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* Manga/{{Doraemon}} was [[Advertising/DoraemonToyotaCommercials used to promote Toyota]]. The weird part? He looked like Creator/JeanReno. [[{{Japandering}} Yeah]].
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* Franchise/{{Superman}} endorsed the American Express credit card.
* And there are all those old little comic strip advertisements for [[Advertising/HostessFruitPies Hostess Twinkies and Fruit Pies]] starring the likes of Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/IronMan, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, and many more.

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* Franchise/{{Superman}} ComicBook/{{Superman}} endorsed the American Express credit card.
* And there are all those old little comic strip advertisements for [[Advertising/HostessFruitPies Hostess Twinkies and Fruit Pies]] starring the likes of Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/IronMan, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, and many more.
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* UsefulNotes/McDonalds have been known for promoting many ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''-themed Happy Meals, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx1Va7Ma7J8 commercials starring the Blue Blur himself]] (Some of them, that linked video included, even featuring the voice of then-current Sonic vpice Ryan Drummond.) Sonic's no slouch in the publicity department, and he even popped up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUKMecMIqpg in an advertisement for]] Progessive Insurance of all things.

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* UsefulNotes/McDonalds have been known for promoting many ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''-themed Happy Meals, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx1Va7Ma7J8 commercials starring the Blue Blur himself]] (Some of them, that linked video included, even featuring the voice of then-current Sonic vpice voice Ryan Drummond.) Sonic's no slouch in the publicity department, and he even popped up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUKMecMIqpg in an advertisement for]] Progessive Insurance of all things.

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* UsefulNotes/McDonalds have been known for promoting many ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''-themed Happy Meals, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx1Va7Ma7J8 commercials starring the Blue Blur himself]] (Some of them, that linked video included, even featuring the voice of then-current Sonic vpice Ryan Drummond.) Sonic's no slouch in the publicity department, and he even popped up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUKMecMIqpg in an advertisement for]] Progessive Insurance of all things.

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* UsefulNotes/McDonalds have been known for promoting many ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''-themed ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''-themed Happy Meals, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx1Va7Ma7J8 commercials starring the Blue Blur himself]] (Some of them, that linked video included, even featuring the voice of then-current Sonic vpice Ryan Drummond.) Sonic's no slouch in the publicity department, and he even popped up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUKMecMIqpg in an advertisement for]] Progessive Insurance of all things.
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** A series of US adverts for Pizza Hut
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* Speaking of, Will Ferrell's ''Film/{{Anchorman|TheLegendOfRonBurgundy}}'' character Ron Burgundy has given his approval toward the 2014 Dodge Durango in commercials that also make mention of the sequel ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues''.

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* Speaking of, Will Ferrell's ''Film/{{Anchorman|TheLegendOfRonBurgundy}}'' character Ron Burgundy has given his approval toward the 2014 Dodge Durango in commercials that also make mention of the sequel ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues''.



* [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] starred in a series of ad campaigns for Vodafone.

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* [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] ''Franchise/StarWars'': Yoda starred in a series of ad campaigns for Vodafone.
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* During its initial network run, members of Series/TheMonkees appeared in commercials for sponsors such as Kellogg’s and Yardley; in addition, images of the sponsor’s products would be superimposed on the screen during the end credits, but were removed on reruns and syndication prints.[[note]]Due to a contractual obligation, they also appeared in ads for Kool-Aid and Nerf during the late-60s/early 70s Saturday-morning run, but the practice of showing the products onscreen had been discontinued by then.[[/note]]
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* WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty
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They did several commercials for Wendys
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* UK-based opticians Specsavers had Creator/JohnCleese repeating one of his most famous scenes as [[Series/FawltyTowers Basil Fawlty]] when he uses a tree branch to give a car that won't go "a darn good thrashing". Unfortunately, the car he starts beating turns out to be a (occupied) police car.


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** One Specsavers ad for reaction lenses saw Virgil and the Hood involved in a jet-pack chase through some underground tunnels. When they emerged into the sunlight, Virgil's visor went dark while the Hood was dazzled, causing him to crash in a fiery explosion worthy of the series.
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* ''Literature/TheLorax''[='s=] [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax film adaptation]] has about 70 marketing tie-ins all told, one being - of all things - for Mazda [=SUVs=]. Something about them being green. [[note]](The all-gas vehicles in question have 35 mpg, an improvement for [=SUVs=], but meaningless compared to, say, the Prius.)[[/note]] One gets the idea that the powers that be [[ComicallyMissingThePoint missed the point]] of the Lorax. A bit.

