History PlayingWith / BadFuture

** The heroes travel into the future to find themselves in a city of ominous dark buildings covered in propaganda. Turns out, all the inhabitants enjoy material luxury, year round free heating and freedom. Then it turns out, the heating is provided by giant baby ovens.

* '''Downplayed''': The hero's absence didn't lead to the villains [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], but their attempt at world domination resulted in a massive war in which many people died.

* '''Exaggerated''': The hero skips a couple of decades, and emerges to see the galaxy taken over by [[ReligionOfEvil Satanist]] CommieNazis.

* '''Invoked''': [[SamuraiJack The villain deliberately sends the hero into a future where he has conquered the world to try and break his will.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': The heroes travel into the future to find themselves in a city of ominous dark buildings covered in propaganda. Turns out, all the inhabitants enjoy material luxury, year round free heating and freedom. Then it turns out, the heating is provided by giant baby ovens.

* '''Inverted''': The villain skips a couple of decades, and discovers that a {{Utopia}} has been built in his absence.

** The future only [[ValuesDissonance seems bad to the people of the present]] because they never experienced the social, economic, political, and scientific progress that brought it about. To the people of the future, their world is better off even if it is different because it is the future they chose for themselves. Example: {{Transhumanism}} considers the future to contain such massive leaps in technology and human evolution that our species would be virtually unrecognizable in both appearance and psychology, so it only makes sense that a modern day human would be horrified at first.

* '''Subverted''': The hero arrives and sees that [[TheBadGuyWins the bad guy has won]]. However, the villain in question is a WellIntentionedExtremist, and the world he had created [[TheExtremistWasRight is actually a utopia]].

* '''Downplayed''': The hero's absence didn't lead to the villains [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], but their attmept at world domination resulted in a massive war in which many people died.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''':
** The hero(es) could only be on even terms with the villain in their present because they had the government on their side. With all of this government's resources turned ''against'' them, they all end up killed [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]] in a very short time.
** It turns out that even {{Black Shirt}}s and the BigBad aren't really enjoying the situation, because DystopiaIsHard to maintain.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** However, the dystopian future has also spawned a secret [[LaResistance resistance force]] that is more than willing to give the hero the help he needs to fight back. Seeing what's at stake if they lose to the villain strengthens their resolve to defeat him/her/it for good.
** The BigBad has an idea that DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans, and some of his {{Black Shirt}}s follow suit, so the hardness of maintaining a dystopia is seen by them as a challenge.

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** The BigBad has an idea that DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans, and some of his BlackShirts follow suit, so the hardness of maintaining a dystopia is seen by them as a challenge.

* '''Reconstructed''': However, the dystopian future has also spawned a secret [[LaResistance resistance force]] that is more than willing to give the hero the help he needs to fight back. Seeing what's at stake if they lose to the villain strengthens their resolve to defeat him/her/it for good.

* '''Justified''': The dystopia in question is a VillainWorld, brought about due to protagonist's absence.

* '''Double Subverted''': Upon closer examination, the villain's "utopia" turns out to be [[Literature/BraveNewWorld shallow and hedonistic]].

* '''Parodied''': The so-called "bad future" is actually perfectly normal... wait a minute, where are all of the cheesy snacks?! [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]

* '''Deconstructed''': The hero(es) could only be on even terms with the villain in their present because they had the government on their side. With all of this government's resources turned ''against'' them, they all end up killed [[FateWorseThanDeath or worse]] in a very short time.

* '''Double Subverted''': Upon closer examination, the villain's "utopia" turns out to be [[BraveNewWorld shallow and hedonistic]].

* '''Straight''': The hero skips a couple of decades, [[HumanPopsicle one way]] [[TimeTravel or another]]. He emerges in an [[BigBrotherIsWatching opressive]], [[FascistButInefficient badly run]] {{Dystopia}}.

* '''Subverted''': The hero arrives and sees that [[TheBadGuyWins the bad guy has won]]. However, the villain in question is a WellIntentionedExtremist, and the world he had created [[AndItWorked is actually a utopia]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "Here this time-traveler was, expecting a crazy jetpack future. Turns out they fuel jetpacks with the biomass of people labeled by military tribunal to be "too crazy."

* '''Conversed''': "Here this time-traveler was, expecting a crazy jetpack future. Turns out they fuel jetpacks with people labeled by military tribunal to be "too crazy."

* '''Conversed''': "Here this time-traveler was, expecting a wacky jetpack future. Turns out they fuel jetpacks with people labeled by military tribunal to be "too wacky."

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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