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{{infobox reference | image= Ando hand out.jpg| caption = Ando puts out his hand, with a Nissan Versa in the foreground and a Greyhound bus in the background. | first = One Giant Leap | wikilink = Product Placement}}
{{infobox reference | image=Bobpod.jpg| caption = [[Bob]] hands [[Monica]] an [[iPod]].| first = Genesis | wikilink = Product Placement}}
''Product placement'' is a promotional tactic used by marketers in which a real commercial product is used in fictional or non-fictional media, and the presence of the product is a result of an economic exchange. Some real world products have appeared in the fictional world of Heroes.
'''Product placement''' is a promotional tactic used by marketers in which a real commercial product is used in fictional or non-fictional media, and the presence of the product is a result of an economic exchange. When featuring a product is not part of an economic exchange, it is called a product plug. Product placement also occurs with the inclusion of a brand's logo, or a favorable mention or appearance of a product.


Some real-world products have appeared in the fictional world of ''Heroes''.
==About==
=== Nissan ===
Nissan in a primary sponsor of the Heroes franchise, sponsoring the broadcast episodes, graphic novels, a free iTunes download of the pilot, as well as [[Portal:Heroes_360|Heroes 360]]. The [[Nissan Versa]] has been mentioned by name and featured prominently in numerous episodes, beginning with ''[[One Giant Leap]]''. Other Nissan vehicles have also appeared, including the [[Bennet|Bennet Family]] Armada SUV, [[Zach]]'s Quest minivan (''[[Run!]]'') and [[Mohinder]]'s Sentra sedan (''[[Unexpected]]'').


===Apple iPod ===
== Appearances ==
===[[Genesis]]===
[[Dale Smither]], an [[evolved human]] with [[enhanced hearing]] owns an iPod mini which is used to drown out other sounds. The iPod is shown in a puddle of blood after Sylar kills Dale. (''[[Unexpected]]'')
* [[Claire]] puts her hand into an InSinkErator garbage disposal (though the InSinkErator logo was removed for the DVD due to a lawsuit).


=== Greyhound Bus Lines ===
===[[One Giant Leap]]===
*[[Ando]] watches [[lasvegasniki.com]] on his iPod.
[[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] hide in the luggage compartment of a Greyhound bus during a gunfight at a Greyhound bus depot. Later, Hiro boards a Greyhound bus headed for Las Vegas. (''[[Unexpected]]'')
*At the [[Hotspur Car Rental|car rental kiosk]] in the [[Los Angeles]] [[LAX|International Airport]], [[Hiro]] specifically requests a [[Nissan Versa]] and will accept no other vehicle.


===[[Hiros]]===
*After getting a ride back to [[Las Vegas]] with [[Nathan]], Hiro finds the Nissan Versa, parked in a garage. Later the Versa is seen again when [[Ando]] joins him.

===[[Better Halves]]===
*[[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] prepare to leave [[Las Vegas]] in their Versa when the [[high roller]] makes them an offer they can't refuse.
* A [[lowlife]] wears an Adidas jacket.

===[[Nothing to Hide]]===
* [[Zach]] says he found [[Claire]]'s [[Claire's tape|tape]] underneath his bed while searching for his PSP.
*In [[Utah]], [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] stop the Versa at the site of a traffic accident.
*[[Lyle Bennet]] hides from [[Claire]] and [[Zach]] inside the [[Bennet|Bennet Family]] Nissan Armada SUV.

===[[Seven Minutes to Midnight]]===
*[[Sheriff Davidson]] says that [[Charlie]] is not "[[Google]]" just because she knows a lot of information.

===[[Episode:Homecoming|Homecoming]]===
* [[Micah]] is found waiting near a Greyhound Bus.

===[[Six Months Ago]]===
* Greyhound buses are seen in the background as [[Hiro]] and [[Charlie]] discuss attending the Japanese film festival 300 miles away.

