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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|<code>GUIDE THE SPACEMAN THROUGH THE CASTLE AND DEFEAT THE WIZARD.</code>\|''[http://vacuumflowers.com/star_guard/ Star Guard]''}} [[File:~~WizardsFromOuterSpace_528~~WizardsFromOuterSpace 528.jpg\|link=Weebl and Bob\|right]] Sometimes Science Fiction [[Science Fantasy\|isn't really science fiction]]. Sometimes, it's actually fantasy. Even so, some things are usually seen as a part of one genre and not the other. If you see a magic sword, for example, you can assume it's fantasy and not sci-fi. Space travel, on the other hand, is firmly in the realm of science fiction, and not fantasy. Line 37: * ''The Soul Drinker Trilogy'' by [[Jo Clayton]] had wizards, gods, and space ships. Actually, all of Jo Clayton's work is like this now that I think about it. ** 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 a 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 -- at~~forces—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. == [[Live Action TV]] == Line 47: == [[Tabletop Games]] == * [[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]]'', both the Sons of Ether and the Void Engineers travelled through space using [[Magitek\|magical spacecraft]]. * [[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]]. 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) * The Elder Worm from ''[[Hero System\|the Champions Universe]]'' is a race of [[Starfish Alien]] [[Recycled in Space\|space-wizards]] who dominated the entire galaxy a hundred thousand years ago. ** One of the Elder Worm's slave races, the Thane, fits this trope even more, what with their [[Black Cloak\|body-obscuring cloaks]], their demon worship, and their chanting. Line 61: == [[Web Original]] == * Pictured above is Magical Trevor from several [[Deranged Animation~~\|Deranged Animations~~]]s by [[Weebl and Bob]]. == [[Western Animation]] == * ''[[Thundercats]]'', 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}}. * ''[[Thundarr the Barbarian]]'' is set in an age of "savagery, super-science, and sorcery." Many wizards (most notably Mindok the Mind Menace) use superscience and magic interchangeably, while Thundarr's Sun Sword appears to be scientific. Line 72: [[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]] [[Category:Wizards and Witches]] [[Category:~~Wizards from Outer Space~~{{PAGENAME}}]]