Office Space famously featured a bright red Swingline stapler that literally did not exist in the real world before the cult classic movie was released to the public in 1999.

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Office Space famously featured a bright red Swingline stapler that literally did not exist in the real world before the cult classic movie was released to the public in 1999. The prop designer needed a stapler that would visually pop on screen against the drab, soul-crushing beige aesthetic of the corporate cubicles, so they took a standard black stapler and manually painted it a vibrant cherry red. Fans of the anti-capitalist comedy became so completely obsessed with the fictional piece of office equipment that they aggressively demanded the manufacturer start selling them immediately. Swingline ultimately caved to the bizarre public pressure and put the red stapler into mass production, proving that deeply bored corporate office workers will eagerly spend their disposable income on absolutely any useless desk accessory that makes them feel slightly rebellious