| Villain Has Magic Powers | Dramatic Slow Motion | Heroic Motivational Speech | Techno-Babble | Self-Aware Robots Or Computers |
| Escape Pod | Hologram | It Was All A Dream (Or Simulation) | Radiation Gave Us Mutations Or Monsters | Useless Blinking Lights |
| Hero With A Tortured Back Story | Unnecessary Cleavage Shot | I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS (free square) | Knocked Over Table In The Mess Hall | Red Filter |
| Turns Out To Be Earth All Along | Incompetent Henchmen | Unobtanium | Unauthorized Medical Experiments | Space Fascists |
| Time Travel | Parallel Worlds or Timelines | Cannon Fodder | Someone Thrown Out The Airlock | Crash Landing |
| Red Filter | Phasers Set To Stun | Someone Thrown Out The Airlock | "Explain It In English!" | Long-Winded Exposition |
| Someone Charges In Half Cocked | It Was All A Dream (Or Simulation) | Useless Blinking Lights | Expert With An Outdated Weapon | Someone In An Access Hatch |
| Mentor Gets Killed | Exotic Wildlife | I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS (free square) | Planet With A Single Climate | Suspended Animation |
| Jesus Allegory | Clones | Deus Ex-Machina | Unauthorized Medical Experiments | Radiation Gave Us Mutations Or Monsters |
| Evil Corporate Entity | Heroic Motivational Speech | Earth Pop Culture Reference | Sub-Par Employee Motivation Skills | Escape Pod |