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* ''VideoGame/Hitman'' has Kronstadt products littered throughout the levels, and the company is known for making friendly home products like vacuum cleaners, as well as lifesaving medical tech, but also cutting-edge AI and war tech. Eventually, of course, [[spoiler: the founder and CEO becomes a target for Agent 47.]]

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* ''VideoGame/Hitman'' ''VideoGame/Hitman1'' has Kronstadt products littered throughout the levels, and the company is known for making friendly home products like vacuum cleaners, as well as lifesaving medical tech, but also cutting-edge AI and war tech. Eventually, of course, [[spoiler: the founder and CEO becomes a target for Agent 47.]]
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* ''VideoGame/Hitman'' has Kronstadt products littered throughout the levels, and the company is known for making friendly home products like vacuum cleaners, as well as lifesaving medical tech, but also cutting-edge AI and war tech. Eventually, of course, [[spoiler: the founder and CEO becomes a target for Agent 47.]]
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* ''Film/TopSecret'': On one of the walls of Dr. Paul Flammond's cell/laboratory in the east german prison, there is a sensual calendar of "Acme Lab Equipment".

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* OlderThanTelevision: Creator/HaroldLloyd comedy ''Film/NeverWeaken'' (1921), in which Harold uses "Acme Soap Flakes" to make a road slippery.


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* OlderThanTelevision: Creator/HaroldLloyd comedy ''Film/NeverWeaken'' (1921), in which Harold uses "Acme Soap Flakes" to make a road slippery.


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* ''Film/StarOfMidnight'': Police detective Doremus of the NYPD is introduced reading an advertisement for "Acme Arch Supporters". He has problems with his feet.
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* Daffy Duck is a salesman for Ace Novelty Company who peddles his wares to Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg in "The High and the Flighty."
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* Dynamic Utility Products, from the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' produces everything from cigarette lighters to machine guns to playing cards. You can find DUP's products in every home in America, practically. They're secretly a front for [[AncientConspiracy TAROT]], the world's greatest criminal organization.

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* Like the two listed above: General Electric has a massive line of products ranging from lightbulbs to household appliances to railroad locomotives and jet aircraft engines.

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* Fujifilm, while primarily an imaging company, has also dabbled in photochemicals, biopharmaceutical products such as stem cells, antiviral drugs and regenerative medicine, recording media, X-ray imaging and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking cosmetics]]. Fujifilm's [[https://petapixel.com/2016/04/08/film-makeup-fuji-made-ultimate-pivot-business-dried/ venture into skincare]] was said to have kept the company afloat despite film being rendered obsolete by digital photography and smartphones, and they were able to apply their knowledge gained from photographic research in achieving the ideal skin tone. And it actually makes sense too--on a marketing standpoint it would be preferable and more photogenic to take photos whilst wearing Astralift makeup by Fujifilm.
* Like the two listed above: General Electric has a massive line of products ranging from lightbulbs to household appliances to railroad locomotives and locomotives, jet aircraft engines.engines and miniguns.
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* ''Film/BirchStreetGym'': The gym is inside a warehouse for "Acme Wiping Materials".
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* SM Prime Holdings is well known in the Philippines as one of the biggest retailers and property developers in the country, selling everything from apparel and other household supplies to real estate. Which is far cry from the fact that "SM" originally stood for [[ArtifactTitle Shoemart]].
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* The ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Revenging Angel"(which was one long love letter to WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons), had Ozme products. The series was produced in Australia, the "[[StealthPun Land of Oz".

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* The ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Revenging Angel"(which was one long love letter to WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons), had Ozme products. The series was produced in Australia, the "[[StealthPun Land of Oz".Oz]]".
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* The ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Revenging Angel"(which was one long love letter to WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons), had Ozme products.

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* The ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Revenging Angel"(which was one long love letter to WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons), had Ozme products. The series was produced in Australia, the "[[StealthPun Land of Oz".
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* Everything in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' is [[Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Kirara]]-branded: from alcopop to hotplate to video games.
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** Special mention goes to the [=AmazonBasics=] line which is not only sold but also manufactured by Amazon and contains a whole range of products ranging from basic electronics, household appliances, office supplies, personal accessories, camping gear, and various other products.

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** Special mention goes to the [=AmazonBasics=] line which is not only sold but also manufactured by Amazon and contains a whole range of products ranging from basic electronics, household appliances, furniture, office supplies, personal accessories, camping gear, and various other products.
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** Special mention goes to the [=AmazonBasics=] line which are manufactured by Amazon and contains a whole range of products ranging from basic electronics, household appliances, and various other products.

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** Special mention goes to the [=AmazonBasics=] line which are is not only sold but also manufactured by Amazon and contains a whole range of products ranging from basic electronics, household appliances, office supplies, personal accessories, camping gear, and various other products.
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** Special mention goes to the AmazonBasics line which are manufactured by Amazon and contains a whole range of products ranging from basic electronics, household appliances, and various other products.

