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3[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
4->'''Bugs:''' Is it a mirage, or just product placement?\
5'''Daffy:''' Who cares? With shopping convenience at such low prices! Water! Fresca! Mountain Dew! Your product name here! Woo-hoo-hoo!\
6'''DJ:''' ''(to Kate)'' Is this your idea?\
7'''Kate:''' The audience expects it. They don't even notice this kind of thing anymore.\
8''(later)''\
9'''Bugs:''' Nice of Wal-Mart to provide these Wal-Mart beverages in return for us saying "Wal-Mart" so many times.
10-->-- ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction''
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13[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
14->''"[It's] filled with so many plugs it looks like a product placement sampler in search of a movie. I probably missed a few, but I counted Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Subway sandwich shops, Budweiser (in bottles, cans, and Bud-dispensing helmets), Michelob, Visa cards, Bell Atlantic, AT&T, Sizzler, Wilson, Golf Digest, the Creator/{{ESPN}} sports network, and Top-Flite golf balls.\
15I'm sure some of those got in by accident[,] but I'm fairly sure Subway paid for placement, since they scored one Subway sandwich eaten outside a store, one date in a Subway store, one Subway soft drink container, two verbal mentions of Subway, one Subway commercial starring Happy, a Subway T-shirt, and a Subway golf bag. Halfway through the movie, I didn't know what I wanted more: laughs, or mustard."''
16-->-- Creator/RogerEbert on ''Film/HappyGilmore'' (and, unknowingly, every Creator/{{Happy Madison|Productions}} movie for the next 30 years)
17
18->''"Oh, Taco Bell, Taco Bell. ProductPlacement with Taco Bell. Enchirito, MACHO BURRITO!"''
19-->-- ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist''
20
21->'''Stan:''' [to Michael Jordan] Put your Hanes on, lace up your Nikes, grab some Wheaties and your Gatorade, we'll go get a Big Mac, on the way to the Ball Park [Franks].
22-->--''Film/SpaceJam''
23
24->'''Rita:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krispy_Kreme Krispy Kreme]]. Is this a special place?\
25'''Billy:''' Very special.\
26'''Rita:''' It must be. [[spoiler:[[MacGuffin The source of life is buried there]].]]
27-->--''Film/PowerRangers2017''
28
29->''"ALL PRAISES TO THE [[Platform/{{Playstation}} PLAYSTATION!!]]"''
30-->--'''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson Neville Flynn]]''', ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''
31
32->'''Mike Joy:''' Ricky Bobby, who never met a sponsor he wouldn't push, [[RefugeInAudacity has a huge Fig Newtons sticker on his windshield!]]\
33'''Darrell Waltrip:''' I think NASCAR'll black-flag him for that!\
34'''Mike Joy:''' He ''sold'' the windshield!\
35'''Ricky Bobby:''' This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons.
36-->-- ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby''
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39[[folder:Literature]]
40->''"The other day, I was eating delicious Cowboy Burgers at Applebee's with my friends, when somebody pointed out to me that advertising is getting more and more intrusive. Then I took a sip of my ice-cold Pepsi."''
41-->-- '''''Literature/UncleJohnsBathroomReader'''''
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44[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
45->'''Creator/CarlWeathers:''' I'm gonna go get a new soda. Hey, did you know that you can get a refill on any drink you want here, and it's free? \
46'''Tobias:''' It's a ''wonderful'' restaurant! Mmm!\
47'''Narrator:''' It ''sure'' is!
48-->-- ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', "Motherboy XXX"
49
50->'''Tony [=DiNozzo=]:''' [''looking down Paula Cassidy's shirt''] Well, that's nice. Do you know what's even nicer? My current view. Victoria's Secret?\
51'''Paula Cassidy''': Well enjoy it as long as you can Agent [=DiNozzo=]. Cuz that's as close as you're gonna get.
52-->-- ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', "Mind Games"
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54
55[[folder:Music]]
56->''Speedin' 'till tomorrow!\
57I'm drinkin' 7-up 7-up!''
58-->-- The song "Speedin' 'Till Tomorrow" from ''WebVideo/TheBatterysDown'' [[note]]This is actually a parody because the song is from "Roller Coaster Highway", the ShowWithinAShow.[[/note]]
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60
61[[folder:Podcasts]]
62->''"It's hard to look badass when you're posing next to a Volvo."''
