afsgtdoc wrote:
I like the following for various reasons:
InGen - Creators of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and its sequels
Prescott Pharmaceuticals - The Colbert Report
Ziodex Industries - Makers of cloned blood from Underworld
Conglomerates and multinationals
Binford - Industrial Manufacturer from the Home Improvement television series.
Nakatomi Corporation - Die Hard
Omni Consumer Products (OCP) - RoboCop films
OsCorp - Norman Osborn's company in the Spider-Man universe.
Upton-Webber - Working
Energy, communication, and utilities
Strickland Propane - King of the Hill
Fronts
Ace Tomato Company - CIA front in Spies Like Us
Universal Exports - front company for MI6 agents in the James Bond books and movies.
Robots and androids
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Tyrell Corporation - Blade Runner
United Robotronics - Small Wonder, syndicated sci-fi sitcom which aired from 1985 to 1989.
NorthAm Robotics - Bicentennial Man
Multiple products
Acme - appears in many works of fiction, most notably in Road Runner cartoons and other Looney Tunes as a manufacturing company
Other
Global Chemical Unlimited - Parent company of Wacky Products Incorporated, Happy Fun Ball.
Paper Street Soap Company - Boutique soap manufacturer, Fight Club.
Military, defense, and weaponry
Zorg Industries - A weapons manufacturer based in New York City and run by Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg in the film The Fifth Element
Retailers
Mega Lo Mart - Wal-Mart-like store, King of the Hill
Super Club - warehouse club, Employee of the Month
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes - magical joke shop in Harry Potter
Technology, computers, and software
Initech - Office Space
Railroad
Taggart Transcontinental - Atlas Shrugged
Airlines
Sandpiper Air - Wings (NBC TV series)
Miscellaneous
M & M Enterprises - Catch-22