History Main / FanOfThePast

* Considered to be a niche market by the crosstime tourist company Time Tours, Ltd., in the world of ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Infinite Worlds.'' "The past, for better or worse, is a specialty interest; the market for The Way Things Should Have Been is limitless."
* Malcador the [[TheGoodChancellor Sigillite]] from the backstory of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' certainly had it in him -- his most prized possessions were ''Mona Liza'' and ''Sunflowers'', he sponsored archaeologists and often referred to Shakespeare's works.

** An early scene in ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'' shows a young Kirk joyriding in a 20th-century convertible, which his stepfather had apparently refurbished, while listening to Music/TheBeastieBoys. According to a deleted scene, the car belonged to his father George before his untimely death.
** ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'': While Kirk is established as a fan of classic cars and the Beastie Boys, Scotty thinks such music is "a little old-fashioned" (implying there's newer music more to his liking) and [=McCoy=] and Spock refer to it as "classical music". Kirk's tastes are further justified in that his stepfather was a collector and dealer in antique cars (and probably other antiques) so he grew up with a firsthand acquaintance of such. It also explains why [[spoiler:of the crew, only Kirk could [[ChekhovsSkill ride the old motorcycle]] found aboard the ''Franklin'' well enough to create the diversion needed for the rescue mission]].

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing Retrocomputing]]. Huge communities of fans keep maintaining and developing new hardware and software for their [[Platform/{{AppleII}} Apple IIs]], [[Platform/{{Commodore64}} Commodores]], Platform/{{MSX}}s, [[UsefulNotes/ColorComputer CoCos]], [[Platform/{{TI99}} TI-99/4As]] etc etc etc like there's no tomorrow. Or, rather, like there's no today.

* This is the ''major motivation'' of the BigBad of ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}''. Professor Machinegal is already rich, famous and respected in his civilian identity; his heists aim to steal "antique" technology, and his favorite part of history is the 1980s (when the series was made).

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing Retrocomputing]]. Huge communities of fans keep maintaining and developing new hardware and software for their [[UsefulNotes/{{AppleII}} Apple IIs]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Commodore64}} Commodores]], UsefulNotes/{{MSX}}s, [[UsefulNotes/ColorComputer CoCos]], [[UsefulNotes/{{TI99}} TI-99/4As]] etc etc etc like there's no tomorrow. Or, rather, like there's no today.
* Retrogamers are a similar breed, except many of them tend to be more open toward current trends and systems. They just happen to be more fond of UsefulNotes/Atari2600 or [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], for example, than whoever's fighting the current UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars.

* Inverted in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', which takes place in the 1960s, where there are several dialogs with Paramedic in which she comments on the "latest" movies, inventions, and discoveries. Among her claims are that VHS will take off and that scientists have found out that smoking is likely to cause lung cancer. [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Which Naked Snake seriously doubts.]]

* Bouncing Boy in the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' cartoon was a fan of 20th-century movies. This lets the cast watch a parody of ''Film/{{Alien}}''.

* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'', it is one of the ideological cornerstones of the Purity affinity's philosophy. Followers of this affinity hold the remembrance of the past sacred, especially emphasizing all the sacrifices that had to be endured for the chance of humanity's prosperity after the horrors and losses following the [[UnspecifiedApocalypse Great Mistake]]. They believe that their fundamental responsibility is to preserve the classical human physiology and culture of [[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter Old Earth]], which, together with the collective memory of human history, form an untainted, "pure" image of humankind. The philosophies of other affinities cause righteous indignation among purists, [[TranshumanTreachery largely due to their willingness to abandon the past in the name of false ideals (from Purity's point of view) and the adaptation of humanity in accordance with them]]. The hybrid affinity of Purity-Harmony also touches on this topic, but unlike the uncompromising Purity, history is not a core element of their ideology. Rather, they are inspired by some of its images, mainly from Myth/ClassicalMythology and the Antiquity era, due to their general obsession with perfectionism and idealism.

* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'', it is one of the ideological cornerstones of the Purity affinity's philosophy. Followers of this affinity hold the remembrance of the past sacred, especially emphasizing all the sacrifices that had to be endured for the chance of mankind's prosperity after the horrors and losses following the [[UnspecifiedApocalypse Great Mistake]]. They believe that their fundamental responsibility is to preserve the classical human physiology and culture of [[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter Old Earth]], which, together with the collective memory of human history, form an untainted, "pure" image of humankind. The philosophies of other affinities cause righteous indignation among purists, [[TranshumanTreachery largely due to their willingness to abandon the past in the name of false ideals (from Purity's point of view) and the adaptation of humanity in accordance with them]]. The hybrid affinity of Purity-Harmony also touches on this topic, but unlike the uncompromising Purity, history is not a core element of their ideology. Rather, they are inspired by some of its images, mainly from Myth/ClassicalMythology and the Antiquity era, due to their general obsession with perfectionism and idealism.

* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'', it is one of the ideological cornerstones of the Purity affinity's philosophy. Followers of this affinity hold the memory of the past sacred, as well as of all the sacrifices that had to be endured for the chance of mankind's prosperity after the horrors and losses following the [[UnspecifiedApocalypse Great Mistake]]. They believe that their fundamental responsibility is to preserve the classical human physiology and culture of the [[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter Old Earth]], which, together with the collective memory of human history, form an untainted "pure" image of mankind. The philosophies of other affinities cause righteous indignation among purists, [[TranshumanTreachery largely due to their willingness to abandon the past in the name of false ideals (from Purity's point of view) and the adaptation of humanity in accordance with them]]. The hybrid affinity of Purity-Harmony also touches on this topic, but unlike the uncompromising Purity, history is not a core element of their ideology. Rather, they are inspired by some of its images, mainly from Myth/ClassicalMythology and the Antiquity era, due to their general obsession with perfectionism and idealism.

** Captain Pike loves the film. Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 and has an old-fashioned saddle for his horse.
** When they crossover from ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' Boimler and Mariner geek out over SNW tech and the presence of their heroes Pike, Uhura, Una and Spock, though they are surprised to find their heroes are just people. Mariner does observe that young Spock is very hot.

-->'''Peter:''' Doctor, no, there's no machine. Let's leave the [[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]] out of the equation.\\

* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'', it is one of the ideological cornerstones of the philosophy of Purity affinity. Followers of this philosophy consider the memory of the past sacred, as well as of all the sacrifices that had to be endured for the chance of mankind's prosperity after the horrors and losses following the [[UnspecifiedApocalypse Great Mistake]]. They believe that their fundamental responsibility is to preserve the classical human physiology and culture of the [[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter Old Earth]], which, together with the collective memory of human history, form a untainted "pure" image of mankind. The philosophies of other affinities cause righteous indignation among purists, [[TranshumanTreachery largely due to their willingness to abandon the past in the name of false ideals (from Purity's point of view) and the adaptation of humanity in accordance with them]]. The hybrid affinity of Purity-Harmony also touches on this topic, but unlike the uncompromising Purity, history is not a core element of their ideology. Rather, they are inspired by some of its images, mainly from Myth/ClassicalMythology and the Antiquity era, due to their general obsession with perfectionism and idealism.

* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'', it is one of the ideological cornerstones of the philosophy of Purity affinity. Followers of this philosophy consider the memory of the past sacred, as well as all the sacrifices that had to be endured for the chance of mankind's prosperity after the horrors and losses following [[UnspecifiedApocalypse Great Mistake]]. They believe that their fundamental responsibility is to preserve the classical human physiology and culture of the [[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter Old Earth]], which, together with the collective memory of human history, form a untainted "pure" image of mankind. The philosophy of other affinities causes righteous indignation among purists, [[TranshumanTreachery largely due to their willingness to abandon the past in the name of false ideals (from Purity's point of view) and the adaptation of humanity in accordance with them]]. The hybrid affinity of Purity-Harmony also touches on this topic, but unlike the uncompromising Purity, history is not part of the core of their ideology. Rather, they are inspired by some of it images, mainly from Myth/ClassicalMythology and the era of Antiquity, due to their general obsession with perfectionism and idealism.

* In ''Literature/TheShipWho'' "Dylanizing" or singing in the style of Creator/BobDylan is considered a powerful persuasive technique that Helva, the titular Ship Who Sang, has studied up on. Shakespeare is also still popular and performed, including to aliens. Another brainship takes an interest in the past but is less contemporary than Helva was at the time of writing - she wrly quotes "Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

* The mid to late 2010s saw a massive spike in the price of some older cars, particularly 90s Japanese sports cars and basically anything with a Porsche badge. All those kids that spent the 90s and 00s playing racing video games and watching Film/TheFastAndTheFurious movies? Now a lot of them are grown up and can afford the car they had a poster of on their bedroom wall.

Contrast with DiscoDan, except these people know they are not actually in the past. Compare with BornInTheWrongCentury, FantasticAnthropologist.