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Virtually all US phone numbers on fictional media are made up of the following:
Area Code — 555 — four random digits note  Or in works set before the Turn of the Millennium, 555 — four random digits, as at that time, it was not necessary to dial the area code before making a local phone call. In the late '90s to early 2000s, the area code requirement was tacked on to avoid confusion, as long-distance calling technology improved, more and more people got long-distance plans bundled into their standard phone bills, and more and more people got cell phones, thus requiring more numbers in an area, which in many cases could only be accommodated by using multiple area codes in a city.
"555" is an exchange number commonly thought to be reserved by the phone companies for use by TV and movies in order to prevent prank phone calls to real people. In fact, only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are now specifically reserved for fictional use, and the other numbers have been released for actual assignment. The 555 exchange was originally useful for this purpose because under the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), which includes the United States, Canada, and several other nearby countries, it was reserved for various internal phone company service numbers, so calling one of the 555 numbers would not have reached an actual customer. In particular, in most areas in North America (AREA CODE)-555-1212 connects with directory assistance.
Another fake number used back in the 1950s through the 1970s when most of Southern California was entirely one area code, 213, was to reserve the extension 1 plus the prefix in every prefix, so that the number 462-1462 or 733-1733 was never a working number. Eventually the 714 area code would be split off from 213 in 1953 and later 818 would split from 213 in the early 1980s, but Pacific Telephone continued the practice of reserving the prefix-1-prefix number in every exchange as a non-working number. A number of TV shows and made-for-tv movies took advantage of this fictional number feature.
Still another fake number, used into the 1970s, was possible because under the original NANP, the second digit of a seven-digit local number was not allowed to be 0 or 1, whereas the second digit of an area code was limited to 0 or 1. This allowed fictional telephone numbers such as 606-0842 in the eponymous song by The B-52s. However, because of the need for additional prefixes and eventually additional area codes, this limitation was eliminated in certain large cities in the eighties and early nineties and throughout the NANP area in 1995.
Some movies and TV shows have taken advantage of a technical requirement of NANP telephone numbers, that the first digit of the seven digit local number cannot be 0 or 1. So they'll give a number like 818-162-1353 or 213-079-1611.
As it happens, if the area code is "800", "888", "877", "866", "855", "844", or "833" (the NANP area codes for toll-free dialing), "555" is a valid prefix. So 1-800-555-XXXX could be a real phone number. Not everyone knows that.
Some works used to use 311 as a fictitious area code. Now, however, many communities in Canada and the US use 311 as a short telephone number for non-emergency county or municipal services, as a counterpart to 911 for emergency services.
A variation of this is IP addresses; media will commonly use addresses such as 127.0.0.1 (which refers to the local computer) or impossible addresses (an address in the most commonly used protocol, IPv4, is essentially a 4-digit number in base-256, so any address with a "digit" 256 or greater is fake). Similarly, any hexadecimal character higher than F is fake (numbers in hex are represented with the characters 0-9 and A-F). And to top it off, there are certain IP addresses that are reserved for private networks and can never be assigned to internet-facing machines (see Real Life section for more info).
Another variation is street addresses. A work may be set at an address that is (or was at the time of writing) outside of the range of possible address numbers for the given street.
Still another is car license plates. If the licensing jurisdiction (e.g., a US state) is shown, the plate number may have a letter where a digit would be expected or vice versa, the plate number may be in a range not actually used in that jurisdiction, or a character may have a Vanity License Plate with more characters than that jurisdiction allows (e.g., eight in California, which allows only seven). The point is moot where the licensing jurisdiction is fictional or where its name is not visible. The latter is often the case in commercials for cars or car insurance.
Manga and anime in general often use symbols like Xs, triangles, squares and circles in place of one or more digits of phone numbers. This can apply to license plates too.
Works set during an era when exchanges were commonly specified as names (say, during World War II) may use the exchange name "KLondike (or KLamath)" (followed, or not, by a 5 depending on the exact time period), which works out to the same thing. Works actually from those eras normally don't; the songs "Beechwood 4-5789" and "PEnnsylvania 6-5000" are examples.
This trope does not apply to telephone numbers beginning with 555 in non-NANP countries where there is nothing special about such numbers. It does apply to telephone numbers or area codes reserved for use in works of fiction in non-NANP countries that have done so.
Compare to Jenny's Number, which is also commonly used as a phone number. See also Logging onto the Fourth Wall for the website equivalent. Whatever you do, don't confuse this with 666, though bonus points for works where that's the area code for The Devil. No relation to Kamen Rider 555.
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In an episode of Happy Days, Ralph Malph is excited that a prospective date's number starts with Klondike 5—"Hey! I got a Klondike 5!"
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In Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, the missing child poster Mariana makes for Ricky uses this number.
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"Red Frame/White Light" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was about a red telephone box the band used to organise their gigs in the late '70s. The pay phone's number, 6323003, was recited in the lyrics but without the Wirral area code that would put callers through to the actual box. Anybody dialing the number without it would just get through to someone near where the caller lived.
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Unbreakable opens with a train crash; the number to call for family members to check on survivors is 800-767-1482. Originally this number went to a recording telling people it was reserved for use as a placeholder number for use in movies and tv shows, but has since become used by a fake survey allegedly offering "free" boat cruises.
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Let's Go Luna!: In "Leo Moves It", Dr. Flavio's phone number is 555-HIPS.
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Scream Queens (2015) has a security guard who tells her charges that if they need her, to call 1-866-KLJ-0199.
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In the Nancy Drew computer games, all of the numbers you can call from Nancy's cell phone start with 555. Even the alphanumeric numbers for the 1930s telephone in Secret of the Old Clock convert to 555. Dial 1-555-MYSTICO and prepare to be amazed!
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Sleepless Domain: Interstitial 2 shows a magical girl recruitment poster, with a phone number written using Roman numerals: V.V.V.-IX.VI.VI.IX. In Arabic numerals, that's 555-9669.
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In Zig Zag (2002), every single stripper who works at the Monkey Cage has this number.
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In a week-long story arc during the Make Believe segment on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood King Friday and Queen Sarah leave and put Prince Tuesday in the care of Betty Aberlin. King Friday gives the phone number of the place they will be staying as 111-222-3334.
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In one episode of Desperate Housewives, Mike writes a check and his ZIP code is shown as 910274 (six digits). screen grab◊
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In Meadowland, the home and parents' work numbers listed on Adam's student file start with (555)555.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days: Holly's phone number is 555-42__.
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In Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull, the tavern has a list of its employees' phone numbers in the office, and all of them start with "555-".
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Parodied in the Batman (1966) and The Green Hornet crossover. Bruce Wayne and Britt Reid go to a fashion show and Bruce asks a model for her measurements. She answers "555-555-5555". When Bruce quizzically asks if her measurements are really "five hundred fifty five, five hundred fifty five, five thousand five hundred fifty five?", the model corrects him and says that it's her phone number.
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Stunt Dawgs: In the comic, Airball grabs some papers off Needham's desk. One of them reads "Call Vanessa Vavoom, 555-2439".
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Linus Tech Tips: In "Why would you even...? Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Review", the Parody Commercial's phone number is 1(800)555-6969.
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Monsters University: The newspaper ad announcing the job offerings in the Monsters, Inc. mail room tells applicants to call 555-0199.
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On one episode of America's Funniest Home Videos, Tom, while waiting for the clips to start, says that one of the girls in the audience gave him her phone number. He began reading it out, starting with "555".
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Invoked in one episode of Gilmore Girls, where Luke is messing with some annoying lawyers and tells them to contact his own lawyers at Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe, via phone the number 555-555-5555.
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The Adventures of Willy Beamish both uses this and "real" numbers. Whenever someone leaves a phone number on the Beamishes' answering machine, it's a 555 number. But a phone booth in West Frumpton instead has normal phone numbers scribbled all over it, two of which are plot-critical.
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Used for laughs in Fatal Instinct. Ned reads the entire business card of Le Hot Club out loud, pronouncing every word slowly and solemnly, including the phone number: 555-5555.
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Specifically, on CSI: NY, Danny's cell number is 212-555-0121, and Mac's office land line number is 212-555-0131.
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In one of Cheers' standalone opening scenes, a radio ad for a court stenography course gives listeners a number to call starting with "five-double-five."
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The Baby-Sitters Club could be reached at KL5-3231.
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In Oliver & Company, Jenny's address is 1125, 5th Avenue. It's a real New York address, but the building is an apartment complex rather than the single residence portrayed in the film. Also, Bette Midler, the voice of Georgette, lives in the penthouse of that building in real life.
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The Simpsons
"Burns, Baby Burns" parodies this trope by having Chief Wiggum trace a call to get a phone number. "555- aw, geez, that's gotta be phony."
"KL5-3226" was used as Homer's number when working as Mr. Plow with Homer reading it as "Klondike Five", while Barney's number was "KL5-4796" (as sung in his ad) when he set up as the competing Plow King; singer Linda Ronstadt, however spells out "K L" rather than singing "Klondike".
In "The Last Traction Hero", Homer sees an advertisement for an attorney named Maxwell Flich, whose phone number is "555-555-5555".
Lisa's e-mail address is smartgirl63_\@yahoo.com. Backslashes in e-mail addresses are technically possible, but most e-mail clients won't be able to handle it.
In "Principal Charming", the school's contact card for Homer Simpson lists his work number as KL5-6832, his home number as KL5-6754 and Moe's Tavern's number as KL5-1239. However, other episodes have used different numbers for Moe's Tavern, such as 764-8437 in "Homer the Smithers" (where Mr. Burns tries to call Smithers by dialing in his name and gets Moe, who thinks he's another prank caller) or 355-1337 in "The Bonfire of the Manatees".
The original broadcast of "Homer's Triple Bypass" averted this trope by giving Dr. Nick Riviera the perfectly functional phone number 1-800-DOCTORB ("The B stands for 'bargain'!"). However, this number belonged to a real doctor, whose lawyers objected; the area code was changed to 1-600 for all future broadcasts.
In "Brother from the Same Planet", Lisa gets addicted to a 900 number belonging to Corey, a Teen Idol. Corey's full number is 1-900-555-CORY.
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Live Free or Die Hard used the Class C private IP version (192.168.x.y).
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At one point during the first Pirate Special on MythBusters, there was a fake infomercial for a cannon that Adam and Jamie made and one of these was scrolled along the bottom of the screen.
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The Last of Us had a flyer on the wall listing a couple of pretend "555" phone numbers. Unfortunately, the numbers used an 800 area code, which meant they actually were valid phone numbers—and one was the number for a phone-sex line.
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Full House:
One episode presents 555-6410 as the number for Steve, D.J.'s boyfriend.
