Original FrobozzCo HQ
During a mad period, I added all the Frobozz Magic Companies to my version of the Encyclopedia Frobozzica. I’ve given up that project, but for your edification, here are as many of the 17,000 subsidiaries as have been named.
In the Zork ⅠⅠⅠ gray box package is a letter to FrobozzCo shareholders dated 9/33/947. The corporate stationery on which the letter is printed bears a list titled FrobozzCo International Subsidiaries, which runs off the bottom of the page. I have noted those subsidiaries which are absent from the portion of the list that is on the stationery.
If that list is taken to be complete, then it may help narrow down the years of operation of certain subsidiaries. For example, we may assume that the Frobozz Magic Balloon Company was no longer in operation in 947 (and the Frobozz Magic Balloon discovered in 948 was rather old).
We may also assume that the magic FrobozzCo subsidiaries ceased operation soon after the end of magic in 966. References to those companies between 967 and 1067 should not be taken to mean the companies were still in operation, only that their names and their wares survived to that day.
| Company | Quote | Earliest reference | Source | |
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| Frobozz Magic Aardvark Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Abacus Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Abbreviated Dictionary Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Abdominal Exercisor [sic] Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Abode Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Abrasives Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Absorbent Toothbrush Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Accessory Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Accordian [sic] Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Accoutrement Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Acid Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Acne Repellent Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Acoustical Food Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Acoustical Tile Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Actuarial Table Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Additive Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Adhesive Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Adobe Brick Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Adpoidz Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Advertising Agency | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Afghan Hound Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic After‐Shave Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Airplane Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Air Pump Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Alarm Company | Hello, footpad! |
948 (not in 947 letter) |
Zork ⅠⅠ | |
| Frobozz Magic Alcoholic Beverage Company | 1067 (not in 947 letter) |
ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Algae Food Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Alkaline Battery Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Allergy Remedy Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Alligator Shoes Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic All‐Organic Processor Company | 1067 (not in 947 letter) |
implied by ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Amoeba Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Amulet Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter, Sorcerer |
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| Frobozz Magic Android Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Apple Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Appliance Company | ~957 (not in 947 letter) |
implied by Sorcerer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Apron Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Aquarium Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Aqueduct Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Arcade Game Company | (not in 947 letter) | Wishbringer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Arch Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Armchair Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Arrow Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Art Appraisal Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Artificial Frog Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Arvix Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Asphalt Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Automatic Machinery Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Auxiliary Machinery Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Avocado Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bagpipe Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Baldness Cure Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Balloon Company | Hello, Aviator! |
883, 948 (not in 947 letter) |
Zork Zero, Zork ⅠⅠ |
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| Frobozz Magic Balsa Wood Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Banana Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Banking Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Barometer Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Barrel Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Basket Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bat Food Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bathrobe Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bathysphere Company | 883 (not in 947 letter) |
Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Battery Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bazooka Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Beachball Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter, Beyond Zork |
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| Frobozz Magic Beard Grooming Accessories Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Beetle Trap Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Belly Dancer Agency | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Belt Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Beverage Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bicycle Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bilkwishum Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Billboard Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter, Frobozz Magic Support (unofficial) |
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| Frobozz Magic Binocular Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Biography Publishing Company | 804 (not in 947 letter) |
Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Biscuit Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bitter Frook Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blackboard Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blanket Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bleach Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blinker Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blister Packaging Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blizzard Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blood Bank | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blotter Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blouse Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blubber Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blueberry Pie Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bludgeon Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Blue Jeans Company | 947 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Frobozz Magic Boat Company | Hello, Sailor! |
948 | Zork I | |
| Frobozz Magic Book Company | 873, 896 | Zork ⅠⅠ travel guide, Zork I history |
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| Frobozz Magic Bottomless Pit Bomb Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Breadbox Company | 966 | Beyond Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bug Repellent Company | "Goodbye, Bugs!" | 1066 | Z:TUU | |
| Frobozz Magic Burglar Alarm Company | Wishbringer | |||
| Frobozz Magic Burin Company | 966 (also sold by Magic Equipment Company) |
Beyond Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Button Company | Hello, Pusher! |
1066 | Z:TUU | |
| Frobozz Magic Calendar Company | 883 | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Candy Company | ≤~789 | Zork ⅠⅠ | ||
| Frobozz Magic Cave Company | (19 Arch 668–) | Zork Zero, Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report, Zork ⅠⅠ |
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| Frobozz Magic Cloak Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Clown Nose Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Company Company (later renamed FI) |
≥747 | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Construction Company | (668–) | Zork Zero, Zork Zero calendar, Zork I history |
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| Frobozz Magic Cozy Living Room Company | Wishbringer sample transcript | |||
| Frobozz Magic Day Company | 883 | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Dirt Disposal Company | ~668– | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Encyclopedia Company | 882 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Encyclopedia Accuracy and Verification Company | 882 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Encyclopedia Illustration Company | 882 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Encyclopedia Research Company | 882 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Flamingo Food Company | Hello, Flamingo Owner! |
883 | Zork Zero | |
| Frobozz Magic Flume Company | ~957 | Sorcerer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Glove Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Go‐Cart Company | Zork Trilogy sample transcript | |||
| Frobozz Magic Goggles Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Gondola Company | 966 | Beyond Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Grommet Company | –~956 | Sorcerer field guide | ||
| Frobozz Magic Grue Accessories Company | ~957 | Sorcerer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Grue Refrigerator Company | Wishbringer | |||
| Frobozz Magic Grue Repellent Company | <778 (also sold by Grue Accessories Company) |
Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report, Zork ⅠⅠ | ||
| Frobozz Magic Gunk Company | 948 | Zork I | ||
| Frobozz Magic Homing Pigeon Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Hotel Company | 896 | Zork ⅠⅠ travel guide | ||
| Frobozz Magic Inquisition Numbered Ticket Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Label Company | 966 | Spellbreaker | ||
| Frobozz Magic Lantern Company | 778 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report, Frobozz Magic Support (unofficial) (battery) |
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| Frobozz Magic Magic Carpet Company | 966 (also sold by Magic Equipment Company) |
Spellbreaker | ||
