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* NickFury engages in a ComicBook/SecretWar against Latveria. (Creator/MarvelComics)
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* NickFury ComicBook/NickFury engages in a ComicBook/SecretWar against Latveria. (Creator/MarvelComics)
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* In the wake of 9/11 and more supervillain attacks than the city deserves, Tesladyne relocates from the Empire State Building to an underground complex beneath a remote island. (''AtomicRobo'')
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* In the wake of 9/11 and more supervillain attacks than the city deserves, Tesladyne relocates from the Empire State Building to an underground complex beneath a remote island. (''AtomicRobo'')(''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'')
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* Atomic Robo and a team of Tesladyne Action Scientists encounters a [[StupidJetpackHitler cyborg-producing Helsingard complex]] beneath a village in Italy's Apennie Mountains (''AtomicRobo'')
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* The Egyptian government sends Atomic Robo and a team of Action Scientists to deal with a steampowered pyramid supertank. In the wake of the mission, Tesladyne employee Jenkins is ordered on a week-long vacation, over which he destroys the Ramirez cartel. (''AtomicRobo'')
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* The Egyptian government sends Atomic Robo and a team of Action Scientists to deal with a steampowered pyramid supertank. In the wake of the mission, Tesladyne employee Jenkins is ordered on a week-long vacation, over which he destroys the Ramirez cartel. (''AtomicRobo'')(''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'')
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* An experiment involving a quantum decomputer summons an EldritchAbomination Atomic Robo shares a long enmity with. (''AtomicRobo'')(''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'')
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* January 14 - 12 people are killed and 19 wounded in a killing spree carried out by Inubushi Keiko at Awazumi Municiple Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. (''{{Remember11}}'')
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* January 14 - 12 people are killed and 19 wounded in a killing spree carried out by Inubushi Keiko at Awazumi Municiple Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. (''{{Remember11}}'')(''VisualNovel/{{Remember11}}'')
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*** Philip J. Fry is accidentally [[labelnote:more]]or so it seems[[/labelnote]] cyrogenically frozen for 1,000 years. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
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* January 4 - Kim Karlsen dies suddenly in Northern Norway. Almost all his friends gather for his funeral (Second sequel to ''Literature/{{Beatles}}).
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January 9 - SCP-939-A6 begins its metamorphosis. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
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* January 4 - Kim Karlsen dies suddenly in Northern Norway. Almost all his friends gather for his funeral (Second sequel to ''Literature/{{Beatles}}).''Literature/{{Beatles}}'').
* January 9 - SCP-939-A6 begins its metamorphosis. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
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* Two criminals are released from prison and begin filming their daily lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. (''LiveAction/TrailerParkBoys'')
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* Coop finds Megas in a junkyard and rebuilds the robot his way. Kiva and the Glorft both arrive looking for Megas. Coop, piloting Megas, beats up a lot of bad guys. (''MegasXLR'')
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* Coop finds Megas in a junkyard and rebuilds the robot his way. Kiva and the Glorft both arrive looking for Megas. Coop, piloting Megas, beats up a lot of bad guys. (''MegasXLR'')(''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'')
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* Following a martian invasion, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, {{Hawk|man}}girl, Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart and [[MartianManhunter J'onn J'onnz]] form the original seven members of the Justice League. (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'')
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* Following a martian invasion, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, {{Hawk|man}}girl, Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart and [[MartianManhunter [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter J'onn J'onnz]] form the original seven members of the Justice League. (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'')
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* July 25 - [[AIIsACrapshoot Skynet]] becomes self-aware, and launches a nuclear attack on the Earth, killing billions. ({{Terminator}} 3: Rise of the Machines)
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* July 25 - [[AIIsACrapshoot Skynet]] becomes self-aware, and launches a nuclear attack on the Earth, killing billions. ({{Terminator}} 3: Rise of the Machines)(''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'')
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* The final battles of the UN Wars, between the United Nations and rebel forces. Near the end of the war, a massive alien creature dubbed the "Bird Human" arises. (''MacrossZero'')
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* The final battles of the UN Wars, between the United Nations and rebel forces. Near the end of the war, a massive alien creature dubbed the "Bird Human" arises. (''MacrossZero'')(''Anime/MacrossZero'')
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* Kenchi Masaki starts to grow close to Sasami. A jealous Washu and Tokimi conspire with his mother Rea to send him off elsewhere for awhile. (''TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar'')
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* Kenchi Masaki starts to grow close to Sasami. A jealous Washu and Tokimi conspire with his mother Rea to send him off elsewhere for awhile. (''TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar'')(''Anime/TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar'')
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* The Lexx comes to Earth. [[labelnote:series finale spoilers]]And before long, destroys it. Of course.[[/labelnote]] (''{{Lexx}}'')
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* The Lexx comes to Earth. [[labelnote:series finale spoilers]]And before long, destroys it. Of course.[[/labelnote]] (''{{Lexx}}'')(''{{Series/Lexx}}'')
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* Max Walker of TEC resolves to stop the corrupt Senator [=McComb=]. (''{{Timecop}}'')
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* Max Walker of TEC resolves to stop the corrupt Senator [=McComb=]. (''{{Timecop}}'')(''Film/{{Timecop}}'')
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* Global warming leads to a new ice age. (''TheDayAfterTomorrow'')(''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'')
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** A battle between two groups of aliens spills over into Gunnison, Colorado. (''AlienVsPredator: Requiem'')
* Benjamin Franklin Gates hunts for the Founding Fathers' hidden treasure. (''NationalTreasure'')
* Benjamin Franklin Gates hunts for the Founding Fathers' hidden treasure. (''NationalTreasure'')
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** A battle between two groups of aliens spills over into Gunnison, Colorado. (''AlienVsPredator: (''Film/AlienVsPredator: Requiem'')
* Benjamin Franklin Gates hunts for the Founding Fathers' hidden treasure.(''NationalTreasure'')(''Film/NationalTreasure'')
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* Sergeant First Class William James becomes a team leader of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq, after the previous leader is killed. (''TheHurtLocker'')
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* Sergeant First Class William James becomes a team leader of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq, after the previous leader is killed. (''TheHurtLocker'')(''Film/TheHurtLocker'')
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* The Key to the World, a trinklet which grants the holder dominion over Earth, is brought to Townsville.[[labelnote:more]]It is eventually claimed by Mojo Jojo, who uses his new power to end war, hunger, and poverty, establish free electricity for life, and give everyone puppies. then he gets bored and returns to villainy.[[/labelnote]](''ThePowerpuffGirls'')
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* The Key to the World, a trinklet which grants the holder dominion over Earth, is brought to Townsville.[[labelnote:more]]It is eventually claimed by Mojo Jojo, who uses his new power to end war, hunger, and poverty, establish free electricity for life, and give everyone puppies. then he gets bored and returns to villainy.[[/labelnote]](''ThePowerpuffGirls'')[[/labelnote]](''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'')
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* Garcian Smith successfully resurrects the fallen personae, but Dan mortally injures Harman in a fit of lunacy. Samatha leaves the syndicate and becomes a full-time carer to Harman. (''{{killer7}}'')
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* Garcian Smith successfully resurrects the fallen personae, but Dan mortally injures Harman in a fit of lunacy. Samatha leaves the syndicate and becomes a full-time carer to Harman. (''{{killer7}}'')(''VideoGame/{{killer7}}'')
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* Network of Intercontinental Expressways opens. (''{{killer7}}'')
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* The creature EI-01 crash lands on Earth, stopped by the mechanoid lion Galeon. Astronaut Guy Shishioh is gravely wounded by EI-01's arrival and is rescued by Galeon, being rebuilt as a cyborg. (''GaoGaiGar'')
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* The creature EI-01 crash lands on Earth, stopped by the mechanoid lion Galeon. Astronaut Guy Shishioh is gravely wounded by EI-01's arrival and is rescued by Galeon, being rebuilt as a cyborg. (''GaoGaiGar'')(''Anime/GaoGaiGar'')
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* The Zonder make their appearance. Guy Shishioh, now Cyborg Guy, and Galeon battle these beasts by becoming the Super Robot GaoGaiGar. They are aided by the Gutsy Geoid (later Galaxy) Guard and former Zonder general Soldato J. (''GaoGaiGar'')
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* The Zonder make their appearance. Guy Shishioh, now Cyborg Guy, and Galeon battle these beasts by becoming the Super Robot GaoGaiGar.[=GaoGaiGar=]. They are aided by the Gutsy Geoid (later Galaxy) Guard and former Zonder general Soldato J. (''GaoGaiGar'')(''Anime/GaoGaiGar'')
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* The 11 Masters of Sol invade Earth. The Gutsy Galaxy Guard chases after them and is listed as MIA after defeating them (''GaoGaiGar FINAL'')
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* Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro are recruited by two mysterious fairies to battle the forces of the Dark Zone. They become the first modern day Pretty Cure (''FutariWaPrettyCure'')
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* Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro are recruited by two mysterious fairies to battle the forces of the Dark Zone. They become the first modern day Pretty Cure (''FutariWaPrettyCure'')(''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'')
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* July - War breaks out between two great nations using magnetic force bombs that tilt the Earth off its axis and sinks the continents. The majority of Earth's population is destroyed in the cataclysm. (''FutureBoyConan'')
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* July - War breaks out between two great nations using magnetic force bombs that tilt the Earth off its axis and sinks the continents. The majority of Earth's population is destroyed in the cataclysm. (''FutureBoyConan'')(''Anime/FutureBoyConan'')
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* Lucifer rises when all the Seals are broken and finally walks the Earth. The Apocalypse has begun. Lucifer is free and seeks a vessel. During his time on Earth, he kills gods, angels, demons, humans and binds Death and the other Four Horsemen to his side with a supernatural spell. (''Series/{{Supernatural}}'')
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* Yuji Kaido placed into cryogenic stasis after being diagnosed with a terrible disease. (''BlueGender'')
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* Publication of Gray's Sports Almanac. (''Film/BackToTheFuture Part II'')
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* Fashion model Derek Zoolander becomes embroiled in an assassination plot. (''{{Zoolander}}'')
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* summer - the Stark family take a detour into the scenic Pine Barrens on their way back from a vacation at the Jersey Shore; they are attacked by [[TheJerseyDevil an unknown creature]], but they all survive (''LostTapes'')
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* summer - the Stark family take a detour into the scenic Pine Barrens on their way back from a vacation at the Jersey Shore; they are attacked by [[TheJerseyDevil an unknown creature]], but they all survive (''LostTapes'')(''Series/LostTapes'')
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** [[Film/JamesBond Bond]], after defeating Le Chiffre at both the stock market and poker, gets his heart broken. (''Film/CasinoRoyale'')
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** [[Film/JamesBond Bond]], after defeating Le Chiffre at both the stock market and poker, gets his heart broken. (''Film/CasinoRoyale'')(''[[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Casino Royale]]'')
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* July 5 - the Ramirez family tries to illegally emigrate to the United States; the parents are found dead and mysteriously drained of blood, though their daughter survived; the border patrol officers shot at [[{{Chupacabra}} a creature found at the scene]], but official reports made no mention of it (''LostTapes'')
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* July 5 - the Ramirez family tries to illegally emigrate to the United States; the parents are found dead and mysteriously drained of blood, though their daughter survived; the border patrol officers shot at [[{{Chupacabra}} a creature found at the scene]], but official reports made no mention of it (''LostTapes'')(''Series/LostTapes'')
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* November - Matthew Santos elected president of the United States (TheWestWing)
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* January 20 Following a protracted election cycle including a lengthy recount in the state of Florida, GeorgeWBush becomes President of the United States. (RealLife)
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** Following a protracted election cycle including the vaporization of a stack of Gore-Lieberman ballots by a time-traveling kleptomaniac robot, GeorgeWBush UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush becomes President of the United States. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Bender's Big Score'')
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* Construction begins on International Mass-Scale Transportation System. Radioactive material is sealed in an artificial island in the Indian Ocean. Intercontinental ballistic missiles are detonated high above the atmosphere. Heaven Smiles make their first public appearance by suicide bombing a UN meeting. (''{{killer7}}'')
* An army of hired killers dressed as Squeky Clean company workers eliminate various people in New York City. (''MaxPayne2TheFallOfMaxPayne'')
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* Construction begins on International Mass-Scale Transportation System. Radioactive material is sealed in an artificial island in the Indian Ocean. Intercontinental ballistic missiles are detonated high above the atmosphere. Heaven Smiles make their first public appearance by suicide bombing a UN meeting. (''{{killer7}}'')
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* an amateur adventurer goes missing in the Daintree Rainforest of Australia; saliva found on his camera belonged to [[PrehistoricMonster no known animal]] (''LostTapes''); a pair of paranormal investigators travel to Fallview, California, to examine apparent demonic activity, and are attacked by a large owl-like creature (''LostTapes'')
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* an An amateur adventurer goes missing in the Daintree Rainforest of Australia; saliva found on his camera belonged to [[PrehistoricMonster no known animal]] (''LostTapes''); (''Series/LostTapes''); a pair of paranormal investigators travel to Fallview, California, to examine apparent demonic activity, and are attacked by a large owl-like creature (''LostTapes'')(''Series/LostTapes'')
* The disastrous filming of the pilot episode of the reality show ''Apocalypse'' takes place in West Virginia. (''Film/WrongTurn2Dead'')
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* A prison transport crashes in the backwoods of West Virginia. Only two survivors are discovered in the next morning. (''Film/WrongTurn3LeftForDead'')
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* January 4 - Kim Karlsen dies suddenly in Northern Norway. Almost all his friends gather for his funeral (Second sequel to ''Literature/{{Beatles}}).
January 9 - SCP-939-A6 begins its metamorphosis. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
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* Zombie outbreak in Sidi-Moussa. (''TheZombieSurvivalGuide'')
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* Giant spiders terrorize a small town. (''EightLeggedFreaks'')
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* A deadly virus strikes Scotland, prompting the British government to wall off the country. (''{{Doomsday}}'')
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* January 24 - a group of marines enter the Tora Bora caves in Afghanistan to find and eliminate a source of sonar interference which they attribute to insurgents; only their sergeant returns, infected with rabies and having suffered wounds too large to have been inflicted by any known species of bat, but he survives (''LostTapes'')
* two entomologists appear dead in a skiff on the coast of Florida, decomposed and covered in puncture marks and bite wounds, with mysterious tracks in the sand leading off into the brush; video evidence indicates that both they and a group of Latin American men in 1999 were attacked by [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant centipedes]], though the animals were never found (''LostTapes'')
* a pair of police officers and an indie filmmaker investigate "the Beast Killer," a prolific serial killer who leaves traces of both human and animal DNA behind at the crime scenes; by the end of the night, the filmmaker and the killer are dead, and the officers were separately given paid psychiatric leave before resigning from the force (''LostTapes'')
* March - renowned billionaire explorer Mark Hordstrom goes missing while climbing Mount Everest; an audio recording recovered shortly before he disappeared makes reference to something out in the blizzard picking off his team one by one before it rips open his tent and attacks him, too (''LostTapes'')
* August 2-14 - a forest ranger is stalked by a poacher in the Pacific Northwest after she disables some of his traps; when the poacher attacks her, he is mysteriously killed by [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti an unknown, possibly intelligent animal]] (''LostTapes'')
* a group of treasure hunters and a documentarian travel to the Baltic Sea to recover the wreck of a Finnish ship full of tsarist gold; they are attacked by [[GiantSquid a gigantic creature]], and only the leader of the treasure hunters survives, refusing to talk about the incident or ever returning to the sea again (''LostTapes'')
* summer - the Stark family take a detour into the scenic Pine Barrens on their way back from a vacation at the Jersey Shore; they are attacked by [[TheJerseyDevil an unknown creature]], but they all survive (''LostTapes'')
* July 5 - the Ramirez family tries to illegally emigrate to the United States; the parents are found dead and mysteriously drained of blood, though their daughter survived; the border patrol officers shot at [[{{Chupacabra}} a creature found at the scene]], but official reports made no mention of it (''LostTapes'')
* October 13 - a university professor and her nephew accidentally disturb a nest in the Honey Island Swamp and are attacked by a mysterious creature, but survived (''LostTapes'')
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* April: Francis Nolastname starts working at Amerisys Industries. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')(''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''); a group of hoaxers plan to film a fake video of an attack by the Dover Demon in order to cash in on the 30th anniversary of the original sightings in Dover, Massachusetts; video evidence indicates that they were attacked by the actual Dover Demon, and none of their bodies were ever found (''LostTapes'')
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* July 17 - a journalist goes missing in the ocean off of Monterey Bay, California; the Coast Guard was unable to identify [[SeaMonster what had attacked her]] based on the film evidence (''LostTapes'')
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* autumn - a group of goth college students hold an amateur ceremony in a cemetery, and are encountered by a strange, red-eyed dog; four of the five students die in a car crash, and the fifth was never seen again, nor were there any records of her anywhere (''LostTapes'')
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* fall - a group of hunters in Fouke, Arkansas, are found dead; news reports suggest that they were the victims of bear attacks, but locals insist that the real culprit was [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti the Fouke Monster]] (''LostTapes'')
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* spring - a former astronaut admitted to a hospital begins to act erratically and exhibit symptoms of an unknown illness, which are actually being caused by [[ChestBurster a parasitic alien resembling a giant wasp]]; though the hospital is put on lockdown, the alien escapes and is never found, though similar attacks begin taking place as far away as South America (''LostTapes''); the Enigma Corporation is contracted by the Mexico City police department to investigate a series of grisly, ritualistic murders centered around the abandoned train depot of Los Portales, which turn out to have been caused by a cult attempting to summon [[EldritchAbomination an Aztec god]]; the creature is never seen after the Enigma Corporation agents open fire on it and the Mexican government burned Los Portales to the ground, posthumously convicting the cult leader of all the killings (''LostTapes'')
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* June 21 - a group of girls celebrate a birthday party at Bear Lake, Utah, but are attacked by [[PrehistoricMonster an amphibious creature]] which proceeds to kill all but two of the group, and neither the victims' bodies nor the creature are ever found, though tourism to Bear Lake continues despite the persisting rumors and footage from that night (''LostTapes'')
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* summer - a group of high school students spend a weekend at an Oklahoma lake but are attacked by [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods unidentified tentacled creatures]]; only two of the five students survive (''LostTapes''); two animal rights activists break into a textile factory that they believe is being used as a staging ground for the illegal wildlife trade; they and a security guard are attacked by a giant anaconda, and one of the activists as well as the warehouse owner disappear, but the snake is never seen again (''LostTapes''); two extreme sports enthusiasts go missing during a three-day, 500-mile race across the Gobi Desert; their deaths were officially attributed to heat exposure, but there were [[SandWorm strange burrows]] around where their equipment was found (''LostTapes'')
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* a news crew and two firefighters go into the sewers to find a lost cat, but are attacked by [[LizardFolk a strange humanoid creature]]; the news crew are both killed and partially eaten, but the firefighters return alive (''LostTapes''); the body of Mark Hordstrom and another major discovery are made in the Himalayas and transported by cargo ship, and two journalists bribe one of the ship's workers to break the story a day early; video evidence indicates that the second major discovery was [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti a live animal]] which proceeded to escape and kill them, though their deaths were officially attributed to drowning, and the ship was diverted to Plum Island, keeping the story from ever being broadcast (''LostTapes''); a task force is assembled to investigate a dramatic rise in teenage disappearances at secret underground raves in New York City, which they discover are being organized by [[LizardFolk strange people with glowing eyes in hooded coats]], but all of their evidence is seized, no arrests are made, and the task force is abolished because of "budget cuts" (''LostTapes'')
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* April - a reporter, a police officer, and two ATF agents enter the Appalachian wilderness to bust a moonshining operation, but are attacked by [[ManiacMonkeys unknown animals]] which leave their bodies so mutilated that they can only be identified through DNA and dental records (''LostTapes'')
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* May - a Wisconsin militia group and one of two reporters are found dead during a raid by government agents after the second reporter managed to escape the carnage of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent an unknown creature]]; their deaths were officially attributed to wolf attacks, but no such animals were ever found (''LostTapes'')
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* June - two outdoor enthusiasts try out catfish noodling in the White River of Arkansas; one of them as well as their fishing guide are killed after disturbing [[PrehistoricMonster a large, unknown fish]]; the survivor's requests to drag the river both to recover the victims' bodies as well as to prove the existence of the creature are repeatedly denied, and the deaths are officially attributed to alligator attacks (''LostTapes''); a group of paranormal investigators is found death in a Lakeview, Colorado, home after trying to deal with a purported poltergeist in the building, their deaths officially attributed to cardiac arrest (''LostTapes'')
* July - the Redding family moves into a fixer-upper house, but are attacked by a group of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent bloodsucking humanoid monsters]] (''LostTapes'')
* September - a group of campers go missing in the Appalachian wilderness; a small search crew was sent to find them, and ultimately all of them were killed, with two of the campers never being seen again; in spite of [[Main/Wendigo video evidence to the contrary]], their deaths were officially attributed to bear attacks (''LostTapes'')
* July - the Redding family moves into a fixer-upper house, but are attacked by a group of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent bloodsucking humanoid monsters]] (''LostTapes'')
* September - a group of campers go missing in the Appalachian wilderness; a small search crew was sent to find them, and ultimately all of them were killed, with two of the campers never being seen again; in spite of [[Main/Wendigo video evidence to the contrary]], their deaths were officially attributed to bear attacks (''LostTapes'')
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* September 5 - The War of the Eye ends, with a treaty negotiated by Juniper Mackenzie and Sandra Arminger at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. An annual Meeting at Corvallis is established to allow the various communities of the Willamette Valley to resolve disputes. ({{Emberverse}})
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[[folder:2000]]
* January 1 -
** 00:00 -
*** Philip J. Fry is accidentally [[labelnote:more]]or so it seems[[/labelnote]] cyrogenically frozen for 1,000 years. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
*** Jenny Quantum is born. (''ComicBook/TheAuthority'')
** 00:28 - Bender Bending Rodríguez, under the control of spammers, travels back to this time from 3007 ahead of Fry, intending to kill him. He fails. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
** 00:29 - Bender from further in the future travels back to this time and tattoos the time code on Fry's ass. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
** 00:30 - Philip J. Fry time-travels to this date, accidentally creates a duplicate of himself. While one Fry returns to the future, the duplicate stays in this era and resumes his life from where he left off, not knowing he is being pursued by Bender. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
** After a century of service, the immortal Captain Jack Harkness takes command of Torchwood Three. [[labelnote:more]]Everyone else is killed out of fear for the 21st century.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
** Philip J. Fry's mother watches Wisconsin beat Stanford 17-9 in the 1999 [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Rose Bowl]]. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* January 9 - SCP-939-A6 begins its metamorphosis. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* January 10 - SCP-939-A6's symptoms flare up again. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* January 15 - Wikipedia launched. ({{Wikipedia}})
* January 24 - SCP-939-A's symptoms intensify. It is transferred to a secure concrete bunker. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* January 26 - SCP-939-A completes its metamorphosis. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* March 6-At 6:02am, the entire planet was shrouded in unnatural darkness. The darkness blocked out the sun, and neither the stars nor the moon were visible. Many believed it to be the end of the world. Governments blamed each other, thinking it to be the effect of some secret weapon. Riots, rapes, beatings, and murders were commonplace. Emergency call centers were flooded with reports of monsters roaming the streets and skies. Numerous people simply disappeared.It was also during this darkness that thousands of people learned that they had become inhuman monsters. Many of them were killed before they knew what had happened to them. Some were killed by mobs of terrified humans, others took their own lives. Those that survived learned that they could return to their human forms. These shapechanging beings are called the Nightbane, for it was at night that they become monsters. (''{{Nightbane}}'')
* Spring - Graduates of Lawndale High this year include Daria Morgendorffer and her associates. [[labelnote:more]]Morgendorffer ends her relationship with Tom Sloane after they get accepted to geographically distant colleges.[[/labelnote]] (''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'')
* April - The town of Grantville, West Virginia vanishes, replaced by empty German countryside. (''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'')
** Shizuo Heiwajima, Izaya Orihara, Shinra Kishitani, and Kyohei Kadota attend high school at Raijin Academy. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
*** Izaya gathers followers (made up mostly of traumatized teenage girls). He stirs up conflict between the high schools in the area, and Shizuo gains some fame as he finds himself in the center of it. Shizuo and Izaya meet for the first time, and instantly hate each other. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* April 10 - Mitchell Hundred makes his debut as the Great Machine. (''ExMachina'')
* April 27 - Researchers from the secret installation in Greenland proceed to investigate an ancient Inuit tomb. [[labelnote:more]]The tomb turns out to contain the dormant "Tuurngait", a hive-mind entity which proceeds to assimilate the installation crew into itself, one by one.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}: Black Plague'')
* May 6 - A human child enters the Monster World for the first time, creating mass panic in Monstropolis. (''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'')
* July - To keep it from Glorificus, the Order of Dagon converts the Key into a secret, hidden form [[labelnote:more]]named Dawn Summers, sister of Buffy[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* August 23 - Earthquake turns Los Angeles into an island. (''Film/EscapeFromLA'')
* August - To hide it from Glorificus, the Order of Dagon converts the Key into a human girl[[labelnote:more]]Dawn Summers[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* September 13 - The Second Impact. Oceans rise, killing billions. Tokyo is destroyed. (Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion)
* September - Nadezhda Antonovna Gorodetskaya born to Svetlana and Anton Gorodetsky. (''Literature/NightWatch'')
* November 2 - First bulletin board post from claimed [[TimeTravel time traveler]] John Titor.
