History Main / YouAreNumberSix

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

* The player character in the obscure 3DO game ''Immercenary'' is known simply as "Number Five". The character's deceased predecessor was, of course, "Number Four". While it ''is'' set in a dystopian world, the designation seems to just be an excuse not to give the character a name.

* All Pre-Cals in ''[[VideoGame/{{Republique}} République]]'' are given an alphanumerical designation, such as 390-H and 933-W. You help 390-H, who calls herself Hope, to escape the facility, after her friend Weep (933-W) has already been "[[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood recalibrated]]".

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'' has a Malakhim that was introduced as simply "Number Two" that served an exorcist prior to being freed by the protagonist, Velvet. She would later give him a proper name: [[spoiler: Laphicet, after her departed brother.]] In fact, the Abbey does this with all Malakhim under their control, as they don't consider them as having their own consciousness worthy of consideration. Your party rescues another Malakhim as well, who was known as "Number One," whom they name "Silva."

* ''VideoGame/WhiteNoise2'': The returning supernatural creature from [[VideoGame/WhiteNoiseOnline the first game]] is called "Subject 23".

* In ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'', the default names of the animals you adopted are basically "[Species Name] [Number]".
** Averted in the game's spiritual successor, ''VideoGame/PlanetZoo'' where animals have names common in [[NationalAnimalStereotypes countries and regions in which they occur]].

** In all three games, the mastermind behind the DeadlyGame the characters have been forced to play adopts the alias "Zero".

* In "WebAnimation/VillagerNews", all of the villagers are named "Villager #", and the show is hosted by Villager #4.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The "Flying Saucer Princess" in #110 fled her home planet because she had spent her life always grouped with the other princesses as "Princess #1003" while being forced to never stand out or deviate from the others.
* ComicBook/{{X 23}} from ''X-Men'' (a.k.a Laura Kinney; however this name is rarely used by her friends and family, and mainly by those attempting to dehumanize her), so named because she was the 23rd attempt in a project to create an OppositeSexClone of Wolverine. Also, Fantomex. His real name is Charlie-Cluster 7, while his official codename is Weapon XIII. Last but not least: Wolverine himself, as he is Weapon X.

* [[ActionGirl 355]] in ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''. In addition, [[spoiler: Allison Mann's father mass produces clones of her, each bearing her name and their respective number in sequence. The first one she meets is named "Ayuko Ni", Allison 2 in Japanese]]
* Genoshan Mutates from ''X-Men'' are only referred to by a number designation. For example when ComicBook/{{Storm}} & Wolfsbane were transformed into Mutates they were known an "Mutate #20" & "Mutate #490"

* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'' isn't technically an example, using a Greek letter instead of a number. Beta is a perfect genetic copy of PlayerCharacter Aloy, made at the same time (and for the same reasons) as her. Unlike Aloy, Beta was treated as a tool by her masters, [[spoiler: the crew of the ''Far Zenith'']] from birth; it's implied that no other humans even bothered to talk to her face to face until she was almost twenty. The contrast between Aloy and Beta's personalities is a central theme of the game, with Aloy (being raised apart from her tribe, but by Rost, who cleared cared for her, even if he wasn't the most obvious about it) having the same headstrong, problem-solving attitude of Elisabet Sobeck, and Beta being cowardly and pessimistic from a life of subjugation.

** Organization XIII's members are given a number based on the order they joined. In order: I. Xemnas, II. Xigbar, III. Xaldin, IV. Vexen, V. Lexaeus, VI. Zexion, VII. Saïx, VIII. Axel, IX. Demyx, X. Luxord, XI. Marluxia, XII. Larxene, XIII. Roxas, [[RetGone XIV. Xion]]. Vexen sometimes addresses other members by only their number.
** [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Xion]] is a double example. She shares Organization XIII's number theme [[spoiler: but even her "real" name is a number. Designating her serial number in the replica project No. i aka the imaginary number]]. Saïx outright tells Roxas that's why they never bothered to rename themselves Organization XIV.
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', Organization XIII is remade. It now goes: I. Master Xehanort, II. Ansem the Seeker of Darkness, III. Xemnas, IV. Xigbar, V. Luxord, VI. Larxene, VII. Marluxia, VIII. Saix, IX. Terra-Xehanort, X. Dark Riku, XI. Vanitas, XII. Young Xehanort, XIII. Xion.

