Line #0 GrowlingGut/Advertising


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14	!!Hunger
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16	* A commercial for the Burger King BBQ Bacon Tendercrisp has the stomachs of a few construction workers growl loudly, [[BigShutUp prompting them to yell "Shut up!" at their stomachs]].
17	* This happens to a teenage boy on a 1999 commercial for Tombstone Pizza. His stomach growls while he’s hiding in his girlfriend’s closet from her father, and the growl caused him to get caught.
18	* This happens in a few older commercials for Special K cereal. Usually, they focus on a woman trying to skip breakfast to lose weight, only for her stomach to start growling. That's when she's given Special K to quell her hunger, and the commercial passes on the [[AnAesop Aesop]] that you're more likely to lose weight by eating a healthy breakfast rather than skipping it altogether.
19	* UsefulNotes/McDonalds:
20	** This happens to a little girl due to hunger in a 1995 commercial advertising the Mcdonald's playplace.
21	--->'''Ronald:''' Ah, the great outdoors. Bees buzzing... tummies rumbling... Grimace, Birdie, Liz: Tummies Rumbling?!
22	%%** This happens to Ronald himself on another chmmercial where he and a kid are on a dinosaur hunt.
23	** In a 2005 commercial advertising the Chicken Selects, it shows a montage of a guy who's stomach growls very loudly in the most inconvenient situations. His narrative claims that since he tried the Selects for the first time, his stomach demanded them.
24	** In a 2010 commercial advertising ''{{Series/iCarly}}'' toys for girl's Happy Meals, 3 little girls are pretending to do a webshow where they are doing a segment called "Listening to Jenny's stomach". The girls place a microphone to Jenny's stomach, where it lets out a very loud growl to their surprise, then telling their audience "The stomach has spoken."
25	* A restaurant called Bojangles has a series of commercials featuring this trope, in which important events are interrupted by a growling stomach and the character's pronouncement that 'It's Bo-Time!'
26	* An old commercial for Chef Boyardee Ravioli has a boy's stomach growling louder and louder as he rides his bike home from school.
27	* There's a 1997 commercial for Austin Crackers which features a boy who's stomach is growling like crazy. The growls are indicated by a lion inside of him.
28	%%* This happens in a few Snickers commercials in the 80's.
29	%%* Happened in one commercial from United Kingdom for Shreddies.
30	* Happens to an employee from a 2001 commercial for Dunkin' Donuts. In the commercial, costumers at a hardware store are wondering what the noise from above was. It turns out that the loudspeaker mic was against the employee's grumbling stomach because he was looking at his boss' croissant stuffer.
31	* There is a commercial for KFC where a dog gets confused by the growls from his owner's stomach and he responds by growling and barking back at it.
32	* There's several Lunchables commercials where a kid's stomach rumbles loudly and violently enough to have an earthquake-like effect on the kid's surroundings.
33	* There's a commercial with Timer The Cheese Guy where he talks about this trope in a PSA that advises people not to skip breakfast in the mornings.
34	* In a Target commercial for Kashi Bars, a woman's stomach growls, causing her dog to growl and bark back at it before she shushes it.
35	* The Jack Link's "Hangry Moments" commercials have a person's stomach growling, then a wild animal pops out of their chest.
36	%%** The Hangry Hacks commercials have a person's stomach growling, which causes them to freak out.
37	%%* This happens to a woman in a Mattress Firm commercial for The Cooking Channel.
38	* A commercial for Nature Box, a woman is sitting at her desk when her stomach growls loudly. Suddenly "Hungry You" is across the desk.
39	%%* This happens in a commercial for Pillsbury Pizza Pops.
40	%%* This happens to a man in a BiFi commercial.
41	* In a ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4''-themed Babybel commercial, Bonnie's stomach starts growling from hunger in the middle of drawing a picture. Luckily for her, Woody and friends save the day by helping a sentient cheese wheel make its way to her.
42	* One part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mVTcaf9nIU this]] very brief teaser for ''[[VideoGame/UmiharaKawase Umihara Kawase Fresh]]'' has a closeup of Kawase's stomach while it growls. While it ''may'' be a way to hint at the gameplay since Kawase is a delivery girl for a restaurant, the overall vagueness of the teaser makes it feel like more of an excuse to indulge in some midriff-related fanservice.
43	%%* Chester Cheetah's stomach growled in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQtLM-UPQQ this]] commercial for Cheetos.
44	%%* This happens in a recent series of commercials for Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats.
45	%%* This happens in a Hungry Howie's commercial.
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47	!!Gas and/or gut troubles
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49	* In a late 90's Slim Jim commercial, a girl takes a bite out of a Slim Jim, but the Slim Jim Man is not pleased with what else she has eaten and starts throwing stuff around. From the outside, the ruckus causes the girl's stomach to grumble.
50	* A commercial for Esurance has a man buying and eating gas station sushi. He gets to work and starts using his computer, as his stomach lets out an unpleasant moan.
51	* This happens in a 2015 commercial for Xifaxan to a sentient pair of intestines due to a PottyEmergency.
52	%%* Happens in a few Gas-X commercials.
53	* A commercial for medical booking site Zocdoc has a woman communicate to her upset stomach as it convinces her (via growling) to find a doctor on the service.
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