* November 15 - Serbian peacekeepers enter the United States as a response to the violent balkanisation of the country after the presidential election. (''TheOnion'')
* November 30 - Seventh Presidian held at the New York Public Library. Stephen Swain is chosen as the human contestant; his daughter Holly is accidentally teleported in with him. [[labelnote:more]]The Presidian is aborted without a victor after Bellos is found to be cheating. The library is subsequently destroyed by self-destructing wristbands, but Swain and his daughter escape, as well as his guide.[[/labelnote]] (''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Contest]]'')
* November: Billy Butcher returns home and meets his mother for the first time since the death of his wife. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* December - Construction on the Millennium Gate begins. Shannon O'Donnel, [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] of Kathryn Janeway, works to persuade locals to sell their property to allow the project to proceed, and along the way falls in love with stubborn bookshop owner Henry Janeway. (''Series/StarTrekVoyager'')
* Gigatron leads a group of Predacons to attempt to steal all the energy of Earth and obtain Fortress Maximus, but he is stopped by Fire Convoy and his Autobots. (''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'')
* Demon Queen Bansheera escapes, tries to conquer the city built by humans on top of the ruins of her palace. Demonic hordes wiped out, Bansheera sent to hell and sealed there. (''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'')
* Earth temporarily turned into a [[MaximumSecurity prison for intergalactic criminals]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* The [=MacManus=] brothers begin to hunt down the wicked in Boston. (''TheBoondockSaints'')
* After two years, Gruntilda the witch returns as a skeleton and kills Bottles and the king of the Jinjos, who have been helping Banjo and Kazooie. [[labelnote:more]]They get better[[/labelnote]] Banjo and Kazooie collect more [[PlotCoupons thingies]] to defeat her once more. [[labelnote:more]]Grunty's drill explodes after she drops her spell, leaving her a disembodied head.[[/labelnote]] (''[[BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'')
* Edward Roivas murdered by Pious Augustus. Augustus succeeds in bringing his Ancient into the world. Roivas' granddaughter, Alexandra, summons another Ancient to destroy it. The three timelines established in 26 BC now collapse into one, with the deaths of all three Ancients and leaving only Mantorok alive. (''EternalDarkness'')
* Liquid Snake joins FOXHOUND. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* The "Conqueror Worm" incident. [[labelnote:more]]A Nazi space capsule (launched May 20, 1939) returns to Earth, landing at Hunte Castle, Austria. An [[EldritchAbomination Ogdru Hem]], referred to as "the Worm", emerges from the capsule and attempts to end the world. The BPRD agents Hellboy and Roger (with help from the ghost of The Lobster) successfully contain and destroy the Worm.[[/labelnote]] In the aftermath, Hellboy quits the BPRD and begins wandering the Earth. (''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}: Conqueror Worm'')
* Helen B. Narbon goes mad and hires Mell and Dave to work for her lab. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* The General Construction corporation seeks to refurbish northeast New York City. Citizens who do not leave the Bronx in a timely manner are killed by death squads called "Disinfectors." The city's gangs unite under ''[[TheToblerone the]]'' [[TheToblerone Toblerone]] to fight back. (''Escape2000'')
* Great Garbage Crisis in New York City. The city's excess garbage is put on a gigantic barge, which is then pushed out to circle the world's seas for the next 50 years. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* The ancient monsters known as the Grongi break free from the seal placed upon them by the Rinto warrior Kuuga, and begin attacking Japan in order to unleash the "Ultimate Darkness". Yusuke Godai, a happy-go-lucky vagabond, dons a Rinto artifact during a Grongi attack, becoming the modern-day Kuuga and helping the Tokyo police battle the Grongi. (''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'')
* Garcian Smith successfully resurrects the fallen personae, but Dan mortally injures Harman in a fit of lunacy. Samatha leaves the syndicate and becomes a full-time carer to Harman. (''{{killer7}}'')
* December 25- Marcus Reed destroys one of New Yorks top gangs by killing it's leader Kev Lar before being recruited by police officer Terry Higgans to be in the PDNY. (''TrueCrimeNewYorkCity'')
* In her freshman year of high school, Ramona Flowers dates Lucas Lee. She cheats on him and then dumps him for Todd Ingram, who she will date for the rest of high school. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* SG-1 helps Thor destroy a huge number of Replicators. Meanwhile, Carter travels with Thor to the Asgard homeworld and helps fend off an attack by Replicator-infested ships. Apophis attempts to forge a treaty with Heru'ur, but the Tok'ra and SG-1 sabotage the negotiations. Apophis had brought a cloaked fleet of warships with him, though, and kills Heru'ur and absorbs his troops into his own fleet. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* Robert "Dakota Bob" Shaefer is elected president of the United States, with Victor "Vic the Veep" Neuman as his vice-president. Susan Rayner, wife of Dakota Bob, is appointed director of the CIA. With their backing, 'Mother's Milk', 'The Frenchman', and 'The Female' are added to The Boys. Around this time, The Boys gradually become more aggressive and violent in dealing with superhumans. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* Malcolm Nolastname is identified as a genius. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
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[[folder:2001]]
* January 1 - Groundbreaking for the Millennium Gate in Portage Creek, Indiana. Construction would last to 2012. (''Series/StarTrekVoyager'')
* January 20 Following a protracted election cycle including a lengthy recount in the state of Florida, GeorgeWBush becomes President of the United States. (RealLife)
** Following a protracted election cycle including a lengthy recount in the state of Florida, Lex Luthor becomes President of the United States. (Creator/DCComics)
** Following a protracted election cycle including the vaporization of a stack of Gore-Lieberman ballots by a time-traveling kleptomaniac robot, GeorgeWBush becomes President of the United States. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Bender's Big Score'')
** A religious fanatic becomes U.S. President after predicting the fall of Los Angeles and imposes a theocratic state; Los Angeles becomes a dumping ground for anyone opposed to his regime. (''Film/EscapeFromLA'')
** George Sears becomes President of the United States. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* May - Buffy Summers sacrifices her life to stop Glorificus merging all universes into mathematical chaos, goes to Heaven. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* May - Philip [=LaFresque=] receives a letter from his supposedly long-dead father, with a key to a deposit box containing clues that point Philip towards an old, closed mine in Greenland. He heads out to investigate and perhaps find a hint to his father's fate. [[labelnote:''Black Plague'' spoilers]]Eventually, he finds out that a hive-mind entity has taken over the research personnel. He manages to send his friend an e-mail with directions to the base and a plea to destroy everything within.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}'')
* June - Shadow the Hedgehog released from cryogenic prison by Dr. Eggman, who attempts to bring about Professor Gerald Robotnik's last wish of vengeance against humanity. Has a change of heart and seemingly sacrifices himself fixing the problem. (''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'')
* Spring - Nicholas Angel, now a police captain, joins the [=SO19=] Armed Response Unit. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* July - Nicholas Angel gets a commendation for his actions during Operation Takedown. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* September 4 - Fertility doctor Juliet Burke leaves for the Island to save the pregnant women who keep dying there. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* September 10 - Angelique de Xavia and Raymond Ash defeat a terrorist attack on a dam in Scotland. (''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway'')
* [[TheWarOnTerror September 11]] -
** Terrorist attacks from hijacked planes destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and heavily damage part of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth plane, United Flight 93, presumed to be headed for the White House is attempted control of by passengers, but crashes in a field in Pennsylvania.
** Mitchell Hundred saves the south tower of the World Trade Center. (''ExMachina'')
** Black 13, sealed in a locker below the North Tower, is destroyed by falling wreckage. (''Franchise/TheDarkTower'')
** In an alternate universe, planes hijacked by terrorists hit the Pentagon and the White House. (''Series/{{Fringe}}'')
* September: The Boys confront The Seven about what happened on 9/11. Confrontations escalate, with Greg Mallory's children and several CIA agents killed by The Seven. The sides reluctantly agree to a stalemate, and Mallory is permitted to murder Lamplighter to seal the deal. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* October - Buffy Summers resurrected by her friends. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* December - Max Payne is framed for Alex Balder's murder, starts a RoaringRampageOfRevenge while New York City is caught in the worst blizzard of its history. (''VideoGame/MaxPayne'')
* December 28 - The DL-6 Incident [[labelnote:more]]Gregory Edgeworth, a California defense attorney, is shot and killed in a courthouse elevator.[[/labelnote]] (''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'')
* The ship Discovery nears the end of its mission to Jupiter. (''[[TwoThousandOne 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'')
* Ethnic tensions from the year 3001 spill over into this year due to a time traveling terrorist, who ceases once his daughter realizes that what they're doing is just as bad as what was done to them. (''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'')
* Half-human Org escapes his seal, begins building his forces to resume the war from 3,000 years prior. Animarian remnant wakes up from magical cryosleep, begins recruiting new soldiers. The war resumes, albeit mostly confined to small skirmishes. (''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'')
* College student Tommy Oliver takes part in archaeological dig, finding the Dino Gems, and Oliver begins researching of dinosaur cybernetics with businessman Anton Mercer. The dig goes sour, [[JekyllAndHyde Mercer turns evil]], and the facility is destroyed. (''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'')
* Alien police organization Space Patrol Delta starts its Earth branch and carries on various research and experiments. Planet Sirius is conquered by Emperor Gruumm, and one of its last survivors escapes to Earth. (''Series/PowerRangersSPD'')
* Publication of Gray's Sports Almanac. (''Film/BackToTheFuture Part II'')
* Imperiex threatens the universe, and [[ComicBook/OurWorldsAtWar Earth's heroes team up with extraterrestrial forces to defeat him]]. (Creator/DCComics)
* Community college professors take on rapidly evolving aliens. (''Film/{{Evolution}}'')
* Fashion model Derek Zoolander becomes embroiled in an assassination plot. (''{{Zoolander}}'')
* [[EvilPlan The Grand Retour]] of [[AncientConspiracy Les Soldats]] fails (Count A). (''Anime/{{Noir}}'')
* Following a martian invasion, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, {{Hawk|man}}girl, Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart and [[MartianManhunter J'onn J'onnz]] form the original seven members of the Justice League. (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'')
* Desmond Hume is trapped on the Island and starts pushing a button every [[OneHundredAndEight 108]] minutes to save the world. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* A "[[HeroicMime mute asshole]]" kills Liberty City [[TheMafia Mafia]] [[TheDon Don]] Salvatore Leone, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge among other people]]. (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'')
* Danny Butterman moves out of his father's house and into his own. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* Dr. Narbon kills Dave Davenport; he is later resurrected. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* The Lexx comes to Earth. [[labelnote:series finale spoilers]]And before long, destroys it. Of course.[[/labelnote]] (''{{Lexx}}'')
* Djer, an immortal pharaoh BuriedAlive millennia ago, revives in the Cairo Museum. Methos, the guy responsible for said burial, learns the news and heads for Cairo. He intends to kill Djer[[labelnote:more]] but only manages to release him.[[/labelnote]] (''Franchise/{{Highlander}}: The Methos Chronicles'')
* A nuclear war has destroyed most major cities. Caesar, son of Cornelius and Zira, tries to cultivate peace between his simian peers and the surviving remnants of humanity. A gorilla general named Aldo opposes his efforts, plotting Caesar's overthrow and doom. (''[[PlanetOfTheApes Battle for the Planet of the Apes]]'')
* Zombie outbreak in Sidi-Moussa. (''TheZombieSurvivalGuide'')
* Yuki Makimura arrives in Sunnydale and attempts to resurrect The Master. She is stopped by the efforts of Dawn Summers. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* Cronus and Apophis are killed by the Tau'ri/Tok'ra alliance in quick succession, Cronus by staff blast to the back from a {{robot|me}} double [[ItMakesSenseInContext of Teal'c]], Apophis by slamming his Replicator-infested ship into his capital world at relativistic speed. The power vacuum caused by the deaths of four powerful System Lords in rapid succession causes chaos in the Goa'uld Empire. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* Giorno Giovanna, son of the late Dio Brando, joins the Neapolitan mafia Passione in an attempt to make Italy a better place. (''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'')
* Kenchi Masaki starts to grow close to Sasami. A jealous Washu and Tokimi conspire with his mother Rea to send him off elsewhere for awhile. (''TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar'')
* Billy Butcher kills Jonah Vogelbaum. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* Malcolm Nolastname's hamster dies. Malcolm spends so long giving it CPR that the doctors have to put a shunt in his mouth to help the sores drain. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* A virus wipes out 99% of the human race's females, leading to nuclear war as nations fight over the remaining women and safe quarantine zones, and eventually the collapse of civilization into bands of warring gangs. Griffon Spade and his trusty [=M1A1=] Abrams begin a journey across post-apocalyptic America to find his fiancee Madison. (''VideoGame/BattleTanx'')
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[[folder:2002]]
* January 9 - Mitchell Hundred becomes Mayor of New York City. (''ExMachina'')
* Summer: After turning 18, Francis Nolastname gets himself legally emancipated and leaves for a logging camp in Alaska. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* September 8: Hal Nolastname takes a trip to Bavarialand. Somebody at his company hands the board of directors a set of doctored financial records. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* October 31 - In the tenth year anniversary of ''Film/{{Ghostwatch}}'', BBC airs ''Ghostwatch 2: Return to Studio One'', and viewers once again become witnesses to supernatural activity. (The short story "31-10")
* November 5 - Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. (''TheWestWing'')
* December 6: Hal Nolastname attends a showing of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker''. Someone at his company hides money. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Faridah Malik is born in Dearborn, United States. (''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'')
* Org-Animarian war concludes with Animarian remnant victorious; it goes back into magical cryosleep just in case. (''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'')
* Leon Kennedy and Jack Krauser sent to South America to apprehend drug lord Javier Hidalgo, who has ties to Umbrella. Krauser fakes his death in a helicopter crash and begins working for Albert Wesker. (''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles'')
* Ramon Salazar, a follower of Los Illuminados, digs up Las Plagas at the behest of Osmund Saddler. All of the local villagers are soon infected. (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', date estimated)
* Agent Kay brought out of retirement by Agent Jay to help defeat Serleena. (''Film/MenInBlack II'')
* The space probe Nomad is launched by NASA to seek out new life among the stars. Due to damage from a meteorite, Nomad would lose contact with Earth. It would later merge with Tan Ru, an alien probe programmed to collect and sterilize soil samples. The new purpose of the combined machine would be to "seek out and sterilize new life". (''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'')
* Mark Grayson becomes ComicBook/{{Invincible}}. (''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'')
* Kim Possible begins her career as a crime-fighter. (''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'')
* Adrian Monk emerges from seclusion and becomes a private detective. (''Series/{{Monk}}'')
* [[Creator/VinDiesel Xander Cage]] recruited by the NSA to stop Eastern European anarchists. (''Film/XXx'')
* Giant spiders terrorize a small town. (''EightLeggedFreaks'')
* A journalist investigates a deadly videotape. (''TheRing'')
* Helen B. Narbon, Dave Davenport, Mell Kelly, and Artie are stranded on an island by the Dave Conspiracy; they eventually escape. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* The First Tiberium War ends with the destruction of the Temple of Nod in Sarajevo and the apparent death of Kane. Though the Global Defense Initiative is victorious, much of Europe, South America, and Africa is devastated by the fighting, while Tiberium continues to spread unchecked across the planet. (''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'')
* A new generation of [=DigiDestined=] appear to save the Digital World after the Digimon Emperor takes control. (''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'')
* The Lords, an ancient race subservient to the godlike Overlord, begin killing exceptional humans who may have the potential to become the modern version of the powerful ancient warrior Agito. The amnesiac Shoichi Tsugami becomes the new Agito and fights to protect humanity alongside policeman Makoto Hikawa, swimmer Ryo Ashihara, and doctor Kaoru Kino[[labelnote:more]]Though ''Agito'' aired in 2001, the official backstory says it takes place two years after the rise of the Grongi (''Kuuga''), which occurred in 2000.[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/KamenRiderAgito'')
* People in Tokyo begin being abducted by monsters that come from mirrors and other reflective surfaces. Intern reporter Shinji Kido gets caught up in the incident and comes into the possession of an Advent Deck, which allows the bearer to form a contract with such monsters and become a Kamen Rider. The Riders are set against one another in the Rider Battle, with the ultimate prize being a single wish; Shinji tries to convince his fellow Riders that more important things are happening, and fights to end the Rider Battle peacefully. (''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'')
* Jacob Kell and his small army of Immortals attack the Sanctuary and exterminate everyone present there except Connor [=MacLeod=], who Kell wants alive, sober and miserable. Duncan [=MacLeod=], Methos, and Joe Dawson go in pursuit, and Duncan finds himself the latest target in Kell's hit list. [[labelnote:more]] The only way for Duncan to kill Kell is to gain another quality Quickening - that of Connor.[[/labelnote]] (''Film/HighlanderEndgame'')
* In the wake of 9/11 and more supervillain attacks than the city deserves, Tesladyne relocates from the Empire State Building to an underground complex beneath a remote island. (''AtomicRobo'')
* A zombie washes ashore on St. Thomas. (''TheZombieSurvivalGuide'')
* The Brainspawn's Infosphere comes online. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* Birth of Kyle Reese. (''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'')
* Network of Intercontinental Expressways opens. (''{{killer7}}'')
* Anubis appears, defeats several System Lords and Tok'ra. The Jaffa Rebellion begins in earnest. Daniel Jackson {{ascend|to a higher plane of existence}}s and is replaced on SG-1 by Langaran defector Jonas Quinn. The United States launches Earth's first spacegoing warship, the BC-303 USS ''Prometheus''. Her hyperdrive fails rather spectacularly during the shakedown cruise, forcing an emergency landing on the planet Tagrea where she remains stranded for the better part of a year. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* Izaya Orihara becomes wanted by the Ikebukuro police and frames Shizuo Heiwajima as an accomplice. While running from the police, Shizuo throws a vending machine at a police car, but is ultimately cleared of all charges once further investigation proves that he could not be involved in the crime. This only serves to fuel the two boys' hatred of each other. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* James Halliday and Ogden Morrow are comfortable millionaires who own mansions. (''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'')
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[[folder:2003]]
* February 2: Hal Nolastname goes go-karting. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* April 17 - Astro Boy is created. (''Manga/AstroBoy'')
* May 25: Tru Davies graduates from college. (''Series/TruCalling'')
* May 26: On the anniversary of her mother's death, Tru Davies starts working at a morgue and begins reliving days to prevent people's deaths. (''Series/TruCalling'')
* May - Commander Harmon Rabb Jr. saves the USS Seahawk Carrier Battle Group in the Arabian Sea from a dirty nuke missile launched from a rouge Iranian diesel sub by puttting his F-14 Tomcat in front of the heat-seeking missile and letting it chase him until it runs out of fuel (''Series/{{JAG}}''.)
* June 12 - Around 3:00 PM, two entities, known as "The Giant" and "The Dragon," appear in Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they engage in battle using mysterious sounds. [[labelnote:more]]After destroying the Grotesquerie Queen-Beast ("The Giant"), Caim and Angelus ("The Dragon") are shot down by the JSDF.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}})''
** This "6-12 Incident" results in 56 fatalities, 320 injuries, and 60 billion yen in damages. The Japanese government attempts a cover-up, but leaked footage continues to circle on the internet. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* June 27: Hal Nolastname visits Pilgrim Village. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 11: Hal Nolastname visits a haunted house, but has a panic attack, forcing it to shut down. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 16 - Two nukes go off in Washington D.C., and a third directed at the Pentagon fizzles. (''TheMerchantPrinces'')
* August 12 - Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame investigate a strange red mist covering the land of Gensokyo. [[labelnote:more]]Remilia Scarlet was the one that caused it, so that she could go out without the sunlight harming her.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'')
* August 14 - Raymond "T-Bone" Kenney hacks into the ctOS system, causing the Northeast blackout of 2003. (''WatchDogs'')
* August 22: Hal Nolastname visits Oceanland, and gets to feed a killer whale. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* August - Tommy Oliver enlists several students in his attempt to keep a psychotic murderer [[JekyllAndHyde with mysterious links to Anton Mercer]] from [[EvilutionaryBiologist bringing back the age of the dinosaurs]]. The battles last through May 2004. (''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'')
* September: Japan hosts an international summit, including Russia and the United States, concerning the 6-12 Incident.
* September 2 - The Pilgrim family moves to [[CanadaEh Northern Ontario]] and Scott starts at St. Joel's Catholic High School. He gets into a fight on his first day and meets Lisa Miller in the principal's office. For a couple weeks, she pursues a friendship with him and he continues to act aloof, leading her to think he hates her. They end up becoming best friends.[[labelnote:Justification]]This was the day after Labor Day in 2003. And yes, they have Labor Day in Canada.[[/labelnote]] (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* October 20 - Majestic-12 sets a $18.6 million bounty on each of the 15 people who could possibly foil their plan to create a new Cold War, including Shane "Scarecrow" Schofield. (''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Scarecrow]]'')
* October 26 - The aforementioned plan is foiled by Schofield and co. [[labelnote:more]]Schofield's girlfriend, is decapitated by Jonathon Killian in the process, leading to four months of stress leave. A French aircraft carrier is also destroyed in the process, leading to another bounty on Schofield's head, this time five million Euros from the French military.[[/labelnote]] (''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Scarecrow]]'')
* December - First cases of what will later be called White Chlorination Syndrome in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The disease causes victims' bodies to break down into sodium chloride, and has a 100% mortality rate.
* Mid-December - The crew of Moya arrives on Earth in a time-frame where they don't have to worry about {{temporal paradox}}es. [[labelnote:more]]They leave on Christmas Day, in order to protect Earth from everyone who's looking for Crichton's wormhole knowledge.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Farscape}}'')
* December 26 - Bun-Bun kills Santa Claus, becoming the new Emperor of Holidays. (Webcomic/SluggyFreelance)
* Negi Springfield travels to Japan. ({{Negima}})
* High school student Light Yagami finds a mysterious notebook on the ground at his school. (''Manga/DeathNote'', manga version)
* Californian hidden ninja academies are ransacked with all students kidnapped in a brutal attack by the ninja exiled in 1975. The remaining forces from two (barely) surviving academies successfully wage a counter-attack. (Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm)
* Metroplex is constructed. Earth Defence Command is set up, with Marisa Faireborn in a position of leadership. (''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'')
* Nicholas Angel obtains a Peace Lily, and starts tending to it. This causes a rift between him and his girlfriend, Janine, who feels he cares more for the plant than he does for her. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* Buffy Summers leaves Sunnydale [[labelnote:more]]as it's falling into a sinkhole, after defeating The First Evil[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* The Bride awakens from her coma and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge}}. (''Film/KillBill'')
* The Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica [[ComicBook/JLAAvengers teams up]] with Comicbook/TheAvengers to defeat Krona. (Creator/DCComics, Creator/MarvelComics)
* A team of scientists drill to the Earth's core to restart its rotation. (''Film/TheCore'')
* A reporter temporarily gains the power of God. (''BruceAlmighty'')
* [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] battles [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. (''Film/FreddyVsJason'')
* Leonard becomes roommates with Sheldon. (''TheBigBangTheory'')
* Dave Davenport becomes unstuck in time, and [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble now never has smoked]]. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* A rave is held in Isla de la Muerta in broad daylight. (''Film/HouseOfTheDead'')
* An alternative Ninth Doctor fights off the Shalka's plans to render the Earth uninhabitable (or to them, inhabitable). (''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' [animated serials])
* The Smart Brain Corporation begins attempting to take over the world through the Orphnochs, beings believed to be the next step in human evolution. They develop three sets of Rider Gear, which turn the wearers into powerful armored warriors, to protect the nascent Orphnoch King. However the former members of the Ryusei School, a group of orphans adopted by Smart Brain's founder, begin to fight back with the stolen Gear, accidentally involving the loner Takumi Inui in their battle. (''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'')
* A time travel "paradox-free" duplicate of Philip J. Fry finds a new job in an aquarium. He is tasked with taking care of Leelu the nawhal, a rare whale. He would keep this hobby until 2010. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* Inbred killers chase people in the forests of West Virginia. (''Film/WrongTurn'')
* US government takes control of what remains of Cyberdyne Systems and contracts AI research to Cyber Research Systems. (''{{Terminator}}'')
* Construction begins on International Mass-Scale Transportation System. Radioactive material is sealed in an artificial island in the Indian Ocean. Intercontinental ballistic missiles are detonated high above the atmosphere. Heaven Smiles make their first public appearance by suicide bombing a UN meeting. (''{{killer7}}'')
* An army of hired killers dressed as Squeky Clean company workers eliminate various people in New York City. (''MaxPayne2TheFallOfMaxPayne'')
* Anubis uses the Eyes of the Goa'uld to assemble a superweapon which he uses to blow up Abydos. [[labelnote:more]]Oma Desala helps the Abydonians to collectively ascend.[[/labelnote]] The other System Lords temporarily unite under Yu, but are no match for Anubis. SG-1, in collaboration with the descended Daniel Jackson, defeats Anubis with an [[CrazyEnoughToWork "absolutely insane" plan]]. Ba'al takes command of the united System Lords. Anubis develops the Kull {{super soldier}}s and uses them to kill off several minor Goa'uld and take their armies. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The creature EI-01 crash lands on Earth, stopped by the mechanoid lion Galeon. Astronaut Guy Shishioh is gravely wounded by EI-01's arrival and is rescued by Galeon, being rebuilt as a cyborg. (''GaoGaiGar'')
* Metal Sonic, tired of Eggman's failures, imprisons him and lures Sonic and his friends into a trap to wipe them all out. Shadow the Hedgehog seemingly returns to life during this time. (''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'')
* Francis Nolastname and Piama Tananahaakna marry a month after they meet. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2003-2004]]
* Over the course of their sophomore year, Scott Pilgrim and Lisa Miller form a band. Scott recruits Kim Pine, his partner in one of his classes, as drummer for the band, and proceeds to develop feelings for her. On a Monday, a gang from Benvie Tech High School attacks St. Joel's, and Scott goes to Benvie Tech to fight Simon Lee, a sinister Benvie Tech student who kidnapped Kim. Scott rescues her and they begin dating.[[labelnote:more]]This proves to be a false memory; in reality, Simon Lee was Kim's boyfriend who Scott punched in the face when he saw them hugging. She then broke up with Simon to date Scott.[[/labelnote]] Scott loses his virginity to Kim, but they break up when Scott has to move to Toronto.[[labelnote:more]]Scott doesn't tell Kim this, she instead learns about it from Lisa. [[/labelnote]] (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Assumed date of the formation of the Galactic Federation.[[labelnote:Justification]]The formation is assumed to be around this date as Metroid takes place in an alternative history where a sudden shift in the Milky Way brought all the intelligent species of the galaxy together. It is likely that the Cosmic Calendar is just a fancy name for "Gregorian Calendar but in space"[[/labelnote]] ({{Metroid}})
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2004]]
* March 3 - Federal agent Jack Bauer thwarts an attempt to assassinate U.S. Senator and presidential candidate David Palmer. ([[Series/TwentyFour 24]])[[labelnote:more]]This and all ''24'' dates should be considered {{Fanon}}, as the show's creators have been deliberately careless about chronology. For instance, Day One takes place on Super Tuesday in an election year (2000 or '04), but one of its [[TheDragon Dragons]], Alexis Drazen, was born on 24 January 1967 and is listed as 35 years old, thus placing the season in... 2002.[[/labelnote]]
* March - SEMME has its climactic battle with the Martians. ({{Walkyverse}})
* April - TV Tropes is established, primarily serving as a Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}} wiki. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Thousands of lives are ruined.]]
