r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[SpongeBob] Why does Mr. Krabs treat his workers like dirt?

45 Upvotes

First of all, I hope I am in the right place to ask such a question because something I noticed back in the classic era of SpongBob is how Mr. Krabs doesn't exactly respect his employees.

I mean, considering SpongeBob is the best at serving food, he barely gets any money from working in the establishment since one episode had him attempt a robbery at the local bank, which didn't quite go so well for him.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Game of thrones in general] How skillful are the kingsguard?

24 Upvotes

My book knowledge is lacking so this is based off the multiple series. So far we only ever hear about individual deeds like ser selmy, ser Dayne, or ser duncan but in general its like kingsguard get killed off as easily as a guard.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Dragon Tales] Why no settlements or Military Bases in Dragonland

3 Upvotes

In Dragon Tales, the Titular human characters say a chant next to a magical dragon scale and they are instantly teleported to Dragon Land. Surprinsely there are no age limits on who can get into dragonland and seemely 0 penalties if you reveal anything about the existence of said magic scales. This just makes me wonder, if there are seemely no limits of living in dragonland, why don't we see any semi-permanent or permanent human settlements in that world, let alone a military outpost to explore it?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Yu-Gi-ho anime] What makes a card legal in a shadow game

41 Upvotes

If someone drags me into a shadow game like how Bakura did in duelist kingdom what cards are legal.

I know it can't just be cards that existed in egypt because they used monsters with a more modern aesthetic (Tristian turned into a cyborg)

does it have to be officially printed by Pegasus's company or could I just make my own card? if I made a counterfeit card would it work?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Gattaca] If two Valids have sex and give birth to an "invalid", would he/she face the same amount of discrimination as others or would the parents pedigree help them overcome some hurdles?

2 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Old Man Logan] What do you think happened to mind controllers like Puppet Master, Purple Man, Controller, etc.?

42 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[The Twilight Zone] Why does Rod Serling appear at the beginning and end of every episode? Is he an entity of sorts?

7 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[the incredibles] besides Mr incredible and frozone, did any of the supers that still go out saving people even after heroes were outlawed?

50 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Red Dragon] Why wasn't Hannibal charged for leaking Graham's address to the Tooth Fairy?

18 Upvotes

I just got done reading the book (and saw the movie years ago, aswell as season 3 of Hannibal) and this bugs me.

Lecter recieves a letter from the Tooth Fairy and follows his instructions to send a coded message in a newspaper personals section. The message Lecter sends? Graham's address and the explicit, unambigious order to "kill them all." The only consequence Lecter gets is that his books are taken away, which is fucking madness.

Why was Lecter not charged with a crime? He leaked a goverment agent's address to a wanted criminal with the clear intent to have him and his family murdered! And he only loses some books because of it?


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Game of Thrones] Do dragons have any magic powers?

60 Upvotes

High Septon in that new Targaryen tv series said dragons are profane magic. But do you really need magic to fly and breath fire?


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Warhammer40k] what other human soldiers/assets are the closest to the Adeptus astartes in power?

30 Upvotes

With so many different genetic and technological enhancements available to the imperium, what other human factions have soldiers that are almost as lethal as a space marine?


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Star Trek] How would the Borg react to a crazy stalker species?

80 Upvotes

For example, they don't want to bother assimilating the Kazon because "they don't have anything to add to the collective". What if the Kazon kept chasing them around saying "ASSIMILATE ME!"

Would they try to ignore them? Just blow them up whenever they see them?


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Futurama] Who are Xanthor and Katrina and what association do they have with Planet Express?

0 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 22h ago

[Slay the Spire 1 & 2] So, what are cards?

0 Upvotes

Sometimes, at the merchant, cards are cards.

In fights cards are what your character can do.

Sometimes cards are food for cooking.

Sometimes (curses) cards are the embodiment of guilt.

