<P> The combination of the mysterious suitcase lock is 666 , the `` Number of the Beast '' . Tarantino has said there is no explanation for its contents -- it is simply a MacGuffin , a pure plot device . Originally , the case was to contain diamonds , but this was seen as too mundane . For filming purposes , it contained a hidden orange light bulb that produced an otherworldly glow . In a 2007 video interview with fellow director and friend Robert Rodriguez , Tarantino purportedly `` reveals '' the secret contents of the briefcase , but the film cuts out and skips the scene in the style employed in Tarantino and Rodriguez 's Grindhouse ( 2007 ) , with an intertitle that reads `` Missing Reel '' . The interview resumes with Rodriguez discussing how radically the `` knowledge '' of the briefcase 's contents alters one 's understanding of the movie . </P>
<P> The combination of the mysterious suitcase lock is 666 , the `` Number of the Beast '' . Tarantino has said there is no explanation for its contents -- it is simply a MacGuffin , a pure plot device . Originally , the case was to contain diamonds , but this was seen as too mundane . For filming purposes , it contained a hidden orange light bulb that produced an otherworldly glow . In a 2007 video interview with fellow director and friend Robert Rodriguez , Tarantino purportedly `` reveals '' the secret contents of the briefcase , but the film cuts out and skips the scene in the style employed in Tarantino and Rodriguez 's Grindhouse ( 2007 ) , with an intertitle that reads `` Missing Reel '' . The interview resumes with Rodriguez discussing how radically the `` knowledge '' of the briefcase 's contents alters one 's understanding of the movie . </P>
what 3 digit code opens the mysterious briefcase in pulp fiction
what 3 digit code opens the mysterious briefcase in pulp fiction
666 , the `` Number of the Beast ''
666 , the `` Number of the Beast ''