5. Redshirt Jaegars
A three-armed mech whose hands can turn into saw-blades should be allowed to kick a little tail before being blown up. That's all I'm saying... I was surprised at first that the film only featured four Jaegars, but I decided to trust del Toro. After all, I'm a firm believer that less is usually more. Then, two of the four mechs go down like redshirts in Star Trek within minutes of their first deployment. Obviously, most of the mechs are cannon fodder, but they're given far too hasty an exit just so Raleigh and Mako can take center stage. Writing out the rest of the mechs so quickly leaves the last half of the movie off balance. It hobbles the final battle, lowering the stakes and diminishing the threat of the final kaiju, who should have been the one to tear through the supporting Jaegars. Anyway, here's to all the mechs that aren't Gipsy Danger, which each get my 2013 Boba Fett Memorial Award For Going Down Like a Chump.