Fake tank

Fake tankMetroid Fusion: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide pg. 16, also known as a false tankMetroid Fusion: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide pg. 116, is an enemy in Metroid Fusion.
==Description==
Fake tanks have only been observed aboard the Biologic Space Laboratories research station. Samus Aran can encounter a fake Missile TankMetroid Fusion: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide pg. 51 in Sector 6 (NOC), as well as a false Energy TankMetroid Fusion: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide pg. 56 in Sector 5 (ARC).
When Samus first enters the room, the creature looks like a normal Missile Tank or Energy Tank. In this state, it is impervious to damage. However, once she gets close to it, eyes and bat-like wings appear from the item. The creature will begin to fly up for a time, then fly away. If Samus hits it with Missiles or a Super Missile, it will be destroyed and transform into an X Parasite.
Fake tanks are ordinary X Parasites; collecting a defeated specimen will not increase Samus's maximum energy or missile count. They're also unaffected by the Screw Attack while disguised, similar to the X in their pure forms. However, in both encounters with fake tanks, Samus can bomb the wall in front of her to reveal a real Missile Tank (Sector 6) or Energy Tank (Sector 5).
The fake tank provides another example, along with the SA-X and other creatures, of an X Parasite apparently mimicking an inorganic, mechanical object. When agitated, the tank reveals itself to be at least partially organic in nature, lending strong support to the theory that X Parasites do indeed create these seemingly metallic components out of organic material.
==Trivia==
*In Japanese media, the fake tank is known as .Nintendo Official Guide Book for Metroid Fusion pg. 29
**At least one Japanese guidebook misidentifies the fake tank as a Skree, despite the two enemies bearing no semblance to one another.メトロイドフュージョン 2時間100%コンプリート Coincidentally, Skrees were planned to appear in Fusion but were cut from the final product.
*Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide refers to the fake tank as an "imposter"Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide pg. 117 and "decoy"Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide pg. 134.
==Gallery==
MF fake MT.png|Fake Missile Tank sprite
Fake Energy Tank.png|Samus facing a false Energy Tank
==References==
Missile Expansion
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