''Tropes that are specific to SpeculativeFiction, encompassing ScienceFiction, {{Fantasy}}, and everything in between...''

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Categories:
+ AppliedPhlebotinum
+ ApocalypticIndex
+ ThisIndexHasAMindOfItsOwn
+ MagicAndPowers
++ StockSuperpowers
+ MakeMyIndexLive
+ OthernessTropes
++ AlienTropes
++ FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes
++ MerTropes
++ OurMonstersAreDifferent
+ OtherworldTropes
++ MetaphysicalPlace
+ ParanormalTropes
+ RobotRollCall
+ ShapeShifting
+ TimeTravelTropes
+ TeleportationTropes
+ TropesInSpace
+ VampireTropes
+ WeWillNotUseAnIndexInTheFuture
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'''See also:'''
+ TheGrandListOfOverusedScienceFictionCliches
* TurkeyCityLexicon

'''Tropes:'''
* AbsentAliens
* AbsurdlySharpBlade
* AbusivePrecursors
* AdamAndEvePlot
* {{Aesoptinum}}
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith
* AgonyBeam
* {{AIs}}
* AIIsACrapshoot
* AirborneAircraftCarrier
* AlienAbduction
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated
* AlienInvasion
** HowToInvadeAnAlienPlanet
* AliensOfLondon
* AlienSky
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AliensStealCable
* AllHellBreaksLoose
* TheAlliance
* AllMythsAreTrue
* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike
* AllTheMyriadWays
* AlternativeCalendar
* AlternateUniverse
* AmazonBrigade
* AmbiguouslyHuman
* AnatomyArsenal
* AncientAstronauts
* AncientConspiracy
** MilkmanConspiracy
* AncientTradition
* AndManGrewProud
* AndroidsAndDetectives
* AnimateInanimateObject
** LivingShip
** LivingToys
* AntagonistsAssimilate
* ApocalypseHow
* ApocalypseWow
* ApocalypticLog
* AppliedPhlebotinum
* ArbitraryMaximumRange
* ArbitrarySkepticism
* {{Area 51}}
* ArmCannon
* ArtificialGravity
* ArtificialLimbs
* AscendedFanboy
* ASharedSuffering
* AsYouWish
* AsteroidMiners
* AsteroidThicket
* AtlantisIsBoring
* AuraVision
* AutomatonHorses
* AveMachina
* BabyPlanet
* BadBlueLighting
* BadMoonRising
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil
* BalkanizeMe
* BarrierBustingBlow
* TheBattlestar
* BecauseDestinySaysSo
* BecomeARealBoy
* BecomingTheGenie
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy
* BenevolentAlienInvasion
* BenevolentGenie
* BenevolentGhost
* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts
* BigFatFuture
* BioAugmentation
* BizarreAlienBiology
** SpareBodyParts
* BizarreBabyBoom
* BladeBelowTheShoulder
* BlindJump
* BloodSport
* BodySnatcher
** BodySurf
* BoldlyComing
* BrainInAJar
* BrainUploading
* TheBridge
* CallARabbitASmeerp
** CallASmeerpARabbit
* CaliforniaDoubling
** BBCQuarry
** HereThereBeLions
** KirksRock
* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes
* [[{{ptitleukqnnj0yvqci}} Can't Argue With Elves]]
* CapitalLettersAreMagic
* CaptainsLog
* CargoCult
* CasualInterstellarTravel
* CatchyAI
* ChestBurster
* CityInABottle
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve
* [[{{ptitletnnwhqnhdt9x}} Clarke's Third Law]]
* ClockworkCreature
* CloningBlues
** CloneDegeneration
** CloneJesus
* CocaPepsiInc
* CoconutSuperpowers
* ColdSleepColdFuture
* ColonyDrop
* ColorCodedWizardry
* ComingInHot
* CompoundInterestTimeTravelGambit
* TheComputerIsYourFriend
* ConnecticutYankee
* ConspiracyPlacement
* ContemporaryCaveman
* ContinuousDecompression
* ContagiousPowers
* CoolAirship
* CoolBoat
* CoolButInefficient
* CoolGate
* CoolHorse
* CoolChair
* CoolStarship
* CosmicKeystone
* CosyCatastrophe
* {{Counter-Earth}}
* CrazyCulturalComparison
* CreativeSterility
* CreepyMonotone
* CrossingTheStreams
* CrossoverCosmology
* CrushKillDestroy
* CrystalClearPicture
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas
* CultColony
* CultureClash
* CurseEscapeClause
* CutTheJuice
* DawnOfAnEra
* DaysOfFuturePast
* DeadToBeginWith
* DeathFromAbove
* DeathRay
* DeathsHourglass
* DeathWorld
* DecadeDissonance
* DecontaminationChamber
* DeflectorShields
* DemiHuman
* DemonSlaying
* DepopulationBomb
* DetachmentCombat
* DeusEstMachina
* DeusSexMachina
* DevilButNoGod
* {{Dhampyr}}
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu
** BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu
* [[{{Ptitlewbt6s033}} Did We Just Have Tea With Cthulhu?]]
