Talk:Prankklok

Trivia and Numbers Games
"It's consistent with Dethklok's relation to the number five because one quintillion is 1000 x (1000)5."

- Trivia

This fact appears a little far-fetched to me, why would you not write 10006 in first place? And even if they wanted to reference this number, would they not just have inserted a more obvious hint? (On the other hand, there was Klokateer 63, but that was rather a kvlt-pun...) -- Randfarmer (talk) 17:00, July 24, 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually it's following the same logic of (latin prefix)+illion to name large numbers. A million is 1000 x (1000)undefined, a billion is 1000 x (1000)2, a trillion is 1000 x (1000)3, a quadrillion is 1000 x (1000)4, sexillion is 1000 x (1000)6 and so on and so forth. I'm not sure how this convention started (it's made further confusing that there are long and short scales), but that's how they are used. Fetuscakes (talk) 03:51, July 25, 2015 (UTC)
 * Further thoughts: I guess it makes sense if you think of a million as "one thousand thousands" and billion as "one thousand thousands twice". Fetuscakes (talk) 03:53, July 25, 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh! Now, you've got me there! I utterly missed the point of short scale naming here, of course, 1000p+1 makes sense (with 'p' referring to the prefix 'klokus' instead of 'quintus', haha). As you might have assumed, I am used to the long scale system and now hoping the help above won't be limited to me. But look what I've made today, it's a fine little long scale quinquillion: 1E30. -- Randfarmer (talk) 11:08, July 25, 2015 (UTC)
 * Edit: Having watched the episode minutes ago, I wonder ... what, if the anchorman said krillion and not trillion? Perhaps, this would explain his phrasing "[...] a Million times T-/Krillion", further. -- Randfarmer (talk) 18:35, July 25, 2015 (UTC)
 * To me a one million trillions makes more sense because it makes a quintillion, and the number five is pretty big for the show. It's like a little easter egg for nerds who know a little math like me :p  Fetuscakes (talk) 07:03, July 26, 2015 (UTC)
 * Hoho, so that's the demon we have summoned. Get your skipping rope, Fetuscakes, this journey is going to be gruelling and will only find an end, if we stand at the door of the man who knows the one and only truth. Is it krillion or trillion, perhaps, we'll never know ... we'll never know ... to me, both answers seem valid. -- Randfarmer (talk) 18:22, July 26, 2015 (UTC)