Gizmodo
Any fan of Futurama will recognize Slurm as the official soft drink of the 31st century. You remember the slogan—"It's highly addictive." But if a recent trademark filing by Twentieth Century Fox is any indication, Slurm could be coming to store shelves sometime in the less distant future. The "Slurm" trademark includes:
...carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks; fruit drinks; fruit juices; mineral and aerated water; bottled drinking water; energy drinks; syrups and powders for making soft drinks and other beverages, namely soft drinks, fruit drinks and tea; coffee-flavored soft drinks; Ramune (Japanese soda pops); powders used in the preparation of isotonic sports drinks and sports beverages.The best part of this is whole scenario is that a bunch of Fox execs and lawyers sat around a board room and discussed the possibility of a future in which Slurm could become one of many "sports beverages." Philip J. Fry, the epitome of an athlete.
While the trademark filing could be defensive in nature, preventing others from marketing Slurms of their own, our stomachs are aflutter at the possibility of ingesting some giant slug ass juice. Who wants to lose some teeth? [trademork via bbgadgets]
Comments
Will there be a promotional tie in where we get to visit the Wonka-esque factory?
Replace the "l" with a "p" and what do you get?
Has anyone else seen the episode which shows where Slurm REALLY comes from?
@Noobs-R-Us: Humor circa 7th grade health class?
I would rather drink Slurm than any other addictive soft drink from the future.
I think the idea that this filing is 'defensive in nature' is a little misleading. In order to complete the trademark registration process, they actually have to use the trademark in commerce on the goods and services described. They can file before they use the trademark, but they can't register it or use it 'defensively' without first selling some Slurm.
I really want to win that contest! If only there were some sort of 'F-Ray' we could use to look inside of things.
@sgodun:
Please. Take a look at where you are commenting. Of course we have.
Now if only they could get around to Bachelor Chow...
Whimmy-wham-wham-wazzle! Let's party!
Good news everybody! "Brawndo" may finally some competition!
ouch my sperm!
Yeahhh... Hopefully their version doesn't really come out of the butt of a giant space slug queen... :oP
"A colossal worm-heiney" -Prof. Farnsworth.
It's going to be an energy drink probably, most of these tie in products tend to be come hot-topicish exclusives that come in a generic energy drink format.
I'm hoping for an excellent mountain dew ripoff,however.
Does anyone else equate this with Mt. Dew?
Not that I' ain't in mind ya. ;)
@sgodun: Yea I did see that. Where are they going to get the source? Or has it been here since 1947?
@strider_mt2k:
Yeah that's the green stuff that comes to mind.
Hope it tastes different though; Mountain Dew is the Nectar of the 'tards.
I smell a Futurama Movie coming up!!! ( save this comment for a later I told you so).
With the success of the Simpsons movie it wouldn't be so far fetched.
next up...Soylent Cola.
@nutbastard: If only there was a cane sugar version...
@pilsen12: you are right, there are futurama movies coming up. about 3 to be exact. and 1 thats already been released. sorry but I have to ask...have you been living under a rock?
@Tony C: Or maybe, just MAYBE it CAN come out of a giant slug's ass! Imagine a mini keg that looked like the slug with a tap coming out of it's ass.......ooh never mind, I just grossed myself out.
@jibbly: And I'd rather drink OG Coke than any other addictive drink of the past.
@strider_mt2k:
You mean cane sugar as opposed to high fructose corn syrup?
I'd take it a step further and stick with pure evaporated cane juice.
@Noobs-R-Us: you alsop have to replace the "U" with and "E" - use spell check_
@sgodun: yeah - seen every episode - and Mark also mentions this in the article at the top_
No such thing as a "defensive" trademark filing -- they're not like patents in this regard. If you have a trademark on something, you have to be doing business with it.
I prefer Slusho, much more addictive.
@uberfu:
phonetics suffice for juvenile humor. that said, it wasn't funny. penis.
I can't wait to not be able to stop drinking it !
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I'll buy it if it has the same flavor as mountain dew, but with less water so it is thicker. And it has to be served warm, so it tastes like it is fresh from the giant slug.
@Ghede:
*BARF*
OG Coke?
@jibbly:
yeah, you know - with cocaine in it? cocaine == from coca leaves, coca-cola?
this crap now that they sell with the phrase "original formula" is such bullshit. theres no cocaine in there.
maybe fox will patent the "nice refreshing crack" machines from little neptune as well.
@Lodril: You're right that they can't just register the trademark defensively, but they don't have actually have to have sold any at this point. Sec. 1(b) of the Lanham Act allows registration for a "bona fide intent to use" in commerce. You then get 6-months before you have to file either a statement of use or file for an extension. Though you can continue filing for extensions, you must continue to have a bona fide intent to use that mark each time you file an extension.
15 USC 1051(b)(1) "A person who has a bona fide intention, under circumstances showing the good faith of such person, to use a trademark in commerce may request registration of its trademark..."
@nutbastard: Ah I didn't quite catch the OG = Original part. I thought it was some obscure, drafted, cane sugar sweetened brand of cola or something...
Oh wait that's RC Draft from 1995, the best soda ever made!
@nutbastard: Hey, man, don't mess with the Dew.
I've been drinking it since waaaay before those retarded X-game based commercials...
@pilsen12: Duh. There are three more movies coming up... Save this comment for later "I told ya so's".
@cso1982: FTW!
you get a free tooth with every can!
I want a list of ingrediants, and it BETTER damn well contain "green goo from a worms butt". Specifically goo from Slurms McKenzie would be best.
@Roopy: Hahah, i want a pair of those
@uberfu: That I know, I was thinking Pho-ne-ti-cally. In anycase, I think we all got the joke as @jibbly: so nicely pointed out.
@cso1982:
Soyent Cola? I hear it varies from person to person...
I would have expected a "hypnotoad" pilot, now that the strike is over.
Wait, Ramune Slurm? That was unexpected.
Best. Episode. Ever.
MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm..............Slurm..........
@pilsen12: Uh, there is a Futurama movie out already. Bender's big score.. Two more on the horizon.
I totally understand how Fry was addicted to Slurm. I was the same way with Pepsi Blue.
WANT.
Did they forget anything to add on to the list?
GROSSSSSSSSS, i'll take the zoidberg juice.
@Galley: wait a sec, Pepsi Blue. i used to loooove that stuff. Everyone else hated it. I had a vending machine in my high school and I used to buy some daily. It was truly a sad day when they took it away.
Which extra-terrestial hive queen is going to be filling the cans?
Whimmy Wham Wham Wozzle!
I hope they've also applied for a patent for hovering delivery trucks.
Maybe we will get New Slurm and then Original Slurm
must...remove...brain...slug....
Will they have Diet Slurm?
Tell them I hate them.
OMG if this hits the market ill be buying at least 2 cases to keep for sentimental value and then more cases to drink...
i love futurama.
bender for life
I always thought Monster energy drinks is what slurm would taste like...
@strider_mt2k: I was thinking - just can the Mountain Dew syrup used in soda fountains, maybe with just a little carbonated water. Like 1:1 instead of the normal 5:1 ratio. Slurm! And one hell of a buzz.
Where's the Slurms MacKenzie Slug
Oh God yes! Oh God yes! Oh God yes!
Please let this be true!!!
OW my sperm!....nothing that time
All Hail the Hypno Toad!
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And Slurm must taste like Ramune... Like Green Ramune...