History Main / ThisProductWillChangeYourLife

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* Creator/DaveBarry started a column about college by saying that young people who don't go to college will enter the job market with no useful skills, whereas those who do will enter the job market with no useful skills ''and'' several thousand dollars' worth of debt.

-->''"Before this product, I was a fat, lazy, stupid, unwashed schlub who sat on his couch all day eating potato chips and playing Xbox. Now, I'm still a fat, lazy, stupid, unwashed schlub who sits on his couch all day eating potato chips and playing Xbox... but with a cool new hat! Thankyou, This Product*!"''

-->[=*=] [[SideEffectsInclude Troper General's warning]]: ResultsNotTypical. This Product may cause [[OverlyLongGag nausea, vomiting, ulcers, diarrhoea, repetition, internal haemorrhaging, fever, fluid in mouth, fluid in lungs, fluid in bones, fluid in fluids, fluid... in your pants]], [[OverlyLongGag giant festering boils, pestilence, famine, war, death, conquest by religion, repetition, repetitiveness, exploding eyeball, painful death, abnormally fast bone growth, singing venereal worms, slow death]], [[AxCrazy mild killing sprees,]] improbably vast breasts, [[OverlyLongGag malignant stomach, spontaneous dismemberment, licky end, false sheep pregnancy, megalomaniacal spleen, psychotic uvula, repetition,]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosive exploding explosions]], [[OverlyLongGag hallucinations of bats if you're lucky, achy-breaky heart, knock-knees, pigeon toes, bow legs, implosion to black hole and the destruction of the entire fabric of reality, horrible death, repetition, and repetition]]. Not for indoor or outdoor use. Do not operate or come within fifteen miles of heavy machinery. Keep out of reach of children under the age of 35. [[HappyFunBall Do not taunt the This Product]]. OfferVoidInNebraska. May contain traces of nuts. Not Kosher for Passover. [[StuckOnBandAidBrand Reg. Penna. Dept. Agr. Walrus.]]

--->"I used to live on the street. Had cardboard bum from sleeping on cardboard. Then Jesus-- I mean Dr. Cooper gave me his drug. Now I'm more productive. I'm a security guard. With a gun."

* The satellite television service [=DirecTV=] is now promoting itself using the slogan "Get [=DirecTV=] today: it'll change your life."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URp-Dbhr7EU This]]Tom Waits song will Change Your Life.
** skip to 2:34 to hear the trope name and possibly turn into a 9 year old hindu boy.

--> '''Narrator''': There's a guy I know. Got himself a gun. Said it would change his life.
-->He was right - it ''completely'' changed his life.
-->He's dead.

-->''"Before this product, I was a fat, lazy, stupid, unwashed schlub who sat on his couch all day eating potato chips and playing Xbox. Now, I'm still a fat, lazy, stupid, unwashed schlub who sits on his couch all day eating potato chips and playing Xbox... but with a [[NiceHat cool new hat]]! Thankyou, This Product*!"''

-->[=*=] [[SideEffectsInclude Troper General's warning]]: ResultsNotTypical. This Product may cause [[OverlyLongGag nausea, vomiting, ulcers, diarrhoea, repetition, internal haemorrhaging, fever, fluid in mouth, fluid in lungs, fluid in bones, fluid in fluids, fluid... in your pants]], [[OverlyLongGag giant festering boils, pestilence, famine, war, death, conquest by religion, repetition, repetitiveness, exploding eyeball, painful death, abnormally fast bone growth, singing venereal worms, slow death]], [[AxCrazy mild killing sprees,]] improbably vast breasts, [[OverlyLongGag malignant stomach, spontaneous dismemberment, licky end, false sheep pregnancy, megalomaniacal spleen, psychotic uvula, repetition,]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosive exploding explosions]], [[OverlyLongGag hallucinations of bats if you're lucky, achy-breaky heart, knock-knees, pigeon toes, bow legs, implosion to black hole and the destruction of the entire fabric of reality, horrible death, repetition, and repetition]]. Not for indoor or outdoor use. Do not operate or come within fifteen miles of heavy machinery. Keep out of reach of children under the age of 35. [[HappyFunBall Do not taunt the This Product]]. OfferVoidInNebraska. May contain traces of nuts. Not Kosher for Passover. [[StuckOnBandAidBrand Reg. Penna. Dept. Agr.]] [[YesButWhatDoesZataproximetacineDO Walrus.]]

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* The KidsInTheHall movie ''Brain Candy'' features this testimonial endorsing the wonder drug Gleemonex:

-->[=*=] [[SideEffectsInclude Troper General's warning]]: ResultsNotTypical. This Product may cause [[OverlyLongGag nausea, vomiting, ulcers, diarrhoea, repetition, internal haemorrhaging, fever, fluid in mouth, fluid in lungs, fluid in bones, fluid in fluids, fluid... in your pants]], [[OverlyLongGag giant festering boils, pestilence, famine, war, death, conquest by religion, repetition, repetitiveness, exploding eyeball, painful death, abnormally fast bone growth, singing venereal worms, slow death]], EvilEye, [[AxCrazy mild killing sprees,]] improbably vast breasts, [[OverlyLongGag malignant stomach, spontaneous dismemberment, licky end, false sheep pregnancy, megalomaniacal spleen, psychotic uvula, repetition,]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosive exploding explosions]], [[OverlyLongGag hallucinations of bats if you're lucky, achy-breaky heart, knock-knees, pigeon toes, bow legs, implosion to black hole and the destruction of the entire fabric of reality, horrible death, repetition, and repetition]]. Not for indoor or outdoor use. Do not operate or come within fifteen miles of heavy machinery. Keep out of reach of children under the age of 35. [[HappyFunBall Do not taunt the This Product]]. OfferVoidInNebraska. May contain traces of nuts. Not Kosher for Passover. [[StuckOnBandAidBrand Reg. Penna. Dept. Agr.]] [[YesButWhatDoesZataproximetacineDO Walrus.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URp-Dbhr7EU This]]Tom Wait's song will Change Your Life.

