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* The ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode ''Nemesis'' features the [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|heavily make-uped yet human bodied]] Kradin aliens using AK derivatives in aftermarket bullpup kits.

* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' made extensive use of the FN P90 starting in season 4 to the point it become iconic of the series. Interestingly the Stargate Program is the niche the P90 could never find in the real world: Its small size and light weight makes it suited for users that aren't primary combatants (which is the case for most SG teams) yet has excellent armor piercing ability (noted by O'Neil when the P90 first appears) needed against the often heavily armored Jaffa.

 

 

* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', among the many variations from vintage wooden rifles to blocky things with folding stock, has bullpup-configured lasguns. The Elysian Drop Troops (space paratroopers) are equipped with these (Accatran pattern), so that their weapons are shorter, lighter, and more maneuverable. It makes them look more advanced and modern, in comparison to the very archaic and [[Used Future]] look of typical regiments. There's no engineering reason that all lasguns shouldn't be this way, since they don't shoot physical bullets and so there's no additional complexity to the design - it's just a matter of routing the power to the middle of the weapon versus the back. Possibly because the Guard often uses bayonets, and that's where total length is a good thing.

** ''[[Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay]]'' has a good assortment. So there are generic Bullpup Lasgun (stats between a common lasgun and lascarbine without advantages of either), Accatran MkIV lasgun used by the Elysians (like a common lasgun, but with bonus on "who's first" opposed tests and range reduced almost to carbine's) and Roth “Lightning” lasgun (long-barreled version with longer range than common, but the same weight).

 

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