History Main / YearX

* ''{{Godzilla}} vs. Monster Zero'' took place in 196X.

* In ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'', the year is revealed to be 20XX on Nikaidou's New Years postcard, indicating that the story takes place within this century.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' is a strong example of this trope, starting in 200X and later moving into 20XX. The spinoffs are all set relative to this ambiguous date; the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX X]]'' series takes place in 21XX, and drags on into 22XX, while ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' is an alternate 200X. The later games in the main timeline starting with ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' (which was assumed to take place in 22XX before ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' came out) have abandoned this & don't specify any dates, possibly because the world has [[AfterTheEnd suffered so many successive apocalypses]] by this point that people don't even remember what year it's supposed to be. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual ''Perfect Memories'' sourcebook]], the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Legends]]'' series takes place around 6000 years after the end of the ''X'' series, but that's about all we know.

* ''{{Fist of the North Star}}'' is set a few years after a nuclear war destroyed the world in "[=199X=]".

* ''OrangeMarmalade'' starts in "Autumn, 20XX".

* ''[[{{1942}} 19XX]]'', part of the 1942 ShootEmUp series by Capcom.

* ''DoubleDragon II: The Revenge'' is set at the aftermath of a Nuclear War that occurred sometime before the year "[=19XX=]". Oddly, the Japanese manuals for the first game sets the plot in the slightly more specific year of "[=199X=]".

* ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life}}'' takes place on May 16, 200X.

* The EasternRPG ''ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'' is set in Tokyo, 20XX.

* ''DigimonXrosWars'' starts in 20XX.

* In ''{{Frankenstein}}'', in Robert Walton's letters to his sister, the date is given as "Dec. 11th, 17--. OlderThanTheyThink indeed!
* ''TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde'' happens in 19**.

* ''HellstarRemina'': [[spoiler:Earth]] is eaten in "July 20XX".

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' is a strong example of this trope, starting in 200X and later moving into 20XX. The spinoffs are all set relative to this ambiguous date; the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX X]]'' series takes place in 21XX, and drags on into 22XX, while ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' is an alternate 200X. The later games in the main timeline starting with ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' (which was assumed to take place in 22XX before ''MMX Command Mission'' came out) have abandoned this & don't specify any dates, possibly because the world has [[AfterTheEnd suffered so many successive apocalypses]] by this point that people don't even remember what year it's supposed to be. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual ''Perfect Memories'' sourcebook]], the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Legends]]'' series takes place around 6000 years after the end of the ''X'' series, but that's about all we know.

* In ''WebOriginal/HomestarRunner'', the anime counterparts of the main cast hail from the year 20X6. Which they pronounce as [[ExtyYearsFromNow "Twenty exty-six"]].

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' is a strong example of this trope, starting in 200X and later moving into 20XX. The spinoffs are all set relative to this ambiguous date; the ''[[MegaManX X]]'' series takes place in 21XX, and drags on into 22XX, while ''[[MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' is an alternate 200X. The later games in the main timeline starting with ''MegaManZero'' (which was assumed to take place in 22XX before ''MMX Command Mission'' came out) have abandoned this & don't specify any dates, possibly because the world has [[AfterTheEnd suffered so many successive apocalypses]] by this point that people don't even remember what year it's supposed to be. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual ''Perfect Memories'' sourcebook]], the ''[[MegaManLegends Legends]]'' series takes place around 6000 years after the end of the ''X'' series, but that's about all we know.

* ''{{Bomberman}} Generation'' takes place in "[[AlternativeCalendar cosmic year]] 200X".

* In ''HomestarRunner'', the anime counterparts of the main cast hail from the year 20X6. Which they pronounce as [[ExtyYearsFromNow "Twenty exty-six"]].

* ''{{Half-Life}}'' takes place on May 16, 200X.

* ''Game/MegaMan'' is a strong example of this trope, starting in 200X and later moving into 20XX. The spinoffs are all set relative to this ambiguous date; the ''[[MegaManX X]]'' series takes place in 21XX, and drags on into 22XX, while ''[[MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' is an alternate 200X. The later games in the main timeline starting with ''MegaManZero'' (which was assumed to take place in 22XX before ''MMX Command Mission'' came out) have abandoned this & don't specify any dates, possibly because the world has [[AfterTheEnd suffered so many successive apocalypses]] by this point that people don't even remember what year it's supposed to be. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual ''Perfect Memories'' sourcebook]], the ''[[MegaManLegends Legends]]'' series takes place around 6000 years after the end of the ''X'' series, but that's about all we know.

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* In ''[[RankinBassProductions Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'', the new year is "19-Wonderful".

* In ''[[RankinBassProductions Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'', the new year is "19-Wonderful". Considering it was made in 1976, they apparently didn't expect anyone to still be watching it twenty-four or more years later. ([[FirstInstallmentWins They were sort of right about that.]])

* In ''[[RankinBassProductions Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'', the new year is "19-Wonderful".