History TheScrappy / Advertising

* The Miller Lite commercials with the "Man Up" slogan. Basically, the commercials are supposed to indicate that drinking the beer indicates manliness and drinking any other light beer means you're an unmanly wimp. In reality, however, the Miller drinkers come off as smug jerks and the "other" brand drinkers come off as CampGay [[UnfortunateImplications stereotypes]].

* The replacement mascot for the Planters Peanut, Baby Nut, has pretty much gotten a massive hatedom over on Twitter, with people finding him obnoxious due to his overly-cutesy appearance and personality. Many see him as an attempt to cash in on the success of [[Series/TheMandalorian Baby Yoda]] as well. It probably didn't help that the advertising campaign started off with Mr Peanut dying in a crash, and then having to be suspended a week later due to the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Needless to say, the campaign died faster than, well, Mr. Peanut, and he seems to have been gone back to normal. There’s also the fact that his name is [[UnfortunateNames “Baby Nut”]] and [[MistakenForPedophile Googling it will likely put you on a government watchlist]].

* The UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar stands out among over-hyped consoles doomed to failure for its "do the math" advertising campaign, where it compared its disputed 64-bit processing power to the existing consoles at the time (UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} had 16, [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]] had 32). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxuna944dls One of the commercials]] had a woman speaking condescendingly to a classroom of dull-witted adults meant to represent the competition ("Some of you believe your system is the most advanced in the universe!"), but her condescension ends up rubbing off on the audience. In the end, the Jaguar flopped, and to some people's satisfaction, this is somewhat reflected in the commercial, as the teacher is reduced from a smug know-it-all to shouting frustratedly at the ad's [[UnintentionallySympathetic intended Scrappy]], "Clifford."

* Marcus Rivers, the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable Spokesman, who was described generously by [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] as a "flapping gargoyle". Given he was dropped about a month after he was introduced, clearly Sony got the message.

* When the larger Website/{{Facebook}} company rebranded itself as Meta (itself an often derided decision), they dropped [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg this]] quickly-reviled ad. Everything about it falls into the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]], from the freaky-looking jungle creatures to the stilted movements of the humans that's been alternately described as looking like they're high on LSD or being mind-controlled. The cherry on top comes from the fact that the tiger quotes the opening of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' before it starts dancing, which detractors felt fit the ad's creepy atmosphere perfectly.

* Hallie Eisenberg -- or, as people liked to call her at the end of TheNineties, the Pepsi Girl. The primary gimmick of her ads was her extreme little-girl cuteness being undercut by her suddenly speaking in a tough guy voice (Creator/JoePesci's in the original ad) when she could not get a Pepsi. Not bad once, but as with most ads in which kids doing benignly unkiddy things is the gimmick, it got old fast.

* Windowman from [=SafeStyle=] Windows [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw0acK3Jb6c "YE BAAAAH WUN!!!!!!!!!! YE GET WUN FREE!!!!!!!!!! AH SEZ YE BAAAAH WUN!!!!!!!!!! YE GET WUN FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"]] using [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhNpErQOaCM some bloke]] from ''Series/CoronationStreet'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bF4Q1lYUuY some comedy duo]] not seen on TV since TheEighties is less annoying, but only slightly.

* Advertising/{{Progressive}}'s Auto Insurance Box. While Flo and Jamie at least ''had'' a following (which may still exist, albeit in lessened numbers), the box was unpopular from day one for being such a narcissistic, arrogant douchebag. Even worse, Progressive became well aware of how the fans feel about him and cranked his personality and popularity InUniverse up to eleven, putting him into [[CreatorsPet unfortunate territory.]]

* When the larger Website/{{Facebook}} company rebranded itself as Meta (itself an often derided decision), they dropped [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg this]] quickly-reviled ad. Everything about it falls into the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]], from the freaky-looking jungle creatures to the stilted movements of the humans that's been alternately described as looking like they're [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs high on LSD]] or being mind-controlled. The cherry on top comes from the fact that the tiger quotes the opening of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' before it starts dancing, which detractors felt fit the ad's creepy atmosphere perfectly.

