History Main / ScienceFantasy

* ''Series/BabylonFive'' started out looking like pure sci-fi and eventually ended up here. The transmigration of souls, technomages, and the first sapient being in the galaxy (now an immortal) coexisted with psychic powers, hyperdrives, and battleships. Though notably, [[DoingInTheWizard everything was explicitly given an empirical, scientific gloss]][[note]]The souls may or may not be a copy of a person's mindstate at death, the mages are using SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology. Various characters' religious faith in the "fantasy" aspects are often revealed to be accurate on some level.[[/note]] At least, until the literal ''demon'' that appeared in one of the post-series DTV films -- [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski the creator]] explicitly wanted to write in the style of a High Fantasy epic. The main characters of the [[Series/{{Crusade}} sequel series]] were even partially modelled on [[AnAdventurerIsYou the classic adventuring party makeup.]]

* ''Series/BabylonFive'' started out looking like pure sci-fi and eventually ended up here. The transmigration of souls, technomages, and the first sapient being in the galaxy (now an immortal) coexisted with psychic powers, hyperdrives, and battleships. Though notably, [[DoingInTheWizard everything was explicitly given an empirical, scientific gloss]][[note]]The "souls" are a copy of a person's mindstate at death, the mages and immortal are using SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology. Various characters' religious faith in the "fantasy" aspects are often revealed to be accurate on some level. At least, until the literal ''demon'' that appeared in one of the post-series DTV films[[/note]] -- [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski the creator]] explicitly wanted to write in the style of a High Fantasy epic. The main characters of the [[Series/{{Crusade}} sequel series]] were even partially modelled on [[AnAdventurerIsYou the classic adventuring party makeup.]]

* The ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series may have taken place in a futuristic setting with highly advanced technology and robots with AI almost as the same level as humans [[AIIsACrapshoot (for better or worse)]], said technology for the most part is there to look [[RuleOfCool futuristic for the sake of it]]. Several of the robots are also created to resemble ninjas, mermaids, vampires, and mythological beings in mind. Not only that but a good number of the Robot Masters have the standard elemental magic powers [[ElementalPowers (fire/water/electricity/grass)]] and their [[MagicFromTechnology powers are no stranger to magic]]. As for the later series like X, Zero and ZX... android witches, knights, and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]]/[[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies that are created out of energy (in the name of Cyber-elves)]] are also apparent.

%%* Creator/SimonRGreen's novels are set in a Verse that's about half supernatural horror/fantasy and half gonzo MadScience.

%%* Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'s second album is called ''Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards''. Lyrical content contains references to Spaceknights, a wizard resurrecting the spirit of a dead hero in a hologram, and the king of the galaxy smashing goblins with his Astral Hammer. If that wasn't enough, it's a direct sequel to the band's first offering 'Tales From the Kingdom of Fire", which opened with a undead unicorns and magical artillery. Their third album features a magicked JetPack as one of the PlotCoupons required to fight [[BigBad Zargothrax}}.

%%* Similarly, the primarily high fantasy ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Hexen}}'' series briefly skirted with SF on a number of occasions, resulting in the occasional raygun, spaceship, time machine, or [[spoiler:demonic]] supercomputer.

%%* ''Literature/EckoRising'' by Daanie Ware combines a high tech cyberpunk world with that of fantasy.

%%* The Japanese-only RPG ''Kamigakari'' is an [[FantasyKitchenSink Anime Kitchen Sink]] set in modern Japan. {{Cyborg}}s fight [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] while traditional Shinto [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} onmyoji]] compare techniques with cutting-edge [[{{Magitek}} Digital Sorcerers]]. The second supplement, ''Machine God of Damocles'', is largely focused on the technological side of things.

* ''ActionTaimanin'' is set in a BioPunk / CyberPunk world with demons.

