History Advertising / WillItBlend

* HilarityEnsues: Dropping various non-food objects into the blender all for entertainment value as well as showing off the blender's power.

* CatchPhrase:
** "[subject] smoke -- don't breathe this!" It is sometimes [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] for non-harmful items as "[subject] smoke -- you can breathe this!"
** "I think I'll press the [name related to subject] button!"
** "Will it blend? That is the question."

Blendtec is the master of the DeceptivelySimpleDemonstration. It's actually ''easier'' to blend a hard item like a mobile phone or a golf ball than it is to perform normal blending tasks such as pureeing vegetables. A mobile phone isn't going to form a thick half-pureed liquid that coats the walls of the blender and leaves the blades spinning around in a bubble of air. However, they do blend some soft things as well as normal food items.

* DontTryThisAtHome: And don't breathe this. They will distinguish the things you can try at home; those won't do more than make a minor mess in your blender.

He and his blender have appeared on plenty of morning talk shows and the Discovery Channel, and even on the History Channel's LongRunner ''Series/ModernMarvels''. ''Will It Blend?'' itself is a long-runner, having premiered in 2006, and still releasing the occasional video ever since. As of 2022, the last episode was released in 2020.

!!Will it trope? That is the question:

He and his blender have appeared on plenty of morning talk shows and the Discovery Channel, and even on the History Channel's LongRunner Series/ModernMarvels.

Compare ''WebVideo/IsItAGoodIdeaToMicrowaveThis''

* DontTryThisAtHome:
* + And don't breathe this. They will distinguish the things you can try at home. Those won't do more than make a minor mess in your blender.

* LongRunners: The first episode premiered in 2006, and the series has non-consecutively continued making videos ever since.

And while they have listed things that ''shouldn't'' be blended, [[DontTryThisAtHome that hasn't stopped some people from trying this themselves...even after they've been specifically told not to.]] Tom and his blender appeared in the Music/{{Weezer}} video "Pork N Beans"; after that, Tom returned the favor by blending a can of pork and beans (can and all) with a copy of Weezer's ''[[Music/WeezerTheRedAlbum Red Album]]''.

And while they have listed things that ''shouldn't'' be blended, [[DontTryThisAtHome that hasn't stopped some people from trying this themselves...even after they've been specifically told not to.]] Tom and his blender appeared in the Music/{{Weezer}} video "Pork N Beans"; after that, Tom returned the favor by blending a can of pork and beans (can and all) with a copy of Weezer's so-called ''Red Album''.

* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The "Will it blend? That is the question."

* MadeOfIndestructium: The "Blend Tec Total Blender" has been shown blending things such as a [[TonkaTough Nokia 3310]] and a {{Creator/Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}mote. [[spoiler:It did fail to blend a Creator/ChuckNorris action figure & a block of boron steel, though]].

* DontTryThisAtHome: And don't breathe this. They will distinguish the things you can try at home. Those won't do more than make a minor mess in your blender.
** Taken {{up to eleven}} in the Bic lighter episode. Tom even lampshades it.

And while they have listed things that ''shouldn't'' be blended, [[DontTryThisAtHome that hasn't stopped some people from trying this themselves...even after they've been specifically told not to.]] Tom and his blender appeared in the Music/{{Weezer}} video "Pork N Beans;" after that, Tom returned the favor by blending a can of pork and beans (can and all) with a copy of Weezer's so-called "Red album."

He and his blender have appeared on plenty of morning talk shows, as well as the Discovery Channel, and even on the History Channel's LongRunner Series/ModernMarvels.

** "[subject] smoke -- don't breathe this!"
*** Sometimes [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], for non-harmful items as "[subject] smoke -- you can breathe this!"

* HilarityEnsues

* MadeOfIndestructium: The "Blend Tec Total Blender" has been shown blending things such as a [[TonkaTough Nokia 3310]] & a {{Creator/Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}mote. [[spoiler:It did fail to blend a Creator/ChuckNorris action figure & a block of boron steel, though]].

* MadeofIndestructium: The "Blend Tec Total Blender" has been shown blending things such as a [[TonkaTough Nokia 3310]] & a {{Creator/Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}mote. [[spoiler:It did fail to blend a Creator/ChuckNorris action figure & a block of boron steel, though]].

A Web series found throughout Website/{{Youtube}}, ''Will It Blend?'' is a ViralMarketing campaign consisting of a series of infomercials demonstrating the Blendtec line of blenders, especially the Total Blender. In the show, Tom Dickson, the Blendtec founder, attempts to blend various items in order to show off the power of his blender.

And while they have listed things that ''shouldn't'' be blended, [[DontTryThisAtHome that hasn't stopped some people from trying this themselves...even after they've been specifically told not to.]] Tom and his blender appeared in the {{Weezer}} video "Pork N Beans;" after that, Tom returned the favor by blending a can of pork and beans (can and all) with a copy of Weezer's so-called "Red album."

* MadeofIndestructium: The "Blend Tec Total Blender" has been shown blending things such as a [[TonkaTough Nokia 3310]] & a {{Creator/Nintendo}} {{Wii}}mote. [[spoiler:It did fail to blend a Creator/ChuckNorris action figure & a block of boron steel, though]].

!!The series provides examples of:

* HalloweenEpisode: The "Skeleton" Episode.