Categorizing the Twitter Movie-Title Parodies of Bloomberg’s Soda Ban

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Last Thursday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s declared war on all sixteen-ounces-or-larger soda cups and bottles, his latest hit on all things fattening in New York City. It wasn’t long before Bloomberg was once again accused of running a nanny state (see him cast as Mrs. Doubtfire in this full-page New York Times ad.) Below, we have collected and categorized some of the better movie-title parodies of the soda ban, courtesy of Twitter’s master punsters using hashtag #BloombergMovieTitles.

Best “Bloomberg Is a Nanny” References:

• Mayor Soda Poppins
• Soda Wars — Return of the Nanny
• 1984
  

Best “Mayor Bloomberg Has an Anti-Obesity Wand” Reference:

• Michael Bloomberg and the Goblet of Cola

Best Soda Brand References:

• The Fanta of the Opera
• No Virginia, There is No Fanta Clause
• The Taking of Pepsi One Two Three
• Sprite-acus
• Butch Cassidy and the Sunkist Kid
• Planet of the A&W Cream Sodas
• They Call Me Mister Pibb

Best Superhero Movie References:

• The Fantastic Four Ounce
• The Fat and the Furious
• The Incredible Bulk

Best Pre-2000 Movie References:

• The Last of the Mochaccinos
• The Last of the Mohitos [sic]
• Dr. Strangelaw or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Buy Two Cups
• Children of the Corn Syrup
• City City Ban Ban
  
  

Best (Obligatory) Lena Dunham Reference:

• Tiny Furniture

If this is the kind of boundless creativity we can expect every time Bloomberg prohibits yet another fundamental American consumer freedom, then we look forward to his next move, because puns are funny and we like them.