Cash Cow Franchise/Quotes: Difference between revisions

{{quote|"''-It's a cash cow! we milk it to make money!<br />

''-Daggum, that's amazing! Whatcha gonna call her?<br />

''-I'm deciding between [[Tony Hawks Pro Skater (Video Game)|Tony Hawk]], [[Madden NFL (Video Game)|Madden]] and [[Super Mario Bros (Franchise).|Mario]].''"|'''[[Fanboys (Webcomicwebcomic)|Fanboys]]''', "[http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic{{=}}41 Its a Metaphor]"}}

{{quote|"''In ten years, there's been 25,000 products based on the franchise, including... pez dispensers, a... blender, a shopping cart and... buckets?''"|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]''', talking about [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]]es.}}

{{quote|'''[[Deadpool]]''': If we can find him, we can end this.<br />

'''[[Spider -Man]]''': Wait, why do we want to end this again?<br />

'''Deadpool''': Yeah you're right! This franchise could pay off the national debt!|''[[I'm a Marvel And ImI'm ADCa DC|Marvel/DC]]'' ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' parody.}}

{{quote|"Expend less energy, cut costs and somehow make more money anyway. Sadly, save for only a few epic hardcore titles like the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', this mantra of sorts has been the Nintendo way through [[Wii]]'s lifecycle."|'''IGN''', [http://wii.ign.com/articles/105/1054621p1.html Nintendo Is Lazy And You Don't Care]}}

{{quote|Well, part of the rub is that it [[God Does Not Own This World|isn't actually '''his''' cow to slaughter, even if he wanted to]]. It's WotC's cow (as is the Forgotten Realms), and it keeps their pockets filled... they just redistribute some of it Salvatore's way for performing regular "cow maintenance." And, nothing can go on in their farm without their written, in triplicate, consent.<br />

In essence, it doesn't matter how far [[The Elminster Series (Literature)|Greenwood]], [[The Dark Elf Trilogy|Salvatore]], or [[Counselors and Kings (Literature)|Cunningham]] may want to take a character, because WotC's always going to hold the rope and decide which pasture the cow feeds from. An author can can say, "how about the '[[Killed Off for Real|character death]]' pasture," but they can easily be countermanded with, "no, the grass at 'looked bad but it was [[Only a Flesh Wound]]' looks a little greener today, go over there."|2=A fan [http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID{{=}}6440&whichpage{{=}}8#128496 on Candlekeep forums], immediately followed by agreeing nod from a [[Forgotten Realms (Tabletop Game)|Forgotten Realms]] author.}}