15 Fictional Companies That Could Never Stay in Business in the Real World

Movies, television, and video games are filled with memorable fictional companies that somehow keep the lights on despite endless lawsuits, catastrophic accidents, or spectacularly incompetent management. In the real world, many of these businesses would be bankrupt after their first major incident, buried under regulatory fines, insurance claims, or public outrage. Others survive only because stories need them to. These companies have become iconic precisely because they operate by fictional ru...