared in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' as the boss of [[AmusementParkOfDoom Eggmanland]], and later re-appeared as a boss in the console and PC versions of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' and ''VideoGame/SonicForces''.
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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': The Egg Dragoon is a large dragon-based mech created by Dr. Eggman, with a gigantic drill on its left arm and a six-barreled cannon on its right arm. It first appeared in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' as the boss of [[AmusementParkOfDoom Eggmanland]], and later re-appeared as a boss in the console and PC versions of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' and ''VideoGame/SonicForces''.
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* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' nearly all monsters are constructs produced by [[MadScientist Sparks]], such as Franz, a dragon-like cyborg created by the Heterodynes to guard their treasury, and a super-pretentious red dragon [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121001#.XJ4q7KN7k18 Wulfenbach sent against them]].
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* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' nearly all monsters are constructs produced by [[MadScientist Sparks]], such as Sparks]] and are generally either fully mechanical or biomechanical in nature.
** Draconic creatures include Franz, a dragon-like cyborg created by the Heterodynes to guard their treasury, and a super-pretentious red dragon [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121001#.XJ4q7KN7k18 Wulfenbach sent againstthem]].them]].
** The army unleashed by Baron Wulfenbach during the siege of Mechanicsburg includes [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121116#.WAqfSZMrLq0 Phlogiston-Powered Mantigoons]], manticore-like vehicles with segmented tails tipped with powerful flamethrowers.
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** The army unleashed by Baron Wulfenbach during the siege of Mechanicsburg includes [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121116#.WAqfSZMrLq0 Phlogiston-Powered Mantigoons]], manticore-like vehicles with segmented tails tipped with powerful flamethrowers.
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* ''Literature/RipleysBureauOfInvestigation'': In ''The Dragon’s Triangle'', reports of a dragon off the coast of Japan turn out to be due to the presence of a giant dragon robot.
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* In the "Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon", one of Creator/StanislawLem's ''Bajki Robotów'' (''Fables for Robots'' a.k.a. ''Mortal Engines''; 1964), set on the planet of Cyberia, the faulty transmission of a royal order causes a computer which is tasked to build synthetic enemies for the wargames of the king of Cyberia to construct a hostile ''elektrosmok'' ("electro-dragon") on Cyberia's moon. The electro-dragon, which grows uncontrollably by devouring the moon piecemeal and transforming it into its own body, soon threatens Cyberia and lays claim to the throne, but is defeated in time when it is persuaded to "to subtract itself from itself".
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': A lot of Digimon are based on mythical creatures of various kinds, which combined with the tendency for Ultimate and Mega-level Digimon to become cyborgs or robots (theoretically to represent them using technological upgrades to push themselves to ever-greater heights of power) has led to a number of examples of this trope.
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* Dragons in ''Manga/EdensZero'' are gargantuan MechanicalLifeforms that soar through space and can easily be [[ThatsNoMoon mistaken for comets]] from a distance. It's unknown where they come from or who made them, just that they've supposedly existed since ancient times, judging from an image of old-fashioned hieroglyphics in this predominantly futuristic setting.
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* ''TabletopGame/StarFrontiers'': The Sathar like to create cybernetic attack monsters. ''Starspawn of Volturnis'' features the Cybodragon, which is a giant lizard with a flamethrower installed in its mouth and ''laser rifles'' for eyes.
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Many fictional creatures, such as [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent griffons]], [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent merfolk]] and so on -- are generally though of as belonging to the {{Fantasy}} genre and its derivatives, and thus aren't usually associated with tropes pertaining to science or technology. However, it's not unheard of for them to appear as sci-fi variants of themselves when fused with technology, ranging partly organic {{Cyborg}}s to outright robotic fantasy beasts.
This can serve as a way to include fantastic creatures in ScienceFiction, SpaceOpera or {{Steampunk}} settings where their presence would otherwise be thematically jarring: a magic, flying, fire-breathing or magic-slinging monster from folklore may not gel well with the basic conceits of a scientific or pseudo-scientific adventure, but if a work already includes complex, functional robots as a common setting element, there's nothing really stopping people from modeling them after whichever real or fictional creatures they want to. Likewise, things like built-in flamethrowers, antigravity or flight systems, lasers or nanotech can go a long way towards justifying common fantasy creature tropes and abilities in settings where saying that AWizardDidIt isn't generally an option.
