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* Most robots in the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series play this straight, but the soldier robots on Damosel in the second game can function with only legs. |
* Most robots in the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series play this straight, but the soldier robots on Damosel in the second game can function with only legs. |
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* Robots in the ''[[Fallout]]'' series take more damage when they are shot in the head. Except for the military Sentry bot in ''[[Fallout 3]]'', who actually takes more damage if shot in the chest. Head shots are still a good idea, though, because all the targeting systems are there and it's armed to the teeth. |
* Robots in the ''[[Fallout]]'' series take more damage when they are shot in the head. Except for the military Sentry bot in ''[[Fallout 3]]'', who actually takes more damage if shot in the chest. Head shots are still a good idea, though, because all the targeting systems are there and it's armed to the teeth. |
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* Possibly the Mechawfuls from ''[[ |
* Possibly the Mechawfuls from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Those things definitely have whatever controls them inside their heads, to the point the head specifically has to be destroyed separately to stop it regenerating the body. |
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** Or just keep hammering them, [[Curb Stomp Battle|figuratively]] and [[Drop the Hammer|literally]]. |
** Or just keep hammering them, [[Curb Stomp Battle|figuratively]] and [[Drop the Hammer|literally]]. |
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* The Wood Golem in ''[[Popful Mail]]'' is similar to the above example in that destroying the body will merely cause the head to bounce around until the body regenerates; killing the head is the only way to end the fight. Averted in the case of Nuts Cracker, who is either a robot, an animate puppet or something in that vein: his favorite method of distracting his opponents is ''cutting off his own head'' while his body makes a getaway. (The head then taunts the unfortunate bounty hunter and then ''explodes''.) |
* The Wood Golem in ''[[Popful Mail]]'' is similar to the above example in that destroying the body will merely cause the head to bounce around until the body regenerates; killing the head is the only way to end the fight. Averted in the case of Nuts Cracker, who is either a robot, an animate puppet or something in that vein: his favorite method of distracting his opponents is ''cutting off his own head'' while his body makes a getaway. (The head then taunts the unfortunate bounty hunter and then ''explodes''.) |
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