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Mechanical Muscles

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19 feature instances
17 referencing feature instances

Mechanical Muscles	type	FeatureClass
Mechanical Muscles	label	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles	page	MechanicalMuscles
Mechanical Muscles	comment	We already know that androids, robots, cyborgs, and other mechanical beings are stronger than organics. This is when they're constructed with the Heroic Build to prove it. While more realistically utilitarian real-world robots often make do with a skeletal framework, real-life creators and in-universe roboticists often feel that such pragmatic designs don't do the sheer might of their robot creation justice. In such cases, the designer (which is sometimes the machine itself) goes to some effort to give themselves the outward appearance of a muscular human, often whether or not their "muscles" actually move or function as such. And while this might seem Awesome, but Impractical at first glance, one shouldn't discount the intimidation factor, as the mechanoid in question can be not only jacked, but also many times the size of any ordinary human. Part of the growing popularity of this trope in live action comes with the increasing sophistication of CG allowing for more moving parts to be detailed and animated. It's much easier to show all those tiny components, rather than using a blocky outward appearance as a kind of SFX shorthand for "robot". Compare Sculpted Physique. Contrast SkeleBot 9000. See also Humongous Mecha, although the style for the latter is often to render the character as if they're wearing a suit of armor, the better to emphasize their mechanical qualities. Note that while this can cover characters with Artificial Limbs, the key element is machine components built to look suitably macho. Robots and androids with artificially grown organic tissue like Blade Runner replicants or the T-800 don't qualify; see Ambiguous Robots and Meat-Sack Robot instead.
Mechanical Muscles	fetched	2023-08-13T04:13:28Z
Mechanical Muscles	parsed	2023-08-13T04:13:28Z
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Mechanical Muscles	processingComment	Dropped link to EvilInc: Not an Item - FEATURE
Mechanical Muscles	processingComment	Dropped link to PowerArmor: Not an Item - FEATURE
Mechanical Muscles	processingComment	Dropped link to TheLancer: Not an Item - FEATURE
Mechanical Muscles	isPartOf	DBTropes
Mechanical Muscles / int_21938c93	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_21938c93	comment	Avengers: Age of Ultron: The title villain has hit the gym for his movie debut. While he is featured on the page, if you're too lazy to scroll up, just look here◊, intimidating as hell.
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Mechanical Muscles / int_2cee002d	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_2cee002d	comment	Discussed in Meet the Robinsons, where Carl (a robot), before sending Lewis back in time, asks him to invent him with a more muscular design.
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Mechanical Muscles / int_2fee008d	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_2fee008d	comment	Lord Genome's Lazengann from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has a strangely organic, muscular build in contrast to the title robot's blocky samurai-style armor to emphasize its speed, agility and brutal, animalistic fighting style.
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Mechanical Muscles / int_31313512	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_31313512	comment	ANNO: Mutationem: The numerous mooks of the Factio Pugni and The Consortium are outfitted with muscular builds that allows them to utilize heavy manner of weapons at their disposal. The members of the former underwent Full-Conversion Cyborg to boost their attacks for heavy-handed approach.
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ANNO: Mutationem (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_31313512
Mechanical Muscles / int_43a9c333	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_43a9c333	comment	Jet in Cowboy Bebop has a prosthetic arm that looks slightly bulkier than his regular one, and the joints in particular◊ look like muscles (that or it all has muscles, but they're only exposed at the joint).
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Cowboy Bebop	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_43a9c333
Mechanical Muscles / int_563d9c1a	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_563d9c1a	comment	From Killer Instinct: The series' iconic cyborg Fulgore, with the 2013 reboot focusing on his neck◊ and upper body. T.J. Combo, with the help of Ultratech, illegally implanted cybernetics in his arms, with the form of human arms with muscles, in order to win in boxing battles. Later, he was discovered and kicked off. While in the first game it's not noticed because is covered with artificial skin, in KI2 it's more noticeable with his hands peeled off showing his cybernetics.
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Killer Instinct (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_563d9c1a
Mechanical Muscles / int_5ed9afa1	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_5ed9afa1	comment	Cable and the Winter Soldier as well. While not complete robots, Cable's robotic arm is just as jacked as the rest of him. Bucky's arm is shaped to look muscular as well, but if there were a vote, Cable would win◊, hands down. That said, Cable's arm isn't a cybernetic replacement for his left arm, but the result of a "techno-organic" virus forcibly converting his existing arm into machinery. It's only his telekinetic powers that keep the virus from spreading to transform the rest of his body into a robot (killing him in the process).
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Cable / Comicbook	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_5ed9afa1
Mechanical Muscles / int_6196490	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_6196490	comment	Many cyborgs in Ghost in the Shell opt for bodies that are more than a little idealized. Series-wide Lancer Batou looks like a bodybuilder (and does, in fact, lift, despite all his limbs being artificial and thus gaining little actual benefit from it). Second-season Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex villain Kuze has a sculpted, immobile face, a well-toned body which is entirely artificial, and a lot of shirtless scenes.
