History Advertising / MAndMs

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early M&M's ads were more subdued with the characters in an early design form talking to celebrities on how they eat their M&M's and asking which ones are their favorites. They also had a different dynamic between Red and Yellow.
** One of the first commercials that had Red and Yellow hijacking Blue's commercial gave him a Blue plain sidekick who never shows up in any other ads.
** Originally Crispy(Orange) was going to be female according to the Burger King Tie-in Toy from 1997.

** In one NBC promo, when Yellow can't correctly guess Creator/DonaldTrump's CatchPhrase in ''Series/TheApprentice''[[note]]"You're fired"[[/note]], he uses this phrase as one of his incorrect guesses.

* SavingChristmas: In 2017, 21 years after the famous "They do exist" commercial, a follow-up was made, where after making Santa faint, Yellow feels emotional guilt and decides it's up to him to save Christmas by deliving the presents. He tries his best, but ends up accidentally giving the presents to the wrong people. Santa is awakened the next morning by his advisors, who inform him of this. Yellow worries that he messed things up as usual, but upon seeing people give each other their presents, Red says "Actually, Buddy, I think you made it even better.", since Yellow's act brought them together.

* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs in several instances. Like Yellow removing Red's eyes and putting them onto a red Ice Cream Treat to show how it "looks like him". Or Red making Orange a jack o' lantern costume by carving the eyes, nose, and grin out of his back.

** In one add campaign where Yellow trains a dog to track a Gray imposter M&M, The dog instead chases after Red and he proclaims that "Dogs can only see in black and white". Although in recent years it's proven that dogs can see color but [[AccidentallyCorrectZoology can't see red]].

** In one add campaign where Yellow trains a dog to track a Gray imposter M&M, The dog instead chases after Red and he proclaims that "Dogs can only see in black and white". Although in recent years it's proven that dogs can see color but Red would look similar to the Gray M&M to a dog, [[AccidentallyCorrectZoology because Red and Gray looks the same as a dark brownish-gray or black to a dog]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The ad that introduces a Chocolate bar character that flirts with ''Creator/TiaCarrere'' he melts in a lounge chare while sunbathing when Red and Yellow aren't effected because of their candy shells and even if they were effected the shells would keep their chocolate inside unless they get cracked open.
** In one add campaign where Yellow trains a dog to track a Gray imposter M&M, The dog instead chases after Red and Red proclaims that "Dogs can only see in black and white. Although in recent years it's proven that dogs can see color but Red would look similar to Gray M&M to a dog, [[AccidentallyCorrectZoology because Red and Gray looks the same as a dark brownish-gray or black to a dog]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In one add campaign where Yellow train a dog to track a Gray imposter M&M, The dog instead chases after Red and Red proclaims that "Dogs can only see in black and white. Although in recent years it's proven that dogs can see color but Red would look similer as the gray M&M, [[AccidentallyCorrectZoology because Red looks the same as a dark brownish-gray or black to a dog]].

** Originally Orange(Crispy) was going to be female according to the Burger King Tie-in Toy from 1997.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In one add campaign where Yellow train a dog to track a Gray imposter M&M, The dog instead chases after Red and Red proclaims that "Dogs can only see in black and white. Although in recent years it's proven that dogs can see color but Red would look similer as the gray M&M, [[Accidentally Correct Zoology because Red looks the same as a dark brownish-gray or black to a dog]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In one add campaign where Yellow train a dog to track a Gray imposter M&M, The dog instead chases after Red and Red proclaims that "Dogs can only see in black and white. Although in recent years it's proven that dogs can see color but Red would look the same as the gray M&M, because Red looks the same as a dark brownish-gray or black. Similar to the gray M&M.

** Originally Orange(Crispy) was going to be female according to the [[KidsMealToy Burger King Toy Tie-in]] from 1997.

-->'''Red''': AAH! He does exist!\\
-->'''Santa''': They do exist... [''Both of them faint'']\\

--> '''Red''': {beat, annoyed} I was talking about ''us''.
--> '''Yellow''': {beat} We're gonna be on ''Law & Order''?

