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* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory1984'', the ninth season of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', primarily takes place in...wait for it...1984 and pays homage to the slasher genre popular in the 80's.
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* When ''Series/MatchGame'' was revived in 1973, it was revived as ''Match Game '73,'' with the year updated every New Year's Eve through the end of the CBS run in 1979.
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* ''WebOriginal/SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix'' is set almost 16,000 years in the future; its sequel, 20020, also qualifies.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' parodied and mocked the trope in season 4 by having the first four episodes end with 2000 for no reason other than to mock its overusage at the time.
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* "1997" by Music/Ash, released in 1996 - named for the release year of Film/ANewHope
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* Disco 2000, by Music/{{Pulp}}, written in 1995. Uses the year 2000 as a LiteralMetaphor for a fresh start with an [[ChildhoodFriendRomance unrequited childhood crush.]]
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* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', a 1979 film taking place in the titular year.
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* ''Franchise/GIJoe'' has a subteam called "Battle Force 2000", whose purpose is to "field-test experimental equipment under battlefield conditions". The figures and vehicles were introduced in 1987 and stayed in production for a few years, then were reissued as collector's exclusives in 2017.
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* Music/{{Motorhead}} album (and its title-track) ''1916''.
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* ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' is a more subtle example than most. The game was released in 2000, an actual Year of The Dragon, and the story takes place on an in-universe Year of The Dragon, which in the setting is when fairies deliver Dragon Eggs, which are the main collectible in the game.
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* David Peace's "Red Riding Quartet" series of novels, adapted as the TV series ''Series/RedRiding'', are titled ''Nineteen Seventy-Four'', ''Nineteen Seventy-Seven'', ''Nineteen Eighty'' and ''Nineteen Eighty-Three''. A later stand-alone novel by him was called ''[=GB84=]''.
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* ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG'': (Y) Year - II (2) - K (1000).
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* ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' is a CrisisCrossover event from 1998 about actual DC superheroes going 1,000,000 years into the future to the 853th century and meet their future counterparts. Also, various of the event publications got the #1,000,000 as part of the title as a TitleByNumber.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's comic ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' (Also used ExtyYearsFromNow, as it was published in 2002).
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** Creator/NeilGaiman's comic ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' (Also used ExtyYearsFromNow, as it was published in 2002).
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* ''Film/SummerOf42'', released in 1971.
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* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2142''. Named after [[AfterTheEnd a futuristic war set in a new ice age]] between two factions [[FightToSurvive fighting to survive]] in 2142.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has two episodes referencing the year they take place.
** "Space Pilot 3000": The pilot episode, showing how Fry was cryogenically frozen as midnight strikes on New Year's Eve 1999 and wakes up almost 1000 years later in New Year's Eve 2999. By the end of the episode, it's New Year's Day 3000.
** "Decision 3012" takes place during the 3012 Presidential election.
** "Space Pilot 3000": The pilot episode, showing how Fry was cryogenically frozen as midnight strikes on New Year's Eve 1999 and wakes up almost 1000 years later in New Year's Eve 2999. By the end of the episode, it's New Year's Day 3000.
** "Decision 3012" takes place during the 3012 Presidential election.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2020'' by Creator/HannaBarbera Studios, about a marine research facility on the ocean floor. While there are pressurized undersea observation rooms in-place already, there's nothing like a self-sufficient village completely submerged beneath giant domes. Implication is that 2020 is the year it's set in.
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--> This is the year two thousand and twenty.
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** Also ''Class of '44,'' the sequel released in 1973.
* ''Film/ClassOf1984,'' released in 1982 (which has ''nothing'' to do with the above class of 1944).
* ''Film/ClassOf1984,'' released in 1982 (which has ''nothing'' to do with the above class of 1944).
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If a year is related to your work, then name it after that!
Usually, that's because the year is relevant in some way, such as being the year of the events it depicts, but it doesn't have to be.
This trope is for whenever a year is mentioned in a title.
SubTrope of TitleByNumber.
If the year in the title is the year of release, or plays on it, then it's the SubTrope, AnnualTitle.
It may occur in tandem with OneWordTitle, for titles that are just numbers that are also years and are written in numerical form, like ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'': Released in 1977, and continued to 2000, at least.
* ''ComicBook/Armageddon2001'': a CrisisCrossover published in 1991 by DC Comics in which the heroes try to discover which one of them will [[FaceHeelTurn turn into the evil dictator]] Monarch ten years in the future.
