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** [[Failsafe Failure]] is mostly averted, but there are a couple of moments. In one episode, we see a character ({{spoiler|Kewell}}) die when the [[Super Prototype|Guren Mk-II's]] radiant wave fries his machine's internal computers. In another, Lelouch is badly injured because the seat activates when he doesn't have a clear vector of escape, making it bounce off the ground and nearby objects like a rubber ball; it's frankly quite amazing that he didn't get whiplash.
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]]'', the "entry plugs" that the EVA pilots rode in could be ejected in case of emergency. They [[Failsafe Failure|didn't always work]].
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' had the Core Fighter, a small aerospace fighter that makes up the cockpit of the Federation's [[Super Prototype|Super Prototypes]]. The concept returns in a few series, but in some cases (particularly the [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Victory Gundam]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny|Impulse Gundam]]) it seems to have been implemented mainly to allow for transformation and replacement of damaged parts rather than as an escape vehicle. ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]'' depicts a more traditional ejection seat.
** The original Gundam's Core Fighter somewhat subverts this, since its main purpose is to preserve the Gundam's learning computer and its compiled combat data moreso than it is to protect the pilot.
* While most Variable Fighters in the ''[[Macross]]'' universe have standard ejection seats, the VF-25 ''Messiah'' from ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' is unique in that it doesn't have a seat, per se, but the pilots wear exoskeletons/mini-mecha (called EX-Gear) that dock with the cockpit. The pilot can then eject and fly away, even in outer space, using their own self-propelled EX-Gear, which has its own wings, thrusters, and limbs.
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