- ''"A lawn savant, who'll lop a tree — no one beats Marquis de Sod!"''- the jingle (to La Marseillaise) of the BDSM lawn service Marquis de Sod, from Thomas Pynchon 's ''Vineland''
- ''"All the News in Fits of Print!"'' - the slogan of ''The Daily Punctilio '' in Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events .
- ''"A Spare Hand When Needed"'' - We R Igors , '' Discworld ''
- ''"Big Brother is watching you"'' - George Orwell's '' Nineteen Eighty-Four ''
- ''"Catch Here!"'' (parody of NBC's 1983-1984 promotional campaign "Be There") - promotional campaign for NewsChannel 7, '' Lizzie McGuire ''
- ''"Do what we say, and nobody gets hurt."'' - Texxon, '' Saturday Night Live ''
- ''"For all you'll ever need."''™ - The Goliath™ Corporation, Thursday Next novels
- ''"For people who don't want to stink"'' - Ocean Breeze soap, '' The Muppets Take Manhattan ''
- ''"For Real"'' - presidential campaign, '' Tanner '88 ''
- ''"For when the metal ones decide to come for you... and they will."'' - Old Glory Insurance, which offers coverage in the event of robot attack, '' Saturday Night Live ''
- ''"If it's a boot, it's a Blackbury "'' - Blackbury Boots, '' Johnny And The Dead ''
- ''"If you can find a better set of tires, screw you, pal!"'' - Screw You, Pal tires, '' Saturday Night Live ''
- ''"If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways , The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe ?"'' - '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ''
- ''"Ocean Breeze will get you clean"'' - Ocean Breeze soap, '' The Muppets Take Manhattan ''
- ''"Our Age Is Showing"'' - parody of an NBC's promotional campaign, '' Saturday Night Live ''
- ''"Recycling Nature's Bounty"'' - Harry King waste recycling, '' Discworld ''
- ''"Share and Enjoy"'' - Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, Complaints Division '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ''
- ''"Taking the Piss since 1961"'' - Harry King waste recycling, '' Discworld ''
- ''"Our business is life itself"'' - Umbrella Corporation , ''Resident Evil'' series.
- ''"We report. You believe."'' - parody of Fox News slogan on Australian comedy '' CNNNN ''
- ''"We're Channel 6, Just Catch Us Now!"'' - parody of NBC's 1982-1983 promotional slogan "Just Watch Us Now", '' The Simpsons ''
- ''"We scare because we care"'' - '' Monsters Inc. ''
- ''"What the eye dosn't see. The buyer dosn't know"''.'' Fast Forward (L'iar-Deskonke)
- ''"Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With"'' - Sirius Cybernetics Corporation , describing androids '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ''
See List Of Fictional Online Services
See List Of Fictional Films
- ''The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer'' - '' Discworld ''
- ''The Ankh-Morpork Times'' - '' Discworld ''
- ''The Arlen Bystander'' - '' King Of The Hill ''
- ''The Borchester Echo'' - '' The Archers ''
- ''The Beast'' and ''The Daily Brute''- Newspapers in '' Scoop '' (Novel by Evelyn Waugh )
- ''Bloom Picayune'' and ''Bloom Beacon'' - Milo Bloom 's papers in '' Bloom County ''
- ''The Brentford Mercury'' - Robert Rankin novels
- ''Canley Evening News'' - Sun Hill 's local newspaper in '' The Bill ''
- ''The Cardiff Gazette'' - '' Doctor Who '' episode " Boom Town "
- ''Central City Picture News'' - '' The Flash '' comics, Iris West's employer
- ''The Comet'' - '' The Naked Truth ''
- ''The Daily Bugle '' - Marvel Comics , especially Spider-Man
- ''The Daily Comet''- a British Tabloid owned by Derek Leech in Kim Newman 's fiction
- ''The Daily Fluxion'' - ''Cat Who...'' series by Lillian Jackson Braun
- ''The Daily Fourth Gradian'' - Springfield Elementary School newspaper, '' The Simpsons ''
- ''The Daily Glob'' - Monstropolis, '' Monsters, Inc. '', tabloid
- ''The Daily Globe'' - Rival paper to the ''Daily Bugle'' in the Marvel Universe
- ''The Daily Granite'' - '' The Flintstones '', was for a time Captain Caveman , Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone 's employer; edited by Lou Granite
- ''The Daily Mole'' - '' Thursday Next '' novels
- ''The Daily Planet '' from Metropolis - Superman
- '' The Daily Prophet '' - '' Harry Potter '' series
- ''The Daily Punctilio '' - A Series Of Unfortunate Events
- ''Daily Sentinel'' - '' The Green Hornet ''
- ''The Daily Slab'' - '' The Flintstones ''
- ''The Daily Star'' - newspaper from the earliest Superman comics; sometimes also appears in modern comics as a competing paper to the ''Daily Planet'' or a newspaper in superhero Green Arrow 's Star City
- ''Daily Supernova'' - '' Futurama ''
- ''DayFax'' - Spider Jerusalem's old employer in '' Transmetropolitan ''
- ''The Flash'' - '' Brenda Starr ''
- ''Gotham Gazette'' - '' Batman '' comics, Vicki Vale 's employer
- ''Gotham Globe'' - '' Batman '' (movie), Vicki Vale's employer
- ''Hill Valley Telegraph'' - '' Back To The Future ''
- ''The Inquisitor'' - '' Zork Grand Inquisitor ''
- ''Lawndale Sun-Herald'' - '' Daria ''
- ''Liberty Tree'' - '' Liberty City Newspaper in the Grand Theft Auto game.''
