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* MistakenForThief: Homer mistakenly believes he stole a free bottle of 7UP that comes with his KFC combo in one ad. [[NotSoGreatEscape It ends with him getting stuck in the window of the resturaunt's washroom]].

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* MistakenForThief: Homer mistakenly believes he stole a free bottle of 7UP that comes with his KFC combo in one ad. [[NotSoGreatEscape It ends with him getting stuck in the window of the resturaunt's restaurant's washroom]].
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* ExactWords: This gem:

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* ExactWords: This gem:gem, which also doubles as a CallBack to Season 1's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E5BartTheGeneral Bart the General]]":
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** MediumAwareness: Homer also notices the two donuts turning into the MasterCard logo at the end.

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** MediumAwareness: Homer also notices the two donuts turning into the MasterCard [=MasterCard=] logo at the end.
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** MediumAwareness: Homer also notices the two donuts turning into the mastercard logo at the end.

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** MediumAwareness: Homer also notices the two donuts turning into the mastercard MasterCard logo at the end.
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* Burger King ads for both ''Simpsons''-themed kid meals as well as ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''

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* Burger King ads for both ''Simpsons''-themed kid kids meals as well as ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''

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* Toyota, which like the KFC ads, were also made for the Canadian market

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* Toyota, which like the KFC ads, were also made for the Canadian market


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* RecognitionFailure: Averted in one of the KFC commercials, when Mr. Burns instantly recognizes Homer when they end up at the same restaurant.
* RichesToRags: Mr. Burns ends up losing everything this way in the Coca Cola commercial.
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* ButtMonkey: Homer in pretty much all of these commercials.

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* ButtMonkey: Homer in pretty much all of these commercials. Bart also winds up on the receiving end in the Mattel toy commercial.
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** In another commercial, Bart's playing a Baseball game, and Homer seizes the opportunity to take his Butterfinger bar. Otto yells "Hit a homer, dude!" Bart hits the ball, and it goes into the bleachers... which hits HOMER (complete with "D'oh!"), who drops the Butterfinger bar back into Bart's hands.

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** In another commercial, Bart's playing a Baseball game, and Homer seizes the opportunity to take his Butterfinger bar. Otto yells "Hit a homer, dude!" Bart hits the ball, and it goes into the bleachers... which hits HOMER ''Homer'' (complete with "D'oh!"), who drops the Butterfinger bar back into Bart's hands.
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** Any commercial involving Homer and food will inevitably end this way, as best exemplified with the KFC and Church's Chicken commercials.
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* ShapedLikeItself: From the 1-800 Collect commercial:
-->'''Homer:''' Ah, the Grand Canyon. What a...grand...canyon.

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-->'''Lisa''': Dad says if you make us scream, you're dead meat.
-->'''Bart''': You wouldn't scream.
-->'''Lisa''': ''(takes deep breath)'' DAAAAAAD!!
-->'''Bart''': ''(puts piece of Butterfinger in Lisa's mouth)''
-->'''Homer''': Now, what?!
-->'''Lisa''': ''(with her mouth full)'' Never mind.

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-->'''Lisa''': -->'''Lisa:''' Dad says if you make us scream, you're dead meat.
-->'''Bart''':
meat.\\
'''Bart:'''
You wouldn't scream.
-->'''Lisa''':
scream.\\
'''Lisa:'''
''(takes deep breath)'' DAAAAAAD!!
-->'''Bart''': ''(puts
DAAAAAAD!!\\
''(Bart, panicking, puts
piece of Butterfinger in Lisa's mouth)''
-->'''Homer''':
mouth)''\\
'''Homer:'''
Now, what?!
-->'''Lisa''':
what?!\\
'''Lisa:'''
''(with her mouth full)'' Never mind.



-->'''Homer''': "I'm gonna open my mouth and close my eyes and ''you're gonna give me a big surprise''." ''(Bart sticks Maggie's pacifier in Homer's mouth)''

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-->'''Homer''': -->'''Homer:''' "I'm gonna open my mouth and close my eyes and ''you're gonna give me a big surprise''." ''(Bart sticks Maggie's pacifier in Homer's mouth)''



--> '''Homer''': Ooh. It's- aw.

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--> '''Homer''': '''Homer:''' Ooh. It's- aw.



-->'''Bart''': I told you, Homer.[[note]]"Nobody better lay a finger ''(crunch)'' on my Butterfinger."[[/note]]
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Bart claims that the "four food groups" are the sandwich group, cow group, jungle group, and the Butterfinger group claiming that it "provides the crunchy peanut butter and chocolaty taste essential for survival".
-->'''Milhouse''': I don't have the Butterfinger group.
-->'''Bart''': Looks like you could die of malnutrition, dude.
* 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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-->'''Bart''': -->'''Bart:''' I told you, Homer.[[note]]"Nobody better lay a finger ''(crunch)'' on my Butterfinger."[[/note]]
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Bart claims that the "four food groups" are the sandwich group, cow group, group (i.e. milk), jungle group, group (i.e. a banana), and the Butterfinger group claiming that it "provides the crunchy peanut butter and chocolaty taste essential for survival".
-->'''Milhouse''': -->'''Milhouse:''' I don't have the Butterfinger group.
-->'''Bart''':
group.\\
'''Bart:'''
Looks like you could die of malnutrition, dude.
* 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.]]thief]].



