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7->''"We are the youth, we'll take your fascism away.\
8We are the youth, apologise for another day.\
9We are the youth and politicians are so sure.\
10We are the youth and we are knocking on death's door.\
11Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so sure.\
12Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so small.\
13Never knew we were living in a world where the world is an open court.\
14Maybe we don't want to live in a world where innocence is sold short.\
15We'll make it up to you in the year 2000."''
16-->-- '''Music/{{Silverchair}}''', "Anthem for the Year 2000"
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22''The Year 2000''. Flying cars, androids, faster-than-light space travel... oh wait, [[IWantMyJetpack we don't have any of that yet]]. On the plus side, [[MillenniumBug our computers didn't explode]], after all.
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24While New Year's 2000 came in with a bang, the attitudes of TheNineties mostly lingered for the first year. For the United States (and arguably to a lesser extent, the world), the decade politically started on September 11th, 2001, with the terrorist attacks on UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, which not only launched America into ''two'' wars, but continues to be a lingering specter in global politics. It is possible this decade may have ended culturally and politically in 2008–09, which saw the start of the [[HistoryRepeats worst economic crisis]] since TheGreatDepression, followed two months later by the election of UsefulNotes/BarackObama as President, as well as Website/{{Facebook}} surpassing Website/MySpace in traffic, and "electropop era" music like Music/LadyGaga, Music/JustinBieber, and Music/KatyPerry becoming popular. Alternatively, the political end of the decade may have been in 2011, the year of UsefulNotes/TheArabSpring, Occupy Wall Street, and the death of UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Culturally, the decade began somewhere around 1998-2003 with the continued rise of the internet, online music downloads, and reality shows, and ended somewhere around 2008-2013 with the rising prominence of the smartphone and social media sites like Website/{{Twitter}}, Instagram, and Facebook becoming very popular. Depending on who you ask, it may have officially ended around early 2007, when [[MemeticMutation memes]] made their way to solid popular culture status. Either way, the transitional period in was about 1998-2003, and the transitional period out was around 2008-2013. On a BookEnd manner, the zeitgeist of the 2000s started and ended with crashes on a September day in New York; literally in 2001 with the destruction of the Twin Towers, and metaphorically in 2008 with the stock market crash and the collapse of the Lehman Brothers.
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26See UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror for the major wars of this decade. Note that since UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror has defined American and NATO-sphere foreign policy for almost all of this time, this decade marked the arrival of Middle Eastern civilizations as societies to know about. For example, the Persian Gulf city of UsefulNotes/{{Dubai}}, in the UsefulNotes/UnitedArabEmirates, went through its {{boom|Town}} during this decade.
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28To say that this decade was a hard one for the United States is an understatement, whose population suffered from, in quick succession: the dotcom bubble burst, which affected many online-focused businesses including websites; a controversial presidential election where [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush the winner]] didn't win the popular vote but did win in the electoral college; the worst terrorist attack in recorded history with a death toll of 2,977 (excluding the 19 perpetrators of the attack); the Patriot Act undermining civil liberties; two somewhat unpopular wars (one of which was started on what turned out to be BlatantLies); the [[BigBlackout worst electrical blackout in American history]]; the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster, the second in American history and the beginning of the end of the country's manned space program (for the next decade and a half, at least); another controversial presidential election; the catastrophic flooding of UsefulNotes/NewOrleans from Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the federal government to properly respond to said flooding; a surge in both aforementioned wars as it became very clear that things were not going as planned; the gradual transformation from the largest government budget surplus in American history, to the largest government budget deficit in American history; and the start of the [[HistoryRepeats worst economic crisis]] since TheGreatDepression, with millions of Americans unemployed and many more struggling at the decade's end. This resulted in the rise of Neo-Conservative interventionist politics, which led to those two somewhat unpopular foreign wars, and the strengthening of "the Special Relationship" with Britain - where UsefulNotes/BillClinton and British PM UsefulNotes/JohnMajor had disliked each other, first Clinton, then UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, - got on very well with the charming UsefulNotes/TonyBlair, who, despite being leader of the traditionally left-wing [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Labour Party]], shared a similarly interventionist outlook, one only bolstered by a successful intervention in UsefulNotes/SierraLeone in 1999.
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30There were also issues which stretched out for roughly the entire decade, such as the [[HistoryRepeats worst gas crisis]] since TheSeventies, with gas prices quadrupling from 2000 to 2008; skyrocketing income inequality; a crisis over the increasingly large wave of [[TheIllegal illegal immigrants]] crossing the border; a continued trend of worse education performances compared to much of the rest of the developed world; the dollar losing value compared to other currencies along with other signs of the US losing its global economic power; and widespread polarization over issues such as GlobalWarming, gay rights, religion, health, and other issues. This naturally led to growing feelings of cynicism and insecurity, which was reflected in a growing trend towards DarkerAndEdgier entertainment.
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32Of course, on the other side of the coin, a lot of the decade's entertainment instead went in the direction of {{Escapism}}. Much of the decade's culture can roughly be described as a [[HistoryRepeats retread]] of either TheEighties or TheFifties, depending on who you ask[[note]]It could technically be both, since the '80s themselves are often considered a retread of the '50s[[/note]]. As if overcompensating for the insecurity they now felt, the American public took comfort in materialism and ConspicuousConsumption. The [[BigFancyHouse "McMansion"]] became the dominant paradigm for new homes, and [[HummerDinger enormous SUVs]], after getting their start in the late '90s, came to rule over the car market, despite oil concerns, and forget [[UsefulNotes/ElectricVehicles electric cars]]. [[OrwellianRetcon Seriously, forget they ever existed]] and buy an SUV. In fact, the car companies were ''so'' eager to make the consumer forget about electric cars that those produced in TheNineties were not only cancelled, they were repossessed by car companies and crushed, [[TallPoppySyndrome lest one get away to make the rest of their cars look bad]].[[note]] This was possible because nearly all were offered on a lease-only basis in the first place. Of the major manufacturers' PNGV-era electrics, only the Toyota Rav4 EV was truly offered for ''sale''. The Rav4 EV kind of had its cake and ate it too, by virtue of being a large [=SUV=] and electric. It remains sought-after on the used car market to this day. That the manufacturers would have had to supply parts for the cars for several years under US law was among the many alternative explanations offered, but this would not have been a problem had the manufacturers not wanted to eliminate electric cars in the first place: see how cancellation has been done for most other models of cars, even ones with unique components, that have been cancelled.[[/note]] It wasn't until 2011 and the debut of the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf that electric cars would return to the roads. The tax breaks that, under Clinton, would've gone to electrics, now under Bush went to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-SuYQ5bVKk the heaviest cars]], and the [=SUVs=] of this decade were certainly heavy cars.
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34DarkerAndEdgier became the norm in entertainment aimed at teens, as music and culture took a turn for the gothic and macabre with a shift from [[ContractualPurity squeaky-clean]] [[TeenIdol teen idols]] (e.g. Music/BackstreetBoys and Music/NSync) to {{Pop punk}}, [[EmoMusic emo]], NuMetal, and PostHardcore bands such as Music/Blink182, Music/GoodCharlotte, Music/GreenDay, Music/LimpBizkit, Music/LinkinPark, Music/NineInchNails, Music/SimplePlan, Music/SystemOfADown, Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, Music/JimmyEatWorld, the dreaded and much mocked Music/{{Nickelback}}, and many others in the early part of the decade, although teen idols on the Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} were popular in music. Music/MatchboxTwenty, Music/{{Audioslave}}, and other bands were really popular. This genre exploded in 2005 with the rise of Music/FallOutBoy, Music/PanicAtTheDisco, Music/MyChemicalRomance, Music/ThirtySecondsToMars, Music/{{Paramore}}), Music/{{AFI}} and similar acts, all of whom shared a focus on lyrics about serious topics such as mental and physical illness, sexual infidelity, and America's unhealthy obsession with tabloid stars. The subculture associated with the genre, known as emo, took high schools by storm with its sideswept bangs, skinny jeans, and heavy eye makeup. Ultimately it became one of the defining alternative rock genres of the decade with literally everyone having memories of listening to those bands in middle and high school. However just as the genre was reaching the peak of its popularity in 2008, Fall Out Boy's ''Folie à Deux'' showed a drastic shift in the band's sound and was met with mediocre commercial success, which started a chain reaction. By 2009, pop-punk and emo began its fall from the mainstream thanks to several factors: bands either were drastically changing their sound, [[Music/MyChemicalRomance breaking up]], or [[Music/FallOutBoy going on hiatus]]; oversaturation by an endless string of one-hit wonders; creation and heavy promotion of manufactured bands like Music/TheJonasBrothers by Disney and Nickelodeon as [[TheMoralSubstitute wholesome substitutes]] for authentic emo bands (resulting in the genre as a whole being branded as immature tween fodder); and the replacement of "emo" as popular music with [[Music/LadyGaga electronic]] [[Music/KatyPerry pop]] and as a culture with the "scene" trend -- basically emo with lots of '80s-inspired big hair, makeup, neon, and Franchise/HelloKitty accessories.
