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* The WebVideo/JibJab Website/JibJab video [[http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/big_box_mart "Big Box Mart"]]. A big retail chain, "Big Box Mart" sells everything very cheaply, but this results in factories outsourcing their labor force, because that's the only way they can make stuff cheap enough to sell to Big Box Mart. The protagonist who loved to shop at Big Box Mart loses his job because of this, and ends up working there as a janitor.
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* The WebVideo/JibJab video [[http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/big_box_mart "Big Box Mart"]]. A big retail chain, "Big Box Mart" sells everything very cheaply, but this results in factories outsourcing their labor force, because that's the only way they can make stuff cheap enough to sell to Big Box Mart. The protagonist who loved to shop at Big Box Mart loses his job and ends up working there as a janitor.
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* ''[[VideoGame/DotsHome Dot's Home]]'': [[IronicName Despite its name]], Home Equity is anything but a real estate company that provides housing equality for everyone, especially people of color. It has historically redlined the Blacks by selling inferior houses to them at a high price and lying about their quality, and then adding hidden costs in their monthly payments and maintenance just because of their tenant's race. Home Equity has also done VillainousGentrification, where they demolish old houses without the homeowners' consent to build luxury condominiums, not caring if it displaces Detroit's Black-majority population. Even in the modern times, Home Equity still hasn't changed its practices, for they still discriminate against immigrants and build houses near environmental hazards.
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* ''[[VideoGame/DotsHome Dot's Home]]'': [[IronicName Despite its name]], Home Hope Equity is anything but a real estate company that provides housing equality for everyone, especially people of color. It has historically redlined the Blacks by selling inferior houses to them at a high price and lying about their quality, and then adding hidden costs in their monthly payments and maintenance just because of their tenant's race. Home Hope Equity has also done VillainousGentrification, where they demolish old houses without the homeowners' consent to build luxury condominiums, not caring if it displaces Detroit's Black-majority population. Even in the modern times, Home Hope Equity still hasn't changed its practices, for they still discriminate against immigrants and build houses near environmental hazards.
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** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]"; the local coffee shop Tweek's Coffee (owned by Tweek's father) is threatened when the coffee chain Harbucks Coffee starts a franchise in South Park. However, the episode subverts the usual anti-corporation message by pointing out that Harbucks is successfull for a ''reason'' - they offer a product with a wide market appeal, and Mr.Tweeks only real defense is that he's a small business owner taking on "The Man". His own product isn't actually very good, and even he has to admit Harbucks is better after trying it. Not that it matters, [[StatusQuoIsGod as Harbucks isnt mentioned after this episode]], and Tweek's Coffee remains a South Park institution.
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** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]"; the local coffee shop Tweek's Coffee (owned by Tweek's father) is threatened when the coffee chain Harbucks Coffee starts a franchise in South Park. However, the episode subverts the usual anti-corporation message by pointing out that Harbucks is successfull successful for a ''reason'' - they offer a product with a wide market appeal, and Mr.Tweeks Mr. Tweek's only real defense is that he's a small business owner taking on "The Man". His own product isn't actually very good, and even he has to admit Harbucks is better after trying it. Not that it matters, [[StatusQuoIsGod as Harbucks isnt mentioned after this episode]], and Tweek's Coffee remains a South Park institution.
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* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has a particularly blatant and potent example of this trope in the Joja Corporation. The plot of this game (a farming simulator in the vein of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'') is kicked off by the player character getting tired of their mindless desk job at a Joja Corp office and moving to Stardew Valley to work on the old farm their grandfather gifted them. The main plot entails the player making the decision to save the small town which has fallen into decline as the direct result of the PredatoryBusiness setting up shop in the area... or simply embrace the local [=JojaMart=] and do all your shopping there (in exchange for discounts on their products). Even the company's ''slogans'' are downright sinister:
-->''Life's better with Joja.''
-->''Join us. Thrive.''
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* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has a particularly blatant and potent example of this trope in the Joja Corporation. The plot of this game (a farming simulator in the vein of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'') is kicked off by the player character getting tired of their mindless desk job at a Joja Corp office and moving to Stardew Valley to work on the old farm their grandfather gifted them. The main plot entails the player making the decision to save the small town which has fallen into decline as the direct result of the PredatoryBusiness Joja setting up shop in the area... or simply embrace the local [=JojaMart=] and do all your shopping there (in exchange for discounts on their products). Even the company's ''slogans'' slogans are downright sinister:
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-->We represent Pizza Dinosaur
-->We've got the most stores in the world
-->Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin
-->But we're everywhere so you gotta give in!
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-->'Cuz we've got six-thousand-stores-plus!
-->We've got the most stores in the world
-->Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin
-->But we're everywhere so you gotta give in!
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** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]". Most of the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns out that Harbucks actually does make better coffee than Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.
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** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]". Most of Gnomes]]"; the local coffee shop Tweek's Coffee (owned by Tweek's father) is threatened when the coffee chain Harbucks Coffee starts a franchise in South Park. However, the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing subverts the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns usual anti-corporation message by pointing out that Harbucks is successfull for a ''reason'' - they offer a product with a wide market appeal, and Mr.Tweeks only real defense is that he's a small business owner taking on "The Man". His own product isn't actually does make very good, and even he has to admit Harbucks is better coffee than after trying it. Not that it matters, [[StatusQuoIsGod as Harbucks isnt mentioned after this episode]], and Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered Coffee remains a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.South Park institution.
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* ''[[VideoGame/DotsHome Dot's Home]]'': [[IronicName Despite its name]], Home Equity is anything but a real estate company that provides housing equality for everyone, especially people of color. It has historically redlined the Blacks by selling inferior houses to them at a high price and lying about their quality, and then adding hidden costs in their monthly payments and maintenance just because of their tenant's race. Home Equity has also done VillainousGentrification, where they demolish old houses without the homeowners' consent to build new ones, not caring if it displaces Detroit's Black-majority population. Even in the modern times, Home Equity still hasn't changed its practices, for they still discriminate against immigrants and build houses near environmental hazards.
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* ''[[VideoGame/DotsHome Dot's Home]]'': [[IronicName Despite its name]], Home Equity is anything but a real estate company that provides housing equality for everyone, especially people of color. It has historically redlined the Blacks by selling inferior houses to them at a high price and lying about their quality, and then adding hidden costs in their monthly payments and maintenance just because of their tenant's race. Home Equity has also done VillainousGentrification, where they demolish old houses without the homeowners' consent to build new ones, luxury condominiums, not caring if it displaces Detroit's Black-majority population. Even in the modern times, Home Equity still hasn't changed its practices, for they still discriminate against immigrants and build houses near environmental hazards.
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* Red Rocket (a front for COBRA, of course) from the original ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Flim and Flam in the episode "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 3000". They at first try and offer the Apple family a deal to sell them their cider press at a 75-25% deal in their favor, and at that point engage in a competition with a winner-takes-all selling right to Ponyville's cider supply. When they start losing the competition, they commence cutting costs that leave their cider full of twigs and rocks, forcing them to leave once they win.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Flim and Flam in the episode "The "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 3000".3000]]". They at first try and offer the Apple family a deal to sell them their cider press at a 75-25% deal in their favor, and at that point engage in a competition with a winner-takes-all selling right to Ponyville's cider supply. When they start losing the competition, they commence cutting costs that leave their cider full of twigs and rocks, forcing them to leave once they win.
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** "Sprawl-Mart" is portrayed like this in the later episodes. Also, Ned Flanders has to compete against the left-handed giant "Left Mart".
** One episode had a gag where Homer was visiting Flanders' store and made a comment about all the Starbucks in the mall. Upon leaving, ''every store except Flanders''' has been replaced by a Starbucks.
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** "Sprawl-Mart" is portrayed like this in the later episodes. Also, Ned Flanders has to compete against the left-handed giant "Left Mart".
** One episodehad has a gag where wherein Homer was visiting visits Flanders' store and made makes a comment about all the Starbucks in the mall. Upon leaving, ''every store except Flanders''' has been replaced by a Starbucks.
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** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethinWallMartThisWayComes Something Wall Mart This Way Comes]]", while Wall Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. [[SpoofAesop So then they just break the mirror which causes the Wall Mart to collapse into itself.]]
*** But then all the townspeople start buying everything from a local hardware store, which expands to meet demand, collapsing the other businesses, and [[HistoryRepeats then gets burned to the ground like Wall Mart.]]
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** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethinWallMartThisWayComes "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethingWallMartThisWayComes Something Wall Mart Wall-Mart This Way Comes]]", while Wall Mart Wall-Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & and pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart Wall-Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. it, [[SpoofAesop So so then they just break the mirror mirror, which causes the Wall Mart Wall-Mart to collapse into itself.]]