* May 8 - Reimu and Marisa go out in search of whatever or whoever is causing the prolonged winter. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'')
* Spring - Shaun makes plans with his girlfriend to have dinner at a new place. He misses the plans, and she dumps him. (''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'')
** An epidemic of zombies infests the world, (England and London in particular). Shaun gathers his best friend Ed, Liz and her two roommates, Daniel and Diane, and his mother and step-father to try to save them. [[labelnote:spoilers]]Of all of these people, one is killed, one is turned into a zombie and killed, and two are turned into zombies and left alive.[[/labelnote]] (''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'')
* June - Ramona Flowers and Todd Ingram graduate high school. Because Todd is going to vegan college and Ramona to the University of California in the Sky, they break up. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Early July - A T-X kills several future members of the human resistance. It is destroyed by John Connor and Katherine Brewster with the aid of a reprogrammed and upgraded T-800. (''{{Terminator}}'')
* July 24 - A computer virus spreads across civilian and military computer networks. (''{{Terminator}}'')
* July 25 - [[AIIsACrapshoot Skynet]] becomes self-aware, and launches a nuclear attack on the Earth, killing billions. ({{Terminator}} 3: Rise of the Machines)
* August: The Mamu logging company is shut down after clearing the forest; the land is bought by a mining company. Francis Nolastname and Piama Tananahaakna move south. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* September 19 - Usean Continental War breaks out (AceCombat 04)
* September 22 - Oceanic Flight 815 crash-lands on The Island. [[labelnote:more]]There are roughly 70 survivors; John Locke regains the use of his legs. [[/labelnote]] (Series/{{Lost}})
* September 27-28 - The moon in Gensokyo is replaced with a fake one, and time is stopped so that the real one can be found. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Imperishable Night'')
* September: Malcolm Nolastname starts high school. Francis and Piama start work at the Grotto. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* October - White Chlorination Syndrome continues to spread through Shinjuku, and some infected persons begin going into psychotic fits before death. Quarantine measures escalate until the Japanese government constructs what is soon called the "Wall of Jericho" around the area, while assuring the international community that treatment will continue of citizens sealed off in Shinjuku. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* October 9 - The supercomputer is turned back on. (''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'')
* November 25 - The detective known as L who was working on the Kira investigation was murdered by a God of Death who was manipulated by Kira himself. Other victims include L's assistant and butler, Quillish Wammy, as well as Rem, the Death God herself. (''Death Note'')
* November 4 - The Hatch is opened by the Losties. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* November 27 - The Hatch's computer is destroyed, but the system starts failing. Desmond saves the world by using his failsafe, and the sky turns purple briefly. [[labelnote:more]]This burst of electromagnetism alerts Penelope Widmore[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* November - According to John Titor's predictions, civil unrest centers around the U.S. presidential campaign.
* Autumn - Leon S. Kennedy is sent to rural Europe to rescue the President of the United States' daughter from the cult Los Illuminados. Ada Wong steals a "sample" [[labelnote:more]]of the parasite known as Las Plagas from the corpse of the cult's leader Osmund Saddler.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'')
* December - The last media transmissions from Shinjuku are abruptly cut off. Footage of a white giant circulates on the internet. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* December 22 - The science team from the freighter, the ''Kahana'', sent by Charles Widmore, land on the Island. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* December 31 - Several people make it off The Island [[labelnote:more]] ...while everyone else jumps through time. The Oceanic Six are rescued.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* The original Franchise/{{Godzilla}} from [[Film/{{Gojira}} 1954]] is resurrected by the vengeful spirits of forgotten soldiers that died in WWII and sets forth to seek revenge on Japan. Three guardian-monsters known as Mothra, Baragon, and King Ghidorah are awakened in order to stop Godzilla's wrath. (''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'').
* Decepticons conquer Cybertron. Autobots retain control of the moons. (''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'').
* Starscream, having been resurrected by Unicron, travels back in time to assasinate Optimus Prime, pursued by Star Saber and Victory Leo. Beast Megatron, having travelled through the Blasty Zone, arrives to save Starscream, but is driven off by the timely arrival of Optimus Primal. They are soon joined by Lio Convoy, who fight against Beast Megatron, Starscream, Smokescreen, Gigant Bomb, and Rebirth Megatron (who originally posed as an Autobot, Reverse Convoy). (''{{Transformers}}: Robot Masters'')
* Axe Cop, real name Axey Smartist, is born to Bobber and Gobber Smartist. (Webcomic/AxeCop)
* Ashley Graham kidnapped by Jack Krauser and handed over to Los Immunados patriarch, Osmund Saddler. Krauser and Ada Wong, under orders from Albert Wesker, attempt to obtain Las Plagas samples; Krauser is apparently killed in the attempt. Leon Kennedy travels to Spain and rescues Ashley, killing Saddler in the process. (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'')
* [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis Sue Dibny is murdered.]] (Creator/DCComics)
* A [[Comicbook/{{Runaways}} group of youngsters]] discover their parents are supervillains, and resolve to stop them. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* A rapid-fire series of disasters [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled shatter]] Comicbook/TheAvengers.[[labelnote:more]]It's the Scarlet Witch's fault; later retconned to be DoctorDoom's.[[/labelnote]] (Creator/MarvelComics)
* NickFury engages in a ComicBook/SecretWar against Latveria. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Namie Yagiri shows her brother Seiji Yagiri Celty's head. Seiji falls in love with it. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* A [[ComicBook/NewAvengers new Avengers team]] is formed, including Franchise/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Max Walker of TEC resolves to stop the corrupt Senator [=McComb=]. (''{{Timecop}}'')
* Gregory House deals with challenging medical cases. (''Series/{{House}}'')
* Global warming leads to a new ice age. (''TheDayAfterTomorrow'')
* Napoleon Dynamite helps his friend Pedro run for class president. (''Film/NapoleonDynamite'')
* Archaeologists in the Antarctic wind up caught between [[Franchise/{{Alien}} two]] [[Franchise/{{Predator}} groups]] of extraterrestrials. (''Film/AlienVsPredator'')
** A battle between two groups of aliens spills over into Gunnison, Colorado. (''AlienVsPredator: Requiem'')
* Benjamin Franklin Gates hunts for the Founding Fathers' hidden treasure. (''NationalTreasure'')
* Coop finds Megas in a junkyard and rebuilds the robot his way. Kiva and the Glorft both arrive looking for Megas. Coop, piloting Megas, beats up a lot of bad guys. (''MegasXLR'')
* An incident occurs in which Nicholas Angel swears off the use of guns. [[labelnote:more]]This is possibly the incident when he shoots a drug dealer, which he describes to Danny Butterman later.[[/labelnote]] (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* The events of ''Un-Man'' occur. (''The Psychotechnic League'')
* Sergeant First Class William James becomes a team leader of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq, after the previous leader is killed. (''TheHurtLocker'')
* Time-Travelling Xindi from the 22nd century arrive in Detroit, Michigan. They hire Loomis, a local blood bank worker, to acquire eight samples of Human blood for them. The Xindi need to study Human physiology before being able to produce a suitable bioweapon. (''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'')
* The BOARD Corporation accidentally releases the ancient monsters known as the Undead from their confinement. They begin the Battle Royale, which will determine the dominant species on the planet. Former BOARD employee Kazuma Kenzaki uses Rider System 02 (Blade) to battle and seal the Undead before they can destroy humanity. (''Series/KamenRiderBlade'')
* Doctor Impossible unleashes his fifth Doomsday Device, The Meta-Metavirus, is defeated for the 12th time and incarcerated.
* The Key to the World, a trinklet which grants the holder dominion over Earth, is brought to Townsville.[[labelnote:more]]It is eventually claimed by Mojo Jojo, who uses his new power to end war, hunger, and poverty, establish free electricity for life, and give everyone puppies. then he gets bored and returns to villainy.[[/labelnote]](''ThePowerpuffGirls'')
* The SGC develops a weapon to combat the Kull warriors. Anubis launches a full-scale attack on Earth. SG-1 locates and activates an Ancient outpost in Antarctica, destroying his fleet. Jack O'Neill is promoted to Brigadier General, takes command of the SGC, and promotes Samantha Carter to Lieutenant Colonel. Ba'al steps into the power vacuum left by Anubis and begins driving back the other System Lords. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The SGC sends an expedition through the stargate to coordinates found in the Ancient outpost. They discover {{Atlantis}}, an Ancient city-ship, in the oceans of a planet in the Pegasus Galaxy, and begin battling the vampiric race known as the Wraith. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro are recruited by two mysterious fairies to battle the forces of the Dark Zone. They become the first modern day Pretty Cure (''FutariWaPrettyCure'')
* Wilma "Will" Vandom, Hay Lin, Irma Lair, Cornelia Hale and Taranee Cook become the new Guardians of the Veil, AKA [[FunWithAcronyms WITCH]]. They spend the next two years liberating the planet Meridian from Prince Phobos, aided by rebel leader Caleb, and installing his long-lost sister Elyon Brown, as the true ruler. [[labelnote:Justification]]When the series starts, they're listed as 13 years old, but when the second season starts, which is immediately after the first season, they're 15[[/labelnote]] (''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}})
* Kitty Kenarben leaves her husband and son. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2005]]
* January 1 - The Tenth Doctor regenerates. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* January 20 - Sam Axe is honorably discharged from the US Navy. (''BurnNoticeTheFallOfSamAxe'')
* February - Solid Snake infiltrates Shadow Moses to stop renegade members of FOXHOUND. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* March 5 - Rose Tyler meets the Ninth Doctor. [[labelnote:pedantry]]Technically, her first meeting with the Ninth Doctor was in 1987 on the day her father died, although she was no more than a year old then. She also meets Ten on January 1, immediately before his regeneration.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* March 6 - Mickey Smith meets the Ninth Doctor. [[labelnote:pednatry]]Also met in 1987 at a young age.[[/labelnote]] Plastic shop window dummies attack central London. [[labelnote:more]]Mickey is kidnapped by the Nestene and is replaced by a duplicate. The Nestene Consciousness starts taking control of the dummies from the London Eye, but Rose stops it.[[/labelnote]] Rose joins the TARDIS. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* March - George Sears "resigns" as president. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* April - Now a sergeant, Nicholas Angel receives an award. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* September 26 - Megalith is destroyed, ending the Usean Continental War. (AceCombat 04)
* December - Sergeant Angel is stabbed in the hand [[SurpriseSantaEncounter by a man in a Santa Claus suit]]. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
** Nicholas Angel is given time off to recover. During this time, his girlfriend Janine leaves him, feeling he's unable to "switch off" his police officer mindset. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* December 24 - A 10-year old resident of Los Angeles creates the Pluto's Kiss virus, disabling almost all computer systems worldwide for a period of 77 minutes. Internet usage is restricted to government and business use only for the next 2 years. (Franchise/DotHack)
* Demons invade Briarwood a second time, leader killed this time. (Series/PowerRangersMysticForce)
* Offworld aliens begin the process of immigrating to Earth. (Series/PowerRangersSPD)
* The single universe created in the [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis of 1985]] is [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis reshuffled]], different universes becoming dominant in certain areas due to the actions of the heroes of the first event. The multiverse is reborn in miniature as [[ComicBook/FiftyTwo fifty-two]] new universes are created. (Creator/DCComics)
* Battle of Autobot City; Optimus Prime and Megatron are fatally wounded. The former dies, the latter is upgraded into Galvatron. Attack on Cybertron by Unicron, who is defeated by the ascendancy of Rodimus Prime and the energies of the Matrix of Leadership. Angolmois energy scattered through space and time. (''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'')
* Alternate timeline temporarily created where [[ComicBook/HouseOfM mutants are the dominant species]]. After reality is restored, many mutants are turned into normal humans, drastically reducing the mutant population. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Martians invade, killed by germs. (''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' [2005 film])
* An overabundance of flowers is spotted covering Gensokyo, and Reimu, Marisa and the other heroines set out to pinpoint the cause. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'')
* A documentary crew begins filming at the Scranton branch of office supply company Dunder Mifflin. (''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]]: An American Workplace'')
* A sudden increase in the number of Makamou causes the secret organization Takeshi to spring into action, sending its Oni warriors to protect humanity against the supernatural threat. The young civilian Asumu Adachi encounters the Oni known only as Hibiki, and becomes his student in the hopes of someday becoming an Oni himself. (''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'')
* Atomic Robo and a team of Tesladyne Action Scientists encounters a [[StupidJetpackHitler cyborg-producing Helsingard complex]] beneath a village in Italy's Apennie Mountains (''AtomicRobo'')
* Marshall Ericksen and Lily Aldrin get engaged, prompting Ted Mosby to begin his (apparently interminable) search for true love. Shortly thereafter, he meets and falls in love with Robin Scherbatsky. (''Series/HowIMetYourMother'')
* Terry Higgans fakes his death. (TrueCrimeNewYorkCity)
* The first Slasher incidents occur in Ikebukuro. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Anri Sonohara is physically abused by her father. Although this is not an uncommon occurrence, it causes her mother to snap and use the demon blade Saika to kill her husband and then herself, right before Anri's eyes. Saika then goes into Anri. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* In revenge for Terry's death Marcus Reed takes down all of New Yorks gangs looking for a mole in the NYPD finding out it's Terry Higgans before killing Terry in a fight on a train. (TrueCrimeNewYorkCity)
* Ramona Flowers dates her college roommate Roxie Richter at some point around this time. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* [[labelnote:Series spoilers]]A Japanese high school is rocked by a pair of murders. Two students, one male and one female, are both found dead, and a third who happened to be a close friend of both is missing. An investigation finds that the male had been known to be romantically involved with both females, as well as a number of other students.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:more]]Using the release date of the original visual novel.[[/labelnote]] (''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'')
* The Replicators, under the command of a {{robot|me}}ic version of Samantha Carter, invade the Milky Way and begin assimilating Goa'uld motherships, killing most of the remaining System Lords; they are finally destroyed by an Ancient superweapon on Dakara. Ba'al is defeated by the Jaffa Rebellion. Anubis attacks Dakara but the ascended Ancient Oma Desala sacrifices herself to [[SealedEvilInADuel bind him on the higher planes in eternal ascended combat]]. Jack O'Neill is promoted to Major General and transfers to the Pentagon; Hank Landry replaces him as CO of Stargate Command. Using Ancient communication stones, the SGC accidentally reveals the Milky Way to the Ancients' {{evil counterpart}}s the Ori, who launch a crusade to forcibly convert the galaxy to their worship. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The Zonder make their appearance. Guy Shishioh, now Cyborg Guy, and Galeon battle these beasts by becoming the Super Robot GaoGaiGar. They are aided by the Gutsy Geoid (later Galaxy) Guard and former Zonder general Soldato J. (''GaoGaiGar'')
* The Dark Zone is defeated, but at cost of Nagisa and Honoka's abilities to become the Pretty Cure. Life resumed normally to the two... until shortly after... (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'')
* The Queen of the Garden of Light is separated into different forms. One of them, a girl named Hikari Kujou, becomes Shiny Luminous and joins Nagisa and Honoka in their adventures (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Max Heart'')
* The Black Arms race arrives on Earth, intending on using humanity as their food source. Shadow the Hedgehog learns of his true purpose and eradicates the race. (''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'')
* Steven Prince's firm is bought out. (''Film/TheWorldsEnd'')
* In Scotland, Hugh "Wee Hughie" Campbell's girlfriend is killed by A-Train's carelessness. Billy Butcher reconvenes The Boys, bringing in Wee Hughie to bring the number up to five in the absence of Greg Mallory. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* Dewey Nolastname is accidentally put in his school's special needs class. A fraud conspiracy is brought to light at the company where Hal Nolastname works. Reese Nolastname joins the army and is sent to Afghanistan. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Research continues into White Chlorination Syndrome, while the JSDF continues to defend the Wall of Jericho from infected berserkers. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2006]]
* March - The Slitheen are defeated thanks to the Doctor, Rose and Mickey Smith. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* April 23 - Sergeant Nicholas Angel is transferred from London to Sandford. [[labelnote:details]]The reason given is that he so out-classes his fellow officers that they are beginning to look bad.[[/labelnote]] Upon arriving in Sandford, he immediately arrests a group of village youths for underage drinking, as well as PC Danny Butterman for drunk driving. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* April 27 - Sergeant Angel chases and arrests a shop-lifter, but Simon Skinner, who owns the supermarket that was being robbed, does not press charges. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* April 28 - Martin Blower and Eve Draper star in an atrocious production of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. Later that night, they are brutally murdered. When the bodies are discovered, their deaths are attributed to a car accident. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* April 29 - An explosion destroys the home of George Merchant, killing him in the process. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* May 1 - Tim Messinger is killed when a spire breaks off the decrepit church and smashes his head. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* May 11 - Sergeant Nicholas Angel, with the aid of Danny Butterman and most of the Sandford police force, engage in an epic shootout and arrest Sandford's entire Neighborhood Watch Association with no fatalities. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* Spring-Summer - Nanoha Takamachi receives Raising Heart, befriends Fate Testarossa, and helps the TSAB to resolve the Jewel Seed incident. (''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'')
* June 4 - Hayate Yagami becomes the final master of the Book of Darkness and the Wolkenritter (''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'')
* June
** [[Film/JamesBond Bond]], after defeating Le Chiffre at both the stock market and poker, gets his heart broken. (''Film/CasinoRoyale'')
** Reese Nolastname deliberately fails his final exams to stay at home for another year. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 3 - John Horus, member of the Seven Guns, assassinates the United States President, Vice-President and several advisors. A manhunt begins for rest of the group. (''ComicBook/BlackSummer'')
* July 9 - After trying to find his way back to the surface world, the rat Roddy St. James discovers a plot by the Toad to flood the sewer rats' home. (''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'')
* September 6 - Scott Pilgrim starts at the University of Toronto and meets Stephen Stills and Wallace Wells[[labelnote:more]]in a manner eerily similar to his meeting Lisa Miller[[/labelnote]]. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* September 7 - Team Kimba's first day of school at the Whateley Academy (WhateleyUniverse)
* September - Blon Fel-fotch Slitheen sets forth a plan to escape the Earth using an interdimensional rift using the TARDIS. [[labelnote:more]]It backfires, regressing Blon into an egg. The Doctor and Rose send the egg to a Raxacoricofallapatorian family to start life anew.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* October 3 - An accident that occurs while a mysterious artifact is being probed causes a whole bunch of mucking around in the space-time continuum. (''Series/{{Eureka}}'')
* October - Operation Katina. (AceCombat 5)
* October/November - A giant van opens up the heart of the TARDIS to make Rose travel to 200,100. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* November - Matthew Santos elected president of the United States (TheWestWing)
* Autumn
** Jack Donaghy transfers from a GE appliance division to become a major executive at Creator/{{NBC}}. [[labelnote:more]] Jack retains the title of "Head of East Coast and Microwave Oven Programming", but does not interact with the microwave team for the rest of his run at GE.[[/labelnote]] Tracy Jordan joins the cast of NBC sketch comedy program ''The Girlie Show'', which is almost immediately renamed ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''. (''Series/ThirtyRock'')
** NBS gets a new network president, Jordan [=McDeere=]. Its flagship show, ''Studio 60,'' gets a new production team of Matt Albie and head writer Danny Tripp after the previous show runner, Wes Mendell, delivers an impromtu diatribe on the state of American television on air. (Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip)
** Kitty Kenarben reunites with her family. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Late November/Early December: Francis Nolastname loses his job. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* December 25 -
** A regenerated Tenth Doctor defeats the Sycorax leader... with a satsuma. His hand is also cut off, but he just grows a new one due to the early hours of regeneration cycle. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** The Book of Darkness incident is resolved. (''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'')
* Archaeologist Andrew Hartford hires a team to help him search for the jewels of an artifact called the Corona Aurora. (''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'')
* The Decepticons driven off of Cybertron and settle on Charr. Galvatron returns to lead his people, completely insane. Quintessons attempt to use the leaderless Decepticons to shut all Cybertronians down, but they are thwarted. (''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', cartoon continuity)
* Kida Masaomi moves to Tokyo, but keeps in contact with childhood friend Mikado Ryugamine. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Annihilus invades the positive matter universe]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] exiled to an [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk alien planet]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Superhuman Registration Act [[ComicBook/CivilWar divides America's superheroes]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Ben Tennyson finds the Omnitrix and uses it to battle evil. (''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'')
* Shawn Spencer begins acting as a "psychic" consultant for the Santa Barbara PD. (''{{Psych}}'')
* Matt Saunders enters a relationship with superhero G-Girl. (''MySuperExGirlfriend'')
* Harold Crick begins to hear a voice narrating his life. (''StrangerThanFiction'')
* Sam Tyler is hit by a car and awakens in 1973. (''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'')
* While testing the myth that hatmaking chemicals cause insanity, [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]] dies of mercury poisoning. In the afterlife, [[ChessWithDeath he challenges Death of Inhaling Hatmaking Chemicals to a mythbusting duel]]. He then revives the brain of Hitler (who had died in the Reichstag fire of 1933), solely using equipment that would have been available to the Germans at the time; proving that Nazi Science could have kept Hitler's brain alive in a jar. Having won the duel, Adam is sent back to life in his own time, as is Hitler's brain. (''IrregularWebcomic'')
* Scott Pilgrim's college career. He meets [[OccidentalOtaku Natalie Adams]] through his friend's girlfriend Julie Powers, her roommate. The two of them start dating, against Julie's wishes, and Scott, Stephen, and Natalie form a band, Kid Chameleon. Natalie begins to change, selling all her anime merchandise and asking that people call her "Envy". She takes control of the band, recruiting Steph Nordegraf, Cole, and an unnamed guitarist, and moving Scott from bass to drums. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Tokyo is beset by Worms, a race of shapeshifting aliens with an unknown agenda. The secret organization ZECT begins production of the Masked Rider System to battle the Worms, but the first completed Zecter, the Kabuto Zecter, falls into the hands of the mysterious Souji Tendo, who fights the Worms on his own terms and refuses to work with ZECT. (''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'')
* The Egyptian government sends Atomic Robo and a team of Action Scientists to deal with a steampowered pyramid supertank. In the wake of the mission, Tesladyne employee Jenkins is ordered on a week-long vacation, over which he destroys the Ramirez cartel. (''AtomicRobo'')
* Otani-Lincoln Laboratories sign a 100-year research agreement with GDI. (''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'')
* Jamal Malik, an uneducated call centre assistant from the slumbs of Mumbai, becomes the first person to win the jackpot on India's ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''. (''SlumdogMillionaire'')
* The disappearance of Corefire, Doctor Impossible escapes jail and unleashes his sixth Doomsday Device, Iceworld. (''SoonIWillBeInvincible'')
* A drug cartel called the Lucian Alliance rises into the power vacuum left by the fallen Goa'uld Empire. USS ''Prometheus'' is destroyed by an Ori KillSat. The Ori collapse the planet [=P3Y-229=] into a supergate to send a fleet of warships into the Milky Way, [[CurbStompBattle steamrolling]] a combined fleet of Tau'ri, Jaffa, Asgard, and Lucian Alliance ships that attempts to stop them. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The Atlantis Expedition encounters the Asurans, a race of Replicator kin created by the Ancients. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* The 11 Masters of Sol invade Earth. The Gutsy Galaxy Guard chases after them and is listed as MIA after defeating them (''GaoGaiGar FINAL'')
* The Dark King is defeated for good, ending Nagisa, Honoka and Hikari's adventures, but they would stay on call whenever trouble arises. (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Max Heart'')
* The Dark Fall threatens the world by attempting to obtain 7 World Fountains. It's up to Saki Hyuuga and Mai Mishou to 'take up Nagisa and Honoka's mantle' as the new Pretty Cure to defeat the Dark Fall (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'')
* Nothing happened here that involved a hedgehog and a princess who won't cry. [[CosmicRetcon Seriously. Move along.]] (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'')
* Nerissa returns following Phobos' fall. The Veil on Meridian is lifted, granting the Guardians brand new powers. Nerissa "recruits" a number of people in her attacks and loses them soon after, including Will Vandom's boyfriend Matt Olsen and Nerissa's former teammates, including resurrecting her old friend Cassidy. Cornelia's sister Lilian is revealed to have the power of the Heart of the World and Caleb learns Nerissa's his mom. (''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'')
* A mysterious woman named Cassandra attacks Griffin and Madison, capturing their son Brandon and using mind-control to usurp control of their army. The couple pursue her across the continent and into Europe, defeating and allying with various tank-riding gangs as they fight for their child. (''VideoGame/BattleTanx: Global Assault'')
* An unknown party attacks the government research facility housing the remains of "the Dragon" from the 6-12 Incident. Afterward the corpse is moved to a new location, rumored to be in America. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2007]]
* January 9 - Yuuto Sakurai disappears the day before his marriage to Airi Nogami, leaving her with no memory of his existence. (''Series/KamenRiderDenO'')
* February 1 - In a parallel universe, the TARDIS lands in a world full of zeppelins... and Cybermen. After destroying the factory in London, the Tenth Doctor and Rose return to their normal universe, but Mickey stays behind. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Between January and March -
** Deffrey Vale School is infiltrated by the Krillitane amalgam race. The Tenth Doctor, Mickey, Rose and Sarah Jane investigate. K-9 Mk III is destroyed in the battle, but the Doctor gives Sarah Jane a replacement. Mickey joins the TARDIS. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** (estimated) Mr. Saxon rises to rank of UK Minister of Defence as if from nowhere. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* March - K-9 is left to guard a black hole from consuming the Earth. Meanwhile The Slitheen establish Coldfire Construction in their plans to power down the Sun and scavenge the Earth. (''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'')
* Between January and April - Elton Pope joins a group of people investigating the Doctor and alien invasions, dubbing it "LINDA" (London Investigation 'n' Detective Agency). LINDA discover the Fifth [[labelnote:justification]]throwaway line in "Time Crash"[[/labelnote]] and Tenth Doctors, but only fleetingly. [[labelnote:more]]Victor Kennedy takes over this gang, absorbing most of them, before being defeated by the Tenth Doctor.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Spring: Francis and Hal Nolastname take a father-son motorcycle trip for Francis' 21st birthday. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* April: Francis Nolastname starts working at Amerisys Industries. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Between May and June - The Battle of Canary Wharf. [[labelnote:more]]The Cybus Cybermen and the Daleks, save the Cult of Skaro, are pulled into the Void, while Rose gets trapped in an alternate universe in 2010. The Tenth Doctor says his last goodbyes.[[/labelnote]] Around the same time, the Racnoss comes out of hiding to take over H.C. Clements [[labelnote:more]]after discovering Torchwood One has synthesised her power source that can awaken her children after billions of years. She tells Lance, the coffee boy of that company to start her schemes.[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'' [[labelnote:justification]]The Racnoss appears to start her plans around June, six months before "The Runaway Bride". It can probably be inferred this comes after Torchwood One's collapse.[[/labelnote]])
* June -
** Ned Bigby, Jennifer Mosely and Simon Cook graduate from Polk Middle School. (''NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'')
** Donna Noble turns left and gets a job as a temp at HC Clements, which leads to her adventures with the Tenth Doctor. [[labelnote:more]]The coffee boy Lance bonds with Donna, feeding her coffee with trace amounts of Huon particles over six months in order to awaken the Racnoss offspring.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]] In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, she turns right and becomes a secretary, never meeting the Doctor until after his death. Donna, with the help of Rose's cannibalisation of the TARDIS in 2009, travels through time and reverses these events, waking up on the planet Shan Shen, knocking the Trickster beetle off her back.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** Malcolm and Reese Nolastname graduate from high school. Reese starts work as a janitor. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 7 - Haruhi Suzumiya and "John Smith" use a field stripe marker to deface the athletic field of East Junior High School in Nishinomiya, Japan, with unknown ideograms later interpreted as "I am here". This incident is, or becomes, the earliest point to which TimeTravel is possible. (''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'')
* July - After fleeing a mob to Alaska [[labelnote:more]]In all fairness, it was Spider-Pig's fault[[/labelnote]], Homer Simpson returns, saving Springfield, USA from being turned into the second Grand Canyon by the Environmental Protection Agency and reconciles with Marge. Again. (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'')
* August 8 - Solid Snake infiltrates the ''USS Discovery'' to obtain photographic evidence of Metal Gear RAY. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'')
* September 9 - John and Sarah Connor and Cameron arrive in this time and resolve to take down [=SkyNet=] once and for all. Cromartie's head, which has also arrived now, begins rebuilding itself. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* September: Malcolm Nolastname begins his studies at Harvard. Lois gets pregnant yet again. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* c. September/October - Gods from the outside world enter Gensokyo and begin amassing faith, and Reimu goes to confront them to prevent the closing of her own shrine. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Mountain of Faith'')
* c. October -
** Gwen Cooper fills Suzie Costello's position in Torchwood Three after Suzie commits suicide. (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
** Derek Reese and three other Resistance fighters arrive now from 2027. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* October 25 - Derek Reese kills the author of a chess programme that would have been a predecessor to [=SkyNet=], then joins up with John and Sarah Connor. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* November 14 - Cameron is damaged in a car explosion and tries to kill John Connor. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* November: Dakota Bob Schaefer is killed by a rabid wolverine; Vic the Veep becomes president. The next day, the Homelander leads America's supes in a coup d'etat, killing Vic; all involved are killed by the US military using special CIA-developed weaponry. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is appointed president. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* December 24 - Donna Noble meets the Tenth Doctor for the first time, after she was teleported into his TARDIS on accident. [[labelnote:more]]The Racnoss race is ended once and for after the Doctor drowned the Racnoss offspring and Mr. Saxon, aka the Master, who escaped Malcassairo in the year 100 trillion orders a tank to shoot the ship down.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]]In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Racnoss is still defeated, but the Doctor drowns as Donna doesn't tell him to stop and Mr. Saxon, aka the Master remains on Malcassairo in the year 100 trillion. This universe's Donna meets Rose for the first time here.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December - Aliens attack Los Angeles. Duke Nukem kicks their asses. (''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'')
* By this time, the Quintessons have scattered across the galaxy. Unleashing of the HatePlague. Revival of Optimus Prime, who retrieves the Matrix from Rodimus and cures the plague. (''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', cartoon continuity)
* [[ComicBook/AmazonsAttack Amazons invade America]]. (Creator/DCComics)
* Sinestro creates the Sinestro Corps, which [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar goes to war]] with the GreenLanternCorps and attempts to conquer Earth. (Creator/DCComics)
* Namie Yagiri becomes Yagiri Pharmaceuticals' Research and Development Department. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Seiji tells his sister that he's in love with Celty's head. Out of jealousy, Namie tries to get rid of the head but is too intrigued by it to follow through. She instead conducts experiments on it, and begins to abduct illegal immigrants with the help of Izaya Orihara.
