History Main / WereStillRelevantDammit

* ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' has some screaming goats in them. According to the director, Creator/TaikaWaititi, they are a reference to a viral video of the Goat Edit of [[Music/TaylorSwift Taylor Swift]]'s "I Knew You Were Trouble." Which was released in ''2012'', over a decade before ''Love and Thunder'' released. (however, it less for being 'cool' than just an [[ThrowItIn ascended improvisation]]: inspired by the meme, an effects house added goat screams as a joke, Waititi found it funny and decided to make it a RunningGag in the movie)

* Dictionaries with a lot of tradition behind them are sometimes accused of trying to stay relevant when they add "fashionable" words to their listings. For instance, the Oxford English Dictionary was mocked around the Internet after it added the entries "OMG" and "LOL". However, as language is something that constantly evolves, this might only be natural for dictionaries. After all, dictionaries aim to record the language as it is being used today, and the OED records English from all eras, whether they be neologisms or words that have been obsolete for centuries.

* When the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IoUo_ZJkY trailer]] for ''Film/TheThreeStoogesTheMovie'' was shown to feature a modern setting, an iPhone, and the cast of the ''Series/JerseyShore'', many people who hadn't heard anything about the film since Sean Penn was involved (which implied a more serious biography of the Stooges) were, to say the least, surprised. When people hoping these were just [[NeverTrustATrailer gags made for the trailer]] saw it and found out that ''Jersey Shore'' is not only a big part of the film but is also instrumental to the plot, they were '''pissed'''. It takes a bit of the sting out that [[TakeThatScrappy they spend the entirety of their appearance getting the crap knocked out of them by Moe]].

* The relaunch ''Literature/PointHorror'' books from 2013-2014 were all social media-themed, leading to a [[ContestedSequel very negative reception]] from both new readers and classic fans; Mainly due to them trying too hard to seem current with modern readers, and the [[CriticalResearchFailure said forms of social media in the stories being very poorly understood by the authors]].

*** Season 2's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]" prominently featured kung fu monks in Victorian era Scotland. The very Caucasian monks start fighting with a style ripped almost completely from ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', a reference that was six years old by that airdate. No explanation is given as to why said monks are there fighting in a such manner, and indeed by the halfway point they have completely disappeared in favor of a more traditional Who monster.

* A new production of the one-woman song cycle ''Theatre/TellMeOnASunday'' (with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black) opened in London in 2003, starring Denise Van Outen. Revisions were made to update the show for the early 2000s (whereas it had previously been set in the 1980s). The girl writes home to her friends via email using a laptop, keeps urging her mother to buy a computer as mailing letters is "so old-fashioned", and also uses an online dating service. However, as [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100212124615/http://theatre-musical.com:80/songdance/recordings.html one fan said]], ''Tell Me on a Sunday'' works better as an UnintentionalPeriodPiece because with the instant communication we have today the girl would not feel so isolated from the world she left behind. Leaving one's family and moving to another country would have been a much bigger deal in the 1980s (and earlier) when the cost of long-distance phone calls was high and it took days to receive a letter in the mail. ''Series/{{Friends}}'' and ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' are also mentioned; ironically, references such as those and sending emails on a laptop (as opposed to, say, texting on a smartphone as has become more common) now date ''that'' version.

* ''WebVideo/AMVHell'' tried to get ahead of the meme curve during their second season of Mini episodes by requiring every video be based on the current hot meme: "[[Music/{{Ylvis}} What Does The Fox Say]]?" Between said meme sputtering out in record time, fan backlash, and contributor apathy, it was easily their worst video.

* ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' has some screaming goats in them. According to the director, Creator/TaikaWaititi, they are a reference to a viral video of the Goat Edit of [[Music/TaylorSwift Taylor Swift]]'s "I Knew You Were Trouble." Which was released in ''2012'', over a decade before ''Love and Thunder'' released.

* There's a WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse [[http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+2007-020 comic story]], published in 2008, in which Mickey attempts to join [=MyPlace=] (a [[BlandNameProduct parody]] of ''Website/MySpace'') and finds out somebody is already on there impersonating him.

