History Main / LongRunnerTechMarchesOn

** Likewise, Futurama has been recently 'updated' with the latest [[We'reStillRevelantDammit Eye-Phone]] and most recent scientific gadgets and theories about TimeTravel and Evolution, which didn't exist in 1999 back then in RealLife.

** Likewise, Futurama has been recently 'updated' with the latest [[WereStillRevelantDammit Eye-Phone]] and scientific gadgets and theories about TimeTravel, which didn't exist in RealLife 1999 back then.

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* JamesBond: JB always uses the coolest, cutting-edge gadgets that HollywoodScience can provide. That means a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome TAPE-RECORDER CAMERA]] in the 1960's and cell phones in the 2000's. There is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_gadgets complete list]] on TheOtherWiki.
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Trope only counts in which the characters of the series don't obviously age, and/or it is shown the series is set around the same timeframe throughout, or if the is been quietly shifted to account for the character's ages.

* ''{{House}}''

* BuffyTheVampireSlayer and {{Angel}} both were on the air during the years when cell phones went from known-but-rare to in-the-hands-of-everyone-everywhere. Cordelia is shown trying to get Angel to use one so they can reach him anytime (he's consistently shown to be baffled by how to make and receive calls, or even check the voice-mail, giving the writers lots of excuses for why the rest of the cast can't communicate some important info to him in the field without going themselves). Buffy finally acknowledges the existence of cell phones in the last season or two and even lampshades how many times the devices would have been soooooo useful before to just call Buffy (or Giles or Willow) when trouble is brewing or some important info is discovered (or, say, to tell someone getting on a military helicopter at midnight that you need to talk to them before they leave forever).
** Of course, Dawn gets stuck in a no-service zone in the school basement while zombies and such chase her and her friends in the first episode where she is given a phone. And Willow forgets what the code Xander texts to her means (either his date is going well, or he needs to be rescued from a demon). Fortunately, the group is GenreSavvy enough about Xander's love-life to assume he needs rescue anyway ([[PlotDrivenBreakdown but Buffy's phone is not getting service so Spike has to track her down by scent and interrupt her psuedo-date]]).

* ''SouthPark'': In early seasons a DVD-player was sign of rich status, that only one family in town could afford. Now, various characters can be seen buying DVDs, playing X-box and having a Facebook account. Yet the boys have only advanced one year in the school.

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics. While [[PurelyAestheticEra aesthetically with many bygone elements]], the level of technology is always assumed to be contemporary ([[ReedRichardsIsUseless not counting]] Gyro Gearloose and other inventors occasionally [[BeyondTheImpossible pushing it well beyond that]]), so that cell phones or desktop computers may crop up in more recent stories. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels taking place at very specific dates in history]].

* ''SouthPark''

* BuffyTheVampireSlayer and {{Angel}} both were on the air during the years when cell phones went from known-but-rare to in-the-hands-of-everyone-everywhere. Cordelia is shown trying to get Angel to use one so they can reach him anytime (he's consistently shown to be baffled by how to properly use it, giving lots of excuses for why they can't communicate some important fact to him in the field without going themselves). Buffy finally acknowledges the existence of cell phones in the last season or two and even lampshades how many times the devices would have been soooooo useful before.
** Of course, Dawn gets stuck in a no-service zone in the school basement while zombies and such chase her and her friends in the first episode where she is given a phone. And Willow forgets what the code Xander texts her means (either his date is going well, or he needs to be rescued from a demon). Fortunately, the group is GenreSavvy enough about Xander's love-life to assume he needs rescue anyway.

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics. While [[PurelyAestheticEra aesthetically with many bygone elements]], the level of technology is always assumed to be contemporary ([[ReedRichardsIsUseless not counting]] Gyro Gearloose and other inventors occasionally [[BeyondTheImpossible pushing it well beyond that]]), so that cell phones or desktop computers may crop up in more recent stories. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels taking place at very specific dates]] in history.

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics. While [[PurelyAestheticEra aesthetically with many bygone elements]], the level of technology is always assumed to be contemporary ([[ReedRichardsIsUseless not counting]] Gyro Gearloose and other inventors occasionally [[BeyondTheImpossible pushing it well beyond that]]), so that cell phones or desktop computers may crop up in more recent stories. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels taking place at very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. While [[PurelyAestheticEra aesthetically with many bygone elements]], the level of technology is always assumed to be contemporary ([[ReedRichardsIsUseless not counting]] Gyro Gearloose and other inventors occasionally [[BeyondTheImpossible pushing it well beyond that]]), so that cell phones or desktop computers may crop up in more recent stories. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels taking place at very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. While [[PurelyAestheticEra aesthetically with many bygone elements]], the level of technology is always assumed to be contemporary (not counting Gyro Gearloose and other inventors occasionally [[BeyondTheImpossible pushing it well beyond that]]), so that cell phones or desktop computers may crop up in more recent stories. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels taking place at very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. While [[PurelyAestheticEra aesthetically with many bygone elements]], the technology is always assumed to be contemporary, so that cell phones or desktop computers may crop up in more recent stories. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels taking place at very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. While [[PurelyAestheticEra aesthetically with many bygone elements]], the technology is always assumed to be contemporary, so that cell phones or desktop computers may crop up in more recent stories. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels set in very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope, most noticeable when involving Huey, Dewey, and Louie (created in 1937 ) who are as youths way more tech-savvy than their [[DonaldDuck uncle Donald]], or may hear modern kinds of music which he doesn't like. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels set in very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels set in very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties [[TheFifties to]] [[TheSixties early sixties]]" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels with very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties to early sixties" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels with very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late fourties to early sixties" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels with very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties to early sixties" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequels with very specific dates]].

* The DisneyMiceAndDucksComics live this Trope. A notable exception are the stories by DonRosa (active from 1987 to 2005) which are always either set in the timeframe "late forties to early sixties" (the time in which CarlBarks created his classic stories), or are [[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck prequel stories with very specific dates]].

* The animated version of ''SazaeSan'' [[RecycledScript recycles most of its scripts]] every few years, updating clothing styles and appliances as appropriate.

* ''DetectiveConan'' has a particularly hard time of this, due to suffering from an extreme case of ComicBookTime. The series ran for over a decade, but WordOfGod claims that only a few months passed in the story (there's a lot of trouble with that statement, including the number of holidays we've seen, and the changing of the seasons, but if God sez so...) Either way, the widespread use of cellphones and the rise of personal computers occurred during the run of the series, and became adapted into the stories concurrently, which creates some interesting problems. An early episode had a lunchbox-sized portable fax-machine qualify as an awesome gadget, while a more recent episode had a writer's lack of familiarity with cellphones used as proof that he hadn't left his attic in years. And canonically, those two incidents were - at most - 3 months apart.

* ''{{Superman}}'' -- Started out as a GreatDepression-era comic. Then in Smallville, they have the latest iMacs.

** There is a bit of FanWank [[http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/ said here]] that mentions that James Bond is not a single person, but a codename. Every time the actor is switched, in-universe that is actually a new person accepting the James Bond code name. This would probably help justify the technology differences, although it does hit a problem when it comes to Sean Connery's Bond mourning his wife, whom died under George Lazenby's Bond.

* AhMyGoddess (the manga version) and YoungWizards (book series) both exhibit this.

* HiAndLois: Look at the photo on TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_and_lois here]], and compare the TV to the modern TV the family has now, not to mention the other conveniences that they have.
* Superman -- Started out as a GreatDepression-era comic. Then in Smallville, they have the latest iMacs.

* {{House}}

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