# Name that company! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 13, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719 "2009-02-13T18:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/21 "2009-02-14T00:21:12Z")
Buy and Large - _WALL-E_ CHOAM - _Dune_ Oceanic Airlines - Yes, _Lost_ and _Executive Decision_, and quite a few other things, too!: [Oceanic Airlines - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_Airlines) Omni Consumer Products - _RoboCop_ DrugCo - _The Drew Carey Show_ I’ll add: VirtualRealty Dytallix Mining Corp. Parallax Corp. Winfred-Lauder Department Store Rust-Eze ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/22 "2009-02-14T03:15:42Z")
Omni Consumer Products - Robocop Techno Union - Star Wars prequals Morley Cigarettes - X Files New: Berndini, Lambart & Lock Duke & Duke GetaLife Milton, Chadwick & Waters Mooby’s ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/23 "2009-02-14T03:30:56Z")
Duke & Duke - _Trading Places_ ---
**Author:** ![Wash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/24 "2009-02-14T04:13:23Z")
Blaidd Drwg - Doctor Who Winfred-Lauder - The Drew Carey Show Mooby’s - Kevin Smith’s movies New ones: Ajira Airways HeretiCorp Sebben & Sebben Sterling Cooper The Work Bench ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/25 "2009-02-14T04:44:56Z")
Sterling Cooper - _Mad Men_ Here’s one more: MacMillan Toy Corporation ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/26 "2009-02-14T05:40:54Z")
Smarty Mart- _Kim Possible_ Engulf & Devour- _Silent Movie_ (referencing real-life conglom Gulf and Western, which owned Paramount at the time) Virtual Realty- _Toy Story_ Rust-Eze- _Cars_ Sebben & Sebben- _Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law_ Universal Exports- James Bond series Wesayso Corp.- _Dinosaurs_ My additions: Videlectrix Apook Corporation Petrochem Petrochemical Corp. Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc. Air Impact! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/27 "2009-02-14T05:48:08Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > You forgot Wolfram and Hart. That’s from “Angel”. “Universal Exports” is from Bond, James Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/28 "2009-02-14T21:05:19Z")
The Work Bench - _Reaper_ Try these: Wo and Shade Fevre River Packet Co. Harriman Industries Five Continents Imports Connex ---
**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:** [February 15, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/29 "2009-02-15T02:37:18Z")
> [@3acresandatruck](#): > > 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. No. The origin of Yoyodyne is in Thomas Pynchon’s novel **V.** (I believe it’s also mentioned in **The Crying of Lot 49** , too.) **Buckaroo Banzai** is guilty of stealing the title. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/30 "2009-02-15T05:28:04Z")
HeretiCorp - Sluggy Freelance A new one: Happy Time Temporary Services (the original show it was on) ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/31 "2009-02-15T11:31:33Z")
Benthic was Abyss, not Terminator ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/32 "2009-02-15T12:36:20Z")
General Products was the trading company for the race of Pierson’s Puppeteers in Larry Niven’s Known Space. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/33 "2009-02-15T13:11:59Z")
Biffco - _Back to the Future_? Binford - _Home Improvement_ Black Mesa Research Facility - _Half Life_ CHOAM - _Dune_ Cyberdyne Systems - _Terminator_ Hooper’s Store - _Sesame Street_ Maroon Cartoons - _Who Framed Rodger Rabbit_ Momcorp - _Futurama_ Primatech Paper Co - _Heroes_ Shinra Electric Power Company - _Final Fantasy VII_ Sirius Cybernetics Corporation - _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ Stark Industries - _Iron Man_ Techno Union - _Star Wars_ The Android’s Dungeon - _The Simpsons_ Umbrella Corporation - _Resident Evil_ Wayne Enterprises - _Batman_ Weyland-Utani - _Alien_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/34 "2009-02-15T13:40:43Z")
Bada Bing – Sopranos Benthic Petroleum – the Abyss Biffco – Back to the Future II Big Kahuna Burger – Pulp Fiction Blue Moon Detective Agency – Moonlighting Blue Sun – Firefly Buy and Large Corporation – Wall\*E Chotchkie’s – Office Space Cyberdyne Systems – The Terminator Dinoco – Cars Dunder Mifflin – The Office Ewing Oil – Dallas Initech – Office Space Maroon Cartoons – Who Framed Roger Rabbit Mega Lo Mart – King of the Hill Oceanic Airlines – Die Hard II Stark Industries – Iron Man Strickland Propane – King of the Hill Tyrell Corporation – Blade Runner Universal Exports – the James Bond films US Robots and Mechanical Men – I, Robot Vandelay Industries – Seinfeld Wayne Enterprises – Batman Weyland-Utani – Alien and sequels Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems – Buckaroo Banzai ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/35 "2009-02-15T13:51:20Z")
I see I was wrong on Oceanic Airlines. In any event, you’ll never get me on one of their planes; they seem to get hijacked and/or crash _a lot_. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/36 "2009-02-15T15:28:50Z")
Dinoco actually orginated in _Toy Story_- its use as a sponsor in _Cars_ is a typical Pixar callback. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/37 "2009-02-15T17:10:56Z")
Another: Starslip If no one’s answered mine in the next few days, I’ll post the answers. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/38 "2009-02-16T06:27:40Z")
Happy Time Temporary Agency - Dead Like Me (is this the original?) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/39 "2009-02-16T07:00:47Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > Happy Time Temporary Agency - Dead Like Me (is this the original?) It is. There was a shout-out in the first 2nd season episode of _Pushing Daisies_, as well, which is why I specified. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719/40 "2009-02-23T15:39:39Z")
Here are the origins of some I’d earlier posted but which hadn’t already been ID’d by others: Dytallix Mining Co. - _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ (mentioned in one episode as owning an entire planet) Parallax Corp. - corporate baddies from the movie _The Parallax View_ Wo and Shade - an alien boutique in George R.R. Martin’s wonderful short story “Sandkings” Fevre River Packet Co. - steamboat company in Martin’s equally good vampire novel _Fevre Dream_ Harriman Industries - powerful multinational firm from several Robert H. Heinlein short stories, most notably “The Man Who Sold the Moon” Five Continents Imports - CIA front from the movie _Three Days of the Condor_ Connex - gigantic oil company from _Syriana_ Starslip - starliner company from Martin’s novel _Tuf Voyaging_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-company/485719.md?page=3)