===[[Fallout]]===
* [[Peter]] drinks from an Arrowhead water bottle while being interrogated by [[Matt Parkman]] and [[Audrey Hanson]]. Behind them, more bottles sit conspicuously on a table.
* [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] reach the [[Union Wells High School]] in their Nissan Versa. They stand right next to a car, presumably the Nissan, when [[Isaac]] calls and tells them they need to meet.
* [[Isaac]] disembarks from a Greyhound Bus in [[Midland]].

===[[Godsend]]===
* [[Hiro]] mentions the Nissan Versa to [[Simone]] while explaining his role in the ''[[9th Wonders!]]'' comic books.

===[[The Fix]]===
* [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] go to retrieve their Nissan Versa from a [[parking garage]] in [[New York]].

===[[Distractions]]===
*[[Zach]] and [[Claire]] use a Quest minivan to meet Claire's [[Meredith Gordon|birth mother]] in [[Kermit, TX]].

===[[Unexpected]]===
* [[Mohinder]] drives a Nissan Sentra rental car in to meet [[Dale Smither]] in [[Bozeman, Montana]].
* [[Dale]], an [[evolved human]] with [[enhanced hearing]] owns an iPod Nano which is used to drown out other sounds. The iPod lies in puddle of blood after Sylar kills Dale.
*[[Ando]] drives [[Hope]] to [[Primm, NV]], in the Nissan Versa. Hope uses the car as a shield during a shootout with [[Steve Gustavson]]. After the shootout, [[Hiro]] notes that the car doesn't have a scratch.
* Hiro and [[Ando]] hide in the luggage compartment of a Greyhound bus during the gunfight, which also takes place at a Greyhound bus depot. Later, Hiro boards a Greyhound bus headed for Las Vegas.

=== [[Company Man]] ===
* The [[Bennet]] family returns from the hospital in their Nissan Armada SUV. Later, [[Mr. Bennet]] and [[Claire]] ride in the SUV to meet the Haitian.
* A ten-year-old [[Hiro]] plays a Game Boy.

=== [[Parasite]] ===
* [[Mohinder]] uses a Dell laptop in his father's apartment.
* Hiro uses a Dell computer to search for the [[Kensei sword|sword]] in [[Linderman]]'s collection.
* The FBI use Dell laptops while surveilling [[Mr. Linderman]].
* Micah and Jessica play ''Heavenly Sword'' on the PlayStation 3.

===[[Graphic Novel:Family Man]]===
* [[Mr. Bennet]] uses a Visa to pay for coffee at an [[Odessa coffee shop]].

=== [[The Hard Part]] ===
* [[Micah]] is wearing a GAP shirt on one of the photos shown.
* Micah plays various Playstation 3 video games while at [[the Company facility]].

=== [[Four Months Later...]] ===
* The police vehicle chasing [[Maya]] and [[Alejandro]] is a Nissan Frontier.
* [[Noah Bennet]] gives [[Claire]] the keys to the family's Nissan Rogue in the parking lot of Claire's new [[Costa Verde High School|high school]]. Claire mentions the model of the car by name, exclaiming "The Rogue?!" when handed the keys.
* A band of Irish thieves in [[Cork, Ireland]] are expecting to find iPods in a [[Cork shipping yard|shipping yard]], only to find the specified container empty, with the exception of a shaken, scared, and shirtless [[Peter Petrelli]].

===[[Fight or Flight]]===
* When [[Elle]] receives a phone call, the [[Sprint]] logo is clearly visible on the phone's external screen.

===[[The Line]]===
* The Nissan Rogue continues to be seen.
* [[Bob]] gives [[Monica]] a black [[iPod]].

