Calculator Spelling - Popular Culture

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• In an episode of the TV series Family Guy Glen Quagmire teaches Chris Griffin how to spell "8008" on a calculator, Chris Griffin then has an idea to put 2 calculators together to make them spell "BOOB" "BOOB" or to loosely resemble a pair of breasts.
• The Dutch rock band 35007's name comes from the calculator-spelling of the word "Loose".
• The Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton has a song titled "7734" on their album Metalizer.
• In The Fairly OddParents TV movie School's Out! The Musical Flappy Bob types 07734 on the calculator during the song "Where is the Fun?", which when turned upside down spells Hello.
• In an episode of the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants ("Goo Goo Gas"), the character Plankton tests a formula that turns anything it touches into a baby stored in Karen, his computerized "wife." When it works in turning her into a calculator, Plankton beseeches the device to "speak to me!" It responds in a calculator-spelling response of 0.7734 (hELLO), causing him to exclaim "It worked!"
• A commercial for Progressive automobile insurance features the company spokeswoman, Flo, typing 0.7734 to spell "Hello" as a form of "calculator humor."
• In the Strong Bad Email "technology" on the popular Homestar Runner website, Strong Bad types in 530453080 to his calculator. When turned upside down this reads "Oboe shoes"
• The song Twilight Omens by Franz Ferdinand includes the lines, "I typed your number into my calculator / Where it spelled a dirty word / When you turn it upside down."
• In the manga Rave Master, the character Elie thinks her name is "Elie" because she mistakenly read the tattoo on her arm (3173) upside-down.
• The Nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot has a song titled 80085 (BOOBS) on the album Zero Day.
• According to the 2010 episode of The Simpsons entitled Moe Letter Blues, the animated sitcom takes place in ZIP Code 80085 because in calculator spelling, the ZIP code is BOOBS. The ZIP code could also be 60065 as "boobs".
• In 1979 the Hollies released an album entitled 5317704 which is HOLLIES in upside down calculator.
• In the computer game Sam & Max, one immature character speculates that a door code's password might be 5318008- (BOOBIES). After hours of problem-solving, you find out that the password is exactly that.
• In the computer game Riddle School 3, the code to a locker with a student trapped inside is written on a piece of paper as "BLOBBLES". Read upside-down, this reveals the locker combination to be 53788078.
• In Extras (TV series), Andy's agent shows him, much to his evident disinterest, that 58008 forms 'boobs'. His agent later uses this 'trick' to get in with some of Andy's fans.
• The 1991 episode of I Love the '90s: Part Deux includes a segment on beepers, which included various people discussing the use of calculator spelling to send messages on what at the time was only a numeric display.
• In an episode of the TV series American Dad, Stan, trying prevent Roger from using his Pay-Per-View, lies to Roger and tells him that the pass code is 5318008, which in calculator spelling is "BOOBIES"
• In an episode of The Big Bang Theory, Raj states that 5318008 is the best number because when the calculator is turned upside down it spells "BOOBIES".
• In the "Lisa Goes Gaga" episode of The Simpsons, when Lady Gaga flies over a crowd with sparks shooting from her bra, Professor Frink holds up a calculator with "80085" on the display.