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* It's hard to pinpoint exactly when the stories featuring ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' are taking place. The action never leaves Bear Country, which features very few technologies aside from (early-to-mid-century) cars [[note]] Grizzly Gramps drives what looks like a 1940s pickup [[/note]] and (pre-1950s) telephones. Shopping malls and color television appear to be fairly new, suggesting an approximate date of 1970; however, one book shows what looks suspiciously like a Rubik's Cube, which was invented around 1980.
* It would be easy to assume that ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' takes place in the early 20th Century (around the time of the author's childhood) because of the Bucket family's absurdly exaggerated poverty and Charlie's father's horrible factory job, except that Mike Teavee is considered a SpoiledBrat because he's addicted to television. ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' confuses the issue even more with all its science fiction elements while being an ImmediateSequel.
* It would be easy to assume that ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' takes place in the early 20th Century (around the time of the author's childhood) because of the Bucket family's absurdly exaggerated poverty and Charlie's father's horrible factory job, except that Mike Teavee is considered a SpoiledBrat because he's addicted to television. ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' confuses the issue even more with all its science fiction elements while being an ImmediateSequel.
* ''Literature/{{Crictor}}'' was first published in 1958, but takes place during an unspecified time period. The style of dress favored by Madame Bodot and all the background characters (long dresses with high collars, sailor suits for the children, everyone wears a hat while outdoors) resembles the 1900's - 1910's. The copious use of gas lamps throughout the story also indicates late 1800's or early 1900's. Early automobiles and a toy pickup truck appear in the story, and Crictor climbs a utility pole to rescue a kite for a pair of children (though whether the utility pole holds telegraph wires or electrical wires is another question). Crictor also helps a pack of boy scouts learn to tie knots, though scouting didn't begin in France until 1911.
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' series became this, due to the series {{schedule slip}}ping a lot. The first book ''Literature/TheFalconsMalteser'' was released in 1986, so one would think that the series would continue to take place during the 1980s, but then as the books were slowly released, they began to suffer from TimeMarchesOn once the fourth book was released the 2000s. Then when the recent book was released in 2007, one of the brothers had turned an age. It's an '80s/'90s/New Millennium mishmash.
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' series became this, due to the series {{schedule slip}}ping a lot. The first book ''Literature/TheFalconsMalteser'' was released in 1986, so one would think that the series would continue to take place during the 1980s, but then as the books were slowly released, they began to suffer from TimeMarchesOn once the fourth book was released the 2000s. Then when the recent book was released in 2007, one of the brothers had turned an age. It's an '80s/'90s/New Millennium mishmash.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ''appears'' to take place in the present day. However, nobody knows how long in the "past" the background lore goes back -- WordOfGod has [[FlipFlopOfGod flip-flopped]] on whether the Clans have been in the forest for fifty years or thirty, both of which are considered to be too short by fans considering all the leaders and generation gaps we know about. When you go all the way back -- before the Clans were formed, before the Tribe was formed, back when their ancestors lived by the lake -- there seems to be modern construction equipment; it describes yellow vehicles. Most people accept the series as taking place slightly in the future because of this, but it's not clear exactly when.
* ''Literature/TheScorpioRaces'': The time period is never mentioned. WordOfGod has said that she knows when it is set, and the location of the island it's set on, but she will not say.
* ''Literature/TheScorpioRaces'': The time period is never mentioned. WordOfGod has said that she knows when it is set, and the location of the island it's set on, but she will not say.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ''appears'' to take ''Literature/HardaHorda'' antology has three different examples across its stories:
** ''Rail Station Attendant'': It's the near future. How far into it? Maybe 50 years. Maybe 150. It doesn't really matter for the story itself.
** ''Dear Mr. M.'': The action takes place somewhere in thepresent day. However, nobody knows how long in tail end of the "past" the background lore goes back -- WordOfGod has [[FlipFlopOfGod flip-flopped]] on whether the Clans have been in the forest for fifty years or thirty, both of which are considered to be too short by fans considering all the leaders and generation gaps we know about. When you go all the way back -- before the Clans were formed, before the Tribe was formed, back 19th century[[note]]O. mentions reading Tennyson's "newest poem" when their ancestors lived by she was 16, while he died in 1892, and the lake -- there seems to be modern construction equipment; it describes yellow vehicles. Most people accept the series as taking plot takes place slightly in when she's 23[[/note]], and [[FramingDevice the future because of this, letter itself is written]] somewhere later, probably after [=WW1=], given a "modern" societal upheaval is mentioned
** ''Fiery Tail'': We don't even know when the main character was born, but it's vaguely implied to be in the near-future. From that moment on, even more unspecified time has passed, but given that Earth went through [[ColonyDrop being hit by a swarm of asteroids]], a new ice age as a result of that and then recovered fully from it, there is a good chance thousands, if notclear exactly when.
millions, of years have passed, while human survivors were stored on [[SleeperShip Space]] [[TheArk Arks]] for the duration.
