History WebOriginal / SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix

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

** Ten told Nine there were 8 million people on Earth. It’s a typo that Juice corrects to 8 billion. Later, Emily says there are 3 billion people in Chicago, which she corrects to 3 million after Jason points out that she said “million.” Two million/billion mistakes with population, with the first having too few people and the second having too many.

** Freeze-framing the gif in Chapter 4 reveals [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/5aec49e93797e02dca34ec3299501e2a/tumblr_osun4khsmZ1qf5nwno1_500.jpg major geographical changes to the US]], later confirmed to be from rising seawater due to the polar ice caps melting: the northeast has been reshaped (alluded to in the dialogue and final chapter image of New York), Lousiana and Florida have disappeared, and the San Francisco bay, now known as Lake Sacramento, runs the length of California, having spilled into the Central Valley.

------>'''Tim:''' Okay ... I'm gonna go off-script for Question Three. Why is it called Eleven Jones Cave?

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----->'''Tim:''' Here?

---->'''Tim:''' Here?

* 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.]]

-->'''Juice:''' ten give you the talk?
-->'''Nine:''' Yeah
-->'''Juice:''' how you doin with it
-->'''Nine:''' I don't know
-->''[beat]''
-->'''Juice:''' you uh
-->'''Juice:''' you wanna watch some football
-->'''Nine:''' Yes
-->'''Juice:''' what kinda game you wanna watch
-->'''Nine:''' I don't know
-->'''Juice:''' you ok?
-->'''Nine:''' I don't care

-->'''Juice:''' you know Nine’s gonna do what they want\\

* 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".

'''Manny:''' Oh no, not now. I was just thinking, that’s something I’d like to do someday. It’s on my bucket list.\\

-->You know, I grew up on a farm outside of Dalton. And maybe it’s just my simple country upbringing, but I don’t believe much in politics. I don’t have a political platform of any kind. I have no agenda. Leave it to a country boy like me to lay it out straight, I suppose: I want to be governor just to be governor. I can’t even explain to you where this impulse comes from.

-->'''Ten:''' You steer a train, though, clearly. When you move the switches, you’re essentially steering.\\
'''Nine:''' YOU don’t, though. It’s automated. All you’re doing is firing it up and shoving it down the track. Where it goes from there is out of your hands.

-->As Nick and Manny were scrambling around Bumpus Mills, it sparked an old memory of a man named Eugene Jennings, sometimes known as Gene Robert Jennings, someone doing very something similar in the same place. [[LampshadeHanging As you know, this has been a running theme lately.]] It makes me feel as though we’re all living in reruns. I suppose that’s natural, though, in circumstances where land ends and time doesn’t.

--->Sorry to cut and run on you. I would have liked to say a proper goodbye. I guess I’ll see you in 20021.

-->'''Juice:''' kind of an interesting relationship dynamic between these two. be honest with you, i’ve never seen a happier couple. they just get in their little things sometimes\\
i think honestly since they’ve got such a solid foundation to their relationship they actually have the time and energy left over to argue about the little things.\\

'''Ten:''' I think every relationship has to have at least some of that, though. It’s like a … it’s kind of like a clutch in a transmission, right? It has to be rough so it has something it can actually grip onto. That friction is the only way anything changes.\\

'''Ten:''' Oh come on, it’s not that bad.\\

'''Ten:''' Well I mean, that’s us right? That’s our relationship. I think a third of all my interaction with you is accounted for by arguing.\\
'''Juice:''' we ain’t married though lady\\

** Inverted: Prior to the start of Juice's game, in 17804, there was a debate over whether or not to include Hawaii, as (since motorized vehicles were forbidden, but any sea-based vessel was fair game) it would've meant the game would be more akin to a seafairing game. It was eventually decided to make the oceans forbidden, resulting in Hawaii withdrawing from the game... and also ''severely'' handicapping San Diego State[[note]]as, had this not been decided, they would've been able to intersect with Stanford[[/note]].

