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You know you've made it when your product keeps being [[{{Parody}} parodied]] everywhere. That's what Apple must be thinking, anyways.

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You know you've made it when your product keeps being [[{{Parody}} parodied]] everywhere. That's what Apple Creator/{{Apple}} must be thinking, anyways.

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* In ''Anime/SteinsGateZero'', Maho has a sleek white laptop with banana icon on it. Bananas previously held importance in the series as one of the first test subjects done in the Phone Microwave in the original ''Anime/SteinsGate''.


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* In ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate0'', Maho has a sleek white laptop with banana icon on it. Bananas previously held importance in the series as one of the first test subjects done in the Phone Microwave in the original ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.
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Which is probably why nowadays, many fictional computers, tablets, smartphones, and other pieces of advanced technology bear a logo shaped like a fruit or another type of food. If it's not a fruit or a food of some kind, it'll still be a monochrome symbol of something recognizable or corresponding to the work's context. And the name could be [whatever letter]Phone. To make the reference even more obvious, the logo also has a small section bitten off.

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Which is probably why nowadays, many fictional computers, [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile tablets, smartphones, smartphones]], and other pieces of advanced technology bear a logo shaped like a fruit or another type of food. If it's not a fruit or a food of some kind, it'll still be a monochrome symbol of something recognizable or corresponding to the work's context. And the name could be [whatever letter]Phone. To make the reference even more obvious, the logo also has a small section bitten off.
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* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': In "Larry-Boy! And The Fib From Outer Space", Alfred's computer shows a yellow box-shaped smiley face when turning on, a parody of the Macintosh bootup screen from that time period.
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* ''VideoGame/ProgressBar95'' has Pyrus, the makers of [=BarOS=], a parody of UsefulNotes/MacOS. Their name is based on "pirus", the Latin word for pear. Their company website claims that the fact that "Pirus" comes before "Progress" (as in Progressbar, the Creator/{{Microsoft}} parody) in the phone book is [[InsaneTrollLogic proof they're better]] and proudly states that they were founded by "super talented snobs and visioners" (yes, they really spell it that way).

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* ''VideoGame/ProgressBar95'' has Pyrus, the makers of [=BarOS=], a parody of UsefulNotes/MacOS.Platform/MacOS. Their name is based on "pirus", the Latin word for pear. Their company website claims that the fact that "Pirus" comes before "Progress" (as in Progressbar, the Creator/{{Microsoft}} parody) in the phone book is [[InsaneTrollLogic proof they're better]] and proudly states that they were founded by "super talented snobs and visioners" (yes, they really spell it that way).
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* ''VideoGame/ProgressBar95'' has Pyrus, the makers of [=BarOS=], a parody of UsefulNotes/MacOS. Their name is based on "pirus", the Latin word for pear. Their company website claims that the fact that "Pirus" comes before "Progress" (as in Progressbar, the Creator/{{Microsoft}} parody) in the phone book is [[InsaneTrollLogic proof they're better]] and proudly states that they were founded by "super talented snobs and visioners" (yes, they really spell it that way).
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* In ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', Sora's iPad has a cherry logo on it (may also serve as a VisualPun, seeing that Sora is an 18-year-old virgin who ''really'' wants to get laid).

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* In ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'', Sora's iPad has a cherry logo on it (may also serve as a VisualPun, seeing that Sora is an 18-year-old virgin who ''really'' wants to get laid).
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', Victor Verliezer's vTech Corp Inc. manufactures the vPhone and the vTablet in "A Clockwork Origin".[[note]]They didn't really dodge a bullet here tho- there is a company called vTech in real life, that hilariously does make functioning phones and tablets, except for kids[[/note]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', Victor Verliezer's vTech Corp Inc. manufactures the vPhone and the vTablet in "A Clockwork Origin".[[note]]They didn't really dodge a bullet here tho- though- there is a company called vTech in real life, that hilariously does make functioning phones and tablets, except for kids[[/note]]
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You could go with a piece of hardware that has no logo... but come on, it's easy to parody Apple. Their symbol, an apple with a small section bitten off, is really easy to draw... and even easier to spoof. As is their name.

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You could go with a piece of hardware that has no logo... but come on, it's easy to parody Apple. Their symbol, an apple with a small section bitten off, is really easy to draw... and even easier to spoof. Their obsession with sleek, brushed stainless steel housings with minimal buttons is easy to spoof. As is their name.
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You know you've made it when your product keeps being parodied everywhere. That's what Apple must be thinking, anyways.

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You know you've made it when your product keeps being parodied [[{{Parody}} parodied]] everywhere. That's what Apple must be thinking, anyways.

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