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== [[Literature]] ==
* HG Wells' ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' is one of the best-known examples of a Martian invasion of Earth.
* ''The Sands of Mars'', by [[Arthur C. Clarke]], which interestingly is one of the more realistic stories to be set on Mars. Indeed, quite a few of Clarke's novels and short stories involve Mars in some way.
* The ''[[Barsoom]]'' series by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], who went on to write ''[[Tarzan]]''.
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** Another watery Mars can be seen in a game and anime [[Mars Daybreak]], which, interestingly, is set in the same universe with the [[Gunparade March]] series.
* Mars plays a major role in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam F90]]'': {{spoiler|the remnants of Neo-Zeon from [[Chars Counterattack]] retreated there, and thirty years later have built a giant railcannon for the purpose of destroying Earth.}}
** The strange thing is that this is the only UC Gundam work it appears in. This may be due to the aborted ''Turn A Space'' series plan, which eventually became ''[[Turn A Gundam
*** But then, no Gundam series really ever ventured away from the Earth Sphere. F90 and Crossbone series are a little known spinoffs, and any other series paid the Outer System only a mention at best. Even ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]]'', which featured a Jovian, Paptimus Scirocco, still have him visit the Earth Sphere.
** Mars gets a couple of mentions in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'', as [[The Ojou|Relena]] makes terraformation her pet project after becoming Vice Foreign Minister near the end of the series. The sequel novel ''Frozen Teardrop'' gives Mars a much larger role: the planet is terraformed a couple of decades after the anime ended thanks to miraculous algae from Jupiter's moon Europa, leading [[The Rival|Zechs Merquise]] to become the first President of the Martian Federation, and war clouds may be stirring between the red planet and Earth.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Warhammer
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** Justifiable in the original Doom, as Deimos is {{spoiler|hovering over hell}}.
* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', humans don't reach Mars until the ''22nd'' century, and take another four decades to unlock its secrets - a base left by [[Ancient Astronauts]] filled with their technology. Immediately afterward they explode across the stars, becoming a galactic power just four decades after the discovery. The main characters don't visit it till the beginning of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''.
* The third game in the ''[[UFO:
* The second and last game in the ''[[Ultima]] Worlds'' was titled ''Martian Dreams''. Despite all the knowledge that we had about Mars at the time the game was created, the game is set on an ''extremely'' fictionalized version of the Red Planet. For one thing, you don't need a space suit to breathe. For another, you can get there in a ship that's launched like a bullet from the Earth. And finally, the resident ''plant life'' is desperately trying to kill you. However, the game ''is'' set in the late 19th century, with the common misconceptions of the time being true.
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