History TabletopGame / TeenagersFromOuterSpace

* DistressedDamsel: A [[IncrediblyLamePun distressing]] amount of plots involve this.

Not to be confused with the [[Film/TeenagersFromOuterSpace 1959 sci-fi movie of the same name]] (as seen on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), ''Teenagers From Outer Space'' is a wacky, rules-light, {{Animesque}} RPG from Creator/RTalsorianGames.

* FoulCafeteriaFood: Teh School cafeteria serves the same slop they id before the aliens started attending. It wasn't meant for ''human'' consumption anyway.

* {{Flight}}: a possible superpower for aliens.

* GenderBender: the Boy/Girl Gun and the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''-inspired power "Boy/Girl/Boy" in the 3rd edition.

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The principal. It says to run them by having the guilty PC step into their office, then stepping back out again remembering nothing about what happened but quivering in fear and terrified at the idea of ever facing that again.

%%ZCE* AmusingInjuries
%%ZCE* {{Animesque}}
* BagOfHolding: The 4th dimensional purse, which holds six times its apparent capacity by using a miniature time machine to put your items into six different time zones.

* CaptainErsatz: Rami is ''totally'' [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum]] in a cat girl's body. Lum's body... that's the girl in the illustration on page 7.
** One of the girls on Page 4 looks a lot like [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]].

* EasySexChange: The Boy/Girl Gun and Boy/Girl/Boy power

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: the game is about teenagers (or at least people who behave like stereotypical teenagers) from outer space.

%%* HammerSpace / HyperspaceMallet: the Hyperdimensional Hammer, which can be purchased at your local store.

* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: the "Monster Out" ability.

* TheMenInBlack (The Alien Control Officers)

* PunyEarthlings: aliens get all kinds of cool powers; humans can have more mundane 'powers' like connections to important people or loads and loads of money.

* RuleOfFunny: the game was designed to run on this.

* WorldOfHam: downright encouraged in the game's rules. "Great Moments In Overacting" are specifically mentioned.

* StockSuperpowers: Aliens can get all kinds of neat powers, including [[AnIcePerson freezing things]], [[PlayingWithFire breathing fire]], [[SuperStrength super strength]], [[SuperSpeed super speed]], [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleportation]], the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting "monster out" and shapeshift]], creating [[BarrierWarrior shields]], [[ShockAndAwe zap people]], [[{{flight}} fly]], [[VampiricDraining drain "bonk" (hit points) from others]], and [[MindOverMatter telemove]] objects.
** SuperIntelligence: Probably the only [[StockSuperpowers Stock Superpower]] that PunyEarthlings are allowed to access because of its mundane and unimpressive nature when compared to the rest of the StockSuperpowers.

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still a pretty niche thing. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After anime started becoming mainstream in the mid-90's, the game was reworked to make the anime influences the main selling point.

* AmusingInjuries
* {{Animesque}}

* BlackWidow - According to the sample adventure, Nookians carbon-freeze their husbands after the wedding night.
* BreastPlate - The Battle Bikini item.
* CaptainErsatz - Rami is ''totally'' [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum]] in a cat girl's body. Lum's body... that's the girl in the illustration on page 7.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - the game is about teenagers (or at least people who behave like stereotypical teenagers) from outer space.

* {{Flight}} - a possible superpower for aliens.
* FreakyFriday - The Personality Swappers.

* GodGuise and SufficientlyAdvancedAlien - subverted. The assorted aliens have strange and mysterious powers which generally put them into superhuman territory. Sure, the humans get stuff like "rich", "smart", typical high school social survival traits, but how do you hold out against an alien "jock" who can bench a tank? Oh wait... humans also get the Human Fake Out. Since the aliens consider Earth to be the Coolest Place in the Universe, most of them will believe practically ''anything'' a human says. Which makes encounters with the GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe [[HilarityEnsues very interesting]] when you explain that going to second base is a common human greeting among good friends on their own....

