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Human beings are obsessed with leaving a record of ourselves so that future generations have some idea of what we were like.
Enter the '''Time Capsule''', an object specifically designed to withstand the elements and hopefully will be dug up and opened some number of years after its burial. "Specifically designed" is the keyword here; anything from the past is obviously going to be of interest to an archeologist, but it only counts as a time capsule if the one burying it intended it to be as such.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Love Hina]]'': As a youth, Keitaro buried one with {{spoiler|Naru and Mitsumi}} stating his wish to go to Todai.
== Comics ==▼
* In the ''[[Conchy]]'' newspaper strip, the characters accidentally dug up a time capsule marked "Do Not Open Till 1984". When they opened it, it was full of 1984 calenders.▼
== Film ==
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* ''[[Degrassi]]'' did something interesting with this very recently, having [[High School]] sophomores ''dig up'' a time capsule with letters to their future selves written in seventh grade. This led to Wesley having a <s> mid-</s> <s> quarter-</s> ''one-sixth-life'' crisis and vowing to set a pogo-jumping record before his 16th birthday.
* ''[[Head of the Class]]'': the class put together a time capsule featuring a [[Music Video]] of them lip-synching to Timbuk 3's "The Future's So Bright I Got to Wear Shades."
* The penultimate episode of ''[[
** Incidentally, the show's cast also buried one of these in [[Real Life]]...but it was dug up by a construction worker shortly afterward.
* In ''[[Monk]]'', the burial of a time capsule ends up being the reason why the world's oldest man was killed. {{spoiler|The killer put a confession to a previous murder inside, knowing it wouldn't be read for a hundred years. Then, the mayor told the world's oldest man that if he was still alive in five years, they would dig the capsule up and add to it.}}
* ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'': Plans for a Pawnee time capsule are derailed when someone demands to put in ''[[Twilight (
* The kids put one together in an episode of ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''.
* In ''[[Summer Heights High]]'' the teacher, Mr. 'G', buries a time capsule in which he discards some of the students' items in order to make room for pictures of himself.
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' has an episode where one of the classes the team attends prepares and buries a time capsule. It includes them stating their hopes for a bright future. Oh, the irony.
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* In the ''[[Conchy]]'' newspaper strip, the characters accidentally dug up a time capsule marked "Do Not Open Till 1984". When they opened it, it was full of 1984
== Video Games ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
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