All the spokescandies were redesigned in 2022 with their flesh-colored skintones changed to an off-white tinted to match their shell color, all prefixes are removed and Green's go-go boots were traded in for sneakers. Their personalities were also changed; Red is not as sardonic as he once was, while Green and Brown are now friendlier with each other (despite said dynamic not appearing in the commercials). In September 2022, another M&M, Purple (Creator/AmberRuffin), was introduced, though only in spokescandy form. In January 2023 during the lead-up to [[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl Super Bowl LVII]], M&M's mounted a stunt announcing that they were taking an "indefinite pause" on using the spokescandies in the United States after polarizing responses to the recent changes to them, with Creator/MayaRudolph becoming their new spokeswoman. This subsequently led to a campaign featuring the spokescandies exploring other jobs and pursuits, such as Green becoming a spokeswoman for the shoe retailer Zappos, and Orange becoming a "meditation consultant" for Spotify, all while Rudolph began to institute increasingly weird changes to the candy. After the Super Bowl, the spokescandies [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv0vPHWIX8U returned]].

All the spokescandies were redesigned in 2022 with their flesh-colored skintones changed to an off-white tinted to match their shell color, all prefixes are removed and Green's go-go boots were traded in for sneakers. Their personalities were also changed; Red is not as sardonic as he once was, while Green and Brown are now friendlier with each other (despite said dynamic not appearing in the commercials). In September 2022, another M&M, Purple (Creator/AmberRuffin), was introduced, though only in spokescandy form. In January 2023 during the lead-up to [[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl Super Bowl LVII]], M&M's mounted a stunt announcing that they were taking an "indefinite pause" on using the spokescandies in the United States after polarizing responses to the recent changes to them, with Creator/MayaRudolph becoming their new spokeswoman. This subsequently led to a campaign featuring the spokescandies exploring other jobs and pursuits, such as Green becoming a spokeswoman for the shoe retailer Zappos, and Orange becoming a "meditation consultant" for Spotify, all while Rudolph began to institute increasingly weird changes to the candy.

All the spokescandies were redesigned in 2022 with their flesh-colored skintones changed to an off-white tinted to match their shell color, all prefixes are removed and Green's go-go boots were traded in for sneakers. Their personalities were also changed; Red is not as sardonic as he once was, while Green and Brown are now friendlier with each other. In September 2022, another M&M, Purple (Creator/AmberRuffin), was introduced. In January 2023 during the lead-up to [[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl Super Bowl LVII]], M&M's mounted a stunt announcing that they were taking an "indefinite pause" on using the spokescandies in the United States after polarizing responses to the recent changes to them, with Creator/MayaRudolph becoming their new spokeswoman. This subsequently led to a campaign featuring the spokescandies exploring other jobs and pursuits, such as Green becoming a spokeswoman for the shoe retailer Zappos, and Orange becoming a "meditation consultant" for Spotify, all while Rudolph began to institute increasingly weird changes to the candy.

[[https://www.mms.com M&M's]] (named for Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie of Hershey's) have been a staple of chocolate candies since their introduction in 1941. They were known by the slogan of how they would "Melt in your mouth, and not in your hand" (which has since been disproven). In addition to creating a chocolate product loved across the world, M&M's is also known for its extensive advertising campaign featuring "spokescandies". Among the first were the sardonic Red and the dim-witted but sweet Yellow. This cast was later extended to the prideful Blue, the alluring Ms. Green, and the paranoid Orange (originally Crispy). In 2012, they were joined by another M&M named Ms. Brown, a no-nonsense M&M who has been overseeing operations since the beginning. All the spokescandies were redesigned in 2022 with their flesh-colored skintones changed to an off-white tinted to match their shell color, all prefixes are removed and Green's go-go boots were traded in for sneakers. Their personalities were also changed; Red is not as sardonic as he once was, while Green and Brown are now friendlier with each other. In September 2022, another M&M, Purple, was introduced.

In January 2023, however, M&M's official Twitter account announced that they were taking an "indefinite pause" on using the spokescandies in the United States after polarizing responses to the recent changes to them. They also announced that Creator/MayaRudolph would be the candy's spokesperson moving forward. However, it was later revealed that this decision was only meant for an advertising stunt during [[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl Super Bowl LVII]].