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* ''ComicBook/PinkyAndPepperForever'' has the number 6. The comic flashes back to six months ago after the opening in hell, showing [[HowWeGotHere how Pinky and Pepper ended up in hell]]. Pinky appeared to Pepper in her dream and tempted her to die six weeks after Pinky's own death. Pepper has to endure six years of torture at Pinky's hands before being able to join her as a trainee grim reaper, and they are finally released back into the mortal realm to begin reaping [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] years later, if the subtitle is meant to be taken literally.

* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'': The number 99 appears a lot in the franchise; one example of this being if you keep breaking the rules in Here School, the Principal of the Thing can send you into 99 seconds of detention.

* Campaign two of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has the number 9. There are the nine eye tattoos on Molly's body (as well as the name from his previous life, Nonagon, a nine sided shape), the three eyes on each of the three leviathan beasts depicted in Uk'otoa's temple, the [[GeniusLoci Eyes of Nine]] shown in Vokodo's vision, and of course, the [[NonIndicativeName Mighty]] [[GratuitousGerman Nein]] themselves. What's unique about this example is that, given the improvisational nature of the show, much of this was entirely coincidental -- the Mighty Nein got their name because the cast kept rolling an unusual number of 9's early on, and one of their number has a pronounced German accent.

* Downplayed when the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' take a look at the strange Miis contained on a used UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Arin bought. Most of their names have "677" on them, and Jon thinks it's some sort of code. ({{Subverted|Trope}} in the end: the original owner explained it was the Wii contained on the store floor for people to try out, and thus many people made weird-looking Miis with bizarre names.)

* While powers of 2 are extremely important to computers, one in particular -- 64 -- gets a lot of attention outside of its numeric meaning. A 32-bit addressing space is limited to only handling 4GB of data in total; 64 bits is the most practical next step and ups that limit to 16 ''exabytes'' [[note]]17 ''million'' terabytes, although most systems only use the lower 48 bits, limiting them to a measly 256 terabytes[[/note]], so it's an important milestone for any given computer architecture to cross. AMD put this into their branding, with the "[=AMD64=]" architecture and "Athlon 64" processors. Even today, modern [=PCs=] are often referred to as "amd64" or "x64" machines to differentiate them from the 32-bit processors of yore. [[note]]The UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 got this number from the same place, but it really had no use for the addressing space and just wanted the marketing value of calling itself "64 bit".[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/{{OMORI}}'': 143 subtly appears as an arc number throughout the game. The internal variable for the WTF Value is set at 143, Something In The Dark will deal 143 damage as its final attack if you don't defeat it in time, [[spoiler:Something In The Wind will inflict 143 damage on its first turn,]] and there's a [[spoiler:secret entrance to Black Space 2 only attainable by waiting 143 seconds in a certain area.]] There are many more examples and [[https://omori.fandom.com/wiki/143 the game's wiki has pretty much al of them catalogued.]]

** Full lists of appearances can be found [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/413 here,]] [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/612 here,]] [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/1025 here]] and [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/11_11_11 here.]]

