History Main / AdvancedTech2000

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': InUniverse example with the Nimbus 2000. Apparently previous models were numbered 1000, 1001, 1500 and 1700, so it is a mere coincidence. The next model is the 2001, possibly to make [[TheRival Draco Malfoy]] getting one first all the more annoying. Harry loses it in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' when it is destroyed by the Whomping Willow after Harry faints in the presence of Dementors, after which Sirius Black gifts him a Firebolt. Somewhat amusingly, the film version of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Philosopher's Stone]]'' was released in 200''1'', and yet, it still faithfully introduces the Nimbus 2000 as Harry's original broomstick.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': InUniverse example with the Nimbus 2000. Apparently previous models were numbered 1000, 1001, 1500 and 1700, so it is a mere coincidence. The next model is the 2001, possibly to make [[TheRival Draco Malfoy]] getting one first all the more annoying. Harry loses it in ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' when it is destroyed by the Whomping Willow after Harry faints in the presence of Dementors, after which Sirius Black gifts him a Firebolt.

* Toys/{{LEGO}} has used this trope on occasion: +2 for ''[[Toys/LEGOSpace Ice Planet 2002]]'', +10 for ''[[Toys/LEGODinoAttack Dino 2010]]'' and +25 for ''[[Toys/LEGOTimeCruisers Time Cruiser <model> 2025]]''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon|1}}'' uses a variation on this naming convention for its E-Liter 3K, a powerful charger-type weapon. The [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 second game]] onward would replace it with the [[SerialEscalation E-Liter 4K]].

* [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Jane Crocker's]] Junior Battermaster's Bowlbuster Stirring Solution 5000, which [[ForkFencing happens to be]] her WeaponOfChoice.

* The sequel to the first ''Film/BluesBrothers'' movie was ''Blues Brothers 2000''. Released in 1998.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' uses a variation on this naming convention for its E-Liter 3K, a powerful charger-type weapon. The second game onward would replace it with the [[SerialEscalation E-Liter 4K]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' uses a variation on this naming convention for its E-Liter 3K, a powerful charger-type weapon. The newer model that appears in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' is called the [[SerialEscalation E-Liter 4K]].

* ''Dracula 3000'', a scifi vampire film (no relation to the former entry).

** One of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's inventions of the week was a device to melt all chocolate in the Tri-State Area that he dubs the Melt-inator 6-5000. In another episode, he invents a WeatherControlMachine called the Gloominator 3000[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment -inator]].

** One of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's inventions of the week was a WeatherControlMachine called the Gloominator 3000[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment -inator]].

* ''Magazine/Mondo2000'': TheNineties gave us this CyberPunk {{UsefulNotes/subculture}} magazine. According to the editors, the name was deliberately chosen to give the magazine an "expiration date", embracing the fact that this morning's "CuttingEdge" is tomorrow's {{Zeerust}}.

* The titular object from ''Fanfic/ThePezDispenserAndTheReignOfTerror'' is initially named the PEZ 6000. After it gets stolen by the villain and upgraded to deadly force, it's renamed the PEZ ''[[UpToEleven 6,000,000]]''.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_%28software%29 Music 2000]], the sequel of Music, a composing, sequencing, and video making facility on the Playstation. They took it UpToEleven with Music 3000, which was a significantly worse bit of Software.

* Lauri Vuohensilta of the Hydraulic Press Channel [[RunningGag tends to]] name his new tools of destruction this way, though usually with the number 5,000,000. His names for said tools tend to be ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin due to Lauri's imperfect English, for example [[FunetikAksent de Fraying Pan Mekker Faif Milyonn, de Slaisser Faif Milyonn]], and [[RuleOfThree de Vörm Mekker Faif Milyonn.]] (he's made many more than these)

* Somewhat played straight: UsefulNotes/{{Xbox360}}. They couldn't just call it the Xbox 2 because that would put them a step behind Sony; no, they had to have 180 2s to beat Sony's 3. Of course, their other option was Xenon, so maybe it was for the best. [[StealthPun It's because it's a revolution]]. Mind you, the Revolution was named the Wii. And as any number of Internet wags will tell you, turning 360 degrees leaves you right back where you started.

* There are several firearms with a 2000 in their name, some of the more famous being:
** The PP-2000 sub-machine gun
** The FN F2000 assault rifle
** The Walther WA 2000 sniper rifle
** The CZ 2000 weapon system

* A 1969 RCA television set called the Two Thousand [[https://gizmodo.com/5038235/rcas-1969-two-thousand-tv-was-computerized-vision-of-future-for-2000]]. Made in a limited run of 2,000, with a price of $2000, it had computer memory and such actual 21st-Century features as storing your favorite channels. It wasn't flat-screen, though, but it looked pretty sleek.

* Poland 2050 is a political movement founded by Szymon Hołownia after his presidential campaign for the 2020 Polish presidential election.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland_2050]]

-->-- '''Buford''', ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb: Summer Belongs to You!''

** Dr. Doofenshmirtz's invention of the week was a WeatherControlMachine called the Gloominator 3000[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment -inator]].
** "Summer Belongs to You" has the Sun-Beater 3000, which inspires a bit of LampshadeHanging from Buford.

* ''Videogame/IttleDew'' and ''VideoGame/SlapCity'' have a [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower very strong]] [[FishPerson platypus man]] named Ultra Fishbunjin 3000.

* ''ComicBook/{{Camelot 3000}}''.

* ''Comicbook/{{Marvel 2099}}''

** The Pip-Boy 2000, manufactured by [=RobCo=] Industries/Vault-Tec, is a handheld computer device used by the player character in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutTacticsBrotherhoodOfSteel''.

* The hospital in ''VideoGame/{{Postal}} 2'' includes the "Vend-A-Cure 9000", an immobile robot that talks, accepts urine samples, and drops [[MagicAntidote anti-gonorrhea pills]].

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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': InUniverse example with the Nimbus 2000. Apparently previous models were numbered 1000, 1001, 1500 and 1700, so it is a mere coincidence. The next model is the 2001, possibly to make [[TheRival Malfoy]] getting one first all the more annoying.

* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}} Series 2000'' -- which, ironically, ended publication near-immediately after the year 2000 finally rolled around. (Due to a felling out between author RLStine and publisher Scholastic)

* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}} Series 2000'' -- which, ironically, ended publication near-immediately after the year 2000 finally rolled around.