List of works of fiction set in 1999

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This is a list of works of fiction set largely or wholly in 1999.

Computer and 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.
  • 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.
  • Command & Conquer (1995): The First Tiberium War begins in 1999.

Film

• Released after 1999 and set in the historical year:
  • Blood Diamond (2006)
  • Alpha Dog (2006)
  • Godzilla (2014): The first part of the film in the Philippines and Janjira, Japan up until the San Francisco scene
• 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.

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 song 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.

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 x Hunter (anime TV 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 struck the city of shibuya and also spawned 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.
• Family Guy the episode Da Boom is set on 31 December 1999.
• In the TV series of Quantum Leap (1988–1993) project Quantum Leap is said to be launched in New Mexico, 1999.
• The 1996 Doctor Who television movie takes place in San Francisco from December 30, 1999 to January 1, 2000.