History Main / TheRedStapler

** ''Wuthering Heights'' is enjoying a revival thanks to Bella and Edward's fondness for it.

* ''{{Fallout 3}}'' apparently greatly increased the interest in the 1940s music that makes up most of the soundtrack. ThatOtherWiki says Roy Brown's ''Butcher Pete'' increased in iTunes sales by 700% after the game's release.

**** Because of this, you still can't go to a Wagner production in Germany for fear of being accused of er... nostalgia.

* The 2010 FIFAWorldCup (as well as the FIFA Confederations Cup last year) had apparently made the Vuvuzela pretty popular among spectators.

*** This was also addressed in an extra on the DVD of [[Film/HarryPotter the third movie]], with one of the movie's animal trainers telling us that "A lot of people, they see the ''Harry Potter'' films and they think that these animals make great pets and they really don't. They're not domesticated; they're totally wild animals. It seems so simple when you see it in a movie and easy, but in real life it's a constant eight to twelve hour day taking care of these animals."

** Of course, that was the enitre point.

* With so many ''{{Pokemon}}'', treating every Pokemon equally in regards to official goods is nearly impossible. At best at least every Pokemon gets a figure. However, usually depending on what's happening in Pokemon at the very moment (mostly related to the anime), demand for Pokemon involved will jump up. That or it jumps up because said products soon become available. For instance, ''Diamond and Pearl''' have been out for nearly two and a half years in Japan, but it wasn't until recently that Togekiss goods were available due to an event involving Togekiss in the anime. Also notice that various goods of other Pokemon that used to be commonplace are now rare items.

* After a Lady Gaga song made an appearance in an episode of SouthPark where the boys are playing Rock Band, she quickly made it into the real game. So did Cartman's version.

*** It gets more triumphant still: ''LoveStory'' or maybe the multiple TV ahows and movies where they used it, made for a while Jennifer a popular name in Spain, where it didn't exist in ANY form (and where before Franco's death it was extremely discouraged to use non-standard [read: from the Catholic tradition] names). It got so prevalent that for a while the easiest way to depict a woman as the Spanish equivalent of trailer trash was to have her calling her daughter "Jennifer" in a loud and heavily accented voice ("CHÉNIFEEEEEEE").

** Another, more genuine example is the [=DeLorean=] DMC-12, a car that had been produced for less than two years and had a reputation for extreme unreliability. It was discontinued before the first film was ever made, but the movie caused second hand prices to rocket and eventually the car was brought back into low-level production, arguably because of the movie alone.

** Of course, those particular masks started being made in the United States ''because'' of the movie in the first place. It's not really an example of this trope, since those masks were essentially movie tie-in merchandise.
** No, that can't be an example of the Red Stapler because the mask was popular in that case not because of the movie, but because of [[MemeticMutation some other shmuck]] whose identity is associated with the mask.
*** Even so, it's hard to believe the mask would have been chosen if not for the movie.

* Shortly after the movie ''[=~Wayne's World~=]'' came out, the {{Queen}} song "Bohemian Rhapsody" (which Wayne, Garth, and their friends sing along to in one scene) peaked at #2 on The Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1992. [[DeadArtistsAreBetter Freddie Mercury's tragic passing a few months earlier also helped.]]
** This was at the tail-end of a period (1986-92) that saw lots of older songs [[RevivalByCommericalization re-entering the American charts after being prominently featured in movies]]: "Twist and Shout" (''[=~Ferris Bueller's Day Off~=]''); "Stand By Me" (''StandByMe''); "La Bamba" (''La Bamba''); "Do You Love Me" (''DirtyDancing''); "What a Wonderful World" (''GoodMorningVietnam''); "Unchained Melody" (''{{Ghost}}'').
** Rare in-universe example: The main character/narrator of ''{{Microserfs}}'' remarks that ''Wayne's World'' did wonders for the second hand sales of AMC cars.
** In 2007, "Don't Stop Believin'" was used in both ''TheSopranos'' and ''FamilyGuy'' in the same week, which shot it up to the top of the iTunes downloads 26 years after it was originally released.
*** And it happened again with ''{{Glee}}''. Both the ''Glee'' version and the Journey version are still in the top ten here in Britain, where we're at the... 6th episode?
*** In [[TheWindyCity certain parts of the U.S.]], the song had already re-gained popularity in 2005 when it was used as a theme song for the Chicago White Sox's run up to their eventual World Series victory.

* The production of ''NightAtTheMuseum'' involved a few chaotic events at the American Museum of Natural History that caused a small media frenzy, which resulted in a drastic increase of attendance at the museum. The film itself renewed interest in visiting the museum, causing an increase in visitors.
** Which in turn led to the sequel ''Battle of the Smithsonian'', where the museum directors couldn't sign on fast enough, in hopes that they could make lightning strike twice.

*** While that would be awesome, it might turn the series into TheScrappy (if it isn't already) since it would sound odd if the school dress code changed simply because of this show.

* A bizarre and very meta example: In Persona3, one of the social links involves playing a online MMO themed around the ShinMegamiTensei series, the character involved in the link mentions that the MMO does not have a lot of players and is dying. Cue the {{Defictionalization}} into ShinMegamiTenseiIMAGINE, a game based on the ShinMegamiTensei series where following a very obscure release and some very bad choices on the developer's part, one of the most frequent complaints is that the game does not have a lot of players and is dying.