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{{quote|''Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short...Let him who hath understanding reckon the [[Trope Namer|number of the beast]], for it is a human number; its number is Six hundred threescore and six.''|'''[[Book of Revelation (Literature)|Book of Revelation]]''' 12:12, 13:18}}

You know what this is. Six hundred sixty six, the [[Number of the Beast]], first mentioned in the ''[[Book of Revelation (Literature)|Book of Revelation]]'' in [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]], making this [[Older Than Feudalism]]. Sometimes used for that extra symbolism everyone loves, but it's usually used because it's [[Rule of Cool|a nifty keen]] way to show that [[Mark of the Beast|something is eeeevil]].

* The Book of Darkness in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As (Anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]]'' has 666 pages.

* In one Japanese ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]!'' episode, we see a card with 666 ATK and 666 DEF points. The US version [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerised]] it to 1000/1000.<ref>In the real-life game, the Attack and Defense stats for nearly all cards are some multiple of 50, before modifiers. Except the two cards Castle of Dark Illusions, which is 920 ATK/1930 DEF, and Reaper of the Cards, with 1380 ATK/1920 DEF. There are three others that break the "multiples of 50" rule, King of Yamimakai (2000 ATK, 1530 DEF), Barox (1380 ATK, 1530 DEF), and Dark Chimera (1610 ATK, 1460 DEF). It probably was no coincidence that all of these monsters were used in one duel, one before the rules for the [[Real Life]] version of the game came out, implying that they may have been planning to break that standard increments pattern further.</ref>

* There's an actual manga called ''[[Six Six Six Satan|666 Satan]]'', which is about humans, angels, and demons hunting for [[Plot Coupon|magical artifacts]] and is [[Faux Symbolism|loaded with Kaballahlistic imagery]]. For obvious reasons, it was released in America as ''O-Parts Hunter'', though is otherwise still the same.

* Mr. Satan and Videl from ''[[Dragonball]]'' often had the number 666 plastered on their vehicles. Nothing evil about them (although the former is a bit of a prick) -- Toriyama was just throwing nods to the [[Theme Naming]].

* In the manga version of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni|Matsuribayashi-hen]]'' [[Break the Cutie|Mi]][[A God Am I|yo]] [[Nietzsche Wannabe|Ta]][[Deadly Doctor|ka]][[Axe Crazy|no]] says God keeps showing her the "one" face on the dice, but she'll force all the dice to be 6 on their faces. There are a number of dice on screen for the "one" dice, but only 3 for the "six" dice. Considering the speech given an issue or two before, this wasn't likely unintentional.

* In the opening pages of the manga ''[[Bio Mega]]'', we see the protagonist driving along an abandoned bridge...going 666 km/h, of course.

* In the infamous [[Gainax Ending]] of ''[[Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', {{spoiler|Panty is sliced up into exactly 666 pieces by Stocking in her [[Face Heel Turn]].}}

* ''[[C the Money And Soul of Possibility]]'' is full of 666 references, to emphasize the [[Deal With the Devil]] theme.

* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' had a completely unintentional example: in the first popularity poll, [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Isumi]] got 666 votes. The chapter revealing this joked about how bizarre it was for her, of all people, to get that number.

* Around the beginning of the Fishman Island arc, ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' started a "Where are they now?" side story where chapter covers show what characters of varying importance are now doing after all the time that's passed. The chapters featuring characters from Impel Down, [[The Alcatraz]] where each floor is it's own special brand of Hell, take place during the 660s, and the final cover for this group is chapter 666.

* Perhaps fittingly, the ''[[Magic the Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]'' card classified under Multiverse ID 666 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=666 is a black spell that turns you into an undead planeswalker].

* In ''[[Hellboy (Comic Book)|Hellboy]]: Wake the Devil'', Karl Ruprect Kroenen plans to usher in the apocalypse with an army of 666 golems. When Herman von Klempt points out that this is far too few golems to conquer ''anything'', Kroenen replies [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|"The number is symbolic."]]

* The [[X Men]] snuck some of their members into a hostile installation once by pretending they were unconscious, their bodies marked with numbered tags. Dr. Hank McCoy is known as the Beast; one guess what number he put on ''his'' tag....

* One of the title characters from ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney)|Liloand Stitch]]'' was supposed to be assigned the number "666", but the [[Media Watchdog]] complained and it was changed to "626".

* In ''[[Escape From LA]]'', the code that unleashes the worldwide [[EMP]] is 666.

* Played with in the 1999 film ''[[End of Days (Film)|End of Days]]''. Apparently, people who saw the number of the beast in their dreams/visions didn't realize it was shown upside down, so the number of the beast was 999 instead of 666.

* In ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' [[Villain Protagonist|Alex]] is seen with two of his former friends, now police officers, whose uniform numbers are 665 and 667. Since Alex is between them, that makes him 666.