* DilatingDoor
* DieOrFly
* DisappearsIntoLight
* DiscountLesbians
* DisintegratorRay
* DisposableSuperheroMaker
* DistressCall
* DividedStatesOfAmerica
* DivineRanks
* DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep
* DoAnythingRobot
* DoingInTheScientist
* DoingInTheWizard
* DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere
* DoNotAdjustYourSet
* DownTheRabbitHole
* DramaticSpaceDrifting
* DreamingOfThingsToCome
* DropShip
* DysonSphere
* DystopianEdict
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
* EarthShatteringKaboom
* EarthThatWas
* EasilyDetachableRobotParts
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion
* ElaborateUndergroundBase
* ElementalBaggage
* ElvisHasLeftThePlanet
* ElvisLives
* EmergencyTransformation
* EmotionBomb
* EmotionsVsStoicism
* EndOfAnAge
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
* EndOfTheWorldSpecial
* EnemiesWithDeath
* EnergyEconomy
* EnergyWeapon
** FrickinLaserBeams
** LaserBlade
** WaveMotionGun
* ETGaveUsWiFi
* EternalEnglish
* EternalProhibition
* EternalRecurrence
* EthnicMagician
* EveryoneIsASuper
* EvilCostumeSwitch
* EvilDetectingBaby
* EvilDetectingDog
* EvilHand
* EvilMeScaresMe
* EvilutionaryBiologist
* EvolutionaryLevels
* EvilWeapon
* ExoticEquipment
* ExplosiveDecompression
** ThrownOutTheAirlock
* ExplosionsInSpace
* ExpoLabel
* ExpositionIntuition
* {{Expospeak}}
* ExtyYearsFromNow
* TheEyesHaveIt
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong
* FailsafeFailure
* TheFairFolk
* FanOfThePast
* FantasticArousal
* FantasticCasteSystem
* FantasticRacism
** FantasticSlurs
* FantasticReligiousWeirdness
* FantasyGunControl
* FantasyKitchenSink
* FantasyPantheon
* FantasyWorldMap
** LeftJustifiedFantasyMap
* FasterThanLightTravel
* {{Familiar}}
* TheFederation
* FeedItWithFire
* FetishFuelFuture
* FeudalFuture
* FightOffTheKryptonite
* FirstContact
* FishPeople
* FiveRaces
* FlatEarthAtheist
* FlawedPrototype
* FleshVersusSteel
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture
* FloatingContinent
* FlyingSaucers
* TheFogOfAges
* FoodPills
* ForgottenPhlebotinum
* FreakLabAccident
* FromASingleCell
* FutureBadass
* FutureImperfect
* FutureMusic
* FutureSlang
* [[{{ptitle0b588116}} GaiasVengeance]]
* GattacaBabies
* GenderRarityValue
* {{Gendercide}}
* GenerationShips
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke
* GeneticMemory
* GenieInABottle
* TheGenieInTheMachine
* GenocideDilemma
* GhostInTheMachine
* GiantFlyer
* GlamourFailure
* GoddamnOrks
* GoingCritical
* {{Golem}}
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement
* GoneHorriblyWrong
* GreyGoo
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HarmonyVersusDiscipline
* HatePlague
* TheHathorEffect
* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster
* HeartTrauma
* {{Heavyworlder}}
* HeinzHybrid
* {{Hellhound}}
* HemisphereBias
* HereThereBeDragons
* HeroicLineage
* HiveCasteSystem
* HollywoodCyborg
* HolodeckMalfunction
* {{Hologram}}
* HolographicTerminal
* HomemadeInventions
* HomosexualReproduction
* HordeOfAlienLocusts
* HorseOfADifferentColor
* HourOfPower
* HoverBoard
* HowUnscientific
* HughMann
* HumanAliens
* HumanoidAliens
* HumanMomNonhumanDad
* HumanPopsicle
* HumanResources
* HumanityIsSuperior
* HumansAreFlawed
* HumansAreSpecial
* HumansAreBastards
* HumansAreUgly
* HumansAreWarriors
* HumansByAnyOtherName
* HunterOfHisOwnKind
* HurlItIntoTheSun
* HyperspeedEscape
* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace
* [[{{ptitle9yjrqw6ea4h4}} I Can't See Myself]]
* IComeInPeace
* IKnowThatGun
* ILoveNuclearPower
* ImHavingSoulPains
* ImaginaryEnemy
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap
