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11	[[quoteright:349:[[Film/FantasticFour2015 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fant4tastic.png]]]]
12	[[caption-width-right:349:[[WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann Fant-four-stic?!]]]]
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14	->''"It's abhorrent what you young folks text to one another. Is English truly that difficult?"''
15	-->-- '''Professor Fitz Quadwrangle''', ''VideoGame/QuantumConundrum''
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17	[[SelfDemonstratingArticle It's easy 4 numbers 2 be substi2ted]] 4 letters in chatspeak when words need 2 be typed quickly. However, in the same vein as XtremeKoolLetterz, numbers are [=of10=] used in place of letters 2 be "hip". Most of the time, the number looks nothing like the letter it's meant 2 replace.
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19	An awful lot of sequels will pun off of "2 / Too / To"; a few more will offer "3 / [[ThirdIs3D 3D]]" (not a pun at all, actually), and a very rare few will utilize "4 / For."
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21	This is bound 2 spark countless [=deb8s=] on how it's actually supposed 2 be pronounced.
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23	[[OlderThanTheyThink Teleprinter oper8ors were doing this be4 the cellphone was even invented.]]
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25	A SubTrope of XtremeKoolLetterz. [=Rel8ed=] 2 GoroawaseNumber, {{Phoneword}}, LuckyCharmsTitle, LeetLingo, CalculatorSpelling, PictorialLetterSubstitution.
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27	These kind of words are hell to CamelCase-based wikis like TV Tropes. If you want to lessen the Administrivia/RedLink quantity related to them in this very wiki, when typing them make sure to put between [="[=" and "=]=]".
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32	[[folder:[=An1me=] & Manga]]
33	* The multimedia franchise ''Franchise/D4DJ'' has a unit called [=Merm4id=].
34	* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': The second season is titled ''Rosario + Vampire [=Capu2=]'', a play on the onomatopoeia "kapuchuu~" ("two" in Japanese sounds like "chuu").
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder:C0mic Books]]
38	* ''ComicBook/TheF1rstHero'': The title should pretty much speak for itself.
39	* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' had a villain-of-the-issue called [=D1ab0lik=]. He was a stereotype misanthropic geek.
40	* ''ComicBook/Superboy1949'': In #131, Superboy needs to remove Luthor's fifth dimensional powers (siphoned off of Mr. Mxyzptlk), so he tricks Lex into saying his name backwards by baiting him into cracking a numerical code: "18-15-8-20-21-12 24-5-12", meaning "R-O-H-T-U-L X-E-L".
41	-->'''Superboy:''' ''"You decoded the numbers the computer said would take away your magic! Those were the numbers in the "code message" I gave you! R is the 18th letter of the alphabet, O is the 15th, H the 8th...When you read those digits, you said your name backwards...in numbers!"''
42	* ''ComicBook/{{We3}}'' is a pretty straightforward one.
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45	[[folder:F1lms -- Animation]]
46	* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa''. It's surprising no one had accidentally called it "''Madagascar 2: Escape Africa''".
47	* ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever''
48	* ''Anime/Interstella5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem''.
49	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the 4*Town song, "1 True Love".
50	[[/folder]]
51
52	[[folder:F1lms -- Live-Action]]
53	* Though neither marketed nor actually titled as such, ''Film/{{Taken}} 3'' is sometimes stylized as ''[=Tak3n=]'' on its DVD and Blu-ray cover art.
54	* The horror classic ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood''. Which is a sequel, apparently implied by the number 2 (it's actually part '''6''' in the series).
55	* ''Film/MenaceIISociety'', a 1993 HoodFilm directed by the Hughes brothers.
56	* ''Film/Journey2TheMysteriousIsland'', which can also be read without the colon as ''Journey '''to''' the Mysterious Island''.
57	* And, taking it to a ridiculous level, ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious''. At least [[Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift the third film]] wasn't called ''3 Fast 3 Furious''. Though that didn't stop theatres from marking it as that on their marquees. (Or the inevitable [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/222150 NewgroundsPoop]].)
58	-->'''Creator/JamesRolfe:''' They should have called [the fourth film] 'The Fast and the 4-ious'. Couldn't be any worse than '2 Fast 2 Furious'!
59	* ''Step Up 4Ever'' (this was later renamed ''Step Up: Revolution'' when it was decided to make it less about dancing and more about flash mobs).
60	* ''Film/{{Se7en}}''. Fans enjoy various alternative pronunciations, such as "Se-seven-en", "Seten", and "Se'en".
