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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.

Fantasy tropes and their sci-fi counterparts:

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/Dieselpunk -- Cyberpunk/Biopunk (arguably)
- Gaslamp Fantasy -- Steampunk/Dieselpunk/Cattle Punk
- Gothic Punk -- Cyberpunk
The Undead -- Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
Urban Fantasy -- Urban Sci Fi
Weird West -- Space Western

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 * [[The Sky Is an Ocean]] -- [[Space Is an Ocean]]
 * [[Standard Fantasy Setting]] -- [[Standard Sci Fi Setting]]
-* [[Steampunk]]/[[Diesel Punk]] -- [[Cyberpunk]]/[[Biopunk]] (arguably)
+* [[Steampunk]]/[[Dieselpunk]] -- [[Cyberpunk]]/[[Biopunk]] (arguably)
-** [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] -- [[Steampunk]]/[[Diesel Punk]]/[[Cattle Punk]]
+** [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] -- [[Steampunk]]/[[Dieselpunk]]/[[Cattle Punk]]
 ** [[Gothic Punk]] -- [[Cyberpunk]]
 * [[The Undead]] -- [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]