History Main / HiveMindTestimonial

* The opening of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' used to subvert this, with the characters saying their names over and over.

* Movie trailers can do this, where every time [[SayMyName the main character's name is spoken]] in the film, the trailer cuts them all into a montage that lasts for nearly half the trailer. Most common when the main character's name is ''also'' [[CharacterTitle the title of the movie]].

* In TheSimpsons' "Radioactive Man", Homer unintentionally creates a HiveMindTestimonial by rapidly channel surfing during a NewsMonopoly:

* There's also all those people singing National American University's EarWorm

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' did a parody where a hypnotist's Broadway show was given the following rave by everyone, spoken in a CreepyMonotone: "I laughed, I cried, it was much better than ''{{Cats}}''. I'm going to see it again and again."

->"Here we show people from all walks of life,
->each speaking a fragment of a sentence,
->edited together into a big annoying mess.

->The worst part comes at the end, when each person in turn says the last part of the sentence. We get to hear the same three or four words spoken by 5 or 6 people. Somebody somewhere thought this was cute.
->I'd like to put cactus quills in that guy's scrambled eggs."
->-- [[http://www.commercialsihate.com/offenses.html commercialsihate.com]]Fspont

[[AC:Education]]

** There's also all those people singing National American University's EarWorm

[[AC:Food and Drinks]]

[[AC:Medicine]]

* ''Head-On'' has gone through quite the commercial shift. First the repetition (to give you the headache), then "I hate your commercial... but I love your product." Then a chorus of people doing the repetition all at once (boy, haven't ''we'' been schooled). Now it's up to a fake doctor type repeating "We will give you your money back." For a homeopathic medication that is essentially a tube of wax.
** In addition to Head On's "apply directly to the forehead", the commercial often transitioned into mini commercials about other related products, all using the line "apply directly".

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[[AC:Films]]
* Movie trailers can do this, where every time [[SayMyName the main character's name is spoken]] in the film, the trailer cuts them all into a montage that lasts for nearly half the trailer.
** Most common when the main character's name is ''also'' [[CharacterTitle the title of the movie]].
* Invoked in one of the more elaborate fan-made ads on ''Film/TheDarkKnight'''s [=IBelieveInHarveyDent=].com campaign website.
* ''Film/BowlingForColumbine'' does this, e.g. to show how crimes by black suspects are overreported on TV.

[[AC:Television]]
* The promo spots for NFL Network, before its launch, did this sort of thing, but instead of having ordinary people, it had half the head coaches in the NFL (i.e. recognizable figures) saying "I guarantee / guarantee / I guarantee / that you are going to love it."
* The opening of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' used to subvert this, with the characters saying their names over and over.
* Happens in one episode of ''{{Grimm}}'' when a flash mob is interviewed about the death of a woman which occurred the same time and place as the flash mob. Nick even asks the last suspect why it sounds like there was an echo when every suspect repeats the same words to him. It makes sense because [[spoiler: the flash mob are all Mellifer, bee-like wesen.]]


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[[AC:PSA's]]

[[AC:Restaurants]]

[[AC:Technology]]
* This was a common trope in IT/Technology advertising during the boom of the 1990s. The commercial would show stereotypes around the world completing one long pitch using ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''-esque technobabble. ([African tribesman] "TCG can connect you..." [Japanese businessman] "...to the new global paradigm..." [Italian in Piazza] "...of information.")
** One example featured a grating repetition of the word "you" between pitches. ("You want to enter the digital age, but you..." "...you don't know how to connect to the global marketplace, so you...") The company running the ad was, of course, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUNET UUNET]].
* [[MicrosoftWindows I'm a PC!]]

[[AC:Transportation]]

[[AC:Websites]]

!!Parodies

[[AC:{{Live-Action TV}}]]
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'s'' Herpexia ad. (There was a Website/YouTube video, but it's been pulled.)
* [[http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=342110&title=a-psa-from-cats-we-will-piss This]] fake [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA]] parodies this trope with devastating accuracy.

[[AC:WebOriginal]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]

* ''SaturdayNightLive'' did a parody where a hypnotist's Broadway show was given the following rave by everyone, spoken in a CreepyMonotone: "I laughed, I cried, it was much better than ''{{Cats}}''. I'm going to see it again and again."

* Spoofed in "Series/{{Portlandia}}", where the city's reduced its unemployment rate by paying people to say individual syllables in inspirational commercials.

* The opening of {{Castle}} used to subvert this, with the characters saying their names over and over

->"Here we show people from all walks of life,
->each speaking a fragment of a sentence,
->edited together into a big annoying mess.

->The worst part comes at the end, when each person in turn says the last part of the sentence. We get to hear the same three or four words spoken by 5 or 6 people. Somebody somewhere thought this was cute.
->I'd like to put cactus quills in that guy's scrambled eggs."
->-- [[http://www.commercialsihate.com/offenses.html commercialsihate.com]]Fspont

An [[AdvertisingTropes advertising]] technique that has a series of people repeat the same or similar line over and over again.

-->''"I" "I" "''I''" "Have acid reflux." "Have acid reflux." "Have ''acid reflux''." "I didn't know it could be ''serious''." "I didn't know." "I ''didn't know''."

The last person to say the line will often emphasize it or whisper it.

Sometimes, to prevent repetition, one person will simply--

--finish a line someone else started. Letting you

--''assume'' they were going to say the same thing.