61	* ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave''. "Born 2 the life. True 2 the code. Bad 2 the bone."
62	* ''Film/LilyaFourEver''
63	* "Thir-thirteen-en-ghosts" (''Film/Thir13enGhosts''). Particularly heinous because the movie is a 2001 remake of the normally-spelled ''Film/ThirteenGhosts''.
64	* Also to be noted is ''Film/LuckyNumberSlevin'', where the L is an upside down 7, though how we're supposed to pronounce that is anyone's guess. Lucky Number Su-sevin, perhaps?
65	* ''2ge+ her'', a comedic film that spoofed the boy band phenomenon. It was the first film ever produced directly for air on MTV.
66	* ''[[Film/FiveGirls 5ive Girls]]'', presumably pronounced ''Five-ive Girls'', a direct-to-video horror movie about five schoolgirls and Ron Perlman.
67	* In ''Film/{{Bandslam}}'', the name of one of the main characters is [=Sa5m=] (the 5 is silent).
68	* ''Film/OQuatrilho'' is a Brazilian film about two married couples who wind up swapping partners. In the opening credits, and in most of the advertising, the title is rendered "O [=QU4TRILHO=]".
69	* ''[[Film/{{Scream 3}} Scr3am]]'', ''[[Film/{{Scream 4}} SCRE4M]]'', and ''[[Film/ScreamVI SCREA/VI]]''.
70	* ''Film/FinalDestination5'' was almost called "5nal Destination", but this was dropped when the producers realized it looked a lot like "Anal Destination".
71	* ''Film/{{S1m0ne}}'', to emphasize how the title character is a virtual construct.
72	* Pictured above: ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]'' reboot's poster is "Fant'''4'''stic".
73	* There's really no reason for the number in ''Film/FourClosed'', but it's present.
74	* The hacker group ''[=FR13NDS=]'' in ''Film/WhoAmI2014''.
75	* A Roman numeral case is ''Film/MenInBlackII'', abbreviated [=MIIB=]. Though this obviously leads itself to redundancy--men in in black? Are they wearing two layers of clothing?
76	* There's also the teenage gangster movie ''Film/MenaceIISociety''.
77	* They spelled out the number, but in ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' the band originally called themselves "The Oneders"; their manager made them change it to "The Wonders" because [=DJs=] were calling them "The Oh-nee-ders."
78	* ''Film/SerialKilling4Dummys''. Also an InheritedIlliteracyTitle.
79	* The Tim Allen vehicle ''Film/Jungle2Jungle''.
80	* ''Film/Coming2America'', the sequel of ''Film/ComingToAmerica''.
81	* In ''Film/AliGIndahouse'', Ali sends a text spelling "batteries" as "[=b82rez=]" and "together" as "[=2g4=]", but the person doesn't understand what he's trying to say and has to call him.
82	* ''Film/{{M3GAN}}'', [[AICronym an abbreviation of a robot name]] pronounced "Megan". ''Webvideo/HonestTrailers'', along with reading the title as "M-three-gan", mocked calling sequel ''[=M3GAN=] 2.0'' "[[NPlusOneSequelTitle M-four-gan]]".
83	* ''The Expendables 4'' is stylized as ''Film/{{Expend4bles}}''.
84	[[/folder]]
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86	[[folder:[=Liter4ture=]]]
87	* Wyg&, ¼maine, @kins and S&erson: all names from Creator/AlfredBester's ''Literature/TheDemolishedMan'' (1953). Telepaths' names almost all use typographic symbols or numbers where they work phonetically (The names here are "Wygand", "Quartermaine", "Atkins", and "Sanderson".)
88	* ''Literature/{{Thr3e}}''.
89	* A children's book has a character named Susan who changes her name to, well, the title says it all: ''My Name is [=Sus5an=] Smith. The 5 is Silent. ''
90	* ''Literature/SnowCrash'' has a minor character named [=Da5id=]. (Roman numerals, you see.)
91	* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/SoulMusic'' had a band named "&U", a parody of the rock band U2.
92	* Not actually in the book, but on the cover of ''Literature/ThirteenReasonsWhy'', the title is often spelled "[=Th1rteen=] R3asons Why".
93	* The picture book ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Wumbers-Amy-Krouse-Rosenthal/dp/1452110220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344891172&sr=8-1&keywords=wumbers Wumbers'']] written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Tom Lichtenfeld. "What do you get when you combine a word and a number? A wumber! Paying tribute to William Steig's CDB!, best-selling book, cre8ors Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld have wri10 and illustr8ed this s2pendous book that is 1derful 4 readers in kindergar10 and up. If we've confused you, just take a look at the book—4tun8ly it has helpful pictures. We are sure you will get it ins10tly!"
