History Main / Defictionalization

* ''Space Travelers: The Animation'' [[note]]not related to the re-branded version of ''{{Marooned}}'' seen on ''MST3K''[[/note]] was produced as a spinoff for a live action caper comedy also called ''Space Travelers''. The gimmick was that the main characters of the live action film -- a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Ragtag Bunch of Misfit]] bank robbers and the hostages they take who [[StockholmSyndrome help their captors try to escape]] take codenames from characters in the ShowWithinAShow that one of them was a fan of while planning the escape, and start BecomingTheMask. MediaBlasters licenced the anime movie, but without the tie-in, all they had was a SciFi ClicheStorm and a cast of {{Awesome McCoolname}}s.
* In ''{{MAR}}'', the characters use magic powers through the use of accessories called [=ARMs=]. These same [=ARMs=] were then sold as jewelry in real life, although presumably sans magic powers.
* The protagonist of ''SakendeYaruze'' is a {{seiyuu}} for an anime called "DietGirlMiyuki." Afterwards the mangaka turned ''Diet Girl Miyuki/Miracle Dieter Miyuki'' into its own manga .

* ''The World'' [[http://www.iridiumbased.com finally]] from [[DotHack .hack]]

* ''The World'' [[http://www.iridiumbased.com/]] from [[DotHack .hack]]

* Anmie/.hack[[http://www.iridiumbased.com/]] from [[DotHack .hack]]

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* [[http://www.cyberconnects.com/forum/ The World]] from [[DotHack .hack]]
** The site seems to have gone dead, so this seems to be a case of Refictionalization

* After an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' joke about RuleThirtyFour, the author (and some, ahem, artistically-minded fans) went on to create a tongue-in-cheek site of guitar-in-shower porn. Oh, yes, and when a gag hinged upon stupid Youtube comments being read back to the authors, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Youtube responded by adding an audio preview]]''. ThatOtherWiki has an impressively large list of life imitating ''xkcd''.

** probably the most famous is [[http://xkcd.com/chesscoaster/ Chesscoaster]], inspired by [[http://xkcd.com/249/ this comic]].

** People have also come up with recipes for Charlies favorite foods, the Grilled Charlie and milk steak.

* Adam Banjo and Roy Sullivan were a pair of fictional country musicians in ''TheDevilsRejects''. The same year the movie came out, a supposed Banjo & Sullivan GreatestHitsAlbum was also released. In reality, of course, RobZombie had commissioned real life country musician Jesse Dayton to write and perform the music.

* [[TheAngryVideoGameNerd James Rolfe]] recreated several pizzas from the WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 show for a party in the video, TMNT Pizza Taste Test which is currently unavailable to watch on his site.

** In "How William Shatner Changed the World", Motorola chief engineer and inventor of the cell phone [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cooper_%28inventor%29 Martin Cooper]] states that he invented the cell phone because he wanted a real life StarTrek communicator.

** The Klingon language; it is almost recognized as an actual, legitimate language (but almost certainly not by linguists who would be the first to inform you that a language can't simply be invented), to the point where Oregon actually solicited Klingon interpreters for psychiatric hospital patients ([[CrazyPrepared for use in the unlikely event of a patient who insisted on speaking only in that language.]]). Also, a single quip about "enjoying {{Hamlet}} in its 'original' Klingon" in the sixth ''StarTrek'' movie resulted in ''{{Hamlet}}'', along with many of Shakespeare's other works, being translated into Klingon. Also, [[http://klv.mrklingon.org/ the Bible]] has been translated into Klingon, and in some places you can get married by a minister in full Klingon regalia with the vows delivered in Klingon.
** 3D-chess boards, played by characters in some of the ''StarTrek'' series, are another item. An actual set of rules was created to make the game playable.

*** Since several notable US naval vessels have been named ''Enterprise'', it's quite believable that NASA could have ended up naming a space vessel ''Enterprise'' and that if there ever was a United Earth or United Federation of Planets, it would include a USS Enterprise as well. StarTrek includes several other ships named after real-life naval vessels, such as ''Saratoga'' and ''Yamato''. \\

** This is actually an example of fictionalization and back again - the first ''Enterprise'' was the French ship ''L'Enterprise'', captured by the British and commissioned into the RN as HMS ''Enterprise'' way back in 1705. In the 1990s, the British named an ''Echo''-class survey ship ''Enterprise'', apparently inspired in part by the one in ''StarTrek''.

** The creator of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(artificial_intelligence_software) Watson]]", an AI that is able to parse natural language, compares it to LCARS, the computer on StarTrek, in its ability to answer casually worded questions. This ability led it to trounce, by a 3-to-1 margin, both Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter at {{Jeopardy}}.

** For ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', not only can you purchase replicas of [[TransformationTrinket Soul Gems]] (ranging from cheap gashapon toys to expensive brass/crystalline replicas), but you can also purchase a set of [[MonsterDrop Grief Seeds]].