===[[Out of Time]]===
* [[Bob]] and [[Nathan]] watch video footage of [[Peter]] being treated in [[the Company]] building on a computer program with the Cisco logo featured prominently on the screen.
===[[Cautionary Tales]]===
* [[Elle]] is seen drinking a cup of [[wikipedia:Cloverfield|Slusho]] while taking to [[Mohinder]]. This is a drink which has made multiple cameos in various television shows by [[wikipedia:J. J. Abrams|J.J. Abrams]]. It is also a main element in Abrams's film, ''[[Cloverfield]]'', the second trailer of which was aired a few days before this episode's airing. This placement carries over to [http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com/2007/11/season-2-episode-9-cautionary-tales.html Beeman's Blog] for this episode in which multiple cast members are shown posing with Slusho, including [[James Kyson Lee|James]], [[Adair Tishler|Adair]], [[Hayden Panettiere|Hayden]], [[David Anders|David]], [[Sendhil Ramamurthy|Sendhil]], [[Kristen Bell|Kristen]], [[Greg Grunberg|Greg]], [[Masi Oka|Masi]], [[George Takei|George]] and [[Jack Coleman|Jack]].
* Just before their shoot out with Elle, Mohinder and Bob, Noah mentions to West that his first car as a teenager was a Citroen.

===[[Truth & Consequences]]===
* [[Monica Dawson]] uses her [[iPod]] to learn how to break into the home of those who stole [[Micah Sanders]]' backpack.
* [[Elle]] is seen yet again drinking a cup of [[Slusho]]. This time she spills it on herself upon seeing a vengeful [[Claire]].
* [[Victoria Pratt]] has an iMac computer.

===[[Powerless]]===
* [[Mohinder]]'s laptop is a [[wikipedia:Dell|Dell]].
* [[Elle]] logs into the [[wikipedia:Cisco Systems|Cisco]] surveillance system.
* [[Micah]] uses a [[Sprint]] phone.

===[[Graphic Novel:History of a Secret]]===
* [[Mr. Aswan]] has an Apple laptop computer on the desk of his office.

===[[Graphic Novel:Past Experience]]===
* [[Taro]] and [[Jiro]] bicker over a PDA sent by [[wikipedia:Hosiden|Hosiden]] to [[Yamagato Industries]].

===[[Graphic Novel:Pieces of Me]]===
* [[Ryan Covington]] owns an iPod.

===[[Graphic Novel:Donna's Big Date, Part 2]]===
* [[Donna]] relives the memories [[the Haitian]] took from her by accessing [[the Company]]'s [[the Company's surveillance system|Cisco surveillance manager]].

===[[Graphic Novel:Career Choices]]===
* The door alarm to the [[Company file room]] is labeled as a Cisco Systems product.

===[[Graphic Novel:Foresight]]===
* Donna uses a Samsung/Sprint cell phone.

===[[The Butterfly Effect]]===
* [[Usutu]] tells [[Matt]] that his cell phone doesn't get coverage where they are and says that he should have used Sprint instead.
* [[Tracy Strauss]]'s car is a blue Nissan 350Z convertible.

===[[The Eclipse, Part 1]]===
* [[Angela]] looks at a family photo lying beside the keyboard of her Mac.

===[[Graphic Novel:Red Eye, Part 2]]===
* At her [[Ithaca college|new school]], [[Anna]] passes by a silver [[Nissan Rogue]] on the road.

===[[Episode:Building 26|Building 26]]===
* [[Danko's team]] uses Dell computers.
* The opposite of product placement is hiding the VW logo on [[Alex]]'s car; once you can see that it is a [[:Image:Alex_volkswagen.jpg|Volkswagen Cabriolet]] of the early nineties.

===[[Exposed]]===
* [[Lyle]] uses a PSP.

===[[Episode:Orientation|Orientation]]===
* The [[Dial a Hero]] online project works with two MacBooks.
*[[Annie]] says that that [[Arlington University|the school]] doesn't give out any student information. Otherwise, she would've added [[Claire]] as a friend on [[Facebook]]. Claire mentions it isn't her fault, she always checks the "Privacy" button for her page.
*[[Gretchen]] says to Claire that she couldn't hide her secret from society. Google's her enemy.
*While waiting for the students to finish their preliminary exam, [[Professor Fenton]] reads the book ''Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' to pass time.
*[[Annie]] invites [[Claire]] to a party where they could play ''Guitar Hero III''.

