History AnachronismStew / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' throws together many animals which did not coexist in either time or place (or both, such as the dodos). At the very least, they're all from after the dinosaur age, and most are from the actual Ice Age.
** Except the sequel, [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology which has dinosaurs]] (including the aforementioned T. Rex) that survived the KT Extinction Event (when the last of the dinosaurs died off). They suggest that there is only a small population, but the movie still takes place less than 2 million years ago, meaning that they're about ''63 million years'' out of place.
** The whole Christmas special is one anachronism stew to the point where one wonders why it even takes place in the pre-historic era!

* Extremely evident in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' where the robot modes of ''all'' the Transformers (especially those of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Starscream, and Soundwave) resemble their eventual Earth modes even in the distant past and on planet Cybertron. The vehicles modes were alien, but in robot mode, Bumblebee has a Volkswagen roof for a chest and front for feet ''four million years'' before there would be such a thing as a Volkswagen.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', the flashbacks set in and right after 994 AD (when the eponymous Gargoyles got [[TakenForGranite stoned]]) have their problems. For one thing, the Normans, who conquered England in 1066, built the first stone castles on Britain since the 6th century, which would make the Gargoyles' home castle an impossibility.

* ''Almost'' avoided with the original ''Land Before Time''. The characters include such species as, among others, Triceratops, Saurolophus, Pteranodon, and Tyrannosaurus. So far so good, all are from late Cretaceous North America. Granted the protagonist, Littlefoot, is a Jurassic Apatosaurus, but audiences can just pretend he's an Alamosaurus. But then there's the introduction of Spike the also Jurassic Stegosaurus, and at one point in the film there is the brief appearance of a...''Permian'' Dimetrodon?? *Sigh*. And that's not even taking into account the sequels, which bring up a whole different mess!

** Except the sequel, [[SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying which has dinosaurs]] (including the aforementioned T. Rex) that survived the KT Extinction Event (when the last of the dinosaurs died off). They suggest that there is only a small population, but the movie still takes place less than 2 million years ago, meaning that they're about ''63 million years'' out of place.

** Parodied when the family watches ''The Poke of Zorro'' in which Franchise/{{Zorro}} fights Literature/TheThreeMusketeers and TheManInTheIronMask before challenging Literature/TheScarletPimpernel [[GloveSlap to a duel]]. When the Pimpernel [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys runs away]], KingArthur crowns Zorro the King of England.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' is another deliberate example. It features Art Deco-style buildings and gangsters sporting fedoras and Tommy Guns, yet computers are common and nobody bats an eye about women having actual careers or a black man like Lucius Fox having such a prominent position at Wayne Enterprises.
** [=VCRs=] and video games are also common, yet all TV is broadcast in black and white.
** Justified, since the series seems to make nods to the time period in which Batman was invented (the late 1930s).
*** The series takes place in TheNineties but a very 30s-like 90s.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', the characters live in a world with 1960s decor, 1970s cars and early 1980s computers alongside cell phones and the Internet. Naturally this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
-->'''Malory''': What year do you think this is?\\
'''Archer''': I, uh-- yeah, exactly. ''[[BellisariosMaxim Good question.]]''

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', the characters live in a world with 1960s decor, 1970s cars, early 1980s computers alongside cell phones and the Internet. Naturally this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].

** This was also the basis of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MadGwgiRgAM a Christmas-themed commercial for Pebbles cereal]], which features Santa Claus, who urges Fred to share his cereal with Barney. This is one of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb9ypPiq7Nk commercials reviewed]] by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, who [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trope thusly:
--->'''Critic''': ''(talking like Barney)'' Hey, Fred, how can we celebrate Christmas if Jesus isn't born yet?\\
'''Critic''': ''(talking like Fred)'' Just eat your fucking cereal.

* The BugsBunny cartoon "Prehysterical Hare" begs the question, how ''did'' movie film exist in B.C. days?

* ''WesternAnimation/KingArthursDisasters'' plays Arthurian anachronisms for laughs; e.g., at one point King Arthur and Merlin land on the moon. At another, Arthur meets Don Quixote.

** Justified, since the series seems to make nods to the time period in which Batman was invented (the late 930s).

*** Tex Avery's 1953 cartoon ''The First Bad Man'' is probably the UrExample as it was one if the inspirations for the Flintstones.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingArthursDisasters'' plays Arthurian anachronisms for laughs, e.g. at one point King Arthur and Merlin land on the moon. At another, he meets Don Quixote.
** And then there's ''KingArthurAndTheSquareKnightsOfTheRoundTable'', a British animated series that takes this trope and wry it dry. Seriously, Merlin invented the movie camera and film projector?