* Disney's ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'': The White Rabbit travels via roller skates (a popular fad in the '90s), and the Tweedle brothers are reimagined as hip-hop dancing rappers (complete with MC Hammer-esque outfits). It's odd considering that Disney was essentially trying to prove that a book written in the ''1860s''--or, at least, its hold on the intellectual property--was still relevant.

* When the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IoUo_ZJkY trailer]] for the [[Film/TheThreeStooges Three Stooges]] movie was shown to feature a modern setting, an iPhone, and the cast of the ''Series/JerseyShore'', many people who hadn't heard anything about the film since Sean Penn was involved (which implied a more serious biography of the Stooges) were, to say the least, surprised. When people hoping these were just [[NeverTrustATrailer gags made for the trailer]] saw it and found out that ''Jersey Shore'' is not only a big part of the film but is also instrumental to the plot, they were '''pissed'''. It takes a bit of the sting out that [[TakeThatScrappy they spend the entirety of their appearance getting the crap knocked out of them by Moe]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated]]'', there's references to several memes from [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants the series]] like Surprised Patrick and Chicken [=SpongeBob=], as well as a background fish character dabbing.

* ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' has some screaming goats in them. According to the director, Taika Waititi, they are a reference to a viral video of the Goat Edit of [[Music/TaylorSwift Taylor Swift]]'s "I Knew You Were Trouble." Which was released in ''2012'', over a decade before ''Love and Thunder'' released.

* Every movie by Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg focused on contemporary trends that inevitably made the movie look dated a few months after it came out. This frequently manifested in them parodying just the trailers of films, since at the time of shooting they weren't actually out yet

* Film/ThorLoveAndThunder has some screaming goats in them. According to the director, Taika Waititi, they are a reference to a viral video of the Goat Edit of [[Music/TaylorSwift Taylor Swift]]'s I Knew You Were Trouble. Which was released in ''2012'', over a decade before ''Love and Thunder'' released.

** ''Archie Comics'' may be made fun of occasionally, but thanks to its cozy look at the bright side of being a teenager, most people tend to view it with warm nostalgic feelings. This makes these attempts to be "hip and happening" ever more bewildering. Everyone, from every generation, knows dear old Jughead Jones as Archie's goofy, hamburger-eating [=BFF=] in that ridiculous hat. Well, over the years, he has ''also'' had mercifully brief careers as (get some coffee and a comfortable seat) a beatnik, a hippie, a punk, a disco king, a breakdancer, a time-traveler a la ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', a rapper, a paranormal investigator a la ''Series/TheXFiles'', an {{emo teen}}, a {{superhero}}, and so on. It's practically a RunningGag. See [[http://www.avclub.com/article/decade-by-decade-with-archie-comics-1549 this useful Onion AV Club article]] for more details. And yet he never ditched the whoopee cap ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cap yes, that's what it's called]]), a style of headgear that nobody's worn for close to a full century now, although it's fallen under GrandfatherClause since it's so identifiable with Jughead.
** The short-lived ''[[http://comicsalliance.com/the-new-archies-are-an-abomination-in-the-sight-of-man/ The New Archies]]'' TV show ([[RecursiveAdaptation and tie-in comic]]) was a TotallyRadical 1980s attempt at SpinoffBabies.
** That brief span ("[[http://joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2005/10/shes_goth_to_have_it.jpg She's Goth to Have It]]") where Betty decides to become a {{goth}}. And not long after, Archie, Reggie, and Veronica follow suit. Though who can hate anything with such a hilarious closing line like [[SoBadItsGood "Yeah! It's totally dismal and excellent!"]]?

** "[[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/23/archie-takes-on-occupy-riverdale-an-exclusive-bleeding-cool-preview/ Occupy Riverdale]]" was a thing.

** The success of the ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' series, however, stood out as more than just a cash-in on the popular zombie/horror comic trend and proved [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools tropes are not necessarily bad]]. The [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 2015 reboot]] is also pretty well-received, viewed as successfully updating a series that was stagnating and in dire need of a shake-up.
* In [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks the Sixties]], [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] was frequently used to capitalize on current trends. He was, at various points, a hippie, ''a Beatle'' (in Ancient Rome, no less!), a wide variety of superheroes, and many other things, most of which fall under the WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs[=/=]SoBadItsGood heading. Once again, it's become sort of a RunningGag, focused on at places like ''Website/SuperDickery''.
** Notably, when the Jimmy Olsen title was written by Creator/JackKirby, he used the craziness to introduce [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and the [[ComicBook/NewGods Fourth World mythos]] to the wider [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]].