* GoneHorriblyRight - If you roll ''too'' high on a skill check, the GM may rule that something hilariously unfortunate and inconvenient happens.
%%* HammerSpace / HyperspaceMallet - the Hyperdimensional Hammer, which can be purchased at your local store.

* InterruptedIntimacy - It's a rule. If two characters ''try'' to have sex, a hilarious interruption '''must''' ensue, because sex scenes [[RuleOfFunny aren't as funny]] as people ''trying'' to get some intimate time alone.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting - the "Monster Out" ability.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum (Available ''cheap'' just about ''everywhere'')

* PunyEarthlings - aliens get all kinds of cool powers; humans can have more mundane 'powers' like connections to important people or loads and loads of money.

* RuleOfFunny - the game was designed to run on this.
* ShoutOut

* GoneHorriblyRight - This will happen if you roll ''too'' high.

* HammerSpace / HyperspaceMallet - the Hyperdimensional Hammer, which can be purchased at your local store.

* ShoutOut - Many to ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', among others. The first two things on the alien powers list are flight and shooting lightning, even.

Not to be confused with the [[Film/TeenagersFromOuterSpace 1959 sci-fi movie of the same name]] (as seen on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), ''Teenagers From Outer Space'' is a wacky, rules-light, {{anime}}-inspired RPG from Creator/RTalsorianGames.

Not to be confused with the [[Film/TeenagersFromOuterSpace 1959 sci-fi movie of the same name]] (as seen on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), ''Teenagers From Outer Space'' is a wacky, rules-light, {{anime}}-inspired RPG from R. Talsorian Games.

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still mostly an underground sensation. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After anime started becoming mainstream in the mid-90's, the game was reworked to make the anime influences the main selling point.

* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism - The various alien races are given a rough sorting based on how closely they resemble a human form (and how likely they are to send scientists scurrying to the nearest bomb shelter). Near Humans are perfect examples of HumanAliens and the GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe. Not Very Near Humans are defined by having a roughly humanoid form and nature: RubberForeheadAliens, {{Intelligent Gerbil}}s, PettingZooPeople, LittleGreenMen and TheGreys. Real Weirdies are anything else; StarfishAliens are most common examples, with InsectoidAliens also possible, but theoretically a Real Weirdy could also be an EldritchAbomination or even from a race of EnergyBeings.

Notable in the webcomics scene for being the inspiration for ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''

* [[CantHaveSexEver Can't Have Sex Ever]] - It's a rule. If two characters ''try'' to have sex, a hilarious interruption '''must''' ensue. [[WordOfGod The author]] explains this is due to [[RuleOfFunny Rule of Funny]].

** SuperIntelligence: Probably the only [[StockSuperpowers Stock Superpower]] that PunyEarthlings allowed to access because of it's mundane and unimpressive nature when compared to the rest of StockSuperpowers
* WorldOfHam: downright encouraged in the game's rules. "Great Moments In Overacting" are specifically mentioned
--> "Something underwater on an alien planet has just grabbed your foot. If you aren't screaming like a cat dipped in Nair, you aren't grasping the seriousness of the situation"

* GenderBender: the Boy/Girl Gun and teh ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''-inspired power "Boy/Girl/Boy" in the 3rd edition.
* GodGuise and SufficientlyAdvancedAlien - subverted. The assorted aliens have strange and mysterious powers which generally put them into superhuman territory. Sure the humans get stuff like "rich", "smart", typical high school social survival traits, but how do you hold out against an alien "jock" who can bench a tank? Oh wait... humans also get the Human Fake Out. Since the aliens consider Earth to be the Coolest Place in the Universe, most of them will believe practically ''anything'' a human says. Which makes encounters with the GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe [[HilarityEnsues very interesting]] when you explain that going to second base is a common human greeting among good friends on their own....

** "TFOS Does Winterfest" introduced an idea they called "Out of Control Power" where some external stimulus switches on one of the player's abilities, and one of the examples was [[Manga/Ranma1/2 being hit with cold water]]. Maybe a coincidence, but considering whose work inspired this game in the first place...