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* '''Downplayed''': Incredibly obvious [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]] are found everywhere the characters go.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Incredibly obvious [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]] are found everywhere the characters go.go.
** The product name is in a fictional language, but the logo is recognizable.

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--> '''James:''' "Man, this place is way different from where I live."\\
'''Kyle:''' "Ours is named "Killer Alyssa" and yours is named "Killer Amanda". Please explain."\\
'''James:''' "Well, for one, all of the restaurants are just the same as in the real world, but the name is slightly different. [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds 'McRonalds']] when it should be [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds 'McDonalds']], 'Burger Zing' as opposed to 'Burger King', 'Stack-in-the-Box'-"\\
'''Kyle:''' "Hold it, son. You obviously live in a universe where [[HypocriticalHumor the creators just couldn't give a shit about striking up a Product Placement deal with the companies who make those restaurants, so instead they use faulty nicknames with a single letter changed.]] I'm very sorry you have to live there, and please try to learn the real names of those companies while you're at it."\\
'''James:''' "You're... lying! YOU'RE the one whose creators don't care about Product Placement! You just think it's the other way around because you're so used to your own world's franchises!"\\
'''Kyle:''' "Son, I know that it's hard to learn that every restaurant you ever assumed to be real was actually just a result of the creators being lazy slobs, but if you don't learn to accept it now, you probably never will. Denying the truth doesn't help anything."\\
'''James:''' "But... you know what, nevermind. I'll just go back to my own universe, which has REAL PRODUCT PLACEMENT!! AND NO ASSHOLES WHO [[WrongGenreSavvy THINK THEY'RE SELF-AWARE BUT ARE ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETE LOONS!]]"\\
'''Kyle:''' "[[DeadpanSnarker Why are you describing yourself?]]"
* '''Zig Zagged''': Brand X is frequently mixed with this trope, as they want the shops to look like they have items in stock other than store brand, but can only fit in one or two products before it becomes a bunch of Enforced Plugs.

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--> '''James:''' "Man, -->'''James:''' Man, this place is way different from where I live."\\
'''Kyle:''' "Ours
live.
-->'''Kyle:''' Ours
is named "Killer Alyssa" and yours is named "Killer Amanda". Please explain."\\
'''James:''' "Well,
explain.
-->'''James:''' Well,
for one, all of the restaurants are just the same as in the real world, but the name is slightly different. Not "UsefulNotes/McDonalds" but [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds 'McRonalds']] when it should be [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds 'McDonalds']], 'Burger Zing' as opposed to 'Burger King', 'Stack-in-the-Box'-"\\
'''Kyle:''' "Hold
"McRonalds"]], not "Burger King" but "Burger Zing", "Stack-in-the-Box"--
-->'''Kyle:''' Hold
it, son. You obviously live in a universe where [[HypocriticalHumor the creators just couldn't give a shit about striking up a Product Placement deal with the companies who make those restaurants, so instead they use faulty nicknames with a single letter changed.]] I'm very sorry you have to live there, and please try to learn the real names of those companies while you're at it."\\
'''James:''' "You're... lying!
it.
-->'''James:''' [[ThatLiarLies You're ... lying!]]
YOU'RE the one whose creators don't care about Product Placement! You just think it's the other way around because you're so used to your own world's franchises!"\\
'''Kyle:''' "Son,
franchises!
-->'''Kyle:''' Son,
I know that it's hard to learn that every restaurant you ever assumed to be real was actually just a result of the creators being lazy slobs, but if you don't learn to accept it now, you probably never will. Denying the truth doesn't help anything."\\
'''James:''' "But...
anything.
-->'''James:''' But ...
you know what, nevermind. I'll just go back to my own universe, which has [[SuddenlyShouting REAL PRODUCT PLACEMENT!! PLACEMENT!!]] AND NO ASSHOLES WHO [[WrongGenreSavvy THINK THEY'RE SELF-AWARE BUT ARE ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETE LOONS!]]"\\
'''Kyle:''' "[[DeadpanSnarker
LOONS!]]
-->'''Kyle:''' [[DeadpanSnarker
Why are you describing yourself?]]"
yourself?]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Brand X '''Zig-Zagged''': BrandX is frequently mixed with this trope, as they want the shops to look like they have items in stock other than store brand, but can only fit in one a product or two products before it becomes a bunch of Enforced Plugs. {{Enforced Plug}}s.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???James, going to a grocery store he hasn't visited before, asks where they keep the Doritos. "And I mean ''Doritos'' Doritos."



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Today I had the most surprising experience. I saw Doritos ''everywhere''."



* '''Deconstructed''': [[ProductDisplacement The companies were never notified that their products were used in ''Killer Amanda'', and the creators are sued.]]

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* '''Deconstructed''': [[ProductDisplacement The companies were never notified that their products were used in ''Killer Amanda'', in]] ''[[ProductDisplacement Killer Amanda]]'' [[ProductDisplacement and the creators are sued.]]



