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== Literature ==
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''[[Have Space
* 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?!)'' }}
== 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]].
** The drama in that arc is that Bullwinkle had an impossible number of ''legit'' box tops because he 'couldn't decide what to get.'
* ''[[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.
* 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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