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*EverythingIs3DPrintedInTheFuture: 3D printing will play a significant role in the future.
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* AllHailTheGreatGodMickey: Future people mistake the cultural icons of our current society as gods.
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* ExtremeSpeculativeStratification: In the future, racial and/or social inequality gets so extreme that new cultures form around the split.
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* TheFutureIsNoir: A [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] story set in the near or distant future.

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* TheFutureIsNoir: A [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] story set in In the near or distant future.future, the insides of vehicles and buildings are very dark.
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* DistantFinale: The audience gets to see how the future has played out based on the events of the story.
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* CocaPepsiInc: Two (or more) companies known for being rivals in their industries form one mega-company in the future.
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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: If you thought that ads and commercials were already way too annoyingly common right now, wait till you see them become ''[[UpToEleven even more omnipresent]]'' in the future!

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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: If you thought that ads and commercials were already way too annoyingly common right now, wait till you see them become ''[[UpToEleven even ''even more omnipresent]]'' omnipresent'' in the future!
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* ExtyYearsFromNow: The story is set in a future year that is exactly decades, centuries, or millennia away from the year it was originally made/released.

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* ExtyYearsFromNow: ExtyYearsFromPublication: The story is set in a future year that is exactly decades, centuries, or millennia away from the year it was originally made/released.

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* HighTimesFuture: All (or most) of today's illegal drugs will eventually become decriminalized and popular.



* HighTimesFuture: All (or most) of today's illegal drugs will eventually become decriminalized and popular.

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* WorldWarWhatever: If World War III wasn't destructive enough, just wait till our descendants have to eventually experience [[RidiculousFutureSequelisation World Wars IV, V, VI, etc]]!

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* WorldWarWhatever: If World War III wasn't destructive enough, just wait till our descendants have to eventually experience [[RidiculousFutureSequelisation World Wars IV, V, VI, etc]]!etc.]]!
* {{Zeerust}}: A conspicuously outdated vision of the future.
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* NuSpeling: When words are spelled as if they were written or typed by barely-literate children.

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* NuSpeling: When words Words are spelled as if they were written or typed by barely-literate children.



* SightedGunsAreLowTech: Good (or at least usable) sights became a hallmark of "primitive" weapons somewhere down the line. The firearms (or energy weapons) of tomorrow will forgo sights (and maybe have nothing on the top) in favor of using them in conjunction with a targeting system that may or may not work.

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* SightedGunsAreLowTech: Good (or at least usable) sights became a hallmark of "primitive" weapons somewhere down the line. The firearms (or energy weapons) of tomorrow will forgo sights them (and maybe have nothing on the top) in favor of using them in conjunction with a targeting system that may or may not work.top). Targeting systems optional.
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* SightedGunsAreLowTech

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* SightedGunsAreLowTechSightedGunsAreLowTech: Good (or at least usable) sights became a hallmark of "primitive" weapons somewhere down the line. The firearms (or energy weapons) of tomorrow will forgo sights (and maybe have nothing on the top) in favor of using them in conjunction with a targeting system that may or may not work.
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* ExtyYearsFromNow: The story is set in a future year that is exactly decades, centuries, or millennia away from the year it was originally made/released.
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* NextSundayAD: Story takes place very slightly in the future, with no significant changes from the present.
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* PostScarcityEconomy: Advances in fabrication technology let people create anything from nothing, rendering capitalism obsolete.
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* TypesetInTheFuture: Sans-serif fonts like Eurostile are used for a futuristic feel.
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* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture

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* NoNewFashionsInTheFutureNoNewFashionsInTheFuture: Clothing designs have stagnated in the future.

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* FreeLoveFuture: In the future, everyone has a progressive attitude towards sexuality.



* FreeLoveFuture: In the future, everyone has a progressive attitude towards sexuality.

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* JetPack: In the future, we will be able to strap on these devices like backpacks to hover off the ground.



* WeWillAllFlyInTheFuture

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* WeWillAllFlyInTheFutureWeWillAllFlyInTheFuture: No cliched futuristic setting is complete without an abundance of aerial transportation technology, from {{jet pack}}s to {{flying car}}s and beyond.
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* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture

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* WeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFutureWeWillHaveEuthanasiaInTheFuture: Assisted suicide has become widely available and practiced in the future.
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* WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture

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* WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFutureWeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture: Futuristic fashion dictates that clothing will no longer have any usable pockets.
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* WeWillNotHaveAppendixesInTheFuture

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* WeWillNotHaveAppendixesInTheFutureWeWillNotHaveAppendixesInTheFuture: Humanity's distant descendants will eventually evolve to no longer possess this particular organ.
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* WeWillWearArmorInTheFuture

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* WeWillWearArmorInTheFutureWeWillWearArmorInTheFuture: Full suits of body armor are commonly worn by the police, soldiers, and warriors of tomorrow.
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* VideoPhone
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Because this link's title display was (ironically) not working right.


* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture

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* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture{{We Will Use WikiWords in the Future}}

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'''Sub-index:'''

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'''Sub-index:''''''Sub-indexes:'''
+ FailedFutureForecast



* FailedFutureForecast: Past predictions about the then-future which never actually happened.

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!!Tropes of the future:



* '''TheFuture''' (main trope)

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* '''TheFuture''' (main trope)[floatboxright:
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+ TheFuture

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+ FuturisticTechIndex
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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: If you thought that ads and commercials were already omnipresent right now, wait till you see them become ''[[UpToEleven even more common]]'' in the future!

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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: If you thought that ads and commercials were already omnipresent way too annoyingly common right now, wait till you see them become ''[[UpToEleven even more common]]'' omnipresent]]'' in the future!



* ColonizedSolarSystem: In the far future, we Earthlings will eventually establish outposts and settlements on other planets and moons in our solar system, if not the rest of outer space.



* OneWorldOrder: All sovereign nation-states on Earth will eventually be united under a global government.

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* OneWorldOrder: All sovereign nation-states on Earth will eventually be united under a single global government.



* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: It's established that in the future, a certain film series is still having more and more sequels made.

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* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: It's established that in the future, a certain film series or media franchise is still having more and more sequels getting made.



* WorldWarIII
* WorldWarWhatever

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* WorldWarIII
WorldWarIII: The (potentially) upcoming sequel to the previous two [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]], constantly feared to eventually happen between the world's rival superpowers.
* WorldWarWhateverWorldWarWhatever: If World War III wasn't destructive enough, just wait till our descendants have to eventually experience [[RidiculousFutureSequelisation World Wars IV, V, VI, etc]]!
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