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[[File:nothip.jpg|link=Captain America (comics)|frame|It ''has'' been [[Good Is Old-Fashioned|a long time]] since [[Cool People Rebel Against Authority|defending the establishment was cool]], hasn't it?]]
Whenever a [[Human Popsicle]] shows up in a story, there's a 50/50 chance you'll get this as well.
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* In ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'', cryonically preserved humans are known as "Revivals" and have become their own caste of unwanted social misfits, revived more out of a begrudged sense of duty than any real desire to have yesterday's people cluttering up today's world. Revivals almost inevitably become depressed, insane and suicidal as a result of the social neglect they face from a future that doesn't care for them, as well as a frankly schizophrenic future (think all the vices of the internet, writ large by hipsters and vomited out into the street).
** This takes minutes: we follow one Revival who collapses from sensory overload as soon as she walks out onto the street. She gets better, though.
* Normally [[Captain America (comics)]], frozen anywhere from twenty to fifty years thanks to the [[Sliding Time Scale]], is pretty well adjusted to the modern world. Now and again - mostly when he was newly introduced - he does angst about values shifting and morality becoming looser. Notably in [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/461981.html "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes"] he was shocked by the world he's woken up in (and by what was on the TV) and ashamed that he wasn't there to fight for it.
** Ultimate [[Captain America (comics)]], a different character then the classic, also went through the refreezing. He associates better with his few surviving friends and is very stuck in the past. When he learns Hank Pym beat up his wife -years- ago, he storms off and kicks Hank's sixty-foot tall (naked!) rear end. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]?
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Buck Rogers in The 25th Century]]'' is a prime example. The free-wheeling, chick-stealing, All-American Rogers is at odds with a future where humor and disco dancing are long-lost memories, and the world is run by [[A Is]]. Of course, a massive [[World War III|nuclear war]] will do that to a planet....
* Somewhat similar: ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and his companions arrive on "The Ark in Space" where the future of humanity is cryogenically frozen. It's mentioned that emotionality is not encouraged in this future society, which doesn't stop the characters from emoting wildly merely because they're being absorbed by [[Body Horror|Wiirn]].
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' has an episode (''The Neutral Zone''), in which three late 20th century humans are revived in the middle of a showdown with the Romulans. Two of the three adapt fairly quickly to a future that is better than their past but the third was a wealthy financier who reacts badly to the loss of his money, prestige and power.
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' begins with Dave Lister discovering that he's been frozen for so long that he is probably the last human alive, and so far from Earth that it will take just as long to find out for sure. The modifications to this predicament necessary to make it an ensemble sitcom do not make it any more pleasant for him.
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*** Various earlier drafts for the show and the pilot show a much more dystopian future. These various aspects were dropped as the series continued, and the world of ''[[Futurama]]'' has about the same amount of pros and cons as modern-day living, albeit with a lot more convenient technology and [[Planet Eris|general weirdness.]]
**** The Dystopia may be just offscreen. Note comments like, "If you don't want to pay your taxes, you're free to spend a week with the Pain Monster!"
***** Okay, so we still have taxes, but that doesn't make it ''worse'' than the present. At least now there are options!
***** Also the Pain Monster is much better then getting Auditted by the IRS. At least it ends in a week.
**** Also consider "You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do" and [[I Am a Humanitarian|Soylent Cola]], although that varies from person to person.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': While Aang is frozen the Fire Nation wipes out his people (the Air Nomads) and conquers most of the world. Fire Nation culture changes to be brutal, nationalistic, prejudiced and joyless.
** When he first comes out, Aang also experiences a bit of this problem with his friends Katara and Sokka. All Aang wants to do is play- but the Water Tribe cities have lived in a war their whole life, and are more used to hunting and working than goofing off like kids should.
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' puts the titular characters in the magical equivalent of Cold Sleep (i.e. a sleeping spell that can only be broken by raising Castle Wyvern above the clouds), and while Manhattan in 1994 isn't exactly a [[Crapsack World]], Goliath quickly points out that it's just as savage as 994 Scotland.
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