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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': The Pre-Crisis ComicBook/{{Superboy}} stories published in ''ComicBook/Superboy1949'' and ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'', via its use of a floating timeline, saw the Boy of Steel's era set in the relative past. As such, an early 1970s story saw ComicBook/LanaLang interested in 50s hula hoops, while the 1980s run saw Clark meeting President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.

* The pre-Crisis ComicBook/{{Superboy}} series, via its use of a [[ComicBookTime floating timeline]], saw the Boy of Steel's era set in the relative past. As such, an early 1970s story saw ComicBook/LanaLang interested in [[TheFifties hula hoops]], while the 1980s run saw Clark meeting [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy President Kennedy]].

* ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'', as the title suggests, is a SequelSeries that picks up where ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' left off when it ended in 1997.

* ''Film/FinalDestination5'': [[spoiler:The ending reveals it's this trope, released in 2011 but actually set right before the first movie, thus setting the events around 1999-2000, although sharp-eyed viewers will catch on that the personal electronics are a bit dated before the ending]].

** ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' was filmed and released in 1976, but the film begins in November 1975 and ends on New Year's Day.

In some cases, this can be the result of the work in question being a {{prequel}} to a work that was set in the present day, a sequel to a work in which much less time passes between the works in universe compared to real life, an adaptation of a work that was set in the present at the time of its release, or a work with a long production process that was set in the present when work began on it.

* ''Literature/UnderSuspicionSeries'': The first seven books were published between 2014 and 2020, but the series begins slightly earlier in 2013. The books also take place over a shorter time period of three years (give or take a few months), so the series as a whole qualifies, being published from the early 2010s to the early 2020s, but being set from 2013 to 2015.

* ''Literature/UnderSuspicionSeries'': The first books were published between 2014 and 2020, but the series begins slightly earlier in 2013. The books also take place over a shorter time period of three years (give or take a few months), so the series as a whole qualifies, being published from the early 2010s to the early 2020s, but being set from 2013 to 2015.

* ''Literature/UnderSuspicionSeries'': The books were published between 2014 and 2020, but the series begins slightly earlier in 2013. The books also take place over a shorter time period of three years (give or take a few months), so the series as a whole qualifies, being published from the early 2010s to the early 2020s, but being set from 2013 to 2015.

* ''Manga/ItsToughBeingNeeko'' was serialized in November 2017, but Chapter 21, published in January 2020, had Neeko pick up a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on launch day, which was in March 2017.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' was set in 1986-1987 and released in 1999, but you wouldn't notice it at first glance -- especially since the main character has a UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, which was released in '96.

* In the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, most of the games in the "''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' era" (i.e. the ones released during UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames) were explicitly set in the past:

* The first three films of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' film series take place over one year (1984-1985). While [[Film/TheKarateKid1984 the first]] was indeed released in 1984, [[Film/TheKarateKidPartII the second]] was released in 1986, and [[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII the third]] was released in 1989.

* The first three films of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' film series takes place over one year (1984-1985). While [[Film/TheKarateKid1984 the first]] was indeed released in 1984, [[Film/TheKarateKidPartII the second]] was released in 1986, and [[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII the third]] was released in 1989.

* ''Film/FridayThe13th1980'', which itself began with a flashback to the initial murders in 1958, is indicated by ''Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter'' to take place in 1979, a year before it was released. Interestingly though, the titular Friday the 13th is said to be June 13, which was a Friday in 1980, but a Wednesday in 1979. The first sequel ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' (1981) has a prologue set two months after the first film before a five year TimeSkip.

** ''Film/HalloweenKills'' (2021), in a similar situation to ''Halloween II'' takes place in 2018 due to picking up right after ''Film/Halloween2018''.

* ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', released in 1973, is set in 1962.