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M$4.80 November 12, 2009 05:09 AM

If you could work for any fictional company or at any fictional office, where would it be? Why?

Can be from any book, TV show, movie...as long as it's not a real company, it's open season.

I call Sterling Cooper (and yes, I've seen the Season 3 finale, but I'm trying to keep things spoiler-free)

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Answerer #1
 
November 12, 2009 05:28 AM
From the movie Grandma's Boy...I don't know the name.. but that office.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEA_g1UK64k
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Answerer #2
 
November 12, 2009 06:03 AM
If I could work for any fictional company, then of course I would have to be an engineer at Acme Corporation, the manufacturer of fine explosives and other equipment used by Mr. Wile E Coyote.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Corporation

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Commenter #1
 
November 12, 2009 07:10 AM
1 question...Do employees get to live in Acme Acres? Cause if so, I'm in.

http://www.frillseekerdiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tiny-1-300x245.jpg

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Answerer #3
 
November 12, 2009 06:35 AM
Huhuhuu.....then definitely I would join into CERN as a scientist. Have you understood which CERN?? If not just I will say a single word then you will say ohh...

From "Angels and demons" movie.

I always dream to be a a physics scientist. So I would join there to research with Maximilian Kohler. But if I saw that he had killed then may I would also go Vatican with Robert Langdon. To stop the terrorist. There much adventure.

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Commenter #1
 
November 12, 2009 03:19 PM
I think the idea was that the company should be fictional, not a real organisation that happens to appear in a work of fiction!

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Commenter #2
 
November 12, 2009 03:56 PM
I think @philipy you missing something in my answer.

All we know illuminate is real BUT the plot of this MOVIE is not real. Actually I was ready to face your comment and so I kept my source ready.
The plot of Angels and Demons movie is "Angels and Demons" totally fiction novel by Dar Brown. There is real CERN but there is no professor who have killed by a terrorist. I said here about joining the angels and demons movie's CERN (I mean fiction CERN not real). You saying about working in real CERN's office but I am saying about working in fiction novel's fiction CERN's office.That's the difference.

I don't know either I could make you clear about my speech....so please follow this link....

............quote............
Question: Is the illuminati logo used in the film historically real?
Ans: Nope. It was created by real-life typographer-artist-philosopher John Langdon, a friend of Dan Brown's father and part of the inspiration for protagonist Robert Langdon. The author commissioned Langdon to create ambigrams, or typographical symbols that can be read in a variety of ways, for the word "Illuminati" as well as the "Illuminati diamond" – a fusion of the words "earth" "air" "fire" and "water" into a diamond shape.
................./quote...........

Fact and fictions

Thank
safi

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Commenter #3
 
November 12, 2009 05:35 PM
I know the plot is not real... that's what I said in my comment! Look at lon's comments on the other answers... he's asking for an organisation that is a) a company and b) fictional. CERN is neither of those.

But I hope you get your dream job as a physicist someday.

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Commenter #4
 
November 12, 2009 05:53 PM
Huuuuuf....I am doing so bad. In another question I also made mistake...it burning me....click on unhelpful....and kick this at last of all question because there is no chance to edit it now....and it is not a quality answer according the question.

Though I wanted to say about joining in fiction's CERN you view in my answer that I wanted to work with Maximilian Kohler is there any real person whithout in fiction's Office of CERN?
Anyway thanks
safi

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Answerer #4
 
November 12, 2009 07:46 AM
I would work for Starfleet, and my office would be on the USS Enterprise.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barnski/438862004/

I'd be a science officer. I'd get to go on 'away missions'

I'd discover new species and aliens :)

Just make them friendly please

http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwardcabalit/2218289356/

Space, the final frontier!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20348545@N05/3055661754/

I was born in the wrong century :(
Source(s):
images from Flickr

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Commenter #1
 
November 12, 2009 08:05 AM
Hmm, so the question becomes, "Is Starfleet a company or a diplomatic and humanitarian agency?" I feel like the latter is probably more accurate.

However, you could work for Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems. They apparently developed a lot of the technology that would later appear in Federation starships.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoyodyne_Propulsion_Systems

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Commenter #2
 
November 12, 2009 08:12 AM
Jooohhhnnn Smallllberrries!

"Work, while the clock, she is a ticking"

"Home is where you hang your hat"

"Duce you say, if it was a snake it would have bit me"

OK, I'll be a member of the Hong Kong Cavaliers

nice to see another Buckaroo fan !

PS - I still think Starfleet applies :)

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Commenter #3
 
November 12, 2009 03:20 PM
Starfleet would be on my shortlist, except if @lon is going to be strict about what constitutes a company! It's certainly not a company, any more than NASA or the US Navy. :)

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Answerer #5
 
November 12, 2009 11:02 AM
I'd like to work as a field researchers for Megadodo publications.. which is one of the major publishing houses situated on Ursa Beta Minor.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SPMW4QYHL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg

They are the publishers of a wholly remarkable book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which although not as complete as the Encyclopedia Galactica has some major advantages. Firstly it is slightly cheaper, secondly it has the helpful words "Don't Panic" written on the front cover in large letters and thirdly it is updated regularly by a team of Field researchers and not so vertical managers to ensure that it is completely up to date.

http://www.vogon.com/megadodo/graphics/guidepic.gif

The editor, is a an all powerful figure who is normally “too cool” to see anyone at the moment, unless he has questions about whats a good place to eat at the end of the universe. His yacht is expected to be fitted with laser cannons when any of his startups go supernova.

