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* ''[[Pokémon]]'' - Several apps for Apple's iOS devices turn it into a functional Pokedex, and do just about everything but talk.
* ''[[Akagi]]'': [[Washizu Mahjong]] was at first invented in the story, but now it actually exists.
* In early 2024, [[McDonald's]] briefly defictionalized the anime-standard [[Bland-Name Product]] version of their name and logo, [[Bland-Name Product#WcDonald's|WcDonald's]], as part of [https://www.foodandwine.com/wcdonalds-mcdonalds-anime-promotion-8598620 an anime-themed promotion].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The [[Tabletop RPG]] ''Hackmaster'' from the gamer comic ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''. Rather than being created from scratch, the ''Hackmaster'' rules set was actually licensed from Wizards of the Coast and was, more or less, a reprint of the D&D 1st Edition rules with a great deal more snarkiness, [[Genre Savvy|genre savviness]], and in-universe references thrown in. All but one page of the Players Handbook was written as though this were a book being published in-universe by the Hard 8 staff, including long diatribes about using male pronouns by default as a writing convention and insisting that female dwarfs have beards.
* The Thagomizer (the spiked tail on a ''Stegosaurus'' and similar dinosaurs) got its name from ''[[The Far Side]]'', where it was named after "the late Thag Simmons". In an example of [[Sure Why Not]] and just overall fandom, paleontologists have been using the name themselves, as they realized that the part did not have a standardized name before. It even appears on placards in the dinosaur exhibit at New York's Museum of Natural History.
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' - As a matter of principle Bill Watterson always refused any kind of merchandizing. This does not stop people creating pirate products. A pair of hacks actually wrote a children's book called ''Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie.'' Watterson specifically never went into detail about what happens in the book [[Noodle Incident|to preserve the funny vagueness]].
** On a more positive note, many scientists have replaced the term "Big Bang" with Calvin's more accurate "Horrendous Space Kablooie" since Watterson coined the term in 1991.
* In-universe example—in ''[[Planetary]]'' issue 9, "Planet Fiction", a secret lab builds a craft which can travel into a fictional world. When it returns, they discover that they've picked up a
* The new ''Musée Hergé'' in Louvain-la-Neuve has the same address as the Brussels flat in which [[Tintin]] lived in his early adventures: 26, rue du Labrador. (For the comic, Hergé had taken the address of his grandmother, 26, rue de Terre-Neuve (Newfoundland street) and slightly altered it; [[Bilingual Bonus|the province's name in French is "Terre-Neuve et Labrador"]]).
* ''The Life Story of [[the Flash]]'', ostensibly by Iris Allen. In-universe, the appearance of a copy from the future (owned by Professor Zoom, no less) let her nephew know she'd be coming [[Back from the Dead]] to write it by 1997. DC put out a [[Real Life]] version in 1998.
* Chess Boxing was directly inspired by ''Froid Equateur'' by [[Enki Bilal]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''
** "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans" was incarnated into the real world by the good if twisted folks at [http://www.jellybelly.com/ JellyBelly] as part of the promotional build-up to the release of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|
** Chocolate Frogs and Caramel Flies now exist as well, although the frogs are just Pop Rocks in a frog-shaped shell, which come with holographic trading cards.
** In another ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' reference, King's Cross train station in London now has a sign for "Platform 9 3/4", as well as a luggage cart half-embedded in a brick wall at which tourists can take pictures.
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** A lot of Harry Potter products, like pumpkin juice and butterbeer, got their own official defictionalizations with the opening of the Wizarding World parks around the world.
*** Butterbeer is also a popular choice of drink at Alamo Drafthouse theaters.
*** [[J. K. Rowling]] may have come up with the fictional recipe, but [[Older Than They Think|a real drink called butterbeer has been around for ages]].
** With the launch of Pottermore, you can now be officially sorted into a Hogwarts House by a questionnaire designed by
** ''Spellcasting'' with an Ollivander wand has been defictionalized, at least to a limited degree in the Universal parks. Buy a special wand with an infrared reflector on its tip, and at certain locations in the parks, specific wand movements will trigger special effects.
