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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''[[Have Space |
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''[[Have Space Suit—Will Travel]]'': Clifford Russell enters a Skyway Soap contest with the grand prize of a trip to the Moon. Each soap wrapper sent in counts as an entry. He wins a used spacesuit, and as a result ends up going on an adventure that takes him to the Moon...and beyond. |
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* In the Dorothy Sayers novel ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey|Murder Must Advertise]]'', Lord Peter Wimsey comes up with a marketing campaign based on this scheme while working undercover in an advertising agency. |
* In the Dorothy Sayers novel ''[[Lord Peter Wimsey|Murder Must Advertise]]'', Lord Peter Wimsey comes up with a marketing campaign based on this scheme while working undercover in an advertising agency. |
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'''Edgeworth:''' I-I have plenty of those, too! ''(Where is he conjuring them up from?!)'' }} |
'''Edgeworth:''' I-I have plenty of those, too! ''(Where is he conjuring them up from?!)'' }} |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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* On ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', Boris and Natasha produce counterfeit box tops to get all the prizes and undermine the world's economy. [[General Mills]] (which not only sponsored the show, but owned it outright) was not amused and forced the producers to [[Aborted Arc|end the story earlier than planned]]. |
* On ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', Boris and Natasha produce counterfeit box tops to get all the prizes and undermine the world's economy. [[General Mills]] (which not only sponsored the show, but owned it outright) was not amused and forced the producers to [[Aborted Arc|end the story earlier than planned]]. |
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** The drama in that arc is that Bullwinkle had an impossible number of ''legit'' box tops because he 'couldn't decide what to get.' |
** The drama in that arc is that Bullwinkle had an impossible number of ''legit'' box tops because he 'couldn't decide what to get.' |
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* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' had our titular character devouring 100 boxes of Kelpo Krunch practically all at one sitting, all in order to get the box tops needed to send in for a free toy. He then realizes he didn't necessarily have to eat ''all'' the cereal in the aforementioned boxes. |
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' had our titular character devouring 100 boxes of Kelpo Krunch practically all at one sitting, all in order to get the box tops needed to send in for a free toy. He then realizes he didn't necessarily have to eat ''all'' the cereal in the aforementioned boxes. |
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* In ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', Arnold and Gerald need to collect 50 cereal box coupons to earn a children's telescope so they can see an upcoming passing comet. Since they collected half of the coupons, they invite their friends and neighbors for the remaining cereal. |
* In ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', Arnold and Gerald need to collect 50 cereal box coupons to earn a children's telescope so they can see an upcoming passing comet. Since they collected half of the coupons, they invite their friends and neighbors for the remaining cereal. |
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