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* [[Home Improvement (TV series)|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 TV Show)
* In January 1999, ''[[The Big Spin]]'' was briefly renamed ''Big Spin 2000''.
* In a ''[[MythBusters]]'' 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.
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== Professional Wrestling ==
* When [[Professional Wrestling]] tag team The Legion of Doom made their [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] comeback in 1998, they were renamed "Legion Of Doom 2000". In reality, the only things that had been updated for the new millennium was their shoulder pads, which now had new and improved [[Spikes of Villainy]], and their manager, having swapped Paul Ellering for [[Ms. Fanservice|Sunny]].
* ''[[Wrestlemania]] 2000'' actually did take place in 2000, but it was a significant departure from the usual naming scheme; if it had been named like previous and future events, it would have been ''[[Wrestlemania]] XVI''.
* The short-lived unsuccessful WWE tag team Tekno Team 2000. They had a futuristic gimmick and were billed as being ahead of their time, but only lasted little more than a year.
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'' brings us the [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=108 DiveMaster 4000].
* ''[[Checkerboard Nightmare]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120719040913/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?!''
'''Vaporware:''' Yup.
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* The [[wikipedia:Thameslink Programme|Thameslink Programme]] was originally called "Thameslink 2000". The name change might have something to do with the numerous schedule slips—at the time of writing, it's expected to be complete by 2018.
* In the Philippines, the hardtop version of the 1980 [[wikipedia:Toyota Corona|Toyota Corona]] was marketed as the "Corona 2000" due to its 2000cc engine. That and its body style earned it the nickname [[Cool Car|"Macho Car"]].
* In 1999, the Hostess company released ''Twinkies 2000'' to the store shelves. They weren't alone; [https://web.archive.org/web/20050902140204/http://www.uexpress.com/printable/print.html?uc_full_date=19991212&uc_comic=su several processed foodstuffs] had special millennium-branded releases that year.
* The Northern German holiday resort Ostseebad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damp,_Germany Damp], built in the early [[The Seventies|70s]], used to be named Damp 2000 originally.
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