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*** And, in fact, if Mazinger Z was not the Trope Codifier for the Super Robot genre, it would seem like a Deconstruction or parody. The Professor (in the original manga) was a Mad Scientist nearly as mad as the Big Bad, and said Big Bad is a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds; the main character nearly destroys the town while he\'s trying to figure out how to pilot the mecha (and in the anime he was close to accidently stomping his little brother into paste), he almost got killed in his first battle because he had no idea of how to handle it (and he only survived because Mazinger-Z was so powerful) and took a long time to learn how to pilot Mazinger; Kouji got his Cool Helmet and and Latex Space Suit to protect his body because the mecha, though nearly indestructible, didn\'t provide much safety for the pilot inside; Mazinger needed to be constantly upgraded and improved because the Big Bad mechas kept on getting stronger and more dangerous and attacking its weak points; The Hero and his Love Interest nearly got killed several times due to their quarrels diminishing their combat effectiveness; people DID NOT appreciate the destruction and death toll caused by the battles between Humongous Mecha, and often blamed the heroes; and the Big Bad is smart enough to send the \
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*** And, in fact, if Mazinger Z was not the Trope Codifier for the Super Robot genre, it would seem like a Deconstruction or parody. The Professor (in the original manga) was a Mad Scientist nearly as mad as the Big Bad, and said Big Bad is a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds; the main character nearly destroys the town while he\\\'s trying to figure out how to pilot the mecha (and in the anime he was close to accidently stomping his little brother into paste), he almost got killed in his first battle because he had no idea of how to handle it (and he only survived because Mazinger-Z was so powerful) and took a long time to learn how to pilot Mazinger; Kouji got his Cool Helmet and and Latex Space Suit to protect his body because the mecha, though nearly indestructible, didn\\\'t provide much safety for the pilot inside; Mazinger needed to be constantly upgraded and improved because the Big Bad mechas kept on getting stronger and more dangerous and attacking its weak points; The Hero and his Love Interest nearly got killed several times due to their quarrels diminishing their combat effectiveness; people DID NOT appreciate the destruction and death toll caused by the battles between Humongous Mecha, and often blamed the heroes; and the Big Bad is smart enough to send the \\\"Mechanical Beasts\\\" in groups to attack Mazinger, try alternate strategies or improve on effective tactis. And that\\\'s before the villains take over a Japanese village in a very Nazi-like manner, including a systematic slaughter of the civilians that they considered \\\"useless\\\" and usage of the women of the village as human shields for their latest Mechanical Beast. And then you have that, at the end, [[spoiler: the heroes are defeated, Mazinger Z and all mechas are destroyed, and the base is demolished.]] Keeping in mind Great Mazinger was Darker and Edgier, Go Nagai\\\'s penchant for Gorn and Getter Robo in reality is a Cosmic Horror Story, and Zambot3 was already deconstructing the genre back in 1977, we can conclude the Humongous Mecha genre has been going through a constant cycle of Deconstruction and Reconstruction since its birth.
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*** And, in fact, if Mazinger Z was not the Trope Codifier for the Super Robot genre, it would seem like a Deconstruction or parody. The Professor (in the original manga) was a Mad Scientist nearly as mad as the Big Bad, and said Big Bad is a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds; the main character nearly destroys the town while he\'s trying to figure out how to pilot the mecha (and in the anime he was close to accidently stomping his little brother into paste), he almost got killed in his first battle because he had no idea of how to handle it (and he only survived because Mazinger-Z was so powerful) and took a long time to learn how to pilot Mazinger; Kouji got his Cool Helmet and and Latex Space Suit to protect his body because the mecha, though nearly indestructible, didn\'t provide much safety for the pilot inside; Mazinger needed to be constantly upgraded and improved because the Big Bad mechas kept on getting stronger and more dangerous and attacking its weak points; The Hero and his Love Interest nearly got killed several times due to their quarrels diminishing their combat effectiveness; people DID NOT appreciate the destruction and death toll caused by the battles between Humongous Mecha, and often blamed the heroes; and the Big Bad is smart enough to send the \
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*** And, in fact, if Mazinger Z was not the Trope Codifier for the Super Robot genre, it would seem like a Deconstruction or parody. The Professor (in the original manga) was a Mad Scientist nearly as mad as the Big Bad, and said Big Bad is a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds; the main character nearly destroys the town while he\\\'s trying to figure out how to pilot the mecha (and in the anime he was close to accidently stomping his little brother into paste), he almost got killed in his first battle because he had no idea of how to handle it (and he only survived because Mazinger-Z was so powerful) and took a long time to learn how to pilot Mazinger; Kouji got his Cool Helmet and and Latex Space Suit to protect his body because the mecha, though nearly indestructible, didn\\\'t provide much safety for the pilot inside; Mazinger needed to be constantly upgraded and improved because the Big Bad mechas kept on getting stronger and more dangerous and attacking its weak points; The Hero and his Love Interest nearly got killed several times due to their quarrels diminishing their combat effectiveness; people DID NOT appreciate the destruction and death toll caused by the battles between Humongous Mecha, and often blamed the heroes; and the Big Bad is smart enough to send the \\\"Mechanical Beasts\\\" in groups to attack Mazinger, try alternate strategies or improve on effective tactis. And that\\\'s before the villains take over a Japanese village in a very Nazi-like manner, including a systematic slaughter of the civilians that they considered \\\"useless\\\" and usage of the women of the village as human shields for their latest Mechanical Beast. And then you have that, at the end, the heroes are defeated, Mazinger Z and all mechas are destroyed, and the base is demolished. Keeping in mind Great Mazinger was Darker and Edgier, Go Nagai\\\'s penchant for Gorn and Getter Robo in reality is a Cosmic Horror Story, and Zambot3 was already deconstructing the genre back in 1977, we can conclude the Humongous Mecha genre has been going through a constant cycle of Deconstruction and Reconstruction since its birth.
