Fiction Empire

Academy of Computer Science's

A.I.

A-7
Security Systems' artificial intelligence.

Abbot's Sage
Beer that Reg orders at the bar during the Sky Clearance Festival.

Education

Schools-Science/Tech

Academy of Computer Science's
Abbreviated ACS. School where Bryce enrolled when he was 10 years old.

Ad Market

Communications Companies

Ad Market
Max Headroom version of the current Stock market, dealing in TV ad time instead of financial stocks.

Aligula's
Bar.

Bacon and Soy Burger Pak

The Botanical View of the Sex Life of th...

Burgers

Bacon and Soy Burger Pak
Also known as Burger Pax. Menu item available at Zik Zak restaurants.

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Big-Time Television
Blank Reg and Dom's TV Network. "Welcome to Big-Time Television. All day and every day, making tomorrow seem like yesterday."

Bimboviz
TV network.

Spy Gadgets

The Botanical View of the Sex Life of the African Tsetse
Bryce Lynch's graduation project, a mechanical fly with a camera that allows Carter to spy on the executives of Network 23.

BPS

Career Capability Malfeasance Program

TV Stations

BPS
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Breakthru TV
Exploitative TV news network.

Candy Pax
Candy product sold in Zik Zak vending machine.

Software

Career Capability Malfeasance Program
Also known as CPMP. Computer program that matches unassigned blanks with unassigned profiles. It compares the crime template to the personality template. If it matches, you're assumed guilty.

Channel 1111
TV station.

Channel 28
TV station.

Chernobyl Pops
Breakfast cereal that Max advertises: "For those cold mornings, try Chernobyl Pops. They give you that warm glow all over."

The Cocktail Club
TV show that takes you to famous people's parties on Network 23.

Compu Viz
TV network.

Containment System R-7

Maintenance

Waste Management

Containment System R-7
According to Edison Carter's broadcast, "Beneath you are thousands of tons of such terrifyingly lethal material that previous generations hid them and threw away the key. So dangerous were they that they were buried beneath he ground on which this city now stands."

Corporate Banking Inc.

Financial Companies

Banks

Corporate Banking Inc.
Banking company.

Crunch Fries

Fries

Crunch Fries
Menu item available at Zik-Zak restaurants.

Doctor Friendly
Educational TV show for kids that Orville shows in his secret school.

Doggie Dance Show
TV show on Network 23.

Dr. Mason
Doctor at Nightingale's Body Bank.

Dr. Moon
Doctor at Nightingale's Body Bank.

Dream Vu Micro Cable
A Micro-link cable channel, subscriber TV that broadcasts dreams.

Dream Wave
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

The Edison Carter Show

Independent Producers Clearing House

TV-News Shows

The Edison Carter Show
Edison Carter's TV show, also known as The What I Want To Know Show.

Fatui
TV network.

Flanel 25
TV network.

The Fresh Start
Bar where Theora's brother Shawn used to work before getting fired and turning to Raking.

Fruit Snax
Snack product sold in Zik Zak vending machine.

Gidividi
TV network.

Gladhand Meadows
Crematorium where Paddy's body is taken.

Global File Database
Online database Theora uses to look up dream states.

Green Kings
Beer that Reg orders at the bar during the Sky Clearance Festival.

Harmony View
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Inner Metro Complex A-102

Financial Companies

Financial Services

Independent Producers Clearing House
Financial service.

Info Web
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Retail

Shopping Centers

Inner Metro Complex A-102
Shopping center in Sector N-2446-L.

Integrity Air Leasing

Financial Companies

Financial Services

Integrity Air Leasing
TV ad market financial service.

John Smith Television

Lifetimes of the Poor and Pitiful

TV Shows-misc

John Smith Television
Officially sanctioned telelection show.

Know All Pack
Educational programming available on Pay Education TV. "You can buy your child the gift of knowledge"

Leviathan
Space shuttle mentioned on a news report.

TV-Reality

Lifetimes of the Poor and Pitiful
TV show Max advertises on Network 23.

The Lord Nelson
Bar where Rag takes Edison and Theora during the Sky Clearance Festival.

Lumpy's Proletariat
When Security Systems makes Edison Carter a fugitive for credit fraud, Network 23 plays a special encore performance of comedy show Lumpy's Proletariat.

