History Main / TheTwentiethCentury

-> ''This is the age of machinery,\\

What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem.''

* TheSeventies[[note]]Also known as the "Saucy Seventies" or the "Sordid Seventies"[[/note]]: (1968/69[[note]]The Vietnam War reaches fever pitch, the Nixon administration begins, the Apollo 11 landing and Woodstock[[/note]] - 1981/82[[note]]Beginning of the Reagan era, MTV begins transmissions and Michael Jackson debuts ''Thriller''[[/note]]) [[GratuitousDiscoSequence Disco, disco and more disco]], dance because it never [[DeaderThanDisco dies]]!!! Also [[SeventiesHair big sideburns]], [[FunnyAfro afros]], [[PornStache hot mustaches and beards]], [[Film/{{Jaws}} blockbuster]] [[Franchise/StarWars movies]], [[Creator/BruceLee kung fu]] [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting fighting]], [[RunningGag disco]], polyester, {{glam rock}}, [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons roleplaying]], the [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Time Warp]], oil crisis and long lines outside gas stations, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment disco]], rebellions, revolutions, spiritual discoveries, environmental awareness, lava lamps, UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}, [[AbsoluteCleavage very low necklines]], [[VaporWear women without bras]], VideoGame/{{Pong}}, {{heavy metal}}, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers economic malaise]] and {{Disco}}. Also, [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail møøse...]][[note]]We're sorry for that. Those responsible for writing this index have been sacked.[[/note]]

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: (Summer 1914 - 1919) The war that was supposed to "end all wars", until its sequel came up. Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot, trench warfare, the [[UsefulNotes/OttomanEmpire fall]] [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic of]] [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany various]] [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats empires]], [[BalkanizeMe map redrawings]], rise of ethnic nationalism, independence movements, UsefulNotes/RedOctober, UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu[[note]]The global influenza outbreak that actually killed more people than the war that overshadowed it. The "Spanish Flu" part is a misnomer, as its origin was (and still is) unknown, but it firstly affected the belligerent countries, which played it down for morale purposes, while Spain, a neutral country, sent the earliest news about contagions, creating the false impression that it originated there.[[/note]], unresolved conflicts and loose ends, accompanied by the rise of modern and postmodern art movements [[note]]formalism, surrealism, dadaism, futurism[[/note]], [[StiffUpperLip English war poetry]], BeigeProse and Creator/CharlieChaplin.

* TheNineties[[note]]Also known as the "Nihilistic Nineties"[[/note]]: (1989[[note]]Fall of the Berlin Wall as well as for most Warsaw Pact regimes[[/note]]/91[[note]]Gulf War and the fall of the Soviet Union[[/note]] - either January 2000 with the arrival of the new millennium, [[WhamEpisode September 2001]] with 9/11 and TheWarOnTerror, or even as late as 2006-''[[TurnOfTheMillennium 2008]]'' with the economic crisis) TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Weast]] UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, Cool Britannia, the rise of the EU, UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars, UsefulNotes/BillClinton, TheInternet, AlternativeRock with the [[Music/{{Nirvana}} fragrance of teen spirit]], fresh HipHop "[[Music/VanillaIce Yo, Vanilla Ice Ice Baby]]", HouseMusic, teenage angst, upbeat parties and concerts, flannel shirts, loose sagging pants, [[MustHaveCaffeine coffeeshops]], Creator/JenniferAniston's [[NinetiesHair signature haircut]], anthropomorphic {{mascot|WithAttitude}}s, [[Series/{{Friends}} The One With]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} The Yellow Mouse]], {{Boy Band}}s, the Music/SpiceGirls, Music/BritneySpears, the Lambada, the Macarena, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick TV shows and games you grew on this decade and are now a victim of Rule34 internet memes and parodies.]] [[note]]Mynd you, Rüle 34 picthers of møøse Kan be pretti nasti...[[/note]]

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: (Summer 1914 - 1919) The war that was supposed to "end all wars", until its sequel came up. Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot, trench warfare, the [[UsefulNotes/OttomanEmpire fall]] [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic of]] [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany various]] [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats empires]], [[BalkanizeMe map redrawings]], rise of ethnic nationalism, independence movements, UsefulNotes/RedOctober, UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu, unresolved conflicts and loose ends, accompanied by the rise of modern and postmodern art movements [[note]]formalism, surrealism, dadaism, futurism[[/note]], [[StiffUpperLip English war poetry]], BeigeProse and Creator/CharlieChaplin.