* The Spongmonkeys from the Quiznos commercials. The horrifyingly ugly (and ''not'' the UglyCute kind, AT ALL) offspring of the Klasky-Csupo "SSF" logo and deformed, radiated rats, they also sing a HORRIBLE song about how much they like Quizno's subs.

* Perhaps a more obscure example would be Dr. Rabbit, an anthropomorphic rabbit dentist appearing in several animated educational children's videos on oral hygiene released by Colgate to advertise their products to younger audiences. Albeit he isn't as egregious or notorious an example as others listed, Dr. Rabbit is infamous for his overblown obsession with cavity prevention and the campiness of his movies, mainly with older viewers, ascending to notoriety as a popular WebAnimation/YoutubePoop meme.

* The Energizer Bunny fell into this for a while, especially during the 90s. The commercials at the time typically depicted some important battery-powered device failing, while the signature pink bunny plowed through the scene pounding a drum, with the promise that it will "keep going, and going, and going...". Many viewers found the bunny obnoxious, presumably because the victims of failure due to cheap batteries were mocked with a drive-by drumming - subtly implying that you're an asshole who deserved dud batteries for not using Energizer.

* During the 90s, the Puttermans were a fictionally-created family that stared in a series of commercials used to promote Duracell batteries. Consisting of plastic robots who were powered specifically by such batteries, many people did ''not'' like the Puttermans due to how annoyingly optimistic they were, in addition to how deeply each of them fell under the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]]. Not helping was that they were created to compete with the Energizer Bunny, who, as noted above, was bit of a scrappy himself.

* When the larger Website/{{Facebook}} company rebranded itself as Meta, they dropped [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg this]] quickly-reviled ad. Everything about it falls into the [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]], from the freaky-looking jungle creatures to the stilted movements of the humans that's been alternately described as looking like they're [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs high on LSD]] or being mind-controlled. The cherry on top comes from the fact that the tiger quotes the opening of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' before it starts dancing, which detractors felt fit the ad's creepy atmosphere perfectly.

* Arby's infamously evil Arby's Oven Mitt. Apparently so many people hated the thing because of how [[UnintentionalUncannyValley Uncanny Valley]] it looked, Arby's actually got rid of it.

->''"Of course I can save your business, Homer! You know those obnoxious commercials with two guys talking back and forth? I '''invented''' them! [Homer punches him in the face] (unfazed) Happens all the time."''

-->--'''Adman''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Mr. Plow"

* Cara Confused, a cartoon character who was the face of UK car insurance comparison website ''Confused.com''. Viewers mocked the bizarre appearance of the character, who in turn was based on the company's original logo, and the way the adverts appeared to show her pulling out random items -- from microphones to cars to a HOUSE -- [[TrouserSpace from under her skirt]], not helped by the way the company tried to excuse this by saying the objects came from her [[AccidentalInnuendo "magic pocket"]]. In her later commercials, her chest becoming more defined and noticeably... [[{{Gainaxing}} bouncier]], as well as often stripping down to a bikini, [[FanDisservice which came off as simply weird rather than attractive.]] One of Cara's most viewed adverts, featuring a cover of ''"Somebody to Love"'' by Music/{{Queen}}, was eventually pulled when it emerged that [[MisaimedFandom the commercial was leading people to think Confused.com was a dating site.]] The campaign was finally dropped, and Cara was replaced with a new mascot.

* The replacement mascot for the Planters Peanut, Baby Nut, has pretty much gotten a massive hatedom over on Twitter, with people finding him obnoxious due to his overly-cutesy appearance and personality. Many see him as an attempt to cash in on the success of [[Series/TheMandalorian Baby Yoda]] as well. It probably didn't help that the advertising campaign started off with Mr Peanut dying in a crash, and then having to be suspended a week later due to the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Needless to say, the campaign died faster than, well, Mr. Peanut, and he seems to have been gone back to normal. There’s also the fact that his name is “Baby Nut” and Googling it will likely put you on a government watchlist.

