# Fictional products that have become real brands? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553 "2016-02-19T14:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553/61 "2016-02-22T10:25:15Z")
I have a Thneed, although I don’t think it’s made out of a real Truffula tree because I believe they are all extinct. You never can tell what some people will buy. ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553/62 "2016-02-22T19:22:01Z")
How about Solyent Green Chips? > **[Soylent Green Crackers: A Review](https://foodjunk.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/soylent-green-crackers-a-review/)** > > Movie merchandising has been around forever.  Its roots can be traced way back to 1939 when MGM capitalized on its runaway smash hit by releasing a line of fully articulated Gone With The Wind acti… They’re People Food! Eli ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553/63 "2016-02-23T00:32:33Z")
ElvisL1ves: > [@](#): > > I’d still like to have my own Acme anvil. True story - after I used the word in a game of Boggle, one of my kids asked me what an anvil is. One of the others answered that it’s something that falls on the heads of cartoon characters. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553/64 "2016-02-23T12:54:15Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > ElvisL1ves: > > True story - after I used the word in a game of Boggle, one of my kids asked me what an anvil is. One of the others answered that it’s something that falls on the heads of cartoon characters. When I was growing up one of the local supermarket chains was “Acme”, so I grew up with plenty of Acme products. No Anvils, Rocket Roller Skates, or Earthquake pills, though. I didn’t realize for a long time that it was all a joke. They’re gone from my area, but still around > **[Acme Markets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Markets)** > > Acme Markets Inc. (stylized as ACME Markets) is a supermarket chain operating 161 stores throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, the Hudson Valley of New York, and Pennsylvania and, as of 1998, is a subsidiary of Albertsons, and part of its presence in the Northeast. It is headquartered in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, near Malvern, a Philadelphia suburb. > Acme Markets has 162 supermarkets in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. > Aft... Although if you really want an Acme Anvil (or other product), you might try here: [http://www.acme.com/catalog/acme.html](http://www.acme.com/catalog/acme.html) [http://www.acme.com/catalog/anvils.html](http://www.acme.com/catalog/anvils.html) And, of course, there’s always my first _Teemings_ article [http://www.teemings.net/series\_1/issue01/anvils.html](http://www.teemings.net/series_1/issue01/anvils.html) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553/65 "2016-02-23T14:06:37Z")
From the Wikipedia page, an actual real-world ad for Acme anvils: [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Corporation#/media/File:Acme_anvil.gif) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Corporation#/media/File:Acme_anvil.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553/66 "2016-02-23T20:21:49Z")
> [@Chihuahua](#): > > Richard Castle’s “Nikki Heat” novels are real and available for purchase. Not to mention the series before Heat, Derrek Storm. You can find out more on [Castle’s web site.](http://www.richardcastle.net/) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553/67 "2016-02-24T03:18:05Z")
Quill office supplies sells paper marked Dunder-Mifflin, the paper company from _The Office_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-products-that-have-become-real-brands/746553.md?page=3)