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* In ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'''s [[Groundhog Day Loop|Endless Eight]] arc, there are eight parts and it takes place during August (the broadcast of this ended at the beginning of August as well). A bit less obviously, turning an 8 sideways gives you the infinity symbol.

* In ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', Johan's hospital room number is 402; Eva stays at a hotel in room 402. For good measure, {{spoiler|the number of people poisoned at the Red Rose Mansion is 42}}, and the apartment of the "Thursday boy" is 204.

* "21" in the appropriately named [[Eyeshield 21]].

** It shows up more often than any number. It was Sena's number [[Foreshadowing|for the Deimon entrance exam.]] Sena's birth date is December 21. It was Hiruma's winning number from blackjack, earning them enough money to return home from America. Even {{spoiler|Yamato}}'s prediction of 42-0 for the {{spoiler|Deimon-Teikoku game}} could be interpreted as 2 * 21 = 42. When {{spoiler|Hiruma and Agon}} combined for the Dragon Fly, their jersey numbers are 1 and 2 respectively. Also {{spoiler|Yamato before the Japan-America game}} confronts {{spoiler|Mr Don}} at a casino and bets on red. The ball lands on Red 21.

* ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'' does it with 120.

* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' has 12, 7 (7 books, 7 years at Hogwarts, 7 horcruxes, 7 children in the Weasley family, Harry takes 7 classes from his first to third year...), and 9.75 (Platform 9¾; school year of 9¾ months; Harry spends 9¾ years in the Muggle world).

* 42, the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. It's what you get when you multiply {{spoiler|6x9. In reality though, this was because 6x9 was the distorted version of the real question imprinted on Arthur Dent's brainwaves, due to the fact that he was not actually the race meant to live on earth. The real question, "what is 6x7?", would have been the reveal if the original human race had not been accidentally replaced.}} Note that it actually does equal 42 in base 13 math. People asked the author if this was intentional:

{{quote|'''Douglas Adams:''' I don't make jokes in base 13. ''No one'' makes jokes in base 13.}}

** ''The Fire'' has 64, for the number of squares in a chessboard.

* ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' has 86 (for ideals), 64 (for realism) and 22 (for shortcoming and goals.) [[Captain Obvious|22, of course, being the difference between 86 and 64.]]

** He ends up piloting a ship that can travel at a top speed of Mach 86; the next-fastest ships around can at best go only at Mach 64.

** Mitchell and Eliot, while fleeing for their lives, end up on board Flight #864. In a hurry to flee, but going only so fast. {{spoiler|([[Ciem Webcomic Series|They're not the only ones]] to escape danger on that flight number.)}}

 

== Music ==

* The number 27 is pretty much an [[Arc Number]] for music in general, due to the startling number of musicians that have died at that exact age, including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain.

** Amy Winehouse too.

* ''99 Luftballoons'' uses the number repeatedly.

* The number 23 for [[The KLF]]. Note that one of the many names used by [[The KLF]] is the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, named for a Discordian cult in ''[[Illuminatus]]''

 

 

 

== Video Games ==

** ''[[Final Fantasy]]'': There is ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' (and [[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years|its sequel]]), ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' (including the ''Compilation''), ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'', ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia]]'', and possibly more. Interestingly, the number II is mentioned enough on [[This Very Wiki]] and the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' pages to make it an [[Arc Number]] (for example, VII has II in it, ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'''s page mentions II as an influence, and XII's page is a [[Self-Demonstrating Article|combination of the two]]).

** ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' repeats the number seven--each game lasts a week (seven days), there's a character named 777, when Joshua says Makoto has done a 180, Neku corrects that to seven times 180.

*** A more subtle one: Xemnas, the final boss of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', is the number 1 of the Organization; Marluxia, from Chain of Memories, is number 11 - ''double one''. {{spoiler|The final boss in ''358/2 Days'' is no.''i''...an imaginary number whose algebric square is '''''-1'''''.}}

*** They managed to get ''[[Up to Eleven|two]]'' arc numbers into the recipe for [[Infinity+1 Sword|Ultima Weapon]] in KH2. Without the mandatory Energy Crystal (which cuts crafting requirements in half), it requires 13 pieces of Orichalcum+ to forge (which is more than the amount that exists in the game). With the Energy Crystal, though, the game rounds up to 7.

** The D'ni culture (which you first get glimpses of in ''Riven'', and pick up through every other game and novel) has a base 25 numbering system. The little toy in the classroom in ''Riven'' does a good job of showing you the basics; it uses only four symbols plus a zero (the '5' is just the '1' turned on its side, and a '6' is a '5' with a '1', and so on). The only tricky part is numbers with more than one digit: while they arrange things in fives, their numbers go up to '''25''' (five times five) before you see another character.

** The name Riven is 5 characters long.

** And of course, the number 23{{spoiler|FNORD}}

** That and using/attaining 37 ("[[Clerks|In a row?!]]") of anything is always funny.

* [[Infocom]] games have [[wikipedia:69105 (number)|69,105]] as the traditional answer whenever something needs to be counted.

** On really old Beatmania versions, there is a mix of the [[Metal Gear Solid]] theme where you repeatedly trigger a bass drum sample - 5 times, then 7 times, then 3 times - on sixteenths, with well-spaced single hits in between.

** In many cell-phone games that feature the [[Konami Code]], "B and A" at the end is often substituted with 573.

* The image from this page comes from ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors|Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors]]''. To elaborate: '''9''' victims, '''9''' hours to escape, numbered doors from 1 to '''9''', '''9''' seconds before the numbered doors close when they open them, and 81 seconds ('''9'''x'''9''') to find the detonator-deactivation-scanner once inside, {{spoiler|in the '''Nonary''' game that happened '''nine''' years ago, '''nine''' clovers were handed out by Snake.}}

** And {{spoiler|ICE-'''9''' despite being a [[Shout-Out]] to Cat's Cradle.}}

** The {{spoiler|incinerator [[Department of Redundancy Department|incinerates]] after '''9''' minutes.}}

** The digital root of all the known ages of the characters is a '''9'''. Ace/Ichinomiya (50) + Snake/Niels (24) + Santa (24) + Clover/Yotsuba (18) + Junpei (21) + June/Murasaki (21) + Seven (45) + Lotus/Yashiro (40) = 243 = 2 + 4 + 3 = '''9'''.

 

== Web Original ==

** April 23rd or 4/23 is the date on which Ben drowned.

** [[Arc Words|You shouldn't have done that...]] appears on screen in DROWNED.wmv at 4 minutes and 23 seconds in.