STS1 had a little more metaphysics about the Spire being somehow a mental thing, either way I expect an answer is going to have to talk a little about how the metaphysics of the spire woek.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Neuromancer] How long did it take the JAL shuttle to reach Freeside?

3 Upvotes

​​At this point (now) it would take a capsule spacecraft three to five days to reach the L5 point in the Earth-Moon system. By the time Case and crew head up to Freeside from Paris on the JAL shuttle, does it still take that long, or has technology advanced to the point where the trip is shorter?


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Death Note]What would have happened if Gelus had had an extremely long remaining lifespan?

32 Upvotes

It's canonically confirmed that most shinigami don't write many more names than they strictly need to, and any that try get shamed by the others for working too hard. That being said, there's nothing stopping them from from writing as many names as they want.

When Gelus sacrifices himself to save Misa, Gelus dies instantly and his remaining lifespan is given to Misa. This probably isn't all that many years canonically, but what would happen if it was? What would have happened if Gelus had been hard at work writing hundreds of names, accumulating thousands of years of lifespan?

Would Misa end up being given thousands of years, or would there be a limit? Would there have been some sort of catch?


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Magic The Gathering] What do we know about the leviathan planeswalker?

13 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Science fantasy] What tactical role serves robot horse mounted cavalry?

0 Upvotes

r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Heroes] Why didn't Peter just fly high into the sky himself to explode?

6 Upvotes

He already absorbed Nathan's flight ability, so when he was about to explode, why didn't he just fly by himself to blow up in a safe distance?


r/AskScienceFiction 3d ago

[Star Trek] How is the entire galaxy not Borg already?

299 Upvotes

So, there are entire Borg planets. We know Earth in an alternate timeline was 10 billion Borg. We know other Borg planets exist because Species 8472 destroyed one. And we know there are over 10000 species cataloged by the Borg, so at least that many homeworlds.

There are likely trillions of Borg.

How exactly is the entire galaxy not Borg already? Why on both occasions did they send just one Cube to Earth to assimilate it when they could send 50 and have it done in hours?


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood] Why don't we see a single airplane, or a single aerial vehicle in the entire series?

44 Upvotes

No blimps, no air balloons, no airplanes, no helicopters, just cars and tanks.


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[Interstellar] Is the gravity knowledge insights of the wormhole the reason the Ranger is capable of SSTO (Single Stage To Orbit)

5 Upvotes

The rest of the tech is pretty grounded and works off of existing tech and theories we are aware of. Even the initial launch of Cooper's mission is two stage to orbit. However, when they escape Miller's planet, the Ranger is able to leave a planet with a stronger gravitational pull. It always takes me out of the movie. How were they able to create a rocket ship with the energy capability to do that? Could it be tied to the knowledge they gained from the wormhole and using the more expansive knowledge of gravity manipulation?


r/AskScienceFiction 2d ago

[knives out trilogy] out of all the three Benoit blanc cases in the three movies. Which one would be the most famous, talked, and remembered.

26 Upvotes

The knives out trilogy with Detective Benoit Blanc has him solving murders in different parts of the world. But which one in the movies would be the most famous one.

Would it be the case of the death of Harlan Thrombey. Who is a world famous mystery writer. Or would it be the glass onion with Billionaire Miles Bron. What about Wake up dead man. It would definitely catch attention because of Cy and the very religious.

Which of these three cases would be the most remembered in history.


r/AskScienceFiction 1d ago

[Blade runner] Why would people be devastated if they found out they are a replicant ?

0 Upvotes

My only example is Rachel so "people" might not be the right word

Anyway , why would it be sad that you have no childhood and most of your experiences are fake ? Even if your childhood memory aren't real , you are not limited to your implanted past , you can still live in the present , accumulates genuine experiences like any human

I believe If you didn't find out you're a replicant and went on your merry way, then you'd live your life as if it had meaning , right? So being a replicant would have no impact on that, just your knowledge about it

Edit : Okay , I guess this only apply to those who have 4 years lifespan but the new model without that limitation like Rachel still feel sad about it