63-->-- '''''Podcast/RiffTrax''''' on ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''
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66[[folder:Video Games]]
67->"Something dawned on me when I was on my own: any food you make tastes better when you use good ingredients, right? Then, if you take something already delicious like Cup Noodles and add in the finest, freshest ingredients, what do you get? The ultimate flavor experience!"
68-->-- '''Gladioulus''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''
69
70->''"Is that- is that the Enron logo? Can they show that? I don't think they can show that."''
71-->--'''Insti-Gator''', ''VideoGame/InvestiGatorTheCaseOfTheBigCrime''
72
73->'''Shiver:''' Battle got you hungry? Barnacle & Dime has got you covered with great food options!\
74'''Frye:''' Why are you being so weird, Shiver? ...Oh, right. They're one of our sponsors.
75-->-- ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''
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78[[folder:Web Original]]
79->''"In the [[TheEighties ‘80s]], product placement was seen as the Next Big Thing, particularly after Hershey reaped a massive windfall from putting Reese’s Pieces in [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial a certain Steven Spielberg movie]]. Indulging in the usual corporate boneheaded “synergistic” thinking, Coca-Cola executives figured that if paying to put Coke products in movies was good for business, owning their own movie studio and getting free product placement would be even better! Right? Right?\
80The Coke execs quickly realized after ''Leonard'' and ''{{Film/Ishtar}}'' stiffed (along with the shamefully brand name-stuffed ''Film/MacAndMe'') that making hit movies is a lot harder than marketing syrupy bubble water, and they got out of the game soon after. But this means that ''Leonard Part 6'', one of the lasting testaments to this “[[IncompetenceInc synergy]]”, is packed so full of blatant product placements that all you can do is sit and stare in abject horror."''
81-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''' on ''Film/LeonardPart6''
82
83->''"...thematically it hits a tediously familiar litany of kid-movie messages: {{Be yourself}}. People can be more than one thing. Parents should support their children. ''{{VideoGame/Candy Crush|Saga}}'' is super awesome.\
84OK, that last one is a new feature, since the premise of a movie set entirely inside a smartphone has clearly opened up new potentials of product placement, whether its characters are riding boats down the musical streams of Spotify or walking through other people’s photographic memories in Instagram. As with Sony’s ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie,'' this is a film that’s shameless about its origins as a pocket doodad; it also resembles that previous film by being completely shrill and stupid."''
85-->--'''''The Wrap'''''[='=]s [[https://www.thewrap.com/the-emoji-movie-review/ review of]] ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''
86
87->''"Tim Hortons is becoming visual shorthand for 'This takes place in [[CanadaEh Canada]].'"''
88-->-- '''originalchaosinabox''' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TimHortons/comments/qwa52s/timbits_in_the_trailer_for_pixars_new_movie/ commenting]] on the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''
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90->''"Down on the floor of the Daily Planet newsroom, Lois and Clark are a-typing away, and Lois is enjoying her PEPSI and DUNKIN DONUTS coffee. Jimmy runs up and shows them the 'drop dead' headline. Both of them are predictably aghast, and soon Perry marches past, in a suit, a man on a mission. He storms out past a PEPSI cooler and a row of DUNKIN DONUTS coffee cups. Ah, but I kid. This is nowhere near the level of obnoxious product placement. [[FranchiseOriginalSin This is nothing like say]], [[Film/SupermanII a MARLBORO truck. Or a big COCA-COLA sign for someone to get thrown into.]] [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Or a bright yellow CHEERIOS box that's damn near the only visible object in the frame]]. And it's certainly nothing like [[Film/Supergirl1984 a POPEYE'S FRIED CHICKEN AND BISCUITS for all the characters to eat at]].''
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92->''[[SarcasmMode Nope, there's no blatant product placement at all in this movie]]. Maybe that's why [[NoBudget the budget was ten dollars]]."''
93-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''s recap of ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''
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95
96[[folder:Web Video]]
97->''"Starring: Burger King! Panasonic! eBay! Cadillac! GMC! Music/TheStrokes! Pepto Bismol! Platform/{{XBOX}}! ...Furbies..? Pontiac! Mountain Dew! [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Chevrolet! Chevrolet!]] And Introducing... [[RuleOfThree Chevrolet!]]"''
