Our brains have seen so many brands and logos, that just a certain shape and color combination can be enough information. So it probably shouldn’t be surprising that some enterprising souls decided that license fees are for morons and the best plan is to simply make your own comically similar rip-off instead.
We’ve gathered the best examples of hilarious and shameless knockoff brands and characters from across the internet. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below.
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Oof, Starbucks
Really. Does Starbucks own the color green? Do they own circles? Go Sattar!
Yeah, that sounds legit. Starbucks can't trademark white and green circles.
near us there was an exotic fruit and veg shop that called themselves 'Fruit R Us' .. . Fruiterers - funny. Sued by Toys R Us on the grounds that the backwards R was copyright. Of course they couldn't afford to go to course so changed name to something else. They are still there -bye bye Toys R Us!
Had To Do A Double Take
I don't even wear polos, but I have a mighty need for this specific shirt.
Yes! Equal rights for horses! Very Communist ideal! No more nice Horsey work for hay and cold stable! Wear the Red Shirt!
Hmm, we haven't seen Boxer for a couple of days have we
Load More Replies...Years ago at the peak of the preppie phase, I had a tie with a polo player riding a crocodile...
Dancing Jordan
Never got and still don’t know how trainers became such a high end fashion item.
I Love Finding Things Like This At Thrift Stores
I sincerely hope OP bought this... If this is what I think it is, you can't get these any more... Some kid tried to sell these and got sued.
However popular the N.F brand may be, you’ll sweat like a hog in it. So maybe the southern variety is better for heat regulation.
Who Killed Orange Julius? Orange Brutus [philippines]
Iron Deficiency Man
He helps rehabilitate people who can't take care of themselves for mental reasons.
Load More Replies...What are those things to the right of ID Man--if you're looking at the picture? Strangely long "extensions" of something. And I do mean strangely....anyone else notice these?
They reused a mold for a different toy and changed teh paint scheme.
When Hollywood Steals Your Idea
I just realized that those are the symbols for Barium and Bromine. Neither of those are used in manufacturing methamphetamine. Not a meth cook. Just a guy with a degree in chemistry who never watched the show.
Never saw it? I didn't thought it would be any good. But saw it during the covid years, and it was really good. Seen 'Better call Saul', also, but jot the last season.
Load More Replies...so, the middle-aged baker often says "I AM THE ONE WHO NEADS!!" but doesn't eat his bread? and his younger partner is like "Yeah, YEAST!!" and he can't stop eating the bread.
We can read the name atyeast, not sure about the rest of the words dough
"Neighborhood's fresh pastry, which makes addicted" - North Macedonian
What Not Butter!
None of these contain butter type product at Grandma's house (no matter the country). They are all full of leftover chili and green beans.
Alice on Vicar of Dibley: "Well, I can't believe the stuff that is not I Can't Believe It's Not Butter is not I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. And I can't believe that both I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and the stuff that I can't believe is not I Can't Believe It's Not Butter are both, in fact, not butter. And I believe... they both might be butter... in a cunning disguise. And, in fact, there's a lot more butter around than we all thought there was."
And they're all dreadful. My grandmother made her own butter, and I will go for the real thing every time.
These Knockoff Jordans Gave Michael A Great A**
I Saw This Movie Once
They're Cr*ppy, But Flattering
So anything including the words "fried chicken" is now somehow a knock-off of KFC? As if they're the only seller of fried chicken in the world.
Google defines "knock off" as: a copy or imitation, especially of an expensive or designer product. And I think it's pretty obvious that they were imitating KFC.
Load More Replies...Ralph Lacoste
Ha! I just commented above that I used to have a tie with a polo player riding a crocodile. Clever
Coming To Your Nearest Bookstore
Oh god, that reminds me of the terrible "romance" novels I used to see on a blog called "Worst Things For Sale". I never would have guessed so many people would fantasize about sexy times with Sasquach.
This is doesn’t belong here. The book is a satire of Larsson’s novel. Completely intentional.
To be followed by the sequel 'The Mud Flap Girl with the Trucker Tatoo'.
FYI the real name of book they try to rip-off is ”Män som hatar kvinnor”. If directly translated to English that would be ”Men who hate women”.
My Favorite Soap
so, its competier is HAL2000? its tagline is "Dave, I'm afraid I can't let you do that."?
Finally, A Brand That Totally Represents My View Towards Life
My Girlfriend's Peepi Socks Finally Arrived
Pikado'h!
Watch Out Microsoft, Michael Bindows Is Comming
Sounds like the name of the Elf/Hobbit that's on duty at tech support XP
"okay, you tried turning it off and turning it on again, have you tried throwing it into a volcano?"
Load More Replies...It was a real shop a long time ago in Japan. I saw a video on YT from a person trying to find the location. The shop has since long been closed.
You are right, there are two videos by Nick Robinson, the first covering the mystery (Watch on Youtube : https://youtu.be/yDzAAjzbV5g?si=r7ESBGMahSgoLLo8 ) and the second one, where he goes to the location and tries to find the real place... (watch on Youtube : https://youtu.be/QRIklga9IBQ?si=pMwIZy518_QC21Qs ). Welle worth the watch time!
