List of works of fiction set in 2003

This is a list of works of fiction set largely or wholly in 2003.

Literature and comics

• The main character in Osamu Tezuka's manga Tetsuwan Atom (1951) or Astro Boy was "born" on April 7, 2003.

Computer and video games

• The events of Resident Evil: Extinction take place, before the last chapters of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.
• In the last chapters of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield are sent to an Umbrella Fortress in February 2003.
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down - Missions in Korea (2001)
• The Galactic Federation in the Metroid backstory was formed in 2003.
• The 1981 arcade game Omega Race takes place in the year 2003.
• The Black Mesa Incident in Half Life happened on May 16, 2003.
• The House of the Dead 4 (2005) takes place 3 years after the events of The House of the Dead 2, which took place in 2000.
• Freedom Fighters - the game is set in an alternate timeline from 1945 on where world power shifted towards the Soviet Union. The Soviets invade and conquer the United States, causing a rebel resistance.
• In The Simpsons timeline, the events of The Simpsons: Hit & Run take place between October 25 and 31, with all seven levels taking place in the timeframe of one week.
• Iraq War 2003 (2003) is based around the events of the start of the US and UK invasion of Iraq in 2003.^[1]

Film and television

• In Stargate SG-1 the second alpha site is attacked by Kull warriors.
• The events of 28 Days Later commence in 2003, with the initial uprising of the Rage virus and decimation of Great Britain, and then the sequel 28 Weeks Later is also set later on in 2003, with the resurgence of the virus. The third film, 28 Months Later is to be set around 2005.
• Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
• Death Machine (1994): Set in 2003.
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003): After it was postponed from the original date of August 29, 1997 in the second film, Judgment Day is rescheduled for July 24, 2003.

References