History Mohs / ScienceInGenreOnly

* 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]] with 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 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]], {{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]] with 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 [[{{Apunkalypse}} 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 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]], {{Heavyworlder}} [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[HuskyRuskie Slavic]] [[OurDwarvesOurDifferent Dwarves]] with [[ImprobableHaircut 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]] with rapidly-mutating xenobiology, violation of the laws of physics like its breathing, and the ability to summon [[OurDemonsOurDifferent AI Demons]] who can prove a serious threat on the field. Add this complete with [[{{Apunkalypse}} 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.

* ''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!-]

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diarrhea]] death star that will destory 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.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- at least the films -- tends to run on the RuleOfCool. In fact, accoring to {{Scott Manley}}, 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!-]

* ''TabeltopGame/MetamorphosisAlpha'', the first Sci-Fi RPG, was ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' [-IN SPACE-], and featured unlikely mutants with superpowers as player characters. It's SpiritualSuccessor is ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld''.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is similar to it's younger brother above, with similar handwaves for the morphing. Special mention to the Heisei era Riders, who tend to be men in suits rather then HollywoodCyborgs, and yet have more JustForFun/{{Egregious}} body morphing.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' is similar to it's younger brother above, with similar handwaves for the morphing. Special mention to the Heisei era Riders, who tend to be men in suits rather then HollywoodCyborgs, and yet have more {{Egregious}} body morphing.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- at least the films -- tends to run on the RuleOfCool. 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!-]

* ''TabeltopGame/MetamorphosisAlpha'', the first Sci-Fi RPG, was DungeonsAndDragons [-IN SPACE-], and featured unlikely mutants with superpowers as player characters. It's SpiritualSuccessor is ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld''.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Though set in space in the 23rd century, almost every episode from the Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, and large parts of Deep Space Nine and Enterprise has some degree of eldritch-like being, [[TimeyWimeyBall inconsistent time travel scenario,]] impossible machine malfunction (usually related to the transporters or AI programs), or an actual [[EntitledBastard all-powerful god-like figure with the temperament of a spoiled 16 year old]], which were the actual Roman gods in the Original Series and Q in the Next Generation, Voyager, and Deep Space Nine. The shows' writers attempted to keep to some kind of scientific canon by first [[LampshadeHanging lampshading any dilemna that didn't comply with established canon]] and then [[TechnoBabble inventing new, often contradictory terms]] in order to [[VoodooShark create a convoluted description of what happened and an equally convoluted solution for said problem.]] The franchise as a whole has often been referred to as " [[TheTwilightZone The Twilight Zone]] in space".

* DouglasAdams' ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' is packed full of all kinds of bizarre nonsense. The fastest mode of travel, for example through the universe is by ''bistro'', as in "place you eat in" or "second most overworked word in food marketing after ''new''[[note]]Or more appropriately, the [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem creative mathematics]] used to calculate bills in such establishments[[/note]], and the second fastest mode is a drive that runs on the power of improbability -- but the stories are fully aware of how absurd it is, and the reader ''is'' encouraged to think about it. ItRunsOnNonsensoleum was clearly a favorite, if not ''the'' favorite, trope of creator Creator/DouglasAdams.

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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 BZPower.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'' and the other {{Whoniverse}} series, anything and everything can be {{Hand Wave}}d by either SufficientlyAdvanced technology, RuleOfCool, RuleOfFunny, RuleOfScary, the TimeyWimeyBall, or some combination thereof.

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diarrhea]] death star that will destory 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.

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diarrhea]] death star that will destory planets in milliseconds. [[SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], 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.

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

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diahrreah]] death star that will destory planets in milliseconds. [[SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], and many other RuleOfCool, and RuleOfFunny improbabilities, such as flags having the awesome face. This is however MST3KMantra.

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diahreah]] death star that will destory planets in milliseconds. [[SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], and many other RuleOfCool, and RuleOfFunny improbablites, such as flags having the awesome face. This is however MST3KMantra.

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diahreah]] death star that will destory planets in milliseconds. [[NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], and many other RuleOfCool, and RuleOfFunny improbablites, such as flags having the awesome face. This is however MST3KMantra.

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diahreah]] death star that will destory planets in milliseconds. [[NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], and many other RuleOfCool, and RuleOfFunny improbablites, such as flags having the awesome face. This is however MST3KMantra

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'': As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diahreah]] death star that will destory planets in milliseconds. [[NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], and many other RuleOfCool, and RuleOfFunny improbablites, such as flags having the awesome face. This is however MST3KMantra

* ''WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors'' As soft as ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' Like it, stuff happens. A [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum diahreah]] death star that will destory planets in milliseconds. [[NoSenseOfMass Planets as big as stars]], and many other RuleOfCool, and RuleOfFunny
improbablites, such as flags having the awesome face. This is however MST3KMantra