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* In Image's ''[[Deadly Duo]]'', Kid Avenger mixes this with [[Fan of the Past]]; He's actually from the very end of time, but for some reason loved the 1970s and only knows about culture and politics and technology from that era.

* Indigo from [[Impact Comics]]. Because he's been in jail so long, he was unaware of the leaps and bounds made in technological developments in the last three decades.

* [[Icon]] featured a Luke Cage parody named Buck Wild Mercenary man, who showcased all the most ridiculous and [[Unfortunate Implications|offensive]] aspects of 70s "Blaxploitation" super-heroes. This was because the experiment that gave him his powers also literally froze his brain in 1973.

 

* The characters in Toby Litt's ''Beatniks'' are determined to live the Beat lifestyle, refusing to acknowledge modern technology or music - even though [[Born in the Wrong Century|they were born in the 1970s]].

* [[Anne Rice]]'s vampires are so afflicted by this trope, holding onto the eras in which they were alive, that many commit suicide in a world they no longer recognize. Armand asks for Lestat's and later Louis' help in connecting to the present, so that he doesn't die of culture shock in this way.

 

 

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'''s pilot episode, Buffy recognizes a vampire by his disco-era clothing.

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' "Only someone who's been under the ground for decades would think ''thats'' the look".}}

* Judge Harry Stone on ''[[Night Court]]'' wears a fedora, is a huge fan of crooner Mel Torme, and loves movies and fashions from the 1940s.

* Buzz Sherwood from ''[[The Red Green Show]]'' is still a [[New Age Retro Hippie|hippie,]] despite the '60s being long over.

== Music ==

* [[Bowling for Soup]]'s song "1985" is about a middle-aged soccer mom who refuses to accept the fact that [[The Eighties]] are long past.

** While there are people who dislike music (or certain genre of music) made after a certain year, there are others who perform in styles that have since long fallen out of favor except by their hardcore fans, not as a gimmick but as a core part of their style because they are uncomfortable with newer styles or dislike the newer, updated sounds. One example was, toward the end of his career (and, as it turned out, life) was country singer Faron Young. "The Singing Sherriff" (as he was known to his fans), Young -- a hardcore honky-tonk singer who occasionally added elements of pop music into his material -- enjoyed the peak of his popularity from the mid-1950s through mid-1970s, after which radio began turning toward younger acts. Young, as the story goes, did not take kindly to the changes in the music he loved, and his sound (rooted mostly in the 1960s) was beginning to sound dated with his new material recorded in the 1980s. Young grew increasing bitter and held closer to ''his'' sound by the early 1990s, when a bright young country star named [[Garth Brooks]] set new records for sales and concert attendance ... and not always with sounds that were even remotely considered country, and certainly what Young perceived to be the true sound of country; Young was outspoken about his criticisms about Brooks and others, but few were listening or even interested in his opinions by now. In December 1996, with health problems and his increasingly bitter attitudes toward country music and life in general setting in, he took his life.

** While other older country singers have never grown as bitter as Young, singers such as George Jones and Merle Haggard have been outspoken about what they regard as non-traditional country sounds (i.e., adult contemporary and straight-ahead pop) encroaching on their sounds of country music; acts like [[Taylor Swift]] and Rascal Flatts, and more recently Lady Antebellum, have taken the brunt of that criticism. While Jones and Haggard continue to record new material that has been critically acclaimed, their sounds remain rooted in traditional sounds.

** They may have been prescient when it comes to rollerskates, though. Roller derby is currently making a comeback in large to medium-sized American cities, complete with the "retro" pre-1990s skate style.

* Long before Deuce 'n Domino, [[WCW]] had The Disco Inferno, whose gimmick was [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. In his later years, in an attempt to be more current, he changed his name to Disqo. That didn't work very well.

** And then, of course, there was Johnny B. Badd, wherein Marc Mero was done up in an almost perfect [[Captain Ersatz|clone]] of Little Richard.

* In 2010, Jay Lethal of [[TNA]] did a gimmick that entailed pretending to be "Macho Man" [[Randy Savage]] (including the wraparound shades and the [[Jive Turkey]] accent) and literally acting as if it were still [[The Eighties]]. The gimmick was dubbed "Black Machismo."

* The titular character of the ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]'' series is permanently stuck in the 1970s in terms of style; in his case, it's partially justified. At the start of the series, Larry is a 38-year-old virgin who's been completely out of touch with the modern dating scene for most of his life; when he finally decides to remedy the situation, his idea of "cool" is over a decade out of date, more due to ignorance than willful disbelief. Later games, however, establish that even after coming to his senses, he maintains his "classic" look and tastes simply because he personally likes them.

* ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'' has an entire clique of Greaser throwbacks who believe they're still in the 1950s and are opposed to the preps -- [[Shout-Out|a reference]] to the classic Young Adult novel ''[[The Outsiders]]''.

* Tiger in ''[[Tekken]] 3'', a hidden character who is merely a different outfit for Eddy Gordo. As such, he uses the same fighting style (Capoeira).

* Eddie from the ''[[SSX]]'' games. He has ''an Afro'', come on. Oh, and he's [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|a white guy]], so he really has no excuse apart from "I really never let go of my childhood."

* Disco Kid in ''[[Punch-Out!!]]'', although it can be argued that the game actually takes place in the '70s, meaning that Disco Kid grew up during the days of disco.

* ''[[Serious Sam]] I'' and ''II'' have Dancing Denzell and Groovy Gregory as characters player can choose.

* Konstantin Brayko of ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' has an obsession with the '80s and is basically a Russian [[Scarface|Tony Montana]]. Hell, his boss music is even Turn Up The Radio by Autograph.

* ''[[Chibi-Robo!]]'''s Funky Phil, who is actually a [[Living Toys|living dancing flower]].