Of course, cybernetic mythical monsters can be included for no deeper reason than the fact that they [[RuleOfCool look cool]].
See also MechanicalMonster, for when robotic beings are portrayed as powerful and monstrous foes, a trope with which this can easily overlap. Often a source of or the result of PostModernMagick Subtrope of NinjaPirateZombieRobot.
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': A lot of Digimon are based on mythical creatures of various kinds, which combined with the tendency for Ultimate and Mega-level Digimon to become cyborgs or robots (theoretically to represent them using technological upgrades to push themselves to ever-greater heights of power) has led to a number of examples of this trope.
** The Agumon line is based in roughly equal parts on [[DinosaursAreDragons theropod dinosaurs and dragons]], and like most Digimon become cyborgs in its last few stages. The primary Ultimate level, Metalgreymon, is essentially a bipedal dinosaur dragon with a metal helmet bolted to its skull, a robotic left arm and [[ChestBlaster a missile launcher in its chest]]. An alternate variant, based off of Metalgreymon's pre-anime design and description, is explicitly described as having been corrupted by its attempts to digivolve into a machine. The Mega level, Wargreymon, is a much more humanoid cyborg.
** The Dark Masters, the BigBadEnsemble of the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', include two such dragons in their ranks.
*** Metalseadramon, the ruler of the oceans of Spiral Mountain, is an armor-plated cyborg sea serpent with an energy cannon in his snout.
*** Machinedramon, the ruler of Spiral Mountain's industrial areas, is a fully robotic tyrannosauroid dragon.
*** As Digimon species rather than individual villains, both are possible end results for the dragon-based Betamon line, although Machinedramon can also digivolve from the Agumon line. One of Machinedramon's primary preevolutions, the Betamon-line Megadramon, is also a winged, legless dragon with arms ending in three-pronged mechanical claws and a metallic cranium.
** Cyberdramon is a humanoid cyborg with implanted rubber armor, mechanical limbs, numerous exposed cables, transparent sections showing its inner wiring, and a metallic plate clamped over its head and face. A redesigned version appears in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' with a blue metallic exoskeleton, a cluster of simple GlowingEyes on its otherwise featureless face, and a tail ending in a large arrowhead/jet intake.
** Maildramon, despite looking mostly like a dragon completely covered in plate armor, is classified as a {{Cyborg}} Digimon.
** {{Orochi}}mon, which despite not being part of the Dragon's Roar field is considered a draconic Digimon, is a gigantic snake with seven mechanical heads.
** Among non-draconic Digimon, Sleipmon is a robotic six-legged centaur based on both {{Myth/Greek|Mythology}} and Myth/NorseMythology, while [=AncientSphinxmon=] is a cyborg sphinx.
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[[folder:Card Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Artifact creatures -- golems, clockwork creatures, fantasy robots and other artificially animated entities -- are common enough in the setting, and many of them are based off mythical and fantasy beings.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/me4/197/dragon-engine Dragon engines]] are MechanicalLifeforms in the shape of dragons hailing from the mechanical hell-world of Phyrexia. They were introduced to Dominaria by Mishra's use of Phyrexian dragon engines and his own copies during his war against Durza, and later by Phyrexia's invasion of Dominaria. One of the most notable examples in the game is [[https://scryfall.com/card/c17/55/ramos-dragon-engine Ramos]], a dragon engine brought to Dominaria by Mishra and reprogrammed by Durza to serve as a protector rather than a destroyer, and who brought a large number of Dominarian refugees to Mercadia to protect them from [[ApocalypseHow the Sylex Blast]].
** Other mechanical and artificial dragons include [[https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/155/clockwork-dragon Clockwork Dragon]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/ala/35/cloudheath-drake Cloudheath Drake]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/ddg/55/henge-guardian Henge Guardian]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/pls/131/draco Draco]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/c18/224/steel-hellkite Steel Hellkite]].
