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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 compatiblecompliant. Finally, in the episode "X-mas Story", the preserved head of Conan O'Brien unsuccessfully 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".