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Cue every geek opening up his browser and checking the website IRL.

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Cue every geek opening up his browser and checking the website IRL.
in real life.
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** Ironically enough, the domain name was sold, and now ''[=Katie.com=]'' is a porn site as well.
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Most media companies have rules requiring producers to buy any domain name they show on the screen before the movie or TV show is released. So if someone actually types in the URL, he gets a Web site designed by the producers. Many producers create a nice Web site designed to promote the show, that usually [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Leans on the Fourth Wall]] by creating the website as it would be in-universe.

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Most media companies have rules requiring producers to buy any domain name they show on the screen before the movie or TV show is released. So if someone actually types in the URL, he gets a Web site designed by the producers. Many producers create a nice Web site designed to promote the show, that usually [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Leans leans on the Fourth Wall]] fourth wall]] by creating the website as it would be in-universe.



Pioneered by {{Alternate Reality Game}}s. Usually a ViralMarketing tool. Can be a form of InUniverseMarketing as well.

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Pioneered by {{Alternate [[{{Alternate Reality Game}}s.Game}} ARG]]s. Usually a ViralMarketing tool. Can be a form of InUniverseMarketing as well.



** Another graffiti had a username and password for the before-mentioned website. Logging in with said username and password would give more backstory about the game (that is, until the site changed).

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** Another graffiti had a username and password for the before-mentioned website. website (cjohnson and tier3 respectively). Logging in with said username and password would give more backstory about the game (that is, until the site changed).was changed due to the release of ''{{Portal 2}}'').
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** Another graffiti had a username and password for the before-mentioned website. Logging in with said username and password would give more backstory about the game (that is, until the site changed).
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* This ended up working out for ''Super PaperMario'', where Francis' website was digibutter.nerr, and someone bought the actual domain name at digibutter.nerr.biz for a fan site about ''Paper Mario''.

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* This ended up working out for ''Super PaperMario'', ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', where Francis' website was digibutter.nerr, and someone bought the actual domain name at digibutter.nerr.biz for a fan site about ''Paper Mario''.

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*[[SandraandWoo Sandra And Woo]] had this in one arc where Woo was looking for raccoon porn on YouTube.



* [[SandraandWoo]] had this in one arc where Woo was looking for raccoon porn on YouTube.

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* [[SandraandWoo]] had this in one arc where Woo was looking for raccoon porn on YouTube.

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*[[SandraandWoo]] had this in one arc where Woo was looking for raccoon porn on YouTube.
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** In 'The Stolen Earth' you briefly get a look at the Doctor's phone number. If you were to actually call that number in real life you'd get to talk to a random member of the cast.
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*** And [[http://www.connieprince.co.uk/ Connie's.]]
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** And now shop on-line at http://www.patnpattisslackssnacksandknickknacks@patnpattisbackpackshack.ack!
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* {{Angel}} had Cordelia joking about [[http://www.oh-by-the-way-we-have-darla-stashed-here.com/ a handy website used to find Darla]]

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* {{Angel}} ''{{Angel}}'' had Cordelia joking about [[http://www.oh-by-the-way-we-have-darla-stashed-here.com/ a handy website used to find Darla]]
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* {{Angel}} had Cordelia joking about [[http://www.oh-by-the-way-we-have-darla-stashed-here.com/ a handy website used to find Darla]]
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* Randal Munroe [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] [[http://wetriffs.com WetRiffs]] after [[http://xkcd.com/305/ this]] ''{{xkcd}}'' strip.

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* Randal Munroe [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] [[http://wetriffs.com WetRiffs]] ({{NSFW}}) after [[http://xkcd.com/305/ this]] ''{{xkcd}}'' strip.
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** The only exception so far is a rate-your-teacher website from "Subway Wars", which doesn't exist. [[ProductPlacement They only show Ted searching and finding the site through Bing.]]
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* The ''AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' episode "The Tale of Station 109.1" had http://www.radiospace.com/.

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* If you're quick, you can catch an ad in a newspaper in one scene from ''HidamariSketch'' for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Fashionable Detective Lovely Chocolat]]'' complete with a URL: www.shqft-wed.co.jp.