** Kanaya uses 6. Her sign is the sixth in the zodiac, the sentence 'you are one of the few', which has six words, is repeated six times in her introduction, her lusus has three body segments with two legs each, she was the last and sixth to join the Red Team, and her aspect symbol has six arms. She also has a lot in common with [[http://saturniade.tumblr.com/post/166148526802/a-thing-i-did-for-a-russian-hs-askblog-kanaya the sixth element]], carbon.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' of ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' gets a ton of mileage out of this trope. As of yet, the numbers have no actual significance, but that doesn't stop the fandom from speculating wildly whenever they show up.
** First there's 413, usually as a form of 4-13 (4 minutes and 13 seconds, 4 dollars and 13 cents, etc.), corresponding to April 13, the date the comic began and when most of the comic takes place. It appears everywhere, (either as 413, 4-13 or 4-1-3) from the numbers on timers, to times, dates, the versions of computer programs, the numbers used in Terezi's Typing Quirk, sums of money, and more. Variations like 3-14, 1-43, 1-34 or 4-31 pop up as well. It's probably not a coincidence that Andrew Hussie moved to area code 413. Also, the human kids all have 4 letter first names and 6/7 last. 6+7 makes 13, making more 413. Also, this may be unintentional but Vriska Serket's 8 is 4+1+3. It should also be noted that in playing cards, [[PlayingCardMotifs which are the Midnight Crew's motif]], there are 4 suits of 13 cards each; and The Felt contains 17 (4+13) members - 15 pool balls plus [[spoiler:Scratch and English]]. And to top it all off, the number of important characters grouped in fours is 52 - 4 pre-Scratch kids, 4 post-Scratch kids, 12 trolls, 12 post-Scratch trolls, 4 sprites, 4 post-Scratch sprites, 4 exiles, 4 Midnight Crew members/[[spoiler:troll exiles]], and the last group - [[spoiler:Calliope, Caliborn/Lord English, Doc Scratch, and Andrew Hussie.]]
** The number 612, or 6-12 (or 2-16), also appears, usually in relation to the Trolls. (June 12, 6:12 AM, 612 hours, 6 hours and 12 minutes...) often as a form of 12 divided into two groups of 6.

** Several characters have numbers that are associated with them, usually showing up in their typing quirks: Sollux with 2, Vriska with 8, Nepeta with 33, Karkat [[spoiler: and Kankri/The Sufferer]] with [[VisualPun 69]][[labelnote:*]]And not the pun you're thinking of either, it's the Cancer sign[[/labelnote]], Equius with 100, Eridan with 311, Feferi with 38, Gamzee with [[TheStoner 420]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the number four revolves around the Champions, most likely to invoke FourIsDeath and the past's tragedy regarding them. There are four major non-Hylian races with major quest arcs, four dead Champions, each from the four races and four Divine Beasts once plioted by the Champions. The Champions represent the four weapon types in the game. There are four Blights corrupting the Divine Beasts and four powers to be gained from the Champions' freed spirits. Even the runes and upgrades rely on fours. There are four main rune shrines at the beginning of the game. There are four Great Fairies to upgrade armor and clothing up to four times. The Goddess Hylia statues's price for health or stamina is four spirit orbs.

* The number 614, often accompanied by the letters "Gen", appears frequently early on in ''Film/EvanAlmighty'', which the titular Evan Baxter takes notice of. His General Electric-brand alarm clock starts to go off at 6:14 AM despite being set for 7:00 AM. He recieves a shipment of lumber from Go-4-Wood meant for an address that starts with 614, with the purchase order number 0006-14. His co-worker has a new phone extension of 614, and another staffer's new baby boy weighs in at, as Evan anticipated, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. His new license plates read "GEN 614". This all leads up to him meeting {{God}}, who asks him to be the new Noah and build an ark, just like how Noah was instructed to build an arc in Genesis 6:14.

*** Then they took it to an even greater extreme with the UpdatedRerelease of the games on [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 PS3]]/[[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PS4]] and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''. Adding up every "numbered" Kingdom Hearts game (1, 2, 1.5, 2.5, 2.8, 0.2, and 3) comes out to, you guessed it, 13.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}''. No points for guessing the arc number. At the start of the original series, Ben is 10 years old and has access to 10 alien forms that last 10 minutes before needing to recharge. His future self goes by "Ben 10,000", and even after gaining access to more alien forms, Ben is still universally referred to as "Ben 10". It also helps that his last name is '''Ten'''nyson. In one episode it's mentioned this ''specific'' Ben (the one we have seen throughout the franchise until the reboot) is from Dimension 10.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'':

* 8 in ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity''. {{Exaggerated}} in ''Pax Americana #1'', which even replaces ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'''s 3x3 grid with a 2x4 one.
** Overall, the numbers seven and eight are a recurring theme in Morrison's work, most obviously ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory'', where it's a major plot point that the titular team has an eighth member.