In "Hole in the Wall Gang", Michelle tries to stall Danny by reciting her home phone number. She says 555-2424, but depending on what channel is airing said episode, the first two may be muted out.
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The Orville: In "Lasting Impressions", regular character Gordon Malloy falls in love with a girl from 2015 who left a smartphone in a time capsule. He creates a simulation from her and when he gets her phone number so that he can simulate his own phone to call her, it's a 555 number.
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In Corvette Summer, Vanessa briefly works for an escort service that uses this.
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Used in Inside Out, on the "For Sale" sign at the beginning.
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iCarly: 1-555-SEND-ME-A-SACK
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The client calling Porky and his helper Dippy in Porky's Moving Day (1936, King) asks the operator for "Bunion-0, 0, 0, OHHHH!!"
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Back to the Future has the distinction of using both versions. In 1985, the number for Jennifer's grandma is "555-4823". In 1955, "Doc" Brown's number is "KLondike 5-4385".
A prop replica of the keys to the DeLorean has an ID tag revealing Dr. Brown's present day number to be 555-1128.
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1.0
 555 / int_2e2efbf9
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1.0
 Back to the Future
hasFeature
555 / int_2e2efbf9
 555 / int_2f3162e4
type
555
 555 / int_2f3162e4
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The producers of Sex and the City signed up for real phone numbers to use onscreen so they could avert this trope.
Carrie's address, however, would be right where Second Avenue crosses her street and thus doesn't exist in real life.
 555 / int_2f3162e4
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1.0
 555 / int_2f3162e4
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1.0
 Sex and the City
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555 / int_2f3162e4
 555 / int_2fcd4c7c
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555
 555 / int_2fcd4c7c
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In The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, a girl asks for Ford's number. He gives her a 555 number and she complains that they only use those in movies. He replies, "Hey, no shit, honey—what do you think this is, real life?"
 555 / int_2fcd4c7c
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_2fcd4c7c
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1.0
 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
hasFeature
555 / int_2fcd4c7c
 555 / int_306b1ca9
type
555
 555 / int_306b1ca9
comment
In the cult NES game Nightshade (1992), the hieroglyphs in the villain's hideout allegedly say, "Are you reading this? Then so are your customers! Contact Sutekh at 555-EVIL"
 555 / int_306b1ca9
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_306b1ca9
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1.0
 Nightshade (1992) (Video Game)
hasFeature
555 / int_306b1ca9
 555 / int_31313512
type
555
 555 / int_31313512
comment
ANNO: Mutationem: Several signs around each city features these numbers on multiple adverts. Several of them are displayed as 1154-223, 255-3667, and 8832-546.
 555 / int_31313512
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_31313512
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1.0
 ANNO: Mutationem (Video Game)
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555 / int_31313512
 555 / int_322c2b7c
type
555
 555 / int_322c2b7c
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Parodied in The Hebrew Hammer: The Jewxploitation hero enters the first six digits of a number ("555-555..."), then struggles to remember the seventh ("Oh, yeah! 5!").
 555 / int_322c2b7c
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_322c2b7c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Hebrew Hammer
hasFeature
555 / int_322c2b7c
 555 / int_3436775c
type
555
 555 / int_3436775c
comment
Medium took the extra step of including Phoenix area code 602 (the show's setting) to all the 555 numbers seen on various characters' cellphones.
 555 / int_3436775c
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3436775c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Medium
hasFeature
555 / int_3436775c
 555 / int_3558eaa2
type
555
 555 / int_3558eaa2
comment
Lampshaded in Community. Abed says that Jeff's 555- phone number "sounds fake".
 555 / int_3558eaa2
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3558eaa2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Community
hasFeature
555 / int_3558eaa2
 555 / int_35d98631
type
555
 555 / int_35d98631
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Taz-Mania: In "Pledge Pledge", Mr. Thickly runs a fundraiser where he asks viewers to call "555-tazz" to make donations. They don't receive any donations. It's revealed in the end that 555-tazz is Digeri Dingo's phone number and he's been keeping the donations for himself.
 555 / int_35d98631
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_35d98631
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1.0
 Taz-Mania
hasFeature
555 / int_35d98631
 555 / int_37b7264c
type
555
 555 / int_37b7264c
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In Initial D Fourth Stage, the URL of the racing team Project D is "http://project.d". ".d" is not a valid real-life top-level domain.
 555 / int_37b7264c
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_37b7264c
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1.0
 Initial D (Manga)
hasFeature
555 / int_37b7264c
 555 / int_38938d11
type
555
 555 / int_38938d11
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Conjoined: Alisa tells her number to her second date. It's 555-4657.
 555 / int_38938d11
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_38938d11
featureConfidence
1.0
 Conjoined
hasFeature
555 / int_38938d11
 555 / int_3b34143f
type
555
 555 / int_3b34143f
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An address example (sort of): Harry Potter boards the Hogwarts Express at a real train station, but the fictional Platform 9¾.
 555 / int_3b34143f
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3b34143f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Harry Potter
hasFeature
555 / int_3b34143f
 555 / int_3d58d686
type
555
 555 / int_3d58d686
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In an episode of Uncle Grandpa, Andrew W.K.'s party hotline's number is 555-5555-5555-555-555555555-5555-55-5-5-55-555-555-555555-55-55555-55-55.
 555 / int_3d58d686
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3d58d686
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1.0
 Uncle Grandpa
hasFeature
555 / int_3d58d686
 555 / int_3e5de40b
type
555
 555 / int_3e5de40b
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Scrubs: For quite some time calling Turk's new cell number actually brought fans to a phone on the set, giving fans a chance to provide feedback or even just have a friendly chat with the cast and crew of the show. It would later only play prerecorded messages, and the number was eventually deactivated by the time the show ended. The Other Wiki states on their page for Turk that the number has since been reassigned to a private cell phone.
Turk was excited about the number because it spelled out "Call Turk", except the valid seven-digit portion only spelled out "Call Tur". J.D. being J.D., he promised Turk that he'd always dial that extra digit.
 555 / int_3e5de40b
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3e5de40b
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1.0
 Scrubs
hasFeature
555 / int_3e5de40b
 555 / int_3f10d191
type
555
 555 / int_3f10d191
comment
The Jackbox Party Pack series: Trivia Murder Party 2 in the sixth game has a mini-game called "Telephones" where the players have to use a rotary phone to dial one of several phone numbers before any other player as well as the timer, or they are killed by the game host-slash-Serial Killer. Befitting the deranged nature of the game, all of the numbers that can be dialed start with 666.
 555 / int_3f10d191
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3f10d191
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1.0
 The Jackbox Party Pack (Video Game)
hasFeature
555 / int_3f10d191
 555 / int_3f4a104b
type
555
 555 / int_3f4a104b
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Dilbert:
One story line was about a "Date-a-Dilbert" service. The cartoonist thought it needed a real phone number, so he put his own number in the strip. It got hundreds of calls, mostly from women who really wanted to date a Dilbert.
In one strip, Dogbert got a job as network administrator. The only ways to contact him were e-mail (which would obviously be impossible if the network failed) and a pager "number" that included a tilde.
 555 / int_3f4a104b
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3f4a104b
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1.0
 Dilbert (Comic Strip)
hasFeature
555 / int_3f4a104b
 555 / int_3f97a3d2
type
555
 555 / int_3f97a3d2
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"KL5-3226" was used as Homer's number when working as Mr. Plow with Homer reading it as "Klondike Five", while Barney's number was "KL5-4796" (as sung in his ad) when he set up as the competing Plow King; singer Linda Ronstadt, however spells out "K L" rather than singing "Klondike".
 555 / int_3f97a3d2
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_3f97a3d2
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1.0
 Linda Ronstadt (Music)
hasFeature
555 / int_3f97a3d2
 555 / int_404622d6
type
555
 555 / int_404622d6
comment
This is used as the basis of a joke in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "Phone Home". Bloo decides to phone a number involving "555" by using a phone imaginary friend (who was actually a man trapped in a costume), so when he dials the number by jumping on the numbers, he ends up jumping on the man's stomach three times in a row. Ouch!
 555 / int_404622d6
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_404622d6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
hasFeature
555 / int_404622d6
 555 / int_41b0198a
type
555
 555 / int_41b0198a
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Harry Dresden's phone number, shown in a picture of his phone book entry in the game, is (312) 555-4-WIZ.
 555 / int_41b0198a
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_41b0198a
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1.0
 The Dresden Files
hasFeature
555 / int_41b0198a
 555 / int_426a7572
type
555
 555 / int_426a7572
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Animaniacs: In "Moby or Not Moby", Captain Ahab has a "Have You Seen This Whale?" sign asking people to call 555-harpoon.
The sixth episode of the reboot originally contained an aversion where a phone number displayed on screen to help Brain take over the world turned out to be an adult hotline. It was later edited out so the entire screen was blank, and then re-edited to restore the text but change the number to 1-800-555-0199.
 555 / int_426a7572
featureApplicability
-1.0
 555 / int_426a7572
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1.0
 Animaniacs
hasFeature
555 / int_426a7572
 555 / int_43041cff
type
555
 555 / int_43041cff
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In the 2008 TV film based on the 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun (and set in that time period), the for-sale sign outside the Youngers' new home lists the phone number as "KL 50148".
 555 / int_43041cff
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_43041cff
featureConfidence
1.0
 Made-for-TV Movie
hasFeature
555 / int_43041cff
 555 / int_43576f5
type
555
 555 / int_43576f5
comment
In the version of the Supernatural episode "Phantom Traveler" (S01, Ep04) that aired on December 13, 2005, the number of Dean's phone is 866-907-3235. For a brief period after the episode aired, when you called this number you'd get the following message: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, please leave a message. If you are calling about 11-2-83, page me with your coordinates."
 555 / int_43576f5
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_43576f5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Supernatural
hasFeature
555 / int_43576f5
 555 / int_44e0b783
type
555
 555 / int_44e0b783
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Garfield: Jon's ad looking for a date has a phone number that starts with 555.
 555 / int_44e0b783
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_44e0b783
featureConfidence
1.0
 Garfield (Comic Strip)
hasFeature
555 / int_44e0b783
 555 / int_455e3038
type
555
 555 / int_455e3038
comment
In King of the Hill, Nancy Hicks-Gribble works for Channel 84, a subtle joke on how (prior to the 1980s) the highest channel that was issued to TV stations was 83. This could also be a joke on how backwoodsy Arlen is, given that low power UHF stations in remote areas are usually stuck with the less desirable high-numbered channels.
Also there was the time Hank tried to get Dale's social security number:
Played straight a few times too, however. When Peggy decides to take guitar lessons, the number she calls is 555-8703, and when Hank sees an a for a new job the number is 555-1407.