*** But thenitself]]. However, all the townspeople then start buying everything from a local hardware store, which expands to meet demand, collapsing the other businesses, and [[HistoryRepeats then gets burned to the ground like Wall Mart.]]Wall-Mart]].
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* Kelpshake from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Best Frenemies" moves into Bikini Bottom so quickly that their locations divide like cells, threatening both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs and Plankton have to enter an EnemyMine status to preserve their businesses; unfortunately, the Kelpshakes not only taste bad, they are (implied to be intentionally) addictive and toxic, causing all the locations to be shuttered--and all of the Bikini Bottomites to grow green fur.
* One of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' stories, based on ''Literature/DonQuixote'', had a little local restaurant that was very successful...until a giant corporate eatery, The Food Factory, moved in across the street. Later in the episode, this is {{subverted|Trope}} when it's revealed that The Food Factory doesn't open until lunch so the small local restaurant just has to change its menu to feature breakfast staples.
* One of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' stories, based on ''Literature/DonQuixote'', had a little local restaurant that was very successful...until a giant corporate eatery, The Food Factory, moved in across the street. Later in the episode, this is {{subverted|Trope}} when it's revealed that The Food Factory doesn't open until lunch so the small local restaurant just has to change its menu to feature breakfast staples.
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* Kelpshake from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Best Frenemies" "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E18BornToBeWildBestFrenemies Best Frenemies]]" moves into Bikini Bottom so quickly that their locations divide like cells, threatening both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs and Plankton have to enter an EnemyMine status to preserve their businesses; unfortunately, the Kelpshakes not only taste bad, they are (implied to be intentionally) addictive and toxic, causing all the locations to be shuttered--and shuttered -- and all of the Bikini Bottomites to grow green fur.
* One of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' stories, based on ''Literature/DonQuixote'', had a little local restaurant that was very successful... until a giant corporate eatery,The the Food Factory, moved in across the street. Later in the episode, this is {{subverted|Trope}} when it's revealed that The the Food Factory doesn't open until lunch lunch, so the small local restaurant just has to change its menu to feature breakfast staples.
* One of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' stories, based on ''Literature/DonQuixote'', had a little local restaurant that was very successful... until a giant corporate eatery,
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* Similarly, ''Film/YouDontMessWithTheZohan'' partly revolves around a developer trying to tear down a neighborhood and build a shopping mall in its place. He raises the rent to ridiculous extremes and even recruits some domestic terrorists to try to inflame tensions between the resident Jews and Palestinians. Thanks to Zohan's many talents, the local hair salon is able to fight back.
* In Creator/MelBrooks' ''Film/SilentMovie'', the evil mega-studio "Engulf & Devour" (a play on Gulf+Western, who had recently bought Creator/{{Paramount}}) was determined to shut Mel Funn's tiny studio down, much like a melodrama villain trying to shut down an orphanage. The tagline at the end of the movie read "This is a true story."
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* In Creator/MelBrooks' ''Film/SilentMovie'', the evil mega-studio "Engulf & Devour" (a play on Gulf+Western, who had recently bought Creator/{{Paramount}}) was determined to shut Mel Funn's tiny studio down, much like a melodrama villain trying to shut down an orphanage. The tagline at the end of the movie read "This is a true story."
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* In Creator/MelBrooks' ''Film/SilentMovie'', the evil mega-studio "Engulf & Devour" (a play on Gulf+Western, who had recently bought Creator/{{Paramount}}) was determined to shut Mel Funn's tiny studio down, much like Similarly, ''Film/YouDontMessWithTheZohan'' partly revolves around a melodrama villain developer trying to shut tear down an orphanage. The tagline at a neighborhood and build a shopping mall in its place. He raises the end of rent to ridiculous extremes and even recruits some domestic terrorists to try to inflame tensions between the movie read "This resident Jews and Palestinians. Thanks to Zohan's many talents, the local hair salon is a true story."able to fight back.
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* Early example: Ring's Come-one Come-all Up-to-date Stores from ''An International Affair'' by Creator/PGWodehouse. Local, cosy "Ma and Pa" tea shop depends on students of local boarding school. Along comes Evil Franchised Store, undercutting them something awful and fully intending to take advantage of the local yokels. Then some plucky students band together, have tea at the New Place, and secretly take something that makes them really sick, thus giving the New Place a reputation for food poisoning.
* Subverted in Emile Zola's ''Au Bonheur des Dames'', where the owner of the aggressively expanding corporation is the protagonist. It doesn't prevent Zola from pointing out (with impressive foresight) how such stores tend to drive their less competitive neighbors out of business.
* Subverted in Emile Zola's ''Au Bonheur des Dames'', where the owner of the aggressively expanding corporation is the protagonist. It doesn't prevent Zola from pointing out (with impressive foresight) how such stores tend to drive their less competitive neighbors out of business.
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* ''Literature/TheStore'', a horror novel by Creator/BentleyLittle. A large corporation places "The Store" in the protagonist's home town and things go downhill from there.
* Speedy Mart, from the ''Literature/KittyNorville'' series by Carrie Vaughn. The owner of the chain creates natural disasters with magic. Kitty's bounty hunter friend that tried to kill her once saves the day, with help from a century-old ghost. It makes sense in context.
** The stores themselves appear to be clean if a draw for paranormal activity. It's just that the chain exists not to do business but to cover the movements of and provide (what are effectively) "arms caches" to a very high-priced contract killer. It's left unspecified whether the chain is subsidized by the proceeds of criminal activity (which would indeed let it unfairly compete).
* Speedy Mart, from the ''Literature/KittyNorville'' series by Carrie Vaughn. The owner of the chain creates natural disasters with magic. Kitty's bounty hunter friend that tried to kill her once saves the day, with help from a century-old ghost. It makes sense in context.
** The stores themselves appear to be clean if a draw for paranormal activity. It's just that the chain exists not to do business but to cover the movements of and provide (what are effectively) "arms caches" to a very high-priced contract killer. It's left unspecified whether the chain is subsidized by the proceeds of criminal activity (which would indeed let it unfairly compete).
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* In ''Literature/ReaperMan'', [[DeathTakesAHoliday Death is fired]] and one consequence of there being too much life force in the world as a result is that it starts making metaphors literal. One such metaphor is the idea that big corporate shopping malls are parasitic predators that suck the life out of inner-city shops, with a living mall coming into existence as a result.
* Early example: Ring's Come-one Come-all Up-to-date Stores from ''An International Affair'' by Creator/PGWodehouse. Local, cosy "Ma and Pa" tea shop depends on students of local boarding school. Along comes Evil Franchised Store, undercutting them something awful and fully intending to take advantage of the local yokels. Then some plucky students band together, have tea at the New Place, and secretly take something that makes them really sick, thus giving the New Place a reputation for food poisoning.
* In ''Literature/ReaperMan'', [[DeathTakesAHoliday Death is fired]] and one consequence of there being too much life force in the world as a result is that it starts making metaphors literal. One such metaphor is the idea that big corporate shopping malls are parasitic predators that suck the life out of inner-city shops, with a living mall coming into existence as a result.
* ''Literature/TheStore'', a horror novel by Creator/BentleyLittle. A large corporation places "The Store" in the protagonist's home town and things go downhill from there.
* Speedy Mart, from the ''Literature/KittyNorville'' series by Carrie Vaughn. The owner of the chain creates natural disasters with magic. Kitty's bounty hunter friend that tried to kill her once saves the day, with help from a century-old ghost. It makes sense in context.
** The stores themselves appear to be clean if a draw for paranormal activity. It's just that the chain exists not to do business but to cover the movements of and provide (what are effectively) "arms caches" to a very high-priced contract killer. It's left unspecified whether the chain is subsidized by the proceeds of criminal activity (which would indeed let it unfairly compete).
* ''Literature/TheStore'', a horror novel by Creator/BentleyLittle. A large corporation places "The Store" in the protagonist's home town and things go downhill from there.
* Speedy Mart, from the ''Literature/KittyNorville'' series by Carrie Vaughn. The owner of the chain creates natural disasters with magic. Kitty's bounty hunter friend that tried to kill her once saves the day, with help from a century-old ghost. It makes sense in context.
** The stores themselves appear to be clean if a draw for paranormal activity. It's just that the chain exists not to do business but to cover the movements of and provide (what are effectively) "arms caches" to a very high-priced contract killer. It's left unspecified whether the chain is subsidized by the proceeds of criminal activity (which would indeed let it unfairly compete).
