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The [[wikipedia: American Greetings|American Greetings]] greeting card company has been based in the city for well over a century. During the 1960s, American Greetings employed a group of young artists, some of which became pioneers in the underground comic genre, most notably [[Robert Crumb]] ([[Fritz the Cat (comics)|Fritz the Cat]]) and [[wikipedia: Harvey Pekar|Harvey Pekar]] ([[American Splendor]]). In contrast, the company would develop greeting card characters [[Ziggy]], [[Strawberry Shortcake]] and the [[Care Bears]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s, all three of which would become licensing powerhouses.
Its baseball and basketball teams--the Indians and Cavaliers respectively--are fairly solid
The city was named for surveyor Moses Cleaveland (the first 'A' was reportedly dropped so the name would fit on a newspaper masthead) and has no connection to [[Oop North|the English county of Cleveland]], or the [[Grover Cleveland|22nd and 24th President of the United States]] (who was only distantly related to Moses Cleaveland).
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Has been the subject of some rather infamous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY but hilarious] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM&NR=1 videos.]
Not to be confused with Cleveland, the name of the area around the mouth of the River Tees in the UK including the cities of Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees. Or Cleveland, Tennessee. Or Cleveland, Georgia. [[wikipedia: Cleveland (disambiguation)|And so on.]]
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{{examples|Cleveland in fiction:}}
* ''Antwone Fisher''
* ''[[Howard the Duck]]'' – both the comic and movie (the latter of which was a [[George Lucas]]-disowned [[Box Office Bomb]]) take place in Cleveland.
* ''[[American Splendor]]'' – the underground comic memoir of Harvey Pekar's life; later adapted into an Oscar-winning feature film
* ''[[The Fortune Cookie]]''
* ''[[Major League]]'' – which took on cult film status in Cleveland because the Indians' then-status as baseball's [[Butt Monkey|butt monkey]] was [[Turned Up to Eleven|turned up to eleven]], then subverted.
* ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''
* ''[[Funky Winkerbean]]''
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' never referred to when the strip took place by name, yet, the winter landscapes and occasional shout-outs would reflect Bill Watterson's youth and residence in Northeast Ohio<ref>One strip had Calvin's family visiting a natural history museum with a similar landmark to Cleveland's natural history museum, and the back cover of one Cavlin and Hobbes treasury had a giant Calvin terrorizing the public square of Chagrin Falls.</ref>.
* Overton from ''[[Sereis/Living Single|Living Single]]''
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* Fat Freddy of [[The Freak Brothers]] was briefly elected mayor (after trying to replicate [[Dick Whittington and His Cat|Dick Whittington]]'s adventures and become Lord Mayor of London, Cleveland was reckoned second best). People mooned him and threw bottles during his inaugural parade.
* ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' takes place in Cleveland, according to [http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/File:Borealis_plans_01.png information] in ''[[Half-Life 2]]: Episode Two''. Later retconned, ''[[Portal 2]]'' takes place in a salt mine in the state of Michigan, though both settings could have been used.
* ''Welcome To Collinwood'' – an independent film by [[wikipedia: Russo brothers|Joe and Anthony Russo]] that also took on cult film status. And had [[George Clooney]] along for the ride.
* ''[[The Soloist]]''
* ''Stranger Than Paradise''
* ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' main character Mikey Simon is said to be from Cleveland
* Not fiction, but a number of Cleveland's restaurants have been featured on TLC.
* Several books/movies based on the Torso Murder (a Cleveland serial killer) such as ''Butcher's Dozen'' or John Peyton Cooke's novel ''Torso''.
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' had an episode with a serial killer in Cleveland. Unfortunately, [[wikipedia: Cleveland Torso Murderer|real life]] has been [[wikipedia: Anthony Sowell|just as shocking]]<ref>Although [[wikipedia: Ariel Castro kidnappings|one real-life story]] had an incomprehensibly happy ending in comparison.</ref>.
* Blood and Rust by S. A. Swiniarski a book that contains two vampire stories set in Cleveland.
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* A few ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'' strips mention Cleveland such as the one that rates it the smelliest city in America.
* In ''View From The Top'', Cleveland is the hub of Royalty Airlines' commuter-class sibling, Royalty Express, and serves as the setting for the middle third of the film.
* ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'' – [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly what is says on the tin]]. And [[Betty White]].
* The short story "Fields" by Desmond Warzel takes place in Cleveland during the final days of humanity, after most plant life on Earth has been choked out by genetically modified wheat.
* In ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'', {{spoiler|Audrey II eats}} Cleveland.
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* Dan O'Shannon (executive producer for ''[[Modern Family]]''; writer for ''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[Cheers]]'' and ''[[Newhart]]'', and co-writer of the latter's acclaimed series finale)
* Joe Eszterhas (a former journalist for the ''Cleveland Plain Dealer'' who helped expose the My Lai Massacre; later found fame as a screenwriter, most notably for ''[[Basic Instinct]]'')
* Joe and Anthony Russo, aka [[wikipedia: Russo brothers|The Russo Brothers]] (executive producers for ''[[Arrested Development]]'' and ''[[Community]]'', wrote and directed ''Welcome to Collinwood'' and now are director/writers within the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]<ref>The Russo Brothers even wrote and directed ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', which was primarily filmed '''in''' Cleveland.</ref>.)
* Ernie Anderson (an [[The Announcer|announcer]]-turned-cult figure with his portrayal of horror host "Ghoulardi," still remembered fondly by baby boomers fifty years after the show ended; later the main promotional voice for [[ABC]]... you [[The Love Boat|might]] [[America's Funniest Home Videos|remember]] [[MacGyver|him]].)
* Avant
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