Most of the office staff who are based on Ursa Minor Beta spend their time having long lunches, drinking beverages that are almost completely unlike tea, and grooming their beards while taking interactive virtual reality cruises , which allows them to do research without having to leave their own office.

Field researchers earn their money by writing guide pages on a range of topics. While many start pages from scratch, others often claim a page that was set up and enhance it to become a major resource. I believe one page writer expanded the original text on a niche location topic from 2 words

----quote---
Mostly harmless
---quote----

Into a large article covering the cultures, history, best places to get a drink, and the reason why the primitive ape like creatures who lived there thought that digital watches were a great idea. His revenue share from Googleplex adsense would have been astronomical if it wasn’t for the fact that shortly afterwards the planet was demolished to make way for an inter-spatial bypass making much of his work obsolete.

http://www.burningairlines.com/political/posters/4072YouAreHere.jpg

It has many popular How-to pages including how to make a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and How-to escape from the ravenous Bug-blatter Beast Of Trall as well as coupon codes to save money on the purchase of Towels from “Bed, Bath, Infinity and Beyond”

It also has a vibrant Question and Answer community with todays most interesting question (rated at $250 Megadodo Dollars) for anyone who can provide an answer to What is a Hrung and why did it choose to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven particularly? It is even thought that in an attempt to get a decent answer to this question it may have been sent backwards in time and space and may be seen in the matrix of the ultimate computer.

However, I’m faced with the fact that no organisation that is in anyway similar to this could possibly exist anywhere in this reality or any other… so I'm going to choose Universal Exports instead.
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Commenter #1
 
November 12, 2009 03:23 PM
Great choice, esp if you can be the editor and go for inter-galactic cruises in your office. :)

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Answerer #6
 
November 12, 2009 02:31 PM
I call dibs on Veridian Dynamics from Better Off Ted. In case you're not familiar with this Bio Science company, here's what they do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_bPobs8T5w

In an office where you can pass off a new project "Jabberwocky", as a bold new product, even though it doesn't exist, I want that job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0tCtXwekk

In an office where bio-computers named "Johnny" leak ass-goo....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYk5K4hef8M

In an office where staplers grow hair...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOnBe2XWNU4

...I want that job. Sure, there is a slight health risk that I might get frozen and my eyeballs would pop out of my head. Or some of the scientists may involuntarily drug me. And Portia De Rossi's boss character releases tension by firing a gun. But you'll never find a company better at covering up mistakes.

And besides if you find a company that invents office chairs so uncomfortable and painful that workers are forced to be more productive...don't you want those people on YOUR side?

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/inbrief_veridian_dynamics.jpg

Veridian Dynamics. My kind of company.
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Answerer #7
 
November 12, 2009 03:43 PM
Do you dream of saving books from self engineered plot fluctuations? ( I do.) Do you have pictures of the agents that captured Heathcliff after he burned down Wuthering Heights on your wall? (Yup. Wall to wall.) Did you think that 150 hours of community service in Green Eggs and Ham just wasn't enough punishment for him? (Maybe a stint with the Oral Traditions would have been more punishment.)

Then you and I need to come and work for Jurisfiction, the policing agency within the book world, created by the mastermind Jasper Fforde in his Thursday Next series.

http://www.thursdaynext.com/jurisfiction/index.html

There are many benefits to working for Jurisfiction. Besides getting to meet the cat formerly known as Cheshier (he is in charge of the Great Library), you get to track down and fight interesting criminals such as the Minotaur, who is wanted for murder and page running.

Or you can fight a pack of dreaded Verbisoids. Be sure to bring your stash of irregular verbs with you. They are the only thing that will defeat this monster.

If there is a wrong in the literary world, it is your job to make it right.

The agency's equips its agents with only the most high tech equipment, such as
1) the Footnoterphone which you can use to contact Text Grand Central or any other agent in any genre and call for backup.
2) the Eject-o-hat which can get you out of any sticky situation by putting it on and pulling the red cord. You are promptly transported into "The Middle of Next Week." From there, you can move to safer ground.
3) the Textmarker - something like a flare gun but alerts other agents to your position in a book immediately for assistance
4) Eraserheads which will "reduce any unfortunate wretch to text in under a second." (I recommend using these cautiously)
5) an MV mask - antimispelling vyrus mask which has a dictionary or two as filters (it is effective against most strains of the vyrus).

If you need to move from one genre to another quickly, you can call for a Transgenre taxi, that is of course if you aren't able to just jump from one book to another like most senior agents.

As if all that excitement isn't enough, you can have grand characters such as Mrs. Havisham, Commander Trafford Bradshaw, Emperor Zhark, or Jacob Marley (among many others) as your mentor.

Only the most highly qualified applicants can become agents.

