History Series / RedDwarf

''TabletopGame/RedDwarfTheRoleplayingGame'' was released by Deep 7 in 2002.

* TonkaTough: Starbugs are incredibly resilient vehicles. The one from series VI/VIII has crashed "more times than a ZX-81".

** Rimmer failed to repair ''Red Dwarf'''s drive plate properly, which led to the radiation leak killing everyone aboard bar Lister.

** As Website/SFDebris pointed out, there was an interesting case where they may or may not have set up an incredible bit of {{Foreshadowing}}: In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIStasisLeak Stasis Leak]]", Lister finds a picture of him and Kochanski getting married and a mention of a [[TitleDrop stasis leak]] that leads back in time to before the accident that killed the Red Dwarf crew. He eventually finds Kochanski, but she's already married to a future version of him. Future Lister is a bit of a {{Jerkass}}, but mentions that "in five years' time" they will find another way back into the past. Five years later, "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIOutOfTime Out of Time]]" aired, wherein the Dwarfers find a time machine and are immediately accosted by {{Jerkass}} future version of themselves who have been spending the last few decades being gourmands; dining with the richest and most powerful people in history, many of whom were "a bit dodgy" (such as Marie Antoinette and literal Nazis). Whether a series known for its MST3KMantra as far as continuity is concerned actually intended to make a such a bit of foreshadowing, or the writers remembered and wrote an episode with that in mind, or if it was a happy accident, [[RiddleForTheAges we'll likely never know for sure]].

** Holly's IQ of 6000 is apparently the same IQ as 6000 PE teachers.

* MadLibsCatchphrase: Perilous situations would often result in the Cat exclaiming, "That's it, we're [[DeaderThanDisco deader than]] [''long-outmoded item of clothing'']!"

-->-- '''Holly''', perfectly summing up the series.

-->'''Legion:''' "The next hint of insurrection, and the scalpel ends up... ''[[GroinAttack here]]''."

[[caption-width-right:350:The Boys from the Dwarf [[note]]Clockwise from bottom right: [[ItsAllAboutMe Rimmer]], [[TokenHuman Lister]], Holly, [[TheFashionista Cat]] and Kryten[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The Boys from the Dwarf [[note]]Clockwise from bottom right: Rimmer, Lister, Holly, Cat and Kryten[[/note]]]]

* OnlyChildSyndrome: As far as we know, everyone except Rimmer, who has three brothers. In Lister's case this would be justified by his [[MyOwnGrandpa "unique"]] parentage, though conceivably you could count his and his female double's sons as his half-brothers or something. Or uncles. Or nephews. Lister's family tree exists in a few more dimensions than is normal.

** The titular video game in episode "Better Than Life".
** The premise of "[[Recap/{{Red Dwarf Season II Better Than Life}} Better Than Life]]".

* MrSeahorse:

* NoEnding: "Officer Rimmer" ends with the crew firing the first Bazookoid shot at the monster terrorizing the crew before it abruptly cuts to credits. Presumably they didn't have the budget to show it actually dying.

Fleetway Editions published ''Red Dwarf Magazine/Red Dwarf Smegazine'' (the title changed after the third issue), featuring comics and stories, from 1992-94.