* GO COMPAAARE! GO COMPAAAARE! Do nothing rash, conserve your cash at GO COMPAAARE! Everyone in the U.K. cheered when Creator/JimmyCarr gave him quite the [[GroinAttack nutshot]] in [[https://youtu.be/xQ75cohU1d8 this]] video. It was bad enough when the (thankfully fictitious) opera singer [[https://www.youtube.com/user/whosgio Gio Compario]] was just singing in people's houses; then he was doing it in the Stone Ages, in various countries, in the sky, as a woman... Go Compare actually got the hint about this one, however, so their "Saving the Nation" follow-up campaign [[TakeThatScrappy has him blown up, tortured, punched or otherwise abused by various celebrities]]. For instance, Creator/StephenHawking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R66FGTWpD1k created a black hole just to suck the spokesperson out of existence]]. One of these gave him a SympathyForTheDevil moment, portraying him as an IronButtMonkey subjected to a ton of physical abuse for just trying to tell people about car insurance. However, much like the audience, the woman he is talking to has clearly lost ''all'' sympathy for him.

* Advertising/{{Progressive}}'s Auto Insurance Box. While Flo and Jamie at least ''had'' a following (which may still exist, albeit in lessened numbers), the box was unpopular from day one for being such a narcissistic, arrogant douchebag. Even worse, Progressive became well aware of how the fans feel about him and cranked his personality and popularity InUniverse UpToEleven, putting him into [[CreatorsPet unfortunate territory.]]

* Arby's infamously evil Arby's Oven Mitt. Apparently so many people hated the thing because of how UncannyValley it looked, Arby's actually got rid of it.

* From State Farm, there's this [[UncannyValley creepy looking mix of Tom Cruise and a mannequin]] whose only purpose is to [[StalkerWithoutACrush follow a group of people around]] in hopes that [[HopeMongering they do something sweet, charming or wholesome]] so that he can pull a FourthWallGreeting and talk about how great State Farm is, [[BlatantLies all the while implying that using State Farm is the cause of all the good things that happened to this group.]] This guy always comes off as an annoying, arrogant, {{Jerkass}}. Thankfully, these ads have stopped airing.

* The monkey from Subway Canada deserves a mention, mainly because it has nothing to do with the company, and it is [[UncannyValley very ugly]].

* During the 90s, the Puttermans were a fictionally-created family that stared in a series of commercials used to promote Duracell batteries. Consisting of plastic robots who were powered specifically by such batteries, many people did ''not'' like the Puttermans due to how annoyingly optimistic they were, in addition to how deeply each of them fell under the UncannyValley. Not helping was that they were created to compete with the Energizer Bunny, who, as noted above, was bit of a scrappy himself.

* When the larger Website/{{Facebook}} company rebranded itself as Meta, they dropped [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg this]] quickly-reviled ad. Everything about it falls into the UncannyValley, from the freaky-looking jungle creatures to the stilted movements of the humans that's been alternately described as looking like they're [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs high on LSD]] or being mind-controlled. The cherry on top comes from the fact that the tiger quotes the opening of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' before it starts dancing, which detractors felt fit the ad's creepy atmosphere perfectly.

** More recently were the two guys eating Frosties, who suddenly take note of its texture and declare "something that's not a solid or a liquid can only be a soquid!" ([[CriticalResearchFailure apparently they never heard of the word "semisolid"]]) along with dubbing the spoon the frosty spoon, or "fpoon" and acting like this was a ''huge'' discovery on par with the cure for cancer. Mercifully, Wendy's got the memo and these guys vanished without a trace after only two ads.

* Advertising/{{Progressive}}'s Auto Insurance Box. While Flo at least ''had'' a following (which may still exist, albeit in lessened numbers), the box was unpopular from day for being such a narcissistic, arrogant douchebag. Even worse, Progressive became well aware of how the fans feel about him and cranked his personality and popularity InUniverse UpToEleven, putting him into [[CreatorsPet unfortunate territory.]]

