History UnintentionalUncannyValley / Advertising

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHmQN0ECU5Y These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jWx1khCX8 three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VjL5Y67nc ads]] from Directv. The CGI puppets are supposed to look like they're using {{Supermarionation}}. To put it simply, they...don't. A better analogy would be that the puppets look as if they're using human skin as a covering. Even worse is the ad where the wife [[FetishRetardant starts strip dancing in front of the husband.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHmQN0ECU5Y These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jWx1khCX8 three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VjL5Y67nc ads]] from Directv. The CGI puppets are supposed to look like they're using {{Main/Supermarionation}}. To put it simply, they...don't. A better analogy would be that the puppets look as if they're using human skin as a covering. Even worse is the ad where the wife [[FetishRetardant starts strip dancing in front of the husband.]]

* The gynoid mascot used in the Svedka commercials is supposed to be sexy, but ends up coming off as more creepy than anything to some. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robot-turn-ons_996.jpg Here]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Svedka_5839.jpg she]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/svedka_sm_4716.jpg is]].

* A commercial for Swedish Kavli had a baby who starts to dance after tasting their food. When the baby's body switches from real to CGI, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hScHvlTS6yA its arms are noticeably thinner]] The dance moves only made it more freaky, which is probably why this didn't run for long.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHmQN0ECU5Y These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jWx1khCX8 three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VjL5Y67nc ads]] from Directv. The CGI puppets are supposed to look like they're using Main/Supermarionation. To put it simply, they...don't. A better analogy would be that the puppets look as if they're using human skin as a covering. Even worse is the ad where the wife [[FetishRetardant starts strip dancing in front of the husband.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHmQN0ECU5Y These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2jWx1khCX8 three]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VjL5Y67nc ads]] from Directv. The CGI puppets are supposed to look like they're using {{Supermarionation}}. To put it simply, they...don't. A better analogy would be that the puppets look as if they're using human skin as a covering. Even worse is the ad where the wife [[FetishRetardant starts strip dancing in front of the husband.]]

* The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZS0BohinXs Thumbs]]" advert for Voxi (a mobile network) is very bizarre and disturbing. The ad starts with a meteor speeding towards a planet and crashing in a rain forest. This causes a horde of disembodied thumbs rises up out of the undergrowth, while a robotic voice intones ''"Give the thumbs what they want..."''. The thumbs then gather around the glowing meteorite from which a Voxi logo rises up, and the thumbs all convulse and jump around while the voice chants "All hail Voxi... All hail Voxi... '''ALL HAIL VOXI!"'''. The whole thing feels more like some strange cult ritual than and ad for a mobile network.

* The Advertising/ViveSinDrogas ads from Mexico are animated in CGI, but the characters are, uh, less than pleasing to the eye. The boy in particular looks pretty horrifying when he's drugged up, which is not helped by the fact that his head is cartoonishly disproportionate to begin with.

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* Commercials for ringtones in Italy feature CGI-created {{Funny Animal}}s doing [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipmunk-style]] [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong covers]] of pop-song [[FadSuper that are popular when the ads air.]] Funny animals look fine. When it comes to humans, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRyh9lAo3a0 however...]]

** So freaky, it made WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FybA0SaL0nI have diarrhea]]. ''[[ToiletHumor Twice]]''.

* In the United Kingdom, Lynx deodorant ran an advertising campaign in which a grinning man made entirely of chocolate [[ITasteDelicious broke off pieces of himself]]. The advert was eventually banned for being too disturbing. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3qYT60DSKQ See it here]]. They're using the same ad for the American version, called Axe. It's still reallu creepy.

* Some Brazilian ads for a company called Maganize Luiza have [[http://www.cafecomgalo.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lu.jpeg THIS]] 3D model doing the advertising. Nuff said.