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team tries to stop a new big box store from opening and driving the local mom-and-pop out of business. Unfortunately, the episode treats the big store's predatory nature mostly as an InformedFlaw and thus we get a BrokenAesop where the heroes seem to be sabotaging a legitimate business because it is offering better prices and service than the team's clients. The executive in charge of the store opening uses a number of unethical tactics and is a jerk but most of it is in response to the various underhand tactics the team uses to try to shut the store down.
* ''Series/TheNuttHouse'': The Texplex hotel chain wants to buy the Nutt House, mostly because the owner told him 'no', and "Nobody ever says no to me!"
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* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team tries to stop a new big box store from opening and driving the local mom-and-pop out of business. Unfortunately, the episode treats the big store's predatory nature mostly as an InformedFlaw and thus we get a BrokenAesop where the heroes seem to be sabotaging a legitimate business because it is offering better prices and service than the team's clients. The executive in charge of the store opening uses a number of unethical tactics and is a jerk but most of it is in response to the various underhand tactics the team uses to try to shut the store down.
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* ''Series/TheNuttHouse'': The Texplex hotel chain wants to buy the Nutt House, mostly because the owner told him 'no', and "Nobody ever says no to me!"
* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/AdamAtHome'' is Clayton forgoing the traditional [[UsefulNotes/LemonadeStands lemonade stand]] in favor of a coffee stand. One Sunday strip has him waiting for customers only for a sinister-looking limo to drive by. After asking them "Can I help you?", we SmashCut to a panel of Clayton holding a wad of bills while his stand is bulldozed to make way for a new Starbucks.
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* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/AdamAtHome'' is Clayton forgoing the traditional [[UsefulNotes/LemonadeStands lemonade stand]] in favor of a coffee stand. One Sunday strip has him waiting for customers only for a sinister-looking limo to drive by. After asking them "Can I help you?", we SmashCut to a panel of Clayton holding a wad of bills while his stand is bulldozed to make way for a new Starbucks.
* One of the [[FairFolk True Fae]] in the ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' book ''Grim Fears'' is trying to take over the Earth by heading a megacorp of big box stores.
* In ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'' just about every megacorp plans on doing whatever it takes to gain more grounds against the other megacorps. They’re also not afraid to go to all-out war with each other.
* In ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'' just about every megacorp plans on doing whatever it takes to gain more grounds against the other megacorps. They’re also not afraid to go to all-out war with each other.
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* One of the [[FairFolk True Fae]] in the TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost book ''Grim Fears'' is trying to take over the Earth by heading a megacorp of big box stores.
* One of the [[FairFolk True Fae]] in the TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost book ''Grim Fears'' is trying to take over the Earth by heading a megacorp of big box stores.
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* Pizza Dinosaur from ''VideoGame/WarioWare''. Their corporate song even says the 'lower quality products but cheaper' part.
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-->We've got the most stores in the world
-->Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin
-->But we're everywhere so you gotta give in!
-->Mona Pizza's got nothin' on us
-->'Cuz we've got six-thousand-stores-plus!
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':
** Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of {{Mega Corp}}s. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager.
** In the GoldenEnding of ''[[UpdatedRerelease The Golden]]'', Junes averts this in part due to Yosuke's suggestion that Junes make a section for local foods and crafts that go right back to the mom & pop stores in the town proper.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': Pizza Bat, which has hurt the local fast food places like Burger Suplex.
-->We represent Pizza Dinosaur
-->We've got the most stores in the world
-->Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin
-->But we're everywhere so you gotta give in!
-->Mona Pizza's got nothin' on us
-->'Cuz we've got six-thousand-stores-plus!
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':
** Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of {{Mega Corp}}s. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager.
** In the GoldenEnding of ''[[UpdatedRerelease The Golden]]'', Junes averts this in part due to Yosuke's suggestion that Junes make a section for local foods and crafts that go right back to the mom & pop stores in the town proper.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': Pizza Bat, which has hurt the local fast food places like Burger Suplex.
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* If your income drops too low in ''[[VideoGame/SimCity SimCity 3000]]'', you may be propositioned to build a Gigamall in your city. By doing so, you'll earn a steady income which can keep you in the black, but like all the business deal buildings, [[DealWithTheDevil there's a catch]]: The Gigamall torpedoes the development of your own commercial sector.
* In ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'', there's a company called Avenir, a technology factory who owns a majority of the business on Lastation, and has used its influence to crush its competition and garner protection from Parliament, preventing Neptune and her friends from entering the Basilicom.
* In ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'', there's a company called Avenir, a technology factory who owns a majority of the business on Lastation, and has used its influence to crush its competition and garner protection from Parliament, preventing Neptune and her friends from entering the Basilicom.
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* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has a particularly blatant and potent example of this trope in the Joja Corporation. The plot of this game (a farming simulator in the vein of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'') is kicked off by the player character getting tired of their mindless desk job at a Joja Corp office and moving to Stardew Valley to work on the old farm their grandfather gifted them. The main plot entails the player making the decision to save the small town which has fallen into decline as the direct result of the PredatoryBusiness setting up shop in the area... or simply embrace the local [=JojaMart=] and do all your shopping there (in exchange for discounts on their products). Even the company's ''slogans'' are downright sinister:
-->''Life's better with Joja.''
-->''Join us. Thrive.''
* DOGMA from ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''. An evil, faceless corporation that controls 97% of the video game market at the beginning of the game, having crushed all the competition... Except for Creator/{{Sega}}, who launches the "[[TitleDrop Project Segagaga]]" as a last-ditch effort to stop DOGMA's threat of total monopoly.
-->''Life's better with Joja.''
-->''Join us. Thrive.''
* DOGMA from ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''. An evil, faceless corporation that controls 97% of the video game market at the beginning of the game, having crushed all the competition... Except for Creator/{{Sega}}, who launches the "[[TitleDrop Project Segagaga]]" as a last-ditch effort to stop DOGMA's threat of total monopoly.
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* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has In ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'', there's a particularly blatant and potent example of this trope in the Joja Corporation. The plot of this game (a farming simulator in the vein of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'') is kicked off by the player character getting tired of their mindless desk job at company called Avenir, a Joja Corp office and moving to Stardew Valley to work on the old farm their grandfather gifted them. The main plot entails the player making the decision to save the small town which has fallen into decline as the direct result technology factory who owns a majority of the PredatoryBusiness setting up shop in the area... or simply embrace the local [=JojaMart=] business on Lastation, and do all your shopping there (in exchange for discounts on their products). Even the company's ''slogans'' are downright sinister:
-->''Life's better with Joja.''
-->''Join us. Thrive.''
* DOGMAhas used its influence to crush its competition and garner protection from ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''. An evil, faceless corporation that controls 97% of Parliament, preventing Neptune and her friends from entering the video game market at the beginning of the game, having crushed all the competition... Except for Creator/{{Sega}}, who launches the "[[TitleDrop Project Segagaga]]" as a last-ditch effort to stop DOGMA's threat of total monopoly.Basilicom.
-->''Life's better with Joja.''
-->''Join us. Thrive.''
* DOGMA
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': Pizza Bat, which has hurt the local fast food places like Burger Suplex.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':
** Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of {{Mega Corp}}s. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager.
** In the GoldenEnding of ''[[UpdatedRerelease The Golden]]'', Junes averts this in part due to Yosuke's suggestion that Junes make a section for local foods and crafts that go right back to the mom & pop stores in the town proper.
* DOGMA from ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''. An evil, faceless corporation that controls 97% of the video game market at the beginning of the game, having crushed all the competition... Except for Creator/{{Sega}}, who launches the "[[TitleDrop Project Segagaga]]" as a last-ditch effort to stop DOGMA's threat of total monopoly.
* If your income drops too low in ''[[VideoGame/SimCity SimCity 3000]]'', you may be propositioned to build a Gigamall in your city. By doing so, you'll earn a steady income which can keep you in the black, but like all the business deal buildings, [[DealWithTheDevil there's a catch]]: The Gigamall torpedoes the development of your own commercial sector.
* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has a particularly blatant and potent example of this trope in the Joja Corporation. The plot of this game (a farming simulator in the vein of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'') is kicked off by the player character getting tired of their mindless desk job at a Joja Corp office and moving to Stardew Valley to work on the old farm their grandfather gifted them. The main plot entails the player making the decision to save the small town which has fallen into decline as the direct result of the PredatoryBusiness setting up shop in the area... or simply embrace the local [=JojaMart=] and do all your shopping there (in exchange for discounts on their products). Even the company's ''slogans'' are downright sinister:
-->''Life's better with Joja.''
