History Main / ShoulderCannon

** From the original cartoon, Jazz and Soundwave are a few examples, with Soundwave's being part of his altmode.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', two of the three mech versions, specifically the blue and purple ones, that both Sora and the heartless can control in the [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy Box world]] use a pair of shoulder mounted canons for their special attacks.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', two of the three mechs that both Sora and the heartless can control in the [[Franchise/ToyStory Toy Box world]] use a pair of shoulder mounted canons for their special attacks.

** Revenants from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' have two shoulder-cannons that fire guided and unguided rockets depending on the game tic and are considered one of the more tougher enemies in the roster.
** The ones from ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}'' however, fire "drunken" homing missiles one at a time or two together depending on the demon's mood.
** The Revs also make a return in ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' and ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' with a new laserbeamn ability.
** In additon the Doom Slayer in ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' has the shoulder-mounted Equipment Launcher that has the ability to launch: a [[KillItWithFire flame]] [[FireBreathingWeapon belch]], [[KillItWithIce ice bomb]], and [[StuffBlowingUp frag grenade]].

* Several military labors and most notably the Saturn model in ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''.

* Issei in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' gains the Illegal Triana move that has three forms. One of the forms is the [[ChessMotifs Bishop form]] where he gains two shoulder mounted cannons and fires a huge blast of energy from it.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1637 SCP-1637 ("The Army of the Future")]]. SCP-1637-3A is a vehicle with a humanoid torso mounted on a dual-tread chassis. It has a 155 mm cannon with BottomlessMagazines mounted over its left shoulder.

** In ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricanger''[=/=]''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', the Tenkuujin[=/=] Samurai Star Megazord can combine with the Gouraijin[=/=]Thunder Megazord to form the Tenkuu Gouraijin[=/=]Samurai Thunder Megazord, giving it four additional cannons, two of which are located on the shoulders.

** In ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricanenger''[=/=]''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', the Tenkuujin[=/=] Samurai Star Megazord can combine with the Gouraijin[=/=]Thunder Megazord to form the Tenkuu Gouraijin[=/=]Samurai Thunder Megazord, giving it four additional cannons, two of which are located on the shoulders.

A SubTrope of UnusualWeaponMounting, basically it's a weapon (such as a [[GatlingGood Gatling Gun]] or rocket launcher) mounted on the [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulder(s)]]. Usually involves PoweredArmor. The issues of recoil and the attendant potential for spinal injury, not to mention the difficulty of reloading a magazine that's way back there, are [[RuleOfCool almost never addressed.]] Though the aforementioned link to power armour can address most of the problems so simply it's hardly worth mentioning.

* Franchise/LeagueOfLegends: Invoked by [[{{Cyborg}} Viktor]] who has a miniature robotic arm attached to his left shoulder that fires [[DeathRay beam attacks]].

* ''Franchise/Doom'':

** Revenants from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' have two shoulder-cannons that fire homing rockets and are considered one of the more tougher enemeis in the roster.

* Revenants from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' have two, used together to fire a single rocket-like fireball that may or may not be homing. In ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}'', they fire "drunken" homing missiles one at a time or two together depending on the demon's mood. These return in ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' with a new laserbeam ability, in addition to the [[PlayerCharacter Player Character]] recieving a shoulder-mounted grenade launcher.

* The Death Knight from ''[[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D Spear of Destiny]]'' is essentially a walking gun. Two miniguns, and two shoulder-mounted homing rocket launchers. Some of the WolfenDooM mods by Laz Rojas also feature Grosse guards with similar shoulder cannons.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'': Hunters.
%%* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'': The Pirate Master has one on his right shoulder.%%Has what?
* ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom'': Both Predators wield shoulder-mounted plasma cannons.

* ''VideoGame/WrathofEarth'': All of your weapons are shoulder mounted cannons and rocket launchers, aside from your emergency use infinite-ammo wrist-mounted blaster.

* An extreme version from the ''BountyHunterWars'' trilogy in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' is D'harhan, an old partner of Boba Fett who has undergone extreme cybernetic augmentation to replace his head with a laser cannon powerful enough to blow holes in small starships.

* Elite Pirates in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' have shoulder-mounted plasma cannons. The Omega Pirate has two of em.

* A couple of weapons in the Power Armor framework in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline''
* ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'' has a few.
* Napalm Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' ([=NES=]), and his {{Expy}} Mars from ''V'' (Game Boy).
* Vile / VAVA in ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' has a cannon attached onto his right shoulder, with an ammo belt arching over his back. In ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX3 X3]]'', he ditches the ammo belt for his cannon, but adds an additional missile launcher on his left shoulder.
* The ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' games, as they are set in the ''[=BattleTech=]'' universe, have the same shoulder mountings available. The ''Hollander II'' and ''Solitaire'' featured in ''Mechwarrior Living Legends'' take the shoulder cannon to its logical extreme, with an entire shoulder being replaced by a massive cannon, the Hollander's being so large that the cockpit must be mounted on the opposite shoulder. The cannon becomes the Hollander's Achilles heel, as it often mounts a Gauss Rifle that will [[MadeOfExplodium explode catastrophically when destroyed]], often taking out the entire mech with it.

* The Lonesome Road DLC of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' features shoulder-mounted miniguns as one of the new weapons.
* Hunters in ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'', possibly inspired by the aforementioned Predator.
* The Pirate Master from ''[[{{VideoGame/Shantae}} Shantae and the Pirate's Curse]]'' has one on his right shoulder.
* In ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredatorCapcom'', both Predators wield shoulder-mounted plasma cannons.

* Soundwave from ''{{Transformers}}'' has one.
** Jazz has one as well. In fact, numerous Transformers in various continuities have these.

* In ‘’Anime/{{NeonGenesisEvangelion}}’’, Unit 02 (and presumably Unit 03 and Unit 04) has a spike launcher in its right shoulder pylon that Asuka uses to great effect on Mass Production Evangelion Unit 10.

** Anime/MacrossFrontier gives us the Queadluun-Rhea, which is pretty much a direct remanufacture of the Queadluun-Rau from the original series, but with an added cannon from the above Nousjadeul-Ger, except this time it deploys over the ''left'' shoulder. The movies then give us the VF-25 equiped with the Tornado Pack and the YF-29 Durandal which have a pair of over-shoulder cannons.