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Calling all Otaku! Help me find a License Plate Number (ani.social)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by NineSwords@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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Hey there, I just ordered a new car but the biggest problem turns out to be finding an available license plate number. Literally everything I could think of seems to be taken already. The only one I did find that was free was the VF-25 from Macross Frontier.

The pattern I need is one or two letters followed by one or two digits: X(X) - #(#). It also has an E after that since it's an plugin hybrid but I don't even try to find something that incorporates the E (would be cool though).

So, I need your help. Maybe you know any anime (or LN, Manga, Otaku culture, etc. ) references that would fit into that pattern? Single letter or digit combinations are very rare but I'll try them anyway for availability.

Thanks in advance!

PS: I can't keep my old license plate number (Model number of the Millennium Falcon) because the E at the end of the new plate takes away from the maximal length allowed.

PPS.: No leading zeros in the digits. I.e. 01, 02, etc. aren't allowed.

PPPS.: It seems like one letter and 3 digits works as well.

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[–] Mercuri@ani.social 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Alright, I did some Googling and asked ChatGPT for some help (this is really what stuff like ChatGPT is good for, not stealing art and writing bad novels). And even though ChatGPT was a f*cking moron initially suggesting things like NCC-1701 even though I specifically said it had to be XX-##, it finally came up with a decent list:

MC-75 : The Mon Calimari Cruiser from Star Wars (There are also other MC cruisers like MC30, MC40, MC80, MC85, and MC95)

EF76 : Nebulon-B Escort Frigate, also from Star Wars

YF-19 : Prototype Macross fighter

YF-21 : Macross Plus fighter

VF-25 : Macross Frontier fighter

A somewhat unique (albeit wrong) suggestion ChatGPT gave was BT-7274 from Titanfall 2... you could shorten it to BT-72. Following on the idea of droids I got:

HK-47 : The loveable and homicidal assassination droid from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

IG-11 : Another Assassin droid, tasked with killing Grogu in Mandalorian.

Finally, one silly recommendation ChatGPT gave me was "SG-88" as a reference to Stargate and Back to the Future. I don't hate it.

[–] NineSwords@ani.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nah man! The MC-75 is a trap. ;)

HK-47 and IG-11 were in my initial search. I didn't search for the Nebulon B, but who wants to be in a medial ship. Seems almost as bad an omen as the Mon Cal Corvette.

So far I think I'll stay with the VF-25 from Macross and blast Diamond Crevasse on full blast as the first song. I'll have to look up a replica of Sheryl's earring to have it dangling from the rearview mirror. Just to keep in theme.

[–] Mercuri@ani.social 3 points 4 days ago

I’ll have to look up a replica of Sheryl’s earring to have it dangling from the rearview mirror. Just to keep in theme.

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