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== Newspaper Comics == |
== Newspaper Comics == |
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* Mentioned in ''[[FoxTrot]]'': |
* Mentioned in ''[[FoxTrot]]'': |
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{{quote|'''Andy:''' I wish that Starbucks hadn't opened up. |
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'''Roger:''' Why? You think it'll hurt the Mom & Pop coffeeshops? |
'''Roger:''' Why? You think it'll hurt the Mom & Pop coffeeshops? |
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'''Andy:''' Because it's on the route Peter takes to come home. |
'''Andy:''' Because it's on the route Peter takes to come home. |
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'''Roger:''' I wondered why his teeth were chattering all the way through dinner. }} |
'''Roger:''' I wondered why his teeth were chattering all the way through dinner. }} |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* Pizza Dinosaur from ''[[Wario Ware]]''; their [[Ear Worm|corporate song]] even says the 'lower quality products but cheaper' part. |
* Pizza Dinosaur from ''[[Wario Ware]]''; their [[Ear Worm|corporate song]] even says the 'lower quality products but cheaper' part. |
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{{quote|We represent Pizza Dinosaur |
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We've got the most stores in the world |
We've got the most stores in the world |
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Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin |
Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin |
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But we're everywhere so you gotta give in! |
But we're everywhere so you gotta give in! |
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Mona Pizza's got nothin' on us |
Mona Pizza's got nothin' on us |
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'Cuz we've got six-thousand-stores-plus! }} |
'Cuz we've got six-thousand-stores-plus! }} |
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* In ''[[Persona 4]]'', Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of [[Mega Corp|Mega Corps]]. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager. |
* In ''[[Persona 4]]'', Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of [[Mega Corp|Mega Corps]]. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager. |
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