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* Used to some degree in ''[[Babylon 5]]'': It's mostly only colony worlds that retain numbered designations (the human Deneb IV, or the disputed Centauri colony at Ragesh 3). The only exception is the name of Centauri Prime, but it's possible that this is a back-designation and there's a "New Centauri" somewhere in the Centauri Republic.
** The Centauri also claimed that Earth was a [[Lost Colony]] due to "clerical error:"
{{quote| ''Londo: We thought your world was Beta 9, actually it was Beta 12''}}
* From ''[[Lexx]]'', a ''literal'' numbered homeworld: Brunnis-2 is where all the inhabitants of Brunnis settled after abandoning their original star system (and universe).
** Also spoofed with the unreachable [[Pleasure Planet]] "[[Stealth Pun|Nimbus IX]]."
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** In fact almost ''every'' planet in Futurama is named this way. Amphibios IX, Decapod X, Chapek IX, Dogdoo VII, Tweenis XII. there are few exceptions.
** Further lampooned and played completely straight during the second second Brain Spawn episode.
{{quote| '''Infosphere Brain:''' "Clarification request. Are you the Philip J. Fry from Earth, or the Philip J. Fry from Hovering Squid World 97A?"<br />
'''Brainspawn:''' "Earth, you fat idiot." }}