- ''The Los Angeles Tribune'' - '' Lou Grant ''
- ''The Manhattan Guardian'' - ''''
- ''The Miami Record-Dispatch'' - '' Dave's World ''
- ''The New New York Post'' - '' Futurama ''
- ''New York Daily Inquirer'' - '' Citizen Kane ''
- ''New York Herald'' - Oscar Madison 's employer in The Odd Couple (named after a defunct real-life paper which was one of the ancestors of the New York Herald Tribune )
- ''New Zork Times'' - '' Zork_I games. ''"All the grues that fit, we print"''
- ''Owl on Sunday'' - '' Thursday Next '' novels
- ''The Pickax Picayune'' - ''Cat Who...'' series by Lillian Jackson Braun
- ''The Pseudopolis Herald'' - '' Discworld ''
- ''Quahog Informant'' - '' Family Guy ''
- ''The Red Dress Press'' - '' The Simpsons ''
- ''Sacramento Register'' - '' Eight Is Enough ''
- ''The Seattle Courier'' - '' The 4400 ''
- ''St. Louis Daily Inquirer'' - '' Citizen Kane ''
- '' The Springfield Shopper '' - '' The Simpsons ''
- ''The Sto Plains Dealer'' - '' Discworld ''
- ''The Tally Ho'' - '' The Prisoner ''
- ''The Toad'' - '' Thursday Next '' novels
- ''Tomorrow'' - owned by Elliot Carver, villain of '' Tomorrow Never Dies ''
- ''The Walford Gazette'' - '' EastEnders ''
- ''The Tally Ho''
- ''The Word'' - major journal of The City ('' Transmetropolitan '' comics)
- ''Yadretsey'' - '' Red Dwarf '' (Backwards universe version of '' Today )
- ''American Breast Enthusiast'' - '' The Simpsons ''
- ''Bait'' - from the 1987 '' Dragnet '' movie
- '' Bender's Big Butt Fembots'' - indecent magazine published by Bender '' Futurama ''
- ''Big & Bouncy'' - a magazine kept under Adrian Mole 's bed
- ''Big 'Uns'' - a magazine from '' Married... With Children '' (1980s and 90s)
- ''Butt Frenzy'' - '' Aqua Teen Hunger Force ''
- ''Cheek Week'' - '' The Simpsons ''
- ''Crack Whore'' - Eric Cartman 's mom was once on the cover, '' South Park ''
- ''Gigantic Asses'' - '' The Simpsons ''
- ''Girls, Giggles and Garters'' - '' Good Omens '' and '' Discworld ''
- ''Granny Fanny'' - '' The Simpsons ''
- ''Holding Your Own Boobs'' - fictional ad from a Saturday Night Live episode featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar
- ''National Pornographic'' - parody of '' National Geographic '', '' Futurama ''
- ''Pentiumhouse'' - pornography for robots, parody of '' Penthouse Magazine '', '' Futurama ''
- ''Playbeing'' - a journal of sports, technology and gynecology ('' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy '')
- ''Playbot'' - pornography for robots, '' Futurama ''
- ''Playdude'' magazine - '' The Simpsons ''- a take-off on '' Playboy ''
- ''Playpen'' - '' Married... With Children ''- a take-off on '' Penthouse '' (also in '' Family Guy '' and '' That 70's Show '')
- ''Rhode Island Slut'' - sex-based classifieds magazine, from the film '' Dumb And Dumber ''