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** Special mention goes to the AmazonBasics [=AmazonBasics=] line which are manufactured by Amazon and contains a whole range of products ranging from basic electronics, household appliances, and various other products.
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** Special mention goes to the AmazonBasics line which are manufactured by Amazon and contains a whole range of products ranging from basic electronics, household appliances, and various other materials.

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* Back in the 60s and 70s, Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures was owned by a conglomerate called Gulf & Western (or "Gulf+Western", going by their logo); in addition to Paramount, they owned clothing manufacturers, car parts factories, financial services firms, cigar makers, sugar plantations, the list goes on. They even owned Creator/{{Sega}} for a time, and New York's famous Madison Square Garden arena (and their associated sports teams). Eventually, former Paramount head Martin Davis became head of the company and realized they ought to focus on their most profitable subsidiary- Paramount and its' collection of smaller companies (including Famous Music, Simon & Schuster books, and MSG); as a result, all the industrial and consumer companies were sold off and the company was renamed ''Paramount Communications'' in 1989; they eventually acquired a bunch of medium and small market TV stations and a chain of theme parks (both previously owned by Taft Broadcasting), and in 1994 merged with Creator/{{Viacom}}.

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* Back in the 60s and 70s, Creator/{{Paramount}} Pictures was owned by a conglomerate called Gulf & Western (or "Gulf+Western", going by their logo); in addition to Paramount, they owned clothing manufacturers, car parts factories, financial services firms, cigar makers, sugar plantations, the list goes on. They even owned Creator/{{Sega}} for a time, and New York's famous Madison Square Garden arena (and their associated sports teams). Eventually, former Paramount head Martin Davis became head of the company and realized they ought to focus on their most profitable subsidiary- subsidiary-- Paramount and its' collection of smaller companies (including Famous Music, Simon & Schuster books, and MSG); as a result, all the industrial and consumer companies were sold off and the company was renamed ''Paramount Communications'' in 1989; they eventually acquired a bunch of medium and small market TV stations and a chain of theme parks (both previously owned by Taft Broadcasting), and in 1994 merged with Creator/{{Viacom}}.



* [[http://www.amazon.com Amazon]] is definitely this. So is ebay.

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* The Walton Group in Bangladesh. While they primarily specialise in electronics, their product line covers things as diverse as desktops, laptops, RAM sticks, SD cards, home appliances, generators, elevators, batteries and even motorcycles. It wouldn't be that of a stretch for a Bangladeshi family's home to be decked out entirely with Walton-brand appliances, with one or more family members owning a Walton laptop and/or cellphone, and riding a Walton motorbike whilst they're at it, money permitting.
* [[http://www.amazon.com Amazon]] is definitely this. So is ebay.[=eBay=].
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* Boeing is mainly known for manufacturing both types of the passenger and fighter aircraft (especially the 7x7-series passenger aircraft), but the conglomerate also covers air security and R&D technologies, among others.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': Everything that Alpha Complex citizens need is manufactured by PLC (Production, Logistics, and Commissary). Multiple "competing" front companies do the actual production and sales to create the illusion of a free market.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': Everything that Alpha Complex citizens need is manufactured by PLC (Production, Logistics, and Commissary). Multiple "competing" front companies do the actual production and sales to create the illusion of a free market. They're all PLC.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}: Everything that Alpha Complex citizens need is manufactured by PLC (Production, Logistics, and Commissary). Multiple "competing" front companies do the actual production and sales to create the illusion of a free market.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}: ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': Everything that Alpha Complex citizens need is manufactured by PLC (Production, Logistics, and Commissary). Multiple "competing" front companies do the actual production and sales to create the illusion of a free market.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}: Everything that Alpha Complex citizens need is manufactured by PLC (Production, Logistics, and Commissary). Multiple "competing" front companies do the actual production and sales to create the illusion of a free market.
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* The [[http://www.tata.com/ Tata Group]] in India, supplier of many products including [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking automobiles, energy, and ''tea'']].

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* The [[http://www.tata.com/ Tata Group]] in India, supplier of many products including [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking automobiles, energy, and ''tea'']].tea]].

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* Acme products are very common in several shorts and movies of ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.

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* Acme products are very common in several shorts and movies of ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.''Film/TheThreeStooges'' (as are Ace and Excelsior products).



* Acme and sometimes Ace products appear often in ''Film/TheThreeStooges'''s shorts and films.

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* Saikou Corporation in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is an electronics company which has created most of the products found in the game; the radio has the Saikou logo on it, the phones and laptops the characters use are also made by Saikou, the metal detectors and security cameras in Mission Mode, or when a member of the Student Council dies in Story Mode, belong to Saikou, the cameras that The Photography Club wears are also made by Saikou, heck! even Akademi High School itself is being bankrolled by Saikou ever since it was founded in 1985.



