As projected in both Idiocracy and Futurama the human thirst for luminescent green energy drinks is only going to increase over the next thousand years. Futurama's Mountain Dew-like soda has a special recipe that none of its rivals could ever hope to synthesise as it is the gooey secretion of the giant slug Slurm Queen. The Slurm Queen oozes gallons of Slurm daily in a factory on the planet Wormulon. Slurm is also notable for its hard partying Willy Wonka-eque mascot Slurms McKenzie, who will gladly party with you on a visit to the factory but all he really wants to do is "stay home and rent videos and watch them with a few friends. Is that so much to ask?".
17. Opti-Grab (The Jerk)
The ingenious brainchild of Navin R Johnson, a down on his luck Gas-station attendant from a poor Southern black family. Navin helps a customer whose glasses keep falling off by soldering a handle and nose brake to his troublesome spectacles. The grateful customer ends up marketing Navin's invention which makes them both rich. Unfortunately for Navin the Opti-grab is held responsible for causing cross-eyedness (including crossing the eyes of director Carl Reiner) and he loses all his fortune in lawsuits, so the Opti-grab is one product that wont be changing the lives of real-life spectacle wearers any time soon.
16. Dapper Dan Pomade (Oh Brother Where Art Thou)
As every Dapper Dan man knows if your're a Dapper Dan man no other pomade (especially Fop) will do the job for your hair care needs. This should be less of a problem in the real word than it is for George Clooney's Ulysses Everett McGill in Oh Brother Where Art Thou's Mississippi, as versions of Dapper Dan Pomade is sold by several cosmetic companies and is widely available online.
15. Pawtucket Patriot (Family Guy)
Maybe not as famous as its fictional beer counterpart in the Simpsons (more on which later) nevertheless Pawtucket is a popular brew in Quahog. This may be due to its successful TV advertising campaign which shows two young women sunbathing in a back yard, rubbing lotion on each other before fooling around: "Pawtucket Patriot Beer: If you buy it hot women will have sex in your backyard".
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