History Main / ScifiKitchenSink

* In addition to Lasers, Particle Beams, Plasma weapons of many kinds, Hover vehicles, Robot Drones, and a dizzying array of PoweredArmor and HumongousMecha, ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' also features Psychic powers, Extra-dimensional refugees, Chemical Augmentation(which will ''kill'' you) Mental augmentation(which will drive you ''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} nuts]]''), Bionic Augmentation(which can actually be handled pretty well, with a little counseling), Alien Invasions, temporal anomalies, and more {{Negative Space Wedgie}}s than you can shake a stick at. And that' not getting into the Monsters, Magic, Dragons and {{Eldritch Horror}}s.

* ''WebOriginal/HowToHero'' features starships and [[HumongousMecha giant robots]] and alien invasions and time travel shenanigans (which makes sense considering it parodies superheroes and their stories and staples).

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', by virtue of being an extreme LongRunner with a massive [[ExpandedUniverse expanded]] [[Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} universe]], ranges through the entirety of time and space. After 50+ years of stories, that's a lot of sci-fi ideas - you've got high-tech military forces battling witches and ancient astral demons, mixed in with genocidal robots and sentient nanoswarms.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' could be called either an post-apocalypse kitchen sink or a sink that focuses on sci-fi elements popular in TheFifties. You've got radiation-warped mutants, immortal zombies that gradually turn feral as their minds break down, robots ranging from Robby of ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' to ''Terminator''-esque synths, one or two LittleGreenMen, drugs that bestow psychic powers, [[BrainInAJar disembodied living brains]], and even a few people who bring justice to the wasteland by dressing up as ancient superheroes.

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' and ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', both games sharing the same universe, are collectively this, featuring aliens, zombies, robots, ArtificialIntelligence, [[MadScientist mad scientists]], advanced technology, and even a multiverse.

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'' has clones, cyborgs, nanomachines, psychics and artificial intelligence.

* ''Literature/{{Spectral Shadows}}'' could qualify for this. There's a {{Mad Scientist}}, a world in a time that takes place {{After the End}}, there's {{Time Travel}}, {{Funny Animal}}s that evolved from genetic slag due to weaponized acid rain, there's an intergalactic empire of {{Space Pirates}}, android funny animals, a [[{{TheMatrix}} virtual reality rpg where one can learn powers at the expense of feeling any and all pain]], world warping powers, a space ship that can travel time and space, humongous mechas, and more.
* In the universe of [[Creator/IainBanks Iain M. Banks]]'s hyper-advanced people, Literature/TheCulture, there's everything from dystopian ultra-capitalist planets, small debauched backwaters, "Sublimed" civilisations living in entire other dimensions, neglectful precursors, {{Proud Warrior Race}}s, post-singularity communist civs...well, you get the idea. The fact that this is just a very incomplete list of some of the civilisation types should tip you off to the fact that this series mixes-and-matches an awful lot of sci-fi tropes. Tech levels vary right alongside the civilisations, although we rarely see a world a great deal less developed than present day Earth. Expect to see SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale stunningly averted, in both range and size of ships, drones, space battles, androids, sentient space-suits, conspiracies and counter-conspiracies.

* ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' has become this, with androids, ancient aliens, AI and time travel. With the introduction of the Darkhold and Ghost Rider it's spilling into Fantasy kitchen sink territory as well.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' - sometimes it's like each army is there to be a representative of a different sort of science fiction. Your SpaceMarines are your, unsurprisingly, post-[[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinleinian]] SpaceMarines infused with knights and religious fervor, the Imperium fields big ''TableTop/BattleTech''-style mechs, the Imperial Guard are essentially ''Franchise/StarWars''' stormtroopers (which are even referenced by name!) with several different flavors, ranging from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI trench warfare (the Death Korps of Krieg) to [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]]-style survivalists (Catachans), Tyranids are books are about BugWar, Tau are {{animesque}} mecha and firepower and TheFederation, Eldar are ClarksThirdLaw SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that lean heavily towards {{ninja}}-style weapons (everything they fire are shurikens), rely on psychic powers, and take the traditional Japanese leaning, spaceship battles feel like they come out of the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' universe, Necrons are ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' and so on. If anybody want to write about or parody a certain type of science fiction, then they can.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has aliens, a InterdimensionalTravelDevice, a MadScientist, {{UpliftedAnimal}}s, ArtificialIntelligence, cloning and many many more.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' is much the same - Cyberpunk tropes happily contained in [=PanOceania=]'s warring hypercorps and corporate troops alongside Space Knights, European troopers in armor heavily inspired by ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'''s E-SWAT, and soldiers that are heavily based on the [[FilmOfTheBook film version]] of ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' (down to the "Would you like to know more?" CatchPhrase), space Samurai, ninja, and sprawling animeesque and East Asian sci-fi in Yu Jing, a UsedFuture in the Ariadnans (who are mostly military-fiction, unchanged 20th[=/=]21st century units wielding rifles that wouldn't be out of place in a modern setting) and the Nomads (who experiment with bioengineering, giving us Space {{Catgirl}}s and put the punk in cyberpunk with anarchist sci-fi tropes and punk-inspired designs, with futuristic Roller Derby gals as a unit), an America left devastated by a nanoswarm, becoming a ''Franchise/MadMax''-esque [[AfterTheEnd apocalyptic wasteland]], ''Literature/{{Dune}}''-esque Haqqislam units who literally control the Spice flow, ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''-esque Morats hired by an insane conglomerate of [=AI=]s, bio-tech, organic Tohaa - all watched by a TronLines-and-[[EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture Apple-esque]] faction, ALEPH, who attempt to bring order to the human factions.

* PerryRhodan is running for over 50 years now and did start with UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace and then features things like AncientAstronauts, SufficientlyAdvancedAlien, AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, TheBattlestar, CosmicChessGame, LensmanArmsRace, OrderVersusChaos, and and ... and we have not nearly covered everything in the first one hundred books.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' is a kitchen sink of MilitaryScienceFiction, SpaceOpera and HighFantasy tropes. Thousands of different races, ranging from [[OurVampiresAreDifferent several vampires]], {{psychic vampire}}s, [[RaptorAttack space velociraptors]], insect {{hive mind}}s, {{Energy Being}}s that might as well be ghosts, and three different [[ZombieApocalypse zombie types]]. Everything from massive ship-to-ship battles, to space fighters, to {{Humongous Mecha}}. Hacking (called slicing) is on, AI and robots galore, there's time travel (albeit by accident), FTL, and so on.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' - sometimes it is like each army is there to be a representative of a different sort of science fiction. Your SpaceMarines are your, unsurprisingly, post-[[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinleinian]] SpaceMarines infused with knights and religious fervor, the Imperium fields big ''TableTop/BattleTech''-style mechs, the Imperial Guard are essentially ''Franchise/StarWars''' stormtroopers (which are even referenced by name!) with several different flavors, ranging from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI trench warfare (the Death Korps of Krieg) to [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]]-style survivalists (Catachans), Tyranids are books are about BugWar, Tau are {{animesque}} mecha and firepower and TheFederation, Eldar are ClarksThirdLaw SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that lean heavily towards {{ninja}}-style weapons (everything they fire are shurikens), rely on psychic powers, and take the traditional Japanese leaning, spaceship battles feel like they come out of the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' universe, Necrons are ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' and so on. If anybody want to write about or parody a certain type of science fiction, then they can.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' is much the same - Cyberpunk tropes happily contained in [=PanOceania=]'s warring hypercorps and corporate troops alongside Space Knights, European troopers in armor heavily inspired by ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'''s E-SWAT, and soldiers that are heavily based on the [[FilmOfTheBook film version]] of ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' (down to the "Would you like to know more?" CatchPhrase), space Samurai, ninja, and sprawling animeesque and East Asian sci-fi in Yu Jing, a UsedFuture in the Ariadnans (who are mostly military-fiction, unchanged 20th[=/=]21st century units wielding rifles that wouldn't be out of place in a modern setting) and the Nomads (who experiment with bioengineering, giving us Space {{Catgirl}}s and put the punk in cyberpunk with anarchist sci-fi tropes and punk-inspired designs, with futuristic Roller Derby gals as a unit), ''Literature/{{Dune}}''-esque Haqqislam units who literally control the Spice flow, ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''-esque Morats hired by an insane conglomerate of [=AI=]s, bio-tech, organic Tohaa - all watched by a TronLines-and-[[EverythingWillBeAnIpodInTheFuture Apple-esque]] faction, ALEPH, who attempt to bring order to the human factions. A nanoswarm devastated America, leaving the rest of it a ''Franchise/MadMax''-esque apocalypse wasteland, while bozusoku fight cops on the neon-drenched streets of Yu Jing.

* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' seems aiming to get every and all Sci-Fi tropes. There are [[FasterThanLightTravel faster-than-light engines]], [[AnotherDimension Warp]] and [[OurWormholesAreDifferent wormholes]] as available means of travel. There are ArtificialIntelligence, [[AIIsACrapshoot going wild]] and not, [[GalacticSuperpower Ancient Star Empires]], alive [[{{Precursors}} and not]], [[SpaceWhale Space Jellyfish]], [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Hordes Of Alien Locusts]] and the list goes on.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Given that the show is about boys building impossibly advanced technology, this is a given. It has had evil scientists, spy organizations, aliens, TimeTravel, RidiculouslyHumanRobots, advanced nanotechnology, superheroes and villains (including from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, which is a SFKS all its own), teleportation, holograms, supercomputers, AnotherDimension, and sentient AIs (good and bad), to name a few.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' could be called either an post-apocalypse kitchen sink or a sink that focuses on sci-fi elements popular in the fifties. You've got radiation-warped mutants, immortal zombies that gradually turn feral as their mind breaks down, robots ranging from Robby of ''ForbiddenPlanet'' to ''Terminator''-esque synths, one or two LittleGreenMen, drugs that bestow psychic powers, disembodied living brains, and even a few people who bring justice to the wasteland by dressing up as ancient superheroes.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' is much the same - Cyberpunk tropes happily contained in [=PanOceania=]'s warring hypercorps and corporate troops alongside Space Knights, European troopers in armor heavily inspired by ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'''s E-SWAT, and soldiers that are heavily based on the film version of Film/StarshipTroopers (down to the "Would you like to know more?), space Samurai, ninja, and sprawling animeque and East Asian sci-fi in Yu Jing, a {{Used Future}} in the Ariadnans (who are mostly military-fiction, unchanged 20th[=/=]21st century units wielding rifles that wouldn't be out of place in a modern setting) and the Nomads (who experiment with bioengineering, giving us Space {{Catgirl}}s and put the punk in cyberpunk with anarchist sci-fi tropes and punk-inspired designs, with futuristic Roller Derby gals as a unit), Literature/{{Dune}}-esque Haqqislam units who literally control the Spice flow, Franchise/{{Halo}}-esque Morats hired by an insane conglomerate of [=AI=]s, bio-tech, organic Tohaa - all watched by a TronLines-and-[[EverythingWillBeAnIpodInTheFuture Apple-esque]] faction, ALEPH, who attempt to bring order to the human factions. A nanoswarm devastated America, leaving the rest of it a Franchise/MadMax-esque apocalypse wasteland, while bozusoku fight cops on the neon-drenched streets of Yu Jing.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series including its ExpandedUniverse. It has HumongousMecha, FasterThanLightTravel, ArtificialIntelligence, SpaceMarines, {{Precursors}}, etc. While the weirder aspects of SciFi like PsychicPowers or various {{Negative Space Wedgie}}s haven't show up in the games (although the [[TheVirus Flood]] HiveMind, Slipspace anomalies, and the [[spoiler:Ur-Didact's]] [[MagicFromTechnology gravity control powers]] come close), ''Literature/TheForerunnerSaga'' dips into that territory [[spoiler:by going the CosmicHorrorStory route, complete with {{Eldritch Starship}}s, GeniusLoci, and a SentientCosmicForce which allows technology to be made of ''thought'']].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Trinity}}'' was launched as one of these as well. You want cyberpunk? America's corporate-owned and full of technopaths. You want wasteland? Paris and a huge chunk of the surrounding land got nuked. You want SpaceOpera? Mankind's made first contact and is currently involved in political dealings with at least three different species. You want PsychicPowers? What flavor do you want them in?

