History Main / KitschyLocalCommercial

* ''Series/CobraKai'' gives us the ads for La Russo Motors, with Daniel karate-chopping prices and announcing that all buying customers get their own Bonsai tree for free. If anything it demonstrates how much he can't let go of the past, just like his rival Johnny.
--->'''Daniel''': We kick the competition!

** This is also probably one of the only examples of this trope that also doubles as a TragicKeepsake, after Doyle dies.

** "A Tale of Two Stans" shows that Stan's first business ventures involved these as well. Compared to the one he would make for the Mystery Shack, they were comparatively low-key

* An episode of ''Series/SmartGuy'' focused on the Hendersons making one for Floyd's roofing business, starring Floyd as a superhero called "Roofer-Man". When the commercial winds up being aired in a 3am timeslot due to the cable station executive's misleading contract[[note]]The exec informed TJ that it would be aired between 8 and 10. He didn't mention until the contract was finalized that he'd meant [[ExactWords 8pm to 10am]][[/note]], TJ breaks into the studio and sets the computer to play it during "Sunday primetime" instead. Unfortunately, this results in the cheap, SoBadItsGood commercial being played during ''[[SuperBowlSpecial the Superbowl]]'', where it quickly achieves in-universe [[MemeticMutation memetic status]] while costing the station millions in ad-revenue.

But this cost cutting is taken UpToEleven in fiction. Commercials will air on ungodly time slots, the script will be [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue cheesy]], the actors will either have the theatrical chops of a [[BadBadActing toothpick]] or jump around and [[InsaneProprietor act craaaaazy]], [[OurSloganIsTerrible the slogan will suck]], and the whole thing will be shot in front of a green screen with the [[SpecialEffectFailure worst off the shelf effects ever seen]]. By the time it's done, the final product will be SoBadItsGood at best.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' aired a series of shorts between seasons during commercials, one of which was a hilariously terrible [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGAacMH-4Q in-universe commercial]] for the Mystery Shack hosted by Grunkle Stan which was just as cheap as its owner, with features such as wooden acting, [[SpecialEffectsFailure obvious green screening]], flubs left in with clumsily edited corrections, [[IsThisThingStillOn accidentally filming himself robbing a customer]], sudden MoodWhiplash, RattlingOffLegal, and finishing with an [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment inexplicable]] [[JumpScare screamer]].

A good, convincing commercial can cost a lot of money to produce. While not on the level of producing a film, the cost of writers, camera crews, actors, special effects, and music can be close. And while larger companies can handle these expenses with ease, to smaller business owners, spending this much money on a 30 second commercial spot is a gamble. Especially since there's no guarantee that the commercial will actually attract people instead of being just another nuisance to skip over with their DVR, or appearing only on some UsefulNotes/PEGChannel that no one actually watches, or might not be seen at all as more and more people switch to ad-free streaming services instead of cable or satellite. So naturally, local commercials cut corners, but are usually still halfway presentable.

* The VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTwitter video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FGuTUGFTY "Eggman Pirate TV" commercial]], with cheap-looking text plattered over clips from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games and a typical commercial endplate at the end.

* In the ''WebAnimation/SonicStopMotionAdventures'' episode, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dGpfaPH5gY "Date Fright"]], Silver comes across a cheap late-night commercial of Vector's Chaotix Dating Advice service, with kitchsy music, silly-looking fonts, and Vector coughing and repeating during the recording. What takes the cake is the scene of Espio acting as a man being rejected by a woman, played by a very poorly-dressed Knuckles.

* [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Are you a piece of shit that got yourself sent to Hell?]] An innocent soul who got screwed over by someone else? Then pick up that phone and call [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVQ2LVN1tA the Immediate Murder Professionals!]]

* The commercial the title characters put out in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. It has no music, the characters are wooden and it looks like it was shot for about 5 bucks. In ''Film/GhostbustersII'', after their comeback, the Busters rope Janine and Louis into doing a commercial, with BadBadActing and cheap special effects.

* The commercial the title characters put out in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''. It has no music, the characters are wooden and it looks like it was shot for about 5 bucks. In ''Film/GhostBustersII'', after their comeback the Busters rope Janine and Louis into doing a commercial, with BadBadActing and cheap special effects.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' which is about sentient appliances the TV makes one of these in the "''Crazy'' Ernie's Emporium of TOTAL Bargain MADNESS!" in order to try and convince their 'Master' to go to the local junkyard and possibly rescue the other appliances. Though given he has complete control of his screen he does manage some decent visuals but the lines he comes with are rather silly and overacted due to him panicking.

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* Maine rapper Spose featured a track on his album ''The Peter Sparker Mixtape'' called "Bob Johnson", about the sleazy owner of a local jacuzzi business, who cheats on his wife with one of his employees and then dies after his wife poisons his dinner. The chorus is designed to sound like a local TV/radio commercial for his business.

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* In Film/PunchDrunkLove, antagonist Dean Trumbell runs a mattress store: A deleted scene has him filming an ad where he talks about the store while walking on the roof of his store strumming an inaudible guitar, then attempts to jump off onto a stack of mattresses, with predictably painful results. This was a replication of a real blooper from a low budget furniture store ad, and Creator/PhillipSeymourHoffman did the stunt himself.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': When Mr. Krabs decides to make a commercial for the Krusty Krab, Squidward initially goes all out to make it as extravagant as possible. Krabs then decides it's too much and goes for a cheesy commercial on at 3AM.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' aired a series of shorts between seasons during commercials, one of which was a hilariously terrible [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGAacMH-4Q in-universe commercial]] for the Mystery Shack which was just as cheap as its owner, with features such as wooden acting, [[SpecialEffectsFailure obvious green screening]], flubs left in with clumsily edited corrections, sudden MoodWhiplash, RattlingOffLegal, and finishing with an [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment inexplicable]] [[JumpScare screamer]].

* Between seasons, ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' aired a series of shorts during commercials. One of those shorts featured a hilariously terrible [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGAacMH-4Q in-universe commercial]] for the Mystery Shack which was just as cheap as its owner, with features such as wooden acting, old fashioned and awful compositing, numerous flubs left in with clumsily edited corrections, sudden MoodWhiplash, RattlingOffLegal, and an [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment inexplicable]] [[ScreamerPrank screamer]] at the end.