1999 - in Fiction

In Fiction

• Computer/video games:
  • Released after 1999 and set in the historical year:
    • Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette (2000): The first stage takes place in 1999. The remainder of the game is set in 2000.
    • Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Castlevania series, 2003): Julius Belmont is finally able to defeat Dracula for good and seal away his Castle.
  • Released in 1999 and stated to take place in that year:
    • Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999) all game takes place on the last days of 1999.
  • Released before 1999 and set in the "future" year:
    • Smash TV (1990) is set in 1999. The 1991 follow-up, Total Carnage, is based also in 1999 in a war zone similar to the Gulf War.
    • Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990) is set on December 24, 1999.
    • Chrono Trigger (1995): The apocalyptic Day of Lavos takes place on April 24.
• Film:
  • Released after 1999 and set in the historical year:
    • Blood Diamond (2006)
    • Alpha Dog (2006)
  • Released in 1999 and stated to take place in that year:
    • Entrapment (1999): The film takes place during the week leading up to December 31.
    • End of Days (1999): The film involves Satan's plot to conquer the earth on New Year's Eve of '99.
    • The Matrix (1999): The year within the Matrix is said to be 1999.
    • Fight Club (1999) The year within Fight Club is said to be 1999, just before the beginning of the Millennium.
  • Released before 1999 and set in the "future" year:
    • Strange Days (1995): The film takes place leading up to New Year's Eve, 1999.
    • Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)
    • Until the End of the World (1991)
    • Class of 1999 (1990)
    • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
    • Destroy All Monsters (1968)
    • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): The first scenes of the future take place in the year 1999.
    • Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991): Set ten years after the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
• Music:
  • Prince's 1982 song "1999" is about "party like it's 1999."
  • The Megadeth song "Set the World Afire", from their album So Far, So Good... So What!, contains the line "Distorted figures walk the Earth, it's 1999". The song, which is a protest, against nuclear weapons, was written in 1987, implying that the Earth could be nearly completely devastated by nuclear weapons in 12 years without any action taken against them.
  • A song by Huey Lewis and the News called "Back in Time" features the line "Is this the '50s, or 1999?"
• Television:
  • Futurama: The series' protagonist, Fry, is accidentally cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999.
  • Dragon Ball Z ("Transformed at Last," October 18, 1999): Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan for the first time in the United States; aired on Toonami, a now-defunct block on Cartoon Network.
  • Space: 1999 (1975–1977): A huge explosion sends the Moon hurtling out of Earth's orbit on September 13 (a Friday in the series, but not in reality).
  • The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982–1983): A huge spaceship appears high above Earth and crashes into an island in the Pacific, triggering a world war.
  • Three Super Sentai series — Choujin Sentai Jetman (1991–1992), Chōriki Sentai Ohranger (1995–1996), and Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V (1999–2000) — take place in 1999.
  • Hunter × Hunter (TV Anime Series) (1999–2001) Gon Freecs, a young boy, is aiming to become a Hunter to search for his father. He meets some new friends during the Exam, and the struggles he must face on his quest will be beyond anything he's ever imagined.
  • In Kamen Rider Kabuto (2006–2007), 1999 is the year in which a meteor strikes the city of Shibuya and also spawns the Worm, an alien race that forms the main antagonist in the series. In the movie based on the show, the meteor was much bigger and also dried up the oceans, resulting in a post-apocalyptic world.
  • The Family Guy episode "Da Boom" is set on December 31, 1999.
  • In the TV series Quantum Leap (1988–1993), the Quantum Leap project is said to be launched in New Mexico, in 1999.
  • The 1996 Doctor Who television movie takes place from December 30, 1999 to January 1, 2000.