** The whole ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' mythos is tangled in poor attempts to update the character for modern readers: Superman [[WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite proves he's right]] and a thinly veiled version of ComicBook/TheAuthority is wrong! [[ComicBook/SupermanGrounded Superman walks across the country solving real people's problems]]! Superman quits the ''Daily Planet'' to become a blogger! Superman has a mullet!

* The post-relaunch ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2011}}'' series has become pretty notorious for this. Some examples:

** One story has Batgirl fighting video game-themed villains who are designed to look like Music/DaftPunk, named Co-Op and FTW, all the while making retro video game references. Bleeding Cool described it as Batgirl trying to be ComicBook/ScottPilgrim.
** Livewire has been rebooted so that rather than being a former Creator/HowardStern-style radio personality, she's now a former vlogger.

** The very first teaser trailer of the [[WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}} first movie]] consisted of the male trolls except for Branch, as well as Smidge and Cloud Guy, dancing to Silento's "Watch Me Whip and Nae Nae", which was popular the year prior.

** The character of Ace is a clear attempt to be relevant and "with it" for the youth of the day, her "wicked" fashion style and "ace" dialogue was frequently considered either laughable or cringeworthy at the time, never mind later on. The writer reportedly ''tried'' for accuracy, hanging out with real kids to get a sense of who they were and how they acted, but ExecutiveMeddling resulted in actual teenage slang and speaking patterns (not to mention hardcore profanity or even the implication that she had ever used alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, or engaged in underage sex) which would never be allowed on [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids what was considered a children's show]]) being tossed out. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]], for the most part -- she's often regarded as one of the best companions by the fans, thanks to the famous scene where she wrecks a Dalek with a ''baseball bat''.

** The character of Ace is a clear attempt to be relevant and "with it" for the youth of the day, her "wicked" fashion style and "ace" dialogue was frequently considered either laughable or cringeworthy at the time, never mind later on. The writer reportedly ''tried'' for accuracy, hanging out with real kids to get a sense of who they were and how they acted, but ExecutiveMeddling resulted in actual teenage slang and speaking patterns (not to mention hardcore profanity which would never be allowed on [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids what was considered a children's show]]) being tossed out. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]], for the most part -- she's often regarded as one of the best companions by the fans, thanks to the famous scene where she wrecks a Dalek with a ''baseball bat''.

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* Many Website/{{GoAnimate}} creators have used extensions like Requestly to bring back non-business themes. When the non-business themes were removed as part of that company's transistion to HTML5 on January 4, 2016, some of those themes were already past their prime, particularly the White Houserz and Politics & Celebrity due to the eventual end of UsefulNotes/BarackObama's 2nd term as president of the United States. Ironically, in later years, [=GoAnimate=] (now known as Vyond) experienced this themselves, as both businesses and the [=GoAnimate=] community itself gradually moved away from using the site directly, in favour of newer platforms like Website/{{Plotagon}}, as well as utilising source port programs of the original Legacy Video Maker such as Wrapper Offline and [=GoAnifire=] that don't require taking out an expensive subscription to Vyond, thus allowing the community to continue to survive against all odds.

* The ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' spinoff ''How I Met Your Father'' recieved some negative criticism for its over-reliance on technology trends - the characters are portrayed as cellphone addicts, the first episode features a Tinder date, a long-distance relationship, and an instance of InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube - which led the character to work as an Uber driver.

** Tegan Jovanka was a late attempt at yet another feminist character. It didn't help that she was characterized as somewhat obnoxious, opinionated to a fault, confrontational, and not the easiest person to get along with, this already being a lazy stereotype of feminists since TheFifties. By The80s, many feminists had already moved on from this archetype believing that it was counter-productive. Sarah Jane Smith before her who was also characterized as feminist, however had excellent chemistry with her Doctors, [[{{Shipping}} especially the Fourth Doctor]], and wasn't ashamed of being vulnerable at times or having a sense of humor. Ace, after Tegan, was also stated by her actress, Sophie Aldred, to be somewhat feminist[[note]]Sophie Aldred has claimed that she herself was a bit of a radical feminist in her own youth, but definitely not the misandrist type.[[/note]] (not being the usual screaming companion in high heels). Yet, like Sarah Jane, she also had a loving bond (platonic only, of course) with her Doctor.