%%* ''Webcomic/BrokenSpace'' ([[http://brokenspacecomic.com site]]) features aliens, demons, clockwork, [[SteamPunk steam-power]], magicians, guns, swords, strange Magitek weapons, and divinely powered starships.
%%* The ''Crushed'' subseries of ''Webcomic/{{Supermegatopia}}'' is technically [[spoiler: the result of a space explorer using SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology to make]] a medieval fantasy world. This later gets ruined by [[spoiler: the Ragnaracoon]], and mixed into an unapologetic mishmash of high technology and high fantasy called Meshworld.

* ''Fanfic/RiseOfAStarKnight'' and its sequel ''Fanfic/KnightsOfRemnantTheRingOfDarkness'' fit this, with the [[MagicKnight Star Knights]] and their personal armies, the [[BadassArmy Sky Knights]], being far more public than the Maidens, cavalry charges on [[MyHorseIsAMotorbike motorcycles]] by knights with [[SwissArmyWeapon gun-spears]], {{Mithril}}, Grimm orcs and Uruk Hai being lead by [[spoiler: a rogue cyborg SuperSoldier]], [[TheClan the Valkyrie family]] acting as the equivalent of the dwarves, goblins[[note]]Descendants of [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]] who hid in the mountains and were separated from the rest of their kind for so long they evolved into something else[[/note]], [[ArtifactOfDoom the various Artifacts Of Doom]] from the Lord of the Rings, etc. Basically, it has more fantasy elements (taken from the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings granddaddy]] of them all) than ''RWBY'', and as such mixes them more with sci-fi (The aforementioned Sky Knights are loyal to [[MagicKnight Magic Knights]], but fight using tanks and MiniMecha, or make cavalry charges on motorcycles and trucks, Moria had a tramway before it was overrun by orcs, etc.).

%%* ''Fanfic/RiseOfAStarKnight'' and its sequel ''Fanfic/KnightsOfRemnantTheRingOfDarkness'' fit this, with the [[MagicKnight Star Knights]] and their personal armies, the [[BadassArmy Sky Knights]], being far more public than the Maidens, cavalry charges on [[MyHorseIsAMotorbike motorcycles]] by knights with [[SwissArmyWeapon gun-spears]], {{Mithril}}, Grimm orcs and Uruk Hai being lead by [[spoiler: a rogue cyborg SuperSoldier]], [[TheClan the Valkyrie family]] acting as the equivalent of the dwarves, goblins[[note]]Descendants of [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]] who hid in the mountains and were separated from the rest of their kind for so long they evolved into something else[[/note]], [[ArtifactOfDoom the various Artifacts Of Doom]] from the Lord of the Rings, etc. Basically, it has more fantasy elements (taken from the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings granddaddy]] of them all) than ''RWBY'', and as such mixes them more with sci-fi (The aforementioned Sky Knights are loyal to [[MagicKnight Magic Knights]], but fight using tanks and MiniMecha, or make cavalry charges on motorcycles and trucks, Moria had a tramway before it was overrun by orcs, etc.).

** In ''Literature/TheShipWhoWon'', a RolePlayingGame-obsessed space ship crew discovers a planet where magic actually works. ([[spoiler:Until they discover the inhabitants are just abusing a [[MagicFromTechnology Sufficiently Advanced]] weather-control system]]). Definitely sold as Sci-Fi.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' tends to mix the two so thoroughly that it can make one dizzy. The prologue starts with two warring [[OurTitansAreDifferent titans]] whose dead bodies make up the entire world, and then it transitions to advanced HumanAliens (Homs) fighting a war against relentless killer robots. The robots can only be stopped by a [[CoolSword legendary ancient sword called the Monado]], which turns out to be equipped with a LaserBlade. Then the Monado starts granting the protagonist visions of the future, but that turns out to have a reasonable scientific explanation. Later on the team finds the High Entia, who are a race capable of manipulating [[MagicByAnyOtherName ether]], yet that didn't stop them from advancing their technology to great levels. It concludes with [[spoiler: a flashback to when their world was created by two scientists from our world trying to create a new one, destroying their own in the process and turning them into the two titans and their computer system into the Monado]].