* [[https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/coke-lore-sprite-boy EVERY. SINGLE. SPRITE BOY. AD. EVER.]] [[note]] [[NoFourthWall "Hey...! It's not like they]] ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel wanted]]'' [[NoFourthWall me to be creepy!"]] [[/note]]

%% * At some point, Mayflower realized nothing made you want to move out of your house faster than [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki7mOp6TR2Q seeing a giant, horrifying marionette girl walking the streets of your neighborhood]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_3LYybq9I This advert]] for Swedish furniture store IKEA.

* At some point, Mayflower realized nothing made you want to move out of your house faster than [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki7mOp6TR2Q seeing a giant, horrifying marionette girl walking the streets of your neighborhood]].

* Advertising/TheBurgerKing. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAwcj6d8XTQ Eat Like Snake]]. For those who would rather not watch this, it features a man slithering about in a snakelike fashion then unhinging his jaw to swallow a burger whole. It's, well, eating like a snake does. The music is worthy of a CrowningMomentOfFunny though.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGIDRXxQqQ Cheeky Bingo]].

* Every single commercial in the [=PS3=] ad campaign, but particularly the baby commercial, seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqkNPcUMffU here]] in all its horrifying, squeal-inducing glory.

* Advertising/TheBurgerKing.
** Speaking of Burger King, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAwcj6d8XTQ Eat Like Snake]]. For those who would rather not watch this, it features a man slithering about in a snakelike fashion then unhinging his jaw to swallow a burger whole. It's, well, eating like a snake does. The music is worthy of a CrowningMomentOfFunny though.
** Both ads might be funny to people, though.

* Monticello Grand Casino (from Chile) released a nice campaign about [[StepfordSmiler the life of the average person]]. Problem is, they represent it by altering people's faces so that they look like cartoony smiles. The face keeps its normal shape, while having the features replaced. [[http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/c99.0.403.403/p403x403/181336_10151059122748338_416529253_n.jpg It]]
[[http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/c99.0.403.403/p403x403/526237_10151028350918338_1643149641_n.jpg doesn't]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBUzLlZOpDQ/T9NPHKiIDJI/AAAAAAAAEFg/TUI7nRTrB58/s1600/USTED.png look]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oYoN9IXDR4c right]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRpUBUQ3sE Evil Dead Orville]]. (Orville Redenbacher popcorn.) Someone had the bright idea to use a real actor for his body, and to computer generate his head, since the original was [[TheDeadRiseToAdvertise dead]] and they didn't want to use his IdenticalGrandson.

* An ad for Inventhelp features an actor that appears to be CG on close inspection.

* Monticello Grand Casino (from Chile) released a nice campaign about [[StepfordSmiler the life of the average person]]. Problem is, they represent it by altering people's faces so that they look like cartoony smiles. The face keeps its normal shape, while having the features replaced. [[http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/c99.0.403.403/p403x403/181336_10151059122748338_416529253_n.jpg It]]. [[http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/c99.0.403.403/p403x403/526237_10151028350918338_1643149641_n.jpg Doesn't]]. [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBUzLlZOpDQ/T9NPHKiIDJI/AAAAAAAAEFg/TUI7nRTrB58/s1600/USTED.png Look]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oYoN9IXDR4c RIGHT]].

* A "Virtual Lara Croft" video was made to promote ''Tomb Raider III'' at the time of its release. It's just...wrong on so many levels. Lara's face is too wide, she gesticulates with her arms in a writhing fashion while saying mundane things, and most oddly her legs are completely glued together and to the floor through the entire 3 minutes. As for the content, she breaks the 4th wall in rather awkward ways, including the infamous "...give the player more...Satisfaction!"