* ImmortalityImmorality
* ImmuneToBullets
* InfiniteSupplies
* InnocentAliens
* InsideAComputerSystem
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet
* InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace
* InSpiteOfANail
* InstantAIJustAddWater
* InstantCooldown
* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien
* IntangibleMan
* IntelligentGerbil
* InterplanetaryVoyage
* InterspeciesRomance
* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace
* InvisibleAliens
* {{Invocation}}
* ISOStandardHumanSpaceship
* ItOnlyWorksOnce
* [[{{ptitleoa48fdbm}} It's A Small World After All]]
* JackassGenie
* JigsawPuzzlePlot
* TheJorEl
* JuliusBeethovenDaVinci
* JungleOpera
* JunglePrincess
* JuryOfTheDamned
* KillAndReplace
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade
* KillerRobot
* KillAllHumans
* KillItWithWater
* KillSat
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter
* TheKingdom
* [[{{ptitlefewnaawi2pdm}} Kiss Me, I'm Virtual]]
* TheKobayashiMaru
* KryptoniteFactor
** KryptoniteRing
* LandfillBeyondTheStars
* LawOfAlienNames
*LiteralSurveillanceBug
* LeastCommonSkinTone
* LensmanArmsRace
* LeyLine
* TheLibraryOfBabel
* LieToTheBeholder
* LifeEnergy
* LightningGun
* {{Lilliputians}}
* LilliputianWarriors
* LiquidAssets
* LiteralGenie
** {{Wishplosion}}
* LiteraryWorkOfMagic
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces
* {{Lockdown}}
** TrappedInContainment
* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair
* LosingYourHead
* LostColony
* LovecraftLite
* LowestCosmicDenominator
* LowLowFantasy
* LuddWasRight
* LukeNounverber
* {{MacGuffin Girl}}
* MachineMonotone
* MadeOfPhlebotinum
* MadScientistLaboratory
* MagicAndPowers
* MagicCarpet
* MagicFeather
* MagicGenetics
* TheMagicGoesAway
* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar
* MagiciansAreWizards
* MagicPants
* {{Magic-Powered Pseudoscience}}
* MagicVersusScience
* {{Magitek}}
* TheMagocracy
* MalusExMachina
* ManchurianAgent
* MarsNeedsWomen
* {{Masquerainment}}
* MatrixRainingCode
* MayContainEvil
* {{Masquerade}}
** TheUnmasquedWorld
* MeanwhileInTheFuture
* MechanicalHorse
* MechanicalLifeforms
* MegaCorp
* MenstrualMenace
* MentalWorld
* MercurialBase
* MetamorphosisMonster
* MetaphysicalFuel
* MethuselahSyndrome
* TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay
* MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack
* {{Microts}}
* MiddleEasternCoalition
* MidSeasonUpgrade
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds
* TheMilkyWayIsTheOnlyWay
* MilitaryMashupMachine
* MilitaryScienceFiction
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead
* MiniMecha
* MinovskyParticle
* [[{{ptitlevq7kcn8u}} Mix-And-Match Man]]
* MobileSuitHuman
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness
* MonsterOfTheWeek
* MoreThanInfinite
* TheMorlocks
* TheMothership
* MundaneUtility
* MuggleFosterParents
* MulderMoment
* MutantDraftBoard
* TheMultiverse
* MurderousMannequin
* {{Mutants}}
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat
* MySkullRunnethOver
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch
* MysteriousAntarctica
* AMythologyIsTrue
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* NamingYourColonyWorld
* {{Nanomachines}}
* NayTheist
* TheNecrocracy
* NegativeSpaceWedgie
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet
* NeuralImplanting
* NeuroVault
* TheNeutralZone
* NeverRecycleYourSchemes
* NewEden
* NewNeoCity
* NoBigDeal
* NoBiochemicalBarriers
* NoBloodForPhlebotinum
* NoConservationOfEnergy
* NoControlGroup
* NoEndorHolocaust
* NoImmortalInertia
* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture
