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* ''[[300]]''.
* The Russian film ''12''.
* ''[[1408|Fourteen Oh Eight]]''.
* Corner cases: The films ''[[Pi]]'' and ''[[Se7en]]''.
** ''Thr3e'', based off the book by ''[[Ted Dekker]]''.
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** 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.
* An upcoming film called ''3993''.
* The movie ''[[21 (2008 film)|21]]'', which is about blackjack.
* The 1979 movie ''Seven'' about a [[Magnificent Seven]] group of hitmen hired to kill a group of seven gangsters planning to take over Hawaii.
* ''[[8mm]]'', and it's direct to video sequel is indeed called ''8mm 2''.
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** Also the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' episode "11001001."
* 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 recent ''[[Lost]]'' episode "316."
* ''The [[X Files]]'' episode "3".
* An infamous 1950s game show (along with two revivals) ''[[Twenty21 One(game show)|21]]''.
 
== [[Music]] ==
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=== Even better, use a year ===
 
=== [[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.
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* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398918/ 2084]''
 
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]''.
* 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 [[The Smashing Pumpkins]].
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* "Overture 1383" by [[Yngwie Malmsteen]].
 
=== Theater ===
* ''[[1776]]''
 
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[1942]]''. Recently remade as ''1942: Joint Strike''.
* ''Street Fighter 2010''