===[[Jump, Push, Fall]]===
* [[Peter]] brings [[Hesam]] clam chowder from a Legal Sea Food in Boston.

==[[Heroes Evolutions]]==
* A red Nissan Sentra is parked outside of Primatech Paper on [[primatechpaper.com]]'s [http://www.primatechpaper.com/about.shtml About Us] page.

== Notes ==
*Nissan is a primary acknowledged sponsor of the ''Heroes'' franchise, sponsoring the broadcast episodes, graphic novels, a free iTunes download of the pilot, as well as [[Portal:Heroes_360|Heroes 360]]. In addition to product placement, they also use traditional and more obvious advertising methods such as television commercials and print ads placed in the beginning of each graphic novel.
* Emerson, makers of the InSinkErator brand in-sink garbage disposal sued NBC for the use of their clearly branded product during a scene where Claire's hand is badly mangled after she places it in a running garbage disposal (''[[Genesis]]''). Emerson claimed NBC misrepresented any risks or potential injuries posed by the InSinkErator on the show, while portraying the brand "in an unsavory light, irreparably tarnishing the product." The company settled with NBC out of court on Feb 23, 2007. [http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=55990]
* In the [[episode commentary]] for ''[[Fight or Flight]]'', [[Greg Beeman]] says that he wanted to find a right-hand drive car for [[Elle]] to use in [[Ireland]]. [[Greg Grunberg]] interrupts and helpfully finishes his sentence with "but Nissan doesn't make one."
* Some items seen in the show appear in the show’s timeline considerably before their real-world release.
** In-show, Micah plays ''Heavenly Sword'' on a Playstation 3 on or about [[Timeline:November 2006|November 1, 2006]]. In the real world, these items were released on September 12, 2007 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Sword link]) and November 17, 2006 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3 link]) respectively.
** In-show, the Nissan Rogue is a buyable, drivable automobile in March 2007. In the real world, this vehicle was not released until late September, 2007.
** In-show, [[Victoria Pratt]] has an aluminum Apple iMac in her [[Victoria Pratt's home|house]] on [[Timeline:March 2007|March 19]]. In the real world, it was not released until August 7, 2007.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Hiros versa.jpg|Hiro's Versa rental car awaits him outside LAX airport. (''[[One Giant Leap]]'')
Image:Huggerz69.JPG|[[Ando]] watches [[Niki]] on his iPod.<br>(''[[One Giant Leap]]'')
Image:Dales ipod.jpg|Dale's iPod lies in a puddle of blood (''[[Unexpected]]'')
Image:Hiros versa.jpg|[[Hiro]]'s Versa rental car awaits him outside LAX airport.<br>(''[[One Giant Leap]]'')
Image:Greyhound and versa.jpg|Hiro and Ando walk past some Greyhound buses on the way to their Versa. (''[[Unexpected]]'')
Image:Dead lowlife.jpg|Even in death, a [[lowlife]] wears Adidas.<br>(''[[Better Halves]]'')
Image:Greyhoundbus.jpg|[[D.L.]] finds [[Micah]] waiting near a Greyhound Bus.<br>(''[[Episode:Homecoming|Homecoming]]'')
Image:Peter arrowhead.jpg|[[Peter]] drinks from an Arrowhead water bottle.<br>(''[[Fallout]]'')
Image:Greyhound huge.jpg|A Greyhound logo fills the frame.<br>(''[[Fallout]]'')
Image:Quest.jpg|[[Zach]] drives a Quest minivan.<br>(''[[Distractions]]'')
