Home Alone - Timeline

This is the timeline for the Home Alone film series, including the six Home Alone movies, the Angels with Filthy Souls short, the :'DRYVRS web-series, Daniel Stern's in-universe response video to the first episode of :'DRYVRS and the Google Assistant advertisement featuring Macaulay Culkin.

Timeline Reasoning
In Home Alone, the calendar in Kevin's house matches December 1990. He is 8 years old.

In Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House, Kevin is 9 years old, placing it in 1991. The videos showing the family's previous Christmas can be taken to occur directly after the events of Home Alone. Marv does state that Kevin shows up whenever he's about to rob somewhere, implying that he's met him more than once prior to this film, but it's vague enough that it can still work.

There are two references placing this film in 1992. The ledger at the Plaza Hotel and the New York Post that Harry has, which was dated December 24, 1992. Matching with this, Kevin is stated to be 10 years old. However, there are numerous references to the first film as having occurred last year.

1. Kate McCallister references Kevin's wish from the first film coming true a year ago.
2. Kevin tells the airport workers that his plane can't leave without him, as he was left on his own last year and it nearly wrecked his Christmas.
3. Kate tells the police that Kevin was left at home by accident last year.
4. Harry asks Marv if he remembers what happened last year when they approach the stairs.

These can be instead taken as references to Home Alone 4.

1. Kevin wished that he was an only child and got to experience being one while at his father's girlfriend's house.
2. Kevin wasn't technically left home alone in the fourth instalment, but he might as well have been.
3. Same as above.
4. Harry could be referencing when Marv encountered Kevin during Home Alone.

In Home Alone 3, there is an explicit January 8th date through dialogue. January 9th is a Tuesday in the film, which places it in 1996.

In Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, there is an event marked December 18th. It is stated to be on the weekend, which matches with Sunday December 18th, 2011.

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Timeline
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Angels with Filthy Souls

198?
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:'DRYVRS 1x02, "Bob's Direction Home" (0:01:02 - 0:01:13)

1990
December 21
Home Alone Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:03:46)
Home Alone Chapter 2 (0:03:47 - 0:05:46)
Home Alone Chapter 3 (0:05:47 - 0:08:48)
Home Alone Chapter 4 (0:08:49 - 1:11:28)
Home Alone Chapter 5 (0:11:29 - 0:12:58)

December 22
Home Alone Chapter 5 (0:12:59 - 0:13:42)
Home Alone Chapter 6 (0:13:43 - 0:19:27)
Home Alone Chapter 7 (0:19:28 - 0:25:07)
Home Alone Chapter 8 (0:25:08 - 0:31:15)
Home Alone Chapter 9 (0:31:16 - 0:34:28)

December 23
Home Alone Chapter 9 (0:34:29 - 0:35:56)
Home Alone Chapter 10 (0:35:57 - 0:41:09)
Home Alone Chapter 11 (0:41:10 - 0:51:22)

December 24
Home Alone Chapter 12 (0:51:23 - 0:57:38)
Home Alone Chapter 13 (0:57:39 - 1:03:27)
Home Alone Chapter 14 (1:03:28 - 1:06:33)
Home Alone Chapter 15 (1:06:34 - 1:13:43)
Home Alone Chapter 16 (1:13:44 - 1:15:12)
Home Alone Chapter 17 (1:15:13 - 1:19:26)
Home Alone Chapter 18 (1:19:27 - 1:22:50)
Home Alone Chapter 19 (1:22:51 - 1:25:59)
Home Alone Chapter 20 (1:26:00 - 1:28:44)
Home Alone Chapter 21 (1:28:45 - 1:32:09)

December 25
Home Alone Chapter 21 (1:32:10 - 1:33:31)
Home Alone Chapter 22 (1:33:32 - 1:37:57)
Home Alone Chapter 23 (1:37:58 - 1:39:05)

1991
December 22
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:10:47)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 2 (0:10:46 - 0:15:43)

December 23
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 2 (0:15:44 - 0:21:29)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 3 (0:21:30 - 0:30:23)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 4 (0:30:24 - 0:42:09)

December 24
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 4 (0:42:10 - 0:43:29)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 5 (0:43:30 - 0:53:29)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 6 (0:53:30 - 1:00:41)

December 25
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 6 (1:00:42 - 1:05:29)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 7 (1:05:30 - 1:13:29)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 8 (1:13:30 - 1:18:29)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 9 (1:18:30 - 1:23:03)
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House Chapter 10 (1:23:04 - 1:23:10)

1992
December 22
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:02:17)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 2 (0:02:18 - 0:05:22)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 3 (0:05:23 - 0:10:25)

December 23
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 4 (0:10:26 - 0:16:31)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 5 (0:16:32 - 0:22:32)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 6 (0:22:33 - 0:26:09)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 7 (0:26:10 - 0:30:48)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 8 (0:30:49 - 0:35:33)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 9 (0:35:34 - 0:40:02)

December 24
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 9 (0:40:03 - 0:40:43)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 10 (0:40:44 - 0:43:21)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 11 (0:43:22 - 0:50:09)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 12 (0:50:10 - 0:53:56)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 13 (0:53:57 - 0:56:57)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 14 (0:56:58 - 1:00:23)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 15 (1:00:24 - 1:04:19)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 16 (1:04:20 - 1:08:01)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 17 (1:08:02 - 1:15:01)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 18 (1:15:02 - 1:18:50)