* NoPaperFuture
* NoSeatBelts
* NoSexAllowed
* NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus
* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus
* NoTranshumanismAllowed
* NotTheNessie
* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture
* NonMammalMammaries
* NoteToSelf
* NotUsingTheZWord
* NotWearingTights
* NoWarpingZone
* NowDoItAgainBackwards
* NukeEm
* NumberedHomeworld
* OldSchoolDogfighting
* OneFederationLimit
* OneWorldOrder
* OnlyFatalToAdults
* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace
* OppositeSexClone
* OrderReborn
* OrganicTechnology
* OrganTheft
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame
* OurGiantsAreBigger
* OurMonstersAreDifferent
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions
* OutOfTimeOutOfMind
* PalsWithJesus
* {{Panspermia}}
* PardonMyKlingon
* PatrickStewartSpeech
* {{Patronymic}}
* PeopleFarms
* PeopleJars
* PerfectPacifistPeople
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PersonalityChip
* PhantasySpelling
** {{Magick}}
* PhantomZonePicture
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs
* PickYourHumanHalf
* PinocchioSyndrome
* PlanarShockwave
* PlanetEater
* PlanetLooters
* PlausibleDeniability
* PlayingWithSyringes
* PlotRelevantAgeUp
* PlutoIsExpendable
* PopsicleSplat
* PopulationControl
* PortalNetwork
* PortalSplat
* PortalToThePast
* PostModernMagik
* ThePowerOfLove
* PowersThatBe
* {{Precursors}}
** NeglectfulPrecursors
* PrimeDirective
* ProjectedMan
* PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime
* PsychicLink
**HiveMind
* PsychoactivePowers
* PsychoPrototype
* PsychoSerum
* PullingThemselvesTogether
* PunyEarthlings
* ThePuppetmasters
* PuppiesArePreciousStrawberriesAreSteep
* TheQuest
* RagnarokProofing
* RammingAlwaysWorks
* RamScoop
* RandomTeleportation
* RapeIsOkayIfItsDivineOnMortal
* RayGun
* RaygunGothic
* RecursiveReality
* RedAlert
* ReentryScare
* RefugeeFromTVLand
* RetGone
* RibcageRidge
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman
* RidiculousFutureInflation
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots
* {{Robeast}}
* RoboSpeak
* RoboticReveal
* RobotMaid
* {{Room101}}
* RoswellThatEndsWel
* SaharanShipwreck
* SandIsWater
* SandWorm
* SalvagePirates
* SanDimasTime
* ScaleOfScientificSins
* ScannableMan
* ScaryDogmaticAliens
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction
* ScienceFictionVersusFantasy
* ScienceMarchesOn
* ScifiGhetto
* SciFiNameBuzzwords
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale
* ScrewYouElves
* ScriptReadingDoors
* SecondChance
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse
* SecretHandshake
* SecretMutantHeroTeam
* SeekerWhiteBloodCells
* SeeThruSpecs
* SelfFulfillingProphecy
* SendInTheClones
* {{Sexbot}}
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip
* ShapeshiftingSquick
* ShatteredWorld
* [[{{{[ptitlesa8eqxap}} Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]]
* ShinyLookingSpaceships
* ShootingSuperman
* ShowingOffTheNewBody
* SillyReasonForWar
* SingleBiomePlanet
* SingleLineOfDescent
* TheSingularity
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset
* SkepticismFailure
* SkepticNoLonger
* SkySurfing
* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic
* SmallUniverseAfterAll
* SomeKindOfForceField
* SomeoneHasToDoIt
* SomethingForEveryone
* SocietyMarchesOn
* SoulJar
* SoylentSoy
* SpaceAmish
* SpaceBrasilia
* SpaceCadet
* SpaceClothes
* SpaceColdWar
* SpaceCossacks
* SpaceElevator
* SpaceFillingEmpire
* SpaceFriction
* SpaceIsAnOcean
** SpaceSailing
* SpaceIsCold
* SpaceIsMagic
* SpaceIsNoisy
* SpaceIsSlowMotion
* SpaceMadness
* SpaceMarine