Image:Mohinders Nissan.jpg|[[Mohinder]] drives a Nissan rental car while in [[Bozeman, Montana]].<br>{{epp|116}}
Image:Dales ipod.jpg|[[Dale]]'s iPod lies in a puddle of blood.<br>{{epp|116}}
Image:Greyhound and versa.jpg|[[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] walk past some Greyhound buses on the way to their Versa.<br>{{epp|116}}
Image:Younghiro.jpg|A ten-year-old Hiro plays a Game Boy. <br /> {{epp|117}}
Image:Armada_commercial2.jpg|[[Mr. Bennet]] drives his Nissan Armada to the [[Texas bridge]]. <br /> {{epp|117}}
Image:Parasite_sword_search.jpg|Hiro uses a Dell computer.<br>{{epp|118}}
Image:Fbi_uses_dell.jpg|[[FBI]] Agents [[Agent Quesada|Quesada]] and [[Agent Alonzo|Alonzo]] use a Dell in their surveillance.<br>''([[Parasite]])''
Image:Mohinder_uses_dell.jpg|[[Mohinder]]'s laptop is also a Dell.<br>''([[Parasite]])''
Image:Product_placement_PS3.jpg|[[Micah]] and [[Niki]] play a game on the PlayStation 3.<br>{{epp|118}}
Image:Product_placement_Heavenly Sword.jpg|''Heavenly Sword'', a video game that Niki and Micah play.<br>{{epp|118}}
Image:Visa.JPG|[[Mr. Bennet]] buys coffee for the masses using a Visa credit card at an [[Odessa coffee shop]].<br>(''[[Family Man]]'')
Image:Micah_gap.jpg|[[Micah]] wears a GAP shirt. <br>{{epp|121}}
Image:Nissan_frontier.jpg|A Nissan Frontier police vehicle chases [[Maya]] and [[Alejandro]].<br > {{epp|201}}
Image:Therogue.jpg|[[Noah]] and [[Claire]] [[Bennet]] conclude an embrace next to their Nissan Rogue.<br > {{epp|201}}
Image:Product placement subtle sprint logo.jpg|If the logo on [[Elle]]'s [[Sprint]] phone were any bigger, she'd need three hands to make calls.<br>{{epp|205}}
Image:Bobpod.jpg|[[Bob]] practices his best product placement pose.<br> {{epp|206}}
Image:Nathanbobcisco.JPG|[[Bob]] checks [[the Company]]'s surveillance footage using Cisco.<br>{{epp|207}}
Image:Peterciscologo.JPG|[[Bob]] and [[Nathan]] watch [[Peter]] on a Cisco surveillance system.<br>{{epp|207}}
Image:Slusho elle.jpg|[[Elle]] enjoys drinking Slusho!<br> {{epp|209}}
Image:Powers monica parkour 1.jpg|[[Monica]]'s video [[iPod]] teaches her the basics of [[wikipedia:parkour|parkour]].<br>{{epp|210}}
Image:product placement victorias mac.jpg|[[Victoria Pratt]] is a (very) early adopter.<br>{{epp|210}}
Image:What this?.jpg|[[Mohinder]]'s laptop is a Dell. <br> {{epp|211}}
Image:Super protection.jpg|[[Elle]] logs into the Cisco [[surveillance]] system. <br> {{epp|211}}
Image:This way.jpg|[[Micah]] uses a [[Sprint]] phone. <br> {{epp|211}}
Image:Mr Aswan's office.jpg|[[Mr. Aswan]] uses Apple. <br>(''[[History of a Secret]]'')
Image:Charging iPod.jpg|[[Ryan Covington]] has his iPod on charge. (''[[Pieces of Me]]'')
Image:Beep boop boop beep beep click.jpg|[[Donna]] deactivates a Cisco door alarm. <br />(''[[Career Choices]]'')
Image:Angela's_Mac.jpg|Angela's Mac has the latest keyboard. <br />(''[[The Eclipse, Part 1]]'')
Image:Lounging Lyle.jpg|[[Lyle]] plays a game on his PSP.<br/>(''[[Exposed]]'')
Image:GuitarHero3.JPG|[[Claire]] and [[Annie]] play ''Guitar Hero III''.<br>(''[[Orientation]]'')
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See Also==
[[Category:References]]
* [[Monica's iPod]]
* [[Nissan Cube]]
* [[Nissan Rogue]]
* [[Nissan Versa]]
* [[Noah's cell phone]]
* [[Slusho!]]

