List of fictional media

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

Contents 1 Advertising 1.1 Slogans 1.1.1 From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1.1.2 From the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett 1.1.3 From the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams 1.1.4 From Metalocalypse 1.1.5 From Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 1.1.6 From Saturday Night Live 1.1.7 Miscellaneous 2 Internet 3 Movies 4 Publications 4.1 Newspapers 4.2 Comic books 4.3 Comic strips 4.4 Magazines 5 Radio shows 6 Television shows 7 Plays 8 See also 9 External links

[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

• "If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?" - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• "Share and Enjoy" - Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, Complaints Division The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With" - Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, describing androids The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[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

• The Bill and Marty Show - The Simpsons
• Chris in the Morning - Northern Exposure
• Danger Woman - TaleSpin
• Delicious Dish - NPR's show, Saturday Night Live
• Gabbin' About God - The Simpsons
• The Iodent Hour - Annie
• Moleman in the Morning - The Simpsons
• Pressing Issues - radio show from VCPR in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Witching Hour - Harry Potter, possibly parodies Woman's Hour
• Verbal Tea - The Simpsons

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

• Archive of fictional things
• List of fictional brands
• List of fictional companies
• List of fictional electronic games
• List of fictional books
• List of fictional musical works

[edit] External links

• Invisible Library - fictional books mentioned in real books
• Rocklopedia Fakebandica - fictional musical acts from literature, screen, and other media