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* Most appearances of the UNIX operating system in movies from TheEighties and TheNineties, like ''[[Film/TheNet1995 The Net]]''. It will usually appear as UN*X when mentioned. This is at least partly TruthInTelevision. Companies that developed proprietary versions used names like Ultrix (Digital), IRIX (Silicon Graphics), AIX (IBM), etc. (partly because UNIX is a registered trademark and partly for branding reasons) and the standard convention when one wanted to refer to things-similar-to-but-not-exactly UNIX was to represent it as "Un*x".

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* Most appearances of the UNIX operating system in movies from TheEighties The80s and TheNineties, The90s, like ''[[Film/TheNet1995 The Net]]''. It will usually appear as UN*X when mentioned. This is at least partly TruthInTelevision. Companies that developed proprietary versions used names like Ultrix (Digital), IRIX (Silicon Graphics), AIX (IBM), etc. (partly because UNIX is a registered trademark and partly for branding reasons) and the standard convention when one wanted to refer to things-similar-to-but-not-exactly UNIX was to represent it as "Un*x".
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*** Likewise, ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'' has a "Red Deer" vending machine.
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* ''Film/BangTheDrumSlowly'': The Mammoths are wearing uniforms identical to the New York Yankees, while the other teams they play wear the uniforms of the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies. They all apparently play in the same fictional league, since in '73, there's no way the Yankees would be playing the Mets, Pirates or Phillies. The film thanks all of those real MLB clubs at the end, so they did have the option of using the real Yankees name, but the film remained faithful to the book.

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* ''Film/BangTheDrumSlowly'': The Mammoths are wearing uniforms identical to the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball New York Yankees, Yankees]], while the other teams they play wear the uniforms of the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies. They all apparently play in the same fictional league, since in '73, there's no way the Yankees would be playing the Mets, Pirates or Phillies. The film thanks all of those real MLB clubs at the end, so they did have the option of using the real Yankees name, but the film remained faithful to the book.



* In ''Film/Buffalo66'', the many items of memorabilia shown relating to the Queen City's NFL team use the word "Buffalo" where you would expect to see the Bills' logo.

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* In ''Film/Buffalo66'', the many items of memorabilia shown relating to the Queen City's NFL [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] team use the word "Buffalo" where you would expect to see the Bills' logo.
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* The ''Film/LeftBehind'' film series has Buck Williams working for [[Creator/{{CNN}} Global News Network (GNN)]].

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* The ''Film/LeftBehind'' film series has Buck Williams working for [[Creator/{{CNN}} Global News Network (GNN)]].(GNN).
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* ''Film/LiberalArts'' does this with the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books. Although it wasn't mentioned by name, the "vampire book" that sparks an argument between the two main characters is based on the book series' second installment and is titled "Lunar Moon" (based on Twilight's New Moon). This is likely done to avoid a CelebrityParadox with cast member Creator/ElizabethReaser, who also plays Esme Cullen in [[TheFilmOfTheBook the Twilight movies]].

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* ''Film/LiberalArts'' does this with the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' books. Although it wasn't mentioned by name, the "vampire book" that sparks an argument between the two main characters is based on the book series' second installment and is titled "Lunar Moon" (based on Twilight's New Moon). This is likely done to avoid a CelebrityParadox with cast member Creator/ElizabethReaser, who also plays Esme Cullen in [[TheFilmOfTheBook the Twilight movies]].
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* In ''Film/TopGun'', the opposing force flies a fictional plane described as a "[=MiG-28=]." It's a plausible name, given the USSR's naming scheme in which planes are numbered sequentially and the word component describes the company that made it... but the actual 28th aircraft in the Russian fleet was made by Sukhoi (the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-28 Su-28]], natch). Meanwhile, the "[=MiG-28=]" was "played" by American-made F5-E Tiger II fighters, on loan from the actual TOPGUN seminar where they were being used as RealLife WeaponsUnderstudies, in EvilWearsBlack paint schemes. (Which they kept after filming was done!)
** Likewise, in the sequel ''Film/TopGunMaverick'', the OPFOR's cutting-edge aircraft is described merely as a "5th-Generation Fighter." That may sound un-specific, but there were only 4 types of 5th-gen fighter in the air at the time, and 2 were in the United States Air Force. The plane itself, the fourth and most recent of those fighters, is an all-CGI [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57 Sukhoi Su-57]].
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* The energy drink "Minotaur" in ''Film/RoleModels'' is clearly intended as a stand-in for Red Bull.
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* ''Film/{{Kimi}}'': Kimi is this for Creator/Amazon’s Alexa - a smart home product raising questions about privacy.

