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{{trope}}
"Leet speak" is a form of writing which replaces [[Letters 2 Numbers|letters with numbers]] or symbols that look similar; for example, 1337 translates as "leet", which means "elite."
Leet may use slash marks to make letters, like |\|=n, |\/|=m, and \/\/=w.
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Intentional misspellings like "teh" (the) and "pwn" (own, i.e. defeat) are also common, as are [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|substitutions of "x" for "ks" or "z" for "s"]] and the "or" suffix/infix, which can be silent ("haxxorz" can mean "hacks" or "hackers"). Also, you should always switch "f" with "ph" (phreak) and the reverse (fone) at the beginning of a word. And most of all, leetspeak should never be consistent. Different numbers/symbols should be substituted for the same letter with a single sentence, or even within a single word. The more random it seems, the better.
See also [[Letters 2 Numbers]], [[Future Slang]], and [[Techno Babble
=== 3X4MPL3Z (Examples): ===▼
== 4|\|1|\/|3 4|\|d |\/|4|\|94 (Anime and Manga) ==
* In ''[[Lucky Star]]'' [[Otaku Surrogate|Konata's]] friends are slightly puzzled that she ''doesn't'' ever talk that way in real life...but when she shows them what her chat logs look like they can barely recognize it as Japanese.
** There's also this "gatongo" person in Konata's friend list that fills his/her chat log with "wwww" (which is the Japanese equivalent of "lolololol").
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* The 2010 ''[[G Gundam]]'' manga introduces the JMF1337SD Shading Gundam, a [[Paint It Black|black version]] of the Shining Gundam. However, this was most likely a coincidence, seeing as the original 1994 anime had the JMF1336R Rising Gundam.
* A mystery Kogoro is tasked to solve in [[Case Closed]] revolves around a mysterious text message that is revealed to be the Japanese version of leet.
== K0|\/|1C 800X (Comic Books) ==
* ZOMG! A reference to ''[[Nextwave]]'''s Tabitha plzkthxbye.
== [[PH 4]]|\| [[PH 1 C]] (Fan Fic) ==▼
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/55667/Erico Eric Lawson] has [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3387678/8/Mega_Man_Guiding_Rainbows_Light introduced] a new character into his [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] [[Fan Verse]], an autistic hacker named Schroeder "Latchkey" Dunlap, who uses a relatively mild version of this.
* The [[Warhammer
* There are several hackers and crackers who use Leet-based handles in ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'' and [[The Shared Universe]] that grew out of it, ''[[The Teraverse]]'':
** When she was a pre- and early teen, Willow Rosenberg used the handle "5al1x680" (''salix'' is the genus for willows, 680 angstroms is the wavelength of a certain shade of red).
** P$ychon4ut, aka William Robert Halsey, a villainous/psychopathic [[The Cracker|cracker]].
== [[L 173 R 47 YR 3]] (Literature) ==▼
** Zoe Carter, aka "3UrēK@!", is a specialist in identity theft who becomes one of Ultraman's "white hat" hackers.
* In the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' novel ''[[Death Star]]'', a character goes by the alias Teh Roxxor.
== [[L 1 VE]] 4CT1O|\| TV ([[Live Action TV]]) ==▼
* ''[[Numb3rs]]'' uses leetspeak on occasion. Charlie's girlfriend Amita is fluent in leet, often decoding leet passages for Don and his FBI team.
* mun2. Say it in Spanish.
== |\/|4CH1|\|1|\/|4 (Machinima) ==
* Master Chief from the [[Machinima]] series ''[[Arby 'n' the Chief]]'' spends the entire series talking in this fashion.
** "Mai ROFLcar gos n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n..."
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* The character Player from the [[Machinima]] series ''[[Leet World]]'' seems to speak pretty much just this, as does Leeroy sometimes. Player differenciates himself from Leeroy in that he actually does not speak literally, using text shown at the bottom of the screen or the Counter-Strike: Source radio commands (naturally, the game used for the machinima), and Leeroy uses it mostly only when speaking of [[World of Warcraft|'World of Battlelore']], and is a [[Geek]] about it and computers. It is lampshaded by others asking the character Cortez, who is blind, how he can know what Player is saying (he doesn't know how himself). Westheimer has tried to say it himself, likely to trying to be 'on the same level' as Leeroy, as defacto [[The Captain|captain]] of his team.
== |\/|49421|\|35 (Magazines) ==▼
▲== |\/|49421|\|35 (Magazines) ==
* Some tabloid newspapers in the UK publish text messages sent to them. These are always written "britney should b left alone". Just how much effort would it be to add that extra "e"?
== |\/|[[U 51 C]] (Music) ==▼
* [http://thefump.com/fump.php?id=137 This song] pretty much defines 1337-5p34k.
* One [[Demoscene]] module musician had the artist name Tr/\sh (pronounced "trash").
* All of the tracks on ''[[Linkin Park|Reanimation]]''.
* [[Bella Thorne]]'s ''TTYLXOX'' is chocked full of this trope.
== |\|3\/\/ |\/|3D14 (New Media) ==
* [[Image Macro
▲* [[Image Macro|Image Macros]] typically use chatspeak captions (partly for comic effect, partly to minimize blocking of the image).
** The Orlies from ''[[Erfworld]]'' are a parody of the (in)famous O RLY owl Image Macro. They talk in snippets of chatspeak (e.g. one says "OMGWTFBBQ" as it's roasted by a [[Phantasy Spelling|dwagon]]).
* And then you get things like [https://web.archive.org/web/20130304224313/http://lolcode.com/ LOLCODE], a (working!) programming language based on [[Memetic Mutation|lolcat]]-based leetspeak.
