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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E16SixHours 6 Hours]]", where Walker and his companions RaceAgainstTheClock to rescue a billionaire's daughter from her [[BodyguardBetrayal traitorous bodyguard]] before [[MurderDotCom she is murdered on live TV]].

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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E16SixHours 6 Hours]]", where Walker and his companions RaceAgainstTheClock ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title says it all]]) to rescue a billionaire's daughter from her [[BodyguardBetrayal traitorous bodyguard]] before [[MurderDotCom she is murdered on live TV]].
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* ''13'' is a ForeignRemake of ''Film/ThirteenTzameti''. The protagonist is forced to take part in a DeadlyGame of RussianRoulette. The players are only known by a number, [[ThirteenIsUnlucky his being 13]].
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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E16SixHours 6 Hours]]", where Walker and his companions RaceAgainstTheClock to rescue a billionaire's daughter from her [[BodyguardBetrayal traitorous bodyguard]] before [[MurderDotCom she is murdered on live TV]].
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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear. Other subtropes are, NumberedSequels, NPlusOneSequelTitle, and NumberOfObjectsTitle. YouAreNumberSix is a sister trope, for when it's a character rather than a work that's named after a number.

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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear. Other subtropes are, NumberedSequels, NPlusOneSequelTitle, and NumberOfObjectsTitle.NumberOfObjectsTitle, TimeTitle. YouAreNumberSix is a sister trope, for when it's a character rather than a work that's named after a number.
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* ''Film/TwoThirtySeven'', the time of the suicide the movie revolves around.
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* ''Webcomic/LotusCobraIsEvil'': [[https://i.imgur.com/SDreFMM.jpg "Starting again from zero"]], which is used for a ShoutOut to ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''.

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* ''Webcomic/LotusCobraIsEvil'': [[https://i.imgur.com/SDreFMM.jpg "Starting again from zero"]], which is used for a ShoutOut to ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''.''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero''.

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* "Genesis Ch.1 v.32" by the Music/AlanParsonsProject looks like a reference to a [[Literature/HolyBible Bible verse]], but Genesis chapter 1 has only got 31 verses.

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* "Genesis Ch.1 v.32" by the Music/AlanParsonsProject looks like a reference to a [[Literature/HolyBible Bible verse]], but Genesis chapter 1 has only got 31 verses.


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* The 2018 Music/{{Sting}}/Shaggy collaboration ''44/876'' (which opens with a TitleTrack) takes its name from the international calling code for Sting's native UK and the [[UsefulNotes/NorthAmericanNumberingPlan NANP area code]] for Shaggy's native Jamaica.
* Julio Iglesias' 1984 album ''1100 Bel Air Place'', which marked his breakthrough in the English-speaking world, was his then-current Los Angeles address.
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* {{Music/Slipknot}}'s SelfTitledAlbum starts with AlbumIntroTrack "742617000027", named after the album's catalog number.
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* ''VideoGame/Cassette50'', which is named after the 50 games that were included on the tape.
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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear. Other subtropes are, NumberedSequels, NPlusOneSequelTitle, and NumberOfObjectsTitle.

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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear. Other subtropes are, NumberedSequels, NPlusOneSequelTitle, and NumberOfObjectsTitle.
NumberOfObjectsTitle. YouAreNumberSix is a sister trope, for when it's a character rather than a work that's named after a number.
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* ''Film/SixtyFive'', as in how many millions of years in the past the film is set.
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* "19th Nervous Breakdown" by Music/TheRollingStones.

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* "19th Nervous Breakdown" by Music/TheRollingStones.Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}.
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Moving out of Number Of Objects Title because there's no object being counted.

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* ''Fanfic/FiveScoreDividedByFour'': A.k.a "5 * 20 / 4", which equals 25.
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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear. Other subtropes are, NumberedSequels and NumberOfObjectsTitle.

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* ''Film/{{Ten}}''

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* ''Film/{{Ten}}''''Ten1979''
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* Others with game shows with numerical titles: ''Series/OneVersusAHundred'', ''Two For The Money'', ''Series/FiftyGrandSlam'', ''It Takes Two'' and ''One In A Million.''

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* Others with game shows with numerical titles: ''Seven Keys,'' ''Series/OneVersusAHundred'', ''Two For The Money'', ''Series/FiftyGrandSlam'', ''It Takes Two'' and ''One In A Million.''
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* ''Film/{{Thirteen}}'', which refers to the ages of the two lead characters.

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* ''Film/{{Thirteen}}'', ''Film/Thirteen2003'', which refers to the ages of the two lead characters.