94	* ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Multiple-Bles8ings-Surviving-Thriving-Sextuplets/dp/B002PJ4LRC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353688011&sr=1-1&keywords=Multiple+Bles8ings Multiple Bles8ings]]'', Jon and Kate Gosselins' (of ''Series/JonAndKatePlusEight'', later ''Kate Plus Eight'') book about their relationship and their children before they broke up.
95	* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', Cassie's mom is obviously not used to this, as she believes Music/BoyzIIMen is actually pronounced "Boys Eleven Men" (along with [[Music/NineInchNails Nice is Neat]] and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoopy Dog]]) due to one of Marco's convoluted plans to get Cassie to buy their music [[TechnologyMarchesOn so he can make a tape of it]].
96	* The protagonist of the SF ''Literature/FeersumEndjinn'' speaks this way.
97	* ''Literature/{{Numbers}}'':
98	** One set of covers for the series has the title written as "[=Num8ers=]". Another set writes it using a sideways "2" for the "N" and a backwards "3" for the "E".
99	** One cover for book 2, ''The Chaos'', uses a zero for the "O".
100	** One cover for book 3, ''Infinity'', uses "1"s for the "I"s.
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103	[[folder:Live-[=Act10n=] TV]]
104	[[AC:Broadcasters]]
105	* Belgian channel [[UsefulNotes/FlemishTVStations 2BE]] is this as well. Dependable on how you translate its either the common word "To be" or stands for "Two Belgium". The reason why it could be called "Two Belgium" is that it was the second tv channel that ''Medialaan'' ever owned.
106	* American local stations broadcasting on VHF channel 7 sometimes played with [=SE7EN=] for a logo (as an alternative to a 7 in a circle, the usual option). For example, during TheEighties the Boston CBS affiliate at the time, WHDH-7, changed its logo to [=SE7EN=] in a square-letter font that made it clear the 7 was a rotated V, though viewers still enjoyed pretending they were watching channel "se-seven-en". This tended to happen less after the thriller ''[[Film/{{Seven}} Se7en]]'' came out in 1995. (WHDH now uses--wait for it--a 7 in a circle.)
107	* The 2004 merger of BBC Video and another video distribution company produced a new entity called [=2\|Entertain=], presumably playing off their intended mission ("to entertain"). The vertical bar means it also overlaps with LuckyCharmsTitle.
108	* WNBC Channel 4 (the NBC O&O of New York City) had ''News 4 New York'' as its news title in the 80s and early 90s (they are back with it today, having returned to it after 13 years as ''Newschannel 4'' [that title ran from 1995 to March 2008]). Similarly, KNBC Channel 4 (NBC O&O of Los Angeles) had ''News 4 LA'' as its news title from 1982-85.
109	* This has also been on non-O&Os: KPRC Channel 2 (NBC in Houston, TX) had ''News 2 Houston'' as its news title from 1994 to 2004. Also, the morning edition on WBRZ Channel 2 (ABC in Baton Rouge, LA) is known as ''2une In'' (two-une in?), and has been known by that title for many years. Similarly, WQAD Channel 8 (ABC in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa; licensed to Moline) had its news as ''Active 8 News'' (active-8=activate) in the late 80s, long before becoming ''News 8'' as it is today.
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111	[[AC:Series]]
112	* ''Series/FiveDaysToMidnight'', a 2004 sci-fi miniseries which reads weirdly ("sive?" "five-ive?")
113	* The trope is parodied on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' with a fictional fifth movie in the ''Snow Dogs'' series, called ''5now [=Dog5=]''. It's pronounced "Five-now-dog-five" (or "five-dog-now-five" when you get confused).
114	* The Mexican {{Telenovela}} ''Amigos x Siempre''[[note]]The "x" is pronounced "por", referring to how multiplication is done in Spanish (e.g. "Tres x dos son seis", or "Three x two is six".[[/note]]; It can even be translated in a similar way (i.e. "Friends 4 Ever").
115	* ''[=Liber8=]'' in ''Series/{{Continuum}}''. Makes for a great graffiti tag.
116	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 "Orphan 55"]] features a character who introduces herself as "Hyphen with a three". She later clarifies that her name is spelled "[=Hyph3n=]".
117	* Spoofed several times on ''Series/MrShow'', as in Entertainment 4-Every-1 Productions, and the Three Times One Minus One song "Goodbye 2 Every 1 Ever".