| Frobozz Magic Magic Correspondence School | <~957 | ZorkQuest #2 | ||
| Frobozz Magic Magic Equipment Company | <766 | Beyond Zork, Spellbreaker | ||
| Frobozz Magic Mailbox Company | 1647 | Return to Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Mine Field Company | ~957 | Sorcerer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Month Company | 817 | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Mutated Grue Breeder Company | ~957 | Sorcerer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Noseplugs Company | 778 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report | ||
| Frobozz Magic Passage Company | Hello, Builder! |
883 | Zork Zero | |
| Frobozz Magic Pencil Company | Enchanter | |||
| Frobozz Magic Potion Company | ~957 | Sorcerer, Beyond Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Pressurizer Company | 777 | implied by Zork ⅠⅠⅠ, Zork I | ||
| Frobozz Magic Purple Beast Alarm System Company | 1067 | implied by ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Robot Company | Hello, Master! |
948 | Zork ⅠⅠ | |
| Frobozz Magic Roller Coaster Company | ~957 | Sorcerer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Room Spinner Company | 777 | implied by Zork ⅠⅠⅠ, Zork ⅠⅠ | ||
| Frobozz Magic Royal Yacht Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Sack Company | 1067 | ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Saddle Company | 966 | Beyond Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Scroll Mailing Tube Company | (778–) | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report | ||
| Frobozz Magic Scroll Rack Company | (778–) | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report | ||
| Frobozz Magic Sewer Company | 1067 | ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Sewer Installation Company | (667–) | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Ski Wax Company | 896 | implied by Zork ⅠⅠ Grayslopes brochure | ||
| Frobozz Magic Snow Maker Company | implied by Zork ⅠⅠ Grayslopes brochure | |||
| Frobozz Magic Snowmaking Equipment Company | 789 | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Super Snowgun Company | implied by Zork ⅠⅠ Grayslopes brochure | |||
| Frobozz Magic Spell Company | ~758 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report, Sorcerer | ||
| Frobozz Magic Spell Book Company | (778–), 1067 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report, ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Squid Repellent Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Sword Company | 966 | Spellbreaker catalog | ||
| Frobozz Magic Temporizer Company | 777 | implied by Zork ⅠⅠⅠ | ||
| Frobozz Magic Toboggan Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Travel Agency | Zork ⅠⅠ | |||
| Frobozz Magic Trunk Key Company | 883 | Zork Zero | ||
| Frobozz Magic Truth Extractor Company | Wishbringer | |||
| Frobozz Magic Tweezers Company | 778 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ annual report | ||
| Frobozz Magic Unbreakable Milk Bottle Company | Wishbringer | |||
| Frobozz Magic Vacuum Sealed Candy Machine Company | 1067 | implied by ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Vault Company | Hello, Intruder! |
772 | Zork ⅠⅠ, Frobozz Magic Support (unofficial) |
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| Frobozz Magic Vial Company | 883 | Zork Zero, Beyond Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Viewer Company | 1067 | implied by ZGI | ||
| Frobozz Magic Well Company | 948 | Zork ⅠⅠ | ||
| Frobozz Magic Wine Company, Ltd | 877 | Beyond Zork | ||
| Frobozz Magic Writing Paper Company | 789 | Zork Zero calendar | ||
| Frobozz Magic Zwieback Company | 778 | Zork ⅠⅠⅠ letter | ||
| Unofficial | ||||
| Frobozz Magic Anti‐Gravity Field Company | ZorkBook #1, p.37 | |||
| Frobozz Magic Baking Pan Company | Hello, Baker! |
976 | implied by SpiritWrak (unofficial) | |
| Frobozz Magic [Breakfast] Cereal Company | 976 | implied by SpiritWrak (unofficial) | ||
| Frobozz Magic Bubble Bath Company | Frobozz Magic Support | |||
| Frobozz Magic Coffee Crystals Company | 976 | implied by SpiritWrak (unofficial) | ||
| Frobozz Magic Crematorium Company | ZorkBook #3, p. 71 | |||
| Frobozz Magic Conservation Company | Frobozz Magic Support | |||
| Frobozz Magic Defense Research Company | Frobozz Magic Support | |||
| Frobozz Magic Engineering Company | Suspended | |||
| Frobozz Magic Floor Wax (and Dessert Topping) Company | Lurking Horror | |||
| Frobozz Magic Granola Mining Company Antharia | Frobozz Magic Support | |||
| Frobozz Magic Incinerator Company | ZorkBook #3, p. 73 | |||
| Frobozz Magic Instant Volcano Company | 976 | implied by SpiritWrak (unofficial) | ||
| Frobozz Magic Magic Supply Company | Frobozz Magic Support | |||
| Frobozz Magic Map Company | suggested by Enchanter | |||
| Frobozz Magic Mirror Company | suggested by Zork I | |||
| Frobozz Magic Rope Company | suggested by Enchanter | |||
| Frobozz Magic Siren Company | ~948 | Zork: A Troll's Eye View (unofficial) | ||
| Frobozz Magic Spatula Company | 976 | implied by SpiritWrak (unofficial) | ||
| Frobozz Magic Sunlight Company | ZorkBook #2, p. 67–68 | |||
| Frobozz Magic Support Company | Frobozz Magic Support | |||
| Frobozz Magic Topiary Company | suggested by Zork ⅠⅠ | |||
| Frobozz Magic Vending Machine Company | Frobozz Magic Support | |||
| FrobozzCo Magic Village Industries | Infidel | |||
| Frobozz Magic Wand Company | suggested by Zork ⅠⅠ, Zork Zero | |||
| Frobozz Magic Wizard Escape Potion Company | ZorkBook #2, p. 76–77 | |||