# What's the weirdest novelization or tie-in product you have seen for a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [November 10, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245 "2020-11-10T20:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/21 "2020-11-12T16:00:32Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > And then there are the Cthulhu plush toys. That’s just _ **wrong** _ . 😡 Tales of the Plush Cthulhu [http://www.logicalcreativity.com/jon/plush/01.html](http://www.logicalcreativity.com/jon/plush/01.html) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/22 "2020-11-12T16:05:43Z")
Remember _The Bulgari Connection_? > **[The Bulgari Connection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bulgari_Connection)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Bulgari Connection is a 2000 novel by Fay Weldon that became notorious for its commercial tie-in: in exchange for an undisclosed fee from the Italian jewellery company Bulgari, Weldon was required to mention the name of the jeweler at least 12 times - which was more than exceeded by the author. The 34 mentions appear in sentences such as "'A Bulgari necklace in the hand is worth two in the bush', said Doris" or "They snuggled together happil... ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/23 "2020-11-12T16:41:20Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > And then there are the Cthulhu plush toys. That’s just _ **wrong** _. 😡 I have two Cthulhus I bought at a Con - she called them Cabbage Patch Cthulhus. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/24 "2020-11-12T16:45:15Z")
Some years ago, Jason Reitman, coming off a string of respected films _(Up in the Air, Juno, Young Adult_, etc.) directed a film called **Labor Day**. Anticipating an Oscar run, the movie was released in December for its obligatory one week run in LA County at the Arclight Hollywood. I went to a showing and when I handed my ticket to the ticket taker, they handed me a pie pan! Not a cheap one, but a real full sized, stainless steel, nonstick pie pan suitable for baking! It turns out that there is a pie making scene in the movie that is supposed to be (in the director’s mind) on par with the pottery scene in _Ghost_. Actually, its more of a creepy, Stockholm syndrome scene (perfectly in keeping with the wrong headed view of “romance” the whole film takes). The film was a total bomb, there was no Oscar buzz, and it was buried in its January release. But I still have the pie pan. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/25 "2020-11-12T16:56:50Z")
OK it’s not a movie but apparently WWE(then the WWF) and their major competitor WCW offered cologne as an item to buy: [http://wrestlecrap.com/icfyt/someone-bought-this-wcw-nitro-and-wwf-attitude-colognes/](http://wrestlecrap.com/icfyt/someone-bought-this-wcw-nitro-and-wwf-attitude-colognes/) P.S. that website has a column devoted to weird pro wrestling momorabilia: [http://wrestlecrap.com/category/sbt/](http://wrestlecrap.com/category/sbt/) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/26 "2020-11-12T17:23:55Z")
Decades before Oliver Stone made the movie **JFK** about the conspiracy theories behind the Kennedy assassination, director David Miller made **Executive Action**. It starred Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Will Geer, and a script by Dalton Trumbo. When I went to se it in the theater, they gave me what looked and felt like a newspaper. Looking through it, I found all sorts of explanations, fully referenced, regarding things depicted on the screen. it was the first time that I attended a movie with _footnotes_ . It wasn’t the last time, though. When I went to see David Lynch’s film **Dune** in 1984, they handed out single sheets of 8.5" x 11" papers to everyone. They were printed on both sides with explanations for a lot of the terms used in the film. It’s as if they raided the Glossary at the back of Frank Herbert’s novel, taking the most salient items. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/27 "2020-11-12T18:27:52Z")
How about _The Necronomnomnom_, a Lovecraft-themed cookbook? Enjoy such delectable treats as Gin and Miskatonic, The Muesli of Erich Zann, and The Custard Out of Space. > **[The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from the Lore of …](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43785906-the-necronomnomnom)** > > Reading about the slime- covered, non- Euclidean ruins … ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/28 "2020-11-12T19:31:08Z")
> **[The Mad Monk Giveaway: Genuine Rasputin Beard](https://www.zomboscloset.com/zombos_closet_of_horror_b/2012/05/the-mad-monk-gimmick-genuine-rasputin-beard.html)** > > While perusing the pressbook (more like a pad with stapled sheets) for 20th Century Fox's The Mad Monk and The Reptile double bill, my attention was drawn to this promotional gimmick: a genuine (fake) Rasputin beard theater giveaway. You know you... ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/29 "2020-11-12T19:31:51Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Smurf gelato. I had it in Italy. Anyone who’s been to Camp Castle Rock for scout camp knows how hot it gets there (no air conditioning anywhere), and how refreshing the chopped-ice-in-a-huge-blender is. All summer long you hear thirsty scouts begging for those icy red and blue swirls: "Please, I need another _Smurf In A Blender!"_ ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/30 "2020-11-12T19:32:11Z")