** Out of game tradition, ''every'' single [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnome]] in the game since the original [[https://scryfall.com/card/me4/191/clockwork-gnomes Clockwork Gnomes]] has been portrayed as a robot or a being of living clockwork.
** [[https://scryfall.com/search?q=t%3Amasticore&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name Masticores]] are a rare creature type resembling wholly robotic [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticores]], which can superheat their stingers in lieu of injecting poison like their flesh-and-blood counterparts do.
** The Alaran shard of Esper is home to a society that enhances every creature it can with metal that it possibly can. As a result, almost every living thing there is a cyborg of some kind, including fantasy staples such as [[https://scryfall.com/card/arc/89/magister-sphinx sphinxes]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/ala/59/steelclad-serpent sea serpents]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/c18/91/inkwell-leviathan leviathans]].
** Assorted mechanical beasts include [[https://scryfall.com/card/ddf/55/clockwork-hydra Clockwork Hydra]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/214/platinum-angel Platinum Angel]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/231/wurmcoil-engine Wurmcoil Engine]].
* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cyber_Dragon_(archetype) Cyber Dragons]] are an archetype of Machine monsters resembling robotic snakelike dragons. Examples include the basic [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cyber_Dragon Cyber Dragon]], the three-headed [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cyber_End_Dragon Cyber End Dragon]], and the more crudely built [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Proto-Cyber_Dragon Proto-Cyber Dragon]].
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/DragonsCanOnlyRust'' and ''Literature/DragonReforged'' by Chrys Cymri are about a robot dragon on a quest to learn [[DoAndroidsDream whether or not he has a soul]].
* ''Literature/{{Havemercy}}'' features dragons that are in fact {{Magitek}} machines.
* In the "Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon", one of Creator/StanislawLem's ''Bajki Robotów'' (''Fables for Robots'' a.k.a. ''Mortal Engines''; 1964), set on the planet of Cyberia, the faulty transmission of a royal order causes a computer which is tasked to build synthetic enemies for the wargames of the king of Cyberia to construct a hostile ''elektrosmok'' ("electro-dragon") on Cyberia's moon. The electro-dragon, which grows uncontrollably by devouring the moon piecemeal and transforming it into its own body, soon threatens Cyberia and lays claim to the throne, but is defeated in time when it is persuaded to "to subtract itself from itself".
* ''Literature/TheIronDragonsDaughter'': Dragons in this world are completely mechanical, although sentient and sapient (and homicidally angry), and are used as the in-world equivalent of fighter jets.
* ''Literature/WrongTimeForDragons'': The Dragon Created who appears as the BigBad at the end of the book is not described in detail, but is strongly implied to be an either robotic or cybernetic construct (because real, biological dragons are extinct in the setting), and is depicted as such on the original cover.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tabletop Game]]
* ''TabletopGame/KingOfTokyo'': A dragon-shaped giant robot called Meka Dragon is one of the playable characters. The spin-off game ''King of New York'' has a robotic-looking DraconicHumanoid character called Drakonis.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Clockwork constructs, extremely complex mechanical entities that unlike {{golem}}s do not depend on bound elementals to work, include variants such as clockwork angels, clockwork dragons, clockwork fiends, clockwork goblins and clockwork leviathans.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Several daemon engines (daemon-possessed warmachines) use this aesthetic, such as heldrakes (dragons), maulerfiends (dragon-headed centaurs with CombatTentacles) and forgefiends (centaur with guns for an arm and a head).
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[[folder:Videogames]]
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': The Dragon Tank is a SteamPunk tank made to look and attack like a dragon. It lets out a roar when you finally destroy it.
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' features the Cyberdemon (a [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur]]-like creature with mechanical legs and an arm-mounted rocket launcher), the Arachnotron and Spiderdemon (monstrous brain-like creatures mounted on mechanical legs), the Mancubus (an enormous and bloated humanoid with two attached flamethrowers instead of arms), the Revenant (a skeleton wearing silver body armor with shoulder-mounted missile launchers), and the Icon of Sin (the final boss, a massive goat-like biomechanical head on a wall). Overall the game mixes sci-fi ambients with a horror/mythological theme.