118	* ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'' is an example. The show also did this in its opening sequence. The names of the actors would slide across the screen to the right as numbers, resolving then into the letters of the actors' names, except for a couple of them, which would remain briefly before then switching over to the letters.
119	* In the ''Back to Earth'' miniseries for ''Series/RedDwarf'', the license plate on the ''Starbug'' automobile reads [=ST4R=] BUG. In a bonus webisode, Chris Barrie comments "You know what I always say? Wanna tell people you're a pillock? Get a personalised number plate."
120	* ''Series/{{Revenge}}'', which uses the infinity symbol of "∞" turned 45° to substitute the "g" and tie in with Emily Thorne's "double infinity" wrist tattoo.
121	* ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "2Shy". 2Shy is a username.
122	* ''Series/{{Curfew}}'' has an InUniverse example. The vehicles in the race each have a number painted on the side. The number on Team Awesome's van is "05", but they've painted their name over it so that the 5 becomes the "S" in "Awesome".
123	* In the 1990s, a BBC children's series on sport was called "Activ8".
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126	[[folder:[=Mu5ic=]]]
127	* Lyrics and song titles by Music/{{Prince}} almost always write the words "to," "for" and "you" as "2," "4" and "U." The most famous case is the one CoveredUp by Sinead O'Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U".
128	* The album ''Tr3s Lunas'' by Music/MikeOldfield.
129	* The boyband called [[Music/{{Five}} 5ive]].
130	* Music/AvrilLavigne, ''[=Sk8er boi=]''. There are no words.
131	* Inverted: the band 3OH!3, who replace the number "0" with an interjection.
132	* Music/BoyzIIMen combines this with XtremeKoolLetterz
133	* Creator/{{Gooseworx}}: ''[=Pir8s=]'''s title is "Pirates" with an 8 standing in for the "ate". The album cover also spells it as "[=πR8S=]", replacing the "Pi" with the letter pi.
134	* Music/{{Gugudan}} is usually written as 'gu9udan'
135	* ''Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer'': "I am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know whose name was Henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was, he spelt it H-E-N-3-R-Y -- the three was silent, you see."
136	* Music/TheVeronicas: "4ever"
137	* Music/MCHammer: "2 Legit 2 Quit"
138	* Music/NineInchNails, ''Year Zero'' remix album ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D]]''. ''This is the official title''.
139	* Music/VanCanto, ''One to Ten'':
140	-->- '''Once''' we have been told a secret\
141	- '''Too''' risky to know\
142	- '''Three''' years we tried to keep silent\
143	- '''For''' to save our homes
144	* Probably as a nod to Prince's influence, Music/{{Ween}} title songs this way on occasion. "Pumpin' 4 The Man" and "Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)" for instance.
145	* Music/AliceCooper did the OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo variant with his ''Welcome To My Nightmare'' sequel ''Welcome 2 My Nightmare''. Of course, this sort of makes it impossible to say the title out loud in conversation without having to specify which of the two albums you mean.
146	* Sander van Doorn's ''[=ELEVE11=]''.
147	* Music/{{Megadeth}}[='=]s ''Thirteen'' is styled ''[=Th1rt3en=]'' on the cover. It's also [[ChronologicalAlbumTitle their thirteenth studio album]], and has thirteen songs (not counting bonus tracks for [=iTunes=] and Japan).
148	* "Le7els", the single of Swedish house music producer Avicii.
149	* Canadian house music producer Music/{{Deadmau5}}.
150	* 90s Brit dance-pop band 2wo Third3.
151	* ''Euro IV Ever'', E-type's [[ChronologicalAlbumTitle fourth album]].
152	* CountryMusic artist Music/LeeBrice's second album is called ''Hard 2 Love'', which doubles as a ChronologicalAlbumTitle.
153	* "2 the Sky" on Music/RobinThicke's album ''The Evolution of Robin Thicke'', one of the few songs that don't put a "you" in the title as "U".
154	* While the numbers usually aren't considered to be part of the official title, the front cover of Music/{{Journey\|Band}}'s ''Escape'' renders the title as "[=ESC4P3=]".
155	* The artwork to Music/TheWhiteStripes' ''Elephant'' renders the title in all capital letters and replaces the E's with backwards 3's. However, canonically it's still ''Elephant'', not ''[=3L3PHANT=]''.
156	* Mr. 76ix (seventy-six)
157	* [=N3XU5=], a Portuguese psytrance artist.
158	* Finnish metal band Stam1na.
