When Does "Idiocracy" (2006) Take Place?
"Idiocracy" is a science fiction comedy film written by Mike Judge with Etan Cohen and released September 1st, 2006.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the narrator flatly and hilariously describes the first event of the story's main action as "the Great Garbage Avalanche of 2505". Indeed, not long after, a helpful copy of "Hot Naked Chicks & World Report" is very clearly dated "March 3, 2505" and the date is confirmed immediately by a receipt and a calendar with the same date.
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We know this because the narrator flatly and hilariously describes the first event of the story's main action as "the Great Garbage Avalanche of 2505". Indeed, not long after, a helpful copy of "Hot Naked Chicks & World Report" is very clearly dated "March 3, 2505" and the date is confirmed immediately by a receipt and a calendar with the same date.
Additionally, there's a prologue the narrator dates for us very early as "in the year 2005," just before introducing the main character, Joe. A quick scene that makes up the end of this prologue flashes to a "The Washington Ledger" newspaper front page dated "January 15th, 2006" showing us some months have passed and we reached early 2006 AD.
