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Classic Sci Fi Tropes - Rip Van Winkle

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Alien (1979)

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7.9

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Aliens (1986)

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Buck Rogers (1939)

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Demolition Man

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Idiocracy (2006)

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Orlando

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Pitch Black (2000)

1770

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Planet of the Apes (1968)

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727

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Sleeper (1973)

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Based on the classic fairy tale of Rip Van Winkle, where a character falls asleep and wakes more than a few days later...usually a decade or more.

From TV Tropes:

The main character of the series (often after getting into arguments and/or just being an idiot) settles down for a nice midday nap. When he wakes up, it's several decades later. He sees the effects of his absence - anything he did wrong can now never be fixed; those who loved him are miserable after his long absence; and everything has changed. Sometimes, in the end, someone will shake him, calling his name out repeatedly, and it will turn out to have been All Just a Dream or an elaborate hoax. Other times, the character will be stuck in the "future."

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