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* In the same vein, Music/{{Spliff}}'s hit album ''85555'' was named after its CBS catalog number.



* ''The Catalogue'' by Music/{{Kraftwerk}} was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned to be titled]] ''12345678'', too, both hinting at containing Kraftwerk's eight albums from ''Music/{{Autobahn}}'' on and quoting "Numbers".



* Likewise, Music/Level42 named themselves after [[Franchise/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything]].



* On ''Music/{{Oxygene}}'' by Music/JeanMichelJarre the tracks all have the same title, "oxygène", but are distinguished from one another by number.

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On ''Music/{{Oxygene}}'' by Music/JeanMichelJarre ''Music/{{Oxygene}}'', ''Music/{{Equinoxe}}'', ''Magnetic Fields'' and ''Chronologie'', the tracks all have the same title, "oxygène", but are distinguished title as the album with a "part number" attached to it, for example "Oxygène (Part IV)", later also simply called "Oxygène 4".
** ''Zoolook'' has "Ethnicolor (Part II)" as a follow-up to the opener, "Ethnicolor".
** ''Rendez-vous'' has "First Rendez-vous" through "Fifth Rendez-vous" and "Last Rendez-vous". "Second Rendez-vous" is sub-divided into four numbered parts, "Fifth Rendez-vous" into three; the parts have always been separate tracks on CD.
** "Industrial Revolution" on ''Revolutions'' is sub-divided into an "Overture" and three numbered parts.
** ''Oxygène 7-13'' itself, a variant on the NumberedSequel. Also, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the album title indicates]], the track numbers continue ''Music/{{Oxygene}}'''s numbering. "Oxygène 7" is sub-divided into three parts again.
** ''Sessions 2000'' has dates for titles. The album title itself fits more into AdvancedTech2000 territory, though. It's also an AnnualTitle in the sense that it was recorded in 2000; it was released in 2002, however.
** ''[[NumberedSequel Oxygène 3]]'', not to mention that the track numbering continues
from one another by number."Oxygène 14" to "Oxygène 20".
** Unofficially, "Oxygène 5", "Equinoxe 8" and "Magnetic Fields 1" are sub-divided into two, two and three parts respectively. "Equinoxe 8 Part 1" is more commonly known as "Band In The Rain".



* Music/DeathCabForCutie's "405", named after i-405, a stretch of freeway in Seattle, Washington.

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* Music/DeathCabForCutie's "405", named after i-405, I-405, a stretch of freeway in Seattle, Washington.


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* Music/AphroditesChild's NewSoundAlbum ''666'' combines this trope with TheNumberOfTheBeast.
* "Albedo 0.39" by Music/{{Vangelis}} is actually a physical property of Earth.
* "Genesis Ch.1 v.32" by the Music/AlanParsonsProject looks like a reference to a [[Literature/HolyBible Bible verse]], but Genesis chapter 1 has only got 31 verses.
* "19th Nervous Breakdown" by Music/TheRollingStones.
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** He also wrote a series of "number pieces" which are named after the number of performers and the order in which it was written. For example, the fourth piece for one performer is called One[[superscript:4]].
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* ''Film/NineToFive'', referring to 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., a normal working day in the U.S.
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Correction: R. Kelly wasn't the only writer of "808".


* "808", a song written by Music/RKelly for the girl group Blaque, who made it a top-10 hit in 1999.

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* "808", a 1999 top-10 hit song written by Music/RKelly for the girl group Blaque, who made it Blaque (co-written by a top-10 hit in 1999.group member and Music/RKelly).
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* The Music/ChicagoBand song "25 or 6 to 4".

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* The Music/ChicagoBand Music/{{Chicago|Band}} song "25 or 6 to 4".

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Another song that fits: "808". Also, "One" was originally by Harry Nilsson, though the Three Dog Night version is far better known.


* The Music/{{Yes}} album ''90125'', which incidentally enough was named after its catalogue number.

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* The Music/{{Yes}} album ''90125'', ''Music/NineOhOneTwoFive'', which incidentally enough was named after its catalogue number.



* Music/SugarRay's third album, "14:59," an ironic response to critics who believed the band's FifteenMinutesOfFame were almost up. (Given the response to their fourth and fifth albums, this title would later prove [[HilariousInHindsight surprisingly accurate]].) If read as a 24 hour time, it also says "1 to 3".

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* Music/SugarRay's third album, "14:59," ''14:59'', an ironic response to critics who believed the band's FifteenMinutesOfFame were almost up. (Given the response to their fourth and fifth albums, this title would later prove [[HilariousInHindsight surprisingly accurate]].) If read as a 24 hour time, it also says "1 to 3".



