- "Chicks dig giant robots"
- ― Jamie (Megas XLR)
The ability to have extraordinary skill in piloting mechs/mecha/giant robots.
Also Called
- Enhanced Mech Pilot Skill
- Giant Robot Pilot Proficiency
- Super Robot Pilot
Capabilities
The user has formidable skill in piloting mechs (giant robots) and are able to use the amazing arsenal at hand from either at a distance using a remote or a cockpit inside the machine.
Depending on the type of robot being controlled, the weapons, abilities, and equipment varies. In some cases the robot's power may be connected to the user.
Applications
- Amalgamation
- Bullet Projection
- Concussion Beams
- Energy Blades/Energy Blast
- Flight/Jet Propulsion
- Force-Field Generation
- Heads-Up Display/Interface Creation
- Infinite Supply
- Life-Force Generation
- Laser Emission
- Mecha Creation
- Missile Generation
- Mode Switching
- Weapon Manipulation
- Rocket Fists/Power Fists
- Gun Protrusion/Robot Arm
- Scanner Vision
- Upgraded Form
- Vacuum Adaptation
- Volatile Constructs
- Weaponry Refinement
Associations
Limitations
- User may be at a disadvantage outside of mech.
- Mech may be sentient and may disagree with pilot.
- User's fighting abilities may be limited based on any damage the mech sustains during battle.
- User can unintentionally cause collateral damage which may subject them to criticism.
Known Mech Pilots
Cartoons/Comics
- KND Operatives (Codename: Kids Next Door)
- Dexter (Dexter's Labratory)
- Mandark (Dexter's Labratory)
- Dee Dee (Dexter's Labratory)
- Gaz (Invader Zim)
- Alexis Luthor (Legion of Super-Heroes/DC Comics)
- Lena Luthor (DC Super Hero Girls/DC Comics)
- Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
- Coop (Mega XLR)
- Kiva (Megas XLR)
- Glorft (Megas XLR)
- Evil Coop (Megas XLR)
- Evil Kiva (Megas XLR)
- Phineas Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)
- Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)
- Ilana, Lance, and Octus (Sym-Bionic Titan)
- Cody Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
- Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Heloise (Jimmy-Two Shoes)
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!)
- Sonic's Mech Suit (Sonic Boom)
- Basque, Frida, Jackson and Grimm (Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles)
Video Game
- Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
- Kirby (Kirby: Planet Robobot)
- Mechanic (MapleStory)
- Checky
- Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
- Tron Bonne (Megaman Legends)
- X (Mega Man X)
- Zero (Mega Man X)
- Axl (Mega Man X)
- Vile (Mega Man X)
- Vanishing Gungaroo (Mega Man X7)
- Ghor (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
- D. Va (Overwatch)
- Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- DJ Octavio (Splatoon)
- Sparkster (Rocket Knight Adventures)
- Several Characters (Super Robot Wars)
- Descole (Professor Layton series)
- Weiss (Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos)
Television/Movies
- Power Rangers (Power Rangers franchise)
- Various Power Rangers and Super Sentai Villains (Power Rangers and Super Sentai)
- Super Sentai Rangers (Super Sentai franchise); excluding the Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. teams
- Pan Pacific Defence Corps Rangers (Pacific Rim)
Anime/Manga
- Pilaf Gang (Dragon Ball)
- Franky (One Piece); post-timeskip
- Usopp (One Piece); post-timeskip
- Team Rocket (Pokemon anime)
- Kallen (Code Geass)
- Sazaku (Code Geass)
- Simon (Gurren Lagann)
- Kamina (Gurren Lagann)
- Viral (Gurren Lagann)
- Faust (Fairy Tail)
- Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Toji Suzuhara (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Mari Illustrious Makinami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Seina Yamada (Tenchi Muyo GXP)
- Several Characters (Tengen Toopa Guren Lagan)
- Kenshi Masaki (Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar)
- Koala (Rave Master)
- Gundam Pilots and other Mobile Suit pilots (Gundam series)
- Voltron Force (Voltron: Defender of the Universe)
- Madoka Kyouno (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Lan/Fin E Ld Si Laffinty (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Muginami (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Izo (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Kirius (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Array (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Villagiulio (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Dizelmine/Fin E Ld Si Dizelmine (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Roger Smith (Big O)
- Shotaro Kaneda (Tetsujin 28-go)
- Ryoma Nagare (Getter Robo)
- Haruto Tokishima (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
- Saki Rukino (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
- Ernesti "Eru" Echevalier (Knights & Magic)
- Hiroki Saitou (Knights of Sidonia)
- Nagate Tanikaze (Knights of Sidonia)
- Dandy (Space Dandy)
- Inaho Kaizuka (Aldnoah.Zero)
- Star Drivers (Star Driver)
- Philuffy Aingram (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Lisesharte Atismata (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Yoruka Kirihime (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Aeril Vi Arcadia (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Hayes Vi Arcadia (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Automaton (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Xfer (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Mishis V Xfer
- Krulcifer Einfolk
- Seven Dragon Paladins (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Lux Arcadia
- Mel Gizalut
- Rosa Granhide
- Soffice Xfer
- Greifer Nest
- Singlen Shelbrit
- Kurenai Kōgetsu (Edens Zero)
- Magialca Zen
Known Mechs
Cartoons/Comics
- Mecha tank (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Mecha suit (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
- Ecto-Skeleton (Danny Phantom)
- MegaBoy 3000 (Invader Zim)
- Gigas (Kingdom Hearts III)
- Phoenix-Buster armor (Marvel Comics); "Avengers vs. X-Men" event only
- God-Killer armor (Marvel Comics)
- Megas (Megas XLR)
- Dynamo (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Super Robot (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!)
