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* North Korea can't make its own weapons-grade uranium; enrichment technology was introduced in that country in the mid 90s.
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* Plasma weapons exist, putting the show in the indeterminate future.
* "Space Race" has a multinational crew on a space station, putting the show no earlier than 1998.
* Ray is licensed to perform marriages but cannot get married himself. New York legalized gay marriage in mid-2011.

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* Plasma weapons exist, putting the show in the indeterminate future.
* "Space Race" has a multinational crew on a space station, putting the show no earlier than 1998.
1998. Much of the technology on said station is more sophisticated than anything currently available.
* Ray is licensed to perform marriages but cannot get married himself. New York legalized gay same-sex marriage in mid-2011.

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* The Soviet Union collapsed and Germany is reunited (at least, as of the map seen in the control room in season two) but Russia is still run by the Communist Party, meaning the show occurs in an AlternateHistory. The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.

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* The Soviet Union collapsed and Germany is reunited (at least, as of the map seen in the control room in season two) but Russia is still run by the Communist Party, meaning the show occurs in an AlternateHistory.AlternateHistory or MultipleChoicePast. The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.



* Archer's age in the pilot is given as 35, and his birth in Morocco during an OSS operation just before WorldWarTwo indicates 1938 to 1940, making the pilot 1973-75, and Archer is shown to be five-ish when Malory returns from the war, but he's also shown as being around ten while being read a telegram from Malory about Operation Ajax, conducted in 1953, and is stated to be six when Malory was part of the Guatamalan coup d'tat in 1954, changing his birthdate to 1948 and leading into MultipleChoicePast, though this can also be explained as an AlternateHistory, where events happened at different dates.

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* Archer's age in the pilot is given as 35, and his birth in Morocco during an OSS operation just before WorldWarTwo indicates 1938 to 1940, making the pilot 1973-75, and Archer is shown to be five-ish when Malory returns from the war, but he's also shown as being around ten while being read a telegram from Malory about Operation Ajax, conducted in 1953, and is stated to be six when Malory was part of the Guatamalan coup d'tat d'etat in 1954, changing his birthdate to 1948 and leading into MultipleChoicePast, though this can also be explained as an AlternateHistory, where events happened at different dates.


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* Ray is licensed to perform marriages but cannot get married himself. New York legalized gay marriage in mid-2011.
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* The Soviet Union collapsed and Germany is reunited (at least, as of the map seen in the control room in season two) but Russia is still run by the Communist Party, putting the show into an AlternateHistory. The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.

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* The Soviet Union collapsed and Germany is reunited (at least, as of the map seen in the control room in season two) but Russia is still run by the Communist Party, putting meaning the show into occurs in an AlternateHistory. The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.
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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control room in season two), the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.

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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant collapsed and East and West Germany are unitied is reunited (at least, as of the map seen in the control room in season two), two) but Russia is still run by the Communist Party, putting the show into an AlternateHistory. The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.
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* Plasma weapons exist, putting the show in the indeterminate future.
* "Space Race" has a multinational crew on a space station, putting the show no earlier than 1998.
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* In "Drift Problem", a 2002 Citroën Jumper is in the background when Cheryl drives Malory to the drift race.

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* In "Drift Problem", a 2002 Citroën Citrëon Jumper is in the background when Cheryl drives Malory to the drift race.race.
* The RCMP officers in "The Limited" ask the passengers to have their passports, and Sterling is stranded in Montréal because he burnt his passport in "Midnight Ron". Passport checks on the Canada-US border were required starting in 2008.
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* In "Drift Problem", a 2002 Citroën Jumper is in the background when Cheryl drives Malory to the drift race.
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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern "blue on white" livery NYPD has used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010-on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters in the middle and EMPIRE STATE at the bottom.

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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern "blue on white" livery NYPD has used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010-on) "Empire Gold" pattern - -- black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters in the middle and EMPIRE STATE at the bottom.
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* Bearer-bonds are still issued. Because of their ease of use for money laundering (they have no registered owner and therefore no paper trail), bearer bonds stopped being issued in 1980.

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* The moon landing has already happened and NASA is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 1960s-mid 1980s range.

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* The moon landing has already happened and NASA is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting which would have been from mid-1969 until the show 1980s.
* Archer is enemies with Shining Path, which was founded
in 1980, and the late 1960s-mid 1980s range. Stasi, which existed from 1950 to 1990.
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* In "Placebo Effect", the moon landing has already happened and Malory claims that NASA is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 1960s-mid 1980s range.

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* In "Placebo Effect", the The moon landing has already happened and Malory claims that NASA is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 1960s-mid 1980s range.
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* In "Placebo Effect", Malory claims that NASA is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 1960s-mid 1980s range.

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* In "Placebo Effect", the moon landing has already happened and Malory claims that NASA is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 1960s-mid 1980s range.
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* The president of Turkmenistan is explicitly identified as the current leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, but with several of the BunnyEarsLawyer traits of his predecessor for over 60 years, Saparmurat Niyazov.

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* The president of Turkmenistan is explicitly identified as the current leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, but with several of the BunnyEarsLawyer traits of his predecessor for over 60 years, predecessor, Saparmurat Niyazov.Niyazov, who served as head of state from 1985-2006.
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* In "Placebo Effect", Malory that NASA had put a is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 60s-late 70s range.

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* In "Placebo Effect", Malory claims that NASA had put a is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 60s-late 70s 1960s-mid 1980s range.
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* In "Placebo Effect", Malory that NASA had put a is staffed primarily with ex-Nazis, putting the show in the late 60s-late 70s range.
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* BurtReynolds appears with silver hair, like he has in the present day.
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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern "blue on white" livery NYPD has used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010 on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters in the middle and EMPIRE STATE at the bottom.

