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* ''[[Pokémon]]'' - Several apps for Apple's iOS devices turn it into a functional Pokedex, and do just about everything but talk.
* ''[[Akagi]]'': [[Washizu Mahjong]] was at first invented in the story, but now it actually exists.
* In early 2024, [[McDonald's]] briefly defictionalized the anime-standard [[Bland-Name Product]] version of their name and logo, [[Bland-Name Product#WcDonald's|WcDonald's]], as part of [https://www.foodandwine.com/wcdonalds-mcdonalds-anime-promotion-8598620 an anime-themed promotion].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The [[Tabletop RPG]] ''Hackmaster'' from the gamer comic ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''. Rather than being created from scratch, the ''Hackmaster'' rules set was actually licensed from Wizards of the Coast and was, more or less, a reprint of the D&D 1st Edition rules with a great deal more snarkiness, [[Genre Savvy|genre savviness]], and in-universe references thrown in. All but one page of the Players Handbook was written as though this were a book being published in-universe by the Hard 8 staff, including long diatribes about using male pronouns by default as a writing convention and insisting that female dwarfs have beards.
* The Thagomizer (the spiked tail on a ''Stegosaurus'' and similar dinosaurs) got its name from ''[[The Far Side]]'', where it was named after "the late Thag Simmons". In an example of [[Sure Why Not]] and just overall fandom, paleontologists have been using the name themselves, as they realized that the part did not have a standardized name before. It even appears on placards in the dinosaur exhibit at New York's Museum of Natural History.
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' - As a matter of principle Bill Watterson always refused any kind of merchandizing. This does not stop people creating pirate products. A pair of hacks actually wrote a children's book called ''Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie.'' Watterson specifically never went into detail about what happens in the book [[Noodle Incident|to preserve the funny vagueness]].
** On a more positive note, many scientists have replaced the term "Big Bang" with Calvin's more accurate "Horrendous Space Kablooie" since Watterson coined the term in 1991.
* In-universe example—in ''[[Planetary]]'' issue 9, "Planet Fiction", a secret lab builds a craft which can travel into a fictional world. When it returns, they discover that they've picked up a
* The new ''Musée Hergé'' in Louvain-la-Neuve has the same address as the Brussels flat in which [[Tintin]] lived in his early adventures: 26, rue du Labrador. (For the comic, Hergé had taken the address of his grandmother, 26, rue de Terre-Neuve (Newfoundland street) and slightly altered it; [[Bilingual Bonus|the province's name in French is "Terre-Neuve et Labrador"]]).
* ''The Life Story of [[the Flash]]'', ostensibly by Iris Allen. In-universe, the appearance of a copy from the future (owned by Professor Zoom, no less) let her nephew know she'd be coming [[Back from the Dead]] to write it by 1997. DC put out a [[Real Life]] version in 1998.
* Chess Boxing was directly inspired by ''Froid Equateur'' by [[Enki Bilal]].
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* Now you too can be strong to the finish with [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501084600/http://www.popeyespinach.com/products/prd_popeye.php Popeye's brand spinach]. At least it doesn't come with taurine in it.
* Real versions of Cheesy Poofs and Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls appeared early in the flood of ''[[South Park]]'' merchandise.
** I love cheesy poofs, You love cheesy poofs. If we didn't eat cheesy poofs, We'd be...[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029110309/http://www.incrediblethings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/south-park-cheesy-poofs.jpg Lame].
** And now{{when}} Cheesy Poofs are coming back for a bit at Comic Con and Walmart.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' - Burger King released a Krabby Patty, only with beef patties instead of [http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Krabby_Patty imitation crabmeat] patties.
** A restaurant chain in Palestine called Salta Burger [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0gDJFAzTQTU tried this too], and seemed to have put far more attention to detail in the recreation. Unfortunately, it was unauthorized, and having alcohol on the menu likely didn't help their case when [[Nickelodeon]]'s legal team found out.
* One of the places you can eat at Disney World's Disney Hollywood Studios is Pizza Planet from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''.
* [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby Snacks]] [[wikipedia:Scooby Snacks|now exist]].
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