* Ajira Flight 316 crashes on the Island. [[labelnote:ending spoilers]]after John Locke's death. Four of the Oceanic Six end up on the Island 1977 mid-flight with the surviving Losties. Sun, Ben, Ilana and Frank remain in the present. Jacob is murdered by Ben. Desmond is brought to the island by Charles Widmore. The Losties, along with the ones from the DHARMA Initiative return. The Man in Black, also known as the Smoke Monster, takes the form of Locke and starts planning to get off the Island. Jacob is killed by Jack and Hurley becomes the Island's new protector after Jack gives his life to save the Island from destruction. Kate, Lapidus, Miles, Sawyer and Alpert leave the Island.[[/labelnote]] (Series/{{Lost}})
* Death of CaptainAmerica. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Phalanx [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} attempt to conquer the Kree Empire]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] returns to Earth [[ComicBook/WorldWarHulk seeking revenge for his exile]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Spy Michael Westen is abandoned by his superiors and forced to settle in Miami. (''Series/BurnNotice'')
* Autobots and Decepticons battle for the Allspark on Earth. (''[[TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'')
* Moon is colonized; Jacob Hovestraydt founds Hovestraydt City there (''KnownSpace'')
* Valentine Morgenstern attempts to destroy the Clave, but fails. (''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'')
* The demon Lilith revives Jonathan Morgenstern, who creates an order of Dark Shadowhunters. (''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'')
* [[labelnote:some time before]]The time-displaced Billy Shipton adds a message to Sally Sparrow in easter eggs in the [=DVDs=] that she owns, or will own. Larry Nightingale is fascinated by these and transcribes the enigmatic message.[[/labelnote]] Sally Sparrow discovers the Weeping Angels at the old manor Wester Drumlins. [[labelnote:more]]At her friend Kathy Nightingale's house, she sees the first glimpse of the Tenth Doctor's message. Kathy is thrown through time by the Angels. While at Larry's DVD shop the same recording of the Doctor almost appeared to say that he could hear her. She contacts the police, but one of the detectives, Billy Shipton, is sent through time by the Angels as well, dying of old age that night. After discovering the truth behind the [=DVDs=] she returns to Wester Drumlins with Larry. On a portable DVD player, the Doctor's strange words in the DVD easter egg suddenly become part of a two-way conversation. The Doctor warns Sally and Larry of the Weeping Angels. The two board the TARDIS while escaping the Angels, but the TARDIS leaves without them. However, the Angels are locked in place forever.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* The Doctor is chased for his lifespan by the Family of Blood. [[labelnote:more]]He later uses a chameleon arch to hide himself from the time travelling family.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:justification]]while recounting his dream containing these events, the Doctor's human disguise recalls he was in 2007.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Sam Tyler [[labelnote:You know what, spoilers.]]awakens from his coma and dies in an attempt to return to the 1970s.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'')
* Mysterious, genie-like creatures called Imagin begin appearing in Japan, "granting" wishes and attempting to alter history. Luckless high school dropout Ryotaro Nogami is drafted into becoming Den-O, the protector of the timestream, after he accidentally reveals himself to be a Singularity Point; he is later joined by the teenage version of his future brother-in-law, Yuto Sakurai. (''Series/KamenRiderDenO'')
* SCP Foundation recovers the soul extractor from a burned-out factory. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* SG-1 sends the Sangraal to the Ori galaxy through the supergate, killing the Ori. Ba'al implants himself in [[DarkMessiah Adria]], who manages to ascend and gain the power of Origin. The Asgard, having exhausted the last attempt to stop their clone degeneration, transfer the sum total of their knowledge to the SGC and commit mass suicide. SG-1 and General Landry destroy several Ori motherships with Asgard weapons but become trapped in a time dilation field aboard the USS ''Odyssey'' for fifty years, which are then reversed by [[ReversePolarity reversing the polarity]] (except for Teal'c, who had to carry the information on how to escape the Ori ships back in time with him). (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* SG-1 takes the ''Odyssey'' through the supergate to find the Ark of Truth, which they use to reveal the falsity of Ori worship to all devotees of Origin, forcing Adria into [[SealedEvilInADuel eternal battle]] with Morgan la Fay. (''Series/StargateSG1: Film/TheArkOfTruth'')
* The International Oversight Advisory orders the USS ''Apollo'' to the Pegasus Galaxy, carrying the Horizon weapons system, to destroy the warships being constructed on the Asuran homeworld. The Asurans retaliate by sending a KillSat to destroy Atlantis; the Expedition is forced to move the city-ship to another planet. Rodney [=McKay=] triggers an Asuran override code to have them attack the Wraith. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* The Atlantis Expedition discovers a nine-chevron stargate address in the Atlantis information database. The SGC constructs an offworld base, designated [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt Icarus Base]], to research a way to reach it. (''Series/StargateUniverse'')
* The Dark Fall is finally defeated, Saki and Mai can resume their lives, while standing by if a new massive threat comes. (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'')
* Nozomi Yumehara stumbles upon Coco and recruits her friends as the new incarnations of the Pretty Cure to restore the Palmier Kingdom and protect the world from the Nightmares group. (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'')
* Earliest possible date of the first appearance of Cure Moonlight [[labelnote:Justification]] With the exception of Urara (who was 13) and Ako (who was 10), all Pretty Cure are at or about 14 years old. This is also magical girl standard, as well.[[/labelnote]]. (''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'')
* Satellite photos of Shinjuku reveal a black "dot" in the area, but authorities dismiss it as an irregularity. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* Penny moves in into the apartment next to Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter. (''Series/TheBigBangTheory'').
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2008]]
* January 6: Vasili Vashikin is killed[[labelnote:more]]by Billy Butcher[[/labelnote]] to protect a secret. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 7: The Boys are officially disbanded. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 8: Wee Hughie discovers what Vasili Vashikin had unearthed. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 9: Jessica Bradley testifies on behalf of Vought-American. As Billy Butcher's final plan goes into operation, The Boys and their associates are picked off one by one. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 10: Jessica Bradley takes the fall for Vought-American. Wee Hughie stops Billy Butcher from setting off bombs throughout New York. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* February - The TARDIS refuels at the active Cardiff Rift, opened by Owen Harper several days earlier to save the Earth and his team at Torchwood. Jack catches it and causes it to fly to the end of the universe while trying to shake him off. [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]]In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, this does not happen, as the Tenth Doctor is already dead.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho''/''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
* February - The Wall of Jericho is destroyed as berserk white creatures soon called "the Legion," led by a red-eyed variant designated "Red Eyes," overrun JSDF defenders in Shinjuku. Survivors report hearing similar sounds as during the 6-12 Incident. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* May - A giant monster tears up New York City. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Not him.]] (''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'')
** First cases of White Chlorination Syndrome outside Shinjuku. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* June
** Ramona Flowers and Roxie Richter break up and don't have much contact for several years. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
** Susan Rayner's senatorial campaign is crushed when 'Monkey' releases a tape of her having sex with Billy Butcher. Wee Hughie threatens Vought-American with genocide if they ever attempt to weaponise supes again. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* July - War breaks out between two great nations using magnetic force bombs that tilt the Earth off its axis and sinks the continents. The majority of Earth's population is destroyed in the cataclysm. (''FutureBoyConan'')
* c. August - Scientific experiments go horribly awry in the secret Russian town, Gorky 17. The Russian army subsequently bombards the town. (''VideoGame/{{Odium}}'')
* September -
** Martha Jones meets the Tenth Doctor for the first time. The Doctor saves the patients and staff of the Royal Hope Hospital from suffocating on the Moon and defeats the Plasmavore, whom the Judoon execute for murder. Martha joins the TARDIS. [[labelnote:more]]She and Captain Jack, who had joined in the intervening travels, then leave not too long afterwards thanks to the events of the Year That Never Was.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]]In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Judoon still apprehend the Plasmavore, with the help of Sarah Jane Smith and Martha, but both, along with most of the hospital of the hospital die of suffocation. Maria Jackson, Luke Smith and Clyde Langer are also missing and feared dead. The Year That Never Was never shall be as the Master/Prof. Yana remains on Malcassairo at the end of the universe.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** Luke Smith is activated by the Bane. He is later adopted by Sarah Jane Smith, and joins Maria Jackson and Clyde Langer in the fight against alien threats from Ealing. [[labelnote:more]]Over the following months, the Trickster interferes with Sarah Jane's history for the first time. Andrea Yates with the help of Maria Jackson reverses it. The Slitheen return to destroy the world twice. The Xylok Mr. Smith is reformatted and turned to good through a computer virus after almost sending the Moon toward the Earth.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'')
** The Japanese government and imperial family relocate to Kyushu (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* October - Honshu becomes a battleground between the JSDF and the Legion. White Chlorination Syndrome cases skyrocket, as do instances of people transforming into white berserkers. Fleeing Japanese refugees are barred from other countries fearful of WCS. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* October 10 - WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd destroys WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic with the help of Super Mecha Death Christ. (Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses)
* November 22 - Dimension-hopping thief Daiki Kaitou attempts to steal an elaborate gold handgun from the affluent Kurosaki family, but is forced to abandon it after it is damaged during his escape from the police. Two years later, Kaitou would hijack the time-traveling train [=DenLiner=] in order to "redo" the theft, this time preventing the damage as well as saving a number of letters written to the young Reiji Kurosaki by his late mother. This causes a change of heart in the future version of Kurosaki, a member of the TimePolice G-Men, which leads to his partner, the artificial Imagin Eve, going berserk and trying to wipe out humanity. (''[[Series/KamenRiderDenO Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy]]'')
* December 24-25 - The starship Titanic and its nuclear storm drive is set for a collision course with Earth in its voyage of the damned. The Tenth Doctor meets Wilfred Mott for the first time. [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]] In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Titanic crashes into London, wiping out its entire population and irradiating much of the south of England. The UK is cut off from the rest of the world thanks to this disaster. Donna, Wilf and Donna's mother are at safe distance thanks to the intervention of Rose, who tells Donna she is the most important person in the whole of creation (which went about as well as you'd expect). Due to the devastation of her home, Donna's family is forced to move to Leeds.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December 31st - Scott Pilgrim gets a haircut. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
** Scott and Envy Adams have a huge argument that results in them breaking up, throwing Scott into a deep depression that will last until mid-2009, when he graduates. He and Stephen Stills leave Kid Chameleon and Envy starts her own band, The Clash at Demonhead, which hits it big and gets her famous. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Civil war in the United States as predicted by John Titor.
* The demon Dai Shi, sealed in 8,000 B.C., breaks free from his bonds, and the Order of the Claw is forced to pursue and battle him a second time. (''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'')
* [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Darkseid attempts to seize control of reality using the Anti-Life Equation]]. [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] returns to life, but Franchise/{{Batman}} dies.[[labelnote:more]]Actually, he was sent back in time.[[/labelnote]] (Creator/DCComics)
* [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and Mary Jane make a deal with Mephisto and [[Comicbook/OneMoreDay erase their marriage from history]] to save Aunt May. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrulls invade Earth]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Jason Voorhees is captured by the U.S. government and imprisoned at a research facility at Crystal Lake. (''Film/JasonX'')
* A hibernating [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] is awakened in London and rapidly produces offspring that wipe out much of humanity. (''Film/ReignOfFire'')
* A deadly virus strikes Scotland, prompting the British government to wall off the country. (''{{Doomsday}}'')
* A FBI team investigates fringe science with the help of a mad scientist that worked on such science back in the 1970s and 1980s. (''Series/{{Fringe}}'')
* The alien Klaatu lands in Manhattan with a message for the world. ([[''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008'' The Day the Earth Stood Still]] [2008 film])
* [[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Stuff happened]]... [[CanonDiscontinuity don't worry about it]]. (Creator/DCComics)
* The Eleventh Doctor arrives in Leadworth for the second time meets 19-year-old Amy Pond. [[labelnote:more]]He convinces the Atraxi that incinerating the human residence would be a supremely bad idea[[/labelnote]]. The Atraxi apprehends Prisoner Zero. [[labelnote:more]]Prisoner Zero warns the Doctor of the Pandorica and the Silence[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* [[labelnote:"Blink" ending spoilers:]][[StableTimeLoop Sally Sparrow gives the Tenth Doctor the transcript for when he gets stranded in 1969, in order to warn Sally in 2007.]][[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Alex Drake is shot and sent back in time to 1981. (''AshesToAshes'')
* Kida Masaomi's gang begins to identify themselves as the Yellow Scarves. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Saki Mikajima, under Izaya Orihara's instruction, approaches Kida. She eventually becomes his girlfriend. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* A hot spring appears outside the Hakurei Shrine, caused by a nuclear-powered raven who wishes to turn Gensokyo into the new Hell, and Reimu and Marisa traverse underground to stop her. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Subterranean Animism'')
* Suicide booths go into business. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* The final battles of the UN Wars, between the United Nations and rebel forces. Near the end of the war, a massive alien creature dubbed the "Bird Human" arises. (''MacrossZero'')
* The Fangire race rises from its dormancy since the 1980s. Violin maker Wataru Kurenai finds himself compelled to battle them as the mysterious warrior Kiva, all while the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization fights both Fangire and Kiva, handing the latest version of the IXA System to bounty hunter Keisuke Nago and tasking him to hunt down Kiva. (''Series/KamenRiderKiva'')
* Private detective Sokichi Narumi breaks into a secret laboratory to rescue a young man called the "Child of Fate". However, due to the bumbling of his assistant Shotaro Hidari, Sokichi is mortally wounded shortly after rescuing the young man, who he names Philip in honor of Literature/PhilipMarlowe. In order to escape from the building, Shotaro and Philip use the experimental Double Driver belt to transform into Kamen Rider Double. They would later label this incident "Begins Night", as the night everything began for them. (''Series/KamenRiderDouble'')
* A wildfire destroys the Californian communities of Agrestic and Majestic. (''{{Weeds}}'')
* Nozomi actually managed to ''impress'' the head honcho of the Nightmare, Despariah, causing the organization to crumble and stop being a threat. However, in process, she and her friends lost her ability to become Pretty Cures... until... (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'')
* Aoba Kuronuma persuades Ran Izumii to become the leader of his gang, the Blue Squares. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* Nozomi and friends quickly became the Pretty Cures again, more powerful than before, after being called into the Cure Rose Garden, in order to combat a new threat in form of the Eternal group. (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Go! Go!'')
