History Main / ThousandYearReign

* According to the pre-millennial interpretation of {{the Bible}}, after Armageddon, Jesus will reign over the earth for this amount of time before dad Jehovah steps in, which would make this OlderThanDirt.

* Spoofed in XiaolinShowdown. One episode revolves around them locking up their dragon Dojo for the day, because on that particular day he'll turn evil, grow two heads and devour all of the magical Shen Gong Wu items, leading to 1,000 years of darkness. The spoof comes from the quote below.

This is when TheEmpire, or some other organization, is somehow estimated to last a certain amount of time. 1000 years is common, but there are likely other time frames. The important thing is that this is about assuming the length beforehand, not how long it actually lasts.

* 1000 years was the prediction for how long Rome would reign made by Cicero.

* The ruling house of Japan is an inversion: the Japanese Tenno (emperors) claim an unbroken line that goes back more than 6000 years, while the Japanese as a people have existed for less than 2000 years, with no unbroken line to speak of (not even through adoption, thanks to lots of power struggles). The ancestoral line of Tennos was 'reconstructed' in the 7th century and its continuity is mostly fictional. However, it is fairly certain that the house itself has actually succeeded in ruling Japan for 1000 years--twice. When those anniversaries occurred, though, is a matter of conjecture.

* Spoofed in XiaolinShowdown. One episode revolves around them locking up their dragon Dojo for the day, because on that particular day he'll turn evil, grow two heads and devour all of the magical Shen Gong Wu items, leading to 1'000 years of darkness. The spoof comes from the quote below.

* [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]], notable as she literally has reigned for the 1000 years between Princess Luna's banishment and return.

* [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]], between Luna's banishment and return.

* [[MyLittlePonyFrienshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]], between Luna's banishment and return.

*** One of the Other Light members [[AttemptedRape tried to rape a female "glorified"]] in the hope of siring a child that may be able to live past 100 years of age without becoming a believer. God foiled the attempt by having the would-be rapist die in her arms and then incinerated. Given that [[ImmortalInfertility "glorifieds" are not able to sire or have children]], this would have proved to be pointless.

** This takes place in ''Kingdom Come'' from the {{Left Behind}} series, during which only "glorifieds" and "naturals" who have put their faith in Jesus Christ will be allowed to live to the end of the Millenium, while [[DeathsHourglass "naturals" who stay unbelievers by the time they reach 100 years of age will die and go to Hell.]] [[LaResistance The Other Light faction]] sees GodIsEvil because of this and has prepared for this contingency by passing down their teaching to the next generation of its converts so that the generation that gets to [[FinalBattle confront God and Jesus at the end of the Millenniu]] will be "assured victory" when [[SealedEvilInACan Satan is released.]] [[CurbStompBattle Unfortunately for them,]] [[YouCantFightFate it didn't turn out as they hoped.]]

** This takes place in ''Kingdom Come'' from the {{Left Behind}} series, during which only "glorifieds" and "naturals" who have put their faith in Jesus Christ will be allowed to live to the end of the Millenium, while [[DeathsHourglass "naturals" who stay unbelievers by the time they reach 100 years of age will die and go to Hell]] [[LaResistance The Other Light faction]] sees GodIsEvil because of this and has prepared for this contingency by passing down their teaching to the next generation of its converts so that the generation that gets to [[FinalBattle confront God and Jesus at the end of the Millenniu]] will be "assured victory" when [[SealedEvilInACan Satan is released.]] [[CurbStompBattle Unfortunately for them,]] [[YouCantFightFate it didn't turn out as they hoped.]]

** This takes place in ''Kingdom Come'' from the {{Left Behind}} series.

*** Raimundo: So why a thousand?
*** Master Fung: It's actually 962 years. But a thousand sounds more drastic.

* Guess how long the Nazi Reich was supposed to last.