- Titan (Sym-Bionic Titan)
- Turtle X (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
- Turtle Mech (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Voltron (Voltron)
- Robomechabotatron (Wander Over Yonder)
Anime/Manga
- Big O (Big O)
- Knightmare Frames (Code Geass)
- Variable Fighters (Compilation of Macross)
- Zanda Claus (Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops)
- Dorma Anim (Fairy Tail)
- Getter-1, Getter Dragon, and Shin Getter-1 (Getter Robo)
- Gundams (Gundam series)
- Mobile Suits (Gundam series)
- Gunman (Gurren Lagann)
- Gurren Lagann (Gurren Lagann)
- Ovid and Vox (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne)
- Evangelion Unit 01 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Unit 00 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Unit 02 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Unit 03 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Unit 04 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Unit 05 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Iron Pirate Franky Shogun/Iron Pirate General Franky (One Piece)
- Eggsterminator (Sonic X)
- Little Aloha (Space Dandy)
- Cybodies (Star Driver)
- Idol (Tenchi Muyo! GXP)
- Testujin (Tetsujin 28-go)
- Drag-Ride (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Bahamut
- Tiamat
- Typhon
- Aži Dahäka
- Lindworm
Video Game
- Magitek armor (Final Fantasy VI)
- Mega Mech (Gears of War)
- Titan Suit (Jak II)
- Various Robo Ride armors (Mega Man X series)
- Metal Gears (Metal Gear series)
- The Spectre/The Excavation Machines (Professor Layton series)
- Sparkrobo (Rocket Knight Adventures)
- The Octobot King (Splatoon)
Others
- Mechas (Godzilla)
- Jaegers (Pacific Rim)
- Zords (Power Rangers franchise and two Super Sentai series)
- Various named Sentai mecha (Super Sentai franchise)
- Reist Ebersbacher (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
Gallery
Cartoons/Comics
The Ecto-Skeleton (Danny Phantom) was capable of amplifying Danny's ghost powers 100 fold, but at the cost of drastically exhausting his body.
When Dib's (Invader Zim) skeleton was crushed by a paramedic in a freak piggy accident in an alternate timeline, his father Professor Membrane created for him the MegaBoy 3000, a fusion-powered titanium exoskeleton that "gave him the strength of ten thousand little boys!"
Despite being a small, petite girl, Heloise (Jimmy Two-Shoes) is very intelligent and sadistic as she makes inventions for Misery Inc. that would spread misery to her town and also likes to destroy things for fun.
Sonic's Mech Suit (Sonic Boom)
Alexis Luthor (Legion of Super-Heroes/DC Comics)
Lena Luthor (DC Super Hero Girls)
Basque, Frida, Jackson and Grimm (Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles)
Anime/Manga
Battle Jacket (Dragon Ball)
Emperor Pilaf and his minions (Dragon Ball) in their "Pilaf Machines".
Franky's (One Piece) Franky Shogun is a gigantic robot created using state of the art technology designed by Dr. Vegapunk.
E-99 Eggsterminator (Sonic X) is a powerful robot mech created by Dr. Eggman. Being powered by six of the seven Chaos Emeralds, it was enough to surpass Sonic in both strength and speed.
EVA-pilots (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Gurren Lagann (Tenna Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Dandy (Space Dandy) makes up for his lack of proper combat skills by utilizing his mech, Little Aloha.
The Vox Pilots, Muginami, Madoka Kyouno and Lan with their respective Vox Units (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne).
Koala (Rave Master) with His DarkBring Machinery can create robots and pilot them as well.
The Seven Dragon Paladins (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle) are made of the strongest Drag-Knights from the seven different country. Including...
Lux Arcadia (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle), one of the strongest Drag-Knights piloting the Empire's Strongest Divine Drag-Ride, Bahamut.
...The vice captain, Singlen Sherbrit (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle), the second strongest Drag-Knight in the world.
..and Malgialca Zen Vanfrick (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle) the captain and number one in the Drag-Knight world rank.
Video Games
Jak's Titan Suit (Jak II)
Sora (Kingdom Hearts III) piloting a Gigas mech against another Gigas.
D.Va (Overwatch) is a master mech pilot despite being only 18 years old.
The Black Knight (Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time) is a mechanical mecha Penelope created who's using a rocket launcher…
…and later upgraded with a laser and a shield.
The Nega Egg Wisp (Sonic the Hedgehog) is one of Eggman's final battle mechas.
Being a mechanical engineering genius, Tron Bonne (Megaman Legends) is able to create small robots called Servbots and pilot large aerial battles ships and mechs.
DJ Octavio (Splatoon) pilots the Octobot King.
Television/Movies
The Power Rangers (Power Rangers) are well known for their various Megazords such as the Dinozord. Additionally the Super Sentai franchise that Power Rangers was based off of have a long standing tradition of using various mecha as part of each of their series.