"Zeerust: The particular kind of datedness which afflicts things that were originally designed to look futuristic." Something — be it a piece of technology, character design, outfit, vehicle or …

The Zeerust Canon trope as used in popular culture. A work is a sequel or prequel to a work that is outdated in one way or another but subsequent works have …

Some reasons for Zeerust: A glaring example in material written before the 2000s is the lack of networked computers, email, and ubiquitous cell phones. Many authors/screenwriters bet on …

Jul 1, 2021 · A sort of non-intentional retro-futurism is called Zeerust on TV Tropes. Something — be it a piece of technology, character design, outfit, vehicle or building — used to be …

Tropes commonly associated with Zeerust: Sometimes Zeerust is present in Retraux form. May lead to Zeerust Canon over time.

Jul 29, 2023 · “Zeerust: The particular kind of datedness which afflicts things that were originally designed to look futuristic.” TV Tropes has good coverage of this, and it includes a disturbing …

This trope describes how something — a character design, a building, whatever — used to be someone's idea of futuristic. Nowadays, though, it ironically has a strange sort of datedness to …

Anyways, the terms you're looking for are "Raygun Gothic", "Retro-Futurist", "Zeerust", and/or perhaps "Atompunk".

Doctor Who and its Expanded Universe, which began way back in 1963, has a fair bit of Zeerust in its past but skirts round mention of failed predictions through its use of Broad Strokes …

A page for describing PlayingWith: Zeerust. Basic Trope: A depiction of the future that is conspicuously outdated. Straight: Space Opera is created in The ' …