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* As [[Knight Rider|"KITT"]] is an acronym for '''K'''night '''I'''ndustries '''T'''wo '''T'''housand, the French title was ''K2000''.
** And speaking of which: [[The Movie]] ''[[Knight Rider]] 2000''.
* [[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'s "Binford 6100" line of products.
* The children's version of ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' was called ''Wheel 2000'', despite airing in 1997.
* A short-lived remake of the classic [[Nickelodeon]] game show ''[[Double Dare (1986 TV Show)||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 BustersMythBusters]]'' 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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* ''[[Twilight 2000]]'', although that was early 1980s.
** Justified by the fact that the game was actually set in the year 2000.
* ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' goes twenty times better than the standard, although the current timeline is in or near the 42nd millenium.
 
 
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* 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 CitySimCity]]'' sequel, ''[[Sim CitySimCity]] 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.
* The Poltergust 3000 from ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi's Mansion]]'', as well as [[Punny Name|Professor E. Gadd's]] later Poltergust models.
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