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: (Summer 1914 - 1919) The war that was supposed to "end all wars", until its sequel came up. Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot, trench warfare, the [[UsefulNotes/OttomanEmpire fall]] [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic of]] [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany various]] [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats empires]], [[BalkanizeMe map redrawings]], rise of ethnic nationalism, independence movements, UsefulNotes/RedOctober, unresolved conflicts and loose ends, accompanied by the rise of modern and postmodern art movements [[note]]formalism, surrealism, dadaism, futurism[[/note]], [[StiffUpperLip English war poetry]], BeigeProse and Creator/CharlieChaplin.
* UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu (1918 - 1920) The global influenza outbreak that actually killed more people than the war that overshadowed it. The "Spanish Flu" part is a misnomer, as its origin was (and still is) unknown, but it firstly affected the belligerent countries, which played it down for morale purposes, while Spain, a neutral country, sent the earliest news about contagions, creating the false impression that it originated there.

* UsefulNotes/TheSpanishFlu (1918 - 1920) The global influenza outbreak that actually killed more people than the war that overshadowed it. The wartime countries played it down for morale purposes, creating the false impression that it originated in neutral Sprain, hence the "Spanish Flu" misnomer.

* TheFifties[[note]]Also known as the "Fabulous Fifties" or the "Frivoulous Fifties"[[/note]]: (1945[[note]]End of the War[[/note]]/47[[note]]U.S.-U.S.S.R. tensions emerge and the beginning of the HUAC's "witch hunt"[[/note]] - 1961[[note]]Beginning of the JFK Presidency, the Bay of Pigs invasion and erection of the Berlin Wall[[/note]]/November 1963[[note]]Assassination of John F. Kennedy[[/note]]) [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Hot War]] was over, UsefulNotes/ColdWar has begun, Germany and Korea [[UsefulNotes/WestGermany split]] [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany in]] [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar two]], [[NukeEm nuclear]] and [[DirtyCommunists communist]]/[[CapitalismIsBad capitalist]] fear, the [[UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev Khrushchev Thaw]], [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgic]] musical extravaganzas showcased through widescreen at your nearest DriveInTheater, [[{{Housewife}} housewives]] with aprons and elaborate dresses, [[StandardFiftiesFather your standard father]], wholesome family moments, Baby Boomers, RockAndRoll, [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]] with [[FiftiesHair suave pompadours]], [[TeensAreMonsters rebellious teenagers]], television, [[UsefulNotes/FallOfTheStudioSystem a turbulent Hollywood]] with Creator/MarilynMonroe [[MarilynManeuver on the subway vents]], a wave of [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa foreign]] [[Creator/IngmarBergman avant-garde]] [[UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave directors]], and SCIENCE! A rather affectionate, if not parodied, nostalgic setting.

* TheRoaringTwenties[[note]]Also known as the "Jazz Age" by artists, or the "Golden Twenties" in Europe[[/note]]: (1917[[note]]Release of the first jazz records[[/note]]/November 1918[[note]]End of the Great War and the disintegration of the old European empires[[/note]] - October 1929[[note]]The Wall Street Crash[[/note]], although the decade culturally ended between 1933/35[[note]]The FDR Administration, the New Deal, the Motion Picture Production Code and the rise of swing music[[/note]]) Bootleg + [[TheFlapper Flappers]] + {{Jazz}} x Booming Economy = [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay par-tayz]]. Also with gangsters, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood silent films]] and [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkies]], radio, UsefulNotes/CocoChanel, stylistic and futuristic Cubism, Bauhaus and ''[[ArtDeco Arts]] [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Decoratifs]]'', [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic Weimar]] [[UsefulNotes/GermanPeculiarities culture]] [[note]]Berlin cabaret, GermanExpressionism, Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill, Creator/SergeiEisenstein[[/note]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSovietTwenties Soviet Montage]], gin tubs, gangsters, and "[[JiveTurkey 23 Skidooin' bees knees seeing a man about a dog]]",

* TheEighties[[note]]Also known as the "Elegant Eighties" or the "Excessive Eighties"[[/note]]: (1977[[note]]Premiere of ''Star Wars'' (''A New Hope'') and the rise of the movie blockbuster[[/note]]/[[note]]Rise of Margaret Thatcher, Iran Hostage Crisis, Disco Demotion Night[[/note]] - 1993[[note]]Beginning of the Clinton Presidency[[/note]]/95[[note]]Oklahoma City bombings and the first big U.S. government shutdown[[/note]]) [[BiggerIsBetter Everything's BIG]]!!! [[EightiesHair BIG HAIR]], [[ShouldersOfDoom BIG POWER SUITS WITH BIG SHOULDERS]], BIG ECONOMY, [[Film/WallStreet BIG DEBAUCHERY]], [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan BIG]] [[UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev POLITICS]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood BIG MOVIES]], BIG [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PUBLIC]] [[DrugsAreBad SERVICE]] [[TooSmartForStrangers ANNOUNCEMENTS]], [[{{Cyberpunk}} BIG TECHNOLOGY]], BIG BRICK CELLPHONES, [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} BIG]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld JAPANESE]] [[{{Anime}} IMPORTS]], [[NostalgiaFilter BIG RETRO CRAZE]], [[Creator/{{MTV}} BIG]] [[NewWaveMusic NEW]] [[HipHop MUSIC]], [[Music/StephenSondheim BIG]] [[Creator/AndrewLloydWebber MUSICALS]], BIG CELEBRITIES, [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger BIG BODYBUILDERS]], BIG {{RUNNING GAG}}S, '''BIG'''!!! Totally a [[TotallyRadical de-fin-IT-elly radically BIG]] nostalgic setting. And [[RunningGag BIG MØØSE...]] [[note]]We apologize again for that. Those responsible for sacking the index writers have been sacked.[[/note]]

