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* DownerEnding: Suzy dies and is buried by her immensely heartbroken owner.
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* DownerEnding: Suzy dies of illness due to the puppy mill's irresponsible breeding practices and lack of care, and is buried by her immensely heartbroken owner.
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* WhamShot: The viewer isn't likely to realize what the ad is actually for until the girl turns Suzy around to reveal her disease-ridden face.
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* WhamShot: The viewer isn't likely to realize what the ad is actually for until the girl turns Suzy around to reveal her disease-ridden face.face.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: According to the real Suzy toy, Suzy's mother was slaughtered not long after she was born, implied to be because she couldn't conceive any more litters of puppies for the puppy mill that owned her.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: According to the real Suzy toy, Suzy's mother was slaughtered not long after she was born, implied to be because she couldn't conceive any more litters of puppies for the puppy mill that owned her.
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* DownerEnding: Suzy dies and is buried by her immensely heartbroken owner.
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* PottyFailure: Suzy has diarrhoea, and ends up going on the floor ([[{{Squick}} which is shown in full detail]]).
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* PottyFailure: Suzy has diarrhoea, and ends up going on the floor ([[{{Squick}} ([[GrossUpCloseUp which is shown in full detail]]).
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* NothingIsScarier: The cheery background music abruptly shuts off when the narrator announces that "Suzy's mum spent her life confined in darkness!"
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* SuddenSoundtrackStop: The happy background music abruptly shuts off when the narrator announces that "Suzy's mum spent her life confined in darkness!"
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* DissonantSerenity: Used to deliberately unnerving effect. The announcer sure does sound cheery as she talks about how sick Suzy is and how little time she has to live.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The real Suzy toy comes with a registration certificate stating that she is her mother's twentieth puppy, that she has severe conjunctivitis, parvovirus, and fleas, and that her mother was slaughtered soon after she was born.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The real Suzy toy comes with a registration certificate stating that she is from her mother's twentieth puppy, litter, that she has severe conjunctivitis, parvovirus, and fleas, and that her mother was slaughtered soon after she was born.
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* BreedingSlave: Suzy's unseen mother was locked in a dark cage and forced to birth sickly puppies by the puppy mill that owned her. According to Suzy's registration certificate, she has ''nineteen'' siblings.
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* BreedingSlave: Suzy's unseen mother was locked in a dark cage and forced to birth sickly puppies by the puppy mill that owned her. According to Suzy's registration certificate, she her mother has ''nineteen'' siblings.had twenty litters of puppies.
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* PreciousPuppy: A hard subversion; Suzy is an adorable puppy...who is deathly ill due to having been born in a puppy mill, and will probably die very soon.
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* DelicateAndSickly: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas.[[note]]The actual Suzy toy mentions she has worms as well.[[/note]]
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* DelicateAndSickly: Suzy, who As a result of being bred in unhygienic conditions in a puppy mill, Suzy is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, fleas, and fleas.[[note]]The actual Suzy toy mentions she has worms as well.[[/note]](according to the toy's packaging) worms. The narrator comments that she's so ill that she'll probably be dead in weeks.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Well, it certainly isn't ''fun'', but the ad ends with an acronym called P.U.P.S to remember how to buy a puppy responsibly.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Well, it certainly isn't ''fun'', but the ad ends with an acronym called P.U.P.S S. to remember how to buy a puppy responsibly.
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* BreedingSlave: Suzy's unseen mother was locked in a dark cage and forced to birth sickly puppies by the puppy mill that owned her. According to Suzy's registration certificate, she has ''nineteen'' siblings.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The real Suzy toy comes with a registration certificate stating that she is her mother's twentieth puppy, that she has severe conjunctivitis, parvovirus, and fleas, and that her mother was slaughtered soon after she was born.
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* WhamLine: The commercial seems like an ad for a cutesy children's toy...until the narrator cheerfully announces, "Suzy comes with a deadly parvovirus!"
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* WhamLine: The commercial seems like an ad for a cutesy children's toy...until the narrator cheerfully announces, "Suzy comes with a deadly parvovirus!"parvovirus!"
* WhamShot: The viewer isn't likely to realize what the ad is actually for until the girl turns Suzy around to reveal her disease-ridden face.
* WhamShot: The viewer isn't likely to realize what the ad is actually for until the girl turns Suzy around to reveal her disease-ridden face.
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* NoNameGiven: The name of the little girl who receives Suzy is never revealed.
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* NoNameGiven: The name of the little young girl who receives Suzy is never revealed.named.
* NothingIsScarier: The cheery background music abruptly shuts off when the narrator announces that "Suzy's mum spent her life confined in darkness!"
* NothingIsScarier: The cheery background music abruptly shuts off when the narrator announces that "Suzy's mum spent her life confined in darkness!"
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* NoNameGiven: The name of the little girl who receives Suzy is never revealed.
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* UncattyResemblance: Downplayed; both Suzy and the little girl wear pink bows in their hair.
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* UncattyResemblance: Downplayed; both Suzy and the little girl wear pink bows in their hair.hair.
* WhamLine: The commercial seems like an ad for a cutesy children's toy...until the narrator cheerfully announces, "Suzy comes with a deadly parvovirus!"
* WhamLine: The commercial seems like an ad for a cutesy children's toy...until the narrator cheerfully announces, "Suzy comes with a deadly parvovirus!"
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* TwoFaced: One of Suzy's eyes is normal, while the other is bulging out and dripping with yellow pus due to conjunctivitis.
