History Main / TradeSnark

-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert's''' [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-the-movie-1995 review]] of ''[[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie]]''

A humorous way to make Things[[SelfDemonstratingArticle ™]] stand out is to add Random UsefulNotes/{{Trademark}} Symbols® everywhere. May be used as a Social Commentary® on our increasingly homogenized, commercialized World®, but more often than not, done just because of the RuleOfFunny℠. They can also be used to point out how Cliche™ something is, or employed in SarcasmMode (perhaps in conjunction with ScareQuotes℠) to passive-aggressively imply that something exists only as a Concept™; for example, some people refer to global warming as "Global Warming™". Another sarcastic variation℠ is to sprinkle Trade Snark over [[TheWarOnStraw your paraphrase of an opponent's position]] to imply that they're using the term in question as [[ConceptsAreCheap a meaningless buzzword®]].

* On Website/{{Twitter}} it is not uncommon to see people add a "™" after a phrase for ironic reasons, such as proclaiming something frivolous and trivial as extremely important, for example when referring to ''The Discourse™'', or when being sarcastic, such as referring to something very bad as ''Extremely Good™''.

* The [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco Museum]] {{Compilation Rerelease}}s on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation was originally five volumes, each represented on the cover as a letter from Namco's logo: N, A, M, C, and O. When Namco Museum Encore was later released on the same system, Namco followed the previous pattern by having the boxart be the ® from the Namco logo.

A humorous way to make Things[[SelfDemonstratingArticle ™]] stand out is to add Random UsefulNotes/{{Trademark}} Symbols® everywhere. May be used as a Social Commentary® on our increasingly homogenized, commercialized World®, but more often than not, done just because of the RuleOfFunny[-[[superscript:SM]]-]. They can also be used to point out how Cliche™ something is, or employed in SarcasmMode (perhaps in conjunction with ScareQuotes℠) to passive-aggressively imply that something exists only as a Concept™; for example, some people refer to global warming as "Global Warming™". Another sarcastic variation[-[[superscript:SM]]-] is to sprinkle Trade Snark over [[TheWarOnStraw your paraphrase of an opponent's position]] to imply that they're using the term in question as [[ConceptsAreCheap a meaningless buzzword®]].

--->'''Cassie''': A Hatchet Man[[superscript:TM]] '''and''' a Haunted Cabin[[superscript:TM]]? This camp has '''everything!'''

A humorous way to make Things[[SelfDemonstratingArticle ™]] stand out is to add Random UsefulNotes/{{Trademark}} Symbols® everywhere. May be used as a Social Commentary® on our increasingly homogenized, commercialized World®, but more often than not, done just because of the RuleOfFunny[-[[superscript:SM]]-]. They can also be used to point out how Cliche™ something is, or employed in SarcasmMode (perhaps in conjunction with ScareQuotes℠) to passive-aggressively imply that something exists only as a Concept™; for example, some people refer to global warming as "Global Warming™". Another sarcastic variation[-[[superscript:SM]]-] is to sprinkle Trade Snark over [[TheWarOnStraw your paraphrase of an opponent's position]] to imply that he's using the term in question as [[ConceptsAreCheap a meaningless buzzword®]].

For added Spice™, try adding Registered Trademark® and Copyright© Symbols®©™. (This is not actually How Copyright Works™.)

** He occasionally adds "Trademark" after made-up words, with one note directed specifically at [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel Fox News]] stating that he held the copyright on the phrase "No Fact Zone".

* Viva Reverie does this in ''Manga/{{JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood}}'' ''WebAnimation/ButReallyReallyFast'', when Dire (aka slow kick guy) attempts his Thunder Cross Split Attack on Dio.

* Viva Reverie does this in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' ''WebAnimation/ButReallyReallyFast'', when Dire (aka slow kick guy) attempts his Thunder Cross Split Attack on Dio.