-->''Join us. Thrive.''
* Pizza Dinosaur from ''VideoGame/WarioWare''. Their corporate song even says the 'lower quality products but cheaper' part.
-->We represent Pizza Dinosaur
-->We've got the most stores in the world
-->Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin
-->But we're everywhere so you gotta give in!
-->Mona Pizza's got nothin' on us
-->'Cuz we've got six-thousand-stores-plus!
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'':
** Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of {{Mega Corp}}s. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager.
** In the GoldenEnding of ''[[UpdatedRerelease The Golden]]'', Junes averts this in part due to Yosuke's suggestion that Junes make a section for local foods and crafts that go right back to the mom & pop stores in the town proper.
* DOGMA from ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''. An evil, faceless corporation that controls 97% of the video game market at the beginning of the game, having crushed all the competition... Except for Creator/{{Sega}}, who launches the "[[TitleDrop Project Segagaga]]" as a last-ditch effort to stop DOGMA's threat of total monopoly.
* If your income drops too low in ''[[VideoGame/SimCity SimCity 3000]]'', you may be propositioned to build a Gigamall in your city. By doing so, you'll earn a steady income which can keep you in the black, but like all the business deal buildings, [[DealWithTheDevil there's a catch]]: The Gigamall torpedoes the development of your own commercial sector.
* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has a particularly blatant and potent example of this trope in the Joja Corporation. The plot of this game (a farming simulator in the vein of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'') is kicked off by the player character getting tired of their mindless desk job at a Joja Corp office and moving to Stardew Valley to work on the old farm their grandfather gifted them. The main plot entails the player making the decision to save the small town which has fallen into decline as the direct result of the PredatoryBusiness setting up shop in the area... or simply embrace the local [=JojaMart=] and do all your shopping there (in exchange for discounts on their products). Even the company's ''slogans'' are downright sinister:
-->''Life's better with Joja.''
-->''Join us. Thrive.''
* Pizza Dinosaur from ''VideoGame/WarioWare''. Their corporate song even says the 'lower quality products but cheaper' part.
-->We represent Pizza Dinosaur
-->We've got the most stores in the world
-->Our crust is tough and our sauce is thin
-->But we're everywhere so you gotta give in!
-->Mona Pizza's got nothin' on us
-->'Cuz we've got six-thousand-stores-plus!
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* Herdthinners Inc in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' is a massive corporation that uses underhanded methods to take down the competition, with Kell's rival company, Dewclaw's Fine Meats, mostly surviving because Herdthinners' ''internal'' ruthlessness is often counterproductive, while her employees and customers actually ''like'' her. Of course, both of them are quite literally predatory.
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* Herdthinners Inc in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' is a massive corporation that uses underhanded methods to take down the competition, with Kell's rival company, Dewclaw's Fine Meats, mostly surviving because Herdthinners' ''internal'' ruthlessness is often counterproductive, while her employees and customers actually ''like'' her. Of course, both of them are quite literally predatory.
* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing of Starbucks and their systematic destruction of small business coffee shops. Unfortunately, he dealt with this by ranting at the barista, who of course had zero influence on anything the company did (though his attitude about how no one "gives a shit" about small business didn't help his case).
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* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing of Starbucks and their systematic destruction of small business coffee shops. Unfortunately, he dealt with this by ranting at the barista, who of course had zero influence on anything the company did (though his attitude about how no one "gives a shit" about small business didn't help his case).
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Flim and Flam in the episode "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 3000". They at first try and offer the Apple family a deal to sell them their cider press at a 75-25% deal in their favor, and at that point engage in a competition with a winner-takes-all selling right to Ponyville's cider supply. When they start losing the competition, they commence cutting costs that leave their cider full of twigs and rocks, forcing them to leave once they win.
* Done twice in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethinWallMartThisWayComes Something Wall Mart This Way Comes]]", while Wall Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. [[SpoofAesop So then they just break the mirror which causes the Wall Mart to collapse into itself.]]
*** But then all the townspeople start buying everything from a local hardware store, which expands to meet demand, collapsing the other businesses, and [[HistoryRepeats then gets burned to the ground like Wall Mart.]]
** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]". Most of the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns out that Harbucks actually does make better coffee than Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.
* Done twice in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethinWallMartThisWayComes Something Wall Mart This Way Comes]]", while Wall Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. [[SpoofAesop So then they just break the mirror which causes the Wall Mart to collapse into itself.]]
*** But then all the townspeople start buying everything from a local hardware store, which expands to meet demand, collapsing the other businesses, and [[HistoryRepeats then gets burned to the ground like Wall Mart.]]
** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]". Most of the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns out that Harbucks actually does make better coffee than Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.
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* Megalomart from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. There are several instances of the business trying to absorb another company's main work by buying them into merging with it (other small stores, selling propane ([[TooDumbToLive it failed]], [[StuffBlowingUp badly]]), selling authentic meat) and how it ruins Hank's mundane life one way or another (though there is always a RunningGag about how it actually sells a lot of stuff for less whenever Hank realizes it). Also, Alamo Beer in a few episodes.
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* Megalomart from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. There are several instances ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' features a new mall in town that has literally everything the kids could want and even offers mall-exclusive credit cards so they don't have to spend any money there. This naturally starts cutting into all of the business trying to absorb another company's main work by buying local businesses' earnings, forcing them into merging with closure. [[spoiler: As it (other small stores, selling propane ([[TooDumbToLive it failed]], [[StuffBlowingUp badly]]), selling authentic meat) turns out, this trope is somewhat literal in this case; when the credit cards' limits are reached, the owner of the mall turns the kids into statues so he can use them to settle his DealWithTheDevil. Fortunately, Jughead's loyalty to Pops' proves a SpannerInTheWorks and how everyone makes it ruins Hank's mundane life one way or another (though there is always a RunningGag about how it actually sells a lot of stuff out save for less whenever Hank realizes it). Also, Alamo Beer the owner who's forced to face the music on his own.]]
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' revolves around CorruptCorporateExecutive Leonardo Leonardo creating the Convenience Store of The Future, which is really more of a massive, sprawling mall, driving Quick Stop and the surrounding block of stores out of business. It's accidentally demolished by Jay and Silent Bob in afew episodes.fireworks mishap by the end of the episode. It also parodies the "Starbucks is everywhere" meme by having every story in the mall contain a coffee shop in it - except for the coffee shop, which has a bookstore in it (the bookstore has a smaller coffee shop in it).
* Gigundo-Mart from ''WesternAnimation/DanVs''
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' revolves around CorruptCorporateExecutive Leonardo Leonardo creating the Convenience Store of The Future, which is really more of a massive, sprawling mall, driving Quick Stop and the surrounding block of stores out of business. It's accidentally demolished by Jay and Silent Bob in a
* Gigundo-Mart from ''WesternAnimation/DanVs''
* The monstromarket featured in the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' short "Supermarket Mania". Ironically, it's both more expensive and has less selection than the local Pop's Mart, but the owner tricks customers into thinking he's cheaper by offering a lot of coupons on his inflated prices.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has Garfield saving Vito's pizzeria from a CorruptCorporateExecutive's pizza store chain, which sells terrible-tasting pizza. Its success lies mostly with its coupons and huge cash prizes as well as its industrial machinery that can crank out pizzas at a much faster rate than anyone can by hand (which ironically is the reason why they taste so bad).
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has Garfield saving Vito's pizzeria from a CorruptCorporateExecutive's pizza store chain, which sells terrible-tasting pizza. Its success lies mostly with its coupons and huge cash prizes as well as its industrial machinery that can crank out pizzas at a much faster rate than anyone can by hand (which ironically is the reason why they taste so bad).
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* The monstromarket featured in the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' short "Supermarket Mania". Ironically, it's both more expensive and has less selection than the local Pop's Mart, but the owner tricks customers into thinking he's cheaper by offering a lot of coupons on his inflated prices.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has Garfield saving Vito's pizzeria from a CorruptCorporateExecutive's pizza store chain, which sells terrible-tasting pizza. Its success lies mostly with its coupons and huge cash prizes as well as its industrial machinery that can crank out pizzas at a much faster rate than anyone can by hand (which ironically is the reason why they taste so bad).
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has Garfield saving Vito's pizzeria from a CorruptCorporateExecutive's pizza store chain, which sells terrible-tasting pizza. Its success lies mostly with its coupons and huge cash prizes as well as its industrial machinery that can crank out pizzas at a much faster rate than anyone can by hand (which ironically is the reason why they taste so bad).