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36In terms of the mainstream fashions, the opening years retained elements of '90s fashion, but with 2003-04 being the transitioning years, the '90s was officially out of style musically and culturally by 2005. In contrast to the grungy look of the '90s, 2000s fashion was more aestheticised, with beards replaced by clean shaven looks and darker makeup on everyone (including some guys due to the rising influence of emo and skate culture). By the very end of the decade, skinny jeans had displaced the baggier styles that had been popular before.
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38Media technology continued to evolve. The Platform/CompactDisc gave way to Platform/{{MP3}} in the music sphere. Platform/{{DVD}} gradually replaced VHS throughout the decade, only to have Platform/BluRay and HD-DVD, in a [[HistoryRepeats re-enactment]] of TheEighties VHS vs Betamax debate, battle it out over who got to replace DVD at the end of the decade. Blu-Ray won, but instead of replacing DVD the two instead co-existed, perhaps due to the economic downturn.
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40Thanks in part by 9/11, escapism became big in movie entertainment and MediaNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood reached previously ''inconceivable'' heights - every year had at least two movies that would gross over $750 million and, by the end of the decade, at least one each year would surpass the billion dollar mark. In 2002, for the first time, [[Film/SpiderMan1 a movie]] made more than $100 million just on its opening weekend. Thanks to new computer technology, most of these were incredibly expensive, ComputerGeneratedImages-packed extravaganzas, with superhero movies (like ''Film/SpiderMan1'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'') and fantasy epics (such as the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series and the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series) being the dominant genres in terms of box office success. Much of the reason why studios began to concentrate so hard on these types of movies was to keep drawing in an audience despite the [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil advent of digital piracy]] during this decade; if there was so much stuff on screen, the experience would be lost if it wasn't seen on a big screen. Pretty similar to how studios in TheFifties tried to keep audiences away from television with 3D and [[AspectRatio widescreen]], really. Thanks to the size and scope of these films, smaller-scale movies like comedies and romances lost their box office power, with some major figures in the movie world wondering if soon cinema would be entirely dominated by these colossal spectacles and people would lose interest in more down-to-earth movies. However, {{digital piracy|IsOkay}}, {{Creator/Netflix}}, and movie websites such as Website/RottenTomatoes have brought attention to indie movies and foreign films which many people wouldn't have previously discovered, even if this didn't help these movies make a profit in theaters. Well, with one major exception - the martial arts film ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' became the first foreign-language movie to gross over $100 million in the United States.
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42[[RealityTV Reality took over TV]], with ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' and ''Series/AmericanIdol'' in the US and ''Series/BigBrother'' and ''Pop Idol''/''Series/TheXFactor'' in Britain launching hundreds of imitators across an ocean of subgenres, helped along by the explosion of cable and satellite television as a major outlet for original programming. Celebrity came to be defined not by an entertainer's accomplishments as a musician, actor, athlete, etc., but by the number of {{paparazzi}} following their every move and the amount of tabloid press they had. It was something that could be achieved for [[FamousForBeingFamous seemingly nebulous reasons]], as shown by the inexplicable rise to superstardom of such people as Creator/ParisHilton and Creator/KimKardashian, who built media empires on their status as {{socialite}}s and reality TV stars. The societal implications of this were not lost on the world, with Creator/CharlieBrooker in Britain, ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything'' in Australia, and ''Series/TheSoup'' and ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in the US leading a wave of shows and blogs that satirized and parodied the decade's culture.
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44This was the time in which TheInternet really became a part of society at large, instead of being limited to [[{{Geek}} computer geeks]] and UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}} groups. Everyone got connected, with many people owning media storage devices, having access to the internet, etc. If you didn't have a computer with internet access, you were left behind. Technology was always getting better and less expensive via Moore's Law, and you could walk into a department store and buy a computer which was at least a million times more powerful than the ones that put UsefulNotes/NeilArmstrong on UsefulNotes/TheMoon. {{Blog}}s became a popular pastime, with ordinary people discovering their online journals could gain a significant following; this paved the way for the rise of larger centralized social media sites such as Website/{{Facebook}}. {{Video games}} finally started to gain mainstream recognition, especially near the end of the decade, with the release of the Platform/{{Wii}}. Games became DarkerAndEdgier, with plots that were much more mature and realistic, although the extent to which is subject to debate (some see it as a repeat of MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks). Meanwhile, the sports gaming industry was effectively monopolized by Creator/ElectronicArts.
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46Gaming's turn towards {{Realism}} was reflected in SpeculativeFiction. There was a great demand for more [[DarkerAndEdgier "realistic"]] depictions of what happens if we were to actually [[FirstContact meet aliens]] or [[RobotWar fight robots]]. If we are higher tech, there is a good chance that HumansAreTheRealMonsters, and when we have the inferior tech, don't expect to come out of the situation alive or overcoming bad odds. This shift is perhaps best exemplified by ''Series/{{Lost}}'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', two of the defining ScienceFiction shows of the decade, which were both heavily focused on [[NoughtiesDramaSeries character-driven drama, philosophy and gritty realism]] (the latter especially in ''BSG'''s case).
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48A lot of humor consisted of CrossingTheLineTwice, and things that would have caused the MoralGuardians to have strokes just a few years earlier were seen as just mildly offensive. As such, an obsession with UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and awareness of [[FarEast East Asian]] affairs (especially with [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China's rapid rise as a world power]]) became popular in the US once more. Movies tended to be more about {{Adventure}} and [[JourneyToFindOneself self-discovery]] than {{Action|Genre}} and [[StuffBlowingUp blowing things up]]. Of course, when you consider what started the decade off, it's kind of understandable why.
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50Conversely, the September 11 attacks served as a horrifically crippling blow to America's psyche, causing one of the longest (and most infamous) periods in which works were DistancedFromCurrentEvents. People had become highly sensitive to concepts such as pyrotechnical violence, the destruction of [[SkyscraperCity skyscrapers]], and [[TerrorismTropes terrorism]], leading to the censoring and/or banning of a lot of past media that [[HarsherInHindsight fell in bad taste]] in the wake of the attacks. The live action TV drama ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' can be credited with ending this period via a twist-ending season finale where one of the main characters winds up in a parallel universe, in which TheWhiteHouse was destroyed on 9/11 instead of the World Trade Center. September 11 still remains a sensitive subject in media today, with most references to it being for serious or dramatic purposes.
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52Note that this was only named as such because few can agree on what to call the 2000-2009 period. In Britain and Australia, this decade is often called the Noughties, as the word "nought" is another word for "zero" (which some Brits might sourly note was roughly how much of what UsefulNotes/TonyBlair said was true). However, the word "nought" has faded from American English, which means that, to American ears, the term "Noughties" sounds like the [[HehHehYouSaidX more snicker-inducing]] "Naughties." [[note]]Ironically enough, this term was coined by some Americans in the late 1990s, who did indeed use the "Naughties" spelling, as it symbolized both the aforementioned zeroes and the hope that this decade would be less inhibited than TheNineties.[[/note]] As a result, Americans are more likely to refer to this decade as "The two-thousands" or "The double-o's", or more rarely, "The Aughts".
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54See Also: TheGayNineties, TheEdwardianEra, TheRoaringTwenties, TheGreatDepression, TheForties, TheFifties, TheSixties, TheSeventies, TheEighties, TheNineties, TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties.
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56Now has a [[UsefulNotes/The2000s Useful Notes]] page.
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59!!Tropes associated with the time period:
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61[[index]]
62* SixtiesHair: From around 2005 until around 2011, pouf hairstyles, characterized by a half-up half-down centerpart hair with a wide range of volume and occasional sidebangs, had been adopted by celebrities ranging from actresses like Creator/AshleyTisdale and Creator/LindsayLohan to reality show stars like Creator/ParisHilton and [[Series/JerseyShore Snooki]] to musicians like Music/{{Beyonce}} and Music/AmyWinehouse. Through infomercials, "Bumpits" became an added hair accessory without the need for hairspray.
63* SeventiesHair: Redux. Long male hair made a significant comeback among the decade's youth, thanks in no small part to the booming skate culture and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Feathered hair also made a dramatic comeback with female popstars.
64* TheEighties: The decade of choice for much of this decade's nostalgia, characterized among late Gen-Xers and early Millennials reminiscing 8-bit era video games and MerchandiseDriven cartoons like ''Toys/{{Transformers}}'' given [[Film/Transformers2007 a live action theatrical tretment]], and by Creator/VH1 making ''three'' introspective videos for the 1980s.
65* AnimationOfThe2000s: With the Internet rising, a new medium, the WebAnimation, brought fourth in MediaNotes/AdobeFlash, paved way for a new avenue and discourse in animation, while traditional film and television put computer graphics in a new, zany path. Animation tropes and genres in this decade included:
66** {{Anime}}: Starting in 2004, anime, manga, video games, and penumbra products replaced physical goods like cars and electronics as Japan's highest monetary-value export.
