# Fictional companies in Sci fi-related areas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594 "2006-04-21T09:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/1 "2006-04-21T09:15:16Z")
I got to thinking about a fictional stock ticker the other day for scifi and related areas, like videogames and anime after having watched Firefly. Help me make up a list of various companies you might see listed, maybe with abbreviations if you feel like it. Blue Sun - Firefly - BLSN Union Aerospace Corporation - DOOM - UAC CHOAM - Dune - CHM Liandri Mining Corporation - Uneal Tournament - LRI Anaheim Electronics - Mobile Suit Gundam - AME Post-Terran Minerals Corporation - Descent - PTMC Sienar Fleet Systems - Star Wars - SFS Incom - Star Wars - INM Shinohara Heavy Industries - Mobile Police Patlabor - SHI Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil - UBR Anyone care to add more? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/2 "2006-04-21T09:23:24Z")
UEC : United Economic Consortium from the Crusader video games. NET : The Network from the Wild Cards books. STRKE : Stark Enterprises from Iron Man LEX : LexCorp from Superman. ---
**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/3 "2006-04-21T09:38:05Z")
Oooh, ooh. The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation - HitchHiker, of course - FUN (because those idiots would try something like that) Also, OmniConsumer Products - RoboCop - OCP (duh) EuroCorp - Syndicate Wars (computer game) - ECP ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/4 "2006-04-21T09:45:28Z")
ComStar - Battletech - COMS Weyland-Yutani Corporation - Alien - WYC ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/5 "2006-04-21T09:47:24Z")
Megadodo Publications, from HHGTTG… Yoyodyne (something or other), from Buckaroo Banzai ---
**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:** [April 21, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/6 "2006-04-21T09:49:30Z")
OCP : OCP from Robocop. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/7 "2006-04-21T10:04:22Z")
The Company (Weyland-Yutani) (WY) from Alien/Aliens/Alien Resurrection McDuck Industries (MCD) from Ducktales ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/8 "2006-04-21T10:46:18Z")
The Tyrell Corporation - Blade Runner ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/9 "2006-04-21T11:05:06Z")
US Robotics and Mechanical men, Inc from Asimov’s robot stories. USRM General Products space hulls, from Larry Niven’s known space books. GPSH Paraden holdings limited, from Anne McCaffrey’s planet pirates series. PHL Ballybran Crystal Guild, from Anne McCaffery’s crystal singer books. BCG ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/10 "2006-04-21T11:42:02Z")
Cyberdyne Systems / SkyNet - Terminator 2 - CS (?) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/11 "2006-04-21T12:22:29Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Yoyodyne (something or other), from Buckaroo Banzai Phillistine!!! It’s from Thomas Pynchon; it showed up in **V.** and **Gravity’s Rainbow** long before Banzai ripped it off. How about: Spacely Space Sprockets – (symbol SSS) Cogswell Cogs – COG [Goliath Corporation](http://www.goliathcorp.com/trough.html) – GOL (from Thursday Next) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/12 "2006-04-21T12:27:55Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Phillistine!!! It’s from Thomas Pynchon; it showed up in **V.** and **Gravity’s Rainbow** long before Banzai ripped it off. Yeah, bring on the Jewish shepherd boy. I ain’t afraid of a rock… 😉 I’m ripping even Pynchon off even more, because I’m a model railroader, and Yoyodyne Engineering is one of the heavy industries on my future layout. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/13 "2006-04-21T12:38:24Z")
_Swift Enterprises_, from both the _Tom Swift_ and the _Tom Swift Jr._ boys’ book series’. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/14 "2006-04-21T12:39:55Z")
_Denham Motion Picture Productions_ from the Original _King Kong_. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/15 "2006-04-21T12:44:08Z")
Thought of another one from Asimov: Hober Mallow Atomics Sales, ltd. HMAS ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/16 "2006-04-21T12:56:58Z")
_Tessier-Ashpool_ and _Ono-Sendai_ from Neuromancer _Planet Express_ and _Mom’s Friendly Robot Company_ from Futurama ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/17 "2006-04-21T12:59:43Z")
Wolfram and Hart From ANGEL WRM ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/18 "2006-04-21T13:07:52Z")
> [@audit1](#): > > Wolfram and Hart From ANGEL WRM Nice… except I think it should be WRH. To match the derivation of the firm’s name. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/19 "2006-04-21T13:18:06Z")
Zeus, Inc. From the Company series of novels (which I’m reading right now and LOVING!) Probably traded as DRZ, but… Let’s face facts… When Zeus comes into power, there really -aren’t- other companies. At least, not ones that aren’t controlled / owned by them. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/20 "2006-04-21T16:07:02Z")
Hadden Industries - Contact - HADD InGen - Jurassic Park - IGEN and umm… CRAP! what was the name of the company Aaron worked for in **Primer**? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594.md?page=2)