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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''Negadon: A Monster From Mars'', created in 2005, but with many indications of being set in [[The Sixties]] or [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], [[Zeerust|as it would be seen in the sixties]].
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' was first published in 1986, but is set in an [[Alternate History]] 1985. This subtlety seemed lost on a reviewer for [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'' magazine]], who [[Media Research Failure|seemed to think]] that it took place in a [[dystopia]]n [[Cyberpunk|future]].
== Film ==
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* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'' was released in 2004, but in many aspects it seems to be set in the 1980s, internet dating notwithstanding.
* ''[[The Wedding Singer]]'', made in 1998, was set in 1985.
== Literature ==
* ''The Usual Rules'', published in 2003, takes place in the months after the 9/11 attacks. The main character's mother worked in the Twin Towers and died in the attacks.
* ''Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'', from the ''[[Dear America]]'' series, was published in 2002 and takes place in 1968. Also unusual for the series, in that the most recent year before that is 1941 and the vast majority of the books take place in the 19th century.
* [[Harry Potter]] is set between 1991-1998 or so while [[Harry Potter (novel)|the books]] were released 1997-2007 and [[Harry Potter (film)|the films]] 2001-2011. The books are nonspecific enough (owing to the general lack of modern technology) to occur anywhere in that period, but the films are clearly set in the aughts.
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* ''[[Ulysses]]'', the famous novel by James Joyce, was published between 1918 and 1920 yet is set on the perfectly ordinary day of June 16, 1904.
* ''[[That '70s Show]]'' was set in the 1970s, and ran in the 1990s and 2000s.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' is an interesting example, as the main story takes place in the present, but is narrated as if it were 20-something years in the past.
* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' and its American counterpart, which both take place in the 1970s.
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* ''[[Happy Days]]''. Set in the 1950's-1960's, ran from 1974-1984.
* ''[[Mad Men]]''. Set in the 1960's, started in 2008.
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* The beginning of ''[[The X-Files]]'' is set in early 1992 though the show started in 1993.
* ''[[Lost]]'' started out as [[Present Day]], but was definitely Twenty Minutes Into the Past by at least the 2nd Season. [[Time Travel|Then it got more complicated]].
== Video Games ==
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== Western Animation ==
* Once every few seasons, ''[[The Simpsons]]'' do an episode of this
** They had one from the turn to the '70s, which featured Homer as a teenager, trying to date Marge. It featured bell-bottom pants and a Volkswagen Mini Bus
** They had one from the turn to the '80s, which featured Homer & Marge as a young couple with baby Bart. To set the date, Marge had a throw-away line about the latest episode of ''M.A.S.H.''
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