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Sometimes this is a science fiction setting with some distinctly fantasy elements, such as [[Magic Byby Any Other Name]]. Other times, the only science fiction element is the fact that its taking place on an alien planet. [[Magitek]] can sometimes be commonplace in such settings, but not always.

* Gemworld, from the DC Comics universe, definitely applies. When it first appeared in the ''[[Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld]]'' miniseries, the Gemworld seemed to be just another generic fantasy setting, with monsters and wizards and so forth. And then the [[Big Bad]] of the miniseries turned out to be Mordru, the [[Evil Overlord|incredibly powerful]] foe of the 30th Century ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Bookcomics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]''. It turns out that the 30th Century planet Zerox, home of not just Mordru but also Legionnaires White Witch and Dragonmage, '''is''' Gemworld, and the original miniseries was taking place on a different planet the entire time.

* [[Swamp Thing (Comic Book)|Swamp Thing]], the latest in an ancient line of mystic plant elementals, once travelled to several different planets, all of which had vegetation on it, by growing a new body on the new world.

* Something like this seems to be present in [[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|Hellboy]] - in the first volume, some random aliens comment on how they can detect Rasputin's attempt to free the Ogdru Jahad, and the Ogdru Jahad (or possibly their spawn) are described in very sci-fi terms at one point, in what is probably a [[Shout -Out]] to HP Lovecraft's influence on Hellboy.

** Let's see: magical powers? [[Magic Byby Any Other Name|Check.]] Magical swords? [[Laser Blade|Check.]] Evil wizards? [[Evil Overlord|Check.]] ''[[Star Wars]]'' fits.

* [[The Movie|The film version]] of ''[[He -Man and Thethe Masters of Thethe Universe]]'' dealt with this trope.

** Clayton reveled in the contrast of the two genres, particularly in the premise of ''Skeen's Leap'' and its sequels: Hard-boiled interstellar treasure-hunter Skeen, stranded on a backwater planet, discovers an [[Interdimensional Portal]] to a world that fairly approximates the [[ISO Standard Fantasy Setting]]. It doesn't seem to make much difference in her life; she goes from being chased by [[Call a Rabbit Aa Smeerp|saayungka]] to being chased by [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|werewolves]] without much intermission.

* In the [[Spider Robinson]] short story "Local Champ," a wizard dominates all magic on Earth. When someone tries to take him out with a laser weapon, he laughs at it; while physical energies can travel further than magic (which is limited to a planet's ecosphere), magic can easily overcome scientific forces -- atforces—at least until {{spoiler|The aliens the ''signal laser'' communicated with}} show up to {{spoiler|pluck him out of Earth's atmosphere with a tractor beam.}}

* One of the ''[[Elric of Melnibone]]'' stories involves Elric teaming up with other incarnations of The Eternal Champion to take down alien wizards that had come to his world from beyond his reality. It's even more awesome than that summary makes it sound.

* The witches in ''[[Bewitched (TV)|Bewitched]]'' vacationed on other planets regularly.

** So did the witches in ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''.

* [[Dungeons and& Dragons]] had the ''Spelljammer'' setting. Wooden-hulled sailing ships, cannons, pirates, magic, and monsters. [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]].

* In the old-school ''[[Mage: The Ascension (Tabletop Game)|Mage: The Ascension]]'', both the Sons of Ether and the Void Engineers travelled through space using [[Magitek|magical spacecraft]].

* [[Warhammer 4000040,000]]. There is magic that is universal (all use the same rule set where it is called [[Psychic Powers]]) and necessary for space travel, but the Eldar and the Imperium treat it like magic or religion, introducing terms like warlock and inquisitor. Men in particular treat their [[Lost Technology]] spiritually or as [[Deus Est Machina|actual parts of a god]]. Meanwhile, the creatures of Chaos are very clearly daemons are lifted with no alteration straight out of [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammer Fantasy]]. (literally, the models can be used for both games)

* Most ''[[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Final Fantasy]]'' games take place in a setting like this.

* [[SpacestationSpace Station 13]] fits this trope to a tee.

* Pictured above is Magical Trevor from several [[Deranged Animation|Deranged Animations]]s by [[Weebl and Bob]].

* ''[[Thunder CatsThundercats]]'', full stop. Castaways from another planet led by a guy with a magic sword land on a new world with colorful inhabitants, build a fairly high-tech base for themselves out of what's left of their ship, and spend most of their time fighting the schemes of an evil wizard.

** In Thundercats2011 [[Big Bad|Mumm Ra]] is literally a evil sorcerer who crashed to Third Earth centuries ago {{spoiler|with most of the animal races and the ancestors of the Thundercats}}.

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