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| rdfs:comment | - ...Or a Chevy. Or a Chrysler. Or a whatever... Apparently no other automobile manufacturer exists. In many shows, all the automobiles visible on screen (or at least in the foreground) are provided by a single manufacturer, usually as a Product Placement deal. In exchange for such a lucrative freebie, the manufacturer usually demands that no competing vehicles appear in the program, and the producers happily comply. In addition, all characters own brand new late model cars, no matter their income level. Note that owning a Ford is not a bad thing per se, unless it's a Pinto...
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| abstract | - ...Or a Chevy. Or a Chrysler. Or a whatever... Apparently no other automobile manufacturer exists. In many shows, all the automobiles visible on screen (or at least in the foreground) are provided by a single manufacturer, usually as a Product Placement deal. In exchange for such a lucrative freebie, the manufacturer usually demands that no competing vehicles appear in the program, and the producers happily comply. In addition, all characters own brand new late model cars, no matter their income level. This can also apply to other reasonably-expensive household items; personal computers, for instance. Note that owning a Ford is not a bad thing per se, unless it's a Pinto... For a similar trope not necessarily a result of paid for product placement of computers, we observe that Everyone Owns a Mac. Examples of Everybody Owns a Ford include:
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