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' - sometimes it is like each army is there to be a representative of a different sort of science fiction. Your SpaceMarines are your, unsurprisingly, post-[[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinleinian]] SpaceMarines infused with knights and religious fervor, the Imperium fields big TableTop/BattleTech-style mechs, the Imperial Guard are essentially Franchise/StarWars' stormtroopers (which are even referenced by name!) with several different flavors, ranging from UsefulNotes/WW1 trench warfare (the Death Korps of Krieg) to Vietnam-style survivalists (Catachans), Tyranids are books are about BugWar, Tau are {{animesque}} mecha and firepower and TheFederation, Eldar are ClarksThirdLaw SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that lean heavily towards {{ninja}}-style weapons (everything they fire are shurikens), rely on psychic powers, and take the traditional Japanese leaning, spaceship battles feel like they come out of the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' universe, Necrons are Franchise/{{Terminator}} and so on. If anybody want to write about or parody a certain type of science fiction, then they can.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' is much the same - Cyberpunk tropes happily contained in [=PanOceania=]'s warring hypercorps and corporate troops alongside Space Knights, European troopers in armor heavily inspired by Manga/{{Appleseed}}'s E-SWAT, and soldiers that are heavily based on the film version of Film/StarshipTroopers (down to the "Would you like to know more?), space Samurai, ninja, and sprawling animeque and East Asian sci-fi in Yu Jing, a {{Used Future}} in the Ariadnans (who are mostly military-fiction, unchanged 20th[=/=]21st century units wielding rifles that wouldn't be out of place in a modern setting) and the Nomads (who experiment with bioengineering, giving us Space {{Catgirl}}s and put the punk in cyberpunk with anarchist sci-fi tropes and punk-inspired designs, with futuristic Roller Derby gals as a unit), Literature/{{Dune}}-esque Haqqislam units who literally control the Spice flow, Franchise/{{Halo}}-esque Morats hired by an insane conglomerate of [=AI=]s, bio-tech, organic Tohaa - all watched by a TronLines-and-[[EverythingWillBeAnIpodInTheFuture Apple-esque]] faction, ALEPH, who attempt to bring order to the human factions. A nanoswarm devastated America, leaving the rest of it a Franchise/MadMax-esque apocalypse wasteland, while bozusoku fight cops on the neon-drenched streets of Yu Jing.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', by virtue of it having run from 1963 to 1989 and subsequently from 2005 onwards and ranges through the entirety of time and space. After 30+ years on-air, that's a lot of sci-fi ideas - you've got military fiction battling witches and ancient astral demons, mixed in with genocidal robots and sentient nanoswarms.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' is much the same - Cyberpunk tropes happily contained in [=PanOceania=]'s warring hypercorps and corporate troops alongside Space Knights, European troopers in armor heavily inspired by Manga/{{Appleseed}}'s E-SWAT, and soldiers that are heavily based on the film version of Film/StarshipTroopers (down to the "Would you like to know more?), space Samurai, ninja, and sprawling animeque and East Asian sci-fi in Yu Jing, a {{Used Future}} in the Ariadnans (who are mostly military-fiction, unchanged 20th[=/=]21st century units wielding rifles that wouldn't be out of place in a modern setting) and the Nomads (who experiment with bioengineering, giving us Space {{Catgirl}}s and put the punk in cyberpunk with anarchist sci-fi tropes and punk-inspired designs, with futuristic Roller Derby gals as a unit), Literature/{{Dune}}-esque Haqqislam units who literally control the Spice flow, Franchise/{{Halo}}-esque Morats hired by an insane conglomerate of [=AI=]s, bio-tech, organic Tohaa - all watched by a TronLines-and-[[EverythingWillBeAnIpodInTheFuture Apple-esque]] faction, ALEPH, who attempt to bring order to the human factions.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', by virtue of it having run from 1963 to 1989 and subsequently from 2005 onwards and ranges through the entirety of time and space. After 30+ years on-air, that's a lot of sci-fi ideas.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' - sometimes it is like each army is there to be a representative of a different sort of science fiction. Your SpaceMarines are your, unsurprisingly, post-[[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinleinian]] SpaceMarines, the Imperium fields big TableTop/BattleTech-style mechs, the Imperial Guard are essentially Franchise/StarWars' stormtroopers (which are even referenced by name!) with several different flavors, ranging from UsefulNotes/WW1 trench warfare (the Death Korps of Krieg) to Vietnam-style survivalists (Catachans), Tyranids are books are about BugWar, Tau are {{animesque}} mecha and firepower and TheFederation, Eldar are ClarksThirdLaw SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that lean heavily towards {{ninja}}-style weapons (everything they fire are shurikens), rely on psychic powers, and take the traditional Japanese leaning, spaceship battles feel like they come out of the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' universe, Necrons are Franchise/{{Terminator}} and so on. If anybody want to write about or parody a certain type of science fiction, then they can.