* In ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'', Dragon Golems are one of the tier 4 units for the Academy faction. They are clockwork [[SpiderTank quadrupedal walking tanks]] piloted by dwarf engineers.
* ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'': The card [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Mechanical_Whelp Mechanical Whelp]] depicts a small robotic dragon and summons a bigger [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Mechanical_Dragon Mechanical Dragon]] when it dies.
* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX'':
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'': Magma Dragoon is a dragon [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Reploid]] with fire powers and martial arts prowess. The intro boss, Eregion, is a huge robotic dragon that attacked Sky Lagoon, the intro stage.
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' has Spiral Pegasus (aka "the Skiver"), a robotic humanoid pegasus who was a member of Repliforce's air force (from ''X4'') and [[BlowYouAway commands the winds]].
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'': Blaze Heatnix is a [[ThePhoenix phoenix]] robot with fire powers who hides in a volcanic region. He's highly proud of his abilities and looks down on the weak.
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' has Avalanche Yeti, a robotic [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti yeti]] who hides in a base in the Arctic and [[AnIcePerson can manipulate ice]].
** ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'': The common Reploid (i.e robots) bosses are called "Mutos/Mythos Reploids", so named because many (though not all) of them are modeled and named after mythical beasts. Examples include Maha Ganeshariff (Ganesha of Hindu myth) in the first game, Panter Flauclaws (Flauros of ''Ars Goetia'') in the second, Cubit Foxtar (the {{Kitsune}} of Japan's folklore) in the third, and Mino Magnus ([[ALoadOfBull the Minotaur]] of Greek myth) in the fourth.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent'': In the first phase of the FinalBoss fight, his throne morphs into a 3-headed robotic dragon.
* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'': The space dragon Ridley, one of Samus Aran's most iconic foes, is brought back after being nearly killed by Samus through heavy use of cybernetic prostheses and enhancements, resulting in him coming back for vengeance as the cyborg Meta Ridley.
* In the ''Videogame/MonsterRancher'' series, the Tecno Dragon is a dragon-type with some traits of the mechanical Henger monster.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': The Deino line [[WhatCouldHaveBeen were originally going to be dragon tanks]]. The tank tread patterns on Hydreigon's chest are all that remain of this.
* ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack Evolution'' progressively evolves your character into a new animal the better you do. Eventually you turn into a [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie Rainbow Robot Unicorn Dragon]], which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin -- a robotic dragon with a unicorn horn.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The Egg Dragoon is a large dragon-based mech created by Dr. Eggman, with a gigantic drill on its left arm and a six-barreled cannon on its right arm. It first appeared in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' as the boss of [[AmusementParkOfDoom Eggmanland]], and later re-appeared as a boss in the console and PC versions of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' and ''VideoGame/SonicForces''.
* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': Fracktail is a gigantic robotic eastern dragon, and was created by the Ancients to protect the Pure Heart. He's friendly towards Mario at first, until Dimentio short-circuits him and causes him to attack. Wracktail is an ''evil'' gigantic robot Eastern Dragon -- a PsychoPrototype of Fracktail's who was sealed away due to his god complex, to be precise. In both cases, they must be defeated by attacking their exposed antennas.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms'' dragons are MechanicalLifeforms [[TransformingMecha that transform into jet fighters]] when they fly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' nearly all monsters are constructs produced by [[MadScientist Sparks]], such as Franz, a dragon-like monster created by the Heterodynes to guard their treasury. And a super-pretentious red dragon [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121001#.XJ4q7KN7k18 Wulfenbach sent against them]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': "Good Hunting" has a [[FantasticFoxes Huli Jing]] -- a Chinese fox spirit -- who loses her ability to transform as TheMagicGoesAway, and then is converted into a {{Steampunk}} cyborg involuntarily. But in the end she has an engineer friend modify her prostheses so she can transform into a steel fox.
