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* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' introduced the world to Hescafé brand instant coffee and Mational light bulbs.
* In the ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' anime there's an audition for a movie by Raramount Pictures.
* [[Bland-Name Product|"WcDonalds"]], a stand-in for the rather obvious, is a fast-food chain non-specific to any particular anime (the chain has made appearances from [[Inuyasha]] to the American-produced ''[[Megas XLR]]''). Much like
** WcDonalds'
** The upside down golden arches also appear in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]]'', but this time the W stands for "Wonderland Burgers".
** ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'', however, has "McDaniels" hamburgers, complete with clown mascot. Since both of these are Universal Century shows, we have to assume that McDaniels and Wonderland Burger exist in the same universe and are competitors.
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* While later installments, such as the ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion|Rebuild]]'' movies, are more likely to use actual product placement, the original ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' series used this all over the place; for instance, Asuka's game console of choice was marked [[Sega|"SECA"]].
* ''[[Chaos;Head]]'' has the search engine [[Google|Deluoode]] and the online repository [[Wikipedia|Wikipedofilia]]. Umm...
* Thoroughly averted in ''[[Bakuon!!]]'' Every trademark that could be there, is there, right down to helmets, convenience stores and canned beverages. And the Amazon.co.jp shipping boxes in the club room.
== Comic Books ==
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** And let's not forget the dreaded Wren Insurance building!
* ''[[The Sims]]'', by proxy, is also full of this by way of the brand names of all buyable items. This actually gets averted down the line, thanks to a tie-in deal with [https://web.archive.org/web/20120531134611/http://thesims2.ea.com/about/sp8_index.php IKEA].
*** As an added note, using the random Sim generater in the Sims 2 Debug mode will cough up Sims with
* ''[[Silent Hill 1]]'' has Vestal Gigastore, a riff on Virgin Megastore. And if you know what a Vestal Virgin is, and you've played to the end of the game, you know what a [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] that is.
** There are also McBurger and Queen Burger restaurants about town.
* ''[[Monday Night Combat]]'' is positively saturated with
{{quote|'''Mickey Cantor:''' Uncle Tully's Original Organ Highlighters! Just like what the doctors use...only for shooting.}}
* The opening [[Cutscene]] of ''[[Jurassic Park]]: Trespasser'' shows John Hammond on the cover of a magazine named "Science America".
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' features "Asthma" brand inhalers, among other things.
* The ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' games are littered with these, including such things as Sprunk soda and [[Yellow Snow|Pißwasser beer]].
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* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' strips 6 and 31, the party sees Durkon as a pack of Band-Aids, and a mind flayer sees Elan as a can of Diet Coke. When these were redone in higher resolution for the book ''Dungeon Crawlin' Fools'', Durkon became "Bandages" and Elan became "Diet Cola".
** In strip 711, Haley buys from cosmetics company Aton (A parody of Avon).
* Apparently there is a place on earth where you can buy [https://web.archive.org/web/20150224024007/http://theworldisyours.smackjeeves.com/comics/1089945/beer-can/ "Beer Can" brand beer].
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', the Wii and its balance board make appearances but never by name.
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