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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''
* The ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' Necrons aren't really so much [[Mooks]], as they are [[The Juggernaut|unstoppable]] torrent of an ancient [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|undead robot]] [[Determinator|determinators]], marching at you like [[Made of Iron|unflinching]] metallic death.▼
** Played straight with Tau Gun Drones, though they are only used in a supporting role to the living Tau Fire Caste soldiers.
** Imperial Servitors are this to any Techpriest. Their biological components are more or less used to support their technological ones, rather the other way around for conventional cyborgs.
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* Unmanned combat drones are ''everywhere'' in ''[[Shadowrun]]''. From spy-cameras disguised as pigeons to robot tanks.
* These are the main troops of the genocidal human civilization Wreathe in [[Mortasheen]], all modeled after Pre-Cambrian creatures. In a subversion, these are usually more powerful than lower level characters.
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** There's also the terrifying Phyrexians, who are [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|zombie cyborgs]] who want to assimilate everyone.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'': The aptly-named Meklord ''Army'' monsters from ''Extreme Victory'' are these for the Meklords, with the Meklord Emperors being, obviously, [[King Mook|Emperor Mooks]].
* [[Dungeons and Dragons]]
* The [[Eberron]] setting of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] has an interesting variation with the Warforged. They were made to be this, but ended up developing sapience and now have to deal with integrating into a post-war society.▼
** ''[[Spelljammer]]'' got Clockwork Horrors - a [[Mechanical Lifeform]] acting as a [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]. Low-ranked ones are neither smart not tough, but they don't bleed, don't tire, know no fear, and all that.
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== Toys ==
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