| 1 | Let's be honest. Advertising in general is at least 50% [[MundaneMadeAwesome this]]. Let's look at the guys who took it to 80% and beyond... |
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| 4 | * Adverts for sporting events. Reaches crazy proportions when promoting the less, shall we say, eventful sports. Granted, sports like football (either of them), basketball, or hockey are fairly action packed, but ''curling?!'' |
| 5 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusyO7J2inM Brilliantly parodied]] in ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''. |
| 6 | ** If Creator/{{NBC}} is to be believed, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSdnubrlds curling rocks!]]. |
| 7 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtBVRFD_Zg Curling is METAL.]] |
| 8 | * The line of Burger King adverts. A man eating a burger while describing it in a voice more appropriate for action movie trailers. "''And this time''... there is '''bacon'''." Made even funnier because all his mates look at him like he's lost his mind. |
| 9 | * An ad for the fruit juice Fresh Up features a man knocking back a can of the juice dramatically, while rock music plays and the wind blows up around him. The first time he does it on a ski field. Then he does it at work. Then he does it at the bus stop. Then while mowing the lawn. Then- well, [[OverlyLongGag you get it]]. |
| 10 | * Commercials for Rickard's beer. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-hNQlBqDA They must be seen to be believed]]. |
| 11 | * There's a UK Coors Light advert which does the same action movie voiceover gag as the BK one. It ends with the tagline 'Damn, that's a light-tasting beer!' spoken by a pretty girl, in the same voice. |
| 12 | * Creator/MichaelBay [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRCf9LbLM0 demands things to be awesome!]] |
| 13 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmNEG8IFd_Y&feature=related Awesome and sexy!]] |
| 14 | ** A suggestion for Michael Bay's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXGWZxI9lAs take on breakfast]] |
| 15 | * A Fedex commercial parodied this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmZRDUO1wGQ here:]] |
| 16 | * Nutri-Grain [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc_szUYJAYE will make you feel GREAT]]. |
| 17 | * '''Advertising/{{Segata|Sanshiro}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lnev_Ken6o Sanshiro]].''' |
| 18 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVdS1NJLlIw This Japanese ad]]. (It's advertising satellite TV, by the way.) |
| 19 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4hyATkQ74 This old Windows ad featuring Steve Ballmer]] |
| 20 | * Many, many IBM commercials do this. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F63tYLhiqZ8 this one]] for example. |
| 21 | ** And on the other side of the personal computer war, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8 Apple's pastiche of the book]] [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]] |
| 22 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pir1Hug-CEc But nobody out-awesomes the]] [[SemperFi United States Marine Corps!!]] |
| 23 | * This ad for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUawhjxLS2I Office 2010]] is awesome. |
| 24 | * Even an [[http://www.trenpatagonico-sa.com.ar/ Argentinean railway]] gets in on the madcap. |
| 25 | * Danish movie audiences are frequently, just before the movie starts, treated with a small snippet where a mixed choir sings a song to the tune of "''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra''". The lyrics translates to: "Turn off your mobile/it is time to watch movies/and it is such a bummer/if it rings during the movie" |
| 26 | * The infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50& ''Crossfire'' commercial]] turned an ordinary board game into an epic event which with the game being a life-and-death situation, complete with over-the-top dramatic special effects, voiceover, and music. |
| 27 | ** [[MemeticMutation YOU'LL GET CAUGHT UP IN THE! CROSS-FIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!]] |
| 28 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsP6XTHBwRw This ad]] for Levi's blue jeans. It tries to get the image across that you are in control, you are cool, you are collected, you have it together. Because you're wearing... ''pants!?'' |
| 29 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRaA3lhXb8Q Yoplait Go-Gurt.]] Remember, for a second, that this is yogurt. YOGURT. IN A TUBE. Apparently, eating from a tube is the hippest way to eat food. Who do you think of when you think "cool?" That's right--people in hospitals. |
| 30 | * Would you believe [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GbaFAF7iME subscribing to a magazine]] will not only make YourHeadASplode, but also make Your Entire ''World'' A-splode? |
| 31 | * Terry Crews and Old Spice. Their combination makes body wash ''impossibly'' awesome. These commercials are "'''TOO EPIC TO END'''". |
| 32 | ** Chalk that up to the ads being directed by Creator/TimAndEric. |
| 33 | * Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike commercials from Old Spice. While they may not be as loud and over the top as some commercials, the commercials [[MemeticMutation Are Now Diamonds!]] |
| 34 | * Recent ads for Premium saltines feature exploding bowls of soup and the song "Rock You Like a Hurricane". |
| 35 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3GH7Pn_eA Drinking Carlton Draft beer is epic.]] |
| 36 | * Warburton's make bread. They deliver it, and it is apparently [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2N_TVdrhTI momentous]]. |
| 37 | * Apparently when an intern forgets to bring donuts, the proper response is to shift into sport mode, play "Music/RideOfTheValkyries", crash through a plate glass window, and haul donuts to the office at a dead sprint. Ladies, Gentlemen, and Tropers, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKxqoCTwhDk Nissan Juke]]. |
| 38 | * '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FnXlcpG0LQ Now you're playing with power, SUPER POWER!!!]]''' |
| 39 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIiMA1-W70 This]] Honda Odyssey commercial combines the power of pyrotechnics and [[Music/JudasPriest JUDAS. FUCKING. PRIEST.]] |
