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* PlayedForLaughs in an Allstate Insurance ad, where Creator/DennisHaysbert walks into a restaurant and everybody there refers to him as "[[CatchPhrase Safe drivers save forty percent]]".

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* PlayedForLaughs in an Allstate Insurance ad, where Creator/DennisHaysbert walks into a restaurant and everybody there refers to him as "[[CatchPhrase Safe drivers save forty percent]]".percent]]".
** Parodied on Series/SaturdayNightLive where ad executives, over controversies surrounding black mascot characters, fire Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and All-State Guy. An angry All-State Guy (played by Creator/DaveChappelle) says he has a name: "It's Guy from Film/WaitingToExhale!"
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* In 2012, ''Wendy's'' began running a series of commercials with a friendly, attractive redhead extolling Wendy's cuisine. Many people referred to her as "Wendy", the character who appears in the restaurant's logo [[note]]based on company founder Dave Thomas' daughter[[/note]]. The character's actual name was "Red".

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* In 2012, ''Wendy's'' began running a series of commercials with a friendly, attractive redhead extolling Wendy's cuisine. Many people referred to her as "Wendy", the character who appears in the restaurant's logo [[note]]based on company founder Dave Thomas' daughter[[/note]]. The character's actual name was "Red". Adding to the confusion, the real red-headed Wendy Thomas has been in commercials starting in 2010.
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* PlayedForLaughs in an Allstate Insurance ad, where Creator/DennisHaysbert walks into a restaurant, where everybody refers to him as "[[CatchPhrase Safe drivers save forty percent]]".

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* PlayedForLaughs in an Allstate Insurance ad, where Creator/DennisHaysbert walks into a restaurant, where restaurant and everybody there refers to him as "[[CatchPhrase Safe drivers save forty percent]]".
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* In 2012, ''Wendy's'' began running a series of commercials with a friendly, attractive redhead extolling Wendy's cuisine. Many people referred to her as "Wendy", the character who appears in the restaurant's logo [[note]]based on company founder Dave Thomas' daughter[[/note]]. The character's actual name was "Red".

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* In 2012, ''Wendy's'' began running a series of commercials with a friendly, attractive redhead extolling Wendy's cuisine. Many people referred to her as "Wendy", the character who appears in the restaurant's logo [[note]]based on company founder Dave Thomas' daughter[[/note]]. The character's actual name was "Red"."Red".
* PlayedForLaughs in an Allstate Insurance ad, where Creator/DennisHaysbert walks into a restaurant, where everybody refers to him as "[[CatchPhrase Safe drivers save forty percent]]".
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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying "Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize" in their ads. One wonders how they expect one to dress up as ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' or ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying "Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize" in their ads. One wonders how they expect one to dress up as ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' or ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
* In 2012, ''Wendy's'' began running a series of commercials with a friendly, attractive redhead extolling Wendy's cuisine. Many people referred to her as "Wendy", the character who appears in the restaurant's logo [[note]]based on company founder Dave Thomas' daughter[[/note]]. The character's actual name was "Red".
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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying "Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize" in their ads. One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomMenace.

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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying "Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize" in their ads. One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' or Film/ThePhantomMenace.''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
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* The Nintendo Cereal System ad:
---->''Nintendo! Super Mario jumps!''\\

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* The Nintendo Cereal System ad:
---->''Nintendo! Super Mario
ad makes the common mistake of referring to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' character Link as "Zelda":
-->''Nintendo! Franchise/{{Super Mario|Bros}}
jumps!''\\
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* The "Target Dog" in the See "Spot Save" commercials is not actually named "Spot". Reportedly, the dog's name is "Bullseye". The "spot" is actually a reference to Target Store's logo.

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* The "Target Dog" in the See "Spot Save" commercials is not actually named "Spot". Reportedly, the dog's name is "Bullseye". The "spot" is actually a reference to Target Store's logo.logo....which resembles a bullseye.
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* In an ad for ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestI Dragon Warrior]]'' on the NES, the hero is called the Dragon Warrior, while in the game, the hero is a case of NoNameGiven and HelloInsertNameHere.
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* The Nintendo Cereal System ad:
---->''Nintendo! Super Mario jumps!''\\
''Nintendo! In a fruity flavored crunch!''\\
''Nintendo! Here's Zelda too!''\\
''Nintendo! It's berry good news!''
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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying "Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize" in their ads. One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomManace.

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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying "Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize" in their ads. One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomManace.Film/ThePhantomMenace.
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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying" Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize". One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomManace.

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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying" Come saying "Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize".prize" in their ads. One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomManace.
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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying" Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize". One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/StarWarsThePhantomManace.

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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying" Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize". One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/StarWarsThePhantomManace.Film/ThePhantomManace.
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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying" Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize". One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomManace.

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* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying" Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize". One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomManace.Film/StarWarsThePhantomManace.

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* A radio spot for the (American-owned) chain of Japanese cuisine/teppanyaki restaurants, Benihana, features a customer coming in and asking to speak to Mr. Hana. The ''maître d''' explains to him that there is no such person; "Benihana" means "safflower" in the Japanese language, he says. The customer retorts, "Oh, you can't kid me. I'll bet ''you're'' Benny Hana."