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* The monstromarket featured in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' parodied this trope when Johnny's favorite store, the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' short "Supermarket Mania". Ironically, it's both more expensive $1.03 store (a mom-and-pop store where everything costs 1 dollar and has less selection than three cents) is about to close down because of the local Pop's Mart, but $1.02 mart that opened across the owner tricks customers street, complete with a line going out the door. Apparently saving a single cent is that much of an appeal.
* Megalomart from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. There are several instances of the business trying to absorb another company's main work by buying them intothinking he's cheaper by offering merging with it (other small stores, selling propane ([[TooDumbToLive it failed]], [[StuffBlowingUp badly]]), selling authentic meat) and how it ruins Hank's mundane life one way or another (though there is always a RunningGag about how it actually sells a lot of coupons on his inflated prices.
stuff for less whenever Hank realizes it). Also, Alamo Beer in a few episodes.
*An Largest Ever Pet Shop from ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Flim and Flam in the episodeof ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has Garfield saving Vito's pizzeria from "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 3000". They at first try and offer the Apple family a CorruptCorporateExecutive's pizza store chain, which sells terrible-tasting pizza. Its success lies mostly deal to sell them their cider press at a 75-25% deal in their favor, and at that point engage in a competition with its coupons and huge cash prizes as well as its industrial machinery a winner-takes-all selling right to Ponyville's cider supply. When they start losing the competition, they commence cutting costs that can crank out pizzas at a much faster rate than anyone can by hand (which ironically is the reason why leave their cider full of twigs and rocks, forcing them to leave once they taste so bad).win.
* Megalomart from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. There are several instances of the business trying to absorb another company's main work by buying them into
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Flim and Flam in the episode
* Done twice in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethinWallMartThisWayComes Something Wall Mart This Way Comes]]", while Wall Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. [[SpoofAesop So then they just break the mirror which causes the Wall Mart to collapse into itself.]]
*** But then all the townspeople start buying everything from a local hardware store, which expands to meet demand, collapsing the other businesses, and [[HistoryRepeats then gets burned to the ground like Wall Mart.]]
** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]". Most of the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns out that Harbucks actually does make better coffee than Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.
* Kelpshake from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Best Frenemies" moves into Bikini Bottom so quickly that their locations divide like cells, threatening both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs and Plankton have to enter an EnemyMine status to preserve their businesses; unfortunately, the Kelpshakes not only taste bad, they are (implied to be intentionally) addictive and toxic, causing all the locations to be shuttered--and all of the Bikini Bottomites to grow green fur.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethinWallMartThisWayComes Something Wall Mart This Way Comes]]", while Wall Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. [[SpoofAesop So then they just break the mirror which causes the Wall Mart to collapse into itself.]]
*** But then all the townspeople start buying everything from a local hardware store, which expands to meet demand, collapsing the other businesses, and [[HistoryRepeats then gets burned to the ground like Wall Mart.]]
** Subverted in "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]". Most of the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns out that Harbucks actually does make better coffee than Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.
* Kelpshake from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Best Frenemies" moves into Bikini Bottom so quickly that their locations divide like cells, threatening both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs and Plankton have to enter an EnemyMine status to preserve their businesses; unfortunately, the Kelpshakes not only taste bad, they are (implied to be intentionally) addictive and toxic, causing all the locations to be shuttered--and all of the Bikini Bottomites to grow green fur.
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* Kelpshake from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Best Frenemies" moves into Bikini Bottom so quickly that their locations divide like cells, threatening both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs and Plankton have to enter an EnemyMine status to preserve their businesses; unfortunately, the Kelpshakes not only taste bad, they are (implied to be intentionally) addictive and toxic, causing all the locations to be shuttered--and all of the Bikini Bottomites to grow green fur.
* Largest Ever Pet Shop from ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''.
* Gigundo-Mart from ''WesternAnimation/DanVs''
* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' features a new mall in town that has literally everything the kids could want and even offers mall-exclusive credit cards so they don't have to spend any money there. This naturally starts cutting into all of the local businesses' earnings, forcing them into closure. [[spoiler: As it turns out, this trope is somewhat literal in this case; when the credit cards' limits are reached, the owner of the mall turns the kids into statues so he can use them to settle his DealWithTheDevil. Fortunately, Jughead's loyalty to Pops' proves a SpannerInTheWorks and everyone makes it out save for the owner who's forced to face the music on his own.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' parodied this trope when Johnny's favorite store, the $1.03 store (a mom-and-pop store where everything costs 1 dollar and three cents) is about to close down because of the $1.02 mart that opened across the street, complete with a line going out the door. Apparently saving a single cent is that much of an appeal.
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' revolves around CorruptCorporateExecutive Leonardo Leonardo creating the Convenience Store of The Future, which is really more of a massive, sprawling mall, driving Quick Stop and the surrounding block of stores out of business. It's accidentally demolished by Jay and Silent Bob in a fireworks mishap by the end of the episode. It also parodies the "Starbucks is everywhere" meme by having every story in the mall contain a coffee shop in it - except for the coffee shop, which has a bookstore in it (the bookstore has a smaller coffee shop in it).
* Largest Ever Pet Shop from ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''.
* Gigundo-Mart from ''WesternAnimation/DanVs''
* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' features a new mall in town that has literally everything the kids could want and even offers mall-exclusive credit cards so they don't have to spend any money there. This naturally starts cutting into all of the local businesses' earnings, forcing them into closure. [[spoiler: As it turns out, this trope is somewhat literal in this case; when the credit cards' limits are reached, the owner of the mall turns the kids into statues so he can use them to settle his DealWithTheDevil. Fortunately, Jughead's loyalty to Pops' proves a SpannerInTheWorks and everyone makes it out save for the owner who's forced to face the music on his own.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' parodied this trope when Johnny's favorite store, the $1.03 store (a mom-and-pop store where everything costs 1 dollar and three cents) is about to close down because of the $1.02 mart that opened across the street, complete with a line going out the door. Apparently saving a single cent is that much of an appeal.
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' revolves around CorruptCorporateExecutive Leonardo Leonardo creating the Convenience Store of The Future, which is really more of a massive, sprawling mall, driving Quick Stop and the surrounding block of stores out of business. It's accidentally demolished by Jay and Silent Bob in a fireworks mishap by the end of the episode. It also parodies the "Starbucks is everywhere" meme by having every story in the mall contain a coffee shop in it - except for the coffee shop, which has a bookstore in it (the bookstore has a smaller coffee shop in it).
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* Kelpshake from one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' was this to both Mr. Krabs and Plankton, to the point that the locations divided like cells, and Krabs and Plankton had to enter an EnemyMine stasis to preserve their businesses; unfortunately, the Kelpshakes were not only bad-tasting, but (implied to be intentionally) addictive, and were toxic, causing all the locations to be shuttered- and all of the Bikini Bottomites to grow green fur.
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* Kelpshake from one episode of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' was this to both Mr. Krabs and Plankton, to the point episode "Best Frenemies" moves into Bikini Bottom so quickly that the their locations divided divide like cells, threatening both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs and Plankton had have to enter an EnemyMine stasis status to preserve their businesses; unfortunately, the Kelpshakes were not only bad-tasting, but taste bad, they are (implied to be intentionally) addictive, addictive and were toxic, causing all the locations to be shuttered- and shuttered--and all of the Bikini Bottomites to grow green fur.
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When considering whether an example would fit this trope or not, please keep in mind that simply having a large corporate entity in the story may not qualify it as a Predatory Business. The intention of this trope is that the large corporation's aggressive business tactics and the opposition to the corporation should figure in a plot or subplot. For situations where the corporate entity is more of a environmental detail or a mood-setting device, MegaCorp or BlandNameProduct may be more appropriate.
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When considering whether an example would fit this trope or not, please keep in mind that simply having a large corporate entity in the story may not qualify it as a Predatory Business. The intention of this trope is that the large corporation's aggressive business tactics and the opposition to the corporation should figure in a plot or subplot. For situations where the corporate entity is more of a an environmental detail or a mood-setting device, MegaCorp or BlandNameProduct may be more appropriate.
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* In the ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1507427 Surveillance]]'' series by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/smilebackwards/pseuds/smilebackwards smilebackwards]] Tim Drake never becomes Robin, and instead acts as the rather combative and very young CEO of Drake Enterprises fighting off ComicBook/LexLuthor's increasingly deadly attempts to undermine and buy out his parents' company and other resources Tim prevents him from getting his hands on, like Kryptonite.