*''Literature/TheScorpioRaces'': The ''Literature/HumanResources2018'' when not set in the far future, takes place in some vague time period with bunny-ear t.v. sets, cheap motels and no cell phones.
* It's never mentioned when ''Literature/LandOfOz'' takes place. The [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first book]] came out in 1900 and the [[Literature/DorothyAndTheWizardInOz fourth book]] appears to involve the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (although it is nevermentioned. WordOfGod has said specified in the text what the year was or if it was that she knows when earthquake in particular). The 1925 book ''The Lost King Of Oz'' implies the series began in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoThePast late 1800s]] (and that several years have passed since it began). When Dorothy is set, accidentally sent back to America, the anti-aging spell from Oz stops working and the location of the island it's set on, but she will not say. Dorothy turns middle aged.
** ''Rail Station Attendant'': It's the near future. How far into it? Maybe 50 years. Maybe 150. It doesn't really matter for the story itself.
** ''Dear Mr. M.'': The action takes place somewhere in the
** ''Fiery Tail'': We don't even know when the main character was born, but it's vaguely implied to be in the near-future. From that moment on, even more unspecified time has passed, but given that Earth went through [[ColonyDrop being hit by a swarm of asteroids]], a new ice age as a result of that and then recovered fully from it, there is a good chance thousands, if not
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* It's never mentioned when ''Literature/LandOfOz'' takes place. The [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first book]] came out in 1900 and the [[Literature/DorothyAndTheWizardInOz fourth book]] appears to involve the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (although it is never
* Creator/DavidDrake's series ''Literature/{{RCN}}'' and ''Literature/TheCitizenSeries'' both take place roughly a thousand years after Earth was half-destroyed (by ColonyDrop in ''RCN'', by biological warfare in ''Citizen''). Beyond that, there's so much SchizoTech in both settings that the time period relative to the reader is vague at best.
* ''Literature/TheScorpioRaces'': The time period is never mentioned. WordOfGod has said that she knows when it is set, and the location of the island it's set on, but she will not say.
* ''Literature/TheScorpioRaces'': The time period is never mentioned. WordOfGod has said that she knows when it is set, and the location of the island it's set on, but she will not say.
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* It's hard to pinpoint exactly when the stories featuring ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' are taking place. The action never leaves Bear Country, which features very few technologies aside from (early-to-mid-century) cars [[note]] Grizzly Gramps drives what looks like a 1940s pickup [[/note]] and (pre-1950s) telephones. Shopping malls and color television appear to be fairly new, suggesting an approximate date of 1970; however, one book shows what looks suspiciously like a Rubik's Cube, which was invented around 1980.
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' series became this, due to the series {{schedule slip}}ping a lot. The first book ''Literature/TheFalconsMalteser'' was released in 1986, so one would think that the series would continue to take place during the 1980s, but then as the books were slowly released, they began to suffer from TimeMarchesOn once the fourth book was released the 2000s. Then when the recent book was released in 2007, one of the brothers had turned an age. It's an '80s/'90s/New Millennium mishmash.
* It would be easy to assume that ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' takes place in the early 20th Century (around the time of the author's childhood) because of the Bucket family's absurdly exaggerated poverty and Charlie's father's horrible factory job, except that Mike Teavee is considered a SpoiledBrat because he's addicted to television. ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' confuses the issue even more with all its science fiction elements while being an ImmediateSequel.
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' series became this, due to the series {{schedule slip}}ping a lot. The first book ''Literature/TheFalconsMalteser'' was released in 1986, so one would think that the series would continue to take place during the 1980s, but then as the books were slowly released, they began to suffer from TimeMarchesOn once the fourth book was released the 2000s. Then when the recent book was released in 2007, one of the brothers had turned an age. It's an '80s/'90s/New Millennium mishmash.
* It would be easy to assume that ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' takes place in the early 20th Century (around the time of the author's childhood) because of the Bucket family's absurdly exaggerated poverty and Charlie's father's horrible factory job, except that Mike Teavee is considered a SpoiledBrat because he's addicted to television. ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' confuses the issue even more with all its science fiction elements while being an ImmediateSequel.
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* It's hard The ''Shady Hollow'' series by Juneau Black is published as "Vintage Crime", but it's difficult to pinpoint tell exactly when what vintage. Being set in a small town in what is implied to be Upstate New York (in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals) makes it even harder. Most of the stories featuring ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' are taking place. The action never leaves Bear Country, which features very few technologies aside from (early-to-mid-century) time it seems to be vaguely at the end of TheGildedAge, with a wealthy sawmill owner modeled after the Astor, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt families, and cars [[note]] Grizzly Gramps drives what looks like a 1940s pickup [[/note]] and (pre-1950s) telephones. Shopping malls and color television don't decisively appear (ambiguously "a wagon" does but most people walk or fly with wings), as well as etiquette schools. One character is a holdover from TheWildWest. But [=1950s=] style diner uniforms appear, [[EternalSexualFreedom modern romantic mores]], and offhand references to modern books complicate it.