* Officer Vickers has this tattooed on him in the ''[[Psycho Cop (Film)|Psycho Cop]]'' duology.

* This is used as an address in ''[[Silent Night Deadly Night (Film)|Silent Night Deadly Night]] Part 2'' and ''[[Inside (Film)|Inside]]''.

* In ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' by [[Neil Gaiman]] and [[Terry Pratchett]], Aziraphale is able to pick the Antichrist's phone number out of a list because it is "Tadfield six double-six". And they were going to name the sequel (which was never finished) ''668: The Neighbour of the Beast''.

* Hell in [[The Devils Carnival (Film)|The Devil's Carnival]] has 666 rules. [[Ear Worm|All six-hunded sixty-six rules are policed, all six-hundred sixty-six rules you must heed.]] There are... consequences, otherwise.

* One of the threats of the week for the [[Big Wolf On Campus]] team was a wrestler who would cause ''the apocalypse'' once he got to 666 victories.

* "''Number Of The Beast''" by [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]], which even begins with the above quote from Revelations.

* "666" in metal in general is very common due to its satanic connotations. Bands that have made songs with the number include [[Helloween (Music)|Helloween]], Anvil and Burn to Black as well as many others.

* The death rap group Three 6 Mafia (aka Triple Six Mafia), once notorious for their Satanic lyrics and references to the occult. However the group has since stated that the name is just a reference the fact that their group started out with three members and ended up with six. That, and the fact that back when they were just starting out, they needed to put out something that would [[No Such Thing As Bad Publicity|draw attention to themselves]].

* [[Soundgarden (Music)|Soundgarden]]'s songs "665" and "667", which are parodies of other metal bands' Satanic imagery.

* "666 - The Enemy Within" by [[Hammerfall (Music)|Hammerfall]].

* [[The Pixies (Music)|The Pixies]] reference this in "Monkey Gone To Heaven", with the lines "man is five", "the devil is six", and "god is seven."

* The secret Grey Knights chapter of [[Super Soldier|Space Marines]] in ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'' is Chapter 666. They are an all-psyker, elite-among-elites group serving under the aegis of the Inquisition's Ordo Malleus and dedicated to combating Daemonic threats.

* Also in ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'', Zarakynel, the Keeper of Secrets model produced by Forge World, costs exactly 666 pts to field. (This is because Slaaneesh's magic number is 6. Ann'grath (Khorne) has a points costs of 888, similarly.) Interestingly, Slaanesh is the only Chaos God in the backstory who does not exist before far into the future.

* ''[[In Nomine (Tabletop Game)|In Nomine]]'' is an RPG system where players take sides in a demon vs. angel battle between hell and heaven. The game system uses d666 (3 six-siders for all rolls). Bad things happen to angelic characters whose players roll all 6's, conversely good things happen if you roll all 1's (the Trinity).

* ''[[Hunter: The Vigil (Tabletop Game)|Hunter: The Vigil]]'' features the Lucifuge, a secret order made up of people who have inherited the powers of Hell from demonic parents. The head of the organization (also known as the Lucifuge) has spent centuries keeping track of them, and knows exactly how many are on Earth at any one time. Take a guess.

* In ''[[Castlevania Symphony of the Night (Video Game)|Castlevania Symphony of the Night]]'', Death is level 66, the vampire Olrox and the Succubus have 666 HP, and the Malachi (which was ''supposed'' to be called [[Cthulhu Mythos]]]]) and the Fire Demon gives 666 experience points.

* Magus, the leader of the Mystics in ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', has 6666 [[Hit Points]] and 666 Magic Points as a boss.

* One of the Chemist's mixes in ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]'' is a "Dark Potion" which deals 666 damage.

* ''[[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]]'' has the [[The Dragon|Dark Lich]], who has 6,666 HP.

* The Pain Doubler spell under Zamza's Evil Magic library deals 666 damage...which sucks quite a bit since the average damage in ''[[Saga Frontier (Video Game)|Saga Frontier]]'' is four digits. Of course, when used on the player, it can be a death sentence, since max HP tops out at 999.

* ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'' features a villain called Nrvnqsr Chaos who controls 666 animal familiars. And Nrvnqsr is numerically equal to 666.

*** His name is also [[Spell My Name With an "S"|pronounced Nero]].

* ''[[SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos (Video Game)|SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos]]'' has an overall cast of 33 characters, with 663 pre-battle dialogues for each of them... okay, not '''each''', because Athena and Red Arremer have no dialogues between each other or their clones whatsoever. If they would be, though, it would result in a straight 666. [[Crapsack World|May be excuseable.]] [[Money, Dear Boy|Or maybe not.]]

