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* Advertising/{{Never say no to|Panda}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4 Panda.]]
* Hyundai's [[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl Super Bowl]] commercial. It starts with a young kid playing with a football when it was taken by some older bullies who tell him if he wants it back to get his own team. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvm68nEAU7o Cue montage of the kid rounding up the most badass prepubescent kids around, doing things like wrestling bears or carrying adults out of burning buildings.]]
* In the late 1980s, there was a memorable Ad Council public service announcement on teen alcohol abuse and drunk driving. After a night of cruising the boulevard, a group of teenagers is ready to call it an evening and go home ... except the driver complains that the night is young and still wants to party. His passengers -- about four or five of them -- realize he's been drinking and is in no condition to drive ... but the driver insists that he is fine, especially after barely avoiding a collision with an oncoming car. After the others beg him to pull over, the driver plays the trope and says, "I AM INVINCIBLE!!!!" Immediately thereafter, he slams on the brakes ... but cannot avoid a deadly head-on collision. The commercial is best known for its use of Music/MichaelJackson's "Beat It," playing on the teens' car stereo.
* In a Real Life example, Singapore made use of the upcoming 2014 World Cup in an ad to publicize gambling addiction, featuring a young boy sadly telling his friends his father had bet everything they owned on Germany. A heart-breaking scene - made less heart-breaking when ''Germany won''.
* Advertising/ThePizzaHeadShow: In one ad promoting a tie-in for the remastered editions of the original Franchise/StarWars trilogy, Pizza Head finds himself plunged into a space battle with "Darth Steve". Pizza Head [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere eventually gets fed up]], saying "Get that Skywalker guy to do this! I'm going back to Pizza Hut, where it's safe!" The commercial ends with the intergalactic Pizza Hut getting blown up by the Death Star mere seconds after Pizza Head lands.
-->'''Pizza Head:''' I don't think the Force was with me...
* The guy in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfhRQQLStPc this 1985 commercial]] for Oxy Pads, shown at the end where he mouths off to the InteractiveNarrator.
* Dr. Pepper: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP9rzT_ZVDo What's the worst that could happen?]] (And [[RetroactiveRecognition yes, that is in fact]] Creator/JesseEisenberg.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cNRzfY-G7o A banned commercial in Indonesia. (starts at 00:15)]] One guy voiced his disbelief that there's an offer for telephone quota that's very cheap that if he found one, he's going to re-marry with a monkey. An advertisement of such pops up right afterwards. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVutpjyR5Zc There was a sequel]] involving the same guy not learning his lesson that when he heard there's going to be another cheaper telephone quota price, he declared that he'll re-marry with a goat if he saw one. And lo and behold, the guy was then involved in a threesome with a monkey and a goat.

* In a Pizza Hut commercial made in the 90s to promote a tie-in for the remastered editions of the original Franchise/StarWars trilogy, their then-mascot [[TheChewToy Pizza Head]] finds himself plunged into a space battle with "Darth Steve". Pizza Head [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere eventually gets fed up]], saying "Get that Skywalker guy to do this! I'm going back to Pizza Hut, where it's safe!" The commercial ends with the Pizza Hut getting blown up by the Death Star mere seconds after Pizza Head lands.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4 Never say no to Panda.]]

* Dr. Pepper: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP9rzT_ZVDo What's the worst that could happen?]] (And [[RetroactiveRecognition yes, that is in fact]] Creator/JesseEisenberg.)

* The guy in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfhRQQLStPc this 1985 commercial]] for Oxy Pads, shown at the end where he mouths off to the InteractiveNarrator.

* A Hyundai car commercial. It starts with a young kid playing with a football when it was taken by some older bullies who tell him if he wants it back to get his own team. Cue montage of the kid rounding up the most badass prepubescent kids around, doing things like wrestling bears or carrying adults out of burning buildings.

-->'''Pizza Head:''' I don't think the Force was with me...

* In a Real Life example, Singapore made use of the upcoming 2014 World Cup in an ad to publicize gambling addiction, featuring a young boy sadly telling his friends his father had bet everything they owned on Germany. A heart-breaking scene - made less heart-breaking when ''Germany won''.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmYrd4WVpvk "I'm pleased to say I've been error free for over a week."]]

* A series of banned commercial in Indonesia: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cNRzfY-G7o "If there's some telephone card that goes cheap to all operators, I'm marrying a monkey!]]
** The sequel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVutpjyR5Zc If there's a card that gives telephone bill that lets you talk till you're satisfied, I'm remarrying. With a goat!]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPZ8LZQMPys This Hyundai]] car commercial. It starts with a young kid playing with a football when it was taken by some older bullies who tell him if he wants it back to get his own team. Cue montage of the kid rounding up the most badass prepubescent kids around, doing things like wrestling bears or carrying adults out of burning buildings.
* A 2014 commercial for the New York Lottery features a pair of construction workers. One is going to get lunch.
-->'''Worker 1:''' Hey, I'm going to get a lotto ticket. Want in?
-->'''Worker 2:''' Yeah, right. If you win, I'll be your pool boy.
-->'''Worker 1:''' Alright.
-->''We see Worker 1 lounging by the pool while Worker 2 cleans it.''
-->'''Worker 2:''' You're real literal, you know that?

* In the late 1980s, there was a memorable Ad Council public service announcement on teen alcohol abuse and drunk driving. After a night of cruising the boulevard, a group of teenagers is ready to call it an evening and go home ... except the driver complains that the night is young and still wants to party. His passengers -- about four or five of them -- realize he's been drinking and is in no condition to drive ... but the driver insists that he is fine, especially after barely avoiding a collision with an oncoming car. After the others beg him to pull over, the driver plays the trope and says, "I AM INVINCIBLE!!!!" Immediately thereafter, he slams on the brakes ... but cannot avoid a deadly head-on collision. The commercial is best known for its use of Music/MichaelJackson's "Beat It," playing on the teens' car stereo.

-->'''Worker 2:''' You're real literal, you know that?

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPZ8LZQMPys This Hyundai]] car commercial. It starts with a young kid playing with a football when it was taken by some older bullies who tell him if he wants it back to get his own team. Cue montage of the kid rounding up the most badass prepubescent kids around, doing things like wrestling bears or carrying adults out of burning buildings.

** The sequel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVutpjyR5Zc If there's a card that gives telephone bill that lets you talk till you're satisfied, I'm remarrying. With a goat!]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4 Never say no to Panda.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmYrd4WVpvk "I'm pleased to say I've been error free for over a week."]]