The Max Headroom Show

Mind's Eye Structural Analysis

TV-News Shows

The Max Headroom Show
TV show on Network 23.

Metropolice
Local law enforcement. Also known as Metrocops.

Mind's Eye

Network 23 Rolling Databank

Research Institutes

Institutes

Mind's Eye Structural Analysis
Company that buys peoples' dreams.

Missile Mike
TV show on Network 23. Max is not a fan of the show, referring to it as mindless violence.

NetSat 7
Communications satellite. Astrology report on TV that replaces planets with with TV network satellites: "Sattilac 5 is in conjunction with NetSat 7. SkyTel 489 is in the ascendant."

Network 144
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen in multiple episodes.

Network 23
Top-rated TV station. Channel switching during commercials had become a major problem because it caused a dip in Network 23's ratings.

Media

Websites

Network 23 Rolling Databank
Data warehouse Edison and Bryce use to locate footage of Theora at her station.

Network 52
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Network 66
Network 23's main competition. The home of Porky's landing.

Neurostim Bracelet
New product that routes advertising messages directly to the brain.

Nightingale's Body Bank

Services

Funeral Homes

Nightingale's Body Bank
Body bank where Theora finds Edison after he barely escapes alive from the Network 23 building. "Open 24 hours"

Nu-Vu Purchasing
Home Shopping TV station.

Orville's Secret School

Pepper Nine Triple Redondi

Education

Primary Schools

Orville's Secret School
Unauthorized school for children that gets busted by the censor during the Sky Clearance Festival.

Otxis Net 62
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Ouzo Bar
Bar where Edison has a drink with his old friend Paddy Ashton.

Ouzq Bar
Bar.

Overview TV
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Ovu-Vat
Welcome to Ovu-Vat, and the new, safe, trouble-free and painless way to have babies. For the age of the new woman, the new childbirth. We make beautiful babies for the busy woman about Metropolis. There is lo longer any need to suffer the inconvenience of childbearing. Let Ovu-Vat grow your babies. We do it perfectly, no mistakes, no diseases. We come to terms with coming to term for you. Grow-bag your baby with Ovu-Vat. Special terms for twins.

Pay Education TV
Also known as PETV, TV station that offers subscribers the "Know All Pack"

Mixed Drinks

Pepper Nine Triple Redondi
Mixed drink that Reg orders at the bar during the Sky Clearance Festival.

Planet Wide
TV station.

Porky's Landing
Popular TV show on Network 66.

PornoVision
TV network.

Prodigies
TV game show for young children on Network 66 in the same timeslot as The Cocktail Club.

Pulsart TV
TV network.

Q Station 7
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Raybeamer
Sunglasses that Edison buys when obsessing over his Neurostim experience, Max Headroom version of RayBans+BMW.

RDD

Communications Companies

RDD
The Real-time Data Display Corporation, specializing in viewer ratings.

The Reagangrad Clinic

Research Institutes

Institutes

The Reagangrad Clinic
Research establishment that donated research on dream state maladies. Specialist trauma research has discovered evidence of neuroses, deep psychological damage as a result of night terrors.

Realtime View Ratings

Services

Public Relations

Realtime View Ratings
TV Ratings company.

Riotus Rerun
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

Rocco's Video Vu Show

Entertainment

Video Rental

Rocco's Video Vu Show
Downtown video vendor that charges by the minute.

Rubbish TV
TV station.

Runaway Productions

Film Production Companies

Runaway Productions
Company that developed the TV show Whacketts.

Sat Cam 17
Network 23 TV satellite. Theora mentions to Edison - she's tracking him.

Sat Hat
Hat Reg wears during the Sky Clearance festival, a big metal dome to protect him from satellite parts that rain down.

Satellite 1b SkyCounsel

Security Systems Incorporated

Vehicles

Spacecrafts

Satellite 1b SkyCounsel
Communications satellite Network 23 executives use to contact the Zik-Zak Corporation in New Tokyo.

SatLink 87-R
TV satellite.

Sattilac 5
Communications satellite. Astrology report on TV that replaces planets with with TV network satellites: "Sattilac 5 is in conjunction with NetSat 7. SkyTel 489 is in the ascendant."

Save yourself
Weekly broadcast of the Vu Age Church.

