History Main / TheRedStapler

** The series was largely responsible for a colossal increase in the interest and popularity of dinosaurs. It led to the creation of books, toys, documentaries, clothing, an NBA team name, you name it -- it showed the world that EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs. It gets a boost every time a sequel comes out as well, as shown with ''Film/JurassicWorld''.

* "Fuck Communism" Zippo lighters only became popular ever since they were featured in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''. Crossing over with AluminumChristmasTrees, these were not made up by Garth Ennis, but originally carried by US soldiers in Vietnam, who would often stamp the message along with the name of their company or platoon.

* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''; the special's denouncement of AluminumChristmasTrees is credited with helping kill the fad.

** The HK USP Match, Lara's [[GunsAkimbo weapons]] [[WeaponOfChoice of choice]] in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'', became a very popular pistol for a time, so much so that even airsoft copies were selling for upwards of a thousand dollars -- for context, for that much you could get a ''real'' USP.

** The Barrett series of sniper rifles was originally created by a single guy as a dare to create a [[{{BFG}} .50 BMG rifle]]. The Model 82 went on to be another badass WeaponOfChoice, it became as popular as the Desert Eagle, and it also went into service with multiple militaries as an anti-materiel rifle.

** The Buck knife company put their 120 model hunting knife back into production after the first film used it as the model for Ghostface's WeaponOfChoice, leading to a surge in demand. [[CoolButInefficient Ironically]], it had actually been discontinued a few years prior due to complaints that it was ''too'' big for its intended purpose of skinning and gutting animals -- and one of the film's most famous scenes involves Ghostface telling a victim that he's going to [[GuttedLikeAFish gut her like a fish]]!

** The Japanese movie ''Film/ShallWeDance'' greatly increased both the popularity and respectability of ballroom dancing in Japan. As the movie shows, it was a furtive practice prior to the movie, as it was regarded as disreputable.

** The Japanese movie ''Shall We Dance?'' greatly increased both the popularity and respectability of ballroom dancing in Japan. As the movie shows, it was a furtive practice prior to the movie, as it was regarded as disreputable.

* After a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwa_Taisha Suwa Taisha]]-inspired shrine made its way into [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Gensokyo]], the real-life shrine saw a significant increase in pilgrimages.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is well known for its role in this effect: obscure franchises which receive representation in this series have seen their popularity explode following their appearance. ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' sees this the most: ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' was largely, if not entirely, responsible for its eventual [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising reboot]]. ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' also appeared in the west following ''Smash'' appearances. And ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' got VindicatedByHistory, and its [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings predecessor]] finally released outside of Japan, thanks to Ness's appearance in ''Smash'' convincing people to give the game a second chance.

** The Buck knife company put their 120 model hunting knife back into production after the first film used it as the model for Ghostface's WeaponOfChoice, leading to a surge in demand. {{Iron|yAsSheIsCast}}ically, it had actually been discontinued a few years prior due to complaints that it was ''too'' big for its intended purpose of skinning and gutting animals -- and one of the film's most famous scenes involves Ghostface telling a victim that he's going to [[GuttedLikeAFish gut her like a fish]]!

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' heavily boosted tourism in all shooting locations, particularly Spain, Croatia and Northern Ireland.

* In the 90's, Gap made a commercial for Khaki pants showing people dancing the lindy hop. The commercial did a better job of making people all over the USA start signing up for lindy hop lessons than making them buy the pants.

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** Omega, like many other Swiss watchmakers, saw their sales decline in the 1970's due to the "Quartz Revolution". Then in 1995, they partnered with the production team of ''Film/GoldenEye'', and the Seamaster model featured in the film became one of the most ubiquitous luxury divers in the world over the next few years. The success of that model led to them being able to fund several innovations, such as the Co-Axial escapement. Over the next twenty years, they would come to be one of the most recognizable Swiss watch brands in the world, second only to Rolex (which Bond also popularized back in the 1960s).

* ''Series/GentlemanJack'', a drama about real-life nineteenth-century lesbian Anne Lister, was filmed at her home, Shibden Hall in Yorkshire, now a public historic site, and led to visitor numbers to the house tripling, forcing opening hours to be extended.

