This article is about the number. For the year, see 1138. 1138 is the natural number following 1137 and preceding 1139. [edit] George Lucas and Lucasfilm One of George Lucas' early short films was Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, later remade into the feature film THX 1138. After the film, references to 1138 (and sometimes to THX) are scattered throughout Lucas' films, Lucasfilm productions and LucasArts computer games. - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: 1138 can be seen on the back the droid Jar-Jar hits over the head after they are deactivated on Naboo because of the destruction of the droid control ship.
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones: When Mace Windu orders a clone pilot to land in an assembly area, 1138 can be seen on the back of the pilot's helmet in LED lights.
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: CC-1138 is the numerical designation for Commander Bacara, commander of the Galactic Marines under General Ki-Adi-Mundi. An easter egg involving the number and a clip of Yoda breakdancing is also present on the DVD version.
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: 1138 is the number of the cell block on the Death Star that Luke Skywalker claims to be transferring Chewbacca from. Additionally, the Imperial Stormtrooper suit Luke Skywalker stole in the Death Star belongs to a Stormtrooper with the registration TK-421, but this was scripted and appears in the novelization as THX 1138.
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: In an approximation of the 1138 meme, General Rieekan issues the following order: "Send Rogues 10 and 11 to Station 3-8".
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi: The number 1138 is inscribed on the side of Boushh's helmet.
- American Graffiti: The number-plate of Paul Le Mat's deuce coupe is THX 138.
- Maniac Mansion: The number-plate of the Edison's Edsel car is THX 1138. The code for the safe is 1138. It is also one of the randomly-chosen numbers for the Meteor Police in the NES and Commodore 64 versions.
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders: The phone bill says Zak owes $1138.
- Outlaws: The train in the introduction has the number 1138 on its front.
- Escape From Monkey Island: When Guybrush meets with his future self in the Mists O' Tyme Marsh, he asks him "If you really are me, then what number am I thinking right now?" One of the answers his alter ego might give is "1138". Later in the game, Guybrush meets a ghostly priest who has defied LeChuck, and also believes in "the Anti-LeChuck", a ten-foot tall demonized version of Guybrush with 1138 tattooed on his forehead.
- Star Tours: When a guest is waiting in this Disney attraction's spaceport, various announcements can be heard over a PA system in between R2-D2 and C-3P0's conversations—one says: "will the owner of a red-and-black landspeeder, vehicle ID THX-1138, please return to your craft. You are parked in a no-hover area."
- Raiders of the Lost Ark: The number is heard spoken through an intercom in German, "Eins-eins-drei-acht". The wing number on a plane also reads THX-1138.
- Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade: 1138 is in roman numerals MCXXXVIII in Dr. Jones' Notebook in the library scene.
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Stormtroopers in the medical room refer to Starkiller as project 1138.
- Star Wars: Republic Commando: The lead character's codename is RC-1138
[edit] Other references Even in media unrelated to Lucasfilm, the number is occasionally featured (generally without the prefix THX), sometimes to popularize the injoke or to tribute Lucas and/or Lucasfilm media. - Agent Cody Banks: At the end, Arnold Vosloo's character Francois Molay wears orange prison garb with the inmate number AR 1138.
- Pinky and the Brain: In one version of the opening song, the Brain is seen writing an equation on a chalkboard, where he writes "THX=1138".
- The number has also appeared in four Robot Chicken episodes:
- Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator: Grubb uses the code THX 1138 to override his workbots.
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: the door to the scientist's lab reads 1138.
- Smallville: Lex Luthor is working on a project entitled Project 1138 (Ref: Episode Name - Thirst). NB: Carrie Fisher appears in the episode.
- ReBoot: Used as a heading for spacecraft in episode 1x01 - The Tearing. Used again as the approach vector for the remains of the cpu defense force in episode v3.1.1 (3x01).
- Storm: 1138 is used as a doorcode to a building where a LAN Party is held.
- Sneakers: At the very beginning of this movie, the access code entered ends in 1138.
- Crash and Burn: When the robot is damaged the pilot sees on the screen a message - ERROR 1138
- Bully: The code used to unlock the security door leading to the observatory is 1138.
- Ocean's Eleven: The code Linus uses to unlock the security door leading to the safe is 1138
- We Are 138: The Misfits song similarly about a dystopian future where "it's a time to be an android not a man" may be a reference to THX1138, singer Glenn Danzig having removed the first digit to fit the words into the rhythm of the song.
- The West Wing: In the second season episode 'Bad Moon Rising' when C.J. asks her assistant, Carol, how many more interviews she has left to find the source of a press leak, the answer is 1138.
- Follow That Bird: Big Bird flies to Oceanview Illinois on Flight CTW 1138. George Lucas has a cameo in the film.
- Batman: Hush story arc, Batman issue #611, Clark Kent changes into Superman in the Daily Planet room #1138.
- The Matrix: At the end of the movie when Neo places a call from a phone booth you see the cascading digits. When they freeze the number 1138 can be seen brighter than the rest in the bottom-right corner.
- The Lawnmower Man: The test chimp from the beginning of the movie is later referred as Rosco 1138
- Absolon: The number of the address you see on the computer screen when Christopher Lambert's character is tracked down by satellite is 1138.
- Reign Over Me: The number of Dr. Oakhurst's office.
- Mission: Impossible: Ethan Hunt's clearance code for the secure call is Bravo Echo One One. BE11, when mirrored, becomes 1138.
- Monsters, Inc.: one of the CDA (Child Detection Agency) agents near the end of the movie (when Roz, agent 001, enters the room) has the number on the uniform. Also, one of the agents coming out of the toilet has the number. It should be noted that these are different characters in appearance even though they share the same number. Some[who?] claim that the fact that they share the same number could be a continuity error on the animator's part.
- Adventures in Odyssey: On the "Wonderworld" episode, Jimmy Barclay and Lawrence Hodges pretend to be secret agents with code names Agent THX1138 and Agent NCC-1701.
- In the Super Robot anime series Dancouga, the code THX-1138 was used to activate the combination sequence for the Jyusenki Tai to combine their respective mecha into the gigantic robot Dancouga for the first time in episode 15.
- Firefly: In the episode The Train Job, the number A:1138 is written on top of the train being robbed as Jayne jumps onto it from Serenity.
- Dark Angel: In the second episode (Heat), the odometer on Max's bike reads 113.8.
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