159	* The Music/{{Accept}} song "Stand 4 What U R" from the ill-fated album "Eat the Heat".
160	* "I Ain't The 1" on Music/{{NWA}}'s ''Music/StraightOuttaCompton''.
161	* "Sinds 1 Dag Of 2" ("Since 1 Day Or 2") by Music/DoeMaar.
162	* "5ynchr0ni7e" by Music/MindInABox, a SequelSong to "Synchronize" located earlier in the album tracklist.
163	* In his "Word Crimes" song, Music/WeirdAlYankovic informs us that "You should never (Oh no) / Write words using numbers / Unless you're seven, or your name is Music/{{Prince}}." The "Write words using numbers" is [[https://beatcreativemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Weird-Al-Yankovic-Word-Crimes-YouTube.png in the style]] of Series/{{Numb3rs}}.
164	* Rob Halford's interim techno band Two wrote the "T" as an upside-down "2" on the album cover.
165	* The 90s French boy band [=2Be3=].
166	* "Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)" by [=SHeDAISY=].
167	* Music/ElvisPresley's popular 2002 GreatestHitsAlbum is titled ''[=ELV1S=]: 30 #1 Hits''.
168	* Music/ThreeEleven renders the name of their eleventh album as ''[=Ster3ol1th1c=]'' on the cover, in lieu of their more familiar logo.
169	* "Prayin' 4 A Miracle" from Music/{{Asia}}'s ''Then & Now''.
170	* The 77s' first live album was named ''Eighty Eight''. For its deluxe 2-CD reissue, it was retitled ''[=8ighty 8ight=]''.
171	* 13eaver (pronounced 'beaver'), an obscure Dutch stoner rock band.
172	* Emray's songs "V1rtual paradise" and "Bed H3ad" (the latter of which being the third version of "Bed Head")
173	* Music/{{TOOL}} dabbled with this trope in their song "7empest," combining "Tempest" with the ArcNumber of their album ''Fear Inoculum''.
174	* [=Sad13=], the solo project of Speedy Ortiz vocalist Sadie Dupuis, converting the last two letters of her first name into "13".
175	* The logo for the band Two stylizes the "T" as an upside down 2: As a result they're sometimes also referred to as [=2wo=] - this is how they're listed on Spotify for instance.
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178	[[folder:[=Pr0f3ssi0na1 Wr3st1ing=]]]
179	* The autobiography, ''Wrestling/ArnAnderson 4 Ever''
180	* Wrestling/{{n\|ewWorldorder}}Wo's calling card, "4 Life, 4 Life!"
181	* Wrestling/{{CZW}} has 2 Tuff Toy and The H8 Club. [=OI4K=] is an initialism example(Ohio Is For Killers)
182	* Understanding this trope is just one of many steps one needs to take if they are to have any hope deciphering the handwriting, or typing, of [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]].
183	* Wrestling/EddieKingston's TagTeam with B-Boy, [=Un4given=].
184	* Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1, because it started in 2001. Several properties associated with it carried the World-1 designation in the early 2010s, for some reason.
185	* The short lived {{garbage\|wrestler}} fed Pro Pain Pro Wrestling, or [=3PW=] for short.
186	* 3 Count Wrestling in the United Kingdom, or [=3CW=] as they call it.
187	* Steve Corino's Premier Wrestling Federation was known as World-1 from 2004 to 2012. Also, Wrestling/ArikCannon's promotion [=F1rst Wrestling=]. Also, the tag team champions Victor Andrews and James Anthony, [=F1rst=] Generation.
188	* Squared Circle Wrestling, otherwise known as [=2CW=].
189	* Destination 1 Wrestling, [=D1W=]. Later, while it wasn't running, there was 1 Fall Wrestling, [=1FW=].
190	* 5 Dollar Wrestling, it's still real bad to me, dammit!(a {{parody}} of [=D1W=], that wrestlers associated [[ParodyAssistance with D1W work the shows of]])
191	* Momono Mio's Marvelous PowerStable, Mabutachi 2 Manjimanji, and their rivals [=Level5=]. Also, [=Level5=]'s first gaijin recruit, Sahara [=Se7en=].[[/folder]]
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193	[[folder:[=The8tre=]]]
194	* TheMusical of ''Theatre/TheAddingMachine'' was retitled ''[=ADD1NG MACH1N3=]'' (with a backwards 3).
195	* In the second chorus of "Revolting Children" from ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'', the newly liberated students proclaim to the ousted Trunchbull "It is '''2 L8 4 U'''", as written on the chalkboard.
