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{{quote|''"103 years have passed since I have been specially summoned. It would have been wonderful if this happened 3 years earlier, but ...ah, never mind."''|''' {{spoiler|Ronnie}}''', ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!''}}
{{quote|''"103 years have passed since I have been specially summoned. It would have been wonderful if this happened 3 years earlier, but ...ah, never mind."''|''' {{spoiler|Ronnie}}''', ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!''}}


{{quote|''"I guess they thought that humanity would take a few more decades before we would have robots that [[Bee Bee Gun|shoot bees]].''"|[[The Spoony One]], on ''[[Mega Man 9 (Video Game)|Mega Man 9]]'s'' bee shooting weapon. }}
{{quote|''"I guess they thought that humanity would take a few more decades before we would have robots that [[Bee-Bee Gun|shoot bees]].''"|[[The Spoony One]], on ''[[Mega Man 9 (Video Game)|Mega Man 9]]'s'' bee shooting weapon. }}


In most series set more than [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], the date will be an exact round number of years after the year the series was made. Something made in 1965 and set in the twenty-first century will be set in 2065. Something made in 1989 and set in the thirtieth century will be set in 2989.
In most series set more than [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], the date will be an exact round number of years after the year the series was made. Something made in 1965 and set in the twenty-first century will be set in 2065. Something made in 1989 and set in the thirtieth century will be set in 2989.
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* [[Lost in Space]], particularly the original series, was set in 1997.
* [[Lost in Space]], particularly the original series, was set in 1997.
** Amusingly, this didn't stop one or two set-on-Earth scenes from featuring horse-drawn carts and the like.
** Amusingly, this didn't stop one or two set-on-Earth scenes from featuring horse-drawn carts and the like.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' seems to exist for this trope. The number of times a story has been set exactly a whole number of decades (or centuries) in the past or future are too numerous to count. However, there are exceptions.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' seems to exist for this trope. The number of times a story has been set exactly a whole number of decades (or centuries) in the past or future are too numerous to count. However, there are exceptions.
** The vast majority of these exceptions are when the story in question was a historical piece; for instance, the Crusades, the French Revolution, the fall of Rome, the Battle of Hastings, etc;.
** The vast majority of these exceptions are when the story in question was a historical piece; for instance, the Crusades, the French Revolution, the fall of Rome, the Battle of Hastings, etc;.
** Some were just when the year was a round number in itself, though these are even fewer and further between. The Ark (original airdate: 1965) was set in the year 10 Million AD.
** Some were just when the year was a round number in itself, though these are even fewer and further between. The Ark (original airdate: 1965) was set in the year 10 Million AD.
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[[Category:Exty Years From Now]]
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