History Mohs / ScienceInGenreOnly

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* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' begins with a PatchworkMap island in the middle of a SingleBiomePlanet, inhabited by {{Cyborg}} {{Hobbits}} [[SchizoTech who live like primitive humans]]. They are joined by a [[FiveManBand Six Man Band]] of cyborgs with superpowered {{mask|OfPower}}s and ElementalPowers. Although many of the initial mysteries have been resolved, and the series went through a drastic [[DoingInTheWizard shift from mystical to semi-sci-fi]], there is almost ''no'' explanation of how anything actually works. Creator Greg Farshtey has the MST3KMantra in his sig on the fansite Website/BZPower.

* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' starts from [[NuclearMutant nuclear radiation's main effect being making skyscraper-sized monsters]] and Godzilla being a living nuclear reactor, somehow, and just builds from there.

* ''Literature/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'' falls into this category harder the longer the series goes. Drag-Rides, such as Bahamut (the titular mecha), are able to [[TimeMaster manipulate time]], [[NoSell nullify energy]], and even [[RealityWarping change the laws of the world]] with no scientific beyond there being "systems" within the machines that allows them to do so. And that's getting into what genetic engineering does: it allows [[MindRape manipulate people's memories and perception]], [[{{Telepathy}} detect the gaps on consciousness that are in a manner similar to breathing]] (never mind that that doesn't make any sense), and even come BackFromTheDead!

* ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'' falls into this category harder the longer the series goes. Drag-Rides, such as Bahamut (the titular mecha), are able to [[TimeMaster manipulate time]], [[NoSell nullify energy]], and even [[RealityWarping change the laws of the world]] with no scientific beyond there being "systems" within the machines that allows them to do so. And that's getting into what genetic engineering does: it allows [[MindRape manipulate people's memories and perception]], [[MindReading detect the gaps on consciousness that are in a manner similar to breathing]] (never mind that that doesn't make any sense), and even come BackFromTheDead!

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': Despite being an entire universe about things that go against scientific rules, everyone treats everything with good scientific hardness and bases the magical things in plausible physics terms. It is best described as what happens when you have Speculative Science themes and descriptions in a Science In Genre Only setting by lampshading all the different unscientific things.

* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' starts from [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear radiation's main effect being making skyscraper-sized monsters]] and Godzilla being a living nuclear reactor, somehow, and just builds from there.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' gives no explanation for, well, anything. Everything happens in CartoonlandTime and is run by either RuleOfCool, RuleOfFunny, CartoonPhysics, or a mixture of the aforementioned, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking platypi are blue]].

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': From indestructible lizards and math equations that equal a bear, to [[BrownNote images that cause you to do various things upon seeing them]] and cardboard boxes full of living paper dragons, there really is no limit to what's possible in the world of the foundation.

* The ScienceFantasy FourX TurnBasedStrategy game ''VideoGame/AgeOfWondersPlanetfall'' is unambiguous in it being a FantasyKitchenSink [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]], and generally relies more on the RuleOfCool to explain its internal logic more than any science; any actual attempts to talk about scientific justifications (like with [[HyperspaceLanes the Void]] facilitating FTL travel with [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Wormholes)]] are usually so palsy that they're ultimately secondary in the fantastical nature of the setting. An interstellar [[Franchise/StarWars Galactic Empire]] {{Expy}} that fell apart due to the collapse of interstellar travel [[FeudalFuture heralded by an Emperor and Empress]], a ''[[LadyLand literal]]'' AmazonBrigade that serves as SpaceElves in all but name and ears, {{Heavyworlder}} Space Slavic [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwarves]] with metal beards, the unholy, [[PsychicPowers psionic]] mix of of an [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocratic]] DecadentCourt with strong [[TheSyndicate organized crime undertones]], a former HordeOfAlienLocusts with fantastical PsychicPowers who had their brood queens lobotomized (who are also, mind you, the only race that ''isn't'' TranshumanAliens or just flat out human), and an race of [[TheAssimilator The Assimilator]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg zombies]] who can resurrect from the dead... and they can have said PsychicPowers too. Add that to a heavy helping of even ''more'' wonderfully-weird [[CallAHitpointASmeerp classes - err, "Secret Technologies"]] like flat-out [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi and Sith]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]], rapidly-mutating xenobiology, violation of the laws of physics like its breathing, and the ability to summon [[OurDemonsAreDifferent AI Demons]] who can prove a serious threat on the field. Add this complete with [[TheApunkalypse lower-class raiders]], dinosaur mounts for said Amazons, and all other kinds of weird, and you have a ScienceFantasy setting that not only ''runs'' on RuleOfCool, but ''thrives'' on it.