196	[[/folder]]
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198	[[folder:[=Th3me P4rks=]]]
199	* ''Ride/AltonTowers'' has ''[=Th13teen=]'', a [[DontGoInTheWoods haunted woods]]-themed coaster named after the idea that ThirteenIsUnlucky.
200	[[/folder]]
201
202	[[folder:[=Vi2eo=] Games]]
203	* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' ostensibly has a reason for doing this (there are four survivors), but it would be a blatant lie if we said the marketing team didn't use the 4 in the title for this reason.
204	* Some pins in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' (e.g. Go 2 Hell) use this.
205	** The math-obsessed Minamimoto takes this a bit further than usual. [[GeniusBonus "(It's x 2) die!"]]
206	** The chapter titles are not exempt (e.g. Who 2 trust).
207	* ''[[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} Wip3out]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{Driver}} DRIV3R]]''. Pronounced, presumably, "Whip Three Out" and "Driv Three Are". Or officially, "Wipeout Three" and "Driver Three".
208	* ''[[VideoGame/FlatOut FL4TOUT: Total Insanity]]''.
209	* The fourth ''VideoGame/{{Thief\|2014}}'' game had the working title ''[=THI4F=]''.
210	* ''[[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]''.
211	* ''Dive II Hunt'', a flash game featuring a moogle named Sorbet who also appeared in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''.
212	* ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.3.A.R.]]''
213	* ''VideoGame/Ready2RumbleBoxing''.
214	* ''[[VideoGame/ShadowMan Shadow Man: 2econd Coming]]''
215	* ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' has a zero in place of the O.
216	* The first trailer for ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'' ran on this: [="Am3rica, 3ngland, Franc3, G3rmany"=]
217	* The ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K97u5usT9WY "Shock and Awesome"]] trailer parodied ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'' by labelling the setting "[=St33lport=]".
218	* ''Yume 2kki'', the fan-made sequel to the identically pronounced ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' (the Japanese phoneme that represents the number two is "ni").
219	* In ''VideoGame/GodzillaMonsterOfMonsters'', most of the cheat codes are phrases with the first letter O replaced with a zero.
220	* The various 321 references to the deity EZI in ''VideoGame/EternalSonata''
221	* Being a co-op focused game, ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One'' does this for pretty much the same reason as ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. In addition, one of the potential subtitles the developers came up with was "4Play", which didn't make it through... for obvious reasons.
222	* ''Ultim@te Race Pro''
223	* Creator/BroderbundSoftware's name was actually written with a zero in many of their early games, since old computers' built-in fonts didn't include "Ø" but did have a similar-looking "0" with a slash through it.
224	* In the ''VideoGame/JamesPond'' series, the piscine protagonist is an agent of F.I.5.H.
225	* ''Videogame/EarthwormJim: Menace 2 the Galaxy'', which was actually the fourth (and last) game in the series, and the only one to be officially released for the Game Boy.
226	* Some level passwords in both installments of ''[[VideoGame/TheLostVikings TH3 L05T V1K1Ng5]]'' are written in this way, which makes it harder to guess them if you're an impatient (or just curious) player.
227	* [=Zer0=] from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2''. This extends to all instances of the letter O in his skill trees as well. In some of his head customizations, other letters also get this treatment.
228	* Stage 27 of ''[[VideoGame/ThisIsTheOnlyLevel This Is the Only Level 2]]'' is titled "[=D34TH=] 15 [=2AD=]".
229	* ''VideoGame/Die2Nite''
230	* ''1NSANE''
231	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
232	** "Back 2 Back" in ''VideoGame/SonicRush''.
233	** "Race 2 Win", the main theme of ''VideoGame/SonicRivals 2''.
234	* An example with Roman numerals; ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' has its title stylized as ''RESIDENT E'''VII'''. biohazard'', with the "VII" being highlighted in "EVIL".
235	** The Japanese title, ''Biohazard 7: Resident Evil'', is stylized as ''BIOHA'''7'''.ARD resident evil'', with the "7" highlighted in the same way as the Western title.
236	* While ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' continues from ''7'' by highlighting “VIII” in the first four letters of “VILLAGE” in all regions, the official title is simply “''Resident Evil: Village''” with no spoken number.
237	* In ''VideoGame/TheFeebleFiles'', The name of a puzzle-relevant ship is "[=KICKA55=]".
238	* ''VideoGame/Back4Blood'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
239	* In ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack'', each question's intro animation is written with the first letter of the number replaced with the actual number (e.g. 1ne, 2wo, 3hree, etc.)
