History Main / LikeThatShowButWithMecha

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[[caption-width-right:320:''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' couldn't fit even one giant robot in a [[VictorianLondon Victorian boarding house]].[softreturn]''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'' could fit as many as it wanted in a SpaceOpera.]]

* The DatingSim ''{{Graduation}}'' had an anime {{OVA}} follow-up, ''Sailor Victory'', which was about mecha with [[GratuitousNinja ninja abilities]].

* The DatingSim ''VisualNovel/{{Graduation}}'' had an anime {{OVA}} follow-up, ''Anime/SailorVictory'', which was about mecha with [[GratuitousNinja ninja abilities]].

* ''Manga/SidoniaNoKishi'' (''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'') is essentially ''Manga/ShingekiNoKyojin'' (''Manga/AttackOnTitan'') but with giant mecha and in space.
* Back when it first appeared TurnAGundam was often referred to as "RebeccaOfSunnybrookFarm with Gundams" by Fandom.

* Invoked and justified in Chris Perrins' ''TabletopGame/Mecha''. The core rulebook comes with three stock settings and the explanation that GMs should create theirs by watching things other than mecha anime, to make it more interesting. ''Special Research School'' takes a significant amount from ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' while ''Godblind'' comes from ''Film/DarkCity''.

* The CAMELOT Trigger setting for FATE Core is "Myth/KingArthur, [[RecycledInSpace except in mech suits fighting evil robots in space]]."

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* The CAMELOT Trigger setting for FATE Core is "Myth/KingArthur [[RecycledInSpace except in mech suits fighting evil robots in space]].

* ''Manga/SidoniaNoKishi'' (''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'') is essentially ''Manga/ShingekiNoKyojin'' (''Manga/AttackNnTitan'') but with giants mecha and in space.

* The CAMELOT Trigger setting for FATE Core is "Main/KingArthur [[RecycledInSpace except in mech suits fighting evil robots in space]].

* The DatingSim ''VisualNovel/{{Graduation}}'' had an anime {{OVA}} follow-up, ''Anime/SailorVictory'', which was about mecha with [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja ninja abilities]].

[[caption-width-right:320:''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' couldn't fit even one giant robot in a [[VictorianLondon Victorian boarding house]], but ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'' could fit as many as it wanted in a SpaceOpera.]]

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* ''Anime/SoukouNoStrain'', based on ''Literature/ALittlePrincess''.

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[[caption-width-right:240:[-You can't fit even one giant robot in a [[VictorianLondon Victorian boarding house]]-][[note]]''Literature/ALittlePrincess''[[/note]][-, but you can fit ''plenty'' in an [[SpaceOpera interstellar war]]-][[note]]''Anime/SoukouNoStrain''[[/note]].]]

* The CAMELOT Trigger setting for FATE Core is quite literally "Main/KingArthur [[RecycledInSpace except in mech suits fighting evil robots in space]].

* Japanese ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man]]'', when ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' received various tropes that would eventually be absorbed into ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (Specifically ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' onwards). Spider-Man gets his powers and costume from an ancient alien race, and gets a car and a giant robot to go along with them.

* Japanese ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man]]'', when ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai''. Spider-Man gets his powers and costume from an ancient alien race, and gets a car and a giant robot to go along with them.
** This is actually the other way round, Super Sentai did not have mecha until Battle Fever J, which was formed also formed as part Toei-Marvel partnership (loosely adapting Captain America). The mecha was what made brought "Super" into "Super Sentai". Toei put mecha into the next Sentai series after the success of Spiderman and other robot shows like Giant Robo.

* ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' to [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the first two entries]] in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise, inspired by the ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man]]'' example above. Afterwards it became a standard part of the formula.

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[[caption-width-right:240:[-You can't fit even one giant robot in a [[VictorianLondon Victorian boarding house]]-][[labelnote:*]]''Literature/ALittlePrincess''[[/labelnote]][-, but you can fit ''plenty'' in an [[SpaceOpera interstellar war]]-][[labelnote:*]]''Anime/SoukouNoStrain''[[/labelnote]].]]

Note that almost all other mecha related tropes can apply, as long as the previous/source work did not have mecha.

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* ''BattleTech'' can be describe as Frank Herberts Dune and GameOfThrones with mechs.
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