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{{quote|''A channel where new sci-fi shows are [[Spin -Off|created based on old sci-fi shows]], retreaded and reassembled like crusty multi-colored play doh that is drying out. Also includes new movies where [[Attack of the Fifty Foot Whatever|giant CGI animals]] are [[B -Movie|sent on a rampage]] after actors with [[Dying Like Animals|no will to live]] ([[Dull Surprise|or act]]).''|''[[Cracked (Website)|Cracked]]''}}

The channel was recently renamed '''Syfy''' - in the US, the UK and France (see [[Bite the Wax Tadpole]] below). As said executive Tim Brooks: “The name Sci Fi has been associated with [[Take That, Audience!|geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that]], as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular." Sci Fi Channel president David Howe added, "It gives us a unique word<ref>Which is trademarkable and does improve Google searches</ref> and it gives us the opportunities to imbue it with the values and the perception that we want it to have." Unsurprisingly, the renaming was almost universally ridiculed, especially since "Syfy" is pronounced exactly the same as "Sci Fi", the term the executives think has such negative connotations. Some mockingly suggested that they should've renamed it "Skiffy"...which was what critics already called the channel. Fans continue to state that the real reason they changed it was so they could simply [[Money, Dear Boy|get copyright royalties from a word no one else uses.]] They've also taken to calling it "Syphilis" (see [[Bite the Wax Tadpole]] below).