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243	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': The Cheat's "4rt B4ndit" persona, who vandalizes paintings.
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246	[[folder:[=We8=]comics]]
247	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Many of the [[OurTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] do this, usually in a way that fits into some sort of NumerologicalMotif. Specifically:
248	** [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia]] replaces her O's with zeroes, representing the fact that she's an EmotionlessGirl.
249	** Sollux replaces S's with 2's due to his [[DualityMotif obsession with dualism and bifurcation]]. It also represents his [[SpeechImpediment lisp]]. [[spoiler:When he attains a sort of tranquility and has his teeth knocked out, he ad0pts the zer0-related m0tif that Aradia used.]]
250	** Sollux's pre-Scratch counterpart, Mituna, suffered a serious head injury in backstory and replaces letters with numbers virtually at random.
251	** Nepeta replaces double E's with 33. This represents the mouths of her [[AnimalMotifs cat]] [[RaisedByWolves lusus]], and also references her Trollian handle, arsenicCatnip, 33 being the atomic number for arsenic.
252	** [[BlindSeer Terezi]] replaces A, E and I with 4, 3, and 1, respectively. They are referred to as '[=TH3 NUM3R4LS TH3 BL1ND PROPH3TS ONC3 US3D=]', since 413 is an ArcNumber in ''Homestuck''. Her pre-Scratch counterpart, Latula, uses the same replacements but in lowercase.
253	** [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Vriska]] uses 8 to replace both B and words or parts of words that sound like "ate" or "eight". This is due to her obsession with [[AnimalMotifs spiders]] and [[NumerologicalMotif the number 8]]. When she gets [[VerbalTicked worked up]], she starts [[{{Angrish}} replacing many of her vowels with 8's regardless of the sound they make]]. Aranea, Vriska's dancestor, uses a similar quirk, but in a much more subdued fashion: most of the time she uses 8 only to replace B, and when she's upset she replaces the sound "ate" with 8, but only where it's phonologically appropriate.
254	** Equius replaces the sounds "loo" and "ool" with "100" and "001", a reference to his namesake Zahhak, known as "he who has 10,000 (one hundred hundred) horses" and a pun on ''cent''aur.
255	** A fancomic, ''Webcomic/ACompleteWasteOfTime'', has a character with an inventive use for this trope. Rick's typing quirk consists of him replacing the first letter of a word with a numeral (from zero to ten) whose initial phoneme(s) most closely resembles the word's. [[color:#ff8000:7o 4or 8xample, 3hese 1ords]] were most likely written by him.
256	* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' has it right in the title, though WordOfGod justifies it on the basis of having a hard time securing a domain name in the "correct" spelling.
257	* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': [=AIs=] sometimes use numbers to substitute for letters, and even whole syllables, in their names; for example, "5er0" (pronounced "Ver-None") instead of Vernon.
258	* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' has four Squirrel Girls, who were subjects of a secret lab experiment. Their names all translate to a mix of letters and numbers, which are also color coded. Scarlet = 5C4R137, Jade = [=J4D3=], Amber = 4M83R, Violet = [=V10L37=].
259	* [[http://www.squirrelworks.com/ Squirrelworks]] does this as well as often invoking [[XtremeKoolLetterz z for plural s and other text speak]] especially in their main comic ''Coz/Effect''.
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263	%%* [[http://www.rinkworks.com/slapdash/nocalc.shtml Words You Can't Write With a Calculator]].
264	* ({{NSFW}}) [[http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/1f-u-c4n-r34d-th15-u-r34lly-n33d-t0-g37-l41d/ 1f u c4n r34d th15 u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d]].
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267	[[folder:[=Wes7ern=] Animation]]
268	* The French cartoon ''WesternAnimation/Foot2Rue''.
269	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' parodied this trope with ''Dennis the Menace 2 Society''.
270	* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' has a recurring villan named [[Film/{{Nosferatu}} Nos4A2]], who is essentially a robot vampire.
271	* ''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive'', about The Jackson Five.
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274	[[folder:[=R3al=] Life]]
275	* [[LeetLingo L3375P34\|<, d00D!]]
276	* 7up briefly made a beverage called dnL (look at it upside-down), which was basically 7up with caffeine. It was also green in a clear white bottle.
277	* Vanity and personalized license plates for vehicles. In most places, symbols aren't allowed, but numbers are, and every Department of Motor Vehicles (at least in the US) has a list of plate combinations that are not allowed because of what they spell. Using a number instead of a letter most likely won't get past them if you're trying to get one of those forbidden combinations.