 555 / int_455e3038
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_455e3038
featureConfidence
1.0
 King of the Hill
hasFeature
555 / int_455e3038
 555 / int_457b671e
type
555
 555 / int_457b671e
comment
24:
The show once uses the illegal IP address version.
In later seasons, characters read out real phone numbers that could be dialed. Fans of the show have reported dialing the phone and speaking to various cast and crew members.
 555 / int_457b671e
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_457b671e
featureConfidence
1.0
 24
hasFeature
555 / int_457b671e
 555 / int_4617a9f2
type
555
 555 / int_4617a9f2
comment
Married... with Children had Al calling a business number he called previous for a mail order to complain about the shoddy product he received. He asked for the number of the phone operator's supervisor, and received as reply "1-800-BITE-ME". When Bud got assigned to volunteer a virgin hotline, the number was "1-800-ZIPP UP".
When Al was calling his insurance company, their number was 1-800-HEAD ON. Also, when Kelly was the Verminator and had advertised an extermination company on television, their numbers were 1-800-LEGS UP and 1-800-R-U-DEAD.
TV case: Al's favorite show, Psycho Dad, is seen on channel 83, a channel that was discontinued in 1982 along with channels 70 through 82.
 555 / int_4617a9f2
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4617a9f2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Married... with Children
hasFeature
555 / int_4617a9f2
 555 / int_46518682
type
555
 555 / int_46518682
comment
Sesame Street:
In a mind 1990s episode, The Amazing Mumford sets up an instant magic hotline with the phone number 555-555-5555.
In a 2004 episode Snuffy gets a magic ukulele. The number to call to have it activated is 1-555-UKE. After he accidentally breaks the ukulele the hotline to get it fixed is 1-555-OOPS.
In the 1997 direct-to-video "Big Bird Gets Lost", Maria helps Big Bird remember both her (555-1234), and Granny Bird's (555-6789) phone numbers. With a line dance.
 555 / int_46518682
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_46518682
featureConfidence
1.0
 Sesame Street
hasFeature
555 / int_46518682
 555 / int_468dd24b
type
555
 555 / int_468dd24b
comment
Wacky Races (2017): In "Smokey and the Racers", Peter Perfect advertises a Japanese product named steakasaki and the phone number for orders is 1-555-0123.
 555 / int_468dd24b
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_468dd24b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Wacky Races (2017)
hasFeature
555 / int_468dd24b
 555 / int_46d1c487
type
555
 555 / int_46d1c487
comment
Junie B. Jones on Telephone Numbers: "Its name is 555-5555. It's hard to remember, because I keep forgetting the 5."
 555 / int_46d1c487
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_46d1c487
featureConfidence
1.0
 Junie B. Jones
hasFeature
555 / int_46d1c487
 555 / int_46e051cd
type
555
 555 / int_46e051cd
comment
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?: The Kenathon has the message "Call now 1-800-555-0199".
 555 / int_46e051cd
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_46e051cd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
hasFeature
555 / int_46e051cd
 555 / int_4962e658
type
555
 555 / int_4962e658
comment
In Mean Girls, the business card the mathlete hands to Cady has his phone number with a 555 in it.
 555 / int_4962e658
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4962e658
featureConfidence
1.0
 Mean Girls
hasFeature
555 / int_4962e658
 555 / int_4ce56986
type
555
 555 / int_4ce56986
comment
Kitboga is a scambaiter popular on Twitch and YouTube. One of his favorite tactics is to pretend on a call to be a rival scammer named Daniel using his own voice. In "Scammer Wastes Entire Day Expecting My $2,000," a popup supposedly appears on Kitboga's computer with a 555 number that connects to Daniel the scammer for supposed free virus cleaning.
 555 / int_4ce56986
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4ce56986
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1.0
 Kitboga (Web Video)
hasFeature
555 / int_4ce56986
 555 / int_4d1ba412
type
555
 555 / int_4d1ba412
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The Adventures of Dr. McNinja goes all out: the main site for this webcomic currently features his fake phone number (301-555-4982), fake fax number (301-555-4983), fake address (23 Haunted Wood Drive), but then subverts the trope by taking place in the very real Cumberland, Maryland. (After teasing readers to figure out where the doctor practiced, future stories featured the doctor purchasing an MTO sandwich from Sheetz and noting that "The real mayor of Cumberland gave my family a dog once.")
Write What You Know: Although the 555 exchange is obviously fictional, 301 is indeed the area code for Cumberland, Maryland.
 555 / int_4d1ba412
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4d1ba412
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)
hasFeature
555 / int_4d1ba412
 555 / int_4d23c
type
555
 555 / int_4d23c
comment
The UK telephone system has reserved certain phone numbers for fictional use. Big cities such as London, Birmingham, Edinburgh or Cardiff have blocks of numbers set aside for productions set in these locations - Cardiff, for example, has numbers in the (029) 2018 0xxx range and London has the (020) 7946 0xxx range. For other parts of the country, the unused area code 01632 is preferred. Some areas will use more well known area codes which have blocks of numbers reserved, such as Rochdale in Waterloo Road which has the Manchester area code, 0161. It's near enough to Manchester that it's plausible enough if you don't know that it's actually 01706, which if you're not local you probably won't. The aforementioned 01632 can also be seen. Blocks of numbers for mobile phones (07700 900xxx) and free phone numbers (0808 157 0xxx) also exist. More details here.
 555 / int_4d23c
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4d23c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Waterloo Road
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555 / int_4d23c
 555 / int_4d8e5ec
type
555
 555 / int_4d8e5ec
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The Daily Show's favorite lawyer, Stanley Ragooch, has the phone number 555-GABAGOOL.
 555 / int_4d8e5ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4d8e5ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Daily Show
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555 / int_4d8e5ec
 555 / int_4f6620a5
type
555
 555 / int_4f6620a5
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Earth: Final Conflict had several domains bought out and fake websites assembled with background data and character notes. As the show was made during the late '90s, it was one of the first to make extensive use of this, but considering the family behind it, it's not too shocking.
 555 / int_4f6620a5
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4f6620a5
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1.0
 Earth: Final Conflict
hasFeature
555 / int_4f6620a5
 555 / int_4f847312
type
555
 555 / int_4f847312
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Nero Wolfe lived on West 35th Street, Manhattan; the number varied, but consistently put his house in the river.
 555 / int_4f847312
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_4f847312
featureConfidence
1.0
 Nero Wolfe
hasFeature
555 / int_4f847312
 555 / int_5286ec36
type
555
 555 / int_5286ec36
comment
In the licensed NES game Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a clue tells you to call Jessica Rabbit at a certain 1-800 number. (Of course, this was an actual number that you, the player, were expected to call in Real Life so you could receive the necessary clues to continue the game. Many players, not knowing this, spent hours searching for an in-game phone that the characters could use. Guide Dang It! indeed. And as The Angry Video Game Nerd discovered, The number is now a sex hotline.)
 555 / int_5286ec36
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_5286ec36
featureConfidence
1.0
 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
hasFeature
555 / int_5286ec36
 555 / int_529ee66
type
555
 555 / int_529ee66
comment
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: In the "Sonic Says" segment about remembering your phone number, Sonic whispers Tails what to tell the operator. "555" is audible.
 555 / int_529ee66
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_529ee66
featureConfidence
1.0
 Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
hasFeature
555 / int_529ee66
 555 / int_53a0bd32
type
555
 555 / int_53a0bd32
comment
The Twilight Zone (1959): "Night Call" uses the KL-5 variant. Miss Elva Keene's phone number is KL5-2368.
 555 / int_53a0bd32
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_53a0bd32
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Twilight Zone (1959)
hasFeature
555 / int_53a0bd32
 555 / int_53a0bd8b
type
555
 555 / int_53a0bd8b
comment
The Twilight Zone (1985):
In "Shatterday", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike 5-6189.
In "Her Pilgrim Soul", the Draytons' phone number is 555-1689.
In "Gramma", Dr. Arlinder's number is 555-3502.
In "Aqua Vita", the titular bottled drink company's number is 555-AQUA.
In "The Call", Norman Blane sees a commercial for a classical music CD that he can order by phoning 555-4421. However, he dials 555-4412 by mistake and is connected with Mary Ann Lindeby.
 555 / int_53a0bd8b
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_53a0bd8b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Twilight Zone (1985)
hasFeature
555 / int_53a0bd8b
 555 / int_5425ce75
type
555
 555 / int_5425ce75
comment
In the Grand Theft Auto series, if a Parody Commercial has a phone number, it's probably a real toll-free number. At the time of the game's release, calling the number would get you a recording relevant to the ad, typically giving more detail on the product.
Played straight, however, in Grand Theft Auto III with Fernando's New Beginnings
Played straight at one point in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, when Carl is asked to plant some evidence and then give 555-WE-TIP a call.
Played straight again in Grand Theft Auto IV. Aside the abundance of 555 phone numbers on shop fronts, every cheat code in the game is a 555 number.
 555 / int_5425ce75
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_5425ce75
featureConfidence
1.0
 Grand Theft Auto (Video Game)
hasFeature
555 / int_5425ce75
 555 / int_5690420f
type
555
 555 / int_5690420f
comment
In DuckTales (1987), the Beagle Boys advertised a teleporting gas as insect repellant with a commercial giving the number 555-5555.
 555 / int_5690420f
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_5690420f
featureConfidence
1.0
 DuckTales (1987)
hasFeature
555 / int_5690420f
 555 / int_58f28be1
type
555
 555 / int_58f28be1
comment
In The Godfather, a scene in the "Godfather Trilogy" or "Godfather Saga" versions has Michael call the Corelone Mansion at Long Beach (56)4-5620 — calling it now just gives a non-working number recording. Later on, when the family goes to war, a possible mattresses address is 309 West 43rd St, a genuine NYC location.
 555 / int_58f28be1
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_58f28be1
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Godfather
hasFeature
555 / int_58f28be1
 555 / int_59dd731b
type
555
 555 / int_59dd731b
comment
Boonie Bears: In the English version of Season 2 episode 1, Logger Vick calls the number 555-8111 to make money off having the forest destroyed and its land used for a new company that's going to be built.
 555 / int_59dd731b
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_59dd731b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Boonie Bears (Animation)
hasFeature
555 / int_59dd731b
 555 / int_5b3356f8
type
555
 555 / int_5b3356f8
comment
In Turning Red, all the phone numbers seen begin 416-555.
