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Named for the "[[Cut and Paste Translation|adaptation]]" of several [[Anime]] known as ''[[Robotech]]'', in which the behavior was first seen in the West. [[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with]] [[Macekre|the method in which said series was created]].
[[Sub Trope]] of [[Homing Projectile]]. [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Lasers]] certainly cannot act this way.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** This was touched on again in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Gundam 00]]'', where {{spoiler|[[The Woobie|Louise Halevy]]}}'s [[Lightning Bruiser|Regnant]] is shown to be extremely dangerous due to the fact that that the shots from its main beam cannon were able to change their paths multiple times.
* ''[[Eureka Seven]]'''s Nirvash type theEND has a barrage of homing lasers. They ''all'' robotech. Sometimes they gather together and ''re''-robotech. Pick ''any'' fight between theEND and ''anyone'' else. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GM4Gkr1qvg&t=44s See for yourself.]
* The Divine Shooter/[[Mid
* The beam fired by the [[Arm Cannon|Psychogun]] in ''Space Adventure Cobra'' can swerve around obstacles to strike unerringly its target, since it is mentally controlled by the hero.
* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]],'' Gokudera's Rocket Bomb attack does this with hand-thrown dynamite by having secondary and tertiary charges explode to allow him to control the trajectory. At least some mention is made of how difficult a technique this is.
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** Even when they're not controlled by the computer, [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|the Elite Four are cheating bastards]]!
* [[Playing With Fire|Hikaru's]] [[Kill It With Fire|Flame Arrows]] in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''. Much more egregious in the [[OAV]] continuity where, even though they're shot straight at an enemy, the fire bursts robotech ''around and past'' the target and then strike it in the back.
* In ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]'', Gamilus uses mirror satellites to direct their reflex cannon at the Yamato even when it is on the other side of a planet from their base. [[Fridge Logic]] asks, if they have something that [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] just bounce right off of, why not use it for shields? {{spoiler|Eventually the good guys do exactly this to defend against the Desler Cannon. It's a pretty awesome [[Deus Ex Machina]], but it doesn't explain why the Gamilusians didn't think of it first.}}
** Of course, any surface that can reflect combat lasers is a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]]. Only partially focused beams would be reflected easily (which is how mirror sattelites would work); fully focused beams used to cause actual damage would roast any mirror in microseconds.
* The recent ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' remake features a bunch of missiles fired at Ramiel that behave this way--fired straight up into the sky and suddenly execute a 90-degree turn to aim at the target.
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** The [[Game Mod]] ''[[Wings of Dawn (Video Game)|Wings of Dawn]]'', which was already in love with roboteching [[Macross Missile Massacre|Macross Missile Massacres]], also had homing lasers attached to one capital ship class.
* ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'' and its sequel had Jehuty, the player's [[Humongous Mecha]], equipped with a laser weapon whose beams Roboteched out of thin air to home in on locked targets, in a bright-blue rendition of a [[Macross Missile Massacre]].
* A weapon type in the ''[[Galaxy Angel (Video Game)|Galaxy Angel]]'' games known as a "laser phalanx" is a [[Roboteching]] [[Frickin' Laser Beams|beam shot]]. [[Cool Big Sis|Forte Stollen's]] [[Limit Break]] is a whole [[Macross Missile Massacre]] of them.
* ''Jumpman'' for the Commodore 64 has projectiles that move slowly from the side of the screen. Once they get a clear aim at him (i.e. save horizontal/vertical position), they accelerate and move in.
* Several warships in the ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' series fire beams at angles away from the ship, which then make a sharp angled turn straight ahead.
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* In the [[Fun Orb]] game "Arcanists," several arcane spells fire homing energy attacks that can turn on a dime to hit enemies around a corner.
* In the ''[[Metal Slug]]'' series, certain weapons (both player and enemy) are capable of this, such as those from Morden's gunship, jetpack bombs ([[MS 3]]), and BIG Enemy Chasers.
* In the ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' series, the player characters and the forth game's final boss do this with their [[Frickin' Laser Beams|"homing lasers"]] (telekinetically-guided blasts of plasma).
* In ''[[Conduit 2]]'', Shrieker shots can be steered by the player after firing.
** Also, the [[Bee Bee Gun|Hive Cannon]] allows targets to be tagged with sticky bait; subsequent shots will veer around obstacles as needed.
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