* ''ComicBook/Camelot3000'': Set in the year 3000.
* ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' is a CrisisCrossover event from 1998 about actual DC superheroes going 1,000,000 years into the future to the 853th century and meet their future counterparts. Also, various of the event publications got the #1,000,000 as part of the title as a TitleByNumber.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's comic ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' (Also used ExtyYearsFromNow, as it was published in 2002).
** The ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'' line, where every book has ''2099'' in its title (''Comicbook/ThePunisher2099'', ''Comicbook/GhostRider2099'', etc.
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[[folder:Fanfic]]
* ''Fanfic/Homecoming2026'': The 2026 in the title is the year of the Whateley Academy homecoming.
* ''Fanfic/PsychedelicEpiphanySeries'': The first chapter, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/321475/1/yearly-epiphany/year-0-hearthswarming-ephiphany Year 0: Hearthswarming Ephiphany]]'', about the beginning of the first year, or zeroth year, of [[spoiler:Epiphany's life]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/Automania2000'': About the future, released in the year 1963.
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* ''Film/OneAprilTwoThousand'': This 1952 film is an Austrian satire in which the Allied occupation of UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} continues until 2000.
* ''Film/TenThousandBC''.
* ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise''.
* The Russian film ''1612''.
* ''Film/SeventeenSeventySix''.
* The 1985 film ''1914'', about a town ravaged by influenza and the WWI soldiers who return there.
* ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'', a 2019 film about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, titled for a year where that war was happening and when the events of the story take place.
* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', a 1979 film taking place in the titular year.
* ''1991: The Year Punk Broke'': Released in 1992, about events in the preceding year.
* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and its sequel ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''.
* The movie ''Film/TwoThousandFortySix'', which refers to both a year and a hotel room.
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398918/ 2084]]''
* ''Film/BladeRunner2049''.
* ''Dracula 3000'', a sci-fi vampire film (no relation to the former entry).
* The movie ''Film/{{Novecento}}'' meaning "1900", released 1976.
* ''[[Film/OneMillionBC One Million BC]]'', and its remake, ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.
* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', scripted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.
* ''Film/{{Scanners}}'': This film, released in 1981, had a WorkingTitle of ''Telepathy 2000'', reflecting its setting of TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.
* ''September 30 1955'', a movie from 1977, with the date being the day Creator/JamesDean died.
* ''Film/SummerOf42'', released in 1971.
* ''Film/TheUnforgettableYear1919'', a Russian movie released in 1951.
* ''Film/Winchester73'', a 1950 film referring to the Winchester rifle that first entered production in 1873.
* ''Film/WonderWoman1984'': It takes place in 1984, but was made in 2020.
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* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "[[Literature/TwoFourThreeZeroAD 2430 A.D.]]": The title is the year of the setting, when all of the world's animal biomass is predicted to consist entirely of human beings.
* Creator/RobertoBolano's ''Literature/TwentySixSixtySix'' could possibly be a year, although it is not mentioned in the novel itself. It ''is'' mentioned in one of his other novels, however.
* Creator/EricFlint's ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' books.
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. InUniverse, the protagonist ''thinks'' this is probably the current year, but due to the totalitarian state he lives and the nature in which it controls all information, he can't be sure. Out-of-universe, George Orwell planned to name it ''1948'' (the book was released a year after he finished it, in 1949), but he just flipped the last two digits to indicate a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture timeframe.
* ''Literature/TheSpaceOdysseySeries'': Multiple, following an IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming pattern of "[Year]: [Phrase with "Odyssey" in it.]":
** ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
** ''2010: Odyssey Two''.
** ''2061: Odyssey Three''.
** ''3001: The Final Odyssey''.
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* The ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' has a few episodes titled after the years in which they are (at least partially) set:
** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episodes "Star City 2046" and "Camelot/3000" (a ShoutOut to the comic book series ''ComicBook/Camelot3000'').
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' episode "Star City 2040."
* ''Series/BeyondTomorrow'': This is an Australian science and invention documentary series based on The BBC's ''Tomorrow's World''. Originally titled ''Towards 2000'', the show got a make-over in 1985 and the producers decided 2000 was too close to be aiming "towards" any more. They changed it to ''Beyond 2000'', but changed names again, to ''Beyond Tomorrow'', since "Beyond 2000" now also seems old-fashioned...
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' episode "[[Recap/HeroesS03E231961 1961]]".
* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'': There's an episode called "New Year's Eve 1960".