* After the ''[[{{Durarara}} Durarara!!]]'' anime began airing, fan-versions of the show's Dollars chat room were created.
* GalaxyAngelRune episode 8 involves [[HarassingPhoneCall haunted text messages]] being sent from the nonexistent site [=http://xgi92.hxbleg.ga=].
* If you're quick, you can catch an ad in a newspaper in one scene from ''HidamariSketch'' for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Fashionable Detective Lovely Chocolat]]'' complete with a (nonexistent) URL: www.shqft-wed.co.jp.



* After the ''Durarara!!'' anime began airing, fan-versions of the show's Dollars chat room were created.
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** [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TNETENNBA The Urban Dictionary page for "Tnetennba"]]. Includes "One who looks up words which have been artificially created for the purpose of fiction or comedy".
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**Most of the main characters also have their own Twitter pages.

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Deleted bad Kim Possible example; reinstate if rewritten with the fate of those UR Ls IRL.


Or perhaps you spot a URL in a panel of a comic book, or hear a friendly voiceover in a videogame, telling you to visit his site.

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Or perhaps you spot a URL in a panel of a comic book, or hear a friendly voiceover in a videogame, video game, telling you to visit his site.



* While still on the Late Night Show Conan O'Brien made an off-hand joke about http://hornymanatee.com. It used to feature fan art, plus a donation link to a manatee help group. Now it just links to NBC.

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* While still on the Late Night Show Night, Conan O'Brien made an off-hand joke about http://hornymanatee.com. Because of (according to Conan) legal reasons, NBC actually had to buy the URL. It used to feature fan art, plus a donation link to a manatee help group. Now it just links to NBC.



* KimPossible has her own domain name, presumably kimpossible.com, and she got her first big mission when someone mistyped the domain name of in-universe superheroes [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Team ''Im''possible]].
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The IT Crowd is not a US show, and the URL was a UK one.


* Friendface.com from ''TheITCrowd'' used to exist, but now it doesn't. There was a fanmade version, and it might be friendface.org or something else, I might be mistaken.

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* Friendface.com co.uk from ''TheITCrowd'' used to exist, but now it doesn't. There was a fanmade version, and it might be friendface.org or something else, I might be mistaken.
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* {{Psychoville}} featured several examples.
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* The titular character of ''NathanBarley'' boasted about registering his site, Trashbat, in the Cook Islands so it would end with "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything .co.ck]]". The producers actually did the very same thing with [[http://www.trashbat.co.ck the site they set up for the show ]].
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* One ''AstroCity'' story had a character looking up the hero Roustabout on herocopia.com. If you looked up herocpia.com at the time, you got taken to the same page on Roustabout as the characters saw. These days herocopia.com is a sanctioned fan site for ''AstroCity''.

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* One ''AstroCity'' story had a character looking up the hero Roustabout on herocopia.com. If you looked up herocpia.herocopia.com at the time, you got taken to the same page on Roustabout as the characters saw. These days [[http://www.herocopia.com herocopia.com]] is a sanctioned fan site for ''AstroCity''.
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* A crazed fan in TheAmandaShow (played by Amanda Bynes herself) often advertised for her website www.amandaplease.com during episodes. The site actually existed as a crazed fan site by the in-show character.
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** Plus, a couple of blogs- [[John's, http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/]] and [[http://www.mollyhooper.co.uk/blog/ Molly's]].

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** Plus, a couple of blogs- [[John's, http://www.[[http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/]] uk/ John's,]] and [[http://www.mollyhooper.co.uk/blog/ Molly's]].
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** Plus, a couple of blogs- [[John's, http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/]] and [[http://www.mollyhooper.co.uk/blog/ Molly's]].
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* Sam And Max has maxforpresident.org , a site promoting Max as president. In canon, Max becomes the president on the United States running against Abraham Lincoln. The site has a free download for "Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die!!" as well.
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** The GTA games started doing this way back in GTA3. Anyone remember www.petsovernight..com?
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* TwoAndAHalfMen has an episode where Charlie discovers a website called http://www.charlieharpersucks.com which has mean information about him. It used to have such information, but is now a redirect to the show's main page.
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* After the ''Durarara!!'' anime began airing, fan-versions of the show's Dollars chat room were created.

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