* The Music/{{Chicago}} song "25 or 6 to 4".
* The Music/{{Three Dog Night}} song "One".

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* The Music/{{Chicago}} Music/ChicagoBand song "25 or 6 to 4".
* The Music/{{Three Dog Night}} Music/HarryNilsson song "One"."One", [[ChartDisplacement better known]] for its {{cover|edUp}} by Music/ThreeDogNight.
* "808", a song written by Music/RKelly for the girl group Blaque, who made it a top-10 hit in 1999.
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* ''VideoGame/FE000000'', which is actually 2.008e19728, the number of eternity points for a complexity and complexity points for a finality. You can see it with the Hex notation.
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* WebVideo/TheSpiffingBrit: The video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO7ZRaKnO2A "0 - 1 Million : Cities Skylines Timelapse Part 1"]], where the description defines those numbers as referring to population.
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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear. NumberedSequels is a subtrope as well.

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Titles with years go on SubTrope: TitleByYear. Other subtropes are, NumberedSequels is a subtrope as well.
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Removing Number Of Objects Title examples.


* ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond''



* ''ComicBook/TwentyFists'', referring to the number of fists involved in each gang fight.



* All of the ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'' titles were branded as such: ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099, Doom 2099, X-Men 2099, Ravage 2099''...



* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The chapter, [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-2#post-6355700 "Seizing Heart Number 3"]], about Ami getting said Dungeon Heart.



* ''Fanfic/LuckyNumberThirteen''



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* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians''
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* ''Film/EightMM'', and its direct to video sequel is indeed called ''8mm 2''.



* ''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 [[SlasherMovie Proto-Slashers]].
* Creator/WalterHill action film ''Film/FortyEightHours'' and its sequel ''Film/AnotherFortyEightHours''.



* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen''
* ''Film/TwoThousandManiacs''



* ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'', indivating the length of time Aron Ralston was trapped in a canyon with his hand lodged under a boulder.
* ''Film/FortyGuns''



* ''Film/EightWomen'', in which eight women try to figure out who among them murdered a man. The cast consists entirely of those eight women and the barely seen man.
* ''Film/ThreeHundredSixtyFiveDays'', which refers to the amount of time Massimo intends to [[AbductionIsLove keep]] Laura to give her a chance to fall in love with him.



* ''Literature/NineteenMinutes''



* ''Series/TwentyMinutes''



* 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".

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* An enormous number of episodes on ''Series/TheWestWing'' include numbers, including such titles as "Six Meetings Before Lunch", "17 People", numbers and "Ninety Miles Away". There are also don't fit in subtropes, 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".



* An infamous 1950s game show (along with two revivals) ''Series/TwentyOne''. Also ''Twenty Questions''.
* An ABC game show from the early 60s, ''Series/SevenKeys.''

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* An infamous 1950s game show (along with two revivals) ''Series/TwentyOne''. Also ''Twenty Questions''.\n* An ABC game show from the early 60s, ''Series/SevenKeys.''



* "Strawberry Letter 23", song best-known by The Brothers Johnson



** Two - "2войны" ("Two Wars")



* ''VideoGame/NinetyNineNights''
* ''Forty Winks''



* ''VideoGame/SixteenWaysToKillAVampireAtMcdonalds''



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



* WebVideo/MittenSquad: The video, which uses a ProtagonistTitle, who is YouAreNumberSix, or in this case, "[=Zer0=]": [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLC3e5cN4C0 "Borderlands 2: Part 1 | Zer0 Time For Nonsense"]].



* WebVideo/TheSpiffingBrit: Most of the [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcXPLd_I-oBoQ12jWSWlUlIJ6p41kl8z9 "100 Stat Man"]] videos, as that's the level that said men's stats are at, and it's the core of the videos so it's in the title.
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* WebVideo/MittenSquad: The video, which uses a ProtagonistTitle, who is YouAreNumberSix, or in this case, "Zer0": [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLC3e5cN4C0 "Borderlands 2: Part 1 | Zer0 Time For Nonsense"]].

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* WebVideo/MittenSquad: The video, which uses a ProtagonistTitle, who is YouAreNumberSix, or in this case, "Zer0": "[=Zer0=]": [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLC3e5cN4C0 "Borderlands 2: Part 1 | Zer0 Time For Nonsense"]].

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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The chapter, [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-2#post-6355700 "Seizing Heart Number 3"]], about Ami getting said Dungeon Heart.



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

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* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', ''Film/Se7en'', referring to the pervasive theme of the SevenDeadlySins.
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* ''FanFic/TantabusMarkII''

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