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== Anime and Manga ==
* Used frequently in the ''[[Gundam]]'' metaseries, from [[Char Clone|Char's]] iconic [[Red Ones Go Faster|red]] Zaku II in ''[[
* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' has Maximilian Jenius and his wife, Zentradi defector, Milia Fallyna, being granted the privilege to give their mechas distinctive paint jobs for being the top pilots of the force.
** There are two ace custom Valkyries, Hikaru's that has a triangular visor, two guns and a "chin" (VF-1J), and the Skull-1, with FOUR guns on the head (VF-1S). Both have custom paint jobs as well - Hikaru's is painted in red stripes, the Skull-1 is painted with black and yellow ones, with prominent skull-and-crossbones.
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* ''[[Code Geass]]'' features several ace customs. The Knights of the Round are an elite, 12-person ace custom squad piloting highly personal, one-of-a-kind mechs, including the [[Transforming Mecha]] Tristan. The Japanese side has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2s_EeYBqJI Shinkiro] and the Zangetsu as their ace customs.
* Admirals on both sides in ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' get ace custom flagships, which tend to be slightly more powerful than their factions' regular fleet ships and serve as Ships of the Line in their [[Standard Sci-Fi Fleet|Standard Sci Fi Fleets]].
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Asuka often speaks and acts as though her Evangelion, the first production model, is an [[Ace Custom]].
== Literature ==
* Mack Maloney's ''Wingman'' series features numerous ace
== Live-Action TV ==
* A two-episode story on ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'' featured "[[Red Baron|Chiggy Von Richthofen]]", a enemy [[The Ace|Ace]] capable of wiping entire squadrons of Earth fighters by itself. "Chiggy" flew a special version of the standard Chig fighter that had some kind of stealth technology making it invisible to Earth detection and targeting systems, was invulnerable to cannon fire, and in general displayed greater speed and maneuverability than any other fighter in the show. Also, its nose was painted with a human skull and the phrase [[Take That|"Abandon All Hope"]].
== Tabletop Games ==
* Done in the ''[[
** OmniMechs, with swappable hardpoints, were pretty much specifically invented to allow players to build their own ace customs.
* [[Warhammer
** Tau Commander Farsight has his own Battlesuit customized with the unique Dawnblade he found, subsequently making him the only tau unit dangerously competent in close combat, which suited his bloodthirsty tendencies.
* ''[[Heavy Gear]]'' in earlier versions integrated with RPG and had [[Design It Yourself Equipment|vehicle construction rules]]. Later it split into Arena naturally inclined to customization and Blitz! which is more strategical, and as such doesn't even have details enough for [[Design It Yourself Equipment]] approach. Thus Blitz! allows at most 2-3 variants of a model and Ace options, while strong, only improve statistics or allow new actions rather than add new toys.. ''but'' there's an intermediate stage: "Veteran options", i.e. upgrade variants available only for the tried troops (numbers of which are limited per army list).
== Video Games ==
* The [[Original Generation]] mecha of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' is ''overloaded'' with Super Prototypes and Ace Customs, there's far too many to mention.
* ''[[Ace Combat]]'' occasionally has custom paint jobs used by enemy [[Ace Pilot
** ''[[
* Getting technical, any of the titular mecha from ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' features an ace custom flagship, a jacked-up CnC mission fused with a barrage mission. It costs a fortune, and you can only have one at a time. Oh, and losing one hits your morale harder than having something death star a major colony.
* The main characters of ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* The e-frames given to Able Squad in ''[[
** Phaeton's personal Command E-Frame is capable of shrugging off direct hits that would destroy a normal E-Frame. He later has it further customized with medical equipment to help treat his automutation syndrome.
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