Name that company!

The Game Room
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In the spirit of Name that team!, here is a list of fictional companies from various forms of fiction: movies, TV, video games, comic books, cartoons, and so forth. I’m afraid this one is dreadfully easy, so you will have to be on the honor system to count your own points, and not crib from each other. :slight_smile:

Ace Tomato Co
Bad Wolf Corporation
Bada Bing
Benthic Petroleum
Biffco
Big Kahuna Burger
Binford
Black Mesa Research Facility
Blaidd Dwrg
Blix
Blue Moon Detective Agency
Blue Sun
Bonzair
Brown Streak Railroad
Buy and Large Corporation
CC Corporation
Chez Qui
CHOAM
Chotchkie’s
Cyberdyne Systems
Daystrom Data Concepts
Delos
Deon International
Dinoco
Dixie Boy Truck Stop
Doublemeat Palace
Dunder Mifflin
ENCOM
Energy Corporation
Ewing Oil
FrobozzCo International
Genco Olive Oil
General Products
Gio’s Deli
Goatberger Publishers
Grace Brothers
Grand Trunk Semaphore Company
Grayson Sky Domes Ltd
Hanso Foundation
Happy Toyz Co
Hooper’s Store
InGen
Initech
J Wellington Wells & Co
Jefferson Cleaners
M&M Enterprises
Maibatsu
Maroon Cartoons
McDowell’s
Mega Lo Mart
Mockolate
Momcorp
Morley Cigarettes
Network 23
Nordyne Defense Dynamics
Oceanic Airlines
Omni Consumer Products
Pedant Publishing
Pierce Publishing Company
Primatech Paper Co
RAMJAC Corporation
Red Apple Cigarettes
Rovers Return
Sham Harga’s House of Ribs
Shinra Electric Power Company
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Stark Industries
Strickland Propane
Sunshine Desserts
Susan B Anthony Hotel
Tagruato
Techno Union
The Android’s Dungeon
The Magic Box
The Pie Hole
The Queen Victoria
Tyrell Corporation
Umbrella Corporation
Union Aerospace Corporation
United Robotronics
Universal Exports
US Robots and Mechanical Men
Vandelay Industries
VersaLife Corporation
Wayne Enterprises
Weyland-Utani
Whizzo Chocolate Company
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems

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As I type, I’m the first respondent, so I’m obviously not copying off of any other post:
Bada Bing – The Sopranos
Blue Moon Detective Agency – Moonlighting
Dunder Mifflin – The Office (USA version)
Ewing Oil – Dallas
Hooper’s Store – Sesame Street
Jefferson Cleaners – The Jeffersons
Mega Lo Mart – King of the Hill
Momcorp – Futurama
Pedant Publishing – Seinfeld (and it’s Pendant Publishing)
Stark Industries – Iron Man
Strickland Propane – King of the Hill
The Android’s Dungeon – The Simpsons (proprietor Jeff Albertson, aka Comic Book Guy)
Vandelay Industries – Seinfeld (corporation actually didn’t exist)

Some of the others are familiar, but I don’t want to be reduced to guessing.

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Bad Wolf-Dr. Who
You forgot Wesayso Corp.

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Big Kahuna-Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

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Biffco-Back to the Future

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Biffco–Back to the Future 3
Big Kahuna Burger–Pulp Fiction
Binford–Home Improvement
Buy and Large Corporation–Wall-E
Grace Brothers–Trading Places
Maroon Cartoons–Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Network 23–Max Headroom
Oceanic Airlines–Lost
Red Apple Cigarettes–Pulp Fiction
Susan B Anthony Hotel–Bosom Buddies
Tyrell Corporation–I Robot
Wayne Enterprises–Batman Begins
Whizzo Chocolate Company–Monty Python
Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems–Holmes and Yoyo

In fact, Red Apple Cigarettes and Big Kahuna Burgers show up in more than one Tarantino film, like “See You Next Wednesday” for John Landis

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Blue Sun - Firefly
Cyberdyne Systems - Terminator
Grace Brothers - Are You Being Served
Grand Trunk Semaphore - Discworld
Hanso Foundation - Lost
InGen - Jurassic Park
Maibatsu - Grand Theft Auto
Mockolate - Friends
Oceanic Airlines - Lost
Primatech Paper - Heroes
Red Apple Cigarettes - Pulp Fiction (?)
Rovers Return - Coronation Street
Sham Harga’s House of Ribs - Discworld
Sirius Cybernetics - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies
The Queen Vic - Eastenders
Tyrell Corporation - Blade Runner/Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep
Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
Wayne Enterprises - Batman/DC Comics
Weyland-Yutani - Alien

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Chotchkie’s: Office Space
Initech: likewise

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I was still typing up that post when want2know posted, I swear :slight_smile:

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No problem–in fact, you pointed up a mistake. I knew Tyrell had something to do with robots, but you got the right answer. Good on you!

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Doublemeat Palace was the fast food place on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Stark Industries was from Ironman.
Let me add two:

Smarty Mart
The Very Big Corporation of America

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Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life–the owners of “The Crimson Permanent Assurance”.

Try these:

Mr. Ray’s Wig World
Drugco
Engulf & Devour
Har-De-Har Joke Shop

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That’s from Hairspray.

And US Robots and Mechanical Men is from Asimov’s “Robot” stories.

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Dinoco- Cars
McDowell’s- Coming to America

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Where’s Acme Products?

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There wouldn’t have been any single right answer, Elvis. I try avoid ambiguous ones. :slight_smile:

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You forgot Wolfram and Hart.

Also FrobozzCo is from the Zork computer games.

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So did they copy that for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension? They used it for the name of John Whorfin’s front company.

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Planet Express? SlurmCo?

Joe

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Bada Bing - The Sopranos
Benthic Petroleum - The Terminator
Blue Moon Detective Agency - Moonlighting
Chotchkie’s - Office Space
Ewing Oil - Dallas
Genco Olive Oil - The Godfather
Hooper’s Store - Sesame Street
InGen - Jurassic Park
Jefferson Cleaners - The Jeffersons
Maibatsu - Grand Theft Auto
Oceanic Airlines - Executive Decision
Stark Industries -* Ironman*
Tyrell Corporation - Blade Runner
Wayne Enterprises - Batman