History AnachronismStew / FilmsUsingRuleOfFunny

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' features frequent anachronisms for the sake of jokes. [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson The Genie's gags]] are almost all anachronisms, as is Iago's mention of "the guns, the weapons, the knives." Less obviously, the buildings in the background include Roman architecture that looks new, thought it would have been many centuries old by this time.

* ''Another'' wuxia parody, ''Film/TheEagleShootingHeroes'', throws in a pile of anachronistic references throughout the film, including a musical number involving the Theatre/CanCan-song, which doesn't exist until a few millenia later.

* At the end of ''Film/Scrooge1970'', during the reprise of "Thank You Very Much", Scrooge dons a red Santa Claus suit. This version of Father Christmas/Santa is American and didn't appear in Britain until much later (this version of the story is set in 1860, according to the Ghost of Christmas Present).

* ''Film/{{Paddington}}'' is mostly set in present day, but things like the old news reel and Geographer's Guild help to give the film a timeless feel.

* Becomes extremely evident in Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2]]'' where all of the famous world landmarks are given car motifs to fit the fact that everyone in the ''Cars'' universe is a talking vehicle. The problem is, however, that most of these landmarks are actually more than a century old, long before ''any'' cars were even invented!

** ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' is based on Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'' and ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra'', an AffectionateParody of ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}, has elements of AncientRome and AncientEgypt, yet the British Isles are still in the [[OneMillionBC Stone Age era with cavemen and women]] and hasn't invented the wheel yet.

** ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' is a story of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII, set in [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor the Tudor period]], yet the underground extremist group that are plotting to kill the king are from the Stuart era that was a century after. One of the members are even named [[OnlyKnowByTheSurname Fawkes]].

* ''Film/AKnightsTale'' goes mad with this to great effect, dropping any pretense of historical accuracy and just doing [[RuleOfCool whatever was the most awesome]]. It begins with the crowd at a joust singing and stamping their feet to "We Will Rock You" by Music/{{Queen}}. The director explained this as a way to help the audience relate and convey the people felt the same way about their music and dancing that modern people do. It's an extension of the TranslationConvention. On the other hand, professional historians have noted the impressive accuracy in regards to etiquette, costumes, speech and such, which gave the impression that the filmmakers could have made a perfectly accurate movie about a knight rising from the working class; instead, they chose to make an awesome movie with piles of anachronisms, that was also more fun. This is a film in which 14th century London has a wooden version of the London Eye.

* At the end of ''Film/{{Scrooge}}'', during the reprise of "Thank You Very Much", Scrooge dons a red Santa Claus suit. This version of Father Christmas/Santa is American and didn't appear in Britain until much later (this version of the story is set in 1860, according to the Ghost of Christmas Present).