* TheEdwardianEra, Also known as the "La Belle Époque"[[note]]Not only in France but across the world because it recieved a lot of NostalgiaFilter after the world wars[[/note]]: (1898/1901 - June 1914, though on cultural terms it extended until 1919) [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor King Edward VII]] on the Throne, rich white people, rich economy, high endeavours, ragtime, silent movies, ArtNouveau, [[GorgeousPeriodDress elaborate dresses]] with [[OfCorsetsSexy S-bend corsets]], Gibson Girls, suffragettes, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein the Theory of Relativity]], [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud Freudian psychology]] [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors China under new management]], [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]] and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]] [[UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar at war]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Mexico in flames]], the Congo-gate scandals, weird and wacky [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines flying machines]], "horseless carriages", motion pictures and other inventions, and the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic. Once used as a [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgic setting]] until as late as the 1960s.

* TheRoaringTwenties[[note]]Also known as the "Jazz Age" by artists, or the "Golden Twenties" in Europe[[/note]]: (1917/November 1918 - October 1929, although the decade culturally ended between 1933/35) Bootleg + [[TheFlapper Flappers]] + {{Jazz}} x Booming Economy = [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay par-tayz]]. Also with gangsters, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood silent films]] and [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkies]], radio, UsefulNotes/CocoChanel, stylistic and futuristic Cubism, Bauhaus and ''[[ArtDeco Arts]] [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Decoratifs]]'', [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic Weimar]] [[UsefulNotes/GermanPeculiarities culture]] [[note]]Berlin cabaret, GermanExpressionism, Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill, Creator/SergeiEisenstein[[/note]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSovietTwenties Soviet Montage]], gin tubs, gangsters, and "[[JiveTurkey 23 Skidooin' bees knees seeing a man about a dog]]",
* TheGreatDepression[[note]]Also known as the "Flirty Thirties" or the "Dirty Thirties"[[/note]]: (October 1929 - December 1941) Parties were over with a crash and the worst [[WarWasBeginning has begun]]. More gangsters, the dust bowl, [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt the New Deal]], the rise of American labour movents. ThoseWackyNazis, UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar and [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin's]] purges aside, expect for [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber elaborate musical sequences]] with Creator/{{Busby|Berkeley}}, and ScrewballComedy [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood sound]][[{{Musical}} films]] with Creator/{{Ginger|Rogers}} and Creator/{{Fred|Astaire}}, [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra raunchy pre-code flicks]], gangsters like Creator/JamesCagney, comedians like [[Film/TheThreeStooges The Stooges]] and [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers The Marxes]], and bombshells like Creator/JeanHarlow in a [[SexyBacklessOutfit sexy satin slip]].
* TheForties[[note]]Also known as the "Fightin' Forties" or "Flying Forties"[[/note]]: (September 1939 - 1949/50) A turbulent time, a mark of transition. All the while it's [[DanceSensation swing]][[{{Jazz}} time]] for soldiers with {{Glamorous Wartime Singer}}s in Technicolor and [[{{Jazz}} bebop]] for [[HardBoiledDetective badass private eyes]] with FemmeFatale stunners in [[FilmNoir noir]].

