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People Break Down Their Absolute Favorite Fictitious Products From TV Shows

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While we've all seen familiar items in TV shows, or even obvious product placement, most TV shows and movies also include items that were specifically made for their story line.

Though they're meant to be fictitious, we can't lie and say that we haven't wished for some of these items to be real.


Redditor splendid_moisture asked:

"What is your favorite fictitious product from a TV show?"

Instant Toast

"As someone who doesn’t have a toaster and hates the wait time but loves toast, that instant toast-cutting knife from 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' sounds reallyyy good right about now."

- TechsSandwich

Quick-Fix Prescriptions

"'Colon Blow' from SNL (Saturday Night Live) with Phil Hartman."

- Ok_Report_6272

"Or Chris Farley’s 'Hibernol.'"

"While you sleep, living off stored body fat, the cold will run its course. In fact, many other colds and flus may come and go, but you won’t even know it, because you’re out cold!"

- Bosoxbooster

Vitameatavegamin

"Vitameatavegamin from 'I Love Lucy.'"

- Wonderful_Horror7215

"It's so tasty, too!"

- emmennwhy

"Just like candy... honest."

- spitel

"Do you pop out at parties? Are you unpoopular?"

- 1201_alarm

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin to do!"

- deadwood

Big Kahuna Burger

"The Big Kahuna Burger from 'Pulp Fiction'!?"

- naugasnake

"That's some serious gourmet s**t."

- r2mayo

"Now THAT is a tasty burger!"

- quackupreddit

Log Log Log

"'Log' from 'Ren and Stimpy.'"

- Canazabis

"What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, and over your neighbor's dog?"

- BetterThanHorus

"What's great for a snack and fits on your back?"

- WishBear19

"IT'S LOG, LOG, LOG."

- maggot_smegma

Bachelor Chow

"Bachelor Chow from 'Futurama.'"

- TheRogueToad

"When I was a bachelor, there was a time when I was like, 'I could go for that if it were a real thing...'"

- macjoven

"The way my husband ate before we got married? Yeah, I'm pretty sure he would have just bought Bachelor Chow by the case and eaten it from the can with a spoon every day. They were pretty on point with that one, lol (laughing out loud)."

- niceoldgranny

Krabby Patty

"The Krabby Patty of course."

- DarkCinnamon

"Ravioli, ravioli, give me the formuoli."

- grantgoldenboy

"It'd probably taste bad to humans. It's made for sea creatures and is meant to be eaten underwater."

- fluffynuckels

Products from "Back to the Future"

"Hoverboards from 'Back to the Future.'"

- VodkaMargarine

"I'd actually rather have the pizza hydrator."

- Hammerheadhunter

"Those auto-tighten shoes he wears in 'Back to the Future 2' blew my little mind back in the day. They're actually a thing now."

- TripleB_Darksyde

Veridian Dynamics, Period.

"Anything from Veridian Dynamics on 'Better Off Ted.'"

- Paxil_popper

"Even the weaponized pumpkins?"

"...I sure miss 'Better Off Ted.'"

- UnitedCitizen

"'Veridian Dynamics. We're the future of food, developing the next generation of food and food-like products. Tomatoes... the size of this baby, lemon-flavored fish, chicken that lay 16 eggs a day, which is a lot for a chicken, organic vegetables chock-full of antidepressants.'"

"'At Veridian Dynamics, we can even make radishes so spicy that people can't eat them, but we're not, because people can't eat them. Veridian Dynamics. Food. Yum.'"

- Hey_look_new

"The commercials were the best part. 'We treat our employees like family. That’s why we make them work weekends and all major holidays, because that’s when families should be together.'"

- edgestander

Also Anything by ACME

"The complete ACME line of products from 'Looney Tunes.'"

- sickelite

"Slingshot, dynamite, they've got it all!"

- Snoo-35252

An Egg Salad Sandwich

"The egg salad sandwich that Fry ate in 'Futurama' that made him smarter and muscular."

- wrexmason

"What's that black cracker? Tomato."

- Mdmrtgn

Fight Milk

"'Fight Milk' from 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.'"

- DrRonny

"I drink some every day so I can fight like a crow."

- Caiden0907

Resources from 'Star Trek'

"The replicator from Star Trek. Though not too sure if it categorizes as a product in a world without money."

- AdmiralClover

"The Holodeck!"

- sharrrper

"Yes, and the transporter... though it freaks me out."

- RhymesWithLasagna

"Even 'Star Trek' has a character who doesn't like them."

- AdmiralClover

"Totally! I get why. I've had so many conversations about it with my husband trying to understand the theory especially when the transporter pads are used vs site to site transports... And it seems to me a person is taken apart and then put back together elsewhere, and it's questionable if that's the same person really. But the convenience seems so wonderful!"

- RhymesWithLasagna

Cleaning Supplies

"Mr. Sparkle."

"It's disrespectful to dirt."

- okay_victory_yes

Getting By with a Little Help from Our Friends

"The milk spout thing that Joey was in a commercial for on 'Friends.'"

- InspectionNo9917

"ÜBERWEISS from 'Friends.' As a German, I can't stop laughing about it."

- Ser_Optimus

"Ross's sandwich from Season Five of 'Friends' that Monica saved for him. I know I could make something similar, but I want that one."

- Cho596

From food to cleaning supplies to techy gadgets, it seems most viewers have wanted something to be real from their favorite shows at some point.

Somehow, our shows would feel all the more real if we could connect through a shared object, in the way we've already shared experiences with our favorite characters.

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