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This can serve as a way to include fantastic creatures in ScienceFiction, SpaceOpera or {{Steampunk}} settings where their presence would otherwise be thematically jarring: a magic, flying, fire-breathing or magic-slinging monster from folklore may not gel well with the basic conceits of a scientific or pseudo-scientific adventure, but if a work already includes complex, functional robots as a common setting element, there's nothing really stopping people from modeling them after whichever real or fictional creatures they want to. Likewise, things like built-in flamethrowers, antigravity or flight systems, lasers or nanotech can go a long way towards justifying common fantasy creature tropes and abilities in settings where saying that AWizardDidIt isn't generally an option.
Of course, cybernetic mythical monsters can be included for no deeper reason than the fact that they [[RuleOfCool look cool]].
See also MechanicalMonster, for when robotic beings are portrayed as powerful and monstrous foes, a trope with which this can easily overlap. Often a source of or the result of PostModernMagick Subtrope of NinjaPirateZombieRobot.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': A lot of Digimon are based on mythical creatures of various kinds, which combined with the tendency for Ultimate and Mega-level Digimon to become cyborgs or robots (theoretically to represent them using technological upgrades to push themselves to ever-greater heights of power) has led to a number of examples of this trope.
** The Agumon line is based in roughly equal parts on [[DinosaursAreDragons theropod dinosaurs and dragons]], and like most Digimon become cyborgs in its last few stages. The primary Ultimate level, Metalgreymon, is essentially a bipedal dinosaur dragon with a metal helmet bolted to its skull, a robotic left arm and [[ChestBlaster a missile launcher in its chest]]. An alternate variant, based off of Metalgreymon's pre-anime design and description, is explicitly described as having been corrupted by its attempts to digivolve into a machine. The Mega level, Wargreymon, is a much more humanoid cyborg.
** The Dark Masters, the BigBadEnsemble of the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', include two such dragons in their ranks.
*** Metalseadramon, the ruler of the oceans of Spiral Mountain, is an armor-plated cyborg sea serpent with an energy cannon in his snout.
*** Machinedramon, the ruler of Spiral Mountain's industrial areas, is a fully robotic tyrannosauroid dragon.
*** As Digimon species rather than individual villains, both are possible end results for the dragon-based Betamon line, although Machinedramon can also digivolve from the Agumon line. One of Machinedramon's primary preevolutions, the Betamon-line Megadramon, is also a winged, legless dragon with arms ending in three-pronged mechanical claws and a metallic cranium.
** Cyberdramon is a humanoid cyborg with implanted rubber armor, mechanical limbs, numerous exposed cables, transparent sections showing its inner wiring, and a metallic plate clamped over its head and face. A redesigned version appears in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' with a blue metallic exoskeleton, a cluster of simple GlowingEyes on its otherwise featureless face, and a tail ending in a large arrowhead/jet intake.
** Maildramon, despite looking mostly like a dragon completely covered in plate armor, is classified as a {{Cyborg}} Digimon.
** {{Orochi}}mon, which despite not being part of the Dragon's Roar field is considered a draconic Digimon, is a gigantic snake with seven mechanical heads.
** Among non-draconic Digimon, Sleipmon is a robotic six-legged centaur based on both {{Myth/Greek|Mythology}} and Myth/NorseMythology, while [=AncientSphinxmon=] is a cyborg sphinx.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Card Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Artifact creatures -- golems, clockwork creatures, fantasy robots and other artificially animated entities -- are common enough in the setting, and many of them are based off mythical and fantasy beings.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/me4/197/dragon-engine Dragon engines]] are MechanicalLifeforms in the shape of dragons hailing from the mechanical hell-world of Phyrexia. They were introduced to Dominaria by Mishra's use of Phyrexian dragon engines and his own copies during his war against Durza, and later by Phyrexia's invasion of Dominaria. One of the most notable examples in the game is [[https://scryfall.com/card/c17/55/ramos-dragon-engine Ramos]], a dragon engine brought to Dominaria by Mishra and reprogrammed by Durza to serve as a protector rather than a destroyer, and who brought a large number of Dominarian refugees to Mercadia to protect them from [[ApocalypseHow the Sylex Blast]].
** Other mechanical and artificial dragons include [[https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/155/clockwork-dragon Clockwork Dragon]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/ala/35/cloudheath-drake Cloudheath Drake]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/ddg/55/henge-guardian Henge Guardian]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/pls/131/draco Draco]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/c18/224/steel-hellkite Steel Hellkite]].
