History Main / ProductDisplacement

* ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye Beyond the Mind's Eye]]'' features an animation sequence that was used [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIfh0XMrg6w as a Hawaiian Punch commercial in 1987]]. However, for ''Beyond'', the cans have their labels replaced to read "Too Far Juice", named for the music segment it's featured in.

* In April 2021, shirts and shoes from Western clothing companies [[https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46902973 began to be blurred out across Chinese television]], in support of a government boycott of companies protesting the treatment of workers in Xinjiang.

* Creator/{{ITV}} is not immune. Soap opera ''Series/CoronationStreet'' has a corner shop and a newsagent which have to have goods of all kinds on display. But because there are no merchandising agreements[[note]]or because the show's producers are mindful that many fans will be influenced enough to want to go out and buy what the loved stars apparently endorse[[/note]], the goods on display in both shops, right down to named newspapers and magazines, are from a product range which is uniquely only available in the Weatherfield universe.

* A show called ''Playhouse 90'' ran in TheFifties - one episode dealt with discussion of the Nuremburg trials. At the sponsor's request, [[http://books.google.com/books?id=m4tqCX3Kp3oC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=nuremberg+trials+american+gas+association&source=bl&ots=6flUrhfdel&sig=Glzf4rmuVMqizXbHhg_U8tRu2eI&hl=en#v=onepage&q=nuremberg%20trials%20american%20gas%20association&f=false all references to Nazi gas chambers were removed]] - the sponsor was the American Gas Company.

** Ditto with ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' which had a Spanish-language sign for a children's gift shop showing blurry artwork of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', likely taken by Rockstar when they were conducting research in Los Angeles during the game's development. The ''Definitive Edition'' remaster replaces them with R*'s own Disney parody Fred's Pictures, [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Impotent_Rage Impotent Rage]], and [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Princess_Robot_Bubblegum Princess Robot Bubblegum]] characters (The latter of which were already [[{{Expy}} Expies]] for ''Pokémon''[='=]s own [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ridiculously Cute Critters]] somewhat).

* Parodied on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' [[https://homestarrunner.com/main/24 Main Page 24]], which uses the gimmick that the page is blurry[[note]]The page is currently broken due to the limitations of Ruffle, the Flash emulator the site uses.[[/note]]. Mousing over the "Store" button will bring up a pair of glasses, making the page clear, but Homestar's shirt will remain blurry.

* In the ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' novels, [[TeenGenius Kuroki, Uesugi and Kozuka]] went into [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisei_Academy Kaisei Academy]], one of the most prestigious schools in Japan. Their school is no longer named in the anime, only referred to as "the elite private school." Strangely, Wakatake and Aya's schools also get this treatment in the anime despite being fictional in the first place.
* Anytime ''Manga/LuckyStar'' bleeps out product names, part of the name will still be left in, such as [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "Po**tto Monsuta"]], or "**cky! Po***!"[[note]]Refers to Pocky.[[/note]].

* Creator/AdamSandler's movies have such extensive ProductPlacement most of them shown on TV have to be censored to remove the brand names for legal reasons.

* From 1950s theatrical re-releases up until at least the first VHS tapes, older Disney films had any instance of the Creator/RKOPictures logo removed however they could. Because it appeared within the credits themselves, this resulted in either the logo being plastered over with something else (e.g. a generic TheEnd card in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''), or the first few bars of the opening fanfare being cut out completely (as with 1981-'90 VHS releases of many Animated Canon movies). Starting in the mid-'90s, Disney started gradually restoring the RKO logos to these movies.

* From 1950s theatrical re-releases up until at least the first VHS tapes, older Disney films had any instance of the Creator/RKOPictures logo removed however they could. Because it appeared within the credits themselves, this resulted in either the logo being plastered over with something else (e.g. a generic TheEnd card in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''), or the first few bars of the opening fanfare being cut out completely (as with 1981-'90 VHS releases of the Animated Canon). Starting in the mid-'90s, Disney started gradually restoring the RKO logos to these movies.

* From 1950s theatrical re-releases up until at least the first VHS tapes, older Disney films had any instance of the Creator/RKOPictures logo removed however they could. Because it appeared within the credits themselves, this resulted in either the logo being plastered over with something else (e.g. a generic TheEnd card in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''), or the first few bars of the opening fanfare being cut out completely (as with ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''). Starting in the mid-'90s, Disney started gradually restoring the RKO logos to these movies.

* Old movies and TV shows bearing {{Vanity Plate}}s with dated bylines might have these plastered over with the current studio logos in newer prints. (eg, The Creator/UnitedArtists "Transamerica T" has become impossible to find compared to logos that read, "United Artists: An [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]] Company.")
* Logo plastering can also occur when distribution rights for a movie [[ChannelHop pass on to a different studio]]. (eg, ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' releases from the 1984 VHS to the 2009 Blu-ray bear the Creator/WarnerBros shield instead of the Creator/{{Paramount}} mountain, [[SubvertedTrope which reappeared on the 2021 UHD]].)

* The montage at the end of the first episode of ''Series/NewAmsterdam'' showed Times Square change over the years, but with all the branding replaced with generic products. Apparently, Mom's Homemade Pies could afford large billboard space during the 1940s.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' has Coca-Cola vending machines in the Japanese version, replaced with "Bell Woods" in the West.