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Ghost in the Shell (Franchise)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_6196490
Mechanical Muscles / int_6b85085e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_6b85085e	comment	Major Jackson "Jax" Briggs from Mortal Kombat volunteered to have his arms reworked with Artificial Limbs since the third game, looking very muscular. Subverted with the later games in which his arms appeared more robotic than human-shaped, but still look very muscular for a normal human anyway. One of the movies justifies it by having the robotic arms be an exoskeleton over his real (quite toned) arms.
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Mortal Kombat (Franchise)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_6b85085e
Mechanical Muscles / int_6e859048	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_6e859048	comment	Played with in Big Hero 6. Baymax is built with an inflatable body that gives him a roly-poly appearance. However, the armor that Hiro makes for him squeezes that figure into a more top-heavy heroic silhouette.
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Mechanical Muscles / int_87cf8985	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_87cf8985	comment	Champions. An early depiction of the Artificial Intelligence robot Mechanon portrays him as a humanoid with artificial muscles bulging out of his arms, legs and the side of his chest.
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Champions (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_87cf8985
Mechanical Muscles / int_95226eb6	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_95226eb6	comment	The RPG Cyberpunk 2020 had a limb that was a disturbing blend of flesh and metal. There was the "full conversion" cyborg the Gemini. The entire body was replaced except for the brain. The artwork was a cut-away with the metal parts made to resemble a normal human's muscles.
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Cyberpunk (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_95226eb6
Mechanical Muscles / int_9bb6c910	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_9bb6c910	comment	Most incarnations of Ultron sport a slender build with development in the calve and bicep areas. The film version of him, pictured above, has a much bulkier build.
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Ultron	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_9bb6c910
Mechanical Muscles / int_ac4b6a62	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_ac4b6a62	comment	In Questionable Content, Bubbles the retired combat droid turns out to have a very defined, muscular build beneath her body armor. Justified in that android bodies use artificial muscle fiber that is presumably arranged like the organic stuff.
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Questionable Content (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_ac4b6a62
Mechanical Muscles / int_b31b332f	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_b31b332f	comment	The Transformers Film Series: The Transformers are less blocky than their animated counterparts, particularly in the first few films, with CG allowing significant numbers of tiny moving parts to be detailed and animated, even if it wasn't always clear how they were connected.
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Transformers Film Series	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_b31b332f
Mechanical Muscles / int_bcadd7cb	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_bcadd7cb	comment	Played with in the '80s Rogue Trader days of Warhammer 40,000, power armor got its strength from an artificial muscle fibre bundle system that's based on the design and action of the real thing. This is one reason why power armor is so heavily bulky but capable of handling its own weight and more. That said, most power armour goes for a smooth rounded look though some Chaos forces have a muscled cuirass look.
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Mechanical Muscles / int_ce86573	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_ce86573	comment	EXTRAPOWER: Star Resistance: The Shakun Star main computer is a massive robot covered in perfectly chiseled muscles. It puts its physique to use, chasing the player and attacking with powerful screen-filling punches as well as its laser defenses.
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Mechanical Muscles / int_d6c9c0a4	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_d6c9c0a4	comment	Second-season Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex villain Kuze has a sculpted, immobile face, a well-toned body which is entirely artificial, and a lot of shirtless scenes.
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_d6c9c0a4
Mechanical Muscles / int_f186f924	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mechanical Muscles / int_f186f924	comment	While not specifically human muscles, most of Horizon Zero Dawn's robots are based off animal life and have wiring that functions as muscle. The strider is the best example as most of its wiring is exposed.
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Horizon Zero Dawn (Video Game)	hasFeature	Mechanical Muscles / int_f186f924

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Mechanical Muscles	processingCategory2	Cyberpunk Tropes
Mechanical Muscles	processingCategory2	Futuristic Tech Index
Mechanical Muscles	processingCategory2	Muscular Index
Mechanical Muscles	processingCategory2	Robot Roll Call
Mechanical Muscles	processingCategory2	Speculative Fiction Tropes
Cowboy Bebop / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Avengers: Age of Ultron / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Deadpool 2 / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Mortal Kombat (Franchise) / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Tekken (Franchise) / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Godclads / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Robot / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Champions (Tabletop Game) / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Cyberpunk (Tabletop Game) / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
ANNO: Mutationem (Video Game) / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Killer Instinct (Video Game) / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles
Meet the Robinsons / int_ad8d3c2e	type	Mechanical Muscles

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