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** The episode has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.

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** The episode has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010. It even manages to pinpoint the exact ''year'' there would be a recession during the 21st Century, making perhaps either the luckiest guess or the biggest evidence that whoever made this show is 100% a time traveler.
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* '''Inverted''': The episode shows very few major technological advancements between the 1970s where it was made, and the 2010s where it is set.

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* '''Inverted''': [[NextSundayAD The episode shows very few major technological advancements episode's level of technology is practically indistinguishable between the 1970s where it was made, and the 2010s where it is set.set]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A work's depiction of what was then the future, but now is the present or past, features significantly more advanced technology than what we actually got.
* '''Straight''': ''Bob's Adventures,'' a show made in 1970 has an episode that depicts the year 2010 as a futuristic world full of shiny metal buildings, casual interstellar travel, and RidiculouslyHumanRobots.

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'''Basic Trope''': A work's depiction of what was then the future, but now is the present or past, features significantly more advanced technology than what we actually got.
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* '''Straight''': ''Bob's Adventures,'' a show made in 1970 1970, has an episode that depicts the year 2010 as a futuristic world full of shiny metal buildings, casual interstellar travel, and RidiculouslyHumanRobots.



** [[ForWantOfANail The 2008 stock crash, which didn't happen in the show's timeline,]] reduced the funding for the research into the tech.

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** [[ForWantOfANail The 2008 stock crash, which didn't happen in the show's timeline,]] timeline, reduced the funding for the research into the tech.
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* '''Conversed''': "Those old TV shows always had crazy ideas about what the year 2000 and beyond would be like. [[SarcasmMode But we only got time travel, ray guns, and that alien invasion.]]"

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* '''Conversed''': "Those old TV shows always had crazy ideas about what the year 2000 2010 and beyond would be like. [[SarcasmMode But we only got time travel, ray guns, and that alien invasion.]]"
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* '''Inverted''': The show shows very few major technological advancements between the 1970s where it was made, and the 2010s where it is set.
* '''Subverted''': In the 1970s, Bob is shown a vision of 40 years into the future, and sees a futuristic world with spaceships, robots, and aliens everywhere, which turns out to just be a future-themed theme park he will be visiting at that time.

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* '''Inverted''': The show episode shows very few major technological advancements between the 1970s where it was made, and the 2010s where it is set.
* '''Subverted''': In the 1970s, episode, Bob is shown a vision of 40 years into the future, and sees a futuristic world with spaceships, robots, and aliens everywhere, which turns out to just be a future-themed theme park he will be visiting at that time.



* '''Zig-Zagged''': The future of 2010 is shown to have robots, spaceships, and aliens... but they're only props at a theme park... on Mars... which was only colonized thanks to assistance from time travelers... from the year of 2020.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': The future of 2010 is shown to have robots, spaceships, and aliens... aliens, but they're only props at a theme park... park, located on Mars... on Mars, that people can casually travel to from Earth, which was only colonized thanks to assistance from time travelers... travelers, from the year of 2020.



** ''Bob's Adventures'' has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.
** ''Bob's Adventures'' is set in the year 50000, which [[CaptainObvious is unlikely to happen anytime soon]].

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** ''Bob's Adventures'' The episode has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.
** ''Bob's Adventures'' The future sequence is set in the year 50000, which [[CaptainObvious is unlikely to happen anytime soon]].



* '''Implied''': The show doesn't explicitly state any year, although some details hint that it's set around the 2010s.

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* '''Implied''': The show episode doesn't explicitly state any year, although some details hint that it's set around the 2010s.
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* '''Straight''': A TV show made in 1970 depicts the year of 2010 as a futuristic world full of shiny metal buildings, casual interstellar travel, and RidiculouslyHumanRobots.
* '''Exaggerated''': The show is only set 5 years into the future, but still has all of those things.

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* '''Straight''': A TV ''Bob's Adventures,'' a show made in 1970 has an episode that depicts the year of 2010 as a futuristic world full of shiny metal buildings, casual interstellar travel, and RidiculouslyHumanRobots.
* '''Exaggerated''': The show episode is only set 5 years into the future, but still has all of those things.



* '''Parodied''': A TV show has an episode about the exciting and futuristic "World of Tomorrow". A calendar shows that it's ''literally'' the world of "tomorrow", as in exactly 24 hours after the episode aired.