| 40 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35DucgYOMq0 Lowes's March 2011's commercial, full stop]]. Most people are well aware that home improvement is dull. Try telling that to the producers of ''this'' gem, which portrays a Karate Kid-style training session, followed by synchronized roll painting, the wife sliding across the floor to tighten a screw from a leaky faucet, and the husband running from sprinkler fire as if he's avoiding a machine gun nest from WWII. |
| 41 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl7TBjRI9LE&feature=player_embedded This promo for the 2011 ''National Day Of Prayer''.]] It combines this trope with full-on ScaryAmoralReligion and looks like [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay collaborated on the work]]. [[UnfortunateImplications The message]] seems to be that [[KneelBeforeZod if you don't drop to your knees]] and pray on the date in question, [[BoltOfDivineRetribution God will make you pay.]] |
| 42 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN9OKXtzHtE Call J. G. Wentworth!]] '''''EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN CASH NOW!!!!''''' |
| 43 | * Played with in a station-i.d. clip for [=TNT=], in which shots of a woman ''making coffee'' are presented like scenes from a suspense movie. Justified, as the slogan of the clip is the network's usual "We Know Drama". |
| 44 | * Parodied in a commercial for Strongbow cider, which showed three men delivering a new sofa to an old lady in a block of flats with a broken lift in the manner of a SWAT team or commandos storming a building to rescue a hostage. |
| 45 | * Horror movie director Music/RobZombie makes [[http://bcove.me/1du5m8a6 a laundry commercial]] in the style of torture porn. "Save them..." |
| 46 | * 5 Gum commercials try to make the simple experience of chewing gum look [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLp9gSpUQFM ridiculously epic.]] |
| 47 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvra_rcRQGU BABY! CARROTS!]] Eat them like junkfood! Never has eating vegetables looked so extreme. |
| 48 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLIIKrJ6nnI FULLY LOADED CAAAAAAAAAAAN]] |
| 49 | * Sprint's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKy7fvkpI10 Epic]]" series of commercials make everything look awesome. They range from ''Epic [[CowboyCop Renegade Cop]]'' to ''Epic Scream'' and ''Epic Hot Dog''. |
| 50 | * This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NKkHuB2_Pk Grande Punto advert]]. [[EverythingDances This is your wake up call indeed]]. |
| 51 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rONXxy9kk0 Arnold Palmer makes his signature drink.]] It fills the ''Series/SportsCenter'' guys with awe. |
| 52 | * One of the One A Day® Men's [=VitaCraves™=] Gummies TV advertisements implies that usage of their product will give one the strength to do manly things, like "wrestle bears and take out the garbage." |
| 53 | * A Danish bus company made a commercial about how awesome it is to take the bus. It's become very popular, just because of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snKbU5r0pBo&feature=plcp how overdone it is]]. |
| 54 | * Website/Vat19's music video for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRcCWIuvDis Edible 26-Pound Gummy Party Bear.]] Taken even further with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuDtACzKGRs Das Beer Boot Music Video,]] which is lampshaded at the end. |
| 55 | * Could switching to Advertising/{{GEICO}} really save you 15% or more on car insurance? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ixwKBwfT38 Can futbol announcer Andres Cantor make any sport exciting?]] |
| 56 | * Today, with Creator/JamesEarlJones and Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Sprint honors [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQ0cmVQrHM Jenna's Facebook activity]]. |
| 57 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUMg8r6ShQ Totes magotes!]] |
| 58 | * The Thai brand Cheers Beer immortalizes truly life-altering events such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx0fy-9NWFg Friday, finding a free parking slot, and finding extra food in your order]]. |
| 59 | * Arby's has the meats. So much so that they have Creator/VingRhames (some ads replace him with Creator/KeithDavid) deliver intense, emotional monologues about roast beef and bacon. At one point Ving sounds so invested that he seems to be on the verge of tears. "What are those?! SANDWICHES?!" |
| 60 | * How do you make waiting for a burrito awesome? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9FI87HK-s Geico shows us how, with the help of]] Music/{{Europe}}. |
| 61 | * An advertisement for iPhone S6 shooting video in 4K definition makes cutting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gHeBVyqJRo onions]] epic to the point that the girl wins an Oscar. |
| 62 | * America may have Terry Crews and Old Spice for body wash, but what about Japan? Enter [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwZrkQEj3bU Bodywash of the North Star!]] [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar You are already clean.]] |
| 63 | * Tim Shaw's UsefulNotes/McDonalds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy3C9BCY0Zg commercials]] have him using his ButWaitTheresMore style of advertising to present the restaurant giving away free straws, napkins and carry bags as a truly amazing offer. |
| 64 | * A UK ad for [=NatWest=] bank, and their programme for teaching kids to be good with money, shows a young girl realising her dad left the pound deposit in his shopping trolley, and striding triumphantly across the car park with it, while other shoppers stare in amazement and lampposts blow up out of sheer epicness. |
| 65 | * Advertising/{{Pepsiman}} uses his [[SuperSpeed superhuman speed]] to... bring thirsty people soda. Accompanied by his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54MpfR3XE4 epic, jazzy theme song]]. |
| 66 | * In one of Friskies' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Sn91t1V4g Dear Kitten ads from 2014]], the [[{{CatsAreSnarkers}} narrator]] calls [[{{CatsAreSuperior}} their]] [[{{ThisIsMyHuman}} humans]]' [[{{NatureAbhorsAVacuumCleaner}} vacuum cleaner]] "Vack Oom", like it's a monster you'd find in a [[{{Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian}} Conan]] story or the like. |
| 67 | * AMC Theaters' Advertising/WeMakeMoviesBetter ad. Sixty seconds of Creator/NicoleKidman delivering the most epic speech possible about how awesome and life-affirming it is to go to the movies. |
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