* The Clancy Brothers were single-handedly responsible for sales of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran_sweater Aran sweaters]] in the US during the sixties and seventies.

* Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky's ballet ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'', [[AdaptationDisplacement based on a book]], is likely responsible for the association of Christmas with humanoid nutcrackers wearing nineteenth-century clothing.

* The eponymous character in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a particular fondness for dorayaki, and when the show became a success, dorayaki also became extremely popular in Japanese bakeries and confection shops, not just in Japan, but in any region the anime is popular as well- for example, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and The Philippines.

* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' Wiki calls it the Bludgeon Effect: the franchise has many more toys created than there are characters in the TV show, and the ExpandedUniverse has a ''huge'' source of characters that you've never heard of and haven't even got a personality. The name refers to Bludgeon, a relatively minor character who became Decepticon leader late in the Marvel Comics run and stayed a prominent character in subsequent series - much more so than his unpopular toy line would have indicated. This most commonly happens to characters [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW the IDW comics]] use to good effect; their toys' value online will skyrocket. The biggest beneficiary of this was not Bludgeon, but Ironfist, a character who had never been used in a story until a single appearance in an IDW comic and a Fun Publications comic. Good luck getting your hands on an intact version [[CrackIsCheaper for less than $100.]]

** The series was largely responsible for a colossal increase in the interest and popularity of dinosaurs. It led to the creation of books, toys, documentaries, clothing, an NBA team name, you name it-- it showed the world that EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs. It gets a boost every time a sequel comes out as well, as shown with ''Film/JurassicWorld''.
*** In particular, the series took the velociraptor - which had previously been an obscure type of dinosaur compared to the other species every kid knew about - and transformed it into an instant icon.

** The HK USP Match, Lara's [[GunsAkimbo weapons]] [[WeaponOfChoice of choice]] in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'', became a very popular pistol for a time, so much so that even airsoft copies were selling for upwards of a thousand dollars - for context, for that much you could get a ''real'' USP.

* From the second the first trailer for ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' debuted, interest in [[Creator/RyanGosling K's]] specialty-made faux shearling jacket was piqued - enough to make replicas spring up overnight.

** After the success of TheMovie, silver Elsa Peretti open heart necklaces became quite popular - as Bridget wears one throughout the series.

* The success of Starbucks in the UK when it opened its first branches there in the 90s owed a lot to another US import - prestige American comedies that played in an extremely popular Friday night block. The biggest hit was of course ''Series/{{Friends}}'', and ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' picked up the slightly older/middle class/sophisticated demographic. A population was eager to hang out in Central Perk (with which Starbucks shared its casual and comfortable vibe) and/or Cafe Nervosa (with which it shared its Seattle roots)

* Sales of deodorant Teen Spirit skyrocketed with the release of the Music/{{Nirvana}} song (and its [[Music/{{Nevermind}} accompanying album]]). And plummeted after the song faded away. Far worse than burning out. [[HilariousInHindsight Not that Kurt Cobain knew Teen Spirit was a deodorant.]] He just liked the phrase after it was directed at him by his friend, Music/BikiniKill singer Kathleen Hanna - He interpreted the phrase as a revolutionary slogan, but Hanna was merely lightly ribbing Kurt for smelling like his girlfriend's deodorant. Apparently he was quite disappointed to discover its origin. It's not nearly as clever as when he thought it was some kind of metaphor.

** This is actually fairly common- In the same vein as Being Farked, one can be "Harlotted"; a yarn or pattern Stephanie uses becomes an incredibly in demand product.

If a work increases demand for another work, that's the ColbertBump; if it changes demand for a song, that's RevivalByCommercialization. If it increases demand for a pet, that's PetFadStarter. If a name becomes popular because of a work, that's BabyNameTrendStarter. If it increases tourism for a certain location, that is TouristBump. TrendKiller covers the opposite of this trope -- when a work of fiction destroys a trend in real life. See also AluminumChristmasTrees, where something real but outlandish is shown in fiction and people think it must be fictional.

If a work increases demand for another work, that's the ColbertBump; if it changes demand for a song, that's RevivalByCommercialization. If it increases demand for a pet, that's PetFadStarter. If a name becomes popular because of a work, that's BabyNameTrendStarter. If it increases tourism for a certain location, that is TouristBump. The opposite of this trope is AluminumChristmasTrees, where something real but outlandish is shown in fiction and people think it must be fictional.

