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{{quote|''"It's a name, followed by a big number!"''|'''Buford''', ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]: Summer Belongs to You!''}}
 
Want something to appear cool, edgy and cutting-edge? Why, just put "2000" on the end of it, or some other [[Random Power Ranking|arbitrary multiple of one thousand]].
 
A trope that rose to prominence in the lead-up to the new millennium. Since that was a decade and a half ago, suffice to say that this is a [[Dead Horse Trope]]. But don't be surprised if in a thousand years, we start seeing '''Trope: 3000.'''<ref>For something like, say, ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theatre 3000]]''.</ref>
 
For a similar device, see [[Title: the Adaptation|Title: The Adaptation]]. Compare [[Super Title 64 Advance]]. May be coupled with [[Thing-O-Matic]]. For another area with arbitrary multiples of 1000, see [[Pinball Scoring]].
 
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The original name of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga)|Tokyo Mew Mew]]'''s cute mascot was "R2000".
* ''[[Pokémon: 2000The (Anime)Movie 2000|Pokémon 2000]]''. In it's defense, it was released (in the US) in the year 2000.
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* British sci-fi comic ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|2000 AD]]'' (est 1977, but still going strong).
* There was a "future [[Archie]]" set of comics, usually one-shots within the digests, called ''Archie 3000''.
* ''[[Camelot 3000]]''.
* The ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|Simpsons]]'' comics featured the Destructo-Kat 3000 and the Baked Bean-O-Matic 3000 Electro-Flatulator.
* ''Alien Pig Farm 3000''
 
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* ''Holocaust 2000''; Later released on DVD as ''Rain of Fire'', a different but equally [[Non-Indicative Name]].
** At least "Rain of Fire" doesn't sound like they were rounding up Jews and Gypsies into turn-of-the-millennium concentration camps.
* ''[[Cherry 2000 (Film)|Cherry 2000]]''
* ''Heavy Metal 2000''
 
 
== Literature ==
* From ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|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 (Literature)|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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* 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)|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|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 (TV)|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.
* During the first season of ''[[Survivor]]'', Dr Sean made a useless handcrafted fishing pole which he dubbed the "Superpole 2000".
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* In a possible subversion or [[Shout-Out]], the sci-fi concept rap album ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo 3030]'' by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien (Deltron in the album).
* Hum's first album was ''Elektra 2000''
* The [[Kraftwerk (Music)|Kraftwerk]] single ''Expo 2000'', filled with repeating soundbytes of different voices saying "the twenty-first century" throughout.
* The Eurodance group Daze had a single ''Sex 2000'' in their 1999 album They Came to Rule.
* E-mu named the second generation of their Proteus sound module Proteus 2000. It was released in 1999.
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* The Prophet 2000, Sequential Circuits' first sampler (with 2000 definitely meaning nothing but hypermodern), was released as early as 1985.
* Japanese synth manufacturers seemed to love four-digit numbers for their virtual-analog synths in the late 90s: Roland JP-8000 (Jupiter-8 [[X Meets Y|meets]] Trope2000) and Korg [[MS 2000]] (MS-20 [[X Meets Y|meets]] Trope2000).
* The album ''Sessions 2000'' by [[Jean Michel Jarre]]. On the other hand, it was released in 2002, and [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|it contained material recorded during something similar to electronic jam sessions in 2000]].
* [[Alternative Metal]] band [[Powerman 5000]].
* Andre 3000 (aka Andre Benjamin) of [[OutkastOutKast]].
* Most likely deliberately subverted by Flight of the Conchords in their song ''The Humans are Dead'' which starts "The distant future...The year 2000..." and goes on to poke fun at various science fiction concepts. (Unless they really did write it when they were very, very young.)
* Pulp's 'Disco 2000' superficially plays this trope straight by using it in the song's name, but truthfully probably subverts it in being a more nostalgic, wistful song than the glitzy, futuristic title would suggest. It does lyrically look forward to the date: ''"Let's all meet up in the year 2000 / Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown"''. As sung by a 32-year-old in 1995.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Twilight 2000 (Tabletop Game)|Twilight 2000]]'', although that was early 1980s.
** Justified by the fact that the game was actually set in the year 2000.
* ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'' goes twenty times better than the standard, although the current timeline is in or near the 42nd millenium.
 
 
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== Web Original ==
* [[Neopets (Franchise)|Neopets]] used this trope a lot when naming their space themed weapons and PetPets, as well as a good portion of the battledome items.
 