I DIDN’T SEE SHIT\\
I DIDN’T SEE NOTHIN\\
Y’ALL HAVE UH\\

'''Ten:''' In the middle of a play? That’s bold.

-->'''Juice:''' well you’d imagine he’s hungry, wouldn’t you

-->“Although I’ve reached the difficult decision to suspend my campaign, I will not abandon my fight against mosquitoes.” Jones said in prepared remarks. “I remain convinced that we can and will find suitable alternative food sources for bats, birds, toads, and all of God’s creatures who feed on these bedbugs of the sky.”\\

* MythologyGag: Chapter 10 features football players from Troy State, who mention a basketball game against [=DeVry=] where Troy scored 258 points, referencing one of Jon's ''Pretty Good'' videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=T4afzQyGo5Q&app=desktop about that exact topic]]. The players even question whether the score was 258 or 253, a discrepency Jon discovered while researching the video, and Ten follows up on the idea of collaborative sports that Jon uses to discuss the game.

-->'''Juice:''' i try to respect peoples’ privacy, i really do, but goddamn

-->'''Tanner:''' Tucker, I’m on hold. They uh, the wait times are longer than uh.\\
'''Tucker:''' I don’t give a shit! [[ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree It’s been 45 minutes.]] I’m not paying for no fuckin’ pizza, dude. Tell ‘em it’s gotta be free.\\
'''Tanner:''' [[PostScarcityEconomy It’s already free.]]\\
'''Tucker:''' [[HonorBeforeReason I don’t give a shit!]]

--->'''Juice:''' it’s very personally gratifying for me to see you coming around on this game\\
'''Ten:''' NO. I’m not coming around on anything. This is all stupid. It’s just stupid in such a labyrinthine fashion that once in a while it’ll produce something cool by accident.

'''Ten:''' No, I don’t. There are things ABOUT it that I like.

--->'''Ten:''' Holy shit, that’s so funny.\\

'''Ten:''' No no no no. There are things about it that I like. That’s different.\\

--->'''Ten:''' I don’t like this.\\
'''Juice:''' lol look at you, you’re obsessed with this game\\
'''Ten:''' I JUST SAID I DON’T LIKE THIS.

-->'''Nine:''' We’re all experience eternal lives, and the interminable nature of this game reminds us that for us, a long time is no time at all. Which, personally, is a reminder I’ve found very edifying.\\

-->'''Ten:''' You’re letting out a lot of David Attenborough energy. I like it.\\

'''Ten:''' Yes. Yes, that’s exactly who that is.

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: "Coach E" of Oklahoma State turns out to be Lacrecia Evans, who continues her BornUnlucky streak by letting Nick and Manny get away with their nine footballs.

* ChildlessDystopia: Zig-zagged. For the most part, the world is a pretty great place to live in, with fairly little [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal ennui]]. On the other hand, humanity's ways of passing the time strike Nine as pretty unsettling, and people tend to avoid talking about the absence of children; one character breaks down in tears after seeing a modern-day mural of a mother holding a child.

* TheAgeless: On April 7th, 2026, ''all of humanity'' achieved this somehow. They stopped aging and dying of disease... at the cost of [[ImmortalInfertility Complete Infertility]], so no human babies have been born since about nine months in. The only thing left that could kill them were violent accidents, so they quickly developed nanos and released them, and since the 3500s have had effectively CompleteImmortality as a result.

* {{Nanomachines}}: Chapter 5 reveals that they were first deployed in the 2800s, essentially being perfected by the 3500s. They serve to save people from accidents and environmental hazards.

* AskAStupidQuestion: In Chapter 11, Nine asks why technology supposedly hasn't advanced. Ten pointedly reminds them of the {{nanomachines}}.

* {{Epiphora}}: At the end of Nine's speech about Eugene Jennings, combined with {{Anaphora}} and resulting in a symploce:
-->'' '''It's all''' he '''ever wanted'''. '''It's all''' we '''ever wanted'''.''