December 25
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 19 (1:18:51 - 1:23:01)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 20 (1:23:02 - 1:25:47)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 21 (1:25:48 - 1:28:27)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 22 (1:28:28 - 1:31:29)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 23 (1:31:30 - 1:35:45)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 24 (1:35:46 - 1:37:20)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 25 (1:37:21 - 1:38:54)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 26 (1:38:55 - 1:42:29)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 27 (1:42:30 - 1:46:56)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chapter 28 (1:46:57 - 1:55:48)

1996
January 7
Home Alone 3 Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:03:28)

January 8
Home Alone 3 Chapter 1 (0:03:29 - 0:09:38)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 2 (0:09:39 - 0:14:45)

January 9
Home Alone 3 Chapter 2 (0:14:46 - 0:18:49)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 3 (0:18:50 - 0:27:07)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 4 (0:27:08 - 0:27:57)

January 10
Home Alone 3 Chapter 4 (0:27:58 - 0:34:43)

January 11
Home Alone 3 Chapter 4 (0:34:44 - 0:36:53)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 5 (0:36:54 - 0:45:29)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 6 (0:45:30 - 0:54:19)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 7 (0:54:20 - 0:55:39)

January 12
Home Alone 3 Chapter 7 (0:55:40 - 1:03:11)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 8 (1:03:12 - 1:12:26)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 9 (1:12:27 - 1:21:26)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 10 (1:21:27 - 1:30:26)
Home Alone 3 Chapter 11 (1:30:27 - 1:36:39)

2011
December 16
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (0:00:00 - 0:15:18)

December 17
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (0:15:19 - 0:28:00)

December 18
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (0:28:01 - 1:23:32)
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (1:27:43 - 1:28:05)

December 19
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (1:23:33 - 1:26:23)

December 25
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (1:26:24 - 1:27:42)

2015
December
:'DRYVRS 1x01, "Just Me In The House By Myself"
Home Alone Wet Bandit Resurfaces and Responds to Kevin MacCalister's Threatening Video

2016
????
:'DRYVRS 1x02, "Bob's Direction Home"

2017
????
:'DRYVRS 1x03, "I Sing The Brother Electric" (0:00:00 - 0:01:01)
:'DRYVRS 1x03, "I Sing The Brother Electric" (0:01:14 - 0:08:20)
:'DRYVRS 1x04, "Scare Tactics"
:'DRYVRS 1x05, "Transfer of Power"

2018
December 20
Home Alone Again with the Google Assistant (0:00:00 - 0:00:36)

December 21
Home Alone Again with the Google Assistant (0:00:37 - 0:00:58)

2021
December 22
Home Sweet Home Alone (0:00:00 - 0:11:42)

December 23
Home Sweet Home Alone (0:11:43 - 0:39:18)

December 24
Home Sweet Home Alone (0:39:19 - 0:58:18)

December 25
Home Sweet Home Alone (0:58:19 - 1:22:53)

2022
December 25
Home Sweet Home Alone (1:22:54 - 1:24:54)

Viewing Order
Angels with Filthy Souls
Home Alone
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 3
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
:'DRYVRS 1x01, "Just Me In The House By Myself"
Home Alone Wet Bandit Resurfaces and Responds to Kevin MacCalister's Threatening Video
:'DRYVRS 1x02, "Bob's Direction Home"
:'DRYVRS 1x03, "I Sing The Brother Electric"
:'DRYVRS 1x04, "Scare Tactics"
:'DRYVRS 1x05, "Transfer of Power"
Home Alone Again with the Google Assistant
Home Sweet Home Alone

Could Angels with Filthy Souls technically be another universe considering it's a movie?

Yep. In the context of this timeline though, it's a piece of fiction. It was included on the blu-ray release of Home Alone.

What about Detective Pikachu?

We'll see. It might be part of the Pokemon anime continuity.

Is Pokémon even supposed to be set on Earth?

iceman109 said:

Is Pokémon even supposed to be set on Earth?

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Well, they reference the concept of a Frenchman in Detective Pikachu, so France exists within that continuity apparently.

Just for the sake of interest.

Detective Pikachu is set around "12", whatever that means. Is it set in December or is it set in 2012? They have normal calendars elsewhere.

Pro Bot said:

2021
December
Home Sweet Home Alone (0:00:00 - 0:11:42)

December
Home Sweet Home Alone (0:11:43 - 0:

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There's a mistake here

Not a mistake.

It's unfinished.

The relevant Searching connection.

Uh oh, lol.

Home Alone 1-6
Bicentennial Man
Searching 1-3
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

Searching references the Pokémon franchise, which isn't technically a contradiction since it is a franchise within Detective Pikachu. Here's what that BS looks like.

193? - Angels with Filthy Souls
1990 - Home Alone
1991 - Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House
1992 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1996 - Home Alone 3
2011 - Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2014 - Unfriended
2015 - :'DRYVRS 1x01, "Just Me In The House By Myself"
2015 - Home Alone Wet Bandit Resurfaces and Responds to Kevin MacCalister's Threatening Video
2016 - :'DRYVRS 1x02, "Bob's Direction Home"
2017 - :'DRYVRS 1x03, "I Sing The Brother Electric"
2017 - :'DRYVRS 1x04, "Scare Tactics"
2017 - :'DRYVRS 1x05, "Transfer of Power"
2018 - Searching
2018 - Unfriended: Dark Web
2018 - Home Alone Again with the Google Assistant
2019 - Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
2020 - Run.
2021 - Home Sweet Home Alone
2023 - Missing
2205 - Bicentennial Man

Isn't Detective Pikachu more connected to the first Pokémon film?

I'm aware of the Mewtwo thing, yeah.