* TheFifties[[note]]Also known as the "Fabulous Fifties" or the "Frivoulous Fifties"[[/note]]: (1945/47 - 1961/November 1963) [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Hot War]] was over, UsefulNotes/ColdWar has begun, Germany and Korea [[UsefulNotes/WestGermany split]] [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany in]] [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar two]], [[NukeEm nuclear]] and [[DirtyCommunists communist]]/[[CapitalismIsBad capitalist]] fear, the [[UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev Khrushchev Thaw]], [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgic]] musical extravaganzas showcased through widescreen at your nearest DriveInTheater, [[{{Housewife}} housewives]] with aprons and elaborate dresses, [[StandardFiftiesFather your standard father]], wholesome family moments, Baby Boomers, RockAndRoll, [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]] with [[FiftiesHair suave pompadours]], [[TeensAreMonsters rebellious teenagers]], television, [[UsefulNotes/FallOfTheStudioSystem a turbulent Hollywood]] with Creator/MarilynMonroe [[MarilynManeuver on the subway vents]], a wave of [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa foreign]] [[Creator/IngmarBergman avant-garde]] [[UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave directors]], and SCIENCE! A rather affectionate, if not parodied, nostalgic setting.
* TheSixties[[note]]Also known as the "Swingin' Sixties"[[/note]]: (1957/63 - 1973/74, although you could say it ended as late as 1976) UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace, [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy The Kennedys]], The UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement, The [[VelvetRevolution Prague Spring]], The [[MinidressOfPower Miniskirts]], Music/TheBeatles, UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, The [[NewAgeRetroHippie Hippies]], The UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly, The [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Space Odyssey]], Film/TheGraduate, The [[PsychedelicRock Psychedelia]], The Free Love Sex, The Mindbending Drugs, [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll The Rockin' Roll, man]], The Wierdness, The Wonders,... [[OverlyLongGag The]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Articles]]...
* TheSeventies[[note]]Also known as the "Saucy Seventies" or the "Sordid Seventies"[[/note]]: (1968/69 - 1981/83, some would say it ended as early as 1979 with the Iran Hostage Crisis and the Disco Demotion Night) [[GratuitousDiscoSequence Disco, disco and more disco]], dance because it never [[DeaderThanDisco dies]]!!! Also [[SeventiesHair big sideburns]], [[FunnyAfro afros]], [[PornStache hot mustaches and beards]], [[Film/{{Jaws}} blockbuster]] [[Franchise/StarWars movies]], [[Creator/BruceLee kung fu]] [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting fighting]], [[RunningGag disco]], polyester, {{glam rock}}, [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons roleplaying]], the [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Time Warp]], gas crisis, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment disco]], rebellions, revolutions, spiritual discoveries, environmental awareness, lava lamps, UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}, [[AbsoluteCleavage very low necklines]], [[VaporWear women without bras]], VideoGame/{{Pong}}, {{heavy metal}}, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers economic malaise]] and {{Disco}}. Also, [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail møøse...]][[note]]We're sorry for that. Those responsible for writing this index have been sacked.[[/note]]
* TheEighties[[note]]Also known as the "Elegant Eighties" or the "Excessive Eighties"[[/note]]: (1977/82 - 1991/93) [[BiggerIsBetter Everything's BIG]]!!! [[EightiesHair BIG HAIR]], [[ShouldersOfDoom BIG POWER SUITS WITH BIG SHOULDERS]], BIG ECONOMY, [[Film/WallStreet BIG DEBAUCHERY]], [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan BIG]] [[UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev POLITICS]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood BIG MOVIES]], BIG [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PUBLIC]] [[DrugsAreBad SERVICE]] [[TooSmartForStrangers ANNOUNCEMENTS]], [[{{Cyberpunk}} BIG TECHNOLOGY]], BIG BRICK CELLPHONES, [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} BIG]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld JAPANESE]] [[{{Anime}} IMPORTS]], [[NostalgiaFilter BIG RETRO CRAZE]], [[Creator/{{MTV}} BIG]] [[NewWaveMusic NEW]] [[HipHop MUSIC]], [[Music/StephenSondheim BIG]] [[Creator/AndrewLloydWebber MUSICALS]], BIG CELEBRITIES, [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger BIG BODYBUILDERS]], BIG {{RUNNING GAG}}S, '''BIG'''!!! Totally a [[TotallyRadical de-fin-IT-elly radically BIG]] nostalgic setting. And [[RunningGag BIG MØØSE...]] [[note]]We apologize again for that. Those responsible for sacking the index writers have been sacked.[[/note]]
* TheNineties[[note]]Also known as the "Nihilistic Nineties"[[/note]]: (1989/91 - January 2000 for many, and [[WhamEpisode September]] [[TheWarOnTerror 2001]] for others - with some even arguing that it didn't really "end" until as late as 2006-''[[TurnOfTheMillennium 2008]]'') TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Weast]] UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, Cool Britannia, the rise of the EU, UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars, UsefulNotes/BillClinton, TheInternet, AlternativeRock with the [[Music/{{Nirvana}} fragrance of teen spirit]], fresh HipHop "[[Music/VanillaIce Yo, Vanilla Ice Ice Baby]]", HouseMusic, teenage angst, upbeat parties and concerts, flannel shirts, loose sagging pants, [[MustHaveCaffeine coffeeshops]], Creator/JenniferAniston's [[NinetiesHair signature haircut]], anthropomorphic {{mascot|WithAttitude}}s, [[Series/{{Friends}} The One With]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} The Yellow Mouse]], {{Boy Band}}s, the Music/SpiceGirls, Music/BritneySpears, the Lambada, the Macarena, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick TV shows and games you grew on this decade and are now a victim of Rule34 internet memes and parodies.]] [[note]]Mynd you, Rüle 34 picthers of møøse Kan be pretti nasti...[[/note]]