==External Links==
* [http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html Apple -- iPod]
* [http://www.arrowheadwater.com/ Arrowhead Brand Mountain Spring Water]
* [http://www.cisco.com/ Cisco Systems]
* [http://www.dell.com/ Dell Inc.]
* [http://www.greyhound.com/ Greyhound Bus Line]
* [http://www.nissanusa.com/ Nissan]
* [http://www.playstation.com/ PlayStation Global]
* [http://www.sprint.com/index.html Sprint]
* [http://www.visa.com/globalgateway/gg_selectcountry.html?retcountry=1 Visa]

{{reference}}
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Product placement

Bob hands Monica an iPod.
First reference: Genesis
"Product placement" on Wikipedia

Product placement is a promotional tactic used by marketers in which a real commercial product is used in fictional or non-fictional media, and the presence of the product is a result of an economic exchange. When featuring a product is not part of an economic exchange, it is called a product plug. Product placement also occurs with the inclusion of a brand's logo, or a favorable mention or appearance of a product.

Some real-world products have appeared in the fictional world of Heroes.

Appearances

Genesis

  • Claire puts her hand into an InSinkErator garbage disposal (though the InSinkErator logo was removed for the DVD due to a lawsuit).

One Giant Leap

Hiros

  • After getting a ride back to Las Vegas with Nathan, Hiro finds the Nissan Versa, parked in a garage. Later the Versa is seen again when Ando joins him.

Better Halves

Nothing to Hide

Seven Minutes to Midnight

Homecoming

  • Micah is found waiting near a Greyhound Bus.

Six Months Ago

  • Greyhound buses are seen in the background as Hiro and Charlie discuss attending the Japanese film festival 300 miles away.

Fallout

Godsend

The Fix

Distractions

Unexpected

  • Mohinder drives a Nissan Sentra rental car in to meet Dale Smither in Bozeman, Montana.
  • Dale, an evolved human with enhanced hearing owns an iPod Nano which is used to drown out other sounds. The iPod lies in puddle of blood after Sylar kills Dale.
  • Ando drives Hope to Primm, NV, in the Nissan Versa. Hope uses the car as a shield during a shootout with Steve Gustavson. After the shootout, Hiro notes that the car doesn't have a scratch.
  • Hiro and Ando hide in the luggage compartment of a Greyhound bus during the gunfight, which also takes place at a Greyhound bus depot. Later, Hiro boards a Greyhound bus headed for Las Vegas.

Company Man

  • The Bennet family returns from the hospital in their Nissan Armada SUV. Later, Mr. Bennet and Claire ride in the SUV to meet the Haitian.
  • A ten-year-old Hiro plays a Game Boy.

Parasite

  • Mohinder uses a Dell laptop in his father's apartment.
  • Hiro uses a Dell computer to search for the sword in Linderman's collection.
  • The FBI use Dell laptops while surveilling Mr. Linderman.
  • Micah and Jessica play Heavenly Sword on the PlayStation 3.

Graphic Novel:Family Man

The Hard Part

  • Micah is wearing a GAP shirt on one of the photos shown.
  • Micah plays various Playstation 3 video games while at the Company facility.

Four Months Later...

  • The police vehicle chasing Maya and Alejandro is a Nissan Frontier.
  • Noah Bennet gives Claire the keys to the family's Nissan Rogue in the parking lot of Claire's new high school. Claire mentions the model of the car by name, exclaiming "The Rogue?!" when handed the keys.
  • A band of Irish thieves in Cork, Ireland are expecting to find iPods in a shipping yard, only to find the specified container empty, with the exception of a shaken, scared, and shirtless Peter Petrelli.