* The SGC, Travelers, and Wraith join forces to defeat the Asurans for good. First contact with the Vanir, an Asgard splinter faction. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2009]]
* January - The US-Japan Joint Operation Accord begins, and American forces begin aiding the JSDF against Legion attacks. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* January 14 - 12 people are killed and 19 wounded in a killing spree carried out by Inubushi Keiko at Awazumi Municiple Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. (''{{Remember11}}'')
* March - Shinjuku is repeatedly carpet-bombed in joint US-Japanese operations, but Legion forces seem unaffected. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* April 6 - A young man arrives in Gekkoukan. (''{{Persona 3}}'')
* Before April 12 - The Tenth Doctor reunites with Donna Noble and they save London's residents from being converted into members of the Adipose race. The sky is poisoned [[labelnote:more]]by the Sontarans[[/labelnote]] with the Atmospheric Omissions System installed in roughly 300 million cars worldwide. [[labelnote:more]]The Doctor sets the skies alight, ruining the Sontarans' plans and Luke Rattigan blows up the Sontaran ship.[[/labelnote]] The TARDIS is suddenly dragged to the planet Messaline in 6012. [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]] In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Adipose plan is successfully put to fruition in North America, killing 60 million. The Series/{{Torchwood}} team is killed saving the world from the Sontarans' ATMOS plan, apart from Jack, who is transferred to Sontar. Foreigners have been placed into "labour camps". Wilf notes the stars are going out, so Donna meets up with Rose to reverse the mess the world has got into using a cannibalised TARDIS.[[/labelnote]] The Earth and 25 other planets are stolen from the sky. [[labelnote:more]]This was caused by the Daleks, who were stopped by the Doctor and Donna Noble, who were warned about this on the planet Shan Shen by Rose Tyler. As the result of a Time Lord-human metacrisis, Donna's memories are erased before her mind is burnt out.[[/labelnote]] The Doctor is once again without any companions. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* April 10 - The Sburb Beta is released. (''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'')
* April 12 - On Easter, the Tenth Doctor and a jewel thief get on a London bus and are stranded on a desolate planet, formerly the metropolis San Helios. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* April 13 - John Egbert receives his copy of the Sburb Beta, and begins playing with his three friends, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, and Jade Harley. Though they are initially unaware of this, playing the game completes the StableTimeLoop that brought about their own existence, but this same time loop results in the destruction of human civilization via a rain of meteors and a vast explosion triggered by Becquerel, First Guardian of Earth. The sole survivors are the kids, their guardians, the humorless gentleman known only as fedoraFreak, and the actor NicolasCage. Of these, only Cage remains on Earth; the rest escape into the Medium via Sburb. (''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'')
* April 21 - First [=FlashForward=] occurs at 17:00:00, caused by an experiment at the LHC. Whole world's consiousness flashes to October 23, 2030 for 2 minutes. Future splits into two parallel universes, henceforth referred to as A and B [[labelnote:more]]In universe A, the pre-[=FlashForward=] continuity, the world never experienced a FlashForward. It is unclear whether it experienced a blackout. In universe B, the post-Flash timeliine, the world saw a glimpse of universe A, and acted upon the information, thus creating a differing universe.[[/labelnote]](''[[Series/FlashForward2009 FlashForward]]'', novel)
* April 29 - Raiden infiltrates the Big Shell to surpress the Sons of Liberty. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'')
* May 10 - Gamers and Critics led by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd and Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic respectively face off in the ultimate showdown. [[labelnote:more]]It ends in a tie, after [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses That Guy With the Glasses]] asks for the fighting to stop, and suggests everyone to set aside their differences to partake in crossovers.[[/labelnote]] (''Webvideo/TGWTGYearOneBrawl'')
* June 1 - Terrorists detonate an EMP weapon in the United States, destroying electronics nation wide and making the United States a third-world country overnight. (''DarkAngel'')
* August 6 - In an uncomfortable coincidence of dates, Japan agrees to exercise the nuclear option on Shinjuku. Through the rest of August, nuclear weapons are dropped on dense concentrations of Legion forces. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* August 14 - A team of three commandos, led by Cole Sullivan, arrives into a Polish town where some mysterious disaster has occurred. They subsequently find the town overrun by mutated monsters and barely any survivors. (''VideoGame/{{Odium}}'')
* Before September - Torchwood Three investigates a gentleman's club on the site of Torchwood India, which has been frozen in time for over eight decades. (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' [radio dramas])
* September 17 - A Spanish study group is formed at Greendale Community College. (''Series/{{Community}}'')
* September - Torchwood Three is ordered destroyed by the British government in order to cover up the first 456 incident. Shortly thereafter, the 456 reestablish contact, demanding the governments of Earth surrender 10% of their children to them. The surviving members of Torchwood thwart them. (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
* October 6 - Everyone in the world blacks out at the exact same time, 11:00 am Pacific time, for 2 minutes 17 seconds [[labelnote:more]]During which, everybody in the world had visions of themselves 6 months in the future[[/labelnote]]. (''[[Series/FlashForward2009 Flash Forward]]'')
* October 12 - Light Yagami, otherwise known as Kira, disguised as L, speaks with Near, L's successor, for the first time. (''Manga/DeathNote'')
* October 15 - Study group members and best friends Abed Nadir and Troy Barnes make a pact that they will never lie to each other. (''Series/{{Community}}'') [[labelnote:Timing]]The precise date is given in "Contemporary Impressionists". It also matches the original U.S date that the episode this pact was made in was broadcast.[[/labelnote]]
* November - The nuclear campaign in Japan is declared successful, and there is no sign of any remaining Legion berserkers. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* December 24 - The Master is resurrected by a cult [[labelnote:more]]but due to his wife's interference CameBackWrong [[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December 25 - [[labelnote:''The End of Time'' spoilers]] The Master causes the entire human population of Earth to become clones of himself[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December 26 - [[labelnote:''The End of Time'' spoilers]]The Time Lords, led by Rassilon, attempt to end time itself, deleting the Master's template from the human race in the process. The Master thwarts this by apparently sacrificing himself.[[/labelnote]] The Tenth Doctor slowly begins his regeneration cycle. He says farewell to Sarah Jane and Luke Smith around the same time period. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Wendy Watson takes a job with the Jolly Fats Weehauken Temp Agency, a.k.a. the Middleman and [=O2STK=]. (TheMiddleman)
* The falsely imprisoned Nick Vrenna fights through an underground high-security prison full of mutants (that were created after genetic experiments got out of control) and diverts the water supply to prevent the plague from spreading outside. (''{{Abuse}}'')
* Reconstruction of the alien fortress, dubbed the ''Macross'' is completed. Giant alien warriors known as the Zentraedi attack Earth in an attempt to claim the ship (Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross)
* [[GovernmentConspiracy Project Leviathan]] comes to an end, all its test subjects believed dead. (Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja)
* Near Apocalypse of '09. (DCAnimatedUniverse)
* [[ComicBook/BlackestNight The dead rise across the universe]] and seek to destroy all life. (Creator/DCComics)
* Norman Osborn grows in power and influence. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Kree (led by [[ComicBook/TheInhumans the Inhumans]]) and Shi'ar (led by Emperor Vulcan) go to [[ComicBook/WarOfKings war]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* CaptainAmerica returns. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Norman Osborn [[ComicBook/{{Siege}} goes to war with Asgard]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Conflict arises between the Yellow Scarves and the Blue Squares. Izaya Orihara sells information to both sides. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Under Izaya's recommendation, Saki Mikajima approaches the Blue Squares. They then kidnap her and break her leg to get Kida Masaomi's attention. Masaomi runs to save her, but freezes up as he gets close, ultimately failing to save her. Four members of the Blue Squares--Kadota Kyohei, Walker Yumasaki, Erika Kawisawa, and Saburo--betray their gang and save Saki instead. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
*** As a result of this incident, Masaomi leaves the Yellow Scarves and breaks up with Saki. He invites Mikado Ryugamine to join him at Raira Academy, and Mikado accepts. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* The last known baby is born in Argentina; all other humans are mysteriously infertile. Global instability rises as people realize they are the last generation. (''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' (film))
* A viral cure for cancer [[GoneHorriblyWrong mutates into a lethal strain]] that kills billions, and turns most of the survivors into [[OurVampiresAreDifferent monsters]]. (''Film/IAmLegend'' [film])
* Yuji Kaido placed into cryogenic stasis after being diagnosed with a terrible disease. (''BlueGender'')
* Marianne vi Britannia assassinated; her son Lelouch and daughter Nunally are sent to Japan as political hostages. (''Anime/CodeGeass''[[labelnote:more]]1954 CE[[/labelnote]])
* A large spaceship appears in Gensokyo's skies, and the heroines chase after it in search of treasure. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Undefined Fantastic Object'')
* Second Industrial Revolution begins. (''The Psychotechnic League'')
* Maria Jackson leaves with her father to America. Rani Chandra joins Sarah Jane's team. [[labelnote:more]]Mrs. Wormwood and Commander Kaagh search for the body of the galactic conqueror Horath on Earth. Kaagh has second thoughts, sacrificing himself and Wormwood to prevent themselves from being released.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'')
* North Korean President Choi Kim seeks peaceful reunification with South Korea. His son Choi Song, seeing this as weakness, deposes his father and takes over North Korea as a dictator, threatening the world with nuclear missiles. A joint military coalition attempts to bring Song in, but the job is eventually completed by Christopher Jacobs, a mercenary with the PMC Executive Operations[[labelnote:more]]According to ''Mercenaries 2'', Jacobs' storyline is the canonical one.[[/labelnote]]. (''{{Mercenaries}}: Playground of Destruction'')
* Dimensional chaos causes massive alterations to reality, as well as unleashing hordes of monsters. The mysterious photographer Tsukasa Kadoya is tasked by the Kamen Riders with the job of resolving the problem while they prevent further damage to reality. Tsukasa becomes Kamen Rider Decade and begins traveling between parallel versions of reality, working with the Kamen Riders he finds there to protect their worlds. (''Series/KamenRiderDecade'')
* The aristocratic Sonozaki family ramps up distribution of the illegal devices called Gaia Memories as part of patriarch Ryubee's plan to initiate a "Gaia Impact". Private eye Shotaro Hidari and his partner Philip battle the Dopants (humans who use Gaia Memories) as Kamen Rider Double, later gaining assistance from police investigator Ryu Terui, who himself possesses the power of Kamen Rider Accel. (''Series/KamenRiderDouble'')
* Mystery novelist Richard Castle begins shadowing NYPD Detective Kate Beckett as part of his research for his latest project, which will become the novel ''Heat Wave''. (''Series/{{Castle}}'')
* Two monsters fight for high school student Jyugon's affections. (''Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl'')
* An experiment involving a quantum decomputer summons an EldritchAbomination Atomic Robo shares a long enmity with. (''AtomicRobo'')
* Charley Dixon and Derek Reese are killed. Sarah Connor is arrested, but freed by John and Cameron. Cameron is badly damaged; John Henry takes her chip to the future. John and Catherine Weaver go into hiding. The fates of Sarah Connor and James Ellison are unknown. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* Otani-Lincoln Laboratories receives its first R&D contract from GDI to develop semi-autonomous structure. (''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'')
* In an AlternateTimeline where Earth made contact with the Aschen Confederation, the Goa'uld have been wiped out. Earth begins to suffer a precipitous drop in global birthrates[[labelnote:more]]due to sterility drugs secreted in Aschen anti-aging vaccines. The former SG-1 sacrifices itself to send a message back in time to before SG-1 contacted the Aschen to warn them off[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/StargateSG1'': "2010")
* The Wraith hook up a zero-point energy module to a hive ship, causing it to grow into a nearly indestructible super-hive which is sent to attack Earth. Atlantis uses a wormhole drive to jump to Earth and aid in the defense. Col. John Sheppard flies an F-302 carrying a nuclear warhead aboard the super-hive and detonates it, destroying the ship and saving the planet. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* The Lucian Alliance launches a surprise attack on Icarus Base. During the attack the team successfully dials the nine-chevron address and evacuates through the gate, ending up aboard the millions-of-years-old Ancient exploration ship ''Destiny''. (''Series/StargateUniverse'')
* The Eternal group is brought down by Nozomi, the Boss proving too evil for Nozomi to forgive. Still retaining their Pretty Cure powers, they resume their lives until their powers are needed again. (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Go! Go!'')
* Love Momozono saves her favorite dancer from a monster from Labyrinth and incidentally awakened her ability to become a Pretty Cure, eventually committing herself and her friends (also awakening their Precure abilities) to combat the Labyrinth. (''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'')
* The first Great Big Gathering: Love, along with Miki Aono and Inori Yamabuki team up with Nagisa, Honoka, Hikari, Saki, Mai and Nozomi (along with her friends Rin Natsuki, Urara Kasugano, Komachi Akimoto, Karen Minazuki and Kurumi Mimino) to stop the creature called Fusion (''PrettyCureAllStars'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:200X]]
* Dr. Wily steals six of Dr. Light's robots to conquer the world. Mega Man defeats these "Robot Masters" alongside Wily's own creations. (''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series)
* Dr. Wily rules the world with his robot army. Proto Man and Mega Man try, and fail, to defeat him. (''Music/TheProtomen'')
* "Wild Ones", also known as Digimon start bio-emerging from the digital world into the real world. (''Anime/DigimonTamers'')
* Birth of Philip J. Fry II to Yancy Fry, Jr., and his unnamed wife. He is named after a paternal uncle. He would go on to become the first man to walk upon Mars. Hubert J. Farnsworth is supposedly a distant descendant of this boy. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* The untested AI [=GLaDOS=] is activated for the first time as one of the planned activities on Aperture Science’s first annual bring-your-daughter-to-work day. In many ways, the initial test goes well: Within one picosecond of being switched on, [=GLaDOS=] becomes self-aware. The "going well" phase lasts for two more picoseconds, at which point [=GLaDOS=] takes control of the facility, locks everyone inside, and begins a permanent cycle of testing. Her goal: beat the hated Black Mesa in the race to develop a functioning portal technology. (''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'')
* May 16 - Days after [=GLaDOS=]'s self-awareness, Black Mesa successfully deploys an interdimensional gate through which an alien race emerges. Gordon Freeman defeats the source of the trouble and is placed into stasis by an enigmatic figure. [[labelnote:more]]The Combine arrive and conquer and decimate Earth's forces in seven hours[[/labelnote]]. (''VideoGame/HalfLife1'')
* A man, having fallen asleep in the nineteenth century, awakes into the mid-noughties into a perfect version of London society. After learning many things and meeting many wonderful people, he was rather frustrated to wake up in the nineteenth century again and discover that ItWasAllADream. (''[[Creator/WilliamMorris News From Nowhere]]'')
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:2000]]
* January 1 -
** 00:00 -
*** Philip J. Fry is accidentally [[labelnote:more]]or so it seems[[/labelnote]] cyrogenically frozen for 1,000 years. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
*** Jenny Quantum is born. (''ComicBook/TheAuthority'')
** 00:28 - Bender Bending Rodríguez, under the control of spammers, travels back to this time from 3007 ahead of Fry, intending to kill him. He fails. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
** 00:29 - Bender from further in the future travels back to this time and tattoos the time code on Fry's ass. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
** 00:30 - Philip J. Fry time-travels to this date, accidentally creates a duplicate of himself. While one Fry returns to the future, the duplicate stays in this era and resumes his life from where he left off, not knowing he is being pursued by Bender. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
** After a century of service, the immortal Captain Jack Harkness takes command of Torchwood Three. [[labelnote:more]]Everyone else is killed out of fear for the 21st century.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
** Philip J. Fry's mother watches Wisconsin beat Stanford 17-9 in the 1999 [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Rose Bowl]]. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* January 9 - SCP-939-A6 begins its metamorphosis. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* January 10 - SCP-939-A6's symptoms flare up again. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* January 15 - Wikipedia launched. ({{Wikipedia}})
* January 24 - SCP-939-A's symptoms intensify. It is transferred to a secure concrete bunker. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* January 26 - SCP-939-A completes its metamorphosis. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* March 6-At 6:02am, the entire planet was shrouded in unnatural darkness. The darkness blocked out the sun, and neither the stars nor the moon were visible. Many believed it to be the end of the world. Governments blamed each other, thinking it to be the effect of some secret weapon. Riots, rapes, beatings, and murders were commonplace. Emergency call centers were flooded with reports of monsters roaming the streets and skies. Numerous people simply disappeared.It was also during this darkness that thousands of people learned that they had become inhuman monsters. Many of them were killed before they knew what had happened to them. Some were killed by mobs of terrified humans, others took their own lives. Those that survived learned that they could return to their human forms. These shapechanging beings are called the Nightbane, for it was at night that they become monsters. (''{{Nightbane}}'')
* Spring - Graduates of Lawndale High this year include Daria Morgendorffer and her associates. [[labelnote:more]]Morgendorffer ends her relationship with Tom Sloane after they get accepted to geographically distant colleges.[[/labelnote]] (''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'')
* April - The town of Grantville, West Virginia vanishes, replaced by empty German countryside. (''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'')
** Shizuo Heiwajima, Izaya Orihara, Shinra Kishitani, and Kyohei Kadota attend high school at Raijin Academy. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
*** Izaya gathers followers (made up mostly of traumatized teenage girls). He stirs up conflict between the high schools in the area, and Shizuo gains some fame as he finds himself in the center of it. Shizuo and Izaya meet for the first time, and instantly hate each other. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* April 10 - Mitchell Hundred makes his debut as the Great Machine. (''ExMachina'')
* April 27 - Researchers from the secret installation in Greenland proceed to investigate an ancient Inuit tomb. [[labelnote:more]]The tomb turns out to contain the dormant "Tuurngait", a hive-mind entity which proceeds to assimilate the installation crew into itself, one by one.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}: Black Plague'')
* May 6 - A human child enters the Monster World for the first time, creating mass panic in Monstropolis. (''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'')
* July - To keep it from Glorificus, the Order of Dagon converts the Key into a secret, hidden form [[labelnote:more]]named Dawn Summers, sister of Buffy[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* August 23 - Earthquake turns Los Angeles into an island. (''Film/EscapeFromLA'')
* August - To hide it from Glorificus, the Order of Dagon converts the Key into a human girl[[labelnote:more]]Dawn Summers[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* September 13 - The Second Impact. Oceans rise, killing billions. Tokyo is destroyed. (Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion)
* September - Nadezhda Antonovna Gorodetskaya born to Svetlana and Anton Gorodetsky. (''Literature/NightWatch'')
* November 2 - First bulletin board post from claimed [[TimeTravel time traveler]] John Titor.
* November 15 - Serbian peacekeepers enter the United States as a response to the violent balkanisation of the country after the presidential election. (''TheOnion'')
* November 30 - Seventh Presidian held at the New York Public Library. Stephen Swain is chosen as the human contestant; his daughter Holly is accidentally teleported in with him. [[labelnote:more]]The Presidian is aborted without a victor after Bellos is found to be cheating. The library is subsequently destroyed by self-destructing wristbands, but Swain and his daughter escape, as well as his guide.[[/labelnote]] (''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Contest]]'')
* November: Billy Butcher returns home and meets his mother for the first time since the death of his wife. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* December - Construction on the Millennium Gate begins. Shannon O'Donnel, [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] of Kathryn Janeway, works to persuade locals to sell their property to allow the project to proceed, and along the way falls in love with stubborn bookshop owner Henry Janeway. (''Series/StarTrekVoyager'')
* Gigatron leads a group of Predacons to attempt to steal all the energy of Earth and obtain Fortress Maximus, but he is stopped by Fire Convoy and his Autobots. (''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'')
* Demon Queen Bansheera escapes, tries to conquer the city built by humans on top of the ruins of her palace. Demonic hordes wiped out, Bansheera sent to hell and sealed there. (''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'')
* Earth temporarily turned into a [[MaximumSecurity prison for intergalactic criminals]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* The [=MacManus=] brothers begin to hunt down the wicked in Boston. (''TheBoondockSaints'')
* After two years, Gruntilda the witch returns as a skeleton and kills Bottles and the king of the Jinjos, who have been helping Banjo and Kazooie. [[labelnote:more]]They get better[[/labelnote]] Banjo and Kazooie collect more [[PlotCoupons thingies]] to defeat her once more. [[labelnote:more]]Grunty's drill explodes after she drops her spell, leaving her a disembodied head.[[/labelnote]] (''[[BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'')
* Edward Roivas murdered by Pious Augustus. Augustus succeeds in bringing his Ancient into the world. Roivas' granddaughter, Alexandra, summons another Ancient to destroy it. The three timelines established in 26 BC now collapse into one, with the deaths of all three Ancients and leaving only Mantorok alive. (''EternalDarkness'')
* Liquid Snake joins FOXHOUND. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* The "Conqueror Worm" incident. [[labelnote:more]]A Nazi space capsule (launched May 20, 1939) returns to Earth, landing at Hunte Castle, Austria. An [[EldritchAbomination Ogdru Hem]], referred to as "the Worm", emerges from the capsule and attempts to end the world. The BPRD agents Hellboy and Roger (with help from the ghost of The Lobster) successfully contain and destroy the Worm.[[/labelnote]] In the aftermath, Hellboy quits the BPRD and begins wandering the Earth. (''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}: Conqueror Worm'')
* Helen B. Narbon goes mad and hires Mell and Dave to work for her lab. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* The General Construction corporation seeks to refurbish northeast New York City. Citizens who do not leave the Bronx in a timely manner are killed by death squads called "Disinfectors." The city's gangs unite under ''[[TheToblerone the]]'' [[TheToblerone Toblerone]] to fight back. (''Escape2000'')
* Great Garbage Crisis in New York City. The city's excess garbage is put on a gigantic barge, which is then pushed out to circle the world's seas for the next 50 years. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* The ancient monsters known as the Grongi break free from the seal placed upon them by the Rinto warrior Kuuga, and begin attacking Japan in order to unleash the "Ultimate Darkness". Yusuke Godai, a happy-go-lucky vagabond, dons a Rinto artifact during a Grongi attack, becoming the modern-day Kuuga and helping the Tokyo police battle the Grongi. (''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'')
* Garcian Smith successfully resurrects the fallen personae, but Dan mortally injures Harman in a fit of lunacy. Samatha leaves the syndicate and becomes a full-time carer to Harman. (''{{killer7}}'')
* December 25- Marcus Reed destroys one of New Yorks top gangs by killing it's leader Kev Lar before being recruited by police officer Terry Higgans to be in the PDNY. (''TrueCrimeNewYorkCity'')
* In her freshman year of high school, Ramona Flowers dates Lucas Lee. She cheats on him and then dumps him for Todd Ingram, who she will date for the rest of high school. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* SG-1 helps Thor destroy a huge number of Replicators. Meanwhile, Carter travels with Thor to the Asgard homeworld and helps fend off an attack by Replicator-infested ships. Apophis attempts to forge a treaty with Heru'ur, but the Tok'ra and SG-1 sabotage the negotiations. Apophis had brought a cloaked fleet of warships with him, though, and kills Heru'ur and absorbs his troops into his own fleet. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* Robert "Dakota Bob" Shaefer is elected president of the United States, with Victor "Vic the Veep" Neuman as his vice-president. Susan Rayner, wife of Dakota Bob, is appointed director of the CIA. With their backing, 'Mother's Milk', 'The Frenchman', and 'The Female' are added to The Boys. Around this time, The Boys gradually become more aggressive and violent in dealing with superhumans. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* Malcolm Nolastname is identified as a genius. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2001]]
* January 1 - Groundbreaking for the Millennium Gate in Portage Creek, Indiana. Construction would last to 2012. (''Series/StarTrekVoyager'')
* January 20 Following a protracted election cycle including a lengthy recount in the state of Florida, GeorgeWBush becomes President of the United States. (RealLife)
** Following a protracted election cycle including a lengthy recount in the state of Florida, Lex Luthor becomes President of the United States. (Creator/DCComics)
** Following a protracted election cycle including the vaporization of a stack of Gore-Lieberman ballots by a time-traveling kleptomaniac robot, GeorgeWBush becomes President of the United States. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Bender's Big Score'')
** A religious fanatic becomes U.S. President after predicting the fall of Los Angeles and imposes a theocratic state; Los Angeles becomes a dumping ground for anyone opposed to his regime. (''Film/EscapeFromLA'')
** George Sears becomes President of the United States. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* May - Buffy Summers sacrifices her life to stop Glorificus merging all universes into mathematical chaos, goes to Heaven. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* May - Philip [=LaFresque=] receives a letter from his supposedly long-dead father, with a key to a deposit box containing clues that point Philip towards an old, closed mine in Greenland. He heads out to investigate and perhaps find a hint to his father's fate. [[labelnote:''Black Plague'' spoilers]]Eventually, he finds out that a hive-mind entity has taken over the research personnel. He manages to send his friend an e-mail with directions to the base and a plea to destroy everything within.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}'')
* June - Shadow the Hedgehog released from cryogenic prison by Dr. Eggman, who attempts to bring about Professor Gerald Robotnik's last wish of vengeance against humanity. Has a change of heart and seemingly sacrifices himself fixing the problem. (''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'')
* Spring - Nicholas Angel, now a police captain, joins the [=SO19=] Armed Response Unit. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* July - Nicholas Angel gets a commendation for his actions during Operation Takedown. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* September 4 - Fertility doctor Juliet Burke leaves for the Island to save the pregnant women who keep dying there. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* September 10 - Angelique de Xavia and Raymond Ash defeat a terrorist attack on a dam in Scotland. (''Literature/ABigBoyDidItAndRanAway'')
* [[TheWarOnTerror September 11]] -
** Terrorist attacks from hijacked planes destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and heavily damage part of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth plane, United Flight 93, presumed to be headed for the White House is attempted control of by passengers, but crashes in a field in Pennsylvania.
