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[[File:TakeANumber_4125.jpg|link=Wakfu (Animation)|frame|[[Number of the Beast|This... cannot end well]].]] |
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A common variation or part of this gag is there being a bureaucratic number-system at all at that place (for example, [[Celestial Bureaucracy|in heaven]]). |
A common variation or part of this gag is there being a bureaucratic number-system at all at that place (for example, [[Celestial Bureaucracy|in heaven]]). |
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== Comic Books == |
== Comic Books == |
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* An issue of ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'' has Kitty Pryde getting 10^23 from the dispenser -- which is probably a reference to [ |
* An issue of ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'' has Kitty Pryde getting 10^23 from the dispenser -- which is probably a reference to [[wikipedia:Avogadro constant|Avogadro's Number]]. |
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== Web Comics == |
== Web Comics == |
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* The Heterodyne Castle in ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'' has a (pink) ''psychological'' torture room that include a number system... but the machine for the victims is out of numbers. Othar doesn't take it well. |
* The Heterodyne Castle in ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'' has a (pink) ''psychological'' torture room that include a number system... but the machine for the victims is out of numbers. Othar doesn't take it well. |
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{{quote| [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110307 "THE TORTURER IS NOW SERVING VICTIM NUMBER 03"]}} |
{{quote| [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20110307 "THE TORTURER IS NOW SERVING VICTIM NUMBER 03"]}} |
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* In her webcomic, [[Flare]] [http://www.heroicpub.com/flareonline/?id=34 imagines burglars doing this] after she reads that a house is robbed every 15 seconds. |
* In her webcomic, [[Flare]] [http://www.heroicpub.com/flareonline/?id=34 imagines burglars doing this] after she reads that a house is robbed every 15 seconds. |
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