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{{trope}}
[[Self -Demonstrating Article|It's easy 4 numbers]] 2 be substituted 4 letters in chatspeak and it needs 2 be typed quickly. However, in the same vein as [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]], numbers are often used in place of letters 2 be "hip". Most of the time, the number looks nothing like the letter it's meant 2 replace.
 
A subtrope of [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]. Rel8ed 2 [[Lucky Charms Title]] and [[Leet Lingo]].
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== An1me &and Manga ==
* The second season of ''[[Rosario to+ Vampire]]'' is titled ''[[Rosario to+ Vampire]] Capu2'', a play on the onomatopoeia "kapuchuu~" ("two" in Japanese sounds like "chuu").
 
== C0micComic Books ==▼
 
▲== C0mic Books ==
* [[WE 3]] is a pretty straightforward one.
** Was it supposed to be anything other than We Three? '''Wee'''?
 
 
== F1lm ==
* Often used with sequels to movies, a particular kind of [[Oddly -Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]:
** ''[[Madagascar]]: Escape 2 Africa''.
** Also, the horror classic ''[[Leprechaun (Filmfilm)|Leprechaun]]: Back 2 the Hood". Which is a sequel, apparently implied by the number 2.
** ''[[Pokémon 4 Ever (Anime)4Ever|Pokémon 4 Ever]]''
** ''Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'', a sequel to the 2008 movie ''[[Journey to Thethe Center of Thethe Earth]]'', which can also be read without the colon as ''Journey '''to''' the Mysterious Island''.
** And, taking it to a ridiculous level, ''[[Two Fast Two Furious]] ''.
*** At least [[The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift|the third film]] wasn't called ''3 Fast 3 Furious''. Though that didn't stop theatres from marking it as that on their marquees. (Or the inevitable [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/222150 NewgroundsPoop].)
** Now in pre-production at Disney and Summit, ''Step Up 4Ever''.
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** Due to L33t Sp33k, it can be read as "Seten", which is disturbingly similar to "Satan".
** Additionally, some pronounce it "Se-en", skipping the 7 entirely.
* "Thir-thirteen-en-ghosts" (''[[Thir 13 en Ghosts]]''). Particularly heinous because the movie is a 2001 remake of the normally-spelled ''13 Ghosts''.
* Also to be noted is ''[[Lucky Number Slevin]]'', where the L is an upside down 7, though how we're supposed to pronounce that is anyone's guess. Lucky Number Su-sevin, perhaps?
* ''2ge+ her'', a comedic film that spoofed the boy band phenomenon. It was the first film ever produced directly for air on MTV.
* ''5iveGirls'', presumably pronounced ''Five-ive Girls'', a direct-to-video horror movie about five schoolgirls and Ron Perlman.
* In ''[[Bandslam]]'', the name of one of the main characters is Sa5m (the 5 is silent).
* ''[[Interstella 5555 (Anime)|Interstella 5555]]: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.''
* The working title for ''[[Tron Legacy (Film)|Tron: Legacy]]'' was ''TR2N'', overlapping with [[Leet Lingo]].
* ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scr3am]]'' and ''SCRE4M''.
* An awful lot of sequels will pun off of "2 / Too"; a few more will offer "3 / [[Third Is 3D|3D]]" (not a pun at all, actually), and a very rare few will utilize "4 / Four."
* [[Final Destination|5nal Destination]]
* ''[[Five Days to Midnight|5ive Days to Midnight]]'', a 2004 sci-fi miniseries which reads weirdly ("sive?" "five-ive?")
 
 
== Liter4ture ==
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* A children's book has a character named Susan who changes her name to, well, the title says it all: ''My Name is Sus5an Smith. The 5 is Silent. ''
* ''[[Snow Crash]]'' has a minor character named Da5id. (Roman numerals, you see.)
* The [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'' had a band named "&U", a parody of the rock band U2.
* Not actually in the book, but on the cover of ''[[Thirteen Reasons Why]]'', the title is often spelled "Th1rteen R3asons Why".
 
 
== Live-Acti0n TV ==
* [[Numb3rs]] is an example.
* In the ''Back to Earth'' miniseries for ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'', the license plate on the ''Starbug'' automobile reads ST4R BUG. In a bonus webisode, Chris Barrie comments "You know what I always say? Wanna tell people you're a pillock? Get a personalised number plate."
* abc has Reven8e (Reven-eight-e?)
 
 
== Mu5ic ==
* Pretty much any song written by [[Prince]].
* Prince gets both a [[Shout-Out]] and a pass on this by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] in his song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc "Word Crimes"]:
{{quote|''You should never (Oh no)
''Write words using numbers
''Unless you're seven, or your name is Prince (Everybody wise up)}}
* The album ''Tr3s Lunas'' by Mike Oldfield.
* There was a boyband called 5ive. I think they changed their name to be more sensible.
** [[The Jackson Five]] had their name spelled with the numeral [[The Jackson 5 ive5ive|on occasion]].
* They spelled out the number, but in ''That Thing You Do'' the band originally called themselves "The Oneders"; their manager made them change it to "The Wonders" because DJs were calling them "The Oh-nee-ders."
* Avril Lavigne, ''Sk8er boi''. There are no words.
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* The Veronicas: "4ever"
* [[MC Hammer]]: "2 Legit 2 Quit"
* [[Nine Inch Nails]], ''Year Zero'' remix album ''[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]''. ''This is the official title''.
* [[Van Canto]], ''One to Ten'':
{{quote|- '''Once''' we have been told a secret<br />
- '''Too''' risky to know<br />
- '''Three''' years we tried to keep silent|'''For''' to save our homes}}
* Probably as a nod to Prince's influence, [[Ween]] title songs this way on occasion. "Pumpin' 4 The Man" and "Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)" for instance.
* [[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]] did the [[Oddly -Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]] variant with his ''Welcome To My Nightmare'' sequel ''Welcome 2 My Nightmare''.
* Sander van Doorn's ''ELEVE11''.
* [[Megadeth (Music)|Megadeth]]'s ''Thirteen'' is styled ''Th1rt3en'' on the cover. It's also [[Chronological Album Title|their thirteenth studio album]], and has thirteen songs (not counting bonus tracks for itunes and Japan).
* "Le7els", the single of Swedish house music producer [[Avicii]].
* Canadian house music producer [[Deadmau 5Deadmau5]].
* 90s Brit dance pop band 2wo Third3.
 