There is also the occasional "testimonial chorus" where multiple people saying the same thing are tracked into a simultaneous mix.

Is not caused by an actual HiveMind (although it can sometimes give this effect).

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!!Examples:

[[AC:Education]]
* Commercials for Kaplan University have assorted people walking and talking.
** There's also all those people singing National American University's EarWorm

[[AC:Food and Drinks]]
* Played with in a Lipton Green Iced Tea commercial that had the series of people around the world "spontaneously" humming a line or two of the same melody, building up to a full-blown tune. Surprisingly effective.

[[AC:Medicine]]
* The ads for the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, with its chorus of women of different ages saying "I want to be one less."
* ''Head-On'' has gone through quite the commercial shift. First the repetition (to give you the headache), then "I hate your commercial... but I love your product." Then a chorus of people doing the repetition all at once (boy, haven't ''we'' been schooled). Now it's up to a fake doctor type repeating "We will give you your money back." For a homeopathic medication that is essentially a tube of wax.
** In addition to Head On's "apply directly to the forehead", the commercial often transitioned into mini commercials about other related products, all using the line "apply directly".

[[AC:Military]]
* A recent National Guard commercial, where a series of guardsmen do this.

[[AC:Films]]
* Movie trailers can do this, where every time [[SayMyName the main character's name is spoken]] in the film, the trailer cuts them all into a montage that lasts for nearly half the trailer.
** Most common when the main character's name is ''also'' [[CharacterTitle the title of the movie]].
* Invoked in one of the more elaborate fan-made ads on ''Film/TheDarkKnight'''s [=IBelieveInHarveyDent=].com campaign website.
* ''Film/BowlingForColumbine'' does this, e.g. to show how crimes by black suspects are overreported on TV.

[[AC:Television]]
* The promo spots for NFL Network, before its launch, did this sort of thing, but instead of having ordinary people, it had half the head coaches in the NFL (i.e. recognizable figures) saying "I guarantee / guarantee / I guarantee / that you are going to love it."
* The opening of {{Castle}} used to subvert this, with the characters saying their names over and over
* Happens in one episode of ''{{Grimm}}'' when a flash mob is interviewed about the death of a woman which occurred the same time and place as the flash mob. Nick even asks the last suspect why it sounds like there was an echo when every suspect repeats the same words to him. It makes sense because [[spoiler: the flash mob are all Mellifer, bee-like wesen.]]

[[AC:Politics]]
* "I'm Joe the Plumber" ads near the end of [=McCain=] & Palin's Presidential campaign.

[[AC:PSA's]]
* There was an ad about raising awareness about global warming; lots and lots of kids of various ages saying "Tick" or "Tock", with various levels of seriousness or enthusiasm, speeding up with less of a pause between each word, then repeating "Tick" before having a few more kids explain that time was running out, and ''they'' were the ones who would be affected.

[[AC:Restaurants]]
* Some [=McDonald's=] commercials.

[[AC:Technology]]
* This was a common trope in IT/Technology advertising during the boom of the 1990s. The commercial would show stereotypes around the world completing one long pitch using ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''-esque technobabble. ([African tribesman] "TCG can connect you..." [Japanese businessman] "...to the new global paradigm..." [Italian in Piazza] "...of information.")
** One example featured a grating repetition of the word "you" between pitches. ("You want to enter the digital age, but you..." "...you don't know how to connect to the global marketplace, so you...") The company running the ad was, of course, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUNET UUNET]].
* [[MicrosoftWindows I'm a PC!]]

[[AC:Transportation]]
* The latest radio commercial by Boeing in the ad war of Boeing vs EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) features this. Some background for those not in the know first: Boeing and EADS are in a contract war over developing the KC-X tanker aircraft for the US Air Force; Boeing is proposing a 767 based tanker while EADS proposes an Airbus A330 based tanker. The ad has people each speaking parts of the ad and finishing each other's sentences as they talk about how Boeing is better than EADS for various reasons including Made in the USA as well as directly refuting the EADS slogan of "Real, Proven, and Ready" by stating that their A330 has never been actually built so it is not really proven is it?

[[AC:Websites]]
* Recent commercials for vehix.com are a textbook example of this.


!!Parodies

[[AC:{{Live-Action TV}}]]
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'s'' Herpexia ad. (There was a Website/YouTube video, but it's been pulled.)
* [[http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=342110&title=a-psa-from-cats-we-will-piss This]] fake [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA]] parodies this trope with devastating accuracy.
* ''SaturdayNightLive'' did a parody where a hypnotist's Broadway show was given the following rave by everyone, spoken in a CreepyMonotone: "I laughed, I cried, it was much better than ''{{Cats}}''. I'm going to see it again and again."

[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Employed in the "Online Piracy PSA" parody on Website/YouTube (seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXR4T8xVFdw here]]).
* Used in a ''Website/CollegeHumor'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ9wtQkSHqw Legalize Shrooms]] PSA, to great hilarity.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In TheSimpsons' "Radioactive Man", Homer unintentionally creates a HiveMindTestimonial by rapidly channel surfing during a NewsMonopoly:
--> '''Various TV personalities:''' "Ev"-"er"-"y"-"one"-"is"-"tal"-"king"-"a"-"bout"-"Ra"-"di"-"o"-"act"-"ive"-"Man"-"y'all."
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Is not caused by an actual HiveMind (although it can sometimes give this effect]].

Is not caused by an actual HiveMind.