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* Copies of the outlaw tags worn by the main characters in the BBC's version of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' were marketed. Since they served no practical purpose on the show, one suspects that this was the only reason why they were included at all.

:In the first season, they provided a plot point when Little John was captured and were rarely mentioned otherwise. In one of the earliest episodes of the second season, a bunch of kids help the gang, and are honored with tags... just like you can be, too! The tags came out between season one and two.

* Fans of ''[[True Blood]]'' can now enjoy [~~http~~://~~www~~.trubeverage.com/ the eponymous drink]. Well, okay, it's not quite the blood substitute advertised in the show, but it has the same packaging. The drink is manufactured by [[wikipedia:Omni Consumer Products (company)|Omni Consumer Products]], a company that makes Defictionalization their business.

* Fans of ''[[True Blood]]'' can now enjoy [https://web.archive.org/web/20110225012713/http://trubeverage.com/ the eponymous drink]. Well, okay, it's not quite the blood substitute advertised in the show, but it has the same packaging. The drink is manufactured by [[wikipedia:Omni Consumer Products (company)|Omni Consumer Products]], a company that makes Defictionalization their business.

* Fans of ''[[Life On Mars]]'' and ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' can buy two police handbooks supposedly written by Gene Hunt, in which he explains what being a copper is ''really'' all about.

* Satirised in an episode of ''[[The Daily Show]]''. John Oliver announced that scientists were working on [[Iron Man]] armor and using genetics to turn lizards into dragons.