Fictional Companies

The Fictional Companies are made-up organizations and brands that exist solely within the The Stanley Parable universe in ways that don't effect the gameplay nor is mentioned in the Narrator's dialogue, serving only as immersion for the most part and is found mainly in the environment of the game on the products that each company sells and provides to Stanley's place of work.

Office Co.

A pen on a desk with the "Office Co." logo on it.

Office Co. is an administrative business and office supplies manufacturer that stands as a front for the testing and improvement of mind control technology. This is most likely the name of the company Stanley works for and the main location of where The Stanley Parable and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe takes place.

The name of this company can be found on the blue-white pens resting on some of the office desks in The Office area.

Future Happiness Foundation

For dialogue, see Office Variations § Future Happiness Foundation

The Future Happiness Foundation is an organization seemingly focused on, based on what its name suggests, the happiness of people, but it also serves to deliver shipments with its main wares unknown. Its sole appearance in the game is found by answering the ringing phone outside of Stanley's Office at the start of occasional resets. The Future Happiness Foundation leaves a message to confirm a shipment of 1327 cardboard boxes to an unknown worker at the company Stanley works for.

The Future Happiness Foundation representative asks for confirmation regarding the shipment, where the player responds by either clicking on the phone again with the designated interact key to accept the shipment or waiting for seven seconds to reject it. If the shipment is accepted, the office area will be filled with stacked piles of cardboard boxes the next time the game restarts, blocking off secondary parts of the area.

These are the changes done to the office if the shipment was accepted during the previous restart, disappears the next time the run is restarted.

Employee 429's office full of cardboard boxes.

Boxes blocking the way to the desks of Employees 431–435.

Boxes blocking the way to the desks of Employees 423 and 419.

Ditto from a different angle.

Boxes inside the Room You Can’t Usually Access.

Ditto from the other window.

Boxes in the room next to Employee 416's office.

Partition Corp

Partition Corp in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

Partition Corp is the name of the company founded in 1963, as concluded from the The Stanley Parable's release date, that manufactures the desk dividers used in Stanley's workplace.

Underneath the company name is the motto, "Providing partitions for 50 years" in The Stanley Parable and "Providing partitions for 56 years" in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. As The Stanley Parable was released in 2013 and Ultra Deluxe was released in 2022, the year difference would not be accurate, but following the original release date of 2019, it would be.

Neil & Co.

Neil & Co., written in a blue font under the name Pro-Jector.

Neil & Co. is the name of the company that produces the projectors found in the Meeting Room, the Narrator Emails Exhibit and the Settings World Champion Room, named "PRO-JECTORS". Very little is known about the company itself, and the name of it can only be spotted by flying very close to the Pro-Jectors, which makes this company name hard to spot.

Business Letters and Co.

The logo on a collection of papers.

Business Letters and Co. is company that's seen providing fax document to companies such as Office Co. and most likely other businesses. Very little is known about this company aside from its one appearance on the left easel of the Meeting Room.

Vannoy Rent-A-Fence

Vannoy Rent-A-Fence logo.

As the name entails, it is a company that allows people to rent fences from them. The Rent-A-Fence logo is present on all tall chain link fences in the game, most notably inside of the Warehouse and at the very start of the Escape Hall.

The name is likely a parody of both Vannoy Construction and Rent-A-Center.

Narrator Airlines

Narrator Airlines logo.

An airline chain created by the Narrator. The logo is present as a sticker on Stanley's suitcase seen in the Bucket Apartment Ending underneath a small white table in front of the apartment door and Press Conference Ending next to the mirror on its left side inside of the room with the green wallpaper.

Narrator Press

Narrator Press logo.

A book publishing company created by the Narrator. The logo is only present in the Press Conference Ending within the backstage area, printed onto the cover of a supposedly acclaimed book written by Stanley, titled "UP AGAIN, DOWN AGAIN". The Narrator is entirely sarcastic throughout this ending, of course, as going back up the elevator only leads back to the Boss's Office.