 
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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 (Video Game)|Banjo -Kazooie]]'' has a broom called the Lardmaster 2000.
* The first ''[[Sim City (Video Game)|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.
* The Poltergust 3000 from ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi's Mansion]]'', as well as [[Punny Name|Professor E. Gadd's]] later Poltergust models.
* [[BFG]] 9000 in ''[[Doom (Video Gameseries)|Doom]]'' and BFG ''10000'' in ''[[Quake II (Video Game)|Quake II]]''.
* The Pip-Boy 2000, manufactured by RobCo Industries/Vault-Tec, is a handheld computer device used by the player character in ''[[Fallout (Video Game)|Fallout]] 1'', ''Fallout 2'' and ''Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel''. ''Fallout 3'' has the Pip-Boy 3000, a newer model that attaches to the user's arm.
* ''Chessmaster *000''.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' has the Spytron 2000, with which the Spy makes himself look like other characters, as well as store cigarettes.
** There is also the Cow Mangler 5000, a sci-fi themed rocket launcher for the Soldier.
** Then they introduced the "Pomsom 6000" for the Engineer; a sci-fi themed pistol which has the ability to drain 10% of cloak or uber-charge on hit.
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* Williams' "Pinball 2000" platform, which was their last pinball platform before leaving the pinball business in 1999. It integrated a video screen into pinball. Ironically, after the year 2000, pinball went right back to using the familiar dot matrix displays that they had been using for most of [[The Nineties]].
* Chinese bootleg versions of ''[[Raiden Fighters]] 2'' and ''JET'' appended 2000 to the end of the title. They were actually released in 2000 though.
* ''[[Dune II (Video Game)|Dune II]]'' received a remake/sequel in 1998, titled ''Dune 2000''.
* ''[[Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000 (Video Game)|Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000]]''. [[Capcom vs. SNK 2 Mark of the Millennium (Video Game)|The sequel]] is subtitled ''Mark of the Millennium 2001'' (''Millionare Fighting 2001'' in Japan).
* The Henchman 800 and 1000 in ''[[Rayman (Video Game)|Rayman]] M/Arena''. In an inversion, the 1000 is actually an older model, with the 800 apparently being new and improved in comparison.
 
 
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[A Modest Destiny (Webcomic)|A Modest Destiny]]'' brings us the [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=108 DiveMaster 4000].
* ''[[Checkerboard Nightmare (Webcomic)|Checkerboard Nightmare]]'' [http://www.checkerboardnightmare.com/d/20001229.shtml lampshades it].
{{quote| '''Checkerboard Nightmare:''' I was living in the year 2000 all this time! I knew it was 2000, but... Man, I ''blew'' it! Do you ''realize'' we were living in ''the year 2000?!''<br />
'''Vaporware:''' Yup.<br />
'''Checkerboard Nightmare:''' I could have tacked "2000" onto the end of so many things. What a waste. }}
* [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Jane Crocker's]] Junior Battermaster's Bowlbuster Stirring Solution 5000, which [[Fork Fencing|happens to be]] her [[Weapon of Choice]].
* ''[[Kid Radd (Webcomic)|Kid Radd]]'' has the Gnarlborg 2000.
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' has the Fruit Fucker 2000.
 
 
== Web Animation ==
* In the DVD-exclusive ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Strong Bad Email]]'' "Comic Book Movie", Strong Bad refers to the Hollywood cliche of [[Hell-Bent for Leather|putting comic book superheroes in one color, head-to-toe leather, regardless of whether they wear it in the comic,]] as "LeatherQuest 2000".
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'', for its 2000 season, suffixed the titles of the first four episodes with "2000" as a parody of this trope.
** The second episode is called "Weight Gain 4000", which is the name of a bodybuilding supplement used in the episode.
* ''[[Futurama (Animation)|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 (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'': "Toga! Toga! Toga! 2000!"
** Another episode featured the Ultrahouse 3000.
* The cartoon ''[[Wow Wow Wubbzy (Animation)|Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'' includes a character, Widget, who is always creating inventions with a '3000' slapped at the end.
* ''[[Dilbert (Animationanimation)|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>'''.}}
* ''[[Aaahh Real Monsters (Animation)|Aaahh Real Monsters]]'' sometimes featured machines whose name included a multiple of a thousand. When asked why a machine is named "Thing Y000", the answer is always "Because Thing X999 failed".
* On ''[[PB and &J Otter (Animation)|PB and J Otter]]'', Ootsie and Bootsies' toys were often named in this manner and they would often say that they were "twice as good as (toy with number half that of the newer toy.)"
* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball (Animation)|The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' has a electronics shop called "Ripley 2000".
** 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 (Animation)|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 (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, from the [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000|episode]] of the same name.
 
 
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