When Does "LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS: Close Encounters of the Mini Kind" (2025) Take Place?
"LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS: Close Encounters of the Mini Kind" is a science fiction comedy animated short film written by Robert Bisi with Andy Lyon that released May 15th, 2025. So when is "Close Encounters of the Mini Kind" set?
It takes place roughly in the year:
We know this because about three-quarters through the human resistance is seen using a 2000 MAN TGA L utility truck, first produced in late 1999 AD. So it must be during or after 1999 AD.
~2000s AD
We know this because about three-quarters through the human resistance is seen using a 2000 MAN TGA L utility truck, first produced in late 1999 AD. So it must be during or after 1999 AD.
More specifically, nearly halfway through the narrative when a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall is shown the marquee reads: "V.F.W. POST 9232 SUNDAY PANCAKE BREAKFAST JULY 26". Unless this signage has been left up accidentally (or perhaps because everyone is distracted by the ongoing alien invasion) it is likely it is currently July of whatever year it is.
