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A setting which otherwise more or less resembles your typical [[John Ford]] film will have things like robots, super-weapons, and wacky gadgets tossed in. Interestingly, the heroes of such stories are usually pretty normal considering the setting- they'll use weapons like pistols and shotguns to take down warmechs.

This kind of plot usually takes place either on another planet or in a very obvious [[Alternate History]], since making it work on Earth seriously messes up the [[Timey Wimey Ball|space time continuum]].

This kind of plot usually takes place either on another planet or in a very obvious [[Alternate History]], since making it work on Earth seriously messes up the [[Timey-Wimey Ball|space time continuum]].

This setting is unusual among the [[Punk Punk]] subtropes in that it actually predates [[Steampunk]], which is generally considered the ur-trope. For this we can thank ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV)|The Wild Wild West]]'', which pioneered the genre by thinking in terms of [[The Western]] meets [[Spy Drama]]- which, in practice, ends up looking a lot like [[Steampunk]].

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 A setting which otherwise more or less resembles your typical [[John Ford]] film will have things like robots, super-weapons, and wacky gadgets tossed in. Interestingly, the heroes of such stories are usually pretty normal considering the setting- they'll use weapons like pistols and shotguns to take down warmechs.
-This kind of plot usually takes place either on another planet or in a very obvious [[Alternate History]], since making it work on Earth seriously messes up the [[Timey Wimey Ball|space time continuum]].
+This kind of plot usually takes place either on another planet or in a very obvious [[Alternate History]], since making it work on Earth seriously messes up the [[Timey-Wimey Ball|space time continuum]].
 This setting is unusual among the [[Punk Punk]] subtropes in that it actually predates [[Steampunk]], which is generally considered the ur-trope. For this we can thank ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV)|The Wild Wild West]]'', which pioneered the genre by thinking in terms of [[The Western]] meets [[Spy Drama]]- which, in practice, ends up looking a lot like [[Steampunk]].
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 See also [[Desert Punk]]
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 == Anime and Manga ==
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 * The 90s animated series ''[[The New Adventures Of Zorro]]'' had Diego fighting [[Steampunk]] cyborgs and magical foes. To even the odds, [[Magical Native American|Grey Owl]] provided Zorro with his own magical assistance, and Barnardo was reinvented as a [[Gadgeteer Genius]].
 * ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' had this setting briefly during a [[Trapped in TV Land]] episode.
-* ''[[Batman the Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' featured an episode where Ra's al-Ghul tells Batman and Robin a story (featuring Jonah Hex vs. one of Ra's al-Ghul's sons) that borders on this.
+* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' featured an episode where Ra's al-Ghul tells Batman and Robin a story (featuring Jonah Hex vs. one of Ra's al-Ghul's sons) that borders on this.
 * The late-80's cartoon ''[[Bravestarr (Animation)|Bravestarr]]'' bounces between this and [[Space Western]], being set on the distant-future planet of New Texas.
 * In the ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' episode "The Duelist and the Drifter" the [[Adventure Town]] the Swordsmans' Town is this, with a [[Steampunk]] turbine whirring away alongside creaky wooden buildings with saloon doors, and a [[Samurai Cowboy]] [[Sword Fight]] culture that hosts a motley crowd of [[Humanoid Aliens]] and [[Petting Zoo People]].