Talk:List of fictional beverages

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Apparently, this page was deleted a year ago. In the deletion debate, someone asked why a page like this is useful. Here's the answer:

i come up with a clever fictional beverage name that i want to use in my comic book, movie/teevee script, video game, or short story. i want to make sure that no one else has used that name in another work of fiction, so i check this list. i want to avoid a situation where someone says "that's pretty funny, but you know they used that drink in episode #943 of The Simpsons, right?"

Creative types need ways to verify that their material is original. Lists like this one and the List of fictional music groups are extremely helpful for mining the vast pool of pop culture data.

On the subject of references: if the article lists Duff Beer, do you need to see a link to a New York Times article that mentions Duff Beer in a Simpsons episode? Citation of the fictional work where the beverage appears is sufficient for this type of article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SlickVicar (talk • contribs) 14:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)