*** The Quincies are dominated by the number 5. Their cross motif is a five-pointed cross that can appear in both pentacle and pentagram formation. There are also special attacks that utilise five Seele Schneiders to pull off. Later on, they reveal they've designated five Special War Potentials that they take very great interest in (Ichigo, Kenpachi and Aizen are quickly confirmed, Yamamoto is quickly excluded, the identities of the remaining two are not revealed for a long time). Creator/TiteKubo also admitted the Quincy name partially derives from the Latin word for "five".

** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': In a plot twist, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the spider that bit Miles came from another universe, appropriately titled "Earth-42".]] After Miles uses the [[spoiler:Go Home machine]] towards the end, he is sent to [[spoiler:Earth-42]] due to [[spoiler:the spider DNA in him]], leaving [[spoiler:that universe without a Spider-Man, which only traveled to Earth-1606 as a result of Kingpin's collider tests.]]

*** The final puzzle [[spoiler:is a sudoku puzzle, which is all about sets of '''9''']].

** The series is set on Earth-16 of the Creator/{{DC|Comics}} {{Multiverse}}, with 16-year-old Aqualad as its leader. Superboy and Miss Martian are aliens that are roughly equivalent to 16-year-old humans, with Superboy being a clone grown for 16 weeks prior to the first episode. Wally has his sixteenth birthday towards the end of the first season. Time stamps are often at 16 minutes or 16 hours. The second season is set in the year 2016, and its first episode begins at 16:00.

* The number 9 campaign two of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''. What started as a running gag when the players began rolling an unusually large number of nines has taken on a life of its own. There are the nine eye tattoos on Molly's body (as well as the name from his previous life, Nonagon, a nine sided shape), the three eyes on each of the three leviathan beasts depicted in Uk'otoa's temple, the [[GeniusLoci Eyes of Nine]] shown in Vokodo's vision, and of course, the [[NonIndicativeName Mighty]] [[GratuitousGerman Nein]] themselves. What's unique about this example is that, given the improvisational nature of the show, much of this was entirely coincidental.

** Also 18. In Hebrew, every letter can also represent a number; words have a value of their letters added together. Since the word for living, ''חי'', (pronounced ''chai'') equals 18, it's considered lucky. Gifts of money, either as presents or charity, are often give in multiples of 18 for this reason.

** Also 18. In Hebrew, every letter can also represent a number; words have a value of their letters added together. Since the word for life, ''chaim,'' equals 18, it's considered lucky. Gifts of money, either as presents or charity, are often give in multiples of 18 for this reason.

* ''Literature/TheTygrineCat'' and its sequel have 3. Each book has three parts, and in-story there are the Three Pillars of Tygrine philosophy (instinct, judgment, and spirit), and three gates at the heart of Fiåney leading to realms that represent each of the pillars. The protagonist also ends up becoming part of a ThreeAmigos dynamic in the sequel.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': 7 is a traditionally magical number. There are 7 books, 7 years at Hogwarts, 7 children in the Weasley family, Harry takes 7 classes from his first to third year, 7 Quidditch players on a team, Wolfsbane potion must be drunk over the course of 7 days to prevent a transformed werewolf from losing his mind... The [[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Seven Harry Potter wiki has an extensive list]] on uses of the number 7 in the series. Voldemort knowingly invokes this when he decides to split his soul into 7 pieces by making 6 horcruxes. Unfortunately for him, he accidentally creates a 7th horcrux, which ultimately leads to his downfall.

*** A substance called ICE-'''9''' is mentioned several times throughout the game, despite being a ShoutOut to Cat's Cradle.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', four is a significant number. The boyband in the movie is named 4*Town and they use the number freqently. Counting is always done to or from four, the bands logo is a stylised four. They cross their legs to resemble the number when they rise off the ground during their performance. Also there are four members of Mei's friend group to start and FourIsDeath in Chinese culture is referenced.