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  • Sentient, autonomous, giant fighter mechas.

    So far the most popular franchise with this is Transformers, but most of their media is mediocre at best. There are some exceptions like a few of the comics and some of the series which are really good, but overall as a franchise they are lacking unfortunately. I really love the trope though.

    The other franchise with this would be Bionicle but I can't say I know much about it.

    There are plenty of mechas out there, but they don't tick all the boxes for this trope. Most are either non sentient or require a human pilot to be active. And those which are sentient and autonomous are rarely fighters.

    So if you know of any - please let me know. Thanks.

    • EVAs (from evangelion) are sentient. And can be autonomous but -everyone would rather they didn't

      • Evangelion has been on my list for too long, I just don't have time for anything in my life. So does each one have their own distinct personality, motivations etc? Are they actually characters or are they more like props?

        • More like monsters, really. With one exception because one of them has a (very creepy) bond with the main protagonist.

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