98-->-- ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' on ''Film/Transformers2007''
99
100->''"...Why do I suddenly want french fries?"''
101-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', on ''Film/TheFifthElement''
102
103->''"Oh my God, look at all the places they're destroying! Including IHOP, Denny's, Toys 'R' Us, Sears! Oh, the ingeniously marketed humanity!"''
104-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', ''Film/ManOfSteel''
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106
107->''"If they get any more shameless, they'll be selling ad space on [[Creator/AdamSandler Sandler's]] forehead! Not that it's that far away in this scene."''
108-->--'''[[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]''' on ''Film/JustGoWithIt''
109
110->''Purple. Horsey. Product Placement!''
111-->-- '''Strong Bad''' upon first seeing Twilight Sparkle, ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner [[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyMeets meets My Little Pony]]''
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113->''I have a simple rule when it comes to picking subject matter for this series, I have to go with an image the instant I catch myself thinking about it; and when I saw that thoroughly pleased-with-himself fellow in the upper portion of the image, the thought immediately crossed my mind: 'Hmm, I could really go for a Red Bull right about n- NO NO NO YOU INSIDIOUS MARKETING DRONES, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!'''
114-->--'''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80XTH2tJsw4&index=39 on the cover art for]] ''Steep''.
115
116->'''Screenwriter Guy:''' So to get a little quiet time he goes into the family car--\
117'''Producer Guy:''' Unh, okay, actually I'm gonna stop you there, that seems like a missed opportunity.\
118'''Screenwriter Guy:''' Oh, sorry, he goes into their '''''beautiful''''' ''BMW'', the ''pinnacle'' of comfort complete with top-of-the-line rear-seat entertainment system ''perfect'' for kids!\
119'''Producer Guy:''' Okay, there you go! That sounds a lot more... money.
120-->--''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone [[WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings Pitch Meeting]]''
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122
123[[folder:Western Animation]]
124->'''Steve:''' Good work, Dad. But why did we have to come to a Burger King to read the map?
125->'''Stan:''' Because the economics of television have changed, Steve. ''(turns and faces the camera)'' Have it your way!
126-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', "Black Mystery Month"
127
128->'''Bart:''' But why do all your bedtime stories have commercials in them for The Container Store?
129->'''Homer:''' Because if I do it enough, ''maybe'' they'll start to pay me. ''(turns off the fireplace)'' Sleep tight. The Container Store, now at five convenient locations.
130-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Little Orphan Millie"
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132
133[[folder:Real Life]]
134->''Men are now beginning their careers as directors by working on commercials — which, if one cares to speculate on it, may be almost a one-sentence résumé of the future of American motion pictures.''
135-->--'''Creator/PaulineKael'''
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137->''In the beginning of the Bond series, before they were thought of as a series, each film was a good action picture with a colourful, entertaining hero. Today, they come off as conglomerate business enterprises rather than movies. How else does one explain the intrusive commercial plugs in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' for Christian Dior perfume, British Airways, Bollinger champagne, Glaston boats, and Seiko watches? Truly, money derived from these plugs can't be worth the loss of story continuity when the products are flashed in front of the camera. Someone is being awfully cheap about the plugs, which borders on incredibility because the Film/JamesBond series is one of the surest moneymakers in the film business. Maybe the producers of ''Moonraker'' are blind to story construction? That certainly would explain the film's failure''.
138-->-- '''Creator/GeneSiskel'''
139
140->''''Film/HappyGilmore'' is filled with so many plugs it looks like a product placement sampler in search of a movie. I probably missed a few, but I counted Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Subway sandwich shops, Budweiser (in bottles, cans, and Bud-dispensing helmets), Michelob, Visa cards, Bell Atlantic, AT&T, Sizzler, Wilson, Golf Digest, the ESPN sports network, and Top-Flite golf balls.\
141I'm sure some of those got in by accident (the modern golf tour has ads plastered on everything but the grass), but I'm fairly sure Subway paid for placement, since they scored one Subway sandwich eaten outside a store, one date in a Subway store, one Subway soft drink container, two verbal mentions of Subway, one Subway commercial starring Happy, a Subway T-shirt, and a Subway golf bag. Halfway through the movie, I didn't know what I wanted more: laughs, or mustard''.
142-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert'''
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