* '''Played For Laughs''': As James walks through the store, he compliments everything that has the Doritos logo on it.
--> "Ah yes, a nice bag of Cool Ranch Doritos! Don't mind if I do!"\\
"Would you look at that- canned Doritos! That's pretty cool, maybe I'll get them next time."\\
"Huh, I didn't know Doritos selled their own spice mixes. This will be great for baking!"\\
"...Doritos toothpaste! Neat. I've already got some toothpaste at home, so I'll just, uh, pass this by. Now to get those triple-A batteries."\\
''James passes by an entire shelf filled with Doritos-brand batteries.''\\
"OH, COME ON!"

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* '''Played For for Laughs''': As James walks through the store, he compliments everything that has the Doritos logo on it.
--> "Ah -->"Ah yes, a nice bag of Cool Ranch Doritos! Don't mind if I do!"\\
"Would
do!"
-->"Would
you look at that- canned Doritos! that -- ''canned Doritos''! That's pretty cool, maybe I'll get them next time."\\
"Huh,
"
-->"Huh,
I didn't know Doritos selled sold their own spice mixes. This will be great for baking!"\\
"...
baking!"
-->"...
Doritos toothpaste! Neat. I've already got some toothpaste at home, so I'll just, uh, pass this by. Now to get those triple-A batteries."\\
''James
"
-->[''James
passes by an entire shelf filled with Doritos-brand batteries.''\\
"OH,
batteries'']
-->"OH,
COME ON!"ON!"
* '''Played for Drama''': An EvilInc company has Product Placement in this town.



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* '''Subverted''': "Time for a nice glass of Peps- [[YouWannaGetSued er, Mepsi]]."

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* '''Subverted''': "Time for a nice glass of Peps- [[YouWannaGetSued er, Mepsi]]."YouWannaGetSued

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* '''Inverted''': Frequent use of BrandX or ProductDisplacement.
* '''Subverted''': "Time for a nice glass of Peps- er, Mepsi."

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* '''Inverted''': Frequent use of BrandX or ProductDisplacement.
'''Inverted''':
**BrandX
**ProductDisplacement
**{{Defictionalization}}
* '''Subverted''': "Time for a nice glass of Peps- [[YouWannaGetSued er, Mepsi.Mepsi]]."
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* '''Exaggerated''': Large numbers of {{Enforced Plug}}s.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
**
Large numbers of {{Enforced Plug}}s.
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** Worse yet, an an entire MOVIE is made for the sole purpose of this.

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* '''Enforced''': The director slips in a reference to his friend's new bakery to help get the word out.

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* '''Enforced''': The director slips in a reference several references to his friend's a new bakery company to help get the word out.



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': While James is at the store, he briefly eyes a shelf full of Doritos, but walks past it to pick up a can of Pringles.

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* '''Exploited''': ???
The BigBad becomes the CEO of Doritos and manages to get along with the employees, so there's no way anyone can oppose her without shaming the company.
* '''Defied''': While James is at the store, he briefly eyes a shelf full of Doritos, but walks past it to pick up a can bag of Pringles.store-brand chips.



* '''Implied''': One of the characters can be heard asking another why James is always buying Doritos.
* '''Played For Laughs''': As James walks through the store, he compliments everything that has the Doritos logo on it.
--> "Ah yes, a nice bag of Cool Ranch Doritos! Don't mind if I do!"\\
"Would you look at that- canned Doritos! That's pretty cool, maybe I'll get them next time."\\
"Huh, I didn't know Doritos selled their own spice mixes. This will be great for baking!"\\
"...Doritos toothpaste! Neat. I've already got some toothpaste at home, so I'll just, uh, pass this by. Now to get those triple-A batteries."\\
''James passes by an entire shelf filled with Doritos-brand batteries.''\\
"OH, COME ON!"



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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': EnforcedPlug, or large numbers of them

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* '''Exaggerated''': EnforcedPlug, or large Large numbers of them{{Enforced Plug}}s.



* '''Justified''': Skype happens to be an easy way for the characters to talk with eachother from afar, and Doritos happen to be the cheapest snack James can get his hands on.

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* '''Justified''': Skype happens to be an easy way for the characters to talk with eachother each other from afar, and Doritos happen to be the cheapest snack James can get his hands on.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Brand X is frequently mixed with this trope, as they want the shops to look like they have items in stock other than store brand, but can only fit in one or two products before it becomes a bunch of Enforced Plugs.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Doritos? They're pretty good, but it's like they're the only name brand I ever see in stores."



* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''':

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* '''Defied''': ???
While James is at the store, he briefly eyes a shelf full of Doritos, but walks past it to pick up a can of Pringles.
* '''Discussed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': The companies were never notified that their products were used in ''Killer Amanda'', and the creators are sued.

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* '''Deconstructed''': [[ProductDisplacement The companies were never notified that their products were used in ''Killer Amanda'', and the creators are sued.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': After a deal by the marketing team, the products are allowed to stay as long as they're given more attention.



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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???EnforcedPlug, or large numbers of them



* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Frequent use of BrandX or ProductDisplacement.
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** [[GenreSavvy James]] travels to an alternate universe where [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]] are used instead, and meets up with Kyle, who is slightly less Genre Savvy.