* SpaceNavy
* SpacePirates
* SpacePlane
* SpacePolice
* SpaceRomans
* SpaceStation
* SpaceWhale
* SpecialEffectBranding
* SpeculativeDocumentary
* SpeculativeFictionTropes
* SpellBook
* SplitAtBirth
* SpockSpeak
* SquareCubeLaw
* StalkerWithATestTube
* StandardizedSpaceViews
* StandardSciFiSetting
* StandardTimeUnits
* StanleySteamerSpaceship
* TheStarsAreGoingOut
* StarfishAliens
* StarfishLanguage
* StarshipLuxurious
* StarScraper
* StatOVision
* StayWithTheAliens
* StealthInSpace
* StoryBreakerPower
* StoryboardingTheApocalypse
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker
* StrawVulcan
* StreamingStars
* StreetSamurai
* SubspaceAnsible (FTLRadio)
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien
* SummonEverymanHero
* SunkenCity
* SuperHeroSpeciation
* SuperMultiPurposeRoom
* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids
* SuperSoldier
* SupervillainLair
* SuperweaponSurprise
* SuspendedAnimation
* SwissArmyAppendage
* TheSymbiote
* TakesOneToKillOne
* TalkingInYourDreams
* TalkingLightbulb
* TechnologyLevels
* {{Technopath}}
* TechnoWizard
* TechnologicalPacifist
* TeleportersAndTransporters
** PortalCut
** PortalSplat
** RandomTeleportation
** TeleFrag
* TelescopingRobot
* TheTelevisionTalksBack
* ThemeTable
* TerminatorTwosome
* {{Terraform}}
* ThankTheMaker
* [[{{ptitleoredu8eg}} That's No Moon]]
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences
* TheTropeHistoryOfTheUniverse
* TheyCalledMeMad
* TheyWalkAmongUs
* ThunderboltIron
* TimeAbyss
* TimeDilation
* TimeStandsStill
* TimeTravel
** WrongTimeTravelSavvy
* TinmanTypist
* ToastedBuns
* TokenNonhuman
* ToServeMan
* TouchOfTheMonster
* TouchedByVorlons
* TowerOfBabel
* TractorBeam
* TranslationConvention
* TranslatorCollar
* TranslatorMicrobes
* TransplantedHumans
* {{Tretonin}}
* TriggerPhrase
* TripodTerror
* TronLines
* TrulySingleParent
* TheTunguskaEvent
* {{Two-D Space}}
* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes
* UltimateEvil
* UndeadTaxExemption
* UnguidedLabTour
* UnitConfusion
* UnitedEurope
* UnnecessarilyLargeInterior
* UnpredictableResults
* UnusualUserInterface
* UpgradeArtifact
* UpliftedAnimal
* UsedFuture
* UselessSuperpowers
* VampireDetectiveSeries
* VampireFiction
* {{Veganopia}}
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs
* VerticalKidnapping
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
* VichyEarth
* ViciousCycle
* VirtualCelebrity
* VirusAndCureNames
* VoiceOfTheResistance
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue
* WalkingTransplant
* TheWallAroundTheWorld
* WaybackTrip
* WeaponsThatSuck
* WeAreAsMayflies
* WeCanRebuildHim
* WeWillNotHaveAppendixesInTheFuture
* WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture
* WeWillNotUseStageMakeUpInTheFuture
* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture
* WeaksauceWeakness
* WeaponizedExhaust
* WeirdScience
* WetwareCPU
* {{Whatevermancy}}
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove
* WhatMeasureIsANonSuper
* [[{{ptitle4djgezz9}} Whedon'th Thyndrome]]
* [[{{ptitle1vu1j79g1e3s}} Which Me?]]
* WhoYouGonnaCall
* WhyAmITicking
* TheWildHunt
* WilliamShatnerSpeech
* WinToExit
* {{Wishplosion}}
* WitchSpecies
* AWizardDidIt
* WizardDuel
* WonderTwinPowers
* WorldWarIII
* TheWorldIsNotReady
* WorldShapes
** FlatWorld
** HollowWorld
** RingWorldPlanet
** WorldInTheSky
* WorldSundering
* WorthlessYellowRocks
* YearInsideHourOutside
* YouNoTakeCandle
* YourMindMakesItReal
* YourUniverseOrMine
* {{Zeerust}}
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld
* ZeroesAndOnes
* ZeroGSpot
* ZerothLawRebellion
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