King Kittan (キングキタン, Kingu Kitan?) is the Gunman stolen, renamed, and piloted by Kittan Bachika of The Black Siblings. It was first seen when Kittan saved most of Team Gurren from enemy Gunmen whilst Simon and Kamina were preoccupied fighting Thymilph in the Dai-Gunzan .
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During Beastman War Arc
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During the Beastmen War, Kittan, inspired by Kamina's hijacking of Gunzar, hijacks a Gunmen of his own and customizes it, calling it the King Kittan. Kittan is rather proud of his Gunmen, and is one of the first people to steal one after the example set by Kamina. After gathering other Gunmen-hijackers, including Dayakka, Kittan sought out Kamina once more to help form Team Dai-Gurren.

King Kittan Deluxe attacking Guame's custom Gunman.

King Kittan Deluxe
Before Anti-Spiral War Arc
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It was assumed to be scrapped along with the other original Gunmen under orders by Rossiu, making way for the adoption of the Grapearls by the human military, however they were actually kept at Leyte and Makken's shop in secret maintained to "peak condition" as stated by Leyte.
During Anti-Spiral War Arc
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The King Kittan, alongside the other Gunmen from Team Dai-Gurren, is reintroduced by Makken and Leyte Jokin, who equip it with a spiral cannon on its right arm to use against the invading Mugann. It is soon found out that the King Kittan, like all other spiral king-era ganmen, were designed for space combat, allowing the humans to bring the fight to the Anti-Spirals.
Space Gunmen
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The Space King Kittan resembles the normal King Kittan, but with more accented features, battle-ship class armor, and being much bigger (like all other Space Gunmen). It was equipped with a lance and a shield, both of which resemble the original King Kittan in Deluxe form (combined with Kiyal's gunmen). The original King Kittan is situated in the mouth of the machine, and can be launched via eject feature. Despite the warship class armor, it is amazingly maneuverable. It's armor is relatively thinner than most other gunmen of the same class. It could also be equipped with a powerful Drill Missile and several missile pods, as when it tried to assault the Death Spiral Machine. Despite its strengths, it was destroyed when the Death Spiral Machine's energy field crushed it.
In Parallel Works and Others
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One tale of the acquisition of the King Kittan is shown in "Kittan Zero" (Parallel Works 9). Similar to Gurren, it was initially a crimson Beastmen mecha, able to fly at great speeds, transform into a sphere, and fire a hail of bullets from unseen machine guns. It was deployed against Kittan and Kinon, but the former leapt to its cockpit, ripping it open and attacking the pilot. The Gunmen promptly crashed to the ground, conveniently dispelling a water orb created by Adiane to drown Kiyal and Kiyoh. After recovering from the impact, Kittan raced a lion-like Beastman to the unoccupied Gunmen, and with the help of his sisters, managed to commandeer it for himself-which spontaneously transformed it into the form of King Kittan. The mecha was then used to halt the assault of the lion Beastman (now gigantic) long enough for Kittan to exit the cockpit and finish him off.

Tengen Toppa King Kittan
King Kittan makes a small cameo in "Gunmen Symphony" (Parallel Works 15). Integrated into Gurren Lagann with the rest of Team Dai-Gurren's Gunmen, King Kittan forms the spiky upper body of the gestalt.
In Parallel Works 6, a King Kittan Deluxe style Gunmen appears to help fight off the Dai-Gunzan style Gunmen. However, the gold and pink accents were replaced by silver and gunmetal ones.
You Yoshinari made Tengen Toppa Gunmen designs that did not appear in The Lights In The Sky Are Stars. Each of them has two faces, one on their chest and one on their head, One of them was Tengen Toppa King Kittan.

King Kittan's Giga Drill Break.
Powers/Moves
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King Kittan Giga Drill Break: Kittan used this move to destroy the Death Spiral Machine. By taking one of Gurren Lagann's drills, Kittan awakened his spiral power, and performed a Giga Drill Break of his own which was double the size of the Gurren-Lagann's.
King Kittan Stinger: Kittan's custom-made move which was only shown once. King Kittan's front and back horns merge and are forced into the mouth of another Gunman, then snap back into place, splitting the other Gunman in half
Space Sunbeam: Space King Kittan shoots a beam with its lance. This move is only shown once.