# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 334
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6662 "2024-11-10T21:34:09Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Miffin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen They cloned the dinosaurs in _Jurassic Park_. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6663 "2024-11-11T21:36:11Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby [It gets around. Bottoms up!](https://fictionalcompanies.fandom.com/wiki/J._Darby?fbclid=IwY2xjawGfWEBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR4FL7Dbkvst-k8bDNJxkepHcRDYRPhoDoTzfTwmvcJ71wWV77pY8WbeFw_aem_DAKs_almJ2OpCF6xdYfsvg) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6664 "2024-11-11T22:13:12Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo biotech corporation in the Takeshi Kovacs novels. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6665 "2024-11-11T22:30:48Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos Fast-food chicken chain run by Gus Fring in _Breaking Bad_ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6666 "2024-11-11T22:34:02Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate A New York advertising agency, where Darrin Stephens was employed as an account executive, in _Bewitched_. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6667 "2024-11-12T04:39:14Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop 2 shops located in Springfield, apparently at opposite ends of town ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6668 "2024-11-12T07:14:13Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop From the Harry Potter books and movies. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6669 "2024-11-12T07:43:29Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet from the Pixar universe – and it must be a huge franchise even bigger than Chuck E. Cheese or Domino’s, since the Pizza Planet truck appears in almost every Pixar movie no matter WHEN or WHERE the movie is set _(yes, even The Incredibles II and Ratatouille)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6670 "2024-11-12T12:57:41Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research From the movie Short Circuit, with Johnny #5. Quinn’s Medical Research is apparently a seedy organization, willing to accept people’s pets to be donated for questionable medical research. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6671 "2024-11-12T14:20:12Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6672 "2024-11-12T14:35:06Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Soylent Corporation They’re eating the people! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6673 "2024-11-12T15:48:34Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Trask Industries Creators of the mutant-hunting Sentinels in Marvel Comics. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6674 "2024-11-12T23:04:23Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Trask Industries Ubrikkian Industries In the _Star Wars_ universe, a manufacturer of repulsorlift vehicles, including landspeeders, airspeeders, and swoop bikes. They were the builders of Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6675 "2024-11-13T00:53:00Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Soylent Corporation Trask Industries Ubrikkian Industries housekeeping ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6676 "2024-11-13T03:31:24Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Soylent Corporation Trask Industries Ubrikkian Industries Veidt Enterprises From _Watchmen_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6677 "2024-11-13T03:52:31Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Soylent Corporation Trask Industries Ubrikkian Industries Veidt Enterprises Weyland-Yutani Corporation ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6678 "2024-11-13T12:55:01Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Soylent Corporation Trask Industries Ubrikkian Industries Veidt Enterprises Weyland-Yutani Corporation [X Company](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4338336/) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6679 "2024-11-13T14:44:18Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Soylent Corporation Trask Industries Ubrikkian Industries Veidt Enterprises Weyland-Yutani Corporation [X Company](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4338336/) Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6680 "2024-11-13T15:07:12Z")
**Fictional Companies** Acme Corporation Buy-n-Large Cyberdyne Systems Dunder Mifflin E(vil) Corp Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Gizmonic Institute Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! InGen J. Darby Khumalo Los Pollos Hermanos McMann & Tate Nick’s Bowling Shop Ollivander’s Wand Shop Pizza Planet Quinn’s Medical Research Rossum’s Universal Robots Soylent Corporation Trask Industries Ubrikkian Industries Veidt Enterprises Weyland-Yutani Corporation [X Company](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4338336/) Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems Ziffcorp Spoof of Enron, seen on _The Simpsons_ pass ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/6681 "2024-11-13T15:35:23Z")
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