Fake College, Real Mug
April 8, 2019 7:17 AM Subscribe
Please help me find coffee mugs for fake colleges and universities. I'm looking for otherwise normal looking mugs, ideally highlighting a place from media or popular culture, like this one from Hogwarts. I'm not looking for parodies of real institutions, like this one for Harvard Law. Subtler is better, as this is for a long-term practical joke. What do you recommend?
Greendale Community College from Community
posted by crocomancer at 7:21 AM on April 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by crocomancer at 7:21 AM on April 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
Miskatonic University, from the works of HP Lovecraft.
posted by LSK at 7:23 AM on April 8, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by LSK at 7:23 AM on April 8, 2019 [4 favorites]
Brakebills University from The Magicians
posted by Secret Sparrow at 7:26 AM on April 8, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Secret Sparrow at 7:26 AM on April 8, 2019 [3 favorites]
Hudson University is a popular name for a fictional NYC school, usually not a direct analog for any in particular but a composite. It's shown up in a number of media but probably most famously the Law & Order series; attending Hudson appears to put students at a statistically outrageously high risk for violent, TV-worthy assault considering how safe New York is overall.
posted by Tomorrowful at 7:27 AM on April 8, 2019 [10 favorites]
posted by Tomorrowful at 7:27 AM on April 8, 2019 [10 favorites]
Hudson University is the Columbia stand-in on Law & Order. I think they may also have a fake name for NYU, but I can't remember what it is.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 7:28 AM on April 8, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 7:28 AM on April 8, 2019 [1 favorite]
Xavier's Institute for Gifted Students
posted by Kirth Gerson at 7:37 AM on April 8, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Kirth Gerson at 7:37 AM on April 8, 2019 [3 favorites]
How about a nice Hampden College Classics Department mug?
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 7:37 AM on April 8, 2019
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 7:37 AM on April 8, 2019
Not sure if this counts, but The University of Okoboji is a long-running marketing ploy for a resort area in Iowa.
posted by AzraelBrown at 7:41 AM on April 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by AzraelBrown at 7:41 AM on April 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good
posted by nuclear_soup at 7:54 AM on April 8, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by nuclear_soup at 7:54 AM on April 8, 2019 [3 favorites]
Looks like someone on Zazzle actually made college merch for the South Harmon Institute of Technology from the movie Accepted.
posted by helloimjennsco at 9:14 AM on April 8, 2019
posted by helloimjennsco at 9:14 AM on April 8, 2019
I'm sorry I'm not as smart as you, Kirk. We didn't all go to Gudger College!
posted by SansPoint at 9:17 AM on April 8, 2019
posted by SansPoint at 9:17 AM on April 8, 2019
Some of the shows with highschools also have colleges, such as Hearst College on Veronica Mars and UC Sunnydale on Buffy.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 9:52 AM on April 8, 2019
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 9:52 AM on April 8, 2019
Sadly I can't seem to find any merchandise for the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:03 AM on April 8, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:03 AM on April 8, 2019 [2 favorites]
Adams College (go Atoms!) from Revenge of the Nerds
Also, Hillman college is one of the other frequent fake colleges from Law & Order.
posted by Sunburnt at 11:18 AM on April 8, 2019
Also, Hillman college is one of the other frequent fake colleges from Law & Order.
posted by Sunburnt at 11:18 AM on April 8, 2019
Hillman is also the college from A Different World.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 11:46 AM on April 8, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 11:46 AM on April 8, 2019 [2 favorites]
Sierra Madre City College where I believe you can purchase a coffee mug from the Bottle Shop. Various "departments" of the college have floats in the city's annual fourth of July parade. Examples
posted by blob at 1:09 PM on April 8, 2019
posted by blob at 1:09 PM on April 8, 2019
It's been a while since I was there, but Ketchum, Idaho (home of the popular Sun Valley ski resort) had shops selling University of Ketchum mugs. The nearest actual university was probably University of Southern Idaho, 76 miles/122 kilometers away.
posted by blob at 1:14 PM on April 8, 2019
posted by blob at 1:14 PM on April 8, 2019
How about Peter Parker's alma mater, Empire State University?
posted by honey wheat at 5:07 PM on April 8, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by honey wheat at 5:07 PM on April 8, 2019 [1 favorite]
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