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* In the ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'' anime there's an audition for a movie by Raramount Pictures.
* "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 the above immediate example, anime "Brand X" brands are often created simply by switching or reversing a letter from their real-world counterparts ("Somy" and "Parasonic" have been known to pop up from time to time in various animes).
** WcDonalds' appears in the
** 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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