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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern "blue on white" livery NYPD has used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010 on) 2010-on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters in the middle and EMPIRE STATE at the bottom.
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* Cadillacs are all 1967 models, while limos are 1966 Lincoln Continentals but also appear with 1974 Mark IV Continentals.

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* Cadillacs are all 1967 models, while Lincoln limos are 1966 Lincoln Continentals Continentals, but also appear with 1974 Mark IV Continentals.
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* Zima was marketed in the US from 1993 to 2008.

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* Zima was marketed in the US from 1993 to 2008.2008.
* The president of Turkmenistan is explicitly identified as the current leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, but with several of the BunnyEarsLawyer traits of his predecessor for over 60 years, Saparmurat Niyazov.
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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control in season two), the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.

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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control room in season two), the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.
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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern NYPD livery used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010 on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters in the middle and EMPIRE STATE at the bottom.

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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern NYPD "blue on white" livery NYPD has used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010 on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters in the middle and EMPIRE STATE at the bottom.
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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern NYPD livery used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010 on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters and EMPIRE STATE on middle and bottom.
* Cadillacs are all 1967 models, while limos are 1966 Lincoln Continentals, but also appear with 1974 Mark IV Continentals.

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* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern NYPD livery used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010 on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters in the middle and EMPIRE STATE on middle and at the bottom.
* Cadillacs are all 1967 models, while limos are 1966 Lincoln Continentals, Continentals but also appear with 1974 Mark IV Continentals.

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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control in season two), the Lubyanka has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.

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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control in season two), the Lubyanka [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Moscow-Lubyanka-Building-2003.jpg Lubyanka]] has its symmetrical post-1983 façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.



* Archer's age in the pilot is given as 35, and his birth in Morocco during an OSS operation just before WorldWarTwo indicates 1938 to 1940, making the pilot 1973-75, and Archer is shown to be five-ish when Malory returns from the war, but he's also shown as being around ten while being read a telegram from Malory about Operation Ajax, conducted in 1953, and is stated to be six when Malory was part of the Guatamalan coup d'tat in 1954, changing his birthdate to 1948 and leading into MultipleChoicePast, though this can also be explained as an AlternateHistory, where events happened at different dates.

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* Archer's age in the pilot is given as 35, and his birth in Morocco during an OSS operation just before WorldWarTwo indicates 1938 to 1940, making the pilot 1973-75, and Archer is shown to be five-ish when Malory returns from the war, but he's also shown as being around ten while being read a telegram from Malory about Operation Ajax, conducted in 1953, and is stated to be six when Malory was part of the Guatamalan coup d'tat in 1954, changing his birthdate to 1948 and leading into MultipleChoicePast, though this can also be explained as an AlternateHistory, where events happened at different dates.dates.
* Zima was marketed in the US from 1993 to 2008.
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* Archer is stuck at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_de_Montr%C3%A9al Casino de Montréal]], which was built as the French Pavillion for Expo 67, and opened as the casino in 1993.

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* Archer is stuck at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_de_Montr%C3%A9al Casino de Montréal]], which was built as the French Pavillion and Quebéc Pavillions for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_67 Expo 67, 67]], and opened as the casino in 1993.
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* Archer is stuck at the Casino de Montréal, which was built as the French Pavillion for Expo 67, and opened as the casino in 1993.

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* Archer is stuck at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_de_Montr%C3%A9al Casino de Montréal, Montréal]], which was built as the French Pavillion for Expo 67, and opened as the casino in 1993.

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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control in season two), the Lubyanka has its post-1983 façade.
* Archer is stuck at the Casino de Montréal, which was built as the French Pavillion for Expo 67, and opened as the casino in 1993.

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* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control in season two), the Lubyanka has its symmetrical post-1983 façade.
façade, and Leningrad is referred to as St Petersburg.
* Archer is stuck at the Casino de Montréal, which was built as the French Pavillion for Expo 67, and opened as the casino in 1993.1993.
* Woodhouse and his squadron mates are WorldWarOne veterans, which, today, would make them at least 115 - not impossible, but extremely unlikely - but seem to be in their 70s or 80s, while Malory is a WorldWarTwo veteran but is in her 60s.
* Archer's age in the pilot is given as 35, and his birth in Morocco during an OSS operation just before WorldWarTwo indicates 1938 to 1940, making the pilot 1973-75, and Archer is shown to be five-ish when Malory returns from the war, but he's also shown as being around ten while being read a telegram from Malory about Operation Ajax, conducted in 1953, and is stated to be six when Malory was part of the Guatamalan coup d'tat in 1954, changing his birthdate to 1948 and leading into MultipleChoicePast, though this can also be explained as an AlternateHistory, where events happened at different dates.
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''Archer'', according to WordOfGod, is deliberately an AnachronismStew because they wanted a ''MadMen'' feel, but also wanted cell phones so characters wouldn't have to find a payphone to call someone, and so contains cars from the '50s to the '70s, computers from the '80s that are capable of internet access, décor, clothing and hairstyles from the '60s and modern cell phones, pop culture references and racial and gender treatment.

* Police cars are 1963 Ford Galaxies but have the modern NYPD livery used since the early '80s, license plates are the current (April 2010 on) "Empire Gold" pattern - black band and orange NEW YORK at the top, orange background and black letters and EMPIRE STATE on middle and bottom.
* Cadillacs are all 1967 models, while limos are 1966 Lincoln Continentals, but also appear with 1974 Mark IV Continentals.
* The Soviet Union still exists, making it an outright AlternateHistory, but all the Republics are independant and East and West Germany are unitied (at least, as of the map seen in the control in season two), the Lubyanka has its post-1983 façade.
* Archer is stuck at the Casino de Montréal, which was built as the French Pavillion for Expo 67, and opened as the casino in 1993.

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