* As part of their 30th Anniversary for the Franchise/{{Gundam}} franchise, Sunrise commissioned a project to build an actual 1:1 scale 60ft tall statue of the show's flagship machine, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam]]. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that unlike its fictional counterpart, the statue can't move due to the SquareCubeLaw making it infeasible and maybe impossible, but Sunrise has stated they would like to eventually "upgrade" the statue to be moving.

* Similar to SSB, ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' occasionally gives exposure to an obscure Creator/{{Disney}} property which proceeds to become much less obscure.

* In 1933, James Hilton wrote a book called ''Literature/LostHorizon'', where the survivors of a plane crash stumble upon a [[MarySuetopia perfect utopia]] called Shangri-La. The book is obscure now, but Shangri-La and what it represents -- longing for a faraway place of beauty, spiritual replenishment, and supernatural longevity -- stuck around. When Tibet realized that heavy logging of their old-growth forests was causing disastrous floods, they turned to tourism, found that it paid really well, and renovated a village, renaming it Shangri-La.

The situation where a work of fiction which features a RealLife product has a significant effect on whether customers want to have that product. The effect can be negative or positive: it can increase demand or reduce it. This trope can also apply to goods and services (a film about a honky-tonk bar might increase enrollment in line dancing lessons, for example).

* In-universe example: In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', a few chaotic events one night at the American Museum of Natural History caused a small media frenzy, which resulted in a drastic increase of attendance at the museum. The film itself also renewed interest in visiting the museum. 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.

* A bizarre meta example: In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', one of the social links involves playing an online MMO themed around the ''Franchise/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 ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIMAGINE'', a game based on the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' series where, following a very obscure release and some very bad choices on the developer's part, one of the most frequent complaints until it finally shut down in 2016 was that the game does not have a lot of players and is dying.

* The US National Dairy Council once put out a series of advertisements showing cows sabotaging the marketing campaigns of a company called Big Fizz Soda, replacing their ads with ads for milk. Of course, nobody involved with the campaign thought to actually trademark the name Big Fizz Soda, so a soda company did so and promptly started selling their products under that name. Big Fizz Soda can still be found in drugstores and independent supermarkets.

** While not as popular as the above examples, the writer of ''Rin!'' said that she received a lot of mail from fans saying they had taken up archery after reading the series.

* Lots of anime fans start learning the Japanese language, to the point where anime and manga fans make up some 60 percent of Japanese language classes. This actually causes an issue in that especially older anime and manga, even if they seem mature of American audiences, were made for a younger demographic in Japan. As a result, many fans who use anime as a basis for learning Japanese can come off sounding extremely odd to native Japanese speakers; they may end up sounding like either Japanese teenagers or grade-schoolers (with the danger of coming off TotallyRadical) or cartoon characters with purposely-idiosyncratic speech patterns. (Imagine someone learning English by copying child-aimed cartoons and you'll get the idea.) Similarly, the same can be said with Japanese Dubs of Western Products (including with those with a good amount of {{Woolseyism}}(s) for them)

** Predating Hamtaro is the ''Hamster Club'' manga series which ran for 12 volumes between 1994 till 1995. The series received 4 video games that were released on the Gameboy Color and Gamebody Advance and a Playstation game. It even gained a short-lived anime adaptation and a single [=OVA=] release. The series caused tons of Japanese children and women to get pet hamsters.

** Creator/{{Sanrio}} got in on this trend in 1998 by creating a Sanrio character named [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/hellokitty/images/5/56/Sanrio_Characters_Corocorokuririn_Image003.gif/revision/latest/top-crop/width/300/height/300?cb=20100814042701 "Kuririn" from the Coro Coro Kuririn series]]. The titular character is a golden hamster [[ExplosiveBreeder who had seven children with Sakura]]. Not to mention Kuririn's family and relatives all being different types of hamsters. Once again, the series caused children and women to become very fond of hamsters.

