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A subset of [[Mecha Show]] which approaches [[Military Science Fiction]], the [[Real Robot Genre]] features [[Humongous Mecha]] as weapons. The [[Real Robot Genre]] is distinguished from the [[Super Robot Genre]] of [[Mecha Show]] by it's aim for realism in portraying Mecha as combat weapons and its mature themes, including loss of innocence and the horrors of war. The [[Real Robot Genre]] often falls on the cynical end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]].
[[Real Robot Genre]] media frequently, but not always, focuses on conflicts between humans, including political intrigue and conspiracy, but conflicts with extra-terrestrial beings are not unheard of. The [[Real Robot Genre]] usually employs Real Robots as the main fighting Mecha of the protagonists' in the series, but note that a [[Real Robot Genre]] show may contain [[Super Robot
== Tropes common to this genre
=== Setting tropes ===
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=== Theme tropes ===
* [[War Is Hell]]
* [[Humans Are
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]
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* [[Vibroweapon]]
== Works that fall into this genre
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* ''[[Eureka Seven]]'': another example of a [[Real Robot]] genre show which features what one would consider a Super Robot as the protagonist's [[Sky Surfing]] Mecha. It follows exploits of the crew of Gekkostate, an anti-military group who have a hijacked [[Cool Airship]] and [[Super Prototype]] Mecha, and the enigmatic [[Mysterious Waif|Eureka]] who is its pilot.
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