# fake bad butter substitute names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818 "2010-03-26T00:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/1 "2010-03-26T00:40:20Z")
So I went shopping last night for butter substitute (i.e. margarine, but “butter substitute” is funnier), and ran across the infamous “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!”. That’s a product name trying to be a punch line. Looking around, I also saw the generic brand, “Butter, It’s Not”. That’s right, a fake of a fake. 😉 That is an even more iffy name for a product (butter it snot). It’s amusing. And that got me thinking about bad names for butter substitutes along the same line of thought. I started cracking up, so I’m forced to share this with you here. Enjoy. It’s Not Butter? But I Wanted Butter! It _Could_ Be Butter You’ll Think It’s Butter Where’s My Butter? Better Than Butter (hey, this might be a good name) Why Butter? Why Not Butter? If It Were Butter… It Tastes Like Butter! Butter This You Can’t Tell It’s Not Butter (might work) You Want Butter? I Once Had Butter Butter Is Bad For You, Eat This Instead You’ll Never Know It’s Not Butter There’s No Butter In Here! You Could Have Had Butter ButterNot Life’s Butter Butter Off With This ButterLean (Don’t eat fat, eat ButterLean) ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/2 "2010-03-26T00:53:42Z")
One of the generic knockoffs of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter where I live is called “Memories Of Butter” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/3 "2010-03-26T01:00:21Z")
Butter (Might Have Been Waved Over This During Production) ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/4 "2010-03-26T01:05:26Z")
I Can’t Believe You Think This Stuff Is Anything Like Butter. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/5 "2010-03-26T01:07:04Z")
I like ‘Better than Butter?’ , with the question mark. Because, really, most of the stuff isn’t any better for you. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/6 "2010-03-26T01:28:16Z")
[Unbelieveable This Is Not Butter](http://engrishfunny.com/2008/08/13/engrish-i-cant-believe-its-not-i-cant-believe-its-not-butter/) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/7 "2010-03-26T01:30:53Z")
I Can’t Believe It’s Not “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/8 "2010-03-26T01:32:28Z")
Butter and butter, what is butter? ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/9 "2010-03-26T01:37:05Z")
To Butter or Not to Butter? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/10 "2010-03-26T01:44:23Z")
Looks Kinda Like Butter Butter Substitute/Axle Grease Two-For-One Rendered Horse Hide Hallucinogen-Fortified Butter Substitute: You Really Won’t Know It’s Not Butter! Processed Butterlike Food Emulation It Comes In A Yellow Tub: Must Be Butter! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/11 "2010-03-26T01:46:22Z")
Butter, Shmutter Almost, But Not Quite, Entirely Unlike Butter ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/12 "2010-03-26T02:01:38Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Butter, Shmutter For the win! But I’ll still submit Butter Buster or Blubber Buster (The diet version) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/13 "2010-03-26T02:14:13Z")
Butteroids! Mafia Margarine: You’ll Say It Tastes Like Butter If You Know What’s Good For You ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/14 "2010-03-26T02:27:58Z")
_[The Mary Whitehouse Experience](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Whitehouse_Experience)_ did a good riff on this when ICBINB first came out: “Surely these are pineapple chunks?”, “Ooh, but these must be gravy granules - aren’t they?”, and “Bollocks! This is custard power and I’ll deck anyone who says it isn’t!” ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/15 "2010-03-26T02:53:44Z")
Butter? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/16 "2010-03-26T02:55:55Z")
I believe at one point in time there was a butter substitute called “Move Over, Butter”. Commercials would emphasize the “moo” in “move”. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/17 "2010-03-26T03:17:38Z")
Fake Butter ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/18 "2010-03-26T03:19:01Z")
Trans Fat-Laden, Heart Attack-Inducing, Not-Really-Better-for-You-than-Butter Brand Spread ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/19 "2010-03-26T03:20:44Z")
(w/apologies to Car Talk) _Margarine of Error_ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818/20 "2010-03-26T03:40:38Z")
It had to come. You were waiting for it… . . . . . . . . .Butterface [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-bad-butter-substitute-names/533818.md?page=2)