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* ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' has managed to come up with many stories that are excellent examples of this trope. The famous ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" was relevant during the Civil Rights movement of the late [[The Sixties|1960s]] when it aired. It still applies unnervingly well to all the racial and religious fanaticism of the early 21st century.
** An episode of ''[[Star Trek Enterprise (TV)|Star Trek Enterprise]]'' made during the 21st century, purposely made as a tribute to "Last Battlefield", even lampshades the fact that this type of story is just as true, if not more, today.
* ''[[Blake's Seven (TV)|Blakes Seven]]'' predates both the Trek and B5 examples (and was a major influence on B5). Blake rebels against a totalitarian government that drugs its populace. He gets framed for paedophilia. Hell, the entire series starts with a shot of a CCTV camera monitoring the citizens -- ''before'' said cameras became ubiquitous in the UK.
* The complete over-the-top racism and bigotry of Archie Bunker from ''[[All in The Family]]'' still continues to find an audience who find it all too ridiculous all these years after the show went off the air.
* ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' was a watershed for television in [[The Eighties]], with its image of a Black family that was well-to-do, educated, and loving to each other; a far cry from the dysfunctional, impoverished, uneducated brutes that the media regularly portrays. This message of what Black (or any minority) family could be is the reason that the show is still popular in reruns 20 years after it went off the air.
** Although some have argued that the complete lack of dysfunction or problems in the Cosby family actually made the show look rather unrealistic and naive by today's standards.
* ''[[The Avengers (TV)|The Avengers]]'' introduced Cathy Gale, arguably the first liberated woman on television, in 1962, and her iconic successor Emma Peel in 1965. You'd probably think that now, over 40 years on, they'd be [[Faux Action Girl|Faux Action Girls]] or [[Rule -Abiding Rebel|Rule Abiding Rebels]]. You'd be wrong. Mrs Gale and Mrs Peel, and even Tara King although to a lesser extent, are credible action heroines and feminist role models even today, much more so in fact than many who came after them.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBDL4DF4AI final episode] of ''[[Dinosaurs]]''. It was sad when it first aired. Now, in light of the BP spill and various other circumstances, it may seem downright frightening.
* ''[[Roseanne]]'''s realistic focus on the usual challenges and struggles of a working-class American family still remain relevant 20+ years later. [[Word of God|Roseanne Barr]] even said during a recent interview that they're even more relevant than they were back then.
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