History Main / EleventyZillion

** Probably set in motion by [[http://xkcd.com/207/ this comic]]. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_function Ackermann Function]] tends to return huge values for even the smallest numbers (Wiki/TheOtherWiki says A(4,3) has 6.031*10^19727 digits). Now imagine Graham's number as the input. "AUGHHH" indeed. Although, this number is still provably less than g65, so it's really not actually a huge improvement...

Of course, there are plenty of ''real'' large numbers ending in -illion, usually formed with boring Latin prefixes - Wiki/TheOtherWiki, as always, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers has a list.]] Most are just non identifiable by the layman.

RidiculousFutureInflation can be a cause of this. Usually a ComedyTrope. Justified when a character really uses another notation, or when he ''has'' to make a number up because what he's describing is even bigger than a googolplex.[[note]]The highest rank in the "official" notation compiled by Wiki/TheOtherWiki.[[/note]] For money, compare ZillionDollarBill and contrast UndisclosedFunds. For units of measurement, compare FantasticMeasurementSystem.

* One selling point of ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' was its "87 bazillion" guns. The actual number of weapon combinations is quite high but doesn't even come close to the "billion" moniker.
** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': ''"87 bazillion guns" just got BAZILLIONDIER.''

* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', the wanted poster of Mr. Potato Head shows the "$50 bzillion" [sic] reward. Of course, the drawing was done by a six-year-old boy.

* During the preparation to the 2014 Sochi ''UsefulNotes/OlympicGames'', due to the enormous amount of funds spent (a lot of them stolen as befits Russian tradition), "Olympiard" became memetic. The exact amount is still debated, but a common joke was that it equals a thousand spizdillions (spizdili is an obscene Russian word for ''stole'').

* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' has "frooglepoopillion".

* In ''[[VideoGame/EarthBound Mother 2]]'' (the Japanese Version), Porky's dad claims Ness' family owes him an unrealistic value, something equivalent to "hundred million jillion dollars". In the US version, it was changed to a realistic value of hundred thousand dollars or more. Later in the game, Ness and company acquire a diamond said to be worth a similarly unrealistic value, but the translation made it worth an even one million.

[[JustForFun/LousyAlternateTitles This trope is not]] called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number imaginary numbers]], because mathematics already have those as a concept. Those are far more useful, especially when computing the square root of a negative number, and are basically the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics, electronics, telecommunications and signal processing.

** In "The Time Traveler's Pig", Blendin Blandin is a time agent from the year 207̃0[[ExtyYearsFromNow 12]] (pronounced "twenty-snyeventy-twelve").

** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': ''"87 bazillion guns" just got [[UpToEleven BAZILLIONDIER]].''

** In "Escape from Beneath Glove World", SpongeBob and Patrick ride the Catch Me "a million, zillion, jillion, dillion, cotillion times".

** In ''Beezus and Ramona'', when she's five, she weighs herself and comes up with "fifty-eleven pounds"

[[JustForFun/LousyAlternateTitles This trope is not]] called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_number imaginary numbers,]] because mathematics already have those as a concept. Those are far more useful, especially when computing the square root of a negative number, and are basically the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics, electronics, telecommunications and signal processing.

'''A:''' [[LudicrousPrecision Nine trillion multipadillion, six hundred and eighty-six squadrificillion, fifty octodecimadillion, eight hundred and sixty-three centrifipillion, nine hundred and forty overplusillion, six hundred and five duplicatillion, thirty-three impossibadillion, seven hundred and ninety-one compounded ultrafatillion, three hundred and forty super trillion, fifty-nine duper dillion, twenty-nine billion, seven hundred and fifty million, four hundred and six thousand, five hundred and thirty-three drops]].

--> '''Sakyo''': $20 billion on the intruders.
--> '''Tarukune''': Sakyo, quit bustin' my balls. Stop makin' up numbers.
--> '''Giles''': A billion ''is'' a real number, sir.
--> '''Tarukune''': I've just been informed that a billion is a real number.

* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Mister Mxyzptlk says he's been around for millions, or billions, or jillions of years. [[TimeAbyss He admits that he can't remember exactly how old he is]].

* ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'': Continuing the series-wide RunningGag of Dr. Evil [[InflationNegation not understanding inflation]], he holds the world hostage for "1 billion, gagillion, fafillion, shabolubalu million illion yillion...yen". The UN deems it a reasonable price.

** In ''Beezus and Ramona'', when she's five, she weighs herself and comes up with "fifty-eleven pounds."
* In ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'', France's sale notice for the Louisiana territory describes its size as "approx. 34 hillion jillion acres."

* ''Series/TheCosbyShow''

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "The Winning Edge"

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Truth or Square", the Krusty Krab celebrates its "eleventy-seventh" anniversary.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "Truth or Square", the Krusty Krab celebrates its "eleventy-seventh" anniversary.
** In "Have You Seen This Snail?", the "Dirty Bubble Challenge" involves hitting the paddleball 29,998,559,671,349 times in a row.

* The TV Series of ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' extends a line of dialogue from the book and puts in a new number:

** It is so ridiculously huge that the amount of information required to write it down completely in your head is enough to ''literally collapse your head into a black hole''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTeJ64KD5cg&feature=relmfu This video]] gives an idea of how huge it is.

* In [[Literature/AdrianMole Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction]], Adrian tries to convince his accountant that his substantial debt isn't a big deal by pointing out that there are "7 zillion trillion stars" in the sky and writing out the number in full, which he writes as a 7 followed by 21 zeros. This would give a zillion the value of a billion if Adrian is using the short scale, or a thousand if he is using the long scale.

* From ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Bilbo proclaims, "Today is my 111st birthday: I am eleventy-one today!"[[note]]It's 'st' instead of 'th' because hobbies say 'eleventy-first'[[/note]] The term is apparently normal for hobbits, who live longer than humans. It's derived from Old English: ''hund endleofantig'').

* From ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Bilbo proclaims, "Today is my 111th birthday: I am eleventy-one today!" The term is apparently normal for hobbits, who live longer than humans. It's derived from Old English: ''hund endleofantig'').

* ''Series/SiliconValley'': Elrich Bachman, trying to prove he understands binary: "Jesus Christ, I memorized the hexadecimal times tables when I was fourteen writing machine code. Okay? Ask me what nine times F is. It’s fleventy-five."

** VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}: ''"87 bazillion guns" just got [[UpToEleven BAZILLIONDIER]].''

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* A quadrillion (10^15) is probably the lowest quantity that the layman would not be able to recognize. It's at least the lowest division ending in "illion" that has no Wikipedia article.

* In ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2'', the goal of the second level is to make it into the high roller;s lounge, which is apparently exclusive to gazillionares, then [[MovingTheGoalposts double-gazillionares and finally triple-gazillionares]]. Thankfully, this is a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, so it's doable with some problem-solving.