* ''Literature/{{Stray}}'' was published in 1987 but takes place in a time period where milk bottles are still left at doors.
* The ''Literature/ATaleOf'' series mixes together several films that are in completely different time periods, making it impossible to pin down the time period of the books.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'': The year is given as "17--" and the mentioning of King George not clarifying which King George it is, the setting could theoretically befairly new, suggesting an approximate anywhere from 1714 to 1799. Some textual evidence does allow us to narrow it down further, however - the suggestion that England is at war with France would imply a range of 1740-63. Bow Street Runners are mentioned, dating it to after 1749. Stevenson's treasure map includes a date of 1970; however, one book shows what looks suspiciously like a Rubik's Cube, which was invented around 1980.
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' series became this, due to the series {{schedule slip}}ping a lot. The first book ''Literature/TheFalconsMalteser'' was released in 1986,1754, and Flint has been dead at least three years, so one would think that the series would continue to take place during the 1980s, but then as the books were slowly released, it must be after 1757. And since they began to suffer from TimeMarchesOn once visit a friendly port in Spanish America, it's presumably before Spain entered the fourth book was released the 2000s. Then when the recent book was released Seven Years' War in 2007, one of the brothers had turned an age. It's an '80s/'90s/New Millennium mishmash.
* It would be easy to assume that ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''1762, so it most likely takes place in the early 20th Century (around the time last years of the author's childhood) because 1750s or the first two years of the Bucket family's absurdly exaggerated poverty and Charlie's father's horrible factory job, except that Mike Teavee is considered a SpoiledBrat because he's addicted to television. ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' confuses the issue even more with all its science fiction elements while being an ImmediateSequel.'60s. (The Disney version sets it in 1765, incidentally.)
* ''Literature/{{Stray}}'' was published in 1987 but takes place in a time period where milk bottles are still left at doors.
* The ''Literature/ATaleOf'' series mixes together several films that are in completely different time periods, making it impossible to pin down the time period of the books.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'': The year is given as "17--" and the mentioning of King George not clarifying which King George it is, the setting could theoretically be
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' series became this, due to the series {{schedule slip}}ping a lot. The first book ''Literature/TheFalconsMalteser'' was released in 1986,
* It would be easy to assume that ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''
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* Creator/DavidDrake's series ''Literature/{{RCN}}'' and ''Literature/TheCitizenSeries'' both take place roughly a thousand years after Earth was half-destroyed (by ColonyDrop in ''RCN'', by biological warfare in ''Citizen''). Beyond that, there's so much SchizoTech in both settings that the time period relative to the reader is vague at best.
* ''Literature/HumanResources2018'' when not set in the far future, takes place in some vague time period with bunny-ear t.v. sets, cheap motels and no cell phones.
* It's never mentioned when ''Literature/LandOfOz'' takes place. The [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first book]] came out in 1900 and the [[Literature/DorothyAndTheWizardInOz fourth book]] appears to involve the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (although it is never specified in the text what the year was or if it was that earthquake in particular). The 1925 book ''The Lost King Of Oz'' implies the series began in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoThePast late 1800s]] (and that several years have passed since it began). When Dorothy is accidentally sent back to America, the anti-aging spell from Oz stops working and Dorothy turns middle aged.
* ''Literature/{{Stray}}'' was published in 1987 but takes place in a time period where milk bottles are still left at doors.
* The ''Literature/ATaleOf'' series mixes together several films that are in completely different time periods, making it impossible to pin down the time period of the books.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'': The year is given as "17--" and the mentioning of King George not clarifying which King George it is, the setting could theoretically be anywhere from 1714 to 1799. Some textual evidence does allow us to narrow it down further, however - the suggestion that England is at war with France would imply a range of 1740-63. Bow Street Runners are mentioned, dating it to after 1749. Stevenson's treasure map includes a date of 1754, and Flint has been dead at least three years, so it must be after 1757. And since they visit a friendly port in Spanish America, it's presumably before Spain entered the Seven Years' War in 1762, so it most likely takes place in the last years of the 1750s or the first two years of the '60s. (The Disney version sets it in 1765, incidentally.)
