# 2GAT123

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2gat123/50355>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 16, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2gat123/50355 "2001-01-16T18:35:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sugarbuns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Sugarbuns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sugarbuns)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2gat123/50355/1 "2001-01-16T18:35:41Z")

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I’ve seen this license plate number in several different Hollywood films over the years (examples, off the top of my head, are found in LA story and Traffic). I don’t get it. I can’t figure out a phrase that it would spell out, so I think it must be an inside joke or message that filmmakers use. Does anyone know what it is?

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**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2gat123/50355/2 "2001-01-16T18:43:39Z")

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Go to [this site](http://www-chaos.umd.edu/misc/origplates.html) and search for 2GAT123 (it’s near the bottom of the page, and it’s a LONG page).

BTW, welcome to the SDMB! I found this by searching for 2GAT123 on [http://www.northernlight.com](http://www.northernlight.com).

Arjuna34

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**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2gat123/50355/3 "2001-01-16T21:45:11Z")

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Apparently, that plate has shown up on TV shows and ads too. It’s probably a dummy plate that California won’t ever produce due to the distribution of numbers and letters.

That or a cryptic reference to a verse in Galatians by The Illuminati. 😉