 
== Vi2eo Games ==
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' ostensibly has a reason for doing this, but it would be a blatant lie if we said the marketing team didn't use the 4 in the title for this reason.
* Some pins in ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'' (e.g. Go 2 Hell) use this.
** The math-obsessed Minamimoto takes this a bit further than usual. [[Genius Bonus|"(It's x 2) die!"]]
** The chapter titles are not exempt (e.g. Who 2 trust).
* ''Wip3out'' and ''Driv3r''. Pronounced, presumably, "Whip Three Out" and "Driv Three Are"
* The fourth ''[[Thief]]'' game has the working title ''THI4F''.
* ''[[The Idolmaster (Videovideo Gamegame)|THE iDOLM@STER]]''.
* ''[[Dive II Hunt]]'', a flash game featuring a moogle named Sorbet who also appeared in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]''.
* ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F3AR]]''.
* ''Ready 2 Rumble''.
* ''[[Shadow Man]] 2: econd Coming''... errr... ''Shadowman: 2econd Coming''
* ''[[Silent Hill Origins (Video Game)|Silent Hill Origins]]'' is actually "Silent Hill 0(as in Zero)rigins".
* The first trailer for ''[[Modern Warfare]] 3'' ran on this: "Am3rica, 3ngland, Franc3, G3rmany"
** And then the ''[[Saints Row: theThe Third (Video Game)|Saints Row the Third]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K97u5usT9WY "Shock and Awesome"] trailer parodied this with "St33lport".
* ''Yume 2kki'', the fan-made sequel to the identically pronounced ''[[Yume Nikki]]'' (the Japanese phoneme that represents the number two is "ni").
* In ''Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!'', most of the cheat codes are phrases with the first letter O replaced with a zero.
 
== We8 Comics ==
 
* AIs in ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' sometimes use numbers to substitute for letters, and even whole syllables, in their names; for example, "5er0" (pronounced "Ver-None") instead of Vernon. ▼
== We8comics ==
* There's a site called [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218025434/http://www.squirrelworks.com/ Squirrelworks] that does this as well as often invoking [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|z for plural s and other text speak]] especially in their main comic ''Coz/Effect''.▼
▲* AIs in ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' sometimes use numbers to substitute for letters, and even whole syllables, in their names; for example, "5er0" (pronounced "Ver-None") instead of Vernon.
* ''[[Last Res 0 rtRes0rt]]'' has it right in the title, though [[Word of God]] justifies it on the basis of having a hard time securing a domain name in the "correct" spelling.▼
▲* There's a site called [http://www.squirrelworks.com/ Squirrelworks] that does this as well as often invoking [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|z for plural s and other text speak]] especially in their main comic ''Coz/Effect''.
* ''[[Sequential Art (Webcomicwebcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' has four Squirrel Girls, who were subjects of a secret lab experiment. Their names all translate to a mix of letters and numbers, which are also color coded. Scarlet = 5C4R137, Jade = J4D3, Amber = 4M83R, Violet = V10L37.▼
▲* ''[[Last Res 0 rt]]'' has it right in the title, though [[Word of God]] justifies it on the basis of having a hard time securing a domain name in the "correct" spelling.
▲* ''[[Sequential Art (Webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' has four Squirrel Girls, who were subjects of a secret lab experiment. Their names all translate to a mix of letters and numbers, which are also color coded. Scarlet = 5C4R137, Jade = J4D3, Amber = 4M83R, Violet = V10L37.
* Many of the trolls in ''[[Homestuck]]'' do this, usually in a way that fits into some sort of [[Numerological Motif]].
** One particular fancomic, ''[[A Complete Waste of Time]]'', has a character with an inventive use for this trope. Rick's typing quirk consists of him replacing the first letter of a word with a numeral (from zero to ten) whose initial phoneme(s) most closely resembles the word's. {{color|#ff8000|77o 4or 8xample, 3hese 1ords}} were most likely written by him.
 
 
== Web Ori6inal ==
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* [http://www.rinkworks.com/slapdash/nocalc.shtml Words You Can't Write With a Calculator].
* ([[NSFW]]) [http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/1f-u-c4n-r34d-th15-u-r34lly-n33d-t0-g37-l41d/ 1f u c4n r34d th15 u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d].
 
 
== Wes7ern Animation ==
* The French cartoon ''[[Foot 2 Rue]]''.
* ''[[The Critic]]'' parodied this trope with ''Dennis the Menace 2 Society''.
 
 
== R3al Life ==
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