** Tegan Jovanka was a late attempt at yet another feminist character. It didn't help that she was characterized as somewhat obnoxious, opinionated to a fault, and not the easiest person to get along with, this already being a lazy stereotype of feminists since TheFifties. Sarah Jane Smith before her who was also characterized as feminist, however had excellent chemistry with her Doctors, [[{{Shipping}} especially the Fourth Doctor]], and wasn't ashamed of being vulnerable at times or having a sense of humor. Ace, after Tegan, was also stated by her actress, Sophie Aldred, to be somewhat feminist[[note]]Sophie Aldred has claimed that she herself was a bit of a radical feminist in her own youth, but definitely not the misandrist type.[[/note]] (not being the usual screaming companion in high heels). Yet, like Sarah Jane, she also had a loving bond (platonic only, of course) with her Doctor.

** Tegan Jovanka was a late attempt at yet another feminist character. It didn't help that she was characterized as somewhat obnoxious, opinionated to a fault, and not the easiest person to get along with, this already being a stereotype of feminists for decades. Sarah Jane Smith before her, who was also stated to be decidedly feminist, however had excellent chemistry with her Doctors, especially the Fourth Doctor, and wasn't ashamed of being vulnerable at times. Ace, after Tegan, was also stated by her actor, Sophie Aldred,to be somewhat feminist[[note]]Sophie Aldred has claimed that she herself was a bit of a radical feminist in her youth, but definitely not the misandrist type.[[/note]] (not being the usually screaming companion in high heels), yet she also had a loving bond (platonic only, of course) with her Doctor.

** The character of Ace is a clear attempt to be relevant and "with it" for the youth of the day, her "wicked" fashion style and "ace" dialogue was frequently considered either laughable or cringeworthy at the time, never mind later on. The writer reportedly ''tried'' for accuracy, hanging out with real kids to get a sense of who they were and how they acted, but ExecutiveMeddling resulted in actual teenage slang and speaking patterns being tossed out. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]], for the most part -- she's often regarded as one of the best companions by the fans, thanks to the famous scene where she wrecks a Dalek with a ''baseball bat''.

* In the 2010 Christian film ''Film/ChristmasWithACapitalC'' a teenager says that "all the girls are eating these [[Literature/{{Twilight}} 'vampire books']]"; this was throughly made fun of by both WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob and [[WebVideo/TheBibleReloaded Hannah and Jake]] in their respective reviews of the film.

This often heralds the beginning of a DorkAge. Can very often result in an UnintentionalPeriodPiece since "current events" are usually short-lived, and worse if the older parts of the franchise that didn't try this still look fresh. Due to AnimationLeadTime this can be especially common in animated works, as a long production time means you may miss the relevance window by a number of years.

*** Season 2's "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E28ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]" prominently featured kung fu monks in Victorian era Scotland. The very Caucasian monks start fighting with a style ripped almost completely from ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', a reference that was six years old by that airdate. No explanation is given as to why said monks are there fighting in a such manner, and indeed by the halfway point they have completely disappeared in favor of a more traditional Who monster.

* ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' has the completely unasked for BattleRoyaleGame mode called "Firestorm". It wasted significant developer time, it was poorly made in comparison to the standards of other BR games, had a delayed launch and once launched, no one played it because it wasn't what Battlefield players want from the franchise.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield2042'': EA & Dice removed the class system that formed the core of the franchise's gameplay for 20 years. Classes were replaced by "Specialists", knock-offs of popular & profitable HeroShooter games like ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' or Overwatch, and were given cheerful personalities even though they are homeless refugees forced to fight for survival. DICE also created a 4 player per team mode, "Hazard Zone", a cheap imitation of ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTarkov'' that was never asked for. While marketing managed to get 4.5 million pre-orders the community response to seeing the full game in action was exceptionally hostile then EA's poor communication & content delays angered the fandom. The game was effectively dead 3 months after launch.