** Mitchell Hundred saves the south tower of the World Trade Center. (''ExMachina'')
** Black 13, sealed in a locker below the North Tower, is destroyed by falling wreckage. (''Franchise/TheDarkTower'')
** In an alternate universe, planes hijacked by terrorists hit the Pentagon and the White House. (''Series/{{Fringe}}'')
* September: The Boys confront The Seven about what happened on 9/11. Confrontations escalate, with Greg Mallory's children and several CIA agents killed by The Seven. The sides reluctantly agree to a stalemate, and Mallory is permitted to murder Lamplighter to seal the deal. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* October - Buffy Summers resurrected by her friends. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* December - Max Payne is framed for Alex Balder's murder, starts a RoaringRampageOfRevenge while New York City is caught in the worst blizzard of its history. (''VideoGame/MaxPayne'')
* December 28 - The DL-6 Incident [[labelnote:more]]Gregory Edgeworth, a California defense attorney, is shot and killed in a courthouse elevator.[[/labelnote]] (''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'')
* The ship Discovery nears the end of its mission to Jupiter. (''[[TwoThousandOne 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'')
* Ethnic tensions from the year 3001 spill over into this year due to a time traveling terrorist, who ceases once his daughter realizes that what they're doing is just as bad as what was done to them. (''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'')
* Half-human Org escapes his seal, begins building his forces to resume the war from 3,000 years prior. Animarian remnant wakes up from magical cryosleep, begins recruiting new soldiers. The war resumes, albeit mostly confined to small skirmishes. (''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'')
* College student Tommy Oliver takes part in archaeological dig, finding the Dino Gems, and Oliver begins researching of dinosaur cybernetics with businessman Anton Mercer. The dig goes sour, [[JekyllAndHyde Mercer turns evil]], and the facility is destroyed. (''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'')
* Alien police organization Space Patrol Delta starts its Earth branch and carries on various research and experiments. Planet Sirius is conquered by Emperor Gruumm, and one of its last survivors escapes to Earth. (''Series/PowerRangersSPD'')
* Publication of Gray's Sports Almanac. (''Film/BackToTheFuture Part II'')
* Imperiex threatens the universe, and [[ComicBook/OurWorldsAtWar Earth's heroes team up with extraterrestrial forces to defeat him]]. (Creator/DCComics)
* Community college professors take on rapidly evolving aliens. (''Film/{{Evolution}}'')
* Fashion model Derek Zoolander becomes embroiled in an assassination plot. (''{{Zoolander}}'')
* [[EvilPlan The Grand Retour]] of [[AncientConspiracy Les Soldats]] fails (Count A). (''Anime/{{Noir}}'')
* Following a martian invasion, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, {{Hawk|man}}girl, Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart and [[MartianManhunter J'onn J'onnz]] form the original seven members of the Justice League. (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'')
* Desmond Hume is trapped on the Island and starts pushing a button every [[OneHundredAndEight 108]] minutes to save the world. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* A "[[HeroicMime mute asshole]]" kills Liberty City [[TheMafia Mafia]] [[TheDon Don]] Salvatore Leone, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge among other people]]. (''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'')
* Danny Butterman moves out of his father's house and into his own. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* Dr. Narbon kills Dave Davenport; he is later resurrected. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* The Lexx comes to Earth. [[labelnote:series finale spoilers]]And before long, destroys it. Of course.[[/labelnote]] (''{{Lexx}}'')
* Djer, an immortal pharaoh BuriedAlive millennia ago, revives in the Cairo Museum. Methos, the guy responsible for said burial, learns the news and heads for Cairo. He intends to kill Djer[[labelnote:more]] but only manages to release him.[[/labelnote]] (''Franchise/{{Highlander}}: The Methos Chronicles'')
* A nuclear war has destroyed most major cities. Caesar, son of Cornelius and Zira, tries to cultivate peace between his simian peers and the surviving remnants of humanity. A gorilla general named Aldo opposes his efforts, plotting Caesar's overthrow and doom. (''[[PlanetOfTheApes Battle for the Planet of the Apes]]'')
* Zombie outbreak in Sidi-Moussa. (''TheZombieSurvivalGuide'')
* Yuki Makimura arrives in Sunnydale and attempts to resurrect The Master. She is stopped by the efforts of Dawn Summers. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* Cronus and Apophis are killed by the Tau'ri/Tok'ra alliance in quick succession, Cronus by staff blast to the back from a {{robot|me}} double [[ItMakesSenseInContext of Teal'c]], Apophis by slamming his Replicator-infested ship into his capital world at relativistic speed. The power vacuum caused by the deaths of four powerful System Lords in rapid succession causes chaos in the Goa'uld Empire. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* Giorno Giovanna, son of the late Dio Brando, joins the Neapolitan mafia Passione in an attempt to make Italy a better place. (''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'')
* Kenchi Masaki starts to grow close to Sasami. A jealous Washu and Tokimi conspire with his mother Rea to send him off elsewhere for awhile. (''TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar'')
* Billy Butcher kills Jonah Vogelbaum. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* Malcolm Nolastname's hamster dies. Malcolm spends so long giving it CPR that the doctors have to put a shunt in his mouth to help the sores drain. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* A virus wipes out 99% of the human race's females, leading to nuclear war as nations fight over the remaining women and safe quarantine zones, and eventually the collapse of civilization into bands of warring gangs. Griffon Spade and his trusty [=M1A1=] Abrams begin a journey across post-apocalyptic America to find his fiancee Madison. (''VideoGame/BattleTanx'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2002]]
* January 9 - Mitchell Hundred becomes Mayor of New York City. (''ExMachina'')
* Summer: After turning 18, Francis Nolastname gets himself legally emancipated and leaves for a logging camp in Alaska. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* September 8: Hal Nolastname takes a trip to Bavarialand. Somebody at his company hands the board of directors a set of doctored financial records. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* October 31 - In the tenth year anniversary of ''Film/{{Ghostwatch}}'', BBC airs ''Ghostwatch 2: Return to Studio One'', and viewers once again become witnesses to supernatural activity. (The short story "31-10")
* November 5 - Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. (''TheWestWing'')
* December 6: Hal Nolastname attends a showing of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker''. Someone at his company hides money. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Faridah Malik is born in Dearborn, United States. (''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'')
* Org-Animarian war concludes with Animarian remnant victorious; it goes back into magical cryosleep just in case. (''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'')
* Leon Kennedy and Jack Krauser sent to South America to apprehend drug lord Javier Hidalgo, who has ties to Umbrella. Krauser fakes his death in a helicopter crash and begins working for Albert Wesker. (''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles'')
* Ramon Salazar, a follower of Los Illuminados, digs up Las Plagas at the behest of Osmund Saddler. All of the local villagers are soon infected. (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', date estimated)
* Agent Kay brought out of retirement by Agent Jay to help defeat Serleena. (''Film/MenInBlack II'')
* The space probe Nomad is launched by NASA to seek out new life among the stars. Due to damage from a meteorite, Nomad would lose contact with Earth. It would later merge with Tan Ru, an alien probe programmed to collect and sterilize soil samples. The new purpose of the combined machine would be to "seek out and sterilize new life". (''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'')
* Mark Grayson becomes ComicBook/{{Invincible}}. (''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'')
* Kim Possible begins her career as a crime-fighter. (''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'')
* Adrian Monk emerges from seclusion and becomes a private detective. (''Series/{{Monk}}'')
* [[Creator/VinDiesel Xander Cage]] recruited by the NSA to stop Eastern European anarchists. (''Film/XXx'')
* Giant spiders terrorize a small town. (''EightLeggedFreaks'')
* A journalist investigates a deadly videotape. (''TheRing'')
* Helen B. Narbon, Dave Davenport, Mell Kelly, and Artie are stranded on an island by the Dave Conspiracy; they eventually escape. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* The First Tiberium War ends with the destruction of the Temple of Nod in Sarajevo and the apparent death of Kane. Though the Global Defense Initiative is victorious, much of Europe, South America, and Africa is devastated by the fighting, while Tiberium continues to spread unchecked across the planet. (''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'')
* A new generation of [=DigiDestined=] appear to save the Digital World after the Digimon Emperor takes control. (''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'')
* The Lords, an ancient race subservient to the godlike Overlord, begin killing exceptional humans who may have the potential to become the modern version of the powerful ancient warrior Agito. The amnesiac Shoichi Tsugami becomes the new Agito and fights to protect humanity alongside policeman Makoto Hikawa, swimmer Ryo Ashihara, and doctor Kaoru Kino[[labelnote:more]]Though ''Agito'' aired in 2001, the official backstory says it takes place two years after the rise of the Grongi (''Kuuga''), which occurred in 2000.[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/KamenRiderAgito'')
* People in Tokyo begin being abducted by monsters that come from mirrors and other reflective surfaces. Intern reporter Shinji Kido gets caught up in the incident and comes into the possession of an Advent Deck, which allows the bearer to form a contract with such monsters and become a Kamen Rider. The Riders are set against one another in the Rider Battle, with the ultimate prize being a single wish; Shinji tries to convince his fellow Riders that more important things are happening, and fights to end the Rider Battle peacefully. (''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'')
* Jacob Kell and his small army of Immortals attack the Sanctuary and exterminate everyone present there except Connor [=MacLeod=], who Kell wants alive, sober and miserable. Duncan [=MacLeod=], Methos, and Joe Dawson go in pursuit, and Duncan finds himself the latest target in Kell's hit list. [[labelnote:more]] The only way for Duncan to kill Kell is to gain another quality Quickening - that of Connor.[[/labelnote]] (''Film/HighlanderEndgame'')
* In the wake of 9/11 and more supervillain attacks than the city deserves, Tesladyne relocates from the Empire State Building to an underground complex beneath a remote island. (''AtomicRobo'')
* A zombie washes ashore on St. Thomas. (''TheZombieSurvivalGuide'')
* The Brainspawn's Infosphere comes online. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* Birth of Kyle Reese. (''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'')
* Network of Intercontinental Expressways opens. (''{{killer7}}'')
* Anubis appears, defeats several System Lords and Tok'ra. The Jaffa Rebellion begins in earnest. Daniel Jackson {{ascend|to a higher plane of existence}}s and is replaced on SG-1 by Langaran defector Jonas Quinn. The United States launches Earth's first spacegoing warship, the BC-303 USS ''Prometheus''. Her hyperdrive fails rather spectacularly during the shakedown cruise, forcing an emergency landing on the planet Tagrea where she remains stranded for the better part of a year. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* Izaya Orihara becomes wanted by the Ikebukuro police and frames Shizuo Heiwajima as an accomplice. While running from the police, Shizuo throws a vending machine at a police car, but is ultimately cleared of all charges once further investigation proves that he could not be involved in the crime. This only serves to fuel the two boys' hatred of each other. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* James Halliday and Ogden Morrow are comfortable millionaires who own mansions. (''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2003]]
* February 2: Hal Nolastname goes go-karting. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* April 17 - Astro Boy is created. (''Manga/AstroBoy'')
* May 25: Tru Davies graduates from college. (''Series/TruCalling'')
* May 26: On the anniversary of her mother's death, Tru Davies starts working at a morgue and begins reliving days to prevent people's deaths. (''Series/TruCalling'')
* May - Commander Harmon Rabb Jr. saves the USS Seahawk Carrier Battle Group in the Arabian Sea from a dirty nuke missile launched from a rouge Iranian diesel sub by puttting his F-14 Tomcat in front of the heat-seeking missile and letting it chase him until it runs out of fuel (''Series/{{JAG}}''.)
* June 12 - Around 3:00 PM, two entities, known as "The Giant" and "The Dragon," appear in Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they engage in battle using mysterious sounds. [[labelnote:more]]After destroying the Grotesquerie Queen-Beast ("The Giant"), Caim and Angelus ("The Dragon") are shot down by the JSDF.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}})''
** This "6-12 Incident" results in 56 fatalities, 320 injuries, and 60 billion yen in damages. The Japanese government attempts a cover-up, but leaked footage continues to circle on the internet. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* June 27: Hal Nolastname visits Pilgrim Village. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 11: Hal Nolastname visits a haunted house, but has a panic attack, forcing it to shut down. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 16 - Two nukes go off in Washington D.C., and a third directed at the Pentagon fizzles. (''TheMerchantPrinces'')
* August 12 - Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame investigate a strange red mist covering the land of Gensokyo. [[labelnote:more]]Remilia Scarlet was the one that caused it, so that she could go out without the sunlight harming her.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'')
* August 14 - Raymond "T-Bone" Kenney hacks into the ctOS system, causing the Northeast blackout of 2003. (''WatchDogs'')
* August 22: Hal Nolastname visits Oceanland, and gets to feed a killer whale. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* August - Tommy Oliver enlists several students in his attempt to keep a psychotic murderer [[JekyllAndHyde with mysterious links to Anton Mercer]] from [[EvilutionaryBiologist bringing back the age of the dinosaurs]]. The battles last through May 2004. (''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'')
* September: Japan hosts an international summit, including Russia and the United States, concerning the 6-12 Incident.
* September 2 - The Pilgrim family moves to [[CanadaEh Northern Ontario]] and Scott starts at St. Joel's Catholic High School. He gets into a fight on his first day and meets Lisa Miller in the principal's office. For a couple weeks, she pursues a friendship with him and he continues to act aloof, leading her to think he hates her. They end up becoming best friends.[[labelnote:Justification]]This was the day after Labor Day in 2003. And yes, they have Labor Day in Canada.[[/labelnote]] (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* October 20 - Majestic-12 sets a $18.6 million bounty on each of the 15 people who could possibly foil their plan to create a new Cold War, including Shane "Scarecrow" Schofield. (''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Scarecrow]]'')
* October 26 - The aforementioned plan is foiled by Schofield and co. [[labelnote:more]]Schofield's girlfriend, is decapitated by Jonathon Killian in the process, leading to four months of stress leave. A French aircraft carrier is also destroyed in the process, leading to another bounty on Schofield's head, this time five million Euros from the French military.[[/labelnote]] (''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Scarecrow]]'')
* December - First cases of what will later be called White Chlorination Syndrome in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The disease causes victims' bodies to break down into sodium chloride, and has a 100% mortality rate.
* Mid-December - The crew of Moya arrives on Earth in a time-frame where they don't have to worry about {{temporal paradox}}es. [[labelnote:more]]They leave on Christmas Day, in order to protect Earth from everyone who's looking for Crichton's wormhole knowledge.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Farscape}}'')
* December 26 - Bun-Bun kills Santa Claus, becoming the new Emperor of Holidays. (Webcomic/SluggyFreelance)
* Negi Springfield travels to Japan. ({{Negima}})
* High school student Light Yagami finds a mysterious notebook on the ground at his school. (''Manga/DeathNote'', manga version)
* Californian hidden ninja academies are ransacked with all students kidnapped in a brutal attack by the ninja exiled in 1975. The remaining forces from two (barely) surviving academies successfully wage a counter-attack. (Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm)
* Metroplex is constructed. Earth Defence Command is set up, with Marisa Faireborn in a position of leadership. (''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'')
* Nicholas Angel obtains a Peace Lily, and starts tending to it. This causes a rift between him and his girlfriend, Janine, who feels he cares more for the plant than he does for her. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* Buffy Summers leaves Sunnydale [[labelnote:more]]as it's falling into a sinkhole, after defeating The First Evil[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'')
* The Bride awakens from her coma and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge}}. (''Film/KillBill'')
* The Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica [[ComicBook/JLAAvengers teams up]] with Comicbook/TheAvengers to defeat Krona. (Creator/DCComics, Creator/MarvelComics)
* A team of scientists drill to the Earth's core to restart its rotation. (''Film/TheCore'')
* A reporter temporarily gains the power of God. (''BruceAlmighty'')
* [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] battles [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. (''Film/FreddyVsJason'')
* Leonard becomes roommates with Sheldon. (''TheBigBangTheory'')
* Dave Davenport becomes unstuck in time, and [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble now never has smoked]]. (''{{Narbonic}}'')
* A rave is held in Isla de la Muerta in broad daylight. (''Film/HouseOfTheDead'')
* An alternative Ninth Doctor fights off the Shalka's plans to render the Earth uninhabitable (or to them, inhabitable). (''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' [animated serials])
* The Smart Brain Corporation begins attempting to take over the world through the Orphnochs, beings believed to be the next step in human evolution. They develop three sets of Rider Gear, which turn the wearers into powerful armored warriors, to protect the nascent Orphnoch King. However the former members of the Ryusei School, a group of orphans adopted by Smart Brain's founder, begin to fight back with the stolen Gear, accidentally involving the loner Takumi Inui in their battle. (''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'')
* A time travel "paradox-free" duplicate of Philip J. Fry finds a new job in an aquarium. He is tasked with taking care of Leelu the nawhal, a rare whale. He would keep this hobby until 2010. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* Inbred killers chase people in the forests of West Virginia. (''Film/WrongTurn'')
* US government takes control of what remains of Cyberdyne Systems and contracts AI research to Cyber Research Systems. (''{{Terminator}}'')
* Construction begins on International Mass-Scale Transportation System. Radioactive material is sealed in an artificial island in the Indian Ocean. Intercontinental ballistic missiles are detonated high above the atmosphere. Heaven Smiles make their first public appearance by suicide bombing a UN meeting. (''{{killer7}}'')
* An army of hired killers dressed as Squeky Clean company workers eliminate various people in New York City. (''MaxPayne2TheFallOfMaxPayne'')
* Anubis uses the Eyes of the Goa'uld to assemble a superweapon which he uses to blow up Abydos. [[labelnote:more]]Oma Desala helps the Abydonians to collectively ascend.[[/labelnote]] The other System Lords temporarily unite under Yu, but are no match for Anubis. SG-1, in collaboration with the descended Daniel Jackson, defeats Anubis with an [[CrazyEnoughToWork "absolutely insane" plan]]. Ba'al takes command of the united System Lords. Anubis develops the Kull {{super soldier}}s and uses them to kill off several minor Goa'uld and take their armies. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The creature EI-01 crash lands on Earth, stopped by the mechanoid lion Galeon. Astronaut Guy Shishioh is gravely wounded by EI-01's arrival and is rescued by Galeon, being rebuilt as a cyborg. (''GaoGaiGar'')
* Metal Sonic, tired of Eggman's failures, imprisons him and lures Sonic and his friends into a trap to wipe them all out. Shadow the Hedgehog seemingly returns to life during this time. (''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'')
* Francis Nolastname and Piama Tananahaakna marry a month after they meet. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2003-2004]]
* Over the course of their sophomore year, Scott Pilgrim and Lisa Miller form a band. Scott recruits Kim Pine, his partner in one of his classes, as drummer for the band, and proceeds to develop feelings for her. On a Monday, a gang from Benvie Tech High School attacks St. Joel's, and Scott goes to Benvie Tech to fight Simon Lee, a sinister Benvie Tech student who kidnapped Kim. Scott rescues her and they begin dating.[[labelnote:more]]This proves to be a false memory; in reality, Simon Lee was Kim's boyfriend who Scott punched in the face when he saw them hugging. She then broke up with Simon to date Scott.[[/labelnote]] Scott loses his virginity to Kim, but they break up when Scott has to move to Toronto.[[labelnote:more]]Scott doesn't tell Kim this, she instead learns about it from Lisa. [[/labelnote]] (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Assumed date of the formation of the Galactic Federation.[[labelnote:Justification]]The formation is assumed to be around this date as Metroid takes place in an alternative history where a sudden shift in the Milky Way brought all the intelligent species of the galaxy together. It is likely that the Cosmic Calendar is just a fancy name for "Gregorian Calendar but in space"[[/labelnote]] ({{Metroid}})
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2004]]
* March 3 - Federal agent Jack Bauer thwarts an attempt to assassinate U.S. Senator and presidential candidate David Palmer. ([[Series/TwentyFour 24]])[[labelnote:more]]This and all ''24'' dates should be considered {{Fanon}}, as the show's creators have been deliberately careless about chronology. For instance, Day One takes place on Super Tuesday in an election year (2000 or '04), but one of its [[TheDragon Dragons]], Alexis Drazen, was born on 24 January 1967 and is listed as 35 years old, thus placing the season in... 2002.[[/labelnote]]
* March - SEMME has its climactic battle with the Martians. ({{Walkyverse}})
* April - TV Tropes is established, primarily serving as a Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}} wiki. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Thousands of lives are ruined.]]
* May 8 - Reimu and Marisa go out in search of whatever or whoever is causing the prolonged winter. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'')
* Spring - Shaun makes plans with his girlfriend to have dinner at a new place. He misses the plans, and she dumps him. (''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'')
** An epidemic of zombies infests the world, (England and London in particular). Shaun gathers his best friend Ed, Liz and her two roommates, Daniel and Diane, and his mother and step-father to try to save them. [[labelnote:spoilers]]Of all of these people, one is killed, one is turned into a zombie and killed, and two are turned into zombies and left alive.[[/labelnote]] (''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'')
* June - Ramona Flowers and Todd Ingram graduate high school. Because Todd is going to vegan college and Ramona to the University of California in the Sky, they break up. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Early July - A T-X kills several future members of the human resistance. It is destroyed by John Connor and Katherine Brewster with the aid of a reprogrammed and upgraded T-800. (''{{Terminator}}'')
* July 24 - A computer virus spreads across civilian and military computer networks. (''{{Terminator}}'')
* July 25 - [[AIIsACrapshoot Skynet]] becomes self-aware, and launches a nuclear attack on the Earth, killing billions. ({{Terminator}} 3: Rise of the Machines)
* August: The Mamu logging company is shut down after clearing the forest; the land is bought by a mining company. Francis Nolastname and Piama Tananahaakna move south. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* September 19 - Usean Continental War breaks out (AceCombat 04)
* September 22 - Oceanic Flight 815 crash-lands on The Island. [[labelnote:more]]There are roughly 70 survivors; John Locke regains the use of his legs. [[/labelnote]] (Series/{{Lost}})
* September 27-28 - The moon in Gensokyo is replaced with a fake one, and time is stopped so that the real one can be found. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Imperishable Night'')
* September: Malcolm Nolastname starts high school. Francis and Piama start work at the Grotto. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* October - White Chlorination Syndrome continues to spread through Shinjuku, and some infected persons begin going into psychotic fits before death. Quarantine measures escalate until the Japanese government constructs what is soon called the "Wall of Jericho" around the area, while assuring the international community that treatment will continue of citizens sealed off in Shinjuku. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* October 9 - The supercomputer is turned back on. (''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'')
* November 25 - The detective known as L who was working on the Kira investigation was murdered by a God of Death who was manipulated by Kira himself. Other victims include L's assistant and butler, Quillish Wammy, as well as Rem, the Death God herself. (''Death Note'')
* November 4 - The Hatch is opened by the Losties. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* November 27 - The Hatch's computer is destroyed, but the system starts failing. Desmond saves the world by using his failsafe, and the sky turns purple briefly. [[labelnote:more]]This burst of electromagnetism alerts Penelope Widmore[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* November - According to John Titor's predictions, civil unrest centers around the U.S. presidential campaign.
* Autumn - Leon S. Kennedy is sent to rural Europe to rescue the President of the United States' daughter from the cult Los Illuminados. Ada Wong steals a "sample" [[labelnote:more]]of the parasite known as Las Plagas from the corpse of the cult's leader Osmund Saddler.[[/labelnote]] (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'')
* December - The last media transmissions from Shinjuku are abruptly cut off. Footage of a white giant circulates on the internet. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* December 22 - The science team from the freighter, the ''Kahana'', sent by Charles Widmore, land on the Island. (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* December 31 - Several people make it off The Island [[labelnote:more]] ...while everyone else jumps through time. The Oceanic Six are rescued.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Lost}}'')
* The original Franchise/{{Godzilla}} from [[Film/{{Gojira}} 1954]] is resurrected by the vengeful spirits of forgotten soldiers that died in WWII and sets forth to seek revenge on Japan. Three guardian-monsters known as Mothra, Baragon, and King Ghidorah are awakened in order to stop Godzilla's wrath. (''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'').
* Decepticons conquer Cybertron. Autobots retain control of the moons. (''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'').
* Starscream, having been resurrected by Unicron, travels back in time to assasinate Optimus Prime, pursued by Star Saber and Victory Leo. Beast Megatron, having travelled through the Blasty Zone, arrives to save Starscream, but is driven off by the timely arrival of Optimus Primal. They are soon joined by Lio Convoy, who fight against Beast Megatron, Starscream, Smokescreen, Gigant Bomb, and Rebirth Megatron (who originally posed as an Autobot, Reverse Convoy). (''{{Transformers}}: Robot Masters'')
* Axe Cop, real name Axey Smartist, is born to Bobber and Gobber Smartist. (Webcomic/AxeCop)
* Ashley Graham kidnapped by Jack Krauser and handed over to Los Immunados patriarch, Osmund Saddler. Krauser and Ada Wong, under orders from Albert Wesker, attempt to obtain Las Plagas samples; Krauser is apparently killed in the attempt. Leon Kennedy travels to Spain and rescues Ashley, killing Saddler in the process. (''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'')
* [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis Sue Dibny is murdered.]] (Creator/DCComics)
* A [[Comicbook/{{Runaways}} group of youngsters]] discover their parents are supervillains, and resolve to stop them. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* A rapid-fire series of disasters [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled shatter]] Comicbook/TheAvengers.[[labelnote:more]]It's the Scarlet Witch's fault; later retconned to be DoctorDoom's.[[/labelnote]] (Creator/MarvelComics)
* NickFury engages in a ComicBook/SecretWar against Latveria. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Namie Yagiri shows her brother Seiji Yagiri Celty's head. Seiji falls in love with it. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* A [[ComicBook/NewAvengers new Avengers team]] is formed, including Franchise/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Max Walker of TEC resolves to stop the corrupt Senator [=McComb=]. (''{{Timecop}}'')
* Gregory House deals with challenging medical cases. (''Series/{{House}}'')
* Global warming leads to a new ice age. (''TheDayAfterTomorrow'')
* Napoleon Dynamite helps his friend Pedro run for class president. (''Film/NapoleonDynamite'')
* Archaeologists in the Antarctic wind up caught between [[Franchise/{{Alien}} two]] [[Franchise/{{Predator}} groups]] of extraterrestrials. (''Film/AlienVsPredator'')
** A battle between two groups of aliens spills over into Gunnison, Colorado. (''AlienVsPredator: Requiem'')
* Benjamin Franklin Gates hunts for the Founding Fathers' hidden treasure. (''NationalTreasure'')
* Coop finds Megas in a junkyard and rebuilds the robot his way. Kiva and the Glorft both arrive looking for Megas. Coop, piloting Megas, beats up a lot of bad guys. (''MegasXLR'')
* An incident occurs in which Nicholas Angel swears off the use of guns. [[labelnote:more]]This is possibly the incident when he shoots a drug dealer, which he describes to Danny Butterman later.[[/labelnote]] (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* The events of ''Un-Man'' occur. (''The Psychotechnic League'')
* Sergeant First Class William James becomes a team leader of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq, after the previous leader is killed. (''TheHurtLocker'')
* Time-Travelling Xindi from the 22nd century arrive in Detroit, Michigan. They hire Loomis, a local blood bank worker, to acquire eight samples of Human blood for them. The Xindi need to study Human physiology before being able to produce a suitable bioweapon. (''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'')
* The BOARD Corporation accidentally releases the ancient monsters known as the Undead from their confinement. They begin the Battle Royale, which will determine the dominant species on the planet. Former BOARD employee Kazuma Kenzaki uses Rider System 02 (Blade) to battle and seal the Undead before they can destroy humanity. (''Series/KamenRiderBlade'')
* Doctor Impossible unleashes his fifth Doomsday Device, The Meta-Metavirus, is defeated for the 12th time and incarcerated.
