When Does the Short Film "Item 47" (2012) Take Place?
"Item 47" is a science fiction comedy short film written by Eric Pearson that released September 25th, 2012. So when is "Item 47" set?
It takes place on the fictional Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline in the year:
We know this because it depicts immediate fallout from the events at the end of the feature film "The Avengers" (2012), which takes place in May of 2012 AD. S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Blake describes the first security camera footage shown to the audience in the second scene as "5 days after the Battle of New York.", referring to the climax of "The Avengers" (2012), and the next as "7 seven days after the Battle of New York", then "2 days after that", and "the following afternoon", and, finally, "yesterday morning". So everything takes place within one month, making it May of 2012 AD.
2012 AD
We know this because it depicts immediate fallout from the events at the end of the feature film "The Avengers" (2012), which takes place in May of 2012 AD. S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Blake describes the first security camera footage shown to the audience in the second scene as "5 days after the Battle of New York.", referring to the climax of "The Avengers" (2012), and the next as "7 seven days after the Battle of New York", then "2 days after that", and "the following afternoon", and, finally, "yesterday morning". So everything takes place within one month, making it May of 2012 AD.
It is a midway chronological short film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the chronologically ninth film to feature S.H.I.E.L.D. characters) and can be watched at its timeline point, after "The Avengers" (2012).