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* The ScienceFantasy FourX TurnBasedStrategy game ''VideoGame/AgeOfWondersPlanetfall'' is unambiguous in it being a FantasyKitchenSink [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]], and generally relies more on the RuleOfCool to explain its internal logic more than any science; any actual attempts to talk about scientific justifications (like with [[HyperspaceLanes the Void]] facilitating FTL travel with [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Wormholes)]] are usually so palsy that they're ultimately secondary in the fantastical nature of the setting. An interstellar [[Franchise/StarWars Galactic Empire]] {{Expy}} that fell apart due to the collapse of interstellar travel [[FeudalFuture heralded by an Emperor and Empress]], a ''[[LadyLand literal]]'' AmazonBrigade that serves as SpaceElves in all but name and ears, {{Heavyworlder}} [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[HuskyRusskie Slavic]] [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwarves]] with [[BadassBeard metal beards]], the unholy, [[PsychicPowers psionic]] mix of of an [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocratic]] DecadentCourt with strong [[TheSyndicate organized crime undertones]], a former HordeOfAlienLocusts with fantastical PsychicPowers who had their brood queens lobotomized (who are also, mind you, the only race that ''isn't'' TranshumanAliens or just flat out human), and an race of [[TheAssimilator The Assimilator]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg zombies]] who can resurrect from the dead... and they can have said PsychicPowers too. Add that to a heavy helping of even ''more'' wonderfully-weird [[CallAHitpointASmeerp classes - err, "Secret Technologies"]] like flat-out [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi and Sith]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]], rapidly-mutating xenobiology, violation of the laws of physics like its breathing, and the ability to summon [[OurDemonsAreDifferent AI Demons]] who can prove a serious threat on the field. Add this complete with [[TheApunkalypse lower-class raiders]], dinosaur mounts for said Amazons, and all other kinds of weird, and you have a ScienceFantasy setting that not only ''runs'' on RuleOfCool, but ''thrives'' on it.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' are even softer than ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Not only does stuff happen and things [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum run on nonsensoleum]] but the depicted reality contradicts what we are familiar with in everyday life. Planetary systems and galaxies twirl around one another, and everything has a near-Earth gravity. The protomatter of stars help you launch from place to place, and ludicrously speedy travel between the loosely defined galaxies is a must.
** Creator/{{Shig|eruMiyamoto}}gy believes in putting [[RuleOfFun fun]] before ''everything'' else, including basic logic. Also, [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Mario can breathe in space.]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- at least the films -- tends to run on the RuleOfCool. In fact, accoring to LetsPlay/ScottManley, it's probably better to call it a high-tech fantasy. SpaceIsNoisy, {{Space Fighter}}s take each other on in {{Old School Dogfight}}s, ArtificialGravity is so ubiquitous that it doesn't even bear mention, an Earth-sized planet is blown up with such force that the debris rushes outward faster than the speed of light, etc.. (The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse tries to be a little more restrained, and probably belongs in the next harder category.) Throw in The Force and it clearly becomes {{Fantasy}} [-IN SPACE!-] The ''only'' realistic law of physics about space that it follows is "you can't breathe in a vacuum".

* ''Comicbook/{{Asterix}} and the Falling Sky'': In what is usually a mundane/fantasy-ish classical antiquity setting, we have a [[HowUnscientific science fiction-esque plot.]] There are two alien races shown, one of them have tin-can rats as soldiers, while the other has Franchise/{{Superman}} clones. Both have spaceships (one had a rocket while the other had a flying saucer) and came from places light-years away from Earth, only coming to the Gaulish village to fight over the iconic magical super potion that said village have. [[spoiler: It turns out that the magical potion is not compatible with the aliens' physiology.]]

* ''Comicbook/{{Asterix}} and the Falling Sky'': In what is usually a mundane/fantasy-ish classical antiquity setting, we have a [[HowUnscientific science fiction-esque plot.]] There are two alien races shown, one of them have tin-can rats as soldiers while the other have {{Superman}} clones. Both have spaceships (one had a rocket while the other had a flying saucer) and came from places light-years away from Earth, only coming to the Gaulish village to fight over the iconic magical super potion that said village have. [[spoiler: It turns out that the magical potion is not compatible with the aliens' physiology.]]

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diarrhea]] death star that will destroy planets in milliseconds. [[SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], CasualInterstellarTravel in the 21st century, and many other RuleOfCool, and RuleOfFunny improbabilities, such as flags having the awesome face, and everything starting with rofl or lol. This is however, MST3KMantra.