For Star Trek V, Kraft released a marshmallow dispenser like the one Spock used in the movie. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iRXWFZjqjIo/maxresdefault.jpg "Star Trek V Marshmallow Marshmelon Dispenser") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRXWFZjqjIo) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/31 "2020-11-12T19:41:10Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > How about _The Necronomnomnom_ , a Lovecraft-themed cookbook? > > Enjoy such delectable treats as Gin and Miskatonic, The Muesli of Erich Zann, and The Custard Out of Space I am ordering six copies for Christmas gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/32 "2020-11-12T19:44:59Z")
Star Wars Christmas decorations. [https://www.google.com/search?q=star+wars+inflatable+christmas&sxsrf=ALeKk01mlspDvG843pXTBTcwXDSU9su93Q:1605210248015&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOmf2U4v3sAhUu1VkKHe0GBAkQ\_AUoA3oECAcQBQ&biw=1920&bih=937](https://www.google.com/search?q=star+wars+inflatable+christmas&sxsrf=ALeKk01mlspDvG843pXTBTcwXDSU9su93Q:1605210248015&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOmf2U4v3sAhUu1VkKHe0GBAkQ_AUoA3oECAcQBQ&biw=1920&bih=937) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/33 "2020-11-12T20:00:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’ve _got_ to ask: What does Smurf taste like? Tastes like chicken, only smurfier. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/34 "2020-11-12T20:46:26Z")
“Bram Stoker’s Dracula - The novel of the film, by Fred Saberhagen & James V. Hart Based on the screenplay by James V. Hart from the Bram Stoker novel” > **[Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) | MovieNovelizations.com](https://movienovelizations.com/movie_novel/bram-stokers-dracula-1992/)** > > \[et\_pb\_section bb\_built=”1″ \_builder\_version=”3.0.106″\]\[et\_pb\_row\]\[et\_pb\_column type=”1\_3″\]\[et\_pb\_text admin\_label=”Metadata” \_builder\_version=”3.0.106″ background\_layout=”light”\] About This Book: Year Published: Publisher: Genre: Author: Screenplay... One wonders if anyone optioned this novelization for a film adaptation… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/35 "2020-11-12T21:12:06Z")
Lego is involved in some longer and more convoluted chains than that. You’ve got short movies based on a video game based on a toy based on a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/36 "2020-11-12T21:42:31Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > Bram Stoker’s Dracula - I have a Bram Stoker’s Dracula Pinball Machine. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/37 "2020-11-12T23:23:41Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > “Bram Stoker’s Dracula - > The novel of the film, by Fred Saberhagen & James V. Hart I missed this one. Hart, of course, wrote the screenplay. They undoubtedly got Fred Saberhagen because he wrote _The Dracula Tapes_ (a novel telling the story from Dracula’s point of view), and _The Holmes-Dracula File_ (not as good as Loren D. Estleman’s _Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula: or The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count_), and at least one other Dracula novel. But, again, why come up with a novel at all? This film followed the novel more closely than any other version. Looks like a blatant money grab to me. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/38 "2020-11-12T23:55:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Lego is involved in some longer and more convoluted chains than that. You’ve got short movies based on a video game based on a toy based on a movie. Oh, it gets worse. There are books and comic books based on the movies based on the video games based on the toys based on the movies. I think, and I’m totally serious about this, that there are also toys based on the movies based on the video games based on the toys based on the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/39 "2020-11-13T10:12:58Z")
There’s also the fact the LEGO video games are owned by Warner Bros, but that didn’t stop them from making the Lego Marvel or Lego Avengers tie-in games. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245/40 "2020-11-13T13:34:05Z")
To promote _Ocean’s Twelve_, someone thought it was a good idea to strap a $300,000 diamond to the nose of a Formula One car to run in an actual F1 race. Or rather, since an F1 team runs two cars and they were sponsoring the Team Jaguar, there were _two_ such diamonds running around the track, one for each car. The race in question was naturally the Monaco GP. Of course, the inevitable happened. > **[Here’s How a Flawless $300,000 Diamond Was Lost In an F1 Car Crash](https://jalopnik.com/here-s-how-a-flawless-300-000-diamond-was-lost-in-an-f-1630181199)** > > If you spend enough time writing on the Internet, you'll eventually be accused of creating a "clickbait" headline. You know what I'm talking about: the headline mentions a revolutionary new advancement in modern technology, something that will... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-novelization-or-tie-in-product-you-have-seen-for-a-movie/925245.md?page=1)