* Instead of ''[[Doom (Video Game)|Doom]]'' "version 1.6", the producers went with "version 1.666".

* ''[[Max Payne (Video Game)|Max Payne]]'' had a level where the access code for a different part of a lab was 665, which Max snarkingly comments as the "neighbor of the beast". In the sequel, the code to access the suites in Max's apartment is 667, and the "neighbor of the beast" line is echoed.

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing (Video Game)|Kingdom of Loathing]]'' spoofs this with the 668 scroll, allowing you to summon the ''neighbor'' of the beast.

* The original ''[[Quake (Video Game)|Quake]]'' features a powerup called the [[Invincibility Power-Up|Pentagram of Protection]], which puts a red 666 on your armor counter, although that's just for symbolic and aesthetic purposes -- your health will not go down while this powerup is active, and anything that tries to spawn at your position will be reverse telefragged. Note that your armor will still take damage if you have any on.

* In ''[[Disgaea 3]]'', Mao calculates that it will take exactly 666 Nether hours (after Mao hijacks his "Hero" title) until [[Heroic Wannabe]] Almaz becomes a full-fledged demon.

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]'', Marluxia's final form has a sleight that is activated by using three six cards (looking like 666 when it shows up on the screen). This forces Sora to have to break all his cards or else instant death.

* ''[[Diablo (Video Game)|Diablo]]'' himself has 1,666 HP in the first game.

* Rubedo from ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' is URTV #666.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'', the Tonberry staggers at 666%.

* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] in ''[[Purple (Video Game)|Purple]]'' has a prominent 666 on its entrance [[Die, Chair, Die!|which you can freely break]]. The game in general uses [[Satan]] motif shamelessly.

* In chapter 5 of ''[[Alice Madness Returns (Video Game)|Alice: Madness Returns]]'', a wall in the Dolltown Cellar<ref>in the room with the glass floor with hazards underneath</ref> has 666 affixed to it.

* ''[[Casey and Andy (Webcomic)|Casey and Andy]]'' ended with strip #666. Appropriate, given that one of the main characters is Satan <s>him</s>herself.

* ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'''s 666th strip (officially #00666) [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff700/fv00666.htm sees Florence pondering the choice between good and evil].

* ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'': [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0631.html According to Qarr], the application form for a [[Deal With the Devil]] is 666 pages long. Subverted with the IFCC's adress, which is "9 Hells Plaza, Lower Planes 00999".

* Both used and subverted in the ''[[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|SCP Foundation]]''. [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-616 SCP-616] is a hellish door with a strong [[Brown Note]] effect and vaguely specified "bad things" happening when it opens, but [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-666 SCP-666] seems slightly more benign.

* The halloween episode of ''[[Bowsers Kingdom]]'' was titled episode 666.

* In the ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' episode "The Honking", Bender sees the binary number 0101100101 written on the wall and is unfazed, calling it "gibberish" (it's 357 with an unnecessary leading zero). Then he sees it in a mirror and realises it's 1010011010, which is 666.

* In ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', the Illuminati have exactly 666 members, although you have to work it out.

* An episode of ''[[Rocko's Modern Life (Animation)|Rocko's Modern Life]]'' ended with the character [[Satan|Peaches]] playing with a paddle ball. He says, "664, 665" and then he misses and has to start all over.

* Treehouse of Horror part of ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' once had Lisa and Bart going through the occult section of a library. Dewey Decimal System designation? 666.

* In the [[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]] short ''A Pest in the House'', hotel bellhop Daffy Duck continually disturbs a tired guest in his efforts to get some shut-eye. Guess what the unfortunate patron's room number is?

* In the first episode of ''[[The Boondocks (Comic Strip)|The Boondocks]]'', Huey tries to convince Ed Wunsler's garden party that [[Ronald Reagan]] is the devil by pointing out that Ronald, Wilson, and Reagan each have six letters in them. Therefore, 666. However, this just makes him even more adorable to the guests.

* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'' episode 4: In the flashback showing the backstory of the Ugly Princesses, there is such a long line of princes wanting to woo them that they use a "[[Take a Number]]" device. Then comes the god Osamodas, who picks number 666 before laying a curse on the disrespectful princesses.

* The ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' season 1 episode "Damien" manages to sneak in a couple of visual refrences. At the very start of the episode, a group of number magnets on the wall have three red sixes next to eachother, and the chalkboard has a sum that adds up to 666.

* The first [[Apple Macintosh|Apple]] computer ([[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|the Apple I]]) went on sale in July 1976 at the price of $666.66. This was due mostly to a collection of mundane coincidences: Steve Jobs setting the price at $500 (plus a 1/3rd markup), because Steve Wozniak "liked repeating digits" and both Steves' general ignorance of the significance of the number<ref> This was before the Internet.</ref>.