* A Carmax ad intentionally invokes this trope for a point. In it, a man stops (presumably) at a strange gas station when, in a short while, a small group of [[TheFifties 1950s Style]] [[StepfordSmiler Stepford smiling]] gas station attendants start to wash and do the standard old "Full Service" to the car (checking oil, gas, air..etc..). The man becomes visibly unnerved by this and demands they stop but they don't. Now frightened, the man runs out and accidentally bumps into an equally odd milkman, who, while some of his milk bottles (also in fifties style) are smashed to the ground, can only react with "Oh Dear" in an equally Stepford-like fashion. Finally the man runs (possibly into the bowels of Hell by mistake) screaming away from the scene.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEf7gc1tb8I&feature=related This]] Panasonic ad..or whatever. There is just something creepy about those poodles. And the lady's arms and legs also look weird.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR5fYm4Pcdc&feature=related Bob, the Enzyte Man]], is a real dude but he's creepy as hell with his soulless smile and perpetual wave. And the less said about his implied perpetual erection, the better.

** Speaking of Burger King, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAwcj6d8XTQ Eat Like Snake]]. For those who would rather not watch this, it features a man slithering about in a snakelike fashion then unhinging his jaw to swallow a burger whole. It's..well..eating like a snake does. The music is worthy of a CrowningMomentOfFunny though.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqps6SIw1cA This]] Fruit-to-Go commercial was definitely trying too hard with the CGI; their child character looks like he wants to murder someone...

** Even worse is the fact that they are LAUGHING [[FridgeHorror after someone has basically DIED]].

* The trailer for Alan Carr's chat show is [[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/alan-carr-chatty-man/articles/the-trails wrong]]. Wrongwrongwrongwrong. FUUUUCGETITAWAY!

* A commercial for Swedish Kavli had a baby who starts to dance after tasting their food. When the baby's body switches from real to CGI, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hScHvlTS6yA its arms are noticeably thinner!]] The dance moves only made it more freaky, which is probably why this didn't run for long.

* In the United Kingdom, Lynx deodorant ran an advertising campaign in which a grinning man made entirely of chocolate [[ITasteDelicious broke off pieces of himself]]. The advert was eventually banned for being too disturbing. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3qYT60DSKQ See it here]]. They're using the same ad for the American version, called Axe. It's still damn creepy.

* Commercials for ringtones in Italy feature CGI-created {{Funny Animal}}s doing [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipmunk-style]] [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong covers]] of pop-song [[FadSuper that are popular when the ads air.]] Funny animals, yeah. When it comes to humans, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRyh9lAo3a0 however...]]

** That's why poor grandpa always looks so unhappy and seems to get his only enjoyment from horror movies. He's forced to be [[FridgeHorror around them 24/7!]]

* The gynoid mascot used in the Svedka commercials is supposed to be sexy, but ends up coming off as more creepy than anything to some. [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robot-turn-ons_996.jpg Here]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Svedka_5839.jpg she]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/svedka_sm_4716.jpg is]]. Ew...

* Downplayed with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzq-_9WGbt8 this ad for Spanish instant soup brand Gallina Blanca]] features a creepy dancing baby with a high-pitched voice. Lampshaded by the ad having the dad ''mortified'' at the end.

* Speaking of eyes, there was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6PM8KjBZg this]] 90s Canadian drug [=PSA=]. The grotesque puppets (which look like a sickening cross between Jim Henson's Franchise/TheMuppets and [[Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie The Garbage Pail Kids]]) invoke this enough already, but then the Music/LouReed-esque drug dealer takes off his sunglasses and...

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BOVWVafb0 The Ticket Oak]] ads for Stubhub.com. That thing was pretty creepy back when all its puppetry worked, but those giant green derp eyes it has now...