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** [[GenreSavvy James]] travels to an alternate universe where [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]] are used instead, and meets up with Kyle, who is slightly less Genre Savvy.[[WrongGenreSavvy Kyle]].



'''Kyle:''' "Oh, really? Ours is named "Killer Amy" and yours is named "Killer Amanda". Please explain."\\

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'''Kyle:''' "Oh, really? Ours "Ours is named "Killer Amy" Alyssa" and yours is named "Killer Amanda". Please explain."\\



'''Kyle:''' "Hold it, son. You obviously live in a universe where the creators just couldn't give a shit about striking up a Product Placement deal with the companies who make those restaurants, so instead they use faulty nicknames with a single letter changed. I'm very sorry you have to live there, and please try to learn the real names of those companies while you're at it."\\

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'''Kyle:''' "Hold it, son. You obviously live in a universe where [[HypocriticalHumor the creators just couldn't give a shit about striking up a Product Placement deal with the companies who make those restaurants, so instead they use faulty nicknames with a single letter changed. changed.]] I'm very sorry you have to live there, and please try to learn the real names of those companies while you're at it."\\



'''James:''' "But... you know what, nevermind. I'll just go back to my own universe, which has REAL PRODUCT PLACEMENT!! AND NO SELF-AWARE ASSHOLES!!!"

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'''James:''' "But... you know what, nevermind. I'll just go back to my own universe, which has REAL PRODUCT PLACEMENT!! AND NO ASSHOLES WHO [[WrongGenreSavvy THINK THEY'RE SELF-AWARE ASSHOLES!!!"BUT ARE ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETE LOONS!]]"\\
'''Kyle:''' "[[DeadpanSnarker Why are you describing yourself?]]"



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The director slips in a reference to his friend's new bakery to help get the word out.

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* '''Parodied''': One of the characters is named after a product, and whenever he says anything, it is [[EnforcedPlug immediately followed by a very short advertisement.]] The other characters are visibly annoyed whenever the advertisement shows up.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
**
One of the characters is named after a product, and whenever he says anything, it is [[EnforcedPlug immediately followed by a very short advertisement.]] The other characters are visibly annoyed whenever the advertisement shows up.up.
** [[GenreSavvy James]] travels to an alternate universe where [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]] are used instead, and meets up with Kyle, who is slightly less Genre Savvy.
--> '''James:''' "Man, this place is way different from where I live."\\
'''Kyle:''' "Oh, really? Ours is named "Killer Amy" and yours is named "Killer Amanda". Please explain."\\
'''James:''' "Well, for one, all of the restaurants are just the same as in the real world, but the name is slightly different. [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds 'McRonalds']] when it should be [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds 'McDonalds']], 'Burger Zing' as opposed to 'Burger King', 'Stack-in-the-Box'-"\\
'''Kyle:''' "Hold it, son. You obviously live in a universe where the creators just couldn't give a shit about striking up a Product Placement deal with the companies who make those restaurants, so instead they use faulty nicknames with a single letter changed. I'm very sorry you have to live there, and please try to learn the real names of those companies while you're at it."\\
'''James:''' "You're... lying! YOU'RE the one whose creators don't care about Product Placement! You just think it's the other way around because you're so used to your own world's franchises!"\\
'''Kyle:''' "Son, I know that it's hard to learn that every restaurant you ever assumed to be real was actually just a result of the creators being lazy slobs, but if you don't learn to accept it now, you probably never will. Denying the truth doesn't help anything."\\
'''James:''' "But... you know what, nevermind. I'll just go back to my own universe, which has REAL PRODUCT PLACEMENT!! AND NO SELF-AWARE ASSHOLES!!!"
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Incredibly obvious [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]] are found everywhere the characters go.



* '''Parodied''': One of the characters is named after a product, and whenever he says anything, it is immediately followed by a very short advertisement. The other characters are visibly annoyed whenever the advertisement shows up.

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* '''Parodied''': One of the characters is named after a product, and whenever he says anything, it is [[EnforcedPlug immediately followed by a very short advertisement. advertisement.]] The other characters are visibly annoyed whenever the advertisement shows up.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
'''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''': ???"How come THIS movie uses the names of real products, but not all the other ones we've been watching?" "They stroke up deals with the respective companies, duh!"
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[ProductPlacement] is now brought to you by Google Maps, so you can trope while you drive!

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[ProductPlacement] ProductPlacement is now brought to you by Google Maps, so you can trope while you drive!
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'''Basic Trope''': A company pays to have its products featured in a work.
* '''Straight''': In ''Killer Amanda'', the main characters are often seen making Skype calls, and James is occasionally shown snacking on Doritos.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Skype happens to be an easy way for the characters to talk with eachother from afar, and Doritos happen to be the cheapest snack James can get his hands on.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': "Time for a nice glass of Peps- er, Mepsi."
* '''Double Subverted''': The character simply uses Mepsi as a nickname for Pepsi.
* '''Parodied''': One of the characters is named after a product, and whenever he says anything, it is immediately followed by a very short advertisement. The other characters are visibly annoyed whenever the advertisement shows up.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The names of the products are never seen or mentioned.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': The companies were never notified that their products were used in ''Killer Amanda'', and the creators are sued.
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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