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{{Cleanup|This page has two separate sets of examples, the second of which is set off by what is essentially a five-word description of a particular use of the trope. The examples need to be merged together and those five words turned into a full sentence in the main article.}}
Looking for a good name for your work of fiction? Look no further, just find a number tangentially related to the premise and use that as the title. Supposedly, this makes it sound "mysterious," especially if the number is also used as an [[Arc Number]].
Compare [[Running Time in
''Note: There are two groups on this page - first are titles with numbers; then below that, titles with years.''
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Eureka Seven]]''. Eureka is the name of the female lead. "Seven" is never talked about.
* ''[[Macross II]]''
* ''[[Macross 7]]''
* ''[[Samurai
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The eighteenth and final issue of the first volume of ''[[Runaways]]'' is unimaginatively titled "Eighteen".
* DC comics series ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
* The Russian film ''12''.
* ''[[
* Corner cases: The films ''[[Pi]]'' and ''
** ''Thr3e'', based off the book by ''[[Ted Dekker]]''.
* ''8 1/2'', so called by director [[Federico Fellini]] because he had previously directed six features, two shorts, and one film with a co-
** This was loosely adapted into a musical called ''[[Nine (
** Just to add further confusion, the 3D animated (and unrelated) movie ''
** It's worth noting that ''[[District 9]]'' came out that year as well, and was playing in cinemas alongside ''
* ''The Number 23''.
* ''3'',
* ''61*'' attached to Roger Maris; nothing to do with his own number (for most of his career, 9), but it's the number most associated with him (for his breaking of Babe Ruth's 60-homers-a-season record, the asterisk being added because seasons were shorter in Ruth's day).
** Also for the perception that the wrong guy broke the record, as most were rooting for Maris' more popular teammate, Mickey Mantle. Note that no ''other'' records held asterisks, and that Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds avoided the asterisk by also breaking Ruth's record in runs per game.
* An upcoming film called ''3993''.
* The movie ''[[
* The 1979 movie ''Seven'' about a [[Magnificent Seven]] group of hitmen hired to kill a group of seven gangsters planning to take over Hawaii.
* ''[[
* The movie ''187'', which is named after the Los Angeles penal code for homicide.
* ''Nine ½ Weeks'' was followed by direct-to-video sequels ''Another Nine ½ Weeks'' and ''The First Nine ½ Weeks''.
* ''Thirteen Women'', which lately been claimed to be one of the earliest [[Slasher Movie|Proto-Slashers]].
* Walter Hill action film ''[[
* Horror film ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Two Thousand Maniacs!]]''
* ''10'', with Bo Derek.
* ''[[Thirteen (
* The shot-on-video slasher film ''555''.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* The ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' episode ".07%".
** This was a reference to the Sherlock Holmes story "The Seven Percent Solution."
* ''The 4400'' science fiction series.
* The ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "11:59" and "The '37s."
** Also the ''[[Star Trek:
* An enormous number of episodes on ''[[The West Wing]]'' include numbers, including such titles as Six Meetings Before Lunch, 17 People, and Ninety Miles Away. There are also some named for bills or code names used in the episodes, such as H. Con-172 and 7A WF 83429. The best example of this trope, however, would probably be the fourth season episode Twenty Five.
* The
* ''The [[X Files]]'' episode "3".
* An infamous 1950s game show (along with two revivals) ''[[
== [[Music]] ==
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* The [[Queen]] song "'39".
* The [[Yes]] album ''90125'', which incidentally enough was named after its catalogue number.
* [[
* [[Emilie Autumn]]'s "306".
* Ken Laszlo's "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" (as in counting from 1 to 8, serving both as an [[Epic Riff]] and part of the song's chorus)
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** Maybe later it was, but the album was named for police code for an escaped mental patient.
* Toto's albums ''Toto IV'' and ''The Seventh One''.
* [[
* 3's and 7's by [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
* "Strawberry Letter 23", song best-known by The Brothers Johnson
* Almos all of the songs in the CD "Revés" from the album Revés/Yosoy by [[Cafe Tacvba|Café Tacvba]]
* Sugar Ray's third album, "14:59," an ironic response to critics who believed the band's fifteen minutes of fame were almost up. (Given the response to their fourth and fifth albums, this title would later prove [[Hilarious in Hindsight|surprisingly accurate]].)
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The puzzle game ''[[Three in Three|3 in Three]]''.
* ''[[Ninety
* ''Forty Winks''
* The huge number of games for the [[Nintendo 64]] (which itself is an example) that [[Super Title 64 Advance|end in the number 64]]. Famous examples are ''[[
* ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
* ''[[XIII]]''
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
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=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Neil Gaiman]]'s comic ''[[Marvel 1602]]'' (Also used [[Exty Years From Now]], as it was published in 2002).
* Alan Moore's ''1963'' comic book miniseries, parodying 1960s Marvel series such as the Fantastic Four.
* ''[[Marvel 2099]]''
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' and its unimaginatively named sequel: ''2010: Odyssey Two''.
** See Literature for the novels, which also follow this convention.
* The Russian film ''1612''.
* ''[[
* ''1492''.
* The 1985 film ''1914'', about a town ravaged by influenza, and the WWI soldiers who return there.
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* ''1991: The Year Punk Broke''
* The movie ''2046'', which refers to both a year and a hotel room.
* The [[So Bad It's Good]] film ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398918/ 2084]''
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four
* Eric Flint's ''[[1632]]'' books.
* [[Roberto Bolano]]'s ''2666'' could possibly be a year, although it is not mentioned in the novel itself. It ''is'' mentioned in one of his other novels, however.
* ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' and its unimaginatively named sequels: ''2010: Odyssey Two'', ''2061: Odyssey Three'' and ''3001: The Final Odyssey''.
=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* The ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episodes "1969", "2010" and "2001". The latter two are named as a Shout Out to Clarke's novels mentioned above.
* The ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' episode "1961."
* ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'' was retitled to "Space 2063" (after the year it kicks off) in several European countries.
=== [[Music]] ===
* "1985" by Bowling for Soup
* "1979" by [[
* "1999" by [[Prince]].
* "'39" by [[Queen]].
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* [[Van Halen]]'s ''1984'', which is both the album's title and that of the opening synth instrumental.
* "1984" by [[David Bowie]].
* [[Motorhead
* "1848" by Galadriel
* "1642 Inprisonment" by King Diamond.
* "Overture 1383" by [[Yngwie Malmsteen]].
=== Theater ===
* ''[[
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[
* ''Street Fighter 2010''
* ''[[20XX]]'', a ''Mega Man''-inspired [[roguelike]].
** And ''20XX TE'', a ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' mod.
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