67** AnimatedShockComedy: Athough the genre emerged in the late '90s, rude, crude, topical ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''-inspired adult cartoons became incredibly popular and culturally dominant during this period. {{Web animation}}s done in MediaNotes/AdobeFlash also provided its own crude form of comedy that was hosted in sites like Platform/{{Newgrounds}} and Albino Blacksheep.
68** AllCGICartoon: Disney and other feature animation companies began to abandon traditional animation for CGI during this decade, although there was some hope that the two might coexist towards the end of the decade. Of course, anime is stronger than ever before and still averts this trope for the most part. Furthermore, this form finally began to break down the AllAnimationIsDisney stereotype, beginning with Creator/DreamworksAnimation hitting the big time with their 2001 smash hit ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' and becoming the first real animation studio to challenge Disney over the long term, although it would have a period of artistic decline until it came roaring back with a new quality commitment with ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' in 2008.
69** AnimationAgeGhetto: Became less powerful due to the success of adult-oriented animated TV shows like ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and a large wave of adult-oriented anime, but the mentality still existed to some extent.
70*** While the early 2000s are often considered a fine continuation of the previous decade, animation is widely considered to have suffered around the late 2000s due to live-action tweencoms threatening to replace them in popularity.
71*** Interestingly, Stop-Motion animation also received a reinvigoration, as it became apparent that some aesthetics are better suited to Stop-Motion than CG; one of the best examples being ''Flushed Away'', which had the character designs of an [[/index]]Creator/AardmanAnimations[[index]] character, but were CG - audiences generally said the animation looked weird because of it. It also may have something to do with genre, as darker, spookier family movies are often stop-motion - Creator/TimBurton has had mainstream success with ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', and 2009's ''{{WesternAnimation/Coraline}}'' was also stop-motion.
72** GagSeries: A few examples, such as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' (which started in the 90s), ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', had their heydays in this decade.
73** {{Moe}}: This is the decade where {{anime}} execs really started mining this trope for big payoffs. This caused a ''lot'' of contention in the fanbase over the entire decade.
74* TheAllegedCar: The SUV of this decade got this reputation for much the same reason as cars from TheSeventies did, because they were [[HummerDinger overweight gas guzzlers being sold during a Gas Crisis]]. One example that stands out is the Ford Excursion. The combination of its curb weight of 7230 lbs and its 6.8 L V-10 engine make for the ultimate gas guzzler, getting only 9.6 mpg.
75* AmbiguousEnding: Human affairs tend not to follow neat calendar divisions, so many decade-defining trends persisted into TheNewTens, like UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
76* AudienceAlienatingEra: Similar to TheSeventies, this is not exactly America's most fondly-remembered decade for many reasons listed above.
77** Western animation went through this both on the big and small screen through the 2000s. While the early years were marked with critically acclaimed, plot-driven, high-action shows on TV, several of these shows came to an end during the middle of the decade, with kid-centered networks putting more emphasis on live-action sitcoms. Even ''Cartoon Network'' [[NetworkDecay notoriously tried to expand into live-action programming]], to the derision of all. Disney also didn't have it good here either, as several expensive 2D features flopped and CGI efforts received mixed responses, with Pixar and [=DreamWorks=] (the former of which Disney would later acquire) building up as strong rival studios. Disney would recover by the next decade by going back to their roots.
78* BigBlackout: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 The Great Northeast Blackout of 2003]], the largest in North American history, left millions in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and the Ontario province of Canada without electricity for days (which happened during the US war with Iraq), and caused many to believe that America was under attack.
79* BoyBand: Boy bands like Music/{{NSYNC}} and the Music/BackstreetBoys remained a [[TheNineties 90s]] holdover, but generally faded away by around 2002 (at least in America).
80* ButNotTooWhite: Despite increased awareness of skin cancer, tanned skin returned from the TheSeventies in full swing as a beauty standard in this decade, as demonstrated by the likes of Carmen Electra, Creator/JessicaAlba and Creator/ParisHilton, among others.
81* CashCowFranchise: Every TV series or movie or video game that was successful during this decade.
82* CerebusSyndrome: The year 2000 and the first two-thirds of 2001 were basically a continuation of the previous decade until the 9/11 attacks, which brought on an era of fear and paranoia for national safety, coupled in with the rapid rise of new technologies and the turn towards darker entertainment.
83* {{Chickification}}:
84** The ActionGirl was briefly enjoying popularity at the start of the decade, where shows like ''Buffy'' and ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' were still airing, and the likes of Creator/KateBeckinsale, Creator/MillaJovovich, Creator/JenniferGarner and Creator/AngelinaJolie were enjoying careers as action heroines in Hollywood. Then the failures of ''Film/Catwoman2004'' and ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', as well as non-action films like ''Film/TheInvasion'' and ''Film/TheBraveOne'', convinced studio execs that female-led films outside the GirlShowGhetto were non-viable. The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse started in the later years of this decade and notably, Black Widow was the only Avenger to not debut in her own movie, but rather ''Film/IronMan2'', precisely for this reason. It wouldn't be until the successes of ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' that Hollywood began greenlighting female-led action films again. Likewise the ''Wonder Woman'' movie was in DevelopmentHell during this decade.
85** In the WWE, the women's division was slowly gaining respect in the early 2000s. But around 2004, the WWE introduced the concept of a Diva Search, where models without experience would compete for a contract. This saw the division reduced to T&A and little else. While there would still be some women's wrestling around, the division did not regain the heights it had enjoyed until the mid-2010s.
86* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: Popular in fiction now that Japan didn't have the cash to [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld take over the world]] anymore and Russia after 20 years is still not able to dig itself out.
87* ConspicuousConsumption: Until the 2007-08 recession, this was the decade of the SUV and the [=McMansion=].
88* ConspiracyTheorist: Conspiracy websites began to get huge in this decade, and the 9/11 attacks brought about the "Truthers" who believed the attacks were a FalseFlagOperation.
89* DefectiveDetective: Started in 2000 with ''Series/{{Monk}},'' the {{trope namer}}, and spread with ''Series/{{Psych}},'' ''Series/{{Life|2007}}'' and ''Series/BoredToDeath''. Media like ''Series/TheGoodGuys'' and ''Series/{{Terriers}}'' continued this trend into TheNewTens.
90* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: [[DigitalPiracyIsOkay Or is it]]? But as with the aforementioned Digital Distribution, this decade was when piracy became mainstream and super easy.
91* DigitalPiracyIsOkay: Some artists in the later parts of this decade began softening their stances on digital piracy, finding ways to circumvent their losses by appealing to their fans with digitally distributed releases that were more easily affordable.
92* DudeWheresMyRespect: In the late 90s and early 2000s, the Hispanic population of America had been campaigning for better representation on television - and for more outside the usual stereotypes of criminals and gang members. Put it this way - ''Series/TheBrothersGarcia'' was the first English-language sitcom to have a majority Hispanic cast, and it premiered in 2000. ''{{Series/Taina}}'' followed suit, and eventually ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' in 2002. ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' also premiered in this decade (originally, the family was planned to be Irish, but got changed to Hispanic when Creator/SelenaGomez gave the best audition as Alex). For small children, ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'', ''WesternAnimation/MayaAndMiguel'', and ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'' were cartoons that provided representation.
93* DumbIsGood: It was something of a fad during this decade to act dumb. People usually point to Music/JessicaSimpson and her infamous "Is this chicken or fish I'm eating?" line from her reality show, and Paris Hilton cultivating an entire public image for herself as a DumbBlonde through ObfuscatingStupidity. Fictional media took to parodying this fad, such as ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' in one episode where he turns off his brain to become happier only for it to land him in trouble, and Cady in ''Film/MeanGirls'' pretends to be bad at math so Aaron will tutor her, only for him to question why she would ever need to. Overall, works in the 2000s perpetuated the belief that smart people were unhappy. The majority of examples of AcademicAlphaBitch come from this decade. There was a backlash against this, most notably in Music/{{Pink}}'s song "Stupid Girls".
94* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some late '90s influences and holdovers lingered in pop culture until 2003-04, giving the early part of the decade a distinct and weirder feel from the rest of the decade. Particularly in America, the period between January 1, 2000 and September 10, 2001 was notable for how peaceful it was compared to the tumultuous rest of the decade. There's a reason why this era was said to have culturally started with 9/11.
95* EndOfAnAge: 9/11 was essentially a quick and hard stomp on everything that everyone had previously known, [[DawnOfAnEra bringing forth a new reality]] (and not necessarily for the better).
96* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Predicted. Multiple times. It didn't happen... ''yet''...
