Works of fiction set in 2013

The following fictional entities are set in the year 2013:

Comic books

  • X-Men: The X-Men try to overthrow the dystopian rule of the robot Sentinels in the Days of Future Past storyline (1980).
  • In the comic book Legion of Super-Heroes (Number 6, July 2005, DC Comics), Cosmic Boy avers that the Bar Code on the cover of comic books is "destined to become outlawed in the Design Aesthetic Wars of 2013."

Computer and video games

  • Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999): Game is possibly set in this year.
  • Shattered Union (2005): The District of Columbia is destroyed this year by a low-yield nuclear weapon.
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (2006)
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (2007): Flashbacks to this year occur.
  • Manhunt 2 (2007): Present day missions are possibly set in this year while flashbacks are set in 2007.
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010): The events of Call of the Dead occur in March.
  • Metro 2033 (2010): A nuclear war occurs in this year.
  • Resident Evil 6 (2012): The next virus outbreaks in China and America occur in June of this year.
  • Grand Theft Auto V (2013): Game is released and set in this year.

Film

  • Escape from L.A. (1996)
  • The Postman (1997)
  • A Scanner Darkly (2006)
  • The Book of Eli (2010)

Television

  • In the BBC mockumentary Time Trumpet, British retail chain Tesco launches an invasion of Denmark on January 21 of this year.
  • The last few minutes of the Season 4 finale and Season 5 of Desperate Housewives is set in this year.
  • BBC Drama Spooks: Code 9 is set in this year.
  • The Simpsons episode "Future-Drama" is set in this year since it aired in 2005 as the Simpsons siblings, Bart and Lisa, are shown where they will be eight years into the future.
  • Smallville's season 9 finale, Salvation, depicted a vision of this year.
  • The final episodes of the television show Death Note takes place during January of this year.