Scumball 11
Sports news TV show. Brought to you exclusively by Zik-Zak.

Scumball Classics
Coverage of scum ball, brought to you by Zik-Zak, broadcast from New Tokyo.

Search & Seizure
Bryce obtains a a global government program from highly placed sources, designed to locate illegal video substances.

Snow White: The Baby Years

Companies-misc

Security Systems Incorporated
In today's world, your inalienable rights are consumer credit, unlimited telecom and personal security. In your home, in your place of work, you can count of Security Systems. Security Systems - Wherever you go, there we are.

Shoppin' Spree
Home shopping TV show that Dom watches.

SkyTel 489
Communications satellite. Astrology report on TV that replaces planets with with TV network satellites: "Sattilac 5 is in conjunction with NetSat 7. SkyTel 489 is in the ascendant."

TV Shows-misc

Snow White: The Baby Years
Old show on Network 23, no longer on the air, apparently failed spectacularly in the ratings.

Tableau PG
TV network.

Tap Zoom TV
TV station listed on Realtime View Ratings screen.

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Tawney Cobble

Mixed Drinks

Tawney Cobble
Mixed drink that Reg orders at the bar during the Sky Clearance Festival.

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Theater Dial
TV network.

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The Top Table Restaurant

Dining

Restaurants-misc

The Top Table Restaurant
Restaurant where Grossberg orders reservations.

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Traumavision
TV network.

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Victory Net
TV network.

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Vidicam
Type of camera Edison and other reports use to film the news.

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Vidident
Identification software Theora uses to track down the body thieves.

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ViewDoze Device
Device Grossberg comes up with for Network 66 that allows people to watch TV when they're sleeping, or at least claims to.

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Vu Age Laboratories
Research lab owned by the Vu Age Church working on cloning technology.

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Whacketts
Also spelled Whackets. The show that makes winners losers.

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World 1
TV network where Theora worked before Network 23.

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Xenon
Company name on building.

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You the Jury
Award winning legal game show on Network 23.

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Zak Cola

Zik Zak's 1000-volt Christian Converter

Menu Items

Zak Cola
Menu item available at Zik-Zak restaurants.

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Zgvnhy
TV network.

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The Zik-Zak Automatic Bacon Straightener...

Electronics

Zik Zak's 1000-volt Christian Converter
Joke Max makes: Just plug yourself in and your friends will see a very large flash of light.

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Home Furnishing

Kitchen Appliances

The Zik-Zak Automatic Bacon Straightener
Product Max advertises for the Zik-Zak Corporation: "No longer will the curly pieces take longer to fry in the pan. Be rasher with your rasher!"

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Zik-Zak Breakfast Pak

Menu Items

Zik-Zak Breakfast Pak
Also known as Breakfast Pax. Menu item available at Zik-Zak restaurants.

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Zik-Zak Burgers
Food Cart vendor version of Zik Zak restaurants.

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Zik-Zak Corporation
Primary sponsor of Network 23 programming.

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The Zik-Zak Hold-All
Product Max advertises for the Zik-Zak Corporation: "The bag that makes you look as if you have at least something in the world, plus a bag to carry it"

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Zik-Zak Juice
Beverage product sold in Zik-Zak vending machine.

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Zik-Zak Muffin

Zik-Zak Neurostim Fantasy Bracelet

Menu Items

Zik-Zak Muffin
Soy muffin menu item available at Zik-Zak restaurants. "Are you tire about complaints about sagging buns or flat and naughty little muffins? Then this next product is just for you."

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Apparel

Jewelry Products

Zik-Zak Neurostim Fantasy Bracelet
It's new. It's exciting. It puts you in the picture. Get one free with every purchase at your local Zak-Zak outlet. Utilizing direct neural stimulation of the brain to relay message.

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Zik-Zak Restaurants
Fast food, from multiple episodes.

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Zik-Zak's Burger Pak

Apartment Complex 142 Zeta

Burgers

Zik-Zak's Burger Pak
Also known as Burger Pax. Menu item available at Zik Zak restaurants. Max also advertises on Network 23: "Have you ever wondered why Zik-Zak burgers come in plastic packs? Easy - some of the plastic rubs off on the burger and doubles the nutritional value."

FICTITIOUS TIMELINE

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October 7, 1988
Child prodigy and computer hacker Bryce Lynch born - Network 23's one-man technology research department.