97* EveryoneLovesBlondes: For a while, they really did. A disproportionately high number of sex symbols in the early-to-mid-2000s were blonde women, with Creator/ParisHilton, Music/JessicaSimpson, Creator/JessicaAlba (a natural brunette), and Music/ChristinaAguilera being a few of the more famous ones.
98* EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture:
99** The iPod came out in towards the beginning of this decade, and with it, a simple and smooth aesthetic for our handheld devices.
100** Following the all-metallic and futuristic motifs of the [=Y2K=] aesthetics that started of the late 1990s and ending in 2003, the tech aesthetics of the second half of the 2000s, characterized by skeuphormism, glassy and translucent textures, environmental motifs that involve blue skies, marine life, and green landscapes, and clear typefaces was retroactively called "Frutiger Aero", named after a combination of the designer Adrian Frutiger and the Windows Aero interface used in ''Vista'' and ''7''.
101* FilmsOfThe2000s: For a decade filled with a celebration for the new millennium and anxious thoughts of terrorism, films were made to provide escapism and thrills to the anxious minds, all the while making big hits. Film genres in this decade are:
102** BlueOrangeContrast: Began to spread like wildfire across the movie world with the advent of post-production digital coloring.
103** ColorWash: A grey-blue filter, often DeliberatelyMonochrome, was often used in either serious science fiction films or young adult movies, such as the first ''Twilight'' film and the later installments of the ''Harry Potter'' movies, to imply a DarkerAndEdgier tone.
104** JukeboxMusical: Codified in this decade. Both the stage version of ''Film/MammaMia'' and Music/SClub7's TV show premiered in 1999, but their popularity took off in the 2000s. The latter was a definite influence on the likes of ''{{Series/Glee}}'', which premiered at the end of the decade.
105** MiddleEasternTerrorists: Thanks to 9/11, these became a go-to antagonist for many an action flick in this decade.
106** MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Superhero movies darkened the wardrobes of the characters not just for gritiness, but also for aesthetic and practical reasons in response to the campiness of superhero flicks of [[TheNineties the previous decade]]. [[TheNewTens The succeeding decade]] went [[TakeAThirdOption more in the middle]], with some more muted colors to contrast.
107** Post911TerrorismMovie: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - These movies owe their existence to the September 11 attacks.
108** RedAndWhiteComedyPoster: Used a lot for adult and romantic comedies during this decade. It was overused so much that using it these days indicates the film will probably be a GuiltyPleasure at best.
109** ShallowParody: Setzer and Friedberg had their parody films in their heyday at this time, and even then the criticisms of their shallowness was around.
110** YoungerAndHipper: Fantasy films with child protagonists became the norm, following the leader of ''Film/HarryPotter''. Thus came ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'', ''Film/TheSpiderwickChronicles'', ''Film/CityOfEmber'', ''Film/{{Stormbreaker}}'' and many more. A lot of these didn't take, and the inverse happened with adaptations of YoungAdult literature featuring teen protagonists (''Twilight'', ''The Hunger Games'', ''Divergent'' etc).
111* ForeignCultureFetish: Japanese pop culture, fashions and cuisine were all the rage with young Americans, and the anime boom really began to take hold in this decade, with [[{{Animesque}} western animated shows even taking artistic cues from anime]]. The "Cool Britannia" movement of the '90s continued into the decade with renewed interest in British culture, mainly taking the form of British television, especially with the ''Series/DoctorWho'' revival.
112* FountainOfMemes: Most children's media from this decade came to be viewed this way in TheNewTens (especially cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' and animated movies like ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''), mostly out of combined {{Irony}} and nostalgia.
113* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Homosexuality lost [[HideYourGays just enough taboo]] for pop culture to start shamelessly, abundantly mining this for {{fanservice}}, especially on reality shows (as the first episode of reality TV parody ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' demonstrated). This was when the SweepsWeekLesbianKiss really took off.
114* GirlinessUpgrade: After the previous decade was dressed in muted grunge, dark gangsta rap/hip-hop, hard punk, neon, snarky comedies, and androgynous/unisex looks, this decade became saturated with pink, glitter, rhinestones, romantic comedies, pop stars, teen idols, socialites, bohemian-chic clothing, {{Pretty Boy}}s, and so on.
115* GuyOnGuyIsHot: {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s first came to widespread public attention in this decade, leading to an increase in male FauxYay, especially within the emo subculture, and deliberate HomoeroticSubtext in fictional works aimed at a young female demographic.
116* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Hard partying socialites became a hot fixture in celebrity culture.
117* HistoryRepeats: There were many similarities between this decade and TheRoaringTwenties (rampant hedonism and consumerism resulting in a credit crisis at the end of the decade), TheFifties (new media and entertainment from the Internet taking on the mainstream; [[Platform/ThreeDMovie 3D]] and {{epic movie}}s become popular), TheSeventies (politically, especially in the late 2000s with the worst economic recession, the gas crisis, and the fact that [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking the cartoons had a very steep decline in quality, especially compared to the 1990s cartoons]]), and in the entertainment industry, TheEighties (with more music genres and technology than ever before), and even TheNineties in a sociopolitical sense (A Bush waging war against UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein)
118* HotterAndSexier: Music videos and advertising of the era saw new extremes of FanService, mainly to [[MaleGaze a male audience]], but occasionally [[FemaleGaze women got to indulge in the fun too]].
119* HummerDinger: Most of the giant [=SUVs=] sold during this decade.
120* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Website/YouTube itself first launched in 2005, followed by most forms of modern social media, and [[HumansAreBastards almost immediately after]], the potential to abuse it.
121* JumpScare: Pretty much any movie in this decade that wanted to get a cheap fright out of their audience was very reliant on this. Creator/EliRoth and Music/RobZombie averted this hard.
122* KidCom: As the rivalry between kid-aimed cable networks Disney Channel and Nickelodeon heated up, both networks shifted their strategies to focus on "tweencoms", building franchises around [[Music/MileyCyrus the]] [[Creator/MirandaCosgrove stars]] [[Music/SelenaGomez of]] [[Music/JonasBrothers their]] [[Music/DemiLovato shows.]]
123* LiveActionAdaptation: ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'', ''[[Film/ScoobyDoo2002 Scooby-Doo]]'', ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', ''Film/FatAlbert'', ''Film/{{Garfield}}'', ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', and ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'', among many more.
124* MemeticMutation: Internet memes existed well before the '00s, but became a huge part of the series of tubes in this decade.
125* MoodWhiplash: After the relative peace and prosperity of the previous decade and the early days of this one, it all came to a screeching halt with 9/11 and the paranoia that followed afterward.
126* MoralGuardians: Post-9/11, everything became more conservative. See the [[UsefulNotes/The2000s Useful Notes]] page for more info.
127* MusicOfThe2000s: Harnessing the the power of relatively new technology such as the CD and the internet as Creator/{{MTV}} fell into a massive NetworkDecay, music became more diverse and more expressive during this decade, though it wasn't without drawbacks, as the music industry competed on [[LoudnessWar who is the loudest]].
128** AutoTune: Existed before this decade with songs like Music/{{Cher}}'s 1999 song "Believe", but grew in popularity around the mid-2000s thanks to rappers like Music/TPain, and soon spread to other artists like Music/{{Rihanna}} and Music/SnoopDogg, as well as genres like pop and R&B.
129** EmoMusic: The music movement had been slowly building in popularity throughout the '90s thanks to bands like Music/{{Weezer}} and Get Up Kids, but in the 2000s it really broke through into the mainstream after it mixed in with goth and metal music thanks to bands like Music/{{AFI}}, Music/{{Thursday}}, Music/MyChemicalRomance, and Music/TakingBackSunday. It then sustained its popularity through the end of the decade thanks to Emo-Pop bands like Music/FallOutBoy, Music/PanicAtTheDisco, and Music/{{Paramore}}. It evolved into the alternative genre of choice for most teens of the era, along with Indie Rock and {{Nu Metal}}.
130** GirlGroup: Following the influence of the Music/SpiceGirls in the '90s, the Girl Group had their heyday in the early 2000s, especially in Britain. Notably, a few, such as Music/DestinysChild, Music/AtomicKitten, {{Music/Sugababes}}, and Music/MisTeeq, were formed in the 90s, but had their success in the 2000s. Music/GirlsAloud and the Music/PussycatDolls were also formed during this decade. Music/TheSaturdays came along a little later in 2007, after the craze had died down.
131** HipHop: Became one of the most popular music genres after pop music during this decade. Offshoots such as {{Crunk}}, snap and [[SouthernRap Dirty Southern]] dominated the earlier to middle parts of the decade, though crunk and snap would eventually wear out their welcome by the time the '10s rolled around.
132** MoneySong: Many songs like that in this decade, especially from rappers but occasionally singers would make a song like this.
133** NuMetal: Similar to the aforementioned BoyBand craze, it carried over from the [[TheNineties late '90s]] with some of the biggest acts, such as Music/LinkinPark and Music/{{Evanescence}}, emerging from that decade. Much like the boy band craze, nu metal's place in the mainstream died around the early-middle part of the decade.
