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"Have you ever wished an app you saw on TV were real? So have we. \nTV shows love creating fake apps their characters obsess over. In HBO's Girls, Charlie hits it big when he creates an app called Forbid, which keeps people from contacting their exes. The sitcom Cougar Town features a character named Laurie who's obsessed with apps, namely the App App \u2014 an app that recommends appetizers, narrated by Zach Braff. \nSee also: 14 Songs That Made Film Adaptations Come To Life\nMuch to the chagrin of fans, these apps aren't available in the real world. But that's not always the case.\nHere are four dedicated TV shows (and fans) who went the extra mile to bring their fictional apps to life. \n1. Community's MeowMeowBeenz\n\n\nImage: MeowMeowBeenzCommunity is a show built for the oddballs. In the eighth episode of Season 5, titled \"App Developments and Condiments,\" the characters are introduced to MeowMeowBeenz, a social networking app that lets the students and staff of Greendale rate one another. Lo and behold, the app really exists for 99 cents, thanks to some dedicated fans.\nIt isn't super functional, but there's a hardcore Reddit community dedicated to turning it into a reality. \n2. Brooklyn Nine Nine's Kwazy Cupcakes\n\n\nIn episode 19 of the show's first season, characters Captain Holt and Gina become unhealthily obsessed with a sugary sweet game called Kwazy Cupcakes. A month after the episode aired, clever iOS app developers were inspired enough to build it for real.\nTread carefully, ye who are prone to get addicted to games. \n3. NTSF: SD: SUV's Scanner\n\n\nThis 15-minute comedy on Adult Swim is a parody of all things procedural (just look at its hefty, abbreviated name). Episode 13 of Season 2 showcases an informercial with the characters shilling a scanner that works as a personal security system.\nThe show's creators then went ahead and made a real app, which you can use to detect whether those around you are Wanted Freedom Haters or True American Patriots. \n\n4. Arrested Development's Fakeblock\n\n\nImage:  FakeBlock\n\n\nDon't you wish you could turn your phone into a woodblock? No? Well then you must not be an Arrested Development fan. In the show's much-anticipated fourth season, George Michael is away at college working on this app with his roommate.\nHe lies and says it's anti-piracy software, but when all is said and done, it's actually just an app that turns your phone into a percussion instrument. It is, quite literally, a fake block.\nSince Arrested Development is fraught with inside jokes, Netflix actually rolled out a real Fakeblock app for iOS and Android. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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