** Despite being an outdated 80 year old design chambered for the rather anemic .32 ACP round, the Walther PPK (or more specifically, its import-legal variant, the .380 PPK/S) still enjoys impressive sales numbers thanks to its association with [[Film/JamesBond an iconic British spy]]. Walther's more recent P99 line also saw an uptick in sales after Creator/PierceBrosnan took over the role and Walther asked for Bond to carry what was their then-newest weapon.
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''Film/JackieBrown'', where ArmsDealer Ordell Robbie tells his friend Louis that most of his sales are driven by which weapons are wielded on TV or in the movies. Specifically, he notes that the Steyr AUG assault rifle is a good weapon, but there's no demand for it because it's never been in a movie,[[note]]Although he'd be [[Film/DieHard wrong about that]][[/note]] while ''Film/TheKiller'' caused a spike in demand for .45 pistols (which he considers substandard compared to the 9mm). Proving his point, he then proceeds to take a phone call from a customer who wants a specific make and model of the 9mm, because it's the kind that the protagonist on ''Series/NewYorkUndercover'' uses.

** The [=DeLorean=] DMC-12 had been produced for less than two years and had a reputation for [[TheAllegedCar extreme unreliability]], hence Marty's surprised comment that Doc Brown had, out of all automobiles, built a time machine out of a [=DeLorean=]. The car was discontinued and the company shut down years before the first film was ever made, but the movie caused secondhand prices to skyrocket. Eventually the car was brought back into low-level production by a new [=DeLorean=] company which acquired remaining part stock, arguably because of the movie alone.
*** There's a thriving sub-community of enthusiasts who have converted their [=DeLoreans=] into replicas of the one from the film. Some fans have built up entire businesses sourcing and fabricating the various parts necessary for the mod and fully converting cars for enthusisasts who can afford it, and one such business was eventually contracted to restore an original car from the film.

* The My Buddy doll line has never recovered from ''Film/ChildsPlay1988''. Making this stranger is that the writer claims that he was basing it on the Cabbage Patch Kids line. Given that the doll seen in the movie bears virtually no resemblance to a Cabbage Patch Kid, and a strong resemblance to a My Buddy doll, and even has a name more similar to My Buddy than Cabbage Patch Kids -- namely "Good Guy" -- it's understandable where the "confusion" could occur.

* In ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'', the band uses a custom-made amplifier which has its maximum volume setting at 11 instead of 10. Several companies now make amps with that same setting, the BBC [=iPlayer=] volume scale goes from 1-11, and even the Website/IMDb rating system for the film goes up to 11 rather than 10. "Up to eleven" is commonly used in regular speech as an analogy for something that's taken past the logical extreme (and used to be a trope name on this very site, which now redirects to ExaggeratedTrope).

** Before ''The Matrix'' came out, there were no phones anywhere that slid open like the modified Nokia 8110 seen in the movie. The original wasn't spring-loaded; you had to slide it open and closed manually. After the movie opened, people wanted the spring-loaded, flick-open version, and cell phone companies had to design one to meet the demand that suddenly appeared. One such model was the Nokia 7110, which some mistook for the modified 8110 as mentioned above.

* ''Film/TopGun''. After the film's release, sales of Ray-Ban Aviators and bomber jackets skyrocketed. It also increased the number of people enlisting the Navy and Air Force, but that at least was intentional: why do you think the film was BackedByThePentagon?
* In fact, specific brands of CoolShades often get a boost from badasses wearing them. In addition to ''The Matrix'' and ''Top Gun'':

** Omega, like many other Swiss watchmakers, saw their sales decline in the 1970's due to the "Quartz Revolution". Then in 1995, they partnered with the production team of ''Film/GoldenEye'', and the Seamaster model featured in the film became one of the most ubiquitous luxury divers in the world over the next few years. The success of that model led to them being able to fund several innovations, such as the Co-Axial escapement. Over the next twenty years, they would come to be one of the most recognizable Swiss watch brands in the world, arguably second only to Rolex (which Bond also popularized back in the 1960s).

** The curls[[note]]which, mind you, is no easy hairdo to style; Shirley herself attested that it was literally a pain to set as the vinegar rinse used splashed and irritated her eyes.[[/note]] obviously were a fad.