-->'''Lisa:''' No it's not, it's entirely inacc-

*** The turtle probably would still be around for ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' if it had a real turtle's lifespan, but most of the others' careers shouldn't even have lasted out the 1940s.

** VCR's and video games are also common, yet all TV is broadcast in black and white.
** Justified, since the series seems to make nods to the time period in which Batman was invented (the 30s).
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' is a similarly deliberate example. Fedora-clad gangsters wield Tommy Guns and the buildings have an Art Deco style, but some characters like Georgette Taylor dress in 60's mod fashion, while others like BlueBeetle wear contemporary 21st century clothing.
** And then there are video games, cellphones, and computers.
** Nobody ever calls attention to the race of characters like {{Firestorm}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, or Comicbook/TheAtom, which probably would've gone quite differently in the ''[[ValuesDissonance actual]]'' [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]]. Similarly, nobody is surprised by the presence of female superheroes like BlackCanary.

* In {{Archer}}, the characters live in a world with 1960s decor, 1970s cars, early 1980s computers alongside cellphones and the internet. Naturally this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded.]]

* Double Subversion in Adventure Time. At the beginning of the series, it looks like a massive anachronism stew: a show taking place in the medieval ages, with princesses, knights and swords, mixed up with actual technology, computers and robots. After a while, it's reveled that [[spoiler: The show doesn't take place in the past, but in the distant future, after a Nuclear War ]] So yes, the technology is justified... but what's up with the princess thing, anyway?
* ''DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' presumably takes place during World War I. In the ''Magnificent Muttley'' episode "The Masked Muttley," Dick Dastardly is seen watching television. Some three decades before it became commercially viable. Then in "Aquanuts," Muttley is left to wash the dishes while Dastardly, Klunk and Zilly go to see a surfing movie which wouldn't be in vogue for another six decades.

* Double Subversion in Adventure Time. At the beginning of the series, it looks like a massive anachronism stew: a show taking place in the medieval ages, with princesses, knights and swords, mixed up with actual tecnology, computers and robots. After a while, it's reveled that [[spoiler: The show don't take place in the past, but in the distant future, after a Nuclear War ]] So yes, the tenology is justified... but what's up with the princess thing, anyway?

* Double Subversion in Adventure Time. At the begginig of the series, it looks like a massive anachronism stew: a show taking place in the medieval ages, with princesses, knights and swords, mixed up with actual tecnology, computers and robots. After a while, it's reveled that [[spoiler: The show don't take place in the past, but in the distant future, after a Nuclear War ]] So yes, the tenology is justified... but what's up with the princess thing, anyway?

* ''WesternAnimation/DinoRiders'' also had wildly anachronistic dinosaurs living next to one another (''T. rex'' is closer to us in time than to ''Apatosaurus''), and threw in a ''Dimetrodon'' for good measure.

* ''Almost'' avoided with the original ''Land Before Time''. The characters include such species as, among others, Triceratops, Saurolophus, Pteranodon, and Tyrannosaurus. So far so good, all are from late Cretaceous North America. Granted the protagonist, Littlefoot, is a Jurassic Apatosaurus, but audiences can just pretend he's an Alamosaurus. But then there's the introduction of Spike the also Jurassic Stegosaurus, and at one point in the film there is the brief appearance of a...''Permian'' Dimetrodon?? *Sigh*. And that's not even talking about the sequels, which bring up a whole different mess!

* ''Almost'' avoided with the original ''Land Before Time''. Among others, there are such species as Triceratops, hadrosaurs, pteranodons, and Tyrannosaurus. So far so good, all are from late Cretaceous North America. Granted the central character, Littlefoot, is a Jurassic Apatosaurus, but audiences can just pretend he's an Alamosaurus. But then there's the introduction of Spike the also Jurassic Stegosaurus, and at one point in the film there is the brief appearance of a...''Permian'' Dimetrodon?? *Sigh*. And that's not even talking about the sequels, which bring up a whole different mess!

* ''Almost'' avoided with the original ''Land Before Time''. Among others, there are such species as Triceratops, hadrosaurs, pteranodons, and [[TyrannosaurusRex]]. So far so good, all are from late Cretaceous North America. Granted the central character, Littlefoot, is a Jurassic Apatosaurus, but audiences can just pretend he's an Alamosaurus. But then there's the introduction of Spike the also Jurassic Stegosaurus, and at one point in the film there is the brief appearance of a...''Permian'' Dimetrodon?? *Sigh*. And that's not even talking about the sequels, which bring up a whole different mess!