The complete inverse of ProductPlacement, {{Defictionalization}} is the transformation of a product or object from a movie, book or other fictional source into a real item in the real world. Almost always done as a merchandising tie-in that helps promote the source, and provides an additional revenue stream to boot.

** The VideoGame/AdventurePonies game appeared in a random promo for TheHub before its official release.

** "You All Everybody" (the single that Drive Shaft, Charlie's band, wrote) and "Dharma Lady" have both been adopted into DLC for RockBand.

* A ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' arcade machine was released about a year or two after the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Guitar Queer-o" aired. Cartman played [[Music/LadyGaga Poker Face]] on RockBand which wasn't actually available until later. You can tell this defictionalization was a response to the scene in question since there is also a Cartman version.

* Goodwood's ''Junior Festival of Speed'' has defictionalized all eleven vehicles from ''WackyRaces'' into "[[http://www.goodwood.co.uk/site/content/festivalofspeed/The-Action_Junior-Festival-of-Speed.aspx full-size working cars]]".

* In a strange sort of semi-example, the ''TransformersAnimated'' version of Soundwave is essentially a Scion xB with SerialNumbersFiledOff -- more streamlined and slightly more futurey. The Scion xB was recently redesigned... ''and it looks like Soundwave.''

* A ''GuitarHero'' arcade machine was released about a year or two after the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Guitar Queer-o" aired. Cartman played [[Music/LadyGaga Poker Face]] on RockBand which wasn't actually available until later. You can tell this defictionalization was a response to the scene in question since there is also a Cartman version.

* Moosylvania from ''RockyAndBullwinkle'' nearly became the name of a small state next to Minnesota. The "Moosylvania for Statehood" campaign was cut short when the petition reached the White House just as the Cuban Missile Crisis was unfolding.

* ''DanVs'' has licensed Dan's [[http://www.zazzle.com/danvsshop/gifts?cg=196215534129124738 "JERK" shirt]].

* Like countless other movie merchandise, V masks from VForVendetta are widely available for purchase. What's different is the purpose they're used for: by Anonymous and various supporting groups as a symbol of protest. [[LifeImitatesArt Just like in the movie.]]

* Lovecraft: it's quite easy to obtain Miskatonic University attire. Go Cephalopods! The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has some very impressive reproductions of [[http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=33176 assorted]] [[http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=32771 blasphemous]] [[http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=45 idols]], [[http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=32831 pages from the Necronomicon]], and [[http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=50 Professor Angell's Box]], a very expensive, detailed and exhaustively complete copy of the box of documents and props from ''The Call of Cthulhu''.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' cartoon introduced several character classes (such as the acrobat) that were not part of the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons AD&D]] rules at the time. Naturally, they were added in a later revision.

** Duff Beer is now a Mexican [[http://duffdemexico.com/ beer brand.]] Matt Groening does not want an alcoholic product to be licensed because he is worried kids would want to drink it. Officially the nearest thing is a Duff branded [[http://www.xoxide.com/simpsons-duff-energy-drink.html?productid=simpsons-duff-energy-drink&channelid=FROOG energy drink]].

** In "How William Shatner Changed the World", Motorola chief engineer and inventor of the cell phone [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cooper_%28inventor%29 Martin Cooper]] states that he invented the cell phone because he wanted a real life Star Trek communicator.

** The Klingon language; it is almost recognized as an actual, legitimate language (but almost certainly not by linguists who would be the first to inform you that a language can't simply be invented), to the point where Oregon actually solicited Klingon interpreters for psychiatric hospital patients ([[CrazyPrepared for use in the unlikely event of a patient who insisted on speaking only in that language.]]). Also, a single quip about "enjoying {{Hamlet}} in its 'original' Klingon" in the sixth ''Star Trek'' movie resulted in ''{{Hamlet}}'', along with many of Shakespeare's other works, being translated into Klingon. Also, [[http://klv.mrklingon.org/ the Bible]] has been translated into Klingon, and in some places you can get married by a minister in full Klingon regalia with the vows delivered in Klingon.
** 3D-chess boards, played by characters in some of the ''Star Trek'' series, are another item. An actual set of rules was created to make the game playable.

*** Since several notable US naval vessels have been named ''Enterprise'', it's quite believable that NASA could have ended up naming a space vessel ''Enterprise'' and that if there ever was a United Earth or United Federation of Planets, it would include a USS Enterprise as well. Star Trek includes several other ships named after real-life naval vessels, such as ''Saratoga'' and ''Yamato''. \\

** This is actually an example of fictionalization and back again - the first ''Enterprise'' was the French ship ''L'Enterprise'', captured by the British and commissioned into the RN as HMS ''Enterprise'' way back in 1705. In the 1990s, the British named an ''Echo''-class survey ship ''Enterprise'', apparently inspired in part by the one in ''Star Trek''.

** The creator of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(artificial_intelligence_software) Watson]]", an AI that is able to parse natural language, compares it to LCARS, the computer on Star Trek, in its ability to answer casually worded questions. This ability led it to trounce, by a 3-to-1 margin, both Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter at {{Jeopardy}}.