* Audrey Hepburn has come back to life, and she's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QAbEe4FTr6c hawking chocolate bars]] on behalf of Dove/Galaxy. She just seems so...unnatural. No, that's an understatement. Both the Audrey Hepburn actress and the car driver (the main focus of the commercial) look like literal living ''DOLLS''. Like one of those Japanese robots you see on TV that look human, but aren't!
* This [[http://vimeo.com/69868746 Johnny Walker commercial]] brought Bruce Lee back to life. The problem is, sometimes he looks like a video game character, sometimes he looks truly real, and sometimes... you can't tell what you're looking at. The worst parts probably are where he's in the shadows, giving him a "lurking and menacing" kind of vibe, and when he SUDDENLY JUMPS AT YOU TO TELL YOU THAT HAVE YOU POTENTIAL TO BE A "GAME CHANGER" at the end.
* The recent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4eM-Y1ZOxE Charlize Theron Dior ad]] features Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe rendered in CGI. While the first two look mostly okay here, Marilyn...definitely crosses that line into the Uncanny Valley department. Her expressions and movements just don't really look all that natural.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_3LYybq9I This advert]] for Swedish furniture store Ikea. Especially the little boy.

* A recent run of [[http://news.yahoo.com/obamacare-battle-moves-to-college-campuses-200027191.html ads from "Generation Opportunity"]] [[InvokedTrope deliberately invoke this]], where a "Creepy Uncle Sam" is depicted about to [[AssShove give a proctology exam]] or [[UnfortunateImplications give a gynecological exam]], pleading for young people to "opt out" of health insurance. The ad the group placed on {{Craigslist}} even cites Advertising/TheBurgerKing as direct inspiration for the character!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqpwtKP2XgY This commercial from Sunraysia]] features a baby kangaroo shilling for organic juice. Problem is, the eyes are too big, the voice is misplaced and the graphics look like a rejected Silicon Graphics rendering ([[LampshadedTheObscureReference a.k.a.]] [[SpecialEffectFailure the cg is very off putting!)]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXuKc_TjUhw This StateFarm ad]] which features a talking mime...and a talking baby. The baby's face is animated so poorly in an attempt to match up with the words that it falls straight down into Uncanny Valley, not to mention the strange disembodied voice that is supposed to be coming from its creepy little mouth. It is shocking that the mother didn't run screaming at the end of the commercial.
* Cravendale presents [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-PfqVlBUuQ "Barry The Biscuit Boy"]]. Ugh. You'd have thought that people made of biscuits would look pleasant or even cute, wouldn't you? But no. The high-pitched voice of [[Music/TheTigerLillies the narrator]] doesn't help either. YMMV on this one, though.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg37kafMsWk This]] commercial for MTS, featuring the [[SarcasmMode new and exciting concept]] of cheap CGI and babies doing things babies can't normally do.
* [[https://youtu.be/1635NsRQHw8 This commercial]] for the prescription drug Prezcobix. The designs of the people are very disturbing. Their stiff movements don't help either. [[SarcasmMode The kids will love it!]]

* The Wrightnows from the Netflix commercials may be played by real humans, but there's [[HumanoidAbomination nothing "human" about them.]] Creepy...

** Smiledog?! What did you expect!!
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EbnWbdR9wSY Etrade babies.]] Their big adorable baby eyes stare unblinkingly ahead while their mouths move independently of their faces. ''Shudder.''
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZGIDRXxQqQ Cheeky Bingo]]. What has that ''thing'' done to everyone's mouths!?

* [[http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/686/iwilleatyou.png This ad]] (on this very Wiki to be exact) for something called My Free Farm. Hm... sounds good enouHOLY SHIT WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS?!?!?!
* This UsefulNotes/McDonalds Happy Meal ad, called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys_B0mFY8D8 Suzi Van Zoom]], Suzi already looks creepy as hell, but take a look at the monkey when you watch it. Creepy, isn't it?

* ''Glamour'' magazine once saw fit to announce a "secret issue" for iPad with . . . [[http://jezebel.com/5803440/ladymag-finds-a-new-way-to-horrify-readers this monstrosity]]. As if magazine covers weren't ''already'' in the Photoshop of Uncanny Horrors.

** There's an extended version that was pulled off the air. At the end, the camera zooms into the drug dealer's [[EyeScream EYES.]]