2GAT123
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2GAT123 is a fictional license plate number that has appeared in a number of movies. It is used to prevent difficulties for a real person who might coincidentally have the same number as one appearing in a movie. For this same reason most fictional telephone numbers usually begin with a 555 exchange, of which a portion of these numbers (0100-0199) are marked as "reserved for fictitious use".
Many states have reserved the number "SAM 123" and in some cases the vanity license plate "SAMPLE" for use for fictitious license tags.
Movies in which a car bearing the license number 2GAT123 have appeared include Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), L.A. Story (1991), "Eve of Destruction" (1991), Go (1999), Pay It Forward (2000), Traffic (2000), The Perfect Nanny (2000), crazy/beautiful (2001), The Animal (2001), Mulholland Drive (2001), National Security (2003), S.W.A.T. (2003) and Harsh Times (2005).
The license number has also appeared on the television series Lost, Sleeper Cell, Charmed, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Beverly Hills, 90210, Two and a Half Men, She Spies, The X-Files, and John from Cincinnati, commercials for Volkswagen and Miller High Life, and in the videogame True Crime: Streets of L.A..
The number almost always appears on a California license plate, and is characteristic of the numbering scheme used by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which began using the "1ABC123" numbering format in 1980. Plates in the 2GAT series would have been issued in mid-1987.