Load More Replies...Hah hah, even the Katakana characters transliterate to Michaelsoft...
no one seems to get this and that's understandable but the word "Binbows" has nothing to do with Binbo or Bimbo. the word binbo means poor. its a pun. the shop sells used PC and parts for ultra-cheap.
Ordered This From A Chinese Company On Amazon And Thought You Would Like It
With such songs a "Sponge worthy" and "No soup for you!"
Load More Replies...Aids
Reminds me of the candy they had in the 70s and 80s called Ayds. It's for real, look it up. It contained an appetite suppressant called Benzocaine. An analogue of Novocaine and Lidocaine.
Impossible is Nothing but STD is something, so be careful when wearing this to aid(s) your game XP
Just Yelp For Help
Crappy Or Genius?
Looks A Bit... Phoney Doesn't It
I'm so used to PlayStation controllers that my brain superimposed triangle circle square X on the buttons lol
Mother Knew I Wanted A Roomba But Didn't Want To Waste That Much Money On One. So She Found One For A Bargain! Note, It Has Zero Vacuuming Ability
Glue a broom to the back of it and let it drag dirt around the house into a pile
Tape a helium balloon animal to it and make a pet if you don't have one
Thank You, Clearance Aisle
Where I live the week starts on Sunday so it would be Wednesday to me and some other people
Load More Replies...Found In Costa Rica
Since burrito is the diminutive of burro, donkey, they serve either food or animal sex movies. Not sure I want to find out.
There’s a Russian board game called meme club with the same thing and a site called riddimhub 💀🙏
Found This In Vietnam. Beautiful
was gonna say the same thing i cant think of any original comments anymore D':
Load More Replies...A friend of mine has a Vietnamese wife. She told me that in Vietnam there are several classes of counterfeit clothes: you can buy the original, which is made in the factory, but 'outside working hours. You can buy these for half price. Then for even cheaper you can buy the genuine product without branding because a minor defect means it didn't pass the QA test. Then come the "real" fakes: e.g. like the original but made of cheaper materials, and finally the total fakes with the logo of a known brand but nothing to do with the original. At the bottom of the range are the super-cheap Adios, Benteley, Golden & Cabana and Vouis Luitton.
How come the tag says Northface, but the stitching on the jacket says Northfake?
To get you to buy it hoping you don't scrutinize the logo
Load More Replies...Many Many Doctors
I prefer Mr Pibb. Not pretentious enough to claim to be a doctor. A drink for the common man.
On the corner of Candy Cane Lane & Blind Cop Boulevard
Load More Replies...WHAT?!? No Mr. Pibb? That's like the biggest one. EDIT: oh they changed the name 20 years ago.
There is also the lesser known Mr. Pibb, he couldn't afford med school...
It Just Do
This Is How All Cr*ppy Off-Branded Products Are Made, To Be Honest
Mildly Infuriated Bird
Perturbed? I feel like that would work better actually: Perturbed Bird
Load More Replies...This is the bird that flies around and shits on your freshly washed car.
10/10 game im DEFINITELY not lying.... the game makes you mildly infuriated though, so just as a precaution
Hotdognald’s
They Only Learn From The Best
Pffff... Serbia had Nic Cage on the biology book cover ages ago... Nicolas-Ca...df2658.jpg
after having quickly googled who this guy is, I'd say it was probably deliberate.
Connocting People
Sounds like I should bring my Nokia into the bathroom. If anyone asks, I am Connocting Poopie XD
Yum Yum
I'm surprised it wasn't Burger Queen, but it is Iran after all.
Mm Just What I Want In My Mouth
The New Spinoff Sounds Delicious
Snipers ?
Me seeing Pepe: 71e2090539...2078ce.jpg
(Romancing the stone, 1984)
As far as I'm concerned it's still marathon. I don't like change.
Laundry
Laundry heroes including: captain t-shirt, the incredible boxer shorts and spider sock
That's pretty darn clever play on words. In French "laver" means to "wash". I kind of want guys in Thor and Captain America costumes to come out and wash my car.
Who Lives In A Pineapple Burnt Third Degree!
I Love These
Mine too, and I'll buy the candy.
Load More Replies...Nothing Is Possible In China
Infinitiy War Is The Biggest Crossover Event In Histor-
It's like they made Minions with the leftover fabric from Patrick.
Two For The Price Of One!
"Excuse me, could I take a moment to speak with you about the Matrix?"
"Bless me Neo for I have synced" - "When was the last time you logged on?"
Neo...maybe. Priest (from the movie)...maybe. Padre? No way....doesn't look a thing like Father Mulcahy.
Maybe it was originally in Spanish and the just couldn't be bothered to translate it to father?
Load More Replies...Biohazard Boy
They make really good knock-offs of high end collectibles these days. Usually what happens is that someone in the manufacturing factory makes a copy of the mould.
