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* Ray Steam in ''[[Steamboy]]'' builds a pedal/steam powered one.
* Jean from ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' uses one. It even appears in the opening, at least in the French dub.
* Many mobile suits of the Zansacre Empire in ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam]]'' use Einrads, giant versions that they stand in. They can also ''fly''.
* Some of these eventually show up in the ''[[Gantz]]'' manga. Although their users tend to die just as horribly as [[Kill'Em All|everyone else]].
* A chapter of ''[[Kochikame]]'' has a mad scientist creating cars of the future that uses a renewable energy (mostly unimpressed). Ryotsu is impressed of the monowheel and goes for a joyride. Until the wheel goes out of control when he stops at the red light and knocking him unconcious.
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== Video Games ==
* In the most recent ''[[Dune]]'' RTS game, the Harkonnens have the Buzzsaw, which specializes in ruining Spice fields or slicing through infantry formations. No explanation on how the blades stay sharp after traveling over rocks, though.
* One of the enemies in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'''s Subspace Emissary is essentially this. A common Kirby enemy, as well.
* This is one of the party's primary means of transportion in ''[[Wild
* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] 4'' has the [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060820184834/megaman/images/2/24/Mm4monoroadersprite.png first variant of the "Roader" enemy]. The roaders that appear in later games look less like a monowheel, though.
* This is one of the Extreme Gears you can use in ''[[Sonic Riders]]: Zero Gravity''.
* You can fight some of this in ''[[Airforce Delta]] Strike''.
* In ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', the helper from the wheelie powerup is a monowheel.
* In ''[[Wild
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