134** PostGrunge: Most of the mainstream rock music of this decade falls into this category. In fact, it was one of the few genres that wasn't pop, hip-hop, R&B, or a derivative thereof that saw major airplay on mainstream radio (not counting oldies or classic rock stations. of course). But by TheNewTens, this genre had definitely worn out its welcome.
135** ProtestSong: A staple in the early half of the decade (2003-2004 in particular), concerning the Bush administration and the Iraq War, such as ''Music/AmericanIdiot'' by Music/GreenDay .
136** ShakingTheRump: Be it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ4ZYqCJBDo a Filipino novelty song]], Music/{{Shakira}}'s belly dancing, or the shawties twerking or griding on many hip hop music videos, hip gyration was becoming common at the time.
137** StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: This was very common in many hip hop songs at that time, complemented with the ShakingTheRump in music videos.
138* NetworkDecay: Started in TheNineties with Creator/{{MTV}}, but moved on to many different networks (with some working and others not so). And then there was Cartoon Network's CN Real situation...
139* NewMediaAreEvil: The old media's reaction to the Internet.
140* NoughtiesDramaSeries: Named so after this decade's drama series, with shows such as ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' and the reimagined ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Battlestar Galactica]]'' popularizing themes such as big {{ensemble cast}}s, ongoing {{myth arc}}s, character studies, and strange cryptic mysteries in the background.
141* PrettyBoy: The dominant standard of male beauty in this decade (at least once NuMetal died out) with the term "{{metrosexual}}" entering the lexicons as it jumped from subculture to mainstream. Notable trends for men included skinny jeans, tight vests, flippy long hair, clean-shaven faces and {{Guyliner}}, a noticeable contrast from the baggy jeans, T-shirts, flannel, and scruffy beards commonly seen on men in the decades before and after.
142* RavenHairIvorySkin: Many subcultures in this decade focused on this look, as a continuation from {{goth}} and punk, and to go against the look that was popular in the mainstream at the time. This is the reverse but quite similar to the Ganguro subculture in Japan during the '90s, which focused on tanned skin, bleached hair and garish heavy makeup to rebel against the traditional Japanese beauty standard of white skin, black hair and [[YamatoNadeshiko modest beauty]]. Ganguro died out in this decade because in Japan, pale skin became even ''more'' desired with the influence of its pop singers and the rise of alternative fashion that focused on [[{{Moe}} cuteness and innocence.]]
143* RealityTV: Not invented in this period, but exploded in popularity thanks to shows like ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', ''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/BigBrother''.
144* TheRemake: There were a lot of these, often of the DarkerAndEdgier variety.
145* SadistShow: There are '''''several''''' examples of this trope in play during this decade; all mediums had at least one show that counts as this.
146* SpikyHair: This kind of style really became popular among males, particularly those in the PopPunk subculture, and among anime fans imitating their Shounen heroes. In the later part of the decade and in TheNewTens, these got replaced by flatter styles.
147* StableTimeLoop: Reached an all-time peak of popularity among depictions of time travel in fantasy and science fiction.
148* {{Stripperiffic}}: Just about every female pop star was expected to do at least one video in a bikini's worth of clothing or even less, and street fashion in real life sometimes imitated this.
149* {{Tsundere}}: The concept existed before this point, of course, but really seemed to take off in this decade, becoming a prominent character type even in Western media.
150* {{Uncanceled}}: Increased during this decade, especially after ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' was brought back thanks to strong DVD sales and solid ratings from re-runs on Adult Swim.
151* TheVerse: This is the decade where works with a SharedUniverse really started to take off. The ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' officially began in 2000, while the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' officially began in 2008. On the TV side of things, the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise ''officially'' became a franchise with the release of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' in 2001. The ''Franchise/{{BuffyVerse}}'' peaked during the first half of the decade, and both ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' made their first canonical multi-team CrisisCrossover.
152* VideoGamesOfThe2000s: As computer graphics became more advanced to smooth down the polygons and improved the lightings and palettes with "{{realis|Brown}}tic" colors, and TheInternet became faster and more widesrpead through broadband, videogames started to become more interconnected and more engaging:
153** RhythmGame: Spearheaded by the [[DuelingGames rivalry]] of ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' and ''VideoGame/RockBand'', music games had a massive burst of popularity from around 2005 through 2009 before suddenly dying off due to market stagnation, and the 2008 Recession souring interest in games with expensive peripherals. Most rhythm games have now reverted to their status pre-''Guitar Hero'', being smaller, more niche games revolving around using regular controls rather than emulating it with peripherals.
154** MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: Although it had its beginnings in the '90s, the genre exploded in this decade with the wide adoption of broadband. Games in this decade like ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' got people hooked to gaming and socialization at the same time while playing as their fantasy characters.
155** WideOpenSandbox: Was one of the main genres of MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames thanks to the popularity of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' and its sequels.
156* WhenThePlanetsAlign: May 5, 2000 was the date of a rather famous planetary alignment which included from Mercury all the way through Saturn. ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' even worked this alignment into the plot.
157* WolverinePublicity: Most of the biggest celebrities in the 2000s like Paris Hilton, who was probably the greatest example of being "famous for being famous".
158* {{Zeerust}}: All those science fiction movies taking place in 2000 look so old now.
159[[/index]]
160----
161!!Works that were made in this time period:
162
163[[index]]
164* AnimationOfThe2000s
165* AnimeAndMangaOfThe2000s
166* ComicBooksOfThe2000s
167* ComicStripsOfThe2000s
168* FanficsOfThe2000s
169* FilmsOfThe2000s
170** FilmsOfThe2000sFranchises
171** FilmsOf20002004
172** FilmsOf20052009
173* HangukManhwaAenimeisyeonOfThe2000s
174* LiteratureOfThe2000s
175* MusicOfThe2000s
176* PinballOfThe2000s
177* ProfessionalWrestlingOfThe2000s
178* RadioOfThe2000s
179* SeriesOfThe2000s
180* TabletopGamesOfThe2000s
181* TheatreOfThe2000s
182* ThemeParksOfThe2000s
183* ToysOfThe2000s
184* VideoGamesOfThe2000s
185* VisualNovelsOfThe2000s
186* WebAnimationOfThe2000s
187* WebcomicsOfThe2000s
188* WebOriginalsOfThe2000s
189* WesternAnimationOfThe2000s
190
191[[folder:Advertising]]
192* Advertising/AppleAndCinnaMon
193* Advertising/BatmanOnStarCommercials
194* Advertising/BiggieBear
195* Advertising/TheBurgerKing
196* Advertising/CompareTheMeerkat
197* Advertising/{{Croc}}
198* Advertising/DairyQueenLips
199* Advertising/DontCopyThat2
200* Advertising/ErinEsurance
201* Advertising/GetAMac
202* Advertising/HeadOn (2006)
203* Advertising/{{hhgregg}}
204* Advertising/JohnJameson
205* Advertising/JohnLewis
206* Advertising/KevinButler
207* Advertising/KCLProductionsNintendoCommercials
208* Advertising/KFee
209* Advertising/TheLebrons
210* Advertising/LaLlamaQueLlama
211* Advertising/TheMagicBullet
212* Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike
213* Advertising/MessinWithSasquatch
214* Advertising/MethProject
215* Advertising/MicrosoftOfficeXP
216* Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld
217* Advertising/{{Nickmas}}
218* Advertising/NintendoWeek
219* Advertising/OldNavyTheSupermodelquins
220* Advertising/PinkyPledge
221* Advertising/SchickIntuition (2003)
222* Advertising/TerryTateOfficeLinebacker
223* Advertising/UtterlyDeserved
224* Advertising/{{Volvic}} ads featuring Mr. Volcano and Tyrannosaurus Alan
225* Advertising/{{Wazzup}}
226* Advertising/WienerschnitzelTheDeliciousOne
227* Advertising/WillItBlend
228[[/folder]]
229
230[[folder:Alternate Reality Games]]
231* ''ARG/OmegaMart'', the first UsefulNotes/SantaFe iteration (2009)
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Eastern European Animation]]
235* ''Animation/MireBalaKaleHin'' (2001-2003)
236[[/folder]]
237[[/index]]
238
239!!Works set, but not made in the decade:
240[[foldercontrol]]
241
242[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
243[[index]]
244* ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'': Set in 2005, three years after ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''.
245* ''Manga/HighScoreGirlDASH'': Began in 2019, but set in 2007.
246* ''Manga/MarineCorpsYumi'': Made in 2012, set roughly from 2002-2004 due to Yumi's birthdate being in 1984.
247[[/index]]
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder: Comic Books]]
251[[index]]
252* ''ComicBook/Armageddon2001'': Made in 1991, set in 2001.