-->'''Announcer''': Peanut buttery Butterfinger.
-->'''Bart''': It's neato!
-->'''Announcer''': ''(laughs)'' And it's neato.

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-->'''Announcer''': -->'''Announcer:''' Peanut buttery Butterfinger.
-->'''Bart''':
Butterfinger.\\
'''Bart:'''
It's neato!
-->'''Announcer''':
neato!\\
'''Announcer:'''
''(laughs)'' And it's neato.



* TemptingFate: Bart exclaims "How much luckier could a kid get?" when a Church's bag falls in his hand. Then a piggy bank (not knowing it's actually his, being oblivious to Homer's attempts to get Church's chicken) also falls into his hand, to which Bart comments, "That'll work."

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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
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Bart exclaims "How much luckier could a kid get?" when a Church's bag falls in his hand. Then a piggy bank (not knowing it's actually his, being oblivious to Homer's attempts to get Church's chicken) also falls into his hand, to which Bart comments, "That'll work.""
** In a KFC commercial, Mr. Burns is in the midst of a vow to Mr. Smithers that he'll do something if he sees Homer's face again, only to notice that the promotional collector's cup (from a set of four a bonus for purchasing a popcorn chicken combo) he got has Homer's face on it.

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* Toy Commercials from Creator/Mattel

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



* BigEater: Homer, naturally, has this trait played up in several of the food-related commercials.



* ButtMonkey: Homer in pretty much all of these commercials

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* ButtMonkey: Homer in pretty much all of these commercials
commercials.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pE_THlSaQ The 1990 Fox network promo]] features Homer and Bart interacting with their live-action surroundings, [[ItMakesSenseInContext complete with Homer being shoved off screen by a swinging TV]].

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pE_THlSaQ The Fall 1990 Fox network promo]] features Homer and Bart interacting with their live-action surroundings, [[ItMakesSenseInContext complete with Homer being shoved off screen by a swinging TV]].



* MistakenForThief: Homer mistakenly believes he stole a free bottle of 7UP that comes with his KFC combo in one ad. [[NotSoGreatEscape It ends with him getting stuck in the window of the resturaunt's washroom]].



** The commercials for Vizir detergent regularly features the family, though usually Bart and Homer, nude.



* WeInterruptThisProgram: Invoked by Bart in the 1990 Fox network promo by interrupting the band at the beginning to talk about the "Bart Simpson Time Machine".

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* TunnelKing: Homer in one of the KFC commercials goes through one to get to the restaurant.
* 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.
* 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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* MediumBlending: A few times:

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* MediumBlending: MediumBlending[=/=]RogerRabbitEffect: A few times:

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* Many channel bumpers and promos for Creator/{{Fox}}, Creator/{{BBC}}, Creator/Channel4 and others



* Frito Lay



* Tic-Tacs
* Vizir Detergent, made for France
* Toy Commercials from Creator/Mattel
* Ramada Hotels
* TGI Fridays
* Mister Donut, also for the Japan market
* Wonderful Pistachios
* Subaru
* Renault




* ArtShift: The earliest Butterfinger commercials were produced by Creator/VargaStudio instead of Creator/{{AKOM}} (then the show's primary overseas contractor), resulting in a style not too dissimilar to Season 1 even when the show evolved from that look. Later ads in general are more in line with the show itself and are (usually) animated by Creator/RoughDraftStudios.

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* ArtShift: The earliest Butterfinger commercials were produced by Creator/VargaStudio instead of Creator/{{AKOM}} (then the show's primary overseas contractor), resulting in a style not too dissimilar to Season 1 even when the show evolved from that look. Later ads in general ads, both for the Butterfinger campaign and elsewhere, are more in line with the show itself and are (usually) animated by Creator/RoughDraftStudios.






* MediumBlending: A few times:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pE_THlSaQ The 1990 Fox network promo]] features Homer and Bart interacting with their live-action surroundings, [[ItMakesSenseInContext complete with Homer being shoved off screen by a swinging TV]].
** A commercial for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5JNnOfZY4 Renault Kangoo]] features the family interacting with a live-action setting. Homer even giving the dealer a (still animated) donut at one point.
** The Burger King campaign for the movie also has Kang and Kodos turn a bunch of real-life people into animated Simpsons counterparts in one of the ads.
** Inverted with the Toyota commercials, with the real cars featured instead being inserted into the animation.



