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== Anime and Manga ==
* The original name of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'''s cute mascot was "R2000".
* ''[[Pokémon: The Movie 2000|Pokémon 2000]]''. In it's defense, it was released (in the US) in the year 2000.
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* From ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', the Nimbus 2000.
** Subverted in that the next year's model is the 2001 [[Don't Explain the Joke|(as opposed to the 2100, 2500, 3000...)]]
*** It actually makes sense (car models are referred to by year, after all) until you realize the books they appear in take place in 1991 and 1992, respectively.
* [[The Nineties]] gave us the [[Cyberpunk]] [[Subculture]] magazine, ''Mondo 2000''. According to the editors, the name was deliberately chosen to give the magazine an "expiration date", embracing the fact that this morning's "[[Cutting Edge]]" is tomorrow's [[Zeerust]].
* In ''[[Honor Harrington]]'', the Solarian League Navy has a program called "Fleet 2000"<ref>the HH date is coming up on the year 2000 Post Diaspora, which would be 4103 anno domini</ref>, which is supposed to be a significant upgrade of combat capability. While there ''are'' improvements in the hardware, much of it is merely window dressing, modifying the outwardly visible aspects of the hardware like displays and such to be more photogenic.
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== Live Action TV ==
* In ''That Peter Kay Thing'', Marc Park- an arrogant pop star- releases a Christmas album called, "Christmas 2000", swearing that he's not doing it to cash in on the millennium craze. The interviewer points out that it's actually Christmas 1999.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' was originally going to be titled ''Mystery Science Theater 2000''. Best Brains changed the title because the year 2000 was too soon in the future (though the 2000 was meant to be a version number, someone just thought it meant the year).
* On ''[[Will and Grace]]'', Jack has a one-man show called "Just Jack!" which he later updates to "Just Jack 2000!"
* In an episode of ''[[Frasier]]'', he throws a party that nobody comes to. It turns out that his neighbor (who lives in apartment number 2000) has lured all the guests to his own party, with a banner reading "Winston Party 2000". Frasier is determined to respond in kind, until it is pointed out that "Crane Party 1901" doesn't sound quite as edgy and 'party of the future'-like.
** Another episode featured a vacuum cleaner called the Dirt Scourge 2000. When Daphne tries to clean Marty's chair, the vacuum breaks due to sheer ammount of dirt. Frasier quips: "Dirt Scourge 2000, no match for the Dirt Pile 1957."
* There used to be an Australian science and invention documentary series called ''Beyond 2000''. (The format was based on The BBC's ''Tomorrow's World''.)
** It used to ''Towards 2000'', until the show got a make-over in 1985 and the producers decided 2000 was too close to be aiming "towards" any more. The show still exists, but has changed name again, to ''Beyond Tomorrow'', since "beyond 2000" now also seems old-fashioned...
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* A short-lived remake of the classic [[Nickelodeon]] game show ''[[Double Dare 1986|Double Dare]]'', that aired throughout the appropriate year, was titled Double Dare 2000.
* In January 1999, ''[[The Big Spin]]'' was briefly renamed ''Big Spin 2000''.
* In a ''[[Myth Busters]]'' episode where they test whether one can find a needle in a haystack, Mythbuster Adam Savage creates a needle-finding machine christened the Needlefinder 2000.
* From ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', Ryan Stiles has used the name "XK-5000" a couple of times for imaginary inventions.
* In ''Raggs'', every single contraption made has a multiple of 100 or 1,000 slapped on the end of it.
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* [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000]]
* The original name for the third [[Video Game/Gran Turismo|Gran Turismo]] game was "Gran Turismo 2000". It was changed to "Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec" when the year 2000 came and went by the time the final version was released.
* Gruntilda of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' has a broom called the Lardmaster 2000.
* The first ''[[Sim City]]'' sequel, ''[[Sim City]] 2000'' (1994). The next game followed the theme with ''Sim City 3000'' (1999), but it was later dropped with 2003's ''Sim City 4''.
* Goblin and gnome [[Schizo-Tech]] in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' beat this trope to death.
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* ''[[Futurama]]'''s pilot episode was called "Space Pilot 3000", as the hero is cryonically frozen for just under one thousand years on the turn of the century.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': "Toga! Toga! Toga! 2000!"
** Another episode featured the Ultrahouse 3000.
* The cartoon ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'' includes a character, Widget, who is always creating inventions with a '3000' slapped at the end.
* ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'' (the animated series): Many of the episodes involve something to do with the design, sale, production, etc. of the "Gruntmaster 6000". The name was created in the first episode, when Dilbert had to come up with a name for a new product, and {{spoiler|Dilmom}} suggested the name. Later, after finding out that the VP wasn't going to like the name they came up with (due to a [[Noodle Incident]] in the VP's childhood, only it was promptly [[Averted Trope|revealed]]), Dilbert suggested "The Gruntmaster". Possible [[Lampshade Hanging]] ensued immediately after, when the VP said something was missing, and {{spoiler|Dogbert}} added the 6000 suffix. {{spoiler|It is later revealed that the Gruntmaster ended up being a very strangely-designed ''exercise machine'', and during product testing, a family of hillbillies broke a component that created a '''<small>BLACK HOLE</small>'''.}}
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** Lampshaded in "The Refund" when Darwin asks "Why is it 2000 anyway? It's not like it's the future anymore."
* In one episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Dr. Doofenshmirtz's invention of the week was a [[Weather Control Machine]] called the Gloominator 3000[[Department of Redundancy Department|-inator]]. "Summer Belongs to You" has the Sun-Beater 3000, which inspires a bit of [[Lampshade Hanging]] from Buford.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, from the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2
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* Possibly the oldest example: the Reggiane Re.2000 fighter, which first flew in 1939.
* The [[wikipedia:Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]].
* The Eurofighter Typhoon was known as the EF 2000 for a while.
** It started out as "Jäger 90" (Hunter 90, fighter [aircraft] 90) in Germany.
* The ''Annals of Improbable Research'' kept a collection of these under the heading "Project AIRHead 2000".
* For some horrible reason, number plates in the Australian state of New South Wales had "Towards 2000" as their state motto for a while.
* [[Windows]] 2000, named after its year of release. Although this was dropped in the desktop versions with XP and Vista, the server versions kept the year theme with Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
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