History WebOriginal / SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Discussed as Ten and Juice observe Manny and Nick, with Juice conjecturing that the couple's solid relationship lets them spend their time arguing about little things. While Manny and Nick themselves are not an example of this trope since they're ''actually'' married, the conversation segues into how this dynamic applies to relationships in general, with Ten bringing up her and Juice's relationship as an example.

* WhamLine: One exchange in particular comes from the end of the first chapter, and ends up constituting the FirstEpisodeSpoiler of the series:

* ShortRunners: ''17776'' ran for only ten days, and ''20020'' is planned to last for four weeks. Notably, ''17776'' still managed to attract a sizeable fandom during its run.

** In Chapter 20, Ed's dialogue is on the left, and Tim's on the right. When Ed {{breaks the fourth wall}} to [[DontTryThisAtHome warn the reader about Eleven Jones Cave]], he first asks Tim to come closer to "get in the shot". This is depicted by decreasing the indentation on Tim's dialogue. After the fourth wall break, Tim's dialogue goes back to its normal position.

* PaintingTheMedium: The third part of the intermission has a lot of this. As Nine and Ten move right, their text spaces eventually follow suit; Ten interrupts Nine's ramblings with a literal BigWhy; and when they start to drift upwards, the conversation has to be read from the bottom up (which Nine quickly lampshades).

''[[https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football 17776]]'' is a surreal multimedia work, written and illustrated by Creator/JonBois and presented by the sports blog SB Nation. While at first glance it appears to be a simple article about the future of UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball, things quickly start to get... stranger.

* GilliganCut: It’s 20020, and Valentine’s coach tells her she has no right to complain about mosquitoes when she doesn’t vote to eradicate them, to which she replies “I don’t do politics.” Right after her reply is immediately followed by an image of a 12448 news article showing she 'does' (or at least did) do politics: she ran for Senate as a member of the Fuck Mosquitoes Party.

-->'''''It's all''' he '''ever wanted'''. '''It's all''' we '''ever wanted'''.''

* ''20021'': The third series, and a direct continuation of ''20020''. [[https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/1316214075442032641 Confirmed by Bois during 20020's run,]] it will consist of an additional 12 chapters, and is actively being worked on.

* ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/chapters-index 20020]]'': The second series, focused on college football and set a little over 2000 years after the end of the first series. Ran from September 28th to October 24th 2020, and consists of 12 chapters.

* ''20021'': The third series, and a direct continuation of ''20020''. [[https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/1316214075442032641 Confirmed by Bois during 20020's run]], it will consist of an additional 12 chapters, and is actively being worked on.

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_6,_7,_8,_and_9#Pioneer_9 Pioneer 9]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10 Pioneer 10]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer JUICE]] are all real space probes.
** The named presidents we see after Trump in the first video ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cotton Tom Cotton]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Ellison Keith Ellison]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Bush George P. Bush]]) are actual politicians.

* TwoPartTrilogy: ''17776'' works as a standalone piece with a bunch of interconnected vignettes, and no individual story that could be considered the "main" plot. ''20020'' introduces an overarching plot, then ends on an overt SequelHook with the main plot still unresolved. In addition, several millennia pass between part 1 and part 2 of the trilogy (and their publication dates were three years apart), while part 3 comes just one year after part 2 (both InUniverse and in real life). In his [[https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/1316214075442032641 announcement tweet]], Jon Bois even says that ''20020'' and ''20021'' are a single story that proved too long to cover in just twelve chapters.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: During Chapter 20, Eddie Krieger decides to personally address the reader in regards to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven_Jones_Cave Eleven Jones Cave]], specifically that it's extremely dangerous. [[FourthWallPsych However]], it's also implied that Eddie is actually insane and was talking to no one.

** Chapter 17 has the usual smooth jazz playing in a video as the satellites talk about where the ball might land. Then it goes into discordant droning and beeping sounds as the ball is fired and hits and destroys [[http://www.centennialbulb.org/ the Bulb]].

** In Chapter 17, Juice and Ten become ''horrified'' as they discover that the 500 ball is heading for Livermore, California. More specifically, [[http://www.centennialbulb.org/ the Bulb]].

* POVSequel: Chapter 18 is both this and an ImmediateSequel to Chapter 17, since it concerns Lacrecia Evans's perspective of the ill-fated 500 ball launch that smashed [[http://www.centennialbulb.org/ the Bulb]].

** By pure luck, Lacrecia Evans winds up being in the right area to ''finally'' get the 500 ball, with a 99.9% probability of getting it. It's just a shame that the ball in question is the one that smashed [[http://www.centennialbulb.org/ the Bulb]].

* AntiHumor: Juice's retelling of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_clown_paradox#Pagliacci_joke the Pagliacci joke]]. In the classic version being referenced, a depressed man goes to a doctor, who suggests he go to see the performance of a clown named Grimaldi; the man then reveals that ''he'' is Grimaldi. Juice's version lacks the ironic twist; instead, "Grimaldi responds, “that is also my name! what a coincidence! i’ll go see him tonight!” and he goes and has a great time and feels a lot better".

* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: Juice believes Creator/DavidAttenborough is "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Popeil the set it and forget it guy]]", and assumes ''Film/AnalyzeThat'' was originally a book... [[EpicFail that was inspired by a lunchbox]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: Why Nick and Manny's play amounts to a seismic shift in the power structure of the Bowl Game: not only did they steal from one of the comparative juggernauts of the sport, if they sucessfully back to San Diego State, it will dramatically alter the course of the game forever, because any offensive players will have to repeat their nearly-impossible cross country run just to get to State's field.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Different characters have different-colored speech; Nine is red, Ten is green and Juice is yellow. Minor characters get their own colors too.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Different characters have different-colored speech; 9 is red, 10 is green and Juice is yellow. Minor characters get their own colors too.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Most fan art/discussions/etc. openly mention that 9, 10 and Juice are space probes. Downplayed, in that this is a spoiler [[FirstEpisodeTwist only for the first chapter]].

** When explaining his plan to get Nine's battery recharged, Juice mentions that [[https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/1316214075442032641 it would take a couple of months, "later winter to early spring"]] for it to be fully charged, which would also give Nick and Manny enough time to make it across the country.

* CallBack: Late in the first chapter, Nine immediately asks whether Music/SteelyDan is still together. Much later, chapter 20 opens with Eddie Krieger singing their song "The Caves of Altamira".

* FictionalDocument: The summarized rules for Juice’s college football game [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21937939/Rule_Book.pdf here]].

* InstantAIJustAddWater: Space probes just became sentient and developed humanlike minds and emotions from millennia of picking up radio waves in space. While humanity was initially somewhat alarmed and confused by them, they were quickly recognized as just being normal people who happen hurtling through space into the void.

* InfoDump:
** Chapters 3 and 5 consist of Ten informing Nine about things - for the former, how humanity had developed; for the latter, about the proliferation of nanomachines.
** Played for laughs in the final chapter. When the others realize that Nine needs to go offline to recharge, Juice rushes through as many of Nine's unanswered questions as he can in the remaining minute.

** In Chapter 12:

* PopculturalOsmosis: Juice considers ''Film/JesseJamesMeetsFrankensteinsDaughter'' his favorite film. He has never seen it.