253* ''ComicBook/AssassinsCreedSubjectFour'': Made from 2010-2011, modern day portion from the latter portion of ''The Chain'' to ''The Fall'' is set from 2000-2002. In terms of the former, the Assassins are backing UsefulNotes/AlGore in the 2000 US presidential election, while the Templars are backing UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush. [[spoiler:Daniel murdering the Mentor due to his programming and being forced to divulge his knowledge of the Assassin bases he's visited]] is what allows the Templars to enact the Great Purge on the Assassins and rig the election so that Bush ends up winning.
254* ''ComicBook/FantasticFourLifeStory'': The fifth part of the 2021 mini-series is set mostly in 2002.
255* The fifth and penultimate part of the 2019 mini-series ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'' is set in 2006, plus a flashback to 9/11.
256[[/index]]
257[[/folder]]
258
259[[folder: Fanfic]]
260[[index]]
261* ''Fanfic/CaseySteele'': It starts on "Monday September 4th, 2006".
262* ''Fanfic/DarkHearts'': It's set around late March and early April of 2005.
263* ''Fanfic/TheGreatWestmoreNerfWar'': Made in 2021, set in 2000.
264* ''Fanfic/{{Kitsune}}'': Chapter 1 starts on "January 1st, 2007".
265* ''Fanfic/{{Maat}}'': Before the protagonist is TrappedInThePast, it's "Sunday, March 18, 2007".
266* ''Fanfic/{{Metro}}'': [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/item/925-introductory-insanity "Metro 1: Chewing Through The Straps (Part 1)"]] starts on "Friday, August 10, 2007".
267* ''Fanfic/MaFille'': First published in November 2021; early chapters take place from November 2008 to November 2009.
268[[/index]]
269[[/folder]]
270
271[[folder: Film]]
272[[index]]
273* ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'': Made in 2010, set in 2003.
274* ''Film/SevenDaysInHell'': Takes place in the time leading up to the 2001 Wimbeldon.
275* ''Film/AThousandAndOne'': The second section takes place in 2001.
276* ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'': Takes place in 2006.
277* ''Film/AmericanSniper'': Most of the movie takes place in this decade during the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Third Iraq War]].
278* ''Film/AssaultOnWallStreet'': Takes place during the midst of the 2008 Great Recession.
279* ''Film/{{Battleship}}'': Made and set in 2012, prologue set in 2005.
280* ''Film/BeautifulBoy'': Set in 2002-2003.
281* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The film's prologue takes place in [[{{Zeerust}} a futuristic]] 2005.
282* ''Film/TheBigShort'': Takes place in the time leading up to the 2008 Great Recession.
283* ''Film/TheBlingRing'': Made in 2013, takes place during the eponymous group's heists from October 2008-August 2009.
284* ''Film/{{Blockers}}'': Made and set in 2018, prologue set in 2006.
285* ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'': Takes place in 2005, shortly after the events of ''Film/TheBourneSupremacy''.
286* ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'': Most of the film takes place from 2002-2009.
287* ''Film/{{Brightburn}}'': Made and set in 2019, prologue set in 2006.
288* ''Film/{{Buried}}'': Made in 2010, set in 2006.
289* ''Film/TheButler'': Made in 2013, the final part of the film is set during UsefulNotes/BarackObama's first term campaign and victory in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections.
290* ''Film/CaptainPhillips'': Made in 2013, set in 2009.
291* ''Film/CharlieStCloud'': Made in 2010, prologue set in 2005.
292* ''Film/Cherry2021'': 2021 film set from 2002-2007 until the DistantFinale matches the timeline of release.
293* ''Film/TheCompanyMen'': Made in 2010, set during the midst of the 2008 Great Recession.
294* ''Film/{{Compliance}}'': Made in 2012, set in 2004.
295* ''Film/{{Concussion}}'': Takes place in 2002.
296* ''Film/Deadpool2'': The eponymous protagonist {{time travel}}s to 2009 in TheStinger during the casting of [[Creator/RyanReynolds his]] [[CelebrityParadox actor]] as the titular ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' to [[KillingYourAlternateSelf "prevent him"]] [[OldShame from starring in the film]].
297* ''Film/DearJohn'': The 2010 film mostly takes place from 2001-2005.
298* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'':
299** ''Film/Aquaman2018'': Made in 2018, flashback to the eponymous protagonist's mid teenage years set in 2001.
300** ''Film/{{Shazam 2019}}'': Made and set in 2019, flashback to the protagonist's childhood set in 2008.
301** ''Film/TheFlash2023'': Made in 2023 and set mostly in 2013, the titular hero time-travelling to his mother's death in 2004 is integral to the plot.
302* ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'': The 2017 film takes place in the time leading up to the premiere of ''Film/TheRoom2003'' in 2003.
303* ''Film/DolphinTale'': Made in 2011, set in 2005. The 2014 sequel, in turn, is set in 2008.
304* ''Film/EasyA'': Flashbacks take place mostly around the middle of the decade.
305* ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'': The film's climax is during the eve of Year 2000, thus making the epilogue set in this decade.
306* ''Literature/ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose'': 2011 adaptation of the 2005 novel set in the year following the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
307* ''Film/TheEyesOfTammyFaye'': 2021 Tammy Faye Messner BioPic.
308* ''Film/FantasticFour2015'': Has flashbacks to 2007.
309* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''
310** ''Film/FastFive'': Made in 2011, set in 2009.
311** ''Film/FastAndFurious6'': Made in 2013, an ImmediateSequel to ''Fast Five''.
312** ''Film/Furious7'': Made in 2015, an ImmediateSequel to ''Fast & Furious 6''
313* ''Film/TheFifthEstate'': Made in 2013, flashbacks to 2007 occasionally happens.
314* ''Film/TheFighter'': Made in 2010, set in 1993-2000.
315* ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily'': Made in 2019, the film begins in the early 2000s and proceeds to follow Wrestling/{{Paige}}'s wrestling from her first match in 2005 concluding with her official Wrestling/{{WWE}} debut in 2014.
316* ''Film/FinalDestination5'': The film is ultimately revealed to be a {{prequel}} to the entire franchise, with its CruelTwistEnding even being [[Film/FinalDestination1 the inaugural film's]] DownerBeginning.
317* ''[[Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023 Five Nights at Freddy's]]'': Made in 2023, but security camera footage near the beginning shows that the film is set in 2000.
318* ''Film/TheFiveYearEngagement'': The story begins in 2007.
319* ''[[Film/FourSistersAndAWedding Four Sisters Before the Wedding]]'': 2020 film which is mostly a WholeEpisodeFlashback set during 2003.
320* ''Film/FruitvaleStation'': 2013 film about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Oscar_Grant the shooting of Oscar Grant]] on New Year's Day 2009.
321* ''Film/{{Gotti}}'': 2018 John Gotti BioPic.
322* ''Film/TheGrudge2020'': The 2020 film is divided into three parts each set in the middle years of the decade.
323* ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'': Released in 2019, a large portion of the plot takes place in 2007-2008 right before/during the financial crash.
324* ''Film/TheImpossible'': Takes place during the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand.
325* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': Made in 2018 but is an ImmediateSequel to [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1 the 2004 film of the same name]]. The absence of prominent 2010s technology such as smartphones and tablets is notable in the film.
326* ''Film/InTheShadowOfTheMoon'': 2019 film, the middle part takes place in 2006.
327* ''Film/IronMan3'': Flashbacks to the events during the eve of Year 2000 is integral to the plot.
328* ''Film/ITonya'': The film's epilogue is set somewhere in 2003-2004 during the eponymous protagonist's boxing career.
329* ''Film/Jack1996'': Made and mostly set during 1996, the DistantFinale takes place in 2003.
330* ''Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit'': Takes place during the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
331* ''Film/{{Jobs}}'': The final arc of the film is the lead-up to the [=iPod=]'s introduction in 2001.
332* ''Film/LadyBird'': Set in 2002-2003.
333* ''Film/{{Lion}}'': Made in 2016, third quarter of the film set from 2008 onwards during the time when Google maps was freshly launched.
334* ''Film/LoneSurvivor'': 2013 film set in 2005.
335* ''Film/MadameWeb2024'': Made in 2024, main part of the film set in 2003.
336* ''Film/MagicBeyondWordsTheJKRowlingStory'': 2011 Creator/JKRowling BioPic detailing her childhood up to the release of [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the first]] ''Film/HarryPotter'' movie in 2001.
337* ''Film/{{Mama}}'': The film's prologue takes place during the 2008 Great Recession.
338* ''Film/MarginCall'': 2011 film set from 2007-2010.
339* ''Film/MemorialDay'': 2012 film set mainly in 1993, but the DistantFinale takes place in 2005.
340* ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'': Takes place primarily in 2020, but the home videos of Rick and a younger Katie are set in 2003, 2005, and 2009 chronologically.
341* ''Film/MollysGame'': The story starts off with the eponymous protagonist getting injured during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
342* ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'': Takes place from 2001-2002.
343* ''Film/TheNightBefore'': Flashbacks take place from 2001-2006 plus some in 2008.