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* ''Literature/TheLorax''[='s=] [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012 film adaptation]] has about 70 marketing tie-ins all told, one being - of all things - for Mazda [=SUVs=]. Something about them being green. [[note]](The all-gas vehicles in question have 35 mpg, an improvement for [=SUVs=], but meaningless compared to, say, the Prius.)[[/note]] One gets the idea that the powers that be [[ComicallyMissingThePoint missed the point]] point of the Lorax. A Lorax a bit.
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* The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq4JSNC_wLg Linus the Lionhearted]]'' show was devised completely to flog Post cereals. It featured characters who served as mascots for the various Post cereals, including Linus himself (for Crispy Critters); Lovable Truly, the Postman (for Alpha Bits); So Hi, a little Chinese boy (for Rice Krinkles); Rory Raccoon (for Post Toasties), and Sugar Bear (for Sugar Crisp), the only character to survive the show's cancellation.

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* The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq4JSNC_wLg Linus the Lionhearted]]'' ''WesternAnimation/LinusTheLionhearted'' show was devised completely to flog Post cereals. It featured characters who served as mascots for the various Post cereals, including Linus himself (for Crispy Critters); Lovable Truly, the Postman (for Alpha Bits); So Hi, a little Chinese boy (for Rice Krinkles); Rory Raccoon (for Post Toasties), and Sugar Bear (for Sugar Crisp), the only character to survive the show's cancellation.
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* Will Ferrell's character from ''Semi-Pro'' endorsed Old Spice, among others.

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* Will Ferrell's Creator/WillFerrell's character from ''Semi-Pro'' ''Film/SemiPro'' endorsed Old Spice, among others.
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** An extremely successful and long-running campaign with the gang started in 1960, when they were recruited to help endorse the new Ford Falcon, one of the first American compact cars. Ford used the characters in print and TV ads, with the TV ads marking the first Peanuts animation, and it was the work of Creator/BillMelendez in those commercials that led Charles Schulz to bring him back for the later specials.

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** An extremely successful and long-running campaign with the gang started in 1960, when they were recruited to help endorse the new Ford Falcon, one of the first American compact cars. Ford used the characters in print and TV ads, with the TV ads marking the first Peanuts animation, and it was the work of Creator/BillMelendez in those commercials that led Charles Schulz to bring him back for the later specials.''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
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** An extremely successful and long-running campaign with the gang started in 1960, when they were recruited to help endorse the new Ford Falcon, one of the first American compact cars. Ford used the characters in print and TV ads, with the TV ads marking the first Peanuts animation, and it was the work of Bill Melendez in those commercials that led Charles Schulz to bring him back for the later specials.

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** An extremely successful and long-running campaign with the gang started in 1960, when they were recruited to help endorse the new Ford Falcon, one of the first American compact cars. Ford used the characters in print and TV ads, with the TV ads marking the first Peanuts animation, and it was the work of Bill Melendez Creator/BillMelendez in those commercials that led Charles Schulz to bring him back for the later specials.
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** An extremely successful and long-running campaign with the gang happened in 1960, when they were recruited to help endorse the new Ford Falcon, one of the first American compact cars. Ford used the characters in print and TV ads, with the TV ads marking the first Peanuts animation, and it was the work of Bill Melendez in those commercials that led Charles Schulz to bring him back for the later specials.

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** An extremely successful and long-running campaign with the gang happened started in 1960, when they were recruited to help endorse the new Ford Falcon, one of the first American compact cars. Ford used the characters in print and TV ads, with the TV ads marking the first Peanuts animation, and it was the work of Bill Melendez in those commercials that led Charles Schulz to bring him back for the later specials.

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* The ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' characters have endorsed Advertising/MetLife insurance since [[TheEighties the 1980s]]. Not to mention the [=MetLife=] Super Bowl ad that featured the cast walking into a field, followed by every old-school cartoon character you can think of: Anime/{{Voltron}}, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Yosemite Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man and Battle Cat]], [[Creator/HannaBarbera Snagglepuss]], and on and on. There even did a couple of additional commercials purporting to be "behind the scenes" footage of the characters during the filming of the main commercial.
** The ''Peanuts'' gang has also advertised Cheerios and Hostess Zingers.

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* The ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' characters have did lots of endorsements over the years.
** The earliest example was for the Kodak Brownie camera in 1955.
** An extremely successful and long-running campaign with the gang happened in 1960, when they were recruited to help endorse the new Ford Falcon, one of the first American compact cars. Ford used the characters in print and TV ads, with the TV ads marking the first Peanuts animation, and it was the work of Bill Melendez in those commercials that led Charles Schulz to bring him back for the later specials.
** Starting in [[TheEighties the 1980s]] they
endorsed Advertising/MetLife insurance since [[TheEighties the 1980s]].insurance. Not to mention the [=MetLife=] Super Bowl ad that featured the cast walking into a field, followed by every old-school cartoon character you can think of: Anime/{{Voltron}}, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Yosemite Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man and Battle Cat]], [[Creator/HannaBarbera Snagglepuss]], and on and on. There even did a couple of additional commercials purporting to be "behind the scenes" footage of the characters during the filming of the main commercial.
commercial. The association ended in 2016 when [=MetLife=] de-emphasized selling insurance to the general public and refocused on corporate clients.
** The ''Peanuts'' gang has characters were a longtime presence in commercials for Zingers snack cakes (originally made by Dolly Madison, now made by Hostess).
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** And let's not forget the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcYyB3OSQc Minute Maid ad]] with extra FoeYay.