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* DelicateAndSickly: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas.[[note]]The actual Suzy toy mentions she has worms as well.[[/note]]
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* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas.[[note]]The actual Suzy toy mentions she has worms as well.[[/note]]
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* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas[[note]]The actual Suzy toy mentions she has worms as well[[/note]].
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* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas[[note]]The fleas.[[note]]The actual Suzy toy mentions she has worms as well[[/note]].well.[[/note]]
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Compare Cutie Polluties, a series of grotesquely-cute plush animals hiding dark secrets (just with pollution instead of puppy farms).
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[[caption-width-right:350:No, the actual ad isn't anywhere near as cute as this.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:No, the actual ad isn't anywhere near as cute as this.]]
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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gPE3xnOBIQ Suzy Puppy]]''' is a 2016 anti-puppy mill PublicServiceAnnouncement disguised as a toy commercial produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gPE3xnOBIQ Suzy Puppy]]''' is a 2016 British anti-puppy mill PublicServiceAnnouncement disguised as a toy commercial released in 2016 and produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: A real Suzy toy was made and sold in pet stores. It comes with additional information about Suzy, including the dark fate of her mother, her age, and that she also has worms.
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* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Well, it certainly isn't ''fun'', but the ad ends with an acronym called P.U.P.S to remember how to buy a puppy responsibly.
** P is for Parent - Never buy a puppy without meeting their mother.
** U is for Underage - Never buy a puppy that is under eight weeks old.
** P is for Papers - Always check your puppy's papers.
** S is for Sickness - Always check your puppy for sickness.
* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, andfleas.fleas[[note]]The actual Suzy toy mentions she has worms as well[[/note]].
** P is for Parent - Never buy a puppy without meeting their mother.
** U is for Underage - Never buy a puppy that is under eight weeks old.
** P is for Papers - Always check your puppy's papers.
** S is for Sickness - Always check your puppy for sickness.
* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and
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* BreakTheCutie: The little girl, who becomes more and more horrified by Suzy's condition as the ad progresses. By the end, she's left in shock and speechless as she has to bury her poor puppy.
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* PottyFailure: Suzy has diarrhoea, and ends up going on the floor ([[Squick which is shown in full detail]]).
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* {{Defictionalization}}: A real Suzy toy was made and sold in pet stores. It comes with additional information about Suzy, including the dark fate of her mother, her age, and that she also has worms.
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* TagLine: "Only 6 weeks to live!"
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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gPE3xnOBIQ Suzy Puppy]]''' is a 2016 anti-puppy mill PublicServiceAnnouncement disguised as a toy commercial produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Introducing Suzy Puppy; the pup that everyone loves! A little girl is delighted to have her...only to learn that her supposedly perfect puppy isn't all that she seems.
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* CensoredChildDeath: Suzy's inevitable death from her many illnesses is only talked about; her actual death and body[[note]]which is wrapped in a blanket out of the audience's view[[/note]] are not shown on screen.
* DeathOfAChild: Suzy dies at the end of the ad.
* EyeScream: Suzy's conjunctivitis is so bad, one of her eyes is bulging out of her head.
* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas.
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of the ad, the music slows down and takes on a more sinister tone when the little girl has to bury Suzy.
* MinimalistCast: The only characters are Suzy, the little girl, and the narrator.
* MissingMom: Suzy was taken away from her mother, who is not shown in the ad.
** The [[{{Defictionalization}} real Suzy toy]] reveals that Suzy's mother was slaughtered not long after Suzy's birth.
* MoodWhiplash: The ad starts out cutesy and innocent, but starts to get dark when Suzy is shown to be very sick. The ad then takes an ever darker turn when Suzy's mother is revealed to have spent her life in a dark cage, and at the end, Suzy succumbs to her illnesses.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Many things in the ad, from the logo to the girl's clothing to the bedroom set, is pink.
* PottyFailure: Suzy has diarrhoea, and ends up going on the floor ([[Squick which is shown in full detail]]).
* UncattyResemblance: Downplayed; both Suzy and the little girl wear pink bows in their hair.
Introducing Suzy Puppy; the pup that everyone loves! A little girl is delighted to have her...only to learn that her supposedly perfect puppy isn't all that she seems.
!!Tropes:
* CensoredChildDeath: Suzy's inevitable death from her many illnesses is only talked about; her actual death and body[[note]]which is wrapped in a blanket out of the audience's view[[/note]] are not shown on screen.
* DeathOfAChild: Suzy dies at the end of the ad.
* EyeScream: Suzy's conjunctivitis is so bad, one of her eyes is bulging out of her head.
* IllGirl: Suzy, who is suffering from parvovirus, conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, and fleas.
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of the ad, the music slows down and takes on a more sinister tone when the little girl has to bury Suzy.
* MinimalistCast: The only characters are Suzy, the little girl, and the narrator.
* MissingMom: Suzy was taken away from her mother, who is not shown in the ad.
** The [[{{Defictionalization}} real Suzy toy]] reveals that Suzy's mother was slaughtered not long after Suzy's birth.
* MoodWhiplash: The ad starts out cutesy and innocent, but starts to get dark when Suzy is shown to be very sick. The ad then takes an ever darker turn when Suzy's mother is revealed to have spent her life in a dark cage, and at the end, Suzy succumbs to her illnesses.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Many things in the ad, from the logo to the girl's clothing to the bedroom set, is pink.
* PottyFailure: Suzy has diarrhoea, and ends up going on the floor ([[Squick which is shown in full detail]]).
* UncattyResemblance: Downplayed; both Suzy and the little girl wear pink bows in their hair.