344* ''Film/TheNovemberMan'': Prologue set in 2008.
345* ''Film/{{Oculus}}'': Half of the film takes place in 2002.
346* ''Film/OfficialSecrets'': Made in 2019, set in 2003.
347* ''Film/{{Okja}}'': Prologue set in 2007.
348* ''Film/TheOutpost'': 2020 film set during [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kamdesh the Battle of Kamdesh]] in 2009, with the prologue taking place in 2006.
349* ''Film/ParanormalActivity'': The second film take place in 2006, with the fourth film's prologue being set on its aftermath.
350* ''Film/{{Philomena}}'': Made in 2013, set mostly during the early 2000s.
351* ''Film/RememberMe'': Most of the 2010 film takes place in 2001, leading up to the September 11 attacks.
352* ''Film/TheReport'': 2019 film is about the investigation regarding the CIA's torture tactics following 9/11.
353* ''Film/RoughNight'': The 2017's prologue is set in 2006.
354* ''Film/{{Safety}}'': 2020 film set in 2006.
355* ''Film/{{Saltburn}}'': 2023 film set in 2006.
356* ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'': 2021 film set in 2023, with the titular protagonist and his younger sister getting AMinorKidroduction during 2006.
357* ''Film/{{Snowden}}'': Has a HowWeGotHere format that shows what happened from 2004 up to the film's present day in 2013.
358* ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'': A 2010 BioPic about Mark Zuckerberg and the creation of Website/{{Facebook}} in 2004, though the film's story begins a year earlier in 2003.
359* ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice'': Made and set in 2010, the protagonist gets AMinorKidroduction set a decade earlier in 2000.
360* ''Film/SoulSurfer'': 2011 Bethany Hamilton BioPic set from 2003-2005.
361* ''Film/SplitSecond1992'': Made in 1992, set in 2008. Cue {{Zeerust}}.
362* ''Film/{{Spotlight}}'': Takes place in 2001.
363* ''Film/{{Sully}}'': Dramatizes the US Airways Flight 1549 emergency in 2009 and its aftermath.
364* ''Film/{{Timecop}}'': Made in 1994 and the prologue was set on the same year, but the main setting is in a [[{{Zeerust}} futuristic 2004]].
365* ''Film/{{Tomb Raider 2018}}'': There's a flashback during Lara's childhood set somewhere around the early to middle part of the decade.
366* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': While the year the film takes place in is never mentioned, it's supposedly set around the middle of the decade.
367* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'': Made in 1986, set in a [[{{Zeerust}} futuristic 2005]].
368* ''Film/Truth2015'': Takes place during the 2004 U.S. elections.
369* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Released in 2022, set during the spring of 2002.
370* ''Film/{{Vice 2018}}'': Made in 2018, mainly set during Dick Cheney's term as Vice President of the United States from 2001-2009.
371* ''Film/TheTwoPopes'': The 2019 film begins in 2005 during Benedict XVI's appointment as Pope.
372* ''Film/TheVoid'': While it has no clear time period, most background details point to it being set at some point between 1998 and 2003.
373* ''Film/VoxLux'': The 2018 film is mostly set in 2000-2001.
374* ''Film/TheWall2017'': Takes place in 2007.
375* ''Film/WallStreetMoneyNeverSleeps'': Takes place during the 2008 recession.
376* ''Film/WarDogs'': The film kicks off in 2005.
377* ''Film/WomanInGold'': Takes place in 2004.
378* ''Film/YesGodYes'': 2019 film set in the fall of 2000.
379* ''Film/YouAgain'': Made in 2010, prologue set in 2002.
380* ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty'': Largely all about the UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, specifically the hunt for UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. Because of this, the film largely takes place during this decade.
381[[/index]]
382[[/folder]]
383
384[[folder: Literature]]
385[[index]]
386* ''Literature/AxiomsEnd'': Published in 2020, set in 2007.
387* ''Literature/BlueIguana'': Published in 2013, set mostly in 2008.
388* ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist'': Takes place in the time leading up to the premiere of ''Film/TheRoom2003''.
389* ''Literature/GameChange'': Takes place during John [=McCain=] and USefulNotes/SarahPalin's campaign in the 2008 U.S elections.
390* ''Literature/TheHoleWereIn'': Released in 2010, the second part takes place around 2004-2005.
391* ''Literature/LightsAreOffButEveryonesHome'' takes place over a year from the summer of 2008 to the summer of 2009.
392* ''Literature/MiracleCreek'': Published in 2019, set in 2008-09.
393* ''Literature/MyDarkVanessa'': Published in 2020, partially set in 2000.
394* ''Literature/MyYearOfRestAndRelaxation'': Published in 2018, takes place between 2000 and 2001. The beauty standards, pop culture, and 9/11 all play huge roles.
395* ''Literature/TheNorthernCaves'' begins in November of 2003 and ends in August of 2004. It's been praised for its accurate depiction of early-00s fandom and forum culture.
396* ''Literature/OksaPollock'' takes place in 2009.
397* ''Literature/OneDay'': The third act takes place from 2001-2004.
398* ''Literature/TheRedAndTheRest'' constantly calls attention to the technology and culture of the pre-9/11 noughties while hinting at the awful event to come.
399* ''Literature/{{Rogue}}'' is set in 2006 and involves [[spoiler:the ban on the over-the-counter sale of Sudafed]].
400* ''Literature/{{Sisterland}}'': Much of what isn't a flashback is set in 2009.
401* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The events of the Generation 1 series of stories is in 2006-2010.
402* ''Literature/YesDaddy'': The book was published in 2021, but the first half is set in 2009.
403[[/index]]
404[[/folder]]
405
406[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
407[[index]]
408* ''Series/EighteenAgain'': Made and set in 2020, majority of the flashbacks to the two protagonists' backstory take place during much of the decade (particularly from 2000-2002).
409* ''Series/TheAct'': Made in 2019, but roughly covers the period between 2005 and 2015; Mel watches ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', Dee Dee and Gypsy leave because of Hurricane Katrina, and Lacey wears spaghetti strap tops. Their house was built in 2008.
410* ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'': Majority of its characters' backstories and the most important flashbacks happened in this decade.
411** From ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': [[TheHero Oliver]] and [[ActionGirl Sara]] were shipwrecked in 2007 and were forced to survive for the next five years doing things unimaginable. Oliver was marooned in an island, meeting people along the way who will factor to his superhero career in ThePresentDay. Sara, on the other hand, was recovered by a group of mercenaries before crossing paths with Oliver for a time the following year. After that, she was rescued and recruited by a world-renowned MurderInc. Meanwhile, [[TheLancer Diggle]] and his wife were veterans during UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, with the former serving the U.S. Army until 2008.
412** From ''Series/TheFlash2014'': [[TheHero Barry]]'s mother was killed at the very beginning of the decade and his father was framed by the killer. Barry traveled back to this fateful night a few times using his TimeTravel capabilities. Speaking of the killer, he immediately searched for the man responsible for Barry gaining his SuperSpeed to KillAndReplace him in order to accelerate Barry's SuperheroOrigin as as he needs Barry's speed to return home to the future. Nine years later, the killer now impersonating the BigGood frees a certain KillerGorilla named Grodd in case he needs a contingency for his EvilPlan.
413** ''Series/FlashVsArrow'': The ''Arrow'' part of the inaugural yearly {{Crossover}} features flashbacks to Oliver Queen's time in Hong Kong during 2009.
414** From ''Series/Supergirl2015'': [[TheHero Kara]] landed on Earth around late 2003 to early 2004. In 2005, her adoptive father was forced by a certain government official to participate in a manhunt mission for a certain alien refugee. Both men disappeared for months, until the alien refugee returns impersonating said government official to take over his life.
415** From ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': The eponymous team [[TimeTravel traveled back]] to 2007 months before the aforementioned shipwreck in order to rescue Sara from being RetGone'd by the VillainOfTheWeek in Season 1. Season 5 then sees them travelling to 2004.
416** The ''Series/Batwoman2019'' prologue is set in 2003 in which the titular protagonist's mother gets killed.
417** ''Series/SupermanAndLois'': Flashbacks to the eponymous couple's backstory take place during the first half of the decade.
418* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': A {{prequel}} series of [[Series/BreakingBad a TV show]] whose story began in 2008, the story of this one begins in 2002.
419* ''Series/BlackLightning2018'': Flashbacks to the eponymous protagonist's retirement from his original superhero run takes place during the middle of the decade.
420* [[Recap/CharmedS2E2MoralityBites A Season 2 episode]] (released in 1999) of ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'' is set in a BadFuture 2009.
421* [[Recap/CommunityS4E12HeroicOrigins The penultimate Season 4 episode]] (released in 2013) of ''Series/{{Community}}'' is mostly set in 2008, a year before the series premiere.
422* ''Series/TheCrown2016'': The final season (6) aired in 2023 but begins in the mid-1990s and ends in 2005, with Charles and Camilla's wedding.
423* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': The first season flashes back to 2009 during TheHero and his best friend's first meeting in college.
424* ''Series/{{Dopesick}}'' was made in 2021, but having started in the 1990s, the second half takes place from 2000 to the late 2000s.
425* ''Series/TheDropout'': 2022 Elizabeth Holmes BioPic set mostly on her 2017 trial but also has flashbacks from her college years in the early 2000s.
426* ''Series/{{Empire}}'': Made in 2015, flashbacks to the creation of the titular company and the elder Lyon children's early adulthood/late teens (as well as the youngest's childhood) happened in this decade.
427* The [[Series/FargoSeasonOne first season]] of ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' is set in 2006, as well as 2007 after [[spoiler: the TimeSkip]].
428* ''Series/TheFirstLady'': 2022 UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt, UsefulNotes/BettyFord, and UsefulNotes/MichelleObama BioPic.
429* ''Series/FiveDaysAtMemorial'' is released in 2022, but set during Hurricane Katrina in summer 2005.
430* ''Series/TheFlash1990'' travels to a BadFuture set in the very beginning of the decade. Cue {{Zeerust}}.
431* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'': 2015-2020 series set from 1995-2000.
432* ''Series/GirlFromNowhere'': Made and set in 2018 onwards, the flashback scenes are set somewhere in the decade.
433* ''Series/{{Girlboss}}'': 2017 Sophia Marlowe BioPic series set in 2006.
434* [[Recap/GleeS6E122009 The penultimate episode]] of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' (released in 2015) is aptly titled 2009 and is set [[WholeEpisodeFlashback during the events leading up to the pilot]].
435* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': Made in 2014, the show is mostly set from 2005 to 2009.
436* ''Series/HometownChaChaCha'': Made in 2021, flashbacks to the two protagonists' teen aged and college years respectively set in 2001 and 2007.
437* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is a weird case since the story is being told by TheHero from 2030. The first four and a half seasons are set from September 2005 to December 2009, though occasional flashbacks to the earlier parts of the decade happens (usually involving either their first meeting with their TokenEvilTeammate or the time when TheHero just moved in to the apartment he's staying at for much of the series), along with both TheNineties (TheHero and his TrueCompanions' high school and college years plus one of them's TeenIdol days) and TheEighties (their childhood).
438* ''Series/IHearYourVoice'': Made in 2013, flashbacks set in 2003.
439* ''Series/IkawLamang'': The second book takes place in 2005.
440* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' had a flashback to the eponymous protagonist's Quinceaera in 2006.
441* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': Made in 2015, a Season 2 episode flashes back to ComicBook/PatsyWalker's failed IdolSinger career around the earlier part of the decade.
442* ''Series/KambalKaribal'': Occasionally has flashbacks to the very beginning of the decade as well as the latter parts of it.
443* ''Series/LookingForAlaska'': 2019 mini-series set in 2005.
444* ''Series/MyHusbandsLover'': Prologue takes place during the decade, specifically the middle to latter parts.
445* ''Series/PEN15'': Made in 2019, set in August through November 2000.
446* ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015'': Much of the flashbacks to Cardo's teenage years is set in the first half of the decade.
447* ''Series/ThePunisher2017'': The first season occasionally flashes back to TheHero's time in the U.S. Military during UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
448* ''Series/{{Revenge}}'': Made and set in 2012 onwards, flashback to the [[FakingTheDead supposed]] DeathByOriginStory of the protagonist's father happened in 2002.
449* ''Series/SwampThing2019'': Made in 2019, flashbacks to Abby Arcane's time with the Sunderlands are set around 2005.
450* ''Series/ThisIsUs'': Made in 2016, flashbacks to the three protagonists' twenties are set throughout the decade (they were all born in 1980).
451* ''Series/Titans2018'': Made in 2018, flashbacks to the death of [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]]'s parents and his adoption by [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] is set from 2002-2003. Flashbacks to the backstory of ComicBook/HawkAndDove, meanwhile, is set in 2009.
452* ''Series/{{Treme}}'': Made in 2010, set during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
453* ''Series/TrueDetective'': Half of the story takes place from 1995-2002, while the main story takes place in 2012.
454* ''Series/{{Unbelievable}}'': 2019 miniseries about the 2008-2011 Washington and Colorado serial rape cases.
455[[/index]]
456[[/folder]]
457
458[[folder:Roleplay]]
459[[index]]
460* ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'' (Created in 2011): During the flashback story of how the PEFE got founded, the timeframe stretches from the summer of 2007 to early 2008. DS and Luke's flashbacks to ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGold'' respectively are set in 2008 and 2009.
461[[/index]]
462[[/folder]]
463
464[[folder: Video Games]]
465[[index]]
466* The ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' mission "Captive" takes place in 2009, the game itself being released in 2019.
467* ''VideoGame/CthulhuMythosTheSleepingGirlOfTheMiasmaSea'' takes place in August 2002.
468* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland'': Set in 2006.
469* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland2'': Sequel of the previous game set only months after.
470* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'': Set in alternate 2009 where dinosaurs still exist/are revived.
471* ''VideoGame/EmilyIsAway'': Takes place in a five year span, from 2002 to 2006.
472* ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'', released in 2013, is set in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic 2007.
473* The prologue to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' takes place in 2004, complete with a pre-smartphone mobile phone.
474* ''VideoGame/InunakiTunnel'': Set on October 27th, 2005. Released on November 19th, 2019.
475* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': Made in 1998, takes place in 2005.
476* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'': The prologue starring Solid Snake is set in 2007, while the main StoryArc starring Raiden is set in 2009.
477* ''VideoGame/{{Outcast}}'': Made in 1999, set in an alternate 2007.
478* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'': Made in 2012, set in 2005.
479* ''VideoGame/TheRoomTheGame'': 2010 video game adaptation of [[Film/TheRoom2003 the 2003 movie of the same name]].
480* ''VideoGame/TheTwentyFifthWard'' is set in Japan in 2003 after the events of ''VideoGame/TheSilverCase''.
481* ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'': The very first game is set in 2005, the second in 2006, and the third in 2008. All three were made in TheNineties.
482* A few ''VideoGame/WWEVideoGames'' have story modes that takes place during the Wrestling/AttitudeEra (which ended circa 2001), Wrestling/TheInvasionAngle (which took place through 2001), and the Wrestling/RuthlessAggressionEra (which began circa 2002 and ended circa 2008).
483[[/index]]
484[[/folder]]
485
486[[folder:Visual Novels]]
487[[index]]
488* ''VisualNovel/ButterflySoup'' is set in 2008 -- specifically, the fall of 2008; the characters encounter [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008) Prop 8]] rallies on their way to school, and later on in the game, Diya and Akarsha talk about UsefulNotes/BarackObama having been elected president the day before. Akarsha in particular is a [[FountainOfMemes fountain of mid-/late-2000s memes]].
489* ''VisualNovel/ClassOf09'' is set from 2007-2009, and you step into the shoes of Nicole, a sociopathic girl who has to deal with all the crap that is happening around her, especially in her new high school.
490[[/index]]
491[[/folder]]
492
493[[folder:Webcomics]]
494[[index]]
495* While ''Webcomic/CrowCillers'' is set in the modern day, it's still very concerned with the media of the late 90s and early 2000s. In the artist's own words, there's a boombox playing Mambo no. 5 just off screen on every page.
496* ''Webcomic/JoeVsElanSchool'': Joe's college years take place in the early-to-mid 2000s; following that there's a TimeSkip ahead to approximately 2009 based on the date seen on an online article that Joe reads.
497* ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' is set in 2000.
498* ''Webcomic/StrongFemaleProtagonist'': The flashback where Alison first discovers her powers takes place around 2005-2006, as George W. Bush is the President who first announces the existence of those with superpowers.
499[[/index]]
500[[/folder]]
501
502[[folder:Web Original]]
503[[index]]
504* ''WebAnimation/HunterTheParenting'' is set in 2006, with its characters often speaking of media of the era and looking forwards towards games like ''Videogame/TeamFortress2'' which were released shortly afterwards.
505* ''WebAnimation/ImigrantesRoad'' Released in 2022, takes place in 2007.
506* ''WebAnimation/PokemonPathToThePeak'': Released in 2023 and presumably set during the 2020s, but during [[spoiler:Ava's mom's]] flashback to their childhood, they lose to a Shining Pikachu from EX Holon Phantoms, implying that the game took place during 2006 at minimum as that was when the cards were released.
507[[/index]]
508[[/folder]]
509
510[[folder:Western Animation]]
511[[index]]
512* ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' does, in fact, take place in the early 2000s (possibly either set in 2000, 2001, 2002 or 2003) where Reggie is 12 (she might be born in between late 1987 through early 1991) as well as her friends, Todd and Esther (who are born in between 1988 through 1991).
513[[/index]]
514[[/folder]]

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