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'''Note: When adding an example that's heavily abbreviated or requires netspeak to understand, translate. The message may not be obvious to other readers.'''
Not to be confused with [[Vanity Plate]], which is the "signature" of a production company that runs at the end of a TV episode.
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* An ad for the GSN show ''[[Inquizition]]'' featured the Inquizitor riding a motorcycle with the plate I QUIZ U.
== Anime and Manga ==
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▲* Don't forget [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Akio Ohtori]] and his [[Cool Car]] — not only does the plate say OHTORI, but it actually bears his/his school's seal. In the movie, the {{spoiler|cars that people become}} all have their names on the plate, leading to a bit of {{spoiler|[[Fridge Horror]] — it's quite possible that the Akio Car is his ever-tired and much cheated-on fiancée, Kanae Ohtori, transformed}}.
* A subtle example exists in the ''[[Kodocha]]'' anime, in which the license plate for Rei Sagami's car is a numerical reference to series creator Miho Obana.
* Section 9's Nissan minibus/concept car in ''[[Ghost in the Shell]] [[Solid State Society]]'' had the license plate NH-3923 (San-kyu-ni-san).
* A car that appears in episode 2 of ''[[Daphne in the Brilliant Blue]]'' has the license plate [[Star Trek|"NCC1701"]].
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* [[Werner]] once encountered a biker with a motorcycle that was beyond lame, supposedly 100% original, and the exact opposite of a thoroughly customized chopper (almost vertical fork, huge taillight, fat seat, massive exhaust muffler with a tiny outlet, etc.). His German license plate read, "TÜ-V 0815". On a side note, leading zeros are not possible on German license plates, but "TÜ-V 815" could actually exist in Tübingen.
** To elaborate: TÜV is one German organization which hands out road safety certificates for vehicles. 08/15 is German slang for 'run of the mill'.
== Fan Works ==
* Although it wasn't actually ''featured'' on a car, one [[MSTing]] gave us "3M 3T18"; reverse it and consider Crow T. Robot's [[Catch Phrase]]...
* The license plate on Kamina's [[Cool Car|Gurrenrod]] in the ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' fancomic ''[[Double K]]'' reads "KICK RSN". (For those who don't get it: {{spoiler|"kick reason" -- as in "kick reason to the curb and do the impossible", one translation of Kamina's [[Fountain of Memes|several catchphrases]].}})
== Film ==
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'s Aston Martin DB 5 in ''[[Goldfinger]]'' has switchable plates, with ''JB 007'' on its Swiss plate.
* The ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' have ECTO 1 on the Ectomobile.
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* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'': "XQU53M3."
* In the German comedy film ''Bang Boom Bang'', the protagonist has a car with a license plate that reads "DOPE". Of course, he is a frequent marijuana smoker.
== Literature ==
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' has the license plate GEN 11. The book has the children mention how oddly similar this is to "genii," or genie as we'd spell it now. Of course, Chitty ''is'' a magical car, but they didn't know that at the time.
** This has manifested as [[Truth in Television]], as the British government has, by special dispensation, granted the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111230001122/http://chittygen11.com/index2.html one surviving roadworthy Chitty from the film] that very license number in perpetuity.
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== Newspaper Comics ==
* Steve Dallas in ''[[Bloom County]]'' at one point drives a gold jeep with a license plate that spells out HORNY.
** Opus gave us NTITLED (on a cool sports car) and HUM-HER (on a Hummer).
== Theater ==
* The junked car in ''[[Cats]]'' reads [[T. S. Eliot|TSE]] 1.
== Toys ==
* [[Transformers]] often have [[Rule of Funny|humourous]] or [[Meaningful Name|meaningful]] license plates. For example, the ''Universe'' toyline's version of [[Transformers Armada|Hotshot]] has the license plate ''[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/JaAm JaAm]''.
** ''Universe'' Sunstreaker's plate reads "WE R 84" while Sideswipe in the same line reads "SWIPE".
== Video Games ==
* The ''[[Need for Speed]]'' series has different plates for each game, including the likes of UNDRGRND. Allegedly, these were originally planned to be customisable for online play, but the consequences of that would have been [[Cluster F-Bomb|fairly predictable]].
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] with a hint of [[Continuity Nod]] in ''Pro Street''. One of the menu commentary pieces is a call for the owner of a blue Subaru WRX with the plate "NFSCARBN" to move it.
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* In ''[[The Godfather (video game)|The Godfather]] 2'', the cars waiting for your use at your safe houses or compounds usually have "GDF-250" or some variant thereof.
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* [http://xkcd.com/81/ This] ''[[Xkcd]]'' strip.
* In ''[[Chopping Block]]'', Butch has "[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20010827.html TRMN8R]", fitting for a serial killer.
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== Web Series ==
* [http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=1685 This short]{{Dead link}} by [[Rooster Teeth]] shows a downside to vanity plates.
* [[Homestar Runner|Trogdor]] license plates.
== Western Animation ==
* The end of one episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' showed Penguin making license plates in prison, after his attempt to extort the identity of Batman from the Batmobile's mechanic/co-creator. Penguin lost it when he saw one of the plates read 1 BAT 4 U.
* The Comic Book Guy from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has the registration number [[Star Trek|NCC 1701]].
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== Real Life ==
* Tim Conway has/had the plate 13WEEKS, referring to the typical number of episodes of one of his failed sitcom attempts.
* While filming the show, William Conrad had CANNON.
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