History Main / NoProductSafetyStandards

You've just made [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup a new product]]! Why not test it yourself without a hazardous environment suit? Or better yet, put it into mass-production and [[UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway release it to the public as soon as possible]]. [[TemptingFate Surely, nothing bad could come from]] something made on a budget. {{What could possibly go wrong}} from a lack of clinical trials?

* In a classic SaturdayNightLive sketch Dan Akroyd plays a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Irwin Mainway, who is trying to persuade a TV reporter that his company's toys are fun and safe for children. The products include a teddy bear with a built-in functioning chainsaw and a bag of broken glass. More HilarityEnsues when he then tries to 'prove' that regular, safe toys are actually extremely unsafe.

You've just made [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup a new product]]! Why not test it yourself without a hazardous environment suit? Or better yet, put it into mass-production and release it to the public as soon as possible. [[TemptingFate Surely, nothing bad could come from]] something made on a budget. {{What could possibly go wrong}} from a lack of clinical trials?

* One of the first episodes of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Peter falling asleep on the job at the toy factory, allowing for dangerous products to make it into shipping, such as a bottle of pills inside a [[BlandNameProduct "Pound Poochie"]] box, a "silly ball" being a throwing hatchet, and a girl's doll being built in with a flamethrower.
* The ''{{VeggieTales}}'' video "The Toy that Saved Christmas" has Buzz-Saw Louie, the hot new toy with a real working buzzsaw!
* [[TheSimpsons Krusty the Clown]] will endorse any product as long as the price is right. This has made him a favorite among manufacturers who knows that their product is toxic, infected, explosive, higly flammable, unsafe in any other way, or simply not working right. Clearly, it's easier to get an endorsement from Krusty than to make a good (or even mediocre) product.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E3Gridlock an episode]] where a future society nearly collapsed because of drugs that "blissed" you to death.
** So does ''{{Firefly}}'''s BigDamnMovie.

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', the SVU team investigates a butchery that is linked to the murder of the victim, they discovered that it's infested with roaches, they simply pick up meat that fell from the ground like it was nothing, and the kitchen is dirty and poorly cleaned.

** He showed up in a later sketch hawking Halloween costumes, including "Johnny Human Torch"[[hottip:*: A bag holding oily rags and a lighter]], "Invisible Pedestrian"[[hottip:*: an all-black costume with ski-mask to be worn after dark, but DOES say "Not for blind kids!"]], and "Johnny Combat Action Costume"[[hottip:*: a set of camouflage clothing with a WORKING M-1 rifle - bullets not included]].

** He showed up in a later sketch hawking Halloween costumes, including "The Human Torch"[[hottip:*: A bag holding greasy rags and a lighter]], "Invisible Pedestrian"[[hottip:*: an all-black costume with ski-mask to be worn after dark, but DOES say "Not for blind kids!"]], and "Johnny Combat Action Costume"[[hottip:*: a set of camouflage clothing with a WORKING M-1 rifle - bullets not included]].

* In a classic SaturdayNightLive sketch Dan Akroyd plays a CorruptCorporateExecutive who is trying to persuade a TV reporter that his company's toys are fun and safe for children. The products include a teddy bear with a built-in functioning chainsaw and a bag of broken glass. More HilarityEnsues when he then tries to 'prove' that regular, safe toys are actually extremely unsafe.
** SNL also had Happy Fun Ball, a children's toy which is unsafe for pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10, may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds and contains a substance which should not be touched, inhaled or looked at. The [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/90/90mhappyfunball.phtml sketch]] continues from there, listing increasingly bizarre hazards.

* So does ''{{Firefly}}'''s BigDamnMovie.

** Even funnier if you're aware that [[AccidentallyAccurate early hollow-point designs were notorious for not expanding properly]].

* [[TheSimpsons Krusty the Clown]] will endorse any product as long as the price is right. This has made him a favorite among manufacturers who knows that their product is toxic, infected, explosive, higly flammable or simply not working right. Clearly, it's easier to get an endorsement from Krusty than to make a good (or even mediocre) product.

Compare with IcarusAllusion, MayContainEvil & NoOSHACompliance. Contrast DisastrousDemonstration: when a product's dangerous properties reveal themselves during a promotional event.

** ''[[OurDoorsAreDifferent The doors]]'' throughout the games seem to hint that ''all'' of human construction in the future [[NoOSHACompliance disregards safeguards]].

* Aperture Science in the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series is all about this, from toxic shower curtains to the "Anti Heimlich Maneuver". Recordings in the second game show that employees were fired on the spot for even suggesting testing their contraptions for safety of use. Perhaps that's exactly the reason behind their ultimate commercial failure.