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': A clear-cut television example of this. Oh, where to begin... The original series was supposed to be firmly grounded in observable reality -- the Doctor himself identified as a scientist on a number of different occasions, because the series was originally intended to be an EdutainmentShow -- but then the more zany science fiction elements took over. By now, it uses elements from all over SpeculativeFiction, from {{eldritch abomination}}s to Venetian {{vampire}}s to {{Cyb|org}}ermen. (Though this gets subverted, as many of the apparent monsters [[DoingInTheWizard commonly turn out to be just unusual aliens instead]].) And it's all brought together by a {{Time Travel}}ling TARDIS which looks like an antique police box on the outside and apparently goes where and when it is needed. The Eleventh Doctor's era was explicitly "a dark fairytale", mixing {{space opera}} with a childhood-like imagination and fantasy ethos.

* ''Anime/OutlawStar'' has spaceships and aliens, but the SpacePirates use Chi Magic and the most popular [[PleasurePlanet resort world]] in the galaxy was originally a {{Mana}} mine. The main character's signature weapon is a fireball-flinging MagiTek pistol.

* ''VideoGame/{{Eversoul}}''

* ''Literature/{{Rainbow}}'' takes place at least one thousand years from now on an Earth that has been conquered by a [[ConspiracyTheories/HToN New World Order]], and features many pieces of impressive sci-fi technology. Aliens and ghosts are also explicitly said to exist; however, so are witches, fairies, and magic. ''[[AllMythsAreTrue All stories are true]]'', after all.

* ''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. In many continuities it's also implied that the Digital World had existed even before computers, originating in myths and legends and having evolved alongside human technology. However, ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' explicitly states that Digimon were ArtificialIntelligence created by humans and thus leans more towards pure science fiction, as does ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters''.

** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' introduces alien invaders, space travel, androids, and it all gets weirder from there. The final arc involved WizardsFromOuterSpace, and an unstoppable pink BlobMonster from near the dawn of time.
*** ''Anime/DragonBallZKai''
** ''Anime/DragonBallGT''

*** ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' (manga)

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror]]'' is an annual series of ''{{WesternAnimation/Simpsons}}'' {{Halloween episode}}s which parody all kinds of horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories in an anthology format.

* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' routinely weaves in and out of this, especially in terms of some of the game's bosses, as some are prophecized ancient terrors, while others are elemental beings, like [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] and [[ThePhoenix phoenixes]] ''made of'' fire, or lions made of sand. Even [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai Moais]] are also enemies and bosses in the series. Other supernatural elements routinely come into play as well, especially in the UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} games where the concept of [[PsychicPowers ESP]] plays a role in the story. To compliment the fantastical side, the series also has fleets of battleships, [[SpiderTank robot spiders]], and alien monsters made of BodyHorror. What other game lets you play as a CoolStarship that battles fiery dragons and battleships with [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] and AttackDrones?

* ''Manhua/{{Bloodline}}'' has this kind of setting. While Lilo and her allies stick with magic, the antagonistic Shengdi a variety of weapons. Examples: [[CoolAirship Flying mobile bases]], modern day battle suits, scythes, [[TankGoodness tanks]]. And, of course, silver bullets and their own kind of magic.

* ''Webcomic/AngelDown'' is set in the early 24'th century, and features [[ArtificialLimbs advanced cybernetics]] and in one shot of the Chicago skyline features a SpaceElevator. The comic itself however fetures a [[CovertGroup secret society]] of superpowered [[DemonSlaying demon hunters]], chosen by [[OurAngelsAreDifferent the four archangels]].

* ''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/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014
** Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron
** Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2
** Film/ThorRagnarok
** Film/AvengersInfinityWar
** Film/AvengersEndgame
** Film/{{Eternals}}
** Film/SpiderManNoWayHome