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* The Arm Slaves of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. They're about 20 feet tall and used like any other military vehicle. The exception is the Behemoth class arm slaves, which fully qualify as [[Humongous Mecha|humongous]].
** The original [[Light Novel]] and Manga version versions of the Arm Slaves are even smaller at 10 feet for most AS only the Behemoth is still humongous in-verse at 20. the heights were doubled for the anime versions.
* The walkers and snake-mechs from [[Now and Then, Here and There]] are exactly this. However, their hatch seems to close only to protect the pilot as both models rely on direct sight (ie, no cameras; if the hatch is closed, the pilots will be blind)
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' has both powered armor ''and'' a sort-of Mini-Mecha, the DD Battlemover. Plus that [[MADOX-01|MADOX]] thing that Mackie drives.
* Most of the [[Code Geass|Knightmare Frames]] used in the first season of ''[[Code Geass]]'' count more as Mini-Mecha than [[Humongous Mecha]]. After all, the cockpits take up a considerable amount of space, and jut out of the back of the devices quite noticeably. Some of the later Knightmare Frames (especially in season two) are large enough to be truly "humungous," however, such as the Middle Eastern League's [http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/Bamides Bamides], which are shown to be all but immune to ''tank rounds''.
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== Tabletop Games ==
 
* ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' uses the term Dreadnought to refer to bipedal war machines larger than [[Power Armor]] but smaller than [[Humongous Mecha|Titans]]. Like everything in the 40K universe, the trope is turned [[Up to Eleven]] so much that "Mini" is stretched to it's limits. Space Marine Dreadnoughts, standing [[Depending on the Writer|between 15 and 25 feet]] tall, are somewhere between walking tanks and venerated tombs, piloted by a mortally-wounded Space Marine in a life-sustaining sarcophagus. [[Our Orcs Are Different|Ork]] Deff Dreds and Killa Kans follow the Marines' example and have their Ork and [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|Gretchin]] pilots crudely wired into the contraptions, while [[Space Elves|Eldar]] Wraithlords are graceful constructs "piloted" by the [[Soul Jar|soulstone]] of a mighty warrior.
** Similar to the ''[[Star Wars]]'' scout walker examples above are Imperial Sentinels and Eldar War Walkers, both of which are open-topped, though the former has an enclosed crew compartment in its heavier version while the latter's pilot is protected by a force field.
** Tau Battlesuits are the smallest of ''40k'''s Mini-Mecha, and are just large enough to fit their pilots in the suits' chests. Since they are so much smaller compared to the other Dreadnoughts, the tabletop rules count Battlesuits as infantry rather than walker vehicles.
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* [[F.E.A.R.]] 2's: Elite Powered Armor, despite the name is actually a mini mecha
** The R.E.V.-6s in the first game.
* ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' has the Terran Goliath and the [[Man in the Machine|Protoss Dragoon]], a rare non-human example. The sequel brings the Goliath back as a [[Unlockable Content|single-player extra]], featuring the new [[Transforming Mecha|Terran Viking]], Protoss Stalker, and [[Last of His Kind|Protoss Immortal]] mini-mecha in starring roles.
* The [[Big Bad|Makron]]'s Jorg mecha (in between this and [[Powered Armor]]) in ''[[Quake II]]'', and the Strogg Walker in ''[[Quake 4|Quake IV]]''.
* The Battle Armor in ''[[Red Faction]] II''.
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