* One episode of ''Series/{{Profiler}}'' featured an exterior shot of VCTF's headquarters. A bus was driving by with the side ad blurred. Despite the short duration of the scene and the blurring, it was clearly an ad for [[DuelingWorks dueling show]] ''Series/{{Millennium}}''.

* The original releases of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' had [[https://gtaforums.com/topic/730095-real-life-products-in-gta/page/3/#comments advertisements]] for Juki Union Special sewing machines and 3M's Scotchgard (a water repellent applied to fabrics) which can be seen in the Chinatown district. Later releases and remasters of the game had the questionable textures edited out.
* Ditto with ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' which had a Spanish-language sign for a children's gift shop showing blurry artwork of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', likely taken by Rockstar when they were conducting research in Los Angeles during the game's development. The ''Definitive Edition'' remaster replaces them with R*'s own Disney parody Fred's Pictures, [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Impotent_Rage Impotent Rage]], and [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Princess_Robot_Bubblegum Princess Robot Bubblegum]] characters (The latter of which were already [[{{Expy}} Expies]] for ''Pokémon''[='=]s own [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ridiculously Cute Critters]] somewhat).

* ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrike Counter-Strike: Source]]'' map "Office" (and ''Videogame/Left4Dead'' via PropRecycling) has computers with the brand "Beefy Computer". They strongly resemble Dell Dimension 4000 series desktops, which are ironically "beefy" for the standards of 1998 instead of 2004 when the game came out (or 2008 in case of ''Left 4 Dead'')

* Ditto with ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' which had a Spanish-language sign for a children's gift shop showing blurry artwork of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', likely taken by Rockstar when they were conducting research in Los Angeles during the game's development. The ''Definitive Edition'' remaster replaces them with R*'s own Disney parody Fred's Pictures and [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Impotent_Rage Impotent Rage]].

* One of the most infamous UK examples: as a publicly funded body, Creator/{{the BBC}} is forbidden to advertise or give undue prominence to any brand, so any time a branded product is mentioned the phrase "other brands/services are available" will often follow. [=DJs=] and presenters often [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this. It's most obvious when a brand name has passed into everyday language: children's TV show ''Series/BluePeter'' tells kids to use "sticky tape" or "sticky-back plastic", but apparently, Creator/TheBBC has since declared "sellotape" sufficiently genericised to be used.

* On an episode of ''Series/WouldILieToYou'', gust Tracy-Ann Oberman claimed she'd never drunk a can of fizzy drink in her life. Host Rob Brydon produced several cans for her to try; as the show is broadcast on the licence fee-funded BBC, which strictly forbids product placement, they were clearly cans of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Pepsi, but with all the logos and text completely covered with a sparkly wraparound the same colour as the rest of the can.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' has Coca Cola vending machines in the Japanese version, replaced with "Bell Woods" in the West.

* As a publicly funded body, Creator/{{the BBC}} is forbidden to advertise or give undue prominence to any brand, so any time a branded product is mentioned the phrase "other brands/services are available" will often follow. [=DJs=] and presenters often [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this. It's most obvious when a brand name has passed into everyday language: children's TV show ''Series/BluePeter'' tells kids to use "sticky tape" or "sticky-back plastic", but apparently, Creator/TheBBC has since declared "sellotape" sufficiently genericised to be used.

* Logo plastering can also occur when distribution rights for a movie [[ChannelHop pass on to a different studio]]. (eg, Current ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' releases from the 1984 VHS to the 2009 Blu-ray bear the Creator/WarnerBros shield instead of the Creator/{{Paramount}} mountain, [[SubvertedTrope which reappeared on the 2021 UHD]].)

* Logo plastering can also occur when distribution rights for a movie [[ChannelHop pass on to a different studio]]. (eg, Current releases of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' bear the Creator/WarnerBros shield instead of the Creator/{{Paramount}} mountain.)

* When Creator/DarkHorse acquired the license to ''Franchise/StarWars'' and later got the rights to reprint [[ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977 Marvel's 70s and 80s run]], the Marvel references were scrubbed out as usual, but the first few issues kept the references to original producer and distributor Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. When Marvel re-acquired the license and re-released their old issues, the exact oppposite occurred: the Marvel logos were restored, but now the references to Fox were removed.

* ''VideoGame/WaveRace 64'' had banners of the Kawasaki brand plastered all over the game, but due to the license agreement between them and Creator/{{Nintendo}} being expired after several years, Nintendo had to replace the ads with UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} logos when the game was rerelased on the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole.

* ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrike Counter-Strike: Source]]'' map "Office" has computers with the brand "Beefy Computer". They strongly reassemble Dell Dimension 4000 series desktops, which are decidedly not "beefy", even by standards of the time.

Compare WritingAroundTrademarks and BrandX. Can also be considered a visual form of {{Smurfing}} if {{Pixellation}} or a CensorBox is used.

* ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' had parodies of real-world brands in the Japanese version, but this was changed to original brands in international versions.

* ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'' revolved around Max competing in the X-Games that were popular on the Disney-owned Creator/{{ESPN}} at the time, but when Creator/DisneyChannel airs the film, they cut out all the ESPN references. Most notably is a blimp with a hideous gray blur over it.