# Mythbusters "NODOUDT" license plate - what does it mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566 "2008-08-28T16:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/1 "2008-08-28T16:15:02Z")
I wasn’t sure if this belonged in GQ or Cafe Society. I decided on the latter since it’s a question primarily about something on a TV show. In the Mythbusters show, you always see a California personalized license plate that says “NODOUDT”. I haven’t been able to figure it out. I keep wanting to see it as “No Doubt” but the penultimate (wow, this is the first time in a long time I’ve been able to use that word!) letter IS a ‘D’. Has anyone been able to figure out the meaning of this plate? Thanks, J. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/2 "2008-08-28T16:44:37Z")
Always seemed to me that whomever already owned “NODOUBT” in California did not want to sell it, so they came up with something close. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/3 "2008-08-28T17:51:43Z")
Shoutout to the flight sim engineer who occasionally help them? (Saw his profile when I searched for it, way back) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/4 "2008-08-28T18:12:48Z")
I always assumed it was intended as ironic comment on the inadvisibility of careless certainty. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/5 "2008-08-28T21:13:02Z")
After Googling “NODOUDT,” I noticed you can buy coffe mugs, sweatshirts, T-shirts, posters, etc. all with that plate on them. I guess they were able to copyright the phrase “NODOUDT” for marketing purposes, whereas “NODOUBT” might not be so easily copyrighted and not as profitable. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/6 "2008-08-28T21:17:51Z")
Trademark, not copyright. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/7 "2008-08-28T21:23:35Z")
And Raytheon filed for a “NoDoubt” trademark two years ago. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/8 "2008-08-28T21:43:36Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Trademark, not copyright. [/QUOTE] Whatever. Close enough for rock 'n roll. ---
**Author:** ![kytim2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kytim2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kytim2)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/9 "2011-03-08T22:13:22Z")
I am watching a re-run right now and noticed the plate as I always do. . . If I remember right, it is the plate off of the Delorian on the back to the future movies. ---
**Author:** ![kytim2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kytim2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kytim2)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/10 "2011-03-08T22:16:27Z")
But now that I think of it. . That plate said outatime. . . It is off a movie plate. . Im sure of it!! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/11 "2011-03-08T22:17:01Z")
Comment withdrawn. However, this is a zombie thread. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/12 "2011-03-08T22:53:16Z")
The car they used with that plate was for speed camera myths, and it was probably the original plate on the donated car they used. Many of the Mythbusters cars used in myths are donated by fans or bought off Craigslist-type classifieds. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/13 "2011-03-09T00:26:15Z")
> [@](#): > > (wow, this is the first time in a long time I’ve been able to use that word!) But it won’t be the last. ---
**Author:** ![BlakeTyner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@BlakeTyner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlakeTyner)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/14 "2011-03-09T03:45:28Z")
> [@kytim2](#): > > I am watching a re-run right now and noticed the plate as I always do. . . If I remember right, it is the plate off of the Delorian on the back to the future movies. Pretty sure the Delorian’s tag was “Outatime” ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/15 "2011-03-09T14:04:58Z")
If you think about it, “DOUDT” is a more proper spelling than using a silent B. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/16 "2011-03-09T21:32:49Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > If you think about it, “DOUDT” is a more proper spelling than using a silent B. No doudt. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/17 "2011-03-09T21:39:15Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But it won’t be the last. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-nodoudt-license-plate-what-does-it-mean/461566/18 "2011-03-13T20:18:42Z")
Off topic, but I tried to get a license plate with 6UL DV8, and it was denied. DMV has NO sense of humor!