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Finder-Spyder is a fictional brand of Web search engine that appears in numerous, otherwise unaffiliated television shows, used in the same manner as the fictitious 555 telephone number in TV and film.[1][2] Its graphic appearance varies, at times bearing a similarity to Google.[1] It has been called "an unofficial, open source stand-in for Google and its competitors" (used as a legality-free alternative to a brand-name product),[1] and "the most popular search engine in the TV universe."[3] Finder-Spyder is a regular top 10 pick in "best fictional brand" lists by various online media, along with Oceanic Airlines, Morley cigarettes, Acme Corporation, and others.[4][5][6]Finder-Spyder offers search engines for Web, images, news, forums, and blogs, also, Phone Trace, a for-a-fee reverse phone number lookup tool.[7] Appearances- Bones "The Geek in the Guck" (16 Oct 2014): Appears as SpyderFinder, "The Best Search Engine on the Web," used by teenage boys in search of porn.
- Breaking Bad "Cat's in the Bag..." (27 Jan 2008): Skyler uses FinderSpyder's Phone Trace feature to do a reverse lookup to discover the identity of the caller behind a suspicious call.
- Criminal Minds
- "Zoe's Reprise" (18 Feb 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Pleasure Is My Business" (25 Feb 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Hopeless" (14 Oct 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Cradle to Grave" (21 Oct 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "100" (25 Nov 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Crossing Jordan: "Hubris" (7 Mar 2007){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Crime Scene Investigation
- "Time of Your Death" (4 May 2006){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Meet Market" (1 Feb 2007): At the beginning of the episode, Michael Keppler (Liev Schreiber) uses Finder-Spyder to look up the victim.
- Dexter{{Example needed|date=December 2018}}{{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- The Finder "Eye of the Storm" (8 Mar 2012){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- General Hospital Appears as SpyderFinder
- Used by Nikolas Cassadine to look up "Rachel and Baxter Corbin"
- Used by Rachel Berlin to "find out what comes up when you type in, Naomi Dreyfus"
- Used by Elizabeth Webber to find out who "Amy Dryfus" is and discovers Hayden Barnes is actually Rachel Berlin
- Used by Ava Jerome to look up unethical doctors who perform plastic surgery
- Used by Curtis Ashford to look up "Peter August birth records"
- Heroes "Hysterical Blindness" (12 Oct 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Hidden Palms "Party Hardy" (13 Jun 2007){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Homeland "Grace" (9 Oct 2011){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Hung Pilot (28 Jun 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Journeyman
- "A Love of a Lifetime" (pilot) (24 Sep 2007): Main character, newspaper reporter Dan Vasser (Kevin McKidd), uses Finder-Syder on his iPhone to look up Neal Gaines (Christopher Warren).
- "Friendly Skies" (1 Oct 2007){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "The Year of the Rabbit" (15 Oct 2007): Neal Gaines looks up the details of Melissa Waters' death.
- "The Legend of Dylan McCleen" (22 Oct 2007): Neal Gaines looks up Dylan McCleen.
- Moonlight "12:04 AM" (16 Nov 2007){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Prison Break
- Pilot (29 Aug 2005){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "J-Cat" (10 Apr 2006): Used by LJ Burrows to search "O.Kravecki, Chicago" in order to find more about agent Paul Kellerman. {{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Unearthed" (30 Oct 2006) : Used by Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) to search information about Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner).{{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Dirt Nap" (21 Jan 2008): Used by Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) to search the name Gary Miller.{{Specify|reason=Needs more episode detail for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Safe & Sound" (22 Sep 2008) Used by Sara Tancredi to search "Laos" to find out more about a person named Lisa Tabak who took a plane there.
- "The Legend" (10 Nov 2008){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Southland
- "S1 E4: Sally in the Alley (9:48)" (29 Mar 2012){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability (sorry im new to wikipedia)|date=October 2015}}
- Touch
- "Safety in Numbers" (29 Mar 2012){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Eye to Eye" (1 Mar 2013){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Clockwork" (29 Mar 2013){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Weeds "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (20 Jul 2009){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- Without a Trace
- "Baggage" (25 Oct 2007){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- "Cloudy with a Chance of Gettysburg" (16 Dec 2008){{Specify|reason=Needs specific episode details for reasonable verifiability|date=October 2015}}
- The X-Files
- "My Struggle" (24 Jan 2016) Scully uses FinderSpyder to attempt to access Tad O'Malley's website.
- Bosch
- "Chapter Ten: Us and Them" (13 Feb 2015)
- "Book of the Unclaimed Dead" (13 Apr 2018)
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/geekend/geek-trivia-search-party-of-the-second-part/2/ |title=Geek Trivia: Search party of the second part |publisher=TechRepublic (CBS Interactive) |date=16 Mar 2009 |accessdate=1 Apr 2014 |author=Jay Garmon |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6eoSp0ZQi?url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/geekend/geek-trivia-search-party-of-the-second-part/2/ |archivedate=2016-01-26 |df= }} () 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/the-search-engine-equivalent-of-the-555-telephone-numbers-seen-in-television-and-film-is/ |title=The Search Engine Equivalent Of The 555 Telephone Numbers Seen In Television And Film Is? |publisher=How-To Geek |accessdate=20 Jul 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6aAq03f6e?url=http://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/the-search-engine-equivalent-of-the-555-telephone-numbers-seen-in-television-and-film-is/ |archivedate=2015-07-20 |df= }} () 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cracked.com/article/231_5-things-hollywood-reuses-more-than-plots/ |title=5 Things Hollywood Reuses More Than Plots |publisher=Cracked (Demand Media) |date=11 Dec 2009 |accessdate=20 Jul 2015 |author=Seitz, Dan |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6aApC6fJM?url=http://www.cracked.com/article/231_5-things-hollywood-reuses-more-than-plots/ |archivedate=2015-07-20 |df= }} () 4. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldOUAoNHqo | title=Top 10 Fictional Brands from Movies and TV | publisher=WatchMojo.com | date=12 Aug 2013 | accessdate=1 Apr 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.digititles.com/content/best-fake-brands-in-film-and-tv | title=Best ‘fake’ brands in film and TV | publisher=DigiTitles.com | year=2013 | accessdate=1 Apr 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/21023/quick-10-10-fake-brands-used-entertainment-industry | title=The Quick 10: 10 Fake Brands Used by the Entertainment Industry | publisher=Mental Floss | date=3 Mar 2009 | accessdate=1 Apr 2014 | author=Stacy Conradt}} 7. ^{{cite episode | title=Cat's in the Bag... | series=Breaking Bad | airdate=27 Jan 2008 | network=AMC Networks | season=1}} The wife of lead character, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), uses Finder SPYder's Phone Trace reverse phone number lookup tool to find out who was behind a suspicious call to her husband. Whether she used the 30-day free trial is unclear. Note the espionage-friendly capitalization of "SPY."
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