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The trope name comes from the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' [[Opening Theme]], [[This Index Is Not an Example|though that series is not an example of this trope]].
Compare [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], wherein the difference in time frame is a bit more apparent. (Yes, [[Non
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* The [[What If]] [[Mockumentary]] ''[[Death Of A President]]'' aired in 2006, but was set in 2007.
* ''[[Back to The Future]]'' was released on July 3, 1985, but used October 25 & 26, 1985 as the present date. So it was set a little less than four months in the future...
** And the sequel, made four years later, begins later in the morning of October 26th. The third film (released in 1990) ends the next day, October 27. Given the [[Timey
* ''[[Terminator]] 2: Judgment Day'' was released in 1991, but set in 1995. ''Terminator 3'' was set in 2004, just one year after the movie's release date.
* The Neo-Noir gangsta rap flick ''Belly'' takes place in late 1999, but the movie was made in 1998.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', beginning with "Aliens of London" and ending with either 2008's "Journey's End" or 2009's "Planet of the Dead", has a "present day" of about 12 months after airdate. The fourth series (2008) has has a "present day" of 2009 <ref>The time between "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" and "The Waters of Mars", considering the date given in the latter appears to confirm this</ref>. Notably, some future episodes seem to have forgotten this, leading to a somewhat [[Timey
** The UNIT stories of the Third/Fourth Doctor era seem to take place at some point in the future, but how far is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIT_dating_controversy a matter of some debate].
*** This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the Doctor himself in one episode, as he talks of his work with UNIT back "in the '70s...or was it '80s..."
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