To find out more check out "The Eyre Affair," "Lost in a Good Book," "The Well of Lost Plots," "Something Rotten," and "First Among Sequels"

Although if fiction isn't your thing, then perhaps an outlander like yourself prefers more a more realistic police agency such as The Swindon P.D. I recommend SpecOps-17 or SpecOps-29.

Source(s):
http://www.jasperfforde.com/

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Answerer #8
 
November 12, 2009 03:45 PM
When you come to think of it, not many organisations in fiction are actually companies. And those that are... well they're mostly evil!

I am going to go for Cage and Fish, the law firm from Ally McBeal.

Because trying surreal law cases in Boston surrounded by lots of funny people and cute women can't be bad. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzA67v3hj04
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Answerer #9
 
November 12, 2009 03:50 PM
I would like to work as a Police Officer in Northern Virginia in the year 2054.
The company I would like to work for would be PreCrime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)

I would love to slip those gloves over my hands and do some fancy computer work. (I just love the toggle mode!)

After getting a wooden ball with a name on it, I would slip into my space outfit and put my jet pack on.

After a hard days work, I would slip into my Lexus and program it to take me to the Gap, where they would personally show what jeans they have left in stock that will fit actually fit me.

Source(s):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/

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Answerer #10
 
November 12, 2009 04:35 PM
I would be a member of the Sons of Anarchy. I would be their tattoo artist and chief Harley Mechanic. Why? It's just a foolish childhood fantasy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHQMvhcj0EI&feature=related
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Commenter #1
 
November 12, 2009 05:32 PM
No childhood fantasy is foolish!

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Answerer #11
 
November 12, 2009 06:08 PM
That's easy....Callahan Auto.

Where else can you act like this and keep your job?

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Answerer #12
 
November 12, 2009 06:22 PM
I would like to work for Santa Claus!!!! Best job ever. If they don't hire me, I'll go to Willy's Wonka Chocolate Factory!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5-sNqJW7Hs
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Answerer #13
 
November 12, 2009 07:13 PM
I get dibs on "Spade and Archer", working for Sam Spade as his girl Friday, as played by Bogart. First, I don't imagine I'd be expected to be in the office all that often. And the pay would be average and sporadic. But the rest sounds pretty darned interesting. Intrigue, great wardrobes, Bogart/Spade, mystery...

Of course, I'd have to secretly install a high-speed internet connection from the future to do amazing research when his back was turned. That's how I'd make it so he couldn't do without me!

http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/TheMalteseFalcon/falcon05.jpg

http://www.moviezeal.com/wp-content/uploads/maltese01.jpg
Source(s):
The Maltese Falcon

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Commenter #1
 
November 13, 2009 09:56 PM
Yes, if Sam Spade needs a new partner I'm in! :)

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Answerer #14
 
November 12, 2009 07:39 PM
While I'm tempted to say Initech, the prospect of being the victim of stapler theft doesn't sit well with me. I also can't quite shake the feeling of deja vu, as if I really have worked for this company before.

My actual choice is the Permanent Assurance Company. Having worked in the trenches of companies that were acquired before, I find the response of the Permanent Assurance Company employees inspiring. They redefined the term "corporate raiders".

Source(s):
Office Space (movie)
The Meaning of Life (movie)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crimson_Permanent_Assurance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space

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Commenter #1
 
November 13, 2009 12:06 AM
This is a pretty brilliant answer.

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Answerer #15
 
November 12, 2009 10:46 PM
Kramerica Industries, because the hours are flexible and the boss is easy going.

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Commenter #1
 
November 13, 2009 12:09 AM
Love it! This company is actually fictional twice over...It doesn't even actually exist in the "Seinfeld" universe. Well played.

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Answerer #16
 
November 13, 2009 12:29 AM
I'd imagine that Santa Claus has terrific working conditions with cookies and candy, treats and surprises. I wonder if the his office is open year round or just for the holidays. I would want to be the full-time help not the part-time, seasonal or holiday help.

I want to feel important to Santa. I want Santa Claus to need me.



I'm sure there are many jobs available there from the top down. Project managers, engineers, bakers and mail clerks (lots of mail clerks). I think I would want to be an vice-executive final sleigh inventory inspector. I want to make sure the sleigh is packed just so, making sure all the toys were accounted for and were completely ready for the lightning round of delivery Christmas Eve.



When those happy children all over the world are thanking Santa Claus.. they are really thanking me, the vice-executive final sleigh inventory inspector.
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Answerer #17
 
November 13, 2009 04:28 PM
DUNDER MIFFLIN!!!!

I want to work for a paper sales office. The characters are hysterical,All off beat in some weird way.I want to be friends with Dwight Schrute.
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Answerer #18
 
November 14, 2009 01:26 AM
If being Science Officer on a Star Ship doesn't count because it's government, then it would have to be the lab from the movie Brainstorm.

I've tried to re-create an environment like that several times, but the financiers always get ticked off when they think the staff doesn't look miserable enough.

http://www.hollywoodvideonorth.com/brainstorm2.jpg

http://www.mestodesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walken-brainstorm.jpg

http://www.hollywoodvideonorth.com/brainstorm4.jpg
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