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They also turn Rimmer into a mechanoid and put him to work despite him being a ''hologram'', and therefore as much an artificial being as they are.

* TanksForTheMemories: Fittingly, in "Thanks for the Memory."

* TransformationRay: In the "DNA", a DNA transmogrifier turns Kryten human, turns Lister into a chicken (and later, a pint-sized Franchise/{{Robocop}}), and makes a giant bug-eyed monster out of, erm, vindaloo. Said monster would later be killed by lager - "the only thing that can kill a vindaloo".

* TableSpace: The guys once discover they can use old photos like time machine. Lister becomes filthily rich and has huge mansion. He and his attractive young lady-friend are sitting at opposite sides of a very long table when the two of them are having dinner.

* SurvivedTheBeginning: The series starts with '''everyone''' dying [[LastOfHisKind save a single survivor]]; EverybodysDeadDave. Not only do the entire crew of the titular spaceship die, but the '''''entire human race goes extinct''''' while Dave is a HumanPopsicle. The first episode is appropriately called "The End".

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* WhoShotJFK: [[spoiler:He shot himself.]]

* SelfFulfillingProphecy:
** Cassandra claims that a character will die of a heart attack after being told he's going to die of a heart attack. Similarly, she prophesies that she will be killed by one Dave Lister; Lister's conscious attempt not to harm her leads to her accidental demise.
** In "Future Echoes", Rimmer sees an echo of Dave dying at a computer console. To prove the future isn't set in stone, he tries to prevent another echo, Cat breaking a tooth. Bet you can't guess what happens next.
-->'''Lister:''' Hey, it hasn't happened, has it? It has 'will have going to have happened' happened, but it hasn't actually 'happened' happened yet, actually.
-->'''Rimmer:''' Poppycock! It will be happened; it shall be going to be happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future. Simple as that. Your bucket's been kicked, baby.

** In the episode "Future Echoes", Rimmer is gloating over having apparently seen Lister die in the future:
--->'''Lister''': Hey, it hasn't happened, has it? It has "will have going to have happened" happened, but it hasn't actually "happened" happened yet, actually.
--->'''Rimmer''': Poppycock! It will be happened; it shall be going to be happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future. Simple as that. Your bucket's been kicked, baby.

** "Future Echoes": A vending machine has a lisp malfunction, which has been reported. When Lister orders breakfast and black coffee, he gets him a pair of boots. When the machine tries just for the coffee, he produces a bucket. However, he was being really nice and trying to be helpful.

* SacrificialLamb: The ''Red Dwarf'' crew in "The End". Several of them reappeared in flashbacks, and the entire crew were resurrected for series 8.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Lister's cat Frankenstein only appeared in two episodes. Of those, she only appears for a scene in each one (one of those appearences was in an alternate universe too). However, it is Lister being caught with the cat and being put into stasis as a result that kickstarts the series. Frankenstein also becomes the ancestor of an entire race of cat like humanoids, one of which (The Cat) is a regular cast member.

* SleepLearning: In an early episode, Rimmer has attempted to use the self-hypnosis tapes "Learn Esperanto While You Sleep" and "Learn Quantum Theory While You Sleep". The only results we're told of are that neither he nor his bunkmate got any sleep.