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* In the ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1507427 Surveillance]]'' series by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/smilebackwards/pseuds/smilebackwards smilebackwards]] smilebackwards]], Tim Drake never becomes Robin, and instead acts as the rather combative and very young CEO of Drake Enterprises fighting off ComicBook/LexLuthor's increasingly deadly attempts to undermine and buy out his parents' company and other resources Tim prevents him from getting his hands on, like Kryptonite.
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* Early example: Ring's Come-one Come-all Up-to-date Stores from ''An International Affair'' by Creator/PGWodehouse. Local, cosy "Ma and Pa" tea-shop depends on students of local boarding school. Along comes Evil Franchised Store, undercutting them something awful and fully intending to take advantage of the local yokels. Then some plucky students band together, have tea at the New Place, and secretly take something that makes them really sick, thus giving the New Place a reputation for food poisoning.
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* Early example: Ring's Come-one Come-all Up-to-date Stores from ''An International Affair'' by Creator/PGWodehouse. Local, cosy "Ma and Pa" tea-shop tea shop depends on students of local boarding school. Along comes Evil Franchised Store, undercutting them something awful and fully intending to take advantage of the local yokels. Then some plucky students band together, have tea at the New Place, and secretly take something that makes them really sick, thus giving the New Place a reputation for food poisoning.
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* Speedy Mart, from the ''Literature/KittyNorville'' series by Carrie Vaughn. The owner of the chain creates natural disasters with magic. Kitty's bounty hunter friend that tried to kill her once saves the day, with help from a century old ghost. It makes sense in context.
** The stores themselves appear to be clean if a draw for paranormal activity. It's just that the chain exists not to do business but to cover the movements of and provide (what are effectively) "arms caches" to a very high priced contract killer. It's left unspecified whether the chain is subsidized by the proceeds of criminal activity (which would indeed let it unfairly compete).
** The stores themselves appear to be clean if a draw for paranormal activity. It's just that the chain exists not to do business but to cover the movements of and provide (what are effectively) "arms caches" to a very high priced contract killer. It's left unspecified whether the chain is subsidized by the proceeds of criminal activity (which would indeed let it unfairly compete).
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* Speedy Mart, from the ''Literature/KittyNorville'' series by Carrie Vaughn. The owner of the chain creates natural disasters with magic. Kitty's bounty hunter friend that tried to kill her once saves the day, with help from a century old century-old ghost. It makes sense in context.
** The stores themselves appear to be clean if a draw for paranormal activity. It's just that the chain exists not to do business but to cover the movements of and provide (what are effectively) "arms caches" to a veryhigh priced high-priced contract killer. It's left unspecified whether the chain is subsidized by the proceeds of criminal activity (which would indeed let it unfairly compete).
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* In ''Literature/ReaperMan'', [[DeathTakesAHoliday Death is fired]] and one consequence of there being too much life force in the world as a result is that it starts making metaphors literal. One such metaphor is the idea that big corporate shopping malls are parasitic predators that suck the life out of inner city shops, with a living mall coming into existence as a result.
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* In ''Literature/ReaperMan'', [[DeathTakesAHoliday Death is fired]] and one consequence of there being too much life force in the world as a result is that it starts making metaphors literal. One such metaphor is the idea that big corporate shopping malls are parasitic predators that suck the life out of inner city inner-city shops, with a living mall coming into existence as a result.
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* In ''Series/{{Lottery}}'', a small mom and pop grocery store finds itself facing a major supermarket opening up across the street. They refuse to be bought out and they are about to be crushed, but the Intersweep Lottery rep comes to tell them they won over a million dollars. Armed with this sudden windfall, the family decides to fight fire with fire with the supermarket and enters a competition war is so fierce that the supermarket chain's owner investigates and he turns about to a friend of the small store family and a compromise is reached.
* This trope was examined on the "Wal-Mart" episode of ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''. Penn argues that Wal-Mart's growth is the natural end result of capitalism, and that demonizing Wal-Mart is unfair.
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team tries to stop a new big box store from opening and driving the local mom-and-pop out of business. Unfortunately, the episode treats the big store's predatory nature mostly as an InformedFlaw and thus we get a BrokenAesop where the heroes seem to be sabotaging a legitimate business because it is offering better prices and service then the team's clients. The executive in charge of the store opening uses a number of unethical tactics and is a jerk but most of it is in response to the various underhand tactics the team uses to try to shut the store down.
* ''Series/{{Superstore}}'': Cloud 9, as an expy of Wal-Mart. Glenn mentions that they drove his father's hardware store out of business, and despite working for them as a manager he has a deeply repressed grudge that flares up from time to time. [[spoiler: Such as in season 6 when the CEO reveals that he made his dad eat dog food.]]
* This trope was examined on the "Wal-Mart" episode of ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''. Penn argues that Wal-Mart's growth is the natural end result of capitalism, and that demonizing Wal-Mart is unfair.
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team tries to stop a new big box store from opening and driving the local mom-and-pop out of business. Unfortunately, the episode treats the big store's predatory nature mostly as an InformedFlaw and thus we get a BrokenAesop where the heroes seem to be sabotaging a legitimate business because it is offering better prices and service then the team's clients. The executive in charge of the store opening uses a number of unethical tactics and is a jerk but most of it is in response to the various underhand tactics the team uses to try to shut the store down.
* ''Series/{{Superstore}}'': Cloud 9, as an expy of Wal-Mart. Glenn mentions that they drove his father's hardware store out of business, and despite working for them as a manager he has a deeply repressed grudge that flares up from time to time. [[spoiler: Such as in season 6 when the CEO reveals that he made his dad eat dog food.]]
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* In ''Series/{{Lottery}}'', a small mom and pop mom-and-pop grocery store finds itself facing a major supermarket opening up across the street. They refuse to be bought out and they are about to be crushed, but the Intersweep Lottery rep comes to tell them they won over a million dollars. Armed with this sudden windfall, the family decides to fight fire with fire with against the supermarket and enters a competition war is so fierce that the supermarket chain's owner investigates and he turns about to a friend of the small store family family, and a compromise is reached.
* This trope was examined on the "Wal-Mart" episode of ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''. Penn argues that Wal-Mart's growth is the natural end result ofcapitalism, capitalism and that demonizing Wal-Mart is unfair.
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team tries to stop a new big box store from opening and driving the local mom-and-pop out of business. Unfortunately, the episode treats the big store's predatory nature mostly as an InformedFlaw and thus we get a BrokenAesop where the heroes seem to be sabotaging a legitimate business because it is offering better prices and servicethen than the team's clients. The executive in charge of the store opening uses a number of unethical tactics and is a jerk but most of it is in response to the various underhand tactics the team uses to try to shut the store down.
* ''Series/{{Superstore}}'': Cloud 9, as an expy of Wal-Mart. Glenn mentions that they drove his father's hardware store out of business, and despite working for them as amanager manager, he has a deeply repressed grudge that flares up from time to time. [[spoiler: Such as in season 6 when the CEO reveals that he made his dad eat dog food.]]
* This trope was examined on the "Wal-Mart" episode of ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit''. Penn argues that Wal-Mart's growth is the natural end result of
* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team tries to stop a new big box store from opening and driving the local mom-and-pop out of business. Unfortunately, the episode treats the big store's predatory nature mostly as an InformedFlaw and thus we get a BrokenAesop where the heroes seem to be sabotaging a legitimate business because it is offering better prices and service
* ''Series/{{Superstore}}'': Cloud 9, as an expy of Wal-Mart. Glenn mentions that they drove his father's hardware store out of business, and despite working for them as a
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* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/AdamAtHome'' is Clayton forgoing the traditional [[UsefulNotes/LemonadeStands lemonade stand]] in favor of a coffee stand. One Sunday strip has him waiting for customers only for a sinister looking limo to drive by. After asking them "Can I help you?", we SmashCut to a panel of Clayton holding a wad of bills while his stand is bulldozed to make way for a new Starbucks.
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* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/AdamAtHome'' is Clayton forgoing the traditional [[UsefulNotes/LemonadeStands lemonade stand]] in favor of a coffee stand. One Sunday strip has him waiting for customers only for a sinister looking sinister-looking limo to drive by. After asking them "Can I help you?", we SmashCut to a panel of Clayton holding a wad of bills while his stand is bulldozed to make way for a new Starbucks.
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* In ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'' just about every megacorp plans on doing what ever it takes to gain more grounds against the other megacorps. They’re also not afraid to go on all out war with each other.
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* In ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'' just about every megacorp plans on doing what ever whatever it takes to gain more grounds against the other megacorps. They’re also not afraid to go on all out to all-out war with each other.