Fight or Flight

  • When Elle receives a phone call, the Sprint logo is clearly visible on the phone's external screen.

The Line

  • The Nissan Rogue continues to be seen.
  • Bob gives Monica a black iPod.

Out of Time

  • Bob and Nathan watch video footage of Peter being treated in the Company building on a computer program with the Cisco logo featured prominently on the screen.

Cautionary Tales

  • Elle is seen drinking a cup of Slusho while taking to Mohinder. This is a drink which has made multiple cameos in various television shows by J.J. Abrams. It is also a main element in Abrams's film, Cloverfield, the second trailer of which was aired a few days before this episode's airing. This placement carries over to Beeman's Blog for this episode in which multiple cast members are shown posing with Slusho, including James, Adair, Hayden, David, Sendhil, Kristen, Greg, Masi, George and Jack.
  • Just before their shoot out with Elle, Mohinder and Bob, Noah mentions to West that his first car as a teenager was a Citroen.

Truth & Consequences

Powerless

Graphic Novel:History of a Secret

  • Mr. Aswan has an Apple laptop computer on the desk of his office.

Graphic Novel:Past Experience

Graphic Novel:Pieces of Me

Graphic Novel:Donna's Big Date, Part 2

Graphic Novel:Career Choices

Graphic Novel:Foresight

  • Donna uses a Samsung/Sprint cell phone.

The Butterfly Effect

  • Usutu tells Matt that his cell phone doesn't get coverage where they are and says that he should have used Sprint instead.
  • Tracy Strauss's car is a blue Nissan 350Z convertible.

The Eclipse, Part 1

  • Angela looks at a family photo lying beside the keyboard of her Mac.

Graphic Novel:Red Eye, Part 2

Building 26

Exposed

Orientation

  • The Dial a Hero online project works with two MacBooks.
  • Annie says that that the school doesn't give out any student information. Otherwise, she would've added Claire as a friend on Facebook. Claire mentions it isn't her fault, she always checks the "Privacy" button for her page.
  • Gretchen says to Claire that she couldn't hide her secret from society. Google's her enemy.
  • While waiting for the students to finish their preliminary exam, Professor Fenton reads the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to pass time.
  • Annie invites Claire to a party where they could play Guitar Hero III.

Jump, Push, Fall

  • Peter brings Hesam clam chowder from a Legal Sea Food in Boston.

Heroes Evolutions

Notes

  • Nissan is a primary acknowledged sponsor of the Heroes franchise, sponsoring the broadcast episodes, graphic novels, a free iTunes download of the pilot, as well as Heroes 360. In addition to product placement, they also use traditional and more obvious advertising methods such as television commercials and print ads placed in the beginning of each graphic novel.
  • Emerson, makers of the InSinkErator brand in-sink garbage disposal sued NBC for the use of their clearly branded product during a scene where Claire's hand is badly mangled after she places it in a running garbage disposal (Genesis). Emerson claimed NBC misrepresented any risks or potential injuries posed by the InSinkErator on the show, while portraying the brand "in an unsavory light, irreparably tarnishing the product." The company settled with NBC out of court on Feb 23, 2007. [1]
  • In the episode commentary for Fight or Flight, Greg Beeman says that he wanted to find a right-hand drive car for Elle to use in Ireland. Greg Grunberg interrupts and helpfully finishes his sentence with "but Nissan doesn't make one."
  • Some items seen in the show appear in the show’s timeline considerably before their real-world release.
    • In-show, Micah plays Heavenly Sword on a Playstation 3 on or about November 1, 2006. In the real world, these items were released on September 12, 2007 (link) and November 17, 2006 (link) respectively.
    • In-show, the Nissan Rogue is a buyable, drivable automobile in March 2007. In the real world, this vehicle was not released until late September, 2007.
    • In-show, Victoria Pratt has an aluminum Apple iMac in her house on March 19. In the real world, it was not released until August 7, 2007.

Gallery

See Also

External Links


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