* The hat worn by Franchise/IndianaJones has been pretty much consistently popular since [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk the first movie]] was released and is still being sold in costume shops as well as hat stores. The exact model is a high-crowned [[http://www.indygear.com/igfedora.html Herbert Johnson fedora,]] if you're interested. Australian hatmaker Akubra (of the eponymous slouch hat) also have a replica model they refer to as “The Adventurer”.
** Similarly, the boots worn by the character for the movies, made by Alden, received their own popularity bump, to the point that they now market their Model 405 work boot as the “Indy Boot”. (Oddly enough, the character was originally meant to wear Red Wing boots, but either they couldn’t get ahold of the right ones, or Harrison Ford wouldn’t wear them. Red Wing themselves offer a similar model as the “Girard” or the “1930s Sport Boot”, but only sporadically and usually as an Asian-market exclusive.)

* ''Film/TheLoveBug'' helped modestly boost sales of the VW Type-1 Beetle, even though minimal VW-related items are seen or heard in the movie. In the sequal, ''Herbie Rides Again'', Volkswagen demanded they put ProductPlacement everywhere, including an entire herd of Volkswagen 60s Beetles in the ending.
* Much like with the book (see Literature), the release of ''Film/TheHungerGames'', alongside the releases of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' (featuring BadassNormal archer {{ComicBook/Hawkeye}}) and Pixar's ''{{WesternAnimation/Brave}}'' (about a young Scot who becomes a bow-wielding warrior), and likely added on to by ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' has led to heavy increase in interest in archery, to the point where it won't be shocking if, in the future, we will probably end up hearing an Olympic Gold Medalist credit these movies as their reason for getting into the sport.

* The 2011 film ''Film/{{Limitless}}'' and its [[Series/{{Limitless}} 2015 TV adaptation]] have undoubtedly spurred interest in [[SuperSerum nootropic drugs]] for [[SuperIntelligence cognitive enhancement]], inspiring a transhumanist "biohacking" movement to maximize individual potential through drugs and better habits. Although there is no direct real-world analogue to NZT-48, nor is there likely ever to be, stimulants like Modafinil and Adderall have proven especially popular among Type-A college students and Silicon Valley entrepeneurs. Demand for true nootropics has trickled down to even the pharmaceutical industry itself now.

** The books feature a magical beverage called "butterbeer", which people in real life have been wanting to try. A beverage of that name ''did'' exist in the Tudor era (as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Jgq-VQE-o beer blended with butter, sugar, eggs, and spices]], kind of like a 16th-centuy eggnog), but in recent years everybody seems to have his own recipe for it -- including ''The Wizarding World of Harry Potter'' in Ride/UniversalStudios Orlando.

* Goethe's ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther'', about a {{bishonen}} artist/poet who shoots himself when the love of his life marries the man she was already engaged to when Werther met her, was a huge bestseller in 1774, touching off a wave of copycat suicides. This cropped up again in Palestine in the 1930s when the book was published there. There was a huge demand for blue frock-coats and yellow vests as well, because Werther is described as wearing them. Not to mention the merchandise -- ''Werther'' perfume. And the fan fiction (in the 18th century, yet). ''And'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njI4Mo84qeQ the opera]].

** The show increased African-Americans' knowledge of and attendance to America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Of course, that was arguably part of the show's intent.

** The presenters spent an entire series mocking the forthcoming Dacia Sandero before it had even been finished. By the start of the next series, Renault had not only delayed the UK release of the model, but also of the whole brand's (while the official reason was because of the greater-than-anticipated demand in Continental Europe, one can't help but wonder why Renault would release that statement when they did). But Season 14 has May drive the Sandero in Romania, and he liked it so much that he wanted to take it back to the U.K. with him (before [[spoiler:a lorry driver "accidentally" backed into it, much to Clarkson and Hammond's amusement]]). That may have been enough to give Dacia [[http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2013/07/29/uk-6-months-2013-peugeot-208-and-bmw-1-series-break-into-top-10/ a respectable showing in the UK.]] May would later take a Sandero with him on the Ukraine trip, and it would be the only car of the three not to run out of gas before reaching the border.

** ''Top Gear'''s power lap certainly gives lower-profile sports car companies a chance to get some recognition: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumpert_Apollo Gumpert Apollo]] was best known for several years as the "fastest car round the ''Top Gear'' track." Although sometimes the opposite is true: Clarkson royally took apart the reliability and safety of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caparo_T1 Caparo T1]].

