Ancient space tv tropes serial#

Heinlein wrote The Rolling Stones in The Fifties: Roger Stone and, later, Grandma Hazel help support the family by writing a deliberately over-the-top three-vee serial in the Captain Space Defender mold. The parody was firmly entrenched by the time Robert A.

Ancient space tv tropes series#

The Honorverse series within a series Preston of the Spacelanes.

Captain Sternn from Heavy Metal, although we don't get to see his exploits, just the trial.

His Spin-Off cartoon Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is notable for playing the Trope somewhat straight.

Uncle Art in Meet the Robinsons (voice, appropriately enough, by Adam West) is a subversion-his spaceship is a conveyance for delivering pizza.

Buckaroo Banzai from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

The Prince of Space from Prince of Space.

Nexus has more than a few elements of this, since he was based partly on Space Ghost.

In animation our hero is often drawn with an exaggerated chin, a top-heavy body, to show off his space manliness!Īnd to think that Captain Proton of Star Trek Voyager was a more accurate portrayal of the old serials than this Trope!Ĭompare The Cape, The Ace, Raygun Gothic, Captain Superhero (which this can overlap if a character is a space hero and a superhero), For Great Justice, Space X. When our hero actually is heroic, although sometimes an Idiot Hero, he leads the fight to stop Death Rays, alien armadas, Space Pirates, and Evil Overlords from destroying The Federation! Furthermore, he does not need to do this alone, as he is always accompanied by a Girl Friday, a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits, or a Space Cadet, who may also be parodies of their respective archetypes of the true saviors of the day! Yes, his origins make him a Dead Unicorn Trope, based more on Captain Kirk and Adam West's portrayal of Batman than of the old Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers stories, but that does not stand in the way of his quest For Great Justice! Okay, it might, but even if he is an arrogant Jerkass (meant to mock the old values, or what we think they were), that won't stop people from admiring him due to his deep, manly voice, larger than life mannerisms, dedication to truth and justice, and some of his trusty gadgets ( Ray Gun mandatory). But never fear, for humanity is under the stalwart protection of the parody hero of Space Operas and serials, known as Captain Space, Defender of Earth! In The Future, when mankind has explored the outer reaches of space, the forces of evil threaten our peace. He's saved the Earth, fought galactic empires, and 'obviously had hundreds of girlfriends'. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.

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