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The decade as a whole

Notable predictions and known events

2082

2084

Fictional references

The decade as a whole

This decade is expected to be called "the twenty-eighties" or the "two thousand eighties".

Notable predictions and known events

2082

★ All classified information held by the British Government about the Falklands War is to be released to the public.

2084

★ October 26 2084 — Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.

★ November 10 2084 — Transit of Earth as seen from Mars.

Fictional references

★ Philip Kindred Dick's ''The Crack in Space'' is set on an overpopulated future Earth circa 2080.

★ 2080: In the television series "The FairlyOddParents" Timmy Turner dies

★ 2081: The year in which ''Harrison Bergeron'' by Kurt Vonnegut takes place.

★ the global season tournament is supposed to take place

★ According to the storyline of the 1982 video arcade game , in 2084 man perfects the Robotrons, a robot species so advanced that man is inferior to his own creation.

★ In the X-COM Storyline, the Fourth Alien War (AW-IV) starts in 2084.

★ Second American Civil War (2083 to 2086) in ''Judge Dredd''

★ ''The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers'' and ''Thunderbirds 2086'' are both set in this year, 100 years after their 1986 premieres.

★ Claire Fisher, fictional artist in the HBO television series, ''Six Feet Under'', dies in 2085 in Manhattan. She is 101 years old.

★ According to the videogame ''Warzone 2100'', in 2085 defensive satellite systems will nuke all the major cities in the world, starting the Collapse.

★ The events described by a fictional version of Evel Knievel in the Midnight Brown song ''2084''. Including things like the TV series "Dog Monkey vs. Monkey Dog" and streets made of syrup.

★ The Sci-Fi film ''Total Recall'' is set in 2084.

★ A TV series called ''The Secret Show'' takes place in 2082.

★ The Doctor Who story ''Warriors of the Deep'' takes place in 2084.

★ The movie ''The Adventures of Pluto Nash'' takes place in 2087.

★ A war in Ayreon's universe is set in 2084, essentially wiping out all mankind and creating a new soul, the new Universal Migrator.

★ The first year of the Universal Century, the time line in which the 1979 anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' and many of its sequels takes place, coincides with 2081.