History Advertising / EnergizerBunny

* ClothespinNosePlug: In one of the commercials for Energizer batteries, a man and a woman are at a table at a fancy restaurant. When the man says, "I hope you're enjoying your evening", [[WiltingOdor the stench of his halitosis causes the flowers on the table to wilt]]. The announcer then announces Halo, the fictional breath spray being advertised as his recommended choice for chronic halitosis before the Energizer Bunny, who is wearing a clothespin on his nose, [[CommercialSwitcheroo interrupts the commercial]].

* WiltingOdor: In one commercial, a man and a woman are at a table at a fancy restaurant. When the man says, "I hope you're enjoying your evening", the stench of his halitosis causes the flowers on the table to wilt. The announcer then announces Halo, the fictional breath spray being advertised as his recommended choice for chronic halitosis before the E.B. (who is wearing a clothespin on his nose) [[CommercialSwitcheroo interrupts the commercial]].

While incredibly popular during the 1990s, the campaign would see a brief halt by the year 2000, though the Bunny himself would see use in a few ads advertising the [[NewAndImproved then-new Energizer e2 and Max batteries]]. The campaign itself would return in 2003, this time focusing more on people who challenged the odds (like postmen and mothers) before branching off into all sorts of territory, such as being chased by killer drones and reviving dinosaurs in a kid's garage. But was retired again in the first half of TheNewTens.

* TheEighties: Introduced at the tail end of the decade.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Poked fun at in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkuZ3Khk0Zk one ad]], featuring the Bunny being treated as such by a group of people wanting to catch a photo of him.

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: Done a few times in the CGI ads. "Powersuit" has a camera pan down towards E.B.'s head, only for the glasses to fall down and land just as the camera catches up, and "Carrots" has E.B. take a bite out of one, and quickly turn around only to have his cheeks move while he's chewing. This is to hide the fact that the CGI model lacks either eyes or a proper mouth much like the animatronic prop.

* MoodWhiplash: One 1992 commercial posits WhatIf questions about the existence of batteries, delivered a more solemn and serious light. E.B. appears at the end as usual, silently drumming down a dusty road as the narration goes on.

* ChalkOutline: One of the most recent commercials parodies this involving a crime scene with a doll's dead batteries, with said toy having one of these. This is quickly remedied with the Bunny, dressed as a HardboiledDetective, installing some Lithiums into the doll, bringing her back to life.

** The Bunny takes part in a VR football game in a recent commercial.

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: Done a few times in the recent CGI ads. "Powersuit" has a camera pan down towards E.B.'s head, only for the glasses to fall down and land just as the camera catches up, and "Carrots" has E.B. take a bite out of one, and quickly turn around only to have his cheeks move while he's chewing. This is to hide the fact that the CGI model lacks either eyes or a proper mouth much like the animatronic prop.

** A couple later commercials feature the bunny traversing across [[WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird The Poison Apple]] and [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Shifu's dojo]], complete with characters appearing from those films trying to stop him.

** The Bunny has also visited [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym_Y2NOeet4&t=41s Queen Grimhilde's Castle]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLfOClfU33o&t=337s Ariel's Grotto]] to promote the VHS releases of ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', both of which had rebate offers from Energizer at the time of their releases.

* MoodWhiplash: One 1992 commercial posits WhatIf questions about existence of batteries, delivered an a more solemn and serious light. E.B. appears at the end as usual, silently drumming down a dusty road as the narration goes on.

* TheCameo: Of all places, [[https://youtu.be/bBAw_DsFyhM?t=464 in a behind the scenes documentary]] for ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' in the ILM model shop. Just barely out of camera likely for trademark reasons (the drum, which has the logo on it, is in camera view).

* FictionalVideoGame: One ad has a fictional video game called ''Beauty And The Beast: The Ultimate Adventure'', wherein a princess is being chased by a dragon through ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]''-like environments, until the Bunny appears through one of the doors and shrinks the dragon with one of his drumsticks.
** Takes part in a football video game in a later commercial.

** A 90s ad depicts E.B.'s old battery being swapped out for for a different one promoting the brand's "Advanced Formula". The CGI ones also have E.B. occasionally swap out the traditional D-Cell for a pair of AA-sized lithiums to promote those instead.

* NewAndImproved: A 90s ad depicts E.B.'s old battery being swapped out for for a different one promoting the brand's "Advanced Formula". The CGI ones also have E.B. occasionally swap out the traditional D-Cell for a pair of AA-sized lithiums to promote those instead.
** The then new on-battery tester commercials advertised this to the point of hogging the spotlight. Cue the Bunny trying several attention-grabbing gimmicks, such as plate-spinning and obnoxious signs to draw attention back onto him.