* After ''Series/{{CSI}}'' started airing, applications to be forensics investigators and applications for appropriate college majors skyrocketed. Pretty much every Las Vegas souvenir store carries ''CSI'' merchandise now (even though the actual Las Vegas police doesn't even call them [=CSIs=]). It also gave us TheCSIEffect.

** In a more benign example, the series has [[https://www.inverse.com/article/6092-kids-are-buying-up-pontiac-azteks-because-breaking-bad-and-walter-white driven up used car sales]] of the Pontiac Aztek, Walt's car.

* In Korea, the series ''The Return of Superman'' features celebrity fathers spending time with their children. Some of the featured fathers have [[https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/story_main/public/story/images/Actor%20Song%20Il%20Kook%20with%20triplets.jpg?itok=5YJVUDPc triplets]] and [[https://1.soompi.io/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/seo-jun-seo-eon-lee-hwi-jae.png?s=900x600&e=t twins,]] respectively, leading to a spike in couples seeking fertility treatments. It became enough of an issue that the producers had a regular family with five children (one set of triplets followed by a set of twins) come on to discuss the sheer expense of taking care of so many small children at once to try and dissuade fans. Also, the sight of celebrities getting to spend time with their children resulted in enough resentment from everyday Koreans (who have some of the longest working hours in the world), led to the government forcing employers to give employees more time off.

* The success of Starbucks in the UK when it opened its first branches there in the 90s owed a lot to another recent US import - prestige American comedies that played in an extremely popular Friday night block. The biggest hit was of course ''Series/{{Friends}}'', and ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' picked up the slightly older/middle class/sophisticated demographic. A population was eager to hang out in Central Perk (with which Starbucks shared its casual and comfortable vibe) and/or Cafe Nervosa (with which it shared its Seattle roots)

** Just about anything a Beatle wore took off. Arguably the most famous is the moptop hair cut.

* Due to Tommy Tutone's OneHitWonder known as "867-5309/Jenny", the United States has made said phone number pretty much invalid, except for businesses that buy it up for advertising purposes.

** Pretty much the same applies to analog synthesizers in general, which were almost worthless during the beginning digital boom in the late 80s, but grew outrageously expensive after they helped make and popularize new electronic dance music styles only a few years later.

* Haircuts sported by the likes of Music/JustinBieber and Music/OneDirection, much like Music/TheBeatles example above, have taken off amongst teenagers in recent years.

* Virtually every music video is basically a commercial for both the artist as well as the fashion worn in the video.

* Music/KatyPerry's video for "Part of Me" has made the Volvo 200 series a somewhat popular car again, with the 260 model being particularly collectible. The version in the video was a U.S.-spec 240 GL 2.3 sedan, 1991 model year. Volvo buyers are even demanding new, {{retraux}} Volvo [=240s=], similar to the new MINI Cooper and Fiat 500, as they feel the S40 is too small but the S60 is too large/expensive and more of a premium executive car. Although it's uncertain for now if they'll produce one.

* Mexican ProfessionalWrestling fans have made a tradition of wearing a replica of their favorite wrestler's mask when they go to the shows. This show of support has also made inroads north of the border, with the recent success of masked wrestlers like Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} and [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms The Hurricane]].

* Just about any fantasy-based game of reasonable popularity will quickly find its weapons and armour converted into LARP props. The glass and Daedric weapons from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and several of the famous ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' pieces are frequent appearances at big meets, and there even a few examples of the equipment used in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', complete with 8-Bit Tie style blockiness.

** Before ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' had a following but wasn't exactly what you'd call a Disney classic. Most people didn't even know it was a Disney film, as it was released under the Touchstone banner. But [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it's always been regarded as a Disney classic overseas]], so it was included in the game, leading to its American fandom becoming much more mainstream. Disney made [[VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge a video game sequel to the film]], started putting their name on future home video releases, and even re-released the film in 3D.

** And now, thanks to the BonusBoss of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', the current generation has rediscovered ''WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain''. Downplayed with ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'', easily the most obscure Disney property ever to get an entire ''Kingdom Hearts'' world, which people became more aware of but didn't enjoy any particular boost in popularity.

