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* FiveSecondRule: In a Burger King commercial, Homer is promoting a Whopper yet keeps messing up the take. In one of the outtakes he accidentally knocks the burger on the floor and quickly picks up the patty claiming "3 second rule" before eating it.
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** It may also explain why any commercial originated outside the English-speaking countries that featured talking Marge Simpson, such as the French Renault Kangoo one, lacks English dubs.
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That would be Acting For Two


* BorrowedCatchphrase: In the De Toditos commercial, Nelson tries to swing a punch at Ralph but hits a mailbox. Ralph does Nelson's signature "Ha-ha!" to him. It becomes even funnier when you remember that Creator/NancyCartwright [[TalkingToHimself voices both characters]].

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* BorrowedCatchphrase: In the De Toditos commercial, Nelson tries to swing a punch at Ralph but hits a mailbox. Ralph does Nelson's signature "Ha-ha!" to him. It becomes even funnier when you remember that Creator/NancyCartwright [[TalkingToHimself [[ActingForTwo voices both characters]].
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* Toy Commercials from {{Creator/Mattel}} and Playmates Toys

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* Toy Commercials from {{Creator/Mattel}} Creator/{{Mattel}} and Playmates Toys



** Bart has a nightmare that the Kwik-E-Mart is fresh out of Butterfinger bars and that Nelson [[TalkToTheFist gives him]] [[FourFingeredHands "four-fingers"]].

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** Bart has a nightmare that the Kwik-E-Mart is fresh out of Butterfinger bars and that Nelson [[TalkToTheFist gives him]] [[FourFingeredHands "four-fingers"]]."{{four|FingeredHands}}-fingers".



* LatexPerfection: In 1993, the culprit of the "Who Laid a Finger on Bart's Butterfinger" sweepstakes seemed to be Homer Simpson, [[spoiler: until Maggie noticed the large red clown shoes and pulled the latex mask off "Homer" to reveal Krusty the Clown, the true thief]].

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* LatexPerfection: In 1993, the culprit of the "Who Laid a Finger on Bart's Butterfinger" sweepstakes seemed to be Homer Simpson, [[spoiler: until [[spoiler:until Maggie noticed the large red clown shoes and pulled the latex mask off "Homer" to reveal Krusty the Clown, the true thief]].



* MugshotMontage: Done in the first ad of 1993's "Who Laid a Finger on Bart's Butterfinger" sweepstakes, with the suspects being Otto, Lisa, Krusty the Clown, Nelson Muntz, Mr. Burns and Homer (holding his name upside-down). [[spoiler: The second ad revealed the culprit was Krusty, disguised as Homer.]]

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* MugshotMontage: Done in the first ad of 1993's "Who Laid a Finger on Bart's Butterfinger" sweepstakes, with the suspects being Otto, Lisa, Krusty the Clown, Nelson Muntz, Mr. Burns and Homer (holding his name upside-down). [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The second ad revealed the culprit was Krusty, disguised as Homer.]]



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** In one ad for ''Ritz Bitz S'Mores', Comic Book Guy offers Bart a chocolate Radioactive Man statue and a copy of Radioactive Man #1 for "the box". When he receives it, he complains the box is empty, with Bart pointing out the box was all he technically asked for. "Worst. Trade. Ever."

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** In one ad for ''Ritz Bitz S'Mores', Ritz Bits S'Mores, Comic Book Guy offers Bart a chocolate Radioactive Man statue and a copy of Radioactive Man #1 for "the box". When he receives it, he complains the box is empty, with Bart pointing out the box was all he technically asked for. "Worst. Trade. Ever."



* RichesToRags: Mr. Burns ends up losing everything this way in the Coca Cola commercial.

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* RichesToRags: Mr. Burns ends up losing everything this way in the Coca Cola Coca-Cola commercial.


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* SplittingPants: Happens to Comic Book Guy at the end of the Ritz Bits S'Mores commercial.
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* TheVoiceless: Any rare appearance of Marge in the Butterfinger commercials will have her as this, as her voice actress, Creator/JulieKavner, has never lent her voice to any of the commercials.[[note]]And was the only voice actor of the core six on the show not to do so[[/note]]
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* WeInterruptThisProgram: Invoked by Bart in the 1990 Fall Fox network promo by interrupting the band at the beginning to talk about the "Bart Simpson Time Machine".

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* WeInterruptThisProgram: Invoked by Bart in the 1990 Fall Fox network promo by interrupting the band at the beginning to talk about the "Bart Simpson Time Machine".Machine".
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* IllBeYourBestFriend: Milhouse attempts to get Bart's Butterfinger by offering to be his best friend, only for Bart to say that he already is.

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* BeeAfraid: In the [=MasterCard=] commercial, Homer has bees coming out of his car's oil tank and going for the donut he was eating, causing him to scream, "Ah! Bees!", drop the donut, and run off, which prompts the bees to fly after him after the donut hits the ground off-screen.



* InteractiveNarrator: Homer is repeatedly pestered by the narrator in the [=MasterCard=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuIaZKdDjfg commercial]] to spend time with his family instead of the various errands and recreation he partakes in.

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* InteractiveNarrator: Homer is repeatedly pestered by the narrator in the [=MasterCard=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuIaZKdDjfg com/watch?v=NROpXCWscgE commercial]] to spend time with his family instead of the various errands and recreation he partakes in.
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* UniversalDriversLicense: Homer uses a motorcycle[[labelnote:*]]''years'' before either "Take My Wife, Sleeze" or the Movie[[/labelnote]] to get to a KFC near the Power Plant in one spot.

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* UniversalDriversLicense: Homer uses a motorcycle[[labelnote:*]]''years'' before either "Take My Wife, Sleeze" Sleaze" or the Movie[[/labelnote]] to get to a KFC near the Power Plant in one spot.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: In the De Toditos commercial, Nelson tries to swing a punch at Ralph but hits a mailbox. Ralph does Nelson's signature "Ha-ha!" to him.

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* BorrowedCatchphrase: In the De Toditos commercial, Nelson tries to swing a punch at Ralph but hits a mailbox. Ralph does Nelson's signature "Ha-ha!" to him. It becomes even funnier when you remember that Creator/NancyCartwright [[TalkingToHimself voices both characters]].
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* De Toditos crisps for Latin America


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* BorrowedCatchphrase: In the De Toditos commercial, Nelson tries to swing a punch at Ralph but hits a mailbox. Ralph does Nelson's signature "Ha-ha!" to him.
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* StuffedIntoALocker: Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel meet this fate when Bart catches them breaking into his locker to steal his Butterfingers. Cue crowd of pointing and laughing students.

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