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* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game ''VideoGame/FantaVision'' was originally developed as a tech demo to showcase the capabilities of the new hardware, but proved to be popular enough that a consumer version was released as a reasonably successful launch title for the system.

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' was originally just a tech demo for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], but was eventually made into a game. Said game, while originally disliked for not being a traditional Mario game, [[VindicatedByHistory eventually became so popular]] that it would spawn sequels of its own.

* Advertising/WheresTheBeef. [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny Such a simple ad would never fly at the]] [[SuperBowlSpecial Super Bowl nowadays]], but back when the "Fluffy Bun" ad aired, it was a breakaway success, the little old lady who delivered the line became a minor celebrity, and the line became symbolic of something that had no "meat" to it, whether figuratively or literally; it even got mentioned in the 1984 US Presidential campaign. Now, which restaurant chain was it an ad for? (Wendy's.)

* The line "So round! So firm! So fully packed! So free and easy on the draw!" was a slogan from radio ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes back in the '40's, but it then got picked up by radio personalities and WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes characters like Pepé Le Pew for describing members of the fairer sex. Most Looney Tunes fans today can tell it's a '40's cultural reference, but few would know what it's from.

* A hushed delivery of "We've secretly replaced their X with Y. Lets' see if they can tell the difference." Originally for Folger's Coffee Crystals, it's become the go-to line whenever a BaitAndSwitch is pulled on somebody.
* "It's X o'clock, do you know where your children are?" was originally a PSA played on late night TV to warn parents of the dangers of teenage drinking. Now it's more likely to be a joke said in the middle of the day.

* ''Series/{{Cavemen}}'', the Creator/{{ABC}} TV Series, derived from the Advertising/{{GEICO}} Cavemen advertisements. Needless to say, it didn't translate well to the sitcom format and not only failed critically, but was marred by the 2007 writers' strike and failed to last a full season.

* In 1991, there was a dancing doll called My Pretty Ballerina. The doll was only around for a year or so and then discontinued. However, a children's picture book, ''Saturday Is Ballet Day,'' about a pair of friends [[SaltAndPepper (a black girl and a white girl)]] learning to ballet dance, was published to merchandise it. The book is charming, and stayed continuously in print for over two decades, complete with the doll's logo on the cover.

* ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'', a platformer based on a fairly successful series of 7-UP commercials in which anthropomorphized red spots from cans would run around while their owner is asleep.
** On a similar note, Fido Dido, another character from the same company, went through this, appearing in the bumpers of CBS' SaturdayMorningCartoon block and getting his own comic strip and books.

* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' was originally just a tech demo for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], but was eventually made into a game.

That's what this trope is, when a slogan, phrase, mascot, or showcase becomes more famous or even outlasts the product it was created for.

'''Slogans, Phrases, and Jingles:'''

'''Mascots:'''

'''Showcases:'''

'''Attractions:'''

'''Promotional Products'''