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The [[Memetic Number]] is basically a number that, aside from being an [[Arc Number]], is so ingrained into the audience's mind that they often use it idiomatically on other media (e.g. the Internet), thereby giving it [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] status. Furthermore, it is taken beyond the specific media into general pop culture, much to the point that were it not for helpful archiving from sites like [[The Other Wiki]] the original reference would be lost---something an [[Arc Number]] would envy.
The '''Memetic Number''' is basically a number that, aside from being an [[Arc Number]], is so ingrained into the audience's mind that they often use it idiomatically on other media (e.g. the Internet), thereby giving it [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] status. Furthermore, it is taken beyond the specific media into general pop culture, much to the point that were it not for helpful archiving from sites like [[The Other Wiki]] the original reference would be lost---something an [[Arc Number]] would envy.


It also helps if the number is currently associated with a [[Memetic Mutation|meme]].
It also helps if the number is currently associated with a [[Memetic Mutation|meme]].
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** Unfortunately also important to [[Those Wacky Nazis]].
** Unfortunately also important to [[Those Wacky Nazis]].
* [[Private Eye|94]]
* [[Private Eye|94]]
* [[Jay-Z|99]]
* [[Jay Z|99]]
* [[Room 101|101]]
* [[Room 101|101]]
** [[101 Dalmatians|101]]
** [[101 Dalmatians|101]]
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* [[555]]
* [[555]]
* [[Konami|573]]
* [[Konami|573]]
* [[PlayStation 3|$599]]
* [[Play Station 3|$599]]
* [[Homestuck|612]]
* [[Homestuck|612]]
* [[Number of the Beast|616 or 666]], [[Your Mileage May Vary|either or.]]
* [[Number of the Beast|616 or 666]], [[Your Mileage May Vary|either or.]]
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* 853-5937
* 853-5937
* 867-5309 (after an old meme concerning the song ''867-5309/Jenny'' by Tommy Tutone)
* 867-5309 (after an old meme concerning the song ''867-5309/Jenny'' by Tommy Tutone)
* [http://241543903.com/ 241543903] - And it only gets bigger from here.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019051825/http://241543903.com/ 241543903] - And it only gets bigger from here.
* [[The IT Crowd|0118-999-88-199-9119-725-3]]
* [[The IT Crowd|0118-999-88-199-9119-725-3]]
* The prefix [[The World Ends With You|zetta-]]
* The prefix [[The World Ends With You|zetta-]]
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* [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity + 1]]
* [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity + 1]]
** [[2001: A Space Odyssey|"Jupiter And Beyond The Infinate"]]
** [[2001: A Space Odyssey|"Jupiter And Beyond The Infinate"]]
** [[Toy Story|"To infinity - and beyond!"]]
** [[Toy Story (franchise)||"To infinity - and beyond!"]]


== Examples of sets of memetic numbers ==
== Examples of sets of memetic numbers ==
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 23 January 2022

The Memetic Number is basically a number that, aside from being an Arc Number, is so ingrained into the audience's mind that they often use it idiomatically on other media (e.g. the Internet), thereby giving it memetic status. Furthermore, it is taken beyond the specific media into general pop culture, much to the point that were it not for helpful archiving from sites like The Other Wiki the original reference would be lost---something an Arc Number would envy.

It also helps if the number is currently associated with a meme.

Compare Arc Number (where the number is disproportionately popular in one area; an Arc Number can be this if it is a prominent part of a meme), Numerological Motif (which is the non-memetic integration of numbers in general into human life).

Examples (in numerical order)

Examples of sets of memetic numbers

That's NUMBERWANG!

  • Oh, bad luck, I'm afraid shinty-six is a real number. As in the phrase, "I only have shinty-six days left to live."
  1. ↑ "Let Courier Six carry the package" "Courier Six?"
  2. ↑ Intentionally a bulletpoint of 6.
  3. ↑ Try to use the altcode Alt+1337...
  4. ↑ That's ridiculous. It's not even funny.
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