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* A radio spot for the (American-owned) chain of Japanese cuisine/teppanyaki restaurants, Benihana, features a customer coming in and asking to speak to Mr. Hana. The ''maître d''' explains to him that there is no such person; "Benihana" means "safflower" in the Japanese language, he says. The customer retorts, "Oh, you can't kid me. I'll bet ''you're'' Benny Hana.""
* Toys R' Us Malaysia seems to be rather prone to doing this in their ads. The last two times they did special sales to tie in with Franchise/StarWars film launches, they published a line saying" Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars to win a special prize". One wonders how they expect one to dress up as Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack or Film/ThePhantomManace.
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* A radio spot for the (American-owned) chain of Japanese cuisine/teppanyaki restaurants known as Benihana, features a customer coming in and asking to speak to Mr. Hana. The ''maître d''' explains to him that there is no such person; "Benihana" means "safflower" in the Japanese language, he says. The customer retorts, "Oh, you can't kid me. I'll bet ''you're'' Benny Hana."

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* A radio spot for the (American-owned) chain of Japanese cuisine/teppanyaki restaurants known as restaurants, Benihana, features a customer coming in and asking to speak to Mr. Hana. The ''maître d''' explains to him that there is no such person; "Benihana" means "safflower" in the Japanese language, he says. The customer retorts, "Oh, you can't kid me. me. I'll bet ''you're'' Benny Hana."
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* A radio spot for the (American-owned) chain of Japanese cuisine/teppanyaki restaurants known as Benihana, features a customer coming in and asking to speak to Mr. Hana. The maître d' explains to him that there is no such person; "Benihana" means "safflower" in the Japanese language, he says. The customer retorts, "Oh, you can't kid me. I'll bet ''you're'' Benny Hana."

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* A radio spot for the (American-owned) chain of Japanese cuisine/teppanyaki restaurants known as Benihana, features a customer coming in and asking to speak to Mr. Hana. The maître d' ''maître d''' explains to him that there is no such person; "Benihana" means "safflower" in the Japanese language, he says. says. The customer retorts, "Oh, you can't kid me. me. I'll bet ''you're'' Benny Hana."
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* The "Target Dog" in the See "Spot Save" commercials is not actually named "Spot". Reportedly, the dog's name is "Bullseye". The "spot" is actually a reference to Target Store's logo.

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* The "Target Dog" in the See "Spot Save" commercials is not actually named "Spot". Reportedly, the dog's name is "Bullseye". The "spot" is actually a reference to Target Store's logo.logo.
* A radio spot for the (American-owned) chain of Japanese cuisine/teppanyaki restaurants known as Benihana, features a customer coming in and asking to speak to Mr. Hana. The maître d' explains to him that there is no such person; "Benihana" means "safflower" in the Japanese language, he says. The customer retorts, "Oh, you can't kid me. I'll bet ''you're'' Benny Hana."
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* In the 90s, TNT would air promo ads for ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movie marathons as part of their Monstervision TV specials. One promo ad would list the names of various foes Godzilla fought. The problem? One of the monsters is listed as "Baragon" in the promo but is actually Gabara.

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* In the 90s, TNT would air promo ads for ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movie marathons as part of their Monstervision TV specials. One promo ad would list the names of various foes Godzilla fought. The problem? One of the monsters is listed as "Baragon" in the promo but is actually Gabara.Gabara.
* The "Target Dog" in the See "Spot Save" commercials is not actually named "Spot". Reportedly, the dog's name is "Bullseye". The "spot" is actually a reference to Target Store's logo.
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* In the 90s, TNT would air promo ads for {{Godzilla}} movie marathons as part of their Monstervision TV specials. One promo ad would list the names of various foes Godzilla fought. The problem? One of the monsters is listed as "Baragon" in the promo but is actually Gabara.

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* In the 90s, TNT would air promo ads for {{Godzilla}} ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movie marathons as part of their Monstervision TV specials. One promo ad would list the names of various foes Godzilla fought. The problem? One of the monsters is listed as "Baragon" in the promo but is actually Gabara.
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* When the Smith Brothers trademarked their logo for their cough drops, the product label split the word "Trademark" in two, putting the words "Trade" and "Mark" under portraits of the two brothers. As a result, it has always been assumed that the Smith Brothers' names were Trade and Mark. Their names were actually William (Trade) and Andrew (Mark).

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* When the Smith Brothers trademarked their logo for their cough drops, the product label split the word "Trademark" in two, putting the words "Trade" and "Mark" under portraits of the two brothers. As a result, it has always been assumed that the Smith Brothers' names were Trade and Mark. Their names were actually William (Trade) and Andrew (Mark).(Mark).
* In the 90s, TNT would air promo ads for {{Godzilla}} movie marathons as part of their Monstervision TV specials. One promo ad would list the names of various foes Godzilla fought. The problem? One of the monsters is listed as "Baragon" in the promo but is actually Gabara.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMWgmvdLws An Orange cinema ad]] based on ''[[Literature/GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMWgmvdLws An Orange cinema ad]] based on ''[[Literature/GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack Creator/JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMWgmvdLws An Orange cinema ad]] based on ''[[Literature/GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMWgmvdLws An Orange cinema ad]] based on ''[[Literature/GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.ground.
* When the Smith Brothers trademarked their logo for their cough drops, the product label split the word "Trademark" in two, putting the words "Trade" and "Mark" under portraits of the two brothers. As a result, it has always been assumed that the Smith Brothers' names were Trade and Mark. Their names were actually William (Trade) and Andrew (Mark).
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMWgmvdLws An Orange cinema ad]] based on ''[[GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMWgmvdLws An Orange cinema ad]] based on ''[[GulliversTravels ''[[Literature/GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.
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Link to the video for anyone who wants to see it


* An Orange cinema ad based on ''[[GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNMWgmvdLws An Orange cinema ad ad]] based on ''[[GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' parodies this. When JackBlack notices all the ProductPlacement going on, he complains about it ruining the iconic scene in which Gulliver Travels wakes up tied to the ground.

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