List of science fiction comedy works
Appearance
This is current list of comic science fiction, mixing science fiction or science fantasy with comedic intent.
List of comic science fiction
Literature
- Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and related novels
- Robert Asprin's Phule series
- Fredric Brown's Martians, Go Home and other novels and short works.
- Most of Ron Goulart's work
- Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's Red Dwarf
- Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat, Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers and Bill, the Galactic Hero novels
- Simon Haynes's Hal Spacejock novels
- Eric Idle's The Road to Mars
- Stanislaw Lem's novel Cyberiad and his Ijon Tichy stories.
- Paul Levinson's short story "Extra Credit"
- Much of Robert Sheckley's work
- Kurt Vonnegut's novel The Sirens of Titan, and a lot of his work
- Snoo Wilson's novel Spaceache
- The novels of Rob Grant (Colony, Incompetence and Fat).
- Rob Reid's Year Zero
- John Scalzi's Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
- D. Harlan Wilson's novels Dr. Identity and Codename Prague
- Steven Erikson's Willful Child
Films
- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
- Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
- The Nutty Professor (1963)
- Los astronautas (1964, Spanish)
- Il disco volante (1964, Italian)
- Barbarella (1968)
- Fancy Paradise (1968, Japanese)
- Sleeper (1973)
- Dark Star (1974)
- The Cat from Outer Space (1978) *Slapstick of Another Kind (1982/1984)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
- The Ice Pirates (1984)
- Surf II (1984)
- Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990)
- Weird Science (1985)
- Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1986)
- Short Circuit (1986)
- Flight of the Navigator (1986)
- The Pink Chiquitas (1987)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- *batteries not included (1987)
- Short Circuit 2 (1988)
- Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
- Space Truckers (1996)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Men in Black trilogy (1997–2012)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- My Favorite Martian (1999)
- The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
- Cybermutt (2002)
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
- Good Boy! (2003)
- Mutant Swinger from Mars (2003/2009)
- Zathura (2005)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Idiocracy (2006)
- Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
- Land of the Lost (2009)
- Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
- Paul (2011)
- Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
- Iron Sky (2012)
- John Dies at the End (2012)
- The Watch (2012)
- Big Ass Spider! (2013)
- The World's End (2013)
- Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Nambiyaar (2016)
Video games
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto
- Ratchet & Clank series
- Space Quest series
- MDK2
- Leather Goddesses of Phobos
- EarthBound series
- Portal series
- Day of the Tentacle
- Borderlands series
Machinima
- Red vs. Blue (2003–present)
Television
- The Jetsons (1962-1987)
- My Favorite Martian (1963–1966)
- Quark (TV series) (1977–1978)
- "The Worm That Turned" serial series of sketches from Series 8 of The Two Ronnies (1980)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
- Red Dwarf (1988–1999, 2009, 2012–)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003–2008)
- Courage the Cowardly Dog (1995, 1999–2002) (also contains elements of fantasy and horror)
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
- Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003)
- Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013)
- Invader Zim (2001–2002, 2006)
- Time Squad (2001–2003)
- Clone High (2002–2003)
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002–2006)
- Hyperdrive (2006–2007)
- Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015)
- Robotomy (2010)
- Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
- Steven Universe (2013–)
- Rick and Morty (2013–)
- Future-Worm! (2016–)
There are also any number of animated Japanese series which use a scifi-comedy or scifi-fantasy-comedy setting. Urusei Yatsura, Dr. Slump, FLCL and Tenchi Muyo! are examples.
Web television
- The Crew (webseries) (2008–present)
- Voyage Trekkers (2011–present)
- Other Space (2015–present)
Web comics
- Starslip Crisis (2005–present)
- Schlock Mercenary (2000–present)
Radio
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) (1978–2005)
- Canadia: 2056 (2007–present)
- Nebulous (2005–2008)
- Space Hacks (2007–2008)
- The Spaceship (2005–2008)
- Undone (2006–2010)
Audio
- Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe (1982–present)
Theatre
- Steve Jordan's play 'Dead Static' and its sequel 'Pilgrim Shadow'.
Multiple media
- Back to the Future series by Robert Zemeckis (feature films, novelizations, animated TV series and video games)
- Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (radio, printed novels, TV series, feature film, etc.)
- Hyper Police series by Minoru Tachikawa (manga and anime).
- Gin Tama series by Hideaki Sorachi (manga and anime).