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* Durward Kirby, co-star of ''[[Candid Camera]]'' in the early 1960s, once threatened to sue [[Jay Ward]] Inc for parodying his name in ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' (with a [[Nice Hat]] called the "Kirward Derby"). Ward's response? "Please sue us, we love the publicity." Kirby dropped it because his case wasn't strong enough.
* ''[[Code Monkeys]]'' In-universe. The episode, "The Story of 420", pokes fun at this happening with video games. First Lady Nancy Reagan forces Game-a-Vision to put [[Content Warnings|warning labels]] on all of their games stating "Playing this game increases the likelihood that you will engage in drug use and deviant sex". While Larrity objects at first, he's then extremely happy as the labels cause their game sales to skyrocket to the point where Reagan then has to reverse the move and ban them from having the labels on their games.
* Arguably, ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' would never have found its popularity with older fans, particularly on the internet, had it not been for these [https://web.archive.org/web/20110704172049/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/the-end-of-the-creator-driven-era.html two] [http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/09/my-little-homophobic-racist-smarts-shaming-pony/ articles]. Both articles decry the show for various reasons, which prompted the /co/ board on 4chan to see if really was so bad, causing it to take off in online popularity.
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