 555 / int_5b3356f8
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_5b3356f8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Turning Red
hasFeature
555 / int_5b3356f8
 555 / int_5b95bc94
type
555
 555 / int_5b95bc94
comment
Played straight, however, in Grand Theft Auto III with Fernando's New Beginnings
 555 / int_5b95bc94
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_5b95bc94
featureConfidence
1.0
 Grand Theft Auto III (Video Game)
hasFeature
555 / int_5b95bc94
 555 / int_5e9ea81e
type
555
 555 / int_5e9ea81e
comment
Black Panther (2018): The phone number appearing on the van used by Killmonger and his crew to hide while they track T'Challa and Klaue in South Korea.
 555 / int_5e9ea81e
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_5e9ea81e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Black Panther (2018)
hasFeature
555 / int_5e9ea81e
 555 / int_5f99c5cf
type
555
 555 / int_5f99c5cf
comment
Things Change: the phone number left by the showgirls begins with "KL5".
 555 / int_5f99c5cf
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1.0
 555 / int_5f99c5cf
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1.0
 Things Change
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555 / int_5f99c5cf
 555 / int_5ffa1979
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555
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Scott The Woz's phone number as seen in the episode "Nintendo DS: Touched at First Sight" is 555-555-5555.
 555 / int_5ffa1979
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1.0
 555 / int_5ffa1979
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1.0
 Scott The Woz (Web Video)
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555 / int_5ffa1979
 555 / int_6053d9f9
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555
 555 / int_6053d9f9
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Silent Hill:
The Bar in Silent Hill 4 is a 555 number.
Every single dial-able phone number in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a 555 number. Except Konami's help line.
 555 / int_6053d9f9
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1.0
 555 / int_6053d9f9
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1.0
 Silent Hill (Franchise)
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555 / int_6053d9f9
 555 / int_616039c3
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 555 / int_616039c3
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In The Incredible Hulk (1977), David starts reading someone's number aloud by saying "555..." The rest of the number isn't heard.
 555 / int_616039c3
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1.0
 555 / int_616039c3
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1.0
 The Incredible Hulk (1977)
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555 / int_616039c3
 555 / int_6505f7f3
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555
 555 / int_6505f7f3
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Molly of Denali: In "Butterflies and Bunny Babies," Dr. Begaye's phone number is 555-0185.
 555 / int_6505f7f3
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1.0
 555 / int_6505f7f3
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1.0
 Molly of Denali
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555 / int_6505f7f3
 555 / int_66ac7b33
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555
 555 / int_66ac7b33
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Moonlight (2007): When Beth Turner gives her phone number, she starts with 555, but is then cut off by a scene change.
 555 / int_66ac7b33
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1.0
 555 / int_66ac7b33
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1.0
 Moonlight (2007)
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555 / int_66ac7b33
 555 / int_671d5c19
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555
 555 / int_671d5c19
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A variant pops up in The Powerpuff Girls (1998) episode "Him Diddle Riddle," where Townsville's geographical coordinates are given as 32 degrees north and 212 degrees west. Even if one chose to wrap that around the 180th meridian (there are only 180 degrees of longitude on each side of the Prime Meridian), that coordinate would land somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
 555 / int_671d5c19
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1.0
 555 / int_671d5c19
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1.0
 The Powerpuff Girls (1998)
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555 / int_671d5c19
 555 / int_68ff28cb
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555
 555 / int_68ff28cb
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The Bar in Silent Hill 4 is a 555 number.
 555 / int_68ff28cb
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1.0
 555 / int_68ff28cb
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1.0
 Silent Hill 4 (Video Game)
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555 / int_68ff28cb
 555 / int_698e2368
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555
 555 / int_698e2368
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Pokémon Talk: The phone number for reporting the Lost Marshadow in the titular episode starts with 555-555.
 555 / int_698e2368
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_698e2368
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1.0
 Pokémon Talk (Web Video)
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555 / int_698e2368
 555 / int_6a5bf020
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 555 / int_6a5bf020
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In The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, Sam and Shep find Billy's obituary, which gives a 555 number to contact his mom.
 555 / int_6a5bf020
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1.0
 555 / int_6a5bf020
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1.0
 The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
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555 / int_6a5bf020
 555 / int_6bc0f10a
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555
 555 / int_6bc0f10a
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The movie, in addition to updating the number (now 020 79460347) to reflect said changes to area codes, replaced the number with a straight example - 020 79460XXX is the range that Ofcom blocked off for fictional London numbers.
 555 / int_6bc0f10a
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1.0
 555 / int_6bc0f10a
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1.0
 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
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555 / int_6bc0f10a
 555 / int_6cbc542e
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555
 555 / int_6cbc542e
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Every single dial-able phone number in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a 555 number. Except Konami's help line.
 555 / int_6cbc542e
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1.0
 555 / int_6cbc542e
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1.0
 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Video Game)
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555 / int_6cbc542e
 555 / int_6d5db4c5
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555
 555 / int_6d5db4c5
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Inadvertent humor is provided in The Art of War when a cop reads out a list of phone numbers, all beginning with this trope.
 555 / int_6d5db4c5
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1.0
 555 / int_6d5db4c5
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1.0
 The Art of War
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555 / int_6d5db4c5
 555 / int_6f734712
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 555 / int_6f734712
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In Smallville, Chloe Sullivan's phone number is 555-0164, Aquaman's phone number is 429-555-0169, Black Canary's is 429-555-0132, Oliver's is 207-555-0173, Zatanna's is 555-0134.note Area code 429 has not been assigned to any area within the NANP as of June 2022; 207 has been the area code for Maine since the NANP was created in 1947.
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1.0
 555 / int_6f734712
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1.0
 Smallville
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555 / int_6f734712
 555 / int_6ff7d11f
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555
 555 / int_6ff7d11f
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Fillbert: 1-800-555-0142 is the number in an ad on a math worksheet.
 555 / int_6ff7d11f
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1.0
 555 / int_6ff7d11f
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1.0
 Fillbert (Webcomic)
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555 / int_6ff7d11f
 555 / int_701bf5d6
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555
 555 / int_701bf5d6
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: Uncle Rob's number has 555 in it, as does a dumpster near his brownstone.
 555 / int_701bf5d6
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1.0
 555 / int_701bf5d6
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1.0
 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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555 / int_701bf5d6
 555 / int_70da6e51
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555
 555 / int_70da6e51
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The front cover of the Goosebumps book Calling All Creeps has the tagline that says "Just dial 555-CREEP".
 555 / int_70da6e51
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1.0
 555 / int_70da6e51
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1.0
 Goosebumps
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555 / int_70da6e51
 555 / int_7244899
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555
 555 / int_7244899
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In The Fast and the Furious (2001), Dom's cell phone number is 323-555-6439.
 555 / int_7244899
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1.0
 555 / int_7244899
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1.0
 The Fast and the Furious (2001)
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555 / int_7244899
 555 / int_7291539d
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555
 555 / int_7291539d
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Batman: Arkham City features these with Zsasz when he plays his payphone killer game. Every payphone in Arkham City has a (455) area code and 555 prefix, and neither has a real world counterpart.
 555 / int_7291539d
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1.0
 555 / int_7291539d
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1.0
 Batman: Arkham City (Video Game)
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555 / int_7291539d
 555 / int_72a1ac51
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555
 555 / int_72a1ac51
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Played straight at one point in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, when Carl is asked to plant some evidence and then give 555-WE-TIP a call.
 555 / int_72a1ac51
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1.0
 555 / int_72a1ac51
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1.0
 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game)
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555 / int_72a1ac51
 555 / int_73f86f22
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555
 555 / int_73f86f22
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In Hocus Pocus, Max starts off "his number" as such, but doesn't finish it off with the last four, handing it to his Love Interest Alison.
 555 / int_73f86f22
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1.0
 555 / int_73f86f22
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1.0
 Hocus Pocus
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555 / int_73f86f22
 555 / int_7485e16e
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555
 555 / int_7485e16e
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The sixth episode of the reboot originally contained an aversion where a phone number displayed on screen to help Brain take over the world turned out to be an adult hotline. It was later edited out so the entire screen was blank, and then re-edited to restore the text but change the number to 1-800-555-0199.
 555 / int_7485e16e
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 555 / int_7485e16e
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1.0
 Animaniacs (2020)
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555 / int_7485e16e
 555 / int_74f1eb4c
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555
 555 / int_74f1eb4c
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Avoided in Sneakers, where the NSA operative gives her phone number as "273-9164, area code 415". (At the time this was a real number for the San Francisco branch of the Internal Revenue Service.)
 555 / int_74f1eb4c
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1.0
 555 / int_74f1eb4c
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1.0
 Sneakers
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555 / int_74f1eb4c
 555 / int_76580c92
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555
 555 / int_76580c92
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Ménage à 3: Annie Conda shows the usual response to DiDi by, umm, giving her a number here. In this case, the use of the 555 number must be a matter of dramatic convention rather than a sign that the number is invalid in-story.
 555 / int_76580c92
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1.0
 555 / int_76580c92
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1.0
 Ménage à 3 (Webcomic)
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555 / int_76580c92
 555 / int_76885dcf
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555
 555 / int_76885dcf
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? once features a story about a boy who was imprisoned by the "Phone Police" for making crank calls. When his friend tries to rescue him, he looks up their phone number in the phone book — and is shocked that said number only has six digits.
 555 / int_76885dcf
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1.0
 555 / int_76885dcf
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1.0
 Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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555 / int_76885dcf
 555 / int_77136524
type
555
 555 / int_77136524
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Apricot's phone number is 324-555-1297.
 555 / int_77136524
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_77136524
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1.0
 Apricot Cookie(s)! (Webcomic)
hasFeature
555 / int_77136524
 555 / int_77e22425
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555
 555 / int_77e22425
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Pinky and the Brain: In "The Helpinki Formula", The Brain tries to sell a shrinking formula on TV. The ad gives the phone number 555-1234.
 555 / int_77e22425
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_77e22425
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1.0
 Pinky and the Brain
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555 / int_77e22425
 555 / int_7832b74c
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555
 555 / int_7832b74c
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Steven Universe: The number that Mystery Girl gives Pearl is 301-555-0189.
 555 / int_7832b74c
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_7832b74c
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1.0
 Steven Universe
hasFeature
555 / int_7832b74c
 555 / int_7884ec15
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555
 555 / int_7884ec15
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Seinfeld
The show typically prefixed its numbers with KL5, but in one episode Elaine reveals that when a man she doesn't want to see again asks for her number, she gives a fake one that spells "No Elaine", which is one digit more than a phone number.
In one episode Kramer's phone number is 555-3455, which is one digit off from Moviefone, 555-FILM (3456). Moviefone's actual number is 777-FILM; presumably, the writers wanted to spare the actual 777-3455 from a flood of prank calls, since they (like Kramer) were presumably already getting lots of wrong numbers.
