Sci Fi Counterpart

There are many differences between Sci-Fi and Fantasy, but some things blur the lines between them. Regardless, there are lots of ways that Tropes from both can overlap.

Sister Trope to Gun/Sword Counterpart, compare Magic Versus Science, Speculative Fiction Tropes, Magitek. Not to be confused with Fantasy Counterpart Culture, though the two could overlap.


 * Alchemy -- Chemistry Can Do Anything
 * All Myths Are True -- All Theories Are True
 * Aura Vision -- Stat-O-Vision
 * Bioluminescence Is Cool -- Tron Lines (though the latter can sometimes be found in fantasy)
 * Chainmail Bikini -- Latex Space Suit
 * Creating Life -- AI Is a Crapshoot
 * Constructed World -- A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away
 * Cool Airship -- Cool Starship
 * Doing in the Wizard -- Doing in the Scientist
 * The Fair Folk -- The Greys
 * Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes -- Alien Tropes
 * Fantastic Science -- Fictional Field of Science
 * Fantasy Gun Control -- Nuclear Weapons Taboo
 * Fantasy Kitchen Sink -- Sci Fi Kitchen Sink
 * Functional Magic -- Psychic Powers
 * Golem -- Ridiculously Human Robot
 * Heroic Fantasy/Low Fantasy -- Planetary Romance
 * High Fantasy -- Space Opera
 * Instant Runes -- Matrix Raining Code
 * The Legions of Hell -- Everything's Deader with Zombies/Mecha-Mooks
 * Lilliputians -- Nanomachines
 * Lizard Folk/Snake People -- The Reptilians
 * Magi Babble -- Techno Babble
 * Magic Carpet -- Hover Board
 * Magical Land -- Inside a Computer System
 * Magitek/MagicPoweredPseudoscience -- Magic From Technology
 * Mithril -- Unobtainium
 * Our Elves Are Better -- Space Elves
 * Our Monsters Are Weird -- Starfish Aliens
 * Portable Hole -- Pocket Dimension
 * The Sky Is an Ocean -- Space Is an Ocean
 * Standard Fantasy Setting -- Standard Sci Fi Setting
 * Steampunk/Diesel Punk -- Cyberpunk/Biopunk (arguably)
 * Gaslamp Fantasy -- Steampunk/Diesel Punk/Cattle Punk
 * Gothic Punk -- Cyberpunk
 * The Undead -- Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
 * Urban Fantasy -- Urban Sci Fi
 * Weird West -- Space Western