History Quotes / CashCowFranchise

->''"''{{Franchise/Highlander}}: Endgame'' [[FranchiseKiller tanked the franchise]]. It bombed just like ''Highlander II'' and ''Highlander III'' did, but there was no television show going on to keep the brand fresh and popular. Even diehard fans started to give up on the franchise, and [[FranchiseZombie after four box office failures]], folks finally caught on that the franchise was never going to succeed in theatres. (Of the movies, only the original can be considered a success, and even it lost money at the box office – it was home video and international sales that kept the franchise going.) Despite that, Davis-Panzer Productions would not let the thing die. At this point, I’m pretty sure that they didn’t actually care about the film versions of Highlander but rather wanted to keep the brand going so they could sell merchandise. Highlander has a lot of [[TheMerch fan paraphernalia]], ranging from novel tie-ins to replica swords. The fact that there was ever a fifth Highlander movie suggests that the money was coming from somewhere, and it sure wasn’t from the films themselves."''

->''"''{{Franchise/Highlander}}: Endgame'' [[FranchiseKiller tanked the franchise]]. It bombed just like ''Highlander II'' and ''Highlander III'' did, but there was no television show going on to keep the brand fresh and popular. Even diehard fans started to give up on the franchise, and [[FranchiseZombie after four box office failures]], folks finally caught on that the franchise was never going to succeed in theatres. (Of the movies, only the original can be considered a success, and even it lost money at the box office – it was home video and international sales that kept the franchise going.) Despite that, Davis-Panzer Productions would not let the thing die. At this point, I’m pretty sure that they didn’t actually care about the film versions of Highlander but rather wanted to keep the brand going so they could sell merchandise. Highlander has a lot of fan paraphernalia, ranging from novel tie-ins to replica swords. The fact that there was ever a fifth Highlander movie suggests that the money was coming from somewhere, and it sure wasn’t from the films themselves."''
-->-- [[screamsheet.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/highlander-the-source-part-one/ The Screamsheet]]

->"''AssassinsCreed'' is not a series of individual games anymore. ''Assassin's Creed'' is a fucking line graph. The line went down a bit for ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII AssCreed III]]'', but now it's gone back up again, and maybe it'll keep going up in the next one -- or maybe it'll take another plunge. What I ''do'' know is that this line graph is being drawn on what appears to be a very depressingly-long piece of paper, at the end of which stands Ubisoft (and I do not like the look of that stapler it's holding).

->"''In ten years, there's been 25,000 products based on the franchise, including... pez dispensers, a... blender, a shopping cart and... buckets?''"
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', talking about Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es.

->'''{{Deadpool}}''': If we can find him, we can end this.
->'''{{Spiderman}}''': Wait, why do we want to end this again?
->'''Deadpool''': Yeah you're right! This franchise could pay off the national debt!
-->-- ''[[ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC]]'' ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' parody.

-> "JustDance: Greatest Hits, or as it should be called, Just Dance: [[LargeHam GIMME ALL YO MONEH!]]
-->-- WiiViewer

-> In essence, it doesn't matter how far [[Literature/TheElminsterSeries Greenwood]], [[TheDarkElfTrilogy Salvatore]], or [[Literature/CounselorsAndKings Cunningham]] may want to take a character, because [=WotC=]'s always going to hold the rope and decide which pasture the cow feeds from. An author can say, "how about the '[[KilledOffForReal character death]]' pasture," but they can easily be countermanded with, "no, the grass at 'looked bad but it was OnlyAFleshWound' looks a little greener today, go over there."

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', talking about {{Disney Princess}}es.

->"Expend less energy, cut costs and somehow make more money anyway. Sadly, save for only a few epic hardcore titles like the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' and ''SuperMarioGalaxy'', this mantra of sorts has been the Nintendo way through {{Wii}}'s lifecycle."

-> In essence, it doesn't matter how far [[Literature/TheElminsterSeries Greenwood]], [[TheDarkElfTrilogy Salvatore]], or [[Literature/CounselorsAndKings Cunningham]] may want to take a character, because [=WotC=]'s always going to hold the rope and decide which pasture the cow feeds from. An author can can say, "how about the '[[KilledOffForReal character death]]' pasture," but they can easily be countermanded with, "no, the grass at 'looked bad but it was OnlyAFleshWound' looks a little greener today, go over there."