* A few things in ''[[Discworld]]'' had since been turned into actual products. These include the ''[[Where's My Cow?]]'' children's book, and various badges (City Watch, Guilds, [[Überwald]] Blood Donor Group...)
** The stamps introduced in ''[[
** Pterry mentioned an example himself in the Author's Note to ''[[Wintersmith]]'': a group of fans who danced the Dark Morris for him in Chicago.
** The card game ''Cripple Mr. Onion'' has been turned into a playable game by fans. Several times over, in fact, because the rules seen in the books are vague enough to allow for a lot of interpretation.
** You can also buy ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook''. Not entirely defictionalization, as this is not the same book as the one she wrote in ''[[Maskerade]]'', which was called ''The Joye of Snackes''.
** You can get the ''[[Thud!]]'' game. Thud was based on real life Tafl Games, although the rules ''were'' altered a bit. And the game appeared in real life first and ''then'' got added to the books.
* Around the time the movie adaptation of John Irving's novel ''A Widow For A Year'' came out, the children's book ''A Sound Like Trying Not to Make a Sound'' (featured in the novel and the movie) was published for real.
* A George Orwell essay describing the "Moon Under Water", his idea of a perfect British pub, inspired (at least in theory) the creation of the J.D. Wetherspoon chain. Many Wetherspoon's pubs are indeed called the Moon Under Water.
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** In "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E10 Blink|Blink]]", a character mentions having a T-shirt that says "The Angels have the phone box". Online retailers such as [[Think Geek]], Zazzle, and [[Cafe Press]] soon began selling versions of the T-shirt.
* There are not one, but two pubs in Boston based on the bar from ''[[Cheers]]'', both in Faneuil Hall. This is in addition to The Bull & Finch Pub, the real Boston pub that Cheers was based on.
* In 2003, ''Chapelle's Show'' had a sketch that parodied the Discovery Channel show ''[[Trading Spaces]]''. The sketch was called "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111013174405/http://www.metacafe.com/watch/329599/dave_chapelle_trading_spouses/ Trading Spouses]" and it was about two families, one white, one black, who appear on a reality TV show in which they exchange husbands for a month. (Both husbands were played by Dave Chapelle.) Three years later, by what they insist is pure coincidence, Fox Network released ''an actual show'' called ''Trading Spouses'' with basically the same premise, except that the wives switch instead of husbands.
* [[Bland-Name Product|"Mocny Full"]] beer from the Polish sitcom ''Swiat Wedlug Kiepskich'' was at one point defictionalized but it was discontinued due to copyright infringement—the company had no rights for the mark and its logo.
* The producers of ''[[Fringe]]'' defictionalized the 70's psychedelic rock album Seven Suns by Violet Sedan Chair (an anagram of {{spoiler|Olive Can Read This}}) that appears in an episode of season 3. The producers went to great effort to make the defictionalization authentic by releasing the album only in the form of beat-up LPs in the bargain bins of used record shops. More info at [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110121243/http://www.fringebloggers.com/fringe-violet-sedan-chair-seven-suns-album-unearthed/ Fringe Bloggers].
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* Now you too can be strong to the finish with [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501084600/http://www.popeyespinach.com/products/prd_popeye.php Popeye's brand spinach]. At least it doesn't come with taurine in it.
* Real versions of Cheesy Poofs and Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls appeared early in the flood of ''[[South Park]]'' merchandise.
** I love cheesy poofs, You love cheesy poofs. If we didn't eat cheesy poofs, We'd be...[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029110309/http://www.incrediblethings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/south-park-cheesy-poofs.jpg Lame].
** And now{{when}} Cheesy Poofs are coming back for a bit at Comic Con and Walmart.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' - Burger King released a Krabby Patty, only with beef patties instead of [http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Krabby_Patty imitation crabmeat] patties.
** A restaurant chain in Palestine called Salta Burger [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0gDJFAzTQTU tried this too], and seemed to have put far more attention to detail in the recreation. Unfortunately, it was unauthorized, and having alcohol on the menu likely didn't help their case when [[Nickelodeon]]'s legal team found out.
* One of the places you can eat at Disney World's Disney Hollywood Studios is Pizza Planet from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''.
* [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby Snacks]] [[wikipedia:Scooby Snacks|now exist]].
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