History Main / RealTimeTimeskip

->''"...It's just weird to think about how the [[WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp original movie]] is from 1955, and [[WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure the sequel]] came out in 2001. Like, [[LessDisturbingInContext I feel like everybody should be dead.]]"''

* ''Film/BeforeSunrise'' and its sequels ''Before Sunset'' and ''Before Midnight'' were released respectively in 1995, 2004, and 2013, and nine years passed between each of them both in-universe and in real life.

* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', Palutena mentions that it's been 25 years since Pit defeated Medusa. ''Uprising'' was released 25 years after the original ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' game.

* ''KaamelottPremierVolet'' was released more than a decade after the series' DownerEnding (due to developmentHell, ExecutiveMeddling and then the COVID pandemic), which actually works quite well to show just how bad Lancelot's mismanagement of the kingdom has gone since he spent fortunes trying to find Arthur (who'd been MadeASlave somewhere in the Mediterranean).

** Most of the films are implied to be set in the years they were released, with only a few exceptions: ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' (released in 2011) and ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' (released in 2019) are explicitly prequels set in the past, ''Iron Man'' and ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' (both released in 2008) are set in 2010, ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' is set only a few months after [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 the first one]], ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (released in 2017) ''Film/BlackPanther'' (released in 2018), and ''Film/BlackWidow2021'' (released in 2021) are all set in 2016 and [[spoiler: both ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' and ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' (released in 2019) are set in 2023]].

* Sort-of example: ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' was released 23 years after [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 the original]]. After ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' rebooted the franchise, ''MKX'' had a 25-year time skip to acknowledge the time that has passed.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', released in 2003, is set two years after ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', released in 2001. More specifically, it came out only a couple of months before a completely-accurate two year anniversary.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'' was first released in Japan as a mobile phone game in 2008 and takes place exactly 17 years after ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', which originally came out in 1991.
* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', Palutena mentions that it's been 25 years since Pit defeated Medusa. ''Uprising'' was released 25 years after the original ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' game.
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/StarcraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'', where one of Kerrigan's StopPokingMe statements is that the past seven years feel more like seventeen (seven years have passed in-game, but seventeen in RealLife).
* ''[[VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures Rocket Knight]] (2010)'' takes place fifteen years after the events of ''Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2'', the previous game in the ''Rocket Knight Adventures'' series. In between the events of the two games, Sparkster [[CallToAgriculture took up farming, got married, and raised a son]]. ''Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2'' was released in late 1994, while ''Rocket Knight'' was released in May 2010.
* Games in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series take place on or around their real-world Japanese release dates, with the exception of ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' (which is set in TheEighties).

* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': The difference between ''VideoGame/Splatoon1'' and ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' is two years (the difference between their release dates). Meanwhile, the difference between ''Splatoon 2'' and ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 3}}'' is five years (again, the difference between their release dates). In these time skips, new {{Idol Singer}}s rise and previous ones become old news, fashion trends change, and characters grow, age, and [[LegendaryInTheSequel become legends for their deeds]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' progresses in WebcomicTime, and most of Acts 1-5 (released in 2009-2011) take place in one day. At the end of Act 5, a WhamEpisode reveals that there will be an ActBreak as all characters must split up and travel on a journey -- a journey that will last 3 years. When they arrive at their destination (in 2012) they have effectively aged with the comic. They have also matured from 13-year-olds to 16-year-olds.