* WereStillRelevantDammit:

** Notably, when the Jimmy Olsen title was written by Creator/JackKirby, he used the craziness to introduce [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and the [[Comicbook/NewGods Fourth World mythos]] to the wider [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]].
** In the ComicBook/{{New 52}} version of ''Comicbook/{{Earth 2}}'', Jimmy is an Edward Snowden-style "[[TheCracker Hacktivist]]" rather than print journalist, since nobody really reads newspapers anymore.

* Infamously, during Marvel's ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' event, reporter Sally Floyd tore into Captain America, trying to show how out-of-touch he was with modern America by asking, among other things, whether he knew what [=MySpace=] was, who won the last ''Series/AmericanIdol'', or if he'd ever attended a UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} race. These things were indeed popular when the comic was published in 2007, but their cultural relevance would go into strong decline less than a year later. [=MySpace=] was toppled by Website/{{Facebook}} as the most popular social media site in 2008, ''American Idol'' first dipped heavily in popularity, then ended, and [=NASCAR=] would go back to being a largely-regional Southern sport. And that's not counting how hard the book was clearly trying to tap into the ongoing discussions of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror. This ends up getting sort-of retconned in ''Comicbook/SecretEmpire'', when the HYDRA-fied Steve Rogers agrees to an interview with the same Sally Floyd, only to have her arrested when she slips up and mentions a massacre in Las Vegas coordinated by HYDRA; Rogers snidely tells her to "complain about it on Website/{{Twitter}}" (which, unlike the other examples, managed to maintain its relevance throughout TheNewTens).

* Brazilian comic ''Comicbook/MonicasGang'' has been running for over 50 years, so it's natural the writers would try to keep on top of current trends. The series started dabbling in this trope since the late seventies, although to a lesser extent, when it started migrating from a ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''-like comic that had little to no relation to its times, to a pop culture heavy concept, with issue-long parodies of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and then-current movies. They even had a "turn our characters into a memeface" contest on their Facebook page! It doesn't help that a prolific editor for the comic is a proud geek who loves adding references to his fandoms, such as ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Film/{{Alien}}'' (which, let's be honest, have no business being acknowledged by a children's book). The characters have also been ''fuel'' for this trope, as businesses and events trying to appeal to kids love slapping Monica's face (or a knock-off's) on a product.

* Frequently seen in the works of Dennis Hopeless. ''Comicbook/AvengersArena'' drew a lot of snark for shoving Internet-slang words like "hater" and "waifu" into the conversations while completely misusing them. ''Avengers Undercover'' had a character do the "shaky leg" dance and others commenting how cool it is. And then there's his Spider-Woman run, where the main character throws so many references in the first pages alone that [[PoesLaw it almost feels like a parody of writers who are desperate to sound young]]. Even more egregious later in ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'', which gave a shout out to ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' due to the anime's message being focused on {{Determinator}} nature of the protagonists in contradiction to the comic book with its notoriety of UnfortunateImplications on [[ShellShockedVeteran the survivors of Arena]] as turning into villains due to their trauma.

* The 2015 ''Comicbook/BlackCanary'' comic, spinning off from "Batgirl of Burnside" mentioned above, has Dinah as the lead singer of an indie band called Black Canary. However [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is agreed to have worked pretty well]], with many considering it to be a well-executed series.

* ''Spidey'' is a SettingUpdate of the original [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'' era, with the action now taking place in TheNewTens instead of the 1960s. The first issue has Spider-Man posing with a BoundAndGagged White Rabbit for a photo taken with his [=iPhone=], [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/95/46/f8/9546f849aeb31ea3cc02befbeb3dd3d6.jpg which he then posts to Instagram]].

** ''ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways'' also falls prey to this, due to trying to make the team more current despite their premiere being nearly ten years past. Most jarringly, Nico sings along to a Music/CarlyRaeJepsen song; while Jepsen is popular with the LGBT community, and Nico had recently come out as bisexual, she had only been out for about a week in-universe, and was not particularly known for a love of popular music.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Comicbook/AvengersStandoff''. When it's revealed that the [[TheCracker super-hacker]] known as the Whisperer is actually [[spoiler:former Silver Age KidSidekick Rick Jones]], he says "We all gotta stay relevant, Sam."
* ''Comicbook/CaptainAmericaSamWilson'' has a group of one-shot villains called the Bombshells, a parody of college leftists. While student radicals are nothing new, it's the Bombshells' use of phrases like "safe space," "problematic," and "mansplain" [[https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/01/04/marvels-ann-coulter-vs-safe-space-terrorists-todays-captain-america/ that causes them to come off as particularly desperate]].

