History Main / SpaceTrucker

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/321Penguins'' has a song about a race between two space truckers.

* [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT Nip and Tuck's]] ShowWithinAShow (movie within a comic?) "Rebel Cry" was based around a space trucker with a bone to pick with the [[TheEmpire Evil Empire]].

* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' (a parody of ''Franchise/StarWars'') naturally has Lone Star (a parody of Han Solo) driving a Winnebago through space.

* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'': Space Cowboy is a character like this, down to his broken-down cargo ship with a Confederate flag on the hull. He even watches old westerns on long hauls, and plays the harmonic. He's delivering a cargo of hand weapons, albeit legally.

-->-- '''Music/DeepPurple''', "Space Truckin"

* The crew of the ''Nostromo'' in ''Film/{{Alien}}''.

* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'': Space Cowboy is a character like this, down to his broken-down cargo ship with a Confederate flag on the hull. He even watches old westerns on long hauls, and plays the harmonic.

* In Film/PetticoatPlanet'', Steve Rogers is a space garbage man whose ship crashes on the planet of Puckerbush. He tries to big note himself by claiming to be a commander, but the ladies of Puckerbush soon discover the truth.

%%* Obviously, "Space Truckin'" by Music/DeepPurple.%%ZCE

* ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'', its sequels and the many, many games that followed its example start from a basic premise of "A SpaceTrucker Is You". Over time, the concept expanded to the point where the player has the option of becoming a [[HiredGuns mercenary and/or bounty hunter]], an AsteroidMiner, a BoldExplorer or a SpacePirate. Some games cross over into AnEntrepeneurIsYou and allow players to buy real estate and hire NPC ships and pilots.

* ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'', its sequels and the many, many games that followed its example start from a basic premise of "A SpaceTrucker Is You". Over time, the concept expanded to the point where the player may also be an explorer, a military fighter, or a venture capitalist with real estate of their own.

* In Literature/LucifersStar, the crew of the Melampus are this when they're not functioning as SpacePirates. The ship is a Star Galleon and contains a town-sized amount of cargo space. Its crew is also halfway between a RagtagBandOfMisfits and an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores on its best days.

%%* The Eureka Maru in ''Series/{{Andromeda}}''%%ZCE
%%* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Outrageous Okona" had the Loveable Rogue variation in Okona.%%ZCE
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* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' (a parody of Star Wars) naturally has Lone Star (a parody of Han Solo) driving a Winnebago through space.

* For all intents and purposes, Han Solo in [[Film/ANewHope the first Star Wars film]], at least when the audience first meets him. He'd normally have turned down the heroes' request for transport, except he was hard up for cash after having to dump a big cargo of illegal goods. [[GonnaNeedABiggerWarrant Circumstances prevent him from repaying his debt]] which finally comes back to bite him at the end of the second and beginning of the third films.

* [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT Nip and Tuck's]] ShowWithinAShow (movie within a comic?) "Rebel Cry" was based around a space trucker with a bone to pick with the EvilEmpire.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': The episode "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSKwN1YIafo Heavy Metal Queen]]" focuses on hunting a wanted space trucker named Decker. Another episode features a group of small time SpacePirates who make a living by robbing other space truckers.

* Free Traders in ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', though there the preferred analogy is of "tramp" (non-scheduled) [[SpaceIsAnOcean ocean freighters]] than of truckers; even a free trader costs enough for any one who owns one free and clear to be counted as pretty wealthy.[[note]]Most [=PCs=] start out with a multi-megacredit 40-year mortgage on their ship that they need to make payments on.[[/note]]

* The crew in ''Film/{{Alien}}''.

%%* The aptly named board game ''TabletopGame/GalaxyTrucker''.%%ZCE

Their ships are most likely UsedFuture pieces of junk, just barely held together --bonus points if they're blocky, and bear a surprising resemblance to modern Mack trucks or other 18-wheelers.

Often a subtrope of IntrepidMerchant

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* The Eureka Maru in ''Series/{{Andromeda}}''
* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Outrageous Okona" had the Loveable Rogue variation in Okona.
* The ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' episode "Love Grows".

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* Obviously, "Space Truckin'" by Music/DeepPurple.

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* The aptly named board game ''TabletopGame/GalaxyTrucker''.

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* Free Traders in ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', though there the preferred analogy is of "tramp" (non-scheduled) [[SpaceIsAnOcean ocean freighters]] than of truckers; even a free trader costs enough for any one who owns one free and clear to be counted as pretty wealthy.

* The aptly named board game GalaxyTrucker.

* The aptly named board game GalaxyTrucker
* Free Traders in {{Traveller}}, though there the preferred analogy is of "tramp" (non-scheduled) [[SpaceIsAnOcean ocean freighters]] than of truckers; even a free trader costs enough for any one who owns one free and clear to be counted as pretty wealthy.

* ''Literature/ChakonaSpace'': [[SharedWorld Contributing author]] Allen Fessler has given us Neal Foster: Interstellar Freighter Captain. Foster's {{Backstory}} even includes an actual 18-wheeler.

* Mojo Nixon has "UFOs, Big Rigs, & BBQ." Apparently UFOs are driven by long-haul truckers.