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* Anaheim Electronics from [[Gundam|the Universal Century Gundams]], which grew to power after acquiring the assets of the Zeonic Corporation after the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|One Year War]]. They had a bad habit of selling out to both sides in a conflict, which may have been part of the reason they lost their contract with the Earth Federation to [[Mobile Suit Gundam F91|SNRI]].
** The stuff that happened in [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|Operation Stardust]] wasn't actually their fault. And the profiteering mindset came about after [[Zeta Gundam|the Gryps Conflict]] as they actually threw in their lot with AEUG but were contractually bound to supply the Titans despite all the restrictions that were forced onto them.
** It also helped that the Moon, their main base of operation, was kind of a [[Recycled in Space|Space]] [[
** By the events of ''[[Crossbone Gundam]],'' set 10-13 years after ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam F91|F91]],'' it's mentioned that Anaheim has weakened to the point of desperation. Which SNRI and the Crossbone Vanguard take advantage of.
** Anaheim does return back to prominence by the time of ''Victory Gundam.'' Especially when it's revealed that ''they're'' the true benefactors behind the League Militaire, reminiscent of the vital support they provided to the AEUG back in ''[[Zeta Gundam]]''.
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** As the No Man's Land arc finishes Bruce Wayne ends up becoming more important than Batman as its only his downright massive spending on rebuilding Gotham that keeps Luthor from taking control of it like Metropolis.
*** Well, that and the recovery of records that prove land ownership that prevented Luthor from taking land for himself.
* The Marvel Universe counterpart to Wayne Enterprises is [[Iron Man
** While their counterpart to LexCorp is [[Spider-Man|Oscorp]].
** The universe also features a few smaller megacorps, like the hero-run Rand Industries (Iron Fist) and Worthington Industries (Angel) and the villainous Oscorp (Norman Osborn).
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== Literature ==
* Manpower Incorporated of the ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series is the poster boy of this trope. They own and control entire ''planets,'' have their own space navy, their own army complete with [[Super Soldier|combat line clones]], own other corporations, their main products are [[wikipedia:Mesa
** {{spoiler|And the whole affair is a giant, ultimately disposable front. For the actual government that is supposedly ''its'' thinly veiled puppet. Talk about a [[Double Blind]]}}.
** Although Manpower is widespread and powerful, they are not alone in being a system spanning Mega corp. Kinder examples such as the Hauptman Cartel and Honor's own company. Not to mention the Mafia planets like Erewhon.
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* Costco has become a variant of the "makes everything" in that it sells almost every single thing a human being needs to live, from cradle to [http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/17/news/fortune500/costco_caskets/ grave]. One could theoretically go one's entire life on Costco-sold products except for the textbooks you take to school and the tux/dress you are married in.
** Actually, [http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wedding-budget-bargain-bridal-gowns-costco/story?id=13111030 Costco now sells wedding dresses in bulk]. But at least textbooks are still outside their domain... for now!
** The [[wikipedia:Lotte
* While both are mostly in the pharmaceutical and consumer product areas, the American group Proctor & Gamble and Anglo-Dutch group Unilever produce a huge amount of products, both ranging from food to laundry detergents and medicine, although all under different brand names. Odds are at least some of the products in your kitchen or bathroom have been produced by one of these corporations.
* If P&G or Unilever doesn't make it and it's food- there's about a 90% probability it's made by Nestle.
* Serco group owns, among other things, private prisons, train companies, air traffic controls, schools, ''[[
* The Japanese ''zaibatsu'' from the Meiji Restoration until [[World War II]]: Mitsui, Sumitomo, Yasuda, and Mitsubishi. Together they controlled somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 of the entire Japanese manufacturing economy and two of the era's most powerful political parties, the Seiyukai and Minseito, owed most of their financial backing to Mitsui and Mitsubishi, respectively.
** Even today, while Yasuda is gone, the other three are all involved in banking, manufacturing, chemical production, insurance, mining... and that's just the sectors of the economy they're ''all'' involved in. That doesn't count the dozens of other fields only one or two them are in, like pharmaceuticals, paper, atomic energy, oil, coal, construction, etc., etc.
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