So rapid, shocking, and sudden were the changes in governments, society, culture, science and technology for the century, that world of the 1990s looked different from the 1910s. The idea that every decade had to have its own aesthetics was more or less invented in this century, where art and science melded together forming visual oeuvres chronicled through new mediums of photography, motion picture (so called "the art of the 20th century"), and television, and popular music which depended on radio, sound-recording equipment, portable media [[note]][=LPs=], records, cassettes and [=CDs=][[/note]], and music videos for their commercial viability.

The century was characterized by rapid, shocking and sudden changes in governments, society, culture, science and technology. So much of this transformation that the world of the [=1990s=] would feel different to the world of the [=1910s=]. The idea that every decade had to have its own aesthetics was more or less invented in this century, chronicled through photography, motion picture, and television. Art and science came to depend on one another, and the technologies they made led to the rise of cinema (what is called "the art of the 20th century") and popular music which depended on radio, sound-recording equipment, portable media [[note]][=LPs=], records, cassettes and [=CDs=][[/note]], and music videos for their commercial viability.

Note that while decades technically end in 10 years, there would be a cultural bleed in between decades. Culturally, the century started with the death of UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria and ended with [[TurnOfTheMillennium Y2K]] or 9/11. Or alternatively, [[BookEnds it started and ended]] with [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne the affair]] [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars around the Balkans]].

* TheFifties[[note]]Also known as the "Fabulous Fifties" or the "Frivoulous Fifties"[[/note]]: (1945/47 - 1961/November 1963) [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Hot War]] was over, UsefulNotes/ColdWar has begun, Germany and Korea [[UsefulNotes/WestGermany split]] [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany in]] [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar two]], [[NukeEm nuclear]] and [[DirtyCommunists communist]]/[[CapitalismIsBad capitalist]] fear, the [[UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev Khrushchev Thaw]], 1920s [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgia]], [[{{Housewife}} housewives]] with aprons and elaborate dresses, [[StandardFiftiesFather your standard father]], family moments, Baby Boomers, RockAndRoll, [[GreaserDelinquents greasers]] with [[FiftiesHair suave pompadours]], [[TeensAreMonsters rebellious teenagers]], television, [[UsefulNotes/FallOfTheStudioSystem a turbulent Hollywood]] with Creator/MarilynMonroe [[MarilynManeuver on the vents]], and [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa a wave]] [[Creator/IngmarBergman of avant-garde]] [[UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave foreign directors]], and SCIENCE! A rather affectionate, if not parodied, nostalgic setting.

* TheEdwardianEra, Also known as the "La Belle Époque"[[note]]Not only in France but across the world because it recieved a lot of NostalgiaFilter after the world wars[[/note]]: (1901 - June 1914, though on cultural terms it extended until 1919) [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor King Edward VII]] on the Throne, rich white people, rich economy, high endeavours, ragtime, silent movies, ArtNouveau, [[GorgeousPeriodDress elaborate dresses]] with [[OfCorsetsSexy S-bend corsets]], Gibson Girls, suffragettes, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein the Theory of Relativity]], [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud Freudian psychology]] [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors China under new management]], [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]] and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]] [[UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar at war]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Mexico in flames]], the Congo-gate scandals, weird and wacky [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines flying machines]], "horseless carriages", motion pictures and other inventions, and the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic. Once used as a [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgic setting]] until as late as the 1960s.

* TheRoaringTwenties[[note]]Also known as the "Jazz Age" by artists, or the "Golden Twenties" in Europe[[/note]]: (c.1920 - October 1929, although the decade culturally ended between 1933/35) Bootleg + [[TheFlapper Flappers]] + {{Jazz}} x Booming Economy = [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay par-tayz]]. Also with gangsters, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood silent films]] and [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkies]], radio, UsefulNotes/CocoChanel, stylistic and futuristic Cubism, Bauhaus and ''[[ArtDeco Arts]] [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Decoratifs]]'', [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic Weimar]] [[UsefulNotes/GermanPeculiarities culture]] [[note]]Berlin cabaret, GermanExpressionism, Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill, Creator/SergeiEisenstein[[/note]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSovietTwenties Soviet Montage]], gin tubs, gangsters, and "[[JiveTurkey 23 Skidooin' bees knees seeing a man about a dog]]",

