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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear.

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* Music/{{Excuse17}}: Excuse 17 were named by vocalist and guitarist Becca Albee's habit of arranging ideas and thoughts into chronological order.

* ''Film/{{Thirteen}}''

''Note: There are two groups on this page - first are titles with numbers; then below that, titles with years.''

!!Titles with Numbers

!!Titles with Years

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Creator/NeilGaiman's comic ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' (Also used ExtyYearsFromNow, as it was published in 2002).
* Alan Moore's ''1963'' comic book miniseries, parodying 1960s Marvel series such as the Fantastic Four.
* The ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'' line, where every book has ''2099'' in its title (''Comicbook/ThePunisher2099'', ''Comicbook/GhostRider2099'', etc.)
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/Homecoming2026'': The 2026 in the title is the year of the Whateley Academy homecoming that the story's about.
* ''Fanfic/PsychedelicEpiphanySeries'': The first chapter, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/321475/1/yearly-epiphany/year-0-hearthswarming-ephiphany Year 0: Hearthswarming Ephiphany]]'', about the beginning of the first year, or zeroth year, of [[spoiler:Epiphany's life]].
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and its sequel ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''.
** See Literature for the novels, which also follow this convention.
* The Russian film ''1612''.
* ''Film/SeventeenSeventySix''.
* ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise''.
* The 1985 film ''1914'', about a town ravaged by influenza, and the WWI soldiers who return there.
* Steven Spielberg's ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'', scripted by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.
* ''Film/OneMillionBC'' and to a lesser extent, its remake ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.
* The movie ''[[Film/{{Novecento}} 1900]]''.
* ''1991: The Year Punk Broke''
* The movie ''Film/TwoThousandFortySix'', which refers to both a year and a hotel room.
* The SoBadItsGood film ''Film/TenThousandBC''
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398918/ 2084]]''
* ''Dracula 3000'', a scifi vampire film (no relation to the former entry).
* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne''
* ''Film/BladeRunner2049''
* ''Film/WonderWoman1984''
* ''Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD''
* ''Film/Frankenstein1970''
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. In-universe, the protagonist ''thinks'' this is probably the current year, but due to the totalitarian state he lives and the nature in which it controls all information, he can't be sure. Out-of-universe, George Orwell planned to name it ''1948'' (the book was released a year after he finished it, in 1949), but he just flipped the last two digits to indicate a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture timeframe.
* Creator/EricFlint's ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' books.
* Creator/RobertoBolano's ''Literature/TwentySixSixtySix'' 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''.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episodes "1969", "2010" and "2001". The latter two are named as a Shout-Out to Clarke's novels mentioned above.
* The ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' episode "1961".
* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'' was retitled to "Space 2063" (after the year it kicks off) in several European countries.
* ''Series/MatchGame '73'', renamed annually until its 4/20/79 cancellation on CBS.
* Subverted with ''Series/PasswordPlus'', which went under the working name ''Password '79''.
* The HBO Latin America original series ''Magnífica 70''.
* ''Series/TotalRecall2070''
* The BBC science fiction series ''1990''.
* The BBC sitcom ''Series/TwentyTwelve''.
* The ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' episode "2001: A Comedy Odyssey", [[NonIndicativeName which takes place in 2017]].
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[[folder:Music]]
* "1985" by Bowling for Soup. Paul [=McCartney=] did a song under the "1985" title as well.
* "1979" by Music/TheSmashingPumpkins.
* "1999" by Music/{{Prince}}.
* "'39" by Music/{{Queen}}.
* "Year 3000" by Music/{{Busted}}.
* Tchaikovsky's ''1812 Overture'', about Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia (there were a buttload of wars in that year).
* ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' by Music/{{Rush}}.
* (sort of) "Twenty Zero One" by Jamiroquai.
* The song "In the Year 2525."
* 5:15 by Music/TheWho.
* Music/VanHalen's ''1984'', which is both the album's title and that of the opening synth instrumental.
* "1984" by Music/DavidBowie.
* Music/{{Motorhead}} album (and its title-track) ''1916''.
* "1848" by Galadriel
* "1642 Inprisonment" by Music/KingDiamond.
* "Overture 1383" by Music/YngwieMalmsteen.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''
* ''Theatre/SeventeenEightyNine''
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo''. Later remade as ''1942: Joint Strike''.
* ''Street Fighter 2010''
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[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* ''Partridge Family: 2200 A.D.'', its name on CBS. It was renamed ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily in Outer Space'' when it was syndicated as part of the ''Fred Flintstone and Friends'' package.
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* ''2112'' by Music/{{Rush}}.

Compare RunningTimeInTheTitle. A supertrope of Title1, Trope2000, and AnnualTitle.

* The ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films ''Godzilla 1985'' (a.k.a. ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'') and ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}''.
* ''Film/Dracula2000'', renamed ''Dracula 2001'' when it was released outside the US in... 2001.

Compare RunningTimeInTheTitle. A supertrope of Title1 and Trope2000.

* The huge number of games for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 (which itself is an example) that [[SuperTitle64Advance end in the number 64]]. Famous examples are ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', ''[[VideoGame/DrMario Dr. Mario 64]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} 64'', ''VideoGame/OgreBattle64'', and ''VideoGame/{{Clayfighter}} [[PunBasedTitle 63 1/3]]''.

* ''Theatre/1789LesAmantsDeLaBastille''

!!Examples:

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* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}''

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* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', referring to the pervasive theme of TheSevenDeadlySins.

* ''Film/{{District 9}}''

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[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''[[Series/TwentyMinutes 20 Minutes]]''
* ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''; and for that matter, Franchise/TheDCU series 52 and the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "42", as each of these titles is a ShoutOut to 24 due to using RealTime format. "42" was also a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.

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* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' for the DS, which is also known as ''999''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''
* When ''WesternAnimation/TheRobonicStooges'' broke off from ''The Skatebirds'' for their own half-hour slot on CBS, it was retitled ''The Three Robonic Stooges.''

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* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episodes "1969", "2010" and "2001". The latter two are named as a Shout Out to Clarke's novels mentioned above.

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[[AC:Theater]]
* ''[[Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix 1776]]''

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''[[VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo 1942]]''. Later remade as ''1942: Joint Strike''.
* ''Street Fighter 2010''

* Toto's albums ''[[ChronologicAlbumTitle Toto IV]]'' and ''The Seventh One''.

* ''Film/OneMillionBC''.
** To a lesser extent, its remake ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC''.

* "Year 3000" by Busted/TheJonasBrothers

* An enormous number of episodes on ''Series/TheWestWing'' 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 ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episodes [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E1The37s The 37's]]" and "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E22ElevenFiftyNine 11:59]]".

* ''[[VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo 1942]]''. Recently remade as ''1942: Joint Strike''.

* The ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' episode ".07%".
** This was a reference to the Sherlock Holmes story "The Seven Percent Solution."

* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "11:59" and "The '37s."
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "11001001".
* An enormous number of episodes on ''Series/TheWestWing'' 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 Music/{{Queen}} song "'39".

** To a lesser extent, its remake ''1,000,000 Years BC''.

* ''Film/{{Dracula 2000}}'', renamed ''Dracula 2001'' when it was released outside the US in... 2001.

* The ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' episode "1961."

Compare RunningTimeInTheTitle. Often a supertrope of {{Title 1}} and {{Trope 2000}}.

* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}''

* ''Anime/{{Zambot 3}}''

* ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}''
* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''.

* Creator/NeilGaiman's comic ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}'' (Also used ExtyYearsFromNow, as it was published in 2002).