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* Arthur, a strong Artificial Intelligence whose systems are the basis of the futuristic "biochip" computers in ''[[The Journeyman Project]]'' is described by his creator as having an unfortunate fixation with twentieth century pop culture.

* Inverted in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3'', which takes place in the 1960s, where there are several dialogs with Paramedic in which she comments on the "latest" movies, inventions, and discoveries. Among her claims are that VHS will take off and that scientists have found out that smoking is likely to cause lung cancer. [[It Will Never Catch On|Which Naked Snake seriously doubts.]]

{{quote| '''Major Zero:''' "007 is the biggest thing to come out of England since the Mayflower. I wouldn't be surprised if they made 20 more of those movies."}}

{{quote|'''Major Zero:''' "007 is the biggest thing to come out of England since the Mayflower. I wouldn't be surprised if they made 20 more of those movies."}}

* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' has the "capital preservation society," a museum in Rivet City that displays objects from American history. The curator is enthusiastic, if [[Future Imperfect|slightly inaccurate on history]].

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** The 20th century is more than once referred to as 'the stupid ages' by the cast. In one scene Fry questions their criticism of the 20th century claiming it gave the world the light bulb and the steam engine amongst other inventions. It is duly pointed out to him that those inventions all came from the 19th century.

** Subverted further in "I Dated a Robot" when Fry refers to his time as "boring".

{{quote| '''Professor Farnsworth''': "Boring? Wasn't that the time when they cracked the human genome, and boy bands roamed the earth?" }}

{{quote|'''Professor Farnsworth''': "Boring? Wasn't that the time when they cracked the human genome, and boy bands roamed the earth?" }}

* Played with in ''[[Time Squad]]'' the characters are a million years ahead of us with Larry and Tuddrussel often making references to 20th century pop culture and enjoying soap operas from the 1980's. With Otto it's only natural for him to reference it seeing that he was from the turn of the 21st century. But he's really more interested in the past far from his own, seeing that he's a history wiz.