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* VideoGame/WiiSportsResort uses the brand name "Frisbee" for Frisbee Golf, and a registered trademark symbol appears on the title screen for "Frisbee", as the Wham-O toy company owns the trademark. Likely used because the brand name ''far'' eclipses the other terms people have tried to use to make it a generic name for the sport (like disc-sports).
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* UK GameShows will ALWAYS refer to the [=PS3=] or Xbox 360 they're offering as a prize as "a games console" even though nobody in the UK will ever use that term. Especially odd given that it's ProductPlacement and you'd expect them to spell out the name of the product.
** The BBC aren't allowed to advertise, so they have to avoid brand names wherever possible. Other channels will only advertise when they're specifically being paid to do so -- if they set up the competition themselves rather than being given the prize by the makers as a marketing exercise, it won't be named. Something of an internal RunningGag is quickly parroting the OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope addendum phrase "Other brands are available!" if a presenter accidentally mentions a specific brand.
** The BBC aren't allowed to advertise, so they have to avoid brand names wherever possible. Other channels will only advertise when they're specifically being paid to do so -- if they set up the competition themselves rather than being given the prize by the makers as a marketing exercise, it won't be named. Something of an internal RunningGag is quickly parroting the OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope addendum phrase "Other brands are available!" if a presenter accidentally mentions a specific brand.
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* UK GameShows will ALWAYS refer to the [=PS3=] or Xbox 360 any console they're offering as a prize as "a games console" even though nobody in the UK will ever use that term. Especially odd given that it's ProductPlacement and you'd expect them to spell out the name of the product.
** Theproduct. This is primarly due to british advertising laws, and the BBC aren't allowed to advertise, so they have to avoid brand names wherever possible.they can, something that has become a well-known RunningGag among comedians on the channel. Other channels will only advertise when they're specifically being paid to do so -- if they set up the competition themselves rather than being given the prize by the makers as a marketing exercise, it won't be named. Something of an internal RunningGag is quickly parroting the OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope addendum phrase "Other brands are available!" if a presenter accidentally mentions a specific brand.
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People in commercials are not using normal conversation. When they talk, they are trying to sell the product, and they give the specific, UsefulNotes/{{trademark}}ed name every time; not only that, but it will be the full name, without any of the abbreviations that ordinary people use when they talk about that brand. This breaks the "conversational" tone most commercials shoot for, and it invariably sounds forced and uncomfortable.
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People in commercials are not using normal conversation. When they talk, they are trying to sell the product, and they give the specific, UsefulNotes/{{trademark}}ed MediaNotes/{{trademark}}ed name every time; not only that, but it will be the full name, without any of the abbreviations that ordinary people use when they talk about that brand. This breaks the "conversational" tone most commercials shoot for, and it invariably sounds forced and uncomfortable.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}s were officially pluralised as such during the Wii era; since then, however, they have been pluralised as "Mii characters". Additionally, possessive-wise, Nintendo (and its affiliates) use "Mii character's" instead of "Mii's".
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* UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}s MediaNotes/{{Mii}}s were officially pluralised as such during the Wii era; since then, however, they have been pluralised as "Mii characters". Additionally, possessive-wise, Nintendo (and its affiliates) use "Mii character's" instead of "Mii's".
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* The Romanian word for chainsaw is ''drujbă'', derived from the Soviet-made Дру́жба brand of chainsaws, which were the main kind available in Romania under communism. The funny part is that ''дру́жба'' is Russian for "friendship," which seems a bit incongruous for this particular device.
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* Also annoying are the commercials for Totinos Pizza Rolls, where a bunch of hungry kids will refer to the snack exactly like that. "Hey, let's have Totinos Pizza Rolls." "I LOVE Totinos Pizza Rolls!" Somewhat justified, as children do occasionally use this trope in regular speech. In particular, the more picky eaters who will always insist on a particular brand.
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* Also annoying are the commercials for Totinos Pizza Rolls, where a bunch of hungry kids will refer to the snack exactly like that. "Hey, let's have Totinos Pizza Rolls." "I LOVE Totinos Pizza Rolls!" Somewhat justified, as children do occasionally use this trope in regular speech. In particular, speech, particularly in the case of more picky eaters who will always insist on a particular brand.
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** In Britain, "plaster" (Band-Aid) is used. However, "plaster" isn't a brand name in itself (the closest to "plaster" is the brand Elastoplast, which is also sometimes used generically).
** In Germany the Leukoplast brand came close to becoming a generic term, in the post-war years one of the small little vehicles produced in the era (a sort of cross between a scooter and a car) was nicknamed "Leukoplastbomber" because you would do small repairs on it with plaster.
** In Germany the Leukoplast brand came close to becoming a generic term, in the post-war years one of the small little vehicles produced in the era (a sort of cross between a scooter and a car) was nicknamed "Leukoplastbomber" because you would do small repairs on it with plaster.
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** In Britain, "plaster" (Band-Aid) is used.used instead, though PopCulturalOsmosis means that you may occasionally hear "Band-Aid" as well, but it's not nearly as commonly used in the UK. However, "plaster" isn't a brand name in itself (the closest to "plaster" is the brand Elastoplast, which is also sometimes used generically).
** In Germany the Leukoplast brand came close to becoming a generic term, in the post-war years one of the small little vehicles produced in the era (a sort of cross between a scooter and a car) was nicknamed "Leukoplastbomber" because youwould do could make small repairs on to it with plaster.spare plasters.
** In Germany the Leukoplast brand came close to becoming a generic term, in the post-war years one of the small little vehicles produced in the era (a sort of cross between a scooter and a car) was nicknamed "Leukoplastbomber" because you