* The ''Shady Hollow'' series by Juneau Black is published as "Vintage Crime", but it's difficult to tell exactly what vintage. Being set in a small town in what is implied to be Upstate New York (in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals) makes it even harder. Most of the time it seems to be vaguely at the end of TheGildedAge, with a wealthy sawmill owner modeled after the Astor, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt families, and cars don't decisively appear (ambiguously "a wagon" does but most people walk or fly with wings), as well as etiquette schools. One character is a holdover from TheWildWest. But [=1950s=] style diner uniforms appear, [[EternalSexualFreedom modern romantic mores]], and offhand references to modern books complicate it.
* ''Literature/{{Crictor}}'' was first published in 1958, but takes place during an unspecified time period. The style of dress favored by Madame Bodot and all the background characters (long dresses with high collars, sailor suits for the children, everyone wears a hat while outdoors) resembles the 1900's - 1910's. The copious use of gas lamps throughout the story also indicates late 1800's or early 1900's. Early automobiles and a toy pickup truck appear in the story, and Crictor climbs a utility pole to rescue a kite for a pair of children (though whether the utility pole holds telegraph wires or electrical wires is another question). Crictor also helps a pack of boy scouts learn to tie knots, though scouting didn't begin in France until 1911.
* ''Literature/HumanResources2018'' when not set in the far future, takes place in some vague time period with bunny-ear t.v. sets, cheap motels and no cell phones.
* It's never mentioned when ''Literature/LandOfOz'' takes place. The [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first book]] came out in 1900 and the [[Literature/DorothyAndTheWizardInOz fourth book]] appears to involve the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (although it is never specified in the text what the year was or if it was that earthquake in particular). The 1925 book ''The Lost King Of Oz'' implies the series began in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoThePast late 1800s]] (and that several years have passed since it began). When Dorothy is accidentally sent back to America, the anti-aging spell from Oz stops working and Dorothy turns middle aged.
* ''Literature/{{Stray}}'' was published in 1987 but takes place in a time period where milk bottles are still left at doors.
* The ''Literature/ATaleOf'' series mixes together several films that are in completely different time periods, making it impossible to pin down the time period of the books.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'': The year is given as "17--" and the mentioning of King George not clarifying which King George it is, the setting could theoretically be anywhere from 1714 to 1799. Some textual evidence does allow us to narrow it down further, however - the suggestion that England is at war with France would imply a range of 1740-63. Bow Street Runners are mentioned, dating it to after 1749. Stevenson's treasure map includes a date of 1754, and Flint has been dead at least three years, so it must be after 1757. And since they visit a friendly port in Spanish America, it's presumably before Spain entered the Seven Years' War in 1762, so it most likely takes place in the last years of the 1750s or the first two years of the '60s. (The Disney version sets it in 1765, incidentally.)
* The ''Shady Hollow'' series by Juneau Black is published as "Vintage Crime", but it's difficult to tell exactly what vintage. Being set in a small town in what is implied to be Upstate New York (in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals) makes it even harder. Most of the time it seems to be vaguely at the end of TheGildedAge, with a wealthy sawmill owner modeled after the Astor, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt families, and cars don't decisively appear (ambiguously "a wagon" does but most people walk or fly with wings), as well as etiquette schools. One character is a holdover from TheWildWest. But [=1950s=] style diner uniforms appear, [[EternalSexualFreedom modern romantic mores]], and offhand references to modern books complicate it.
* ''Literature/{{Crictor}}'' was first published in 1958, but takes place during an unspecified time period. The style of dress favored by Madame Bodot and all the background characters (long dresses with high collars, sailor suits for the children, everyone wears a hat while outdoors) resembles the 1900's - 1910's. The copious use of gas lamps throughout the story also indicates late 1800's or early 1900's. Early automobiles and a toy pickup truck appear in the story, and Crictor climbs a utility pole to rescue a kite for a pair of children (though whether the utility pole holds telegraph wires or electrical wires is another question). Crictor also helps a pack of boy scouts learn to tie knots, though scouting didn't begin in France until 1911.
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* Creator/DavidDrake's series ''Literature/{{RCN}}'' and ''Literature/TheCitizenSeries'' both ''Literature/WarriorCats'' ''appears'' to take place roughly a thousand years after Earth was half-destroyed (by ColonyDrop in ''RCN'', by biological warfare in ''Citizen''). Beyond that, there's so much SchizoTech in both settings that the time period relative to the reader is vague at best.
* ''Literature/HumanResources2018'' when not set in the far future, takes place in some vague time period with bunny-ear t.v. sets, cheap motels and no cell phones.
* It's never mentioned when ''Literature/LandOfOz'' takes place. The [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first book]] came out in 1900 and the [[Literature/DorothyAndTheWizardInOz fourth book]] appears to involve the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (although it is never specified in the text what the year was or if it was that earthquake in particular). The 1925 book ''The Lost King Of Oz'' implies the series began in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoThePast late 1800s]] (and that several years have passed since it began). When Dorothy is accidentally sent back to America, the anti-aging spell from Oz stops working and Dorothy turns middle aged.
