Line #36 Advertising/TheMagicBullet


1	Not to be confused with MagicBullets.
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3	The Magic Bullet, and its sequel, Magic Bullet To Go, are two infomercials that advertise a small blender. What differentiates these infomercials from many others is that their format is not unlike a SitCom, with a whole cast of delightful, colourful stereotypes. This factor has garnered it much attention from those who love watching these commercials.
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5	The original set them in a house the morning after a barbecue. The guests are introduced, one by one, and Mick and Mimi, the cheerful main characters, are content to show the magical power of this machine. All of the guests share breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert together, done in "ten seconds or less". Eventually, the cast starts a new party, with the Magic Bullet in tow.
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7	In the sequel, we see our lovely bunch camped out in the middle of the woods. Despite this, [[FridgeLogic they've got a table, a "camp stove", a frying pan, and multiple little bowls]], plus an assortment of ingredients you wouldn't think to bring to a camp-out (eggs?). This one drops a couple of original characters, and adds a few more, like the unforgettable Dino.
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9	The third informercial, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VClzXOvg8 The Bullet Express]], contained expies of the cast besides Mick and Mimi, including the food-loving Ralph, the mean Aunt Martha, an unnamed elderly grandma, and two other characters.
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13	!!These infomercials contain examples of:
14	%%* TheAlcoholic: Berman, and to a lesser extent Hazel.
15	%%** Grandma in the Baby Bullet installment.
16	* BigEater: All of Ralph's lines revolve around food, and the cast makes fun of him for this.
17	%%* ButWaitTheresMore
18	%%* CaptainErsatz: The third infomercial contains ersatzes of Berman and, we guess, Hazel.
19	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Berman, although he's a bit of a mix of this and TheEeyore.
20	%%* TheDitz: Dino
21	%%* DropInCharacter: Hazel.
22	* EarlyBirdCameo: Before he appeared in this infomercial Mick Hastie had a [[https://youtu.be/SIIWBvgyvmI?t=158 brief appearance]] as a TV host in another infomercial for [=AirCore=] Cookware (a pot that claimed to retain heat like a Thermos which allowed it to cook food without direct heat,) which had a similar sitcom-style format and seemed like something of a test run of the premise of the Magic Bullet ads.
23	* ExtremeDoormat: Dino can't even talk when Tina's talking for him.
24	* GarlicIsAbhorrent: Mimi asks what the ''worst'' part of cooking is, and almost every meal starts with it. Hazel replies that it's chopping garlic, and Mimi shows her that the Bullet can do it for her.
25	* GenkiGirl: Mimi. "GOOD MORNING BERMAN!"
26	* HaveAGayOldTime: "I'm just gonna knock us up a quick pesto sauce."[[note]]In British English, 'knock up' can mean to put something together quickly, and is a synonym for 'whip up'. It can also mean to make someone pregnant.[[/note]]
27	* IdenticalStranger: Kind of, since the two apparently know each other, but one cannot deny that Mimi and Tina almost look like [[PaletteSwap palette swaps]] [[http://www.infomercial-hell.com/blog/2007/06/05/more-magic-bullet-mimis-doppelganger/ of each other.]]
28	* IncomingHam: Hazel, with the immortal line "Did somebody say muffins?" And in the To Go infomercial, she introduces herself with "Omelet? That's not camping food! Flapjacks, now that's a hearty breakfast."
29	%%* LargeHam: Dino
30	* LaughTrack: None in actuality, but whenever somebody cracks a lame joke, pretty much everyone laughs loudly. And when Mick and Mimi declare that they bought it for "frozen drinks", the room applauds them.
31	* ShoutOut: Many of the characters share names with ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''. Betty, Wilma, Fred, Barney, ''Dino''...
32	* StockYuck: Berman, with "Yuck, I hate broccoli."
33	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Ralph, from the Bullet Express Special, is essentially Berman, with the latter's alcoholism having been swapped out for [[ObsessedWithFood a food obsession]].
34	* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: In the Bullet Express commercial, Mick and Mimi fill a giant bowl with chopped salad using the Bullet in less time than it takes for their guest Ralph to open a drawer and pick up a knife.
35	%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fred and his nachos.
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