* TheRoaringTwenties[[note]]Also known as the "Jazz Age" by artists, or the "Golden Twenties" in Europe[[/note]]: (1919/20 - October 1929, although the decade culturally ended between 1933/35) Bootleg + [[TheFlapper Flappers]] + {{Jazz}} x Booming Economy = [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay par-tayz]]. Also with gangsters, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood silent films]] and [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkies]], radio, UsefulNotes/CocoChanel, stylistic and futuristic Cubism, Bauhaus and ''[[ArtDeco Arts]] [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Decoratifs]]'', [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic Weimar]] [[UsefulNotes/GermanPeculiarities culture]] [[note]]Berlin cabaret, GermanExpressionism, Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill, Creator/SergeiEisenstein[[/note]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSovietTwenties Soviet Montage]], gin tubs, gangsters, and "[[JiveTurkey 23 Skidooin' bees knees seeing a man about a dog]]",

* TheEdwardianEra, Also known as the "La Belle Époque"[[note]]Not only in France but across the world because it recieved a lot of NostalgiaFilter after the world wars[[/note]]: (1901 - June 1914, though it may extend until 1919) [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor King Edward VII]] on the Throne, rich white people, rich economy, high endeavours, ragtime, silent movies, ArtNouveau, [[GorgeousPeriodDress elaborate dresses]] with [[OfCorsetsSexy S-bend corsets]], Gibson Girls, suffragettes, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein the Theory of Relativity]], [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud Freudian psychology]] [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors China under new management]], [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]] and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]] [[UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar at war]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Mexico in flames]], the Congo-gate scandals, weird and wacky [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines flying machines]], "horseless carriages", motion pictures and other inventions, and the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic. Once used as a [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgic setting]] until as late as the 1960s.

* TheNineties[[note]]Also known as the "Nihilistic Nineties"[[/note]]: (1989/91 - January 2000 for many, and [[WhamEpisode September]] [[TheWarOnTerror 2001]] for others - with some even arguing that it didn't really "end" until as late as 2006) TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Weast]] UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, Cool Britannia, the rise of the EU, UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars, UsefulNotes/BillClinton, TheInternet, AlternativeRock with the [[Music/{{Nirvana}} fragrance of teen spirit]], fresh HipHop "[[Music/VanillaIce Yo, Vanilla Ice Ice Baby]]", HouseMusic, teenage angst, upbeat parties and concerts, flannel shirts, loose sagging pants, [[MustHaveCaffeine coffeeshops]], Creator/JenniferAniston's [[NinetiesHair signature haircut]], anthropomorphic {{mascot|WithAttitude}}s, [[Series/{{Friends}} The One With]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} The Yellow Mouse]], {{Boy Band}}s, the Music/SpiceGirls, Music/BritneySpears, the Lambada, the Macarena, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick TV shows and games you grew on this decade and are now a victim of Rule34 internet memes and parodies.]] [[note]]Mynd you, Rüle 34 picthers of møøse Kan be pretti nasti...[[/note]]

* TheEighties[[note]]Also known as the "Elegant Eighties" or the "Excessive Eighties"[[/note]]: (1977/82 - 1991/93) [[BiggerIsBetter Everything's BIG]]!!! [[EightiesHair BIG HAIR]], [[ShouldersOfDoom BIG POWER SUITS WITH BIG SHOULDERS]], BIG ECONOMY, [[Film/WallStreet BIG DEBAUCHERY]], [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan BIG]] [[UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev POLITICS]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood BIG MOVIES]], BIG [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PUBLIC]] [[DrugsAreBad SERVICE]] [[TooSmartForStrangers ANNOUNCEMENTS]], [[{{Cyberpunk}} BIG TECHNOLOGY]], BIG BRICK CELLPHONES, [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} BIG]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld JAPANESE]] [[{{Anime}} IMPORTS]], [[NostalgiaFilter BIG RETRO CRAZE]], [[Creator/{{MTV}} BIG]] [[NewWaveMusic NEW]] [[HipHop MUSIC]], [[Creator/StephenSondheim BIG]] [[Creator/AndrewLloydWebber MUSICALS]], BIG CELEBRITIES, [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger BIG BODYBUILDERS]], BIG {{RUNNING GAG}}S, '''BIG'''!!! Totally a [[TotallyRadical de-fin-IT-elly radically BIG]] nostalgic setting. And [[RunningGag BIG MØØSE...]] [[note]]We apologize again for that. Those responsible for sacking the index writers have been sacked.[[/note]]