* The ruling house of Japan is an inversion: the Japanese Tenno (emperors) claim an unbroken line that goes back more than 6000 years, while the Japanese as a people have existed for less than 2000 years, with no unbroken line to speak of (not even through adoption, thanks to lots of power struggles). The ancestoral line of Tennos was 'reconstructed' in the 7th century and it's continuity is mostly fictional. However, it is fairly certain that the house itself has actually succeeded in ruling Japan for 1000 years--twice. When those anniversaries occurred, though, is a matter of conjecture.

* Guess how long the Nazi Reich was supposed to last. Clue:[[spoiler: very nearly the trope namer.]]
*Actually, 1000 years was the prediction for how long Rome would reign made by Cicero(needs verification). Reich means Rome and uses that same model of 1000 years.

* The the ruling house of Japan is an inversion: the Japanese Tenno (emperors) claim an unbroken line that goes back more than 6000 years, while the Japanese as a people have existed for less than 2000 years, with no unbroken line to speak of (not even through adoption, thanks to lots of power struggles). The ancestoral line of Tennos was 'reconstructed' in the 7th century and it's continuity is mostly fictional. However, it is fairly certain that the house itself has actually succeeded in ruling Japan for 1000 years--twice. When those anniversaries occurred, though, is a matter of conjecture.

* Spoofed in XiaolinShowdown. One episode revolves around them locking up their dragon Dojo for the day, because on that particular day he'll turn evil, grow two heads and devour all of the magical Shen Gong Wu items, leading to 1'000 years of darkness. Actually, it's just 962 years of darkness. They just say 1'000 because it sounds cooler.

* Guess how long the Nazi empire was supposed to last.

* The "Woodland Critter Christmas" episode of ''SouthPark'', where the TheAntichrist is supped to "bring a thousand years of darkness to the forest".

* According to {{the Bible}}, after Armageddon, Jesus will reign over the earth for this amount of time before dad Jehovah steps in, which would make this OlderThanDirt.
** That's the pre-millennial interpretation, which is not -- universally believed.
*** Oh, ''please'' [[FlameWar don't bring that up.]]

** It only actually lasted about 12 years, of course. Nice thousand-year empire there, fellas.
*** [[IrregularWebcomic Nazi Science]] ''[[IrregularWebcomic sneers]]'' at your pathetic notions of arithmetic!!
*** Of course it does. That's why it thought it was a good idea to give the entire world an overwhelming urge to obliterate them.
**** [[AtopTheFourthWall Of course! Don't you know anything about science?]]

* The "Woodland Critter Christmas" episode of ''SouthPark'', where the TheAntichrist is supped to "bring a thousand years of darkness to the forest".

* RealLife example: guess how long the Nazi empire was supposed to last.
** It only actually lasted about 12 years, of course. Nice thousand-year empire there, fellas.
*** [[IrregularWebcomic Nazi Science]] ''[[IrregularWebcomic sneers]]'' at your pathetic notions of arithmetic!!
*** Of course it does. That's why it thought it was a good idea to give the entire world an overwhelming urge to obliterate them.
**** [[AtopTheFourthWall Of course! Don't you know anything about science?]]
* Another RealLife example, ancient Chinese emperors tend to be greeted with "May you reign for 10,000 years" but most dynasties only lasts about 400 years or so.
* MillennialKingdom, as per ''ShinMegamiTensei''

** That's the pre-millenial interpretation, which is not -- universally believed.

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* The ruling house of Japan is a subversion: While there (may be) no evidence that Jimmu Tenno (the first Emperor) predicted his family would rule for a thousand years, they've actually pulled it off -- ''twice'': first in 341, and again in 1340. And it's still going. It is the oldest royal house still in existence.
** Actually, for the Japanese Tenno, this works only backwards. They claim an unbroken line that goes back more than 6000 years, while the Japanese as a people have existed for less than 2000 years, with no unbroken line to speak of (not even through adoption, thanks to lots of power struggles). The ancestoral line of Tennos was 'reconstructed' in the 7th century and it's continuity is mostly fictional.

* The ruling house of Japan is a subversion: While there (may be) no evidence that Jimmu Tenno (the first Emperor) predicted his family would rule for a thousand years, they've actually pulled it off -- ''twice'', first in 340, the second in 1340. And it's still going. It is the oldest royal house still in existence.