Year 2000 problem: Difference between revisions

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* During the spring of 1999, [[Kids' WB!]] aired a promotional spot for ''[[Animaniacs]]'' in which [[Yakko, Wakko and Dot]] claim to have solved the Y2K problem, which they think means all uses of the letter Y will change to the letter K, and state that the viewer should, from now on, watch the show "on Mondak, Tuesdak, Wednesdak, Thursdak, and Fridak."

* The [[Digimon]] [[Diaboromon]] was based on the Y2K Bug, tying up phone lines, as in when Tai tried to call Sora, it is said that it launched a missile as well. It also began destroying computer data, its lower form eating symbols like the dots in the [[Namco]] classic, [[Pac-Man]]

* On the series ''[[Futurama]]'', Fry's father has a Y2K Doomsday Shelter. Also, one of the opening captions for an episode was: Not Y3K compatible. Finally, in the episode "X-mas Story", the preserved head of Conan O'Brien unsuccesfullyunsuccessfully tries to tell a joke about the Y2K problem to a 31st century audience.

* A song titled ''Y2K'' appears on [[The Apples In Stereo]] album ''[[Her Wallpaper Reverie]]'' released June 8, 1999, stating that "They showed it on the news . . . For people just like you and me"

*Country singers [[Chad Brock]], [[Hank Williams, Jr.]] and [[George Jones]] recorded a re-written version of Williams's "[[A Country Boy Can Survive]]" in late 1999, entitled "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version)". This song featured lyrics pertaining to the year 2000 problem, such as "If the bank machines crash, we'll be just fine".

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* A character in the videogame [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]], explains how a shadow government of the United States, called the Patriots, used the Y2K scare to supply civilian and corporate operating systems with a "security code" that was used in a wider conspiracy to control the digital flow of information.

* A 1999 episode of the ''King of the Hill'' Christmas special [[Hillennium]] featured all of Arlen being frightened of the Y2K, except Hank. Hank soon gets caught up in Y2K hype.

* In an episode of [[My Name is Earl]], Earl and the gang become obsessed with the theatthreat of Y2K.

* A fake radio commercial in the game "[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]" (set in the year 1998) makes reference to Y2K and encourages buying ammunition to prepare.