History Series / FutureMan

* CloningBlues: Josh, Tiger, and Wolf suffer different flavors of this when they face their alternate universe duplicates in the future.
** Josh [[spoiler:has been subject to the Pointed Circle's experiments that have killed him dozens of times over and driven the only other surviving Josh insane. He dubs himself J1, the Josh Who Lived.]]
** Wolf is recognized in the NAG as Torque, a man with a family and career. He awkwardly inserts himself into Torque's life while terrified he'll betray his true identity. [[spoiler:When his family and apprentice learn the truth they are quite accepting. He returns their affections easily.]]
** Tiger's alternate is Ty-Ann, adopted by Stu and spoiled rotten by his terrible parenting. Tiger is mortified by her childishness. [[spoiler:She's actually a leader of the alliance against Stu's dictatorship. Tiger eventually recognizes Ty-Ann as the best version of herself.]]

''Future Man'' is a [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] action/adventure comedy web series produced by Creator/SethRogen and Evan Goldberg for Hulu released on November 14, 2017 [[https://www.hulu.com/future-man]]. The show follows loser janitor [[TheEveryman Josh Futturman]] (Creator/JoshHutcherson) as he sleepwalks through his life, working a dead-end job at medical research company Kronish Laboratories for crusading scientist Elias Kronish (Creator/KeithDavid), his only escape being the video game ‘’The Biotic Wars’’.

* RatedMForManly: Wolf’s frequent stories about the wars are as outlandish as they are brutal.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Several in-universe examples as Tiger and Wolf claim to have "studied" the past but it's quickly apparent they've messed up a few details and so their attempts to "blend in" don't work.
** In their defense, the loss of scores of records due to the future war means many historians likewise have incorrect views on what the past was like.
** This is the entire crux of the plot: The pair sent the game into the past as a training tool, figuring that, as in their time, anyone who beat it had to be an expert warrior for real. Josh has to break it to them how ''no one'' who plays videogames is like their online personas.

->''“Okay so it’s Last Starfighter meets Quantum Leap now?”''

* HeroismAddict: Nut Faced Josh is shown to be this, if not a full-on GloryHound. He does rescue many famous historical figures, but is shown being very pushy and condescending to the people he rescued. Josh comments that he is a jerk.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Haven is [[spoiler: filled with historical figures and celebrities who were killed before their time but rescued by Nut Faced Josh. These include Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe, Buddy Holly, Tupac, and even Jesus Christ. At one point, Osama Bin Laden was also part of Haven.]]

* RealityEnsues: Despite its comedic nature, the show points out the very real problems or fallout that would occur in such a bizarre scenario.
** Tiger can operate complex items like the [=TTD=], but has no concept of what a movie is (the video game is repeatedly called a 'combat simulator' and treated as a serious training tool). In Tiger's world, fictional escapism is a luxury no one has the time or resources to dedicate to, although the mental strain this is placing on Resistance members is clearly showing.
** Wolf and Tiger admit at one point they realize even if they are successful, the world would be completely changed, and if they could return to their time, it wouldn’t be the world they left. People may not even recognize them.

A second season premiered for Hulu premiered on January 11, 2019. A third and final season aired on Hulu on April 3, 2020.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The series ends with Josh lying in his padded cell after saving the world... only for him to be visited by what seems to be more time travelers.]]

* AdvertisedExtra: Combined with TrailersAlwaysSpoil, but the previews for season 2 on Hulu play up [[spoiler: Susan]] like he's a major character, especially since he's played by Creator/SethRogan. However, he doesn't appear until the finale.

* BiTheWay: Wolf doesn't seem to care if his partners are male or female. He'll "charge" them just the same.

* TimeCrash: The end result of all the time traveling shenanigans almost results in this.

* HeroismAddict: Nut Faced Josh is shown to be these, if not a full-on GloryHound. He does rescue many famous historical figures, but is shown being very pushy and condescending to the people he rescued. Josh comments that he is a jerk.

** Season 3 reveals it is [[spoiler:a place called the Diecatholon, an AmusementParkOfDoom where prisoners run an obstacle course on live television.]]

* AmusementParkOfDoom: [[spoiler: What the Ultra-Max prison really is.]]

* TimeAbyss: The Haven location is this. It is a place outside of time and space where time doesn't exist and nothing ever changes. The characters are there for [[spoiler:thousands of years.]]

* Utopia: Haven is seemingly this: a paradise where it is perpetually sunny, about 74°F, and no one needs to sleep. [[spoiler:All the historical figures and celebrities Nut Faced Josh rescued exist there and worship Josh as their savior.]]