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** Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy

%%* The ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film series is, at its core, an epic fantasy story told in modern times with [[HumongousMecha giant transforming robots]]. It has the usual elements such as a mythical origin story, ancient artifacts of great, ambiguous power, discussions of fate, destiny, and the call to adventure, themes of absolute good versus absolute evil, and messiah and anti-Christ figures.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': This is a major part of the premise, as the novels focus on Artemis' interactions with magic and the fairy folk while both sides make use of highly advanced technology. It's squarely between the two as well. The first book follows a boy trying to steal gold from a leprechaun -- done up as a high-tech heist movie! The boy is an wealthy evil prodigy, the gold is a ransom, and the leprechaun is actually an agent of Lower Elements Police reconnaissance ([=LEPrecon=]). Book number five has Artemis calculating, mathematically, the exact time that demons would appear out of nowhere (ItMakesSenseInContext) due to magic, and the use of a high-yield bomb to power a spell. Someone once described the first book as "''Film/DieHard'' [[RecycledInSpace WITH FAIRIES]]". Apt.

** ''[[Literature/AcornaSeries Acorna]]'' and sequels are about a foundling creature who looks like a "unicorn girl", complete with a horn on her forehead, unearthly beauty, and the power to purify water and air. Except she's not exactly magical: she's an alien, and the setting is basic science fiction with spaceships and interplanetary travel. Double subverted when it is revealed that her species is genetically-engineered by aliens who combined their own DNA with that of unicorns they rescued from Earth.

* Early in ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' development, champions fought with either magic, technology, or {{Magitek}} and have the appearances to match, such as Viktor's very modern frag grenades and assault rifle and Kinessa's futuristic sniper rifle up against Torvald's stone-tech powerfist and Seris' soul-powered lantern. However, by the time the game fully released, the sci-fi aspects were removed, with more fantasy champions being added and redesigning some of the older champions to look less sci-fi, such as Ruckus' mech going from a cartoonish, Mechwarrior-esque steel fighter to a wood-and-metal steam-powered lifter. Now ''Paladins'' has more of a DungeonPunk angle. This aversion to sci-fi seems to have been done to make ''Paladins'' stand out from other [[HeroShooter Hero Shooters]], such as the sci-fi heavy ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' and SpaceOpera ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}''.

%%* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27736435/chapters/67887550 Zero Context: Taking Out the Trash]]'' takes place in such a universe. Interdimensional space aliens and starships co-exist on the same continent as the [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Goddess of Nature]]; said aliens and a sentient [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Lina Inverse doll]] fight a crab-like SpiderTank at a modern recreation center; and a MagicalGirlWarrior exists as part of a MindHive with a genetically-altered mutant who was raised in late-20th century America, among many other details.

* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' by Creator/PhilipPullmann has plenty of things that should go well with science fiction (the fact that Dust is a particle, the numerous technologies that look as if they came from various degrees of civilization, from SteamPunk worlds to things akin to those you'd see on hard science fiction (especially in the last book), the alternate evolutionary paths of life on Earth seen in some worlds like that of the mulefa, etc.), but there are plenty of themes that should connect it to at least LowFantasy (the witches, the fact that Dust is conscious, the armoured polar bears, etc.)

** ''Anime/QueenMillennia'', whose series and movie have the honor of being scored by NewAge Space Music composer Kitaro.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'''s TagLine is "when science and magic cross paths", and draws liberally from all sorts of speculative fiction and fantasy tropes for each story arcs.

* Most of ''VideoGame/TheNinjaWarriorsAgain'' is purely sci-fi, with robots, vehicles, guns, lasers, and other technologies. The fifth boss Jubei however has green fire [[KiManipulation ninja magic]] with no technological explanation and the red fire-breathing ninja mooks have teleportation, suggesting that supernatural elements do exist in the game.

%%* ''Film/{{Tron}}'' starts out with what looks like a fairly standard [[AIIsACrapshoot evil A.I.]] plot, but then the main character is shot by a laser and "digitized" into a computer. He finds himself in a magical world where computer programs are people that worship godlike "users" and takes part in an epic quest to defeat an EvilOverlord (the Master Control Program) using a powerful artifact (an identity disc containing data that can destroy the MCP). The movie would probably be best described as a pure fantasy story, were it not for the fact that it was [[{{Setting}} set]] inside computers.