* The 2019 ''Comicbook/{{Asterix}}'' album ''Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter'' has, at least in the UK translation, characters named Binjwatchflix and Selfipix, while Adrenalin and other youngsters talk in [[TotallyRadical stereotyped New Tens teenspeak]] full of "can't even"s and "whatever"s. Adrenalin also dresses in black boy's clothes which she claims are ''actually'' Gothic.

* Parodied in the ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' fanfic "[[http://www.5earths.com/humor/earth-c/zoocrew09/ The Sinister Selfies]]". When Earth-C suddenly gets updated from 1986 to 2015, Dr Hoot comes up with an evil plan involving selfies, as well as two memetastic new henchmen who are a doge and a [=LOLcat=].

* While the RaceLift in ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'' necessitated the SettingUpdate, the constant references to celebrities and memes (like "Boom goes the dynamite!") feel forced and will likely [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece date]] the film in years to come. Parodied on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in a version of "It's a Hard-Knock Life" that mentions the [=iPhone=] 6.

* Parodied in ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'', where the [[FranchiseZombie sixth]] ''[[ShowWithinAShow Stab]]'' film has the killers harassing a pair of teenage girls through Website/{{Facebook}} along with Ghostface's usual [[EvilPhone creepy phone calls]]. One of the two women watching this film (who are themselves characters in ''Stab 7'') describes it as the attempt of some hack writer to keep the series "hip", to which the other (who's actually [[ObfuscatingStupidity the killer herself]]) [[ComicallyMissingThePoint cluelessly replies]] that nowadays Ghostface would be taunting them through Website/{{Twitter}} instead. A running theme in the rest of the film is how the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series, which was once at the cutting edge with its [[PostModernism post-modern]] take on the horror genre, has become [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece a relic of the time in which it was made]], with commentary on [[TheRemake remakes and reboots]] that try to update the stories of the original films for "modern" audiences.

* The 2009 reboot of ''[[Series/TheElectricCompany2009 The Electric Company]]'', in an attempt to reach out to a new generation, removed the sketch comedy format to focus on adventures in an urban city. It also frequently used hip-hop music.

** The ''Celebrate! A Street Party!'' parade, when it came to the end of its brief two-year run. The parade floats and dancer costumes were very contemporary, [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]] and [[WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse Minnie]] were dressed in costumes that scream "late 2000s", and it prominently featured songs by Series/HannahMontana and Music/RickyMartin on its soundtrack.

* The Toys/{{Furby}} Connect is Hasbro's attempt to stay hip in 2016, with Music/KidzBop covers of pop songs like [[Music/{{Sia}} "Cheap Thrills"]] and [[Music/CharliePuth "One Call Away"]], references to cat videos and [[Main/MemeticMutation memes]] like ERMAGHERD. Oh, and [[Main/GrossoutShow all the]] ToiletHumour.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' usually takes place in an Edwardian/Victorian setting (as it is a GreatDetective / Creator/AgathaChristie pastiche), with era-appropriate characters. A new version changes them to modern stereotypes such as a NFL player, socialite and Sillicon Valley CEO.

* [[https://www.thegamer.com/persona-5-takuto-maruki-trailer-salt-bae/ A trailer]] for ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}} [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'' has Takuto Maruki referencing the Salt Bae meme, almost two years after the meme was relevant. Given Maruki's characterization within the game proper as a somewhat socially awkward NiceGuy, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools however]], the scene of him inadvertently showing off his cooking skills in this manner during a school trip (much to the admiration of several female students and much to Maruki's own confusion) was largely seen as funny by players as opposed to the unnecessary shoehorning in of a meme.

* ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' has the completely unasked for {{Battle Royale Game}} mode called "Firestorm". It wasted significant developer time, it was poorly made in comparison to the standards of other BR games, had a delayed launch and once launched, no one played it because it wasn't what Battlefield players want from the franchise.