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* DOGMA from ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''. An evil, faceless corporation that controls 97% of the video game market at the beginning of the game, having crushed all the competition... Except for Creator/{{Sega}}, who launches the "[[TitleDrop Project Segagaga]]" as a last ditch effort to stop DOGMA's threat of total monopoly.
* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' provides a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example with the Ham Panther, a large supermarket/general goods chain that put the friendly local supermarket (and its slightly-creepy animatronics) out of business. Although several townsfolk, including Mae, resent the loss, Bea reminds her that it provides a much-needed boost to Possum Springs's economy and employees a good number of residents, including Mae's own father.
* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' provides a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example with the Ham Panther, a large supermarket/general goods chain that put the friendly local supermarket (and its slightly-creepy animatronics) out of business. Although several townsfolk, including Mae, resent the loss, Bea reminds her that it provides a much-needed boost to Possum Springs's economy and employees a good number of residents, including Mae's own father.
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* DOGMA from ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''. An evil, faceless corporation that controls 97% of the video game market at the beginning of the game, having crushed all the competition... Except for Creator/{{Sega}}, who launches the "[[TitleDrop Project Segagaga]]" as a last ditch last-ditch effort to stop DOGMA's threat of total monopoly.
* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' provides a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example with the Ham Panther, a large supermarket/general goods chain that put the friendly local supermarket (and its slightly-creepy animatronics) out of business. Although several townsfolk, including Mae, resent the loss, Bea reminds her that it provides a much-needed boost to Possum Springs's economy andemployees employs a good number of residents, including Mae's own father.
* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' provides a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example with the Ham Panther, a large supermarket/general goods chain that put the friendly local supermarket (and its slightly-creepy animatronics) out of business. Although several townsfolk, including Mae, resent the loss, Bea reminds her that it provides a much-needed boost to Possum Springs's economy and
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* [=StrexCorp=] in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' turned Night Vale's rival city of Desert Bluffs into a CompanyTown a while ago and in the first two years of the podcast start moving into Night Vale. Buying out or driving into bankruptcy every business in the city, including the community radio station, and also worshipping a vile Smiling God who was pure evil even by Night Vale standards. Fortunately, in episode 49 Night Vale managed to succeed at a bloody revolution and what was left of the company was bought by Old Woman Josie's angel friends.
* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing of Starbucks, and their systematic destruction of small business coffee shops. Unfortunately, he dealt with this by ranting at the barista, who of course had zero influence on anything the company did (though his attitude about how no one "gives a shit" about small business didn't help his case).
* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing of Starbucks, and their systematic destruction of small business coffee shops. Unfortunately, he dealt with this by ranting at the barista, who of course had zero influence on anything the company did (though his attitude about how no one "gives a shit" about small business didn't help his case).
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* [=StrexCorp=] in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' turned Night Vale's rival city of Desert Bluffs into a CompanyTown a while ago and in the first two years of the podcast start moving into Night Vale. Buying out or driving into bankruptcy every business in the city, including the community radio station, and also worshipping a vile Smiling God who was pure evil even by Night Vale standards. Fortunately, in episode 49 49, Night Vale managed to succeed at a bloody revolution and what was left of the company was bought by Old Woman Josie's angel friends.
* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing ofStarbucks, Starbucks and their systematic destruction of small business coffee shops. Unfortunately, he dealt with this by ranting at the barista, who of course had zero influence on anything the company did (though his attitude about how no one "gives a shit" about small business didn't help his case).
* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing of
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* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' parodied this trope when Johnny's favorite store, the $1.03 store (a mom and pop store where everything costs 1 dollar and three cents) is about to close down because of the $1.02 mart that opened across the street, complete with a line going out the door. Apparently saving a single cent is that much of an appeal.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' parodied this trope when Johnny's favorite store, the $1.03 store (a mom and pop mom-and-pop store where everything costs 1 dollar and three cents) is about to close down because of the $1.02 mart that opened across the street, complete with a line going out the door. Apparently saving a single cent is that much of an appeal.
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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Discussed. The MadScientist doctor Yatsubiyashi tells Akira about his {{Nanomachine}} HealingPotion that has a SicklyGreenGlow, saying that the only reason it’s not more popular is this from the MegaCorp within the OneNationUnderCopyright government, before selling him some. It turns out [[spoiler:Yatsubiyashi develops it into a SuperSerum after making a DealWithTheDevil with Tsubaki for info on LostTechnology.]] However, despite us learning this, MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate aside, what he said may well be true.
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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Discussed. The MadScientist doctor Yatsubiyashi tells Akira about his {{Nanomachine}} {{Nanomachine|s}} HealingPotion that has a SicklyGreenGlow, saying that the only reason it’s not more popular is this from the MegaCorp within the OneNationUnderCopyright government, before selling him some. It turns out [[spoiler:Yatsubiyashi develops it into a SuperSerum after making a DealWithTheDevil with Tsubaki for info on LostTechnology.]] LostTechnology]]. However, despite us learning this, MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate aside, what he said may well be true.
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* Creator/OrsonScottCard's prequel novel ''Literature/EarthUnaware'' portrays Juke Limited in this manner. A big [[AsteroidMiners asteroid mining]] conglomerate that routinely puts down its competitors and free mining families. Lem Jukes, the son of the company's CEO, is tasked with testing the company's latest invention -- a gravity laser designed to break down asteroids into component parts for easy mining. He needs a large asteroid to test it on but doesn't want to spend four months traveling to a free one (and then four months back), so instead chooses to "bump" a free miner ship from a nearby asteroid. When a crewmember raises concerns over the ethical side of things, he does his best to point out how they're not actually doing anything ''bad''. The free miners don't legally own the asteroid. Unfortunately, the "bump" results in [[spoiler:the death of one of the free miners]].
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* Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/EarthUnaware,'' a prequel novel ''Literature/EarthUnaware'' to ''Literature/EndersGame,'' portrays Juke Limited in this manner. A big [[AsteroidMiners asteroid mining]] conglomerate that routinely puts down its competitors and free mining families. Lem Jukes, the son of the company's CEO, is tasked with testing the company's latest invention -- a gravity laser designed to break down asteroids into component parts for easy mining. He needs a large asteroid to test it on but doesn't want to spend four months traveling to a free one (and then four months back), so instead chooses to "bump" a free miner ship from a nearby asteroid. When a crewmember raises concerns over the ethical side of things, he does his best to point out how they're not actually doing anything ''bad''. The free miners don't legally own the asteroid. Unfortunately, the "bump" results in [[spoiler:the death of one of the free miners]].
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* Megalomart from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. Also Alamo Beer in a few episodes. However, after the Megalomart is blown up and rebuilt it stops being this.
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* Megalomart from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. Also There are several instances of the business trying to absorb another company's main work by buying them into merging with it (other small stores, selling propane ([[TooDumbToLive it failed]], [[StuffBlowingUp badly]]), selling authentic meat) and how it ruins Hank's mundane life one way or another (though there is always a RunningGag about how it actually sells a lot of stuff for less whenever Hank realizes it). Also, Alamo Beer in a few episodes. However, after the Megalomart is blown up and rebuilt it stops being this.episodes.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of {{Mega Corp}}s. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager.
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** Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of {{Mega Corp}}s. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager.
** Junes is ''regarded'' as one, though it's more a parody of {{Mega Corp}}s. Its poor reputation (though people still shop there even while blaming it for driving small shops out of business, similar to people in Walmart in real life) has several long-reaching effects; the most obvious is on party member Yosuke, who happens to be the son of the manager.
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* Pizza Bat in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes 2: Desperate Struggle'', which has hurt the local fast food places like Burger Suplex.
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* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': Pizza Bat in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes 2: Desperate Struggle'', Bat, which has hurt the local fast food places like Burger Suplex.
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* Subverted in Emile Zola's ''Au Bonheur des Dames'', where the owner of the aggressively expanding corporation is the protagonist. It doesn't prevent Zola from pointing out (with impressive foresight) how such stores tend to drive their less competitive neighbours out of business.
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* Subverted in Emile Zola's ''Au Bonheur des Dames'', where the owner of the aggressively expanding corporation is the protagonist. It doesn't prevent Zola from pointing out (with impressive foresight) how such stores tend to drive their less competitive neighbours neighbors out of business.
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** In "Something Wall Mart This Way Comes", while Wall Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. [[SpoofAesop So then they just break the mirror which causes the Wall Mart to collapse into itself.]]
