History TabletopGame / TeenagersFromOuterSpace

* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism - The various alien races are given a rough sorting based on how closely they resemble a human form. Near Humans are perfect examples of HumanAliens and the GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe. Not Very Near Humans are defined by having a roughly humanoid form and nature: RubberForeheadAliens, {{Intelligent Gerbil}}s, PettingZooPeople, LittleGreenMen and TheGreys. Real Weirdies are anything else; StarfishAliens are most common examples, with InsectoidAliens also possible, but theoretically a Real Weirdy could also be an EldritchAbomination or even from a race of EnergyBeings.

* CaptainErsatz - Rami is ''totally'' [[UruseiYatsura Lum]] in a cat girl's body. Lum's body... that's the girl in the illustration on page 7.

* ShoutOut - Many to ''UruseiYatsura'', among others. The first two things on the alien powers list are flight and shooting lightning, even.

* GenderBender: the Boy/Girl Gun and teh {{Ranma}}-inspired power "Boy/Girl/Boy" in the 3rd edition.

* [[CantHaveSexEver Can't Have Sex Ever]] - It's a rule. If two characters ''try'' to have sex, a hilarious interruption '''must''' ensue.

** This was a fan-made expansion that gave some more "bizarro" powers to humans, to all [=GMs=] to add elements of series like old Mecha animes, {{Ranma One Half}} and {{Project A-Ko}} to their campaigns. These included powers like Girl/Guy/Girl Trigger (contact with a specific stimulus caused the character to be affected as though hit by a Boy/Girl Gun, a {{Genderbender}} {{Transformation Ray}}), Own a Big Mecha (the character has a piloted robot or super battlesuit made by one of their relatives- which meant they'd get ticked if it got damage) and a human version of the [[OneWingedAngel Monster Out]] power.

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still mostly an underground sensation. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After you could watch ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/DragonBall'' without having to buy them from bootleggers, the anime basis became the game's main selling point.

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still mostly an underground sensation. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After you could watch ''Manga/SailorMoon'' and ''Manga/DragonBall'' without having to buy them from bootleggers, the anime basis became the game's main selling point.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

** One of the girls on Page 4 looks a lot like [[SheRa She-Ra.]]

* GenderBender (the Boy/Girl Gun)

* ShoutOut - Many to ''UruseiYatsura'', among others. The first two things on the alien powers list are flight and shooting lightning, even, and one of the premade "episodes" in the rulebook is Rei's introduction episode lifted wholecloth.

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''UruseiYatsura''), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still mostly an underground sensation. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After you could watch ''Manga/SailorMoon'' and ''Manga/DragonBall'' without having to buy them from bootleggers, the anime basis became the game's main selling point.

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''UruseiYatsura''), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still mostly an underground sensation. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After you could watch ''SailorMoon'' and ''{{Dragonball}}'' without having to buy it from bootleggers, the anime basis became the game's main selling point.

Not to be confused with the [[Film/TeenagersFromOuterSpace 1959 sci-fi movie of the same name]] (as seen on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''), ''Teenagers From Outer Space'' is a wacky, rules-light, {{anime}}-inspired RPG from R. Talsorian Games.

* ShoutOut - Many to ''UruseiYatsura'', among others. The first two things on the alien powers list are flight and shooting lightning, even.

* [[EverythingsBetterWithBunnies Everything's Better With Bunnies]]: A plot involves capturing an escaped rabbit, while its owner starts [[BalefulPolymorph transforming]] into a rabbit themself.

* SpacePolice: [[{{Lensman}} The Benzmen ]]

--> "Something on an alien planet has just grabbed your foot underwater. If you aren't screaming like a cat dipped in Nair, you aren't grasping the seriousness of the situation"

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''UruseiYatsura''), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still an underground sensation. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After you could watch ''SailorMoon'' and ''{{Dragonball}}'' without having to buy it from bootleggers, the anime basis became the game's main selling point.

The game was based on comedy anime (particularly ''UruseiYatsura''. The first two powers listed were even flying and shooting lightning), but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still an underground sensation. So, it was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After you could watch ''SailorMoon'' and ''{{Dragonball}}'' without having to buy it from bootleggers, the anime basis became the game's main selling point.

* ShoutOut (Many to ''UruseiYatsura'', among others)

The game was always based on anime, but was originally released in the '80s when anime was still an underground sensation, and so was written as a general comedic sci-fi RPG. After you could watch ''SailorMoon'' and ''{{Dragonball}}'' without having to buy it from bootleggers, the anime basis became the game's main selling point.

* {{MIB}} (The Alien Control Officers)