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

* InterruptedIntimacy: In chapter 4, as Juice is presenting the scrimmage play between Georgia and Georgia Tech, he mentions that Georgia has 38 players on offense, but both Nine and Ten can only count 37 of them on the map. The camera then zooms on the dot furthest back and angles, revealing that it's in fact ''two'' dots on top of each other.
-->'''Juice:''' WHOOPS\\
'''Ten:''' WHOAAA OKAY\\
'''Juice:''' CUT IT OFF CUT IT OFF

* MonumentalDamage: Lady Liberty is seen submerged in water in the title card.

* HateSink: Chess Guy in Chapter 8 believes in [[IRejectYourReality conspiracy theories]], tries to [[CasanovaWannabe hit on Lori]], and is dismissive of the Bowl Game when Lori needs to leave the chess match.
-->Jon in his 20020 Q&A: [[https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21557878/20020-questions-and-answers "When Graham first read that chapter, the first thing he told me was, “I fucking hate chess guy.” Mission accomplished."]]

** The Statue of Liberty is halfway underwater.

''[[https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football 17776]]'', also called "What Football Will Look Like in the Future", is a surreal multimedia {{speculative fiction}} 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.

''[[https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football 17776]]'' is a surreal multimedia {{speculative fiction}} 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.

* YankTheDogsChain: After being put on hold by Pizza Barn for ''an hour'', the literal moment Tanner manages to get through to an actual person ([[NamesTheSame also named Tanner]]), he is ''put back on hold because Pizza Barn Tanner got bored''.

* TeamMom: Ten is the most caring and level-headed of the group; waking up Nine and explaining most of that has happened since they were launched in the 1960s. She also doubles as [[BigBrotherInstinct Little Sister Instinct]], often telling off Juice for harassing them and even formally introducing herself to Nine as their little sister once they properly wake up.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''17776'' was originally conceived as a sequel to Bois's earlier ''Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles'', and both works revolve around an absurdist take on football and share similar existentialist themes.

** Since the reader only has less than a minute to read the starting article before the lettering suddenly blows up, a lot of the finer details turn into these.[[note]]You can read the article indefinitely [[http://archive.is/UasKN here.]][[/note]] For example, there's a fictitious "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment University of College]]" advertisement with this quote:

* ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/c/secret-base/21410129/20020/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.

* {{Anaphora}}: Ten's eulogy to the Bulb uses repetition for rhetorical effect, including anaphora.

* 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]].

* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: In chapter 9, it's revealed that [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure Juice is under the impression]] that the movie ''Film/AnalyzeThat'' is actually a book. As he's explaining UAB's strategy, he offhandedly makes the analogy: "it was like watching someone sitting on a park bench on a nice day, leisurely reading analyze that cover to cover". A couple paragraphs from him later, [[DelayedReaction Ten cuts in]], having processed what he was implying, and they spend a good while getting sidetracked by that and unearthing Juice's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} bizarre train of thought]].

*** Chapter 6 has Juice wind up being contacted by Manny himself, inquiring about "a very minor discrepancy" in the game plan he and Nick submitted back in 19733. We actually are shown a section of this game plan in question; in particular, a page referencing Addendum 203a from the Bowl Game's official rule book, which produces a LongList of vechicles declared illegal to be used. [[ExactWords At no point is it]] ''[[ExactWords explicitly stated]]'' [[ExactWords that runaway vehicles were illegal]].

* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: In chapter 9, it's revealed that Juice is under the impression that the movie ''Film/AnalyzeThat'' is actually a book. As he's explaining UAB's strategy, he offhandedly makes the analogy: "it was like watching someone sitting on a park bench on a nice day, leisurely reading analyze that cover to cover". A couple paragraphs from him later, [[DelayedReaction Ten cuts in]], having processed what he was implying, and they spend a good while getting sidetracked by that and unearthing Juice's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} bizarre train of thought]].