** Out of game tradition, ''every'' single [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnome]] in the game since the original [[https://scryfall.com/card/me4/191/clockwork-gnomes Clockwork Gnomes]] has been portrayed as a robot or a being of living clockwork.
** [[https://scryfall.com/search?q=t%3Amasticore&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name Masticores]] are a rare creature type resembling wholly robotic [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticores]], which can superheat their stingers in lieu of injecting poison like their flesh-and-blood counterparts do.
** The Alaran shard of Esper is home to a society that enhances every creature it can with metal that it possibly can. As a result, almost every living thing there is a cyborg of some kind, including fantasy staples such as [[https://scryfall.com/card/arc/89/magister-sphinx sphinxes]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/ala/59/steelclad-serpent sea serpents]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/c18/91/inkwell-leviathan leviathans]].
** Assorted mechanical beasts include [[https://scryfall.com/card/ddf/55/clockwork-hydra Clockwork Hydra]], [[https://scryfall.com/card/cn2/214/platinum-angel Platinum Angel]] and [[https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/231/wurmcoil-engine Wurmcoil Engine]].
* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cyber_Dragon_(archetype) Cyber Dragons]] are an archetype of Machine monsters resembling robotic snakelike dragons. Examples include the basic [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cyber_Dragon Cyber Dragon]], the three-headed [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Cyber_End_Dragon Cyber End Dragon]], and the more crudely built [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Proto-Cyber_Dragon Proto-Cyber Dragon]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/DragonsCanOnlyRust'' and ''Literature/DragonReforged'' by Chrys Cymri are about a robot dragon on a quest to learn [[DoAndroidsDream whether or not he has a soul]].
* ''Literature/{{Havemercy}}'' features dragons that are in fact {{Magitek}} machines.
* In the "Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon", one of Creator/StanislawLem's ''Bajki Robotów'' (''Fables for Robots'' a.k.a. ''Mortal Engines''; 1964), set on the planet of Cyberia, the faulty transmission of a royal order causes a computer which is tasked to build synthetic enemies for the wargames of the king of Cyberia to construct a hostile ''elektrosmok'' ("electro-dragon") on Cyberia's moon. The electro-dragon, which grows uncontrollably by devouring the moon piecemeal and transforming it into its own body, soon threatens Cyberia and lays claim to the throne, but is defeated in time when it is persuaded to "to subtract itself from itself".
* ''Literature/TheIronDragonsDaughter'': Dragons in this world are completely mechanical, although sentient and sapient (and homicidally angry), and are used as the in-world equivalent of fighter jets.
* ''Literature/WrongTimeForDragons'': The Dragon Created who appears as the BigBad at the end of the book is not described in detail, but is strongly implied to be an either robotic or cybernetic construct (because real, biological dragons are extinct in the setting), and is depicted as such on the original cover.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tabletop Game]]
* ''TabletopGame/KingOfTokyo'': A dragon-shaped giant robot called Meka Dragon is one of the playable characters. The spin-off game ''King of New York'' has a robotic-looking DraconicHumanoid character called Drakonis.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Clockwork constructs, extremely complex mechanical entities that unlike {{golem}}s do not depend on bound elementals to work, include variants such as clockwork angels, clockwork dragons, clockwork fiends, clockwork goblins and clockwork leviathans.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Several daemon engines (daemon-possessed warmachines) use this aesthetic, such as heldrakes (dragons), maulerfiends (dragon-headed centaurs with CombatTentacles) and forgefiends (centaur with guns for an arm and a head).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Videogames]]
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': The Dragon Tank is a SteamPunk tank made to look and attack like a dragon. It lets out a roar when you finally destroy it.
* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' features the Cyberdemon (a [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur]]-like creature with mechanical legs and an arm-mounted rocket launcher), the Arachnotron and Spiderdemon (monstrous brain-like creatures mounted on mechanical legs), the Mancubus (an enormous and bloated humanoid with two attached flamethrowers instead of arms), the Revenant (a skeleton wearing silver body armor with shoulder-mounted missile launchers), and the Icon of Sin (the final boss, a massive goat-like biomechanical head on a wall). Overall the game mixes sci-fi ambients with a horror/mythological theme.
