List of fictional media

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This is a list of fictional media (films, magazines, television shows, etc) from various real media.

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[edit] Advertising

[edit] Slogans

[edit] From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

  • "A gram in time saves nine'"
  • "A gram is better than a damn."
  • "Community, Identity, Stability'"
  • "Ending is better than mending."

[edit] From the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

  • "A Spare Hand When Needed" - We R Igors
  • "For the news you only hear about" - The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer
  • "Recycling Nature's Bounty" - Harry King waste recycling (after his wife had a word with him)
  • "Taking the Piss since 1961" - Harry King waste recycling (originally)
  • "The Truth Will Make You Free" (or sometimes "Fret") - The Ankh Morpork Times

[edit] From the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams

[edit] From Metalocalypse

  • "Explosion Sauce, it's good on its own!"- Explosion Sauce
  • "Murderknobs, doorknobs for a new world." - Murderknobs
  • "Nickels is money too, guys!" - Pickel's Nickels
  • "Tastes like chicken, if chicken were a candy." - Willard Wonky Hand Candy

[edit] From Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

  • "Big Brother is watching you"
  • "War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength"

[edit] From Saturday Night Live

  • "Do what we say, and nobody gets hurt." - Texxon
  • "For when the metal ones decide to come for you... and they will." - Old Glory Insurance, which offers coverage in the event of robot attack
  • "If you can find a better set of tires, screw you, pal!" - Screw You, Pal tires
  • "Life goes on. Texxon is there. Because Buckwheat would have wanted it that way." - Texxon
  • "Our Age Is Showing" - parody of an NBC's promotional campaign

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • "A lawn savant, who'll lop a tree — no one beats Marquis de Sod!"- the jingle (to La Marseillaise) of the BDSM lawn service Marquis de Sod, from Thomas Pynchon's Vineland
  • "All the News in Fits of Print!" - the slogan of The Daily Punctilio in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
  • "Catch Here!" (parody of NBC's 1983-1984 promotional campaign "Be There") - promotional campaign for NewsChannel 7, Lizzie McGuire
  • "For all you'll ever need."™ - The Goliath™ Corporation, Thursday Next novels
  • "For people who don't want to stink" - Ocean Breeze soap, The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • "For Real" - presidential campaign, Tanner '88
  • "Huskeroos lets you be you!" - Huskeroos clothing in Weeds
  • "If it's a boot, it's a Blackbury" - Blackbury Boots, Johnny and the Dead
  • "Ocean Breeze will get you clean" - Ocean Breeze soap, The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • "Our business is life itself" - Umbrella Corporation, Resident Evil series.
  • "They're just roomier!" - Huskeroos clothing in Weeds
  • "We bring you joy, we bring you strife!" - jingle used for ICS in The Running Man movie
  • "We report. You believe." - parody of Fox News slogan on Australian comedy CNNNN
  • "We're Channel 6, Just Catch Us Now!" - parody of NBC's 1982-1983 promotional slogan "Just Watch Us Now", The Simpsons
  • "We scare because we care" - Monsters Inc.
  • "What the eye doesn't see. The buyer doesn't know". Fast Forward (L'iar-Deskonke)
  • "Why be you when you can be new?" - Robots
  • "You can shine no matter what you're made of." - Robots

[edit] Internet

Main article: List of fictional online services

[edit] Movies

Main article: List of fictional films

[edit] Publications

[edit] Newspapers

Main article: List of fictional newspapers

[edit] Comic books

Main article: List of fictional comics

[edit] Comic strips

Main article: List of fictional comics

[edit] Magazines

Main article: List of fictional magazines

[edit] Radio shows


Further information: List of fictional radio stations

[edit] Television shows

Main article: List of fictional television shows
Further information: List of fictional television stations and Troy McClure

[edit] Plays

Main article: List of fictional plays

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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