->"''-It's a cash cow! we milk it to make money!\\
-Daggum, that's amazing! Whatcha gonna call her?\\
-I'm deciding between [[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk]], [[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Madden]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].''"
-->-- '''Webcomic/{{Fanboys}}''', "[[http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?id=42 Its a Metaphor]]"

->"''AssassinsCreed'' is not a series of individual games anymore. ''Assassin's Creed'' is a fucking line graph. The line went down a bit for ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII AssCreed III]]'', but now it's gone back up again, and maybe it'll keep going up in he next one -- or maybe it'll take another plunge. What I ''do'' know is that this line graph is being drawn on what appears to be a very depressingly-long piece of paper, at the end of which stands Ubisoft (and I do not like the look of that stapler it's holding).

-->-- '''Webcomic/{{Fanboys}}''', "[[http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic=41 Its a Metaphor]]"

-->-- "JustDance: Greatest Hits, or as it should be called, Just Dance: [[LargeHam GIMME ALL YO MONEH!]]

->"Expend less energy, cut costs and somehow make more money anyway. Sadly, save for only a few epic hardcore titles like the ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' and ''SuperMarioGalaxy'', this mantra of sorts has been the Nintendo way through {{Wii}}'s lifecycle."

-> In essence, it doesn't matter how far [[Literature/TheElminsterSeries Greenwood]], [[TheDarkElfTrilogy Salvatore]], or [[Literature/CounselorsAndKings Cunningham]] may want to take a character, because [=WotC=]'s always going to hold the rope and decide which pasture the cow feeds from. An author can can say, "how about the '[[KilledOffForReal character death]]' pasture," but they can easily be countermanded with, "no, the grass at 'looked bad but it was {{only a flesh wound}}' looks a little greener today, go over there."

-> Well, part of the rub is that it isn't actually '''his''' cow to slaughter, even if he wanted to. It's WotC's cow (as is the Forgotten Realms), and it keeps their pockets filled... they just redistribute some of it Salvatore's way for performing regular "cow maintenance." And, nothing can go on in their farm without their written, in triplicate, consent.
-> In essence, it doesn't matter how far [[Literature/TheElminsterSeries Greenwood]], [[TheDarkElfTrilogy Salvatore]], or [[Literature/CounselorsAndKings Cunningham]] may want to take a character, because WotC's always going to hold the rope and decide which pasture the cow feeds from. An author can can say, "how about the '[[KilledOffForReal character death]]' pasture," but they can easily be countermanded with, "no, the grass at 'looked bad but it was {{only a flesh wound}}' looks a little greener today, go over there."

-I'm deciding between [[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk]], [[MaddenNFL Madden]] and {{Mario}}.''"

-->-- '''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick''', talking about {{Disney Princess}}es.

"Expend less energy, cut costs and somehow make more money anyway. Sadly, save for only a few epic hardcore titles like the ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' and ''SuperMarioGalaxy'', this mantra of sorts has been the Nintendo way through {{Wii}}'s lifecycle."

-->-- '''IGN''', [[http://wii.ign.com/articles/105/1054621p1.html Nintendo Is Lazy And You Just Care]]

-->-- '''TheNostalgiaChick''', talking about {{Disney Princess}}es.

-I'm deciding between [[{{Ptitle467nuuba}} Tony Hawk]], [[MaddenNFL Madden]] and {{Mario}}.''"

-->-- '''[[{{Fanboys}} f@nboy$]]''', "[[http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic=41 Its a Metaphor]]"

-->-- '''TheNostalgiaChick''', talking about DisneyPrincesses.

->"''The Cash Cow goes, "Moo!"''"
-->-- '''TheNostalgiaCritic''' in his review of ''FullHouse''.

"''In ten years, there's been 25,000 products based on the franchise, including... pez dispensers, a... blender, a shopping cart and... buckets?''"