History Horrible / Advertising

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngbHOz--oc The notorious "Masterclass" trailer]] for '''''VideoGame/MightyNo9''''' seemingly attempts to invoke nostalgia for TheNineties, but ends up recalling some of the worst [[TotallyRadical "X-Treme!!"]] ad campaigns from that decade. The trailer relies on an unfunny, neurotic narrator to show off game mechanics rather than [[ShowDontTell letting it speak for itself]], and at one point [[TakeThatAudience insults a good deal of the game's demographic]] with the line "make the bad guys cry like an anime fan on prom night" [[note]](the game was developed in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and is based on a [[VideoGame/MegaMan much-beloved Japanese franchise]] with [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior its own anime adaptation]]; the [[FriendlyFandoms overlap]] in {{fandom}}s is a given)[[/note]], which is a juvenile insult to begin with. The video also prominently displays [[SpecialEffectFailure terribly-rendered explosions that several people compared to sloppily-made pizza]], and as a whole feels rushed. After being posted on Website/YouTube by publishers Creator/DeepSilver, it was roundly mocked by the gaming press and community alike, with a large amount of dislikes and [[https://twitter.com/t_aizu/status/735652527450947584 garnering ire]] from developer Creator/IntiCreates CEO Takaya Aizu, and wound up being another nail in the coffin. Even fans of the game admit that the ad was poorly made.

{{Advertis|ing}}ements litter every UsefulNotes/{{television}}, newspaper, and {{website}} they can find... and naturally, consumers will fall over and ''buy'' what's being promoted. But, why buy certain products if their ads are [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible so bad, they're horrible]]? These advertisements are so bad that they even drove the people who ''liked the product in the first place'' away. This is the bottom of the barrel for commercialism.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngbHOz--oc The notorious "Masterclass" trailer]] for '''''VideoGame/MightyNo9''''' seemingly attempts to invoke nostalgia for TheNineties, but ends up recalling some of the worst [[TotallyRadical "X-Treme!!"]] ad campaigns from that decade. The trailer relies on an unfunny, neurotic narrator to show off game mechanics rather than [[ShowDontTell letting it speak for itself]], and at one point [[MisaimedMarketing insults a good deal of the game's demographic]] with the line "make the bad guys cry like an anime fan on prom night" [[note]](the game was developed in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and is based on a [[VideoGame/MegaMan much-beloved Japanese franchise]] with [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior its own anime adaptation]]; the [[FriendlyFandoms overlap]] in {{fandom}}s is a given)[[/note]], which is a juvenile insult to begin with. The video also prominently displays [[SpecialEffectFailure terribly-rendered explosions that several people compared to sloppily-made pizza]], and as a whole feels rushed. After being posted on Website/YouTube by publishers Creator/DeepSilver, it was roundly mocked by the gaming press and community alike, with a large amount of dislikes and [[https://twitter.com/t_aizu/status/735652527450947584 garnering ire]] from developer Creator/IntiCreates CEO Takaya Aizu, and wound up being another nail in the coffin. Even fans of the game admit that the ad was poorly made.

%% * '''The UK's Home Office''' tweeted a parody of the infamous "Piracy. It's a crime." (better known as "You Wouldn't Steal A Car") PSA in early 2021, complete with slogans and imagery relating to the country's [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 restrictions]] - such as "You Shouldn't Make Your Own Pub" and "You Shouldn't Go To Raves", interspersed with footage of people being arrested for breaking these rules. [[MisaimedMarketing It did not go down well]] and was deleted a day or so later, but the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6AaBdt_Xcw has been preserved for all to see.]]

* '''Creator/{{Netflix}}[='s=] [[https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/netflix-cuties-twerking-poster-drama-explained.html promotion]] of their release of ''Film/{{Cuties}}''''' [[TaintedByThePreview immediately tainted the movie's name]] in the public eye due to a case of MisaimedMarketing. The film set out to make a statement about child exploitation through sexual and female-objectifying media; the [[http://www.impawards.com/intl/france/tv/mignonnes.html original poster]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0O7lLe4SmA trailer]] [[DontShootTheMessage made it out to be exactly what it decried]]. The titular dance troupe's skimpy uniforms are placed front and center on the poster, and the trailer focused mostly on the girls' sexually suggestive dance moves and surface-level similarities to ''Film/StepUp''. This got Netflix accused of promoting pedophilia (despite only being the distributor), with a petition being made for the service to cancel the release and [[https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/cuties-backlash-netflix-cancellations-record-levels-1234769354/ cancellations increasing roughly 800%]]. The director wound up being chased off of Twitter, and some ImageBoards strictly banned the movie as a topic of discussion. Even politicians from both sides of the political spectrum expressed their disgust towards Netflix's promotion of the film, wanting to discuss the film before Congress to see if Netflix had violated any laws regarding the production and distribution of child pornography. Netflix [[https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1296486375211053057?s=20 quickly apologized]] once the backlash started (though they were not quick to say who was to blame) and started making efforts to try and correct it, [[https://twitter.com/theycallmeDSK/status/1296301343066423296?s=20 down to the on-site description]], but by then the film had already been criticized worldwide, with some reviewers accusing the film of [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing indulging in the sexual content it was criticizing,]] and outside of France it either got adults-only ratings or banned outright ''on principle'' across the board.

* '''Creator/{{Nintendo}}[='s=] Platform/WiiU''' is one of their least successful consoles, and part of it was due to their marketing campaign on how the system was being presented. The commercials often focus too much on the [=GamePad=] rather than the system itself and, combined with the similar name and logo, made people assume the Wii U was just an add-on to or peripheral for the Wii. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4SYeDArez4 The original E3 reveal]] mostly showed ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' and ''VideoGame/WiiFit U'', both of which could be confused as HD ports or the originals.\\\

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqnPh7hmFZk Another advert]], in addition to having terrible animation (it features talking [=3D=] animation heads, horribly drawn, [[UnintentionalUncannyValley whose jaws move like cows chewing cud whenever they speak]]) also tries to present your typical commercial auto parts store as bad because it does not comply to some pretty outlandish requests, such as a woman needing high-technology ceramic brake pads for her Toyota Prius or a [[GreaserDelinquents Greaser]] getting angry at the store clerk for not having parts for a Ford car from ''1949''. It's like a shuttle bus company trying to badmouth the competition by saying they can't drive you to Fiji. It also features a [[NationalStereotypes/WesternEurope ridiculously stereotypical Frenchman]].

* The Philippine chocolate bar '''Goya''' ran [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHbjsXmuqYk this ad]] in 2018. It consists of a still image of the chocolate bar with the caption "Have you tried the No. 1 Chocolate Bar in the Philippines?" What makes this ad so bad is its audio, a headache-inducing SMPTE tone. Even worse, [[LastNoteNightmare the tone suddenly gets louder at the last second as the image cuts to a "Please Stand By" message.]] It's caused the company to receive plenty of negative comments on their Facebook page.
* '''Groupon''' had a series of adverts that started off as celebrity [=PSAs=] for dire global situations, such as the tenuous relations between UsefulNotes/{{China}} and UsefulNotes/{{Tibet}} or the deforestation of the Amazon, before lapsing into extolling the tangentially-related (at best) glory of Groupon. In short, they trivialized serious issues with global repercussions ''just to sell an e-commerce service'', hiring celebrities to join in, no less. There was a major backlash from viewers and Groupon customers over this thing. Brilliantly parodied by Creator/ConanOBrien [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syF3oLRhztg here]] and mocked by Website/{{Cracked}} [[https://www.cracked.com/article_21163_10-offensive-ads-you-wont-believe-are-from-last-decade.html here.]]