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** In "Something "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E9SomethinWallMartThisWayComes Something Wall Mart This Way Comes", Comes]]", while Wall Mart ''is'' the physical shell of an EldritchAbomination, the boys make the argument that if the citizens of South Park really don't want it to succeed over the local "mom & pop" stores... ''stop shopping there''. This is [[{{Pun}} reflected]] by the core of the Wall Mart being a mirror, so the boys (who were told to destroy the core) see themselves in it. [[SpoofAesop So then they just break the mirror which causes the Wall Mart to collapse into itself.]]
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** Subverted in the episode for [[BlandNameProduct Harbucks]] Coffee. Most of the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns out that Harbucks actually does make better coffee than Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.
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** Subverted in the episode for [[BlandNameProduct Harbucks]] Coffee."[[Recap/SouthParkS2E17Gnomes Gnomes]]". Most of the episode involves a small coffee shop owner, Mr. Tweek, trying to keep Harbucks from imposing on his business, including forcing the four main characters to rally the town around him. Then it turns out that Harbucks actually does make better coffee than Tweek's when the townspeople finally get around to tasting it, and Mr. Tweek is even offered a good job working there but he declines and then jokes about selling his son to slavery.
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* Superstore USA from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', which not only drives all other businesses into bankruptcy, it even leeches the town's power supply, leading to rolling blackouts for everyone else. Brian and Stewie destroy it with a tank at the end of the episode.
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* Superstore USA from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E3HellComesToQuahog Hell Comes to Quahog]]", which not only drives all other businesses into bankruptcy, it even leeches the town's power supply, leading to rolling blackouts for everyone else. Brian and Stewie destroy it with a tank at the end of the episode.
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** In an earlier episode, Bart goes to a mall to get his ear pierced, passing several Starbucks stores, and a place with a sign saying "Coming Soon - A Starbucks". On entering the piercing store, he is informed that it is becoming a Starbucks in five minutes. Five minutes later, Bart leaves with a pierced ear and a Starbucks cup while ''every'' store behind him has become a Starbucks.
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** In an earlier episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]", Bart goes to a mall to get his ear pierced, passing several Starbucks stores, and a place with a sign saying "Coming Soon - A Starbucks". On entering the piercing store, he is informed that it is becoming a Starbucks in five minutes. Five minutes later, Bart leaves with a pierced ear and a Starbucks cup while ''every'' store behind him has become a Starbucks.
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* ''Series/TheNuttHouse'': The Texplex hotel chain wants to buy the Nutt House, mostly because the owner told him 'no', and "Nobody ever says no to me!"
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* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing of Starbucks, and their systematic destruction of small business coffee shops. Unfortunately, he dealt with this by ranting at the barista, who of course had zero influence on anything the company did (though his attitude about how no one "gives a shit" about small business didnt help his case).
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* ''WebAnimation/NeuroticallyYours'' had a running gag about Foamy's absolute loathing of Starbucks, and their systematic destruction of small business coffee shops. Unfortunately, he dealt with this by ranting at the barista, who of course had zero influence on anything the company did (though his attitude about how no one "gives a shit" about small business didnt didn't help his case).
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* Flim and Flam in the Episode Super Speed Cider Squeezy 3000 of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', they at first try and offer them a deal to sell them their cider press at a 75-25% deal in their favour and at that point, engage in a competition with a winner-takes-all selling right to Ponyville' cider supply. When they start losing the competition, they commence cutting costs that leave their cider full of twigs and rocks, forcing them to leave once they win.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Flim and Flam in the Episode episode "The Super Speed Speedy Cider Squeezy 3000 of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', they 3000". They at first try and offer them the Apple family a deal to sell them their cider press at a 75-25% deal in their favour favor, and at that point, point engage in a competition with a winner-takes-all selling right to Ponyville' Ponyville's cider supply. When they start losing the competition, they commence cutting costs that leave their cider full of twigs and rocks, forcing them to leave once they win.
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* Superstore USA from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', which not only drives all other businesses into bankruptcy, it even leeches the towns power supply, leading to rolling blackouts for everyone else. Brian and Stewie destroy it with a tank at the end of the episode.
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* Superstore USA from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', which not only drives all other businesses into bankruptcy, it even leeches the towns town's power supply, leading to rolling blackouts for everyone else. Brian and Stewie destroy it with a tank at the end of the episode.
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has Garfield saving Vito's pizzeria from a CorruptCorporateExecutive's pizza store chain, which sells terrible-tasting pizza. It's success lies mostly with their coupons and huge cash prizes as well as its industrial machinery that can crank out pizzas at a much faster rate than anyone can by hand (which ironically is the reason why they taste so bad).
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has Garfield saving Vito's pizzeria from a CorruptCorporateExecutive's pizza store chain, which sells terrible-tasting pizza. It's Its success lies mostly with their its coupons and huge cash prizes as well as its industrial machinery that can crank out pizzas at a much faster rate than anyone can by hand (which ironically is the reason why they taste so bad).
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' features a new mall in town that has literally everything the kids could want and even offers mall-exclusive credit cards so they don't have to spend any money there. This naturally starts cutting into all of the local businesses' earnings, forcing them into closure. [[spoiler: As it turns out, this trope is somewhat literal in this case; when the credit cards' limits are reached, the owner of the mall turns the kids into statues so he can use them to settle his DealWithTheDevil. Fortunately Jughead's loyalty to Pops' proves a SpannerInTheWorks and everyone makes it out save for the owner who's forced to face the music on his own.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' features a new mall in town that has literally everything the kids could want and even offers mall-exclusive credit cards so they don't have to spend any money there. This naturally starts cutting into all of the local businesses' earnings, forcing them into closure. [[spoiler: As it turns out, this trope is somewhat literal in this case; when the credit cards' limits are reached, the owner of the mall turns the kids into statues so he can use them to settle his DealWithTheDevil. Fortunately Fortunately, Jughead's loyalty to Pops' proves a SpannerInTheWorks and everyone makes it out save for the owner who's forced to face the music on his own.]]
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* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' revolves around CorruptCorporateExecutive Leonardo Leonardo creating the Convienience Store of The Future, which is really more of a massive, sprawling mall, driving Quick Stop and the surrounding block of stores out of business. It's accidentally demolished by Jay and Silent Bob in a fireworks mishap by the end of the episode. It also parodies the "Starbucks is everywhere" meme by having every story in the mall contain a coffee shop in it - except for the coffee shop, which has a bookstore in it (the bookstore has a smaller coffee shop in it).
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* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' revolves around CorruptCorporateExecutive Leonardo Leonardo creating the Convienience Convenience Store of The Future, which is really more of a massive, sprawling mall, driving Quick Stop and the surrounding block of stores out of business. It's accidentally demolished by Jay and Silent Bob in a fireworks mishap by the end of the episode. It also parodies the "Starbucks is everywhere" meme by having every story in the mall contain a coffee shop in it - except for the coffee shop, which has a bookstore in it (the bookstore has a smaller coffee shop in it).
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* ''Series/{{Superstore}}'': Cloud 9, as an expy of Wal-Mart. Glenn mentions that they drove his father's hardware store out of business, and despite working for them as a manager he has a deeply repressed grudge that flares up from time to time. [[spoiler: Such as in season 6 when the CEO reveals that he made his dad eat dog food.]]
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* ''Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices'', a {{documentary}} [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin that]] attempts to prove that UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} is this trope.
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* ''Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices'', ''Film/WalmartTheHighCostOfLowPrices'', a {{documentary}} [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin that]] attempts to prove that UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} is this trope.
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* Parodied in ''The Creator/LennyHenry Show'' sketches featuring Paul's Brixton Bibliotheque. Despite his insistence that Waterstones (the big UK bookshop chain) is driving him out of business, it's clear that his main problems are that not many people know a "bibliotheque" is a bookshop, and the rants he unleashes at what few customers he gets.
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* Parodied in ''The Creator/LennyHenry Show'' sketches featuring Paul's Brixton Bibliotheque. Despite his insistence that Waterstones (the big UK bookshop chain) is driving him out of business, it's clear that his main problems are that not many people know a "bibliotheque" is a bookshop, and the rants he unleashes at what few customers he gets.
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* Herdthinners Inc in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' is a massive corporation that uses underhanded methods to take down the competition, with Kell's rival company, Dewclaw's Fine Meats, mostly surviving because Herdthinners' ''internal'' ruthlessness is often counterproductive, while her employees and customers actually ''like'' her. Of course, both of them are quite literally predatory.
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* In ''Manga/IkokuMeiroNoCroisee'', the Galerie du Roy is threatened by the opening of a "Grande Magazine", or as it would be known now, a Department Store.
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* In ''Manga/IkokuMeiroNoCroisee'', ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'', the Galerie du Roy is threatened by the opening of a "Grande Magazine", or as it would be known now, a Department Store.