* In ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'', Dragon Golems are one of the tier 4 units for the Academy faction. They are clockwork [[SpiderTank quadrupedal walking tanks]] piloted by dwarf engineers.
* ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'': The card [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Mechanical_Whelp Mechanical Whelp]] depicts a small robotic dragon and summons a bigger [[https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Mechanical_Dragon Mechanical Dragon]] when it dies.
* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX'':
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'': Magma Dragoon is a dragon [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Reploid]] with fire powers and martial arts prowess. The intro boss, Eregion, is a huge robotic dragon that attacked Sky Lagoon, the intro stage.
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' has Spiral Pegasus (aka "the Skiver"), a robotic humanoid pegasus who was a member of Repliforce's air force (from ''X4'') and [[BlowYouAway commands the winds]].
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'': Blaze Heatnix is a [[ThePhoenix phoenix]] robot with fire powers who hides in a volcanic region. He's highly proud of his abilities and looks down on the weak.
*** ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' has Avalanche Yeti, a robotic [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti yeti]] who hides in a base in the Arctic and [[AnIcePerson can manipulate ice]].
** ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'': The common Reploid (i.e robots) bosses are called "Mutos/Mythos Reploids", so named because many (though not all) of them are modeled and named after mythical beasts. Examples include Maha Ganeshariff (Ganesha of Hindu myth) in the first game, Panter Flauclaws (Flauros of ''Ars Goetia'') in the second, Cubit Foxtar (the {{Kitsune}} of Japan's folklore) in the third, and Mino Magnus ([[ALoadOfBull the Minotaur]] of Greek myth) in the fourth.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent'': In the first phase of the FinalBoss fight, his throne morphs into a 3-headed robotic dragon.
* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'': The space dragon Ridley, one of Samus Aran's most iconic foes, is brought back after being nearly killed by Samus through heavy use of cybernetic prostheses and enhancements, resulting in him coming back for vengeance as the cyborg Meta Ridley.
* In the ''Videogame/MonsterRancher'' series, the Tecno Dragon is a dragon-type with some traits of the mechanical Henger monster.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': The Deino line [[WhatCouldHaveBeen were originally going to be dragon tanks]]. The tank tread patterns on Hydreigon's chest are all that remain of this.
* ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack Evolution'' progressively evolves your character into a new animal the better you do. Eventually you turn into a [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie Rainbow Robot Unicorn Dragon]], which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin -- a robotic dragon with a unicorn horn.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The Egg Dragoon is a large dragon-based mech created by Dr. Eggman, with a gigantic drill on its left arm and a six-barreled cannon on its right arm. It first appeared in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' as the boss of [[AmusementParkOfDoom Eggmanland]], and later re-appeared as a boss in the console and PC versions of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' and ''VideoGame/SonicForces''.
* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': Fracktail is a gigantic robotic eastern dragon, and was created by the Ancients to protect the Pure Heart. He's friendly towards Mario at first, until Dimentio short-circuits him and causes him to attack. Wracktail is an ''evil'' gigantic robot Eastern Dragon -- a PsychoPrototype of Fracktail's who was sealed away due to his god complex, to be precise. In both cases, they must be defeated by attacking their exposed antennas.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms'' dragons are MechanicalLifeforms [[TransformingMecha that transform into jet fighters]] when they fly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' nearly all monsters are constructs produced by [[MadScientist Sparks]], such as Franz, a dragon-like monster created by the Heterodynes to guard their treasury. And a super-pretentious red dragon [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121001#.XJ4q7KN7k18 Wulfenbach sent against them]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'': "Good Hunting" has a [[FantasticFoxes Huli Jing]] -- a Chinese fox spirit -- who loses her ability to transform as TheMagicGoesAway, and then is converted into a {{Steampunk}} cyborg involuntarily. But in the end she has an engineer friend modify her prostheses so she can transform into a steel fox.
[[/folder]]
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