#35: “The Americans”

In toys, copyright battles are common, pushing knock-off producers to skillfully tweak designs and names to skirt legal troubles. A toy company, veiling its Simpsons figures as ‘The Americans,’ found a clever, if not blatant, workaround.

Presumably, names like Bort, Humer, Midge, Linda, and Aggie replace the familiar Simpsons characters. This rebranding detaches the toys from Springfield’s iconic family, presenting an amusing yet unconvincing guise to dodge copyright infringement.