 555 / int_7884ec15
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1.0
 555 / int_7884ec15
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1.0
 Seinfeld
hasFeature
555 / int_7884ec15
 555 / int_7888df90
type
555
 555 / int_7888df90
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Merry Little Batman: The emergency contact list Bruce packed in Damian’s utility belt contains 22 phone numbers, all of them beginning with 555-01 (and no area codes).
 555 / int_7888df90
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_7888df90
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1.0
 Merry Little Batman
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555 / int_7888df90
 555 / int_78e11815
type
555
 555 / int_78e11815
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The World Next Door features a number of 555-65-7829 on a poster asking for any information on the students who recently went missing.
 555 / int_78e11815
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_78e11815
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1.0
 The World Next Door (Video Game)
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555 / int_78e11815
 555 / int_791e7b7f
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555
 555 / int_791e7b7f
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In Zootopia, Doug's phone number, seen on a sticky note in Bellwether's office, is (805)555-0127 and Nick's benefits number seen on a tax form is 555-16-2239.
 555 / int_791e7b7f
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_791e7b7f
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1.0
 Zootopia
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555 / int_791e7b7f
 555 / int_79dcb1ab
type
555
 555 / int_79dcb1ab
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In San Francisco Rush 2049 Tournament Edition, you are asked, as part of the process for creating an in-game account, to enter your phone number for tournaments (a feature that is now long-gone). If you enter 555 as your area code, you'll get a special message about it.
 555 / int_79dcb1ab
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_79dcb1ab
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1.0
 San Francisco Rush (Video Game)
hasFeature
555 / int_79dcb1ab
 555 / int_7b57a001
type
555
 555 / int_7b57a001
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In Curveball, all e-mail addresses seen so far end in ".ttl", which is a nonexistent generic top level domain.
 555 / int_7b57a001
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_7b57a001
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1.0
 Curveball
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555 / int_7b57a001
 555 / int_7c038c18
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555
 555 / int_7c038c18
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Phineas and Ferb: Linda's phone number is 555-0142.
 555 / int_7c038c18
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_7c038c18
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1.0
 Phineas and Ferb
hasFeature
555 / int_7c038c18
 555 / int_7d5f8592
type
555
 555 / int_7d5f8592
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Paranatural: The phone number on the lost dog poster for the long dog is 555-1234.
 555 / int_7d5f8592
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_7d5f8592
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1.0
 Paranatural (Webcomic)
hasFeature
555 / int_7d5f8592
 555 / int_7dbde88b
type
555
 555 / int_7dbde88b
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Drake & Josh: A radio station had a number starting with "55K".
 555 / int_7dbde88b
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_7dbde88b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Drake & Josh
hasFeature
555 / int_7dbde88b
 555 / int_805790c2
type
555
 555 / int_805790c2
comment
In the "Sam Spayed" story in Garfield: His 9 Lives, he once has to call the number 555-1234. (He's not good at remembering numbers.)
 555 / int_805790c2
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_805790c2
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1.0
 Garfield: His 9 Lives (Comic Book)
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555 / int_805790c2
 555 / int_80942169
type
555
 555 / int_80942169
comment
A "KL5" phone number can be seen on a background poster in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, raising the question of how many members of the target demographic would even recognize that as being a phone number.
 555 / int_80942169
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_80942169
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1.0
 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
hasFeature
555 / int_80942169
 555 / int_80ddf5c1
type
555
 555 / int_80ddf5c1
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The original God of War has two secret phone numbers - one for finishing the game on God Mode, and another for destroying the statues near Kratos's Olympus throne at the very end of the game, which requires about five minutes of solid smashing. The first phone number is given as a phone number, but the second only appears as what appears to be a bunch of randomly-placed numbers. (Follow them left to right and from top to bottom to get the number.) As of December 2017, twelve years after the game's release, both numbers still work.
 555 / int_80ddf5c1
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_80ddf5c1
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1.0
 God of War (Video Game)
hasFeature
555 / int_80ddf5c1
 555 / int_820b06c7
type
555
 555 / int_820b06c7
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In Partners (1982), Benson gives one of these numbers to Jill when she asks for his contact information.
 555 / int_820b06c7
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_820b06c7
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1.0
 Partners (1982)
hasFeature
555 / int_820b06c7
 555 / int_82392342
type
555
 555 / int_82392342
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The Flintstones: A newspaper ad at Issue #9 reads "Call 555-cave — cave renovations!".
 555 / int_82392342
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_82392342
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1.0
 The Flintstones (Comic Book)
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555 / int_82392342
 555 / int_82439e64
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555
 555 / int_82439e64
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Tying in with the May 6, 2010 episode of The Office, the website for the Dwight Schrute Detective Agency was put online complete with Phone (570) 555-0698, Mobile Phone (570) 555-0698 and Fax (570) 555-0245. The area code used was the real-life area code for the series' setting of Scranton, Pennsylvania at the time the episode aired, and is still the main area code for that part of Pennsylvania (though a second code of 272 has since been added).
 555 / int_82439e64
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1.0
 555 / int_82439e64
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1.0
 The Office (US)
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555 / int_82439e64
 555 / int_85df4ce7
type
555
 555 / int_85df4ce7
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Claire's number in Free Enterprise is 555-1701. 1701 is the NCC number of the original USS Enterprise in Star Trek.
 555 / int_85df4ce7
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_85df4ce7
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1.0
 FreeEnterprise
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555 / int_85df4ce7
 555 / int_86904ab8
type
555
 555 / int_86904ab8
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In Iron Man 3, Tony at one point accesses a remote computer using a borrowed PC. The IP address is clearly displayed briefly, and the first "digit" of it is in the 900s.
 555 / int_86904ab8
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_86904ab8
featureConfidence
1.0
 IronMan
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555 / int_86904ab8
 555 / int_88b2df76
type
555
 555 / int_88b2df76
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The side of a tow truck in Delicious 4: Emily's Taste of Fame says "Call 555 TOW TOW."
 555 / int_88b2df76
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_88b2df76
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1.0
 Delicious (Video Game)
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555 / int_88b2df76
 555 / int_89bf8ce
type
555
 555 / int_89bf8ce
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30 Rock had the writer's room dig up an old, hilariously bad phone sex line commercial featuring a young Liz Lemon. The number given in the ad was "1-900-OK-FACE", which, on top of being ridiculously unsexy, isn't even enough digits for a real phone number.
 555 / int_89bf8ce
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_89bf8ce
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1.0
 30 Rock
hasFeature
555 / int_89bf8ce
 555 / int_8ba4613a
type
555
 555 / int_8ba4613a
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In the Death Note fanfic ''Autophobia'', after getting burned in the explosion, Mello calls one of these numbers, deluding himself into thinking that the automated response is his imaginary boyfriend, Matt.
 555 / int_8ba4613a
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_8ba4613a
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1.0
 Death Note (Manga)
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555 / int_8ba4613a
 555 / int_8c518367
type
555
 555 / int_8c518367
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The Kentucky Fried Movie. Dr. Klahn's Atomic Detonator is behind a door that says "For Service Call Ada Gronik 555-0712" on it.
 555 / int_8c518367
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_8c518367
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1.0
 The Kentucky Fried Movie
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555 / int_8c518367
 555 / int_8d7f29ec
type
555
 555 / int_8d7f29ec
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Glee showed why it's a good idea: Kurt's NYADA application was analyzed to find a number which fans called, finding a real household at the end. Oops.
 555 / int_8d7f29ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_8d7f29ec
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1.0
 Glee
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555 / int_8d7f29ec
 555 / int_8d817ccb
type
555
 555 / int_8d817ccb
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The Lost episode "The Constant" used a London number beginning 020 7946 0, which is a range of numbers designated by the Office of Communications for drama purposes. This created a slight anachronism, as the 020 region code did not exist in 1996, in which half the episode took place.
Still, they've Shown Their Work enough not to give a Londoner a Lanark phone number (the area code 01555 in the United Kingdom).
 555 / int_8d817ccb
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_8d817ccb
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1.0
 Lost
hasFeature
555 / int_8d817ccb
 555 / int_8d81f086
type
555
 555 / int_8d81f086
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Monk lampshades this to great effect in "Mr. Monk and the Big Reward", with the Scotland Yard inspector's first scene, prompting a small Sherlock Scan:
Amazingly, another 555 number is used in the episode, but it's "real".
 555 / int_8d81f086
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1.0
 555 / int_8d81f086
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1.0
 Monk
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555 / int_8d81f086
 555 / int_8d840f59
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555
 555 / int_8d840f59
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Reba has 555-0165, the number for one of Kyra's one-time boyfriends.
 555 / int_8d840f59
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_8d840f59
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1.0
 Reba
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555 / int_8d840f59
 555 / int_8dbc88c4
type
555
 555 / int_8dbc88c4
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A Square One TV episode of Mathnet centered around the disappearance of Steve Stringbean before he gave a concert. When the kidnappers call, Steve sings, "Please do what these people say" to prove he's with them. After expressing some concern as to why he's singing, what pitches he's singing ("FFF-E-G-FE?") it dawns on the Mathnetters that the tones he's singing correspond to the tones of the numbers on a touch-tone phone, giving them the kidnappers' phone number. (And the three Fs translate to 555, of course.)
Another Mathnet episode also involving a kidnapping has them recieve a call of touch-tones — they're given twelve tones that don't correspond to any phone number in service. But thanks to George using the power of combinatorial analysis (i.e.: George putting the letters each touch-tone represents vertically on little sticks and moving them up and down until they make out words) they determine the real meaning of the touch-tones: BLEAK HOUSE NY - the kidnappers' location.
 555 / int_8dbc88c4
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_8dbc88c4
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1.0
 Square One TV
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555 / int_8dbc88c4
 555 / int_8dfbdff2
type
555
 555 / int_8dfbdff2
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The Law & Order franchise, filmed on the streets of New York City, uses the 555 phone numbers, and alternates between real and fake addresses, depending on the use. If it's a business address it will be a real number; a victim's house, the location will be a real number or a fake that's between two real numbers. If it's the site of a crime or something shady (like an illegal whorehouse), the address would put the place in either the East River or the Hudson.
Subtly lampshaded in one episode when the detectives themselves have this one pulled on them. The detectives have had a suspect's vital information given, and it lists an address. When an officer reads that address off to Detective Briscoe, he says a line to the effect of "The middle of the Hudson River."
Another perp's home address was the Police Academy. One even had the gall to use the business address for One Police Plaza as his address. Sometimes, criminals do think of these things.
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Power Rangers Ninja Steel: In "Echoes of Evil", Victor and Monty sell a "monster repellant" and the ad directs potential buyers to call 555-321-456.
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Avoided with Ramona's number, seen as 212-664-7665.note Also used in Munich, Definitely, Maybe and The Adjustment Bureau, it's a real phone number that was acquired by Universal Pictures to avoid the fake 555 prefix.
