History Main / TripodTerror

* The boss Tripod Sardine from ''[[{{Darius}} G-Darius]]''. See Rea Life entry below.

Contrast to SpiderTank.

* The Lorwardians in ''KimPossible''

** Same with cats, although cats are worse off missing a foreleg than if they're missing a hind leg. It has to do with jumping and landing ability.

* The young-adult trilogy-plus-a-prequel by JohnChristopher called ''The Tripods'' features, well, [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} what you might expect]]. (The aliens that pilot them also have three legs.) Christopher essentially [[CaptainErsatz filed the serial numbers]] off Wells' Martians, and depicted what the world might be like if their initial invasion had been successful.

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[[caption-width:334:"And this ''Thing'' I saw!"]]

[[caption-width:334:"And this ''Thing'' I saw! How can I
describe it?"]]

[[caption-width:334:"And this ''Thing'' I saw! How can I describe it?"]]

[[TheWarOfTheWorlds http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/War-of-the-worlds-tripod.jpg]]
[[caption-width:334:With any luck you can run faster than this thing]]

* The [[OrganicTechnology biots]] in ''RendezvousWithRama'' are three-legged. They spin as the walk.

* The [[OrganicTechnology biots]] in ''RendezvousWithRama'' are three-legged. They spin as the walk.

* Even StarWars is not exempt from this. Though not as huge as most other examples, the Droidekas are functionally tripods when they're not rolling around as wheels.

* The LostInSpace movie with Heather Graham, Gary Oldman, and has the ship piloted by [[{{Friends}} Joey]] features a race of insectoid creatures with this flaw. The [[WordOfGod DVD commentary]] acknowledges this, admitting that nature would never design anything like this because of the off-balance problem.

* The young-adult trilogy-plus-a-prequel by John Christopher called ''The Tripods'' features, well, [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} what you might expect]]. (The aliens that pilot them also have three legs.) Christopher essentially [[CaptainErsatz filed the serial numbers]] off Wells' Martians, and depicted what the world might be like if their initial invasion had been successful.

* The series Warstrider features an inversion, as the tripods are actually the humans' titular mecha.
* The Day of the Triffids and The Night of the Triffids, both feature a tripodal walking plant.

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* In [[http://xkcd.com/556/ this]] ''{{XKCD}}'' comic.
* Some clanks in ''GirlGenius'' have this design, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040804 like this one]].

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* The pilot of ''{{Justice League}}'' features invading tripods from Mars, and a heap of ''War of the Worlds'' in-jokes.
* Black Manta mans a giant tripod in order to steal an armored car in ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
** "Mystery In Space" features Invaders on Rann in Tripods
* The Lorwardians in ''KimPossible''
* The Martians in ''BillyAndMandy''
* Jimmy dreams up invading tripods in an episode of ''EdEddNEddy''

* The boss Tripod Sardine from [[{{Darius}} G-Darius]]. See Rea Life entry below.

* Colossi in ''{{StarCraft}} 2''
** In concept art only.

* ''{{Mechwarrior}}'' has the Ares

* [[http://www.sdxf.net/d/20090308.html This]], which also features a EurekaMoment.

* The Invaders in ''SeikimatsuOccultGakuin'' ''will'' use them to crush Mankind.

* The LostInSpace movie with Heather Graham, Gary Oldman, and has ship piloted by [[{{Friends}} Joey]] features a race of insectoid creatures with this flaw. The [[WordOfGod DVD commentary]] acknowledges this, admitting that nature would never design anything like this because of the off-balance problem.