867-5309/Jenny - Other Media References

Other Media References

  • The 1996 video game Duke Nukem 3D featured an appearance of the phone number above a urinal in an early level of the game. The same game's 2011 sequel, Duke Nukem Forever also included the same gag 15 years later again above a urinal in a bathroom however it included the name Jenny and not just the phone number.
  • The 2000 video game MDK2 also included a reference to the song, where an alien invasion is reported to take place in sector 8675309 of the planet Earth, which happened to be Edmonton, Alberta.
  • The video 2002 video game Splinter Cell features a reference to the number. A clerk taking inventory at the CIA starts reciting aloud item numbers that are similar to the famous phone number (such as J-8675304), but stops just short of the actual number.
  • The video game Deus Ex features "8675309" used as a code to open one door in a level.

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