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In Batman: The Animated Series, there is an episode where The Joker says that after his laughing gas, people are even laughing at a phonebook. Harley Quinn proceeds to read a few entries; all the numbers, naturally, start with 555.
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On Resident Alien, the Hawthorne family phone number, as seen on Max Hawthorne's "Have you seen this alien?" poster regarding the Harry Vanderspeigle alien, is a 555 number.
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Referenced by Kamen Rider 555 (as you might expect by the title); the Transformation Trinkets in the series are cell phones, activated by inputting a three-digit code then docking it onto a special belt. The main character's code is 5-5-5 (and is, in fact, a pun; cf. "Phi" (the Greek letter) and "Fives").
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Many films that involve the White House, such as All the President's Men and The American President, avert this by using the actual number of the White House's switchboard—456-1414.
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The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius had the number for turning in convicts be 555-555-5555. Lampshaded when Cindy gets a quizzical look hearing the improbably repetitive number.
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In the Real Mermaids series, Jade's number is 555-1212.
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Another web-based example: Case Closed has an e-mail address with a "#", which the author points out as invalid on the first page where we see it.
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A typical example appears in The Ref when Gus gives Lloyd's number to Murray.
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The old Fahrenheit 451 text adventure (yes, it exists. Yes, Bradbury wrote a good chunk of it) had this as a plot point, complete with Zeerust flavor. Calling NYC-XXX was how Montag got in contact with certain members of the Underground. The game also included numbers which, when dialed, gave useful information, utter garbage, or fake "hints" that would get you killed if you tried them.
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The Blacklist: In "Luther Braxton", Reddington is captured by the military. He tells them to call a 555 number with a 202 area code, presumably the director of the CIA.
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On Yellowjackets, the business card that Jessica Roberts hands Shauna to supposedly prove that she's a journalist with the Star-Ledger gives her number as a 555 number.
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In Regular Show all the telephone numbers in the episode "Cruisi'n" start with this.
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WarioWare: Twisted! has an unlockable telephone that you can dial. Once you get it, you may be awarded phone numbers every now and then to call — but all of them have only four digits.
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Big City Greens: The number to call Don & Dawn Realtors is 555-0192.
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The Manic Miner cheat code "6031769" is said to have been author Matthew Smith's (Liverpool) telephone number at the time.
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The writers of Futurama didn't want to use a 555 number, so they made a number with one of the digits a Greek lambda (784-36λ9), going with the futuristic setting of the show.
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The Impossible Us: Nick's phone number obviously violates the UK's real-life numbering conventions, while even Bee's is outside the allocated range.
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The West Wing reverses this trope. In the second-season episode "In this White House," Ainsley Hayes reads the telephone number of an incoming call off her Caller ID as (202) 456-1414. This is in fact the switchboard number at the White House.
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The fifth-season finale of NUMB3RS uses the IP address 275.3.6.28.
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In BIGTOP BURGER, the Zomburger's phone number as seen in their ad is 555-BURG.
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Bruce Almighty was a particularly interesting case. In the original theatrical version, the number left on Bruce's pager was a real seven-digit number that actually happened to exist in certain U.S. area codes. The studio realized its mistake soon afterward, and so on the DVD release and TV airings, the number on the pager was replaced with 555-0123 and all dialogue mentioning it was overdubbed. There was some shock and laughs when some called the original number and connected with a North Carolina church reportedly tended by a pastor named Bruce, as well as other Georgia churches and the private cell number of a Wisconsin pastor.
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Selkie: When Pohl gives his number to Todd, it's shown as 534-555-3474. The "534" places him in northern Wisconsin, where the comic is set. The "555" places him in fictionland.
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Judy Moody: Girl Detective: When a police-dog-in-training goes missing, the number to report information is given as 1-800-MR-CHIPS. Later in the book, however, a 555 number is given as being seen on a van for a plumbing company.
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The Fairly OddParents!: In Abra-Catastrophe!, the phone number for Vicky's Babysitting Service is 555-LOVE.
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In the original release of The Santa Clause, the phone number of the mom of Scott's ex-wife's new boyfriend is given as "1-800-SPANK-ME", which turned out to be the number of an adult hotline when called. After a few parents complained about this, the scene was cut from future home video releases. In TV editions, her number is changed to 1-800-POUND, which isn't a real number, to keep the film's rating to TV-G.
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The phone number seen on the newspaper clipping in the beginning of Five Nights at Freddy's and Five Nights at Freddy's 2 originally didn't start with 1-555, but 1-888 instead. This was changed so that the phone number wouldn't accidentally be a legitimate number.
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The Amazing World of Gumball: The Wattersons' phone number is 555-0199.
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SuperMarioLogan averts this in "Bowser Loses His Voice!", where a real phone number is used for a service where one can talk to Charleyyy from Charleyyy And Friends. According to a Discord user, the phone number is that of an adult hotline.
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Joel Suzuki works at Art's Guitars, which has one of these numbers.
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In Eight Crazy Nights, Whitey mentions the only time he had sex was through a hotline, the number being 1-555-BOOBIES.
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Saturday Night Live:
The phone number for "Coffee Talk" (or was it "Coffee Tawk"?) was 555-4444. (However, the three 5s were replaced with coffee mugs and the said 5s that were called were bleeped out because that phone number was Defictionalized.)
During "Weekend Update" in the first season, there was a segment about contaminated marijuana (in which, unbeknownst to the network, the joint shown on camera was real). Chevy gave an address for viewers to send theirs in for testing. NBC made the producers give a fictional address that would have been in the middle of the Hudson. Nevertheless, some viewers sent some of their stash to the show (you can bet it was "tested" and found to be safe).
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In Young Sheldon Season 2 Episode 21: A Broken Heart and a Crock Monster, when Sheldon looks through the ledger at the church donation records, John Alberts' account number is listed as 555-0120. note Assuming the donation record is for the current year (it is not listed anywhere), the episode would take place sometime during or after July, but earlier in the episode adult Sheldon said that today was a faculty & administrative day, this paired with the cold weather attire being worn would mean that it was not July and school was currently in session. Of course, it could be the fall semester and Sheldon was looking at the record for earlier that year.
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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022): There's a company called "Sweet Pete's Porta Potty" whose number is 213-555-0127.
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For a lark, Charles Schultz of Peanuts once put Bill Melendez (animator of the Peanuts Christmas special) on a strip as Lucy's phone number. Apparently, the first person to pick up a call from a reader was his young daughter, and the person on the other end ended up dropping the phone in shock.
There's also the Peanuts character 5, which is actually short for 555. But it's not the phone prefix; his last name is the family ZIP code, 95472. (He has older sisters named 333 and 444, so 555 was simply next in sequence.)
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Siren Novels: After Carla Marciano is killed in Dark Water, the local newspaper tells anyone with information to call the Winter Harbor PD at 207-555-3900.
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Superliminal: SomnaSculpt's phone number is 1-555-SOMSCULPT.
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FoxTrot had a strip where Jason and Marcus are surfing the Web by entering site's IP addresses rather than the domain names (no challenge in that!). All of the IP addresses are invalid (with a number over 256), except for one — which is (or at least was at the time) the address for foxtrot.com.
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AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" might seem like an example because its lyrics mention the phone number 36-24-36. However, it's a real number: The band are Australian, and phone numbers in towns outside the capital cities there were actually six numbers instead of seven back in the 1970s.
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Leverage uses this trope often, since many of the team's cons depend on cell phone communication.
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In The Blues Brothers, the "fake" address Elwood gives for his driver's license is a real address. But the address is that of Wrigley Field.
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Slipknot's song "The Heretic Anthem" featured the chorus: "If you're 5-5-5 then I'm 6-6-6", though the lyrics feature no real Satanic overtones and the use of the number was really just for shock value, since the line could be interpreted to mean that if you're trying to fit in and be acceptable, he's trying to be edgy and unacceptable.
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The Patrick Star Show: "Lost in Couch" includes a Parody Commercial for furniture tours, hosted by Rube Goldfish. The phone number RBE-555-01GOLDFISH appears on screen.
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In Le cœur a ses raisons, Ashley's phone number is "555-0100".
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The Incredibles gave a real number on the business card that Bob is given. While inactive at the time of original release, calling it as of the DVD release resulted in Mirage's voice telling you to enter the number on the website to access a Deleted Scene not included on the DVD.
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The Mask: Mrs. Kellaway's phone number, as shown in the picture of her which the cops find in the Mask's possession, is 555-9371.
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Used in Danny Phantom in the episode "The Ultimate Enemy". Mr. Lancer is making a phone call to Fentonworks and dials "555-1221".
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Tiny Toon Adventures:
The gag credit for "Fox Trot" is:
The episode "Tiny Toon Music Television" featured one of these at one point. However, it was a toll-free 555 number, and was made right around when toll-free 555 numbers were made available publicly. It went to an "adult entertainment" line, and the episode was removed from rotation for a time. Some edits just removed the number from the segment (which produces a minor Pot Hole as the characters refer to a supposedly onscreen number), while others removed the entire segment that had the number.
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In El Goonish Shive, Sarah's number is 555-7272. Susan's number is 555-3239.
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Gigi's number in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, as copied down off the bathroom wall by Harvey, is "555-0111".
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Last Action Hero lampshades this trope when Danny brings it up to Jack Slater to try to point out that they're inside a movie. Naturally, it doesn't convince him.
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In Depression Quest, a friend gives you the phone number for a great therapist: 647-723-5274. In real life, that phone number goes to The Toronto Therapy Network, a directory of therapists in the Greater Toronto area. The therapist you see, Dr. Susan Melville, is fictional however.
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Sponge Bob Squarepants:
In one episode, a business card is shown with 555 as the area code, but the prefix itself is 123.
In the Employee of the Month computer game, the number to call Sublime Seafoods is 555-4444. SpongeBob lampshades this.
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Scooby Apocalypse: Thaumatrope Mining Co. has the phone number 555-7234.
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The Time's hit "777-9311", which, similar to "Jenny", is how Morris Day is able to contact the girl he's mackin' on.
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Invoked in the Two and a Half Men episode "818-jklpuzo", where "jklpuzo" is the mnemonic used for a phone number. This translates to 555-7896.
Producer Chuck Lorre even discusses this trope, and the difficulty in getting the phone number on air, in his essay-like Vanity Plate at the end of the episode. CBS would eventually censor it from broadcast due to the number he gives to the idiots who dial all these numbers as well as the executives, 555-382-5968, which reads "FUCK YOU".
Throughout the run of the show, the writers experimented with a way to avoid the trope which they hoped would be less distracting: with the exception of the titular phone number of "818-jklpuzo", when a phone number is spoken in Two and a Half Men, it's not a 555 number but, to make sure it's still not real, it doesn't have as many digits as a real phone number does.