278	* There was once a flyer at a videogame store for a "4Play" marketing campaign, which let you know about special offers at that store. This was aimed at the 6- to 15-year-old crowd. Given that this happened in a non-anglophone country, they are probably oblivious to the fact that the word doesn't mean what they think it means.
279	* Channel 4 (UK) has/had a late night music show named 4Play.
280	* G4 (USA) has a not-so-late night show named 4Play, which [[NetworkDecay started out]] as a game news/review program.
281	* The production company Creator/FourKidsEntertainment.
282	* Skateboard clothing company 323K13(upsidedown)7 (Ezekiel).
283	* There is a shirt that has D 1 4 M 0 N 4 5 (Diamonds) written on it.
284	* The 2econd Stage Theatre in New York.
285	* [=URLs=] with numbers replacing words are surprisingly popular in China. Probably helps that they're easy to type and remember.
286	* In the Japanese language, there's a LOT of ways[[note]]due to containing native, Chinese, and English pronunciations of numbers[[/note]] [[GoroawaseNumber to replace kanas (and sometimes whole words) with numbers]]. Remember this when looking at Japanese screen-names and such with seemingly random numbers in them.
287	* Often when someone is trying to speak Arabic online without an Arabic language pack, they'll use numbers in the place of letters of the Arabic alphabet. Maybe not a true example though, ''because'' those letters don't exist in the English alphabet and are usually represented in print by special punctuation that the computer may also not be able to make. (for instance, "[=Ma3ak=] 7a2" loosely translates to "you're right").
288	* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tresillo tresillo]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuatrillo cuatrillo]] are modified numerals, used as letters in some post-colonial Mayan languages.
289	* This combined with a variant of XtremeKoolLetterz comes up when trying to represent the International Phonetic Alphabet in ASCII. Of course, there's not much point to it anymore, since most programs you'd pass an IPA input to can now handle Unicode.
290	* It's common to do this with passwords in order to include a letter or special character while keeping it easy-to-remember. It's advised not to do this, though, as most brute-force password-guessing algorithms are aware of the tendency and will go ahead and try swapping (for example) "@"s for "a"s and "1"s for "I"s when attempting to guess your password.
291	* It's quite common to do this with online usernames as on most sites, no two accounts can share the same name. So for instance, if flowerchild where already taken on a certain site, a new user may instead use f10w3rchi1d.
292	* The mission patch for the first test flight (EFT-1) of NASA's Orion spacecraft has a stylized Orion drawing with the word "[=OR1ON=]" embossed over it.
293	* In UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball and other college sports, the Big Ten conference adopted a logo that's ostensibly supposed to read "B10", but the zero is represented by a G, so that ''really'' looks like "big" with a 1 in place of the I. As a result, fans informally call the conference "[=B1G=]".
294	* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_Maradoniana Maradonian Church]], who worships legendary Argentinian [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Association footballer]] Diego Maradona, combined the Spanish word for "god" and his jersey number to spell "D[-10-]S". Some even applied the nickname to Argentina's current 10, Lionel Messi.
295	* During Derek Jeter's farewell season in 2014, items were produced bearing the slogan "[=Re2pect=]"(2 being his uniform number).
296	* Bulgarian gets transliterated by some Internet users ''[[note]]it's seen as being as cringy as 1337-speak, considering that the country prides itself on inventing the Cyrillic alphabet[[/note]]'' with 4 replacing Ч [ch] (the word for "four" is "четири" [chetiri[) and 6 replacing Ш [sh] ("six" is "шест" [shest]). This transliteration, derisively called "shlyokavitsa" ("moonshinish") or "maimunitsa" ("monkeyish") was more ubiquitous while all or most devices didn't support Cyrillic encoding. Letters such as З ("Z") and Ъ (schwa) are also sometimes replaced with 3 and 1, respectively. Other Cyrillic-using languages such as Russian and Macedonian have a similar way of informal transliteration.
297	* Crossing with AlliterativeName, UsefulNotes/WorldRallyChampionship driver Elfyn Evans took the number 33 as his car number as a play on his initials, e.g. [=3lfyn 3vans=].
298	* In the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' fandom, March 10 is referred to as "Mario Day", based on how the date can be phrased as "[=Mar10=]".
299	* The minicomputer manufacturer Prime Computer, Inc. often stylized its name as [=PR1ME=].
300	* Inverted with Greek and Hebrew numbers, as they use the letters of the alphabet to denote numbers, like Alpha/Aleph for 1, Beta/Beth for 2, Gamma/Gimel for 3, and so on.
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