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** And let's not forget the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcYyB3OSQc Minute Maid ad]] with extra FoeYay.FoeRomanceSubtext between Popeye and Bluto.
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* The ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' characters have endorsed [=MetLife=] insurance since [[TheEighties the 1980s]]. Not to mention the [=MetLife=] Super Bowl ad that featured the cast walking into a field, followed by every old-school cartoon character you can think of: Anime/{{Voltron}}, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Yosemite Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man and Battle Cat]], [[Creator/HannaBarbera Snagglepuss]], and on and on. There even did a couple of additional commercials purporting to be "behind the scenes" footage of the characters during the filming of the main commercial.

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* The ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' characters have endorsed [=MetLife=] Advertising/MetLife insurance since [[TheEighties the 1980s]]. Not to mention the [=MetLife=] Super Bowl ad that featured the cast walking into a field, followed by every old-school cartoon character you can think of: Anime/{{Voltron}}, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Yosemite Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man and Battle Cat]], [[Creator/HannaBarbera Snagglepuss]], and on and on. There even did a couple of additional commercials purporting to be "behind the scenes" footage of the characters during the filming of the main commercial.
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* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' starred in two Rice Krispies ads, one in which Reuben serves them Rice Krispies in the garage and they sing a song about it, and one in which Shirley wakes Keith up by pouring cereal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ongO0BcDZq0

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* WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit appeared in a series of ads for [=NPower=], with [[RubeGoldbergDevice Wallace's inventions]] contrasted with the simplicity of the electricity company's energy-saving products.

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* WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit appeared in a series of ads for [=NPower=], with [[RubeGoldbergDevice Wallace's inventions]] contrasted with the simplicity of the electricity company's energy-saving products. ''
* There was also a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover ad for Google Chrome, with a conference call that not only included Wallace, Gromit and Piella and Fluffikins from ''WesternAnimation/AMatterOfLoafAndDeath'', but also characters from ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'', ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' and ''WesternAnimation/CreatureComforts''.
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** After becoming a runaway hit, the cast started shilling for [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/03/05-1/fast-food-chain-offer-attack-on-titan-stack-of-burgers Japanese fast food chain Lotteria]] and [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/11/25-1/santa-levi-delivers-attack-on-titan-convenience-store-christmas-campaign convenience store Lawson's]]. More pictures of some of the Lotteria tie-ins [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/18/levi-and-eren-star-in-latest-attack-on-titan-burger-promotion-visual here]], including MemeticBadass Levi [[{{Crossdresser}} in a skimpy waitresses' uniform]]. Also in Japan, there's also the live-action [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/24/video-live-action-attack-on-titan-suv-ad-premieres#comments Subaru Forrester ad]], which also served as a trial run for the way the Titans would be portrayed in the live-action film.

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** After becoming a runaway hit, the cast started shilling for [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/03/05-1/fast-food-chain-offer-attack-on-titan-stack-of-burgers Japanese fast food fast-food chain Lotteria]] and [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/11/25-1/santa-levi-delivers-attack-on-titan-convenience-store-christmas-campaign convenience store Lawson's]]. More pictures of some of the Lotteria tie-ins [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/18/levi-and-eren-star-in-latest-attack-on-titan-burger-promotion-visual here]], including MemeticBadass Levi [[{{Crossdresser}} in a skimpy waitresses' uniform]]. Also in Japan, there's also the live-action [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/24/video-live-action-attack-on-titan-suv-ad-premieres#comments Subaru Forrester ad]], which also served as a trial run for the way the Titans would be portrayed in the live-action film.



* WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit appeared in a series of ads for [=NPower=], with [[RubeGoldbergDevice Wallace's inventions]] contrasted with the simplicity of the electricity company's energy saving products.

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* In the 80s, Batman and Robin (clearly intended as the [[Series/{{Batman}} 1960s TV series]] versions, but sadly not played by the original actors) appeared in an advert where the Batmobile is too big for the Gotham rush hour, so they replace it with a "supermini" Austin Metro (vanity plate BAT-2).

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* In the 80s, Batman and Robin (clearly intended as the [[Series/{{Batman}} [[Series/Batman1966 1960s TV series]] versions, but sadly not played by the original actors) appeared in an advert where the Batmobile is too big for the Gotham rush hour, so they replace it with a "supermini" Austin Metro (vanity plate BAT-2).
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** Lyons Maid's ice lollies had a major Creator/GerryAnderson deal in the sixties. In addition to Lady Penelope advertising the Fab, their other "space age" lollies were tied to other Supermarionation programmes: Zoom was ''Series/FireballXL5'', Sea Jet (and Super Sea Jet) were ''Series/Stingray1964'' and Orbit was ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons''.
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* WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGrommit appeared in a series of ads for [=NPower=], with [[RubeGoldbergDevice Wallace's inventions]] contrasted with the simplicity of the electricity company's energy saving products.

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