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* ''Film/{{Kimi}}'': Kimi is this for Creator/Amazon’s Creator/{{Amazon}}'s Alexa - a smart home product raising questions about privacy.
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* ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' has [=McDowell's=], a knock-off of UsefulNotes/McDonalds. It's {{Lampshaded}} wonderfully[[note]]the production had to get permission from [=McDonald's=] because of the similarities and an actual franchisee angrily confronted characters dressed in [=McDowell's=] uniforms before they showed that it was a fake restaurant for a movie[[/note]].
-->'''Cleo:''' Look... me and the [=McDonald=]'s people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're [=McDonald=]'s... I'm [=McDowell's=]. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.
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* In ''Film/HomeAlone'', the [=McCallisters=] have pizza delivered from "Little Nero's" instead of Little Caesar's. This actually had a brief {{Defictionalization}} moment when, on November 6, 2015, [=UberEATS=] [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/11/05/no-fiddlin-little-neros-pizza-home-alone-coming/75216914/ ran a promotion]] allowing fans to order pizza from local restaurants but delivered them in Little Nero's boxes by drivers wearing Little Nero's hats.

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* In ''Film/HomeAlone'', ''Film/HomeAlone1'', the [=McCallisters=] have pizza delivered from "Little Nero's" instead of Little Caesar's. This actually had a brief {{Defictionalization}} moment when, on November 6, 2015, [=UberEATS=] [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/11/05/no-fiddlin-little-neros-pizza-home-alone-coming/75216914/ ran a promotion]] allowing fans to order pizza from local restaurants but delivered them in Little Nero's boxes by drivers wearing Little Nero's hats.


* In ''Film/BuffaloSixtySix'', the many items of memorabilia shown relating to the Queen City's NFL team use the word "Buffalo" where you would expect to see the Bills' logo.

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* In ''Film/BuffaloSixtySix'', ''Film/Buffalo66'', the many items of memorabilia shown relating to the Queen City's NFL team use the word "Buffalo" where you would expect to see the Bills' logo.
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* Brazilian movie ''Eike - Tudo ou Nada'', a biography of billionaire [[RichesToRags who eventually broke]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eike_Batista Eike Batista]], features how he married a local sex symbol and her posing nude during their marriage. It shows a magazine cover that [[https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/vKZTm2BbKOzfnrt8s.wIKw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNw--/https://media.zenfs.com/pt/extra_347/27328796ce0a61dfb4ac5973f725dc0a recreates one of said pictorial's promotional images]], but without the name ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'', replaced by [[GratuitousFrench a rough French translation]], ''Jeux D'Hommes'' (men games).

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* ''Tapeheads'' has RVTV (Rock Video TV), a thinly-veiled stand-in for Creator/{{MTV}}, who wouldn't let the filmmakers use their name.
* ''Film/UndercoverBrother''.

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* ''Tapeheads'' In the first ''Film/StuartLittle'', Stuart gets a suit from a toy store selling the doll "Ben", an obvious reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_(doll) Ken doll]] off by just one letter.
* ''Film/{{Tapeheads}}''
has RVTV (Rock Video TV), a thinly-veiled stand-in for Creator/{{MTV}}, who wouldn't let the filmmakers use their name.
* ''Film/UndercoverBrother''.''Film/UndercoverBrother'':

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