* The robots in ''Film/ShortCircuit'' were all named after numbers. Somehow, Number Five acquired [[DoAndroidsDream sentience]], and changed his name to Johnny Five.

* The brothers in ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' who kill each other off for the throne and then hang around as ghosts to see who gets it were apparently bred expressly for this purpose, so that whoever should inherit should have earned it by cunning and strength. They were therefore named impersonally, with Latin names designating their birth order, Primus to Septimus.
** Their sister is named Una, but nobody pays her much heed, as only a male can inherit the throne.

*** Averted in some ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' works in that droids would be referred to by names instead of by their official designations. In the [[Literature/XWingSeries X-Wing]] series of novels, most of the R series astromech droids in Rogue Squadron are given names by their pilots. For example, Corran Horn's R2-D2 unit was referred to as Whistler, and the R5-D2 that Wedge Antilles used was named Mynock until Wedge had Mynock's memory wiped and systems upgraded. This resulted in the droid's designation changing to R5-G8, which Wedge shortened to Gate. Gavin Darklighter initially called his R2 unit Jawaswag before renaming him Catch.

* ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'': Mei, after being KidnappedForExperimentation, is referred to by the scientists who captured her as [=RP1=]. This not only dehumanizes her, but implies that they intend to find the other members of her family that can become red pandas, with Mei only being the first of their involuntary test subjects.

* The PlayerCharacter in the ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' games gains a number upon joining the New Squidbeak Splatoon, but this is purely a codename. This trope is played straight with the protagonist of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''[='=]s ''[[DownloadableContent Octo Expansion]]'', who is an amnesiac Octoling whose only identifying information is a pair of neon yellow bands on their wrist and ankle designating them as Applicant No. 10008. They're recruited as Agent 8 by Cap'n Cuttlefish and later goes on to use "Eight" as their civilian name (for lack of anything else) in subsequent appearances.

* The PlayerCharacter in the ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' games gains a number upon joining the New Squidbeak Splatoon, but they presumably have a real name. The exception to this is the protagonist of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''[='=]s ''[[DownloadableContent Octo Expansion]]'', who is an amnesiac Octoling whose only identifying information is a pair of neon yellow bands on their wrist and ankle designating them as Applicant No. 10008. They're recruited as Agent 8 by Cap'n Cuttlefish and later goes on to use "Eight" as their actual name (for lack of anything else).

* [[MyHeroZero Zero]] from the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' games. While he's said to be [[spoiler:the last of the Wily Numbers]] in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' and has the serial number [[spoiler:[=DWN.∞=]]] (as seen in Area X-2 of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3''), the name might relate to the fact that [[spoiler:he is "patient zero" for the Maverick virus]].
* Drebin, from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' claims to belong to an organization entirely staffed by people named Drebin. He in particular is Drebin 893 (however, since he is the only Drebin that appears in the game, he's always referred to as Drebin). Presumably, all Drebins are referred to as Drebin, regardless of their number. The Database of MGS implies this as well.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' (the [[CreatorDrivenSuccessor Spiritual Precursor]] to the titles listed below), Seibzehn and Achtzehn are the German words for "seventeen[[labelnote:*]]albeit spelled incorrectly in this case[[/labelnote]]" and "eighteen," respectively. In Gear shops, equipment for Seibzehn is even prefixed with "#17."

* The PlayerCharacter in the ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' games gains a number upon joining the New Squidbeak Splatoon, but they presumably have a real name. This is played straight in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''[='=]s ''[[DownloadableContent Octo Expansion]]'', where the campaign features an amnesiac Octoling protagonist referred to as Applicant No. 10008, who joins the team as Agent 8, and is implied by supplemental material to simply make use of "Eight" as their new name (for lack of anything else).

* Henchmen 21 and 24 from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', not to mention the rest of the Monarch's henchmen. Though 21's real name is revealed very early on, and some characters refer to him as "Gary" on occasion.
* The ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Bot" involves one of [[BigBad Lord Dominator's]] many MechaMooks, Bot 13. AllLovingHero Wander meets him, bonds with him and gives him the name "Beep Boop," and his MookFaceTurn is signaled by his refusal to answer to his numerical "name" when Dominator orders him to give her the location of an inhabited planet she plans to destroy for its resources.