* The ScienceFantasy FourX TurnBasedStrategy game ''VideoGame/AgeOfWondersPlanetfall'' is unambiguous in it being a FantasyKitchenSink [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]], and generally relies more on the RuleOfCool to explain its internal logic more than any science; any actual attempts to talk about scientific justifications (like with [[HyperspaceLanes the Void]] facilitating FTL travel with [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Wormholes)]] are usually so palsy that they're ultimately secondary in the fantastical nature of the setting. An interstellar [[Franchise/StarWars Galactic Empire]] {{Expy}} that fell apart due to the collapse of interstellar travel [[FeudalFuture heralded by an Emperor and Empress]], a ''[[LadyLand literal]]'' AmazonBrigade that serves as SpaceElves in all but name and ears, {{Heavyworlder}} [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[HuskyRusskie Slavic]] [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwarves]] with [[BadassBeard metal beards]], the unholy, [[PsychicPowers psionic]] mix of of an [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocratic]] DeadlyDecadentCourt with strong [[TheSyndicate organized crime undertones]], a former HordeOfAlienLocusts with fantastical PsychicPowers who had their brood queens lobotomized (who are also, mind you, the only race that ''isn't'' TranshumanAliens or just flat out human), and an race of [[TheAssimilator The Assimilator]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyborg zombies]] who can resurrect from the dead... and they can have said PsychicPowers too. Add that to a heavy helping of even ''more'' wonderfully-weird [[CallAHitpointASmeerp classes - err, "Secret Technologies"]] like flat-out [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi and Sith]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]], rapidly-mutating xenobiology, violation of the laws of physics like its breathing, and the ability to summon [[OurDemonsAreDifferent AI Demons]] who can prove a serious threat on the field. Add this complete with [[TheApunkalypse lower-class raiders]], dinosaur mounts for said Amazons, and all other kinds of weird, and you have a ScienceFantasy setting that not only ''runs'' on RuleOfCool, but ''thrives'' on it.

* The original 1978 ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'': They cross interstellar -- or maybe intergalactic, [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale even they're not sure]] -- distances in a matter of days. Spacecraft [[SpaceIsAir move like airplanes]], unless they're big spacecraft, in which case they [[SpaceIsAnOcean move like ocean ships]]. Guns fire [[FrickinLaserBeams "lasers"]] that move more slowly than bullets, with [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Cylons shooting blue and Vipers shooting red]]. A city's stockpile of "Tylium" catches fire, and then blows up the ''[[EarthShatteringKaboom entire planet]]''. The ArtificialGravity that keeps them right-side-up doesn't even merit a mention, as it's questionable whether the writers even knew that people on space ships experience zero gee.

* In ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', we have a blue hedgehog who is able to move at what can be estimated to be the speed of light, which is impossible by physics standards, and [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace can breathe in space]], FrickinLaserBeams shooting robots apparently powered by animals, Chaos Emeralds in which a single one can grant exaggeratedly humongous power, cute fairy-like babies known as Chao that can absorb stat-increasing energy from either animals or capsules, an [[ArtificialHuman artificially-created]] alien-hedgehog hybrid with not much explanation behind this, and lots of unexplained science fiction oddities.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' universe is not run not by the laws of physics, but by the RuleOfCool. While the show remains ''relatively'' non-screwing with physics in the first arcs, the latter one more than makes up for it.

* In ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', we have a blue hedgehog who is able to move at what can be estimated to be the speed of light, which is impossible by physics standards, and [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace can breathe in space]], FrickinLaserBeams shooting robots apparently powered by animals, Chaos Emeralds in which a single one can grant exaggeratedly humongous power, cute fairy-like babies known as Chao that can absorb stat-increasing energy from either animals or capsules, an[[ArtificalHuman artificially-created]] alien-hedgehog hybrid with not much explanation behind this, and lots of unexplained science fiction oddities.

* Creator/{{Shig|eruMiyamoto}}gy believes in putting [[RuleOfFun fun]] before ''everything'' else, including basic logic. Also, [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Mario can breathe in space.]]

* In ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', we have a blue hedgehog who is able to move at what can be estimated to be the speed of light, which is impossible by physics standards, and [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace can breathe in space]], FrickinLaserBeams shooting robots apparently powered by animals, Chaos Emeralds in which a single one can grant exaggeratedly humongous power, cute fairy-like babies known as Chao that can absorb stat-increasing energy from either animals or capsules, a genetically-engineered alien-hedgehog hybrid with not much explanation behind this, and lots of unexplained science fiction oddities.

* In ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', we have a blue hedgehog who is able to move at what can be estimated to be the speed of light, which is impossible by physics standards, and [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace can breathe in space]], Chaos Emeralds in which a single one can grant exaggeratedly humongous power, cute fairy-like babies known as Chao that can absorb stat-increasing energy from either animals or capsules, and lots of unexplained science fiction oddities.