* The HBO Latin America original series ''Series/Magnifica70''.
* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'' was retitled ''Space 2063'' (after the year it kicks off) in several European countries.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Several episodes used a year as the title:
** "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E211969 1969]]": A solar flare causes the gate to malfunction and strand the team in 1969.
** "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E162010 2010]]": The episode is set in the year 2010, ten years ahead of the show's "present day" timeline at the time that it was aired, as well as [[ShoutOut referencing]] ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
** "[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E102001 2001]]": A [[SequelEpisode prequel episode]] to "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E162010 2010]]", and therefore referencing ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
* ''Series/TotalRecall2070''
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* "Summer of '69" by Music/BryanAdams, released in 1985.
* "1984" by Music/DavidBowie, inspired by ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' and released in 1974.
* "1985" by Music/BowlingForSoup, a cover of Music/SR71's, the latter of which was released in 2004.
* "1848" by Music/{{Galadriel}}.
* The song "Music/InTheYear2525."
* "Year 3000" by Music/TheJonasBrothers.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo 3030]]'': The sci-fi concept rap album by Dan the Automator and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien (Deltron in the album), which takes place in the same year. The followup album, ''Event II'', takes place in the year 3040, although it was actually released closer to [[ScheduleSlip fifteen real-world years]] after the first than ten.
* "1642 Inprisonment" by Music/KingDiamond.
* "Overture 1383" by Music/YngwieMalmsteen.
* Music/PaulMcCartney did a song titled "1985", released in 1974.
* Music/{{Motorhead}} album (and its title-track) ''1916''.
* The band Music/NeonTrees released a song called "1983" in 2010.
* Music/NinjaSexParty: In "6969", the band travels to the year 6969, hoping for [[Lol69 some sex-related escapades]].
* "1999" by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 1982.
* "'39" by Music/{{Queen}}.
* The album ''2112'' by Music/{{Rush}}.
* "1979" by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, released in 1996.
* Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky's ''1812 Overture'', about Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia (there were a buttload of wars in that year).
* Music/JeanMichelJarre's ''Sessions 2000'': Released in 2002, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it contained material recorded during something similar to electronic jam sessions in 2000]].
* Two Music/DmitriShostakovich symphonies:
** Symphony No. 11 in G minor ("The Year 1905"), composed in 1957.
** Symphony No. 12 in D minor ("The Year 1917"), composed in 1961.
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* Creator/MelBrooks and Creator/CarlReiner performed an updated version of their "2000 Year Old Man" routine, titled "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000" (performed in 1997).
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* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'', AKA ''Traveller 2300''. The 2300 is the century in which the game takes place.
* ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'', a game from the 1980s set in the war-torn future year 2000.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' goes twenty times better than the standard, although the current timeline is in or near the 42nd millennium.
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* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''.
* ''Theatre/NatashaPierreAndTheGreatCometOf1812'', which is set in the stated year.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* ''Toys/LEGODinoAttack'' (which was released in 2005 and is set in 2010) has the MarketBasedTitle ''Dino 2010'' in Europe.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo''. Recently remade as ''1942: Joint Strike''.
* ''VideoGame/Anno1402''.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' and ''1943'': Named after years during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, which is when the games take place.
* ''VideoGame/Cyberball2072''.
* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''.
* ''VideoGame/HongKong97'': Released in 1995.
* ''VideoGame/Robotron2084''.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2010'': Released in 1990 and set in the [[ExtyYearsFromNow distant and terrifying future of the year 2010]].
* ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': An episode called "Reptar 2010", named for the ShowWithinAShow that's named for its future setting of 2010.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2020'' by Creator/HannaBarbera Studios, about a marine research facility on the ocean floor. While there are pressurized undersea observation rooms in-place already, there's nothing like a self-sufficient village completely submerged beneath giant domes. Implication is that 2020 is the year it's set in.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' by Creator/CartoonNetwork Studios is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2020'', wherein an undersea community has GoneHorriblyWrong, implied that 2021 is the year it's set in.
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Usually, that's because the year is relevant in some way, such as being the year of the events it depicts, but it doesn't have to be.
This trope is for whenever a year is mentioned in a title.
SubTrope of TitleByNumber.
If the year in the title is the year of release, or plays on it, then it's the SubTrope, AnnualTitle.
It may occur in tandem with OneWordTitle, for titles that are just numbers that are also years and are written in numerical form, like ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'.
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!!Examples
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* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'': Released in 1977, and continued to 2000, at least.
