“Hey wanna come over and watch me fire some Lazer Kittyz?”
For those in states where they are legal (and those who have carefully driven across state lines), visiting stores that sell fireworks can be as much of an annual 4th of July tradition as inviting friends and family over for a cookout.
Creative marketing of fireworks can be a challenge
Marketing fireworks can be difficult for these companies. It’s not like you can just take an exploding shell out for a test drive before committing hundreds of dollars to buy it for your Independence Day display.
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Instead, fireworks manufacturers and related stores have to rely on clever (and sometimes quite absurd) names to entice buyers to purchase goods.
Funniest Fireworks Names
We recently scoured the online inventory of four different retailers to find some of the best and most outrageous names for their fireworks.
Seriously, some of these names sound like they were made up for a scene in a comedy movie, but they’re all very real.
40 outrageous firework names that sound fake but are actually real
In states where fireworks are legal to buy, stores have to rely on creative names to entice buyers. It’s not like they can just go out and light a test rocket to show customers.
Here are some of the best fireworks names we found when searching the online inventory of leading industrial stores.
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