History Memes / Advertising

* The [=IndiHome=] Paket Phoenix Jingle[[labelnote:Explanation:]]Originating from an advertisement by [=IndiHome=], owned by Telecom Indonesia, the jingle in question became a meme in mid-2020 because of how catchy it is.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpfHLSrES_k I put that s*** on everything!]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Slogan for Frank's [=RedHot=] sauce, in which the word "shit" is bleeped out with a splash of hot sauce.[[/labelnote]]

** "Warum habe ich immer hunger!?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another Snickers commercial involved somebody eating a Snickers and quickly lost his hunger. Wondering where it goes, it ends up in a man in Germany who becomes constantly hungry as a result.[[/labelnote]]

* Bud Light Presents: Real Men of Genius[[labelnote:Note]]Real American Heroes, before the events of September 11, 2001, made lampooning 'heroes' a non-starter[[/labelnote]]. ♪Real men of genius~♪ [[labelnote:Explanation]]Bud Light's "Real Men of Genius" campaign seemingly glorifies men that have found ways to get by at life, but are acutally ridiculed for being ridiculous or stupid. Several parts of the song have Dave Bickler of Music/{{Survivor|Band}} singing a short phrase in relation to the announcer's glorifications.[[/labelnote]]

* We secretly replaced this example with Folger's Crystals. Let's see if anyone notices the difference... [[labelnote:Explanation]]An old Folger's Crystals campaign had people taste-testing coffee, unaware they're part of the experiment.[[/labelnote]]

* "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!"[[labelnote:Explanation:]]A Chiffon margarine ad from the 70s depicting the margarine replacing butter as an attempt to fool "Mother Nature" who was played by an actress in the ad[[/labelnote]]

* "''Not happy, Jan!''" [[labelnote:Explanation]] An Australian Yellow Pages ad.[[/labelnote]]

** Another commercial compared the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in this format? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7PhJp3ciRQ Suffice it to say, claiming the Wii is cheap has never felt so dirty.]]

* [[https://twitter.com/McDonaldsJapan/status/1704420133140132045 Japanese Family McDonald's Ad]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]On September 2023, UsefulNotes/McDonalds Japan's official account posted an animated advertisement depicting a family of three having dinner that quickly went viral on Website/TwitterX due of the wholesome, positive depiction of family life. It also spawning jokes about the ad was created in order to fix Japan's poor birth rate and the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who's infamous for his attempts to increase declining birth rate being the mastermind behind said commercial. The ad itself gains a sheer number of fanart and redraw with characters from other media, many of them giving the mother character SelfFanservice treatment. Not long after the ad was posted, other three ads was published and gaining its own popularity as well.[[/labelnote]]

** One mutation popular in the 1990s with UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh fans: "Friends don't let friends do DOS."

* Nick India Dab[[labelnote:Explanation]]A particularly cringy interstitial on the Indian version of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} (for their Teacher's Day initiative), involving a boy teaching people how to dab. It's found life in the rest of the world as a source for "X but Y" memes.[[/labelnote]]

* Hi, I'm Creator/MichaelBay, director of Hollywood hits such as ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', and I demand [[RuleofCool things to be awesome]]. Awesome pussycat. [[MundaneMadeAwesome Awesome barbeque...]] [[StuffBlowingUp *BOOM*]] [[SerialEscalation ...AWESOME POOL!]] [[MadeOfExplodium *BOOM*]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A Verizon Wireless commercial advertising their [=FiOS=] system. This commercial has Michael Bay [[AdamWesting parodying his tendency to put explosions and awesome things in his films.]][[/labelnote]]

-->''Driving in a car''
-->'''Son:''' Dad?
-->'''Dad:''' Yeah?
-->'''Son:''' Why'd they build the Great Wall of China?
-->'''Dad:''' That... That was during the reign of ''Nasi Goreng'', and it was to keep the rabbits out... Too many rabbits in China...
-->''[cut to Son, beaming proudly at the front of his classroom]''
-->'''Teacher:''' Okay, now Daniel will do his talk on China

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_7dAF6ARrw Cook like a mother]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ad campaign introduced by pasta sauce brand Ragú in late 2021[=/=]early 2022, claiming that anyone could cook like a mother. Alternatively, it has a more subversive meaning, as in cook like a [[Creator/SamuelLJackson motherfucker].[[/labelnote]]

* SideEffectsInclude nausea, fatigue, mild headache, itching, dry mouth, memory problems, sleeplessness, diarrhea, vomiting, double-vision, rashes, constipation, severe halitosis, weight gain, hair loss, anal leakage, suicidal thoughts, temporary blindness, impotence, and death. Consult your physician. [[labelnote:Explanation]]All commercials about prescribed medicine list the possible side-effects of the medicine. This has been parodied countless times by exaggerating the long list of ridiculous side-effects or contrasting the cheerful demeanor of the people in the commercials with the side effects.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://twitter.com/McDonaldsJapan/status/1704420133140132045 Japanese Family McDonald's Ad]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]On September 2023, UsefulNotes/McDonalds Japan's official account posted an animated ad depicting a family of three having dinner that quickly went viral over Website/TwitterX for the family-positive message, and also spawning jokes of the ad being published to increase Japan's poor birth rate and increasing more sales by using wholesome depiction of domestic life. The ad itself gains a sheer number of fanart and redraw with characters from other media, many of them giving the mother character SelfFanservice treatment. Not long after the ad was posted, other three ads was published and gaining its own popularity as well.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://twitter.com/McDonaldsJapan/status/1704420133140132045 Japanese Family McDonald's Ad]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]On September 2023, UsefulNotes/McDonalds Japan's official account posted an animated ad depicting a family of three having dinner that quickly went viral over Website/TwitterX for the family-positive message, and also spawning jokes of the ad being published to increase Japan's poor birth rate and increasing more sales by using wholesome depiction of domestic life. The first ad gains a lot of fanart and redraw with characters from other media. Another 3 ads published shortly after the family ad's popularity, which also gain its own popularity as well. [[/labelnote]]

* [[https://twitter.com/McDonaldsJapan/status/1704420133140132045 Japanese Family McDonald's Ad]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]On September 2023, UsefulNotes/McDonalds Japan's official account posted an animated ad depicting a family of three having a dinner that quickly went viral over Website/TwitterX for the family-positive message, and also spawning jokes of the ad being published to increase Japan's poor birth rate and increasing more sales by using wholesome depiction of domestic life. Another 3 ads published shortly after the family ad's popularity, which also gain its own popularity as well.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_7dAF6ARrw Cook like a mother]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ad campaign introduced by pasta sauce brand Ragú in late 2021[=/=]early 2022, claiming that anyone could cook like a mother. Alternatively, it has a more subversive meaning, as in cook like a [[Creator/SamuelLJackson motherfucker]].[[/labelnote]]