AE-35 Unit (thing) by The Custodian

The AE-35 Unit brought us, in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the quintessential Serious Aerospace Engineer phrase, when Bowman and Poole report on their plan to bring it in for analysis. Mission Control, in the form of a crew-cut, black-spectacles type, says in a lilting monotonal, "ROger your plan to replace Alpha Echo Three-Five unit."

On another useless trivia cant, there is homage paid to this film in Star Trek: First Contact using this designation - when Picard, Worf and Lt. Hawk (thanks C-Dawg!) head outside onto the USS Enterprise-E's hull to stop the Borg from converting the main sensor dish into a giant communications device, the display screens which they are using to unlatch the dish all show the designation "AE-35" in large characters.

Aye, there's the rub	HAL 9000	SAL 9000	Frank Poole
2001: A Space Odyssey	Arthur C. Clarke	Toyota Corolla AE86	Discovery
Eva	Dave Bowman	When the dead poets mobilize, they'll paint your picture on their planes	For tactical reasons, we do not currently advocate the use of violence or sorcery against private individuals.
Dr. Chandra	Psychosis	Dungeons and Dragons	PRIOR TENANT
Comstock Lode	Frank Poole vs. HAL 9000	Open the pod bay door, HAL	The smell of burning wires every astronaut fears
Quarterdeck	Blindsight	Man O' War