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{{quote|'''Utahraptor:''' [[Hypocritical Humor|History for you is a big party where everyone just hangs out together, isn't it?]]}}
* ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'': [http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF209-Now_Showing.jpg this strip] shows a technologically advanced future civilization for whom the history of the second millennium seems to be a big blur.
* In ''[[The
** And in Cliffport, there's a ''municipal park''. Amid ''high-rise buildings''.
{{quote|'''Vaarsuvius''': I'm simply saying that the architectural motifs found here in the city of Cliffport are inconsistent with the presumed medieval time period.
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** The C.C.P.D., complete with sirens (on the horses), sketch artist and mayor yelling at [[Da Chief]] for failing to catch the murderer when elections are coming up, and underlings being yelled at by said cigar-smoking, coffee downing chief. One double serving of Anachronism Stew, coming right up.
** It's subtle, but look at [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html this comic.] Where did Hayley get a metal detector? And more importantly, where the hell was she keeping it? (Same questions apply to Roy and his [[Newer Than They Think|sextant]]...)
*** Being set in the world of [[Dungeons & Dragons|D&D v3.5]],{{verify}} I'd imagine they kept them in their always-present-but-never-seen [[Hyperspace Arsenal|backpacks]], capable of holding as many items of any dimensions as there are spaces on their character sheets and with the ability to protect their contents from damage of any kind, be it fire, water, acid, sudden force, etc. Would that all backpacks were D&D backpacks.
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Ms. Jones' students watch [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=582 a documentary hologram] about the founding of the Court. The characters in the hologram include a guy who looks like he stepped out of [[The Cavalier Years]] or [[The American Revolution]], and another fellow wearing a modern trench coat, an article of clothing which wasn't introduced until [[World War I]]. Shortly afterwards, Jones points out that "this simulation is an artistic representation".
** Although she said that in regards to an indistinct glow, represented as such because they didn't know what it was. And present was also the man who designed robots. Maybe the others just liked to dress that way.
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* [[San: Three Kingdoms Comic|San Three Kingdoms]] has no problem using modern machine guns.... [https://web.archive.org/web/20121202234310/http://san.paulguo.com/?id=150 in 208 AD]. Or [https://web.archive.org/web/20121202230905/http://san.paulguo.com/?id=19 sniper rifles (Cao Cao is sexy...)]
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/8/25/ This] [[Penny Arcade]] comic has a flashback to 1988 showing characters using a Powerglove (introduced in 1989 and quickly flopped), reading ''Nintendo Power'' #31 (December, 1991), talking about ''[[Thundercats]]'' (ran from 1985–89), and drinking a New Coke (introduced in 1985 and quickly flopped). To be fair, the date is only implied, and everybody didn't immediately quit drinking New Coke, playing with Powergloves, or referencing cancelled cartoons. But the overall impression is a mishmash of things associated with the '80s, regardless of which part of the '80s (or early '90s) they actually came from.
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