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{{quote|''We got music in our solar system!''
{{quote|''We got music in our solar system!''
''We're space truckin' through the stars!''|Deep Purple, "Space Truckin'"}}
''We're space truckin' through the stars!''
|Deep Purple, "Space Truckin'"}}


When [[Recycled in Space|space westerns decide to get literal with the genre name]], these guys tend to show up.
When [[Recycled in Space|space westerns decide to get literal with the genre name]], these guys tend to show up.
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* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' - The episode "[[Cowboy Bebop/Recap/Session 7 Heavy Metal Queen]]" focuses on hunting a wanted space trucker named Decker. Another features a group of small time [[Space Pirates]] who make a living by robbing other space truckers.
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' - The episode "[[Cowboy Bebop/Recap/Session 7 Heavy Metal Queen]]" focuses on hunting a wanted space trucker named Decker. Another features a group of small time [[Space Pirates]] who make a living by robbing other space truckers.
* ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'': ''Deloris, i'' - Main character James Linx runs a cargo ship around the Sol system. He copes with the boredom of weeks long journies with beer and reading.
* ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'': ''Deloris, i'' - Main character James Linx runs a cargo ship around the Sol system. He copes with the boredom of weeks long journies with beer and reading.

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== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Spaceballs]]'' (a parody of Star Wars) naturally has Lone Star (a parody of Han Solo) driving a Winnebago through space.
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* ''[[Space Truckers]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|You don't say]]. Right down to the spaceship looking like a Mack truck.
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* The crew in ''[[Alien]]''.


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* While less of a trucker and more of a taxi driver, [[DC Comics]] has [[Space Cabbie]], who has been shown transporting and imparting wisdom to everyone from [[Adam Strange]] to Ultra, the Multi-Alien.
* While less of a trucker and more of a taxi driver, [[DC Comics]] has [[Space Cabbie]], who has been shown transporting and imparting wisdom to everyone from [[Adam Strange]] to Ultra, the Multi-Alien.
* The mostly-forgotten (for good reason) Marvel hero Razorback had the mutant power to drive any vehicle seemingly by instinct. He happily moves up from semis to FTL spacecraft.
* The mostly-forgotten (for good reason) Marvel hero Razorback had the mutant power to drive any vehicle seemingly by instinct. He happily moves up from semis to FTL spacecraft.
* The 2010 [[Infinity Gauntlet]] mini-series includes the character U.S. Ace, whose [[Space X|Space]] 18-Wheeler (it looks like a semi-truck with rocket boosters) is the fastest ship in the galaxy, and therefore the chosen ship for [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] to use to get to the center of the universe.
* The 2010 ''[[Infinity Gauntlet]]'' mini-series includes the character U.S. Ace, whose [[Space X|Space 18-Wheeler]] (it looks like a semi-truck with rocket boosters) is the fastest ship in the galaxy, and therefore the chosen ship for [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] to use to get to the center of the universe.

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== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Spaceballs]]'' (a parody of Star Wars) naturally has Lone Star (a parody of Han Solo) driving a Winnebago through space.
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* ''[[Space Truckers]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|You don't say]]. Right down to the spaceship looking like a Mack truck.
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* The crew in ''[[Alien]]''.


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* One of the iterations of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' had a sidekick who was basically this.
<!-- * One of the iterations of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' had a sidekick who was basically this.
** Don't suppose you remember which one? It's not ringing a bell here.
** Don't suppose you remember which one? It's not ringing a bell here. -->
* The Eureka Maru in [[Andromeda]]
* The Eureka Maru in ''[[Andromeda]]''.
* The ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' episode "The Outrageous Okona" had the Loveable Rogue variation in Okona.
* The ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "The Outrageous Okona" had the Loveable Rogue variation in Okona.
* The ''[[Lexx]]'' episode "Love Grows".
* The ''[[Lexx]]'' episode "Love Grows".
* ''[[Firefly]]'': The crew of ''Serenity'' have this as a major part of their job. Of course, they also do burglaries and mercenary work.
* ''[[Firefly]]'': The crew of ''Serenity'' have this as a major part of their job. Of course, they also do burglaries and mercenary work.

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== Music ==
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* "Asteroid Named Rest Stop", a [[Filk Song]] by Julia Ecklar and Leslie Fish. The lyrics can be found [http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/asteroid-rest-stop.html here].
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* Obviously, "Space Truckin'" by [[Deep Purple]].


== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The aptly named board game [[Galaxy Trucker]]
* The aptly named board game ''[[Galaxy Trucker]]''.
* Free Traders in [[Traveller]], though there the preferred analogy is of "tramp" (non-scheduled) [[Space Is an Ocean|ocean freighters]] than of truckers. In some ways Traveller is a subversion. Even a free trader costs enough for any one who owns it to be accounted as rich even if not as rich as an interstellar grandee.
* Free Traders in ''[[Traveller]]'', though there the preferred analogy is of "tramp" (non-scheduled) [[Space Is an Ocean|ocean freighters]] than of truckers. In some ways Traveller is a subversion. Even a free trader costs enough for any one who owns it to be accounted as rich even if not as rich as an interstellar grandee.


== Webcomics ==
== Webcomics ==
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* The Planet Jackers from ''[[Invader Zim]]'' are quite reminiscent of long haul truckers.
* The Planet Jackers from ''[[Invader Zim]]'' are quite reminiscent of long haul truckers.
* One episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' has a space trucker convoy. Their role in the story was basically just to throw cat calls at Leela.
* One episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' has a space trucker convoy. Their role in the story was basically just to throw cat calls at Leela.

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== Music ==
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* "Asteroid Named Rest Stop", a song by Julia Ecklar and Leslie Fish. The lyrics can be found [http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/asteroid-rest-stop.html here]
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* Obviously, "Space Truckin'" by [[Deep Purple]].


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