* ''Literature/{{Stray}}'' was published in 1987 but takes place in a time period where milk bottles are still left at doors.
* The ''Literature/ATaleOf'' series mixes together several films that are in completely different time periods, making it impossible to pin down the time period of the books.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'': The year is given as "17--" and the mentioning of King George not clarifying which King George it is, the setting could theoretically be anywhere from 1714 to 1799. Some textual evidence does allow us to narrow it down further, however - the suggestion that England is at war with France would imply a range of 1740-63. Bow Street Runners are mentioned, dating it to after 1749. Stevenson's treasure map includes a date of 1754, and Flint has been dead at least three years, so it must be after 1757. And since they visit a friendly port in Spanish America, it's presumably before Spain entered the Seven Years' War in 1762, so it most likely takesplace in the last years of present day. However, nobody knows how long in the 1750s or the first two years of the '60s. (The Disney version sets it in 1765, incidentally.)
* The ''Shady Hollow'' series by Juneau Black is published as "Vintage Crime", but it's difficult to tell exactly what vintage. Being set in a small town in what is implied to be Upstate New York (in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals) makes it even harder. Most of the time it seems to be vaguely at the end of TheGildedAge, with a wealthy sawmill owner modeled after the Astor, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt families, and cars don't decisively appear (ambiguously "a wagon" does but most people walk or fly with wings), as well as etiquette schools. One character is a holdover from TheWildWest. But [=1950s=] style diner uniforms appear, [[EternalSexualFreedom modern romantic mores]], and offhand references to modern books complicate it.
* ''Literature/{{Crictor}}'' was first published in 1958, but takes place during an unspecified time period. The style of dress favored by Madame Bodot and all"past" the background characters (long dresses with high collars, sailor suits for the children, everyone wears a hat while outdoors) resembles the 1900's - 1910's. The copious use of gas lamps throughout the story also indicates late 1800's or early 1900's. Early automobiles and a toy pickup truck appear in the story, and Crictor climbs a utility pole to rescue a kite for a pair of children (though lore goes back -- WordOfGod has [[FlipFlopOfGod flip-flopped]] on whether the utility pole holds telegraph wires Clans have been in the forest for fifty years or electrical wires is another question). Crictor also helps a pack thirty, both of boy scouts learn which are considered to tie knots, though scouting didn't begin be too short by fans considering all the leaders and generation gaps we know about. When you go all the way back -- before the Clans were formed, before the Tribe was formed, back when their ancestors lived by the lake -- there seems to be modern construction equipment; it describes yellow vehicles. Most people accept the series as taking place slightly in France until 1911.the future because of this, but it's not clear exactly when.
* ''Literature/HumanResources2018'' when not set in the far future, takes place in some vague time period with bunny-ear t.v. sets, cheap motels and no cell phones.
* It's never mentioned when ''Literature/LandOfOz'' takes place. The [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first book]] came out in 1900 and the [[Literature/DorothyAndTheWizardInOz fourth book]] appears to involve the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (although it is never specified in the text what the year was or if it was that earthquake in particular). The 1925 book ''The Lost King Of Oz'' implies the series began in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoThePast late 1800s]] (and that several years have passed since it began). When Dorothy is accidentally sent back to America, the anti-aging spell from Oz stops working and Dorothy turns middle aged.
* ''Literature/{{Stray}}'' was published in 1987 but takes place in a time period where milk bottles are still left at doors.
* The ''Literature/ATaleOf'' series mixes together several films that are in completely different time periods, making it impossible to pin down the time period of the books.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'': The year is given as "17--" and the mentioning of King George not clarifying which King George it is, the setting could theoretically be anywhere from 1714 to 1799. Some textual evidence does allow us to narrow it down further, however - the suggestion that England is at war with France would imply a range of 1740-63. Bow Street Runners are mentioned, dating it to after 1749. Stevenson's treasure map includes a date of 1754, and Flint has been dead at least three years, so it must be after 1757. And since they visit a friendly port in Spanish America, it's presumably before Spain entered the Seven Years' War in 1762, so it most likely takes
* The ''Shady Hollow'' series by Juneau Black is published as "Vintage Crime", but it's difficult to tell exactly what vintage. Being set in a small town in what is implied to be Upstate New York (in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals) makes it even harder. Most of the time it seems to be vaguely at the end of TheGildedAge, with a wealthy sawmill owner modeled after the Astor, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt families, and cars don't decisively appear (ambiguously "a wagon" does but most people walk or fly with wings), as well as etiquette schools. One character is a holdover from TheWildWest. But [=1950s=] style diner uniforms appear, [[EternalSexualFreedom modern romantic mores]], and offhand references to modern books complicate it.
