First Church of Mecha: Difference between revisions

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** It means a Giant Robot that embodies the lost mother in the Children who are also the Pilots. Its basically the Giant Robot Replacement for a ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' God. Literally.

*** Also it's stated that the Angels possess the Body of God, while humans possess the Mind of God. EVAs can potentially {{spoiler|possess both, if they have a human pilot and an S2 engine}}.

* While we're on the subject of Gainax, there's a village in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' run by a [[Corrupt Church]] that worships an old [[A Mech by Any Other Name|Gunmen]].

** Making it even better, Chouginga Gurren Lagann, the penultimate mecha of the series, was ''explicitly'' described as "one who matches the Gods," as having power tantamount to a sub-Universe all its own, and is capable of near-divine manipulation of space-time. It also looks like a ''drill angel''.

** There are people who list their religious views as "Gurren Lagann" (Or Kaminalogy).

* ''[[RahXephon]]'' was referred to this at some points. The [[RahXephon]] ''was'' this at some points.

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* ''[[GoLion]]'' is thought of as one, even if not so in western equivalent ''[[Voltron]]''.

** He tried to prove it too. [[Curb Stomp Battle|It didn't go so well.]]

* The "White Doll" from ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'' is sort of worshiped as one. Granted, this was ''before'' they knew it was a mobile suit, and not just a statue.

* The "White Doll" from ''[[Turn A Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'' is sort of worshiped as one. Granted, this was ''before'' they knew it was a mobile suit, and not just a statue.

** {{spoiler|Not to mention [[Superpower Lottery|its powers that ''literally'' rival those of a god]]...}}

* In ''[[Gravion]]'', Sandman calls his [[Humongous Mecha]] "a new deity for the modern age". As if that wasn't enough, its name is ''God'' Gravion. However, it's ''replaced'' by Sol Gravion, and Sandman's God Sigma Gravion becomes a sort of [[Sixth Ranger]].

* The Ma-Shin, aka "Rune Gods" of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''.

* Setsuna F. Seiei of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' views Gundams with almost religious reverence because when he was very young, his life was saved by a Gundam. Naturally, the Gundam he eventually pilots is so powerful, it's not even a Gundam anymore but essentially a ''Super Robot''.

* ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' gives an example: The common people worship [[Les Collaborateurs|a woman who sided with humanity's enemies]] 5000 years ago as God, and believe the [[Humongous Mecha|Peacemakers]] (AI-controlled [[Humongous Mecha]] that can brainwash you by looking at you) are angels. They also believe the [[Humongous Mecha|Dragoons]] are demons. So the [[Humongous Mecha]] are on either side of the religion.

* Played with in ''[[Gasaraki]]''. The TA/Fake mechas are ugly, purely mechanical looking and sounding, and while they're excellent weapons they're also get clogged by sand and are useless in certain situations, so they're as far from the Awesome Humongous Mecha as you can get. The Kugai on the other hand are referred to as Gods (or Demons, depending on who you ask), and compared to the TAs they're incredibly smooth, much more powerful, and ''scary''.

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'' (Episode 24+ spoilers): {{spoiler|The [[Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual|Zinv-lookalike]] "Idol" mecha Seina gets thrown into was worshipped as the guardian diety of a small village -- and Seina was the [[Chosen One]] to awaken it.}}

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* The so called "gods" of the [[Mayincatec|Cuotl]] from [[Rise of Legends]] sure look like mecha. It is unknown whether they are actually aliens, alien robots, or aliens inside robots(which would actually make them mecha).

* The Reapers from ''[[Mass Effect]]'' count to a degree. They have nothing but loathing for those being that worship them, but have no qualms about using their devotion.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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** There's also the episode "The God Gambit" from ''[[Transformers Generation 1|Generation 1]]'' - the people of Titan worship a massive statue as a god, but this turns out to be a scam run by the priesthood. When the Autobots and Decepticons arrive on the moon, Astrotrain sets himself up as a more powerful deity.

** At the end of ''[[Beast Wars]]'', {{spoiler|Waspinator is left behind on Earth, where he gets to become a god to a tribe of protohumans.}}

** Also, Brian Clevinger once related in an ''[[8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~|Eight Bit Theater]]'' newspost that he didn't really "get" why religious people got so hung up about that Jesus guy, until he asked himself "What if Jesus is their Optimus Prime?"

** Also, Brian Clevinger once related in an ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' newspost that he didn't really "get" why religious people got so hung up about that Jesus guy, until he asked himself "What if Jesus is their Optimus Prime?"

== Other ==