** A mother in Finland once wrote an article stating that ''Kim Possible'' encouraged her daughter to take up cheerleading [[TookaLevelInBadass and martial arts lessons]]. A poster on a forum commented a similar thing happened with ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (see above).

* After the season 3 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' revealed that Rick was obsessed with the Szechuan dipping sauce UsefulNotes/McDonalds released to promote ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' back in 1998, fans started clamoring for [=McDonald's=] to re-release the sauce. Not only did they oblige and release it in limited release in October 2017 followed by a wide release four months later, but [=McDonald=]'s even sent series creator Creator/JustinRoiland an entire case of the stuff before anyone else got it!

* An inversion ocurred with the constant use of double-breasted blazers by bankers and financiers between the 1980s and 2000s. After the 2008 crisis, the jacket's reputation went from "cool gangster suit" to "corrupt banker suit", and thus demand evaporated overnight, becoming basically extinct... before it saw a revival of sorts about a decade later.

** In Brazil, soccer player Ronaldo also shaved his head. He also gave the world [[http://copa3x4.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/ronaldo-cascao.jpg this horrible haircut]] (compared to [[http://i40.tinypic.com/27y1lig.jpg Cascão/Smudge]] of local comic strip ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''), which inspired children to imitate him.

* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'''s entirely unexpected popularity in Japan has led to the spike in sales for items only tangentially related to the show. The most notable was a brand of cologne that resembled a bottle the main character, Kotetsu, owned. [[http://i.imgur.com/VDs9V.jpg It was apparently of utmost importance to 2ch and /a/ to know what he smelled like.]] Sunrise noticed and decided that they'd start selling Kotetsu's oft-replicated NiceHat.

* The NiceHat worn by Franchise/IndianaJones has been pretty much consistently popular since [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk the first movie]] was released and is still being sold in costume shops as well as hat stores. The exact model is a high-crowned [[http://www.indygear.com/igfedora.html Herbert Johnson fedora,]] if you're interested. Australian hatmaker Akubra (of the eponymous slouch hat) also have a replica model they refer to as “The Adventurer”.

* The 1907 production of ''Theatre/TheMerryWidow'', starring English actress [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Elsie Lily Elsie,]] paved way to the rise of the [[NiceHat wide-brimmed overly-feathered hat]] that would remain popular during the rest of TheEdwardianEra until the dawn of WWI.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': Ask around any knife/blade shop and chances are they have had a number of people asking about butterfly knives, thanks to that globetrotting rogue, the Spy. The game is also responsible for the popularity of real-life NiceHat obsession among its fans, though part of it is also due to said fans wanting to {{Cosplay}}.

* The eponymous character in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a particular fondness for dorayaki, and when the show became a success, dorayaki also became extremely popular in Japanese bakeries and confection shops.

** ''Manga/SlamDunk'' was a smash hit in not just Japan, but also the Philippines and Korea. The manga was even credited by the Japanese Basketball Association for popularizing the sport in Asia, especially since a lot of the players in the Japanese league grew up reading it.

* One of the many reasons why the Yamaha [=CS=]80 is so expensive is that it's the key element in ''Vangelis''' trademark sound, and many musicians want to sound like this. Just listen to the ''Film/BladeRunner'' soundtrack.

* Music/{{Pendulum}}: Rob Swire's use of the Starr Labs Ztar Z6 model MIDI guitar controller on songs where he does vocals led to MIDI guitar controllers regaining popularity.

* After ''Series/{{CSI}}'' started airing, applications to be forensics investigators and applications for appropriate college majors skyrocketed. Pretty much every Las Vegas souvenir store carries ''CSI'' merchandise now (even though the actual Las Vegas police doesn't even call them [=CSIs=]). It also gave us TheCSIEffect. [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Which is bad, by the way]].

** The forgotten minor hit(well minor in the [[AmericansHateTingle U.S. anyways]]) "Running Up That Hill" by Creator/KateBush was prominently featured in one season 4 episode and it ended up causing that song to have a massive resurgence in popularity, becoming number one on the iTunes charts and having a major increase in views on Youtube(where almost every single comment is talking about the show).