* ''Literature/{{Crictor}}'' was first published in 1958, but takes place during an unspecified time period. The style of dress favored by Madame Bodot and all
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* The ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise does not make it especially clear when it is set, featuring a somewhat retro aesthetic but dates visible from FreezeFrameBonus in multiple movies go back and forth between implying the 80s and implying present day and given that realistic animal ages are used, there can't be ''that'' much time between movies.
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* The ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise does not doesn't make it especially clear when it is it's set, featuring as it features a somewhat retro aesthetic but the dates visible from FreezeFrameBonus in multiple movies go back and forth the films' {{Freeze Frame Bonus}}es alternate between implying the franchise takes place in either the 80s and implying or the present day and given day. Given that realistic animal ages are used, there can't be ''that'' much time between movies.
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* ''Film/TheRoom'', surprisingly enough. The dressing of the main set (famously sourced from a thrift shop) is nondescript and not specific to a certain period. Johnny specifically avoids mentioning what film he, Lisa, and Denny are going to see. The only thing that ties it to a specific period is the cassette recorder Johnny uses to record telephone calls but given that he is shown taking it out from a cupboard, it could simply have been put in storage.
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* ''Film/TheRoom'', surprisingly enough. ''Film/TheRoom'': The dressing of the main set (famously sourced from a thrift shop) is nondescript and not specific to a certain period. Johnny specifically avoids mentioning what film he, Lisa, and Denny are going to see. The only thing that ties it to a specific period is the cassette recorder Johnny uses to record telephone calls but given that he is shown taking it out from a cupboard, it could simply have been put in storage.
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* 2019's ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' takes place 9 years after ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', which took place in the mid-1990s. It's not clarified if ComicBookTime is in place or not. Everything looks fairly timeless and there's nothing more modern than a car GPS.
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* 2019's ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' takes place 9 years after ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', which took place in an indeterminate point between the mid-1990s.second and third films. It's not clarified if ComicBookTime is in place or not. Everything looks fairly timeless and there's nothing more modern than a car GPS.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise does not make it especially clear when it is set, featuring a somewhat retro aesthetic but dates visible from FreezeFrameBonus in multiple movies go back and forth between implying the 80s and implying present day and given that realistic animal ages are used, there can't be ''that'' much time between movies.
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* It's never mentioned when ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' takes place. Is it set in the 1990s, [[ComicBookTime contemporary]] times, TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, or the far future? The characters dress and live in a modern day-esque setting, all while fighting powerful robots and handling very futuristic inventions, and the flashbacks to 50 years ago have a mid-1900s aesthetic (what with the monochrome photographs and the overall fashion). Yet, even 50 years ago they had futuristic advanced technology and science, such as genetic engineering, far beyond early 21st century standards.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' seems to take place in 1960s, but they have computers that function similarly to what we have today. Even the one seen in Bob's office, despite its retro design, would be out of place for that time period. There's also VHS players, which didn't come out until late 70s. Further complicating things, the comics have cell phones and Internet, in line with late Noughties' technology (Violet has her own laptop, for instance) and the [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 sequel]] having a villain named "Screenslaver". Not to mention that in both films, the technology utilized by the villains ''far'' exceeds anything we have today in everything from robotics to matter-manipulation. Brad Bird says that the time period is based more on what people in the '50s and '60s thought the future would be like, so the setting being an AlternateHistory may justify this.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' seems to take place in 1960s, but they have computers that function similarly to what we have today. Even the one seen in Bob's office, despite its retro design, would be out of place for that time period. There's also VHS players, which didn't come out until late 70s. Further complicating things, the comics have cell phones and Internet, in line with late Noughties' technology (Violet has her own laptop, for instance) and the [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 sequel]] having a villain named "Screenslaver". Not to mention that in both films, the technology utilized by the villains ''far'' exceeds anything we have today in everything from robotics to matter-manipulation. Brad Bird says that the time period is based more on what people in the '50s and '60s thought the future would be like, so the setting being an AlternateHistory may justify this.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Both Jack's home time period and the BadFuture he's sent to at the start of the series are pretty ambiguous. In his original time, Jack was apparently a contemporary of numerous different, conflicting cultures--for example, he trained in Ancient Egypt with the original Egyptian polytheist gods apparently still being worshipped while also being trained by Robin Hood, who lived many, many centuries after Ancient Egypt stopped practicing that religion. Then when he goes to the future, there's advanced technology and robots everywhere but many times Jack comes across villages which are essentially medieval with no modern trappings whatsoever.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Both Jack's home time period and the BadFuture he's sent to at the start of the series are pretty ambiguous. In his original time, Jack was apparently a contemporary of numerous different, conflicting cultures--for example, he trained in Ancient Egypt with the original Egyptian polytheist gods apparently still being worshipped while also being trained by Robin Hood, who lived many, many centuries after Ancient Egypt stopped practicing that religion. Then when he goes to the future, there's advanced technology and robots everywhere but many times Jack comes across villages which are essentially medieval with no modern trappings whatsoever. And the tribal village in "Jack vs. the Ninja" makes ''those'' look modern by comparison.