* TemptingFate: Bart exclaims "How much luckier could a kid get?" when a Church's bag falls in his hand. Then a piggy bank (not knowing it's actually his, being oblivious to Homer's attempts to get Church's chicken) also falls into his hand, to which Bart comments, "That'll work."

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* TemptingFate: Bart exclaims "How much luckier could a kid get?" when a Church's bag falls in his hand. Then a piggy bank (not knowing it's actually his, being oblivious to Homer's attempts to get Church's chicken) also falls into his hand, to which Bart comments, "That'll work.""
* WeInterruptThisProgram: Invoked by Bart in the 1990 Fox network promo by interrupting the band at the beginning to talk about the "Bart Simpson Time Machine".
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* a couple of Canadian KFC commercials

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* a A couple of Canadian KFC commercials

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* Multiple CC's crisps (no relation) commercials

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* Multiple CC's crisps (no relation) commercials for Australia


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* a couple of Canadian KFC commercials
* Toyota, which like the KFC ads, were also made for the Canadian market
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* ArtShift: The earliest Butterfinger commercials were produced by Creator/VargaStudio instead of Creator/{{AKOM}} (then the show's primary overseas contractor), resulting in a style not too dissimilar to Season 1 even when the show evolved from that look. Later ads in general are more in line with the show itself and are (usually) animated by Creator/RoughDraftStudios.
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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 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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* 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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* Many, many Butterfinger advertisments. This campaign is by far the most well-known ''Simpsons'' advertising campaign.

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* Many, many Butterfinger advertisments.advertisements. This campaign is by far the most well-known ''Simpsons'' advertising campaign.
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** MediumAwareness: Homer also notices the two donuts turning into the mastercard logo at the end.
--> '''Homer''': Ooh. It's- aw.
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* IWarnedYou: Bart does this to Homer when Homer tries to take a booby-trapped Butterfinger that gives Homer and electric shock.

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* IWarnedYou: Bart does this to Homer when Homer tries to take a booby-trapped Butterfinger that gives Homer and an electric shock.
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* 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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* LogoJoke: At the end of the Intel commercial, the last note of the famous Intel Inside jingle is replaced by Homer's "D'oh".
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* IWarnedYou: Bart does this to Homer when Homer tries to take a booby-trapped Butterfinger that gives Homer and electric shock.
-->'''Bart''': I told you, Homer.[[note]]"Nobody better lay a finger ''(crunch)'' on my Butterfinger."[[/note]]
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* Two Church's chicken commercials

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* Two Church's chicken Chicken commercials



*** This later gets changed to "Nothing like a Butterfinger".

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*** This later gets got changed to "Bite my Butterfinger" and then "Nothing like a Butterfinger".Butterfinger"; both tended to be accompanied by Harry Shearer/Kent Brockman noting "From Nestle!" (Nestle only acquired Butterfinger {and Baby Ruth, for that matter} in 1990; prior to that, they were owned by Nabisco, so they were likely trying to make people more aware they owned it).
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* BigWordShout:
-->'''Lisa''': Dad says if you make us scream, you're dead meat.
-->'''Bart''': You wouldn't scream.
-->'''Lisa''': ''(takes deep breath)'' DAAAAAAD!!
-->'''Bart''': ''(puts piece of Butterfinger in Lisa's mouth)''
-->'''Homer''': Now, what?!
-->'''Lisa''': ''(with her mouth full)'' Never mind.


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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Bart claims that the "four food groups" are the sandwich group, cow group, jungle group, and the Butterfinger group claiming that it "provides the crunchy peanut butter and chocolaty taste essential for survival".
-->'''Milhouse''': I don't have the Butterfinger group.
-->'''Bart''': Looks like you could die of malnutrition, dude.


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* SigningOffCatchphrase:
-->'''Announcer''': Peanut buttery Butterfinger.
-->'''Bart''': It's neato!
-->'''Announcer''': ''(laughs)'' And it's neato.
** This is later changed to the more familiar "Nobody better lay a finger[[note]]In some commercials, this is followed by a "crunch" sound.[[/note]] on my Butterfinger."[[note]]This was later used in reruns of commercials that had the previous one.[[/note]]
*** This later gets changed to "Nothing like a Butterfinger".

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* AnimatedOuttakes: Homer attempts to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18koUcXnIFs pitch]] the Ultimate Double Whopper.


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** Homer gets down to his underwear in the Ultimate Double Whopper ad, as he sweats when he eats.
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* Burger King Ads for both Simpsons themed kid meals as well as ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''

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* Burger King Ads ads for both Simpsons themed ''Simpsons''-themed kid meals as well as ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''



* Universal Studios

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* Universal StudiosRide/UniversalStudios
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* Burger King Ads for both Simpsons themed kid meals as well as ''TheSimpsonsMovie''

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* Burger King Ads for both Simpsons themed kid meals as well as ''TheSimpsonsMovie''''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''
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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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