MAKE BELIEVE MAP

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18th
Street in the Fringes where Francis' printing press is located.

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74th
Street in the Fringes where Francis' printing press is located.

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The All Clear Patch
Area of the city where the Raking sport takes place.

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Apartment Complex 142 Zeta
Apartment building where the guy blew up watching Zik Zak's latest ad campaign, commercials called blipverts.

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The Barclays Apartments

The Barclays Apartments
Apartment building.

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Block 555/A
Address of Theora's apartment building - Metro Projects.

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The Fringes
According to Edison Carter's broadcast, an area of the city that "has become home to the thousands who have drifted here to make a precarious living pr to build a permanent shelter."

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Locomotive Row
Street.

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Metal Road
Street where Paddy tells Edison he lives, in cardboard condominiums.

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Metro Jail 42
Where Blank Reg is taken when he is accused of zipper-hacking Network 23's signal.

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Metro Projects

Sybaris Residential Complex

Metro Projects
Apartment building where Theora lives.

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New Tokyo
Location of the Zik Zak Corporation's headquarters, from multiple episodes.

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Paradise Island
Island man mentions when he's going into sell his dreams to Mind's Eye, says he's going to dream about "Exotic travel to paradise island with matching suitcases."

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Sector 11
Where Edison goes undercover as a Zak Zak consumer relations agent.

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Sector 7
Mostly abandoned area of the city, once used for heavy manufacturing.

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The Video Church of the Vu Age

Sybaris Residential Complex
Apartment building from multiple episodes.

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Structures

Churches

The Video Church of the Vu Age
Church that claims to be able to store the cortical scans of its members for future resurrection.

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The Vu Age Church
Church behind popular TV show Save Yourself on Network 23. "Modern religion for the video age."

OTHER

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Aztecs
San Menudo Aztecs. Scum ball team.

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Breaker Ball

Sports

Breaker Ball
Max Headroom version of racquetball.

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Bryce Lynch

Quotes

Bryce Lynch
Bryce Lynch: There are no experimental failures. There's only more data!

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Bryce Lynch

Quotes

Bryce Lynch
Bryce Lynch: Well, I've discovered a new color and I'm working on a magnet that attracts wood.

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The Bureau Burner
Serial arsonist that bombs The Metro Tax Bureau building to protest new TV taxes.

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Credits
Currency in the world of Max Headroom.

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Druids
Irwindale Druids. Scumball team.

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Generators
Moscow Generators. Sports team mentioned on the news, specific sport unknown... Scumball perhaps?

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Grossberg

Knocking on Heaven's Door

Quotes

Grossberg
Grossberg: The show has surprise, shock, pace... and huge cash stakes. I've accomplished the impossible... I've replaced mindless action with fascination.

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Organizations

Religious Organizations

Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Temple/"Waiting room" of the Vu Age Church, where dead relatives' profiles are stored until cloning technology is available.

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Max Headroom

The Most Pointless and Extravagant Telev...

Quotes

Max Headroom
Max Headroom: How can you tell a network executive is lying? His lips move!

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Miss Sky Clearance
Network 23 News: Closer to home, the annual Sky Clearance program is underway. Normally designed to fall in the desert, this year's satellite debris is falling in the city's fringes. Collecting the space debris has become a tradition with the Sky Clearance Festival with its symbolic steel umbrellas and, of course, Miss Sky Clearance.

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Recognition

Awards

The Most Pointless and Extravagant Television Award
Award fo the piece of television which in the opinion of the judges is the most expensive and wasteful use of television time this year.

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Murray

Quotes

Murray
Murray: Those that can, do. Those that can't, censor it.

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Queen of the Fringes
Beauty pageant during the annual Sky Clearance Festival.

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Raking

Sports

Raking
Potential big money sport.

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Scumball

The Sky Clearance Festival

Sports

Scumball
Sport from various episodes.

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Street performer Frances' daughter's nam...

Events

Fairs and Festivals

The Sky Clearance Festival
Network 23 News: Closer to home, the annual Sky Clearance program is underway. Normally designed to fall in the desert, this year's satellite debris is falling in the city's fringes. Collecting the space debris has become a tradition with the Sky Clearance Festival with its symbolic steel umbrellas and, of course, Miss Sky Clearance.

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