The cover of the book is mainly in white, accented with plain shades of green, along with red and yellow that displays the half-shape of an up and down arrow respectively, with black text on all sides of it. The frontside of the book reads, "UP AGAIN, DOWN AGAIN" and "THE STANLEY STORY" right underneath, with the Narrator Press logo at the bottom-left corner. The side of the book reads, "STANLEY", "UP AGAIN, DOWN AGAIN".

Regular version book texture.

The backside of the book holds the snippits of three reviews for the book: "... An unforgiving account of ups as well as downs" by Elle Vator, a clear pun on the word "Elevator"; "Highs and lows, isn't that what life is about" by Stephen "Stairs" Walker; and "★★★★★" by Star Magazine. A picture of Stanley as seen in the The Stanley Parable Introduction Video alongside the text:

"STANLEY is irrevocably bidirectional. In his memoir UP AGAIN, DOWN AGAIN: THE STANLEY STORY, he offers a rare glimpse into a conflicted young man's experience of going up, then down, but then up AND down, and up once more.

Stanley's other work includes walking around and pushing buttons."

Narrator Press with Bucket

Bucket version book texture.

During the Bucket version of the Press Conference Ending, the general design of the book cover remains the same but the contents are altered to match up with the new storyline being about Stanley's obsession with the number three (3), rather than suspense in storytelling.

Altered details include the title being changed to "THREE AGAIN, THREE AGAIN", still with the "A STANLEY STORY" subtitle written underneath, the former text applying to the book's spine as well. The arrow design on the front of the book is changed to a close-up picture of the button for the number three on the Boss's keypad in his office.

The blurbs on the back have been changed as well, being entirely about the number three: "Three... That's the magic number. Yes it is." by Popular Song, referring to American hip-hop trio "De La Soul"'s 1989 hit single "The Magic Number", where the review's phrase is part of the beginning lyrics; "A shockingly three-dimensional character" by Thirsten Tribert III, whose name is full of "three" words: Thirsten coming from Third, Tribert coming Tri, which derives from both Greek and Latin, meaning "three", III coming from the Roman numeral representing three (3) and an ordinal number for "third"; and "★★★" by Three Star Magazine.

The passage placed underneath the reviews read as follows: "STANLEY really is three times the charm. In his memoir THREE AGAIN, THREE AGAIN: THE STANLEY STORY, he offers a rare glimpse into a man's unquestioning loyalty to the number three, his faith in the trifecta, and three good reasons why this number is a top 3 contender.

Stanley's other work includes walking around and pushing buttons."

Gallery

Box full of "UP AGAIN, DOWN AGAIN" books.

Frontside of the book.

Backside of the book.

Frontside and backside of the book together.

Contents on the side of the book.

HandSoap

• Soap bottle in the Executive Bathroom.
• Soap bottle in the New Memory Zone.

1/2

HandSoap is a generic soap brand present through a single squeeze soap bottle product present in the Executive Bathroom in both games. The name of the scent is too blurry to read but the name contains three words and the liquid is a soft green color. The label is a white and gray that is gentle on the eyes with flowers at the bottom.

A new product called Memory Lubricant makes an appearance in the Executive Bathroom upon unlocking The Stanley Parable 3, replacing the Executive Bathroom with the New Memory Zone. The only difference between the previous soap bottle is the new name being placed over the scent name location on the label in big, legible letters.

This soap bottle also makes an appearance in the Bucket Apartment Ending in its former design.

Trivia

• The Future Happiness Foundation representative is voiced by Aviva Pinchas, who also voices the other phone call variations, which includes Stanley's wife.
• The product provided by the Future Happiness Foundation is a shipment of 1327 cardboard boxes. Adding the one (1) together with the three (3) sums them into the number four (4), becoming the number 427 instead, which is Stanley's employee number.
• Narrator Airlines, Narrator Press, and HandSoap are only present in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.

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