-->[=*=] [[YesButWhatDoesZataproximetacineDO Troper General's warning]]: ResultsNotTypical. This Trope may cause [[OverlyLongGag nausea, vomiting, ulcers, diarrhoea, repetition, internal haemorrhaging, fever, fluid in mouth, fluid in lungs, fluid in bones, fluid in fluids, fluid... in your pants]], [[OverlyLongGag giant festering boils, pestilence, famine, war, death, conquest by religion, repetition, repetitiveness, exploding eyeball, painful death, abnormally fast bone growth, singing venereal worms, slow death]], EvilEye, [[AxCrazy mild killing sprees,]] improbably vast breasts, [[OverlyLongGag malignant stomach, spontaneous dismemberment, licky end, false sheep pregnancy, megalomaniacal spleen, psychotic uvula, repetition,]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosive exploding explosions]], [[OverlyLongGag hallucinations of bats if you're lucky, achy-breaky heart, knock-knees, pigeon toes, bow legs, implosion to black hole and the destruction of the entire fabric of reality, horrible death, repetition, and repetition]]. Not for indoor or outdoor use. Do not operate or come within fifteen miles of heavy machinery. Keep out of reach of children under the age of 35. [[HappyFunBall Do not taunt the This Trope]]. OfferVoidInNebraska. May contain traces of nuts. Not Kosher for Passover. [[StuckOnBandAidBrand Reg. Penna. Dept. Agr.]] [[YesButWhatDoesZataproximetacineDO Walrus.]]

-->''"Before this trope, I was a fat, lazy, stupid, unwashed schlub who sat on his couch all day eating potato chips and playing Xbox. Now, I'm still a fat, lazy, stupid, unwashed schlub who sits on his couch all day eating potato chips and playing Xbox... but with a [[NiceHat cool new hat]]! Thankyou, This Trope*!"''

* One of Bernard from ''{{Black Books}}'' many, many efforts to avoid customers in the store involved him picking up the book closest to the door and handing it to the potential customer, saying "You'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll change your life".

* The satellite television service DirecTV is now promoting itself using the slogan "Get DirecTV today: it'll change your life."

** The newer edition, ''The Deeper Meaning of Liff'', dropped this gag and redefined the word as "a common object or experience for which no word yet exists," arguably preserving the self-referential gag.

* Creator/DouglasAdams' ''Literature/TheMeaningOfLiff'' lampshades this, defining the word 'Liff' as any product which does not live up to its claims, and specifically any book with the words 'This Will Change Your Life!' on the cover. The book itself, of course, has a sticker stating just that.

* DouglasAdams' ''TheMeaningOfLiff'' lampshades this, defining the word 'Liff' as any product which does not live up to its claims, and specifically any book with the words 'This Will Change Your Life!' on the cover. The book itself, of course, has a sticker stating just that.

* A PublicServiceAnnouncement for British weapon enforcement campaign Trident parodies this trope grimly:

-->[=*=] [[YesButWhatDoesZataproximetacineDO Troper General's warning]]: ResultsNotTypical. This Trope may cause [[OverlyLongGag nausea, vomiting, ulcers, diarrhoea, repetition, internal haemorrhaging, fever, fluid in mouth, fluid in lungs, fluid in bones, fluid in fluids, fluid... in your pants]], [[OverlyLongGag giant festering boils, pestilence, famine, war, death, conquest by religion, repetition, repetitiveness, exploding eyeball, painful death, abnormally fast bone growth, singing venereal worms, slow death]], EvilEye, [[AxCrazy mild killing sprees,]] improbably vast breasts, [[OverlyLongGag malignant stomach, spontaneous dismemberment, licky end, false sheep pregnancy, megalomaniacal spleen, psychotic uvula, repetition,]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosive exploding explosions]], [[OverlyLongGag hallucinations of bats if you're lucky, achy-breaky heart, knock-knees, pigeon toes, bow legs, implosion to black hole and the destruction of the entire fabric of reality, horrible death, repetition, and repetition]]. Not for indoor or outdoor use. Do not operate or come within fifteen miles of heavy machinery. Keep out of reach of children under the age of 35. [[HappyFunBall Do not taunt the This Trope]]. OfferVoidInNebraska. May contain traces of nuts. Not Kosher for Passover. [[StuckOnBandAidBrand Reg. Penna. Dept. Agr.]] [[YesButWhatDoesZataproximetacineDO Walrus.]]

--> '''Narrator''': There's a guy I know. Got himself a gun. Said it would change his life. He was right - it ''completely'' changed his life. He's dead.