History NinjaPirateZombieRobot / TabletopGames

*** The heroes were a collection of pointy-hat wizards, computer hackers, wiccans, kung fu messiahs, mad scientists, shamans, religious zealots, magical stoners, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and the Euthanatos]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' is a setting where [[PoweredArmor power-armored]] {{Super Soldier}}s with [[{{BFG}} rocket-propelled grenade launcher assault rifles]] and [[ChainsawGood chainsaw swords]] work alongside [[AmazonBrigade space nuns]] with flamethrowers and the [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE Red Army IN SPACE]] with [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms lasers]] and [[MilitaryMashupMachine house-sized death tanks]] (or alternately, the [[Literature/GauntsGhosts Scottish ninja assassin bagpipe troopers]]) to battle flaming head [[HornyDevils sex demons]] riding [[BadassBiker hell motorcycles]] amidst the earth-shattering stomping of [[HumongousMecha three hundred meter tall walking battle cathedrals]] while psychic {{Space El|ves}}f {{Pirate}}s with guns that shoot {{Ninja}} stars flit about on hover bikes while surrounded on all sides by [[OurOrcsAreDifferent green-skinned]] [[PlantAliens fungus-warriors]] whose vehicles [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve move faster]] [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority because they are painted red]] while being eaten by [[ExtremeOmnivore all-consuming]] psychic [[HordeOfAlienLocusts bug-eyed-monsters]] or flayed into their constituent atoms by [[NightOfTheLivingMooks undead robots]] armed with lightning guns and dressed in the skins of their enemies who are in turn getting sniped by alien element-themed WellIntentionedExtremist communists/utilitarians in bunny-eared battlesuits. (*inhale*)

*** "GURPS. Because who wouldn't want to be able to play a [[PsychicPowers Psychic]] [[{{Mutants}} Mutant]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampiric]] [[RecycledInSpace Space]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Were]][[HairRaisingHare Bunny]] fighting the [[TheLegionsOfHell legions]] of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] on Literature/{{Discworld}}?"

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' is a setting where [[PoweredArmor power-armored]] {{Super Soldier}}s with [[{{BFG}} rocket-propelled grenade launcher assault rifles]] and [[ChainsawGood chainsaw swords]] work alongside [[AmazonBrigade space nuns]] with flamethrowers and the [[RecycledINSPACE Red Army IN SPACE]] with [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms lasers]] and [[MilitaryMashupMachine house-sized death tanks]] (or alternately, the [[Literature/GauntsGhosts Scottish ninja assassin bagpipe troopers]]) to battle flaming head [[HornyDevils sex demons]] riding [[BadassBiker hell motorcycles]] amidst the earth-shattering stomping of [[HumongousMecha three hundred meter tall walking battle cathedrals]] while psychic {{Space El|ves}}f {{Pirate}}s with guns that shoot {{Ninja}} stars flit about on hover bikes while surrounded on all sides by [[OurOrcsAreDifferent green-skinned]] [[PlantAliens fungus-warriors]] whose vehicles [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve move faster]] [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority because they are painted red]] while being eaten by [[ExtremeOmnivore all-consuming]] psychic [[HordeOfAlienLocusts bug-eyed-monsters]] or flayed into their constituent atoms by [[NightOfTheLivingMooks undead robots]] armed with lightning guns and dressed in the skins of their enemies who are in turn getting sniped by alien element-themed WellIntentionedExtremist communists/utilitarians in bunny-eared battlesuits. (*inhale*)

** The Squats are a race of [[{{Mutant}} mutants]] [[{{Prospector}} miner]] [[RecycledINSPACE space]] [[BadassBiker biker]] [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarfs]] whose concept was so surreal that GW stopped producing models for them and retconned their very existence until they were brought back into canon in 2018 with an official Squat character and miniature in ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}''.

** ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' warns the reader that overuse of this Trope brings {{Narm}} -- however, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Zombie]] [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]] with her {{Flaming|Sword}} {{Katana|sAreJustBetter}} and her [[CoolCar Lamborghini]] is very much SoBadItsGood.