Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank



Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank (天元突破ヨーコWタンク) is Yoko's Tengen Toppa Gunmen formed during the final battle with the Granzeboma in the second movie adaptation of the series, The Lights in the Sky are Stars. It is later lost when it is used with the other Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Mecha
Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank very vaguely draws its designs from Yoko's Gunmen, Yoko M Tank, but more obviously its Space Gunmen equivalent, Space Yoko W Tank. Its main body is rather feminine compared to its lesser constituents (apart from Yoko herself, of course). It is the third Tengen Toppa mech to appear after the Granzeboma destroys Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

In The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank strikes the Granzeboma after Nia's Tengen Toppa Solvernia is saved by Viral's Tengen Toppa Enki Durga. Yoko begins firing all of the weaponry that she can at the Granzeboma, but is easily beaten by it when it knocks her Tengen Toppa Gunmen over and destroys one of its arms. It is saved from total destruction by Jorgun and Balinbow in their Tengen Toppa Twinboekun. She later joins the rest of Team Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in focusing fire on the Granzeboma (producing a Tengen Toppa sniper rifle as well) before it is used with its fellow Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Attacks
Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank has two cannons on its sides and four sniper rifles mounted on its shoulders. It also has two shark-shaped missiles which fire from its chest, but the missiles are proven ineffective against the Granzeboma's Galaxy Shuriken.

Trivia

 * After its main weapon platform has been destroyed, the Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank can be seen to wield a galaxy-sized version of Yoko's sniper rifle. This form of Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank has been officially named Tengen Toppa Yoko SP (天元突破ヨーコSP). The "SP" stands for "suppadaka" (stark naked). Kazuki Nakashima improvised the name in 5 seconds.
 * The main Gunmen (with the platform) has heavly resemblance to GaoGaiGar's robot TenRyuJin, a combination of two others (KouRyu and AnRyu).