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** A more abstract example is seen in the episode "The Shakespeare Code"; the Carrionites use words as magic, like witches, and the Doctor explains this as completely non-magical by comparing it to mathematics on earth; "With the right string of numbers you can split the atom!" Except, of course, that saying the number out loud will not cause an atom to spontaneously divide in two.
* While not stated on ''[[Lost]]'' itself,the [[Alternate Reality Game]] ''[[The Lost Experience]]'' states that the [[Arc Number|numbers]] (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) are {{spoiler|parameters in the Valenzetti equation used to derive the time remaining before humanity's extinction}}.
* Numbor, a [[Monster of the Week]] from ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]''; this guy looked like a jester with a calculator for a torso, and boasted he could alter weights and measure (as in, he could add and subtract a victim's weight). Oh, and he had bombs shaped like numerals and made a lot of number-based puns. [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain| A silly monster]] in the franchise's silliest series, it's probably a good idea he didn't make a return appearance.
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