* The Key to the World, a trinklet which grants the holder dominion over Earth, is brought to Townsville.[[labelnote:more]]It is eventually claimed by Mojo Jojo, who uses his new power to end war, hunger, and poverty, establish free electricity for life, and give everyone puppies. then he gets bored and returns to villainy.[[/labelnote]](''ThePowerpuffGirls'')
* The SGC develops a weapon to combat the Kull warriors. Anubis launches a full-scale attack on Earth. SG-1 locates and activates an Ancient outpost in Antarctica, destroying his fleet. Jack O'Neill is promoted to Brigadier General, takes command of the SGC, and promotes Samantha Carter to Lieutenant Colonel. Ba'al steps into the power vacuum left by Anubis and begins driving back the other System Lords. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The SGC sends an expedition through the stargate to coordinates found in the Ancient outpost. They discover {{Atlantis}}, an Ancient city-ship, in the oceans of a planet in the Pegasus Galaxy, and begin battling the vampiric race known as the Wraith. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro are recruited by two mysterious fairies to battle the forces of the Dark Zone. They become the first modern day Pretty Cure (''FutariWaPrettyCure'')
* Wilma "Will" Vandom, Hay Lin, Irma Lair, Cornelia Hale and Taranee Cook become the new Guardians of the Veil, AKA [[FunWithAcronyms WITCH]]. They spend the next two years liberating the planet Meridian from Prince Phobos, aided by rebel leader Caleb, and installing his long-lost sister Elyon Brown, as the true ruler. [[labelnote:Justification]]When the series starts, they're listed as 13 years old, but when the second season starts, which is immediately after the first season, they're 15[[/labelnote]] (''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}})
* Kitty Kenarben leaves her husband and son. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2005]]
* January 1 - The Tenth Doctor regenerates. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* January 20 - Sam Axe is honorably discharged from the US Navy. (''BurnNoticeTheFallOfSamAxe'')
* February - Solid Snake infiltrates Shadow Moses to stop renegade members of FOXHOUND. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* March 5 - Rose Tyler meets the Ninth Doctor. [[labelnote:pedantry]]Technically, her first meeting with the Ninth Doctor was in 1987 on the day her father died, although she was no more than a year old then. She also meets Ten on January 1, immediately before his regeneration.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* March 6 - Mickey Smith meets the Ninth Doctor. [[labelnote:pednatry]]Also met in 1987 at a young age.[[/labelnote]] Plastic shop window dummies attack central London. [[labelnote:more]]Mickey is kidnapped by the Nestene and is replaced by a duplicate. The Nestene Consciousness starts taking control of the dummies from the London Eye, but Rose stops it.[[/labelnote]] Rose joins the TARDIS. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* March - George Sears "resigns" as president. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'')
* April - Now a sergeant, Nicholas Angel receives an award. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* September 26 - Megalith is destroyed, ending the Usean Continental War. (AceCombat 04)
* December - Sergeant Angel is stabbed in the hand [[SurpriseSantaEncounter by a man in a Santa Claus suit]]. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
** Nicholas Angel is given time off to recover. During this time, his girlfriend Janine leaves him, feeling he's unable to "switch off" his police officer mindset. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* December 24 - A 10-year old resident of Los Angeles creates the Pluto's Kiss virus, disabling almost all computer systems worldwide for a period of 77 minutes. Internet usage is restricted to government and business use only for the next 2 years. (Franchise/DotHack)
* Demons invade Briarwood a second time, leader killed this time. (Series/PowerRangersMysticForce)
* Offworld aliens begin the process of immigrating to Earth. (Series/PowerRangersSPD)
* The single universe created in the [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis of 1985]] is [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis reshuffled]], different universes becoming dominant in certain areas due to the actions of the heroes of the first event. The multiverse is reborn in miniature as [[ComicBook/FiftyTwo fifty-two]] new universes are created. (Creator/DCComics)
* Battle of Autobot City; Optimus Prime and Megatron are fatally wounded. The former dies, the latter is upgraded into Galvatron. Attack on Cybertron by Unicron, who is defeated by the ascendancy of Rodimus Prime and the energies of the Matrix of Leadership. Angolmois energy scattered through space and time. (''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'')
* Alternate timeline temporarily created where [[ComicBook/HouseOfM mutants are the dominant species]]. After reality is restored, many mutants are turned into normal humans, drastically reducing the mutant population. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Martians invade, killed by germs. (''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' [2005 film])
* An overabundance of flowers is spotted covering Gensokyo, and Reimu, Marisa and the other heroines set out to pinpoint the cause. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'')
* A documentary crew begins filming at the Scranton branch of office supply company Dunder Mifflin. (''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]]: An American Workplace'')
* A sudden increase in the number of Makamou causes the secret organization Takeshi to spring into action, sending its Oni warriors to protect humanity against the supernatural threat. The young civilian Asumu Adachi encounters the Oni known only as Hibiki, and becomes his student in the hopes of someday becoming an Oni himself. (''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'')
* Atomic Robo and a team of Tesladyne Action Scientists encounters a [[StupidJetpackHitler cyborg-producing Helsingard complex]] beneath a village in Italy's Apennie Mountains (''AtomicRobo'')
* Marshall Ericksen and Lily Aldrin get engaged, prompting Ted Mosby to begin his (apparently interminable) search for true love. Shortly thereafter, he meets and falls in love with Robin Scherbatsky. (''Series/HowIMetYourMother'')
* Terry Higgans fakes his death. (TrueCrimeNewYorkCity)
* The first Slasher incidents occur in Ikebukuro. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Anri Sonohara is physically abused by her father. Although this is not an uncommon occurrence, it causes her mother to snap and use the demon blade Saika to kill her husband and then herself, right before Anri's eyes. Saika then goes into Anri. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* In revenge for Terry's death Marcus Reed takes down all of New Yorks gangs looking for a mole in the NYPD finding out it's Terry Higgans before killing Terry in a fight on a train. (TrueCrimeNewYorkCity)
* Ramona Flowers dates her college roommate Roxie Richter at some point around this time. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* [[labelnote:Series spoilers]]A Japanese high school is rocked by a pair of murders. Two students, one male and one female, are both found dead, and a third who happened to be a close friend of both is missing. An investigation finds that the male had been known to be romantically involved with both females, as well as a number of other students.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:more]]Using the release date of the original visual novel.[[/labelnote]] (''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'')
* The Replicators, under the command of a {{robot|me}}ic version of Samantha Carter, invade the Milky Way and begin assimilating Goa'uld motherships, killing most of the remaining System Lords; they are finally destroyed by an Ancient superweapon on Dakara. Ba'al is defeated by the Jaffa Rebellion. Anubis attacks Dakara but the ascended Ancient Oma Desala sacrifices herself to [[SealedEvilInADuel bind him on the higher planes in eternal ascended combat]]. Jack O'Neill is promoted to Major General and transfers to the Pentagon; Hank Landry replaces him as CO of Stargate Command. Using Ancient communication stones, the SGC accidentally reveals the Milky Way to the Ancients' {{evil counterpart}}s the Ori, who launch a crusade to forcibly convert the galaxy to their worship. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The Zonder make their appearance. Guy Shishioh, now Cyborg Guy, and Galeon battle these beasts by becoming the Super Robot GaoGaiGar. They are aided by the Gutsy Geoid (later Galaxy) Guard and former Zonder general Soldato J. (''GaoGaiGar'')
* The Dark Zone is defeated, but at cost of Nagisa and Honoka's abilities to become the Pretty Cure. Life resumed normally to the two... until shortly after... (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'')
* The Queen of the Garden of Light is separated into different forms. One of them, a girl named Hikari Kujou, becomes Shiny Luminous and joins Nagisa and Honoka in their adventures (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Max Heart'')
* The Black Arms race arrives on Earth, intending on using humanity as their food source. Shadow the Hedgehog learns of his true purpose and eradicates the race. (''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'')
* Steven Prince's firm is bought out. (''Film/TheWorldsEnd'')
* In Scotland, Hugh "Wee Hughie" Campbell's girlfriend is killed by A-Train's carelessness. Billy Butcher reconvenes The Boys, bringing in Wee Hughie to bring the number up to five in the absence of Greg Mallory. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* Dewey Nolastname is accidentally put in his school's special needs class. A fraud conspiracy is brought to light at the company where Hal Nolastname works. Reese Nolastname joins the army and is sent to Afghanistan. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Research continues into White Chlorination Syndrome, while the JSDF continues to defend the Wall of Jericho from infected berserkers. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2006]]
* March - The Slitheen are defeated thanks to the Doctor, Rose and Mickey Smith. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* April 23 - Sergeant Nicholas Angel is transferred from London to Sandford. [[labelnote:details]]The reason given is that he so out-classes his fellow officers that they are beginning to look bad.[[/labelnote]] Upon arriving in Sandford, he immediately arrests a group of village youths for underage drinking, as well as PC Danny Butterman for drunk driving. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* April 27 - Sergeant Angel chases and arrests a shop-lifter, but Simon Skinner, who owns the supermarket that was being robbed, does not press charges. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* April 28 - Martin Blower and Eve Draper star in an atrocious production of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. Later that night, they are brutally murdered. When the bodies are discovered, their deaths are attributed to a car accident. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* April 29 - An explosion destroys the home of George Merchant, killing him in the process. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* May 1 - Tim Messinger is killed when a spire breaks off the decrepit church and smashes his head. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* May 11 - Sergeant Nicholas Angel, with the aid of Danny Butterman and most of the Sandford police force, engage in an epic shootout and arrest Sandford's entire Neighborhood Watch Association with no fatalities. (''Film/HotFuzz'')
* Spring-Summer - Nanoha Takamachi receives Raising Heart, befriends Fate Testarossa, and helps the TSAB to resolve the Jewel Seed incident. (''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'')
* June 4 - Hayate Yagami becomes the final master of the Book of Darkness and the Wolkenritter (''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'')
* June
** [[Film/JamesBond Bond]], after defeating Le Chiffre at both the stock market and poker, gets his heart broken. (''Film/CasinoRoyale'')
** Reese Nolastname deliberately fails his final exams to stay at home for another year. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 3 - John Horus, member of the Seven Guns, assassinates the United States President, Vice-President and several advisors. A manhunt begins for rest of the group. (''ComicBook/BlackSummer'')
* July 9 - After trying to find his way back to the surface world, the rat Roddy St. James discovers a plot by the Toad to flood the sewer rats' home. (''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'')
* September 6 - Scott Pilgrim starts at the University of Toronto and meets Stephen Stills and Wallace Wells[[labelnote:more]]in a manner eerily similar to his meeting Lisa Miller[[/labelnote]]. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* September 7 - Team Kimba's first day of school at the Whateley Academy (WhateleyUniverse)
* September - Blon Fel-fotch Slitheen sets forth a plan to escape the Earth using an interdimensional rift using the TARDIS. [[labelnote:more]]It backfires, regressing Blon into an egg. The Doctor and Rose send the egg to a Raxacoricofallapatorian family to start life anew.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* October 3 - An accident that occurs while a mysterious artifact is being probed causes a whole bunch of mucking around in the space-time continuum. (''Series/{{Eureka}}'')
* October - Operation Katina. (AceCombat 5)
* October/November - A giant van opens up the heart of the TARDIS to make Rose travel to 200,100. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* November - Matthew Santos elected president of the United States (TheWestWing)
* Autumn
** Jack Donaghy transfers from a GE appliance division to become a major executive at Creator/{{NBC}}. [[labelnote:more]] Jack retains the title of "Head of East Coast and Microwave Oven Programming", but does not interact with the microwave team for the rest of his run at GE.[[/labelnote]] Tracy Jordan joins the cast of NBC sketch comedy program ''The Girlie Show'', which is almost immediately renamed ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''. (''Series/ThirtyRock'')
** NBS gets a new network president, Jordan [=McDeere=]. Its flagship show, ''Studio 60,'' gets a new production team of Matt Albie and head writer Danny Tripp after the previous show runner, Wes Mendell, delivers an impromtu diatribe on the state of American television on air. (Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip)
** Kitty Kenarben reunites with her family. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Late November/Early December: Francis Nolastname loses his job. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* December 25 -
** A regenerated Tenth Doctor defeats the Sycorax leader... with a satsuma. His hand is also cut off, but he just grows a new one due to the early hours of regeneration cycle. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** The Book of Darkness incident is resolved. (''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'')
* Archaeologist Andrew Hartford hires a team to help him search for the jewels of an artifact called the Corona Aurora. (''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'')
* The Decepticons driven off of Cybertron and settle on Charr. Galvatron returns to lead his people, completely insane. Quintessons attempt to use the leaderless Decepticons to shut all Cybertronians down, but they are thwarted. (''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', cartoon continuity)
* Kida Masaomi moves to Tokyo, but keeps in contact with childhood friend Mikado Ryugamine. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Annihilus invades the positive matter universe]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] exiled to an [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk alien planet]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Superhuman Registration Act [[ComicBook/CivilWar divides America's superheroes]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Ben Tennyson finds the Omnitrix and uses it to battle evil. (''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'')
* Shawn Spencer begins acting as a "psychic" consultant for the Santa Barbara PD. (''{{Psych}}'')
* Matt Saunders enters a relationship with superhero G-Girl. (''MySuperExGirlfriend'')
* Harold Crick begins to hear a voice narrating his life. (''StrangerThanFiction'')
* Sam Tyler is hit by a car and awakens in 1973. (''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'')
* While testing the myth that hatmaking chemicals cause insanity, [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]] dies of mercury poisoning. In the afterlife, [[ChessWithDeath he challenges Death of Inhaling Hatmaking Chemicals to a mythbusting duel]]. He then revives the brain of Hitler (who had died in the Reichstag fire of 1933), solely using equipment that would have been available to the Germans at the time; proving that Nazi Science could have kept Hitler's brain alive in a jar. Having won the duel, Adam is sent back to life in his own time, as is Hitler's brain. (''IrregularWebcomic'')
* Scott Pilgrim's college career. He meets [[OccidentalOtaku Natalie Adams]] through his friend's girlfriend Julie Powers, her roommate. The two of them start dating, against Julie's wishes, and Scott, Stephen, and Natalie form a band, Kid Chameleon. Natalie begins to change, selling all her anime merchandise and asking that people call her "Envy". She takes control of the band, recruiting Steph Nordegraf, Cole, and an unnamed guitarist, and moving Scott from bass to drums. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Tokyo is beset by Worms, a race of shapeshifting aliens with an unknown agenda. The secret organization ZECT begins production of the Masked Rider System to battle the Worms, but the first completed Zecter, the Kabuto Zecter, falls into the hands of the mysterious Souji Tendo, who fights the Worms on his own terms and refuses to work with ZECT. (''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'')
* The Egyptian government sends Atomic Robo and a team of Action Scientists to deal with a steampowered pyramid supertank. In the wake of the mission, Tesladyne employee Jenkins is ordered on a week-long vacation, over which he destroys the Ramirez cartel. (''AtomicRobo'')
* Otani-Lincoln Laboratories sign a 100-year research agreement with GDI. (''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'')
* Jamal Malik, an uneducated call centre assistant from the slumbs of Mumbai, becomes the first person to win the jackpot on India's ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''. (''SlumdogMillionaire'')
* The disappearance of Corefire, Doctor Impossible escapes jail and unleashes his sixth Doomsday Device, Iceworld. (''SoonIWillBeInvincible'')
* A drug cartel called the Lucian Alliance rises into the power vacuum left by the fallen Goa'uld Empire. USS ''Prometheus'' is destroyed by an Ori KillSat. The Ori collapse the planet [=P3Y-229=] into a supergate to send a fleet of warships into the Milky Way, [[CurbStompBattle steamrolling]] a combined fleet of Tau'ri, Jaffa, Asgard, and Lucian Alliance ships that attempts to stop them. (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* The Atlantis Expedition encounters the Asurans, a race of Replicator kin created by the Ancients. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* The 11 Masters of Sol invade Earth. The Gutsy Galaxy Guard chases after them and is listed as MIA after defeating them (''GaoGaiGar FINAL'')
* The Dark King is defeated for good, ending Nagisa, Honoka and Hikari's adventures, but they would stay on call whenever trouble arises. (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Max Heart'')
* The Dark Fall threatens the world by attempting to obtain 7 World Fountains. It's up to Saki Hyuuga and Mai Mishou to 'take up Nagisa and Honoka's mantle' as the new Pretty Cure to defeat the Dark Fall (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'')
* Nothing happened here that involved a hedgehog and a princess who won't cry. [[CosmicRetcon Seriously. Move along.]] (''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'')
* Nerissa returns following Phobos' fall. The Veil on Meridian is lifted, granting the Guardians brand new powers. Nerissa "recruits" a number of people in her attacks and loses them soon after, including Will Vandom's boyfriend Matt Olsen and Nerissa's former teammates, including resurrecting her old friend Cassidy. Cornelia's sister Lilian is revealed to have the power of the Heart of the World and Caleb learns Nerissa's his mom. (''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'')
* A mysterious woman named Cassandra attacks Griffin and Madison, capturing their son Brandon and using mind-control to usurp control of their army. The couple pursue her across the continent and into Europe, defeating and allying with various tank-riding gangs as they fight for their child. (''VideoGame/BattleTanx: Global Assault'')
* An unknown party attacks the government research facility housing the remains of "the Dragon" from the 6-12 Incident. Afterward the corpse is moved to a new location, rumored to be in America. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2007]]
* January 9 - Yuuto Sakurai disappears the day before his marriage to Airi Nogami, leaving her with no memory of his existence. (''Series/KamenRiderDenO'')
* February 1 - In a parallel universe, the TARDIS lands in a world full of zeppelins... and Cybermen. After destroying the factory in London, the Tenth Doctor and Rose return to their normal universe, but Mickey stays behind. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Between January and March -
** Deffrey Vale School is infiltrated by the Krillitane amalgam race. The Tenth Doctor, Mickey, Rose and Sarah Jane investigate. K-9 Mk III is destroyed in the battle, but the Doctor gives Sarah Jane a replacement. Mickey joins the TARDIS. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** (estimated) Mr. Saxon rises to rank of UK Minister of Defence as if from nowhere. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* March - K-9 is left to guard a black hole from consuming the Earth. Meanwhile The Slitheen establish Coldfire Construction in their plans to power down the Sun and scavenge the Earth. (''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'')
* Between January and April - Elton Pope joins a group of people investigating the Doctor and alien invasions, dubbing it "LINDA" (London Investigation 'n' Detective Agency). LINDA discover the Fifth [[labelnote:justification]]throwaway line in "Time Crash"[[/labelnote]] and Tenth Doctors, but only fleetingly. [[labelnote:more]]Victor Kennedy takes over this gang, absorbing most of them, before being defeated by the Tenth Doctor.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Spring: Francis and Hal Nolastname take a father-son motorcycle trip for Francis' 21st birthday. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* April: Francis Nolastname starts working at Amerisys Industries. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* Between May and June - The Battle of Canary Wharf. [[labelnote:more]]The Cybus Cybermen and the Daleks, save the Cult of Skaro, are pulled into the Void, while Rose gets trapped in an alternate universe in 2010. The Tenth Doctor says his last goodbyes.[[/labelnote]] Around the same time, the Racnoss comes out of hiding to take over H.C. Clements [[labelnote:more]]after discovering Torchwood One has synthesised her power source that can awaken her children after billions of years. She tells Lance, the coffee boy of that company to start her schemes.[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'' [[labelnote:justification]]The Racnoss appears to start her plans around June, six months before "The Runaway Bride". It can probably be inferred this comes after Torchwood One's collapse.[[/labelnote]])
* June -
** Ned Bigby, Jennifer Mosely and Simon Cook graduate from Polk Middle School. (''NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'')
** Donna Noble turns left and gets a job as a temp at HC Clements, which leads to her adventures with the Tenth Doctor. [[labelnote:more]]The coffee boy Lance bonds with Donna, feeding her coffee with trace amounts of Huon particles over six months in order to awaken the Racnoss offspring.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]] In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, she turns right and becomes a secretary, never meeting the Doctor until after his death. Donna, with the help of Rose's cannibalisation of the TARDIS in 2009, travels through time and reverses these events, waking up on the planet Shan Shen, knocking the Trickster beetle off her back.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** Malcolm and Reese Nolastname graduate from high school. Reese starts work as a janitor. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* July 7 - Haruhi Suzumiya and "John Smith" use a field stripe marker to deface the athletic field of East Junior High School in Nishinomiya, Japan, with unknown ideograms later interpreted as "I am here". This incident is, or becomes, the earliest point to which TimeTravel is possible. (''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'')
* July - After fleeing a mob to Alaska [[labelnote:more]]In all fairness, it was Spider-Pig's fault[[/labelnote]], Homer Simpson returns, saving Springfield, USA from being turned into the second Grand Canyon by the Environmental Protection Agency and reconciles with Marge. Again. (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'')
* August 8 - Solid Snake infiltrates the ''USS Discovery'' to obtain photographic evidence of Metal Gear RAY. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'')
* September 9 - John and Sarah Connor and Cameron arrive in this time and resolve to take down [=SkyNet=] once and for all. Cromartie's head, which has also arrived now, begins rebuilding itself. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* September: Malcolm Nolastname begins his studies at Harvard. Lois gets pregnant yet again. (''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'')
* c. September/October - Gods from the outside world enter Gensokyo and begin amassing faith, and Reimu goes to confront them to prevent the closing of her own shrine. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Mountain of Faith'')
* c. October -
** Gwen Cooper fills Suzie Costello's position in Torchwood Three after Suzie commits suicide. (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
** Derek Reese and three other Resistance fighters arrive now from 2027. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* October 25 - Derek Reese kills the author of a chess programme that would have been a predecessor to [=SkyNet=], then joins up with John and Sarah Connor. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* November 14 - Cameron is damaged in a car explosion and tries to kill John Connor. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* November: Dakota Bob Schaefer is killed by a rabid wolverine; Vic the Veep becomes president. The next day, the Homelander leads America's supes in a coup d'etat, killing Vic; all involved are killed by the US military using special CIA-developed weaponry. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is appointed president. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* December 24 - Donna Noble meets the Tenth Doctor for the first time, after she was teleported into his TARDIS on accident. [[labelnote:more]]The Racnoss race is ended once and for after the Doctor drowned the Racnoss offspring and Mr. Saxon, aka the Master, who escaped Malcassairo in the year 100 trillion orders a tank to shoot the ship down.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]]In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Racnoss is still defeated, but the Doctor drowns as Donna doesn't tell him to stop and Mr. Saxon, aka the Master remains on Malcassairo in the year 100 trillion. This universe's Donna meets Rose for the first time here.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December - Aliens attack Los Angeles. Duke Nukem kicks their asses. (''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'')
* By this time, the Quintessons have scattered across the galaxy. Unleashing of the HatePlague. Revival of Optimus Prime, who retrieves the Matrix from Rodimus and cures the plague. (''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', cartoon continuity)
* [[ComicBook/AmazonsAttack Amazons invade America]]. (Creator/DCComics)
* Sinestro creates the Sinestro Corps, which [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar goes to war]] with the GreenLanternCorps and attempts to conquer Earth. (Creator/DCComics)
* Namie Yagiri becomes Yagiri Pharmaceuticals' Research and Development Department. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Seiji tells his sister that he's in love with Celty's head. Out of jealousy, Namie tries to get rid of the head but is too intrigued by it to follow through. She instead conducts experiments on it, and begins to abduct illegal immigrants with the help of Izaya Orihara.
* Ajira Flight 316 crashes on the Island. [[labelnote:ending spoilers]]after John Locke's death. Four of the Oceanic Six end up on the Island 1977 mid-flight with the surviving Losties. Sun, Ben, Ilana and Frank remain in the present. Jacob is murdered by Ben. Desmond is brought to the island by Charles Widmore. The Losties, along with the ones from the DHARMA Initiative return. The Man in Black, also known as the Smoke Monster, takes the form of Locke and starts planning to get off the Island. Jacob is killed by Jack and Hurley becomes the Island's new protector after Jack gives his life to save the Island from destruction. Kate, Lapidus, Miles, Sawyer and Alpert leave the Island.[[/labelnote]] (Series/{{Lost}})
* Death of CaptainAmerica. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Phalanx [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} attempt to conquer the Kree Empire]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] returns to Earth [[ComicBook/WorldWarHulk seeking revenge for his exile]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Spy Michael Westen is abandoned by his superiors and forced to settle in Miami. (''Series/BurnNotice'')
* Autobots and Decepticons battle for the Allspark on Earth. (''[[TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'')
* Moon is colonized; Jacob Hovestraydt founds Hovestraydt City there (''KnownSpace'')
* Valentine Morgenstern attempts to destroy the Clave, but fails. (''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'')
* The demon Lilith revives Jonathan Morgenstern, who creates an order of Dark Shadowhunters. (''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'')
* [[labelnote:some time before]]The time-displaced Billy Shipton adds a message to Sally Sparrow in easter eggs in the [=DVDs=] that she owns, or will own. Larry Nightingale is fascinated by these and transcribes the enigmatic message.[[/labelnote]] Sally Sparrow discovers the Weeping Angels at the old manor Wester Drumlins. [[labelnote:more]]At her friend Kathy Nightingale's house, she sees the first glimpse of the Tenth Doctor's message. Kathy is thrown through time by the Angels. While at Larry's DVD shop the same recording of the Doctor almost appeared to say that he could hear her. She contacts the police, but one of the detectives, Billy Shipton, is sent through time by the Angels as well, dying of old age that night. After discovering the truth behind the [=DVDs=] she returns to Wester Drumlins with Larry. On a portable DVD player, the Doctor's strange words in the DVD easter egg suddenly become part of a two-way conversation. The Doctor warns Sally and Larry of the Weeping Angels. The two board the TARDIS while escaping the Angels, but the TARDIS leaves without them. However, the Angels are locked in place forever.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* The Doctor is chased for his lifespan by the Family of Blood. [[labelnote:more]]He later uses a chameleon arch to hide himself from the time travelling family.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:justification]]while recounting his dream containing these events, the Doctor's human disguise recalls he was in 2007.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Sam Tyler [[labelnote:You know what, spoilers.]]awakens from his coma and dies in an attempt to return to the 1970s.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'')
* Mysterious, genie-like creatures called Imagin begin appearing in Japan, "granting" wishes and attempting to alter history. Luckless high school dropout Ryotaro Nogami is drafted into becoming Den-O, the protector of the timestream, after he accidentally reveals himself to be a Singularity Point; he is later joined by the teenage version of his future brother-in-law, Yuto Sakurai. (''Series/KamenRiderDenO'')
* SCP Foundation recovers the soul extractor from a burned-out factory. (Wiki/SCPFoundation)
* SG-1 sends the Sangraal to the Ori galaxy through the supergate, killing the Ori. Ba'al implants himself in [[DarkMessiah Adria]], who manages to ascend and gain the power of Origin. The Asgard, having exhausted the last attempt to stop their clone degeneration, transfer the sum total of their knowledge to the SGC and commit mass suicide. SG-1 and General Landry destroy several Ori motherships with Asgard weapons but become trapped in a time dilation field aboard the USS ''Odyssey'' for fifty years, which are then reversed by [[ReversePolarity reversing the polarity]] (except for Teal'c, who had to carry the information on how to escape the Ori ships back in time with him). (''Series/StargateSG1'')
* SG-1 takes the ''Odyssey'' through the supergate to find the Ark of Truth, which they use to reveal the falsity of Ori worship to all devotees of Origin, forcing Adria into [[SealedEvilInADuel eternal battle]] with Morgan la Fay. (''Series/StargateSG1: Film/TheArkOfTruth'')
* The International Oversight Advisory orders the USS ''Apollo'' to the Pegasus Galaxy, carrying the Horizon weapons system, to destroy the warships being constructed on the Asuran homeworld. The Asurans retaliate by sending a KillSat to destroy Atlantis; the Expedition is forced to move the city-ship to another planet. Rodney [=McKay=] triggers an Asuran override code to have them attack the Wraith. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* The Atlantis Expedition discovers a nine-chevron stargate address in the Atlantis information database. The SGC constructs an offworld base, designated [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt Icarus Base]], to research a way to reach it. (''Series/StargateUniverse'')
* The Dark Fall is finally defeated, Saki and Mai can resume their lives, while standing by if a new massive threat comes. (''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'')
* Nozomi Yumehara stumbles upon Coco and recruits her friends as the new incarnations of the Pretty Cure to restore the Palmier Kingdom and protect the world from the Nightmares group. (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'')
* Earliest possible date of the first appearance of Cure Moonlight [[labelnote:Justification]] With the exception of Urara (who was 13) and Ako (who was 10), all Pretty Cure are at or about 14 years old. This is also magical girl standard, as well.[[/labelnote]]. (''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'')
* Satellite photos of Shinjuku reveal a black "dot" in the area, but authorities dismiss it as an irregularity. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* Penny moves in into the apartment next to Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter. (''Series/TheBigBangTheory'').