* ''ComicBook/Armageddon2001'': a CrisisCrossover published in 1991 by DC Comics in which the heroes try to discover which one of them will [[FaceHeelTurn turn into the evil dictator]] Monarch ten years in the future.
* ''ComicBook/Camelot3000'': Set in the year 3000.
* ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' is a CrisisCrossover event from 1998 about actual DC superheroes going 1,000,000 years into the future to the 853th century and meet their future counterparts. Also, various of the event publications got the #1,000,000 as part of the title as a TitleByNumber.
* Creator/NeilGaiman's comic ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' (Also used ExtyYearsFromNow, as it was published in 2002).
** The ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'' line, where every book has ''2099'' in its title (''Comicbook/ThePunisher2099'', ''Comicbook/GhostRider2099'', etc.
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[[folder:Fanfic]]
* ''Fanfic/Homecoming2026'': The 2026 in the title is the year of the Whateley Academy homecoming.
* ''Fanfic/PsychedelicEpiphanySeries'': The first chapter, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/321475/1/yearly-epiphany/year-0-hearthswarming-ephiphany Year 0: Hearthswarming Ephiphany]]'', about the beginning of the first year, or zeroth year, of [[spoiler:Epiphany's life]].
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[[folder:Film - Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/Automania2000'': About the future, released in the year 1963.
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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/OneAprilTwoThousand'': This 1952 film is an Austrian satire in which the Allied occupation of UsefulNotes/{{Austria}} continues until 2000.
* ''Film/TenThousandBC''.
* ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise''.
* The Russian film ''1612''.
* ''Film/SeventeenSeventySix''.
* The 1985 film ''1914'', about a town ravaged by influenza and the WWI soldiers who return there.
* ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'', a 2019 film about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, titled for a year where that war was happening and when the events of the story take place.
* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', a 1979 film taking place in the titular year.
* ''1991: The Year Punk Broke'': Released in 1992, about events in the preceding year.
* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and its sequel ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''.
* The movie ''Film/TwoThousandFortySix'', which refers to both a year and a hotel room.
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398918/ 2084]]''
* ''Film/BladeRunner2049''.
* ''Dracula 3000'', a sci-fi vampire film (no relation to the former entry).
* The movie ''Film/{{Novecento}}'' meaning "1900", released 1976.
* ''[[Film/OneMillionBC One Million BC]]'', and its remake, ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.
* Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', scripted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.
* ''Film/{{Scanners}}'': This film, released in 1981, had a WorkingTitle of ''Telepathy 2000'', reflecting its setting of TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.
* ''September 30 1955'', a movie from 1977, with the date being the day Creator/JamesDean died.
* ''Film/SummerOf42'', released in 1971.
* ''Film/TheUnforgettableYear1919'', a Russian movie released in 1951.
* ''Film/Winchester73'', a 1950 film referring to the Winchester rifle that first entered production in 1873.
* ''Film/WonderWoman1984'': It takes place in 1984, but was made in 2020.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "[[Literature/TwoFourThreeZeroAD 2430 A.D.]]": The title is the year of the setting, when all of the world's animal biomass is predicted to consist entirely of human beings.
* Creator/RobertoBolano's ''Literature/TwentySixSixtySix'' could possibly be a year, although it is not mentioned in the novel itself. It ''is'' mentioned in one of his other novels, however.
* Creator/EricFlint's ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' books.
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. InUniverse, the protagonist ''thinks'' this is probably the current year, but due to the totalitarian state he lives and the nature in which it controls all information, he can't be sure. Out-of-universe, George Orwell planned to name it ''1948'' (the book was released a year after he finished it, in 1949), but he just flipped the last two digits to indicate a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture timeframe.
* ''Literature/TheSpaceOdysseySeries'': Multiple, following an IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming pattern of "[Year]: [Phrase with "Odyssey" in it.]":
** ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
** ''2010: Odyssey Two''.
** ''2061: Odyssey Three''.
** ''3001: The Final Odyssey''.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' has a few episodes titled after the years in which they are (at least partially) set:
** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episodes "Star City 2046" and "Camelot/3000" (a ShoutOut to the comic book series ''ComicBook/Camelot3000'').
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' episode "Star City 2040."
* ''Series/BeyondTomorrow'': This is an Australian science and invention documentary series based on The BBC's ''Tomorrow's World''. Originally titled ''Towards 2000'', the show got a make-over in 1985 and the producers decided 2000 was too close to be aiming "towards" any more. They changed it to ''Beyond 2000'', but changed names again, to ''Beyond Tomorrow'', since "Beyond 2000" now also seems old-fashioned...