* TheRoaringTwenties[[note]]Also known as the "Jazz Age" by artists, or the "Golden Twenties" in Europe[[/note]]: (1919/20 - October 1929, although the decade culturally ended between 1933/35) Bootleg + [[TheFlapper Flappers]] + {{Jazz}} x Booming Economy = [[ItsPronouncedTroPay par-tayz]]. Also with gangsters, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood silent films]] and [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkies]], radio, UsefulNotes/CocoChanel, stylistic and futuristic Cubism, Bauhaus and ''[[ArtDeco Arts]] [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Decoratifs]]'', [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic Weimar]] [[UsefulNotes/GermanPeculiarities culture]] [[note]]Berlin cabaret, GermanExpressionism, Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill, Creator/SergeiEisenstein[[/note]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSovietTwenties Soviet Montage]], gin tubs, gangsters, and "[[JiveTurkey 23 Skidooin' bees knees seeing a man about a dog]]",

* TheNineties[[note]]Also known as the "Nihilistic Nineties"[[/note]]: (1989/91 - January 2000 for many, and [[WhamEpisode September]] [[TheWarOnTerror 2001]] for others - with some even arguing that it didn't really "end" until as late as 2006) TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Weast]] UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, Cool Britannia, the rise of the EU, UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars, UsefulNotes/BillClinton, TheInternet, AlternativeRock with the [[Music/{{Nirvana}} fragrance of teen spirit]], fresh HipHop "[[Music/VanillaIce Yo, Vanilla Ice Ice Baby]]", HouseMusic, teenage angst, upbeat parties and concerts, flannel shirts, loose sagging pants, [[MustHaveCaffeine coffeeshops]], Creator/JenniferAniston's [[NinetiesHair signature haircut]], anthropomorphic {{mascot|WithAttitude}}s, [[Series/{{Friends}} The One With]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} The Yellow Mouse]], {{Boy Band}}s, the Music/SpiceGirls, Music/BritneySpears, the Lambada, the Macarena, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick TV shows and games you grew on this decade and are now a victim of Rule34 internet memes and parodies.]] [[note]][--[[RuleOfThree Mynd you, Rüle 34 picthers of møøse Kan be pretti nasti...]]--][[/note]]

* TheGreatDepression[[note]]Also known as the "Flirty Thirties" or the "Dirty Thirties"[[/note]]: (October 1929 - December 1941) Parties were over with a crash and the worst [[WarWasBeginning has begun]]. More gangsters, the dust bowl, [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt the New Deal]], the rise of American labour movents. ThoseWackyNazis, UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar and [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin's]] purges aside, expect for [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber elaborate musical sequences]] with Creator/{{Busby|Berkeley}}, and ScrewballComedy [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood sound]][[{{Musical}} films]] with Creator/{{Ginger Rogers}} and Creator/{{Fred Astaire}}, [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra raunchy pre-code flicks]], gangsters like Creator/JamesCagney, comedians like [[Film/TheThreeStooges The Stooges]] and [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers The Marxes]], and bombshells like Creator/JeanHarlow in a [[SexyBacklessOutfit sexy satin slip]].

* TheGreatDepression[[note]]Also known as the "Flirty Thirties" or the "Dirty Thirties"[[/note]]: (October 1929 - December 1941) Parties were over with a crash and the worst [[WarWasBeginning has begun]]. More gangsters, the dust bowl, [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt the New Deal]], the rise of American labour movents. ThoseWackyNazis, UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar and [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin's]] purges aside, expect for [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber elaborate musical sequences]] with Creator/{{Busby|Berkeley}}, and ScrewballComedy [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood sound]][[{{Musical}} films]] with Creator/{{Ginger|Rogers}} and Creator/{{Fred|Astaire}}, [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra raunchy pre-code flicks]], gangsters like Creator/JamesCagney, comedians like [[Film/TheThreeStooges The Stooges]] and [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers The Marxes]], and bombshells like Creator/JeanHarlow in a [[SexyBacklessOutfit sexy satin slip]].

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: (Summer 1914 - 1919) The war that supposed to "end all wars", until its sequel came up. Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot, trench warfare, the [[UsefulNotes/OttomanEmpire fall]] [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic of]] [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany various]] [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats empires]], [[BalkanizeMe map redrawings]], rise of ethnic nationalism, independence movements, UsefulNotes/RedOctober, unresolved conflicts and loose ends, accompanied by the rise of modern and postmodern art movements [[note]]formalism, surrealism, dadaism, futurism[[/note]], [[StiffUpperLip English war poetry]], BeigeProse and Creator/CharlieChaplin.

In a nutshell, with the greater entanglement, flourishing of information, and greater complexities of life and society as a whole the message of the 20th Century was that "the world got better and nobody's happy about it".