* Most of the films in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse could count, but in particular:
** Film/{{Thor}}
** Film/TheAvengers2012
** Film/ThorTheDarkWorld
** Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy
** Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron
** Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2
** Film/ThorRagnarok
** Film/AvengersInfinityWar
** Film/AvengersEndgame
** Film/{{Eternals}}
** Film/SpiderManNoWayHome

* ''Anime/PrincessArete''

* ''Literature/TheZodiacSeries'' is mostly sci-fi, set in a galaxy with high-tech starships, several colonized planets, and androids...and ''also'' has Psynergy, which allows humans to [[{{Seer}} see the future]]. The [[MacGuffin Talismans]] are super-powered Psynergy sources, [[spoiler:with one of them granting outright ResurrectiveImmortality]], and the backstory of the setting involves humanity going through a portal from Earth and being welcomed by literal fallen stars.

* ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' is an annual series of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' {{Halloween episode}}s which parody all kinds of horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories in an anthology format.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Villainous|CartoonNetwork}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' Takes place in a futuristic world in which there are Djinns who grant wishes, oni, and ghosts. On the other hand, there are cyborg-ninjas and aliens.

* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' is about an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolstudent ordinary university student]] who partners with his sister and a [[FrazettaMan caveman]] as agents of a Men In Black type organization that polices paranormal threats both supernatural and extraterrestrial.

* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery''

* Franchise/{{LEGO}}:

** ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' has a setting that's vaguely Polynesian at face value, everyone is a [[AmbiguousRobot mostly machine cyborg]], they all live inside a [[spoiler:giant robot]] made of AppliedPhlebotinum. They sport some pretty sweet tech, but the most common way for the [[{{Hobbits}} powerless Matoran]] to defend themselves are with [[MundaneMadeAwesome frisbees that can freeze, shrink, or teleport whatever they touch]], and the main heroes, Toa, [[ElementalPowers control the elements]] with no explanation other than "elemental energy" and wear [[CoolMask magic masks]] that have an ever growing list of options.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is {{steampunk}} combined with fantasy - in fact it coined the term GaslampFantasy. Most of the weird stuff can be explained by technology, but not everything. The magic includes stuff like the river Dyne (which is an apparently natural spring the waters of which make the drinker a mad genius, though in most cases it's instantly lethal. [[ILoveNuclearPower It also mutates creatures into monsters and can be used as a power source]]), Geisterdamen (who look like ghost-like beings, though they're solid enough), Frankenstein-esque reanimated corpses, Jaegermonsters (non-human beings with superhuman strength and [[LongLived lifespans]] who are former humans who drank the [[SuperSerum "Jaegerdraught"]]), multiple cases of BrainUploading, the [[GeniusLoci castle Heterodyne's]] seemingly telekinetic ability to move chunks of itself, and the whole deal with {{GodEmp|eror}}ress Albia of Britain.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' is set in a digital world that in later seasons is accessed by a computer. The titular Mons have magical powers and many are based off mythical beasts.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'''s TagLine is "when science and magic cross paths", and draws liberally from all sorts of speculative fiction and fantasy tropes for each story arcs.

* ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' blends fantasy and sci-fi elements, with a world seemingly in MedievalStasis where magic and TronLines abound. Then adds RuinsOfTheModernAge [[spoiler: and the Skid into the mix and the existences of Xeferis, and Natalie, who're [[EmpathicWeapon dragoons]] that link with their masters. And the Peacemakers, who are a powerful race of alien overlords who can enslave the minds of all who gaze upon them. And their true forms resemble HumongousMecha!]]

* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'' has the backdrop of a HighFantasy Otome Game, but it also fetures sci-fi elements such as LostTechnology, {{Mecha}}, and technological battleships that are readily used by nobles. [[spoiler:The reveal of elves essentially being a race of living bioweapons created by humans also counts.]]

* ''LightNovel/WorldEndWhatDoYouDoAtTheEndOfTheWorldAreYouBusyWillYouSaveUs'' seems like a pretty standard fantasy world at first, with floating islands and various fantastical races. However, it’s later revealed that [[spoiler:the gods who created the world [[DoingInTheWizard were actually]] SufficientlyAdvancedAliens]]. It also turns out [[spoiler: they only terraformed the planet the story takes place on. The primary antagonists of the series are actually the planet's original inhabitants who seek to reverse the Visitor’s terraforming and restore the world to the way it once was]].

** ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' has a setting that's vaguely Polynesian at face value, everyone is a [[AmbiguousRobot mostly machine cyborg]], they all live inside a [[spoiler:giant robot]] made of AppliedPhlebotinum. They sport some pretty sweet tech, but the most common way for the [[{{Hobbits}} powerless Matoran]] to defend themselves are with [[MundaneMadeAwesome frisbees that can freeze, shrink, or teleport whatever they touch]], and the main heroes, Toa, [[ElementalPowers control the elements]] with no explanation other than "elemental energy"[[note]]although the web serials imply that they are accessing Mata Nui's interior controls[[/note]] and wear [[CoolMask magic masks]] that have an ever growing list of options.