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Telephone numbers with the prefix 555 are widely used for fictitious telephone numbers in North American television shows, films, video games, and other media. Not all numbers that begin with 555 are fictional—for example, 555-1212 is one of the standard numbers for directory assistance throughout the United States and Canada. In fact, only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are now specifically reserved for fictional use; the other numbers have been reserved for actual assignment, with the notable exception of the 800 area code where only 800-555-0199 is reserved. The entire 555 exchange is reserved in all overlay North American toll-free area codes (844, 855, 866, 877, 888)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=What Is a Toll-Free Number and How Does it Work? )〕 and in Canada's rarely used non-geographic area code 600. Area code 555 in the North American Numbering Plan is reserved for Directory Assistance applications. == Fictional usage == (詳細はThe Second Time Around'' (1961), which used 555-3485, and ''Panic in Year Zero!'' (1962), which used 555-2106. "Rossmore 555", mentioned in ''Eyes in the Night'' (1942), may be considered a precursor. In television shows made or set in the mid-1960s or earlier, "KLondike 5" or "KLamath 5" reflects the old convention for telephone exchange names. Before "555" or "KLondike-5" gained broad usage, and before mobile phones became commonplace, scriptwriters would sometimes invent fake exchanges starting with words like "QUincy" or "ZEbra", as the letters "Q" and "Z" were not used on the old dial phones. Numbers in format "Zenith" X-XXXX, while not directly dialable, were not fictional. These were an early form of regional tollfree number which required operator assistance. 555 use is restricted only in North America. In 1994, cartoonist Gary Larson's ''The Far Side'' included a panel with graffiti of a 555 number by which prank calls could be made to Satan. In Australia, 555 was at the time a standard exchange. The owner of the number became the subject of harassment, launching an unsuccessful lawsuit against Larson and his syndicate for defamation. In another example, 555 landline numbers are used in New Zealand for certain Orcon customers in the Auckland calling area. The format is (09) 555 XXXX. The number "555-2368" (or 311-555-2368) is a carryover from the "EXchange 2368" ("Exchange CENTral") number common in telephone advertisements as early as the 1940s. "555-2368" is phone number used by Jim Rockford in the TV series ''The Rockford Files'' (as seen during the opening credits), in the TV series "The Mod Squad" (episode: "And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them") and the Ghostbusters (as seen during their TV commercial within the film). 555 numbers are mentioned directly in the 1993 action film ''The Last Action Hero'', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Danny Madigan" (played by Austin O'Brien) tries to convince Schwarzenegger's character that he is inside a movie by pointing out the 555 exchange provides at most 9,999 available telephone numbers, insufficient for all the phone users in Los Angeles. Schwarzenegger's character replies that area codes would solve that problem and O'Brien's character drops the subject. While ongoing, extensive fictional use of 555 makes it a less credible placeholder, use of valid numbers in works of fiction or entertainment is problematic. Tommy Tutone's song "867-5309/Jenny" and the cinematic release of ''Bruce Almighty'' displaying 776-2323 as a number to call God〔http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-03-29/entertainment/sc-mov-0330-movie-phone-numbers-20110329_1_number-customer-service-representative-dial/〕 both led to misdialed calls in multiple area codes. God's number was changed to a 555 exchange prefix in the video release of the movie. "777-9311" by The Time used Dez Dickerson's actual telephone number at the time the song was written, causing his phone to ring off the hook until he had his number changed. The Alicia Keys song "Diary" contains a real number in New York's area code 347, an overlay, but does not indicate an area code; the same number in some other area code is a common misdial.〔http://snopes.com/music/songs/diary.asp 〕 In the 2013 film ''The Wolf of Wall Street'', the number 1-800-555-0199 was used to advertise a selling workshop. Sony-owned Naughty Dog, makers of 2013 video game ''The Last of Us'', were unaware that only 800-555-01XX is reserved, and they assigned 800-555-6784 and 800-555-2545 to a fictional pest control company.〔http://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-hidden-phone-sex-numbers-a-mistake-w-586902643〕 One number turned out to be notorious Philadelphia phone sex spammer PrimeTel Communications, another phone sex operator. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「555 (telephone number)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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