* [[Franchise/TheSims Cue llama music]]*

* TheEdwardianEra, Also known as the "La Belle Époque"[[note]]Not only in France but across the world because it recieved a lot of NostalgiaFilter after the world wars[[/note]]: (1901 - June 1914, though it may extend until 1919) [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor King Edward VII]] on the Throne, rich white people, rich economy, high endeavours, ragtime, silent movies, [[GorgeousPeriodDress elaborate dresses]] with [[OfCorsetsSexy S-bend corsets]], Gibson Girls, suffragettes, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein the Theory of Relativity]], [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud Freudian psychology]] [[UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors China under new management]], [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]] and [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan Japan]] [[UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar at war]], [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Mexico in flames]], the Congo-gate scandals, weird and wacky [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines flying machines]], "horseless carriages", motion pictures and other inventions, and the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic. Once used as a [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgic setting]] until the 1960s.

''You know what? Forget it.'' Off to TheTwentyFirstCentury!!! Where there'll be [[IWantMyJetpack jetpacks]], and {{food pills}}, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers holographic møøse]], and...

* TheSeventies[[note]]Also known as the "Saucy Seventies" or the "Sordid Seventies"[[/note]]: (1968/69 - 1981/83, some would say it ended as early as 1979 with the Iran Hostage Crisis and the Disco Demotion Night) [[GratuitousDiscoSequence Disco, disco and more disco]], dance because it never [[DeaderThanDisco dies]]!!! Also [[SeventiesHair big sideburns]], [[FunnyAfro afros]], [[PornStache hot mustaches and beards]], [[Film/{{Jaws}} blockbuster]] [[Franchise/StarWars movies]], [[Creator/BruceLee kung fu]] [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting fighting]], [[RunningGag disco]], polyester, {{glam rock}}, [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons roleplaying]], the [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Time Warp]], gas crisis, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment disco]], rebellions, revolutions, spiritual discoveries, environmental awareness, lava lamps, {{punk}}, [[AbsoluteCleavage very low necklines]], [[VaporWear women without bras]], VideoGame/{{Pong}}, {{heavy metal}}, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers economic malaise]] and {{Disco}}. Also, [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail møøse...]][[note]]We're sorry for that. Those responsible for writing this index have been sacked.[[/note]]
* TheEighties[[note]]Also known as the "Elegant Eighties" or the "Excessive Eighties"[[/note]]: (1977/82 - 1991/93) [[BiggerIsBetter Everything's BIG]]!!! [[EightiesHair BIG HAIR]], [[ShouldersOfDoom BIG POWER SUITS WITH BIG SHOULDERS]], BIG ECONOMY, [[Film/WallStreet BIG DEBAUCHERY]], [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan BIG]] [[UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev POLITICS]], [[UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood BIG MOVIES]], BIG [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PUBLIC]] [[DrugsAreBad SERVICE]] [[TooSmartForStrangers ANNOUNCEMENTS]], [[{{Cyberpunk}} BIG TECHNOLOGY]], BIG BRICK CELLPHONES, [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} BIG]] [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld JAPANESE]] [[{{Anime}} IMPORTS]], [[NostalgiaFilter BIG RETRO CRAZE]], [[Creator/{{MTV}} BIG]] [[NewWaveMusic NEW]] [[HipHop MUSIC]], BIG CELEBRITIES, BIG {{RUNNING GAG}}S, '''BIG'''!!! Totally a [[TotallyRadical de-fin-IT-elly radically BIG]] nostalgic setting. And [[RunningGag BIG MØØSE...]] [[note]]We apologize again for that. Those responsible for sacking the index writers have been sacked.[[/note]]

* TheGreatDepression[[note]]Also known as the "Flirty Thirties" or the "Dirty Thirties"[[/note]]: (October 1929 - December 1941) Parties were over with a crash and the worst [[WarWasBeginning has begun]]. More gangsters, the dust bowl, [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt the New Deal]], the rise of American labour movents. ThoseWackyNazis, UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar and [[UsefulNotes/JosefStalin Stalin's]] purges aside, expect for [[BusbyBerkelyNumber elaborate musical sequences]] with Creator/{{Busby|Berkeley}}, and ScrewballComedy [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood sound]][[{{Musical}} films]] with Creator/{{Ginger|Rogers}} and Creator/{{Fred|Astaire}}, [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra raunchy pre-code flicks]], gangsters like Creator/JamesCagney, comedians like [[Film/TheThreeStooges The Stooges]] and [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers The Marxes]], and bombshells like Creator/JeanHarlow in a [[SexyBacklessOutfit sexy satin slip]].