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"Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em! I'm-a burnin' them down!"

Starship Troopers has spanned four loosely-related franchises; a politically controversial Robert A. Heinlein novel, a short-lived (and quasi-legal) Anime adaptation, a polarizing Paul Verhoeven film and its sequels, and a CGI animated TV series. There was also a pair of table-top strategy games that had some limited success, and at least one computer tactical game. All they have in common is the title, a few character names, and the Bug War premise.

Not to be confused with that song by that prog-rock band (which in any case was "Starship Trooper" singular), or the pop hit "I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" by Sarah Brightman.

If you came here through a link, please go back and point it to the proper work page.

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The Book

See: Literature.Starship Troopers

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TheMovie

See: Film.Starship Troopers

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The Series

See: Series.Roughnecks Starship Troopers Chronicles

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The Anime

See: Anime.Starship Troopers

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The Other Anime

Blue Gender: See main page for a description.

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The Strategy Game

This 1976 Avalon Hill game used the conflict-zones of the book as a setting, without getting into anything beyond the strategy/tactics of warfare with the Powered Armor and other tech-items. It was one of Avalon Hill's entry level games, meaning that its seven levels could be easily set up and played in under a couple of hours. For a stone strategy gamer it wasn't very satisfying. You had to practically try to lose, for the Bugs or Skinnies to come out the winner.

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The Other Strategy Game

Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game released in 2005 by Mongoose Publishing, is at its core based on the "Roughnecks" series if you must be specific, but basically says Throw It In to elements from just about everything else from the other sources. A Mobile Infantry unit, for example, can be made up of standard Roughnecks troopers, Movie-style "Light" Troopers, Marauder Powered Armored troops, or a mix of all three and then some.

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Stargate

Military Science Fiction

Starsiege