* Saikou Corporation in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is an electronics company which has created most of the products found in the game; the radio has the Saikou logo on it, the phones and laptops the characters use are also made by Saikou, the metal detectors and security cameras in Mission Mode, or when a member of the Student Council dies in Story Mode, belong to Saikou, the cameras that The Photography Club wears are also made by Saikou, heck! even Akademi High School itself is being bankrolled by Saikou ever since it was founded in 1985.

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* Saikou Corporation in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is an electronics company which has created most of the products found in the game; the radio has the Saikou logo on it, the phones and laptops the characters use are also made by Saikou, the metal detectors and security cameras in Mission Mode, or when a member of the Student Council dies in Story Mode, belong to Saikou, the cameras that The Photography Club wears are also made by Saikou, heck! even Akademi High School itself is being bankrolled by Saikou ever since it was founded in 1985.

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* Saikou Corporation in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is an electronics company which has created most of the products found in the game; the radio has the Saikou logo on it, the phones and laptops the characters use are also made by Saikou, the metal detectors and security cameras in Mission Mode, or when a member of the Student Council dies in Story Mode, belong to Saikou, the cameras that The Photography Club wears are also made by Saikou, heck! even Akademi High School itself is being bankrolled by Saikou ever since it was founded in 1985.

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* Creator/{{Sony}}. Currently dealing in consumer and industrial electronics (including laptops, phones, camcorders, cameras and radios), home entertainment, media production (including TV, Film and Music), electronic components, industrial chemicals, videogames (both games and consoles), batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.

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* Creator/{{Sony}}. Currently dealing in consumer and industrial electronics (including laptops, phones, camcorders, cameras and radios), home entertainment, media production (including TV, Film and Music), electronic components, industrial chemicals, videogames video games (both games and consoles), batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.



* In a similar vein with Samsung, LG Corporation, primarily known as an electronics manufacturer outside of South Korea, also carries household care products, cosmetics, beverages (as a Coca-Cola licensee no less) and their own telecom provider.



* [[http://www.cdrking.com/ CD-R King]], known in the Philippines for selling blank recordable media and memory cards, and usually caters to internet kiosk owners. As mentioned earlier, they do sell CD-Rs, but has since ventured into selling a myriad of items, all to the point of carrying things not normally found in a gadget store like [[http://3rdworldgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/rice-cooker.jpg rice cookers]], and even electric bicycles. This became a source of humor with Filipinos, who jokingly suggested that they might be carrying even more unlikely items such as frozen fish or helicopters. And like Acme, they're derided by some for their products' hit-and-miss build quality - some items work reliably for a long time, while others would work for days or months but eventually break down or malfunction.
* The [[http://www.tata.com/ Tata Group]] in India, supplier of many products including automobiles, energy, and ''tea''.

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* [[http://www.cdrking.com/ CD-R King]], known in the Philippines for selling blank recordable media and memory cards, and usually caters to internet kiosk owners. As mentioned earlier, they do sell CD-Rs, but has since ventured into selling a myriad of items, all to the point of carrying things not normally found in a gadget store like [[http://3rdworldgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/rice-cooker.jpg rice cookers]], and even electric bicycles. This became a source of humor humour with Filipinos, who jokingly suggested that they might be carrying even more unlikely items such as frozen fish or helicopters. And like Acme, they're derided by some for their products' hit-and-miss build quality - some items work reliably for a long time, while others would work for days or months but eventually break down or malfunction.
malfunction. Though in recent years CD-R King declined partly due to legal pressure owing to the company selling recording media at a discount, which, as you might guess, has been seen as facilitating piracy, and also due to cloud services and flash-based storage displacing optical discs as a primary storage medium.
* The [[http://www.tata.com/ Tata Group]] in India, supplier of many products including [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking automobiles, energy, and ''tea''.''tea'']].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' everything is made by Fleemco.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', everything is made by Fleemco.Fleemco, with the main characters making most use of the company's "replacement service" that can replace anybody that a person wants with someone more to their liking. The person that gets replaced usually gets sent off on a nice vacation by "some weirdos in jumpsuits" for a couple of weeks before returning, assuming that they aren't legitimately awful people.
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* While Samsung is best known for the Galaxy smartphones (and phablets), Samsung Electronic is just the tip of the iceberg as Samsung is a conglomerate of companies with enormous amount of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#Subsidiaries_and_affiliates subsidiaries]] which contributed to around 10-20% of South Korea's GDP output (which is quite substantial considering that South Korea is one of the four Asian Tigers).

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* While Samsung is best known for the Galaxy smartphones (and phablets), televisions, refrigerators, computers and other techy gadgets, Samsung Electronic is just the tip of the iceberg as Samsung is a conglomerate of companies with enormous amount of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung#Subsidiaries_and_affiliates subsidiaries]] which contributed to around 10-20% of South Korea's GDP output (which is quite substantial considering that South Korea is one of the four Asian Tigers).
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ἀκμή


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]]]]''' [[labelnote:*]]In actuality, "Acme" derives from the [[GratuitousGreek Greek]] "ἀκμή", meaning [[{{Irony}} "peak, prime, best"]].[[/labelnote]]]]

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