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* '''Parodied''': A TV show has an Advertisements announce that the episode about of today will feature the exciting and futuristic "World of Tomorrow". A calendar shows that it's ''literally'' the world of "tomorrow", as in exactly 24 hours after the episode aired.



** The show has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.
** The show is set in the year 50000, which [[CaptainObvious is unlikely to happen anytime soon]].
* '''Enforced''': "With the new millenium fast approaching, people are excited! We need to set our show in the year 2000 so it'll be more appealing to those who are looking forwards to that year."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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** The show ''Bob's Adventures'' has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.
** The show ''Bob's Adventures'' is set in the year 50000, which [[CaptainObvious is unlikely to happen anytime soon]].
* '''Enforced''': "With "People are excited about how the new millenium fast approaching, people are excited! We need to set our millennium will look like! How about we make an episode about it so we can show in the year 2000 so it'll be more appealing to those who are looking forwards to that year."
them how it could be?"
* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Is this how the future will look like? That might be a stretch, but it looks cool!"



[[IWantMyJetpack In the distant future of 2010, we'll have links back to the main page!]]

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[[IWantMyJetpack In the distant future of 2010, we'll have links back to the main page!]]IWantMyJetPack!



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* '''Logical Extreme''': The show is only set 5 years into the future, but still has all of those things.

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* '''Logical Extreme''': '''Exaggerated''': The show is only set 5 years into the future, but still has all of those things.

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* '''Justified''': [[AlienSpaceBats Aliens arrived on Earth between 1970 and 2010 and imparted knowledge that significantly accelerated scientific development]].

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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[[AlienSpaceBats Aliens arrived on Earth between 1970 and 2010 and imparted knowledge that significantly accelerated scientific development]].development]].
** [[ForWantOfANail The 2008 stock crash, which didn't happen in the show's timeline,]] reduced the funding for the research into the tech.
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** The show has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that could and did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.

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** The show has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that could and did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The show is only set 5 years into the future, but still has all of those things.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Logical Extreme''': The show is only set 5 years into the future, but still has all of those things.
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'''Basic Trope''': A work's depiction of what was then the future, but now is the present or past features significantly more advanced technology than what we actually got.

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'''Basic Trope''': A work's depiction of what was then the future, but now is the present or past past, features significantly more advanced technology than what we actually got.
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'''Basic Trope''': A work's depiction of what was then the future, but now is the present or past features significantly more advanced technology than what we actually got.
* '''Straight''': A TV show made in 1970 depicts the year of 2010 as a futuristic world full of shiny metal buildings, casual interstellar travel, and RidiculouslyHumanRobots.
* '''Exaggerated''': The show is only set 5 years into the future, but still has all of those things.
* '''Downplayed''': The year 2010 isn't significantly different from reality, aside from the presence of sentient robots.
* '''Justified''': [[AlienSpaceBats Aliens arrived on Earth between 1970 and 2010 and imparted knowledge that significantly accelerated scientific development]].
* '''Inverted''': The show shows very few major technological advancements between the 1970s where it was made, and the 2010s where it is set.
* '''Subverted''': In the 1970s, Bob is shown a vision of 40 years into the future, and sees a futuristic world with spaceships, robots, and aliens everywhere, which turns out to just be a future-themed theme park he will be visiting at that time.
* '''Double Subverted''': The theme park is on Mars, which people can casually travel to from Earth.
* '''Parodied''': A TV show has an episode about the exciting and futuristic "World of Tomorrow". A calendar shows that it's ''literally'' the world of "tomorrow", as in exactly 24 hours after the episode aired.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The future of 2010 is shown to have robots, spaceships, and aliens... but they're only props at a theme park... on Mars... which was only colonized thanks to assistance from time travelers... from the year of 2020.
* '''Averted''':
** The show has a reasonable depiction of the future of 2010, with some significant advancements that could and did happen between the show's creation and the actual year 2010.
** The show is set in the year 50000, which [[CaptainObvious is unlikely to happen anytime soon]].
* '''Enforced''': "With the new millenium fast approaching, people are excited! We need to set our show in the year 2000 so it'll be more appealing to those who are looking forwards to that year."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Those old TV shows always had crazy ideas about what the year 2000 and beyond would be like. [[SarcasmMode But we only got time travel, ray guns, and that alien invasion.]]"
* '''Implied''': The show doesn't explicitly state any year, although some details hint that it's set around the 2010s.
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[[IWantMyJetpack In the distant future of 2010, we'll have links back to the main page!]]
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%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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