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In his ending in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Taskmaster advertises his mercenary training academy with the number given as 555-TASK. He still gets lots of signups though, as in the next 'panel' he's rolling in money. Presumably these numbers work in the Marvel universe.
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Doctor Who:
"The Stolen Earth": The Doctor's mobile phone number is given as 07700 900461, causing thousands to try contacting him using it. Appropriately, this number spells W—HO-. The 07700 9 range is reserved in the UK for fake mobile phone numbers to be used in fiction. Lower numbers of the 07700 range are used by a local provider in Jersey.
"Praxeus": The phone number Adam uses when he sends Jake a text for help is 7700 900XXX, with a country code of +852. However, that code is for Hong Kong, where he was texting from, even though country codes are attached to numbers and don't change depending on where the phone with that number is calling from.
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The Call of Duty series has portable toilets in some areas such as Overflow and S.S.D.D and Invasion from Modern Warfare 2 with this number plastered on them: 555-DUMP.
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Person of Interest does this with phone numbers, as well as with Social Security Numbers, which figure prominently into the plot. For obvious reasons, none of the ones shown on screen are real. Most, if not all, are in the form "000-XX-XXXX" or "XXX-00-XXXX", neither of which can be a valid number. One exception comes in the form of a recurring number (917) 285-7362, which is the voicemail of one of Finch's main aliases.
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Pushing Daisies, which is set in a 1950s Retro Universe, had an episode where Emerson Cod said his phone number was "KLondike 5-0155".
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Higglytown Heroes: Kip's mom's phone number is 555-0144.
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In Die Hard with a Vengeance, McClane must stop a bomb by dialing "555 and the answer" to the riddle the villain just gave.
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The Bill once used a "dotted decimal IP address" with a number in the 300s.
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The "Broom Cupboard" episode of The Unit features a foreign phone number containing 5555.
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Monty Python's Flying Circus did a quick ad for Arthur Sotkins Funeral Service that touts "Ring 049-2187 if you're about snuff it and our funeral service will be at your door within twenty minutes."
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Occurs frequently in forensic shows such as CSI, with the 555-01XX numbers showing up when the investigators or lab techs pull up phone records or analyze data from cellphones. Unsurprisingly, the fake IP (such as 172.168.355.27) and fake Hex (such as AG:61:BA:17:2Z:43) show up regularly on CSI: Cyber.
Specifically, on CSI: NY, Danny's cell number is 212-555-0121, and Mac's office land line number is 212-555-0131.
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JAG: In "Heart & Soul" Mac says the number to her office phone is 555-0171.
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Monument Taxi in True Lies has 555-2439. Another 800 number is written on their cars, too, for some reason.
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Criminal Minds does this a lot. One notable example is in "Painless", where Morgan gives out Reid's phone number during a press conference as a prank. Reid's number is listed as 702-555-0103, "702" being the area code for Reid's native Las Vegas.
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Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid's "1-800-273-8255" is a real phone number — specifically, the main number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline until being superseded in 2022 by the three-digit code 988. (The title number is still active, though 988 is now preferred for obvious reasons.) Since it is not a toll-free number outside North America, overseas releases add a disclaimer on international calling charges and may even list an equivalent local number.
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The Hitman franchise: the tattoo on 47's head is a real barcode... from a dildo holder.
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165 Eaton Place, the Bellamys' house on Upstairs Downstairs, doesn't exist. For the exterior scenes in the show, the producers used the real house at 65 Eaton and painted a "1" next to the address (as well as the adjacent houses).
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The Looney Tunes Show: In the episode "Here Comes the Pig", Lola's phone number is listed as 555-555-0101
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The Ghostbusters use it as the start of their business number.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days: The number on the VIP Lawn Service poster starts with 555.
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1.0
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Drawn attention to in the character Lucas Lee's movie-within-a-movie You Just Don't Exist in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, where he is shown punching "555" into a phone booth keypad with the barrel of a gun.
Avoided with Ramona's number, seen as 212-664-7665.note Also used in Munich, Definitely, Maybe and The Adjustment Bureau, it's a real phone number that was acquired by Universal Pictures to avoid the fake 555 prefix.
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One episode of The Golden Girls has Rose and Blanche campaigning a fundraiser telethon on TV. Rose's donation number is "555-GIVE", followed by Blanche's number: "555-EASY".
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In the Big Nate story arc where Nate dates Kelly, her number is 555-2832.
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555 / int_d52dfe03
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Nickelodeon Magazine has a format for E-mail addresses and domain names for their pranks: they use the .not suffix as a pun on .net, e.g., whatever@wherever.not or www.fakecompany.not.
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Dr. Strangelove: Group Captain Mandrake is trying to contact the President from a phone booth at Burpleson AFB in order to stop their bombers from attacking Russia. The booth's phone number is identified to the operator as Burpleson 3-9180.
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555 / int_d8ba9a46
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555
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Wally Bear and the NO! Gang featured a number that appeared on the title screen, 1-800-HI-WALLY, that kids can call to receive some pre-recorded messages of the titular character espousing some anti-drug advice. The number bizarrely remained active until October 2007, 15 years after the game's release.
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The video for Genesis's song "Jesus He Knows Me" featured the (parodied) televangelist's contribution hotline as '1-555-GEN-ESIS'. Area code 555 is reserved for directory assistance purposes, though Wikipedia is rather unclear as to what those are.
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555 / int_d99024a2
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South Park:
The episode "Towelie" featured a Parody Commercial for various Towelie merchandise. The number at the end was originally Comedy Central's toll-free number presumably used for ordering the stuff, "1-800-4-COMEDY", but was changed to "1-800-555-TOWL" in reruns and DVDs.
In "Hooked on Monkey Fonics", Liane buys Cartman a Hooked on Monkey Fonics spelling aid that comes with a live monkey. The cassette advises calling 1-800-555-4500 to replace the monkey if it arrives dead in the box.
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In Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Sticky-Fingers Cure, Penelope the parrot recites the advertising jingle "Call five-five-five-two-two-three-oh, and see your dentist now. Say goodbye to cavities!" while under the influence of a magical illness known as the Winter Effluvia.
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555 / int_d9e1bf7e
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Veronica Mars is set in a fictional town whose ZIP code is 90909. In real life, the prefix 909 is unassigned, although it is between valid prefixes used in Los Angeles County.
Mars Investigation's phone number is 555-0137.
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Sierra Burgess is a Loser: Sierra's number is 555-0147.
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1.0
 555 / int_dbd11f37
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555 / int_dbd11f37
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The Tom & Jerry Kids episode "The Vermin" has Jerry order a guitar off of TV, giving the number 555-555-5555. When Jerry dials, though, his finger pushes all around the number pad (similar to the Rugrats example above.)
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In GEOWeasel, the number 1-555-000-0000 appears as part of an advertisement for an imaginary friend-killing gun.
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The first puzzle in SPY Fox in Dry Cereal involves using a phone booth to dial a 555 number with a randomized 4-digit number at the end, in order to call Monkey Penny and enter the Mobile Command Center.
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Calvin & Hobbes: The Series: Calvin's parents' phone number is apparently 555-7186. Later, it's shown to be 555-6846.
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Played straight again in Grand Theft Auto IV. Aside the abundance of 555 phone numbers on shop fronts, every cheat code in the game is a 555 number.
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Homestar Runner has used a number of real e-mail addresses for the characters (generally ending in @homestarrunner.com) but at least one of Bubs's buisness cards lists his e-mail address as bubs@bubs.bubs.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After a hiatus at the start of Season 3, Buffy comes across the Scoobies all tooled up with holstered stakes and walkie-talkies. The digital frequency readout on Xander's radio starts with 555.
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What A Cartoon! Show: In the title card for "Lost Cat", the lost cat sign has the phone number 555-1234 written on it. In the episode proper, the phone number is 555-9603.
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Uplink does both of these. It uses random phone numbers in almost all ranges (02, 05, 06, 07, 08 and 09 from memory) - the avoiding of 01 is almost certainly to force an appearance of non-residential numbers (the only use of telephone numbers is for individual people's voicemail systems). It also uses bogus IP addresses all the way down to 0 and up to 999. It does get one IP address right, though - your own gateway is at 127.0.0.1, the local host loopback IP. Its Spiritual Successor Hacknet has the servers use realistic, if randomized, IP addresses.
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Miracle Creek has Potomac Mutual Insurance, which has the number 800-555-0199.
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555 / int_e871a598
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555
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Hey Arnold! goes the extra mile and makes a number that wouldn't be valid even if it wasn't a 555 number. Arnold's phone number is 555-123, which is one digit short of a real phone number.
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In the Family Guy episode "Three Kings", when Richard Dreyfuss gives Roy Scheider his phone number, he starts off with 555. At which point Scheider just tells Dreyfuss that if he doesn't want to give him his real phone number, don't lie.
Alan Rickman's answering machine: "Hello. You've reached Alan Rickman at 555-0122."
In one episode, Stewie gives out his email address, loismustdie@yahoo.com. The address was registered to someone working on the show and was set up to answer fan mail, although it's no longer in use.
Another episode had a scene in which Consuela, the Hispanic maid, was watching a Spanish infomercial. So naturally, "Cinco cinco cinco, cinco cinco cinco cinco!"
In The 2000 Year Old Virgin, when Peter suggests writing to the Family Television Council so Jesus won't have sex with Lois, an address is given on screen which in Real Life, would lead into the Pacific ocean.
Peter's Suit-Chute commercial has a 555 number flashing at the bottom of the screen. The viewer is led to believe it's a straight example of this trope until the Cutaway Gag ends, whereupon Peter explains that his failure to recognize that 555 indicates a nonexistent phone number killed his company and cost him $200,000.
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 Family Guy
hasFeature
555 / int_ea4f62db
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type
555
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LazyTown:
In "Rockin' Robbie", Johnny B. Badd's phone number is "555-BBAD".
In "Chef Rotten Food", this is combined with Ridiculously Long Phone Number with a phone number that's nothing but 5s that seems to keep going and going.
 555 / int_eb59224d
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
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hasFeature
555 / int_eb59224d
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type
555
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comment
Third Watch: In one scene, Doc asks for a woman's phone number, but we hear only the last four digits as a vehicle passes by, preventing us (but not Doc) from hearing the first three.
 555 / int_eb76340f
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_eb76340f
featureConfidence
1.0
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hasFeature
555 / int_eb76340f
 555 / int_ecd2a256
type
555
 555 / int_ecd2a256
comment
In Girls with Slingshots unlucky guy Jim gets a number from a girl which contains area code 555. He doesn't realize that it's a fake.
