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Disney XD isn't quite as prone to long-running repeating ads like its competitors are, but that doesn't mean they don't indulge in this every now and now.


  • A New York City cable provider, Cablevision, overwrites ads on channels like The Hub and Disney XD for local ads. Sometimes, on a particular program, these are the same ads. While Disney XD varies these ads all of their shows, there is one that doesn't — Crash and Bernstein, which only airs two: All Island Jewelry and Loan, and an Optimum ad.
  • On Disney XD, during the last ad break of each show when it was coming to said area in late March 2015, the ad for Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales showed up each break. Also, ads for Skylanders, Big Hero 6, and Power Rangers Dino Charge toys kept playing.
    • During its release, Disney XD would show ads for Inside Out and its related tie-ins, as well as an ad for a Popin' Cookin' like toy called "Yummy Nummies" during each break. The latter ad also shows on Cartoon Network a lot, and it played twice in a row during an airing of Steven Universe.
  • One rerun of Star vs. the Forces of Evil on Cablevision played an ad for Wicked twice during the local slot.
  • During Toon Disney showings of Garfield and Friends, Gerber Life ads (much like this one) would show up during every single one of them.
  • During airings of Yo Kai Watch, ads for the film Goosebumps (2015), Nerf zombie guns, Little Live Pet Turtles and Monster High showed up on every single episode.
    • Speaking of Yo-Kai Watch, ads for the show seem to play every break. The same thing can also be said about Pickle and Peanut and Kirby Buckets.
    • Neutrogena ads were also common during this show.
  • An airing of Gravity Falls had the same commercial for Lalaloopsy dolls twice in a row, right before the show came back from commercial.
  • The DXP block suffered from this in its first few months due to the lack of companies that signed on to sponsor it. Some of the most notorious offenders were, oddly enough, commercials for hygeine companies like Lysol.
  • During the first season of Doraemon, Lunchables and Crashlings ads would always show up during ad breaks, along with promos for Gravity Falls.
  • In late August-September 2012, Disney XD kept airing a Kid Cuisine commercial with penguins making a popcorn chicken Kids Cuisine and another penguin comes home with PEACHES!
  • In the course of three days, this ad for a Cinderella doll played over 50 times on children's channels such as Disney XD and Nick Jr..
  • On June 3rd, 2020, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior used this practice to pre-empt their programs in memory of George Floyd by airing this promo on loop for nearly nine minutes.
  • During new episodes of DuckTales (2017) around April 2020, Disney XD would always show ads for Parker Plays with a jumpscare, focused on Untitled Goose Game.
  • From 2020-2022, a general promo for The Owl House would air almost every commercial break, often to pad out time. In some instances, a longer 1-minute version would play.
    • Inverted, as the channel has a large backlog of shorts (Chibi Tiny Tales, Theme Song Takeover, and even show-specific shorts such as Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained, Owl Pellets, etc.) and filler material that usually plays in the late night hours, or in the local slot if it remains empty.
  • As of 2023-2024, it's impossible to tune into Disney XD without seeing ads for Southern New Hampshire University, A.B.Cmouse/Adventure Academy, Nuts.com, Instacart, Froot Loops, and Happy Nappers almost every commercial break. Sometimes, these ads would even play twice in one break!
  • Every time a new Disney-produced/owned movie, special or TV series comes out, expect to see ads for it once practically every break in the local slot (marked by a Disney XD network ident and a small pause) if no local commercials play.
    • Wish (2023)'s debut on Disney+ is a notorious example as SEVERAL ads for it exist, including one advertising the soundtrack, though this may be to make up for its middling reception and unsuccessful theatrical run.
  • Before Disney Channel and Disney XD unified their premiere strategies in late 2022, most promos for first-run Disney Channel series that were making their network debut fell into this category, often recycled from their Disney Channel runs with edits adding the Disney XD branding. Notable subversions include the premiere promo for The Owl House (see above) and a custom promo for the back half of Amphibia's second season, later re-used for a marathon.
    • Arguably, it's worse now, as the simultaneous premieres mean the same ads are running on TWO different networks over the same period of time.

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