- ''Sapphire'' - adult magazine, '' Monk ''
- ''Scurvy'' - '' Aqua Teen Hunger Force ''
- ''Spank'' - '' Beavis And Butt-head '' - a parody of '' Swank '' adult magazine
- ''Stagman'' magazine - '' The Muller-Fokker Effect '' - a take-off on '' Playboy ''
- ''Taint'' magazine - '' Mr. Show With Bob And David ''
- ''Victoria's Circuit'' - pornography for robots, parody of Victoria's Secret catalog, so may just be a catalog, '' Futurama ''
- ''Zero-G Juggs'' - '' Futurama ''
- ''Ankh-Morpork Literary Gazette and Paradigm Shifters Monthly'' - '' Discworld ''
- ''Battle Call'' - '' Discworld '', Omnian magazine, parodies '' War Cry ''
- ''Blue Pants Weekly'' - '' Simpsons ''
- ''Blush'' - '' Just Shoot Me! ''
- ''Bows and Ammo'' - '' Discworld '', a take-off on '' Guns And Ammo ''
- ''Business Shriek'' - '' Monsters, Inc. '', spoof of '' Business Week ''
- ''Chewing'' - a "high-gloss, literate and sophisticated" magazine for gum chewers, '' Calvin And Hobbes ''
- ''Composure'' - women's magazine similar to '' Cosmopolitan '', '' How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days ''
- ''Doggy Style'' - Fashion magazine for dogs, '' Family Guy ''
- ''Fretmagic Kids!'' - Lame guitar magazine, '' Homestar Runner ''
- ''Global Weekly'', later ''Global Community Weekly'' - '' Left Behind '' series
- ''Harpies Bizzare'', '' Bewitched ''
- ''Hundredaire Socialite'' - Interviews with "hundredaires", '' Homestar Runner ''
- ''Hush-Hush'' - gossipy tabloid magazine, '' L.A. Confidential ''
- ''Jon'' - '' The Daily Show With Jon Stewart ''
- ''Know Magazine'' - 1960s men's magazine, '' Down With Love ''
- ''Men's Fatness'' - '' Simpsons ''
- ''Metropolitan'' - news magazine Sarah Jane Smith works for in '' Doctor Who ''
- ''Mouth'' - 60s underground magazine, '' Hippies ''
- ''National Tatler'' - tabloid in Thomas Harris 's novel '' Red Dragon '' and its sequels
- ''National Whisper'' - tabloid in '' Superman '' comics
- ''The New Frontiersman'' - right-wing news and opinion, '' Watchmen ''
- ''Newstime'' - news magazine in '' Superman '' comics owned by Colin Thornton
- ''Non-Threatening Threatening Boys'' magazine - '' The Simpsons ''
- ''Now Magazine'' - news magazine affiliated with the Bugle in Marvel Comics
- ''Nova Express'' - news tabloid, '' Watchmen ''
- ''Oceanographic Explorer'' - '' The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou ''
- ''SugarApe'' (or ''sugaRAPE'') - Urban lifestyle magazine, '' Nathan Barley ''
- ''Teen Magazeen'' - the magazeens for teens, '' Dinosaur Comics ''
- ''Timber Maniacs'' - ''TimMani'' for short, flagship magazine of publishing house of the same name, '' Final Fantasy VIII ''. Stopped from being printed due to carrying articles from political dissidents.
