Works of fiction set in 2010

The following fictional entities are set in the year 2010:

Film

  • 2010 (1984)
  • Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)
  • Absolon (2003)
  • Zebraman (2004)
  • District 13 (2004)
  • District 9 (2009)

Literature

  • Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner
  • 2010: Odyssey Two (1982) by Arthur C. Clarke.
  • Net Force (1999) by Tom Clancy
  • Tracy Hickman, The Immortals (1996)
  • "Manifold: Time" (1999) by Stephen Baxter - party of the storyline starts in September 2010
  • The Mayflower Project (2001) by K.A. Applegate.
  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies (2003) by Harry Turtledove.

Music

  • The Pearl Jam song "Do the Evolution" references the world in 2010: "I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher. 2010, watch it go to fire."
  • The Bad Religion song "Ten in 2010" appears on their album The Gray Race.
  • The 2008 Enya song "My! My! Time Flies!" concludes with the lyrics, "Could be we step out again/Could be tomorrow but then/Could be two thousand and ten."

Television

  • April 29 – Date of visons of Global Blackout from TV series FlashForward
  • Knight Rider 2010 (1994 TV movie)
  • Maico 2010 (1998)
  • The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Wedding", from the 6th season, takes place in 2010.
  • A Stargate SG-1 episode called "2010" took place in that year. (2001)
  • Code Geass Britannia's invasion of Japan takes place on 10 August 2010.
  • Eden of the East The missile attacks on Japan take place on 22 November 2010.
  • Doctor Who - Series 5 (2010) episodes The Eleventh Hour, Amy's Choice, the end of Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang are set mainly in this year. Also, a feature of this series's story arc is the significance of a specific date, 26 June 2010.
  • ''X-Men (TV series)- Episode "Days of Future Past": Jubilee's gravestone reads "2010"

Video games

  • In the SimCity franchise the Scenarios Vol. I: Great Disasters, in SimCity 2000, there is a nuclear meltdown in Boston and Silicon Valley which is set in 2010.
  • Street Fighter 2010 (1990)
  • Dino Crisis 2, the sequel to the 1999 game, released in 2000.
  • Uplink (2001)
  • Portal (2007)