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' episode "[[Recap/HeroesS03E231961 1961]]".
* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'': There's an episode called "New Year's Eve 1960".
* The HBO Latin America original series ''Series/Magnifica70''.
* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'' was retitled ''Space 2063'' (after the year it kicks off) in several European countries.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Several episodes used a year as the title:
** "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E211969 1969]]": A solar flare causes the gate to malfunction and strand the team in 1969.
** "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E162010 2010]]": The episode is set in the year 2010, ten years ahead of the show's "present day" timeline at the time that it was aired, as well as [[ShoutOut referencing]] ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
** "[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E102001 2001]]": A [[SequelEpisode prequel episode]] to "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E162010 2010]]", and therefore referencing ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
* ''Series/TotalRecall2070''
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[[folder:Music]]
* "Summer of '69" by Music/BryanAdams, released in 1985.
* "1984" by Music/DavidBowie, inspired by ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' and released in 1974.
* "1985" by Music/BowlingForSoup, a cover of Music/SR71's, the latter of which was released in 2004.
* "1848" by Music/{{Galadriel}}.
* The song "Music/InTheYear2525."
* "Year 3000" by Music/TheJonasBrothers.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo 3030]]'': The sci-fi concept rap album by Dan the Automator and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien (Deltron in the album), which takes place in the same year. The followup album, ''Event II'', takes place in the year 3040, although it was actually released closer to [[ScheduleSlip fifteen real-world years]] after the first than ten.
* "1642 Inprisonment" by Music/KingDiamond.
* "Overture 1383" by Music/YngwieMalmsteen.
* Music/PaulMcCartney did a song titled "1985", released in 1974.
* Music/{{Motorhead}} album (and its title-track) ''1916''.
* The band Music/NeonTrees released a song called "1983" in 2010.
* Music/NinjaSexParty: In "6969", the band travels to the year 6969, hoping for [[Lol69 some sex-related escapades]].
* "1999" by Music/{{Prince}}, released in 1982.
* "'39" by Music/{{Queen}}.
* The album ''2112'' by Music/{{Rush}}.
* "1979" by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, released in 1996.
* Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky's ''1812 Overture'', about Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia (there were a buttload of wars in that year).
* Music/JeanMichelJarre's ''Sessions 2000'': Released in 2002, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it contained material recorded during something similar to electronic jam sessions in 2000]].
* Two Music/DmitriShostakovich symphonies:
** Symphony No. 11 in G minor ("The Year 1905"), composed in 1957.
** Symphony No. 12 in D minor ("The Year 1917"), composed in 1961.
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[[folder:Stand Up Comedy]]
* Creator/MelBrooks and Creator/CarlReiner performed an updated version of their "2000 Year Old Man" routine, titled "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000" (performed in 1997).
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[[folder:Tabletop Game]]
* ''TabletopGame/TwentyThreeHundredAD'', AKA ''Traveller 2300''. The 2300 is the century in which the game takes place.
* ''TabletopGame/Twilight2000'', a game from the 1980s set in the war-torn future year 2000.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' goes twenty times better than the standard, although the current timeline is in or near the 42nd millennium.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''.
* ''Theatre/NatashaPierreAndTheGreatCometOf1812'', which is set in the stated year.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* ''Toys/LEGODinoAttack'' (which was released in 2005 and is set in 2010) has the MarketBasedTitle ''Dino 2010'' in Europe.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo''. Recently remade as ''1942: Joint Strike''.
* ''VideoGame/Anno1402''.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' and ''1943'': Named after years during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, which is when the games take place.
* ''VideoGame/Cyberball2072''.
* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''.
* ''VideoGame/HongKong97'': Released in 1995.
* ''VideoGame/Robotron2084''.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2010'': Released in 1990 and set in the [[ExtyYearsFromNow distant and terrifying future of the year 2010]].
* ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG''.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': An episode called "Reptar 2010", named for the ShowWithinAShow that's named for its future setting of 2010.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2020'' by Creator/HannaBarbera Studios, about a marine research facility on the ocean floor. While there are pressurized undersea observation rooms in-place already, there's nothing like a self-sufficient village completely submerged beneath giant domes. Implication is that 2020 is the year it's set in.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' by Creator/CartoonNetwork Studios is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2020'', wherein an undersea community has GoneHorriblyWrong, implied that 2021 is the year it's set in.
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