- ''Top Goss'' magazine - '' Coronation Street ''
- ''Total Pins'' - and other magazines for pin collectors, '' Discworld ''
- ''Unadorned Facts'' - '' Discworld '', Omnian magazine, parodies '' The Plain Truth ''
- ''Warrior of Fortune'' - '' Discworld '', a take-off on '' Soldier Of Fortune ''
- ''What Gallows?'' - '' Discworld ''
- ''What's News'' - '' Blacksad ''
- ''Which Broomstick?'' - '' Harry Potter ''
- ''Witches Weekly'' - '' Harry Potter ''
- ''YouthQuake'' - '' Glamorama ''
''(See also List Of Fictional Radio Stations )''
''See List Of Fictional Television Shows , List Of Fictional Television Stations , Troy McClure ''
- ''Elephant!'' - A tasteless musical version of '' The Elephant Man '' featuring in '' The Tall Guy ''
- ''The Enchanted Hunters'' - Clare Quilty's play in '' Lolita ''
- ''The Enchanted Piccolo'' - opera in '' Maskerade '', parodies '' Die Zauberflöte ''
- ''Die Fleiderliev'' - opera in '' Maskerade '', parodies '' Die Fledermaus ''
- ''Greasier'' - parody of '' Grease '', '' Lizzie McGuire ''
- ''The Good Soldiers'' - (derivative and not very good) play by Osterling in '''', believed to be a lost classic
- ''Kickin' It!'' - celebrity drug rehab musical, '' The Simpsons ''
- ''The King in Yellow'' - play within the book '' The King In Yellow ''
- ''The King of Ankh '' - play by Hwel in '' Wyrd Sisters ''
- ''Lease: The Musical'' - '''' (parody of '' Rent '')
- ''Leela: Orphan of the Stars'' - opera, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" episode of '' Futurama ''
- ''Lohenshaak'' - opera in '' Maskerade '', parodies '' Lohengrin ''
- ''Loveless'' - stage play in '' Final Fantasy VII '' currently showing in Midgar.
- ''Manhattan Melodies'' - '' The Muppets Take Manhattan ''
- ''Die Meistersinger von Scrote'' - opera in '' Maskerade '', parodies '' Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg ''
- ''The Murder of Gonzago'' or ''The Mousetrap'' - the play in '' Hamlet '' which the Prince uses to "catch the conscience of the King".
- ''A Night of Kings'', aka The Lancre Play - the Propaganda play by Hwel in '' Wyrd Sisters '' which hews closer to '' Macbeth '' than the actual events, but inadvertently captures the conscience of the Duke.
- ''Nobody Said It'd Be Easy'' - Three-hour, one-man show by Mark Hentemann, '' Family Guy ''
- ''Nothing On'' - the play-within-a-play in '' Noises Off ''
- ''Nutrition and the Four Food Groups'' - an elementary school production in '' Calvin And Hobbes ''
- ''Oh, Streetcar!'' - musical version of '' A Streetcar Named Desire '' in '' The Simpsons ''
- ''Peter Griffin Presents: The King And I '' - Peter Griffin's heavily rewritten version of the famous play in which Griffin plays A.N.N.A., a robot sent to overthrow the tyranical King and his "all-female sex orgy." '' Family Guy ''
- ''Prisoners of Love'' - the play in '' The Producers '' that the producers are creating at the end of the movie in prison.
- ''Pyramus and Thisbe'' - a "merry and tragical", "tedious and brief" work by Peter Quince, starring Bottom the Weaver - '' A Midsummer Night's Dream ''
- ''Red, White and Blaine'' - the musical revue in '' Waiting For Guffman ''
- ''The Ring of the Nibelungingung'' - opera in '' Maskerade '', parodies '' Der Ring Des Nibelungen ''
- ''Song of Shelbyville '' - '' The Simpsons ''
- '' Springtime For Hitler '' - the play in '' The Producers '' that the producers are hoping will flop in their Fraud scheme.
- ''Stop the Planet of the Apes: I Want To Get Off!'' - stage musical version of '' Planet Of The Apes '', starring Troy McClure from '' The Simpsons ''
- ''The Taming of the Vole'' - play by Hwel in '' Lords And Ladies '', the title parodies '' The Taming Of The Shrew '', but it's based on events similar to '' A Midsummer Night's Dream ''
- ''La Triviata'' - opera in '' Maskerade '', parodies '' La Traviata ''
- ''Dark Penguin'', ''Geese Aplenty'', and ''A Cyst For Gus'', all fictitious plays written by tortured Kafkaesque playwrights in stories by Woody Allen
- ''Il Truccatore'' - opera in '' Maskerade '', parodies '' Il Trovatore ''
- ''Vide Cor Meum'' - Aria in Hannibal from a fictional opera based on La Vita Nuova by Dante , music by Patrick Cassidy {Link without Title}
- ''A Wizard of Sorts, or Please Yourself'' - play by Hwel in '' Wyrd Sisters ''
- ''The Wrinkled Old Family Retainer'' - Kilgore Trout 's only drama ('' Timequake '')
(see also Play Within A Play )
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