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* DotingGrandparent: When Grandma gets a knee brace, she feels young and healthy. She even spends her time skateboarding.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: When Grandma's outside, she has her model switched to an old lady who barely even looks like her.

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: When In the original version, when Grandma's outside, she has outside her model switched switches to an old lady who barely even looks like her.her. The second model is much thinner, and the face is completely different. The African-American version is much better about this; the second model is still thinner, but they reuse the head of the first one so it still seems like the same person.
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Another version with African-American characters aired on stations that were popular with minorities. The two commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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Another version with African-American characters aired on stations that were popular with minorities. The two commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmT1xFAlM8k here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.
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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand on her own. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her. The commercial is known for it's cheap and bizarre animation.

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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand on her own. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her. The commercial is known for it's its cheap and bizarre animation.

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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand on her own. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.

Another version with African-American characters aired on stations that were popular with minorities. The two commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand on her own. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her. \n\n The commercial is known for it's cheap and bizarre animation.

Another version with African-American characters aired on stations that were popular with minorities. The two commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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* RepeatingAd: These ads are seen frequently on digital subchannels like COZI TV and Buzzr. Sometimes, it airs on major cable networks too, like when TNT aired one of the ads during a ''Franchise/StarWars'' marathon. Sometimes, both variants of the ad would play on two different ad breaks, like it did on one COZI airing of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Lyle, The Kindly Viking".

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* RepeatingAd: These ads are seen frequently on digital subchannels like COZI TV and Buzzr.Creator/{{Buzzr}}. Sometimes, it airs on major cable networks too, like when TNT aired one of the ads during a ''Franchise/StarWars'' marathon. Sometimes, both variants of the ad would play on two different ad breaks, like it did on one COZI airing of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Lyle, The Kindly Viking".
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* RepeatingAd: These ads are seen frequently on digital subchannels like COZI TV and Buzzr. Sometimes, it airs on major cable networks too, like when TNT aired one of the ads during a ''Franchise/StarWars'' marathon. Sometimes, both variants of the ad would play on two different ad breaks, like it did on one COZI airing of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Lyle, The Kindly Viking".
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* InstantExpert: Grandma can't even stand at the beginning of the the commercial. Just minutes after Grandma gets a knee brace and begins to stand again, she's already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.

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* InstantExpert: Grandma can't even stand at the beginning of the the commercial. Just minutes after Grandma gets a knee brace and begins to stand again, she already knows how to skateboard, and she's already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.
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* InstantExpert: Just minutes after Grandma gets a knee brace and begins to stand again, she's already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.

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* InstantExpert: Grandma can't even stand at the beginning of the the commercial. Just minutes after Grandma gets a knee brace and begins to stand again, she's already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.
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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Just minutes after Grandma gets a knee brace and actually begins to stand on her own, she's already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.

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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: InstantExpert: Just minutes after Grandma gets a knee brace and actually begins to stand on her own, again, she's already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.
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* StockFootage: The commercial uses some stock footage of people talking on the phone.
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Another version with African-American characters aired on stations that popular with African-Americans and other minorities. The two commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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Another version with African-American characters aired on stations that were popular with African-Americans and other minorities. The two commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.
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There's another version of this commercial with African-American characters. This version aired on stations that popular with African-Americans and other minorities. The commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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There's another Another version of this commercial with African-American characters. This version characters aired on stations that popular with African-Americans and other minorities. The two commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.
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* LimitedAnimation: The commercials have really limited animation. They just use ClipArtAnimation with animated mouths.
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There's another version of this commercial with African-American characters. The commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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There's another version of this commercial with African-American characters. This version aired on stations that popular with African-Americans and other minorities. The commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.
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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Just minutes after she gets a knee brace, Grandma is already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.

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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Just minutes after she Grandma gets a knee brace, Grandma is brace and actually begins to stand on her own, she's already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.
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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand on her own. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she can skateboard so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.

There's another version of this commercial with black characters. The commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand on her own. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she can skateboard skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.

There's another version of this commercial with black African-American characters. The commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.



* RaceLift: There's another version of the commercial where Ellie and her grandma are black. They have the same voices, so they aren't really different characters.

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* RaceLift: There's another version of the commercial where Ellie and her grandma are black.African-Americans. They have the same voices, so they aren't really different characters.
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* DotingGrandparent: When Grandma gets a knee brace, she feels young and healthy. She even spends her time skateboarding.
* FeelingTheirAge: Grandma tells Ellie that she wants to play, but her knees have gotten much worse with age.


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* OlderIsBetter: Grandma is much older than Ellie, but she's much faster.
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* OpenDoorOpening: The first thing we hear is Ellie opening the door to talk to Grandma.
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There's another version of this commercial with black characters. The original version and the alternate version can be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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There's another version of this commercial with black characters. The commercials are no longer being shown on TV, but the original version and the alternate version can still be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.
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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.

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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand. stand on her own. When Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards can skateboard so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.
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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand. Once Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.

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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand. Once When Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.
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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Grandma knows quite a bit about skateboarding, considering she couldn't even ''stand'' just minutes prior.

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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Just minutes after she gets a knee brace, Grandma knows quite a bit about skateboarding, considering she couldn't even ''stand'' just minutes prior.is already good enough at skateboarding to out-speed Ellie.
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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Grandma knows quite a lot about skateboarding, considering she couldn't even ''stand'' just minutes prior.

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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Grandma knows quite a lot bit about skateboarding, considering she couldn't even ''stand'' just minutes prior.
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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, a girl named Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand. Once Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.

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The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, a girl named Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand. Once Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: When Grandma's outside, she has her model switched to an old lady that barely even looks like her.

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: When Grandma's outside, she has her model switched to an old lady that who barely even looks like her.
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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Grandma knows a lot about skateboarding, considering she couldn't even ''stand'' just minutes prior.

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* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Grandma knows quite a lot about skateboarding, considering she couldn't even ''stand'' just minutes prior.
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* AlliterativeTitle: Health Hotline.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"It's my knees. They don't work the way they used to."]]

The Health Hotline knee brace commercial was created in 2015. In the commercial, a girl named Ellie asks her grandma if they can go outside and play. Grandma wants to play with Ellie, but her bad knees make it difficult for her to stand. Once Grandma gets a knee brace, she skateboards so fast that Ellie can't keep up with her.

There's another version of this commercial with black characters. The original version and the alternate version can be watched [[https://youtu.be/S4arWeC3nik here]] and [[https://youtu.be/U2lrKFBOhCQ here]] respectively.

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* ClipArtAnimation: Ellie and her grandma are clip-art images with added animated mouths.
* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: Grandma knows a lot about skateboarding, considering she couldn't even ''stand'' just minutes prior.
* RaceLift: There's another version of the commercial where Ellie and her grandma are black. They have the same voices, so they aren't really different characters.
* WhiteVoidRoom: A plain white background is used for Grandma's house. The outdoors have a bit more detail, but a white background is still used.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: When Grandma's outside, she has her model switched to an old lady that barely even looks like her.

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