History Series / Incorporated

* OneNationUnderCopyright: Multinational Corporations have risen in power and now control 90% of the globe thanks to [[ArtisticLicenseLaw a Constitutional Amendment placing them above the law]]. These Corporations fight a covert war for market share and dwindling natural resources.

* SexSlave: SPIGA maintains an "executive club" brothel for high-ranking executives, which recruits concubines for a 20-year contract

* GreenAesop: Most of the problems are caused by GlobalWarming, melting the ice caps, flooding Indonesia, UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} and NewYorkCity, placing Providence, Rhode Island behind levees, turning Iceland, Siberia and Anchorage, Alaska into tropical vacation destinations, and anything south of Wisconsin is now called "the dust storm states."

''Incorporated'' (2016) is a one-hour show on Creator/{{Syfy}}. In a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2074]] Milwaukee, [[GaiasLament climate change has wreaked havoc]] on the populace, and most governments have collapsed. Taking their place [[MegaCorp are corporations]], that have [[OneNationUnderCopyright become de facto governments]] who control areas called [[StepfordSuburbia Green Zones.]] The remaining territories are called [[WretchedHive Red Zones]], where governance is weak or non-existent. One man - [[ReverseMole Ben Larson]] - escapes the Red Zone, infiltrating the Green Zone to take them down and find the woman he loves. In the process, he will take on the entire system -- with deadly consequences.

Incorporated comes from executive producers Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MattDamon, Ted Humphrey and Jennifer Todd.

* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler: Ben temporarily erases his memories of being Aaron to avoid being detected by the Evercleafr, storing them in a memory crystal to be restored later.]]

* CrazyPrepared: When Ben/[[spoiler:Aaron]] asks Hendricks to aid him in wiping his memory temporarily, Hendricks finds out that Ben took no chances [[spoiler:and laid all kinds of traps in the event Hendricks tried to let the memory loss be permanent.]]

* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler: Ben erases his memories of being Aaron to avoid being detected by the Everclear, storing them in a memory crystal.]]

* ButMonkey: Chad Peterson, in a very big way.

* CrazyPrepapred: When Ben/[[spoiler:Aaron]] asks Hendricks to aid him in wiping his memory temporarily, Hendricks finds out that Ben took no chances [[spoiler:and laid all kinds of traps in the event Hendricks tried to let the memory loss be permanent.]]

* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler:Aaron erases his memories of being Aaron to avoid being detected by the Everclear, storing them in a memory crystal.]]

* BlandNameProduct: one currency in use is "blackcoins," a possible version of Bitcoins.

* CorporateWarfare[=/=]PrivateMilitaryContractors: the corporations have their own militaries.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Green Zones
* CrapsackWorld: Any place outside of a Green Zone.

* HiddenTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:In order to get promoted, Ben goes through a simulation where his wife is held hostage by men demanding information about Everclear. He lets her die... and is promoted.]]

* PoorTableManners: Theo has spent his whole life eating synthetic food. When he gets his hands on a real steak, he tears into it like a wild animal.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: In "Cost Containment," one of the currencies available at the currency exchange Aaron hacks to turn 200 euros into $20,000 is "Texan pesos," implying that Texas finally managed to secede from the US.

* FallenStatesOfAmerica: The US is now a third-world country where voter turnout for the most recent election was 23%, Canada has had to build a border fence to keep Americans from illegally immigrating there, FEMA is said to be just "an old woman at a desk" by 2068, and China has its own feed-the-children charity ads for American children.

* GreenAesop: Most of the problems are caused by GlobalWarming, melting the ice caps, flooding Indonesia, UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} and NewYorkCity, placing Providence, Rhode Island behind levees, turning Iceland and Anchorage, Alaska into beach destinations, and anything south of Wisconsin is now called "the dust storm states."

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Ben's rival Roger Caplan]]

* CrapsackWorld: any place outside of a Green Zone.

** "termination of contract" (employee is killed)
** "nondisclosure agreement" (employee's memories are completely erased)
** "executive club" (brothel)

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: in "Cost Containment," one of the currencies available at the currency exchange Aaron hacks to turn 200 euros into $20,000 is "Texan pesos," implying that Texas finally managed to secede from the US.
* FallenStatesOfAmerica: the US is now a third-world country where voter turnout for the most recent election was 23%, Canada has had to build a border fence to keep Americans from illegally immigrating there, FEMA is said to be just "an old woman at a desk" by 2068, and China has its own feed-the-children charity ads for American children.

* GreenAesop: most of the problems are caused by GlobalWarming, melting the ice caps, flooding Indonesia, UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} and NewYorkCity, placing Providence, Rhode Island behind levees, turning Iceland and Anchorage, Alaska into beach destinations, and anything south of Wisconsin is now called "the dust storm states."

* MegaCorp[=/=]NGOSuperpower: Afer SPIGA and Inazagi, two biotech corporations, buys out several of its closest rivals in 2050, becoming the largest corporations on the planet.
* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler: Aaron erases his memories of being Aaron to avoid being detected by the Everclear, storing them in a memory crystal.]]

* ASimplePlan: Aaron never expected finding and rescuing Elena to be fast or easy, but the prospect of bringing a child into a one-sided sham marriage (as in, his wife doesn't realize it's a sham) is clearly an unwanted spanner in the works.

* SexSlave: SPIGA maintains an "executive club" brothel for high-ranking executives, which recruits concubines for a 20-year contract

* MegaCorp[=/=]NGOSuperpower: Afer SPIGA and Inazagi, two biotech corporations, buys out several of its closest rivals in 2050, becoming the largest corporations on the planet with their own armies.

* OneNationUnderCopyright: Multinational Corporations have risen in power and now control 90% of the globe. These Corporations fight a covert war for market share and dwindling natural resources.

Incorporated comes from executive producers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ted Humphrey and Jennifer Todd.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: SPIGA has some rather harsh NDAs.

* MegaCorp: Afer SPIGA and Inazagi, two biotech corporations, buys out several of its closest rivals in 2050, becoming the largest corporations on the planet.

* PopulationControl: In the Green Zones women are required to have IUDs until they qualify for a permit to reproduce.
* ReleasedToElsewhere: "Termination of Contract"

* DesignerBabies: In the Green Zones, procreation requires a permit and is a privilege given only to the top officers of the Corporations. All prospective parents are given the option to customize their babies physically (hair color, eye color, skin tone, etc.) and genetically (removing defective birth markers from their DNA coding). The use of surrogate mothers from the Red Zone is also a widely accepted practice,

''Incorporated'' (2016) is a one-hour show on Creator/{{Syfy}} set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2074]], where [[GaiasLament climate change has wreaked havoc]] on the populace, and most governments have collapsed. Taking their place [[MegaCorp are corporations]], [[OneNationUnderCopyright who wield unlimited power.]] The haves and the have-nots find themselves living in the [[StepfordSuburbia Green]] and [[WretchedHive Red]] Zones. One man - [[ReverseMole Ben Larson]] - escapes the Red Zone, infiltrating the Green Zone to take them down and find the woman he loves. In the process, he will take on the entire system -- with deadly consequences.