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*** Within that same scene, Charles states he's never seen any of her movies. She had been in some movies by that time, but mostly in bit roles...with one big exception, where she had a major supporting role in the 1952 Brittish film, ''The Secret People''. Once again, possilbe but unlikely someone during the war would refer to her movies.
* In ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids (TV series)|Honey I Shrunk the Kids]]'' (the TV Series): Amy travels back in time to 1976 to date her history teacher. One scene shows an arcade, the Pong machine is not an anachronism, but in the background you can clearly hear people playing ''[[Asteroids]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', and ''[[Pac-Man]]''; also they want to play ''[[Space Invaders]]''. ''Space Invaders'' did not come out until 1978, ''Asteroids'' in 1980, and ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Pac-Man'' in 1981.
* ''[[Young Blades]]'' is set in 17th century Paris with anachronisms based on [[Rule of Funny]]. Based on an [
* ''[[Danger 5]]'' features the eponymous [[Five-Man Band]] fighting [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|Hitler]] and his Nazis in the 60s, in a setting which includes robots and dinosaurs.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'' ended up like this. The first two seasons tried fairly hard to stay true to the '50s setting, but as the show became more popular, the producers started putting in references to trends of the '70s and '80s, and the actors started letting their hair and clothes look more contemporary.
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* ''[[Homestar Runner]]:'' The "Old-Timey" era is supposed to take place in the 1930s, but makes reference to any number of events ranging from the 1800s to the 1950s.
* ''[[The Town (roleplay)|The Town]]'' is easily one of the worst offenders. Having characters with technology and cultures from every time period yet to exist and several that haven't and likely won't ever.
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* [[Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog]] has this baked into its very concept, and that's not even getting into all the pop culture references...
* ''[[The Gungan Council]]'' features an in-universe example, where an [[A New Hope|Imperial I Star Destroyer]] can be in the same fleet as a [[Star Wars: The Old Republic|Sith battlecruiser]], and no one minds.
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