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* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' gives us a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Awesome]] versions of this. {{spoiler|Death City on Legs!}}. Best yet, it's on the side of the protagonists, and is controlled by a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]], [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of [[The Grim Reaper|Death]]. Eye-Poke Attack indeed!
* The Fugaku, the mobile sea fortress of Chosakabe Motochika from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' is revealed in one episode to be capable of traveling on land as well as water. {{spoiler|It becomes a completely land-based base on wheels when Mori assumes control of it}}
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle]]'', naturally. The movie is about a [[Steampunk]] castle with legs.
== Comic Books ==
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** There's also the [[Canon Discontinuity|Squats]], a now [[Retcon|abandoned faction]] that specialised in this trope. Land Trains, the Colossus, the Cyclops...
** And the role-playing games in the setting give us Ambulon, the wandering city (well, that's a city-sized Base On Legs, but close enough), and the hive-ships of Zayth, which are tracked megalopoli carrying ridiculous amounts of (occasionally starship-scaled) weaponry, used to battle other hive-ships for resources
* [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
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** The demon prince (and Patron of Gnolls) Yeenoghu has a palace on rollers that is endlessly dragged around his domain by hordes of slaves.
** The ''Dragon Magazine'' description of Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut fits this trope, probably more so than the original Russian myth, because the cottage on chicken legs is really a [[Pocket Dimension]] on chicken legs.
** In ''[[Planescape]]'', wizards often make their base in the Outlands, constructing mobile castles (often of the walking type, as the terrain is rarely flat) using [[Steampunk]] or [[Clock Punk]] technology, and they have a practical reason for it. The rings of the Outlands have a nullifying effect on magic that increases the closer you get to the Spire. For instance, if a wizard is Level 12, he can cast up to 6th-Level spells. Assuming he had the funds and resources to build an automation like this, it would benefit him to build it in the 5th Circle of Outlands, where 7th Level and higher spells cannot be cast, meaning he is safe from assaults by wizards more powerful than he is. However, the borders of the Circles can shift, and he could likely become strong enough to cast 7th Level spells himself, so a mobile castle is useful when relocating is necessary.
* The d20 worldbook ''[[Dragon Mech]]'' has entire societies living in [[Humongous Mecha]], from two man human powered walkers through 50 foot high clockwork or steam powered ones up to city-mechs carrying thousands of people and fleets of the smaller mechs.
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* In Megaman Zero 4, the resistance uses a convoy of moving vans as a mobile base when they need to make a long trip away from their usual base.
* In ''[[Garden Gnome Carnage]]'', the player controls an apartment building mounted on wheels.
* In ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', Bowser uses a Wonder Flower to merge himself with Prince Florian's royal palace, turning himself into a mobile [[Mechanical Abomination]] that Mario has to pursue throughout the game.
== Western Animation ==
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