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<title>23 Hilariously Bad Knockoff Brands</title>
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<p>In every dollar store and Chinatown marketplace these little gems can be found. If nothing else, their efforts are commendable.</p>





 <p><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/1/20/11/enhanced-buzz-3581-1327076899-0.jpg" width="604" height="604" alt="Mountain Lightning " /></p>
<h1>Mountain Lightning </h1>
 <p>This logo makes me feel like they may or may not have slipped amphetamine into this soda.</p>

 <p><small>Via: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cott-Beverages-Mountain-Lightning-Soda-12-pk/10794698" class="">walmart.com</a></small></p>






 <p><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/1/20/11/enhanced-buzz-24118-1327075325-22.jpg" width="604" height="453" alt="Panburger Partner " /></p>
<h1>Panburger Partner </h1>
 <p>This company is really good at coming up with synonyms.</p>

 <p><small>Via: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.reddit.com/" class="">reddit.com</a></small></p>






 <p><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/1/20/11/enhanced-buzz-24104-1327076041-26.jpg" width="604" height="453" alt="Sunbucks Coffee" /></p>
<h1>Sunbucks Coffee</h1>
 

 <p><small>Via: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/avery/1121075/" class="has_icon icon_flickr">avery</a></small></p>






 <p><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/1/20/11/enhanced-buzz-25950-1327075866-41.jpg" width="604" height="405" alt="Michael Alone " /></p>
<h1>Michael Alone </h1>
 <p>I never thought a McDonald&#39;s could ever seem more depressing.</p>

 <p><small>Via: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://micgadget.com/11196/the-great-mcdonalds-knockoff-michael-alone/" class="">micgadget.com</a></small></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:02:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Dumb Tweets @ Brands</title>
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    <p>A great collection of untethered consumers tweeting at the brands they love and love to take 140-character shots at. Conspicuously absent at the moment: @Starbucks and @Walmart (so we added our own).</p>

  	
	
	








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    <p>If logos were honest, they would look like this. (Designs created by Victor H. See more at Designers Couch .)</p><script type="text/javascript">window.BF_IS_TOP_LIST = true</script> <ol class="top-list" id="top-list"> 	  <li class="bf_dom num1" rel:bf_bucket="track"> 	  <h3> </h3> 		 			 				<img src="http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/4/15/10/enhanced-buzz-16117-1302877927-0.jpg" width="600" height="450" /> 			 		      		<p></p>   </li>   </ol><p><a class="action" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/if-logos-were-honest">View Entire List &rsaquo;</a></p>









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<title>Can You Recognize These Logos Without The Branding?</title>
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  	<p>A series of paintings that simplify famous logos into their basic graphic forms.</p>

		<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://flavorwire.com/167014/can-you-recognize-these-logos-without-the-branding" target="_blank">Read More On flavorwire.com &rsaquo;</a></p>









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    <p>Superette , an Auckland fashion chain, knows how to brand&#8230; literally.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:07:53 -0500</pubDate>
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    <p>Rainbows are usually beautiful, but unfortunately this one tends to eat up our paychecks. One logo that&rsquo;s noticeably missing ate up $3,000 of mine. Where&rsquo;s the Apple?</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:46:16 -0400</pubDate>
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  <media:description type="html">&#x3C;b&#x3E;Rainbows are usually beautiful, but unfortunately this one tends to eat up our paychecks.&#x3C;/b&#x3E; One logo that&#x26;rsquo;s noticeably missing ate up $3,000 of mine. Where&#x26;rsquo;s the Apple?</media:description>
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    <p>These logos of popular brands have been reduced to just circles. How many can you still recognize? ( From , via .)</p>
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  <media:description type="html">These logos of popular brands have been reduced to just circles. How many can you still recognize? (&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://unevolvedbrands.tumblr.com/&#x22;&#x3E;From&#x3C;/a&#x3E;, &#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://thedailywh.at&#x22;&#x3E;via&#x3C;/a&#x3E;.)</media:description>
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    <p>A timeline of the brands that go with each part of the day.</p>
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