** And then you have the [
*** Don't forget the [http://www.corprew.org/content/lolcat-wasteland/ Lolcat Wasteland!] "earth in ur winter, covered in snow / can has potato. PO-TA-TO. / INVISIBLE SUMMER! RAININGZES! / im in ur hofgarden, drinking ur coffeez."
* Google now allows you to view their [http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-hacker Home Page] this way.
== [[V 1 D 30]] 94|\/|35 (Video Games) ==▼
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' ref: You get to kill monsters who do this. With a dictionary, no less. It's almost as satisfying as killing the drunken frat boys a few quests later.
* The Freakshow name themselves in l33tspeak in ''[[City of Heroes]]''. Even more disconcerting: some of them apparently ''speak'' it aloud. [[Bellisario's Maxim|Don't think about that too much.]]
** An early mission to defeat a Freakshow gang leader (named "T3h PwNxx0rz") rewards the player with the
{{quote|
Pwnz }}
** Horrifically, there's a story arc in ''[[City of Villains]]'' that has you defeat a Freakshow Boss, who then gives you a speech in l337 that spans about four or five paragraphs! Your character, thankfully, gets the gist of it but good luck getting through it yourself.
* The L33t Hamm3r Broz. in ''[[Mario
** Technically, ''it's not even real leet''. However due to [[Rule of Funny]]...
* Sal Manella in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' also speaks 1337. It's pretty funny when Maya tries to figure out what he's saying. "Hey Nick... what does 'suck-sores' mean?"
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* In [[No More Heroes|No More Heroes 2]], Kimmy Howell says that Travis should read her letter "just for lulz".
* In ''[[Do Don Pachi]]'', Hibachi's theme in Daifukkatsu is ]-[|/34<#!, which is "HIBACHI." Yeah...
* ''[[Quest for Glory]] 3'' tells the player at one point, "U C D Bs." Then adds, "Killer Bees."
* Yuzu in ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' uses
* One of the pre-made Sims in [[The Sims|The Sims 3]] is a computer nerd called "Cycl0n3 Sw0rd".
* The [[Lemony Narrator|newscaster]] in ''[[Galactic Civilizations]] II'' drops into this for one of the [[Boring but Practical|miniaturization upgrades]].
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== \/\/E8C0|\/|1C2 (Webcomics) ==
* The "Grammar Nazi" character who occasionally showed up in ''[[Queen of Wands]]'' is shown [http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20051023.html here] lashing out at a l33tspeak user.
** 'We do not negotiate with terrorists!'
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** There's even a claim that l337speak entered the mainstream when he was introduced on [http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/9 strip #9], the most famous strip of the entire comic.
*** The whole scene parodies the "Jive-Talk" scene from the movie ''[[Airplane!]]''.
* A mad, tire-stealing caper in [[RH Junior]]'s ''[[Tallyho]]'' features a carload of zoo animals, all of whom speak in [[Leet Speak]] [[Memetic Mutation|Internet memes]]. The impressive thing about this is that a large number of them speak in ''species-appropriate'' Internet
* ''[[Misfile]]'' had Missi use some in her excitement, followed by an admonishment from Emily [http://www.misfile.com/?page=1386 here].
* Saturn and his parents from ''[[Star Guys]]'' only speak in n00b. Considering that they're an '[[The Ditz|unusual]]' family, this isn't really surprising.
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** Equius uses '%' for 'x', and '100' and '001' for 'loo' and 'ool' sounds, because he's themed around the legendary "Man of a Hundred Horses" of Arabic myth.
** Feferi uses ')(' instead of 'H'.
* Averted in ''Dan and Mab's Furry Adventure'', during one of the author's irregular (and strange) Q&A sessions, where she answers one of the questions her fans email her. One question was in l337, and she couldn't understand it. She did her best... But it certainly led to one of the oddest jazz ensembles ever... Prawn suits and saxophones indeed.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' got [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-04-19 a punny/multilingual version] as one of [[Naming Conventions]] for AI.
== \/\/35T3R|\| 4|\|1|\/|4TI0|\| (Western Animation) ==
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' brings us The Headmaster, and in his wake follows [[Grand Theft Me|total ownage]].
* Sierra from [[Total Drama World Tour]]
== \/\/E8 0R1G1|\|4l (Web Original) ==
* The optional subtitles in ''[[Arfenhouse]]: [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/63227 The Movie]'' are mostly rendered in LOLspeak. In ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/63227 Arfenhouse Teh Movie Too]'', the subtitles aren't optional (though "LOLOLOLOLOL" is spoken as "HA HA HA HA HA").
** The only exception is the [[Only Sane Man]] Joe, whose lines are written in perfect English.
* The [[Homestar Runner|Teen Girl Squad]] has been known to pepper their speech with 1337 haXXorz.
{{quote|
'''So And So:''' w00t!
'''Whats Her Face:''' w00t!
'''The Ugly One:''' w00t! }}
** The TGS menu page title reads "T33n G1rl Squ4dx0rx!!"
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* Inserting Leet characters
** This is assuming [[Viewers Are Goldfish|you can remember your own substitutions]].
* If you think about it, the main shtick of Chic-Fil-A is [[LOLcats|lolcows]]. Yes, we shall "
** Oh mai gaw.
* In January 2011, [[FUNimation]] tried to sue 1337 Bittorrent users over downloading ''[[One Piece]]'', the number no doubt chosen intentionally.
* [[Wil Wheaton]], [[Paul and Storm]], and [[
* f33733pp33n0uszhs +@hke dh33z3 2 x+r33hmszh,<ref>
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