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* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong'': The village feels very much like rural Ukraine from the 19th century, the guns of BigBad Kylina's two brutish henchmen feel likewise, there's a 1900s car, and then there are things like the Kylina's assistant's very modern [[TheDandy dandy]], fashion-oriented flamboyance (with an English name in 1980s-like typo on the back of his coat), chainsaws and a big wood-cutting machine on tracks.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' has a look that blends [[{{Zeerust}} retro-futurism]] inspired by TheFifties with [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture technology similar to the 2000s]]. One episode mentions that Jenny [[YoungerThanTheyLook actually being five years old]] means she missed the 100th Super Bowl, implying that the show takes place at least in the year 2072.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' has a look that blends [[{{Zeerust}} retro-futurism]] inspired by TheFifties with [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture technology similar to the 2000s]]. One In the episode mentions that [[Recap/MyLifeAsATeenageRobotS1E8 I Was a Preschool Dropout]], Jenny [[YoungerThanTheyLook actually being tells Brad she was only born five years old]] means she missed ago (from their time) and Brad then begins to list a number of events that all happened at that time. One of these was "Super Bowl 100". Given that 2002, the 100th year the series and episode were made, was also the year of the 36th Super Bowl, implying that and in-series five years had passed since "Super Bowl 100", this would make the show takes take place at least in 2071. Add 64 to 36 to get Super Bowl 100, which makes the year 2072.2066 (2002 + 64), plus five years since Super Bowl 100 makes it 2071.
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* ''VideoGame/ZanZarahTheHiddenPortal'': It's hard to tell when exactly the game takes place. On one hand, Amy's house interior and the urban landscape in the windows look almost Edwardian, on the other, her house has television and she herself runs around with a Walkman on her waist.
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' gives no indication of what time the story takes place. There are references that hint it is set in present day and the ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' cartoon series confirms this (however, that show is very dubiously canon). On the other hand, since we never see any humans, it's still plausible to depict the setting as taking place in very ancient or even prehistoric times. Possibly the only clue we have is the appearance of Mount Kilimanjaro, which has more snow than it has lately (due to climate change), meaning it's not set in ''quite'' the present day.
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' gives no indication of what time the story takes place. There are references that hint it is set in present day and the ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' cartoon series confirms this (however, that show is very dubiously canon). On the other hand, since we never see any humans, it's still plausible to depict the setting as taking place in very ancient or even prehistoric times. Possibly the only clue we have is the appearance of Mount Kilimanjaro, which has more snow than it has lately (due to climate change), meaning it's not set in ''quite'' the present day.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiRabbitTheUsagiChronicles'' is set a thousand years after ''Comicbook/UsagiYojimbo'', but it doesn't ''feel'' like the 27th century, being a sort of {{Magitek}} {{Cyberpunk}} setting where the Shogunate still exists, and Edo has become Neo-Edo, possibly without ever being Toyko.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiRabbitTheUsagiChronicles'' is set a thousand years after ''Comicbook/UsagiYojimbo'', but it doesn't ''feel'' like the 27th century, being a sort of {{Magitek}} {{Cyberpunk}} setting where the Shogunate still exists, and Edo has become Neo-Edo, possibly without ever being Toyko.Tokyo.
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*''Kill la Kill'' is a li'l ambiguous about when the show takes place. While the show does barrow aesthetics of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, the flashbacks implies that the show takes place in an AU version of 2013-2014: Ragyo's hair and clothing style is consistent with the 1990s.
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*''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' could either be in the 2010s or the current decade but it's not really clear which. We do see some kind of current technology but one of the earlier eps had a minor character using a flip-phone. The only thing we concretely know is that Bob and Linda got married in 1998 and that [[spoiler: Bob's mom, Lily]] died about "30-somethin' years ago". Other than that, the show seems to be running on ComicBookTime.
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* A RunningGag in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' is the AnachronismStew, which is lampshaded often. "No Good Deed" shows a gravestone that states the series takes place in the [[TheTwentiethCentury 1900s]], but flowers cover up the last two digits. WordOfGod has stated that it is pretty much a mix between 1960s decor, 1970s cars, and early 1980s computers alongside modern cell phones, the Internet and morals.
