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== Comic Books ==
* In the DC universe, Lexcorp tends to be one of these, especially during the periods that [[Lex Luthor]] has been a [[Villain with Good Publicity]].
== Film ==
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* In the movie ''[[Spaceballs]]'' all products seen are Spaceballs brand, due to Yogurt's ownership of the film's own merchandising rights.
* In the movie ''[[Braindead]]'' uncle Les uses an Acme brand clothes mangle.
* ''[[1941
* In the film of ''[[The Losers]]'', the team has to hack into a hard drive from Goliath International, which makes "pretty much everything."
* Roy makes use of Acme to get the robot dog he needs to defeat RoboCat in the cartoon portion of ''[[Stay Tuned]]'', being a [[Genre Savvy]] couch potato TV addict.
== Literature ==
* The RAMJAC Corporation is a fictional multinational conglomerate, or megacorp, featured in several novels by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]. In ''[[Jailbird]]'', the company at its height owns 19 percent of the United States. Every time any product or corporation is mentioned, it is also mentioned that it is owned by the RAMJAC Corporation.
* The novel ''[[The Quillan Games]]'' in the Pendragon series features the territory of Quillan, in which the Blok corporation, which started as a general store, evolved until it completely controlled the territory, and produce literally everything, from food to buildings to artwork, on the planet. If it doesn't have the name "Blok" on it, it probably doesn't exist or is boarded up underground with a factory or concentration camp built over it.
* In [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[Known Space]]'' series, all starship hulls and a multitude of other useful high-tech products are sold by an alien-owned company called General Products.
** Not ''all'' hulls, just the {{spoiler|near-invulnerable, radiation-proof ones that come in four useful sizes...}} which does kind of give them an advantage in the market, I guess.
* The Pixler corporation in ''[[Abarat]]'' doesn't have a monopoly, but it likes to say in its marketing copy that it will provide for you from cradle to grave—which it very well may, given that it runs both hospitals and funeral centers. In between, it provides everything from food to education. (And yes, these people are [[Mega Corp|evil]].)
* Jasper Fforde's ''[[Thursday Next]]'' series has the Goliath Corporation. Its motto is "For all you'll ever need."
** And in the
* The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' produces most of the sentient robots, sentient computers, and sentient elevators ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) seen in the series. They have a very poor reputation and at one point it's mentioned that their complaints division is the only part of the company that turns a profit.
** The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation describes the robot as "your plastic pal that's fun to be with". The Guide describes The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as, well, a string of rather bad words which were still marginally fit to print. For instance, one of the more infamous products was an automated door which responds "Please enjoy your trip through this door", "Thank you for making a simple door very happy" or simply "[[Thanking the Viewer|Thank You]]" whenever anyone walks through (the exact wording varies from print to radio to TV).
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** To a lesser extent the Spacing Guild, who are a strangulatory monopoly (and own about a third of CHOAM's stock) as the only entity capable of space travel and the only owners of interstellar ships - all of CHOAM's goods require them, and they take a hefty cut of profit, as well as all transport or movement - without the Guild, the Empire, and CHOAM, collapses.
== Live
* Nickelodeon show ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'' had this, with everyone listening to Krebstarr radios and wearing Kreb of the Loom underwear.
* ''[[Max Headroom]]'' had Zik Zak. Motto: "We make everything you need, and you need everything we make."
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* The Shutsu Tonka Unitocracy in ''DAAS Kapital''.
▲== Roleplaying Games ==
* ''[[Deadlands]]'': Smith & Robards has everything a player character will ever need, all the way to customized submarines. And for the cash-strapped, there's always El Cheapo.
* ''[[Toon (game)|Toon]]: The Cartoon RPG'' has the Ace Company, purveyor of all sorts of crazy props for Toon characters.
== Theatre ==
* General Products{{verify}}<!-- Wikipedia says the name is "International Projects", but their article is primarily about the movie adaptation. --> in ''[[The Solid Gold Cadillac]]'' is a diversified conglomerate manufacturing everything from locomotives to clocks to bobby pins.
== Video Games ==
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* Cheap as Free in ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' (with a few exceptions: Compy computers, Videlectrix video games, and Cold Ones beer).
* ''[[MSF High]]'': Miss Fenris runs one of these, with lots of fine print.▼
== Web Originals ==
* [[Doctor Steel]] seems to order some of his supplies from them; he can produce a large hammer or lit stick of dynamite at will...▼
* Dynamic Utility Products, from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' produces everything from cigarette lighters to machine guns to playing cards. You can find DUP's products in every home in America, practically. Of course, they're secretly a front for [[Ancient Conspiracy|TAROT]], the world's greatest criminal organization.▼
== Western Animation ==
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* A short on ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons]]'' had a company called "Apex" that specialized in cartoon props and gadgets; the plot of the cartoon revolved around a fox and a weasel sneaking along on a tour of their factory to get their hands on some of these gadgets.
* A ''Disney's [[Doug]]'' (actually ''[[Show Within a Show|Quailman]]'') episode features [[Fun with Acronyms|S.T.U.A.R.T.]], a company that makes all sorts of products which malfunction and fail on purpose just to annoy their users as much as possible.
▲* ''[[MSF High]]'': Miss Fenris runs one of these, with lots of fine print.
▲== Web Originals ==
▲* [[Doctor Steel]] seems to order some of his supplies from them; he can produce a large hammer or lit stick of dynamite at will...
▲* Dynamic Utility Products, from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' produces everything from cigarette lighters to machine guns to playing cards. You can find DUP's products in every home in America, practically. Of course, they're secretly a front for [[Ancient Conspiracy|TAROT]], the world's greatest criminal organization.
== Real Life ==
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* The [http://www.tata.com/ Tata Group] in India, supplier of many products including automobiles, energy, and even ''tea''.
* In a similar vein with Samsung, LG Corporation, primarily known as an electronics manufacturer outside of South Korea, also carries household care products, cosmetics, beverages (as a Coca-Cola licensee no less) and their own telecom provider.
* Ditto with the Lotte Corporation, primarily known as a confectionery brand outside of Korea, but is South Korea's fifth largest ''chaebol'', engaged in industries as diverse as beverages, hotels, fast food, retail, financial services, industrial chemicals, electronics, IT, construction, publishing, and entertainment.
* The Walton Group in Bangladesh. While they primarily specialise in electronics, their product line covers things as diverse as desktops, laptops, RAM sticks, SD cards, home appliances, generators, elevators, batteries and even motorcycles. It wouldn't be that of a stretch for a Bangladeshi family's home to be decked out entirely with Walton-brand appliances, with one or more family members owning a Walton laptop and/or cellphone, and riding a Walton motorbike whilst they're at it, money permitting.
* Fujifilm is primarily an imaging company, but they have also dabbled into fields such as photochemicals, biotech and even [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|cosmetics]]. It is through this diversification that kept Fujifilm afloat despite the world moving on from traditional film to digital media. Not to mention that they have also developed favipiravir, one of the proposed
* At some point [[Nokia]] was this, where they operated in various industries since its foundation, having first established as a pulp mill and later sold products like tyres and cabling, gas masks, footwear, televisions and chemicals. Eventually, they just settled with telecommunications especially cellphones, and later divested its cellphone business to Microsoft, who would then later throw in the towel in favour of HMD
* San Miguel Corporation in the Philippines, best known for its [https://www.sanmiguelbrewery.com.ph/ beer], started out as a brewery during the twilight years of Spanish colonial rule but later ventured to industries far beyond brewing and selling beer, such as food and drink, finance, infrastructure, oil and energy, transportation, and real estate.
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