 555 / int_ecd2a256
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_ecd2a256
featureConfidence
1.0
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hasFeature
555 / int_ecd2a256
 555 / int_eef69f10
type
555
 555 / int_eef69f10
comment
Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street. This was a fake London address at the time of writing, but since then the street has been expanded and now 221 Baker Street is a real address and a Sherlock Holmes Museum/Gift Shop.
 555 / int_eef69f10
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_eef69f10
featureConfidence
1.0
 Sherlock Holmes
hasFeature
555 / int_eef69f10
 555 / int_ef7b3325
type
555
 555 / int_ef7b3325
comment
During John Byrne's run on Fantastic Four, the team's phone number is revealed to be, aptly enough, 555-4444.
 555 / int_ef7b3325
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_ef7b3325
featureConfidence
1.0
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hasFeature
555 / int_ef7b3325
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type
555
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comment
Breaking Bad:
Most of the actual 7-digit phone numbers begin with "1", which isn't done in North America.
Walter also buries about $80 million in cash, which is stolen and replaced with a couple of bodies at GPS coordinates that he documents as his picks on a lotto ticket. Attempting to dig them up is not recommended, as the coordinates given (+34° 59' 20.00", -106° 36' 52.00) actually point to Albuquerque Studios — which is about a mile away from a DEA station.
 555 / int_f0c816fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_f0c816fb
featureConfidence
1.0
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hasFeature
555 / int_f0c816fb
 555 / int_f1c2ef05
type
555
 555 / int_f1c2ef05
comment
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!: In the episode "American Goth", a sign posted at an abandoned building tells potential buyers to call 555-0198.
 555 / int_f1c2ef05
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_f1c2ef05
featureConfidence
1.0
 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
hasFeature
555 / int_f1c2ef05
 555 / int_f361b493
type
555
 555 / int_f361b493
comment
I Love Lucy takes place in an apartment building whose address was 623 East 68th Street, which would be in the middle of the East River.
 555 / int_f361b493
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_f361b493
featureConfidence
1.0
 I Love Lucy
hasFeature
555 / int_f361b493
 555 / int_f4a04cd2
type
555
 555 / int_f4a04cd2
comment
Resident Evil 3 takes place in the fictional "Mid-West town" Raccoon City. However, in the prologue, there's a billboard for "Grady's Inn", which gives an obscured phone number with a 212 area code. This would put Raccoon City inside Manhattan.
 555 / int_f4a04cd2
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_f4a04cd2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (Video Game)
hasFeature
555 / int_f4a04cd2
 555 / int_f655ed11
type
555
 555 / int_f655ed11
comment
The KACL studio number in Frasier is 555-KACL.
 555 / int_f655ed11
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_f655ed11
featureConfidence
1.0
 Frasier
hasFeature
555 / int_f655ed11
 555 / int_f6c05e8e
type
555
 555 / int_f6c05e8e
comment
In the Friends episode "The One With the Ick Factor", Ross gets a pager so that his ex-wife can contact him for the birth of their child. His number is 55-JIMBO or rather 555-4626. Throughout the episode, Ross gets wrong-number calls for a male prostitute whose number is 555-8626 (55-JUMBO).
 555 / int_f6c05e8e
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_f6c05e8e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Friends
hasFeature
555 / int_f6c05e8e
 555 / int_f8a7362
type
555
 555 / int_f8a7362
comment
Midnight Caller: When a caller's number is shown, it's usually this. The radio show's number is 555-TALK.
 555 / int_f8a7362
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_f8a7362
featureConfidence
1.0
 Midnight Caller
hasFeature
555 / int_f8a7362
 555 / int_fcacaa36
type
555
 555 / int_fcacaa36
comment
The Man in the High Castle: Some phone numbers, such as the one on Sampson's work truck, begin with "KL5".
 555 / int_fcacaa36
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_fcacaa36
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Man in the High Castle
hasFeature
555 / int_fcacaa36
 555 / int_fdbace96
type
555
 555 / int_fdbace96
comment
Gravity Falls: Marius' phone number is 555-0176.
 555 / int_fdbace96
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_fdbace96
featureConfidence
1.0
 Gravity Falls
hasFeature
555 / int_fdbace96
 555 / int_ff2165b
type
555
 555 / int_ff2165b
comment
Cold Case:
Lily gives her mobile no. as 555-0198 in "Sherry Darlin'".
"Saving Sammy" has 215-555-0196.
 555 / int_ff2165b
featureApplicability
1.0
 555 / int_ff2165b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cold Case
hasFeature
555 / int_ff2165b

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type
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 Sister Act / int_984763bb
type
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type
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 Snitch / int_984763bb
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 Southland Tales / int_984763bb
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 Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors / int_984763bb
type
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 Sudden Death / int_984763bb
type
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 Super Mario Bros. (1993) / int_984763bb
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 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane / int_984763bb
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 The Baby-Sitters Club / int_984763bb
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 The Game / int_984763bb
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 The Game (1997) / int_984763bb
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 The Intern / int_984763bb
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 The Matrix / int_984763bb
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 The Naked Gun / int_984763bb
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 The Ref / int_984763bb
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 The Room (2003) / int_984763bb
type
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type
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 The Terminal / int_984763bb
type
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 The Terminator / int_984763bb
type
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 Things Change / int_984763bb
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 Three Days of the Condor / int_984763bb
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 True Crime / int_984763bb
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 True Lies / int_984763bb
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 21 Jump Street / int_984763bb
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 Unbreakable / int_984763bb
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 WarGames / int_984763bb
type
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 Wishmaster / int_984763bb
type
555
 Zig Zag (2002) / int_984763bb
type
555
 Silent Hill (Franchise) / int_984763bb
type
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 Calling All Creeps! / int_984763bb
type
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 Diary of a Wimpy Kid / int_984763bb
type
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 Instrument of God / int_984763bb
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555
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 Logic (Music) / int_984763bb
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 Mojo Nixon (Music) / int_984763bb
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 A.N.T. Farm / int_984763bb
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 Cheers / int_984763bb
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 Elementary / int_984763bb
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 Fringe / int_984763bb
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type
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 Ghostwriter / int_984763bb
type
555
 Gilmore Girls / int_984763bb
type
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 Greek / int_984763bb
type
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 Hannah Montana / int_984763bb
type
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 Home Improvement / int_984763bb
type
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 Hunter (1984) / int_984763bb
type
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 I Love Lucy / int_984763bb
type
555
 JAG / int_984763bb
type
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 Jane the Virgin / int_984763bb
type
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 Just the Ten of Us / int_984763bb
type
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 Kingdom (2007) / int_984763bb
type
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 Lamb Chop's Play-Along / int_984763bb
type
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 Late Night with Conan O'Brien / int_984763bb
type
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 LazyTown / int_984763bb
type
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type
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 The Americans / int_984763bb
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 The Equalizer / int_984763bb
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type
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 The Honeymooners / int_984763bb
type
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 The Inbetweeners / int_984763bb
type
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 The Man in the High Castle / int_984763bb
type
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 The Odd Couple (1970) / int_984763bb
type
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 The Persuaders! / int_984763bb
type
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 The Pretender / int_984763bb
type
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 The Queen's Gambit / int_984763bb
type
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 The Transporter / int_984763bb
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 'Til Death / int_984763bb
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 Timeless / int_984763bb
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 Touch (2012) / int_984763bb
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type
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type
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 Dreamfall Chapters (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Gabriel Knight (Video Game) / int_984763bb
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type
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 Home Safety Hotline (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Jedi Starfighter (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Kathy Rain (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Left 4 Dead (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Leisure Suit Larry 2: Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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type
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type
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type
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 Mystery Case Files (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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type
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 Obduction (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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type
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 Reincarnation (2008) (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Reventure (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Rhythm Heaven (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 RoboCop: Rogue City (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 SPY Fox (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 San Francisco Rush (Video Game) / int_984763bb
type
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 Silent Hill 4 (Video Game) / int_984763bb
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 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Video Game) / int_984763bb
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 Slender: The Arrival (Video Game) / int_984763bb
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 SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month (Video Game) / int_984763bb
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 Scott The Woz (Web Video) / int_984763bb
type
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 Stan Frederick (Web Video) / int_984763bb
type
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 The Eleven Little Roosters (Web Video) / int_984763bb
type
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 Unabridged (Web Video) / int_984763bb
type
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 Apricot Cookie(s)! (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Badly Drawn Kitties (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Evil, Inc. (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Fillbert (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Girls with Slingshots (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Paranatural (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
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 qxlkbh (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Selkie (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
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 Sleepless Domain (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 The Panty Bear (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
type
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 Abra-Catastrophe! / int_984763bb
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 Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog / int_984763bb
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 Animaniacs (2020) / int_984763bb
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 Batman: The Brave and the Bold / int_984763bb
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 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! / int_984763bb
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 Beavis and Butt-Head / int_984763bb
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 Beetlejuice / int_984763bb
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 Bob's Burgers / int_984763bb
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 Cyberchase / int_984763bb
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 Daffy Duck's Quackbusters / int_984763bb
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 Despicable Me 2 / int_984763bb
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 Eight Crazy Nights / int_984763bb
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 Garfield's Babes and Bullets / int_984763bb
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 Growing Up Creepie / int_984763bb
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 Higglytown Heroes / int_984763bb
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 Inside Out / int_984763bb
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 Invincible (2021) / int_984763bb
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 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius / int_984763bb
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 Let's Go Luna! / int_984763bb
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 Merry Little Batman / int_984763bb
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 Monsters University / int_984763bb
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 My Gym Partner's a Monkey / int_984763bb
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 Pinky and the Brain / int_984763bb
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 Rolie Polie Olie / int_984763bb
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 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? / int_984763bb
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 Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy / int_984763bb
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 Smiling Friends / int_984763bb
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 Son of Batman / int_984763bb
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 Soul / int_984763bb
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 Space Ghost Coast to Coast / int_984763bb
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 Stunt Dawgs / int_984763bb
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 Taz-Mania / int_984763bb
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 The Flintstone Kids / int_984763bb
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 The Incredibles / int_984763bb
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 The Incredibles / int_984763bb
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 The Looney Tunes Show / int_984763bb
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 The Super Mario Bros. Movie / int_984763bb
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 Tiny Toon Adventures / int_984763bb
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 Tom & Jerry Kids / int_984763bb
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 Tom and Jerry Tales / int_984763bb
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 Toy Story 3 / int_984763bb
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 Wacky Races (2017) / int_984763bb
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 What A Cartoon! Show / int_984763bb
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 Zootopia / int_984763bb
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 Junie B. Jones / int_984763bb
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 Sports Night / int_984763bb
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 Jib Jab (Website) / int_984763bb
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