* The replacement mascot for the Planters Peanut, Baby Nut, has pretty much gotten a massive hatedom over on Twitter, with people finding him obnoxious due to his overly-cutesy appearance and personality. Many see him as an attempt to cash in on the success of [[Series/TheMandalorian Baby Yoda]] as well. It probably didn't help that the advertising campaign started off with Mr Peanut dying in a crash, and then having to be suspended a week later due to the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Needless to say, the campaign died faster than, well, Mr. Peanut. There’s also the fact that his name is “Baby Nut” and Googling it will likely put you on a government watchlist.

* The Six Flags old guy midget as explained [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-six-flags-mascot-like-eating-chocolate-skittles-with-your-eyes here]].

* When the larger Website/{{Facebook}} company rebranded itself as Meta, they dropped [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg this]] quickly-reviled ad. Everything about it falls into the UncannyValley, from the freaky-looking jungle creatures to the stilted movements of the humans that's been alternately described as looking like they're [[WhatDoYouMeanThisWasntMadeOnDrugs high on LSD]] or being mind-controlled. The cherry on top comes from the fact that the tiger quotes the opening of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' before it starts dancing, which detractors felt fit the ad's creepy atmosphere perfectly.

* [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg If the new Meta commercial already hasn’t, it will become the Scrappy soon.]] The freaky Tiger and Buffalo along with the other jungle creatures dancing drops them squarely into the UncannyValley. Not to mention the humans themselves who also join them in that valley, bobbing their heads in what can only be described as unnatural and stilted. Or more likely they had dropped acid before the commercial started.

* The replacement mascot for the Planters Peanut, Baby Nut, has pretty much gotten a massive hatedom over on Twitter, with people finding him obnoxious due to his overly-cutesy appearance and personality. Many see him as an attempt to cash in on the success of [[Series/TheMandalorian Baby Yoda]] as well. It probably didn't help that the advertising campaign started off with Mr Peanut dying in a crash, and then having to be suspended a week later due to the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Needless to say, the campaign died faster than, well, Mr. Peanut.

* Jared Fogle from the Subway ads always gave off this vibe. While it ''is'' pretty remarkable that he lost a ton of weight while eating their sandwiches (in addition to the actual dieting and exercising he was no doubt also doing), some appreciable level of charisma and appeal is needed to make an effective pitchman, and those were qualities Mr. Fogle unfortunately simply did not possess. Subway even had [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]] issue a TakeThat to Jared after he stopped plugging for them. Then came the revelation in 2015 that he was a '''child molester''', killing whatever positive opinions the general public still had about him. He was given 15 years in prison.

* [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg If the new Meta commercial already hasn’t, it will become the Scrappy soon.]] The freaky Tiger and Buffalo along with the other jungle creatures dancing drops then squarely into the UncannyValley. Not to mention the humans themselves who also join them in that valley, bobbing their heads in what can only be described as unnatural and stilted.

* [[https://youtu.be/q_HnUbNVygg If the new Meta commercial already hasn’t, it will become the Scrappy soon.]] The freaky Tiger and Buffalo along with the other jungle creatures dancing. Not to mention the humans themselves bobbing their heads in what can only be described as unnatural and stilted.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5CIkVl6T4 this advert for Gordon's Gin]] the character played by Philip Glenister basically trades off his most famous role as the tough cop Gene Hunt from ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]'' - he is meant to come across as a plain-spoken rough diamond, puncturing the pretensions of the wine conoisseur. Instead to many viewers he comes across as a bully, verbally slapping down someone who had done nothing to him.

-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' This bunny is rude. These people are just trying to do their thing, and he keeps getting in the way of it! How would you like if you were just going along your everyday life, and suddenly...
-->''[Cut to NC sitting on the toilet silently and tapping on his phone. Just as said, the Energizer Bunny appears, freaking NC out]''
-->'''Announcer:''' Still going. Nothing outlasts the Energizer.
-->'''NC:''' D'AAAHH!! Ah! A bunny! A bunny! Oh, my God! Oh! A bunny! A bunny! Oh, get it away! A bunny!