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** The original ending of the movie features a movie theater showing ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'', firmly dating it to 1963.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''. Most of the appliances have a very 70s/80s aesthetic (and have a lot of inventions from that time, like VHS tapes and video rental stores), but there are a lot of late 20th/early 21st century inventions, like DVD players, social media websites (Elmore Plus, which is a mix between Google Plus and Facebook), a Website/YouTube equivalent website (Stream It), and in "The Refund," Darwin says "Why is it called [the Ripley] 2000 anyway? It's not like it's the future anymore!" One of the writers has jokingly stated that he can't remember if the series takes place in 1950, 1985, 2012, or 2098. Also, sentient AIs are a commonplace occurrence, and dinosaurs haven't gone extinct yet. Meanwhile, dates seen in the show usually place episodes in the year they were written, usually the one before the episode premiered [[note]]A weather channel from "The Laziest" places the date as July 17, 2010; security cameras place "The Joy" in January 2014, "The Safety" in February 2014 and "The Best" in May 2017[[/note]].
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* ''Webcomic/LittleNuns'' features basically no post-1900 technology except for an old-fashioned camera.
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* ''Literature/{{Crictor}}'' was first published in 1958, but takes place during an unspecified time period. The style of dress favored by Madame Bodot and all the background characters (long dresses with high collars, sailor suits for the children, everyone wears a hat while outdoors) resembles the 1900's - 1910's. The copious use of gas lamps throughout the story also indicates late 1800's or early 1900's. Early automobiles and a toy pickup truck appear in the story, and Crictor climbs a utility pole to rescue a kite for a pair of children (though whether the utility pole holds telegraph wires or electrical wires is another question). Crictor also helps a pack of boy scouts learn to tie knots, though scouting didn't begin in France until 1911.
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* ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' is set at least 18 months after the ''Enterprise'' returned from her five year mission, but beyond that, the timeline is somewhat ambiguous. It's generally assumed that Captain Kirk's five year mission as seen on the original [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries live-action]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries animated series]] ran from 2265-70, but we don't know if the ''Enterprise'' returned home immediately thereafter, and whether she sat a while before the refit could commence in earnest. Originally, semi-official sources like the ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' and ''Chronology'' placed it in 2271, ''i.e.'', assuming pretty immediate return and refit, but more recently, the timeline has been a bit more generous, either stating 2272-73 or just generically, "the early 2270s".
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* The ''Shady Hollow'' series by Juneau Black is published as "Vintage Crime", but it's difficult to tell exactly what vintage. Being set in a small town in what is implied to be Upstate New York (in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals) makes it even harder. Most of the time it seems to be vaguely at the end of TheGildedAge, with a wealthy sawmill owner modeled after the Astor, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt families, and cars don't decisively appear (ambiguously "a wagon" does but most people walk or fly with wings), as well as etiquette schools. One character is a holdover from TheWildWest. But [=1950s=] style diner uniforms appear, [[EternalSexualFreedom modern romantic mores]], and offhand references to modern books complicate it.
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* ''VideoGame/NewLegends'' is set allegedly in the UsefulNotes/MingDynasty, but there are firearms and helicopters being used in the game, as well as enemies resembling GasMaskMooks (gasmasks being invented in the 1930s) and the main villain using a KillSat as his trump card. Whether the game takes place in an alternate, {{Steampunk}} version of the real world or it's actually set in the future is never explained.
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* The Creator/RoaldDahl book ''Literature/TheBFG'' was released and set in the 1980s, as shown by [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]] being fairly young and brown-haired then. In [[Film/TheBFG the film]] by Creator/StevenSpielberg, the cars seen are rather old-fashioned but the Queen is much older and looks like her 1990s' self thanks to the grey curls. Adding to the date clouding is a scene where she calls "Nancy" on the phone and asks if "UsefulNotes/{{Ronald|Reagan}}" is there.
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* Given the choice of vehicles, ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' is presumably set during World War I. The appearances and mentions of a phone that can operate sans landline and surfing movies (not to mention Dick Dastardly's ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' car the Mean Machine) makes the timeline a variable. Sister show ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOf PenelopePitstop'' is more settled on its setting of Mack Sennett silent comedies.
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* Considering the technology and vehicles, it would be easy to assume that ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' is set in the 1950s-60s; however Gusteau's will is dated to 2004. This does corroborate with Ego's quick childhood flashback, as this was not how the world looked like, clothing and decorating-wise, in the 1910s-20s.
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* ''Literature/HumanResources,'' when not set in the far future, takes place in some vague time period with bunny-ear t.v. sets, cheap motels and no cell phones.
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* ''Literature/HumanResources,'' ''Literature/HumanResources2018'' when not set in the far future, takes place in some vague time period with bunny-ear t.v. sets, cheap motels and no cell phones.
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* ''Webcomic/TheManorsPrize'': The comic is in black-and-white and the manor's home theater involves an old-style projector. Cars are older in style, also, but there is no explicit information given on what time period the story takes place in.