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2008]]
* January 6: Vasili Vashikin is killed[[labelnote:more]]by Billy Butcher[[/labelnote]] to protect a secret. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 7: The Boys are officially disbanded. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 8: Wee Hughie discovers what Vasili Vashikin had unearthed. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 9: Jessica Bradley testifies on behalf of Vought-American. As Billy Butcher's final plan goes into operation, The Boys and their associates are picked off one by one. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* January 10: Jessica Bradley takes the fall for Vought-American. Wee Hughie stops Billy Butcher from setting off bombs throughout New York. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* February - The TARDIS refuels at the active Cardiff Rift, opened by Owen Harper several days earlier to save the Earth and his team at Torchwood. Jack catches it and causes it to fly to the end of the universe while trying to shake him off. [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]]In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, this does not happen, as the Tenth Doctor is already dead.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho''/''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
* February - The Wall of Jericho is destroyed as berserk white creatures soon called "the Legion," led by a red-eyed variant designated "Red Eyes," overrun JSDF defenders in Shinjuku. Survivors report hearing similar sounds as during the 6-12 Incident. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* May - A giant monster tears up New York City. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Not him.]] (''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'')
** First cases of White Chlorination Syndrome outside Shinjuku. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* June
** Ramona Flowers and Roxie Richter break up and don't have much contact for several years. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
** Susan Rayner's senatorial campaign is crushed when 'Monkey' releases a tape of her having sex with Billy Butcher. Wee Hughie threatens Vought-American with genocide if they ever attempt to weaponise supes again. (''Comicbook/TheBoys'')
* July - War breaks out between two great nations using magnetic force bombs that tilt the Earth off its axis and sinks the continents. The majority of Earth's population is destroyed in the cataclysm. (''FutureBoyConan'')
* c. August - Scientific experiments go horribly awry in the secret Russian town, Gorky 17. The Russian army subsequently bombards the town. (''VideoGame/{{Odium}}'')
* September -
** Martha Jones meets the Tenth Doctor for the first time. The Doctor saves the patients and staff of the Royal Hope Hospital from suffocating on the Moon and defeats the Plasmavore, whom the Judoon execute for murder. Martha joins the TARDIS. [[labelnote:more]]She and Captain Jack, who had joined in the intervening travels, then leave not too long afterwards thanks to the events of the Year That Never Was.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]]In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Judoon still apprehend the Plasmavore, with the help of Sarah Jane Smith and Martha, but both, along with most of the hospital of the hospital die of suffocation. Maria Jackson, Luke Smith and Clyde Langer are also missing and feared dead. The Year That Never Was never shall be as the Master/Prof. Yana remains on Malcassairo at the end of the universe.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
** Luke Smith is activated by the Bane. He is later adopted by Sarah Jane Smith, and joins Maria Jackson and Clyde Langer in the fight against alien threats from Ealing. [[labelnote:more]]Over the following months, the Trickster interferes with Sarah Jane's history for the first time. Andrea Yates with the help of Maria Jackson reverses it. The Slitheen return to destroy the world twice. The Xylok Mr. Smith is reformatted and turned to good through a computer virus after almost sending the Moon toward the Earth.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'')
** The Japanese government and imperial family relocate to Kyushu (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* October - Honshu becomes a battleground between the JSDF and the Legion. White Chlorination Syndrome cases skyrocket, as do instances of people transforming into white berserkers. Fleeing Japanese refugees are barred from other countries fearful of WCS. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* October 10 - WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd destroys WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic with the help of Super Mecha Death Christ. (Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses)
* November 22 - Dimension-hopping thief Daiki Kaitou attempts to steal an elaborate gold handgun from the affluent Kurosaki family, but is forced to abandon it after it is damaged during his escape from the police. Two years later, Kaitou would hijack the time-traveling train [=DenLiner=] in order to "redo" the theft, this time preventing the damage as well as saving a number of letters written to the young Reiji Kurosaki by his late mother. This causes a change of heart in the future version of Kurosaki, a member of the TimePolice G-Men, which leads to his partner, the artificial Imagin Eve, going berserk and trying to wipe out humanity. (''[[Series/KamenRiderDenO Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy]]'')
* December 24-25 - The starship Titanic and its nuclear storm drive is set for a collision course with Earth in its voyage of the damned. The Tenth Doctor meets Wilfred Mott for the first time. [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]] In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Titanic crashes into London, wiping out its entire population and irradiating much of the south of England. The UK is cut off from the rest of the world thanks to this disaster. Donna, Wilf and Donna's mother are at safe distance thanks to the intervention of Rose, who tells Donna she is the most important person in the whole of creation (which went about as well as you'd expect). Due to the devastation of her home, Donna's family is forced to move to Leeds.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December 31st - Scott Pilgrim gets a haircut. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
** Scott and Envy Adams have a huge argument that results in them breaking up, throwing Scott into a deep depression that will last until mid-2009, when he graduates. He and Stephen Stills leave Kid Chameleon and Envy starts her own band, The Clash at Demonhead, which hits it big and gets her famous. (''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'')
* Civil war in the United States as predicted by John Titor.
* The demon Dai Shi, sealed in 8,000 B.C., breaks free from his bonds, and the Order of the Claw is forced to pursue and battle him a second time. (''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'')
* [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Darkseid attempts to seize control of reality using the Anti-Life Equation]]. [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] returns to life, but Franchise/{{Batman}} dies.[[labelnote:more]]Actually, he was sent back in time.[[/labelnote]] (Creator/DCComics)
* [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and Mary Jane make a deal with Mephisto and [[Comicbook/OneMoreDay erase their marriage from history]] to save Aunt May. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrulls invade Earth]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Jason Voorhees is captured by the U.S. government and imprisoned at a research facility at Crystal Lake. (''Film/JasonX'')
* A hibernating [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] is awakened in London and rapidly produces offspring that wipe out much of humanity. (''Film/ReignOfFire'')
* A deadly virus strikes Scotland, prompting the British government to wall off the country. (''{{Doomsday}}'')
* A FBI team investigates fringe science with the help of a mad scientist that worked on such science back in the 1970s and 1980s. (''Series/{{Fringe}}'')
* The alien Klaatu lands in Manhattan with a message for the world. ([[''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008'' The Day the Earth Stood Still]] [2008 film])
* [[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Stuff happened]]... [[CanonDiscontinuity don't worry about it]]. (Creator/DCComics)
* The Eleventh Doctor arrives in Leadworth for the second time meets 19-year-old Amy Pond. [[labelnote:more]]He convinces the Atraxi that incinerating the human residence would be a supremely bad idea[[/labelnote]]. The Atraxi apprehends Prisoner Zero. [[labelnote:more]]Prisoner Zero warns the Doctor of the Pandorica and the Silence[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* [[labelnote:"Blink" ending spoilers:]][[StableTimeLoop Sally Sparrow gives the Tenth Doctor the transcript for when he gets stranded in 1969, in order to warn Sally in 2007.]][[/labelnote]] (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Alex Drake is shot and sent back in time to 1981. (''AshesToAshes'')
* Kida Masaomi's gang begins to identify themselves as the Yellow Scarves. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Saki Mikajima, under Izaya Orihara's instruction, approaches Kida. She eventually becomes his girlfriend. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* A hot spring appears outside the Hakurei Shrine, caused by a nuclear-powered raven who wishes to turn Gensokyo into the new Hell, and Reimu and Marisa traverse underground to stop her. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Subterranean Animism'')
* Suicide booths go into business. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* The final battles of the UN Wars, between the United Nations and rebel forces. Near the end of the war, a massive alien creature dubbed the "Bird Human" arises. (''MacrossZero'')
* The Fangire race rises from its dormancy since the 1980s. Violin maker Wataru Kurenai finds himself compelled to battle them as the mysterious warrior Kiva, all while the Wonderful Blue Sky Organization fights both Fangire and Kiva, handing the latest version of the IXA System to bounty hunter Keisuke Nago and tasking him to hunt down Kiva. (''Series/KamenRiderKiva'')
* Private detective Sokichi Narumi breaks into a secret laboratory to rescue a young man called the "Child of Fate". However, due to the bumbling of his assistant Shotaro Hidari, Sokichi is mortally wounded shortly after rescuing the young man, who he names Philip in honor of Literature/PhilipMarlowe. In order to escape from the building, Shotaro and Philip use the experimental Double Driver belt to transform into Kamen Rider Double. They would later label this incident "Begins Night", as the night everything began for them. (''Series/KamenRiderDouble'')
* A wildfire destroys the Californian communities of Agrestic and Majestic. (''{{Weeds}}'')
* Nozomi actually managed to ''impress'' the head honcho of the Nightmare, Despariah, causing the organization to crumble and stop being a threat. However, in process, she and her friends lost her ability to become Pretty Cures... until... (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'')
* Aoba Kuronuma persuades Ran Izumii to become the leader of his gang, the Blue Squares. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* Nozomi and friends quickly became the Pretty Cures again, more powerful than before, after being called into the Cure Rose Garden, in order to combat a new threat in form of the Eternal group. (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Go! Go!'')
* The SGC, Travelers, and Wraith join forces to defeat the Asurans for good. First contact with the Vanir, an Asgard splinter faction. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
[[/folder]]
[[folder:2009]]
* January - The US-Japan Joint Operation Accord begins, and American forces begin aiding the JSDF against Legion attacks. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* January 14 - 12 people are killed and 19 wounded in a killing spree carried out by Inubushi Keiko at Awazumi Municiple Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. (''{{Remember11}}'')
* March - Shinjuku is repeatedly carpet-bombed in joint US-Japanese operations, but Legion forces seem unaffected. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* April 6 - A young man arrives in Gekkoukan. (''{{Persona 3}}'')
* Before April 12 - The Tenth Doctor reunites with Donna Noble and they save London's residents from being converted into members of the Adipose race. The sky is poisoned [[labelnote:more]]by the Sontarans[[/labelnote]] with the Atmospheric Omissions System installed in roughly 300 million cars worldwide. [[labelnote:more]]The Doctor sets the skies alight, ruining the Sontarans' plans and Luke Rattigan blows up the Sontaran ship.[[/labelnote]] The TARDIS is suddenly dragged to the planet Messaline in 6012. [[labelnote:Donna's world in "Turn Left"]] In an alternate timeline/universe created by one of the Trickster's Brigade latching onto Donna's back, the Adipose plan is successfully put to fruition in North America, killing 60 million. The Series/{{Torchwood}} team is killed saving the world from the Sontarans' ATMOS plan, apart from Jack, who is transferred to Sontar. Foreigners have been placed into "labour camps". Wilf notes the stars are going out, so Donna meets up with Rose to reverse the mess the world has got into using a cannibalised TARDIS.[[/labelnote]] The Earth and 25 other planets are stolen from the sky. [[labelnote:more]]This was caused by the Daleks, who were stopped by the Doctor and Donna Noble, who were warned about this on the planet Shan Shen by Rose Tyler. As the result of a Time Lord-human metacrisis, Donna's memories are erased before her mind is burnt out.[[/labelnote]] The Doctor is once again without any companions. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* April 10 - The Sburb Beta is released. (''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'')
* April 12 - On Easter, the Tenth Doctor and a jewel thief get on a London bus and are stranded on a desolate planet, formerly the metropolis San Helios. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* April 13 - John Egbert receives his copy of the Sburb Beta, and begins playing with his three friends, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, and Jade Harley. Though they are initially unaware of this, playing the game completes the StableTimeLoop that brought about their own existence, but this same time loop results in the destruction of human civilization via a rain of meteors and a vast explosion triggered by Becquerel, First Guardian of Earth. The sole survivors are the kids, their guardians, the humorless gentleman known only as fedoraFreak, and the actor NicolasCage. Of these, only Cage remains on Earth; the rest escape into the Medium via Sburb. (''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'')
* April 21 - First [=FlashForward=] occurs at 17:00:00, caused by an experiment at the LHC. Whole world's consiousness flashes to October 23, 2030 for 2 minutes. Future splits into two parallel universes, henceforth referred to as A and B [[labelnote:more]]In universe A, the pre-[=FlashForward=] continuity, the world never experienced a FlashForward. It is unclear whether it experienced a blackout. In universe B, the post-Flash timeliine, the world saw a glimpse of universe A, and acted upon the information, thus creating a differing universe.[[/labelnote]](''[[Series/FlashForward2009 FlashForward]]'', novel)
* April 29 - Raiden infiltrates the Big Shell to surpress the Sons of Liberty. (''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'')
* May 10 - Gamers and Critics led by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd and Webvideo/TheNostalgiaCritic respectively face off in the ultimate showdown. [[labelnote:more]]It ends in a tie, after [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses That Guy With the Glasses]] asks for the fighting to stop, and suggests everyone to set aside their differences to partake in crossovers.[[/labelnote]] (''Webvideo/TGWTGYearOneBrawl'')
* June 1 - Terrorists detonate an EMP weapon in the United States, destroying electronics nation wide and making the United States a third-world country overnight. (''DarkAngel'')
* August 6 - In an uncomfortable coincidence of dates, Japan agrees to exercise the nuclear option on Shinjuku. Through the rest of August, nuclear weapons are dropped on dense concentrations of Legion forces. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* August 14 - A team of three commandos, led by Cole Sullivan, arrives into a Polish town where some mysterious disaster has occurred. They subsequently find the town overrun by mutated monsters and barely any survivors. (''VideoGame/{{Odium}}'')
* Before September - Torchwood Three investigates a gentleman's club on the site of Torchwood India, which has been frozen in time for over eight decades. (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' [radio dramas])
* September 17 - A Spanish study group is formed at Greendale Community College. (''Series/{{Community}}'')
* September - Torchwood Three is ordered destroyed by the British government in order to cover up the first 456 incident. Shortly thereafter, the 456 reestablish contact, demanding the governments of Earth surrender 10% of their children to them. The surviving members of Torchwood thwart them. (''Series/{{Torchwood}}'')
* October 6 - Everyone in the world blacks out at the exact same time, 11:00 am Pacific time, for 2 minutes 17 seconds [[labelnote:more]]During which, everybody in the world had visions of themselves 6 months in the future[[/labelnote]]. (''[[Series/FlashForward2009 Flash Forward]]'')
* October 12 - Light Yagami, otherwise known as Kira, disguised as L, speaks with Near, L's successor, for the first time. (''Manga/DeathNote'')
* October 15 - Study group members and best friends Abed Nadir and Troy Barnes make a pact that they will never lie to each other. (''Series/{{Community}}'') [[labelnote:Timing]]The precise date is given in "Contemporary Impressionists". It also matches the original U.S date that the episode this pact was made in was broadcast.[[/labelnote]]
* November - The nuclear campaign in Japan is declared successful, and there is no sign of any remaining Legion berserkers. (''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'')
* December 24 - The Master is resurrected by a cult [[labelnote:more]]but due to his wife's interference CameBackWrong [[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December 25 - [[labelnote:''The End of Time'' spoilers]] The Master causes the entire human population of Earth to become clones of himself[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* December 26 - [[labelnote:''The End of Time'' spoilers]]The Time Lords, led by Rassilon, attempt to end time itself, deleting the Master's template from the human race in the process. The Master thwarts this by apparently sacrificing himself.[[/labelnote]] The Tenth Doctor slowly begins his regeneration cycle. He says farewell to Sarah Jane and Luke Smith around the same time period. (''Series/DoctorWho'')
* Wendy Watson takes a job with the Jolly Fats Weehauken Temp Agency, a.k.a. the Middleman and [=O2STK=]. (TheMiddleman)
* The falsely imprisoned Nick Vrenna fights through an underground high-security prison full of mutants (that were created after genetic experiments got out of control) and diverts the water supply to prevent the plague from spreading outside. (''{{Abuse}}'')
* Reconstruction of the alien fortress, dubbed the ''Macross'' is completed. Giant alien warriors known as the Zentraedi attack Earth in an attempt to claim the ship (Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross)
* [[GovernmentConspiracy Project Leviathan]] comes to an end, all its test subjects believed dead. (Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja)
* Near Apocalypse of '09. (DCAnimatedUniverse)
* [[ComicBook/BlackestNight The dead rise across the universe]] and seek to destroy all life. (Creator/DCComics)
* Norman Osborn grows in power and influence. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Kree (led by [[ComicBook/TheInhumans the Inhumans]]) and Shi'ar (led by Emperor Vulcan) go to [[ComicBook/WarOfKings war]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* CaptainAmerica returns. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Norman Osborn [[ComicBook/{{Siege}} goes to war with Asgard]]. (Creator/MarvelComics)
* Conflict arises between the Yellow Scarves and the Blue Squares. Izaya Orihara sells information to both sides. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
** Under Izaya's recommendation, Saki Mikajima approaches the Blue Squares. They then kidnap her and break her leg to get Kida Masaomi's attention. Masaomi runs to save her, but freezes up as he gets close, ultimately failing to save her. Four members of the Blue Squares--Kadota Kyohei, Walker Yumasaki, Erika Kawisawa, and Saburo--betray their gang and save Saki instead. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
*** As a result of this incident, Masaomi leaves the Yellow Scarves and breaks up with Saki. He invites Mikado Ryugamine to join him at Raira Academy, and Mikado accepts. (''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'')
* The last known baby is born in Argentina; all other humans are mysteriously infertile. Global instability rises as people realize they are the last generation. (''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' (film))
* A viral cure for cancer [[GoneHorriblyWrong mutates into a lethal strain]] that kills billions, and turns most of the survivors into [[OurVampiresAreDifferent monsters]]. (''Film/IAmLegend'' [film])
* Yuji Kaido placed into cryogenic stasis after being diagnosed with a terrible disease. (''BlueGender'')
* Marianne vi Britannia assassinated; her son Lelouch and daughter Nunally are sent to Japan as political hostages. (''Anime/CodeGeass''[[labelnote:more]]1954 CE[[/labelnote]])
* A large spaceship appears in Gensokyo's skies, and the heroines chase after it in search of treasure. (''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Undefined Fantastic Object'')
* Second Industrial Revolution begins. (''The Psychotechnic League'')
* Maria Jackson leaves with her father to America. Rani Chandra joins Sarah Jane's team. [[labelnote:more]]Mrs. Wormwood and Commander Kaagh search for the body of the galactic conqueror Horath on Earth. Kaagh has second thoughts, sacrificing himself and Wormwood to prevent themselves from being released.[[/labelnote]] (''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'')
* North Korean President Choi Kim seeks peaceful reunification with South Korea. His son Choi Song, seeing this as weakness, deposes his father and takes over North Korea as a dictator, threatening the world with nuclear missiles. A joint military coalition attempts to bring Song in, but the job is eventually completed by Christopher Jacobs, a mercenary with the PMC Executive Operations[[labelnote:more]]According to ''Mercenaries 2'', Jacobs' storyline is the canonical one.[[/labelnote]]. (''{{Mercenaries}}: Playground of Destruction'')
* Dimensional chaos causes massive alterations to reality, as well as unleashing hordes of monsters. The mysterious photographer Tsukasa Kadoya is tasked by the Kamen Riders with the job of resolving the problem while they prevent further damage to reality. Tsukasa becomes Kamen Rider Decade and begins traveling between parallel versions of reality, working with the Kamen Riders he finds there to protect their worlds. (''Series/KamenRiderDecade'')
* The aristocratic Sonozaki family ramps up distribution of the illegal devices called Gaia Memories as part of patriarch Ryubee's plan to initiate a "Gaia Impact". Private eye Shotaro Hidari and his partner Philip battle the Dopants (humans who use Gaia Memories) as Kamen Rider Double, later gaining assistance from police investigator Ryu Terui, who himself possesses the power of Kamen Rider Accel. (''Series/KamenRiderDouble'')
* Mystery novelist Richard Castle begins shadowing NYPD Detective Kate Beckett as part of his research for his latest project, which will become the novel ''Heat Wave''. (''Series/{{Castle}}'')
* Two monsters fight for high school student Jyugon's affections. (''Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl'')
* An experiment involving a quantum decomputer summons an EldritchAbomination Atomic Robo shares a long enmity with. (''AtomicRobo'')
* Charley Dixon and Derek Reese are killed. Sarah Connor is arrested, but freed by John and Cameron. Cameron is badly damaged; John Henry takes her chip to the future. John and Catherine Weaver go into hiding. The fates of Sarah Connor and James Ellison are unknown. (''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'')
* Otani-Lincoln Laboratories receives its first R&D contract from GDI to develop semi-autonomous structure. (''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'')
* In an AlternateTimeline where Earth made contact with the Aschen Confederation, the Goa'uld have been wiped out. Earth begins to suffer a precipitous drop in global birthrates[[labelnote:more]]due to sterility drugs secreted in Aschen anti-aging vaccines. The former SG-1 sacrifices itself to send a message back in time to before SG-1 contacted the Aschen to warn them off[[/labelnote]]. (''Series/StargateSG1'': "2010")
* The Wraith hook up a zero-point energy module to a hive ship, causing it to grow into a nearly indestructible super-hive which is sent to attack Earth. Atlantis uses a wormhole drive to jump to Earth and aid in the defense. Col. John Sheppard flies an F-302 carrying a nuclear warhead aboard the super-hive and detonates it, destroying the ship and saving the planet. (''Series/StargateAtlantis'')
* The Lucian Alliance launches a surprise attack on Icarus Base. During the attack the team successfully dials the nine-chevron address and evacuates through the gate, ending up aboard the millions-of-years-old Ancient exploration ship ''Destiny''. (''Series/StargateUniverse'')
* The Eternal group is brought down by Nozomi, the Boss proving too evil for Nozomi to forgive. Still retaining their Pretty Cure powers, they resume their lives until their powers are needed again. (''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Go! Go!'')
* Love Momozono saves her favorite dancer from a monster from Labyrinth and incidentally awakened her ability to become a Pretty Cure, eventually committing herself and her friends (also awakening their Precure abilities) to combat the Labyrinth. (''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'')
* The first Great Big Gathering: Love, along with Miki Aono and Inori Yamabuki team up with Nagisa, Honoka, Hikari, Saki, Mai and Nozomi (along with her friends Rin Natsuki, Urara Kasugano, Komachi Akimoto, Karen Minazuki and Kurumi Mimino) to stop the creature called Fusion (''PrettyCureAllStars'')
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* Dr. Wily steals six of Dr. Light's robots to conquer the world. Mega Man defeats these "Robot Masters" alongside Wily's own creations. (''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series)
* Dr. Wily rules the world with his robot army. Proto Man and Mega Man try, and fail, to defeat him. (''Music/TheProtomen'')
* "Wild Ones", also known as Digimon start bio-emerging from the digital world into the real world. (''Anime/DigimonTamers'')
* Birth of Philip J. Fry II to Yancy Fry, Jr., and his unnamed wife. He is named after a paternal uncle. He would go on to become the first man to walk upon Mars. Hubert J. Farnsworth is supposedly a distant descendant of this boy. (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
* The untested AI [=GLaDOS=] is activated for the first time as one of the planned activities on Aperture Science’s first annual bring-your-daughter-to-work day. In many ways, the initial test goes well: Within one picosecond of being switched on, [=GLaDOS=] becomes self-aware. The "going well" phase lasts for two more picoseconds, at which point [=GLaDOS=] takes control of the facility, locks everyone inside, and begins a permanent cycle of testing. Her goal: beat the hated Black Mesa in the race to develop a functioning portal technology. (''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'')
* May 16 - Days after [=GLaDOS=]'s self-awareness, Black Mesa successfully deploys an interdimensional gate through which an alien race emerges. Gordon Freeman defeats the source of the trouble and is placed into stasis by an enigmatic figure. [[labelnote:more]]The Combine arrive and conquer and decimate Earth's forces in seven hours[[/labelnote]]. (''VideoGame/HalfLife1'')
* A man, having fallen asleep in the nineteenth century, awakes into the mid-noughties into a perfect version of London society. After learning many things and meeting many wonderful people, he was rather frustrated to wake up in the nineteenth century again and discover that ItWasAllADream. (''[[Creator/WilliamMorris News From Nowhere]]'')
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