Load More Replies...At first I thought the two tubs in the bottom left corner were tubs of Tollhouse Chocolate chip cookie dough. Then when I realized it wasn't, I thought, "ooh ice cream."
Why Get The North Face When You Can Get The Huge Mountain
Cat And Rat
Ah Yes The TFC
Uh-Oh, Jebediah's gonna be in trouble for letting his picture get taken and plastered up there for all to see.
This guy is Jewish, not Mormon ;) But your comment is funny anyway 😆
Load More Replies...How Did They Get Away With That!
It keeps people from looking at the pizza, which appears to be a pretty tragic concoction IMHO
Another Great Find In China
That's the second Gucci + Peppa Pig one - is a Bluey one far behind?
I love this!! I should get stupidly fake knock off stuff on purpose because it's so funny
Angry Garfields
BREAKING NEWS - New Bird Species Discovered! Scientists call them.. Titflappers.
Someone Suggested I Post My New Phone Case Here
Found Them At My Local Farmer’s Market
Burek King
Me too. I wouldn't be able to walk past this without going in.
Load More Replies...Something Is Not Looking Right
I Choose You, Chikapu!
U M
Star World
I was thinking it was the crossover we never got too.
Load More Replies...Omg Guys! It’s Pukicho!
Wow What A Good View?
Could have been worse, could have been "Mountain Jew" (Jew and Dew are pronounced the same in the UK)
My Friend And I Died Laughing In The Store - Seen In Taiwan
Hit The Sci Fi Jackpot At The Pet Shop
This Is Slightly Disturbing
I Can Respect The Honesty, At Least
Captain China
Bringing Back A Classic
THe crew at Triple Jump actually played this game. It's really bad.
Aggle Product
Reminds me of the joke "If the USA is so great, why did they create a USB?
Load More Replies...Found This Gem At My Mil's House
Ratatoing, our MVP. Gotta love it. What's up balloon to the rescue is a racist film though, so not as big a fan
No. the people behind that monster are not going up. They are going down to hell. They have a special place waiting fot them👿
Load More Replies...GAIAM is renowned for their absolutely abysmal and oftentimes hilarious knockoffs of popular Disney and Pixar movies.
Saberspark has reviews of some of these on his Youtube channel. And boy are they bad. Like, "Manos The Hands Of Fate The Animated Series" level bad
I kinda miss seeing these in Walmart right before the big Disney release. Always good for a laugh.
Whatsapp Perfume Is Actually 🔥
Got This Present 9 Years Ago. Still Cracks Me Up To This Day
Dora's Smarter Cousin, Donna
Dora once asked me where the ocean was. I'm not sure she's the "smart" one.
Load More Replies...Modern Chinese citizen knows there is no soul. Superior education of glorious Chinese nation reveals the excellence of life in great century of contemporary Chinese scientific and economic achievement. No need for exploration. No need for wait. All needs available in excess in our most successful abundance of Happy nation state.
Load More Replies...Hmm Okay?
This "Shrek" In A Park In Turkey
Can’t Decide Where To Buy From
Collection Of Oreo Knockoffs
I have seen the Creme Betweens here locally and couldn't get past the name. LOL
"Icequeerii"
Err... I guess "frozen queen" is not trademarked by Disney. LET IT GO MY CREATIVITY!
This Is Actually Real And Actually On Prime Video
I'm caught up on all my Netflix ... I would watch this ... I wonder what the them song would sound like?
You can find it on YouTube. If you view the one posted by Telugu Filmnagar, skip to about 19:15 for the song.
Load More Replies...This Perfume I Found At A Cheap Shop Today. Anyone Wanna Smell Like Some Cooch?
Surprise ?
KFC Rip Offf
This Lipstick I Just Got
When You Find The Ps5 On Wish
The Gamestation 5. Gamestations are pretty amusing miniature knockoffs. It's actually a mini cheap 32 bit emulator console, comes with pile of emulated retro games up to and including the PS1.
Hypothetically speaking would one be able to load other games for emulating? Asking for a friend.
Load More Replies...Found This On Google
Welcome To Pita Hut, May I Take You Order?
🤨
Would You Like A Oreo? Nah I'd Rather Have A
Do Mario and the gang speak Dutch? I guess anywhere there's a market...
Load More Replies...Ordered A Pickle Rick Pipe Off Wish.com
I sure hope it doesn't have a bowel; I'd be concerned if it did
Load More Replies...Ham Socks. Found On Aliexpress
"Burger Friends: Friends Have It Their Way"
Mockey
I fell for these, thought I got a good deal until I noticed, lol. dinacell-6...822722.jpg
The fakes probably leak less than the originals.
Load More Replies...When I was little, I had a little stuffy alligator... He wore a yellow Polo shirt with a little man on it. The Gator's name was Izod 😄
I fell for these, thought I got a good deal until I noticed, lol. dinacell-6...822722.jpg
The fakes probably leak less than the originals.
Load More Replies...When I was little, I had a little stuffy alligator... He wore a yellow Polo shirt with a little man on it. The Gator's name was Izod 😄
